#well. it's more like i'm working on his profile and i adopted him but you know what i mean

[linawritesocs]

my ocs' dorm exchange voicelines!

okay, so, i did draw my ocs' dorm exchange versions a while ago, but i want to do an actual event with them because i think it would be fun :) i'm planning to write an "event intro" vignette and i hope i'll be able to write character vignettes as well.

and yes, minnie is actually gonna be the protagonist of this event and not seth! so yeah, everyone is actually talking to her in their voicelines. i think it would be fun for seth to be the protagonist in some events and for minnie to be the protagonist in other events! (for example, seth came to nbc in the masquerade event and minnie didn't and seth didn't participate in the dorm exchange program while minnie did)

(also, if you're wondering why all of these ocs got sent to other dorms meanwhile most canon characters are still in their dorms and only epel is mentioned to be participating in the program.. haha, i totally wasn't too lazy to think about the canon characters' new dorms <3)

@scarabiaa your ocs are mentioned here too!! :D

minnie's dorm exchange ssr voicelines.

summon: "now, even though i'm so small and "fragile-looking" compared to you all, i won't go easy on you! i'll show you what a "weak magicless student" like me is capable of!"

groovy: "anyway, meet my beautiful daughters! look at them, aren't they soooo cute? they're definitely cuter than you, at least."

set home: "but i wasn't even supposed to participate in this thing!.."

home idle 1: "it's funny that the raven mask guy usually doesn't care about us, ramshackle students, until he needs someone to do his job, but today he suddenly remembered about us and forced to join the program. his priorities are sure something.."

home idle 2: "jay must feel lonely because he's the only one left in the ramshackle building right now. he's still not an official student and crowley doesn't even know that he exists, so.. well, at least grim and the ghosts are there to keep him company. i-it's not like i'm worried about him!.."

home idle 3: "i still don't get why the dark mirror sent me to savanaclaw. sure, i'm pretty strong physically, but is that it? is that the only reason to send me to this dorm full of jocks? wait, could it be.. it's because so many students think i'm similar to a mouse, isn't it. ugh, i won't be surprised if leona was somehow behind the mirror's decision."

home idle groovy: "it's a shame that ruggie and jack couldn't appreciate my daughters' beauty. haha, they tried so hard to act like they're not scared of them, especially jack! i wonder what would leona's reaction be.. oh, what if i put my dolls next to him while he's asleep?"

home tap 1: "seth really escaped to nbc while no one was looking.. it still surprises me that he's able to just visit other schools whenever he pleases and crowley can't do anything to stop him. he's so lucky.. i wish he would stop texting me about how "cute" his boyfriend is though. no, seth, i don't need to know just how affectionate he becomes when you're around! and no, i don't need to know all the details!"

home tap 2: "this dorm's heat is too much for me.. i'm glad we have lumi-senpai here though. her powers are so useful and she can easily turn all of those dumb jocks into ice statues! she is so cool.. uh, both literally and figuratively, i guess."

home tap 3: "jack is surprisingly nice to talk to actually. i thought he's gonna be just as bad as other savanaclaw students, but i don't mind his company that much. i even feel like our personalities are kinda similar, haha. h-he's so tall though.."

home tap groovy: "ruggie is even worse than leona. if he pranks me one more time, i will tell him that all of my dolls are actually the people who have wronged me in some way and if he keeps acting like this, he's gonna become my new doll!"

austin's dorm exchange ssr voicelines.

summon: "just so we're clear, octoman, i am NOT gonna work for you! i have no idea why the mirror has sent me here, but i'm not even gonna try to get along with you."

groovy: "hehe.. maybe i actually don't look so bad in this uniform. i-it doesn't mean that i like this dorm more now though!"

set home: "ME?? IN OCTAVINELLE?? HOW- wait, i can't swim, can you send me to the other dorm now?"

home idle 1: "the mirror said something about me always being ready to help others and that's why it sent me here.. i don't even like helping people though?? i just like making them feel like they owe me something- oh. oh, that's why i'm here."

home idle 2: "i'm not saying that i'm scared of those twins, but.. i feel so uncomfortable when they're around.. one of them is particularly annoying, he keeps saying how cute i am and tries to make me angry on purpose. and what's with him calling me a "black ghost knifefish"? couldn't he come up with a shorter nickname?"

home idle 3: "merrill came here just because he wanted to see me in this uniform. he's so weird.. and no, i don't care about him wearing the savanaclaw uniform! he doesn't even look that good in it!.. no, i'm not a tsundere, i just think he looks better in his ignihyde uniform. if you saw him wearing it, you'd agree with me."

home idle groovy: "wow, riley is sure popular with the customers. i have no idea why though, his looks are average and he's definitely not a genius like me. hm? "his personality is cute"?.. don't make me laugh. he's just a chill guy, that's all, there's nothing special about it. but considering nrc students' personalities.. nevermind, he is special."

home tap 1: "okayyy, here's your order. man, this is embarrassing. i just wanted to finish that invention i've been working on, why do i have to do all of this.. oh well, at least it's not a maid cafe or anything like that. WAIT, DON'T GIVE AZUL IDEAS!"

home tap 2: "great, now idia is laughing at me too. what's with him saying that if i had fans, they would go insane after seeing me in this uniform and they would "beg me to come home"? creepy.. of course i have fans, it's just that they wouldn't make gacha game references, unlike that pathetic idiot."

home tap 3: "what? don't look at me like that, yes, i spilled a customer's drink on them and yelled at them instead of apologizing, what else did you expect? i did it accidentally anyway. well, uh, the yelling part wasn't accidental, but still.. oh no, i can see azul. quick, help me hide from him!"

home tap groovy: *sighs* "i'm so tired. i just hope this exchange program ends soon. huh? why are you- "i did a good job today"?.. you know you're becoming just like our prefect, right? t-thank you though, of course, i already knew that i did well, but.. you know what i mean. now, get your hands off me."

avery's dorm exchange sr voicelines.

summon: "and why, out of all the dorms, i had to be sorted into this one? good job, mirror, of course you had to send a "cute pink-haired boy" to diasomnia, the ultimate goth dorm."

groovy: "i'm not intending to become friends with you all. i'm here just because of the exchange program and nothing else. but, um.. i think i can trust you. you're friends with roland-senpai, after all."

set home: "i guess i like this "thorns theme" that they have, but that's the only good part."

home idle 1: "how can you get along with that crocodile guy? he's so loud.. no, you DO get along with him. well, at least he cares about you, i heard him mention you many times and it looks like he's worried about you. so yeah, maybe you should talk to him.. or don't. it's none of my business."

home idle 2: "silver is actually very nice to spend time with. he's asleep most of the time, but for some reason i still find it very calming. how does he manage to look like a beautiful prince even when he's asleep?.. s-so annoying, i doubt that i'll be able to become friends with him."

home idle 3: "so roland-senpai's friend is also from this dorm.. to be honest, i want to talk to him. maybe i'll learn more about roland-senpai's past if i do. no, it's not like i think he's suspicious or anything. i really do admire roland-senpai and i want to know more about him. especially what happened to his other eye.."

home idle groovy: "i see, so this dorm is full of people who use very strong magic, but they're either weird, intimidating or just. you know. too dangerous for this society." *sighs* "i would never be able to fit in here- what? i AM intimidating enough to become a perfect diasomnia student? okay, but what about my mag- and my magic is impressive enough for this dorm?.. hey, are you feeling okay? it's not like you to just compliment me all of a sudden."

home tap 1: "what, you want to know what i think of the crocodile boy's idol? um.. he's fine. he's also very tall, even if we don't count his horns. that's it. what else did you expect to hear? "he's so cool!!~ i hope he notices my feelings one day >///<"? go and talk to sebek if you want to see this kind of reaction."

home tap 2: "so i received a lot of texts this morning and they all were from vil. naturally, i got scared but then i was like "wait.. maybe he's actually worried about me? what if he misses me?", that was very naive of me, i know. it turned out that he just texted me to say that i don't look good with black eyeliner and this shade of green doesn't suit me and.. basically, he just wants me to go back to pomefiore as soon as this program ends because goth aesthetic is not my thing."

home tap 3: "i miss epel, to be honest.. i wish we were sent to the same dorm, it wouldn't be so boring with him. maybe we could make fun of diasomnia students together.. don't tell him that though, he teases me a lot whenever i show that i actually care about him. i know, i didn't expect that from him either."

home tap groovy: "i didn't get any answers from him.. why am i not surprised at all? but i understand that he didn't tell me anything not because he was just being his usual self, but because he wanted to keep roland-senpai's secret. and i can respect that. maybe roland-senpai will tell me everything himself when the time comes."

merrill's dorm exchange sr voicelines.

summon: "oh well, i got tired of my ignihyde uniform anyway, so it feels nice to try something new.. huh? this program is not about getting the new uniform, it's about actually living in your new dorm? well, sorry, but i'm just keeping the uniform."

groovy: "hey~ hey, dorm leader~ are you asleep? no, no, everything is okay, i'm just bored and i wanted to annoy you because i thought it's gonna be fun. and it sure is~"

set home: "i can't believe i'm saying this, but can i go back to ignihyde?"

home idle 1: "hm? ah, yes, i decided to let my hair down for once, i thought that my braid didn't look good with this outfit. what do you think about it? oh, come on, i know you like it. you wouldn't ask me about it if you didn't."

home idle 2: "ahaha, jack-chan is such a cute boy, he's trying so hard to look cool, but he's just way too adorable for that. he reminds me of austin-chan, now that i think about it. though i doubt that they would ever become friends. now i'm imagining austin-chan being sent to savanaclaw." *laughs* "i should go and pay him a visit, i'm sure he misses me too."

home idle 3: "t-they're all laughing at me.. i have never felt so weak and pathetic in my entire life.. they're forcing me to train with them and play their stupid games that don't make any sense! let me go already, i'm just a cute and pretty cosplayer, what do you want from me? i feel terrible, can you please hug me and comfort me?"

home idle groovy: "ugh, come on, leona, can't you show a more interesting reaction? i'm so used to people blushing and sweating whenever i talk to them and this guy just.. goes back to sleep. he's no fun at all.. but what could possibly make him react in the same way as those people?"

home tap 1: "oh, my cousin is here too? nice, we're gonna suffer together then. okay, where is she? she's probably trying to fight the dorm leader or something like that, isn't she? hey, iris~ your beloved cousin is here~ oh, i can see her trying to step on leona's tail while he's asleep."

home tap 2: "wait a minute, cole is calling me, hold on. what? no, cole, even though seth-chan was so lucky to escape when no one was looking, i can't do that! i can't visit you right now! the jocks are making me train with them and they keep shouting "go, e-boy, go"! see, you understand how bad my situation is, right?"

home tap 3: "i wonder why the mirror sent you to savanaclaw as well. you aren't exactly a sporty type, right? and i'm not that athletic either.. what if the mirror just wanted to make fun of us? what if it's just a prank? oh, trust me, that thing is not taking its job seriously. i think i heard it say to crowley that if seth was here, it would send him to heartslabyul because "it still thinks that seth x riddle is better""

home tap groovy: "hey, you look like you're having fun even though you say that you hate this dorm as much as i do. come on, don't deny it. you and jack-chan get along so well too and i'm not talking about your relationship with ruggie-chan, i'm sure you like him even more. haha, okay, okay, you hate him, i get it. but still, i'm glad you're enjoying this, i wish i could see your smile more often."

vance's dorm exchange r voicelines.

summon: "oh, oh, i actually did want the mirror to send me to ignihyde when i first came here! don't you think it fits me more than heartslabyul? alright, it's time to go and meet my fellow gamers!"

groovy: "wow, you guys are boring. i thought you'd be more happy to see me, come on, i'm just like you all! i'm just more.. loud. and energetic. and i touch grass regularly."

set home: "i look so cool in this uniform, right? it's much cooler than the heartslabyul one, right?"

home idle 1: "ortho-kun is so nice, he showed me how everything works here and he was so patient with me too! i'm glad he stayed in this dorm, it would be so boring without him here."

home idle 2: "i really like how this dorm looks, but.. my eyes kinda hurt from all this lighting.. oh well, at least it's not the rainbow kind of lighting, you know, the one that all gamers really like. yeah, i think it's overrated, honestly. oh, my heartslabyul room actually has these really cool green lights that i turn on when it gets dark!"

home idle 3: "idia's been avoiding me all day.. haha, he really is scared of me. you see, i'm way too chaotic for someone like him. it's his problem though, i'm not gonna try to change so that he likes me more. riddle-senpai would know, i still refuse to follow all those rules our dorm has."

home tap 1: "you want to know if i like heartslabyul or ignihyde more? hm.. you see, ignihyde really does fit me more, however, i actually find heartslabyul more fun. sure, me and ignihyde students have a lot of common interests, but they don't want to talk to me about anything. and heartslabyul students.. i hate that most of them still treat me like a child, but they actually like me a lot."

home tap 2: "am i better at games than idia? well, i hate to admit it, but he really is strong. but i heard that riley-kun has beat him in the past, so hey, he's definitely not perfect. but one day.. one day i will beat him in a game too! i just need to learn his weaknesses.. riley-kun will find it so impressive too, i just know it!"

home tap 3: "apparently, riddle-senpai's been worried about me and he asked trey to check on me and make sure that i'm okay. haha, did he think that these nerds are gonna beat me up or something? but.. that's really sweet of him, actually. yay, riddle-senpai's friendship level up!!.. that sounded cringe, didn't it."

hayden's dorm exchange r voicelines.

summon: "so. pomefiore. great." *sighs* "why did the dark mirror send me here? i'm not even that attractive and i don't know much about poisons.. though i would love to know more."

groovy: "why.. why are they so nice to me? they know that i've been lying to everyone all this time and i tried to make them worship me, right? i just don't get them at all.. is it because most pomefiore students are too weird for me to understand them?"

set home: "well, at least i don't have to deal with azul.."

home idle 1: "this uniform is so uncomfortable to move in. i'm almost starting to miss the octavinelle uniform. yeah, i hated wearing it and i felt awkward in it, but hey, some people actually thought i looked good. i refused to wear the hat though. there are a lot of things i'm willing to do to make someone like me, but wearing that stupid hat is not one of them."

home idle 2: "vil told me that even though my looks are nothing special, he will still try to turn me into a masterpiece. well, good luck to him, what else can i say. ugh, do i have to wear all this makeup? i look so weird with it.."

home idle 3: "where is that guy.. don't mind me, i'm just hiding from allen's pomefiore version. he has said multiple times that he finds me interesting and that's already one of the two huge red flags. what's the other one?.. his eyes. have you seen what his eyes look like? those are the eyes of a man who is not sane at all."

home tap 1: "so i heard that there's this girl who also was sent to pomefiore and.. i-if i'm not wrong, she has her own horse? haha, maybe if i become friends with her, she will let me see it.. of course, it's probably not gonna work since everyone knows now what kind of person i really am, but it doesn't hurt to try, right?"

home tap 2: "it looks like a lot of students were suddenly sorted into this dorm. good, i'm not the only one suffering here. the mirror probably sent them here just because of their looks.. no, i still don't know why it thought that pomefiore will be a perfect dorm for me. maybe.. maybe it's because pomefiore students are more interested in giving me a makeover than judging me because of my past?"

home tap 3: "to be honest, i actually like this dorm's, uh, "aesthetic" more than octavinelle's. i'm not a fan of underwater themes, so spending all my time there was.. not fun. no, i do NOT have a fear of water- oh, what's the point in lying to you now, yes, i do have a fear of water. here, you happy now?"

riley's dorm exchange r voicelines.

summon: "hm? octavinelle? okay, it doesn't sound bad. i'm probably gonna see a lot of fishies there, right? so i'm okay with it."

groovy: "ugh, they're all staring at me.. why am i so popular anyway? they're so annoying, i just want them to leave me alone at least for a minute.."

set home: "i like this hat a lot. i think i look good in it."

home idle 1: "azul-senpai knows that i'm very popular, so he wants to use that reputation of mine for his benefit. he also said that the customers would be happy if i smiled more." *sighs* "why do i feel like azul-senpai is actually not a good person?"

home idle 2: "shh, i'm hiding under the table from those customers. and from azul-senpai. and from pretty much everyone. don't tell them anything, please. oh, and it's very comfortable here, you can hide with me too, if you want."

home idle 3: "floyd-senpai? oh, i'm in the same club as him, so i know him well. he's a good person, i like him. he's very fun to be around. his nicknames are cute too. huh? why would i find him scary? he can just be a little bit too energetic sometimes, but i'm used to dealing with people like that."

home tap 1: "i think azul-senpai is mad at me. i asked him to show me his merman form, but he refused and i kept poking his cheek until he asked me to go back to work. i'm afraid he thinks i'm annoying now.. good, it seems like my plan has worked. maybe this way he'll understand that making me work at mostro lounge is not a good idea."

home tap 2: "do you think rsa has a program like this as well? how do they even get sorted into dorms? do they have a.. "light mirror" or something like that? imagine if this program actually worked differently and rsa students got sent to nrc meanwhile we got sent to rsa- yeah, i just miss allen a lot."

home tap 3: "what do i think about jade-senpai? he's a good person, i like him- ah, i said the same thing about floyd-senpai. uh.. let me think.. i like him a lot, because he doesn't force me to.. you know, smile more often, unlike azul-senpai. he doesn't judge me and i feel like he understands me very well. also he knows a lot about mushrooms. he's cool."

