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crabsnpersimmons · 26 days
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I have a question.
What would your CLIP AU voice be like?
probably the voice of your Sun and Moon hairdresser AU is exactly like that of the original daycare attendant sun and moon.
but what about Clip? it's a thin and lovely voice?, or calm and gentle like in the original Eclipse?
Or Is the voice different?
good question! and a tricky one, because i don't have any exact references to pull from and i don't know how much will translate, but i will try to explain the best i can
First: in the hairdresser AU, Sun and Moon actually sound a little different from canon! It's been a long time since their time at their PizzaPlex and they've undergone a lot of change, and that shows in their voices. So they used to sound like their canon voices, but they've changed over time.
Sun's voice is gentler than his canonical voice and it doesn't fluctuate as much (switching from excitable, to sarcastic, to threatening). Overtime, Sun has learned to keep his tone even and approachable. The best way to describe Sun is that he is even-tempered and calm. He rarely gets over-emotional, but Moon and Clip have a way of getting to him, since they know each other the closest. He only ever slips into his old voice and vocal habits (like repeating words) around Moon and Clip, usually in the form of sarcasm to balance their silliness (like his comments in this post). i like to describe Sun's voice as his customer-service voice, light and cheery enough to be appropriate for the situation.
Moon's voice is still a little raspy, but unlike his canon voice, it's less guttural and his pitch doesn't fluctuate as much. He also speaks in full sentences haha. The notable thing about Moon's voice is that it lacks the playful gremlin quality we all love about canon Moon. His tone isn't as playful and he doesn't giggle as much as he used to. Perhaps he'll have a short friendly chuckle when talking to a customer, but it's not gremlin level laughter. i think the closest voice reference i can think of is Corey Wilder's voice dub for Moon. still a little raspy without being too guttural, and more eloquent and charming in his delivery. Overall his tone is kinda dry, but when he begins to open up (like in this post), his voice takes a softer tone, closer to canon.
and finally Clip! In a way, his voice is probably the closest to canon Sun and Moon's. His voice fluctuates a lot jumping around from canon Sun's lofty theatrics to canon Moon's menacing glee. He's dramatic, he's silly, he cackles, he giggles, he rambles, he growls, he makes animal noises, he's all over the place! And there is no rhyme or reason to it, it's just fun for Clip. No matter the time of day, Clip is here to play play play! However, there are rare moments when his voice sounds like canon Eclipse from the Ruin DLC. It's that sweet and gentle tone, but there is a staticky quality in his voice, crackling like someone who hasn't spoken in a while.
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i hope that made sense!
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buckybleu · 3 years
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❈ donut seduction ❈
pairing: Dad!Shang-Chi x Mom!Reader (x oc!daughters)
summary: It's hard to get some alone time when you have kids, so you and Shang-Chi hide in the pantry 🍩
a/n: Night 3 of Tricks & Treats! I honestly have no clue what to name this & still not sure it fits. I had a lot of fun writing dad!Shang-Chi! I hope you enjoy it, happy reading 💖
all errors and mistake are mine
reblog/like/feedback are greatly appreciated! 🎃
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Xu Ming-Yue and Xu Mei-Xing made their grand entrance into the world, born on the first day of Autumn. Shang-Chi and your hearts grew exponentially that morning. You thought you knew what love was when you met Shang-Chi, but the love you gained that day was beyond the moon and stars of this universe. Shang-Chi thought the world of them, his precious moon and star. You’ve never seen your husband smile as big as when he’s with them, adding another reason to love Shang-Chi.
The months and years following their arrival, your home fills with love, laughter, and happiness beyond what you could ever have imagined. The early morning pitter patter of their feets were your and Shang-Chi’s alarm. Their hugs and kisses brought warmth to your hearts on chilly San Francisco mornings. Their constant questions and enthusiasm about the world made you beyond excited to watch them grow up.
You and Shang-Chi love your kids, you really do. “I would burn the world down for them,” Shang-Chi once said. There is not one thing you wouldn’t do for them. However there were times where you wished you could go to the bathroom in peace without their little knocks. Or enjoy a meal or snack without Mei-Xing and Ming-Yue asking “Can I have some too?” and their little fingers stuck into it.
Mom and Dad needed some “alone” time and well that’s how you and Shang-Chi ended up on the floor in the pantry, hiding from your little ones. Shang-Chi had put on some cartoons for the girls to watch, or really distract them from the surprise he had for you.
“Baba will be right back, okay? I have to help Mama with something.” Shang-Chi leans down, giving them both a kiss on top of their heads. Before Shang-Chi can sneak away, Mei-Xing grabs his hand, “I come too? See Mama.” Your husband smiles and softly tells her to stay put and be a good girl.
Earlier this morning when you and the girls were still fast asleep, Shang-Chi had gone out to your favorite donut shop, picking up two glazed donuts. Grabbing the donuts from his secret hiding spot, Shang-Chi quickly makes his way to you, giddy with excitement.
“Are you trying to seduce me?” You look up from your laptop when you hear Shang-Chi clear his throat. A small smile pulls at your lips, “Because it’s kind of working.”
“If me getting you donuts will get me laid, then I’ll do this everyday.” Shang-Chi lets out a quiet laugh, still cautious of the girls in the other room, when you smack his chest.
“Well, Katy did agree to take the gems out later, so maybe you’ll get lucky today. Now give me my donut.” You try to grab the bag from Shang-Chi, but he quickly pulls it out of your reach. “This is not going to help you get laid, Honey.”
“We need to eat this in the pantry” Shang-Chi hastily says, looking over his shoulder when he hears Ming-Yue ask her sister where Baba and Mama were.” “C’mon hurry!” Shang-Chi tugs you out of your seat, tugging you into the pantry. Shang-Chi checks once more for any pitter patter of feet, then closes the door, engulfing you both in the darkness.
“This has to be your worst idea ever! I can’t see anything.”
Shang-Chi swiftly covers your mouth, “Do you want your donut or not? Or should we share it with the gremlins?”
Only in rare chances do you and Shang-Chi get to enjoy a meal together (or in this case a donut) without your girls wanting a bite. Quietly as possible Shang-Chi unravels the paper bag, handing you one of the sugary delights. Taking a bite out of your donut, you can’t help but moan when your taste buds are covered in sugar. It is quiet for a moment as you and Shang-Chi savor this moment of peace.
“So good! Oh my...we need to do this again” Shang-Chi struggles to keep his voice down, licking the last bit of glaze off his fingers.
“Honey you have to keep it down or the gems are going to catch us!”
Not a second later, Mei-Xing and Ming-Yue fling the pantry door open, pouting when they see what you’ve been hiding from them.
“Baba share! Want some too!”
“Mama mean. Can I have too?”
You and Shang-Chi laugh at their little stomps and angry pouts. Shang-Chi picks up the girls, pressing a kiss to both their cheeks. Still displeased, Mei-Xing playfully smacks her Baba’s chest, while Ming-Yue licks the crumbs of glaze that lingers on the corner of his mouth.
“Did you just lick me?!” Shang-Chi looks at Ming-Yue in amusement. Mei-Xing quickly does the same, licking the other side of his mouth. “Hey!” The girls’ high pitched laughter fills the pantry; you can’t help but laugh too. Pressing a kiss to your girls’ cheeks, you take Ming-Yue into your arms.
“Alright c’mon let’s get out of here. Auntie Katy is going to be here soon. Maybe if you ask her nicely, she’ll get you guys donuts too.”
Ming-Yue and Mei-Xing excitedly chant Katy’s name, squirming out your and Shang-Chi’s arms before they run towards the sound of knocking at your front door.
“So did it work?” A smug smirking Shang-Chi follows you out into the kitchen, his arms wrapping around your waist.
You turn around, arms wrapping around your husband’s neck. “Hmm...I guess your seducing did work this time. Next time you though...you might not get too lucky.”
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soupbabe · 3 years
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Heard you wanted to be spammed with requests-
So uh- Idk if you do platonic headcanons but- maybe platonic Stardust crusaders with a pillar crusader? Doesn't matter what,,, gender the bby pillar person is,,, just,,, sweet pillar babe who's tall af- and totally acts like a doofus at times---
You dont have to do this tho uvu
Stardust Crusaders + Pillarman! Reader HCs
It says Pillar*man* in title, but reader will be gender neutral, I think that's just the species (?) name! Also I like doing platonic requests so I don't mind doing this at all ! <3
Joseph Joestar
He met you around the time he met Santana
You were stuck in the same Pillar as the youngest pillarman, also playing the role of a guard dog before you were turned into stone
The main difference between you and your (uh forced adopted?) brother is that your face broke out in a huge smile and giggles filled the room when he booped your nose and told you to be happy
You were loyal to Kars, but throughout the time in Battle Tendency that decreased due to the realization that he never cared about you and did abandon you without thought
Joseph was there to comfort you through it and you helped in defeating Kars in return
After BT, you were sent to be studied at the Speedwagon Foundation and years later they were able to replicate the red stone of Aja for you
Ultimate Y/N ! Ultimate Y/N !
Sunburn no more
You became a nature deity, similar to Kars
First thing you did when the study was done was prank Joseph into thinking that the Ultimate Lifeform came back
Although it didn't work all too well, your forced down smile and stifled giggles definitely wasn't a sign of Kars, despite the mighty wings you sprouted
You lived with Suzi Q and Joseph for the majority of your new life and you adored being apart of their lives
Also they did make you babysit Holly numerous times even though you had no idea what a human baby looked like until now
Should've learned their lesson when one time you were caught making a rough sketch of what would have been a traditional pillarman tattoo on a 10 year old Holly, claiming that it's needed for her to grow up big and strong like you
Although you weren't a stand user, you had experience fighting ancient supernatural beings stronger than some stand users and you were a deity among men. Joseph didn't wait to take you with him when he found out that Dio was making a return
When Holly got sick and it was clear the crusaders had to go to Egypt, you didn't hesitate to sign up. It was a rare time that you were serious and your loyalty to your aged best friend shined through. You loved his family and you saw Holly grow up, of course you'd be there for him
Throughout SDC, you mostly just laughed at him (mostly during the fight with Mariah) and cracked jokes with him to ease tense situations
Also that bit at the end of the show where he pretended that Dio possessed his body?? He got that from you and you both laughed while Jotaro gave you both a glare
Iggy
Oh my god you barked back.
Y'all gossip with each other in dog, you're a nature deity, of course you can understand him perfectly
Added bonus of your powers is that he naturally relaxes with you
Sleepy gremlin
Jotaro Kujo
It took him a while to warm up to you
You were raised by Kars and Esidisi, dealing people who come off as cold and have occasional outbursts of anger come natural to you
He first doesn't think of you as anything when he first saw you
It wasn't until you sized him up, easily towering over the 6'5" teen, his eyes widened in astonishment a little
He has no problems with you, you're respectful to his mother and you respect his privacy for the most part
You're real bonding moment was when you made a lame, but fairfly obscure, fish pun when beating up the stand user of Dark Blue Moon
You both talked about marine life, he was genuinely interested in your experiences with ancient marine species and types of life before evolution made them what they were today
Although he doesn't like the happy go lucky types of people (they remind him of his annoying fangirls) you'll be the exception
A moment you both really became friends was in the Steely Dan fight
You shot your hand up in excitement, offering to aid in beating the hell out of the cocky bastard that mistreated Jotaro and Joseph
It was a good moment for you both to have light hearted banter and you ended the fight with a smile and a high five
Although persuading Joot to do the high five went more like: "Jotaro please" "No." "Pleassseeeeeee" "*sigh* Leave me alone after this."
I thank that you can't see stands. I can only imagine the endless lighthearted fights you and Star Platinum would have, you both giving each other proud smiles of how strong your friend has become
Noriaki Kakyoin
You gave a welcoming and cheerful aura when he woke up at the Kujo household
Out of all Crusaders, I do like to think that you would think of Kakyoin as more of a little brother
Probably because you miss Santana a bit tbh, red hair and a more reserved personality?? Easy for that to happen
Although you do make sure to keep that distinction between the two separate beings, gotta be healthy bby
You were one to always encourage him to get more out of his shell and be the friend he deserved
He would encourage you to speak about Pillarman society/culture when you both roomed together
One time you pranked him by giving him a handful cherries and giving him a tiny jumpscare when the cherries actually did turn back into your hand
Sometimes you both make fun of Polnareff together </3
Jean-Pierre Polnareff
,,,,big tall gentle giant? Oh my god he would've melted for you at first
He flirted with you first thing after the fight with Avdol, only to be immediately shut down with your laughter
It's not the first time someone hit on you, but his attempt was so cheesy and bad that it was funny
Don't worry he didn't keep on flirting with you though, it was clear that you weren't interested
That and you told him that you were over 1000 years old
You both were outgoing so it wasn't a big surprise that you two got along so well
He actually enjoys your tales of past fights and how it was like not being able to be in the sun for the longest time
That and he asked for hair care tips, your hair is very beautiful to him and to keep it as such even when you were turned to stone? Impressive
You both are dumbasses together, but you're the one to save his ass all the time
Especially during the first fight with Hol Horse, guns can't kill you and even then your skin can create a harsh shell to soften the blow
You just laughed it off, said that it tickled, and encouraged Polnareff to chase after the (now) frightened cowboy
You and Polnareff also have a lot in common too and you both are able to be for each other when it comes to Polnareff's grief over his sister and you technically being the only pillarman alive
Omg Y/N I can't believe you have yourself an emotional support himbo I'm jealous
You're also a wingman/wingwoman for him, years and years of experience (and using Joseph in his younger years as a "what not to do" reference) led you to being the perfect helper in getting whoever Polnareff wants
Muhammad Avdol
He's read about the Pillarmen, but he never thought that they were actually real
So when he met you he was flabbergasted
You and Avdol's friendship is like him unintentionally parenting a 7 foot 5 year old on one of those kid leashes
He knows that almost nothing can cause you great harm, but he still worries
Because of that his favorite form of hanging out with you involves chatting over tea or showing you foods you might not be aware of
In all honesty, it's greatly appreciated since your diet switched from vampires and humans to absorbing like 2-3 raw cows every other week. Your "palate" is not as expansive as you may think
While in India, you were able to buy some Henna and Avdol was very open to you giving him a mock Pillar tattoo
He wore it with pride and was very greatful
Sometimes when he gets homesick you make your arm into a chicken, and although it isn't the real thing, he appreciates it
You also show him ancient Pillar rituals too and it's his favorite thing to listen to
In return, you bother him to show you how to read tarot and tell him about (in your words) "occult business~"
You balance each other out and Avdol cherishes you greatly
When the mission to Egypt was over, he did name a chicken after you btw
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tumbleweedpalmer · 3 years
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The Best Kind of Stress Relief: Jimmy Palmer X Reader (smut)
She missed her boyfriend. Y/N knew this would be a totally ridiculous statement if she were to ever say the words out loud. How could she possibly miss him when they literally worked in the same building?
