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mcflymemes · 5 months
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PROMPTS FROM THE HUNGER GAMES *  assorted dialogue from the 2012 film, adjust as necessary
i think it's our tradition.
it's been the way we've been able to heal.
i think it's... something that knits us all together.
you were just dreaming.
they're not going to pick you.
try to go to sleep.
i just gotta go. but i'll be back. i love you.
what are you gonna do with that when you kill it?
i was gonna sell it.
now i have nothing.
what if everyone just stopped watching?
it's as simple as that.
i'm not laughing at you.
we could do it, you know? take off. live in the woods.
we wouldn't make it five miles.
i'm never having kids.
guess the odds aren't exactly in my favor.
you keep it. it's yours.
aww, look at you. you look beautiful.
wish i looked like you.
as long as you have it, nothing bad will happen to you, okay? i promise.
freedom has a cost.
this is how we remember our past. this is how we safeguard our future.
you're stronger than they are. you are.
they just want a good show. that's all they want.
whatever you do, don't let them starve.
you know if you don't want to talk, i understand. but i just don't think there's anything wrong with getting a little bit of help.
so when do we start?
know, in your heart, that there's nothing i can do to save you.
you made me spill my drink.
i think i'll go finish this in my room.
you'll freeze to death first.
can you pass the marmalade?
you really wanna know how to stay alive? you get people to like you.
are there any surprises that we can expect this year?
i'm sorry that this happened to you, and i'm here to help you in any way i can.
you're here to make me look pretty.
i'm gonna do something that they're gonna remember.
don't be afraid.
why don't you go clean yourselves up a little before dinner?
i didn't touch your knife!
i hear you can shoot.
i hope you noticed we have a serious situation.
loosen your corset and have a drink.
i thought they hated me.
don't you know how beautiful you look?
just be yourself. i'll be there the whole time.
i'm prepared, vicious, and i'm ready to go.
do you want to tell us about it?
do i smell like roses to you?
you don't talk to me, and then you say you have a crush on me?
he made you look desirable.
we are not star crossed lovers.
look for water. water's your new best friend.
give me your arm.
we need a signal, in case one of us gets held up.
if you can't scare them, give them something to root for.
everyone likes an underdog.
i'm not gonna leave you.
nobody's gonna find you in here.
we'll just get you some medicine.
i should have gone to you.
i remember the first time i saw you.
[name], you're not gonna risk your life for me. i'm not gonna let you.
now there's no way i'm letting you go.
go on. i'm dead anyway. i always was, right? i didn't know that until now.
it's the only thing i know how to do.
there has been a slight rule change.
one of us has to die.
i'm sorry it didn't go the way they planned.
i couldn't imagine life without him.
they must be very proud of you.
so what happens when we get back?
i don't want to forget.
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dreamsontheirway · 11 months
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Ain't Easy | J.M.
Summary: in which you have an asthma attack, but JJ is there to help you. Warnings: description of asthma attack Word Length: 1.4k Abbreviations: Y/N = your name, Y/N/N = your nickname
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You had suffered with asthma for as long as you could remember, but it was mostly manageable at this point in your life. You had a couple inhalers that you carried around when you remembered, but you rarely had to use them anymore.
JJ had witnessed you have an asthma attack only once before. It was when you were running away from Rafe and the physical exertion had gotten to you. Luckily, you two were able to hide out of view and you pointed towards your backpack, guiding JJ to place the inhaler against your lips. He had been frantic, his eyes wide and terrified. After you caught your breath again, you reassured him that you were alright. He insisted that you teach him what to do if, god forbid, this happened again. You had taught him the basics, and he listened intently with caring blue eyes.
This was several months ago, and you had yet to have another one since. One thing many people don’t know about asthma, is that it can be caused by many things other than physical exertion. Asthma attacks can be triggered by allergies, pollen, dry air, humidity, and even storms.
Unfortunately for you, the others had chosen a very humid day for a much needed, relaxing boat trip. Relaxation was the goal, at least, but this humidity was making it difficult. You felt like you were trying to breathe in something solid, rather than air. At least you and everyone else were suffering together.
"Ugh," Kiara exasperated. "It's so gross I am literally sticking to my shorts." She pulled at her ripped jean shorts and sure enough, they peeled up as if they were stuck with tape.
You sat in the back of the boat, fanning yourself with a magazine and wiping the back of your neck, feeling it slick with sweat. The attempts to cool yourselves were futile. No matter how many times you splashed into the water you still seemed to dry off instantly, the scorching sun blazing on you and your friends.
"Should we jump in again?" Offered Pope, whose sweat was glistening on his forehead.
"Yes please," JJ countered, taking his flip flops off in preparation.
"I'm gonna stay here," Sarah spoke, pulling her dirty blonde hair up into a bun.
"Me too," you agreed. "Feels pointless. I might go in again later, though."
"Suit yourself," JJ winked at you and leapt into the twinkling water below. The others followed suit, causing a few stray beads of water to spray on your legs.
"Want a drink?" Sarah asked, peeling herself from the sticky boat seat and drifting towards the cooler.
"Yeah, just a beer is fine, thanks," you muttered, beginning to feel a light stinging in your chest.
She handed the cold can to you, and you smiled in appreciation before opening it and taking a sip in hopes it would calm your quickly beating heart and heavy breathing. You breathed out; it came out shaky and unsure.
"You okay?" Sarah offered, peering at you from under light lashes as she dug through her backpack for her phone. Finding it, she sat down next to you.
"Yeah," you choked out. "It's just so hot." You laughed, trying to ease the worry in your chest.
"I know, right," Sarah started. "It's at least like 95 degrees right now. I've never wanted AC so bad, like..."
Sarah's voice seemed to trail off and dissipate as your throat began tightening, strangling you. You gasped, trying to find air to fill your dry airways.
"Y/N?"
Sarah's face appeared in front of you. You couldn't hear her through the ringing in your ears, but you read your name on her lips.
"Inh-" you tried to speak, but only a squeak was able to come out from your sun-baked lips.
Sarah looked confused; she didn't understand what you were trying to say to her. Then it hit you. You had forgotten to pack your inhaler today. Shit! Usually, you were more careful than this, but when you had an attack maybe once every 6 months, it was easy to let it slip your mind.
Sarah noticed your eyes widen, hers becoming frantic. What is happening? Is she having a panic attack? She thought to herself.
"J-" you choked out, hoping Sarah would understand. She did.
"JJ? You want JJ?" She popped up then, dashing to the other end of the boat.
"JJ!" She hollered, desperately.
"What?" JJ said casually; he was floating on his back in the water. "I'm relaxing."
"JJ, it's Y/N! Hurry!"
This got JJ's attention. He crawled up the boat ladder swiftly, racing towards you.
"Baby?" He probed, blue eyes wide in worry. Then he realized -- he had seen this reaction from you before. You were having an asthma attack.
"Where's your inhaler?" He urged you, lake water dripping from his strands of blonde hair and onto the floor of the boat. Both his large hands were placed on either side of your arms.
"I don't," you choked out, "have it."
"Shit," JJ hollered, looking away for a moment. Then his face lit up. "Hold on."
He began rifling through his backpack that was sat next to yours and pulled out a small object. Your extra inhaler. He had it?
"Here baby," he cooed, holding the medicine up to your dry lips, willing you to breathe it in.
It took a couple pumps of the contraption for you to start to breathe normally again. JJ stroked the sides of your arms with his damp hands and watched you intently. The others had made their way back onto the boat, watching silently, concerned for you.
You sighed loudly, finally able to catch your breath. You leaned your head back against the edge of the boat behind you.
"You're okay," JJ spoke softly, pulling the stray strands of hair away from your face. He recalled from the last attack that you lost all your energy from the exertion it took to try to breathe.
You coughed then, your head shooting up. You leaned forward, your elbows resting on your thighs. JJ's hand reached up to rub your back soothingly, and he looked at the others as someone spoke.
"Is she-" Kiara's voice spoke.
"She's fine," JJ barked, knowing you didn't want to be pitied, "just give her a second."
As a child, you had asthma attacks more frequently. You could still feel the sorrowful gazes from your classmates throughout grade school and you hated it. You were a strong person, and you didn't want your asthma to define you in the way that it once had.
"Thank you." You were finally able to choke out a coherent reply to your caring boyfriend, who still sat, crouched in front of you.
"Yeah," he grinned lopsidedly at you, a smile you adored more than practically anything else in the world. "Do you need anything?"
You ignored his question, your own suddenly returning to you.
"Why did you have my extra inhaler?"
"Oh," he started, "I hope you don't mind. I snagged it from your place. I figured it might come in handy." He grinned again, a subtle nod to your current state, and wiggled the inhaler in his hand.
Tears pricked your eyes.
"Fuck, thank you," you muttered. You felt grateful, but also guilty that your boyfriend had to be the one to take care of you. "God, how did I forget it the one day I needed it? I'm so stupid!"
"Hey, hey," he became more serious, but still had his typical joking undertone. "C'mon, Y/N/N. You barely get 'em anymore. We just gotta make sure at least one of us has one for ya from now on."
You groaned, knowing he was right, but you still felt so stupid. JJ could tell.
"C'mere," he declared, and plopped down next to you. He wrapped his arm around you and kissed your temple.
"Ew, you're gross and sweaty," you blanched dramatically, pulling away.
"Is that any way to talk to me?" He joked, pulling you closer. "Look, I know it ain't easy bein' wheezy, but I kind of saved your life."
You groaned playfully and leaned your head into the crook of his neck. Luckily, the rest of the group had resumed their normal pursuits, leaving you to relax against JJ and get some much-needed rest. His other hand rubbed your thigh comfortingly as the boat advanced back towards the mainland.
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marshmallowprotection · 2 months
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Hope you and everyone involved are doing okay. You all deserve the world
Thank you, truly and sincerely, Anon. Nobody deserves to be bullied, abused, or belittled. That behavior does not belong in this fandom, or in any fandom for that matter. I hope all of you take care of yourselves and remember to sleep well, drink water, and have a good day today!
Remember, kindness goes a long way. You never know when a small act of kindness will make someone's day. Spread positivity if you can because people have been hurt, unfortunately, and you never know when a silly message or smile will make a difference.
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yom kippur 1984
summary: the day of fasting, so stuff yourself full the night before
WC: 2.0K
warnings: just cursing.
A/N: the very last in between! i hope everyone has enjoyed these little character moments, this allows for me to be a bit more creative and further character relationships between seasons. are we ready for season 2 now? Season two begins October 7th.
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October 5, 1984
8 pm
“Okay, now remember, no eating or drinking anything all day, except for Will, he can drink water.”
The four of you just finished stuffing yourselves full of dinner and were listening as Joyce was going over the ‘rules’ for Yom Kippur. The one day a year where you have an excuse to skip school and lay in bed all day long, on the downside though, you can’t eat or drink anything until sunset. Although it falls on a Saturday/Sunday this year, so you can’t skip school, damn.
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October 6, 1984
1 pm
When it came to Yom Kippur and trying to fight the hungry off, sleeping was your best friend. If you just let the gorgeous dreams take you away, you could sleep perfectly fine for hours on end, unfortunately, your nightmares haven’t fully left you alone yet. So with a nightmare of Steve getting killed, you blotted up right in your bed, the thick blanket making you feel like a furnace all of a sudden and you had to push it away. Your body was sticky with sweat, and strands of hair clung to your face, your sleep shorts and shirt stuck to your figure and it was making you feel so uncomfortable at the moment.
