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saturnznct · 3 years

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stepdad!haechan | lhc

➸ request from anon; hey :) could i request something rq :) i’m a young single mom and i rarely see any stepdad!nct and i was wondering if you could write a stepdad!hyuck au with reader their and 2 year old son? if not that’s totally cool! thank you!

➸ note; thank u so much for your request!! also huge props to you for being a single mum<3 ur doing amazing x

pls note that this is separate from my oc kids ‘universe’ if u wanna call it that just for the sake of this request <3

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‘Heya buddy,’ Donghyuck grins as Hyunsuk toddles towards him as quickly as he can, jumping into his arms.

Unlike your son, you walk normally towards the door to meet your boyfriend.

‘And hi beautiful,’ he wraps you in a hug, kissing your cheek gently.

‘Hi Hyuckie.’

Donghyuck had come into your life when Hyunsuk was only nine months old. Hyunsuk’s dad, Baekhyun had broken up with you once he’d found out about your pregnancy. You’d grown and raised Hyunsuk all on your own until you met Donghyuck working in a cafe.

He’d completely swept you off your feet, and you had become serious very quickly. You remember wondering when it would be the right time to casually mention that you did in fact have a child, but once you had, you felt a huge sense of relief wash over you.

‘You have a son?’ His eyes had widened slightly, but he managed to swallow another forkful of chicken.

‘Yeah… he’s ten months.’

‘What’s his name?’

‘Hyunsuk.’

‘You must’ve had such a hard time… being on your own.’

‘It was ok. I… I would really love for you to meet him one day, if that’s something you would want.’

‘I’d love to.’

Now nearly two years on, Donghyuck and Hyunsuk were incredibly close. When they had first met, Donghyuck was clearly petrified, but quickly took to him and his cuteness, instantly becoming a father figure for him.

You would never try to force Donghyuck to be that to him - worried that maybe the pressure or the responsibility may push him away, so Hyunsuk would always refer to Donghyuck as just that, or ‘Hyuckie.’ When he wasn’t with you, he would often ask where Hyuck was, when the next time he would see him would be, what he was doing and if he would be there to tuck him in at night.

Tonight, Donghyuck was having a ‘sleepover’ (as Hyunsuk would call it) at your house.

‘Hyunsuk, you know you shouldn’t leave the dinner table without asking,’ you half scold him.

’Sorry mummy/mommy.’

‘Oh, are you in the middle of dinner?’ Donghyuck asks, and you nod, ‘yeah he just ran off when he heard you open the door.’

‘Well, little man, I think you’ve got some chicken nuggets getting cold you need to go back to,’ Donghyuck picks him up, grinning at Hyunsuk’s melodic giggles as he raced through the hallway.

You follow, sitting back down at the table and watching as Donghyuck encouraged Hyunsuk to finish off his peas.

‘I don’t wanna eat the peas,’ he pouts, trying to shove away his plastic Mickey Mouse spoon.

Donghyuck sighs quietly, mulling over the little one’s words before quickly coming up with a solution, ‘how about… if you eat all of your peas, we can watch some TV before you go to bed, if that’s okay with your mummy/mommy.’

He looks at you, his facial expression showing you that he was worried whether or not you’d approve.

‘That’s fine with me,’ you smile, much to the apparent relief of Hyuck.

‘Come on then,’ Donghyuck gathers a bunch of peas on the spoon, holding it in front of Hyunsuk’s face.

Hyunsuk happily swallows the peas, buzzing at the thought of being allowed to watch some TV before bed.

A few spoonfuls later and his plate is completely cleared of food.

‘Alright, lets get you ready for bed,’ you get up, scooping Hyunsuk in your arms and walking out of the room.

‘But mummy/mommy, Hyuckie promised me we could watch TV-‘

‘And you can, but you need to get washed and in your pyjamas first!’

You hear Donghyuck clearing away plates downstairs while you give Hyunsuk his bath. Eventually the clattering comes to a stop, meaning he’s probably finished loading the dishwasher.

Once Hyunsuk was fully washed and in his pyjamas, the two of you trudged into the living room, where Donghyuck was sitting on the couch, scrolling on his phone.

‘Hyuckie,’ Hyunsuk whines, holding his arms out to Donghyuck.

‘Do you want a cuddle?’ Donghyuck asks the sleepy toddler, who nods tiredly.

You let Donghyuck take Hyunsuk from you, smiling fondly at the way Hyunsuk settles into Donghyuck’s chest, staring at the blank TV screen.

‘What do you want to watch?’ You ask him.

