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jadeylovesmarvelxo · 1 month
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Fuckboy Eddie falls in love, fwb, little bit of smut. Cocky Eddie, 18+ Mdni.
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Fuckboy Eddie has met his match when it comes to you, he assumes because at first you're sweet and a little on the shy side that he will be the one calling the shots.
He's wrong of course.
On the night that the two of you meet it's at one of Steve's parties. He's recently started throwing them again for the gang, it's fun and he's met a ton of hot chicks because of it.
You're a friend of Steve and Robins who work with him at Family Video, At the party you stick close to the two of them, nervous about meeting new people.
Occasionally Eddie manages to catch your eye, he winks at you from where he's sitting, flirts heavily when Robin and Steve introduce you to the rest of the gang.
Seduce and fuck, that's his motto, he's not interested in seeing a woman more than once, and he much prefers the briefest flings if he does. That way no one expects anything more from him.
He doesn't see how tonight will go any different but boy he's in for a surprise. The first surprise is when he asks you out, you look him dead in the eye and smirk.
"Sorry pretty boy, I'm not interested" Eddie's brain goes brrr for a few seconds, he can't remember the last time his flirting attempts failed so spectacularly.
"I uh..." he stumbles over his words, tongue tied and growing frustrated with himself. You take pity on him.
"Look I haven't had sex in like the longest time, I'm horny as shit and even though I say I'm not looking for anything more than some hot sex, we all know someone always catches feelings for their fuck buddy and I'd like to avoid that"
He gapes stunned then recovers. "What a coincidence, I'm just looking for just some hot sex too" you eye him up and down, there's a small smile on your face.
"Oh honey, you wouldn't be able to handle me, I'd rock your world" your hand brushes over his shoulder as you sashay pass him, he gently tugs you back and your eyes meet his, full of lust.
"Try me sweetheart"
...
Exactly twenty minutes later the two of you are in Eddie's room, the door locked and the two of you sweaty, naked and fucking each other until you're both spent and sated.
Eddie is lying beside you, his head empty of all thoughts except the fact that you did rock his world, repeatedly. The sex was mindblowing.
You lay with him for a minute before getting up and pulling on your clothes, "Where are you going?" He asked confused as you fix your hair and make up.
"Early start handsome, gotta run. That was fantastic" you blow him a kiss and then you're out the door, leaving Eddie speechless.
Well that was a first.
...
The same situation carried on for weeks, the two of you would have sex and it would be incredible but then either one of you would leave.
Except Eddie noticed that his bed was a lot colder without you in it, missed your laugh or you sarcasm when you weren't around. So he started going to Family Video more to spend time with you, flirt and see your pretty smile.
Whenever that smile was directed at him, it was like his whole heart went pitter patter very fast, he felt like he was a teenager again with his very first crush.
Butterflies, racing heart, sweaty palms, it was humiliating. He hated when some douchebag noticed you, so Eddie left little lovebites on your skin and pleased you for hours if some idiot tried to flirt with you. He liked reminding you that he could pleasure you better than some limp dick asshole.
He loved when you cried out his name, chanted it in sweet, reverent tones.
That's when Eddie came to the conclusion one day when you were laying fast asleep beside him after a long work day and a very hot shower session with him. His conclusion being that finally after all of these years he had met his match.
"Someone always catches feelings for their fuck buddy" that's exactly what you said all those weeks ago.
He just never expected that he would be the one who caught feelings.
The fuckboy was well and truly fucked... and completely in love with you.
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citrustan · 5 months
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slipping through my fingers [2] (myg)
title: and the hits just keep coming 1.0
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pairing: min yoongi x reader
genre: dilf!yoongi, exes and co-parents au, angst!, fluff, smut
summary: you lean on your friend for support and an escape, but the reality of your situation keeps flashing before you.
warnings: [there's a prologue and part 1 that should be read before this one!] just some insecurity, some sad vibes, you know the drill.
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Taehyung fails to dodge the fifth pillow you launch at him. "Let me explain!" Repeatedly begging you to stop, he crashes into your kitchen counter.
A pillow to his leg.
"Wait! Please!" He's dodging for his life.
Another pillow to his chest.
"You're an angel! Pleas-" Headshot!
"Ough! Not the face..." He pauses to soothe his aching nose.
By now, you're out of energy too. But, there's still a lot of anger in your stomach. You're too guilty and too tired to let it out on the wrong person.
You spent over twenty minutes reprimanding him for hiding Yoongi's fiancée from you.
Finally having a fraction of a minute of peace, your friend sits you down by your dinner table.
He disappears into the kitchen, leaving you to cradle and console your heart by yourself.
You hear a few utensils clashing and see him juggling four things in his hands; your cat mug, his designated frog mug, a bottle of white chocolate liqueur and a carton of what looks like chocolate milk.
Pointing your finger at the tetra pak, you protest, "Excuse you, that's the expensive chocolate milk and it’s for Nao."
He looks at the half-empty carton in his hand and back at you.
"You're telling me Nao drank more than half of this bottle in a day? And you let her?" Taehyung deadpanned.
...
"Yeah." Your eyes wander as you insist poorly.
He ignored you and poured you a glass of the milk.
Sitting across from you, he grew solemn, "_____, I swear I didn't know it was like this." - "But you knew about her?" You asked before he said anything else.
Taehyung couldn't deny it, "Yeah. But I thought she would just be like the others."
Yoongi had others.
All grumpy, you sigh. "The others?"
Momentarily, he froze and exhaled. "Yeah, there have been a few. He was... I don't know. He kept saying he was serious about each of them but nobody ever... stuck around? So, we thought he was lying or something." Taehyung regretted his choice of words.
You want to believe him, but you both know that Yoongi isn’t someone who lies like that. Let alone big lies, Yoongi won't even tell little white lies.
Over the years, you naturally assumed he was dating around, but you didn't know. Nothing was confirmed. You never asked and he never told you anything himself.
"Who all knew?"
"Everyone. But nobody even imagined that they'd be getting hitched." He shook his head in disbelief.
“Obviously. This is Yoongi you’re talking about,” you pause, “But didn’t you notice anything different with them?”
“I’m telling you, _____, we had no idea.” Taehyung cringes after taking a sip of the sweet liqueur. “I think he wanted to tell you first.”
You wish he never had.
"What are you thinking?"
You dip your head in between your palms, “I feel terrible. It’s like I know I want to cry but I’m so emotionally stunted right now, I cannot get it out. It’s like a stuck yawn.”
Taehyung caresses your arm, "Can I do anything to help?"
You shake your head, "I don't think so, Tae."
"Oh! Do you want to watch 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas?' Maybe that will help you cry." He tilts his head, eyes filled with hope.
At that, you let out a surprised laugh, "Taehyung, no!"
Basking in the little moment of success (by making you laugh), Taehyung internally pops confetti.
But, the moment was just that. A moment. Your happiness faded away as quickly as it came.
So, he pulled his phone out and placed it in front of you.
Taehyung’s hesitant to ask you this but he does it anyway. “Do you want to see her?”
You don’t know. (You’d rather pretend she doesn’t exist.)
If it weren’t for Nao, you’d have no problem ignoring Yoongi’s girlfriend. Even thinking of the words ‘Yoongi’s girlfriend’ makes you want to end it all.
It’s no secret that you’re still madly in love with your ex-boyfriend.
This situation felt so ridiculous to you, you couldn’t digest it. You couldn’t believe this was actually happening to you.
As a young girl, you never thought it was in the books for you to go through this kind of pain. And, you don’t have a whole lot to lean on. So, Yoongi has always been it for you. He always told you he’d be there for you no matter what.
Even after your breakup, he was by your side.
When you unexpectedly caught the chicken pox from Nao, he took care of you. Even when Taehyung insisted on helping you instead, Yoongi sent him away.
You shared every birthday with him. He’d throw you a small party. Every year, it was a different theme. This year was ‘enchanted garden.’ He always ordered you a custom cake from out of town. It made everything special.
He even helped you open your quaint little bakery. Yoongi was the one who helped you finalize your menu. He tasted everything and even got himself sick because of it.
He stood by you when you got sued by your competition, another old-timey cake shop, for stealing their clients and recipes. He acted as your lawyer free of charge.
Now, you wonder if it was all out of convenience or… an obligation. Had you read it all wrong? Was he simply being polite because you’re the mother of his daughter? Would he stop doing things for you now? Did he ever do those things for you? Or were they simply for your daughter by extension?
Would he be too focused on his wife now?
Even for Nao’s sake, you never once got the urge to know the woman who did the unthinkable.
As a co-parent, you trusted Yoongi. You knew Yoongi would never let just anyone around Nao. If he wants to introduce his daughter to a woman, you knew it was safe. She could be the next Mother Teresa for all you know.
All this blind trust has been earned by him throughout the years you’ve spent with him, you’re not a careless mother.
However, as a woman and Yoongi’s ex-flame, you weren’t eager to know the woman who replaced you. You don’t want to see or meet her. In your eyes, she was able to compel Yoongi to do something he wouldn’t do even after you begged him to. Maybe she didn’t even have to try. She was probably just that perfect for him.
This is apart from the fact that he fell in love with another woman after you while you’re still hung up on him.
You don’t think you can afford to willingly take a hit to your self-confidence like that.
Nao looks up to you. You know you cannot lose yourself when you have so much relying on you.
Taehyung was kind enough to let you get lost in your thoughts.
“No.” You finally answer his question.
You did not want to see what she looked like.
Taehyung nodded once, “Okay. That’s fine.”
Just when Taehyung’s about to put his phone back into his pocket, it rings.
And on the screen pops this gorgeous woman. She looked like she stepped straight out of an issue of Harpar’s Bazaar or even Vogue. You weren’t surprised, you smiled and involuntarily snorted. Taehyung did have a type.
He hurriedly tried to pull his phone off the table, knocking your (thankfully, empty) glass of milk in the process.
“You don’t have to hide her from me, Vincent.” You tease him, using his artist alias. “Is she your new muse?”
Taehyung awkwardly laughed, blatantly ignoring your question.
Suddenly, he changes the topic, “Oh! Do you have to go into work today?”
Your smile drops a little. “Hey. What are you doing here?”
He offered a strained smile, “It’s like I can feel the alcohol in my veins.”
“Heyyy... What’s up with the model babe? Why are you deflecting?” This time you pout.
You hear his phone ring once again. But he immediately declines.
“Taehyung… What’s the matter?” When he refuses to acknowledge you, you grow more concerned.
“You don’t have to stay, you know?” You continue to reassure him.
“It’s not,” he cuts himself off, “That wasn’t my girlfriend.”
Taehyung hopes he doesn’t have to face your inevitable question in line.
“Well, who was that the….” When you trail off mid-response, he knew you had figured out who that woman really was.
The two of you are silent for a moment.
Sullen, you whisper, “That’s his fiancée?”
Taehyung wishes he never came over to your place. He didn’t want to be the one to make you feel this way.
He nods once. Not that you needed that confirmation.
Quickly moving on to your next thought, you question, “Why is she calling you?”
Already on it, Taehyung visibly cringes at the messages on his screen when you push yourself forward to peek into his phone. This time, he doesn’t try to obstruct your vision.
Hyejin (3)
Sorry! I forgot you were at _____’s. It’s nothing important, I just had a question about Nao-chan. Does she like lemon cake? How is _____ doing btw?
Your mouth dropped open.
You don’t even acknowledge the fact that she’s speaking about you so personally; as if you were a friend or even an acquaintance.
You ignore the fact that she’s fucking stunning, owning the most symmetrical, aesthetically pleasing face you’ve ever seen on a grown woman.
You don’t even dwell about how you do not stand a chance against this woman.
The only thing you see is her nickname for your daughter. You squeak, “She calls her Nao-chan!”  
That’s YOUR name for YOUR babygirl.
“Angel…” Taehyung begins but has no idea what he could possibly say to comfort you.
Pull yourself together. You mentally discipline yourself. It takes a minute for you to get there.
Instead of dealing with whatever you just felt, you push it away in an instant and beam at your friend.
“Whatever. Let’s get cheesy naan and shrimp skewers!”
Of course, your faux smile didn’t fool Taehyung, but he went with it anyway.
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₊˚.🎧 ✩。tears are in your eyes by yo la tengo ₊˚.🎧 ✩。
note: i hope i'm doing this series justice lol the ideas in my head run too wild for me to actually make note of them. please let me know what you guys think!
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mayfieldss · 1 year
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Damon Salvatore x wife reader
Where all she does is wheeze
She laughs at everything and all she does is wheeze and snort while crying for like 30 minutes straight as Damon looks at her and can't stop himself from laughing
Everyone just walks into the Salvatore home and asks what she's laughing about as they start laughing
Damon just shrugs and says
"she saw something hilarious on her phone and now she won't stop wheezing."
And like a little part where he says
"that's my wife." Like a 'i married that thing' LOLL
I just need this, I wheeze so much that it's an issue
GIRL SAME.
Funny - Damon Salvatore
Warnings: none.
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Damon never understood why you found the smallest things the most hilarious. It was strange to him that you could watch someone trip over and break into fits of laughter right before his eyes in the centre of town. Of course, he found similar things funny, but not in the way you did. It would be impossible to stop your fits of laughter once they began, and he just had to let you ride it out when they happened. It did make him feel good, however, that with every joke he told, you would burst into a cackling bundle of joy. He adored it, even when others found it a little strange.
It was one of those days when Damon entered the living room to you, sitting on the couch with your phone in hand. It all seemed normal, or as normal as it could be in the Salvatore house, when he heard a small snort from across the room. It came from you, he knew that much, and when he turned to get a good look at your figure, you were lost in the humour of whatever you'd just seen before he could stop it. You had collapsed lying on the couch now as you wheezed like you couldn't catch your breath. It was continuous and soon you fell from the piece of furniture, landing with a loud thump on the floor.
"What's got you this time?" He strolls up to you with an amount of swagger no one else can muster, but he's close to bursting out in laughter himself just at the sight of you on the floor. He snatches your phone from your hands, and you don't protest, slamming your hand on the carpet repeatedly as you continue to lose yourself in the situation. Damon eyes the screen of your phone, watching the video that had turned his wife into the wheezing mess that you were. It's a dog as far as Damon can tell, and as the video progresses, he watches said animal fall down a set of stairs. He watches the dog roll and smiles to himself, before turning his gaze to you again. "Funny dog?" He questions and you manage to lift your head enough to nod through your laughter. You've got tears streaming down your face now, and you're holding your stomach from the cramps of it all. And just like that, you've got Damon going too. He finds himself lost in laughter, crouching to the floor to try and lift you to your feet. "C'mon, up you get." It's hard for him to say because he can't entirely keep himself upright as he chuckles, but he manages as you grasp onto him tightly, still lost in your loud excessive wheezing.
"He—he fell. He just rolled." Your words come as gasps and Damon is cackling now, allowing you to collapse again because in truth there is no amount of strength that can keep you from rolling on the floor when you're like this.
"What the hell is going on?" Somehow Stefan has found his way into the room, a deep frown covering his features more than usual as he watches you roll around once more, unable to stop. Damon turns his head, grinning wide at his brother.
"She saw a dog fall down some stairs, it really got her going." He snorts as he says it, thinking about the video himself, and the way you're currently reacting to it. You've spent years with Damon doing things like this, and he remembers the day he made fun of the way Stefan decided to dress for your and Damon's wedding day. You'd absolutely lost it at the altar, and it took around twenty minutes to get the ceremony back on track.
"She's going this crazy over a dog?" Stefan is leaning against the doorframe looking more than just unimpressed, though Damon is loving the show of it all, especially the quiet moments where you try and catch your breath, only to continue laughing seconds later.
"It wasn't just any dog Stefan; it was a dog falling down some stairs." Damon pats his brother on the shoulder as he approaches, standing beside him as he watches you work yourself up over the thing. His face aches with the length of time he's spent grinning, and he finds himself chuckling again as you let out a long, loud wheeze. And then you go quiet, breathing slowly as you calm down. But Damon loves the sound of your laugh, the genuine sound of your joy, so he starts you up again.
"He just rolled down those stairs, right baby?"
"He rolled!" You shout back, the last syllable morphing into yet another wheeze before your back at it, rolling around and grasping your cramping stomach.
"You seriously married her, you know that right?" It's Stefan again, and his gaze goes back and forth between your figure and Damon's, entirely confused by the whole situation. Damon seems to smile wider at the mention of that because the concept of forever with you, and a hundred more moments like this just sounds perfect to him.
"Hell yeah, I did. That's my damn wife." And Stefan doesn't understand it, but Damon couldn't care less as he moves forward to meet you again, crouching at your side once more. He pulls you up into a sitting position, and you grasp his arms, as you try and keep yourself steady.
"He was so cute, but he just couldn't make it down those stairs." You're still gasping, your words coming in short bursts as you wheeze over and over, laughing until your ribs feel as though they're on fire, and Damon joins you because he can't think of anything better.
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GENERAL TAGLIST: @heliads @candywh0r3 @caplanreadss @hiya-itsamber @s00buwu
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES TAGLIST:
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cleoluvrr · 5 months
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smarty v (rafe cameron x oc)
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SYNOPSIS: smart girl isn’t as smart as rafe cameron.
WARNINGS: mature content; dark!rafe, toxic relationship, domestic violence, verbal abuse, blackmail, jealousy, general violence, manipulative behavior, explicit language, substance abuse & addiction, use of guns, mentions of past crimes, obsession
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i watch from the other side of the room as rafe walks from the window to the mantle repeatedly. his hard-soled shoes would surely wear holes into the floorboard from the incessant pacing. his buzzed hair has grown out slightly, the blonde catching in the sunlight as he passes the window once again.
“barry, i don’t have time for this right now.” he says to his friend harshly. i can hear a male voice over the speaker but it’s muffled from being pressed against rafe’s ear. “why the fuck would you do that? are you an idiot?” rafe had been on the phone for fifteen minutes with the dark-haired man he calls his business partner, ten of those spent worrying around the room in an effort to not snap at him. i wasn’t aware that such a friendship had blossomed between the two until i returned from school. last time i heard of him, barry was my boyfriend’s drug dealer. 
rafe warned me once to stay away from him and now the two are practically inseparable. “you fucked it up, so you fix it! i don’t care what you have to do, man–just get the money back.”
the pair share a few more short words before rafe finally ends the call. the stress pours off him in waves that were strong enough to take both of us under. the man says nothing for a long minute as he leans against the wooden desk in his father’s former office. a long-fingered hand runs over his face before he rests his eyes on me for the first time in almost twenty minutes.
“come here.” he beckons me to him with just his words and i rise, my sock covered feet sliding across the floor to stand before him.
i wait for him to say something but he doesn’t. rather, his hands rise to take hold of my head, his warm palms planted against the plush flesh of my cheeks. his ocean blue eyes rake over my face as if it were the last time he was going to see me, his mind frantic to plague itself with the memory of me so he’d never be able to forget. the crease between his brow relaxes along with the rest of his face, eyes once hardened by troubled thoughts now shining with a peaceful relief.
my eyes are wide with confusion, but i allow my lips to part to give him a soft, comforting smile. he brings his forehead to mine and i force myself to stay put, worried that the makeup covering my own might rub off onto him and stain his tanned skin a warm brown.
rafe’s eyes flutter shut, the softness of his lashes brushing against my face as he holds me in place. we stand there in a peaceful silence until he pulls away enough to leave a few inches between our noses. he continues to drink in my appearance for a moment longer before speaking in an exhale.
“you’re so beautiful,” his voice is full of adoration, and it makes my cheeks fill with hot blood. “i’m so lucky…you don’t know how crazy i’d go without you.” my smile turns shy as i downcast my eyes. my vision is filled with our feet rather than the intense pools of blue that captures me in its waters.
tilting my head back up with a finger under my chin, he presses his lips into mine with the same gentleness he strokes over my hair with. it’s over as fast as it starts and my eyes blink back open though i don’t remember shutting them. 
with a departing sigh, the blonde pulls away from me and pushes off the desk to make his way around to the seat on the other side. he collapses into the leather seat dramatically as he throws his head back, his long neck exposed for only a few seconds before he drags himself back into an upright position. 
“did you pick up your dress?” rafe asks, eyes flickering up to my looming presence from his position behind the dark wood. he hums in approval when i nod, gaze pulled back down to the desk below to focus his attention on rummaging through its many drawers.
midsummers was coming, and much sooner than i would like. it was the first time rafe would be going without his family, and i didn’t think he planned on attending the pretentious event after the sudden death of his father. he was too busy for things like that now, and yet, he insisted we go together. i’d only been a couple of times before, both with the cameron family as a whole. “they’re honoring my father.” is what he told me when asked, and i was more puzzled by his answer than i was previously. his father was a murderer; what was there to honor? i didn’t say that though, just nodded my head and went along with it.
ward cameron was a touchy subject to speak on in kildare, especially around rafe. i’d been completely in the dark about his crimes–his death, until a few months ago, and the last thing i desired was to trigger rafe by asking the million questions that swarmed my brain every time i thought about it. the father-son duo had a strange and complicated relationship, but rafe loved him regardless and if he wishes to honor his abusive, murderous, self-serving father, then i wasn’t going to question it.
if i questioned him, i would be forced to question myself.
“i have something for you.”
rafe pulls away from the desk with a box in hand. it was a glossy black square, presumably containing a piece of jewelry. a pair of dangly earrings, or another necklace to add to my disgustingly large collection. my assumption is proven partially correct when he lifts the lid of the box to reveal its contents. what i was not expecting, however, was what he presented to me. 
with a gasp, my eyes flash up to my boyfriend’s face before falling back to the velvet cushioned box in his hands. agape with shock, my jaw nailed itself to the floor at the sight before me, eyes wide and words stuck deep in my throat with the breath it needed to escape. “rafe…” my voice was quiet, nothing more than a whisper because if i let myself speak any louder i would not be able to contain myself.
“do you like it?” i could feel the wash of his cool, blue eyes on my face as he gauged my reaction. still stupefied, i remain silent and frozen rather than give him an answer.
in his hands was one of the most stunning things i’ve laid my eyes on in this lifetime. a silver headpiece molded by gifted hands to resemble a tiara of flowers, budding with freshwater pearls, blue topaz gems, and swarovski crystals that surround pearlescent, heart-shaped petals. the color matched rafe's irises almost perfectly. it sparkled beneath the sun shining in from the window, the beauty of it only amplified by the way it captured the light so effortlessly. “like,” was far too insignificant of a word to express how i felt.
stumbling out of my dazed state, i tear my eyes away from the box to meet rafe’s inquisitive eyes. “yes…yes–yes, i love it…” i managed to scrape together whatever words still lingered in the back of my mind to give him an answer. “oh my god, rafe…when did you get this? why did you get this? oh my god…”
a soft smile slowly creeps its way onto rafe’s face. the corners of his eyes crinkle with a genuine happiness that i hadn’t seen in weeks. he seemed to take more joy in this moment than i did, if that were possible.