Even though you usually wait until after you eat to shower you couldn’t stand the feeling of your skin and the way pieces of hair were touching you, it was too much. So with the water warm, teetering on steaming hot, the feeling of your bones touching and the way your skin was stretched taut over your muscle was slowly dissipating the longer you stood under the pressure. You stayed under the water with your eyes closed, letting the heat hug you close and comfort you, trying to help in scaring the horrors away.
You let yourself imagine the warmth as Steve’s body, the natural warmth of his skin keeping you safe, his broad shoulders covering your frame as if he were a wall and you were a glorious kingdom that he was made to protect from destruction. The goosebumps that arose on your arms pulled a shaky exhale from your lips, it was almost like you could just feel the feather-light touches of his hands or fingers trailing over you…
“(Y/n)! You’re running all the hot water!”
With your body jerking at the abrupt sound of someone yelling from within the bathroom, you almost slipped on the slick tub, “Christ! Don’t do that!”
You heard some deep chuckling before the door shut closed behind the person, probably Jonathan. With your hands rubbing over your warm and possibly flushed face, you pushed them from your cheeks up into your hair and settled your hands upon your shoulders. With a final exhale you turned the water off and stepped over the lip of the tub and toweled yourself dry. You wiped the stream off the mirror and looked at yourself, or really you just stared at your physical being until you felt like you weren’t floating out of your body and staring down from the ceiling. With a few slaps to your cheeks, you felt okay enough and left the bathroom. Being hit with the coolness of the hallway compared to the bathroom took you off guard for a moment, but was refreshing.
Inside your room, you dig through different drawers in search of a pair of sweatpants and a simple t-shirt to lounge around in for the rest of the day. Satisfied with your clothing selection you made your way back out into the hallway and journeyed towards the landline in the kitchen.
Grabbing the phone off the receiver and with a few in and out breaths to calm yourself, you finally, after all these months of backing out at the last minute, you finally dialed the Harrington house number. Knowing you weren’t going to see Steve at school until tomorrow, you had to make sure to call and just hear his voice. You needed that physical reassurance that he was alive, he was breathing, he was happily smiling or laughing about something. You just needed…
“Harrington residence, this is Steve.”
You froze, you completely forgot you were waiting for someone to pick up the phone, you were waiting for Steve.
“Hello?”
You pulled the phone away for a moment and cleared your throat, “hey Steve, it's (Y/n).”
“And what do I owe the pleasure of a phone call, (Y/n)?” you could hear the teasing smirk in his voice.
“Um, just wanted- wanted to…” you really should have thought of a good excuse.
“Oh, isn’t it one of your holidays? Like your Jewish holidays? Or am I mixing something up and sounding like an idiot?”
“No, no, yeah. It’s- it’s Yom Kippur today, so we’re fasting,” your heart speeds up with the thought of Steve trying to understand a small part of you, as friends, of course.
“So you’re what? Not eating anything?”
“Well, we stopped eating after sunset yesterday, so we had a good dinner before. And now we can’t eat or drink any water until sunset tonight. Well, Will can drink water 'cause he’s a little smaller.”
“Sounds intense,” he joked. You chuckled, “eh, it’s not so bad after a few times. At least I can sleep the day away and have an excuse for my laziness.”
He released a breathy chuckle at your reply back.
His voice sounded different over the phone, with a bit more static and some choppiness to his words. You wish he was right in front of you, sitting with you in the kitchen or sitting on the couch and watching something on your shitty tv, or with the both of you laying on your bed just facing each other. But he wasn’t, so this was the best thing you could get when you didn’t see the other during school.
“Crap. Hey, sorry (Y/n), but I gotta go before I’m late to pick up Nancy. I’ll see you tomorrow at school. Have a good yum kipper.”
You didn’t have it in your heart to correct him after he mentioned Nancy, “yeah, see you tomorrow, Steve. Have fun with Nancy.”
If Steve was about to reply back with something you didn’t hear, you hung up the phone lighting fast.
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7:55 pm
After the call with Steve, you trudge back into your room and flopped onto the bed, and hid away in the mess of your blanket and pillows. Sometime during that, you fell back asleep, and thankfully it was just darkness that took over your sleep, no stunning dreams of a happy future, no monsters ripping apart people you care about right before your eyes. Just darkness.
The thing that did pull you from your dreamless state was the feeling of someone shaking you awake. The shaking continued until you were semi-conscious and then your blanket was ripped away from you. 
“Holy crap, what?”
The person didn’t reply right away and so you finally turned in their direction, “mom said to wake you.”
Will was leaning over your curled figure. He looked taken aback by your outburst and took a step away from your bed. You moved from your position and came closer to the edge and held out a hesitant hand, hoping Will would take it. You don’t ever snap at Will, if you do it's good joking fun and you can tell from your tone. Today, with not eating or drinking all day and then the phone call with Steve, you got a little testy.
“I- I didn’t mean to snap at you, Will. I’m just tired, and hungry, and a little jealous about something. But I didn’t mean anything mean towards you.”
Your arm was the olive branch that you knew Will would take eventually, the two of you could never stay mad at the other for long. You both had a special bond within the Byers family, two things that Jonathan and Joyce wouldn’t understand.
Will took that one step closer to you and slipped his smaller hand within your larger one and squeezed, well, tried to give a squeeze, “I know, I’m hungry too.”
“What do you think mom or Jonathan made tonight?”
“Uh, I think they actually got something out. Probably too lazy to cook tonight.”
“I hope they got KFC,” you sighed out.
Will was looking down at your joined hands and started to play with your fingers with his free hand. He would bend a finger either in or out, or do some mental counting inside his head. It’s something he’s done since he was little, he likes holding hands with people close to him, it’s his form of intimacy with people.
“I heard you on the phone earlier,” Will whispered into your shared hands.
His statement took you a moment, “oh, you heard me talking with Steve?”
He nodded his head, “is that why you were a bit upset?”
You gazed at Will’s face as he just kept looking at your hands. He was rubbing his lips together in a nervous gesture, and you noticed his eyes would look up through his lashes and take in your expression, he was trying to gauge your expression. He was worried about you.
“Um…I- I guess. It’s just stupid boy stuff, nothing for you to worry about.”
“Do you…like, Steve?”
You tried to play coy, “why? Worried he’s gonna take me away from you, my favorite person?”
Will grinned at the reply.
“It’s just I see you. Sometimes, you’re happy around him, and then other times, he makes you upset. And I don’t want you to like someone who makes you upset.”
You were stunned. You didn’t think Will noticed all those little moments between you and yourself, moments where you let the mask fall and allowed your pure emotions to shine through. When you were with Steve you felt ecstatic, floating on cloud nine high above Hawkins, away from everything. But the mention of Nancy that would eventually fall from his lips made you feel like you just took a huge drop on a giant roller coaster, something completely out of your control and making you feel sick to your stomach.
“Sometimes, we fall for people who will make you both sad and happy. Sometimes they don’t even understand that they are doing those types of things. And sometimes, the heart wants what it wants, even our brains can’t stop that.”
You focused on Will’s face to try and gauge how he took your explanation. His brows furrowed in the middle and his eyes were darting around, it’s like he was trying to understand something deep within his mind. With a hand, you reached up and ran your thumb over the creased v-shape pulling Will’s face.
“You understand what I’m trying to say, buddy? We can’t help who we end up liking, sometimes it’s just out of our hands.”
He just gave a shallow nod. With your hand now falling on his cheek, you gave a quick pinch to the baby fat and finally stood from your bed.
“Come on, pretty sure mom and Jonathan are back now, and I am starving.”
With your hands clasped together the both of you trudged out of your gloomy room and out into the cool hallway, finally joining Jonathan and Joyce in the dining room with the takeout.
“Oh, yes! KFC!”
Jonathan and Joyce both chuckled at your exclamation of joy at seeing the red and white striped packaging. Just the aroma of the fried chicken and sides made all of your stomachs gurgle in sync and in utter joy.
“Okay everyone, we are now allowed to stuff our faces again, but please pace yourselves. (Y/n), I’m talking to you, I don’t want any incidents this year.”
Last year you got a bit too excited to finally eat, that you ended up choking on some piece of bread. Pretty sure Joyce almost had a heart attack as she watched you pounding on your chest and then Jonathan coming over to smack you hard against your back.
Did you learn from your lesson…let’s just say…who knows.
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diejager · 2 months
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Hey Joyce, O-san (remember her, Oki-anon?) and I are gonna be writin’ partners. She’s at Shikoku rn but wants to thank you for listening to her rambling wambling, and I do too, ‘cause I have never seen her open up to others, aside from me.
You also motivate not just her, but me to write stories again. O-anon and I share it amongst each other, but we might start a Tumblr blog together. Who knows?
Sorry if I’m bothering. Hope you’re doing okay, and drink loads of water! O-san says hello from Kochi. Wherever that may be…
Hi! Okinawan anon right? And it was a pleasure, I like reading through everyone’s rambling and own headcanon about certain things, that’s why I left my inbox open, but I enjoyed reading Okinawan anon’s thots :)
Sharing a blog sounds good, you could write your name under each story to let people know who wrote it. I used to follow a blog that did the same thing: @tatakaebomb but they’ve since stopped writing and grew apart, you could still go look through it to get some sort of idea about structuring your blog to have two people post.
And don’t worry, you’d never bother me at all, I’m happy to interact with people on tumblr. I’m doing fine though, I do remember to drink and eat, you better remember your advice, yeah? Drink and eat, stay healthy and take care of yourselves. Tell her hi for me too! (Kochi’s a Japanese city, no????)
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thehalfbloodedwitch · 2 years
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my dearest nixie..
how are you? how are you doing?? we haven't talked for so LOONG. i am sorry, i missed you🥺❤️ i hope you're doing GREAT and you have an amazing day!!
please, take care of yourself, drink loads of water, stay safe and healthy!
ALSO. remember we all love you, you're so loved and you're so damn talented. i am so happy i met you here, you have beautiful soul. you can't imagine how much you mean to me🤧 THE WHOLE WORLD.
I love you so much!! And here is my little gift for you..
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Ahhh hiiii domii!!!
I have been good, atm really bad, I just got cold this morning and have been eating medicines and it's okay but not too good, maybe day after I'll be good! And how are youu?? Hope you are doing amazing domii and ilysm 💗
Just drank water and I have been taking care of myself domii <33 you too take care of yourselves!
I'M GONNA CRY RN, domi you are the best!! I really needed that 😭💕 and you always remember that everyone loves you soo much and I cannot literally live without you! You're the best and will always remain the best! The most sweetest, talented, beautiful and gorgeous human being to ever exist 💖
I love you moreee, and I love love loveeee the moodboard!!! Steve harrington has my heart ❤ and you too <333
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mangobubbletea7 · 1 year
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It’s extremely funny that we’ve learned during this stream that a character trait of Foolish’s is occasionally saying “I hate Badboyhalo” to himself out loud every few minutes 😂
What’s wrong with him???
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#4
I think anyone who was online yesterday participating in the exile discourse on any side might want to watch this clip. BBH just explained a bit more about what he said on Foolish’s stream.
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Happy two year anniversary to the OG, you deserve every bit of success Sad-ist!
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I feel so bad for his friends, they’re all so young, what a shit thing to deal with when your job is to act happy on camera. What a shit thing to deal with in general. What a shit thing to happen. I hope they’re okay. I hope they take time to grieve and to all take care of themselves.
But also please don’t judge them if they’re trying to distract themselves with a stream, let them do whatever they feel comfortable with, they’re adults and can handle their own feelings.
