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#ill write some head canons sometime soon
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I want an AU where Newsies are working at like a grocery store or IKEA even a moll istffg
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the-s1lly-corner · 3 months
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Taking their clothing because you miss them (Creepypasta)
two things: i promise im still working on the eyeless jack x reader fic to celebrate 1k TToTT my steam for writing the fic is just dwindling a little since its very different from my usual posts </3 but i still intend on getting it done! in fact id say its about halfway done, if you dont include proofreading and fixing stuff!! so theres definitely.. something.. i just dont have a time window for it </3 originally i was going to write this with ben/jeff/toby and make it platonic but, i realize this prompt is usually used for romance stuff so theyre gonna sit this post out, ill probably think of another group post soon to make up for it but shrugs getting into the writing i realize i wrote this prompt for some characters a while ago so im going to link those parts in their place
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SLENDERMAN:
you take his tie! normally i would say his jacket, but i feel like thats such an obvious choice.. imagine you dont know how to tie it so he walks in on your fumbling with it. trying in vain to get it down... he probably thinks its a little amusing... i mean who wouldnt? kind of just watches you fiddle with it for a minute before making his presence known, likely making you jump. he would much rather you ask than take his clothing, he doesnt have much of it (though is there much need for it, anyway?) (non sexual obviously). probably teaches you how to properly do the tie. his hands absolutely consume yours
SPLENDORMAN:
just ask him and hes going to give you just about any piece of clothing he has on him! i like to think that he lets you have his hat a lot of the times. especially after he walked in on you trying it on.. sure it might be a little too big for you, what with splendor being very tall and thus having a larger head than yours... probably goes on and on about how adorable you look. i mean hes always telling you how cute or pretty you are but it hits different for him when youre wearing something of his. you dont have to ask for his clothing, hes very open to sharing! definitely gets an alternate outfit so he can match with you every now and then
MASKY:
naturally, you steal his jacket! i mean it looks so comfortable, does it not? this isnt an easy feat, by the way. since hes wearing it most of the time, so youre probably going to have to snag it when hes showering or something. quietly stares at you... he DOES think its cute but i do think he would try to get his clothing bad. another jacket similar in style to his mysteriously makes its way into your closet and its also in your size. dont ask where it came from.. he totally didnt steal it..! likely wouldnt want you to take whats his without asking or at least letting him know.. hence him getting your own jacket. wont physically rip it off of you, though, hes not that cold
PUPPETEER:
i think he loves seeing you in his clothing. he thinks you look cute.. but also... pathetic? usually lets you wear his coat or hat if you ask nicely. he already knows youre going to snatch something before you even do it but stays quiet because he thinks its pathetic/adorable, you think youre being so sly but youve already been caught. will tease you for it. a lot. its kind of his own way of getting you to do it again. genuinely thinks its one of the best things in the world. dont admit you do it because you sometimes miss him or like how he smells, its going to do ungodly things to his ego
EJ, LJ, AND HOODIE:
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sakasakiii · 11 months
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Hi!
I love your work!! Your art is very pretty. Do you have a specific idea of how old everyone is ? Do you lean more towards canon or do you have your own dates in mind ? If don’t wanna a answer it’s ok!
Hope u have a nice day
(Remember to drink water!)
hiiii nonnie!!! thank you for checking in, and im happy u like the stuff i put out!! when it comes to ages, it's difficult to answer sometimes bc of the way professor tolkien's timeline is-- it makes gauging one singular place where most of the cast can be compared something that makes my tired brain go 😵🤧🤕 but i love the prompt youve given! and thus heres my attempt at it
with most of my tolkien stuff, i always try to stick to canon wherever possible emphasis is on try lmao and the topic of ages is one such place. i do make exceptions to the Professor's canon sometimes for a few reasons: 1) i like some of the scrapped ideas in his drafts, or 2) i just prefer other options. with ages, i think the only charas with canon-established ages i deviated from are fingolfin, finrod, turgon, and aredhel. i try to keep cases like these minimal tho, so i hope it doesn't bother anyone too much... 👉👈
anyways i figured just dropping a list of numbers would be kinda boring to look at so heres an illustrated guide to what the ~rough~ ages of the finweans are in my head whenever i write or draw. Y.T. 1495 (the year Finwe dies) is the controlled medium ive used to enable a fair comparison of the Finweans
note: "born Y.T. xxx" means this is the canon date of birth listed on Tolkien Gateway. "est. born [xxx]" means this is a noncanon estimate:
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the First Age gets a lot more muddled from there due to the hullaballoo of everything going on, so ill only be including the doriathrim and a few other denizens of nargothrond:
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it's mostly the older elves that are more undefined/vague with their ages (i.o.w. others like elwing, earendil, the peredhil twins, and most Men all have set dates of birth), so they're all i'll be doing for now. but it's that vagueness which makes hcing all the more enjoyable, isn't it! plus since we’re on this subject, under the cut are just a few headcanons and musings ive had that i wanted to put somewhere 😙
Finarfin and Earwen were born within months of each other! Finwe and Olwe made a Really Big Deal out of when they found out their wives were pregnant at the same time. As a result, the two were often sent on many playdates with each other to “bolster healthy relations” between the Noldor and the Teleri. It wasn’t an arranged marriage situation, but I like to think they were goofy for each other from the start… Resulting in the two eventually getting married as soon as they came of age, the fastest out of all of Finwe’s kids to do so. 
The reason the Ambarussa are significantly younger than the other Finweans (especially the Feanorians-- there’s a 100 Valian year gap between them and Curufin alone!) is because I imagine they were accidental babies that even Feanor didn’t expect to conceive. too bad morgoth said "its morgin time!" and started Messing Things Up shortly afterwards.....
Anaire was Lalwen's good friend long before she married Fingolfin; they met through Lalwen who wingmanned Fingolfin the whole time. i like think Anaire'd be the best out of all the wives at keeping good, healthy bonds with all the women of her family :DD
luthien's potential 姐姐/big sis dynamic with all the younger doriathrim elves is something i daydream about a lot 😌 but sometimes the fact that she's older than finarfin keeps me up at night
this has been really fun, so thanks again for asking-- annnd yessir, i am chugging water as i write this so you better be doing the same ❤️ have a great start to your week!
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actually here’s an interesting question that’s been in my head for a hot minute now: what do you think a crusch if/other faction if would look like?
one of my favorite characters has always been crusch (probably my favorite aside from julius?), and interestingly it was the moment after the battle of the white whale that sold her for me- her convo with subaru was so genuine and full of respect and it since then has stood out amongst my favorites since it’s one of the first times subaru outside of the emilia camp was recognized for his decisions ^_^
it also piqued my interest because there’s definitely implications/said somewhere that if subaru met crusch first he’d choose her, which makes me think about how that dynamic would play out, ya know? like we haven’t really gotten a huge expansion on crusch herself as we have with anastasia/pricilla and soon felt
also a crusch: if would toootally have different relationships defining wilhelm & felix too and basically everyone else lol
love ur analyses keep up da good work fam!!!!!!!
YO its cool seeing a crusch fan around :DD !! also thank you very much for liking my analysis posts pfft. also whew….. ive been writing my answer for this ask on and off for a while hah its super long oops wkdndnsn
but ok its super interesting to hear what drew you to crusch in the first place - crusch is a character im definitely interested in (i would LOVE to see her finally expanded upon!!) and shes such a respectable person for sure <3 and you definitely have a point that its one of the first time subaru outside of the emilia camp was recognized!! though i didnt know that there were implications that if subaru met crusch first he'd choose her - i suppose that makes sense in that subaru really respects and likes crusch, and hes such a moldable character - for lack of a better term - bc its sooo easy for him to go in all sorts of different directions. a crusch if is an interesting possibility and im sure it absolutely wouldve happened in some form in some other universe :O !!
alright. as for a crusch if - yeah youre right, thered be such a different dynamic between subaru, the crusch camp, and everyone around them. :o im not Entirely sure how a crusch if would go but i certainly have ideas!!! though im not sure if im entirely an expert on them given i still havent finished the wilhelm-centric ex novels or read many crusch camp stories, but i did read ex 1 and 4 and enjoyed them quite a lot <3 along with you know, the main route. but i do really like the crusch camp and i hope theyre expanded upon eventually.
gonna put More thoughts under the cut (note that i have a Lot of opinions on the crusch camp hah):
ok first of all. i think that the crusch camp Does have a little wasted potential in canon and i think that crusch if is the perfect opportunity to explore Everything with crusch camp. just in the sense that you know, crusch hasnt been expanded upon just yet. not that felt has been expanded upon much either but at least we get a lot of details about her and her whole backstory with being a member of the royal family + her relationship with rom opens itself up to a lot of possibilities (theres a lot of History going around in the felt camp regarding felt, reinhard, carol and grimm, rom, etc being in the same camp given their family connections, demihuman war history, etc).
and not that we Dont get details about crusch of course, but i feel that even in her Own centric content, shes a little overshadowed by Everyone else sometimes. like i WANT to focus more on crusch as a person!! she gets cool moments yeah, but as much as i enjoyed reading ex1 im forever gonna be salty that her plot in ex1 was like about people having problems with her gender expression (ill go into this again later bc i know its connected to that plot point of crusch as a noble leader vs crusch as. a woman.) for more than half the runtime and everyone around her was discussing about what to do with her. and then in main route shes put through the RINGER between being cut down by gluttony, having her memories erased, and the dragon blood in arc 5 - and yet it STILL feels like the story doesnt focus enough on HER own pain. how is SHE feeling about this????? shes getting her shit rocked left and right and her sense of identity is being shaken along with it (see: her becoming more shy and withdrawn after her memories are gone) and yet i feel like we STILL dont hear about her Directly enough T^T
and also i Dont like that in the main route, the crusch camps connections to the royal family (with wilhelm being assigned to aid the royal family and bc of that heinkel was assigned to the white whale and so theresia went in heinkels stead + ferris and crusch's relationships with fourier) ARENT that explored. esp when like felt comes into play publically in arc 3 and the crusch camp BARELY REACTS. YOU THINK THEY WOULD REACT MORE TO FELT BEING HERE AND REINHARD SPONSORING FELT. its especially kind of painful after you read ex1 and its like ?? so why didnt they react more to felt being there??? related to + looking exactly like crusch and ferris's dead boyfriend, nonetheless, esp when their goal is to kill the dragon bc the royal family all died as far as they knew and NOW theres someone in the royal family that actually lived???? whos a rival for the throne now??? also i feel like the potential of like. ferris and wilhelms dynamic isnt explored either. like i have to wonder how they seem like theyre on decent/good terms in canon when ferris is friends with reinhard, wilhelms role in the demihuman war, and also wilhelm fucking up his family (with ferris being Aware of a lot of reinhards family situation, of course). and also of course wilhelm has Things going on with rom and carol and grimm bc demihuman war... ex novel things...
so like i think that inherently the crusch and felt camps ARE kind of sort of intertwined in this way bc of ALL these reasons. so i think if youre exploring crusch camp content all of this SHOULD be acknowledged. or maybe thats the felt camp fan in me talking but i DO GENUINELY THINK THE CRUSCH AND FELT CAMPS ARE CONNECTED A LOT ☝️☝️☝️
and so ok back to crusch if things!!!! i have no idea how the Exact plot goes but like i think this is all very dependent on how the crusch if divergence even starts. which Makes sense but yeah :o i mean i feel like i can only see it happening right from the get go in arc 1. and also this goes with what you said - if subaru met them first he'd probs choose to join them. but tbh i also kinda sort of like the possibility that maybe at least Some of arc 1 still happened in another font so subaru can be like "yeah lol this blond girl with red eyes was there along with this giant dude and t -" and crusch and ferris are thinking "OK IT COULD BE ANY RANDOM GIRL WITH BLOND HAIR AND RED EYES THATS NOT A COMPLETE GUARANTEE ITS SOMEONE FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY RIGHT??" and also wilhelms gonna vaguely go "hey whats this giants name again....." anyway yeah gotta plant those seeds for future plot things???? yes. also its a good segue into subaru learning more crusch camp related history yes. maybe that (subarus arc 1 info) is what allows him to join crusch camp too????? yeah im having trouble brainstorming ideas on how he even joins the camp but im guessing its a “subaru accidentally stumbles across stuff and crusch camp is like well i guess we just Kinda have to let you in……. like taking pity on a stray kitten…… maybe youll be useful… and also we do pity you a bit yeah you seem very lost” thing. 👍👍👍
(or alternatively you could have subaru branch off into crusch camp at arc 3 or smth given hes like actually physically at their place and away from emilia camp now but at the same time i doubt that could even happen given the position he was in arc 3???? like post-royal selection drama?? yeah i dont really see it happening imo HAH)
anyway. yeah so its like. inevitably subaru is gonna figure out you know the history behind all of the others in the crusch camp. like whether thats by doing his own research - especially bc you know wilhelm, crusch, ferris are all very well known by this point and have all kinds of rumors and info on them flying around - and also like. by getting closer with everyone. i think that if subaru joined crusch camp early, either he knows hes got rbd bc of arc 1 and manages to avoid it for a while, is my guess, given crusch camp doesnt get involved in life threatening things until. the white whale.
but until then i think subarus probably not gonna die. and i think hes probs gonna be in Fear of that happening again, maybe he blocks out a bit of arc 1 some more bc ahhaah i havent died or anything in so long so surely that never happened. maybe he tries to tell crusch once he gets closer with her or maybe he doesnt try at all bc hahaha did that even happen???? or maybe he asks her about her dp and if its Only about truths from that persons pov rather than Fact and shes like "yeah no its personal truths only, so even if someone is completely wrong about a fact but Believes it wholeheartedly its still gonna register as the truth" and hes like FUCK ok. smth like that?? yes. gotta give him inner turmoil even when hes not actively in danger. bc he Would have that yes. but either way i think he’d be curious and wanna know the specifics of her dp anyway!!!
yeah so anyway the white whale happens and subarus whole shit gets wrecked oops.... and my guess is that you know hes gonna loop a whole shit ton of times and its gonna be complete and utter hell for him. but also this is kind of a little bit dependent on how exactly the royal selection goes for him - but i HIGHLY doubt itd go the same as canon. i doubt he’d even make a scene, tbh—i mean assuming subaru joins crusch camp very early somehow, between crusch and ferris and wilhelm the three of them are gonna Really whip him into shape. metaphorically beat his s1 flaws out of him. bc like—i mean in canon subaru Did learn and grow yes, but he didnt Have to learn everything so harshly (ok but canon subaru Did have to get beat in the duel though or he wouldve died skcbsnd but i still think that subaru can still learn the same lessons more Gently whenever possible. hes a normal teenage boy trying his best!!). i think crusch camp would be good for him in this way, i mean crusch is a very duty-focused person and ferris and wilhelm are blunt people. ferris especially is not gonna take any bullshit wkdndnd (ESPECIALLY when subaru could humiliate crusch and the entire camp) and wilhelm sees himself in subaru and is gonna go “ah…….. you should. not act like that. let me train you.” and ALSO im a firm believer and enjoyer in the reinhard-ferris-julius friendship and i think that reinhard ESPECIALLY must have communicated with crusch camp about felt before arc 3, otherwise crusch camp wouldve had a stronger reaction to felts grand entrance into the royal selection. also if subarus getting closer to crusch camp then of course he figures out stuff like the reinhard-ferris-julius friendship.
again not entirely sure about specific plot beats but depending on how things go emilia camp may or may not get royally fucked (as an emilia camp enjoyer im very saddened by this 😔) but i DO feel like subaru would still be sympathetic towards them in a crusch if. and also theres Definitely gonna be at least one loop during arc 3 where the white whale Does erase crusch and wilhelm and ferris goes insane (like how they end up in pride if. yeah.) so subaru gets to see the consequences if they lose to the white whale. but i DO think that the final loop should still have the consequences of crusch being targeted by gluttony and losing her memories. its interesting to explore!!! especially if subaru himself still becomes a victim of gluttony in some way—maybe they both become victims of gluttony there?? or it happens to subaru later?? and i feel like arc 5 is Definitely another opportunity for some crazy looping. for sure.
