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novelcain · 1 year
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I will never forget the day my former boss looked me dead in the eyes on my orientation day and said: I'm a great judge of character. I can tell that you're an extrovert.
Me nervously laughing because every time I had interacted with this man I was masking my ass off to get this job and most certainly was NOT an extrovert but also didn't want to somehow risk my new job by saying otherwise: Yep! You got me!
#there was also this one time i got this male customer by himself at noon so ofc he just had to talk to me#and this bitch literally asked are you always this bubbly?#and i said yes ya know like a liar#because wtf else am i supposed to say?#no i'm actually never like this and if my wages didn't come from GENEROUS tips of my customers i'd never show a single ounce of emotion#bc im autistic (didnt know it at the time tho) and i really hate dealing with bitches like you first thing in the morning#and then this bitch had the NERVE to ask me YoU wErE rAiSeD bY ChRisTiaNs WeReNT yOu?#and i was so shocked i didn't know how to respond and ended up fumbling out I'm actually not Christian#AND THIS MOFO HAD THE AUDACITY TO SAY oh i can tell but that's not what I asked#LIKE BITCH WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE#so me just wanting desperately for this conversation to be over i nervously say yes#and he says yeah i can tell you were raised by a good family#WHEN I TELL YOU THIS WAS THE CLOSEST I EVER CAME TO BREAKING I COULD FEEL MY EYE TWITCHING WITH HOW ANGRY I WAS#I SWEAR I WAS ALMOST SCREAMING AT THIS MAN ABOUT HOW TRAUMATIC IT WAS GROWING UP WITH A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FAMILY#luckily i kept my composure (and my job) and awkwardly replied haha yeah... i should go check if your food is done now#AND WHEN I TELL YOU I FUCKIN SPRINTED TO THE KITCHEN#istg you couldn't pay me all the money in the world to work customer service ever again#fuck that fuck olive garden and fuck that guy in particular#there's reason you was eatin lunch alone bitch
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atlafan · 4 years
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Take it Slow - Part Forty-Six
a/n: okay this is my first shot at a harry:y/n fic, and it will be multiple parts. y/n had a bad experience with an ex over a year ago, and finally accepts her coworker and good friend Niall’s invitation to go on a blind date with his friend Harry.
Warnings: Fluff and Smut.
Masterpost (all previous parts can be found in the masterpost)
“Hallelujah!” Harry hears you from the bathroom Thursday morning and he chuckles. “She gone.” You say coming out, dressed for work.
“Good, so I won’t need to use a condom tonight?” He asks pulling his pants on.
“Nope.”
“Thank god.” He wraps his arms around you. “Missed really feelin’ ya.”
“Me too.” You kiss him. “I gotta go.”
“Party’s this Saturday right?”
“Yup, hotel is all taken care of. I’m so excited!”
“It’ll be nice to get away for a night.”
“Mhm.” You kiss him again. “Hey, why don’t I come visit you at lunch today?”
“But I like comin’ to your office, we have way more privacy there.”
“You don’t have a break room?”
“We do…”
“So we’ll eat in there.” You shrug. “I like seeing you at work. You’re like in action.” Harry looks you up and down. You had a light grey pencil skirt on and a navy long sleeve blouse. You’d turn heads for sure.
“Alright, sure. Come see me.” You kiss him one last time, and head out.
//
You can’t wait to see Harry at lunch. Your morning was full of meetings, and your class was just about to start. You got emailed your syllabus and you were already feeling a little overwhelmed. You get up to the studio with your lunchbox and you’re greeted by the young man, Isaac.
“Hello, may I help- oh! It’s you.” He smiles. “What’s your name again?”
“Y/N.” You smile.
“Right! You’re Harry’s girlfriend.”
“That I am.”
“They’re just finishing a quick staff meeting if you wanna have a seat.” There were a few lounge chairs near the reception desk.
“I can’t go wait for him in his office? He does it to me all the time.”
“Well…normally I’d say yes, but these staff meetings can get kind of heated.”
“Who knew there was so much drama at a magazine that’s so tranquil?”
“Oh honey, you have no idea.”
“Because I think you’re a fuckin’ moron, that’s why.” You whip your head around to see Harry being followed by someone.
“I’m the moron?! Really? First you stick me with some little-“
“Stop! She’ll hear you.”
“I don’t care, let her hear me!”
“You’re such a bitch sometimes Mykenzie, fuck.” Your jaw drops. You had never really heard Harry talk like that before, especially not to another woman.
“My work load has essentially piled up because I’ve had to work with her. Same goes for Paige. I think you and Mariah could handle having some extra hands next week so we can have a break.”
“That wouldn’t make any sense! Neither of those girls are interested in the work Mariah and I do. Julia wants to write, and Dana wants to cobble the magazine itself. I don’t know how to use Illustrator, Paige does, so she can keep Dana. By the way, I haven’t heard a fuckin’ peep outa Paige, so I think you’re the only one with the problem. But I’m not surprised. You’re always, always the one to challenge any idea I have.”
“Because you’re ideas are shit, just like your pictures.” His jaw tenses.
“Get the fuck away from me now.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.” She fake pouts. “Did I upset you, daddy?”
This is when you feel the need to step in. Isaac tries to stop you, but you keep walking.
“Hey.” You say. Harry’s eyes soften completely when he sees you.
“Hi!” He kisses you on the cheek. “I just need to heat my food up, we can go down and eat in my car.” He looks back at Mykenzie. “Afraid I’ll lose my appetite if I stay here any longer.” He grabs your hand and pulls you into his office. “Need to heat yours up?”
“No, I did before I left.”
“Alright, back in a tick.”
The girl looks you up and down and scoffs. You sigh and try to ignore her, but you can’t get what she said out of your mind.
“So, you’re the girlfriend?” She finally asks you, standing in the doorway.
“That’d be me, yeah.”
“How nice for you. Sure he’s a real pleasure to have around.” She says sarcastically.
“Actually he is. He’s the sweetest guy I know.”
“Rather short fuse, don’t you think?”
