#I'm putting my bets on Brock

[stefans-brock]

colby brock

new years kiss!

summary: after multiple attempts of your best friend trying to set you up with her boyfriend's best friend, his best friend finally confesses his love for you.

it was sunday night, new years eve. you were at your best friend, katrina's apartment. the both of you stood in her bathroom, standing in front of the mirror as you both applied your makeup for the night.

"i still don't know what to wear?" you mention whilst rummaging around in your makeup bag to find your eyeliner. you hand katrina the tube, the routine of her doing your eyeliner now becoming a regular reoccurrence, as you found it a struggle to do on yourself.

you sat on the bath ledge as she stood in front of you. "you can borrow anything of mine" she says, concentrating on the task in front of her. "but that white dress you brought over was so cute" she continues.

she brings up the eyeliner to your eye, and you close your eyes, making it easier for her. in two swift motions, she does a wing liner for both eyes.

"i bet colby will love it" katrina tries hiding a smile by tucking her lips in. "kat!" you shake your head at your best friends bluntness. "what, he will!" katrina exclaims.

"you're unbelievable!" you giggle, leaving her alone in the bathroom, now making your way into her bedroom. "i'm trying it on!" you shout.

you take off your hoodie and shorts that you were wearing and put on the short, white, lace dress you had brought along with you as an option for tonight.

"kat, come in here!" you tell her as you look at yourself in her bedroom, full-length mirror. she walks into the room, holding an eyeshadow in one hand whilst her another hand is occupied with putting eyeshadow on her lid.

"i love it!" she gasps. "you look so hot, y/n" katrina states. you bit your bottom lip whilst admiring the dress, "you don't think it's too much?" you ask, turning around to face katrina. "no, it's perfect," she reassures you.

"i guess this is it then." you take one more look at yourself in the mirror before following katrina back into the bathroom, "how're you thinking of doing your hair?" she asks. "just gonna straighten it," you reply, plugging in your hair straighteners.

"they won't be able to keep their hands off of us," katrina chuckles, making you shake your head.

after both of you had finished getting yourself ready for the night, you were both cleaning up the mess made in the bathroom whilst waiting for the boys to come pick you both up.

when the doorbell rang, you quickly announced that you would get the door.

you made your way to the front door and swung it open. sam standing in front gave you a hug, "hey y/n," he smiles before walking around you to get inside.

colby was stood behind sam on his phone, but once sam moved, colby looked up - his eyes meeting yours. you gave him a smile as you discreetly scanned his outfit - black dress pants and a white dress shirt that had the first few top buttons undone whilst hair laid messily, some hair strands laying on his forehead.

"hey" he grins, "you look good," he says nervously before he follows sam. you look down at your outfit with furrowed eyebrows - just good?

"y/n-?" you hear katrina say. "yeah?" you shout back, turning around to the three of them now looking at you. "have you got everything?" katrina asks. you give her nod. "yeah, let's go guys" you squeal as you lead the way out.

just as katrina was locking her door, you realised you had forgotten your purse. "i forgot my purse!" you face palmed.

katrina sighs before turning around to you, she throws you her key. "lock up after" she states, you nod in response as you watch sam and katrina make their way down.

"you can go, you know, i'll be straight down," you direct to colby as you turn the key to open the door. "it's okay. besides, it's too early to be third wheeling them, " colby laughs. "in that case, i don't blame you," you smile, opening the door wider for colby.

"my bag's just upstairs, i'll be quick" you say before running up the stairs - or running the best you can in the heels you were in.

you grabbed your purse off of katrina's bed and made your way back downstairs. once you had made it to the downstairs hallway - you saw colby, taking off a mirror selfie.

he realises that you're watching him through the mirror reflection, so he turns to you, "wanna take a picture?" he asks. "uhm- yeah, sure" you shrug, making your way over to stand beside colby.

you look into the mirror and see colby biting his bottom lip before he shuffles discreetly closer to you. he let's his arm losely wrap around your front whilst his other hand held up his phone. he had titled his head, so he was looking at you. you felt the heat of his eyes burn into your skin as you looked at him through the mirror.

"you look beautiful," he whispers with a smile. you turn your head to look at him. he drops the hand holding the phone and stuffs his hand into his pocket of the dress pants he was wearing. he then steps closer whilst his other hand goes up to tuck a strand of hair behind your ear.

your eyes had lost themselves in his blue ones, as the two of you stared lustfully at each other.

after what had felt like several minutes - though only a matter of a few seconds - colby took a step back before clearing his throat, "we should go" he announces, making you nod your head in agreement. "yeah, let's go"

after you locked up katrina's apartment, both of you made your way to the parking lot, colby kept his hand on the small of your back, leading you to sam's car.

once reaching the car, colby moved his hand from your back to the car door handle. you frowned due to the loss of his warmth touch.

"you okay?" colby asks as he watches you, his eyebrows furrowed. your eyes widened whilst you looked up at him, realising you had gotten lost in thought. "yep, all good." you smile before giving him a thanks for opening the door. you climb into the other side of the car, taking a seat behind sam, who sat in the drivers seat. colby then followed in, sitting behind katrina, leaving the middle seat empty between us.

katrina called dibs on the aux as sam began driving, and colby turned his attention to his phone as he noticed the couple in front talking.

feeling bored, you rested your hand under your chin and looked out the window. anticipating for when you'd all arrive to the club.

whilst staring out the window, you feel colby shuffle around in his seat. looking out in the corner of your eye, you see him sliding over to the middle seat. he nudged your leg with his, waiting for you to turn your head around - and so you did.

you gave him a hum as you waited for him to speak up. "look at this," he says, pointing his phone towards you. you look into the phone as he plays a tiktok for you.

it was an edit of a tiktok from when him and sam lived in the traphouse - in the tiktok was also you and katrina, dancing to a trending song at the time. "you were terrible at that," you giggle after you'd watched the short clip. "blame that on the supposed teachers," colby shot you a look, and you returned the same look. "a teacher can only do so much if their students are -" you take a second to look him up and down, "well you," you grimaced playfully before letting out a small scoff.

colby shaked his head, "next time, try harder, sweetheart." colby winked before sliding back to his original seat. you directed your middle finger to him before dropping your hand down on your leg. you hear him chuckle before you turn your head again, looking out the same window.

you, colby, katrina, and sam had been friends for a long time now. you had met katrina a few months after she had started to date sam. so naturally, you joined their friendship group. you were especially close to the three you were currently in the car with. ever since meeting katrina - nearly six years ago - she would take any chance she could to try to set you and colby up. at first you never saw colby as anything more than a best friend but as time went on - you finally realised you had feelings for him. you were well aware that katrina had told sam about your feelings, but you didn't mind as much as he didn't tell colby about it.

after the short drive to the club, the four of you piled out of the car. colby helped you by covering you as you stepped out - pulling the hem of your dress down. "thank you," you say embarrassed, knowing your cheeks were growing a deep shade of red. "it's all good," he shrugs before taking your hand, "shall we?" he asks. you peek over his shoulder to see katrina and sam already walking in, "yeah, lets go." you began walking in the direction that you saw your friends walking in. colby was walking behind you, whilst your hands were still intertwined.

but once you had reached the entrance to the club, you saw paparazzi blocking the door snapping away with their cameras. you turned your head behind you to seek security off of colby.

colby understood the plea in your eyes and stepped in front of you, guiding you through the crowds of paparazzi. "excuse me, guys" he calls out whilst still having ahold of you.

during the many years of knowing sam and colby, you'd never seen paparazzi swarm them like this. katrina had now left sam's side and made her way inside alone.

when you looked up at colby, you realised he was talking to one of the men holding a camera. you gave the camera man a smile before turning away from the camera. your eyes fell and focused on yours and colby's hand - you tried pulling your hand out of his grasp, but that only made the grasp colby had on your hand tighter.

"and whose this?" you hear the man say, pointing his camera at you. your eyes shot up to colbys before he let out a chuckle. "she's - we're just -" colby begins stuttering before turning his head to the side once he hears his name being called out by sam. "sorry man, we gotta go" colby gently pushes past the crowd until you both reach safely inside.

"that was crazy," sam shakes his head. colby only nods at him before turning to you. "sorry about that, you okay?" he asks, you give him a nod, "it's not your fault, " you smile before turning to look at sam and katrina. "shall we guys?" you ask them. katrina eagerly squeals before taking your hand, running off with you into the crowds of drunken people.

katrina drags you onto the dancefloor, which was further down from where sam and colby stood.

you both give each other a glance when you realise the dj is playing 'promiscuous'. you and katrina joined in with the crowd on the floor and began dancing.

as the songs continued playing on, sam eventually made his way over to you both, holding three plastic glasses. two were cupped in either hand whilst the third was being held up by being in between his teeth. "here you go, ladies," he pipes up as he approaches beside you.

you give a thanks before taking a glass out of his hand. you knock down a shots' worth before wincing at the burn in your throat. "is this straight vodka?" you grimaced. sam takes the glass out from between his lips before chuckling, "yeah, sorry, that's mine" he says, reaching out with that same glass. you shook your head at the glass, "i'll keep this," you inform him. "you sure?" he asks. you give him a nod in response before moving beside katrina, who hasn't stopped dancing. only then does she stop dancing, taking a glass from sam.

your hips don't stop swaying to the music as you reach your hands above your head. you start singing along to the song, 'buy u a drink' you giggle as you watch katrina dance against sam, sam resting his hands on her waist whilst he whispered in her ear.

finding the couple sickeningly cute, you looked away from them. your eyes instantly falling on colby, who was already staring you down. he leant against the bar, with two others. jake and corey. they must have just arrived. moving your eyes back onto colby, you realise his lips are slightly parted. one of his hands held a drink whilst his other regularly ran through his hair. you turned your head back and focused on dancing with your friends.

katrina swayed her way over to you before whispering in your ear, "he's been staring for a while," she shouts before pulling away. she gives you a wink before moving back beside sam.

you look back at colby, his eyes now lay on a blonde, who was approaching him. he smiled at her as she began talking to him. the blonde played with her hair as she stood in front of him. you then notice jake and corey leave colby's side, the two of them shaking their heads at colby.

you huffed at the sight before finishing off your drink, settling it on a nearby table. you had lost sam and katrina in the crowd, so you started dancing alone until you felt someone come up behind you.

"what's a girl like you doing dancing all alone?" a deep voice says. you turn, looking up at the man. he gave you a smile before asking to join you. you gave him a nod as you slipped colby a look.

like the first time, he was staring at you. but this time, his eyes were narrowed whilst his eyebrows furrowed. he was chewing on his inner cheek whilst fiddling with his silver rings.

you pushed him out of your head and turned your attention to the man dancing with you.

"so, did you come alone?" the man asks. but before you could reply back, you felt a hand wrap around your wrist, pulling you.

your front collided with a familiar chest. you looked up at a furious colby, "the fuck she did" colby shouts. you looked up to those blue eyes and brushed yourself off of him. "what're you doing?" you ask, returning the same tone as him. "what do you mean 'what am i doing?', what the fuck are you doing?" he shouts over the music once again.

"shit bro, i didn't know she had a boyfriend." the man speaks up, you shoot him a look. "i don't," you shake your head before turning to colby.

"you're ao fucking annoying, y'know that" colby shakes his head before grabbing your wrist again, leading you both somewhere quiet. "colby, get off me," you complain.

colby had dragged you into a hallway that was quiet enough but still echoed the music that played.

"what was that?" he asks."nothing, i was just dancing," you shrug. "you can't tell me what to do, colby" you shake your head as you cross your arms over your front.

colby scoffs to himself before moving to stand in between my legs. "look at me" colby's voice comes out as a whisper. "when do i ever wear white?" colby asks, "fuck, when do i wear anything that isn't black" he says again.

"i'm not getting the point to this -" you shrug.

"i asked kat what you were wearing tonight, i wanted to match with the girl i was gonna share my new years kiss with, i wanted to match with the girl i was going to ask to be my girlfriend tonight" he shakes his head.

"i'm in far too deep when it comes to you, y/n" he sighs as he lets his forehead rest against yours. "i didn't want to see some other dude's hands all around you, and i lost it, i'm sorry. i fucking ruined it" he curses.

you gulped down the lump in your throat as you look up to colby's blue eyes. "colbs" you whisper. he hums before looking at you. "you haven't ruined it," you assure him.

the both of you stand there in silence with smiles plastered on your faces.

the echo of a ten second countdown is heard from the hallway, making you and colby widen your eyes.

"three" colby chuckles. "two" you giggle. "one" you both smile into a kiss.

"happy new year, colbs"

"happy new year, sweetheart"

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[sunnyie-eve]

21 | Little Pranks

Series: Significant

Paring: Colby Brock x Original female character

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1.4k

| MASTERLIST |

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"Elton, what the hell are you doing now?" Penelope comes home early to see hay and farm animals inside the house.

"You came home early but surprise! We have a petting zoo now." He smiles.