also roswaal may want to try some shit bc Why is subaru in another camp this is not according to plan. so more opportunities to torture subaru 👍👍👍 and also crusch camp in canon keeps taking one L after another so you know. familiar territory in terms of how subaru and co are doing 😭😭😭😭
but anyway. i think a crusch camp and felt camp alliance (or Almost alliance?) is in order bc. well we know subaru he tries to fix things. hes nosy. he learns eventually All the crusch camp history and is like ok so why arent we allies with felt camp at least for rn??? like urging wilhelm to make it up with reinhard and such, etc etc. and crusch and felt are the candidates that are both Very deeply unsatisfied with the current system of lugunica and want to remake everything to be better!! and also like. how does ferris even feel about wilhelm. i lowkey want crusch if to have a plot beat where ferris-crusch-subaru metaphorically beat up wilhelm for being Terrible. actually scratch lowkey i want highkey. and i think crusch is just like yeah sorry i do respect you in a lot of ways wilhelm and youre a very key member in our camp and i appreciate it but also fighting against demihumans in the demihuman war + being awful to your family was definitely. 😬 ESPECIALLY since she grew up with ferris too okay. she and her dad literally took in ferris after being stuck in a basement for the first nine years of his life. and while ferris and reinhards family situations are Very Different, the common thread is generational trauma and Passed Down abilities/traits that also relate to the trauma so. i feel like ferris at Least has some secret strong feelings about wilhelm ok i dont care what tappei has to say on this (actually i do care but i will care less if tappei has a bad take on this bc ferris and reinhard are FRIENDS + WILHELM WAS WRONG FOR THE DEMIHUMAN WAR ok ferris was horribly abused also bc of fantasy racism).
and alright ok im gonna talk about some more crusch-ferris-subaru dynamics bc subaru and wilhelm are most likely gonna fall into their weird grandson-grandfather dynamic again. especially now that subarus in crusch camp.
so—gender expression. the way crusch-ferris-subaru dress and their relationships with this part of their identities. personally i hc all three of them as nonbinary but of course u can have different hcs/opinions than me :o either way though, gender expression is Very important to all three of them and its given focus in the plot multiple times so im gonna try to examine how its handled in canon a bit!! theres this one bit from the arc 5 wn that i think about a lot:
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so you know, subaru has his internalized issues, toxic masculinity for one, so hes struggling with like. being a man but also like he genuinely enjoys crossdressing but also hes been judged for it in the past and he has?? complicated feelings on it. hes struggling with his identity and who he is in many many different ways and gender is one key aspect of it. and then he comes along and crusch and ferris BASICALLY challenge him and his internalized ideas on it—crusch being a woman who dresses more masculine and ferris being a man who dresses more feminine. they challenge even the fantasy world’s society too—crusch more so, bc shes a woman and in the public eye due to her family and shes expected to dress and behave the way a noblewoman should. more feminine. but she refuses which is a point of contention in ex1 of course…
ferris seems to get less scrutiny from the public on this (at least for This exact reason, we only see subaru iirc judge him for it on screen) but my guess is bc he 1. can easily pass as a girl and 2. he has other more Noticeable traits to the public (having the Blue title and being demihuman for example). but also theres another aspect to ferris and its that he also dresses femininely to represent “the feminine side crusch lacks” iirc…. which. to be quite frank thats. that feels a little odd to me but anyway im gonna choose to look into it a bit regardless bc i think it could potentially be interesting maybe?? but also the fourier-crusch duel in ex1 already felt off to me wkfndnd it was such a fun scene but like??? why are we policing what crusch wants to wear??? but. anyway.
so about ferris being “the feminine side crusch lacks”……. ferris and crusch's gender expression are completely opposite, ferris being feminine of course and crusch being masculine. ferris and crusch are very much like each others equal halves in canon - you dont find one without the other, theyre basically a pair (especially given they fit together into this perfect trio with fourier and now fouriers gone :(( ). ferris and crusch balance each other out in a lot of ways, especially given ferris's mischevious yet perceptive personality and crusch being more serious but a bit airheaded with emotional matters. and also both of them being more blunt honest people. so like their gender expression balances each other out bc theyre opposites. ferris wants to keep balancing out crusch, whos so focused on duty that her needs and her desires and emotions sometimes go by the wayside (id personally attribute at least a tiny bit of her airheadedness with emotions to this too - when you have so much responsibilities to attend to, your emotions often take a backseat. especially when you take into account people judging crusch for how she expresses herself....).
but also ferris does note that "because crusch-sama said this suits ferris, what i am, i am, and this most suits the radiance of ferris' soul. crusch-samas words, ferris will repay with everything that i am". im gonna interpret this as crusch recognizing that ferris truly likes to express his appearance in a feminine way and providing ferris with the means and support to do so, especially since crusch herself growing up also prefers to express herself as opposite to her biological sex and also bc crusch and her family took in ferris so they grew up together. which i think is very sweet <3
and also more regarding crusch, in canon she expresses herself more femininely after getting her memories wiped by gluttony........... i think there might (emphasis on Might) be vaguely a kind of "feminine=weak and masculine=strong thats why crusch goes back to being feminine after memories gone" undertone if you choose to see it that way but im Electing to ignore it. i think crusch's change in expression post-gluttony though like emphasizes how her identity gets shaken after her memories are erased. she was a confident person before and now shes more timid and withdrawn bc she isnt sure of herself or her abilities anymore :(( which is definitely smth that should be explored in Any crusch camp centric content, i think.
anyway. yeah also i def think the ferris-crusch-subaru gender things should be explored. its already briefly touched on in canon with stuff like that arc 5 wn snippet i shared, but i do think subaru being friends with ferris and crusch will help him with confidence regarding how he likes to express himself as well. which i think would be very sweet to explore <3 (sorry this briefly derailed into a ferris-crusch-subaru gender expression analysis but this part of their characters is important i feel aljdlfjsldfj and its SUCH good parallel between them)
as for general dynamics stuff between the three of them. i think ferris is on the fence about subaru at first and goes from "hes an idiot..." to "hes an idiot <3" i have no specific thoughts on this at the moment thats just the vibe thats probably happening. maybe a bit of the same with crusch but yes im sure crusch and ferris of course grow to respect subaru, and im sure they notice pretty quick that subaru wears his emotions on his sleeve. hes an honest person in almost all things, or at least he tries to be, unless hes being held at gunpoint to keep things secret bc rbd lajdlfjl. and we Know subaru is a very respectable person whos Really good at heart, he just had all these hurdles to get through. and also - subaru is a tiny bit similar to fourier in terms of like Loud, Passionate, Determined, kind of an idiot in a few ways but a Lovable one, that sort of thing. of course ferris and crusch are VERY MUCH not going to be replacing fourier. absolutely not they would never in a million years. but fourier like Really fit in with ferris and crusch bc of the three of them having different personality traits, so i think subaru would fit well with ferris and crusch for similar reasons. if that makes sense. the energies just match up. ferris and subaru particularly bring a lot of fun and lightheartedness and ease weight on crusch’s shoulders, crusch supports them both, and all three of them reel each other in in different ways <3
ok also regarding any romance............ personally i dont see the appeal of crusch x subaru but thats just me lajsdlfjls and also my heart got stolen by fourier x ferris x crusch oops. plus i do enjoy the ferris and subaru + subaru and crusch friendship possibilities. but if anyones reading this and is a fan of crusch x subaru feel free to send me propaganda for it bc im very curious as to what makes you really like the ship <3
yeah so anyway. this has been my extremely long explanation as to how crusch if could maybe go and also all sorts of stuff id love to see explored when it comes to crusch if or crusch camp centered content in general <3 its hard to tell how a crusch if would go further down the line bc you know, the more that changes from main route the more things go Different, but i think its fascinating to think about. hope this kind of answered your question op? :O :D !!
ok but as for other camps. i have absolutely no clue how itd go but ana camp would Definitely have to involve subaru trying to invent things that carry on from earth and such and felt camp Absolutely involves more trying to solve more astrea drama. no specific thoughts on this yet (ALSO I STILL HAVENT CAUGHT UP ON ANA CAMP SIDE STORIES... ONE DAY. I SWEAR.) but you know, lots of interesting possibilities here!! :O
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computerillness · 1 month
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ouhggy maybe tell us more about your selfship with chuck.... ⊂⁠(⁠´⁠・⁠◡⁠・⁠⊂⁠ ⁠)⁠∘⁠˚⁠˳⁠°
I haven’t really thought it out much but I got some stuff about it (im not THAT active of a selfshipper). So basically, Terry (my s/i) works in IT at HHM (mainly because that is where im most knowledgeable in real life and it also makes it more ironic that he likes Chuck). He is friends with Ernesto and wants to volunteer to do errands for Chuck since he wants to take the load of his friend. In the time talking to Chuck, he realizes he likes him, I mean really likes him. They both relate to each other in the fact they are ostracized for their mental illnesses (my s/i is autistic and Chuck is well… Chuck). Chuck also finds Terry endearing and enjoys talking to him, he doesn’t really realize he also likes him too though since he has trouble with relationships. They continue to progress into some sort of secret on and off thing where they are quite affectionate with each other, but it ONLY stays in Chuck’s house since Chuck is quite high profile and him being accused of homosexuality would be quite damming to his reputation (its 2002). They continue having on and off secret rendezvous off company time and really feel a connection. Sorta skipping around, when Chuck is launching his investigation on Jimmy for swapping numbers on documents, Terry is right by his side, Chuck describes him as a “confident” to Howard and the private detective. Terry is honestly pretty neutral to Jimmy though, he thinks he is trouble but doesn’t hate him personally, he just wants to help Chuck. When Chuck delivers his chicanery monologue, Terry can be seen with his head in his hands near Rebecca. Soon after, Chuck is ultimately the one who cuts things off with Terry, saying he ��doesn’t need him anymore” and that he needs to get back to being a normal person. This devastated Terry very much, as he is kind of a gay infatuated loser and has no one else in his life he can say he loves. When Chuck dies, Terry is on the side of Howard in believing it is a suicide. He has to keep himself stoic while at Chuck’s funeral to not arise suspicion about their true relationship. Although, Terry can barely even function anymore at work and loses all passion he had for his job. He sometimes just stands completely still in front of that giant Chuck portrait and reminisces about what once was. When Howard dies a year later and HHM is downsizing, he quits, seeing no value in the company anymore. I haven’t really thought about anything with him afterwards, so he probably either gets a job and is unhappy living in monotony somewhere else, or isolates himself to the point he is almost completely withdrawn from society (a NEET perhaps). I’ve also thought about him just committing suicide in various ways, but I think it would be lazy just to write him off like that.
…Holy shit this is a wall of text. Sorry it got a little dark in the end, I just wanted time to adhere to canon as closely as possible. Anyway, that’s all I’ve got, really. The main reason I am into selfship is 1) I like conjuring up stories I can live vicariously through in my head and 2) I want to see Chuck with a errand-twink (Terry is 35, but whatever, still a twink to me lolll). Thanks for asking ^_^ !!
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triplesilverstar · 5 months
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Maybe somewhere to belong
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Rating: 18+
Pairing: Vash X F!Reader
CW: Body dysmorphia, Pre-Canon, Illnesses, Major Illness, Major Character Injury, Medical Inaccuracies, Medical Experimentation, Medical Examination, Dreams and Nightmares, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Heavy Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Fever, Running Away, Communication Failure, Soft Vash the Stampede, Mild Smut, Not Beta Read, Heartbreaking, Imprisonment, Dark Past, Murder, Cartoon Physics, Vashs' Coat as a blanket, Needles, Nightmares
Word count: Roughly 2.3K
A/N: Chapter seven of Even sand can't hide all the skeletons in your closet. The final chapter of this little arc in the series. Maybe someday I will write a fic in order as a long fic. I have my doubts. I also realized I can work smarter and not harder by pulling the AO3 tags on my stuff into a word document for easier posting.
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The next few days pass in a blur or at least that’s how it feels to you, then again you are still recovering from your sickness. 
When you weren’t asleep you found yourself either in the atrium wandering around and feeling the muscles in your legs starting to have their strength come back after a week and a half of barely being used. Or in Brad’s workshop. 
When he told you he made Vash’s arm and hand he had your rapt attention, of course, you didn't tell him what a fan you were of some of the features of his hand. Or what you sometimes did with it. You did tell him however you had to agree, Vash’s prosthetic was a masterpiece of engineering and told Brad you’d do your best to stop Vash from breaking it as this was the older man’s largest issue with Vash. Claiming he was careless with his masterpiece, making you laugh.
Another reason you enjoyed being in Brad’s workshop was simple, Brad was the first person who seemed to understand how your specialized bullets worked and how to manufacture them.  
Glad you’d kept the casings for those rounds, instead of turning them in for salvage like Vash did. Or at least when he remembered to grab them. Sitting on the bench and making them brought you a sense of tranquility, repetitive work that some might have found mind numbing, left you calm. 
Brad also did a little tinkering to your ear piece once he learned a little more about it. Vash had quite the laugh when he walked in and saw a dozen or so wires connected to your head while Brad did a bit of reprogramming. You enjoyed it even more when Vash was put through a similar treatment with his earring, but at the end of the day it was worth it. You had handy dandy little communication devices connected to one another now. Well and in your case a far more fine tuned hearing implement. 
The day before you were set to leave Luida and Brad stated they had a surprise for you which left you feeling like a fish out of water.
“This should help you from having to come back so soon.” A small metal box handed to you, lifting the lid revealed a pen-like device with a short needle. Looking at both of them curious.
“It’s an injector” Brad supplied, reading the confusion on your face having learned from the twitching of your brows these last few days. “These” tapping the cartridges you could see built inside of it “contain flash frozen cultures of your white blood cells.” 
“Next time you get sick or injured, prime one of them like so” Luida showed you on a similar pen that wasn’t loaded, watching as the needle descended. “The device will thaw the sample instantaneously, then slamming it against your skin.” Again a demonstration, using a piece of paper. “The needle will inject it into your skin, and eject the used cartridge. Try to hold on to those if you can.” 
“Gave me a little trouble to think of, but nothing as complicated as my masterpiece.” Hearing Brad boast you laugh, looking at the case in awe. In less than a week, these two have shown you more kindness than some who had called you a friend showed you in years.
Tears of joy streaming down your face “I don’t think I can ever thank the two of you enough for this. You’ve both been so kind to me.” Gripping the case tightly and holding it to your chest, looking back to both of their faces. “I wish, I could repay you somehow.” 
“Bah. Don’t you worry about that Kid.” Brad reaches out smacking you on the shoulder in a show of gruff affection. “Just try and keep Vash from getting into too much trouble.”
“That. Is an impossible task” you deadpan, Vash looking at you like you’ve betrayed him in the most cruel of ways a few large fake tears forming in his eyes. Luida and Brad just laugh, Luida hiding her mouth behind her hand almost daintily. 
“Now. We have a surprise for both of you.” Heading for the door, Luida doesn’t wait for either of you. Leaving you and Vash to share a look of bewilderment, what kind of surprise could they have for both of you? A shrug of his shoulders before making a motion for you to follow behind her and Brad’s retreating form as both of you follow the pair.
Moving along the ship, down a few corridors and passing by Vash’s room the older duo stop in front of a door, opening it and gesturing for you to go inside. A wave of Vash’s hand, offering to let you go first, stepping through the threshold. The room is almost identical to one Vash has, just slightly larger, the bed double wide is the greatest difference. 
“Ugh. I already have a room?” Vash is clearly baffled, and you snicker as an idea on what might be being offered floats around in your mind.
“You do Vash. However, your partner doesn’t.” Luida sets her attention directly on you. “Since Vash is already a member, allow me as the leader of ship three, or more commonly known as Home, to welcome you. From now on, this room is both of yours. We had a meeting about you young lady, and it was decided to make you the same offer as Vash. Welcome Home.” 
That statement rings in the air.
Home. 
Four walls, something to call your own. Looking at Vash you can see he’s watching you as well, to see what your reaction to the words are going to be. Maybe someday, when you aren’t feeling as raw, you’ll tell him that he is your home but for now you smile letting it reach your eyes. 
Facing Luida, unaware of the twinkle in your eyes, the way your smile beams at the older pair soothing Luida’s soul in a way she hadn’t been expecting. “Thank you. For everything. I’m” pausing as the words don’t seem to have enough weight to properly convey how you feel. “Ecstatic to be here.” 
The older pair leave you and Vash to your own devices, moving your belongings from his room to your now shared room. It feels surreal. 
To have somewhere to call home. 
Items moved, Vash wastes no time wrapping both of his arms around you, pulling you into his chest and nuzzling your hair. “Who’d have thought? If I wanted a bigger room I just needed to bring a girl home.” Both of you starting to laugh, your own arms wrapping around his and relishing in the moment. 
