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#still distance from the old teams is always nice to see and at this point Louis has very few threads left tying him to them
wheelsupimagine · 12 days
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Meant to be -Spencer Reid x Fem!reader
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Pairing: Spencer Reid x FemReader
Word count: 3.2k words
Warnings: mentions of s3 e16 and s4 e24, angst and fluff
Summary: A case reminded Spencer of his past and you the only friend he had in high school, what if one day you two meet again in DC.
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Being a resident genius had its favors, the team bets everything on him and he could always retrieve this but this case was different, it was difficult it got personal.
His edict memory is a blessing but not when a case like this reminded him of his past - Alexa Lisbon.
Then he wished he could forget everything for once in his life, but he will always remember.
When Spencer stepped out of the plane, he felt like he could breathe again, but his mind still raced - this case was an emotional roller coaster for him and the best way for Spencer to calm down was to go to his favorite bookstore.
The moment Spencer stepped into the bookstore he felt relieved, the familiar smell of old books and fresh coffee felt like home and no other person was in sight.
"Hey Spencer though case?!" Miranda the owner of the shop asked.
"Hey Miranda, yeah it was."
"Okay, your coffee will be ready in a bit, the bookstore is almost empty just one more person is here."
Spencer nodded but he was surprised that someone else would be here at this time still Spencer didn’t let himself bother knowing he would probably not even find this person.
Spencer left Miranda and made his way deeper into the bookstore. He was so invested in finding a new book, that he totally forgot about his coffee till he heard his name being called.
"Spencer Reid?" A stranger called his name
He turned his head and then he saw you.
Y/N Y/L/N.
What Spencer didn’t tell Derek was, who got him down from the goalpost back then - it was y/n, after that night you two spent more time together - Spencer could always come to you, and you two never talked about his problems and struggles because when he was with you it didn’t matter, once or twice he talked with you about his mom but mostly he just enjoyed your company and felt like a decent kid with a friend.
When he graduated high school, he never looked back but after 14 years you stand now in front of him right here in this bookstore in DC.
"Miranda asked me if I could bring you your coffee before it gets cold." You said and pointed at his coffee in your hand.
"My god Spencer, I can’t believe it’s you." You continued.
"Thank you y/n." Spencer took the coffee from you.
"It’s been a while, you look good by the way."
Spencer blushed, but he didn’t say anything back.
"Ähm yeah it was nice to see you again, I don’t want to bother much longer." As you attempted to leave, Spencer stopped you.
"Actually I could use some company if you like… Only if you want to obviously, I would understand if you don’t want to…" Spencer
rambled, but you stopped him.
"I would love to keep you company Spencer."
You two sat down and drank your coffee and talked. Spencer found out that you moved here two years ago because you got a job offer at the Walter Reed hospital and nothing held you in Las Vegas. Spencer talked to you about his job in the FBI, you asked him about Diana and it surprised him that you still knew her name, you two had a great time together until you caught Spencer off guard.
"Spencer, how are you really? You have very dark circles under your eyes."
"I…I haven’t slept really, it was this case that reminded me of something in the past." Spencer sighed and didn’t dare to look you in the eyes.
You knew where his mind went, you rubbed Spencer’s arm.
"But look at you now, these High school jerks and Alexa are definitely regretting this now." You looked at your clock.
"Hey Spencer it’s getting late, I have to wake up early and honestly you need some sleep too."
Spencer's mimic changed from happy to sad in one motion.
"Oh, I understand. Yeah yeah, you should leave you need your sleep." Spencer took his distance from you, thinking you wanted to leave because you already had enough of him.
"Spencer hey, if you want we can exchange phone numbers so we could meet again."
Spencer’s lips curved into a smile.
"Yeah, I would like that."You exchanged numbers and you both left the shop together.
Sadly you two had to split ways, Spencer insisted on walking you home but you promised him that it wouldn’t even take 10 minutes till you were home. Spencer started rambling about unsafety and what everything could happen in 10 minutes.
"Wow, now I might think I have to stay with you forever." You joked
but Spencer was stunned and it caused his cheeks to turn slightly pink.
"I just made a joke Dr. Reid, okay. Would you feel better if I wrote you when I made it home save in 10 minutes?" You asked him.
"This would make it slightly better. But.."
"But?" You asked confused.
"You lied," Spencer said.
"What?"
"You first said you would be home in less than 10 minutes now it’s exactly 10 minutes." Spencer smiled and you laughed.
"Come home safe Dr. Reid."You smiled and turned around making your way home.
When Spencer arrived home, he thought about going to bed immediately but you crossed his mind again and when he looked at his phone he saw that you hadn’t wrote him yet. So instead of getting in his pyjamas he sat on his couch and waited for your text.
After 10 minutes and 45 seconds, you texted him letting him know you made it home safe.
Spencer:You are too late.
Y/n:What?!
Spencer:You are exactly 45 seconds too late. Next time I call the FBI.
Y/n:haha. I am so sorry dr Reid, I changed into my pajamas first.
Y/n:You didn’t need to stay awake for me
Spencer:But I wanted to make sure that you save.
Y/n:Thank you Spencer but you also need to sleep.
Spencer:Good night Y/n sleep well.
Y/n:Sleep well genius.
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Over the last few months, Spencer and you met at the bookstore when your jobs allowed it. Otherwise, you two stay connected through messages and phone calls. Even the team noticed a shift in Spencer’s mood and as the man Derek is he asks him about it.
"Hey, pretty boy, who’s got you on the phone like this?"
"What do you mean, I use my phone like I always do."
"No boy wonder, for someone who rarely uses his phone in his free time, you are really caught up in it now." Derek laughed.
"Is pretty boy in love?" Derek asked and wiggled with his brows.
"Derek please can you leave it, it’s nothing," Spencer answered and didn’t dare to look Derek in the eyes.
"Okay Spencer, I let it slide for now but just so you know I care about you and if there is someone in your life that makes you happy, I just want to know."
Paperwork days for Spencer were never a problem, he accepted it cause it needed to be done but now with you in his life, he loved paperwork because it meant he wasn’t away on a case and with you having the morning shift, it gave you two the chance to meet up after work and he enjoyed your time together, he feels like he can be like himself with you and he hasn’t laughed so much since he met you.
But your jobs didn't allow this too much, either you had the night shift or Spencer was out of town for a case and he hated this, he hated when you weren’t around, he hated it when you two were in the same city but didn’t get to see each other and even though he loves his job, he couldn’t wait to come home, to see you - he missed you.
Cases also mean for him that he barely has time to call you.
Currently, Spencer has been away for a week already, this case going longer than he thought it would take, Spencer lay on his motel bed and tried to find the breakthrough for the case but nothing came to his mind.
He put the papers aside and looked at the clock, it wasn’t too late in DC yet, and he was unsure if he should call you, it’s nothing you usually do so that Spencer could stay focused on the case but honestly, he needed to hear your voice tonight, so he tried to call you hoping you aren’t already asleep.
"Spencer? Is everything okay?" Your voice sounds raw.
"Hey, yeah everything is okay. Did I wake you up? I am so sorry, I really didn’t mean to, it was a stupid idea to call you, you obviously slept, and your voice sounds raw. I should-."
"Spencer, breath, everything is fine. I didn’t sleep, I - I just rolled around, I was thinking about you."
Spencer was stunned by your confession, he stayed silent but his heart was beating very fast.
"So yeah, what’s on your mind, Spencer?" You asked breaking the silence.
"We don’t come forward with the case and I...I wanted to hear your voice." Spencer confessed.
"Sometimes it takes more time to find the perpetrator but the only thing that matters is that you will find him. I miss you but please stay safe there."
"I will y/n, I promise."
"Hey, Spencer."
"Yes, y/n."
"Why don’t we meet when you come back, we could order takeout and make a movie marathon at my place nothing fancy." You suggested.
"Yeah, yeah I would like that."
"Good, I will see you soon, good night Spencer."
"Good night y/n."
A few days later the team finally caught the unsub.
As the team flew back to Virginia, Spencer wrote you to let you know that he would land in the late afternoon and asked you if you two wanted to have the movie marathon tonight which you accepted.
Spencer didn’t even realize that he smiled like an idiot until Derek pulled him out of his thoughts.
"You pretty boy what got your smile like that?" Derek asked Spencer.
"Uh n-no-nothing," Spencer said but his cheeks turned 10 times darker every second.
"Sureee Spencer."
Spencer didn’t say anything.
"Hey Spencer," Derek said.
"Yeah."
"It’s good to see you like this," Derek replied. He left Spencer alone with his thoughts, he couldn’t wait to see you tonight.
Spencer arrived at your apartment complex 10 minutes too early, he first waited in his car, drumming his fingers on his bouncing leg, trying to calm himself down but he failed miserably, so he stood in front of your door 7 minutes and 43 seconds too early but it was okay, in that time he tried to get his breath under control.
But before Spencer got his breath under control, you already opened the door.
"Man, I thought you would never knock at my door." You greeted him.
"How-how did you know I stood in front of your door?" Spencer asked.
"I saw you parking your car 5 minutes ago, I waited for you.”
"Oh yeah I didn’t want to be late here but I also didn’t want to be too early, I didn’t know if you were ready yet," Spencer explained.
"It’s okay Spencer but next time just knock you could never be annoying to me, even if you're too early you can sit on my couch like right now."
"I will quickly make the popcorn, you can look for a movie we could watch." You suggested and Spencer sat down and looked for a good movie to watch that you also liked, when you returned with the popcorn and other snacks, you sat down next to him but not too close, Spencer still didn’t decide what to watch.
"I-I don’t know what to watch, movies that I like are mostly not the type from others," Spencer admitted.
"Okay mhm, what do you think of Star Trek?"
"What?!" Spencer was completely shocked.
"Ähm okay was that a bad request?"
"No, no it’s- it’s great actually, I love it, I didn’t think you would like these types of movies," Spencer admitted.
"I am full of surprises Spencer."
So you watched the Star Trek series and after some time you both fell asleep, no one knows who fell asleep first maybe it was you or him but for sure was that you both bumped your heads, after a phone went off - it was Spencer’s.
"I’m sorry, I’ve got a case, is your head okay?"
"Yeah, yeah is there enough time for coffee or do you have to leave immediately?"
"No, it looks really important I have to leave now, but at least the case is here."
"Okay, good luck, be safe."
"I will be." As Spencer was about to leave he turned around once more.
"Hey y/n?"
"Yes, Spencer."
"I had a lot of fun last night."
"Me too, maybe we couldn’t do it again sometime?"
"I would love to, bye y/n."
"See you soon doctor, come home to me in one piece."
Just when the door felt shut, your phone started ringing, it was the hospital.
"Hey, y/n. Is it possible for you to fill in today, maya is sick."
"Yeah sure, I am on my way."
Spencer just visited Abby one of the remaining survivors, in the middle of their conversation Abby got aphasia, which scared Spencer, this stain kills people in a short amount of time and right now he couldn’t do anything.
Then he thought about you, and he had the urge to talk to you, even though he may get in trouble for this he needed to know you were okay.
"Spencer, is everything okay?" You said quite in panic.
"Yeah, yeah sure why wouldn’t it be… I.. I just wanted to hear your voice and I wanted to know if you are okay."
"Everything is okay, besides I have to work today."
"What !! I thought it was your free day?"
"Yeah, change in plans, one of my colleagues is sick and they asked me to fill in, but it’s fine, it’s a quiet day." You lied to Spencer, nothing was quiet on this day.
Hey, Spencer, it looks like I’ve got to go out there again. Look out for yourself and maybe if you’d like we could out soon.. like on a real date, maybe?"
"..I would like it, yeah, that would be great."
"Good, stay safe Spencer. Bye"
"Goodbye, Y/n. Take care of yourself. See you soon."
You both hung up with a smile and at least forgot the scary situation for a few seconds, before you got out again and took care of the anthrax-infected patients.
Spencer and Derek made their way to Nichols a possible suspect in the anthrax case. When they arrived Spencer had cut himself briefly on the thorn bush but it didn't stop him and continued to walk with Derek closer to the house.
Before Morgan and Reid entered Nichols's private lap, Derek got a phone call, Reid made his way into the lab and left Derek behind.
As Derek ended the call, he realized Spencer was not behind him. Derek ran towards the house calling for Reid and just when he arrived at the house, Spencer closed the door from the lab and told Derek he couldn’t get in there just then Derek saw the broken test tube with Anthrax in it.
Spencer was a step closer to death.
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You took the mask from your face and took a deep breath and you finally broke down, you started crying, it was too much for you, seeing all those vulnerable people and you can’t do anything to help them, you can only try to make this stay as comfortable as possible.
You knew what this job meant, you can’t save everybody but this is not fair, how can a human being so heartless and let these people perish?
