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I think the weirdest inside joke me and my best friend have is sending each other horrible videos of fishes "giving birth" to see who can out gross the other
#personal#you see one recommended yt video of a sea horse giving birth in computer class at 14 years old and it changes you#out of all the cursed things we saw while sharing a computer instead of doing our asignments and learning to program and shit that one stuc#just got a horrifying one on ig of a goldfish giving birth through the mouth and i was like i don't care you are on the other side of the#world on vacation if i had to see this shit so do you
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HELLOđ€©
i am in a randomly good mood
and i need angst to ruin it
so
i present to you
HYUNJIN X READER- they get into a fight and he raises his hand as if heâs gonna hit her and she flinches and heâs likeâŠ. âi canât deal with your shit rnâ and LEAVES *a collective gasp rises from the audience* and sheâs all like âwell i canât deal with your shit eitherâ and ALSO LEAVES (like the apartment they share or smth lol) and goes to stay at another members house (but like sheâs being reasonable because it was a REALLY bad fightđ) and it ends in him apologizing after realizing he was a total dick teeheeđ€
sorry if thatâs too much lol keep up the great work!!đ©”
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Warning: Angry Hyunjin, violence (not really), angst/comfort
Pairing: hyunjin x reader
Itâs 4 am and itâs so fucking hot omg. Shoot me đ
**
âHyunjin,â Y/n softly called for her boyfriend from the kitchen. He was sat in their living room finishing off a song on his laptop so he was quite concentrated but still he made sure to reply.
âHm?â
âBaby, what do you think we should take to your mums house for dinner tomorrow?â She walked over to their dining room to sit and jot down the shopping list of things she needed for the huge family dinner at his familyâs home.
âI donât know, you figure it out,â he waved her off and quickly looked back at his computer. His eyebrows were furrowed and he had his glasses on.
She let out a frustrated sigh and continued to write down the list desiding she would make some kimchi and fried rice. Perfect.
Satisfied with her list she went to change into some grocery shopping clothes and turned it the lights. âHyunjin, Iâm going grocery shopping,â she informed the older man who was pulling at his hair.
âYeah, hm? Okay, okay,â he dismissed her again not even listening to what she had to say this cause her blood to boil. Atleast he could offer to come spend time with her but ofcourse work took all his time. It was always work, work, work.
She grabbed her wallet and closed the door behind her before quickly making her way to the convince store. It was a little chilly but nothing she couldnât handle.
South Korea was safe after all so her being late out at night wasnât a problemâŠwell she thought.
It was when she was walking back to their apartments when she heard it. Footsteps. Footsteps that were following her and getting closer.
She had grocery bags in her hands that were extremely heavy and the fact that Hyunjin wasnât there was worrying her a little bit.
She quickly turned and saw no one. Weird. Was she dreaming? She quickly started walking again but this time her footsteps got faster and so did the ones behind her.
âExcuse me miss?â She heard a rough voice calling for her. Her heart was beating at a terrible pace. Her hands were shaking.
She quickly looked behind before seeing who it was. It was a man, a scrubby looking man. He had a dirty smirk on his face and his hands were in his pocket.
âCan I help you?â She quietly said before taking a few steps back.
âYes actually, I saw you shopping and I thought you were really-â
âReally what?â A voice growled from behind Y/n. She quickly jumped and looked up to see her pissed off boyfriend standing behind her. Towering both her and the man.
His hands automatically wrapped around her and thatâs when she realized her surroundings. She was 2 blocks away from her and Hyunjinâs apartment. So this man really was following her.
âIs he your boyfriend?â The man asked in disbelief. His eyes grew wider, âIsnât he famous?â
âIâd advise you leave before this gets ugly for you. I saw you following her and if I see you next to her ever again. Iâll make sure to break your hands off and beat you with them. Donât think just because I sing and dance I canât beat the shit out of you,â
Hyunjin stood infront of Y/n and pushed the man, he didnât even try to fight Hyunjin but instead started to scurry off while cursing.
âBaby how-â
âWhy the fuck are you out here in the night time without me?â He said sternly. His voice getting louder the more he talked.
He harshly grabbed the grocery bags from her hands.
âBut I told you I was going grocery shopping Hyunjin plus-â
âYou donât leave the house without me at this time. You forget that youâre everyoneâs target. Are you stupid?â He growled as he gently pushed her so they could start making their way to the apartments. He wanted to make sure he still had an eye on her even if he was extremely mad.
âI donât know why youâre mad at me. I told you I was going to-â she was hurt by his harsh words. She just wanted to explain herself.
âThen why the fuck were you not picking up my calls? Do you know how worried I got?â He was yelling now. âI told you to text me whenever your out so I know your safe, why donât you listen Y/n,â
âHyunjin I donât know why your making this such a big deal but your scaring me,â she frowned as they made it inside their apartment. He slammed the door shut before throwing the bags of stuff on the dining table.
âBe careful there are eggs!â She yelped before running to check if theyâre okay.
âIs that all you care about now?! You could have gotten hurt outside there. Raped! Robbed! Beaten!â
âHyunjin stop yelling! Itâs not a big deal! I always go shopping without you. Maybe your overreacting a little,â she begged for him to stop as she paced back out to the living room where he was now.
âI need to go think-â
âThink about what babe? Iâm sorry okay. Just donât leave. I- I promise I didnât mean to. I thought you heard me when I told you I was leaving the house!â
âWe need to find a way for you to be safe out there Y/n. Just let me think,â
He grabbed his jacket yet again and she chased after him clinging on his hand.
âGod dammit Y/n!â He roared and raised his hand before punching the wall. She quickly flintched and fell on the floor thinking it would land on her.
She lets out a tiny squeal before shielding her head with her hands.
Hyunjinâs face quickly softens. His heart was in his throat. He couldnât believe it. âShit,â he softly said. His anger now slowly disappearing as guilt and worry filled his body.
âIâm so sorry baby,â he kept mumbling. He dropped his jacket and tried to grab her but she quickly scrambled away.
She was genuinely scared. She knew Hyunjin wouldnât hit her but with the way he was reacting before she didnât know what he was capable of at the moment.
âI- why?â She sniffled. Her eyes now streaming with tears and she quickly got off the floor and rushed to the bedroom.
Her sobs filled the room as she quickly dialed the only person she could think of.
âChannie?â She cried into the phone.
âHm? What is it?â He frantically said as he heard her tit sniffles. âWhatâs wrong Y/nnie? You okay? Where are you?â
âChannieâŠHyunjin he- he got angry and-â
âIâm coming over right now, stay there and stay away from him,â she could hear him shuffling around probably getting dressed. All she could do is cry.
On the other side of the door, Hyunjin was a crying mess. He didnât expect the fight to turn left. He was going to hit her. He just blacked out for a second and her tiny screams woke him up he then realized what he had done.
âWhat is it Hyung?â He groaned as he sat by their bedroom door.
âCome over. Chan just called me fuming and Iâm worried heâll kill you if he finds you there,â
âBut Binnie- I didnât mean to I swear,â
âI just said come over. You need to calm down and we can talk about it okay?â He knew Changbin was right.
The comfort of knowing that Chan was on his way over was what made him leave the house not without knocking on their door first.
No answer.
He then slowly opened it to find the love of his life in a little ball. Tiny cries left her small frame but all he could do was walk over and kiss her forehead. She didnât flinch but she didnât react even and with that he left their shared apartment to head off to his friendâs house.
**
The frantic knocks on the door was what got her up. She knew it was Chan instantly and she honestly couldnât wait for his cuddles.
âWhere is he?â He marched into the house fuming.
âHe- he left,â she said. Chanâs posture melted when he saw the state she was in. He felt so sorry and so bad but he knew apologizing wouldnât do anything.
âMovie while you tell me what happened?â He pulled her into a hug as she broke down even more.
âYes please,â she mumbled into his hoodie.
By the time the movie had ended, she was fast asleep by his side. It was a long 2 hours of him trying to calm her down and assuring her that Hyunjin didnât mean what he did. It was probably a big misunderstanding. It took hours of convincing but he was finally able to get her to sleep and calm down.
When he heard the knock on the door he knew who it was and wasnât shocked when the devil himself walked through the door.
âI wonât kill you,â was all Chan said before getting up and signaling for him to come hold her instead.
âThank you Hyung, I owe you one,â
âI know you two are a young couple and it gets hard but you slowly learn how to be patient with her. I hope Binnie and leeknow told you that,â
âTrust me they gave me the longest lecture of my life and on top of that they took away all my pc privileges,â he huffed and slowly played with your hair.
âHow is she?â He asked while admiring her face. It was still a little puffy and the guilt started to eat him again.
âOkay, she cried and cried but I finally got her to calm down. Just talk to her and apologize. She loved you at the end of the day,â and with that. They said their goodbyes and Hyunjin carried Y/n to their shared room. He slowly put her in bed before rushing to finish up putting the groceries away and cleaning up.
He made his way back to your room and got into bed to cuddle you but what made him smile was the way you wrapped your arms around him before whispering a tiny âI love you.â
Damn he was such a dickhead.
#skz imagines#skz comfort#skz x reader#skz angst#skz fluff#skz x y/n#skz x you#skz drabbles#skz stay#bangchansgfblog#hwang hyujin imagines#hwang hyunjin x reader#hyunjin x reader#skz hyunjin
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hatred - Charles Leclerc
I think I might make this into a mini series with an enemies to civil with each other to friends to lovers kind of vibe but I'm still not sure, anyways here's Charles x reader wanting to rip each others throats but instead end up ripping each others clothes off
gonna dedicate this to the lovely @yungbludzâ happy birthday <33
GIF NOT MINE
warnings; smut as per usual, Charles being very egotistical, choking, language, enjoy <3
2k wordsÂ
part two
It was safe to say you and Charles hated each other. You knew hate was a strong word, but you also knew that you felt nothing but hatred for the man. You hated his cocky smile and the fact that everyone seemed to be obsessed with him. You also hated the fact that you had to spend the whole weekend with him.
You worked for Ferrari, meaning that, unfortunately, you had to spend a lot of time with Charles. You were actually excited when you first got the job of being Charles Leclerc's PR manager. You had admired the driver and couldnât wait to work alongside him, but that all changed once you actually met him and realised what an ass he really was. Everyone else loved him, of course, because he seemed to be nice to every single person on the planet except you.
You and a select number of the Ferrari team had been invited to a special charity event taking place in the ballroom of a luxurious hotel. You had all decided to check into the hotel the day before the event, in order to save time and familiarise yourself with the venue. Of course, according to your job description, you also had to run through the possible questions Charles could be asked with him.
Although Charles loathed you, he had to admit you were good at your job and managed to prepare him for every possible scenario, which is why he hadnât begged Mattia to fire you, at least not yet.
You sighed as you reached the check in desk, all you wanted to do was flop onto the hotel bed and sleep until the morning. You gave the lady behind the desk your name and watched as she quickly typed on the computer in front of her. âAh yes, Y/N and Charles, room 506â
Your eyes widened at her words as you shook your head. âNo no, that canât be rightâ you pleaded as you leaned your arms against the counter.
âIm sorry ma'am, but the booking is for the both of youâ she explained with apologetic eyes as she handed you the room key.
âTake your time, Y/N. Not like we arenât all exhausted from our long tripâ you heard Charles scold from behind you. You quickly turned around and shoved the room key into his chest.
âPolitetly, go fuck yourself, Leclercâ you muttered as you shouldered past him and walked straight to Mattia on the other side of reception. Mattia sighed once you walked over and gestured for you to begin arguing with him, he knew it was going to happen.
âWhy? Why would you stick me in a room with that-that imbecile!â you snapped.
âListen, Y/N, i know how much you dislike him and vice versa, but everyone had to be paired with someone and I thought this was the best option for you bothâ he explained with a soothing voice.
âWhy do I have to be with her?â you heard Charles ask from behind you. You felt small standing in front of him, his broad frame practically trapping you between him and Mattia.
âY/N is your PR manager, it's her job to prepare you for this eventâ Mattia once again calmly explained
âAnd she couldnât do that over breakfast?â Charles inquired, you could feel his tense gaze on the back of your head and you whipped around scoffing at him as you placed your hands on his hips.
âDonât act like this was my idea! Not everyone wants to share a room with you Charles, get your head out of your assâ
Charles opened his mouth to throw a rude remark your way but Mattia stopped him before he got the chance. âThe both of you are sharing this room, whether you like it or not. I think everyone would prefer if you took this time to sort out your problems instead of bickering like children. Iâll see you both at breakfast. Goodnight,â he scolded as he walked off with his luggage in tow.
You felt your cheeks redden as embarrassment creeped up your shoulders. âAre you trying to get me fired?â you accused Charles as you grabbed your own luggage and made way for the elevator.
He shrugged in response, âWouldnât be the worst thingâ he muttered, stepping inside with you. You pressed your floor number and sighed in frustration. âCan you stop breathing so loud?â he groaned, rolling his eyes.
âIt was a sigh, dipshit.â
âTrust me, i don't want to be near you as much as you don't want to be near meâ
âGlad we're on the same pageâ you replied, stepping out of the elevator and storming to your room, which in hindsight was a foolish idea as Charles had the key and you had to wait for him as he took his sweet time walking up the hallway.
He unlocked the door with a smug look on his face and stepped in before you, dropping his luggage on the floor as he surveyed the room. âYou have got to be kidding meâ he complained once he saw the double bed in the middle of the room.
âOh what is it now, Charles?â you asked as you shut the door behind you âis the carpet not to your liking? Is it too bright? Are there no chocolates on the pillowâ you continued and slipped off your shoes, âdo you want me to - oh shitâ you cursed as you saw the predicament you both were in. âLooks like you're sleeping on the floorâ you shrugged whilst walking towards the bed.
âI am NOT sleeping on the floor,â Charles complained.
âWhat? And you think I am?â you argued, once again placing your hands on your hips.
âI donât see why not,â he commented, crossing his arms across his chest.
âI am not sharing a bed with you, Leclerc! So you,â you jabbed a finger at his chest, âare going to have to step off your mighty throne and take the gentleman approach and sleep,â jab âon,â jab âthe floor,â you snapped.
Charles raised his eyebrow as he stared at you. You could cut the tension between the two of you with a knife, it was almost unbearable. You had never fought this long, somebody had always interrupted you both before you got the chance to really push each other's buttons. âI'm going to say this nice and slow, sweetheart,â Charles growled, taking a step forward, you in turn took a step back as you removed your finger from his chest, âIâll take the high road, we can share the bed just this once, as long as you stop acting like the spoiled princess that you will never beâ he continued to walk towards you as he spoke and you were eventually trapped against the wall.
Charles moved his hand to lie on the wall next to your head, the distance between the two of you becoming smaller and smaller by the second. âI might be ready to step off my throne but are you ready to be a good girl and step off yours too?â he concluded.Â
âBite me, Charlesâ you retorted and something in the both of you snapped as you grabbed his face in your hands and he roughly grabbed your waist. Your lips violently pressed against his as your tongues practically fought against each other. You almost moaned at the force of his kiss, but refused to give him the satisfaction.
Charles pulled away, giving your mouth a final short kiss before he moved to mark your neck. âCome on, princess. Stop being stubborn for once in your life and let me hear the noises that you can make''
You however kept your mouth shut, Charles smirked and shrugged his shoulders. âIf that's how you want to play it,â he smirked before gently grabbing your breast and slipping his hands into the waistband of your leggings. He rubbed circles on your clit as he pinched your nipples. âI want to hear you, sweetheart,â he grunted.
You rolled your eyes back in pleasure and involuntarily let out a moan. Charles felt his dick twitch in his pants and cockily grinned as he kissed right under your nose. âGood girl,â he whispered. It wasn't long before his trousers were discarded as well as your own leggings. You hadnât moved however and were still pressed up against the wall. âAre you sure you want this?â he asked and although you felt your heart skip a beat you rolled your eyes at him and nodded.
âYes, please just - just hurry upâ you squirmed against the wall. That seemed to be all the validation he needed. He slowly put a condom on before easing into you. You scrunched your eyes at the uncomfortable feeling and tapped him to move. Your lips parting on their own accord as the feeling was replaced with pure pleasure. Charles forcefully grabbed your legs and wrapped them around his waist, providing him with a better angle for both himself and you.
âO-oh shitâ you moaned as you scraped your nails down his shoulders to his arms, which left harsh red marks in their wake. Charles moaned at the feeling and you were almost aroused by the sound. Almost.
One of Charles hands were digging into the soft flesh of your thigh while the other moved to wrap itself around your neck, his signature pinky ring digging into the flesh of your skin causing you to mimic his actions and let out a moan at the pain.
âYou like that?â he grunted as he continued to thrust into you, lightly placing some pressure on your throat, not enough to suffocate you, he didn't hate you that much, but enough for you to enter a state of pure bliss.
âI hate you, Leclercâ you found yourself muttering but you certainly did not hate him at that very moment.
âFeelings mutual, loveâ
You continued to scrape your nails across his back, desperate to pull more moans out of him. Charles however, didn't like being the only vulnerable one and removed his hands from your throat, he grabbed both of your hands in his own and shoved them upwards, beginning his assault on your chest.
Your toes curled as he hit all the right spaces, you knew you were close but you really didnât want to be the first one to let go. Charles could feel the clenching of your walls and smirked into your chest. âAre you close, princess?â he asked, bringing his mouth to your lips and for some reason you found yourself kissing him back.
âNoâ you blatantly lied.
You moved your head closer to him when he pulled away but he refused to connect your lips once more and you found yourself pouting at the lack of attention. God, how pathetic had you become.
âNow, i knew you were a spoiled brat but i didn't take you for a liar as wellâ
âGlad to know your ego has no off moments, Charlesâ you scoffed and were about to start an argument before he began slowly pounding into you, his precise thrusts made it extremely difficult to formulate a sentence let alone hold onto the knot in your stomach. So, against your brain telling you not to, you let go.
You would have fallen onto the ground if it wasnât for Charles' strong grip trapping you against the wall and his own body. The noises that he made as he reached his own high caused your heart to flutter in your chest and you began to wonder if having sex with him was a bad idea.
âAre you okay?â he asked after he had pulled away from you. You nodded your head as you furrowed your eyebrows
âYeah, why wouldnât I be?â you asked.
You were surprised the both of you were capable of having a normal conversation, but you supposed nothing could be normal between you after that.
Charles gently ran a finger across your neck and by the look on his face you knew you looked worse for wear. âI kind of lost myself in the moment, Iâm sorry if I hurt you. Really I amâ he clarified.
âIts okayâ you sighed as you rubbed your neck, âlets just go to sleepâ
âIâm still not sleeping on the floorâ
âJust stay on your side of the bed, Leclercâ
#Charles leclerc#Charles Leclerc imagine#Charles Leclerc smut#f1 imagine#f1 smut#forumla 1 imagine#f1#formula one imagine
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Till I Met You Again

Summary: Everyone is born with a life already planned out for them. Including their soulmates. Except, every person walking this earth has been given a specific soulmate marking that was similar to a tattoo to match their soulmateâs. The ink is invisible when one is born. To activate the soulmate marking, one has to be at least in a 20 feet radius to their designated soulmate. But of course, they wouldnât know it until they start to notice the ink slowly appearing on their skin.
Theme: soulmate au, university au, enemies to lovers
Genre: angst, fluff
Warning: mild cursing
WC: 10k
Pairing: Soulmate!Yoongi x Fem!Reader
a/n: Hello! I kinda got too carried away in writing this one the other day, hence the word count for this is... woah. Hehe. But anyways, here's a soulmate au for you Min Yoongi lovers <3
Every person who was born into this earth has their life journey already written out for them in which it unfortunately remains a secret from them. And these living souls have been entitled to a soulmate that would potentially cross their path in the near future. Everyone is made for someone and the tattoo on their skin otherwise known as a âsoulmate markingâ determines it for them.
The soulmate marking is nothing far from a tattoo as it imprints on your skin for eternity.
However, these markings will already be on you the minute you were born. Except, the ink will be invisible to the human eye.
But itâs definitely there. The only way to activate the marking is when one happens to be of 20 foot radius with their designated soulmate. This will cause the ink to start slowly appearing on oneâs skin. Even so, these markings will start only when one has reached the age of 14. Only then will the ink start to be visible to oneâs eye.
Unfortunately, until now when youâre already past 20 years of age, not a single tinge of ink was displayed on your skin. Youâve checked everywhere on your body. From your fingertips to your toes.
Nothing.
You werenât really one who purely believed in this whole soulmate thing simply because you felt that thereâs no such thing as a fixed soulmate. You should be free to choose who you want as your partner purely through interactions and chemistry you shared with the other, not by some marking on your skin. Your parents had a matching mark on their right wrists which was a simple rose in a glass jar.
No doubt you admired their love story and how they met, but you couldnât see it for yourself. You really donât want to fully depend on this supposed marking. Even when you went off to college, youâve made it a point to try and go on dates no matter what their soulmate markings would be.
But it all turned out with the same ending. Either the guy dumps you for not having the same mark or they ghost you after the first date, saying youâre too good for them. All these never led to a heartbreak on your end because you were never in love to begin with.
You were simply trying your luck, trying to see if youâd find a single soul who was just as sceptical as you on this whole soulmate thing.
And so far, youâve met none.
It was the start of university life for you as youâve managed to enrol yourself for a Computer Science major in Hangang University. You took the same course during college, having interest in web design and computer technologies. You could only hope that the study load this time would give you a mental break every once in a while despite knowing the content is definitely heavier than college content.
But you still told yourself to persevere and never leave your knowledge hanging while youâre still young. With this mentality, you brought yourself to campus today for day one of university classes.
Taking a deep breath, you pushed the door to the specific lecture room for the first lesson.
Immediately, you were greeted by a room that had the majority of the studentsâ gender being males. But it wasnât a surprise to you because CS majors tend to lean more towards males instead of females. This doesnât bother you since you were here solely to study and perhaps make friends along the way.
You found an empty seat in the top last few rows. With careful steps, you climbed the stairs to make your way to the spot you had your eyes locked on. After youâve settled down, you noted how the room was fairly quiet.
Probably because it was the first day of classes and nobody really knows each other yet. That was all pushed to the back of your mind when you heard chatting coming from the front door and you saw 2 friends walk in. It was pretty obvious they knew each other considering how they were laughing and talking freely to one another.
As you kept your curious gaze on them discreetly, you could only realise how good looking they were.
The taller one sported beautiful dark brown locks that were long enough to cover his eyes, his smile so charming you were sure anyone who crossed his path would fall for his smile in less than a second. And then there was the other one who sported a more edgy look with his shorter dark purple, undercut hair that was parted near the centre to show his forehead, a right eyebrow piercing to compliment his face.
You quickly diverted your gaze to your laptop screen, not wanting them to think youâre a creep. You were busy searching for the e-books for this lesson in your online school portal when you heard a gentle voice calling to you from your right.
âHey, are these seats taken?â
You looked up to see the one with the eyebrow piercing staring at you with the softest smile on his face.
In response to his question, you simply mimicked his facial expression and shook your head at him. He thanked you quietly before the 2 of them settled down beside you down the row. They resumed their conversation for the next 3 minutes before the lecturer walked in to start the class.
Two hours later, you donât even know how you managed to absorb the things your lecturer said but you did. You were typing out the notes he shared on the projector screen when you heard his voice through the speakers.
âI will let you go for your lunch break. Be back by 1pm, here. You can leave your bags behind since I will be locking the room once everyone leaves.â
With that, your classmates replied with a series of yes before they got up one by one ready to head for lunch. You were just typing out the last of your notes when the boy beside you spoke up. At first you thought he was talking to his friend. You completely missed the way he was turned to you.
Until he gently taps onto your forearm to tell you that his question was directed to you. With a turn of your head, you locked eyes with him for the second time that day. âH-Huh?â You stuttered, earning a stifled chuckle from him.
âI was saying, do you wanna join me and my friends for lunch? Weâre already sharing classes, might as well get to know each other to prepare for future projects or assignments.â He kindly repeated himself for you, making you whisper a soft âohâ under your breath.
It wasnât like you to approach someone first when it comes to striking a conversation with a complete stranger. So when he did it for you, it surprised you that he even thought of letting you tag along with them to lunch. For this alone, you decided to accept his offer knowing he does have a point for that last statement.
With that being said, the three of you left the lecture room after bringing your wallets with you. You quietly followed beside the brown haired one as they immediately opened a topic for their conversation.
You were just checking your phone for the texts sent from your mom in your family group chat when a voice spoke up, addressing you directly.
âWhatâs your name?â You glance up to catch the one who asked the question was the brown haired one, as the purple haired one was already looking at you but it wasnât intimidating in any way. So you found it easy to reply to them.
âY/N.â You said as they all nodded only for the boy beside you to speak up. âNice to meet you Y/N. Iâm Taehyung. This is Jungkook.â
And so you know.
After almost 10 minutes of walking, you finally arrived at the cafeteria located on the other side of campus from where you originally were. The cafeteria was filled with hungry students and occupied tables. This wasnât something new but at times like these, youâd rather bring your own food and sit somewhere thatâs less crowded and bustling.
Just when you were about to excuse yourself and get a take out instead, Taehyungâs voice sounded from beside you, âHyung said he found a table for us. Theyâre at the side near the drink stall.â He addressed it to the Jungkook in particular.
Hyung? Found a table? Did their other friends go to this same campus too?
You thought to yourself as Taehyung soon led the three of you around the cafeteria with you following behind them like a lost puppy.
You were busy looking at the available food stalls around when you were stopped by the voices that called out to the 2 boysâ names. Curious eyes wandered over their figures to see just who their other friends were and you were met with a table filled with relatively handsome guys.
There were 3 guys seated at that table, happily welcoming Taehyung and Jungkook. Just when you thought they had forgotten you, Jungkook turns around to show you to his friends.
âIf you guys donât mind, we made a new friend this morning and we invited her to join us for lunch. Her name is Y/N.â Jungkook announced as the three boys smiled at you warmly.
âHey Y/N. Iâm Namjoon, this is Seokjin and Hoseok. Itâs nice to meet you.â Namjoon said as he stretched his hand out for you to shake in which you obliged. You definitely didnât miss the intricate design of a floral arrow lining his inner forearm. That mustâve been his soulmate marking. You soon found yourself seated next to Hoseok and Jungkook after buying your meal.
You were chewing your noodles when Taehyung spoke up to catch everyone at that tableâs attention, âWhere are they? Shouldnât their class be over already?â
âApparently they just ended 5 minutes ago. Minie told me theyâre on their way now.â Seokjin replied.
Who were the âtheyâ Taehyung was referring to?
Were there more of their friends?
Oh great.
You refocused on your food, taking a bite out of the chicken meat as you listened to their âfirst day of universityâ story. You found out that Namjoon was a Psychology major, Hoseok was a Dance major and Seokjin was a Culinary major.
You were currently staring at the pile of vegetables that Taehyung so kindly transfers into your bowl, after he asked around on who wants the boiled carrots and broccoli to which you said yes.
Taehyung was passing you every last bit of vegetable to your bowl when a sweet voice spoke up from the end of the table nearest to Namjoon and Seokjin.
âFinally! I thought youâd never make it for lunch.â Namjoon laughed as you heard a much raspier voice speak up from the same spot.
âI wouldnât miss lunch for the world.â You heard the others laugh when Taehyung finally finished clearing his plate off the vegetables before turning to the newcomers to say his hellos.
âOh, by the way, we have a new addition to our circle. Sheâs in Taehyung and Jungkookâs class so they tagged her along for lunch.â Seokjin announced as he reached his arm behind Taehyung to place a soft hand on the top of your right shoulder. You finally looked up from your bowl to see who the newcomers were.
The first guy you locked eyes with had cute puffy cheeks, sporting a pretty dark blue hair colour as his bangs framed his face nicely.
âOh hello. Iâm Jimin.â
You smiled shyly at him before your eyes naturally travelled to the other individual standing right beside Jimin and thatâs when you frowned.
Unsurprisingly, the male did too.
His hair was an ash grey colour that parted at the side to show his forehead instead of letting it cover his eyebrows like Hoseokâs did. He had a few piercings on each ear. If his physique was unrecognizable to you, at least his face was. You knew exactly who he was without having to ask him for confirmation.
âYoongi?â His name rolled off your tongue effortlessly in a whisper, stirring reactions from the rest of them.
âWait, you know each other?â Jimin asked in confusion as his eyes travelled back and forth between you and Yoongi. Thatâs when you heard the other scoff before locking his eyes with you.
âNever thought Iâd see you again after all these years.â His expression was dry and almost unwelcoming unlike the smiles his other friends gave you upon your first meeting. âNever wished for this day to come either but here we areâŠâ You said sarcastically.
The tension was so thick, you were sure you would have to cut it with a knife instead of a scissors.
You broke the gaze by standing up, claiming youâve lost your appetite.
âIâll see you guys in class.â You said, directing your words to your classmates before you snatched your phone and wallet off the table top along with your tray of food to return. With a quick glance to Yoongi, you ignored his burning glare as you shoved past him by the shoulders causing him to stumble back a little.
The table fell quiet as Seokjin was the first to break the awkward silence, âWell, that was unexpected.â Yoongi scoffed as he left the table to go buy his food, not bothering to wait for Jimin as his mind was clouded with the thought of you being in his circle of friends.
The history of you two goes way back when you were in both pre and high school. Your first ever dispute with him was in preschool, all because you were both fighting over the crayon box. And then gradually, more fights would happen over silly little things. It came to a point where your teacher would have to separate you from each other.
Your disputes continued after you found out that he just so happened to join the same high school as you, let alone the same class. It only made things worse. You two would bicker and fight almost everyday like a married couple.
Your friends teased you often with him for the amount of fights you got into with him. Theyâve even grown accustomed to the harsh comments you had thrown to each other on a daily basis.
Not a day goes by without either him stepping on your tail or you having a payback for all the pranks he did on you to get you worked up. And yet, just when you thought you were free from seeing the devil himself again, life has its way with you and it bothers you to the core at this very instant.
Your lecturer arrived back at the lecture room 15 minutes before 1pm and it seemed like everyone else was still having lunch. All except you. âYouâre here early? Have you had your lunch?â He asked as he proceeded to unlock the room while you lingered behind him, standing up after you saw him approaching from afar.
âYeah, I did.â You smiled, stepping back into the room after he pushed the door open. You climbed the stairs again to where your belongings were, taking out your air pods to bury yourself in music.
Shutting out the world around as you rested your head in your arms on the table. You didnât notice the people strolling into the lecture room, too busy drowning yourself in your own little bubble. All of it soon came crumbling when you felt a soft tap on your shoulder.
Thatâs when you look up to see the 2 of them back in their seats.
You glanced ahead to see that the lecturer had already flashed the new slides onto the projector screen which indicates the start of class again. So you took out your air pods and kept them in its case before tossing it into your bag.
Class resumed and your messy thoughts were shoved to the back of your mind, far away from your main focus right now which was your class.
After a dreadful 4 hours of lessons, your lecturer finally calls it a day. He reminded all of you to be punctual for class tomorrow, saying that he has some group discussions for the topic he would be teaching. Once everyone was dismissed, you kept your stuff back into your bag quietly.
You could tell the two boys were waiting for you since they hadn't moved a muscle from beside you despite already standing up and were just leaning against the table while they chatted. The minute you stood up, they pushed themselves off the table and only then did they start walking down the steps.
The three of you made it to ground level thanks to the operating lift, making your way to the parking lot that was right beside the campus entrance.
You were just talking to Jungkook about your hobbies when you noticed a group of 5 guys gathered at the steps of the campus grounds through your peripheral vision. You could only guess it was their friends due to the voice that calls out to those walking with you. They led you towards the bunch as you glanced over to everyone but him.
âHey Y/N, how did you come here this morning?â Namjoon asked, his voice nothing but sincere.
âPublic transport.â You said simply with a smile directed towards him, only for Seokjin to speak up, âDo you need a ride home? I can drive you?â
With that being said, you kindly shook your head with a smile, not wanting to offend him in any way for turning his offer down. âItâs fine, I can manage on my own. Thanks for the offer though. Maybe next time.â You said as you bid the rest of them goodbye, not bothering to look at the very person youâve held your grudge on for years.
They watched as you turned in your heels and left, deadpanning your way to the front gates. Jimin sighed lightly before turning to Yoongi and asked for answers on why you and him werenât on good terms.
But the latter only brushed Jimin off, saying he would explain some other time.
The rest of them soon dispersed to their own vehicles to head home after a long and tiring first day of university.
As more days began to pass, you were sometimes dragged by either one of your 2 classmates to hang out with their friends and girlfriends. If you werenât mistaken, half of them already found their soulmates and were currently in a relationship with them. While the remaining half were still finding for theirs because it was either their soulmate markings had appeared on their skin but very faintly, or there was none at all.
But the amount of times youâve recalled hanging out with them during the past three months were countable with your fingers. You avoided having lunch with them often ever since you found out Yoongi was in their circle. You didnât want to seem petty but it seems like he too hated having you around.
Which means that the feelings were mutual on both ends.
It was a pretty warm day so right after you arrived back at your apartment, you headed straight for the showers. Slipping into the shower stream the minute your clothes were discarded.
The cold stream coating your shoulder down with itâs nice, cooling temperature to ease out the warmth in your body.
After you finished your shower, you took your towel from the rack and proceeded to wipe yourself dry. Stepping out of the cubicle, you walked over to the sink counter where your large mirror was glued onto the wall. As you were ruffling your hair with the towel to rid the excess water, you noticed something on your left rib through the reflection.
Is that�
You glanced down at your skin to see a very faint outline of something on your skin. You blinked twice, not believing this.
When did it start showing?