Take care. Be kind. Enjoy each and every little thing life has to offer. Hug your friends and tell the CCs you follow how much you appreciate them. Smile at random people on the street. Live life and be good to yourself as well as others.
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Take care of yourselves everyone, it’s going to be a very rough couple of days. It’s going to be a very rough couple of months. It sucks. I’m so sorry to everyone in this community, to the CCs and his family. It’s such a rough hand he was dealt. Drink water, make sure to eat, reach out to friends if you need, try your best not to beat yourself up, I know Techno would want all of us to remember him at his best and be happy for the good times we got. I don’t know how we’re supposed to move on like this but we’ll get through it and always remember the amazing man he was. Technoblade never dies.
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muttonchopsalley · 8 months
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic suicide of legendary actor, Herve Villechaize, who overcame his physical limitations and language barriers to become a Hollywood star. He was also intensely committed to charity work involving children who had birth defects or had been abused.
However, by 1993, his career and life were in freefall. Having lost his coveted job on Fantasy Island ten years prior due to a pay dispute, Villechaize had been financially destitute, having to take bit parts on T.V. shows and commercials just to stay afloat. By the year of his death, he had been divorced twice, and moved from a luxurious ranch in the countryside, to a modest house in North Hollywood, even having to resort to drinking water from his neighbors' garden hose.
In addition, Villechaize's health problems, the result of the medical condition that had stunted his growth, had left him in excruciating, unbearable pain. His internal organs, which were the size of an average human's were crushed into his body's small frame. Things like breathing and sleeping required great effort for him, and he eventually couldn't take it any longer.
On the afternoon of September 4, 1993 he and his girlfriend, Kathy attended a Directors Guild screening of the film, The Fugitive, which is recounted in the memoir Crossroad of the Stars.
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Afterward, the two returned to the house, where Kathy went to sleep. Herve went into his office and penned a suicide note, stating:
"I have to do what's right. At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me. Who believed my (illegible) best friend girl will not call my mom to answer the Q's. I hope she does not hurt. I'm still alive. Please know Kathy has the right of attorney over my health and my belongings belong to Kathy Self including the right to a script and movie and writings, etc. I love you all too much, it's one of just of my problems. Mom! My brothers you didn't exhist to my heart you never care only about yourselves since 1955, you remember??? Kathy did her best, you didn't so she deserves everything.
3am I can't miss with a dum dum bullet - Ha! Ha! Never one knew my pain - for 40 years - or more. Have to do it outside less mess."
He then took one of his handguns, two pillows and a portable tape recorder into his backyard and recorded himself saying:
 "Kathy, I can't live like this anymore. I've always been a proud man and always wanted to make you proud of me. You know you made me feel like a giant and that's how I want you to remember me."
After speaking about not wanting Kathy to be blamed for his death, he concluded:
"I'm doing what I have to do...I want everything to go to Kathy...I want everyone to know that I love them."
Then, sitting and bracing himself against the concrete wall of the house facing the sliding glass patio door, he stated
"I guess I just need to pull this."
He then cocked the hammer back, placed two pillows against his chest to muffle the sound. Aimed towards his chest, and fired.
The tape recorder then picked up Herve moaning in pain
"It hurts.. It hurts.."
It appears that despite his mortal injury, he then attempted to awaken Kathy by firing through the patio door with a second shot. This did in fact awaken her, and she can be heard on the tape shortly afterwards approaching him and asking
"What happened?!"
Herve responds by moaning
"I'm dying.. I'm dying.."
Kathy tries to assure him, not aware of the extent of his injuries
"No, you're not. You're going to be okay."
Before running back into the house to call 911. An ambulance arrived and despite attempts to save his life, Villechaize was pronounced dead.
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vampireantihero · 9 months
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Newsletter: Extra, Extra! Read All About It!
Hello everyone! I hope your weekend went well! I am going to be brief this week, because I have a short week and a lot to do in it. Before we hop directly into the newsletter, though, let’s look at the new schedule!
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New Schedule
As you can see, the schedule’s changed a little bit! It’s now set up for bi-weekly updates instead of weekly updates. This is because, as much as I love touching base with you all every week, I’ve noticed that it takes me quite a long time to create these newsletters and eats into time that I could be working on the projects I’m sharing with you. I have a mentorship coming up in August that will also take up space in my work hours, and the theatre is now working on their next show which means that, if I want to eat dinner, I have a hard stopping point to my work day at 5pm instead of 6pm-ish, three days a week.
My thought is, if there is no time to get the projects done that I’m sharing with you, then there is no reason to send the newsletter, right? I want to be able to create quality artwork and quality content surrounding that artwork for you all to enjoy. What I don’t want, is to spam you with fluff and “Sorry I didn’t get to this” messages. So, starting with this week (perfect because next week I’m on vacation anyway and won’t be updating), the Newsletter will be on a bi-weekly schedule. I’ll miss touching base with you all every week, but I think this will be for the better.
Commissions / Fiverr
I’ve been trying my best to get my Fiverr profile together but, despite my best efforts, I cannot get my brain to cooperate. I mentioned last week that I’m suffering from extreme burnout this year, and that hasn’t changed. One of the things that I’m hoping for is that this vacation helps me feel a little bit better. That being said, commissions will be closed starting today, and will be reopened July 25th. That’s the ones on the website, not Fiverr. The 25th is my first full day back to working after I get back from vacation, so if you have a commission idea in mind, keep it written somewhere or send it my way, but I will be holding off on replies to those things until I’m back.
As for Fiverr, I’m hoping to have the gigs I’m planning out 100% put together and added to the site before my mentorship starts on August 17th — we’ll see!
In Case You Missed It
I didn’t have a full week of studies again this week because of the holiday, as well as working on the Under Strange Suns concepts, but I did have a few!
The Under Strange Suns contest piece is starting to come together well, and I have a solid plan for it. I’m looking forward to rendering this piece!
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Closing Thoughts
So, that’s all for now! I hope you all have a fantastic week, and next week as well. If you are overwhelmed like I’ve been, then please keep in mind that it’s not your fault. Remember that it’s okay to take a step back to breathe, assess the situation, and come back to it with a level head. There is nothing wrong with listening to yourself and knowing when you need a break. It’s all part of taking care of yourself.
And with that, I hope that you all take care of yourselves. Make sure to drink your water, and do what you can. I love you all.
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rendevousz · 3 years
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the favourite
avengers x fem!teen!reader
summary: you are the baby avenger and everyone is platonically whipped for you.
genre: fluff, crack
warnings: none, maybe just my inability to write good endings
word count: 3497
note: um second oneshot hope this one's good gaaah
"hey, doll. whatcha' reading?" you glanced up to see bucky, who then plopped down next to you on the couch in the common room. "it's called 'shadow and bone'. it's a novel that's turning into a netflix series in like a month," you smiled at the super soldier, lifting up your book a little to show him the cover. his eyebrows raised at the information, lips tugging into a knowing smirk.
"yes, bucky, i'll watch the series with you." you rolled your eyes playfully at him. ever since he officially became an avenger and moved into the tower with the rest of you, you've been helping him 'get with the times' —as sam likes to call it— just as you did steve a few years prior.
steve had told his best friend that you were the best at stuff like this. after all, you were the youngest avenger. and you had a lot of free time on your hands; having no school since you were pretty much the only one besides vision who could compete with tony's or bruce's intelligence.
so really, school wasn't mandatory for you according to tony. at least, after you had asked him if you could just not attend and he cracked ten seconds after you pulled the puppy dog eyes.
you also had significantly less trainings than the rest of the team. this one wasn't because you were an expert on the field or something —well, you were, but so were the rest of the team but they still had almost daily trainings while you had half the amount they did— this was because you had cap wrapped around your tiny little finger.
and as for the team, they couldn't even be mad about it because if they were in the captain's position, they would probably be the same. everyone just loved you too much.
"do you mind if i turned on the tv?" bucky asked, afraid that you wouldn't want background noise while you were reading but obviously you didn't mind so you shook your head as you continued to read. not long after, you closed your book with a bookmark between the pages you stopped at before shoving in into bucky's hands and running up into your room to quickly grab your blanket.
he watched you run out of the common room in confusion before chuckling when he saw you run back in looking tiny with a huge, fluffy blanket in your arms. you went back to your spot on the couch next to him, spreading the blanket over both your laps, bucky smiling fondly as he watched you fix it before turning to him. "comfy?" you asked and he nodded, giving you back your book as you cuddled up to him. he smiled down at you and wrapped an arm around you while you leaned against his chest.
"what's this? movie night without me?" you two looked up at the owner of the voice and saw sam walking in, making his way to the kitchen, probably to make himself some coffee. "what movie are you guys watching?" he asked, leaning against a pillar to look at the tv, trying to figure out what movie was playing.
"actually, only bucky's watching the movie—it's mean girls, by the way—and i'm just reading my book." you told sam without looking at him, lifting your book up high to show him before lowering it back down to continue reading it.
"barnes, what are you doing watching a movie while y/n is reading? she won't be able to focus with all that background noise, shut it off." sam told him off, now back in the kitchen to make his coffee. you shook your head at the man's antics. "sam, it's fine. i told him it was okay,"
"of course you did, you're too sweet to say no to anyone." he quipped back, now standing nearby, watching the tv too, seemingly interested in the movie playing. you only rolled your eyes playfully at him before going back to the book. after a few minutes of him just standing, bucky spoke up. "just sit down if you want to watch the whole movie, birdbrain."
and sit he did. on your other side, snuggling comfortably under your blanket after putting his now empty mug on the coffee table. this caused bucky to huff as he pulled the other end of the blanket which led to them having a tug-of-war over the blanket, you unfortunately stuck in the middle of it. deciding that it was too distracting to read while squished between two grown men who were also fighting for the blanket, you finally closed your book.
"sam, can you help me put this on the coffee table?" you handed sam your book and he immediately took it, stretching his body forward to place it on the coffee table. with the book out of the way, you could finally settle comfortably and the blanket was now shared between the three of you equally. not long after, your head was back against bucky's chest with his arm around you while your legs were over sam's lap under the blanket, one of his arms resting over it above the blanket. if it had been someone else doing that to sam, they probably would've had their legs chopped off already.
"movie night and you didn't invite me?" you chuckled at the question by the newcomer, tony, finding it funny how sam said almost the exact same prior to him. "you're welcome to join us, tony." you offered kindly, to which he replied with a small chuckle.
"i'm just kidding, cupcake. i came up for a drink and a little snack but that's it, i have stuff to finish down in the lab." you nodded understandingly, turning back to the screen in front of you.
"hey, stark, while you're there can you grab me a bottled water from the fridge?" bucky asked him. "oh yeah can you grab me chips from the snacks cabinet too?" sam added.
"you guys have legs for a reason, get them yourselves, i'm not your maid," tony sassed and you bit back a chuckle. bucky and sam then decided to rock-paper-scissors the situation to decide who had to get up and get the water and chips. bucky ended up losing and he begrudgingly got up and came back quickly with his water and sam's chips.
shortly afterwards, tony approached the three of you on the couch, with a juice box and a small bag of pretzels; your go-to movie snack. "here you go, cupcake." he handed them to you and you accepted them happily, beaming at him while he ruffled your hair.
bucky and sam shared a look of disbelief at tony's actions. "what gives, man? we asked for stuff and you didn't want to do it but y/n gets her stuff without even having to ask for it?" sam complained.