“my, um…” he pauses for a moment, swallowing. “my dad bought this for my mom when they got married. i think she was gonna give it to sarah someday but…yeah.” a bump of uncomfortable silence. “you deserve it more than she does, anyway.”
“it’s gorgeous.” is what i say, choosing to ignore the comment about his younger sister to avoid an awkward conversation. “but why are you giving it to me?” my brows meet in the middle in a display of confusion.
rafe sets the box down on the desk behind before picking up the tiara with careful hands. he brushes his slender, calloused fingers over the bejeweled flowers with a gentle touch, the way he carries it as if he’s scared it’ll break if he breathes too hard. i watch him stare at the few tangible pieces of his mother that he owns with unreadable eyes before he blinks away his shadowed gaze.
he clears his throat of unspoken words to give way to fresh ones. “i want you to wear it to midsummers.” my eyebrows shoot up at the request but he doesn’t falter at my reaction. the pink of his tongue breaks free of his lips to moisten them before retreating. “it’s a family heirloom, and you’ve been more family to me than anyone else…and you’re gonna be mrs. cameron one day, right? officially, anyway.” it was less of a question and more of a statement, so i don’t respond. “my dad left everything to me; his company, tannyhill, his properties, his money, his…h-his legacy.”
rafe’s jaw tenses, eyelids squeezing shut as he blinks hard. his adam’s apple bobs with the inaudible gulp of him swallowing down whatever feeling he’s been overcome with and i reach a hand up to touch his face. the whole of my palm rests against his skin as i brush the pad of my thumb over his cheek. a stray tear soaks my thumb with the pain of a troubled boy that aches for a stable life and someone that cares for him.
it’s hard to hate him. even when i know i should.
all he ever wanted was to make his father proud, to have a father that was proud of him and appreciated his efforts. instead he got a boot to the ass and an angry man that could hardly fix his mouth to do anything more than berate his son. ward was always nice to me, like a second father. he was more of a father to me than to his own son, and it made me sick.
being raised like that does something to a child. it’s not his fault he acts the way he does–not completely. maybe if ward never raised a hand to him, rafe would never act on his urge to do the same to me. if his father gave him attention for good things, maybe rafe wouldn’t have acted out to get attention for the bad things. maybe rafe wouldn’t have turned to drugs to lessen the agony that is going through life with a family that believes you’re useless. 
he’s hurt, and hurt people, hurt people.
that’s what i tell myself–what i have to remind myself of. when he’s too rough, when he’s too loud, when he’s too mean. when i come home littered in little bruises from being grabbed too hard, or slammed into things that were in the way of his anger. it’s the only way i can stay without feeling insane; and even that doesn’t work sometimes.
i was raised by two parents that worked hard and told me to work harder. a mom and a dad that praised me and loved me and kissed my skinned knees better when i fell. rafe had ward, who would push him to the edge, watch him fall over and over, and then blame him for the brokenness left behind. my parents taught me love and empathy, while rafe hardly knew what that was. we live how we learn, and rafe learned what it is to be cruel.
rafe sought after his father’s approval until the day he died. he tried his hardest to be just like him, and in a way, he is. they share the same cool, blue eyes that stare so deeply into one’s soul that it makes you itch. he carries himself with the same confidence that ward did; knowing that they owned whatever place they walked into, that they were at the top of the food chain. everyone admired them, even if it was for different reasons. they share the same passion and persistence, the same charming smile that left you feeling just a little…unsettled if you stared too long.
both of them harbor the ability to destroy anything and anyone if they so please–even themselves.
even with ward gone, it’s like he still haunts the island. his son carrying on his business served as a reminder that the powerful remain powerful, even six feet under. rafe made it his mission to carry on his father’s name–his legacy. rafe wouldn’t stop seeking ward’s approval even in death, and it made me ache for him.
“i want everyone to know that the camerons are still here.” rafe breaks his silence with a drowned voice. “that we aren’t going anywhere…we might be fucked up,” he laughs dryly at his own dark humor and i struggle to raise the corners of my lips. “but this is still our shit, you know? just ‘cause my dad is gone doesn’t mean anything. we built this shit, laia. my family made this island what it is, and i’m not gonna let anybody forget that..”
his gaze pulls away from the floor where they had fallen to meet mine. his eyes were wet but no tears fell.
“my dad loved you, you know? probably more than me.” i chuckle lightly at his words even though it pains me to do so. “before he…before he left he told me something. he said you were the only one worthy of his last name. that you were more accepting of me than he ever was, and stronger than he could ever be. he said i was a mess he created and you were an angel to try to fix it. he sounded like a damn shakespeare book or something…” 
my pained smile becomes soft for just a moment.
reaching forward, rafe gently places the tiara atop my head. though it is not heavy physically, the pressure of knowing who owned it previously was a weight upon my shoulders. i was petrified in place out of fear that it would tumble to the ground if i moved too harshly. “didn’t know ward was so poetic.” the words were a breeze that passed through my lips, loud enough for rafe to hear but breathy from the nerves coursing through my veins.
“he was right,” i lift my gaze from the ground to meet his curiously. “you are the only one worthy. it’s just us now, baby.” rafe’s warm hands rest against the sides of my head, his thumbs brushing over my cheeks as he scans my appearance. he meets my gaze again and floods the deepest parts of my eyes with two endless pools of carolina blue. “i’m the boss now. me. a-and you’re with me, alright? this is ours now and everyone is gonna see that.”
i nod my head at him and reach up to encircle his wrists gingerly, fingers tracing along the skin stretched over the top of hands. he leans in close, his forehead meeting mine in a sweet embrace. 
all of this was the last thing i wanted, but i couldn’t tell him that, not when he just poured his heart out to me. not with his mother’s wedding tiara crushing my skull beneath its pressure. he wanted us to be the new ward and rose, not rafe and laia. meanwhile, that was the last thing on my list of desires. i didn’t want to stay on this island forever and run around playing whatever figurehead rafe created wanted me to be. there was a reason i left for university the first chance i got.
what rafe doesn’t understand is that while he has everything, i have nothing. 
he has money and a company left in his name. his name means something to people. it has power, status. mine doesn’t. i was just a girl from the cut on a scholarship. to everyone here, i’m just rafe’s girl. whatever he had planned for ‘us’ would only further that notion. i’d blink and end up becoming a pretty face stuck to his side with no other purpose than catering to his need for absolute control.
none of this is mine. not tannyhill, not his dad’s empire, not kildare. the only thing i have is me, and sometimes i even doubt that. we’d been together so long that i was practically his now, too. it was so…demeaning, living a life where everyone only sees you as belonging to someone and not as your own person with aspirations and wants.
when ward was alive, he made it very clear that he wanted his son to marry me. normally kooks would never want a pouge anywhere near their child, no matter how nice they are. but ward grew up in the cut just like me. he worked his way to top and he saw how i worked to do the same. i think he saw the positives of himself in me, and that’s part of the reason he pushed so hard for it. he believed i was good for him, money or no money. however, i’m sure it was mostly because i was the only one willing to put up with rafe’s shit for as long as i did.
finding out that it was all but his dying wish for rafe to marry me only made everything more complicated. 
rafe would never let me have the freedom that i took for myself last year. it would be a threat to everything he had planned for the future if he let me slip away again. he’d lose his mind knowing that he failed his father once more, even in death, by not anchoring me down with their last name for the rest of my life.
rafe gifting me his mother’s wedding tiara for a midsummers ball held in his father’s honor was a bright, red, flashing warning for what was to come. he never talks about her–-i don’t even know the woman’s name–, but he’s giving me something of such great value to his family that it couldn’t be any clearer to me that something was happening. 
and it terrified me.
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sunny6677 · 2 years
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There's four of us!
A RED GUY X MALE! READER
Chapter 1: Jobs PART 1
TWS: Slight profanity and slight gore.
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There's four of us!
There's four of us!
Look closely, you will see!
There's four of us!
There's four of us!
There's him, and you, and me("A-And me..")
And everyday we all hang out
To find out what we talk about!
And I'm the one that's over here!
And I'm the one that's over here..
And-- uhh-- I guess I'm here..
And I am over here--
There's four of us!
Just four of us!
Us four!
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Silence clung to the air as the daylight slowly faded in from the windows of the tall house, fresh glows of the sun pouring in like a vast waterfall. The four roommates sat together at the dining table, not saying anything.
It was only a minute after of staring at eachother blankly and saying nothing whatsoever that the Yellow Guy had finally said something. "Oh, look.. its morning.." Said he, looking out through the glowing window of light.
"I guess we spent all night talking again." Said Red, maintaining a look of no emotion in his blank eyes of a deep void. Y/N stared down at the table and only replied with; "I.. guess we did, heh."
A minute of silence passed again, before the Duck Guy spoke up. "Well, what are we supposed to be doing now?" "What?" "Uhh.." "Um.." To Ducks question, there was no answer, so he in frustration slammed his finger against the table repeatedly while raising his voice.
"I would like to know whats meant to happen today!"
"Right, um, let me check the schedule.." Red pulled out his 'Hand Captain' devices and clicked the pen onto the screen to check the schedule. In all three seperate spaces of it read the words; "Nothing."
"Oh, says here we don't have anything planned.."
"Oh-- I see.. thats goo--"
"What? Nothing?"
"Nothing at all?"
Red pointed to the screen while replying with; "Well, thats what it says on the schedule.."
"No, we need to be doing something! Especially me!
"Honestly, I don't mind it. How about we just give it another twenty minutes?"
"Yeah-- I'd kinda like to not have to do something for once, so--"
"No, it's too dull!"
Red only blankly stared at him, before averting his eyes to the side and saying in an almost pouty like voice; "Only dull people think things are dull.."
"What? I'm not dull! I'm the best one!"
Yellow Guy only nodded at this before Duck continued; What do you think we should do?"
A jolly voice suddenly erupted from beside the direction Duck was looking, and from the random newspaper that randomly appeared was a briefcase with a smiley expression on its "face". Y/N flinched at the random appearance of this stranger with a shocked expression.
"Oh my, would you look at the time! I better get going!"
Y/N felt himself jolt towards Red, and his nonexistent heart beat for 9 miles an hour. With how powerful his jolt was, now his body and head were against Reds body, and he felt a huge stir of emotions inside his stomach. Red didn't provide a reaction to this surprisingly.
"Hm? Who is this? Why didn't we get breakfast?" Asked Red, looking minorly confused, yet still holding a barely visible hint of slight jealousy for the breakfast that the briefcase had received.
"I certainly wouldn't wanna be late for my job, would i?"
"Umm.. probablyyy.. not, I don't know."
The briefcase then proceeded to drop his fingers onto the food on his plate, and began to mess with the materials present. The noises of the dish clattering and the food splashing around were mixed into one, and after a bit, he shoved it all into himself.
"Cheerio then!"
"Bye.."
"Uhh.. bye?"
"Bye!"
"Wait.. can you tell us what we're supposed to--"
The Briefcase suddenly shoved himself back into the house, and pulled out an even tinier briefcase, only it did not have a face or glasses.
"Whoops, almost forgot my briefcase!"
"Oh, he's one of those guys who has one of himself!"
"Hey, where are you going?"
"To my job, of course! I've got a million things to do today!"
"A million things.. wow.." The Duck looked at absolute nothingness in amazement, as if he were in a dream-like state. Red only remained unphased by his look of adoration at the thought of having things to do for the day.
"Hmm.. sounds stressful."
"Not at all! If you've found the right job, it won't even feel like work! In fact, you'll feel like an angel!"
"Wow.."
"I've got a job.."
...
"On my shoulder.."
"Thats not a job.. thats.. a welt."
Yellow looked to his shoulder, and asked it with a curious glance; "Is that true?" It slimely answered back with a barely noticeable "Yeah.."
"Nah, I think we'll have to pass. We got other plans I'm afraid." Said Red, not bothering to look at the Briefcase, as if he weren't even there. Duck only raised his brow in confusion at his excuse, "No we dont-- we're not doing anything.."
"Yeah, exactly.."
"Sign us up for three jobs straight away!"
"Wha-- what?.. No, dont--"
"Yeah."
"Steady on there, friend! You need to find the right one first!"
"What? No? What about nothing day? We're supposed to be doing nothing day, I'm really looking foward to that."
"Yeah-- I dont--"
The Briefcase then randomly began to sing.
The four of them randomly appeared in a classroom with pencils, unaware of how they randomly got there.
"You can be anything you want to do
It's totally up to you
A'even if you don't know what to do......
I can help you! A'show you!"
They all then randomly showed up at different places of jobs, but still somehow heard the Briefcase singing anyway. Strangely enough, Y/N seemed to be the only one confused about this.
"You can be the guy who types so fast on computers (a'Clackity-clackity-clackity-clack!)
Or you can be the one who kicks so hard at a football (It's a goal!)
Or you can be the one who bangs the hammer when he's angry (Order!)
Or you can be the one who makes people better when they're poorly (Careful!)"
Yellow Guy:
"Maybe I can be the one plants a tree!
Cuts it down to make a shed"
Duck:
"And I will invent a digital currency based around respect!"
Y/N:
"And um-- I'll, uhh.. become a musician or whatever.."
Red Guy:
"And I would really prefer to do as little as possible or nothing at all... Is that an option?"
"What-- you really wanna sit around all day? A great big guy like you?" Asked the Briefcase in disbelief at the lazy sentence he just heard, the Duck only walked up and said; "He's not that big.."
"Oh, I get it! So you wanna be like my brother-- unemployed Brendon! Take it away, Brendon!" A spotlight suddenly showed up on the wall, as another Briefcase who randomly appeared came out from the shadows and into the light.
"Oh you don't want to end up like me..
I'm very shameful and upset..
My brother is quite successful and perfect, even though I'm older than him.. ugh!"
"I don't wanna do this anymore!" This Brendon cried with anger, as if that of an intemperate child. The Briefcase's face softened upon looking at his angry form and attempted to calm him down, "Whats wrong? That was good! Come on?"
"Yeah.." Muttered Red, unimpressed. "That was.. good." Said Yellow, furrowing his brows at the utterly awful performance he and his companions had just witnessed.
"Keep going, unemployed Brendon!" Encouraged the Briefcase.
"Why can't you just call me Brendon?! My name is Brendon!" Shrieked Brendon, as if he were having a temper tantrum.
"Oh, don't be like that.." Softly said the Briefcase.
"No, this isn't fair!" Upon saying that, Brendon then turned to face the wall and punched it, but cringed in pain. "Ow! My.. hand!" He cried in agony. "You alright?" Asked Red in minor concern for this little briefcase.
"What did you just say to me?!" He whined like a little brat. "Uhh.. he asked if you were alright. You just punched your hand--" "Are you gonna publish my novel?!" Abruptly asked Brendon, cutting off Y/N.
"Hey, don't talk to him like that.." Red softly pitched in. "Uhh, sorry, sir, but no--" "Then just leave me aloOOOOO--"
Duck:
"I can be the one who tells all the soldiers to stand up straight (Attention!)"
Yellow Guy:
"I can be the one who drives a truck full of ice creams (Yum-yum! Have one!)"
Briefcase:
"Or you can be the one who cuts people's hair for a party.."
Duck:
"So it looks smart?"
Red Guy:
"It looks dumb."
Yellow Guy:
"Maybe I can be the one who catches all the fishes in a big net!"
Red Guy:
"What? There's nothing in it..."
Briefcase:
"Or you can be the guys who fly so high to space moon"
Duck:
"Aaah..."
Briefcase:
"Or you can be the guys who work as a team in the work place"
Yellow Guy:
"Jobs!"
Briefcase (going away):
"Or you can be the ones who dig a hole for a funeral...
Or you can be the one who..."
As they randomly got shoved into another workplace by the Briefcase, he suddenly went through a door and shut it, and his song became muffled as he went in as well. "Eh?" Duck went up to it and creaked it open.
...
...
"What?.."
..he was gone.
"Where'd he go?" Asked Duck, searching from him inside the closet that was too small for him to hide in.
The four of them slowly turned around and saw the employees of the place they were now stuck at. In Y/Ns thoughts, he could only think one thing in particular..
What the fuck just happened?
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Girl, Why U Mad? Take charge of your anger and learn the secrets to live in peace.
Intro to a Girls’ Madness
           
One of the most revealing moments of my life occurred eight years ago during a quick run into the self-checkout line of a packed supermarket. There I stood a mother, wife, and overworked preachers’ kid in the twenty items or less lane with my then nine- and seven-year-old sons. I swiped my Visa debit card to pay for purchases. However, for some strange reason, I could not complete the transaction. I knew there were funds in my bank account since I got a paycheck that very morning. But the only message the register returned was one of these:
 “Ask cashier for assistance.”
I swiped my card repeatedly with no success before I did as the machine instructed, I approached the attendant who stood at the very front of the checkout area and I said,
“Sir, the register is not working.”
The attendant made no eye contact before I could ask I could formerly ask for his assistance, he said,
“I’m not a cashier, follow the instructions.”
Well of course I was a bit puzzled, I considered he was the closest uniformed person, stationed in the check-out area, and of course he was there to help. I stood there for a moment. Then, I walked back to the register and asked God to make it work. Maybe I missed something, because hey - just maybe I missed something. So, I swiped my card again but only this time I paid extra attention to how I inserted the debit card.
I got the very same message,
“Ask cashier for assistance.”
I returned to the attendant,
“The register is telling me to see you for further assistance,” I said.
The attendant responded, “Not my problem.”
I at that point I had had it, so I said, “Well you’re pretty much useless.”
I spent another ten seconds to explain that I could not proceed with the transaction without his help, that did go anywhere because after a few seconds of refusal, he finally admitted what he wanted to say all along,
“I’m not paid to do all that.”
By this point I was mad. Jesus was no longer on my mind nor in my radar. My immediate reaction, ATTACK!
“Dude, you’re an idiot!”
That is the clean version. I conjured up a few impolite two letter words that began with F and ended with the letter U which made matters worse.
                 "What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?
Is it not this that your passions are at war within you?
                                         James 4:1
You see precious minutes had been wasted. I wanted to make my purchase and I wanted the attendant to do his job, like right at that moment. I rightfully deserved, help. I had already dragged my kids out to the grocery store and spent about an hour to collect just under twenty items. Does he not know kids and a grocery store do not mix? Someone must make the register work. The register must work -at that very moment, just for me…right? I needed relief. I wanted results right now. Let me ignore, I have two small children watching their mother communicate with an absolute stranger during a difficult moment. He and I continued a terrible screaming match that had my youngest son in tears. I used a lot of colorful words to stick a knife through the attendants’ heart. I saw red. A manager eventually came out of his office onto the floor and to make a long story short, the police arrived. The attendant was fired for his bad behavior, but I was not fired for mine.
I left the supermarket with a cart full of free food (as an apology from the store manager, thanks again mister) with anger towards the attendant but even more frustration with myself. How did I allow a person, a stranger I might add, to get me so upset that we screamed back and forth with one another which left my children afraid? The was the ultimate breakthrough. I felt responsible for my children’s fears. I did not protect them. I caused their pain. I vividly remember my eldest son later ask,
“Why U MAD mommy? Why can’t you talk softly?”
Talking about crawling under a rock, I wanted to crawl out of earth. I knew immediately why my son asked that question. My son was not old enough to say “Mom you are too loud, very rude, and mommy you’re angry too” but I knew what my nine-year old meant.
The attendant was obviously wrong to speak to me in the manner that he did since I was a customer. He refused to assist me. I, however, had fault too. My reaction to his bad behavior made me an equal culprit. My hands were not clean.. It was not the first time my son heard me shout when angry. I used expletive language that would embarrass even the most vulgar person. You see my sons’ question forced me to reevaluate me and my crazy. The crazy thing was up until that point I did not know I was mad. I knew I was involved in a lot of drama, but I did not know I was a mad woman. But I was triggered. Yes, I was triggered very easily. But I knew I was the familiar face in all the shouting episodes. Like the time I was screaming obscenities at the slow driver because I was in a rush behind the wheel of my car. How about the cashier at the Wendy’s drive through who failed to greet me as I drove up so I gave her attitude just so she could respond in a negative manner than I could spaz out (go crazy) on her. That is folks, madness. And what about when my husband failed to rub my six-month pregnant fat feet after a long day at work, so I kindly walked into our bedroom where he lay watching TV and threw the 50-inch television off the stand. Side bar- People, I was pregnant, that was hormones, I think. Speaking of pregnancy, I attacked, yes, I physically attacked a woman after she dismissed my request to play age-appropriate music at a teen party. How ridiculous was I? I slashed tires, broke glass, and was downright mean when provoked.
Let me come back to this thought, I attacked a woman at a teen party for inappropriate music.
I physically assaulted relatives while not pregnant and said very unkind words in the name of superiority.
"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but
The Lord weighs the heart."
                                                              Proverbs 21 vs 2
I was the last word woman.
We all know a last word woman, or you are that person. The last word woman is a woman who must have a final commentary in an argument or any contentious debate- just because she wants to win the argument. The idea is to “finish you off” sentiment. It’s no different from a check mate during a chess game or the winning shot of a final four basketball game.  I had to have the final say, the very last word in every argument. Period. Since I was that last word woman, somehow, I had convinced myself people attacked me for no good reason. I had to respond to any negative feedback even when I was not in the right. I wanted to “stick it” to whoever crossed me. Everyone else was rude and I was the target, poor me. I lost my cool many times but that day for sure was at its’ worst, it was the worst because I caused my children hurt.                               
I could cut a person down with my tongue when there was an ounce of me being triggered. I was unapologetically mean and vulgar when pushed-or brushed. Mad people hurt people. Hurt people hurt people. But the madness I struggled with went beyond normal behavior. There was always a need for revenge. The anger exceeded all level of crazy. I hurt people I loved and usually felt awful about it afterwards. Often, I was very upset and embarrassed with myself, but I would end up blaming others for my actions. Let me be clear, these are not positive things about myself but for sure it was a revelation.
