Pairing เณโโท ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐! ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ x Fem! Reader
Summary เณโโท Lovers have secrets of their own, no matter how much they come to trust each other, whether it be a past mistake or an unspoken trauma. For you and Miles, however, your secrets came in the form of hidden identitiesโ one being a masked vigilante, and the other a mastermind.
Genre เณโโท Forbidden love, mutual pining, angstโก
Tags เณโโท Both are artists, reader is from a very wealthy family, both are living double lives, underaged smoking, reader is female and uses she/her pronouns, forbidden love (ish?), swearing, daddy issues, mommy issues, reader is unhinged, both are mentally unstable, lots of flirting.
Author's Note เณโโท i thought about this plot over and over, and I hesitated publishing it since i donโt want to deviate so much from everything but i said fuck it, so now ere i am, greeting yโall with โwassup villainโ
Tag list เณโโท @sakura-onesan @coffeeandtealol @luvjunie @noetophat @proudgojofucker @depresssedcowboy @shuna-boin
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โ ๏ธ Mommy issues, mention of death,, profane language, plot progression. Pronouns keep shifting bc Miles thinks youโre a guy. A bit confusing? Anyways, congrats with your debut. Iโve got uh.. A little surprise? Enjoy.
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"Park behind the building B, McLaren. Iโll have to deal with a separate matter, for now, call backup."
"Yes, miss."
Ring. Ring.
Your head pivots at the sound of your phoneโs ringing, eagerly answering the call without having to look into the ID, knowing a thing or two about a certain someoneโs timing.
โWhatโs going on so early in the morning?โ Your father haggardly asks. You could already smell the stench of his morning breath from the car.
โWe have trespassers in the Warehouse.โ You start. โTwo of them, partners. The duo we know as the Prowlers.โ
โWhat?โ You hear the morning grogginess laced in his voice. โWho leaked the information?โ
โIโve updated Morrison and heโs currently investigating the black market. I suspect a traitor.โ
โEvidence?โ
โThereโd been no reports of outsiders entering the vicinity. All employees have been given fake addresses and all of their gadgets have been monitoredโ and so far, no oneโs been flagged, so my guess is.. A higher up whoโs sold us out.โ
There you go.
โโฆ Iโll look into it.โ Your father mumbles. โMake sure that nothing is released into the media. The election is coming soon, we donโt want to do anything thatโll stir the public.โ
โUnderstood.โ
And the call ends just like that.
You blankly look at the road ahead of you, skin itching from the tightness and texture of your leather coat. Laid before your lap was a flat screen, in it were nine boxesโ each playing a variety of scenes brought to you by the hidden cameras. Across every box, two swift figures maneuvered past the rooms with incredible ease. Several workers and scientists were sprawled across the jagged floors, motionless like corpses. You grimaced at the possibility of them being dead, but after seeing the thick gas emanating throughout every crevice of the building, you safely assumed that they were simply knocked out.
The Warehouse housed one of your father's investments; an Oscorp-Alchemax experiment funded by the elites, done underground and tested on prisoners to find some sort of super serum. When the new money folks thrusted themselves into the world of High society, most of the higher elites came to applaud the idea of one man.
Harry Osborn.
As a kid, you grew up aspiring to be like Harry. Always so friendly and approachable to anyone and everyone heโs ever met.
He did it so effortlessly that you recognized his niceness as a talent.
Harry came from second generation moneyโ hailing this scientific empire called Oscorp. Having been brought up by his father, Norman, who was an industrialist, Harry was all things sciencey.
After his father's death, Harry sought out a blueprint of his father's past works, finding a journal containing the records of several hypotheses in regard to a variety of drugs. A sort of instruction to turn into a superhuman being, he claims, that his father had put into mind but never really practiced.
A handful of the higher-ups adored the impressionable idea, one of its primary investors being your father. You never really understood his reasons, but when the drug seemingly began showing fruitful results, your father set you up under Antonne's name to supervise Warehouse 317 after Harry entrusted your family to house the experiment.
So at that moment, you weren't you.
And Miles wasn't Miles.
He didnโt know what he was doing here. But he never bothered to really ask since his Uncle seemed tense all throughout the journey.
When Aaron told him to strap up for a sudden mission, he wasn't expecting a raidโ nor was he expecting him to bring him to a hidden laboratory containing all these alien-like fuckeries. From glass beakers to drums filled to the brim with some sort of neon liquid, it all varied in levels of strangeness. Everywhere he looked, he could find the same circular, yellow warning sticker staring right back at him. Behind his digital mask, he skims past the unconscious workersโ checking every crevice to see if anyone had escaped the incapacitating agent.