‘Paw Patrol,’ he mutters.

‘Of course,’ you laugh, not surprised at your son’s choice.

You cuddle into Donghyuck’s side, resting your head on his shoulder and wrapping your arm around him and Hyunsuk as the episode begins.

Hyunsuk manages to last about an episode and a half before beginning to nod off, Donghyuck rubbing his back slowly.

You both watch in silence as his eyes eventually flutter shut, quiet breathing evening out into light snores.

‘Thank you for getting him to eat,’ you mumble, and Donghyuck tilts his head to give you a kiss on the forehead.

‘It was nothing.’

‘You’re so good with him… and I’m really grateful that you always try and help me out, even though he isn’t your responsibility.’

‘Hey, you told me all that time ago that you’re a packaged deal. I’ll look after him as long as I’ll look after you. I love him that much.’

‘You know… you’re the only real male figure in his life… you’re like a dad to him, Hyuck.’

‘Honestly… I’ve never really said this because I’ve never felt as though it was my place to say but, sometimes I wish he was my son.’

‘He is.’

Donghyuck seems taken aback.

‘He asks a lot about who his ‘daddy’ is’ you put the word in quotation marks, ‘and I never really know what to say. Once he asked me if you were his daddy and I didn’t know how comfortable you’d be with that label.’

‘It scares me a little…’ Donghyuck murmurs truthfully, running his fingers through Hyunsuk’s wispy curls, ‘but I’m telling you right now that I’ll be here for him- and you- as long as you��ll have me.’

There’s a couple of moments silence before a particularly loud snore reminds you that Hyunsuk is still asleep on Donghyuck.

‘Let’s carry him to bed, okay?’

You remove yourself from Donghyuck’s side, before walking up the stairs with him into Hyunsuk’s bedroom.

Donghyuck carefully lowers Hyunsuk into bed, covering him with his red bed covers.

‘Daddy?’ Hyunsuk lisps.

‘Goodnight, Hyunnie,’ Donghyuck whispers back, kissing him on the cheek.

He turns on his gold starry nightlight, glancing up at the projected stars that littered the ceiling. You say your goodnights before joining Donghyuck in the doorway, carefully pulling the bedroom door shut with a click.

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themadauthorshatter · 3 years

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OH MY, GOODNESS!

RED SCHOOL UA HEADCANONS/STORY!

Sorry for not picking this up earlier. This part we are focusing on Arc 2: where the RQ cast meets the SGE cast.

Sophie is über excited at meeting the crown prince, but Agatha is less enthused because she's a realist and doesn't know HOW the RQ crew is getting over to the SGE.

Tedros and his friends are ecstatic they're meeting the Nortan princes. They even wonder if there are more than just Cal and Maven.

The students are all on the hot topic of Nortans visiting, though Agatha is pulled aside by Hester, Dot and Anadil, who all express their anger and impatience at Sophie, who won't shut up about Cal in particular, even though he's betrothed. Agatha assures them everything will be fine when Sophie sees that Cal and Evangeline are an item. (Yeah right. Marecal all the way.)

In Norta, it's rumor city among the Silvers, who aren't exactly looking forward to entertaining a bunch of school children.

Our main three in Norta are talking about their upcoming excursion to the school in the Endless Woods, Cal being apprehensive to leave Norta practically unguarded for an unspecified amount of time, but excited at the idea of seeing new lands, Maven just not wanting to go because it seems like a waste of time, effort, and resources, and Mare not exactly sharing her thoughts because she'll be even further away from her family than before.

Evangeline is not amused. At all. She's just playing along until they get back and never have to deal with the students of the School for Good and Evil again.

Regardless, they don't know what could be there, so they need to make sure they're not potentially making any new enemies by this complete accident on Tibe's part. Or, that's his thought process at least. And he's only told Cal this information, as, from what he can tell, the SGE isn't Red and Silver and instead use magic, a concept only found in fairytales. With an entire school of teenage witches and wizards and warlocks, and maybe a dragon or two, assuming this place is prestigious and in the higher end, it's better to make an ally rather than an enemy. And the idea of warring aginst school children does not sit well with Cal.

In training later, though, Maven and Mare see that Cal is absolutely faking his excitement at least a little bit, like 58% faking it. It shows when Arven pits him against Evangeline, Sonya, and Elane.

He ends up nearly burning all three of them alive, lost in wanting to get the fight and group training over with so he can be alone and think his thoughts.

Silly, Cal. Maven is paying attention, and asks what's wrong.