[retroellie]

Dating Spencer Reid

Summary: What dating spencer Reid is like

A/N: I wrote this super-fast because I know I haven't really been active... so I wanted to write something quick for y'all! I miss y'all and I hope y'all enjoy!

Warnings: Some NSFW moments

Word count: 1.5K

-Spencer grew up on Victorian romance novels and old valentines' poems, so he was quite the hopeless romantic

-When Spencer wasn't solving theories and getting PHDs, he was dreaming of a beautiful romance. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that he isn't the most confident boyfriend, but he makes up for it in his own way!

-Y'alls first date was something straight out of a movie! I mean it was a bouquet of flowers, an expensive dinner followed by a movie theater that played only old 50's films.

-It was the kind of date that had you falling in love with him first thing, knowing that this boy was the person you see yourself coming home to every night.

-After the date, Spencer offered you his jacket and walked you home. It was a chilly night, the streets lit up from the moonlight. He rambled on and on about the movie, but you couldn't even focus on what he was saying because you were too distracted by him.

-What you fell more in love with was the fact he didn't expect you to even kiss him!

-He was more than okay to say your "goodbyes" and "see you later" than leave.... but you gave him a soft peck before heading into your apartment. Even throughout the darkness you could see his blush.

-Anyways, that date led to a beautiful love story between y'all

-Spencer was a romantic even in the littlest of ways, like sending flowers to your work randomly or leaving you small poems in your fridge before he leaves so it feels as though he never really leaves.

-Spencer would always make sure to call you every night when he was away for work... I mean EVERY night.

-"Spencer honey it's 3am here..."

-"I know! But I just wanted to call you, should I call back in the morning?"

-"No, I'm already up and well I miss hearing your voice anyways." You laughed softly.

-The start of your relationship was so innocent, there was no sex or jealousy... it was just so simple and romantic

-There was lots of making out though, something that surprisingly Spencer was the one to initiate every time.

-There were just lots of times when you two would be discussing a book that Spencer probably recommended to you, then all of a sudden, his tongue would be down your throat.

-He was getting used to hugs and the touching, but kissing was something that felt so natural when he did it with you.

-Speaking of books! He had a list of books he recommended to you, like books that you never thought you'd read but you're glad you did yk?

-You would finish a book in one sitting and call him immediately to talk about it

-In turn though, you would bring him into the modern era and show him newer movies and music. Most of the stuff he did not like, but he pretended to like it to be nice.

-The first couple of months of your relationship, the team had no idea you existed. They started to notice spencer being in a lot better mood, but nothing too alarming.

-However, Derek Morgan is a lady killer... so he caught on a lot faster than the others.

-Like one time, the whole team was going out for drinks and Spencer said he had plans... Derek caught him in a lie real fast

-"So, who's the lucky lady?"

-"What?"

-"Pretty boy...I don't need to be a profiler to figure out why your suddenly so "busy.""

-Because of Morgan prying, Spencer decided to invite you out with the team one night.

-The team was all pretty nice, but very confused on why someone like you would want someone like spencer?? You two were completely different from each other... like night and day damn near

-Besides your differences, the team fell in love with you probably harder than Spencer did. I mean Penelope basically adopted you by the end of the night... she did however do her background checking before meeting you, but we don't gotta talk about that.

-The meeting of the team made the relationship real, like now you had become a part of their small family, and they trusted you enough to take care of spencer

-Spencer also felt this was a huge step, like now that his family accepted you, he was going to spend the rest of his life with you

-Spencer would always bring you up when he got the chance now, putting a framed picture of you and him on his desk just so people would ask about you.

-"Oh, who's this?" Someone would ask.

-"That's my girlfriend, Y/N. We've been dating for 11 months, 2 weeks, and 4 days. She's a (profession) and she smells like lavender."

-Like girl, all they asked was who you were... not every detail of your existence.

-But now that you guys are now officially dating, and everyone knows it... there's some newfound jealousy

-Spencer knew that you were attractive, but sometimes he forgets that you are also attractive to others as well

-Sometimes when you come into the FBI office, he sees other men staring you down... probably wondering how a nerdy boy like him could get someone like you.

-Spencer getting jealous is quiet and polite. He doesn't get angry or upset, we all know he does not do good with emotions. So, he'll just keep his distance from you, accepting the fact that you could leave him at any moment and not wanting to feel the effects of it.

-He will go silent for days if you didn't ask him about it, not even sure what he was feeling but knew he didn't like it.

-"Just didn't like how he was looking at you... made me feel weird."

-"You're jealous?"

-"I guess... I don't know."

-You just laughed it off, telling him how you would never choose anyone over him even if there was a gun to your head.

-Spencer also remembers everything about everything so... he picks up on your favorite things and your little quirks, plus he never forgets an anniversary!

-Derek bullies the shit out of him, like omfg

-he'll always call you his mommy and make kissing sounds when you call him, loud enough for the entire office to hear.

-"Muah muah muah... Oh Y/N!!" Derek yells, making sure you heard him.

-"So let me guess... Dereks with you?"

-"How'd you know?"

-He actually doesn't use too many pet names, but you definitely do lmao. His name is literally "Spenice poo <3" on your phone.

-Eventually, Spencer asks you to move in with him and omfg!!! You are so excited, like jumping up and down excitedly.

-I feel like spencer would be so domestic too omfg

-He would play music while cleaning the house, but it would all be like Mozart and classical music. You would always grab him by the waist and start dancing with him, you both looked so stupid but at least it was together.

-He would ramble to you all the time and you were probably the only person in the world that would let him, honestly you enjoyed it too.

-Like you had just gotten out of the shower, Spencer barged in and started talking about a case. He sat on the toilet seat while you did your skin care, just rambling on and on about how sick this person was.

-Yours and Spencer's different aesthetics clashed a lot in the house, like Spencer's apartment was slowly being taken over by you and your stuff... but he didn't mind.

-Since you guys have decided to take your relationship to another big step... Spencer decided he wanted you to pop his cherry.

-Spencer wasn't too experienced and he's never really had sex before. He's done stuff with someone, but never the actual act of it.

-He wanted to do it way before, but he thought it would complicate everything and honestly, he wasn't completely ready for it yet.

-You made sure it was the perfect night, you had it planned out. You took him on a picnic, watching the sunset as you loosened him up a little bit, making sure he was comfortable before setting yourself down on his lap.

-You were so soft with him; I mean you were afraid you might break him. He had to beg for you at one point because you weren't going fast enough.

-The next morning, he had to go into work, something about him was different... his confidence boosted a bit. Derek could sense it from a mile away, making sure Spencer knew that he knew.

-The popping of his cherry had created something inside spencer, he found his favorite thing to do, and he wanted it at all times

-You obviously were glad to give him whatever his little heart desired, so you let him fuck you anytime he wanted. Sometimes it even got a little filthy... something you would have never guessed about spencer.

-My bad I got sidetracked... but spencer was also way touchier with you

-Spencer was never really touchy in public, but now it's all he ever did. If you were in the room with him, then his attention would be completely on you.

-He really just felt so safe with you, knowing that you gave him not only your body but also your mind... he just wanted you, period. 

[d1ana-m0nd]

╭─► ❝The Servant: Umbrella Academy's Servant❞

Five Hargreeves × Female! Reader || Written by Diana (d1ana-m0nd)

➢ Description : It's a well known fact that Sir. Reginald Hargreeves adopted 7 children to save the world from it's impending doom. Though, the number of children will change from 7 to 8 once a close friend of his, Rita Rossweisse was on her death bed and requested him to take in her child, who fortunately was born on October 1st 1989.

➢ Word Count : 9,850

➢ Links : Masterlist && Character Profile

Chapter 1: We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals

Under the eccentric billionaire's order, Pogo gathered the remaining people of the Umbrella Academy to Mr. Reginald Hargreeves office. All three of them stood in front of his desk: The robot nanny, The advanced chimpanzee, and the ever youthful servant named Y/N. The three of them were standing stiffly on their spot, patiently awaiting for the head of the Hargreeves household to speak.

As they awaited, silence became the norm. Although silence has always been the norm in the Hargreeves household, it was rarely tense, rather, this type of silence only occured when the others were still around, especially during their missions. Though you would suppose it was reasonable, after all, their lives were at stake when trying to save the world, and they wouldn't want to repeat "their" mistake back in 2006.

But it doesn't answer the question, why was it so tense now?

Was the Monocle planning something?

You breathed through your nostrils as though knowing that the assumption would make sense since, lately, you have noticed Pogo and Grace talking amongst themselves about something you were not aware of, though you did recall Grace looking dejected every time it was brought up.

"Mr. Monocle, may I have the permission to raise a query?" You broke the silence, making the scribbling noise abruptly stop. The cold eyes his children criticized him for were now gazing into your very soul, thus casting a spell upon your skin to shiver in a rippling manner. Despite knowing how he acts as a person, you will never get used to his actions.

"I have encouraged your lot to raise questions for a reason, so do not hold back when it comes to your curiosity." He encouraged his utmost attention to you, which made you more nervous than usual.

"Ms. Grace and Mr. Pogo have been mumbling to themselves about a plan to bring the Umbrella Academy back. I recall them periodically mentioning someone's death. I'm assuming they are referring to an important figure in their life, someone who will make them come back to where they came from…" You paused breathing through your teeth then continued. "So, they must be referring to you, yes?"

The Monocle looked satisfied with your answer then resumed scribbling on his priceless notebook. "I specifically told them to leave you breadcrumbs so I expect no less of you to catch onto our scheme."

The man who was deemed by his children to be a monster praised you in his own way but for some reason you felt dumbfounded by the confirmation. It even felt like your body was refusing to accept it. As the Monocle laid out the plan he had in mind, you tried to listen intently, keyword, tried.

"Is this necessary?" You blurted out. Their eyes darted to you, which made you want to shrink to the size of a molecule.

"I just don't think taking your life is worth exchanging to assemble the Umbrella Academy… Why don't you try calling them over? Like inviting them over for family dinner?" You suggested awkwardly rubbing the back of your nape.

"As much as we understand where you are going Ms. Y/N, I'm afraid that won't work with how…" The formal chimpanzee paused, trying to look for the right word. "Strained their relationship with their father is."

This whole thing began a cataclysm in your head, questions erupted left and right, your rationale losing its grip with reality because of how much it starts questioning the how's, the why's and what's of the situation you were in. However there was one thing for sure, the eccentric billionaire wants to assemble the academy and there has to be an objective behind it and what could it possibly be?

What could be the danger that made him gamble his life for the Umbrella Academy's return?

As you tried to rationalize, an intrusive thought disrupted your line of thinking.

"Master Five, your father is requesting for you to finish your breakfast. Now isn't the time for you to experiment with your abilities. You will have more time to explore them after the meal." You repeated the head of Hargreeves household's words, though they weren't the exact wording since you paraphrased it because you believed his original phrasing was harsh.

The boy in school shorts slowly turned to you with a familiar scowl on his face, almost mirroring his father's signature look. "You infuriate me."

He took slow steps towards your direction, his eyes not leaving your figure. It felt like you were a deer in headlights willingly awaiting for your death to come. Oddly enough, you kept your composure, externally unbothered but internally dreading what will happen next.

"All you ever do is follow that old man like a puppet, you can't even think for yourself and you speak as though you are following a script." He spat, his words seething with anger but for what?

"I have no use for you, so go back to your box." Five ended with a glare and walked away as though he was satisfied with the damage he had done to you.

"What about Number Five?" You suddenly uttered out, the intrusive thought bringing back his existence into both your mind and the room you were present in at the moment. "How will you know he will come back?"

"I know he will come back but, you are free to call my statement a hunch if it helps you sleep at night." The Monocle stated with a discernible look on his face followed by him quickly dismissing you three for the night.

The news of Mr. Reginald Hargreeves flooded throughout the streets of America: the televisions, the radios, and the people talked of it like it was the only thing worth talking about. Though it was understandable considering how impactful he was in today's society though some were rejoicing in his death for obvious reasons… However, what they didn't know was that this was all part of the plan.

You waited at the front of the door, in your best Victorian maid outfit, your hair was arranged how you wanted to be and you wore special shoes for the occasion. The others will probably say that you looked the same as usual and you will admit you looked the same, but it made you feel and look the part, the part of a servant.

The door creaked, which caught your attention. Your gaze was then directed to the humongous ape hybrid man of the Umbrella Academy, who was now struggling to not break the door handle while trying to maintain his balance. You presume he is still getting used to the Earth's gravity that's why he was struggling.

"Early as always Master Luther." You commended the larger male with a smile on your face.

"I'm sorry if I break something by accident, you know how long I've been on the moon and all." He muttered with a charming awkward smile on his face.

"It's fine, I don't think your father would really mind especially with how hard you've been working on the moon for years now." You reassured the male. You guys had a small chat until he left to take a short nap.

As you stood there waiting for the others, you decided that you were going to get some water for yourself and a chair so you could rest while waiting for the others. Out of nowhere, someone slammed the front double doors. You quickly went into a fighting stance, the portable staff ready to be equipped into the fight but, instead of facing danger, you were facing a man who was a danger to himself.

"ROSEYYY!" Klaus yelled out that terrible nickname he gave you since you guys were children. You weren't primarily fond of it because of how crappy it was but you forced yourself to tolerate it.

Your once wary self relaxed at the sight of him. "Master Klaus, I'm glad you are still in good condition but, it would have been preferable if you entered in a less heart-attack inducing way."

"You and I both know that I'm the light of the party!" The seance declared then circled around you, his arm hanging around your neck. "Which means, I have the responsibility to make this party fun for everyone. And~ just because it's a funeral doesn't mean it shouldn't be fun~ "

"I suppose that would make grieving a lot easier." You said rather uncertain about your response though Klaus didn't catch onto it.

"That's the spirit! Oh, by the way, have you seen Pogo?"

"I haven't, last time I checked he was in the basement…"

"Great! I'll just take a trip down memory lane while waiting for the others." He said then walked off as though he didn't make a big scene, though you doubt that he was planning to take a trip down to "memory lane".

You sat on a nearby chair and waited for the others to show up for the next 2 hours, though the interactions weren't that interesting.

"Good Morning Master Diego." You greeted the kraken with a smile just like the others though he didn't reciprocate your gesture. He just acknowledged your greeting with a nod, then went straight for the living room to loiter. As you waited for the others, you could hear knives being thrown at random directions, most likely his remedy for his boredom.

An hour later, the rumor arrived with her luggage in hand. You both exchanged pleasantries as you assisted her to her room with her luggage though she kept insisting she can carry it. But, you managed to talk her out of it, though you can tell she only felt bad because of how young you looked, despite your mental age.

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Just outside the Umbrella Academy, a certain petite lady had arrived. She stared at the building before her but it felt like it was menacingly staring her down, as if warning her that it was her last chance to run away. Vanya was hesitant to enter and scared to be reunited with her siblings - adoptive siblings - who were most likely not on good terms with her after her book. However, she knew that she couldn't keep running away from them, so she took a deep breath then entered her childhood home.

