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lay-z · 15 days ago
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COD VACATION AU | PRT. 1 — SURPRISE
— poly!141 × fem!Reader
— 18+ | established romantic relationship; eventual smut; fluff; humor; cussing; all the good stuff:)
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You've already booked and taken care of everything by the time your four boyfriends return from their deployment—much thanks to Kate Laswell for giving you a 48 hour head start with her call (the one that nearly gave you a bloody heart attack).
Once they walk over the threshold of the house you five share, you go through the usual routine with them—lots of welcome home cuddles and kisses, a hearty meal and a stiff drink, long showers and, depending who is up for it, sex.
Kate didn't exaggerate when she said they need a break; their eyes are sunken with dark circles, their bodies battered with bruises and sore muscles, their poor hands calloused and swollen from handling gear and weapons for weeks, their tummies too flat and lean for your liking after losing a bunch of weight again.
Johnny's bright blue eyes are lacking their sparkle and his mohawk has grown out, Kyle's usually flawless skin and plump lips are dry and chapped, Simon's acne on his face and back has returned full force, and John's beard looks like a rat's bushy nest.
It's quite a sad sight, truly, and it triggers your maternal caretaker instincts like crazy.
"So, uhm–" You're shifting on your feet in front of the large couch they're currently all sprawled on top of each other like a bunch of lazy alley cats.
"I've got some exciting news."
That makes their heads perk up in unison.
"Ye're pregnant!" Johnny exclaims first, eyes wide and regaining some of that sparkle until he earns a light smack against the back of his head from Simon, who's shushing him gruffly.
"Let 'er speak, ya numpty. 'm bloody tired of yer voice."
Johnny pouts. Kyle snorts, hazel eyes half-lidded and glassy with fatigue as he glances over at the two. He's snuggled up to John, his head resting on the older man's broad shoulder.
The Captain, who's been holding his breath since your little announcement, keeps his steel blue eyes trained on you like a hawk while his arm wraps around Kyle's shoulders supportingly.
"Go on, sweetheart. What's it you'd like to share with us?"
You flash a sugary smile, wanting nothing more than to make them feel better now that they're finally back home with you, safe and sound.
"Okay, so," you make a vague gesture at them, "you're all clearly exhausted and in dire need of a nice break–"
A gruff chorus of yes and aye comes from them, making you giggle as you shush them.
"Anyway, so... I booked us all a very nice apartment for ten days in Mallorca. Islas Baleares, baby!"
Crickets. Nothing. Your smile slowly fades by the milliseconds as you gauge their—nonexistent—reactions.
Kyle's chest is rising and falling slowly as he nuzzles John's chest, his lips slightly parted. Simon's head has tipped back against the sofa's backrest, his mask rucked up and exposing his open mouth as he snores, his large hand buried in Johnny's hair, kneading the short brown strands self-soothingly while the latter is snoring just as loudly, his bearded face buried into Simon's neck.
You really can't blame them, but your bottom lip still juts out in a pout.
"Not the best time for big announcements, love." John chuckles all gravelly, still somewhat conscious, though his eyes have fluttered shut as well. "Sounds great, though. I can't... wait." He yawns mid-sentence and your heart flutters as you drink in your sweet bunch of tough, yet very sleepy, soldiers.
"Yeah, I figured." You whisper, though more to yourself, as you walk towards the switch to turn the light off. "I'll try again tomorrow."
John gives a small approving wave, hand barely lifting off his thigh, before he's knocked out cold as well.
As you make your way upstairs towards the master bedroom, your steps feel a little lighter and you can breathe a little easier knowing your men are asleep downstairs—and you know, they'll come crawling under your blanket one by one as the night progresses.
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Let's get these men to a tropical island, shall we? ☺️🌴🌤🌊⛱️🍹
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enhaven · 2 months ago
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blow off ⤑ sjy, pjs (m.)
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pairing: jake x reader x jay
word count: 3.3k
genre: smut, pwp-ish?, a little fluff, guess what they are as always 💋
summary: it seems that your boys have blown off some steam already but is it enough though?
warnings: explicit sexual content, pet names, cunnilingus so..munch!jake, car sex?, dry humping, exhibitionism, subtle power play?, fingering, face sitting, edging, a bit of cum play? slight voyeurism? humiliation, aftercare <3
a/n: i love waking up to things like this damn this is the munchiest looking jake ever 😩 this short live destroyed me goodbye lol
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"like my new hair sweets?"
jake asks excitedly, noticing you eyeing his disheveled bangs when you entered their mini van. "mhmm, its fluffy again", you muse, brushing the long strands of his hair as you straddle his lap. it's the habit you developed with him when it's just the boys around, something that jake treasures a lot.
his hands are on your waist right away, pulling you closer to him for a hug. beside you both sits jay, who's been busy on his phone.
"i didn't cut my hair" he answers without looking up before you can get your question out. you didn't bother on replying because jake starts nuzzling his face against your bare décolletage, his bangs tickling your skin that's pulling your attention back to him.
when you didn't answer like jay expected, he looked up to see the reason why. he smirks before he reaches out, sliding his calloused hand around your nape to bring your face close to him.
and then he kisses you.
the deep and deliberate kind, the one that pisses jake off. jay does this often to taunt him, a payback for the amount of times he's teased him. not that it's the only way that would work but it has the most effect on jake, on any of them really.
you know the man beneath you has been holding back, doing his best to not give jay the satisfaction but it wasn't until you let out a moan after jay bites your lower lip that jake finally breaks.
"aye not fair baby, come here" he whines, tugging you back and jay releases you, rolling his eyes at jake's childishness.
"its my favourite hairstyle on him jakey, you know that" you reason, crossing your arms matching jake's pout and he huffs. any hairstyle looks good on jay because of how handsome he is, but the slicked back hair he's sporting right now makes your pussy clench into nothing.
"thank you sweetheart" jay coos, reaching out again to play with your hair and jake throws him a glare. "you're too impatient" jay declares, shooting you a wink, causing jake's hold on your waist to tighten.
"fine, 'm sorry" he mumbles but it's too quiet for your ears and jay's to hear. "what's that baby?" you tease, running your fingers through his hair. "i apologized alreadyy," he whines and you glanced at jay briefly before smiling down at jake.
oh how you love teasing him. he gets sulky whenever he's at a disadvantage but jay barely did anything.
you lean in to finally kiss him and he meets you halfway, devouring your lips eagerly that you couldn't help but giggle. it's probably because jay kissed you first but nevertheless, you match his ferocity, both your hands busy playing with his hair while tugging at his hoodie to bring your bodies even closer.
the two of you are drowning with one another's kisses that you almost forgot jay beside you. it isn't until you hear the sound of the seatbelt unbuckling which distracts you, removing your lips from jake's and turning to jay with questioning eyes.
he's not annoyed is he?
"i have to take this" he states, showing you his phone screen of someone calling him. he didn't really have to but he saw the worry creeping in your eyes did that for reassurance. you nod regardless and he leaves, sliding the door close, leaving you alone with his friend.
jake has been kissing your neck ever since but he's not leaving any marks. that's not for him to do but he'll make sure to feel you good while he can have you alone before jay comes back. his lips return to yours although this time, his attention is more on pulling your tight dress up.
excitement courses through you when jake's hands decide to slide your undies down, throwing the tiny piece of cloth somewhere. he's on a mission and you've been giving him hints on what you want, noticing it right away when you chose him tonight.
"ride my face baby" he whispers in between kisses, his voice hoarse and so needy. it's the one he uses when he wants his way with you, luring you in through his voice his half-lidded eyes. add the way he's been biting his lips, further enticing you to comply.
of course you will. you love jake's mouth, those addicting plump lips always make you weak even just with a couple kisses.
not wasting anymore time, you immediately got off his lap so he can lie down across the seats. he eagerly grabbing your body that you almost lost your footing before climbing up to him.
"patience, jaeyun.." you playfully chide, grabbing his handsome face as you hover above him. his hands circle around each of your thighs, pulling you closer to his face.
his very fuckable face.
you lower yourself on jake's awaiting mouth and he immediately smothers his face on your pussy. his tongue darts out to lick a stripe along your soaking slit, slurping the juices that he accumulated. you couldn't help but thread your fingers through jake's hair, tugging them as your hips move along naturally.
he only groans against your pussy as a reply, pulling you closer that you're almost worried you'll suffocate him.
the only thing can be heard inside the car are the noises you and jake has been making. combinations of your moans and the slurping sounds his mouth makes against your drenching core amplify every second that you're sure you can be heard from the outside.
"taste so good, baby" he distanced his mouth from your core to speak, opening his eyes to take a good view of you above him. you're so pretty while struggling to hold yourself up, gripping the car seat with one hand while the other grapples the door behind his head.
jake reaches to pull your arm down, almost throwing you off balance but his other arm thankfully steadies you. you looked down at him in confusion until he guides your hand to his luscious hair. "back here, sweets" he whispers, smirking before diving back to your pussy.
you're knocked on your knees, pushing your core towards jake's mouth more but with a better balance. then you roll your hips again, finding the rhythm almost immediately.
"jake-y, i'm close" you whine when his tongue leaves your core and instead starts flicking your swollen nub. the band on your lower abdomen tightens but before you can claim your impending release, the door in front of you slides open, revealing a surprised jay who caught you in his arms when your body falls forward.
your squeal and jay's presence didn't deter jake who continued lapping your pussy which made you tremble in jay's hold. your face ended up leaning on his chest, heaving since jake seems spurred. he's hallowing his cheeks to focus on sucking your clit and your legs begin to shake more.
you feel jay's chest rise as he takes a deep sigh and that's when you know he's annoyed since he hasn't said a word yet.
jay didn't think it'll be this fast although he should've known since jake's insatiable. they all are when it comes to you but jay takes pride of his restraint. after all, he's one of the best so he knows he'll enjoy this.
jay feels you stiffen then watches you lift your head slowly to look at him. the slight agitation in your eyes are clear but also humiliation at being caught in this compromising position.
"j-jay" you pull your upper body off his, gasping when jake doesn't stop but jay's just watching you, how jake's so immersed in you out even when you're essentially exposed to anyone passing by the car. jay's leaving it open and you don't know why. you're nervous since his eyes have been scrutinizing your body, particularly staring at where jake's currently devouring your cunt.
but he does look sideways to check if there's anyone around.
jay's brows are scrunched, immediately pulling the edge of your top down, exposing your tits to the cold air. the sensation made you moan out loud and resume your hips again, much to jake's delight.
until jay suddenly speaks.
"up"
you paused, searching his eyes with your pleading ones.
"fuck off, she didn't cum yet" jake complains from below but your focus is on jay who's still staring at you. his eyes drop to your bouncing tits and you thought he'd start playing with them at least.
he didn't so you rise off of jake's face clumsily much to his dismay. you didn't want jay to be mad at you or jake. he most likely woudn't but you'd still wanna avoid that. proved that he isn't when he assisted you while climbing off of jake who then got up so jay can go back to his seat.
jake scoots over so you can be in between him and jay but his friend acts nothing happened, turning to him in frustration.
"if you're not gonna do anything, let me at least continue" he states with a slight edge, pulling your shaking body back to his lap. he was about to pull his pants down when jay grabs his elbow to stop him.
"you can't fuck her"
"why the hell not?" jake groans in exasperation but he shuts up when jay sends him a death glare. after a few seconds of their heated stares, jake's face morphs in understanding while you're left confused.
"but i want to fuck jake" you say indignantly, like you weren't just cowering from jay, challenging him who's now shifted his eyes on you.
"your moans interrupted my call" he responds in a bored tone but his gaze tells you otherwise. you're caught off guard with the reason of his return, a flash of embarrassment flashes through you at the prospect of your moans being heard by the person who jay was in the phone with.
"it's..i didn't—" your mind's trying to come up with any excuse but you got none, looking helplessly at jake to chime in to appease jay.
"don't worry" he murmurs against your neck, dropping his head after to take one of your tits to his mouth. your eyes close at once, the worry about jay leaving your mind as jake plays your perked nipple with his tongue.
his hands are back on your waist, gradually lowering them to cup your ass. you ended up kissing jake again, totally ignoring jay's presence beside you as you begin grinding on jake's bulge. you're getting lost into jake's kisses, deepening into them while his hands come up to knead your tits when you feel two thick fingers prodding against your sodden core.
jake's lips descends to your jaw and neck, giving you the opportunity to look at jay, who's not even looking you at the moment. his attention's solely on his phone that he's holding in one hand which distracted you. then he finally inserts his fingers in, eliciting a surprised gasp from you. it got jake's attention because your hips begin to move again.
"what the fuck?" he protests, glaring at jay but the latter ignores his whims.
"don't stop now or she'll start crying soon" jay responds casually, like his fingers are not knuckle deep inside you.
"p-please" you whine to jake's ears, sounding so needy, one of his many weaknesses when it comes to you. the thing is, he doesn't know who you're begging to. he stops your hips instantly, urging you to answer without him asking.
your body's been twitching, so sensitive from all the ministrations from the both of them that you don't even notice jake's silent question. jay helps you however, by thrusting his fingers slowly but it's still not enough.
you want more.
"fuck...jay"
your moan of jay's name made jake scoff but you don't even care. all you want is to cum. your shaking legs and ragged breathing should've been enough of a sign for both boys. you just have to wait which one of them will take pity of you.
to your relief, jake didn't argue anymore like he usually would. his reluctant hands releases your hips before resuming where his lips were before jay interrupted.
"this can't do" jake says after a few seconds, hoisting you up so you can bounce more. you turn to jay needily, reaching out to him but he only increases the pace of his fingers inside you.
"jongseong..please" jay halts when you call him his other name. you must be very desperate then, evident when you start blabbing more words while grabbing his jacket with one hand.
jake grants your request instead, maneuvering your body around, forcing jay to remove his fingers from your pussy. you whine loudly at the emptiness but jay grabs your body closer to him, tweaking your sensitive with his drenched fingers.
"what do you want?" he asks fondly, looking at you with fascination even when he knows what you've been asking. it's an excuse so he can spread your own juices across both of your tits to tease you more.
your mind's fogged now that jake's started playing with your clit; twisting and pinching the swollen nub and you're trying to close your thighs but his grip on them stops you.
"she doesn't even know, tsk" you squirm at jake's touches, his words adding to your delirium at the moment. you just something, anything that'll let you cum but they keep asking for specifics.
tears well in your eyes and jay notices right away, pulling your body up so your back's leaning against his clothed chest. jake meets jay's eyes, moving down his fingers to tease your dripping core. the tip of his fingers run along your slit and you want to cry in frustration.
"no..more..teasing, please jaeyun i wanna cum" you give him your most needy eyes in hopes that he'll put them in. however, jay starts kissing the side of your neck, causing your eyes to close and louder moans coming out from you at the feeling of his teeth nipping your skin.
jay continues to leave marks and you tilt your head so he'd have more access, alternating from sucking and biting that you almost forgot jake pausing to watch you both. jay's hands have been squeezing your tits at the same time and your hand comes up to grab his neck, your attention's solely on him now.
of course, jake won't take kindly to that. he pushes three fingers inside you without warning, leading for you to squeal in surprise but relief that he's finally touching you again.
"i'm not sure if i want to now sweets" he says, his faux dismissal made you clench around his fingers either way. you tug jay's gelled hair for back up but he only smirks against your skin. a whine escapes you when jake slowly removes his fingers, closing your legs to trap his arm in between them.
your free hand takes jake's wrist to convince him, your eyes fixated on his veiny fingers coated with your slick. you hope you'd entice him since you've been trying your best to pay attention despite jay's current mission to distract you.
"i've been good..to you both" you breathe out the last phrase with another whine and jay stops his hands from kneading your breasts to get a good look at your face. the daze in your eyes, your mouth gaping with the occasional twitch of your body are all signs that you're near your limit and both boys know it.
throwing another glance at jake, the latter returns his fingers, thrusting back to feel your walls spazz around them.
"yeah? think you can cum or should i make you squirt too?" jake teases even though he can't take the risk. you shake your head no; you don't think you can anymore if they prolong this teasing. your hips jerk and jake fastens the pace of his fingers, his thumb rolling eights against your nub. then suddenly your back arches, your body going rigid as you reach your climax.
you let out a squeal of protest when jake doesn't stop, the squelching sounds from your pussy are all both boys can hear and it's taking all their might to not to fuck you after.
"there we go...so pretty" jay whispers, helping you out with your high by kneading your breasts again, sparing your perked nipples this time so you can finally relax.
"well, you're messy" jay comments, stroking your twitching body while jake's making sure you won't be spilling in the car seats. they can't afford to make excuses later on and put you in a difficult situation. jake had to collect your juices as much as he can and push them back inside your swollen pussy.
you're whimpering, walls twitching at the oversensitivity and its making jake grin in amusement. you're looking at him invitingly and he had to immediately remove his fingers, propping them to his mouth. he's had to close his eyes as he sucks your release off of them, a convincing excuse to avoid your eyes before he can't stop himself.
jay knows that jake's struggling so he sits up, pulling your body along with him, leading for your ass to sit right on his hardening dick.
"might fuck her in the ass, what do you say baby?" jay chuckles deeply as he asks, noting that you can feel how hard he's been. he's just teasing to see if you still want more.
you can barely focus with the intense pleasure you're still under and now this. you heard jay's words clearly though, grinning to yourself at his idea. "later.." you whimper, grinding your ass cheeks on his bulge a little and he scoffs at your greed, gripping your hips as a warning.
jake eyes your current state; your mini dress is rumpled in your midsection, swollen tits out on display and your pussy's still soaking from your own release. you're humming, hands touching jay's arms to let you go but he doesn't.
jay looks at jake, recognizing those big eyes silently asking him to hand you over so he relents. he knows how much jakes loves cuddling you outside of sex and you've grown accustomed to jake's hugs quickly out of all of them.
jake cradles you in his arms while jay hurriedly rolls down windows, letting the fresh air inside the car. you're dozing off as jake hurriedly puts your clothes back on your body, pulling the hems of your dress back in place.
you hug him once he finishes to show your gratitude, not minding that he didn't include your panties. you know jay has it but you're too tired to ask for it back. they randomly keep it whenever you have sex so you don't really care. sometimes they return it, washed and sometimes not.
a few minutes later, the driver's seat opened and it stirs you. their driver wordlessly starts the engine and jake moves your body, lying you down side ways so you'd be comfortable. jay receives your upper half, placing your head on his lap. after you're situated, jake finally fishes his phone from his pocket, grinning wickedly as he quickly sends a series of texts to update the group chat.
jay shakes his head, the side of his mouth curling at his friend's antics. he looks down at your pretty face, finding you adorable that you're trying to keep your eyes open as soon as the care begins to move.
"sleep baby, we'll wake you up once we arrive hmm?"
you can barely hear his voice, nuzzling his thighs but you nod either way while strokes your hair as you fall in to deep slumber.
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e/n: and as always, all my planned fics went over the cliff lmao i'm sorry y'all for the delays idk why i'm like this.
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softaestluv · 3 months ago
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I love your writing so much like chefs kiss😌 I was wondering if you could write a really sweet story about reader meeting Simon and Johnny and joining their relationship. Maybe she gets insecure that she hasn't met them sooner but they give her lots of love. Ive read too much ghoap x reader angst and need some fluff😩(maybe a lil spice too lol)
The art store you worked at was small; a local shop that was occupied by elderly men and women more often than not. That wasn’t necessarily an issue; you enjoyed their company, though you would be lying if you said a particular Scottish man with a mohawk wasn’t your favorite customer.
When you first meet Johnny, he had been roaming the aisles aimlessly for a couple of minutes, so like the good worker you were, you asked if there was anything you could help him with. You practically swooned when he smiled wide at you— ‘aye, bonnie, fancy helpin' a lad oot?��
Soon after his presence became common place. At first, he would ask you for help, pull you from the counter so you could walk him down the aisles to the specific item. It seemed like an everyday thing; you were sure he didn’t actually need half the things he was buying— ‘Didn’t you just buy a sharpener last week, Johnny?’
‘Did I? Must’ve lost it.’ followed by a smile with a glint of mischief.
You didn’t really mind, you were quite enraptured with every animated story he told you in his thick accent while at work— even if you weren’t completely sure what he was saying half the time.
You couldn’t even act like seeing his burly shoulders walk through the doors didn’t make your day. Though, it was hard to admit that you had a small crush on him when you knew he had a boyfriend. It was even harder when Johnny started to drag Simon to your paint and drink classes and you became just as enamored with him— ‘Johnny, ya laugh at me paintin’ again, I swear that'll be your last.’
‘Si, this is meant to be therapeutic, aye!’
They became regulars; two ex-military men, massive boulders in the back of your paint and drink classes sat between the elderly. It was a comical sight to the say the least, but as much as they were amusing, they were gentlemen too. Helped carry the seniors bags and walked them to their cars at the end of the night.
Then, they helped you clean up after too, always stayed late to make sure you got to your car safely too even if you protested— ‘Only lookin' out for ye, lass.’
You felt bad for having a crush on both of them when they were clearly just trying to be friendly, but it became almost impossible when they started bringing you lunch on your breaks, when they started to brush their palms on your arms and back. When they kept inviting you over for dinner, but you kept denying them because you didn’t have the strength to eat with them and pretend you didn’t want more.
But, one particular class you indulged in the wine too— something you shouldn’t have done.
You ended up going out for more drinks with them after, confessed your feelings with tears in yours eyes when you were absolutely wasted. You thought it would be your biggest regret, that it would ruin your friendship, but you couldn’t have been more wrong.
They took you home that night, dried your tears with Scottish shushing and rough fingers. Cleaned your makeup off the best they could, stuffed you full of chicken nuggets, and snuggled you to sleep.
And then you never left.
It wasn’t always easy, especially when your boyfriends had been dating for years before you came into the picture, when they had been through traumatic experiences together that you would never know. They had a bond that you don’t think you would entirely have with either of them.
It was a hurtle you struggled to get over, but it stung your chest painfully when they seemed to communicate with each other with one look. Made you feel quite isolated in your own relationship because you didn’t understand them to extent they did each other.
So, when Johnny was sprawled on your chest, running your fingers through his mohawk, your head in Simon’s lap, the words came out of your mouth before you realized.
“I wish I met you two sooner.”
“What d’ya mean?” Simon asked, finding your eyes from above you.