That very day I knew I had work to do. I did not like the person I was. But finding a cure was impossible. How do I fix a thirty-six-year-old wife and mother with a bad attitude? I attended church, prayed, fasted, and did all the meditating in the world but once faced with an uncomfortable situation it would all go out the door. But it did not take long after the supermarket incident for me to develop in my mind tactics to inject less of me and more of connecting something greater than myself. You see, things could not work for me because I did not like the person I was, how I behaved and of course I knew I could not trust myself. I reflected on powerful messages, biblical messages, prayer, and reflect on things that uplift me. No one could have changed the way the attendant responded that day. But I could control the way I did. So, I set myself on a path to understand why I was triggered by my violent responses. I wanted to know why I responded in such an awful way. I love my children. If it took breaking me to help them, I was willing to do it. So, since you elected to read this book, you may have had one too many supermarket moments.  You are a woman, a daughter, maybe a mother, a sister, a friend, single, married, too busy, or maybe not. You may consider yourself successful or maybe not, comfortable or maybe not, overwhelmed, underpaid, overworked, unappreciated, uninspired, and or all in between who struggle with the madness day to day. You want to address it. I am calling you out you mad woman. You deserve a second look because your condition does not work for you or anyone who experience you.  Have you had one too many outbursts?  If I had to guess you are not seeing the “best” you in real form.
Hey, I am not a psychiatrist nor am I a licensed therapist. In fact, this book is my personal journey to taking charge of my anger and finding peace in the very simplest way. My journey completed in seven days but my commitment to this would last much longer. If you are struggling with your mad, or struggling to release frustration, you can achieve the unachievable plague of madness, with simple steps. This book will teach you ways to face your mad, how to respond to hard things and to how experience hard people, it won’t come from you. My hope is to help you to dig deep because God gives us the ability to do it and to do it better than we can imagine.
Here’s what I know about me: I am a loyal, loving, driven and an understanding person. But as loyal as I am I also can become a very mean, cold. All in a milli-second. I realized I needed to change. To do so I had to tune out my own emotions and channel in what the bible said about me. My hope is this book would help to rid you of unnecessary fights and move you upwards because there lies within us greatness. Knowing this, you find self-love, patience and an internal peace that leads to satisfying relationships. You will learn about my journey and techniques I used to find my center. You will read some of my own real-life experiences, real issues, real consequences that taught me how to grow. You will learn about anger and ways it affects your day-to-day life. You see, life experiences teach us. I cancelled my peace to go gun for his. To be crystal clear, we all know there are people that will work your very last nerve for no good reason. There are people placed on earth to find all your wrongs and hate you for your right. We all know at times people can do all the wrong things to give you a good reason to lose your cool. That my friend, will not change. The point of this book is for you to be able to walk upright, chin up, shoulders broad, and your head perked throughout a highly stressful situation. You should be able to walk away from a tense situation knowing respectfully that you could avoid choking another human being who struck accord. You walk away with clean hands, class and dignity. Listen, I get it, folks will test you, they will pull ugly out, and then you end up with the ugly shame cry later. But that incident made me realize that I was doing harm, no good for myself. My level of madness had trickled to my babies. What example was I setting for my kids?
Do you feel guilty about not responding like a “normal” person would? Normal people right – who are they? Everyone has a trigger point, but it is important to know that the bible says in
Proverbs 15 vs 18 “ a hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel”.
Triggers are likely to cause more disturbance.
Proverbs 20 vs 3 “It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel”.  
You are no fool. Because you are embarrassed by your response suggests you are ready. Do you struggle for calm words in a debate? Do you debate when there is none? Do you struggle to respond in less aggressive way? Or are you accused often of being aggressive? Do you create friction just for the hell of it? Are you unsure of how to pick yourself back up? Are you ready to break free?
Do you want to stop feeling guilty about the way you behaved? Are you prepared to keep triggers at bay when an idiot does not respond the way they should? Do you get mad when faced with emotionally difficult situations? Or you too can kill someone with your words? So, it sounds like you are ready to end the burning pain in your chest (it is not heartburn either). If you are mad and you don’t know how to turn it off, you can change how you respond by following these steps. Do you want to come out on top? Psst, it will not be easy. In fact, this seven-day challenge will be a lifetime one. Because the next seven days is guaranteed to bring you to tears, fears and your truth. When faced with the hard facts you can make a change. But hey, let’s be honest, you and I both know, being mad blocks, your God given right to live in peace. Peace is necessary for a fulfilling life. Do you want to start living? I challenge you to be honest with yourself and start the greatest aspect of life, living in God’s presence, in His peace. Now push.
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jaca3rys · 3 years
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BRAIN EMPTY, ONLY HABIT.
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sukunasbabymama · 3 years
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XOXO.
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└ Pairing. Shion Madarame, Hanma Shuji, Kisaki Tetta, Takemichi Hanagaki.
└ Summary. Their s/o like to give hugs and kisses.
└ Warnings. Cursing, it’s not suggestive but there’s mention of sex because people are rude.
└ Note. It’s their timeskip except for Shion, but he’s an adult since he was introduced so. Again, I don’t tag people when I write about Kisaki and others.
Request.
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Shion Madarame.
He hates… nah, does he really hate it? He doesn’t, he lives for your kisses and hugs and for you to be honest, but he has a reputation to maintain… fuck that reputation, as soon as your hands slide around his neck he is leaning into your touch in front of everybody, he doesn’t care.
He was straddling a guy and punching him repeatedly while you were waiting between a small group of his members that had to be around you when your boyfriend is not available. When he stands up and walks to you, you take your makeup remover wipes out of your purse and wait for him.
“Today there’s not much blood…” You observe happily while simultaneously wiping and cleaning his face from another person’s blood. He hums.
“I was sent just to shake him a little so I didn’t go all out.” He tells you and it’s your time to hum.
You lean and crash your lips on his softly, with him reciprocating the kiss right away, his hands sliding around your hips and stopping at your small back. You slide your hand all over his chest lovingly.
“Do you have something else to do?” You murmur.
“It depends, am I gonna get those kisses?” He whispers right on your lips, not caring about his whole unit being around you. You give him repeatedly short kisses with a small smile.
“I thought you hated them.”
“Try to starve me from them and see what happens.” He squints his eyes at you and you laugh, his face going to your neck when he hugs you tightly.
Hanma Shuji.
He is so shameless, my God. But you don’t mind, because that gives you the opportunity of going all out on kissing him and touching him. And he does the same.
Every single time.
It was late at night and he was playing billiards with Kisaki and some other man while talking about a deal. You, not wanting to disturb and actually being really okay with not being the center of attention, were sitting on Kisaki’s chair on his desk, reading some of the most recent deals. He doesn’t mind.
At some point your boyfriend, always the main character, gets bored of what the men are saying so he just walks to you, crouching in front of you, between your legs. You smile and lean.
“Hi love,” You give him two short kisses while sliding your hands around the back of his neck to scratch the hairs there. “Bored already?”
“Yes, I feel like dying.” He rolls his eyes and you smile. “So I thought I could come here.”
“To do what?”
“To get all my kisses.” He shrugs.
“Your kisses?” He looks at you.
“Don’t you dare to act like you forgot them. My daily dose of kisses, I want it.” You raise an eyebrow. “Now, please.”
“But I already gave—,”
“Listen, I don’t care if you spent twenty minutes on top of me kissing me and scratching my head this morning.” He grunts softly, not liking how you seem to be thinking about not giving him his dearly prize. “You give me kisses right now or I’m going to riot.”
You chuckle and tug his hand till he stands up, you push him softly onto the chair you were sitting before and sit sideways on his lap. He leans down and you take the opportunity to kiss his cheek, his neck and his lips, all this while simultaneously scratching his chest and arms lovingly.
“Do we have to sit here and watch how he fuck one of his wh—,” one of the men that were still playing starts saying but it’s interrupted by Kisaki.
“End that word and you’re not just losing the deal, but also your life.” Kisaki murmurs, watching the table as if he didn’t just threaten someone’s life. Yeah, he is kind of fond of you.
“What do you think they’re talking about?” You whisper to Hanma while kissing under his ear.
“Can’t bring myself to give a single fuck, keep kissing me.” He mumbles and you laugh.
Kisaki Tetta.
For the outsiders, he hates you and every single thing you do. But for you, knowing how touch starved he actually is, he adores you. There hasn’t been a single time since you know him in where he has rejected your kisses or hugs, yes, he doesn’t visibly show any emotion in his face, but he actually indulge in whatever you do, being hugging or kissing.
You were at some small gathering with a bunch of other gang members, accompanying him. He was telling Hanma about the powerful people in the room while you were at their side, absently hearing.
“What’s wrong?” Kisaki suddenly says. You look at him, blinking with confusion.
“Uh?” You hum. He lifts a hand and pulls you closer by the waist, softly.
“Your whole posture went stiff out of nowhere, are you uncomfortable? Do you want to go home?” He says, his face not showing any emotion.
“Shit, fucking psycho, are you that aware of your surroundings to even peep that?” Hanma chuckles but Kisaki’s focus is on you.
“Nothing’s wrong, I just don’t understand what y’all are talking about but I don’t want to walk around the place alone.” You reassure him.
He tightens his arm around you and put his other hand inside his pocket.
“Go ahead.” He whispers.
You slide your hands around his waist and hug him tightly, kissing his neck one time and his cheek one time too, he looks at your face for a couple of seconds and kiss your lips briefly.
“Better?” He says and you nod.
He returns to his conversation with Hanma, now between your arms and without giving a single fuck about all the people in the room looking at the most dangerous individual being soft for his partner.
Takemichi Haganaki.
He adores every single thing you do. You could be with your hands around his neck yelling at him about drinking your coffee and he would be a happy man, so the first time he finds out you love hugging and kissing so much he was on cloud 9.
You are at his apartment, finishing helping him with the cleaning and everything.
“I’ll take a shower now.” You say after he come out of the bathroom in his pajamas.
When you come back, in your own pajamas, you silently get on the bed and crawl till you’re by his side. He watches with wide surprise eyes how you get under the blanket, lift a leg on top of his body and surround him with almost your whole body. You lean and kiss his cheek and he trembles excitedly.
“More, more, more.” He sings and you chuckles.
You keep giving him kisses all over his face while he softly puts you on top of him. He slides his hands around you and tighten his arms, trapping you. Now, your lips are brushing his and you can’t move.
“More?” You chuckle.
“No?” He pouts dramatically.
“Yes! The more the better~” You sing and crash your lips on his happily.
Oh, how happy he is about the fact that you love kisses and his arms all around you.
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Once Again [3]
Paring: Suna Rintarou x you (f-reader) Warnings: S M U T (explicit stuff 18+) and angst (mentions of death) Summary: Your biological clock is ticking and Rintarou offers to help you.
S E C O N D PART
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“So,” your doctor pauses, looking at you with careful eyes. “You no longer want to go through with artificial insemination anymore?”
“No,” you answered with as much confident as you could find.
She looks at your chart and then back up at you again, “and you want to stop taking your birth control pills?”
“Yes.”
Dr. Lee looks taken back at your answer, she has been your doctor since you were 13 years old and is the one who has been ordering birth control prescriptions for you all these years. You can only imagine how stunned she might of have been to have you calling and asking to schedule for an emergency appointment.
For several appointments prior, she had told you repeatedly to truly think about artificial insemination. She gave you all the pros and cons to it and at last, you gave her the final answer. You wanted to go through with it and nothing else was going to change your mind.
And now, you don’t want to proceed forward with it anymore.
She was able to fit you in a week later, at the earliest. “Are you okay? You can talk to me, you know?”
“I want to find a partner; I want to do this the natural way. That’s the best way I can explain it.”
Almost as if, she has been waiting for you to come to your senses, she smiles, “then I am happy for you.” She clasps her hands together, “then once you’re done with this pack of pills, you should be good to try and conceive.”
Your palms were sweaty as you muck up the courage to say the next words, “and… I missed three days’ worth of pills and had unprotected sex… it’s been a week now.”
When you saw your missed pills, you called the nurse-line immediately and they instructed you to purchase a Plan-B as soon as possible.
But you couldn’t bring yourself to run to the convenient store.
Her eyes widen and you groan, “I know, I was careless…”
She wheels her stool closer to you and touches your shoulder, “is this man someone who you trust? Someone who you want to have a baby with?”
Without hesitation, “yes.”
Yes, you trusted Rintarou.
In the next twenty minutes, you took a quick pregnancy test and waited for the results.
“It’s negative, but it’s also too early to tell too.” She scribbles some notes down on a paper, “I’m going to write down the next dates you should test, and you call me if you have any questions.”
You exit the patient room with a deep exhale and pull out your phone. You see 4 text messages from Rin.
[Rintarooou] Morning
[Rintarooou] Let me know how your doctor’s appointment goes
[Rintarooou] Fuck.
[Rintarooou] I miss you so much.
Your lips curve and you can’t contain your flutter of happiness.
Since Saturday, neither of you could keep your hands off each other. He spent the entire weekend with you and left back to his place Sunday night, not before fucking you senseless.
He returned Monday evening and was so impatient he took you right there at the door, you prayed your only neighbor across the hall did not hear you or the noise coming from behind the door.
When you told him that you missed three days’ worth of your pill, he was the least worried out between you two.
You watched him drop the packet of pills into the garbage, “we don’t need that stuff anymore.”
He made it almost impossible (you didn’t try very hard) to resist him. Every time he touched you, you melted and gave in.
[You] Morning to you too, I just got out of the appointment. Will I see you later?
. . .
It was almost 6pm when you made it back to your place after a long day of meetings at work.
And, you haven’t heard from Rin since this morning.
You couldn’t help but admit the disappointment, but immediately brushed it off. There was no commitment between you two, just sex.
And hopefully, a baby.
You spent the rest of your evening looking at new properties. Your condo was not fitting for a baby or toddler and thought you should start searching now if you were in the process of already trying to conceive. You needed a place with at least three bedrooms so you could use one of them as your office to work from home if needed.
Your current area was not kid friendly. It was too busy and would be too much for a baby. Your search began moving on the outskirt of Nagano.
With a few clicks into it, your phone rings.
Rin’s name flash you screen.
You tap on the green button and quickly tap the speaker, “hello?” you continue searching.
“Let me up?”
Silent sat for a second before you answer, “okay.”
You hung up and pressed the application to allow entrance at the front door. Quickly you saved your search and shut your computer down.
When you walked out of your office, you hear the keypad.
“Y/n?”
“Coming,” you answered.
You round the corner and paused, seeing him before you. “Long day?”
Rin always looks tired, but tonight, he looked exhausted. He smiles, “you could say.”
He sets his bag down by his foot and opens his arms out widely, “hug?”
Your face scrunch in distaste, he looks like he was still in his training clothes. “You should go shower first.”
His arms drop to his side and his head drops, chin to his chest. “I’ve waited all day to see you…”
“Fine,” you hiss, beckoning but he stays rooted in his spot. “What a baby,” you teased, walking towards him. Before you could wrap your arms around him, he already pulled you into his arms. His face smothers yours with kisses. “Rin!”
His lips smack your cheeks before pulling away, “shower with me?”
. . .
You ended up taking a bath with him.
“How was your doctor’s appointment?”
You held his hand still, his heavy and big hands kept trying to massage your tits and it was too distracting.
You didn’t know where to start. “I took a pregnancy test in the doctor’s office today, came back negative but Dr. Lee said it could be too early to tell.”
Lips are pressed against the back of your neck, “well, then that means we need to keep trying still?”
You scoff at his remark but moaned when his hands broke free from your grip and squeezed your tits. They were sensitive, maybe because you were due for your period soon.
“Turn around.”
You do as you’re told, Rin hooks your legs over his and pulls you until you are sitting on his lap. He reaches between you two and grasp his cock under the water and strokes a few times before shifting you and aligning it to your entrance and pulls you down. In this position, you felt him thoroughly as you settle onto his cock. It fills you to the brim.
Your arms are already locked around his neck, legs around his waist and you let out a shaky breath. Your hips begin rolling to a sync rhythm with his hands guiding you.
“Stop biting your lip.”
You had not realized you were and released your lip.
“I wanna hear you.”
You shake your head, biting down on your lip again- holding in your moan as his thrusts gets deeper and harder. The water in the tub swishes around and splatters outside.
“I normally don’t like girls being loud… but I want to hear you.”
Your hips froze for a second hearing him talk about other girls before you resume your movement. You shift onto your knees and arms steadying yourself on his shoulders before bouncing on his cock.
Waves of water spill out of your tub and you couldn’t care, you wanted to make him cum and cum because of you.
His lips latch onto a nipple and his latch and nip made you moan.
Without releasing your poor nipple, he glances up and you can see the glint in his green-yellow eyes. He dares show his teeth holding your nipple hostage as he smirks.
You settle yourself fully on his cock and squeeze all around him and he releases your nipple, forehead dropping against your chest as he groans.
You feel spurs of hot cum hit your walls repeatedly. His hips jerk with each spasm.
. . .
The king size bed that was once all yours, is now shared with Rin the last couple of weeks. You still struggle getting used to the idea of someone else sharing your bed, let alone, cuddle you.
There are times in the middle of the night, where you needed your space from him and would roll over and before you could fall asleep again, strong arms would have already locked around you again.
It became normal to wake up sleeping at the edge of the bed because Rin would roll over until a piece of him was touching you.
It was either his kisses or snuggles that woke you up.
Or his cock.
Something very familiar pressed and poked and slid home.
You were still sleeping on your front side, your breath hitched against the pillow and pressed against his chest, but his weight held you down and in place.
“Morning,” his voice rasped huskily. You’ll never tell him how much his morning voice turns you on. “I needed you this morning.”
You hummed, “morning.”
Morning sex with Rin was always slow and sensual. His hips rolled softly yet deeply in its own tempo. His fingers laced with yours and locked, pressing them into your pillow.
“Rin,” you breathed, “Rin, I’m close…”
His teeth nipped your shoulder, “me too, going to give it all to you. Gonna keep giving it to you until you have my baby.”
He has no idea what it does to you every time he says hisbaby.
Your orgasm shakes you inside out as he cums hard and lots.
He presses kisses on your shoulder, “I have to go away to Tokyo for a week at most for a tournament, I hope to hear good news maybe by then?”
Sleep was taking over you and you were barely able to utter, “I hope so.”
. . .
There was an unexplainable fear you had every time you took a pregnancy test.
It was dreadful and you wished it would just show you the two lines already.
Does it sound crazy how bad you wanted a baby?
Or was it that you wanted his baby?
Two days ago, you had a negative test.
Your watch beeped indicating time was up. Your hand shook before you could turn the doorknob to your bathroom.
As soon as you opened the door, you felt the disappointment already.
To prove it, the test was negative again.
. . .
You missed Rin.
Terribly.
Stupidly.
You shouldn’t be missing him like this.
But your bed was so cold.
And you felt so lonely.
Unable to sleep, you let out a frustrated cry before turning on your night lamp and picked up your phone.
You were about to browse the internet if it was safe to take Melatonin while trying to conceive when an article on the homepage caught your eyes.
Suna Rintarou and ex-girlfriend Chosu Kazue reunited again?
You shouldn’t read it.
But you did.
… Suna has been spotted with ex-girlfriend Chosu…
… leaving the venue together…
The photo at attached to the article at the end is what breaks your heart…
Rin kissing Kazue.
. . .
It is amazing what can be done when you are livid.
You purchased a property outside of Nagato the next day and took the next couple of days off to pack up. All your furniture were moved that day and Jacey came to help you.
“Alright.” She closes the box with aggression. “Spill it, what happened?”
“Nothing,” you answered quietly.
Jacey knew nothing of between you and Rin, and you were going to keep it that way.
“Bullshit, you tell me right now.” She waited, hands on her hips and breathing hard. “You’re up and moving out of the blue? What’s going on?”
“I need to move and find a better place if I am trying to conceive, that’s all.”
“This fast?”
“This fast.”
“What else?”
You sigh, “Rin got back with his ex-girlfriend.”
You tapped the last box of your clothes. You look over to see the only pile left, and they were all Rin’s who left them the last couple of weeks. You’ll send those to his apartment one of these days.
You feel Jacey’s arms enclosed around you, “I’m so sorry.”
You sigh, “don’t be, I had a feeling it wasn’t going to work out anyways. Maybe it’s a good thing I’m not pregnant.”
“What?!”
Fuck.
She rushes around to face you, “you slept with him?”
You rub your forehead, ignoring her eyes, “I guess?”
Jacey pulls you into a hug, “argh, that bastard.”
. . .
It has been four days, you have not text him nor has he texted you.
You poured your entire heart and mind into packing your items and moving out soon. You didn’t want to be in a home filled with his scent and memories even if it was only a few weeks that you two were acquainted with one another.
You took one last look at the place you called home for the past six years and closed the door behind yourself.
The last moving truck should be at your new place right now.
You started your car and was about to shift gears into drive when the manilla envelop in your bag caught your eyes. It was the legal documents Jacey had given to you yesterday.
During it all, you had Jacey produce a contract on your behalf, that if you are pregnant, Suna Rintarou will give up all legal rights to you. He will not have a part in their life.
You signed it, now you need to have him sign it too.
Only, if you are pregnant.
You buckled up and shift into gear when your phone rang.
An unknown number flashed your dashboard and you hesitated on answering it.
“Hello?”
“Hello, is this Ms. Y/L?”
You frowned, “yes?”
“You have been listed as an emergency contact for Mrs. Yoshikawa Jacey,” the voice pauses, “I’m sorry, Ms. Y/L, Mr. and Mrs. Yoshikawa have been in a fatal car accident this afternoon. We need you to come in and identify the bodies.”
. . .
Your head knocks against the cement wall of the largest hospital in Nagano.
Your body is numb.
Your heart is numb.
You wiped the small tear in your eye. You have been shedding tears the last couple of days for someone that was not worth it that you felt horrible you were unable to shed more tears for your best friend and her husband’s death.
Their daughter, Kiera is still at daycare, they were on their way to pick her up when a vehicle ran a red light, crashing into Jacey’s car head on.
The papers in your hand tells you-
Yoshikawa Jacey – DECEASED Yoshikawa Junto – DECEASED
“Y/n?”
Your head rolls lifelessly towards the voice that just called your name.
And if life couldn’t be anymore punishing, you almost believed the man before you were Rintarou.
But it was Saito Renkoshi, Junto’s best friend, best man, and Kiera’s Godfather.
He kneels in front of you breathless from running down the halls in the hospital, “I’m sorry I’m late.”
You needed to wait for him to go identify the bodies.
He stands and holds out a hand for you, “come, let’s go see them.”