Cal brushes it off and says everything's fine, but Mare and Maven know better, Mare having seen what liars look like and Maven knowing Cal for all his life.

Cal tries to a go about his day and ignore whatever he's thinking, which is difficult to do because Maven's following him. He turns and Maven stops, simply explaining that he's going the same way as Cal. They continue walking, but Cal notices that Maven's not really going anywhere, content to follow his bother. This results in a chase between the two of them, Cal jogying before speinting to shake Maven off his tail, succeeding when he loses Maven down a hall, as in he ran down the hall partially before hiding behind a wall and watching Maven sprint right past him.

Maven only realizes he got played when he can't hear Cal anymore.

He and Cal don't meet up for the night.

He talks about this with Mare, and brings up that Cal's avoiding him.

TV/Graphic novel perspective, over time we see Cal get followed by both Maven and Mare, though over this time Cal grows more agitated and looks more annoyed and tired as they continue to try to see what's wrong with him. Maybe we even get a gag of both Mare and Maven spying on Cal from behind a wall, hiding behind it when he looks over his shoulder, and then continue their spying when he looks back, confused, annoyed, and agitated.

After a week, Cal catches Mare and pulls her into a room before leaving and telling her to wait for him.

He returns with Maven, who's over his shoulder, trying to remain calm, because Cal's stronger and bigger than him, and even tries, in mild panic, to negotiating to not beat him to a pulp, because Cal looks ready to murder them both.

He sets Maven on his feet and tells them both very bluntly to stop following him; not only is it freaking him out, but his soldier instincys are going haywire and he will not heistate to attack them both, which he doesn't want to do because it won't end well.

Mare and Maven apologize, but, being concerned despite herself, Mare asks Cal what his problem is, seeing as how he's avoiding both her and Maven.

Cal gives them a tired look and takes a breath. "Fine."

CUT THE THE SGE!

Tedros, Tristan, and Chaddick are hanging out together away from the Evergirls, though Chaddick does admit that the girls are looking nice today(16 year old hormones, am I right?)

Tedros isn't listening, balancing his sword on his fingertips.

Tristan, arguably the most feel-y of the three, wonders if or when the Silvers will arrive.

Tedros doubts they will, but one can hope.

This turn if pessimism confuses both Tristan and Chaddick, and Tedros happily explains:

They're all just students. What would royals and nobles want with a bunch of schoolchildren? They don't even have magic, don't believe in it, don't know it, just don't have any magic. The closest thing they have to magic is their silver blood, and not even THAT is magic because of how limited it is.

That, and Sophie and the Nevers will probably drive them all away.

Speaking if Nevers, Chaddick admits how weird it is to see them getting showered and clean, presentable in case the Silvers arrive as a surprise visit.

It is odd, but it's in their best interest to play nice with everyone, and that unfortunately includes a very babbly, and planning-to-be-flirty Sophie.

Speak of the devil, Sophie emerges from the trees to find the trio, specifically Tedros, who she wants to talk to.

He leaves, lying that he has some homework to do.

He's really going to find Agatha, who's reading to pass time and get her mind off all the gossip.

They have a rocky conversation about the current events and even wonder what silver blood would even look like, if they ever get the morbid chance to see it.

Agatha asks why he's talking to her and Tedros sighs that he just wants to avoid Sophie, but also wants to be around someone who's smart.

She smiles and asks if he thinks she's smart, sort of silently teasing him as he stammers and tries to come up with a save for the tongue-slip.

He spots Nicholas behind her instead, eyes wide and red as he raises an axe over his head, aiming for her.

Tedros, thinking quickly, tackles him and throws the axe away, which knocks Nicholas out of his daze.

Tedros shouts at him, "What the hell was that?" but Nicholas only looks around, very confused as to how he got into the trees or even got hold of an AXE.

There's confusion all around as Nicholas stumbles away towards some friends, muttering about a headache he now has and how sore he now feels.

Agatha and Tedros only exchange glances, worried and confused.

Was it a curse? A hex? A spell? And how did he get a weapon from the Doom Room?

CUT BACK TO NORTA AS CAL HAS JUST FINISHED SPILLING THE TEA! All three are sitting in a triangle on the floor, because it's close to night time and, because I'm a sucker for parallels in a story, to establish that despite the age differences between them and the students, and the experiences Cal and Maven had on the war front, they're still kids too.

Mare fights the urge to dry heave and Maven only hums at how Tibe is actually paranoid enough to consider war against a bunch of kids.