“I get the feeling you wouldn’t bring just any gal home.” A low humming, tilting his head so your foreheads are together and his nose is pressing against yours. These last few days have been the longest you’ve seen Vash so unguarded. No sunglasses, no big red coat, he doesn’t need to put on an act for these people. They know him, he doesn’t need to hide behind a smile, behind the mask of a fool he’s perfected. 
“You’re right. She’d have to be pretty special.” Laughing as his breath washes across your face his lips so close you aren’t sure how they aren’t brushing against yours.
“Keep talking like that and I’m gonna have one hell of an ego.” Grinning at you, this close you have a front row seat to all the micro expressions crossing his eyes. Wondering if he can see all the same expressions in your eyes. If not, you hope he can see the one you feel the most towards him right now, in this moment. 
“Nah. You know your limits too well to get a big head from something like that.” Closing the distance to slide his lips against yours. The first kiss the two of you have shared since you’ve arrived on the ship, full of longing and desperation. Breaking apart when the need for oxygen becomes far too great to ignore, yet the distance between you both is negligible. “I missed this.”
“Me too Sunshine. Me too.” Caressing your cracked lips against his for another fiery exchange, moving in tandem to the bed and falling on your sides together, trying to keep the space between your bodies nonexistent. 
Using your hips you roll Vash onto his back, blazing a trail of nips and licks down to his neck, while his hands are going for the hem of your shirt. Breaking more from his body as he tugs the garment upwards, helping you get out of the fabric before firing it across the room. Mouth going back to the tender skin of his neck, licking and sucking at his pulse point making Vash moan under you, his hips jerking upwards looking for a hint of friction. Starting to grow hard. 
“Tell me what you want baby” whispered against his skin, grinning as you looking down at the purple blooming on his neck. Both of your chests heaving as you stare at one another.
“I wa-”
The door to your room opening causing both of you to stiffen. “Hey if you two are…” The sound of Brad’s voice trailing off. “Lock the damn door!” Yelled at both of you as you hear Brad turn on his heels hard enough for it to make an audible sound.
“Who the hell walks into someone’s room without knocking!” You fire back, pulling away and sitting up. Vash slamming his hands against his face, crimson skin peaking through, the chub that he had been sporting gone flaccid. “At least you aren’t half naked Vash.” 
“We. Can. Never. Come. Home. Again.” Mortified at what happened all you can do is roll your eyes at Vash and his dramatics. 
“It’s not that bad.” Getting off him and the bed, striding towards where your shirt had landed. “Might as well go see what he wants since that moment was sort of ruined.” Sighing and heading for the closed doorway. 
A hand wrapping around your wrist and pulling your body back into Vash’s embrace, a quick peck to your forehead. Then beside your right eye, your chin, then your lips. “Next time Mayfly. There’s always next time.” 
At least Brad was also a shade of pink when the door opened, tapping his foot and looking down the hallway. “What'd you want ya pervert?” Slipping from your lips making Vash flail, even more embarrassed and resulted in Brad giving both of you a lecture on how to lock a “damn door.” 
As your final night before departing to continue on your journey came, you found yourself back in the atrium, laying on your back beside Vash looking up at the stars visible through the massive panes. 
“I still can’t believe something like this exists on Noman’s land.” Whispering as you stare up into the sky. 
“It does, which is why it’s a carefully kept secret. Just enough people awake to keep the terraforming efforts on track and not draw on too much plant energy.” Voice flat as Vash speaks, the fingers of his prosthetic tracing the scars and lines of your right palm. 
“I won’t tell anyone what I learned here today Sunshine.” A promise, something you don’t often do, but damn you want to keep this one. Keep this place safe, because it might be a long time coming and you already feel a connection to this place. This home , and the support for what they want to do, doing the right thing even if it takes a long time. It’s the best plan. The right plan.
And the best things take time. “Hey. A shooting star! Oh wait, sorry, as you said that one night you got drunk, it’s just a piece of space debris burning up as it enters the upper atmosphere.” His exuberance doesn’t fade as his words shift to teasing taking a clear jab at you and the one night on this planet you don’t remember.
“Sounds like something I’d say.” Laughing as you keep looking towards the sky. No matter how long you’ve been here, you still miss it, flying the great traverse between them. A long sigh, it’s been a long week but you’re glad things are starting to go back to normal between the two of you. 
“The moon is beautiful, Isn’t it?” you feel yourself frown, what the hell is he talking about? Through the glass dome, you can see two of the moons, turning to ask him which one he means. Except the words die in your throat. His gaze is ardent staring at you, those expressive eyes of his, a light with emotion. An emotion that through him, you’ve come to find again. 
Feeling your face grow warmer, certain you’re turning a deeper shade. “I think the moon you’re talking about is a little flustered.” Almost stuttering the words, reaching the hand he isn’t holding across to land over his racing heart. 
“It just makes that moon all the more charming.” A blush growing on his face too, shaking your head with a wide smile, choosing to shuffle over so more of your sides are pressed together. 
“As long as the sun keeps gracing the moon with its light.” Heart full, you both go back to watching the stars, an easy silence reining between you. 
When dawn comes the next morning, it’s a strange goodbye with Brad and Luida, especially for you when Luida pulls you into her arms. A whisper to keep yourself safe against your ear. A clap of a hand to your shoulder from Brad, before you and Vash both saddle up tomas, bags lighter then when you arrived.
You both left a few things behind in your room, things you won’t need that take up space in your bags. For you, that’s your cylinder that can no longer be locked. Another baby step. You’ll never find tomorrow, if you keep looking at yesterday. 
The past might define who you’ve become, but it won’t define who you are. If you can hold onto that one thought, you can find a way to make Vash see it too. That thought of having a future with him is a small seed planted in your mind.
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I feel like 11. "this must be a mistake" 12. "Fine ill go with you", and 15. "you have lied to me" are all amazing and i would love to see a story molded around any of these (or a combo!) if you are looking for the inspiration!
This one took a little bit longer to get done. Why? Because I just kept writing and writing and writing so... this one will be a bit of a longer "short" story. I think it would've been a lot shorter when I was convinced that I only had an idea for a story using one of these prompts, but I wound up using all three and it developed pretty naturally on its own. I just loved writing these scenes with Tori and Wesley! This one and the last prompt I wrote will definitely be going in the canon short story collection on my AO3 page sometime soon. This one was really fun to write, so thank you for the prompt!
No spice in this one for anyone who might be worried about reading NSFW content. This is just a fluffy date for Wesley's birthday. I hope you enjoy!
Setting: 3 months after See Me ended 
“This must be a mistake,” Wesley said as he stared at the black, borrower-sized suit that was laid out on the bed. He stood on the comforter, staring at it in disbelief that something could even be made for someone his size. After all, where did most humans think that a borrower would be going to get dressed up like that? It even had a navy-blue necktie to go with it, which made Wesley realize that he didn’t know how to tie a tie. He’d never needed to know until now.  
After a few more seconds of silence while he gazed at the suit with wide eyes, Wesley turned around to meet Tori’s gaze as she sat on the floor behind him. She gave him a small smile as she nodded towards the suit.  
“It’s yours,” she said, making him shake his head in disbelief. “I ordered it online with your measurements and everything.” 
“I... didn’t think that anything this nice would be made for borrowers,” Wesley replied. “I mean, we’re always just told to wear whatever scraps of fabric or doll clothes that we’re given.” 
“I think if some companies are able to make more comfortable clothes at your size like what you wear everyday then there’s gotta be at least a few people out there who might make some borrower formal wear,” Tori shrugged as Wesley knelt down and brushed his hand against the smooth fabric of the suit jacket.  
“I guess, but...” Wesley looked over his shoulder to face her again while his fingers still lingered on the fabric. “What would I need this for?”  
“Well,” she sang, now looking a bit nervous. After picking at the skin on her palm a bit while her cheeks turned pink, Tori took a deep breath and slightly leaned closer to him. “I was thinking that... we could go on a date tomorrow night.”  
“What?” he shrieked, springing to his feet while his hands flew away from the suit as if he’d been burned. “A date? Outside? With other humans? And me out in the open? In a suit?”  
“Whoa, it’s okay, Wes,” Tori said softly as she held up her hands in surrender. “I have it all planned out where it would just be us. We’d have a nice dinner, maybe watch a movie afterwards, and just enjoy each other’s company. I don’t really want to give too much away, because I’d prefer it to be a surprise, but trust me. You wouldn’t be in any danger.”  
The longer she talked, the more Wesley started to frantically pace back and forth across the bed, his arms wrapped protectively around his torso.  
“This sounds crazy, Tori,” he groaned, looking at the comforter under his feet rather than see the disappointment that was surely forming on her face. “I mean, what would people think when they see a human and a borrower at some fancy restaurant together, sharing a meal? There’s no way that really any restaurant in the whole city would even have any furniture that’s my size. And, even if they did, I’m sure that anyone who saw me sitting with you would just laugh or hurl a bunch of insults at us. None of that is worth it for a night out. I know I don’t want to hear any of that, and I don’t want anyone to talk like that to you either. Maybe let’s just do something else, like-” 
When he was about to turn around for another lap across the bed, Wesley suddenly stopped when he felt Tori’s gentle fingers against his back. Even though his mind told him that she wouldn’t, his gut instincts braced him to be lifted in the air in a palm or a fist, but no such movement came. Just like always, Tori didn’t pick him up without permission. Instead, her fingers started to slowly rub up and down his back, a motion that she’d done a million times that never stopped making him relax. This time was no different as he leaned into her touch and finally allowed himself to breathe.  
“Wes,” Tori said in a soft voice. “I promise you that none of those things will happen. We’d be going out, just the two of us, and we wouldn’t have to worry about anyone else. Nobody is going to be staring, laughing, or insulting us. I just thought it’d be fun to get all dressed up and have a night away together, but if you don’t want to then we don’t have to. It was just a suggestion. We can do whatever you want. After all...” she bent closer to him and gave him a kiss on his cheek. “It is your birthday.”  
“We don’t know that for sure,” Wesley mumbled with a disappointed look on his face. “It’s not like anyone cares to keep track of that stuff for borrowers.”  
“Well, we know the month,” Tori assured. “It’s all in your records, and you decided for yourself that you’d like it to be on the 24th. So, February 24th is now your birthday until the end of time... or until you decide otherwise, I guess.” Even though she let out a short chuckle, the troubled look didn’t leave Wesley’s face. He’d never had a birthday before. He didn’t know what it was supposed to be like, but he knew he didn’t want to spend it around a bunch of other humans.  
“Wes,” Tori repeated, finally compelling his gaze to meet hers again. When their eyes locked, she gave him a warm, reassuring smile then held out the index finger of her free hand while she kept rubbing Wesley’s back with the other. Without hesitation, he rested his hands on her finger and let out a deep sigh. “If I can promise you that this date will be just you and me with nobody else around and that we’ll even be watching your favorite movie after dinner, would you go with me?” While Wesley would’ve expected Tori’s eyes to be silently begging him to agree, she just looked genuinely curious about his answer. He knew he didn’t have to say yes, but part of him did want the “birthday” experience if that’s what Tori was trying to give him. It might feel nice to just dress up for the first time in his life and get out of the house. It might even feel... human. 
After going back and forth with his answer for a few more moments, Wesley finally let out another long sigh before giving Tori’s fingertip a squeeze of reassurance.  
“Fine,” he huffed, trying to find his confidence. “I’ll go with you.”  
“Are you sure?” Tori asked. If she felt any excitement at his answer, she didn’t show it. She was just as calm and collected as when she’d first asked him. Maybe she was worried that her reaction might sway his decision. Either way, Wesley still nodded and leaned back into the touch of her hand on his back for comfort.  
“I’m sure,” he said. “As long as we can leave if I change my mind.”  
“Of course,” Tori nodded with a bright smile. Her giddiness seemed to be leaking through now. “Just say the word and we’ll turn around and go home. No questions asked.”  
“Alright. Just one more thing though.”  
“What’s that?”  
“I... don’t know how to tie this tie.”  
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“You look very handsome, babe,” Tori said as she started to tie the navy-blue tie around Wesley’s neck. It was the next day, his birthday, and he was a ball of nerves. He had no idea what to expect out of a birthday, and even though Tori had told him some of the basic things they’d be doing, she’d kept the details a secret to make things a little bit of a surprise. He didn’t know what restaurant they were going to, if they’d be going to a movie theater or going home afterwards to watch his favorite movie, or anything else that might happen for the rest of the night.  
The main thing he was able to focus on to keep his mind from spiraling was how breathtaking Tori looked. She’d shrunk down to stand on the bed with him to help him tie his necktie, and her smaller stature gave him an even better look at her than when she was at her human size. While her fingers gently grazed his chest as she tied, Wesley couldn’t help but stare at her. Everywhere his eyes darted to, there was even more to drink in.  
She was wearing a satin, navy-blue dress that matched his necktie, with spaghetti straps that laced up in the back and a v-neckline that left her showing a lot more skin than Wesley was used to seeing. The dress hugged her every curve until it reached the high slit at her right thigh, then it continued to flow down to the floor. She wore silver high heels that still only brought the top of her head up to Wesley’s nose when she was borrower-sized rather than only reaching his chin without the heels on. Since she was a bit taller and closer to his face now, he could see light smokiness around her eyes, with winged eyeliner on her top lid and a glossy, nude shade painted across her lips. Wesley found his eyes lingering on that slight shine on her lips for much longer than anything else he’d taken in from her appearance and, soon enough, he absentmindedly found himself leaning towards her, wanting to see what the shine tasted like.  
Before he could find out, Wesley felt Tori’s finger press against his mouth while a mischievous look appeared on her face.  
“Easy, tiger,” she chuckled before she went back to smoothing down his suit and tie. “Let me admire my work first.” She took a step back, much to Wesley’s disappointment, but the proud look in her eyes made him smile as he posed with his hands holding the collar of his suit jacket.  
“How do I look?” he asked, making Tori let out another giggle.  
“Like the most handsome man I’ve ever seen in my life,” she sighed contently before stepping toward him to close the gap between them again. “But that’s how you look every day.”  
“Sure,” Wesley smirked. Before they could tease each other anymore, Tori tilted her chin up at him and placed a hand against the back of his neck. Immediately, their lips met, and Wesley could taste a slight sweetness from the gloss. Truth be told, he’d rather keep tasting that than go to dinner, but Tori pulled away again before he had the chance.  
“Time to go,” she sang just as she started to grow back to her human size. Once she was bigger, she stood up from the bed and offered her palm to Wesley, which he climbed onto without hesitation. “You sure you’re okay with this, Wes?” she asked as she grabbed her small, black purse from the nightstand and started to walk out of the bedroom. “Remember, we can turn around anytime.”  
“I’m good,” Wesley nodded, though he still had to try to convince himself that it was true. “I’ll let you know if I need to back out.”  
“Okay,” Tori smiled. After a short trip down the stairs, she put her phone in her purse, called goodbye to Kipper, grabbed her keys, and then headed out of the house. Even the few steps it took to get to the car were enough to make the knot in Wesley’s stomach tighten. He was about to be surrounded by humans who would judge why a borrower was having dinner with a human. He would get laughed at for sure, if not thrown out altogether for such an absurd scene. Before his mind could race too much, he tried to focus on what Tori had said yesterday. She’d promised that there’d be nobody else around. Then again, what if that meant she’d just reserved some private area in the restaurant to keep them away from judging eyes. Wesley had never been to a restaurant before. He’d only ever seen them in movies from what glimpses he’d catch from a human’s TV and what movies Tori had watched with him, but even that showed him that you usually had to walk near other humans and talk to a human just to get a seat at a table. Surely, those humans would laugh.  
No. He had to try and be positive. Tori had promised that it would just be the two of them. He was sure that she’d already have warned him about any human interactions they might have before they could be alone if there were going to be any. Maybe they were having a private dinner in the park, like he’d heard Adriana had set up for Jackie when she proposed. Maybe there was some kind of secret entrance to a restaurant that they could go through to avoid other people. He didn’t know. All of this was supposed to be a surprise, but the uncertainty was beginning to make him feel like he hated surprises.  
The drive to wherever they’d be having dinner wasn’t very long, and Wesley couldn’t tell if that was a relief or if that made him feel even worse. He hadn’t dared to look out of the windows on either side of the car as he sat on Tori’s shoulder, mostly in fear that they’d pass by humans who would watch him as they got closer to their destination. Surprisingly, he didn’t hear any humans milling about outside the car when they parked, but before he could turn to look out the window, Tori brought up her hand to brush against his leg.  