"I'm not helping clean up. But I'm gonna go change and then I'm gonna hug all of the animals." She rushes upstairs to change clothes then rushes back downstairs to hold a kid in her overalls to fit the prank.

"Penelope, how do you think the others will react?" Scotty asks her as she holds a duck in her lap.

"For starters, they're gonna have trust issues as soon as they see that you're back because of the last time you were here for Elton's prank. But when they see in the house they will instantly love the prank. Especially Devyn. I bet she tears up." She puts the duck down.

"How come when I go to pick up the alpaca they run away from me but not for you?" Elton watches her pick one up.

"Animals love me. You know how easy it was for Circa to take a liking to me." She laughs.

"That's true." Elton thinks back, "They're home!" Elton rushes out so Penelope follows with Scotty.

"Dressed like my ancestors, Elton." Colby tells him.

"And I'm back too." Scotty smiles.

"If he's back, I'm scared 'cause last time he was here." Colby points at him.

"What did I tell you." Penelope points now.

"You called it."

"Penelope are you part is this?" Sam looks at her.

"No." She laughs.

"She came home early so she knows and joined the part with the look." Elton tells the house as they all walk towards the door and everyone was nervous.

Entering the house they were all surprised and they loved what they saw, "You turned our house into a petting zoo." Sam says.

"You get a goat. You get a goat. And you get a goat." Elton passes them out.

"I'm even spot on with Devyn." Penelope points out, "I know my roommates so well." Penelope picks up a duck. They all take a group photo for a thumbnail, "Here." Penelope holds out the duck to Corey and Devyn.

Penelope takes a seat on hay and the kid goes up laying on her lap waiting to be petted. "He likes you." Colby takes a picture of them.

"If I kiss him will he become a Prince?" She jokes as the goat moves away to play mess with the others.

"I guess not." Colby laughs. "So technically you still haven't really been pranked yet?" He takes a seat next to her.

"Nope, none of you guys have pulled anything on me yet so I've been scared."

"I can't even think of a good one to get you back for the two times you've done it to me." He tells her.

"I'm sure you will come up with something." She gets up and goes upstairs.

Suddenly he comes up with a cruel little prank that's bad for him and Penelope technically. For the next few days, he works on it and gets Megan to show up for the prank.

"You hate me so why am I here?" She enters the house.

"Well, you said you hate Tyson for cheating on you and I got some dirt on him that you can use but you have to do this for me." He explains to her.

Since everything when Penelope and Megan see each other, they aren't budding heads that much anymore since Megan expressed how she hates Tyson too. They weren't friends but acquaintances who couldn't stand each other.

Colby explains the whole thing to Megan then they get in his bed and talk because when Penelope gets home she normally goes straight to Colby's room to let him know she's home since he made that a rule for her.

Penelope stops outside the door hearing giggles so she knocks waiting for an answer so Colby calls out to come in. As soon as she sees Megan in the bed with him she looks at Colby so Megan kisses Colby.

"Some fucking friend you are Colby." She slams his door going downstairs upset with him.

"You weren't supposed to do that!" Colby shoves Megan away from him, "You can go now. I'll send you the video later." Colby grabs his camera to tell Penelope it was a prank.

"Penny?" Sam gets worried seeing her tear up as he walks into the house.

"Penelope it was just a prank!" Colby comes rushing downstairs.

"Just a prank? What kind of prank? Disappointed your best friend by sleeping with a bitch who treats me like shit?" Penelope shouts making everyone home pay attention to them.

"Yes but no... Look, I knew this would go bad but,"

She cuts him off, "Yet you still did it? What did you think was gonna happen with her in your bed that she wouldn't force herself on you again?"

"You invited Megan over?" Sam says as she comes downstairs with a smile saying she's just leaving, "Dude, we kicked her out for a reason member and you bring her back?"

"You went personally low, Colby." Penelope walks out the front door driving off not wanting to be home right now.

Colby looks at everyone looking at him, "You really used someone who treats her like shit to prank her? She wasn't wrong, Colby. That was personally low." Corey tells him and Devyn agrees.

Colby goes to Penelope's room and sits on her bed alone hoping she would come home soon so he could apologize. He deletes the entire prank not wanting to post it then goes to his room for another prank he had planned for another time. Going back to her room, he hangs posters of himself in her room that cover an entire wall floor to ceiling.

By the time he finished, Penelope arrived back home so he hid his camera and got in her closet cracking it to see a bit.

Walking into her room Penelope stares at her wall with all the posters of Colby. From serious to shirtless to funny to baby Colby. "Are you serious?"

"Pranked you!" Colby comes out while she stares at him. "I probably should have gone with this one in the first place. I deleted the other one because I can't post that. As you said it was low of me and I'm sorry for making you cry. I wanted to upset you like you did to me twice but I went overboard. I fake like I broke one of the rules I live by and I brought over someone who treats you like shit. I was a terrible best friend and I'm so sorry." Colby apologized to her.

"You should've gone with this one first." She smiles a bit, "Because this is also terrible, I see you every day and now I have to see you when I try to fall asleep as well." She laughs making him smile she wasn't as upset with him anymore.

"We good?"

"We're good." She gives him a hug just to give him a wedge making him shout out, "That's what you get for making me cry." She laughs at him.

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"Pen, Pen!" Sam walks towards her room.

"Yes?" She opens her door.

"Do you want to help me in Colby's room?" He gives her a smile so she follows to see what he was doing causing her to laugh.

"Give a stack." She puts her hand out. They both do it till Kat, Devyn, Corey, and Aaron join to help fill up the wall till they finish.

The next morning she hears Sam and Corey in Colby's room so she walks in giving Colby a wave, "At least your new wallpaper isn't as bad as my wall of you." She takes a seat on the couch.

"Yeah, I like this."

"Of course you do." She goes back to her room to lie down on her phone.

"How much did you help Sam?" Colby walks into her room.

"I was the first because he asked me and to be fair I only did it because of my wall." She motions to it.

"But it's your best friend." He walks over getting in her bed still tired.

"Again I see you every day. I don't need a wall of you as well." She locks her phone rolling over to face him.

"But you love me." He pokes her.

"Not that much to wanting a wall of you." She laughs so he pulls her closer to him to hold.

"Just love your best friend, Peeps."

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[harlowhockeystick]

8. "i've liked you for a super long time" fluff list

this is def officeBrock vibes

he tells you his feelings for the first time 🥹💖

contains: fluff, idiots in love but they don't know they're in love, office romance, fem reader, | office!brock boeser x reader | j's 2k celly

preface: reader and brock work for a law firm, which i know nothing about but i like the idea. so there's that.

the end of a very successful, long series of trials for both sides of the law firm, the entire staff decided to go out for dinner and drinks to celebrate. you didn't plan to stay long, you were looking forward to a three day weekend and getting caught up on lots of sleep.

you sat next to brock throughout dinner, saying sly comments and cracking jokes throughout the dinner. you pretended not to notice when his knee touched yours, when his hand brushed against yours while reaching for another roll from the middle of the table.

"alright, think i'm gonna head out. thanks for dinner boss," you grabbed your purse and began to stand up. "see you guys on tuesday."

"here, i'll walk you out." brock stood up with you and walked with you to your car. a few fellow staff members gave knowing looks to one another. it was evident, to everyone but yourselves, that you and brock were desperately in love with each other. the looks, the giggles in the office, everything went noticed by your coworkers. even a few bets were made on how long it would take you guys to hook up, kiss, get together. and it all went unknown by both you and brock.

"any plans for your weekend?" brock asked as he walked with you to your car deep in the parking lot. you sighed and shook your head, “nope, just gonna relax and catch up on some sleep. oh- wait we still need to finish the lord of the rings movies don’t we?”

“hell yeah we do, what day works for you?” you had reached your car and leaned up against it, putting your purse in the drivers seat. you made plans to finish the movie marathon that weekend, brock agreeing to not fall asleep this time around.

you were about to say your farewell when you just couldn’t help but notice the way he looked at you. “do i have something on my face? what is it?”

brock laughed and shook his head. he was really about to do this huh?

he sighed, “have you ever thought about why we haven’t gone on a date yet?”

brock’s question caught you off guard, but once you processed it, you had finally realized what had happened. then you started to think about it, why hadn’t you gone on a date yet?

“well to my knowledge brock, you never asked.” you said in a teasing tone. “i’ve liked you for a super long time, you know.”

he smiled, putting his hands in his pockets and looking down at his shoes. “i have too.” he sighed, paused, then continued, “so, would you consider tomorrow evening a date?”

“i would. my place, six pm, you bring the food, i’ll have the couch and blankets ready.”

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[just-my-type-x]

Can you write something for Colby using Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato? I recently saw an old video on tiktok of him vibing to that song and it’s had me hooked on it ever since

Another Pretty Lie

Angst

"Colby, it's so nice to see you!", a blonde girl hugs him tightly as he, Sam, Kat, Stas and i walk into the big house. "You guys, too", she smiles a little too fake for my liking and i only glare at her, passing her by and grabbing Stas' arm, walking like and old fashioned couple

"That's why we broke up", i tell Stas and she chuckles

"Because he hugs girls?", i laugh a little bit too loud for the joke, but she joins me as well

"No, the fuck, because every party we were invited to was one of his ex fling's. I was so fed up at some point."

"i bet it fell really heavy on you"

I nod and look for a big enough space to host the whole group, since we don't really know anyone at the party. I'm also not such a social butterfly and I'm definitely not becoming one with drunk people who look underage.

I sit on the couch, Colby next to me, Sam and Kat right next to Colby and Stas and Nate take the chairs in front of us. In the middle we have a coffee table and we're quick to put our glasses on it. Colby puts and arm behind me, on the back of the couch. I look at him, raising one eyebrow. He is already looking at me and can't help it but chuckle, his beautiful smile showing his perfectly white teeth. Thanks to his whitening kit. I roll my eyes.

"Don't play that card with me, Brock. I'm so over this shit"

"What shit?"

"Eyeing my soul and then smiling at me, like i would fall into your arms and fall in love with you", i grab my drink

"You did once, would it be that bad if it happened again?", he takes away his arm amd intertwines his fingers on his lap, watching me sip from the cup. I almost choke because of his constant stare.

"Well, we happened 6 months ago, i don't feel like getting back into the feelings before our break up. You're bad news for me", i shrug my shoulders like it's nothing, but deep down i know that it only takes one right word from him and my whole mask just disappears. Colby looks at me a second too much, shaking his head in disagreement. "I'm sorry you don't feel that way, but your actions speak louder. We're here and you fucked her last week.", his head snaps back at me

"How the hell do you know that?"

"Oh you didn't hear her brag about that? She told five people only while you were staring at me", i take another sip, a massive headache appearing because of the mix of anger, well hidden sadness and Colby.

"Oh, great", he puts his hands on his face. "Of course she did"

"Mhm"

"Hey, do you mind if i take Colby for a drink? Or are you two a thing?", another girl than our host comes to us and i feel the stares of our friends on us. I chuckle

"Babe, if we were together, we would be at his place, fucking. Suit yourself with this pretty boy", i tap Colby on the leg and i get up from the couch before doing something regrettable. "Where's the bathroom?", i stop a couple who's making out. They don't bother to stop, but the guy shows me with his pointing finger and mumbles an upstairs and on the right. I thank them and leave with a disgusted look on my face. I open the bathroom door and lock it after me. I look in the mirror and take a few deep breaths. Nothing happened, but it's just.. I just can't handle this situation right now. I try my best to hold my head high and not engage in any other conversation with Colby than what's necessary because i know it'll affect me. And here we are, girls jumping on him like the usual. My head falls between my shoulders and i shake it. We're better off, i whisper to myself. Suddenly, there's a knock on the door. "Occupied"

"The hell it is, open the door, y/n", Colby's deep voice almost shakes the door. I roll my eyes at his command, but i don't want to pay for this girl's anything that Colby might break. He gets inside and closes the door with a bang, but locks it after. "What the hell was that downstairs? You handled me to her"

"And why are you mad about it? It's not like we're together", i sit on the bathtub and look up at him. Colby's fuming and it amuses me.

"Why is it funny?"

"Because. You don't look like the type to be mad about being wanted by girls", i sigh

"Do you even know me?", he looks hurt, but i roll my eyes at him

"Bro, when we broke up you told me that you like this attention you receive because it makes you feel important. Is that what you're supposed to say when you're in a relationship?", i raise my voice to cover the loud bass and i get up from the tub to face Colby while speaking to him.

"First, don't call me bro. Second, I'm sorry i was a dickhead, i just started getting back into partying after a long time and i had no idea it would have such an impact on me. I never wanted us to break up, but you made a clear decision when you left, messing up my whole room", Colby throws his arms around and i cross my arms at my chest

"First, it was our room and second, what pissed me off the most is that you barely made it in time for our dates or appointments, yet for a party you would be there an hour earlier 'to catch up' with whoever was hosting the party. I learned afterwards who you were catching up with ", i frown at him, but my voice cracks and i look away from him." Did you cheat on me while catching up?"

