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Thanks for sending this! I decided to try out writing an actual drabble (100 words exactly), which meant the answer turned out a little awkward at times. Enjoy!
Celebrity AU/childhood friends/"Wait, wait. Say that again. Please."
“You left!” David shouted. “You left, and I didn’t hear from you for years and now—”
Jack stared at the ground, clearly embarrassed. “Yeah,” he breathed. “I know.”
“I know?” David repeated. “You’re too busy with your—your coffee table book signings and—we missed you! I missed you!”
“I know,” Jack repeated again. “I didn’t say anything, because I knew you’d be angry, and it’s—I loved you too much to live in a world where you hated me.”
What the fuck? “Wait,” David said. “Wait. Say that again.” Jack stayed silent. “Please.”
“I loved—I love you.”
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New Year's Snippet
Yeah, yeah. I know, it's like January 4th where I am at at least. So it is late but wtvr.
TW: Smoking, loneliness, refrences to a not-so-stellar family life
Villain perches themselves on the roof of their house and takes a long drag out of their cigarette. They let out a long-suffering sigh as their eyes flit over to the street below them, filled with bustling people rushing here and there, no doubt to get to their friends and families.
The sight of the New Year decorations makes them sick, and they let out a humourless snort as they think of how much they're reminiscent of the Grinch on Christmas. Except they don't plan to ruin anything. It's not like they care enough about this stupid holiday to harbour any feelings towards it, even those of hate.
Indifference was always the best reaction.
They take in another long drag, trying to use their cigarette as a distraction from that overwhelming feeling that leaves their chest with a tighness akin to thick, unrelenting ropes wrapped cruelly around their heart. Loneliness. And for all it was worth, Villain attempts to lie to themselves that it's not the case at all.
And no matter the number of long drags they take in, nicotine isn't magic. Whatever semblance of mellow feelings it will offer are only temporary. And it can't force Villain to learn indifference any better than they can.
They're snapped out of their miserable reverie by the telltale sound of Hero landing on their roof, clearly not going for stealth. Villain rolls their eyes and lets out an irritated sigh.
"What the hell do you want from me? Don't you have some sappy, little New Year's party to get to?" they sneer coldly.
Taking a seat next to them, rolling their eyes a little but laughing goodnaturedly, Hero simply replies with, "Indeed, I do have a New Year's celebration to get to at my sibling's house. What plans do you have Villain, besides smoking yourself into lung cancer?"
"I've got plenty of stuff to do, Hero," they answer pointedly.
"Oh really?" their nemesis quirks an amused brow, an infuriating grin playing on their lips. "I'd love to hear all about these plans, Villain. Go on, I'm listening."
"Well, I- eh, I'm going to, I'll eh. Oh, forget it!" The criminal's face flushes a bold cherry shade at how horribly they struggle to lie. And their torment is furthered by the fact that this idiocy was in front of none other than Hero.
The crime-fighter in question, finds is quite disconcerting to see the fearsome Villain from the 'WANTED' posters highly reminiscent of a rather sad cat drenched in rainwater. And Hero is determined to change that.
They'd told them once that their family never cared much for doing well, anything together. "Villain, sweetie, do you want to come over to my sibling's party? They really won't mind, and they actually love having guests over. And they do make the best steak and mashed potatoes."
"I don't want your pity!" they snap.
"It's not pity, I just thought you'd have more fun spending New Year's Eve with someone else. And it's been a while since I've brought a friend over, and yes I know we're enemies but when it comes to our relationship these are all just semantics an-"
They cut the hero off with a raised hand. "Fine, I'll go with you. But only because you said your sibling's cooking is good." They slide off the roof and throw the no longrer lit cigarette into a trashcan.
Hero practically skips down the street as they walk to their sibling's house. For the first time, all the colourful lights strung up and the streamers and figurines everywhere didn't annoy Villain, they actually looked somewhat beautiful against the snow.
Hero's sibling doesen't question it at all when they show up. Hero introduces them as a friend, using civilian names all around, and they get welcomed in like Sibling was expecting them.
True to their nemesis's words, the dinner tastes amazing, particularly the steak and mashed potatoes. Sibling is quite obviously talented in the kitchen, and Sibling's Spouse is lucky as hell really.
They pass the next few hours watching some campy New Year's movie that somehow makes Villain laugh, even if it's only a few times. They decide to play Monopoly, and there was quite possibly no one as competitive as Villain aside from Hero.
"Cheater! I saw you take that!" they point their finger at them accusingly.
The crime stopper glares at them. "That is my money. If anyone's a dirty cheat here, it's you!"
And it continues like this, until Sibling breaks them apart and suggests they do something else, so they don't end up throwing hands at each other.
Sibling's kids, two, unruly twin boys with vibrant, curly ,red locks, decide that a game of tag is the best course of action. Spouse gives their lover a wry smile, but they both agree, mostly after the boys' pestering reaches intense levels.
The children, for some odd reason, take a liking to Villain and ultimately crown them worthy of reading their bedtime story tonight. Maybe because they were the fastest and most successful at tag.
Spouse sets a large chocolate cake on the dining table. "I made this because cooking is my passion and not at all to try and impress Sibling." Their sweetheart smirks at them, kissing their cheek and Spouse blushes, kissing their hand.
"Gross!" the twins yell, making everyone giggle. Even Villain.
"It's tradition that someone cuts the cake once it's midnight," Hero tells them.
"And since you're our guest, we all think you should do the honours," Sibling says, smiling warmly.
Villain takes the knife in their hand, heart fluttering in their chest at the strange feeling they have. They feel included, wanted, something they've never felt in their own home, with their own family.
They all do out the countdown together, Villain cutting at the exact time. And it's delicious, in spite of Spouse's original doubts. Everyone, especially the kids gets seconds.
Speaking of the children, the criminal had managed to lure them into their bedroom and was now reading them a story. "Okay, so this story has children with no concept of Stranger Danger, eating a from a candy house in the middle of nowhere and they almost get eaten by a cannibalistic witch whom they murder by burning alive, and you're telling me this is a children's story?" They raise a confused brow as they slam Hansel and Gretel shut, and their words only incite giggling from the twins.
"Goodnight, Villain Civilian Name. Please come here again."
"Yeah, you have to!"
"Night, kiddies. I'll see what I can do about that." They smile fondly and the kids, ruffling each one's hair and step out of the room.
They stay up for a bit, until exhaustion overpowers them, and they fall asleep on the living room couch.
The next day, they somehow wake up in a bed. It may or may not have something to do with the sleeping Hero on the living room couch...
Indifference is not always the best emotion. Whatever it is they feel, this warmth, cannot be expressed in mere words, but it certainly wins over total apathy any day.
HAVE A GREAT 2023! <3
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Saying goodbye to 2023 with a tribute to the game that I fell in love with this year.
2023 was full of new things for me to fall in love with, most notable of those things being Lackadaisy, Murder Drones, and Hollow Knight.
Hollow Knight has become one of my favorite video games, even despite wanting to scream at the difficulty and how many times I've gotten stuck (currently stuck again rn btw lmao). But I wasn't expecting to fall head over heels for a game about magic bugs.
But it was these things that kind of helped me deal with all the other stuff in my life that wasn't going right.
I lost a friend early in the year
I fell out of love with one of my favorite Sonic ships
My school stopped offering the online classes I need to get my bachelor's
And there was a lot more besides. I spent a lot of this year burnt out and frustrated.
I'm hoping 2024 will be a little better, but I want to thank Team Cherry, who made my 2023 a little more fun. So here's Hornet, my favorite character (despite how many times I wanted to throw the controller at her lmao)
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