“Can you close your eyes?” she said, a smile in her voice.  
“What?” Wesley gasped. “Why?” 
“Because this is supposed to be at least a little bit of a surprise, silly.” With a nervous breath, Wesley slowly brought his hands up to his eyes and covered them. 
“Okay,” he mumbled. “I’m r-ready.” 
“It’s just you and me, Wes,” Tori said when she’d obviously heard the slight shake in his voice. “I promise. Nobody else is around.”  
“I-I believe you,” he stammered. He knew that he did, but the images of so many gigantic, menacing humans staring at him while he had his eyes covered wouldn’t leave his mind. He was worried that he might start trembling but, suddenly, he felt the familiar warmth of Tori’s thumb rub against his legs.  
“Don’t be scared,” she murmured. “I’ve got you.” Instead of replying, Wesley shifted to cover both eyes with one hand while he used the other hand to hold Tori’s thumb. Any contact he could get from her was more than welcome right now, and Tori took that as a sign to hurry up and unveil the surprise.  
As smoothly as she could, she climbed out of the car, her thumb still holding on to Wesley, and she closed the driver’s side door behind her. The sound made Wesley jump a bit, but Tori kept walking up towards the big reveal. After Wesley heard the sound of a door being opened, Tori walked inside and shut the door back up, making sure it wasn’t too loud when it closed.   
“Okay, Wes. You can open your eyes now.” With slight hesitation, Wesley did as she said and slowly dropped his hand away from his face. When he took in his surroundings, he let out a gasp and his eyes went wide. They were in the foyer of a house with modern furniture all around it, and a trail of rose petals was laid out from the front door to what looked like a dining room. All around them, fake, battery-powered candles were lit up to bathe the foyer and the dining room in a warm glow that was just bright enough to see with but just dark enough to feel intimate.  
After a few seconds of soaking in the scene in front of him, Wesley’s surprised expression morphed into one of confusion as he realized that he recognized this house.  
“Isn’t this Carter’s house?” he asked, making Tori nod.  
“He’s out of town for the rest of the week,” she explained. “So, he asked me to house-sit for him. What better way to do that than to make a date out of it while he’s gone? I just have to make sure I clean all this up before he gets back...”  
“This looks amazing, Tori,” Wesley said in awe as she started to follow the trail of rose petals to the dining room. When they reached the long, dining table, Wesley could see an even smaller table on top of it. The borrower-sized table sat near the edge of the human-sized one, along with two tiny seats and two sets of borrower-sized glasses and cutlery.  
“Wow,” he gasped again as Tori carried him in her palm from her shoulder to the dining table’s surface. “You even brought all the stuff that’s just my size.” 
“Of course, I did,” Tori chuckled. “I wouldn’t make you eat with your bare hands while sitting on the floor. I’m not a monster.” 
“I know, I just...” Wesley let out a sigh of relief as he looked up at Tori with a grateful smile. “This is way more than I could’ve ever anticipated. Thank you, Tori.” 
“You’re welcome, Wes,” she beamed back. “And happy birthday. Let me just get some stuff set up for our dinner and then I’ll be right back.”  
“Okay,” he nodded as Tori left the room. He heard some shuffling around in the kitchen while he took his seat at the table. When she finally came back, Tori didn’t even say a word before she started to shrink and climb onto the dining table to join Wesley.  
“Another nice surprise,” he beamed as he got up to hold out Tori’s chair for her. “I guess I just assumed you’d stay human sized and sit across from me that way. I like this a lot better though.” 
“I didn’t want to feel like I was looming the whole time,” Tori explained, taking her seat before Wesley pushed in her chair and returned to his own. “Plus, I want to be closer to you. Being human-sized feels too far away sometimes.”  
“I’m definitely not complaining,” Wesley laughed before reaching across the table to take Tori’s hand in his. “But I do feel the need to point out that you have lied to me.”  
“About what?” Tori gasped, genuinely shocked.  
“You’d said we’d be going out to a restaurant,” he replied with a smirk. “That’s what I was so nervous about all day. This is a lot more enjoyable.”  
“That’s not true,” she said matter-of-factly. “I just said this would be a date, we’d have dinner, watch your favorite movie, and it would be just the two of us. I never mentioned a restaurant. I think you imagined that all on your own.”  
Wesley opened his mouth to object, but then paused as he replayed their conversation from yesterday in his mind. After a few seconds, he realized that she was right. That’s all that she’d told him about the date. He must’ve just assumed this would be a restaurant setting based on what little he knew about dates from movies. It did make sense though that they’d be going somewhere else if Tori was able to promise him that nobody else would be around.  
“Well... I guess I worked myself up for nothing,” he chuckled as his cheeks turned a shade of pink with embarrassment. “Sorry about that.” 
“No need to apologize,” Tori reassured, giving his hand a gentle squeeze. “I probably should’ve at least said explicitly that we wouldn’t be going out in public or something. I was just worried about somehow ruining the surprise, so I didn’t want to give too much away.”  
“I was pretty surprised,” Wesley smiled, making Tori’s grin grow wider. “You know I’m going to be trying my best to surprise you on your birthday now, you know.”  
“Well, you have about three months to think about it, so hopefully that’ll give you enough time to plan something,” she giggled. “But you really don’t have to do anything for my birthday. I really like doing things for other people for their birthdays, but I don’t ever really feel like doing much for my own birthday. At most, I’ll invite Carter, Adri, and Jackie over to watch a movie or something, but I don’t ever ask for any gifts or have big parties or anything. I like to keep things pretty relaxed.”  
“I’ll keep that in mind,” he beamed back, just as Tori got a mischievous look in her eye.  
“You know, now that I think about it, I guess I did technically lie about something,” she said, making Wesley’s eyebrow raise in curiosity.  Without any elaboration, she looked over his shoulder and let out a loud whistle. The sound was followed by some scrambling sounds in the kitchen, then Wesley heard a familiar clacking of nails against the floor. The clicking got louder and closer to them until Wesley turned around and saw Kipper poke his head into the room from the kitchen with a silver food tray held level in his mouth. The dog approached them carefully before setting the tray down behind Tori’s seat on the dining table. Now that the tray was closer, Wesley could see that there were two borrower-sized plates on it with silver domes covering them, along with a tiny pitcher containing a bubbly, pale liquid.  
“When I went on a walk with Kipper earlier, I brought him over here,” Tori explained. “Luckily, you were getting ready when I came back, so you didn’t notice that he was gone. I guess, technically I lied when I said goodbye to Kip while we were leaving the house and I suppose I lied that it would be just the two of us. But he’s much more interested in getting back to his toys that I left in the living room, so he won’t be joining us for dinner the whole time.” 
“Oh, the betrayal,” Wesley gasped as he dramatically slapped a hand against his chest.  
“Sorry to wound you like this,” Tori chuckled as she got up and picked up the two plates from the tray. “Hopefully, some good food can make up for it.”  
“I’m sure it can,” he laughed while Tori set one of the plates down in front of him. “Everything you make is delicious.” He watched as she walked back over to the tray and picked up the pitcher. 
When she turned back around and approached the table again, she noticed a weary look in Wesley’s eye before she started pouring the liquid in the glass that was set in front of him. “Since neither of us drink,” she said once she’d set the full glass back down. “This is just some sparkling grape juice. Nothing alcoholic about it.” The information made Wesley let out a subtle sigh of relief while Tori filled her own glass and then put the pitcher on the table. When she sat back down, Wesley tentatively took a sip from his glass, letting the bubbly, sweet liquid coat his tongue. He let out a sound of pleasant surprise.  
“That’s really good,” he smiled, putting his glass back down. Tori gave him a nod in return, a bright grin on her face.  
“I’m glad you like it,” she said. “Now, how about we get into this dinner?” With an enthusiastic nod, Wesley mirrored her when she placed her hand on top of the dome over her plate, then lifted it to reveal the contents underneath. When Wesley lifted the plate’s cover, he was met with the warm, pleasant aroma of the familiar, saucy food in front of him. Immediately, his face lit up with delight when he looked back up at Tori.  
“Lasagna,” he cheered. “My favorite!”  
“Only favorites for your birthday,” she giggled back. “I’ve got some dessert made for us too, if you have any room for it after you finish that. If not, we can save it for tomorrow. And don’t worry, there’s plenty more lasagna if you want seconds... or any leftovers for the next few days.” 
“This is the best,” Wesley beamed before taking her hand again from across the table. “You are the best. And this is the best birthday I’ve ever had.” 
“Well, there’s not much to compare it to,” Tori shrugged with a smirk. “But I’ll still try to think of a way to outdo this next year to give you an even better birthday.” 
“There’s no way you could outdo this,” he replied before rising from his seat and walking over to close the space between them. Immediately, when he saw her smile at him, he got down on his knees and wrapped his arms around her to pull her in for a tight hug with his head resting against her stomach. “I love all of this. I love this day.” He brought his head back up while keeping his arms wrapped around her, locking eyes with her with an adoring look on his face. “I love you,” he said. “So much. Thank you for everything.” 
“I love you too, Wes,” Tori smiled then placed a gentle kiss against his lips. For a few moments, she wrapped her arms around him too, and they held each other until Wesley heard her let out a sigh of contentment. “Now, let’s not let this food get too cold. Plus, we still have a movie to watch in the living room when we’re done. There’s plenty of birthday activities to get through.”  
“Just a little bit more,” Wesley said as he buried his face in the skin of her shoulder and gave her a gently squeeze. “Right now, this is all I want for my birthday.”  
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This is an RP blog for my DoL PC, Clara (the phantom) Loveday! Run by @degrees-of-fuck the thing the myth the absentee.
Major canon character relationship under cut for useful info just in case, but any and all interactions are welcome! (cw for sibling pseudocest. Also in general on the blog, cw for the usual assault related in-game horrors and possibly occasional references to suicide.)
Not necessary reading, but it's here and might inspire some interactions idk.
ROBIN: Robin and Clara have a sibling-like relationship, with an unacknowledged undercurrent of something Else that Clara finds too alarming to actually think about. Robin is the subject of most of Clara's paranoia and OCD obsessions. Clara would kill and die for Robin (but she isn't very good at verbalizing this.)
SYDNEY: Clara's presence is kind of automatically somewhat corrupting, even if not specifically in a sexual way. Goth Effect. So I currently tend to imagine Clara's Sydney as being fairly neutral on the purity front. Clara and Syd are academic rivals -> lovers, with Clara helping Sydney in the library on certain days. They share their writing with each other and are both so so mentally ill.
EDEN: Clara feels genuine guilt for not loving Eden the way Eden loves her and it fucking Sucks. girl you were abducted. Still, she does... Care for them. Even if she is also absolutely terrified. She tries to make the best of the situation, visiting once weekly, trying to make the place comfortable and learning skills while she's out there. It's mostly a source of turmoil for her though lol.
BAILEY: Clara's family has been stuck at this orphanage for GENERATIONS and Bailey knows this. Maybe knew her mother? I imagine Bailey trusts Clara possibly Less far than they could throw her, but generally, Clara is quiet, courteous and consistent enough with the money to stay out of the line of fire for the most part. On account of her family being so tied to the place via Debt Cycles, I like to imagine her having lowkey Potential Future Caretaker disease. She hates this.
AVERY: Clara is knowledgeable, well-spoken, polite, has a funny way of picking up nice things to accentuate her fancy outfits and is the sort of person to read about how to use different kinds of silverware - even if more for writing reasons than for Avery. So I think Avery liked her. HOWEVER, she's also so so so autistic and being around Avery is a TRULY DRAINING AND MISERABLE experience. So as soon as she could afford to she started turning them down every week. This uhhh didn't go well and now she's back to going out with them feeling like she has a gun to her head every single time. One of the people she's lied about Clarabelle being her real name to out of spite.
REMY: OUGHH the rat... Remy dreams are one of many reasons Clara refuses to sleep. She still calls them Master in her head sometimes and despises it. Every time she is taken to the farm, she gets a little closer to starting a cow uprising, yet closer to losing her goddamn mind. While with Remy, she's obedient, quiet and affectionate - but only when prompted. (I think of her Remy Trauma as a microcosm for the whole thing tbh <3 Tfw you are acutely aware you are meat on a hook and exist for others' consumption)
ALEX: Clara sometimes works at the farm - mostly during school holidays. She knows her botany and she likes being away from the town lol. She's very knowledgeable, prefers to be very independent when she can and she's at least a little stronger than she looks, but lacks stamina. Also she keeps getting horrendously sunburnt while she's there because she keeps forgetting to protect her skin lmao. I think Alex's dominance stat would be on the high side, but not full. I tend to imagine Alex having a one-sided Thing at her, but that's not necessary to play out. I can easily picture Clara sometimes having Remy Flashbacks while at Alex's and trying to hide that.On that note, she is 100% on board with helping Alex with the Remy thing. And also just with any opportunity to fuck with Remy.
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HELLO!! HI! HOW ARE YOU DOING?! IM GREAT! This chapter was so good, and I'm still riding my metaphorical high while writing this- Anyway, lots of things I want to talk about as per usual so imma get to it :D Tommy in this chapter was so....like- he's such a boi... Like you have got his dialogue mastered! it's literally just Tommy, like he's said that in canon. I always hate (love) when cs!Tommy is causally like, "We're brothers! Family! You are my person! :D" to Tubbo who just thinks, "No we're not, not really, I'm ruining your family, you were better off without me barging my way in your life" It's sad but I'm also a huge fan of dramatic irony and characters being entirely oblivious to the fact that they're loved. I really loved the quote, "You are my least favorite brother.” That’s not going to be much of an issue in a minute." Like dude, such a wonderfully stark contrast in energies between the two *chef's kiss* Open your damn eyes Tubbo, you literally are Tommy's brother smh. But seriously, your portrayal of clingyduo is always so well thought out and written, they are idiots who would do anything for the other's betterment, and it's so sweet. They just be vibing bein' teenage bois but with a pinch of (a ton of) depression thrown in for fun! Next I'm gonna talk about the scene with Tubbo and Phil, because holy cow was that some good writing, 10/10 would scream again! The mood for this was just so bleak, and the context makes it so clear to the reader (or at least to me) that Phil's gonna adopt him as soon as he mentions Tubbo's situation. Yet Tubbo just keeps planning his escape, how he'll survive, how he'll break the news to Tommy. It feels like the equivalent to watching a soldier march to their own death by choice. So miserable- I LOVE IT!! And his reaction to actually hearing that, no he won't be forced away, he'll be part of the family for real, he immediately goes into a state of panic because he doesn't feel like he should be adopted- that they don't deserve to have him ruin their family, but it doesn't defy logic. In fact, it makes more logical sense than the alternative, so it just matches what Tubbo's brain has been set up as. He goes with logic first, feelings second. But this reveals that he feels disgusted with himself to the point to where it doesn't fit with his logic, his whole base for living, he loses it and can't comprehend it. (Sorry if that part was incoherent I don't know how to use words lol) Anyway, it's all so consistent with his character in a way that turns his system of operation on its head, and exposes its flaws! And I really loved that whole paragraph using invasive species in an environment as an analogy for Tubbo in their family. So beautiful and sad that Tubbo literally thinks of himself as detrimental to the growth of his loved ones!
