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#and if i get another job and just work that will surely drain all remaining life out of me
renku · 2 months
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Up and Under
TWICE Chou Tzuyu x Male Reader
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Sitting and staring nowhere in the middle of the park, holding a cup of coffee that went cold from that old vending machine nearby, and the freezing evening wind has no effect at all in your current state—high on adrenaline and it looks like it’d take an hour or two before it subsides in your system.
“This must remain just between us. Got it?”
Each word kept playing again and again in your head, like the same lyrics from the song five years ago that’s still not leaving your playlist. Not to mention how Chou Tzuyu—yes, the idol—whispered those words with her sexy yet cute voice along with a warm breath inducing goosebumps; from the back of your neck spreading down to your legs. You even started to question your reality. Did that really happen?
Everything that happened today was messed up, or to be exact, fucked up. But wait, how did you even get to this situation by the way?
It was about noon, and the usual routine at work is to take a break empty space upstairs before Inkigayo broadcast starts. Landing a job at a place like this isn’t something you thought of but there’s no much options on your hand, so here you are. The spot is usually silent since most are out to get their lunch. Lately, you prefer taking a nap up there since a bench is available. It’s crucial for you to have that time alone for yourself. One hour of freedom to collect your shit again is enough to get through to the rest of the shift. Work itself is already draining, but dealing with people is another.
The pace of your steps is increasing yet you still try not to make a sound. I should hurry before surviving another four hours of work, you thought. Getting closer to your so-called sanctuary, this is when things started to take a turn—a complete hundred and eighty turn.
It made you stop, and carefully listen again to make sure it’s not your head playing games at you.
“Yes— Hmm... Ah~”
You’re not definitely hearing things. It’s definitely a moan. A woman’s moan on top of that. She’s really into it; given how she lets out all those moans like no one will hear her and not giving a single damn.
Forget the nap, going back should be the immediate course action in this kind of situation. But, being a man and curiosity got the best of you.
“I shouldn’t be doing this, shit,” you whispered.
Taking extremely careful steps—almost tiptoeing, making that one, tempting peek. Lifted black skirt, fingerless-gloved right hand holding onto the handle for support, and probably her other hand doing the job. It’s quite difficult to recognize who she is since her loose, black hair covered the side of her face and a tent is already forming inside your pants. Each second that passes corresponds to the moans getting shorter and shorter, hinting that she’s close to that release.
“UGH! OH- YES, YES, OH FUCKKK!”
She threw head back, exposing the side of her face.
“Is that... Tzuyu?!” For a moment, you couldn’t move a muscle. Chou Tzuyu, who is known to be pure, kind, lovely, and innocent idol for years. Yet here she is, masturbating and made herself cum.
Your feet went cold stunned by what you just witnessed. Tzuyu then turned her head to where you are like she knew you were there all along, and not showing any sign of surprise at all when both of your eyes met. She's insanely fucking beautiful.
After fixing herself up and the mess she made, Tzuyu went right away to you. “This must remain just between us. Got it? Everything.” she whispered, then grabbed your hard member; fingers making random movements, playing with your already leaking rod making you jolt before adding, “Why don't you come here again next time? Same place, same time then maybe we can do some interesting things, don't you think?”
Does she even hear herself? How could she willingly say those words to someone she never knew her whole life. You can only nod to whatever she'll say, truth be told. The fact that a goddess like her is standing next to you is unreal.
“I got to go now, bye!” she said, winking and waving as she went on her way.
Back at the present—after reminiscing everything that happened all you could think of was, “I need to find a new job immediately.”
A/N: Hi. Ren (new name, can’t remember my old one) here. Plotless fic and not stuffed with much details to make it “smutty” enough, I just want to get the gist of writing again after not being able to make a stable progress after leaving the platform for about a year. So yeah, not much but I hope it will spark my enjoyment of writing again.
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freedomfireflies · 2 months
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I Love You*
Summary: The second part to Yellow* and One for the Money*
The one where you tell Mr. Styles you love him and you wonder if he'll say it back.
Word Count: 3k
Content Warning: 18+, smut, blow job, multiple orgasms, brief Daddy kink, Sir kink
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I love you.
Three little words that feel so big in such a small room. 
Mr. Styles remains still. Unmoving. So quiet, you wonder if you actually said the words aloud or if you only thought them.
But you can feel his heart racing. Can hear the subtle hitch in his breath as the seconds tick by. And you know, undoubtedly, that he heard you.
You clear your throat. “You don’t…you don’t have to say it back. I just wanted you to know.”
There’s another long lull between your admission and his response. He shifts in your arms before finally he finally nods once.
And that suffices as his reply.
Truth be told, you feel relieved. You aren’t even sure why you said it at all, much less now. And after such an intimate scene. Especially when you knew he most likely wouldn’t say it back.
But you don’t blame him for that. Mr. Styles has never been the overly romantic, affectionate type. You don’t expect that to change just for you. You’re happy with the relationship you have. You like that you stay at his apartment more than your own. You like that he dedicates his free time to you. And you like that you work together and play together.
He’s more than just your partner and your boss. He’s…yours.
“Sir?” you whisper, and you feel his hand tighten around yours. “Are you all right?”
He nods again. Quickly. Strained. “I’m fine, Peach. Are you?”
You nod, too. “Mhm. I’m better now. Promise.” A beat. “Could we start the scene again?”
He lets out a sigh and finally looks up to catch your eye. “Maybe later. We’ll see.”
You pout and feel that anxious twist in your stomach return. You don’t want to end this moment on a sour note. The note where you had to safe word and make him stop only to tell him you love him and surely freak him out. You want to go back. Start it all over again. Do it right.
He notices your frown and tilts his head. “Peach,” he warns. “Don’t.”
“But—”
“I said we’ll see,” he repeats sternly. “If you’re good, I’ll consider it. But if you want to argue with me, you can sit here, achy and dripping, with nobody to touch you.”
You bite back a whine. “Yes, Sir.”
“Good girl.” He pats your hip. “I’ve got a few more emails to answer before dinner. If I go, will you be all right until I’m done?”
“Yes, Sir.”
He takes hold of your chin. Firm. “I want your honesty.”
“You have it.”
He hesitates. There’s a tension here, between you. An unspoken strain and an edge you’d give anything to smooth out.
You can tell he wants to resolve it. He’s a problem solver. It’s in his nature to fix things. And that’s how this whole arrangement was started in the first place.
But how can he fix what he knows he broke?
He kisses your cheek. Quickly. Gently. “Be good while I’m gone.”
And with that, he leaves you. He turns off the camera, puts his clothes back on, and disappears into his home office.
You spend the next several hours trying not to stare at his closed door. Or thinking about how it ended. What you said. You delete the footage off the SD card and vow to never speak of this day again.
He feels so far away, even if it’s only a few hundred feet. But there’s an ocean between you now and you are lost in his sea. 
Dinner is good. You order Chinese and it’s delivered right as he’s exiting his office for the night. You do your best to put things back to the way they were before. You talk—a lot—and he listens. He’s quiet. Nodding along without much commentary. He picks at his food and you know something is still on his mind.
You hate it.
He cleans up while you go take a shower. You take your time, allowing the water to wash away your regret. Make you clean again. Until each mistake has been swept down the drain.
The two of you will be okay. You have to be.
When you get out, you find him on the bed. He’s got his reading glasses on and a book in his hand and he looks…
Ethereal.
You’ve always been attracted to him. How could you not be, when he has a jaw like that and abs that could grate cheese? But somehow, he looks even better like this—relaxed. At peace. He’s still wearing his fancy slacks and white button up. But the sleeves have been rolled to his elbows and he’s left the first few buttons undone. 
You step further into the bedroom and he doesn’t seem to notice. He’s engrossed in his novel, glasses perched on the tip of his perfect nose as he flips to the next page. And you smile. Your insides already aching as you crawl onto the end of the mattress and allow your towel to fall away.
When the bed dips, he glances up. Briefly. He notices the feral look in your eye and the way you’re moving toward him. He knows what you want and thankfully, he doesn’t deny you.
He looks back to his book. “How was your shower?”
“Good,” you murmur. You reach for his belt and slip it through each loop until you can toss it toward the floor.
He’s quiet.
“How’s your book?” you ask and he hums.
“It’s all right. Not entirely helpful but I like the subject.”
You grin. You adore when he sounds studious. “That’s good.” You pull his zipper down and reach inside his briefs. 
Still, he doesn’t so much as flinch. He reads and he pretends as though you aren’t currently dragging your palm along his hardening cock. He pretends your tits aren’t mere inches from his grasp and he pretends that he can’t see the way you’ve already begun to drip.
You take him in your mouth. Your tongue is wet and ready and you swing your leg over his thigh in order to brace yourself against his lap and take him fully. He’s large. Incredibly large and you forget that sometimes until you feel the way he curves down your throat. 
You pull back and spit only to watch the way it drips down his length until you can smear it around the way you want.
“Peach,” you hear him say and you look up. He moves the book aside to see you. “What are you doing?”
“What does it look like?” 
He reaches down and pinches your cheek. “Watch it,” he warns and he’s strict but somehow kind. “I thought I told you to wait.”
“I did wait,” you argue before sucking on his tip. You pop off and lick your lips. “All day. Couldn’t wait any longer.”
“Hm.” He moves his hand to the back of your head and tugs you away. “I’m not sure I should let you.”
“…why?” You straighten up. “I’m okay now. I want to do this. And you never got to finish—”
“Peach—”
“—which I know isn’t the point,” you amend quickly, remembering what he said before. “I know. But I want to make you finish. I want to make you feel good. Especially after what you did for me.”
He frowns now. Sighs. Takes off his glasses and sets down his book. “I’m your dominant and your partner. It is my job to take care of you. I don’t do it because I want something in return and my kindness is not transactional. I care about you. I want you to be okay. Always.”
I care about you isn’t exactly an I love you but it still makes you smile. Really, really big.
“I know,” you whisper. You squeeze his thigh. “But I feel…edged.”
He smirks. “Do you?”
“Mhm.” You dip back down and drag your tongue up from his balls. You notice his jaw tick. “And if you really want to take care of me and make sure I’m okay…you’ll cum in my mouth.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, Sir.”
He considers this, fingers tapping over the hard cover of his book. Then, he nods once, and slips his glasses back on. “All right. I’ll let you have your way just this once. But once you’re through, you’re to get into this bed and go to sleep. Is that understood?”
You nod eagerly. “Yes, Sir.”
“Good girl. Go ahead.”
With that, you continue your sucking and fondling while he continues reading his novel. The bedroom is eerily silent except for the loud echo of your wet, enthusiastic lapping at the large cock sitting proudly on your tongue. And you wouldn’t have it any other way. Even if he won’t give you your own orgasm before bed, you’re content to have him just like this.
It doesn’t take long until he’s twitching in your mouth. He doesn’t look at you or watch the way your cheeks hollow or the way his balls look in your pretty hands, but you know he’s desperate to. You can tell by the way he turns the page. The way he grips the book and tries incredibly hard not to rip it in half as he moves to the next chapter. 
You don’t slow. You keep going, even as his legs flex beneath you. As his chest takes in labored breaths. You want to get him there and he subtly nudges his leg further into your cunt to feel your arousal smear across his skin. 
You do everything you know he likes, even though the camera is off. You suck and squeeze and give him everything you know he likes. Because this performance is just for him. The way you moan, the way you swallow, the way you bob and take more of him than you think you ever have before.
You’re his good girl. His investment, his toy, his.
And moments before he finally releases himself all down your throat, he tosses the book aside, grabs a fistful of your hair, and yanks you off.
“Get on,” he grits and tugs you closer.
You don’t need to be told twice. You scoot forward and line him up just so before he takes hold of your hips and helps you sink down. Things move quickly and he doesn’t have the patience to wait any longer. 
And it’s beautiful, this moment. The way he stretches you open. And even if there’s a slight burn from the intrusion of his thick cock, you revel in the pain. Both of you groaning the moment you feel it.
And you know he won’t be able to hold off much longer.
“How did it taste, Peach, hm?” he asks as he fucks up into you. “How did it feel to have me in your mouth?”
“Good,” you pant. You claw at his curls. “So good, Sir—”
“Yeah?” He slaps his hand against your ass and you mewl. “Like to take my cock, don’t you? Like to be my dirty little slut—"
“Yes—”
“Like to feel me down your throat…have me cum all over your tongue.”
You make too many noises and he reaches up to pull your lip with his teeth. He kisses you and groans into your mouth and this is what sex should be. Rough and hard but filled with adoration.
“What a fucking whore,” he groans. He tugs at your hips. Watches the bulge in your belly with every thrust. “Begging to suck my cock, wanting to make Daddy feel good…guess I don’t give your mouth enough things to do, hm?”
You shake your head and wilt in his hold. He rarely refers to himself with that nickname and hearing it now almost tips you over.
“So fucking wet,” he exhales and you look down to watch with him. “S’fucking pathetic, isn’t it? Didn’t even have to touch you to have you dripping.”
He’s right. He always is.
He pinches your clit. Takes your nipple in his mouth and lets his large hands scratch down your back—your shoulders blades, your spine, your ass. And you have never felt safer than here in this moment with him.
“Cum,” he says, and he nips at your skin until it’s littered in marks and memories.
“Cum,” he whispers, and he pulls on your hair and wraps it around his fist to bare your throat to his teeth.
“Cum,” he pleads, and he kisses you—hard—until the room is spinning and you finally let go.
You unravel together. A collection of moans and cries and tangled limbs as you make a mess of each other. And you don’t care—about any of it. About what was said earlier, about what wasn’t said, about the way he looked when you said it.
You cling to his strong shoulders and you kiss him hard and you indulge in the feel of him dripping from your cunt.
But he’s not through. He pulls you off his cock and flips you onto your knees until your ass in the air.
You feel his tongue. Dragging up your cunt, tasting the remains of his cum, your cum, everything. He spanks you—hard. Paints his mark across your skin and leaves it there just so he can admire it.
“Say it,” he hisses and you suck in a sharp breath.
“Wha…what?”
“Say it,” he says. He spanks you again and nips at your pussy. “Say you love me.”
You clutch the duvet and your thighs are shaking. Your mind feels fuzzy. “I…”
Another slap to your ass and you’re overstimulated and wildly sensitive. He fucks his tongue into your dripping hole and grunts at the way you keen and you’ve never felt this kind of beautiful confusion.
“Say it.” He holds your thighs open and nearly suffocates himself as he mouths at you. “Fucking tell me you love me. Tell me again.”
You shake your head. You don’t understand. “Harry…”
Wrong. He slips his fingers inside and fucks his cum back into you. Fast. Lewd. Loud. “Come on, Peach. I know you want to. Know you do….so say it.”
And maybe this is a trick. Maybe this is some cruel, sadistic game just to make you lose but you can’t think straight when he’s this close. When he’s bending your body to his salacious intentions and treating you like a toy.
“I love you,” you whisper. You screw your eyes shut. “I do, I love you, Sir.”
He curses. Groans. “Again.”
“I love you.” You fall onto the bed stomach first but he doesn’t stop. He flips you around and he looks at you as he eats you. “I love you, Mr. Styles.”
His lashes flutter. You reach for his hair and tug it with your fist and he moans into your cunt before drinking you down. Spitting on your pussy just to smear it around and thrust it back into you.
You arch. “Shit, I love you—I—”
You cum again and he enjoys every second of it. He pulls you as close to his face as he can get you and lives inside the sound of your strained whimpers.
And when you finish, he leaves your clit with a satisfied pop and licks his lips. You watch him crawl up your body until he’s settled atop your chest and you smile lazily as he reaches up to run his hand down your cheek.
“My sweet Peach,” he whispers and kisses you hard. You taste everything. You taste him. You taste the desperation woven alongside his tongue. He kisses you until you can’t breathe and he only stops so he can stare at you a little longer.
You brush your fingers through the damp curls along the back of his neck. “That was fun.”
He’s quiet. Studying you closely and you feel as though you’re being graded on a test you didn’t know you were taking. 
Then, he murmurs, “I don’t say it.”
Your heart skips. You don’t have to ask what he means. “I…I know. It’s okay. I don’t expect you—”
“I don’t say it because I’m afraid I can’t live up to it,” he continues. He ignores you. “Because the last time I did, I couldn’t deliver on what it meant. My love didn’t look the same as hers did. I said it. And she still left.”
Your other hand finds his shirt. You trail your touch over the exposed skin of his chest and you feel the way his heart races. “I know.”
His brows furrow. “I want to say it,” he says softly. “I want to. For you. Because I do. And I don’t want this to feel unfair—”
“It doesn’t,” you assure him. “I promise. I…I figured you wouldn’t say it back and I was okay with that. Because it doesn’t change the fact that I do.”
Another beat. “I’m worried you didn’t mean it.”
“What?”
He sighs and sweeps his thumb along your jaw. “You’d been anxious, and you were scared. You said none of your other partners had ever been kind to you in moments like that, and…sex is intimate. It can change the chemistry in your brain and maybe…maybe you didn’t mean it—”
“I did.” You grab his face and you make him listen. “Harry, I meant it. I still mean it. And I’ll mean it tomorrow, too. And the next day. And the next.”
His expression softens.
“And I meant it long before today. I wanted to tell you tons of times and I didn’t because…I don’t know. I didn’t want to scare you,” you admit and you both smile. “It is a big word. But it’s just a word. It means nothing without action. And even if you can’t say it, you show it every day. And that’s all I could really want.”
He dips down and nuzzles his nose against yours. “I don’t deserve you, Peach.”
“No,” you tease. “No, you don’t.”
You kiss again and his body feels good against yours. His heart feels good against yours.
Then, he exhales, "I love you."
And you don't say anything. But you smile. Because you know everything he's giving up just to offer you what you want to hear.
Minutes go by before you finally change the subject and say, "You know, I kind of wish we'd been recording all that. That would have been some great content."
He laughs, relieved, and the sound is so incredibly beautiful. 
“Next time,” he says and you grin as he holds you closer. “Tonight…your love belongs to me.”
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heartfullofleeches · 10 months
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Table 9
Yan Customer + Fast Food Worker Reader + Yan Entities (Mascot, Bathroom Succubus) [18+ mdni]
Summary: Tired of a frequent customer's daily attempts to ask you out, you take your spite to the next level
Warnings/Tags: Food/Cum Play, masturbation, handjobs, rimming, Reader's gender unspecified but they have a peen(amab), aphrodisiacs, slight crack
"Pick up for table seven!"
Morning rush - the calm within the neverending storm. Not even a full twelve hours since you've been away from your job, and here you were manning the front as usual. You weren't scheduled to come in until noon, but somewhere around dawn your coworker made the mistake of opening the drive-through window. Pickfork or not, an angry customer banging on the glass was a safer choice that whatever resided in there. While hectic and overwhelming at times, you welcomed the morning hustle with open arms and as big a smile your weary spirit could muster. The distraction kept your mind off what was to come. The dreaded hour and number that itched at the back of your mind with each passing customer. You don't know if you have the strength today.
"Next!"
"Good afternoon... Y/n~"
Oh no. No. Your head snaps towards the clock. 12:00pm. You duck beneath the counter to check the number of table markers left. There's only one remaining - the identifying curve of the digit in the shadows a mocking grin. Spinning to your feet as if nothing happened, you will the smile of someone held at gun point at the familiar face. A well dressed individual stood before you; neat suit, manicured nails. If you had to guess, they were about your age if not a couple years older, but the twinkle in their eye and lack of wrinkles gave them that youthful patience this job was draining you of. All in all, they appeared to be just another business person grabbing a quick meal on their way to work - but you knew better.
"Afternoon! What can I get you today?"
"Oh, I'm sure we know each other well enough by now to know what I want. I'll have the usual." They point up at the menu, but their sight lingers upon you - the only feast they sought after.
A chill worse than a night in the meat locker courses down your spine as their tongue draws over their pearly whites and smooth lips. Table 9 - whereas the number marker of most booths changed with a new order, there was only one that retained its title and customer. A tiny, two seater in the right corner of the establishment - the perfect view point for the various crimes you committed on their assorted beverages.
The first indication there was something truly wrong with this person came when they had reported finding one of your hairs in their food. When you offered to replace it, they merely thanked you for your hard work and placed the stray lock in the locket they currently wore around their neck. You later found your hair to be uneven on one end when you took a shower. The limits of their depravity had no end. You once spat in their cup in viewing range out of retaliation for their insistency on joining them on a nice walk to their van for a nice reward for all your efforts. You came to your senses as soon as the spit flew, but they beckoned you and their treat over before you could throw it out - downing half of it right in front of you. You can't help but repeat the action everytime they enter despite the joy and hunger in their eyes when you pass it off.
"Right - one small vanilla ice cream in a sundae container. Will that be all?"
"Actually, I was hoping you could make it extra special for me. You see, today is my birthday and while I enjoy everything your fire establishment has to offer - I fear I am craving something... different. I do pray I'm not being greedy by saying this, but I simply can't get enough of you."
Something different? If they're referring to you spitting in their cup - what else could they want?
"They want you to jizz in their ice cream."
The plume of heavy perfume and medical herbs assaults your nostrils in the same time that her voice has on the rest of your senses. Your coworker nibbles on the straw of her beverage, offering you a wave and a wink as your eyes shift between her and the customer. They wouldn't want that.
"Ignore her - I'm sure whatever you need won't break anymore health code violations than we already have." You slowly eye the customer up and down. "I'm seventy percent sure whatever you need won't break anymore health code violations than we already have."
Gentle blush dusts their hollow cheek. They hide the curl of their lips with their fist as they glance elsewhere. "W-well.... I wouldn't be opposed to it.
They definitely want that.
Your coworker gently nudges your arm. "Eh, I say you should do it. It's their birthday after all and your break's still an hour away. I'll handle business up here until you get back."
You raise an eyebrow. "Normally you and the rest of them are quick to get rid of anyone who so much as breathes at me after I take their order." Your shoulders slump as the realization hits you. "You predicted this somehow and want to watch me on the security cameras during your next break."
"I totally did - and do. Plus, I'm fairly certain that guy isn't human either and after seeing what those hands in the ball pit can do, I really don't want to get my ass kicked unless you're in real trouble."
"Figures.... Alright, fine - I'll do it." Taking off your apron and setting it on the counter, you smack the customer's hands away from it as you finish their order. You grab the dreaded number from beneath the desk and hand it to them. They wait patiently for your command - you roll your eyes. "Don't just stand there - you know where to go."
"Hm, true - I just wanted to hear your voice longer. To picture the blessed sounds you'll make for me back there."
"Don't push it."
Your coworker thrusts her cup into your hands. "Drink some. It'll help you finish quicker."
You mindlessly wrap your lips around the bitten draw. "How is watered down diet cola supposed to help me?"
"Infused with my spit."
