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TOP 10

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Poor Things

Oppenheimer

Barbie

BlackBerry

The Holdovers

The Iron Claw

Killers of the Flower Moon

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[johnsbleu]

hold my hand masterlist ♡

warning: Hold My Hand is an explicit work of fiction, and is intended for audiences 18+

Under the cut are all of the chapters of hmh so far, along with Instagram edits and playlists. I will be adding to it with every update. BOLD indicates newest chapter. AO3

Chapters:  1 2&3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170

Instagram AU: 1 2 3 4 5  6 7 8 9 10  11 12 13 14 15  16 17 18 19 20 21

Playlists: HMH playlist John’s bookbinding playlist

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#john wick x you #john wick x reader #john wick x y/n #john wick imagine #fic: hold my hand #this took me too long #look at the cute little dividers. #i hope it works idk what to do otherwise! #i'll add to it with every update too! #lmao so yeah here it is #hmh masterlist

[twice-inamillion]

MasterList

Twice Interactive Story

Character List Babies character list

Parts 1-76. Part 77-147

Part 1-16: The Beginning

Part 17-20: Sharon’s First Attack

Part 21-46: Mina��s (Sharon’s) Consequences

Part 47-53: Dahyun Sexually Interested

Part 53-58:Jihyo’s Baby

Part 59-61: Dahyun’s Mistake

Part 62-65: Jihyo’s Reaction

Part 66-68: Mina’s Pregnancy

Part 68.5-70: Confirming Your Love

Part 71-72: Morning Sickness

Part 73-74: The Blues

Part 77: Sneaking In For A Good Time

Part 78-79: Time With Family

Part 80-83: Making Up

Part 84-89: A Moment With Family

Part 88.5 Side Story :(Midnight Snack)

Part 90: Time Abroad

Part 91-94: Coming Back To Mina

Part 95-95: Dahyun’s Secret

Part 99-100 Side Story: Questioning

Part 99.5-103: Mina’s Babies Coming Home

Part 104-108: In Trouble Again

Part 109-112: Dahyun’s Secret/Time with the kids

Part 113: Mina A Good Girl?

Part 114: Mystery Woman

Part 115-118: Member’s Sharing Experience

Part 119-121: Threesome with Michaeng

Part 122-124: Chaeyoung’s Aftercare

Part 125-127: Mina’s Breakdown

Part 128-129: Dahyun’s Move

Part 130: Dahyun’s first lactating experience

Part 131: The Mina Blues

Part 132: Family Date

Part 133: OC’s late night drink

Part 134: Morning Breakfast

Part 135: Family Date with Dahyun

Part 135.1 Side Story: Disappearing Act

Part 135.2 Side Story: Lessons Learned

Part 135.3 Side Story: Baby Talk

Part 135.4 Side Story: Day Trip

Part 136: Time Skip

Part 137: Strawberry Princess nude apron

Part 138: Recollection and Future

Part 139: Breakfast with Dahyun

Part 140: Potential Baby Names

Part 141: An upset Dahyun

Part 142: Plan to rescue Mina

Part 143: Attacked by Mystery woman

Part 144: Morning after the attack

Part 145: Arriving to Japan

Part 146: Busy day with Sana

Part 147: Is that Mina?

Part 147.5 Side Story: Confession

Part 148: Heartbreak

Part 149: Late Night Desire

Part 150: Confronting Mina

Part 151: Mina’s Breakfast

Part 152: Sana’s Bathroom Surprise

Part 153: Sana’s Last Try

Part 154: Coming Home

Part 155: Christmas Tree Decoration

Part 155.5 Side Story: Heart Felt

Part 156: Jihyo’s Date

Part 156.5 Side Story: Missing You

Part 157: Dahyun’s Date

Part 157.5 Side Story: Bathhouse

Part 158: Reeducating Chaeyoung

Part 159: Christmas Together

Part 159.5 Side Story: Reunion

Part 160: Jisoo’s 1st Birthday

Part 161: Sana’s Birthday Wish Part 1

Part 162: Sana’s Birthday Wish Part 2

Part 162.5 Side Story: Birthday Gift

Part 163: New Years Eve/New Years Day

Part 164: Time Skip 2019

Part 164.1 Side Story: Further Learning

Part 164.2 Side Story: Tell All

Part 165: Jihyo’s 22nd Birthday

Part 166: Dahyun’s Last Pregnancy Sex

Part 166.5 Side Story: Aftermath

Part 167: Welcome to the family little tofu

Part 167.5 Side Story: Coming Home

Part 168: Momo’s First Time

Part 168.5 Side Story: Getting Handsy

Part 169: Ari and Hina’s First Birthday

Part 169.5 Side Story: Peeping

Part 170: Twice X Pocari Sweat

Part 171: Chaeyoung’s BestFriend

Part 172: Jihyo’s Special Vacation

Part 172.5 Side Story: Surprise Visitor

Chapter 173: Coming Home To A Surprise

Chapter 173.5 Side Story: Early Gift

Master List 2

Twice Dome Arc

Chapters 174-180

Fancy Arc

Chapter 181- 197

Twicelights World Tour Arc

Chapter 198-

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Undoing

Chapter 3: Undoing

Chapter 2: Frontiers

Chapter 1: Backstory

Chapter 4: Casting

Chapter 5: Continuing

Chapter 6: Ergonomics

Chapter 7: Facts

Chapter 8: Gods

Chapter 9: Oneiric

Chapter 10: Replaying

Chapter 11: Storing

Chapter 12: Subsumption

Chapter 13: Transfer

Chapter 14: Transience

Chapter 15: Unlearning

Chapter 16: Velocity

Chapter 17: Vietnam

Chapter 18: Vilification

Chapter 19: While you were gone

Chapter 20: Xitalis

Chapter 21: Zooming

Chapter 22: Treatment plan

Chapter 23: What was it?

Chapter 24: Planning

Chapter 25: Acceptance

Chapter 26: Simple

Chapter 27: Editing

Chapter 28: Siphon

Chapter 29: Evening

Chapter 30: Universes

Chapter 31: Belief

Chapter 32: Meeting

Chapter 33: Molly

Chapter 34: The best of times

Chapter 35: Is that why?

Chapter 36: Sport

Chapter 37: Starlight

Chapter 38: Effects

Chapter 39: Girlbossification

Chapter 40: Status

Chapter 41: Fearful symmetry

Chapter 42: Reference

Chapter 43: Venom

Chapter 44: Letting go

Chapter 45: Sincerity

Chapter 46: Megido

Chapter 47: Mockery

Chapter 48: Freezing

Chapter 49: Ring

Chapter 50: New

Chapter 51: Discovering

Chapter 52: Destroying

Chapter 53: Conquest

Chapter 54: Liberation

Chapter 55: Seclusion

Chapter 56: Swelling

Chapter 57: Shaking

Chapter 58: Considerations

Chapter 59: Magick

Chapter 60: Dog

Chapter 61: Goncharov

Chapter 62: Lonely

Chapter 63: Hobbits

Chapter 64: Giving up

Chapter 65: Water

Chapter 66: Drops

Chapter 67: Depths

Chapter 68: Improvising

Chapter 69: Quid pro quo

Chapter 70: Hurting

Chapter 71: Anticipating

Chapter 72: Cavity

Chapter 73: Bypassing

Chapter 74: Building

Chapter 75: Assembly

Chapter 76: Nocturne

Chapter 77: Disappearing

Chapter 78: Memory

Chapter 79: Extinguishing

Chapter 80: Approaching

Chapter 81: Interpreting

Chapter 82: Target

Chapter 83: Numbers

Chapter 84: Late

Chapter 85: Safety

Chapter 86: Measures

Chapter 87: Worlds

Chapter 88: Granting

Chapter 89: Jumping

Chapter 90: Fleeing

Chapter 91: Discerning

Chapter 92: Now

Chapter 93: Ultimate

Chapter 94: Brackets

Chapter 95: Instructions

Chapter 96: Severing

Chapter 97: Dire

Chapter 98: Bodies

Chapter 99: Heal

Chapter 100: Consciousness

Chapter 101: Cyclical

Chapter 102: Heaven

Chapter 103: Species

Chapter 104: Empires

Chapter 105: Light

Chapter 106: Waterfront

Chapter 107: Impermanence

Chapter 108: Consummation

Chapter 109: Salving

Chapter 110: Unlimited

Chapter 111: Mediating

Chapter 112: Unity

Chapter 113: Space

Chapter 114: Birds

Chapter 115: Stars

Chapter 116: Telepathy

Chapter 117: Dawn

Chapter 118: Vortex

Chapter 119: Passages

Chapter 120: Defending

Chapter 121: Averting

Chapter 122: Control

Chapter 123: Stars

Chapter 124: Inhabiting

Chapter 125: Stars

Chapter 126: Spoons

Chapter 127: Stars

Chapter 128: Room

Chapter 129: Angels

Chapter 130: Shining

Chapter 131: Offerings

Chapter 132: Rhythm

Chapter 133: Overcoming

Chapter 134: Stars

Chapter 135: Patriarchy

Chapter 136: Rage

Chapter 137: Myopia

Chapter 138: Devouring

Chapter 139: Void

Chapter 140: Juggernaut

Chapter 141: Slumber

Chapter 142: Growing

Chapter 143: Flight

Chapter 144: Showing

Chapter 145: Mutation

Chapter 146: Revolution

Chapter 147: Customization

Chapter 148: Introspection

Chapter 149: Mandates

Chapter 150: Carnival

Chapter 151: Credulous

Chapter 152: Snack

Chapter 153: Earth

Chapter 154: Liberty

Chapter 155: Arete

Chapter 156: Instruction

Chapter 157: Allowing

Chapter 158: Memories

Chapter 159: Traveling

Chapter 160: Binding

Chapter 161: Outside

Chapter 162: Returning

Chapter 163: Birds

Chapter 164: Cabin

Chapter 165: Starlight

Chapter 166: Heat

Chapter 167: Service

Chapter 168: Severing

Chapter 169: Woods

Chapter 170: Siding

Chapter 171: Flowing

Chapter 172: Unreasonable

Chapter 173: Golden

Chapter 174: Unfolding

Chapter 175: Holding

Chapter 176: Sloth

Chapter 177: Wind

Chapter 178: Quarantining

Chapter 179: Awakenings

Chapter 180: Errors

Chapter 181: Motors

Chapter 182: Geometry

Chapter 183: Subsumption

Chapter 184: Crossroads

Chapter 185: Release

Chapter 186: Explaining

Chapter 187: Retrofit

Chapter 188: Returning

Chapter 189: Molly

Chapter 190: Haunted

Chapter 191: Bestowal

Chapter 192: Chances

Chapter 193: Firsts

Chapter 194: Margin

Chapter 195: Thy Kingdom Come

Chapter 196: Harbor

Chapter 197: Crisis

Chapter 198: Searching

Chapter

[bratshaws]

through the hourglass 186. brb x oc

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“Did you just get here?’ she’s still holding him, he smells like his cologne and of woods, like cedar and pine, he smelled like home.

“I did,I wanted to surprise you.” he smiles, holding Nicole up before placing her on his shoulders, holding her little hands to keep her balanced as they walk towards the kitchen, “But I was the one surprised. Since someone was already walking!” he shakes his shoulders so Nicole laughs, happily moving along with him.

Beatrice, now calmed down from her shock, just smiles from the sink where her glass was, “I honestly–she did it on her own??’

“Yeah, she was walking alone when I saw her.”

Beatrice’s mouth parts open in surprise, “Nikki!” she squeals, clapping her hands together, “Honey you are walking! You are walking sweetie! That’s amazing!” Nicole just gurgles happily, bouncing a bit on Rooster’s shoulders before her father pulled her away, “I had no idea, she was moving a bit but, walking? Maybe she knew you were coming and wanted to be prepared for you.”

“Yeah.” he smiles, holding Nicole against his chest, “You aren’t upset at me because I didn’t tell you, are you?”

“No!Of course not!” she waves her hand dismissively, laughing softly before finishing what was left in her glass, “I love whenever you surprise me,I’m just happy you are home,” both of them see Eleanor carrying his duffle bag away from the door, trotting happily as if that weighed nothing…which for her, probably didn’t, “...Why are you home so soon? Not that I’m complaining, but I thought you still had five months left.”

“Well,” he drawls the L with a little smirk, “I think we cut the mission in half because of what happened.”

He does explain to Beatrice about the base, about the area they were in but doesn’t go in too much detail because she didn’t need to know that…however he does tell her about Raptor and Jaws, about what they did and how he and McAllister helped them even if they didn’t want to, “...I was really pissed Bea.” he mutters, rubbing Nicole’s tiny hand between his thumb and forefinger, “They were so irresponsible, what they did was so…fucked.”