Now it's time for me to talk about *looks at smudged writing on hand* uh- fruit salad with mental illness..? Jokes aside, we got so much food this chapter, so much beeduo!! Per usual they had a gay as hell car ride, and Tubbo ranting about his hyperfixations- just amazing. And the fact that, at least in my interpretation, Tubbo is so used to and in love with Ranboo's voice that it's the first thing he thinks of to get out of panic. Mans cannot stand 5 seconds in silence and his immediate solution is to ask ranboo a gay-ass question- so good! And the line, "Tubbo has this stupid thought, sometimes, that if Ranboo’s talking, Tubbo can breathe again." THIS LINE IS JUST!!!!!! SO GOOD SO GOOOOOOOD. Tubbo always feels like he's suffocating and Ranboo helps him breathe!?!?! THE SYMBOLISM ITS AMAZING! And then we get all of Tubbo's spiraling self-hatred yet his desire to be loved in spite of him simply existing! He wants to hold onto Ranboo so tightly, but he's worried he'll suffocate him by proxy, and I just can't- it's so well done!! AND THEN WE FINALLY GET TUBBO OPENING UP ABOUT SOMETHING!!! And he's trying to mask why being adopted would be bad because he doesn't want Ranboo to defend him when he doesn't know how horrible Tubbo is! And Ranboo tries so hard, and doesn't know what to do, he literally loves him so much and wants to support him any way he can, and tubbo wants to help him too but thinks he's only making everything he touches worse!! And then when Tubbo was faced with the idea that he could be loved in spite of him being evil and gross and wrong he just breaks down and spills his guts out because he doesn't know how to live with that. Reading Tubbo finally open up was so cathartic and was just amazing. He felt so broken in that moment in comparison to the start of the chapter where he masquerades his misery with apathy or jokes. And just to destroy my heart some more because you thought it'd be funny, you made Ranboo open up a little too. Which meant even more to me, because Tubbo's been cracking at the seams for quite a few chapters now, we knew he would implode eventually. But Ranboo? For him it doesn't fester out of repression and denial, he feels and releases that misery all the time just not ever in front of Tubbo, so the fact that he was willing to share anything at all was such a giant breakthrough for him in the terms of their relationship. And I think this chapter really just secured beeduo as together in such a strong way. Because people connect through joy sure, but pain, empathy, that can be argued to bring them even closer. Okay, jeez I think I like cs!beeduo a little too much that was a lot of words lol. But yeah, those were my thoughts! This chapter made me really happy because the best thing to happen to characters who repress or shame all their trauma away is to talk about it to others. who could've guessed? Your imagery as usual was so vivid and brilliant, the spiraling scenes felt so real, and the dialogue felt so natural. Thank you for continuing to write this wonderful fic, because not only does it finally give me use for taking ib english, but it also makes me so so happy. I don't remember if I've said this yet or not, but if I have idc I'll say it again. You are the best dsmp fic writer for modern/human aus, never have I seen a better more realistic approach, you should feel proud! Until the next cough syrup tuesday mare! Have a good rest of your day! <333
HEY SORRY ITS BEEN ABOUT A WEEK HI!!!
one of the things that you can't really see fully because of the POVs but i always consider with cs!clingy scenes is the fact that a lot of cs!tubbo's confidence in the family dynamic as we know is sort of a farce because he doesn't feel like he belongs, but a lot of cs!tommy's force behind it also stems from some internal issues. i mean i'll go more into it in one of the later chapters but cs!tommy doesn't always have that confidence with his family. i don't know if that makes sense i'm a bit tired
"It feels like the equivalent to watching a soldier march to their own death by choice." love u saying this bc this is such a good way to describe it and im glad my writing could convey that feeling-- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS! i had to be delicate w/ that part because i didn't want to villainize philza in some kind of way but it's also a really complicated situation, and tubbo kind of jumps to what he sees as the most just option but his compass regarding what would be the best and worst option is skewed due to his self loathing
i wonder if you do a lot of writing yourself because i really am amazed by how you describe all these character connections its super fucking cool. but yeah beeduo!!! the process to opening up is really hard and what i want to demonstrate is this ebb and flow, this trust of one another but not an inward trust of themselves, and the idea that you oftentimes don't really dump all your bullshit on someone at once, you have some days you say more and then some aside comments and its some combination of that (albeit i have to accelerate the pace for narrative reasons that characters admit things to each other but yknow, cant have an 100 chapt fic) im really glad you like those two and honestly appreciate that a lot, the beeduo in the next upcoming chapters is going to be interesting to write so reading that was a bit like a pep talk funnily enough HAHA <33
YOU ARE SO FUCKING KIND TO ME WHAT THE HELL... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! genuinely like, the fact that cough syrup can mean that much to you makes every single roadblock worth it and even if i have like, just one person out there who really really likes the fic, i'm never going to give up on it. because that means the fucking world to me. i appreciate you so much <3
see you in a week :]
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the-s1lly-corner · 7 months
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Could you possibly write about slenderman's ghost s/o trying to make the mansion festive for Halloween bc they're really excited for the holiday and never experienced it before? They have a list and everything as soon as they learn about the custom-
For instance, every room is decked out in decor totally not stolen, they make loads of themed treats, and try to engage the him and the proxies into doing multiple festive activities as well?
-slender anon <3 (sorry if this is too much exposition, tysm for all the cool writing)
Celebrating Halloween w/ Slenderman!
so so sorry for taking a a bit to get to this !! I meant to get this out tomorrow but I got distracted </3 still torn on if i want the mansion to exist in my au but for all intents and purposes we'll say it does for this >:) i might make the mansion like, some abandoned creepy haunted house in universe, like the house from IT or Nightmare on Elm Street (i actually... dont remember if it gets abandoned or not in the later movies, its been a while since i watched the series..) or something something yeah i think ill go with that for the mansion anyways enough rambling
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Cue curious head tilts and questions from slenderman, he knows OF Halloween but he doesnt know all the ins and outs and intricacies when it comes to how its celebrated; best he knows is costumes and candy
initially watches you try to hang up all the decorations by yourself but eventually steps in to give you a hand
probably consults in you what basic Halloween traditions are, and probably also tries to ask the proxies if they know anything about it
i think outside of toby, the proxies don't really. remember much of their lives before becoming proxies, but that's because I'm basing my take on them off of the original MH where like, there's brain fog and the proxy/person are internally separate, but that's where inspiration from the original stuff ends; merging two fandoms together is. hard when the canon and fanon are so different
anyways
but also i never really like the creepypasta interpretation of masky and hoodie, at least from when i was in the fandom years back where they were shy and soft, but thats likely changed now- admittedly i dont interact with the fandom outside of creating
im rambling again, but i think masky and hoodie would also be a little lost but ready to do whatever they're told to do in regards to helping deck out the mansion
good news is that the mansion already looks like a spooky haunted house! especially on the outside since it's not as well kept as the inside
the inside is like what comes to mind when someone says old ass house; creaky wooden floors, shitty heating system, crawl spaces and compartments, that sort of thing. old enough that it would definitely have mold and rot, and be falling apart, if slenderman didnt come and keep it in tact
again, it already looks spooky enough as is, but decorations can really tie in the look
fake cobwebs, skeletons, spiders
oh those are real spiders
the mansion probably has spiders, slenderman cant do anything about the spiders sorry
okay anyways
treats! totally not stolen from some store by a teleporting entity that naturally distorts electronics! definitely not
he would make them with you, i think
i sometimes think about how slenderman would probably like calm and quiet activities, domestic ones included, so i think this is something he would actually end up loving especially with you around
learns he hates working with melted marshmallow, that shit is not banned from the mansion as well as marshmallow creme
he even gets those cute little halloween themed goodie bags so you can give them out
unfortunately he's going to have to pass, on account that he can't really eat any non-human meat food, but rest assured if he could safely eat your treats he would
Toby would be fucking that shit up, especially if you make those popcorn ball things. i feel like toby would love those. masky to me seems like a butterscotch haystack enjoyer to me (based), while hoodie fucks up those chocolate dipped pretzels, you know the ones that get decorated to look like mummies? those. he demolishes those (also based)
i kinda miss the popcorn balls tbh i havent had those in years but they were good from what i remember- i think i might make some this evening
moving on once more
if there's any extras slenderman may offer to take you around to give them to others
im still deciding character dynamics and relationships and who knows who in this funky au, but i feel like slenderman knows at least a handful of the other character. at least on a first name basis
so thats fun! you also get to share the joy with characters such as splendor and trender, and perhaps even jeff. i hc that eyeless jack and slender are both in the same forest but not like. buddy buddy. but he can get goodies too. ignore the fact jack is in the same boat as slender in terms of what he can and cant eat- he appreciates the gesture
now activities! i gotta admit i never really did halloween stuff outside of trick or treating; so im a little stumped on ideas
theres the obvious, pumpkin carving (the pumpkin insides get used to make more treats!), apple bobbing, and a few others
while not really a halloween game, you guys probably play a few games in the woods
thats
wait no thats terrifying, do not play hide and seek/tag with them in the woods regardless of if its night time and regardless of if youre a ghost, that shit actually sounds terrifying esp since i think slenderman and hoodie would get WAY TOO competitive
oh scary stories
definately
you insist on summoning ghosts and demons to fit the vibe
" but Dear, you're a gho-" "hush"
you guys accidentally summon one of the ghost creepypastas or something/j
you guys accidentally summon zalgo and halloween gets cancelled'j
idk if this is just a me thing but whenever me and my friends sit down to read creepypasta stories we get derailed and somehow end up reading fanfics and acting them out but i can see this happening as well; though this one also isnt a halloween exclusive activity
overall its a learning experience for most of you guys, and slenderman is totally up to humoring you again next year!
oh oh oh halloween costumes, how could i forget?
good luck trying to find something for slenderman, even if he could fit in anything he probably wouldnt dress up no matter how you try to word it
actually now that i think of it, do you think his suit is just part of his body? like ive seen loads of interpretations where it is; the shitty slenderman movie included. like is it a removeable suit? is it something that looks like a suit but its part of him? is it like a scp 049 situation where it is a suit but its attached to him?
im not getting into that today
masky and toby both dress up as classic slasher icons
hoodie probably would too but i got flashed with a vision of him dressed as pumpkin so im rolling with it
i think thats about everything! i hope you like this! this ended up way longer than i thought it would be but i fully blame that on me still being in my ramble mindset </3 ive been cooking up some major hcs for my au/interpretation as well as smaller stuff so my brain just wants to dump it TToTT
anyways
runs off to go draw spooky stuff (cough cough creepypastas dressed up in costumes)
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Cloud ☁️ rock 🪨 air and Psionics for the writers ask 💕🌷
Hi Alex 🤗💕 Thank you for sending me some emotes from the elemental writer ask ~ I'll send some your way soon 💖
Clouds: How clearly do you picture a scene before you start writing it down?
It honestly depends, because I start out with a bullet point outline of each chapter of my fics, and sometimes include a few bits of dialogue right away - so there's some creative imagination happening during that process. And even if it's just a one shot, I still tend to do a general outline beforehand, though I think it's a bit less rigid than some of the planning I put in my long fics (some have anywhere between 50 to 100 pages of outlines, notes, research, character questions, sometimes even playlists and mood boards lol).
There are times where I do practice lucid dreaming when it comes to my fics and essentially "edit the scene" in my sleep - starting with one scenario, and practicing it with a few tweaks depending on setting/dialogue - then I wake up knowing how I want that to play out before I even start writing ✨️
Rock: How do you deal with writer’s block?
I've been very very lucky that my biggest hurdles to blocks have actually just been time constraints, or illnesses or circumstances keeping me from writing - once I'm in the doc to write I hop right to it lol, never know when the next ball will drop taking me away from it again! 🙃
Air: What’s the easiest part of writing for you?
I feel like the dialogue comes to me the quickest, and flows out fairly easily and I rarely tweak it from outline to final edit - so it's like, all dialogue outlines, and then "filling it in" during the editing process
Psionics: How do you get into the heads of your characters?
Oh this is a fun question I don't think I had given too much thought on before. I know that I really like my research stuff, whether it's canon (so looking up bts, interviews, historical settings), or AUs (so a bit of the previous, but a lot of "character questions" lists to help tackle some world building and motivations that I include with my expanded outline doc). Naturally, I project plenty lol, so sometimes it's as simple as looking at the situation with some empathy from personal experiences, but all in all, I'd say research and empathy - yeah, those two 🤗
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summersareknives · 1 year
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IM BACK! okay lets see. favourite colour...prob green. maybe blue. sometimes purple. it changes a lot but rn its green lol. and im a scorpio! my bday is on halloween so i like to imagine that if i lived in the marauders era i would share my bday party with sirius🫶 fav marauders era girl.... that is such a tough one. i adore them all so very much, but id have to say either marlene or pandora. fav tv show....hm... i used to be a supernatural fan (derogatory) but the past is (thankfully) behind me. i love arcane & the umbrella academy, and also what we do in the shadows! OH and our flag means death. gay pirates are apparently my kryptonite. and the bowie lyric is "turn and face the strange" from changes! (every time i look at it it makes me think of remus in atyd with the wolves and makes me giggle fr)
and ty again for the fic rec <3 ill give u one in return: of pinstripes and potions by pansysnarkinson (jegulus forced proximity in the hospital wing, but the author is currently writing a rework here which is also very good)
now for old times sake i simply have to give more taylor songs to do: dont blame me, long story short, and so it goes🌟
okay now your turn. whats your zodiac sign? fav colour? fav tv show? fav marauders era girl? fav marauders era ship? (i know i could never pick just one but wolfstar, dorlene, and jegulus have my heart) OH and from that ask game you reblogged the other day! 20, 25, 29!
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bee bee bee hello hello i love u <333
i so feel you on that favourite colour keeps changing thing . because SAME. there are so many good colours how am I to choose ???
and a halloween birthday ??? dude u got born on the day lily & james got done in by voldemort. but that’s such a cool bday honestly.
marlene & pandora is a vv good choice i love both of them with all my heart and soul.
now the tv shows -
i haven’t watched any of the ones you speak of , unfortunately. I consider myself more of a ‘comedy/chill’ girl & stuff like supernatural and umbrella academy looks like it’d stress me out.
HOWEVER . ‘gay pirates’ sounds very interesting , and i’m going to be checking that out for sure.
turn and face the strange ??? on god that’s such a good line , honestly. you’re fucking awesome and AHHHHHH. (in my head remus would love that tattoo)
i wanted a tattoo of something nice. my frontrunner is a lyric from ‘you’re my best friend’ by queen (very nice and niche i love them & this song.. here r the frontrunners for the lyrics -
me - ‘whatever this world can give to me’ // my best friend -‘it’s you , you’re all i see’
me -‘in rain or shine’ // him -‘you stood by me girl’
and one option is from ‘little freak’ by hs - me - ‘little freak’ // him - ‘jezebel.’
(upon writing this it sounds very cringe so i’ll say it would be on our foot or some concealed place. and also that this is a joke. i just want a symbol)
but i cannot convince him to do this. he’s way too fucking scared. I reckon i’ll be able to convince him soon enough , though ( if i promise him mcdonald’s hasbrowns for long enough ) maybe we’ll do our constellations , if he’s too scared of lyrics. or our birth month flowers maybe ?? something , for sure.
vis a vis fic recs - I’VE READ OF PIN STRIPES AND POTIONS. I’ve been there since the author was still on chapter seven , i’m a big fan of their writing . it’s so so so good i loved it literally so so much :))))
NOW FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE -
don’t blame me - JEGULUS - now , i’m veering a little about of canon. for me (in doa especially) either of them would go CRAZY for the other one. like fuckin tip the world apart if anyone ever did something to the other , you feel me ? and and , in doa , i have 3 don’t blame me moments planned (one is jegulus, one is wolfstar , one is rosekiller.) highly likely we’ll get a dorlene one , if i find a place to fit it in.
long story short - JEGULUS & ROSEKILLER - now , in canon , i think the line ‘i tried to pick my battles till the battle picked me’ is very regulus (& my boy hjp , but i digress) like can u imagine reg being like ‘yes james i choose u’ and then his parents imperiusing him until he takes the dark mark ??? my heart broken. ‘you passed right by’ james ignoring him after they broke up. my heart is so sad atm. it’s rosekiller (especially in the context of doa) because of the line ‘long story short it was the wrong guy , now i’m all about you’ , and this is vv much barty to evan . like so so much this line , it’s just HIM.
so it goes - JEGULUS - first of all , this is a criminally underrated song. i love it and no one ever talks about this one. Second , jegulus because ‘gold cage , hostage to my feelings’ - james is the gold cage , regulus not wanting to feel those things for him BUT HE DOES HE DOES. this song is so sexy honestly truly .
fic rec time - ‘don’t blame me, love made me crazy’ by coupe_de_foudre’ - (one shot ft secret dating jegulus , james has a quidditch accident , vv cute oneshot i love it.)
now to answer questions -
zodiac sign - pisces. i notice you’re a scorpio. very sirius and remus of us .
favourite colour - like u , it keeps changing. right now it’s pink , but a while ago it was yellow. but for now , pink. i love this colour so much , very dear to me.
fave tv show - F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Without a doubt, this show is like a cup of hot chocolate for me. always soothes me and makes me laugh. i also love himym (fuck the ending , barney+robin 5ever) & b99 .
fave marauder era girl - lily evans. hands down , no competition. she birthed the wizarding saviour , she schooled severus snape , she is the moment , she is everything. love her.
favourite marauder era ship - i simply cannot choose. i cannot and will not choose. my top four , however are (in no particular order) - wolfstar (the ogs) , jegulus ( best friends brother is the one for me) , dorlene ( enemies to lovers lesbians) , jily (parents) .
ask game -
20. tangled. no doubt. i loved it so much when it came out that i bought the blonde wig and everything. had a doll. BUT. Tiana (the princess and the frog??) is a close second.