If she wanted to see her boyfriend so badly all she had to do was hop in the elevator, hit the down button, get off in the basement, and make her way on over to Autopsy. She’d find her boyfriend right there assisting Dr. Mallard as usual.
Even if she didn’t have the opportunity to see him during the work day she knew for a fact that they would go home together at the end of the day. Even if one of them worked late they’d still wind up in bed together at some point. They’d wake up together and go into work together unless Jimmy was called away early for a body pickup. They would be together in some form or fashion.
How could she possibly miss someone who she lived and worked with?
It was just this case…this case was eating up so much time. They both had work piled up to their eyeballs and they were so exhausted all the time. These past few weeks they had rarely even been able to share a dinner together that didn’t consist of terrible fast food they ate in the car on the way home. They barely had the energy to share a completely G-rated shower together at night before they collapsed in bed and got whatever few hours of sleep the good lord blessed them with before their alarms woke them up and they were pulled right back into work.
They hadn’t even had time to even have one of their usual lunch breaks together. Jimmy hadn’t been able to sneak away from Autopsy and come upstairs to linger around her desk. He would always sit at the edge of her desk and try his best to ignore Tony’s prodding of “Who let the Autopsy Gremlin out of the basement? Mini-Probie, you know he can’t leave the basement.” She hadn’t been able to make excuses to go down to Autopsy and linger herself trying to pretend that she wasn’t there to see her boyfriend but was there because she was totally interested in Dr. Mallard’s work. Dr. Mallard of course knew she was more interested in making moon-eyes with his assistant, but he’d at least been willing to play along with the story Y/N gave him. Lord knows he’d spent too much time gently encouraging Jimmy to pursue Y/N to get too grouchy that they were finally an item.
Jimmy’s and her lives were so intertwined together that the interruption in their usual routine felt so draining.
Y/N knew what she missed the most about her boyfriend at the moment. She missed the sex. They were so exhausted lately that they had no energy to do anything even remotely sexual.
They’d always shared an active sexlife. They were both overly affectionate people. They saw sex as a wonderful way to bond with one another. Not only did it feel amazing and it was a hell of a lot of fun, it was also something incredibly intimate. They saw it as a chance to be as close as two human beings could possibly be. They both understood that sex was an extraordinarly intimate action after all it involved being in such a vulnerable position with one another.
Their sexlife was amazing. It was passionate and filled with laughter and such intimacy.
He was the first guy she’d ever slept with where sex didn’t feel like such a chore. With Jimmy sex felt so fun and so loving. She felt so close to him when they made love. She didn’t feel exposed or as though she had to perform to stroke his ego. Sex felt the way it should with Jimmy. It felt like a wonderful way to show one another that they loved the other.
Jimmy Palmer was the most incredible man Y/N had ever dated. To say that she was absolutely devoted to him would be a vast understatement.
She could still remember how they’d even gotten together in the first place. Jimmy had been there for her when she’d felt so low. He’d somehow made everything seem okay.
She’d been recruited as the new probationary agent that would be working with Gibbs’ team.
She was terrified. She’d heard horror stories about Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The other probationary agents whispered about how tough he was. She’d only witnessed him from afar. He seemed so intense. She’d heard stories about how Gibbs hit his agents on the back of the head as a wake up call. She’d heard about how he had a million rules for his agents to follow, but he never told you the rules. He just expected you to learn them on your own and never forget them. She’d heard how he barked orders and expected results. He didn’t accept excuses or apologies. He would do anything to solve a case and he expected his team to follow suit. He was a tough cookie. He was a marine through and through.
Y/N was crapping herself at the thought of working under him.Part of her was excited. She’d hoped that this would be her chance to prove herself. Surely if she worked hard then everyone would see that she could make an amazing NCIS field agent. Surely this was her chance. Still though it had been so terrifying. She’d been overwhelmed with the feeling that she was in over her head.
She had tried her best to keep a tough exterior and to take whatever challenges Gibbs had thrown her way. On the outside it had looked as though she was excelling at every challenge thrown her direction. She kept determined. She held her head up high and tried to show how motivated she was to learn. She tried to give them the impression that she was strong. She tried to remind herself that she had worked too damn hard to get here. She worked way too hard to let Gibbs or anyone intimidate her from becoming a field agent. She tried to look to Ziva for inspiration. Ziva was so strong. She was such a strong agent who didn’t put up with anyone’s crap. Y/N wished she could be more like Ziva.
On the inside though she felt like she was drowning. She felt so in over her head. It felt as though she was failing. She had to fear that she wasn’t strong enough for this. She wasn’t capable of this, a voice in the back of her brain insisted. She was so inferior and eventually everyone would see it.
She tried not to get too discouraged but it weighed on her so heavily.
Tony hadn’t made it easy. He had bestowed her with the nickname Mini-Probie. No matter how many times she asked him to call her by her name he still insisted she was “Mini-Probie.” or worse “Probie Jr.”
Later on of course she’d realize that Tony only bestowed the nicknames on her as a sign of affection. Tony tormented those he cared for.
At the time though it had felt so demoralizing.
Tony had thrown the worst jobs at her: Crawling through mud and dumpsters searching for evidence. Going into lakes and down hills. Going into the thickest woods to retrieve evidence. Carrying all the equipment. Gathering evidence off the floor on her hands and knees. Dusting massive surfaces for fingerprints all by herself. If there was a pet at a crime scene Y/N was handed a pet carrier and told to retrieve it. If there was a piece of evidence in some other god awful location Y/N was told to grab it and bag it.
He shoved the jobs no one wanted on her. It was the only way she’d learn he’d insisted. He was making her a better agent. He was a senior agent and he knew what she needed to do in order to learn.
McGee had tried to offer her reassurance though it was clear he was thankful that she was now the one stuck with the jobs he’d always been forced to take. Sure Tony might still call McGee “Probie.” but Y/N was clearly another victim and Tony seemed to take just as much pleasure at tormenting Y/N as he took in tormenting McGee. Misery did love company.
Y/N was close to cracking under the pressure.
She’d been once again tasked with yet another gross job that nobody else wanted. She’d found herself in a dumpster behind a seafood market searching for a gun that had possibly been tossed. She’d been left alone with the task combing through slimy fish parts trying not to puke. She smelled like rotten fish and all she wanted to do was crawl home and hide in her bed after she scrubbed her skin clean of the rotten stench.
Dr. Mallard had been so kind to her, offering her a chance to use the hazmat showers insisting that he was a true gentleman and wouldn’t stand for a lady being forced to drive home covered in fish guts.
She’d tried her best not to cry when he’d given her a gentle pat on the arm not cringing at the sticky remnants of fish parts crusted to her shoulder. “You’re doing well my dear. You took great initiative to retrieve that gun. That gun is a crucial piece of evidence. I’m sure Jethro will appreciate your determination. Take as long as you need to shower in the hazmat shower. There’s soap to use, it isn’t the nicest, but it will do in a pinch. There are a spare pair of scrubs in stock in Autopsy. I’m sure you can wear them home, though they might be a little large.”
She’d managed to work out a “Thank you Dr. Mallard.” trying to resist the urge to hug him. He had been so kind to her from the start. He made her think of her grandfather to be honest. Her grandfather was a lot like him; filled with stories. Her grandfather had quite the analytical mind as well. He’d actually had hope that she might go into the sciences like him, but Y/N had her heart set on this. Perhaps she would have been better off if she’d followed her grandfather’s dreams for her?
She’d showered so long scrubbing her skin so much it’d turned red and getting the water as hot as he could possibly stand. She didn’t care that the bar soap had made her skin a little dry.. Ziva had been kind enough to offer her some shampoo and conditioner gently giving her a tip to always keep some travel size soaps and shampoos in her desk. You never knew when you might need it Ziva had insisted. Y/N had scrubbed herself until she no longer smelled like rotten fish.
She’d found the blue scrubs without any problems relieved that they weren’t too large for her smaller frame.
When it was all said and done Y/N felt clean but still so defeated.
She took a deep breath trying to soothe herself and regather her confidence. She just had to get a hold of herself and remind herself of why she was here. She wanted to become a field agent; not a probationary agent. She wanted to become a real field agent. She worked so hard to get hired. She had to keep her chin up and keep going. Someday all of these terrible experiences would be worth it.
She’d found herself sitting in Autopsy at Dr. Mallard’s desk taking deep breaths trying not to cry. She refused to cry. She was a grown woman. She wasn’t going to cry.
She wasn’t sure why she remained sitting in Autopsy. There was something about the silence of the room. It was so quiet. It was the one place where she knew she might have a chance at being alone to gather her thoughts.
She’d barely noticed Jimmy Palmer enter the room, the man looking just as surprised to see her as she was to see him.
He felt his heart sink as he noticed how absolutely heartbroken she looked. Her face was downturned she looked up at him revealing that she was clearly trying not to cry. It broke his heart.
She was far too lovely to look so broken. She was so wonderful inside and out. She didn’t deserve to look so upset.
He’d definitely noticed the new probationary agent. She was an attractive young woman so of course he’d noticed her. To be honest he’d noticed how rough Tony seemed to be treating her. Jimmy could admit he’d had to bite his tongue on occasion when he witnessed Tony take it just a little too far.
He felt like a coward for not saying something. Y/N seemed to be the type of woman who’d probably see any attempt Jimmy made to say something to Tony as Jimmy suggesting that Y/N wasn’t capable of handling her job. She’d see it as a patronizing action and not an act of kindness or care.
Jimmy could admit he’d found several things to adore about Y/N/ He enjoyed her presence at crime scenes and around NCIS. Anytime she was the one who got to come down to Autopsy he felt his heart lift at the sight of her and he’d maybe tried to make more jokes then, hoping to work a smile out of her.
He adored her entire attitude on the job. She seemed so determined. He guessed he related to her in that sense, he was a student too after all. He studied under Dr. Mallard in hopes of becoming a full blown medical examiner instead of just an assistant and Y/N studied under the NCIS team hoping to become a field agent and not just a probationary agent. He respected her determination to go after what she wanted.
He liked how eager she seemed to please everyone. She was clearly a hard worker. He’d always found those values admirable and relatable.
It wasn’t just her sense of motivation that Jimmy liked though. He liked everything about her. She was as pretty as she was sweet. He liked the hint of perfume she wore. It was a soft floral scent he occasionally caught when she was near. It smelled like lilies. He liked her smile the few times he’d spotted it. He liked her laugh the few times he’d been lucky enough to hear it. He liked how soft spoken she seemed. He could admit he worried about how soft spoken she seemed. He knew the life of a field agent was difficult and dangerous. He had to hope someone who seemed to be as sweet and as gentle as her wouldn’t be harmed on the job.
He would be lying if he tried to claim that he maybe hadn’t developed a massive crush on Y/N. There was no chance of him not liking her as much as he did.
He knew it was useless though. She was a perfect ten and Jimmy was sure he was probably not anywhere close to being a perfect ten. He knew what people saw when they looked at him. People found him strange especially when they found out just what his career goals were. They saw him as being a geek who slouched too much and always said the wrong thing at the wrong time. They found him awkward and they found his sense of humor to be off putting. Sure he’d started hitting the gym and trying to have a bit more pride in his appearance, but he was very sure that women who looked like Y/N didn’t go for guys who looked like Jimmy.
Y/N spoke her voice cracking, praying Jimmy couldn’t see the tears threatening to spill from her eyes. “I should go, I-I…Dr. Mallard told me I could borrow some scrubs because my clothing was all fish gutty. It’s late so I should go. Tell Dr. Mallard I said thanks again, since you’ll probably see him before me. Have a good weekend Jimmy.”
Jimmy felt the words leave him unable to stand it any longer. He’d kept his lips sealed long enough. “Are you okay?”
She took a deep breath trying to hold it together. “I’m fine Jimmy. It’s just been a long day.”
Jimmy replied not willing to let it go. “You don’t seem fine.”
Y/N felt the tears fall then she unable to stop herself. Jimmy had always been so sweet to her. He was so polite and he tried to keep so positive. He was the one bright spot she knew she could count on at a crime scene. No matter how awful a crime scene was she knew that at least Jimmy would be there. He was always so cheerful. She didn’t understand how someone worked with the dead and saw just how much violence people were capable of could be so positive.
She spoke frantically wiping her eyes trying to pretend that she didn’t feel as awful as she so clearly felt. “It’s so stupid. It’s nothing to worry about.”
“It’s not stupid. I’m sure it isn’t stupid if it’s making you this sad. Of course I’m going to worry…I mean I know we haven’t known each other for very long, but I’d like to think that I’m still allowed to worry when I see you looking so down.” Jimmy insisted taking her by surprise as he made his way over to her.