. . .
You allowed yourself to be held by Renkoshi for God knows how long.
You just about broke down the moment you confirmed the matching tattoo you and Jacey got done on your inner left ankle during your senior year in college.
At last, you gently pulled away, wiped your tears and exhaled. “I’ll go pick up Kiera and we can meet tomorrow to go over funeral paperwork.”
“Why don’t we go pick her up together?”
The drive to Kiera’s daycare was a long distance from the hospital. You’ve been there many times to pick up Kiera for Jacey. As soon as you saw Mrs. Gato, the daycare owner, she burst out crying.
“Poor ‘Era, she must have had known, she kept crying that last hour. I was just about to call Jacey when I got the call from Ren.”
Renkoshi had beaten you to notify Kiera’s daycare helper and you gave him a small thank you smile.
Mrs. Gato led you to Kiera’s playpen where she is sleeping.
A lone tear slipped down your face and you turned away to avoid disturbing the baby, but you ran into a firm chest.
Renkoshi wraps his arms around you again, “it’s okay, we’ll be okay.”
. . .
It was just after midnight when you finally settled into bed. Your phone had died due to the low battery- you didn’t care to charge it lately.
As soon as there was enough juice to power the phone, you saw all the missed calls and text messages.
You only caught sight of the last few messages from Rin.
Where are you?
Why aren’t you answering your phone?
You’re making me worry, pick up your phone?
I just got off the phone with your mom. I’m sorry to hear about Jacey.
Can I see come see you?
Your mom said you moved? How come you didn’t tell me?
He must of have been on, seeing that at the very bottom of all his messages marked Read x:xx.
The phone in your hand vibrated immediately with a call.
You look at the baby beside you and slowly got up and left the room.
“Rin?” You answered tiredly.
“Thank fucken God,” he sighs in relief, “where are you?”
“Home.”
“I’m here, please let me in. I need to see you.” You hear a thud on his end. “I miss you. Let me be there for you.”
It was a moment pause before you asked, “what about Kazue?”
Silent was heavy.
“Let me explain-“
“It’s fine Rin, you don’t need to explain anything.” You exhale, “I’m not pregnant anyways and we don’t have to see each other anymore. I want to be left alone now.”
“Wait, just let me explain.”
“I feel cheated. I know you weren’t mine, Rin, but you gave me empty promises and I trusted you.”
“Let’s talk in person,” his voice didn’t equal his demand.
“No,” you said firmly, “I don’t want to see you for a while.”
. . . . .
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E/N: I apologize it took me longer on this chapter - I got suckered into the Korean drama MoonLover: Scarlet Heart Ryeo and moped and then got my shit together. If you've watched this drama, tell me what was the saddest part... or parts for you?
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Batsis Meet The Batboys
Batsis x Batfamily One-Shot
Word Count: 4.1K Warnings: Explicit Language, Angst
Author's Note: Y'all, I am slowly but surely making good on that promise to get all my stories reposted--also editing them so they're nice and neat! Enjoy! -Thorne
Dick:
She hummed in amusement as her father grunted and begrudgingly passed over another five into the man’s hand. “You know…it’s good to know that my perfect father actually sucks at something.” She turned and popped a piece of cotton candy into her mouth. “And it’s carnival games.”
He grunted again when he missed the balloon, and he handed her the darts. “Why don’t you try it, sweetheart?”
She handed him the cotton candy with a grin and took the darts, holding one up and making the repeated motion of throwing it. She couldn’t help but feel a little cocky as she asked, “Dad, if I get this, what toy do you want?”
She nodded to the bat in the corner. “I was thinking about the stuffed bat. Eh, dad?” He glared at her, but she laughed as she tossed the weighted dart, watching as it hit center and she pointed to the bat. “I’ll take that one.”
The man handed it to her, and they walked off; she held it up to her father. “Here. A bat for Batman,” she quipped, and he grunted at her.
“That isn’t funny, (Y/N).”
She shrugged and retorted, “It’s a little funny. You just have no sense of humor because you’re a stick in the mud.” (Y/N) shoved the stuffed animal in her backpack before reaching up and taking her father’s hand; she glanced down at her wristwatch on the opposite hand and said, “The performances don’t start for another twenty minutes. Want to go look at something else? I saw one of those spinning car rides. We could do that.”
When he didn’t give her response, she looked back up at him to see him staring off into the distance, his eyes set on the Wayne Enterprises tower. “Dad? You okay?”
He blinked as if startled from his thoughts and he directed his gaze down at her and after a few moments, he nodded. “Just thinking.”
“Penny for your thoughts.”
“I haven’t spent a lot of time with you.” He frowned and squeezed her hand. “I’m sorry, (Y/N). I haven’t been a good—”
She cut him off with a ‘pfft’. “Dad, it’s alright. I’m not angry.” (Y/N) squeezed his hand in return. “I might be young, but I’m not an idiot. I know being a dad is new for you, especially since you didn’t get to watch me grow up the first decade of my life. But what matters is that you’re here now, and you’re doing the best you can. And that’s all I ask of you.”
At her little speech, he was stunned, and after a moment he knelt down and hugged her. “I love you, sweetheart.”
(Y/N) returned the hug, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, though they were so big and broad that she couldn’t meet her hands around his back. “I love you too, dad.”
Happening to glance over his shoulder, she immediately gasped. “Dad!”
He let her go, immediately moving to protect her. “What? What is it?”
(Y/N) pointed towards a costumed family walking and greeting the people. “It’s the Flying Grayson’s!” She grabbed his hand and tugged him along in their direction. “Let’s get a picture with them!” She could hear her father chuckle behind her, but he followed, and they stepped up to the family.
(Y/N) waved at them. “Hi Mister and Missus Grayson! Can we get a picture with you?”
The man and woman smiled at them and nodded, and a boy a couple years younger than her stepped up.
He stuck out his hand. “Hi, I’m Richard Grayson. But you can call me Dick.”
(Y/N) took his hand and shook it. “(Y/N) Wayne. Nice to meet you, Dick.” She gestured to her father. “This is my dad, Bruce Wayne.”
Her father smiled and tipped his head towards the boy before handing the camera to someone and stepping beside her. She and Dick had become friends instantaneously as they slung their arms around each other’s necks, their grins cheesy and wide.
The camera flashed and the man handed Bruce the camera, and (Y/N) nodded to the family. “Thank you for taking a picture with us.” They started to walk away, but she stopped them, motioning to her dad. “Can my dad take a picture of the three of you? I know it seems a little weird, but it’d be cool to have a picture of you guys, and one with you.” They nodded at her request and she gestured to her father, watching him take the photo of the family. “Thank you!”
They waved and walked off, leaving them, and she turned to Bruce. “Wanna go find seats?” He nodded, and they began moving in the direction of the tent.
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Time seemed to grind to a halt as (Y/N)’s heart stopped in her chest as she watched them slam into the ground. Chaos filled the tent in mere seconds, people screaming, children crying, and her father grabbed her arm. “(Y/N)—”
She nodded and pulled her arm away, already starting to make her way from her seat. “I’ve got him. Go.” She didn’t wait for his reply, hopping the seats until her feet hit the dirt ground and she broke into a sprint towards the sobbing boy in the center.
She twisted her feet and slid on the ground next to him, her heart tightened when he gazed up at her, sky blue eyes wide in agony. (Y/N) reached out, wrapping her arms around him. “I’ve got you Dick. I’ve got you kid.”
She felt his arms come around her middle as his head burrowed in her shoulder; his entire body shook with every heart-wrenching sob, and (Y/N) raised one of her hands, running it through his hair as she whispered repeatedly, “I’ve got you.”
(Y/N) heard GCPD officers shouting, and she looked up, seeing her father standing beside them. “Batman,” she whispered softly.
He glanced at her before kneeling beside them and blocking the way of the fallen couple. “You two shouldn’t look at this anymore.”
She nodded and squeezed the boy on the shoulder. “Dick. We need to get away from here.”
“I can’t…leave them.” He pulled back, tears streaming down his cheeks. “I’m…all alone.”
(Y/N) shook her head, and placed a hand on his cheek. “I’m here, Dick. You’re not alone.” His face pinched as a new round of tears sprouted in his eyes and he lowered his head, the sobs wracking his body, and she gazed up at her father’s face, knowing the agony behind the white slits. “You’re not alone.”
Jason:
She walked alongside her father, tugging at the collar of her suit. “Can’t we make a suit that doesn’t choke me as much as this collar does? I feel like I’ve got one of Ivy’s vines wrapped around my throat.” He didn’t say anything and she rolled her eyes. “Fine. Fine. Ignore me. I see how it is.”
“You’re the one who designed your suit, Batgirl. I told you to choose breathable fabric but you refused and said you wanted adequate protection like mine.”
She blinked and glared at him. “Do you get some sick pleasure from repeating my apparent failures?” He chuckled lightly, and she looked around. “Whatever…I still think you shouldn’t have parked in Crime Alley. You know there’s always trouble here.”
“The Batmobile is fine,” he said, voice tired as if he’d answered the question a hundred times before—he had.
(Y/N) hummed, nodding to the car a few feet ahead of them and quipped, “Oh, so the kid jacking the tires off it is completely normal?”
Her father looked at her split second before turning to see it, his eyes widening in disbelief as he muttered, “I don’t believe what I’m seeing.” He moved soundlessly towards the boy, her following.
“Got to give it to him. It takes some big balls to jack the Batman’s ride,” she admired and he grunted, though she knew he was in agreement, and they walked up on the oblivious boy.
She watched her father pull his ‘Put-The-Fear-Of-Batman-Into-‘Em’ stance and he cleared his throat with an exaggerated, ‘ahem’. (Y/N) snorted at the way the boy jerked, twisting to see them staring at him; she swore he’d shit himself the way the fear bled into his eyes.
Her father glared at the kid. “You do realize that’s the Batmobile, right?”
The boy’s face pinched, and he tipped his head up, his voice haughty. “Duh. You do realize you parked your car in Crime Alley, right?” (Y/N) barked a laugh, but quickly coughed when her father turned his glower to her, and he turned back to the boy just in time to see him swinging the tire iron.
“Bad move, hotshot.” Her words fell on deaf ears as she watched her father catch the tool and grip the boy by the front of his hoodie, picking him up off the ground a few feet.
He squirmed, legs kicking out for few seconds before spitting, “You want to beat up on a kid, go enlist in the GCPD like every other bully in this city.”
(Y/N) saw the gears turning in her father’s head as he leaned in, his face inches apart from the boys as he demanded, “I’m only going to ask you this once…So give some serious thought to your answer.”
The boy craned his neck, eyes narrowed as he asked, “What it is?”
Her father gave him a smirk. “Are you hungry?” The boy’s brows furrowed in suspicion, and within the next ten minutes, they were sitting on the hood of the Batmobile eating burgers and fries and sipping on milkshakes.
At one point, she’d reached over and grabbed the boy’s hands; he looked up at her and she nodded to his burger. “Slow down, Jason. You’ll eat your hand at this rate.”
He snorted but nodded, eating a little slower than before as he said, “Sorry. This is the closest thing to a home-cooked meal since I’ve had a home.” He paused and looked out at the city. “It’s funny…I was here once, looking for Wayne Manor.” He looked between them. “I was trying to case the place, but I got lost.”
Bruce looked down at the boy and questioned, “Why do you think it’s okay to steal from people?”
Jason scoffed at his question. “Are you kidding me? Look at this view.” He motioned to the buildings in the distance. “Freaking ‘Billionaire Playboy’ thinks he’s the king of the world. Pfft.”
(Y/N) elbowed him in the ribs and quipped, “Oh honey, he doesn’t think he is. He knows he is.”
The two of them cackled, but the solemn look from her father made their laughter fall short and he said, “Sometimes you just have to give people a chance Jason…they’ll usually surprise you.”
Her father’s words made Jason pause, and she saw him sink into deep thought. After a few moments, she leaned across Jason and nudged her father.
He looked at her and she tipped her head to Jason. “Does this mean he’s coming home with us?” Her father looked at him and back to her, then nodded and she shifted her arm, grinning as she wrapped it around Jason’s neck. “Well then, welcome to the family…little brother.”
Tim:
She could sense the boy following her, and after a few moments, she realized he wasn’t giving up. It wasn’t just some coincidence that they were on the same path—he wanted something from her. She glanced over her shoulder before ducking into the shadows of an alley, waiting for him to follow.
Sure enough, he stepped into the opening of the alley, looking for her, then he shook his head and stamped his foot on the ground. “No-no-no. I was so close to finding her.” He sighed and his shoulders fell in defeat as he visibly deflated.
She stepped behind him and gripped his shoulder in an steel-tight grasp, inquiring, “Why are you following me, kid?”
The kid gasped like he’d been shot as his knees collapsed beneath him, falling from her grip and to the ground. He rolled and gazed up at her with a mixture of shock and wonder as he breathed, “Batgirl.”
She glared down at him and demanded, “Answer my question before I call GCPD for you being out past curfew. Why. Are. You. Following. Me.”
He swallowed thickly before nodding rapidly. “Right. You see, I’ve been looking for you, Batgirl.”
“Yeah, I got that from the tailing. What I wanna know is, why?”
“I need to talk to you about Batman.”
Her eyes narrowed in suspicion at the mention of her father. “What’s a scrawny-ass kid like you, need to talk about Batman with me for?”
His mouth opened, then it snapped shut and he seemed to think on his answer for a moment. He looked at his hands and whispered, “It’s about your brother…Jason Todd.”
Hearing her deceased brother’s name knocked the air from her lungs and she barely managed to get the word ‘what?’ out without sucking in a breath.
He glanced up at her. “I know who you are Miss Way—”
(Y/N)’s hand shot out and she slapped it over his mouth before shaking her head. “Don’t say my name. You don’t know who’s listening.” He went silent as she removed her hand and held it out for him. “C’mon. If you know who I am then that means you know everyone’s identity.”
He nodded mutely and she clicked a button on her wrist; A few moments later, her bike pulled in front of the alley. “Get up. We need to go have a chat.” He took her hand, letting her haul him to his feet, and they walked over to the bike. (Y/N) climbed on before nodding to him. “Get on and hold on.” He followed her order, sitting in front of her, and she took off.
***
A few minutes later, they were stepping into one of the safe houses her dad set up around the city. She closed the door and flicked on the light, pulling the cowl off before gesturing to the table. “Sit.” He obeyed and she opened the refrigerator, pulling out two sodas. (Y/N) turned, taking the seat across from him and sliding his drink over. “Now. Who are you and how do you know about all this?”
He nodded and pulled out a giant book, placing it on the table. “My name is Timothy Jackson Drake, I’m thirteen, and I’ve been following the exploits of Batman, Batgirl, and Robin since I was two.”
(Y/N) cocked a brow at that. “Two’s a little young to be able to remember us.”
Tim looked at the book and nodded. “I know…but I have a photographic memory, and I remember the first time I saw Batman.”
“And that was?”
He paused and his voice quiet. “The night Dick Grayson’s parents were murdered.” (Y/N)’s eyes went wide, and he drew his eyes to hers. “I remember Dick swinging to the ground as his parents climbed the ladder. His mom went first, and his dad followed. Then…the rope snapped, and…they fell.”
Tim quieted considerably and she had to strain to hear him as he recounted, “I got scared, and I looked away. I couldn’t watch…then I heard the crash and Dick sobbing. And I saw you run down and hug him.” He met her gaze. “Then I saw this giant, dark shape falling towards you, and I thought it was going to hurt you two. But then I realized Batman wasn’t trying to hurt you…he was trying to help you both. And he went from being a monster…to becoming some great Dark Knight.”
Tim looked at her. “From them on, I’ve been having the same dream, over and over. I—”
(Y/N) raised a hand, stopping him. “When did you find out who we were?”
He nodded. “When I was nine, I was watching TV and I saw you and Dick, well, Robin and Batgirl. You—”
“Batgirl and Robin. In that order.” She pointed to herself with a face that could only be something akin to the ‘first-child-syndrome’. “I was first.”
A smile grew across Tim’s face and he nodded. “Right, Batgirl and Robin. Anyway, I saw you two on TV, and I watched Dick perform a quadruple somersault.” He grinned rather proudly of himself and declared, “I knew that somersault like I knew my own name. About six months later, Robin made his first appearance. And if Dick Grayson was Robin and Bruce Wayne’s ward, then Bruce Wayne was Batman, and you were Batgirl.” (Y/N) stared at Tim in shock, too stunned to even form words.
He shifted nervously under her gaze. “Um…Miss (Y/N)? Batgirl? Are you alright?”
(Y/N) blinked and shook her head as she muttered, “Holy shit, kid. What are you?”
“I—I’m sorry?”
She huffed a laugh and grinned at him. “You’ve got some damn good detective skills to have figured all that out.” Tim smiled sheepishly under the praise, then (Y/N) stood up from the table, stretching her arms over her head until she heard her joints pop, then she stared at him. “You got a place to sleep tonight?”
“I…no. Not at the moment.”
(Y/N) placed her hands on her hips and hummed. “And why’s that?”
“Well, in the course of looking for you, I’ve also been looking for Dick. But I can’t find him. He’s good at disappearing.”
She nodded and pointed to a room. “I know where Dick is. Go sleep in the guest room, and tomorrow we can go find him.”
As she walked past him, heading for her room, he questioned dubiously, “You’d do that for me?”
(Y/N) stopped and glanced over her shoulder. “Isn’t that what family does?”
Tim’s jaw went slack and he gaped at her as she stepped into her room and closed the door behind her.
Damian:
She shut the door behind her and locked it, though there really wasn’t any reason to considering the fact that no one could get into the manor, let alone across the front lawn without anyone inside knowing.
Hauling the bag up and over her shoulder, she found it odd that no one had greeted her yet and her oddity turned into unsettling when she didn’t hear anything.
She dropped her keys in the silver bowl on the side table and looked around the foyer. “Hello? Dad? Alfred? Timmy?” She stuck her head in the kitchen door. “Anyone home?”
There was no response and she hummed questioningly, knowing that on a Sunday, everyone was home relaxing. She made her way to the study and shifted the clock hands, watching as the entrance appeared, then she descended the steps into the cave. It was even quieter than usual, and she felt the hairs stand up on the back on her neck as she made her way to the Batcomputer.
She pushed a button on the keyboard, watching as the screen came to life and said, “Give me the most recent update.”
“Confirmation?” It replied.
“(Y/N) Wayne, Batgirl.”
The computer beeped for a moment. “(Y/N) Wayne. Batgirl. Access level high.” It paused. “Access granted. Welcome Batgirl.”
“Give me the most recent update.”
“Requested.” It processed the request then told her, “Talia al Ghul entered Gotham Bay approximately two days ago, leaving behind Damian al Ghul in Batman’s custody.”
Damian al Ghul? Who the hell is that? (Y/N) raised an eyebrow as she pushed another button. “Who is Damian al Ghul.”
“Damian al Ghul is the biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. Conceived…month and day unknown…year was two-thousand-three.”
(Y/N) stared at the screen, not sure if she should feel shock that her dad had a second biological kid, or disgust that he slept with Talia to get one. All the sudden, her training kicked in and she felt someone behind her. She spun around, catching the blade of a sword coming at her. She looked down at a young child, no older than ten, glaring up at her. She’d seen pictures of her father when he was a child, and though he had Talia’s emerald green eyes and olive complexion, there was no mistaking the resemblance between him and her father.
Her eyes narrowed into slits as she shoved him away. “The hell are you doing?”
He raised the sword again and said, “Testing you.”
(Y/N) crossed her arms, her gaze curious. “For what purpose?”
He ran at her waving the sword. “To see if you are really father’s daughter.”
She chuckled at that and dodged each attempt to cut her. “Trust me short-stack, I’m Bruce Wayne’s kid.”
Her insult seemed to set him off and he swung the sword wildly. “I am not short!”
(Y/N) grunted as the blade grazed her arm, and she clenched her jaw. “Alright. I’m done entertaining you.”
She let him come to her, then she twisted, wrenching the sword from his grip before tossing it away and coming back around. She gripped him by the collar and used the momentum to slam him to the ground before pulling his arms behind him and putting her knee in his back.
It all happened within seconds, and he didn’t know how to respond other than to cry out in anger. “Let go!”
She pulled his arms tighter until he stopped squirming and she leaned down. “Take a chill pill, runt.” He still cried out in rage at the name, and she heard someone grunt a few feet from her.
“Let him up, (Y/N).”
She looked up to see her father and Alfred walking towards her. She obeyed, rolling away from the boy and to her feet. “I was wondering where you were.”
Bruce nodded to Damian, who was pulling himself off the floor in a rather heated fashion. “We were trying to find out where Damian had gone.”
(Y/N) eyed him for a moment before murmuring, “So, he really is your kid?”
Damian cut Bruce off, spitting, “Are you jealous?”
She looked at Damian and snorted. “Not even an ounce short-cake.” (Y/N) laughed at the way his face pinched in rage, and she turned to Bruce. “You just can’t help collecting them, can you?” He glared at her and she laughed, walking over and nudging him. “Smile a little, Scrooge. Your face will get stuck like that if you don’t.”
He sighed, and muttered, “I don’t know what to do with him.”
(Y/N) glanced at the boy who was picking up his sword. “Too angry?”
“Belligerent is more like it.”
She chuckled and patted his back. “Don’t worry. I’ve got him.”
“(Y/N) I don’t think—”
“Relax, dad. I handled Dick’s anger, didn’t I?”
“Damian’s got Dick beat by a longshot. I don’t think he knows any demeanor other than attack.”
(Y/N) waved as she walked towards Damian. “No one’s able to beat Dick’s anger. No one in a million years could reach the level of pissed off Dick Grayson stays at.” Bruce grinned as he watched (Y/N) take the sword and move Damian towards the stairs. “C’mon pint-sized. We’re going to explore Gotham.”
“I do not want to go.” He retorted, pulling away from her.
She grasped the back of his neck like a puppy and held him firmly as they walked and she quipped, “I don’t really give a fuck whether you want to or not. You’ve been raised by homicidal psychopaths since you were born.” She looked down at him. “You need to see the real world.”
“My grandfather and mother aren’t psychopaths!”
“Oh really? So killing people for money or because honor demands it, isn’t psychopathic traits? What about when Ra’s kills people because they disrespect him?”
“That is different!”
“I mean you don’t see me poppin’ caps in people’s asses when they call me a whore, do you?”
Bruce watched the two of them climb the stairs, arguing, and he sighed, sensing Alfred walk next to him.