Oh...right. It's fairly easy to forget your coworker is a succubus when she wears contacts to hide the blacks of her eyes and your uniform hat already comes with horns. Your head swims: vision spotty as your breathing grows ragged. Startled and aroused by the soft flesh pressed against your arm, your eyes dart to her as she nestles your arm in her chest - lacey black bra poking from her unbuttoned shirt.
You shutter as she blows against your neck. "If....we ever get that priest out of the ball pit, I'm giving him your address first."
"And I love you too - now get going."
You stumble forward as she pushes you on - shaking legs and a heavy body tugging you through the kitchen; the waypoint task of grabbing a sundae cup near impossible with the weightlessness of your limbs. You tumble your way into the empty break room, dragging your work pants down to mid thigh and your shirt over stomach as you relieve the building strain in your underwear. You flinch as the drooling tip slaps against your navel; hand firm around the base. You fist your cock to full mass as the cup flies across the table; your back hunched as you lurch across the wooden surface. Swallowing the end of your shirt to stifle your panting breaths, the cold, ventilated air nibs at your bare torso and thighs.
The stimulant in your coworker's saliva taking full effect - your mind floods with crude imagery as your cock throbs painfully in your hand. Pressing the plush of your palm to your girth, your thoughts draw back to your dear coworker and her innocent ploy of placing your arm against her breast; how they spilled out of her top daily and the way she battered her eyes when she caught you staring. Rutting your cock between her tits and waiting tongue would be too much for you right about now. You thought about that annoying customer taking her place on their knees before you; eyes cloudy with love-struck awe and desire as you stroked yourself to completion and came down their eager throat.
"S...shit...hah..." You groan loudly, the shift of the table as your hips snap against your wrist perfectly masking the creak of break room door as it glides open. The figure cranes its large body and neck to peer in at you as you attempt to fix the table while still fisting your dick in one hand. You linger in your agonizing high, unaware of its presence - until it begins to whistle.
The mascot.
You turn back in time to see that hulking figure maneuver its curving horns through the doorframe as it enters the room. Its chest extends with a stale breath; unblinking eyes training on your smaller stature and leaking member. The lack of bloodstains on its apron and leather gloves tells you its been unsuccessful with its daily hunts, but something warns it wasn't after human flesh in its preferred cut.
Lambchop the goat demon. Obviously not your choice in naming, but you settled on just calling it what it was. The humanoid devil had been responsible for majority of the disappearances around the restaurant and number four on your headache list. Whether as it met your fellow coworkers with butcher knives and their fallen companions in nugget containers, it greeted you with bouquets of flowers and signals to braid your hair as you worked. It wasn't the most annoying entity, but you'd prefer to have the extra hands it keeps chopping off. You'd never seen under its mask, but considering everything else that went on here you didn't expect to see much.
The Mascot stalks towards you, lowering its clever to the floor and its head in curiousity. You chew your lower lip as its hands come up to your sweaty, quivering thighs. The skin beneath your teeth breaks as it pads a finger to your balls - eyes worked back up at you.
"Make it quick."
You don't need to tell it twice. Gripping your shoulders, the mascot spins you on your heels and takes your cock into its leathery hand, pointed finger tips curling against your abdomen. It tucks its claws into its palm as it rubs your length; the harsh, yet tender pressure to your dick making your head spin as it did the first hit of the aphrodisiac. You hear the tear of fabric and soon find the mascot's slimy tongue coursing the vein lines in your neck - teeth locking around the sensitive flesh of your collar. You whimper at the spill of your blood over its fangs and the shameful ecstasy as it suckles the area and teases your nipple between its fingers. The mascot looks down to see the bounce of your ass against its thigh as you fuck its fist with another bout of sinful cries - suddenly pushing you over as your stomach twists in knots.
"the hell are you.....ngh!"
You grit your teeth as the mascot tanks your pants and shorts down to your ankles. Its long, heavy tongue darts out and licks the precum glazed head, dragging up the underside of your twitching cock to your balls and finally pressing against your asshole. You claw at the table for mercy as the thick appendage works its grithy slime into your tight hole; large hand gripping your cheek and spreading them apart as it wriggles against your walls. Its saliva drips down over your balls as it explodes; staining your cock black as it smears the drool into your shaft as it continues to milk you off your building worth. You clench around the muscle, legs close to giving out before its strong arms and shoulders catch - tongue fucking back atop the creaking table. You reach back to grab its horns with your noodly limbs, all remaining strength lost as you cry out.
"Fuck!... slow...slow down. I can't-"
"Y/n! You almost done in there!?"
You blink away tears as you call out. "Y-yea! I'm...ah- coming... I'll be there soon!"
The mascot slams its tongue into your ass; mixture of its length and thickness reaching deeper than you could with your fingers and hitting all the right spots that made retrieving the cup a feat. You nearly forgot about it, and the whole reason you came in here with your mind void of all thoughts beyond your impending climax. You tug the mascot's horn, begging for pause so you can fit the plastic container beneath you. It completely ignores you and swats your hand away, leaving you to struggle getting it under the table as you rock back on its tongue and snout. Your tip hits the bottom of the cup as your vision whites; full body trembling as you shoot ropes of your milky cum into the container. The mascot drills you vigorously through your earthshaking orgasm, ripping another out of you before you're able to call it off through whines. It stands up and takes the cup lose in your sweaty hands, aiming your dick at its rim as the dribbles of your spend run down its interior. The mascot pulls you up against its clothed chest, patting your head and praising you with soft hums as it picks your pants up off the floor and loops the buckle around your waist all with one hand. It stares, unblinking at you glance back - awaiting its reward. You kiss its cheek as you lower your shirt.
"Thanks."
The mascot nuzzles your cheek with its nose, watching and licking its stained hand as it leaves the way it came. It looks back at the cup - almost remorseful in its stare. Looking down at the cup, you see it filled roughly halfway with your spunk - likely increase by the effects of the naturally produced drug. You cringe as you pick it up, stumbling your way back out the break room and to the ice cream machine. You glare down the dreaded box and the spirit inside as you grab its handle.
"Do not.... fuck with me today."
The machine quietly dispenses the ice cream, the creamy white mostly masking the translucent fluid at the bottom. The machine let's you go about your day with no further issue - ghost hover off, disappointed. "A kiss would've been nice."
You wobble your way to the front; clothes wrinkled and hanging off your shoulders, body sweaty and hair clinging to your face. You fix your hat as you straighten yourself against the counter, slamming the container down - clutching your chest as you breath. "Order for Table... 9..."
"Ah!" The customer snatches the ice cream up, lips aimed directly for the freezing rizz on the edge of the cup. They sight in delight, stiff posture relaxed in favor of their newfound taste of paradise. "Heavenly~ I do pray this will be on the minute in the future."
The customer takes their spoon and another bite as they hum happily to themselves, skipping towards their table. You call up the next customer who points at them.
"Can I get whatever they had?"
".....might want to rethink that decision."
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a note about tpg's hiatus
hi everyone!! i've missed y'all <33 i want to share a quick note on tpg's hiatus, and how long it will last.
first and foremost, the tl;dr: i will not abandon tpg. the story remains incredibly important to me, and this hiatus is only that: a hiatus. i will return eventually, and while i am not exactly sure when "eventually" is, i hope to begin updating again soon.
now the long explanation. tpg's hiatus has lasted much, much longer than i expected. it wasn't until i took a break that i realized how mentally and emotionally drained i was after writing 600k+ in 2 years, along with being an engineering master's student then starting a job in aerospace. especially after writing sukuna's backstory (75k+ words in one month), my brain was utterly fried. all in all, it's been a lot.
as some of you may know, i started watching one piece in september. and i love it! it's an incredibly fun, well-written feel-good series. it's been a refreshing mental break to engage with a new series, especially since jjk canon has been so disappointing in both content and writing quality. 
if you check my ao3, you'll notice i took a break from jjk with other series in the past: namely dr. stone, sxf, and natsume yuujinchou. this is necessary for me to remain creative and explore narrative themes that i bring back to tpg when i return to it. but by the time my recent hiatus started, it had been well over a year since i engaged with any other series than jjk, and it was starting to take its toll on me. i'm almost caught up on one piece now, which means i'll be able to focus on tpg again soon.
when i return from tpg's hiatus, updates may be slower. releasing 15k+ word chapters every 2-4 weeks was incredibly mentally taxing and required much of my time and focus to constantly be on the story. it wasn't healthy, and other areas of my life were impacted negatively. it can be easy to forget that i'm a real person with real-life responsibilities writing this story in my spare time for free -- even i sometimes forgot this. 
another note on why taking a break has been so necessary is my mental health. when season 2 released and toji + satosugu was animated, the fandom exploded and tpg's readership drastically increased. while this meant an influx of amazing love and support, i also started to receive rude and hateful comments and messages.
don't get me wrong: not everyone has to like tpg. that's totally fine! but as a very sensitive person, receiving hate took a huge toll on my mental health and motivation, and i have needed time to recover from it. i've been doing better mentally lately, and have taken some measures to reduce unkind interactions. i'm working on becoming less sensitive in the meantime so i can handle it better if/when it happens again.
since i've been feeling guilty about not posting jjk content, i haven't been on tumblr quite as much, but i'm still around online on both discord and instagram. mutuals can request my priv @chiidoriii on IG, and my discord is @MissingN000 -- just shoot me a message with who you are when you request! i'll still post fic updates on both new stories as well as tpg content and previews on tumblr, so please stick around :)
thank you so much for your patience with me! i love you all so much, and truly appreciate your support. love, chi <333
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Jake's Destiny: Crossing the Line
Fandom: Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, Jake “Hangman” Seresin, f!reader, stripper!reader
Summary: Jake was your best client until you told him he couldn't ask for you anymore. However, that doesn't stop him from coming back for you. Will you continue to brush him off or will you find the courage to admit the real reason you need to cut ties?
Word Count: 2349
TW: Love Confession, Fluff, Kissing, Light Grinding, Jake picks Reader up
Note: Thank you to @onebigfangirlworld for sending the made-up title request that sparked this idea (I didn't stick with the title but it is a line in the fic!). And thank you to @lorecraft for beta reading for me! 🥰 You are the best!
Series Masterlist (but can be read as a one-shot)
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You adjusted your bustier and your makeup one last time and slipped out of the dressing room. But as you began to head towards the bar, Charity grabbed your arm. "Oh, you have someone waiting for you in room number three."
You groaned. "Already? I've literally been on the floor for less than a minute."
She shrugged. "I don't know. Karma told me to tell you.”
You thanked Charity and headed to the private rooms in the back. While you much preferred working the floor or behind the bar, if you were going to get requested to one of the back rooms, it was better that it happened at the start of your shift before you got aggravated by the night's clientele. Though the patrons of The Hard Deck Gentleman’s Club were all still a class above those you had dealt with at your last job, you still got the occasional jackass who thought because he slapped down a stack of cash, you had to give him whatever he wanted. And it was hard enough plastering on a fake smile when you were in a decent mood but it was agony when the night had already drained you.
However, you began to reconsider your previous view of the situation when you opened the door and saw who was waiting for you. 
Dropping all pretense of coyness or niceties, you rolled your eyes as you let the door slam behind you. "What the hell are you doing here? Or better question, what the hell am I doing here? Karma was supposed to get you, not me."
"Yeah, well, I might have paid Karma a little extra to switch places with you for the night." 
As usual, Jake Seresin gave you a cocky grin as he settled back onto the couch with his whiskey in hand and a toothpick jutting from between his lips. He looked pristine as always in his perfectly tailored suit which probably cost more than your car and his hair was styled in that way where it looked slightly messy but you could tell took hours to perfect. He had opened the top of his crisp white shirt so you could see a glint of the gold chain he always wore and the first glimpses of chest hair poking out. He could have just walked off the set of a high-end photoshoot, and knowing Jake, he might have. 
Though he was the only other person in the room, he took up half the space with the way he was sitting: his arms draped all the way across the back of the couch while he sat with his legs spread open wide. He patted his left knee, indicating he wanted you to sit, but you remained where you were with your arms crossed over your chest.
You thought you had made it very clear last time he was here that he couldn’t ask for you anymore. There were plenty of other girls on shift who could give him whatever he needed. In fact, there wasn’t another girl here who wouldn’t be jumping at the chance to do so. 
Jake was a unicorn in a place like this. He had more money than God, yet treated all the girls with respect and dignity. Sure, he was a little arrogant and egotistical, but he was also considerate, and a surprisingly good listener. Plus, it didn’t hurt he was supermodel gorgeous. 
The first night he came in, he said he didn’t have a preference when it came to which girl joined him in the private room. You were the next one on the schedule so you had taken care of him. Though you had expected him to want as much of you as you would allow, that night he only wanted to talk while you straddled his thigh and lazily ground against it. You left an hour later with the biggest tip you had ever seen and Jake’s request to management that you would be his regular dancer from now on. Since then, he had come in a minimum of once a week and while your interactions did become more physical over time, he never ever tried to cross a line or go further than you allowed.
Which was why everyone else thought you were insane when you told them you would no longer be taking care of him when he came in. However, no one argued with your decision since it meant he was up for grabs. Knowing Jake’s tastes, you figured Karma would be the best one to take your place and had told him as such. Yet here he was waiting for you once again. 
"Jake, I told you, I’m done. I have other clients and other responsibilities here. I'm not your personal plaything who can drop everything just because you want me to."
He flicked his toothpick to the floor and calmly took a sip from his glass. "Well, why not? I pay you more for an hour of your time than you could make an entire night with those other 'clients'. And you know you enjoy it just as much as I do, so what’s the big deal?"
Stamping your foot, you cried, "The big deal is that I don't belong to you! Or to anyone! And if I say no, I mean it! So, I can either send Karma back in here or you can leave.”
You turned to go but Jake jumped to his feet, leaped over the glass table in front of the couch, and slammed his hand against the door blocking your exit. You didn’t turn your head, but your eyes flickered up to his face. “Let me go, Jake.”
He shook his head. “No, you don’t get to say that and then just walk away. Fine, I can be blunt and upfront about what I want, but I would never try to force anyone into anything they didn’t want. And that includes bribing or coercing them with money. You know me. You know I’m not like that. I just…. I had to come back. I just want to understand what I did. Why seemingly overnight you started hating me. I don’t get it.”
The desperation in his voice makes your resolve crumble. You had never seen Jake beg like this. He was always so confident and self-assured when he came to see you that you never imagined anything being able to rattle him. But apparently, you could.
Nodding softly, you said, “You’re right. I know you’d never do that. I’m sorry if that’s what it sounded like I meant. This isn’t about you or anything you did. I just can’t keep seeing you, Jake. I’m sorry.”
You tried to open the door again, but he kept his hand firmly in place. “Why? Des, talk to me! What is really going on?”
You knew if you wanted to, you could get him to let you leave. Jake wasn’t lying when he said he wouldn’t force anyone into anything they didn’t want, but he also knew you well enough at this point to tell the difference between a request and a demand. And so far, your mentions of leaving have just been a request. 
Maybe that was because deep down you did want him to know the truth. Maybe you wanted to see how he would react to it. Or maybe you just couldn’t bring yourself to cut Jake Seresin out of your life as you planned. 
Whatever the reason, you took a deep breath. Dropping your hand from the door handle, you wrapped your arms around yourself and turned your back to Jake as you walked towards the corner of the room. “To do this job, I have to set boundaries. And it’s gotten to the point where we’ve crossed my most important one. So I have to end this. I’m sorry.”
You heard Jake take a few steps closer to you, but he made no move to crowd or touch you in any way. “I can respect that, but what boundary did we cross? Maybe I can fix it, go back to before we crossed that line, and it can just be how it was before.”
You shook your head. “It’s not that simple, Jake. I can’t…. I can’t go back. You don’t know how badly I wish I could but I–” you squeezed your eyes closed tightly as you gathered the strength to say the next words “–I have to cut contact with a client if I develop feelings for them.”
For a moment, nothing happened. Your words hung in the air, filling the room with a weighty tension as you waited for Jake to react. For him to laugh at you. For him to slip out of the room. For him to embarrassingly try to reassure you it was okay but he could never have feelings for someone like you. You waited with bated breath for that hammer to drop and shatter your heart into pieces. 
But it never came. Instead, you felt a pair of strong arms encircle you from behind as Jake’s head rested against yours, his nose nuzzling against the place just above your ear. 
Squeezing you tightly against his broad chest, he purred, “You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to hear you say that.”
You turned in his arms so you were staring up at his face just inches from yours, not daring to believe the unspoken meaning behind his words. “Wh-what?”
“Des, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you since the moment you first walked through that door and smiled at me.” He brushed his hand across your cheek, his thumb softly rubbing circles over your cheekbone. “Why do you think I spend thousands of dollars a week just to see you? You told me the first night I came in here that you didn’t date clients. That our time in this room was all we would ever have. So, I figured if this was the only way I could be with you, I would take it.”
“Jake, I–”
“No. I know what you’re gonna say and I don’t want you to.” He pressed his forehead against yours, the tips of your noses brushing up against each other as he closed his eyes. “Let me hold onto this feeling for just a little bit longer. Let me pretend this could last.”
You leaned into him as you whispered, “I don’t understand. You could have any girl that you want.”
“Good. Because I want you.”
“You don’t even know my real name.”
His eyes opened and you were left staring into two sparkling green pools that made you weak in the knees. “I’m okay with that. Besides, I think Destiny is pretty damn perfect as it is.”
You laughed, the sound wet and bordering on a sob. This couldn’t be happening. Jake couldn’t feel the same way about you that you did about him. Not this millionaire Adonis who made you feel more respected than any man ever had– in or out of the club. This was the sort of fantasy you only saw in fairytales or romcoms, not real life. The rich, handsome bachelor didn’t fall for the stripper. That’s not how the world worked. 
And yet….
As his hand intertwined with yours and he gave it a tight squeeze, you made up your mind. Taking a deep breath, you muttered, “In for a penny….” and broke your second most important boundary— you pressed your lips against his.
Instantly, he surged forward as if you had broken down some invisible barrier that had been holding him back. His free hand cupped the back of your neck so he could tilt your head for a better angle, all the while his other hand remained firmly linked with yours. You melted into him, parting your lips to allow his tongue to slip between your lips. He tasted like mint and whiskey and you couldn’t get enough of it.
Finally releasing your hand, Jake slid his arm under your ass and lifted you up, your legs immediately encircling his waist. Without breaking your kiss, he carried you over to the couch– almost tripping on the coffee table –and sat down. You pulled yourself closer to him, your legs still wrapped tightly around him. Your core was pressed against him and as you rolled your hips, you felt him twitch in his pants. Smiling against his lips, you repeated the action several times and felt him hardening against you.
With a groan, Jake finally pulled his lips from yours. He was panting softly as he gazed at you with lust-filled eyes, but he said, “We don’t have to do this. Or anything. Don’t get me wrong, you have no idea how much I want to, but I need you to know this isn’t why I like you. Like you said, any girl in here could give me this. But only you can give me the amazing woman I’ve fallen for.”
You felt tears prickling at the corner of your eyes and you whispered, “Oh, shut up” before recapturing his lips.
While you kissed, your hands fumbled blindly with his belt but you eventually managed to get it open. However, as you started to slip your hands into the waistband of his slacks, he pulled back again and gently grabbed your wrists. “I thought you said in here we weren’t allowed to—”
“Screw it. I’m taking my break.” 
You giggled softly as his eyes grew wide and you slipped your hands from his grasp as you eased yourself back onto the floor. Kneeling in front of the couch, you spread his knees farther and slid in between them. As you reached for his zipper with one hand, your other quickly unhooked your bustier and threw it over the camera in the corner of the room. You knew you would probably get yelled at for that later, but right now you didn’t care. What you were about to do to Jake was not business but pleasure. And damn, was it going to be pleasurable. 
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Jake's Destiny: Crossing the Line
Fandom: Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, Jake “Hangman” Seresin, f!reader, stripper!reader
Summary: Jake was your best client until you told him he couldn't ask for you anymore. However, that doesn't stop him from coming back for you. Will you continue to brush him off or will you find the courage to admit the real reason you need to cut ties?
Word Count: 2208
TW: Love Confession, Fluff, Kissing, Light Grinding, Jake picks Reader up
Note: Thank you to @onebigfangirlworld for sending the made-up title request that sparked this idea (I didn't stick with the title but it is a line in the fic!). And thank you to @lorecraft for beta reading for me! 🥰 You are the best!
Series Masterlist (but can be read as a one-shot)
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You adjusted your bustier and your makeup one last time and slipped out of the dressing room. But as you began to head towards the bar, Charity grabbed your arm. "Oh, you have someone waiting for you in room number three."
You groaned. "Already? I've literally been on the floor for less than a minute."
She shrugged. "I don't know. Karma told me to tell you.”
You thanked Charity and headed to the private rooms in the back. While you much preferred working the floor or behind the bar, if you were going to get requested to one of the back rooms, it was better that it happened at the start of your shift before you got aggravated by the night's clientele. Though the patrons of The Hard Deck Gentleman’s Club were all still a class above those you had dealt with at your last job, you still got the occasional jackass who thought because he slapped down a stack of cash, you had to give him whatever he wanted. And it was hard enough plastering on a fake smile when you were in a decent mood but it was agony when the night had already drained you.
However, you began to reconsider your previous view of the situation when you opened the door and saw who was waiting for you. 
Dropping all pretense of coyness or niceties, you rolled your eyes as you let the door slam behind you. "What the hell are you doing here? Or better question, what the hell am I doing here? Karma was supposed to get you, not me."
"Yeah, well, I might have paid Karma a little extra to switch places with you for the night." 
As usual, Jake Seresin gave you a cocky grin as he settled back onto the couch with his whiskey in hand and a toothpick jutting from between his lips. He looked pristine as always in his perfectly tailored suit which probably cost more than your car and his hair was styled in that way where it looked slightly messy but you could tell took hours to perfect. He had opened the top of his crisp white shirt so you could see a glint of the gold chain he always wore and the first glimpses of chest hair poking out. He could have just walked off the set of a high-end photoshoot, and knowing Jake, he might have. 
Though he was the only other person in the room, he took up half the space with the way he was sitting: his arms draped all the way across the back of the couch while he sat with his legs spread open wide. He patted his left knee, indicating he wanted you to sit, but you remained where you were with your arms crossed over your chest.
You thought you had made it very clear last time he was here that he couldn’t ask for you anymore. There were plenty of other girls on shift who could give him whatever he needed. In fact, there wasn’t another girl here who wouldn’t be jumping at the chance to do so. 
Jake was a unicorn in a place like this. He had more money than God, yet treated all the girls with respect and dignity. Sure, he was a little arrogant and egotistical, but he was also considerate, and a surprisingly good listener. Plus, it didn’t hurt he was supermodel gorgeous. 
The first night he came in, he said he didn’t have a preference when it came to which girl joined him in the private room. You were the next one on the schedule so you had taken care of him. Though you had expected him to want as much of you as you would allow, that night he only wanted to talk while you straddled his thigh and lazily ground against it. You left an hour later with the biggest tip you had ever seen and Jake’s request to management that you would be his regular dancer from now on. Since then, he had come in a minimum of once a week and while your interactions did become more physical over time, he never ever tried to cross a line or go further than you allowed.