“Well, I just feel left out sometimes,” You confessed quietly, Johnny’s body stiffening atop you.
“Why’s that?” Simon’s voice rang again.
You diverted your gaze from him; you hadn’t intentionally planned for this to turn into an actual conversation.
“Um, I don’t know. You two-,” You paused, licking your lips anxiously, “You two have a deeper bond with each other than I do, and sometimes I just feel like I don’t belong. That if I met you guys just a little sooner then it would be an easier relationship for the two of you.”
Johnny slid off your chest at that, pulled you to sit up beside him, “Bonnie, what are ye on about? Our relationship wisnae complete until we found ye.”
“You were the missin’ piece, love,” Simon said, banding an arm over your shoulder and pulling you close, “Everythin’ else just fell into place when you became our girl."
“We wouldnae change a thing for a' the world, nae chance,” Johnny confirmed, pressing a sloppy kiss to your forehead.
“Really?” You asked, pinching the smile that threatened to spill from your lips between your teeth.
“Aye, of course. Ye want us to prove it?” Johnny asked, but it was mischievous, a wolffish smirk smearing across his face which meant only one thing— you knew you were in for a night.
Anon I hope this is what you meant lol!!! Thank you for the kind words & request 🤍
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chibinasuu · 4 months ago
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Promises | Law x Reader
Summary: Law breaks the news to the Heart Pirates that he's going on a solo mission to Punk Hazard. Tags: sfw, angst-to-fluff, mutual pining, confession, first kiss, slight spoiler for punk hazard/dressrosa/zou, GN but written with F!reader in mind, no use of y/n
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The dining hall of the Polar Tang was so silent you could hear a pin drop. 
Every member of the Heart Pirates was frozen in place. No one had the nerve to breathe a single word against the Captain’s orders, despite the strong urge to protest visible in their clenched jaws and fists.  
“Sail on to Zou without me.”
The Captain’s final sentence rang again and again in your head. The directive was straightforward and indisputable, but you just couldn’t wrap your mind around what he was asking his crew to do. 
You felt a pressure slowly building in your chest, a lump forming in your throat. An avalanche of emotions washed over you in quick succession, and you recoiled when you realized that the strongest was a feeling of betrayal.
Was he seriously telling his crew to leave him behind? Did he not trust you all? What good was a crew without its captain and a captain without its crew?
The more rational part of your brain eventually took over and you let yourself fall into a reluctant acceptance. Your Captain was a determined man. Once he had put his mind on something, there was nothing anyone could say that could change his decision. 
Law must have had his reasons for sending you all away to Zou while he confronted Caesar Clown by himself. You had your suspicions of said reasons, and you were screaming on the inside, begging him to not do this alone – to actually allow himself to depend on his crew for once. But, you kept your mouth shut, just like everyone else. 
You and Law had gotten close over the years since you joined the Heart Pirates, way back when it was a small band of six. Aside from his three childhood friends, you knew him more than anyone else on this submarine.
However, before all that, he was your Captain first, and you have always held a deep respect for his authority. The only thing you could do right now, as his crew member, was to follow his orders. As a friend, though, you could feel your heart clenching with immense worry for him. 
Law’s expression was stern and unyielding. He was holding his hat in his hands, leaving his eyes bare as he stared down his crew, daring them to voice an objection to his command. 
A sniffle broke the silence, and you looked to your right to find Bepo quivering as he tried to hold back his tears. You rubbed your palm softly against his back to console him, despite your being in emotional turmoil yourself.
You knew Law had probably told Bepo about the plan beforehand, seeing as he was one of the Captain’s closest confidants, and also the fact that his birthplace was supposedly the Polar Tang’s next destination. 
Penguin was the first to speak up. He took a deep breath and clapped his hands once to get the crew’s attention, “Alright, folks, you heard the Captain. We’re not far from Punk Hazard – should be arriving by dawn tomorrow. We’ll drop off the Captain there, then we’ll immediately set course for Zou.”
“Is that all, Captain?" Shachi stood up, the screech of his metal chair scraping the floor piercing the air, "I have some chores I need to get to.”
Law’s gaze softened in gratitude at his best friends’ effort to diffuse the tense atmosphere, “Yes, you’re all dismissed.”
A weak chorus of “Aye, aye, Sir” echoed throughout the hall as the Heart Pirates dispersed, clearing the tables and bringing their empty dishes to the kitchen sink. The crew had barely finished dinner when Law dropped the bomb with his announcement, but now, nobody could even recall what was on the menu anymore. 
You headed toward the sink. It was your turn to do the dishes tonight, and as much as you didn’t want to do it, a duty was still a duty. You unzipped your boiler suit halfway, took out your arms, and tied together the long sleeves on your waist, leaving your upper body in just a loose, white tank top. Then, you got to work.  
One by one, the Heart Pirates filed out of the room, until only one other person remained. 
Your Captain sat on the main table with his head clutched in his hands, still weighed down by the burden of telling his crew about his plan. Most of all, Law felt guilty for his selfishness. For ordering you all to leave him, when he knew that was the last thing his crew wanted. The Heart Pirates’ unconditional loyalty to him always left him abashed, but he also admired it. He truly couldn’t ask for a better crew, for better friends, for a better family... and now he was sending you all away. 
However, he also knew that he couldn’t in his right conscience involve his crew in his ridiculous ploy. This was not some random trouble the crew was used to while sailing through the Grand Line. This time, Law himself was going to purposefully stir the pot, inciting conflict that would have a warlord and an emperor going after his head. 
No, he couldn’t let all of you get caught in this mess. 
After a while, his eyes found you, watching your back silently as you worked. You didn’t acknowledge his presence, instead choosing to focus on your chore. Dishes after dirty dishes, your hands worked on autopilot while your mind was going a million miles per hour, trying to figure out what to say to your Captain.
The sound of running water died as you turned off the tap, plunging the room into an even more excruciating silence. You were drying your hands on the towel hanging above the sink when you heard Law softly call out your name. 
You paused but refused to turn around, afraid that your face would betray all of the emotions you kept bottled inside. 
The tap, tap, tap of his shoes against the metal floor of the submarine felt more deafening than a cannon fire, growing louder and louder as he approached you. 
He was close, too close. You shuddered when his breath tickled the back of your neck as he called your name again. 
When you stayed silent, he asked, “Are you upset? That I didn’t tell you first about the plan?”
You couldn’t contain the slight shakiness in your voice as you replied, “I trust you know what you’re doing, Captain.”
“That’s not what I asked you.”
His voice sounded so vulnerable that it broke you.
Your lips started trembling as tears pricked your eyes. You blinked them back stubbornly, not wanting Law to know how troubled you actually were about him leaving – how worried you were that he was going off alone into what seemed to be an evil scientist’s secret lair. 
Law’s hands came to rest on the sink on either side of you, caging you in. He placed his forehead gently upon your shoulder. You noticed that his hat was still absent, abandoned somewhere on the dining table. 
One of his hands hesitantly moved to your hip, his thumb slowly drawing circles on your clothed skin.
You couldn’t help feeling like a line was starting to be crossed here.
That thin, delicate line between friends and something more that you and Law had always tiptoed around.
“Law–“ You started to breathe out, but he cut you off. 
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you first. I wanted to. You know–“
It was your turn to cut him off as you shook your head, “You had no obligation to tell me first, Law. I’m one of your crew members, same as everybody else here. It was only right I found out when they did.” 
“I told Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi a few days ago.”
You rolled your eyes even though he can’t see it, “They’re different and you know it. I know how special they are to you.”
Law took his other hand away from the sink. His slender fingers ghosted over your waist tentatively, before he fully committed to wrapping both of his arms tightly around your middle. 
His uncharacteristically bold display of affection surprised you, leaving you breathless and your heart racing erratically. 
You and Law have had your fair share of casual hugs, but he had never held you so close like this before. 
He was holding you as if he never wanted to let go – as if you were the last life vest in a sinking boat. 
He shifted his head slightly, burying his face in your neck, and your face heated up at the feeling of his lips grazing your skin as he mumbled something unintelligible. 
“Come again?”
“I said,” He grasped your hips and turned you around to face him. Your breath hitched at the sudden closeness between your faces, and his eyes met yours as he confessed, “You’re special to me too. More than you know.”
His forehead creased as he calculated his next words. 
”You’re more than just my crew member,” he paused before adding softly, the words nearly inaudible, “And… more than a friend.”
Your heart was threatening to jump out of your chest at his honesty. Until now, you refused to even entertain the possibility of your Captain returning your long-hidden feelings, not wanting to ruin the pleasant dynamics that you two already had. But with this… was it okay for you to finally hope for more? To want more?
“You want to know why I didn’t tell you about the plan?” Law continued, “I knew that even a slight look of disapproval from you would have me throwing the whole idea out the window. And I really can’t do that right now, not when the opportunity is right there. Not when I’m this close to my goal. I can't miss this chance.” 
He drew a breath resolutely, “You understand I have to go through with this, right? For Cora-san.”
There it was, you thought. You had figured that was why he wanted to do this by himself.
After years of sailing together, you had come to know bits and pieces about Law’s past – about Flevance and his family, about his white lead disease, and how he cured himself with the Op-Op Fruit. 
But he never told you how he got his Devil Fruit. Not until the night of his 26th birthday. 
You had found him alone on the deck of the Polar Tang, sitting under the sky full of stars with a barely sipped bottle of rum clutched in his hand.
“I’m now as old as he’d ever be.”
He had collapsed into your arms and told you all about Corazon then, the bottle of alcohol passed back and forth between you. 
That was the first and only time that you ever saw him cry. 
How could you possibly stop him from avenging the man he owed his life to?  
“Law, I’m not opposed to your plan.”
He let out a pleased sigh as you reached up and threaded your fingers in his hair. You chuckled softly, “From what little you told us, I could already tell it’s quite a brilliant one.”
The corner of his lips turned up in a smirk at your praise, but you continued, “I just wished there was a way for you to include us in it too. We’re your crew. Your family. You don’t have to do this alone.”
He shook his head, “This is my mess. I can’t drag you all into this.”
“That’s what families do, Law.” You said with a small smile, “They drag themselves into each other’s messes all the time.”
You didn’t give him a chance to argue as you put a finger to his lips, “But, if you think this is the best way, then I trust you.”
His eyes shone with gratitude at your support, your understanding, and most importantly, the trust you had in him. 
He cupped your face in his hands and touched his lips gently to your forehead, “Thank you.”
The gesture somehow felt too much like a goodbye, and you didn’t like that. At all. 
Before he could pull away, you gripped the front of his sweatshirt, “Promise me you’ll come back to us.”
Law hesitated. 
And that was how you knew how little he considered his own safety in this grand scheme of his. He wasn’t even sure he could give his word that he’d safely return. 
“Law.” You said urgently, “Promise me.”
His heart fell when he saw your beautiful face painted with distress.
“The Heart Pirates need their Captain. We can’t lose you.” The tremble in your voice worsened with each word, “I can’t lose you.”
Law was a smart man, and the implication behind your emphasis was not lost on him. His hand found yours as he vowed, “I don’t know what will happen on that mission, but I promise I’ll do everything in my power to get back to you.”
You let out a sigh of relief. You knew that once he put his mind to something, he’d damn well do anything to fulfill it.
“Can you promise me something too, then?”
You looked up at Law curiously, but nodded nonetheless. 
“Wait for me.” He said firmly, before continuing in a slightly lower voice, “Promise me you’ll be there for me. When this is all over.”
You knew that taking down Doflamingo would take a toll on him, even likely break him, physically and mentally. But, you’d be there for him – to help him pick up the pieces and rebuild them into something stronger – if that was what he wanted. Of course, you would. 
“I promise.” Your thumb caress his cheek tenderly, “I’ll wait for you at Zou.”
“Good,” Law said, and with that, he moved his hand to the back of your neck and pulled you to him. 
You gasped when his lips crashed into yours. 
His lips were warm, and soft – softer than you could ever imagine. 
In his kiss, Law poured out all of his unsaid feelings, of his desperation and yearning, of his regrets for not doing this sooner. 
Your arms circled his neck, tugging him in as close as possible. You kissed him back with equal fervor, hoping your lips would also tell him what your words couldn't. 
It was the need for oxygen that finally broke you apart. 
The intense gaze in which Law looked upon you was too much for your heart to handle, so you buried your face into his chest instead. You could feel the strong, quick thumps of his heartbeat, and it satisfied you to know that the kiss affected him as much as it did you.
“You’re not fair,” You mumbled into his sweatshirt, “Doing that the night before you leave.”
“Sorry,” Law chuckled as he held you tight against him, “I couldn’t help myself.”
You stayed in each other’s embrace in the empty dining hall, under the harsh fluorescent lights. The temperature inside the submarine was low, as always, but you didn’t feel cold at all, wrapped in your Captain’s arms. 
“Stay with me tonight.”
You could only nod and follow along as he led you by the hand into his quarters. 
You both knew he needed to rest – he needed all the energy he could get to begin his mission at dawn – but the adrenaline from your earlier moment and the anxiety for what was coming kept sleep away from the both of you.
Law ended up giving you a detailed review of his plans as you both lay on his bed, outlining every single step of his mission from the beginning to the desired end. You felt yourself growing more and more confident of his chances the more you listened to his cunning and meticulously crafted ploy. 
The room was plunged into silence when Law finished recounting his plans. The seconds ticked by, becoming minutes, then hours. But however long time passed with your arms around each other, it still wasn’t enough for you. 
At one point, he reluctantly disentangled himself from you and reached into the bag he had packed for his mission. He took out a pristine sheet of paper, ripped a small piece from it, and gave it to you. 
You watched as the Vivre Card on your palm inched slowly in his direction.
“I want you to have it,” Law said as he closed your fist over the paper, “As long as it stays whole, you’ll know that I’m alright.”
You flung your arms around his neck, “I swear if so much as a wisp of smoke comes out of this piece of paper, I will find you and kill you myself.”
Law only chuckled as he held you once more. He was just about to say something when the jarring sound of a knock interrupted him.
You and Law jumped apart as Penguin’s voice came from behind the metal door, “Captain, we’re in range of Punk Hazard.” 
“I’ll be right out.” Law replied, his voice steady despite trying to hold back a laugh as he saw the panic in your face. 
You buried your burning face in your hands as Law finally let himself laugh once Penguin’s footsteps were out of earshot. 
When you were sure that Penguin was gone, you told Law, “I should probably get back to the bunks before anyone else wakes up.” 
Law didn’t want you to go just yet, but he nodded anyway. He peeked out the hallway, giving you the all-clear when he saw that it was empty. 
Before you stepped out of the room, you couldn’t resist stealing one more peck from his lips, leaving him stunned and red-faced. 
“I’ll see you in a bit, Captain.”
After you freshened up – thankfully without anyone inquiring where you were last night – you joined your crewmates on deck to see Law off. 
Punk Hazard’s half-ice, half-fire terrain was a menacing sight, and instantly, the worry you felt for Law came rushing back in. You forced yourself to calm down. You had faith in him, and after all, he promised he’d come back to you. 
Despite the crew's frustration when Law announced his plan yesterday, they were all smiles now, preferring to send their Captain off with high spirits and support rather than reproach. Your navigator’s eyes were still glassy with tears, but you could tell he was also trying to put on a brave face for his Captain. 
“Bepo!” Law clapped the mink’s shoulder, “Lead them safely to Zou for me, yeah?”
Bepo clung to him, rubbing his face all over Law’s and shedding white fur all over the front of his clothes, “Of course, Captain! I’ll make you proud!”
Law turned to his two other best friends, “You two are in charge. Don’t burn down my submarine.”
Penguin and Shachi mock-saluted him, the redhead grinning mischievously, “You can count on us. No promises that I wouldn’t take over the Captain's quarters in your absence, though!”
Law rolled his eyes at the joke, then turned to address the whole crew, his lips drawn in a thin smile. 
“Safe travels.” He said, as if your journey was even half as dangerous as his, “I’ll see you all at Zou.”
“Aye, aye, Sir!”
The formality broke away as the Heart Pirates smothered Law with hugs, pats on the back, and sloppy smooches on his cheeks. 
Law never seemed to show it, and he would rather die than admit it, but you knew he secretly enjoyed the attention from his overly affectionate crew. 
Once they all had their fill with the farewells, he turned to you at last. In full view of everyone, he pulled you into a tight embrace. 
Some eyebrows were definitely raised when he held you just a bit longer than what was deemed appropriate for a merely friendly hug.
“Promise me you’ll be careful.” You whispered into his ear. 
You had lost count of how many promises had been exchanged between the two of you since last night, but he simply nodded, “I promise.” 
He subtly pressed his lips to your temple – just a touch, not enough to be noticeable by the rest of the crew. With a last squeeze, he released you and walked toward the railing. 
“Room.” 
The Heart Pirates cheered their good lucks and farewells once more as a massive blue dome surrounded the Tang, extending all the way to the edge of the island.
His eyes locked onto yours with determination, silently reassuring you that he’ll remember your promises. You gave him a small smile and a nod of encouragement. 
Law put his hand out in front of him and uttered, “Shambles!”
And then he was gone. 
In his place was a small frozen pebble that he had exchanged positions with.
You picked it up and rolled it around between your fingers, feeling the ice slowly melt as it met your warm hand. Your other hand reached into the pocket of your boiler suit, ensuring the piece of paper was still safely in your possession. You hung on to it as if it were Law’s lifeline, which it might as well be if you thought about it.  
The Heart Pirates went inside, preparing for the imminent sailing to Zou. No one said a word when you stayed behind on the deck, watching Punk Hazard getting smaller and smaller in the distance until it disappeared from the horizon.
The pebble eventually lost all of its coldness, and you pocketed it alongside the Vivre Card.
“Oi, the course is set." Penguin’s voice pulled you out of your trance, "We’re ready to submerge.”
He and Shachi positioned themselves on either side of you, throwing their arms around your shoulders. 
Penguin cleared his throat and grinned cheekily, “A little heads-up: the whole submarine is abuzz with the newest hot goss. Apparently, someone didn’t return to the bunks last night after dish duties.”
“That long-ass embrace you shared with the Captain before he left isn't helping your case either,” Shachi added unhelpfully. 
You groaned, mortified that the crew had likely put two and two together and suspected where you had spent the night.
“But seriously, though, what the hell was that?” Penguin bumped his shoulder to yours, “Did something happen between you two?” 
Shachi laughed, “What, did he finally grow some balls and admit his feelings to you?” 
Your silence and averted gaze were enough of an answer for them. 
The two gawked at your bashful reaction, not actually expecting Shachi’s guess to be spot on. They both knew about your and the Captain’s feelings for each other, and were even at the point where they thought of interfering, but it seemed like the two of you didn’t need their meddling after all. 
You grimaced as you noticed them eyeing each other with matching shit-eating grins.
This was going to be a long, long journey to Zou. 
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a/n: I've been working on this fic for so long, it's quite unreal that I'm finally letting it see the light of day. If you've read my fics before then you'd know I mostly just write fluff, so writing this was kinda an experiment for me. I do want to get better at writing angst, though, so please please please let me know what you think in the comments or tags! I really hope you enjoyed this fic <3
update: i wasn’t sure at first if i wanted to write a part 2 with the zou reunion, but it’s officially in the works now! it’s gonna take a while for me to finish, but please let me know if you want to be tagged once it’s up!
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The Corner Where We Met · Part 1
age: Azzi - 26 y/o, Paige - 27 y/o
trope: art teacher!azzi x PE teacher!paige (slightly inspired by Abbott Elementary)
content: fluff
dc: some grammar mistakes, i use australian english, i know little about the american school system, maybe slow updates if i’m in a slump, i’d love feedback (i’m new to writing)
word count: 5.1K
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“Ms. Fudd, can you show me how to shade my circle?” A quaint voice from the corner table caught Azzi’s attention while she had been weaving around her classroom observing her students’ drawing.
“Of course, my love. Here”
It was like any other Monday morning for Azzi Fudd at Moore Public High, a combined middle and high school institution in Storrs, Connecticut, where she had been teaching middle school art for four years since she was just 22 years old. Being the first week off of summer break, today’s art lesson mainly focused on the theories of Light and Shadow.
The lesson plan that she had curated this academic year was no different to previous years, however she did want to focus on the foundational elements of drawing within the first month. From the outcomes throughout the trials and errors of teaching since her first year at the school, Fudd realised the pattern of her students struggling during the mid-semester mark up until their final art project. She figured allowing time for them to have a good grip of the basics would ease her students into the forthcoming lessons, making art more familiar, more friendly.
Ring, ring, ring.
Finally, lunch time, Azzi thought.
“Before you leave, don’t forget your homework for tomorrow, alright guys? Y’all drew amazing, thank you for today!” Azzi half-yelled as her students made their way through the door, a disorganised chorus of ‘Thank you, Ms. Fudd’ echoing throughout the classroom.
The young curly haired woman smiled as she watched the last student leave the class. With a small pile of her files and books balanced on one arm, she switched the room lights off before heading down the corridor to the teacher’s lounge for lunch.
A small crowd of teachers came into sight after Azzi had swung the door open. As she made a quick beeline towards the fridge, a loud shuffling of feet approached her.
“Aye, Fuddie Bun! How’s first day treatin’ ya?” A boisterous voice startled Azzi.
“Geez, KK. One day, you’re gonna give me a heart attack!” Azzi yelled-whispered at her coworker, Kamorea ‘KK’ Arnold - a childhood nickname only her closest of colleagues can call her, and by closest of colleagues she means just the one Azzi Fudd.
KK started her rookie year as their high school math teacher a year after Azzi was employed. They had become close friends early on, I mean, it was hard to avoid Arnold in general as she was ever the more extroverted and very personable in a loud way, but not that Azzi minded anyways. Despite their contrasting personalities, they found comfort in each other over the few years, ranting it out and gossiping in the break room after a long school day or winding down at each other’s places over the weekend.
“Everyone’s too serious this morning, girl. My classroom is way more entertaining than this!”
“KK, it’s Monday, whaddya expect?”
After sharing brief exchanges with their colleagues nearby, the pair took their lunch box of homemade food from the microwave and sat in the corner of the lounge.
“Hey, did you hear they hired a new PE coach? I heard she’s pretty good,” KK mumbled as she munched on her wrap.
“Oh my god, really? It’s the fourth one since I’ve been here. I bet she’ll be gone by next month. Our kids can be ruthless sometimes,” Azzi reckoned while absentmindedly picking on the lettuce of her caesar salad.