Your mind was going feral at the thought of seeing your soulmate marking finally make its appearance onto your skin. Who was the cause of this? Why did it only appear now after all these years? If thatâs the case then it means that your soulmate is someone from school.
âWhat am I thinking? This is all a load of crap. I can date whoever I want no matter what marking they have.â You said to no one in particular as you changed into your home attire.
A few days later, you were just in class alone in the morning. Taehyung and Jungkook had yet to arrive when a sudden voice from beside you made you jump. A soft curse emitted from your throat as you clutched to your chest from the minor heart attack. You turned to find one of your classmates whom you recalled his name to be Hanbin, towering over you to your left.
âHey, Iâm Hanbin.â He smiled at you, feeling your stomach get warm upon seeing him up close for the first time.
âHey⊠Iâm Y/N.â
âI donât mean to be creepy or weird, but Iâve kind of noticed you going for lunch alone these days instead of with your friends?â He asked as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. You somehow knew where this was going.
âRight⊠Well, that is true I suppose.â You chuckled awkwardly, looking away from him briefly before turning your attention back to him.
âI see. Well, if youâre looking for company, you can go for lunch with me?â He said it more like a statement instead of a question and that in itself made you smile. You had just accepted his kind offer when you heard familiar voices approaching to where you were seated.
Hanbinâs eyes glanced past your shoulder only to flicker back to you, setting a reminder before he left.
âLunch with me later, yeah?â
You gave him a soft nod as a smile crept onto your lips. At the same time, you felt the soft nudge to your right elbow. You already knew whoâs the culprit. âWasnât that Hanbin? What did he say to you?â Taehyung asked as he took a seat beside you.
âHe asked me to go for lunch with him.â
âSo you agreed?â
âMhm.â
âYou wanna go for lunch with him but not us?â Taehyung asked with a pout, only for Jungkook to lean over and ask what was going on. You could only roll your eyes at them, not actually annoyed or anything. Just a reflex whenever someone tried to get your sympathy over something stupid.
âGive me a break. Iâm not sharing a table with âyou know whoâ. Wouldnât wanna accidentally break the table with our arguments.â You flashed him a sarcastic smile that made him click his tongue at you in disbelief.
It has been two months since you first went to lunch with Hanbin and you have been doing that ever since. You noticed that his demeanour was starting to change too around you, maybe there was a mutual feeling settling in between the two of you after all.
It was a Saturday afternoon and you already made plans with Hanbin a week prior. He wanted to bring you out on a date to the amusement park and then maybe grab some supper before heading home. He picked you up at your apartment that evening in his jeep, looking quite handsome if you say so yourself.
The two of you spent the evening together, adrenaline rushing through you thanks to the rides you took. After enjoying yourselves at the amusement park, you were both tired from having fun so he offered to stop by and grab supper with you before sending you home.
You ended up getting fast food at the diner downtown. You were happy. You were grateful that he was nothing but sweet to you. But for some reason, deep down there was that voice in you that was screaming, âHeâs not the oneâ and you hated it. You didnât want to rely on the marking to determine your happiness.
What if you belonged to someone who has a different marking than you?
Thatâs possible right?
So when he finally parked right outside your apartment complex, he turned off the engine leaving his key in the ignition. The car fell silent for a moment before you decided to be brave and spoke up.
âDo you⊠wanna come up for a bit? We can talk for a while longer?â
With that, Hanbin frowned as he wondered if he should. He didnât want to ruin a first date and he most definitely did not want you to have a bad impression on him.
âAre⊠Are you sure?â He asked quietly, to which you nodded.
When you didnât get a proper response, you simply let out a soft giggle followed by, âcome onâ before you opened his jeep door to board off the vehicle. You left him no choice but to follow after you. Once youâve made it to your apartment, you unlocked your front door and stepped inside allowing him to enter.
It took him a while as his eyes travelled all over your cosy apartment, admiring the minimalist interior. You told him to take a seat while you went to get him a drink.
A few minutes passed and you were both just talking freely on your couch when you noticed how his eyes always flickered down to your lips constantly as you spoke. This made you stifle a giggle and he caught on. He apologized for it but you brushed it off.
Just then, the room felt quiet all of a sudden as it was your turn to glance down to his lips.
Hanbin softly smiled as he began to lean closer.
Your heart was pounding in your chest as you could feel his warmth radiating off his body from how close he was to you.
Right when you felt your head get dizzy from the close proximity, you unconsciously whispered against his lips something that you would never normally do.
âKiss me.â
With that being said, he pressed his plump lips on yours.
Immediately intoxicating you with how sweet he tasted. The kiss slowly got heated as he carefully guided your body back to lay on the couch while he hovered over you. His hands slid past the hem of your shirt, resting on your waist as he caressed your skin.
You slide your hands up his chest, wrapping them around his neck. He slowly pushed your shirt up using his wrists. Right when heâd just pulled away for a breather, his eyes travelled down to your bare torso beneath him.
His gaze seemed stuck on whatever he was looking at. When you realized he stopped and was staring at something on your body, you knew exactly what he saw.
âIs thatâŠ?â His voice was soft, almost sounding as though he was upset.
âYeapâŠâ
With this confession, he slowly pulled away from you, tugging your shirt back down and bringing you to a sitting position.
âIâm sorry, I didnâtâŠâ He began but you were quick to hush him.
âItâs okay⊠Besides, I should be the one saying sorry. I already saw your marking the other day when you wore a tank top to class. I just thought youâd be okay with dating someone who doesnât share the same mark as you. I guess I was being selfishâŠâ You said.
Hanbin remained quiet as he listened to your reasoning. Suddenly feeling bad for stopping whatever you two were sharing, so abruptly like that. With that, he reached out to hold your hand, telling him that he was still sorry for reacting that way and for hurting your feelings by doing so.
But he told you he didnât regret taking you out on a date today, that he genuinely had a good time with you and that he would love to still be friends with you if you allowed him.
You smiled at him before turning your attention to the flower pot sitting on your coffee table only for him to continue, âI just hope that youâll find someone who will love you for who you are, doesnât matter the mark.â For that, you smiled again. Thanking him for being sweet and thoughtful.
After he left, you couldnât help but sigh. This was already the umpteenth time this happened to you.
But you couldnât stay mad at Hanbin for turning you down simply because he didnât reject you the way your other ex dates did. That was the reason why you let him go without holding a grudge.
The next few weeks, youâve gone to lunch on an alternate basis between Hanbin and the guys. And every time you went with the guys, you could only prepare yourself for the constant bickering with the one and only, Min Yoongi and today was no different.
You were sitting next to Namjoon at the end of the table with the only space left empty being beside you. And it was as though luck wasnât on your side, the only human left to arrive for lunch was none other than Yoongi himself.
You were just sipping your green tea when you heard his voice approaching towards your side of the table.
âSorry hyung, thatâs the only seat left.â Jungkook smiled sympathetically to the elder as you made it a point to not spare a glance over to him. You could hear his grunt of disapproval but nonetheless plopped his bag down on the chair before disappearing to buy his food.
When he did come back, you had just gotten a whole chunk of chocolate fudge cake shoved into your mouth by Taehyung who was seated opposite you.
You were unable to pull the dangling piece of cake into your mouth so you tilted your head back. But instead of the cake entering your mouth, it ended up falling into your hands when you felt your head crash into something behind you.
And the hiss just told you who it was.
âWatch it before I spill hot soup on you.â Yoongi said as he placed the bowl of steaming noodle soup on the table top beside your tray.
âDonât worry because Iâll make sure it spills on you too.â You challenged him back, earning a glare from him.
You heard a few sighs coming from some of the guys but you couldnât care less. You busied yourself by scrolling through your social media in hopes that the time would just pass by quicker so that you can be away from him after lunch ends.
A few days later, you had just finished your shower when you noticed your mark slowly growing more and more opaque. To which you could finally see the design of it.
It was a dream catcher.
A pretty one at that. You softly traced your finger over the outline of the detail, keeping your eye on the reflection. Just then, a soft sigh left your lips.
This means that your designated soulmate has supposedly crossed your path more than once. But seeing how the ink is getting darker with each passing day, could only mean that if not often, this person is near you at least more than 3 times a week.
A week went by and Jungkook had invited you to his birthday slash pool party that weekend. He invited only the guys and some of their girlfriends. Youâve met the girlfriends a few times and theyâve all been pretty sweet to you so far. All of them are so down to earth. You told Jungkook youâll be there, earning a happy soft clap from him when you said so.
On the day of the party, you had just finished your shower when you noticed the water droplets underneath you werenât clear. You looked harder only to realize those werenât water.
It was blood.
âGreat⊠Thanks mother natureâŠâ You huffed as you went to get your feminine item from your cupboard. After successfully changing into the attire you chose for the day, you tied your hair into a messy ponytail before leaving your bathroom.
You wore simple denim shorts and a loose shirt tucked into your jeans.
When you actually made it to Jungkookâs house, you were surprised to know that he was living in a one story house with a built-in pool ready when he moved in.
Apparently his parents were pretty wealthy people so they bought this house for him, saying it would give him the opportunity to take responsibility in keeping the house clean and tidy rather than his mother having to do it for him all the time.
You called Jungkookâs phone only for him to pick up on the second ring. You told him you were at his front gate so he hung up the call and rushed over to you.
Once you were inside his beautiful compound, he brought you towards the back through his side garden. Distinct voices gradually get louder the nearer you get to them. The minute you turned round the corner, you instantly saw more than half of them in the pool including the ladies.
Seokjin and Taehyung were over at the barbeque grill, cooking the meat for everyone. There was a table filled with all kinds of snacks and sweet drinks. It was a full on pool party.
Just then, a familiar voice rings in your ear already knowing it belonged to Hoseok.
âY/N! You made it! Come join us!â
You stopped at one of the chairs only to put your sling bag down and apologized to him, âSorry to burn the mood, but I canât. Monthly calls.â You could hear some whines and sad pouts forming on some of their faces right after.
âAww man, thatâs a total bummer.â Jimin said, making you shrug.
However, you noticed a figure leaning against the wall on the other side of the pool just blankly staring at you. Thatâs when you glanced over to see Yoongi. You held your stare for a moment before you turned away. Missing the way he was still staring at you even when you were making your way to Seokjin and Taehyung.
A few minutes later, you were just talking to Jiyeon who was taking a break from being in the pool. You sat facing each other but from where you were seated, your back was facing the grilling pit.
Jiyeon was just talking to you about baking when you noticed someone swimming to the side that was aligned with where you were sitting.
Only to realize it was Yoongi.
He placed his hands on the edge of the pool and soon pushed himself upwards. You watched as water flowed down his body effortlessly. Cursing yourself for even staring at his shirtless form. He pushed his wet hair out of his face, resulting in him having sort of a slick back hairstyle.
He was too busy talking to Hoseok and Jungkook who were still in the pool, his head completely turned away from you.
Right when you were about to look away, your eyes caught sight of the imprinted ink on his left rib. You didnât think much of it as you turned away from him. But then something in your brain ticked you off like a time bomb. So you carefully turned back to him just a few feet away from you.
Thatâs when you saw it.
The dream catcher on his left rib is so prominent and bold against his milky skin. Not to mention his toned abs. A soft gasp left your lips as he walked past you without sparing a single glance at you.
But you didnât mind it. You were glad he didnât see how shocked you were because if it did, he would have said something about it.
So instead, you just got up and left, entering Jungkookâs home through the glass doors frantically. You rushed in and went straight to the said destination. Once inside, you took a moment to steady your breathing as you brought your gaze up to the long mirror that laid upon you on the wall landscape.
You carefully pulled your shirt up to expose the ink on your own skin. You could only stare at it through the reflection before looking down at your own torso and gently tracing your finger over the outer rim of the dream catcherâs hoop.
You didnât know how long you were gone for. It wasnât until a voice broke your train of thoughts.
âWas it really necessary to rush into someoneâs house like-â
However, his speech got stuck in his throat when his eyes flickered over to the reflection in the mirror. No it wasnât your face he was staring at. It wasnât the soap bottles lining Jungkookâs sink.
It was your mark on your left rib.
You swiftly pulled your shirt down to hide it from him from seeing any more details of it. With quick hasty steps, you turned to leave the bathroom and had barely taken a step out into the hallway when he grabbed your wrist and pulled you back to face him.
âShow me.â He said firmly.
âShow you what?â
âDonât play dumb, you know exactly what Iâm talking about.â
âI- I donât know what you mean-â
Without warning, Yoongi used his free hand to lift your shirt up to stop right below your bra line as his hands naturally cupped your sides to keep your shirt there. He finally caught a clear look of the inked design on you, seeing how familiar it looked to him.
You couldâve sworn you saw his eyes flicked wider for just a millisecond before it went back to its original state.
For some reason, your lung felt restricted and your heart dropped upon seeing the same mark on his skin at the same exact spot as yourself. You wanted to run away. All you wanted to do now was to be as far away from him as you can.
So you slapped his hands away, making him lose his grip on you before you turned around to leave.
He grabbed your wrist again but this time, you mustered whatever strength you had left to yank your arm from him. Tears stinging your eyes as it threatens to fall, yet you donât fully understand why.
âDonât! J-Just⊠leave me alone⊠please.â Your voice falls into a whisper as you rush to the backyard, ignoring their worried calls as you simply told them you werenât feeling well because of your monthly calls. When Yoongi did come back to the backyard, he was questioned as to what happened back in the house and why you looked like you were about to cry.
Yoongi couldnât help but stare at your descending back just in time before you turned the corner and disappeared fully from sight. Only for him to lie to them despite knowing exactly why you left.
âShe wasnât feeling well.â
The week went by and you have been avoiding coming relatively close to the rest other than the 2 who were obviously unavoidable. But itâs not like you had anything against them. You just wanted to avoid Yoongi at all costs for now. It was a Friday and you had just finished your classes for the day when the two boys exchanged glances to each another before Jungkook spoke up.
âHey, do you wanna grab something to eat with us after this?â You knew he was being nice. You knew he wasnât to blame for Yoongi having the same exact soulmate mark as you. So for that, you chose not to lash out at him.
âItâs fine. Iâll pass.â You smiled half heartedly and they could tell. But thankfully, they chose not to question further.
The three of you were walking towards the main entrance as usual when you saw the rest of the group seeming to wait for you three. You glanced up to Jungkook beside you who gestured a small wave to the others, only for you to accidentally look over.
And the first thing you saw was Yoongi already looking at you.
Great.
Before you could get to close, you bid your goodbyes to your friends as you separated from them to head towards the gates. Nobody has yet to know why you were acting this way other than Yoongi himself. You were just halfway through the parking lot when a firm grip on your wrist made you turn after being tugged back gently.
You nearly crashed into the figure whom you werenât surprised when you saw it was him.
âStop acting like a child.â He said, his tone held something much more than just firmness. He sounded like heâs⊠hurt almost.
âSo what? This marking thing is a load of bullshit. Why does it determine who we should be with? Thatâs unfair! Iâve seen couples who have different marks and yet theyâre still happy together?!â You said, clearly letting your emotions take over your mind.
âIf you think itâs bullshit then why are you ignoring me like Iâve just killed your pet?!â He asked, his voice now a tad louder than it was before.
âBecause all the guys Iâve tried dating care too much about these marks! Every single one of them ditched me when they found out I didnât have the same mark! And what are the odds that the one person who has the same exact mark as me, happens to be the one person that has been nothing but a daily source of fight with me?â You paused as his grip on you loosened, his glare suddenly softened.
âOf course I couldnât believe it⊠I didnât want to believe that of all people, itâs you⊠Thatâs why I ignore you.â Your voice grew soft as you saw the way his eyes flickered back and forth on your own brown pupils.
âSo youâre saying you hate me? Is that it?â His question was simple but it held a thousand meanings and you knew it.
âI donât even know anymore, YoongiâŠâ You whispered as you slowly pulled your hand out of his grip and quickly left before he could say anything else. Yoongi stood there trying to process everything. Still not entirely sure of what just happened. Just then, a gentle hand on his shoulder made him return back to reality.
âHey man, you okay?â Namjoonâs calm voice spoke from beside Yoongi as the latter could only nod.
âWe heard your conversation⊠Well, we didnât intend to anyways⊠But, is it true? That you both have the same mark?â Namjoon continued.
He could hear the soft, quiet curse leaving Yoongiâs lips during his exhale before he spoke up, âYeah⊠That was actually the reason why she abruptly left during Jungkookâs pool party.â Yoongi explained and it all began to fall into place for Namjoon. The younger could only nod as he finally put the pieces together.
âMmm, and so Iâm guessing sheâs too overwhelmed with the fact that you have the mark out of a billion people to walk this planet?â Namjoon said.
âBingo.â Yoongi sighed as the two began to walk back to their friends who were still gathered at the entrance despite hearing the commotion earlier. If space is what you need, then space is what he shall give. But of course, you canât run from him forever.
It has been two weeks since your outburst with Yoongi and you have been keeping your distance from him again. The guys also didnât try to tag you along knowing fully well that you needed space from Yoongi. For that, you silently thanked them. It was a Saturday night and you had made it a point to go for a quick grocery run to stock up your refrigerator with edible food.
After getting all the items you needed, you went to the queue. The lady at the counter scanned every item on the conveyor belt and went ahead to put it in the plastic bag before telling you the total cost.
You were about to reach into your jeans pocket when you noticed them being flat.
You felt around the pockets of your jeans and it was in fact empty. With that being said, you mentally cursed yourself for not bringing your wallet with you. Not only that, this store was the only one nearest to your apartment and it was closing in 10 minutes.
You wouldnât make it back in time if you went home now to retrieve your wallet.
So you apologized to the lady who looked equally done with her job as you left the store empty handed. You were just walking down the partially empty street when you felt something drop onto your cheek. You stopped walking to feel what it was. Before you could touch your cheek, another drop hits the top of your head. And then another. And another.
âFuck my lifeâŠâ
You whispered to yourself as the sky suddenly began to downpour on you. Watching as some people ran across the road for shelter, some whips out their umbrella to shield them from the rain, some simply stayed indoors to avoid being caught in the rain.
However, you were too tired to even care about seeking shelter. Feeling as if today was the worst day of your life.
You continued to stroll down the street completely soaked under the rain.
You wrapped your arms around yourself in attempts to keep yourself warm but it clearly did no shit for you. Absent minded to notice your surroundings, you didnât hear the calls for your name until the vehicle came to a gradual slow speed beside you on the street.
âY/N!â
It was Yoongi.
âLeave me aloneâŠâ
âY/N, why in the world are you walking in the heavy rain? You might fall sick, you dummy.â
âWho c-cares?â Your lips were starting to quiver from the cold.
âI do.â
You couldâve sworn your heart just skipped a beat at that response.
âLook, let me take you to my place and get you dry clothes while waiting for the rain to stop. Iâll send you home after.â He said.
âI d-donât need your⊠h-help, Yoongi.â
He let out a soft groan in annoyance with your stubbornness, only to drive a little further down before bringing the car to a complete stop. You were about to carry on walking but your feet just came to a halt when you saw him running out of his car and coming to you.
âCome on and stop whining like a little kid.â Yoongi said as he grabbed your wrist and began jogging back to his car, pulling you into the passenger side before going back to the driver seat.
Once safely inside, he drove off into the night and made a left turn at the junction while your apartment building was to the right and probably about a 20 minutes walk. The car ride was quiet as neither of you said anything. You simply let him do what he said he would. When he finally brought the car to a park, he turned off the engine and soon climbed out of the vehicle.
You followed suit as he had already come over to your side to hold the door for you. After heâd locked the car, he led you to his apartment complex as you followed behind him. You took in the interior of his apartment complex, it looked slightly older than yours but still well maintained.
Apparently, he lived on the 14th floor unlike you who lived on the 5th floor.
He soon pulls out his house key and proceeds to unlock his front door. He opens the door for you, letting you step inside first. Once he had closed the door behind him, he told you to wait there as he excused himself to go get you a clean towel and new dry clothes for you to change into.
You took in the minimalist setting of his apartment, quite similar to yours except your walls are white and his is grey.
Yoongi came back with a handful, telling you where the bathroom was.
You followed his directions and soon closed the bathroom door once youâve stepped inside. In the meantime, Yoongi had gone to change out of his own wet clothes into a clean pair of his sweatpants and a hoodie. He was boiling hot water to make hot chocolate for the two of you when you cleared your throat behind him.
He turned around at the sound, only for him to scheme through your outfit in which he had so specifically chosen for you. He had lent you one of his sleeping shorts and an oversized black hoodie that looked a little too big on you.
But for some reason, you looked good in them.
He almost had to pinch himself for staring too long before he finally spoke up, âUhh, my dryerâs in the laundry room. Second door to the left.â
You nodded as you disappeared back down the hall, only for him to mentally curse himself for losing his composure. After 2 minutes or so, you came back having managed to turn the dryer on.
He handed you the cup of hot chocolate, not forgetting to thank him for it.
There was a short moment of peaceful silence before he gestured over to his living room. The both of you went over to the couch as you sat on either ends of the furniture. He turned his tv on and was busying himself with searching through Netflix when you mustered up the courage to ask him what was on your mind for the past half an hour.
âWhy did you help me?â
Yoongi turned to you briefly, unsure if he should answer the question truthfully.
âAs much as we fight, Iâm not entirely heartless.â
Your eyes bore into him as you soon found yourself looking down at your hands when he turned to look at you. If it wasnât for the tv, you knew for a fact that he couldâve heard the thumping of your heart. Silence fell over you two again but he broke it as soon as it started.
âWhy were you walking in the rain?â
âI was on a grocery run.â
âBut I donât recall seeing you carry any bags of groceries?â
âThatâs because I couldnât pay for it without my walletâŠâ
He raised his eyebrows at you in disbelief, finding it ridiculous that you only realized it when you were checking out of the store.
âShut up. This kind of stuff happens okayâŠâ You scoffed, earning a quiet chuckle coming from him followed by an, âOkay, okay.â The room fell silent again and you were just playing with the strings of your hoodie.
Silently wishing for time to pass quicker but it seems like the rain only got heavier.
âLook, I think we should just forget about the whole marking thing and just⊠start over?â He said, causing you to look at him but he seemed like he was diligently avoiding your gaze.
âStart⊠over?â You dragged your words to show that you wanted a slightly more detailed explanation.
âWhat I mean is⊠letâs stop ignoring each other and stop fighting over the smallest little issues like we did when we were young. Back then we were still young and immature. But weâre not anymore, are we?â He ended with a question, making you huff.
You know he has a point but your ego is still higher than ever.
âAre you only saying this because Iâm your soulmate?â
âNo. I really am tired of fighting with you.â
âWhy now? Why only want to call truce after youâve seen my mark? Doesnât that say a lot?â You were stubborn and he knows it. And yet, he still answers you to clear all your doubts.
Surprisingly patient with you.
âI know it might look like what you think, but itâs really not. I donât care about the marking much like you. But after thinking about it, I feel like itâs actually childish to hold a grudge on each other for the things weâve done years ago, donât you think?â He explained, hoping itâll get past that rock solid head of yours.
Your heart knows heâs right but your mind forces you to say otherwise.
With that, you huffed as you got up and excused yourself to go check on your clothes. Before you could make it past the first door on the left, he grabbed your wrist and tugged you back.
He pressed you against the wall with his other hand beside your head to trap you.
Your free hand hovered in between both yours and his chest as he was less than 4 inches away. Your faces were so close you could feel his breath hitting your lips. You wouldâve slapped him if he did this years ago.
But now?
âWhy are you so stubborn?â
He asked, his voice low as you kept your heated gaze on his eyes even though you saw the way his eyes flickered back and forth between your eyes and lips.
Rising heat from both anger and his body temperature radiated off him, engulfing you like a cocoon. You couldâve sworn you saw his pupils dilate a few times now that he was this close to you. It was quiet in the hallway as he frowned, still waiting for an answer from you. But instead, you gently pressed your hand on his warm chest that was in between your bodies.
This was enough to make him flinch slightly. His crammed face relaxed for a moment when he looked down at your hand on his chest before looking back at you.
Even more confusion struck him.
Your heart was racing rapidly in your chest, and you were so sure he could hear it. You couldnât bear to look at him any longer so you looked down at your hand as you slid it up towards the necklace he was wearing. Playing with the pendant in between your fingers.
You didnât realise this but his grip on your wrist was long gone and was now slowly snaking that arm around your waist.
Yoongi leaned in very subtly to let his lips brush against yours just to see your reaction. He closed his eyes, taking in the feeling of having you this close for the first time. You did the same as your other hand rested on his left bicep. Before you knew it, he closed whatever remaining gaps in between only to kiss you.
Your heart exploded in your chest as he used the hand beside your head to cup your cheek. You leaned into his touch while you reciprocated the kiss. Yoongiâs grip on your waist tightened as he pulled you against him.
He felt both your hands now just holding onto his biceps for support, his lips tugging upwards against your mouth.
You could feel his muscles flexing under your fingertips as he pulled away from your mouth and was now trailing soft kisses down your neck. A soft sigh left your lips, feeling him give some love to the part that joins your neck and shoulder blade together.
âYoongiâŠâ Your voice came out as a mere whisper.
Just when you wanted to say something, your breath hitched in your throat when you felt his hands slip past your shirt only to rest them on your sides when your mark was.
His touch was gentle but it definitely did something to your poor heart.
âAnswer me truthfully⊠Are you okay with⊠this?â Yoongi asked, gesturing between you and him. âWith us? Because you can say no if youâre really against this. I would never force you.â
You stared at him for a while, rethinking your answer. Youâve been so firm about not caring who has the same soulmate mark as you because you thought it was all bullshit. But now, standing in front of him and knowing that he has the mark, not only that but he seemed like he really genuinely likes you is making it twice harder for you to say no.
But your silence was too long for him as he counted to 3 in his mind. When you didnât respond, he slowly nodded. Pulling himself away to leave a space between you.
âItâs okay, I understand⊠I think your clothes are dry. Go change, Iâll wait outside.â His voice was quiet as if heâs too upset, he canât even look you in the eye. You felt bad. You never wanted him to feel this way. So when he turned in his heels to walk away, you yearned for him to come back.
Yoongi was halfway down his living room when he felt a smaller hand slide into his right one. His step came to a halt as he kept his back to you.
He was about to ask if there's something wrong but all he got was a soft apology.
âIâm sorryâŠâ
You watched as he remained still, his back still facing you. Doing nothing to turn and look at you. Yoongi wasnât sure what he wanted to do at the moment so he kept quiet.
Just then, you used your other hand to cup his that you were already holding. He would be lying if he said he didnât like this. But he definitely wasnât prepared for what you were about to do next. You werenât sure if you trust your voice so instead, you took a few steps closer before wrapping your arms around his waist.
Pressing your cheek against his back. You stayed like that for a few seconds, basking in the sweet vanilla scent of his.
You could feel him tense up when you first hugged him but he soon relaxed in your arms.
You didnât dare to do anything else, all until you felt him softly caress your arms only to lock his fingers with yours over top of your hands. You only nuzzled your face deeper into his back, afraid to look at him.
But when you feel him slowly move around in your arms, thatâs when you let him face you.
The minute he sees your face, he immediately cups your cheeks and wasted no time in kissing you ever so sweetly. The butterflies in your stomach erupted as you snaked your arms around his shoulders, feeling him pull you closer to him by your waist.
He held you securely against him all the while never leaving your lips. You were the first to pull away, keeping the distance small between you and him.
Your eyes were still closed so you depended on your senses.
That wasnât until you felt him cup your face again, caressing your cheek with his thumbs. The room fell silent as he brushed his soft lips against yours and whispered to you quietly, âCan we start over?â
You opted for just a nod, unsure if you could trust your voice. You opened your eyes to see him staring at you so softly with his doe round eyes.
Yoongi smiled, whispering an âokayâ before he kissed you again. He wrapped his arms around your waist as you melted against his lips. He took his time with you, making sure you were comfortable and that you really wanted this. He never wanted to hurt you in any way. He kept asking for your permission before he did anything and you appreciated it.
You woke up the next morning to a warm feeling engulfing you from behind. You stirred in your sleep, trying to see what it was. But the squeeze around your waist made you look down to see the familiar arm draped over your waist, tucking his hands underneath you. The silver bracelet around his right wrist could never be mistaken for someone else.
Just when you were about to snuggle deeper into the warmth of his body, you felt him kiss the back of your head. Your heart pounded in your chest, stomach flipped in your belly.
âMmm, good morning.â He whispered, his morning voice low and raspy.
You sighed in content as you turned around to face him, only to find that he still had his eyes closed but there was a smile that crept on his lips.
With that, you smiled as you planted a soft kiss on his lips. You could feel him smirk against your lips, earning a soft giggle from you. His arm that was supporting your head, bent at the elbows as he began to play with your soft hair.
The next day, you came to school feeling a little down in the weather. Maybe it was a late reaction to when you got drenched in the rain. You were sniffling in your seat when Taehyung and Jungkook immediately caught the sight of your red nose.
âHey, are you sick? Your nose is red.â Jungkook said, his voice laced with full concern. You simply shook him off saying it was just light flu.
The other two werenât buying it, they said they would go get medicine for you after class and you all but rejected them. The last thing youâd wanna do was to burden them.
So after your morning class has ended and you have been dismissed for lunch, the three of you made it to the cafeteria only to find the rest of the guys already seated. But you and Yoongi still havenât told them about your resolve yet. So they thought you two were still ignoring each other.
âHey guys! Y/N? Are you okay? You look kind of paleâŠâ Namjoon asked, making you smile.
âItâs just a little flu, thatâs all.â You said, completely missing the way Yoongi was staring at you with pure concern.
âDo you wanna go home and rest?â Hoseok asked in which you shook your head, before a squeaky sneeze left your lips not forgetting to cover your mouth while you did. âSorryâŠâ You whispered an apology, earning a few laughs from them. Just then, Yoongi got up without a word, leaving the table.
You watched as he disappeared down the aisle towards the drink stall. You wondered what he was doing but nevertheless shrugged, going to the empty seats beside him and Jimin.
You took a seat beside Yoongiâs empty chair, not really having the appetite to eat.
You were just rejecting Jiminâs offer to feed you some of his food when Yoongi came back with a glass of hot tea, a bottle of water and a strip of two panadol flu tablets. The rest of them watched quietly as he sat down beside you and handed you the drinks.
âHere, take this.â He said softly, pulling your hand up to push the two tablets out of the strip onto your open palms.
âOh? Since when are you guys on good terms?â Taehyung asked in utter confusion.
âWeâre not. Weâre just acting.â Yoongi replied sarcastically before twisting the bottle cap open for you. He waited for you to throw your head back and let the tablets fall into your mouth before gulping down the water.
After you were done, you thanked him quietly. You didnât miss the little smirk on his face.
âOkayâŠâ Seokjin said as he gently slammed his hands onto the table top, making some of you flinch.
âWhatâs going on? Last week you were both ignoring each other and now youâre taking care of her like she means the world to you?â He asked as you turned to Yoongi for help.
âDonât you know the saying âPeople changeâ?â Yoongi said.
âOf course, but itâs almost too drastic. Just over the weekend too.â Seokjin said in disbelief.
âWell, I guess it happens.â Yoongi shrugged as Jungkook directed his question to you.
âSo Iâm guessing you too?â
âNo. I still hate him.â You lied.
âIs that so? Then why are you holding his pinkie?â Hoseok smirked, pointing to your intertwined pinkie on the table. With that, you quickly removed your hands from Yoongi.
âHey... Why did you let go? I was about to play with your fingers.â
Yoongi said with a small pout, making you blush. Just then, Yoongi reached back over to lace his fingers with yours, resting your hands on his lap only to steal a quick kiss to your cheek.
This stirred a few dramatic gasps from your other friends. âDid you guys see that?! That was- omg!â Seokjinâs voice was too loud, making Jimin cover his mouth with his hands.
âOh hush your pie hole dust. Just let me be happy for once.â Yoongi smirked as you felt him caress the back of your hand. Heâs definitely going to be a handful but youâre more than happy to entertain his crap.
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Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader Summary: Spencer doesnât like to be touched. But what happens, when he gets comfortable around you? Warnings: fluff, Spencer being cute, getting shot but nothing too explicit and oh, and a bucket full of angst Word Count: 4,4k A/N: hello friends. I have a part two of this in my drafts if you like! I hope you enjoy. gif not mine.
You had heard a lot about the BAU team before joining them.
About the cases, the trust, the bond. It had always been something that had fascinated you. You had experienced some things with your previous team as well, but the BAU was in a whole different league.
Before you had been moved there, you had already familiarized yourself with the teammates. You didn't want to come unprepared to a team that knew each other inside and out. Also, you were a person who put your foot in your mouth quickly.
You were most impressed by Doctor Spencer Reid. You had heard the most about him. He was a genius, with an IQ of 187 and he could read 20,000 words a minute. Not to mention his eidetic memory. You had even read his doctoral dissertations. While you didn't understand everything, they were incredibly interesting and gave you a little insight into the mind of the spectacular Doctor Spencer Reid.
When you first met, you concentrated on not reaching out to him. You merely raised your hand to greet him, which he returned with a smile, and although he tried to hide it, you knew that this small gesture meant a lot to him.
While the other team members put their hand on his shoulder or ruffled his hair, you were almost tensely careful not to touch him. If he should want to, he would make the first move.
It happened some time later, as you stood side by side in the office kitchen. While Spencer poured himself a coffee, you poured hot water into your teacup. You asked him for the sugar that was next to him, and instead of sliding it over to you as you had been doing, he held the dispenser out to you. You reached for it and when your fingers brushed his, it went through you like an electric shock. You suddenly felt warm and your heart beat faster, but Spencer didn't seem to notice. He smiled at you before walking back to his seat. You looked after him.