โAccording to the drive, the stuff are located in the north building.โ His uncleโs voice snaps him out of the haze. โIโll be heading there. Iโm sure you can fend for yourself?โ
โFโcourse I can,โ Miles answered. โI can knock a bitch or two out with these.โ He grinned while unfoldding his claw.
โYou kiss your mama with that mouth? Watch yo tongue.โ
โYes, sir.โ
Aaron pats his shoulder. โRecord the evidence, Iโll go find the blueprints.โ
With a single nod, Miles sets off with his mission in mind. When the holographic interface materializes from his wrist-mounted control panel, he activates the scanner with a light tap. The digitalized purple light cascades over the room, gathering physical data with each passing step.
He prided in his cut-edge techโ developed into great usage by his and his uncleโs hands. In a way, it reassured him that he had epically great potential, despite the current crisis going on in the city. But of course, his greatest pride was the fact that you liked the idea of the Prowler. That alone harbored him confidence he never knew he had.
Miles never initially thought of himself as a hero, no matter how much heโs worked to save the lower class of New York. Heroes existed in the confines of comic books and kidsโ TV shows. He wasnโt super, and he wasnโt a hero either. The term was black and white. Narcissistic, as you would put it.
But he liked playing along to the idea of being a superhero to you.
He wanted you to gawk and admire his vigilante identity. He wanted you to look at the TV early in the morning with a mug of coffee in your hands, pointing at the screen with a squeal, โItโs the Prowler!โ
Most of all, he wanted you to know about it eventually.
When he passes by the computers, Miles heads straight for the manila folders, unraveling his gauntlet just to grasp the files better.
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โข[๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐: #๐ท๐ท๐น๐ธ] ๐ณ๐๐ข ๐ป๐ผ
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
With the slightest jolt of his palm, the paper crumbles, and behind it sat another file. He peers through it diligently, only to find a name signed at the bottom.
And it crumples from the clamp of his fist.
Anthony Primo-Chรกvez.
The surname, Primo-Chรกvez, was the household name of the family who owns the Primm Hotel, and a single mention of it alone only reignited the anger he was sparing for the upcoming plans. All of the rage he kept to himself was seeping out the cracks of his still-grieving heart, and the grief remained a permanent scar.
And with a whisper of the wind, the warehouse falls into darkness.
There was this chill crawling up his back, and it haunted him. And in the silence that surrounded him, he calls out for his uncle.
And it echoes, and echoes. No one replies. Only the silence answered to his desperate calls. At that point, all that he could hear was the sound of his own heart beating out of his chestโ a sort of morbid reminder that he was still alive. It made him wonder if that was all his father heard when he was trapped beneath the fallen carcass all those years ago. Just like that carcass, in the midst of all that darkness, screams begin to bellow.
Oh. One of the scientists have woken up.
But all Miles could picture was all what couldโve happened that night, when everything fell apart. Did they scream like this? Call out for help like this? Did his father struggle to breathe like this?
A lone light shines above the metal railsโ a watch window, large and square, gleaming in this daunt violent that flickered and flickered. There was a figure there, dark, willowy, and invasive in the way it stared.
Unmoving, watching. A gaze that lingered like the chill running down his back.
What did they do in here?
Like a croak, the question bubbles up his throat and releases.
โWho are you?โ
Like a growl, the voice changer emits the query a too many tones lower. At that question, the being tilts its head.
โYouโre not supposed to be here.โ
Velvety, low, exhaustedโ and it oozed from the broadcaster mic like a tease. You stared at the Prowler, almost amused by his size. From above, he seemed much tinier, like less of a threat. You feel your breath cascade against the lenses of your gas mask, sweat sticking to the leather of your gloves. There, you see the digitalized magenta and the gleam of his steel claws, as though he meant to intimidate. You stood partially befuddled at the fact that the vigilante everyone revered and loathed was likely a teenager.
โโฆ You donโt know what this place is, donโt you?โ
๏ผขใ๏ผฏใ๏ผฏใ๏ผญ.
The wall beside him crumbles into dust.
Miles shields himself from the impact, the cementโs fumes blinding his sights. Upon the activation of his night vision, he searches in behind the violet screen, finding only his uncle emerging from the smoke and debris, rushing with a USB in his hands. Behind him, a flock of guards came rushing in with their ray gunsโ flames of red bursting into a shower as the man signaled him to run.
Miles casts a quick glance at the window above.
No oneโs there.