He pulled out a chair at the desk motioning for her to sit, taking a seat in the other desk chair.
Y/N gave in telling herself it would make her feel better. It would make her feel better to have a friendly ear to vent to. She forced the words to fall from her as Jimmy frantically searched for a tissue, finally finding one and handing it over to her. “I just, I feel so overwhelmed.”
“You’re doing great though Y/N. I’ve seen you at crime scenes. You’ve been working really hard.” Jimmy replied so fast to reassure her.
“I’ve been faking it. I’ve been trying so hard but I’m so tired. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’ve studied so hard and worked so hard. It’s all I’ve wanted for so long. I just, I’m in over my head.” She admitted the words spilling from her, feeling so good to get it all out.
She let out a heavy sigh shaking her head wiping her tears as she spoke. “Maybe I’m not made for this…Maybe I’m just not good enough.”
She was surprised by how fast Jimmy spoke in response. “That isn’t true. I know it’s been hard, but you said it yourself. You’ve wanted this for so long. You’ve worked really hard for this. You cannot stop now, not when you’ve worked so hard to get here. I know things may seem really rough right now, but I’m sure that things will get better. You’re doing really great. I mean Gibbs barely yells at you…and I don’t think he’s ever hit the back of your head, or I haven’t seen him do it.”
Y/N managed to laugh at this though it came out a little weepy. “He hasn’t…he has yelled, but he yells more at Tony than anyone.”
She let out a soft sigh, her tears managing to dry up a little she wringing the tissue she was holding in her hands. “Thanks Jimmy…today has just been the worst. I literally spent all afternoon in a dumpster searching for a gun. It was at a seafood market and Tony decided that I was the lucky one who got to dig through it. It was disgusting. I don’t think I ever want to eat seafood ever again… How long do you think he’s going to stick me with Probie duties?.”
“Probably until a new Probie comes along.” Jimmy replied, giving her an apologetic smile.
Much to his relief the comment didn’t make her feel worse, letting out a laugh that sounded a little less weepy. “On the bright side at least Dr. Mallard let me borrow the hazmat shower, which explains the scrubs.”
Jimmy felt the words leave him before he had a chance to stop himself. “If its any consolation, you look good in the scrubs.”
He paused his cheeks flushing more words spilling from him he stumbling a bit over his statement. “I mean, not that you don’t always look good…because you always look really good, I mean you always look really beautiful. You are beautiful… It’s just, uh you look nice in blue and uh…you l-look…you look good for someone who spent the afternoon in a dumpster filled with rotten fish parts.”
A little voice in the back of his brain told him he’d fucked everything up. She probably thought he was a total moron.
He widened his eyes surprised as she spoke her voice just as filled with shock. “You think I’m beautiful?”
Jimmy felt the words leave him he unable to deny it. He took a deep breath taking a chance. “Yes, always.”
It was her turn to feel her cheeks flush the words leaving her so soft he almost didn’t hear them “Thank you.”
He took another deep breath taking another chance. It was now or never. The worst thing she could do was tell him no. “Would you…uh, do you have any plans tonight?”
Y/N spoke a small shy smile crossing her lips. “No, I mean…I don’t have any plans unless Gibbs calls me in to work.”
Jimmy nodded his head working up the courage to ask. “Would you like to get dinner with me tonight? As in a date? I promise no seafood.”
The laugh that left her scared him for a moment. Was she laughing at him? Did she think the idea of him asking her out was so ridiculous that it had reduced her to laughter.
His doubts died as she spoke nodding her head the words leaving her. “I’d like that…would you be okay with me stopping by my place so I can change…I imagine you aren’t planning on going to dinner in your scrubs so I should probably ditch these.”
Jimmy was tempted to tell her he’d eat dinner with her no matter what she wore but he only managed to nod his head frantically the words spilling from him. “Of course, that’d be okay…I can just, uh I can follow you to your place and then we can leave for dinner in my car…if that’s okay with you?”
“Yes, that sounds great.” She insisted, standing up from her chair.
She hesitated for a moment, taking a chance as she leaned down, taking Jimmy by shock as her lips pressed to his cheek. She spoke her own cheeks flushing just as dark as his. “Just let me go get my purse and I’ll be ready to go.”
That dinner date had been the start of something wonderful. It hadn’t taken them long to become official. It had only taken a couple of dates before Jimmy had worked up the nerve to ask her to be his girlfriend.
They hadn’t looked back after that.
Things at work were still hard at times. Y/N still felt defeated at times. She still felt overwhelmed more often than she’d like to admit. Jimmy made it easier though. He made things seem so much brighter.
They’d been together for a little over two years now and they’d learned to lean on one another through the changes they’d endured at work and the stress and danger of their careers.
She was sure that she loved him more than she’d ever loved anyone. That was why this was driving her insane.
To be frank she was horny and stressed and exhausted. It was a deadly combination. She missed her boyfriend. She needed him so badly she wanted to cry.
As hard as she tried to focus on the case and her job any time she had a moment of silence her mind drifted back to the last time Jimmy and she’d had sex. It had been after a night out at a local bar with everyone at work. They hadn’t stayed long, they both making an excuse to leave early. The second they’d gotten home they’d barely made it to the bedroom. She kept thinking about all the filthy things Jimmy had moaned against her ear while he was grinding against her. He talked so much as it was and that trait didn’t go away when he was inside of her. He surprisingly had a filthy mouth when he got lost in pleasure. It was kind of amusing sweet gentle Jimmy who wouldn’t even watch an R rated film would moan in her ear about tight she was and how hard he wanted to fuck her.
Remembering all these little details wasn’t helping her ignore the desire coursing through her.
She finally decided she’d had enough. She knew it was a risky move but she needed to do this. It was either do this or attempt to take a cold shower in the hazmat showers.
It had been surprisingly easy. She knew her boyfriend’s routine after all. Even in a time like this when things were so hectic she knew that everyday around 3 Jimmy would go grab a cup of coffee and a snack. He cut his lunch break a little short just so he could have the time to step away to do this.
Jimmy hadn’t expected the arms to reach out from the supply closet yanking him by his scrub top into the closet.
He widened his eyes his heart still racing even as he realized exactly what was going on. Her lips pressed to his he eagerly returning the kiss but only for a brief moment he pulling from her the words spilling from him. “What’s going on?”
She pressed her lips down his jawline the words leaving her. “I’ve missed you so much.”
He chuckled at the action and her words. “You just saw me this morning.”
She continued to press kissed along his jawline working her way down his neck nipping his skin pulling a soft moan from his lips.
She spoke her words muffled against his neck. “I know, I just love you so much. I’ve missed you so much baby.”
She continued to suck and nip at his neck knowing she would definitely leave a mark behind in her wake. Jimmy couldn’t stop the soft moans from leaving him finding it so easy to sink into her affections his body easily reacting remembering just how badly he’d missed this.
She ran her hand down his body between them knowing her destination as she continued to work her lips against his pulse point.
He felt a surprised squeak leave him as she placed her hand over his crotch gently massaging him causing his cock to slowly begin to harden his body definitely remembering just how badly he’d missed her.
He pulled from her speaking frantically. “What, what are y-you doing?”
She gave him a flirty smile staring up at him clearly able to see how dark his eyes had gone with lust. “What do you think I’m doing? You’re a smart guy, I think you know.”
He felt his cheeks flush realizing her hand hadn’t left his crotch. He managed to speak his voice still a little frantic. “I uh-he-here? I mean r-right now? Here?”
“Yes, here.” She replied her lips pressing to his jawline again.
He sighed closing his eyes fighting the urge to sink into this his fears still running through the back of his mind. “What if s-someone walks in or hears us?”
She giggled fast to reply her lips still pressing along his jawline. “No one will walk in and no one will hear us as long as you’re quiet.”
She pulled back her voice taking a serious tone realizing he seemed pretty tense. “If you aren’t okay with it then It’s fine Jimmy. You can say no and I won’t be upset.”
Jimmy quickly debated his choices in his head. He could promise her that they would pick this back up at home. He could wait it out until his body no longer showed how excited he was. Then he could walk back to Autopsy and pretend nothing had happened.
Or he could give in to what his body was screaming it wanted. She’d told him she missed him, and he’d missed her. He’d missed her so much it was driving him insane.
Of course he might die from embarrassment if anyone walked in on this or even overheard them.
He loved her so much though. He wanted her so much. He wanted this so much.
He took a deep breath, his lips pressing to hers before he pulled back speaking. “We have to be quick and you have to be quiet.”
“I’m not the one we have to worry about. You’re the loud one.” She remarked her lips finding his.
He pushed her against the wall, his hand so easily roaming her body as he spoke. “That’s funny coming from someone who moaned my name so loud one time that the neighbors complained the next day.”
“That’s because the walls in your old apartment were paper thin.” She insisted a soft moan leaving her as he began to work the buttons of her shirt open sliding it from her body.
He groaned as he pulled the shirt from her his eyes locking down at the pink lace covering her breasts. “Fair enough.”
She giggled knowing him well enough to know that she always had a chance of winning any disagreement when he spotted her breasts.
He wasted no time to work his lips along her neck nipping and sucking as he worked his way down her shoulder pulling more giggles and soft moans from her. He pressed his lips against her cleavage nipping and sucking, unable to stop himself from grinding against her.
He ran his hands up her back easily finding her bra clasp and working it open pulling it from her body. He moaned as her breasts were revealed to him, wasting no time to lock his mouth over her breast suckling.
She whined her fingers running through his hair messing it as he worked her breast easily working it before moving to her other breast giving it the same treatment.
He only pulled back as she pulled his scrub top up pulling it and the white undershirt he wore up and over his head tossing it on the floor. He moaned as she pressed her lips to his chest, nipping sure she would leave a mark there too.
He whined as she worked her way down his body, dropping to her knees. He groaned as she stared up at him, unable to stop his hand from pressing to her cheek as she leaned against his touch. She spoke, her voice teasing. “I thought you said we had to make this quick.”
He nodded his head, the words spilling from him. “I know. I just love you so much.”
She spoke, her fingers sliding under the waistband of his scrub bottom and boxers. “And I love you.”
He groaned as she pulled his pants and boxers down, allowing them to rest around his ankles, the sight probably looking ridiculous but he was a little too distracted by the moan that left her lips to worry about that.
She spoke, her lips pressing along his shaft, her breath warm against him. “Is this for me?”
“Always, always for you.” He moaned his head falling back as he continued to press kisses along his shaft her hand resting against his balls massaging them
He groaned as he locked her lips around him, bobbing her head enthusiastically. He groaned his eyes practically crossing his knees already growing wobbly. God, he’d missed this. He’d missed this so much more than he realized.
She worked his cock he putting his hand over his mouth trying to stifle his moans. She pulled back a giggle leaving her, her hand wrapping around him and stroking. “Yeah, you’re real quiet.”
He giggled against his palm, his hips rocking against her touch.
She placed her lips back around him pulling her hand back to bob her head once again more moans leaving him muffling against his palm.
He stared down at her, his hips continuing to rock, unable to believe how perfect she really was. She was so amazing. She was all his. Somehow he’d managed to win her heart. He was the only one who got to do this with her. If he had his way she would be the only one he did this with for the rest of his life.
He groaned, finding it so hard to muffle his noises. She was right, he was the loud one.
He grunted knowing that if she kept this up at this rate he was going to cum. It was almost pathetic really. In his defense it had been so long since they’d had a chance to do this and he’d been so stressed lately. He was sure any kind of stimulation from her no matter how brief it was might cause him to burst.
He pulled back from her his cock bobbing a groan leaving him as he pulled his hand from his mouth. “I need you, I need you so fucking bad.”
She stood up from the floor kicking her shoes off and unfastening her pants sliding them down her body along with her panties.
He groaned searching the room trying to decide how he wanted to go about this.
He sighed knowing his knees still felt pretty wobbly. He was so desperate he didn’t trust himself to stay upright at the moment. Besides, he didn’t think pushing her against the wall so close to a shelf was a good plan. He could already imagine the risk of pulling down a shelf.
He quickly made his choice telling himself that even if the floor might not be the cleanest it was the best option.
He sat down resting against the wall motioning to her. “Here, ride me.”
She giggled making her way over to him a deep groan leaving him as he watched her. There was something so intoxicating about the sight of her standing over him like this nude and wanting him.
He groaned knowing he might have a bit of a submissive side to him. Though he guessed that was pretty obvious given his overeagerness to please her. He’d do anything for her, he’d give her anything. All she had to do was say the word and he’d give her anything. He was always so desperate for her, so desperate to make her feel good. He was always so desperate to make her happy. He was always in such awe that she wanted him. She could have anyone and she’d chosen him.
He ran his hands along her thighs as she approached him, a groan leaving him his eyes locking down at her center. “If I had more time I’d eat you out right now, fuck. This case better be over soon or I’m gonna find whoever killed that petty officer and kill him myself.”
She giggled at this comment, shaking her head. He was the only guy she’d ever dated who seemed to love going down on her. She’d definitely noticed just how much he enjoyed pleasing her. Of course she was always willing to make sure she pleased him in return. She had to find it downright awe inspiring just how much he adored pleasing her though.
She lowered down straddling his lap not allowing him to enter her just yet his lips pressing to hers. She reluctantly pulled her lips from his reaching forward and pulling his glasses from him.
She spoke, giving him a gentle smile as she set his glasses down on top of her pile of clothing. “I don’t want anything to happen to them.”
He gave her a lovesick smile not helping but to adore how she always looked out for him even in the tiniest ways. He groaned as she pressed her lips back to his.
He reached down between them grasping his cock sliding it along her she so wet he wanted to cry. He had a feeling he might not last as long as he was hoping. He knew it was going to take some serious effort on his half to hold back.