After that incident, you were both a little more relaxed. While you didn't push it, Spencer didn't seem to mind you handing him files or touching each other briefly when you sat next to each other. After an incident on the plane, even the team noticed.
Spencer was on his way to the trash can when you got up to sit with Emily and Hotch to discuss the current case. You squeezed past each other as the plane made an unexpected swerve. You tried to grab onto the seat next to you, but the sway was too sudden. Before you could fall, Spencer grabbed your arm with one hand and your hip with the other and held you tight. He pulled you straight toward him so you wouldn't land face down on the ground. Even when the plane was back on course, he didn't let go. As you tried to regain control of your irregular breathing from the shock, Spencer looked at you closely. You felt his gaze on you, almost burning into your forehead, but neither said a word. As you broke away from each other and each sat down in your seat, you noticed his gaze still on you. When you looked up, he looked away.
Next came your birthday. Even though you didn't want to celebrate and your real plan was to have food delivered and watch your favorite movie for the hundredth time, the team dragged you to a bar. "Pathetic," Derek had called the plan, and you had punched him affectionately in the shoulder, but by the time he put the first drink in your hand, you had all but forgotten his comment. While some of you sat at a table and the rest enjoyed themselves on the dance floor, you sat at the bar. You did love your team, but on your birthday you didn't want to hear about any cases outside of work. Which couldn't be avoided when you were around each other 24/7.
You sipped your drink, secretly cursing Derek for having so much alcohol in it. You scrunched your nose.
"Did you know that alcohol tastes different when you drink it with a straw?" Spencer asked, sitting down in the empty chair next to you. You turned to him and raised an eyebrow questioningly. "When we ingest something, the aroma molecules go up our nose and we can tell from the start whether it's going to taste good or not. Also, the nose detects different flavors than the tongue. So if you drink the drink with the straw so the glass is farther away from your nose, you'll perceive the taste of the drink differently than it is." Even in the dim light of the bar, you could see how red he was getting. When you didn't answer, he laughed nervously and ran a hand through his hair. "Sorry, I was rambling again."
You took another sip of your drink. "Don't apologize, Spencer. I like that you're so smart. And I like that you're comfortable enough to want to share your knowledge with me," you smiled gently at him. He returned your smile.
"I appreciate you not reaching out to me then, by the way," he confessed, nibbling on the label of his beer bottle. "I don't like shaking hands with strangers, and it makes me uncomfortable when I'm expected to but I don't. So, thanks for that."
"It's okay," you said, but he let go of his bottle and turned to you completely.
"You never pushed me to do this. You waited for me to make the first move on this because it means more to me than it does to you. There aren't many who are that respectful and understanding." He got up from his chair, but left the beer bottle on the counter. He held out his arms. "I haven't wished you a happy birthday yet because I didn't want to do it in front of the team. They'd make a big deal out of it." He gestured for you to give him a hug. He actually wanted to hug you.
"Spencer, you don't have to do this," you said, but before you knew it, he had grabbed your hand and pulled you off the chair, right into his arms.
You had often imagined what a hug from Spencer would be like, especially when you saw him hug JJ or Emily after a hard case. But you had imagined it differently.
He had his arms wrapped around your waist and held you so close that you almost couldn't breathe. You felt his long fingers on your skin, despite your T-shirt and you felt his warm breath on your neck and his curls on your temple. Goosebumps spread over your body and you prayed he didn't notice. "Happy birthday," he whispered in your ear and before you knew it, he placed his lips on your cheek before pulling away from you. Smiling, he reached for his beer and sauntered back over to the table, leaving you standing at the bar. With a pounding heart and fire in your veins. And in that moment, you just thought that work colleagues, or even maybe friends, shouldn't feel that way about each other.
After your birthday, it was no longer an issue for Spencer. Under the table, he'd nudge you with his knee if you weren't paying attention for a second, or he'd put his hand on your shoulder when he looked over you at the computer screen. He also didn't mind if you were so exhausted from a case that you fell asleep by his side on the plane, with your head on his shoulder. You didn't realize it, but JJ had pointed out that Spencer always pulled you a little closer then, resting his cheek against the top of your head. For him, the constant touching was no longer an issue.
For you, it was. Every time his skin brushed yours, you felt warm and your heart skipped a beat. Whether it was at dinner, at a briefing, or just walking by. But it was bearable.
It got bad when he touched you longer. On particularly hard cases, he had taken to looking under the table for your hand and squeezing it twice. It was a gesture of friendship and care. If you held each other, nothing could happen to you. On the plane, you always sat next to each other, playing cards or absorbed in your own thoughts. Spencer, however, got into the habit of putting your legs over one of his if you had to fly for a particularly long time. At first, the team gave you strange looks, which made you uncomfortable, but didn't bother Spencer in the least. So you tried not to let on, which was pretty difficult when you were surrounded by profilers. Flames blazed in your veins at those touches, heat tingled under your skin where he touched you, and when he pulled you into his arms on certain occasions, you almost felt dizzy.
This is not how you should feel about your best friend.
"Thales, Miletus, here's your key," Hotch said, tossing Spencer the room key as the team checked into the hotel. He'd resisted at first the nickname Garcia had picked out for you - classically, after the discoverer of magnetism - but since everyone was using it, even the earnest Hotch had given up on it. "Prentiss, JJ, your room is right next to ours." The two women nodded and the four of them walked down the corridor while Derek was kind enough to take the girls' bags.
You couldn't look after them for long, because Spencer had already grabbed your hand and intertwined his fingers. "Come on. Our room is waiting."
You had never shared a room. You'd either always had your own, or shared one with Emily or JJ, but never with Spencer. You wouldn't mind so much if you weren't into him. Hopefully there were two beds. On opposite walls. Far away from each other.
When Spencer unlocked the door and you entered, you wanted to sink into the floor. Double bed. One blanket. You tried to mentally prepare yourself for the stay by setting your bag down on a chair and stopping in the middle of the room while your best friend inspected it. He didn't seem to notice that you had only one bed and, more importantly, only one blanket. At least, it didn't bother him.
When you returned to the room that evening, you went straight to the bathroom and took a shower. The water was as cold as you could stand it. It was supposed to cool you down and prepare you for the night. It wasn't every day that you shared a bed with your crush. After combing your hair and changing, you slipped under the covers and tried to fall asleep as quickly as possible so you wouldn't notice Spencer's presence next to you when he came out of the bathroom.
Your thoughts cheated on you. What if you snuggled up to each other in your sleep at night? Or you would unconsciously snuggle up to him, but he didn't want you to? Then you'd have to get another room tomorrow. And it would get so awkward that you wouldn't be able to look him in the eyes.
"What are you thinking about?" asked Spencer finally as he climbed into bed next to you. Immediately, you felt his warmth. He hadn't taken a cold shower, apparently.
"It's always hard when kids are involved," you answered truthfully. It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't what was floating around in your mind either.
"Come here," he said, opening his arms. Hesitantly, you slid closer to him so there was still space between you, but it didn't seem close enough for Spencer. After he turned out the light, he pulled you close enough for you to rest your head on his shoulder and with his free hand, he reached for yours and intertwined your fingers again. Your heart stopped. "We can do this, Y/N. We've done it all so far." You heard his heartbeat beneath you, felt his breath on your hair, and the warmth of his body burned into your skin. "Try to get some sleep. We'll know more tomorrow," he whispered, pressing a kiss to your forehead before you fell asleep.
When you woke up in the morning, you felt Spencer behind you. His chest was pressed against your back, his arm was wrapped tightly around your middle, and he had his face buried in your neck. Immediately goosebumps spread all over your body. You tried to pull away from him a little, but he pulled you even closer. Spencer was still asleep, so he didn't notice how he carefully slid his hand under your shirt and how his long fingers danced over your soft skin. You held your breath, afraid to move or give away your racing heartbeat. At one point he pulled his arm back and turned onto his back before lifting his hand and rubbing his eyes. His hair stood out in all directions and he smiled sleepily. You were getting hot.
"Good morning, Y/N." Good morning indeed.
The case took longer than planned, though of course you can't plan a case. After the third night, you had gotten used to sleeping next to Spencer, but the cuddling worried you. The longer you shared that room, the more complicated your feelings became. It was almost unbearable.
Derek, Emily, Spencer and you found the unsub in a remote car yard. While the latter surveyed the building, Derek and you looked around the yard.
"What's going on between you and Reid, anyway?" he asked curiously. You gave him a meaningful look, but he didn't care. "It's come to all of our attention. You guys are inseparable, he has to touch you all the time, and those looks."
"What looks?" you probed, trying to sound as unsuspecting as possible. This time Derek was looking at you. So he had noticed. And if Derek knew, so did the others. Fucking profilers.
"Y/N," he started, and stopped. When you turned to him, he twisted his mouth into a weak smile. It was a very different Derek who stood before you. Not the go-getter who sometimes made fun of Spencer. He seemed genuinely worried, and that made you nervous. "Friends don't look at friends that way."
A loud bang rang through the air and the conversation was all but forgotten. You took cover and communicated via hand signals. Quietly, you moved forward. It wasn't long before you saw a figure running away behind the cars. "We got him," Derek said into the mic, and together you dashed toward the unsub. He ran toward the woods and disappeared. Derek looked at you and nodded. You split up.
Gun drawn, you ran forward. Leaves crunched beneath you, but you tuned that out. You focused on the birds above you, the shadows of the trees, and the gun in your hand. He had to be here somewhere.
You didn't even startle when you felt cold metal against the back of your head. "Donât. Move." You took your fingers off the trigger and raised your arms. "Put the gun down. Vest off." Slowly, you bent down and placed both on the ground. The only thing you could think about was that you would hopefully find them later. "Walk.â With your hands clasped behind your head, you took one step at a time. Derek was nowhere to be seen. You wished you hadn't split up.
He led you to a rundown cabin in the woods that wasn't marked on any map, which is why you couldn't have known about it. He pushed you inside and closed the door behind him, his gun still pointed at you. "If you had wanted to kill me, you would have done it long ago," you gave out, but he didn't go for it. It was a game of fire. You knew the file and what he was capable of.
It was only a few moments before someone kicked open the door and Derek stormed into the cabin, closely followed by Spencer. "Put the gun down and keep your hands off," Derek yelled. Up until then, you hadn't realized that the he had pulled you close and was holding the barrel of his gun right to your temple You only had eyes for Spencer, who was deliberately not looking at you.
You tried to get his attention, but he wouldn't budge. You raised a hand and moved it toward your shoulder, hoping Spencer understood your message. But he wasn't looking at you.
Look at me, Spencer. Come on. Look. At. Me.
His eyes moved from the unsub to your fingers, tapping a spot in your shoulder. You repeated this until he finally looked you in the eye. Then he shook his head, barely perceptibly. Again you tapped the spot. If Spencer shot through your shoulder, he would hit the perpetrator in the torso, and even if the bullet slowed down through you, it would still do enough damage. And you were willing to take the risk.
But Spencer didn't shoot. And time was running out for you. "I trust you," you said, no sound escaping your lips. He gritted his teeth. "I trust you, Spencer. Do it."
And then he shot.
-
"Welcome back, sunshine," Derek grinned, wrapping you in his muscular arms as you entered the office. "We've all missed you."
It had been three months since you had been shot in the field. Spencer had shot you through the shoulder as planned, and you were right. The perpetrator was shot and the rest of the victims were found. So it was almost a happy ending.
Almost. Of course, you had to listen to a few more things from Hotch on the way to the hospital. You were tired of living and he was disappointed and angry, but incredibly relieved that nothing else had happened to you. You could have been the next victim, too.
"All of you?" you prodded, and Emily, who had joined you, screwed up her face.
"He's not back yet. He extended his vacation," she said, putting a hand on your shoulder. "He's not really over it yet."
You hadn't heard from Spencer since the incident. He hadn't visited you at the hospital, called you or been to your home after you were discharged. You were best friends and the fact that you hadn't seen him in three months hurt more than the gunshot wound. The only person Spencer talked to was JJ, but even she couldn't give you any information.
He probably blamed himself, but why? You had wanted him to shoot. It had been your plan. Besides, he had shot so well that you didn't suffer any permanent damage. He shouldn't worry about it.
It was strange to work a case without him. Not having him near you. Not being able to feel his warmth. You tried to reach him, by phone, by letter, but you got no answer. Even though you hadn't spoken in months, he was your best friend and you were starting to get really worried. He had cut off contact with JJ himself.
When you walked into the office one morning, you were almost breathless. Spencer was standing at his desk, leaning against it, and the others were standing around him. But you had no eyes for them. Spencer was back. Your Spencer was back. As you walked toward them, you got a sinking feeling. He looked good. Changed, but good. His hair was a little shorter and he didn't look as pale as usual. He also seemed more confident and self-assured, which unfortunately made him even more attractive.
He didn't see you until you were almost in front of him. He smiled weakly at you before standing up straight. "Y/N," he said, and it felt so good to hear your name come out of his mouth. Immediately, goosebumps spread across your body. You expected him to give you a hug or insist on talking to you in person, because a lot had happened in the time without him, but he didn't. He turned around briefly and pulled something off his office chair. Not something. Someone. "This is my girlfriend, Vicky."
You didn't know what had happened in the last few months. Did you even want to know? Spencer hadn't contacted you in a long time, only to reappear with a girlfriend? You didn't understand the world anymore. The rest of the team must have felt the same way, because as you stood at your regular table in the bar, the couple was the only topic of conversation. In fact, you would have preferred all the murder cases.
"I'll be honest," Penelope said, taking a big gulp of her drink, which took quite a while since she always drank with a straw, "I was hoping you two would get together." She pointed her finger at you and then toward Spencer, who was standing at the bar with Vicky. You saw her run her finger through his hair and had to look away. Didn't she know he didn't like that?
"Hotch and I even bet money on it," Emily confessed, turning back towards the table. Apparently she didn't want to watch them either. "We would have gotten you a nice wedding present from that."
"He looks happy," you said, but you guessed that's not what the others wanted to hear from you. You sat at a table made up mostly of profilers. They knew exactly how you felt about the whole thing.
"Give it a rest," Derek said, putting his arm around your shoulder. Even the overly positive music in the background couldn't lighten your mood. "We all know how you feel about Spencer. And honestly, we thought he would feel the same way about you."
"But he doesn't, so please let it go," you shot back, instantly regretting it. Your friends weren't to blame for the whole situation. It was you. As you dared another look, Vicky pulled Spencer onto the dance floor, which you knew he didn't like either. Didn't she know him at all?
"I don't know what got into him," JJ confessed, sipping her Coke. "Those two don't even fit together." They didn't, but maybe that's why it worked. There was this theory that opposites attract, but you could never have imagined it with Spencer.
When Vicky grabbed Spencer by the tie and pulled him down so she could kiss him, your heart broke. It was different when you just knew two people were doing something. But when you saw it, all hope was lost. Even from a distance, you could see their tongues and you almost threw up.
"That's my sign," you said, pressing a kiss to Penelope's cheek. "See you." They all said goodbye to you and even over that awful music, you could still hear "It must hurt terribly to see him like that" and "I couldn't do that" as you walked.
Outside, the cold night air surprised you. It hit you in the face like a slap, but nothing hurt as much as knowing Spencer was happy without you. He didnât need you and he didn't want you. That was fine, but that didn't mean you had to go along with it. Since he'd been back, he'd barely spoken to you. On the plane, he had sat at the other end of the room, and he had actually switched rooms at the hotel just so he wouldn't have to be near you. He'd even started shoving files back at you instead of handing them to you, like he'd burn if he touched you.
The lights in Hotch's office were still on when you came into the office. It was just after midnight and you knew he would still be there. When you knocked on his door, he invited you in. "What can I do for you?" He hadn't even had to ask. He knew why you were there. It was written on your forehead. "Are you sure about this? I'll write a recommendation, but only if you really want me to." You nodded silently. "It's because of him, isn't it?" he asked, his usually hard expression softening.
"Yes," you answered curtly. There was nothing to add.
"I'll make some calls. You get a week to pack. I'll call you tomorrow," he said, getting up from his desk. Surprisingly, he pulled you into his arms. "We're all going to miss you terribly, Y/N. And you're welcome here anytime."
It didn't take long for your things to be packed, and it didn't take long for the others to notice the following day. Your desk was empty, the files had been processed, the pictures of you and the team were gone, and your mug with a picture of Spencer and you on it that he had once given you was gone, too.
"Where is she?" asked Emily Derek, who didn't have an answer ready either. They looked around uncertainly and as the rest entered the bullpen, Hotch came out of his office. He looked like he hadn't slept. He walked down the steps and stood in the circle of confused team members. Even Spencer was puzzled.
"Agent Y/L/N left us last night," he began, sounding very composed. The others didn't know how to respond, so they just gave each other confused looks. "She has asked for a transfer and will start there next week. Please refrain from trying to talk her out of it. The transfer has gone through."
It took everyone by great surprise when Spencer dropped his bag and stormed out of the office. He didn't need to explain where he was going. It was obvious. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and tried to call you, but it went straight to voicemail. It wasn't long before he arrived at your complex and shot up the steps to your apartment. He took two steps at a time. He stopped in front of your door and pounded his fist against the wood, hoping you would open the door for him and explain what you were doing. When nothing happened, he dialed the number again. Again and again, until the voice in the phone said to him, this number was no longer in service.
He ran his hand through his hair before sliding down with his back to the door. He put his head between his knees and cursed himself.
You weren't there anymore.
part two
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Spontaneous Valentineâs Date - Bruce Wayne x Reader

Requested by Anon -Â can you do an imagine when Bruce and the reader go on a date to a Burger king etc and Bruce start eating the burger like in the comic and the reader be just like wat? #-#!!!!!
Requested by Anon - can you write one where Bruce Wayne changes up date night on Valentineâs Day?!!Â
***
âLois and I are taking it easy this year. Weâre ordering in and enjoying quiet time together,â Clark said, walking into the meeting room with Barry. He adjusted his cape. Bruce was already seated at the meeting table. He rolled his eyes before focusing back on his paperwork.
Barry chuckled. âThatâs nice. Iâm planning on taking Iris on a surprise trip to Paris.â He took his seat, spinning in his chair. âIâll scoop her up and run her there just in time for brunch in front of the Eiffel Tower.âÂ
âSounds nice.â Clark sat down next to Bruce. âWhat about you, Bruce? You and (Y/N) have big plans this year?âÂ
Bruce grunted. âPlans for what?â His eyes stayed on his paperwork, but his mind raced to figure out what he missed. It had to be something everyone was celebrating? Did he forget your birthday again? Wait, not everyone would be celebrating that.
âValentineâs day, B.â Barry spun in his chair, laughing in delight. âDonât tell me you forgot.â
âHeâs the worldâs greatest detective. Of course, he didnât forget.â Clark shook his head, crossing his arms. âI know what youâre planning, Bruce. Youâll take (Y/N) to that five star restaurant and buy them another piece of jewelry.âÂ
Bruce glared at Clark. âWhy does it matter?â He cursed himself for forgetting Valentineâs Day again. Hopefully, Alfred remembered and made the reservations for him.Â
âYou do the same thing every year.â Clark chuckled, sharing a look with Barry. âAnytime you celebrate something, whether itâs a birthday, holiday, or anniversary, you take (Y/N) to the same restaurant and buy them jewelry.âÂ
âWhat is wrong with that?â Bruce tensed, defensive. âThat what (Y/N) likes.âÂ
Barry snorted. âDoubt that.â Bruce turned his glare onto Barry. Barry flinched. âCome on, B. It wouldnât kill you to change it up once and a while.âÂ
Bruce pursed his lips into a firm line. âDonât you two have something better to do instead of being in here distracting me?â He looked back at the paperwork with a grunt. Barry and Clark took the hint, leaving the room and taking their conversation with them. Bruce relaxed only slightly. Was he boring you? Did he really always take you to the same restaurant? Throughout the rest of day, it nagged him in the back of his mind.
***
Bruce eyed Dick from the batcomputer chair as Dick flipped around on the uneven bars in the cave. The fourteen year old swung around with the skill of an Olympian. Bruce glanced at the batcomputer before looking back at Dick. Dick somersaulted off the uneven bar to land perfectly on the mat below.Â
âTat da!â Dick shouted, smiling brightly when he saw Bruce was watching. âWhat do you think, Bruce?â He picked up a towel and his water bottle.
âGood, but I donât see why you need to show off. You donât need to be that flamboyant in the field.â Bruce turned back to the batcomputer.Â
Bouncy footsteps echoed throughout the cave as Dick came to Bruceâs side. âDoesnât mean I canât have some fun from time to time.â Dick leaned against Bruceâs computer chair. âWhatâs wrong with you? You realize the computer is off, right?âÂ
Bruce blushed slightly. âRight.â He turned the computer on. âDick, can I ask you something? Hero to sidekick confidentiality?â
Dick laughed. âSure. Fire away.â He smirked down at Bruce, clearly enjoying himself. Â
âDo...â He cleared his throat. âDo you think Iâm boring (Y/N)?â Silence followed. Bruce bit his lip, glancing at Dick to find him trying to hold back laughter by pressing his hand over his mouth. âIâm being serious.âÂ
A little snicker escaped Dick. He swallowed it, pulling his hand away from his mouth. âNo, I mean youâre just predictable, Bruce, but people like predictability most of the time.âÂ
âMost of the time.â Bruce frowned. âDo you think (Y/N) is one of those people?âÂ
Dick smiled. â(Y/N) loves you, Bruce. I think theyâd be happy just spending time with you.â He turned to head upstairs to the manor. âBut it wouldnât hurt to surprise them. Do something unexpected.âÂ
Bruce hummed. He watched Dick go. âUnexpected.â The batcomputer binged with new messages. Bruce frowned, pushing aside his dilemma for work once again.
***
âIâve made your reservations for tomorrow and Mr. Kato will be coming by your office with a selection of jewelry.â Alfred folded up Bruceâs cape. He wrinkled his nose at the sewer smell that oozed from it. Bruce had just gotten back from patrol. Unfortunately, Bruce had been forced to chase Killer Croc through the sewers all night.
Bruce paused after he peeled off the top of his suit. âAlfred, do you think Iâm predictable?âÂ
Alfred clicked his tongue. âMaster Bruce, you are as predictable as they come. How do you think I am always able to see to your needs so easily?â He took the top of Bruceâs suit with a sneer of disgust. âOf course, you do surprise me once and a while. This being a prime example.â
âSorry, Alfred.â Bruce stepped out of his suit pants and went straight into the shower. âIs (Y/N) already in bed?âÂ
âYes, Mx. (Y/N) retired in order to be well rested for the Wayne Enterprises meeting in the morning. They will be taking your place.â Alfred raised his voice to be heard over the shower. âWhat makes you ask if you are predictable, sir? You donât often have such concerns about your character.âÂ
Bruce grunted, washing his hair. âIâve been told that (Y/N) may not appreciate my predictability.âÂ
âFrom who? Mx. (Y/N) themselves?â The sink ran. Bruce assumed Alfred started soaking his suit.Â
âDick, Clark, Barry.â Bruce blushed, cursing himself for feeling self conscious about their comments. He reasoned it was only because he felt he would never be good enough for you.Â
Alfred hummed. âYes, well, Mx. (Y/N) will be happy with whatever you do, Master Bruce. Let me know if you want me to cancel anything.âÂ
Bruce sighed, peeking out of the shower at Alfred who was leaving the room. âWhy canât you just say I should change our plans?â he mumbled. âI know you want me to.â He put his face straight into the spray, deciding he would get one last opinion before he spent time figuring out what to do.Â
***
He crawled into bed next to you. You mumbled in your sleep. He spooned into you, tucking you against him and burying his nose into the back of your neck.Â
âHow was Gotham?â You turned over to look him in the eye.Â
âBetter now that Killer Croc is back in Arkham.â Bruce sighed, touching his nose to yours. âSorry, I woke you up.âÂ
âItâs okay. I like to know youâre safe and with me.â You smiled and pressed a sweet kiss to his lips. âItâs after midnight, so Happy Valentineâs Day.â
Bruceâs face fell slightly. âHappy Valentineâs Day.â He returned your kiss halfheartedly.
âWhatâs wrong?â You noticed the change, pulling back to look at him.Â
âNothing.â Bruce bit his lip. He studied you, drinking in how accepting and perfect you were. How did you fall in love with him? Heâd never figure it out, even if he was the worldâs greatest detective. âIf we did something different for Valentineâs Day this year, would you mind?â
Your eyes lit up. âDifferent? What did you have in mind?âÂ
Bruceâs heart sank. Your reaction proved he was in fact boring you. He was a failure as a husband clearly. âItâs a surprise.â He forced a smile on his face. âYouâll just have to wait and see.âÂ
You slammed your lips against his passionately. âIâll be happy with anything, sweetheart.â You pulled him on top of you. Bruce groaned, quickly getting distracted. Heâll have to figure out what to do for you later.
***
Bruce slipped on the leather jacket you had gifted him that morning as he stood in the entry hall of the manor. âAre you seriously wearing jeans?â Dick asked, sliding down the railing of the stairs only to flip off and land in front of Bruce.Â
âWeâre going casual.â Bruce crossed his arms.Â
âWhatâs the big plan?â Dick copied Bruce by crossing his arms. He smirked, letting his hair fall into his eyes. Bruce was taken back by how Dick had grown. It was like it was yesterday when he was nine years old and swinging off the chandelier.Â
âI...Iâm making it up as we go.â Bruce glanced up the stairs, looking for you. âSo you have Wally West coming here and you two are going to...not go on patrol?â He narrowed his eyes when Dick flashed a charming smile.
âYeah, weâre going to play video games. Alfred will make sure we donât burn the manor down. Besides, (Y/N) would kill us.â Dick looked up the stairs when you came around the corner.
âThatâs right.â You took Bruceâs breath away. Your clothes were causal, jeans with a nice shirt. âI donât want you and Wally eating all the Valentines candy I let you buy and staying up all night. In bed by midnight.â You put your hands on Dickâs shoulders, kissing his forehead. âListen to Alfred.âÂ
âYes, (Y/N).â Dick blushed, pulling away. âHave fun you two. Donât do anything I wouldnât do.â He winked and ran off before Bruce could smack him in the back of the head.Â
âHeâs gotten bad.â Bruce grumbled, turning back to you.Â
You played with the collar of his leather jacket. âOnly learns from example.â Chuckling, you smirked up at Bruce. âI have to say I have good taste. This looks amazing on you.âÂ
âYouâre stunning as always.â Bruce kissed you passionately, wrapping his arms around your waist. He loved you so much. His heart threatened to burst.Â
Alfred cleared his throat from the front doorway. âMr. and Mx. Wayne, I have the Dodge Charger out front and idling.âÂ
âYes, thank you.â Bruce pulled away from you, nodding to Alfred. âWeâll be back some time tonight, Alfred. Donât wait up.âÂ
âOf course, Master Bruce.â Alfred left the room with a satisfied smile on his lips.
âSo Mr. Wayne, what is this surprise of yours?â You hooked your arm with his. âI have to say, Iâm quite excited about it.âÂ
Bruce forced a smile on his face. âJust wait and see.â He led you out to the car, hoping an idea will come to him on the drive to Gotham.
***
âOoo, so weâre going to the mall, Bruce?â You looked at him curiously. âHave you even been to a mall?âÂ
Bruce cleared his throat. âIâm sure I took you once.â He pulled into a parking space. âDidnât you drag me here to buy something for Dick?âÂ
âI dragged you?â You laughed, eyes shining. âBruce, I usually have to drag you everywhere.â You got out once Bruce turned off the car. âBut this is a nice change of pace.âÂ
Bruce stayed in the car, silently sighing in relief. Thank goodness he happened to drive past the mall and decided to take a chance. You peeked back into the car at him. He looked at you with wide eyes. âIâm coming.â He quickly got out of the car, banging his head on the way out. You laughed.
âNow youâre acting like you did on our first date.â You leaned against the car, watching him from over the roof. âWe were seventeen. Alfred just dropped us off at...â
âThe library. I thought I was being original.â A small smile pulled at his lips. He blinked, flashing an image of you at seventeen when you were the loveliness person he ever saw. You still were. More beautiful if anyone asked him.Â
âVery original.â You came around the car and kissed his cheek. âYou were such a mess. Sweating, dropping books, tripping all over the place.âÂ
Bruce laughed. âOnly with you. Iâve loved you then, and I love you now.â He took your hand and kissed the back of your hand. âCome on, letâs go.â He pulled you along toward the mall entrance.
***
You sat at one of the mall food courtâs grubby tables. Alfred would have a heart attack and honestly you werenât one hundred percent thrilled by it, but this was fun. Very fun.Â
Bruce approached with a tray of burgers and fries. He seemed so out of his element. You enjoyed it. âDid you have trouble, dear?â You asked as he frowned at the table before carefully setting the tray down.Â
âNo.â He sank down onto the chair across from you. His eyebrow raised when he saw the smirk on your face. âWhat is that for?âÂ
âBruce, did you really plan to bring me here?â You crossed your arms, resting your elbows on the table.Â
âYes.â He took a burger and unwrapped it. âI thought it would surprise you.âÂ
You glanced around the mall. âIt certainly surprised me, but what brought this on?âÂ
Bruce unfolded a napkin and laid it on the table to make a barrier between his burger and the table. Your eyes widened as he opened a plastic set of silverware and started to cut his burger and eat it with his fork as if it were the finest steak in town. âI just thought we should do something different this year.â
âSeriously?â He looked up at you in surprise. âCome on, Bruce. You donât have to do that here.âÂ
âWhat?â He frowned in confusion.Â
You rolled your eyes. âSweetheart, I know you think you need to do that to make Bruce Wayne a spoiled rich kid, but that is just ridiculous. You donât eat a burger that way at home or when you and Dick do your late night fast food stops.â Just to show him, you unwrapped your own burger and took a big bite.Â
Bruce stared at you. âFine.â He dropped the silverware and picked up his own burger with his hands. âBut if I spill on the leather coat you just gave me, itâs your fault.âÂ
âWorth it,â you said once you swallowed. âSo you never answered my question, Mr. Wayne. What brought on this surprise?âÂ
Bruce cleared his throat, setting down his burger to take a drink. âIt was made apparent to me that I was...boring you.âÂ
âBoring me?â You blinked at him. A rare blush came to his cheeks. âBruce, how could you bore me? Youâre the most interesting, handsome man I know.âÂ
âI didnât realize we always went to the same restaurant and I kept giving you jewelry for every single special occasion.â Bruce shook his head, meeting your eye. âI let you down, (Y/N). Youâre more special than just a habit.âÂ
You smiled. Your heart skipped a beat. Why did he have to be so wonderful? You stood up, leaning over the table to kiss his lips. âI love you, Bruce Wayne.âÂ
Bruce didnât respond at first, surprised before he melted into you. Once you felt your skin burn, your body tingling with need, you pulled away. âMaybe we should head home early?â Bruceâs eyes danced eagerly.Â
âWeâll have plenty of time when we get home. I want to enjoy your spontaneous Valentineâs Day while I can.â You winked at him before taking another bite of your burger and settling into your seat. âWhatâs your plan after this?âÂ
Bruce eyed his burger. âWell...â He glanced around. âWe could walk around, see what catches our interests. I donât know whatâs here.â He looked back at you. You met his eye, falling more in love with him by the second. How could you fall more in love with the person you already loved? You guessed you were finding out.
***
âAre you sure Dick will want that?â Bruce asked, watching as you picked up a t-shirt in Dickâs size.Â
âYes, heâs a teen boy, Bruce.â You held up the shirt to show him. It was a Star Wars shirt with Chewbecca on it. âHe loves Star Wars and since weâre here, we might as well.âÂ
Bruce raised an eyebrow. Punk rock music echoed in his ears as he and you stood in the crowded Hot Topic store. He couldnât believe there could be so much crap in one place. âI would have never wore that as a teenager.âÂ
âNo, but you were raised by Alfred.â You kissed his cheek. Bruce tensed when you got a playful smirk on your lips. âYou know it is buy two get one free.â
âNo.â Bruce held up a hand. âDonât think about it.â
A pout crept onto your lips. Bruceâs heart melted at the sight. âCome on, Mr. Wayne.â You smiled innocently at him, but the sparkle in your eye told him you knew how to get him to bend. âThis would be quite different from all the beautiful jewelry you have given me. I love it all really, but if you did want to be spontaneous and different this year...â
Bruce rolled his eyes. You were worse than Alfred. Passive aggressive all the way. âYou got me, but nothing embarrassing for me if you want me to wear it.âÂ
âOf course, dear.â You kissed his cheek and turned back to the wall of t-shirts. Bruceâs mouth twitched, almost into a smile. He wished he would have noticed earlier, realized sooner that you would love to do something like this. A woman with several piercings came up to talk to you and you pointed at shirt on the top rack. Bruce shook his head at the sight, knowing he would love whatever you picked for him
***
âHoney, itâs okay if you canât do it,â you whispered into Bruceâs ear as he lined up his shot. âIâll be happy as long as youâre happy.â
âWell, I wonât be happy until I win you that bear.â Bruce narrowed his eyes before rolling the skee-ball down the lane. It bounced up and landed in the bullâs eye effortlessly.Â
You laughed in delight, spurring Bruce on to roll his next three balls into the bullâs eye. The machine beeped, lights flashing and about thirty tickets popped out of it. âI was worried that you broke it.â You took the tickets, winking over at Bruce.
âItâs quite easy really. Once you calculate the amount of force and the speed the ball must go to reach the correct height, itâs simple.â Bruce unzipped his jacket, warm. He smiled when his eye caught caught the red of the AC/DC logo on his t-shirt. You had forced him to put on the t-shirt you bought right away. He had to admit that he liked it.Â
You headed over to a racing game. âRace me?â You winked at him. Bruce nodded, eyes dropping to the shirt you brought for yourself. It pictured an old cartoon show you watched as a child. Bruce had no idea what it was, but loved how it looked on you.