Beatrice licks her lips, the joy in her eyes dissipating for a second as she looks at her husband, eyebrows low and mouth going downwards, “...I’m just happy you are okay.” she whispers, rubbing her neck, “I…I know you didn’t want to worry me, but I’m so happy you told me about it, I’m happy you didn’t keep that inside you.”

“I just worry.”

“I know,” she reassures him, “I know you do…but I could see how tense that mission made you,even when you spoke to me,I knew something was wrong…I just knew you’d share with me whenever you felt ready.” he smiled sweetly back at her, still rubbing Nicole’s hand and leaning against the wall, one leg crossed over the other, “I’m glad you aren’t holding it in anymore.”

“I’m trying,it’s kinda hard.” he shrugs, ‘But I’m doing my best.” he does look at her then, really look and he sees all the details he adored. The freckles, the pink of her cheeks that matched the pink on her lips, the way her green eyes twinkled whenever she spoke…and the bits of paint sticking to her overalls and hair, “Were you busy painting?”

“Well,kind of.” she shrugged herself, sitting on the kitchen chair - he was faster and pulled it for her, earning a soft laugh from his wife followed by a ‘you are so sweet’ - to support her head on her hand, “I’ve been trying a bit but, I can’t stay there for too long, they are getting bigger,” she points to her stomach, “And since it’s two of them, it…can be hard to work around.I was actually gonna ask Leo or Mike to help me out.”

Rooster hummed, pursing his lips briefly and then licking them, “I could finish for you since I got home.” she makes a face, one that only earns an eyebrow raise from him, “What?”

“I really want you to enjoy your leave.” she muttered, “And, you know, painting a room could be a lot of work…” he drops his eyes, pointedly to her stomach and she stutters, “Well!I-I mean,I,um…”

Rooster chuckles softly, his eyes filled with adoration as he reaches out to take Beatrice's hand in his own since he was still holding Nicole. "Gorgeous, I want to spend my leave with you and the kids. And if that means helping out with the room, then I couldn't think of a better way to spend my time."

Beatrice's cheeks turn a shade of pink as she looks down at their entwined hands. "You really don't have to, Roos. I don't want you to feel obligated."

"Obligation? Baby," he says, his voice gentle "Gorgeous, love of my life,” and he slowly pulls her closer towards him, “Most beautiful woman in this whole universe…I want to be a part of this journey, every step of the way. And if that means getting some paint on my hands, then so be it. I was with Nikki’s."

“Aa!”

“I don’t see why I wouldn’t be for the twins.”

Beatrice's eyes shimmer with tears as she gazes at her husband. "You're incredible, you know that?"

Rooster smiles, his thumb gently caressing her hand. "I'm just doing what I can to make you happy. To make us happy." he whispers, “And you are the incredible one.”

“Don’t start.”

“Cause I always finish it.”

They sit there, in the quiet of their kitchen, their hands joined and their hearts connected, laughing softly. The sounds of laughter and giggles fill the air as Nicole bounces on Rooster's arm, Beatrice missed this so much. She holds her head up with a closed fist against her cheek, rubbing his knuckles with her thumb softly as she sighs, “...okay. I think it’ll be fine, but not today. You just got here.”

“True,I’m exhausted and I–” he makes a face, groaning quietly, “I need to talk to Cyclone,I completely forgot about it.”

“Oh?”

“He has my report but he wants to know more, Evelyn’s dad is…like that.” he makes a face, his brain trying to think what would be a good time to go…well he just got home, he could spend a few minutes with his family before going back to talk to Cyclone.

Right?

Rooster contemplates for a moment, his gaze shifting between Beatrice and Nicole. He knows that talking to Cyclone and providing a detailed report about the mission is important, but at the same time, he wants to savor this precious time with his family. It was still early after all.

Beatrice notices the conflict in his expression and gently squeezes his hand. "You need to talk to Cyclone, I understand," she says softly. "But you just got home, surely he can wait for a bit…I can always call Ev and she can work something up.”

Rooster's eyes soften as he looks at Beatrice, laughing softly. "You're right, but you don’t have to call Evelyn." he replies, a smile forming on his lips. " I'll talk to Cyclone later. Right now, I want to be with you and my girls."

Beatrice's smile widens, and she leans in to press a tender kiss against Rooster's forehead. "That's all I want," she whispers. “But um!Anyway, are you hungry?”

Rooster chuckles and nods. "Starving, actually. The airplane food didn't quite cut it."

Beatrice stands up from the chair and gestures towards the fridge. "Well, then let's whip up something delicious for you. I'm sure you have some cravings after being away for so long." she walks up to it and purses her lips, “Any requests?”

Rooster grins and follows her into the kitchen, still holding Nicole in his arms. "I'll eat anything you make, Bea. Your cooking is always amazing. But I’d appreciate something that can be heated by the microwave since you can’t stay in front of the oven for too long."

He points that out and Beatrice smiles, “Leftovers it is then, we have,” she opens a container,”Some chicken aaaanddd…some stir fried rice.”she smiles up at him as he thinks about it.

“Rice and chicken, please.”

“Oke doke!I’ll heat it up for you.”

Rooster watches Beatrice as she puts everything in a microwave safe bowl, but he did notice her adding a few extra herbs just because he liked so much.He can't help but feel a surge of pride and admiration for the incredible woman standing beside him.

"I've missed this," Rooster says, his voice filled with warmth, one of his hands holding his head up. "The sounds of the kitchen, the aroma of your cooking, and just being together like this."

Beatrice smiles, her eyes sparkling with affection as she looks over her shoulder towards him. "I've missed it too, Roos. It feels good to have you back home." and she looks back at the task at hand, timing the microwave and sighing before walking back to the table, “It’ll be done in a few minutes.”

“Sounds good.” he grins, dropping his gaze down her body longingly “You look good.”

She laughs while staring at her paint stained overalls and her hands, shaking her head, “Well,I do look colorful.”

Rooster chuckles, his eyes shining with amusement. "Colorful suits you, Bea. Besides, it's the smile on your face that truly lights up the room."

Beatrice blushes, feeling the warmth spread across her cheeks, scoffing softly. "You always know just what to say," she murmurs, unable to hide her affection, covering her cheeks with her hands, “You make me blush too much.”

“Favorite hobby of mine.” he winks, “Missed doing it in real life.”

As they wait for the microwave to be done, Rooster asks, "So, what else have I missed while I was away? Any exciting developments?"

“Not really? The babies are okay.” she says with a shrug, “And Nikki is well…walking now, oh!But in a few weeks me and the girls are going out. Shells suggested it, since we are ‘too pregnant’ to do anything else.” she smiles sweetly, looking at her hand, “I think she just…don’t want to admit she feels too left out. You know?”

“What are you guys doing? Nothing dangerous,right?’ his wife only shrugs apologetically and giving him a small guilty smile, ‘...you don’t know what it is.”

“No,but she assured me it’s nothing dangerous like paragliding or anything.” she did giggle at her own joke but her husband looked horrified, “Roos, I’m not serious.”

“I know, but still.” he pursed his lips as he adjusted Nicole on his lap, nuzzling her hair, “What do you think it is? And…well, will that take you away from me for too long?” Bea’s cheeks redden as she tilts her head at him, “Because,and I’m just sayin’...we do have a date to go to…and…” he draws a circle with the tip of his index finger against the table’s surface, “And we have…some catching up to do.”

Beatrice’s eyes flick nervously towards Nicole, her cheeks getting even redder, “...y-yeah.” she clears her throat gently, “But um, we will do that.I have…thought about it a lot.” he quirks his brow in question, still smirking, “A-Anyway!” the microwave finished heating everything up, ‘It’s ready!’

-

After having eaten he finally went up to meet with Cyclone. He walked past Jaws and a blur that ran past him was indeed Raptor, he was sure she was crying…without a doubt,Cyclone had a talk with them too.

Honestly he was just glad they had a reality check before he arrived, he only gave Jaws a nasty look and then walked to Cyclone’s office, knocking on the door with his knuckles.

“Come in.”

Rooster opens the door and steps into Cyclone's office. The room is brightly lit because of the large windows, with a desk cluttered with papers and a large world map hanging on the wall. Cyclone sits behind his desk, a stern expression on his face.

"Rooster," Cyclone says, his voice gruff and quiet, he nods to the chair in front of his desk. "Take a seat."

Rooster nods and settles on the chair, he folds his hands in his lap, waiting for Cyclone to speak.

"I've read your initial report," Cyclone begins, his gaze fixed on Rooster. "But I want to hear more details. What happened out there? What led to the decision to cut the mission short?"

Rooster takes a deep breath, mentally preparing himself to recount the events. He goes into detail about the dangerous situation they encountered, the reckless actions of Raptor and Jaws, and how he and McAllister stepped in to help rectify the situation.

"It was a mess, sir," Rooster admits, his voice tinged with frustration. "Their actions not only jeopardized the mission, but put everyone's lives at risk. We had to act quickly to prevent a disaster."

Cyclone listens intently, his expression unreadable. When Rooster finishes speaking, there is a moment of silence as Cyclone processes the information."You did the right thing," Cyclone finally says, his voice firm. "You and McAllister took charge in a difficult situation and made the necessary decisions. Your actions saved lives, Rooster."

Rooster's shoulders relax slightly at Cyclone's words. He had been wrestling with doubts and guilt over the mission, and hearing Cyclone's validation eases some of that burden.

"But," Cyclone continues, his tone stern once again, "I need your help with something."

“Sir?”

“Their punishment.”

Rooster's eyebrows furrow in confusion. He hadn't expected Cyclone to bring up the topic of punishment for Raptor and Jaws. He knew their actions were reckless and had serious consequences, but he shouldn’t be surprised that was brought up.

Especially considering everything.

“How can I help sir?”

Cyclone leans back in his chair, his gaze fixed on Rooster. "You led this mission, Rooster," he splays his hands as he raises his brows, moving his chair from left to right slowly,”And, your report was very detailed…we both know the type of thing they did needs to be thought of thoroughly.”

Rooster nods, understanding the gravity of the situation. He takes a moment to gather his thoughts before responding. "I understand, sir. “ he licks his lips,”I’ll try my best.”

Cyclone leans forward, his expression serious. "I've been considering various options for their punishment, but I value your input as their team leader. You have firsthand knowledge of the incident and a deeper understanding of the dynamics within the team."

Rooster takes a deep breath, realizing the weight of the responsibility that has been placed on his shoulders. He knows that the decisions made regarding Raptor and Jaws' punishment will have a lasting impact on the team's trust and cohesion.

"I believe in accountability, sir," Rooster says firmly, meeting Cyclone's gaze. "Their actions endangered lives, and it's crucial that they face the consequences of their behavior. However,and I… I had some time to think about that. We should give them an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and demonstrate genuine remorse."

Cyclone listens attentively, his expression thoughtful. "A chance is what I hear you saying.” he says, his voice measured. "Am I correct?”

“Yes,sir.”

“And why,Bradshaw, would that work?” he interlocks his fingers in front of his mouth, “Tell me.”

Rooster takes a moment to gather his thoughts, carefully considering Cyclone's question.He tries to come up with a concise and clear answer before opening his mouth "Well, sir," Rooster begins, his voice steady, "I believe that punishment alone may not necessarily lead to lasting change. By giving them a chance for rehabilitation, we create an opportunity for them to learn from their mistakes and develop a deeper understanding of the consequences of their actions."

“And?”

He continues, his words thoughtful and measured, "Through rehabilitation, we can foster a sense of personal growth and responsibility. It allows them to reflect on their actions, acknowledge the impact it had on the mission and their teammates, and take steps towards making amends. By offering this chance, we demonstrate that we believe in their capacity for change and growth."

The vice admiral’s blue eyes shoot through him for a second, “And if they don’t learn?”

Rooster takes a deep breath, meeting Cyclone's gaze. "If they don't learn, sir, then we address it accordingly. If they fail to demonstrate genuine remorse, if they continue to exhibit reckless behavior or disregard for the mission and their teammates, then more severe measures may need to be taken."

“Such as?”

“Reassignment, additional training, or even temporary suspension from active duty” he answers without missing a beat, “They knew what they were getting into.”

He expected the vice admiral to continue his line of questioning, but he didn’t. In fact, he did something Rooster has only seen a few times: he smiled. He smiled almost proudly, almost as if he knew what Rooster was going to say.

Cyclone leans back in his chair, his smile lingering on his face. "You've shown exceptional judgment, Rooster," he says, his voice filled with a mixture of admiration and satisfaction. "Your commitment to accountability and growth within the team is commendable."