He grunted his moan muffled against her lips as she lowered herself over him, taking him slowly down to the hilt. He groaned she so tight and wet and so hot. He grasped onto her hips squeezing so tight he had a feeling he’d leave bruises behind.
She gasped, the feeling of him inside of her always a little overwhelming. He filled her so perfectly and in this position he hit at such a different angle. She had to adore how close she felt to him at this angle. This was exactly what she needed to feel so close to him.
She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, taking her time slowly rocking over him moans intermingling between their kisses.
He kept a tight grip on her hips encouraging her movements. She felt so good. He couldn’t stop himself from voicing it he speaking against her lips. “Fuck, I’ve missed this. I’ve missed your pussy so much.”
She giggled shuddering against him, unable to deny how much she loved a little dirty talk. There was something so flattering about knowing that sweet polite Jimmy Palmer could say such filthy things. She knew she was the only one who got to see this side of him. It was a side of him that was reserved for her and her only.
She spoke trying to keep her voice down, finding it so hard not to moan as loud as she wanted to when he felt so amazing. “Feels so good Jimmy. Missed you, missed this so bad. You always feel so good.”
He groaned, pressing his lips to hers doing his best to rock up against her as she continued to ride him. This position was hell given the fact that the floor was freezing and hard, but he found it hard to complain too much when she felt so amazing.
He pressed his lips to her neck, his voice muffled against her neck. “I love you, I love you so much sweet girl. My sweet girl, so good for me.”
She whined burying her face against his neck she riding him enthusiastically, his hands still squeezing her hips so tight. She managed to speak the words muffled against his skin. “I love you Jimmy. God, I love you so much.”
They continued like this, their moans muffled against one another’s skin, she rocking against him finding the perfect rhythm, Jimmy doing his best to encourage her movements.
She couldn’t believe this was happening. If anyone had told her way back when she’d been hired on as a probationary agent that she’d one day find herself riding the medical examiner’s assistant in a supply closet she would have never believed it.
Then again she also never would have believed that when she’d walked into Autopsy the first time that she’d be meeting the love of her life. She had to wonder that if she knew back then what she knew now if it would have made those first few months at NCIS any easier.
She whined against him, feeling so amazing. She spoke against his neck “Such a good boy Jimmy. So fucking good.”
He grunted shuddering against her, her words making him throb. Oh yeah he definitely had a kink for pleasing her.
This entire experience was actually more than a bit of a kink for him. He couldn’t help but to get off on the idea that anyone could walk in on this. Anyone could hear this. Anyone could hear just how much he was pleasing her. The thought filled him with such a sense of pride.
Of course realistically he knew he’d die of shame if anyone ever walked in on this or heard it, but for some reason the risk of being caught or overheard turned him on so much.
She slid a hand down between them, her fingers sliding along her clit rubbing it helping herself feel all the more amazing.
Jimmy groaned gazing down between them, his voice sounding out in a hushed whisper. “That’s my girl, fuck yes.”
She whined her head falling back, she biting her bottom lip to hush her moans. He stared up at her still so in awe of her. He had to wonder how he’d gotten so lucky.
He pressed his lips against her breasts suckling them as she rode him, her fingers continuing to rub her clit in a circular pattern.
They continued like this, both knowing this would be over quicker than they’d hoped. This had been just what they needed though. This was always their preferred method to cope with stress. Anytime things at work got to be too much they knew they could find pleasure in one another. Of course usually they were able to wait until they got home, or at least got to the backseat of his car in the parking garage.
They were amazed at their ability to find comfort in one another. They both knew that no matter what happened they had one another. When a case went well they could celebrate the success with one another. When a case went wrong they knew they could find comfort in one another.
When one of them had a terrible day they both knew that they could lie in one another’s arms pressed skin to skin together. They didn’t even have to do anything more than hold one another and it would be enough.
She was sure she’d never found more comfort with anyone than she’d found with Jimmy. He was quite sure he felt the same.
There was a reason he’d begun looking at engagement rings secretly on an incognito tab on his laptop anytime he had a chance to do so without anyone seeing it and figuring out the plans dancing around in the back of his mind.
He knew that one day hopefully soon if he was lucky enough he would make her his wife. He would have the rest of his life with her. Growing old with her sounded perfect.
She spoke, her voice rising a little bit more than she meant the words falling from her. “Jimmy fuck, you’re so good baby. I’m so close.”
He pulled from her breasts placing a hand at the back of her head pulling her down muffling her moans with his lips. He spoke giggling against her lips. “Sssh not too loud baby.”
He pressed his lips back to hers as she continued to rub her clit, she continuing to rock over him losing rhythm the longer she moved. He gripped down onto her hips helping encourage her movements as she got closer and closer to the edge.
She whined her back arching, shaking against him as she reached her end. She moaned against his kisses muffling the noise. She quivered against him her nails digging into his back as she came her center contracting around him.
He grunted the sensation of her squeezing him so tight making his cock ache.
He allowed her to rock against him she shaking as she worked her way though her orgasm.
She gasped as she came down from her high she so sensitive.
She resisted the urge to pull back from him the feeling so intense. She wanted him to cum. She needed him to feel so good.
She pulled from his lips moaning against his ear her voice so soft and so needy saying just the thing to get him there. “Please Jimmy. Come on baby. Cum for me my good sweet man, let go for me.”
He grunted his fingertips digging into her skin knowing he would have to rub lotion against her hips tonight. Her skin would be sporting so many bruises after this.
He felt his end hit him hard he shaking his face burying against her neck muffling his moans of her name. He came hard spilling into her, she rocking against him working her pelvic floor muscles trying to milk his release. He whined as he felt the last of his release spill from him he knowing they were making a mess. He would have to find some tissues or something to clean them.
She remained ontop of him even as he began to soften his grip on her so tight he refusing to allow her to pull from him.
He spoke his voice low and raspy a drowsy laugh leaving him. “I’m going to find whoever inserted your IUD and thank them.”
She giggled her nose scrunching at the comment his cheeks flushing from more than the orgasm he was recovering from. He spoke another laugh leaving him. “Sorry, I know gross.”
She shook her head smoothing back his messy hair as she spoke her voice low. “It does beat the hell out of dealing with condoms.”
He pressed his lips to hers so thankful that she always had a way of making him feel less like an awkward idiot.
They widened their eyes as they heard an exasperated voice out in the hallway. “Has anyone seen Mini-Probie?”
Y/N muffled her laughter against Jimmy’s shoulder as an unfamiliar voice replied. “Who?”
“You know, Agent Y/L/N?” Tony sounded out still sounding so fed up.
They were thankful as his voice faded off, Tony clearly moving away from the supply closet.
Jimmy pressed his lips to hers his hands pressing to her cheeks he holding her against him even as they pulled from the kiss. “We should probably get back out there.”
She pressed one more kiss to his lips as she spoke. “I love you.”
“And I love you. You can drag me into a supply closet anytime you want.” He replied trying not to sound so eager.
She chuckled shaking her head as she moved up and off of him trying not to cringe at she mess they’d made. “You better not make that offer. I’ll keep taking you up on it.”
He smiled up at her, that lovesick smile once again returning to his lips. He had a feeling he wouldn’t have any problems with that.
“It doesn’t even have to be a supply closet. We could try a few other locations. I’m pretty sure I could find so many places for us to find some privacy around NCIS.” He exclaimed, causing her to giggle, he absolutely loving the sound.
It was such a world away from the sorrow filled girl he’d comforted in Autopsy a little over two years ago.
God, he loved her.
He had to hope she’d take him up on his offer. He wasn’t lying, she could pull him into the supply closet anytime she wanted.
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Day 6: Full Moon
More lee tommy because I am predicatable XD I like to think that things like this would have happened a lot when Tommy was younger, where it was them being playful and stuff with each other.
“Shut up! You’re lying. I’ll tell Phil that-” Tommy whined, looking fearfully up to the moon that had started to peek out from behind the clouds. Wilbur had to be lying, there was no such thing as full moon monsters, Tommy’s sure he would have heard of one if there were, it’s not like having a full moon was a rare thing after all.
Wilbur remained adamant though, “I’m not, go ahead and ask him when he gets home then. He’s not going to be back for at least another few days though, so that isn’t going to help you tonight when they come out.” Tommy glared at the older boy, but Wilbur didn’t seem to feel any of the pain and hatred he was channeling into the stare. “Honestly, I can’t believe you haven’t heard them before. It’s getting late though, so unless you want to come face to face with a full moon monster you better get off to bed.”
Now, Tommy was grown, he was already eleven, and he wasn’t going to be afraid of some made-up monster. It was decided then, “No.”
“No? What do you mean, no?”
Tommy folded his arms across his chest and stuck his chin out. “I’m staying up, and I’ll fight this so-called ‘full moon monster’, that is if it’s real, which it isn’t!” He said in his big man voice he’d been practicing. “And then you’ll have to admit you were lying.”
Wilbur rolled his eyes at the younger blonde. “Alright then, you’ll see here in about another thirty minutes then. They only come out after the sun’s fully set.”
Tommy shifted to look back through the glass, eyes rolling over the open fields and through the sparse trees. He knew Wilbur had to be lying, but he also was expecting Wilbur to put up more of a fight against it. Thirty minutes was a long time to wait.
He turned when he heard Wilbur shuffling around, getting up and walking to the hallway where both of their bedrooms were. “Where are you going?” He asked, voice definitely not sounding more afraid. There was nothing to be afraid of, but if Wilbur was leaving Tommy out to wait by himself then-
“I’m just getting ready for bed. I’ll be back out in a minute, wouldn’t want the monsters to actually get you. Phil’d be pretty cross with me if I let that happen.” He said over his shoulder, not bothering to turn towards Tommy or stop on his way down the hall. “Be back out in a few minutes.”
And so Tommy waited with bated breath, though he wasn’t sacred. No, of course he wasn’t. And then ten minutes went by, and the sun sunk lower. And after twenty there was only a sliver of light left, and Wilbur stumbled back into the room dressed in his pajamas, trying to convince Tommy one more time to go to bed. “You can do this next full moon if you want, but I really just want to sleep, Toms. Come on, it’s already past your usual bedtime.” But Tommy shook his head, eyes flickering to the glowing circle in the sky. “‘M not even tired yet Wilby. You can go to bed, I’ll wait for the monsters by myself.”
Wilbur huffed, sitting down so that he and Tommy were both twisted to look through the window. “I can’t let you do that all by yourself. You wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
And so they waited for the sun to disappear entirely, Tommy starting to lean ever so slightly into Wilbur’s side, and for the first time in months not putting up a fight when the older wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
Then the only light source in the house were the lanterns dangling from the ceiling.
There was quiet, the only sounds left were the wildlife buzzing gently outside, and Tommy’s own breathing which fogged up the glass which separated them.
“Did you hear that?” Wilbur’s voice whispered suddenly in his ear. Tommy jumped, half turning to look at his brother’s eyes.
Anxiety churned in his stomach. “What? I didn’t hear anything?” He said, trying to sound braver than he felt.
“They’re here Tommy. I-I think there might be one in the house.”
Tommy whipped around fully, shifting so his back was against the wall and his legs half tangled over Wilbur’s lap. “What do you mean? I didn’t even hear anything, and how would they have gotten in? It’s only just gotten dark, and the doors are locked, we checked.”
“Oh, there’s one in here for sure, Tommy,” Wilbur repeated, grabbing Tommy’s hands tightly. “And he’s ready for his victim.”
Tommy’s eyebrows furrowed, looking around the room distrustfully. “Wilby, wha- Ah! H-hehey, nohoho”
Wilbur moved both of Tommy’s hands into one of his own, using his free to squeeze at his side. Tommy couldn’t even feel anything but relief for a moment, realizing that Wilbur just thought he was funnier than he really was. “Nohot fair! Wihilbehey, stohop it.”
Tommy tried to squirm away from the offending hand, but couldn’t get far in the cramped window space. “Wilby? Who’s Wilby? I’m the full moon monster, coming to tickle little boys who don’t believe and try to stay up past their bedtimes. Hmm, now here’s the perfect boy in need of a reminder not to be a nuisance, do you want to know what full moon monsters do?”
Tommy couldn’t believe what he was hearing, well, he could, but he didn’t want to. “Ihi’m not a nuhusahance! Shuhut up, you’re nohot fuhunehey Wihill.”
Will carried on as if Tommy didn’t say anything, moving from squeezing his side to spidering across his stomach and sneaking under his shirt when he could. “Monsters like myself, we feed off of laughter and smiles, which means that ticklish gremlins such as yourself make the perfect candidate for a feast. Now, where is going to get the best reaction? Your belly here seems like a good spot, doesn’t it?”
Tommy kicked out when the scribbling feelings that made tingles shoot through his veins switched to a familiar and deadly claw digging into the soft squishy parts of his middle. Much to Wilburs amusement, he couldn’t seem to control his reactions, letting a high-pitched squeal slip past.
“IHEHE- Wihilbehey! Nahat there! Ihit tihickles,” Tommy managed through his cackly laughter. Wilbur just shook his head though.
“Good, it’s meant to tickle! I knew this would be a good spot too, look at that reaction. You can barely talk at all. If you don’t want me to tickle here though, I guess you could tell me where you want me to move.” He teased, chuckling along with Tommy, though straightening up after a second to get back in character. “Any spot in mind then?’
Tommy’s felt his cheeks heating up, shaking his head and trying to lean over the edge of the window seat, though Wilbur was doing a pretty good job at keeping him in place. His entire body felt like a limp noodle, he couldn’t pull or push Wil away at all.
His breath caught in his throat, and even though Wilbur was enjoying the slight bullying he slowed down to let Tommy recover, keeping his fingers fluttering around his neck just enough to keep him giggling and soft.