You took another deep breath and then you thought about Spencer, hopefully was okay, far away from this situation but deep down you knew he wasn’t, he is in the FBI of course he is involved but please let him be okay.
You needed to hear Spencer's voice, so you called him.
"Y/n…" Spencer began to cough.
"Spencer.. what's happening. You don’t sound okay."
"Everything is fine." Spencer coughed again.
"Spencer…no matter what is happening…"
"Y/n listen." Spencer cut you off.
"I love you Y/n… everything is gonna be okay but I've got to go now. Then Spencer hung up and you didn’t get to answer him.
You tried it a few more times but he didn’t pick and now it felt like your world broke down, you burst into tears knowing couldn’t do anything.
After Spencer and Dr. Kimura may have found the cure for this anthrax, Spencer finally gets to go out of the lab and go to the shower, but as Spencer untied his tie, Dr. Kimura sees the cut Spencer got from the bush and the situation just got more dangerous, hopefully, the cure was in the inhaler.
When Dr. Kimura came in with a newly infected anthrax patient your heart skipped a beat - it was Spencer.
He was in an awful state and for a moment you didn’t know if he would survive this.
The situation finally got under control with the confirmation from the lab that the cure was in the inhaler, the last survivors and Spencer were able to be cured and now it was a matter of time before Spencer woke up.
When you walked towards Spencer’s room, you saw a man sitting by Spencer and eating his jello that you put on his table, just then Spencer woke up and immediately asked if there would be more jello.
As you arrived at Spencer's room you couldn’t hold back anymore.
"Hey." You've said as if a stone fell from your heart.
"Hi." Said Spencer with a smile on his face.
You both wanted to say so much more but with this muscular man in the room who you didn’t know - there was an awkward silence there.
"Okay, I think it’s my time to leave. Have fun lover boy." The man said and left you too alone.
"You’ve scared me, Spencer." You sat down on the bed and took his hand in yours.
"I didn’t mean to do this and I am sorry for what I said, I would understand if you don’t want to see me anymore, I mean with what I said I took this.." Spencer rambled.
"I love you too Spencer."
"WHAT?! Really?"
"Yes Spencer, of course I do, I've loved you since we first met back in Las Vegas."
Spencer cupped with both hands your face and you leaned in and then you two kissed for the first time.
"So you still want to go out with me?" You asked.
"Of course Y/n." You both hugged and Spencer's face was crooked in your neck.
"Hey, Y/n?"
"Yes, Spencer."
"Before we go out on the date, can I have some of this jello?" Spencer asked shyly but you just started laughing.
"Of course, my love, you can have as much jello as you want."
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Man - when I wrote this it felt from length okay but now I feel like it’s a little rushed maybe you could give me feedback if I should get more in detail with the story and the conversations.
I am still very new to writing and it feels super though to write Spencer so that he still has his character traits and doesn’t sound like a totally different Spencer.
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hotchfiles · 1 month
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ❝ [CHOICELESS HOPE] ❞ — three. need in the devotee.
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pairing: aaron hotchner x bau!reader. summ.: the moment leading up to the kiss, the drumroll, is as good as the kiss itself. it's certainly more innocent. it's completely harmless. cw: canon divergent. emotional cheating. right person wrong time. no use of y/n. wc: 1k+.
previously
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first cases were always an awkward matter, getting to know new people, having them wonder if you were nice or not and wondering the same thing about them. you thought maybe having dave around would make it less clunky. irrevocably wrong you were, as you had to explain the divorce from your cheating husband when he asked how the bastard was.
everytime you thought about your divorce it made something in your brain twitch, it had been finalized four years prior but it still hurt, and you got mad at yourself for being hurt, not only because it was a hit to your gut, your untrusting nature decided to trust this one man and he broke it so easily. but it hurt more as deep down you felt like you deserved it. like it was your karma. 
“i watched you speak about the importance of profiling for crisis negotiation once. you seemed very passionate about it, almost like hotch–” you held in a sigh as the genius boy possibly every unit had heard of spoke. you were an expert. a leader in your field. it just happened that your field was the one hotchner literally wrote the book about. you would have to deal with the comparison constantly now. “why did you transfer?” 
“not the pay, that i can assure you.” that earned you your first group laugh, some of them looking over at rossi, possibly understanding now why he looked so enthusiastic about your transfer, or because he was the one who mostly talked about the fact the pay was shit. 
“she was the only one available with experience, and she was forced to.” aaron clarifies from his seat on the jet, having thoroughly read your paperwork by now. you nod in confirmation, not caring that it wasn’t the best look to have been forced into their unit. it was yours first anyway.
“familiarity with the way hotch works was a factor too, it seems.” some things don’t come written on paper, only the influence of being one of the unit’s founders, like dave, guaranteed that type of information, or at least you thought so, as that fact didn’t come to you as reasoning. still, you wouldn’t lose the opportunity to tease aaron, even if only a bit. 
“familiarity is a way to put it, huh? most of his methodology was created with me.” scoffing loudly was his response while he shook his head in disbelief, the rest of the team glancing from you to him in curiosity. 
“maybe write a book about it then.” two hours into the first jet flight and you could possibly punch him in the face to get that little shit eating grin out of it. or maybe kiss him. 
“i thought working with you two together would make me feel young again. it doesn’t. i’m too old for this now.” dave points to you both and looks back to the files, bringing the conversation back to the case in hand. 
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first two months he tries not to favor your presence, sending you off with derek, dave or spencer to check crime scenes, talk to suspects, witnesses, but like magnets you two always ended up beside each other, too close, shoulders touching while reading files and completing each other’s thoughts for the profiles. 
you do try to keep your distance as best as you can as well, favoring sitting alone on the jet, talking to emily or losing to reid at chess, bonding with the team was an important part of what made any work the best work possible. and it’s not as in better workplace, but better at the job.
connecting with the team made profiling better, faster, that was why you and hotch were quick to make connections, quick to see holes, patterns, when you were together. 
still you catch his annoying glances that he makes no effort to conceal when you lock eyes with him, instead he smiles with his teeth and waits for you to look away. and you usually do. 
las vegas being the final destiny though, you had your mind set on not looking away when he did his well known dance of glancing and waiting for you to look back, instead getting up to your feet and walking over to him, savoring the soft, almost shy smile he gave you as he took in your every move, from your seat to the one by his side.
you take a spray bottle out of the pocket of your fbi jacket and hand him without a word, trying to ignore the way he makes it his job to linger the soft brush your fingers against his as he read the information. 
“sunscreen? you know i don’t–” 
“don’t like the feeling on your skin, yeah, that’s a spray one, not sticky, not liquidy and it dries out completely.” aaron listens to you intently, but still has his suspicions, being shown clearly by the way he furrowed his brows even though his heart was skipping several beats by your actions. 
“what about the smell?” he’s properly fiddling with the bottle as if he was a kid with a toy, taking the cap off and trying to smell it through the sprayer, you roll your eyes and extend your arm to him. 
“it’s unscented, touch and smell my arm, i’m wearing it.” you’re not really thinking it through when you almost shove your forearm on his nose, he obliges it and takes a deep breath, you feel the air leaving his nose in your skin and get suddenly shy. 
his cheeks flush in warm pink, the product might be unscented but your skin smells like… you. he could recognize it from a mile away. he thinks to himself for a second and realizes that maybe if sunscreens had your scent he wouldn’t mind using them. and when his fingers softly touch your wrist, getting hold of it to lower it down, he is reminded of how soft you feel so he has no choice but to drop it or else he would be holding onto it for as long as you’d let him.
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outsideratheart · 2 years
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Reunited (Aitana Bonmati x reader)
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Based of this request
Aitana Bonmati would always hold a special place in your heart. As your childhood best friend you would spend every minute of your spare time together, most of that time was spent on the run down pitch that was near the street where you lived. You both dreamt of being professional football players even though back then it seemed highly unlikely. 
You loved your life, that was until your parents got a divorce and you had to move to England with your mum. You were 14 years old when you had to leave your old life behind and sadly that included Aitana. A long distance friendship proved too difficult and as time went of the two of you drifted apart and soon the phone calls between you ceased to exist.
When you started playing professionally you made the conscious decision to go by you mother’s maiden name, wanting none of your accomplishments to be linked to the man you once called dad.
Almost 10 years later, you made your return to Spain when Atletico Madrid signed you from Arsenal. You missed out on your inaugural season due to an horrific ankle injury sustained in a pre season friendly. Now a year later you are finally making your debut, against none other than Barcelona, against the girl who was once your favourite person.
The game is 65 minutes in when the board goes up, showing your number.
The crowd errupts, despite not yet playing for the club, you were a fan favourite and a lot of people have been waiting to see you play.
“I’ve never heard the crowd make this much noise for a sub” Patri tells Aitana.
They both look around the pitch and atleti team and even some Barcelona players are giving you a round of applause.
“Even Alexia is joining in” Mapi says now joining in on the conversation. 
As if she hears her name been called, the captain walks over to her team mates.
“She is a young kid that they signed last season but she got injured before she could play. From what Lola tells me it was pretty bad and she has been working her butt off to get back on the pitch” 
The girls are in shock to Alexia been so nice about an opponent during a game.
“She has also told me that she is a machine, so stay alert” 
And just like that their captain was back.
It took minutes for you to ring Lola’s word true, you took a shot from outside the box, Sandra only just getting her fingertips to it, sending the ball over the crossbar. Atleti manage to get a goal back from the corner, a pin point header from you.
Barcelona reset but still Aitana watches you celebrate and she recognises the celebration straight away but refuses to believe what she is seeing.
“Y/N” she whispers.
“What?” Patri asks as they get back in position.
“Nothing” Aitana tries to push her thoughts to the back of her head but it doesn’t work. 
Even whilst playing Aitana keeps her eye on you as she tries to work out it you are in fact her best friend from childhood. She watches your mannerisms and every so often you would do things that brought Aitana back to the pitch all those years ago. The way you would stroke you tummy twice when you were thinking or the way you talked, the voice she hears send her back to her childhood.
The match ends 1-1 and still Aitana fails to break her gaze. Her mind is running a hundred miles an hour.
“Has Aitana got a little crush?” Jenni nudges the small midfielder.
The forwards words fail to register.
“Tana!” Patri all but shouts making her jump.
“What!” Aitana snaps, slightly frustrated that her friends won’t leave her be.
“You’re staring and you are making it really obvious”
Heat rises to her cheeks upon hearing that her glances are not a subtle as she hoped. Still her eyes remain on you as you talk to Carmen.
“Go to her” Jenni says.
“Who?” Aitana asks now really listening to what the others are saying.
“Number 15”
When she hears your number another pin slots into place. The girl she knew always wore 15 joking that she had to always one up Aitana with her being 14.
“Do you know her name?” Aitana asks.
“No” Both Jenni and Patri say in unison. 
“But I know who will!” Jenni adds.
The forward shouts of the team captain.
“Do you know what number 15’s name is?” Jenni asks Alexia.
“Only her last name, Y/L/N”
“No shit, we know that. It’s on the back of her shirt” Jenni shoves the captain.
Aitana thinks for a moment, it wasn’t the last name she knew but it did sound familiar only she didn’t know where from.
“I only answered your question” Alexia answers innocently “Why?”
“Aitana has a crush”
“I think I know her” 
Aitana’s words intrigue the three women.
“Think? How do you think you know someone, either you do or you don’t” Patri says slightly confuses.
“She reminds me of someone I knew when I was younger”
Alexia goes to talk but Aitana cuts her off.
“Wait!” She says as she walks closer to you, her friends following in suit.
You are talking to fan who had a sign asking for your shirt, Aitana watches the interaction intently knowing that this could be her only shot at knowing without asking your directly.
“Why are we watching 15 take her shirt off?” Mapi joins her friends.
“She was in a car accident when she was 7”
“Who wa—“ Patri slaps her hand over the defenders mouth.
“She had to have surgery on her spine, the scar was big”
The group of players watch you, trying to see the marking but someone blocks their view.
“Lola!” Alexia says just now realising how invested she had become.
“What?” Lola say not knowing what she has interrupted.
The goalkeeper gets pushed out the way but is too late as Aitana sees a member of the coaching staff hand you a warm up shirt, now your back was covered.
“Thanks Lola” Aitana says in defeat.
“I didn’t do anything. I only came over here to tell that some of us are going to Sibuya and I wanted to know if you were going to join us”
Jenni looks at Aitana, how her head hung in defeat, a light bulb going off in her own head.
“Will Y/L/N be there?”
“You mean the player who just made her debut and scored, no I think she will want to go home and spend the night alone” Lola replies, her voice filled with Sarcasm.
The other players stand there, waiting for the goalkeeper to reply seriously.
“María Dolores” Jenni warns her friend.
