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The Perfect Storm

South Italy/Romano (Lovino Vargas) x Reader

Warnings: N/A

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"Im looking for the girl with golden hair, she glistens in the sun like a white flower and has the eyes of the clearest blue!" His arms flailed about frantically.

"Good, now when she walks away try grabbing onto her arm or something, just make it look as though you really need help!" I directed, looking up at the actors on the theatre stage. Francis, my lead actor, was in the middle of his scene in my play, 'A Two Lovers Tale', his co-actors were very passionate about this type of work and they worked hard to do well, I appreciated the effort from them all. But then there was Lovino, he insisted on getting a small role in the play and then complained that he didn't have enough lines, but he was our best actor so we put up with him. Unluckily for us Lovino had a twin brother named Feliciano, he was very.... weird could be a word? But never-the-less they were both excellent actors and were needed to improve on skills of all areas. I turned to my co-director and flat mate Elizabeta Héderváry, as usual she had her nose in a book and paid no attention to the performance what-so-ever, I sighed, turning my attention back to the stage I spot Lin Yi Ling, the youngest of the group as well as the most motivated in the company, shyly playing her role as a random commoner on the street that just happened to be attacked by Francis' sharp, loud acting.

The play reached it's climax when a rude interruption brought us to a halt, the doors flew open with great, extravagant force making a large BANG sound as they hit the wall next to them. "Gilbert..." I sighed as the noisy albino entered the room, followed by a very timid-looking Matthew and his brother Alfred after that who was striking what was supposed to be a hero pose? Anyway, I glanced at my watch for a moment before deciding, "Right! That's a wrap, pack up, go home and I'll see you all this Saturday, Don't forget or I will have your heads on a plate and give it to Arthur to cook!!" I stated as everyone started making their way out, I sent Elizabeta home without me too as I had a lot of paper work to complete and she wasn't very interested in things like that.

"BYE!!!" Gilbert and Alfred called out in unison as the noisiest ones left first.

"Bye..." Matthew almost whispered as he left with most of the girls following suit, I waved all of them off and then attended the work I had, completely immersed I hadn't noticed the Vargas brother still in the room.

"Later Feli" The voice jolted me out of my concentration, I looked up to see Lovino watching me from the opposite end of the desk.

"You can go home you know." I said after returning to my work, he replied with a 'Yep' and carried on watching me, forgetting about his presence in the room I started humming the first tune that popped into my head to pass the time.

I had finished my work around 7 o'clock and it was already dark, when I remembered the man in the room I turned to find him asleep on the desk, his face was so cute when he slept 'wait. Cute?!?! Snap out of it Y/N, he won't like you, you're not his type...' I reminded myself before heading over to wake the Italian to shoo him off home. "Lovino, you need to wake up now!" I sang loudly before he awoke with a start and glared around the room as his eyes settled on me they softened slightly, "I'm leaving so get your butt out the door!" I said whilst turning on my heel and heading outside.

"Wait!!" He called out to me, I turned and stared at his features, his strange curl on his head, his brown hair, his beautiful hazel eyes. I looked at him with confusion written all over my face when he sighed and then offered to walk me home, I accepted and we both escaped through the door and locking it after we left. My home was about 45 minutes walk away from the theatre so we took our time, for me, mainly for me to spend some more time with Lovino but I don't know why he was being slow too...

We were about half way when a large thundering sound came from the dark, grey, overcast sky, I flinched slightly as my phonophobia kicked in, the rain rolled in like a ball rolling over grass and it was heavy. Luckily there was a bus stop near by so we took shelter underneath that as the rain pelted down to earth, "Where did that come from?" I started muttering to myself, "The weather forecast was sunny and super hot all day!" I whined under my breath as Lovino looked at me in amusement, I started combing through my hair with my fingers as my eyes scanned the sky for any sign of the rain letting up, unfortunately there was nothing.

I sighed and shivered slightly as a rush of cold ran through me from the rain and the state of my clothes and hair, Lovino looked the same, he had ringing wet clothes and soaked hair. I shuffled closer to him on my seat in hopes of finding some much needed warmth, he looked at me as I got closer, I weakly smiled back before he put an arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. My face heated up when another large boom erupted from the sky and I jumped slightly in his arms, now blushing from two things at once my face was officially warm, "Your scared of thunder?" the Italian asked quizzically, I just nodded hoping he'd leave me alone and not tease me like the kids at school used to do, his grip on me tightened as he brought my head into his chest, I felt somewhat safer there.

"Lo-Lovino?" Damn my stuttering, Lovino just smiled kindly and my face burned up more and more, I pried myself away for a moment.