Rooster's confusion slowly transforms into a sense of relief. He hadn't expected such a positive response, especially given the seriousness of the situation. His shoulders relax slightly as he takes in Cyclone's words.

"Thank you,sir."

“However,” Cyclone begins, his smile fading slightly.  "I want you to keep a close eye on Raptor and Jaws moving forward. Monitor their progress closely and ensure they are actively working towards their rehabilitation and growth. Don’t be their baby sitter, but don’t look away either…if they stay."

Rooster nods, understanding the importance of closely observing their behavior and progress. "Yes, sir. I will do that."

Cyclone leans forward, his gaze intense. "Their actions had serious consequences, and it is vital that they understand the gravity of their mistakes. We cannot afford any relapses or further disregard for the safety of the team. We both know how this works."

“Yes,sir,absolutely.”

Cyclone's gaze lingers on Rooster for a moment before he leans back in his chair, a subtle nod indicating his satisfaction with Rooster's response. "Good.Keep me updated on their progress.."

Rooster straightens his posture, nodding at him. "Thank you, sir. I will stay vigilant and maintain open communication."

Cyclone's smile returns, this time accompanied by a sense of reassurance. "Dismissed, Rooster. Enjoy your leave."

Rooster offers a respectful nod before turning to leave Cyclone's office. But he stops by the door, “Sir,” Cyclone looks up from his work to meet Rooster’s slowly turning head, “...may I suggest something? It’s about recruit McAllister.”

Cyclone raises an eyebrow, intrigued by Rooster's request, setting his pen down. "Of course, Rooster. What do you have in mind?"

Rooster takes a deep breath, carefully choosing his words. "Recruit McAllister has proven himself to be a valuable asset during this mission," he begins, his voice confident. "His skills, dedication, and ability to adapt were evident."

Cyclone leans back in his chair, considering Rooster's suggestion. "I've reviewed his file, and he does show promise," he acknowledges. "But I'm curious, what specifically are you proposing?"

"I suggest considering an acceleration of McAllister's training," Rooster suggests, his tone earnest. "Given his performance and potential, I believe he could benefit from additional specialized training and opportunities for growth. It would not only further develop his skills but also allow him to contribute more effectively to the team."

Cyclone strokes his chin thoughtfully, weighing the proposal. "Accelerating his training is a bold move," he remarks, giving Rooster an ‘are you sure’ glance without saying it outloud. “He is fairly new.”

“He is really good sir…in fact, the whole Stalker Squad was good. The recruits did amazing,I’m sure you received detailed reports from the other pilots.”

Cyclone nods, brows furrowing as he looks to the side where a pile of papers sat. "Yes, I have received positive reports about the Stalker Squad's performance. However, it is important to maintain a balance between recognizing potential and ensuring thorough training."

Rooster's determination is unwavering as he responds, "I understand the need for balance, sir. But McAllister has demonstrated exceptional skills.With the right guidance and additional training, I believe he can make significant contributions to the team.”

Cyclone leans forward, his gaze intent. "You believe he is ready for the challenges that come with that?"

"Yes, sir."

Cyclone considers Rooster's words, his expression thoughtful. After a brief pause, he finally speaks, "Very well, Rooster. I will take your recommendation into serious consideration. I will review McAllister's performance and consult with the training department. If I am convinced of his readiness, we will proceed with an accelerated training plan."

Rooster's face brightens with gratitude and anticipation. "Thank you, sir. I believe this decision will not only benefit McAllister but also strengthen the other recruits as well."

Cyclone offers a nod in response. " I will inform you of my decision once I have reviewed all the necessary information."

Rooster stands straight, his gratitude evident,saluting the vice-admiral "Thank you, sir.”

Cyclone offers a small smile. "Dismissed, Rooster. Enjoy your leave and keep up the excellent work."

Rooster offers a final nod of respect before leaving Cyclone's office. He is filled with a sense of satisfaction and purpose, his body feels lighter and he felt…good. He felt good. It wasn’t as bad as he thought it’d be, he was happy they could offer them one chance and one chance only.

He saw the two pilots hanging close by, distraught and clearly upset by everything, but he didn’t stop to acknowledge them. While he believed in a balance of punishment and understanding, it didn’t mean he wasn’t furious by their antics.

Which he still was.

As he walks out of the base, he meets Beatrice’s eyes as she waits for him outside the Bronco,holding Nicole in her arms. He blinks confusedly at her and chuckles, “I thought you’d stay inside since it’s so windy.”

“Oh,Nikki was getting restless.” and the little girl wriggles a bit as she says that, “Now that she walks I don’t think she wants to stay still anymore.” Beatrice meets his whiskey colored eyes with her own green ones, giving him a smile, “How was it?”

“Fine, better than I hoped.” he says, pulling the keys out of his pocket, twirling it on his finger before grabbing it mid air, “It was what I thought though, he wanted to know more about the mess.” 

“Are they going to be in trouble?”

Rooster inhaled while arching his brows, “Yes, but…it won’t be so bad,I hope. It’s now out of my control,gorgeous. I said my piece,Cyclone will think about it and then we’ll see how it goes. I won’t see them for a while I think.” he opens the back door so Bea could place Nikki back on her seat, the baby still wriggling and trying to move around, “We’ll see once I get back.”

“Well.I mean…they are young.”

“That doesn’t really exclude anything,gorgeous.” he says as he leans against the roof, shielding Beatrice from the sun with his body, his nape was warming up uncomfortably but he wasn’t moving until she was done, “They had a job. They know the job,” he shrugs once she lifts her head, “Gut feeling is one thing. Acting stupid is another.”

“I guess.” she tucks a few strands behind her ear, chewing her lower lip, “Well! Enough of that, ready for your leave?”

“Gorgeous,” he smirks, kissing her lips, “You said the magic words, of course I am.”

#bradley rooster bradshaw #rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw x oc #top gun maverick #bradley bradshaw x reader #bradley bradshaw x female reader #bradley bradshaw x named reader #tgm oc #tgm fic #tgm fanfiction

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

TSATS SPOILERS (KIND OF)

Lines I caught from Rick’s TikTok

Will said “But yeah”

said Screech-Bling, “The River of —- runs deep in Tartarus

Nico added, “which I

“—- caller, longtime

his scorched tricorn hat. “If only that’s all —-.” Hiss-Majesty whimpered in agreement. “The —- of Punishment” (My guess on missing word, Fields)

probably sensing Nico’s hesitation. “So it’s —- deal with pain”.

that clearly meant Explain.

He didn’t want to tell —-. Will already looked miserable but —- and didn’t complain. But Nico feared —- now would break his facade. (😧😧)

one if we’re careful” Nico said.

“Nico.”

He put on the bowlet. —- “You know the trogs—-. Don’t be shy”

He then offered Nico a brown

“I much prefer the weird.”

steaming black stone cup in either —- he said, “I accept a rating between (my guess on missing word, hand)

(Under that) The broth was a dark red color, with —- protein floating in it. “Er, looks great, —- we can’t ingest Styx water—“

(Under that) the comment. “I am aware of human —- worry, Bon-screech-appetite!”

(Under that) pleasantly surprised, It was a little tart,

“Oh, I’m —- (my guess based on the look of the word, okay)

“I’ll let them know —- Besides, you need

(Under that) Will did not look

The dark chapter (chapter 17) (I think they might be flashbacks of when Nico was first on Tartarus):

(All this from the same page, all the lines are in order. Page 159) (first page of the chapter)

figured Nemesis must

Nico was thankful that —-, because if he hadn’t kept —- he would’ve had no idea —- on the strange marshy ground, —- and his lungs burned

seemed to be shifting. That was —-. He’d be staring into the distance, —-, and for the briefest of —- backwards like a mirage. The land- —- sharper edges, with colors so terrifyingly —-. The land itself seemed to be rising. —-. Or was Nico imagining that?

—-, so he kept walking.

(All this from the same page, lines in order. Page 161)

The ground shifted sideways, throwing him

of the Phlegethon, his hands digging —- cinders swingling around him, making —-. Huh, the Phlegethon, he thought. —- think of that.

the river was less like roaring fire and —-. It seemed to call out to him, as if begging

He hauled himself upright. When he turned —- it was much closer, no more than a —- in the green fog between the twisted dark —- thousands upon thousand of tiny, glowing

out if he wanted to. His throat was too —-, and when he looked up again, —- vanished. The ground beneath him, though, —-. Like it was alive.

(Next page, all in order. Page 165)

and falling apart. Nico —- because of the impossible —-, but —- above, whooping and shrieking. —- much sharper thorns —-. Had to use his word to clear his —- creatures scurrying away from him. Always floating in the shadow/s (can’t see the end of the word), —- always watching him. He wondered —- eyes never approached or attacked. What —-! There were far more of them than there —- constant guard, awaiting the inevitable, —- was perhaps worse than if he’d actually been —-.

On the eyes, he barely realize than he’d —- the forest. The fog suddenly lifted, and he —- and impenetrable wall of darkness. It —- direction (??), as far as he could see. Even the River —- sharp left turn and wended off to the north, as —- with that darkness. Nico stopped and stared, —-. How could Tartarus just end like that?

him continued for a few feet, so he took a

appeared in the darkness, a vertical fissure

(All this from the same page, lines in order. Page 167)

his hand. It came from the rift at the

grumbling, getting closer and defi- —-. Whatever it was, Nico estimated —- appearing (??) seeing him, and blocking his

He dated through the archway, ducked —- the nearest cover he could find: a tall tree —-. Beyond, in the gloom, was an area that —- garden.

—-!” said the voice. “Why do we have to

garden, another voice answered. It must have —- tone was harsh and unforgiving.

—- my children are so disobedient” she said. “I gave you life, I gave you purpose and what do I get

said, “Love and affection?”

Mother.

turning his head until his right eye could just —- edge of the trunk. (My guess, missing word is see). What he saw twisted his heart.

(Under that) —-, at least three times the size of an adult —- in smoke and ash than swirled around her —- of an hurricane. Her dress was the deepest black, —- glittering with the twinkles of entire galaxies, (Akhlys??)

#tsats #the sun and the star #the sun and the star: a nico di angelo adventure #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #nico pjo #pjo nico #rick riordan

[asukaskerian]

monthly word count + year total

TOTAL FOR DECEMBER: 3 844 words. ..hhghgb i thought it was moooore

POSTED: nothing.

IN PROGRESS: -madatobiizu ABO cherry wine verse (979 words) -bleach pack fuckening ABO verse, baby cuteness (450 words) -bleach suburban ot4 (1 414 words) -bleach psychic wolves (377 words) -bleach bloodsport (624 words)

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YEARLY TOTAL:

jan: 4 700 feb: 6 014 mar: 4 512 apr: 4 889 may: 1 719 jun: 1 184 jul: 2 271 aug: 1 615 sep: 3 026 oct: 2 109 nov: 4 272 dec: 3 844 TOTAL: 40 155 AVERAGE: 3 346.25

yeah so the downward trend is getting obvious. HHHHHH.

2010: 136 235, average: 11 353/month. ... :X :X :X 2011: 167 675, average: 13 973/month. :X 2012: 332 396, average: 27 700/month. eeeeeeee. 2013: 396 917, average: 33 076/month !!!!!!!! 2014: 315 332, average: 26 276/month ... :X 2015: 206 403, average: 17 200/month. 2016: 127 495, average: 10 625/month. >:( 2017: 80 828, average: 6 736/month. .__. 2018: 128 033, avergage: 10 669/month. FUCK YOU 2017. 2019: 159 609, average: 13 300/month. huh! 2020: 105 791, average: 8 816/month. ... hhghhrhhhhhhhhhhhhhh flops. 2021: 101 776, average: 8 481.33/month. =__= 2022: 73 461, average: 6 121.75/month. hhAHHJZVB WORSE THAN 2017 2023: 40 155, average: 3 346.25/month. this used to be three months' worth. hgh.

FICS I POSTED THIS YEAR:

-Howling Outside Your Door : Grimmichi pack fuckening : Chapters 5, 6 and Epilogue -Cherry wine chapter 8 (madatobiizu ABO) -Ichigo centric sequelette to Howling Outside Your Door (grimmichi pack fuckening ABO)

I did work on suburban ot4 and STILL don't wanna post it in public but otherwise it's still all half-dying fics trying to crawl back to the surface. no new ideas or anything. this *sucks.*

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have some teasers anyway.

-- cherry wine --

"Don't joke. The cheeky omegas are already coming out of the woodwork as it is."

"Ah… Yes? Your fault for reacting to that girl the other day. Now they think that's your type."