“Does the boy have a spot in mind then, or is he ready to listen to his older brother and get ready for bed now that the moon is so high in the sky?”
Tommy leaned into Wilburs hand slightly, not quite able to force the complacent smile off his face. “Yohou’re an idiot.”
Throwing Tommy an unamused look Wilbur reached down to vibrate his hand into Tommy’s ribs, sending the preteen jolting forward and collapsing into his chest. It wasn’t long before Tommy’s laughter had gotten to be a bit more on the wheezier side, and he finally gave in.
“Ihi’ll go toho behed! Stahap, stahapihit! Plehe- Wihilbuhur! Yohou win!”
Wilbur brought his palm flat against Tommy’s ribs, rubbing out the feeling and finally letting go of his wrist in favor of combing his fingers through his blonde curls. “Alright then, that wasn’t that difficult now was it.”
Tommy groaned into his collarbone, not bothering to give a proper response.
“Fine, fine. Let’s just get you to your room then, at least this way you’ll be worn out enough to sleep all night.”
Tommy thought he probably was right, his whole brain felt a bit fuzzy now, and Wilbur had to practically guide him into his bed. The older tucked him in, reaching over and switching his lamp off. “Good night, Tommy. I’ll see you in the morning, alright.”
“Mhm,” Tommy hummed into his pillow, curling himself up into a comfy little ball. “Night, see you t’morrow.”
Wilbur clicked the door shut behind him, and Tommy was once again alone. He peeked his eyes open blearily, rubbing away the ghost memories of fingers on his stomach when he found the moon staring back at him through his bedroom window. “Stupid full moon, stupid monsters.” He mumbled, before letting himself sink into the warmth of his bed, closing his eyes to get away from the offending ball in the sky.
He wouldn’t be able to get away for long though, because his dreams were filled with adventures of moon monsters chasing him all around the house.
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ahtsumu · 4 years
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atsumu: 1, kevin: 0 ; miya atsumu
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↳ pairing: miya atsumu x professional women’s volleyball player!reader
↳ synopsis: miya atsumu realises that he’s tired of keeping your relationship “low-key” with a little help from an overzealous fanboy.
↳ genre(s): fluff, humour!!
↳ warning(s): profanity
↳ length: 1.5k words
↳ a/n: surprise!!! lol i have way too many wips rn especially with requests but i wrote this as a little break from all the angst and stuff hence the cheesiness ☺️ enjoy!!
Miya Atsumu was caught in a kerfuffle.
Earlier that day, the twenty-three-year-old setter for the MSBY Black Jackals made the executive decision to come to watch you–– his Mario Kart player number two, his houseplant co-parent, the air-guitarist to his air-drummer, the Karaoke Night pink-lyric-singer to his blue–– kick some volleyball ass in the V. League Division 1 Women's Volleyball Tournament finals. 
The problem?
You played wing spiker for the Schweiden Falkes. 
There was nothing problematic about being a wing spiker on a Division One volleyball team. What was problematic, however, was that the Schweiden Falkes was the sister team of the Black Jackals’ sworn enemy, the Schweiden Adlers. To rub more salt in the wound, the Adlers had won every single game against the Jackals since Atsumu joined (not that they hadn’t prior to his arrival). And to make matters even worse, as one of the nation’s most sought-after athletes, he had to “appeal to both investors and the general population”. Miya Atsumu was supposed to be a marketable bachelor. And he was not.
Miya Atsumu was also not supposed to be at the finals of the women’s volleyball tournament. 
That was the biggest problem of them all. So maybe, actually, Miya Atsumu was mildly ensnared in a few kerfuffles.
The two of you had agreed to keep your relationship low-key from the start and were nearing two years of private, domestic bliss. Questions about each other in interviews were responded to with short and nondescript replies. Outings in public were conducted without physical contact. And despite how Twitter was almost a diary to Atsumu, he’d never once tweeted your name in his life. But as dull as your relationship seemed in public, the two of you were a different story in private. In private, he would find any way to touch you–– a hand in your back pocket, your legs draped atop his thighs, soft lips trailing up from the neck to each other. In private, sweet nothings were proclaimed and not whispered, laughter bubbled like a stream that never ran dry, and Atsumu said your name over and over again like it was habit.
But that didn’t change the fact that, right now, Miya Atsumu was not supposed to be in the nosebleeds of the Sendai City Gymnasium, even if he was hundreds of meters away from the nearest camera.
All the bigger kerfuffles fell quickly to the back of his mind, however, when a smaller and more irritating one presented itself to him. 
A snotty voice declared one row behind Atsumu’s hooded head, “Oi, you’re in the way of the view, jerk.”
Normally, Atsumu would have turned around with an equally cocky sneer on his chiselled features, “the fuck did you just call me?” locked and loaded behind clenched teeth. But when he turned around ready to deliver that exact line, he saw through his black shades that the owner of said snotty voice was none other than a scrawny prepubescent boy.
And that boy (along with the two equally snot-faced twerps beside him) was wearing your jersey number. Suddenly, all the irritation left Atsumu’s face. Was this your little fan club? A wicked cackle threatened to leap out his mouth. They were so annoying. But also, he mused, kinda cute.
“Was I?” he asked with an innocent expression on his face. It was the same one he used when Osamu would accuse him of stealing his clothes (he totally had), or when you would accuse him of eating the last slice of cake in the fridge (he totally did). “I hadn’t realised.” He really hadn’t. He just wanted to milk this for as long as he could.
“Yeah, you were.” The kid crossed his arms, glaring down at the shady guy one row below. “I can’t see the game anymore.”
“Oops–– my bad.”
“Shut up, Kevin, you were watching Y/N!” one of the brats exclaimed, punching Kevin’s shoulder.
Oh? “Yer a fan of Y/N, hmmm?”
“She’s pretty,” Kevin said immediately, shrugging. He just said it out loud like that? So easily? With a subtle wince, Atsumu thought back to the ridiculously long time before he’d admitted his ‘smidge of a crush’ on you. Yeah, unlike you, stupid. “I’m gonna marry her someday.”
At that, Atsumu’s competitive streak jolted awake. He felt himself sober up a little. Not if I marry her first, you little shit.
Bidding the trio goodbye with a bright grin, he turned around and strolled out of the stands. But he didn’t stop there. He stepped into the elevator and rode it straight down to ground level, sailed through the athlete’s entrance with a swipe of his card, and jogged his way to the side of your team bench, making it just in time to see you spike the setpoint past one of their player’s outstretched arms. 
It landed straight on the baseline.
The roar of the stadium scattered into hushed whispers. No one moved. “In,” Atsumu growled under his breath, tapping his feet against the floor. “In in in in in––” He clenched his hands into fists. If they don’t count that as in… 
Finally, the line judge pointed her arms down. The referee nodded.
And all around him, the crowd erupted into cheers.
As confetti fell from above and the Falkes’ victory song began to play, you ran from the court and into a celebratory team hug, screaming ecstatically in each other’s faces. Atsumu, beaming, ducked out of view, not wanting to steal that glorious feeling of a victory hard-earned from you or your teammates. But when the cheering died down, when the hug dispersed, when the television crews started slithering in your direction, he returned to his position behind the bench. And suddenly regretted all the decisions that had led him to that very spot.
Admittedly, Atsumu hadn’t considered the possibility that you wouldn’t want him at your game, but now, standing just metres away from you, he did. His hands suddenly felt very cold and equally moist.
As if on cue, your teary gaze landed on his figure. Your eyes were narrowed in what seemed like a warning. (Really, you were just trying to see better through your tears.)
Oh, no.
Atsumu spun around to make a run for it. At that moment, however, one of the coach’s assistants who’d been sent away to run an errand returned, barrelling through the same door he was heading towards. 
Colliding in a spectacularly embarrassing fashion, Atsumu’s sunglasses flew from his face and his hood blew off from the force of the impact. Disguise in tatters, he could only turn around sheepishly around his hands stretched out, palms up like a magician at the end of a trick.
“Surprise?”
Maybe it was the rush of victory still fresh in your bloodstream or maybe it was simply your brain going haywire, but with complete disregard for you and Atsumu’s original agreement, you ran towards him and leaped into his arms.
“Woah,” he wheezed, instinctively pulling you closer into his chest. “Was not expectin’ that.”
“You’re so stupid,” you murmured, nuzzling your face into his neck. “What are you up to, ‘Tsumu?”
“Unkerfufflin’ myself,” was all he said before gently setting you down. His eyes darted over to the place where Kevin and his gremlins had been and, when he realised that spotting them from here would be useless, lazily flapped a hand in their general direction.
“Some brat said he was gonna marry ya,” Atsumu explained after seeing your brows crease. “I felt I had the duty to save ya from that disaster.”
“By?”
Atsumu blanked. “Er, I, uh, hadn’t thought of that part, actually. I didn’t think you’d be happy to see me here, y’know, considerin’ our agreement and that look on yer face ya had earlie––”
Rolling your eyes, you yanked on his hood, bringing his lips down to yours. His arms snaked around your waist as he deepened the kiss–– he couldn’t help it, it was a knee-jerk reaction by now–– without so much as a second's consideration for the reporters that had swarmed around you like ants to honey. 
You pulled away just a few beats later, both breathless.
“What was that for?” he asked with his forehead pressed against yours. Despite being doused in the blinding flash of cameras and deafened by the barrage of questions shot in your direction, the two of you continued to speak as if you were in your own little world.
“You were about to word-vomit on camera and give Osamu a lifetime’s supply of blackmail,” you replied, giggling. “I thought I’d save you from that disaster.”
Hearing his words come out from your mouth, Atsumu’s eyes waned into little moons. “Consider me saved, doll.”
The noise around you grew louder. You sighed, knowing that the two of you would have a lot to deal with later. As if reading your mind, Atsumu intertwined your hands. I got you. And the unease receded. You’d figure it out together.
“Y/N! Y/N! Are you pregnant?”
“Y/N! Atsumu! When are you two getting married?”
“Can you tell us anything about that steamy kiss?!”
A shit-eating grin crawled onto Atsumu’s face as he grabbed the microphone from that last reporter. “Gladly,” he said, looking into the camera.
“How’s that for bein’ in yer way, Kevin?”
And for the next few hours that the world spent having a meltdown over Kevin’s identity, you and Atsumu remained blissfully tucked away in the comfort of your apartment, playing Mario Kart, baking celebratory cookies to the High School Musical soundtrack, falling asleep to the sound of each other’s heartbeats.
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tumbleweed-palmer · 3 years
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Wait there was more to that ask
Jimmy, me, awkward supply closet quickie
The Best Kind of Stress Relief
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She missed her boyfriend. Y/N knew this would be a totally ridiculous statement if she were to ever say the words out loud. How could she possibly miss him when they literally worked in the same building?
If she wanted to see her boyfriend so badly all she had to do was hop in the elevator, hit the down button, get off in the basement, and make her way on over to Autopsy. She’d find her boyfriend right there assisting Dr. Mallard as usual.
Even if she didn’t have the opportunity to see him during the work day she knew for a fact that they would go home together at the end of the day. Even if one of them worked late they’d still wind up in bed together at some point. They’d wake up together and go into work together unless Jimmy was called away early for a body pickup. They would be together in some form or fashion.
How could she possibly miss someone who she lived and worked with?
It was just this case...this case was eating up so much time. They both had work piled up to their eyeballs and they were so exhausted all the time. These past few weeks they had rarely even been able to share a dinner together that didn’t consist of terrible fast food they ate in the car on the way home. They barely had the energy to share a completely G-rated shower together at night before they collapsed in bed and got whatever few hours of sleep the good lord blessed them with before their alarms woke them up and they were pulled right back into work.
They hadn’t even had time to even have one of their usual lunch breaks together. Jimmy hadn’t been able to sneak away from Autopsy and come upstairs to linger around her desk. He would always sit at the edge of her desk and try his best to ignore Tony’s prodding of “Who let the Autopsy Gremlin out of the basement? Mini-Probie, you know he can’t leave the basement.” She hadn’t been able to make excuses to go down to Autopsy and linger herself trying to pretend that she wasn’t there to see her boyfriend but was there because she was totally interested in Dr. Mallard’s work. Dr. Mallard of course knew she was more interested in making moon-eyes with his assistant, but he’d at least been willing to play along with the story Y/N gave him. Lord knows he’d spent too much time gently encouraging Jimmy to pursue Y/N to get too grouchy that they were finally an item.
Jimmy’s and her lives were so intertwined together that the interruption in their usual routine felt so draining.
Y/N knew what she missed the most about her boyfriend at the moment. She missed the sex. They were so exhausted lately that they had no energy to do anything even remotely sexual.
They’d always shared an active sexlife. They were both overly affectionate people. They saw sex as a wonderful way to bond with one another. Not only did it feel amazing and it was a hell of a lot of fun, it was also something incredibly intimate. They saw it as a chance to be as close as two human beings could possibly be. They both understood that sex was an extraordinarly intimate action after all it involved being in such a vulnerable position with one another.
Their sexlife was amazing. It was passionate and filled with laughter and such intimacy.
He was the first guy she’d ever slept with where sex didn’t feel like such a chore. With Jimmy sex felt so fun and so loving. She felt so close to him when they made love. She didn’t feel exposed or as though she had to perform to stroke his ego. Sex felt the way it should with Jimmy. It felt like a wonderful way to show one another that they loved the other.
Jimmy Palmer was the most incredible man Y/N had ever dated. To say that she was absolutely devoted to him would be a vast understatement.
She could still remember how they’d even gotten together in the first place. Jimmy had been there for her when she’d felt so low. He’d somehow made everything seem okay.
She’d been recruited as the new probationary agent that would be working with Gibbs’ team.