Despite the fear that lingered, it subsided once she saw the interior of the house. Everything looked the same; the house felt untouched even after all the years that had passed, it was oddly comforting. Though it was most likely in Grace's programming to keep things in order that would please her father, the same could be applied to Y/N but she's mostly responsible for cleaning the yard though.

It was rather comforting that things haven't changed though it felt odd not being able to see Y/N be at the entrance to greet her. It was usually her job to greet everyone and congratulate them over the littlest of things like surviving a mission or mastering a certain skill.

Was she out to get groceries?

Vanya looked for signs of Y/N but found none. She decided to approach someone else who might know where you were. Luckily, she saw Grace by the fireplace, her attention enamored by how the fire danced and flickered.

"Hey Mom," Vanya greeted, but she didn't acknowledge the violinist's presence.

"Mom?" She repeated yet received no response.

"Vanya?" A new voice called out.

The petite girl awkwardly turned to where the voice came from and was met with her sister, Allison Hargreeves. The actress who recently got a divorce but is starring in a lot of movies like romcoms.

"You're actually here." She said in disbelief though there was a small smile present.

"Hey Allison."

"Hey Sis."

In spite of how awkward it was, both of the girls hugged it out. However, a man clad in black leather had other plans. Said man came out of where he was loitering then walked past his sisters.

"What is she doing here? You don't belong here. Not after what you did." Diego sneered at the violinist.

"You're seriously gonna do this today?" The actress asked, it was evident on her facial features that she did not want to deal with Diego's whining.

The brown-haired male didn't give her a piece of his mind but Allison was having none of it. "Way to dress for the occasion by the way."

"At least, I'm wearing black." The male in black snarked back at her and continued on with wherever he was planning to go.

"You know what, maybe he's right. I shouldn't-" Vanya muttered, as she was about to retreat back to her apartment but a familiar voice stopped her in her tracks.

"Miss Vanya, you may think that Diego is right but not all of us share the same sentiment as him. For now, let's put the feud past us and gather as a family to mourn for your father's loss." You said. Your words were comforting the uneasiness she felt, at least now she knew that two people - besides Pogo and Grace - wanted her to stay.

Once Diego's sour words were dissolved by you and Allison's overwhelming sweetness. You and the violinist were left by yourselves to explore the eccentric billionaire's house, what Vanya used to deem as her home. But, now it's a house filled with bitter memories for her.

"Miss Vanya, is it alright that I follow you around for a while?" You questioned her, the smile you wore around her over the years seemed like had no intention of being wiped off.

"Y/N, I told you to stop using honorifics around me." The petite girl reminded you, as she reciprocated your smile.

You giggle at the reminder. "It can't be helped, with how much I've been around Pogo, I just couldn't help but pick up the habit."

The brown-haired girl entered the living room with you. Her eyes wandered trying to identify if some changes were made, though she couldn't see any big difference. Unless you and Grace decided to move a decorative piece a few centimeters to the right, then she definitely would not have noticed that detail. As she surveyed the room, she couldn't help but, drift to the section of the bookshelf where her autobiography was nestled in between.

Suddenly, the advanced chimpanzee walked into the living room. A smile adorned his face when his eyes landed on the violinist whilst he adjusted his glasses.

"Welcome home Miss Vanya"

"Pogo." The brunette muttered then went to his side and hugged him.

"So good to see you." Pogo greeted but then his gaze shifted at the book that was in Vanya's hands. "Ah yes, your autobiography."

"Do you know, um…" Vanya glances down at the book hesitating to bring up the question but goes along with it anyway. "Did he ever read it?"

"Not that I am aware of."

Based on Vanya's lack of response, you could tell that she was both not surprised and disappointed. All those years of being by her side made reading her so easier. Just like the others, she was hell-bent on being recognized by their father, the only difference was that she wanted to be treated like an equal.

The petite woman then diverted her attention to the painting above the fireplace. "How long has it been since Five disappeared?"

"It's been 16 years, 4 months, and 14 days." You and Pogo said in unison, both of you shared a small smile not expecting to say it at the same time.

"Your father insisted we keep track," You stated, though you had a different reason for keeping track. You promise to yourself that once he comes back, you will redeem yourself for your past failure.

"You wanna know something stupid? I always used to leave the lights on for him. I was scared he would come back. It would be late, the house would be dark and he wouldn't be able to find us, so he'd leave again."

"So, every night me and Y/N make a little snack and make sure all the lights are on." The violinist recalled, a small smile on her face as she reminisced how you helped her at night making sandwiches and turning on all the lights at night though, Pogo did nag you both at one point for wasting electricity, so you guys had to revert to using lanterns.

"Oh, I remember your snacks. I'm pretty sure I stepped on half those peanut butter and marshmallow sandwiches." The formal chimpanzee chuckled. While you tried your best to suppress your laughter, as you remembered the night you witnessed Pogo slipped on one of the marshmallow sandwiches.

"Your father always believed that Number Five was still out there somewhere. He never lost hope." The advanced chimpanzee reassured Vanya that the day of his return would come.

"And look where that got him." The brunette pessimistically said.

Spaceboy ordered you, Pogo, and Grace to gather the others in the living room. You and Pogo didn't waste any time and made sure everyone was in the place where Luther requested them all to be. Grace even hastened her usual pace to make snacks for everyone to munch on.

The numbers of the Umbrella Academy were all gathered in the living room. Although there were only a handful of people in the room, no words were exchanged. The only thing that was audible was the fire crackling, and the sound of Klaus concocting himself's special poison - an alcoholic beverage - from the bar.

"I guess we should get this started," The ape-hybrid-man stood up then suggested. "So, I figured we could have a sort of memorial service in the courtyard at sundown. Say a few words, just at Dad's favorite spot."

"Dad had a favorite spot?" Allison raised the question, surprised that this never went under her radar.

"You know, under the oak tree. We used to sit out there all the time. None of you ever did that?" Luther added but everyone else was dumbfounded by the new information.

"Will there be refreshments?" Klaus asked as he brought his drink to where everyone else was at. "Tea? Scones? Cucumber sandwiches are always a winner."

"What? No. And put that out. Dad didn't allow smoking in here."

"I agree with Master Luther, please put that out Mr. Klaus, the smell is unpleasant and it takes a while to ventilate the house. I recommend you smoke outside if you're hell-bent on letting off steam though." You suggested to the seance as you stood behind his slouching figure, which made him jump, have you been behind him since the very beginning? He didn't see nor hear your footsteps.

"Is that my skirt?" Allison raised a brow at her brother's fashion choice.

"What?" The brown-haired male looked down at the bottom part of his outfit then smiled. "Oh, yeah, this. I found it in your room. It's a little dated, I know, but it's very breathey on the bits."

"Listen up. Still some important things that we need to discuss, all right?" The ape-man said calmly, gaining everyone's attention simultaneously because they knew something was about to implode.

"Like what?"

"Like the way he died."

"And here we go." Diego muttered as he rolled his eyes at Luther.

Based on his words, you knew that Diego thought that Luther was being overdramatic but you thought otherwise, after all you were an accomplice. You knew where this was going, you can only hope they would go for the bait but, you highly doubt it knowing how they are not coordinated with one another. Though, there was a slim chance they would work together, it was slim but it was better than holding onto nothing.

Vanya's brows were knitted together in confusion. "I don't understand. I thought they said it was a heart attack."

"Yeah, according to the coroner." Spaceboy emphasizes 'the coroner' as though they weren't reliable. If anything, they were more reliable than the paparazzi.

"Well, wouldn't they know?"

"Theoretically."

"Theoretically?" Vanya repeated, not following through with where Luther was going with. To be fair, she was not alone, everyone was as confused as her.

"I'm just saying, at the very least, something happened. The last time that I talked to Dad, he sounded strange."

" Kudos to Mr. Hargreeves for tricking Luther into believing him. Though, I shouldn't be surprised considering how he becomes gullible when it comes to Mr. Monocle." You mused as you played with the ends of your hair, giving away to the others that you were deep in thought.

Diego will not say it but he's had his eye on you since this meeting has started. He didn't understand why you were taking everything to heart. You were never the type to be serious unless told to be. This 'meeting' wasn't even serious, it was all bullshit. Which made him think, what were you thinking?

"Oh, quelle surprise!" Klaus gurgled through his drink.

"Strange how?"

"He sounded on edge. Told me I should be careful who to trust." The dark blonde-haired male reasoned but no one was buying his words.

"Luther, he was a paranoid, bitter old man who was starting to lose what was left of his marbles." The Kraken angrily retorted.

"No, He must have known something was going to happen." Luther turned his attention to Klaus "Look, I know you don't like to do it, but I need you to talk to Dad."

"I can't just call Dad in the afterlife and be like, 'Dad, could you just… stop playing tennis with Hitler for a moment and take a quick call?'. " The Seance exclaimed with jazz hands.

"Plus, I'm not in the right… frame of mind." The brown-haired male added.

"You're high?" Allison said in disbelief.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Klaus laughed as he confirmed her statement.

"I mean, how are you not? Listening to this nonsense?"

"Well, sober up, this is important." Luther ordered him, to which Klaus reluctantly sighed, knowing he didn't have much of a choice.

"Then there's the issue of the missing monocle." The ape hybrid added to his conspiracy. Even though it was silent, you could hear the others internally groaning as more words came out of his mouth.

"Y/N, while you were cleaning up Dad's room, was the monocle still there?"

"Last night I wasn't assigned to give him medicine, it was Mrs. Grace's turn. So I can't be too sure if he wore the monocle. Though the crime scene cleaners and investigators did let me know that they made sure to keep everything in the same spot." You reported, as your thinking pose shifted into your default one.

"Make sure to check the cameras around the time they were cleaning." He commanded, you bowed in return to confirm you will do as he says.

"Who gives a shit about a stupid monocle?" Diego barked as he stood up, nearing Luther's figure.

This was only an assumption but you could tell that Diego was catching onto where Luther was going with. If a fight were to break out, you had to make sure to pin down Diego first before any damage could be done.

"Exactly," Spaceboy agreed then added. "It's worthless. So whoever took it, I think it was personal. Someone close to him. Someone with a grudge."

"Where are you going with this?"

"Oh isn't it obvious, Klaus? He thinks one of us killed Dad." Diego hissed followed by him glaring at the person who was supposed to lead the Umbrella Academy, instead of retorting back his’ brother’s accusation, Luther went silent.

"You do?!" Klaus exclaimed in disbelief.

"How could you think that?" Vanya questioned.

"Great job, Luther. Way to lead." The Kraken angrily stated as he started to walk away from Luther's shit show - his words not yours.

"That's not what I'm saying." The dark blond-haired male tried to explain but he was cut off.

"You're crazy, man. You're crazy. Crazy."

"I'm not finished!"

"Ok well, sorry, I'm just gonna go murder Mom, I'll be right back."

"That's not what Mr. Luther was saying." You tried to butt in only to be ignored.

"I didn't-" Luther sighed, finally reading into the idea that it was pointless to reason anymore.

"Allison," Luther called out "The Rumor" but she walked away from him. "Jeez…"

"That went well…" He muttered to himself, not realizing there was still another person left behind.

"Master Luther, might I suggest something regarding your endeavor to uncover this mysterious monocle thief?"

"Y/N I appreciate the help but, I think I need time for myself now…" Spaceboy breathed through his nose.

"I understand, I will let you be after this but, you have to keep in mind that whilst investigating you must broaden your scope, especially your list of suspects." You dropped a huge hint, just like the Monocle told you to do so.

"Au revoir." You said, leaving Number 1 by himself, like the lonely number he was.

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16 years ago is the day Umbrella Academy debuted. There's a robbery at Capital West Bank at Main and Sixth, this was Umbrella Academy's first mission so the numbers were dispatched to resolve the issue however, you and Vanya were exempted from it so you were both forced to stay by Mr. Reginald Hargreeves' side.

The eccentric billionaire brought out his small hand held telescope and pointed it to where the mission was taking place. From a distance, you could barely tell what was going on but, you weren't worried for them. The thieves can't compare to the umbrella academy's strength, so you knew you had nothing to worry about because they could handle themselves. However, someone else was bothered by the thought of being left out.

"Why can't I go play with the others?" The young violinist questioned, her eyes longingly staring at her family who were having 'fun' without her.

"We've been through this before, Number Seven," Mr. Hargreeves paused as he lowered his telescope. "I'm afraid there's just nothing special about you."

"Oh."

Silence reigned the atmosphere even after the Monocle left you both to your own devices. At the moment, he was being interviewed by the press. With plenty of time and privacy in your hands, you try to cheer up Vanya but she is still looking over at the others.

"Personally, I think your special Vanya. Mr. Monocle has kept you by his side for a long time now, despite having no powers, so there has to be a reason behind it." You tried comforting her.

Vanya exhaled as her gaze descended down to her feet. "He only keeps me by his side because he knows he can't throw me away."

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The song 'I think we're alone now' played, Luther usually played that song whenever the Monocle left the house. As the song's lyrics went from one ear to another, you couldn't help but recall the days of the other numbers dancing to the song with their own dance moves that each expressed themselves as a person. The thought of it made you smile as you busied yourself helping Miss Grace around the house.

As you were smiling and humming to yourself the song that Luther played, your attention was suddenly taken away by the sound of thunder rumbling, followed by blue light flashing from the outside, and the sound of all the metal objects being thrown towards the wall. Just like everyone else, you went outside to check what was going on, only to find a blue ball of energy appearing in the middle of the backyard, accompanied by the wind howling in its presence.

"What is it?" The violinist questioned, increasing her volume a little so everyone could hear her.

"Don't get too close!" Allison said worried for both of your safety, with a hand on both you and Vanya's shoulder to stop you guys from doing anything stupid.

"Yeah, no shit." The Kraken shot back.

"Looks like some sort of temporal anomaly." Luther paused as he tried to analyze it again then added. "Either that or a miniature black hole. One of the two."

"Pretty big difference there, Paul Bunyan."

"Out of the way!" Klaus shoved the bigger man with a fire extinguisher in hand.

"What are you-"

The seance sprayed the fire extinguisher towards the strange blue ball but, his attempt didn't work so he decided to throw it towards the hole thinking it would work yet, nothing happened.

"What is that gonna do?" The rumor gave her brother - the rarely sober one - a questioning look.

Klaus shrugged. "I don't know! Do you have a better idea?"

Electricity around the blue ball crackled as the wind howling became stronger, as an image of a person in the blue ball became more visible. It seemed like the person was attempting to cross through the portal, which alarmed Luther and Diego.

"Who, whoa, whoa. Everyone, get behind me." The ape hybrid man stepped up and used his larger frame as a shield for everyone.

"Yeah, get behind us." Diego added as his smaller but well built frame shield you and Klaus.

"Well, I vote for running, c'mon!" The lanky man shouted trying to drag you back into the house but you stood your ground and swatted his hand away.

Everyone is rooted to the ground, their eyes staring right at the portal. As the mysterious person started to become younger and smaller - though you felt like your eyes were deceiving you - then said person fell out. As the portal faded, everyone began to approach the person that came from the portal. The young brown haired male gathered his footing, his clothes larger than his frame, his mere presence left everyone flabbergasted.

"Does anyone else see little Number Five, or is that just me?" Klaus asked out loud.

Klaus' question prompted Five to look down and realize he was back to his 15nth year old self, "Shit."

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At the moment, everyone was trying to process the bizarre specimen before them. Said specimen was not doing anything weird, if anything Five was just prepping his ingredients and materials to make marshmallow sandwiches. Though the others were staring at him as though he was an apparition that the seance had successfully resurrected in one go.

The younger male could feel their inquisitive stares, instead he chose to sigh and raise a question. "What's the date? The exact date."

"The 24th," The petite woman replied, her confusion still apparent on her facial features.

"Of what?"

"March."

"Good." He said and continued on like nothing happened.

Everyone stared at the younger male as though he was out of place. Truth be told, he is out of place among them but from an outside perspective he would easily be deemed as the younger brother. Whilst you, on the other hand, had stopped functioning. You refused to believe that Mr. Hargreeves knew that Five would return the moment he would die.