โ๏ผฅ๏ผถ๏ผก๏ผฃ๏ผต๏ผก๏ผด๏ผฅ ๏ผก๏ผฌ๏ผฌ ๏ผฅ๏ผญ๏ผฐ๏ผฌ๏ผฏ๏ผน๏ผฅ๏ผฅ๏ผณ
๏ผฉ๏ผญ ๏ผญ๏ผฅ๏ผค๏ผฉ๏ผก๏ผด๏ผฅ๏ผฌ๏ผน. ๏ผฉ๏ผญ ๏ผญ๏ผฅ๏ผค๏ผฉ๏ผก๏ผด๏ผฅ๏ผฌ๏ผน.โ
The digital voice commands along with a blaring alarm.
The warehouse that housed this elaborate labyrinth, it continued on and on like a maze. Bland green tiles and white walls, glass screensโ like a pattern he immediately grew to dislike. It all went on and on like a fever dream, but Milesโ head was ringing with the sight of the man he saw up the window.
And he lays it all out in his mind, trying to piece it altogether.
๏ผขใ๏ผฏใ๏ผฏใ๏ผญ๏ผ
The walls click and collapse, and the floors shake, but Miles doesnโt look back. The sound of the guardsโ heavy stomps cease though, eventually replaced with a sort of screech that irked his ears.
It was unfamiliar to him. Heโs faced over a hundred bad people, but only the sight of that being unsettled him more than the rest.
โUp ahead!โ
He watches as his Uncle heads right out the window with a fall, the shards ricocheting behind him like specs of snow as he throws a carabiner right back at Miles to snatch. His fingers thinly reach for the cord when heโs suddenly assaulted to the ground with a powerful force.
๏ผฃใ๏ผฒใ๏ผกใ๏ผณใ๏ผจ.
โAgh!โ He grumbles in pain, rolling down to the ground. But even then, it wasnโt the pain that made every hair on his limb stand, it was the sound of your heeled boots clicking against the tiles, and the sound of your metal blade scraping against the wall.
โMorninโ, Prowler.โ
Exhaustion made the delivery deeper. He senses it in you, and you sense it him. Though he was unaware of what your head was actually filled of, Iโve got a lecture at nine, I still have to do my literature essay, and I want to sleep. Miles wasnโt all that interested at all in what your mind bore. To be fair, from where he was, Miles only saw this figure towering over him with a long knife poking out its sleeve. Some gas mask, and a black leather coat. Even then as you stood above him, he could only watch as you fixed your gloves, pulling farther beneath your sleeve.
โItโs an honor to meet you like this.โ
Fwip. With a crisp cut, the cord that connected him to his partner was severed. You throw it out the window along with the metal piece. โIโm not so usually cruel, but youโre trespassing my familyโs propertyโโ
โSo this is your familyโs property.โ He stands back up, hands aching to fight. โPrimo-Chรกvez. As I recognized.โ
He claws at you, but instead, the metal meets the end of your unsheathed blade with a clink!
โYouโre smart.โ And when you pull away, he stumbles backward. โLetโs see if thatโll save you.โ
Crack! The walls quivered as Miles narrowly avoided the blade aimed for his neck. He raises his gauntlets, lunging right at you with swift punches, to which you countered gracefully with quick blocks. Eventually, he manages to take hold of your shoulders, shoving you back with feet tangled like knots. You lower down and hook your heel over his ankle, pulling with force as he falters.
You crack your neck, pressing your heel over his shoulder to keep him down. โIโll be honest with you, I think youโre awfully underwhelming.โ You lean down to his level, musing yourself in the way he heaved.
โBut I can forgive all that.โ Your fingers fiddle with the strap of his backpack. โYouโre useful in a wayโโ
With a gauntlet over your neck, he slams you against the wall.
โI ainโt working for nobody,โ He churned. โAnd I definitely wonโt be fucking working for people like you.โ
โI never said you had to work for me.โ You calmly replied despite his grip. โYou just have to make better decisions from now on.โ
โFuck you mean by that?โ
From the ache your neck bore, you knew it was gonna leave a bruise.
โArenโt you supposed to be smart?โ
He furrows his brows at that statement, holding himself back as he taunts. โโฆ I wonder how your father is going to abandon you once I set this little investment of his on fire.โ
Rather than the silence or panic he hoped, Miles heard you laugh.
โDo it.โ You playfully suggest. โDo it, and kill all the other interns, employees, and guards in here.โ Despite your faรงade, he could still sense the smirk creeping up your lips. โThen think to yourself, ask yourself; are you any better than my family?โ
That alone catches him by surprise.
โโฆ Youโve got a lot to learn.โ
โWhat do you mโโ Before he could even finish off his sentence, a powerful strike ricochets into his stomach, sending him off to the other wall. A loud grunt emanates from his lips, hands gripping the lower of his belly as you set your foot down. โThe next time we meet, do promise me that youโll be much more of a promising opponent. Today was.. Eventless.โ Your gaze sets sights on the camera hidden in the corner.