“Don’t see that side of him really. He’s pretty calm around me.” You cross your arms over your chest. “You were fighting over your interns?” She rolls her eyes. “I have an intern at my job too, he’s actually a really big help from time to time. It’s less annoying if you actually try to make the best of it.”
“They’re just so annoying. And all she wants to do is talk about him. Bad enough I have to see him every day, don’t really wanna talk about him.”
Julia was walking towards Harry’s office to ask him about lunch. She stops short when she sees you, but continues walking because she knows she has to ask Mykenzie about lunch too.
“Mykenzie? I’m taking the lunch orders.”
“Greek salad with shredded chicken, dressing on the side.”
“Right…um, hi.”
“Hello.” You smile at her. Harry walks back over cautiously, but furious.
“What the fuck are you doin’ hangin’ around my office for? Leave her alone.”
“We were just chatting, H. Chill.” He takes a deep breath. “Julia, didja need somethin’?”
“No, I can see you don’t need takeout today.”
“Nope.” He smiles and grabs your hand. “Be back later.” He says to Isaac. “I work in a fuckin’ looney bin!” He says once you’re in the elevator.
His car was parked in the garage, but it was still a little chilly so he turns it on. He cracks open his container and starts eating.
“You’re not eatin’ love…” You look down then back at him.
“Did she…did she call you daddy? Did I hear that right?” He nearly chokes on his food, and swallows harshly. “Sort of hard not to hear. You could hear a pin drop up there.”
“Then you know the answer to your question.” He was sweating. This is why he always came to your office.
“Mhm, so let me rephrase. Why did she call you daddy?”
“I don’t wanna talk about this right now, you’re just gonna get mad at me.”
“Harry…” You sigh. “Look, I don’t really care about what you did in your past, but…you work with this woman every day and she’s pretty…”
“Please don’t be jealous, I really can’t fuckin’ stand her.”
“Then why’d she call you that? Is it like an inside joke or something? Are you like the daddy of the office?”
“I wish that’s what it was. When I first started here we hooked up…on more than one occasion.”
“How does that even happen?”
“I don’t know, we went out for drinks, showin’ the new guy around that sorta thing. Went back to her place and so it goes.”
“Okay, but-“
“She liked using that word. I never asked her to use it.” You furrow your eyebrows at him. “You don’t believe me?”
“It’s not that I don’t believe you…I just know you can be kind of…well, you like to be the one in charge, so, I mean you must’ve liked it. And how often does she throw that in your face?”
“First time she’s done it in a while. She does it to get under my skin because she’s a fuckin’ bitch. I think she was hopin’ I’d quit or somethin’ early on.” He sighs. “I’m sorry you had to hear all that.”
“It’s okay. So…I have nothing to worry about then?”
“God no! I have absolutely zero feelings for her. It was literally just sex like…years ago.”
“Seems like she’s not over it…you.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know, I could just tell by her body language.” You shrug, finally eating some food. “Lotta body language up there. I quite literally think everyone I’ve come into contact with up there has a crush on you. You work in an extremely feral environment.” You laugh.
“I think it’s because I’m so mysterious. I don’t talk much to the majority of them.”
“And when you do, are you like that?”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know…scary?”
“I scared you?” His face falls.
“Not necessarily, you just seemed so angry.”
“I’m fuckin’ furious. They’re makin’ such a big deal out of nothin’. Why bother hiring interns if you’re not going to use them to the fullest potential. Makes absolutely no fuckin’ sense.”
“You can’t blame them when even you don’t want to work with them.”
“I have no reason to. I prefer to stick to myself to get my work done. Besides the work they wanna do doesn’t even pertain to me, it would be a waste of time. Also, I really don’t need two little girls starin’ at me for eight hours a day.”
“Maybe you could do somethin’ to make yourself less attractive.” You joke.
“But my personality is also just so charmin’.” You both laugh. “So, you’re really not mad.”
“No, how could I be? It was way before we met, and you’re telling me I have nothing to worry about, so I’m not worried about it.” You finish up your food. “I know where I stand with you, I’m not threatened.”
“None of the people up there even come close to you. If anythin’ they should feel threatened.”
“I think that girl Julia does. She stopped short when she saw me, and cautiously approached. Very interesting.”
“Want some gum?”
“Please.” He hands you a piece and you pop it in your mouth.
He looks at you and smiles, leaning in for a kiss. He sees the clock on the dash.
“Feel like a walk, still got thirty minutes.”
“I don’t have my sneakers otherwise I would.”
“Wanna come back up? I can show ya what I’m workin’ on.”
“Okay.” You smile and follow him back up.
Everyone was off eating their lunches so it was quiet. Harry closes the door behind him and tells you all about the project he’s been working on. You’re very impressed with his work.
“You’re so talented baby.”
“Thanks.” You look down at your watch.
“I should probably get going.”
“I’ll walk you down to your car.”
“You don’t have to do that.”
“I want to. How else can I get a kiss in private?”
“Ohhh, I see.” You wink at him and put your jacket on. He holds your hand for everyone to see as folks roam back to their desks.
Julia and Dana are chatting with Isaac.
“I’ll be right back, just walkin’ my girl to her car.”
“Sure thing, H.” Isaac says. “Can you believe that woman did that to his neck the other day? She doesn’t look like the type.”
“Did you see how mad Mykenzie was after they left for lunch? Thought she was going to tear me to pieces.”
“I’ve never seen H like this before. He’s had girlfriends here and there, but none that he would ever let come here. Probably in fear of them running into Mykenzie. She really held her own though, I was impressed.”
“She’s super intimidating, did you see how she was dressed? So fancy.”
“She must work at a nicer office than this.” Isaac shrugs.
Harry gives you what feels like a million kisses before letting you drive off. He tells you how much he loves you and waves. He comes back upstairs and sees the same three people chatting.
“Did you have a nice lunch, H?”
“I did, thanks. How bout yourselves?”
“Yup.”
“Mhm.”
“Yes.”
“Can I ask the three of you somethin’, and be honest. Am I scary?”
“You’re intimidating.” Isaac says bluntly. “But not scary.”
“Do you all get frightened we start yellin’ about?”
“No…you all make it look so normal.” Dana says.
“Your girlfriend is really pretty.” Julia blurts out. Both of Harry’s eyebrows raise.