With no warning, Colby pins me against the wall, arms above my head and his face too close to mine, our noses touching. We breath heavily and i wish to push him away, but can't. My body is numb and i wish for this moment to be long enough.

"Take back that question, right now.", his deep voice sends shivers on the back of my neck, but i shake my head.

"Please answer me", i gulp

"I loved you like crazy, i never did that y/n", his hot breath brushes over my lips. I lick them because of how nervous i am and i catch Colby's attention, who immediately looks down at them. He licks his own lips, sighing. "I want to kiss you"

"Colby.. You know it's not gonna end there. It never does". Before actually calling it quits for good, Colby and i used to have fun with each other, mostly because it became a habit that we hardly let go of. I'm sick of this merry-go-round with him.

"And let's not end it there. Let's try one more time.", he pleases and i look at his lips, plump and reddish. I look at him, his eyes already on mine.

"It was hard getting over you.", he let's go of my arms, but holds me by the waist. I inhale sharply. "And as you can see, you still make me nervous", he gives me a quick smile, but concentrates to what i want to say. "But i never really got over you fully. I tried. I'm still trying, and whenever i feel like i succeeded, you come to me and kiss my cheek, hug me in a certain way, look at me like you looked at me when we were dating and that pisses me off like crazy. I want you back, Colby, but you're not good for me"

Colby let's his arms fall off my hips and i feel sick in my stomach. I miss him so much.

"if you really believe that, ok, I'll keep my distance. If it makes any difference, i never stopped thinking about you. And thought of ways to get you back. I'll see you downstairs", he turns his back to me and walks to unlock the door.

"You know what, fuck it", i say and walk towards Colby to stop him from exiting the bathroom. He turns around, sadness written all over his face, but surprised enough to wait for what i have ti say. "I'm selfish right now, but as much as i hate going back and forth with you, i can't let anyone else have what we had.", a sad smile appears on his face

"Can i prove to you that I'm what you need? I hate hearing that you don't receive what you deserve and i hate it because it's me were talking about. I want you to receive the world", Colby holds my face in his hands and i grab him by the wrists, smiling at him.

"I heard that if you kiss me right now and leave this shitty place, i'll let you change my mimd.", he kisses me instantly, our lips moving in sync, my fingers in his hair, pulling him closer and closer. His hands run down my body, touching every curve like he wanted to remember what it felt like. "I can't let go of you, no matter what. I keep coming back to you. I don't know what you've done to me, but I'm hooked."

#colby brock #colby brock imagine #colby brock smut #sam and colby

[goblin-spider]

[Log 480]

<year: 3065/2124>

<Time: 2:03 am>

«Spotted troopers today. No sound yet from Patrick about food. Noah gave me a pack of those things I used to eat called prawn chips. I wonder where he's getting them from? Is it from the Chinese place in downtown? Is it from Sydney, down in that little bar called madame Brock's? I'll never know where he gets the stuff he does. Sweet kid. Pat and Bowe raised him well. If I don't get my butt moving soon, someone might see me out here. The stars are lovely company though. The sand... Not so much.»

<Time: 6:30am>

«Made it halfway out to a swap base. The cars in this area are all out of fuel and broken down. Wonder if I can bum a smoke off of Kirk? He's always got something stupid on him. Grove sap would be nice for once. *Adjusts his goggles* Then again, it's probably non existent now. How longs it been? 4 years since I had my last drop? Would have to ask Kirk.»

<Time: 6:45am>

«*Sizzling of a steam powered door* morning Kirk. Found anything good in here?»

~Only some dead guys! Stole their clothes though. Designer alchemax boots! Retro! *Looks towards the goggles* oh come on you cunts would too if you were stuck in the wastelands, in hiding.~

«Kirk, please, cease your senseless yapping and help me lift this thing.»

~Back still bad from last week?~

«Yooouu bet. Found any medicine on these max workers?»

~Mate, do I look like the medicine retriever. I wish you'd just turn yourself in. No more running.~

«*rattling of medicine bottles* What happened to you hating troopers and bootlickers? I'm not going back to society. Troopers may be old but the culture is newer now. Nothing we knew will be there. Found some blight pills. Might help if we catch it.»

~I don't exactly like wandering out here, okay? Sometimes I get sick of you. oh and I'm immune honey. Just like you're immune to settling down or turning yourself in so we can actually shower.~

*he just stared blankly under his mask and goggles*

«uh huh... We showered on Monday, quit complaining.»

~ You smell like sand and death. Aren't you tired of running and killi- oh! Found a cellar! Wanna go in?~

«Not really. Gotta get a move on. We can sleep at the next swap base.»

<time: 1:00pm>

«*alarm goes off* manual, quiet mode.»

[Of course.｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡ reminder: it's time to go check on your friends.]

«My fri- you mean firelight and Harry?... Can't be that time of year already.»

[your readings show that your cortisol is high and your serotonin is at its lowest.]

«... Okay. I'll go see where they are now.»

~*mumbling sleepily* don't go. don't want to be alone...~

«*leans down and whispers in his ear* I'll only be gone for a few hours. I'm sure you can handle things without me. I just want to check. Okay.»

~ okay... I'll get a Bauhaus record on by the time you're back. ~

«seeya scrotum face.»

~seeya blight victim~

<Time: 5:45pm>

«*Boots thumping on the apartments floorboards* hm. No one's home. Good. Hopefully I don't leave any sand about. That'll be too hard to clean.»

«*Takes off his thick heavy gloves and puts them on the coffee table while he tidies just a little bit, like he usually does when he visits. He washes the dishes and cleans up the rubbish, takes a rag and dusts here and there and puts any dirty clothes he finds in a basket. He was just putting some things away when he spotted something* Huh, what's that?»

«*there's a recorder on the counter, a really old one, like from Bowes era. Curiosity gets the better of him and he picks it up to inspect it or hit play and listen, only to hear the front door unlocking. He quickly darts behind a corner and peers very carefully around it*»

«*He sees Harry come home and plop on the couch, covered in spray paint. Gabe must've heard him because he came out of his room and made his way to the kitchen cabinet to grab a snack. That's when he started internally swearing at himself for making so much noise without scanning the place first to make sure he wasn't home.*»

«*by that point, mer had stuck himself to the ceiling so that Gabe wouldn't see him peering out from around the corner. He looked a little different than he used to, seemingly spending a lot of time deciding what snack to eat. Then Gabe's head started to turn in his direction and he decided right then and there to quickly portal the hell out of there.*»

[end log]

#the life of mer taylor #mer osborn #spidersona #spiderverse #oc post #oc rp

[vanosslirious]

BBS Dialogue Prompts #208

BBS IRL Names & Alias Prompts and Sentence Starters: [ 6 ]

VANOSSGAMING

What the fuck are you, Delirious?

Kay, Brian, stop singing that song.

Brian, get the fuck out of here or…

Watch out, Cody.

Do you have your laugh track ready, Brock?

Don't let Brock do it, no, don't let Brock!

Oh, what a coincidence that he's not at Nogla's house.

Hey, Brock, turn around.

Hey, Delirious, do you want to go to the bathroom and have sex?

That's what Delirious would do, though.

NOGLA

No, that’s not the right way, Scotty, that’s the wrong way.

Anyway, who wants to do the awkward segue now that fucking Brock left.

You do it, Brian, you lead the way.

Brian, is it down there, this seems like a really obscure entrance.

Where’s Marcel?

Don’t worry, Marcel, you don’t need to get offended, Marcel, I’ll be offended for you.

Not you, Delirious, shut up, you're Batman.

Okay, you can spectate me now, Moo, we're fine.

Good job, Delirious, you escaped.

Delirious, you got me killed, you stupid fuck.

SMII7Y

John has been holding that all game.

I’m sorry, I was going for Grizzy, I’ll be honest.

Uh, John, do you want to talk?

Here you go, Nogla.

Fuck you, Puffer.

I only have one of these, and I’m gonna bet that Puffer has one of them.

Puffer, it’s time to pick up, my friend.

I’m so glad I’m across the table from Matt.

Shut up, Puffer, let it happen.

Puffer, you look like you could use some cards.

H2ODELIRIOUS

See, look, I did it, SMii7y.

Vanoss, turn around, do you want to see something amazing?

Wildcat, do you want to see the bat cave?

Well, Vanoss, you can finally do what you always wanted to do.

Nogla died.

Vanoss, can you get on the tip?

You killed Wildcat.

You're fucking weird, Terroriser.

Vanoss, what the fuck is that, man?

Screw you, Moo!

PUFFER

Grizzy, get in.

Grizzy, I want you to shit on SMii7y.

Matt, he's inside!

Not over here, Goddamn it, Matt!

Matt, why would you do that, you bitch?

SMii7y, we're not doing this.

Oh my God, Pezzy, you're so annoying.

No, SMii7y, go away.

Matt, we're leaving.

Matt just splooshed all over me.

BYZE

I’m already suffering, John, what more do you want from me?

Nah, we're just trying to make the shittest video possible, SMii7y.

Anthony, I'm not going to be mad at you so you don't be mad at me.

Oh yeah, I forgot everything's about you, John, carry on.

Whatever I said, I didn't mean it, everything's about you, John, you don't have to do this.

I'm gonna put a thousand dollars on John for the mullet.

I kinda want to slow down just so I can see John.

John, what position are you in?

It's probably Eli, he's a little sneaky like that.

Anthony, do you want me to help you?

#banana bus squad #bbs #banana bus squad prompts #bbs prompts #vanossgaming #daithi de nogla #smii7y #h2odelirious #bigpuffer #byze #rpf #rpf prompts #tw swearing #text #words

[oshawottmain]

So, what did you think of the Black and White saga of the Pokéani?

The Black and White saga was actually the first version of the anime I'd watched, since it's what was airing when I got into the fandom. And I'll tell you something, I really liked it! I know most everybody doesn't, and now that I've seen all the other generations of the anime, I can admit it's definitely the weakest, but it's not as bad as everybody claims it is IMO. I could just be blinded by nostalgia goggles, but even when I rewatched the series recently, I had lots of fun revisiting it.

The battles were cool-looking and always had this unpredictable quality to them that kept me at the edge of my seat (I don't think any of us expected Ash VS Elesa to go the way it did, for better or worse)

My favorite part was definitely the characters. I don't understand why people hate Iris and Cilan so much. I'm betting people just missed Brock and we're salty about his replacement after four generations, because Cilan was great! He had a unique extravagant charm and I thought it was funny how he seemed to be a connoisseur for everything. The few occasions where his sophisticated mask would fall were always hilarious (I still remember his expression when he lost to Skyla 😂)

And then there's Iris. I'm pretty sure the only reason people hate her is because of her "You're such a little kid" comments (which, I mean, fair. It's a little annoying to hear her constantly dissing Ash's skills when WE KNOW he's better than that, or at least he's supposed to be) but that's honestly it. Besides that one thing, Iris was a great character. We got to watch her struggle with every single Pokémon she caught in some way, shape or form, helping them and gaining their trust until they became valuable members of her team, like with Excadrill and Dragonite. Plus gradually learning about her past from her overconfident beginnings as a wannabe Dragon Master to her humbling experiences with Drayden and Opelucid Academy, Iris' developmental journey was written very well. I was so happy to see her come back in Journeys

The supporting characters were lots of fun too like Stephan, Burgundy, Georgia, Bianca, Luke, ect. And do I even have to explain how cool it was seeing a serious and competent Team Rocket! Loved all of them

Not to mention, the BW anime gave us Ash's Oshawott, so that immediately earns it points in my book!

So yeah, I loved the BW anime, despite it's flaws. Not sure if I did such a good job explaining my thoughts here but I've already spent over an hour figuring out how to put them into words.

Thanks for the ask @terrific-togekiss I hope you have a great rest of your day!

#pokeani #anipoke #black & white #pokemon #ash ketchum #iris pokemon #pokemon cilan #gym leader cilan #ask #terrific-togekiss

[blackpoolcombatwriter]

Thoughts on Becky/Trish getting pulled off the SS card?

This got long so I put it under a cut to not annoy people.

Oh boy, I just really want one day, one day, where there is no drama happening in any of the women's divisions. Is that really so much to ask? I don't think I remember Becky/Trish ever getting announced officially for SS(but I could be wrong) so I guess I wouldn't consider them getting pulled off it, but they deserve to be there. I do think Triple H is better at the "make good" matches when this happens. Seth was pulled last year, the Becky/Bayley cage match, but the bigger issue is there shouldn't have to be a "make good" match.

If my only choices are to get a 5-7 minute match with Becky/Trish on the PPV or a 15-17 one on RAW, I think their story needs time. They would put on a great match in 5-7 minutes, I know they would, but I think the storyline they have going needs a longer match. If their time constraint is they can't go past a certain time because of noise restrictions or airing time, I do think if they looked at the card, there's places you could easily makes some time cuts to fit Becky/Trish on the card.