"that's because y/n's my baby. now shut up and let her watch the movie in peace." he scolds before leaving the common room, leaving the two men to huff in annoyance. it soon washed off though when you laughed out loud at a scene and they returned back to normal, loving the sound of your contagious laughter.
when the movie ended, it was already late and you had fallen asleep on an also asleep bucky. sam took a look at you and chuckled. he slowly removed the blanket from over himself and you, gently scooping you up into his arms and taking you back into your room, laying you down on your bed. he noticed the lack of blanket on your bed and remembered the blanket you brought down to the common room. he opened your closet for a spare blanket, retrieving it before covering you with it, tucking you in. "night, kiddo." he whispered, kissing your forehead before leaving the room.
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next morning came and you groggily stretched, noticing that you were in your room. last you remembered was falling asleep mid movie. you deduced that it was most likely either bucky or sam who carried you back to bed. you went to your closet to grab work out clothes since you had training today, before realising what day today was. wanda's breakfast day. you quickly ran to the bathroom and got ready.
once you were done, you dried your hair and left your room, practically bouncing with excitement when you thought of what wanda probably made for breakfast. the week had been a bad breakfast week since everyone who had so far been tasked breakfast duty, sucked at cooking. the only good cook of the team was wanda, explaining your overexcitement.
before you could get far though, you slammed into a solid body, being caught by your wrists before you could fall. "be careful, lady y/n!" a deep voice spoke and you look up, a large smile on your face before you jumped happily, taking the man into a big hug. "thor! you're back!"
he laughed, returning the hug, you almost disappearing due to his big frame before you let go of each other. "where were you headed to so eagerly?"
"it's wanda's breakfast day, thor! i haven't had a decent breakfast all week because no one in this tower except wanda can cook to save their lives. come on, big guy!" you cheered, trying to get onto his back for him to give you a piggy back to the kitchen but he was too high for you to reach. he watched your attempt in amusement before bending down so you could get on his back. you gratefully got on, lightly patting his back and dramatically pointing ahead of you. "to the kitchen we go!"
when you two arrived in the kitchen, clint and wanda were talking as the latter made breakfast. thor's booming laughter echoed through the room as he zoomed with you on his back, laughing your heart out. "we have arrived to our destination, my lady." clint and wanda turned to you, adoring smiles on their faces when they heard you giggling uncontrollably.
"i thought you had more important things to do that you couldn't even walk 10 feet to grab me a spoon." clint raised his eyebrows at the demigod. "yes but y/n needed a ride so i provided her one." thor gave your hair a ruffle before he left the room, going to do what he initially left the kitchen for before you managed to get him to bring you back there.
"morning, kiddo." clint ruffled your hair right after you just fixed it, causing you to glare at him before fixing it again. "morning," you grumbled, sitting down next to him.
"morning, y/n!" wanda greeted, placing your plate of perfectly made blueberry pancakes with extra blueberries neatly placed on top, butter in the middle of it with maple syrup dripping down. your mouth watered. had it really been that long since you had a good breakfast or was it just because it was wanda's creation? or was it both? "here ya go, bubs. your favourite," she grinned at you, placing your glass of orange juice beside the plate.
"thanks, wands! i love you!" you thanked her, already beginning to dig into your breakfast.
"what the heck? you gave me burnt pancakes and didn't let me have extra blueberries because you said there already were some in the pancakes," clint whined to wanda from beside you, watching you eat happily.
"that's because the extra blueberries were for y/n, she loves them. and about the burnt pancakes...yea i just didn't want to give her burnt ones. look how happy she looks," the two turned to you, looking at your cheeks being filled up, making you look like an adorable squirrel.
"okay, fair point." clint slumped down on his chair, continuing to look at you fondly, like a proud father.
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after breakfast, you made your way down to the training room where steve, nat and peter were training. when you entered, peter immediately noticed, waving and you from the treadmill with a huge smile on his face. nat, having just flipped steve over her her shoulders, smiled at you. "hey, bub." you smiled back at her and steve who struggled to give you a wave but did it anyways from his position.
"alright, y/n, you can warm up and run 2 miles first before we start." steve says once he had gotten up from his position on the ground. you mocked a salute before walking to the treadmills.
"what?! how is that fair? i'm running 5 miles!" peter exclaimed from beside you just as you started your run. "you're enhanced, peter. if anything, it's unfair for y/n/n. actually, that's right, it is unfair for her. y/n/n, you can go ahead and just do a mile."
peter's jaw dropped at this, his mouth opening and closing like fish out of water. "b–but.."
"get back to work, peter. once you're done, we'll start both your and y/n's training." the boy only huffed in annoyance, focusing back on his run while you smirked, internally cheering in victory.
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"boy, that was tiring!" you dramatically plopped back onto the mat, limbs spread out as you tried to catch your breath. it had been a gruesome 3 hours of training and you were beat.
"y/n/n, get up. sam, bucky and clint's gotta train soon," nat tells you after steve and peter left and you were still sprawled out on the ground. "but i'm tired!" you whined childishly.
"y/n, if you don't get up, i'm gonna leave you here to be trampled on by the boys when they train." nat nagged, hands on her hips as she made a disapproving face at you.
"no you're not. you're gonna carry me to my room so i can shower and sleep soon." you tell her, eyes already closed as the fatigue washed over you. after a few seconds of silence, you heard her sigh out loud before you felt her crouching down beside you.
"get on my back in five seconds or i'll leave you." she threatened. you quickly opened your eyes, grabbing your small towel and water bottle before getting on nat's back. she mumbled something about you being lucky that she loves you or else she really was going to let sam, bucky and clint trample on you.
"what's wrong with her?" you could hear steve's concerned voice asking nat when you two reached—you assumed— the lobby. you were too tired to keep your eyes open so you left them closed while your arms were around nat's neck.
"nothing," you heard nat reply as she walked you both into the elevator. "kid's just too lazy to get up and walk on her own so she made me carry her." you internally rolled your eyes. she made it seem like she was forced to do it when everyone clearly knew she would do anything when it came to you.
you heard steve chuckle before nat started walking again, probably towards your room. you heard the door open and nat finally let you down, prompting you to open your eyes.
"do you want some food after you shower?" she questioned as you looked through your closet for comfy clothes to change to before ultimately deciding on cow print pyjama pants and an oversized tee you stole from steve.
"i'm good, nat, thanks. i just wanna take a nap." as if on cue, you yawned right after. "okay, bub. you'll have to get up later for dinner and movie night though, okay?" she reminded and left the room after you replied an 'okay' back.
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when you were woken up a few hours later, it was by an annoying scream and a body bouncing on your bed. "y/n/n, wake up! it's dinner! mr stark ordered your favourite!"
you groaned, putting your pillow over your head to block out peter's annoying voice. "come on, y/n/n wake up! you haven't eaten since breakfast and it's movie night tonight!"
"okay, okay, i'm up. you can shut up now, pete." you grumbled crankily. it was quiet for a few seconds before peter yelled out once again. "wake u–"
he never got to finish though because you kicked him off the bed. "i said i'm up, dude." you then sat up, stretching before getting up to wash up, ignoring peter who was on the floor rubbing the side of his head which hit your lamp when he fell off your bed. he then got up, deciding to tidy your bed up a bit while he waited for you to finish washing up so that you two could go down together.
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"is that my shirt?" was the first thing you heard when you walked in with peter. the team were all sitting, eating your food from your favourite place. "i uh, maybe?" you answered sheepishly, sitting down next to sam and peter settling down on your other side. "i've been looking for that shirt since forever."
"aw, let her have it, steve! she looks better in it than you do, she looks so adorable!" wanda screeched, absolutely adoring how tiny you looked in cap's enormous shirt. she continued to gush over you, even taking out her phone at one point to snap a picture of you. you chuckled at her antics, proceeding to eat your dinner while the team talked.
after dinner, everyone slowly made their way to the common room for team movie night. you guys collectively agreed to watch 'white chicks' after steve revealed that he hadn't watched it.
you sat down next to bruce, who gave you a tired smile when you smiled at him. he must've been working in the lab all day, you thought. halfway through the movie though, a bathroom break was called by tony. a few took the chance to get up and get snacks while you told bruce you were gonna sit closer to the tv since you couldn't hear properly with sam and bucky squabbling over every little thing they could. you could even hear them arguing in the kitchen at the moment over hot chocolate.
when tony came back, you told the two bickering children in the kitchen that you were starting the movie again. not long after you started, you could hear them still bickering, except now they were closer, probably back in their seats. poor bruce, you thought. you escaped the two but he was still stuck next to them.
meanwhile in the back, sam and bucky were still busy fighting over the hot chocolate. you paid them no mind as you focused on the movie, having not watched it in a hot minute.
"dude, i made this for myself! go make your own hot chocolate!" bucky whisper-yelled, moving his mug away from sam's reach when the latter tried to reach for it. "you took my snack now i'm gonna take your drink so it's fair!" sam countered.
before the two of them could stop it, the steaming hot chocolate spilt. not on the carpet, but onto the doctor whose patience had already been running thin with the two quarrelling next to him for the past hour.
his face slowly turned green, clearly a sign that he was fighting so that the other guy didn't come out. the team stared in horror, preparing for a fight to break out with the big green monster.
you, being the closest to the tv, didn't notice this all happening as you happily watched the movie that you couldn't hear properly for the past hour.
you laughed joyously when your favourite scene came on, trying to control your giggles that were starting to get louder and louder. bruce was currently hunched down, trying to even his breathing. but when he heard your laughter, he immediately looked up at you.
the team panicked, thinking that you could be a target for hulk since you just attracted attention to yourself. they were about to get up to protect you as they looked at bruce apprehensively, when the doctor smiled, the green on his neck slowly, but surely disappearing.
the team looked at each other in confusion and bruce smiled weakly at them. "sorry about that. i'm...i'm gonna move up and sit with y/n." he got up and made his way to you. you smiled when you saw him. "got tired of them too?" you joked and he nodded, making himself comfortable next to you.
you nodded and turned your attention back to the tv. it was clear you were oblivious to whatever just happened and the team couldn't help but chuckle at the situation. you really just unknowingly calmed down the hulk.
the team didn't know if you were aware of how much power you actually held over them. nevertheless, you were their little baby and they were willing to do anything for you.
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hwrryscherry · 3 years
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The one where Harry and Model Y/N go undercover in the internet
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characters: HARRYxMODELY/N
blurb: Harry and Model Y/N go undercover on the internet with fake accounts on TikTok and Instagram for an interview for GQ magazine on a video pre Grammys.
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author's note: HI GUYS! This is a request that I received a while ago but only finished it now because of school and all that stuff that I've told y'all a million times. Anyway, I tried my best on this request cause I think I lost my way of writing a little lol but anyway, I hope you like it and I hope that for the ones who misses Harry and Model Y/N this can be a great gift. Love y'all and thank you for the constant support and love on them💜 Stay Safe and Always remember to tpwk and that you're so golden💜💜💜
It was about 3 pm when you and Harry naturally came into the studio set on the building of GQ magazine with tender smiles on your faces covered by masks as you greeted everybody in the room in which there wasn’t many people in it. Harry was dressed in one of the many Gucci shirts he owned, with freshly washed hair that made you smell his pleasant scent from inches away just because he was wearing your favoured one and you'd always recognize it. You also detected the many rings on his fingers, including the one that you had bought for him as a 27th birthday present and by god, he was so thrilled about the ring and had a big smile on his face all day so he felt like he wanted to use it every day. Oh and how good his birthday was. You weren't able to have a party, obviously, but you still managed to celebrate somehow. In the morning, you gave him his favorite breakfast and then he, Gemma and Anne stayed on a zoom call for about an hour. You bought some yellow balloons to put in the living room just to give that birthday vibe and during the night, you had no more than four friends in your LA house, all properly protected and saved. You just ordered a few pizzas and watched some of Harry's favorite movies. It was simple but with an incredible energy, receiving a tiny group around while doing something y'all liked was everything Harry wanted most, mainly because he would have to wake up early the next day to go to the set of "Don't Worry Darling." as they were about to finish filming.