The goalkeeper hold her hands up In defence “Yes, she will be there”
“Looks like you will be able to ask her yourself” Patri tells her friend.
With that the girls agree to meet at 7.
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The Barca girls arrive and they are told that the rest of the party are in the private room upstairs. As they reach the top they see the players that mere hours ago they considered their enemy. Aitana searches the room but she cannot find the person she is looking for.  
��Lola said she will be here, relax” Jenni rubs Aitana’s shoulders before pushing her towards a seat. 
The table converse for around half an hour before the waiter arrives, ready to take everyone’s order. 
“Is it ok for you to come back, we are still waiting for some people to arrive?” Aitana asks as she looks at the two spare seats. 
“No, no. You can order, they texted Carmen what they want” Laia reassures the waiter. 
“So they’re still coming?” Alexia asks knowing it’s what Aitana wants to know. 
“Yes. Y/N and V are on their way” Lola confirms. 
Aitana freezes upon hearing your name. Could this be a coincidence or is she really going to see you after all this time. 
“They tend to lose track of time when it is just the two of them. They both had media after the game, everyone wanted to speak to Y/N and V didn’t want to her to be alone” Carmen tells the table.
“Honestly they are inseparable” Lola rolls her eyes thinking of the antics the both of you have been apart of. 
For reasons she doesn’t fully understand, Aitana had an uneasy feeling in her gut. The thought of you been with someone else didn’t sit well with her. Yes, she understand that nothing ever happened between the two of you, you were only young when you left and she didn’t expect you to wait for her when she gave you no reason to but still she is jealous at the thought of you and V together. 
“Aitana, I have a question for you. What’s your obsession with her?” Lola asks referring to you. 
At first Aitana doesn’t know how to explain the current situation she faces, truth is she had been trying to figure out since she saw you on the pitch. 
“Let me” Patri says confidently “you see Tana here had a best friend when she was younger and for some reason she thinks that your number 15 is that best friend.“
The rest of the table hang of Patri’s every word as they become invested in the possible reunion. 
“Then we watched as she took her shirt off” 
“You did what!” Carmen asks in disbelief. 
Aitana is about to speak but Laia cuts her off. 
“Nice of you to finally join us” Laia says when she sees you and V coming up the stairs 
But catches Aitana’s attention is how your fingers are interlocked with V’s. 
“Don’t blame me. I had to wait till Y/N came down from her adrenaline high, she wouldn’t sit down, picture a kid on a Sugar rush” 
“Hey! Don’t be mean, you know you love me” you pretend to act offended. 
“That I do” V kisses your temple. 
The Barca girls watch the interaction before looking at their friend. Although Aitana never talked about how deep the connection between the two of you went, they figured she had feeling for you, they could see it in her eyes. 
You and V take your seats and by luck you are sat opposite Aitana. The first course comes and they two of you are yet to talk. 
“How about we play truth or dare?” Lola suggests. 
“No” Carmen is quick to answer knowing that Lola will have an alterer motive.
“Don’t be so much a bore Car” Lola playfully slaps her girlfriends thigh “it’ll be fun, Y/N you can go first” 
You give Lola a look, one that translates into what are you up to. 
“During Christmas break you stayed over, what happened to my blender, actually let me rephrase that, who broke my blender?”
Your eyes goes wide as you look around the room, more specifically to V and Carmen who are the only ones that know the truth
“It was—“ you are on the verge of confirming Lola’s suspicions when Carmen cuts you off. 
“Don’t crack”
“We made a promise” 
 Your two Atleti team mates cut you off. 
Looking around you see that all of the table are staring at you but your focus in on the girl opposite. You send her a playful wink, one which causes Aitana to blush. 
“You’ll never know” you smile smugly at the goalkeeper. 
“Fine by me, now your dare is” Lola taps her chin as if you doesn’t already know your fate “take your shirt off” 
“Lola you know I won’t do that, why would you ask me that, here of all places” you are slightly annoyed by her dare, not expecting her to ask this of you. 
“I’m sorry, it just that—“ Lola knows she went too far.
“Forget it” you end the conversation on the spot.
Feeling the tension between you and goalkeeper, the rest of the table begin to make small conversations between themselves. The only person still looking at you is Aitana and you can see the curiosity in her eye.
“T” you say barely a whisper, still a bit shaken.
Hearing the nickname only you have called her all but confirms her theories. If not, the look in your eye does, she would recognise it anywhere. In that moment she sees the 7 year old who would obsess over the scar on her back, who would try to cover it with make up because she didn’t want people to stare. 
“Y/N” Aitana says barely a whisper. 
“Took you long enough. Now I can take my shirt off if you need to see it but—“
“No, I don’t need to see it” Aitana says referring to your scar. 
The two of you are lost in the moment, only breaking away when you hear someone clear their throat. 
“So you do know each other?” Patri asks. 
All of sudden every one starts asking questions. 
“How did you meet?”
“Why did you leave Spain?”
“Why didn’t you tell Aitana you were back?” 
“Do you wanna?” Aitana tips her head in the direction of the stairs. 
“Yes” you push your chair back, your standing form quiets the table. 
Without saying another word, the two of you leave and are soon out on the streets of Madrid. As you walk in silence you feel lighter than you have in years and you know that is because you have Aitana by your side. 
“I did want to reach out when Atleti signed me but then I got injured and well I wasn’t exactly the best company. V only put up with me because she didn’t have any other choice” you tried to explain your reasoning. 
“You and V, are you?” Aitana feels the jealous rise within her. 
You swear you could see the green in her eyes. 
“We’re just friends. We met in a time where we both needed each other. I would go with her to her treatment and she would keep me company during physio, when she was feeling well enough”
“No need to be jealous” you nudge Aitana’s shoulder with your own. 
“Why Y/L/N? It would have been so much easier if you kept your other name”
“That was dad’s name, after the divorce I wanted nothing to do with him. Now I go by Y/L/N, to honour my mum” 
“That makes sense” Aitana replies.
“What made you you think it was me on the pitch?” Now it is your turn to ask a question. 
Aitana replayed the game in her head as she tries to pin point the exact moment. 
“The way you walked, how you used your hands when you talked to Carmen, you always were gesticulative but the moment when I really thought, that’s my Y/N, was your celebration, you never changed it”
It takes you a moment to realise that she has finished talking. The way she said my Y/N gave you butterflies. 
“You mean this?” You dramatically do your celebration. 
“That’s the one” Aitana says between laughs. 
“In the end you thought the only way to now for sure is to watch me strip?” 
Aitana buries her face in her hands with embarrassment “you saw that?”
“Four Barcelona players watching my every move, kind of hard to miss”
The two of you discuss all of the big and small things that has happened over the years and soon enough you reach your destination, the beach. You take a seat on a bench that looked out over the ocean, Aitana sits next to you. 
 “You can see it if you want? I didn’t wanted everyone else to see it, it only leads to questions and I don’t like talking about it” 
You can her hesitating as she thinks about it. In the end you make the decision for her. You turn so you are facing away from her as you lift up the back of your t-shirt. You feel her trail her fingers along the scar then you feel her warm breath on your back before you feel her kiss the top of it. 
Suddenly feeling very vulnerable you pull you shirt down and quickly adjust your position so you are once again facing Aitana. Only she doesn’t move, if anything you could have sworn she moved closer, so much she that her face is inches away from yours and in a quick swift motion her lips are on yours. 
The kiss ends just as quick as it happened, much to your disliking. 
“Jesus T, take a girl to dinner first” a smile tugs at your lips as you tease your best friend. 
“Would you like to go on a date with me?” Aitana asks. Her tone filled with confidence knowing that you didn’t push her away when she kisses you. 
“Of course I will” you steal a kiss before standing, holding you hand out for Aitana to take. 
The two of you spend the next hour or so walking down the boardwalk as you reminisce about old times and plan what you will do together in the future.
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td-frog · 2 months
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okay i'm not done talking about this. i want to highlight again the all stars couples from previous seasons and what direction they seem to be heading in (and why i think it's a good narrative choice)
jaiden:
they had a whole arc throughout their season with loads of conflict. it went back and forth a little bit, but in a way that made sense for the characters, and it felt like it resolved really nicely by the end.
because of that, it would be really disappointing if they just brought the conflict back now that they're on a new season. they put in the work on the show and all signs pointed to strong, healthy relationship when they left off (having already had the experience of working through problems).
and so far, that's exactly what they are. the drama of the past season is resolved, they're still super close, and the conflict now is not within their relationship, but who they are outside of it. first with being on different teams, and now with james being out so early.
i really really like that james immediately shut jake down with the accusations of cheating. it was very much an opportunity to reintroduce relationship conflict, but the show said "no, they're happy together."
i also like the choice to have james leave and aiden stay: first, james is a stronger competitor (explicitly why he got to go for the win in s2), second because aiden is less confident about being on his own and we get to see that, and third because of what's going on with tom/jake
i think at this point jaiden seems super solid and it doesn't look like they're planning to change that. which they shouldn't, these guys have had their drama and deserve to be happy.
tomjake
they also had a lot of back and forth in their season, but the key difference is that nothing was really ever fully resolved? there were mini resolutions, where they agreed to communicate better (and then failed immediately) but it didn't have the finality of "we've worked through the misunderstandings and are stronger for it" that jaiden had.
like, their issue has always been being Terrible at communication. tom because of the secretiveness of his spy background, and jake because of his gullibility and tendency to jump to the worst conclusions. so the fact that their plot this season seems to be Bad Communication turned up to 11 is perfectly in line with what we've seen before.
it's also a nice contrast to jaiden- they both have the "on separate teams" problem, but while jaiden have the trust and strength in their relationship to handle it, jake's insecurities cause him to fall back on old patterns with almost no prompting at all (and tom's not entirely innocent here either- i fully believe his friendship with aiden is just friendship and there's nothing wrong with that, but his avoidance of jake is absolutely feeding the problem and he should know that)
based on s1, it really doesn't seem like they'll make the relationship work unless some major conflict forces them to actually deal with their problems (and then they have to Actually deal with them), so i'm expecting it to get worse before it gets better. they both need to grow as people before the relationship can work, and until then they can suffer.
(also: removing miriam from the picture by putting her on the third team is key- she's the voice of reason for jake that he desperately needs, so taking that away rapidly accelerates the Problems)
hunterally
they're kind of an in-between case. we saw a little bit of conflict on the show, but they didn't actually get together until the very end (counting them resolving their friendship problems in the finale) or after (start of the actual relationship). so we haven't actually gotten to see how they work as a couple.
similar to miriam, tess seems like she is a key part of keeping the relationship together (given that the problems seem to have started after she left, and she seems to be the most chill and rational at this point), so distancing her is good for seeing how the relationship plays out.
as far as hunter and ally's conflict, it's interesting how it follows from their characters in s2. hunter seems like more of a jerk, but not in an ooc way- literally the first thing we learn about him is he's not big on socializing, so it's not surprising that he might not put much effort into a relationship. meanwhile ally always seemed a bit more invested in their relationship on the show (partly because she had a crush on him), so it tracks that she could be putting more into the relationship and get frustrated with him when he didn't.
like from what little we've seen so far, the conflict they're having feels very realistic for "we became friends on a reality tv show and started a relationship after"- they don't really know each other that well by the end, and they might not be as compatible as they thought (and regardless, need to work to make the relationship succeed)
also, another note on tess: while i am a little disappointed that it's not the poly throuple i expected, i don't hate it. tess's relationship to the other two was more "the first people to try to help her out of a very dark place" which can be romantic (and especially at first is likely to feel that way) but it doesn't have to be. i would be very disappointed if they weren't still friends, but that's not the case.
i also think there's a possibility that the resolution is their relationship doesn't work without tess. i don't know if this is the direction they'll take (and i don't need it) but i think it'd be super cool if it ends in a poly relationship that isn't romantic on tess's end but is no less important (possibly more important).
gabellie
shoutout to these two. i don't have much to say, mostly because their relationship has never been the source of drama in the same way as the other three.
i do like how they've almost kind of switched roles since s1? at the start of s1 everyone hated gabby, and ellie wasn't super popular but liked well-enough. now ellie's the one everyone hates and gabby's still not the favorite but is doing fine.
i think they're really cute together and i love how they support each other. and it's really nice to have a relationship that's almost fully outside of the drama of the show, like it's formed in response to individual drama (ellie being the only person to stand up for gabby) and it affects the drama (gabby saving ellie even though it could (and did) cost her a chance at immunity later on) but it's not dramatic itself. i hope that lasts.
as for other couples: i have some thoughts on connoriya but they're kind of separate from this. yulgrett is new this season so that's also a different thing. there isn't really anything to say about ashwill given that he was out first and didn't return. and i think that's it for all star couples so far.