Personally, there's a couple matches I would have cut instead but I know that's not an option. The battle royal needs to happen because it's sponsored and dollar bills, but I bet it could be trimmed by a few minutes with the same results. Not everyone needs an elimination spotlight. Roman's matches tend to be long to fit all the interference and ref bumps and storyline elements but I think they could probably trim it by like five minutes and no one would know. If Brock/Cody are a real match, probably could be trimmed by a couple minutes, but that's assuming it's a match and not some fuckery of they attack each other before the bell and there's no match. Trim some time from Ricochet/Paul too. That makes me feel bad for Ricochet to say that because dude has a singles match on a PPV instead of being in the battle royal, but if we're honest, the only reason for this match is so they can do some big viral moment which will be the only part that's talked about. Gunter/Drew I would leave alone, and Seth/Finn too. I'm thinking those are probably timed well. I think the women's triple threat is likely to be one we'll want to see more of so I'm definitely not taking time away from them. The Shayna/Ronda I'd personally trim a minute or two(assuming it's not a squash or five minutes) but if it's Ronda's big send off, they won't trim it.

Wow that got long. I think that's all the time I can save and maybe I made the card a lot worse by trimming time to add a decent length match for Becky/Trish but I'm not a booker.

#j answers things #anon asks

[mlmxreader]

Hi! Am I fully awake when I should be asleep? You bet your arse I am but I have much creative work to review from my fav writer (that you by the way😏).

So, this'll be the review of your big tittied Bane (fuck I'm can't call him anything else now because of you!!🤣🤣) and Great Violence, Great Tenderness.

He nodded, lowering himself beside you and letting you crash your body into his [...] A man of extreme violence, yet so careful with you.

"If it's for you, then I will be," he agreed. "You know I will."

I'll keep this short. 🥹🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭 Bane, my love, the fuck. The press of his mask against his lips to imitate a kiss JAJAJDNKSJDJSKJ!!! He's such a soft teddy bear for his boyfriend!! 100% Mr. Tom Hardy's fault because that man is just *groans* ... yeah, his characters have just ruined everyone else for me. I can't.

This tiddy Bane request was just as much for you as it was for me. So from now on, I'll give you 1:1 Alfie:Bane ratio, sound good? But yeah, any and all Tom Hardy characters, you let me know and I will send that request so flipping fast.

Thank you so much, lovely 😍. And P.S. I would totally fucking die for you too. Like I would put John Wick and Kill Bill to shame with the level of vengeance and violence I would ring upon the person who thought to hurt you. **insert: "heart eyes motherfucker" gif**

Bloody love you 🖤🖤🖤.

🐍anon

GO TO BED!!!!! PLEASE!!!! I promise you won't be getting anything until 19:00 (British time) at the earliest so PLEASE go to sleep and get some REST!!! don't burn yourself out!!!!

I'm so honoured to be your favourite writer tho, I can't lie 😭😭 that has single handedly undone the emotional damage I suffered at work 🥺🫶🏻 thank you, I'm honoured

fuck a big titty goth gf!!! we're here for big dick daddy, big titty Bane!!!!!!!!!!

that's okay!!! I love all your reviews and, admittedly, do look over them once or twice before I actually answer bc they make me so 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🥺🥺🥺🥺🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 so long OR short, I love you both ways 😭🫶🏻

THE MASK KISS!!! 😭 he's so- sjgkskfka I love him. soft!Bane, my beloved. he was too extreme for Ras Al Ghul, BUT HE AIN'T TOO EXTREME FOR ME (everybody say thank you Christopher Nolan for deciding to give Bane a sexy political leaning AND have his tits out)!!! soft!Bane is an absolute treasure. we love, love, LOVE soft!Bane!

Tom Hardy is a fucking miracle (a White English man w lips) as it is, but the fact that he's just SO HOT makes it even better, like, genuinely.

"as much for you" as if I'm not about to give you an entire list of which characters of his I'd HAPPILY take requests for that you can use for future reference until I get around to updating my "official" list 💀💀💀

here's your list:

Alfie Solomons (Peaky Blinders)

Eddie Brock/Venom (Marvel)

Max Rockatansky (Mad Max)

Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)

Eames (Inception)

Bob Saginowski (The Drop)

John Janovec (Band of Brothers)

Tommy Riordan Conlon (Warrior)

Forrest Bondurant (Lawless)

so have fun shgkskfkdg!! I look forward to seeing what you come up with 👀👀

but you're SO very welcome!! and thank YOU, my friend!! seeing you in my inbox always brightens my day and reading your reviews and your asks always makes me feel so giddy!! I love you!!! if anyone ever hurts you, I will knock their fucking teeth out and then some 🫶🏻

I love you! take care and we will speak soon! 🫶🏻

#asks #🐍 anon

[crestfallen-infatuation]

Never had a pot to piss in, day one, I was on a mission

Broke, thinkin', "This can't be the life I'm living"

I'm livin', mixin' Xanax with Blue Ribbon

Gotta get my mama out the house, can't work in these conditions

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

Baby Bone knee-deep in the game

Told my mama years ago, "I'ma put you in that Range," yeah

Look around, see killers on the mound

Chinchilla on my shoulder, point a finger, blow you down

This Pitbull get dirty, bust a thirty in your back

Bitch, I'm flirting with the Ruger in my mouth, yeah

So pick a route, grab a bitch by her neck and dick her out

Fuck boy need a pap smear 'cause pussy what you 'bout, yeah

I ain't worried about these rappers bitin' styles

You could run a thousand miles, you would still be my child, yeah

I get high until my eyes look like Brock

I made "Half Bae" and had a thousand bitches in a flock all pissed off

Why the fuck these bitches wanna nail me to the cross?

Runnin' routes in my Maybach, I feel like Rick Ross

It's All But 6 until the bell ring

The doves fly and the choir sing

Never had a pot to piss in, day one, I was on a mission

Broke, thinkin', "This can't be the life I'm living"

I'm livin', mixin' Xanax with Blue Ribbon

Gotta get my mama out the house, can't work in these conditions

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

Ayy, look, I can't trust no ho, bitch, I'm tippy-tapped

Tryna take my money, girl, you dumb, now stroke your kitty cat

2K baby bubbling, I need forty or a fifty pack

Hold me down, my family hoping I've been on my best behavior

Look, uh, I've been doping, I've been tryna meet my maker

Matty focus, mama in my ear, one day, I pray I face her

At my brokest broken, bitch, you know I need my fucking paper

Hocus pocus, flip a pack, make magic, had to make a way up

Whole gang itchin', bitch, I'm tryna bust a move

Got the whole thing with us, we in business, what it do?

Toting propane, bitch, I aired the gas up out the roof

I said the whole gang itching, bitch, I'm tryna bust a move (Look, ayy)

Don't got time for shit, busy, I've been taking risks

He say he my twin, is he? I stay out the mix

I don't stand for cap, don't cap on me, just stand on biz

You say you the captain, bet I capture your whole clique

Never had a pot to piss in, day one, I was on a mission

Broke, thinkin', "This can't be the life I'm living"

I'm livin', mixin' Xanax with Blue Ribbon

Gotta get my mama out the house, can't work in these conditions

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

I gotta get on my way, gotta get on my way

I gotta get on my way, away from yesterday

#music #away from yesterday #pouya #Spotify

[britswriting]

Desire (51)

Desire Masterlist

Read on Wattpad

Warning: Brief graphic conversation of detailed murder - just a conversation, no actions, no flashbacks etc, conversation of religions + mental illness including extremally brief mention of suicide - just a topic, nothing major.

This chapter has a lot of dialogue you've been warned lol

*Colby's POV*

"What a way to start my morning" I snickered, pressing my lips against Leighton's pulse point.

"I can't believe you got me to have sex with you in your mother's house" She grumbled, chucking my towel at me.

"You could've said no" I smirked and she rolled her eyes, wrapping her towel around her body.

"It's your birthday, I'm not allowed" She said and I shook my head, grinning, wrapping my arms around her.

"You're always allowed to say no baby"

"Mhm" She sarcastically hummed.

"You just didn't want to. Can't say no to my dick can you?" I teased, her hand quickly going behind her back, pinching my stomach. "Hey!"

"That was for being an asshole" She gave me an annoyed grin and I placed my hands on her hips, turning her around.

"I wasn't being an asshole. I was just stating facts"

"You just called me dick obsessed!"

"That's not what I said, so if that's what you heard..." I trailed off, feeling her hand cup me and squeeze.

"Careful what you say baby-"

"Yeah? Why's that?" I tested, ignoring the pressure of her hand on my dick.

"If I remember correctly... you said I held the power, meaning you could go a very long time without putting your cock in my cunt" 

"Please, you think you could hold out?!" I cackled, watching her eyes harden.

"You don't think I could?"

"Leighton, it takes me two seconds to get you on your knees fawning for me" 

"Want to make a bet Brock?" She asked and I quickly shook my head. "See!" She laughed.

"Why would I make a bet that would make me lose sex? I'm not stupid" I chuckled, Leighton glaring.

"You're annoying"

"Why? Because I said you're a slut for my dick?" I laughed and she flipped me off.

"I hate you"

"And my awesome dick?" 

"Can you shut up already?" She whined and I shook my head.

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Because otherwise I will murder you"

"Baby you're five foot four. I'm five eleven. I'd like to see you try"

"Don't underestimate an angry girl. There are a lot of ways I could murder you that have nothing to do with height. For starters, I could shoot you. Don't have to be tall for that. The classic olden days way of doing it is poison. Little arsenic in your food, done-zo. I heard chloroform is pretty good. I could invite you to have sex with me, tie you up, slit your throat. What are you going to do then? I heard dying of a broken heart is pretty effective. You know in the olden days these men would go to war and their girlfriends or wives would hear that they died and they'd off themselves just for the man to be alive and come back home"

I was stunned.

"So like..... do you just think about this in your free time?" 

"Would you kill yourself for me?" She asked, taking me back.

"What?"

"I'd probably kill myself for you" She said like this was a normal conversation.

"What the fuck are you on?" I laughed, Leighton towel drying her hair like she wasn't speaking some bullshit right now.

"You know there are plenty of girl murders out there Cole. You can never be too sure" She said in a weird tone, goosebumps rising on my skin.

"Hey Leighton?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you going to murder me?"

"Murder your 5'11 ass? Thought I was too short?" She cocked an eyebrow.

Shit.

"Well that was before I knew you were planning to shoot me, poison me or slit my throat"

"Can you imagine though-" She started, my eyes widening.

Where was this going?

"You come over for a good time, your girl ties you up, you think you're getting lucky. She pulls out a knife and you're like hmmmm knife play. Weird. Or maybe you're into it? I don't know. Are you?" She asked, my whole body frozen. "Anyway, and then she just slits you open and calls it day. God what I'd love to do to my rapist. Both of them, honestly. Slit both their throats after torturing them! Paybacks a bitch man"

"Hey Leighton?"

"Yes Colby?"

"Maybe uh.. add murder-es fantasies to your therapy work, yeah?" I half heartedly joked, Leighton rolling her eyes, slipping her underwear up her legs, catching my attention.

"Colby! Stop!" She whined, quickly pulling her leggings up, complaining when her foot got stuck at the bottom. 

"Don't fall on your ass, that's really going to ruin my birthday" I teased and she flipped me off which made me laugh really loud.

"You're an asshole, you know that?" She grumbled, rolling her leggings up over her foot.

"I've heard that here and there actually, yeah" I nodded.

"I hate you so much" She groaned, adjusting her bra strap before grabbing her top.

"I like those leggings. They make your thighs look hot" 

"Thanks? — Why are you so obsessed with my thighs?"

"Why wouldn't I be? They look hot. I love when you wear shorts. Kills me every time"

"You're so weird!" She laughed, flipping her hair towards the ground, collecting it in her hands and throwing it back up, doing some sort of twist motion.

"What the hell was that?"

"What?"

"This whole little dance thing you just did with your hair?" I asked, Leighton tying her hair into a high bun.

"I had to put it in a bun somehow. I don't want makeup in my hair"

"You just practically broke your neck" I pointed out.

"No I didn't" She laughed. "Are we sharing the hair straightener or are you leaving your hair?" She asked, pulling out a few makeup products.

"You're doing your makeup first, right?" I asked and she nodded, "Then we could probably share. It's not like it takes me extremely long"

"Should I shave?" I asked her, running my hand over the scruff on my face.

"Up to you" She mumbled back, running mascara through her lashes.

"Do you have to get so close to the mirror? You're in the way"

"In the way of what? You're not doing anything" She snickered, her mascara brush wiggling in her eyelashes.

"God makeup is weird"

"Want some?" She asked, making eye contact with me in the mirror.

"Hell no"

"Why not? You've worn makeup before. Remember when my brother did your makeup? It looked good"

"Because it's my birthday and what I say goes" I put my hands on my hips, not expecting her to laugh so loud.