He took the seat in the neighboring cabinet. A demo game played on the screen. âThe physics in this game is concerning.âÂ
âItâs a video game, Bruce. Itâs supposed to be exciting.â You scanned your player card into both machines. It turned on the car selection screen. âOoo, look at this.â Bruce frowned, glancing over at your screen to see you were selecting the strangest version of the batmobile he had ever seen.Â
âThe car has never looked like that.â He blushed, glancing around. âAre those little batears sticking out the back?â
âYep.â You selected it as your car. Bruce quickly turned back to his screen to chose a red corvette before the timer ended.Â
The race started immediately. You laughed as you stepped on the gas. Bruce frowned when he saw the hideous batmobile zoom ahead of him. âNo, you donât.â He cut you off on the next turn.
You gasped. âThatâs it, Mr. Wayne. Eat my dust.â You somehow activated thrusters on the horrid batmobile, crashing into Bruce to sent him flying through the air with ridiculous speed and height. His jaw dropped as his screen went black, resetting him on the track with you far ahead of him.Â
âStupid.â He shook his head, finding the button for his own thrusters.Â
It was a dead heat, but you crossed the finish line seconds before him. âYes!â You jumped up from your seat, hopping around in the circle. Bruce sighed, smirking as he watched you. You went to him, sitting in his lap. âWasnât that exciting? Maybe you should take some design ideas from this?â You kissed his lips sweetly.Â
He snorted. âMaybe. Dick would get a kick out of it, thatâs for sure.â He kissed you back before you hopped out of his lap to collect the tickets you earned for coming in first place. A rare laugh escaped from him as you grabbed his hand to drag him over to another game.Â
***
Bruce held the bear under his arm along with a few shopping bags as he went around to open your car door. âThank you, Mr. Wayne.â You got out of the car, kissing his cheek. âI had a wonderful time.âÂ
âGood. Maybe weâll have to do this again sometime?â Bruce teased, acting like you both just went on your first date. You played along.
âOh yes. Call me.â You pursed your lips with a glint in your eye. âActually, would you mind carry my bags inside? I can maybe open a bottle of wine and slip into something more...comfortable.â You whispered the last word in his ear. You literally watched the shiver go up his spine.
âYes, love.â He kissed your lips, leading you inside the manor.Â
Alfred hurried out of the kitchen to meet the two of you in the entry. âMaster Bruce, the signal is up.âÂ
Bruceâs shoulders sank. âOf course.â You smiled to hide your disappointment. âI have to go.âÂ
âI know.â You kissed his cheek. âJust know Iâll be waiting for you when you get home.â You took the bags and the bear from him.Â
Bruce smiled. âGood. Happy Valentineâs Day, sweetheart.â He sealed a passionate kiss to your lips, dipping you slightly. You buried your fingers in his hair before he righted you and left the room.
You panted, shaking your head with a smile. Alfred just eyed the bear you held. âAre Dick and Wally still awake?â
âYes, the boys just finished their fourth pizza an hour ago.â Alfred rolled his eyes. âMr. West certainly eats quite a bit.âÂ
âWell, he has to keep up with his metabolism.â You sighed and dug into one of your bags. âWe got you some of the tea you like. There was a tea store at the mall.â You held out the box to him. Alfredâs eyes widened.
âMaster Bruce took you to the mall?â He wrinkled his nose. âThat was his plan?â
You laughed, delighted by the shock on Alfredâs face. âNo, he was being spontaneous and we happened to drive by.â You adjusted the bags and the bear in your arms. âAre the boys still in the den? I think Iâll hang out with them for a bit, keep them from following Bruce into the city.â
âOf course, Mx. (Y/N).â Alfred smiled at the box of tea before following you into the den where you were met with Dick and Wallyâs noisy chatter.
***
Bruce felt sick to his stomach as he climbed the stairs. He held back a yawn. The grandfather clock dinged loudly from the study. Four in the morning. Bruce sighed. You were probably asleep already. He hated that he missed the something comfortable you changed into.
The bedroom door was shut. Bruce paused outside, closing his eyes for a moment. He hoped you wouldnât be upset with him. What was he supposed to do when Gordon told him about bodies disappearing from funeral homes only to reappear with missing limbs? In fact, he still hadnât solved the case, but he had set up a trap for the body snatcher and it had to wait until tomorrow night.
Opening the door silently, his stomach dropped when he saw lit candles around the room. You were asleep on the bed in a beautiful, skimpy outfit. Your phone laid on your stomach and the blanket that was usually across the foot of the bed covered your waist.Â
A groan came from deep in Bruceâs gut as he locked the door behind him. He crawled onto the bed, not bothering to undress. Pulling you against his chest, he worship your neck with kisses.Â
âBruce?â Your eyes fluttered as you yawned. A hand came around to rest on Bruceâs cheek. âYouâre home.âÂ
âFinally, yes.â He moaned against your collarbone as his kisses moved downward. The taste of your skin drove him wild. âIâm sorry itâs so late.âÂ
âYeah, itâs no longer Valentineâs Day.â You buried a hand in his hair, opening your eyes enough to watch him shower your body with kisses. âBut whoâs says we canât let this be Valentineâs Eve?âÂ
Bruce chuckled against your skin. âThat would have been the day before yesterday.âÂ
âSame thing.â You wrapped your legs around him when he crawled on top of you. âI love you, Bruce Wayne.â You looked him straight into the eye. Bruce felt the love and passion in your eyes shoot straight down to his abdomen.Â
âI love you, (Y/N) Wayne.â He kissed your lips and the two of you finished one of the best Valentineâs Days either of you had ever had.
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Settle Down: Prologue
**Gif Not Mine**
Prev - Â Next
Pairings: SpencerXReader (kinda enemies to lovers)Â
Rating: M
Words: 2.5K
Warnings: None, will be smut in eventual chapters
Request: OPEN/CLOSED
Summary: Y/N and Spencer donât get along but turn to each other for the one thing you need someone else for... A baby. You can plantonically start a family, right?
A.N: this is a bad bio but idk how else to put it. itâs a baby fic! I wouldnât say this is enemies to lovers but they certainly donât like each other at first so it kinda is. comment on this chap or message to be on the taglist. much love, Cia
               Prologue:  A Powerpoint, Really?Â
If you had told 16 year old Y/N that sheâd be working at the FBI, she wouldâve called you batshit.Â
Not only, did you not have any respect for authority or any inclination for rules in that matter, working for the FBI was never in the forefront of your mind. But when given the option of Jail or a full time job with benefits, it was fairly easy to make a choice. You remember the first day when you met your work partner and now best friend Penelope Garcia or specifically the day she caught you.Â
You were waiting tables like you did every weekend to stay afloat. Today was unreasonably slow so you were just finding small things to do. Thatâs when she came in, an extremely brightly dressed woman, sat at the bar of the diner.Â
âHi, how can I help you?â You smile at the woman who looks up at you and smiles.Â
âYes, Iâm looking for the Emerald City.â She says, smirking at you. Your face drops, you knew what she was talking about.Â
When you started hacking it was only supposed to be a one time thing. You grew up poor, spent most of your life poor so when you saw your childhood home was set to be demolished to build a fancy new headquarters for Scotty Realins, an upcoming asshole tech CEO, without a cent going to your parents. Something in you snapped. You had already been pretty decent at code and you flirted with a couple of guys in your STEM classes to learn how to hack so you would say you were pretty good at this point. So you hacked into the website and made sure all the Revenue for that day actually was wired to lower-income housing. At the end of the day, it was only a couple hundred thousand dollars but what was pennies to Scotty Realins changed some people's lives.Â
So you started doing it more, to different companies under the pseudonym OZ. The money always went to different places that needed it whether it was paying the rent for a bunch of families or anonymous large donations to food banks or soup kitchens. You gained a bit of fame in the hacker community as a modern day Robin Hood.Â
All good things come to an end though. And the end was standing in front of you in clunky, rainbow colored jewelry.Â
âYou donât look like a cop.â you say, crossing your arms.Â
âIâll do you one better.â She says, pulling her FBI badge out, showing it to you briefly. You curse under your breath. âIâve been following you for a while, OZ. Though I wasnât expecting the man behind the curtain to be a woman. I will say, having my computers route back to a loop of âWeâre not in Kansas anymore.â everytime I tried to track your IP was impressive. I couldnât even be mad about it.âÂ
âClearly not that impressive because you found me.âÂ
âStill took me longer than usual, which is saying a lot.âÂ
âThis is a really long winded conversation if youâre just here to arrest me.â You say, taking off your apron. No use in keeping it on if you were going to be in handcuffs soon.Â
âThatâs because Iâm not here to arrest you. Iâm here to offer you a job, to work under me as a Tech Analyst in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI.â Penelope says.Â
âAnd if I donât want to?âÂ
âThen youâre going to want a lawyer and my very good handsome friend outside is going to arrest you. Youâre smart and you have a chance to help people which is why you started hacking in the first place, right? Please donât make me do that.â She looked at you pleadingly like she really cared and didnât want you to go to prison. You didnât say anything but something told you sheâd been in the same boat as you before.Â
âHmmmâŠ. Iâm tired of waiting tables anyway.âÂ
So you uprooted your life and moved from Philadelphia to Quantico. Garcia took you under her wing and pretty soon the two of you functioned in her batcave like a well oiled machine. You could do without the constant gore that filled your screens but at the end of the day, you loved what you were doing and you wouldnât change that for the world.Â
The team was an added bonus, it was nice to have your own little found family. Garcia, of course, taking on the role as best friend mere days after your first meeting. You met Derek Morgan right after you agreed to take the job, heâd been there to arrest you and was very glad he wouldnât have to do that. He told you often about how you reminded him of his sister and he regarded you in the role of younger sister from that day on. The next person you met had been Aaron Hotchner, your new boss. It took him a couple of weeks to warm up to you, you guessed he had a difficulty trusting new people and when he would call you guys for information he would always ask for Garcia instantly instead of you, not very trusting in your skills yet. Though that changed when you had been the one to track down the Unsub once.Â
Rossi was easily won over when you told him about your Italian side of the family, specifically your grandmother who loved to cook and left you a lot of recipes. You and him often went back and forth in sharing dishes. Emily and JJ had also been easily won over with one bottle of tequila and a regrettable girls night.Â
Then there was Dr. Spencer Reid.    Â
You had a lot of opinions on Dr. Reid, most of them werenât good. It wasnât like you hated him in fact, youâd consider him a friend but the two of you seemed to butt heads on well, everything. Both of you needing to be the smartest in the room and neither of you wanting to admit when youâre wrong will do that though. You still respected Spencer though, he was an extreme asset to the team and he was your best friendâs other best friend so you couldnât really hate the guy.Â
You also didnât have to like him.Â
So you had a good job, good friends, a nice house to live in. You were finally happy, content even. So why did it feel like something was missing?Â
The something missing came in a stroller pushed by JJ the next week.Â
The last case had been rough. Really rough. So while the team was on their way back you and Garcia hatched a plan for JJ to come visit from maternity leave and surprise everyone with the baby. While you guys were waiting for them to land, Garcia wanted to show JJ something she had gotten her godson so JJ asked if you could watch him and feed him until she got back, which you obviously agreed to. As you were feeding the child his bottle, and his ravioli sized fist wrapped around your finger you realized what had been missing.Â
Fuck, you wanted a kid.Â
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You told Garcia first, it slipped when she noticed how off you were being. You wanted to have a kid bad now and you knew you didnât want to wait. Penny tried to convince you that youâd âfind the right personâ but letâs face it, with this job, long term relationships were few and far inbetween. Plus you didnât need a man, you had a good job and insurance, you knew you could provide a child with a life full of love it deserved. So you made an appointment at a fertility clinic. As the doctor was talking to you about your options, you felt yourself feeling more and more down about your decision and that only increased as you looked in the book of sperm donors in front of you. You looked at too many serial killers daily that it made you uneasy, carrying a stranger's baby. Maybe Garcia was right and your best bet was to wait for âthe right guy.â Even though you really didnât want to.Â
You walked into work later, a little sullen. Heading immediately towards the coffee machine. Penelope, who had been at Derekâs desk, makes a beeline towards you. Â
âSo howâd it go?â She says, smiling. âDid you make an appointment to be baby-fied?âÂ
You sigh. âI couldnât do it, Pen.â You say, frowning. âI just-- We see so much here that I donât want to accidentally end up with a sociopathâs baby because I couldnât wait.âÂ
âBut you donât want to wait, do you?â She says softly, empathizing with you.Â
âNo, I donât.â You sigh again, finishing making your cup before walking back out into the bullpen. JJ had brought Henry again for the others to see on the slow paperwork day. You tried not to look bitter but it was like she was flaunting the one thing you couldnât have, even if it was unintentional. You watched as she handed the baby to Spencer, who instantly smiled and made faces at the laughing baby.Â
âSpencer is actually a surprisingly good godfather.â Garcia says, smiling at the exchange in front of you. âKinda makes you wonder what heâd be like with his own baby geniuses.â She says before walking over to the group and scooping her godson out of Spencerâs arms, Spencer still held on to his fist with his pinky, smiling down at the child.Â
âYeaâŠâ You say, to no one in particular.Â
You had an idea. A probably bad one.Â
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You were sitting in the coffee shop, nervously fiddling on your laptop while waiting for Spencer. You were surprised he even agreed to meet with you for coffee though you were sure he was just doing it out of curiosity because you told him you had something important to talk about. You werenât even sure if you were going about this the right way. Hey Spencer, I know weâre not even friends but how would you feel about fathering my child? God, this was going to be terrible.Â
You looked up when you heard the tell-tale bell on the door indicating someone walking in. Spencer gave you a small wave before going to the counter to get a coffee. You took that time to nervously sip yours. Your heart was beating a mile a minute, it was now or never.Â
âHey.â Spencer says, when he finally gets to the table, coffee in hand. âWhy are you all the way in the corner?âÂ
âThis isnât really a conversation I want overheard.âÂ
Spencer tilts his head confused at that. âSo what is the conversation weâre supposed to be having. I asked Garcia but she seemed to also have no idea.âÂ
âYea, I didnât tell her on account of this maybe going extremely bad.â You say, before sighing and turning your laptop around so Spencer could see the Powerpoint screen you have on it. When he reads it, he chokes on his coffee.
âA Powerpoint, really?â He chokes, still coughing around the coffee. âY/N, what is this?âÂ
âThis is Reasons Why You Should Make a Baby With me.âÂ
âYea, I got that from the title, Y/N.â He says, still shocked. âIs this a joke?!âÂ
âI wish it was, Reid.â
âCan I at least ask why you thought a Powerpoint was the best way to ask?â Â Â
âBecause I felt youâd be more inclined to consider it if you knew I spent time on a presentation.âÂ
âThatâs true.â He leans back, taking a sip of his coffee, gesturing for you to continue. You hit the next slide.Â
âOk, reason number one is we both want kids.â You say, looking at him. âGarcia told me the other day that you were talking about how much you wanted a kid and I also want a kid.â Â
âI did tell Garcia that.â He muses.Â
âReason two, an offspring between us would probably result in another genius. As you know, you are smart.âÂ
âYes.âÂ
âAnd I am smarter.â You say, Spencer opens his mouth to protest but you keep talking. âA child between us could probably be the next Einstein.âÂ
Spencer nods and you continue. âReason three, Iâd be a great mom.âÂ
âThatâs a debatable fact.âÂ
âNo, itâs not. Youâve seen me around kids, have I ever given an inclination that I wouldnât be?â You ask, he shakes his head. âPlus, I happen to think youâd be a great father. Which brings me to Reason 4.â You say clicking through the next slide. âIf you donât want to be involved in raising thatâs fine. Iâm perfectly fine raising the child myself an--âÂ
âWhat?! No!â Spencer says, sitting up. âIf I do agree to have this baby, which Iâm not completely doing yet. I want to be involved, I want them to know Iâm their father and that I didnât abandon them because I know what thatâs like.â He says, seriously. You nod, already knowing this about Spencer.Â
âReason 5: Iâd be the perfect platonic co-parent, I wonât ask you for anything unless itâs pertaining to the child and if you decide that later down the road you want your own family, Iâd be supportive and help you along the way.â
Spencer nods. âWeâre never home enough for a baby.âÂ
âThatâs where youâre wrong because Iâll be here. I mainly stay here anyway and if thereâs ever a case where you need a tech analyst to fly out, Garciaâs already agreed to have it already be her when I floated the baby idea around last month.â Â
Spencer hummed, silent for a second. âYou really want a kid, huh?âÂ
âYes.â You say.Â
âSo much so youâre asking me?â Spencer says, matter-of-factly. âA Coworker you barely speak to?â
Well, when he says it like that.Â
âYes. Iâm asking because while we donât get along the best you are still one of the most compassionate, understanding men I know. And I know that if I have to raise this kid with somebody, you would love them just as much as I would.â You say, Spencer nods at that. âSo, please?âÂ
Spencer sighs. âWhenâs your next appointment? At the fertility clinic?âÂ
You didnât even want to ask how he knew about that. âNext tuesday.âÂ
He nods. âIâm going with you.â He says, standing, pulling the strap of his messenger bag over his shoulder. âThis isnât a yes.âÂ
âItâs not a no, either.â You point out.Â
âNo, itâs not.â He says, leaving you behind in the coffee shop with a huge grin on your face.
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Speak To My Heart
Rowaelin Month, Day 15: A bad day
Word count: 3422
Warnings: language, bit of depression, fighting. In short, there is angst in this fic. Hope the ending makes up for the rest.
Linguistics and foreign languages are two of my personal passions, so please bear with the bits of language talk that I couldnât resist including. Brief word of clarification: a lot of expressions we use in English either translate into something extremely rude or donât make sense in other languages. Translation companies have been trying for quite some time to make sure they donât accidentally send a client a translated instruction manual that reads âfuck your motherâ instead of âfor questions, contact your local energy department.â All right Iâll get off my soapbox. :)
The phrases in foreign languages, marked with *, are translated into English at the end. Enjoy!
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Rowanâs day had been shit. The second he walked through the door, heâd been bombarded with an endless slew of crash reports, malfunctioning equipment, faulty passwords, and best of all, having to rewrite half the security firewalls because one of the rash young idiots in his department couldnât be bothered to check his work for errors before sending it to management. And management thought it was the department bossâs job to fix all of his employeesâ fuckups.
He hated IT.
Even more so since being promoted to department chair.Â
All he wanted to do was the fun stuff--program design and development, fixing the flaws in his own designs, and of course making those who tried to break into his companyâs systems regret their pitiful existence. But Cadre Techâs bitch of a CEO refused to let the best software engineer on her staff actually do his job.Â
Most days, he could cope with the pile of useless shit she directed to his desk. Most days. Today was not one of those days. Probably because on top of all the meaningless tasks heâd had to field, he was also forced to sit through one of Maeveâs bullshit âdepartment head strategy sessions,â where every department chair had to pretend they gave a single shit about any word coming from their CEOâs garishly red, pinched mouth.Â
As if she knew anything her staff actually did.Â
Thanks to the compulsory meeting, Rowan was stuck in his office at nearly ten oâclock, painstakingly combing through the final draft of the update to CTâs translation program. This program had shot the company to fame and fortune, or at least insane stock value. âA Google Translate that actually translates,â their marketing department called it, and by the gods, that stupid slogan worked. And made sense. Rowan knew the program was just as good as it claimed to be.
Heâd put in the hours, alongside a team of linguists, software engineers, designers, and people fluent in at least one other language. Frequent were the sessions where the project whiteboard turned into a jumble of words in twenty or more languages, Spanish alongside Arabic next to a column of simplified Japanese characters spilling over into a row of Cyrillic lettering. Rowan himself spoke German and some Spanish, but even he was lost amid the cacophony of eighteen different people switching from language to language, trying to figure out how idiomatic expressions translated from one language to another and what words should never, ever be placed together.Â
It took the team well over a year of bickering, or as they called it, friendly linguistic disagreements, to make it from loosely mapped concept to functioning program. By the time it hit the market three years ago, the software had been so well promoted that companies all over the world snapped up their chance to finally communicate properly with the client theyâd offended years ago with a bad translation.Â
At launch, of course, Maeve stood in front of a sea of shouting reporters brandishing microphones, smiling her serpentine smile, and proceeded to thank the creative team for all their âcontributionsâ before taking all the credit herself.Â
Said creative team went to the bar that had become their usual gathering spot that night to get drunk and shit-talk their horrible boss, not necessarily in that order.Â
His favorite memory of that night was hearing the chief linguist, an outside contract with multiple advanced degrees who spoke eight separate languages besides English fluently, refer to Maeve as âquella puttana rugosa che non riusciva a convincere un cazzo a venire a dieci metri da lei se si vestiva da figa.*â The Italian speakers on the team were crying with laughter, and so was everyone else, once she translated it.
And then she downed another shot of vodka and hissed something that sounded like âsukya bliyad, no puedo mich betrinken con esta ordures.**â When everyone blinked in confusion, she sighed and relayed the sentiment in English.Â
Nobody had laughed as hard as Rowan. Aelin Galathynius just had that effect on him.
She brightened his darkest days.
But she couldnât ease the strain of today.
And it was all his fault.
~
Aelin glanced up at the clock on her wall and cursed in three different languages when she saw that it was nearly eleven. Without meaning to, sheâd spent all afternoon and evening writing lesson notes on idiomatic expressions. She really couldnât help herself once she got into the topic; it was her pet project.
And the subject of one of her dissertations. Yes, she had multiple.Â
Sheâd worked her ass off for years to get through college, then through graduate and doctoral work while teaching at universities to offset costs, then earned a full-time teaching position at one of the top-ranked universities in the world. She got to teach linguistics, her lifetime love, and give guest lectures at other universities and at conferences, teaching people all over the world about the complexities and interrelatedness of language. Hell, she spoke ten; sheâd be qualified to speak on linguistic relationships by virtue of that alone.
Gods, she was the chief linguist behind the most successful translation software ever produced. Even if the bitch who owned the rights to said software had literally threatened to sue over ownership rights if any of the people whoâd poured their figurative blood and sweat and literal tears into building the program tried to claim a small piece of the credit each of them so richly deserved.Â
That software and her role in its creation--even though Maeve Ond had claimed the public credit, the creative team spoke at interviews and made news features for their work in Cadre Techâs massive success--had solidified her credentials as a professor of linguistics, had boosted her into her lecturer spot.
Last year, her university granted her tenure.Â
She should have been overjoyed, and she was, but not as much as earning tenure deserved.Â
Because there was nobody to share her joy.
Three years ago, in the wake of CTâs overnight jump to worldwide fame, Aelin fled a love she did not and never would deserve.Â
She told herself she would never look back. But she did. Almost every day, she looked back at the life sheâd shared with Rowan and tried to convince herself that she did the right thing.
Try as she might, she could never silence the whisper that echoed always in her mind.Â
âYou broke both of your heartsâÂ
Someday, she told herself, someday she would be back in Doranelle. Someday, she would have a chance to apologize. Someday, maybe she could fix the Rowan-shaped chasm that gaped wide in her heart.Â
Yet here she was, sitting in a very nicely appointed hotel room in the university district of Doranelle, typing furiously away as if burying herself in notes and prep for tomorrowâs lecture could make the urge to contact Rowan disappear.
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Three years earlier. Doranelle.
âKnock, knock.â
Rowanâs head jerked up from where it had most definitely not been slumped on his desk. âWha--Oh. Hi, Aelin.â
âYouâre falling asleep, buzzard, letâs go home.â He heard laughter in her soft voice.Â
âAs if you wonât just get home and start cross-checking every single one of the phrases on your âpotential problemâ list.â
She chuckled, walking over to him. âFine. Weâre both perfectionist work whores. Doesnât mean we donât need sleep.â
âI know you too well to believe youâre actually going to sleep.â
âAll right, you win. Come home now, Iâll make some food, and you can put me to bed.â She winked saucily at him, leaving very little doubt what putting her to bed would entail, and he was up out of his chair in seconds.Â
âHand over your computer, Fireheart,â he grinned as they walked into the small house they shared on the outskirts of the city.Â
âWhat?â
âYour computer, love. Iâm leaving both of our work bags on the shelf by the front door so we can actually catch some rest tonight.â He pressed a finger to her mouth to silence her protests. âUh-uh, Ae, we have interviews tomorrow and I wonât let the genius behind this programâs flawless word-to-word be anything but well-rested.â
She sighed, but he saw the love in her eyes. âHere, then, my dear brilliant software engineer. Leave your notebook, too, because I know if itâs anywhere near you, youâll be up at three in the morning scribbling blocks of gibberish and picking apart your faultless code until you go insane.â
Both of their work satisfactorily put aside, Aelin made good on her promise to cook Rowan dinner.Â
And then he made very good on his promise to put her to bed.Â
The next morning, they were both awake with the sunrise, content to lay curled in each otherâs arms as the morning light spread across their room.
Rowan drifted back into sleep, waking for good when he caught a whiff of coffee from the kitchenâs direction.Â
âMorning, you sleepy buzzard,â Aelin grinned, sipping from her mug.
Rowan dropped a kiss on her head as he reached for his mug. He took a long drink, sighing as the milky, sweetened caffeine hit his mouth.Â
âI will never understand how you drink your coffee black, Fireheart.â
âNot all of us need to sweeten the hell out of coffee to drink it, Ro. Maybe if you canât handle the real thing, you should go back to your pretty little cups of crappy cafe tea.â
âMention my pretty little teacups again, AeâŠâ
She giggled. âYou be quiet and drink your coffee-flavored milk, my love. We both know youâre impossibly grumpy until you have caffeine in your veins.â
He grumbled something unintelligible as he drank his coffee.
They were nearly late to work that morning, even having planned an extra half hour to arrive, thanks to Aelin wearing what Rowan dubbed her âsexy professor suit.â She fixed the pins in her French twist in the car, making herself once again a portrait of professionalism, and slipped Rowanâs hand from her leg.
âTwo hands on the wheel, Whitethorn.â
He pouted. âBut Iâm a safe driver and I want to hold your hand.â
âMy hands are over here, love, not down by my skirt.â
When he pulled into his spot, Aelin closed her eyes and took a deep, slow breath.Â
âYou good, Fireheart?â
Gods, she loved hearing him call her that. âYeah. I justâŠneeded a moment to settle myself. To tell myself the cameras arenât here to tear apart what I say.â
Rowan wrapped his hands around hers. âDr. Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, the bland reporters are here to stand in awe of your expertise. Not a single word you say will come across as anything but brilliant and beautifully said.â
She squeezed his hands, her usual confidence returning. âI love you, buzzard.â
âI love you too, Fireheart. Letâs go talk about our amazing achievement.â
The day sped by in a blur of reporters, interviewers, teleprompters, practiced speeches, lights, cameras, and crew. When the last bleached-blonde anchor of the last interview of the day cut her crewâs cameras, Aelin flopped against her second-in-linguistic-command, Dr. Nehemia Ytger, the expert on ethnic African languages.Â
âIf I never see a news crew again, itâll be too soon,â she sighed. âIâm beat.â
Nehemia snickered. âBut weâre done talking about how proud we are that Maeve and her marvelous company have done such a grand service to the world.â
Aelin snorted softly. âRight. And now we servicepeople want to go home and take off our heels.â
âAmen to that.â
As the team filed out of the studio, Rowan made his way over to Aelin. âHolding up?â
âNot anymore,â she said, leaning casually into his side. âMy heels are killing me, thereâs a hairpin stabbing into my scalp, and I really, really need to pee.â
Rowan laughed, deep and husky. âLetâs get you home, then.â
âIâm stopping in the bathroom first.â
Just before she left the ladiesâ room, Aelin heard voices in the break area. Familiar voices--Rowanâs, Maeveâs, and the snippy, borderline whiny tones of Remelle Frelau, who worked in the marketing department and had a hell of a boner for Rowan.Â
â--looking at revenue over--â Maeveâs voice cut out, but from the gasps of the other two, the revenue was through the roof.Â
âAnd itâs all thanks to this genius here,â drawled Remelle, who if Aelin had her guess was probably clinging onto Rowan like a platinum-blonde leech.Â
âMs. Frelau, this was the product of a team. No single person could possibly have made it happen alone.â
âOh, call me Remelle, or even better Remy. And youâre the team leader, so you practically did create it by yourself.â
Aelin snickered to herself. Vapid bitch had no idea what she was saying.Â
âThatâs not how teams work, Ms. Frelau. We wouldnât be here without Dr. Galathynius and Dr. Ytgerâs language expertise, not to mention the creative genius of the engineers, graphic designers, linguists, and programmers.â
âMs. Frelau, though her judgment is clearly biased, has a point, Mr. Whitethorn,â Mave said. âYou demonstrated remarkable collaborative leadership qualities throughout this project, and I fully expect that you will continue to do so.â Maeveâs heels clicked away. Rowanâs voice followed her.
âThank you, Ms. Ond, but I have to credit Dr. Galathynius--â
âWill you stop kissing that womanâs ass?â snorted Remelle. âGods, sheâs not worth your time or your praise; all she does is translate words into different languages and you idiots drool over that like it means anything.â
Aelin jerked like sheâd been slapped. She knew Remelle was a self-centered, shallow, spiteful bitch, but she hadnât known she would do this.
â--did more for this project than you and your useless whiteboard of catchphrases,â growled Rowan.Â
âI donât care what she âdid for the project,â Rowan, sheâs never going to be good enough for you.â
âThank you for caring about my welfare, Frelau, now please kindly fuck off.â
Aelin chose that moment to saunter out of the bathroom and head straight for Rowan, her face showing no hint of having heard that conversation. She did note with satisfaction Remelleâs vain attempt to march out of the room with some semblance of dignity. Too bad her heel caught on the seam of the hallway carpet and the break roomâs tile flooring and she had to grab the doorframe to keep from collapsing.Â
âYouâre awfully quiet, Aelin.â
âJust thinking. Processing, really. Itâs been a hell of a day.â
Rowan nodded. âI bet.â
âAnd hearing fucking Remelle rip into me for being uselessâŠdidnât make it better.â
âShit, you heard that?â
âYeah. I heard that.â Her voice was hollow.Â
Rowan pulled into their driveway and shut off the engine. Reaching across the console, he cupped Aelinâs face in his hands. âAelin. You are brilliant. You are terrifyingly smart. You are a force of nature. Nothing, nothing you will ever do is useless. Donât let that jealous bitch make you think you are less than the perfect woman.â
She smiled tentatively at him. âSheâŠshe told me before that last interview that I could never be enough for you. Because you--because of Lyria.â
Rowan raked a hand through his hair. âAe, can we talk about this inside?â
That night, he told her about his former fiancĂ©, Lyria. He told her about their whirlwind romance, their youthful dreams. He told her about the horrific crash that stole away Lyriaâs life. A drunk trucker, a narrow pass in the mountains. He showed her the box in which he kept all the memories of that life. He cried. Aelin cried. He curled against her, let her comfort him.
âSometimes, I wish she was still here. Sheâd understand everything. She always did.â
Aelin had no response. She let Rowan fall asleep, his weight shifting off her and into his bed, and looked through the box. Everything she saw served as another reminder that this was the first woman he loved, the woman who understood everything.Â
She was worthy of him.Â
But was Aelin?
The more she looked at Rowan and Lyriaâs happiness, the more the answer solidified.Â
No.
When Rowan woke up the next morning, Lyriaâs box sat on Aelinâs side of the bed, a side that had not held Aelin.
He glanced out the window.
Her car was gone.
He got up and frantically paced through the house.
Everything sheâd brought into his home was gone.
As was she.
~
Present day.Â
Rowan opened his front door mechanically, pulled off his shoes, dropped his work backpack on its shelf, and was halfway to his bedroom before he realized heâd just opened his front door. His front door that was always locked.Â
Someone was in his house.
Someone who either had a duplicate key or insanely good lockpicking skills.
Exactly one person owned a duplicate key to his house.
Aelin.
Thatâs impossible, she lives in Orynth, she canât be here, he told the traitorous part of his brain that leapt with joy at seeing Aelinâs face again.
He turned around and made his way through the kitchen--nobody there--to the living room. He flicked on a lamp, casting a soft light around the room.
And nearly had a heart attack.
Aelin Galathynius sat on his couch.Â
For a moment, he just gawked at her. She looked soâŠdifferent. Older. Gone was the infectious smile that had captured his heart. Dark shadows smeared under her eyes, testament both to the long hours she devoted to her work and to recent sleepless nights. She was twisting a ring on her right hand, a familiar sign of her nerves. From his angle, Rowan could see a hint of dark script on her wrist. A tattoo. The Aelin he knew didnât have tattoos.
âIâm not a ghost.â Her voice, weary and hollow, broke the tense silence.
Rowan crossed the room, propped an arm on the fireplace. âWhy?â
âWhy am I here? Why did I leave? Why did I cut you out of my life?â
âEverything.â He couldnât keep the waver from his voice, but his eyes burned into hers.
She took a steadying breath. âIâm here to apologize, first of all. Iâm here to face what I ruined and to try and start mending it. Iâm here to come to terms with everything I broke when I left three years ago.â
Whatever heâd expected her to say, it certainly wasnât that.