Madara didn't truly change his posture but suddenly he looked a little more tired. "I thought that was why Raiha's niece seemed to have had a personality transplant."

"Aheh." Izuna hadn't even been sure he had noticed. "Mmh. Yes."

Huffing, his brother leaning on one elbow, fist mashed against his mouth grumpily, and glowered at the Lightning envoys who were doing nothing to ask for it.

"I didn't even want her, I just thought she was amusing. Who even wants to take someone to bed that they could break in two sneezing too hard?"

Izuna tried not to look too amused as the Lightning envoys went to sit and the Water ones started up the alley, lest they take it personally.

"Hm, yes, let's not tell people you like dangerous shinobi better, if that's all the same to you. They'd have a much better chance of assassinating you."

Madara threw him an irritated glare that became a watchful glance over Izuna's shoulder. Izuna fanned himself absently and took his time turning to see which of the Water Country envoys had --

Hm.

Hm.

Why was this little blond brat dragging behind to grin at Tobirama.

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bleach pack fuckening ABO

Ichigo feels so stupidly nervous watching Grimmjow's pack investigate his apartment. His apartment with the huge bath he never uses and the sunken living room-couch area and fuck, all his pillows and blankets are in the cupboards after the grueling wash they all needed last time his pack stayed over. Renji makes a mean cocktail but by god they stain.

He's going to look like he's trying too hard if he gets out the cushions now, isn't he.

"You, uh. Need--"

"You going to close the wards, Shinigami?"

Ugh. Ichigo makes a face at the blond one. He seems to remember he's an asshole.

Wait, they're all assholes. They hang out with Grimmjow. Have to be just to survive him, no doubt.

As he turns to seal the wards again, he catches a glimpse of the man himself, standing wih shoulders loose and hip cocked as he surveys the place. In the crook of his arm is the b-- his -- Ichigo does up the wards.

--

suburban ot4

"Ichigo made a pretty big decision on his own, and he didn't talk to me. He shared it with this other person as a, a done deal thing, and he didn't even talk to me about it."

Grimmjow whistles low and quiet between his teeth. "Yeowch. I'll dig a hole behind the gazebo."

Orihime blinks. "To put his--"

"Corpse, yeah, I'll make it square so it doesn't pop up too much, we just gotta fold him up a bit."

"… Pff."

"Plant some flowers on top to make it look legit with the loose soil. Gorgeous blooms."

Orihime presses both hands against her mouth, and still cackles. "Mean!"

"Or hey, tomatoes, some peppers. Delicious."

She giggles some more. Ah, it fixes nothing, and yet it's like being tickled out of a heavy coat. Freeing, like she can breathe a bit better as it drops around her feet.

"Sounds -- hehe, sounds good. Adzuki beans? Mm, I could make my own paste."

He smirks, just a little bit.

"… Haaaaa. I should probably try talking with him before the… gardening."

Grimmjow-san scoffs. "Quitter."

"Grimmjow-san!"

"Yeah, yeah, maybe. I mean, you're giving up an occasion of growing his namesake on the corpse of the guy who wronged you, which is the coldest, most badass shit, but you do you. Tch'."

… She'll feel a little bad in a minute that she laughed, because strawberry jokes are the lowest of -- hahaha -- hanging fruits.

--

bloodsport (ichigo, charlotte, luppi)

"… What's your names, anyway," he mumbled a fifteen minutes' bullet train ride later. "And do I, um. Pronouns."

Being laughed at was almost more of a relief than it was embarrassing.

"Listen, home is just kinda -- hngh. I mean? Gay people exist--"

The small one's face spasmed; their emotions -- yeah, Ichigo didn't want to notice that howling disbelief or the edge of hysterical hilarity that went with it, thanks.

"They still have to marry and have children. I mean, if they're echt. Duty to the blood. Whatever. So gender stuff is, uh. Yeah. Not really. Fuck."

Askin concealed a grimace a beat too late. The tall one grinned genially, leaning toward Ichigo and Askin with their hands linked sweetly behind their back. "You poor deprived chickies! You confused sweethearts. I am going to open your minds so wide--"

"Ugh," the small one cut in, rolling their eyes, and got a toothy, brilliant smile aimed their way along with a sharp threatening I-will-cut-your-neck gesture.

"To start with! Arrancars have been known to reproduce asexually. In the first couple generations, or maybe when the blood is very strong, but!"

"Didn't Starrk bud out a little girl ten years back."

"That guy's a freak though. Leading to! Two, the gender binary is for squares. Still with me, chickies?"

"Uh. Yeah."

"Three, I'm the womanest woman who has ever womaned."

"Oh." Yeah, good thing Ichigo had asked. Her voice was, uh. Deep. And the contrast between her mannerisms and makeup and her T-shaped frame, thick with muscle--

"But also, transcending the restrictive gender binary inherited from our caveman ancestors back on Earth is excellently beautiful and I am, naturally, first place at it."

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grimmichi psychic wolves

"So he just… decided to ditch us."

Yylfordt said nothing for a few seconds, and then all at once grabbed a chair and flung it to the floor, along with the clothes and books piled up on it. Nakeem watched the books scatter, sliding along the linoleum.

"What the fuck! What the fuck?! Why would he do that? We're the best, baddest fucking squad, we're fucking black ops at the top of the game, what fucking reason would he have to fucking leave?"

More silence, out loud. Inside their minds everyone was buzzing incoherently, tidbits of denial blurring past.

Makes no sense, what about his pride, we were gonna be so great--

"He hated the sex," Nakeem said.

He got stared at.

"… The heat sex?" Di Roy asks eventually. "But he always said it was the best sex of his life."

Nakeem considered it. Not wrong, but. "Also the worst."

#teaser #ABO quest #writing woes

[fictionfixations]

where there's a will, we make a way | TMA Fic | Time Travel (Fic Rec)

its. so cool. i dont know what happens in what seasons but tags apparently say like around the middle of s5?? like. i think when hes in his coma (jon)

also oh my god the author put in a shit ton of work?? like so theres a thing where Jon's unable to say his own words, and is stuck saying things from other people's statements, (its literally in the first chapter so no actual spoil) AND THE NOTES INCLUDE WHAT EPISODES HAVE THE DIALOGUE HES USING?? like

im going to give you a part from chapter 8, partly because i really wanted to show you it compiled together instead of just strings of sentences at the beginning:

Growing frantic now, Jon shakes his head vehemently: No, no, no, no, no–

“Then what?”

“…chased me – deceit – follow me” – a skip backwards – “read it – tried to read me back–”  

“Jon, slow down,” Georgie says, sensing his onrush of panic – but he can’t.

“I’ve been tricked into–”  

“–unable to look away–”  

“–there was now a tragedy to it that flowed from the words–”  

“–nothing to do but fall into it – it felt right, like it was all I could do–”  

The words come in a halting staccato, his mind speeding through statement after statement without him like a microfiche machine caught on fast-forward.

“–even as I did so, in the back of my mind I hated myself–”  

“–I didn’t stop, though – didn’t know what to do, and my mind was swimming with – the collective horror of all the things that I had seen and felt–”  

“–I struggled and fought, but it was far stronger than I was, and I could barely keep its jagged teeth from finding my throat–”  

One hand finds his throat now. He can only distantly feel fingernails digging into his skin.

“–‘alien’ might be the best word for that presence – because what it made me feel was–”  

“–something in the back of my mind, a frantic, scuttling terror – didn’t do any good, though – no matter what I might feel about it – choice didn’t even come into it–”  

The Archive was born with a purpose, and it fulfilled its role eagerly, skillfully, instinctively. It felt good, it felt right, and even now, the instinct lingers. He misses it. He craves it. He wants it back. He –

“ –the agony of being opened and remade – to have your who torn bloody from your what, and another crudely lashed into its place–”   

There is a rushing noise in his ears, drowning everything out, and he stumbles –

“–I did what I did because it was what I was supposed to do – I’m not sure I really recognize who I became–”   

see what i mean????? its COOL. scroll down to end notes and you see (for chapter 8) "- SO, [deep breath] Jon's dialogue for Chapter 8 comes from the statements in the following episodes, in order: MAG 057; 125; 029; 138; 159; 161; 143; 143 (again); 135; 027; 088; 148; 114; 114/139; 011; 094; 063; 069; 124; 020; 067; 060; 141; 160; 147; 091; 072/009/007/004; 066/020/010; 106/059; 101; 059; 004; 102; 004; 147; 160; 020; 144; 138; 107; 048/007; 128/138; 126; 062/087/007/139/070/049; 123; 065; 092/145; 086/029; 044/012/049; 137/009/014; 091; 123; 148; 154; 154 (again); 098; 154; 129; 155; 167; 159; 057; 113; 124/057/009/143/011/017/005; 152; 152 (again); 097; 028; 023; 065; 155; 117; 117 (again); 155; 006; 113; 117 (x4); 128; 128 (again); 045/002; 016; 036/109/135; 048; 052/136/090; 124; 069; 098; 133; 058; 140; AAAAND FINALLY: 010." SO COOL???? AND OH MY GOD ALL THAT EFFORT.

#read on ao3 #fanfiction #ao3fic #fic rec #fanfic recommendation #fic recommendation #fanfic rec #tma fic #tma fanfic #tma fanfiction #tma time travel au #time travel fic #not my fic

[whimsicallyenchantedrose]

Fluffy Fridays—Chapter 175: Of Werewolves and Anatomy Scans

Fluffy Fridays—Chapter 175: Of Werewolves and Anatomy Scans

Pairing:  Captain Swan

Summary:   A series of unrelated, fluffy one shots featuring Killian Jones and  Emma Swan and the relationship that makes us all swoon. Will contain  both canon and AU stories. My contribution to Operation Rainbow Kisses  and Unicorn Stickers (aka, my attempt to drown out the season 4 finale  angst with ridiculous levels of fluff.)

Other Chapters: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (65) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (76) (77) (78) (79) (80) (81) (82) (83) (84) (85) (86) (87) (88) (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) (94) (95) (96) (97) (98) (99) (100) (101) (102) (103) (104) (105) (106) (107) (108) (109) (110) (111) (112) (113) (114) (115) (116) (117) (118) (119) (120) (121) (122) (123) (124) (125) (126) (127) (128) (129) (130) (131) (132) (133) (134) (135) (136) (137) (138) (139) (140) (141) (142) (143) (144) (145) (146) (147) (148) (149) (150) (151) (152) (153) (154) (155) (156)  (157) (158) (159) (160) (161) (162) (163) (164) (165) (166) (167) (168) (170) (171) (172) (173) (174)

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Warning:  This one’s so fluffy it may make your teeth rot.

“Yeah, so I’m having a lot of abdominal pain,” Leroy said loudly to the receptionist of the Storybrooke Walk In Clinic, which shared a wing of the hospital with the OB/GYN ward.  “Feels like my bowels are all twisted. Maybe if I could empty them fully I’d feel better, but I’m all stopped up.”

Emma rolled her eyes as she sat with Killian waiting eagerly for their big prenatal appointment.  “I don’t know about you, babe,” she said, squeezing her husband’s hand, “but I can safely say that is more than I ever wanted to know about Leroy’s bowels.”

Killian laughed, bringing their joined hands to his lips and giving her hand a quick kiss.  “Quite so, love.  Almost makes me long for the days where we were so busy chasing the latest villain, we didn’t have time for such mundane things.”

She chuckled, determinedly pushing aside the small kernel of insecurity his statement brought up–fear that Killian would grow bored with a mundane Happily Ever After and leave her for further adventure.  She knew she’d never completely rid herself of the insecure inner child who’d never mattered to anyone and didn’t think she ever would, but she wasn’t that child anymore.  She was an adult with many, many people who loved her and who she loved.  She wasn’t going to let her insecurities ruin her idyllic life.

Inside, she felt the small flutters of their baby moving and kicking away, and she placed a gentle hand on her slightly swollen belly.  She’d only just begun to feel their little magic bean, and every time she felt the sensation, it was like magic.

“Everything alright, love?” Killian asked, eying the way she held her belly with concern.

“Absolutely wonderful,” she said, beaming a smile at him.  “The baby’s kicking!”

Killian placed his hand next to hers and was still for a moment, before shaking his head.  “I do wish I could feel it.”

Emma reached up and cupped his cheek.  “All in good time, Killian,” she said.  “Just wait a few months, and this little guy or girl will be waking you up at night with their kicks.”

“You’ve no idea how much I look forward to that,” Killian said, with a bright smile.  “Now explain to me again what is so momentous about this particular appointment today?”

Emma had reached the twenty week point in her pregnancy last Monday, and so today was the day for the big anatomy scan ultrasound.  She’d opted for a 4D ultrasound, because she couldn’t wait to see her baby; really see it, beyond the grainy images standard ultrasounds provided.