“For real! But, nah, I saw her talking to Big G-“
“Principal Auriemma,” Azzi corrected.
“To Principal Big G Auriemma,” KK ignored teasingly, “at his office. And she sounds like she stands on business! I know she’ll put our kids in place”.
“Cool… let’s bet on it,” Azzi said smoothly.
“Girl, what?”
Azzi chuckled as she shook her head. “You heard me…you know how I tell you my life seems kinda boring right now and I kinda wanna spice things up this year?” Fudd half-joked referring to a conversation they would occasionally have outside of school, “So, let’s bet on it. She’ll be gone by next month”.
“Babe, when I said I wanted you to spice up your life I meant going on dates, having one-night stands…this is seriously not your take on spicing things up, is it?” KK looked at her friend in disbelief.
“Hey, not too loud!” Azzi hissed, “You shouldn’t always take my words seriously, dude. Now, c’mon, what are we laying on the table?”
“Alright, alright,” holding back from making any further comments on a Monday afternoon, KK pondered. “Hmm, how about winner gets to pick a hideous outfit for the loser to wear on a school day?”
“Oh…hell no!”
“I knew this’d piss you off, Li’l Miss Fashionista,” KK cooed as she poked on Azzi’s arm annoyingly. “What happened to spicing things up?”
“Fine, fine! Just make sure it’s appropriate- OW!” Azzi winced at the sudden slap on her arm.
“Defamation of my character! Of course it’ll be appropriate, what do you take me for?” KK protested.
Azzi rolled her eyes playfully before sticking her tongue out.
“Oh and Azzi, I forgot to mention,” a small grin etched on KK’s lips, “she’s totally your type”.
“I- what?”
“You’ll see it when you see it. Just…don’t flirt the way you do at the clurb” KK voice animatedly while leaning forward, staring at Azzi with mischievous intent.
The older girl scoffed while leaning back on her chair. “I flirt just fine, Kamorea. I’m a little rusty, but I still got it”.
“Right, right. She’ll be the judge of that”
“What are you talking about, honestly?“ Azzi surrendered trying to figure out her friend’s intention, but Arnold remained mysterious.
“Can I make our bet more fun, then? You can pick my school attire for a whole week if I can bet you'll end up sleeping with a faculty member before the end of next month.”
Fudd’s mouth was left agape. “Enticing, and nothing in return? The stakes are high for this one. Is it that serious for you, KK?”
“I trust in my gut,” KK mused, arms folded.
“Well, tell your gut that it’s wrong. Besides, I don’t shit where I eat, my four years being here proves it”.
“That’s ‘cause there was nobody good looking enough here for you to fuck. It’s prime time now, baby,” KK rubbed her hands menacingly, much to Azzi’s disgust.
“Bro-“
Ring, ring, ring.
Fifth period rolled in and Azzi had just pardoned herself to use the toilet halfway through her class. As soon as she swerved and bent that corner right before the end of the hall to the toilet doors, her body collided abruptly with another. Azzi almost stumbled backwards in her position before a long arm swooped just around Azzi’s waist before any accidents were to happen.
“Oh, I’m so sorry!” Azzi apologised before lifting her head to look at her saviour.
Tall. Slicked back blonde. Blue eyes. All black sports wear.
Fudd’s knees buckled, slightly wobbling unsteady in her position again. The grip around her waist tightened.
“Hey, you good?” The blonde breathed, half smiling as the curly haired woman in front of her chuckled whilst shaking her head in embarrassment. The unfamiliar lady took her arms off of Fudd as soon as she was able to stand upright on her own, all the while studying her movements - her curiosity piqued.
“Yeah, I’m fine, I should’ve slowed down before turning the corner,” Azzi exhaled deeply as her brown eyes stayed hypnotised in the blue ones in front of her. “I don’t think I’ve seen you before”.
Paige chuckled this time with a slight smirk, her hand sliding the lanyard around her neck slightly towards Azzi. “Yeah, I’m the new PE teacher.”
The shorter girl’s cheeks grew warm as she quickly scanned the figure in front of her.
Yeah, KK wasn’t kidding, she thought.
“I’m Paige. Paige Bueckers,” she grinned before holding a hand out.
“I’m Azzi Fudd. I, uh, I teach art for our middle schoolers,” she smiled shyly before shaking her hand.
Paige raised her eyebrows. “The drawings on the board right at the entrance, they’re your kids’?” Azzi nodded proudly. “Well, they got a pretty darn good teacher. They’re beautiful”.
When Paige said the latter sentence while staring into the depths of Azzi’s soul, she couldn’t help but feel that was addressed to Fudd herself and not the drawings, but she immediately shook her thoughts away in denial.
“Why, thank you,” Azzi slowly blinked while flashing a charming smile. “How’re the kids treating you?”
“Well, they’re something else for sure,” Paige rubbed the back of her neck before letting out a breathy laugh. “It’s my first day, so I’m doing a trial run. They just gotta loosen up to me a li’l, it’s nothing I can’t handle. I know the kids wanna seem tough, but…they don’t know I’m the toughest one out here.”
Azzi nodded in amusement as her arms folded. She assumed Paige was going to say something more profound. “Is that so? Wow, so maybe KK was right about you”.
“Talking about me behind my back already? I can never stay away from people’s thoughts,” Paige exclaimed sarcastically, her true personality unraveling in front of Azzi, a type of confidence she’s never encountered before. Fudd was hooked, there was a certain charm to the blonde that Azzi couldn’t help but want to be trapped in.
“Please, don’t flatter yourself,” Azzi rolled her eyes playfully, “We just wanna see if you got what it takes to teach our kids at Moore. The teachers here gotta be gritty, smart…resilient”
“Oh, don’t worry, sweetheart, I already got that covered. The more important question is,” Paige took a step closer. “Do the kids have what it takes to handle me?”
Fudd’s breath hitched at the sudden proximity. She’s got crazy eye contact, Azzi thought.
“Just don’t come begging me for help when it gets to it, yeah?” Azzi was able to get back, her head tilting to the side as she gently pushed the woman back.
“Not until you hear your kids complain about me all class before you beg me to stop them,” Paige was quickly retorted.
For a moment they just stood there giggling at what they thought was the most entertaining interaction they’ve had all morning.
“You’re an interesting one, Bueckers, I’ll give you that”
“Well, they hired me for a reason, didn’t they? Seems like it’s a pattern ‘round here,” Paige hummed triumphantly as she slid her hands into her pockets while tracing her eyes over Azzi’s face. It was an electric silence that surrounded them, a tension raising hairs on their skin as they stared at each other for a moment. Then Paige realised why Azzi was there in the first place.
“Hey, you probably need to go more than I wanna stay,” Paige interjected quickly before Azzi could register what she just said. “I’m gonna head back before they start running out the doors to escape,” Bueckers gave her a knowing nod before slowly moving past her towards the hallway.
“Uh, nice meeting you, Azzi Fudd. I’d- I’d love to see you around more often,” a slight smirked etched on Paige’s face as she turned around to face Fudd again.
“We’ll see about that. Just don’t think you can one-up me every time I see you” Fudd reflected the blonde’s smirk before pushing the bathroom door open. Paige couldn’t help but let out an incredulous chuckle before jogging back to the gym.
Dammit, I hate when KK’s right, Azzi’s thought ran.
“So, how hot was she? Tell me!” Caroline Ducharme, Azzi’s roommate and best friend, asked too inquisitively while shaking her friend’s arm.
“Car, careful, I’m cooking here!” Azzi scolded, her hands on the wok as she stirred some fried rice.
It was dinner at the Fudd-Ducharme apartment and the pair were catching up on their daily newsfeed. Being best friends of almost 12 years now, they did everything together, even managing to tick most of the boxes off of their childhood bucket list. One of it being to live together in their dream three-story mansion. And although their current accommodation was far from it, it was with the artistic creativity of Fudd and the financial literacy of Ducharme that they were able to conjure up a budget interior design, making their cold Connecticut apartment into a cozy, earthy home.
“This is so exciting! After months of pushing potential partners away, someone finally caught your attention. Sucks that it had to be at work, though,” Caroline rambled as she leaned on the kitchen island behind Azzi.
The curly-haired girl whipped her around unamused. “She’s not a potential partner. And I’m only stating the obvious - she’s objectively pretty. Even KK agrees”.
“Yeah, well KK isn’t attracted to her, you are”
“What makes you say that?”
“Babe, I’ve known you since we were in middle school. Besides, weren’t you just geeking earlier about how she had her arms around you like she was your knight in shining armour?” The taller girl argued back.
“You’re exaggerating, I never said that. I just said it was really thoughtful of her to do that, you know?” Azzi reasoned, but Caroline wasn’t buying it.
“Whatever you say, Azzi. I don’t giggle like a school girl about kind gestures like that. I mean, it’d be worse if she was tall, blonde with blue eyes and athletic, that’s for sure,” Ducharme shook her head.
And then Azzi froze. Almost too obviously.
“BITCH, YOU’RE COOKED!”
“If you don’t shut the fuck up-“
“I’m searching her socials. What was it? Paige Bueckers? How do you spell that-“ Caroline whipped out her phone before hurriedly running to the living room not too far from where they were. But it was not like Azzi had the energy to chase her anyways.
“Caroline Ducharme, I swear to God, you need to stop-“
“Found her!” Caroline interrupted as Azzi grew silent. Not that she’d want to admit, but Fudd herself was already curious. “Damn, she is hot”.
The curly haired woman groaned before Caroline approached her once again, shoving her phone to Azzi’s side, the brightness illuminating her face.
Paige’s instagram profile was public with almost 300 followers. Her bio had a red pin emoji with just the initials ‘MN’ next to it, perhaps what the pair assumed to be her hometown, Minnesota. Her profile was half empty with only 5 posts, the most recent being the only one with her face on it taken last July over the summer which Caroline had clicked on soon after.
She was gorgeously tanned. Her skin looked moist from the sunscreen as she wore a pastel purple bikini top paired with black basketball shorts, effortlessly making the fit look good on her body. She posed with a slight manspread on a blue striped beach chair, her sparse curly waves lifting perfectly with the wind.
As Caroline swiped on the next photo, it was a selfie on that same day with Paige wearing a bucket hat this time, her blue eyes gleaming as she bit her cheeks.
“Daaammn,” Caroline gushed, turning her head to face Azzi. She noticed her friend’s eyes glued stuck on her phone, scanning every inch of the picture. “Like what you see?”
The question brought Azzi back to reality, a begrudging tsk elicited from her.
“Take your phone away before I smack you,” the shorter friend mumbled, pulling her attention back to the wok.
“Or before you start gooning-“
“What are you, sixteen?”
Caroline couldn’t help but laugh at the angry state of her best friend. “What are you so upset about? If anything, I’d let her hit immediately.”
“Car, this is getting out of hand. You and KK both,” Azzi whined before switching the gas off and removing her apron. Caroline instinctively started pulling out her homemade avocado shake out the fridge, setting it down on their dinner table while Azzi poured the fried rice onto the place Ducharme had set on the kitchen island.
“Az, you know I’m teasing. But, seriously, why are you denying that she’s really fine and totally your type?”
As the pair took their plates to the dinner table, the curly haired woman sighed before taking her seat.
“It’s not that I’m denying it, I’m being respectful. I don’t know anything about her and I just… I don’t wanna get to know anyone right now,” Azzi confessed before taking a bite of the fried rice. Ducharme hummed.
“Aha, is this…is this possibly still about Des? Hasn’t it been almost two years already?”
“I dunno, I think it is. It was a four-year relationship, Car. She meant everything to me when I first moved here. And you know how I am in relationships. Fuck, I hate being the anxious-attachment type”
“I know you’re gonna hate me every time I say this, but as your pseudo-relationship counsellor hearing you vent to me over the years about Destiny, all I can say is she was a conniving ass bitch who didn’t realise you deserved someone worthier than her. So what did she do? She grew more insecure, projected that onto you and turned you into what you became in the relationship. But, you knew that and you knew I hated that girl from the get go. But I also knew you loved her more than my voice could even reach you. And, as your best friend, of course I stayed…because I was ready to catch you when you’d eventually fall,” Caroline sermonised, her hands caressing Fudd’s.
What was brilliant about the relationship of the two was how they both gave each other such unconditional, unwavering love and understanding throughout the decade of their friendship. They matched each other in mature introspection and calm confrontations, making their bond stronger over the years.
“Oh, Car,” Azzi chuckled, “You’re gonna make my fried rice salty from the tears about to fall from my face.”
“Oh, shut up,” the taller girl rolled her eyes as she sipped on her avocado shake. “Anyways, tell me more about Paige, please?”
Azzi stared at her friend in disbelief, shaking her head before she continued. “Alright, alright. Well, she’s confident. Like, really confident. It’s like she has this big head from being so certain and egotistical about herself, but…I never felt any malice in it, at all. If I were to assume, she probably does that to get the best out of people, you know?”
Caroline’s eyebrows couldn’t raise any higher than that. “Ooo la la, sounds like she has a little crush.”
“Please, Car, I spend half my day with middle schoolers not to come home to one,” Azzi groaned.
Her best friend smiled quietly. “It’s cute. Just…don’t be afraid to let things flow as they should”.
Azzi nodded when suddenly her roommate gripped her hand tightly. “And who cares if you’re gonna shit where you eat, I’m gonna call the plumber on you all day!”
“Yeah, you’re getting evicted tonight”
Tuesday morning came and the usual background noise at Moore Public High seeped through the gaps of Azzi’s car as she parked it. The familiar sounds became more apparent the moment she had opened her door. The low rumble of the school bus’ engine, the jittery chatter amongst the students, the cool autumn breeze whistling by and… loud morning greetings bellowing from the steps of the school’s main entrance?
“Derrick, don’t frown like that, put some pep up in your step!”
“Senara, love your hair! Lookin’ fresh!”
“What did you pack in here, Caleb? Geez Louise!”
Fudd stood dead on her tracks as she watched the new scene of her mundane morning unfold before her. It was a little too early for the taller woman’s enthusiastic positivity for Azzi’s liking, but she enjoyed it nonetheless. She also noticed her new coworker’s outfit for the day, simple yet fitting - All white socks and nikes, grey basketball shorts with a plain white tee and an unzipped pink wind breaker; Azzi’s favourite colour.
However, it didn’t take long before Azzi realised she herself wore pink today. Low white heels, bright pink slacks and a formal white button up. Well, isn’t that convenient, she thought.
Downing on the pink tumbler with her morning coffee on one hand like a shot of tequila, she braced herself, approaching the blonde who was busy ruffling the hairs of one of Azzi’s students.
“Not too much on Adrian’s hair, his dad works hard on it every morning,” the soft tone of a familiar voice caught Paige’s attention.
“You tell ‘em, Ms. Fudd!” The younger boy yelled before scurrying off into the building.
With raised eyebrows and a closed smile, Bueckers had her hands folded as she looked down at the younger woman who stood one step below her. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t Ms. Fudd.”
“Hey, you greeted all the kids with something, don’t be boring now,” The curly haired colleague teased, her dimples peeking out as she looked up at Paige through her lashes.
“Hmmm,” The taller woman looked Azzi up and down, scanning her meticulously causing the younger woman to stagger faintly in her steps, a warmth growing on her cheeks.
“Was the pink intentional?” Paige smirked, leaning her head down. Azzi scoffed.
“I’ll have you know that pink is my favourite colour, so no”
“Noted,” Paige chuckled. “You look good in pink, Ms. Fudd”
The comment caught Azzi way off guard before she started coughing. Is this woman doing the triangle method on me right now? She questioned internally. The shorter lady knew all too well of Flirting 101 as she was a mere student of it herself. Of course, it doesn’t always pan out on a couple weekend nights at the queer club with KK and Caroline. But if not as the giver but as the recipient, she can tell if someone was trying techniques on her.
“Don’t try to think you’re getting on my good side today, Ms. Bueckers,” Azzi took one more step up, the pair now at eye level. “You don’t look too bad yourself…” Azzi spoke with a hushed tone, her eyes trailing down as she played with the hem of Paige’s pink wind breaker. “But this would look much better on me”.
She slowly lifted her eyes back to face Paige, who was now rendered speechless, her jaw tightly clenched trying to stifle a reaction in front of the kids. With a final smile, the curly haired woman walked right past her taller counterpart before who knows what could’ve escalated. Bueckers could only scoff before clearing her throat to resume her new morning routine.
Morning assembly at the gym was just the same as per usual, except for a few announcements including the introduction of Moore’s newest PE teacher, the theme for their winter recital and a reminder of the upcoming high school basketball try outs.
“Azzi Jazlyn Fudd, I saw that,” Arnold tapped on the older colleague as they made their way down the crowded hall to their respective classrooms.
“Saw what?” Fudd asked innocently.
“You flirting with the new PE teacher this morning. Now that was steamy,” KK pressed her 18+ jokes.
“Quit it, Arnold. Must you always make things sound like…that,” Azzi exasperated.
“Don’t act like you didn’t enjoy it, though. I see you wanna sabotage the bet bad”
“Don’t be ridiculous, you and I were just making jokes to pass time”
“Maybe. But, admit it, she does kinda look good today, don’t you think?” KK’s persistence would make anyone go mad.
“You want her instead, KK? Seems like it,” Azzi had reached her classroom door.
KK continued frolicking down the hall. “I’m good. I don’t wanna deal with the wrath of a jealous Fudd”
Azzi grunted loudly before entering her classroom with a smile.
The blaring sound of the final school bell rang across the building as the clock had struck 3pm. Azzi was just finishing up on grading the last student’s assignment at the teacher’s lounge before neatly shoving her files and papers into her bag.
She walked down the hallway, the building already emptying out, when she couldn’t help but notice a familiar tall figure making their way towards the hallway that turned left towards the gym. With curiosity, the curly haired woman’s actions moved quicker than her mind could think. And soon her legs took her to follow from behind at a distance.
What am I doing? She asked herself.
Right at the gymnasium door, Fudd peeked her head to see where the figure went when she was met with nothing but the vast emptiness of the spacious gym, except for the hideous amounts of balls, hula hoops, and multicoloured cones scattered across the venue.
With unknowing disappointment, Azzi was ready to turn back to the exit when a loud voice erupted from behind.
“Boo!”
“FUCK!”
Once again, Azzi had lost her footing before her legs gave way, not until a familiar arm wrapped graciously around her waist to stop her from falling backwards.
“You know, I’m beginning to think you draw these typa actions on purpose,” Paige laughed breathlessly before helping Azzi regain her balance.
A tinge of red spread throughout Azzi’s face as she dusted herself off. “Y-you shouldn’t scare people like that”.
“Well, I don’t condone stalking,” The blonde grinned as she stared accusingly at the nervous woman in front of her.
“W-who said anything about stalking? What if I happen to coincidentally walk in the same direction as you?”
Paige placed her hands on her hips. “To a dead end? Unless you came here to help me clean up, I don’t see any reason for you to walk all the way down here after school”.
The shorter girl in front of her lowered her head as it filled with a mixture of guilt, embarrassment, and regret. Her fingers started to fiddle with the strap of her brown leather bag slung on her shoulder as she tried to find her words.
Paige stood patiently, scanning her body language before smiling in empathy.
“You alright to help me put those things away? That is, if you still got some energy left in you,” Paige leaned slightly down to catch Azzi’s attention. The curly brunette hesitantly lifted her head up, the blue eyes in front of her piercing as she bit her inner cheeks.
As soon as she nodded, Paige exhaled in relief before reaching towards Azzi’s shoulder where her bag hung. In an instant, the blonde swung Azzi’s bag on her own shoulders as she lead the way into the gymnasium.
A couple minutes have gone by in awkward silence as the pair weaved around the gym collecting every trace of equipment Paige happened to conveniently use towards the end of the day. Regardless, she was quick with it, putting twice the amount away compared to Fudd. In Azzi’s defence, it wouldn’t be as tiring had she not worn low heels and tight slacks.
“Alright, I need to count this as an extracurricular,” Azzi finally blurted as she began to feel sweat forming.
Paige couldn’t help but laugh as she continued to run around in circles around her. She heard the younger woman mutter an ‘I’m tapping out’ before walking towards the low stage and propping herself to sit on the edge, her feet dangling while she caught her breath.
She only watched Paige dance around for several seconds before the gym had cleared of any mess.
“Took you long enough,” Azzi joked sarcastically as Bueckers approached her, slightly panting.
“Yeah, well, my helper tapped out before we even got to the fun part, so I was left to fend for myself,” she retorted before plopping herself right next to Azzi who chuckled. It was a comforting silence for a moment before Paige turned her head to face Azzi.
“So, you’re still not gonna tell me why you came all the way down here?” the corners of Paige’s lips slightly tugging as she takes in the woman sitting next to her.
Azzi sighed with her eyes closed. “You don’t give up, do you?”
“Depends on who I wanna get to know”
The wheels in Azzi’s head turned. Who cares if you’re gonna shit where you eat? Caroline’s voice rang through her head. But the curly brunette was fighting against it, her indecisive brain simultaneously computing a pros and cons list in a matter of milliseconds in her head.
“Then ask me something else,” Azzi slightly croaked, internally relieved at her deflection.
“You’re hard to please”
“Because you’re not asking the right questions”
Their quaint back-and-forth intrigued the blonde, her jaw shifting as she leaned back on her arms.
“Alright, Ms. Fudd. I’m intrigued. What’s your story? How do you endure years of cold ass Storrs, Connecticut?
“I wish I could tell you, but my hometown’s Virginia. We get chilly, but not Storrs chilly,” Azzi grinned, “Actually, I wanted live away from my parents. I moved out four years ago. We’re good, it’s just…I…well…there was someone…at the time”.
Azzi couldn’t lie her way out of this and now she wished she’d just answered Paige’s first question, her decision-making this time taking a dive as she opened Pandora’s box.
Paige’s eyebrows raised. “Ah, so you were in love?”
“Oh, woah, I wouldn’t say “in love”, just…teenage infatuation, I guess”
The blonde grew more curious. “Hmm, you said ‘at the time’? Not everything panned out the way you wanted, I’m assuming?”
Azzi chuckled. “Yeah, no. It wasn’t a pretty four years. But, I didn’t wanna back down. I loved art and teaching more and my best friend, Caroline, she helped me pick up the pieces. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t…resilient”.