Cal admits that, yes it is ridiculous, but he's still unnerved. It doesn't help that they're dealing with people who have magic, which is stronger than Silver powers, even Mare's lightning is possibly no match; magic is all encompassing while their powers are limited to one "element."

Mare, in an attempt to alleviate the atmosphere, wonders if everyone will even BELIEVE what Norta says about these kids, as magic doesn't exist in their world.

Cal admits he does not believe in magic. It's not that he's heartless, he's just seen too much to know better. As much as he'd like to, he knows that it's nothing but slight of hand and tricks to fool the other person.

Maven agrees, except he's known because of Elara, but he gives them an explanation closer to what Cal said, only changing that he saw a magic show and saw how the tricks were done to fool the crowd.

When they ask her, Mare admits that if she believed in magic, and if it was real, it would have made things different for her and her family, she also inwardly admits that she'd make things different for all Reds as well.

After a moment of silence between them, Maven asks Cal if he's heard anything about them leaving and visiting these endless woods, and Cal shrugs, sighing that it's all speculation and in the air. If they do go, it will be both brothers and their betrotheds, Elara, Tiberias, a few other High House children(Elane, Sonya, Olliver, and Ptolemus), and a few guards, one of them being Lucas. Volo Samos and the rest of Tibe's council will stay behind to keep Norta in shape while they voyage to the School, stay for a little bit, and then come back, assuming things go okay and don't take long.

WE ALL KNOW NOTHING EVER GOES RIGHT IN STORIES😈

Either way, they all take a breath and leave the room together, Mare hoping Lady Blonos doesn't scold her for being alone with both princes. Cal tells her not worry because they'll cover for her, saying they had a bet and Cal won. Maven mutters, "By default," and he and Mare jog away as Cal chases them, yelling that they'd better explain what that means before he gets his hands on them both.

TIME JUMP/FADE TO THE DAY THE NORTANS LEAVE FOR THE ENDLESS WOODS, THE FADE HAPPENING WITH A PAN TO A WINDOW AND THEN GLIDE DOWN TO THE DOCK!!!

Mare sighs up at the ship before boarding, noting a very anxious Cal looking over the walkway as he himself walks aboard, Evangeline striding ahead of him.

Maven chuckles that Cal's always been a scaredy cat around water, even if he doesn't want to admit it.

Mare admits that while Cal is acting like a child, it's actually a smart move to know yoursl own limits and weaknesses.

From his place higher on the ship, Tibe gives Mare a, "Well said, Lady Mareena," and admits he may have underestimated her ability as a strategist. Maybe her time around Cal and the other High House children is rubbing off on her.

Mare fakes a thank you and notices Maven looking away.

I have not forgotten how Tibe isn't as loving as Maven; no amount of tragedy is going to negate neglect.

Mare tries to back up the now crestfallen Maven, but Elara calls for her son, asking to speak with him alone, mother to son.

He agrees and walks off to meet her, looking back at Mare before he does.

Tibe watches them walk off, and we get a glare off between him and Elara before the Queen leaves to speak with her favorite son.

Once they're gone, Mare asks how he can stand a bitch like Elara. She gets they were arranged to marry, but two people cannot hate each other that much.

For context, Mare's been here for about 4 months. She's visited her family only twice and has had a lot of time with Silvers and dealing with Tibe, Elara, Evangeline, and anyone who isn't Cal, Maven, and Lucas.

Back on track, Tibe semi-scolds her that, as a lady of the court, she should know better than to be mouthy towards him.

Mare, kind of fed up with his BS, folds her arms and counters that as a princess and his future daughter-in-law, they should be comfortable with each other enough for her to ask such a question.

Tibe gestures for her to come closer and she approaches, close enough for Tibe to sneer at her that if she thinks he's letting Maven, his son, his boy, marry a Red rat like her, she's more of a fool than all of the Scarlet Guard put together.

Lost in her anger, Mare asks which he's more afraid of: Telling Mare the truth or having his court, and the rest of Norta, Red and Silver, find out their secret.

With a glare down, Tibe congratulates her on how she's picked up verbal combat, and that she's a good learner. He then admits that the two of them aren't very different.

It offends Mare DEEPLY and she asks what that means as Tibe begins walking away.

Another bit of context, there are two sets of stairs to the upper level of the ship, a left and a right. In a fun bit of camera work/detail for anyone paying attention. Mare would walk up the right hand stairs to meet Tibe and, when he walks down the stairs, he walks down the left hand stairs and Mare follows him, the two walking back to the deck, so Mare basically walked around in a big circle. Just a cool thing I'd add, maybe it'd be symbolic of her situation or of some kind of cycle, I don't know. If you have any ideas, feel free to tell me.