Nor could she wait to see Killian’s reaction when he got to see his son or daughter for the first time.  She had no doubt he would declare it to be magical, and come to think of it, maybe he wasn’t far off.  Imagine being able to use sound waves to see your baby inside!

She’d had her first ultrasound at her first doctor’s appointment at seven weeks.  She’d been alone that time–not that Killian wouldn’t have dropped literally everything to be with her, but because….well because she didn’t want to get her hopes up.  They’d been trying for a baby for so long, and there had been a few times her period was late that they’d really believed they’d succeeded.

Only for the pregnancy tests to all come back negative.

The disappointment had been hard on both of them, and so this time around when she missed her period, when she started feeling nauseous and fatigued, even when she took a positive pregnancy test, she was afraid to believe.  She’d decided to get verification before she got Killian’s hopes up yet again.

Her heart swelled as she remembered that day, Whale doing the ultrasound himself and showing her her baby on the screen and the strong beep of his or her little heart. She’d never forget the look in Killian’s eyes when she showed him the indistinct still the ultrasound tech had printed out and then explained to him what he was looking at.  Happy wasn’t a strong enough word for it.  He looked like a man who’d been given the greatest gift of his life, and the kiss he had given her afterwards, tears streaming from his eyes, would go down in history as one of the best kisses in the history of the kiss.

“So today’s the big day, isn’t it?” Leroy said cheerfully as he took a seat next to Emma in the waiting area.  “Lot��s riding on this, you know.”

“....a lot’s riding on my prenatal appointment?” Emma asked with a raised brow.

“Well, yeah,” Leroy said.  “Dwarves and I have a pool, betting on whether you got a boy or girl in there, the size, birth date. The works.  I went girl all the way.  Just a feeling.  The winner of the pool gets all his meals at Granny’s paid by the rest for a month, so I’m counting on you two.”

Killian rolled his eyes.  “We shall endeavor to ensure your meals are properly paid for, dwarf.”

Leroy shrugged and for a moment was silent as he watched Storybrooke citizens slowly filter in and out of the waiting room.  “Lots of people coming into the clinic today,” he mentioned idly.  “You know why it is, right?”

“I’ve no doubt you’ll soon enlighten us,” Killian said, putting an arm around Emma and leaning back in his chair.

“It’s that big forest fire up north,” Leroy said, “makes the air quality here really bad.  You know it’s the werewolves that caused it, right?”

“The were….what?” Emma asked.

“The werewolves!” Leroy said.  “Somebody was up there hunting them, and as everyone knows, if you don’t catch a werewolf the right way, they catch on fire and then become REAL werewolves.  Gotta be what happened!”

Granny, who’d come in complaining of a sinus infection, slapped him upside the head before really laying into him as he continued to plead “I don’t mean good werewolves like you and Ruby!”

“Never a dull moment around here, is there love?” Killian asked with a grin.

She laughed along with him just before a nurse called them back.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Killian sat on his living room couch, looking down at the photo he held and feeling his eyes mist again.  This was her; this was his daughter.  The level of detail available on these 4D ultrasounds was incredible.  Love like he’d never felt rushed on him yet again.

Emma plopped beside him, wrapped an arm around his waist and set her head on his shoulder.  “She’s cute, isn’t she?”

“She’s gorgeous, love,” he answered softly, almost reverently.  “Looks just like her mother.”

Emma chuckled.  “She does kinda look like me, doesn’t she?  Except for when the ultrasound tech first focused on her face and she raised one eyebrow.  She was her father’s daughter all the way there.”

“She’ll be the best of both of us,” he said, running a finger across the image.

He’d had many singular and unexpected experiences since he first came to the Land Without Magic, but he knew that never in all of his days would he forget this day.  He remembered the tech slathering Emma’s protruding belly with a slimy, gelatinous substance and then running a strange looking wand all around.

He’d been curious about the procedure, wondering how it all worked, but then his daughter’s image had appeared on the small moving picture box the wand was connected to, and everything had fallen away.

This was his child, his and Emma’s, the physical embodiment of their True Love, and she was perfect.  He watched as she smiled, yawned, waved her arms around and kicked. She was an active one, their little magic bean, and she’d likely lead them a merry chase.

The tech had taken her time, examining their child and monitoring her progress.  “Everything looks good,” she said.  She’d gone on to give them the news that their little cygnet was a girl. She’d congratulated them, printed them out a few pictures from the scan and then taken her leave.

“You’ll spoil her rotten, Killian,” Emma said as he leaned down to kiss her, still overcome by the news they’d received, even all these hours later.

“Aye, that I will,” he agreed, “but the gods help any suitor who breaks her heart!”

“This kid is lucky to have you for a father,” Emma said, eyes fixed on their baby’s first picture.

“Not nearly as luck as she is to have you for a mother.”

“We are pretty great together, aren’t we?” Emma asked with a grin.  “We must be if we can make someone like her.”

“The road has been long,” Killian said, “and far from smooth, but we’ve made it; we’re a family.  This may be the greatest adventure of our lives, but I can’t wait for it.”

 Notes:

–So apparently pregnant Emma is all I want to write about lately.  I just really, really wish we’d gotten to see more of CS’s happily ever after!

–This story was inspired by real life events.  My allergist’s office is in the same building as an urgent care center.  Last week, while I was waiting the obligatory 30 minutes after my shot, an old man came in and went into way too much detail to the receptionist about his abdominal pain and bowels.  He then proceeded to take a seat next to this woman who looked to be in her early twenties.  He began talking….and pretty much never stopped, and the things he said….well, let’s just say, I wasn’t exaggerating Leroy for comic effect.  This old man told the (very much uninterested in the conversation) young woman that the recent forest fires in Canada were a result of people hunting werewolves.  He stated matter-of-factly that if people try to kill werewolves the wrong way, they catch on fire and then become REAL werewolves.  (What were they before being incorrectly hunted?  He didn’t say.)

–Naturally, this rather bizarre incident immediately left me with one burning question: How can I turn this into a CS au?  And here we are!

#cs friday fluff #cs fluffy fridays #cs future fic #my fanfiction

[fantasies-fairytales-n-fics]

Stories Masterlist Updated

August 5, 2023

WARNING! NOT FOR READERS UNDER 18!!- My stories are very dark and explicit which includes but is NOT limited to: language, angst, smut, violence, graphic depictions, addictions, drug use, mental illness, death, organized crime and supernatural encounters

Notes: I use photos, gifs, music and videos in my fics. The character of Josie in Thranduil and Josie and in Code Blue are not the same person.

Thranduil and Josie on TUMBLR

Just a small town Irish girl, living in a lonely modern day world. She took the midnight forest going anywhere.🎵🎼

As Josie is held captive and terrorized in a secluded cabin by Peter, her evil, sadistic ex boyfriend, she comes to a breaking point of fight or flight. She chooses both. Off she runs deep into the forest to escape his abusive clutches, a decision that will change her life forever as she literally stumbles into a fantasy fairytale world of magic, love and beauty that she had always dreamed of…except she soon comes to realize that not all of it is beautiful, but quite dark and that monsters are very, very real.

This fantasy fic begins in 2022, joining the modern day world into middle earth of New Zealand....I have written Thranduil and all the characters and even the woodland and surrounding realms much differently than the books or movies so please do not expect it all to be as Tolkien wrote them. I have also added characters from other fandoms because I like variety and I feel it makes for a more unique story. You'll have to keep reading to see who they are 😉

(Previous tumblr chapters 1-157 in Thranduil and Josie link above)

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Code Blue on TUMBLR

Code Blue begins with the introduction of the character Dr. Lee Pace and his mental struggles as a physician and with his personal life in which he's thrown into the path of an oncoming love that he never saw coming. As two dark and chaotic worlds unite, many lives are forever changed in this emotional and psychological rollercoaster of drama, love, jealousy and danger among much, much more. Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be questioned. Trust will be broken. Losses will be suffered and secrets will surface. A train is on a collision course to Salem, Massachusetts. Who will prevail and who will be divided? No one is safe. Hence the title...Code Blue.

Code Blue reunites my favorite Tolkien boys, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom and Craig Parker in a drama filled story of love and danger in the medical and organized crime world, including characters from other movies and tv shows they have been in. There's also characters from the popular daytime soaps General Hospital and Days of Our Lives and last, but certainly not least, I have included the gorgeous Scottish actor, Gerard Butler and the blue eyed wonder of Pittsburgh, actor David Conrad.

Disclosure- Any and all medical information in this fic is purely of google research only and from personal experiences and some may be incorrect. I am NOT a physician. It is NOT meant to aid any readers with medical decisions or treatments. Please remember…it's fiction! lol. Thank you. Enjoy!

(Previous tumblr chapters 1-30 in Code Blue link above)

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Thranduil and Josie on AO3

Code Blue on AO3

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[izumaki-naruto]

tsunade's arc

When we're introduced to Tsunade, she's at rock bottom. She's a medical ninja who's afraid of blood. She's broke and constantly on the run from loan sharks. She hasn't been back to the village in years—in fact, she's completely uninvolved with the shinobi world. She's rude and she engages in self-destructive behavior by gambling and drinking all the time. It's easy to dismiss her, like Naruto does, as a shallow, unlikeable old woman.

But then we learn that all this is because she's running from her past. Her brother and partner are both dead, and the reason she's so callous towards Naruto in particular is because he reminds her of them to the point that's it's painful.

(chapter 159)

Tsunade's most prized possession is her necklace: in particular, it's the necklace that's brought bad luck to the only other people who have worn it, her brother and her partner.

(chapter 160) (He died the literal day after she gave it to him? Jesus Christ.)

Obviously, the necklace represents the dream to be Hokage—to love and protect the village. She first gave it to Nawaki as an acknowledgement of his dream, and to prove her belief in him. She reclaimed the necklace after he died, then met Dan sometime afterward.

(chapter 160)

Nawaki's death was initially what drove her to, if not become a medical ninja, then push for greater medical access. She knew what loss felt like and wanted to prevent anyone else from experiencing that tragedy. And she wanted Nawaki's death to mean something; even if she couldn't be Hokage, she could bring a small piece of his dream to fruition by protecting the people of Konoha via healing.

Though the Hokage disagreed with her proposal, she met Dan, another person who knew the loss of a younger sibling and agreed with her ideals. He, like Nawaki, hoped to protect the village, and he envisioned a brighter future without the heavy spectre of violent, premature death.

(chapter 160)

Tsunade saw herself in Dan because of their similar trauma and the desire they both had to improve the village. But more importantly, she saw Nawaki in Dan—his kindness, his drive, his optimism. Her belief in Dan was so strong that she, once again, gave away her necklace, entrusting him with the protection of the village and its future...

... but, once again, to tragic results.

This was the moment she truly lost everything. Her loved ones, both current and the echoes of the one long gone. Her hope for a brighter future. Her belief in the village. And, most importantly, her belief in herself. If even she, the greatest medical ninja alive, couldn't save the one she loved most, then what was the point anymore? Significant change was impossible. She was destined to fail from the start.

And that's what led her to her situation at the beginning of the arc. She was consumed by grief, blaming herself and running away, burying Nawaki and Dan's (and her!) dreams along with their memory.

Then Naruto comes along and inspires her with his endless determination, as he does.

(chapter 163)

(chapter 166) (what a cool panel)

(chapter 167) (it's always the left hand!)

(chapter 167)

She sees history replay: another young man risks his life for the title "Hokage," but this time he manages two impossible achievements. Not only does he block the fatal attack, he counterattacks with the justsu she bet he couldn't master. Naruto lives, and it's like Nawaki and Dan live on through him. By saving him, she is saving them. And thus, a third impossible thing happens. Tsunade feels hope for the first time in years.

(chapter 168)

Naruto proves that the ideal Hokage that Nawaki and Dan wanted to achieve—the Hokage that protects and improves the village—is possible. Tsunade entrusts her necklace to him with the belief that he can fulfill that role, having defied all the cards stacked against him through sheer determination.

(chapter 169)

But Nawaki and Dan weren't the only ones who imagined a better future for the village. Tsunade had her own dreams once: a world where children don't have to pointlessly die. When Tsunade saves Naruto's life, first with medical jutsu and then by blocking Orochimaru with her own body, she remembers her aspirations and regains the confidence that she can make a difference. She loses her fear of blood along with her self-blame and defeatism. And thus, Konoha's fifth Hokage is born.