“Um…yeah she is, isn’t she?”
“Where does she work?”
“At a marketing agency.”
“Ohhh, so that’s why she dresses like that.”
“Like what?” He scoffs.
“All fancy. We walk around here in raggedy jeans and t-shirts.”
“We’re not really seen by the public, so it doesn’t matter. She’s constantly meetin’ with clients and what not. So she has to dress a little nicer.”
“Makes sense.”
“Now look, I know there’s been a bit of drama over the two of you this week, but stand your grounds. You’re both here for a reason and I won’t let those idiots ruin it. Has Myk taught ya anythin’ yet?”
“Sure, lots of stuff. She just has a sour attitude.”
“And what about Paige?”
“She’s been really nice actually.”
“Good. Ask for Myk, that’s just her. She’s a miserable cu-“
“Harry.” Isaac nods his head towards her.
“Thanks mate.”
“What are we all gossiping about? Lunch is over ladies, let’s get back to work, hm?” They both nod at her and disperse. “Have a nice break?” She asks smugly.
“Can I speak to you privately for a moment?” He gestures towards his office. They both go inside but he leaves the door open. He crosses his arms over his chest. “I just had to have a very uncomfortable conversation with my girlfriend because you felt the need to call me a certain name.”
“What? Da-“ He puts his hand up.
“Don’t say it again, to me, ever. All that happened a very long time ago, I don’t want it bein’ brought up again.”
“Why, it make her upset?” She says with fake concern.
“No, she was actually pretty unbothered. It made me uncomfortable though, so it’s enough.”
“Unbothered?”
“Yeah, it’s called trust, look it up.” He sighs. “Look, I get you’re annoyed right now, but let’s play nice, alright?”
“Whatever.”
“Don’t think your boyfriend would very much like it if he knew you were talkin’ like that to someone else.”
“No, suppose he’d have to teach me a lesson wouldn’t he?” She turns and walks out.
“Close the door f’me!” She yanks it shut. “Cunt.” He says under his breath.
//
Harry can’t wait to get home to you. You were fixing up dinner when he walked in. Your smile always took away any stress he might have carried home with him. Suddenly all of the times he’s come home annoyed made sense to you. You weren’t sure how he was able to get anything done with all those distractions.
“Hi.” Kisses you on the cheek. “Mm, somethin’ smells good.”
“Roasted veggies tonight with some rice. Only needs another thirty minutes in the oven.”
“Thanks for cookin’.”
“Course.”
“I asked to work from home tomorrow, this has been the longest fuckin’ week. He groans. “So I’m not gonna get up with ya tomorrow, I need to sleep in a bit.”
“Alright.” You push a few curls that fell onto his forehead back. “So…what would you like to do for the next 30 minutes?”
He grins at you and cups your cheeks in his hands, pulling you in for a kiss. You wrap your arms around him and pull him closer to you.
“Bring me to the sofa.” You say against his lips. Without hesitation he lifts you up and does as you say.
He sits down, keeping you on top of him. You tug at the hem of his shirt and lift it up over your head. You attack his chest with kisses and reach for to unbutton his pants. He lifts up so you can tug his pants his boxers down to his knees. You hike up your skirt. (You took your nylons off when you got home.) His hand grazes your center, and rubs at your already swollen clit through your panties.
“You’re already soaked, were ya thinkin’ bout me?”
“Yes, been thinking about you all day.” You kiss on his neck as he continues to rub you.
He smirks and tugs your panties to the side. You lift up and he guides himself in. You both moan at the contact.
“Feel so fuckin’ good, angel.” He says into your ear, sending a shiver up your spine. He nips at the skin just below your earlobe as you move up and down on him.
“Fuck, Harry.” One hand tugs at his hair while the other his clutching at his shoulder. His hand moves back to rub at your clit. He pinches it at first and then rubs down hard on it with his thumb. “Shit!” You groan.
“Like when I do that?”
“F, faster.”
Your mouth finds his as he rubs your clit faster. He swallows all of your moans until you have to detach yourself from him just to catch some air. He thrusts up and your back arches. He hit bottom just as you came.
“Harryyyyyy.” You moan out and tuck your face in the crook of his neck. “Fuck.”
He continues to thrust up into you, slowly, knowing that you were no sensitive. He just wanted to bend you over the sofa he could come, but you two still hadn’t gotten there yet. You had been so open and willing to a lot these last couple of weeks, but that was still uncharted territory.
“Can I come in your mouth?” You scrunch your face. You didn’t want to taste yourself on him. “Please, baby? Wanna feel those pretty lips wrapped around me.” You tighten around him, feeling aroused by his dirty words.
“But I…don’t you like the way I’m wrapped around you now?” You start to move up and down on him again. “Doesn’t this feel good?”
“Feeels amazing.” He looks at you. “But I really wanna come in your mouth.”
“But I wanna feel you fill me up.” You whine. “Won’t you do that for me?”
“Who said this was the only time this was going to happen tonight?” You bite your bottom lip and smile.
“So if I, shit, if I do this for you now, you’ll fill me up later?”
“Yes, I promise.”
In a swift motion you get off of him, and get on your knees. You don’t think much about the taste as you follow your cheeks around him.
“That’s it, takin’ me so well.” ­­­­His head rolls back as bob up and down on him. “M’gonna come baby.”
His hot come shoots out into your mouth, and you swallow every last drop. You dab the corners of your mouth for anything that might have spilled over. You stand up and pull your skirt down. The time goes off and you pad over to the oven. Harry pulls his boxer and pants back up and goes into the kitchen, grabbing you both a couple of bowls for your dinner. He kisses you on the cheek.
“Love you.” He says sitting down at the island.
“Love you too.”
Later in the evening, after watching a little TV, you both decide to go into the bedroom. You both do your nightly routines and get settled in bed. Harry moves to hover over you and starts kissing your soft lips.
“Harry?”
“Yeah babe?”
“Should we try, um, what Dr. Mara said?” He gets off of you and you both sit up.
“What exactly do you wanna try?”
“Well… like she said, we could just get into the position. I have underwear on and so do you. Maybe you could just like…press up against me or something?”