โFor now, Iโll have to let someone else do the job.โ
As though on cue, you see his partner rush in with the broken cord in his hand. The same broken cord youโd thrown out. Without another word, he lunges at you with lightning speed, and the way you collide with the glass wall sends ripples across the corridor.
โYou goddamn son of a bitch.โ
โLong time no see.โ
๏ผฃใ๏ผฒใ๏ผกใ๏ผณใ๏ผจ.
And from then on, Miles watches as this figure and his uncle battled amidst the labyrinth. But your words struck him hard, โLong time no seeโโ what did that mean? Did his uncle have a sort of connection to the elites, or has he worked for the upper class before?
With how his punches flew, Miles sensed this sort of undying rage that crackled with the quiver of his Uncleโs fist.
Why did this battle seem so natural? Like the two of them know each otherโs moves too well.
โI see youโve resigned.โ You curtly brought up, grunting as he mercilessly charges at you. โAnd seems like youโve brought a little something with you.โ Upon the mention of Miles, Aaron struck back with a blow, feigning ignorance at your words. Despite your state, you managed to put up a great fight. โWhy did you bring him here? He doesnโt seem fit for the jobโโ
โStop the small talk, Antonne.โ
Antonne.
Anthony Primo-Chรกvez.
โIโm simply being polite,โ You grinned. โItโs been a while, donโt you think so too?โ
With that alone, Miles somehow confirmed that the figure was the heir of the hotel in the flesh. The man responsible for the deaths of manyโ the man responsible for the death of his father. But something felt wrong, like a sense that was gnawing at his guts.
He couldnโt pinpoint what it was exactly.
Just of now, Miles realizes that he had no place here, at least, not yet. But he was just as confused as the other guy, why did his uncle bring him here if it was too dangerous?
โIs your sister also a piece of shit like you?โ
Sister?
โSheโs a little more pacifist than all of us.โ
You lie so naturally, it was like second-nature to youโ as though it was your second, utterly ridiculous hobby next to scheming. To play the part of Antonne was excruciating enough, but it was enjoyable in a way. You havenโt seen the Prowler for about four yearsโ last seeing him when you were twelve, when he worked for the Fisks until his abrupt resignation. Next thing you and the elite knew, the mercenary who once worked for the high-class was now a vigilante working against them.
No one particularly knew the reason why. You somewhat guessed what it was.
And when the both of you crashed past the danger zone, you knew that the situation was way beyond your grasps from this point on, and the best you could hope for was a perfect gamble.
The man grabs all that he could in his anger, from glass beakers to steel rods, he figures splashing you with whatever thing he could find can help in making you perish from his sights.
You fight back, without the usage of anything else except the blade, only until Aaron repeatedly smashes your head inside a closed-off frozen cage. The two of you fall right in, breaking some sort of container in the process.
โWhat the fuck?โ
Like a flame, it sears your skinโ causing you to panic and recklessly pat away at the tar-like substance enveloping you in its sticky embrace. Without even a shriek, it consumes your system entirely, sending you down on your knees.
And the next thing you know, everything else fades into black.
Aaron pulls away, in shock of the dark matter unveiling before him. Immediately, he places a hand over Milesโ eyes, ushering him away.
From afar, they could hear the police sirens coming.
โLetโsโ letโs go.โ Aaron hurriedly commands.
โUncle Aaron.โ
Miles exhaustively calls out to him.
โUncle Aaron!โ
As his mask unfolds, Miles squints as the sunlight seeping from the tall trees welcomes him, shielding his face with his hands while trudging across the stones to meet his Uncleโs steps. Aaron pauses for a moment, taking only one look back.
โWhyโd you bring me there?โ Miles directly starts. โI wasnโt strong enough to be thereโ who was that guy? How- How did you suddenly know about the location of the warehouse, how didโ I donโtโ I-I have school in three hours, I donโt get why you had to bring me alongโโ
โThat girl youโre seeing,โ Aaron intervenes without a waste of breath. โWhatโs her last name?โ
Miles takes a step back, furrowing his brows.
โ[L/n].โ
Aaron nods. โโฆ Itโs the same as the file.โ
โWhat?โ
โBring her to dinner.โ
Now everything further confused him, what did you have to do with all of this?
โI-I canโt bring her to dinner yetโ what do you mean part of the fโ we havenโt even gone on a date yet!โ
The date set for tomorrow. The trick-or-treating date Miles had always longed for. Aaron tosses his hand upward. โJust make it quick and let me meet her.โ He commands in a rush, pacing his steps faster. โWeโve got to get moving before they find us.โ
โButโ I donโt get it. What does [Y/n] have to do with all of this?"