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Today I watched RBB Kultur (a TV magazine about cultural stuff and events in Berlin and Brandenburg) and they featured a Band called Husten that I'm pretty sure was also in Flake's podcast (about remarkable bandnames iirc). And it brought back again what we are going to miss out on. I had still hopes that Paul will appear more often with some stuff. And I'm sure that we would have had so much articles and stuff coming with their 30 years anniversary and I mean also really good thoughtful stuff about their topics (lgbt, right-wing, poetry etc.) and history and so on. Now if we get sth it will always be revolving around the standard old rich guy obsessively fucking as many nameless young women as possible which nobody wants to glorify as peak of success anymore these days. Actually it would have been a nice subject for a Rammstein song - like a sarcastic take on the pathetic ridiculousness of it. But that would maybe have hit too close to home to be outspoken about it. Sorry for sounding bitter about this but sometimes when it comes to mind again I feel just so disappointed, sad and mad. Especially with how unresolved it still feels.
You are right, in his podcast about Remarkable bandnames 'Husten' was played 🌺 (for the non-german readers, it means 'to cough').
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I too regret that we don't get the podcast anymore (at least officially it's still just 'on hold', but to be honest i don't know what would need to change for it being back on...and i wonder if Flake feels comfortable still doing a podcast in the style that he did, with his selfdepreciating humor when looking back on 'the old days', because i feel now everything is being looked from the 'sexual assault' point of view). Apart from his podcast, his partner at the bookreadings has also distanced herself publicly, so everything Flake had built for himself, as a separate career outside of Rammstein seems to have tumbled down 🥺
I agree that it does feel unresolved, i think we didn't even get a closure statement from Rammstein's legal team (which was separate from Till's), apart from a few lines in articles that they had retracted (like the band going to the Kit Kat club, which the other 5 guys denied, and that line had to be removed from the article), but nothing really definitive.
Maybe the band waited for formal cases to be brought to court, which never happened, and the new tour and Rammstore opening up again are their way of saying they moved on, and other than that they will stick with the 'never complain, never explain' mantra 🌺
As they say where i live 'a good name arrives by foot, and leaves on horseback', and Rammstein wasn't that popular with many media outlets in the first place, especially in Germany itself, but i too had hoped the 30 year anniversary would see a bit of a bit of reconciliation, and for Rammstein to get the credit they deserve, but i'm not getting my hopes up anymore; that seems pretty much off the table 🌺
I wouldn't be surprised though if Rammstein do find energy in the situation and make a song or similar about it; in a way it may be annoying that after 30 years they still have to defend themselves against things (in early years different kinds of accusations, like being right wing, and now this), but they always thrived on annoying people, and aggravating the media, and i wouldn't be surprised if that's still very much in them 🌺
Never think Rammstein is beaten...six men marriage has weathered tougher situations and always overcame them ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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August 16th, 1996
Dear diary,
I saw Mike today.
The mechanic called to say the car was ready and as I had nothing better to do, I decided to go myself and pick it up. It's only a thirty minute walk, and I really needed to get out of the house for a while. Mom was driving me crazy.
Usually I would have taken the shortcut through the forest, but I wanted to look around the neighborhood. Since I've been driving I never get a chance to watch the houses anymore as I'm always too focused on the road, and I've been thinking about the future lately. The type of house I'd want to live in, the architecture and interior design. It's all a bit silly, I know, but I think Nancy would be proud of me for thinking of the future. Even if she'd probably nag at me about focusing on school first. I know it's idle, but I'm convinced it's good to have something to look forward to.
If you don't, what's the point of doing any of it?
Anyway, I was walking along Fair Street when I spotted one of those UHaul moving trucks. I don't think I've ever seen one in person before in my life; People don't move to Hawkins. And people are stuck here once they do.
I slowed down a bit to see what kind of people would be stupid enough to move to Hellhole, Indiana. I mean, I strangely love our little town, but I assume most people do their research before moving some place new, and I'm not going to pretend like the Hawkins PR team doesn't have its work cut out for them.
The house was nice. Modern but charming. The kind of house to raise a family in, or just grow old in with the love of your life. A strange choice now that I think about it. An apartment would have made more sense. It appeared to have a decent back yard as well, though maybe a bit too manicured for my taste.
I froze once I recognized Mike climbing out the back of the truck.
I know I should have realised they'd be moving back before the end of the month, but I hadn't prepared for how soon it would be. And they must have been planning this for some time if they were able to get a house like this.
He was talking to Will as he climbed out of the truck after Mike, both holding boxes as they unloaded onto the curb. His voice carried across the street, but I don't remember what he said. It wasn't important.
His hair is shorter now, though still curling underneath his ears, and he was even wearing a Star Wars t-shirt. God, I hope he won't wear that to school.
I would have gone over. I should have said hi.
But the way he threw his head back in laughter at whatever Will said to him... I couldn't. He is fine on his own.
It was a peculiar feeling, watching him from a distance; I just stood there, staring, a complete outsider to his life. I should be used to that by now, yet despite everything, I never felt it more deeply than in that moment.
He probably wouldn't even have recognized me even if he had seen me.
I drove by on my way back home. The sheriff's truck was outside - of course they were welcomed before any of us.
I didn't tell mom.
Love, Holly
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foster-the-world · 6 months
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Fuzzy nostaglia
I finished Ann Patchett's Tom Lake on vacation. Its our book club book of the month. I recommend. The main character is telling a story from a time in her life. Now I'm reading The Rachel Incident. Same idea of an adult reliving a time from their youth. The Tom Lake narrator forgets a lot. Which seems realistic.
At the same time my husband and I spent half of our vacation in Switzerland. Almost ten years ago I lived in Geneva for a few months for work. For three years after that I spent a few weeks/a month or two there a year for work related travel. Ten years doesn't feel that long ago but that time in my life is very fuzzy. I don't really remember if I was happy or not. I had a cool job - where I moved to a new/interesting country every three monthish. I worked for Doctors without Borders - on the admin side. I lived and worked with my colleagues. Three out of eight had to leave due to mental health problems. Two of them had very obvious mental health breaks that the field teams were unequipped to handle. They were there one day and then sent home the next. Was I lonely? I don't remember being lonely. I had a younger, bad choice Belgium boyfriend for a while. Glad I dodged that bullet. I had committed to finishing six more months of the project and then quitting. I planned to come back and foster on my own. I came home for Christmas break and met my now husband. Which was a lucky break. We did six months long distance then were together forever more. He agreed with the fostering plan. Which looking back was a big jump to take together. At the time it felt pretty seamless. Which it was. We fight and get on each others nerves. We aren't perfect. His snoring is driving me crazy. But overall our relationship has always been my easiest yes. On our anniversary trip it was nice to take the time to remember we've got a good thing going.
Anyway, interesting to go back to cities you spent a fair amount of time in. I remember I didn't love Geneva. All European cities are amazing but its kind of stuffy. I felt the same way this time. We only spent one night. Which was enough for me. I wanted to show him my old office but didn't get the time. He liked Geneva but he's easy to impress. That's one of the good things about him.
In an embarrassing memory at some point I was on the train in Geneva. Instead of swiping tickets its an honor system. You buy and on occasion someone comes to check to make sure you have it. I was on the train one day when this guy comes tapping on my shoulder. For some reason, I thought he was hitting on me. I said no, merci and turned away. He tapped again. I embarrassed myself further by brushing him away with my hands. An older women had to tell me in English that the poor man just wanted to see my ticket. Horrifying. I was passed an age where men would regularly hit on me so I'm not sure why I thought he was doing that. In me defense, he had on a big fur coat instead of the normal bright orange jacket. Still embarrassing. My husband thought the story was hilarious.
Happy to get home to my sweet babies.
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"Just her," Haikyuu x Demon reader, 2.
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Description: Abby Kamado, the sister of Nezuko and Tanjiro Kamado, gets teleported to a world without Demons when fighting a demon, having no way of future world technology. But what happens when a bunch of handsome men help her get used to the world while falling in love with her as well?
Warnings: I do not own Haikyuu, Demon Slayer, or the Pictures in this book; they belong to the rightful owners. Blood, Violence, Demons, and slight cursing will be in this book, but nothing out of the ordinary. You are two years younger than Hinata, as you are the youngest in the story. Fighting scenes in this book may be terrible, so bear with me. I hope you all Enjoy my new book, and Enjoy the Second chapter, everyone, as this is a remake of my old Wattpad book, her.
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"Alright, let's get started!"
The gymnasium was finally set up for the game. You stood around sugawara, just because you fully trust being safe with the Setter. 
But, that doesn't mean his human friends didn't bother you though. 
The orange haired human signed all kinds of questions to you, which made you sort of overwhelmed because you didn't know any of them. 
But, you also met another really nice human. You think he signed you his name, Ennoshita? Either way, he was super kind like Sugawara, and seemed to keep the Shaved human in check. 
Speaking of which. 
Tanaka, believe it or not has kept his distance from you. 
He wanted to make a good impression out of himself, and not go in your face all the time. 
But, sometimes he can't help himself since he wants to see you're cute, pretty face most of the time. 
Don't get me wrong, Kiyoko is still in his heart, but something about you makes his heart all mushy inside. 
It was weird.
Kageyama on the other hand, he just kept giving you small looks from the court, eyeing you from time to time. 
Something about you patting his head made him concerned, and question why would a complete, yet utter stranger do that?
What also is running through his mind is, why aren't you scared of him?
Many people in his past were always scared of him, but, you seem to take a liking to the other setter. 
His but was on the gym floor, ignoring Hinata's question as he stretch his poor aching body, getting ready for the match. 
Tsukki was beside Daichi, who held a blank face as he also glared at you from time to time. 
His golden eyes watch you beside Suga, a bright, caring smile plastering onto your face as you patted both Kiyoko and Suga's head. 
It irritated him that your deaf, but still could defend yourself. An annoying street rat, having herself wrapped around everyone's fingers just to get what she wanted. 
That little replay of you jumping incredible high never left his mind, angered with the X you made with your hands towards him. 
Just looking at you made him irritated, but also made his heart....
He sighed. 
Never mind, she's just a street rat anyway.
Yamaguchi appeared beside him, who was apparently eating a protein bar as he began to listen to what Daichi has to say. 
Daichi pointed to Tsukishima. "I'll play on Tsukishima's team, to make it three-on-three." He announced, suddenly making Hinata stand straight up. 
"Huh?! Is that fair though?!" He suddenly asked, making the leader chuckle. 
"Don't worry, Hinata, of course it is. Tanaka's got a lot more attack power than me." He explained, catching the bald human's attention, whose face seemed to be a lot more severe than before. 
"I won't go easy on you though." He confessed, making Tanaka growl slightly with annoyance. 
You seem to feel Tanaka's Vibrations, your (E/c) eyes suddenly looking his was as you could tell he was slightly nervous.
"Well, ahem." Tsukki then faced Daichi, who then looked at the slightly tall bean pole. 
"The buzz cut or the shorty, Who to crush....I mean, challenge first?" He teasingly asked, making the freckled human beside to suddenly freak out. 
Sugawara looked in that direction, seeing how there is already drama for the team. Taking a sigh, he went back to chatting with you and Kiyoko.
Hinata Suddenly froze, his body instantly turning around as his face held a shock, angry look towards him. 
Tanaka seemed to have heard it also, as his ear began to grow out slightly, listening in to the  conversation.
"Tsukki! Be careful! They can hear you y'know-"
"Shut up Yamaguchi." Tsukishima replied, looking at his friend annoyingly. 
"G-Gomen! Tsukki!" He bowed, making the beanpole began to smirk again.  
"So hard to choose...but I do know I'd like to save His Highness for last" He finished, suddenly making Kageyama shake a little. 
Daichi smiled a bit, a nervous chuckle soon escaping his mouth. "You're a talkative one aren't ya?"
You're ears heard the bean poles harsh Vibrations, you fist suddenly clenching into a ball a you and Suga watched the scene going on. 
His comments suddenly made the team tenser, your eyes obviously knowing that their more scared now. 
So, you decided to help as you tapped on Sugawara's shoulder. 
"Well, Well!" Tanaka spoke up, his body starting to walk weirdly as we could see you signing to Sugawara behind. 
"Didja hear that, you guys? They're talking trash now....That jerk had better..just..steppp ooooofff!" He explained, his face soon suddenly turning into an angered state. 
Turning around, a dark aroma formed around the three, Tanaka's sharp looking teeth soon came into view. 
He started to growl as Shoyo was now looking to the floor. "Or he's dead meat!" He finished, Shoyo soon looking up as his tongue started to stick out. "BLEHHHHHH!!" 
But, soon Tanaka's angry face soon ended when he felt a hand on top of his head, rubbing it to calm him down. Freezing, his body instantly turned around to meet you, who held a very cute smile onto your face. 