"Whatever you say buddy" She grinned and I glared.

"You're mean to me"

"Why?! I asked if you wanted makeup, and then said you looked good in it last time! I complimented you! How is that being mean?"

"I think I deserve a kiss after all the mean things you've said to me" I pouted.

"But I just applied my lipstick"

"So?"

"Colby!"

I grabbed her face, placing a rough kiss on her lips, rubbing our faces together, trying to purposely mess it up.

"You're a dick" She frowned and I pecked her cheek, bringing my thumb up to wipe under her bottom lip, cleaning it up a little.

"There"

"You're still a dick"

Leighton and I finished getting ready for the day, both of us mentioning how surprised we were that Gemma left us alone for as long as she has.

"If she fucked up the house, it's on you. You're taking the blame" She warned me, both of us making our way into the living room.

I really did expect the worst, so when we walked into the living room and heard muffled laughter from the backyard, we were both extremely surprised to see Gemma and my dad playing together in the backyard.

I laid on the grass, pulling Leighton into my chest, Gemma and Koki chasing each other around the yard.

"Are you having a good birthday?" She asked, her voice soft.

"I am, why are you asking?" My hand played with hers before resting on her hip, my eyes closing as the sun shined down on us.

"It's the first time I get to spend your birthday with you.. I'm just nervous I'll mess it up I guess" 

"How could you mess it up? You're with me aren't you? It's already better than the past 25 years" I chuckled, turning my neck to kiss the top of her head. "The only way you could mess it up is outshining me, and even then I still win" I

"Stop!" She whined, hiding her face in my chest.

"I won't stop telling you you're beautiful Leighton, stop hiding your pretty face from me! You got mad at me for messing up your lipstick, and here you are pressing your face against my shirt"

"Shut up" She laughed, taking her face away from my chest, looking up at me.

"I love you" I murmured, leaning down to kiss her softly.

"I love you too, happy birthday"

~

"Gemma, say cheese!" Leighton grinned, both of us trying to get a good photo to post on my story.

"Cheese!" She grinned and I quickly snapped the photo.

"That'll do" I laughed, importing the image from my camera roll to my story.

"All of that just to put an emoji over her face" She teased.

"It's my birthday, leave me alone" I stuck my tongue out at her, jumping when her hand pinched my hip. "Can you stop?" I laugh, Leighton setting Gemma down.

"Would you rather birthday spankings?" She asked and I smirked.

"Don't threaten me with a good time"

"Cole!" She smacked my arm.

"You missed" I teased, Leighton rolling her eyes. "What? Remember, it's my birthday" I tried to hold back my smile, Leighton rolling her eyes.

"You're insufferable"

Sam FaceTimed us in the car, wishing me a happy birthday and teasing me about how I let Leighton drive, sparking an immediate defensive conversation about how much I hate being the passenger when she's driving.

"I'm not a bad driver! You're being dramatic!" She declared and I scoffed. "You're just a control freak"

"So let me be in control!" I laughed, Leighton shaking her head.

"That defeats the purpose of a surprise Colby. Sam, one thing you failed to inform me of when I started dating him is how annoying he is!" Leighton called over, Sam laughing.

"He really is a bad passenger unless he's actively doing something else" Sam chimed in, ignoring my glare.

"I am not a bad passenger. I just-"

"Just what? Can't be a passenger?" Leighton cut me off and I rolled my eyes.

"I don't like that you're teaming up on me again" I dramatically declared. "It's like when she first moved in and you were stealing my friend" I playfully complained.

We let Sam go when Leighton pulled into the parking lot, my parents' car parking next to us.

"We're going to an amusement park?" I asked, extremely surprised.

"Well.. it's something you enjoy, right?" She asked and I nodded.

"I love amusement parks, but how did you..?"

"I may have asked Sam what was things you guys used to do all the time that you don't do as much anymore"

"Well thank you, I'm excited. This is Gemma's first time right?"

"Yep, do we want to wake her or should we just wait?"

"Let's wake her" 

"If she's a monster she's your problem" Leighton warned.

The five of us got into the park, Leighton and my dad arguing over who was paying, Leigh already warning me that I wasn't allowed today and I decided to just agree and let her be in control.

"Are you excited to go on rides Gemma?" I asked her, expecting her to be ecstatic, so when she said "No" I was taken by surprise. "Why not?" 

"Scarry!" She exclaimed and I held back my laugh, hearing Leighton converse with my parents, completely unaware of what we were doing as the five of us 

"Why do you think it's scary, bug?" I asked her, holding my hand out for her, my heart melting when her tiny hand clasped mine.

"Big!" She pointed at a roller-coaster int the distance.

"It is big. It's a big kid ride for momma and I" I tried to explain, looking down at the small toddler.

"Gem no go?" She asked and I shook my head.

"Not till you're older. You're too small bug" 

"I wittle" She nodded and I couldn't help but laugh.

"You are little. You're gonna be short like your momma" 

"Momma no wittle. Momma big" She spoke with this confidence, like she couldn't be wrong, and I loved that.

"Momma is big compared to Gemma, but compared to Coco, Momma's little"

Gemma's lips pursed, turning to look away from me, before her head snapped back at me, her eyes wide.

"Coco! Look!" She pointed at stuffed animals in the gift shop. "Peas?" She asked and I instantly knew I was screwed.

"I thought it was my birthday! Isn't Gemma supposed to buy Coco gifts?" I asked and she shook her head.

"I wittle, I get gifts" 

Before I could reply, I felt a hand on my bicep, sliding down my arm and then intertwining with mine, catching my attention.

"What are you guys talking about? You've both wandered off by yourself" Leighton questioned, Gemma looking up at us like she deserved something.

"Gemma thinks I should buy her presents" I stated, Leighton frowning.

"G, Why should Colby buy you presents?" 

"Cus Coco oves Gem Gem" She stated and I held back my life, knowing we needed to parent this moment, but god did I want to give her the world.

"Wouldn't it be more fun giving Coco presents? Make him happy? It is his birthday after all" She said and Gemma shook her head. "How about we go have a good day and go ride some things and eat some yummy foods and we'll come back to this gift thing?" She said, Gemma frowning. "Come on, you eat a slushy you'll forget about the overpriced gift shop" Leigh reassured, Gemma's face being all scrunched up with a wrinkle in her nose.

"Slushy?" She asked and I couldn't help but cackle.

"You want a slushy Gemma?" Leighton asked her, letting go of my hand, offering her same hand to Gemma.

"YES!"

The five of us found the toddler a slushy, all of us laughing when she got a brain freeze.

"You ate it too fast baby" Leighton giggled, taking the almost empty cup from Gemma.

"Owie!" She began to cry, Leighton handing me the cup so she could cradle Gemma.

"Give it a minute honey, it'll go away" Leighton kissed Gemma's forehead, Gemma's teary eyes looking over at me.

After a few minutes she was back to her bubbly self, excited about the pretty lights and yummy looking food that other park goers were eating.

"Am I going to get your ass on a roller-coaster, baby?" I asked, wrapping my arms around her shoulders.

"Are you kidding?! I love roller-coasters!" She gasped, a beautiful smile capturing her face.

I felt my cheeks flush at how happy she looked.

"You hate horses, but you'll ride a roller-coaster?" I questioned.

"Save a horse, ride a roller-coaster" She joked.

"I'd rather you ride the cowboy" I spoke quietly, Leighton ignoring me which made me laugh. 

My parents hung out with Gemma whilst Leighton and I went on the roller coaster, and to be honest, I was extremely surprised by how much fun Leighton was having.

I expected her to be terrified, but instead she wanted the closest to the back and when I asked why, she said because it was scarier than the front.

"You're an actual psycho" I laughed, holding her hand in mine.

Both Leighton and I threw our hands up, and I caught myself turning to look at her more than focusing on the ride; watching her smile and hearing her scream and then laugh.

Everything about this moment felt so surreal.

She looked truly happy and I felt my mind drifting more towards the ring I had just bought.

We got off the rollercoaster and Leighton expressed how much she loved it, telling me we needed to do it again when Gemma ran up to us.

"Momma! Go ide!" She pointed at one of the little kid rides.

"If you're tall enough" 

By the time we left the park, Gemma was extremely grumpy and hangry, throwing a fit the entire way out, completely forgetting about the stuffed animals in the gift shop.

"We can take her and let her go nap and eat if you kids want to go off by yourself for a bit?" My dad offered, surprising me.

"Gemma? Do you wanna go eat nuggets with my dad?" I asked, pointing at him.

"Nugs?" She asked and I nodded, watching her rub at her eye, just like I've seen her mother do a million times before.

We swapped cars with my parents, and this time thankfully Leighton let me drive.

"You're a baby, you know that?" She huffed.

"How can I be a baby, when you're my baby?" I shot back, both of us cringing.

"Was that supposed to sound sexy?" She asked and rolled my lips into a thin line.

"Uh.." 

"Oh my god!" She loudly laughed, "Please, never say that again" 

"Rude"

"Shut up, we both know that was bad!" 

"Shut up" I mocked, glancing towards Leighton, seeing a big smile on her face.

"That's my line!" She gasped, making me laugh.

"I know, it's practically half your vocabulary"

"Well it's not my fault you're annoying!"

"Well it's not my fault you're annoying" I mocked in a funny voice, Leighton's lips pursing before rolling. "Alright, where are we going?" I laugh, realizing we've sat here for too long bickering.

"Well I didn't get dressed up for nothing" She began.

"Okay, and?"

"Can you shut up for two seconds please!" She laughed, turning to look at me.

"Okay, sorry. Why did you get all dolled up for me, baby" I asked, turning to face her.

"Ew! Stop it!" She winced.

"What?" I laugh, watching her whole body shrivel.

"Dolled up, baby" She grimaced.

"You're cute, you know that?"

 "Colby! We haven't even got out of the parking lot yet! Zip it so I can speak!"

"But-"

"Zip. It."

"Okay, damn-"

"COLBY!" She shrieked, giggling.

I motioned zipping my lips and locking them.

"So I uh.. I know it's not quite the same, but it still seemed interesting. I found this tarot card reading place? You can like.. get a reading.. and they'll teach you a bit about it? I don't know, it seemed interesting and I know it's not the same as your paranormal stuff.. but I think it's interesting" She began to repeat herself so I spoke up, cutting her off.

"I'm sure it will be fun, and it is actually kind of cool. We've had a few done for video. It should be fun to learn" I agreed, watching her let out a breath of air.

"Really? You're not like... disappointed?" 

I shook my head, "So are you interested in witchy stuff or?" I asked and she shrugged, turning to face away from me. "It's cool if you are" I continued, getting her to look back at me, her eyebrows scrunched together.

"But.."

"But?" I egged on, but she stayed quiet. "You know I believe in god, and I know you don't." I started, hoping this didn't bite me in the ass later. "Do you just find tarot card readings intriguing? Or is it something more?" I asked and she still stayed quiet, "Hey" My voice softened, my hand reaching out to touch her thigh, her eyes now looking at my hand as I rubbed the side of her knee with my thumb, "I don't care what religion you believe in baby. Whether you're an atheist or satanist, I still love you. If you think paganism is something you could be interested in learning about, I'd love to explore that with you"

"Really?" She quietly asked, looking up at me from under her lashes, her eyes full of insecurity.

"Babe, I fuck with the occult almost daily. I have no room to judge if you wanna go learn about quote unquote witchy stuff" I chuckled.

"I don't want to be a witch" She said and I stifled a laugh, my chest shaking a little. 

"From what I know, paganism isn't being a witch. I think it has more to do with like.. earth and stuff. I don't know much about it like I said, but I'm willing to learn with you. Maybe we'll both become witches burned at the stake" I teased, holding out my hand for her.

She eyed my hand before intertwining out fingers, leaning over to kiss me.

"I love you" She said, my heart fluttering.

"I love you more, now let's go find out our fate"

~

"You looked like you just had your whole world rocked" I laughed.

"You didn't?! Mine was all like, strength and love and inner peace! I thought that whole thing was bullshit you know. I really thought she was bullshitting me and like.. gave random normal shit you know? But then she started to explain and oh my god"

"Do you think it's telling you your future, or do you think it's planting seeds in your head to try and lead you down a certain path? Like now that you're thinking about inner peace and love, and you're going to become a hippie or are you going to see little things all around you now because you're more hyper aware of it?"

"I don't know but I'm a little freaked out by it. Yours was what... change? and like.... what was yours? Sorry, I'm really caught on my own. I mean, what the hell was that?!" She tossed her hand at the building we were leaving.

"Mine had to do with change, and something fool like and death"

"OH YEAH! You got the death card! I'm wrapping you in bubble wrap. I can't believe you got the death card on your birthday!"

"Well she said death didn't mean literally dying. Just like.. end of an era"

"Death means death Colby"

"Well then I better put a baby in ya before I hit the road, huh?" I teased, her jaw dropping.

"Don't manifest that!"

"Oh, you believe in manifestation now?" I snickered.