“Almost reminds you of Master Dick and Miss (Y/N), doesn’t it Master Bruce?”
He looked at Alfred, then smiled and nodded. “In every way, shape, and form.”
Alfred smiled. “It is such a good thing that Miss (Y/N) is the oldest. The boys have needed her.”
“She’s their protector.”
Alfred paused, resting a hand on his shoulder; Bruce met his gaze and saw such a solemnity in them as he said, “She is everyone’s protector, Master Bruce. Even yours.” Alfred walked away, then Bruce turned and looked at the photo resting on the desk. It was the first photo he and (Y/N) had taken in their suits.
He smiled at it and nodded. “That she is.”
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bubbleteaimagines · 3 years
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Pep Talk
Bokuto Koutaro Oneshot
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Summary: In which you give your boyfriend just the pep talk he needs, or in which Bokuto fucks his favorite cheerleader right before a big game
Pairings: Bokuto Koutarou x Cheerleader!Reader
Warnings: Smut, praise, Bokuto has a thing for cheer uniforms...? Unprotected sex
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There was just something about you on game day that always drove Bokuto wild. Maybe it was your smile, maybe it was the pretty way you styled your hair, or maybe it was-
Oh who was he kidding.
The best part about you on game day was the way you always cheered the loudest for him, and that uniform.
That damned uniform that drove Bokuto absolutely wild every time he saw it. He couldn’t help it- with that tiny little skirt and tight top, it was impossible not to be attracted to you.
It was 1 out of 37 of his weaknesses. Put you in his proximity and Bokuto would faulter due to the way his thoughts immediately turned dirty.
That fact alone was precisely why you were being dragged into a random bathroom by your boyfriend, giggles escaping your lips as you cautiously looked over your shoulder.
“Bokuto are you sure this is a good idea?” You questioned as your boyfriend immediately plopped you on the sink, a wild look in his eyes as your skirt rode up just the tiniest bit.
“Are you kidding me? Baby, if I don’t fuck you now then I’ll never be able to focus out there,” His pink lips formed into a pout, making him look irresistible as he looked at you with shiny eyes. “You want me to win, don’t you babygirl?”
“Of course Bo,” You immediately nodded, causing your boyfriend to smile.
“Good. Then let me take care of you.”
In your entire two years of dating, you had known that Bokuto had never been a patient being. That was exactly why you weren’t surprised when he planted his lips on yours, capturing you into a messy kiss, his fingers immediately going to work.
First, he started by trailing them up and down your thighs, just ghosting over your skirt before deciding to drop a little lower. You gasped as his fingers began to explore your most sensitive territory, just barely padding over your clothed entrance before applying the slightest bit of pressure.
“So wet for me, already,” There was a grin a on Bokuto’s face as he pulled away from the kiss and observed the way your mouth dropped slightly. He could feel your arousal slowly building and the thought absolutely excited him.
Quickly, he began to kiss you again, but not before teasing you by prancing his fingers alongside your hips. He toyed with the hem of your panties for a second, and to signal your impatience, you wrapped your legs around him and hummed against his lips.
Please, take them off You mentally screamed at him, and Bokuto seemed to get the message because he quickly looped his fingers around the waistband and yanked them down.
The feeling of the cool counter coming into contact with your core had you gasping again, your boyfriend moaning as the bulge in his shorts grew tighter.
“Fuck, you look so pretty,” Once again, he pulled his lips away and took in the look of your plump, swollen lips, and the way your chest was rising and falling, eyes glazed over with lust. Just the sight of you mentally begging him to touch you had Bokuto riled up. He could barely contain himself as he leaned you back on the sink, your back touching the mirror as he gently spread your legs.
“Such a pretty girl,” He praised, sinking to his knees in order to admire your pretty pussy. Your heart fluttered in your chest at the hungry look in his golden eyes, looking like he couldn’t wait to devour you. And what do you know, it only took a few seconds for Bokuto to snap out of his trance, smiling at you before leaning in to taste his favorite meal.
“Fuck,” You moaned as his tongue came into contact with your dripping core, hips bucking at the electricity that went through your body. Bokuto’s tongue had always been magical, knowing exactly how to please you.
His lips immediately found your sensitive nub, sucking on it as his thick digits came to tease your folds. You moaned again as he glanced up to watch your face, satisfaction filling him at the pleasure that appeared once he slowly sunk a finger into your cunt.
“B-Baby,” You whimpered as he began to move, pumping in and out of your pussy at a steady rhythm. While his tongue carried on the assault on your clit, and his right hand took to pleasuring you, Bokuto used his left hand to reach up and yank on your crooked cheer top.
Nothing would make him happier than seeing your pretty little tits. You knew what he wanted, and so you quickly disposed of the item, throwing it god knows where as Bokuto hummed in satisfaction.
The vibrations against your pussy caused you to arch your back. With his relentless pace, you could that you were close. Bokuto could tell, too, as your walls began to clench around his fingers, little moans and whimpers escaping your lips.
“That’s it, let it go pretty girl,” He cooed, pulling away from your clit to watch in awe as his words sent you over the edge. Slapping a hand over your mouth, Bokuto came back up to hold you as you reached your high, a loud moan leaving your lips. You did everything you could to hide your face, burying yourself into the crook of his neck and biting his shoulder as you gushed all over his fingers.
“K-Kou,” Your boyfriend thought it was the hottest thing ever to hear you moan his name in his ears, shivers raking down his spine. He could tell you were shaking as you came down from your high, your body spent but that was just the beginning, Bokuto silently reminded you.
The hard-on in his volleyball shorts was painfully prominent, throbbing as he pressed against your bare pussy. You whined as Bokuto began to grind against you, still weak from your orgasm but he was desperate.
The game would be starting soon and Bokuto needed you. If he was gonna have any shot at doing well on the court then he needed to be buried inside of your pussy, and he couldn’t wait another minute.
Leaning down, he started sucking on your sweet spot as he held your trembling body and attempted to push the material of his shorts down. Bokuto had never been more grateful that Fukurodani had easy uniforms, as it only took a few second to free his aching cock.
You could sense his need as he pulled away from giving you lovebites and rested his forehead against yours. His pupils were blown, golden eyes absolutely wide and filled with lust. He was silently asking for your permission to fuck you, and once you nodded, spreading your legs wider just for him, Bokuto immediately wasted no time.
He gripped his cock and began to line himself up at your entrance, not even bothering to tease you as he pushed himself him. A low groan escaped his lips at the same time you moaned, your grip on his jersey tightening as he pushed himself in.
“Baby,” His eyes looked ready to roll in the back of his head, hips stilling as he grunted at the stretch. “You’d think...you’d think we hardly ever fuck from how tight you always are...”
A breathless giggle left your throat at his comment, quickly turning into a moan when he snapped his hips, slamming his thick cock right into you.
The way he absolutely filled you up was delicious, Bokuto rapidly beginning to pick up his pace to a quick one. Usually, he liked to take his time with you but now he had no choice. He had less than twenty minutes to get back on the court before someone -probably Akaashi- came looking for him. That meant that that you immediately fell victim to his powerful thrusts, Bokuto having to steady you with his body.
“God...have I ever...have I ever told you how much I love this pussy?” He asked, throwing his head back. His eyes were screwed shut in pure pleasure, his moans sounding like music to your ears. The way he fucked you was causing your own vision to be skewed, white spots appearing as Bokuto slammed into your sweet spot over and over again.
“Fuck, just like that Kou,” You held on for dear life as you were pounded into you, your back hitting the mirror repeatedly. All that you could hear in the bathroom was the sound of skin on skin, and the sweet moans both of you released.
From the way it was going, neither of you would last long. You both were too needy, too eager to hit your highs. And even though Bokuto had already made you cum once, you could feel it building up once again. Like a dam ready to release, Bokuto slowly pounded your walls until it broke.
Letting out a sudden cry, your body tensed up and you could feel yourself beginning to cream all over Bokuto’s cock. The action was sudden, your hands darting out for some type of support from your boyfriend. You were lucky that Bokuto was muscular enough to support the both of you, crying out as he reached his own orgasm.
The feeling of you wrapped around him, cumming just for him was too much. His hips came to a still as he groaned, the ace spilling himself inside of your pussy.
“Y-Y/N,” He was saying your name like it was a prayer, the word falling from his pretty lips effortlessly. All you could do was wrap yourself around him tighter, both of you faltering from your orgasms even though Bokuto somehow still had the strength to hold himself up.
“K-Kou,” You were convinced you weren’t gonna be able to walk by the time you came down from your high, your legs numb as your body shaking. Your back ached from repeatedly being slammed in the mirror behind you, but you supposed it was all worth it in order to see the grin on Bokuto’s face, well beyond satisfied as he came down from his own high.
“That was...” Bokuto moved his body away from yours in order to admire you. Your pussy puffy and swollen from his powerful thrusts, your lips plump, your legs still shaking from the intense pleasure and your chest still heaving as you tried to catch your breath. “Amazing.”
Yeah, it was amazing alright.
“You’re telling me,” You grinned back, your smile a little hazy. You looked so cute, all fucked out. Bokuto almost felt bad for having to send you back so you wouldn’t miss your warm-ups, either.
“Come on,” He grabbed some napkins from the dispenser and wet them in order to clean you both up. Then, he adjusted your clothing and held out his arms for you. Quizzically, you rose an eyebrow, and that was when you suddenly realized where exactly you were.
“We have to get back before our teams get suspicious,” Bokuto reminded you, causing your eyes to go wide.
“Shit!”
Your captain was totally gonna kill you! While you were in the bathroom quite literally fucking around, she was probably pissed and waiting for you on the court. All cheerleaders were supposed to be there an hour before to stretch. Now, you probably only had ten minutes at the max. “Yui is totally gonna kill me!”
“Well come on them,” Bokuto motioned to his arms again. “We can still get you back before she completely looses her shit,” He said.
You grimaced. “Yeah but...how am I supposed to cheer when I can barely feel my legs, Bo?”
“Oh.”
It seemed that in his horny pursuit Bokuto didn’t really think of the consequences. His favorite little cheerleader had now been absolutely ruined, barely able to walk as he helped you to the ground.
“Maybe...maybe I can tell her you were sick. You could sit this game out,” Bokuto offered, trying not to smirk at the way you hobbled towards the door, you uniform ever-so slightly crooked.
“You’d do that for me?” You turned to him and smiled.
“Well...what choice do I have?” Bokuto snickered. “I kinda ruined her best cheerleader.”
“Oh shut up!” You rolled your eyes and lightly pushed his shoulder, even though you knew he was right. “It’s not that bad!”
“Then why are you still holding onto the counter to walk?” Bokuto challenged.
You stayed quiet.
“Exactly,” He smirked. “But don’t worry princess- I know I fucked you good but I’m still gonna take care of you. Come on, lemme carry you.”
“No, you’re mean,” You pouted and leaned into the counter, crossing your arms. “Making fun of me after I just let you fuck me.”
“Awe Princess,” Bokuto chuckled at your scrunched up face. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to tease you.”
“Yes you did,” You stuck your tongue out at him. “...But I guess I have no choice.”
“Come on then,” Bokuto grinned as he scooped you up bridal style, effectively carrying you out of the bathroom in his arms. While exiting, a few passerby’s gave you guys weird looks for leaving the bathroom at the same time but Bokuto simply ignored them as you hid your face in his arms.
“Princess? You can look now- we’re on the court,” Bokuto chuckled at your embarrassed figure, stopping on the edge of the arena and placing you down. Immediately, he could see the heated stares of his teammates and your captain causing you both to wince.
“See you after the game, yeah? And good luck,” You grinned up at him as your captain began stomping over, profanities already forming on her lips. However, you ignored her and instead focused on Bokuto, who nodded and leaned down to give you a quick kiss.
“Thanks for the pep talk babe,” He beamed and winked down at you, pulling you into one last hug before stalking off. You could already hear Akaashi’s curious voice and the sound of Bokuto making up some excuse. Meanwhile, you had to deal with an angry Yui but you supposed it was all worth once you watched Bokuto play-
From on the sidelines, of course.
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hxlyhead-harpies · 4 years
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Don’t Call Me Kid (G.W.)
Pairing: George Weasley x Reader
Summary: When her soulmate’s name appears on her wrist on her twentieth birthday, (Y/n)’s heart stings with betrayal when she finds out who it is.
Word count: 2.6k
Warnings: Angst
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As the clock slowly ticked towards midnight on the eve of your twentieth birthday, you couldn’t help but feel edgy. Your nerves were tingling and your stomach churned at the thought of what would be revealed on your wrist the moment you turned twenty. It wasn’t that you didn’t want to find out who your soulmate was; you just had no idea who it could be.
There was no one in your life who you felt a strong connection to. No one that gave your stomach the little tug that your parents so fondly described when they told you the story of how they met. And no one had revealed to you that you were their soulmate. You had always hoped that your soulmate was older than you. And that they would find you before you had to anxiously await for a name to be seared into your flesh. But no one had come forward yet. So you went with the assumption that you didn’t know your soulmate.
Of course, there was one person who you had always hoped it would be. It was your best friend’s older brother, George. It was a schoolgirl kind of crush, one that had you writing his last name on your school work and blushing every time he merely looked your way. As a child, you had followed him around like a lost puppy, fantasizing about your name adorning his wrist. But it wasn’t the case. His twentieth birthday had been years ago. You remembered the day very clearly.
You were spending the Easter holiday with the Weasleys, rooming with your best friend, Ginny. She was in your year and you had become fast friends the moment you sat next to each other on the train first year. You and most of the Weasley clan were eating breakfast, anxiously awaiting the twin’s arrival at the table. Fred had been up early, a wide smile informing you all that Angelina Johnson was his soulmate. Molly had clapped and pulled her son into a bone-crushing hug.
Eventually, George had stumbled down the stairs. The bags under his eyes were evident, displaying his lack of sleep, and his hair was disheveled from repeatedly running his fingers through it.
As he stepped into the kitchen everyone froze. Ron’s oatmeal dribbled down his chin as he stared at his brother, impatiently waiting for him to reveal his one true love. Molly’s hand was over her heart and her breathing was shallow as she anxiously awaited for her son to tell her the name of her future in-law.
George looked up to see everyone staring at him and just shook his head, tugging his sleeve farther over his wrist. Molly gasped before pulling her son into a comforting hug and you felt your heart break for him. George’s behavior let everyone know that he didn’t have a soulmate.
It was rare for people to have a blank wrist, though not impossible. Some people were meant to be alone. But you had never imagined that George could possibly be destined for loneliness.
You pushed the thoughts of your old infatuation and focused on the present. It was impossible for him to be your soulmate, the universe had already decided that, so there was no reason to even think of him.
Soon, your wrist began to burn. It wasn’t a terrible feeling; from the descriptions you had heard you assumed it would burn like placing your hand on a flame, instead it burnt like firewhiskey running down your throat. Your eyes watered as the name was carved into your skin, the gravity of the situation finally settling in. You were about to find out who your other half was, the person you were meant to spend your life with. The moment couldn’t be more daunting.
You screwed your eyes shut, not wanting to catch a glimpse of the forming letters until the burning subsided.
When your wrist cooled your eyes fluttered open. You took a deep breath before lifting your wrist up to your face. You read the name. Your world stopped. You couldn’t breathe.
George Weasley
Your mind ran over all of the possible explanations, confused as to how his wrist was blank but yours adorned his name. You came up with only one answer.
Your name was on George’s wrist. But he wished that it wasn’t.
Why else would he go through the trouble of hiding it? Why would he accept the years of pitying looks when he told people that he didn’t have a soulmate? Because he’d rather belong to no one than belong to you.
Hot tears rolled down your face as came to the realization. A moment that should have left you euphoric with happiness, only made you feel emptiness.
It was unfair really, that you had spent years pining after him and years feeling sorry for him, only for him to have been lying to you all along. You had been there when his mother cried for her son and cried for his life of loneliness. You had rubbed his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him when he sulked on the couch for a week. You felt like a fool.
As your mind began to remember all the moments where he had the opportunity to tell you the truth, you only became angry.
Because how dare he keep this from you. You were supposed to be his other half. You quickly wiped away your tears and apparated to the front of his shop.
It was a few minutes after midnight and the shop had been closed for hours. But you knew that he was up there in his flat above the store. You just hoped that he’d be able to hear you bang on the door from all the way up there.
After a few moments of relentless pounding, the door flung open.
“Bloody hell do you know what time it is?” Fred asked as he swung the door open. He caught sight of you and his mouth dropped.
“(Y/N)!” he said, a stunned expression on his face. You crossed your arms.
“Go get George,” you said, letting a small amount of anger to seep into your tone. Fred cast his eyes to the floor. The look he gave you let you know that he knew exactly why you were here. He had been in the same room as George when their soulmates had been revealed. He was probably the only other person in the world that knew about you.
“(Y/n) don’t be mad at him,” Fred said quietly. You scoffed and shook your head.
“How do you expect me to not be angry,” you asked incredulously. Fred just sighed and opened the door wider to let you in.
You hadn’t been inside the shop in years and under better conditions, you might have been able to appreciate the beauty in the chaos of it all. Even in the after hours inventions whizzed past your head.
“I’ll go get him,” Fred said before squeezing your shoulder and climbing up the stairs.
You nervously waited for him, suddenly regretting your decision to show up so abruptly. You hated that you could be so rash at times.
“Happy birthday,” a soft voice called out, interrupting your thoughts. You turned to see George staring at you from the top of the stairs, an unreadable expression on his face. You stiffened at the sight of him, instinctively wrapping your arms around your body as if to shield yourself from him. But that didn’t stop yourself from feeling drawn to him, as if the universe was tugging you towards him.
He slowly descended down the stairs, stopping a few feet in front of you. You stared at the floor, unsure of how to begin.
“(Y/n)...” he whispered softly, coaxing you to meet his eyes. You spoke instead.
“How could you?” you asked, your voice shaking. George let out a sigh.
“You have to understand. I couldn’t tell you,” he said, running a hand through his hair.
“What is that even supposed to mean George?” you asked, “I was right there in your kitchen that day. You could have said something.” George shook his head.
“I had my reasons and you just have to trust that,” he said. You rolled your eyes.
“Am I really that horrible?” you questioned, “so horrible that’d you rather lie and say that you didn’t have a soulmate than admit that it was me.” Your voice cracked. George shook his head and stepped closer to you. He lifted his hand as if he wanted to reach out to you, but he retracted it at the last second.
“That’s not why,” he said softly.
“Then why?” you pushed, angry that he wasn’t telling you what you wanted to know.
“You were just a kid, (Y/n)!” he said, desperation filling his voice. You furrowed your eyebrows.
“What does that have to do with anything?” you asked softly.
“(Y/n) you have to understand… You were sixteen! You were my little sister’s best friend and you were still in school! And I was older and I had the shop!” he explained. You shook your head.
“You still could have told me,” you whispered. George groaned.
“No, I couldn’t! I was out fighting with the order and you weren’t even old enough to use magic outside of school. You were a child,” he explained exasperatedly. You felt your face harden.
“What about now?” you asked bitterly.
“Huh?”
“What about now,” you repeated, “I’m not a child anymore and after everything that happened, I haven’t been for a while. You could have told me at any point over the last few years and you didn’t. Why?” George froze, clearly unsure of how to answer. You felt tears rise to your eyes at his silence, taking it as confirmation of his rejection. You took one last look at him and stormed out.
Two weeks later you’re standing outside the Burrow. Ginny and Harry’s engagement party was in full swing but you had no desire to be there. Sure, you wanted to be there for your best friend, but you knew George would be there and you weren’t ready to face him. He hadn’t attempted to contact you in the time since you’d seen him and the rejection stung. So you stuck to the same lie that he had; you told everyone that you were soulmateless. You took a deep breath and fiddled with the leather band that covered George’s name and stepped inside.
The Burrow was loud and bustling with people. Family members and school friends filled the space, leaving barely any room to breathe. People shot you sad smiles as you pushed through the crowd, all of them having heard of your predicament. You ignored them as you searched for Ginny.
Eventually, you found her near the kitchen, leaning against Harry, his hand on her waist. Your smile dropped for a moment, jealousy rippling through your body. It was the kind of quiet intimacy that you wanted with your soulmate. With George.
Ginny looked up and caught your eye, making her way over to wrap you in a hug.
“There you are!” she exclaimed, “it’s not like you to be late I was getting worried.”
“Sorry about that!” you apologized. Ginny just shook her head and dragged you over to where she had been standing. She snaked an arm around Harry’s waist, jumping right back into the conversation.
Harry was talking to Fred and Angelina about quidditch when you arrived. You sent them a quick wave and Angelina sent you a warm smile. Fred sent you an apologetic look which you ignored. You tried to immerse yourself in the conversation but you kept catching yourself scanning the room for George. You felt Ginny nudge your shoulder.
“You alright?” she whispered just loud enough for you to hear. You sent her a quick smile and a nod, hoping to convince her that you were fine. You subconsciously pulled your sleeve down farther.
As the party wore on you couldn’t seem to spot George. You didn’t know why you kept looking for him, it was obvious that he didn’t want to see you anyway.
You made your way into the kitchen, hoping you could pour yourself a drink. As soon as you stepped in you froze. There he was, leaning against the countertop, a glass in his hand. His eyes met yours and his body tensed. He seemed to be in just as bad of shape as you; he had evident eye bags under his eyes and his clothes were rumpled and unkempt.
You sent him a polite smile before grabbing a glass from the cabinet. You walked across the kitchen to where the bottle of firewhiskey was sitting, which was, unfortunately, very close to George. You reached for the bottle but you were interrupted by him grabbing your wrist. You looked up, shocked, only to see him staring down at the leather band that covered his name, running his fingers over it.
“I’m so sorry,” he said quietly, his breath fanning across your face. You pulled your wrist back.
“Whatever George,” you replied, “it’s in the past now.” George screwed his eyes shut and ran a hand over his face.
“But what if I don’t want it to be in the past,” he whispered. You stared at him, your mouth agape.
“What?” you whimpered. He reached for your hand again and you let him hold it.
“I don’t want to pretend that it never happened,” he said breathily, “I don’t want to pretend that we aren’t made for each other.” You scoffed slightly.
“Why the sudden change of heart?” you asked, bitterness seeping into your voice. George lifted your hand up so it was resting on his heart. You could feel it hammering in his chest.