But today was another day. In earlier Febraury, the GQ magazine team reached out to your businessmen with the proposal that you and Harry would record a video together answering questions about your relationship to be published before the Grammys and after you consider whether it would be the best thing to do or not because of the many reactions you could get from it, you both agreed to do it. You’d always try to consider every little possibility when it comes to your and Harry’s relationship as the media can be very mean and disrepecftul.
Instead of Harry, you had a black miniskirt, long sleeve white blouse and a small black blazer with your Fendi plaid boots, which was Harry's personal choice for today as you’ve told him that he could chose an outfit for you to wear. You two spent a few minutes in the makeup chair doing touch-ups on your hair and makeup right before you were both ready to shoot. You walked from the makeup table to the center of the studio where you could see the crew behind the cameras and the big white background with a table and two black chairs right in the center. The table had a computer upon it only. After sitting down and having the microphones popped at you, you looked up when you heard the directors asking if you were ready and when you nod and the count is over, the camera started recording.
   ‘‘Hi, I'm Harry Styles!'’ You greeted the camera with a big smile on your face, eliciting a laugh from Harry about your unexpected "joke.". Honestly, today was a good day for both of you where you were both in an extremely good mood. Unlike the other days where you were quarantined, you were emotionally untired and in the mood to film and have a small social interaction, which is rare.
   ‘’And I'm Y/N Y/L/N!'’ Harry said joining in the joke with you and then looking at you as he waited for you to say the rest of the introductory phrase but only realizing you were smiling at the camera without saying anything.   '’Y/N!'’  Harry called calmly causing you to turn your head to face him and realize he wanted you to continue instead of continuing himself.
   '’Oh sorry, I thought you were going to continue'’    You whispered conspiratorially to him before taking a deep breath and resting your hands on the table when you returned your gaze to the camera.   ‘’And we’re gonna go undercover on the internet today!!’’
   ‘’Yeah, I'm scared!'’  Harry said when opening the laptop that was over the table and turning it on. You sat back in your chair so that you could see the laptop screen clearly and smirked a little when you heard your boyfriend's words.
   ‘’Hm... Let's do TikTok!'’   Harry said after a few seconds in silence while thinking. Harry's words made you chuckle his words because you knew that Harry doesn't comprehend anything about TikTok and didn't have an account but you both would usually find yourselves in bed watching tiktoks for hours. '’Which username should we put in?'’, Harry asked without taking his eyes off the screen.
   ‘’You should be! I’ll expose all of your deepest secrets in this video'’   You said while raising your eyebrows in a playful way eliciting a laugh from Harry, one by the way, that he tried hard to sound a little desperate for people watching  '’Alright, what should we do first?’’
   ‘’Put ‘’simp4harry’’ !"  You said with a smirk on your lips as Harry let out a nasal laugh but put that username either way.
   ‘’Okay, but how did you think of that username so fast? I think it’s very creative'’  Harry asked as he finished creating the account.
   ‘’It's the username I put on everything!'’  You answered as you ran your right hand through your hair.
   ‘’Oh yes? So is this your Only Fans username?'’  Harry mockingly asked making you laugh and take your eyes off the screen and look at his face.
   ‘’No, I don't even have an account on Only Fans, for God's sake Styles'’. You answered as mockingly as he did, '’Why? You have one?'’  You asked calmly.
   ‘’No, I'm a one-woman man!'’ Harry said to cause you to smile convincingly.
   '’Can someone get me a bottle of water, please?'’ You asked gently for the people who were on the set and smiled thanking the person who brought you.
   ‘’Thank you!'’   You answered sounding a little bit shy, even though you’re a public person and listen to compliments quite often, you still don’t know how to react to them. You took a deep breath and raised your eyebrows before using your finger to point to the laptop screen as he opened your tiktok account,  ‘’I mean, I don’t even know why I’d be one of the best ones to follow since all I post on tiktok is unnecessary and stupid things that goes through my mind during the day.’’
   ‘’So inconvenient!'’  Harry whispered playfully. You two had this habit of being sassy to each other, and everyone around you was used to it. This craze started because the first time you guys hang out together in Shanghai, you just talked like you’ve known each other for years and not just five hours.
   '’I didn't drink water today, do you want me to be thirsty? I thought you loved me!'’   You used a dramatic tone when speaking before drinking a sip of water.
   ‘’I did!'’   Harry replied in a low tone finishing logging in the TikTok feed.
   ‘’What do you mean ''you did''?'’   You answered in a loud tone holding the laugh with Harry.
   ‘’Okay, focus on TikTok! Focus on TikTok!'’  Harry said with a laugh as you now brought his attention to the screen as well,  ‘’Hm, let's look at my girl's account!'’, Harry said as he typed your tiktok username in the search bar. You took a sip of the water in the bottle and put it on the table,  ‘’AND by the way, do you guys know that this woman over here was listed by The Cut as one of the best tiktokers to follow today? And I’m so proud’’
   ‘’Well, I love how you appreciate your talents, love!'’  Harry replied sarcastically with a smirk on his lips making you chuckle. He didn't like it very much when you belittled something you did, even if it was something that was really bad, he didn't like it. Not just with you though, but with all the people in the world. Harry doesn't like it when people don't recognize their worth.
   ‘’Ok, here’s the first one! I’ll be reacting to it!'’   Harry spoke in a playful tone while clicking on the video as he knew very well it was not a react video but to answer questions. Harry clicked on the first video, this time you were propped up with your face close to the camera with folded arms dubbed to the sound that was in the background. You then take the transparent glasses pulled over the beige in a matter of color that was in front of you on the table and put them under your eyes never failing to dub the song. Then you move away from the camera and can see you are wearing leggings and a sweatshirt. And then you take your Louis Vuitton Coussin PM silver bag and place it on your shoulder before the video ends   ‘’Alright, so on this video you don’t do anything else than mimicking to the song.’’
   ‘’No, but like, seriously!'’   You complemented. '’We’ll watch some of them, and you’ll see how silly they are!
   ‘’I know that’s why I said that it stupid!'’   You exclaimed as you crossed your arms on the table. ‘’Let’s see the comments'’   You, yourself clicked on the comments area with your hand before Harry did and observed as comments poped up.
   ‘’Ok so the user @username1 asked ‘’How does it feel being the coolest person ever’’, tell me Y/N, how does it feel like?'’  Harry asked with a smirk to you as he turned his head to encounter your face with raised eyebrows.
   ‘’Oh, it feels so nice!'’ You responded in a playful tone causing both of you to laugh at your conviction, even though you knew it was a teasing tone and not narcissistic  ‘’Everybody knows I’m like, the coolest person alive so...'’  You convincingly said running your hand through a few strands of your hair and then take a deep breath and put a lock of hair behind your ear.   ‘’No, I’m just kidding. I’m not cool everyday, honestly there are days that I’m the most annoying person ever so I definetely have my good and bad days.’’
   ‘’Oh and those annoying moments'’   Harry said in an ironic tone, letting out a dramatic sigh causing you to frown and slightly open your mouth as an offense while holding your laughter as you exclaimed a loud '' excuse me?’‘ as an answer. Harry returned his attention to the comments on the screen again and frowned and brought his face slightly closer to the screen to read   ‘’Okay so @username2 asked ‘’new trend: are you engaged?’’. No guys are not. We’ve never been engaged.’’
   ‘’I feel like we’ve been engaged since 2017!'’   You said sarcastically remembering all the rumors about engagement, babies and dating. Since the first time you has met there were rumors, thousands of them, all the time but you and Harry chose not to comment on them as it would just be a big waste of time.
   ‘’Exactly and we weren’t even dating in 2017!'’  Harry complemented by looking away from the camera at his nodded face. '’But anyway...’’   Harry said taking a deep breath  '’I love how random your tiktok actually is!’’
"I know! I am planning a whole video to film on Grammys day because I'm in love with my outfit and i’m so excited for it!" You said changing the subject but being excited about the idea. After the announcement of nominations and with all the excitement you felt for Harry, you agreed you would attend the Grammys together; it was something important because not only was he running for three awards but also because you never attended any events side by side, except at the 2019 Met Gala. Then the pressures would increase but Harry knew it would be so much easier if he had you there with him. Because whether or not he took the awards home, he knew you were there and he would be grateful for at least being nominated for sure.
"Wait, which outfit did you pick? " Harry asked as he left the tiktok site on the laptop and entered Instagram. Harry selected searched for the hashtag of both of your names as a ship name on the explorer, so it would be easier to find what both of you wanted. "You showed me three different outfits but didn’t told me which one you chose!"
"Oh, I choose the black Prada one!"  You answered calmly. Harry stopped using the laptop and turned his head quickly to face his face causing you to look surprised and confused at him due to your reaction. It was his favorite outfit from the three that you had shown to him. "What?I wanna look great before you win your first award and I start ugly crying."
"Oh my god, you’re probably more excited than me." Harry said turning his attention back to the laptop screen.
"Of course I am, I cannot wait to walk around telling people that my boyfriend is not only a three times grammy nominated but a grammy winner!" You answered as you grabbed the water bottle that you had previously asked and drinking a sip.
"Anyway, let’s see!" Harry said as he started searching through the hashtag posts, also drawing his attention to the same screen. You then see a post that catches your eye and points it so that Harry can click. The post was a picture of Harry on the Met Gala carpet with ‘’Harry pierced his own ear for the Met Gala with a needle’’ written on it. "Ok, that’s true! But, now ask me why I had to pierce my own ear?!"  He asked ironically, as if he were playing a trick on you, because he knew very well you had a mini argument that day since you refused to pierce his ear with the fricking needle.
"I told you I wouldn’t do it! Do you even have any idea of how dangerous that was?"  You replied right after rolling your eyes, but your tone of voice remained calm and you didn't get heated when you spoke. "You know you need to sterilize, right? And what if you had caught an infection? Do you really think I was going to do that? You're an adult. I can't stop you, but I wasn't going to pierce your ear."
"Hey, hey, hey!" He said causing you to stop talking and look at him. Harry raised his eyebrows and looked at you with a smirk before speaking. "The thing is: I really wanted to pierce my ear, and we wear finishing getting ready in New York. I asked Y/N if she had a needle. Neither her and Alessandro wanted to do it. Literally no one wanted to do it but I was very much decided so I did it myself and my ear is completely fine by the way" Harry said the last part making you roll your eyes again while looking at the camera and take a deep breath.
"Anyway..." You said as you dived back into the posts. In one of them you read someone saying in a comment that you and Harry would probably never fight. "Here, this one says ‘’I feel like they’re the type of couple that never fights and when they do, the fight lasts for 30 seconds’’".
"Absolutely untrue!" Harry said almost that immidiately while you nodded agreeing with him.
"Guys, every couple in the world argues. It’s natural, it’s not because we don’t have big arguments and talk shit about each other on the internet that we don’t have conflicts or understatement" You explained. You and Harry are really compatible, but you still have your moments and it’s important to recognize it. No relationship is perfect and disagreeing on things is absolutely understandable.
