We're Human Afterall
Ethan shuts his eyes trying to ignore the way his hands shake and his chest rises and falls. He needed to calm down, why was he even freaking out? God, he was so useless sometimes. He felt himself hit the floor, and squeezed his eyes shut. Trying to calm his racing thoughts. At this point, he just wanted to go home. Maybe, it would have been better off if he hadn't accepted Chris' offer for training.
"You okay?" An unfamiliar voice broke through his panic. He looks up to see an older-looking man, he had to be in his forties. He had long dirty blonde bangs that covered part of his face. Despite this, he had striking blue eyes. He wore a leather jacket, which causes Ethan to think he wasn't BSAA. Even Chris basically wore their logo everywhere.
"I...not really..." Ethan sighs out, the man looks around before sigh taking a seat next to him.
"You and me both," he huffs out. Now that the man mentioned it, he did look exhausted. Bags that were just beginning to fade under his eyes. "So... you want to talk about it?" Ethan hesitates, this man was a stranger and he might not be allowed to know. However, at the same time, he just needed to talk to someone other than Chris and Mia.
"I was recently caught up in this whole bioweapons thing, and I was offered training... it's just all so overwhelming..." Ethan begins to explain. "Not that I don't appreciate any of this, it's just... things used to be so simple. I didn't wake up in the middle of the night afraid some manic is standing at the end of my bed."
"After I got pulled into everything, I couldn't sleep without a knife under my pillow for months. Hell, some nights I still do." The man's blue eyes meet his own. "My point is don't kick yourself down so much. Though this probably doesn’t mean much from a stranger." He chuckles at the end but the other man is quiet for a moment.
"I... thanks, Ethan by the way." He holds his hand out to the other man to which he takes.
"Le-"
"Ethan I- Oh, Leon? What are you doing here?" Chris stops upon noticing the two men on the floor.
"Wait, Leon? As in Leon Kennedy who was supposed to help with my training today?" Ethan asks suddenly standing, his cheeks are bright red.
"I was about to introduce myself, but yeah that's me." Leon smiles as he stands. "I was heading to find Chris to meet you actually."
"I'm so sorry, we had to meet like that."
"I didn't mind sweetheart."
"He's married." Chris is quick to bring up. Leon looks guilty upon hearing that.
"Sorry, if that was too much."
"I mean... I didn't really mind." Ethan smiles at the other man rubbing his neck nervously. The elder blonde looks at him with a smile of his own when Chris clears his throat.
"Maybe, we should get to why Leon is actually here." The man brings the attention back to him.
“Right, sorry.” Still, Ethan glanced at Leon as they follow Chris back to the training room. The other man smiles at him, and Ethan feels his heart beat a little faster.
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UNCLE NINA I LOVEDD CHAP 6 IVE ALREADY READ IT TWICE JUST CAUSE STAN WAS BEING SO CUTE AND NERDY
MY SWEETHEART MY LOVELY !! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED TO READ THIS TODAY!!! ;-; <3333 NOT TO BE RAVENSTAN BUT THIS SERIOUSLY ALMOST MADE ME CRY!!!! TY
( you guys know how much i beat myself up, so messages like this mean everything to me...also sorry most of under the cut isn't relevant i just like to ramble about the boys and their dynamic <3 )
but anyways! back to you being my starlight starbright:
lately...i've just been having so much anxiety and imposter syndrome about my writing -- it's bad to the point where when i posted rm6 like two days ago, where i was supposed to be happy and in high spirits, i was so nervous and anxious ( it's this dull, awful ache in my sternum ) that i spent the day pacing w/ my heart racing, ugh. </3
because my brain is so bad, it's hard for me to convince myself when i post that i made the right creative decisions, that you guys are enjoying where the story is going, that it makes sense etc.
so when i get really nice asks like this one from you ( mon ange ) telling me directly that you enjoyed the chapter...oh my god, i feel so much better i can't even tell you. i was really worried people didn't like it or it was too weird bc...its a lot, but...it was cute!
we got to see who raven is offstage and see hes stan and hes a literal angel! that hes down to earth and a fucking loser and so wonderful!!!
i can not tell you guys how painful it was for me just to feed you those starboy snippets of raven being rizzgod and all untouchable and sexy
because...yes he did that thing...but when hes not doing that thing...hes watering his plants and singing to them and wearing the big anime boy tee-shirts and crying and using a tortilla chip as a fork.
so this update!!! meant a lot to me because we got to watch stan be himself and be embarrassing and slip on every surface whilist actually fruedian slipping w/ kyle bc hes so nervous around him and be a lover boy and a crybaby and a crunchy nerdy nervy plant boy
and we also got to watch how the affects kyle, who thinks he knows everything, but then gets immediately humbled because ravenstan is not like the awful ravenraven he made up in his brain who he hates vs. the nice cute awkward boy in his living room who lies badly when nervous, brought him a succulent and is actually...sort of lovely?
...but when you're on a hate with your best friend who you don't know is dead and are a cynical skeptical messticle of a man and having your phantom theres stan syndrome flaire up everytime a literal celebrity smiles or bites his lip and looks like...Your Stan...its...not fun.
but more on that later! next chapter, the boys call ike! which! yay!
but x 2, thank you for being so kind. i seriously thought people were like not enjoying it or the plot progession or thought it was underwhelming/too choppy/messy. so this means a lot to me!
tldr: ravenstan is actually a sweet, sloppy, pathetic nervous wreck and jerseykyle, if nothing else ( sorry king ) is eating his words, because he just might be enjoying his horrible little hate...w/ a deplorable boy who is being weirdly adorable ...
enough to forgive and pardon the most criminal offense outlined in the extensive k.b law handbook...
being ~fashionably~ late :) <3
( and recklessly rizzing him in spanish without a license )
my boys my boys my boys,
uncle nina <3333333
p.s. thank you again for enjoying the update i'm glad you liked weird boy raven i love him so much hes so cute we will see more of him <3
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