“You say that word a lot, ‘resilient’. It’s nice,” Paige gave a tender smile.
“Thanks, I just needed a reminder, you know?”
The tension that once filled the air around them vanished as the pair slowly eased into each other’s comfort.
Azzi furrowed her brows lightheartedly. “Okay, now I’m curious”.
“Hmm?”
“Any reason you’ve invited yourself over to Connecticut?”
Paige smirked. “How’d you know I’m not from here itself?”
Azzi was taken aback. “I- well- A woman can assume-“
“An assumption could’ve started with a ‘You don’t look like you’re from here’ or a ‘Ever thought about leaving Connecticut?’. Ms. Fudd, the sheer confidence in your question can only make me assume you’ve been stalking me even outside of school premises. Perhaps, online?” Paige’s eyebrows raised, the grin on her face growing more obnoxious as the girl in front of her started becoming a flustered mess.
“I- you’re absolutely w-wrong about that,” Again, Azzi couldn’t tell a lie to save her life.
“Am I?” The blonde leaned forward from her position, her face relatively close, much to Azzi’s liking.
Before the curly brunette could get a word out, the blonde hopped down from the stage. “I’m gonna head out before the janitor complains. Thanks for the help, by the way, Ms. Fudd. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
The playful grin remained on her face before she was out of Azzi’s sight, leaving the poor woman paralysed in shock.
I could just end everything right here, actually, Azzi catastrophised before carefully getting down from the stage.
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beloveds-embrace · 6 months ago
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PLEASE,….,, im begging you give me a break from the duchy au angst PLEASE GIVE ME SOME FLUFF
We all need a break 🙂‍↕️ here you go, anon! 💗
Dukedom au masterlist (not yet fully updated)
The first snow of the season finally fell and blanketed the grounds of Price manor, transforming the estate into a true winter wonderland. You stood by the frosted window in the sitting room, wrapped in a warm shawl, watching the flurry outside with a soft smile. The warmth of the fire behind you offered a comforting contrast to the icy world beyond the glass panes, the crackle of burning wood a soothing ambience that eased the mind.
It was a rare moment of stillness in the manor, with no pressing duties or social engagements demanding your attention. Your fingers traced absent patterns on the windowpane, thoughts wandering here and there until the sound of a throat clearing drew your attention.
Johnny stood in the doorway, a handsome grin tugging at his lips. His cheeks were flushed from the cold, and a hint of snow dusted his dark hair. He stepped towards you, grin softening into something fond. “Lass, ye look far too peaceful. Fancy a bit of fun in the snow?”
You raised an eyebrow, amused. “Fun in the snow? Johnny, I hardly think-”
Before you could finish, Kyle appeared beside him, a resigned but equally amused expression on his face. “He’s already dragged the stablehands into a snowball fight. You’d best join, my lady, before he wreaks havoc on the entire household.”
Your laughter bubbled out before you could stop it. Kyle had snow all over his shoulders. “And you? Did he rope you into this as well, Kyle?”
Kyle’s lips twitched, his tone as dry as ever. “I’m merely here to ensure no one ends up with frostbite. Or worse, Johnny getting pelted by a snowball with rocks in it again.”
“That happened one time!”
It was then that Simon strolled in, adjusting his coat. He cast a critical look at Johnny, and then shook his head. “You’re dragging the Duchess outside in this cold? She’ll catch her death.”
“Not if she bundles up properly,” Johnny huffed, grabbing your hand and pulling you towards the coat rack. “C’mon, love, live a little!”
Your protests were half-hearted as he helped you into your newest winter cloak, his enthusiasm infectious. Kyle and Simon waited, and even helped bundle you up further until the warmth on your cheeks were more from kisses than being fully covered.
Within moments, you were outside, your boots crunching against the fresh snow. The air was crisp, the sky a pale gray, and the laughter of the staff echoed from the gardens. They greeted you as you passed, smiles and excitement clear on them.
John stood on the veranda, his hands in his pockets, watching the chaos with an indulgent smile. His sharp eyes softened immediately as they landed on you, snow dusting over your cheek already, giggling as Johnny aimed a snowball at Simon and missed spectacularly.
And then Johnny and Simon both turned their focus on you.
“You’re enjoying this far too much,” John called as you ducked behind a hedge for cover, joining a maid who grinned and helped you begin preparing snowballs.
“Come join us, Your Grace!” you called back, cupping your hands around your mouth.
His smirk widened, but he shook his head. “I’m better as a referee, my love.”
Kyle, ever practical, soon found himself roped into the game despite his earlier protests. You shrieked as he launched a surprisingly, scarily accurate snowball your way, only for Johnny to step in and shield you with his body, dramatically flopping into the snow as if mortally wounded.
“Go on without me, lass,” he groaned, sprawled on the ground. You and the maid watched him, giggling. “Tell my story… tell my bairns not to forget me…”
Your laughter rang out, bright and unrestrained, and you offered him a hand. “You’re ridiculous, Johnny.”
“Aye, but ye love it.” He replied with a wink, and checking that everyone else was sufficiently distracted and the maid has left, tugging you down into the snow beside him just for a few moments.
Simon joined soon after, his usual composed demeanor giving way to competitiveness as he and Kyle teamed up against Johnny. Even John eventually relented by your insistence and a little pleading pout, stepping off the veranda to orchestrate a proper snow fort building contest.
Hours passed in a blur of laughter and play just like that, the biting cold forgotten in the warmth of shared joy. By the time everyone slowly returned indoors, cheeks ruddy and clothes damp, the sitting room felt like a haven. You beloved, ever-attentive Kyle was the first to fetch a warm blanket for you, draping it over your shoulders with a small smile.
Johnny disappeared into the kitchen, reappearing a while later with steaming mugs of cocoa for everyone. “Best remedy for cold fingers, bonnie.” he declared, pressing a mug into your hands and then a kiss over your temple.
Simon settled beside you, his arm draped casually along the back of the settee, along your back, and you lean into him with a soft sigh. “You’ve got snow in your hair, darling,” he murmured, gently brushing it away.
John watched the scene from his armchair, chest warm and content. The sight of you, nestled among the men he trusted and loved most, your laughter lingering in the air, was enough to make him feel like the luckiest man alive.
As the fire crackled and the snow continued to fall outside, you leaned back, your heart full. Your eyes fluttered shut, dozing in and out of the river of dreams, and though the conversations around you continued they made sure to lower their voices. You could feel a familiar hand, gentle and careful and wholly Kyle, caress your cheek.
And with joy still lingering in your veins, warmth curling your chest, you fell asleep safe and happy.
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midnight-shadow-cafe · 2 months ago
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NEED jonnhy and reader with a dynamic like "someone's gonna die 😐" "OF FUN! 😎" maybe she's the introvert he adopted back in highschool and they just, stayed together. maybe they're so different that it just ... works. (pretty sure he finds it funny because she reminds him of ghost sometimes, got that same dead stare)
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Dead Stare, Loud Mouth
Pairing: Johnny “Soap” MacTavish x Reader
Warnings: Mild language, emotional vulnerability, slow-burn tension, brief mention of combat sims, jealousy, friends-to-lovers tension, fluff, mutual pining, classic Soap chaos.
Author's Note: I hope you enjoy reading this just as much as I enjoyed writing it!!!
Summary: From high school shadows to military partners, you and Soap have always been a study in opposites—his loud mouth and your dead stare somehow making the perfect team. But years of banter and loyalty start to unravel something neither of you expected: deeper feelings that have been simmering beneath the surface for far too long.
Masterlist
MDNI18+MDNI18+MDNI18+MDNI18+MDNI18+
NOW
“Alright, team,” Price started, his voice clipped and sharp. “This is a live sim. Keep your heads on straight.”
You were already eyeing the map, silent, calculating. Meanwhile, Johnny was bouncing on his heels like a kid on a sugar rush.
“This is gonna be so fun,” he grinned, practically vibrating.
You didn’t look up. “Someone’s gonna die.”
He gasped, offended. “OF FUN!”
Your eyes slid to him—slow, unamused, the stare of someone who has not once in her life enjoyed a game of laser tag, let alone a real-life combat exercise with proximity mines and a countdown timer.
Johnny elbowed you gently, grinning. “C’mon, Sprite. Not even a little excited?”
“There are actual landmines.”
“Which makes it a challenge,” he countered proudly, puffing his chest like a Scottish peacock.
“You’re going to break something.”
“My record for Most Heroic Idiot? Aye, probably.”
Ghost, standing nearby, made a small huffing noise—maybe a laugh. Maybe a sigh. Hard to tell with the mask.
“Tell me she doesn’t remind you of me,” he muttered to Ghost.
Ghost gave you a long glance—blank stare, stillness like a waiting blade. Then he nodded once.
Johnny beamed.
——
THEN — HIGH SCHOOL
He saw you for the first time sitting on the back steps behind the gym, hoodie up, earbuds in, reading some massive book that looked like it could knock a man out cold. You didn’t even glance up when the door creaked open and he stepped out.
You just turned the page.
“Hey,” he said, plopping down beside you without permission. “What’re you readin’?”
Silence.
“You always this social?”
Still nothing.
He leaned closer, trying to catch a glimpse of the book cover. You tilted it slightly away from him. Cold. Icy.
He whistled. “Damn. That’s cold. I like it.”
That made you look at him. Just for a second. Eyes flat, unimpressed, utterly silent.
Johnny grinned wider. “I’m Johnny. You’re sittin’ in my usual spot, but I’ll allow it since you look like you’d kill me and bury the body before lunch period ends.”
You blinked. “That’s accurate.”
He laughed. Loud. Sharp. Genuine. “Aye, I knew I liked you.”
And just like that, you had a new shadow.
He stuck to you like a burr. Sat with you at lunch. Walked you to classes. Defended you when some mouthy jerk tried to get a rise out of you.
“You messin’ with her?” he barked one day in the hall, stepping between you and a jock twice his size. “Nah, mate. That’s a bad idea. She’ll curse your bloodline.”
“I didn’t even say anything—”
“You looked at her. With your ugly face.”
You didn’t need him to defend you. You never asked. But you also didn’t stop him.
Because Johnny was... a lot. Loud, chaotic, always smiling. But he never made you feel like a problem. Never asked you to be louder. Just liked you exactly how you were.
And eventually, you started answering when he talked.
Eventually, you called him “Soap,” just to see him smile.
Eventually, you followed him into the military, though you stayed out of the spotlight—quiet, efficient, deadly.
He told the 141 you were his “personal shadow.”
Ghost called you “the other grim reaper.”
You called him an idiot at least once a day.
He loved it.
——-
NOW
The training sim lasted 20 minutes. Johnny triggered two mines. Broke a smoke grenade. Lost a boot.
You made it through unscathed, dropped four targets, and only spoke once—to say “left corner” just before Gaz almost got lit up.
Afterward, you sat on the ground, sipping water, while Johnny flopped beside you like a sweaty retriever.
“You love me,” he panted.
“You’re a hazard.”
“Same thing, darling.”
You didn’t look at him. Just handed him your extra water bottle.
He took it with a grin, eyes twinkling. “You know, when we met, I thought you hated me.”
“I did.”
He blinked. “...Rude.”
You smirked.
Johnny watched you for a moment, softening. “You’ve saved my ass a hundred times over.”
“Because you’re stupid.”
“Nah. Because you care.”
You shrugged, sipping your water. “If you die, I’d have to train a replacement. I don’t like people.”
He chuckled. “Still the same stone-faced menace I found behind the gym.”
You leaned your head lightly against his shoulder, eyes half-lidded. “Still the same loud idiot who doesn’t know when to shut up.”
And in the warmth of the sun, with the others slowly gathering, he let the quiet sit there.
Comfortable.
Loyal.
Safe.
——
LATER THAT WEEK
The bar was too loud.
You never really liked places like this, but Johnny begged. Said the team needed a break, said you needed a break. And you had a hard time saying no to him when he looked at you with those damn puppy eyes.
Now he was two drinks in, laughing with the others, hair sticking up from where he kept running his fingers through it. You were off to the side, sipping your drink, arms crossed, watching him.
You always watched him.
You never thought about it too much—why your eyes always found him in a room, why your ears tuned to his voice like it was a lighthouse in the fog. It was just instinct. Habit.
Or maybe something else you weren’t ready to name.
Tonight, he looked too good in that black t-shirt. Smile too wide. Arms too veiny. Laugh too damn warm.
And then she walked up.
Tall. Pretty. Confident.
Civilian, definitely. She leaned against the bar beside him, touched his arm, laughed like she’d known him for years. And he—charming idiot that he was—laughed back.
Your chest felt tight.
Your drink suddenly tasted like ash.
Gaz nudged you, glancing toward the scene. “Think she’s got a chance?”
You didn’t answer.
Didn’t look away either.
Didn’t realize you were frowning until Price walked past and muttered, “Might wanna ease up on the murder stare, lass.”
You turned your head slowly.
Gaz snorted into his drink.
But Johnny noticed.
His eyes flicked to you, and even through the noise and crowd, he saw it. Something in your face—something rare. Not just blankness.
Irritation. Discomfort. Something that looked a little too close to—
Jealousy.
He excused himself from the woman, brushing her off with a quick joke and a charming apology. She looked confused. He didn’t care.
He made a beeline for you.
“Alright there, Sprite?” he asked, voice low, close to your ear.
You didn’t look at him. “Fine.”
He leaned on the wall beside you. “You looked like you were about to throat-punch that poor girl.”
“She was annoying.”
“She said hi.”
“She giggled.”
Johnny smirked. “That’s illegal now?”
You took a long sip of your drink and didn’t answer.
He tilted his head, eyes narrowing. “You jealous?”
You glanced at him, unamused. “Of what?”
He gave you that look. The one he only saved for you—half playful, half serious, all heart. “Of her touching me.”
Your mouth opened. Closed. Opened again.
“…She was loud,” you finally said, and it felt weak even to your own ears.
Johnny grinned. Not teasing. Just soft.
He reached over, casually tugged your sleeve. “C’mon. Let’s get outta here.”
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LATER — BASE, OUTSIDE HIS ROOM
The hallway was quiet. Lights low. Everything softer than the bar.
You followed him without a word, like always.
He sat on the edge of his bed, leaned back on his hands. Looked up at you.
You stood there, arms crossed again. Guarded. But not from him.
Never from him.
He patted the space beside him. “Sit, grump.”
You did.
The silence stretched, but it wasn’t awkward. It never was.
“You gonna tell me why that bothered you?” he asked, glancing sideways.
You didn’t answer.
You weren’t sure you could.
He leaned forward, elbows on his knees. Voice quieter now. “You know, I used to think you were just this silent shadow that tolerated me. But you stayed.”
You frowned slightly. “Of course I stayed.”
“Aye. But why?”
You looked at him.
Really looked.
His lashes were thick. His brow furrowed. His hands fidgeted with the seam of his pants—nervous. Something raw in his expression.
And you knew. He wasn’t joking.
You swallowed. “Because you’re... my person.”
That startled him.
Not with shock. But with hope.
He turned slowly. “Say that again?”
You breathed in. Out. Quiet but steady. “You’re my person. You always have been. Since the first time you sat down and refused to leave.”
A beat passed.
Then two.
And then, softly:
“You’re the reason I made it through half my shit missions,” he said, eyes on the floor. “I was reckless, yeah. Still am. But I always came back. Always had something to come back to.”
You stayed still, heart thudding.
He lifted his eyes. “It’s you, Sprite.”
You blinked.
And for the first time in years, your voice trembled. “Johnny…”
He reached out, gently took your hand—his calloused fingers brushing yours.
“I love you,” he said. No hesitation. “Not just as my shadow. Not just as my best friend. I’m in love with you.”
You stared at him.
Not blank. Not dead-eyed.
Soft. Wide. Real.
“…I didn’t know I could feel like this,” you admitted.
“I did.” His smile was small, but real. “I just waited for you to catch up.”
Silence again.
Then you leaned in—forehead against his. Breathing the same air.
And you whispered, “Don’t make me say it.”
He chuckled. “I won’t. I already know.”
And he kissed you.
Not rushed. Not wild.
Just steady.
Like he’d been waiting for it forever.
Because he had.
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THE NEXT MORNING
Waking up in Johnny’s bed was a surreal experience.
Not because you hadn’t crashed here before—God knows you had. After missions. During long nights of movies or waiting out storms. You’d fallen asleep on his couch, his floor, even once in the passenger seat of his truck with his jacket over your legs.
But this was different.
Because his arm was wrapped around your waist.
Because his face was buried in your shoulder, breath warm and steady against your skin.
Because when you shifted even slightly, his grip tightened with a sleepy groan and a gruff, “Nope. Stay.”
You blinked, watching the ceiling fan spin.
“Johnny.”
“Mmm?”
“You’re drooling on my shirt.”
“It’s my shirt,” he muttered, refusing to move.
“…Still gross.”
He chuckled and finally lifted his head. His hair was a wreck—worse than usual—and his eyes were barely open. But he looked like he’d slept for a hundred years.
And you? You felt… calm.
You never felt calm.
“You alright?” he asked softly.
You nodded. “Yeah.”
He leaned in and kissed your shoulder, like it was the most natural thing in the world. “Good.”
You didn’t say anything else. Didn’t need to.
IN THE COMMON ROOM
You were halfway through your coffee when Gaz spotted the two of you walking in together.
Johnny was grinning. Practically bouncing. Again.
You were… well. You. But your hoodie had a familiar logo on it—his logo. And Johnny kept brushing his fingers against your back like he couldn’t help it.
Gaz blinked. “Wait.”
Johnny just kept smiling.
“No way.”
Price looked up from his paper. Raised a brow. Said nothing.
Soap dropped into his usual chair and grabbed a pastry off Gaz’s plate like it belonged to him. “Mornin’, lads.”
You sat beside him. Didn’t speak. Just sipped your coffee. But your hand stayed on the armrest—fingers loosely brushing his knee.
Gaz stared.
“You—did you finally—?”
Johnny just grinned wider. “Took her long enough, didn’t it?”
You sighed. “You’re insufferable.”
“And you’re in love with me.”
Gaz leaned back, jaw dropped. “I knew it! You’ve been moon-eyed for years, mate.”
“I have not—” you started.
“You have,” said Price flatly, still reading.
You glared at all of them.
Johnny just nudged your knee, smug and warm. “Welcome to hell, sweetheart.”
——
LATER — OUTSIDE, SMOKING AREA
You didn’t usually join Ghost out here. He smoked. You didn’t. But you’d wandered outside for a moment of quiet, only to find him leaning on the wall, mask up to his nose, cigarette between his fingers.
He glanced sideways at you.
You raised an eyebrow. “What.”
“You and MacTavish,” he said simply.
You blinked. “…What about it?”
“You’re together now.”
“Apparently.”
He took a long drag, exhaled smoke into the air. “So now there’s two of him.”
You snorted. “I’m nothing like him.”
Ghost gave you a long, slow stare.
You stared right back.
“…Okay, maybe a little,” you admitted.
“Mm.”
He flicked ash into the tray.
Then, without looking at you: “You make him better.”
That stopped you.
You turned slightly toward him.
Ghost took another drag and muttered, “Less reckless. More focused. He laughs more. Doesn't try to hide when he’s hurt.”
You blinked, surprised.
“…I’m not trying to fix him.”
Ghost glanced at you. “You’re not. That’s why it works.”
You looked down, hands in your pockets. A smile tugged at the corner of your mouth.
“Thanks, Ghost.”
He shrugged. “Just don’t start matchin’ his energy. One of him is plenty.”
You snorted again. “No promises.”
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BACK INSIDE — LATER THAT NIGHT
You were curled up on Johnny’s couch, blanket draped over your legs, your feet in his lap while he doodled something in a sketchpad. You couldn’t see it. He wouldn’t let you.
“You planning to show me eventually?”
“Nope.”
“Rude.”
He grinned. “You’re rude.”
You rolled your eyes, but the smile on your face gave you away.
He looked at you then—really looked. And you caught it. The softness. The affection. The whole damn universe in his eyes.
“You know,” he murmured, “I used to think I’d lose you.”
You frowned. “Why?”
“Thought I’d push too hard. Be too loud. Thought you’d vanish one day. Fade away.”
You reached over, took his hand.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
“Promise?”
You nodded. “You’re my person, remember?”
He set the sketchpad down and leaned in, pressing a slow kiss to your forehead.
And then your nose.
And then your mouth.
And for once, everything was quiet.
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sanjisprincesss · 1 year ago
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I could fall in love with you
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⋆.ೃ࿔*:・Synopsis: How I think the one piece men would realize they’ve got it bad for you!
⋆.ೃ࿔*:・Characters: Monsters trio x fem! Reader
⋆.ೃ࿔*:・cw: fluff fluff and more fluff! Sort of proofread
⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ song credit: I could fall in love by Selena
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⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ LUFFY
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Realized when he started to feel even more clingy towards you.
With Luffy it’s a matter of whether or not he realizes or someone around him realizes. The minute he realizes he doesn’t hold back on his feelings and tells you immediately.
He realizes when he starts to feel a certain way when Sanji or anyone grazes at you in any other way then friendly. Which is a feeling he never really felt since in any other situation he wouldn’t care about if someone flirts or flaunts over you.
He starts to crave your attention and presence more and everyone around him will most likely notice.
You and Luffy sit on top of the head of the thousand sunny pointing out clouds shapes making stories and backgrounds to them. Watching the sunset a beautiful ray of colors and scenery cover the sky.
“Shishi that one looks like a sea cow doesn’t Y/N!” Your captain said pointing and laughing at a cloud that strangely resembled a giant sea creature. You look to where he’s pointing to see the cloud he’s mentioning. You can’t help but smile and laugh at the remembrance. “ yeah it does look like a sea cow Luffy!”
As the laughter begins to die down, Luffy with an unreadable expression turns to face you without saying a word. As you turn to face him his famous smile returns to his face “Y/N i love you so much! You know that right!”
⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ ZORO
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Realized when he got a little too overprotective of you even more than he’s willing to admit.
First of all, as soon as he gets the slightest hint that he’s head over heels in love with you he’s denying it and will try to deny it as much as he is possibly able to. DENIAL IS A RIVER IN EGYPT.
Which is also why he wouldn’t confess first.
Zoro is known for being the protector of the strawhat pirates, by nature he has his hand on his swords the minute the crew is In danger. It's not that he is more protective towards you than the crew, it's more like he’s more protective of you towards others that have pertenal feelings towards you. Which once again is not really his main train of thought yk.