“Are you sure you wanna do that now?”
“Gotta start some time, right.”
You shift and flip over and get on your elbows and knees. Harry gets behind you, and you look over your shoulder so you can see him clearly. His hands grip your hips lightly and pulls your butt up more.
“Okay so far?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
“I’m gonna press against you now.”
“Okay.” You face forward and brace yourself.
Harry lightly presses against you. You shift a little, but you feel fine. You feel him start to harden against you and he presses harder.
“Okay!” You inch forward. “That’s enough.” He backs up. You turn over and sit cross-legged in front of him. You take a deep breath. “Good start.” He sits the same way you do.
“What scared you?”
“I don’t know I got nervous…”
“I’m going to suggest something, just keep an open mind.”
“Alright.”
“So, like, you get scared because you can’t see who’s behind you, right? And you’re picturin’ him?” You nod your head yes. “And obviously it would hurt your neck too much to keep lookin’ back at me. So, what if we tried some of these things in the bathroom where we have that large mirror. I’m not even talkin’ fuckin’. We can literally do what we just did, but at least you’d be able to see me.”
“That’s actually a really good idea. Maybe we could try that tomorrow?”
“Sure, anythin’ ya want.”
He caresses your cheek with his hand, and you turn to kiss his palm.
“Thank you for always being so wonderful to me, I love you so much.”
“I love you too. We’re in this together after all.”
“Would you like to fill me up now?” You ask shyly. He nods and you lay back down.
Harry hovers over you and discards you of your panties and shirt. He gets rids of his boxers and his hands move all over you. His fingers run up and down your slit before going up inside. You moan at the way his fingers feel as they curl up. Harry should really write a book on how to have sex, he was just so good at it.
“Want you now.” You whine.
“Yeah? Want me cock babe?”
“Please, need it so bad.” He smirks and parts your legs further as he pushes inside of you. “Wasn’t enough earlier.”
“No?”
“No, it was too quick. I like when we take our time.”
“Got all the time in the world for you, angel.”
Harry pumps in and out of you slowly while his thumb works your clit. He always knew exactly how to make you squirm beneath him.  You couldn’t get enough of him.
“Yeah, fuck me Harry.” He plants kisses to your neck. “Your cock is so big, feels so good.”
“Love it when you talk to me like that, keep goin’.” He says into your ear.
“Love the way your hard muscles feel against me, you’re so strong.”
Harry’s dick hits your g-spot repeatedly while he rubs your clit. You start panting and wrap your legs around him tightly.
“Harry!”
“That’s right, say my name baby.”
“Harry! Fuck, fuck, fuck, nghhhhhhh.” Your nails claw down his back as you reach your climax.
“Shit, that feels good.” He says against you. You run your nails down his back again and goosebumps raise on his skin.
“You wanna come baby?”
“Mhm.” He nips at your collar bone. He moves his pelvis round in a circle and you gasp.
“Harry.” You start panting again. “Harry, please. Want it so bad.”
He thrusts in and out of you sloppily until you feel him press his hardest, and you feel the warm liquid shoot inside you. Harry pulls out slowly, and before his come and leak out of you, he presses two fingers back inside you. You gasp from being overly sensitive. Your eyes nearly pop out as you watch him.
“What, ngh, what are you doing?”
“You keep sayin’ how you wanna be filled up, figured you’d wanna stay full of me for as long as possible.” Your jaw drops and your eyes dart to his fingers plugging up his come inside you.
“That’s…so hot.” You make eye contact with him and he leans in to kiss you. He slowly takes his fingers out of you. He looks at you for a second. “What?” You bat your eyelashes at him.
All he does is hold his fingers that were just inside you up. They were covered in the mixture of the two of you, but mostly him. Your eyes dart to his fingers then back to his eyes. You look at him as if asking, you want me to? He nods his head yes. You lick your lips and part them. He sticks his fingers inside your mouth and you suck on them. He groans watching you lick them clean. You try not to focus on the taste, just the pure intimate thing you were doing. Something that would remain between the two of you.
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ilovemygaydad · 5 years
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Little Talks
from the friends in dark places au
pairing: remile, background logince, background moxiety
summary: remy andersen may be a stubborn, rude, leather-jacket wearing prick, but... nope, that’s it. that’s all he is.
WARNINGS: angsty mutual pining, teasing, flirting with someone else’s boyfriend (in a teasing manner), self hate, internalized enbyphobia, internalized transphobia, internalized queerphobia, doubting one’s sexuality, anxiety, trying to change for a crush, physical violence, transphobic slur, fighting, broken/bloody nose, small fight scene, doubtfulness, lots of swearing, mentions of wanting to die, manhandling, harassment, making out, kissing, flirting, being flustered, bets, possibly something else
tag list: @hufflepuffgirl01 @cocobearthe4th @cas-is-a-hunter @band-be-boss-blog @theunoriginaldaisy and, by request for remile, @notalwaysthevillian
a/n: jsyk, it’s totally okay to ask for a modified chapter if you need it or if i need to add tags! i get it, and it’s no problem for me to quick edit a chapter or whatever :) also, feel free to send requests or questions that you have!
first of main plot - companions
consider buying me a coffee (please)
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Remy dramatically flopped onto the bench at Logan’s table with an equally dramatic huff.
“Remus, why have you suddenly decided to… grace us with your presence?” Logan deadpanned.
“Lo, sweetheart, can’t I just sit with my cousin and his lovely friends every once in a while?”
“No,” Logan said. “You cannot because there is never a time that you interact with me if it isn’t for a favor or to insult me.”
Remy gasped, glancing at the other patrons of the table. The emo one looked confused and borderline terrified, and Remy would feel bad if his problems weren’t more important. “Can y’all believe what he’s saying? I’m hurt, truly.”
“Just say whatever it is that you want to so that we may go back to eating our meals in peace.”
“Fine. I need help wooin’ this absolute doll of a girl, and--”
“Hold up,” Roman interrupted. “I thought you were gay.”