Back to the story, Tibe explains to Mare that they're trapped by who they must marry, or have married in Tibe's case.

Another small detail, on the upper level, Mare would be on the left hand side of the screen/panel and Tibe would be on the right, but on the deck they're sides change, Tibe being in the left and Mare being on the right.

I'm a sucker for small details, so sue me!

Back on track for reals, Mare's VERY confused because she thought princes, or kings, could choose who they could marry. Tibe agrees that, yes, that usually is the case, but the reason he couldn't really choose was because there weren't anymore Queenstrial participants for him to choose from.

"But you have two sons?" Mare ponders.

Tibe shakes his head and asks if she REALLY thinks ending an alliance with Volo Samos of The Rift is a good idea, based on what she's seen from his daughter, Evangeline, half-joking that he's glad Cal is her betrothed and a simple friend of Ptolemus, who's shown how much of a berserker he is. (Yes the Scarlet Guard attack on the Summer palace still occurs.)

Mare asks what he'd do if that was the case, and Tibe chuckles, saying he'd renounce the throne and give it to Maven instead.

The two only chuckle, not comfortable enough with each other to fully laugh, and then Tibe admits that while he isn't sorry for needing to keep Mare a secret, he is sorry that she's alone, and forced into a life she never wanted.

"If you're so sorry, then why not let me go home?"

"Lady Mareena, the high houses would end us both."

For once, Mare can't really tell if he's lying or not, but doesn't get a chance to ask as Tibe returns to the top deck, Cal walking around the desk to Mare. He notices that his father is walking away from her and she looks a little distraught and very confused.

Cal looks between them and asks what happened and Mare simply answers that she and his father were just having a talk before leaving to her room/cabin

It's going to be a long ride to the Endless Woods

This is Part 1 of Arc 2, they do say the second act is the longest.

Keep your eye out for Arc 2, Part 2, because THAT is where things pick up even more

Anyway, Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading!!!!

#red queen #school for good and evil #red school #ua #au #mare barrow #maven calore #tiberias calore vii #cal calore #elara merandus #tiberias calore vi #tedros of camelot #spohie of woods beyond #agatha of woods beyond #sge tedros #sge agatha #sge sophie #evangeline samos

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sapphire-strikes · 4 years

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for the rqs can you write about how the habitians would react to Boris after the events of the Habitait?

• I'd imagine the process of settling into town, befriending ex-habiticians and opening his flower shop takes a good 3-4 months from the night he left the Habitat. With the help of Kamal and the Flower Kid, that is.

• There were a good few habiticians that didn't have too much of an opinion on Habit. During their time at the Habitat Dr. Habit was nothing more than the unseen overseer of the place. A lot of people never even got to meet him until after everything went down.

• The people with the weakest opinions on him being Lulia, Marv, Questionette, Mirphy, Dallas, Jerafina, Gary and Borbra. As far as they were concerned they couldn't care less about the guy.

• That was until they either found out about what he did to FK or the rumor of it got around. Then even the people that once held him in little regard began to speak his name with contempt.

• I headcanon that Boris didn't originally live in the town that the all of the Habiticians came from. It was just near to where he decided to build the Habitat. Thanks to FK's insistence he ended up staying around and before he could begin looking into finding a place of his own, his temporary shack up with Kamal became a permanent thing.

• During Habit’s first few month settling into town, he was met with cautious whispers and awkward side glances when he went out in public.

• It was a bit of a challenge to convince Boris to go out on the town with you at first. He already felt bad staying in town. He figured the townsfolk probably wouldn't appreciate him sticking around after the ruckus he had caused and he wasn't completely wrong.

• The only way Boris was ever going to settle in smoothly was if you did your best to keep up your friendship and help show other people what a big harmless softie he really was. If you of all people would vouch for his character then they had to give him a second chance.

• That brings us back to the people that actually got to know Habit or knew quite a bit about him. His resolution with them would have to be a little more personal

• Those people being Tiff, Randy, Gillis, Rondo, Trevor, Nat, Trencil, Parsley, Jimothen, Millie, Petunia, Tim Tam and Wallus.

(Ayyy, gonna put this one under the cut cause I can't help but make everything unreasonably long)

• Tiff never disliked Habit, which is what made it so hard for her to turn him down when he'd begin crying. It was a pretty easy for the two of them to make up. She trusts your judgment and Habit congratulates her on moving forward with her music career, admitting that he always loved her voice. She even sings one more round of Eeny Meeny Miny Molar up on stage just for him.