Of course he would never admit, but he likes to have your company near him. May it be you reading a book in the crows nest while he trains or just being near him while he’s napping.
As the sun shines on the sea and everything in its path. You Nami and Robin were sunbathing on the deck as Sanji came by with fresh drinks for the three of us. Luffy Chopper and Usopp playing around the ship while laughing with zoro training in the crows nest.
“NAMI SWANN~ Y/N CHANN~ ROBIN DEARR~ I'VE MADE YOU LOVELY LADIES SOME REFRESHING BEVERAGES! SO BEAUTIFUL I COULD JUST MELT!”
He says with hearts in his eyes placing the drinks down on a table and hanging them out one by one.
“Aye, curly brows give em a break will ya!”
And that Is all you hear form the green haired swordsman before you and your friends share a knowing glare before smiling towards which other.
⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ SANJI
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Realized he loves you differently than he would other women…
Let’s state the obvious: Sanji loves women. It’s a known fact about him. He has felt infatuation before to the point where he thought he was in love. That infatuation died down when he found another woman who crossed his path.
But with you it’s different. His infatuation turns into something that lasts. It doesn’t fade away when someone else is around him. He lowkey turns into Mr prince.
He goes that extra mile. He’s a gentleman all around and it’s really hot. He can have a conversation with you without any kind of questionable behavior or nosebleeds. No lustful stares of any sort, no signs of dirty thoughts, just quality time with his lover.
The crew had all departed ways to follow their regular duties and routines after dinner. However you stayed after dinner to help Sanji with the kitchen while of course he always insisted that there was no need for you to worry your pretty little head.
You always insisted on helping and how could he ever say no to you. So there you two are, wasting and drying dishes. One by one.
“ I wonder what different types of fish and seasonings are in the all blue?” “What color do you think the water is there?” You ask him while drying a plate. As he passes the next dish that needs to be dried.
“The all blue hm…you know just what to ask me, don’t you? A beautiful girl like you deserves a gorgeous answer.. don’t you think?” You nod while putting the last dish away.
“Let’s see..if I had to think of a color, one that matched the idea of all the world's fish swimming together.. I’d say sky blue. A brilliant sky blue it has to be!”
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dc418writes · 5 months ago
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Fuck it, I’m Jealous
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✨Pairing✨: TE!Terry Richmondxblack!reader
Summary🪄: Your (secret) feelings for your best friend reach a new height
🚨: teensy bit of angst, brief mention of children, language, allusion to abusive relationship, fluff mixed throughout
Fic inspo:
*DISCLAIMER!: I DO NOT CLAIM OWNERSHIP of pictures used as they were all found via Pinterest*
I ain't never been good at sharing
But with you, I practice patience
And I let you do your thing 'cause I'm doin' mine
I was actin' like I'm good when I know I'm lyin'
The rhythmic thud and vibrations from the speakers run through your whole body as you sit at the mini bar watching other guests dancing and laughing. Usually you’d be among the bodies swaying on the dance floor at least once or mingling with whomever was open enough to talk, but tonight you can’t seem to switch your focus from the couple near the tall floor to ceiling windows.
Specifically, your best friend, Terry, and the woman giggling and smiling as she hangs on to his every word.
They’ve nearly been attached at the hip all night - moving from the dance floor to a more private section of the bustling mansion’s living room - and you had to admit, she was gorgeous. Silky, black hair flowing to the middle of her back and face flawlessly clear of blemishes, she was definitely his type with her Hollywood dazzling smile and matching perfect curves. Yet with every flirty glance, you could feel a sickening twinge in your gut.
So much in your head, you fail to realize your other best friend, Ondrea, had joined you after ordering another fruity cocktail. “Her beauty does not take away from yours.”
“I know,” you softly smile attempting to hide your hurt.
“And you, my love, have a line of suitors both in here and outside who’d be blessed with just a minute of your attention.”
You didn’t want them though. Every single one you tried just couldn’t compete - let alone be in the same room - as Terry Richmond. Charming, big eared, jerk.
Wrapping an arm around your shoulders, she leans her head on yours with a soft sigh, “Want me to break them up? Accidentally on purpose spill a drink on her?”
“No,” you chuckle, “and I think you’ve reached your limit on the drinks.” She did tend to be a little more…aggressively protective around her fourth. “Where’s Ali?”
Sipping from the little glass in her hand, her other waves as if she couldn’t care less where her defensive lineman husband was. “I’m grown, okay? I don’t need a babysitter and don’t think I don’t realize you trying to divert! Have you talked to him?”
“Drea we both know I can’t do that.”
“You need to though! If I see you sad about alien eyes one more time imma fight him myself.”
“Aye you supposed to be cut off.” You’ve never been happier to see Ali. You came to this party in hopes to forget your messy feelings. To get a long deserved break from the heaviness - and occasional tears - they caused. “Gimme the glass now Ondrea Marie.”
Rolling her eyes, she’s quick to drain the remainder of the candy green liquid - much to her husband’s dismay - before placing the glass in his large paw of a hand. “Happy?,” she hiccups with a giggle lightly bumping you.
“This woman,” he mumbles in exasperation leaving the empty glass on the shiny bar. “Hey bitty, surprised to see you and Terry separated.”
You’d practically been each other’s shadows since college. Each somehow drifting back after working the room if you didn’t stick together the entire time. It’s why most of those interested became slightly disappointed thinking you were more than friends, which you’d both immediately deny.
“By all means, shoot ya shot. Want me to introduce you?”
“Well, I uh thought it’d be best to give him some privacy since he’s pretty occupied.” Turning to find his teammate among the moving attendees, he smirks watching the mystery, model-esque woman lean in to whisper in the Tight End’s ear. Clearly something salacious from how Terry licked his full lips before handing her his phone. His mouth smoothly whispering something back then moving to her neck as she giggled and playfully smacked his chest.
“Well he’s definitely gonna have a fun night.”
That made one of you. “Yep, and I think I’m gonna head home.”
“Already?”
“Yea it’s been a long day, plus I got more to do tomorrow.” Like sulk in the privacy of your own home. Maybe catch an episode or two of Law and Order.
“Oh okay. You need a ride? Or want me to get T-?”
“Nope I’m alright. I’ll just Uber again,” you quickly answer. From his slightly raised brow, you know Ali can probably sense there’s an issue but he doesn’t press on and you’re grateful he seems to catch the hint.
“Uh uh we can drive you home,” Ondrea speaks up trying to stand on slightly unsteady legs. Luckily Ali’s there to keep her from falling to which she insists she’s got it and he rolls his chocolate eyes.
“No yall stay, I’ll be fine.” Not giving them a chance to utter another word, you slip from your barstool with a quick wave and clutch in your hand as your heels hastily clack along the tiled floor towards the entrance. “I’ll call when I get home!”
-
“We should have another one,” Terry states staring with proud eyes at the quiet bundle in their white crib. His elbows bent over the railing as he adorably coos while fixing the small blanket that looked like the one from your childhood.
“We just had this one,” you giggle jokingly poking the back of his thigh with your toe. Peering over his shoulder, there’s no hiding that boyish grin you fell in love with.
“She need a friend though, she told me.”
“Mhm..she told you that?” He nods moving to get on his knees and crawl until his head is in your lap. His soft hands bringing yours to his lips to peck as he begins to beg.
“Pleasepleaseplease!”
The melodic chime from your doorbell startles you awake with a racing heart and dull ache in your temple from sitting up too fast. It’s soon followed by a couple thunderous knocks that don’t help your already panicked state.
‘Gimme a break,’ you think shuffling to your door. In retrospect, you should’ve looked on your app before opening the door. Or maybe even pretended you weren’t home.
Black Nike sweats covering his legs and matching sweatshirt over his upper half, Terry wasn’t annoyed but you could tell he was in a mood.
“H-Hey,” you greet with a nervous smile. “Everything okay?”
His brief, low chuckle is far from humorous as he crosses his thick arms across his chest. “I could ask you the same. Haven’t talked to you in almost a month.”
‘And? Haven’t you been busy with what’s her name?’ You want to say, but instead you simply shrug. “I’ve been busy.”
“So busy you can’t text or call me back? Come to my games?”
“Wow, one less fan to watch you out of what..hundreds of thousands?,” you sarcastically retort with an attitude Terry had never been on the receiving end of. “I don’t have to always-,”
“You back with him?”
Him in question being your ex, Chris. From their first meeting, Terry couldn’t stand him and definitely wasn’t shy about telling you.
“You need to let him go.”
“I’m tellin you, he’s no good twin.”
The feeling was mutual with Chris. At the mention of Terry he’d roll his eyes and mood would visibly change. And when your then boyfriend expressed how he didn’t want you around Terry, you reluctantly respected that boundary. Until it seemed he didn’t want you with Ondrea either.
It unfortunately took some time to see that so called boundary was nothing more than control. Although slightly hurt, neither of your friends blamed you when you came back with tearful apologies. They took turns being your shoulder to cry on, but Terry tended to check in and visit more. There were many days he’d be waiting in your apartment’s parking lot - specifically in the spot next to your usual - sat in his black on black Ford truck with bags of food in the passenger seat.
“Don’t you have practice in the morning?,” you asked that first night he appeared.
“Yes, and I’ll be there don’t worry twin,” he winked gathering both takeout bags in his hand before following you to your door.
“No, I’m not.”
“Then what?,” Terry asks. “I do something to you?”
Yes, you made me fall in love with you and complicate my love life dookiehead. “No,” you sigh.
Kissing his teeth, his frustration only builds the more you lie. “Look, I’m not stupid clearly it’s something! You ain’t even invite me in and I’m just supposed to-,”
“I just need space Terry!”
“From me?”
“Yes! And…”
Those words are right there on the tip of your tongue practically tickling your lips ready for their escape. Your fears clutch them at the last moment though, refusing to let them go and potentially ruin the best relationship of your life thus far. Your second home you could always depend on.
“And what?”
Your fingers massage you temple feeling that headache become sharper and more painful. “Can we just…not..tonight?” You were nowhere near ready - mentally or emotionally - for this conversation. However like the stubborn, determined man he is Terry can’t easily let things go. Whenever there’s a problem, he finds a solution then and there.
In double time if it concerns his family or friends.
His long legs swiftly bring him over your threshold before closing the door behind him. His hypnotic green eyes intense and never leaving yours leaning back against the wooden entrance.
“I’m not leaving until you get whatever it is you need to say out! I know something’s wrong and wish you’d-,”
“Fine! You wanna know? It is you T,” you finally reveal with tears beginning to flow down your heated cheeks. He wanted to know? Well he just opened Pandora’s box. “I’m..I’m tired of pretending I’m fine seeing you with other girls and hearing about this one in Vegas and-and that one from the club!”
You don’t know if his silence is him taking in your words or from shock. Maybe even unease. For the first time you can’t read him at all.
You can feel the knot form in your throat as your fear tries once more to stop your vulnerability. As usual, he can tell you’re ready to shut down again prompting him to step closer carefully reaching out to brush your freshest tear away from your face. “What else? Keep goin.”
“I shouldn’t have ignored you, but I knew if I said something then I’d ruin what we already have,” you softly explain trying to steady your heaving chest and hiccups. “I mean there’s a reason we’ve never crossed that line right?”
“And why is that?,” he asks stuffing his hands in his pockets.
Was..was he serious? “B-Because you’re not attracted to me like that. Which is fine-,”
“I never said that.” Now was his turn to struggle finding his next words as he took a break from your angelic features to peer down at the tiled floor. Meanwhile you patiently stood there rubbing your ear in your attempt to self soothe - a habit you had as a kid that surprisingly followed you all these years.
“From that first day we met in the dorms, I could tell you were different-,”
“I was one of the crew,” you interrupt.
“No, I mean…you weren’t one to play around. You were intentional with everything you did, had your shit together, and if it ain’t make sense to you, you didn’t want no parts.
You couldn’t help it, it’s how you were raised. Not to say you didn’t have fun and make time for the things you liked, but at the end of the day you knew the important stuff needed to get done.
“I knew I wasn’t there, so I didn’t bother you. You kept it friendly, so I did too. Doesn’t mean I was never attracted.”
You can feel your heart begin its rapid patters again, but now for a completely different reason. “So…so what?,” you ask still unsure. “You’re saying you’ve liked me this entire time?”
His Jordans lightly squeak as he steps closer once more. The amber from his Tom Ford cologne and body heat radiating from his chest makes you dizzy feeling your knee wobble as your back meets your kitchen island. His grayish-green eyes attached to yours once more after a quick glance at your pouty lips. “I’m saying I’ve been attracted to you since I first saw you, and every day after we got closer I knew you complimented me in the best ways…the yin to my yang, my twin. I didn’t wanna be that guy you thought only was friends with you to get with you.
“And when Lizard-,”
“His name is Chris,” you corrected, rolling your eyes with a sniffled giggle.
“I know what I said.” So petty. “When he did that, I wanted to protect you from anyone else who tried to hurt you,” he bashfully shrugs and you mentally aw at how adorable he could be. “Wanted to be the only one to protect you.”
It’s as if your body’s in control rather than your brain how you eliminate the remaining space, reaching up to press your lips against his. Admittedly, it’s…different at first - reminiscent of your first kiss in middle school - but when his warm hand caresses your cheek and the other slides to your lower back, sparks tingle and ignite from your head to your toes. Your lips moving at their own rhythm as both your tongues soon follow pulling moans from your chest.
Begrudgingly, Terry breaks first needing air - and a moment to collect himself. His low chuckle brushes against your cheek hearing your little whimper from wanting more. “Gimme a minute twin,” he smiles pressing his forehead against yours.
“So…what now?,” you whisper nearly getting lost in the way his fingertips feel grazing along your spine.
“You tell me. What do you want?” The deep baritone of his whisper sends addicting shivers throughout your body.
“You,” you answer gently gripping his sweatshirt not wanting to let go - just in case this was some wild fever dream. “All to myself.”
He can’t help but smile at the way your onyx eyes, mixed with swirls of ebony, innocently peer up at him through your wispy lashes. “You got me,” he replies leaning down to meet your waiting lips once more.
I ain't gon' tell you to drop them other bitches
But drop them other bitches
I never been jealous
But fuck it, I'm jealous
So goddamn invested
A/N🎤: HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE✨💕!! I hope everyone is having a great time and able to rest. Or if you’re going through it this season, I wish healing for you and to remember you are so loved and deserving of love☺️.
This idea has been on my mind for a while and uh…I honestly don’t know how to feel about it lol it took on so many changes and I feel like it might be boring, but then again I’m my own worst critic so hopefully yall enjoy!
I wanted to have a holiday themed story or two out by now but as usual I am late lol, but I’m still trying to have something out before new years (however we’ll see👀 lol)
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cumikering · 5 months ago
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Gym bro Soap x reader 3 (end)
3.7k | fluff You never had to ask again (part 1)
It was close to three months before you saw each other again.
Johnny was on the incline bench with his weights when you called his name. He froze. Nobody needed to know that soft voice still made him weak.
“H- Hi.” He turned to you, placing his dumbbells on the ground before searching your eyes. “I hope you’ve been alright.”
It felt forever ago, since the last time he saw your smile or heard you laugh at his lame jokes, since the last time you made tea at his. It had been forever since you wounded his heart.
“I have. I hope you are too.” Your gaze dropped to your feet.
“Aye. I’m fantastic, of course.”
“Right. Um- well, I didn’t mean to disturb.” You took a step back. “Sorry, I’ll leave you to it.”
You walked away before he could protest. He took a beat before picking his weights back up, surprised by the wave of emotions that rushed back from the innocent exchange.
He wasn’t facing the door so you could have walked out if you wanted to avoid him, but you went out of your way to greet him. Were you trying to be friendly? Why was it only a hello before you rushed away? Did you change your mind?
It was stupid, but he would be lying if he said he’d stopped thinking about you, let alone missing you. He wondered about how you were doing, about work and your fitness progress. How had you been shopping without him driving you? It was too far of a walk to carry your groceries.
But you must have already found someone. Any man would want you, and would claim you as his you as soon as he could – the way Johnny never had the balls to. He should have spat out the flickering hope out of his mouth and extinguish it under his heavy boot, so why was he walking over to you on the elliptical after he finished his set?
“I was wondering if ye’d like to get dinner? Just to catch up a bit?”
You should tell him he was insane, and break his heart once and for all. Maybe then he could finally let go.
But you smiled so gratefully at him instead. “Yeah. Sounds good.”
Did he hear you right? He wasn’t helping himself, but he was a hurting man with a hole in the shape of you in his chest.
You spotted each other. It unwedged something from his chest, like a dead clock finally moving its rusted hands once more. Working out alone could never compare, and the satisfied smile on your face after each set still made him swell with pride.
Half an hour after the session, Johnny knocked on your door before strolling to the nearby kebab shop. He willed himself to not get ahead of himself, for his heart to stop fluttering as he pondered what the dinner meant – the dinner that hadn’t happened yet.
“Have you got a deployment coming up?” You glanced at him.
“Not yet. I just came back last week, was away fer almost a month.”
“And you’re alright? Not hurt?”
“Bruises here an’ there, but nothing time can’t fix.” He clasped a hand over his chest.
“You got a new haircut,” you noted, nodding at his hair.
“Och, aye.” He ruffled his short hair with a chuckle. “I… I needed the change. Somethin’ easier t’maintain.”
He used to enjoy standing out with his mohawk, but if you weren’t looking, it didn’t matter. He only wanted your attention.
“The beard too?”
He’d forgotten he’d let his stubble grow out. Was it ugly?
He rubbed a self-conscious hand down the side of his face. “Just tryin’ things out. Not sure I’ll keep it.”
“You look different, but I like it.”
He averted his gaze from your reassuring smile and continued his steps.
He let you split the bill that night, already thankful you said yes to dinner. At the table in the far corner, you popped open your meal.
”Erm- I finished the papercraft. I messed up a few times and had to paint over some parts so it took forever.”
“I hope you like how it turned out.”
“I do. It’s real pretty. I can take a photo fer ye.”
“I’d like that.”
That smile made his stomach flip again so he shoved another bite into his mouth. What kind of voodoo hold did you have on him? Someone please smack Johnny across the face, because how dare he fantasise that this was another Friday night date with his missus when before this, you hadn’t even spoken for over two months.
He cleared his throat. “Hav’ ye been? To Edinburg Castle?”
“No, which is weird come to think of it.” You laughed. “I love castles and Scotland isn’t even that far.”
“How so?”
“Oh, I guess I just never had a reason to go.”
“Well, it’s beautiful this time of year. Maybe my maw’s stew can be it,” he pretended to tease. Pretended, because how mad would you be if you knew he meant it?
You let out a small laugh as you held his gaze. “Maybe.”
Did you miss me too? The words threaten to claw up his throat and he forced them down with another sip of his drink.
You probably only spoke to him because it’d been long enough, thinking he’d have moved on. You wouldn’t think he was pathetic if you knew the truth, would you? That he was close to tears from how much his bones hopelessly ached for this, and how natural it was to be with you even after the void.
After the meal, he dawdled. Would time sit down and catch its breath? It didn’t have to hurry, really. His chest had just stopped bleeding, and he wanted to be here a little longer before it poured again.
He told himself to not think that maybe you lingered too. That you leaned back with that shy smile and toyed with the straw of your empty cup, pretty lashes flicking as your gaze went between his eyes and the floor… Like looking into his eyes too long would shift the stars and make you change your mind.
He didn’t mind at all.
Alas, the shop had to close. Johnny let out a resigned sigh as he pushed the glass door open of you, accepting that the magic would vaporise with your exit. At least he’d had another taste – his last. Maybe it would be easier now. Maybe in a few more months, it didn’t have to hurt anymore.
He dragged his feet to yours, bracing for the finality of the goodbye. His chest had started to ache again. The way you looked at him with a smile that didn’t reach your eyes – was that sympathy? Like an unspoken agreement that this was a bad idea all along, like this was only dragging the pain on.
Still, to him, it was not one to regret.
But the doormat squelched when you stepped onto it.
“Erm- hen?” He pointed at the puddle seeping from under your door.
You gasped and promptly unlocked your door, only to discover your flat pooled in an inch of water.
He hurried to the bathroom, learning that a trickle of clear water poured from the ceiling. “Shit, I think yer neighbour’s got a burst pipe or somethin’.”
“Oh, no, no no…” You ran a hand over your face. “I can’t afford the repairs.”
He grabbed you by the shoulders, eyes trained on yours. “Hey, it’s not yer fault. Call the landlord.”
Meanwhile, Johnny got your belongings off the floor. Thankfully, the water hadn’t ruined anything apart from the carpeted floors.
Your landlord lived a few floors down and promptly inspected the flat above yours. Your neighbour wasn’t home, but his sink’s pipe had burst and flooded his place too. The landlord assured you that the building was insured and that you didn’t have to pay for damages. If any, you were covered for yours.
She moved you to another flat, a bigger one for the same price, for how bad she felt. However, it was freshly renovated so it needed a major clean and some furniture hadn’t been moved back in yet.
You figured you could spend another night in your soggy flat, but Johnny insisted it couldn’t have been good for you, especially not in the weather. He promised to help you move the day after.
He could tell you wanted to say no, but the exhaustion gripping your shoulders made you pack your necessities for the night without a fight. When you said you’d take the couch, he firmly told you to take the bed. How could he let you have anything less than the best? It was the least he could do in such a misfortune.
While you cleaned yourself up, he hurried to tidy his room and change his sheets. Later when he emerged with a bundle of dirty sheets and shirts he’d picked up off the floor, you were at the kitchen counter, your back to him.
“Sorry fer the mess, but the room is good t’go now.”
You turned with a smile. “Thanks, Johnny, really. Here, I made you tea.” When you placed his mug on the table, you paused, gaze fixed on it.
When he realised what you’d seen, he sprinted to the dining table where he’d been sketching that afternoon. He didn’t plan on meeting you today, let alone have you in his flat.
“Aw, no, no- fuck.” He scurried to shut his sketchbook, clutching it to his chest with hot cheeks. He looked up at you, a stunned or perhaps even pained expression across your face. “I- I swear it’s nothin’ weird! I can throw em’ out-”
“Who’s that?”
“What?” he said incredulously.
“Who’s that, that you drew? Is she…” Your eyes darted to the ground before you continued in a small voice, “Are you seeing her?”