"Yeah, specially ‘cause we’re different people that come from different places and had different experiences. As long as the disagreements are not causing you serious mental and emotional harm is normal" Harry complemented your thought. It’s important to notice when a relationship is not making you feel good anymore. If your unhappy for any reason is important to leave and to search for help if needed. "See, if you could change anything in our relationship, what would it be?" Harry asked making you pay attention to his words and face as you thought attentively in silence for a few seconds.
"I think I would probably change the fact that we’re usually really far away from each other!" You said calmly while looking at him. "Like, you’re always travelling and so I am, so I feel like it can get hard sometimes because of that and I’d definitely would change that if I could do it without like, changing our whole careers and lives."
"Yeah, I’d probably change that as well!" Harry agreed nodding to you as he was thinking as well. "I’m very grateful for quarantine on that point because we could spend more time together without being so long apart from each other. Of course I wish it was on different situations but I’m grateful for that" Harry said and you could understand that completely. You and Harry had been dating since 2018 and had spend months apart from each other and only you both truly knew how hard it could get sometimes, specially when you had the whole world to judge both of you.
"I fully understand it! Sometimes I think about everyone who spent this past year alone, and I’m really grateful for having you with me...LIke, you’re my best friend, you know this" You said looking at Harry’s face. He had a growing tender smile on his face that was starting to make you nervous and emotional on the same time as you remembered the past year. You felt your eyes getting wet and let out a chuckle looking away from his gaze. "I’m getting emotional! It’s all about my cancer rising today!"
"Oh sure, it’s always zodiac’s fault!" Harry said laughing and then looking at the screen and the crew on the backstage while gesturing with his hands. "That’s probably one thing about Y/N that you guys don’t know. She fully believes on zodiac signs and those stuffs. Actually, there was one time when she told me that we couldn’t be together because our signs were incompatible."
"Okay but like, Harry is an Aquarius and I’m a Taurus. We are incompatible when it comes to zodiac signs!" You said between giggles as you tried justifying your point even though Harry knew you were joking when you said that to him. He didn’t know at the time though he was very much surprised and scared when you said it.
"But anyway, I’m glad that we spend this time together. It’s been weird and funny at the same time like the spaghetti day!" Harry said holding his giggles as he watched your eyes widen because you knew exactly what he was talking about.
"NO, we're not talking about this!" You talked fastly while laughing at the same time as Harry as you both remembered that one night in quarantine when a spaghetti night went completely wrong and he came on the kitchen to see you and a kitchen with spaghetti and tomato sauce all over the floor and the walls and how you cried to convince him to clean the whole kitchen alone and failed. "Ok, let's finish the video here before things are leaked!" You said giggling.
"Alright, this was very nice. Thank you GQ for having us and I hope we weren't the worst guests you've ever had!" Harry said joking even though you both knew that it was quite hard to be very open in the media specially about your relationship but you tried your hardest.
"Don't forget to watch Harry peform on Grammys on sunday!" You said.
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come back to me || marco peña x reader
a/n: now that we have an official announcement for kissing booth 3, i figured i’d finish this little fic that has been sitting in my drafts. i combined two requests because they were kind of similar and i had an idea that would work the both of them in. hope you guys like it!
request: @dystopianchic13 requested: “Going on a date and finding someone better after Elle!” and @mansaaay requested: “marco befriended a girl before the elle thirsting over marco incident, and the kissing booth, marco and the girl sorta start talking again?”
summary: when marco starts at your school, the two of you quickly become friends. but when elle gets involved, your relationship takes a turn for the worse...
word count: 4.4k
marco valentin peña.
newest school heartthrob, with good reason, and very quickly set to possibly be the most popular guy in school. and yet, here he was sitting and eating lunch with you and your friends.
it’s not that you weren’t well liked or anything, but you and your friend group were nowhere near the status of the omgs. and considering the way everyone talked about him from the moment he stepped into the building, you had assumed that would be the direction he would flock.
but alas, on his first day at this school, he ended up standing at your table, tray of food in hand. your friend nudged you until you looked up from your lunch and saw him standing there. up until this point you had only heard of marco. you hadn’t shared any classes with him earlier in the day but throughout all of them you could hear bits and pieces of conversation about how attractive this guy was. and now that he was standing in front of you, those comments didn’t do him enough justice.
he was wearing the same uniform everyone else was, but he had rolled his sleeves up so they just passed his elbows, drawing your attention almost immediately to his forearms. trailing your eyes up his body, your eyes followed along his broad shoulders and up the length of his neck, glancing at his strong jawline.
you made eye contact with him, your breath quite literally leaving your body. his brown eyes were kind and inviting, friendly even, as if you hadn’t just been shamelessly checking him out.
“um, hi.” you say.
he smiles at you, nods to the empty seat across from you. “hey, i was wondering if that seat was taken.”
oh god, his voice.
you try and ignore the pinch that quinn delivers to your thigh underneath the table and shake your head. “no. um, it’s all yours.”
he gives you a full smile now, his perfect teeth on full display and you can’t help but smile back. he takes a seat, setting his bag down beside him.
your friend grant sits at his right side and places a hand on his shoulder. “you’re marco, right?”
marco nods.
grant squints his eyes at him and shakes his head, looking across the table at you and quinn. “unbelievable.”
he turns back to marco. “do me a favor and stay away from my girlfriend.”
“grant!” the girlfriend in question, jen, exclaims and gives him a look before turning to marco. “excuse him, he’s an idiot.”
grant releases marco with a laugh and takes a bite of his sandwich. “i was kidding! mostly.” he mumbles the last word through a full mouth.
marco laughs, waving it off. “it’s okay. trust me, i’m not here to steal anyone’s girlfriend.”
you take a drink from your water bottle, laughing at your friends. “yeah, this may have not been the prime table for you to choose to sit at.”
marco shrugs, giving you a half smile. “i like it. you guys seem very...”
“loud?” quinn finishes as one of the boys down the table shrieks as someone else pours water down his shirt. “disruptive? unfiltered?” she aims that last word at grant, who’s too infatuated with his sandwich to notice.
marco laughs again and you smile. he seems very open, you note. willing to go with anything.
“i was gonna say entertaining.” he shrugs. “but those work too.”
you and your friends quickly introduce yourselves and the rest of the lunch period resumes like it always would have.
marco quickly slips into the natural system of you and your friends, not even a little bit fazed when the entire cafeteria turned to see the commotion that you had caused when someone flipped their entire lunch tray off the table. he simply laughed along with you guys, giving himself into the moment. too soon, lunch is over and you and your friends are cleaning up your table and throwing out the trash. faintly, you hear quinn arguing with the boys, telling them you were the ones to make the mess so of course you have to clean it up! as you came back to your table from returning your tray.
marco looks at you when you return and stands. “hey, could you tell me where mr. peterson’s room is? i would have asked one of them but...” the both of you turn your heads to where quinn is supervising the boys picking up after themselves and the girls sneak off as best as they can before quinn gets to them as well. “...they seem a bit busy.”
you laugh, picking up your backpack. “just another day with this bunch, trust me. but lucky for you, i also have ap physics next.”
the bell rings and you turn to quinn, but she hasn’t let up on the boys so you just let her be. being late on the first day isn’t that big of a deal anyway.
you lead marco to the physics room, all eyes on the two of you as soon as you step into the room. you almost forgot that you had spent the entirety of lunch with the school’s newest crush up until this very moment. you could feel the glares directed at you radiating throughout the room and watched as heads of those who hadn’t seen him yet perk up as he entered.
“is it just me, or is everyone looking at us?” marco had bent down and was whispering in your ear.
you decide not to inflate his ego anymore and shake your head. “it’s just you.”
you take a seat at one of the lab tables, marco sitting beside you. you zone out as the teacher speaks, it was the first day so it was mainly rules and the expectations for the year.
so you don’t pay much attention until one sentence catches your ear:
“the person you’re sitting with will be your lab partner for the rest of the year.”
you and marco turn to look at each other and he grins.
“hi, partner.” he says, quietly since mr. peterson is still speaking.
“you should know, i have been yelled at in every lab class i’ve ever taken because i always forget the directions.” you warn him.
“well this should be fun. so have i.” he winks and you both laugh quietly.
the period passes slowly as most do on the first day. the bell rings but everyone stays in their seats since lab was next anyway.
you go over lab rules and discuss the first lab you will be doing next time and you raise your brows as he hands out the instruction sheet.
“yikes, this looks like a lot of steps.” you say to marco and he shakes his head.
“mm, yeah. next lab class should be fun, don’t you think?” he gives you a knowing look.
you can’t help but laugh at the thought of you in a lab class together, but the laughter is also for the fact that you found marco.
never in your life had you met someone who was so ready to quickly adapt and go with the flow. you had had no doubt that your lunch table would be enough to scare him off but he had already decided he would be coming back tomorrow. and so, that became the beginning of your friendship and many screwed up labs. marco inserted himself nicely into your friend group and the two of you especially started becoming really close. that was, until one fateful day.
“...hot.” is the only thing you hear over the loudspeaker in the middle of your english class and everyone around you looks up in confusion. “he’s just a guy...woah!”
you quickly recognize the voice as elle evans and also realize that she probably doesn’t know she’s being broadcast to the entire school right now.
“the omgs were right, this guy is a snack!” you hear her say and everyone in your classroom laughs, the teacher’s eyebrows raised.
you wince on her behalf. you’re not friends, but still. that’s embarrassing for anyone. everyone gathers pretty quickly that’s she’s talking about marco and you internally roll your eyes. obviously you know marco’s hot, you have eyes. but to have another girl describe just how hot he is over the loudspeaker during class makes you bubble over with annoyance.
and besides, doesn’t she have a boyfriend?
eventually, her tirade stops and your teacher tries to calm the class down so you can get back to work. but even as you leave your class, everyone is still taking about it and elle has been given the new nickname get it girl.
“ah, there he is, our very own full course meal. or was he the dessert?” grant asks as marco sits at the table.
“no, grant. he’s a snack, remember?” quinn joins in.
“how about all of the above?” you say and the table erupts into laughter.
marco shakes his head. “alright, alright. enough jokes.”
you get a deadpanned look on your face. “oh, no. we’re dead serious marco. you’re just that hot.”
grant wraps an arm over his shoulders and starts making kissy faces at marco which he laughs at and shrugs off.
“seriously, though. where does elle get off saying that kind of shit? doesn’t she have a boyfriend?” jen asks.
“she does, indeed.” you point a fry in her direction before popping it into your mouth.
“huh,” marco says as he takes a sip of his water.
“what’s that’s supposed to mean?” you ask him.
“nothing.” he sets down his bottle. “i just didn’t know she had a boyfriend is all.”
you give him a wary look but decide to drop it for now, hoping that elle evans was behind you. and she was, until...
“you what?”
marco sighs, sinking his pool shot before standing up straight.
the two of you were at the arcade, making the most of your last day of the weekend. the arcade was mainly empty except for a mother and her two kids who turned to look at you when you shouted. you gave her an apologetic look before turning your attention back to marco.
“i felt bad. lee can’t do the competition and she really wants to enter. what was i supposed to say, no?” marco says in response.
apparently elle and lee were supposed to enter a dance dance mania competition together, but since lee sprained his ankle, elle needed a replacement partner.
you don’t say anything, simply watching as he misses his next shot.
he looks up at you when he realizes you aren’t going to respond. “why do you even care if i help her?”
you feel your face get warm but you ignore it as best as you could, setting up for your own shot. it was your first shot of the game considering you hadn’t realized he was apparently a pro at pool.
“i don’t! its just that we have a take home lab due in two weeks and i don’t want to be stuck doing it myself cause you’re off dancing with get it girl.”
you call her by her nickname solely to spite him. why did you care so much? who knows, but you enjoyed seeing marco roll his eyes at the mention of the name.