Which was why everyone else thought you were insane when you told them you would no longer be taking care of him when he came in. However, no one argued with your decision since it meant he was up for grabs. Knowing Jake’s tastes, you figured Karma would be the best one to take your place and had told him as such. Yet here he was waiting for you once again. 
"Jake, I told you, I’m done. I have other clients and other responsibilities here. I'm not your personal plaything who can drop everything just because you want me to."
He flicked his toothpick to the floor and calmly took a sip from his glass. "Well, why not? I pay you more for an hour of your time than you could make an entire night with those other 'clients'. And you know you enjoy it just as much as I do, so what’s the big deal?"
Stamping your foot, you cried, "The big deal is that I don't belong to you! Or to anyone! And if I say no, I mean it! So, I can either send Karma back in here or you can leave.”
You turned to go but Jake jumped to his feet, leaped over the glass table in front of the couch, and slammed his hand against the door blocking your exit. You didn’t turn your head, but your eyes flickered up to his face. “Let me go, Jake.”
He shook his head. “No, you don’t get to say that and then just walk away. Fine, I can be blunt and upfront about what I want, but I would never try to force anyone into anything they didn’t want. And that includes bribing or coercing them with money. You know me. You know I’m not like that. I just…. I had to come back. I just want to understand what I did. Why seemingly overnight you started hating me. I don’t get it.”
The desperation in his voice makes your resolve crumble. You had never seen Jake beg like this. He was always so confident and self-assured when he came to see you that you never imagined anything being able to rattle him. But apparently, you could.
Nodding softly, you said, “You’re right. I know you’d never do that. I’m sorry if that’s what it sounded like I meant. This isn’t about you or anything you did. I just can’t keep seeing you, Jake. I’m sorry.”
You tried to open the door again, but he kept his hand firmly in place. “Why? Des, talk to me! What is really going on?”
You knew if you wanted to, you could get him to let you leave. Jake wasn’t lying when he said he wouldn’t force anyone into anything they didn’t want, but he also knew you well enough at this point to tell the difference between a request and a demand. And so far, your mentions of leaving have just been a request. 
Maybe that was because deep down you did want him to know the truth. Maybe you wanted to see how he would react to it. Or maybe you just couldn’t bring yourself to cut Jake Seresin out of your life as you planned. 
Whatever the reason, you took a deep breath. Dropping your hand from the door handle, you wrapped your arms around yourself and turned your back to Jake as you walked towards the corner of the room. “To do this job, I have to set boundaries. And it’s gotten to the point where we’ve crossed my most important one. So I have to end this. I’m sorry.”
You heard Jake take a few steps closer to you, but he made no move to crowd or touch you in any way. “I can respect that, but what boundary did we cross? Maybe I can fix it, go back to before we crossed that line, and it can just be how it was before.”
You shook your head. “It’s not that simple, Jake. I can’t…. I can’t go back. You don’t know how badly I wish I could but I–” you squeezed your eyes closed tightly as you gathered the strength to say the next words “–I have to cut contact with a client if I develop feelings for them.”
For a moment, nothing happened. Your words hung in the air, filling the room with a weighty tension as you waited for Jake to react. For him to laugh at you. For him to slip out of the room. For him to embarrassingly try to reassure you it was okay but he could never have feelings for someone like you. You waited with bated breath for that hammer to drop and shatter your heart into pieces. 
But it never came. Instead, you felt a pair of strong arms encircle you from behind as Jake’s head rested against yours, his nose nuzzling against the place just above your ear. 
Squeezing you tightly against his broad chest, he purred, “You have no idea how much I’ve wanted to hear you say that.”
You turned in his arms so you were staring up at his face just inches from yours, not daring to believe the unspoken meaning behind his words. “Wh-what?”
“Des, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you since the moment you first walked through that door and smiled at me.” He brushed his hand across your cheek, his thumb softly rubbing circles over your cheekbone. “Why do you think I spend thousands of dollars a week just to see you? You told me the first night I came in here that you didn’t date clients. That our time in this room was all we would ever have. So, I figured if this was the only way I could be with you, I would take it.”
“Jake, I–”
“No. I know what you’re gonna say and I don’t want you to.” He pressed his forehead against yours, the tips of your noses brushing up against each other as he closed his eyes. “Let me hold onto this feeling for just a little bit longer. Let me pretend this could last.”
You leaned into him as you whispered, “I don’t understand. You could have any girl that you want.”
“Good. Because I want you.”
“You don’t even know my real name.”
His eyes opened and you were left staring into two sparkling green pools that made you weak in the knees. “I’m okay with that. Besides, I think Destiny is pretty damn perfect as it is.”
You laughed, the sound wet and bordering on a sob. This couldn’t be happening. Jake couldn’t feel the same way about you that you did about him. Not this millionaire Adonis who made you feel more respected than any man ever had– in or out of the club. This was the sort of fantasy you only saw in fairytales or romcoms, not real life. The rich, handsome bachelor didn’t fall for the stripper. That’s not how the world worked. 
And yet….
As his hand intertwined with yours and he gave it a tight squeeze, you made up your mind. Taking a deep breath, you muttered, “In for a penny….” and broke your second most important boundary— you pressed your lips against his.
Instantly, he surged forward as if you had broken down some invisible barrier that had been holding him back. His free hand cupped the back of your neck so he could tilt your head for a better angle, all the while his other hand remained firmly linked with yours. You melted into him, parting your lips to allow his tongue to slip between your lips. He tasted like mint and whiskey and you couldn’t get enough of it.
Finally releasing your hand, Jake slid his arm under your ass and lifted you up, your legs immediately encircling his waist. Without breaking your kiss, he carried you over to the couch– almost tripping on the coffee table –and sat down. You pulled yourself closer to him, your legs still wrapped tightly around him. Your core was pressed against him and as you rolled your hips, you felt him twitch in his pants. Smiling against his lips, you repeated the action several times and felt him hardening against you.
With a groan, Jake finally pulled his lips from yours. He was panting softly as he gazed at you with lust-filled eyes, but he said, “We don’t have to do this. Or anything. Don’t get me wrong, you have no idea how much I want to, but I need you to know this isn’t why I like you. Like you said, any girl in here could give me this. But only you can give me the amazing woman I’ve fallen for.”
You felt tears prickling at the corner of your eyes and you whispered, “Oh, shut up” before recapturing his lips.
While you kissed, your hands fumbled blindly with his belt but you eventually managed to get it open. However, as you started to slip your hands into the waistband of his slacks, he pulled back again and gently grabbed your wrists. “I thought you said in here we weren’t allowed to—”
“Screw it. I’m taking my break.” 
You giggled softly as his eyes grew wide and you slipped your hands from his grasp as you eased yourself back onto the floor. Kneeling in front of the couch, you spread his knees farther and slid in between them. As you reached for his zipper with one hand, your other quickly unhooked your bustier and threw it over the camera in the corner of the room. You knew you would probably get yelled at for that later, but right now you didn’t care. What you were about to do to Jake was not business but pleasure. And damn, was it going to be pleasurable. 
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rotbit · 1 year
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The Worm Question
Genre: Fluff
Format: Oneshot (wc: 900)
Content: gender neutral reader, Izaya being a little controlling (just in case), Izaya being bad at feelings
Notes: I just want to comfort him fr, he's my messed up little meow meow.
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The room was oddly quiet. A rare moment of peace, where all you heard was keyboard tapping, books being shelved, and the hushed noises of the city. This type of moment had grown unfamiliar ever since your relationship with Izaya.
If it were up to you, right now you would be at home, snuggled in bed. You would count the stars visible from your window, and let the moonlight kiss your eyelids as you drift to sleep. 
But it wasn't up to you. It was up to Izaya.
Last time you tried to go to bed without him, he had you fired from your job so you wouldn’t be as tired. The defense he used was that he could support you no problem, therefore, working a meaningless job was just a waste of your time and energy. Besides, all you did was complain about it and wish you could quit, so why wait? Once you got past the shock that he made the choice on his own, you realized he was right. That job drained you of everything you had, yet you felt obligated to stay. After all, the moment Izaya gets bored, you'll go back to being just another human, right? Yes, he should have included you, but you've come to learn that Izaya has an odd way of showing that he cares. So, instead of a restful evening, you sit on the couch in his office and wait for him to finish up whatever last minute work needs to get done. To fill time, you read a book. It wasn't particularly interesting, but it gave you something to do.
At some point, the keyboard stops. You stay focused on your book, waiting for Izaya to announce the end of the day like he always does. For a moment, you only hear distant cars. So, you startle a little when Izaya suddenly appears in front of you. He stands there for an awkwardly long amount of time as you continue to ignore him. Sighing, he sits down next to you, folding his arms behind his head. 
You’ve come to recognize this behavior as a test, as you expect most of his actions to be. But right now, you aren’t feeling up to being his entertainment. Not sparing him a glance, you turn the page, creating an almost deafening sound in the silent room. He remains still, and you start to consider reaching over just to make sure he’s breathing. Before you decide, he speaks up.
“Would you still love me if I was a worm?”
Behind you, Namie poorly stifles a laugh as she leaves to go home. You close your book and rest your elbow on top of it, rubbing your eyes. The questions he asks are never literal, so you take a moment to try deciphering what answer he’s really looking for. Was he trying to annoy you? Was he looking for a deep philosophical discussion about the morality of a human loving something that isn’t human? Is this a weird jab towards Shinra?
When no punchline is delivered, you peek past your hand at him for a clue. His head is propped up by his arms, facing forward with his eyes closed. There was a slight furrow in his brow, and his entire body looked tense.
Was he actually just asking for validation in the strangest way possible?
It’s no secret that Izaya is horrible with vulnerability. At times, your relationship felt like a mutual agreement to exist in each other's space and nothing more. Even ‘love’ was a foreign term outside of his blanket remarks, neither of you venturing to use it in a personal context. Regardless, you thought he had a little more dignity than to hide behind a school girl question like that. You set your book down on the coffee table before swinging yourself into his side.
“If you were a worm,” you pause to snuggle closer to him, “I would put you in a big tank of the richest dirt I could find, and feed you little cut up strawberry pieces.”
He doesn’t respond, although you feel his shoulders relax. Both of you stay like that for a while. You take note of the fact that his heartbeat is slightly quicker than usual, and his breathing is a little deeper.
"Do you think," he shifts to create some distance, "Worms can even feel love?" 
"Izaya, you are not a worm."
His eyes peek open to look at you. That wasn't the answer you were supposed to give. To have no regard for the careful dance around his true meaning, is boring. Not even a smile cracks his face as he stands up, ready to leave. You grab his wrist.
"Worms are a lot less complex than humans," your words bring a slight twitch to the corner of his mouth, "They don't think, nor have emotions in the first place. And if it were any other worm, I wouldn't care. The important factor is that it's you."
Despite his attempt to keep a neutral expression, you still notice the light in his eyes when he looks back at you. A swift grin splits his cheeks to cover up with his usual bastard energy. "How cute," he coos, pulling his arm from your grip, only to take your hand in his.
He may never acknowledge this moment ever again, but the tight squeeze around your palm says more than enough.
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yacinthemorning · 3 months
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Gundam Birdie
A Little Birdie
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Summary: Jimmy is a mobile suit pilot and the bad luck charm of his base whom the higher ups are done giving second chances to. It's the old beat-up relic Birdie he's been given or nothing. Lucky for him, the mechanic assigned to get her working is enthusiastic to help, but their friendship leads Jimmy back down roads he'd rather forget.
Ships: Jimmy & Tango (Platonic)
Warnings: War, death, violence, military, guns, fantasy politics, fantasy racism, trauma, alcohol, vomiting
There was something about the hangars that eased Jimmy’s heart. Realistically, they were the calm before the storm, and should have put the fear of the void into him, but he couldn’t help it. The echoes of clanking tools and pistons being tested. The scent of oil and burnt wires baked into the steel beams, the sight of people scrambling, heads buried in their tasks, ready to send machines into the field at the drop of the hat. In that environment, Jimmy faded into a shadow, an afterthought until launch, in the way at worst, a spare hand at best.
It almost made up for how wretchedly hot Earth was this time of year.
“You came back again, huh?” A bored voice drawled. 
Jimmy blinked away the stupor he’d lulled into, his neck cracking as he leaned forward out of the remains of his cockpit. The large gash down the shell of the once-pristine Birdie let him see without rising up completely where Martyn tapped his foot on the concrete floor. He didn’t even look up at Jimmy, eyes too busy with his tablet. “That I did.” Jimmy said, leaning against his console. Even if it could respond in its state, the Birdie was already drained. “Should I not have?” He joked.
“Do you want the funny answer or the actual answer?” Martyn finally glanced at him, eyebrow raised.
Jimmy didn’t need either. He wasn’t in the mood, and if he focused he could already hear the grumbling of the mechanics around him. ‘How on earth did he make it back in that?’ ‘Another one already?’ ‘We absolutely sure he isn’t trying to destroy our whole fleet?’ ‘At least it was one of those relics from the basement this time…’
‘Where’s the rest of the squad?’
He wiped the sweat collecting on his brow and shrugged. “What can I say, I specialize in running away.”
Martyn tsk’d him with his stylus. “Unfortunately for you, Blue, running away costs a fortune we aren’t authorized to spend. And might I remind you your debt to the EF is already high enough.”
“Oh, come on Martyn.” Jimmy whined. “Can’t you sweet talk Ren for me? Just this once?”
“Ren’s already stuck his neck out for your first three mobile suits.” They paused as the entire Birdie shifted, the platform below it dropping deep into the ground until Jimmy could heave himself over the edge and drop only a few feet. When he tried to throw his usual goofy grin at Martyn, though, the accountant just shook his head. “Look, Jim, you know Ren sympathises. His parents are Lunarian, he knows what you’re going through.” He sighed. “But you aren’t exactly returning the favour and-“
They were cut off once more as Jimmy jerked forward. The mechanic brushing past didn’t even bother with an apology. Jimmy’s gaze locked with their own disgusted glare as they walked off. Martyn leaned closer in, voice a harsh whisper. “- And you aren’t exactly doing a stellar job of making this all seem like a good idea to the nay-sayers.”
Jimmy laughed, scratching the back of his head. “Don’t be silly. What’s there to nay over about an experienced pilot, who’s an expert on the enemy, controlling a front-line mobile suit?”
Martyn gave him that tired look, frustration wrinkling his youthful face. “I think even if you weren’t a deserter that would be too flattering a description given your results so far. Do you know what it’s like just to convince someone to work with you?” A gesture towards the brutalized Birdie emphasized his words.
“Look, it’s not my fault that I’m sent into the trenches- “
“But it is your fault you keep coming back alone.”
Suddenly the dry summer air seemed like an ice bath. Jimmy was pretty sure he hadn’t meant to so bluntly state what was meant to go unspoken. He could feel the gaze of a nearby worker on his neck, hear the echo of a giggle from across the station. 
Martyn took a deep sigh, “I’m sorry Jim. There isn’t another one after this. This Birdie is your last chance. I can assign a specialist to the poor thing, but you have a shoestring budget to work with and if it ain’t operational by next launch then you're going to have to find somewhere else to complete your immigration assignment. That’s the good scenario where they let you go.”
He was screwed. He knew that the second he retreated from the skirmish. All Jimmy could do was agree and sign the papers Martyn put in front of him. When he left Jimmy turned back to the mobile suit and simply stared.
His fate was basically sealed. Jimmy had seen many a machine in his short lifetime. Maybe with a few months and top of the line care she could come back. The worst of it was superficial. But he knew from the struggle back to the checkpoint that the giant hole from a well-placed beam fried her internals. Its not as though Jimmy liked seeing the machines he’d dedicated his life to piloting in such a sorry state. He tried to take care of her just as much as the last half-a-dozen. Each of those multi-billion credit war machines were now rotting in landfills, though, and the prospects for this one were non-existent. 
Just the same as his former crewmates.
A whistle broke through his mulling. “You really weren’t gentle with her, were you?”
Jimmy spun on his heel, giving the newcomer an incredulous look. It was a mechanic, judging from the jumper, though it was red instead of the typical orange, and a black jean vest covered its upper half. Slightly shorter than Jimmy, but his messily swept back hair tried hard to compensate for it. The beginnings of wrinkles under his eyes gave away his greater age, and that the grin reaching ear to ear was probably a permanent fixture.
Most oddly his pupils were the deep red of Mercurian heritage.
He put out his hand, though he didn’t bother to take his eyes off the Birdie. “Name’s Tango. Been told I’m gonna be giving your mobile suit some personal TLC for the next couple weeks.” 
Jimmy squinted, calming the bubble of annoyance in his throat as he weakly shook Tango’s hand. “Jimmy.”
Now they were just treating him like a field of glass. That, or this guy was as much stuck with Jimmy as Jimmy was with him.
If he noticed Jimmy’s sudden tension, he didn’t care enough to take his eyes away from his assigned project. Rather, he seemed completely entranced by the busted heap. His grip fell away from Jimmy’s as almost an afterthought. It instead went to brush against the jagged metal of its shell, and dip in over the exposed reactor in its lower chest just below the cockpit. Jimmy winced. He really had been a hair’s breadth from blowing sky high.
“An MSF-71 Birdie, huh?” Tango practically cooed, like the museum piece was the coolest thing in the world. He moved on to its left arm, where the joint had been jammed by a piece of debris from the consulate Jimmy watched go up in flames. “And the frame’s in good shape besides what you’ve done to her. Man, they haven’t built one of these since…”
“The 36 EvO belt wars.” Jimmy supplied. Jimmy remembered seeing them on the news as a child, the complaints. Brand new and already being ditched for newer models of older fighters. They were made to be compact, light, easily transported with minimal fuel and speedy on the battlefield. What they actually were was incredibly prone to being taken out by the slightest bit of damage, and outpaced by sturdier suits with better propulsion systems. Always the first to go down on the battlefield, and the better mobile suits were screwed without their supporting flanks, so dragged their entire battalion with them.
Tango perked up, “Yeah, yeah! Didn’t even know we had any of these left. Oh, man.” He suddenly hauled himself right over the damage, scampering into the cockpit with his tablet. “The shoulder propulsion was removed and never replaced, though. Even if you’re sticking to land, that's a major disadvantage. And the frame’s got serious compatibility issues with these newer 95 mm barragers the EF’s so fond of slapping on everything. I’m surprised it didn’t straight up tear off the forearm.” He leaned back, a bit of awe in his gaze as it finally landed on Jimmy. “Dude, you’re a miracle worker to get this thing back this intact.”
When considering what that entailed that wasn’t all that high a praise, but it was the nicest thing someone had said to him in a while. Jimmy found himself soaking up the small bit of praise. He placed his hands on his hips and puffed out his chest. “Well, I’ve been doing basically nothing but pilot mobile suits for a decade now. I would hope I knew a few tricks.”
That actually sounded a bit pathetic when he said it out loud didn’t it? Tango just nodded excitedly, however, then pulled out his wrench. “Well, then, it’s your lucky day. Cause I’ve been doing basically nothing but repairing them for two. And this machine of yours, I think she’s got another shot if we crack our heads together.” He patted her side for emphasis.
Jimmy learned well, after his first suit went up in literal flames, not to get too attached to any mobile suit assigned to him. It wasn’t as though he had been very involved in the Birdie’s handling until now, either. There was still a part of him that became giddy, excited to see the poor old thing run again. He gave Tango a cautious smile back, holding out a hand to the mechanic to help him back down. “If you think so.”
“Oh, I know so.” Tango said, and Jimmy couldn’t help but believe him.
“Then what do you need me to do?”
-
“The main hurdle is our budget.” Tango said around a mouth full of burger. He tapped a sharpened nail against the schematics spread across the cafeteria table. “The right leg hydraulics, the main engine, the control system, and two of the thrusters all need full replacement thanks to those beams and the explosion you said you took. They ain’t big boys like some of the other frames, but they’ll need customization to fit such an old model.”
Jimmy nodded along, shoving another fry into his mouth. “And new guns. She needs something lighter on her joints.”
“Yeah, yeah!” Tango tapped away on his tablet. There was a long list of specs from the catalogues they were given to work with. “Normally I’d say ‘well that’s what laser cannons are for!’ But that’s definitely out of our price range. Besides just generally being expensive, I’m not sure your current reactor is strong enough to keep up with their energy needs, so we would have to get a new reactor too.”
Jimmy yanked one of the schematics out from the bottom of the pile. “And the Birdie’s frame is a weird class size for flanking, it’d need a specialty reactor on top of that.”
“Exactly!”
His chest warmed. Each new subject came with more and more bad news, but Jimmy hadn’t felt so hopeful in a long time. He leafed through the stack of dusty folders next to him, searching for the papers necessary to request test field time. A tablet was held out over his food tray, coming dangerously close to his coleslaw. Several potential lighter weight low-kick guns had been bookmarked, but so had some more unconventional weapons including a wire weapon. 
“She’s way too crushable and slow for direct melee combat, but I think a loadout like this might make your life exponentially better. A lot of these are going to have serious difficulty jabificating through even mid range armour, but a Birdie ain’t gonna be sent out alone to begin with.” Tango pulled it back slightly, a nervous quirk in his smile. “Though, they’d take some practice and strategy to make it work. You think you could do that?”
Jimmy gave him a thumbs up. “I’ll adapt.”
The cautious smile stretched into something more devious as he leaned in towards Jimmy to whisper. “Then I think I might have a way to shave some costs off our repairs, if you don’t mind a bit of dubious resourcing.”
Jimmy froze with a fry halfway into his mouth. Quickly he glanced around to make sure no one had heard the mechanic. “Tango, I’m on watch-“
“No, no, nothing that bad. I promise.” The blond waved off. “I just own my own scrapyard- well, it was a family ranch, but I had to sell the cattle off when I inherited the thing. Now the fields are full of spare bits and projects. I think I have these parts that just need a little spit and polish. That’ll save us a pretty penny, I reckon. We’ll just have to dig for them is all.” 
“Can we do that?” Jimmy asked incredulously. He was pretty sure if a personal collection of mobile suit parts just sitting out in the open on a ranch would get you shot for treason on Pluto.
Tango just winked. “Ren’ll look the other way, and Martyn won’t complain if it means our numbers are lower.”
“Then that’s fine by me.”
“You really came back again, Blue?” A harsh voice cut into the conversation. With a groan Jimmy turned his gaze away from a confused Tango as a gloved hand shoved against the back of his head. “Would you take the hint and kick the bucket already?” The pilot laughed, his two companions following suit.
Jimmy just shrugged. The laughter died, and when they realized they would get no reaction they grumbled and walked off. He waited until they were across the cafeteria before he let out a sigh, shaking his head, and turning back to the schematics. The energy from earlier had drained a bit, but he tried to bring it back with a friendly smile.