Aaron stops for a moment, looking up before heaving a long, jagged sigh.
โโฆ I got a file last night. Sent by an anonymous number. Someone managed to take a picture of you and your girl earlier when you were walking her home.โ
Hearing this, a bundle of worries begin to churn in Milesโ mind. This whole night enough was messy for him, and he couldnโt understand why things were getting so complicated. Like what Antonne said earlier, it was ingrained into his mind, Arenโt you supposed to be smart?
โAlong with the pictures, I got sent a file. [Y/n] [L/n], is..โ Aaron consequently looks into his nephewโs eyes, a sort of hesitation imbued in his system. โSomewhat connected to the Primos.โ
Miles halts entirely, and over and over, like how heโs always asked for the last hour. โWhat?โ
โI.. Iโll just tell you when we get home.โ
It was many years ago, when your mother endowed this habit of sitting you down by her vanity just to comb your hair and fix you up like a doll.
At that time, you were a tiny little girl with tiny little legs that were unable to reach the floor, instead opting to dangle them with light kicks from your seatโ thinking you were some kind of mermaid. During those times, you could only spot at least the whole of your head staring right back at you, but rather than yourself, you marveled at the sight of your mother and her clothes.
The colors she wore were patterned in dates. Mauve, pink, white, and sometimes vermilion in special occasions. Those were the days she used to pick out your clothes for you, and whenever you complained about the color being too bright or dull, your mother would claim that she'd know your colors the best.
As you got older, and when you started dressing for yourself, in the colors you liked, and in the sort of mauve and pink that suited you, you watched as your mother would stare at you from afar with an irate frown, and silently, you'd think to yourself.
Even in the way I rebel against you, you still see yourself in me, because when you look at me, you see only a mirror of your younger self grimacing in disgust. You'd come so far to convince yourself that you're at the height of your being, but your daughter and your child-self only sees mediocrity.
โฆ
โMiss?โ
A flurry of people. Lots of talking. You despised that.
โMiss, are you awake?โ๏ฟผ
โ[Y/n], wake up this instant!โ
And at your fatherโs instruction, your eyes peel open almost immediately. Youโre greeted with the sight of the ceiling, and your skin covered in warmth. You look at yourself, finding bruises all over your arms, still wearing your white dress shirt and formal pants. Silently, you force yourself to sit up despite the ache you felt, wincing as you spot several faces surrounding you. There was your father, pacing back and forth, certainly distressed about something; Antonne, with his arms crossed, sitting by the edge of your bed; some physician, silently standing by the side with her hands clasped together; and Harry Osborn standing alongside her.
โWhatโs going on in here?โ You haphazardly asked.
โYou almost died.โ Antonne stirs the silence. โThe Warehouse was set on fire, and you were still inside.โ
โThe warehouse was set on fire!?โ You jolt up, only now realizing the dirty looks from your father. โThatโs impossible, how couldโโ
โThere were traces of gasoline.โ Emerging from the doors, your father approaches you with a sort of chagrin in his glare. โSince you failed to capture or at least slow down the perpetrators, that happened.โ
โโฆ Youโre placing the blame on me?โ You ask, hardly believing your ears.
โWeโre notโโ Just as Harryโs about to speak, your father intervenes. โYes, we are. Because of your incompetence, we lost millions worth of money in damages!โ
โSir, calm down.โ
โFather, this is what Iโve been telling you about.โ Antonne pinches the bridge of his nose. โSheโs sixteen! How could she have possibly fought against a mercenary!?โ
โI did better than you.โ Poison spewed from your lips, losing all sort of rationality. โThis has never happened before. Whenever there was something any of you asked me to do, I did my very best. How could I possibly perform my best when I lacked sleep and I was dependent on coffee!?โ
โYour brother is right.โ
Hearing that alone was a nightmare.
โAlthough youโre talented in upkeep and information, youโre too young to fight against an ex-assassin.โ
You helplessly scramble off the bed. โDaddy, youโre being unfair.โ
Daddy. Itโs like you were a ten-year-old fighting for his attention once again. You looked at Antonne, and then your father, shifting in complacency. โI worked for three years, ceaselessly. Even if it meant giving up my weekends and studying so hard that it made my nose bleed. I got the job done, even if no one paid me or thanked me, I still did everything.โ
โWeโve lost a lot of resources,โ Harry begins. โAnd weโve been brought back to square one because of the fire.โ
Before Harry could even finish off his explanation, you lift a finger and point at him accusingly. โThis is because one of your people decided to leak informationโโ In between your rant, Antonne attempts to soothe you. โHad it not been for the fact that you decided to let untrusted people into the faction, we wouldnโ stop it, Antonneโ we wouldnโt be dealing with this sort of thing. Mother warned you about it, and you brushed off her every warningโ STOP IT, ANTONNE!โ You finally yelled out. Your brother ceases, lifting his hands off of you after he sees that youโre shaking.