She was terrified. She’d heard horror stories about Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The other probationary agents whispered about how tough he was. She’d only witnessed him from afar. He seemed so intense. She’d heard stories about how Gibbs hit his agents on the back of the head as a wake up call. She’d heard about how he had a million rules for his agents to follow, but he never told you the rules. He just expected you to learn them on your own and never forget them. She’d heard how he barked orders and expected results. He didn’t accept excuses or apologies. He would do anything to solve a case and he expected his team to follow suit. He was a tough cookie. He was a marine through and through.
Y/N was crapping herself at the thought of working under him.Part of her was excited. She’d hoped that this would be her chance to prove herself. Surely if she worked hard then everyone would see that she could make an amazing NCIS field agent. Surely this was her chance. Still though it had been so terrifying. She’d been overwhelmed with the feeling that she was in over her head.
She had tried her best to keep a tough exterior and to take whatever challenges Gibbs had thrown her way. On the outside it had looked as though she was excelling at every challenge thrown her direction. She kept determined. She held her head up high and tried to show how motivated she was to learn. She tried to give them the impression that she was strong. She tried to remind herself that she had worked too damn hard to get here. She worked way too hard to let Gibbs or anyone intimidate her from becoming a field agent. She tried to look to Ziva for inspiration. Ziva was so strong. She was such a strong agent who didn’t put up with anyone's crap. Y/N wished she could be more like Ziva.
On the inside though she felt like she was drowning. She felt so in over her head. It felt as though she was failing. She had to fear that she wasn’t strong enough for this. She wasn’t capable of this, a voice in the back of her brain insisted. She was so inferior and eventually everyone would see it.
She tried not to get too discouraged but it weighed on her so heavily.
Tony hadn’t made it easy. He had bestowed her with the nickname Mini-Probie. No matter how many times she asked him to call her by her name he still insisted she was “Mini-Probie.” or worse “Probie Jr.”
Later on of course she’d realize that Tony only bestowed the nicknames on her as a sign of affection. Tony tormented those he cared for.
At the time though it had felt so demoralizing.
Tony had thrown the worst jobs at her: Crawling through mud and dumpsters searching for evidence. Going into lakes and down hills. Going into the thickest woods to retrieve evidence. Carrying all the equipment. Gathering evidence off the floor on her hands and knees. Dusting massive surfaces for fingerprints all by herself. If there was a pet at a crime scene Y/N was handed a pet carrier and told to retrieve it. If there was a piece of evidence in some other god awful location Y/N was told to grab it and bag it.
He shoved the jobs no one wanted on her. It was the only way she’d learn he’d insisted. He was making her a better agent. He was a senior agent and he knew what she needed to do in order to learn.
McGee had tried to offer her reassurance though it was clear he was thankful that she was now the one stuck with the jobs he’d always been forced to take. Sure Tony might still call McGee “Probie.” but Y/N was clearly another victim and Tony seemed to take just as much pleasure at tormenting Y/N as he took in tormenting McGee. Misery did love company.
Y/N was close to cracking under the pressure.
She’d been once again tasked with yet another gross job that nobody else wanted. She’d found herself in a dumpster behind a seafood market searching for a gun that had possibly been tossed. She’d been left alone with the task combing through slimy fish parts trying not to puke. She smelled like rotten fish and all she wanted to do was crawl home and hide in her bed after she scrubbed her skin clean of the rotten stench.
Dr. Mallard had been so kind to her, offering her a chance to use the hazmat showers insisting that he was a true gentleman and wouldn’t stand for a lady being forced to drive home covered in fish guts.
She’d tried her best not to cry when he’d given her a gentle pat on the arm not cringing at the sticky remnants of fish parts crusted to her shoulder. “You’re doing well my dear. You took great initiative to retrieve that gun. That gun is a crucial piece of evidence. I’m sure Jethro will appreciate your determination. Take as long as you need to shower in the hazmat shower. There’s soap to use, it isn’t the nicest, but it will do in a pinch. There are a spare pair of scrubs in stock in Autopsy. I’m sure you can wear them home, though they might be a little large.”
She’d managed to work out a “Thank you Dr. Mallard.” trying to resist the urge to hug him. He had been so kind to her from the start. He made her think of her grandfather to be honest. Her grandfather was a lot like him; filled with stories. Her grandfather had quite the analytical mind as well. He’d actually had hope that she might go into the sciences like him, but Y/N had her heart set on this. Perhaps she would have been better off if she’d followed her grandfather’s dreams for her?
She’d showered so long scrubbing her skin so much it’d turned red and getting the water as hot as he could possibly stand. She didn’t care that the bar soap had made her skin a little dry.. Ziva had been kind enough to offer her some shampoo and conditioner gently giving her a tip to always keep some travel size soaps and shampoos in her desk. You never knew when you might need it Ziva had insisted. Y/N had scrubbed herself until she no longer smelled like rotten fish.
She’d found the blue scrubs without any problems relieved that they weren’t too large for her smaller frame.
When it was all said and done Y/N felt clean but still so defeated.
She took a deep breath trying to soothe herself and regather her confidence. She just had to get a hold of herself and remind herself of why she was here. She wanted to become a field agent; not a probationary agent. She wanted to become a real field agent. She worked so hard to get hired. She had to keep her chin up and keep going. Someday all of these terrible experiences would be worth it.
She’d found herself sitting in Autopsy at Dr. Mallard’s desk taking deep breaths trying not to cry. She refused to cry. She was a grown woman. She wasn’t going to cry.
She wasn’t sure why she remained sitting in Autopsy. There was something about the silence of the room. It was so quiet. It was the one place where she knew she might have a chance at being alone to gather her thoughts.
She’d barely noticed Jimmy Palmer enter the room, the man looking just as surprised to see her as she was to see him.
He felt his heart sink as he noticed how absolutely heartbroken she looked. Her face was downturned she looked up at him revealing that she was clearly trying not to cry. It broke his heart.
She was far too lovely to look so broken. She was so wonderful inside and out. She didn’t deserve to look so upset.
He’d definitely noticed the new probationary agent. She was an attractive young woman so of course he’d noticed her. To be honest he’d noticed how rough Tony seemed to be treating her. Jimmy could admit he’d had to bite his tongue on occasion when he witnessed Tony take it just a little too far.
He felt like a coward for not saying something. Y/N seemed to be the type of woman who’d probably see any attempt Jimmy made to say something to Tony as Jimmy suggesting that Y/N wasn’t capable of handling her job. She’d see it as a patronizing action and not an act of kindness or care.
Jimmy could admit he’d found several things to adore about Y/N/ He enjoyed her presence at crime scenes and around NCIS. Anytime she was the one who got to come down to Autopsy he felt his heart lift at the sight of her and he’d maybe tried to make more jokes then, hoping to work a smile out of her.
He adored her entire attitude on the job. She seemed so determined. He guessed he related to her in that sense, he was a student too after all. He studied under Dr. Mallard in hopes of becoming a full blown medical examiner instead of just an assistant and Y/N studied under the NCIS team hoping to become a field agent and not just a probationary agent. He respected her determination to go after what she wanted.
He liked how eager she seemed to please everyone. She was clearly a hard worker. He’d always found those values admirable and relatable.
It wasn’t just her sense of motivation that Jimmy liked though. He liked everything about her. She was as pretty as she was sweet. He liked the hint of perfume she wore. It was a soft floral scent he occasionally caught when she was near. It smelled like lilies. He liked her smile the few times he’d spotted it. He liked her laugh the few times he’d been lucky enough to hear it. He liked how soft spoken she seemed. He could admit he worried about how soft spoken she seemed. He knew the life of a field agent was difficult and dangerous. He had to hope someone who seemed to be as sweet and as gentle as her wouldn’t be harmed on the job.
He would be lying if he tried to claim that he maybe hadn’t developed a massive crush on Y/N. There was no chance of him not liking her as much as he did.
He knew it was useless though. She was a perfect ten and Jimmy was sure he was probably not anywhere close to being a perfect ten. He knew what people saw when they looked at him. People found him strange especially when they found out just what his career goals were. They saw him as being a geek who slouched too much and always said the wrong thing at the wrong time. They found him awkward and they found his sense of humor to be off putting. Sure he’d started hitting the gym and trying to have a bit more pride in his appearance, but he was very sure that women who looked like Y/N didn’t go for guys who looked like Jimmy.
Y/N spoke her voice cracking, praying Jimmy couldn’t see the tears threatening to spill from her eyes. “I should go, I-I...Dr. Mallard told me I could borrow some scrubs because my clothing was all fish gutty. It’s late so I should go. Tell Dr. Mallard I said thanks again, since you’ll probably see him before me. Have a good weekend Jimmy.”
Jimmy felt the words leave him unable to stand it any longer. He’d kept his lips sealed long enough. “Are you okay?”
She took a deep breath trying to hold it together. “I’m fine Jimmy. It’s just been a long day.”
Jimmy replied not willing to let it go. “You don’t seem fine.”
Y/N felt the tears fall then she unable to stop herself. Jimmy had always been so sweet to her. He was so polite and he tried to keep so positive. He was the one bright spot she knew she could count on at a crime scene. No matter how awful a crime scene was she knew that at least Jimmy would be there. He was always so cheerful. She didn’t understand how someone worked with the dead and saw just how much violence people were capable of could be so positive.
She spoke frantically wiping her eyes trying to pretend that she didn’t feel as awful as she so clearly felt. “It’s so stupid. It’s nothing to worry about.”
“It’s not stupid. I’m sure it isn’t stupid if it’s making you this sad. Of course I’m going to worry...I mean I know we haven’t known each other for very long, but I’d like to think that I’m still allowed to worry when I see you looking so down.” Jimmy insisted taking her by surprise as he made his way over to her.
He pulled out a chair at the desk motioning for her to sit, taking a seat in the other desk chair.
Y/N gave in telling herself it would make her feel better. It would make her feel better to have a friendly ear to vent to. She forced the words to fall from her as Jimmy frantically searched for a tissue, finally finding one and handing it over to her. “I just, I feel so overwhelmed.”
“You’re doing great though Y/N. I’ve seen you at crime scenes. You’ve been working really hard.” Jimmy replied so fast to reassure her.
“I’ve been faking it. I’ve been trying so hard but I’m so tired. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’ve studied so hard and worked so hard. It’s all I’ve wanted for so long. I just, I’m in over my head.” She admitted the words spilling from her, feeling so good to get it all out.
She let out a heavy sigh shaking her head wiping her tears as she spoke. “Maybe I’m not made for this...Maybe I’m just not good enough.”
She was surprised by how fast Jimmy spoke in response. “That isn’t true. I know it’s been hard, but you said it yourself. You’ve wanted this for so long. You’ve worked really hard for this. You cannot stop now, not when you’ve worked so hard to get here. I know things may seem really rough right now, but I’m sure that things will get better. You’re doing really great. I mean Gibbs barely yells at you...and I don’t think he’s ever hit the back of your head, or I haven’t seen him do it.”
Y/N managed to laugh at this though it came out a little weepy. “He hasn’t...he has yelled, but he yells more at Tony than anyone.”
She let out a soft sigh, her tears managing to dry up a little she wringing the tissue she was holding in her hands. “Thanks Jimmy...today has just been the worst. I literally spent all afternoon in a dumpster searching for a gun. It was at a seafood market and Tony decided that I was the lucky one who got to dig through it. It was disgusting. I don’t think I ever want to eat seafood ever again... How long do you think he’s going to stick me with Probie duties?.”
“Probably until a new Probie comes along.” Jimmy replied, giving her an apologetic smile.
Much to his relief the comment didn’t make her feel worse, letting out a laugh that sounded a little less weepy. “On the bright side at least Dr. Mallard let me borrow the hazmat shower, which explains the scrubs.”
Jimmy felt the words leave him before he had a chance to stop himself. “If its any consolation, you look good in the scrubs.”
He paused his cheeks flushing more words spilling from him he stumbling a bit over his statement. “I mean, not that you don’t always look good...because you always look really good, I mean you always look really beautiful. You are beautiful... It’s just, uh you look nice in blue and uh...you l-look...you look good for someone who spent the afternoon in a dumpster filled with rotten fish parts.”
A little voice in the back of his brain told him he’d fucked everything up. She probably thought he was a total moron.
He widened his eyes surprised as she spoke her voice just as filled with shock. “You think I’m beautiful?”
Jimmy felt the words leave him he unable to deny it. He took a deep breath taking a chance. “Yes, always.”
It was her turn to feel her cheeks flush the words leaving her so soft he almost didn’t hear them “Thank you.”
He took another deep breath taking another chance. It was now or never. The worst thing she could do was tell him no. “Would you...uh, do you have any plans tonight?”
Y/N spoke a small shy smile crossing her lips. “No, I mean...I don’t have any plans unless Gibbs calls me in to work.”
Jimmy nodded his head working up the courage to ask. “Would you like to get dinner with me tonight? As in a date? I promise no seafood.”
The laugh that left her scared him for a moment. Was she laughing at him? Did she think the idea of him asking her out was so ridiculous that it had reduced her to laughter.
His doubts died as she spoke nodding her head the words leaving her. “I’d like that...would you be okay with me stopping by my place so I can change...I imagine you aren’t planning on going to dinner in your scrubs so I should probably ditch these.”
Jimmy was tempted to tell her he’d eat dinner with her no matter what she wore but he only managed to nod his head frantically the words spilling from him. “Of course, that’d be okay...I can just, uh I can follow you to your place and then we can leave for dinner in my car...if that’s okay with you?”
“Yes, that sounds great.” She insisted, standing up from her chair.
She hesitated for a moment, taking a chance as she leaned down, taking Jimmy by shock as her lips pressed to his cheek. She spoke her own cheeks flushing just as dark as his. “Just let me go get my purse and I’ll be ready to go.”