25. yes , stellar taste. taylor swift , queen , bowie , hozier & 1D. amazing taste.
29. fusilli. the curly just does something to me .
now now now. for ur next ask i give u more questions to answer -
have u ever seen a moose ? (always wanted to ask a canadian this )
is it like minus a billion degrees all the time up there ??
what’s your favourite fic of all time? like all time. ( or top 5)
favourite golden trio era ship ?
do you write fic ? (if yes , where can i find it pls and thank you)
tea or coffee ?
go to outfit ?
how many piercings ?
& what course do u take / what’s your desired career path / what’s your favourite subject?
and a fun fact about you !
(bee feel free to give me more taylor songs to do. ‘tis our tradition , after all.)
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hey! not sure if the requests are open, but could you do any headcanons (random) you have of the side characters and/or bros? (sides preferably) thanks:)
some random headcanons of the om characters living in my head rent-free
my first ask,,, *faints* anon, you don't know how happy i am for getting that ask and i thank you for that. it's a bit late because i'm currently reviewing for our test week and i wrote these as soon as ideas popped in my mind. i hope you like these though these are quite short and i could only write for a few characters, sorry about that. ʕ´• ᴥ•̥`ʔ
- the brothers definitely went to a comic-con in the human world with levi and mc once. after they begged convinced lucifer, he agreed doing cosplays with them. mammon tried to take pictures of him but why is the camera not working?
- on their last day, they went all out and cosplayed as the main characters of tsl, making the crowd stare at them in awe. levi did a great job in making their costumes, he got a lot of praises from his brothers and mc that day. when mc took a photo with all of them, the camera finally worked. lucifer supposes they could keep at least one picture, just this once(nah, it wasn't just this once).
- diavolo was kinda sad he couldn't come and join the fun, but when mc sent him the photo they almost got blinded by his smile.
- mammon actually has a great voice, next to asmo. he sings a lot in the shower(idk if that was true but i read somewhere that this is canon) and you can hear it from outside of his room.
- even when he's attending a student council officers' meetings or while he's gambling, he'll be humming a tune of a song stuck in his head. mc has to be prepared when it's karaoke night though, he's gonna sing a lot and he will give them an extra microphone to sing duets with him.
- he'll scream at the microphone whenever someone gets too close or hogs mc all to themselves. it's a miracle on how his voice was still fine the next day while mc's is a bit hoarse from all the singing.
- asmo is kinda responsible on why his brothers' outfits looks decent from time to time. he gives them fashion advice which they all follow except for one person.
- he definitely scolds satan sometimes whenever he sees his older brother's outfit. he'll scream and cry on how disastrous it is unlike his beauty and decides to give satan a make-over whether he likes it or not.
- satan's outfit actually looks pretty decent for a day thanks to asmo, but the next day he'll be back to his old ways. asmo just sighs and mumbles "why did i even try?" but he will do it again every month.
- he doesn't talk about it, but belphie guards mc's dreams sometimes, especially when they sleep with him in the attic. he watches as some of their memories play/their imagination go wild in their dreams.
- whenever they dream of an embarrassing memory they had a long time ago, he'll tease them whether they remember it or not. if nightmares start to brew in their mind, he uses his ability to make them go away, replacing it with pleasant dreams instead.
- solomon knows how to play a part in musicals. he joined a theatre before, and still remembers the songs he once performed centuries ago. if mc is a theatre performer, he will offer to practice with them if they have an upcoming performance.
- he'll make them potions that can help their voice too. it might look weird but not to worry, those are effective and mc can already notice the difference after drinking the potions.
- simeon can sense if there's something wrong with humans; like if they're sick he can tell what it is. he often checks up on mc and their well-being, to make sure they're okay.
- if ever they're sick, simeon offers to help mc with his healing powers. if it's something like a chronic illness, he'll still try to ease the mc's pain and assist them in any way he can.
- diavolo feels very happy whenever mc visits the castle to spend time with him and barbatos. the butler might not show it, but he's also happy that the human trusts them and is willing to spend time with them.
- the only time they get to socialize with other demons in the castle is when they hold balls for random and special events. if they hold a ball and mc is there too, the two watches them like hawks to make sure they're safe.
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trashywritestrash · 3 years
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Fidget
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader
Word Count: about 2,633 (thank you @make-me-imagine for the count)
Warnings: a lot of swear words, reader has undiagnosed mental illness, Nick Fury is mean (sorry), Bucky and reader have a slightly implied romantic relationship but it’s not clearly stated, Bucky threatens to kill someone, canon level violence but not in great detail, a lot of swearing again, fluff, hurt/comfort, im venting okay
A/N: I am writing this to vent and now y’all have to deal with it. This is totally un-beta’d and it’s not about to be anytime soon. I just opened tumblr and went ham. Enjoy lol
A/N part 2: I know it’s no longer called “ptsd” but it’s incorrectly labeled on purpose to show that the character saying it isn’t updated and doesn’t know what they’re talking about
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2:47 AM.
It’s almost three o’clock in the goddamn morning, and Bucky can’t sleep. This is a common occurrence, but that doesn’t make it any less fucking annoying. Quickly throwing on some clothes, he decides to go to the gym. Maybe working out will help tire him out- but he knows it won’t.
Entering the gym, Bucky isn’t surprised to see that it’s occupied. He is surprised, however, by the fact that it’s you working out at this hour. You should be in bed, sound asleep. Instead, you’re punching a training bag without wrapping your hands. He’s on the other side of the gym but he can see the bright red of blood speckled across your knuckles.
“Y/N?” Bucky calls out, not wanting to startle you. It seems he does anyway since your whole body flinches and you turn to him at lightning speed. Even though you’re looking at him, he can see your fists clenching and unclenching repeatedly- like a cat kneading. Except, you don’t look comfortable, “What’s wrong?”
You shake your head, eyes falling to the floor, “I’m okay, Buck. Don’t worry.” You must think he can’t see the way your eyes water, but he does. They’re moments away from spilling over.
Bucky trusts you with his life. Nothing will ever change that. But right now, he knows he needs to proceed with caution. The last thing he wants to do is distress you further, “You’re bleeding. Can I bandage your hands for you?”
“It doesn’t hurt bad,” You shake your head again, still not looking Bucky in the eye.
He insists, “Please let me help. Just to cover the cuts.” Finally, you nod. Bucky slowly grabs the bright red first-aid kit from the wall before sitting on a nearby bench, leaving plenty of room for you. Taking a seat a good distance away, you silently hold out one of your hands. He carefully starts to treat your knuckles as he asks; “Do you want to talk about it?”
“There’s not much to talk about… This happens sometimes,” The hand he isn’t dressing is still fidgeting. You rub your thumb and first finger together, as if you’re imagining holding something between them.
Bucky doesn’t want to push you, but you don’t seem agitated by his questions. He continues, “Did something happen to trigger this?”
Another shake of your head, “I don’t think so. I just can’t get my head to stop moving.” Bucky switches hands, allowing you to move your bandaged one as you please.
“Your head?”
Waving your now-free hand, you try to explain. “Like my brain. Uh, what’s it called… The- um, the words?”
He starts piecing things together, “Your thoughts?”
It’s almost like a switch flips, “Yes! Thoughts! They’re super loud and keep changing.” You’re acting less like a cornered animal and more like an excited puppy, eyes lit up with emotion.
“Is this why you’ve been in your room all day?” Some of the other Avengers noticed your absence throughout the day; but none more than Bucky. Everyone had assumed you were tired- but there was a small part of Bucky that was nagging him, trying to convince him that something was wrong. His therapist was right: Bucky needs to learn to trust his instincts.
“Yeah… I don’t like to be around people like this. I’ll just bother them.”
Bucky felt a sharp pang of sadness in his heart, “How would you bother them?”
Your momentary excitement has now been replaced by a small frown, “I act different like this. I’m off.”
“You’re not a bother to me,” Bucky argues, “Is there something I can do to help?”
“Nah. I just have to ride it out. It’s not that bad. Usually, this lasts about a week and then I’ll be okay for a while. And then I feel numb for a week or two.”
You’ve already confided in him so much tonight; Bucky decides to leave that until later. With your hands cleaned and bandaged, Bucky gives you a gentle smile. “Thanks for telling me this, Y/N.”
“Thanks for listening, Bucky.” With that, you leave Bucky to sit and contemplate everything that just happened.
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That night, Bucky begins his research. With the help of FRIDAY and Google, he starts trying to get a better understanding of what is happening in your mind. He’s able to learn a good amount of information before he falls asleep, thinking of you the entire time.
In the morning, Bucky finds that you have decided to skip breakfast with the group. Not that he blames you- they can get quite rowdy even this early. He grabs some of your favorite foods and brings them to you. Bucky knocks on your door, waiting for you to answer before walking in. Once he receives the go-ahead, he enters with a gentle smile.
“Hey, doll. I saw you weren’t at breakfast and brought you some stuff. Wanted to make sure you ate.”
You smile wide, “Thanks, Buck! Do you want to join me? You don’t have to though! I don’t know if you have anything scheduled or if you have training…”
Bucky steps further into the room, taking a seat at the edge of your bed. “I would love to join you.”
The two of you make small talk for a while until Bucky brings up a topic he knows will kill your cheery mood. “You should join us for movie night later.”
As expected, you frown almost instantly, “Thanks, but I don’t want them to see me like this.”
“You can sit in the back with me. You can say or do whatever you want; I promise you won’t bother me. And if it gets to be too much, tell me and we’ll leave.”
Looking over at Bucky, you see the look on his face and automatically agree.
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You quickly regret that decision.
Sitting next to him on the couch, you start fidgeting with your hands. You stare down at your lap and tense up your body. The movie has already started, so the lights are dim and Bucky has to whisper to talk to you.
“How are you feeling?”
“I feel out of place. Like I don’t belong here.” You don’t look at him when you talk, which worries him more than it probably should.
Bucky cautiously asks, “Do you want to leave?” But you just shake your head and point at his metal hand.
“Can I?”
You’re already sitting on his left side, so it’s easy for Bucky to move his arm closer to you. Taking his metal hand in yours, you move it to rest on your lap. You gently take hold of his metal index finger and wiggle it, bending the knuckle and watching how it moves. “Can you feel this?”
Bucky can’t stop the warm smile blooming on his face. “No, I can’t.” But he wishes he could. Instead of watching the movie, you play with all of the joints on his hand- and Bucky watches you with love and awe. His arm is something Bucky has always been self-conscious about. And here you are, playing with it casually. It means more to him than he can put into words.
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Now months have passed, and Bucky has always been by your side. Through all your ups and downs, Bucky has stuck with you no matter what. During this time, Bucky has convinced you to start talking to a therapist. No one in the Tower commented on it, since many of them spoke to therapists as well. Only you, Bucky, and your therapist know what you go through.
That starts to cause problems when Fury walks in with a major assignment. A mission that requires all hands on deck. Unfortunately, your brain has decided this is the perfect time to fuck with you. You tried asking Fury to get you off the mission; telling him that you don’t feel well enough to go. He approves time off for you… For after the mission.
Once you’re all on the quinjet, Bucky picks up on the signs. It doesn’t take him long to notice them anymore.
You’ve basically gone non-verbal. All you can do is knead your hands and try not to cry. You both pull your phones out to text each other for the duration of the flight.
Steve begins to go over the plan. You and Bucky put your phones away, but your hands are still moving. Steve notices this, as well as your lack of eye contact, and decides to call you out for it.
“Y/N, we’re almost to the drop point. You need to focus.”
Your entire body tenses and it’s much harder to breathe. “Sorry, I just don’t feel good.”
This must not be the answer Steve wanted because he frowns, “Are you sick? You should have said something before we took off.”
Bucky looks like he’s about to interject, but Wanda beats him to it.
“Leave her alone, grandpa.”
You and Wanda give each other small smiles; and that’s the end of it.
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The fight has officially begun and you’re no better than you were on the plane. You fight sloppy, you get distracted. Even worse, you start moving too far from the rest of the group. You can no longer see them; meaning that they can’t see you either.
People are yelling into their comms, making it too loud in your ear. Without thinking of the consequences, you rip it out of your ear and slide it into your pocket. Another bad guy approaches for you to fight. He’s better than the others were, so he gets in a few good hits before you can take him out. After the encounter, you walk away with a small gash on your arm and a bruise already forming on your cheek.
Steve is on the comms, telling everyone to return to the quinjet because the mission is complete. Everyone answers, except you. Of course, Bucky starts to worry and sends you a text message. He knows you have it set to vibrate when you get text messages, so you’ll see it. And you do, so you make your way back.
You’re the last one to return, although they didn’t have to wait long for you. It doesn’t matter though, because Steve Rogers is furious.
You take your seat without looking at him, and that almost makes it worse.
“Feeling sick is no excuse, Y/N! You were sloppy- you could have gotten yourself killed out there! You never take out your comm link during a mission, how the hell were you expecting to communicate with your team?!”
Barely holding back your tears, your leg starts to bounce uncontrollably. You knead your hands against your thighs and your breath becomes labored. Bucky can’t think of anything except for helping you.
He physically shoves Steve out of his way, rushing to your side and giving his friend a not-so-subtle warning to “Shut up, punk.”
Bucky sits beside you, setting his metal hand in your lap for you to fiddle with. “You don’t have to answer him, okay? Just ignore him, doll.”
The quinjet takes off and he pulls out a pair of earbuds, putting one in his ear and giving you the other. Bucky gives you his phone so you can control the music. It’s quiet and you keep changing the song, but he doesn’t mind in the slightest.
“Remind me when we get back; I have something for you,” Bucky whispers and you nod. You’re unable to speak at this point, clearly feeling the stares of your team aimed at you. It’s uncomfortable.
As soon as they land, Bucky takes you by the hand and leads you to his room. He quickly grabs his gift for you before taking you to your own room. Both of you prefer your space over his, since yours is actually decorated. Bucky hands you a small box wrapped in paper. When you open it, you don’t tear any of the wrapping and carefully remove the tape instead.
Inside is a few fidget toys, including one that looks like a slug. The sections of it linking in a way that makes you think of Bucky’s arm. You love it and start using it immediately.
“I’m gonna go get us some food, doll. I’ll be right back.” All you can do is nod with a tired smile.
Bucky, being the helpful man that he is, sends a quick text to your therapist so she knows what’s happening with you. On his way to the kitchen, he spots everyone in the briefing room. Bucky pretty much storms in.
Fury is the first to speak. “What’s going on with Agent Y/L/N?”
“You-“ Bucky aggressively gestures to Fury, “need to listen when she tells you she can’t go on a mission. Y/N is amazing at her job and wouldn’t ask you to pull her out of a mission unless there was a damn good reason.”
Fury doesn’t like being scolded and immediately shoots back. “All she said was that she didn’t feel good. That’s not a good enough excuse around here.”
Bucky has to hold himself back from rolling his eyes. “She wasn’t talking about her stomach, she was talking about her brain. Her therapist is sending you regular updates for her psychiatric file and you’re not fucking reading them.”
“I assumed it was the regular diagnosis. You know, PTSD, anxiety, paranoia. The side effects from this type of work.” Fury shrugs it off, which only serves to make Bucky angrier.
“Get your head out of your ass and open a goddamn file. Don’t come whining to us because you didn’t do your fucking job. And while you’re at it, how about you try giving a shit about your agents?” Bucky is growling at this point and the other Avengers are worried they’ll need to step in. “You’re lucky she didn’t die on that mission because if she did, I would’ve killed you.”
Bucky hurries to the kitchen, grabbing some basic snacks and a first aid kit. He rushes back to your room so he can clean your wound and get some food in your system.
“Sorry I took so long, doll. Got caught up talking to someone.”
“It’s okay,” Your voice comes out as a whisper. He hands you some of the snacks and you start to eat.
Bucky gestures to your arm, setting the first aid kit down. “Can I clean that up?” You nod and he gets to work.
When he finishes, he sets everything aside. He takes some of the food before asking, “Can I stay?”
“You don’t have to.” You’re still whispering, but Bucky can hear you clearly.