Whatโs wrong with me?
Why am I being more emotional than usual?
The way the rage consumed you left you in dismay. At a short moment of epiphany, you run your hands across your face and, like a switch, all of your emotions reboot.
โI apologize. I spoke out of line.โ
That line alone was chilling.
โIโm sorry, [Y/n].โ The tender way Harry called out your name was unfathomable. โI know itโs upsetting that your job is being taken away from you, and you have every right to get upset. However, for your sake and your health, you can pass on these responsibilities to Montrell for now.โ
โMontrellโs in London.โ You add. โHe canโt possibly take overโโ
โHeโs not in London.โ Antonne confesses. You furrowed your brows, shaking your head. โWhat are you talking about?โ
โโฆ It was going to be a surprise but..โ
Oh no.
โOh,โ You blankly state, your mind rioting. โI see.โ
โItโs an unplanned decision, really,โ Your father explains. โMontrell also has no idea that youโve taken Antonneโs place in taking care of the hotel for the last three years. Itโd be better for you, as well, to take a break.โ
You wanted to scream, break down, curse at everyone.
โIโm sorry for being too harsh on you, [Y/n].โ Harry eases, placing a hand over your shoulder. โHowever, you have to understand that itโs also for the best.โ
โI understand.โ Fuck you, and fuck all of you.
โWeโll leave you to rest for now.โ Yeah, leave me the fuck alone before I melt the fuck down.
As they step out, all the tension in the room leave along with the squeak of their fine, leather dress shoes. Youโre left with the silent physician, whose presence youโd completely forgotten despite the wildness of her dark curls. She shifts uncomfortably, parting her lips to speak, only to find that she didnโt know what to say.
โWhat is it?โ You ask, lowering your voice so as to not intimidate. Prompting to break the silence in her place.
The woman blinks at you, somewhat relieved by your words.
โCan I be direct, Miss?โ She sternly asks.
โItโll be better off that way, frankly.โ
She leans a little closer, tugging on the sleeve of your arm. โWhen you first got here, your body was riddled with cuts, bruises, and broken bones aroundโ oh, can I touch you?โ
You squirm. โIโm not a relic.โ
โSorry โbout that. Most of the rich people Iโve worked with were usually snobby douches who think their skin shed gold.โ She subtly laughs, raising the fabric up higher. โInitially, I believed you were exactly that kind of rich kid, but after seeing what happened, you donโt seem like anything they say.โ
You raise a brow. โ.. Have we met each other before?โ
She looked at you as though youโd just insulted her, her eyes about to pop off her thick-rimmed glasses.
โ.. I work at Alchemax. Iโm the head of the research team in the particle accelerator projectโ weโve spoken many, many times before.โ
โ.. Youโre not my physician?โ
Her lips tighten into a line. โI take what I said back. Youโre exactly like all those other rich kids.โ
โW-well, Iโm sorry.โ You grumbled. โI work with a hundred different people almost every single day, my mind usually shuts down when Iโm at work.โ
โWell, your father did just drag me out of the line and forced me to fix you up since they didnโt want to risk calling for a doctor who doesnโt know that youโre parading as your brother.โ She spoke so quickly, it made you rethink what she just said three times. โAnywaysโ I needed to tell you that under my observations, youโve healed yourself in a supernaturally fast rate that itโs groundbreaking.โ
โWhat?โ
โSix hours ago, you had broken bones in here,โ She points her fingers at your shoulder. โHere,โ Followed by your thigh. โAnd here.โ Then your calf. โBut after seeing your little drama session with your father, you were able to move yourself without any sort of pain. Initially, I concluded that you mustโve had some very high pain tolerance, but I noticed that so many of your cuts and bruises have all been healed, and that,โ Her fingers trace a line over your neck. โThat was red as hell just moments ago. Now, itโs gone.โ
Oh, the mark you got from Prowler Jr after he choked the hell out of you.
You liked calling him that. Prowler Jrโ a smaller, rustier protรฉgรฉe of the Prowler you grew up with.
โ.. I wonder why so.โ
There was a wily grin on her face that unsettled you tremendously.
โWell, without your father looking, I ran a test on you.โ
โYou what?โ
Without even a single second to lose, the woman takes out few samples from her bag, laying them all out before you with a couple of handwritten documents.
โHere.โ She states so proudly.
You marveled at all that sheโs writtenโ unfortunately for you, her handwriting was so messily done that you couldnโt understand a single damn thing.