Tango still had an eye on the retreating pilots, claw scraping across his screen as his nose scrunched up. “Some people really got a sick sense of humour, huh.”
“You don’t have to pretend not to know.” Jimmy said. Tango flinched. With a sigh, Jimmy shook his head. “Even soldiers from other bases know about the Plutonian deserter who always comes back alone. Always finds the danger and always leaves everyone else to deal with it.”
“It’s only ‘deserter’ to the Plutonians. On this side it’s ‘asylum seeker’.” 
“With all due respect and appreciation, I don’t think I’ve met a crewmate who cared for the difference. When your reputation is having no loyalty, it doesn’t much matter what side you’re supposed to be on.”
“Doesn’t exactly do much to inspire loyalty to begin with, does it?” Tango mused, turning his attention to the last bite of his burger. He tapped the screen of his tablet. A feed came up, familiar to Jimmy but from a different angle. There was the Birdie, in formation with another mobile suit, before it split away from him right towards an enemy unit. It was muted, but Jimmy could still hear his own voice warning about a hidden patrol only he had spotted, and the shout he got back for daring to not follow. It would have cut off, just as the head of the suit was dissolved by an unseen laser cannon in the feed.
Jimmy’s stomach twisted at the sight of it occurring a second time. Why’d he have to pause it there? Tango scoffed. “I reviewed the footage during prep, you know. Not a fire alarm’s fault if people ignore it. It’s kinda hard to be a team player when your team is the smug idiots we got around here, who care more about where you came from than the war you’re both supposed to be fighting.”
“Don’t say something like that out loud.”
“But that’s what’s supposed to be so great about Earth, isn’t it?” Sarcasm laced his muffled voice. “S’why my old man came here, at least. ‘Everyone’s welcome, all those other planets are strict and exclusive. Come back to Earth for unending opportunity!’ Then they turn around on you the second you show up, even while you’re giving them your life.”
Jimmy had heard that all before from other immigrants. Not before he came here, as he did so with the official and doomed mission to break through the impenetrable Karman Defense as an enemy soldier, but he had heard their whispers after. The harsh line between the preached dream and enacted reality. It made no difference to Jimmy – It wasn’t Pluto and that’s all that really mattered – but he did empathize with those tricked into believing they would be more warmly welcomed.
   “So, you’re second generation?” He asked, trying to steer the conversation back to something more appropriate, less likely to get them court martialled.
“No, but I was so young I might as well be.” Tango shrugged, the grin returning to him. “You know, it’s a bit chilly but there’s actual real food and jobs, so here I am.”
“Chi- This planet is absolutely boiling!” Jimmy melted against the table with whine. Tango cackled and reached over to muse his hair.
“We need to stick you in the cooler.”
“Genuinely, that sounds wonderful about now.” He admitted. “You deal with this summer thing every year?”
“Only in the temperate zones. Head south and you can experience it year-round on the equator.”
“I think not!”
They both laughed, and while it never returned to the high energy of before, the atmosphere slowly warmed again. Soon they were once more engrossed into plans for the Birdie. By the end of the day they had high hopes and a door-stopping stack of papers to drop on Martyn’s desk. But they didn’t separate yet. 
Outside of official work hours Tango dragged him off to discuss the grey area that was the parts in his scrapyard, and to spitball modifications that they most certainly would not get away with. It was quickly apparent that, unlike Jimmy, Tango was exactly where he wanted to be as far as dream jobs went. The man was a bonafide mobile suit nerd, and though Jimmy knew his stuff Tango quickly delved into things far outside Jimmy’s pay grade. 
The way he talked… Jimmy could tell he put it out of his mind what they were being used for and more so how they did it. Maybe not naïve or ignorant, but certainly not fully reconciled on the fact that his passion was war machines.
“Well, there’s plenty that are for construction and transportation…”
“But?”
“I mean, you’re not allowed to give a construction mobile suit an arm mounted laser.”
Yeah, he was certainly a little ridiculous. He was so excited to be given the clearance to do pretty much anything he wanted to Jimmy’s Birdie, though. The cogs of his brain were running faster than even his mouth could keep up with. So, Jimmy tried his best to keep up, listen to him ramble while he gently reminded him that even if you could get it to work, a cannon like that was very much illegal across the entire solar system .
“But think of how cool it would be! And I got it all worked out on how to get over the reactor hard cap-“
Jimmy let out a disbelieving laugh.
Part of Jimmy wanted to put a clock or something in front of Tango, see if he pulled it apart instinctively. Like some species of mechanic creature.
The two hardly noticed until both were being screamed at by superiors that their conversation carried them long past curfew. If Jimmy was honest, it was the first time he almost felt welcome on Earth, like he was more than not-even-tolerated. If at the end of these next few weeks they failed and Jimmy was given the boot, at least he would have one fond memory of the horrid base.
-
Martyn handed back Tango’s tablet with a shake of his head. “I’m sorry, guys, but I just can’t get this approved. I even pulled in a favour to get the price down, but they said there’s no way they would okay this engine for a beat-up relic.”
 “They’re the ones that wanted the thing repaired in the first place!” Tango growled, glaring down at the rejection notice.
Jimmy clasped his hands together. “Martyn please. We’re so close to done and there’s only a few days left.”
“Even if I did pull off the miracle of the century and, like, saved the entire review board’s families from a burning roller coaster or something to magically get them on my side, there’s not way we could get it made and shipped here on time anyways.” He gave a sigh and shrug before he returned to his desk. “I got you so much. Your weird tripwire thingamajig – and dear lord Tango I don’t know what crypt you raided to even find that catalogue, do you know what a wild goose chase it was just to find the company that made it? But there really is no more I can do. You’re well out of luck and credit at this point. I’m not even sure if you could get a bottom-line engine, in fact. I really am sorry, but you’ll have to find another solution.”
Jimmy’s heart sank. 
“… Okay.” Tango said.
Both other men turned to him, eyebrows raised. “What.” Jimmy asked flatly.
“Okay.” Tango repeated, hands up in surrender before one hooked around Jimmy’s elbow. “We get it, you won. We’ll rub our noggins together and think of something else to get her up and running. Sorry for bothering you.”
Martyn had never looked more suspicious but nodded anyways. The two men left the accountant’s office and back out towards the hangars.
“Is that really it?” Jimmy asked desperately. In the last two weeks they had done so much work on his Birdie. Literal blood, tears, and sweat were spent to get her to the point she was now at. “What are we going to do?”
“Calm down, bird boy.” Tango patted his arm, leaning into him. “I got a plan.”
“A plan?” It was then Jimmy realized they were not heading towards the mobile suit hangar at all, but towards the trucks. He gave Tango a wary side eye. “What are you planning?”
“We’re taking a little trip to town.” Was all Tango said. Soon enough they were in the biggest truck they could get approved for use and being waved through the checkpoint. Jimmy fiddled nervously with the buttons of his uniform, eyes darting about for any sign they had been followed. Tango? Tango was as cool as a cucumber, humming along to the radio as he slipped on the bright red glasses he always wore off-base. Where he kept them Jimmy had yet to figure out. The song slowly died out and gave way to the news.
“Reports have revealed that the rogue freighter that passed the Lunar Sanctuary last week is housing over two hundred Plutonian refugees and is now currently en route to Earth. Sanctuary has turned them away due to overcrowding and famine amongst their own citizens.” 
“Bunch of bleeding hearts up there, they don’t even have space anymore.” Tango joked. “They’re just going to find the other end of the same war if they drop here, though.”
Jimmy nodded mindlessly, watching the farmlands. “Cow.” He muttered mostly to himself as they past a field of black and white dairy cattle.
“President Xisuma has had calls from both sides arguing whether to grant the large group their asylum request. Individuals close to the president, however, report that he is leaning towards approval. The president’s opposition have started to call him out, “President Xisuma’s approved six other groups from Pluto in as many months.” Says one party leader. “He seems determined to let anyone bypass our immigration process entirely if they show up with no shoes and a sob story. By the end of the year Pluto won’t even have to invade, their whole population will be on Earth and aiding the rebels to overthrow the EF.” Mobile suits posted on the Karman Defense are already mobilizing to intercept days before their arrival.”
Tango shook his head. “As on top of things as ever up there.”
“Hard to hide in open space.” Jimmy pointed out. He put his elbow up on the window, palming his chin. “There’s a reason it’s impenetrable despite how thin they’re spread.”
“So how did you get through?” The red glasses fell down Tango’s nose as he tilted his head. “I woulda thought it was shoot on sight for an enemy mobile suit.”
 Jimmy felt a shudder down his spine. “It was.” The days Jimmy spent begging for mercy were not memories he enjoyed recalling. He was glad they had not invaded his dreams much, drowned out by other memories not as dramatic but worse in their own ways. “I’m not entirely sure how I managed, to be honest. Dumb luck I survived long enough to get a word in on a good day I suppose. My suit certainly didn’t.” He blinked out at the field where a gangly roan creature pranced along the fence. “Horse…”
A hand came up to his shoulder and rubbed comfortingly. “You must love piloting to go through the trouble of becoming one again after all that.”
Jimmy shook his head. “Not really. But it’s all I’m good at. Well, I thought I was.”
“Hey, planet-side warfare’s nothing like space warfare. I mean neither are good, and I’ve never been in either, but you have to be decent for Pluto to send you all the way to Earth to try and break through the KD.”
A snort escaped Jimmy. He wished it was that cool. “No one else wanted to go on a suicide mission. I’m just the sucker who volunteered… cows.” They were brown this time. Beef cattle. They were almost there.
“We’re here.” The truck pulled up to a gated dirt road. Trees lined the perimeter but far down the path Jimmy could already see the ruddy roof of an old farmhouse. Still, the driveway was long, through acres and acres of overgrown fields, dotted with masses. Some had tarps thrown over them, but other heaps we exposed to the elements, rust creeping into their metal. Jimmy had come here with Tango a few times in the past weeks for some spare parts. His nerves returned, as they pulled to a stop and hopped out. Those were all small bits and bobs, not a full engine.
Tango rambled aloud as he went towards the old red bar. “I thiiink I got something similar to what we wanted out in the north field, but if that doesn’t work I know for a fact there’s another engine just out back. It’d need a lot of modifications to work, though, so I wanna check for the other one first.”
Jimmy helped push the doors wide open and hook up a trailer to an old green tractor. Tango was happy to throw the keys to him and sit on the back, directing him towards their quarry with one arm while the other was slung over the back of the seat.
It was one of his big finds. The entire upper half of a mobile suit was on top of several plastic tarps with several more nailed down over top. It didn’t stop rainwater from pooling under completely, but it went a long way to preserving the important parts. An hour later they had it cracked open and the engine hauled up with pulleys and make-shift cranes.
“This is definitely it. Look at that, those are the exact cylinders on the one we were gonna buy!” Tango squealed, patting the piece of machinery like it was a good dog. Jimmy chuckled to himself as he watched, listened to the engineer part of Tango’s brain take over control of his mouth. Two more hours later the engine was confirmed okay, wrapped up, hauled back to the house, and set inside the truck.
Jimmy relaxed into the rocking chair on Tango’s porch, gazing out at the mess of a ranch fondly. It almost looked like the various vehicles were their own sort of creature being grazed in the fields. Even overgrown the land had its charm. Certainly green grass and bushy oaks were a far cry from the cold landscapes of Pluto.
The porch door was thrown open, Tango shimmying through with a big grin, a bigger platter, and a pitcher of ice-tea. “Afraid I don’t have much in the fridge, so I hope you don’t mind frozen wings.”
“Not at all.” Jimmy replied, clearing some of the tools they’d left out on the table to give the blond room to place his haul. He’d changed fully now, into an oversized red sweater with a fire hazard symbol across the front – a prized possession, Jimmy had learned – paired with well-worn grey jeans and old runners.  All of Jimmy’s casual clothing was back at the barracks, but he’d relieved himself of the stuffy uniform coat and heavy boots for a loaned pair of outdoor slippers.
Tango collapsed into the other rocking chair while Jimmy poured the drinks. The engineer took a glance at the glasses and smirked, reaching behind him to pull out a half-empty bottle of rum. “Care for a kick?”
Jimmy raised his eyebrow, lip twisting disapprovingly, before he readily held out his glass across the table to let Tango pour as much as he liked into the drink. Probably a mistake. He got a chuckle, and far more alcohol than he really bargained for. Hopefully it would be out of his system before they returned…
“I gotta say.” Tango sighed, settling into his chair for good now. “Whenever I’m out here, I think I get it.”
“Get what?” Jimmy mumbled past a cautious sip. He jerked back slightly. Definitely way too strong.
A hand gestured out towards the ranch, glowing in the evening sun. “Why everyone is always trying to come to Earth. Out here where there’s no one to bother you, it's beautiful. There’s so much space, so many colours, so much time. Never really appreciated it much as a kid.”
Jimmy smiled. “Yeah.” His eyes fell closed as a comfortable silence fell over the pair for once. The smell of mediocre food and too much rum mingled with the distant rustle of leaves and crickets. And he wondered how he ever managed without this, ever thought the hangar was a refuge from the world when this existed only a few miles down the road…
He wasn’t sure how long they stayed like that. The wings were gone, thankfully taking the brunt of the rum. The sky had turned red before he had even noticed. He sat up with a groan, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles. “We need to get back soon.” 
“Hey, Jimmy?”
“Yeah?” Where had he put his boots?
“Why do you pilot?”
He paused, turning back to Tango who was staring at him from his chair. His arms were folded behind his head, glasses perched precariously on his nose, but his gaze carried an intensity greater than Jimmy had ever seen in their brief time together. 
He looked away. “It’s all I know how to do. I don’t have any other skills. So I do this.”
“Liar.”
“Wha-” Jimmy spun back around incredulously. “What’d you say?”
Tango’s glare felt like it was looking right into his soul. “Liar. I’ve seen all sorts of pilots in my time, Jimbo. People who do it for the paycheck, creeps who just want the means to kill. I’ve seen the strangest pilots around, but you… I’ve seen how you are around that Birdie. Like you’re asking something from it. You aren’t some nine-to-fiver about it. You know so much about mobile suits-“
“Not as much as you.”
“But more than most, more than even other pilots!” Tango insisted. “More than you just pick up from work. Be honest, why do you do it? Why did you take up piloting in the first place?”
Jimmy sucked in a breath. Did he know how painful the memories he was asking Jimmy to recall were? Why did he need to know to begin with? The air was cooling rapidly with the setting sun. Tango patiently waited, no intent to let the question go.
Stupid words he should have never said echoed in the back of his mind. If I don’t do something, nothing will change.
With a shaky voice and glazed eyes, Jimmy replied. “I wanted… There was someone- people, that I wanted to help.”
“And piloting a mobile suit was how you decided to help?” Tango’s voice had gone almost giddy, leaning forward in his rocking chair.
Jimmy reluctantly nodded. His fists clenched tightly against his shirt. “No one else would.”
Tango stared for another long moment. Then, a grin broke across his face. He reached over and grabbed Jimmy’s nearest hand before bringing it up close to his mouth like he could whisper a secret into it. “… There’s something special I want to ask.”
Jimmy hesitated, but eventually he gave his mechanic a consenting grunt. 
“Have you ever heard of a gundam frame?”
-
Tango punched in a code onto the lock of an iron vault-like door. It whirled to life, slowly easing itself open. Jimmy could still hear the blood pumping through his ears overtop of it. On the other side was a black, echoing void. Tango took one more assuring glance behind him to Jimmy then walked straight into the darkness. Jimmy’s legs shook, but he forced himself forward.
Just as he entered the void there was the sound of a heavy switch being flipped, and light blindingly filled the room. Jimmy had to squint, hand raised to block out the harsh fluorescent lights until he could get his bearings. He could hear Tango fast walk past him, the steps echoing infinitely into what must have been an enormous room.
When he finally dropped his hand the first thing he was greeted with was an enormous metal face. Jimmy felt himself stop breathing. A mobile suit, but not just any. It stood eighteen meters tall, a whole third taller than the Birdie, and most of it an unpainted grey, though Jimmy could see chips of yellow and blue left here and there. Its face was strikingly human compared to most other frames, looking much like a pilot wearing a mask itself, except for a sharp protrusion along its brow. It was too pointed to resemble the bill of a helmet, more like the beak of a bird, and in some small way reminded him of the Birdie’s profile. Despite that, it was otherwise unlike any mobile suit Jimmy had ever seen.
In front of them was a gundam. 
… And it was encased in a giant bunker under Tango’s farmhouse.
Jimmy jerked his head towards the mechanic, who was messing with a control panel to bring everything to life. Looking around, the bunker lacked much of the professional equipment of the base, and even the mobile suit station looked almost cobbled. The corners were filled with more spare parts like the fields above, gutted and cannibalized and left under tossed-over tarps to wait for further disassembling. While the gundam itself was clearly old, its various parts were a mix of ages.
“Have you…” Jimmy swallowed. “Have you been repairing it?”
An enormous mischievous smirk stretched across Tango’s face. “Me, and my old man before me.” His hand found Jimmy’s shoulder as he approached the consoles, holding the stunned pilot stable, and gazed affectionately up at the mobile suit. They found themselves in a lift, slowly raising them up to its chest. “He came here two years before us to prepare the farm. While he was digging he found something peculiar. It took most of my childhood for us to dig this out. Lot grander father-son project than some old car, eh?”
“I’ll say.” Jimmy’s voice came out breathy and shaking. His hand brushed against its body as they came to a stop, to see if it was truly real. It suddenly jerked into motion, chest pulling open until its cockpit was fully revealed. 
Tango took Jimmy’s hand and gently guided him inside the frame. “You thought your Birdie was old? This baby’s straight out of the Three-Year War!” He spoke fast, giddy as a kid in a candy store. “It’s almost fully functional, too, with all the repairs me and pa did. The only problem is… Well…”
Tango nudged his head towards the main console, guiding Jimmy’s hand towards it. Confused and more than a bit terrified, Jimmy’s hand hesitantly grazed across the dusty screen. It suddenly illuminated, and like a chain reaction so did the rest of the cockpit. The buzz of its reactor surged down Jimmy’s spine. Beneath his fingertips displayed a start up screen, system information pouring in too fast for Jimmy to read, except one piece. A name.
“XXS Gundam…” He muttered as it appeared. “Alpha-13… Canary?”
His hand pulled away as he looked to Tango for answers. The mechanic stared down at the console with breathless awe, before that same look was turned on Jimmy.
The pilot jumped at the elated shriek that escaped Tango as he wrapped an arm around Jimmy’s shoulder. “Look at that! She likes you! You really got her to respond!”
“Wh- What?”
“All this time neither me nor my pa could get her to wake up, but I knew it. I knew she’d like you! Canary, huh? I don’t think I’ve heard-”
“What are you talking about?” Jimmy squeaked. “What do you mean she likes me?”
Tango finally paused, though he could not wipe the smile off his face. “Have you ever heard of ‘the ghost in the machine’?”
Jimmy hesitated, then nodded. “I… Think so?” 
“They say there’s one in every gundam frame, that they have a mind of their own. Not just anyone can pilot a gundam, only someone they choose. I know, I know! It sounds like superstitious mumbo jumbo, but we tried over and over to get her to respond to us. We never got nothing! But now- Jimmy.” Tango’s eyes widened once again in awe. “You got her to wake up. She likes you .”
Jimmy had no idea what to do with that information.
-
“So what now?”
They’d switched back into their proper uniforms, finished tying down the engine to the truck, and started back towards the base.
“What do you mean?” Tango asked, a chipperness to his voice that told Jimmy he knew exactly what the pilot meant.
Jimmy pouted. “Tango, you have the Mona Lisa of war machines in your basement and according to you it apparently ‘likes me’. What does that mean, what do we do? Are you going to tell the base? How illegal is it?”
“Shoot, that might be a good point.” He said, still in that tone. He didn’t elaborate.
Jimmy puffed up his cheeks. “A good point! You’re bloody right it’s a good point! So what do we do now?”
Tango hummed, making a show of tapping his chin. “Right now? Head back to base and get some shut eye. We gotta install this engine into your Birdie tomorrow morning, after all.”
“Tango-”
“It’s all fine, Jimmy!” He grinned. “We’ll come back out and do some more tests once you got your job secure.”
“More tests? On our own?”
“If we tell them about Canary right now then they’ll stompy-stompy their way in and take her away. Then neither of us will see her again. You really want that?”
“Tango I can’t pilot a gundam, I’m about to lose my ability to pilot at all.”
“You really gonna let someone else pilot your gundam?”
“It’s not mine , and you said it can choose a pilot for itself.”
“Well I chose you, and she agreed. So that’s that. I ain’t letting no one else pilot her.”
Jimmy wanted to argue but it died in his throat, unsure what he could possibly say. He leaned back in his seat instead and let out a deep sigh. “You’re something else, Tango.”
A maniacal giggle escaped the engineer. Jimmy couldn’t help but smile.
-
Martyn turned off his tablet. “Your machine’s been approved for duty.”
Jimmy and Tango cheered and high fived, a display that got them an eye roll from Martyn. Ren leaned over his desk with a chuckle. “Congratulations, my dudes. You're back in service! I’ll get you scheduled for a few tests and local missions as soon as possible.” 
“Thanks, Ren.” Jimmy said as sincerely as he could. “We really appreciate everything you’ve done for us.”
The director just waved it off, but Martyn raised an eyebrow. The two higher-ups exchanged a glance before Ren spoke up. “Actually, there was one more thing. A caveat of sorts.”
“This is still your last mobile suit.” Martyn continued for him. “If you bust this one up you’ll be put on standby again until it’s repaired, or let go. We would prefer you to exercise more caution than you have been, regardless, but understand that your situation is still precarious, Jim.”
“I… understand.” Jimmy bowed slightly. “I’ll do my best to be careful.”
Martyn snorted, shaking his head. “Well, now, we can’t exactly trust that after your track record, now can we, Ren?”
“No.” Ren propped his chin up on his hands with a smirk. “No, we most certainly cannot, Martyn.”
Jimmy swallowed hard, a stone weighing down his gut. “What-”
“So, Tango.” Ren didn’t let him speak. All eyes turned to the mechanic, who flinched at suddenly being the centre of attention. He dumbly pointed to himself, to which Ren nodded. “Since you did so well once already, we’ve decided to permanently assign you to the upkeep of Jimmy’s Birdie.”
“Lord knows the poor thing’ll need it.” Martyn muttered.
Tango blinked, then blinked again, then turned to Jimmy who was just as shocked. The taller shuffled his feet nervously and stuck out his hand with a small smile. “Um, well, if you’re okay with it, I’d certainly love to keep working on her with you.”
Tango grabbed his hand with a bit too much force and shook it enthusiastically. “I’ll absolutely be your mechanic, of course!” 
Ren clapped. “That’s great! Cause you didn’t actually have a choice. We’ve already done all the paperwork, you see. So, it’d be a real bummer if not.”
“Jumped the gun a bit on that one.”