“When I first found out that we were soulmates I didn’t tell you for all the reasons that I said. We were at different stages of our lives and I didn’t want to spring that on you. But then… But then as you got older I just- I didn’t know what to say. How could I tell you something like that after hiding it so long? I spent so long trying to figure out how to tell you but then time just caught up with me and it was too late,” he said, a new intensity in his eyes.
“George…” you whispered. He shook his head and spoke.
“Let me finish. Please,” he pleaded. You nodded your head. “Every time I saw you, you became more and more beautiful and more and more as I had always imagined my soulmate to be. You laugh at my stupid jokes and you always know what to say and you’re so much smarter than me… I couldn’t hope for a better other half than you,” he finished. You stared into his warm eyes, trying to decipher if he meant what he said. You could still feel his heart racing under your hand and his eyes were slowly filling with tears.
“Please forgive me,” he breathed. Without thinking you leaned up on your tiptoes and kissed the corner of his mouth. You stepped back, removing your hand from his heart and wrapping your arms around yourself. He stared at you, shock written all across his face.
“You’re my soulmate, George,” you whispered, “I can’t stay mad at you forever.” George smiled widely before stepping forward and scooping you up into a hug.
“Thank you,” he muttered into your hair. The two of you stayed like that for a moment. Your body flushed against his, his hands wrapped around your waist and yours slinked around his neck. When you pulled back you spoke.
“I understand why you didn’t tell me at first,” you admit, “I was just a kid.” He brushed a strand of hair from your face.
“But you’re not anymore and I should have told you sooner. I’ll never forgive myself for the years I wasted without you,” he said softly. You smiled shyly at him, seemingly returning to the schoolgirl crush that you had harbored for years.
“I’m glad it’s you,” You said. George smiled at the ground.
“I’m glad too.”
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kouomi · 3 years
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Family Secrets
Summary: How long would you be able to keep your relationship with your brothers’ best friend a secret? (F!reader x Suna Rintarō)
Warnings: slight jealously (basically none!)
Word Count: 3,813
A/N: the beginning of this is a little rocky sorry about that(it’s explaining a lil background I didn’t know where to put it)! This is also my first fic for Haikyuu and on this account so sorry if anything is off!
Posted: March 3rd, 2021 6:26 am EST
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Having two older brothers isn’t easy for any girl. Especially if those older brothers are twins and especially if you were all in the same year at school.
Everyone at your school knew you as the Miya twins little sister and while you hated the title it was one that you’d had since you were born so overtime you grew used to it. You constantly lived in their shadow, especially when they started playing volleyball so in an attempt to gain your own title you started playing as well. You’re a setter for the girls team at Inarizaki, set to take the position of captain next year once your current third year captain is out of high school.
Your practice had just ended and after taking a quick shower in the locker room you headed to the other gym where the boys team was still practicing, silently slipping in the door and sitting on the bench.
“Little Miya is here!” Akagi exclaims, a few heads turning to face you. You give a small wave without looking up from your phone, rolling your eyes at the familiar sound of your brothers starting a fight.
“Why are you here?” Osamu asks on one of their water breaks, staring down at you from where he stood.
“Mom won’t let me walk home alone after practice and Yaku wasn’t here today.” You explain with a sigh, “So I have to wait for you two.”
“I forgot we’re going home today.” Atsumu groans, “She’s gonna kill me.”
“Why?”
“He failed the maths test.”
You can’t help the laugh that bubbles past your lips, Atsumu glaring at you and your other brother as you laugh at his expense. He starts going on about how it wasn’t his fault but you don’t pay much attention, instead your gaze meeting another a few meters behind him. Almost as soon as you lock eyes they look away and you do the same, resisting the blush that tries to rise up your face.
After another thirty minutes of their practice they’re finally let go, everyone else on the team heading towards the dorms while you, Atsumu, and Osamu make your way towards the front gate.
“There’s at least two girls on my team that have a crush on you guys.” You add to their conversation after listening in on them talking about their fan girls for the past ten minutes.
“Eh? Why would someone like ‘Samu?” Atsumu asks.
“You literally have the same face.” You blink, watching as he goes to argue but can’t seem to find any words that work in his favor.
While the twins on either side of you kept talking you pulled out your phone, a small smile crossing your face as your fingers danced across the screen to reply to a text. You’d turned down your brightness and tilted your phone closer to your face so your brothers wouldn’t be able to read anything but they still eyed you suspiciously, silently sharing their questions with each other over your head.
“Y/n? What’re ya doin?” Atsumu asks, making you turn off your phone and shove it in your pocket.
“Texting my team.” You answer coolly, “Some of us actually have to put work in outside of practice.”
“Oi it’s not my fault yer a vice captain and we’re not!”
“What about organizing makes you smile like that?” Osamu asks. You cringe at his words; of course he’d be the one to pick up on that.
“When did this turn into twenty questions?” You ask, voice slight squeaking as you spoke.
“Does our baby sister have a boyfriend?” Atsumu grins, resting his arm on your shoulder.
“No, and don’t call me that! You’re not even a year older than me!” You exclaim, shoving his arm off and picking up your pace so you walked ahead of them instead of between.
“Hey, get back here!”
After dinner with your family you sat in your room, repeatedly setting a volleyball into the air above you and occasionally groaning as you hear your brothers through the thin walls of your home. While you were practicing your mind wandered to how close you’d come to being found out by the duo all because of a stupid smile. You’d managed to hide your relationship for nearly five months now but it was getting harder and harder, especially considering your boyfriend was one of your brothers close friends and teammate. You’d wanted to tell them before but it would just cause unnecessary awkwardness and maybe even distrust among the four of you so you decided to keep it secret. It did make things more interesting sometimes but also immensely difficult to find places you could go on dates without risk of being caught, as things as simple as texting nearly exposed your relationship.
Your train of thought is interrupted by a knock on your window, the volleyball above you coming crashing down on to your face when you turn to look at the source of the noise. Rubbing your nose you stood up and crossed the room, gasping lightly when you see the main topic of your thoughts standing on the branch of the tree outside your window.
“Rin?!” You whisper yell after pushing open the glass, sticking your head outside.
He flashes you a small smile as you reach out to help him inside, leaving the window open behind him in case he needed to use it as a quick escape route.
“What’re you doing here?”
“Thought I’d stop by.” He responds, reaching out and pulling you towards him with one of your hands before his arms snake around your waist, “We haven’t hung out in a while.”
“Ya could’ve just waited til tomorrow.” You say though find yourself melting into him, “‘Tsumu and ‘Samu are literally on the other side of that wall.”
“Well I was on my way to the store and thought I’d stop by.”
You shake your head with a sigh as your arms move around his back, one of your hands between his shoulder blades and the other on the back of his neck. He leans down, face hovering in front of yours for a moment before you close the space between you and press your lips to his.
“You really can’t stay.” You mumble, pulling apart momentarily to talk.
“Just for a little bit.” He says, pecking your lips again before lowering his head to the crook of your neck.
“Rin.” You warn though your words lose any authority when he presses a delicate kiss to your jaw making you subconsciously lean closer into his grasp with a slight intake of breath.
“Okay, maybe just a bit.”
You feel him smile before he peppers your neck in kisses, one of his hands moving up to lightly hold the side as his thumb gently pushes up your chin. You turn and press a kiss to his temple before you angle your head up and to the side, giving him more access as you both take a few unstable steps back until the back of your legs hit your bed. Slowly you fall back on to the mattress, Suna following and hovering over you with one of his hands hooked under your lower back.
“Hey Y/n?” He asks quietly, thin eyes baring into your own.
You hum, eyes flickering away for a moment to brush some of his hair out of his face.
“Can we take a nap?”
Your face falls at his question before a small laugh bubbles past your lips, “We can’t, my brothers might walk in.”
The middle blocker gives a disappointed groan before he lays down on top of you, his head resting on your chest as his arms encircle your waist.
“Just five minutes.” He mumbles.
Before you could respond you heard a loud crash from the wall next to you followed by shouting and a yell of your name. The color drained from your face as footsteps approached your room, Suna quickly jumping up and scanning the room for some where to hide. You jester towards the window and he narrows his eyes before climbing out, nearly slipping as he steps on the branches of the tree.
“Y/n!” Atsumu yells as he throws open your door, “Help!”
“What do you-“ Before you could finish your sentence the boy in front of you is tackled to the ground by a flash of grey hair, the two rolling around on the ground of your room.
“Give it back ya asshole!”
“I can’t! I already ate it!”
“What?!”
You watch with wide eyes as they fight, neither paying much attention to you as they carry whatever they’d started on in your room. Even being their sister you had a hard time distinguishing between them with how fast they were moving around, flashes of grey and blonde the only indicator of who was who.
“Stop! You’re gonna knock me over-!” Your words are cut off by the heavy sound of you being sent to the floor, yelling as you’re unwillingly dragged into their fight.
“What is wrong with you two?!”
“He ate my Onigiri!” Osamu exclaims, narrowly missing a punch to the gut, “I spent two hours making that!”
“It’s not my fault ya left it out!” His twin yells back, using his knee to keep down one of his opponent’s legs.
“You’re fighting over food?” You ask exasperatedly, hissing when your hair is violently yanked to the side. As you tried to pull yourself free from their tangle of limbs a swift fist swings into your eye, a yelp of pain leaving you as you reach up to cradle your face.
“Look what ya did now!” Osamu says, reluctantly pulling away from your brother and kneeling in front of you.
“Yer both stupid ya know that?” You hiss, cowering away when a hand reaches out towards you.
“Shit- Y/n I’m sorry, are you okay?” Atsumu asks, any previous fight now long forgotten as they both crouch in front of you with concerned looks.
“Is it bad?” You question, lowering your hand and cringing when you notice their eyes widen.
“Ya think you could pull off purple eyeshadow?”
You groan before taking his hand and letting him pull you up, walking towards the small mirror on your desk and withering at the sight. The area around your right eye was already red and starting to turn purple and swell, reminding all three of you of the strength the brothers had that they often forgot about.
“‘Tsumu, stop eating everything you see, ‘Samu it’s kind of your fault for leaving it out.” You sigh, watching them both deflate and go to argue with you before looking back at your eye, “Now get out.”
“Are you sure? I can getchya an ice pack or somethin?” Atsumu asks but you shake your head.
“Just go, I’ll be fine.”
They reluctantly walk out of your room, flashing you an apologetic look as you trail behind them and close the door with a heavy sigh.
After inspecting your eye a little while longer you pull out your phone, scrolling through your contacts for a moment before finding Sunas.
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You roll your eyes but still do so, cringing at the sight of the ugly purple that’d started to develop before you hit send.
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The next day you after you’d gone back to campus you’d gotten a lot of questions about your eye, especially once you went to your morning classes. You’d started to grow annoyed with the persistent, never ending same question over and over and by the time your free period rolled around you were ready to spend the rest of your day in your dorm. On your way to the front of the building you stopped at your locker, unable to resist the smile that pulled at the corners of your lips when you saw your favorite food sitting in a bag next to your books, a small note attached to the top.
Hope you can see this with one eye
-Rintarō
You tuck the note in your pocket before pulling the food out of your locker, making your way towards where you and your friends always met up for lunch. They seemed surprised about your black eye and thankfully didn’t bring up the topic after you explained the story behind the ugly mark.
“You know, some of the boys on the boys volleyball team are pretty cute.” You hear one of the girls say, effectively gaining your attention.
“Especially the second years.” The girl next to you say, “No wonder the twins have so many fan girls.”
“You guys are gonna make me throw up.” You groan, wrinkling your nose at the thought of seeing your brothers in that light.
“Hey, you can’t deny that they’re cute!” She giggles, shoulder bumping into yours as she does so, “Maybe you could set me up with one of them.”
“In your dreams.” You scoff and she frowns.
“What about Suna?” Your other teammates speaks up. You have to resist the urge to shut down the conversation, not wanting to hear other girls talk about how attractive they found your boyfriend.
“Hm, now that you mention it he is pretty handsome.” Another girl weighs in, “His eyes are kind of hypnotizing.”
“What do you think Y/n?”
“I guess he’s cute.” You shrug, trying to seem nonchalant as you refused to make eye contact.
“We should go to the boy’s practice after ours.” Your friend suggests, “We can just watch for pointers.”
“Kori is trying to pick up a new boyfriend!”
As the rest of your team continues laughing and talking about the boys team you find yourself pulled into your own thoughts, worries and insecurities already working their way into the confidence you had in your relationship. What if one of the other girls made a move on Suna? Would he play along with it just to keep the guise of being single? How far would he let her go? Would he realize that he wants to be with someone other than you? Perhaps someone prettier?
By the time you were brought back to reality everyone else was already packing up their things, forcing you to shove the thoughts in the back of your mind though they whispered to you through out the rest of your classes.
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“Alright you girls can pack up, we’re done for the day!” Your coach announces. You walk with the rest of your team towards the locker rooms with a towel wrapped loosely around your neck, your breathing heavy from the effort from practice. You were excited for it to finally be over and be able to spend the rest of the night with your boyfriend, though your plans are quickly thrown off when someone calls your name from the other side of the gym.
“Y/n, I need you to stay behind with the third years.” Your coach says making you inwardly groan though you still nod and jog towards the small group.
“You know where we’ll be Y/n!” Your friends call out, waving as they close the door to the gym behind them.
The extra practice goes by painstakingly slow, another half hour passing before you were allowed to shower and leave. You practically ran to the other gym, internally panicking at the thought of what you might walk into when you pushed open the doors.
Finally you made it, wasting no time in stepping into the familiar room and quickly scanning the people littered through out. You notice a few groups split off talking to each other, rolling your eyes as you see Atsumu flirting with the girls around him while Osamu stood next to him with an unamused expression. Moving on from them you looked on the other side of the gym, finding your boyfriend standing on the corner of the court.
Relief floods you as you begin to approach him though it’s short lived when you see the girl standing a little too close for comfort. Suna had his signature neutral expression as he spoke to her, not even flinching when she lays a hand on his bicep and steps closer, looking up at him with a coy grin. A sick feeling makes it’s home in your stomach as you watch them and how unbothered he seemed by it all, even giving her one of his rare smiles. You find it harder to believe it’s all an act, that his actions weren’t genuine and he wasn’t actually entertaining her advances. Maybe he was thinking about other options; he had to be tired of how secretive and sneaky he had to be with you and was looking for someone else, someone he could be public with. Maybe you were losing him.
The final straw for you is when you see her hand trail up to hold his face, the action chilling you to the bone and sending you across the room. You’re quickly within range of the two as you approached from behind the girl, Sunas eyes meeting yours and lighting up slightly.
“Oh hey Y/n, I didn’t know if you were going to make it.” Your teammate smiles, her hand still resting on Sunas arm as she turned around to talk to you.
“Yeah. So, what’s going on?” You respond, getting straight to the point as you shift your weight uncomfortably.
“Just having a little chat with Suna here.” She responds, turning towards the man in question so she was practically shoved against him now. You not so subtly cringed at the action which he took notice to, finally taking the opportunity to throw the girl off.
“I’ve been waiting for you.” Suna says, peeling himself away from your teammate and stepping closer to you, “Ready to go?”
He tightly loops an arm around your waist, his thumb running up and down on your uniform clad hip. You’re caught off guard by his sudden public display but quickly cover it with a smile, feeling relief flow through you as he distances himself from the girl.
“Sorry for keeping you waiting.” You say as your arm goes behind his back, “Coach had me do extra practice with the third years.”
“It’s fine, Kori was here to keep me company.” He responds, both of your gazes flickering to the girl who stood almost dumbfounded next to you.
“Wait are you two...?” She asks, neither of you quite answering though the answer was heavily implied, “Miya? With someone like you as a boyfriend? Either you’re lying or-“
You notice Suna roll his eyes before he pulls you flush against himself, leaning down and pressing his lips to yours in one swift motion. You melt into him as your hand reaches up to cup his face, pulling away with an ethereal smile.
“Or you’re really good at lying.” Kori finishes, blinking at you both as if she’s trying to catch up to the sequence of events. After a few moments of the three of you intensely staring at each other she gives a smile and walks off to your other teammates by the door, a rapid conversation bursting out amongst them complete with constant glances and gasps.
“Y/n?!”
You cringe at the sudden, all too familiar yell of your brothers as they quickly push through the girls around them and rush over to where you stood. Suna tenses slightly and turns towards them, his arm loosening so you could stand beside him though it still stays comfortably wrapped around your body.
“What was that?!” Atsumu exclaims, eyes dancing back and forth between you and his friend, “The two of you just...”
“Are you... dating?” Osamu asks, narrowing his eyes slightly as he spoke.
“Yeah.” Suna answers, watching as their expressions fall and they look at each other before back at you.
“How long?” The blonde questions.
“Five months.” You respond this time.
“What?!”
“Well it was great talking to you but we better get going.” You say, gently pushing Suna towards the door in an attempt to escape your brothers.
“Hold on a minute,” Osamu says, as they work their way between you and your boyfriend, “Suna, do ya really think ya can get off that easy datin our precious little sister?”
“Didn’t you give her a black eye?”
“That’s besides the point! Ya know if ya do anythin to hurt her I’m gonna-“
“Why would I hurt her?” Suna interrupts, the three Miyas turning to face him, “She’s my girlfriend, I care about her.”
It’s silent for a moment as your brothers stare in surprise, their minds finally catching up as they search for something else to say.
“Tsumu if you keep this up I’m gonna tell em about your little crush.” You say before they can start again, watching as his face loses color and his expression falls, “And ‘Samu I’ll take all of your cookbooks.”
“... Yer safe for now Suna.” Atsumu says quietly, giving his friend a soft glare.
You take this as an opportunity to escape the twins, wasting no time in quickly making your way across the gym and out the double doors. A breath you didn’t realize you were holding finally leaves your lungs, Suna looking down at you and noticing how exhausted physically and mentally you seemed. Silently he laces your fingers together and gives your hand a gentle squeeze in an effort to help you relax even if it were only slightly.
“We don’t have to hide anymore.” You say quietly though it’s loud in both of your ears, the sentence one you’ve been wanting to say for a long time. Suna responds by pulling your hand up to his face and pressing a kiss to your knuckles before letting your interlaced hands dangle between you. It was a luxury you hadn’t yet been able to experience, holding his hand out in public. Something about the simple action made your heart flutter, your eyes flickering towards Suna momentarily before back towards the path. It was as if you were confirming your relationship, announcing to the world and more importantly your brothers that Suna was your boyfriend.
“Why do you keep looking at me like that?” Suna asks, pulling you out of your thoughts.
“Just admiring.” You answer, smiling as he gives you a weird look before squeezing your hand.
“I think I’m gonna like this.” He mumbles, abruptly pulling you into himself by your hand.
You stumble for a moment before relaxing against him, your arms finding their place wrapped loosely around his neck while his hold you firmly in place by your waist. Your hand cups his cheek as you lean closer, stopped centimeters away close enough for his breath to dance on your face and lips to barely graze your own.
“Me too.”
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shijiujun · 3 years
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Lonely Dream | 孤梦
Summary: And when all is done and dusted, sometimes Lao Wen still gets those headaches of his, and the spots where Ah Xu had the nails driven in stil throb in pain on a cold, rainy day.
Some slice of life and domesticity for WenZhou as they enjoy more years than they expected to have initially, together.
Notes: OKAY so there are too many theories going out there for special ep ending, and nah not going there! So the concept of this is SOMEHOW Zhou Zishu saves Wen Kexing at the end of Ep 36, and they need to head into icy mountain cave for a WHILE but not forever. They head back down to Four Seasons Manor once Wen Kexing recovers.
Basically SHL ver. WenZhou, but with TYK ending (where WenZhou fight in the icy mountains for a bit after Wu Xi cures him and then head back down into the world of the living). No immortal lifespan, but hey, they get the rest of their normal lives together! So yeah, they can still eat normally, no snow and ice diet please.
Word Count: 4,500+ 
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They visit Ah Xiang and Cao Weining’s graves once Wen Kexing’s year-long recovery in the frigid cold of the mountains is complete.
Zhou Zishu says that it is for Lao Wen’s recuperation, but he suspects Wen Kexing, the heartless bastard, knows that he has taken this year too, to finally stop hurting, to stop going through the bone-deep, heart-wrenching terror at the prospect of losing him.
Opening his eyes in the armoury a year ago, his five senses were returned to him, but at what price? Feeling Lao Wen’s cold hands against his, his stark, blinding white hair a horrifying contrast against his beautiful face, and the man almost leaving him.
Leaving him, once again.
Horror turned into anger, the words stuck in his throat, his chest so tight and heart slamming against the bones caging it, Zhou Zishu had regained all that he had lost-
-and then lost the most important thing, person, to him.
Someone he values above his own life, who had lied to him, who had so stupidly, stupidly gave himself up for him.
Zhou Zishu does not want to remember how he survived that day, how he spent minutes, hours, and days after, making sure Lao Wen continued to hang on to his very last breath.
In the past year, the cold he was constantly plagued with had nothing to do with the wintry landscape.
He knows he is pushing it a little — his eyes have rarely left Wen Kexing since they were moved to the mountains at Wu Xi and Senior Ye’s suggestions. Initially, Lao Wen slept and Zhou Zishu had no idea if he would ever wake up.
Before he would even open his eyes, the panic typically set in just like that, gripping him by the throat the moment he woke. Zhou Zishu would have to reach out for Lao Wen across him on the bed, the fear receding only when he heard and felt Lao Wen’s breaths under his fingertips.
For a long time, Zhou Zishu thought that he would be with Lao Wen in this state for the rest of his life. It was not all bad — as long as Lao Wen was alive, who cared if he spent the rest of his years guarding a sleeping Wen Kexing?
Who’s the lazy one now, Lao Wen, he thought plenty of times in the months after, his hands caressing at Wen Kexing’s cheek bones and pale face, which was of the same colour as his white hair.
Fortunately, fortunately… he managed to keep the person he wanted in the end.
They have been so focused on recuperating, stuck in the mountains and in that isolated environment, it was easy to distance themselves from everything that had and was happening outside.
Even though Wen Kexing did not mention a thing, Zhou Zishu knows that he spends some nights awake, looking out into a sky full of stars, quiet and pensive. He knows it, because he does the same.
For Jiu Xiao, for Han Ying, for Qing Luan.
For a young woman who called him Zishu-ge and Sickly Ghost, who threatened to fight him if he left Wen Kexing all alone. A beautiful young woman who should have gotten her happy ending on that tragic afternoon.
For a young man, who had a smile that could light up even the darkest of corners in a place like the Ghost Valley, who would have protected his to-be wife with everything he had.