If Remy had rolled his eyes any harder, he might have strained a muscle. “Ro, honey, I’d have to be deader’n dirt if I wasn’t attracted to Emile freaking Picani. Ain’t no sexuality that can trump utter beauty.”
or maybe he wasn't gay maybe he was straight or pan or maybe he only liked emile because sometimes she wanted to use he/him pronouns--
“Okay, fair.”
“So,” Logan started, tilting his head the tiniest bit. “Why’d you come to me for romance advice, of all people?”
“Because you caught yourself a cutie--” Remy winked at Roman over his sunglasses-- “so you’ve obviously got some sort of game.”
Logan blushed slightly. “You do know about the whole fight thing, right?”
Remy rolled his eyes again. “Sugar, I’m not as much of a dumbass as you. I can navigate around any dumb advice you give me.”
“Rem—“
“Please, Logan,” Remy pleaded, gripping his cousin’s shoulders. He hated to have to stoop to begging, but he felt so desperate. “You can’t imagine how badly I want Emile to see me as a worthy partner.”
“Remy, kiddo, you’ve gotta breathe, okay?” Patton coaxed from across the table. “You’re going to work yourself into a panic if you don’t take it easy.”
And Remy knew that it wasn’t a big deal, but he couldn’t shake his doubts.
“I just… Emile is a livin’ blessing, and I’m the equivalent of milk left out on a hot, sunny day. I ain’t got a chance with ‘er if I can’t get a fairy godmother to bippity-boppity-boo me into a respectable young man.”
The emo kid slightly raised his hand, making eye contact with his lunch. “Uh, who’s Emile?”
“Oh my goodness gracious!” Remy exclaimed. “I can’t believe you don’t know who Emile Picani is. She is just the sweetest; let me tell you. She absolutely adores cartoons, and she loves helping others--I swear, that girl is gonna fix the whole world someday. She--oops, they must’ve changed headbands during lunch. They’re right over there. The cutie with the gorgeous brown hair and blue headband.” A dreamy sigh escaped him as he pushed his sunglasses into his hair. “They look good in every outfit they wear, on my honor! They’re wearin’ this Steven Universe skater skirt today, and it shows off their legs in a way that’s got me half a step away from fainting. Honest to god, I can’t believe that they’re still single. They’re absolute perfection.”
“I don’t… You just…” The emo boy trailed off, unable to find his words. “You seem really in love with them. I just don’t see why you think that you don’t have a chance.”
Remy frowned, turning to face the others. “Well, every time they see me walking in their general direction, they turn tail and run the opposite direction like I’m some sorta demon that’s comin’ to reap their soul. On the off chance that they hadn’t fled by the time I can get a word in, they always seem like they’d rather be eatin’ soap. It became real obvious, real fast that they ain’t into me in any way, shape, or form.”
“Well,” Patton said, staring somewhere behind Remy. “They’re coming over right now.”
“What? Shit--”
“Hey, guys!” Emile greeted in their sweet, gentle voice as they walked up to the table. Everyone turned to look at them, save for Remy. “Can I borrow Remy for a bit?”
Remy put on his sweetest, fakest smile and finally looked at Emile. “‘Course, hon. You wanna go somewhere else?”
“Yeah, that’d be great, thanks.” Emile began to walk toward the hall, and Remy quickly got up to follow. He took one last glance toward the table and caught Roman winking at him. God bless that boy’s soul.
They ended up just outside the cafeteria. Remy leaned against the wall, sliding his sunglasses back over his face in the hopes that he’d be less of an idiot with them on, and Emile stood a couple of feet away. They were nervously picking at a loose thread on their sweater, so Remy patiently waited for them to speak. There was no reason for him to make a fool of himself if he didn’t need to.
“Did I do something to upset you?”
Remy was so stunned by the question that he couldn’t even get a word in.
“‘Cause, like, you were staring at me earlier, and I’m probably jumping to conclusions like always, but I’d hate it if I hurt you. That would be a really shi--”
“You’re kiddin’ me, right?”
Emile’s face twisted in confusion. “What? No, of course not.”
“Darlin’, there’s just about nothin’ that you could do to make me mad at you. I was just--” Staring creepily at you because I think you’re the finest thing under the sun. Yeah, Remy. That’d be real cool of you to say-- “I was just starin’ off into space.”
“Oh. Okay.” There was an awkward pause before Emile blurted out, “Cool, well, I’m gonna go now. Bye!”
They were gone in a flash, leaving Remy staring at the space that they’d previously occupied. With a heavy sigh, he exited the school. Lucky him, having a free period after lunch anyway. He could cry in the comfort of his own home.
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If you had told Remy Andersen a week ago that he’d be wearing a sweatshirt to school, he would have told you, “I’d rather be dead than wear a sweatshirt, sugar.”
Well.
The point still stood because Remy really fucking wanted to die.
And, yes, it was his own choice to completely disregard all of the times that his friends had told him not to change just to impress some boy, but heaven be damned if Remy wasn’t thirsty as hell. There was a cute boy, and Remy was ready and willing to try just about anything to gain the ability to kiss that pretty face.
Read: almost anything.
Remy wanted his leather jacket back, and he wanted his ripped skinny jeans, not the plain blue ones that he’d pulled from the darkest recesses of his wardrobe. He’d had to borrow this baby blue hoodie from Patton because, of course, he owned zero hoodies.
And everything was fucking great because Emile was totally paying attention to him trying to be more approachable.
This was fine. Everything was fucking fine.
---
Remy wore sweatshirts for a whole two days before he caved and went back to his leather jacket. There was exactly zero change in the way that Emile acted, and it fucking sucked. It was pretty obvious that he had no chance in getting Emile’s attention, and there was even less of a chance of actually being able to date them. Or even of being Emile’s friend because the fact still stood that Emile disliked Remy so much that they physically ran away every time he was nearby.
Thus, it was Dramatic Bitch Hours, and Dramatic Bitch Hours meant spending the entirety of lunch outside, brooding in the student courtyard.
Although it was nearing the end of May, it was a rather chilly day, and very few students wanted to be outside in the cold. One might suspect that Remy wouldn’t like the cooler days with him being from the south and all, but he found them rather pleasant for this very reason. Fewer people made it easier to relax and brood in peace. He was the only one in the courtyard, which made everything so nice and peaceful.