"So, are we gonna talk about what just happened?" Luther asked yet he was ignored by the boy silently making his marshmallow sandwiches.

Noticing his “younger” brother’s neglect, the larger male abruptly stands up. "It's been 16 years."

Five scoffed at the other male's statement, then teleported to the shelf behind Luther. "It's been a lot longer than that."

"I haven't missed that." Spaceboy murmured though you couldn’t tell if he was referring to Five’s attitude or how he loosely uses his powers.

"Where'd you go?" Diego questioned.

"The future. It's shit, by the way." The younger male teleported back to the table once he got what he was looking for.

"Called it!" Klaus exclaimed happily.

"I should've listened to the old man," Five grumbled as he teleported to the fridge and opened it. "You know, jumping through space is one thing, jumping through time is a toss of the dice."

The brown-haired male blinked back to the table and paused, then examined Klaus' outfit. "Nice dress."

"Oh, well, danke !" The seance accepted his - physically - younger brother's compliment.

"Wait, how did you get back?" The violinist inquired.

"In the end, I had to project my consciousness forward into a suspended quantum state version of myself that exists across every possible instance of time." Five explained but his answer left them with more questions and more confusion.

"That makes no sense." Diego replied, which he will grow to regret later.

"Well, it would if you were smarter." The younger male retorted. To which the kraken took offense, as he abruptly stood up and tried to tackle Five but Luther blocked him with his arm.

"If you are that desperate to understand, ask someone to translate it for you in simpler terms. If you want to ask who could possibly condense it down to your level of intelligence then, I suggest you ask the other 15 year old in the room." The younger brown-haired male sarcastically recommended as he side glanced at you.

Everyone followed his gaze which resulted in everyone's attention on you, which made you freeze up, not expecting to be acknowledged out of the blue. "Well… From what I understood, Master Five miscalculated during his time travel, because of the miscalculation he was only able to project his consciousness and not his physical form at the time. And, since his physical form didn't develop during this period, he was forced to manifest in his 15 year old body. Am I correct Master Five?"

"Close enough." Five confirmed though there was a slight error in your explanation but he does not want to go into tangent about it because he knew that it would be pointless and he would start deviating from the main topic.

"How long were you there?" Luther asked.

"31 years, Give or take."

Simultaneously, Diego and Luther sat down. You raised a brow at this, complemented with an amused look on your face. Although neither would admit it, they both shared the same brain cell most of the time and it was hilarious.

"What are you saying? That you're 46?" The ape hybrid inquired, his tone giving away his disbelief.

"No, my consciousness is 46. Apparently, my body is now 15 again." The younger male corrected the larger male.

"Wait, how does that even work?" Vanya raised one of her brows yet she was ignored.

"Delores kept saying the equations were off. Eh." Five looks out the window, his back facing his siblings as he eats the sandwich, then he faces his siblings. "Bet she's laughing now."

"Delores?" The violinist's question was ignored once again as his gaze was fixated on the newspaper.

"Guess I missed the funeral."

"How'd you know about that?" The ape hybrid man asked.

Five rolled his eyes at Spaceboy's question. "What part of the future do you not understand?"

The younger male read the paper's headline then asked. "Heart failure, huh?"

"Yeah."

"No."

Five clicked his tongue. "Nice to see nothing's changed."

"Uh, that's it? That's all you have to say?" Allison grunted, confused by his stunt.

"What else is there to say? The circle of life." The boy commented as he left, just like how he left to get milk 16 years ago.

"Well… That was interesting." Luther stated as silence settled among them.

Once the abrupt family reunion ended, everyone left the kitchen to prepare themselves for the funeral. On the other hand, the servants of the Hargreeves household were busy tending to their tasks while helping the others. As you finished your chores, Pogo did not hesitate to switch shifts with you in monitoring the CCTVs, though as you were monitoring it. You couldn’t keep your eyes off of Five, his mere existence boggled you. It didn’t help that you kept replaying what Mr. Hargreeves said to you.

"I know he will come back but, you are free to call my statement a hunch if it helps you sleep at night." It still felt unnerving that he knew and it even felt more unnerving seeing the real deal before your eyes.

Although you were in a dazed state, your mind didn’t completely block out the noise from the physical world. When you heard pitter-patter hitting the window, you shifted your gaze to the outside and noticed the change of weather. People say that whenever the sky darkens and the rain occurs at a funeral, it means the angels are mourning because one of God’s children died. While others say it’s both an inconvinience and a coincidence. Truth be told, the rain did fit the atmosphere for mourning, though the children of the Monocle would say otherwise.

As you were monitoring the CCTVs, Pogo called over everyone to prepare themselves for the funeral. In spite of the rain, you all still went along with the funeral. Everyone brought an umbrella with them, except Luther and Diego. The atmosphere was serious but someone disrupted the mourning.

"Did something happen?" The robot asked with a smile which caught Everyone’s stares.

"Dad died. Remember?" Allison reminded her.

Grace’s smile faltered at the statement. "Oh. Yes, of course."

"Is mom okay?” The Rumor asked concerningly.

"Yeah, yeah, she's fine. She just needs to rest. You know, recharge.” Diego reassured them, the others doubted his words but went along with it anyway.

"Whenever you are ready dear boy." Pogo signaled. To which, Luther stared at the vase and took a few steps before opening the lid, instead of gracefully dancing with the wind, the ashes of the old man fell out.

"Probably would have been better with some wind." The larger man remarked.

"Does anyone wish to speak?" Pogo brought up but everyone went silent.

"Very well," Pogo adjusts "In all regards, Sir Reginald Hargreeves made me what I am today. For that alone, I shall forever be in his debt. He was my master… and my friend, and I shall miss him very much. He leaves behind a complicated legacy-"

"He was a monster." Diego interrupted, despite the horror that was ridden in the other’s faces, Klaus was laughing as more words came out of his brother’s mouth. "He was a bad person and a worse father. The world's better off without him,"

"Diego." Allison called out.

"My name is Number Two." He corrected her then added. "You know why? Because our father couldn't be bothered to give us actual names. He had mom do it."

"Would anyone like something to eat?" Grace interrupted once again.

"Ms. Grace, that won't be necessary." You shut her down.

"Oh, okay."

"Look, you wanna pay respects?" Diego spits on the dust then gestured at it as he spoke. "Go ahead. But at least be honest about the kind of man he was."

"You should stop talking now." Luther warned Number Two as he took small steps towards the smaller male.

Diego shifted his gaze towards Luther. "You know, you of all people should be on my side here, Number One."

"I am warning you."

"After everything he did to you?" Diego slowly walked towards Spaceboy.

"He had to ship you a million miles away-" The latino went right up at his face and glared at the larger male.

"Diego, stop talking."

"-That's how much he couldn't stand the sight of you!" Diego harshly pointed his finger towards Luther's chest.

Luther grabbed Diego's hand then performed a right hook to go for Diego’s head but he dodged it, followed by a left hook to which Diego swiftly dodged as well. Both numbers grunted with each fist they threw and dodged.

"Boys, stop this at once!" The advanced chimpanzees' words fell into deaf ears as both males went on with their fist fight. You were about to intervene but, Five grabbed your wrist.

"Their grown men, not children, let them handle this on their own." Five advised you. You knew it was not a direct order but, his words made you hesitant. Against your will, you stayed by his side.

Luther slammed his arm onto Diego which caused him to stagger back but, he managed to tank it and wore a smug look. The latino then taunted the larger man, "Come on, Big boy."

Luther jabbed but missed, Diego punched him in the gut, as Spaceboy was hunched back Diego drummed the larger man's back.

"Stop it!" The violinist screamed yet no one heed her words.

"Hit him! Hit him!" Klaus egged on.

Luther did a left hook but Diego countered it. Seeing that no one was going to listen to Pogo, he sighed and scoffed as he leaves the children by themselves.

Number One grabbed Diego's collar and threw him near Ben's statue. When the latino was on his knees, Luther tried to punch him but, Diego kneed his stomach. The clad in black tried to kick Luther again but Luther pushed him. Before he could apply more force, Diego turned the tables.

"Get off me!" Diego shouted.

Luther tried to slam his arm but, Diego was quick to dodge with a complimentary punch. Both were now panting and staggering, barely on their feet. Everyone’s eyes were on the fight but you had your eyes on Diego’s distance. He was dangerously near Ben's statue.

"I don't have time for this." Five muttered then return inside.

"Come here, big boy!" Diego taunted once again.

Luther ran towards him and sent a punch towards his direction but due to Luther being slow, Diego was able to dodge it. Ben's statue instead became the victim of Luther's wrath.

"Oh…" Klaus’ face shifted to shock as he witnessed Ben’s downfall… twice if you count the statue as Ben’s replacement.

"And there goes Ben's statue." Allison said under her breath then begins to walk away from the fight.

Out of nowhere, Diego brought out one of his knives.

"Diego, no!" You and Vanya shouted in unison.

Before you could run and tackle the Kraken, he already threw the knife toward Luther’s direction. Luckily, Luther's arm only got scraped. Even though you failed to protect him, you quickly rushed to his side as he frantically pants. He hurriedly covered up the wound and retreated to the house, to which you followed.

Once you were finished with helping Luther, you were quick to go downstairs and check on Five. You already lost him once, you don’t want to lose him under your guard again. On your way there, you passed by Allison who seemed relieved seeing you.

"How's Luther?" She asked, concern evident in her eyes.

"Master Luther's fine, luckily the wound was not deep and it merely grazed him. Though, I hope that next time he does not easily get reeled in by Diego's taunting." You said wishfully even though you were aware that was not bound to happen considering their track record over the years.

"I doubt that. After all, boys will be boys." The rumor’s statement made you smile since there was some truth to it. Although you all had been apart for years, the others didn’t change, they were still the same people you grew up with. Hopefully nothing could change that.

As both of you arrive at the kitchen, you guys witness that Five is looking for something, whilst Klaus was on the table loitering and doing his own thing. You didn’t think much about the number of people until Allison raised a question "Where's Vanya?"

"Oh, she's gone." Klaus replied.

Out of instinct, you were about to go and leave the kitchen to look for the violinist but then, you remembered your original objective and stayed in the kitchen instead and just mentally said sorry to Vanya.

"That's unfortunate." Five said as he slammed the refrigerator closed.

"Yeah." Allison was taken aback by Five’s statement, especially knowing the type of person he usually puts up front, until he added on. "An entire square block. 42 bedrooms, 19 bathrooms but no, not a single drop of coffee."

"Mr. Hargreeves hated caffeine." You reminded him but he glared at you to silence you, which worked.

"Well, he hated children, too, and he had plenty of us." Klaus remarked with a laugh.

"I'm taking the car." The younger male was about to blink to where the cars were parked until you interrupted him. "Master Five, where are you going?"

"To get a decent cup of coffee." He hissed at you with venom.

Truth be told, you didn’t understand why he would need to go outside, he could have just asked you to buy coffee for him or you make one for him instead. Though you supposed that would take longer than he would like, and knowing his patience and unspoken dislike of you, he would not appreciate the time you took.

"Do you even know how to drive?" Allison questioned which only caused his furrow brows to become more prominent.

"I know how to do everything."

As Five was about to teleport away, you grabbed him by the wrist before he could blink away.

"May I come with you?"

"I'm 46 years old, I don't need a babysitter." He hissed, clearly hating the idea of being babysat by you.

"Master Five, I'm not coming with you to babysit you, I'm coming with you because I need to monitor you in case you are feeling the side effects of time travel." You tried to reason, though you admit that reasoning was rather flimsy.

"That's the same thing as babysitting but as a shitty excuse!"

You sighed, thinking you failed but, as you were about to let go of his wrist, he grabbed yours instead. His lips near your ear, as he carefully whispered "I'm only letting you come with so someone can catch me up-to-date."

His voice and the distance between both of your bodies made the gears in your head pause, followed by embarrassment flushing your face. Before you could even respond, Five randomly teleported you both to the garage. For a moment, your mouth was left ajar but, you were able to register the boy's silent gesture to enter the car, to which you followed.

Throughout the whole ride, it was silent until Five spoke, "Did you want out of that shit hole so bad that you were willing to go out with me?"

"No, Mr. Hargreeves wanted me to monitor you once you returned." You lied well it was a half lie but, it was true you wanted to monitor him and something about him was bothering you.

"Even on his deathbed you can't even catch a break. Though, I should expect that from you." The boy huffed passive aggressively, which made you feel awful, why did he hate you so much?

"Before his death, did he ever say anything? Like wanting to reassemble the Umbrella Academy?" The boy in school shorts asked promptly, to which you found yourself hurriedly creating a lie.

"The Monocle did say he had plans on reassembling the academy but he never got to do so..."

From then on, the whole car ride was silent as you guys arrived in front of a donut shop named "Griddy's Doughnut". It was rather retro looking - at least based on what you have heard from books - despite it being past the 2010s, they didn't renovate the building into a more modern look. Which you found yourself questioning if they were short on budget or not…

You walked behind Five as a precautionary measure then entered the building. As the counter came to view, the physically younger male approached it then, rang the bell twice, you both sat down silently as a another customer entered the building. The man took in a deep breath as he took a seat. Once the sound of the bell ringing finally alerted the waitress, the sound of clattering ceramics were cut short followed by her entering the counter.

Waitress chuckled as she wiped her hands clean, "Sorry, the sink was clogged."

You awkwardly smiled at her, silently understanding her pain. Then she took out her notepad and pen from her apron. "So, what'll it be?"

"Uh, give me a chocolate éclair."

"Mm-hmm. Sure."

"Can I get the kids a glass of milk or something?" She said with a smile which made you internally cringe for her, you felt like you already knew what was going to come out from Five's mouth.

Five scoffs then says, "This kid wants coffee. Black."

That was surprisingly milder than you expected but, you were relieved that the donut lady was spared from Five's mouth.

Waitress paused, her mouth agape but quickly tightened as she then turns to the man beside Five, "Cute kid." She chuckled.

In turn, Five forced a smile which only worsened the uneasiness you and the donut lady felt. To divert her attention, You coughed and smiled at her. "I'll just have a glass of water."

"Okay." Her body language more at eased with you, the waitress then began to prep for your orders.

Five sighs, "Don't remember this place being such a shit hole. I used to come here as a kid, used to sneak out with my siblings and eat donuts till we puked."

Your eyes widen at his admission, they snuck out without you? Even Vanya? Were you that untrustworthy that they had to hide it from you?

"Simpler times, huh?" Five mused.

"Eh." The older man looked puzzled but, played along, "I suppose."

Waitress cleared her throat as she placed everyone's orders in front of us, "Here."

Five nudged you with his elbow and motioned for you to pay the bill. You pat your skirt's pockets to look for your wallet but, the other man interrupts your search.

"I got theirs."

"Thank you sir." You thanked him with a small smile, to which he returned.

As you took small sips, everyone did their own thing. Your eyes busy wandering about the building, looking for something that would be useful in a certain scenario, like how the broom could be used as a substitute for a wooden staff, a plate as a distraction, and a butterknife for stabbing.

Five glanced at the other customer's vest then strikes up a conversation with him. "You must know your way around the city."

"I hope so, I've been driving for 20 years."

"Good, I need an address."

Five asks for an address for the place he is looking for and the man jots it down on a napkin then leaves once he's finished. The boy then carefully folds the napkin and stuffs it in his blazer's one of many hidden pockets.

As the brown haired boy was about to drink his coffee, he heard the door swing open then notices the reflection of the newcomer - rather newcomers - from the bell, all of them were wearing combat gear which meant one thing...

"Hmm. That was fast."

You glanced at him, confused by what was happening and how Five knew these people.

"I thought I'd have more time before they found me." His answer did not suffice your curiosity.

"Okay. So, let's all be professional about this, yeah?" One of the masked men proposed but the boy beside you had other plans.

Five placed a hand on your thigh then began to do Morse code of 'SOS' to notify you are both in danger. At first you were in high alert, ready to take out your retractable staff but, the boy followed up his secret message with 'I can handle it'. You were not at ease by his answer, not one bit.

"On your feet and come with us. They want to talk." The leader of the masked men demanded as he used his firearm to gesture for Five to go down on his knees.