âIâm sorry, Rowan. Iâm sorry I left like that. I wasâŠI was scared.â
âYou canât just run away from your fears, Aelin!â He couldnât keep the frustration from his tone. âYou canât just abandon someone when you have a bad day!â
âIâm sorry! I know I shouldnât have left! I know I canât run from my fears; Iâve spent the last three years trying and fucking failing to do that! But I donât know what else to do.â
âSaying something about it would have been a good first step.âÂ
âIâm bad at emotions, Rowan. I tried. It wasnât enough.â
âThatâs not a good enough excuse.â
Aelin flicked a tear from her face. âI know.â Her shoulders slumped. âIâm so sorry, Rowan. I should never have left. I let some stupid comment root into my head and make me doubt myself. I made myself believe I would never be good enough for you. I left you. I loved you, and I still left you. I still love you, even though Iâve tried to suppress it. I can never make up for that. IâŠI just wanted to tell you how much Iâve regretted that horrible decision all these years. I want you to be happy, Rowan, I--â
âHow am I supposed to be happy without a source?â Heâd dropped onto the couch, close enough to touch her but still keeping his distance.
âWhat?â
âYou didnât just take yourself away, Aelin. You were my happiness. Iâve spent three fucking years trying to make myself believe Iâm better without you in my life, and I canât.â
She was unabashedly crying by that point. âWhat do you want me to do? How can I make up for abandoning you?â
âStay.â
Her gaze locked onto his, both of their eyes pooling with tears.
âStay with me, Fireheart.â
âBut--â
âI never stopped loving you either.â
A choked sob ripped out of Aelin. Rowan couldnât hold himself in check any longer; he reached out and tugged her gently into his arms. To his shock, she didnât resist, burying her face into his chest as sobs shook her shoulders. When she calmed, he tilted her chin up.
âWill you stay, Aelin?â
âYes. Even though I will never deserve your forgiveness, yes.â
~
Translations:
* =Â âthat pinched old whore who couldnât convince a dick to come within ten metres of her if she dressed up provocativelyâ (Italian)
** = loosely translated as âFucking hell, I canât get drunk off this garbage.â (in order, Russian (badly phonetically spelled out because Rowan POV), Spanish, German, Spanish again, French) (the Russian doesnât directly translate, so it could mean several different variations of expletive)
~
Might there be a second part? Perhaps......
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"How many times can you look me in the eye and lie to me?" Also with Ernest, break my heart please đ, I need like angry and broken Ernest
âHow many times can you look at me in the eye and lie to meâ - with Ernst Schmidt x Fem!Reader
Warnings: masturbation, mention of attempted murder
I wasn't ready to write this and when I was, I still wasn't.
Ernst smiled at you, he just woke up to find you laying beside him like very morning, his little corner of paradise, your silky nightgown clinging sensually around your shape, that amazing curve of your body always getting him more and more turned on.
âGood morning, Ernstâ
You said to him and he smiled happily whispering it back to you.
âOh, looks like Dr Schmidt is more awake than youâ
The way you giggled and nicknamed his dick would have made him blush if he wasnât so aroused by your presence.
âGet naked for me, I donât have timeâ
You pouted but then you obliged as you stood on the bed slowly giving him a strip tease, you even hummed the music waving your body in front of him.
Your voice only rang through him, the way you sang was pure poetry.
You swayed from side to side as the silk slipped off your skin like water, you picked a moan as you touched over your body as he pumped himself nicely.
âFuck, show me your assâ
He cursed as he went immediately hard on himself, he was hungry, needy for you and yet he didnât have time to fully give into the pleasure.
You obeyed, you rolled your hips turning around as your panties made their way down your ass and quickly precipitated to your ankles before being kicked out of the way.
The way your hands moved, the moans that escaped you as your hands travelled between your legs gifting pleasure to yourself.
Ernst was thrown into a very fast orgasm against his own stomach while staring at you.
âYour breakfast is ready nowâ
You smirked as he chuckled âI hope not this oneâ he said pointing at his chest as you giggled jumping off the bed.
âI need the calculation for thisâ
You nodded providing him the answer in a moment, you worked side to side and you were his right arm, always helping him.
âSo? How long is it going to take freak?â
Volkov voice made you roll your eyes.
He annoyed you like hell, but he really took a tool on Ernst.
Donât let him get into you
You typed it on the computer for Ernest to see. He now needed to be focusing on the task ahead instead of the teasing, he pushed his glasses further on the bridge of his nose as he looked up at the screen ignoring the Russian.
Thank you he typed back to you
;) your answer
Nevertheless, the experiments kept failing and you kept working tirelessly with him. Where it was the error? What could it be?
âErnst, I brought you something to eatâ Lin said as she came to the control room and stared up at you for a moment, you leaned your head on side, you glared at her but smiled, it wasnât even polite as a smile, it was just circumstantial.
âDonât worry, I donât need itâ
You said it quite harshly earning a look from Ernst that made you turn around and go back to your calculations.
âForgive herâ Ernst said for you and Lin shrugged âI am worried for youâ she whispered to him âyouâre getting too much into this, it is not healthy, do not listen to Volkov but I need you to be awake and ready more than anyone, youâre our only physic hereâ
He chuckled lightly âthe one who could survive here among you crazy headsâ he joked as you looked back at them interacting and frowned lightly.
That evening he was applying some cream to ease the bruise Volkov left on his face after last experiment.
âThat man should have been checked, with such a temper he shouldnât be allowed on the missionâ you mumbled as you stared at him while programming the dinner on the big screen to be delivered. Usually you would fetch it but the beating accident pushed Ernst to be asked to go to his rooms earlier than usual.
âI know, but I gave him his fair share and it is good like this. We are all stressed on board, Lin taught me this word which means actually stressed because of the pressure due on the mind, I need to ask her again about itâ
âYou like her, donât you?â
You asked it like a firing shot, he rolled his eyes âplease, not again with itâ
You frowned as he dismissed always that topic but you hated it.
âYou think she is more attractive than me?â
âThat is not possibleâ he just said and you looked down at your floral shorts and top coord pyjama.
You looked back at the screen as you downloaded the exercises he had been prescribed before leaving the Earth to keep his back and neck healthy after so many hours on the computer.
âWould you fuck her?â
He glared at you âI said it is a closed topicâ
You sighed nodding lightly, you nibbled your bottom lip but just carried on with the evening.
It was like an accident, Volkov was checking the oxygen reserve as always when he started to feel dizzy. He frowned as soon as he realised he rushed to the door. There was a leak. But when he rushed to the door it was locked and not even the code worked to open it.
He really thought it was the end but Lin saw him and with the help of Kiel managed to get him out of there.
Volkov didnât speak to anyone for the rest of the night.
But Ernst knew perfectly who he had to talk to.
When he came to his quarters and locked the door you were wearing a nice deep blue dress, one of his favourites with off shoulders and a tight skirt, the dinner was ready for him to eat and some soft music playing in the background.
âYouâre out of your mindâ
He only said that and you looked at him confused âWhat? Why? Donât you like salmon?â
âDonât you play innocent with me Y/N, I saw the codes, you hacked the door, a clean job but you should know I can find your ID print anywhere, even behind the electricity systemâ
You frowned âI probably messed up, what door got blocked?â
He laughed out loud smacking his hand loudly over his forehead âHow can you even be such a liar? Killing Volkov wonât solve anythingâ
You frowned as he spoke like that âHe beat you Ernstâ
You said it finally after a long silence âhe handles you in that way and punches you and threatens you constantly, I canât see him do this for more yearsâ
âKilling him is not the solutionâ
âI was just trying to protect you!!â You screamed to him.
He stood straight in front of you, cringe colouring his features as you stared at him helplessly.
âWhat do you even know about protection? Youâre not even -â
âI love you, thatâs what I knowâ
He looked at you as you said that, the disgust on him turned to pain and then to rage.
âTake it backâ
âNoâ
âI saidâ he came closer to you, his voice tone lowering âTake it back, nowâ
You shook your head as you felt tears forming in your eyes, your chest starting to hiccup as you tried to hold back the fear and the sadness of his reaction.
You daydreamed so much of him telling you that little âI love you tooâ.
And yet, here youâre.
âErnstâ
âNo, no Ernst, this is overâ
You paled up as he moved past you taking his tablet.
âErnst, but it is true, I love you, I swear, it is loveâ you said, your voice trembling as your tears started to roll down your cheeks âEvery day, youâre my only thought, youâre what I live for, I live to see you smile at me, to see you happy, to see that little quirky smirk you do when all the analysis work. The way you look at me when we are alone, the way you smile at me, share things with me. Thatâs all I wish for. Please. Please Ernst. You have to believe meâ
âLiar.â His answer was dry, filled with anger and disgust, his eyes not even gracing you.
âI am not lying, I canât lie to you. Ernst. I beg you, talk to meâ
âHow many times can you look at me in the eye and lie to me??â He shouted at the top of his lungs taking his dinner plate with his free hand and smashing it on the wall in front of him.
âErnstâ yours was a whisper, his name your only reason to live left as fear was now dominating you âpleaseâ
He glared at you, jaw clenched, hand locked into fists so tight that his knuckles were white.
He pressed something on the tablet that he still clenched on his side and on the big screen in the room that usually projected a night skyline for dinner appeared a red notification:
Are you sure you want to interrupt the hologram?
Yes - No
You stared at the screen as you closed your eyes, tears rolling even more down your cheeks.
âI love you Ernstâ
âYouâre not supposed to love, Y/Nâ his voice betraying the pain simmering after that mask of rage you know too well by now.
The tap of his finger on the tablet screen the last thing you heard before being caged back into your code.
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Darkened Nights (Violent Things)
Fic Week Day Two: Alternate ending to an episode
âI choose Aaron Hotchner. He's a classic narcissist. He thinks he's better than everyone else on the team. Genesis 23:4. âLet him not deceive himself and trust in emptiness, vanity, falseness, and futility, for these shall be his recompenseâ.â
The silence in the room was palpable. In almost perfect synchronicity, every head turned to face the man in question only moments before he stormed out of the room, footsteps echoing throughout the house.
"I'm not a narcissist," he said, pacing back and forth as the others entered the room, slowly as if approaching a wild animal that could attack at any second.
"Come on. Look, you can't think anything from that. He's not in his right mind, Hotch," Gideon tried to reassure him, quickly stopping when he was interrupted.
"No, stop. Stop." The room fell quiet once again. "Alright, everybody right now - what's my worst quality?" His head turned frantically around the room, taking in everyone's hesitancy to answer. "Okay, I'll start. I have no sense of humour."
"You're a bully," JJ said hardly a second after he'd finished.
"I'm a bully," he repeated.
"You can be a drill sergeant sometimes."
"Right."
"You don't trust women as much as men."
"Okay, good. I'm all these things, but none of you said that I ever put myself above the team, because I don't, ever. So why did Reid say that I do?"
"Don't jump to any conclusions just yet. Reid is smart. For all we know, he could have been leaving clues this entire time. We just need to find what they are."
"Clues? We don't even know if Reid's aware that we saw that!" His voice raised at Gideon as an exasperated arm was thrown in the air. "What sort of clue is 'narcissist'? That doesn't lead us anywhere. Like you said, Reid is smart. His clues would be more obvious than that."
He turned on his foot, heading back in the direction he came from. The others all shared a look of trepidation before following after him. They'd never seen their boss so unsettled, and in turn it was fraying their nerves in an already precarious situation. Gideon was the only one to look unperturbed but even Emily, who had spent such little time around the man, could see the tightness around his mouth and the stiff way in which he stood. He may have been acting as though he wasn't bothered but they could see right through him. Despite this, they walked on without mentioning it, knowing how private of a man Gideon was.
Back in the computer room, the tension was so thick it was almost suffocating, squeezing their hearts like a clenched fist prepared to strike at any moment. They were all on edge, staring intently at each blank screen as if they would come to life, the answer to the question that was plaguing them all displayed clearly on the screen. But there were no bold letters written out in front of them. There was no easy solution. Their youngest team member was still at the mercy of an unsub that had seemingly no plan to let him leave alive and they had no way of finding him.
Hotch cursed softly under his breath and stalked out of the room once more after several minutes had passed without so much as a mumble from anyone. The team knew better than to feel any shock at Hotch's out of character expletive; none of them could blame the man for not acting like himself. Instead, they looked to Gideon for guidance. The older man held a single hand up, preventing them from joining him in going after Hotch. He searched through the rooms, not finding his colleague in any of them, and then the grounds outside. It was a few feet in front of the house that he finally spotted him. If it wasn't for the gentle rise and fall of his chest, he could've been mistaken for a statue.
"He's still alive."
Hotch showed no sign of having heard Gideon approaching or settling a few steps behind him, and yet he didn't startle at the words, his stare remaining off into the darkness.
"You can't prove that."
"It's Reid. He always survives."
A small sound filled the air. It would have passed for a chuckle if the bitterness had not been so clear, as if it had rotted within him before being set free.
"You know, sometimes I feel like God sent Reid to me for a reason; as if there was something I could do for him. I couldn't even teach him how to deal with the emotional side of this job before I sent him into what's probably going to be the most traumatising thing he's ever going to experience."
"Then you help him through the aftermath. You still have time, Hotch. Your work isn't done."
Hotch shook his head. "I can't save him."
"All by yourself? Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised if you did. You've got an entire team in there, Hotch, ready to risk everything. You helped him become the agent he is. If there's anybody that can help him again now, it's you. You understand him. I'm sure there's something Reid mentioned that tells us where he is, but we need you to not treat this like he's already gone."
Neither of them spoke. The only noise between them was the delicate wind, soft whispers floating throughout the air as if sending a message that he couldnât quite decipher. Hotchâs head dropped down to face the dirt below him, a queue for Gideon to leave that he thankfully took, making his way back to the house that he was beyond tired of seeing. A small breath left Hotchâs lips, almost a sigh but not quite. He knew that Gideon was right. Standing outside staring at the ground wasnât helping anybody but Hankel, and yet he couldnât quite find it in himself to turn around. Spencerâs words were playing on repeat in his mind.
âHe's a classic narcissist. He thinks he's better than everyone else on the team.â
Was he right? Of course he was, Hotch thought to himself. Spencer was never wrong, and he wouldnât use the word ânarcissistâ so lightly. But if he truly did put himself above the rest of his team, could he really trust himself to do what was best for one of its members? After all, everybody else was in that god-forsaken house, working tirelessly to bring Spencer home, and here he was: standing alone outside, focusing on his own problems instead of helping them.
With a shuddering breath, he turned around, pausing for only a moment before heading back to his team. Reid may have been right about the narcissism, but he would do everything in his power to get him back regardless. Reid was still alive, and he intended to find him that way as soon as he possibly could.
They all worked until the sun came up, the bright gold rays almost taunting them as they shone in through the windows. It was as the morning light hit that Hotch finally managed to force some of them to sleep. Morgan, JJ and Garcia were the firsts to go, though Morgan was only out for barely two hours before he returned, letting Gideon rest instead. Hotch felt the need to ask if heâd managed to get any sleep at all but based on the drooping of his eyes and the anxious clenching of his fists, he felt it wasnât necessary.
They continued the search, finding dead end after dead end, and all the while both Hotch and Morgan refused to sleep. Prentiss eventually conceded, taking JJâs space once sheâd woken up. Hotch was rather impressed by how well she functioned on such little rest but he didnât spare much thought on the matter, knowing that there were more important things at hand. It was only after the third time that theyâd nearly fallen asleep on each other that the two men finally accepted that it was time to rest. They needed their entire focus on getting Reid home and they wouldnât be able to do that if they were incapable of thinking. With heavy hearts and much hesitation, they left the room.
Neither of them had wanted to sleep in the house, the knowledge that they were currently residing in the home of the man that had their friend was hanging over their heads, making it almost impossible to even stand in. Instead, they chose the comfort (or lack thereof) of the FBI SUVs. Hotch climbed into one as Morgan climbed into the other, both immediately sitting in the driverâs seat and laying it back as far as they could go.
Being mid January, there was a strong chill in the air despite the persistent shining of the sun above them. Hotch wrapped his suit jacket tighter around himself, trying to maintain any sense of warmth that the thin clothing gave him. His eyes fell shut and he attempted to fight back every thought that was swarming around in his mind, loud and obnoxious and refusing to leave. It felt like hours of trying to quieten his mind, though in reality it mustnât have been more than thirty minutes, when the passenger side door opened. His head instantly turned, eyes flying open as the lack of sleep made him more paranoid but less alert.
âIâm guessing Iâm not the only one who canât sleep,â Morgan said as he dropped into the seat next to him, door slamming shut behind him.
Hotch grunted, eyes closing again. âI knew I shouldâve just stayed there and continued working.â
âNo, you still did the right thing coming out here. I want to be in there just as much as you do but weâre no help if we canât even stand upright.â
He hummed non-committedly. âMaybe so. Doesnât make me okay with being out here while my team is in there working.â Typically, Hotch would never speak to a subordinate in such a way. The lack of sleep, however, was really beginning to affect him, taking away his filter.
It was silent for a few beats, no sound to be heard in or out of the car, until Morgan finally spoke again.
âYou know Reid doesnât actually think youâre a narcissist, right?â
âI hardly think it matters. Iâm his boss, heâs allowed to view me in whatever way he does and I have no say in that.â
âBut youâre not just his boss, youâre his friend. He had to name someone so that Hankel would stop the roulette. He did it as a means of survival and thatâs it. Thereâs nothing more to it.â
Hotch swallowed hard, still refusing to open his eyes. If he didnât see Morgan there, he could almost pretend he was talking to himself.
âI just⊠heâs so young, Morgan, and heâs been through so much already.â
âI know,â Morgan replied quietly. âItâs awful just watching him go through it, I canât imagine what it actually feels like to be trapped there.â
âWe havenât even seen a video of him in hours and I donât- Itâs not like I actually want to see him being hurt but Iâm going out of my mind wondering why itâs been so long.â
Morgan sighed. âI wish I had an answer for you, man. I get it, though. Seeing him is awful but at least we know heâs alive. Right now weâre stuck in this weird limbo where Spencer Reid is both alive and not alive and thereâs nothing we can do about it.â
âSchrödinger's Spencer.â
Morgan didnât reply for a moment but when he did, it was with a snort. âThatâs such a Reid joke to make.â
Hotch let out a light chuckle. âI suppose it is,â he said, his head gently falling back to rest against the seat behind him, âand I suppose thatâs a sign for me to go to sleep.â
âAaron Hotchner cracking jokes? Absolutely a sign to sleep. Good night.â
A small smile made its way to Hotchâs face for hardly a second but the weight that had been taken off his chest felt more permanent. âGood night, Morgan.â
It only took a few minutes after that for the two of them to drift off into a less than restful slumber, the anxiety still flowing through their veins making it difficult to stay asleep. It was enough, though, and by time they walked back into the house, they were ready to start the search again. âWhat have we got?â Hotch asked as they entered the room.
âNothing new,â Prentiss informed them, a restrained disappointment seeping into her words. âWe havenât got any more videos, weâve searched everywhere thatâs connected to him, and there have been no new murders.â
âSo another dead end." Morgan's fists clenched by his side but he managed to hold himself back from hitting anything.
âI know itâs difficult,â Gideon said, âbut we just have to wait it out. Iâm aware that the last thing any of us wants is to sit around doing nothing but until we have something to go off, thereâs nothing we can do but be patient.â
âPatient,â Morgan murmured with a small scoff. âRight. Iâll just be patient while my best friend is off being tortured.â His eyes drifted around the room, lending on the stack of books sitting on the table. âI guess Iâll go through Hankelâs writing again, see if we missed anything.â
Hotch watched as he reached for one of the books. âIâll help.â
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âWeâll have to watch the videos again.â
Every head turned to face Gideon. Theyâd spent the past few hours reading the books, over and over and over, looking for any little thing they couldâve missed. Garcia had conducted the most in-depth cyber search possible, trying to find anybody and anything that could be connected to either of the Hankel men. Everything had come up empty. The only thing they had yet to do was rewatch the tapes. They knew it was the next logical step but the thought of watching Reid go through that pain all over again made them feel sick to their stomachs.
âJJ, Garcia, neither of you need to stay for this. Go see if you can get some food together for us, itâs been a while since any of us have eaten a real meal. I know itâs already dark but take a car and see if you can find something. Prentiss, Morgan, youâre free to join them if youâd rather but your eyes would be of use here.â
Once Garcia had loaded the videos ready to be played, her and JJ followed Hotchâs orders, though not without some hesitation from the latter. Morgan and Prentiss immediately sat down without a word, prepared to watch them regardless of how much they wished it wasnât necessary. It was an unspoken agreement to not acknowledge the way everybody froze momentarily as the first video started, an image of Reid coming onto the screen, clear signs of physical trauma evident.
âThe other heathens are watching. Choose a sinner to die, and Iâll say the name and address of the person to be saved.â
âI won't choose who gets slaughtered and have you leave their remains behind like a poacher.â
âDid you see that?â Morgan asked. âThe way he looked into the camera before he spoke. What did he say - âleave their remains behind like a poacherâ? I think thatâs a clue.â
Gideon considered him for a moment. âI think you might be right. Here,â he handed him his notebook and pen, âwrite it down.â He played the next video.
âTobias, help me.â
âHe canât help you, heâs weak!â
All four of the viewers flinched as skin hit against skin; as whimpers and cries fell from Reidâs lips. Morganâs fist hitting the table was ignored as the agent on screen fell back in his chair, head hitting the floor with great force.
âYou came back to life.â
âRaphael.â
Their focus didnât leave the screen, watching intently as Reid stared Godâs Will directly in the eye and didnât flinch, Godâs angel holding the trigger.
âChoose.â
âI choose Aaron Hotchner. Heâs a classic narcissist.â
Hotch exhaled deeply but didnât stop watching, listening to the words that had been playing on repeat in his mind since heâd first heard them. Morganâs mouth opened as if to speak when Prentiss suddenly raised a hand in front of her, stopping whatever he was going to say. The men looked up at her and she put a finger to her lips, her other hand pointing in the direction of the room next door. They remained silent, ears straining to hear what Prentiss was referring to. It was a few moments later that they realised what it was - a small thump.
Immediately alert, they all reached for their weapons, drawing them up and preparing to defend each other. Hotch crept forward, signaling for the others to get behind him. He moved soundlessly, slowly approaching the door frame that led to the front room. Once at the edge, he glanced into the room, immediately spotting the man standing on the other side.
Morgan moved to stand next to his boss. Gideon and Prentiss wouldâve taken the only other door in the room, leaving him with no exit, but there was no path to get there without passing him. Instead, they pressed close, ready to charge in behind Hotch and Morgan. As they were about to move, the man turned around.
âAaron Hotchner,â Hankel said, voice low but strong, back straight as he stared down his target. âYouâre a sinner. Job 15:31. âLet him not deceive himself and trust in emptiness, vanity, falseness, and futility, for these shall be his recompense.â You must repent.â
His arm hadnât raised more than a few inches before four different guns went off, bullets lodging into several different parts of his body. He dropped.
Gideon immediately pushed forward, crouching down to check the manâs pulse. âDead,â he told them.
âDid you hear what he said?â Hotchâs voice was subdued, his gaze fixed on the body on the floor.
âWhat about it?â Prentiss asked.
âJob 15:31. He said it was Job 15:31. Reid said it was Genesis 23:4. Why would he get it wrong?â
âHeâs under a lot of stress. Itâs understandable if he misremembered something,â Morgan answered, though he sounded sceptical.
âBut he didnât misremember it. He misquoted it. So what does Genesis 23:4 actually say?â They all hurried to the bookcase that contained bibles, Hotch getting there first and instantly grabbing the closest copy to flick through the pages, sparing hardly a glance at each. âHere,â he said, passing his book to Morgan, âGenesis, chapter twenty-three, verse four. Read it.â
Morgan took the offered bible, finding where Hotch gestured before reading it out loud. âI am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me property, forbear a place among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight.â
âHe wouldnât get it wrong unless it was on purpose.â Shock and relief stretched his lips into a smile.
âHeâs in a cemetery.â Prentiss realised.
At that moment, the door opened and in walked the two that had left earlier, each with a bag on their arm. âOh my God,â Garcia gasped as she saw the man on the floor, bag falling next to her feet with a thud. âWho is that?!â
âIs that Hankel?â JJ placed her bag down next to Garciaâs but paid no more attention to the food it contained, her focus entirely on the face that was currently surrounded by a pool of its own blood.
âIt is,â Hotch answered quickly. âGarcia, check to see if there have been any reports of poaching in the last couple of days.â
âOkay, okay, uhâŠâ She trailed off as she rushed to the computer with the others following, taking care to not step in the blood. It took less than a minute for her to set up the system and conduct her search. âA farmer reported two sheep being slaughtered on his property.â
âWhere are we talking?â
Garcia zoomed in on the map in response to Morganâs question.
âWhatâs that patch of green there?â
âMarshall Parish,â Hotch replied to JJ. âI think itâs an old plantation.â
Emily leaned forward, catching everyoneâs attention. âWait. Tobias wrote in his journals about staying clean and keeping away from Marshall.â
âDoes that say that thereâs a cemetery on the ground?â Gideon pointed at the screen.
âWeâve found him,â Hotch breathed. âWeâre going to save him.â
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âFBI!â
As soon as Hotchâs foot hit the floor after kicking the door open, he was moving. Along with some of the local police, the team entered the cabin, guns drawn and eyes on alert as they searched for any sign of their missing agent.
âClear!â
âClear!â
âOh! Whatâs that smell?â Prentiss scrunched her face up against the overwhelming scent in the air, casting her glance around the room to find the source. She spotted it on the floor: a pile of burnt fish. The smell threatened to take over their senses as they coughed against it, fighting the urge to leave immediately.
âLetâs spread out. He has to be here somewhere. Letâs go!â Hotch stormed ahead, looking as though the stench hadnât had the slightest effect on him.
Gideon watched as everybody fanned out to search the grounds as his eyes took one last look over the room, being drawn to the pair of handcuffs laying haphazardly on a chair that he clearly recognised from the videos. Spencer had been sitting in that chair. Heâd had those handcuffs on him. Heâd been surrounded by that smell. So where was he now? He couldnât have let himself out of those cuffs, but Hankel wouldnât have just let him roam free.
With that thought in mind, he left into the darkness of the winter night, the chill immediately seeping into his bones despite the thick clothing he had on to protect himself. An image of Spencer, as frozen as the real Charles Hankel, pushed its way to the front of his mind completely unbidden. He did his best to shove it back, knowing it wouldnât help. It didnât leave.
They scoured the cemetery, searching over every inch looking for anything that might tell them where Spencer was before it was too late. Hankel mustâve left him hours ago without a fire or any other means of warmth, it was no wonder that heâd finally become desperate enough to leave the cabin on his own accord despite the great risks it presented him, Hotch thought.
He was aware that Spencer couldâve made it to a road by now but judging by the presumed lack of shoes and warmth, as well as his recently sustained injuries, he felt that it was reasonable to assume that he hadnât gotten far. Just to cover all bases, he sent some local officers further up, closer to where theyâd arrived from.
Theyâd been searching for over twenty minutes when they finally found something. A patch of soil, packed more freshly than that around it. It had been recently planted within the last few days.
âMorgan!â Hotch yelled at the top of his lungs, above the noise of everybody else calling out a different name. He instantly dropped to his knees and began clawing at the dirt, scraping it out and throwing it in random directions, not paying any mind to anybody around him. A body dropped down next to him and hands joined his own but neither looked at the other, concentrating only on the cold ground below them.
They dug and they dug until they hit something - something colder than the dirt it was surrounded with, something much paler. They continued tearing at the floor even more savagely than before, desperation leaking through at the sight of the foreign object. Fear gripped them tighter than the cold did, making them work harder and faster until suddenly a white cloth was visible, soon followed by a familiar dark red.
âNo, no, no, no,â Morgan muttered, each word faster and louder than the last. âCome on, man!â
Hotch pulled away dirt from higher up, more gently this time, though he refused to acknowledge what could be under it until he finally saw it. A face, skin soft and almost glistening in the moonlight, marred by dirt and blood. Spencer.
He wedged an arm underneath his back as soon as the opportunity presented itself, Morgan having pulled enough of the ground off of his arms for it to not cause any harm, and he pulled. Once the top half of his body was fully out of the dirt, his hand raised on its own accord in search of a pulse as Morgan set to work on the CPR.
No pulse.
His breath caught in his throat but his fingers didnât move. He was vaguely aware of the ringing in his ears but he ignored it.
âPlease, Spencer. Please,â he forced out through gritted teeth. âWake up. Come on. Wake up!â
âNot like this, pretty boy. Not like this.â
Morgan hadnât stopped the CPR, going harder than what was necessary. It didnât escape Hotchâs notice that any CPR at all may be unnecessary as he took a closer look at the boy in front of him. His eyes were closed and his skin was freezing to the touch. At first Hotch assumed that he must have been buried only hours before, likely just before Hankel left on his final self-righteous mission. Now, though, as he stared at the blue-tinted pallor of the agent in front of him, he doubted it.
Spencer Reid had been dead for at least a day now.
âMorgan, stop,â he muttered half-heartedly, his line of sight not moving from eyes that wouldnât open. Heâd never forced Spencer to make eye contact with him before but he was wishing with everything he had that just this once, he would; that just this once, Spencer would open his eyes and stare right back at him.
The aggressive panting by his ear hadnât stopped, but he couldnât tear his eyes away. What if Spencer opened his eyes for only a second as he looked away? What if he missed Spencerâs final breath? What if-
âMorgan. You have to stop.â His voice was weak but it was all he could muster, still not looking away but being able to see the hands still pumping down on Reidâs chest as he periodically reached up to perform mouth-to-mouth. âMorgan.â He didnât stop. âMorgan!â
He finally snatched his eyes away from those in front of him, becoming frozen in place as he watched Morgan lose control of the tears rolling down his face. Small sobs fell from his lips but he was clearly holding them back, trying so hard to save a dead man. It didnât look as though heâd even heard Hotchâs words.
With a shaking breath, Hotch put his hand on Morganâs arm, not surprised when it was instantly thrown off in a rather violent manner. He put his hand back, holding tighter but still getting thrown off. He forced himself to sit back, body threatening to collapse under the stress of it. Harsher than before, he gripped Morganâs arm and pulled. Nothing. He pulled again. Nothing.
âMorgan, he's dead. You have to stop.â
Morgan furiously shook his head but otherwise didnât acknowledge him, leaving Hotch with only one other option. He wrapped both of his arms around the manâs torso and pulled as hard as he could, refusing to let go no matter how much the struggling man tried to get away. Morganâs arms flailed wildly but Hotch didnât budge.
âYou did all you could, Morgan. You did all you could. Thereâs nothing more to do. Iâm sorry,â he murmured into his ear, the low volume not entirely on purpose.
âNo!â Morgan shouted, fighting harder against the restraints of Hotchâs arms. âWe canât just give up on him!â
âIâm sorry, Iâm sorry, Iâm sorry,â he repeated, finding himself unable to stop apologising despite the fact that the words were unable to reach the ears of the person they were meant for.
âHotch, we canât- we canât just give up. We canât just give up.â At this point Morgan had stopped struggling, both against Hotch and the sobs that were now ripping their way out of his throat. His head buried itself into Hotchâs shoulder as his hands came up to grip onto the arms around him, his legs slightly curling up as wails of agony tore through him.
Around them stood the rest of the team, watching the scene in front of them unfold whilst knowing that there was nothing they could do to help. JJ and Penelope were wrapped around each other, tears falling freely from their eyes as they listened to the slowly quieting cries of the usually hard-to-break agent. Emily was completely frozen, her breath slowing to almost a complete stop. Gideonâs face remained unchanged, though the tears blurring his vision were hard to miss. He took one more look at the man he considered his son, and he turned around, walking away back into the darkness.
Hotchâs arms loosened but didnât let go of the man inside of them. His apologies hadnât stopped even as his eyes became less focused, his mind trying to take him somewhere far away but failing to take him further than that cabin. It was ironic, he thought, that a house belonging to someone so dedicated to his worship could be so void of God. No, there was no God here, but there had been an angel, and heâd taken Spencer Reid away from them.
âIâm sorry,â Hotch whispered. âI shouldâve understood.â
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Bittersweet   A/N: Decided to rewrite this one. Please enjoy.
Yoongi looked at your friends as he sneered at your prone form sprawled out on the ground, your fingers scrambling to find your glasses.
âAw whatâs the matter? The poor baby can't see?â He purred as he picked up your glasses and dangled them in front of your face before throwing them into the dumpster. âHave fun diving!â He cackles as he slides past your prone figure, cruelly stepping on your hand as he passes.
You could hear the snickers of his friends behind you. You watched as his best friend, Seokjin clapped Yoongi on the shoulder, and whispered, âOi, I get the whole I hate ây/nâ thing but seriouslyâthat was a bit much donât you think?â
Yoongi couldnât believe what he was hearing, âShe ratted us out! So I fixed it-and now she canât see to snitch! And shouldnât you be on my side? Youâre in just as much trouble as I am!â
Seokjin could only look at Yoongi like he had a third head, â Yeah I guess, but still...there is-â at Yoongiâs raised eyebrow he swallowed what he wanted to say, instead choosing to leave rather than to help Yoongiâs victim, âHey I gotta go Iâll catch you later okay?â
Yoongi smiled and waved good-bye before walking away from the group. How could he possibly explain how much he hated Y/N? No one here knew the truth about your families-how he had to share a home with you, your family serving his. He had no respite from you. Yeah, Y/N deserved everything she got, he thought as he got into his car. Plus it's not like you wouldnât rat him out when you got home about what happened. This time as he drove past you and saw you hunched in on yourself, he couldnât help but feel a twinge of guilt as he saw you clutching your injured hand, staring resolute at the dumpster, knowing full well that you would go in after the glasses. After all, he knew how hard your mother worked to buy them for you, he knew how you worked 2 jobs and also kept track of your younger brothers. Deep down, he really hoped that maybe this time you would finally explode and tell everyone about all the horrid acts he committed against you.Â
Except that you never did tell on him.Â
In fact, you avoid Yoongi like the plague. After finally scrambling into the dumpster and reclaiming your glasses, you clambored back out, hand still screaming in pain. As you stand there wiping the garbage from the lenses and picking off random refuse from your clothes you honestly donât think you can sink any lower than this. You swipe grimey hands at your cheeks as hot tears run down them, thankful that you are alone. And as you walk away you begin to make plans. You couldnât keep doing this. And with renewed energy you begin walking home, not didnât looking back choosing instead to forge ahead, putting one foot in front of another until finally you were in your mid=twenties, and had your own little place. You were happy with your life. But you should have known. All good things must come to an end eventually. You hadnât thought about him in years, attending school, graduating, opening up a bakery with your best friend. Essentially you were hiding, but not really.Â
And then by some ill stroke of luck, he found you.