That dinner date had been the start of something wonderful. It hadn’t taken them long to become official. It had only taken a couple of dates before Jimmy had worked up the nerve to ask her to be his girlfriend.
They hadn’t looked back after that.
Things at work were still hard at times. Y/N still felt defeated at times. She still felt overwhelmed more often than she’d like to admit. Jimmy made it easier though. He made things seem so much brighter.
They’d been together for a little over two years now and they’d learned to lean on one another through the changes they’d endured at work and the stress and danger of their careers.
She was sure that she loved him more than she’d ever loved anyone. That was why this was driving her insane.
To be frank she was horny and stressed and exhausted. It was a deadly combination. She missed her boyfriend. She needed him so badly she wanted to cry.
As hard as she tried to focus on the case and her job any time she had a moment of silence her mind drifted back to the last time Jimmy and she’d had sex. It had been after a night out at a local bar with everyone at work. They hadn’t stayed long, they both making an excuse to leave early. The second they’d gotten home they’d barely made it to the bedroom. She kept thinking about all the filthy things Jimmy had moaned against her ear while he was grinding against her. He talked so much as it was and that trait didn’t go away when he was inside of her. He surprisingly had a filthy mouth when he got lost in pleasure. It was kind of amusing sweet gentle Jimmy who wouldn’t even watch an R rated film would moan in her ear about tight she was and how hard he wanted to fuck her.
Remembering all these little details wasn’t helping her ignore the desire coursing through her.
She finally decided she’d had enough. She knew it was a risky move but she needed to do this. It was either do this or attempt to take a cold shower in the hazmat showers.
It had been surprisingly easy. She knew her boyfriend’s routine after all. Even in a time like this when things were so hectic she knew that everyday around 3 Jimmy would go grab a cup of coffee and a snack. He cut his lunch break a little short just so he could have the time to step away to do this.
Jimmy hadn’t expected the arms to reach out from the supply closet yanking him by his scrub top into the closet.
He widened his eyes his heart still racing even as he realized exactly what was going on. Her lips pressed to his he eagerly returning the kiss but only for a brief moment he pulling from her the words spilling from him. “What’s going on?”
She pressed her lips down his jawline the words leaving her. “I’ve missed you so much.”
He chuckled at the action and her words. “You just saw me this morning.”
She continued to press kissed along his jawline working her way down his neck nipping his skin pulling a soft moan from his lips.
She spoke her words muffled against his neck. “I know, I just love you so much. I’ve missed you so much baby.”
She continued to suck and nip at his neck knowing she would definitely leave a mark behind in her wake. Jimmy couldn’t stop the soft moans from leaving him finding it so easy to sink into her affections his body easily reacting remembering just how badly he’d missed this.
She ran her hand down his body between them knowing her destination as she continued to work her lips against his pulse point.
He felt a surprised squeak leave him as she placed her hand over his crotch gently massaging him causing his cock to slowly begin to harden his body definitely remembering just how badly he’d missed her.
He pulled from her speaking frantically. “What, what are y-you doing?”
She gave him a flirty smile staring up at him clearly able to see how dark his eyes had gone with lust. “What do you think I’m doing? You’re a smart guy, I think you know.”
He felt his cheeks flush realizing her hand hadn’t left his crotch. He managed to speak his voice still a little frantic. “I uh-he-here? I mean r-right now? Here?”
“Yes, here.” She replied her lips pressing to his jawline again.
He sighed closing his eyes fighting the urge to sink into this his fears still running through the back of his mind. “What if s-someone walks in or hears us?”
She giggled fast to reply her lips still pressing along his jawline. “No one will walk in and no one will hear us as long as you’re quiet.”
She pulled back her voice taking a serious tone realizing he seemed pretty tense. “If you aren’t okay with it then It’s fine Jimmy. You can say no and I won’t be upset.”
Jimmy quickly debated his choices in his head. He could promise her that they would pick this back up at home. He could wait it out until his body no longer showed how excited he was. Then he could walk back to Autopsy and pretend nothing had happened.
Or he could give in to what his body was screaming it wanted. She’d told him she missed him, and he’d missed her. He’d missed her so much it was driving him insane.
Of course he might die from embarrassment if anyone walked in on this or even overheard them.
He loved her so much though. He wanted her so much. He wanted this so much.
He took a deep breath, his lips pressing to hers before he pulled back speaking. “We have to be quick and you have to be quiet.”
“I’m not the one we have to worry about. You’re the loud one.” She remarked her lips finding his.
He pushed her against the wall, his hand so easily roaming her body as he spoke. “That’s funny coming from someone who moaned my name so loud one time that the neighbors complained the next day.”
“That’s because the walls in your old apartment were paper thin.” She insisted a soft moan leaving her as he began to work the buttons of her shirt open sliding it from her body.
He groaned as he pulled the shirt from her his eyes locking down at the pink lace covering her breasts. “Fair enough.”
She giggled knowing him well enough to know that she always had a chance of winning any disagreement when he spotted her breasts.
He wasted no time to work his lips along her neck nipping and sucking as he worked his way down her shoulder pulling more giggles and soft moans from her. He pressed his lips against her cleavage nipping and sucking, unable to stop himself from grinding against her.
He ran his hands up her back easily finding her bra clasp and working it open pulling it from her body. He moaned as her breasts were revealed to him, wasting no time to lock his mouth over her breast suckling.
She whined her fingers running through his hair messing it as he worked her breast easily working it before moving to her other breast giving it the same treatment.
He only pulled back as she pulled his scrub top up pulling it and the white undershirt he wore up and over his head tossing it on the floor. He moaned as she pressed her lips to his chest, nipping sure she would leave a mark there too.
He whined as she worked her way down his body, dropping to her knees. He groaned as she stared up at him, unable to stop his hand from pressing to her cheek as she leaned against his touch. She spoke, her voice teasing. “I thought you said we had to make this quick.”
He nodded his head, the words spilling from him. “I know. I just love you so much.”
She spoke, her fingers sliding under the waistband of his scrub bottom and boxers. “And I love you.”
He groaned as she pulled his pants and boxers down, allowing them to rest around his ankles, the sight probably looking ridiculous but he was a little too distracted by the moan that left her lips to worry about that.
She spoke, her lips pressing along his shaft, her breath warm against him. “Is this for me?”
“Always, always for you.” He moaned his head falling back as he continued to press kisses along his shaft her hand resting against his balls massaging them
He groaned as he locked her lips around him, bobbing her head enthusiastically. He groaned his eyes practically crossing his knees already growing wobbly. God, he’d missed this. He’d missed this so much more than he realized.
She worked his cock he putting his hand over his mouth trying to stifle his moans. She pulled back a giggle leaving her, her hand wrapping around him and stroking. “Yeah, you’re real quiet.”
He giggled against his palm, his hips rocking against her touch.
She placed her lips back around him pulling her hand back to bob her head once again more moans leaving him muffling against his palm.
He stared down at her, his hips continuing to rock, unable to believe how perfect she really was. She was so amazing. She was all his. Somehow he’d managed to win her heart. He was the only one who got to do this with her. If he had his way she would be the only one he did this with for the rest of his life.
He groaned, finding it so hard to muffle his noises. She was right, he was the loud one.
He grunted knowing that if she kept this up at this rate he was going to cum. It was almost pathetic really. In his defense it had been so long since they’d had a chance to do this and he’d been so stressed lately. He was sure any kind of stimulation from her no matter how brief it was might cause him to burst.
He pulled back from her his cock bobbing a groan leaving him as he pulled his hand from his mouth. “I need you, I need you so fucking bad.”
She stood up from the floor kicking her shoes off and unfastening her pants sliding them down her body along with her panties.
He groaned searching the room trying to decide how he wanted to go about this.
He sighed knowing his knees still felt pretty wobbly. He was so desperate he didn’t trust himself to stay upright at the moment. Besides, he didn’t think pushing her against the wall so close to a shelf was a good plan. He could already imagine the risk of pulling down a shelf.
He quickly made his choice telling himself that even if the floor might not be the cleanest it was the best option.
He sat down resting against the wall motioning to her. “Here, ride me.”
She giggled making her way over to him a deep groan leaving him as he watched her. There was something so intoxicating about the sight of her standing over him like this nude and wanting him.
He groaned knowing he might have a bit of a submissive side to him. Though he guessed that was pretty obvious given his overeagerness to please her. He’d do anything for her, he’d give her anything. All she had to do was say the word and he’d give her anything. He was always so desperate for her, so desperate to make her feel good. He was always so desperate to make her happy. He was always in such awe that she wanted him. She could have anyone and she’d chosen him.
He ran his hands along her thighs as she approached him, a groan leaving him his eyes locking down at her center. “If I had more time I’d eat you out right now, fuck. This case better be over soon or I’m gonna find whoever killed that petty officer and kill him myself.”
She giggled at this comment, shaking her head. He was the only guy she’d ever dated who seemed to love going down on her. She’d definitely noticed just how much he enjoyed pleasing her. Of course she was always willing to make sure she pleased him in return. She had to find it downright awe inspiring just how much he adored pleasing her though.
She lowered down straddling his lap not allowing him to enter her just yet his lips pressing to hers. She reluctantly pulled her lips from his reaching forward and pulling his glasses from him.
She spoke, giving him a gentle smile as she set his glasses down on top of her pile of clothing. “I don’t want anything to happen to them.”
He gave her a lovesick smile not helping but to adore how she always looked out for him even in the tiniest ways. He groaned as she pressed her lips back to his.
He reached down between them grasping his cock sliding it along her she so wet he wanted to cry. He had a feeling he might not last as long as he was hoping. He knew it was going to take some serious effort on his half to hold back.
He grunted his moan muffled against her lips as she lowered herself over him, taking him slowly down to the hilt. He groaned she so tight and wet and so hot. He grasped onto her hips squeezing so tight he had a feeling he’d leave bruises behind.
She gasped, the feeling of him inside of her always a little overwhelming. He filled her so perfectly and in this position he hit at such a different angle. She had to adore how close she felt to him at this angle. This was exactly what she needed to feel so close to him.
She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, taking her time slowly rocking over him moans intermingling between their kisses.
He kept a tight grip on her hips encouraging her movements. She felt so good. He couldn’t stop himself from voicing it he speaking against her lips. “Fuck, I’ve missed this. I’ve missed your pussy so much.”
She giggled shuddering against him, unable to deny how much she loved a little dirty talk. There was something so flattering about knowing that sweet polite Jimmy Palmer could say such filthy things. She knew she was the only one who got to see this side of him. It was a side of him that was reserved for her and her only.
She spoke trying to keep her voice down, finding it so hard not to moan as loud as she wanted to when he felt so amazing. “Feels so good Jimmy. Missed you, missed this so bad. You always feel so good.”
He groaned, pressing his lips to hers doing his best to rock up against her as she continued to ride him. This position was hell given the fact that the floor was freezing and hard, but he found it hard to complain too much when she felt so amazing.
He pressed his lips to her neck, his voice muffled against her neck. “I love you, I love you so much sweet girl. My sweet girl, so good for me.”
She whined burying her face against his neck she riding him enthusiastically, his hands still squeezing her hips so tight. She managed to speak the words muffled against his skin. “I love you Jimmy. God, I love you so much.”
They continued like this, their moans muffled against one another’s skin, she rocking against him finding the perfect rhythm, Jimmy doing his best to encourage her movements.
She couldn’t believe this was happening. If anyone had told her way back when she’d been hired on as a probationary agent that she’d one day find herself riding the medical examiner’s assistant in a supply closet she would have never believed it.
Then again she also never would have believed that when she’d walked into Autopsy the first time that she’d be meeting the love of her life. She had to wonder that if she knew back then what she knew now if it would have made those first few months at NCIS any easier.
She whined against him, feeling so amazing. She spoke against his neck “Such a good boy Jimmy. So fucking good.”
He grunted shuddering against her, her words making him throb. Oh yeah he definitely had a kink for pleasing her.
This entire experience was actually more than a bit of a kink for him. He couldn’t help but to get off on the idea that anyone could walk in on this. Anyone could hear this. Anyone could hear just how much he was pleasing her. The thought filled him with such a sense of pride.
Of course realistically he knew he’d die of shame if anyone ever walked in on this or heard it, but for some reason the risk of being caught or overheard turned him on so much.
She slid a hand down between them, her fingers sliding along her clit rubbing it helping herself feel all the more amazing.
Jimmy groaned gazing down between them, his voice sounding out in a hushed whisper. “That’s my girl, fuck yes.”
She whined her head falling back, she biting her bottom lip to hush her moans. He stared up at her still so in awe of her. He had to wonder how he’d gotten so lucky.
He pressed his lips against her breasts suckling them as she rode him, her fingers continuing to rub her clit in a circular pattern.
They continued like this, both knowing this would be over quicker than they’d hoped. This had been just what they needed though. This was always their preferred method to cope with stress. Anytime things at work got to be too much they knew they could find pleasure in one another. Of course usually they were able to wait until they got home, or at least got to the backseat of his car in the parking garage.
They were amazed at their ability to find comfort in one another. They both knew that no matter what happened they had one another. When a case went well they could celebrate the success with one another. When a case went wrong they knew they could find comfort in one another.
When one of them had a terrible day they both knew that they could lie in one another's arms pressed skin to skin together. They didn’t even have to do anything more than hold one another and it would be enough.
She was sure she’d never found more comfort with anyone than she’d found with Jimmy. He was quite sure he felt the same.
There was a reason he’d begun looking at engagement rings secretly on an incognito tab on his laptop anytime he had a chance to do so without anyone seeing it and figuring out the plans dancing around in the back of his mind.
He knew that one day hopefully soon if he was lucky enough he would make her his wife. He would have the rest of his life with her. Growing old with her sounded perfect.