He blinked. Did you think it was someone else?
“I fockin’ wish I was!” He tilted the sketch he was working on towards you, the one where he was supposedly cupping your smiling face, mindless doodles of hearts piled in the corner of the page. “It’s you!”
“No, I don’t look like that… It’s not me.”
“Did ye just insult my drawing prowess?”
He flipped back to a page of smaller sketches from your last dinner. It was the night his lovelorn mind kept drifting off too, the only time you dressed up for him, the closest he had been to having you.
He did a full body sketch of your outfit. Next to it, you at the table across him with the prettiest smile. He drew each dish, even the one you didn’t like, as he didn’t want to forget a thing from that perfect moment.
“She’s beautiful,” you muttered, eyes softening as you took in the illustration.
“Because you are. I love looking at you. I love drawing you,” he confessed. “But I guess yer too busy avoiding me to care.”
Your eyes met his blue ones as your shoulders sagged. “Johnny…”
“M’ sorry. I wasn’t trying to make ye feel bad.” He closed his book again with a sigh. “But if I’m honest, it hurts. A lot. But at least yer not leading me on, so I’m just… trying to forget.” He chuckled humourlessly as he shook his head. “It’s stupid how I can’t stop liking ye.”
“You like me?” you repeated.
His brows furrowed. “Isn’t that why you’ve been avoiding me?”
“No! Oh God-“ You held your hand over your mouth. “I was… I started liking you too much and I had to stop before it was too late, because you don’t like me like that.”
“Me? I don’t like ye!?” He pointed at himself. “Who the fuck said that?”
“Well, no one, but-“
“I can say with certainty ah’ve never not liked ye.”
You paused before your gaze shifted to the mug in your hand. “I didn’t think it would matter to you.“
“Of course it matters, hen.” He rounded the table and placed his hand over yours, lowering the mug onto the table. “It hurts, losing ye like tha’.”
“I’m sorry, Johnny. I didn’t mean to,” you mumbled.
“So do ye still like me or not? Because I like you a lot.”
You couldn’t meet his baby blues, but you gave a small nod as you supressed a smile.
He set the sketchbook down, a grin forming on his lips. “Will you finally let me hug you now?”
You reached out for his hand, your touch feather-light as you stepped in. He wrapped his arms around you with a content sigh. You felt better than what he’d always imagined – softer, warmer. He didn’t let go for a few moments as he smiled to himself, still not believing his mind-boggling luck that you liked him.
With his lungs full of your scent, he pulled away to cup your smiling face, just like in his last sketch. It was perfect in his rough hand. Was he allowed to touch something so beautiful with it?
He didn’t expect you to lean in as your eyes locked with his, but it was second nature to pull you closer. Your lips against his made his knees tremble. When your hot tongue swiped across his lower lip, goosebumps broke out on his arms. You lit him up with a zap up his spine.
His lips parted as he let out a noise, something between a gasp and a moan. Another pathetic whimper escaped him when his tongue swirled with yours. He could only hold onto you tighter as he melted against you.
This was how it was supposed to be like all along.
When he pulled away, he couldn’t help but bring his fingertips to his wet lips. “Fuck,” he muttered. “Was tha’ real or am I dreamin’?”
“Kiss me again, Johnny,” you said breathlessly, cupping his bearded jaw.
“You never have to ask again.”
Johnny didn’t think it would ever come to this, but you and him became the gym couple.
“Can I get a kiss for every sit-up, hen?”
“Bon, let’s make out between sets.”
“Do ye want to see how many times I can hip-thrust yer weight, love?”
You’d giggle, swatting his arm as he gave you a smug grin. But you were the one he pressed up against the far wall of the deserted gym, your hips squirming against his.
“So glad there’s no cameras here,” he muttered between kisses.
“I still would prefer no possibility of someone walking in.”
“Everyone knows not to walk in when we’re here.”
It was true. People didn’t take long to learn to give you space, lest the muscular Scot stared them down. That, and he imagined it was rather awkward to witness him smack your butt not-so discreetly.
You laughed against his lips, pinching his ass lightly.
“Ye know I like it when ye do that harder, bon.”
He should start wearing oversized shirts that hung past his groin again. He didn’t need a compression shirt anymore when he could rip his shirt off anytime to tempt you now that you were his - in the privacy of his or your flat of course.
Before his next deployment, Johnny gave you his key and let you drive his car in case you needed it. When he came back two weeks later, you greeted him with a new papercraft kit. He didn’t have enough time to thank you because he dove right into your lips. Did you have any idea how much he missed you?
Spending time at his sketching or crafting became a nightly routine as you joked and chatted about the day.
Across him, you hunched, laser-focused on attaching the conical roof to one of the castle towers with a pair of tweezers. The way you furrowed your brows in concentration always made him smile.
“Hen,” he said again, finally gaining your attention as you looked up at him. “I said I can take a leave next month.”
“Oh, how long? Have you got anything planned?”
“I wantae take ye t’see the real thing.” He nodded at the half-built Glamis castle in the middle of the table.
The smile bloomed on your lips. “Are you serious?”
“Aye, of course.”
“That would be wonderful.”
He shifted his attention to the piece of paper in his hand. “Ye know, I could- if you want to see my home, meet the rest of my family… Maybe have my maw’s stew.” When you didn’t respond, his eyes flicked up to your warm ones.
“I’d love to, Johnny,” you muttered.
He gave you a relieved smile and you continued the activity until you called it a day. You washed the tea set as he put away the papercraft.
He watched you for a moment, your back to him at the sink wearing one of his shirts. It was a familiar sight, you in his flat. It was silly, but even after hours of being with you, he grew clingy when it inched closer to bedtime on weekdays as it meant you had to go back to yours.
While he was grateful for each night spent in each other’s arms, it was never enough. These walls had never been this much like home before you. It was your home too, wasn’t it?
He shouldn’t have asked. He didn’t want to scare you or make you uncomfortable, but his heart belonged to you. How could he not be honest?
“Love,” he placed a gentle hand on your hip. “Would you consider moving in with me? It doesn’t have to be anytime soon, but later on. In the future, whenever you want to.”
You turned to him with a teasing smile. “You sure you won’t get sick of me?”
“Never, bon,” he said under his breath. “I’ll take care of rent, and you can use the savings to take that course you always wanted.”
You held his gaze for another beat. “I’ll only consider if we split rent.”
“In that case, I’ll just have to find more ways to spoil you.”
He planted a kiss on your forehead, making you smile. He’d make sure you’d never think of him as anything less than the best boyfriend.
Johnny couldn’t stop bouncing as you boarded the train to Scotland. He hadn’t been able to wipe that grin off his face either.
“I’m so excited, bon.” He gripped your hand with two of his, holding it against his chest as his eyes sparkled. “My maw’s going to love ye.”
Under the clear blue skies, the city tapered into a line as the train bolted through vast grasslands.
You turned to him with a small laugh. “Why are you saying that as if I don’t know her, like she hasn’t been giving us cooking lessons on video call?”
“Ah, well, that’s true.” He shrugged. “But she’s gonnae love ye even more. And my niece and nephews.”
“I can’t wait to meet them.”
“They grow so fast, some could only sit on my lap last year. Don’t know if they still can this time.”
“What if I also want to sit on your lap?”
He grinned. “There’s always space for ye between my legs.”
Johnny took you to his nan’s to meet his extended family, which included his niece and nephews who were devastated that their favourite uncle didn’t have a mohawk anymore. Looking at the dejection in their little cute faces, of course he promised he would return with it next time.
His mum and aunts gushed over how sweet you were together. His cousins included you in the conversation, asking about your itinerary in Scotland and recommending spots to check out. Of course they’d also asked how you two met. They weren’t surprised you found the rat in the gym.
After lunch, the energised kids took Johnny and you by the hand to the backyard to play. Because he’d been bench pressing you, he could swing the kids around as they latched onto his arms and legs, shrieking in glee. The others formed a line for their turn with a giggle while you gave his niece a piggyback ride.
Before heading back home, Johnny gave you a tour of the town. It was quiet, but he showed you his schools, the hip places he and his friends frequented as teens and the football field he used to play on. Lastly, he drove past his first ever gym - the one that started it all.
“Tha’ fine summer day when I was 15th, I decided I needed t’carry all my maw’s shoppin’ in a go,” he lamented in front of the small building. “Mr. Russel’s the owner. He was always so nice, gave me free protein shake every Saturday. He was so proud when SAS accepted me.”
You unbuckled your seatbelt. “Alright, let’s go.”
“Wha’?”
“I know you’ve been itching to lift. Come on.” You climbed out of the car.
He followed with a grin. Perpetually dressed in athleisure clothing had its perks. “This is why I love ye, hen.”
Mr. Russell was scribbling behind the desk when the door swung open.
“Hiya, welcome-“ His face lit up when he saw the sergeant. “Johnny!”
“Good t’see ya, Mr. Russell.”
The middle-aged man patted his shoulder firmly, looking him over with pride. “Looking huge, pal. Are you following a new split?”
“Ta, mate, but it’s the same as always.” He grinned. “Giza day pass, would ye?”
“Don’t be daft, Mactavish! Yer free t’walk in whenever.” He swatted his hand and turned to you. “An’ who’s the lady?”
“Och, sorry, this is m’friend.“ He wrapped his arm around your shoulder and shot you a teasing smile.
You frowned, but immediately recovered with a smile. “We’re super best friends actually, and flatmates. Nice to meet you.”
He laughed, his thumb rubbing your shoulder. “No, she’s ma pretty burd. We’re staying fer the weekend.”
“Hope ye enjoy yer stay, miss.” Mr. Russell chuckled along. “Go ahead then. Have a good session ye two!”
Past the turnstile gate, your hand slipped down to pinch his butt making him jump.
Yeah, he should stop teasing you in public, or at least wear baggy shirts when he did it.
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autumnheartsprice · 4 months ago
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bf!simon riley x medic!reader
im a sucker for anything tf141 x medic! reader so here we are
|no warnings really, mentions of heat stroke, fluff, angsty i guess but like not really at all? idk anymore. not proofread|
Well, how did the task force find out the medic was dating the Simon Riley?
Instead of hiring some random guys, the boys took it upon themselves to fix up the landscape around the base and tend to all the things that's broken throughout the past few years. It was a few weeks until their next mission, that was fairly easy too, so they took it easy and didn't force such a harsh schedule upon themselves.
It was the middle of the summer, the sun right above their heads as they were in a heat wave - but who knows the next time they'll be free to even do this? Gaz and Soap were picking weeds as Soap complained about the heat non-stop, Price was in his office doing paperwork, but Ghost was doing all sorts of tasks and working himself up.
His phone vibrates in his pocket and he takes a small break to see who it was, only to see your name next to a heart as the most recent notification.
Y/N🖤: You better be taking it easy out there.
S.R.: Always, love.
He got back to work, sweating through his black clothes but continuing to work anyway. "Ay, L.T., you're looking a bit hot, why don't you go take a break?" Soap calls out while wiping a bead of sweat away from his forehead. "Nah, I'm good." He stubbornly mumbles back.
He ran out of water a while ago but was too occupied to go get some more. He was starting to feel nauseous but blamed it on only having a cup or two of tea this morning with nothing to eat. As his vision doubled, he shook it off and decided to take his gloves off as if it'd fully cool him off. Soap nudged Gaz to look over at him and they both watched him silently as he was acting differently.
Ghost gets up from his crouching position and gets a wave of dizziness, he opts for reaching out for the nearest thing to stabilize himself but it turns out he was way further than he thought and lost his balance.
As he fell onto the ground, slightly bumping the back of his head, the two were quickly up and running towards Ghost and trying to get his attention. He was staring up at the tall trees in a dreamy state and panting heavily. Soap pulls his phone out and quickly dials the medic, telling her what happened through a strong, yet scared Scottish accent and telling her to hurry.
The medic runs up to the kitchen and grabs a cold water bottle from the fridge and a clean rag before running outside to find Gaz and Soap crouching down next to Ghost. She unscrew the cap of your bottle and pours some onto the rag; she gently wipes the liquid onto his jaw and cheek before placing it on his forehead and hoping it'll cool him down through the fabric on his mask.
She pulls out a blood pressure cuff and thermometer and starts doing both at once. Ghost moves his eyes over to stare at her and reaches out to grab her thigh, "Mm baby.. you didn't.. you didn't need to-.. come out here.." He mumbles as soon as she takes the thermometer out of his mouth and check it, normal temp. "Don't try to sweet talk me, I told you to take it easy." Soap and Gaz give each other a confused look at the way the two talk to each other .
"My love.. I was going.. easy.. must've just.. lost my balance.." He's deliriously talking at this point. "Ay L.T., I told you to take a break because you looked rough. Working yourself like a dog out here." Soap argues.
Ghost watches her give him a 'I'm gonna fuck you up' stare and he groans. "Baby.. I'd never lie.."
"Really? You're going to say that while you're about to have a fucking heat stroke?" Her voice is harsh but it's hard to be mad at him while he's in such a state. "Love.. I'm sorry.. please don't curse at me.." He mumbles, gripping the fat of her thigh.
She sighs while pressing the rag into his forehead more to let it take its effect more. She convinces Gaz to help her take his hoodie off, and it reveals his arm filled with tattoos.
She moves him into her bedroom and opens the window to let some air come in. After replacing the rag with a colder one, he starts to get less delusional and forms more complete sentences. He cuddles into her and almost, almost, gets her to forgive him. "Baby, I'm sorry.." he mumbles into your chest. "You're stupid."
He sighs before replying, "I know, I know.. I can make it up to you later?" He suggests, earning a smack on the back of his head.
She texts the other medic that she can't finish your shift but it was almost time for nightshift to come in anyway. After hitting the send button, you get a notification from a new group called "???" with her, Soap and Gaz. The first text reading, "Soo... are you two together or what?" from Gaz. After replying yes, Soap states "Gaz, you owe me a 20 now."
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pinkyqily · 4 months ago
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esmee fic 👀 black reader who plays for barcelona and fans find out that reader does esmee's gameday braids. they start to suspect that reader and esmee are together!!!
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MY ONLY ONE Esmee brugts x Black reader
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Summary : fans put pieces together and find out not only are you dating esmee but you're the one who does her game day braids 💗
Contains: Esmee x black!reader, Fluff, Pina braids slander because tf not
A/n: Thank you so much for requesting this 🫶🏿 I enjoyed every bit of writing for this fic, and I hope you enjoy reading this if you have any other esmee requests or for any other player send them my way feedback are always appreciated and happy reading.
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You and esmee have recently been dropping little hints about your relationship on social media. It all started when es posted a little story about your date that included a scenery pic.
You on the other hand, took it up a notch with postings you and esmee holding hands nothing to crazy, just enough to have people sitted for a soft lunch.
The second time you guys posted again was at the men's home game where your other teammates had accompany you.
Es had given you her hoodie because you felt a little cold and you made a story post about her jester. Which was where fans started connecting the dots because esmee had posted a photo dump.
In one of the pictures, you guys had taken a group photo, esmee still had her jacket in it. And your story of having es jacket on was stil up.
Everyone was either theorizing about the both of you or trying to convince themselves esmee was just helping out her forgetful teammates.
But something that blew it all up was a video that vicky took of you braiding esme hair a few days before a game. Confirming all the rumors about you too with the very accidental video.
"How come you only braid esmee hair before we have games". You heard a voice say making you look lose concentration on what you we're doing."Because one she's my girlfriend and two you never asked me to braid your hair, I mean you and pina share the same braider so your point?". You told the curly haired girl as you continued braiding not noticing she was recording.
"Aye! You can't blame me for sharing braiding info Claudia wouldn't leave me alone until I told her". You heard her say as esmee was laughing at her.
"Not our fault you have a weak backbone". Your girlfriend said moving the posting of her head onto your lap.
"Es stay stil for me I'm almost done". You told her, leaving a kiss on her cheek, unaware that vicky was stil filming.
"You're both so disgustingly inlove makes me want to puke". Vicky's voice echoes through the room making an exit to leave.
"You'll understand love one day, Vick." You yelled out to the younger girl as she left.
Vicky wasn't even paying attention when she posted the video as she had already left her phone in the locker room, not paying attention to what she had posted.
It wasn't until a break was called that pina came up to your group that consisted of you, esmee, vicky,salma and cata.
"Why would you guys say that about me and vicky you galdy gave me the braider info I did not pressure you to giving me". Pina said frankly looking annoyed.
"What did vicky post?". You had asked the younger girl looking quite confused. That when it hit vicky she had accidentally posted it public instead of close friends.
"I can explain it was meant for close friends I didn't know it got posted for the whole world, you can blame ona for rushing me you know". She said trying to defend herself.
"I don't care about it being posted you just ruined my soft lunch ugh". You told the group of friends.
"There's no point in hiding it again, baby we can just hard lunch I do have some photos of us that I've always wanted to post." You heard your girlfriend say.
"You guys problem is fixed but what about vicky badmouthing me to the internet". Pina said now irritated at the fact that people are going to think she harassed the younger girl for braiding info.
"You can start by stop getting them done, because people are calling you Lauren james knock off of the uwcl." You told pina making the group of girls around you laugh as you and esmee walked away from them.
“You’ll still braid my hair for me right”. You heard Vicky asking. "Si Si, you better get back to practice before your guardian Alexia comes and drag you away.
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dumbikawa · 5 months ago
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Drunkenly Confessing to Suna
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GN!Reader | Fluff | Warnings: Alcohol Consumption
Characters: Suna
A/n: I haven't written in so long so I hope this is good, still a Suna simp for life
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Jealousy is one hell of a drug, you think as you watch the girl laugh at whatever Suna just said, jokingly smacking him on the arm with a coy smile. The whole thing made your stomach lurch, yet you didn’t look away. He doesn’t try to move away as she continues to find excuses to lean further into him until she’s essentially using him as a support pole. It’s not like the two of you are together or anything seeing as he’s still as clueless as ever. Regardless, the feelings swirling around in your gut just won’t let up.
“This is your time to march up to him and tell him how you feel,” Atsumu muses, following your spiteful gaze to the cuddly pair. Suna and the girl wandered into the crowd and began dancing to whatever pop song was currently playing. “If you’re not gonna do that then may I suggest, at least, stop torturing yourself and come dance with me. Our moves will be exceedingly better than whatever that is.” Despite the hollow feeling in your chest, you manage a genuine laugh at his attempt to cheer you up. Taking his advice, you shift your gaze to the blonde boy standing next to you.
“You make it sound so easy,” you huff, resting your head against Atsumu’s shoulder. He hangs an arm around your shoulders, giving it an encouraging squeeze. It’s been a bit since he called you out on your little crush, allowing you to either do something about it as he was suggesting or get over it. Now, you were all in university together and that little crush was still going surprisingly strong. It had been so long that now you had to wonder whether it was worth risking your friendship? Not to mention, potentially messing up the entire group's dynamic if he turned you down. Plus, let’s be honest, how could you compete with these other girls?
“Aye, they’re heading over,” Atsumu warns, dropping his arm back against his side as you shoot up to scan the crowd for Suna. Dread begins to pool in your gut as you do indeed see the pair walking towards you and instead scan the table of alcohol you’d been leaning against for something to dull your senses. You only agreed to go to this stupid party because you deserved a break from the constant studying and to “let loose for a couple of hours” as Atsumu put it. Yet, here you were, sulking over your unattainable crush.
Maybe Atsumu was right, you think as you grab a bottle of clear booze off the table and pour a generous amount into a red solo cup.
“Y/n,” Atsumu warns, wanting to stop you from taking the shot that would surely push you past being just a little tipsy. The alcohol stings as it travels down your throat, becoming borderline unbearable as you force yourself to choke down the last sip remaining drops. Atsumu can only help but watch with a combination of fear and admiration as you grab his hand and saunter to the dance floor, hoping a new found liquid confidence will take over from there.
Suna watches you go, worry overtaking his normally indifferent features. He moves to follow you, but stops himself.  Maybe you were trying to spend some time with Atsumu and it would be weird if he interrupted. Although, the thought of you and Atsumu getting together is more painful than he’d like to admit. The girl he had been talking to drifts away, not getting the reaction she’d hoped for from Suna. He'd tried to be interested, yet his eyes always drifted towards you.
This is going to be a long night, he thinks as watches with envy.
And, oh, what a long night it was. Suna recalls his previous prediction as he rubs soothing circles against your back a few hours later while you position your head in between your knees on the bathroom floor.
“Rinnn, you can’t ever let me drink again. Promise?” you slur in-between deep breaths as you try to soothe the constant spinning of the world around you. All Suna could do was laugh at your babblings of regret and agree to whatever you asked of him under the condition that you take a couple sips of water first.
“Why did you drink so much anyways?” he counters, knowing you’re usually far more reserved when it comes to drinking and partying, in general. Although he isn’t looking for a coherent answer, the question seems to strike a chord with you. You lift your head up with a scoff to shoot him a surprisingly sober as if he was supposed to know.
“You were dancing!” you start, “and she was pretty so I wanted to dance and feel pretty.” He’s only able to make out about half of your slurred words, especially when you grow embarrassed and begin to mumble, but it’s enough to piece together a general idea.
“You could’ve asked me to dance, you know. I would’ve said yes,” Suna murmurs, relieved that you can’t see the bit of blush that was beginning to warm his face. The silence that settles after the statement makes his heart race as he realizes his words were a little too close to that of a confession. Although, maybe you were just too intoxicated to hear what he was saying. “Here, take my jacket,” he offers, noticing the wave of goosebumps racing up your skin, and jumping at the chance to change the topic.
He strips the soft material off his body and gently guides you into it. You bury your face in the fabric as soon as the scent of his cologne hits you, relishing in the warmth and smell that’s become a comfort for you. A smile splits through Suna’s face as you nuzzle into the fabric. He might not even care if you got sick on it. It would be so easy to reach out and--
“What if I make it smell bad?” you gasp suddenly, clumsily pushing the fabric off as if you’d taint it with the strong smell of booze and sweat that engulfed your body. Suna moves towards you quickly, placing his hands on your arms in order to pull the jacket back around you. “No...you go give it to that other girl.” You pull away from him with a huff.
Your quick change in demeanor is like whiplash as he tries to keep up. Although, he can’t deny jealousy was adorable on you.
“You’re the only girl I’d let wear my jacket,” he assures you. “Even if you do reek.” You seem to appreciate his words, despite the small insult you barely catch, and relax back into the fabric.