You awaken to the blaring of your alarm with a groan. Was it really 8 am? The flashing numbers of your clock inform you that it was in fact 8:59. Shit you were late. Cursing your snooze butten, you scrambled out of your bed and grabbed the cleanest clothes you could find off the floor and stumble as you attempt a whole new balancing act: pulling up your pants while holding a hot cup of coffee and a piece of toast dangling precariously from your teeth. As you run down the street towards the bus, slinging your backpack over your shoulder while you scramble to tuck your shirt in you promptly run into a solid wall and fall on your ass. Your hair is covering your face as you look up at what you had plowed into, an apology already leaving your mouth when you got to the face. âUmâŠhi, uhâŠsorry about that.â
âY/N. From YHSN?â
âYes?â you become wary, no one around here really knows you as you chose to keep to yourselfâŠâDo I know you?â
The grin that spread across the manâs face could be described as nothing less than cruel and vicious. âYeah, Y/N L/N right? I am here to inform you that you have 24 hours to vacate the premises. Good luck.â He stated before unceremoniously dropping an envelope onto your lap and turning on her heel to leave you in a stunned heap on the floor.
What the hell had just happened? Maybe you were still dreaming?
You were dazed for a moment as your brain tried to compute the absolute absurdity of what had just happened and then you were on your feet chasing the man, yelling at him to stop but he just kept on walking.
Finally catching up to the man, you grab her arm, âWhat the fuck man?â you yell, âthis is illegal as hell! Thirty days is the minimum!â You shove the notice back at the man, hitting him in her (very solid) chest hard.
âY/n, Y/n, I see you're still full of venom huh? Itâs completely legal actually-you see Iâ he leaned forward, âown the building now. And to my delight, what do I learn? I find out that Y/N L/N happens to be a tenant! Guess how happy I was to finally find you again after all these years and then get to have you vacate your home.â he laughs as you gape at him like a fish.
âMin fucking Yoongi, I do not have time for your petty ass childish bullshit! â you hers, voice laced with venom.
âAw kitten you remembered! I am truly honored! But alas I cant stay and chit-chat, and well, neither can you. Tata chica!â With that he jerks her arm from your grasp, sending you back to the ground in shock for the second time that morning, before climbing into an expensive black car and driving away.
You scream curses to the sky, because after 8 peaceful years, the man you had spent so long running from and then finally forgetting, had found you. But of course, the sky only decides to rain. And as you trudge back home to call into work, (because seriously fuck this day) you canât help but wonder how everything came to this moment. After a shower and change of clothes, you fall into your bed, allowing yourself one moment of respite before you begin to tackle this new problem, closing your eyes.
You were back there again, trapped both in a small body and the cave that haunts you as you watch helplessly at the rising water. Your tiny voice is raised, tinted with fear, âI told you we shouldnât come here! My mama said-â
The boy next to you cut you off, âCrying ainât gonna fix it, I will save usâ
âYou can't even swim,â You yell, unable to remain calm.Â
âI AM GONNA SAVE US!â the small boy shouted, âso donât cry Y/N.â He gave you a small smile, one that made you feel slightly safer and he took hold of your hand. âFollow me and donât let go no matter what.â
âOkay,â you say, for some reason feeling braver after placing your faith along with your hand into the boyâs hand. He said he would, so of course he would save both of you. After all, he was your best friend and you donât pick losers.
It was a lot harder though, when all was said and done. Yes, the two of you made it out of the cave alive, but not without nearly drowning, and you had slipped and injured your ankle along the way. Luckily, you did make it out, and while the two of you spent a cold wet night huddled together on the beach, you were alive. In the morning, you were rescued further as the search teams found. And while your mother had you wrapped up in her warmth and was crying and thanking the people over and over that had saved you, the same welcoming was not happening to the young boy. You could hear screaming as a woman in a fine dress and her husband yelled at the boy, your tiny hero, before there was a loud smack. You watch as the boy falls, hand clenched to her face, tears streaming down her face as her mother continues to land hard blows upon her body until she is dragged away. You cried out for you friend and as the two of you met eyes, for the first time you saw hatred reflected back at you. That was the day Min Yoongi stopped being your friend and became your tormentor.
He followed you everywhere, taunting you, breaking your things, and ultimately breaking you. Your mother finally quit working for her house the day heâd thrown your glasses into the garbage and you had come home, broken glasses in hand, face streaked with tears and reeking of garbage -you had finally confessed what had happened, what all had been happening. You had moved away, your mom working several jobs and then as well as yourself working, then you working to pay your way through chef school and finally moving out into your own place. And all of it had just been destroyed because he found you.
You sigh looking up at your ceiling letting your anger consume you as you curse Min Yoongi to a lifetime of diarrhea. And an itchy butt. And you hoped her eyebrows fell out, just for good measure.
You look around your apartment one last time before closing the door with finality. this asshole, you think to yourself. âJust waitâ you say as you look down at the address your brother had just texted you.
An hour later you stand before a gated house and ring the doorbell. And ring it. And ring it. And continue ringing it (after all it was nearly 6 am, and as you had learned that morning, if you want to ruin someone's day, do it first thing in the morning) until a sleepy figure stumbles outside and smacks your hand away. You take this opportunity to dart inside the gate and into the house carrying your things with you.
âWhat the hell do you think you're doing?â Yoongi yells at you from outside, beginning to stomp back to her front door. You could only grin as you take in the pajama bottoms and robe, while you stand there like a goddamn Amazonian queen, âYou took my home. this is payback.â and then you dialed the police, âYes? Officer? Thereâs a half naked man on my lawn, please send help! Iâm so scaredâ
You couldnât help the grin that covers your face as you smile at Yoongi, âGood luck asshole.â You say sweetly, before slamming the door in her face. Nothing had ever sounded so sweet as the sound of the lock turning over, followed a second later by desperate pounding at the door. And Yoongi could only pound on the door until the cops showed up and he explained that this was, in fact, her home, as well as that the intruder was actually you. The officers had asked him if he wanted you arrested and for once he let it go, telling them that you were having a lovers quarrel and apologizing that they had to come out over something so silly. As the cops pulled away, he went to the back of the house and slammed the sliding glass door open only to find the house seemingly empty. As he walked from room to room he couldnât help but get angrier and angrier. But when he found you passed out on her bed, he paused, somehow her anger dissipating instantly. He stood there, looking at your sleeping body and wondered if you would ever know her real feelings for you. If he would ever be able to tell you. And the real question: could you forgive him? He knew it was asking a lot, but he could only hope. He sat and thought about how to express to you the things he needed to say. He wondered how exactly did one explain how guilty he felt about how he treated you, how he didnât really understand why he went out of her way to make your life miserable back thenâŠand then you had left him. How, when you left he realized just how broken he was inside. When he bought the building he couldnât believe her luck when he saw your name as one of the tenants, but her old ways came back hard and for some ungodly childish reason he couldnât control himself. That he should have been apologizing that morning and telling you how thankful he was that it had also brought you back to him. He guessed that it was far too late for him to ever have your forgiveness and he couldnât help the smile that played on her mouth as he approached the bed. He reached out a hand to smooth back some hair that covered your face when you wherpered, âYoongi...â he stilled, ââŠIâm sorryâ you mumbled. What could you possibly be sorry for? He couldnât help it, but it made him angry that you would apologize to him after everything heâd done and especially while in such a vulnerable state that the next thing he knew he was grabbing the blanket and ripping it away from your curled form. Itâs momentum sends you over the edge of the bed to land in a heap on the floor. You sit up cursing her very existence,
 âWhat the hell Y/N?!â He yells right back, while you could only manage to stare up at him from where you sat on the floor. But this time you werenât having any of her bullshit. You jump up and get in her face â What the hell? What do YOU mean what the hell? Who the hell buys a building solely to evict one person?! Are you that rich? Do you hate me that much?â
Yoongi yelled back, âHell yeah I do!âÂ
"You have issues, Min Yoongi! I did nothing to you except be born! Do you know how hard I worked to forget what you did to me? And you come just back,â you pause, swallowing thickly, you would not cry. Not here. Not now, âBut not anymore! I won't let you break me again Yoongi. I am worth so much more than that!â
Exhausted, you move to push around him but he grabs your wrists instead and pins you against the wall.
âLet me go you asshole!â you yell at him fighting back for once in your life, all while trying to hide your face and the tears that were no longer just threatening to spill over. âCan't you just hate me from a distance? Iâm sorry your mom was a horrid cunt to you! Iâm sorry, okay! But please, just let me go! Leave me aloneâ And then her hands were gone, and you were free. You couldnât help it, you looked up and stared him in the eyes, for once determined to make him see how he wrecked you.
Yoongi could only stare at you, watching as the tears fell, tears once again caused by him, and then he heard the five words that ripped open her wounds, words he knew he deserved, said in a voice so broken he didnât know where he should start to even attempt to repair it.
âI hate you Min Yoongi.â
He couldnât stand it, he knew he deserved them but he just couldnât stand there and just accept them. Accepting those words would be like giving up, and giving up probably the only pure thing he still had in her life. Had. And so he moved, not thinking about consequences, only a desire to cleanse those words from the air around him. He grabs you again, pushing you against the wall, capturing your face in one hand, forcing you to meet her eyes, while he brushes your hair away with the other, "Good. Never forget it.â
And then he crashes her mouth against yours.
You didnât know how what was happening was happening and some stupid part of you was excited to have him pressed against you, mouth was moving against yours and then you were responding and for some reason it felt so goodâlike coming home. It was like your body suddenly was against everything you wanted-you found yourself wrapping your arms around her neck and pulling him closer, deepening the kiss, a giggle bubbling up when you nipped at her lip and he groaned. and then you both were tearing at each other's clothes in desperation. And then the world stops making sense. You and Min Yoongi, enemy of the state #1 were having sex. And it was good. It felt so right, like you two had been made to fit each other only. When it was over he lay behind you, placing gentle kisses along your neck and down your collar bone. The last thing you remember before falling asleep in your enemyâs arms was Yoongi gently wherpering a muffled âIâm sorryâ into your ear over and over.
When you wake, you are surprised to find an arm wrapped around your waist and you freeze as the memories of the night before come rushing back and you begin to mentally beat yourself up as you carefully slide out of the bed and grab your clothes, making a mad dash out of the house, dressing yourself along the way.
No way had you slept with Yoongi and enjoyed it. You were an idiot of the highest order. You slept with the man who wanted you homeless because he hated you.
You let out a deep sigh as you did a very new special walk of shame to your job, where your boss, Mandi greeted you by yelling, âOi ! What cat pissed in your cheerios?â
Causing the other workers to laugh until you pinned them with your patented Crazy-eye âą, at which point they scurried away except for that moron Seokjin who slung his arm around your shoulders jovially, âSo why is my favorite girl doing the walk of shame?â
You glare and shrug his arm off, âNone of your business.âÂ
âDude its obs-youâre like a whole 4 hours late-and you are never late. So what happened? Anyone I know?â
âYouâll just call me an idiot if I tell you.â
âI swear on cake I won't.â
You raise an eyebrow before saying a name you never thought youâd say just to see him eat his words. âMin Yoongi.â
âShut the front door! Youâre an idiotâ
âThe cake is ashamed of you and asks that you keep your distance.â You say as you move to the back rooms to put away your belongings.
Not giving up, Seokjin follows you, even going so far as to hand you your apron, âSeriously? Didnât he like-â
âTerrorize me to the point of moving? Then find me years later and evict me? Yep.â
âWow.â
âYeah.â
âYou okay?â Seokjin asked worriedly, For the shit talking between the two of you, you smile to know he does really care.
âI have to be.â
âDid you at least use a condom?â He asks.
âOh my god.â
âYou really are an idiot. But donât worryâŠyou know Iâve got your back right? Well, weâve got your back.â
You could only stare at Seokjin as your mind whirls through the consequences of last night, âIt should be fine right?â you ask.
âSure, cupcake. Keep telling yourself thatâ
There is a ding from the door and you see your brother Jungkook shuffles in with your other brother Namjoon, and giving Seokjin a look that clearly says âKeep your mouth shut if you want to liveâ you take a deep breath and head behind the counter to wash your hands, greeting them as you go.
âCOFFEE. COFFEE NOW.â Namjoon grunts demandingly, taking a seat and burying her head in her hands, while Jungkook adds a half-hearted âPleaseâŠand a raspberry jelly for me.â
âRough night?â You ask as you pour the two men coffee and grab Jungkook her donut and slide it in front of them.
Jungkook grins, âNah, Joon thought he could out drink me. He thought wrong.â
âShhhhhhhhh!! Youâre so loud,â hersed Namjoon, shoving a hand at Jungkookâs face and missing entirely.
You grin and speak extra loud, âShouldnât you know by now to let the kids drink and you go home and sleep?â
Namjoon just glares at you, âI have a gun.â
âI aint scared of you.â
The shop bursts into laughter as Namjoon buries her head in her arms on the counter, âWhy do you hate me so much?â He whines.
âMom likes you more, and Iâm a petty bitch.â
Jungkook grins, âBut she likes me most!â
Both you and Namjoon glare at him, âShut up!â
Yoongi wakes up to an empty bed and he frowns, crawling out of bed and pulling on her boxers. He wanders around the house looking for you, hoping that you haven't run away and when he canât find you, her heart sinks. Was he that awful that you would still run away from him even after what you had shared? And worse, what if he had gone too far this time?
He makes her way back to her room and grabs her phone, calling her secretary.
âYo.â Answered Hoseok.
âReally thatâs how you answer the phone? You do know that I am your boss right?â
âDebatable today.â
Yoongi rolls her eyes, âAnyways, I need you to find someoneâŠâ
âWell you know Imma need a little moreâŠâ
âY/N. You remember her right?â
âYou mean the girl you tortured in school because you didnât have the balls to tell her how you lurrrrrrrved her.â
âI see you wish to die today.â
âNo, not today. So you wish for me to find your wayward love?â
âYeah.â
âMandiâs shop.â Hoseok cheerfully replied, as if this should be common knowledge.Â
âOh yeah, great idea bring me some coffee please?â
âNo, you idiot, Y/N works there. She is actually her partnerâ Hosoek irritatingly says matter of factly.
âThe hell?! Why do you know this but I donât?â
âDude, seriously? You do know they were friends growing up and just because you made her run away by being a complete ass doesnât mean they stopped being friends.â
âMy best friend and my sister have been lying to me.âÂ
âItâs not lying when you never asked. But YoongiâŠyou should let her go. Itâs been a long time and I know you had feelings but with how you treated herââ
"She was here.â Yoongi grunted, running a hand over her face as he stood in her closet trying to think of what to wear. What says âI come in peaceâ? Maybe he could get Hoseok to dress up as Spock and talk to Y/N before he does.Â
âWhat? And youâre alive?â
âYeah. WeâŠumâŠshe was gone this morning,â Yoongi sits down on her bed, running a hand through her hair.
"OhâŠâ and as realization hits, Hoseok intones sagely,â ...oh my god youâre fucking moron.â
âYou know I can fire you.â
âPlease bitch, I know all your deepest darkest secrets you ainât gonna fire me.â
âJustâŠshitâŠwhat should I do?â Yoongi asks, finally letting go of her big bad boss act.
âDude, I donât know. You slept with herâŠmaybe you should justâŠâ
âI umâŠfucked up more than thatâŠâ He thinks about how you had felt, how he had felt...how absolutely perfect it had been for just one night, A flicker of fear strums through her heart at the thought that this was not salvageable at all.Â
âNo. no way. Our friendship is over.â Hoseok cracks from the other side of the phone.
âJust help me okay?âÂ
There was a long pause before he heard a heavy sigh, âFine, but no games. She has a good thing going on and you-â
âI swear it's different this time!â Yoongi pleads.Â
âWhatever. I should warn you though.â
âWarn me about what?â
âHer brothers.â
âNamjoon and Jungkook? We were old friends, what about them?â
âYou were old friends until they found out how you treated her. And bonus points-they are both cops now. Partners even, so you should probably pray for your soul.â
With a groan, Yoongi finally gets up and begins to get dressed putting Hoseok on speakerphone. âIâm so dead.â Â
âYep,â affirms Hoseok, âSo does that mean I can have your stuff?âÂ
Rolling her eyes and thinking he really needs a new assistant, Yoongi growls outâSee you at the office.â only to hear Hoseok laughing before he hangs up the phone.Â
Yoongi finishes getting dressed, and running a hand over her face as he contemplates this new information. Youâd been right under her nose the entire time and everyone had kept it a secret. He guessed he deserved it though, he was a complete and utter ass to you. He also guesses itâs time to make it up to you and hopefully, you would forgive him and let him into your heart, where he belonged. After all, youâd always been in his.
2 months later
Yoongi stands outside her (former) sisterâs shop watching as you serve your customers, and realizes sadly that it was the first time in a long time that heâd really ever seen you smile. He wanted that smile for himself and himself alone, but he wasnât sure how to get it. When he had remodeled your former apartment, expanding it through the two vacant units on either side of you, you just got mad at him for evicting you, when he was just redoing the apartment and you claimed it was far too large for you by yourself now. But that was the point wasn't it? He was hoping that somehow you would just...come back to him on your own and he wouldnât really have to put any work in. Yoongi realizes then that he is an absolute dumbass.
After all, nothing heâd done so far had managed to make you smile at him or hell just give him the time of day and he was beyond frustrated. Couldnât you see how hard he was trying for you?
Mandi pokes her head out of the shop interrupting his train of thought,
âWhat the hell are you doing here?â she snaps at him.
âWow, do you greet all your customers like this?â
âYoongi. Listen. Whatever it this is about now isnâtââ
Realization hits for the second time that morning, âWere you ever going to tell me?â
Mandi pauses, looking him up and down, âThereâs nothing to tell if you already know.â
He could almost feel the metaphorical walls slamming down around him as Mandi went on guard. âMandi!â
âNo. Not about ther.â
âIâve known for almost a month.â
âThen you should go know somewhere else.â Mandi stepped outside, becoming a most effective blockade. If someone was to ever wage war against his sister, his money, hell, his entire fortune would be on Mandi.
âListen, youâre my brother and I love you and I know you know what you did wrong, and really it's sweet you want to make amends but âŠYoongi, sometimes thingsâŠâ
âI slept with her.â
âDo you want a trophy?â Mandi snapped, her fists clenched, before she shook her head, âyou have five seconds or Iâm opening ther door and Iâm calling her brothers out here.â
âWe didnât use protection.â
âWell then I guess today you die you little fucking weasel.â
âI love her.â
Thatâs when he remembered his sisterâs left hook and then the lights went out.
Mandi stomps into the store grabbing you by the arm and dragging you upstairs ignoring your protests, shoving you into the bedroom and giving you a look reserved for her sonâs Taehyung and Jimin when they are acting up. âStay.â
Mandi goes back downstairs and motions Namjoon and Kookie over, âListen, I know you hate Min Yoongi with like the passion of 7 fiery suns but I need you to hold that rage in and help me get his ass inside.â
Namjoon was already up and out the door at the sound of Min Yoongiâs name, and seconds later was dragging a barely conscious Yoongi in by the collar. While Kookie held open the door, Namjoon made sure Yoongi purposely whacked his head on the door frame and when Mandi winced he gave her a look that clearly said âsorry not sorryâ before dropping Yoongi on the shop floor like the sorry sack of shit he thought he was.
âIâm sorry folks,â Mandi announces, âdue to my crazy family, the shop will be closing early.â
The patrons all scrambled out of the shop while Jungkook handcuffed Yoongi to a chair and dumped a cup of ice water on him.
Yoongi jerked back, fully awake now and met by 3 pairs of eyes. 3 very angry pairs of eyes. He shook his head and tried to move but found himself handcuffed to the chair and he gives Mandi a look that says âReally?â
âKook uncuff him. Seriously. And you and Joon leave.â
âNo.â
âDid I stutter?â
âOkay, but we get dibs if you decide to kill him.â Jungkook, grumbles as he undoes the handcuffs.
âIâm not going to kill him. Today.â
âFine.â
Jungkook finishes unlocking the cuffs and Yoongi immediately rubs at his wrists and watches warily as Jungkook and Namjoon leaves the shop, rolling his eyes when Jungkook gives him the international sign for âIâm watching youâ while Joon drew his thumb across his neck. They were dramatic as fuck, but then again he might just be dramatically fucked.
Mandi pulls up a chair and sits across from Yoongi and stares at him for several long moments until Yoongi breaks the silence, âJust say it.â
âWhy?â
âIt just happened like that.â
âBullshit.â
Yoongi sighed, âIâve grown up since then. I no longer want to pull her hair.â
âClearly. And you didnât just pull her hair, you did a lot worse.â
âShouldnât you be on my side?â
âI am fucking Switzerland.â
Yoongi couldnât help the anger that swelled up and choked him, âClearly not. You knew where she was all these years and you never said anything. This is why you never let me come to the shop then? You knew I was looking for her, that I wanted-â
âOf course,â interrupted Mandi.Â
âWhy?â
âBecause you are an idiot who doesnât know how to communicate. Look at what happened--when you did find her, your first action was to take her home. Who fucking does that shit?â
âYouâre right, I was. I was cruel and spiteful. Keyword: was.â
âBullshit. Taking away her home wasnât because you were being spiteful. You wanted what she had. Thatâs called envy. She left because she wanted to live, and the only way she could was to leave. You made it like this. I almost lost my friend. So of course I kept it a secret.â Mandi sighed, rubbing her hand over her face. âLook I know. I know what y
our mom and dad did. How they treated us. We were mere points on a checklist of creating a picture perfect family. But you had no right-â
âI was stupid. You think I donât know? That I donât regret it? I love her. I always have.â
âActions-â
âSpeak louder than words I know. Iâm trying to fix that now!â
Mandi closes her eyes, debating her next few words "Can I trust you? Thatâs the-â â
âYes. I swear I'll spend my lifeâŠâ
âDoing what?â You interrupt, âSorry, since you seem to be discussing me I couldnât stay put,â you say to Mandi. âYoongi I donât want your money and if you are worried because we didnâtâŠ,â you swallow before continuing with a brave face, â....Iâll be fine. but you really have to stop sending me presents. I donât want them. Canât you just stayâŠâ
âY/N Iâm sorry. I was an ass.â
âStill an ass.â Mandi interrupts, âLook, you two clearly need to talk this out so Iâm out. Come on Seokjin, letâs go see a movie.â
With that Seokjin and Mandi beat a hasty retreat leaving the two of you alone.
âYour jaw is swelling.â You say after noticing the blossoming bruise that marred his handsome face. Handsome? What the hell were you even thinking?
âMandi hit me.â
âWhy?â
âI told her what happened. Sheâs very protective of you.â
âIâm sorry.â
âY/NâŠthat nightâŠI shouldnât have that.â
âI let you. It wasnât just you alone.â
âPlease, just listen. Iâm sorry. For everything. And Iâm sorry for not saying that when we met again. It's justâŠâ
âIt's just..what?â You questioned, meeting his eyes.Â
âI donât know. When I look at you I want you. You are so good and pure and you deserve the world. I wanted you to myself but I was scaredâŠâ
âScared of?â
âYou.â
âMe?â You scoff at the idea of anyone being afraid of you.
âYeah,â Yoongi stood and walked over to you. âYou had everything even though you had nothing. Brothers who worshiped you, a mother who did everything for youâŠwhat if I ruined that? What if my mother-â
âHow would you ruin that?â You ask, finding patience from who knows where.
âI was messed upâŠand the older I got the worseâŠthings got worse. You saw, you canât pretend you didnât. I took out my suffering on you because nothing good could possibly exist and you were just hiding your real nature. But you never retaliated. You kept reaching out to me over and over again. â
âBut I did retaliate.â
âBy locking me out of my house after I took yours? Not really. I meanâŠI deserve far worse,â chucked Yoongi. He wanted so badly to touch you, to pull you into his arms and just...feel you.Â
You stare at Yoongi. This broken version of Yoongi with tears in his eyes. Could you trust him? You wanted to give him a chance.
âLetâsâŠ.go on a date.â
Yoongiâs eyes widened, âWhat?â
âYou like me right?â
âWellâI meanâI did when I wasâI doâ
âTake me on a date, final offer going in oneâtwo..â
âFine! Iâll take you on a damn date,â Yoongi smiles.
âNo fancy shit tho. $100 limit.â
âIâll take you on the best damn date of your life!â
âGood.â
Yoongi didnât know why he was being snippy now, but as he left the shop he couldnât help but do a little cheer when he got into his car. Hoseok rolled his eyes and politely ignored him.
Yoongi stood at the door of your apartment, and for the first time in his life he hesitated, hand poised to ring the doorbell, and then you swung open the door and suddenly the world stopped. You looked amazing. Your hair was curled, makeup accenting your eyes perfectly, wearing black skinny slacks, a houndâs-tooth patterned sweater over a white button down and pink heels. He took in the perfection that was you and thought, âShe was made for me.â
And the fear was gone as he smiled at you and he took your hand, interlacing his fingers with yours, âAre you ready to go?â
âYeah let me grab my purse,â you say as you try to let go of his hand to grab the bag on the chair beside your front door but he wouldnât let go. You couldnât help the blush that blossomed over your cheeks as he stepped inside and grabbed the bag for you and waited for you to lock up so you both could leave.
He pulled you along, never letting go, until he reached his car and opened the door. It was only enough time for him to run around and get the car moving before he was locking fingers with you again.
âWhatâs up with you?â You smirk.
âJustâŠmaking up for lost time.â
âWhat?â
âI justâŠI should have been doing this for years now.â
You couldnât help but roll your eyes, âSoâŠare you always this cheesy?â
Yoongiâs eyes went wide, âI meanâŠIâm notâŠnoâŠ,â Yoongi stuttered and then stopped, âI guess I am cheesy it's justâŠI can tell you Iâm sorry butâŠâ
âActions speak louder than words?â
âI see you have met my sister,â he joked softly, âAnd weâre here.â
âA movie? Really?â
âI always had wished to take youâŠâ
Yoongiâs eyes stared into yours, âYoongiâŠâ you say timidly.
âYeah?â
âIâm not her anymore you know? I grew upâŠyou grew upâŠletâs leave it behind us and start fresh yeah?â
âWhat do you mean?â
You stick your hand out, âHi, my name is Y/N. Itâs nice to meet you.â
Yoongi stared at you youâd suddenly sprouted a third eye on your nose before awkwardly taking your hand and shaking it, âMin YoongiâŠthe pleasure is all mine.â
You canât help but laugh at his stunned expression, not knowing he was just in shock from receiving your smile. To him, your smile in that moment could have powered a thousand suns.Â
Yoongi was quiet but still took your hand and you entered the theater with a smile on your face, happy that things were getting better, that you could almost believe you had your first love back.
2 hours later.
âYoongi, why are you pouting?â You ask as you take his hand.
âLook no matter how I look at it, it's just not fair.â
âWhatâs not?â
âMandi. Seokjin. They have spent years with youâŠyears that should have been with me.â
âI thought we were moving forward.â
âBut.â
You sighed. âLook. You want to know the truth?â
Yoongi stopped and stared at you, âyes.â
âOkay then.â You face him, âYou crushed me in every way possible. You were my world. I followed you everywhere. I trusted you, and you were always there and then you werenât. The night we got stuck in the cave I gave you my faithâbut it also is and was the moment I gave my whole heart to you, willingly, without any doubt. And the next day when we were foundâŠyou stomped on it. And you continued to stomp on it. I cried so many tears everyday because I hoped that one day my hero would come back. But he never did. He became a villain.â You couldnât help the tears that fell down your cheeks, âAnd even through all that I stillâŠâ you sighed. âI can't do this Yoongi. I can't. Iâm sorry, I was wrong to try.â You turned on your heel and ran away, ignoring him yelling after you, you just ran until you couldnât hear him anymore.Â
And then you found the alcohol.
You sat at the outside bar drinking as you thought about the past two months. All the things you had done with Yoongi , and how disgusted you were with yourself for letting your old feelings come back so easily. You knew it wasnât the right choice, but it was the one you wanted. You had decided to drown yourself in alcohol, and you were on your third bottle when the object of your conflicting emotions, sat down across from you.
âY/N.â
âMmm?â
âWhat are you doing?â
âDrinking!â Your giggle turns to a frown when you hear the heavy sigh come across from you, âAre you judging me? Itâs not nice to judge you know! â
âWhy are you drinking Y/N?â
âBecause,â you leaned forward, whispering conspiratively, âIâve been bad.â
âBad? How so?â
You sigh dreamily, a wistful smile playing upon your lips, âThereâs this guyâŠâ
âThere always is.â
âShhh! This is my story!â You shout.
âSorry.â
âWhere was I?âÂ
âSomething about a guyâŠâ
âSHHHHHH! So rude interrupting me! AnywaysâŠIâm supposed to hate him butâŠâ you thump your chest hard as tears prick your eyes, âButâŠâ
âBut what?â
âI can'tâŠI remember him beforeâŠand the him that I rememberâŠheâs still thereâŠand all the warning alarms are going off and Iâm so scared to love him but IâŠI thinkâŠâ
âYou think?â
You lay your head on the table, mumbling, âThink itâs too lateâŠthink I love him. Think it has always been too late for me. Even after all the bullshitâŠyou seeâŠheâs still hereâ You thump your chest hard and sigh as you feel the tears slide down your cheek to land on the table, â I love him and I donât want toâŠI didnât mean tooâŠâ
âMean to what?âÂ
âTo love him, butâŠâ
âYou do.â
âYeahâ you whisper softly.
âYoongiâŠâ you can feel the man smile, you donât know how you know but you do, âwhy do I have to love you?â
âYou love me?â He asks, the hope wrapped in fear in his voice twisting your heart even more than all the past crap that had happened. You wanted to let it go. You wanted to love him. You can only nod your head as your eyes slide close, and you struggle against the darkness when you hear him whisper, âI love you too Y/NâŠIâm just scaredâŠIâm not good enoughâŠI was such an assâŠand I know you said to let it goâŠbut God Y/NâŠI should have treated you like a princessâŠbecause the truth isâŠâ
Those words cause you to sit up, eyes squinting hard as you try to make out his face, âYoongi?â
âYeah?â
You lean forward and his face comes into focus, a smile spreads on your face and you lean forward to press your lips to his, softly at first, and then he responds, a hand sliding up your arm to cup your neck as you express to him what you canât say in words. This was so much better than petty arguments and revenge pranks. Â
You pull away, breathing heavy as you rest your forehead against his, âYoongi,â you whimper, keeping your eyes firmly on the buttons of his shirt, scared to look up, scared to see the fear in his eyes. Does he not know? âCan IâŠcan I be yours?â You ask in a voice so quiet it is almost lost in the noise of the world that surrounds you.Â
"Can you forgive me?â The pain in his voice was sharp. âI forgive you.â You whisper into his mouth as you make promises with your lips.
He pulls away for a moment, and you lock eyes finally. âThen believe me when I say, I was always yours, and you were always mine.âÂ
âI was?â
The amount of disbelief in your voice causes Yoongi to tear up as he pulls you into his arms, âKitten?â
âYeah,â you say as you rest your head into the crook of his neck, breathing in his scent.
This time it was his turn to ask, âAm I yours?â
âYou always were Yoongi. I was just waiting for you to remember where home was.â
Yoongi places the softest of kisses on each of your eyelids, and then he kisses away your tears and finally his mouth was on yours, and the kiss was full of yearning. âY/N.â
âYes?â You ask, sad he had pulled away.Â
âDonât leave me againâŠI love you too.â
âOkay.â
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Bug in the System
Summary: Reader has a complicated relationship with Nathan, living and working with him. Theyâve always been nervous to bring up prescription medication, so shit hits the fan when they runs out and their mood plummets.
Pairing: Nathan Bateman x GN!Reader that struggles with mental health.
Word Count: 2k
Rating/Warnings: Mental health - depression and anxiety are expressly mentioned and reader is in a bad low. Talk of medication and ramifications of not taking them. Mention of doctors. Brief mention of sex. Worries of the stigma around mental health. Lots of swearing because itâs Nathan. Unedited/Betaed. itâs almost fluff in Nathanâs asshole way, thereâs a happy ending.
A/N:Â I blame @foxilaydeâ that Iâm suddenly writing for Nathan... I hated him when I watched the movie and now here we are. Idk, this idea hit me last night while trying to fall asleep and I couldnât get it out of my head. I had to write it.
You werenât sure how to define the relationship you and Nathan had. He wasnât your boyfriend - not only did that feel so juvenile, but also⊠he just wasnât. There had never been a declaration of love between the two of you, no commitment to monogamy or even non-monogamy. The two of you lived together, worked together, slept together- it could almost be called a friends with benefits relationship, only⊠softer. You ate dinners together, danced around the house together, and cuddled together when watching movies. You also spent days, sometimes weeks at a time where you hardly spoke to each other when engrossed in a project. Did this form out of attraction, or emotion, or was it an inevitability when two adults - whose sexualities, attractions and availabilities lined up accordingly - lived together in isolation for an extended period of time?Â
In summary: there was no easy way to define what was between the two of you, and you were happy there were no other humans around to ask. You didnât feel the need to defend what you shared, but you had no desire to try to label it either.