(chapter 169)

Bonus:

Tsunade also has the superior thematic forehead-related gesture of affection

#naruto reread #tsunade #naruto #lanecdotes #retrospectively this is all kind of obvious (as in there are panels that literally spell it out) #but I missed a lot of it when I first watched the show so I wanted to get all of my thoughts together into a coherent narrative #anyway my theory on why tsunade is like. the only female character to have more depth than a kiddie pool #is because of her huge breasts #that's where all the misogyny is concentrated #by providing the obligatory fanservice she's allowed to have a personality. as a treat.

[starbudspresents]

Re.Gray 035 - Vampire pt. 5: Eliade

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Summary: Allen and Lavi understand what's happening now, but that's only half the battle: now they need Krory to hear them out, and he's not in a listening mood.

Volume 4, Chapter 35

Vampire of the Lonely Castle ⑤: Eliade

♦ 158 & 159

sfx: DON [Krory slams into Allen, teeth sinking into the tip of his cannon-form Innocence] sfx: zazazaza [scraping across the ground with the impact] sfx: hyuo [bit hard to tell what's happening here but it looks like Krory's spun Allen around with his teeth so hard his feet have come off the ground and he's now spinning airborne] sfx: BANH [after building up momentum, Krory lets go, hurling him away at great speed]

Allen: Guh— sfx: doh [Allen manages to land on his feet atop the crumbling blocks of the cemetery wall]

♦ 160

sfx: BAN [Krory hits the spot where he just landed a split second later]

sfx: hyuo [Allen has luckily just vacated it, by the skin of his teeth]

Allen: He's so fast! sfx: bah [he touches down lightly on what looks like a bundle of roots] Allen: Krory! sfx: gashaaaa [rocks and dust tumbling from the ruined wall] Allen: We no longer mean to slay you! Allen: Please listen—

sfx: babababa [Krory aims a flurry of bone-crushing blows at Allen's torso]

♦ 161

Krory: Cease your prattle. Krory: Are you now afraid, having watched your comrade die?

sfx: gah [Allen grits his teeth, enduring the onslaught without retaliation] Allen: !!

sfx: zubah [a particularly deadly blow lands, tearing Allen's reverted left shoulder open; blood gushes]

Krory: ? Krory: !?

♦ 162

Krory: He disarmed his weapon!?

Allen: Please hear me out!

Krory: ?

Allen: Every villager buried in that garden was an Akuma. Allen: Were you aware of that? Allen: Arystar Krory, Allen: are you really certain you're a vampire?

♦ 163

Krory: Am I certain...?

♦ 164

sfx: gabuh [chomp]

sfx: zaza [Allen skids back instinctively] sfx: botata [blood from his shoulder spatters on the ground] sfx: haa haa haa... [Allen panting] sfx: para... [severed bits of hair drifting away from the bite site]

Krory: Muahaha... Krory: Akuma? I care not. Krory: I only want to savour this thrill.

♦ 165

Krory: I wish to live my life to the fullest!! Krory: To follow my instincts freely, bound by no one!! Krory: I flatly refuse to let others dictate how I live. Krory: And so, I kill. Krory: Your turn.

♦ 166

sfx: DON [a brutal blow, which sends Allen through a wall back into the castle proper] sfx: gashaaaa [rocks and dust falling from the new hole] sfx: doh [Allen comes to a stop in a heap on the floor]

Krory: Hmph. Krory: That should do it. sfx: nu [straightens his back and lowers his chin in self-satisfaction]

♦ 167

Krory: !!

sfx: DON [Lavi and his hammer have re-entered the fray with considerable force]

Lavi: Peh, peh. Lavi: Don't write me off, dickhead.

♦ 168

Lavi: Okay, little pissed off now. sfx: nikoo [murder grin] Lavi: You and I are going to have a talk, once I've beaten you pulpy.

Krory: Intriguing.

Allen: Ow ow ow... Overhead: BLEEDING OUT Allen: Nnngh, think that really rang my bell. sfx: bota bota bota [blood splattering on the floor at his every move] sfx: dara dara [blood pulsing steadily from his head wound] Allen: I saw stars like these when Master got me with that mallet, too...

sfx: dokya-n bandore zudododo gongaga zubabaaaaa dodoo [cacophony]

Allen: ! sfx: dara dara [gush gush] Allen: Rather loud outside...

♦ 169

Allen: I need to get back out there. sfx: zukoh [he's been leaning heavily on the wall to help himself along; one brick suddenly depresses under his hand] sfx: uiin [a secret passageway blossoms open and he topples into it] sfx: gon!! [he hits the floor hard again] sfx: rororo dota... [and rolls a couple of times before coming to a lurching halt on his ass] Allen: hgh Allen: gah Allen: nghf Allen: A-A hidden door...? sfx: bushuuu [blood spurts from his extra-wounded head anew] Allen: Now where am I?

Eliade: Grr...

Allen: !?

Eliade: Hrrr...

♦ 170

Eliade: Hrrgghh...

Allen: !?

sfx: gakoon [the secret doorway slams shut behind him]

sfx: pita [footstep]

Allen, side: Steps?

♦ 171

Allen: No one's there...?

sfx: BAN [Eliade, having come up behind him, slams him into a bookshelf face-first, hand spreading out like webbing to hold him fast]

Allen: Wha—!?

Eliade: Aha. ☆ If it isn't the pasty boy. Eliade: Arystar was supposed to take you out...

♦ 172

Eliade: He's hopeless... sfx: haa... haa... [panting]

Allen: That wound...!!

sfx: gihah [she gives him an extra shove]

Allen: Ouch!

sfx: gi gishi [blood vessels burgeon across her face like roots] Eliade: Ahh, it's fine. I'll just deal with you myself. Eliade: I've always wanted to taste it at least once. Eliade: Exorcist blood, I mean. ♡

♦♥♦

#dgm #d.gray-man #d gray man #dgm translations #dgm meta #re.gray

[bizarreintrovert]

Ensemble Stars!! Main story – Spanish translation

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Prólogo y anuncio ⁠☆

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Siéntanse libres de corregirme si hay algún error de traducción o de ortografía ✿

#enstars translation #ensemble stars #enstars #mayoi ayase #alkaloid #hiiro amagi #aira shiratori #tatsumi kazehaya #rinne amagi #niki shiina #himeru #main story #translation #spanish #esto va a demorar mucho pero igual 👍 #son las 4 de la mañana ayuda

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Fight Club (the book): Review

Honestly, I feel a little bit disappointed, because I watched the movie before reading the book and all the suspense was robbed for me. Is it me or the end is different (death or jail)? A good summery at page 167, "I said that if you talked about me behind my back, you'd never see me again," Tyler said. "We're not two separate men. Long story short, when you're awake, you have the control, and you can call yourself anything you want, but the second you fall asleep, I take over, and you become Tyler Durden." Also, for me everything started when Marla came to the support groups (page 24). We will never know the name of the protagonist, right? The book is more of a twisted hate / love story in the end for me (page 197 and 205), with a fight against the consumer society. I have just noticed that the first chapter was actually about the end (page 11 to 15). From the beginning we learned that the character cannot sleep since three weeks and "everything becomes an out-of-body experience," (page 19), or "This is how it is with insomnia. Everything is so far away, a copy of a copy of a copy. The insomnia distance of everything, you can't touch anything and nothing can touch you" (page 21 and 96-97). On the opposite, "Every time you fall asleep," Tyler says, "I run off and do something wild, something crazy, something completely out of my mind" (page 163 and 174) or to summery, "This is a dream. Tyler is a projection. He's a disassociative personality disorder" (page 168 and 196). We meet the famous Tyler Durden at page 25. The protagonist job is terrible, those poor victims. When we learn about the five rules of fight club at page 48 to 50. We learn more about Marla at page 61. I'm so team Marla, especially when she said, "You're such a flake. You love me. You ignore me. You save my life, then you cook my mother into soap" (page 160). The protagonist is really one of Marla's stories (page 183). The most disgusting thing Tyler did with the soup, page 85. Then, there is the Project Mayhem at page 119 and its five rules (page 122 and 125). Are all the space monkeys men? (page 130) At page 136, they are using human fat to make soap? I didn't understand the dog's name reference "Entourage", because he feels so lonely? (page 146) RIP Big Bob (page 177), at least better dying like this than from cancer. Oh and the boss is dead (page 185). Almost all the sign of Insomnia: page 19, 21, 22-23, 24, 25, 96-97, 99, 101, 122, 162. All the clue that the protagonist and Tyler are the same person: page 26 (I know this because Tyler knows this), 27, 32, 33, 48 (I did this to myself), 52 (I did this to myself), 54, 56 (I dreamed I was humping Marla Singer), 59 (I dreamed I was humping Marla Singer), 65, 68, 71, 75, 78, 93 (It wasn't me. It was Tyler), 94 (Until I found Tyler or until Tyler found me), 112 (I know this because Tyler knows this), 114 (Tyler and I were looking more and more like identical twins), 116, 123, 124, 129 (Good cop. Bad cop), 138 (I'm still asleep. Here, I'm not sure if Tyler is my dream. Or if I am Tyler's dream), 140 (Is this a test? Are you testing us?), 155 (These are Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I am Tyler's mouth. I am Tyler's hands), 157 (If you can wake up in a different place. If you can wake up in a different time. Why can't you wake up as a different person?), 158 ("You stopped in last week, Mr. Durden," he says. "Don't you remember?"), 159 (You have a birthmark, Mr. Durden, the bartender says. On your foot"). It's finally at the page 167-168, that we learn the true identity of Tyler Durden, "Tyler Durden is a separate personality I've created, and now he's threatening to take over my real life" (page 173). I really didn't understand chapter 30, especially page 207 and 208, is the protagonist dead or just in jail? Nice quotes: - page 46: "May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect." - page 49: "Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer. Tyler never knew his father. Maybe self-destruction is the answer." - page 50: "The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the way a sculptor or an art director says." - page 58: "Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed." - page 62: "Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains." - page 69: "So, I say, how is Marla? Tyler says, "At least Marla's trying to hit bottom."" - page 70: ""It's only after you've lost everything," Tyler says, "that you're free to do anything."" - page 99: "Maybe, I say, you shouldn't be bringing me every little piece of trash you pick up." - page 108: "Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't." - page 126: "If you know where to look, there are bodies buried everywhere." - page 137: "A telephone was ringing in my dream, and it's not clear if reality slipped into my dream or if my dream is slopping over into reality." You shouldn't definitively watch the movie before reading the book. Bonsoir. Thank you, next.

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Solution Manuals for Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry, 11th Edition Morris Hein