The pain and grief that comes with losing Ah Xiang and Cao Weining is no easier to bear a year on.
===
Wen Kexing recalls the way she looked that day, all beautiful in her green and red bridal robes, finally able to live a life basking under the sunshine without anything holding her back. That was what he always wanted for her.
What a huge mistake that wedding was.
His whole life, aside from Ah Xu, has been a cycle of repeated mistakes, over and over again. If he had just put his foot down and insisted on not letting Mo Huaiyi in, if he had not just walked away in anger and instead stayed there, they would have stopped Xiao Cao’s death, and Ah Xiang’s after.
Why had he walked off? How did beautiful Ah Xiang, an Ah Xiang he was ready to give away, end up taking her last breath in his arms?
A sting on his right ear pulls him violently out of his depressed reverie, and he yells, “Ow- Ow, ow, ow, Ah Xu!”
“Don’t think that I don’t know what you’re thinking,” Zhou Zishu says, pulling Wen Kexing’s face close to him by the ear. “There is no point dwelling in the past. Life and death… when the time comes, no one can escape from it.”
Wen Kexing’s eyes sober a little, bitterness flashing across his face. Remnants of his hatred and resentment from more than a year ago, before he met Ah Xu.
“If I had just kept her with me-“
“We all make our choices,” Zhou Zishu says, his voice gentling as he lets Wen Kexing go, but the man does not move away.
“If she had to choose again, she would probably have chosen the same.”
In the cold, their hands find their way to each other, clasping warmly under their thick sleeves, the rims lined with fur.
They stare at the graves for a little longer. And while Wen Kexing has never believed in some higher power up there or the heavens-
-this time, with every ounce of his being, he prays and wishes that Ah Xiang and that pig will find their ways back to each other in the next life, no matter what.
Zhou Zishu’s hand squeezes around his, and Wen Kexing turns to see his Ah Xu’s warm smile and gaze.
“Shall we go home?”
Home. The place where they can live out the rest of their natural lives together.
“Let’s go home,” Wen Kexing agrees.
===
“Ah Xu, that is not the way you-“
Hearing Wen Kexing nag for the thousandth time, Zhou Zishu has finally had enough. Slamming the broad vegetable knife onto the wooden chopping board loudly, he turns and looks at the man next to him.
“I’m not the one who begged me to do this,” Zhou Zishu says, turning to walk away, “You make dinner. I told you it was a waste of time-“
Before he can finish his sentence, warmth engulfs his back, and something sharp snuggles into his shoulder bone. A familiar scent — jasmine, from the incense that Wen Kexing likes to use — wraps around him, hands trapping him in between the counter and the limpet attached to him.
Wen Kexing’s palms close over his hands, then guides them to pick up the knife again. Zhou Zishu stiffens, but does not move away. He lets Wen Kexing curl his own fingers properly over the cabbage, and chop at it neatly, over and over.
They have not yet spoken about this between them, despite laying in the same bed right next to each other night after night. The cave was hardly a luxurious abode and to save effort and space, Zhou Zishu fell asleep next to a comatose Wen Kexing for several months, wanting to ascertain that he was alive and breathing at any given moment.
After Wen Kexing woke, Zhou Zishu continued to sleep next to him, and Lao Wen never once brought it up in conversation.
Coming back to Four Seasons Manor, Wen Kexing naturally turned up in his room instead of the one he was staying at before, already asleep when Zhou Zishu returned to turn in.
This man is his soulmate, the person he would give everything up for no matter what it was. His lost shidi, but even before that, this man was someone who was willing to do everything he could for him. Who cared for him like no one else ever would again.
Beyond that? Zhou Zishu knows of his feelings, and is rather certain of Wen Kexing’s. He supposes that after pledging to save each other’s lives at the expense of their own repeatedly, some things just do not have to be articulated.
Zhou Zishu leans into the hold, relaxing entirely.
At this, it is Wen Kexing’s turn to be stunned at the reciprocation where he was expecting none before, but the man recovers quickly. He snuggles in even closer, the side of his face pressed right up against Zhou Zishu’s. 
His Ah Xu remains still, as if unbothered, and Wen Kexing decides to try his luck.
“Ah Xu,” he angles his head slightly, his mouth brushing lightly over Zhou Zishu’s cheek as he murmurs straight into his ear.
Ah, there it is. Zhou Zishu freezes against him, now making to move his ear out of Wen Kexing’s reach.
“What?”
Wen Kexing smiles, amused and so, so fond.
His voice still low and sultry, he continues, “I think you’re right, you should let me cook instead. You’re murdering the cabbage.”
Zhou Zishu pauses for a good two seconds before turning to glare at Wen Kexing. Wen Kexing recognizes that look, and the warmth on Zhou Zishu’s back vanishes instantly just as he starts waving the knife at him.
“Wen Kexing, don’t you think you’re being ridiculous and childish-“
Laughter fills the kitchen, a sound that is incredibly melodious, immediately soothing all the uneasiness Zhou Zishu feels.
Outside, all twenty disciples try not to peek and look at their shifu and shishu being strange again. One of the younger ones, Xiao Man, cannot help but angle his head in the direction of the kitchen, and then says, “Da-shixiong, shifu is going after shishu with a knife! Is he going to be okay?”
Zhang Chengling sighs inwardly, then smiles and pats the boy on the head.
“That’s shifu’s way of showing how much he cares about shishu.”
Back in the kitchen, having heard that tiny quip from their youngest disciple, Wen Kexing finally stops in his tracks, turning around mid-escape to grab Zhou Zishu around the waist with a hand, and the other going to the hand that is holding onto the knife and stopping his Ah Xu from possibly murdering him.
He sets the knife aside, but his other hand does not move.
“What are you doing,” grumbles Zhou Zishu, looking away, his expression a little stern, as if telling Wen Kexing not to be such a nuisance.
This close, however, Wen Kexing can certainly see the light flush on Ah Xu’s cheekbones. 
If Wen Kexing had to rank all the beautiful bones that Ah Xu has, it would probably be scapulas first, followed by his cheekbones.
Wen Kexing’s eyes dip a little lower.
He thinks collarbones may rank third.
“Ah Xu.”
“What?” sighs Zhou Zishu. “Let me go, the disciples need to finish the last set of practice-“
He is cut off when Wen Kexing swoops downwards, and catches his lips in his.
Zhou Zishu’s eyes go wide, but before he can do anything like move away and out of Wen Kexing’s firm hold, the man circles his waist with both arms, effectively trapping him and bringing him closer.
Wen Kexing’s body temperature tends to run on the colder side these days, a side effect of him having been brought back from the brink of death.
Right now, however, Zhou Zishu can feel nothing else but the scalding heat. His hands move up, intending to push Wen Kexing away, but they end up clutching tight around the man’s broad shoulders.
He does not stop the kiss, letting Wen Kexing’s lips roam as they like.
Outside, an unfortunate Chengling who sees this finds his eyes going wide.
“Erm,” he clears his throat quite loudly, gaining all the disciples’ attention. “Let’s head outside to finish our practice.”
He ushers everyone out, while wondering how the hell he hadn’t seen this coming.
Everything makes so much sense now.
===
Four Seasons Manor grows, and Zhang Chengling along with Bi Xingming end up taking over some classes and teaching of their own.
Wen Kexing does not want to admit it, but it seems that when he asked Ah Xu if he was a servant here, the man actually meant it. His little Chengling, who is not so little anymore, still comes to him to ask for tips or begs him to give some pointers to the other disciples, but most of the time, Wen Kexing is cooking.
He makes breakfast, is involved in lunch, and definitely ends up cooking a feast every dinner. Thankfully, Bi Xingming is unlike his da-shixiong and shifu as he actually has some kitchen sense, but Wen Kexing has truly been demoted to servant in this manor.
A servant that ends up in his master’s bed every night, Wen Kexing thinks then, and feels better about it immediately.
“Shishu, let me help you bring these out,” Bi Xingming says, stepping into the kitchen just as he’s done with the last dish.
“Mnn,” Wen Kexing hums in assent without looking up from his soup, tasting it one last time.
At the very least, these days, Zhou Zishu is able to actually, actually taste the food he lovingly cooks.
“Perfect,” he nods. “Is your shifu not up yet? It’s almost lunch time.”
“Ah…” Bi Xingming blinks, “You said not to disturb him until he wakes up, and he hasn’t left the room since morning.”
Wen Kexing frowns slightly. Sure, he worked Ah Xu over thoroughly last night, but not to the extent that he would need to sleep in for this long. Worry niggling at him, he gets Bi Xingming to start lunch with the other disciples first without waiting for them, and heads in the direction of their room.
The last time Zhou Zishu slept in so late, it was the night he confessed his past to Wen Kexing, of how he caused the deaths of everyone in Four Seasons Manor. He was deathly ill then and emotionally wrung out — things that Wen Kexing loathes to see on Zhou Zishu.
“Ah Xu?” Wen Kexing calls, sliding the door open gently.
The lump under the covers is the same as when he left it this morning. Wen Kexing takes quick strides and goes over, sitting down on the bed next to Ah Xu.
“Ah Xu?” he calls again, his voice soft as he reaches out for Zhou Zishu’s face.
His lips are pale, eyebrows furrowed and perspiring at the forehead.
“Ah Xu, are you ill? What’s wrong?”
Zhou Zishu’s skin is of normal temperature, much to Wen Kexing’s relief. His brain runs through a a million scenarios, none of them good and just as he’s about to yell for Chengling, something clicks in his head.
He does yell for their Chengling in the end, but for a hot bath instead with a pack of herbs and medicine from the stash Wu Xi gave them before he headed back home with Jing Beiyuan.
“Is shifu okay?” he asks, worried.
“He will be,” Wen Kexing says, lifting Zhou Zishu out from under the covers and heading for the bath. “Don’t worry, I’ll watch him. You continue training with the other disciples, otherwise when Ah Xu wakes up he’s going to scold all of you again.”
As Zhou Zishu soaks in the steaming medicinal bath, Wen Kexing sits right next to him, pillowing his head on his arms, which are sitting on the rim of the wooden tub and stares at him.
A few years have passed since the days when Wen Kexing despaired at Zhou Zishu dying in a short few years and the peace they have now makes it easy to not think about the past. He forgets sometimes that despite being healed, despite him giving his life force to Ah Xu, the man’s body has been to hell and back with the nails.
And forcing them out of his body forcefully while he mistakenly believed that Wen Kexing was dead, wanting to take revenge for him-
For the rest of their time together, Wen Kexing knows he will forever be guilt-ridden at this. If only he had just told Ah Xu, if only he didn’t make another stupid decision, there would have been no need for the armoury. No need for self-sacrificial plays, no need for lost time.
That Zhou Zishu would love him still and be with him, that is nothing short of a miracle.
On days like these, when the weather turns just the slightest bit wet and cold, his body starts to hurt, especially the points where he kept the nails in. All seven of them, the stupid man.
Wen Kexing inches forward and presses a kiss to the man’s temple.
For this life and every life after this one, Wen Kexing swears he will always be good to Zhou Zishu.
===
He loves and hates Wen Kexing’s hair, even after several years have passed. They are nearing the ten-year mark since leaving the mountains, and Zhou Zishu has slept next to this man every single day after, but whenever Wen Kexing shows up, Zhou Zishu has to admit that his breath is always taken away.
Wen Kexing looks ethereally gorgeous with those white strands, his features standing out even more clearly, not that Zhou Zishu would ever tell him that lest it goes to his head. However, it is a reminder that his silly, stupid shidi and now husband would dare to sacrifice his own life for his without telling him.
It is a constant reminder that he lost him, even if momentarily.
“Ah Xu, why are you are staring at me like that? You’re going to make me shy. Did you miss me? I was only gone for two days,” Wen Kexing says unabashedly during dinner.
At once, coughs and chokes go around the table, and the clanking of dropped chopsticks on the table echo through the dining hall.
Zhou Zishu takes a deep breath to compose himself and resists the urge to fight with the man over dinner. It would be a waste of food, not to mention a futile argument seeing that Wen Kexing has not changed at all since the first time they met. As long as he does not break out into poetry-
“Ah Xu, I missed you too. It is so fortunate that your heart is akin to mine-“
At that, everyone immediately stands from the table and excuses themselves, stumbling over one another as they parrot that they are full and do not want to have anymore.
It is an open secret that they are together — not because they are hiding it, but simply because they find no need to verbalize what they are to others — and if it was another couple that was stuck in this situation, he would possibly find it amusing, but Wen Kexing is incorrigible and has been for years. 
Zhou Zishu finds that while he loves the man and is utterly devoted to him, is willing to die for him, at times like these maybe they should have both just stayed dead.
“Wen Kexing, have you had enough?”
He reaches out, intending to pinch at Wen Kexing as a lesson, but the man catches his hand within his deft fingers and brings it upwards so his hand is cupping one side of his face. Wen Kexing turns his head a little to press his lips to the open palm, a soft smile tugging at his lips.
“I missed you,” Wen Kexing repeats. “It’s strange how it has only been two days, but I miss you like I’ve never missed anything else before.”
The impending reprimand dies on his lips.
Fine, just this once.
Zhou Zishu sighs and pinches at Wen Kexing’s cheek instead.
“Ow, ow! Ah Xu, Ah Xu, this face is a work of the heavens, how can you trample on it like this?!”
Zhou Zishu’s eyes are once again drawn to Wen Kexing’s white locks, and he unconsciously reaches out.
As if knowing what Zhou Zishu is thinking about, Wen Kexing grabs for the hand again, interlacing their fingers together.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before I faked my death, and then not telling you at the end, before I….” Wen Kexing says, swallowing with difficulty. “Ah Xu, if I could change it, I would. But at the end, if I was given the same choice, I would have chosen the same.”
It hurts to think about that morning, seeing Wen Kexing’s hair all white and almost lifeless, his hands dropping from his.
“I know,” Zhou Zishu breathes, hiding his face in Wen Kexing’s shoulder. “I know.”
===
Zhou Zishu hears of the supposed ambush on Four Seasons Manor while he  has half a day’s journey left before he gets home.
The unrest in jianghu truly never ends; their fight with the Scorpions, with Tian Chuang, with Prince Jin and Zhao Jing was rewarded with peace for a few years, but people never say contented for long. Old sects are wiped out and new ones emerge. Most of them know not to mess with Four Seasons Manor as his and Wen Kexing’s reputations indeed precede themselves, but it is unavoidable, perhaps, for some newer and ambitious ones to mistakenly think they can take both of them on.
Well, they must have made sure Zhou Zishu was not in the manor before striking, as if Wen Kexing could not take all of them on himself.
He arrives in the nick of time in the heat of battle, although a quick glance shows that Four Seasons Manor is still holding up pretty well, with Zhang Chengling and Bi Xingming leading the rest of the disciples.
And there he is, Wen Kexing, all regal in his red embroidered robes, and his white hair pinned up neatly. Every movement from his sharp and deadly fan strikes true. His eyebrows are furrowed slightly, his eyes revealing a thirst for blood that Zhou Zishu hasn’t seen in a while.
He shivers at the want that hits him, even though it is not the time and place for it.
Zhou Zishu lands opportunely behind Wen Kexing and parries a blow that was coming straight for Wen Kexing back.
The both of them exchange a glance, and wordlessly, delve right back into the fight.
When the dust settles a few hours later, Zhou Zishu makes sure injured disciples are looked at while others clean up the mess. His attention finally freed up so he can focus solely on Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu turns, only to see his husband a distance away from him, supporting himself against a wall.
He recognizes the signs of Wen Kexing’s brain-splitting headaches immediately, and rushes over.
“Lao Wen!”
“Shishu!”
Zhou Zishu catches Wen Kexing just as he collapses, his legs giving out under him. His fingers immediately search for Wen Kexing’s pulse.
This is an all-too familiar scene, but Zhou Zishu cannot remember when this last happened. His body growing cold at the implications, all the fears are now suddenly dredged up from the trenches of trauma sustained at a point in time long ago.
“Go get Physician Yao,” Zhou Zishu snaps at whichever disciple is standing closest to them, before picking Wen Kexing up.
Zhang Chengling turns up in their room before the physician does, and whatever fear he is experiencing right now abates slightly.
Before the manor started to grow, there was only the three of them. If anyone understands what he is feeling right now, it would be Chengling.
“Shifu…” he says, trailing off as he kneels down next to the bed and looks at Wen Kexing. “Shishu hasn’t had this in years, what happened?”
“Maybe… I don’t know,” Zhou Zishu exhales heavily. “He could be just.. too tired.”
They watch over him until the physician arrives. Zhou Zishu refuses to be chased out, and the tightness in his chest only disappears once she rolls her eyes at him after testing Wen Kexing’s pulse.
“The both of you are not young anymore,” Physician Yao almost scoffs. “And the injuries and illnesses that the both of you share combined can fill up a list a mile long. He hasn’t exerted himself like this in a long while, suddenly letting it all out in a fight like that, of course there are bound to be side effects. Stop looking at him as if he’s about to die.”
Zhou Zishu is about to thank her, when a weak rasp comes from the bed, “… been there, done that.”
Relief floods him at the sound of Wen Kexing’s voice, and immediately after, anger burns hot through him as the man’s words sink in, “Wen Kexing!”
Physician Yao retreats, knowing by now not to give instructions to them both when they get like this. Instead, speaking to any of their disciples would be much more reliable.
===
Later, after all has quietened down for certain, the stench of blood fading somewhat, Wen Kexing blinks languidly, not wanting to move at all, or do anything.
If he was to die in this position right now, he would have zero complaints.
Zhou Zishu pats at the back of his head gently as Wen Kexing lies almost half on him, his ear pressed over Zhou Zishu’s heart, comforted by the strong beat. Years later, the both of them approaching the big five-o, and Wen Kexing is still like a child sometimes.
Well, he’s making up for lost time.
He is greedy for more years with Ah Xu, in this life and every single life after. A hundred, a thousand years and more. Every little bit, he wants to spend with Ah Xu.
“Ah Xu,” he murmurs, and feels the vibration of the man’s response through his chest, “Before, I could not have what I wanted. I could not play when I wanted to, there was no one to teach me martial arts when I wanted to learn and the things I wanted I could not afford.”
“The person I wanted to keep, I was too late.”
This conversation seems so far away now, but is as clear to the both of them as if it happened just yesterday. That rainy, storming night.
A night of despair and hopelessness.
Zhou Zishu huffs in amusement.
“And now?” he asks.
Wen Kexing looks up, and cheekily responds, “Well, the martial arts part aside, Ah Xu, you pay for everything now, so I can afford everything! And in terms of play… you would know best how well I play now with-“
He’s cut off with a warning look from Zhou Zishu, although the man does not attempt to jostle him, still worried about his earlier headache and injuries sustained from the fight.
Wen Kexing loves this man, to the depths of hell and back.
“And… the person I want to keep, is right here with me.”
Zhou Zishu’s answering smile lights up every fibre of being.
They have forever to look forward to.
***
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lavender, honey and coconut (e.p. x fem!r)
summary:  Penelope Garcia can sniff out secrets like a cute security dog can sniff out drugs. y/n had been amused but had brushed off the warning. That had been her first mistake.
pairing: emily prentiss x fem!reader
word count: 4k
a/n: okay, this is my first time writing for cm and emily prentiss, so I hope it isn’t too ooc! this is definitely a different vibe to the show lmao, i mostly wrote this to amuse myself, and then decided it might be worth sharing. I hope you’lll enjoy it xo (tell me if u do, i’m nervous)
warnings: some alcohol is consumed, light swearing
ao3
Penelope Garcia can sniff out secrets like a cute security dog can sniff out drugs.
It's a well-known fact that if you want to keep something hidden, one, you don't tell Garcia because she's incapable of keeping anything secret and two, don't breathe near her because she will be able to figure out that you're hiding something, and she will know which buttons to push to get you to spill everything.
Penelope likes to think that in another life, she would've made a great interrogator. In this life though, she uses her powers to get what she wants out of her friends.
This was one of the first things y/n found out when she joined the BAU. Derek spoke about the tech goddess' powers with reverence while the rest of them spoke of it with fear. Even Hotch seemed a little disconcerted by the whole thing.
y/n had been amused but had brushed off the warning.
That had been her first mistake.
***
Paperwork days were the worst.
y/n should probably love them more because if she's stuck behind her desk, it means that no one is out there getting brutally murdered. Still, it's a lot less exciting. It doesn't help that the bullpen is oddly quiet, everyone focused on their files. Spencer is going through his about a mile a minute, stopping from time to time to rewrite something or to look up some kind of information. Derek is slower and y/n can almost see the boredom oozing out of him. Yet, he doesn't look up when she looks over at him and keeps diligently going through his notes.
Finally, her eyes land on Emily. Her head is propped up on her left hand as she writes with the right. Occasionally, she will bite her nails as she focuses hard on part of her notes. y/n thinks she looks extra cute when she frowns, trying to understand her own writing. It makes y/n smile before refocusing on her own work.
y/n is almost done with one of her reports when she notices some missing information. She could easily look it up herself, but she's bored and this is the perfect excuse to get away from her desk for a bit. So she stands up, gathers her papers and walks to her favourite tech genius' lair.
y/n opens the door and sees Penelope's back turned to her. Before she can say anything, Garcia's voice rings out.
"Well if it isn't my favourite ray of sunshine, what can I do for you, y/n?"
y/n smiles at the blonde's greeting, as she sits down next to her, "Are you busy?"
"Not at all!"
"Great, I'm missing some information on this file, but most importantly, I'm in dire need of entertainment."
Garcia happily grabs the file from y/n and starts tapping away at her computer, putting up the information she needs on her screen in no time. She prints it all out and hands it to y/n with a flourish.
"Here's the info you need," She starts, but her eyes quickly turn regretful, "Sadly, I have no recent office gossip to entertain you with."
y/n pouts at that, "Damn, not even from Slutty David?"
Penelope shakes her head and opens her mouth to speak when she suddenly frowns at y/n. She pulls back slightly and y/n wonders if she'd forgotten to put on deodorant that morning. Penelope says nothing, just watches her.
"What?" y/n finally asks, unnerved by the staring.
"What are you not telling me?" Garcia asks simply and it's y/n's turn to frown. She can't think of anything that she might be hiding from her friend.
"Nothing?"
y/n is pretty sure that's the wrong answer and that Penelope is going to keep asking her questions until she confesses to something she didn't even know she was hiding. To her surprise though, Garcia only stares at her for a few more seconds before dropping it. As quick as it disappeared, her bright smile is back on her face and she goes back to telling a story.