• To Gillis and Rondo he's always going to be their weird ex-boss but there aren't really any hard feeling. Gillis is still a little bit frightened of him but Gillis is frightened of a lot.

• Randy...well, it takes awhile for Randy to get over the whole pickle thing. Randy was probably the only Habitician Boris didn't want to apologize to. Sure he'll apologizes for almost stealing his teeth but not for telling him he shouldn't smell like pickles. You might even have to calm Boris down when Randy once again brings up that he smells like loose change (the nitrous oxide smell took a while to go away).

• Maybe take him aside and explain that while the whole smell thing was silly, it seemed to mean a lot to Randy and while he might not have meant it, Boris did offend him. They're exaggerated personalities seem to clash but they're little feud eventually fizzles out into an almost friendly rivalry.

• Then you have Trevor. Just prove to him that Habit is not a vampire and he'd be good to go. Just wanting to steal teeth is way less interesting than turning everyone into an army of the undead. Trevor will rant to anyone and will usually go to Boris because he knows that he'll happily listen, even if he has no idea what the kid's talking about.

• You and Nat had become pretty good friends since leaving the Habitat and when you'd mention hanging out with Boris she'd roll her eyes and punch you. "Why do you still hang out with that guy? Didn't he like, yank out a bunch of your teeth? Not that that it matters to me but like...really?"

• Surprisingly, Nat's not one to hold grudges and her criticism of him actually seemed to come from a place of worry. It doesn't take much to convince her (or at least half convince her) that it was fine and before you know it, she's actually okay with you inviting Boris to tag along the next time you hang out

• Boris is intimidated by her. She gets a kick out of that but she's playful about it. Getting to know him makes her realize how much he reminds her of her dad. If that's a good or bad thing she's not sure.

• Speaking of which, the look on Trencil's face when he caught the three of you together. He knew Nat had invited you over for a sleepover and was heading to her room with popcorn for the two of you.

• Gently knocking on her door and stepping inside when he heard a cheeky 'Come in'.

"My îngeraș, I brought you and y/n some-

• The large green man definitely stood out against the bright pink bedroom. Boris sat crisscross applesauce on the floor at the foot of her bed, you were sitting on the bed behind him attempting to braid his hair and Nat sat on the floor beside him, holding one of his large hands on her lap and filing his nails (claws?). "Oh, thanks, dad. Just set it on my desk, well get to it in a sec." She said not looking up from her work. You echo her thanks and Boris offers a nervous smile and wave.

• Trencil doesn't even saying anything, setting the bowl on the floor and backing out.

• The first time Trencil saw you outside with Habit he heard what sounded like a shriek and turned a corner to see Boris holding you up in the air and spinning you around. If he'd waited a second longer he might have seen that the two of you were laughing but you were quickly snatched and sheltered behind a rather tutelar looking vampire.

• It takes Trencil awhile to warm up to Boris. After hearing about what went down at the Habitat he didn't want him anywhere near his friends or family. He was opposed to your decision to keep him around and even more dismayed when Nat began to warm up to him. He probably even pulled Boris aside at one point to threaten him against hurting either of you.

• Still, the more time he spent reluctantly getting to know the real Boris Habit, the more his annoyance began to fade. They finally had their first real conversation one day when Boris complimented the flowers he had growing outside his house. Things begin to turn around from there and when Boris opens his flower shop Trencil becomes one of his regulars.

• Habit still isn't the type of person that Trencil would usually get along with but he couldn't deny that his daughter was right about them having a lot in common.

• The only thing Parsley knew about Habit during his time at the Habitat was that his dad worked for him. He offered to help you press charges on Habit after you got back to town on the night of the big event... while Habit was standing right beside you. No? Alright, that's your choice, kid. Overall doesn't have much if an opinion on him.

• Then you have Jimothen. Voted 'Second Most Likely To Deck Habit In The Face' (right after Petunia). What kind of weirdo rips out a kid's teeth?! The first time Boris walked into his lounge back in town, he probably asked him to leave. Even if you come in together, it's gonna take some convincing to get him to serve Habit. Seeing your hopeful smile as you try to talk him into letting Habit stay makes him feel guilty and he eventually gives in. "You need to pick better friends, champ"

• Part of this comes from the fact that he feels like he could have done something to stop Habit. He feels dumb for having worked for him and not catching on sooner than he did. But hey, if you were so determined to forgive the weirdo than maybe he could too.

• Millie, Petunia and Tim Tam all disliked him from their time at the Habitat. Every time Boris would come down from his tower he would be jumped by Petunia. It got to the point where even now, just seeing her sets off his flight or fight response.