The four men all had a laugh before Ren started going into what it all entailed. Jimmy couldn’t quite fully listen. His chest swelled with warmth, mind buzzing with excitement. For once he felt almost eager to get back on the field, to put what they had made to the test. He snuck a glance to Tango, who gave him a thumbs up and huge grin- he was just as excited. And for a brief moment Jimmy thought perhaps things were finally looking up, that maybe he could not only survive, but thrive.
-
Jimmy leaned back in his Birdie’s seat, taking in a deep, calming breath.
“Excited?”
He let out a squawk at the voice almost right in his ear. “You trying to scare the life out of me?”
Tango quirked an apologetic grin for only a half second before shoving his tablet in Jimmy’s face. “Ran a few extra tests and compared them to the last week’s worth of missions, since you got here so early. She’s all ready to go.” His head tilted in amusement. “Must be nice to finally get off-base with her again.”
“It’s just a patrol.” Jimmy insisted, though his fingers vibrated with too much energy.
“You probably like those, though, right?” 
“… It is better than just glorified tests.”
They both let out a small laugh. Tango reached over and ruffled his hair, patted the side of the cockpit, then pushed off to climb back down and start up the launch. They exchanged a thumbs up, everything ready on both ends, and the machine whirled to life around Jimmy.
The seal closed. Screens lit up at the same moment, allowing Jimmy to see out at all angles. Each system slowly came online while he adjusted their settings and conditions. Finally, he slipped on his helmet – a far cry from procedure for space flight where he would be yelled at for not already dawning the obnoxious thing by the time he reached his mobile suit. Really, on land he didn’t need it at all, but it was a comfort.
As soon as he did Tango’s voice, distorted by the crackle of radio waves, once again filled his ears. “Hey, by the way.” Jimmy could hear his grin. “Got the whole long weekend off. Mercurian holiday. When you’re done with your patrol you should come out to the ranch and celebrate with me.”
More Tango code for ‘let me talk your ear off about gundams as I try to convince you to crawl into one’ . There hadn’t been a day in the last week he didn’t ask, with varying subtlety. Jimmy shook his head, huffing into his mic. It swiftly transformed into a proper frown as a thought occurred to him. “Hang on, why’re you still here this morning, then?”
“I wasn’t gonna miss my little buddy’s first real mission launch!” He replied incredulously.
Jimmy rolled his eyes. Of course. “Yep, my very first mission in ten whole years.”
 “Ahahaha. Get out of here. And bring both of you home intact this time, why don’tcha?”
“Yes, dear.” Jimmy said with a snicker. “See ya.”
The comm clicked off, replaced by a robotic voice that matched to the text on a side screen narrating each step of the launch. Birdie rattled beneath him as it was moved into place. Hangar doors opened, the path was cleared out, and the clasps that kept his Birdie in place released. Jimmy pushed forward slowly, making sure all systems were warmed up.
Across the runway two mobile weapons and a suit, a Gorgon II Custom, waited already. Three connections linked to his Birdie.
“Took you long enough!” Cleo said, the Gorgon’s signal lighting up. “I was about to break out some tea.”
“Tea sounds lovely right now, actually, and I’m pretty sure you’re here early.” Jimmy replied. “But sorry.”
She turned her Gorgon around and started up propulsion towards the north Gate. “Just don’t fall behind on the patrol or I’ll ditch all of you.”
“Sure thing.” His face pulled into a frown. He’d almost forgotten.
“Then let’s get this over with, babysitting you is way too beneath my pay grade.” Was the last thing she said before she rocketed off.
One of the mobile weapons Jimmy wasn’t familiar with snickered through the comms. “She’s just salty about her punishment.”
“Maybe she should have thought of that before she went totally berserk in Hermiton.”
Jimmy shuddered. The images past around of the incident were damning, even if he never quite got the details. He’d not worked with her much at all in the year he had been on earth, but he heard things. One of the EF’s current longest lasting pilots, a talented one at that, able to pilot anything given to her, who nevertheless somehow had a combat streak about as victorious as Jimmy’s own. 
Until Hermiton, that was. More than a little hesitantly, he followed after the Gorgon. 
A half hour later they reached the border and began their patrol proper. Jimmy flipped on the autopilot, linking onto Cleo to test if it was functional again. In the meantime, he pulled up their route on his main screen. They’d be back by 10:00 if they did as they should. A smile crept onto Jimmy’s face as he examined the last leg of the route. They’d be close enough to Tango’s ranch that Jimmy might even be able to see it. Maybe he could take a picture for the mechanic. Knowing him he already knew they were coming and had his own camera set up. They could exchange them once Jimmy went home.
“Eyes open, Blue.” Cleo said. “You’re drifting.”
“Sorry.” He quickly snapped autopilot off again and flipped his cameras out fully. As soon as he did so the detection systems pinged. Up in the skies something descended from space. Zooming in, it was a long cargo ship. He nearly bit his tongue. Jimmy didn’t need the ID tags to recognize a Plutonian craft. “South-East, in the stratosphere, there’s a Plutonian ship.” He called.
 There was a brief silence as the other three searched. “Oh, that?” Cleo replied. “Didn’t you hear the news? Those Plutonian refugees are touching down today. They must have just descended through the KD.”
“Look at that, Blue. Soon we’ll have a whole troupe of runaways for you to cry with.” The first mobile weapon sneered. Jimmy tightened his grip on his controls, keeping his lips sealed as they continued on. 
An annoyed grunt escaped Cleo. “Focus on the mission!”
“Relax, Cleo, it’s just a patrol.”
“I don’t care if it’s wiping your arse. You will concentrate on the mission or get left behind.”
Jimmy, lowered their volume, focused on the descending ship instead. It was shockingly close. He was vaguely aware of the spaceport it must be landing at. No one had mentioned to him that they would be touching down in the vicinity, though. As rudely as it was said, there was a small part of Jimmy that warmed at the thought of more Plutonians being nearby, at least for a while. Maybe he could go and ask…
“Blue!” Cleo’s shout broke through his mulling. “You’re drifting again!”
“Sorry.” He squeaked and turned his attention back to the route.
Then the screen went white. Jimmy blinked, got as far as opening his mouth to alert Cleo before the ground began to rumble. His Birdie shook, then nearly toppled over as a blast punched into the patrol. His head smacked into the side of his chair, and the rumble of the metal machine drown out the mobile weapon pilots’ shouts. Two more barrages hit one after another, until Jimmy’s whole body felt scrambled.
Everything slowly settled around them, more voices joining in on the shouting both from their squad and base. Jimmy reoriented himself and his cameras. There, on the horizon they were just gazing at, were three enormous plumes of smoke. His comm squealed painfully, forcing his attention on readjusting it.
“-spaceport, reroute immediately!” An operator shouted.
“On it!” He heard Cleo say back, already turning.  Jimmy and the mobile weapons followed soon after. The plumes expanded as they approached, smaller explosions joining in. Across the tarmac was the scattered remains of the ship, the station behind it completely crumbled. Staff and refugees alike darted around, confused and scared. Some other mobile weapons were already there, firing in on the ship. Out from within its haul rolled out mobile weapons of their own, far more familiar to Jimmy, and began to fire back. Stray beams and bullets were going everywhere, unsure who was enemy in the maze of smoke and panic.
Part of the ship where a dozen refugees hid lilted forward. A sickening series of metallic pops filled the air. Jimmy darted his Birdie forward, propelling its foot into a spin to slide around the screaming group and stretched her arms out wide. The wall finally collapsed, smashing into Birdie’s back. Jimmy was jerked forward in his seat, and he could hear the poor mobile suit’s brand-new light armor crunch under the wall’s weight.
There was no time to worry about that, though. He flipped on his speakers and shouted, “Evacuate the premises, now!” The terrified group hesitated at first, but two soon took charge and the rest followed them like a herd to the edge of the tarmac where others were gathering.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Shouted Cleo as she rolled the Gorgon up beside him and lifted the wall with ease. “You’re supposed to be my flanker, don’t rush in!”
Jimmy grunted, pushing his Birdie to stand back up and regain his bearings through the sirens now blaring across his console. “You wouldn’t have made it in time.” He muttered.
“Yeah, and I wouldn’t have tried. Look at you!” 
Taking in his alerts for the first time, she was right. Though not a large barrage, his Birdie had taken fire pushing into what was now clearly becoming enemy lines that they were now both deep within. Gorgon had also taken damage, more hits but far fewer penetrating its heavy armor and shield.
“Sorry…”
“Stop apologizing and start doing your job right!”
“Cleo look- AUGH!” 
The comm fuzzed out just as an explosion burst behind them. Both mobile suits twisted towards the wreckage. Jimmy sucked in a breath at the sight of the mobile weapon, an axe splitting the machine open like a log. Fire and choking smoke flared out from the fatal wound, only a small puddle on the concrete below giving any closure to the status of the pilot within.
A heavy mechanical foot slammed down into the destroyed mobile weapon from beyond the smoke, the axe wrenching up and out to swing high before it slowly descended onto the shoulder of a silhouetted figure. Slowly it pushed forward until the red face of a mobile suit emerged fully.
Through the static on the comm was a pitched voice, distorted and cold. “-im-y?”
Jimmy’s blood ran cold.
No…
“Enemy mobile suit on the ground!” Cleo boomed, raising the Gorgon’s shield and laser gun. “All units mobilize immediately. Surround it. Jimmy, flank to my left!”
Jimmy sputtered, “Wait- Cleo!” 
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, if you won’t do your job then get out of my way!” She raced towards the enemy suit.
Jimmy lurched after her, “Cleo, that’s not a normal mobile suit, that’s-“
It was too late. Gorgon fired her laser gun on what would have been a point-blank shot. But in the time it took her to press down on the trigger the enemy suit was gone – beside her with its axe raised. In one swift motion the axe tore down on its target, and the Gorgon’s head split from its body.
The world seemed to quiet down to only the blood pumping in Jimmy’s ears. His hand shook, staring hopelessly at the scene as Gorgon’s body slowly slumped to the earth, unresponsive. He could see the comm connections going wild out of the corner of his eye, but the only words that managed to penetrate through the hazy cloud in his mind were the ones he was too slow to speak
“-dam planetside! I repeat, the enemy Plutonians have released a gundam!” 
Then, his console was bathed in red. An unknown connection rang once, twice, and then opened – at first he thought on its own before he realized his hand hovered over the accept button. There, within the suffocating confines of his cockpit, he came face to face with a smiling face, framed by long brown locks, and a scar running down one of two soul-piercing eyes.
Her smile widened into a grin. “Well would you look at that. It really is you, Jimmy!”
“Pearl…” He was barely able to stutter out. He thought his heart might beat straight out of his chest. “What- What are you- How did you get through-”
“Sorry to interrupt you, buddy.” Her voice was ever chipper but echoed with a familiar void. “But I’m on a very important mission right now.”
“You-”
“Although…” The grin on her face twisted. “I bet if I brought news of you being alive back, I’ll get quite a reward. Or maybe-”
“Die!”
Jimmy had no time to even take note of the second mobile weapon racing forward, firing its cannon towards Pearl. In that span she had already yanked the arm off of Gorgon which still clutched its shield and blocked the beam before her axe was flung into the mobile weapon. It hit the reactor, and the entire unit burst. Through the video feed Pearl had hardly taken her eyes off Jimmy, still staring through him with a terrifying sparkle in her gaze.
“Maybe I’ll just bring you back myself.”
He didn’t stop to think. Birdie’s controls were yanked back until the machine spun completely around, and he bolted. At top speed he went straight off the spaceport and out into the open fields. He could hear his allies screaming at him and Pearl letting out a whine, but he shut down all current comm connections and just ran. Whether it proved them right, whether they resented him, he couldn’t care about anything other than getting away.
Sensors blared at him, telling him everything he already knew- That several parts were damaged to a dangerous degree, that his reactor was wearing thin, that there was an unknown target giving chase -
Jimmy kept running.
He was so focused on running he barely noticed which direction he had gone in, nor did he notice the incoming connection until it actually opened on its own this time. Suddenly, Tango’s face, of all faces, was plastered over his console, eyebrows knit in a hard look. “Jimmy?”
Jimmy blinked in shock. “Tango? Wha-“
“I saw what happened. You’re heading south-east, right?” 
A glance at his navigation board confirmed the mechanic right. South-east. South-east? That was towards…
“Meet me at the ranch.” Tango nodded. 
“I can’t go there, she’s-”
“You have a three-minute head start on her. She stopped to fight the rest of the mobile weapons at the spaceport and was communicating with an off-planet signal. You’ll be here long before her if you keep going at your speed.”
The other mobile weapons…
Jimmy’s eyes went wide. He felt bile at the back of his throat. There were other mobile weapons – there were civilians! – and he’d ran away. Ran away with the only mobile suit. His words came out strangled, “Tango, I-”
“Don’t think about it right now!” He quickly interrupted with a shake of his head. “Just get here! I’ll have everything ready by then.”
“Everything? What everything?”
“You’re gonna get back in there on a level playing field.” Was the last thing he said before the comm died. There was only one way for Jimmy to interpret that. With a shaky breath he pressed onwards towards the ranch. 
-
His Birdie barely made it into the yard. When he forced open its cockpit and practically fell to the ground in exhaustion Tango was already there, waiting, and caught him before he face planted into the dirt. “Hey! Are you okay?” He squeaked in a panic. Jimmy’s helmet was yanked off.
Part of Jimmy was so relieved to know that the mechanic was also terrified of his state that he let out a chuckle into Tango’s shoulder. “Yeah, I don’t think I have much more in me.”
“Well, find your second wind! If we don’t stop her who knows what’ll happen.”
Tango began to drag him towards the side of the house where the hatch to the underground bunker was hidden. Despite the battle Jimmy just escaped and the looming threat of it chasing him, the ranch was as peaceful as ever. He smiled. “I’m sorry…”
“Huh?” Tango’s head twisted to look at Jimmy, not stopping his speed walk. “What for?”
“I said I’d bring Birdie back home intact.”
He snorted. “Well when you left I didn’t think you would be fighting a gundam with her-”
“Owl.” Jimmy explained. “Gundam Owl. She’s- It’s one of Pluto’s greatest weapons. It’s singlehandedly how they kept the Martians from invading Io. Only Pluto’s top pilot is paired with her.” He let out a shudder, trying to block out more memories than were needed to explain to Tango exactly how screwed they were. “And that’s Pearl.”
“Do you know her?”
“It’s hard to not know her if you’re a pilot.”
Tango didn’t look convinced but nodded anyways and focused on leading the way. “Here we are.”
Canary was fully stood, its limbs secured into the launch belt surrounding it. Tango rushed over to the launch console to disconnect the last of the wires and tubes still feeding the thing. Jimmy would have to remember to interrogate Tango later on exactly how much equipment he’d managed to ‘scrap’. For now he stared down the gundam, unable to step up into the loading platform.
Tango had just finished his preparations when he noticed. “Jimmy.”
“It’s not going to work, Tango.” He muttered. The mechanic’s hand found its way to his shoulder in comfort, and Jimmy had to choke back a small breakdown. “I’m not joking about Pearl or Owl. They’ve never lost a fight. She got through the Karman Defence! I’m just a mediocre pilot who can’t even keep a machine intact. A coward who runs away while everyone else dies. Hopping into a gundam isn’t going to change that!”
“Jimmy, look at me.” His face was suddenly yanked down, his forehead bumping a little too roughly with Tango’s as he brought them eye to eye. Jimmy looked as asked, and he saw what he’d seen so far; Tango’s brow was pulled down, eyes energized, and jaw held stiff with some sort of determination. But there was something else there. His lip almost imperceptibly quivered, his eyes were wide and reddened in the corners, and he was breathing far too harshly through his nose. Even his hands that held tight to the side of Jimmy’s head had a vibration in the tips of his fingers.
Fear. Tango was scared.
“I know it’s a slim chance, I know it’s dangerous.” Tango said, and now Jimmy could recognize the slight stutter. “But nobody else is here to help. If we don’t try to do something, nothing will change.”
Jimmy felt his heart stop and start, any reply he had dying immediately. A shaky, calming breath escaped him, and he nodded ever so slightly, the motion rubbing their foreheads together once more. “Alright. I’ll try.”
Tango’s scowl turned up into a grin. “Yeah, we’ll try.” And then he yanked Jimmy onto the loading bay.
It took Jimmy a second to process that Tango was still there as they rose up to Canary’s level. “ We ?” He pipped.
The cockpit opened up, and Tango handed him his helmet. He pushed him into the seat before hopping back into the small space beside the chair he had stood on the first day he showed Jimmy the Canary. “Well, I figure I’m the one who’s been tinkering with her for the last three decades, I know more about how she works than you do.”
Jimmy whipped his head around, trying to take in both Tango’s words and the systems that were rapidly starting up. “But you could die!”
“So could you. We might all die if we don’t stop her.” 
Tango’s hand was once again on Jimmy’s shoulder, and somehow it felt oddly centering. He was able to take a deep breath and slowly figure out what was in front of him while Tango continued to speak almost right into his ear. “We can still run away, if you want to.”
Canary’s screen filled the cockpit with a bright blue light. The enemy knew they were here now. He shook his head. “No.”
There was a brief pause, during which the alert system flared to life, informing them that Pearl was thirty seconds away. “Jimmy, why did you become a pilot?”
“I wanted to help people.”
“It’s the same for me, but for you.” Tango leaned forward, a strained smile on his face. “It’s what a mechanic is for. I know you can do it, Jimmy. I’ll be right here to make sure you do. We can run, but I know you’ll hate yourself if you do. But whatever you choose to do, I’ll be right here either way. I’ll help you.”
Sonar pinged Pearl almost right on top of them. 
Jimmy felt his lip trembling. The small noise he made was supposed to be affirmation, but it came out more like a choke. He placed a hand on top of Tango’s. “If I try to run, stop me?”
He broke into a wide grin. “Got it.”
“Then let’s do this.” He mustered all the determination he could manage.
Canary seemed to respond immediately, bringing up everything he needed on its own. It startled him for a half a second, but he brushed it off as a thought for later, instead smiling appreciatively at the screens. Then it brought up a strange camera angle, revealing Owl towering over the farmhouse, turning its head in confusion.
“Hey, that’s my security camera!” Tango whined, pointing at the feed. 
It immediately blinked away, reappearing on the other side of Jimmy. He laughed while Tango grumbled. “Ready?” He asked. There was no extra seat or buckles to lock the mechanic in, so he would just have to hold on tight to the ceiling handle. Tango gave him a thumbs up.
The ceiling above opened up and Canary was launched full force to the surface. Both men braced themselves as the cobbled launcher rattled, practically throwing the mobile suit into the midday sky. Right in front of them was Owl, who jerked around to reveal its rounded face as they appeared behind it.
It was a mobile suit Jimmy had known well, as all Plutonians did. Though Pearl had it repainted a crimson red that matched both her and Owl’s moonish eyes, the frame had changed very little over the years.
Twenty meters tall and top heavy in design, specialized propulsion decorating its upper back to move it near-silently towards Canary at top speeds. But Jimmy pushed hard down on Canary’s controls. The lighter frame built by Tango for planet-side combat twisted out of the way with ease from the space-specialized loadout of Owl. Canary was fast, faster than Jimmy was expecting, and he found himself propelling almost all the way to the edge of the ranch without intent.
“She’s a smooth flyer, even on solid ground. Keep an eye on those thrusters.” Tango warned, pointing out the problem causers on the diagnostics. “Her frame’s lightweight beyond belief. Don’t toss yourself around like you would in a heavier suit, use more precision.”
“Got it.” Jimmy reoriented his handle on the controls and pushed forward. It went smoother this time, able to spin right around the Owl to its left flank behind its axe. “Where’s the weapons?”
“She ain’t got much firepower right now.” Tango admitted guiltily.
“What do you mean?”
“Look, it’s fine. See that field?” They shrieked as Owl’s axe nearly sliced Canary in half if not for a quick-thinking duck. Tango tapped his finger against a particular camera feed where a large heap sat in the grass. “That’s an old melee unit, it has a blade still on its back.”
“A blade?” Jimmy squawked incredulously even as he started towards it. “I haven’t done any melee combat in years, Tango. Is it even a good idea with the Canary?”
“It’s what we got!”
“Jimmyyy…” The owl’s speakers blared across the farmstead. “When did you get a gundam frame? I’m so happy for you!”
“Then maybe you could let me be happy for a bit and go away!” He shouted back as he landed on top of the scrap heap and began to dig.
“Oh, you know I can’t do that. I have a mission to fulfill.”
A shadow fell over the feed. Jimmy spun Canary around in time to see Owl, axe held high, falling down towards him. He yelped. It chopped into the scraps, just barely grazing a piece of Canary’s leg armor off. Owl heaved back up, glaring down at the tumbled mobile suit.
“And you’re getting in my way.”
Tango shouts, “Now!”
Canary lurched forward. Metal screeched and wired split as a long blade pushed straight through the joint of Owl’s left shoulder. Jimmy heard a gasp over the speaker. Something vital must have been skewered, because when the blade was yanked back out Owl’s limb went limp, dropping its axe to the earth. 
For half a second Pearl seemed too shocked to do anything. Jimmy took advantage of the moment and rushed back in, slicing through part of her other shoulder before the old, decrepit blade gave out and snapped. Canary stumbled back away, turning towards the fields once more.
“What else is there, Tango?”
“Um, uh- gimme a second I’m trying to-”
“We don’t have a second!”
“Jimmy!” Pearl shrieked, the speaker peaking at its volume. Jimmy shivered. Owl stuttered forward, its pilot’s rage leaking out into its movements. “How. DARE you.”
He immediately started to stutter “Pearl, I-”
“How dare you hurt Tilly!” And then the gundam was back in their face. Jimmy had no chance to react before the limp arm was swung like a flail across Canary’s face. The mobile suit stumbled, but was grabbed before it hit the earth by angry claws that lifted the whole suit straight into the air.
This was it. They were going to die. Jimmy squeezed his eyes shut and reached out for Tango’s hand once again.
“Pearl,” A static-laced familiar voice broke through Pearl’s speaker. “That’s enough.”
The world stopped. A flood of far too many overwhelming memories flashed through Jimmy’s mind. Suddenly death didn’t seem so bad, compared to hearing that voice again.
Owl jerked back. “But he-”
“ENOUGH!” The voice boomed. “You’ve failed your mission. Return to orbit now before the EF mobilizes and you lose the Owl to your incompetence too.”
Jimmy could feel Pearl seething, but she backed off. “As you would, Scott.”
Tango let out a sound like air being let out of a balloon when she sped off, but Jimmy couldn’t move. His mind swirled and spilled over. He knew his body had begun to shake but his control panel had become a blur.
He wasn’t sure how much time passed between her retreat and being able to think once again, but as he came back Tango’s concerned face took up his vision. “Jimmy? Jimmy, you there?”