Despite the friendly and casual nature of whatever the relationship was, there were still things that you had yet to admit to Nathan. The dwindling supply of medications tucked safely in a make-up bag inside the drawer of your bedside table felt like a ticking time bomb. You only had so many doses remaining and it wasnât like you could walk down to the local pharmacy for a refill. Any supplies coming to the fortress of a home had to be called in, ordered, and helicoptered to you. There was no way to do it without Nathan finding out along the way.
You watched the pills slowly empty from their plastic bottles like a reverse hourglass. Despite the effects they had on your malfunctioning brain chemistry, they never quite tampered down the anxiety you had about opening up about your mental illness, let alone to someone like Nathan.
Nathan worked hard and played harder. He strove to be the best him he could be at all times. He accepted nothing less than perfection and no matter what the relationship between you two could be defined as -coworkers, employer/employee, friends, friends with benefits, lovers -Â you didnât want to disappoint him.
You avoided and avoided until inevitably, the last pill came out of the last bottle. It only got worse from there. Without the anxieties in check and the chemicals being balanced, the insecurity flared even worse. Your inner voice told you that you deserved the unhappiness flowing through you, that you should just stay in bed and give up since Nathan would kick you out of the house soon enough: heâd either get tired of your low mood, your falling productivity, or heâd discover your secret and be done with you.
He noticed. Of course he did. You stopped dancing, stopped cuddling, stopped fucking. Then you stopped eating, stopped talking, stopped leaving your room. You felt like you couldnât get out of bed at all. You spent your time sleeping or curled up under your blankets in the dark room wishing you could sleep more. That or just disappear.
That was where Nathan found you, a month and a half after youâd run out of your meds.
âWhat the fuck is going on with you?â He barged into your room one morning⊠afternoon⊠you had no idea what time it was.
Nathan turned the light on and you could hear him pacing. âAre you sick? Do I need to call in a doctor? Are you even alive under there?! Hello?!â
You sighed, forcing yourself to sit up and prove you were alive, awake, and hearing him. The blankets dropped to your waist, revealing what you were sure was an absolute mess of a human. You knew what you looked like the last time youâd been brave enough to look in the mirror and you were sure it was even worse now.
Nathan cursed and you swear he nearly recoiled at the sight of you. âAre you in here dying on me or something?â He questioned.Â
You werenât sure how to answer, what you could possibly say to him.
âHello?!â He snapped his fingers in front of your face. âIs anybody in there?!â
You blinked as he crowded you, hysterics growing as you seemingly ignored him. You could tell he was close to grabbing you and shaking you, and you didnât know if your body could handle that. As it was, your muscles had protested sitting up. Instead, you leaned over and opened your drawer, taking out the zippered make-up bag.
You tossed the pouch at him, hearing all the plastic bottles click together as it landed at his feet. He bent down to pick it up, opening it carefully like he thought some sort of creature might jump out at him. His brows furrowed when he saw the bottles inside and dumped them out onto the mattress.
âAre these all empty? Fuck did you take these?â He questioned, panic rising in his voice. âAre you trying to OD on me or something? Shit.â He pulled his phone out of his pocket, about to call for help.
âNo.â You croaked. âWell, yeah. I took them⊠but⊠theyâre my meds.â You gave in. âIâve been taking them since I got here. I[was taking until they ran out.â
Nathan looked down at the bottles, picking one up as he read the label. âWhat are they for?â
âDepression mostly. Anxiety.â You shrugged, listing the simple ones.
Nathan was quiet as he read the bottles. You had no idea if he knew what any of them meant. Itâs not like the labels read âTake one daily to stop the crazies!â The names, the dosages, the frequencies meant nothing to someone with no experience⊠but then again, Nathan wasnât just anyone.
âHow long?â He sighed, turning to sit on the edge of the bed.
You would have deflated if you didnât already feel as low as you could go. Having assumed the worst, you werenât surprised he couldnât look at you.
âI was diagnosed in junior year-â
âNo, I mean how long have you been without your meds?â He interrupted you, turning to stare you down.
âA month.â You shrugged. âAlmost two.â
âFor fucks sakes.â He grumbled, turning to his phone again and typing away.
âIâll pack my shit. Just, give me a few days and Iâll go.â You mumbled, laying down on your side and facing away from him. You didnât want to watch him posting for a new assistant or scheduling the pick-up or whatever he was doing. Youâd wallow for a bit, probably take a nap, and then youâd pack anything here that was important. Fuck the rest. You didnât have the energy. You didnât care.
âThe fuck are you talking about?â He asked distractedly, like he hadnât heard you as his cogs of his brain jumped to life. He did that a lot when he was preoccupied. He would hear your voice, realize youâre talking, but not absorb the words. Sometimes he needed to ask 3 or 4 times until you gave up and texted him instead.
âIâm bringing in a doctor. You need to get checked out before you start back up on anything. Youâre not supposed to go off of these without supervision. Says so right here. Black and white.â He chastised you.
You frowned, looking over your shoulder in confusion. You saw him still typing away on his phone, holding one of the empty, orange-tinted bottles in his hand. He set it down, picking up another. He took a picture, looking over the label quickly for himself before setting it back down.
âWhat are you doing?â
âSending him the labels so he knows what heâs walking into. Why the fuck would you just stop taking your meds?â He sniped. âWhy didnât you get more? I fucking ask you if you need shit and you just conveniently forget your pills?â
You picked at a thread of the blanket, not wanting to watch him as he grew angrier with you. As soon as you were in good health and his conscience was clear, heâd be rid of you. You were sure of it. It was more than youâd expected to be honest.
You heard the quiet noise from his phone, indicating the email had been sent. That meant his attention wasnât divided as he rounded back on you.
âWhy wonât you answer me? Itâs like fucking talking to a wall or something. If I wanted one-sided conversations, I never would have brought you up here. Why didnât you get more?!â
You took a shuddering breath before answering. âI didnât want you to know.â
âKnow what? That you take medication?â He scoffed in disbelief.
The room was quiet as you didnât answer, but you could practically hear his brain processing, whirring like a computer with a squeaky exhaust fan.
âHey, look at me.â He ordered, his voice dropping in volume to a kinder tone, but it was still not a request. It was a demand. You sat up again, looking at him stare at you with dark, angry eyes.
âWhen a program isnât working, do you throw away the whole CPU or do you debug it and fucking find the fix?â He asked. You didnât answer, assuming it was rhetorical.
âYour software is fucked, and these,â he picked up one of the bottles to hold up between you two. âThese are the fix. Why the fuck would you be embarassed about shit like that?â
You shrugged your shoulders, dropping your gaze again. âYouâreâŠâ you struggled to find the words, but Nathan jumped on your train of thought frighteningly quick.
âMe?! So itâs my fault? I eat brown rice and salad and work out every day so Iâm some health nut hippy who wouldnât understand, is that it?â
He was putting words into your mouth, but he was essentially getting the point. You were scared he would reject you, mock you, think less of you.
He crawled towards you on the bed, cupping your chin a little too tight as he lifted your face. He was clearly done having you look away from him. âIâm a fucking reclusive genius who lives in the middle of ass fuck nature and only lets people come and go with a goddamn keycard! Do you not think Iâm self-aware enough to realize that? A fucking prodigy, multi-millionaire by 15, CEO of the most successful technology company in history. The President calls me and I hit ignore. Do you really think Iâm not self-aware enough to know we all have our own brand of fucked up?â He laughed.
âIf you need these to get through it, to be my little genius-â He released your jaw to cup your face in both hands, giving it a shake. âTo keep up with my shit, to live here without losing your mind at the isolation, to be my dance partner and dinner partner and movie date - then fucking take them. Would I be having to tell you this if it was for your blood pressure or a heart condition or something?!â
His phone buzzed and he released his hold on you, leaning back to read the message that had just come through.
âDocâs gonna be here tomorrow morning. Gotta keep you hydrated until then and you should try to eat.â He summed up the message as his eyes skimmed the screen. He tucked his phone back into his pocket before slapping your blanket-covered thigh. âWhat are we eating tonight? Your choice.â
âIâm not hungry.â You mumbled.
âNot an option!â He declined as he stood off the bed. âWhat are we eating?â
You sighed, letting your head fall back as you thought. âGrilled cheese?â
âAnd tomato soup? Coming right up.â He leaned over to you, cupping the back of your head as he pulled you close enough to kiss the top of your head. âRest. Iâll bring it in when itâs ready.â
Tagging: @wickedfrsgrl @din-damn-djarin @dinthisisthe-wayson @seasonschange-butpeopledont @kesskirataâÂ
#Nathan Bateman x Reader#Nathan Bateman x GN!Reader#Nathan Bateman x You#Nathan Bateman imagine#Nathan Bateman drabble#Oscar Isaac Character Fanfiction#Wookietales#Nathan Bateman
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ALL I WANT - L. Patterson
Pairings: Alive!Luke Patterson x Alive!Reader
Summary:Â After a whole year together, the last thing Luke expected to come out fo your mouth were those three little words that had the power to change everything in your relationship.
Song: All I Want by Olivia Rodrigo
| MASTERLIST |
âLu...Luk... LUKE!â
The green-eyed boy is snapped out of his daze as Julie, his newly added bandmate, snaps her fingers in front of his face. Soon, the talented singer following your gaze to see Y/N.
It had been two months since you both had broken up, but apparently Luke hadnât realized it had been an actual breakup until he saw you under the arms of Lacross star player, Ian Lancaster.
Nobody had known how the two of them had happened, but Y/N and Ian seemed really happy as you talked in the schoolâs hallway oblivious to the hurt look on Lukeâs face.
âLuke, you canât blame her for moving onâ Julie whispers softly, âYou didnât see her when you and the guys left to find your sound. She was heartbrokenâ
The beanie-head boy stares at her friend with hurt on his green eyes before looking once again at his, apparently, ex-girlfriend.Â
Y/N laughed at something the lacrosse player said before grabbing his hand to pull him with her down the hallway.
What had he done?
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Both Luke and you were laying on the boyâs bed cuddling as he talked to you about the plans the band and him were making. After the unexpected leaving of Bobby from Sunset Curve, the three best friends were finding it hard to work again so they were adamant about finding their sound again.
Yet they knew something was missing.
âWhat about Julie?âÂ
Your words have Luke looking at you in confusion as you mention your best friend.
âWhat about her?â
âWhat about her? She can sing like an angel!â she exclaims with a smile, âI feel she would be perfect, you should think about itâ
The boy looks at you weirdly before nodding with a sigh, he was willing to try anything as long as the band didnât break up. He wasnât ready to give up on his dream yet.
As the conversation about the band is over, Y/N turns on Lukeâs computer to look for a musical on Netflix. Luke groaning as soon as he sees you click on High School Musical, him being a fan of music didnât mean he was a fan of musicals.
But you loved them so he watched contently, not without groaning jokingly every time.
Youâre halfway through the movie when Y/N pauses it turning unexpectely to the brunette making him stare at you in confusion. Before the boy can question what happened, Y/N blurts out three little words without thinking.
âI love youâ
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Luke finds himself staring at you from across the class you both share, his gaze staring intently at you as you write in your red-leather notebook. That notebook that you never let anyone but him read, your songbook.
Feeling his gaze on you, Y/N turns towards you with a frown on her face. Neither tearing off their gaze from one another. Y/N feeling her on-the-way healing heart break a little as she sees the green eyes she hasnât been able to forget.
Nevertheless, you werenât about to let him pull you back to him. Not after what he had done. Though you did want an explanation, you werenât sure you were ready to hear it.
Still, as you stared at him you couldnât help but wish heâd just been able to handle the situation differently.
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Y/N stared with wide eyes at Luke as he paced around his room anxiously. As soon as you had uttered those three words the boy had leaped off of his bed and had started pacing.
His eyes were wide with confusion and fear as he stared at you from his nervous walking. You didnât dare utter another word afraid to say something that would make him run out of the room.
Finally stopping his facing, Luke faces you once again looking at you with an unreadable look on his face. The words he lets out are enough to break you apart.
âWe need to break upâ
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The ringing of the bell is enough to snap you out of your daze, making you rapidly pick up your stuff to get out of the room where Ian awaits you with a big smile.
You feel the relief flood through you as he grounds you once again. Ian is the one person who had made you see your true potential in the music industry after he heard you sing while also being the only one that had been able to ground you back to the real world and step back up, leaving Luke behind.
You both had started seeing each other after Luke had fleed Los Angeles with Reggie and Alex to find their sound again, leaving you behind without even a goodbye.
Ian had met you when you both had bumped into one another as you skated alongside Willie -Alexâs boyfriend and a good friend of yours- at the skating rink. Neither of you expected to become friends and much less something else since he was a senior like Luke and you were a junior.Â
But you had been surprised as he asked you out, happily accepting and allowing him to hold your hand as you got out of the dark place Luke had left you in.
Seeing him waiting for you out of your class brought a smile to your face as you ran to hug him, ignorant to Lukeâs sad stare at your back.
With a sigh, the Patterson boy heads to the cafeteria going straight to sit with his bandmates as soon as he gets his food. Julie, Reggie, Alex, and Flynn already there chatting happily with one another.
âHey Lukeâ says Reggie happily.
The boy is about to reply when the bassist cuts him off, âY/N!â
Everyone turns to stare at the h/c beauty that enters the cafeteria with Ianâs arm around her shoulder. Her e/c eyes find Reggieâs and a small soon breaks out of her face, her feet soon carrying her to the table they reside.
Ian stares at you in confusion as he sees you get out of his grip and run towards the table her former boyfriend sits at.
âReggieâ you say happily before smiling at everyone else at the table âHi guysâ
All of them greet you excitedly, Luke smiling happily your way hoping youâd stay there with you like the old time. Maybe that way he could fix what he had broken.
Julie was about to invite you to sit down when Ian appears by your side leaving a sweet kiss on your cheek, erasing Lukeâs smile completely. Flynn and Julie turn to one another sharing a worried glance before staring at Luke, Alex and Reggie already looking at their friend in worry.
Said boy, though, keeps his gaze on his food. His hands resting on either side of his tray gripping it tightly to stop himself from lashing out, knowing he had no right to do anything.
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As soon as you left Lukeâs house, the boy had run out of his house running towards Reggieâs house after shooting a quick text to the bandâs group chat asking to meet there.
Both Alex and Reggie are waiting for him when he comes running through the door with tears running down his red cheeks. His best friends jumping out of their sits to go to his side in worry.Â
âLukeâ calls Reggie out softly âWhat happened?â
That is all it takes for the boy to break down, falling to the floor as sobs wreck through his body. The events that had just happened finally catching up to him, letting him know the gravity of them.
âLuke. buddy, youâre scaring usâ states Alex with wide eyes, âWhat happened?â
The boy sobs louder, Y/Nâs words repeating over and over in his head and the ones he blurted out in his panic state. How could he have said that to you? He had meant to say it back.
âI meant to say itâ he whispers âI-I meant say i-it back. I me-meant to say itâ
Alex and Reggie share a worried glance before hugging Luke from each of his sides making sure the boy knows heâs not alone.Â
Sometime later the boy would finally calm down enough to explain softly how he had broken the best thing he had ever had. Both reassuring him that he just needed to talk to you.
But he didnât.
Instead that night, the three of them started planning their plans to head out to look for their bandâs missing sound. Not knowing how different things would be once they came back.
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âShould we go eat, babe?â
You stare at your best friends with doubt, wanting more than anything to sit down with them and catch up, but as you stare at the way Luke grips his tray and avoids your gaze you know it is better if you donât.
âYeah... Sure, letâs goâ you smile at your friends âSee you later, guysâ
Walking towards the table where all the Dirty Candy members and the Lacrosse team players sit at, you canât help but turn once again to stare longingly at the table where the best people you had ever met sat.
Although, as you and Carrie talked about the new song you were writing happily you couldnât help but think that not everything was so bad.
âYou should definitely sign up for the talent showâ Carrie mentions with a sweet smile âYour voice is amazing, people should definitely hear itâ
The strawberry blonde shows you the pamphlet with the information and you canât help but stared at it in wonder. Were you ready to sing in front of a crowd about your most vulnerable feelings?
You give the pamphlet back to the leader to Dirty Candy with a small smile, âI havenât even finished the songâ
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Julie opened the door to find you crying on her porch, she barely had time lo look at you before you jumped into her arms. Sobs coming out of your small figure.
Confused, the hispanic girl hugs you back trying to soothe you. She grows more worried with every sob and she canât help but wonder what happened, the last message you had sent her was before you left your home to go to Lukeâs house.
âY/N/N, youâre scaring me. Whatâs going on?â
You sob louder, âH-he brok-broke up wi-with meâ
Thatâs all Julie needed to hear to pull you up to her room and call Flynn. Both girls staying by your side all night watching sad movies and cursing Luke when you couldnât hear them.
The latina nearly going over to knock some sense into him when two months later, just before school started, Luke sent her a text inviting her to join the band. Only agreeing once Y/N basically begged her to and once the boys agreed it was her band now.
Though it was pretty obvious after the first band practice that the brunette boy wasnât over you, asking Julie about you every chance he got. Julieâs weak romantic heart giving in to his puppy-eye look and finding it in herself forgiving him for hurting you.
And, low key, wanting you both to talk it out and fix it.
Though after you told her happily about Ian it was obvious it was not happening, and even though she tried the hispanic didnât feel like that was the right thing. But she was happy as long as you were happy.
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You stared in disbelief at the scene in front of you. Ian repeating the same words he had once said to you to another girl at the skating rink. You were pretty sure he hadnât seen you yet, but that didnât stop you from waking over to him and landing a good punch to his nose.
Both of you groaning in pain after the collision, your e/c eyes staring at your red looking hand with a grimace.
âWeâre doneâ You spat through gritted teeth before turning around to go back home.
The tears making an appearance as soon as you know youâre far enough. How could this be happening again? Ian had been so perfect, yet turned out to be nothing but a liar. And Luke? He had left you as soon as you had figured out the depth of your feelings.
All you wanted was love, real love that lasted, why couldnât you find a good guy? Was something wrong with you that every time you thought you had it, it left?
Why couldnât everything just be like those musicals you loved were the perfect boy came to you?Â
You arrive home muttering a weak greeting to your family before going to lock yourself up in your room, instantly being met by the hundreds of photos of you and Luke that you still hadnât been able to take off your walls.
With a sigh, you throw yourself to your bed, tired to keep on crying for the heartbreak you were once again feeling.
Your gaze finds your red-leather songbook, sighing before grabbing it and sitting up. Opening the notebook on the recent son you were writing you head to your keyboard, sitting down ready to blurt out your feelings.
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Julie, Flynn, and Carrie stood by your sides at the talent show with excited smiles adorning their beautiful faces. Neither could believe you were actually about to sing.
Dirty Candy and Julie and the Phantoms already having performed meant the girls were glued to your sides waiting anxiously for your turn to get on stage.
You turn your stare towards the crowd, instantly finding Luke and the boys looking at the ongoing acts. Your nerves coming back as soon as you realized you were next.
âI canâtâ you whisper âI canât do this, not with everyone watching. Not with him watchingâ
Your three friends instantly catch up to what you mean, Julie taking her job as your best friend and putting her hands over your shoulders as she stared at you with determination in her brown eyes.
âYes, you can. This is for you, not for either of themâ She reminds you âYou. Can. Do. Thisâ
Your gaze finds your other two friends who look at you with beaming smiles, giving you the confidence you need to get on stage as soon as your name is called.
You see the grand piano in the middle of the stage and walk slowly towards it, everyoneâs eyes glued to your figure.
Two more classmates join you, one with a violin and another with a cello, but they stayed out of the main view making it known that this was your presentation. With a nervous breath, your hands graze the piano keys before looking towards the crowd.
Your gaze catches Ianâs frown and Lukeâs confused yet happy smile.
Closing your eyes you let Julieâs words rang through your ears. This was your moment, this was for you.
Your fingers starts playing the chord for the intro, your eyes finding Ianâs as you starts singing the first verse. Memories of his time with you coming to your mind as you wonder if any of it was actually real.
âI found a guy, told me I was a star He held the door held my hand in the dark And he's perfect on paper but he's lying to my face Does he think that I'm the kinda girl who needs to be savedâ
With hesitation, your e/c find Lukeâs green eyes. He looking at you in awe as you sing your heart out. Singing everything youâve been feeling since the moment he left you.
âAnd there's one more boy, he's from my past We fell in love but it didn't last 'Cause the second I figure it out he pushes me away And I won't fight for love if you won't meet me halfway And I say that I'm through but this song's still for youâ
The tears threaten to fall down your face as all your insecurities come crushing back. Memories of all the nights after Luke left that you spent in your bed crying youself to sleep wondering why you hadnât been enough for him.
âAll I want is love that lasts Is all I want too much to ask Is it something wrong with me All I want is a good guy Are my expectations far too high Try my best but what can I say All I have is myself at the end of the day But shouldn't that be enough for me Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh oohâ
Tears start falling down your cheeks as you let yourself be vulnerable. Your feelings out in the open for everyone to see as you crave for a love thatâll finally not hurt you.
âAnd I miss the days When I was young and naive I thought the perfect guy would come and find me Now happy ever after it don't come so easilyâ
Your voice grows stronger as you come back to the chorus, your eyes finding your friendsâ in the crowds, all staring at you with proud smiles.
Luke, though, he is amazed by you. By your talent and your passion. Just when he thought you couldnât be more perfect there you were proving him wrong.
Sadly, the fact that you were in so much pain -thanks to him- made his eyes fill up with tears. Falling before he can realize he is crying.
âAll I want is love that lasts Is all I want too much to ask Is it something wrong with me, oh All I want is a good guy Are my expectations far too high Try my best but what can I sayâ
Your voice becomes softer as does your playing, the outro of the song being played by just you, the voilin and the cello falling silent as you finished the song.
âAll I have is myself at the end of the day And all I want is for that to be okayâ
Your gaze catches Luke throught the standing ovation, both with your eyes filled with tears, before you take a bow and proceed to get off the stage feeling yourself unable to breathe if you stayed there longer.
You had done it, the weight off your shoulder finally being lifted as you let everything you had bottled up down.
A smile crepts up your face as tears of relief fall once again down your face.
It was over.
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caught in the act | p.p
Pairing: Peter Parker X Avengers!Reader
Summary:Â staying out past curfew leads to an unexpected fuck
Warnings:Â SMUT!!!!, dom!peter, foreplay, clit stim, the works ;)
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It was late, you werenât sure but you knew it had easily flown past the tower curfew for young adults. Ever since the Corona Virus had broken out across the world, Tony had made it specifically crystal clear that he wanted yourself and Peter home by 8:30pm or 9:00pm at the very latest. That was your curfew. And this wasn't the first time you had broken it.Â
You were meant to be home by around seven, but being a teenager and all, the world likes to bring much more interesting things into the life in front of you as if to distract you from responsibilities, and in your case curfews. Now you were stumbling through the tower in the dark, only wearing a midtown hoodie that came just above your knee, no underwear, not even any shoes to accompany it.Â
Prayers were so clearly answered as you managed to make it through the lobby and towards the first floor of stairs without the security lights switching on, before sprinting your way to the second floor.Â
You were relatively new to the Avengers team, having been a part of the crew for just over a year, but only having moved in three months ago. Therefore, despite Tonyâs accusations, you were staying with Peter for the time being. It worked out, you had known each other since the first year of high school and worked pretty good in the playing field, and not to mention being the same age.Â
You expected by now Peter would have been asleep, so you were careful to keep your motions quiet and calculated as your hand landed on the door handle to your shared room. It was then until you stopped, hearing what sounded like a pained grunt come from behind the door frame. Of course it wouldnât have been rare for Peter to come stumbling in late hours of the night after defending the city, another reason as to why Tony had set you both a curfew, so you subsided to noise and flung open the door, ready for a shower and some sleep.Â
What you saw after that was completely unexpected. You were waiting to see Peter sitting on his bed, licking away at his wounds while he winced because he hated the sight of blood. But, what you got instead was the rather rare sight of Peter thrashing around trying to pull the bed sheets over his naked body. The lamp from his desk fell to the ground, knocking over what you presumed was a tub of lube in the process while the obscene sounds of the porn video you now realised he was watching echoed out through the room.Â
âY/N, WHAT THE FUCK?!â
âDude, ssh!â you groaned, shutting the door behind you, âyouâre gonna get me caught!â
âI thought you were already asleep!â he whisper yelled, slamming his computer shut and throwing it to the end of the bed.Â
âWere you touching yourself?â you asked, feeling a little bad for addressing the elephant in the room, but you knew if you didnât do it now you wouldnât be able to sleep at night.Â
â...No.â
âYou totally were though,â you scoffed, walking over to your side of the room and opening your drawer to get some clothes out.
You could feel Peterâs eyes on you from across the room as he shifted uncomfortably. In a way you felt bad, again, for barging in on him, you knew you wouldnât exactly be happy if he had done the same to you, but it was that or getting caught by Tony.Â
âYouâre n-not um, w-wearing anything under that, are you?...âÂ
His voice caught you off guard a little, eyes drifting from the neat pile of clothes in your draw to his dark eyes that stared you down from across the room.Â
âNo, actually,â you giggled, âdonât go skinny dipping with people who you know will steal your clothes I guessâ you shrugged, returning your attention back to picking out an outfit for after your shower.Â
âIâm heading in the shower in a second so you can do your thing.â you gestured towards him with your spare hand while the other closed your drawer.Â
Peter was still staring at you, hadnât even blinked since you walked in and you were beginning to wonder whether he was okay or not. You paused in your tracks, tilting your head slightly.Â
âYou alright there, Parker?âÂ
âY-yeah uh... Just wasnât expecting you to actually n-not be wearing anythingâ he coughed lightly, shifting uncomfortably in the sheets. You cocked your brow, a striking idea entering your head, although risky, it still seemed fun.Â
Dropping your clothes down on the floor, you grabbed the hem of the jumper and swiftly pulled it up and over your head, tossing it down to join the clothes on the floor.Â
âY/N, whoa, what the fuck?!â Peter cursed, covering his eyes with one hand.Â
âDrop the act Peter we all know you wanna see whatâs underneathâ your tone had dropped dramatically in pace and he could feel by the way the atmosphere changed that you were standing inches away from him. He didnât respond for a moment, so in an act of encouragement you softly placed your hand over his and helped his eyes come back into view.Â
Peter was already hard under the cover of the blanket, but seeing you bare chested right in front of him only made him grow to a painstaking extent. He knew you were gorgeous but seeing you like this, this was something else entirely. Your nipples were beautiful, carefully perked from the cool breeze of the open window, breasts full and round.Â
Peter didnât realise he was practically drooling until your hand came up to shut his jaw, âcareful, youâll catch fliesâ you smirked, before turning and walking off towards the bathroom. Peter couldnât let you go now, not with the ideas youâd put in his head.Â
In a flash you felt your body being jerked backwards, a firm hand on your wrist while the head of anthers skin pressed up against your back. You could feel the raging heat of his cock touching your back, sending icy shivers up your spine.Â
âLeaving so soon? After teasing me? I donât think so, princessâ His tone had changed dramatically, deep and rough as his hands slid to your front, dropping between your legs to feel your clit pulse under the pressure of his finger.Â
âFuck, Peter,â you sighed, knees weakening under the feeling of his hands being so dirty in your honour.Â
âYou like that?â he asked, although rhetorical, only continuing to go with his better judgement. He held you close with the hand against your heat while the other slowly guided you back towards his bed, your knees giving way as they met their end and you collapsed into his lap.Â
The pressure caused him to whimper involuntarily, but quickly shifted back to being completely in control as he slid a finger down between your already soaked folds to slide it right inside you, causing you to jolt in his lap.
He had you pinned down against his warm skin, pressed his nose against your ear so you could hear him crystal clear when he said, âGod youâre already so wet for me, I wanna hear everything, princess, make those pretty noises for me.âÂ
âGod, fuck- Peter!â you moaned as he invited another finger inside, pumping them deliciously in and out hitting that sacred spot inside you every time.Â
âThat good baby? Tell me how good it feels, be a good girl.â
âF-feels so good, Peter,â you compromised, your head falling back onto his shoulder. âR-right there,âÂ
âGod youâre so tight around my fingers,â he groaned, spreading his thighs a little so you could get more comfortable. His cock was pressing hard into your lower back causing some discomfort, but you werenât sure what to do about it in your current situation.Â
âP-pete, please,â you gasped, hands landing on his thighs as your back arched against his chest. âwant your cock.âÂ
âYou sure you can take it, baby girl?â he chuckled, almost devilishly, pulling his fingers from your heat.Â
âYes, Peter, please.â You nodded frantically, partially in desperation from being ripped away from the beauty that was Peterâs fingers.Â
âBecause you asked so nicely,â he whispered, lifting you up and placing you down on his bed, spreading your legs out wide for him so he could get a perfect view of your heat. âI might do just that.âÂ
You whimpered softly, sending the blood right to his dick. Peter couldnât deny heâd only ever wished and dreamed of seeing you this way, and now those fantasies were about to become a reality. Reaching over, he grabbed the bottle of lube from the floor, dousing a decent amount onto the tip of his cock. You watched, mouth agape as he spread it around, making sure it was everywhere before his eyes met yours.Â
âYou ready for me? I donât plan on going easy.â He cocked his brow, gripping his dick with a force and guiding it towards your entrance. You were needy, he could tell, leaning into his touch trying to gain some kind of friction.Â
âIf youâre gonna be a slut, youâre only gonna have to wait longer,â he teased, drawing his hips away from your core.Â
âPromise Iâll be good for you,â you pleaded, eyes wide, hands gripping the underside of your thighs to keep them spread wide for him. He hadnât asked much of you, and already you were at his mercy.Â
âOnly because you promised,â he winked, before ramming his cock deep inside of you. He would have taken the time to be patient, making sure it didnât hurt, but he was so desperate for release he could barely contain himself.Â
âFuck!â you yelped, along side Peter who moaned out, right beside your ear.
