keep me up all night / i wanna scratch your surface
by firenati0n on ao3
M | 1.3k | part 2 in series. Part 1 here.
tags: roommate au, prose, alex grossly in love for nearly 1400 words, dreamy vibes
They step inside, greeted by moonlight streaming through the windows, illuminating their living room in a dreamy light; it’s enough to see outlines and shapes, enough to keep everything just a little bit secretive, a little softer around the edges.
Henry moves his hand to flick on the kitchen light, and Alex’s hand shoots out to grab his wrist. Henry looks down at him questioningly, blue eyes sparkling even with the absence of light. Alex always feels a little off-kilter around him, Henry both his center of gravity and his reason for vertigo. He’s stabilizing, and dizzying, and everything.
Alex’s thumb and index finger circle Henry’s slender wrist, exerting the slightest pressure. He feels Henry's pulse jump under his thumb.
“Get on the couch.”
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'You Never Asked Him What It Meant' - Din Djarin/Reader
This is a snippet from a WIP of mine- reader has lost Din, and a wandering woman has just asked if they would like her to wait with them. I'm not so good at writing full blurbs but want to practice more, so I figured I would get this small piece out. Please leave feedback! I need it lol, writing fanfiction is a lot different than the literary analysis like I'm used to.
words: 1.1k
warnings: language
feedback wanted!
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"No, I just- He'll find me but- I don't even know where the ship is, oh Maker I'm screwed!" Your sobs returned, it felt like the air had been pulled out of your lungs by the fear that always sat in you when Din went after a bounty. What if he didn't come back? You couldn't fly the ship. You couldn't fight. You were just a glorified engineer and medic, basically kept on to keep the ship clean. Why did Din even keep you around?
You liked to think it was because he had taken a liking to you. You had been working on his ship with him for over a year at this point- hired off Nevarro when Karga decided you needed something better to do than slinging drinks. Din hated you at first. He ignored you, and just let you do your own thing. It wasn't until he came back with a stab wound in his dominant arm that your talents came to light.
What he had been told: You could fix a ship in a pinch, and do housework. Not to mention your cooking was not too shabby. "She'll hold you accountable," Karga had said.
What he hadn't been told (and what Greef Karga didn't know, and would never know): You had been getting paid under the table to patch up bounty hunters when things went awry for them. You knew your way around a medkit with your eyes closed.
Din couldn't fix his own arm, much to his demise. He tried, you heard his grunting from inside the cockpit. To be honest, you had been a bit concerned at first that maybe something… less than savory was happening.
"Hey," He had yelled, "You know how to cauterize? Or even use a kriffing bactapad?" You had walked in, and he was a sore sight. Like… a really sore sight. He was sitting in the pilot's chair, facing sideways from the door, hunched over into almost a ball. There was a deep laceration on his right shoulder, and blood caked all around it and his hand.
His hand. That was the first thing you saw, his gloveless hand. This was the first time you had seen any of his skin. Up to this point, you weren't sure he was human. Hell, you didn't even know his name. The next thing you saw was his beskar armor, thrown onto the ground. Normally he was gentle with it, almost reverent. Then you noticed his flight suit.
Pulled down off his shoulder, down his arm, and hanging half off his back. Unzipped and his chest in full view. This couldn't be compliant with his Creed. Could it?
"I- yeah. I'll grab my medkit."
"No need." He grunted, pointing at the box sitting next to him.
"Mando, there's no numbing spray in there. Mine has some, let me grab it. Keep pressure on the wound."
"I said. No need." You could hear the anger in his voice. It wasn't meant to be directed at you; you knew that. It still stung though.
"Alright. But it's gonna hurt." You moved towards him, kneeling on the ground at his side. There wasn't a lot in his medkit. It seemed well-used. There was at least enough to disinfect, cauterize, and cover with a bactapad.
"Good." That made you pause. What did he say? Did he say good? Maker, did Karga stick you on a ship with a psychopath? Or… was it something sadder than that? Did he feel like he deserved it? As you moved to grab his arm, he stiffened up. "Sorry. Not used to… this. Getting help."
"S'okay. Just let me do my thing, Mando, and you'll be good as new." He relaxed a little bit, shoulders falling as he let out a breath. "This spray is gonna be cold. Just a warning." You grabbed the small bottle, giving it a small shake. Good. Mostly full. Although you figured you wouldn't need much, seeing as he literally said good to it hurting. You pointed it at the cut, giving it a spray.
"Dank Farrik! Fuck!" He jerked out of your grip, grabbing his arm and hissing with pain.
"Shit shit shit shit I'm sorry Mando I tried to tell you-" Fuck you had warned him right? He paused, and tilted his head towards you.
"Keep going."
"Say again?"
"Keep. Going." So you did. You gave him another spray, and you grabbed the cauterizer. Every sound you made caused him to stiffen up, and every time you grabbed his arm again he relaxed. It was a never-ending cycle of cusses and hisses and gentle shushing.
By the time you finished and applied the bactapad, his breathing had settled down to a normal pace. You looked up at him from your place on the floor. He was silent, which wasn't uncharacteristic of him, but you were worried. What if he was mad at you for helping him? He had asked, but still. What if he fired you, sent you back to working at a shitty guild bar and dealing with flirtations of douchey bounty hunters? You couldn't go back there. You wouldn't.