“That’s why I like you,” you hum, feeling content. “So cute, so nice to me.” If Suna couldn't currently feel the way his heart pounded in his chest then he'd swear it had stopped. He tries not to read too much into your drunken words, but the phrase ‘that’s why I like you’ plays on a loop in his head as he begins coaxing you off the floor to get ready for bed.
By the time he’s convinced you to take some Advil and wash a majority of your makeup off, he feels more than exhausted himself. It's well past four by the time you curl up on to the side of the bed and he lays down opposite you, planning to only close his eyes for a moment. However, as soon as his head hits the pillow he's suddenly surrounded by the smell of that lotion you love and, combined with the alcohol he also indulged in, he's out.
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“Oh my god,” you groan, waking up to the sunlight streaming into your room being too bright, even behind closed eyes. You move to roll over to the otherside of the bed so that you can lay facing away from the window, but before you can make it that far your outstretched hand comes into contact with a hard, warm object that lets out a soft grunt upon impact.
You force your eyes open just enough for you to realize that drunk you somehow got your crush into bed, which might’ve been impressive if you could remember anything more than a few snippets of what happened the night before.
“Oh my god,” you groan again, this time from mental anguish opposed to physical. Though your body aches all over, you push yourself into a sitting position that sends the world spinning. You bury your face in your hands to hide the rising heat as the possibilities of what conspired last night. Some memories feel just within reach, but the more you focus on them the further they get.
“There’s a bottle of painkillers and a cup of water on the table next to you,” Suna murmurs, his voice husky from sleep, as if you couldn’t feel more flustered right now. You quickly turn further away from him, eagerly throwing back the medicine and entire glass of water. “How do you feel?”
The bed shifts beneath you as he pushes himself up to sit against the back of the bed. The embarrassment you feel continues to skyrocket. There was no telling what you might’ve looked like right now, not to mention you desperately needed a long, contemplative shower.
“I’m sorry, but, uh, did...did we…?” You don’t have to finish the awkward question because Suna has already burst out into a fit of laughter. 
“No, no,” he almost laughs, which somehow makes you feel more embarrassed. “Nothing like that happened. Sorry, I honestly meant to crash on the floor--”
“Thank God,” you sigh, too relieved to care that you cut him off. “That’s fine, I just...ugh.” You drag your hands down your grimey face. You need a shower, to brush your teeth, maybe take about ten more pain killers, and drink three gallons of water to begin flushing out your system. Maybe then you wouldn’t feel like you were on death’s door.
“Okay,” you begin, wanting to quickly sort out what happened last night. “I remember dancing with Atsumu and a couple other people. I remember you and some girl dancing. What happened to her?” Only once it's past your lips do you realize how bitter it sounds.
“I spent the night in your bed and you’re still jealous?” Suna teases.
“Jealous. Still.” You emphasize the words, hoping some memory might pop up that explains it. “Nope, I don’t remember being jealous.”
“Of course,” he counters with a grin.
“What else?” He raises his eyebrow questioningly as you roll your eyes. “What else did I say?” He shrugs, feigning nonchalance.
“Nothing much, just that you liked me because I’m, apparently, cute and nice to you.” He watches for your reaction, hoping to answer some of the questions he was too afraid to ask.
“That’s not as bad as it could have been, I guess,” you respond a moment later, trying to keep your emotions in check under Suna’s intense stare.
“Did you...mean it?” His eyes are no longer teasing as he leans back to put distance between the two of you.
“Of course I like you, Rinnie,” you laugh. He sighs, exasperated. His heart and brain continue to pull in opposite directions at your vague answers. This back and forth wasn’t going anywhere because he didn’t know what to ask and you didn’t know what to say.
You were avoiding his gaze, so he moved closer until the space between the two of you was nearly nonexistent. Your breath hitches in your throat as your eyes are automatically drawn to his lips. It would be so easy to lean forward and kiss him, but you were frozen in place. He places his hand on your hip before quickly pulling it back.
“I’m sorry,” His eyes are so full of longing that you’re sure mirror your own. This scenario has played through your head so many times, imagining the different ways he might whisk you off your feet with a kiss.
“Don’t be,” you venture. To prove it, you bring your hand to the back of his neck and pull him in closer. His hair is soft as you run your fingers through it, attempting to distract yourself from your overwhelming emotions. Could this really be happening?
You had your answer as soon as his lips connected with yours. They're soft and warm. The anxious feeling in your stomach quickly uncoils as he deepens the kiss, moving your body forward to press against his. You run your hand up his toned arm before coming to rest against his collarbone.
His lips curl into a smile against yours as the kiss comes to an end. Neither of you say anything for a moment afterwards, choosing to bask in the quiet before the painful reminder of how much you’d indulged the night before comes pounding back.
“As much as I’d love to keep kissing you, I need to brush my teeth.”
“Well, I wasn’t going to say anything,” Suna laughs before stealing one last kiss.
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THIS WITH MILES AND RIO OMG
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8e2jNJ6/
Can she come over?
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Miles(s) Morales x fem! Reader
Synopsis! After seeing a Tiktok on your for you page, you persuaded your boyfriend to do it with you.
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Genre: Fluff, pre established relationship, slight age up so it makes sense that they’re in a car
Warnings: none!
Word count: .8k
Authors comment: This was so cute and fun to write, hopefully this was what you were asking. Didn’t know which Miles you wanted so suprise it’s both! Small blurbs. Enjoy <3
Do not copy! All rights reserved to ©axeoverblade
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EARTH 1610!MILES
“Baby no I’m not doing that!” Miles whined. “Cmon!! It’s just a little jokey-joke!” You lightly pushed his shoulder, trying to persuade him for the umpteenth time. He looked at you and sighed, finally caving in, “you're so lucky I love you”. Giggling, you urged him to call his mom quicker, setting up your camera on the dashboard of the car to record.
“I’m blaming this on you” he said, phone ringing as he looked at you. “I’m willing to accept the consequences” you smiled.
“Yes hijo?” His mother said, you smiled wider, covering your mouth with your hand. “Hola mami” “Do u need something? Oh! Can you tell y/n she left her pajamas so I washed em’ for her.” “oh uh,” he looked at you, “I’m not with her, when I see her I’ll say something. What are you doing right now?” “Mmm nothing worth talking about, por que? Is something wrong?” She asked, becoming more concerned towards the end of her sentence. “Nah nothin’s wrong” Miles paused, “can I bring a girl over?” He winced, trying to stop his voice from cracking. “Que? I thought you said you weren’t with y/n? You don’t have to ask to bring her over anymore-” “uh actually it’s not her”
The phone went silent, “….eh?”, you stifled a laugh, looking at miles who was holding in a laugh himself. “It’s not her mami, ‘s another girl.” “So, what I’m hearing is,” she paused, taking a moment to process, “you want some random girl over that’s not y/n? Why?” “Oh well you know, I’m hanging out with her right now and she wants to come over” “does y/n know about this?” “Uhm nah, this girl is kinda..” Miles trailed off, insinuating he was hiding her from you. “Miles te lo juro que te asesinaré con mis propias manos.” you couldn’t hold it in anymore, throwing your head back as you cackled. Miles' eyes widened at your break of character as he laughed too, quickly muting himself, “You think this is funny Miles? Was that her laughing?” Rio yelled quickly, had you not been used to her voice you wouldn’t have understood what she said with how fast the words left her mouth. Miles unmuted himself, knowing if he didn’t stop the prank now he would get in serious trouble. “Cálmate mami, we’re kidding it’s a joke!”
“Hi Mrs.Morales!” You choked out through a laugh. “Ay-Y/n is that you?” “Yes ma’am” you giggled. Rio mumbled something under her breath, “you two play too much. I’ll see you both for dinner, don't be late.” With that she hung up. You looked at Miles who was shaking his head at you, “mi princesa, you’re gonna get me killed.” You giggled and gave him a kiss on the cheek, grabbing your phone off the dashboard and stopping the recording, “maybe thats my goal.”.
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EARTH 42!MILES
“Baby Im not doing it, do you know how pissed she’s gonna be?” He looked at you skeptically. You set up your camera on the dashboard, pressing record. “Cmon querido it’s for memories” he sighed looking at your pleading expression. He rolled his eyes, “you owe me” you smiled wide, happy he finally agreed after a hefty amount of convincing. He dialed his mother, staring at you while it rang.
“Yes Hijo?” Ríos voice spoke through the phone speaker. “Hola mama, whatchu’ doin’?” “Uhm I’m on a five minutó break at the hospital, por que?” “Uhh nothin much, so I’m wit’ a girl n’ she wants to come over to the house, I was just letting you know-” “eh? Where's y/n? Is she already there or something?” You smiled. “Uh nah, just me n’ the girl.” “…Dónde está y/n?” “Uh” he looked at you for a split second, “I don’t know.” “Does she know this girl is coming over?” “Nah and I’m keeping it that way” Miles said, hinting something was going on with this mystery girl. “Miles, tu traes esa nena a casa y te lo juro.", you covered your mouth holding in a laugh, looking at Miles. He shook his head, “well I mean she’s kinda already with me,” “Is her name y/n” “que? no i just said it’s not y/n-” “then she can’t come over. I see you with another girl near our property and it’s not ending well for either of you, comprende?” You couldn’t hold it in any longer, letting out the laugh you had been keeping.
“Ella se acaba de reír de? Miles Morales-" “Mama we kid’, y/n is wit’ me. it’s a joke” he quickly cut her off before she could begin her rant. “Sorry Mrs.Morales” you said through a fit of giggles. “Cariño don’t do that, you had me worried.” She spoke to you through the phone.“Sorry mama” you replied using the nickname developed for Rio throughout your relationship with Miles. She clicked her teeth, “I’m gonna tell your ma on you little girl, eres malo.”. You let out a small laugh and apologized, saying your goodbyes so she could get back to work. You grabbed your phone off the dashboard stopping the recording, giving Miles a quick kiss on the cheek. “So about what you owe me” he said looking at you suggestively. You laughed, “you’re gross”
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simp-ly-writes · 7 months ago
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Gentle-Fellow's
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Pairing: Spencer Agnew x gn!Reader
─ · · SUMMARY: You, Spencer and your fellow cast mates Angela and Shayne all star in yet another Don't Win Mario Party, Gentlemen addition!
─ · · TAGS: gender-neutral pronouns, part social media au, use of dated terms as comedy, swearing, smoking, fluff, attempt at humour, cute.
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─ · · A/N: thank you so much for the ask, anon! sorry it took so long, had to brainstorm some jokes and scenarios but it was a load of fun! 😄
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"Oi! 'ello Chaps, I'm here with my fellow gentle-lads and t'day we'll be playing some good old fashion mario party, just how I like my liquor-" you began to intro to the camera before Spencer was slapping you gently on the shoulder, his body acting out more impact than you actually received but you still fell off the couch for comedic benefit as he put his shoes up on your supposed 'corpse' in good taste.
"Well enough with what that fellow was going on about, I must say we shall play. This game is better suited for a trio rather than a quartet- the same philosophy can also be said for working in the navy. Was much better to night-watch with a trio-"
"Ah yes, I do believe three-and-some is an adequate amount. I have yet to try four but it sounds you would not recommend?" Shayne leans forwards on the couch to fully face Spencer who adjusts his tophat while looking down at you, silently asking if you were okay while laying down off camera. You shot him a smile upwards, rolling over and returning back to the couch.
"Yes, I would not recommend such activities. Too many men with not enough places to go and scope out. Much better to have three, did you not serve to learn this?" Spencer asks with a tilt to his head, his top hat already falling off again as you hold back a chuckle to his playful glare in your direction.
"I in fact did serve! I was a leader, and I good one at that too. Took my whole group to one of the colonies, we had to strip ourselves of layers from how humid the climate was," Shayne clarified, pretending to light his cigar as Spencer lit his own, passing his lighter towards you.
"Thank you, gentleman," you responded, lighting your two cigarettes, wearing them like vampire fangs that had Angela near tears at the end of the couch. "I do remember being down to my undergarments at multiple points with my men, I'll have you know we were all in position within the ama-zone. Quite the discoveries we made there, so uncivilized."
"AYE!" Angela corrected, pointing a finger, her moustache slipping down her face, "I'll have you know my third mistress is from those parts, and she is the best. You mustn't make such hastily claims gentlemen, it is unbecoming of you!"
You nod your head, "yes, yes, very unbecoming. What are we? Boys like our sons? I can't remember the last time I had ashes in my lungs with that child's work," you continue as Angela agrees with a huff, the game seemingly long forgotten as you all carry through conversation, trying your darnedest not to break character.
"Ah yes, I think I have a son or two, I can't quite remember. I think to name them all William, a strong English name," Shanye comments once you all get... gently reminded to play the game you intro-ed over half an hour ago, you hoped that the editors would be able to find something distinguishable in these files.
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"I do believe it is your turn, gentleman," Spencer comments, casting you a wink. "My, I have seen to misplaced that powered-device. Does anyone see it?" Everyone starts to feel around the dips in the couch, Spencer was the first to stand, walking closer to the cameras from where you rolled to during the introduction bit and comes back with your controller, dipping it towards you with a bow.
"Thank you, my, you must be quite the bachelor, charming a fellow like me, oh my," you add with heated cheeks as Spencer returns to your side, his leg nocking against your own as you shout out in disbelief to obtaining a star you DID NOT want. "This is outrageous, I demand a re-play of my turn! I did not intend-"
"We must play by the rules," Shayne cuts you off, tilting his hat down as you stick out your tongue. Angela is focused on not winning the next mini game as you and Shayne continue your staring contest in the following two rounds before you claim victory. "Haha! I have trained with only the best, you can read a lot about another man through his eyes. Have you been hunting before? I love that wild look." Spencer jumps to respond.
"Yes, I must say, you really can tell a lot..." and in that moment you both look at one another. Shayne and Angela are both screaming over something on the screen but you both sound it out, lost in this little moment before realizing your both won... or well lost.
"It appear we have lost," Spencer says, emitting a sigh. "No, I would say we have won," you tease loving the way his cheeks heat up to his ears before you both return to the game more driven then ever to not win.
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Jokes have you all toppling the couch at some point from your rambunctious laughter, Angela is struggling to breathe through her sentence much similar to you over just how funny Spencer manages to be wearing sweatpants and a cheap half tux.
Spencer immediately went to protect your head with his arm as you all fell backwards with a large crash, the crew all gasped out in shock before your laughter only grew more boisterous. "I think I hear a little man again," Shayne comments, forcing himself upright to look over the couch as stars begun to be distributed.
Like snipers at position you all kneeled, your eyes only visible from the turned over couch. Top hats giving away your cover and you had placed second, falling back to the ground in fake shock and relief. Spencer teased mouth to mouth that had you pressing a hand to his mouth and narrowed your eyes at his large ones filled with glee and adoration.
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Angela had lost in the end in first place. you second place. Shayne in third and Spencer being the ultimate winner in fourth.
"FUCK!" and the video ended abruptly to quickly cute to her wearing a dog cone while trying to light a cigarette, only for them to keep collecting down by her neck.
"Thank you all for viewing our game time today, I have had the most splendid time today with you chaps, as I hope you all have ventured the same?" Shayne asks the now upright couch and cast.
"Yes, I was quite filled with delight," you replied, nodding your head and tipping your hat to everyone on the sofa.
"I do agree with my fellow gentleman, here" Spencer replies, clapping you on the wrist this time, very much close to holding your hand, your fingers interlacing while watching Angelas 'winning' speech.
"I hate you all-"
"Why that id not very gentlemanly of you, do you wish to handle these matters outside in more space for our thoughts?" Shayne rebuttles.
"Yes, I rather have a few thoughts to show you," Angela challenged, brow raised as she begins to roll up her sleeves, Shayne doing the same. Alex closes the video by panning upwards and the screen fades to black.
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Gentleman's Rules: Don't Win Mario Party (Again!)
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username01 (name) and Spencer out here being the cutest even while cosplaying as colonizers, iconic behaviour you two!
username88 09:45 "Ah yes, I do believe three-and-some is an adequate amount" - Shayne Topp 2024
↳ username70 OMG why did I not catch this earlier LMAO 🤣 ↳ username91 or what about 20:01 " What are we? Boys like our sons? I can't remember the last time I had ashes in my lungs with that child's work..." - (name) was UNREAL for sayin' this XD ↳ username70 OMG YES! 🙌😂
username22 I don't know about you but I'm feeling like I'm ready for a whole series of just this cast and just this game. I have had this video and repeat since it's come out! Please. Make. More. 🙏
username14 Literally so in love with how gentle Spencer was being with (name), dropping the persona to held them find their controller and even making sure they didn't fall hard?? 😭
↳ username91 and did anyone notice those little winks? UGH 😩
username40 this is not good material to be eating to, almost choked from laughing so hard, would not recommend.
userame66 That little exchange about seeing into one another's eyes was so poetic, like that bit did not need to go that hard 💗
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damneddamsy · 7 months ago
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second sight | cregan stark x oc (part ix)
a/n: on today's episode of Stark angst-fluff, it's all bloodshed and swords. And death.
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The gates of Winterfell groaned open, a shadow yawning into the night, and Cregan felt the cold settle through him in a way that wasn’t simply the midnight air. Beneath his calm, the rage lay coiled, ancient and fierce, thrumming with the need to strike. He could feel it stirring, a force under his skin that he’d kept at bay for too long.
Tonight, the reckoning had come, and his enemy came as he’d least expected: alone, at the gates, a twisted mockery of honour that demanded restraint when every instinct demanded blood. His grip on Ice was steady, yet his mind roiled, fixed only on Sylas—the man who had touched what was his, hurt what was his, and now dared to stand in the shadow of Winterfell, the home Cregan had vowed to protect, alone and smirking in the night.
“So,” Sylas called out, his voice echoing mockingly across the courtyard. “The wolf king. Winter itself.”
No allies, no horses, no men. Just one man and the scent of fresh blood dripping from the carcass he’d brought like some cruel gift. The insult seethed in Cregan’s mind. It was more than a challenge; it was a mockery, a claim that Sylas the Grim feared no man, not even the King of the North.
Cregan’s expression remained stony, but his eyes narrowed, catching every sneer and glint of derision. Sylas was baiting him, testing for cracks in his stoicism. But a wolf doesn’t bare its teeth to bark; it saves them for the kill.
“You’ve brought breakfast?” Cregan asked, his voice sharp, restrained. His gaze flicked to the mangled reindeer, its blood staining Sylas’s shoulder and leaving a dark trail in the snow. “Thought you came with more ambitious intentions than a mere dead hart.”
Sylas’s grin widened, yellow teeth bared in something almost akin to amusement. “A civil gift, my king. I don’t need an army. Just a seat by the fire, and the wolf to see to it.”
Cregan crossed his arms. “My hearth is for allies and friends,” he said with an edge to his words. “My guest’s seat isn’t set aside for those threatening the Lady of Winterfell.”
Sylas laughed, the sound coarse and feral, resonating with the ancient and untamed. He glanced over the quiet battlements, then back to Cregan, as if taking in the walls that had withstood centuries.
���Aye, your pretty princess. Talked you up, she did. She seemed sure you were no ordinary man.” Sylas shook his head in mock disappointment. “I expected a king, maybe even a monster. And here you are, just a boy, wrapped in fur.”
A ferocity flickered in Cregan’s eyes, but his voice was calm, tempered. “And you came here alone, claiming a guest’s right?” His lips curved slightly, coldly. “Bold, for a man who sought to break the North.”
“Bold?” Sylas echoed, a dark gleam in his eyes as he stepped closer. “More like knowing what I want. I want the North, boy. And then more...”
He let his words hang, his eyes glinting with unspoken challenge.
The blood in Cregan’s veins pulsed his hand itching for Ice’s hilt. But he held still. He came alone, Cregan reminded himself. Honour bound him to the rules of hospitality, however, twisted they felt tonight.
“Well,” Cregan replied coolly, though the anger simmered like a fire under his words. “You've come bearing meat and hollow promises, but if it’s fire you seek, you’ll find it. As for the rest...” His lips curled in a threat. “When the last bone on that deer has been picked clean, I’ll feed you to my direwolves—meat and all.”
The wildling smirked, shifting the dead weight on his shoulder with a shrug. He took a step forward, the weight of his insolence heavier than any army.
“Good. I’ll take that fire.”
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Cregan watched Sylas with thinly veiled disgust, his jaw tense as the wildling devoured his meal like a starved animal. Sylas tore the meat with his bare hands, juices dripping down his fingers and settling in his beard, where bits of bread and meat clung, smeared carelessly as he bit into the next piece. Each tear, each wet, ripping sound only served to deepen Cregan's revulsion.
This was the man who’d claimed he wanted to take his wife, the one who would lord over his people and his legacy? The wildling seemed a filthy joke of a threat, and yet, here he was.
As if summoned by some inner protest to this vulgar display, the oak door whined open, and Claere entered. She was freshly bathed, her silver hair gleaming in crowning braids, her dragon-riding leathers perfectly pressed—a deliberate contrast to the wildling seated like a beast across from Cregan.
He stiffened, irritation rising as he caught sight of her. It was mere hours past the hour of the wolf, she waltzed in like it was the first light of the morn. He had to make sure her violet eyes held consciousness, that this was not her on another one of her sleep-walking rituals.
He’d told so many to keep her away if she woke, to make excuses or detours, anything to spare her from this savage again. Yet here she was, gliding in as if she were the queen he knew her to be, composed and unnervingly calm. She stepped forward, her gaze briefly assessing Sylas before she met Cregan’s eyes.
She bent down and kissed him—a light press of her lips on his, murmuring, "Good morrow, husband."
That kiss arrested him, a public display she rarely indulged in. Usually, it was he who initiated, who sought the reassurance of her touch. Now, she was sending a message—to him, to Sylas.
Cregan's gaze darkened as Claere settled beside him, her calm demeanor a direct contrast to the storm brewing within him.
“Claere, love,” he murmured lowly, leaning toward her, his voice tight with a warning. “This is no place—”
She cut him off with a light smile, reaching over. “The bread, please? I’m famished from last night.”
The casualness of it jarred him, yet he passed her a slice with reluctant, guarded hands. She spread it with honey, added a thin layer of cheese, and bit into it. Her movements were practiced, graceful—the kind of elegance that felt all the more pointed in the presence of the feral man across from them.