His heart was pumping as his eyes started to form hearts again. "G-Guys! S-She's s-so cute!" He got out, his whole body shaking with nervousness and stuttering.
As the shaved human started to back up slowly, Hinata instantly stood in front of you as he began to sign drastically, which made you slightly jump a bit. 
'Y/N-SAN!! ARE YOU PLAYING WITH US!??!!' He asked, causing your face to suddenly turn into a nervous look. 
'Why is he so loud even in sign-language?' you thought, feeling slightly bad for the Black-haired human. 
You're head tilted while looking at him, as the small finally calmed down, you felt a hand onto your shoulder. 
"BOKE HINATA BOKE!" As you're body was gently moved, you vision only Viewed a human's back, which was covered with a soft looking sweater. 
"You can't just ask people that Dumbass! What if she doesn't even know what Volley ball is-" 
Kageyama's statement was soon interrupted with your hand on top of his head, your soft fingers rubbing his soft hair as the setter froze again. 
His words soon became stumbled, while his cheeks started to turn pink in front of hinata. 
Kiyoko and Suga just laughed from your actions, already knowing that you're going to get along with everyone just fine.
Well, at least some of them. 
Hinata's head tilted, seeing how Kageyama looked different. 
"Hey Kageyama, are you blushing?" He instantly asked, who made Kageyama's face turn angry quickly. 
"O-OF COURSE NOT! DON'T BE A DUMBASS!" 
As the two kept bickering back and forth, you're head tilted from their fighting state, wondering why they are acting this way to each other. 
That, and the volume of their vibrations were irritating your ears a bit. 
Turning to the shaved human, you tapped his shoulder as his head instantly whipped in your direction. 
'Are these two usually like this?' You asked, causing him to instantly burst out with laughter. 
He was clutching his stomach, you're head tilting in confusion with his laughing state. 
As he finally controlled himself, he whipped falling tears from his cheeks as he looked to you again.
'Those dudes fight twenty-four Seven! They played against each other on their last middle school game!' He explained, causing your gaze to look back to them. 
'Middle school? What's that...?' you thought, feeling more confused than you were before. 
Not wanting to ask further, your face soon formed a cute smile as you looked his way again, soon your feet began to walk towards hinata, who was still bickering with Kageyama. 
"Hmmmmm-hmmm." you hummed out, causing tanaka's eyes to sparkle again. 
'SHE'S SO CUTE I CAN'T-'
"Alright everyone!" Daichi spoke up, soon getting the attention of everyone, except you who was now rubbing the top of Hinata's head.
The orangettes stomach started to flutter, now becoming even more nervous the more you rub his head. 
Sugawara smiled at the sight of you getting along with everyone, already feeling like a proud mom, even though he brought you in last night. 
As the captain smiled, his hand soon formed a fist which suddenly went in the air. 
'Let the game begin!'
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"HYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" Tanaka screamed a battle cry as his full body jumped through the air. 
His face was full focused, his hand was back ready to hit the colorful ball as it flew in the air. 
You were standing by Sugawara, as his face didn't seemed impressed, since he'd played with Tanaka the past two years. 
Tsukki jumped up to block it, but he didn't make it as tanaka's hand hit with full force, the ball zooming down hard onto the floor. 
You're eyebrows rose on how much power the bald human has. Such force, such accuracy, and....so loud.
Suddenly, you're shoulders started to slump, a shaky aroama forming around you as Ennoshita's eyes widened at you. 
You barely saw the ball move, as you're eyes landing on it already onto the floor. 
His power scares you, making you fleet slightly fearful of the bald human, that's until he gave you a handsome smirk, the scariness instantly left you're mind.
Hinata though it was very cool as his face light up, amazed on how cool Tanaka is.  
"YEAHHHH!!!!!!!" Tanaka screamed, instantly pulling his shirt over his head as he waved his shirt around in the air. 
You're cheeks rose with how fit he is, the way the window light shined upon his smooth looking skin, his six pack immediately in your eyes sight. 
It really didn't bother you that his shirt was off, since Tanjiro and his other male friends take their shirts off all the time. 
But, something about how fit this human was made you're heart race, causing Suga to look in your direction. 
He saw smoke coming out of your ears, you're face turning instantly read as you body accidently leaned into Kiyoko, who suddenly caught you. 
As tanaka kept waving the cloth around, Sugawara grew jealous by the way your acting towards it. 
So, he decided to help you out. 
"KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON!" He yelled, causing his other friends to nod in agreement. 
"Yeah, calm down! A girl is here you know!
"Nobody wants to see that!" 
Daichi smiled towards tanaka, feeling kind of embarrassed as Tsukki glared at him, annoyed with the human already. 
"This is what happens when you get Tanaka too worked up...." The captain confessed, as Tsukki just glared at them more, but soon his head moved to look at you, seeing your body onto Kiyoko's as a visible blush was onto your face. 
All he could do was look away, annoyed from how your blushing at a dumb wad. 
"Tch." is all he said as he got ready for the next play of the game. 
The whistle blows again as Daichi served, making the ball successfully go to the net. 
Tanaka had his shirt back on as his knees bent, his arms receiving the ball as it went high in the air. 
The ball flew to Kageyama, who's face was very calm as he set the ball into the air. "Hinata!" He yelled, as the Orange human was already running at a very fast speed. 
You're eyes followed the boy, seeing how an excited smile was plastering his face. 
As his feet stop, his knees bended as you saw his feet instantly left the ground, his body soon flying high into the air. 
Everyone's eyes widened, impressed with his height as you blushed a little at that too, but it was easily hidden with your excited looking face. 
As his hand forcefully hit the ball, it didn't get very far as the loud smack of a wall hit his ears. 
Tsukki managed to block his spike, as the bean pole looked down at him teasingly, like he was digging into the human's sole. 
Hinata was surprised, his face looking at the gym floor as his hair blew as he was floating back down. 
You're eyes noticed them both landing back down, Tsukki's form towering over Hinata, a dark, scary aroama forming around the french fry. 
Gulping, you're fist suddenly clenched as an annoyance grew inside your heart. 
"You took me by surprise before.....You have a really nice jump there." Tsukki spoke up, his eyes soon meeting Hinata's.
A smirk grew onto his face, as he then turned around. "Now if only you were about a foot taller, you'd be a real superstar. Better start taking your vitamins." He teased, the feeling of Keis annoying Vibrations were felt through your ears, making your form start to shake with anger. 
"WHATEVER!" Hinata's Voice spoke up, your ears picking his sudden Vibrations. 
You're eyes landed on him, seeing how his face suddenly changed to a more serious look. 
"ONE MORE!" He yelled, causing your heart to suddenly beat faster. 
'This human is surely confident.....' you thought, not taking your eyes off of him at all.
But, the orange human's cocky state seemed to get the best of him. 
It was 4 to 6, Tsukki's team in the lead as the beanpole kept blocking him. 
It was hard for you to watch as you felt bad for Hinata and Kageyama. 
You've heard they worked so hard from Kiyoko, but it looks like at this rate, they aren't getting anywhere. 
Unless they figure out a plan. 
You can hear each teams Vibrations going back and fourth, figuring out what they are all going to do next. 
"How many times were they blocked now?" Ennoshita asked, causing Sugawara to sigh. 
"Too many to count." He responded, making the Spiky haired human beside him to look over to Tadashi. 
"Well, Tadashi is getting a lot through though, it's almost impressive." He explained, causing the three of them to watch hinata, who had an annoyed look to his face. 
You frowned form his behavior. 
It looked like he wanted to punch the tall human in the face, which won't do good with his reputation to the team. 
Kageyama glared at Tsukki, who was getting praised by Daichi and Yamaguchi. 
'Damn.... He's better than I expected...' he thought, feeling annoyed with him as Tsukki then turned around, meeting with Kageyama's stare. 
"You better snap out of it, buddy, or you're going to keep getting blocked. Why not give him one of your royal sets...The kind that wiped out your opponents...." He joked, causing the setter to suddenly shake with anger. 
The annoyance of Tsukki's vibrations felt more throughout your ears. Making you yourself somewhat more Irritated from before. 
Kiyoko noticed your off behavior, her eyes soon looking at a dark aroama forming around you, which made her slightly squeak. 
You needed to do something...
So,  you decided to take action.
Looking over to Suga who was beside you, you tapped his shoulder. 
Confused, he looked in your direction as you held his jacket out to him, causing his head to tilt even more. 
"MmmhMM!" You just hummed, you're hand still holding out the jacket to him as the setter confusingly looked at you. 
His face then changed to a heartwarming smile, his eyes can tell you want to help which is a nice gesture. 
So he accepted you're little secret plan by taking you're jacket from your hands, the soft feeling of the silk running through his fingers. 
His heart basically fluttered as you were now walking away from him, you're bare feet pattering the floor as you headed over to his friends. 
He watched you pass ennoshita and the Kinoshita, who both noticed you walked by as they began to grow confused. 
"What is she doing?" Ennoshita asked, a blank expression was on his face. 
"I think she's encouraging them? I could be totally wrong-" 
"She's going to play with them." Sugawara spoke up, causing the two to instantly look at him. Both of the second years eyes widened with surprise. "Seriously?? Does she even know how to play?" the human asked, making Sugawara to smile more.
"I don't know, she might totally suck but at least she's going to try and help them." He explained, making the two boys beside him to look back at you. 
Their eyes noticed Hinata's face turning into excitement as you made Volleyball motions with your body. 
Ennoshita couldn't help but let out a chuckle, finding it cute how adorable you're motions are.
But, he immediately sweat dropped as he saw both Tanaka and Hinata tilt their head's with confusion.  "They are clueless aren't they?"
The setter nodded as he looked over to Daichi, soon putting a hand on ennoshita. "I'll be back." he told him, his feet soon walking away as he headed towards the
You're hums rang through the three's ears, their eyes looking at you're charades as you tried to tell them you were playing with the three. 
But sadly, two of them were confused. 
"Are you two really stupid? She want's to play. She's making volleyball motions...." He mumbled, faced away from the two as his face was suddenly bright read. 
You smile from his actions as your hand landed on the setters pretty hair, rubbing the embarrassed boy who soon froze from your actions 
Hinata and Tanaka's face brightened up, their eyes seeing sudden light coming down on your form like you're some sort of savior. 
Both of them shook it off, soon bringing you into a loving hug as it caught you by surprised. 
Slightly jumping from their actions, the warmth of their hug brought you oddly at ease, your hands soon going up to their heads, rubbing them lovingly. 
On the other side, Tsukki looked at the two confused, but slightly weirded out as he saw the waterfall coming out both of their eyes. "What a bunch of Idiots..." He mumbled, slightly Jealous that their hugging you all of the sudden.
Daichi beside him nodded towards Sugawara, who had a hand onto his shoulder. "Do you think she can help, I mean, just look how serious she is-" 
As the two looked your direction, your body soon started to climb in the ball basket, you're body instantly plopping in it as the two of them just sweat dropped. 
"You were saying about how serious she was?" He whispered, causing the setter to laugh from your actions. 
Kiyoko sighed, her form walking in your direction as her arms held you by the armpit's, pulling you up from the ball basket as your little leg's wobbled in the air, you're face turning cute which made everyone except Tsukki's eyes to sparkle. 
'SO CUTEE!' Hinata and Tanaka thought, their hearts feeling like they are going to explode. Tsukki just scoffed, his body suddenly facing away as his arms crossed, his face covering up the small blush forming onto his cheeks. "Can't we continue the game..?" He mumbled, ignoring the loud compliments Tanaka is giving you, his hand rapidly patting you're head as you just smiled up at him. 
Daichi nodded from his request as he looked back to Suga. "It wouldn't hurt them, right? Why not?" Sugawara sighed with relief. "Thank you Daichi." 
The captain just smiled. "No problem. ALRIGHT EVERYONE!  He yelled, catching the attention of Hinata and his teammates. 
You're head looked in his direction, you're mouth giving him a small smile as you bowed with thanks, which made his heart flutter also. 
His mouth soon smirked as his hand formed a thumbs up. 
"Let's get back into it!"
The game continued with Kageyama serving, his serve was really, REALLY powerful, which shocked everyone, especially you. 
But, sadly Daichi received it amazingly as he now had a sly smirk onto his face. 
As the ball flew in the air towards Tsukishima, who was already going to set it. 
"Tadashi!" He yelled to his friend, who was already running up to the net. 
But, you weren't going to let the team sly off so easily. 
Before everyone could get a chance to think they can score, you're small, little body ran towards the net, speeding past Hinata and Kageyama. 
Their eyes followed you, Tanaka's eyes widen on how fast you can freaking run. 
You used your demon powers a bit to help with speed, as a fast flash went by Tsuki's eyes as he set the ball to his friend. 