• Tim Tam would routinely sneak into his office and steal things.

• Millie just hated seeing his stupid face all over the Habitat. Probably vandalized more than a few posters with marker mustaches and devil horns. Pabit also freaks her out.

• I feel like I covered their reaction to the newly reformed Boris pretty well in this post!

• Boris's flower shop even becomes a regular hang out spot for the three of them when they're bored. He always has snacks ready for them and offers to drive them all home at the end of the day.

• Finally, there's Wallus. Remember how I said that Wallus seemed genuinely afraid of Habit? Yeah, there's a reason for that.

• During his time working for Habit he was very blunt right off the bat about how weird he thought Boris and the Habitat was. Unfortunately for him, due to this, Habit wasn't attached to him like he was to Kamal. So when Boris would get angry at him, he took to being straight up mean to Wallus since he wasn't worried about scaring him off like he was with Kamal. It was probably pretty similar to the way Boris would talk to FK in the game. Saying threating things with a big fake smile that only made it creepier.

• Wallus didn't even bother to meet up with everyone back in town after the big event and went straight home. Kamal got a text from him later that night asking if everything went okay. Kamal could only glance at two sleeping figures in his living room before replying with a "Yeah, I think it did..."

• Wallus and Kamal hang out regularly and for a while Wallus would bend over backwards to avoid running into Boris. Which was hard since Kamal and him were living together. He Showed up one day to drop something off and Boris answered the door. The guy literally booked it down the street and Boris chased after him which probably didn't help the situation. After cornering him, Boris finally realized that this probably wasn’t a very good idea and quickly got to apologizing. He rolled with it though and took the opportunity to finally apologize for everything else as well.

• It was the first time they'd seen each other in months and once Boris finished his rant there was nothing but silence. Wallus knew from Kamal that Habit had gotten better but seeing it now he almost couldn't believe it. He's genuinely impressed by how hard he was working to become a better person.

• The two of them never really become friends but at least they both finally got their closure. After that Wallus no longer avoids him and the two even make awkward conversation when they run into each other.

• It takes Boris a while to settle in but it's all worth it. The way people would wave at him when they saw him on the street, the way Jimothen had everyone’s usuals memorized and even the way Petunia would do her little "parole meetings" with him when you brought her along on your visits. It all made him feel warm and fuzzy inside.

• The people he had once chalked up to being lost causes and the person he actually stole teeth from, they were more of a family than his actual family ever was.

(Thanks so much for the request! Next one wont be so long I promise!)

#smile for me #boris habit #dr. habit #reader/flower kid #excuse me sir #this game is my emotional support found family trope #thank you all for requesting and reading!#pls send more requests!

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longpost: recap + further adventures of the Break Stuff Club

previously: Our Heroes took a two-month slog through a grueling Death Temple to secure the mythical Eternal Flame and enough loot with which to buy a bag of holding. The wizard Naxene Drathkala would combine the two to combine a safe, portable incubator for Simon’s egg in return for escort to the walled town of Goldenfields. Hananya was accosted by the urchins of Waterdeep for mysterious reasons; he’s told you can’t get away from Fletcher, whoever that is. Also, his mother Lady Baeonse’s latest effort to bring him back home has seen half the city plastered in posters bearing his likeness. This was funded by the Lady’s newest consort, John Zed (known by his initials, JZ). Mordok hasn’t heard from his lady, Silda, who last we knew was taking the criminal Iarno Albrecht to face trial in Neverwinter.

Ana convinced everyone to break into a graveyard so they could find some goths (hoping she’d be able to find other people who know about the Raven Queen, who has apparently been forgotten during Ana’s 500 year sleep). There was some trouble getting in-- when Simon and Ana were cornered and Simon’s (bad) bluff failed, he misty-stepped away. He also touched her boob. And caused several fires.

No worshipers of RQ in the graveyard! But there were goths.

The party heads to Goldenfields. There’s a hole in the walls surrounding the town and its fields-- the result of a giant attack. They were driven off, but little has been done to repair the wall since. Here they meet exciting local color, including the dashing dragonborn bard Tony Raspberry Antoine Laframboise. Antoine, surprisingly, has been to the remote country of Zembla, where Simon and Julia are from.

This is the third of some very RP-heavy sessions-- the previous two fit all in the previous paragraphs, and I am skipping a LOT. So.

