Warnings: GN reader, Slight OOC, Uses of the nickname ‘Darling’ despite gender-neutral reader
AN: Just a fun side story, before anything serious happens.
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Today was just an typically ordinary day.
An ordinary day to do nothing but laze about in Idia’s dorm.
Ortho paused his current playthrough of farming dancing blobs to gaze at the “potential couple” doing their own thing.
His brother was currently raiding online with his online companion Crimson Muscle, while you were busy playing on a handheld console. You had said something about wanting to help solve puzzles with a “Gentleman traveler and his apprentice” before the new game comes out sometime this year.
Maybe he should be more concerned about his brother’s personality rubbing off on you than the other way around.
On the other hand, you both were now comfortable enough to do whatever, he guess?
Perhaps you missed a step after skipping the confession? He really doesn’t know.
What exactly comes next?
Please don’t let it be another session of feeding his brother peeled apple slices when he last got sick…
Thankfully, you broke the silence. “Hey, Idia?”
Idia only grunted in response, his eyes fully fixated on his game. However, he was listening.
“I know we’ve been friends for quite a while, well, more than that, but…I was wondering…Would you…Would you be okay with taking our relationship to the next level?”
That…Was so sudden! You really do have no shame! Idia is choking on his drink and everything!
Better calm him down before it gets worse!
“S-sorry if that was too sudden Player 1,” You apologized as you patted his back. “I should’ve waited until you were done drinking.”
“Yeah, you should have!” Idia gasped. “What’s with the sudden sneak attack? Are you trying to send me to an early grave?!”
“Maybe?” You gave a teasing smile and then awkwardly giggled when he glared. “It’s just that…I’ve seen things where the best of friends use special names for each other. Not that I’m against our current nicknames: Player 1 and Player 2. I just want something a little more…intimate y’know?”
At this Idia groaned as he quietly muttered things like “typical normie stuff”, but the pink in his hair never faded. “I knew I should have never let you watch late-night shojo anime…Too many unrealistic expectations…”
“He’s just shy,” Ortho whispered on the other side, finally giving his two cents on the topic, causing you to giggle.
“We don’t have to, if it’s too much.”
“I-I never said that! And Ortho, stop enabling them!”
“No promises, big bro!”
“You are so cute when you’re flustered, Idia~”
You two were going to be the death of him!
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It only had been half an hour and Idia has crossed out pages worth of random names. Most of them were just you messing around and coming up with the cringiest of nicknames that even made Ortho flinch with how sugary sweet some of the names were.
Seriously, how can anyone call their friend ‘Schmoopsy Poo’ and keep a straight face?
“I’m sorry, Prefect, but I can’t agree with any of these. And what’s the deal with ‘Smashy-smashy Eggman’? That doesn’t make any sense!”
“Sorry. Had a favorite movie back from my world on the brain and just couldn’t help but quote it at least once while I’m here. I’ll tell you all about it after we’re done with all of this.”
Idia sighed. “How about something simple? What kind of name would you want to go by?”
You paused mid-scribble as you pondered on what he suggested. It took about a few minutes before your face burned an alarming red.
‘Quite the reaction there, Prefect. Mind sharing with the rest of us?’
“Well…There is one that I kinda want to try…”
“Oh? What is it, big sib?”
“Idia…Do you remember that one horror game with the little girl and her black cat?”
Ortho had an idea where this was going, but let you continue much to his brother’s embarrassment.
“I…would like to be called one of those names of endearment that the cat called her. I would like to be called ‘darling’ and for you to be called ‘dearest’. Is that okay with you?”
“D-d-darling…D-d-dearest…”
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“Idia?”
“Brother, are you okay?”
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“Again, sorry for overheating your brother, Ortho. Didn’t mean to overdue it this time.”
“Don’t worry about it, big sib. He lasted longer than his previous record which is 10% less.”
“That’s quite an achievement. Is there anything I can do?”
“Don’t worry about it too much. I’ll just put some gamer stuff under his nose and he’ll be back up. For now, just head on back to Ramshackle.”
“Alright…thanks again Ortho, for humoring me.”
With you finally out of the room, the younger Shroud could only shake his head as he stared at how pathetic his brother was being. All of that because of a simple pet name…
“They wanted me to call them darling…and me dearest…how cringworthy can they get…how lame..”