Everyone's eyes widened as they saw you, about to do something very clever against them. 
As your arms were behind you, you're leg's bended as your feet successfully pushed yourself off the ground, which made your small form Jump super high. 
You jumped higher than Hinata as the Tangerine human and the Setter Human watched you with awe, their hearts growing more mushy while they watch you. 
Your face was completely blank as Tadashi was about to spike the ball, but your hands went completely off, blocking the colorful circle as it instantly slammed straight into the ground. 
It was like slow-motion to everyone as they all saw your body gracefully in the air, you're (H/l) (H/c) hair blowing with you as the color shined in the gym lighting. 
Kiyoko couldn't believe her eyes as her glasses soon fell off her face, making a dropping sound as you gracefully landed back onto the floor. 
Tadashi landed also, as his face was just as surprise, his eyes landing on you as you and him looked at each other. 
Ennoshita-san was shaking, not with fear, but with excitement and surprised, impressed that a small girl like you was able to block so well. 
Sugawara couldn't put it together, you said you didn't know how to play volley ball! How were you able to pull of a block that good!
Not too long after, the silence throughout the gym were interrupted with screams from the humans.
Hinata instantly ran up to you, his hands instantly making motions as you can hear his Voice vibrations going crazy. "WOOOW! YOU BLOCKED HIS SPIKE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING! YOU WERE LIKE BAM, WHOOOSH, WOWW!!!!" 
"SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU DUMBASS, SHE'S DEAF REMEMBER?!" The setter yelled, instantly grabbing Hinata by the head, his legs wobbling through the air. 
Tanaka was soon rubbing your head with his hand, which caused you to lean into his touch as his eyes instantly had tears running out of his eyes. "Little (Y/n) is such a badass! I can't take her cuteness and badass nature at the same time!" He chocked up, his arm soon sunning the falling tears from his face. 
"Wow, that was impressive." Ennoshita got out, as the three of them were still surprised about your actions. 
"She doesn't look like a terrible player to me, that block was freaking amazing." The spikey human replied, causing Sugawara to just slowly nod. 
"Yeah..." Was all the setter responded as his cheeks were colored with red. He saw your hand petting the top of Kageyama's, who froze again from your actions. 
The setter looked to you, his eyes noticing how your smile was specifically towards him, probable to help the boy calm down. 
So, he caved in. 
Kageyama leaned into your touch as his head instantly landed onto you're shoulder, which caused you to let out a cute squeak of surprise. 
Tanaka cried even more when he heard that squeak coming out of your mouth, his heart not handling so much cuteness as Hinata was visible blushing beside Kageyama. 
He couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, you are so nice to his newly friends, it made him happy that a demon is patting the humans heads instead of eating them. 
Whatta sight, huh?
But, something about Kageyama was off. 
It was his fault for the miss up from his serve. 
If he would've calculated that perfectly, then they would've already gotten the point. 
As his eyes glared at the captain, who was looking at you trying to calm down a blushing Hinata, Tanaka wiped his tears while walking over to the setter, putting his arm onto the boy's shoulder. 
"Oi, I know you're upset from that serve back there. Let me tell you something. Steady receives like that are Daichi's specialty." He explained, the shaved human's vibrations twitching your ears. 
Daichi soon was patting a sad Yamaguchi's shoulder, who was disappointed that you blocked his perfect spike. 
Tsukki felt annoyed, his eyes trailing on you as your hand grabbed Hinata's, your face leaning into his touch a bit. 
'I underestimated the little pipsqueak......I got to watch out for her...' he thought, seeing how stupid hinata's acting around you. 
"We gotta keep our guard up Kageyama...." He stated, Causing the setter to sternly nod. 
Tanaka's eyes soon landed on the team in front of them, as they were looking at him back. 
You looked in that direction also, seeing how scary that side could be as the bean-pole human made a scary face, which caused you to instantly hide behind Kageyama.
"They've got mad defense."
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cartoonyfangirl · 9 months
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This is just something that I've been thinking about that is a part of @thepixarau AU world, and that is the outside studios besides Disney and Dreamworks that are included in their AU
So I decided to do my rankings of how each side would be on, We have Allies, Neutrals, and Enemies (Might not be any, but still)
Here's what I got so far!
(The Muppets) - Allies!
Yeah, this was a no-brainer! The reason is actually very sweet, in RL, Pixar actually helped the branch with giving some ideas, and even doing some technical stuff for the 2011 film, which I never knew, but I thought was very nice and kind!
As for the group in the AU, The Pixars would probably get along with The Muppets even more so than the Disney's, why? Two reasons
1. Both are just a chaotic group of characters that while can get on each others nerves they still love each other, to the point of being a family in whole
2. Both leaders always try to keep the group as steady as possible, but even they know that can't be achieved very well
It's just something that I feel like it could work, especially with a chaotic yet colorful group like The Muppets
(Universal) - Neutral
Okay! This one is going to be split for some characters, as some do see The Pixars as good people, while others, not so much, Woody Woodpecker is definitely one of them, in my version, he does see them as interesting, but when he has his limits, he won't hesitate to go "screwy" on them, since while he is more tame and zany, he still has his early 1940-1943 insanity with him
Winnie Woodpecker is the opposite, she enjoys seeing the chaos that The Pixars have, and sometimes has the urge to want to get to know them better, but even she knows that she doesn't want to get in trouble with anyone that's against them in The Universal Lot
Woody.W's other counterparts (Wally Walrus, Buzz Buzzard, Andy Panda) are just as neutral towards the group as they could be, despite Wally and Buzz being enemies themselves
(Illumination) - Neutral
Like Universal, I think the Illumination characters would be on neutral standings with them as well
For me, I feel like The Mario characters and Gru and his minions would get along with The Pixars fine, but for the rest, they either back off, or won't hesitate to fight back, if messed with
(Warner Bros) - Slightly Allies
Yeah, this one is just a me thing, I don't understand why everyone would think Disney and WB would be against each other, quite honestly, I feel like they would work something out (The Pixar and Dreamworks feud works more than that)
For me, The Looney Tunes, as well as the Warner Siblings would be kind of interested with The Pixars shenanigans, but they usually keep it to themselves, as they want to stay focused on what's been happening with their home (Since WB has been kind of been sinking recently)
Otherwise, I don't see why they wouldn't be allies by the slightest
(Etc)
Rocky and Bullwinkle (Allies secretly)
These two are apart of the DreamWorks team, and while they pretend to hate The Pixars, they secretly don't, they feel like they're forced to hate on a group that like their antics, but they know that one wrong move, and William (Or Tigress) won't hesitate to get rid of them (Despite those two being close to Mr. Peabody and Sherman)
Felix The Cat (Neutral)
He is the oldest toon around, and being a crazy toon himself, he does take interest in The Pixars by a bit, but he doesn't really go near them, as he tries to keep his distance away from the toons young and old
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I’m at work but hiding in the bathroom to type this, thinking about an AU where c!Dream’s memory was the only one not ‘wiped’… He’s about to ask c!Tommy what’s going on, then sees Tommy doesn’t recognize Tubbo, and instantly adapts to take his chance.
Nobody remembers what he did and he’d basically have everything he wanted, because, oh, that’s our good friend c!Dream, he’s so nice! Bonus points if Tommy/Tubbo/whoever else’s memories slowly come back in bits and pieces and they don’t know *what* it is, like. They’re building a new church together or something, and Tommy’s standing on one of the towers and just gets this burst of fear and swooping falling feeling in his stomach without knowing why. He flinches when Dream raises his hand once, and doesn’t know why, because Dream’s never hurt him, right?
Tubbo with phantom burn scars on his face, too, sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night feeling like the side of his face is on fire but the skin is normal, seeing a baby piglin or an Enderman and feeling comforted. Tommy having a cow named Henry and Dream keeps making ‘jokes’ about cooking him, which unsettles Tommy way more than it logically should. Tommy waking up missing his brother, before remembering he’s never had one before, but he sees a blue dyed sheep and calls it his Friend. Quackity having much less patience for Dream than everybody else, and not realizing why Dream flinches away from him and always keeps his distance.
Tommy listening to Cat or Mellohi, and instantly having the gut instinct he’s doing something he’s not ‘supposed’ to. He asks Dream about some of the weird jolts of fear and sorrow he’s getting when around him, and if Dream’s been experiencing something like that too, and Dream goes ‘no, I haven’t had anything like that, that’s strange, I dunno what’s wrong with you? I’m your friend, Tommy, I’d never want to do anything to hurt you! :)’ (Lying) And fostering the good old c!Primeboys codependency.
And isn’t it weird how everybody else is getting phantom sensations and memories that don’t belong to them, but Dream’s not reporting anything like that! Strange, right? (He’s the only one that fully remembers it all)
This is how Protege c!Tommy can still win (and then Tommy and Tubbo team up to beat the shit out of Dream when their memories come back because LET’S go!!!) I would make this a fic if I could write, but thoughts? Reboot AU or something - hardreboot
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Training Camp
Emile-A239 x Female! Reader
Synopsis: You knew Emile-A239 back in Alpha Company. You didn't think you'd cross paths again after being separated for different missions. Turns out, it's a pleasant yet upsetting surprise to find out just who the new Noble-6 is.
Content Warning: Angst, Fear of love, Fear of death, Death mention.
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He had a feeling that name sounded familiar. He was hoping by some odd coincidence it was just someone that also had your name. But no, the new Noble-6 was exactly who he thought it was.
"She can't be here..." Emile mutters to his leader, Carter.
"Why not? She's capable and willing to listen to orders." Carter explained to Emile. "I thought you'd know, she went to the same training camp as us. Is there something you aren't telling me? You two always got along."
"It's nothing-"
The fact you two always got along is what scared him. He didn't want you here because he hated you, he just didn't want you here because he cared for you. If anything happened to you it could jepordize the mission.
"Nice to see you all again." You chime, entering the large tent they set up for a base. "Jun, Carter, Hey Emile."
Emile gives you a dismissive wave, too lost in thought. He couldn't tell if he was happy or concerned that you were a part of Noble Team. Only time would tell if he could overcome his worries....
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Emile was still a good comrade to you in battle, just like he was when you were both in training. It was a shame when you had to be moved to a new team. You missed your close friend and never expected to see him again.
Then you were alerted to the passing of another Spartan you trained with, Thom. Noble Team was looking for recruits and you fit what they needed. You expected a decent reunion to meeting them again, if any.
Instead you got Emile, the Spartan you were looking forward to seeing the most, ignoring you. Anything outside of the mission was just not important to him. Including conversation from you.
It... saddened you to know he was ignoring you. You'd understand if you did something but from what you could tell you hadn't angered him. He was just indifferent.
"He's just been like that lately. Nothing you can do about it." Jun huffs.
"He'll get back to his old self in time." Carter tried to reassure you.
Yet despite all your attempts to spark a bond between the two of you again, you're met with cold responses.
"Don't you have anything better to do?"
At some point you felt you should just stop trying. He wasn't going to change and you just needed to focus on the mission. It didn't matter, Emile has changed so now you will too.
You never understood his behavior until he saved your ass once during a mission. Such an action that sparked an argument between the two of you. Only then did you get it.
"You should've been more careful!" Emile pulls you aside after the mission was clear in private.
"I was doing what I could, Emile. I just messed up one-"
"Once is enough to get you killed. It only takes once to lose your life." Emile pushes back, cutting you off.
You're silent, surprised by his tone.
"This is exactly why I didn't want you to join. If you got hurt I couldn't live with myself."
"... So that's why."
You step back, giving Emile some distance.
"You were so distant from me because you didn't want to lose me...."
"As a Spartan you already lose a lot, I wanted at least you to be safe."
"Emile, there's no need to worry."
"What makes you say that?"
You cautiously step closer, a hand on his shoulder.
"I'd put myself in danger if it meant I could be beside you."
Emile seemed conflicted by what you said. You say nothing more, only hugging him quickly. You then walk away to continue your duty. No use being more intimate than that in the field.
Falling in love with you was exactly what Emile feared. Yet the longer he was beside you and after hearing what you said...
Perhaps he should make the best of this while he still can?
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luucarii · 2 years
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lofty frustration
fandom: haikyuu
relationships: sugawara x reader
rating: g
word count: 800
post timeskip, self indulgent as all hell
disclaimer: i don’t write x reader content i just needed to get this out. #sugashouldveplayedmore
It was by complete chance that you found it, folded neatly in a plastic container in the back of your shared closet, buried under tote bags and whatever else you both haphazardly flung in there. 
Koushi always nudged that the two of you should make occasional cleaning a habit, to keep everything upright in the off chance Daichi would stop by after a shift to catch up or if you had felt the urge to host a little dinner party with friends of your own. It was a fun way to bond, somehow always finding a little trinket from one of your pasts that would lead to the two of you taking a “break” on the couch and telling old stories from high school.