"Colby! I don't need two under two!"

"Gemma would probably be three if you got pregnant, by the time you gave birth"

"Can you stop? You're going to make me paranoid! I'm slowly pulling my life together, I don't need a baby right now"

"Even if it was my baby?"

"COLBY!"

"Okay okay, no babies" 

"Not yet anyway, I want to be married first" She said, my core tensing.

I opened the car door for her, letting her slide in, waiting for her to move her leg out of the way.

"You still want to get married?" I asked her and I watched her freeze for a moment before turning to look at me.

"Well.. you said— you keep— you don't want to?" She asked and I held my finger up, shutting the car door.

I climbed into the car, buckling her and starting the engine, feeling anxiety build in my stomach.

What if she knows I already bought her the ring?

"Colby?"

"Hm?"

"You don't want to get married?" She asked.

I tried to wrack my brain of how to have this conversation with her without going I bought you a ring already, but instead I was stumbling over my own thoughts.

"I'd marry you in a heartbeat" I quickly spat out, afraid to look at her, not wanting her to read me like an open book.

"Really? But.. you said you never thought about marriage or proposals"

"I never had someone I wanted to think about it for"

She stayed quiet and my heart was beating out of my chest.

"So is it still true that guys only think about the proposal and girls think about the wedding day?"

"I mean, asking someone to marry you is anxiety inducing Leighton. You could be together for years, and they could still say no"

"Do guys hate when girls propose?"

Oh god.

"I think it depends. I grew up always hearing "One day you'll propose to the girl of your dreams" and that I'll have this wedding. When I was younger, It was kind of always in the back of my head? No one ever talked about dating. Or when things don't work out. It's you meet this girl, you fall in love, you propose, you get married, and now you have babies. So in High School I remember thinking "I need to find my one and only love at 14" because we weren't taught that things don't work out. I remember cheating on her and feeling so guilty. Like I just destroyed my whole life, when it wasn't working out, and neither of us knew how to end it. I think if I was raised differently with, sometimes they aren't the one. Sometimes this doesn't work out. Sometimes it's okay to walk away, and really accept change.. I would probably be okay with let's say if you were to propose to me, instead of vice versa."

"So you don't want me to propose to you?" She asked, fiddling with her anxiety ring.

"Do you want to be the one to propose?" I decided to ask, confused why she was clinging onto this idea.

"Well.. I grew up hearing that one day a guy will propose to me and that I'll have this fairytale wedding.. but then life took away that childlike innocence, and it sort of changed my view on how these things work. Why wait for him to propose, if I'm ready? He could say no too" She shrugged.

Oh god, what was she doing?

"What is your fairytale Leighton? If life didn't take away your innocence?"

I saw her eyes get teary, so I held my hand out towards her, letting her hand intertwine with mine.

"What did little you want baby?" I asked quieter this time, a little confused why she was starting to break down.

"To be a princess" She chuckled, rolling her eyes at herself. "That whole big extravagant fairytale. It seems so stupid now"

"It's not stupid Leighton" 

"Isn’t it though? That isn't at all what I want now. I don't want extravagant proposals and weddings. I don't want to be Cinderella anymore"

"So what do you want now?"

"I'm going to preference like if we weren't already dating, okay?" She said and I slowly nodded, confused. "I want to find a guy like my dad" She said quietly, wiping under her water line. "He really.. he loved me unconditionally, even when I fucked up. When I was little, and we would do art together.. It's one of my vivid memories with him" She smiled softly, looking over into the distance. "We mixed together this paint and then like.. poured it over a canvas? So it made like this pretty colorful paint splatter? And he was like "Life is the splatter, and the color is the people in it" and I never understood what he meant, and I learned later that life gets messy.. but the beauty in it is the people. It's who you surround yourself with. When I hung out with bad people, my life got fucked, and when I hung around you and Sam and I started working on myself.. the light at the end of the tunnel got brighter. He doesn't look at life like it's hard, but that you have choices. He never told me I had to get married, or that I had to follow this path.. but.. but let me want what I wanted. He let me make the choices, even when they were bad" She sniffled, looking over at me. "You know.. you're the first thing in my life that he knew was good? He's never once made a comment about how you're a life lesson. You're not a lesson to me Colby. I want to get married to live life, not to learn a lesson. My entire family loves you... and that's something I won't find with anyone else. I don't want to find it with anyone other than you. You've seen me fucked up, and you still chose to love me. You love my daughter, the way my dad loves me..." A tear rolled down her cheek, and leaned forward to wipe it away, "The fact that you want to be with me at all, let alone marry me.. it's hard to wrap my head around"

I stayed quiet for a moment, contemplating in my head for probably a second too long, causing her to look over at me.

"What?" She asked, trying to wipe the tears away without smudging her makeup.

"It's hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that you changed me" I stated, watching her eyes squint. "I met you when I was what, twenty three, twenty four? I still loved to party and hang with my friends... and looking at us now, from where we started.. It's weird to think about. I uh... did something recently that definitely made me put things into perspective. Even talking about marriage with you now, knowing that when we went into the abandoned barn your uncle owned... that marriage wasn't something I would've ever considered anytime soon, to be sitting in this car with you right now, having a whole conversation about it... you changed me. We've had our ups and our downs. You've seen me when I'm stressed beyond belief with work, and I've literally dropped you off at rehab and the reason I know I want to marry you, is because even through all of this... every time you leave, you take a piece of me with you. I used to think my job was my life. Granted it had its perks like all the quote unquote friends and the parties and the fun activities.. but when this all dies down, when we stop and it's just Sam and I... I don't want to say I spent twenty years of my life alone. I know that sounds dramatic, but.. Leighton, sitting in silence with you, is so much better than sitting in silence alone. You're not the only one who has bad days, and I know I don't talk about it with you, and I'm sorry.. but you really do make things better. Having you and Gemma around me all the time makes all of those parties feel so lame" I half heartedly chuckled.

"Can I ask you something?" She said quietly and I nodded, clearing my throat, becoming emotional. "Do you have and or get depression?"

"I go through depression spells, yes" I nodded, feeling my heart race at the thought of confessing this to her.

"You know that doesn't make you weak right? The same way my addiction isn't who I am. I uh.. I've seen you go quiet at times.. I was just nervous to ask. How come you never told me?"

"It seemed minuscule compared to what you were going through" I admitted, hating how she immediately frowned.

"Colby, you can talk to me when shit goes wrong, or if you're not feeling well. Don't compare my issues to yours and belittle yours. Depression is hard, and it sucks. I may have never personally gone through, but I can imagine that it is no walk in the park. Are they long spells?" She asked and I sighed, knowing this was a normal conversation, and that I should be able to talk about it to someone I literally just bought an engagement ring for.

"They differ. Sometimes it's a few hours, sometimes it's a few weeks or sometimes I can feel down and like nothing matters for months. Back in December a few years back, I was stuck in this rut for what was probably three months"

"I'm sorry that you didn't feel like you could share that with me, and I'm sorry that I was too caught up in myself to help you" She apologized and I quickly shook my head, not wanting her to feel shameful or guilty.

"Leighton, I don't expect you to help me. Most of the time I just want to be alone, and I apologize for that in advance. I talk to my therapist, I have an outlet. I don't need you to be my support system" I defensively told her, immediately regretting it.

"Everyone needs a support system Colby" She frowned.

"And I have one"

"And you don't want it to be me" She grumbled, shifting in her seat.

"I don't want to put that burden on you" I tried to explain, but it was no use. I could see she was already pissed.

"That's not your choice! YOU JUST SAID YOU WANT US TO BE MARRIED! OR TO GET MARRIED OR WHATEVER! THAT'S FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE! AND NOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO BE APART OF YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM?!" She exploded, taking me by surprise.

"Leighton-"

"So what, you can be there for me, and I can't be there for you?! Did you think I wanted you to be my support system?! No! It's just how that shit crumbled and it brought us together! Why won't you let me in on your struggles?! This whole, Leighton's issue is worse than mine is bullshit Colby! Your life can be hard too, without it being catastrophic!" 

"Can we please not fight right now" I begged, Leighton glaring.

"You just said you don't want me to be part of your support system! That's bullshit Colby! I don't care if it's your birthday, you're fucking stupid! If this is some dumb macho shit, stop! You're just as important as I am!"

"I didn't say that"

"Then put yourself first! I've known you for almost three years, and you've never once told me that you struggle with mental health issues, and somehow I'm the bad guy for wanting to be there for you?"

"I didn't mean that.. I just.. I barely talk about it with Sam"

"Why? Why is it some dirty secret of yours? So many people deal with depression, Colby!"

"It's not a dirty secret"

"So what, you're too embarrassed to tell your girlfriend that you have depression?"

I stayed quiet.

"Colby" She sighed, letting out a deep exhale. "Why are you embarrassed? Please talk to me. I'm going to push, because if I don't push you, you'll never talk about it"

I groaned, turning to look away from her, only to feel her hand on my arm.

"I love you, you know that, don't you?" She asked and I nodded, not daring to look back at her. "Then please talk to me. There is no reason to be embarrassed that you have mental health issues Colby"

"I know, I know" I urged out, turning back to look at her, not expecting her to be so close to my face.

"Then why is it a secret? So many people would relate to you. It's nothing to be embarrassed of, or to keep hidden and pretend you're fine. Me being your support system doesn't make you weak Colby. It means you can tell me that it's a shitty day and if you want to be alone, fine, be alone, or we can lay in bed together. You don't have to live in silence and suffer alone. The way you wanted to help me with recovery is the way I want to help you with your mental illnesses. It's okay to be bruised. That doesn't make you unlovable, or less of a man. If you found out Sam suffered from panic attacks like you have, or had depression, or was even suicidal, would you think less of him?"

"No"

"So why would we think less of you?" She asked and I sighed, unsure how I feel knowing she now knows this information about me.

"I'm sorry I said I didn't want you to be my support system, it's just... I'm supposed to be the strong one. I'm supposed to be keeping this family together. I'm supposed to be the person you can lean on"

"And you are" She nodded, her hand squeezing mine, "But sometimes even the toughest people need a break. It's okay to need a break sometimes"

"You're not you when you're hungry" I chuckled, Leighton grinning, shaking her head.

"I love you just the same, depression or no depression you're still Colby to me" She smiled sweetly,  killing my heart.

"I love you, and I'm sorry for what I said"

"It's okay. Now it's getting late so let me check in on Gemma, and then you and I have a dinner date to attend to.

~

Leigh left our table to use the bathroom, leaving me to wait for the check, and to drown in my thoughts.

I couldn't get the engagement ring out of my head, and it felt like it was burning a hole in my pocket. 

I was practically itching to place it on her finger, but I didn't want to just whip it out here, and have so many people's attention on our special moment. She'd hate that, but I didn't know what else to do.

"Your check sir" Our waiter said, placing a sleek black check holder on the table.

Once I paid, Leighton came back to the table, seeming flustered.

"What happened?"

"There was unwanted noises in that bathroom" She wrinkled her nose, my eyes widening.

"Really?!"

"Yeah. Ready to go?" She asked and I nodded, our hands intertwining as we walked out to the car.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you" She said quietly, leaning her head against my arm.

"It's alright. I needed it" I joked, Leighton staying quiet.

We were driving back home when she turned towards me, "We need to buy you some sort of desert!" 

"I think my mom made something"

"Oh"

What's wrong?"

"I feel bad that I didn't do it"

I chuckled, "Baby, you being here is enough. You don't need to run the world today. Like you said, everyone needs a break. I'll have another birthday"

"What if you don't? You did get the death card"

"You've talked about my death today a lot, are you sure you're not the one planning to murder me?" I teased, Leighton smirking.

"It's crossed my mind today after you claimed you didn't need my support"

"I'm not going to live that down, am I?"

****

a/n: The toddler face would be covered. I forgot lol

colbybrock: 26 😘

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Once I was back in Nevada I really began to start planning out this proposal to an almost obsessive amount. 

"So are these all your failed ideas, or?" Sam asked, looking at my notebook of scribbles and scratched out ideas.

"I don't know what the fuck to do man. I kept looking up ideas, but they were either too cheesy, or too out there, or too extravagant"

"Katrina would definitely want something extravagant, but I can see Leighton wanting something more down to earth? Slower pace maybe?" He suggested and I groaned, placing my hands behind my head as I leaned back in my chair.

"I don't want to let her down. I don't want her to wish I had done something different"

"Colby, I think she'd be happy if you were just laying in bed and asked her to marry you" He laughed, handing me my notebook back, "I get it's a big deal, but if you were having such a casual conversation about it earlier, maybe go that route. Don't pressure yourself into a day, or an event, or the way it's supposed to go. That clearly has never worked well for you guys in the past. Do you want to do it soon, or do you want to wait?" He asked and I groaned.