“you won’t. and hey, relax.” he says.
you shoot him a glare. “don’t tell me to relax when you’re abandoning me.”
he chuckles. “no, relax.” he nods to the pool cue in your hand which you have in a death grip.
“oh.” you didn’t realize you had been taking out your anger on the poor stick. you take a deep breath, relaxing your grip and line up your shot.
“here.” marco walks over to you, disappearing from your vision as he stands behind you.
you quietly take a sharp intake of breath as you feel his body behind yours, his hands coming around you to lightly rest on the cue, shifting it slightly.
“what are you doing?” you ask, quietly but make no move to exit his embrace.
“considering i’m three shots away from winning and you haven’t made a single one yet, i figured i could help you out a little.” he says and you can hear the smile in his voice.
“oh, shut up.” you mumble, but you don’t put any power behind your words.
marco adjusts your grip on the pool cue, lightly setting his hands over yours. his chest presses against your back and you can feel the heat radiating from his body to yours. your stomach clenches as his hand grazes yours ever so gently as he settles in. he leans forward a bit as he helps you line up your shot and you try your hardest to focus on the task at hand. but his lips are right by your ear so you feel his breath as he whispers:
“and shoot.”
you tap the ball with your pool cue, watching as your striped 10 ball rolls into the left corner pocket.
marco lifts his arms in victory and you found yourself saddened by the sudden loss of his body against yours.
“there it is!” he exclaims. “alright, next shot is all you.”
you groan playfully, trying to ignore the butterflies that have arisen in your stomach. you spend the rest of your day in the arcade before calling it quits and heading home to finish homework.
when you get home, you mull over what marco dancing with elle in the ddm competition means. you try to remind yourself that marco said things weren’t going to change now that he was helping out elle, but you couldn’t shake the feeling that it wasn’t going to turn out like he hoped.
and you were right.
ever since they started rehearsals, you have seen less and less of marco. he even eats lunch with her, leaving his spot across from you vacant. you saw him during ap physics but that was the only time you talked.
and as for your lab, guess who had spent the past two weeks working on it herself? everytime you called him to get him to work with you, it was always “sorry, elle and i have a practice” or “elle needs me right now.” it was as if your friendship meant nothing to him.
“alright guys, labs are due friday. i want them on my desk by the beginning of the lab period.” mr. peterson says at the end of lab on tuesday.
“oh shit, i totally forgot about that.” marco says, turning to you. “how’s—”
“it’s fine. i’m almost finished.” you cut him off, packing away your stuff without making eye contact.
“okay...” he says this with a twinge of confusion in his voice and you can feel the anger inside of you. “there’s nothing i can do?”
“i don’t know marco, why don’t you ask my dozens of phone calls and text messages i’ve sent you regarding the lab?” you lock eyes with him, angry now. “does i won’t let you do this lab alone ring a bell? or have you forgotten about that too?”
he sighs. “y/n, you know i’ve been busy. and i’m sorry. i really didn’t mean for you to do all of the work.”
your teacher clears his throat. “mr. peña, ms. y/l/n. don’t you have a class to get to?”
you look up with a smile. “yes, mr. peterson, sorry. have a good day.”
you leave the classroom without another look at marco.
and so the continuing weeks followed as such, marco spending all of his time with elle and the two of you only speaking when you had class together. there were times you tried to reach out, to be a peacemaker, but he always responded to your requests to hang out with sorry, i’m busy. next time?
to no one’s surprise, there was never a next time.
and as much as you were mad at marco for essentially ignoring your presence ever since he started dancing with elle, you couldn’t help but tune in to the competition since it was being streamed live.
“give me a second!” you call to your mom as you sit in front of your laptop and watch as elle and marco are called to the stage.
you sit through the performance, unable to help the proud feeling spreading through your body. you and marco may not have been as good of friends anymore, but you were still happy to see him thrive. even if it was a result of ignoring you for so long. your proud smile quickly drops from your face though, as you watch elle kiss marco. your eyebrows raise and you inhale a sharp intake of breath when she wraps and arm around him and pulls him closer.
you shut your laptop quickly, tears pricking at the corners of your eyes. you press your hands against your eyes, refusing to let the tears fall. what would they be falling for? some guy that hadn’t shown interest in you and then abandoned you when you needed help? you were better than that.
so you left it alone. you didn’t know what was going on with elle and marco and it wasn’t any of your business. you had put it past you. you and marco were still friendly, but after the kiss with elle, he seemed even more distant than usual. and you couldn’t figure out why until the night of the fundraiser.
you were walking through the carnival, looking at different booths with jen when elle ran past us, accidentally bumping into you. she turned when she noticed it was you who she had run into and you notice her red rimmed eyes.
“oh my gosh, are you okay?” you may not have been her biggest fan, but you also weren’t a bitch. it was obvious she had been crying.
“i’m really sorry. just talk to him, okay? please.” was all she said before leaving the carnival.
“what was that about?” jen asks me.
“i’m not sure...” you say, looking after her retreating figure.
but it didn’t take long to figure out because as we walked further into the booths, we saw marco walking away from the kissing booth. with his head slightly bowed and his hands in his pockets, it was obvious he was upset about something.
you and liz exchanged a look and she raised her eyebrow at you, nodding over in his direction.
“well? go talk to him!” she shoved you forward a little bit.
you sighed, knowing that you should. you assumed that’s what elle had been talking about. so you approached him slowly, just as he reached the outside of the kissing booth crow.
“hey.”
he looked up when he heard your voice, an almost grateful look on his face, and gave you a small smile. “hey.”
“can we talk?” you asked him and he broke into a relieved smile.
“yeah, i’d like that.”
you followed him to the outskirts of the carnival where the two of you sat on a bench right outside the exit. you sat first, crossing your legs as you faced the opposite side of the bench and patted the space beside you.
marco chucked and sat down, turning to face you as well. he drummed his fingers on the back of the bench, and you noticed his knee was bouncing. he was nervous. because of this you thought you would have to guide him into conversation, but to your surprise he began with no hesitation.
“i know i owe you an apology. ditching you like that because of my stupid crush on elle was not cool, especially after promising i wouldn’t let you do all the work yourself.” you winced at that, hoping it wasn’t too visible. you had known that marco liked elle, obviously, but to hear him say it aloud still hurt. “i’m so sorry. and not only about the lab but about our friendship. you were the first people that was actually real to me when i came here and you were my best friend. i let elle get in the way of that and i feel terrible.”
he fidgeted a bit in his seat. “i know i haven’t acted like it but...i miss you. a lot. i miss our terrible labs and arcade days and having lunch with you. i miss all of it. and i know it’s my fault that none of that has been happening. i really just...want to be friends again.” he looked up at you with sad eyes and you could tell he meant it.
and as much as you appreciated his apology and his honesty, you couldn’t just let him off the hook. “you really hurt me, marco. i get it, okay? crushes can make you do crazy things, but i told you that she had a boyfriend. you knew that and you still decided that she was worth risking our friendship over. while you were off dancing with elle, i was losing my best friend.”
“i know. and i’m so sorry. you’re right, i should’ve backed off the minute you told me that. but i really thought...” his voice trailed off and he shook his head. “but it’s not. and that’s done okay? she’s made it pretty clear i’m not the one she wants. and i hate that it took this for us to finally talk again, but i really just want to get back to the way we were.”
you smiled. “i want that too. and of course i’m upset but i can’t say i wouldn’t have jumped at an opportunity to hang out with someone i liked as well.”
“so?” he looked hopeful.
you laughed and stood. “so...marco valentin peña, you are officially forgiven.”
he smiled and stood up as well, pulling you into a hug. wrapping your arms around his waist, you squeezed him tightly as he did the same to you. you stayed like that for a moment before heading back into the fair. and just like that, the two of you were good again.
over the next few weeks, you and marco started hanging out again, he returned to your lunch table, and of course the two of you screwed up more labs than you could count. and over those few weeks, marco was getting over elle and he couldn’t help but think about you. the way you said his name, how you grabbed onto him whenever you were excited about something, your kind heart, and he especially couldn’t stop thinking about when you hugged him.
due to his height, his whole body ended to engulf you hen the two of you hugged, but you loved it. and you were an affectionate hugger. he wished he was the only one who received your hugs became they always made him feel so comfortable and at home. and when you let go, there have been more than a few times when he would pull you back in saying just a little longer. and you would laugh and snuggle yourself further into his chest. and there was nothing better than that feeling.
he really liked you. and he couldn’t believe he had wasted all that time on someone already in a relationship when you were right in front of him. so one day when you were at his house studying for your upcoming physics test, he decided to short his shot. sitting beside you at the dining table, he put his notebook down and turned his attention to you.
“hey, so y/n.” he said, his voice shaking a bit.
“mm?” you said, not looking up from the flash cards you were making.
“i, uh–” he cleared his throat. “i had a question.”
“shoot.” you said, highlighting the important information in your notes that you would copy onto your flash cards.
“um, do you–i mean, would want to go out with me? like, on a date?”
you paused your highlighting and slowly turned to face him. “i thought your question was going to be about physics...”
marco let out a short laugh. “yeah, well.” he just shrugged. when you didn’t say anything else, he got nervous. “is that a no? did i just make this weird? i definitely did, didn’t i?”
now it was your turn to laugh. “no, no, it’s fine. um, i would like to go on a date with you, really.” his face lights up but then dims again at your next words. “i just–i just don’t want to be your rebound from elle.”
“i can promise you right now, that is far from what you are. elle is in the past, i promise. i really like you, and i’ve just been too much of an idiot to see it. but you are not a rebound, y/n.”
“really?” he nodded. “because i really like you, marco. like, a lot.” you laugh and so does he.
he reached across the table and took your hand in his. “well that’s good to know.”
you watched as your hands intertwined, his hand squeezing yours lightly and you smiled. you looked back up at him.
“so yes, i would love to go out with you.” you said with a grin.
“perfect.” he whispered, leaning in.
you smiled and turned your head at the last moment, so that his lips touched your cheek. you felt his lips curve into a smile against your skin and he kissed your cheek again.
“physics first.” you said when he pulled away. “we do still have a test you know.”
you slid your finished flash cards over to him and he bit his lip, shaking his head. he took them, glancing over at you again.
“since when are you all about the work?” he asked.
“since we’ve almost failed every single one of our labs and need a good grade on this test.” you said teasingly.
“touché.” marco said, tuning back to his work.
but as soon as that last definition was memorized, marco took you by the hand, leading you to the doorway from the kitchen to the living room where a mistletoe hung. the peñas had decorated the house for christmas together but you could guarantee that this one had been marco’s idea.
you could only smile as he cupped your face in his hands, leaning down to meet your lips. you stop on your tiptoes to meet him in the middle and when your lips touched you felt the butterflies burst in your stomach. this boy you’ve had a crush on liked you back and now you were kissing him under the mistletoe. the thought made you smile and marco noticed.
“what’s got you so smiley?” he murmurs against your lips.
“marco peña is kissing me.” you said in response and pressed another kiss to his lips. “what’s not to smile about?”
a/n: idk about y’all but the best friendships for me came out of science labs, they are so funny for some reason.
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✧. 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐀: “Good morning doll, or good night depending on when you hear this. Have a good day at work/school, make sure to try your hardest, but I already know you do. Make sure to eat lunch and dinner today because you tend to forgot to eat like the idiot you are sometimes. But it’s okay, since you are my idiot; don’t worry I wouldn’t have it any other way! And remember doll, it’s okay to take breaks when you’re tired; everyone takes breaks and so should you! I’ll see you later in the day but I still want you to listen to what I said. And besides, if you won’t take care of yourself I will!”