"Cute..." I whispered when his face gained a pink tint and he pouted and looked away, I smiled and giggled slightly before doing something absolutely daring. I kissed his cheek and smiled widely at him, he smiled meekly before pulling my waist once more and linking his lips with mine, I felt so much love from that one kiss so I returned the favour.

"I... Love... You..." He whispered in my ear after we pulled out of the kiss.

"I love you... Too..." I whispered back, we sat there in each other's embrace for hours until the rain stopped and we went home hand in hand, it sure was a perfect storm...

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#hetalia #romano #lovino vargas #south italy #x reader

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hoogiehowser · 5 years

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MEDIA DIARY JANUARY

:::::::::: MOVIES ::::::::::

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) I liked this so much I ended up seeing it twice. The animation is on a whole different level from everything else in theaters I just can’t believe it. Nothing has immediately endeared me to a character more that when Miles gets to the place where he’s going to put up graffiti and yells “BROOKLYN!” to get the echo. Absolutely perfect.

Happy Death Day (2017) The trailer looked good but the trailer for the sequel looked even better. Good time repeating movie. Way better than Blood Punch. I’m excited to see more of this.

Alien: Covenant (2017) Had no clue what to expect going in but I actually dug it. It’s just Alien again like every Alien movie but what they do with David from Prometheus makes it really interesting. There’s also some straight up slasher movie sleaze that definitely appeals to me.

MacGruber (2010) It’s just a bunch of dick jokes while a bad action movie happens. There’s no clever spin to it.

Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) Wanted to watch this due to the Fast & Furious connection. It’s a great movie about overachievers and getting away with shit. I think Justin Lin is a great director and his unique voice benefits every movie he does.

Collateral (2004) I didn’t realize until the credits that this was a Michael Mann movie but it was so obvious in hindsight. The premise is simple, Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx are great, and everything comes together in a genuinely cool film.

Wilson (2017) Based on a comic I don’t particularly like from Dan Clowes’ grumpy old man phase. The cool thing about the comic is that each page works on its own and has a different art style. The movie can’t do that. But it’s still faithful to the book which means it feels like a series of one page gags strung together until it finishes. Woody and Laura Dern are great though and it is pretty funny at times.

Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare (2018) There was another truth or dare based horror movie a year before that was a Syfy original. The Syfy one is better. The problem with them both is the supernatural contrivances that make people play truth or dare against their will. It’s such a strained premise.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) Guy Ritchie made a King Arthur movie and it feels exactly like you’d expect.

Thoroughbreds (2017) Girl who can’t feel emotions befriends girl who is very politely hiding her extreme emotions. Things get bad when they start to think about murder. Anton Yelchin plays a druggie scumbag loser. It’s such a good movie. 100% my kind of thing.

:::::::::: TV ::::::::::

The Great British Baking Show (Beginnings, Collections 1-4) Got addicted to this one. I love cooking competitions shows and pleasant ones are usually the best. I like seeing competitors that like each other. I like Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry not trying to tear people down. I love Mel and Sue. It’s just a nice show for the nice people.

Toei Spider-Man (Episodes 1-5) I’m not a big toku guy but Spider-Verse got me curious about various Spider-Men. Takuya Yamashiro wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider, he was injected with blood from the last survivor of Planet Spider and carries out a mission against Professor Monster’s Iron Cross Army to avenge Planet Spider and his own father. Next to nothing present from the classic Lee/Ditko Spider-Man and that’s totally alright. I’m going to try to watch more because the episode where Spider-Man has to donate his blood to hurt child has some serious heart.

The Prisoner (Episodes 7-17) I started watching this a while ago but only now got around to finishing. Mostly super clever plots and the atmosphere is always great. Patrick McGoohan sells it every single time. Some of the later episodes go really off the rails though. There’s an entire wild west episode. Nothing in this stretch tops my favorite episode, The Schizoid Man, where Number Two brainwashes Number Six to act differently and then forces Number Six to pretend to be Number Six while a different man is already pretending to be Number Six. The ending is solid though and carries a really good tv series to a confusing, surreal end.

Cutthroat Kitchen (Season 7, Episodes 1-7) Polar opposite of The Great British Baking Show. It’s the Mario Kart of cooking competition shows. Everyone tries to fuck each other over and Alton laughs at them the entire time. It’s brilliant.

:::::::::: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ::::::::::

TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro ‘19 (January 4) I don’t follow TJPW and don’t know any of their wrestlers besides Meiko Satomura but I watched this because it was on before Wrestle Kingdom. Meiko vs Reika Saiki definitely made the show worth watching and the rest was pretty alright. Lots of fun, new personalities that I like.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 (January 4) Probably the most I’ve looked forward to a show and it absolutely delivered. For the past few years I’d watch WK and recommended matches but in in July I started following everything NJPW. That added investment made this WK special. Ibushi/Ospreay tore it up and I really hope Ibushi recovers soon. Jay White/Okada shocked me. Naito/Jericho was fucking brutal. And Kenny Omega vs Hiroshi Tanahashi was a match I was so invested in that I thought I was going to cry. If you haven’t checked out New Japan yet this show would make an excellent start. GO ACE!