โโฆ You could get sued for this, you know that?โ
โYour father wouldnโt. Unlike his children, he canโt find a replacement for me.โ
Your mouth hung in disbelief at what you just heard. Rather than acknowledging the insult, however, she plucks out a print of what you assumed were tiny splotches of black tar on a petri dish.
โWhat the hell is that?โ
โI got that swabbed out of your mouth.โ
โOh fuck, I thought Iโd dieted enough for the performance!โ
โItโs not sweets, sweetheart.โ She answered defeatedly, clearly full of your unsure-weaponized-incompetence. โItโs a mysterious symbiote that weโve recently caught hold of four months ago, and during your fight with the Prowler, it forged itself into your system.โ Her fingers trace down your arm, grasping the center of your wrist while grinning. โAnd it can make you do this.โ
As she squeezes your hand, a black matter ejects from your palm. You jolt away, slapping her hand off as you curse.
โWHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?โ
โThe symbiote.โ She casually replies. โIsnโt it amazing?โ
It retreats like a slimey being, pushing itself back into your skin as though itโd all been a mere hallucination.
โYou mean to tell me thereโs some alien slime living inside my body!?โ
โWell, yesโโ
โGET IT OUT OF ME!โ
She winces at the loudness of your voice, moving back an inch away. โThatโll take a while for me to dissect. You have to come to my lab tomorrow if you want me to find a way to pull that away from you.โ
โI canโt go tomorrow.โ You had a date with Miles, and that alone was reasonable enough to miss anything and everything else. โI-I have practice for the fundraiser on Sunday, and Iโm still the hostess, so I have to make sure that the preparations are seamless.โ
โโฆ I have a comment, but Iโm not sure if youโll like it since you probably hear it all the time.โ
โWhat? That Iโm just like my mother?โ
She scrunches her nose. โI was going to say that youโre too young to be acting so old.โ The woman turns away, beginning to pack up her things again. โYouโre sixteen. You should be going out to parties, creating fake IDs, sneaking out to make out with your boyfriendโ whatever other shit girls your age like to do.โ
You try your hardest not to react at the last mention, since that was definitely what you just did a few hours before. You begin to rub your hands, the friction warming you up as your shoulders shrug.
โWell, as much as I want to do all that, Iโve got too much to do.โ
โYou wonโt be sixteen forever, Miss.โ She tosses the bag over her shoulder. โTake that from me. Iโm forty-six, and Iโve went through a lot. Iโd give everything to be your age again.โ
As you watch her head for the door, you call out to her one last time.
โ.. Call me [Y/n]. I donโt like it when people way older than me call me โmissโ.โ
She raised her brows. โAlright then, [Y/n].โ Your name rolls off her tongue gently.
โHow about you? What do I call you?โ
With a hand over the knob, the woman beamed.
โ.. Iโm Olivia Octavius, but you can call me Liv.โ
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PIGTAIL POLL !! :D
currently running :
lily hoshikawa vs orange blossom
ICON BRACKET
miku hatsune vs usagi tsukino
ABOUT THA ICON BRACKET : tha eight most iconic pigtail characters ( decided both by iconicness and tha amount of submissions they received ) will compete in an adjacent bracket . tha winner will then face off against tha winner of tha main pigtail bracket . this is liek what they do in sports , where certain teams get to skip matches and go straight to tha finals . this way icons can be included but its more exciting ( and fair ) than watching them decimate their opponents each round before making it to tha finals anyways
entire 128 character bracket is too large to take a screenshot of but it looks liek this , and will ( obviously ) be done in sections . bracket list below tha readmore , straight down tha left side and then straight down tha right !! :D
LEFT SIDE
1 asa mitaka ( chainsaw man )
2 izumo kamiki ( ao no exorcist )
3 ashley spinelli ( reccess )
4 creepie ( growing up creepie )
5 bloody eye ( bloody mary )
6 boo ( monsters inc )
7 choso ( jjk )
8 muffet ( undertale )
9 sakura hanazono ( kaichou wa maid-sama )