Well…
It was peaceful for a few minutes before some idiotic jocks decided to barge in.
“Don’t run away from us you fucking tranny!”
“You can’t waltz around and pretend to be something you aren’t,” a second voice snarled. “We saw you using the men’s bathroom earlier.”
“I’m surprised, seeing as your heads are so far up your asses!” a smaller voice shot back.
A smaller voice that belonged to the one and only Emile Picani.
Shit.
“Don’t fucking talk to us like that!” The group rounded the corner, and Remy could see that it was two jocks (one tall and the other muscular) harassing Emile. It felt like slow motion as he saw Emile’s small body stumble after being pushed by the taller jock.
“Hey!” Remy shouted, launching up from his table and storming over to the group. “Y’all had better knock it off real fast and leave them alone!”
The taller one sneered. “Or what? You’ll hit us with your precious sunglasses?” He took a step forward, and the other jock grabbed Emile from the ground in a tight grip.
“Remy, stop,” they pleaded. “Please, just leave.”
“Yeah, Remy,” mocked the muscular boy, gripping Emile even tighter. “Run away like the coward you are.”
Remy glared at the jock looming over him. “Sorry, doll. I don’t back down so easy.”
There was about a half second of angry silence before the tall one pounced at him. With the grace of many years of training, Remy took advantage of the momentum and threw the jock over his shoulder. The boy let out a heavy wheeze as the air was knocked clean out of his lungs, and Remy turned to face the other bully just in time to see Emile thrown to the ground again. The boy who had been holding them growled, stalking up to Remy and reeling back for a punch.
In a fraction of a second, Remy’s knee jerked up to catch the jock in the stomach. He took advantage of the moment of shock and ran his elbow into his nose. The boy stumbled back, clutching his face. The taller jock, who had recovered from being thrown, ran over to his friend with a gasp.
Remy casually straightened out his jacket, not even slightly winded. “I think it’d be the best for both of y’all if you went to the nurse’s office. That broken nose sure ain’t gonna heal itself, hon.”
The boys began to rush out of the courtyard, but Remy called out to them, “Oh, and I wouldn’t tell anyone what really happened out here.” He smirked. “Wouldn’t want everyone to know that y’all got beat up by the queer kid, now would we?”
Both jocks had the fear of god in their eyes as they nodded and ran into the building. As soon as they were gone, Remy was at Emile’s side.
“Sugar, are you okay?”
Emile nodded slightly as Remy sat down next to them. “Yeah, just startled. Also, how the hell did you do that?”
“I’m a black belt in taekwondo. Ma thought it’d be a good way to get out my destructive energy as a kid, so I ended up getting real invested.” Remy shrugged. He didn’t find it a very interesting part of his history, but it was useful at times.
“Holy shmokes…”
Remy smiled slightly, leaning back on his hands. “Y’know, I’d reckon that this is the longest conversation that we’ve had without you runnin’ off.”
A bright pink blush spread across Emile’s cheeks. “I’m so sorry.”
“‘S all right,” Remy said, waving his hand dismissively. “Ain’t your fault that you don’t like bein’ ‘round me, hon. I don’t really blame ya; I’d prob’ly hate me, too, if I were you.”
“You think I hate you?” Emile’s voice sounded sad and hurt, which didn’t make any goddamn sense.
“Yeah? Sure made it seem like you did.”
“Oh my god,” Emile said. They buried their face in their hands. “God, no, Remy. I don’t hate you at all!”
Remy stared at Emile for a hot second. “If that’s some kind of practical joke, it sure as hell ain’t funny.”
“No, no! It’s for real; I swear. I don’t hate you in the slightest.” Emile peeked out from behind their fingers. “I actually kinda have a crush on you.”
“Holy shit. This can’t possibly be real.” Remy shook his head.
“Trust me, Rem. It definitely is,” Emile said as they slowly crawled into Remy’s lap. It was as if they’d been doing it their whole life. “Is this okay?”
Remy’s mind went haywire at the close proximity to his crush. “Yeah. It’s very much okay, Emile.”
“I don’t think that I’ve ever heard you call me by my real name.” Emile leaned in closer to Remy. Their eyes met, and it was easy to see the flirtatious fire in Emile’s eyes. “I wouldn’t mind hearing you say it again.”
“Gurl, you can’t--it isn’t fair for you to say that kinda stuff and expect me to think properly.”
“Maybe I don’t want you to,” Emile whispered as they finally closed the minuscule gap between their lips.
And wow. Remy had imagined being able to kiss Emile in many daydream sessions, but the real thing was something else entirely. It was soft, and he could taste brown sugar and cinnamon on Emile’s lips, but a warmth had bloomed in his chest unlike anything that he had ever felt before. It took him a second to realize in his romantic haze that he had Emile’s skirt clutched tightly in his hand, but he couldn’t really bring himself to care. Not while he was kissing a literal angel.
All too soon, Emile leaned back from the kiss. Remy pouted, but he wasn’t able to get a complaint out before Emile said, “You look absolutely wrecked right now.”
Suddenly, the heat wasn’t just in his chest. “That… I swear to god, that ain’t fair.”
Emile cocked their head the tiniest bit. “What isn’t fair?”
“No human bein’ should be so perfect. You’ve got the looks--” Remy placed a kiss on their cheek-- “and the personality--” Another kiss to their nose-- “and you’re an amazing flirt.” He pressed a final, quick kiss to Emile’s lips, which made them giggle.
“Shut up! You’ve been my boyfriend for a whole two minutes; let me get used to it before you do sappy stuff!”
Remy’s eyes widened. “I-I’m your boyfriend?”
“Yeah! I mean, unless you don’t want to! I’m not going to force you or anything—“
Emile was cut off by Remy engulfing them in a hug. “Sugar, you’ve got no idea how much I wanna be your boyfriend. I’m just surprised that you wanna court me.”
“What? Why wouldn’t I?”
“Have you not heard a single word I’ve said this whole time? You’re, like, the most incredible person on this planet. It’d be an honor just to be able to call you my friend.”