“Idia, I can’t take you seriously with that dumb look on your face.”
Only in the Ignihyde dorm would that count as progress. Best of luck to you, Prefect.
I HAD A THOUGHT AND NOW I CAN’T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD HELP-
So so so so so-
I can’t stop comparing 2012Leo and 2018Raph as, like, the same person, and it got me thinking- The Donnies and Mikeys are pretty similar being the OCD&Autism/ADHD bros and the more I consider them the more I liked that because things fit into place better and then it hit me.
That leaves 2018Leo and 2012Raph as the final similar duo but there’s NO WAY these guys are similar, right?
HA! My poor ignorant past self was killed in mere minutes after considering such things.
FOR YOU SEE:
On the surface, Raphael can be seen as an arrogant bully (hits brothers/insults brothers/taunts the enemy) who isn’t a team player (lone wolf for life) and tends to let impulse get the better of him (he get ANGY)
On the surface: Leon can be seen as an arrogant bully (taunts brothers/throws things at brothers/makes sarcastic comments about everyone) who isn’t a team player (fights Raph’s leadership/thinks he knows best) and tends to let impulse get the better of him (Yk, he should definitely abandon his brothers in a battle against Shredder to go talk to Big Mama)
BUT
Underneath, Raphael is constantly fighting insecurities (No one understands him!), will always be there to protect his brothers (the world is constantly out to get them), is secretly terrified to be alone (He’s quit 23 times, yet he always comes back), and will always put his family above all else (“Sorry, Slash, my brothers come first.”)
Underneath, Leon is constantly fighting insecurities (Is the face of the team all he is? Isn’t he more?), will always be there to protect his brothers (he has their best interests at heart no matter what insanity he participates in), is secretly terrified to be alone (“I need my brainy guy and my smashy guy and my eats-peanut-butter-with-his-fingers guy!”) and will always put his family above all else (dives through into prison dimension with sadistic alien and locks the door behind him)
They aren’t mirror counterparts, but if you look closely, the similiarities are there. They boast about being strong, but are scared they’re a weak link. They’re both the second youngest (canon) so they know what it’s like to have the urge to be in charge but to feel overshadowed by the ‘better’ older brother. They both tend to do whatever it takes to protect their family, and despite their “I care for nothing but myself” facade, they often are seen putting their lives on the line for friends, family, and even strangers.
They see battle as a challenge and even slightly a ‘game’, but will absolutely switch from ‘loud mouth fighter’ to their own kind of ‘silent but deadly’ when the stakes become real.
ERGO- IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW
TELL ME I’M WRONG I DARE YOU
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That’s what I thought >:)
*pins this discovery onto the board next to ‘In 2012, Leo is Donnie’s role model’ and steps back to admire turtle conspiracy board*
If there are no children present, Bowser won’t call the teen and adult fighters out for swearing. If a child is present, however, Bowser will say “Not in front of the kid/kids”. Even if he wasn’t previously in the room, he’ll know. He might not even speak some of the teen/adult fighters’ first languages. He doesn’t need to thanks to his highly trained Dad Ears
Listen there is a REASON Nintendo used Bowser as the parental figure to demonstrate its parental controls feature
Last year, on this day, I came up with an idea. An idea that stuck with me, and changed my life forever. For four years, I have mained them in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. And no one ever talks about this pair, until today. Now, what I have brought into the world, one year ago, on October 1, 2022, celebrates its first anniversary. Their love blossomed through the world of Smashy-Bros., they have formed a team whose strength was given to them by their bonds, facing countless foes, persevering through many challenges, even reuniting on several different occassions. And today, to commemorate their first anniversary of being together, here is a Fire Emblem Heroes montage of two of my favorite Fire Emblem characters sharing a bond stronger than steel! Featuring the alts in order of obtained!
THE DYNAMIC DUO?! THE TERRORS OF THE 90’S?! THE BROS?! THE NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE SMASHY BROS?! GANON AND SEPHIROTH IN YOUR STYLE?! *cyring, shitting, smiling, both terrified and happy* They’re beautiful
That ask is honest to god my first time hearing any of this kasjdla