"I've got nothing to say." Five said so breezily and arrogance which bothered you even more, is this how he handles live hostages?

"It doesn't have to go this way. You think I want to shoot a kid? Go home with that on my conscience?"

"Well, I wouldn't worry about that…" Five turns to the person who had his firearm pointed towards Five's head. "You won't be going home."

Five retreats his hand from your thigh then grabs a butterknife and teleports behind the group leader and stabbed his neck. Then he quickly disappears, while they were distracted by their dead comrade, he reappeared by your side and teleported you behind the counter. Against your will, you peeked and watched him do his work.

He blinked then reappeared on top of a counter, with a very relaxed pose with a smug look on his face. "Hey, assholes!"

You did not like the fact that he looked like he was enjoying this.

The gunmen were shooting at where the voice came from but, he disappeared, leaving the men to shoot up the place and leave it in ruins. The boy in school shorts reappeared at the front door then knocks on it to get their attention, as they ready their firearms to shoot at him. He mockingly salutes then vanishes once again.

You didn't want to be useless so you took a nearby mop and broke it then, stabbed one of the gunmen using the broken half. Before one of the nearest attacker could shoot a bullet through your skull, Five quickly untied his necktie then choked him.

As he was busy, you threw a plate towards a thug's head to distract him and the others. Whilst Five grabbed a pencil then stabbed one of the gunmen that was about to try and tower his smaller figure.

The last two thugs were about to charge their guns at you but, Five ran to your side and blinked away with you in his arms, as the idiots shot themselves. As silence finally settled in, he reappeared to the masked man he was choking earlier and retrieved his necktie.

As you were examining the donut shop, you noticed one of the gunmen is still alive so you approached him then snapped his neck to end his misery. As you left his side, he noticed that one of the men after him dropped a tracking device, which explained how they found him so quickly.

The brown haired boy asked you to use one of the assassin's knife to cut open his arm and dig into his arm to remove the tracking device. Once you were both done, you guys left the building and dropped the tracking device in a nearby puddle then left as if nothing happened.

Five and you made your way to Vanya's apartment, well it was mostly you leading the way since you were the one who memorized the way there. Instead of loitering outside Vanya's apartment like a normal person, Five had other ideas. Without a word he grabbed your wrist and teleported you guys into the violinist's apartment.

Suddenly, the door clicked and the doorknob turned, which Five took as his cue to turn on the light, which made Vanya jump on her heels. Although you knew it was not an appropriate time, you smiled and waved at Vanya nonetheless. You were just glad she came home safe.

"Jesus!" She jumped, a hand on where her heart is supposed to be.

"You should have locks on your windows." Five suggested.

"I live on the second floor."

"Rapists can climb."

You tried to stop yourself from chuckling at his statement, knowing it was a serious conversation and He probably would not appreciate your response.

"You are so weird." The petite girl mumbled as she sat beside you then, began checking on both of you guys. Based on how her eyes widened, you could tell she noticed there were some specks of blood on both of your clothes.

"What happened?" Vanya's worry evident on her facial features.

"It's nothing." Five dismissed but the violinist's lingering gaze never left the specks of blood on his collar.

"Why are you both here?" Vanya asserted.

"I've decided you two are the only ones I can trust." Both girls in the room raised their brows at Five, this type of situation was rare and rather odd.

"Why me?"

"Because you're ordinary."

You glared at Five and stepped on his foot, to which he rolled his eyes at. He forgot you were very protective of Vanya.

"Because you'll listen." He corrected himself though the petite girl had his doubts.

"Miss Vanya, is it alright if we use your first aid kit? We weren't able to pass by a pharmacy on the way here and I'd like to disinfect and treat Master Five's cut." You asked and she went to the bathroom to get the first aid kit then gave it to you. As the servant, you did your task like always, which is to aid with the numbers wounds.

"When I jumped forward and got stuck in the future. Do you know what I found?" The brown haired boy asked.

"No."

"Nothing… Absolutely nothing."

You paused from tending with his wounds and checked if he was telling the truth, he was dead serious.

ㅤㅤㅤ❲ T H E ☕ S E R V A N T ❳

The world lay in ruins, a wasteland of rubble and debris. What was once bustling cities and towns were now piles of twisted metal and broken concrete. The streets were empty, save for the occasional scavenger picking through the remains of what was once a home or a business. The air was thick with dust and smoke, making it difficult to see more than a few feet ahead. It was a world of silence, save for the occasional sound of rubble shifting or the distant echoes of a once-great civilization now reduced to rubble and fire.

Five stood amongst the rubble devastated by what the future had become. It was now a world of despair, a place where hope had been lost and the future was uncertain.

"As far as I could tell, I was the last person left alive."

Five walked then found a newspaper and read the title.

"I never figured out what killed the human race, but… I did find something else."

"The date it happens."

ㅤㅤㅤ❲ T H E ☕ S E R V A N T ❳

"The world ends in eight days, and I have no idea how to stop it." He said, his words were soft but it was enough to cause your heart to tremble in fear. Both you and Vanya had shocked engraved onto your faces, still processing what you guys heard.

Knowing this sounded like it was going to be a long night, you turned to the girl next to you and asked, "Miss Vanya if it's alright, may I put on a pot of coffee?"

Vanya nodded wordlessly, as she agreed this was going to be a long night for everyone else.

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[dawn-moths]

Heya! If it's not too much, can I ask for nr. 3;5;15;32 or nr. 6;34;39;40 with Toya? I know it's a lot and I'm so sorry💀 but I think they'd really work together! The list itself it's so cute istgg😭 it was hard to choose

Have a lovely day!!

i’ll see what i can come up with 😉

prompt: seeking eye contact, recognizing the sound of their steps, watching their oblivious s/o lovingly, adopting some of their manners

character: dabi/touya (boku no hero academia)

words: 1200+

content warning: size difference, just some soft/comforting fluff with a teeny tiny bit of angst at the end, no other warnings apply!

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Touya drags his feet as he walks through the halls of HQ. In an odd way, it brings you some small joy, knowing he can relax a little more here, even if the sense of safety within these decrepit walls is a false one.

Out on the streets, Touya’s much more on guard, though he moves with a kind of gracefulness, like a stray cat slinking in and out of the shadows of a dark alleyway, each step careful and controlled, always ready to flee.

He stops and leans in the doorway for a moment before entering the room, a boney elbow crooked above his head as it presses into the frame for support. You can feel him staring at you, his striking sapphire gaze sending tiny sparks of electricity dancing across your skin despite the fact that you don’t turn to face him.

His aura is always looming, always haunting you, whether he’s around or not, like a phantom. However, unlike some other ghosts from your past that still cling to you, his is one you don’t mind lingering.

You continue to stare at the map splayed out on the floor under your fidgeting hands, though your focus fell to pieces the moment you heard his familiar gait scuffing closer.

Still, you pretend to continue working, knowing— despite Touya’s nonchalance during such a chaotic and busy time— he’d still probably give you hell if he caught you slacking off, make a sarcastic comment at the very least.

“Hey…” he drawls from where he’s still standing. When you still don’t turn, you hear the floorboards whine and creak under his shifting stance. There’s a short lull followed by an impatient huff as he exhales through his nose, and then he’s crossing the room to plop down on the floor beside you.

Touya keeps his eyes locked on your profile as your stare darts around on the map, cerulean catching where you’re worrying your bottom lip between your teeth.

He knew you well enough by now to know exactly what that simple little habit meant. Something was bothering you.

“C’mon, now…” he murmurs, reaching over to gently brush a stray stand of hair behind your ear, melting a little whenever he’s around you. “You can look away from the map for just one minute, can’cha?”

“Can’t…” you lie, stubbornly keeping your eyes glued to all the crisscrossing streets and scribbled in landmarks that compose the main hub of the city. “I think I’ve almost figured this out… If I break focus now I’ll—”

But then he’s taking your chin between his lithe, calloused fingers, slowly turning your face until you have no choice but to gaze into all that cobalt blue, the color that so adores you.

“You’ve been working non stop all day,” he informs you, as if you weren’t already aware from how tired you are and the slight throbbing of a headache that’s been steadily drumming against the inside of your skull for the past two hours. “Just take a break.” Then he flashes one of those smiles, the kind that are just for you. None of his usual devilish smugness, only the sweet, comforting kind that even makes its way up to his half-lidded eyes a little.

Sometimes you think you’re the only one whoever sees him truly happy. You notice he only ever looks that way while his eyes are on you.

“Touya…” you whine in weak protest, beginning to turn back towards your work until his grip on your jaw flexes slightly, not so much a warning as a plead for you to take his advice.

Now it’s your turn to huff out a sigh, though yours sounds more guilty than impatient, quickly remedied by the way you allow yourself to sink further into his touch, his rough palm cradling your cheek once he realizes you won’t be choosing the map over him. At least, not until he leaves.

“You’ll thank me later,” he half sighs, half chuckles, clearly worn down by his part of preparing for the upcoming mission as well. “Trust me. Besides,” he nudges one shoulder in a lazy, languid half shrug, “it won’t do any of us any good if you’re so tired you can’t even think, when the time comes.”

You don’t want to admit it, but you know he’s right, so you groan out a sound of protest, nuzzling your head into his shoulder, feeling like, if you closed your eyes now, you could probably fall right to sleep, cradled and sated by his warm embrace. Touya thinks you’re adorable like this, but keeps that to himself, knowing you’ll go back to work out of spite if he teases you for it out loud.

“I mean, at least eat something,” he continues, placing a big hand on your shoulder, allowing it to make a slow descent down your back before scooching you closer to him, resting his chin on the top of your head once you’re pressed up against him. Then, trying to coax you further, he adds, “Toga snagged some of those pretzels you love on the last provisions run…” You can hear the smile in his tone, knowing he’s already convinced you when you flinch minutely at the mention of your favorite snack, perking up while still tucked into his chest. “She said she got you extra this time.”

Leaning back just far enough to meet his striking eyes again, seeing that pleased look on his scarred face, how could you refuse?

So you nod, moulding back against him and murmuring, “Only if you have some with me,” which earns you an amused hum from him, the sound vibrating low and soothing as you cuddle close to his chest.

“Deal,” he agrees, reluctantly standing from where you two were just starting to become entangled. As he’s once again perched in the doorway he glances over his shoulder at you and says, “This still counts as your break, just so we’re clear. When I get back I better not find you obsessing over that map again.”

He tries to sound stern, but his adoration for you flickers to life behind his words. You think you’re the only one who’s ever heard him sound like that too. At least out of those among you in the League.

You wave a hand at him dismissively, resisting the urge to glance back at the map and all its makeshift markings. “I won’t, I won’t…” you assure him, only to shift your expression into something a little more devious as you playfully warn, “As long as you don’t take too long to come back.”

Touya barks out a single note of a laugh before rounding back into the hall, that lazy stride echoing in quiet taps and drags until he’s out of your hearing’s range.

It makes you wish you could tear this map to shreds, reduce it to irreparable dust like your leader could if he laid all five fingers upon it. Because you know, in doing this work, you’re playing a part in putting everyone— putting Touya— in harm’s way. And while part of you hopes for a world where all of you can live free from what society has deemed as “good” and “evil” based on what quirk you were dealt against your will during childhood, you also fear that, for everything the League is trying to accomplish, not all of you— if any— will live to see the outcome.

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send me a number from this prompt list + one of the characters i write for and i’ll write a short lil something for you 💕

[fantasyinvader]

Something clicked again. Look at Edelgard's description of herself when the player has to pick a class to teach.

Edelgard: Me? Well...some think I'm a bit distant. Arrogant, even. But there's little to be done. One day, I must rise to become Adrestia's next emperor. What else... Well, it seems to me that we may have similar personalities.

Look at that second sentence, she thinks Byleth has a personality similar to hers. This, sort of foreshadows their A support, where Edelgard says that Byleth is distant. Byleth can disagree, with Edelgard insisting that they are, or Byleth can say the same to Edelgard which she agrees with. She really wants Byleth to be like her, but she says her distance from people is because of the experiments done to her. Byleth's initial distance is because...Jeralt kept them away from people, and we saw how this was changing through teaching at Garreg Mach.

But look at Byleth's profile page. Interests include listening to and helping people while liking swords, reliable allies, being trust and, in the Japanese text, smiles. Does that sound like a distant person to you? Likewise, the Byleth presented in Engage is pretty humble all things considered whereas Edelgard above calls herself arrogant.

We could say that Byleth becomes like Edelgard in Flower, including adopting Edelgard's views on their Nabatean heritage and unquestioningly following the path they've chosen even as everyone calls them out on it, but that would just signify how Byleth ultimately fails. They were supposed to guide their students, instead they were seduced and manipulated into going to the dark side by the Emperor. It would also fit with Edelgard being tied to the Devil arcana, symbolic of corruption, through Amyr being a weapon made specifically for her.

But...arrogance. A large part of Buddhism is supposed to be dethroning the ego. Ego and attachment, the poison symbolized by birds, are said to go hand-in-hand. The concept of ego is that we start things as absolutes, a board with four legs attached is always a table for instance and a table is always a board with four legs. But that just limits our ability to fully grasp the world, there are three legged tables out there as well as six legged ones.

The fact that Edelgard sees her path as the only option is symbolic of her ego and attachment. Even when confronted with information contrary to her views, she's not going to change. According to Hubert, Edelgard is supposed to know that her father was a puppet of Thales and it was Thales who was behind the experiments and the murders of her siblings. Despite this knowledge, a few events later she's telling Byleth the secret knowledge her father passed down to her about why the Church is evil. She says Nemesis was a good guy despite Thales, the guy pulling her father's strings, saying he was a thief.

That history is supposed to be what informed Edelgard's ideals, believing the teachings of the Church were meant to keep people weak, so Edelgard refuses to let it go. When challenged by Dimitri on her ideals, she insists the war was the only way to change things. Her goal is to make people stronger through her reforms, so that they rely on their own strength rather than on others, and no matter how many she sacrifices more people are supposed to benefit from it. Dimitri calls it out as a system for the strong, to which Edelgard says that if it doesn't work it's because of the faults of the people. And it's these ideals that are supposed to lead to her Hegemon Husk form, her becoming stronger in order to defeat Dimitri to rule the world.

It's made out that her ideals don't benefit the people. Hopes makes it very clear that her reforms oppress the commoners while coddling the nobility, so much so that the Western Kingdom lords want to join her while Dimitri is trying to give power to the commoners like his father did before him. Those same lords also worked with Thales and killed Lambert over it, to which Thales says it was for Edelgard's benefit while she says it had nothing to do with her. Her ending in Houses is supposed to be her consolidating power on herself while stripping the nobility of theirs, all in order to make a society where people wouldn't rely on others according to the Japanese text. That is after Edelgard needed to subvert her claims of meritocracy by taking credit for Byleth's leadership, how Hubert needs to put down threats from the shadows, how she needs TWSITD to maintain the peace until she can steal their tech to do the same thing, needed Petra to keep Brigid from supporting the Church, or Ferdinand to figure out ways to make her ideas work. She can give that big speech against Rhea all she wants, but in the end it's opposed to the beliefs she started this war over and she doesn't change what she intends to do. Her Hegemon Husk form is supposed to personify those ideals. The end of the path as a beast unit after Japanese Dimitri called out her path as that of the beast.

Edelgard isn't like Claude, able to accept that her views are wrong and go about things in a different way. If Hopes!Claude is supposed to be how Claude would have been without Byleth, it just serves to contrast the sheer amount of growth he underwent in Verdant Wind.

Or you look at the justification for working with TWSITD in the first place, she needs their support to topple the Church of Seiros. But then we get Hopes, where she breaks things off with them and realizes how much influence they had on the Empire. So what does she do? She continues with her plan to wage war for these ideals.

She says this war is for a meritocratic society, but takes credit for others while rewarding the likes of Caspar (leading to an “often out of control” Imperial army in his Japanese endings) and Bernie (a general who gets scared and tells her men to fend for themselves), while nobles have easier access to positions of power. She says this is about a world for humanity, but is willing to turn herself into a monster to rule it. Not to mention turning people into monsters... I mean, “war assets.” That it's for the good of the commoners regardless of how many she sacrifices or oppresses, and if they don't benefit it's their fault. For all the talk about false history, she's not above creating false narratives to garner support for herself. Not to mention how her version of history was fed to her by Thales' puppet, with Thales himself saying the goal was not to create a powerful emperor to rule Fodlan but to give salvation to the Agarthans.