Emile laughed, leaning their head on their boyfriend’s shoulder. “Since we’re letting out our dirty laundry, I suppose that I should confess that I was worried that you weren’t going to want to date me because you’re gay, and I’m not a guy.”
“Sexuality is fluid. I can like you and still call myself gay, right?” Remy’s voice almost sounded scared—like he was afraid to say something wrong.
“That’s fair.” They felt Remy shift a bit, smiling. “Is it too early to say that I love you?”
“Nah. I love you, too.”
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“That’ll be ten bucks, Virgil,” Logan said, holding his hand out for the money as he stared out the doors to the courtyard. They had been planning to eat outside to work on a project together, but Virgil had seen their friends sitting on the sidewalk and stopped them before they intruded.
“We don’t even know what happened! This is stupid,” Virgil grumbled as he slammed the money into Logan’s hand.
A wicked smirk spread on Logan’s face. “All’s fair in love and war.”
“I’m gonna fucking tattle on you to Patton, and he’ll kick your ass to next week.”
Terror overshadowed the smugness in Logan’s expression, and he moved to chase after his best friend. “Wait, hold on! We can talk about this!”
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Blue Eyes, Cigarettes and Whiskey Chapter 8
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You wash at your vanity, tracing the slight bruises at the base of your neckline, a slight blush forming as you think of the lips that left them.  Sighing, you dress conservatively knowing you have to go to the bakery today.  You hated going there without Alfie, but you wanted to get the information prepared before he met you.
           Walking through the large double doors, you cringe as they announce your arrival with a clang.  You close your eyes as you walk through the rows of barrels, forcing yourself not to run. There were a couple of Alfie’s men who you liked, but on the whole you thought his workforce were animals.  Especially your cousin, the prize fighter.  He was more obnoxious than the others put together. You always found things to do in the office when Alfie attended to his boxing interests, that’s how you had become so involved in the business.  By proving that you could be trusted, Alfie started trusting you with more.  Now you knew almost as much as he did.  He was happy to leave you to work, knowing you would always negotiate the best deals.  Nobody seemed to be able to say no to you, hell, Alfie certainly couldn’t!
           Lost in your thoughts, you had dropped your guard slightly.  You jump as a gravelly voice speaks in your ear, making your skin crawl,
“Kept me waitin’ dincha?” you fully intend to hurry on to the office.  Too late, though, your reactions betray you and you stop dead in your tracks. Cursing yourself internally, you feel a pair of arms snake round your waist.  An unshaven chin grazes your jaw and the stench of stale beer and sweat hits you in a wave of revulsion.  Swallowing the bile threatening to rise in your throat, you force politeness,
“Morning Jack, If you’ll excuse me, I really need to get on,” you make to twist out of his grip but his arms tighten into a steel band.
“Runnin’ off so soon?” he purrs
“Alfie’s expecting me, please let me go,” Jack chuckles at your request,
“Ahh, boss man ain’t here til later, so while the cat’s away…” he plants a wet kiss on your cheek.
“Get the fuck off me,” you snarl.
“Wooo, got a temper ‘ave we?”
“Not as much as I ‘ave, get your fuckin’ filthy paws off my niece, you fuckin’ shit eatin’ animal! I should fucking shoot you where you stand, mate!” Alfie’s voice booms as he grabs Jack by the collar, dangling him almost a full foot off the ground.  You readjust your clothing and step into Ollie’s outstretched arms.
“In my ‘ouse? My niece? WELL?” Alfie demands.
“Whassamatter boss man?  Scared you won’t measure up?” Jack retorts
Alfie sneers, you notice a chilling change in his voice, “Well, mate,” he says softly, “if that were actually the case, if I really were as fuckin’ depraved as you,” he looks pointedly at Jack’s crotch, “It’s not exactly a lot to measure up to now, is it dear?”
“So who else you wrappin’ those legs around then, (Y/N)? Gotta be someone,” Jack hollers after you as Ollie steers you towards the office. A sickening crunch behind you renders Jack mute.  You figure he’ll be lucky to get out of this alive.
           Ollie hands you a glass of rum and sits next to you on the sofa.
“So who’s the guy?” he asks conversationally.  You snort into your glass in surprise,
“What guy?”
“Come off it (Y/N), we know eachother too well for this, you definitely didn’t have two nights worth of work, so somebody kept you,”
           Of course, he was right.  You and Ollie had practically grown up together, best of friends who told eachother everything.  You had even been eachother’s clumsy first kiss-much to Alfie’s amusement.  When your uncle had walked in on you, Ollie had been terrified for his life, but Alfie just chortled, “Ay come on, workplace this, innit,” Alfie had later asked you if it was anything serious.  You had told him no but you loved Ollie anyway and he you.  You were the one who comforted Ollie when his mother had fallen ill and passed away, patched him up after the beating from his drunk father and various fights he inevitably got himself into.  You had no secrets from eachother.  Sighing, you look down at your glass.
“(Y/N)?” Ollie places his hand on yours, “tell me what happened,”
“Ollie, I think I love him,” you whisper,
“Who, love?” You glance nervously at the door, but Alfie is still busy dealing with Jack.
“Tommy, Tommy Shelby,” you breathe, looking wide eyed into Ollie’s warm, brown gaze.  He grins at your unexpectedly,
“Seriously? The guy you didn’t know to fall over three days ago?” he snickers
“Ollie, I mean it.  I’ve never felt like this before.  Look at me and tell me I’m joking,” you implore.
The smirk falls from his face as he sees the sincerity in yours.
“Fuck me, you ain’t, are ya? Well, he must be special,”
“He is Ollie, he was my first.  I was attacked, on my way to meet them.  I was grabbed and dragged into a warehouse.   The guy’s hands were all over me, it was horrible.  Tommy’s brother John interrupted.  Tommy took me home that night,” like aloe on a burn, telling your best friend was like a balm to your painful memories.  You pour your heart out, unable to stop now that the flood gates are opened.
“So what happens now?” Ollie asks.
“Now some poor fucker’s gonna have ter mop that son of a bitch up and I’ll have ter find a reaplcement.  I do fink ‘e may’ve understood the error of ‘is ways now though,” Alfie saves you from the question that has been haunting you for the past 24 hours.