✧. 𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐔: “Hey baby! I’ve missed ya, I know I haven’t seen in ya in three weeks and two days, and yes I counted. Have ya missed me? Ya better have! You’ve better been takin’ care of yourself because if ya haven’t I’ll be mad! I know you usually tell me to stop over workin’ myself but that will all be useless if ya haven’t been taking care of yourself, babe! So if you’re working on something right now I want you to stop and take a break, whatever you’re working on ya can work on later! Please take a breather, and eat a meal! Drink some water, and take a nap. I miss ya so much, and I love ya so much. Just a few more days till’ I get there! So wait for me, like ya always do!”
✧. 𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐔: “Hey beautiful/handsome, have ya been eating well? Eating three meals, drinking water, and gettin’ a good night’s sleep? If ya haven’t eaten today make sure to eat, I wouldn’t want ya starvin’ on me! Although I did make sure ya ate yesterday, I need to know if ya ate today. So make sure ya eat and then call me. You’ve been doing so well lately and I’m so proud of ya for that, you’re doing so well, so well, and ya can’t tell me otherwise! I’ll be excited to see ya! When ya finished with work/school for the week let’s go on a date, where ever you’d like! I’ll make sure to spoil ya rotten, ya here me! Again I just wanted to say that I’m so proud of ya for doing your best. I love ya, alright beautiful/handsome and nothin’s gonna stop me from lovin’ ya.”
✧. 𝐒𝐀𝐊𝐔𝐒𝐀: “Hey love, how are you? I’m sorry I haven’t been able to call you recently. I’ve been really busy with practice but I’ll make sure to come by tomorrow to check on you. Are you taking care of yourself? Have you been taking showers and staying clean? I hope you’ve been eating well. I’m so proud of you, you’re doing amazing and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow. Make sure to eat your three meals today. And just remember that I love you, okay?”
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✧. Please take this as an offering for not posting for a month and a half. I have around 18 other drafts that I hope to work on so please take this.
✧. Also I wish everyone a good day/night! I hope you are all drinking and eating well. Please make sure to take care of yourselves!
✧. And sorry for how short Sakusa’s is I didn’t mean for it to be that short.
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Saved by the Devil (17/?) - Thomas Shelby
Summary: Father and reader are reunited, Reader faces her past and future at once. (Im getting better kind of?) 
Pairing: Tommy Shelby x Fem!Reader (Romantic)
Warning: Unhealthy father and daughter relationship.
A/N: This chapter took oh so long but I’m glad that we get to see this relationship between Father and Daughter in this one. Also i named the father George so sorry if you know someone named George. Comments and feedback is always appreciated and as always have a good night and take care of yourselves. 
Italics = flashback
George (L/N), your father was a man that everyone feared. You knew this ever since you were a little girl. You saw the air he prided himself with, the way people parted like the red sea whenever he walked, the way no one would look him in his eye. You used to worship the ground he walked on. You would cry on to your mother why you couldn’t spend more time with the man, she would give you a look that you didn’t understand then. She was horrified when George did decide to take you for a tour of his ‘office.’ She could do nothing but watch you bounce happily away on your father hand. You still remember the day.
 “You can’t take her, not there.” Your mother cried to him
 “Shes gonna need to learn sooner or later.”
 “Then later!” She yelled.
 He ignores her cries as he drags you along. You had a big smile at finally getting time with your father. You didn’t understand why she was against this.
The walk was brisk, you even stopped for a treat. You ended up jumping from one place to another. Your father talking to people, shaking their hands. You noticed how they looked to him like a leader. So you asked.
 “Im a boss honey,” He answered, “You will be too one day. You’ll help me run all this.”
 “Really?” you said
 “You just gotta be tough. Can you do that?”
 You nodded pulling off your toughest face. The next place he leads you is some old train tracks that aren’t used anymore. A group of men stand around in a circle. All of them waiting for him.
 “You brought a kid to this?” One of them says.
 “You got a problem with that?” George says cocking his gun you didn’t realize he had.
 The man shakes his head no and pints where the rest of them gather, “They got him over there.”
Your father no longer holds your hand as he walks ahead of you. You follow slowly. You can see the man in the middle of the circle. Looking worn down and beaten. Your father stands ahead of him, he plays with gun in the air. He talks words you block out. You just watch the man as is eyes loosely follow your father. He cries uncontrollable begging for his life. You see his body fall before you hear the gun. You don’t cry, you don’t say a word. Your father pats you on the head and says you did good.
 Soon he took you everywhere and anywhere, spending more time with him less with your mother. You became a different person as you became used to the violence. You saw different side of your father more than once but he still treated you like a good. He wanted you prepared for anything and you just wanted to prove that you could be. So learning wasn’t an issue and neither was the perfection you set yourself up for. You became a mini version of him, you didn’t mind unlike your mother who was just horrified. She fought for you to stay in school when he would convince you to leave. She wanted to to date, have a normal job. But you wouldn’t listen to her. You father was your hero at the time you saw nothing wrong with anything that was happening.
 “Your tainting her. Its not good for her to be around this stuff.”
 You listen from atop of the stairs, now only seventeen.
 “Son or daughter, my child is gonna learn the business and learn it right!” He yelled
 “Then ill tell the police, everything I know. Ill take her away or- or”
 “Are you threatening me?”
 “I want my daughter back! You’re running her.”
 “She’s growing up, deal with it.” He turns away from her, gives her the side eye before walking out. You go to sleep, hoping for them to forgive and forget.
 You wake in the middle of night for a glass of water when you found your mother dead. You cry for the first time over a dead body. Holding your mothers hand close to her face, hoping for  a reaction. Your father walks in and pauses. You can see through your lashes that his hands were stained red. You don’t say anything. He brings  out two shovels and hands one to you. George tells you nothing more but to dig in the backyard.
 You don’t. He scolds you for not listening, for not working faster. He digs it himself. He doesn’t look you in the eye as you watch his bury dirt on top of your mother. You share a tea later in the night. You just watch the inside of your cup, the steam rising up. He drinks his greedily, eating cookies as if it’s a regular Sunday morning.
That’s when your relationship changed. You begun to bicker and challenge everything he said or did. You couldn’t understand why he would do that. Or how he even could. You didn’t know what you could do, so you held the emotions in for a long time. Growing distant with your father. He confronts you on your behavior and you no longer hokd your tounge with him.
 “You killed her. Why?”
 “You wouldn’t understand.”
 “I had to bury her, do you know what that was like?”
 “In this business you’ll have to bury a lot more like her.”
 “she had nothing to do with it.” You state.
 He looks at your small figure, your eyes welling up with tears. “Don’t cry.”
 “Why did you do it? Why did you kill my mother?” You press the issue your voice growing louder wanting , needingthe answer. Wanting all this to make sense.
 “Why does it matter? So you can tell the whole city?” He turns on you quick.
 “What if I did, does that scare you?”
 “Watch your mouth girl.”
 “Is that why you killed my mother? Cause she didn’t watch her mouth.” He gets up quickly punching a hole in the wall near your face. You stay still as tears fall from you eyes slowly.
 No longer were the two of you a pair. The father daughter duo was dead. He iced you of the business. Meeting happening without you, transactions with your knowledge. He treated you like a stranger he shared a house with. But every chance you got when you would see him. You questioned him, wanted him to feel bad. No answer at this point would satisfy you, you know that. But you hoped the guilt would eat at his soul for the rest of time. You were there to remind him. And he didn’t like that.
It was the day before you turned eighteen, when you were surprised with a knock on the door. The men claimed to be doctors as they grabbed you by the wrist, throwing you in their car, declaring you insane. You didn’t understand what was happening and that only made them laugh sealing their opinion on what state your mind was as you panicked. The doctors told you nothing but that your father had expressed concerns over your health. And that he was doing this for your own good. Being there made you feel insane but you tried your best to repeal the order to get out. But the doctors were well played off, some of the nurses being Georges goons, no one would let you out unless he said so. Until Tommy Shelby came in, of course you were finally free from that cage.
 So now you stand in front of this man, you had idolized and called father. A man who now is only a murderer, a thief, a low life, your enemy. You clench your jaw as he opens his arms to you. The wrinkles on Georges face crease as he smiles. He’s older in the face and hold a cane in his hand.
 “What? No hug?”
 “Fuck off.”
 “What a lovely choice of words. Im glad to see your okay. I meant to visit…” You glare at him, “but I’ve been busy. Its good to finally find you.”
 “You don’t have to play dumb. How long have you been following me. Ive noticed since a month ago.”
 “Hmm you’re slacking. Its been longer than that. You really think I would let my daughter be out and about, not knowing shes safe.”
 “I had hoped the rumors of your death were true. Guess I hoped too much.”
 “Ah yes your little hit on me. Didn’t go as planned did it.” He glances over at the smoke floating in the town miles from us, “Your work I assume.”
 “Did you do that to Trinity?”
 “It wasn’t anything personal. No need to throw a tantrum.”
 You huff and hold yourself back from stabbing right where he stood. “You had no right-“
 George interrupts you, “After the stunt you pulled. Asking Thomas Shelby to kill me in exchange you tell him a few locations. You know what he did when he found me. He shook my hand. The man helps me fake my death, im off to America. Can you guess where?”
 “New York.”
 “That’s right and its bigger and its booming, honey. And here you are sleeping with a man who lies to you, who is no different than me or the other men ive killed or hurt.”
 “Im not-not” You blush at the accusation your father throws to you. You had forgotten for a second how Tommy Shelby was involved in this. You remember asking him and never getting a clear answer. Especially when you were so unsure with what was going on, you should have pressed more. Not been so easy to trust him. You could have been more prepared for this, left the country sooner.
 “Listen, I’m just here to help you-“
 “By locking me up calling me crazy, or was it when you killed my mother, or had me followed or when you killed my friend.”
 “I understand your mad. But honey we are better as a team than not. Remember me and you fighting the world together.” He uses a funny light hearted voice. One that he would use only to manipulate you when you were younger.
 “What do you want from me?”
 He sighs, “I need a peace treaty. And the family’s got this son.-“
 You scoff, “Are you kidding me?”
 “its what best for our family. And honestly you have no choice in the matter. Ill drag you there myself if I have to.”
 “I’d like to see you try.” You pull put your knife and hold it out in attack position.
 “You’re gonna kill me, your old man,” He uses a mockingly sad voice before erupting into a mad laughter, “You might as well do it now cause you wouldn’t want me as your enemy.”
 “I think it might be too late for that.”  You press the knife against your own throat, pressing hard against your skin. You can feel a trickle of warm blood run down. Now George finally panics.
 “Hey, Hey! Don’t do that!” He yells.
 “Walk out of here and don’t turn back.  Now! “You command.
 Your father follows your orders because you knew it as well as he that in this game you were now an important chess piece. And he wouldn’t have no use with a dead bride.
 “I’ll be seeing you very soon.” He says as he walks further and further away. You watch until his figure is nothing more than a blur. That’s when you finally release the grip on your knife.
You sit down on the ground and quietly sob into your hands. You don’t know the time when you finally stop but its still night and still no train. You hear the sound of a lighter flicking on. You curse under your breath as you get up, ready to die tonight if it meant not being in your fathers plan.
 “You are really testing my patience tonight.” You say turning around. Only it wasn’t your father standing there.
 “Cigarette? You look like you could use one.” The deep voice says. And there you are, Face to face once again with Thomas Shelby.
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