It’s me! Back with another fic for someone else’s AU! This time, it’s @doctorsiren’s Snapshot AU! I watched the whole thing yesterday and was obsessed with it, so!! This! (Like always, if she wants me to take it down, I will)
TWs: crying, implied violence, implied war(?) (tell me if I missed one)
THIS ONE HAS AN AO3 LINK!!!!
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And, oh, where did he go?
“I’m scared.”
Zed jumped a bit at Ren’s sudden words. They weren’t harsh, they weren’t sad, just… empty. It was so uncharacteristic for the normally energetic man. He frowned and turned to him. He was just staring at his sword, at his reflection.
“We’ll do it,” he said, just as flat. “We’ll win this.”
Ren sighed and lowered it, staring at him, instead. “Not of the battle, dude.” He sounded tired. Exhausted. “Of…” He trailed off and waved a hand. “Y’know…”
Zed snorted blandly and crossed his arms. “No, I can’t say I do.”
He turned his attention to a wall, and Zed wished he could see behind those sunglasses. “I’m scared of them,” he mumbled. “I’m scared for them…”
Suddenly, Zed understood. His shoulders slumped and he looked down at the hard floor. “Oh.” It’s all he had to say. What else was there to add? He could make a witty joke, but he knew it would be inappropriate for the situation.
“Yeah…” Ren’s hand went to his chest, where he grabbed a fistful of his own shirt. Beneath the glasses, his eyes were wet and red with unshed tears. Again, not something he usually does; cry.
Zed fiddled with the buttons on his sweater, still not looking up. They both knew who they were worried for the most, but neither could actually say it. The words hung in the air like barbed wire. They ducked under it, but one wrong bend of the knee and they’d be tangled.
“I’m afraid for Doc.”
There it was. That was the bend they were avoiding. Zed nodded, finding a certain groove in the floor very interesting. He didn’t know what to say without seeming rude or inconsiderate. People weren’t redstone, you couldn’t just keep trying over and over again until you got it right. You got one shot–two if you’re lucky. But he couldn’t just ignore him, either.
“I’m afraid for Tango and Impulse,” he sighed after some time. “I know how you feel.”
Then, Ren did something Zed had never heard. He sobbed. He let out a small, broke hiccup and wrapped his other hand–the one not clenched around his shirt–and hugged himself. A tear rolled down, past his sunglasses.
He finally looked up, eyes wide with shock. “Ren-?”
The glasses were removed, and Zed got an eyeful of how much pain he was going through. Ren looked up and made eye contact. His heart ached for him and he took a step forward, his arms raising for a hug.
Two steps in, and he had an armful of a shaking, sniveling Ren. He did his best to console him, but he didn’t know what he was doing. He didn’t know if they were okay, if they would be okay, or if they’d even get them back in the end. It was a mystery, and he was frustrated he couldn’t solve it.
He held Ren a bit tighter as his own tears started to build up in his eyes. “We’ll get them back,” he croaked. “We will. There’s no way we won’t.”
Ren nodded and pulled back, wiping at his eyes. They were red and puffy, full of sorrow and defeat. He looked up, dark blue eyes meeting sky blue. They stared at each other for a long while before Ren offered him a tight smile. It wasn’t a patented Ren Dog Grin, just a curve of his lips to indicate he was fine.
‘At least he’s still smiling though,’ Zed thought as he grinned back.
“Thanks, dude,” Ren rasped, his voice sticky. He lightheartedly punched his shoulder and sighed. “Yeah, you’re right. We will get ‘em back. Because we’re smarter than some dumb robot with a fancy glove!”
He offered a slightly more real smile and Zed felt a bit of hope blossom in his chest. He grinned stronger, too, and nodded. “Without a doubt!”
Because, no matter what, they were hermits. And hermits loved to wage war.
And win.
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Pikmin: Snapshot AU
OKAYYYYY TIME TO RAMBLE ABOUT THE AU I POSTED ABOUT.
SO LONG STORY SHORT ITS A STORY BASED AU WHERE POLARIS WENT TO PNF-04 TO GET SOME PICTURES CUS SHE'S A PHOTOGRAPHER AND GETS STRANDED
SHE BARELY MAKES IT BACK AND DECIDES TO JOIN THE RESCUE CORPS AS A SCOUT
BUT SHE JUST TAKES PICTURES OF THE NATIVE WILDLIFE
IM SO NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS OH GOD-
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[42] some spoilers for an animatic I'm making!
I FORGOT TO UPLOAD THIS ON TUMBLR YESTERDAY SORRYYYYYYYY
It's a fan animatic of a fan animatic lol
Does anyone recognize it?👀
It's from @doctorsiren 's snapshot au, it's so great I swear I've seen it like 10 times already (not including me going through all the videos for references)
Also, the designs are obviously Siren's, as for the style it's supposed to be a mix between her and mine, cause I love the way she draws and wanted to take some inspiration from it in this animatic :)
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