“You alright, my dear?” Alfie asks you tenderly,
“Yeah, Uncle Alf, I’m OK,” you say with a watery smile.
“’s long as you are,” he says with a searching gaze, “cos you’d tell me if there was somefink to worry about, wouldn’cha?”
“Course I would,” you assure him.  Alfie definitely didn’t need to worry about your recent experiences.
“Ollie, go an fetch some lunch, lad.  And some cake.  Cake always improves the day,”
Ollie gives your hand a squeeze and heads out.  Alfie casually wipes the blood from his knuckles as he looks over to you,
“So, how was your time away?”
“Yeah, it was good, I enjoyed it,”
“Didja now, see, I saw a look in your eye when I visited. That look made me wonder what kind of deal you made with Tommy Shelby,” your eyes widen at this accusation.
“I didn’t make any deal with Tommy Shelby,”
“You were in ‘is ‘ouse,”
“Because I needed somewhere to stay!” you begin to get exasperated-Alfie never normally takes such an interest.
“That ‘ad better be the only reason,” he grumbles, scowling. You hate when he is in this mood, rolling your eyes as he huffs.  Snatching the papers from his desk, you drag a chair to your own and begin to work in silence.
Ollie returns shortly after, noticing the arctic chill in the air.
“Er, did I miss something?” he asks tentatively.
“Oh, just Alfie being an arse,” you reply.  Alfie snorts.
“I, er, got a carrot cake?” Ollie half asks, unsure of what else to say.
“Give it ‘ere lad, I’ll divvy it up,” Alfie holds his hand out and Ollie gives him the wrapped parcel, returning to your desk shortly after with a plate.
“Thanks love,” you mutter, pushing the cake aside.
“Oh, we goin’ on fuckin’ hunger strike an’ all now?”
“Funny enough, I’ve lost my appetite!” shoving your chair back, you throw your pen down, “I’m going home,” you announce.  Alfie looks up over his glasses, waving his arms in exasperation at Ollie as you walk out.  Ollie hovers at the door, torn between you both.
“Honestly, I ain’t got a clue what’s got into her today, bratty little cow! Fuckin’ women! Oh, don’t hang around like a bloody spare part, go after her if you want!”
Ollie dashes out before Alfie can change his mind.
           You stalk through the distillery and out into the rain.  Damn it, you realise too late that you have left your coat in the office.  You walk mindlessly down the roads, not feeling the rain soak through your clothes to your skin.  You seethe at the way Alfie had spoken to you-who did he think he was? How the hell were you going to arrange to see Tommy again if Alfie was so suspicious?  He certainly wasn’t going to let you go to Birmingham alone again.  Tears stream down your face, mingling with the cold rain.  Shaking the sodden tendrils of hair out of your eyes, you come to a stop at a park bench.  Figuring you couldn’t get any wetter, you sit.  A couple of short minutes later, somebody sits down next to you with a bump.  You scoot along the bench.
“Thank god for that, I thought you were never going to run out of steam,” Ollie pants as if he’s run a marathon.
“I nearly told him, I was so mad at him that I nearly told him!”
“He’s going to find out at some point,” Ollie points out.
“Yeah, but me screaming how Tommy Shelby fucked me every which way is not going to be the best way to bring him round to the idea,” you sigh wearily, “I suppose he’s pissed at me now,”
“He wasn’t in the best of moods,” Ollie confirms, “but he did say I could come and find you,”
“Still love you, Ollie, thanks,” he pulls you into a hug.
“Daft bugger. Course you love me, I’m awesome,” he gasps as you press your frozen fingers into his chest, under his jacket, “bloody hell (Y/N) you’re freezing!  Let’s get you home, yeah?” you nod in agreement.  A nice hot bath and a relaxing evening will hopefully straighten out your head.
--
           A knock on your door makes you drag your robe back onto your shoulders and tie the belt.  You cast a longing look at the steaming bath as you go to answer the door.  Of course.  No rest for the wicked it would seem.
“Look love, we need to straighten this out,”
“Alfie, I’m tired.  I’m cold.  I don’t want to argue and I’ve just filled the bath.  I just want to have my bath and go to bed.
“I ain’t come to argue.  Look, I-can I come in please?”
You open the door wider to allow him access.  He takes off his hat and stands fiddling with it awkwardly. Not his usual, confident demeanour, you notice.
“(Y/N), princess, you’re right.  I was acting like an arse.  It was just because I care about you.  I just don’t want you getting hurt, do I?”
“Alfie Solomons, is that an apology?” you ask, incredulous.
“Well, yeah, I suppose it probably is, innit?” he concedes.
“In that case, I accept your apology.  They don’t come along very often,”
“That’s ‘cos I don’t like lookin’ weak, do I?”
“Apologising for being an arse isn’t weak,” you curve an eyebrow at him.
“Yeah, well, I’ve said it now.  D’ya reckon we could get through tomorrow without any tantrums?”
“As long as you don’t decide to throw one, yeah,” you counter. He purses his lips, then grins.
“Well, that’s that, then.  So, er, I’ll leave you in peace then, shall I? Yeah,” he glances at the bathtub.
Taking pity on the large, awkward man in your living room, you roll your eyes and throw your arms around his neck.  He grunts in surprise and returns your embrace.
“I love you Uncle Alfie, even when you’re being an arse,” you say warmly.
“Well, you already know I love you the world over, (Y/N), always will.  I just like to know you are safe,” he releases you and heads for the door.
“Goodnight, Alf,” you peck him on the cheek.
“See ya tomorra, queen,” he walks off and you close the door behind him and turn the key in the lock.
           Removing your robe, you saunter over to the tub and sink into the -mercifully still hot-water, allowing it to burn away the stresses of the day.
           As you wash the warm water over your limbs, you are struck with an idea.  You run your fingers along your collarbone and across your breasts.  You lay back and close your eyes, thinking about how Tommy’s hands had guided your own the previous day.
           Climbing out of the bath, you wrap a sheet around you.  Cheeks flushes from more than just the hot water, you pull on a nightgown and tumble into bed, sinking into a blissfully peaceful sleep.
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