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 An Introduction to Chemistry 1 1.1 The Nature of Chemistry 2 1.2 A Scientific Approach to Problem Solving 3 1.3 The Particulate Nature of Matter 5 1.4 Classifying Matter 7 Review 9 Review Questions 10 Paired Exercises, Additional Exercises 11 Answers to Practice Exercises 12 2 Standards for Measurement 13 2.1 Scientific Notation 14 2.2 Measurement and Uncertainty 15 2.3 Significant Figures 16 2.4 Significant Figures in Calculations 18 2.5 The Metric System 21 2.6 Dimensional Analysis: A Problem-Solving Method 27 2.7 Measurement of Temperature 30 Chemistry in action Setting Standards 32 2.8 Density 34 Review 37 Review Questions 38 Paired Exercises 39 Additional Exercises 41 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 43 3 Elements and Compounds 44 3.1 Elements 45 3.2 Introduction to the Periodic Table 49 3.3 Compounds and Formulas 52 Review 57 Review Questions 58 Paired Exercises 59 Additional Exercises 60 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 61 4 Properties of Matter 62 4.1 Properties of Substances 63 4.2 Physical and Chemical Changes 65 4.3 Learning to Solve Problems 68 4.4 Energy 68 4.5 Heat: Quantitative Measurement 70 4.6 Energy in the Real World 72 Review 74 Review Questions 75 Paired Exercises 76 Additional Exercises 77 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 78 Putting It Together Chapters 1–4 review 79 5 Early Atomic Theory and Structure 82 5.1 Dalton’s Model of the Atom 83 5.2 Electric Charge 84 5.3 Subatomic Parts of the Atom 85 5.4 The Nuclear Atom 87 5.5 Isotopes of the Elements 89 5.6 Atomic Mass 92 Review 93 Review Questions 94 Paired Exercises 95 Additional Exercises 96 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 97 6 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds 98 6.1 Common and Systematic Names 99 6.2 Elements and Ions 100 6.3 Writing Formulas from Names of Ionic Compounds 103 6.4 Naming Binary Compounds 105 6.5 Naming Compounds Containing Polyatomic Ions 109 6.6 Acids 111 Review 114 Review Questions 115 Paired Exercises 116 Additional Exercises 117 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 118 Putting It Together Chapters 5–6 review 119 7 Quantitative Composition of Compounds 121 7.1 The Mole 122 7.2 Molar Mass of Compounds 126 7.3 Percent Composition of Compounds 129 7.4 Calculating Empirical Formulas 133 7.5 Calculating the Molecular Formula from the Empirical Formula 135 Review 138 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 139 Additional Exercises 141 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 142 8 Chemical Equations 143 8.1 The Chemical Equation 144 8.2 Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations 145 8.3 Types of Chemical Equations 150 8.4 Heat in Chemical Reactions 156 8.5 Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect 159 Review 161 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 163 Additional Exercises 165 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 166 9 Calculations from Chemical Equations 167 9.1 Introduction to Stoichiometry 168 9.2 Mole–Mole Calculations 170 9.3 Mole–Mass Calculations 173 9.4 Mass–Mass Calculations 174 9.5 Limiting Reactant and Yield Calculations 176 Review 182 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 183 Additional Exercises 185 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 187 Putting It Together Chapters 7–9 review 188 10 Modern Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table 191 10.1 Electromagnetic Radiation 192 10.2 The Bohr Atom 193 10.3 Energy Levels of Electrons 195 10.4 Atomic Structures of the First 18 Elements 198 10.5 Electron Structures and the Periodic Table 201 Review 206 Review Questions 207 Paired Exercises 208 Additional Exercises 210 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 211 11 Chemical Bonds: The Formation of Compounds from Atoms 212 11.1 Periodic Trends in Atomic Properties 213 11.2 Lewis Structures of Atoms 216 11.3 The Ionic Bond: Transfer of Electrons from One Atom to Another 217 11.4 Predicting Formulas of Ionic Compounds 222 11.5 The Covalent Bond: Sharing Electrons 224 11.6 Electronegativity 226 11.7 Lewis Structures of Compounds 229 11.8 Complex Lewis Structures 232 11.9 Compounds Containing Polyatomic Ions 234 11.10 Molecular Shape 235 Review 239 Review Questions 240 Paired Exercises 241 Additional Exercises 243 Challenge Exercises 244 Answers to Practice Exercises 245 Putting It Together Chapters 10–11 review 246 12 The Gaseous State of Matter 248 12.1 Properties of Gases 249 12.2 Boyle’s Law 252 12.3 Charles’ Law 256 12.4 Avogadro’s Law 259 12.5 Combined Gas Laws 260 12.6 Ideal Gas Law 264 12.7 Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures 267 12.8 Density of Gases 270 12.9 Gas Stoichiometry 270 Review 274 Review Questions 276 Paired Exercises 277 Additional Exercises 279 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 281 13 Liquids 282 13.1 States of Matter: A Review 283 13.2 Properties of Liquids 283 13.3 Boiling Point and Melting Point 286 13.4 Changes of State 288 13.5 Intermolecular Forces 290 13.6 Hydrates 295 13.7 Water, a Unique Liquid 297 Review 300 Review Questions 301 Paired Exercises 302 Additional Exercises 303 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 304 14 Solutions 305 14.1 General Properties of Solutions 306 14.2 Solubility 307 14.3 Rate of Dissolving Solids 311 14.4 Concentration of Solutions 312 14.5 Colligative Properties of Solutions 320 14.6 Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure 325 Review 326 Review Questions 328 Paired Exercises 329 Additional Exercises 332 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 333 Putting It Together Chapters 12–14 review 334 15 Acids, Bases, and Salts 337 15.1 Acids and Bases 338 15.2 Reactions of Acids and Bases 342 15.3 Salts 343 15.4 Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes 344 15.5 Introduction to pH 349 15.6 Neutralization 352 15.7 Writing Net Ionic Equations 354 15.8 Acid Rain 356 Review 357 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 359 Additional Exercises 361 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 362 16 Chemical Equilibrium 363 16.1 Rates of Reaction 364 16.2 Chemical Equilibrium 365 16.3 Le Châtelier’s Principle 366 16.4 Equilibrium Constants 373 16.5 Ion Product Constant for Water 374 16.6 Ionization Constants 376 16.7 Solubility Product Constant 378 16.8 Buffer Solutions: The Control of pH 381 Review 383 Review Questions 384 Paired Exercises 385 Additional Exercises 387 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 389 17 Oxidation–Reduction 390 17.1 Oxidation Number 391 17.2 Balancing Oxidation–Reduction Equations 395 17.3 Balancing Ionic Redox Equations 398 17.4 Activity Series of Metals 401 17.5 Electrolytic and Voltaic Cells 403 Review 407 Review Questions 409 Paired Exercises 410 Additional Exercises 412 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 413 Putting It Together Chapters 15–17 review 414 18 Nuclear Chemistry 417 18.1 Discovery of Radioactivity 418 18.2 Alpha Particles, Beta Particles, and Gamma Rays 421 18.3 Radioactive Disintegration Series 424 18.4 Measurement of Radioactivity 426 18.5 Nuclear Energy 427 18.6 Mass–Energy Relationship in Nuclear Reactions 433 18.7 Biological Effects of Radiation 434 Review 436 Review Questions 437 Paired Exercises 438 Additional Exercises 439 Challenge Exercises, Answers to Practice Exercises 440 Putting It Together Chapter 18 review 441 19 Organic Chemistry: Saturated Hydrocarbons 443 19.1 Organic Chemistry: History and Scope 444 19.2 The Carbon Atom: Bonding, Shape, and Hybridization 445 19.3 Classifying Organic Compounds 447 19.4 Hydrocarbons 449 19.5 Saturated Hydrocarbons: Alkanes 450 19.6 Structural Formulas 451 19.7 Isomerism 453 19.8 Naming Organic Compounds 456 19.9 Introduction to the Reactions of Carbon 461 19.10 Reactions of Alkanes 463 19.11 Cycloalkanes 468 19.12 Gasoline: A Major Petroleum Product 471 Review 473 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 475 Additional Exercises 478 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 479 20 Unsaturated and Aromatic Hydrocarbons 481 20.1 Bonding in Unsaturated Hydrocarbons 482 20.2 Nomenclature of Alkenes 484 20.3 Geometric Isomerism in Alkenes 487 20.4 Cycloalkenes 492 20.5 Preparation and Properties of Alkenes 493 20.6 Nomenclature and Properties of Alkynes 499 20.7 Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Structure of Benzene 501 20.8 Naming Aromatic Compounds 503 20.9 Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 508 20.10 Sources and Properties of Aromatic Hydrocarbons 510 Review 513 Review Questions 514 Paired Exercises 515 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercises 518 Answers to Practice Exercises 519 21 Polymers: Macromolecules 520 21.1 Macromolecules 521 21.2 Synthetic Polymers 521 21.3 Polymer Types 522 21.4 Addition Polymerization 523 21.5 Recycling Plastics 525 21.6 Butadiene Polymers 527 21.7 Geometric Isomerism in Polymers 529 Review 530 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 531 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 532 Putting It Together Chapters 19–21 review 533 22 Alcohols, Ethers, Phenols, and Thiols 537 22.1 Structure and Classification of Alcohols 538 22.2 Naming Alcohols 540 22.3 Physical Properties of Alcohols 542 22.4 Chemical Properties of Alcohols 544 22.5 Common Alcohols 551 22.6 Phenols 554 22.7 Properties and Preparation of Phenols 557 22.8 Ethers 558 22.9 Properties and Preparation of Ethers 561 22.10 Thiols 563 Review 564 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 566 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercises 570 Answers to Practice Exercises 571 23 Aldehydes and Ketones 572 23.1 Structures of Aldehydes and Ketones 573 23.2 Naming Aldehydes and Ketones 573 23.3 Bonding and Physical Properties 577 23.4 Chemical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones 580 23.5 Common Aldehydes and Ketones 588 23.6 Condensation Polymers 590 Review 591 Review Questions 592 Paired Exercises 593 Additional Exercises 595 Challenge Exercise 596 Answers to Practice Exercises 597 Putting It Together Chapters 22–23 review 598 24 Carboxylic Acids and Esters 603 24.1 Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature and Sources of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids 604 24.2 Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acids 607 24.3 Classification of Carboxylic Acids 609 24.4 Preparation and Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acids 613 24.5 Nomenclature of Esters 618 24.6 Occurrence and Physical Properties of Esters 621 24.7 Polyesters: Condensation Polymers 621 24.8 Chemical Properties of Esters 622 24.9 Glycerol Esters 624 24.10 Soaps and Synthetic Detergents 627 24.11 Esters and Anhydrides of Phosphoric Acid 631 Review 632 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 635 Additional Exercises 638 Challenge Exercises 639 Answers to Practice Exercises 640 25 Amides and Amines: Organic Nitrogen Compounds 641 25.1 Amides: Nomenclature and Physical Properties 642 25.2 Chemical Properties of Amides 646 25.3 Polyamides: Condensation Polymers 647 25.4 Urea 648 25.5 Amines: Nomenclature and Physical Properties 648 25.6 Preparation of Amines 653 25.7 Chemical Properties of Amines 654 25.8 Sources and Uses of Selected Amines 657 Review 660 Review Questions 661 Paired Exercises 662 Additional Exercises 664 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 665 Putting It Together Chapters 24–25 review 666 26 Stereoisomerism 671 26.1 Review of Isomerism 672 26.2 Plane-Polarized Light and Optical Activity 672 26.3 Fischer Projection Formulas 675 26.4 Enantiomers 677 26.5 Racemic Mixtures 682 26.6 Diastereomers and Meso Compounds 684 Review 687 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 688 Additional Exercises 691 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 692 27 Carbohydrates 694 27.1 Carbohydrates: A First Class of Biochemicals 695 27.2 Classification of Carbohydrates 696 27.3 Importance of Carbohydrates for Life 698 27.4 Common Monosaccharides 699 27.5 Structure of Glucose and Other Aldoses 700 27.6 Cyclic Structures of Common Hexoses 704 27.7 Hemiacetals and Acetals 708 27.8 Pentoses 709 27.9 Structures and Properties of Disaccharides 710 27.10 Sweeteners and Diet 713 27.11 Redox Reactions of Monosaccharides 715 27.12 Polysaccharides 719 Review 724 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 727 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercises 729 Answers to Practice Exercises 730 28 Lipids 731 28.1 Lipid Characteristics and Classification 732 28.2 Simple Lipids 733 28.3 Fats in Metabolism 738 28.4 Compound Lipids 739 28.5 Steroids 743 28.6 Hydrophobic Lipids and Biology 744 Review 750 Review Questions 751 Paired Exercises 752 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 753 Putting It Together Chapters 26–28 review 754 29 Amino Acids, Polypeptides, and Proteins 759 29.1 The Structure–Function Connection 760 29.2 The Nature of Amino Acids 760 29.3 Formation of Polypeptides 766 29.4 Protein Structure 770 29.5 Protein Functions 773 29.6 Some Examples of Proteins and Their Structures 775 29.7 Loss of Protein Structure 783 29.8 Tests for Proteins and Amino Acids 784 29.9 Determination of the Primary Structure of Polypeptides 787 Review 789 Review Questions, Paired Exercises 792 Additional Exercises 794 Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 795 30 Enzymes 796 30.1 Molecular Accelerators 797 30.2 Rates of Chemical Reactions 798 30.3 Enzyme Kinetics 801 30.4 Industrial-Strength Enzymes 803 30.5 Enzyme Active Site 805 30.6 Temperature and pH Effects on Enzyme Catalysis 808 30.7 Enzyme Regulation 809 Review 811 Review Questions 812 Paired Exercises 813 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 814 31 Nucleic Acids and Heredity 815 31.1 Molecules of Heredity—Bases and Nucleosides 816 31.2 Nucleotides: Phosphate Esters 819 31.3 High-Energy Nucleotides 820 31.4 Polynucleotides; Nucleic Acids 822 31.5 Structure of DNA 823 31.6 DNA Replication 827 31.7 RNA: Genetic Transcription 833 31.8 The Genetic Code—Genes and Medicine 836 31.9 Biosynthesis of Proteins 839 31.10 Changing the Genome: Mutations and Genetic Engineering 840 Review 844 Review Questions 846 Paired Exercises 847 Additional Exercises, Challenge Exercise, Answers to Practice Exercises 848 Putting It Together Chapters 29–31 review 850 32 Nutrition 854 32.1 Nutrients and Diet 855 32.2 Energy in the 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through the hourglass 185. brb x oc

a/n: while i had a very...strange and off day, daddy is home and smut is coming. (comments and reblogs are super welcome and encouraged!! they make my nights they really do<3)

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

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Could he get more anxious? Well,his leg was bouncing vigorously, he was ready to land and go back to Bea. God he missed her.