She says the war is always necessary, but at this point what is she really fighting for other than conquest and centralizing power on herself?

Ego is your sense of self, which can result in being unable to adapt. Arrogance is ego on the next level. Edelgard calling herself arrogant is a warning sign as she's unwilling to alter her path, to call off the war, no matter what changes. You can lead her to the truth and rub her nose into it, she won't learn a thing. That's what her fatal attachment is, the poison that prevents her from achieving her own form of enlightenment.

Which isn't to say that she had no choice, that she was a slave to these ideals. She did have a choice no matter how much she says otherwise. She just chose not to do the right thing because she's convinced that she's right, much like many players who decide to join her. There was always a choice, a means to get out and see things for what they really were, and it was her choice not to take those options. It was her decision to hurt others, to walk a path of hadou (as confirmed by her S support), and that's why she is the villain.

The fact that some players will accuse her creators not understanding her or the story shows their own arrogance.

[acacia-may]

So, before you hit your romance limit, can I request my two Black Clover OC ships? Solid x Rosette and Fuegoleon x Lital. You probably need to read their profiles first, if you haven't yet. I have a tag My Black Clover OC ☘️, hope it will help you. And to give some platonic bond too, Acier & Nozel and Finral & Gauche too?

Hi there Vilandel, and thank you so much for the ask! I'd be delighted to share some thoughts with you. 💕

Solid x Rosette

I am so happy you sent in this ask and told me about Solid x Rosette because this ship is absolutely my cup of tea (and not just because they're not super gooey and romantic. [A/N: Me neither Sosette] though I do have an affinity for more pragmatic couples who are very devoted to each other even if they're not super traditionally romantic and/or are more private about their affections). The big appeal here for me is that I've always had this intense fascination with arranged marriage to lovers. I have no explanation for this, but it's an absolutely fascinating dynamic to me and something I really enjoy exploring. I'll admit that maybe I'm biased because I also chose the arranged marriage to lovers dynamic for my own Black Clover OC x CC ship, but I think it just fits the nobility and strict social order of the Clover Kingdom so perfectly in my opinion and works so incredibly well for the story you've created for Sosette.

I love the idea of Solid entering this arranged marriage because "it's what you do," but then finding himself engaged to someone kind and perceptive enough to see beyond his haughtiness to realize he isn't just a shallow snob. He is moved by the fact she trusts him, and she brings out the best in him by believing it's there. Then he has his little panic moment of "Oh no! I fell in love with my fiancee!" This is the good stuff! Also, Rosette is super cool in her own right, and I adore her (and her friendship with my girl Charmy! YES!!). I love that she's so calm, collected, and perceptive. Also she's a detective? That's so awesome (and the Poirot reference had me squealing). Also, her glass magic sounds super interesting! I'll admit I never really thought of Solid Silva as a romantic being before, but Rosette's profile and your little one shot about them sold me. They're canon now. I don't make the rules.

Lital x Fuegoleon

Lital sounds lovely as well, and her backstory is really compelling (especially the story of her adoption which was so moving and so wholesome). I love the slow burn nature of her relationship with Fuegoleon, their long history with each other, and how they bonded over being on the same magic knights' squad. I'll admit I'm not as feral about it as Sosette (seriously, I just adore that ship now), but it seems like a very sweet pairing and I'd definitely be on board for it too!

Some Platonic Bond Thoughts Too? I'm So Spoiled! 😁 Thank you so much for this! Platonic relationships are truly my real passion, so it means a lot to me to be indulged to ramble about them as well.

Mother and Son: Acier and Nozel Silva

The bond between Nozel and Acier is so incredibly compelling to me. It's nice to see such a healthy and wholesome mother and son relationship, and the series does such an incredible job of showing just how much Nozel's love for his mom and his desire to make her proud and live up to her legacy has motivated and affected him. I adore them.

Finral and Gauche Friendship

I don't think I've ever really thought about this one before, but as soon as I read your ask, I had this very vivid thought of them bonding over gushing about how much love their younger siblings (I'm sure Langris would hate that...but luckily he's not there 😂😅). That said, it's a little hard for me personally to imagine that Finral wouldn't get on Gauche's nerves, so I'm not sure I can see them as besties in the same way as Gauche and Gordon for instance, but I do like the concept of an unlikely friendship between them and them bonding over their roles as big brothers. 😊

[harveybwabbit92]

[Akari decides to talk about her time with the Black Heart Clan.]

Akari: Don't let the name fool you their hearts are anything but black and they aren't your run of the mill Bandits either.

Orb: What makes them so different?

Akari: Well, they don't attack caravans and settlements, the Black Hearts are more like scavengers, they go to places that have already been attacked to take care of any enemy bandits that stayed behind, and then that's over with the Black hearts will use this time to look for scrap, any left over supplies or survivors.

Akari: And before you jump to conclusions, they never do anything nefarious to these people, if they're just barely alive then their wounds are tended to; then they get dropped off on outskirts of some other town.

Zero: But?

Akari: But... Witnessing the sight a bunch of bloody and roughed up looking brutes leaving some poor beaten and bloodied sod outside of their town, kinda gives people the wrong impression...Which works out just well for us..I-I mean the Black hearts.

Seven: And what do they about kids in those situations?

Akari: Well, if assumed orphaned like I was then to summarize the laws of the clan. "You found it, you raise it." Which is how I ended up with Butcher. But the kids that do have some surviving family out in the world are then dropped off at a UFG outpost.

Seven: Wait, Wait...The Guild is working with the bandits?

Akari, does the So-so gesture: It's, Eh...The UFG and the Black Hearts have very lukewarm relationship and yours truly often has to act as a go-between to both groups; since I'm the only one that can get an audience with thier leaders....Apparently Leader Charwood and Commander Sato have known each other for a very long time...

Orb: Not a good time I take it?

Akari: Orb, You have no idea. Hell, they can't be in the same room together without trying to rip each other to shreds.... Between you and me, I'm starting to think those two dated at some point, cos there's no freaking way that two people could hate each other that much without a good reason behind it.

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{Black heart Leader Charwood or Char for short got his name when the previous Black Hearts leader found him as a baby, there was nothing left of his hometown just black smouldering piles of Charred Wood.]

{The reason Akari is able to arrange meetings with such high-profile individuals is due to her friendship with the Morimoto twins in the UFG, While in the Black hearts. Butcher is late leader's younger brother which makes him Charwood's adoptive uncle, thus making Akari and the current leader sort of cousins so that helps a lot when she needs to meet with Char.]

[gh0stgirl000]

HEY POOKIEEE!!

I was wondering if I could get some fluff with Theo, were the reader and him are close friends or dating (Idc) but they live together and the reader is trying to cook and he is just being a nuisance

Anywayyyy love youuuu 😘

-🪼

A/n: HEY POOKIEEEEEEE!!! I love you more!! I'm gonna try my best to make it what you want since i obviously can't let you beta read it this time, wouldn't wanna ruin the surprise... And a note to everyone else i'm aware i've never stated who and what i'll write for i'm so sorry but i'm gonna work on clearing that up this weekend! Love you all, enjoy!! -Bella <3

Summary: Trying to focus on setting up for a Halloween party with Theo Raeken around might just be the most difficult thing anyone's ever been tasked with.

Pairing: Theo Raeken x reader? idk i don't use Y/n and its in third person sooooo

Warnings: allusions to drug use because i'm a huge Bob Marley fan

Genre: fluff

She should've known better, trying to get things done when he was around. She also should've accounted for the fact that he's more distracting than a traffic cone at midnight when she adopted his procrastinating habits. She had less than 4 hours to cook enough food to feed the congregation of teenagers she was having over for Halloween, and here Theo was, literally sticking his nose in everything.

He stretched his arm across the island, dipping his finger in the bowl of icing she was currently mixing food coloring into, licking it off his finger with a smirk that made her roll her eyes. "He knows exactly what he's doing." she thought to herself, trying to pull the bowl out of reach while simultaneously forcing a "Theo! Quit it, that's gotta be the second time!" through a laugh she failed to stifle. His smile grew as he pulled his finger away from his mouth "Third, actually. Figured third times the charm, but I guess not" he shrugged, his grin never faltering.

She threw him a dead-panned look, furiously mixing the icing when she caught a glimpse of the clock on the stove over his shoulder. Finally she was satisfied with the color, setting the bowl aside and glancing at her recipe, smacking Theo's less than stealthy hand away from the food without a single glance his way. His gaze lingered on her side profile, studying every curve of her face and the flicking of her eyes across the page, his once teasing grin softening into a genuine smile.

She caught his eyes in her peripheral, a soft redness spreading along her neck and a nervous smile gracing her lips. "What?" she questioned, her accusatory tone juxtaposed to the fog he left in her brain. "You're pretty" The confession made her stomach turn, but she ignored the feeling, reaching up and smacking the back of his head. He winced, squeezing his eyes shut at the impact. "Focus, Raeken! You told me you wanted to help." He chuckled at her reaction, holding his hands up in mock surrender. "I am helping. I'm moral support." He stated matter-of-factly. She rolled her eyes for what felt like the millionth time that evening "well why don't you take your morals and go support the cookies when they come out of the oven"

Theo raised his eyebrows at her attempt to be witty, but she ignored it, grabbing one of his shoulders and turning his body to face the stove. He heard a drawer open behind him before an oven mitt clocked him in the back. He scoffed, turning to face her again, but her back was already turned towards the rest of her projects. He decided it would be best to be at least a little helpful before he wrecked havoc on their shared kitchen. Theo leaned down and swiped the oven mitt off the tile, begrudgingly pulling the oven door open and setting the hot pan on the stove top.

Now that he was done being helpful for the night, Theo turned back towards his girlfriend, reaching into the bag of flour to her left as quietly as he could. He hesitated for a second, deciding where he should launch his attack on the girl. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he tapped her on the shoulder with his empty hand. The second she turned around, he lightly smacked his flour ridden palm across the entirety of her face, immediately breaking into laughter at her reaction. Neither of their expressions lasted long, as she reached for the flour soon after, clapping large puffs of the substance into his freshly washed hair.

One thing led to another and the pair were grabbing handful after handful of the powder. Soon they, along with the entire kitchen and some of the dining room, looked like they'd seen snow early this year. Finally having enough of the madness, Theo grabbed the girls wrists swiftly, pulling her into his chest and wrapping his own arms around her waist. Theo flashed her his ever-present grin, reaching up to brush some of the flour from her face. In a move somehow more cliche than the last, they both leaned in, studying the others eyes, their lips about to meet. The only thing that broke the two out of their trance was the monstrous ring of the front door bell.

The pairs eyes widened at once, and Theo's smile quickly dropped as they both came to the same conclusion; they were fucked. They stared at each other in shock for a moment before they both broke into obnoxious laughter, neither of them breathing properly when they finally opened the front door to none other than Liam Dunbar, who held a very proud, albeit very confused smile, having heard the commotion from behind the door.

"Looks like baking is on the agenda for all of us this Halloween" He grinned at his own (stupid) joke, pulling a joint out of his pocket and heading for the kitchen, ready to save his two best friends from themselves once again.

[colourful-void]

ALRIGHT CLOSING UP FOR THE NIGHT: UPDATE (its long)

oh mizuki my darling my sweetie gravy i missed you so much hi mizuki hi mizuki missed youuuu

nothin on ryuki but man she's so fun to play as. it's alos just. nice that she and aiba act a lot friendlier to each other. dont get me wrong tama and ryuki's dyanmic is fun, and i know they really care about each other, but like. doing the crime scene investigation and aiba cheering mizuki on with her acting was really sweet. i loved it.

the mizuki boss daughter mother thing ramble starts here.: so i read all the profiles and glossary stuff pretty religiously, and i know that in Boss's glossary for her current profile, it says she adopted Mizuki. and if not for that it would be impossible to tell. come on gangggg that's so insanely interesting as a concept can anyone mention it like even vaguely in passing im BEGGING. i also nEED to know more on bosses First daughter, who i suspect is missing now? maybe she's related in some way to kizzy's first Big Sis?

but srsly its bugging me so bad, like that tracks w/ how casual mizuki is to her but !! it drives me insane there's a literal interaction in which boss says 'dont act like my daughter' and the take away is that mizuki SOMEHOW didnt know about bosses FIRST daughter bcs it NEVER came up?? im assuming boss just lied there and the daughter thing slipped out, (more points for boss daughter and kizzy sister same girl, both remind them of mizuki), so despite the fact that, i dont know, adopting a girl after already adopting one kind of feels like the sort of thing that would end up being mentioned somewhere in there, paticulartly considering that boss's daughter was still living with her as of one day before date died, like. she didnt come home that night and im assumin gshe never did, ran away or something??

i can't tell if the game is just setting breadcrumbs in a weird way or if they just decided boss should be a mom now and then never actually do anythin w/ it. AND SECONDLY, how is THAT the wtake away when 'dont act like my daughter' is a legitimately insane thing to say to the GIRL YOU ADOPTED. SHE LITERALLY IS YOUR DAUGHTER THAT IS HOW ADOPTION WORKS AM I LOSING MY MIND.

the mizuki boss mother daughter rant is now over. you are safe.

so putting that aside: hilarious they didn't model lien any differently. i like to think this is a repersentation of his inabilty to move on. im just. im choosing to believe that. i'm not a wheelchair user, so I can't speak to much on the whole arc kizuna's got going on here, i'm just kind of... carefully watching it. it could be... alright? but it could also drift into some territory i feel is kind of. stereotype-y?

haven't found shoma yet, on a note semi related to the mizuki boss thing. his house is identical to how it was 6 years ago down to whats been left on the floor and you're telling me he still lives there. does aitsf suddenly take place in a world where children over the age of 11 can just chill out on their own-- I SWEAR THIS MANS WIFE LEFT HIM. WHO IS WATCHING THIS CHILD. HELLO?? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?? being buddies with lien is not a legal guardian!!!!!

NOW. COMPLAINTS ASIDE> ima ctually having a lot of fun. inverted controls is a . im mixed on it on one hand it's a litttttle cheap making it physically harder instead of making more complex puzzles. on the other hand it fits so so well and its just the right level of challenge for me so i kinda love it.

but i love mizuki and aiba hanging out they're really really fun. i love what we're building with what im calling 'kanji madness ryuki'. lots of questions w/ the masked woman and the iron mask man. why does everyone hate date personally who knows.

current predictions/observations/questions: i suspect time travel. i really think time travel is involved or morphogentic fields or something i really do. this could be good or bad. idk. i could be totally wrong here, but. there's a lot more. explict stuff in teh other timelines i shouldn't know that i do. PATICULARLY WITH DAHLIA BOAT AND ALL. stupid name i love it. i wonder if its an anagram but im shit at those. its a little suspect how much mizuki route stuff i've seen actually, if we cant pull in timelines seperately.... w/ the first aitsf it wasnt rlly timelines as much as it was like 'getting date's memories back' i played zero escape im down for timeline hopping bull. lets do it!!. pelase i need mizuki roue continuation. very curious about what aiba was doing.

hopes for the future: the videos are really cool i want to do a somnium like that. pleaseee please let me do a somnium like that. i know im totally mizuki biased but. plelpelaspleaspleaseeee plEASE let me do her somnium proper you cannNOTT tease me with that mizuki route somnium with the stew and everything and the bird cage and horse GODDDD its so cool pLEASE let me play it im BEGGING. i. i want more mizuki date interactions. i want them to have another good emtional moment. like mizuki route. i dont know if u can tell i really like mizuki route. i dont know HOW we do that if we even can but. please. im begging. can we get a proper aiba and date interaction b4 the end as well. liek i know he's not the pov character anymore but after the way the last game ended you cannot just have them come back and only fight on screen thats absurd.

but yeah feelign good enjoying the game rn! im. a little worried about some stuff but in general... i hold hope.

[ashipiko]

Ashiii I hope you don't mind me askin a question about twst ashi!