Jimmy gaped like a fish, intending to reply but never quite being able to. His stomach rolled. In a panic, he punched the button to pop open the cockpit and crawled out. Tango shouted after him, but Jimmy didn’t stop until he nearly fell off the side of the still kneeling Canary. Hands reached out to grab him and pull him back before he slipped. Nothing could stop the bile from rising up his throat but he did his best to lean out over the edge before it could get on the Canary or Tango. 
A hand rubbed soothingly against his back through the heaves. For once, Tango was quiet, and Jimmy greatly appreciated it as his mind and body tried to recover from the violent episode of dissociation. Through ragged breaths he could hear the distant sounds of vehicles. A glance to the horizon indicated the arrival of other surviving EF units towards the ranch. 
“A bit late.” Tango joked. He helped Jimmy back towards the cockpit, where he commanded Canary to lower far enough for them to get out safely. On the ground now, Jimmy clung to Tango’s hand while they waited.
A hysterical laugh escaped him. “I can’t believe we just did that.” He croaked. Exhaustion began to roll over him, and he leaned into Tango’s shoulder.
“Dude, I told you. You’re a good pilot.”
“I’m not sure I would call that good piloting.”
A hand came down on his hair, a sound of disbelief escaping Tango. “You fought off a gundam, Jimmy! As far as I’m concerned, you’re amazing.”
Despite everything a smile creeped onto Jimmy’s face. “Well, it’s all thanks to you.”
“I barely did anything buddy, that was all you.”
“Don’t you start-”
Their conversation was cut short by a mobile weapon rolling up, the barrel of its cannon pointed directly on them. Several more followed, aiming up towards the motionless Canary. A speaker screeched to life. “Jimmy Solidarity and Tango Tek.” A deep, flat voice demanded their attention. Both men stood back up on shaky limbs, hands tentatively raised. “You are being arrested for treason against the Earth Federation. Turn yourselves over calmly and swiftly. Do not resist.”
“What?” Tango shouted back incredulously. “What do you mean treason, we just saved your butts!”
“With an illegal mobile suit you have unlawfully hidden from the state. I will say this one last time, do not resist.”
“Tango…” Jimmy begged before the enraged mechanic could say anything more. Tango’s nostrils flared, but he begrudgingly did as told. Soon they were surrounded by soldiers and led away from the ranch. Cuffs were placed on them as they were shoved into the back of a jeep. Tango continued to glare at his former coworkers, but all they received in return was a scoff and words muttered just loud enough for Jimmy to hear.
“This is what we get for trusting a Plutonian.”
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sixth sense: part ten
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synopsis: "He’s here somewhere, probably looming in the shadows and waiting for his perfect moment."
warnings: swearing, kissing, mentions of sexual acts, domestic violence, death threats, degrading name calling, allusion to sexual assault. please do not read if DV will trigger you.
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a/n: it's a doozy but it's important. please read at your discretion! i hope despite the darker topics, you all still enjoy some of it. thanks for reading xoxo
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     The week passes you by. Between Rafe and another exam coming up in the class you share, you both remain together — studying at the library, at your apartment in between makeout sessions, or at Rafe’s frat house. You both seem to find it easier being at your apartment, because it’s quieter and more private. On Tuesday, he leaves a toothbrush next to yours and asks if it can remain there. On Wednesday, you both go to the library to focus. On Thursday, Rafe comes over after work and eats you out on the floor of your living room. 
Friday is the day you dread, because it means work. It means showing up at the bar and serving drinks for hours, all while waiting on Rafe to come around. He has to work Friday during the day, and you kiss him goodbye from your front door in the early morning hours. Around four, you get ready for work, and by five, you’re clocking in for the evening rush. 
“Don’t look so thrilled there, slacker,” Jamie grunts when you enter the office to clock in. 
“What?” “You bailed out of your shift last Friday. You back together with Campbell?” he asks. 
You narrow your eyes, watching the way he doesn’t even bother to look up from his paperwork. 
“No,” you say slowly, “Why would you think that?”
Jamie shrugs, “Just wondering who’s gonna be paying your bills if you keep giving your shifts away. That’s all.”
You bite down on your tongue and finish clocking in, then make way for the door immediately. 
“None of your fucking business,” you mutter. 
“What was that?”
When you turn around, you find Jamie now standing. He towers over you, and even though you know you could crush him, you can’t lose your job. 
“Nothing,” you mumble. 
“That’s what I thought. God, if Campbell comes in tonight, I’ll be sure to let him know you need some fucking sense knocked into you. Pull your shirt down and get out there.”
The thought of Campbell knocking sense into you draws you back a step, and the water that invades your eyes doesn’t arrive at your own volition. His words make you think of every tug at the back of your neck, every harsh word, every time he wrapped his hand around your throat and squeezed. Although you’d learned not to take Jamie’s words to heart, these hurt you more than they ever have. 
“The fuck are you waiting on?” he snaps, “Go on.”
Your jaw clenches but you do as instructed and leave the back office, hurrying out to find Bryn at the bar. 
“Hey,” she grins, “I can’t wait to hear all about the dinner— are you okay?”
You nod quickly, trying your best to keep the anxiety brewing in your chest at bay. 
“I’m fine,” you tell her. 
“Y/N—”
“Has Campbell been in this week?”
Bryn’s eyebrows furrow, “I haven’t seen him. Why? Did he do something?”
You shake your head, giving her a fake smile that turns real when you feel the tears drain from your eyes.
“No, sorry, everything’s good,” you say, “Let me fill you in.”
     It’s eleven-thirty when you feel it. When you feel that sense —- that sixth sense you’re sure you have by now, coming out to play. He’s here somewhere, probably looming in the shadows and waiting for his perfect moment. You’re pouring a shot as the shiver runs down your spin, your mind wandering and wandering until you swear you can feel his hands around your neck—
“Shit, Y/N,” Bryn cries, “Chill out!”
You’d poured about four shots worth of vodka into one shot glass, leading to vodka covering the counter and dripping onto the floor. 
“Sorry,” you mumble, absentmindedly handing off the shot, “I’ll clean it up.”
Bryn just shakes her head, as if she never expected you to clean it in the first place, and covers the floor in paper towels. 
“Are you okay?” she asks, her voice filled with concern. 
You move to confess, to tell her what you think is happening, when your eyes catch on him. On that backwards cap and those deep blue eyes. On that radiant smile and the sleeve of tattoos peeking out from under his short sleeve shirt. 
I’m in love with you, is all you seem to be able to think, and you’re sure the grin that spreads across your lips expresses that completely. 
“I’m great,” you admit, “I’ll be right back.”
You hurry over to him, rushing from behind the bar and into his arms before he even has time to process what you’re doing. You know he didn’t expect you to do that, but you don’t care. Your senses had been about him, you’re sure of it. You’d been getting that feeling because Rafe had arrived, and now that you feel him, smell him, you seem to relax. 
“Hi,” you smile up at him. 
“Hi, baby,” he grins, keeping one arm tight around you, “You okay?”
“I’m great. Want a drink?”
“No,” he smirks, “Want a kiss.”
“Oh, shit, Bryn, can you hand me a bucket or something to throw up in?” Topper calls from beside Rafe, leaning over the bar and waving to get Bryn’s attention. 
She rolls her eyes at him, making no move to do what he’d asked. You just laugh at Topper and stand up on your tiptoes, giving him a slow and gentle kiss. 
You pull back with a smile, then look around to greet the rest of Rafe’s friends. When Topper is the only one you locate, you look up at him through furrowed brows. 
“It’s just the two of us tonight,” he explains, “Some of the guys went to a party at one of the other frats.”
You give him a small, pouty smile, “You could’ve gone, too.”
Although you’re glad he didn’t, you don’t want him to feel like he always has to come here if he doesn’t want to. Out of the corner of your eye, you watch Bryn step over to Topper, who smirks and asks what her favorite thing to drink is. 
“Nah,” Rafe shrugs, “I wanted to see you, and Top wanted to flirt with Bryn, so we’re fine.”
You smile, rising up to your tip-toes to give him a kiss, when you feel it. The hair on the back of your neck stands tall as your breathing grows shallow. Just as Rafe’s lips skim yours, you turn around, attempting to find the source of your discomfort. 
Rafe’s grip tightens on the back of your shirt as you look around, but you see nothing out of the ordinary. The bar looks the same as it always does. 
“You sure you’re okay?” Rafe asks again. 
When you turn back, his eyes are on you, expression filled with concern as he begs you to tell him what’s going on. For a second, you start to, but give him a warm and convincing smile instead. 
“Yes,” you reply, “Sorry. I want my kiss.”
“Yes ma’am,” he teases, wasting no more time. 
He maintains the kiss while your paranoia remains, keeping you from fully engaging with him. More or less, you stand there and let him kiss you, doing nothing to fuel it, and when he pulls back, you register that same concern. 
“I should get back,” you mumble weakly, “Let me know if you want a drink, okay?”
“Okay, baby,” he nods. 
The crease in his brow and the narrowing of his eyes tells you he’ll be keeping a closer watch on you than usual, but tonight, you’re okay with that. You give Bryn a small smile and try to relax, ignoring that pit in your stomach that doesn’t seem to go away. 
     It’s nearly one-thirty in the morning when Bryn hobbles up to you, looking more exhausted than usual. She’d taken the brunt of the work for you without even saying so, because she could tell you were bothered. She never asked again, but the look in your eye told her that you needed it desperately. 
Topper had gotten even more intoxicated since his arrival — thanks to Bryn. She’d loaded him up on Blue Hawaiians and laughed when he told her he was in love with her. Rafe’s eyes are on you more often than not, and each time you see him, you try to give him a convincing smile. It doesn’t work. 
“You should go,” Bryn tells you, giving you a soft smile. 
“I’m fine to stay,” you reply, keeping your eyes down on the shot glasses in front of you. 
“Y/N,” she says, earning your attention, “You look like hell. Go home and relax. Have amazing sex or take a bath or something. I’ve got it from here.”
“Bryn—”
“I mean it.”
You sigh, letting your shoulders fall, but ultimately nod. Her hand meets your arm and takes the handle of vodka from you, then nods her head in the direction of the back office. 
You take a step away, ready to clock out and escape this place, when you turn to find Rafe. It’s one of the few moments that he’s not looking at you, but instead trying to keep Topper upright. You shake your head at him, and just as you move to turn around, you spot another familiar set of eyes. 
One second is all it takes for you to gasp and draw back, and clear as day, Campbell disappears into the sea of people once again. You take a step forward, your instincts telling you to find him and tell him to fuck off, when Jamie steps in front of you. 
“What are you doing?” he asks. 
“I’m—” you stop and look up, unable to find any sign of Campbell, “Nothing. I’m leaving.”
“Your shift doesn’t end until two,” he remarks, but before you can argue, he shrugs, “Just go. You didn’t bring too much in tonight, anyway.”
You clench your jaw but turn and walk away from him before he can change his mind. Quickly, you clock out and grab your stuff before making your way back out to Rafe, who looks like he’s one second away from punching Topper in the face. 
“You’re being a fucking asshole, bro, I want another drink,” Topper slurs, trying to step around Rafe. 
“You’re done,” Rafe informs him calmly, gripping Topper’s wrist in his palm. 
“Fuck you,” Topper grunts. 
“Yeah, fuck you, too,” Rafe rolls his eyes, looking over and catching sight of you with your stuff, “Hey. I thought you had a little longer to go?”
You shake your head, “I’m good to leave.”
“Oh, fantastic,” Topper cuts in, “So fuckin’ glad. Your boyfriend’s been super worried.”
Rafe clenches his jaw, “Shut up.”
“You shut up—” Topper rebutts, shoving Rafe’s shoulder. 
Rafe looks pissed, but he doesn’t take it out on Topper. Instead, he grips his best friend by the collar of his shirt and then turns to you, giving you a gentle but forced smile. 
“I’m gonna take him home,” he says, “Come with?”
Topper rolls his eyes, desperate to break free of Rafe’s grip but unable to do so because his balance is so far off. When he can’t, he looks over at you and narrows his eyes. Although you know Topper is just drunk, your head feels too fragile to be around his behavior. 
“I’m just gonna go home, I think,” you reply, “It’s late and I’m tired.”
Rafe frowns, “Are you sure?”
“Yes,” you nod, “Need me to call you guys an Uber?”
“No, I’ll do that, baby. I’m just a little worried about you—”
“Holy shit, dude, she’s fine,” Topper groans, “Can you fucking let go of me?”
You take a step closer to Rafe and place your hand on his cheek, watching as he relaxes under your touch. 
“I’m fine, I promise. I just need to recharge. I’ll call you in the morning.”
He turns into your hand, kissing your palm lightly, “Okay, I get it. But I have a counter proposal.”
You smile, “What is it?”
“Call me when you get home,” he requests, “Just so I know you’re safe and okay. We don’t have to talk for a while, I just want to know so I can sleep.”
“I will,” you promise. 
“Let me walk you out,” he says, letting go of Topper and glaring at him, “Don’t—”
“I’ve got him,” Bryn sighs from behind the bar, earning all of your attention. 
Rafe gives her a grateful smile, “Thanks.”
You take his hand, a very big part of you grateful that he wants to walk you to your car. You hold your breath as he leads you through the crowd and over to the doors, your eyes frantically searching the sea of people for one in particular. 
Rafe holds the door open and lets you walk through first, not releasing your hand as both of you maneuver out. You let out a breath of relief when there’s not a man leaning against your car, waiting on you. 
“You sick of me?” he teases, stealing a glance over at you. 
“Rafe, no,” you protest, “Not at all. I just feel really weird, I don’t know how to explain it.”
“Physically or mentally?”
Your grip tightens around his hand at the same moment you look over at him, dying to tell him how much you appreciate that question. He’s making an effort to understand, and for that, you’re thankful. 
“Mentally,” you admit, “I’m probably just tired.”
He brings your tangled hands up to his lips then, leaving a kiss on the outside of your palm. 
“Get some rest and call me in the morning, okay?” 
You nod, stopping in front of your car, “And tonight?”
He shrugs shyly, “I’m greedy, what can I say?”
Your smile blossoms immediately and without force, and before you know it, you’re tugging on his tee shirt to pull him down to you. 
“I’ll call,” you swear, brushing your lips against his. 
“I’d appreciate that,” he whispers, smirking just before he kisses you. 
You smile into the kiss, and after another minute, you pull back. 
“Goodnight,” you say. 
“Goodnight, baby.”
He takes one step back, then two, and stops. He grins shyly as he watches you get into your car and waves as you pull away. Some part of you doesn’t want to leave him, especially as you watch him fade in your rear view, but you feel too weird to be around him tonight. Chalking it up to exhaustion, you make a plan to pick up food on your way home and eat, then crash and sleep until you wake up in the morning. 
     Surprisingly, the line at McDonald's was long. You’d sat and waited for almost twenty minutes before driving out of the parking lot with a bag of greasy goodness, swallowing down a few fries on the way home. You’re sure Rafe is home by now, anxiously waiting for you to dial him up and tell him you’re home safe.  
You climb the stairs and hurry down the hall, already pulling Rafe’s contact up. You’re practically dying to hear his voice, to picture him laying in his bed, shirtless, with a smile on his face as he says goodnight and wishes you were in his bed. The thought makes you smile as you turn your key in the lock and push open the door. 
You don’t immediately register your living room light being on, although you never leave the house without shutting off all the lights. You turn to lock the door behind you and make your way through the entryway, too busy juggling keys, food, and phone to notice him. 
“He lets you eat that shit?”
Your heart sinks to your feet as you register the slight rasp. You turn your head and meet his eyes, finding no mercy, no grace, no warmth in them at all. Losing control, your phone and food bag tumble out onto the floor, but the sound isn’t registered with you. 
“What—” you stutter, shaking your head in disbelief, “What are you— How did you get in?”
Campbell smirks and stands from his seat on the couch, “It’s like you’ve forgotten what I used to tell you. That food will make you fat, Y/N.”
“How did you get in here, Campbell?” you repeat, backing away from him. 
“Your super gave me your key,” he shrugs, “I told him I wanted to surprise you for our anniversary. You remembered, didn’t you?”
You shake your head slightly, unable to swallow even though your throat is crying out with how dry it is. 
“We don’t have an anniversary,” you mumble weakly, “We’re broken up.”
He chuckles sarcastically, “You certainly think that, don’t you? I saw you kiss him in the parking lot before he let you leave alone.”
“He’s not a babysitter,” you snap bravely, recoiling immediately when he takes another step forward. 
“He’s not?” Campbell quips, “What is he, then? A chauffeur? A sugar daddy? A quick fuck? Tell me what he is to you, Y/N. Say it.”
With another step, your back hits the wall. With even-timed paces and a jaw wound tightly, Campbell boxes you in, watching as you struggle to get a full breath in. You swear you can hear your heart pounding in your chest, silently begging him not to hurt you. 
When you don’t respond to his demand, he slams his palm against the wall beside your head. You wince and squeeze your eyes shut, trying to make yourself as small as possible so that maybe, just maybe, you’ll fall through the floor. 
“I asked you a fucking question,” he hisses, “Tell me what he is to you.”
“Boyfriend,” you blurt, popping your eyes back open, “He’s my boyfriend.”
He purses his lips and nods slowly, letting his eyes wander around you. You squirm, desperate to figure out a way to get away from him, to run and hide or dial 911. 
“You won’t last with a guy like that,” he mutters, “He’s too nice for you. You’ll get bored of the golden retriever game quickly, I promise you that.”
“Why do you care?” you ask, your voice still sounding weak and fragile. 
“Excuse me?”
“I mean,” you sigh, “It’s not like you were faithful to me when we were together. You treated me like shit, like a whore—”
Campbell’s motion is sudden. So sudden, in fact, that the gasp you try to let out in response gets stuck in the constriction of your throat. His palm meets your throat and squeezes; his eyes dark and hateful.
“You are a whore,” he growls, “And you fucking love being treated like one. Are you enjoying your vanilla sex with the inexperienced frat boy?”
You claw at his chest, anger finally blooming inside of you. You push and shove, trying to get him off of you, when he lifts you up off the ground and slams your head back against the wall. You continue scratching him, and when your leg comes up to kick him, his grip around your throat loosens. 
“The sex isn’t vanilla,” you spit, just to piss him off, “And he’s far from inexperienced.”
“Is that right?” Campbell asks, his jaw ticking as he debates squeezing again. 
“Oh, yeah,” you continue, “You know what else? He goes down on me every chance he gets. Says he’s trying to make up for all the times I faked it with you.”
You know it’s a risk. You know it’s probably a bad move. But a part of you thinks that if he’s going to stand here and do this, you should be able to say your piece, too. He laughs incredulously, and when his hands grip your throat tightly again, you aren’t surprised. You struggle as you did before, doing your best to break free while trying to revel in the pissed off expression he holds. 
“You think you faked it with me, sweetheart?” he asks, “Is that what you told him to make him feel better? Trust me, you didn’t fake shit. Want me to prove it?”
Just as his free hand grabs your belt buckle, intent on removing it, a loud knock sounds on your front door. Campbell immediately covers your mouth with his hand, letting you breathe through your nose for the time being as he keeps you quiet. 
“Y/N? Baby?”
You squeeze your eyes closed as tears well up in your eyes. Rafe’s voice calms you even in this position, where Campbell’s hand presses even harder into your face to prevent you from calling out to him. 
“God, he’s incessant,” Campbell mutters, “What the fuck do you see in him?”
You ball up your fist at your side, but before you can move, you hear the key twist in the lock. Your eyes widen slightly just as Campbell’s do, realizing Rafe still has that spare key. You hear Rafe step inside and close the door behind him, and when he sees the McDonald’s bag on the floor beside your phone, he calls out again. 
“Y/N!”
Your knee meets Campbell’s groin right then, and when he hunches over in pain, his hand falls from your mouth. He stumbles back just enough that you get out from behind him, remaining cautious of his movements as you do so. 
“Rafe,” you call out, looking up to find him in the center of the living room. 
His eyes take in the scene in front of him only briefly before grabs ahold of you and places you behind him, both of you watching as Campbell straightens himself out.
“Son of a bitch,” Cambell grunts. 
Rafe feels you tense in his grip at the sound of Campbell’s voice, and instinctively, he pulls you closer to him by your shirt. 
“Tell me you didn’t just have your hand around her throat,” Rafe says calmly, his voice deep, “Tell me you weren’t trying to fucking kill her. Again.”
At the sound of Campbell’s sarcastic laugh, Rafe’s eyes narrow, and an expression you’ve never seen on him crosses his face. 
“So what if I was?” Campbell shrugs, “It’s not like you—”
Before you can even process it, Rafe’s across the room, slamming Campbell into the wall and placing his own hand around his neck. Judging by the shocked expression on Campbell’s face, you know he hadn’t expected that to happen. Your eyes bulge as Rafe’s grip tightens, and Campbell wheezes as he struggles for breath. 
“Rafe—” you start, stepping forward, but his voice stops you. 
“How does that fucking feel?” Rafe asks, raising his voice, “Is this fun for you? No? You get off from this, you arrogant piece of shit?”
“Rafe!” you repeat, setting your hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him, make him stop, “Rafe, listen—”
“How could you do this to her?” Rafe questions him, his voice cracking slightly, “How could you put your hand around her little throat and squeeze? How could you watch her cry, or leave marks on her neck and just be okay with that?”
“Rafe,” you try again, your voice softer now, “Hey. I’m okay. Please let go.”
“I should kill you,” Rafe growls, watching Campbell’s eyes grow even wider as he becomes desperate for breath,  I should watch you choke and gasp and fucking beg to live.”
You gasp at the same moment Campbell does, but for different reasons. Campbell continues to claw at Rafe’s hands, doing his best to try and get him off but not having even a slim chance. 
The sound of Campbell’s attempts at inhalation fills the room, and for a long moment, it’s all you hear. You can feel your brain trying to figure out what to do, and even in the haze of the events of the night, you still know you trust Rafe to handle it. 
“But, I won’t,” Rafe mutters, releasing his grip only slightly, “Because I’m not like you. But I swear to God, if you ever touch my girlfriend again, I will fucking kill you. And I won’t think twice about it, either. Clear?”
Campbell smirks, “Clear.”
His voice comes out harsh, rough, like it’s obvious he’s struggled for breath. After another few seconds, Rafe releases him completely, knocking him into the wall as he lets go. 
Campbell coughs violently and repeatedly, hunching over as he fights to catch his breath. Rafe’s chest heaves with anger as he breathes in and out, not allowing his eyes to leave Campbell even once.
After a few seconds, Campbell stands straight and ceases coughing; instead, opting to smirk. With a quiet chuckle, he speaks. 
“Oh, so the dog can do tricks, huh, Y/N? If you tell him to sit, does he do it?”
Rafe’s fist meets Campbell’s face without another word. You gasp, your left hand covering your mouth as you watch Rafe grab the back of Campbell’s blazer and drag him toward the front door. 
“Don’t give me a reason, man,” Rafe says lowly, “I’ll take anything I can get if it means I get to beat the shit out of you.”