"I honestly just want to get it over with and I know that's a bad way to look at it, but I've had so much stress about doing it all right, that I just want to let it happen"

"What if you did it on Valentine's Day?" He suggested and I immediately shook my head. "What if you just took her on vacation? Go somewhere and propose there"

"Because she works. She can't just take time off at the drop of a hat"

"Well she lives in California. You have almost everything at your fingertips. What about a beach proposal? Those are popular" He suggested and I yet again turned it down.

"We celebrated her first year of sobriety on a beach before she relapsed"

"So beaches are just forever off limits?"

"It's also cliché" I argued back and Sam rolled his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Colby, if you look at it that way everything is fucking cliché"

"That's the fucking problem! She isn't a cliché, so how the fuck am I supposed to make her perfect proposal"

"What if you recreated your first date?" He suggested, and I knew it wasn't a bad idea, but I had a problem with it.

"I don't even know what our first date was. We hung out so much, I don't know if we really had a first date or if we just started declaring them as dates"

"So what do you want to do?" Sam asked and I huffed, sitting upright in my deckchair.

"I know I want to include Gemma. She's apart of this relationship just as much as Leighton or I am"

"What if you guys made something?" 

"What, like a card?"

"You can't ask a girl to marry you through a card, Colby! You might as well just text her the question" He laughed, shaking his head out of disbelief.

"Well I don't fucking know!"

"Aren't you supposed to know Leighton like the back of your hand?"

"I do! Or I thought I did until I had to sit down and figure out a proposal! I just don't want to fuck it up"

"I'm pretty sure if you fucked it up, it would be funny and end up memorable anyway" He joked and I rolled my eyes, wiggling my computer mouse to look at more ideas.

"None of these scream Leighton" I groaned, wanting to throw my computer out the window.

Why was this so hard?

"Colby, whatever way you do it, is your guy's way. You can't compare it to something you know she wouldn't want, even if it is a better story or looks cooler or is more expensive or better for photos. Do something that is very Leighton and Colby. Not I need to impress strangers on the internet"

We both sat in silence for a moment, when an idea popped in my head.

"Do you think sidewalk chalk is dumb? It's how I asked her to be my girlfriend" I asked him, Sam giving me a weird look.

"Sidewalk chalk?" He asked and I nodded, "I mean... It's very Leighton"

It's very Leighton and Colby.

* * * * 

One more chapter until book 3 starts!

Happy Jail Anniversary to Sam and Colby lol

Written on: January 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th 2023

Published on: January 17th 2023

Word Count: 6982

Part Fifty two

#colbybrockfanfiction #colbybrock #colbybrockwattpad #samandcolby #samandcolbywattpad #samandcolbyfanfiction

[sunnyie-eve]

11 | The Kiss

Series: Significant

Paring: Colby Brock x Original female character

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1.4k

| MASTERLIST |

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Since they had to wait a few minutes for an open table, they took a seat in the waiting area. Colby could see Darwin looking at them so he puts his arm around Penelope's shoulder as she was going through her phone.

"So you guys are doing a shoot together?" Colby tries to start a conversation.

"We did yesterday that's it at the moment." Darwin tells him still eyeing the two as they were called to for their table.

Sitting down Colby sits next to Penelope in the booth while Darwin sits across from them. The three chitchat about small things and Colby could tell Darwin was trying to make a move on Penelope, and she was slightly uncomfortable just because she was fidgeting with her hands. He takes one of her hands into his under the table.

"Oh, sadly in a couple of weeks we leave for New Zealand so I don't think she can make it." Colby speaks up while Darwin tries to get Penelope to join him on a shoot in New York.

"We? I thought you and the guys were just going?" She looks at him confused.

"We were going to surprise you a week before but I thought I'd let you know now before you go making plans."

"You're pulling my leg, right?" She turns her body to face him.

"No, I'm not. Look at our group chat." He gives her his phone to read through the four guys.

"Colby! I'm actually going with y'all?! I love you guys so much!" She wraps her arms around him happily.

"It was your bubba Corey's idea." He lets her know, "And of course, Sam and I were for it and Elton even said he was good with it."

"Again, I love you four so much. Thank you so much."

She hugs him and then kisses his cheek so he pulls her back placing his lips on hers. She was dumbstruck he actually kissed her, "Now, move I gotta use the bathroom before our food comes." He gets up for her to leave.

Penelope was in the bathroom staring into the mirror feeling her stupid feelings for him get stronger while Colby felt the same thing looking at the table.

"You guys are together now?" Darwin glares at Colby.

"Yeah, it's a little secret from everyone." Colby tells him.

"So I had a right to be worried about you with Penelope when we dated." Darwin chuckles.

"Not really. I didn't realize I had feelings for her till our trip and she decided to give it a try." Colby makes up the beginning of the story to him.

"Yeah, I don't believe that shit for a second. No, fucking way. I bet you put words into her head to break up with me in the first place so you could have her. My leftovers." Darwin laughs pissing Colby off. Especially that last sentence.

"God, I still want to punch you back but I'm not that type of person." Colby grabs Penelope's stuff and asks the waitress if they could get a new table for the two of them because of how Darwin was being.

When Penelope comes back out she sees Colby at a new booth and takes a seat at it with him. "What happened?" She looks over to see Darwin sitting alone.

"He hasn't changed and he said I have his leftovers just like Tyson did years ago." Colby balls his fists up.

"I told you it would piss him off and think shit happens before."

"And I told you it proves he doesn't want to be just friends with you nor is he actually sorry for what he did." Colby points out he was right too.

"You're right..." She sighs.

"Come here." He motions for her to sit next to him so she does so he holds her in his arms. "You know right now we're being one of those couples that sit on the same side of the booth together when alone." Colby laughs causing her to laugh as well.

"Ugh, we're that couple."

"He's still staring at us. I would say let's leave but I want my food." Colby rests his head on her.

"I agree with you." She gets out of his arms as the food arrives.

The entire time they ate they could see Darwin looking over at them while he ate alone. They hated that when they were ready to leave he was getting up as well eyeing them.

"Why can't he just walk to his car? He's watching us walk to yours." They stop in front of Colby's car.

"I'll make him walk off."

Before she could ask what he meant he pulled her in by her cheeks placing his lips on hers again. He couldn't help but make the most of it not getting enough of her lips against him. Penelope wanted to moan at the feeling of his fingers gripping her cheek and the other one that rested on her hip. She let a tiny whimper out that made her super embarrassed, and the sound made Colby feel some type of way when he pulled back gently tugging on her button lip with his teeth.

Penelope saw Darwin was gone then a car sped out of the parking lot, "Okay, we can go home now." She gets in the car and they were silent the whole way home.

As soon as they got home they went to their rooms confused and embarrassed about the kids. Both didn't want things to be awkward now but they both wanted that to happen again secretly.

"Hey, hey! Sam told me about the lunch thing." Katrina walks into Penelope's room with a smile.

"Colby kissed me twice but the second one..." Penelope gives her a look.

"Second one what? Spill!" She rushes over to her bed.

"It was amazing." Penelope hides her face in her pillow causing Kat to squeal. "Turns out Darwin is still a dick." She adds.

"Okay, but the kiss... Tell me more." Kat shakes her.

"I'm embarrassed and hate myself." She removes the pillow.

At the same time, the girls talk Sam goes to check on Colby walking in circles in his room, "You okay?"

"No, I'm not okay. To piss and get rid of Darwin, who is still a dick by the way, I kissed Penelope... twice but the second one really is fucking with me."

"How so?" Sam watches him.

"It was amazing and I want to do it again. I want more but I can't. She's my best friend. She's my childhood best friend, Sam." Colby walks towards him grabbing Sam's shirt.

"Calm down, buddy."

"I can't. What if shit is weird now? The whole way home we didn't speak to each other." He goes back to pacing around.

"Just go talk to her. You both can just settle things."

"How do you talk to somebody you want to attack for more?" Colby finally realizes what's he saying. "Oh, I fucked up! You were right, I do deep down have feelings for Penelope. What do I do? I can't lose her as a friend. I wouldn't know what to do."

"Colby, relax. Just talk go talk to her. See how she responds and you'll know what to do. Trust me, you'll be fine." Sam walks him out of the room to Penelope's.

Katrina sees Colby walk in so she leaves the room smiling with Sam as they go to his room. "Thank you for today. I forgot to tell you." Penelope speaks first.

"No problem, that's what best friends do." He chuckles.

"We're good, right? I'm only asking because on the way home we didn't speak." She eyes him nervously.

"Of course we are. Why wouldn't we? Because of the kiss?" He sits down.

"Well, like I said we didn't talk on the way home after it so."

"Yeah, we're good. And I'm sorry if I went too far kissing you to piss him off." Colby apologizes.

"It's okay. I haven't kissed anyone since I broke up with him so I was just taken back." She giggles, "You've gotten better since we were really little." She plays with him to lighten up the mood.

"I hope so because I'm a man now." He makes her laugh hard.

"You're a man now? Just because your age doesn't end in teen anymore doesn't make you a man." She laughs more so he tosses a pillow at her.

"Rude!" She starts to attack him and they play around.

#sam and colby #colby brock #sam golbach #katrina stuart #jake webber #corey scherer #elton castee #tara yummy #colby brock imagine #colby brock ff #colby brock fanfic #best friend #friends to lovers #tfil

[crimsonbluemoon]

18 terrormoo? (for the drabble thing)

also i missed your writings!! i still love them a lot Q__Q!!

Okay, so like, TerrorMoo seems to be the SOFTEST couple I've ever written and I will not ever try to pretend I'm upset about that.

TerrorMoo: 18. Fake dating AU

“I’m sorry, what?” Brian blinked slowly when repeating Brock’s rushed question in his head, dropping his sandwich back to his tray to keep from squishing it. “I think I’ve been hanging out with Nogla too much, cause I swore you just said something about us going on a date.”

“No-not a real one!” Brock’s sputter added to the adorableness of his flushed cheeks, glancing around them before lowering his voice. “We just have to go to the movies or something. I’ll even pay.”

“Can we backtrack to the reason why you’re asking me out?” Not that he was opposed to it; the crush he’d earned in the 6th grade had blossomed to full-blown love in the five years since his discovery. Despite Evan’s constant nagging to tell Brock, Brian stuffed the admission under overdone flirting and silent seething any time another person showed interest in his timid friend.

“Okay, so remember that guy in my theater class that asked me to grab coffee with him last month?”

Brian shoved his hands under the lunch table to hide their clenching at the memory. “Maybe.”

“Well, it… didn’t go so well. He’s not terrible, but he just…” A flicker of longing crossed Brock’s gaze, which dropped to the side as he shrugged. “He isn’t the right one for me.”

“Which is fine, because you’re a great guy who shouldn’t settle for ‘not terrible’.” Even if he couldn’t make Brock’s heart stop the same way Brian’s did whenever his friend smiled, he wanted Brock happy. Holding back the words he wanted to spill, Brian sighed and refocused. “Okay, so the date was shit. What’s the problem?”

“I don’t think he felt the same way. He keeps asking about another date, and I never thought of a good way to explain my feelings.” Soft fingers tapped the styrofoam of Brock’s tray. His rosy lip tugged between worried teeth. “Today, he asked why I kept avoiding him, and I panicked. I tried to think of a nice way to say I wasn’t interested, but the words kept disappearing from my brain. You know how anxious I get with confrontation.”

“That’s why I got you the fidget cube,” Brian said, remembering the pride that swelled in his chest each time he glimpsed at it hanging off Brock’s keys.

Brock’s eyes jumped back to him, nodding hard enough to look painful. “Exactly! So, I was playing with it, and then I just… saw your face in my head. And when I said I had started dating you last week, he didn’t even question it. Kept saying he didn’t think you’d ever—uh, well, he just accepted my lie. I thought that was it, but then he went to his friend about a bet, and the entire class knew before the bell rang.”

“Those dicks bet on me?” Brian planned to visit Brock’s classmates after school, but stored the murder plot in the back of his head. “So your little fib got bigger than you planned, and now you’ve gotta stomach a date with little old me?”

“Don’t talk about yourself that way.” Frowning, Brock straightened his slumped form. “Anyone would be lucky to go out with you.”

“Yeah?” Brian wondered if the moment was charged enough to push the envelope, staring at Brock’s timid expression before scrubbing away the idea. He couldn’t take advantage of Brock’s vulnerable position. Besides, he’d only offered a fake date; if he wanted more, why put the stipulation in? Trying to hide his disappointment, Brian shrugged, leaning forward to snag a bit from his sandwich. “Alright, Brocky. You’ve got yourself a boyfriend.”

“Seriously?” Stunned, Brock’s smile brightened with relief and joy, endearing Brian even more than a heartbeat before. “You’d really put your dating life on hold for me?”

“For as long as you’d like.” Too much truth slipped into his answer, mentally swearing at himself when Brock’s eyes widened.

“That sounds…” The red that crept over rounded cheeks while Brock stumbled over his words rolled around Brian’s mind, making him tilt his head. He’d expected confusion or an awkward laugh, but the obvious embarrassment shifted the air of the conversation.