"Thank you." It was a small sound, a barely heard sentence. You weren't even sure you heard it come out of his mouth, until he turned to face you directly. His hands reached out and grabbed your shoulders, thumbs lightly stroking them.
"It's nothing, you were hurt… I couldn't let you suffer like that Mando." He tilted his head towards yours, the cold beskar of his helmet pressing against your forehead. You weren't sure, but you thought maybe this meant he was warming up to you.
"My name is Din. You should know that… if you're going to be my medic." Oh. Oh. You weren't even expecting a thank you out of him. And he gave you his name? You didn't ask for it; he bared it to you, just as he bared his soul when asking for help, when showing you his scarred and wounded skin. "Will you? Be my medic? I wish Karga had told me about your skills before… that piece of bantha shit keeps so many secrets." This was a new side of Man- Din. You had never seen him so talkative.
"I- yeah. Yeah Din. I'll be your medic. From now until you get tired of me. If that's okay?" You chuckled against his helmet, and if you heard right, he did too.
"Of course. Of course it's alright cyar'ika."
You never asked him what that meant.
thank you for reading!
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random (very weird - sorry for that) question: think of the motogp grid (2023 or 2024), pls sort the grid in "cat vibes" and "dog vibes" (not related to the pet the rider has; more like personality vibes), which riders have dog vibes and which riders have cat vibes ? like, for me Bez has the ultimative dog vibes, while Marc has cat vibes (and i can't explain why) 😂💕
Hello Mira 🫶🏻 It's not a weird question and really interesting actually! It got me thinking and while I do face some difficulties on some riders, here's my take:
dog vibes:
- raul (I mean look at him! No explanation needed.)
- alex marquez (idk he always gives off huge puppy vibes kinda like a husky?)
- alex rins (actually he reminds me of a cat too but I think he's slightly gives off more of dog vibes)
- enea (sometimes he gives off 'cat sleeping in random sun spots' vibes to me but after I saw his dog hagrid I was like ah, yeah that makes sense he does gives off dog vibes I'm just blind to it lol)
- aleix (he reminds me of a dobermann)
- bez (literally the epitome of dog vibes)
- augusto (if aleix is a dobermann then augusto will be great dane)
- martin (like rins, I am stuck between cat or dog vibes but yeah I think he falls onto the dog vibes category more)
- taka (he gives off black cat vibes sometimes but overall vibes he's more to dog vibes to me)
- zarco (idk much about him but he certainly is not cat vibes)
- miller (same reason as zarco)
cat vibes:
- miguel (he gives off fancy cat vibes like persian cats)
- fabio q (idk he sure has the dog vibes going on but I think he's like a maine coon and I dont even know why)
- franky (black cat personified)
- pecco (come on there's no way he's a dog vibes person)
- maverick (he's unpredictable to me so really cat-like)
- marc (to me he's a ragdoll cat and I don't take any criticism)
- mir (idk he really reminds me of that cat in the ghibli movie kiki's delivery service)
- pol (idk much about pol but from the clips and videos I've seen of him he gives off cat vibes to me)
- brad (another rider that idk much about but he gives off the opposite vibes from darryn which is 100% dog vibes so I assumed he's a cat vibes type of guy)
- diggia (he reminds me of a Scottish fold lol)
- luca (he's a tough one. I spent too long because he looks exactly like his cute poodles but I think personality wise he's more of a cat. A calm one, but can be mischievous at times.)
- pedro (listen. this guy reminds me of a squirrel for some reason so this is extremely tough for me but after a long time thinking, I have come to the conclusion that he seems like a siamese cat too so yeah.)
I don't know if it's accurate or not but it's just my opinion. Thanks a lot Mira 🩷
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Headcannon that Riddler and Harley are Tumblr users and just decided to bully the other Rogues asking them about Goncharov. The only ones who also knew the meme were the zoomers: Anarky and Punchline (who was never adressed as she and Harley hate each other and Eddie is jealous over the fact she is the only Rogue with more followers on social media than him, Anarky on the other hand is their babie and was hapily included) [Lynx also counts but she is a very minor Rogue and more conected to Tim, so she only gets a footnote].
The lack of knowledge about the meme only made Eddie and Harley more brutal, their biggest target being Penguin, Oswald has no internet knowledge but he knows a bunch about classic movies and Scorcese and the fact he apparently missed this one gave him huge amounts of distress.
Their last target was Scarecrow. Now Jonathan had no idea what they were talking about as he cares little for social media or even movies but he knows the best way to deal with Nygma and Quinn is play along with their bs. Now since he said he knew the movie and vaguely mentioned a generic mafia movie trope to describe a scene he liked, Edward and Harls decided that Jon should also be secretly a Tumblr user and decided to discuss Goncharov with him. Jonathan who was just lying his ass out about the movie and agreeing with them was shocked that he apparently knew soo much about a film he didn't recall watching so he decided to look the movie up when he discovered that he wasted precious study hours discussing a movie that wasn't even real (and that at this point, while he wouldn't admit, he really wanted to watch) made him really pissed. Harls and Eddie may have ended their day fear toxed. Sad for Diedre, Nina and Pam who had to do something about it.
Since they are both the smartest morons in Gotham and share one braincell they concluded that the attack was Jonathan response over the fact they knew he had a Tumblr and a treat so they wouldn't tell other people about it. So now they are on a quest to find Scarecrow totally real and not a misanderstanding Tumblr account.
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