âI think thatâs the first time Iâve heard you moan... It was like a fucking melody,â you gasped between breaths making Peter smile.Â
âWell get ready to hear a whole lot more of those melodies, baby.âÂ
Peter was doing as he had planned, thought and dreamed and that was showing you the best time he possibly could. Peter knew how to fuck, which was something you were so unaware of. But he was sure showing you the best time in a long time. He didnât go so hard it hurt, but the way his body reacted to your sounds was like a symphony. He was hitting all the right spots, kissing all the right places and thrusting at such a reckless pace it was almost tender.Â
At this point you were using each others bodies to your own personal advantage, so desperate for a release it was almost painful, but you loved it. The way his cock stretched inside of you when he almost hit his high, pressing just right against that sweet spot. He loved the way you clenched him, only edging him to that milking state even quicker. You were so ready to take his load.Â
Despite the motions, the sight was heavenly. His expression was so fucked out, hair falling out over his forehead, eyes clenched shut and when they were open they were so blown full of lust and desire, like an animal. At this point your thighs were shaking, muscles torn as he pressed his chest down on top of you, moaning deep into your ear.Â
âFuck! Baby! Y/N, youâre so good!â heâd moan to the beating of his thrusts, earning an equally fucked out sound coming back from yourself.Â
âIâm almost there, Peter!âÂ
âM-me too, baby, almost- fuck!â
âMmm, Peter! Iâm gonna cum!â
âCum for me sweetness, cum all over this cock, make it yours.âÂ
The choice of wording that spilled from his lips only spurred you on more, egging your release right until the very end until finally you felt the coil snap, your dignity pouring out all over his length. Peter didnât fall very far behind, not long after your own high he was spurting his seed into your warmth. It was there you were left a sweaty, panting mess, having just fucked your best friend with absolutely no regrets.Â
âYou should go skinny dipping with me some time,â Peter plucked up, dragging his weight up and off your chest with a fucked out smile on his perky lips.Â
âTook the words right out of my mouth.âÂ
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Time of Realisation
Happy New Year, everyone! May 2021 be everything you ever wanted. Since I just finished writing for part 8 of this series, I wanted to post this one a bit earlier than the usual Fridays as a New Yearâs Treat. So here we go! Part 7 of the âSuccessors of the Futureâ is here.Â
(My Premium Grammarly account disappeared all of the sudden so please excuse any stupid grammatical or spelling errors you might find. Iâve edited this chapter thrice now and it should be ok??)Â
Before we start, we must do our ritual and give thanks to the ever amazing @tri3tri for letting us all expand on her Draconia Family series. Hope youâll have a great year as well, Tri-senpai!Â
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âTo be honest with you Ren, I donât remember much about Sebek. Just his voice. I still remember how loud his shouts were.âÂ
âEh, donât sweat it too much. Take it as a blessing.âÂ
Renata and Sherrie are in her room. The underwater aesthetic of Octavinelle is so beautiful to take in from the inside. It almost makes Renata wish that sheâs a mermaid. Or a killer whale type of mermaid. Now that is a badass merfolk.Â
Just like Renata, Sherrie was given a room all to herself instead of sharing it with a dorm member due to her gender.Â
And her little sister did not waste time transforming her room just like her old one back at their home. Already her gaming computer has been set up on her study table, cosmetic sets of well-known brands - Nyx, My Pretty Zombie, and Fenty Beauty - are organised neatly on her shelves beside the standard textbooks and stationeries. One of the open drawers beside her cupboard full of her school uniforms as well as her Pastel Goth clothes display tins of green teas and stacks of instant foods.Â
Clearly, Sherrie has made herself right at home in Octavinelle. And less than a week too!Â
Actually, how much luggage did Sherrie brought from their home?Â
After the Entrance Ceremony, Renata waited two days for Sherrie to acclimate herself to Night Raven College, letting her talk to some of her dorm members, get a feel on the teachers before slipping into her bedroom to catch up. It was a mild surprise to see the state of her room after her little sister told her to plant her ass on the bed while she prepared a pot of hot green tea for them.Â
While sheâs busy with the kettle, Renata wasted no time to explain what Ace told her during Winterâs Break when she inquired about Sebek. It was good to know that due to the dense magic in the Country of Thorns, technology is almost non-existent in the land due to magical interference. It also helps that despite being in the First-Year Forever group chat, Sebek barely checks his phone at all. Over time, Ace and the rest of their group forgot that Sebek is even in the group chat!Â
âStill, itâs good to know that Mamaâs friends drifted away from Sebek over the years. Thatâll help us a lot in the long run.â Sherrie commented after Renata wraps up her report. She handed a cup of tea to Renata and lean against her study table, facing the bed where her older sister is cooling her hot tea by channeling ice magic onto her fingertips. âWhat about the student body here? What are they like?âÂ
âEveryone walks around as if they got a twelve-inch dick.â Renataâs sarcasm is as thick as the kelp forest outside of Sherrieâs bedroom window.Â
Sherrie couldnât help but laugh at her deadpan tone; she had to put her cup of tea on the table before it spilled everywhere. âThat bad, huh?â She giggles helplessly, wiping the tears from the corner of her eyes.Â
Renata was about to roll her eyes but stop herself and ponders. Despite their flaws, Hoyle and Rex are good friends. Hell, even Bakari vibes with her. Not quite friendly, but he hasnât yet turned her away when she scurries over to intrude herself in whatever heâs currently doing. That, and she secretly enjoys finding little treats and snacks in her backpack after hanging out with him. âOk, some of them arenât so bad once you can get past their ego. Remind me to introduce Hoyle and Rex to you soon.âÂ
Sherrie raises an eyebrow. âAnd what about that one guy who keeps giving you food?â Â
âYouâll see him around.âÂ
â...Right.â Sherrie eyed her older sister with a knowing look when Renata nonchalantly shrugs. Sheâll get back to that little topic later. âHave you prepare the little surprise for Mama?âÂ
âYup.â Renata affirmed and took a sip of her tea. She lets out a happy, little sigh when warmth travels across her body. âWeâll do it this weekend. Thatâs the only time that theyâre free.âÂ
The two talk a little more until Renata had to leave when curfew looms. The passing Octavinelle students gave her a side-eye for a few seconds but otherwise, no one batted an eye at seeing a Diasomnia student walking about their dorms. The whole school is aware that Renata and Sherrie are siblings by now. Renata wonders if her sister will receive the same cold politeness because of their horns.Â
Meanwhile, as Renata made her way to her own dorm, Sherrie is scrutinising the lock on her door with a frown. The previous used cups and teapot are all washed up and the lights are dim slightly since sheâs planning to hit the bed right after she figures out how to secure her room thoroughly. There are just too many sensitive and important information about their family and plans against their father kept here. She straightens her back and tosses a glance at the computer and tablet lying on the table beside it. Sherrie had made sure to cultivate a habit of not storing the complete set of important materials in a single device - one can never be too careful after all. Especially when thereâs a dorm here dedicate to Technomages. Hmm... perhaps she should befriend one of the students of Ignihyde to help her with the security of her electronic devices?Â
Though thereâs still an issue with the simple lock of her door. Anyone can just force it open with a pick. Sherrie made a mental note to consult with her sister for some sort of spell that can solve this problem.Â
And with that, she quickly changes into a simple loose shirt and a pair of shorts before slipping under the duvet and turns in for the night.Â
Life as a halfling and an Octavinelle student quickly proves to be unlike anything Sherrie has ever experience.Â
Renata offhandedly advises her to shrug it off when her dorm members stare at her horns a little too long; theyâll get used to her soon enough. Sherrie cursed under her breath when her sister left and wondered if she could attend her classes virtually instead, but when she brought that up to her Dorm Leader, the shark merman raised an eyebrow and simply asked her if sheâs an Octavinelle student or Ignihydeâs. Needless to say, Sherrie set on digging any dirt she can find on her Dorm Leader ASAP.Â
Other than the uncomfortable stares and shady Dorm Leader - Sherrie quite enjoys the scarf that comes with her uniform - as well as her dorm leader, tend to keep it to themselves. Underneath the polite offers of tutelage in classes and tours around Mostro Lounge, Sherrie can blatantly pick up the insinuation underneath those favours.Â
A favour for a favour - thatâs how life in Octavinelle works. Information is worth more than Madols and dealings under the table is practically the norm.Â
Sherrie adapts in Night Raven College faster than Renata ever could.Â
Speaking of Madols, Sherrie needed to do something about their financial situations in Twisted Wonderland. Currency exchange is not a thing here so their dollars are practically worthless. Fortunately, Octavinelle expects its dorm members to pull their weights in Mostro Lounge. By the second week sheâs in Night Raven College, her Dorm Leader already distributed the First Yearâs schedule of their shifts around the cafĂ©. The pay might not be much but itâs a good start.Â
Thereâs got to be a Twisted Wonderland equivalent of Youtube. She made mad revenue as a Youtuber and game streamer back home.Â
Today, Sherrie is working at Mostro Lounge with several other First Year students from other dorms. Customers flooded in during lunchtime and kept her busy manning behind the bar, preparing drinks and desserts.Â
âPresentation my ass...â Sherrie mumbled under her breath as she struggles to beautify the ice-cream sundae. She had to redo the whole thing when one of the staff - her Third Year senior - saw how plain her work was and taught her to make an art out of the dessert.Â
She was in the midst of deciding how many cherries would be enough to make the sundae look prettier when a rich, baritone voice broke her concentration. âHas the ice-cream offend you in some way, MC/S-san?âÂ
Sherrie moves her face away from the towering glass to see a fellow dorm member smiling at her. How curious, his eyes are like hot, molten gold.Â
âNo. I was just adding some finishing touches.â Sherrie reply, her voice remained neutral. She hasnât seen this one around before.Â
Her dorm member continues to smile. It comes across as calculative instead of genuine. Renata wouldâve spat fire at him already. âMy, it looks wonderful. Iâll be sure to inform the customer that his sundae is prepared by your meticulous hand. Iâm sure heâll forgive you for the time he had to wait.âÂ
Sherrie promptly turns around to store back the cherries into the fridge to hide her smirk. This nobody came forward trying to pick a fight with her? This could be fun. âIâm more than happy to receive our customer if he has any complaint with his sundae.âÂ
âIâll be sure to inform him.â He nods once and place the sundae on a tray and left the bar. Sherrie made sure to keep an eye on him after that.Â
Heâs tall, taller than her, and play the perfect part of a waiter with ease. As if he grew up in this sort of environment. The way how he balances two heavy laden trays of food and drinks on his palms while weaving in between tables, greeting the customers with an impeccable smile is telling. This guy mastered the art of customer service for sure.Â
âWhoâs the hotshot?â Sherrie asked her partner as she carefully wipes the clean glasses. Her shift partner - a Second Year manta ray merman, who was kind enough to introduce herself to her without any subtle jeer - glances at Sherrieâs line of sight, and his mouth made a small âoâ.Â
âThatâs Amber Leech. Heâs one of the promising First Year students we got, according to the Vice Dorm Leader. Youâre more of a wild card, though. Dorm Leader still doesnât know what to think of you.âÂ
Sherrie ignores that titbit about herself; she just hums. Didnât Mama mention that she knows a Leech? âHeâs good at handling the customers, Iâll give him that.â Sherrie admits, stacking the last dry glass onto the rack before her attention is capture by a server with a list of orders. Sherrie was too preoccupied with her job to scrutinised Amber any further after that. Â
Later when a Scarabia student relieved her of her shift with a quick exchange of pleasantries, instead of leaving, Sherrie decided to stick around and enjoy some free food in the kitchen. As long as she stayed out of the way, no one really minded her presence.Â
âGood job today, Leech-san. You can join MC/S-san in the kitchen if youâre hungry.âÂ
âThank you very much. Iâll be taking up on your kind offer then.â
Sherrie paused, tilting her head up from her small tub of ice-cream to see none other but Amber Leech step into the kitchen. Their eyes met and his calculative smile greeted her.Â
âIs this seat taken?â He politely asks her, gesturing to the vacant chair opposite her. The round table at the back of the kitchen is a bit small, barely enough to fit more than three people but it was far enough away from the kitchen staff so that they wonât be a bother.Â
âKnock yourself out.âÂ
âVery well then.âÂ
By the time he took out a red bento from the fridge, heat it up and takes a seat near the table, Sherrie has already polished the tub of ice-cream. When Amber noticed the empty tub, he frowns. It was so sudden that Sherrie couldnât help but defensively blurted out, âWhat?âÂ
âIs that all you having for lunch?â Thereâs a disapproving tone in his voice and Sherrie doesnât know what to make of it.Â
âThat? It was a snack. I had my lunch before my shift.âÂ
For some reason, her dorm mate nodded, strangely pleased at her answer before he tucks into his lunch. By the looks of it, his bento is artfully made with a variety of colourful foods.Â
The two said nothing, simply enjoying the clatter of cooking utensils, sizzling fire on the stoves and the cooks hum under their breath. Here in the back of the kitchen, the chatter of customers outside is almost muted.Â
It was peaceful. So peaceful in fact, Amber Leech feels like itâs his sworn duty to shatter it.Â
âI suggest consulting either Aeacus Shroud or the other students in Ignihydeâs Basic Magical Technology group as your solution. Shroud-san is the only First Year student in that group but I heard heâs the most approachable of the lot.âÂ
Sherrieâs heart froze. âWhat?â
Amber took his time to put away his now empty bento, dab the corner of his lip with a folded napkin that was on the table before replying, âFor security of course.âÂ
His answer is vague. Purposely so as he levels a stare at Sherrie.Â
â...How do you know that?â Sherrie all but demanded under her faux, indifferent voice.Â
Amber dared to smile and point his eyes, no word escape his lips.Â
A Unique Magic then. It has to be. Are his similar to Renataâs?Â
Sherrieâs mind races, for once, trying to decipher this strange student beside her.Â
And suddenly, Sherrie realises who this boy really is. The eyes were a give away. Â
âAmber Leech. Jade Leechâs son, I presume?âÂ
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âMama, Iâm home!â
âWelcome back, sweetie. How was cheer practice today?â
âIt went really well, Mama. We nailed down the new routine without anyone falling off.â Lucien shuts the door close with his feet. Heâs sweaty and still in his cheerleading uniform with a duffel bag sling over his shoulder. Seeing that his Mama is nowhere in the living room, Lucien padded into the kitchen.Â
The house is, unfortunately, a lot quieter now that his sisters are off at Night Raven College. Before Sherrie left, she and he talk about how their Mama would feel lonely now. Even more so when itâs his turn.Â
Lucien assured her that heâll keep an eye on their Mama closely.Â
His friends would playfully tease him that heâs such a Mamaâs boy; constantly texting her of his whereabouts, what she and his sisters want from the convenience stores and Mama always make his favourite desserts more often compare to Renataâs apple pies and Sherrieâs matcha cupcakes.Â
And Lucien has no shame in being spoiled by their Mama.Â
However, when he steps into the kitchen to witness their Mama re-arranging the dishes in the cupboard for the second time this week, itâs time for Mama to be spoiled in return.Â
Lucien canât wait to see her reaction when they spring the surprise tonight.Â
âMama? Do you need some help with the plates?â Lucien asked instead of pointing out the fact that Mama has been restless lately. Without waiting for a reply, Lucien has already dropped his duffel bag to walk around the island counter towards her.Â
âItâs alright, Lucy. Iâm nearly done here anyway.â MC wave Lucienâs waiting hands away as she pushes the last stack of plates into the lower cabinet and got up. She shot him a smile but itâs wobbly. âAre you hungry, sweetheart? We still have some leftover dinner from last night that I can heat up real quick. Hang on, just give Mama a second to take it out - â
âMama, itâs alright. I know. It doesnât feel the same without Ren and Cherry.âÂ
MC froze before she got up and smile sadly. The sight made Lucienâs heart clench painfully. âThe three of you have always been close to me ever since you were born. Your Father was... many things,â MC grimace but she soldiers on. âBut he would never separate your sisters away from me. Iâm not sure what to do with myself now that Ren and Cherry are away...âÂ
Sherrieâs voice suddenly pops in Lucienâs head like how Renata enjoys busting through his door without knocking: âMama needs a distraction. ASAP! Go, go, go!âÂ
Renata interjects after her: âPsst! Try something calming yet engaging. Thatâll do.âÂ
Distraction. Right. Lucien can do that for Mama. At least until the surprise tonight.Â
âWould Mama help me with my origami? I could use some help with filling up my new empty glass jar.â Lucien suggests.Â
MC blink; didnât expect Lucien to suddenly ask for an extra pair of hands with his hobby, but she took it in stride. âUh, sure thing, honey.âÂ
Lucien beams like a blooming sunflower. âIâll go shower first then. Be right back, Mama!âÂ
âDonât run in the house, Lucy!â MC reminded him but lets him went upstairs with a small smile. She needs to get out of this funk. While Lucien is freshening up, might as well finish up her chores for the day.Â
By the time Lucien came back down carrying an empty glass jar and a stack of colourful scented papers and they didnât waste time to clear the dining table of the bowl of fruits and their cups so they could get to it.Â
Lucien is remarkably patient. More so than MC or his older sisters - he made sure to slowly show how to fold the paper into stars to his Mama and when sheâs confused, he would show her some videos online to help her. As the mother and son gradually fill up the glass jar, Lucien talks about anything and everything under the sun. How everyone in his team at school is helping him ease to the role as the captain of the cheerleading squad, how heâs getting a hang on the new subject material taught in Math class and whoâs dating who in his circle of friends.Â
MC hums and would give an appropriate reply in-between Lucienâs story. Typical teenage shenanigans, albeit, a lot tamer than what she went through but sheâll never get tired of listening to her childrenâs school life. Yes, even when Renata and Sherrie tried their best to hide whatever blunder they did at times.Â
It was when Lucien threw a purple star origami into the jar that he suddenly changes the subject. âOh yeah! By the way Mama, Ren and Cherry said that she has a surprise for you tonight!âÂ
âOooh, a surprise? I wonder what your sisters are planning.â MC murmurs a bit absentmindedly, too focus on folding the papers. Her eyebrows scrunch in concentration and she would beam proudly when one star came out perfect before tossing it into the jar with a happy hum.Â
Lucien is relieved. Looks like the distraction works.Â
They had a simple dinner once the glass jar is filled and once the dishes are done, Lucien hurriedly ushers his Mama into the living room. On the sofa, MC watches Lucien draws the rune on the mirror, bemused at the grin on his face.Â
When the rune vanishes, MC opens her mouth to greet her daughters. Her open mouth gapes and she could feel the corner of her eyes are suddenly wet when she saw the people on the other side of the mirror.Â
âOw! Deuce, you idiot! I told you not to shove me with your elbow!âÂ
âWho are you calling an idiot!? And quit hogging the mirror already!â
âIâm not hogging the mirror! Youâre the one who keeps pushing me!âÂ
MC couldnât help it. She laughs, tears now freely running down her cheeks. Lucien quietly excuses himself to fetch a box of tissue for her.Â
Her laugh shuts both Ace and Deuce up. âOh geez, what are you crying for, hah? Itâs just us.â Ace said, supporting a bittersweet smile. At that moment, seeing his best friend releases the tension festering inside of him all these years.Â
âWe miss you, Prefect!â Deuce shouted with a sniffle, his eyes are teary as well. He hurries to wipe off the tears with his knuckle. âMiss you so, so much! Iâm so glad youâre OK!âÂ
âAre you really though?â Ace interject, he doesnât even bother to conceal his blatant check on MCâs body. Looking for any sign of injuries or illness.Â
MC guessed that one of her daughters have told them what happened to her...Â
But she refused to let thoughts regarding Malleus damper her happy mood. Not when she could finally see her best friends again.Â
âIâm ok now. Weâre... weâre ok.â MC honestly reply with a lightened heart.Â
The three of them have grown; each of them has their own children now, at this moment, it feels as if they have been transported back to their teenage years all those years ago.Â
MC realises that sheâs truly no longer alone now.Â
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And weâve reached the end of this chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed it!! MC finally meet Adeuce once more, even if itâs just through a mirror. With the three of them together again, thereâs nothing they canât do.Â
Here are some titbits about Amber Leechâs background:
1. His Unique Magic is called âWitness of the Pastâ
2. His Mum is a beautiful mer Sea Lamprey (if you donât know what a Sea Lamprey looks like, uh, prepare yourself before you google search them.)Â
Speaking of Unique Magic, Iâve compiled a list of all the kids with their UMs already. Havenât decided yet when Iâll post it, but Iâm thinking of posting the names as a sort of teaser? Meh, weâll see how that goes.Â
#twisted wonderland#fanfic#malleus draconia#ace trappola#deuce spade#yandere malleus draconia#yandere malleus x mc#Draconia Family series#Second Wive AU#tri3tri
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Bts Reaction to forgetting their s|o birthdayÂ
Requested? Yep

Genre: Angst, Fluff
Warnings: angst, maybe swearing (i donât really remember).Â
A|n: I tried to make these really angsty but some of them arenât as angsty as others, sorry :(
Theyâre also quite long. I couldâve posted last night but I wanted to add a keep reading since it was so long.Â
I think I also flip flop between gender-neutral and female pronouns throughout this soooo Iâm sorry if it gets confusing. _____________
Jin
He probably wouldâve done an impromptu live just cause he wanted too. He would see some comments asking about what he did for your birthday (Your relationship was announced a few months ago letâs say). He honestly thought your birthday was tomorrow and started talking about how he was going to take you to a really nice restaurant for dinner and everything. His face paled as he read the comments saying that today was actually your birthday. Without question, he ended the live and quickly made his way to the restaurant you were supposed to meet. When he arrived, he was about an hour and a half late for your date. Jin entered the restaurant, out of breath and panting. You were at the front desk waiting for your coat (It was a fancy restaurant) You looked over to him and sighed. You got your coat and left through the door completely ignoring the man who was apologizing and following you to the car you took there. You didnât say anything when Jin sat in the passenger seat (He just let himself in, there was nothing you could do).Â
âIâm sorry love, let me make it up to youâ You turned on the car and continued to look at the outside wall of the restaurant. âIf youâre going to stay, then put your seatbelt onâ Your voice was monotonous and flat. Jin went rigid, his normal, confident, and cocky self went out the window. He buckled the seatbelt and you quickly put the car in reverse and backed up into the parking lot. The car ride home was mostly jin trying to justify the fact that he forgot your birthday and your date while you continued to ignore him.Â
Jin was at a loss. No matter what he tried to do or say, nothing could break your silence. You tossed a blanket and a pillow into the living room where Jin was helplessly standing. He understood what you were doing and decided not to fight with you.Â
When you woke up in the morning you felt a little guilty for how you treated Jin, however you were still a little peeved about being stood up. You walked into the kitchen ready to talk it out with Jin when you saw the table set and filled with an array of breakfast foods. Jin stood beside your chair, dressed in his apron that said âkiss the cookâ (Sorry thatâs cliche lol)
When he saw you he pulled out your chair and gestured for you to sit down. Hesitantly, you take your seat. Jin elegantly poured fruit juice (Like orange juice) into your wine glass before he sat down across from you. In front of you was a plate with a card set on top of it. On the card was a sad-looking taco with the words âcan we taco âbout it?â scrawled underneath. You look up to jin and canât help but to roll your eyes. Jin has his hands on both sides of his face with a dramatic pout on his lips and when you meet his gaze he winks at you. You smile, itâs hard to stay mad at this goofball.Â
âââ
Suga
(why does his hair look so soft??)
Suga was sat at his desk in his studio working very hard on his music. He was probably the most focused he had been all week and so because of this he unknowingly worked for hours on end. By the time he chose to take a break and he looked at the time, it was around 8:30 in the evening. He didnât think too much of it until he looked at his phone and saw quite a few messages from you. Suga went on a cursing tangent as he turned off his equipment and grabbed his bag, and started running towards your shared apartment. You and him were supposed to go out on a romantic evening to celebrate your birthday. Suga was supposed to pick you up around 4 and take you around some of the prettiest places in Seoul, but obviously, that didnât happen. When he entered the house you were busy in the kitchen clad in sweat pants and an oversized shirt. While taking off his shoes, Yoongi watched you carefully. He knew that you heard the front door open and his panting, but you didnât even spare him a glance. Suga walked into the kitchen where you were washing dishes. He observed you for a moment, assessing the situation.Â
âBaby, Iâm so sorry I forgot about our plans for tonight. We can still go out.â He wrapped his arms around you and kisses your temple.Â
âYoongi, please go back to your studio, obviously work is more important than meâÂ
Your tone was emotionless as you dried the now clean dishes. Suga furrowed his brows and clenched his jaw. Youâve had this conversation before and heâs told you multiple times that nothing is more important than you. His hands rest on your hips as he tries to answer calmly.Â
âLetâs not do this nowâ You turn around, towel gripped tightly in your hand.Â
âAnd why not? We donât get a lot of time together as it is and when we finally set up something, on my birthday none the less, you spend the whole time sitting in that stupid studio of yours.â Suga didnât say anything, instead, he closed his eyes to calm himself down.Â
âNever mindâ You throw down the towel onto the counter and stalked off to your bedroom. Suga rubbed his face. He knew that he needed to give you some space so he picked up the towel that you had tossed down and finished the dishes. When he was done, he made his way to the room and quietly snuck in. He crawled on your bed and wrapped his arms around your waist, hands sneaking up your oversized shirt to rest on your stomach. He wasnât the most affectionate but that doesnât mean he isnât affectionate at all. He placed little kisses on the back of your neck. âIâm sorry baby. Iâll take you out for breakfast tomorrow how does that sound? Iâm so sorry that I missed your birthday.â You turn around in his arms and kiss his nose. Things were silent for a moment as Suga waited for your answer. You nodded your head before whispering. Â
âI forgive youâÂ
âââ
J-Hope
(I had to use this gif cause 1. heâs cute and 2. thereâs a cake đ€·ââïž)
J-hope was practicing with Jimin and Jungkook when Jimin mentioned your birthday. To be honest he was like jin and thought your birthday was tomorrow. Jungkook gives him a look, âBut isnât their birthday on (your birthday)?â J-hope nods as he continues to dance.Â
âBut thatâs todayâ J-hope paused and looked at the date on his phone. Cursing he messaged you.Â
< Baby, iâm so sorry that iâm going to be late, but Iâm heading home now and we can head out to the restaurant.Â
> Donât bother
Your message made j-hope freeze, his heart pounding just a little harder than normal. He could tell that you were pissed but he didnât know how to make you feel better (Heâs never forgotten your birthday before)
Jhope was already late as it was so he figured he could take a little more time and ask the boys what they thought he should do, which turned out to be a horrible idea. So j-hope said good night and grabbed his bag, heading home to you.
Jhope opened the door and found you sitting in the kitchen crying, a half-eaten slice of cake in front of you. He hurried to you and attempted to wipe your tears.
âBaby donât cryâ you swatted his hand away and turned away from him.
âLeave me alone Hoseokâ once again, he was taken aback. You donât use his real name much anymore.
âIâm sorry can I make it up to you?â You shake your head and turn further away from him. He places his hand on your shoulder but you shove it off. J-hope felt lost. He kind of just sat there in silence with you. He looked to your slice of cake and tilted his head.Â
âWhere did you get the cake?â You sniffled and poked the cake with your fork.Â
âItâs the slice the restaurant gave me, they actually wanted to give me the whole cake cause they were sorry that I got stood up on my birthday.â Your words were bitter as you mutilated the cake. J-hope placed his hand on yours to stop your murder of the cake and he tried to catch your gaze.Â
âIâm really sorryâ His words were soft when he spoke. You sighed and got out of your seat to sit in his lap. You feel him press little kisses to your face and neck, and then kissing your lips last. You mumble incoherently against his shoulder as J-hope kisses your cheek before speaking.Â
âI didnât hear you sweetieâ You laugh lightly.Â
âYou owe me oneâÂ
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Namjoon
(I love this gif)
A week ago Namjoon promised you that he would leave work early in order to spend your birthday with you, telling you that he was going to plan something special. You furiously walked down the hallway towards Namjoons studio. You didnât bother knocking, swinging the door open aggressively instead. Namjoon jumped at the loud sound and quickly spun towards the noise. His face softened when he saw you and he spoke cheerily. âHey baby, what are you doing here?â Your features furrow and you place your hands on your hips.Â
âWhat happened to leaving early Namjoon?â your tone was amused but namjoon knew that you were far from that. Namjoon turned back to his computer, glancing at the time. His eyes widen when he sees that itâs 9:00 at night.Â
âWow, it is getting late, we should head back home,â he says, still completely oblivious to his past promise. âYouâve got to be kidding me,â you say with a breathy laugh. âYou really forgot didnât youâ Namjoon was calm as he looked at you.Â
âWas I supposed to do something?â You stare at him in disbelief. You rub your hands over your face before you spoke.Â
âLast week you told me that you were going to leave work early and that we were going to do something special for my birthdayâÂ
âBabe, Iâm so sorry. How about we go somewhere tomorrow? I will take you anywhere you want to goâ You look unamused, your arms crossed against your chest. With a disappointed sigh, you shake your head and leave the studio. Namjoon felt helpless, he wasnât sure what he could do to make you feel better. It was too late to do your original plans which were also his gift to you so Namjoon was left empty-handed.Â
Namjoon entered your shared apartment half an hour after you, a vibrant bouquet of your favourite flowers in his sweaty grip.Â
He searched for you throughout the apartment and soon found you sitting up in bed on your phone. When you looked up you had to fight back a smile. Namjoon stood in front of you with the bouquet in his hands and he looked like a guilty puppy.Â
âHey, um, Iâm sorry. I know thereâs no excuse for me forgetting your birthday, but I promise to make it up to you, however you want me to.â You gave in and smiled.
You gestured for Namjoon to walk over to you. He set the flowers down on the dresser and crawl over the bed to kiss your lips. You cup his cheeks and smile.
âI forgive you JoonâÂ
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Jimin
Jimin was happily shopping with Tae, completely oblivious to the fact that you were waiting at the restaurant that Jimin had told you he would meet you at. While he was there he had bought you a gift and everything, but it still didnât jog his memory. Jimin had made it home and went to open the door and walk in but ended up just running into the door because it was locked, which wouldnât have been a problem except normally when jimin leaves the house for a short while and you're still home you leave the door unlocked for him so he doesnât need to take his key. So jimin had a problem, the door was locked and he didnât have his key, and he didnât know how long you would be.Â
Jimin sat on the floor in front of the door, placing his bags beside him. It was only about fifteen minutes before he saw you step out of a taxi clad in your fanciest clothes, your hair all done up and makeup that probably took really long.
Jimin stood up as you walked closer to him, your shoes clicking on the ground. He opened his arms wide for a hug, a huge grin on his face.
âHappy birthday babe! Where did you go? Did you go out with your friends? You look stunning!â But his questions were met with silence as you unlocked the door, closing it on Jimin and locking it shortly after. To say Jimin was confused would be a great understatement. This man stood there staring at the closed door for a few minutes thinking through all the things he had done that day that couldâve upset you. Was it because he left early for work and didnât cuddle with you? No, you wouldnât have been that mad about it. He didnât forget to say happy birthday because he texted you a birthday message and he said it when he took you out to lunch ( which was to your favourite place) and he just told you now. So what did he do? Or didnât do? He looked through his past messages with you and thatâs when it hit him. Jimin felt horrible as he read his messages between you and him a few days prior to talking about the dinner you would have at this fancy restaurant for your birthday.
Jimin knocked on the front door and called out to you.
âBabe, please let me in. I know what I did and Iâm so sorry that I forgot. Please let me in so I can make it up to you.â Only silence followed. So Jimin stayed seated in front of the door, waiting for you to open it.Â
It only took just over fifteen minutes before you opened the door causing Jimin to fall into the house (Since he was leaning against it). He smiled happily as he looked up to you. You had changed into more comfortable clothing and your makeup was mostly off, but you were still so beautiful in his eyes.Â
âDoes this mean that you forgive me?âÂ
âNoâ You state matter of factly while you grab his bags and start digging through them, âWhat did you get?â
Jimin got up off the floor, melting a bit inside as he watched you get excited over what he bought.Â
(This ending was weird sorry đ)Â
Taehyung
(I realized while I was editing this that Tae's repeats somethings that were in jimins, sorry about that)Â
Tae was just chilling on the floor, playing with yeontan. Itâs not like he didnât notice that you werenât home, he just thought that you were out with some friends or something. Taehyung looked up when he heard your keys jingle and the lock click. He smiled and stood up holding his arms out for a hug when you entered the apartment. When you avoided his hug his shoulders slumped but he just summed it up to something happening while you were out.Â
âYou look really gorgeous babe, did you go out with your friends?â His brows furrowed when you didnât reply, instead choosing to quietly enter your shared bedroom, slamming the door afterward. This surprised Tae and slightly annoyed him a bit. You seemed okay this morning. Actually, you seemed happier than normal this morning, so the fact that you were so upset really confused Taehyung. He opened the bedroom door and saw the dress you were previously wearing, laying messily on the bed. The bathroom light was the only thing illuminating the bedroom. You are standing in front of the bathroom sink, an oversized shirt draped over your figure. You were wiping away the makeup you had spent so long on. Taehyung came up behind you, wrapping his arms around your waist. âTaehyung please donâtâ This made him freeze. You never call him by his name at home. He loosens his grip on your waist and looks at your face in the mirror. âWhatâs going on? You seem really out of itâ You glare at him through the mirror. âI wonder whyâ You snap. Taeâs face falls making him look like a kicked puppy. âWas it something I did?â You took in a sharp breath and pushed taehyung out of the bathroom to avoid you giving in to Taehyungâs pouty face. Tae sat on the floor in front of the now-closed bathroom door, yeontan strolling up to sit beside him. He placed his forehead against the door, âBaby, talk to me, what did I do?âÂ
You glare at your reflection in the mirror.Â
âI waited for three hours for you at the restaurant. If today was any other day I wouldnât be too mad but itâs my birthday Taehyung! You left me waiting at a restaurant for three hours on my birthday. No âSorry iâm going to be late messageâ or even a happy birthdayâÂ
Tae quickly lunged for his previously dead phone that was charging on his side table. When his phone turned on there were numerous messages from you and a few messages from Jin who apparently drove you home. Tae cursed under his breath and knocked on the bathroom door. When you opened the door, Tae felt so guilty. Your eyes were starting to water, and your lips were pouting. Taehyung pulled you into his chest and kissed your temple.Â
âIâm so sorry babyâ He mumbles into your hair.Â
âWhy donât we go out for some food, Iâll pay for all the food you wantâ You shake your head mumbling into his chest.Â
âI just want to stay home now and cuddle with you.â Tae nods and kisses your head again, âOkay we can do that tooâ He lets you go and watches as you walk to the bed. âI was telling you the truth though, you did look really beautiful babyâ Tae explains to your retreating figure hoping to get a smile out of you. You give him an unimpressed look.
âIâm still mad at you taeâÂ
Jungkook
Jungkook sent you a message saying that he was going to be spending the night with the boys about an hour ago, however you never replied even though below the message was the word read, making Jungkook feel very uneasy. Jungkook turned off his phone and walked into the kitchen where some of the others were gathered, snacking on anything they could find. âWhatâs up?â Jungkook sighed as he stood beside Tae who was munching on a bag of chips. âY|n hasnât replied yetâ
âIs everything okay?â Jungkook shrugged
âI thought it was. She was quite happy this morning, happier than normal. But know sheâs ignoring me...â Jungkook looked to his phone again, and again, still no message.
âMaybe go spend the night with her, you can stay with us whenever you want but I think you need to sort this out,â namjoon said, watching Jungkook. He nods and heads to the door to put on his shoes and grab his overnight bag. He says his goodbyes and heads to the apartment.
The moment Jungkook saw you he knew you were ticked off with him. Your hair was done beautifully but your face was rubbed red like you had taken off makeup. You wore your own Jammies, not one of kooks shirts, and you held a slice of cake in your hand. Jungkook tried to speak but you stiffly walked into the bedroom. As Jungkook went to take off his shoes, a pillow and blanket were tossed out of the bedroom door and into the living room.
âItâs either with the boys or on the couch, but I donât want to be with you right nowâ Jungkook looks to the blanket before looking back to you.
âBut what did I do babe? Why are you mad at me?â You scoff and cross your arms.
âDo you not know what day it is today?â Jungkook looked around nervously.
â....Wednesday...?â (I just picked a random day) His voice was hesitant. You groan and roll your eyes.
âNo Jungkook itâs my birthdayâ Jungkook felt his world come crashing down. Thatâs what he was feeling like he was forgetting the whole day.
âOh gosh, Iâm so sorry babeâ you put your hand up.
âI donât want to hear it Jungkook.â You walk into the bedroom and close the door before you yell out to him.
âLike I said if you donât choose to stay with the boys, itâs the couchâ
With a pout, Jungkook set up the pillow and blanket on the couch. He knew he did wrong but he didnât like you mad at him. He had a hard time falling asleep.
It was around one in the morning when you felt the bed dip and arms carefully wrap around your waist. You felt delicate lips touch the back of your neck before a shaky whisper.
âIâm sorry baby, please forgive meâ his words squeezed at your heart. You gripped one of his hands that were resting on your stomach and intertwined your fingers.
âI forgive youâ Jungkook was surprised at your movement and your words. He hadnât expected you to be awake. He leans over top of you and places a couple wet kisses on your cheek before kissing your temple.
âI love you so muchâ
âI love you too kookieâ
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