A stillness fell over the room as Claere’s gaze lifted, settling unflinchingly on Sylas. His smirk froze, and for a moment, he seemed to falter, something almost indiscernible slipping behind his eyes as he took her in. The hungry glint in his stare intensified, though his smirk started to die under her silent, unwavering regard. She merely took another bite of bread, the faintest smile tugging at her lips as she chewed, deliberate as it was unbothered.
“Lord Sylas,” she spoke at last, her voice smooth, lilting with a quiet steel. She wiped the edge of her mouth with a thumb. “Come to draw first blood?”
Sylas’s grin returned, wider this time but edged with something darker. “I’d draw the dress off you if I could, little queen.”
Cregan's hand slammed against the table, plates clattering, as his eyes hardened. His voice came in a low, fierce growl. “Filthy cunt—”
Claere’s soft laugh, muffled behind her hand, slipped into the silence. She let it settle before dropping her hand, her expression calm.
“Forgive him, dearest,” she said lightly, glancing at Cregan with a wry sparkle in her eye. “We mustn’t expect manners from a rabid dog who strays beyond his territory.”
Sylas’s gaze sharpened. “Misplaced loyalty.” His eyes flicked to Cregan, then back to her, almost mockingly. “I would be a kinder lord. I never thought I’d see such a shiny thing descend so low... to a Stark.”
Claere’s stare never wavered, her lips curving faintly again, but the edge in her voice was unmistakable. “Descend?” She tilted her head, the movement controlled, slow. “From where I stand, the only descent I see is yours, Sylas. After all, it’s my husband’s home in which you sit. Like a vermin, starved for scraps.”
Sylas's smirk dimmed, his eyes flashing with irritation before he forced a grin that showed far too many teeth. He leaned back, folding his arms.
“Funny words from behind his shield,” he said.
At that, Cregan's hand jolted toward Ice, but Claere placed her own hand over his, a patient, restrictive touch. She met Sylas’s stare, her voice so soft it was nearly a whisper, yet it was unmistakable in its authority.
“Then try your hand, Lord Sylas,” she replied. “But remember this: before you reach for the Iron throne, you’ll need to survive me.”
Sylas laughed, though the gleam in his eye was feral and frustrated. He tore into another bite of his food, his gaze burning into them both. Still, Cregan could feel the shift in the room, the silent power Claere held even as she sat there, composed, calm as she drew her husband’s hand up to her lips in an unexpected, calculated kiss on his knuckles.
And at that, Sylas fell into a strained silence.
The old wildling spat a chunk of bone to the ground, licking the grease from his fingers with a careless smirk. He leaned forward, eyes flickering between Claere and Cregan, a sly gleam in them.
“Didn’t come here just to fill my belly, boy,” he rasped, voice low and rough. “I came with a deal.”
Cregan’s grip tightened on the edge of the table, his knuckles pale against the wood.
Cregan’s hand gripped the arm of his chair, his knuckles whitening. “Don't waste your breath. Your deal holds no interest for me,” he replied harshly.
“You might be.” Sylas grinned, something feral in his smile as he leaned back, chewing on the edge of a grin. “See, I'll give you what you want most—your North, all of it, untouched and free. No raiders. No bloodshed. It's yours, I'll ride on South. The price?”
His gaze slid to Claere, his expression raw with crude intent. “Her.”
The weight of his words settled heavily. Cregan’s face hardened, his fingers flexing on the hilt of his longsword as he met Sylas’s gaze with unyielding fury. “You think I’d trade my wife for your empty oath?” His voice was cold, a quiet danger laced within each syllable. “You think that’s all I want for her? A future of enslavement and shackles?”
Sylas’s smile only widened, his gaze flicking back to Claere. “Peace, on a plate. A truce,” he went on, voice almost mocking. “For the little queen.”
Beside him, Claere sat perfectly still, her calm presence masking the tension rippling through her. Her eyes narrowed as she regarded Sylas, collected, even as his intentions became glaringly clear.
“There will be no trade,” Cregan said with finality, his tone leaving no room for argument. “She is mine, and neither your threats nor your offers will change that.”
Sylas tilted his head, his face a mask of disappointment. “Pathetic,” he murmured, rising to his feet, and towering over them both. “If she doesn’t come with me, I’ll take your home, every inch of it. And when I do,” he said, leaning close enough for Cregan to catch the bitter edge of his breath, “I’ll take your head too.”
“Then I suggest you start taking your aim,” Cregan rose to his feet, stepping close enough that Sylas could feel the threat radiating off him like heat. “Because you’ll have to kill me to take her. And I don't die easy.”
A dangerous smile played at the corner of Sylas’s mouth. He glanced down at Claere one last time, eyes brimming with twisted satisfaction.
“So be it,” he sighed. “I'll kill you first.”
Sylas's grin twisted as he reached down to the table, plucking a sharp bone shard from the remains of the deer meat. With a snap of movement, he lunged, aiming for Cregan’s shoulder.
Cregan’s reflexes were as quick as they were honed, sensing the threat before it even surfaced. He sidestepped the wildling’s strike, his hand latching onto Sylas’s wrist in an iron grip. With a twist, he forced Sylas’s arm down, the bone shard falling to the floor as Sylas struggled against his hold, sneering in frustration.
“Not before the lady,” Cregan’s voice was a low, lethal rumble, his hand shifting to Sylas’s neck. He tightened his grip, enough to make the wildling’s breathing hitch, and leaned close.
Claere simply scooted her chair away from them, taking a short sip of her water.
Cregan’s grip only tightened, his face a mask of simmering rage. “You’ve already overstayed your welcome,” he growled, voice low, deadly. “You want a fight? I won’t sully my ancestors’ hall for the likes of you. We’ll finish this outside.”
Sylas’s eyes gleamed, his smirk twisting into something feral. “Good.”
Without another word, Cregan released him, shoving Sylas back a step. The wildling stumbled, then righted himself, his grin still plastered across his face as he spat a dark glob onto the floor between them. Cregan watched him, gaze cold and unmoved.
“Hope you’re ready to bleed, wolf,” Sylas sneered, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, the room heavy with anticipation.
X
Dawn barely crept over the horizon, casting a grey, ghostly pallor across the courtyard. Cregan stood, his breath misting in icy clouds, muscles taut as he faced Sylas before the towering gates of Winterfell. The wildling was a solid wall of muscle, twisting a brutal-looking axe in his hands, its edge darkened by countless kills. A ring of soldiers circled the two men, their eyes shifting between them with tense anticipation, breaths sharp in the biting cold.
Sylas grinned, a dark gleam in his eye as he rolled his shoulders back, his size and coiled power making him look like a beast unfurling for a strike.
“You're smaller than she made you sound. And here I thought you'd have some big fangs.”
Cregan’s gaze remained steady, unfazed. “I’ve faced wilder beasts than you in these woods.”
Sylas barked a laugh, lifting his axe as he advanced. “All but me.”
The first swing came roaring and fast, almost catching Cregan off guard. He parried with Ice, though the impact sent a jarring vibration through his arms. Sylas was quick and ruthless, and as they traded blows, he drove Cregan back with brute force, step by step, the ground slick beneath them.
Clang. Thud.
Each blow echoed across the silent courtyard.
Their eyes met briefly as Cregan steadied himself, bracing against Sylas’s next assault. Sylas sneered, breathing hard, the wild gleam never leaving his gaze. “Lady Stark spoke of you like you were a god,” he taunted, swinging his axe again. “But it seems she’s only good at telling pretty tales.”
Cregan twisted his blade up to parry, gritting his teeth as the clash of steel echoed. "You talk too much,” he growled, landing a swift kick to Sylas’s chest.
Sylas staggered back a step, laughing. “Soon she'll be telling those tales to our sons by your fire, wolf."
Cregan’s grip tightened around the hilt of Ice, his knuckles white as he steadied himself, but Sylas was relentless. With a brutal shove, Sylas sent him sprawling again, and the ground came up to meet Cregan in a hard, unforgiving blow. He gasped, feeling the sting of steel biting into his arm as Ice slipped free, the blood seeping quickly into the frost-bitten earth beneath him. The soldiers around him shifted, some whispering, others simply watching as their lord was brought to his knees.
Sylas circled him like a wolf sizing up wounded prey, the twisted grin on his face stretching as he tilted his head to the gathering crowd.
“So this is the wolf of Winterfell? Your king?” he sneered, his voice a mocking growl. “Brought low by a wildling. Tell me, Stark—where’s my little queen?”
Cregan staggered to his feet, pain radiating up his arm, vision blurring as he forced himself to keep his footing. Sylas’s eyes glinted with malice, revelling in every faltering step, every gasp of breath Cregan couldn’t quite catch.
“You’d think the witch would have the decency to show,” Sylas taunted, his voice growing louder, pitched to the soldiers listening in. “Or has she slunk away, letting you bleed for her wrongs?”
Cregan braced himself as Sylas closed in, teeth gritted against the pain, his stance unyielding. But Sylas’s taunts sank on him, gnawing at his focus, his strength ebbing as Sylas struck him hard across the chest. The air was forced from his lungs as he dropped to a knee, every nerve searing with the agony of his wounds.
Sylas grinned down at him, his voice a sneering whisper. “Look at you. A beaten mutt. Unfit to rule.” He leaned closer, voice dripping with venom, “Where is she, huh?”
His words went ignored. With one last surge of strength, Cregan forced himself upright, eyes locking onto Sylas, rage and defiance blazing. He was battered, barely able to stand, but he’d face him to the last breath if it came to that. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives, his father had said to him once.
Let the lone wolf die. Let him die.
“She burns like the cold,” Cregan said in a painful breath.
X
The bedchamber flickered with dim firelight, casting shadows over the map sprawled between them. Claere and Cregan stood side by side, alone and cloaked in silence, their eyes fixed on Winterfell’s drawn walls and the ragged paths marking where Sylas’s forces would come. They needed no counsel tonight; only themselves.
Claere's face was unreadable, her gaze shadowed, and Cregan felt the weight of something beyond hesitation. He wanted to pull her close, to let his warmth dispel that cold distance, but he held back, tracing his fingers over the edges of the map instead.
“Sylas will move fast,” he murmured, his tone low and matter-of-fact, though his eyes drifted toward her face. “If he pushes hard enough, he’ll think he can break us here.” His finger tapped the curve just south of Winterfell. “He’ll press his men until they’re inside the keep—close enough to choke us in our own walls.”
Claere’s eyes didn’t waver, her expression carved in something colder than he’d ever seen. Yet, beneath it, he sensed a dread she kept buried. For a moment, he thought she might ask for a different way, to use a slower plan, anything to avoid the fire and fury he saw in his own mind.
But instead, her voice came, soft and impassive. “If he’s brought them all here… then Luna can burn them out. It will turn the tide.” Her fingers brushed along the edge of the map, pausing over the paths the wildlings would take, but her gaze held his. “I don’t see any other way.”
Her solemn words struck him harder than the battles they’d fought. She’d chosen this herself. Reaching across the map, he laid his hand over hers, feeling the coolness of her skin and the fire behind her eyes. He tightened his grip, his voice coming in a quiet murmur.
“Luna’s flames will stop them before they ever reach the walls.” His grip on her hand grew, as if by force alone he could keep the determination he saw in her from wavering. “I’ll take Sylas myself when he comes through. When he sees the fires, he’ll know what’s waiting for him.”
Claere looked back down at the map, though her hand remained within his. Even a blind man could've seen that strength in her, unwavering, yet something in her silence twisted his own resolve.
“You don’t have to do this, love.” His voice softened, the words almost breaking the silence like a plea. “You owe them nothing—not after what they’ve demanded of you.”
She stilled, her fingers brushing a line on the map that led from Winterfell to the wilds beyond. Her violet gaze lifted, meeting his, and her voice came faint but sharp as a dagger.
“I brought him here, Cregan. If Winterfell burns, it’ll be by my hand, not his.”
He took in her words, feeling both pride and a chill he couldn’t shake. There was no stopping her once she’d spoken like that; he had learned this much. He released a slow breath, his hand still on hers, though his grip softened.
“They’ll protest,” he murmured, almost to himself, knowing the lords would sneer at her volatile dragonblood the minute they caught wind of the fire in her plans.
She smirked, a faint, bitter twist of her mouth. “Then let them protest. Their words have always come cheap in our halls.”
There was nothing left to say; they had both chosen.
His voice was a rough whisper. “And when Sylas comes to the gates, he’ll meet me there. Your fire will bring his men to ruin, and his death will be by my hand.”
Her expression softened then, something flickering in her eyes. She gave a slight nod, the unspoken words holding between them as surely as any vow.
“Then let it be us,” she said, her voice quiet but relentless, “and only us.”
X
Claere’s silhouette merged with the pale light of the oncoming sun, crouched upon Luna’s back. Her silver braid whipped in the frigid wind, streaking across her face as she peered down at the advancing figures below—Sylas’s wildling host, oblivious, like ants on a thread, skittering through the shadows toward Winterfell. Her heart clenched, not only with tension but with a sense of sickened resolve.
Claere took a steadying breath, reaching down to soothe Luna’s scales as the dragon rumbled beneath her, ready, eager, alive with a hunger for the command. This was what she was—she was a weapon of fire and wings.
“Dracarys, Luna,” she whispered, her voice firm, though her mind wavered. Fire, Luna.
Luna inhaled sharply, and the first jet of flame burst forth, tearing through the forest edge. The fire lit up the gloaming, a roar of blistering fury erupting from the dragon’s throat, tearing through trees and flesh alike and consuming everything in its path. The inferno roared so ferociously that Claere flinched, though she held firm, her gaze steeling even as her stomach twisted. Her thoughts churned as she took in the fire’s path below, eyes lingering on the wild devastation.
This wasn’t her—it was Luna, this was her dragon’s fury flowing from her through the fire. She could almost feel her resolve shake as the flames danced in her vision, searing images of charred trees and wildlings scrambling, scattering, disappearing. She repeated the words in her mind like a chant, Luna’s rage, not mine, though she knew even as she said it that it wasn’t entirely true.
Her breath shook as she leaned closer to Luna, coaxing her to move over the battalion attempting to retreat. The dragon’s energy surged as they neared. She stroked Luna’s side, voice soft but firm.
“Lykiri, Luna,” she soothed, her words almost trembling. “Dracarys.” Easy, Luna… fire.
Luna twisted mid-air, exhaling another wave of flame across the retreating soldiers below, sealing off their escape and turning the ground into a seething sea of embers. The dragon’s power coursed through her like a shiver, fierce and foreign, rattling her bones with its wildness.
The fire roared in her ears, and she looked down, on the scattered remains of Sylas’s army, their encroachment on her home, and her family. She watched as the smoke and flames lifted, wrapping Winterfell and Winter Town in a curtain of fiery defence. She took in the devastation below and fought the bile rising in her throat, her mind’s whisper growing weaker.
They came for Winterfell, for her people in Winter Town… they brought this upon themselves.
As the last embers died down, Claere closed her eyes, her voice barely above a murmur as she stared into the inferno, her gaze distant. “Sepār hae Daemon vestās. Lyks māzigon mērī isse perzys, gevie riña,” she whispered. Just as Daemon said. Peace comes only in flame, beautiful girl.
Luna’s fierce eyes glowed with residual heat, the dragon’s heart steadying beneath her. But Claere’s was anything but; her hands trembled as they left Luna’s scales, her mind, her heart now divided as they looked back over the ruins and toward Winterfell, her home now shrouded in the grim peace she had called forth.
X
Sylas barely registered the smoke rising from the treetops before Cregan advanced with a limp, his eyes dark with a calm that promised violence. The distant shadows of smoke from the burning woods curled into the sky, and for the first time, the feral wildling's bravado faltered.
"Looks like your men weren’t prepared for dragonfire, Sylas," Cregan remarked, his voice a low rumble that echoed across the men around him.
Sylas bared his teeth in a sneer, a wild, desperate glint in his eye. “I don’t need an army to take what I came for, Stark,” he spat. Yet his voice held a shake that betrayed him.
Cregan’s smirk was cruel, almost feral. Every step forward held the essence of Winterfell’s legacy, its unbreakable fortitude, a promise to the blood spilt for his land and kin. He swung his sword with controlled precision, matching his enemy's wildness, each clash of their blades filling the cold air with a raw, metallic shriek. Sparks shot out, tracing wild patterns against the snow as Sylas staggered, his strength now fraying against the brutal tempo of Cregan’s attack.
Sylas’s grip tightened, his movements turning frantic. Blood streaked down his hands, his breaths ragged as he swung, his attacks growing wild and uncoordinated. But he kept a cruel, bloodstained smile on his lips as he glanced toward the trees.
“You think this is over, Stark?” he snarled, forcing the words through grit teeth. “I’ve men coming to gut you like a fish. Soon enough, you’ll be choking on your own blood.”
Cregan’s expression hardened, a cold amusement flashing in his gaze. He nodded toward the columns of smoke, his voice barely a whisper.
“What men?”
Sylas’s sneer faded, his face going slack as realization washed over him. The inferno in the woods, swallowing his last line of defence. His final hope, his reinforcements—gone, turned to ash and embers under dragon’s breath.
Sylas’s eyes widened, and he stumbled back, a denial trembling on his lips. “Dragon cunt.”
But there was no more room for mercy here.
Cregan allowed Sylas one desperate reach for his blade, granting him the illusion of a fighting chance. The wildling lunged, his hands flying to the hilt at his hip, but Cregan shifted in one swift motion, letting his own sword slip to his left hand, then right again, like an executioner judging his swing.
The motion left Sylas exposed, caught off balance, and Cregan moved like the crack of thunder, his strikes hitting with unrelenting force. Sylas staggered, his pride and strength reduced to shallow, desperate parries.
Breathless, Sylas raised his sword once more, a final snarl erupting from his throat as he swung—but it was too slow, too obvious. Cregan ducked under the wildling’s strike, pivoting as he brought his blade up in one final, swift arc, the blade sinking deep into the base of Sylas’s neck. Sylas’s eyes widened as he gasped, choking on the blood pooling in his mouth, his strength bleeding out into the frozen ground.
Cregan held the sword steady, watching the fading light in the wildling’s gaze. When Sylas’s body slumped to the ground, he released his grip.
His gaze lifted to the familiar, haunting shadow of Luna as she swept above Winterfell’s walls—a silent harbinger of peace, however fleeting it might be.
Behind him, voices rose in triumphant cheers, the soldiers shouting to the grey, wintry sky.
"The King in the North!"
"The Winter's Queen!"
The chants rang across the battlefield, a victory anthem echoing off the stone walls and into the depths of Winterfell, where blood had been shed to ensure its unyielding hold on the North. And though the men cheered, Cregan’s gaze remained faraway, fixed on the horizon, where the smoke still curled—a reminder of the price paid for peace.
"The King in the North!"
"The Winter's Queen!"
X
As the last echoes of victory faded over the frozen fields, Claere soared above the remnants of battle, Luna’s wings slicing through the northern winds, her shadow vast and ominous against the frosted earth below. She descended with the grace of a winter storm, Luna’s silver scales gleaming under the grey sky, and as they landed near the ragged camp of wildlings, the ground shuddered beneath the dragon’s weight.
The wildlings huddled together, the children clutching their mothers’ legs, the old men narrowing their eyes in defiance mixed with dread. Fear rippled through them, but Claere remained impassive, her gaze steady, unyielding—a reflection of Winterfell’s ancient walls.
Some among the Freefolk, their voices hardened with anger and grief, spat curses and slurs at her, calling her “witch” and “murderous southern cunt,” hatred simmering behind the fire-stoked fear in their eyes.
Claere absorbed the words, her face an unmoving mask.
A single thrumming, ear-splitting roar from Luna stilled the camp, silencing even the most defiant. The great dragon’s eyes glinted like molten gold, her breath thick and hot, and the Freefolk felt the implicit warning in every bone.
Lifting her chin, Claere addressed them, her voice cutting through the cold air, calm and regal.
“All who wish to remain in my land,” Claere proclaimed, her voice resonating like a royal decree, “shall find protection here, beyond the Wall. I shall see that a settlement is forged near the Wall’s garrisons, where you may rebuild your lives, under the laws and traditions of the North. Take this as my utmost mercy.”
Her gaze swept over them, cutting through the crowd like steel, lingering on the wearied lines of their faces and the guarded suspicion in their eyes. “But you are Freefolk still,” she continued, her voice unwavering, regal. “Those who choose to return beyond the Wall may go freely, unscathed, provided you keep the peace in return. Understand that this fate was never one I wished upon your people.”
An uneasy murmur ran through the crowd. Many looked to one another, mistrust mingling with a hesitant hope, and one bold voice called out from the throng, roughened and raw.
“Why?” he demanded. “Why would you even care to cross the Wall? Why bring all this ruin?”
Claere’s expression flickered with a shadow of something unreadable, the barest trace of sorrow or perhaps defiance, but her answer was a mystery as if whispered from deep within.
“There are things beyond the Wall that need no reason,” she said. “I came for what lies beyond choice, beyond blood and oaths. Some things demand to be answered. And it's best they remain that way for some time.”
As Claere’s words hung in the frosted air, a quiet ripple moved through the crowd, each face etched with its own choice. Slowly, some of the Freefolk began to turn, gathering what little they owned, their faces set toward the Wall. They were the ones who would return to the wild, to the life they had always known.
But many others—mothers with children clinging close, the elders with their exhausted eyes fixed upon her—stayed where they were, watching the figure of the dragon queen with something like reverence and fear.
Claere took them in, her gaze softening for a fleeting moment, an acknowledgement of what lay ahead for them, and for her. She gave a single, solemn nod, a gesture that was both promise and farewell, and it was enough.
She gave them no further explanation, only that faint, haunting smile that seemed to come from another world entirely. As she climbed back upon Luna’s back, the great dragon unfurled her wings, her shadow stretching over the encampment. A dragon and a queen united in strength, mystery, and resolve. With a powerful beat, Luna launched them into the sky, and Claere looked down upon the land, her silver hair streaming like her own banner.
Below, the Freefolk watched as the Winter’s Queen disappeared into the northern sky, a figure both terrifying and triumphant, half Targaryen fire and half Stark frost.
The last vision of her was etched in their memories—a queen of two bloods, the very image of winter’s heart and fire’s wrath. A ruler, a legend, her name destined to echo in both hearthside tales and whispered fears for generations to come.
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