He reaches out to give you his metal hand. “No, I want to. I want to watch that movie you told me about yesterday, but I don’t have a TV in my room.”
You don’t say anything, but Bucky isn’t worried. Taking his metal hand in yours, you tug him gently toward you. He climbs up on the bed, sitting next to you while you wordlessly turn on the movie. You wrap your arm around his flesh one, holding onto it like a pillow as you lean against his side. He moves his metal hand to your thigh, rubbing his thumb over your skin in a comforting manner.
Everything in this moment is pure. You’re trying to get better, and Bucky is supporting you with no complaint. The Avengers will learn in time; and Fury will either learn with them or Bucky will have another talk with him. But that’s for another day. Right now, the two of you only want to hold onto each other- and that’s exactly what you’re going to do. So you sit, watching your movie, snacking on whatever Bucky grabbed, and silently loving each other unconditionally.
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sandbees · 3 years
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Child! Yuu: Heartslybul
So I was planning to write a full on plot idea for All the chapters, then I look at the chapters themselves and...yeah that’s going to drain a lot out of me. So instead I’m going to write what each dorm will think of Child Yuu and general headcannons about it.
Ace:
The older brother that Yuu looks up to.
When they first met, Ace was ragging on Grim. He didn’t say anything too mean to Yuu, though. That’s because of his inability to make kids cry.
Really, who makes a 10 year old cry? (Looks at the overblots)
I think Ace would act as the brother Yuu would look up to because he acts all cool around them.
He’d definitely teach Yuu some card tricks he learned from his family.
He treats them like a little sibling. (He’s always wanted a little sibling actually, to tease and joke with)
Yuu has smacked him 100% for being stupid (“Even I know not to make deals with shady fish men. Big brothers, why?”)
Look me in the eyes and tell me Ace doesn’t praise Yuu for causing trouble. Look me in the eyes and tell me.
I mean he’d probably lightly scold them but still.
If anyone makes Yuu cry? Guess they’re going to be thrown back in a gust of wind, with a lot of insulting words to boot. No one messes with Yuu.
When Yuu called Ace “big brother”, he smiled widely, and proceeded to act all smug about it (but he’s really happy that Yuu calls him a big brother)
Deuce:
Deuce is trying his best to be a good big brother.
He has no idea how to be a brother, he’s never had a younger sibling - or a sibling in general.
He’s going to try extra hard to be an honor student; he doesn’t want Yuu to grow up like him! He has to be Yuu’s role model!
Yuu wants Deuce to use magic to lift them up like he did with Ace. Deuce says no.
Low key scared that he’s going to scare Yuu if he goes into his “bad boy mode”
“Those poor chicks...” “...NOOOO THE CHICKS D:”
Ace explains to both of them that the eggs they have aren’t fertilized and never had chicks in them - it’s a chick shock x2
Yuu is softer to Deuce if he does something stupid, but will still scold him.
Both Deuce and Yuu are the excitement duo; they will be excited for anything and will be very hyped up about it.
Deuce is Yuu’s favorite brother (but they don’t say anything because it might make the others jealous)
Deuce summoned a cauldron by accident once, and Yuu climbed in and played peek-a-boo until it was...unsummoned? (I have no idea what happens to the cauldrons summoned by Deuce.)
When Yuu called Deuce “big brother”, Deuce was very flattered. “Big brother? You think of me as your brother? Well, I’ll be your best brother in the world!”
Cater:
So I imagine Cater taking a lot of cute pictures of Yuu.
He’s posted some photos of you on his Magicam and his fans love you.
He totally shows Yuu all of his cute animal photos he’s collected over the years if they asked.
Cater has two big sisters, so he knows the ins and outs of how to be a good sibling.
I can see Cater swapping foods with Yuu - he gives Yuu any sweet food in exchange for some salty food
Yuu doesn’t complain because they like the sweets Cater gives them
But sometimes it becomes a full on debate/trade deal that they take way to seriously.
“What about if I give you this, and you give me this?” “Never! That’s my favorite part, what about this?” “Hmm...I rather do like that...but what if I sweeten the deal and add this!” “....Clever, clever brother.”
Small photo shoots, Yuu is happy to hang out with him!
I think if Yuu ever wanted to wear a Heartslybul outfit Cater would be the one to help find one that suits Yuu (Trey would be the one to tailor it to make it fit better)
Yuu calls Cater “Cay-kun” whenever they want something from him, and he can never say no.
Yuu can always rely on Cater for any troubles they may have.
“Yuu~! Smile for the camera!” “Ok! :D” “I’m saving your smile forever.”
When Yuu first called Cater “big brother”, he laughed and went over to take a photo to celebrate a new sibling bond. (#gotayoungersibling #arenttheysocute? #newbigbrother)
Cater will live up to his big brother role, after all, as Yuu’s new big brother he has to take care of Yuu, no?
Trey:
Yuu thinks of Trey as a big brother and also the best parent.
Would buy Trey a #1 Dad mug if Yuu didn’t also see Crowley as their dad (sorry Trey...but your Yuu’s favorite 3rd year if that helps-)
When they first met, Yuu just got big brother vibes from Trey. Immediately went to hug him.
“You have big brother vibes and I vibe with that.” “What?” “It means Yuu likes you.”
Trey goes full big brother mode whenever Yuu is around. No one with ill intent (who has malicious thoughts about a child?) would think of approaching due to Trey being around.
He definitely spoils Yuu with any treats he bakes (though not too much - they’d get a stomach ache if they ate too many sweets!)
He’s totally the reason why Yuu went on a Sugar Rush around the school (luckily, nothing of value was broken)
I mean, he has a little sister and younger brothers so he knows how to deal with Yuu being hyperactive.
So the damage of the Sugar Rush incident was less destructive than it would have been.
If Yuu is sad, they can rely on Trey to be a shoulder to cry on. He’s very good at listening to their problems.
When Yuu calls him “big brother”, Trey carries the title with pride. Yuu also uses this as an advantage; call Trey big brother? He’s more willing to hear out whatever Yuu is asking more.
Riddle:
Riddle, Riddle, Riddle.
How do I put this? He made Yuu cry.
Yeah, not the best first impression.
During the Unbirthday party, when Riddle knocked the tart off it’s plate, Yuu is quick to defend Ace. Riddle retaliated with yelling at Yuu.
And Yuu (in my canon) does not take people angrily yelling at them well, which makes them panic and cry.
Cater and Trey didn’t have to force them out - Deuce and Ace left as soon as Yuu burst into tears and ran. (As good brothers, the duo went to go and comfort Yuu)
Riddle, for what is was worth, suddenly had a flashback of when he ran away in tears when he was young. He tried to convince his mother to have a tart, and she scolded him to tears.
He feels like an jerk now. A big, mean jerk.
After the overblot business, he didn’t expect a lot of forgiveness. Which is why he was surprised when Yuu walks over and hugs him when he was conscious.
Riddle: Wh...Why are you hugging me? Why do you think I deserve this?
Yuu: Because you look like you needed a hug. I forgive you for earlier, you had your reasons, as much as I disagree with them.
Yuu: You’re fine now! I hope I can help you make amends with Heartslybul big brother! :D
From that moment on, Riddle became Yuu’s big brother.
It was a really sweet moment, and no one dared intervene (well, Grim tried to but Crowley held him back)
As a big brother, Riddle is very overprotective. Be around Yuu in a way he deems “inappropriate” and “as a bad influence”, expect him to go “OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!”
Despite that, Riddle is particularly soft with Yuu.
If Yuu broke a rule, he’d softly scold them, but he did it in a way that was like a soft reminder and not like a lecture.
He’s never had a younger sibling before so he’s asking Trey for tips to be a good older brother.
I’d like to think Riddle teaches Yuu proper tea etiquette whenever they come over for Unbirthdays
Both share a love for sweets, so they tend to share/exchange sweets during lunch
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pradaksj · 3 years
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the swimming lessons
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❧ pairing⟶  jungkook/reader
❧ genre⟶  swimminginstructor!jungkook , fluff, a bit of comedy? head canon/bullet points 
❧ rating⟶ e for everyone??? none??? idk how ratings work lol i just know that m = the dirty, which this story has none of
❧ word count ⟶ 5,000 
❧ summary ⟶  accidental swimming lessons with jungkook were definitely worth the money 
❧ a/n ⟶ i literally dreamt something similar to this in like january and told myself i'd write about it when i had the time so hear i am :)) this goes out to all my folks who can’t swim !! i'm on the same boat with you , get it?  cause we can’t swim ... ok anyways ... enjoy ! (note: i have not proofread this yet so sorry for any mistakes!! ill get to it soon !! ) 
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“hello, welcome to lucky duck swim school, how can i help you?” the receptionist, who was loudly chewing her gum, sounded more like an automated voice message than a person...
see today was your first official swimming lesson
yay!! 
how fun!! ...
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totally not embarrassing for someone your age !!!
honestly, it wasn't your fault you didn’t have any family members or friends with a big pool you could learn in growing up 
and by the time you did, you were too much of in an awkward phase to be properly taught
aka your body absolutely refusing to float on its own anymore
but after several trips to the beach with friends and attending different pool parties, you were tired of being made fun of !! 
no longer would you remain at 5 feet and under !!! not on your watch ! 
and so here you were, ready to start your journey into the world of swimming :)) 
“hi i um have a swimming lesson at 3 with um ... i believer her name was um—” 
hmmm what was her name ??? jennie??? no, maybe it was aaliyah ??? no that wasn’t it.... 
the receptionist taps on her keyboard buttons, her long nails making a noise 
pop, her bubblegum goes 
“jungkook” 
“yeah jungkook” you mindlessly say. 
wait 
WAIIITT
jungkook????
ummmmm 
that was not the game given to you by the last receptionist 
jungkook is a boy’s name !!! 
you didn’t want a boy instructor !!! 
not with the way you were looking 
“i um—i had asked for a girl instructor—” you awkwardly mention 
she rolls her eyes
um RUDE 
she continues clacking with her keyboard, looking for god knows what 
she sighs 
“there’s no slots with female instructors available for today, nor for the rest of the month, the earliest i can probably squeeze you in by is july.” she bluntly states. 
JULY??? 
july was when you needed to already know how to swim !!
that’s the peak of summer ! 
there was no point in knowing during winter or any other season besides summer for that matter 
and you were not going to get made of by your friends this year
no no NO
“soo do i reschedule you or.....” 
you sigh 
“no ill take it” you pout, resembling a child. 
“it it makes you feel any better, jungkook’s our best instructor, most popular too” 
wink 
oh yeah that makes you feel so much better 
>:( 
you were going to make a complete fool out of yourself in front of the so called “best instructor” 
“well go get yourself washed up, get into the pool, and jungkook will be with you shortly” she smiles, her attitude now changing now that (what looked to be a supervisor) was passing by. 
what a bi—
flip flop. flip flop. flip flop. 
your sandles press onto the water on the floor of the girls locker room, a grouchy look now on your face 
this wasn't fair 
you made an appointment with a female instructor!! 
you didn’t care if he was the best instructor or the most popular ...
squeeaaakkk , you twist the rusty shower handle
...because now you were you were going to be judged for your lack of skills 
not that you had any to begin with, but still! 
god, you sounded like such a karen ... 
it’s just ...
a guy instructor ??? 
really??? 
you understood that this wasn’t elementary school anymore and boys certainly didn’t have cooties anymore but like :// 
no no, you had to give this jungkook guy the benefit of the doubt
if he was one of the best, it was clearly because he was professional and good at what he does 
putting your worries to rest, you turn off the shower 
this was going to be fine
just fine 
clearly your worries were not put to rest 
just a temporary halt 
:) 
pat. pat. pat. 
okay let’s get it ! 
making your way out to the pool, you dip your foot in 
ooooo 
cold
VERY cold indeed 
1 ...2...
you dip your whole leg in, quickly using the momentum to place your whole body in 
“5 feet and below ... you’re my bitch !!” you think to yourself 
your hand still clearly gripping onto the ledge, still afraid of accidentally reaching 6ft
.... now to wait 
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“megan seems to have fractured her leg last weekend on a rollerskating day gone bad, so you’ll be taking up her appointments for the next month of two until she’s cleared for work” 
huh ???
“but—” 
“also she, well now you i guess, have a lesson to teach at..” 
jungkook’s supervisor looks down at his watch 
“oh i guess in 30 minutes, could’ve sworn it was at 4..” he mumbles that last part to himself
30 minutes?! 
“don’t worry i’ll up your pay for the remaining time that she gets better” 
he winks ;) making a clicking noise with his mouth before leaving the staff room 
jungkook sighs 
today was supposed to be an easy day :/ 
a simple cleaning of the pool along with a couple of measly hours of being the lifeguard and that would’ve been it but noooo 
he just had to be the highest rated swimming instructor on the company website 
he couldn’t complain though, sometimes it was fun reading the reviews past students left, even if sometimes they were a little too...
whats the word...
provocative? 
it often made him wonder if he was in fact an actual good swimming instructor or if the high highly rated reviews were for other reasons.... 
honestly it’d be dumb of him not to acknowledge the amount of googly eyes he’d get ranging from the mother’s of his younger students to his actual adult students (female and male) 
he just liked to think that didn’t come into play when they wrote their reviews 
hehe 
changing into his black fitted rash guard, he glanced at megan’s schedule 
name : y/n 
age: 23 grown
swimming level: beginner  aka noob. 
he chuckles to himself 
well won’t this be fun 
he couldn’t lie beginner adult swimmers were always a spectacle to watch 
they almost reminded him of baby ducks learning how to swim 
only that they’d verbally curse their frustrations here and there 
quickly showering, he begins to make his way to the pool 
hmm, he wonders..
what should he eat after today’s lesson? 
a bacon cheese burger sounded really good 
maybe even grab himself some birria tacos from that new restaurant that just opened near his apartment 
hmm no he had to start spending less on takeout 
sigh 
looks like it’d be rame—
woah 
as corny as it sounded, he could’ve sworn he felt his heart skip a beat 
because whoever it was in that pool was pretty, like really pretty 
hOly ????? 
wowzers 
you couldn’t be y/n ... could you?!?!?! 
you were the only person who looked 23 years of age in the pool ...
ermmmmmm 
mayday mayday 
jungkook.exe has STOPPED WORKING  
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whoever this jungkook person was, sure was taking their time 
deciding to have some fun before your lesson, you begin to gently play with the water 
swish. swoosh , the water goes 
soon you’d be well on your way to becoming the next michael phelps 
hehe 
maybe with time you’d even be able to a somersault in the water like your friend always—
“y/n?” a voice from behind says your name
ah finally 
taking in a deep breath, you turn your attention to the so called “best swimming instructor” 
OH.
MY .
GOD. 
WHAT ?????? 
this man looked like he came straight out of GQ magazine !!!! 
this HAD to be some mistake , there was just no way ... 
your cheeks feel as if they were burning up 
probably because they quite literally were 
there was no way you’d be able to come here every saturday for the next month, not without fawning for this dude every single minute 
“u-um” 
of course you were a stuttering mess
of FuCkiNg course 
“that’s me” 
cue the awkward smile 
:) 
“be professional” jungkook tells himself
at the end of the day, you were his student 
any crush on you would just have to wait until of course ... you were no longer his student 
for now the only goal was : teach you how to swim 
the next one down the list being : to take you out on a date ! 
he offers you a handshake 
wow he had a strong grip 
“i’m jungkook, i’ll be your swimming instructor for the next month” 
he flashes you his all too famous smile
there was just no way this man was real
just nO wAy 
“um..” 
crap, you were still holding his hand! 
idiot, idiot, idiot ! 
“sorry” you awkwardly laugh 
ha ha ha 
so funny 
:/ 
god did you just want to hide to disappear 
“it’s fine” he laughs 
even his laugh was attractive :( 
ugh 
“so y/n, before we begin with anything, i think it’s important to review about what kind of things you already know and what you don’t” 
oh right ... 
for a moment you had COMPLETELY forgotten you were here for swimming lessons 
how embarrassing 
“oh um..” 
um, um , um. 
IS THAT ALL YOU KNEW HOW TO SAY???? 