He was looking out the plane window with his eyes locked on the ground below, it was still far away from Cali but he couldn’t help it. He wanted to see her, to see all of them, soon. He hadn’t told her about his return - which honestly felt a bit…wrong because Beatrice would want to know that

He can't help but replay the scenario in his mind—surprising Beatrice, seeing the joy on her face, and embracing her in a tight, long-awaited hug. It's a beautiful image that fills him with warmth and longing, but it's also accompanied by a tinge of worry.

What if she had plans? What if she was busy? What if his unexpected return disrupts her routine or causes inconvenience? He knows he should have communicated his plans, but he couldn't resist the desire to see her face light up with surprise. 

Not to mention Nikki, who was now very talkative.

“Four words.”

“Hm,what?’

His uncle didn’t look up from the crosswords he was completing, “Four words, a type of Italian pasta.” Maverick taps his pen against the folded paper with his lips pursed, “Bea is italian and you married her, so,help me here.”

Rooster blinks at him, incredulous, “...Mav, there’s more than one type of italian pasta.”

“Well this one only has four words. It’s not that hard.”

Rooster looks from Maverick to the window, then leans back with a sigh, throwing his hands up and shaking his head, “Um…” he shrugs, “Four words, Italian pasta," Rooster mutters to himself, trying to recall the various types of pasta he's encountered. He taps his fingers lightly against the armrest as he mulls over the possibilities.

"Lasagna, spaghetti, fettuccine..." Rooster trails off, listing some of the more well-known pasta types. None of them fit the four-word criteria. Then his brain snaps into action, “Ziti?”

“Ziti?”

“Yeah,it’s like these little tubes, you can bake them and such.” he shrugs, “I don’t know, is that the answer?”

“Well,” Maverick writes it down, “It fits, so I think it’s right. Not bad Romeo.” he teases the other pilot with a small smirk, crossing one ankle over the other as he continues the puzzle,”You should have one of these by you, they are very relaxing.”

Rooster grumbled, placing his chin on his hand as he looks out the window, “I’m fine.” he wasn’t, he wanted to see Beatrice and he was getting a bit snippy. Which made no sense, he couldn’t speed up a flight like this, “I don’t have patience for that,Bea would love it though.”

As Rooster looks out the window, his mind continues to drift back to Beatrice and his eagerness to see her. The puzzle and the conversation with Maverick provide a brief distraction, but his longing for home and his worry about surprising Beatrice without informing her beforehand still linger in the back of his mind.

"Mav, do you think surprising Bea like this was a good idea?" Rooster asks, his voice tinged with uncertainty. "I shouldn’t add that type of stress when she’s pregnant.."

“You know she’d love it no matter what.”

“Yeah,but-”

“Brad,look,” Maverick gestures the pen towards him,”You two are crazy for each other, do you honestly think Beatrice would hate seeing you like that? We both know how she is, she’s going to be over the moon.”

Which was true, so would Rooster. The younger pilot sighed, flopping back on his seat and sliding just a bit so his shoulders were almost touching the arm rests. He crosses his arms, then uncrosses them, then fixes his posture only to lean back against the chair. Maverick stops writing to look at nothing completely unimpressed, “Rooster.”

“What?”

“You are moving.” he says, “A lot. Jesus, you are going to see her,calm down.”

Maybe it was because he almost–well, almost…didn’t come back because of Raptor and Jaws. He also knew he wouldn’t be able to go home right away, he’d need to talk to Cyclone and tell him everything that happened in detail. And boy,does Evelyn’s dad love details. “I know, I’m just fidgety.”

“Hey,casanova, can you calm down over there?” Nat’s voice calls from behind him and he tilts his head back to look at her. She is lifting one side of her sleeping mask, glaring at him, “I can’t rest my feet on your seat if you move so much.”

Rooster’s brows furrowed, “You can’t do that.” and like an annoying little sister, she did press her soles against the fabric of his seat and he could feel the pressure as she stretched her legs, “Hey.”

“Nope, sleeping,” she slaps the mask back over her eyes and plopped her earphones in, giving Rooster a little grin before falling asleep. He glared at her much like she did, then rolled his eyes going back down with his arms crossed over his chest and huffed in annoyance, rolling the wedding band on his finger over and over.

Fuck he wanted to fix that nick on it. It was small but it bothered him that he managed to somehow bruise the metal like that. He pulls it off his finger to have a better look. 

As Rooster looks at his wedding band, he can't help but trace his fingers over the small nick on the metal. He even prods with his nail for a bit to check how deep it actually went. He knew that Bea, who was just an angel, wouldn’t worry about that but he was too bothered about it.

Maybe after their date he could fix it.

“A small flat rubber disc used in games.” Maverick breaks his line of thought and Rooster arches his brow before flicking his eyes towards his uncle, “Four words too.”

“Puck.” Rooster says as he turns the wedding ring in his fingers, ‘Those are easy ones Mav.”

Maverick chuckles, nodding in agreement. "Yeah,yeah…." He writes it down in the crossword puzzle, his pen gliding across the paper effortlessly. "Some of these are pretty straightforward."

“Some?”

“Hey,come on,I need to start somewhere.”

Rooster leans back in his seat, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips as he continues to examine his wedding band. The nick on the metal still bothers him, but he reminds himself that it's just a small imperfection. It’ll be fixed.

He sits back on the seat and sighs, looking out the window one more time and this time he could see it. He could see the horizon turning into something he was familiar with. They were finally going back, “Finally.”

“Told you it’d be fine.”

He ignored Mav’s prodding comment and closed his eyes with a pleased little smile, thinking that maybe he could take a quick nap before they got there. Bradley ended up falling asleep for a few seconds, only waking up minutes before the plane landed.

He blinked himself awake, he could hear the plane’s tires touching the ground as they finally got back to San Diego.

As the plane touches down and comes to a halt, Rooster gathers his belongings and waits for the opportunity to disembark. Maverick does the same, although he’s less anxious than Rooster so he does take his time much for his nephew’s absolute annoyance, but the to manage to walk down the hallway to the door. The moment the cabin door opens, he steps out, his pace quickening as he navigates through the airport towards the arrival gates.

He inhales the warm air with his eyes closed, “Fuck I missed this weather.” he mutters to himself, quickly pulling out his phone to call Bea.

Maverick stands next to him with his brows furrowed, “Are you calling her? I thought you’d surprise her?”

“I am,I just wanna know if she’s home-hi baby!”

“Roos? Hi! What a surprise! I wasn’t expecting your call.” he hears something moving in the back, followed by a wet noise “Ah!Shit, got paint on my overalls…oh well!It’s fine!Hi! Are you good?”

“Oh gorgeous,I’m great.” he wonders if she can hear the noise from the airport, so he speeds his step hoping no voice would be loud enough for her to discover where he’s at, “I was justmissing you like crazy and couldn't wait to hear your voice."

Beatrice giggles on the other end of the line, her voice filled with warmth and affection. "I missed you too, Roos. It feels like forever since you left. Are you safe though? How’s everything there?”

Rooster glances around, looking for signs pointing to the exit and the arrival gates. "Oh yeah we are all good. Everything is nice–” he ends up speeding his step because he could hear another flight being announced and she couldn’t know. “And safe.Anyway, what are you doing? Painting the twins’ bedroom?”

“Yep! I decided to do so since I’m free right now.”

“Sounds good gorgeous.” he looks back at Mav when he points to his own car, Rooster turning on his heel to meet him there, “And you are staying home the whole day then? Resting?” she shouldn’t be suspicious.

But her pause was almost certainty that she was.

“...yeah!I’m gonna stay home. I already went grocery shopping yesterday and to the bank and yeah” another pause, “Why? Are you worried about me? Don’t be,I’m doing great!”

“Baby I know, you are always great.” he smiles, his cheeks flushing and he turns his back to Maverick as he whispers back to her, “And we both know what I mean about that.”

“Bradley Nicholas! Don’t start when you are so far away.”

“What am I starting?”

“You know what.”

He chuckled softly, looking back at Maverick who tapped his watch quickly, “Listen gorgeous, I gotta go right now but…talk to you soon okay?”

“Aw…okay. Stay safe!”

“ I will baby.”

“Love you!”

“Love you too. Bye.” he quickly finishes the call and opens the car’s door to hop inside just as his uncle did. “She has no idea Mav.” he says as he latches the seatbelt on, “Go ahead.”

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He thanks Maverick quietly when he parks a few feet away from the door and the cameras around the house. He has to be careful so he doesn’t make a lot of noise, although he knows Eleanor’s face would be at the front door with him being silent or not. 

He pulls the sunglasses up to his hairline and looks at the windows to see if he could find Beatrice anywhere. The twins’ bedroom was a bit farther from it but he was sure he could see her there if she was walking around, luckily she wasn’t. He slowly pulled out his keys from his back pocket, biting his lip at the slightest jingle of keys.

Bradley tried to see by the small windows that surrounded the door, the white dog was nowhere in sight…but he could see movement in the kitchen, followed by some music. Perfect, he thought as soon as he slid the key into the lock, carefully turning it and grabbing onto the handle to open the door.

It took him a second to identify the song, but Whitney Houston’s voice was hard to miss.

There's a boy I know, he's the one I dream of

Looks into my eyes, takes me to the clouds above, mmm-hmm

Oh, I lose control, can't seem to get enough, uh-huh

When I wake from dreaming, tell me, is it really love?

The best part? He could hear Bea singing along. He gently drops his bag to the floor, checking the living room thinking he’d see the dogs but he was glad to know they were either with her or outside “Perfect.” he tip toes towards the kitchen, running his hand on the wall for support before stopping when he sees a shadow coming closer.

Although this shadow was small.

Too small.

His brows furrowed in confusion until he saw the light golden brown tresses of Nicole peeking from beyond the door frame. She was holding onto it,carefully stepping forward with her face so focused for a little baby she didn’t even see him.

Rooster’s eyes widened and he stood still like a statue…because Nicole was walking.

He knew from Bea that their daughter was moving more, he knew that she was gaining strength but she didn’t tell him she was walking!

Rooster's heart skips a beat as he watches Nicole take her tentative steps, her tiny hands gripping onto the door frame for support. His eyes fill with awe and pride as he witnesses this milestone moment in his daughter's life. He can hardly believe it—Nicole, their precious baby girl, is walking.

And he is seeing it!

He stands frozen, his breath caught in his throat, not wanting to interrupt or startle Nicole. His eyes well up with tears of joy as he watches her small legs carrying her forward with determination. It's a sight he never thought he'd see in person, and it fills him with overwhelming gratitude.

Rooster glances towards the kitchen, where Beatrice continues to sing along to the music, unaware of what's happening just a few steps away. H

With his heart overflowing, Rooster takes a step closer, his movements slow and deliberate, so as not to startle Nicole. He crouches down, his eyes level with his daughter, and stretches out his arms.

"Birdie, you are walking honey!," he whispers, his voice filled with tenderness. "Come here, can you come here?”

Nicole's eyes light up as she spots Rooster, her face breaking into a wide smile. Her little legs wobble, but she releases her grip on the door frame and takes a few more steps towards him, her arms reaching out for his embrace. She gather her balance quickly as she giggles towards him.

Rooster's heart swells as he scoops Nicole into his arms, lifting her off the ground. He holds her close, cherishing the weight of her in his arms and the feel of her tiny hands on his cheeks. He buries his nose in her hair, then kisses her cheek as he tries not to cry.

"My babygirl, you are walking," Rooster whispers, his voice choked with emotion. "You're growing up so fast. Dada loves you so much."

Nicole giggles, her laughter filling the air, and Rooster's heart feels like it could burst with joy. He steals a glance towards the kitchen, where Beatrice has paused her singing and the song as soon as she notices Nicole isn’t there and she hears her giggle.

“Nikki?” she calls, almost frantic, he could hear her walking around the kitchen and the clicking of the dogs claws following meant they were outside. So Nicole not only walked, but she did without support! Normally Jolene or the siblings would be by her side at all times, but not now.

Oh wow, he was going to cry again.

Beatrice’s steps approach the door frame and she stops mid calling once she sees what’s happening. She slowly drags her eyes up to Rooster’s face, mouth falling open and a gentle gasp escaping her mouth, “Rooster?”

“Surprise,gorgeous.’

Her lower lip wobbles, “Rooster!” and she lunges towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck, while being careful of Nicole who just giggles at the scene before her. He hugs her close, kissing Beatrice’s temple repeatedly, squeezing her to his body as she gently sobs on his shoulder, “You are home. You are home!’

“I am.” he grins, kissing her cheek this time, “And boy aren’t you a sight to sore eyes?”

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