10 mikan sakura ( gakuen alice )
11 shizuku mizutani ( my little monster )
12 retoree ( show by rock )
13 chiyo mihama ( azumanga diaoh )
14 maka albarn ( soul eater )
15 black rock shooter ( brs )
16 lyra ( pkmn )
17 jill ( drill dozer )
18 penny ( inspector gadget )
19 elizabeth midford ( kuroshitsuji )
20 anne halford ( sugar apple fairy tale )
21 lilie ( princess tutu )
22 jess ( badanamu )
23 yaya yuki ( shugo chara )
24 sana futaba ( magia record : pmm )
25 sana kurata ( kodomo no omocha )
26 makima kirameki ( re : creators )
27 cherry cookie ( cookie run )
28 twintelle ( ARMS )
29 bubbles utonium ( ppg )
30 yokune ruko ( UTAU )
31 entrapta ( she-ra and the pop )
32 ling xiaoyu ( tekken )
33 garu ( pucca )
34 sarasa watanabe ( kageki shoujo )
35 mio naganohara ( nichijou )
36 joon yorigami ( touhou )
37 eleanor miller ( alvin and the chipmunks )
38 gosalyn mallard ( darkwing duck )
39 mallow ( pkmn )
40 love momozono ( fresh precure )
41 nadeshiko kagamihara ( yuru camp )
42 angelica pickles ( rugrats )
43 gretchen grundler ( reccess )
44 lotta zehybe ( charlie and lola )
45 pinky cooper ( pinky and pepper forever )
46 brat plutonium ( ppg )
47 dynamo ( ppg )
48 jinmay ( super robot money team hyperforce go )
49 xinyan ( genshin impact )
50 miyuki hoshizora ( smile precure )
51 hu tao ( genshin impact )
52 sal fisher ( sally face )
53 natsuki mamiya ( gogo sentai boukenger )
54 dee dee ( dexter's laboratory )
55 princess morbucks ( ppg )
56 trixie carter ( american dragon jake long )
57 popuko ( pop team epic )
58 biscuit krueger ( hunter x hunter )
59 celestia ludenberg ( dangan ronpa )
60 kagami hiiragi ( lucky star )
61 juliet starling ( lollipop chainsaw )
62 ruru amour ( hug itto! precure )
63 aki narukami ( misao )
64 rabi en rose ( di gi charat )
RIGHT SIDE
65 brianna dulce ( rainbow high )
66 aria blaze ( mlp : equestria girls )
67 ame-chan ( needy girl overdose )
68 aoi kanzaki ( kimetsu no yaiba )
69 sylvia christel ( no more heroes )
70 ginger breadhouse ( ever after high )
71 kohane azusawa ( project sekai )
72 bronya zaychik ( honkai impact 3rd )
73 saki tenma ( project sekai )
74 riruka dokugamine ( bleach )
75 draculara ( monster high )
76 ichigo momomiya ( tokyo mew mew )
77 ann takamaki ( persona 5 )
78 yayoi takatsuki ( THE iDOLM@STER )
79 hana makihatayama ( ojamajo doremi )
80 nina sakura ( ultra maniac )
81 rise kujikawa ( persona 4 )
82 shushang ( honkai star rail )
83 mei kusakabe ( my neighbor totoro )
84 lily hoshikawa ( zombie land saga )
85 dj cookie ( cookie run )
86 pippi longstocking ( pippi longstocking )
87 pink ( mahou shoujo magical destroyers )
88 piper pinwheeler ( robots )
89 valerie amaranth ( magical warrior diamond heart )
90 twin turbo ( uma musume : pretty derby )
91 tart ( tokyo mew mew )
92 nagisa shiota ( assassination classroom )
93 drossel von flรผgel ( fireball )
94 najika kazami ( kitchen princess )
95 chinatsu kuramoto ( flying witch )
96 vendetta ( making friends )
97 sorano appare ( appare-ranman! )
98 sunny madison ( rainbow high )
99 jenny wakeman ( my life as a teenage robot )
100 barbara ( genshin impact )
101 nico yazawa ( love live! )
102 ichika usami ( kirakira precure a la mode )
103 ruli ( aikatsu planet!)
104 hay lin ( w.i.t.c.h )
105 teto kasane ( UTAU )
106 marnie ( pkmn )
107 robin ( f ) ( fire emblem awakening )
108 hikaru hoshina ( star twinkle precure )
109 hilda valentine goneril ( fire emblem : three houses )
110 falulu ( pripara )
111 kagura izumi ( ressha sentai toqger )
112 nico niiyama ( kiznaiver )
113 tsunade ( naruto )
114 lucia nanami ( mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch )
115 raki kiseki ( aikatsu on parade! )
116 ranmaru kirino ( inazuma eleven go! )
117 emiru aisaki ( hug itto! precure )
118 q84 ( hello charlotte )
119 nozomi tojo ( love live! )
120 klee ( genshin impact )
121 mimi valentine ( vtube )
122 gerti giggles ( spy kids )
123 kitty cheshire ( ever after high )
124 orange blossom ( strawberry shortcake )
125 miku imamura ( denji sentai megaranger )
126 agitha ( loz : twilight princess )
127 glenda ( petite princess yucie )
128 pepper ( pinky and pepper forever )
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