I know the people she's close to are in her profile, like epel, floyd, leona, but exactly how do they act around her and vice versa? And are there any other characters? I'm very curious!! (also i'm working on something rn)

Take your time to answer if you need!! And you don't need to go through every character, just the ones that seem the most important/significant to you :D

HI TARURU!!!!!! 🤔 tbh this question isn’t really that hard to answer so I’ll go in depth about leona/epel? floyd used to be listed as a close relation but EHHH. tho I HAVE written little things for every single chara so that’ll be under the cut!!! (wrote it on discord so the like? rhythm behind the words might be weird cuz I cut them out www) 👁️👁️ TY for the interesting ask tho. hope you have fun w whatever you do!!!!

EPEL: yo the besties EVERRRRR!!!! their dynamic is countryboy that knows how to do so many things and princess who knows how to do so many things BUT neither of them know what the other does. THEY LEARN A NEW SKILL LIKE EVERY DAY THEYRE SO FUNNY. epel acts like his yeehaw self around ashi cuz they’re really close and he loves to catch a break wherever he can 🙏 ashi is more feisty and speaks her mind w/o worry (most of the time) w epel because there’s just a certain level of trust between them?? like you can speak your mind and really form a true connection. ashi who was never really close to anyone and epel who never really had friends his age growing up…… WWW I CRY. like imagine two elementary school students who are best friends. THEM.

LEONA: leona is his usual grumpy self and he doesn’t say it BUT he cares for ashi a lot. he’s not really a word person but more so an action type of guy? he’ll do things that’ll make her go “AWWWWWW” and stuff 🫶 ashi gets to be PEAK annoying and AGAIN doesn’t really worry about keeping up a front because she feels comfortable w leona. she’s the youngest at home after all!!! seems like they wouldn’t vibe at all but you’ll find em hanging out at the botanical garden together

OKKK EVERYONE ELSE IS UNDER THE CUT

—HEARTSLABYUL

RIDDLE: they’re pretty chills…… riddle likes ashi because she abides to the rules of heartslabyul (that she knows of) even if she’s not even a member of Heartslabyul herself <3 tho he does not understand what goes thru her head sometimes. “this slang is worse than cater sometimes and ACE??? ASHI YOU DESERVE BETTER YOURE TOO NICE FOR A RULEBREAKER LIKE HIM” vibes

ACE: do I need to even need to explain. I wrote 6K words about them and won’t shut up

DEUCE: THEY VIBE!!! NGL i do think that ashideuce have like sliiight similarities if you peek but deuce is more open and genuine than her 🤔 they’re very cute and I think Ashi wingmanning him could be cute <3 Ashi thinks he’s silly

CATER: people compare her to him sometimes and she’s like “……IMIG?” they would get along really well on paper but in reality they don’t interact all that often….. nothing special but I think they both know that they’ve got smth going on that’s not entirely the same

TREY: uhhhhh. TRULY JUST ACQUAINTANCES FRS <3 like he’ll ask her if she wants anything because she’s prefect and also cuz she’s like a regular at unbirthday parties but that’s bout it 😔

—SAVANACLAW

LEONA: accidental adoption at its finest. leona and ashi both have that bougie background even tho Ashi isn’t an ACTUAL princess so “out of pity” leona treats her 🙏 they have fun talks and ashi likes to draw w leona when she needs a break from ace or if he’s busy 🫶🫶 v chill……. leona could see right thru her act I think so he also likes to tease her and stuff. THEYRE FUN. i think they styled eachother’s hair to look like eachother once

RUGGIE: 😔 the person leona sends to do the dirty work to get food for Ashi…… they’re chill and they like to catch up!!!! ruggie tried to finesse her once and it almost worked 😭😭they talk sometimes when they both end up at Monstro lounge <3 homies!!! RUGGIE KINDA LEARNS TO ACCEPT HER AS A LITTLE SISTER TOO I THINK

JACK: truly just acquaintances pt 2 😔 it’s really hard to keep a convo going w these two and the only thing they’ve got in common is tsunderes. THE TYPE OF FRIENDS TO BE FRIENDS IN A GROUP but not 1 on 1

—OCTAVINELLE

AZUL: she wants to punch him SO BAD. twstshi acts nice w him cuz he’s her boss and she’s very chill but she SWEARS everytime he opens his mouth she wants to sock him across the face. azul thinks they are great business partners HE MEANS FRIENDS. MAYBE

FLOYD: FLOYD LOOOVES ASHI he thinks she’s SO fun to rile up. will squeeze her very hard if he spots her at basketball matches and if crabby doesn’t point out that she can’t breathe 🫶 ashi likes him but she still finds him VERY scary. unreliable coworker 😔 tho I think wayy later on when Ashi feels more vulnerable their mood swings would be veeeeery uh. ruh oh

JADE: HORRIFYING GET HIM OUT. WHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT. STOP SMILING AT ME. GET AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

—SCARABIA

KALIM: they’re SO CUTE. ashi’s a foodie and so kalim invites her over to Scarabia a lot <3 slowly he helps her build up a spice tolerance…… slowly……….. both kinda naive but ashi’s more cautious than him I think

JAMIL: very skeptical of one another. vvvvvv sussy but ashi likes his food so. it’s okie <3

—POMEFIORE

VIL: ADMIRES HIM SM vil’s very neato and espec after book 5 Ashi can’t even be MAD at vil’s overblot because she’s like damn fam 😔 i lowkey getchu. it’s okie <3 and she holds absolutely NO GRUDGE against him. there’s like nothing bad about him she can pinpoint and she thinks he’s really hypesies

ROOK: kinda scary but he’s fun so it works out 🫶🫶 rook is the type to joke and tease Ashi and make her laugh I think but give these one off lines and she’s like “???? WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN.” they’re funsies

EPEL: BESTIES WHO LOOK SO CUTE BUT WOULD KICK YOU IN THE NUTS IF THEY COULD. ashi loves hearing about everything epel and is SO invested in his hometown. she also loves all the apple cider he brings over and thinks it’s SOOOOOOOO good 🙏 ashi’s walls naturally come down w epel and TBH he doesn’t really notice or make a big deal about it? so they act very cute and proper w others but you might catch these two on the roof of NRC one day

—IGNIHYDE

IDIA: ashi hates him so much. so many reasons and she wishes she could curse him with rabies.

ORTHO: thinks he is insane and was fine w him until he threatened to blow up the entirety of NRC and now she thinks that he’s terrifying but she can’t mess w him MORE SO THAN IDIA because 😔 child

—DIASOMNIA

MALLEUS: very scary. she gets so scared and yelps everytime she sees him. she’s like constantly shaking when she talks to him and malleus is like teehee <3 gargoyle

LILIA: KINDA FREAKY WHERE DOES HE COME FROM. lilia think she’s very fun and he likes to talk to her!! tho she cannot eat his food. holy moly my guy like WHAT

SILVER: ashi’s just awed by his existence NGL like damn fam. how are you just like perfection 😭😭 she doesn’t talk to him much tho. like that person you look at and think about but don’t talk to <3 silver thinks she is a very nice girl

SEBEK: one sided affection and ashi is very “😨 huh. stop yelling at me” 😔 she wouldn’t punch him but she will give him the silent treatment cuz she’s so annoyed <33 she laughs everytime Ace disses him

GRIM: IFS LIKE. WEIRD because I don’t think Ashi is ALWAYS putting on her front w him because they’re together literally 24/7 but they care for eachother a lot 😔😔 like Ashi will be moody w Grim but gives him discipline like a dog WITH JUSTIFIED REASONS so he can’t really get mad at her…… even if she is moody she still seems cheery so like. weird middle ground. Ashi still plays it safe but he still gets a good look at a wider range of emotions w her

[mahi-does-some-art]

For your Servamp Game Show AU, did you ever make a post explaining the plot? I saw the ones regarding the premise and thought they were very interesting. Have an excellent day!

HI HELLO YES I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT!! I'm just gonna go over the premise again because its been a couple of years since I talked about it.

The "Game", which I still have not come up with any clever name for, is this show where contestants are picked from public polls to participate in what is essentially running around Japan for as long as they can without getting caught for money, love and/or jobs. There are two sides to this game: The people who run and evade the advances of the others (Runners) and the people who are chasing them, who can be people looking for date or recruit the people running (Hunters. Someone help me come up with better names please).

Basically, the longer the people running away stays not caught by any individual or corp, the more money they'll get when they either do get caught or the 6 month season of the show concludes and they win. The "Runners" each get a card they can buy hotel rooms in, food, necessities, ect but they can be disqualified for purchasing unnecessary items they intend to keep like luxuries and a specially made device they wear on their person that acts as both a safety tracking device and a means for "capture" by anyone they're running from. The fingerprints of the "Hunters" are put in a database the device recognizes and if a Hunter manages to hold their finger on it for long enough, the Runner is captured and they go back to the show's HQ to collect prize and work out what they want.

They also get issued phones so they can make video updates that the show's production team put up online and eventually string together on TV episodes for the general public to enjoy. Think of it like "The Most Dangerous Game" just no hit-men and it's aired to the world.

Now that that's out of the way, the plot is that the initial entering period of the show's contestant poll, the school quartet thought it'd be funny to enter themselves into the poll for shits and giggles minus Sakuya for Reasons. They don't think any of them would get picked and it was more a "I bet you won't!" dare while having lunch at a cafe they like one day.

And none of them were expecting for Mahiru's profile to get boosted to the top qualifiers because a bunch of people on the internet decided to troll by pushing up some random kid as a joke. Until it wasn't a joke anymore.

They get worried and Mahiru debates completely opting out before having the idea that maybe, if he gets far enough and gets enough money from it, his Uncle wouldn't have to work so much to provide for him and he could take a break and Mahiru could return the favor of being adopted by him. So with the encouragement of two of his friend and against the advice of one, Mahiru participates.

Everything goes well for a while and he ends up being decently loved by the audience but, as we all know, Mahiru's luck in these aus go out of the window and stay out thanks to his stubborness and overwhelming want to help people. He meets Kuro, another runner who he somehow manages to team up with and together Mahiru finds out that this Game is more twisted on the inside than meets any public eye.

I... Haven't really thought about this au for a good while so I have no idea what'll actually happen but I will take any ideas if y'all have any. It's an excuse to get all of the characters running around and also for Mahiru to get way more popular than he ever wanted to be.

[roxineedstosleep]

The Clock was wrong... 9 years wrong.

So, just because I'm having a bad night, because my nebuliser is about to run out and my asthma is a bitch that won't let me have a peaceful night's sleep.

Roxi's bad nights, because of asthma, productions present (And, ironically, for reasons like that my profile name was created):

Superbat angst at its finest.

So, we know that Clark easily travels in space thanks to his speed and ability to adapt in that kind of environment. I mean, as long as he has a solo similar to ours he has no problem about his survival.

But, because most of his heroic work is on Earth, and he doesn't spend as much time away travelling and returning as Hal does, Clark forgets how spacetime is handled at different times depending on where he is.

For example: As long as he's in the Terran solar system, as Hal would call it, there are only hours from Plant to Earth; as long as he's on the nearest planets, like Mars. If he decides to go to some moon of Pluto, well, it would be one or two days; not exceeding a week.

Not to mention that Clark, like Hal, would have to have a double reljor in order to notice that he is aware of both the planet Earth's time system and that of the planet he is visiting. So aware, because on some planets the days work completely differently; either very slowly or ridiculously fast.

In the beginning he usually travels with Hal, when he doesn't know how to deal with the time system. But after a while he ends up doing it on his own, since Hal usually stays longer and doesn't return immediately to Earth, since they have different schedules.

Bruce understood that. I mean, did Clark ever interrupt him on a mission? No, not unless it was necessary for this one.

So Bruce wouldn't have any attachment to it. He'd let Clark travel when he needed to, and he'd be happy to see him when he got there; whether he was gone for hours or a month. The shortest time was 30 Earth minutes (which for Clark was 5 days) and the longest was 3 months (which had been 2 1/2 weeks).

But now, well, now with Dick having just been adopted by both of them, Bruce does feel there's a problem.

Clark is being called on a mission that, by Terran time it's going to be 6 months. And even though he wouldn't have had an opinion or batted an eyelash about it before, because it's none of his business; now there's a traumatized child, with abandonment and attachment issues who needs his father (no more than 2 years old) to be present in his life.

And Bruce knows it's selfish, but he also knows it's his right to ask Clark to reconsider all possibilities. He asks him to shorten the mission on his part, to give him days off… he doesn't want him to go and leave him alone with Dick, who is just getting back to being a happy, normal kid.

Even more so when the mission is fucking risky and anything could postpone and revalidate plans.

But Clark doesn't listen. He calls him paranoid, kisses Bruce goodbye on the lips, and kisses goodnight to little Dick, who is sleeping peacefully with a stuffed animal he gave him not long ago.

What Clark doesn't realise is that Bruce had a bad feeling, doesn't realise that his parallel clock wasn't set correctly, doesn't realise that he calculated 6 months off earth with the calendar of the other planet.

And he doesn't realise that he stayed on that planet, for 8 months on the wrong calendar.

When the mission is over, everyone is happy, celebrating over a few foreign drinks and looking up at the sky with the misty stars. All was happiness… until he goes to Hal Jordan, stunned, a few feet away from him.

"Son of a bitch" was the only thing Clark could make out, before Hal knocked him to the ground in celebration and started to whack him without giving him a chance to speak on his own "We thought you were dead, God Clark! I went to your fucking memorial service! But you're here fucking drinking alient margaritas?"

"What?"

"We looked for you for 5 months, then came a missed signal where the Man in red and blue fell to the enemies" Jordan yells at him, while still on him "Bruce kept looking for you longer, if it wasn't for your son forcing him to go to therapy a year later…. God, we gave you a symbolic burial so that Bruce and Dick could come full close the circle."

"Jordan, I was only gone 8 months" his heart began to ache at the implication.

"8 months off this planet Supes" scoffed the Lantern "It's been more than 6 years on Earth."

After that, Clark doesn't remember much. No.

He traveled at full speed, hurtling through space so fast that he even dares to say he destroyed a fucking metiorito the size of Russia in the process.

But he didn't stop, he didn't stop until he got to Earth, he didn't stop until he got to America, let alone Gotham.

Not until it reaches the grounds of the mansion, not until it crashes full force into the main entrance.

And when he realises… Oh God!

He is greeted by a, justifiably astonished, ageing Alfred. T Clark knows that man, first and foremost there will always be composure, but seeing him all that goes out the window, as he looks at him like he's looking at God himself.

A short time later a boy arrives, identical to Bruce, who looks at him in fear, and then a young boy comes running, and his Bruce… his adored Bruce.

Bruce, who looks older, who has more dark circles under his eyes, who looks more exhausted, who looks as if he has been given the worst fights… more beautiful and handsome than before.

Who now looks at him like he's come out of a fucking hallucination… like he can't believe it.

"You were dead."

And that buried him.

Because it was a scandal.

The boy was crying, unwilling to let go of the young man who kept looking at him with wild eyes. That Bruce had to be tucked in by Alfred before he collapsed on the sofa, and then he had to be sat in an armchair, as if he were a stranger.

Well, over 5 years… he was now a stranger.

Even more so when he realises, after a few deep glances, that the young man looking at him in a hostile way is no one else and no one less than Dick.

His son, who is now almost a man.

Who grew up without him, and who probably, or most likely, hates him for abandoning him in his sleep. Who hates him for leaving him alone with his father, who hates him because he made them believe that all this time they didn't care enough about him to stay with them.

And if things were worse, for him.

The new child, the son Bruce, who was adopted thanks to Bruce's new partner. Who would not be long in coming, after he probably heard the fuss he caused with his arrival.

And that said and done, through one of the doors, which Clark remembers was the aquatic entrance, enters a man, completely stocky and wet, with a large semi-blond beard and skin bronzed by the sun and the sea. He's a contained beast.

Both Dick and the new boy, who now knows his name is Jason, rush towards the man, who doesn't hesitate to protect them from his presence.

It is only when Bruce seems to react to all that is happening that the unknown man takes his son and brother upstairs, and the tension between the two of them thickens.