But this was something you figured you would’ve seen earlier, a long time ago given how often the topic of Karasuno High would come up during dinner talks. Folded neatly in a plastic container in the back of your shared closet was the unmistakable black and orange of his volleyball team uniform.
“Koushi!”
It doesn’t take him long to poke his head through the door across the room. He bounds over to you in an instant and leans against the frame of the closet, overlooking you with quiet curiosity. You meet his eyes and an eager grin creases your lips. As you leap to your feet, you reach behind you and pull out the shirt and hold it over your body with a prideful giggle.
“Look what I found.”
“Ahh, I forgot I put that in there.” He shuts his eyes and lets out a sheepish chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand. “That takes me back.”
You cock an eyebrow, and with a hand on your hip, you lean closer to him.“Why don’t you have it hung up somewhere? I know you don’t play as much anymore but, yknow, I would’ve figured it’d be pretty important to keep in good shape.”
He doesn’t meet your gaze but laughs again. “Must’ve just forgotten about it.”
“Liar.” You narrow your eyes and push the t-shirt into his chest. “Go put it on, I wanna see you in it.”
“Y/N…” He sighs with a half smile but he knows he can’t say no to you.
He strips off the loose fitting clothes he wore while he cleaned the kitchen, a loose black t-shirt and some sweats (that honestly looked like yours the more you watched as he slid them off) and his uniform soon overtook his figure. For a moment, when you blinked, you could see him back in high school days, where his hair had less volume and his smile showed his passion for volleyball. 
“It still fits.” Koushi mumbles more to himself than to you and you can’t help but giggle. “Yeah… this takes me back…”
You close the distance between the two of you, smoothing out the fabric on his chest and brushing off pieces of lint on his shoulders. “Now, you're gonna tell me why you hid this away?”
“I didn’t mean to hide it.” He rolls his eyes playfully.
“Uhuh?”
Koushi takes a breath. You search his eyes and find nothing but light. In flickers of shadows, you can see his old life as a setter, calls to Asahi to spike, affirmations of a nice receive to Daichi and in the same shadows were his time on bench, calling out for nice serves and reminding everyone on the field to calm down. You had heard stories, endless stories of the freak quicks from his teammates Kageyama and Hinata, of Yamaguchi’s jump floater servers and Nishinoya’s boundless energy in hitting what looked like impossible receives but in the flicker in his eyes you could feel the tension in your chest, the fist-clenching desperation of getting one more point, of winning one more match.
“I don’t regret anything. Not for a moment.” His voice is quiet, a soft, fluttering whisper. Koushi raises his hand, gripping his number in his fingers until the fabric wrinkles. “But I… I wish I could’ve played more. Felt the sweat run down my back, feel the rush of mind thinking about my next play, the sting of the ball hitting my hands…”
“Koushi…”
“I don’t regret anything.” He repeats and for a moment, the sight of his smile makes your heart pang. “Just lofty frustration.”
You reach up to curl your arms around his neck and press a soft kiss to the corner of his lips.
“You know… it’s been a while since I’ve watched you play.” A soft smile creases your lips. “Wouldn’t hurt to give Sawamura a call, maybe see if we can find a few people for a three-on-three?”
He doesn’t say a word but the smile on his face is beaming.
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risu5waffles · 1 year
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Blink and Ten
Well, it's been a hot minute, innit? Wait... i don't think that's how innit gets used. Well... whatever.
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Fuuuuck the boss fight in this one. i don't know if it's some issue wiv changes between LBP2 and 3, or just poor design from the chump, but if your boss fight is lasting 14 goshdarned minutes, something has gone well sideways. The level preceding is actually pretty fun. The first act has a nice gimmick and pretty smooth flow; the second has a couple of issues wiv the speed and distance from some of the obstacles, but is overall an enjoyable bit that gets good use from the grappling hook; then the third act boss just tosses the biggest spanner in the level's momentum. The framing device of the spiteful wizard/game master is cute, tho', and the overall look hits a nice sweetspot for me.
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Someone on the sbureddit had wanted the music from this one recorded, which is why i spent so much time screwing around in that first room. It looks like it's meant to be the hub/tutorial section for a multi-level sidescrolling beat 'em up, which might be fun. Shame it broke the way it did. Don't know if this was originally done in LBP2 and ported into LBP3 or what, but it looks like they were using a custom bot, and once that despawned/refused to respawn, well there goes the only way to interact wiv the level (they may have gone the bot route for sizing/proportion issues wiv the environment, which is something i've run into myself when trying to make things look properly scaled). The music was good, at least.
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Now, i doubt when they made this level, the creator was thinking that 11years in the future someone would put it on YouTube and have to put that whole title on a title card and overlays, but even still... that whole title can piss up a rope. Gods but it is so awkward. And long. The level is. Well. i mean. It is a level. You can definitely say that much.
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This one's fine, really. It's got a nice enough look to it, and a well-chosen Velvet Audio track to back it. Didn't really like that you have to die to pick up one of the few point bubbles, but that's a thing sometimes. i don't know, personally, if it has enough oomph to really deserve its Team Pick, but i don't know what standards they use for that at the end of the day. Plus, like, even if the Team Picks are twice monthly, that's an awful lot of them since LBP1 started. Wait. Are they twice monthly? Have they been going on since day one? Heck. i can't even remember anymore. All i'm saying is all of them are a winner, but not every one is necessarily a winner, you know? There's a LittleBigPlanetarium sticker in here. i used to have an account there. It's always a little bittersweet to see the old fansite stickers in levels.
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We talked about this one last Friday. Pretty sure i've got nothing more to say about it right now.
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i liked this one well-enough. It has a decent, if not particularly zippy pace to it, and the velociraptor stuff was simple, but fun. The presentation was a touch too clean for my taste, but the use of bold red highlights help keep it from looking all drab grey and brown that factory theme levels in LBP tend to drift toward; also there's some nice use of smaller stickers and decorations to give things a good texture. All that said, it has this oddly empty feeling to it that i tend to associate wiv LBP3 levels. Not, like, emotionally empty, just... i don't know... like there's too much screen and not enough in it? Does that make sense? Side note, but i'm kind of ashamed that i've known of shimokita893 as a creator forever, and only just got the pun in their name. This despite it being one that honeybunny used to say all the time.
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Oof but that bounce pad bit. i think they might be too close together, and being in two different layers was making something go wonky, but that section was such a pain in the butt. Also, this level gives us a great example of why we either need checkpoints directly after mechanical heavy bits, or we have to set them up to reset after they've been passed. If you watch all the way to the end of the video (or skip there. It's ok. i don't care about my analytics), you can see a nice bit of me bricking the whole level because i died too early, and instead of having an obstacle to progress the stage again, i just had a big hole to the floor of create mode. Ope.
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This is another one that really needed more playtesting and editing passes. There are a lot of breaks in the level, and communication wiv the player is... well, frequently unclear, you could say. It is very pretty, and it was kind of nice to have an excuse to play as Toggle again. Shame the whole thing is so dark, you often don't get to take in the detail work.
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Nice. Ok, more seriously, we just get this one scene here, and it's presented nicely enough. A bit strange they actually let us play it, instead of locking it into a camera like you usually get wiv eyecandy-style levels. Maybe it's meant for RP? i can't say. i can say the creator left a very nice comment on my level, and i looked at their moon, and they had levels to play, and so we had an episode. That was cool. i'm trying to expand the range of creators i'm looking at.
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i like this one so much. i don't know if it's the best race i've played in LBP, but it's definitely high on the list. Once it gets past a little choppiness early on in the level, it plays so smooth. So much so, i actually wanted to go back and play it (and did) multiple times to see if i could trim a little bit of time off my record, and that's a rarity for me. The way the secrets are tucked away too, is a really nice touch. It's funny, because Woutery is almost exclusively a music creator, so playing this, and it was, like, "wait, could you do this the whole time?" There is a funny little break in the level, but i don't know how i triggered it, and couldn't replicate it, so... guess its just my usual silly luck.
-------------------------------------------- So that's another 10 off the top. Hard to believe we're already at 70episodes in the series; tho', i suppose at an episode a day, they'll pile on quick. i've actually got LBsP episodes sorted (mostly. Just need b-roll for one of them) through to March 3rd, which is good, i really need the extra space so i can work on my own level for when LittleBite-sizedArchive hits 100.
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Solved missing persons case
His name is Dedrick Benard Smith
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He went missing 16 years ago on October 3rd 2006 around midnight after leaving his gfs house, she went on a late night snack run and when she got back he was gone.
His gf mentioned that when she got home his phone was still there and he had changed his shirt before he left. She was surprised he didn't take his phone bc that was something he always kept close at his side.
Apparently he had paranoid schizophrenia and amnesia which could be what lead to this. With out his medications he would have violent mood swings.
I found his birth chart and he's a Leo sun with cancer moon, libra mars square, yikes. That could def explain his violent mood swings.
I didn't find much information on why it took so long to find him but all I found was the police didn't have many leads so the case went cold.
So let's see what his chart shows us
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In case you can't read my handwriting I'll explain below👇
Asc in Leo: Dedricks ruler is the sun in this situation, the sun was in the 3rd house which means he was traveling a short distance in his car at that time.
Moon in the 7th house: What's crazy to me is the moon placement describes exactly what he was doing when he left his gfs house. 7th house would describe another person, a relationship/partnership. Being in the moon which represents our comfort zone and emotions, things were just fine before she left. If she knew he was in danger or having an episode I'm sure she wouldn't have left him alone.
When she noticed he was missing I think she might have been shocked and confused, not sure what to think.
Mercury in the 4th house: He was supposed to be headed to his mom's house that following day but he cancelled at last minute and called to let her know he wouldn't make it bc he was spending the night at his gfs house.
Venus in the 3rd + mercury in the 4th: Tells me he was probably wanting to go to his mom's house/home in general.
Sun conjunct venus: Since Venus is conjuncting the sun in the 3rd house this describes his car exactly, it was a unique color turquoise Pontiac trans am. Venus is beauty, asthetic and the sun represents dedrick here so maybe his car was special to him or his car just stood out in general from the other cars. Something obviously different from the others 👇 even his family mentioned this, that his car was a distinct color.
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Sun conjunct mars: Dedrick in the car and having a sudden severe car accident. Full force, driving fast. Both in the 3rd house describes a vehicle. There was a sharp point on the road that turned directly at the lake he was found, the divers thought that might be what happened. There was no barrier or anything to protect drivers from falling in.
It's important to note what house shows up when it comes to the chart ruler in relation to mars, it can give you a big clue to what type of accident happened.
4th house in Libra end of the matter:
Shows where the body was found and reveals how things ended in criminal astrology
He was found by the adventures with purpose team at Winston lake north carolina. As I was reviewing the footage of them finding Dedricks car, the diver came up to surface after locating the vehicle and said-
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The weather was good, waters were calm and still, no whirlpool or currents to complicate the dive/recovery, car was upright, all windows of the car were up to preserve the remains. The community/law enforcement all came to together to assist in this recovery, so everything went quick and smooth. It was basically the perfect case scenario for any diver were their exact words during the closing statements. Esp for a 16 year old case👇
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This gave me chills as I'm looking into this to make sense of Libra in the 4th house
To me that's what Libra represents, balance, teamwork/cooperation, giving/taking, comfort, partnerships/relationships, beautiful surroundings, nice buildings/structures. The community overall obviously cares for this park and they put time and effort to make it look nice. There's many activities to do there I feel like these things have a lot to do with Libra in general, wanting to promote enjoyable and calm experiences. With golfing it's not a aggressive/impulsive sport and neither is the walking trail or baseball. In golf for example you have to take time to calculate your steps and focus on getting a ball into a small hole. Lol idk what you call that but you get the point, similar with baseball and horseshoe pits, it's more of a mental sport than physical.
🐏Aries(mars)=physical ⚖️ (Venus)=mental
Some info about the park below, click to expand 👇
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There was 2 different parks and 1 water park, so this was obviously a pretty fancy/expensive area. Very much a Libra (Venus) thing. But yeah I'm just trying to give an idea of what to make of the end of the matter, so interesting isn't it? And another thing I noticed is the 4th house basically describes the whole environment, conditions, possible happenings. It told me so much, i'm providing you with facts and also what that chart says, they line right up.
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Moon conjunct Neptune: Delusion, huge imagination, sensitive, easily influenced.
Mars opposite MC: This aspect could explain why it took so long for his case to be solved, MC=The public, Mars his car. Maybe they were looking in the opposite directions, in general finding him was not easy.
Mercury opposite MC: Wasn't found by police/law inforcement as easy as they would like to. Information was lacking, they were left in the dark, not many details about his disappearance. It took them 16 years to find Dedrick. Both mars/mercury opposing MC explains exactly that to me.