Our heroes wander and explore Goldenfields, combo town/abbey dedicated to the goddess Chauntea/massive agricultural complex. Mordok admires the stonework at the abbey and befriends two semi-feral black bears. The abbot is planning a picnic! We’re invited!

He tells Silda about this via sending stone... and shortly thereafter gets a reply: “Who’s this?” Julia, meanwhile, is hungover. She repairs to the public baths, where she meets the guard Zi. She’d been charming Zi the previous night; Zi’s frustrated with Goldenfield’s defenses, and especially with the hole in the wall. She tried to be direct with the abbot and the captain of the guard about her concern, but was brushed off. Julia suggests an innovative strategy to the forward and earnest Zi: passive aggression. During the picnic, they will conspicuously attempt to make repairs to the wall and they will do a bad job. Simon tries apologizing to Ana for being a rowdy boy. He wants to make it clear: he acts stupid or clownish sometimes, and there’s a reason for that, but it doesn’t excuse his behavior. When his siblings got involved in their bizarre murder-and-inheritance game, it was easier for him to either roll over and do as they said or just to act like a fool. They’d like him that way or at least they wouldn’t kill him. Apology accepted! Hananya meets other druids and devotees of Chauntea. He helps them get ready for the picnic by getting completely fucking blazed on pipeweed. While at the picnic, Antoine makes the rounds and romances everybody. With a hand-drum he accompanies Ana's bagpipe cover of a song originally performed by the founder of her remote village, Gingivitis Immolation Buffet. The song is Margaritaville.

Mordok gets staggeringly drunk. Hananya gets into arts and crafts. We learn that previously, he’d taken drawing lessons. He even drew the portrait they use on his wanted poster! Now he is using his talent to make bank on crop art TF commissions for various partygoers. Zi asks him what it’s like to turn into an animal. “It’s like pooping extra legs.” Antoine asks Julia: is Simon her boyfriend? No-- but he is her ex. That gives her some unique perspective for Tony’s next round of questions. What does he like to drink? Is he as skittish as he seems? How would you romance him?

Julia, Zi, and Mordok then go to the wall for repairs. Mordok is still drunk; he just heard there was stonework to do. They have to dissuade him from doing a good job. They move rocks around aimlessly. I stepped out to go to the bathroom at this point but someone I fully believe was the Monopoly Man yelled at them for ignoring the proper bureaucratic procedures. Julia is satisfied with this result! It means they have been seen to do a shitty job, they have been seen, and they have been seen to have been seen: the equivalent of putting a post-it on the wall reading FIX ME, PLEASE! :)

Antoine observes Simon at the picnic. He’s been riding around in the boughs of an awakened tree with a bunch of local kids, showing them card tricks. Antoine offers to help him down. I am so excited I fall out of my chair. Likewise, Simon falls out of the tree. Tony tells him more about his trip to Zembla! He had a lavish reception there, though people seemed disappointed when he didn’t (couldn’t) do magic. He’s even been to the court and seen the Dragon Prince. Simon chokes a little, but he confesses: he’s the Prince’s illegitimate son. Antoine shows Simon the painted miniature he keeps in his locket-- a human girl about 8 years old, his daughter Yvette. They have some very sweet moments and Antoine makes his move: can he visit Simon’s room later? uhhhh yeah

He also reveals that like Simon, he is a Harper (faction that’s like DSA Faerun but secret). He alludes to Mordok’s concern over Silda’s probable disappearance-- it’s a long, long way to Neverwinter, but there might be a quicker way there if we visit Everlund. He can’t say more, but (WINK WINK!) “the shortest way between two points is the glow of the moon.”

Hananya observes the arrival of a messenger, who visits with the innkeeper Miros. Miros leaves suddenly, in obvious distress. Hananya follows, finding him in tears at the inn. Miros’ parents have been killed in the giant attack on Nightstone (which we’d learned about previously). Hananya tries to offer what comfort he can by fixing him a cocktail, something he calls the Nasty Boy. The evening winds down in the inn. Ana performs the Cranberries on the pipes (yes, inside) in an attempt to silence Oren Yogilvy, local halfling entertainer, who she hates. Julia recites I’ve Been to a Wonderful Party. Mordok aggressively, woefully plays the spoons and Hananya invents a new and conceptual style of playing the flute. Simon reconvenes with Naxene, who has finished her modification of the bag of holding; it’ll hold the egg and very little else, but it now functions as a secure and portable incubator. Simon and Antoine meet for their Romantic Evening (”I would like to learn more songs in Zemblan-- such a beautiful language” “yes, it’s a graceful tongue :) :) :)”) when the alarm gongs on the walls begin to sound.

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