Taking a chance, Brian leaned forward, sliding his hand over Brock’s to feel the tremble he hadn’t noticed before. “We should really try to sell it, right?”

“Oh, um.” Brock stared down at their connection, lips parting without sound for a few long seconds before he snapped himself back into the conversation with a blink. Brian bit back his realization, though his lips couldn’t stop the grin from spreading when Brock’s fingers weaved through his. Like the perfect puzzle, they linked without the awkwardness of a new relationship. The whisper that slipped out from Brock’s mouth was peppered with wonder. “I’d be okay with that.”

“Me too,” Brian said, already opening the doors in his mind that he’d been sure he’d never get to step through with Brock. They’d always been friends, best friends, and nothing was more important to him than that.

But if there was a chance of making Brock ‘forget’ the pretend part of their relationship, he was going to do everything he could to make it possible.

#terrormoo #soft boys #<3 #terroriser #moo snuckel #bbs #drabbles #banana bus squad #thank you!

[just-my-type-x]

Could you do a headcannon of just a chilled Saturday with colby brock?? And maybe the both betting ready for a house party?

Chill Day - Headcanon

The both of u would lie in bed, watching netflix or YouTube vids of your friends

Colby would play with ur hair while u're chilling in his arms, head on his chest

A lot of laughing

Colby would stop watching tv and start watching u instead

"U're so beautiful when u smile"

"U're my safe place"

A lot of forehead kisses

A lot of making out

"Colby, let's watch the damn movie please"

"Sorry, babe, i couldn't help it"

The both of u would be so lazy

U would barely go to the kitchen to get some snacks

"I told u i should've bought that snack minifridge"

"Don't get too lazy, Colbs"

"I'm just saying"

U would eventually get out of the bed and choose to chill by the pool

Ud get sunbeds close to the pool so u wouldn't feel the heat that badly

Colby would throw chips at u when u spend too much time ignoring him bc u're tanning

U would throw water at him as revenge, he would complain it's too cold

Eventually, u'd get into the pool, playing with a ball, sam amd kat joining

In the evening, u get ready for a party at the boys' house

Colby would be very invested in watching u do ur makeup

U would try to put makeup on his face but he would move his face with the speed of light

"get that shit outta my face. That's not my shade"

While trying to do ur eyeliner, u would start laughing like crazy bc of Colby's focused face

Almost running late to ur own party bc he wouldn't be pleased with any outfit

Almost running late also bc he chose to watch u get ready when he knew he didn't know what to wear

Going downstairs later than everyone who was invited, but still in time not to lose anything important

Drinking together a lot, dancing with each other

Being the best team at beer pong

Whenever u would play any game against each other, u would get very competitive

The party would get boring for the 2 of u after a few hours, so Colby suggests to go upstairs

The night would end with a lot of cuddling and a lot of making out bc let's face it, he loves kissing

#colby brock #colby brock smut #colby brock imagine #sam and colby #colby brock headcanon

[vanosslirious]

BBS Dialogue Prompts #194

BBS IRL Names & Alias' Prompts: [ 7 ]

CARTOONZ

You’re a shit wife, Delirious, you know that.

We gotta find the duct tape, Delirious, spread out.

You know how to fix it, Delirious, huh? You know how to fix it?

You changed your damn mind, Delirious, huh?

Delirious, can you let go of my fucking face.

Let’s go, Moo!

Good job, Wildcat.

Wildcat, get that power up.

You have no spine, Delirious!

Yeah, Delirious, you’re the one who told me to let you go.

NOGLA

Oh, Brian got blown up as well.

I'll put money on Brian, to be honest.

I want it to be Brian.

I did something for you, Mr. Vanoss.

Hey, Vanoss, good news, good news…Cody died right in front of me as I was trying to get here, and I stole all his shit, like literally everything.

Hey, Vanoss, if anyone asks…I didn’t steal Cody’s stuff, I just borrowed it and reinvested, like a bank.

Good thing Terroriser didn’t see me steal it.

I’m just going to let Cody know…

“No, he won’t,” shut up, Evan.

Let me just say, Cody had a lot of resources.

SMII7Y

Byze, help.

Anthony's going to fuck me up again.

This is perfect, John, this is how you win right here.

John, spit on it.

Oh God, it's even darker in here, John, it's terrifying.

John and I literally held hands through that entire thing.

You know what, John, you're right.

John, don't make us sit here.

John, what are you doing?

Beautiful, John, this is where I went.

BLARG

SMii7y noticed it.

SMii7y, hurry up.

Puffer’s scheming.

Of course Nogla has something, he has twenty-three cards.

I can’t believe Nogla got waterboarded.

No one pay attention to the back of Nogla's cards.

Nogla's not really a threat anymore.

Go ahead, Puffer, make it happen.

Puffer's getting kinda low over there.

Me and Byze are doing something else, don't worry about it.

VANOSSGAMING

Brian, come here!

I’m hoping that I dig, and the other side is Brian.

It's fine, Brock.

Turn around, Brian.

Are you kidding me, Nogla!

How did you keep dying, Moo?

Well done, Nogla.

Brian, is your mic working?

Are you saying Moo should join us?

Goddamnit, Marcel.

TERRORISER

Brock, say a word!

I bet you tell people in real life you’re friends with VanossGaming.

I knew Scotty would go!

Do something Brock, get me away from this hell.

I'm not Nogla, and I'm not going to fucking simp for you.

This isn’t the fucking Olympics, Nogla.

Enjoy the recording session, Brock.

Brock, in a middle of a fucking fight, come on.

Okay, listen, Brock, I’m trying to help.

It’s another week where Nogla gets all the loot.

BASICALLYIDOWRK

Nogla's in a fucking bee costume!

Yeah, cause Nogla cheated!

There’s a guy on Hitch.

Okay, team captains, Brian and Nogla, go.

Evan, over here, over here.

No, Evan, that’s just the first floor, there’s a second floor.

Nogla died.

Where’s Brock?

Run, Evan, run!

Okay, Nogla, lead the way.

#banana bus squad #bbs #banana bus squad prompts #cartoonz #daithi de nogla #smii7y #blarg #vanossgaming #the terroriser #basicallyidowrk #bbs prompts #rpf prompts #sentence starter #tw swearing #text #words

[bestfrownsforever]

Heartache Arcade

Sorry for not having a proper cover again...hopefully these will do.

Also 1. my friend CLG is my co-editor now! Per's a master at finding grammar mistakes even I miss (ex. if you want the re-edited Dawn of a New Era then it's on Amino) so per'll be helping me from now on!

And 2. I'm hoping to keep a consistent schedule so expect a new Best Frowns Forever story every Tueaday! Starting with this story...

After having some brief fun as a Frown Lord, Puppycorn already hit a massive roadblock.

"Anyone else think this job doesn't make a whole lot of sense?" he asked while meeting with his co-workers around his bedroom table, "I mean yeah, it's fun to hurt people and stuff, but if we're so good at our jobs, then won't everyone be too scared to go outside anymore? Or maybe they'll leave the kingdom!? And if they do, should we want them to because it'd be bad if they did!? What should we DO!?!?"

Unikitty wrapped an arm around him from across the table. "Calm down, little bro," she assured him, "They're not going anywhere when the rest of the world sucks too."

"The solution's easy," Grandmaster Frown added, "Try luring them in with something fun and cutesy and make them almost want to suffer!"

"Oh come on," Hawkodile objected, "Something big pops up in the kingdom out of nowhere with us openly running it? They'll know it's a trap."

"Unless they're so desperate for a break that they'll take anything that looks happy and shiny," Dr. Fox suggested, "And Master Pain was the king of cringe before Frown's birthday."

"Hey!"

"I'm saying that as a compliment! You probably still like all that kiddie junk the citizens miss anyway, so why are you complaining about no ideas?"

Unikitty flew over to her brother. "I think she's trying to say that instead of using the things you like to try being cool, you can use them to actually prove your coolness as a Frown Lord!"

"Okay," Puppycorn considered, "But I already did accident-prone skateboards and roller skates...and that spiky ballpit."

"You mean I did them and you STOLE MY CREDIT!?" Dr. Fox reminded him before Brock pushed her away.

"Okay, someone needs a timeout...and if it helps, I've had the idea for a haunted arcade for a while now. But you're not wrong about the whole obvious trap thing, so from one gamer to another; how would you make it work?"

Puppycorn thought long and hard about the possibility until it hit him like his past self running into a brick wall.

"WAIT, I've been thinking into this job too hard! Grandmaster Frown did all this to be himself again, right? So maybe instead of haunted, the games can just be really hard to beat!?"

Everyone seemed interested except for the pouting Dr. Fox.

"But if they manage to win those games, wouldn't that be the best feeling ever?"

Puppycorn hummed until he lit up again like the lightbulb popping out of his head.

"They'll only get a few tickets and we'll make the prizes super expensive!!"

"Good enough."

Grandmaster Frown rose. "Then let's get to work, people! These games will need some Frown Lord-flare, and they sure aren't gonna make themselves!"

Puppycorn and Brock were the first to follow him to Dr. Fox's lab, dedicate many long days to porting the most difficult games they could find, and even more to making their own until after countless attempts at giving up, Puppycorn finally saw all his hard work pay off and open for business.

No one saw exactly when the new building appeared in the middle of town. It was just another rainy afternoon with nothing going on until people looked at their windows to see a massive, pale gray block of an exterior with a burgandy arching roof and neon colors everywhere from behind the windows. A tall sign next to it read "Heartache Arcade" with "& Casino" under it in smaller letters, both in some of the same bright neon colors.

Most closeby citizens came to the conclusion that their tyrants set it up, but some of them approached the arcade anyway, as if to say "How are they gonna break us this time?"

When they stepped in, they were greeted by giant rooms with arcade machines, gambling tables, and brighter lights everywhere, with a large prize counter and shelves for toys and other kinds of trinkets in one corner. They couldn't believe how everything seemed so...innocent.

They split up, each walking over to a different game or observing more of the retrospective dream around them, while Frown and Puppycorn spied on them from behind an "Employees Only" door.

"C'mon..." Puppycorn whispered, "Just play the games already!"

"Give 'em a bit more time," Grandmaster Frown replied, "They'll rip themselves in half before you know it."

Puppycorn turned to the nearest citizen, Theodore, stepping up to a slot machine, which hated having them there, but the others convinced him that gambling would make things all the more entertaining to watch.

"Supreme Slots, huh?" Theodore wondered before shrugging, "Well, guess it's worth a shot."

Puppycorn wasn't too surprised when Theodore bet the little money he had and won on his first try, only to get too cocky and lose it all too fast. Grandmaster Frown had a good laugh while Puppycorn looked the other way to spot Bim-Bom wrapping a hand around the joystick for the game he was most proud of; Furious Fetch.

Bim-Bom seemed happy at first, but just when Puppycorn worried even more, she got a a little confused as to what she was playing. Did she get to the lava pits yet?, he thought, Or the bugs? She's gotta know how hard running and jumping is by now though, right?

Then he heard the Game Over music.

"What!? There's no more lives!?"

Finally, a good reaction. Puppycorn was already holding back laughs and wagging his tail watching Bim-Bom pull out another token to play again. And then another. And another until she almost reached the end of the first level.

"WAIT, jumping on them doesn't kill them either!? What gives!?"

"That's the point!" Puppycorn snickered. She clearly wanted to give up but pulled out another out coin anyway. Maybe even keep going until she didn't have any left. But as if his silent prayers were answered, Bim-Bom slipped the token into the slot and lost almost as soon as the level started that time. Screaming, she stormed off to try something else as Puppycorn lost it.

"Cut it out!" Grandmaster Frown ordered, covering a hand over Puppycorn's mouth, "The evil laughing can wait, just don't blow this for us."

Puppycorn nodded, prompting his boss let go. They continued to look around, realizing more and more citizens were getting frustrated over what they were playing. And switching to other games or slots didn't help, it only strengthened the chorus of the most mixed reactions they'd ever heard in their lives.

"These games SUCK!"

"This was all the money I haaaaaaad!!"

"I can do this, I just need ONE more coin...anyone got some?"

"At least this isn't the other stuff we've had to put up with, calm down guys!"

"Are you nuts!? This is WAY WORSE!"

Puppycorn was too proud of himself to keep the door open. He shut it to chant and dance without a care until Grandmaster Frown laid a hand where his shoulder would be.

"Huh?"

"Not bad, Pain. Consider this your first

independent accomplishment."

"Really!? Aweso-"

They jumped at the sound of a sudden crash from the back room.

"Yeah," Frown ordered, "now take care of this place before the ragequitters can."

Puppycorn proudly nodded and saluted. "I'll do my best, boss sir!"

#unikitty au #Unikitty #unikitty! #best frowns forever #grandmaster frown #pain!puppycorn #fear!brock #misery!unikitty #plague!dr. fox #hazard!hawkodile #story #heartache arcade #heartache arcade & casino