“so like floating, holding your breath underwater, pushing, gliding, arm movement, that kind of stuff,” he explains 
you knew a cool trick to make it look like you were water bending :D 
of course you weren’t going to admit that here 
silently you nod your head no 
he gives you a reassuring smile, sensing your timidness 
“that’s fine, only more for us—” he corrects himself, “for you to learn,” he laughs 
hey you weren’t complaining 
;) 
“so i personally always like to start off with teaching my students how to float. as long as we get that down then you’ll have no problem learning the rest” 
gosh his smile was so infectious 
shaking your head, you reminded yourself that this was your teacher 
+ you paid 300 bucks for these classes, so you couldn’t afford to be giving him the googly eyes all day 
you were so cute :( 
jungkook couldn’t help but find you so endearing 
the color of your swimming goggles even matched your swim suit :(( 
so cute ! 
“okay so the first thing i want you to practice is going underwater for a couple of seconds, just so you get used it,” he instructs, “i’ll demonstrate” 
taking in a deep breath, he goes down under 
1...2...3 
he’s back up 
pausing for about another three seconds, he takes in another deep breath of air before going back under 
1...2....3...4....5
he repeats the same thing over and over, until the max count becomes 20. 
“use my finger as your reference of when to go up, but come up for air whenever you feel like you need to. it’s important to go at your own pace, so don’t feel pressured to get it the first try” 
no pressure at all 
okay 
“you ready?” 
you nod your head 
“okay, deep breath in”
you sink your head underwater, mentally counting the three seconds before going back up 
“good job,” he gives you a high five, and you almost feel like a schoolgirl, “now let’s try to five seconds” 
woo!!! 5 seconds here you come !! 
taking in a deep breath you go down under again 
1....2.....3....4...5
easy peasy ... LEMON SQUEEZY 
“okay now to ten” 
1.....2......3......4.....5......6....7
umm
now why were these seconds going by slow all of a sudden? 
sucking it up you manage to make it to 10, but not without being out of breath 
“you okay?” he’s quick to ask 
yup, totally fine ! 
you definitely didn’t see the gates of heaven for a quick moment :D 
nodding your head, you enthusiastically say, “let’s go for 15″ 
he smiles at your enthusiasm
ahh so cute 
“1....2.....3......4......5.......6......7......8......9.....10.....11.....12....13...
nope nope nope
you were not going to make it to 15 
immediately you make your way back to the surface, trying to catch your breath 
“hey you did amazing,” he immediately reassures you, “remember as long your going your own pace then you’re doing just fine” 
<3 
well doesn’t that make you feel better 
you wonder if he’s this kind to all his students 
besides the most obvious reason, there was no question as to why he was the “most popular” instructor 
and to think you had been complaining earlier !! 
and soon you’re back underwater, going at your own pace until finallyyyy you’re able to make the 20 second count 
“nice !!” he genuinely celebrates with you, making you feel completely proud for yourself 
“okay now that we have that done, we can move onto learning how to float facing both front and back” 
ohhhhh
he was just thinking ahead 
cool :o 
“so what i want you do is first relax,” he laughs, gently pushing your stiff shoulders down 
as if your blush couldn’t get any deeper 
“now my personal belief is that all humans can naturally float, just that for others, it takes a bit of a push to get them at that state,” he begins to explain 
others meaning people like um you 
“the key to floating is to relax” 
oh you’ve heard that before
many MANY times and each time you’ve tried to so called “relax” you just end up sinking 
“the moment you fight or stress for even a tiny bit, you will sink. now i know what you’re thinking, ive heard that before” 
damn 
he was good 
“but sadly it’s true, until you learn to relax then you’ll be able to swim” 
you sigh 
this was where it became hard 
you were the queen of stress 
you and stress went hand in hand almost like a married couple 
it was just that deep water was scary !! very very scary !! 
the amount of horror stories you’d seen on tiktok was enough for you to know, ocean = scary 
“so here’s what i need you to do, i need you to place your arms on top of the water like as if you’re going to fly” 
you follow his commands 
he separates your arms, which had been too close together, giving them a small rub 
“remember you need to relax y/n,��� he chuckles, feeling the tension in your arms
“relax, i need to relax,” you repeat 
“okay now right now when i tell you, you’re gonna take a deep breath in and look down, from there you’re gonna let you body move forward. so remember you’re not gonna jump, you’re just gonna let your body glide forward and float. almost as if you’re flying to me,” he explains 
mm it was easier said than done  
“you ready?” 
“okay deep breath in” 
you inhale a deep breath in 
“look down” 
you do that as well 
“and let go” 
slowly your body begins to rise on its own 
oh my god !!!!! 
you were about to float!!!!! 
the day has come !!!
no more staying at 5 feet and under 
you were ready to hang with the big kids :D 
but as quick as the momentum came, the faster it left because soon you felt yourself sinking, the breathing exercise jungkook had made you do now coming in handy 
no!!!! 
you almost had it :( 
it was right in your grasp, only to have it snatched away 
not wanting to offend you, jungkook keeps his giggles to himself 
“hey at least you almost had it,” he comforts you, “let’s just try again” 
you sigh, now letting your doubts creep in 
because of this, this time your body almost immediately sank this time
he frowns 
you were losing confidence :/ 
“come on i’ll help you” 
grabbing your hands, he signals for you to follow his breathing pattern
“deep breath in” 
“deep breath out” 
god, was his voice soothing 
“i need you to relax y/n, let everything go” 
a soft feeling of relaxation washes over you, similar to that feeling you’d get when you were on the verge of sleeping
“i’m gonna let you go at the count of three, and then you’re going to float, okay?” 
silently you nod, knowing that speaking would only cause you to tense up again 
“1...2....” 
he lets go, and soon you’re floating, just like he said you would 
you hold your breathe for a good while before standing back up, a huge smile on your face 
“holy shit! i did it!!” 
he gives you high five with both of his hands, for a second holding them before letting go 
“now let’s try floating on your back” 
he notices that there’s now a fire in your eyes that wasn’t there before
clearly you were now more determined to learn, excited too
preparing yourself to float once more, you realize you were missing something.... 
“jungkook...” 
he tilts his head, confused by the faint blush on your cheeks 
“do you think you can um—” 
now it was his turn to blush 
“o-oh yeah” 
what was his problem??? 
you were a student asking for help 
that was all ...
point blank. 
he helps you get on your back, his hand placed under your back as a way to keep you up 
“1....2....” 
you float easily again!! 
“nice!!” he smiles 
summer, here you come !! 
“okay so we’re gonna keep practicing that for the remaining time that we have and next week i’ll start teaching you about stroke techniques and which ones are easiest to do” 
nodding your head, you practice your floating by the end of the hour  having it practically mastered 
the two of you get out of the pool, now drying off 
“you’re a really fast learner y/n,” he compliments you 
hehe 
you mean, you didn’t wanna brag butttt 
you were a fast learner indeed 
“thank you,” you say in return, “but that’s only because you’re a great teacher” 
woah 
did you really say that :o 
aren’t you feeling a little bold today y/n  
his blush returns for the second time today
well technically you weren’t in class anymore ... 
a little flirting wouldn’t hurt right? 
if only he knew what to say .... 
hmmmm 
“well at least you won't ever drown!” 
HUH???????
jungkook, you idiot !!!!! 
someone needed to smack him straight in the face for that ! 
at least you won’t drown????
no fucking shit 
well there goes his chances with you now going down the drain 
but to his surprise, you laugh 
“you’re right, i won’t,” you say in return, “well i’ll see you next weekend jungkook” 
you flash him a smile, and he was certain he felt butterflies in his stomach 
walking into the girl’s locker room, you let out a sigh of relief
wheeeeew ! 
faking confidence was hard ! 
very VERY hard 
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“so today you’re going to learn how to stroke so you can officially be called someone who knows how to swim, next week you’ll learn to tread water and continue perfecting your swimming, and then the final week i’ll teach you some fun extra things” 
“sounds good,” you say, definitely excited to learn more. 
“okay so now that you know how to float, right now when you float facing downward, you’re going to pull against the current with your arms, alternating each one. now the tricky part is that while you do that, you also have to paddle your legs a little and come up for air when you need to, and when you’re back in the water you should slowly be exhaling bubbles of air rather than holding your breath” 
well that sounded hard :/ 
“let me give you a demonstration,” jungkook says
he’s quick to float facing downward, showing you the maneuver he wanted you to learn while coming up for air every five seconds
thought it was a little childish, he somehow still looked good doing it 
he truly was blessed with the looks of a god 
he comes out the water
“okay now your turn” 
you nod your head, that determined look you had on your face last week now returning 
following his example, you begin your attempt at paddling and stroking your arms at the same time
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! 
immediately you begin to panic and water begins to splash everywhere, including on jungkook 
noticing your panicked state, jungkook is quick to grab you and place you back on your feet 
“hey hey, i got you,” he comforts you, not wanting you to feel discouraged 
you sigh 
:/ 
well that was embarrassing 
“remember y/n you have to learn to coordinate everything, so think of it this way. your legs have to always be paddling, it’s the arm and coming up for air that switch roles. when you come up for air, it’s only your legs paddling, while when you’re head is back underwater it’s both your legs and arms paddling. once you get that pattern, the bubbling will come naturally” 
you make an ohhhhh face
you could do that ! 
“remember what i told you last weekend y/n, you need to relax and be comfortable so you can build confidence. there’s no need to panic because i’m here,” he smiles at you 
gosh this just wasn't fair >:( 
cute and charming ???? 
this boy really had it all 
not wanting to disappoint, you try one more time, failing once again 
now you were frustrated :/ 
“damn it,” you mumble to yourself, a sadness to your voice
jungkook feels his heart swell 
he didn’t like seeing you sad :( 
but doggy paddling was the most basic technique he could teach you so he couldn’t really cheer you up by offering a different technique 
you needed to learn to doggy paddle before you could move on to the more bigger strokes
damn it ://  
“hey don’t feel bad about not getting right away,” he gives you a small smile, “i remember when i first started learning it took me forever to even learn how float, so the fact that you’re already at this point is enough of an accomplishment” 
well that makes you feel little better ... 
“but you were probably a kid, im ...” 
old , is what you want to say 
figuring what you were gonna say, he only laughs 
“who said i was a kid? i was probably like 19″ 
whaaaaaattttt! 
assuming he was your age (which he was), you do the quick maths in your head 
that was like .... 4 years ago ! 
how the hell did he get so good in such little time???? enough to be teaching courses ??? 
“not knowing how to swim is nothing to be embarrassed about y/n, if anything it takes a lot of courage to even sign up for a class so don’t beat yourself up too much for not getting it right away” 
he ruffles your wet hair, a small affectionate gesture 
you didn’t know how it was possible but you were falling for this man and QUICKLY at that 
he was just so ??$%@^! 
UGHHHH
“so let’s try one more time, and if you still can’t get it then we’ll push it to next week, a free extra lesson on me” 
eeeeek 
though the temptation to purposely fails was very intriguing indeed, you still had to try for the sake of it 
if you got it, you got it, and if you didn't well .... 
an extra week with jungkook it was :D 
“you ready?” 
you nod your head 
“1...2...” 
you float and begin to paddle, this time actually getting the hang of it !!!
you hear jungkook’s muffled voice from above the surface, “there you go!!” 
holy shit ! 
you officially knew how to swim !!! 
at least enough to save your own life if push came to shove 
once you were out of breath, you stand back up, a grin on both of your faces 
for jungkook it was hard not to tackle you in excitement so instead he settled for a very enthusiastic high five 
“you did it!” he cheers 
“ahhh!” you giggle like a child 
“from here on out, the rest is a piece of cake!” 
yay yay yay !!! 
“now let’s start working on deeper strokes, maybe we’ll even have time to throw in backstrokes!”
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noticing your changed expression, he awkwardly laughs while scratching his neck 
“or maybe not” 
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this week was the final week of swimming lesson with jungkook
:(( 
last week’s lesson of treading water and perfecting your swim seemed to had gone by in literally the blink of an eye ! 
and so today was possible the last time you’d see jungkook unless you managed to grow the balls and ask him out once that clock hit 4, once you were no longer his “student"
by now you were 100% sure you liked the dude... like a lot 
and he was definitely someone you wanted to get to know outside of this pool 
you just weren’t sure if he liked you the same way 
you mean yeah there were definitely times that had you raising an eyebrow here and there, but you always excused it as him simply being a kind hearted person by nature 
because clearly his five star rating on the company’s website had to come from somewhere 
not that you checked or anything....
who were you kidding 
yes you did
your favorite review was the one that went..
“wow!! this dude is amazing !! came here for beginner lessons and even i found myself fawning for the dude , and i don’t even play for that side of the team !! not only were his lessons thorough, but he’s a very charming person ! 10/10 recommend!” 
and so you were stuck 
did he liked you or was he just treating you like he treated everyone?? 
“ahh y/n,” jungkook’s voice suddenly brings you back to reality 
“today’s our final lesson!” he announces, not sounding too sad
in fact he sounded excited  
damn :/ 
he playfully jumps into the pool, today being his so called “fun day” 
“so since today’s your last lesson i thought i could teach you how to do a.....” 
he pauses for dramatic purposes 
“SOmERSAuLT!!”
immediately your eyes light up 
ahhhhhHHHH!!!! 
you always wanted to learn how to do a somersault in water, remembering the number of times you’d look at your friend in jealousy whenever she did one 
“you ready??” 
eagerly you nod your head yes
“okay so the steps to doing a summersault is first of course, you need to take a deep breath” 
okayyyy 
“from there you tuck your chin to your chest, next you do the moment of the somersault by swinging your chest forward and gently kicking out your legs, so basically forming a ball and then kicking out.  naturally, if you have enough momentum, you’ll spin, but if you don’t just use your arms to complete it” 
“think you can give me a demonstration?” you innocently ask 
he winks at you, “of course i can” 
taking in a deep breath, he follows his own instructions, and you watch he perfectly executes his somersault 
“woahhh, that was so cool!” you say, even now finding the trick to be amazing 
“now i dont expect you to get it right away, so right now that you try i’m going tog hide you thought the movement so you get the gist of it” 
sounds fair enough 
you weren’t trying to drown on your last day either 
“okay, you ready?” 
“yes” 
“let’s get it!” 
taking a deep breath in, you feel jungkook’s hand get placed on your back, ready to push you so you could do the somersault 
“1...2...” 
and slowly you feel yourself spin with the help of jungkook, a smile already forming on your face 
“ahhh!” you smile big and wide, causing Jungkook to smile along with you 
“you think you’re ready to try it on your own???” 
“yes sir” 
“okay 1....2....” 
mustering up as much as force you possible could, you push yourself into ball and successfully do the somersault 
YUPPPPP 
WHOSE DOING IT LIKE YOU???!$%@$!
feeling an immediate rush of adrenaline, you begin to splash water all over once you come back up for air, declaring an all out water fight with jungkook 
soon the two of you are chasing one another, you now using your new swimming abilities to get away 
hehe 
you’re a swimmer 
:D 
the sound of jungkook’s infectious laughter fill the air and soon you feel him grab your waist at an attempt to stop you 
“gotcha” he says, and he turns you around to face him 
slowly each other’s heavy breathing becomes relaxed, and it’s as if you’ve felt a shift occur in what you considered your new “friendship” 
“so....” he awkwardly says, hands still wrapped around your waist 
his was was RED
like cherry tomatoes red 
this only makes you giggle 
if you had doubts before, you DEFINITELY didn’t have em anymore 
he liked you :)))) 
and you liked him :)))) 
and in ten minutes you were officially no longer his student so......
“there’s this new restaurant that opened near my place....” you say 
immediately his eyes light up 
“cancun eats?” 
you nod your head and he gives you a toothy grin 
“i was wondering if you’d want to go out some time...” you muster up the courage to ask him out 
%^@%!@&!@^&@%! = jungkook’s brain 
holy crap !!! 
you liked him!!! 
he wasn’t just delusional !!! 
“hello?? jungkook??” you laugh, waving a hand in front of his face for jungkook.exe had truly stopped working this time 
nodding his head yes like a child,  the two of you being to lean closer to another, the clear goal in mind being each other’s lips
because honestly you’d come this far now, might as well give him a .... 
“wait!” he suddenly interrupts  he glances at the digital clock on the wall, remembering your final lesson officially ends at 4
because no way in hell was he going to get fired for kissing a student on the clock 
3:59 
.....
4:00 
“okay now,” he smiles, and you only roll your eyes, happy to have taken up on those swimming lessons. 
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a/n : i was gonna make this longer but this was always meant to be a small little head canon so :))) pls give this a like, comment, or a reblog if you enjoyed it !! (if u can of course) and my ask box is always open for whatever !! :)) see yall next time 💞
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