Campbell’s bloody nose prevents him from speaking; his hand over his mouth muffling any words that he may say. Rafe opens the front door and shoves him out, watching as he hits the cement wall on the other side of the hallway. 
“You want her so fucking bad?” Campbell grunts, “Take her. Her pussy’s not worth this.”
You shut your eyes at that, still rooted on the hardwood where you stand. You try not to think about how he’d reached for your belt buckle, and how you could be in a very different situation now if it weren’t for Rafe. 
You hear him chuckle, “Yeah, it is.”
The door closes and locks, and just as Rafe hurries around the corner where you can see him, you crack. He watches as your lip quivers and little whimpers start to escape you as you process what had just happened; how you’d felt that something was off and you should’ve gone home with Rafe. 
His face falls as he hurries across the room, wasting no time getting over to you. Just as a sob escapes your lips, he engulfs you in a hug, wrapping you up tight. You tuck your chin right into his chest, inhaling his scent and letting it calm you down, as it does. 
“You’re okay,” he whispers, his own voice thick with emotion, “You didn’t call. You didn’t call, baby.”
You know he’s trying to tell you why he came; that he wasn’t trying to be pushy or clingy, but that he knew. He felt your danger the same way you’d felt it all night, and for that, you only squeeze him tighter. His cotton shirt dries up your tears as he holds you, content on doing it all night if that’s what you need.
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#5
Break
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"Ah! Ah! Haah! Mmgh!"
You yank Winter's short hair back with a tight grip, her head forced to follow with how much strength you use to grip her hair. There is zero resistance from her—not that she could provide any—with how hard her body rocks with every thrust, how much her eyes roll back in her head, and how slack her jaw is. Winter is beyond saving from the pleasures of the flesh that hold her in its clutches, that eradicate her ability to think.
One hard slap of her ass has Winter squealing. Two hard slaps produces a guttural growl. The red marks that remain on her skin make you grin. Ruining this little brat never felt so good.
"Daddy, oh fuckin—fuck, I…"
"Use your words, slut."
Winter screams when you pound her harder. She's unable to speak again, and now, you taunt her.
"Fuck, you're such a cute fucking slut. Just a while ago you were such a brat, wearing only that polo and flashing yourself for Daddy even when you knew Daddy was busy. Seems like you're getting exactly what you wanted, hm? You wanted to flash for Daddy? I'll just have you fucked for all of Korea to watch."
You laugh when Winter buckles and gushes of squirt spray against your legs, along your cock, and down her legs. After all, Winter got off the hardest when exhibiting herself, and fucking her in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of your hotel room for everyone in the neighbouring buildings to watch definitely had her dripping with lust.
"Fucking slut, cumming just like that? I'd hope no one's recording, Winter. The ace of æspa, reduced to nothing but a cute little slut fucktoy in front of the public, fucked for everyone to watch, and yet you're getting off to it. It'd be a shame if it got publicised…"
"Oh fuck, I don't care, let them see, I just need your cock, your cum in me, please, please breed Winter, please coat my womb with your seed, make Winter your baby mommy, please make Winter cum…"
You've broken her before, and you'll break her again.
958 notes - Posted April 24, 2022
#4
MINA-0324—"Trapped In Her Office, My Angry Boss Uses My Body To Fuck Her Stress Away. Completely Drained!"
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Happy (early) Birthday Mina!
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"Assistant, please report to my office."
You slam your laptop shut and push yourself up begrudgingly. Another meeting with Ms Myoui, probably another fucking scolding from that cold bitch. If you didn't need the money, you wouldn't be working this damn job. Sure, it's a pretty high position: Personal Assistant to the CEO of Myoui Tech Enterprises, but you don't care about anything but the high four-figure salary. There's always a lot to do, but who cares? You're getting paid anyway, whether you do it or not.
You push open the wooden doors to the CEO's office. Your boss, Myoui Mina, sits at her desk, typing on her laptop. She closes the laptop when you enter and rises from her chair.
"Take a seat at my desk, Assistant."
You grumble and take the seat. Whatever she has for you probably has no value anyway. Another scolding, probably. Who gives a fuck?
Mina slides her blazer off her shoulders, draping it over her chair. She's dressed in a white long-sleeved dress shirt, tucked into black dress pants. She would look kind of hot if she wasn't such a bitch.
"I called you here to talk about your performance today. You've been causing me a lot of stress lately."
Fucking shit. Another damned scolding. You're fucking tired of it.
"Your performance is not up to par, and as your direct superior, I cannot have that on me."
Mina undoes the buttons to her long sleeves as well as the top button holding her collar together.
"Your bad performance reflects badly on me, and on yourself. You're an adult and you still can't do your job properly."
She sighs.
"Tell me, Assistant. How should I deal with you?"
You only answer with an annoyed grunt. You know that Mina is aware you feel this is a waste of time. You're doing enough as is anyway reading whatever emails she sends you and answering some of them if you feel like it. It's not like she doesn't have another PA. In fact, the other PA does so much that you might as well be out of a job. You definitely can afford to slack off.
"If all you do around here is nothing of value, then you deserve to be fired. What do you say?"
What the fuck?
No. No, you can't. You need the money.
"Perhaps I should really consider it. Minjeong can do all of your work anyway."
No!
"No, Ms Myoui! I can't lose this job! I'll do better, I promise! I'll do anything!"
"I've given you so many chances. Each time you have stressed me out and disappointed me. What makes this time different?"
Mina turns around to walk to the back of her office, facing the floor-to-ceiling windows. The light of the afternoon sun shines through, the brightness shining around her body as she casts a shadow on the carpet.
"I'll do anything, Ms Myoui. I cannot lose this job. I'll make sure I do better. Anything. I'll do anything."
"Are you sure?"
Mina untucks her shirt from her pants. Her outfit seems to get more casual throughout, but you don't have time to care about that. You can't lose this job!
"Yes, I'm sure, Ms Myoui."
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1,065 notes - Posted March 22, 2022
#3
After School Anal
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"Take these clothes off me, dear. I want to be naked."
Karina pulls your hands to her bunched-up skirt. Even after getting her pussy fucked and her face blasted with cum, she still wants more. A real go-getter, an overachiever, this girl. Good thing you're exactly the same type as her. 
A short tug has the hem fall from her waistband. Another tug has the article of clothing fall from her hips to the floor. She kicks it aside, and she pulls her shirt down. 
"What're you waiting for, dear? Strip me."
Your hands follow immediately. Karina helps you pull her blouse off her, and when she throws her shirt aside, you take the time to ogle her beautiful breasts again. Fuck, she's got the best body in school—her big breasts unable to be hidden under that uniform, her thighs thick and full, and a tight pussy as well as a cute ass always worth fucking.
Karina turns to her bag to fish out the ever-familiar bottle of lube. 
"You know what to do. The question is, dear, how would you like me today? On the table, spread for you, or bent over and fucked from the back?"
Both choices are fucking tempting—you're already so hard at the thought of anal sex with Karina, and now that you get to choose how you'd like to fuck her… 
"I want you on the table. You're too pretty not to watch being fucked."
"Aww, thank you, dear. On my back it is, then."
Karina climbs atop the teacher's desk nearby. She lies back on it as she spreads her legs wide open, her two fuckholes exposed right to your eyes. 
"Lube it up nice and thick, dear, and fuck me until you cum inside this tight ass."
One long squeeze fills your hand with lube. You run it all over your shaft, every inch slathered in the substance, before you coat one digit with more of it. Karina takes in a sharp breath when she feels your finger run over her asshole. 
"Go on, dear. Lube me up."
You push against her ass, and Karina relaxes, her ass easily taking your finger in. You work in a knuckle and spread the lube around her insides, gently working your finger in all the way. Bit by bit, Karina's ass works to engulf your finger, and she moans at the pleasurable intrusion paired with her own ministrations on her clit. Karina rubs her own clit slowly as you lube her up, a slight smile gracing her beautiful features. 
"Done, dear? Ready to fuck this top girl's ass?"
"You know I am, Karina."
Both of you groan when you place your tip at her ass and push into her. Karina's ass feels just as good as the first time you fucked it—you've fucked her in every hole so many times now, and it still feels amazing. You're thankful for this arrangement between you and her—both of you were top students with just as much interest in sex as much as studies, which just meant you two were meant to work together and fuck each other. This arrangement definitely benefits the both of you a lot—less stress, more sex, and you're both steadfast friends at the end of it anyway. 
"Fuck me, dear," Karina reiterates, "Fill my ass with cum."
Her words, not yours. You begin to fuck her ass, your hands shifting to Karina's calves to spread her legs open. All of her body is exposed to your eyes: her beautiful features taken by pleasure, her jiggling breasts with every thrust, and her pretty pussy, juices leaking out of it with every rub of her clit. You know how much Karina gets turned on with anal, and with her masturbating during anal sex with you, you know it wouldn't take long for her to cum. You probably could last a little longer, but you doubt you would anyway, with a full view of Karina having sex. You're so fucking attracted to her that you wouldn't resist cumming in her tight ass at the first opportunity. 
"Faster, dear, mmf~!"
You oblige, your thrusts growing in tempo and some force. A loud moan and Karina's hand moving faster in time with your thrusting has you smiling—she's loving it as much as you do. 
"Fuck, your ass is so tight, Karina…"
"And—oh, God!—And you're so fucking thick, ugh, fuck! You—You fuck me so fucking good—agh, fuck~!"
Karina slides her hand downwards, and she spreads her pussy open with her middle and ring fingers. 
"Look at me, dear—oh!—just l-look at how wet I am."
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1,198 notes - Posted July 17, 2022
#2
SQUIRT-005—"My Classmate Fucks Me All Over School And Creampies Me Multiple Times As I Squirt Everywhere For Him"
Or… y'know,
Bucket List 5
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Genres: Exhibitionism/Public Sex, Masturbation, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Squirting, Degradation, Daddy Kink.
Big thanks to @worldsover and @ggidolsmuts for editing and proofreading.
For @co-reborn and the ONCEs that have waited six months.
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You lie semi-awake in wonder at what happened throughout the past twenty-six, maybe seven hours. Nayeon rests beside you, cuddled up tight against your body, dead asleep from the exhaustion of an overnight sex marathon. Originally, you intended to leave Nayeon to sleep alone on her bed while you took the couch, but well…
"We're fucking having sex on the regular, Pervert. You can definitely lie next to me and sleep. Now go the fuck to bed. I'm tired too, y’know?"
Maybe you could get used to this—but only if she were yours.
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Nayeon approaches you after class and pulls you to the side. She has a collared shirt on, red coloring the trimmings on her sleeve. A small tie hangs around her neck, and she finishes off the outfit with a blue skirt that barely reaches mid-thigh.
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1,660 notes - Posted February 21, 2022
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After School Activities
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"Ah, ah, fuck, fuck, fuck!"
Karina's body rocks softly with every thrust you send in her. String after string of curses erupt from her open mouth, broken up by sharp moans and whines ever so often. She balances on one leg, supported by one of your arms around her slim, tight body. Her other leg is held up by your other arm, and you silence her curses into moans with a crash of your lips to hers. Your tongue swirls against hers in a show of passion. 
Both you and Karina are in various states of undress. Karina's skirt is bunched up around her waist, panties discarded long ago in her haste to get straight to sex with you. Her uniform top is pulled up above her chest, her bare breasts pressed against your chest. You have your uniform shirt undone, pants and boxers flung to some obscure corner of the classroom you're in. Neither of you could care less about where your different articles of clothing are—both of you're too busy enjoying sex with each other to care. 
"Oh fuck, you feel so good like that, fuck~!"
Slow thrust after slow thrust has your cock spearing deep into Karina's tight pussy over and over. Slick spills all over Karina's thighs and all over your cock, each entry into your partner reapplying a new coat of her arousal on your hard shaft every time.
"God, fuck, that pussy always feels so fucking good…"
You busy yourself with leaving marks on her neck. You know she hates having to work so hard cover them up, but ironically, she loves being marked just like that during sex. 
"That's right—gah, fuck!—you love this top tier pussy, mm? Nnn—agh!—No one can… can c—pffh—compare to me, right? You don't have to answer; I already kn—"
"You're fucking right, Karina. I love your pussy. I fucking love your pussy. I love touching it, I love eating it, and I love fucking it."
With the end of your sentence, you begin to speed up your thrusts. Slow and steady becomes fast and hard, and Karina's body jerks with every hard smack of your crotch against hers. Her volume increases as well, moans higher in pitch as you begin to fuck her just the way she likes. 
"Oh God oh God oh God, just like that, fuck me just like that! Agh—fuck!—fuck this top student pussy just like that! Ffff—ah!—Fuck me with that cock, make me… make me squirt all over you!"
No reply needed—actions speak louder than words anyway. You lift her leg even higher, and you keep your thrusts short, fast, hard. Another torrid kiss shared, and you grunt into the kiss just as she whines and moans with you. You can feel Karina get tighter and wetter at the sound of the loud wet claps of sex echoing around the empty classroom right now, and you know she's just thinking of how naughty both of you were—thee two top students of this school meeting up after classes for sex regularly to "de-stress" under the pretense of studying together. Little do all the students and teachets know about what truly goes on after school.
"Oh, fuck, I'm gonna cum, I'm cumming, I'm—ah!"
You pull yourself out of Karina and drop to your knees. Karina leans back against some tables, and with two fingers, you plunge deep into her tight cunt and begin fingerfucking her used pussy. 
"Oh, oh, fuck, fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK!"
Karina squeals and bucks when squirt gushes out of her orgasming pussy, her body taken by the throes of peak sexual pleasure. You feel her pussy contract tightly around your fingers with every messy spray of squirt fucked straight out of her. Clear showers of Karina's juices rain all over the floor beneath her as it runs down the skin of your arm, down her legs, and gushes straight out with every buck. She makes a mess of the classroom with your help, and when you pull out of her, hand and arm drenched, Karina immediately falls to her knees in front of you after you stand up. Without any warning, she takes your cock in her hand, and she pumps it hard to push you closer and closer to your orgasm.
"Are you gonna cum, hmm? Gonna cover me in cum? Do it. Cum all over my pretty face. You know you want to."
"Shit, fuck, take it, take it all, fuck!"
With an increasingly loud growl, hot white semen bursts out of your cock all over Karina's divine features. Rope after rope of semen erupts all over Karina's open, waiting mouth, over her sharp nose, over her closed eyes. You paint the girl beneath you in a thick sheen of white semen—six, seven, eight shots of cum leaving her with your seed dripping down her face, her chin, on her uniform, some of it even clinging to her breasts. The last drops fall right into Karina's mouth—she wraps her lips around your tip and sucks it straight out of you before releasing you with a loud "Pop!".
Both of you pant in exhaustion while basking in the afterglow of the sex. You sink to the floor, cock pulsing while Karina scoops your cum off her face and eats it off her fingers as if it were a delicacy—slow, long licks of her digits, each swipe collecting every drop of cum on her skin, all while staring straight at you while she drinks you in, her bedroom eyes inviting you in for Round 2. 
"How about one more, dear? I have an asshole you haven't fucked…"
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Midnight karaoke guy
Pairing: jungkook x reader
Genre: fluff, crack? Even I'm not sure.
Word count: 1.4k (i don't think I can do short fics 🤦🏻‍♀️)
Warning: there might be some cursing, mention of serial killers
Summary: you moved into your dream apartment, life was good, except for your neighbour who loved to do karaoke in the middle of the night.
A/N: Inspired by this post from @here2bbtstrash . I mean, i was just about to go to sleep early and maybe wake up on Monday, but i saw the prompt and this happened. Also it's entirely written and edited on phone, so if there are any mistakes I'm sorry 🥺. Hope you like this ♥️ (also feedback is very very very appreciated I'll love you forever if you even give me a keysmash on the tags 🥺)
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Did you go almost bankrupt after buying this apartment?
Yes. 
But was buying the apartment worth it?
Also yes!
Since you were little (okay maybe not so little, a teenager perhaps) you've dreamed of your own place, which you could decorate, fill the rooms with your favourite things, have friends over for dinners and game nights, and just be yourself. And though a lot of people said that buying such an expensive apartment is foolish, you should go for a cheaper option, perhaps rent an apartment first, you didn't care. You worked hard, had saved up enough money, and deserved a nice apartment. Additionally, real estate is a serious investment, and you don't want to invest in something that's not worth the money (and experience). Hence, you were here, in your own (expensive-ass) apartment. But there was only one catch!
Your next door neighbour. 
It has been only a few weeks since you moved in, so you haven't got a chance to meet all your neighbours. You made friends with the super stylish elderly lady who's your front door neighbour. She seemed very nice. You had met some of your downstairs neighbour, one family with 2 kids, and another girl just like you. But your next door neighbour remained a mystery. The only thing you knew about him was that he liked to do a lot of karaoke by himself,
In the middle of the night. 
It was another Friday, a very tiring one, and you were looking forward to uninterrupted sleep throughout the weekend, only if the neighborhood nightingale keeps it quiet. As you entered the apartment lobby, you started to pray in your head, hoping that the karaoke neighbour keeps quiet over the weekend, hoping that maybe he will have some important work come up that'll take him away for the weekend. You were so engrossed in your prayers that you didn't even notice the guys standing right beside you in front of the elevators, until he clears his throat to get your attention.
While he does have a nice voice (a dreamy one as the elderly lady said with a fond look on her face), it's not really ideal to wake up to that nice voice singing the latest pop hits at the witching hour. Your job paid well, but it was also demanding, tiring and simply draining. After a long and hard day you only wanted to go to sleep and get a reasonable amount of rest. But you couldn't. Cause the. guy. just. won't. stop. singing.
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"Hi!" He gives you a nice smile, nose scrunches and all, "I'm jungkook, i don't think we've met."
"Ah, yes i only moved in a few weeks ago," you smile back, giving him your name, all the while thinking how adorable his smile is. 
"Ah, i was away for a few weeks, so maybe that's when you moved in, and we never got to meet." He nods his head like the world's mysteries were unraveling themselves. "So which floor do you live on?" 
"8th," you answer entering the elevator, looking back to see if he's following "though i wish I was a few floors above or below!"
"Why?"
"Because, i have this neighbour, and he won't stop singing!" You tap on the 8th floor button, "i mean, it's okay i guess, cause he has a nice voice, but really i don't want to wake up to 2000's greatest pop hits karaoke at 3:30 in the morning you know." You finish your confession, looking at the changing numbers above the door before looking back at jungkook "you're not going to enter your floor?"
"Huh? Yeah, yes," jungkook taps on the number for 10th floor, not really knowing why. He lives on the 8th floor, and after hearing your confession he knows that you're his neighbour, and that his untimely karaoke sessions have disturbed you. Why he chose a wrong floor just to make sure you don't find out it's him baffled him. 
"I mean, the only way the karaoke would be worth it if he was singing my favourites," you shrug, imagining the heavenly voice neighbour singing all your favourites, not just the latest pop songs. 
"And what are your favourites?" He asks jokingly, still not telling you that he is the midnight karaoke radio.
"Hmm, well…" you list some of your favourites, songs that are very close to your heart, "honestly i hope he either shuts up for the weekend or sings only my favourites. That's the only way he can earn my forgiveness."
Jungkook smiles to himself, watching the elevator doors open on your (and his) floor, "maybe he will."
You give him a last smile, "yeah, pray for me though. Bye, have a great weekend." You wave your hands at him as the doors closed. Now why can't this nice (and cute) guy be your neighbour? 
Maybe god is real, or maybe you're just very good at manifesting, cause that night, no songs from the next door infiltrate your apartment. You get a full night's rest, a deep sleep that's unlike anything you've ever experienced. And in the morning you're woken by the soft crooning voice of your neighbour. He sings a few songs, his voice so smooth as if he's trying to coax you out of sleep with music. You float gently in the state between sleep and awakening, surrounded by his smooth voice until a sudden realisation slams you back into reality- he's singing the songs you listed to the 10th floor neighbour last night. 
Jungkook on the other hands doesn't take any chances, riding up till 12th floor before going back down to 8th, making sure that your were not in the hallway before dashing to his door, opening and closing it in a rush, carefull that you don't see him. He wanted to repair his image to you before officially introducing himself, cause he felt that maybe, you're not going to be just neighbours. 
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Getting out of your bed so fast that you almost fall on your face, you pull on a robe over your pajamas and run your front door, ripping it open before descending onto your next door neighbour. You vigorous knocking stops the music. A few minutes after the door opens, and surprise surprise, on the other side of the door stands the very man who claimed to live 2 floors above you. 
"YOU!" You lower your voice a bit, not wanting to draw the attention of the other people on the floor "you liar! You're the karoke guy! You are the one who wakes me up in the middle of the night, how dare you?" 
Even though you were angry, and trying to appear scary, jungkook could only think how adorable you were looking. But he also knew laughing right now wouldn't be the right move, so he controls himself. 
"Yes, and i am truly sorry for that. Honestly i didn't even know someone was living in your apartment." His sincerity was apparent in his voice, "and if you'll let me, than I'd like to make up for the troubles i caused." He once again gives you his bunny smile, nose scrunches and all.
"How?" You were trying not to give in, but damn he has a nice smile. 
"How about we start with breakfast?" He moves sideways, gesturing for you to enter his apartment.
"How do I know you're not a serial killer?" Even though he had a nice smile, and a good body (his was wearing see-through pajamas, SEE-THROUGH pajamas!!!) You didn't want to walk into the house of an unknown guy. 
"Well, if you want we can have the breakfast outside then?" He tilts his head, "i know a nice place, and it's very close. I don't know much about serial killing but if i was a serial killer i wouldn't try to kill you in public."
You give the idea some thought before nodding, "okay, let's meet in front of the elevator in 15 minutes." 
He nods, "see you in 15 then!". And just as you're about to turn around, he calls you back, "you know you can just request your favourites, maybe then you'll like my midnight karaoke."
"How about we negotiate that over breakfast? Meet me at 15 Mr. Singer!" You wink at him before going back to your own apartment, suddenly very glad that the universe didn't send your musical neighbour away for the weekend on an important trip.
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Excerpt from The Shameful Kind of Sorrow
Okay I'm not done writing the whole fic yet, but y'all deserve a late christmas present
In order to avoid suspicion, Urabrask had removed most physical methods of conveying emotion from his body years ago. After all, what purpose could they serve in a society where compassion is such a shameful thing? That decision has saved his life and standing countless times. Admittedly, the vast majority of said times were the dreadful meetings the other praetors demanded that he participate in. They always were more of a glorified excuse to show off and yell at one another than an actual constructive meeting.
From his place atop one of the many rusted metal stalagmites of the Quiet Furnace, Urabrask observed the scattered bodies of his people. He is sure that if he had retained organic eyes that they would be draining him of his precious oil at the sight of the massacre. The corpses of living furnaces lay like hollow husks along the many trails that they roamed. Several surviving slag fiends were scattered across the battlefield, desperately trying to recycle their brethren before getting torn to shreds by ichor-stained claws.