It turns out that yes, she did have something to tell y/n about Slutty David.
y/n leaves Penelope about twenty minutes later with a refreshed brain, ready to get back to work. When she gets back to her desk, Emily looks up to give her a smile. y/n smiles back and winks at her as she sits down. Emily's smile broadens before she turns her focus back to the file in front of her.
y/n does the same, her smile staying even while going through an autopsy report. It's only hours later when y/n is almost done with paperwork that she freezes. She looks up at Emily and realizes.
That's what she's been hiding.
She frowns. There's no way Garcia knows that though, she and Emily have made sure, they've been careful.
Yeah, it was probably a fluke.
***
Mornings where she gets to wake up next to Emily are y/n's favourites. Even the early ones, when they get called in for a case, having Emily next to her makes it all easier.
That's what happens that morning, both of their phones going off at 5:45 am. Emily is the one to reach for her phone while y/n latches onto her and drops a kiss on her girlfriend's shoulder.
"It's JJ. We have to go in."
y/n nods and painstakingly opens her eyes. She drops another kiss on Emily's shoulder and turns away from her to get up, but before she can go too far, Emily reaches for her and kisses her. y/n scrunches up her nose even though she's smiling into the kiss.
"Morning breath. Gross," She manages to mutter against Emily's lips.
"Don't care."
y/n had wondered when they started dating if it would get to a point where it'd be too much to be together and then work together as well. Now, six months into their relationship, y/n knows she had worried over nothing. They have a system and boundaries. They keep the PDA to a minimum at work, which isn't a problem considering they had decided to keep their relationship a secret from the team. It's not that Prentiss and y/l/n don't trust their coworkers, it's more than they don't want to screw up the group's dynamics.
And it's also ridiculously funny to see how long it's taking a whole group of profilers to figure out that two members of their team are dating.
After getting dressed, y/n starts packing a new bag, taking clothes from the one drawer Emily had emptied out and gifted to her on their 2 months anniversary. Emily had a similar one at y/n's place. Considering their jobs and the amount of time they spent at each other's place, they figured it was smart to always have enough clothes at each other's place for instances like these.
Not even 10 minutes later, they're out of the door. They kiss one last time before Emily gets into her car and y/n gets into hers. As usual, y/n takes the long way to work, her place being famously further away than Emily's. So when she finally gets to the conference room, everyone is already there and waiting for Hotch.
y/n sits in between Derek and Spencer, "Good morning, my people!"
"It certainly is not," Hotch deadpans as he enters the room. y/n closes her mouth and nods to herself. She should've seen that one coming.
The others chuckle quietly, but the laughter quickly dies. Hotch was right. This is far from a good morning.
The murders are gruesome, the victims are all women which bear a striking resemblance to Emily. y/n doesn't bring attention to it, it wouldn't bring anything to the case except worry over a detail that isn't of much importance, at least not right now. Instead, she watches her girlfriend look at the pictures, and by the way her jaw clenches and unclenches repeatedly, she's come to the same realization.
"Alright everyone, wheels up in 20." Hotch dismisses them, and almost everyone rushes out of the room to get their bags. Garcia stays behind though, and so does Emily. y/n gathers her stuff slowly then, waiting for Garcia to leave the room so she can have a moment alone with her girlfriend.
Garcia doesn't leave, though.
She's staring at y/n ominously. She's missing a furry cat to be petting and she'd look like a supervillain from a cheesy action movie. y/n tries smiling at her, but the blonde doesn't respond in the slightest.
y/n leaves the room. She'll check up on Emily before take-off. She is big enough to admit that she was a little freaked out by Garcia.
She thinks nothing of it until hours later, when she's setting up their evidence board in a small town in buttfuck, Texas. JJ is standing next to her, writing the name of the second victim.
"Garcia has been asking about you."
It's such a weird thing to say that y/n is a bit taken aback. She pauses and slowly turns to look at JJ, "Uhm… Okay?"
JJ puts the cap on the pen and turns to y/n, her face probably too serious for whatever this is about.
"Remember when we told you about Garcia's weird ability to tell when someone is hiding something juicy?" y/n nods, still confused as to where this is going, "Well, she's smelt whatever it is that you're hiding."
y/n briefly wonders if no one is bothered by the constant comparison of Garcia to a literal hound dog, but apparently not. She lets out a small chuckle and nods at JJ, clearly not believing the warning tone the blonde had used, "Yeah, okay, I'll sleep with one eye open."
"y/n, I'm serious," JJ lowers her voice and looks around before confiding, "Penelope is the reason the whole team knows I had a one night stand with Slutty David."
"You had sex with Slutty David?"
JJ shudders, "Everybody makes mistakes."
***
y/n tells Emily about JJ's warning as they cuddle into bed that same night, exhausted from a day of leads getting them nowhere. To her surprise, Emily agrees with JJ.
"Garcia has a way of getting you to admit to things you thought you'd never say out loud."
The way she talks about it has y/n looking up from her very comfortable spot on Emily's shoulder to her girlfriend's face. She's staring off in the distance as if haunted by whatever it is that Garcia had dug up on her.
"What the hell did she find out about you?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
***
"So, are you seeing anyone?"
It's Saturday night and they're out at a club for a Girl's night. After the case they'd had, they deserved a night to unwind. They've chosen a bar where the music is loud, but not loud enough to drown out Penelope's question. JJ and Emily are gone, lost somewhere in the crowd fighting for the bartender's attention, in search of more drinks. As y/n's brain finally processes what Garcia has just asked, she fights the urge to smile and look for Emily.
y/n has drunk enough to be on the dumb side of gay.
"Why do you ask?"
"Answering a question with another question, very telling," Garcia smirks.
Penelope seems oddly composed for someone who is two cocktails and three shots deep into the party. Usually, a drunk Garcia means sloppy kisses on the cheek and getting her away from attractive strangers before she can say anything overtly sexual or inappropriate. So something doesn't add up. y/n squints her eyes at the blonde in front of her, like that will somehow help her see things clearer.
It doesn't. Everything looks fuzzy and she probably should stop drinking.
"I'm not."
The lie tastes gross in y/n's mouth and if there's one thing that could make her feel better, it would be kissing Emily. Before she can stop it, a smitten smile makes its way onto her face. Garcia slams a hand on the table, making y/n jump. She focuses her eyes on Penelope who's pointing an accusing finger at her.
"There! Who did you just think about?"
y/n sputters, racking her brain for a more convincing lie but she can't stop smiling so she gives in. Damn her inability to lie when she's drunk.
"Okay, fine" y/n amends, "I am seeing someone, but please keep it quiet."
Penelope obviously does not keep quiet. Instead, she squeals loud enough that she startles a few people passing by their table. Of course, that's also the moment JJ and Emily pick to come back.
So when Garcia basically yells, "I knew it!" for the whole bar to hear, there's no way y/n is getting out of this one.
"Knew what?" Emily asks with a smile as she puts down a drink in front of y/n. She immediately grabs it, thinking that maybe if she blacks out, this conversation will also be erased from the history of the universe.
"y/n is seeing someone!" Penelope happily informs the two recently arrived. JJ whips her head, excitement filling her eyes, about a million questions fighting to be asked first. Emily, for her part, chokes on her drink.
"Why haven't you told us anything?" JJ says, her blue eyes even more glassy than usual, "Who is it?"
y/n shrugs, going for a nonchalant vibe. She goes with something vague.
"You don't know her."
Penelope's smile widens, "Oh, so it's a her."
Shit. Not vague enough.
What follows are a series of questions that y/n refuses to answer and thankfully, with Emily there to mediate, they manage to change the subject. Seriously, y/n could kiss her right then and there. Instead, she takes a sip of her drink and glances towards Emily. They decide to leave less than an hour later. JJ is about one sip away from taking her top off while y/n is just about ready to throw caution to the wind and start making out with Emily. To hell with consequences.
Penelope is still suspiciously acting sane.
"Oh, Pen, be careful, someone dropped their drinks right behind your chair."
JJ's heads up makes y/n glare at Garcia who looks a little too guilty.
***
When they get back to Emily's place, y/n barely waits until the front door is closed before kissing Emily. Emily welcomes it, blindly throwing away the keys to wrap both hands around her girlfriend's neck. The kissing is sweet, the taste of their last drinks still sticking to their mouths. It's a little messy due to the fact they're both smiling like two goddamn idiots in love. When they stop, Emily grabs y/n by the hand and drags her to the kitchen so they can both drink water to make their hangovers hopefully less painful in the morning.
They're almost done when Emily speaks.
"We have a problem."
y/n stops moving. She should've known this moment would come.
"Listen, if this is about the burnt toaster, I've already ordered a new one."
"Garcia- What?" Emily turns around to look at the spot where her toaster usually rests, "What happened?"
Realizing her mistake, y/n puts her empty glass of water down and wraps her arms around Emily's waist, "Nothing you need to worry about," Emily looks back at her girlfriend who looks too innocent, "What were you going to say?"
"Garcia knows you're with someone."
y/n nods slowly, wondering where Emily is going with this. She doesn't see any problems. Sure, Penelope knows that she might be sort of taken by a woman, but that's it. Even in her drunken state, she'd managed to keep any other incriminating details to herself.
"Garcia has a way of finding things out, it's only a matter of time until she puts two and two together."
Emily looks genuinely fearful and y/n wonders again, what kind of dirt Penelope had gotten Emily to disclose. She thinks back to JJ's warning as well. y/n turns it over in her head, but in the end, she scoffs and leans up to kiss Emily.
"Don't worry, babe. I'll make up a fake break up or something and we'll be fine."
Thinking she could fool Penelope Garcia so easily was y/n's second mistake.
***
Derek is getting himself coffee when y/n swiftly approaches him from the side.
"What secret did Garcia get out of Emily?"
"Which time?"
"There's more than one?"
"Oh yeah."
***
The whole thing with Garcia does make y/n and Emily reconsider telling the team, or at the very least, Hotch and HR.
They hadn't at first because of team dynamics, but mostly because they themselves were figuring out how they worked as a couple. It turns out they worked great, and hiding each other from their coworkers and best friends was getting a bit much for the both of them.
They wanted to show up at Rossi's dinner parties together without worrying about what their friends would think. y/n wanted to hold Emily's hand after a rough case on the jet without it being questioned, just as much as Emily wanted to drive with y/n to work every morning and walk into the building together.
So the next morning, Emily and y/n get to work before anyone else and walk into Hotch's office.
He doesn't have much of a reaction, not that they were expecting anything more.
What does surprise them is that, after giving them the whole speech about professionalism and whatnot, he smiles at them and says, "I'm happy for you both."
Aaron Hotchner smiles at them and y/n feels like her relationship has just been blessed by the angels from above.
***
"Hey, Spence? Do you know what Garcia dug up on Emily?"
"Emily sprained her wrist a few years back and told us that it had happened at the range. It turns out that she'd sprained it falling from her skateboard."
"Her skate- What?"
***
When y/n had told Emily they'd be fine, she wasn't being cocky, but she just knew that there was no way Garcia would suspect something with how careful they had been.
They never showed up together at work. At first, they always timed their arrivals carefully, until it became second nature. They were never overly affectionate with each other. If they needed to be comforted during a particularly hard case, they'd wait to be behind the closed doors of the hotel room they shared on most trips. As much as y/n wanted to, she never showed up to work wearing one of her girlfriend's sweaters, no matter how warm and comfortable they were.
Bottom line was, there was no reason for Garcia to suspect anything when their teammates who were literal profilers hadn't caught onto anything.
No one except Hotch knew. And only because they'd told him, so.
y/n should've known though, from being a profiler herself, that being too confident meant she was bound to slip up and make a mistake sooner rather than later.
It all happens very quickly.
JJ asks y/n if she can grab a couple of files she had left with Garcia and bring them back to her because she was waiting for someone to call and she couldn't go too far. y/n, of course, accepts, always happy to get away from her desk and the paperwork begging for her attention. She quickly knocks on Garcia's door before entering and the tech doesn't turn around as she greets her.
"Bonjour, Emily, what brings you to Casa Garcia today?"
y/n chuckles at the blonde's eccentricities, "Sorry, but you got it wrong, it's me."
Penelope rolls her chair around to face her and she looks truly distraught to have gotten it wrong, "But I always get it right. I'm the all-knowing Penelope Garcia."
y/n gently pats her shoulder as she reaches past her to some files she sees on the desk, "Are these JJ's? She asked me to get them for her."
Garcia nods, but she still looks defeated at having failed to guess her visitor's identity, so y/n tells her she'll come by later with some coffee for a chat. Penelope nods and turns her attention back to her computer and so she leaves.
It's funny, y/n thinks, that of all the people Penelope could have confused her with, it was Emily. Maybe some of Emily's fears had planted themselves into her brain unbeknownst to her because y/n suddenly feels very uneasy. Why did Pen think it was Emily walking in? Had she unconsciously started walking like her girlfriend? No, no, that was ridiculous. Emily had a very distinctive gate that was very different from y/n's.
Still, something is off. y/n trusts her gut, it has never failed her, and her gut is telling her something is off.
She doesn't know what though. She had woken up with Emily that morning and they'd actually had time to enjoy a nice breakfast together and had plenty of time to get ready together. In fact, they had even gotten to enjoy a very pleasant shower together. y/n smiles at that particularly good memory until she realizes.
"Shit," she mutters, but not quietly enough. She's standing in the middle of the bullpen, her coworkers' eyes on her. Before she can tell herself that it's fine, that she was just paranoid and that there was no way Penelope had noticed, she hears a familiar but hurried clicking of heels approach the bullpen. y/n turns around to see Penelope standing on the other side of the glass window and one look at her is all y/n needs.
She knows.
Before Garcia can make her way inside the bullpen and bring mayhem with her, y/n hastily makes her way to her. She drops JJ's files on her desk haphazardly under Derek, Emily and Spencer's bewildered eyes. When she gets to Penelope, she gently grabs her by the arm and urgently leads her away.
"You smell like lavender!" Penelope exclaims with no preamble, "You usually don't smell like lavender, you smell of honey and coconut, but never lavender and that's why I got confused!"
y/n confidently nods in greeting at an agent passing by Garcia's office as y/n shoves her inside. He looks unsettled but only smiles in return, preferring to ignore whatever is going on. Smart man.
"That's why I thought you were Emily! Because Emily is the one who smells of lavender!" Penelope is pacing while y/n stands with her back to the door.
"Okay, Pen, I need you to breathe," She says when the techie is still going on about lavender, honey and coconut.
"Breathe? How can I breathe when you and Emily are dating."
y/n thinks that's a bit dramatic, but Garcia has finally stopped pacing and talking. y/n slowly steps towards the blonde and puts both of her hands on her shoulders. She debates for a few seconds, wonders if she'd get away with a lie but at this point, y/n's pretty sure the cat is out of the bag.
"Yeah, Emily and I are together."
y/n should've been prepared for it, but when Garcia lets out a high pitched squeal, it still gets her by surprise. Her pained grimace is quickly chased away by laughter when Penelope hugs her with all the strength and excitement caffeine was providing her.
"This is so great, I'm so happy for you two!" She lets you go long enough to see the smile that's made its way onto her face. It's the same smitten smile she always gets whenever she thinks about Emily and Garcia honest to god pinches her cheeks, "Aww, look at that smile!"
y/n laughs and tries to get her cheeks away from anymore pinching. That's when the door opens enough for Emily to sneak her head in, "Hey you two, is everything okay?"
She looks at Penelope first, but her eyes end on y/n. Before she can say anything though, Penelope smirks, "Why yes, lover, everything is just fine."
At that, Emily gets in and closes the door behind her. She looks at y/n for confirmation.
y/n just nods, "Yeah, she knows."
"You bet your sweet ass I know!"
And with no further warning, Penelope tackles Emily in a hug much as she'd done with y/n minutes prior. When she lets her go, Emily steps closer to y/n, and with a hand on her lower back, she says, "I told you she'd find out."
y/n ignores the I told you so her girlfriend apparently couldn't wait to give her, but yeah, she's not wrong.
It'll teach her to ever doubt the abilities of the all-knowing Penelope Garcia.
***
Months and months later, y/n meets up with Penelope for brunch on a Sunday morning. Before she can even greet her, the blonde fixes her with a stare that is both strange but oh so very familiar.
"What are you planning?"
This time, y/n grins and tells Garcia not to worry, that she'll know in due time. After all, she can only hide the little velvet box in her coat pocket and its content for so long.
***
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Pairing: Josh Dun x Reader
Warnings: Anxiety, Panic Attack, Fluff
A/N: sooo, this is my first writing ever! all of this came from a dream i had last may, so i thought i could turn this into an imagine. also, there is a lot of lowercases because im to lazy to correct… sorry!! hope yall enjoy, feedback is appreciated!!
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yellow, white and red lights came from everywhere. it was happening, the first twenty one pilots convention ever. there were some people with their yellow tapes and bandanas, some with their red beanies and white glasses, even some people cosplaying as the bishops.
everything looked great. unfortunately, you weren't able to stay with josh in the backstage because him and tyler had a lot of interviews to attend and stuff. so you had the chance to explore the convention as yourself. as a clikkie that you first were, not just as Josh Dun's girlfriend. of course, some people recognized you and asked for pictures, which you happily accepted.
you spent most of your time at the stand where the clikkies were playing their tøp covers. you were amazed by their talent and passion, it was just fascinating. you even got yourself to play heavydirtysoul on the drums with another dude, you never felt so cool.
and then it was time. their special concert was about to start. As you arrived to the area, the majority of the fans that were already there recognized you and insisted for you to stay in the front row. at first everything was great, until you actually went to your saved place and started hearing some comments about you.
"she's just not it."
"she doesn't belong here."
"i don't claim her."
"josh deserves WAY better than this."
"she's a whore. she only wants his money."
to say that you're insecure is an understatement, but you could deal with it occasionally, josh knew everything about it and was always there for you.
except for now.
all the overheard voices ignited a bad feeling that you forgot you ever had. it was it. 3 minutes before your boyfriend concert, and you were about to have a panic attack. you were glad that there were chairs for everyone, so you sat and breathed deeply and slowly, as you always practiced. you thought you were going to be ok, until a girl a few rows behind you yelled:
"look how excited she is for her boyfriend's concert!oh my god. she's the only one seated."
you were about to say something back until someone else yelled
"that bitch must be pregnant! she just wanted his baby so he could give her all his money, i am sure."
dear. lord.
"why didn't I just stay home" played repeatedly in your head. but you had to focus on josh, after all, you were there for him.
and just as you calmed down, the lights came to a halt and the concert started. to be honest, you were really glad that it was a pocket show so the boys couldn't interact that much physically with the crowd because the constant movement and yelling was making you dizzy and more overwhelmed by every second, so you were glad that josh wouldn't be able to se your visibly uncomfortable face.
you loved the boys' concerts, you truly did. but you just couldn't wait for this one to finish, to be honest.
at this point, you couldn't even pay attention to tyler's singing, you just had to focus on keeping yourself on its place. considering that you were on the verge of having a panic attack and you couldn't dare to sit down while you're feeling dizzy, nauseous and slowly losing your conscience.
gladly, you could still cry. people would just think that you were thrilled. so that's what you did. you ugly cried until you heard the last screams of "hello" from tyler, meaning that trees was about to end and so was the concert. you couldn't even believe it when the music came to a halt and all you could hear was screams and applauses. these were surely the longest 50 minutes of your life.
as the boys came to the front to bow, josh started to look for you and as he found your eyes, his heart dropped. he knew you too well. he knew you weren't crying because of the concert, bur yes because of something else, most likely your anxiety got the best of you.
he was feeling so bad for you, for having left you alone and now seeing you in this state. he felt and the guilty over him. in a matter of seconds, after tyler said "we're twenty one pilots and so are you" he whispered something in a rush in his ear and he nodded, giving him the permission to run to you.
as he reached you, you started crying even more. you were too overwhelmed at this point. he then grabbed your hands firmly and asked "hey, hey, easy. are you ok?" and you shook your head weakly, feeling like you wouldn't last too long.
"ok, do you think you can jump this grid?" he asked and you nodded with a weak smile. with a help of two securities and the strong arms of your loved one, you made it to his arms. he grabbed you in bridal style and rushed out of the convention center, while kissing your forehead.
at this point, you were crumbling completely, letting all your feelings out. you were embarrassed, nervous, overwhelmed but above all, relieved for being finally in the arms of the man you loved the most. when you arrived outside, josh sat on the floor with you on his arms. he held you tightly, never wanting to let you go, he loved you so much that he couldn't put into words, so he demonstrated with actions, all the time.
and the same goes for you, you adored him, you never felt such as a thing as you felt your love for josh, it was overwhelming, but in good way actually.
he didn't ask you any questions. he just held you, kissing your forehead, massaging your back and eventually taking your hair out of your face. he stayed in silence with you, just gesturing with his hands the breathing exercises that you both had been practicing. once he made sure your breath was controlled, he just made his magic.
"and it was all yellow..." he sang lowly, only enough for you and him to listen.
it was like the whole world stopped, and it was just you and him. he forgot about his problems and commitments, even the meet&greet's that were about to happen after the show, he forgot they existed, his priority was you and you only.
"your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones..." he kept singing, shyly but doing it all for you.
you couldn't believe this, your favorite song being sang by your favorite person. he knew just the right buttons to press to make you feel like yourself again. you could feel your tears slowly drying and you smiled weakly against his chest, feeling the comfort you could never get tired of. feeling your smile encouraged josh to sing louder, as a way to also express his feelings, especially what he felt for you.
"turn in to something beautiful..."
you knew it wasn't going to be the last time you were going to hear his pretty voice sing. now that you knew that he would do this for you, you would always get the best of it. at this point, you were almost crying of joy. he was too sweet for you.
"do you know, you know i love you so.."
now, you had forgotten about the last one and a half hours of your life. you were back into your reality, where you felt good and happy, all of this because you had this yellow headed smiley boy by your side, always. to make an honor to him, you got all the strength you had left after crying a river and sang the last verse with him.
"you know i love you so... much." you nearly whispered the last word.
as he heard your tired voice, josh looked down at you with pure love in his eyes, that face that once was full of concern was now relaxed again, as the smile that he loved so much was returned to you.
all you knew was that you're going to be okay, it didn't matter what'd have to deal later in social media and press. you were okay, and while Josh was by your side, you'd always be. no matter what. even if he was comforting you from a panic attack in the middle of a sidewalk. it was just okay. after all, for him, you'd bleed yourself dry. and so would him for you.
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