Impact Homecoming (January 6) Impact has gotten pretty good. I’ve only seen a few of their most recent ppvs but it’s obvious that they have a wealth of talent and they’re willing to tell the kind of dumb stories that I really like. Since Homecoming was in Nashville I went and it was one of the best shows I’ve been to. The energy was insane all night and LAX vs Lucha Bros has to be the best match I’ve seen live. Now that they air on Twitch I’ve been following the weekly show and enjoying it quite a bit.

WWE Royal Rumble (January 27) I always love the rumble but the rumble was weird. Both rumble matches were okay but filled with dumb stuff and way too many recovery spots that were immediately deflated by the person getting eliminated. I like the winners. AJ/Daniel didn’t deliver like I wanted. Sasha and Ronda had a good match. I loved how Finn Balor worked Brock Lesnar’s diverticulitis. Fun show.

NXT UK Takeover Blackpool (January 12) NXT UK doesn’t really grip me aside from the women’s division. I liked this well enough but nothing really changed my mind. Finn Balor made a surprise appearance and he looked like such a star compared to everyone else. Excited to see what WALTER can do here though.

GCW 400 Degreez (January 12) GCW’s brand of hardcore indie nonsense is my absolute favorite. 400 Degreez isn’t the best they’ve done but it was full of disgusting beautiful deathmatch bullshit. Markus Crane vs Nate Webb especially.

NXT Takeover Phoenix (January 26) Takeover always delivers. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet was definitely the match of the night. I don’t dig the War Raiders schtick but their match was great. Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler also killed it.

:::::::::: COMICS ::::::::::

One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Volumes 1-10) I wanted something long to start reading so why not One Piece? Enjoying it so far. I like getting the crew together and Usopp’s story in particular is great. Oda is a master cartoonist. I love every time we get reaction faces.

Spider-Man: Fever by Brendan McCarthy Spider-Man fever got me wanting to revisit Spider-Man: Fever because I remember liking it. I still like it. Doctor Strange accidentally opens a doorway into a spider dimension and Spider-Man gets caught in Doctor Strange’s bathtub and the alternate dimension spiders take him. All this and McCarthy’s art make Fever pretty far out.

Spider-Man 2099 by Peter David, Kelley Jones, and Rick Leonardi (1-15) Miguel O’Hara wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider, he had Peter Parker’s DNA put into him by weird future DNA machine and he wages war against the gigantic corporations that control everything. I like Spider-Man 2099. Miguel is so different from the Peter Parker archetype and he’s got claws and fangs. He’s brutal. It’s got a neat post-hero future kind of like Batman Beyond. I stopped reading because the next part is a crossover with Punisher 2099, Ravage 2099, Doom 2099, and X-Men 2099. I’ll hopefully pick it back up because I want to know what happens with the hologram that’s in love with Miguel.

Spider-Man by Kazumasa Hirai & Ryoichi Ikegami Yu Komori was bitten by a radioactive spider and he definitely wishes he wasn’t. It starts off a lot like our usual Spider-Man but the villains are so much more tragic and Yu deals with some heavy shit. Ikegami’s art evolves from cartoony to serious as the tone of the book changes. He’s a really incredible artist who is consistently pulling neat tricks and trying new things. I really liked this and it may top my favorite Spider-Man comics. It’s just so bleak and unforgiving to poor Yu. By the way, the final plotline is exactly the same as the Sonny Chiba movie Wolf Guy. Turns out the comic that movie was based on was written by the same guy that write Spider-Man. An odd find.

:::::::::: VIDEOGAMES ::::::::::

Axiom Verge Had my eye on this for a long time and finally picked it up on sale on my Switch. It’s okay. There are a lot of clever ideas here that I don’t think work for me. But I do like the decorrupter and the teleport. Some of the movement feels great but some stuff like the grappling hook feels awful. I hate the story. Completely incoherent sci-fi nonsense. But it’s a fun game and I enjoyed my time with it.

Hollow Knight I’ve spent about 30 hours on this game and I feel like I’m close to the end of the story. I absolutely love it. The movement, the combat, and the exploration all feel excellent. I’ve played over ten metroidvanias in the past year (I really like them) and this might be the best. My favorite part about them is how you’re almost never wasting time because there are new secrets to discover all across the map and Hollow Knight does such a good job with that.

#media diary

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