The denizens of the Quiet Furnace were fierce. The praetor had no doubt that every phyrexian under his domain could hold their own in a fair fight. Tending the forges was not work for the weak. Nevertheless, they were simply not designed to withstand a Phyrexian invasion.
The battle was shamefully short. His beautiful creations had held under the full force of Elesh Norn’s orthodoxy, but when she rallied Jin-Gitaxias and Vorinclex’s forces as her own things ended quickly. Between the sheer overwhelming number and the advantage of a surprise attack, even the great strength of a forge chancellor was not enough.
The invading force flooded his lands completely. The many vents and Lacuna became bottomless crucibles, spilling an unending wave of porcelain, metal, and bone to consume and destroy everything in their path.
Urabrask had neglected to make any machines of war. It had been intentional; the other praetors could not call on him to aid in the subjugation of unwilling beings if he held no army to lead into battle. It was unfortunate that the decision to turn a blind eye and tend the forges had left him exposed. There was a reason he preferred to remain hidden to carry out his work. Brute force had always been more Vorinclex’s area of expertise.
Perhaps it was a sort of cosmic justice that Urabrask had his furnace taken from him. Although begrudging, he had participated in the conquering of Mirrodin. He had reforged the metal needed to make more soldiers. He had used their flesh when presented with the opportunity to graft it. Yes, it had furthered the great work but at what cost? Now that cost had become apparent. His indecision then seems to have robbed him of his and his people’s freedom.
He could only hope that some of his workers survived the slaughter. Ideally, the soon-to-be crowned Mother of Machines would see just how big a delay she would make for herself to kill off the entire population of the Quiet Furnace. The echo of her words still rang clearly in his memory.
"I am kind, so I shall allow you to see the repercussions of a fractured New Phyrexia. Look at what your dissent has done. Nothing but bloodshed. I have faith that you will not make the same mistake twice. Even you aren’t dumb enough to deny perfection."
With a shudder, he recalled the porcelain spears that had pinned him to the ground. It was insulting to know that she thought so little of him to leave him alive. Carefully he pulled back his hand from his side to see that it was still covered in viscous ichor from his wounds. The very same ichor now painted the Quiet Furnace’s fiery rivers black.
It would appear the machine orthodoxy was taking its leave, a murderous job well done. Urabrask supposed this was his cue to resume the status quo expected of him. Repair what can be salvaged. Make a new what has been lost.
It would be easy to let Elesh Norn believe that her scare tactics had worked, that she now held power over the Quiet Furnace. This was merely reassurance that now, more than ever, she controlled nothing. The power-hungry fool was scared. She knew that she would never succeed without complete control of New Phyrexia. The trick from here on out would be to keep up the appearance that she did hold power.
Yes, he would need to be more subtle from now on, but nothing had changed. New Phyrexia still required him to cleanse it; he would not suffer such a defeat again.
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glitch-e-rat · 13 days
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Eh, wasn't gonna publish this but screw it.
Silly drabble thing that came from thinking about the whole 'unimplemented spikes' mechanic in the sta.rt a.gain art book.
Warnings for character death, gore, eye trauma and, ya know. What I outlined above basically? ye ah
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...You'd always ignored this part of the House until now, another room, with no hint of anything important sparkling inside to draw your eye. Nothing but a waste of space and time...
Until today anyway. When it hit you, passing that same dark doorway, that time is the one thing you have in infinite excess.
....That. Was a mistake, as it's turning out. Even now you can barely force a dry chuckle that rasps jarringly through the tattered remains of your vocal cords, your throat. The sickeningly steady trickle of blood that flows from.. Far too many places right now gushing all the more violently as you convulse around your own mistake.
You always were So Blinding Bad at your job.
The boulder, the keys, the crests... There were other mistakes, you're sure. So many other mistakes. And just as you thought you had the script worked out, thought you knew it all by rote and heart, you go and make another alteration.
The floor had looked normal, to your idiot eye, normal except for a few small divets but surely.. The House is. Well it's not that old but it changed right? When the King set up here he changed it, moving walls and floors and... A little damage was to be expected, was it not?
So on you ambled, the half blind leading the as good as blind - for following you. It was quick at least, initially, the sudden sharp pain in your foot sending you tumbling forward, only to feel the starbursts of agony bloom in your leg, your abdomen, your torso and, most hilariously of all, your one remaining good bloody eye. Bloodier now, you suppose, as what's left of it doubtless oozes down the very blade that has robbed you of all sight in this moment.
Somewhere in the distance you can hear them. Yelling. Screaming. Shock and anger and........ It's so far away. You're thankful for that. You don't really want to hear it, not right now. You're well aware you screwed up and well aware they can see. It won't matter soon anyway...
And yet you can't seem to stir much of a care for your situation. Other than perhaps some utterly morbid fascination. This is new, after all! You've never quite felt this before! The burning, cold sensation of metal lodged deeply within you, pinning you like a butterfly, suspended midair as a trophy to your own glorious stupidity as you slowly bleed out.
It's a bit like your dagger, you muse, as panic turns to a gentle lightheadedness, the pain now almost as distant as the terrified (and doubtless disappointed) voices droning someplace so very far away from here. The same dizzying sense of floating, if a little augmented by the very real nature of your position, the numbness, your senses slowly shutting down.
You're not getting out of this one. And you realize, with a small jolt of guilt, that you don't even mind. Not really. It's peaceful, knowing there's nothing more you can do here. Nothing but wait for the hoursands of your own blood to drain away.. Nothing but wait for..
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..You awaken in the field, the sun is bright, the clouds are fluffy, the birds are singing quite beautifully. And you're alive.
Alive, and wracked with guilt and the pain from injuries your body has yet to register it's sudden lack of.
You roll over, slowly, tentatively, wincing at the movement, and lay face down in the grass. Trying to smother the scream you can already feel clawing its way up your throat and into the world.
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...You probably shouldn't do that again....
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boliv-jenta · 2 years
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Joel Miller x f!reader
The Last of Us Magical Western AU, I guess.
The Watchtower
Part 1 | Part 2
Written for @misspearly1 Thank you for the help.
Warnings: smut, language, gore.
Dust swirled around you, disturbed by the heaviness of your landing. Whatever had grabbed you had pulled you up far enough for the top half of you to clear the rafter before dumping you on a small platform. Eyes gleamed in dark across from you. Viper. Named for the way their fangs hinged in their mouths. They remained pretty much human looking until they extended their jaws. It made the whole thing even more disturbing. Vines looked like monsters from the off. Vipers remained human in appearance until their grotesque transformed. A reminder of what could happen to you if one fed on you and you were unlucky. Not all bites made you one of them. Mainly they just drained you. Vipers were blood drinkers. Vines would eat you whole, bones and all. Wild Dogs like to split you open like over ripe fruit and feast on your insides. Each had their own strengths and weaknesses. Fire was the great equaliser between them all. Unfortunately, it wasn't all that great for humans too. It wasn't the best choice for close quarters. If you smashed in their brain in like a Walker, you better make sure you did a good job. As long as at least basic brain function remained they would attack on instinct. Decapitation worked best.
The sound of Joel's shotgun rang out followed by a heavy thud. One down but he had said 'Walkers' plural. A call of your name rang out. Throwing all your weight to the side, you managed to roll. One. Twice. Then you were dropping down to the floor. With the top of the stairs in sight you ran towards the sound of Joel's struggles. You made it two, three feet before the bastard grabbed you by your jacket, swiftly it tried to pull you up again. When it couldn't correct for the sudden change in weight it toppled backwards. Right over the rafter it was perched on, and down onto the floor below. It landed awkwardly on all fours, moving towards you with only a seconds recovery. Luckily, you had recovered too. The machete in your hand was well cared for. Despite it's years of use it was still sharp. The blade still gleamed in the streaks of moonlight. It arched through the air the fractured light giving the illusion of it cutting moonlight. Your technique made up for your proportional lack of strength to a certain extent.
Cleaving something's head from it's shoulders was oddly easy given the right tools. Most of the neck was made of flesh and cartilage, it was the bone that caused the most resistance. That's exactly where your blade got stuck.
The Viper turned it's head under your blade. It's amber gaze burning into you. The jaggered blade slitting the skin underneath. A grotesque line drew around it, peeling away flesh, spilling blood from it. It opened it jaws wide. Like it's name's sake when it opened it jaws wide, they were wide. It's chin touched the back of your hand on the hilt of your blade. It's spittle dripped over your hand. Fighting the revulsion, you pushed the blade harder. The thing had the gaul to push forward maybe it thought it could get to you before you could get through it's spine. The way your grip was slipping off the spit moistened blade, it right. Fuck it. Throwing your whole weight forward you slammed it into the banister behind it. The wood held long enough to shove the Viper's neck through your blade. It's head bounced down the stairs with a steady beat. Then the wood gave way. Both the Viper's body and your's tumbled down the stairs.
Pain shot through your shoulder as you slammed down on to the cold stone. Another shot rang out. Another thud. This one was just next to you. Turning your head you were met with one milky white eyeball looking at you. The other had been blown clean out, along with half his head. From what you could make out he was young when he died. What was left of his skin was smooth. He was slim built with narrow shoulder. The exact opposite of the Walker Joel was now wrestling with. He was huge. He tower over Joel. His arms were almost as wide as Joel's whole body. His massive stomach had Joel pinned back against the wall, while Joel pushed it's neck back with his shot gun. There was no way Joel could angle it to fire to the creature. He couldn't risk taking his hand off it to reach for his revolvers.
The sharp gnashing of it's teeth went through you. Searching the floor around you for your weapons, you came up empty handed. Well, you were never completely empty handed. Half running, half crawling you made your way to Joel. Dropping to your knees, you took a deep breath. This wasn't going to pleasant. Reaching out you grabbed the chucky ankle of the Walker. Memories flooded you. Happy times with a wife you never had. Holding your son for the first time. Both of them weeping as you grew weaker. The fear of not knowing what would happen once the illness over took you. The jarring memories were enough to distract the Walker while Joel wrenched his shotgun free just enough to get in a glancing shot. It caused the Walker to stumble, Joel seized the opening to take another shot at it's head. It's body hit he ground just after yours.
The Enlightened's power varied. By strength. By ability. Most of them involved controlling something rather than creating something from nothing. There were rumours that a few could create things as will. No one you knew had ever seen one. Mostly people controlled the elements. Regain control in a world gone mad was very appealing to some.
You knew of a few others like yourself that could hear thoughts. It wasn't widely know but it was the rarest of all gifts. The most sort after too, for obvious reasons. The Sickness had spread around the world. Once great nations were decimated. What better way to regain their power than to know what the enemy was thinking? A simple handshake could give them strategy insight. Another country's resources could become theirs overnight. It had it's downside though. Keeping other people's thoughts at bay took practice. Being around too many people could be overwhelming. Exerting your power could knock you out. Luckily, you had Joel to look after you while you recovered.
It had been so long since you'd had an actual bath. You were lucky that back home your mother worked in a hotel. They had a big copper tub that you were allowed to use when the guests didn't need it. You got to bathe way more often than some of your friends did. You often wondered if that's why you avoided The Sickness for so long. It was a luxury that you loved. The warm water soothing your tired muscles, relieving your aches. The steam making you feel deeply cleanse. Joel moved behind you. Trying to give him some room you moved to scoot forward.
"Hey. Where you going?" His large hand splayed over your stomach pulled you back to him.
"Nowhere. I was just giving you some space."
You felt his laughter before you heard it. "I've had plenty of space honey. Right now I just need you." Water spilt over the sides as he yanked you back against his broad chest.
"Joel!" You giggled. "You're making a mess!"
"Yeah, I'll clean it. Let me clean you first." He lathered up a wash rag begin to clean you starting with your arms. He ran the cloth up them in long strokes. He moved to your shoulders rubbing at the tension there. It didn't take him long to zero in on your breasts. Pruned fingers gently stroking the soft skin at the sides of them, his large palm coming underneath to feel the weight of them in his hand, kneeling them lightly as he did so. Your nipples had hardened due to his touch, he thumbed them roughly. Sending little shock to your core.
Abruptly, he move the cloth downwards, soaping up the skin of your soft belly before pushing down between your legs. The roughness of the material provided much need friction against your clit. "Joel!" You clawed at his thick forearms resting on the edge of the tub.
"What?" He fained innocence.
"You know damn well what!" You playfully splashed him.
"You need some extra cleaning down there? That filthy little pussy. Gets so wet for me all the times. Take every drop of me that I pump in there. Fuck, I wanna fill it now. Would you like that? Me fucking that tight little hole. Right here where anyone could hear you scream?" Part of you swore that man could make you come from his words alone. Between his dirty mouth, his evident excitement pressed into your lower back and his hand still pressed between your legs, your heart rate was through the roof. Your breath was fast and shallow. He was right. If he made you scream, people could hear. The hotel was busy outside. Maude was probably just down the hall she'd tell your mother. No, that was wrong. She wasn't here. Gone. You weren't here.
Waking with a start, you tired to calm yourself. Joel lay across from you looking similarly affected.
"We better get moving. You were out for a while. I carried you as far as I could." That explained why you had dreamt of him. You really needed to get a handle on these dreams. Navigating this world was hard enough. Avoiding the dangers. The creatures that wanted to eat you. The people who would kill you to help themselves to your supplies. Worse, people who wanted your gift and would enslave you for it. Relying on others who were just as lost and fucked as you were was your only hope. Having someone to partner with in this world should make things easier. In some ways it did. In others it confused things more, letting your guard down made you more vulnerable. Especially when it came to your power. These dreams, so vivid, fuelled by your desire for one another, were a problem. After them Joel would become less focused. Only a little, he was still Joel Miller. Still strong and determined. Although being even a little unfocused could get you both killed.
In your dreams your power meant Joel knew every inch of you, he'd tasted your skin, your release. You had been as intimate with him as possible. In your waking life it only served to drive him away. As you walked behind him you tired your best to bury now much that bothered you.
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Here is a fun winter snippet here.
Officer Mike Walters continued to stare at the piece of paper before him. It was the doctor's report from the hospital about the their current mayor's medical condition. Even though he had clear data before him, Officer Walters was still confused by how the information came to be. A buddy of his walked up to his desk. "Still baffled by the case huh." His friend commented. Mike nodded with a defeated sigh. "I just still don't understand how the mayor could have gotten that sudden head injury while just walking about. Not even being near any dangerous items that could cause something like this." Mike exclaimed with exasperation.
(7 hours earlier)
"Okay kiddo, just pack in that snow good in tight." Steven Boxleitner encouraged his four year old child. Becky Boxleitner did as her dad said and packed the snow she collected earlier into a dense object. When she finished, young Becky looked proud of her work and decided to show off to her daddy. "Did I accomplish making a snowball daddy?" The young child asked. Steven observed his daughter's snowball for a minute. It was a bit more lumpy and not completely circular like other snowballs he seen, but it was round-ish enough. Steven patted his child's head. "You did a good job with your first snowball honey." Steven said with a smile. Becky's eyes widened with excitement and happiness as she looked towards her pet monkey Bob who also gave a thumbs up towards the alien child. Becky then looked back to her dad. "Now what?" The young girl asked curiously.
“Now for the fun part.” Her dad began to explain. Steven knelt down to his daughter’s height as he pointed towards a snow mound a few feet ahead of them. “Pretend that snow mound is a person and throw it at them. It’s okay if you don’t hit the target on your first try.” Steven told his child. Becky frowned a bit, pondering something before facing her dad. “Does it hurt them?” Becky asked nervously. Steven shook his head before reassuring his child. “Don’t worry sweetheart, throwing snowballs is all in good fun as long as the people participating in a snowball fight give their consent and don’t purposefully try to harm others. Besides the being hit with packed snow only stings for a little bit and the person who got hit most of the time forgets about it the next day.” Becky nodded, feeling better and more excited about throwing her first ever snowball now. “Now.” Steven said with a determined expression, “aim for that snow mound and throw your snowball as hard as you can.” And the young super powered alien threw that snowball and it went flying…right into the direction of the mayor who just happened to be walking in front of that snow mound on his way to lunch. “Yay, I threw a snowball at someone!” Becky cheered excitedly, not realizing what she had just did as the mayor stumbled backwards onto the hard ground after being knocked unconscious. She did not notice the blood drained faces of her dad or Bob as they witnessed the city’s mayor getting assaulted by an alien four year old. “Uh yeah, you sure did kiddo.” Steven said, trying not to panic and freak out too much in front of his young and naive child. “Oh would you look at the time, it’s getting late sweetheart. Let’s hurry back home and have some hot chocolate and maybe never speak about what just happened to anyone.” With that rushed excuse, Steven quickly grabbed and picked up Becky and Bob as he rushed back home, fast as his human feet could carry him just as a concerned crowd of people surrounded the injured mayor. 
(Present time)
“I’ll guess it will remain just another mystery.” Mike’s friend finally said, just as baffled as he was about the whole thing. Mike just nodded in agreement. “Your right. I guess the runner up from the last election will have to take over.” 
And that is how the canon mayor became mayor over Fair City. The End. 
@drtwobrainsstuff
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Yesss this is some good fluff and antics right there
10/10
Poor ex mayor. Didnt know what hit 'em
@liloskull343
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femboykyo · 11 months
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Bet You Didn't Know~Natsu X Lucy
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Natsu is a bottom so if u don't like pegging then don't read
Smut eventually
The day was simple enough. Friends were finding work, I was fighting with Snowflake, and Lucy was on her way. A typical day for all of us at home.
“Good morning, Everyone.” My head quirked and a dopey grin was on my face.
“Hey, Lucy!” I ran as fast as I could to my partner.
“Hi, Natsu. What job do we have today?”
“Oh-ho you're gonna like this one. We have to take care of Heart Plants.” I thought she'd be excited but something about her slouching shoulders told me otherwise.
“Come on I'll tell you all about it on the way.”
“But Natsu it's by train.” I almost threw up in my mouth.
“Right, I forgot.” She sighed and I followed her out the doors. Lucy. If I had to describe her with one word, it would be… Strong. Not just physically but mentally as well. Whenever Lucy had something in mind, she gave it one hundred and twenty percent. I always admired that about her. How strong she was and how strong she was getting.
“Don't you think?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah sure.”
“Are you feeling okay? You barely touched anything.”
“I'm fine, just a little woozy.” I could tell that Lucy and Happy didn't believe me but decided not to press it any further.
“So, tell me about these plants.”
“Okay. Well, Heart Plants are pretty harmless, they just grow everywhere really fast. They're pretty much just weeds.”
“Right but what do they look like?”
“That's hard to say. They like to imitate other plants, the only way to tell the difference is their leaves. They have a red color close to the stem and it makes it look like a heart.”
“Is that why they're called Heart Plants?” I shook my head.
“No, that's dumb. They're called Heart Plants because a lot of the time people pick them for their romantic partner. Since they can look like other flowers, they get them mixed up. Once you've inhaled it's pollen, it brings out what desire you've hidden inside yourself.” I finished my last plate and let out a satisfied breath.
“I'm all fired up! Let's go kill some weeds!”
“Aye!”
I scrubbed myself for probably the fourth time and I still felt like it was on me. I had somehow managed to get the pollen onto my skin.
“I’m sure it’s not that bad, Natsu.” Happy said through the bathroom door. I watched the white foam slither to the drain. I could feel my body heat up and my hand twisted the knob to cold water. Although that action was deemed fruitless as my skin remained hot. I laid my arm onto the wall in front of me, closing my eyes as my heart picked up pace. I could see images as clear as day pass through my mind. A whip or rope wrapped around my wrists, my arms, and legs. Soft hands flattened against my chest and slid down to my hips, grabbing hard as something cold yet hot entered inside me. I moaned and my knees buckled. I slid to my knees and my vision got fuzzy. Blonde hair was in my view and her pink rose lips. A purr rumbled deep in my throat and my hand found its way to my burning need.
“Natsu?! Are you okay?!” I gasped and my eyes flew open. I had ended up on my stomach, ass in the air, three fingers deep inside myself.
“ ‘M fine!” I managed to half moan out. The door shook and I groaned.
“Natsu, open the door.”
“No.”
“Natsu.”
“I’m fine, Lucy.” I mewled as I continued my fingers movements. It just wasn’t enough, it wasn’t what I needed. I shook from yet another orgasm but I still didn’t feel that fulfillment. Next thing I knew, the door was open and shut. It made me slightly scared of what that woman could achieve.
“Oh, well…”
“Don’t look at me.” I tugged the curtain but it was pulled back. I tried to hide my face with my arm, my hot face somehow getting hotter.
“Is this what you’ve been doing for the past hour?” When I didn’t answer, I was pulled out by my bicep and tossed onto the floor.
“Natsu… I’m not gonna laugh.”
“Maybe.” Lucy gave me a stern look and I sighed.
“I-I want… I’ve always wanted to know what it's like to get fucked by you.” For a while nothing happened and it almost made tears form at my eyes. I thought I had screwed up and she thought I was weird. Or maybe she thought I was gross. I could faintly hear a door open and a few minutes later it closed.
“She left. I knew she would hate it.” I thought and sniffed. I was about to get up but a hand placed itself onto my neck. I moaned and looked behind me from the corner of my eye. It was Lucy with a smile, I gazed as low as I could and noticed something flesh colored in her other hand. I blushed and hid my face on the floor.
“Lucy, what about Happy?”
“Relax, he ran into Sting and Rogue. You’re mine for now.” I shivered and smiled with a toothy grin.
“Okay.”
“That’s, "Yes Mistress.” Lucy Said as her hand grabbed at my hair. My body twitched and a small moan passed my lips.
“Yes, Mistress.”
“Better. Now, to the bed, Pet.” I wordlessly got up on jelly legs and went to the bed. I laid so my stomach touched the edge of the mattress, legs spread wide, arms limp at my side. I heard her chuckle and a hand slapped a cheek. I squeaked at the impact but moaned at the after feel. Then there was another one, and another, and another until the sting was almost too much and it felt as if one more would cause me to bleed.
“What a pretty color on you, Pet.” A cold substance dripped onto my slightly swollen entrance and I let out a purr.
“Pet, pick a safeword.”
“Cherry.”
“Perfect.” A long moan fell off my lips as she pushed herself inside.
“Is it big, Pet?” I nodded.
“Bigger than I thought.” I smiled and she reached her hand around to grab my throat. My mouth opened and my eyes rolled.
“My, my. I didn’t know you were this kinky, Natsu.” Lucy giggled. The pace started slow and deep, almost like she was teasing me, holding me tight.
I let out a content sigh as I snuggled into a cool body who let out a groan as my arms slithered around them.
“Natsu, you’re too hot.”
“But I like cuddling.”
“Well cuddle your pillow, you’re making me sweaty, it’s gross.” I showed Lucy a pout and puppy eyes.
“I can’t sleep like that, I’ll get nightmares.”
“...Okay fine. Just this time though.” With a beaming smile, I nuzzled my face into her soft hair and drifted off to sleep.
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