A trine or good aspect to the mc would would probably have been easier to find him
Sun inconjunct Uranus: He could of definitely been having a episode/identity issue or forgot who he was. They did say he had amnesia so his ego (sun/heart/outer identity) was detached (uranus/brains/insight) and it was common for him to have these experiences, ending up in random places. He could of been very unstable when this all went down.
I have episodes like that sometimes where I'm extremely sensitive to everyone around me (I have Neptune-moon aspects like Dedrick does on this day) and I want to be away from everyone when I'm feeling like this. It can be very uncomfortable this feeling coupled with his mental issues I think it could of been extreme, Uranus is shocking, unpredictable, gives you anxiety, unable to stay still, in hard aspect to the sun it's like you feel this unshakable urge.
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And this was his car the day he was found on April 2nd, 2022.
RIP Dedrick, I'm sorry this happened to you. He was only 26.
✨Nine of Pentacles✨
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What Jane Austen Taught Me About Running Zoom Meetings
Many of our social interactions happen digital these days, even “face-to-face” ones like Zoom meetings. It’s still just not the same as in-person, whether for meetings, a book club, or just to hang out. There must be a better way to gather digitally. I think a big piece of why digital isn’t working is that we don’t have social norms there.
Social norms are what make a conversation flow smoothly. You see it in how close you stand or sit together, how you take turns, and in the type of space you choose. Basic videoconferencing has none of this: we can’t control distance, audio lags or mutes, and it’s almost always the same black screen of videos from job interviews to birthday parties.
Some tools try to mimic in-person social interactions and norms in digital meeting spaces, kind of like a video game. Each person has an avatar that moves around a digital space and hears nearby conversation. The word for directly recreating things or experiences into digital tools is skeuomorphism. It’s easy for people to learn because it’s just like the other familiar version. But it also can point out the ways that digital just can’t be the same as in-person. Making a videogame-like social event does bring some social norms into that digital conversation, but it also reminds us that we aren’t in person, we can’t shake hands, we look at the whole room like a map instead of from our eyes.
So digital doesn’t work and just mimicking in-person doesn’t make it all intuitively work. So I’m going to look for new social norms.
Actually, I’m going to look for really old ones.
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Regency era England definitely had well-established social norms. Think Jane Austen’s books, like Pride and Prejudice, or Netflix’s Bridgerton. The middle and upper classes of that time easily knew what to expect from each other and what would be expected of them just from where they were and what was going on, thanks to social rules and etiquette. At least some of these social norms feel overly strict to a modern eye. And this is actually what I was looking for with digital social norms. Computer rules are also very, very strict (eventually it’s all 1s and 0s). They don’t give us wiggle room within the rules. In a lecture, you shouldn’t talk, but you can whisper to the friend next to you. But try whispering in a Zoom meeting while muted. So what can Jane Austen’s social norms give digital meeting spaces? I have 3 ideas to start.
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1. Being a host is a social job, not tech support
The host of Regency ball had little in common with a Zoom host. On Zoom, hosting is muting and unmuting attendees, managing recording, and placing avatars in different rooms; tech support. Being a Regency host was social, they greeted each person on arrival, introduced them people they should know, and generally showed them what the ball had to offer. And this was before they entered the ball.
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I think it would be nice to not just appear in a sea of black squares, not knowing who was there and not knowing if conversation had already started. Imagine a one-on-one greeting between you and an organizer who took you to a small group of peers and introduced you, or brought you to the full group after explaining that people are waiting for the actual book club to start but can join breakout rooms to chat in the meantime.
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2. Dancing lets us get to know each other and the group
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Don’t worry, I am not going to ask you to dance in Zoom. Like I said, I’m not here for skeuomorphism. But a major reason for dancing at balls (you know, besides it was fun) was a chance for two people to chat one-on-one and for the larger community to know who was chatting with who. Everyone saw who was dancing not just by looking at the dance floor, but also by looking at people’s dance cards (which they carried or hung on their wrist) and seeing whose name was written for each dance.
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Hybrid teams struggle to get to know each other because they mostly communicate through text or in team meetings with little time for social chatting. Us remote workers miss having a space to just talk, not about work or anything in particular. We could make digital meeting spaces that use voice chat to let pairs of people quickly connect and talk, and use a digital dance card to let the group see who’s been chatting with who.
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3. Candles set the stage and expectations
Little details at a Regency ball could give important cues to attendees. The length of the candles burning in the rooms would tell people how long the ball was expected to last and that told them what was available at the ball. Short candles? A few hours of dancing and some food. Long candles? Settle in for a long night and look for places to take a break with card games or other amusement.
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Digital meetings spaces are entirely missing this. Zoom always looks the same! It doesn’t matter if I’m playing a game with my family or presenting a progress report. The skeuomorphism can help here to bring in the same cues we have in person; make the background a living room for game night or an office for the presentation. But sometimes that just reminds us that we’re not in a living room together and might make the video uncanny. I want digital meeting places to have décor cues that are all their own. Because digital meeting spaces are not just replacements for in person ones. They’re something new and I want us to really explore what we can do with them.
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Since you’ve talked about the twins’ futures, what happens to Jacob Fawley?
He doesn't have a future, he was dead all along.
Okay but in all seriousness, that's a question that can only invoke an "oof" response from me.
Because I always believed Jacob's journey ended when MC's began, and it ended with his death, and MC would have to discover that over time and accept it. That was my theory in the old days and it's what Luca's story is written around. So let's put a pin in that and come back to Luca.
First, let's go with Gail.
Gail and Jacob have never been friendly to one another, even in timelines where they were raised together. Though that wouldn't be a likely outcome as I've always envisioned Gail growing up with Rakepick and Ben. No, the way I see it, Gail first meets Jacob in The Portrait Vault and when she does, her perspective of him is already tainted by R's account of events. But the fact is, nothing R told Gail was a lie. They told her about how reckless and selfish Jacob could be, on his absurd and obsessive goal to learn the secrets of The Vaults (now that I think about it, my Jacob has more in common with Sebastian than any other character...) and how he wanted nothing more than to destroy The Cabal and stop their plans from coming to fruition.
By this point, Gail had come to believe in R and in their cause. Jacob represented everything she stood against, and the personal relationship between these two wouldn't have been in a good place. R may have told Gail that Jacob killed Luca. Or that he hated Gail and blamed her for his distance from their parents. Or that he was responsible for her being sent away. Not sure which story they would go with, only that whatever it is would technically be true - but R sure as hell doesn't tell Gail the whole story.
When she confronts him in the Portrait Vault, she likely wants to arrest him on the spot. But he drops some kind of reveal that stun-locks her and leaves her frozen, unable to carry out the mission. Unsure of what it will be. Maybe R never actually told Gail that Jacob was her brother, that's a possibility. If he drops that bomb on her then, that could be interesting. But they encounter each other a few times throughout Year 6 before the Forbidden Forest, and are antagonistic toward each other, Gail initiating duels and so on. Once Gail turns on R, they would begin to mend their relationship.
Here's a positive twist on events.
I never thought I'd see the day that Jacob and Gail would get along, but in this timeline where Y6CH18 happens, and Gail never takes command of R...I don't see why they wouldn't eventually reconcile. Together, they would fight R, with a little help from Dumbledore and The Ministry. After the conflict is over, Gail becomes an Auror, I had already decided on that. No reason Jacob couldn't as well. I feel like that wouldn't be his style at all, that he would be a free spirit, but Gail would certainly try to persuade him. Whether she was successful or not, the two would keep in touch. They'd become closer. Gail would still find her brother annoying as can be, but she would ultimately love him and look out for him, same as he would for her. It helps that she's already had to adapt to one sibling becoming a chaotic mess in the form of Ben, and I can see these three becoming a powerhouse team.
Jacob probably wouldn't be an Auror, the more I think about it. He'd be an Auror's Consultant, though, for sure. I see Jacob working with creatures, something Gail cannot understand at all. Specifically, he just screams Dragonology. Let's say he works with Chinese Fireballs over in, well, China. Because Jacob doesn't really get people and never has, not since Duncan's death. Gail would definitely visit him, just not at work. I like to imagine Jacob's broken heart is eventually healed though, and he meets a nice muggle bloke he's able to impress with his magic and winged friends. Depending on hoe equipped the new guy is when it comes to dealing with Jacob's unpredictable lifestyle, fiery nature, and dangerous career path...it may or may not work out.
But what about Luca?
Okay. You know the drill. For Luca's story, Jacob is meant to be dead. But what if he's not? What if he's alive during the entirely of Year 6, Year 7, and beyond? Keep in mind, this version of Luca is reeling from the death of their best friend in the whole world, not to mention the total betrayal of someone they had always protected and loved. In Year 7, Luca is miserable. More depressed than they've ever been, and for the first time in their life, it's hit them that they don't feel like they can talk to Jacob about it. They try, they do try, and he even has experiences that are comparable that he can use to relate to Luca. But somehow, Luca has reached a point where Jacob is unable to reach them.
Because Jacob has always been a flawed and lovable figure in Luca's life. They knew it ever sine they were a child, but they always saw him through rose colored glasses and made excuses for his problematic behavior. Just like they did for Merula. He was always their hero, after all. And here's the thing. Merula has always mirrored Jacob in terms of what kind of person she is, and how Luca sees her as a part of their life. But no matter how much Luca defended her, none of that will change the fact that Rowan is dead, and Merula is serving the people who are responsible. Meanwhile, Luca spent five years idealizing Jacob in his absence and breaking their back to set him free. Now, he's free. But the quest to find him set Luca down this path of opening the Vaults. His involvement with R is the reason Luca got mixed up with them as well. (They think that, until they learn the Leader's identity.) Jacob's freedom was not without cost.
Does Luca resent him, and blame him even just a little for Rowan's fate? I think they do. Which is not fair to him, and they know it isn't, but it's how they feel. Similarly, Merula may have had nothing to do with Rowan's death, she may not have known it was going to happen. But when Luca shuts their eyes, they can still see Rowan laying there, spectacles broken, mouth agape. And they will never be able to mentally separate that moment from Merula's deception.
Can you see why Rowan's death just doesn't work for Luca's story?
It puts them at odds with all of the people who are meant to be the most important loved ones in their life. They lose everything, and I don't know how to pick up the pieces or resume their story in that timeline. All I can do is try. Jacob's death may have seemed like the world was ending to Luca, but the truth is, their world was the found family they had created around them-self, so they pulled through. But Rowan's death causes that found family to fracture, especially when combined with the identity of The Hogwarts Mole.
But I'm getting way off topic. This is about Jacob, and his future in timelines where Luca is the protagonist. Well, what's truly ironic is that I think he and Gail ultimately wind up being closer than he and Jacob would be. I think there would be some unspoken tension between them for a while, which Jacob would recognize but Luca would uncharacteristically refuse to acknowledge. They would act like everything was fine until Jacob called them out and demanded they be honest about their feelings, leading Luca to a breakdown where, at Jacob's encouragement, they lash out at him and release the anger they've been holding. It makes them feel much better.
The siblings reconcile to face a common enemy in the form of Farah: Their mother, and my version of Peregrine. I have no concept of how this hero-villain dynamic is going to work. In the Jacob's Death Timeline (also known as the Rowan Lives AU) what really made Farah into someone Luca would despise, is her murder of Jacob. That single act guaranteed that an otherwise kind and forgiving person would not even try to work things out, and that there would be no mercy for Farah. Luca wouldn't kill her, but they also wouldn't save her, even if they might have otherwise. But in this timeline...damn it. I'm thinking about this, let me brainstorm a minute.
Okay, here's a new concept.
Rakepick is the one who killed Rowan. Meaning that, by the same logic I just applied to Farah, she is the one who should be the final villain, instead of Farah. Right? I'm suddenly envisioning Rakepick as the rogue element that R describes. That whatever R might be, Farah was telling the truth about her having her own ambitions. Farah and Rakepick being foils, similar to Carol and Emma from Timeless...perhaps leading to Rakepick killing Farah and seizing control of R herself? I don't know, it doesn't really make sense. I don't have an answer at the moment for how the battle with R ends in this timeline.
What I do know is that after everything's settled, Jacob would likewise accept a job working with dragons in China, but this time he might offer to take Luca with him and get them a similar job. Creatures have always been Luca's primarily passion, and it would be a chance for the two of them to rebuild their relationship...and if this were prior to Hogwarts, I could see Luca not even waiting for Jacob to finish his sentence before they start packing. But this Luca is wiser and also more jaded. They love their brother, but it's a huge commitment to make, and at this point they'd prefer to make their own way. They'd still see him, but they're going to keep living in Britain. Jacob's future plays out relatively the same way, I should think.
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