He discovers he's been gone for almost a decade.

That they searched for him after five earthly months without hearing from him.

That they received the signal of his supposed disappearance in an enemy camp after 8 months on Earth.

That they searched for him for a year.

That they buried him 3 years after his departure.

That Bruce had to take antidepressants that almost made him lose custody of Dick.

That Dick was never again able to regain the confidence he had after his departure. Even more so with the supposedly implicit sign of his death.

That after a couple of years of therapy and group sessions for widowers, that Bruce began to try to rebuild his life.

First by reconnecting with his son, so that they could both be happy again.

Then to heal Dick's trust issues.

And finally, 2 years after his "Death" Bruce returns to the dating world.

He meets Theodore, a former Marine turned marine biologist who, ironically, was doing job sharing with Aquaman.

They meet after a joint mission, and start chatting.

That after a year of tentative dates, they started dating… only to marry after 7 months.

After that, Jason came into Batman's life, to become Bruce's son, and then to become Theo's son as well. He never leaves Jason's or Dick's side, and even takes them on sea voyages.

All this, while his only excuse is to tell Bruce that his watch has failed. That the confinement on the other side had been for a couple of hours, and that after that he had no problems.

That all that time he could have communicated, that all that time was fine.

But nothing is fine.

And probably never will be.

[khaleesiofalicante]

So, I usually check your Tumblr for any updates to #IALS, cause I really like the banners. But I was not prepared for this week's banner. The side by side intensity of Mavid was too much for my heart to handle. Holy s@#$!!!!!

And then the chapter? I was crying. Max's heartbreak and just complete disconnection is felt. But Lance? That child has so much strength.

Then all the parallels in the different timelines this chapter! I know all the chapters have some parallel. But I just loved all of them here. Especially little Arthur with his 'we need to brush their hair cause its so silly' (btw that whole scene just made me want to have a baby and I'm so firmly anti-children for my life that its not even funny) and then teen Arthur learning what silly hair means in different contexts!

I did not know about crown day, but I wish we could expand it to South Asia so people can learn to respect curly hair. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a brown girl with their hair tied back and it just being brushed out fuzz. My mom to this day can't accept that she has curly hair that shouldn't be brushed. It makes me so sad that we're so sanitized to fit public standards without realizing.

Then Max validating his son's needs and not sidelining them with the 'but I did this'. I never thought of my experience with my mom like that. That she loves me, but I didn't get that love the way I need so I can internalize it. I am so happy for Lance and Max to reclaim that home life they both so desperately need to heal.

And David, you obsessive French fu@#$!, 😭😭you're working so hard. I can't believe I didn't realize until this chapter just how much even though I could see it. I was stuck on the Jaden of it all!! Cause David chose to date Jaden, he just never even considered the possibility of moving on from Max. He could have chosen to heal in a way that didn't take over his entire life. But he went above and beyond. David just decided that fuck the rest of the world, if its not Max, it doesn't matter. So he chose to stay with Jaden instead of trying to actually find a less painful love. He could have moved on and tried to find someone he could actually love! But he didn't even try! That's so romantic and crazy!!!!

But then the wall scene, dude.😳 Dude.🤯 Dude.😖☠ I have re-read that scene so many times now. If it has me feeling things then RIP Max. David needs to get angry more. Also, I just kept imagining this whole scene of David losing it in front of Jaden and the kids. Jaden would bust a blood vessel 😈 Like yeah dude, compete all you want with Max. Try to get in the way of his relationships with his kids. It doesnt matter.

Also, you know something? I was compiling a list of my fave couples for my friend and #IALS of course made it to the list. But you know what else did? Hannibal and Interview with the Vampire.

Hannibal - Blond obsessive European serial killer (raised in France) who falls in love at first snark with a rude asf FBI profiler. Eats people. Is a gourmet level cook and loves taking care of his FBI agent husband who doesn't know yet that they're married and have an adopted daughter together.

Interview with the Vampire - Obsessive French fucker who falls in love at first sight with a very mean pimp (who does it to take care of his family). Eats people. Likes to spoil and keep his baby happy. His husband wants a daughter, well okay then, he's going to give him a child.

Do either of those shows sound familiar to you?🙃 But my main question is, when are we getting a dark!David that Max can't resist even when he's trying desperately and falls off the edge of sanity for? And DML doesn't count! Cause I said so!

Fun fact - I made banner ages go and i kept it until we got to this chapter hehe. i was so excited to share it!!

i am a sucker for parallels as y'all know so oops you will always see them generously sprinkled around :)

your comment about south asians and curly hair is so true because here in SL (curly hair is very common in the north because of genes + humidity) and a lot of girls feel forced to straighten or iron their hair (and save up money) because they feel like they are 'not pretty' if they have curly hair. i am so tempted to write a fucking article about this tbh because this is yet another way of setting and forcing unrealistic beauty standards.

the whole idea of 'tell me how to love you' is not always practical in real as you said. not everyone's love language is the same. but i think this is such a max thing to do. i think he cares enough to make that extra step. in fact, he will see it one more time 👀

And everything you said about David made me so emotional. We'll be digging into some of it in the next chapter! Because you are absolutely right in the sense that what he did was also a sacrifice. dating jaden was not an easy option. i wish we could have explored their relationship more but i couldn't without giving too much away but being with David (if you look closely) caused david a lot of pain too.

Hannibal and IWTV are two top tier shows and two of my faves. Not us having fine af taste oof.

Hahaha Dark David is truly something else. I would love to explore it (if yall have ideas 👀) because he truly has the potential to fuck shit up he just chooses not to smh. we will see a hint of dark david (or maybe unhinged david) in lbaf 5. we'll see.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK <3

[twig-tea]

I'm back!

Whew it was a wild week. Saw tons of family, spent a lot of time on the beach and drinking local wine.

And of course playing with my parents' dog, the old lady in my profile pic whose name is Princess Patch aka Patches (please note she has zero patches on her fur, this is the name she came with when my family adopted her from rescue):

I'm ~28 hours of tv behind lmao so catching up before I dive into everyone's posts (and thank you for tagging me, I'm super excited to read everyone's thoughts!

Other than both seasons of the Uncanny Counter (which I just binged with my family instead of watching my shows--it was great btw, so much found family feels!--I came by this amount of tv watching honestly), I've managed to finish:

Stay Still (I liked this short series, though it fell into the evil female trope, and was tragedy-coded, it was also well done and ended happier than I expected)

Stay By My Side (cute but messy);

Jun & Jun (kind of ditto? Too many dropped threads);

Wedding Plan (really turned around for me; it's not my favourite series but Nuea is one of my favourite characters and Lom's apology worked for me. I still don't love him but I'm much happier with a main character who lies to others to be able to stay with his partner than lying to his partner so he won't leave);

Laws of Attraction (!!!! I got almost everything I could have wanted. More Nawin being allergic to shirts, more Rose & Maya, more unhinged Charn being too smart for his own good, Thaentai literally hissyfitting his way out of getting kidnapped/banished to the States, ridiculously in love photoshoots, a baller speech about marriage equality, a puppy pile of my favourite queers, supportive grandma...and if I couldn't get the only thing I asked for [Nawin, Maya and Rose in the same room] then I'm happy to have gotten Nawin thinking about being in the same room and crying about it as second best)

The Star S2 (did anyone else watch this? It was.... something lol)

Now that I'm in my gloriously empty apartment, I am catching up on the shows that haven't finished yet! Prioritizing Only Friends, Hidden Agenda, Dangerous Romance, My Personal Weatherman, and I Feel You Linger in the Air since I think those are what most folks are writing about these days, and then I'll start reading posts again. This week is also nuts because a really close friend has two (2!!!) debuts at the Toronto International Film Festival this year (and I'm so proud of her) and will be going to screenings of both, so I'll be easing back in lol but looking forward to reading what y'all wrote this past week!

[lgcgaram]

━━━━━━━━ 𝖂hat's up ? first off, i'm excited to be here w/ you all and i can't wait to get to know your muses ! you can call me nio. i use h/h pronouns, i'm 19+, and i'm here to introduce you to a muse of mine that's fresh outta the oven. as he's so new to me, i'm learning more and more about him as i go, and i'm pumped that all of your muses will become apart of his journey. anyway, his name's chu garam. he's from honolulu, hi, but relocated to korea to train at lgc in the summer of 2021. he's that one punk-ass e-boy/emo kid you remember from middle/high school. y'know, the one who just graduated, paints his nails black, and sketches on the white-parts of his converse? he's also a double scorpio (sun/moon) mess: an overly passionate and emotional soul with rich sensitivity, and equipped with a wicked sense of humor, as well as a gruesome temper. his mom always tells him that he needs a haircut, but he doesn't care. he's not one for following the rules, per se, but he's learning to manage in the company. to learn more, take a peek under the cut. gimme a heart and i'll message you for plots as soon as possible ! 🤘🏼

alright, here's an obligatory link to his profile ! when i finally get around to writing more blurbs on him, i'll reblog this with additional links. i'm a flop, i know. 💀

I. IN THE EYES OF HIS PARENTS.

mom's an ob/gyn, dad's an oncologist. they're very respected in their fields and worked incredibly hard to be as successful as they are. their parents (garam's grandparents, both sides) were extremely hard on them, so they adopted a strong work ethic, but not a lot of emotional intelligence. so, when garam entered their lives, they had no fucking idea what to do. from the jump, he was highly sensitive and reactive. his moods were immense. he was expressive, and wild, and wasn't afraid to argue with them or tell them "no!" when he didn't want to do something. he challenged them in many, many ways, and his attitude carried on (in some form) for the rest of his life. they saw—and still see—a lot of themselves in him, shockingly enough, but the parts that they learned to suppress with all of their might. they're easier on him than their parents were on them, and while they feel a modicum of disappointment and resentment because of this, they're glad to see that he's independent and able to make his own choices.

II. IN THE EYES OF HIS PEERS.

garam was definitely seen as someone odd or quirky in school. the weather is beautiful in honolulu, but he never took advantage of the sun and the waves. not much, at least. in school, he preferred to hole himself up in the corner of a room and either read a book, or read/study people. on the surface, he was quiet; reticent; seemingly intelligent; calculating; mysterious. his teachers always told his parents that they wish he spoke up in class more, but they understood that that wasn't his personality. when he began to express himself more in adolescence, it definitely got him sideways glances. in a superficial sense, kids around him thought of him as the quintessential e-boy/emo-scene kid. his style was eccentric, his hair was messy on purpose, he listened to a lot of alternative styles of music, and he seemed unapologetic about it. he never cared if his self-expression or sexual orientation, etc. upset/bothered people, and to be honest, he still doesn't care. anyway, his friends from back home—the theatre kids tbh—all remember him as a charming, idiosyncratic, protective individual; a person with a fearlessness about him that they all still admire. sure, he gets in his feelings a lot and he can be explosive when he's angry, but that only tells them that he really cares and has immense passion zooming through his veins.

III. IN THE EYES OF HIMSELF.

garam occasionally wonders if he's a bad person, and he still hasn't come up with an answer. he knows that he likes chaos, and that he can be a lot to handle for some people—when he opens up to them, that is—and he knows that it's not fair that he wants to know everyone's deep dark secrets but would never tell them his own. he's also well-aware that his jealousy, possessiveness, and his bad attitude can sometimes get him into trouble, but he doesn't make many strides to alter those "negative" personality traits of his. in a nutshell, he identifies with them and accepts them; able to admit how he is and never apologizing for it. he's stubborn in that sense; fixed in his ways. because he's so introspective, he spends a lot of time psychoanalyzing himself, as well as others. he likes to think he's gotten incredible at reading people and their true motives; like a detective or private investigator with how he studies them. his eyes are intense and fierce, and when they land on someone, his gaze is piercing; somehow a collision both sensitive and sensual. he has a natural magnetism, and he knows it. he uses it to his advantage. however, despite all of the problematic parts of his soul, he's able to recognize that he's a loving person, even if he loves too hard. if you're someone he cares about, he will kill/die for you. though, he views life in a rather black and white way, so if he doesn't love you, he hates you, and similarly to how he goes all out with his loved ones, he'll have no problem doing the same in a detrimental light to those he hates. you slight him, he'll aim to ruin your life. he can hold a mean grudge and believes in getting even instead of forgiving and forgetting. this makes him a troublesome enemy. for the most part, he likes who he is, even if he can be bad. sure, like every human, he has his moments of insecurity and self-doubt—and those often cause him to lash out, unfortunately—but he's living and learning and doesn't want to be/expect to be perfect. all he can hope is that he can make good friends, meet interesting people, and maybe become a singer if he works hard enough at it and doesn't succumb to laziness.

IV. PLOTTING/OOC MESSAGE.

i'm someone who values really deep connections. i love layers, and figuring out what makes them work/not work together, and what makes them tick. those often are my priority when it comes to laying down a good foundation for my muse, and because of that, i prefer to brainstorm instead of explore preset options. if you have any wanted connections that you'd like taken, i have no problem looking through them, of course, but above all, i want us to come up with the best plot possible for our muses. i'm open to any and all ideas, and adore getting into the nitty gritty of everything. platonic relationships, bitter enemies, romances, ex-lovers, friends-turned-enemies, friends-with-benefits... i want it all, so sign me up and don't be afraid to mention anything you have in mind. if you're interested, let me know !

[thethirteenthcrow]

lmao i love learning about your shyan lore. what fic was it 😭

god. i don't remember one (1) fic top of my head, but in the summer of 2019 i was like, my friend showed me a bfu video and i needed something to read over the summer. i had some books and i downloaded some fics on a shady non-ao3 affiliated app. i'm looking for some of them now, others may have been deleted long since. ao3 history to the rescue: here are the first shyan fics i've ever read

Tempting Fate by Squeakyshroom | 7k

AU where soulmates are real, and Ryan would rather face a demon than the truth. Or: Shane's patient, until he's not.

You'll See How Good It'll Be In The Coming Year by orphan_account | 9k

Ryan and Shane go to a New Years party for inhumans, then go home.

we found each other hungry by abovetheruins | 9k

He’d laughed with the rest of his friends when they’d seen the billboard advertising the site. They’d all been a little buzzed and high on the adrenaline of another successful semester under their belts, but he’d woken up the next morning with the site’s name poking at his subconscious, and by the end of the day he had created an account and set up a profile. It wasn’t that he was struggling, per se, but tuition was fucking expensive and he didn’t want his parents to pay for a dime, so he’d buckled down and juggled classes and two part-time jobs to pay for it all, until he’d gotten so used to nights of little to no sleep that the bags beneath his eyes were deep enough to drown in and he was spending most of his waking hours fueled by caffeine and adrenaline and little else. If he had a chance to get compensated for nothing more strenuous than spending some time with a lonely old dude, well, what kind of idiot would he be to pass that up?

The Mysterious Disappearance of Shane Madej by waitforhightide | 13k

The thing about Ryan Bergara was that he didn't trust his own brain. So when he arrived at the office and asked TJ if he’d seen Shane yet, and TJ said, “Who?” Ryan’s reaction was first to look around for cameras, and second, for Shane. For the reality check, for the affirmation that TJ had said what Ryan himself had heard.

Better Than Being Hung Up By The Thumbs by orphan_account | 3k

Shane's stance on being hung from his thumbs versus being spanked has changed somewhat.

You Make the World Seem Bigger by beethechange | 40k

The creature stirs. She squirm-drags herself down until she’s on Ryan’s belly, and then she noses at the pocket of his hoodie. Ryan gently tucks her in so only her head is visible, and they both watch as she sighs happily and burrows into the warmth. Ryan looks up at him, beaming. It is, Shane has to admit, very cute. “Ryan Bergara, Father of Goat-Dragons,” Shane says. “I can’t believe she already likes you best.” “Yeah, well,” Ryan says. “You tried to name her Snooki and turn her over to the state of California, so you reap what you sow.” OR: Ryan and Shane film a Supernatural episode in the Pine Barrens on the elusive Jersey Devil. They don’t manage to find it, but a few months after filming, one definitely finds them. And it’s decided they’d make great adoptive parents.

there were several deleted works in here ;-; but here's at least some of baby me discovering shyan haha <3 NOW TELL ME YOURS