She spoke, her voice rising a little bit more than she meant the words falling from her. “Jimmy fuck, you’re so good baby. I’m so close.”
He pulled from her breasts placing a hand at the back of her head pulling her down muffling her moans with his lips. He spoke giggling against her lips. “Sssh not too loud baby.”
He pressed his lips back to hers as she continued to rub her clit, she continuing to rock over him losing rhythm the longer she moved. He gripped down onto her hips helping encourage her movements as she got closer and closer to the edge.
She whined her back arching, shaking against him as she reached her end. She moaned against his kisses muffling the noise. She quivered against him her nails digging into his back as she came her center contracting around him.
He grunted the sensation of her squeezing him so tight making his cock ache.
He allowed her to rock against him she shaking as she worked her way though her orgasm.
She gasped as she came down from her high she so sensitive.
She resisted the urge to pull back from him the feeling so intense. She wanted him to cum. She needed him to feel so good.
She pulled from his lips moaning against his ear her voice so soft and so needy saying just the thing to get him there. “Please Jimmy. Come on baby. Cum for me my good sweet man, let go for me.”
He grunted his fingertips digging into her skin knowing he would have to rub lotion against her hips tonight. Her skin would be sporting so many bruises after this.
He felt his end hit him hard he shaking his face burying against her neck muffling his moans of her name. He came hard spilling into her, she rocking against him working her pelvic floor muscles trying to milk his release. He whined as he felt the last of his release spill from him he knowing they were making a mess. He would have to find some tissues or something to clean them.
She remained ontop of him even as he began to soften his grip on her so tight he refusing to allow her to pull from him.
He spoke his voice low and raspy a drowsy laugh leaving him. “I’m going to find whoever inserted your IUD and thank them.”
She giggled her nose scrunching at the comment his cheeks flushing from more than the orgasm he was recovering from. He spoke another laugh leaving him. “Sorry, I know gross.”
She shook her head smoothing back his messy hair as she spoke her voice low. “It does beat the hell out of dealing with condoms.”
He pressed his lips to hers so thankful that she always had a way of making him feel less like an awkward idiot.
They widened their eyes as they heard an exasperated voice out in the hallway. “Has anyone seen Mini-Probie?”
Y/N muffled her laughter against Jimmy’s shoulder as an unfamiliar voice replied. “Who?”
“You know, Agent Y/L/N?” Tony sounded out still sounding so fed up.
They were thankful as his voice faded off, Tony clearly moving away from the supply closet.
Jimmy pressed his lips to hers his hands pressing to her cheeks he holding her against him even as they pulled from the kiss. “We should probably get back out there.”
She pressed one more kiss to his lips as she spoke. “I love you.”
“And I love you. You can drag me into a supply closet anytime you want.” He replied trying not to sound so eager.
She chuckled shaking her head as she moved up and off of him trying not to cringe at she mess they’d made. “You better not make that offer. I’ll keep taking you up on it.”
He smiled up at her, that lovesick smile once again returning to his lips. He had a feeling he wouldn’t have any problems with that.
“It doesn’t even have to be a supply closet. We could try a few other locations. I’m pretty sure I could find so many places for us to find some privacy around NCIS.” He exclaimed, causing her to giggle, he absolutely loving the sound.
It was such a world away from the sorrow filled girl he’d comforted in Autopsy a little over two years ago.
God, he loved her.
He had to hope she’d take him up on his offer. He wasn’t lying, she could pull him into the supply closet anytime she wanted.
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Opposites Attract
Somebody requested these headcanons where Iida's dating Shoto's quirkless twin...And this Chaotic Dumbass forgot to do a screenshot of the ask 😖
Honestly Iida and (Y/N) don't really talk much after Shoto introduces her to class 1-A.
In a way he sees her as a bit of a rebel or troublemaker, this is because they may have crossed paths during the first weeks of school, and he was close to reprimand her for running in the halls and arguing with another student trying to pick a fight with her friends.
This opinion quickly changes when he realizes there's more to her attitude that meets the eye, while she could easily be seen as a rebellious student, once he got to know the real (Y/N) he realized she's someone who works pretty hard to accomplish her goals.
(Y/N) is probably able to see through his facade after the news about Tensei being fatally injured and forced to retire is revealed to the public.
While she doesn't say anything before they leave, it's until after their encounter with Stain and everyone's back that she's quick to talk to him about the subject.
They start bonding over how close they are with their older brothers...or used to be in her case, not that she doesn't appreciate the rest of her siblings though, but Iida quickly realizes that (Y/N) clearly understands how he feels.
Did he start getting feelings for her after this? Most likely. But it's only a crush for the moment.
What will be the one thing that starts to make him realize he fell for his friend's sister? The next time he goes to the development studio.
Remember that chapter where the Dekusquad went to ask for some upgrades for their costumes? Seeing (Y/N) in her work table was the equivalent of a cupid's arrow for Iida.
Sure (Y/N) is a sarcastic gremlin with a pinch of pettiness, but when it comes to work her stuff is in such a meticulous order she doesn't even need to look away from whatever she's working on.
She did however laugh at Hatsume when she forced them to try her equipment, and the way Iida was literally sent flying to the roof.
This girl will definitely try persuading them to try out some of her equipment as well. For obvious reasons Iida's favorite are the booster sneakers.
When Iida finds out she's working non-stop? He's the only one who manages to reason with her asides from Shoto, the difference is that Iida will keep telling her to get some rest, and will go off about how sleeping at an appropriate time is very important for your health.
If it takes hours to convince her it won't matter, he'll keep telling her to go rest until (Y/N) finally gives up, dropping everything with a sigh and grumbling to herself...or at least she thought it was to herself.
"You're lucky you're so attractive..."
There's only silence when (Y/N) realizes what she just said, both of them start blushing madly in embarassment until eventually she starts flailing her arms in a panic.
"You heard nothing!" she yells at him while running away to her dorm. Meanwhile Iida stays frozen in place for a solid minute.
Iida.exe has stopped working.
After that little incident they end up avoiding each other and get fidgety whenever they happen to cross paths.
Eventually is Shoto himself who yells at them to "Just kiss already!" (It was actually their friend's idea). Did the little push helped them become a couple? Yes it did.
These two being together is like one of those "opposites attract" couples, why? Because (Y/N)'s fashion sense is pretty much like Akali from "K/DA".
We're talking about leather jackets, ripped jeans, crop tops, bright colors, etc. Though she has some cute moments too, but her main style is "street fashion".
It was a comical yet cute sight during their first date because while (Y/N) is wearing a Metallica T-shirt and ripped jeans, Iida's all dressed up as a Dad, literally.
(Y/N) totally made fun of him for that, but not in a mocking way.
Considering the fact they're dating, Iida's eventually going to find out about the situation at the Todoroki household and he's quickly connecting the dots about Shoto's past attitude along with his sister's...And he's going to be pissed.
While he won't actually confront Endeavor about it, he's going to have an uptight and formal yet cold attitude with him once (Y/N) asks him to meet her family.
As for the rest of them his attitude's going to take a full 180° and he becomes a total sweetheart with her siblings and mother, quickly winning everyone over with his manners.
(Y/N) is the same height as Midoriya, and while Iida's not one to tease he's usually holding back his laughter when she tries to reach him for a kiss and has to stand on her tip toes.
Iida nearly had a heart attack the first time he saw (Y/N) wearing his hoodie, because she was literally swimming in his clothing. The others wouldn't stop teasing him about it though.
"May I please have my hoodie back (Y/N)?"
"Nope, it's mine now~"
Study dates become a must between them. You can find them studying together in the library pretty often, or tutoring their classmates as well.
Remember I said she had her cute moments too? Iida found out about it the day she officially met his family, she arrived wearing this casual dress that was pretty different from her usual outfits.
Once again, Iida.exe has stopped running
He was totally over the moon after seeing (Y/N) get along with his family so quickly, especially with his brother Tensei, it was a great comfort seeing the two persons he appreciated getting to know each other and talking so casually.
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Any chance of getting something maybe set in the future or smthng where percy is telling either his kids or young demigods about how good and powerful jason was or just recalling some of their old adventures and its Percy's way of getting closure for jason? Can be angsty can be fluff whatever floats yah boat:)
I am not afraid to admit I teared up writing this. I am an emotional bitch. Anyway I hope you enjoy Anon!
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"Come on boys, your sister's already in bed." Percy got up from the couch to pick up the stray toys and blankets still littered around the room.
"Can we get a story tonight Pops?" Charles looked up at him with big brown eyes.
"Sure baby, what about?"
"About," Lee looked to his twin and then back at his father, "About daddy?"
He released a soft breath, crouching down so he was at eye level with them.
"Of course, I'm always happy to tell you about your dad."
"Thanks Pops!" They beamed and then raced off to get ready for bed.
Percy stood up to lean against the wall, letting the ache of missing his husband wash over him. It pressed against his ribs, made breathing an impossibility. Blue eyes, bright with laughter flashed through his mind. He blinked the tears away, now was not the time to break down.
"Zoe, you want to come listen to the story?"
"What's the story?" She scrunched her nose, "I don't want to hear about the princess and the dragon. Everyone knows she should have made friends with the dragon and gone on amazing adventures."
He struggled to hold in a laugh as she rolled her pale green eyes, "You don't have to worry tonight, it's a story about dad."
She lit up then, smile as bright as the sun, "You're gonna tell us about dad? Yes let's go!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him to her brothers' room.
He didn't bother to keep his laugh in this time, letting her drag him through the house.
In a matter of moments the boys were tucked into their beds. Zoe was climbing onto his lap as he tried to get comfy on the bean bag sat in the middle of the room.
"Okay you want to hear about a time we killed a monster or time at camp or something else?"
"Monster!" Zoe and Charles cheered.
"Camp," Lee said softly.
"Okay you little gremlins how about both? I'll tell you the story about how your dad accidentally stabbed me."
They nodded, smuggling deeper into their beds and looked at him expectantly.
"It was around the middle of summer, actually your dad's birthday. And I had planned to have a picnic in the strawberry fields. We only had the day to be together because it was Capture the Flag that night and you know your Aunt Annabeth was a tyrant when it came to camp games," He winked, making them giggle.
Lee furrowed his little brow. "Why were you going to the strawberry fields?"
"Yea why not the woods, or the beach?" Charles asked.
"Your dad never really liked the beach. He says there's too much sand and too much water," He laughed softly, "And the woods aren't really that safe. It's better to stay well within camp boarders."
"But why—" Charles started up again.
"Charlie," Zoe scolded, "Let Pops finish the story. You can ask questions later."
"Nobody asked you Zoe," He stuck his tongue out.
Lee untucked his arm and held it off the bed expectantly. His twin sighed and clasped their hands together.
"Later Charlie,"
Percy's heart skipped a beat, as it always did when the twins acted like this. It was Jason's favourite thing about them—that silent understanding, that unspoken bond.
"Carry on Pops," Lee nodded solemnly.
"We had a little party for dad in the dining hall with a silly lightning bolt shaped cake and cloud cupcakes." He didn't tell them that all the drinks were same shade of green as his eyes because that was his husband's favourite colour. Or that Jason had pulled him in and kissed him so hard they had almost started a hurricane right there.
"I had asked my friends to help me set up a picnic blanket and a basket in the fields so we could go after breakfast. But when we got there everything had been trampled and broken."
Zoe gasped, slapping a hand over her mouth.
"Oh no," Lee's face pulled in horror.
"Who did it Pops? What happened?" Charles was sitting up now, his hand still firmly holding his twin's.
He gave them a wide eyed look, struggling to hold back his laugh at their intent expressions.
"Well we were both very confused and quickly took our swords out but then we heard a rustle from behind us. We turned around and sitting on a rock was this huge serpent. It was brown and swampy green with two giant horns on its head. And it was just staring at us."
"Your dad tried to get closer but before he could strike his sword this thing was moving towards us. It jumped on me and I fell to the ground."
They all let out a comically loud gasp.
"My sword fell out of my hand. But your dad was there and he sliced his sword down on it. Except he missed the monster because it moves so fast and his sword hit me instead."
Charles groaned, falling back onto his pillow.
"Come on Pops what happened?" Zoe bounced, looking up at him.
"So I'm injured, the monster is still slithering everywhere and your dad is trying to make sure I'm not gonna die. Before he could get me some ambrosia the serpent is back and striking at him. That's when I finally grab all the water from the strawberries and throw it at the monster. And then it crumbled to dust. Guess it wasn't thirsty huh?"
He didn't tell them he choked that creature till it didn't know the difference between blood and water, didn't tell them he nearly died trying to control so much with an injury. Didn't tell them the fury he felt when it had tried to attack his boyfriend.
"Uncle Grover was not happy with me because all the strawberries died but your dad and i made it back to the infirmary and we got all better. Which was great because Aunt Annabeth and Aunt Clarisse would have killed us if we couldn't participate in Capture the Flag." He laughed.
"What was the monster Pops?" Lee asked, earthy eyes wide.
Zoe frowned, "Yea and how did it get in? I thought camp was protected. "
"And who won capture the flag?" Charles waved his hands impatiently.
"We found out the monster was called Cerastes and it probably dug itself up under the borders. There was a whole maze running under camp, but it collapsed after Aunt Annabeth and I helped the creator out."
Zoe squealed, "Can we hear that story next?"
"Maybe another night, princess. And to answer your question Charlie," He smiled at his son, "Clarisse's team won capture the flag. Your dad and and Aunt Clarisse made us clean toilets for a week because we lost."
"Aw daddy," Lee scrunched his nose.
"Yes Annabeth was very unimpressed with them. Alright, time to sleep now."
"Pops," Zoe hugged his neck, "I miss dad."
He wrapped his arms around her little body, "Me too princess. But someday we will all see each other again."
Lee looked at him curiously, "How do you know?"
"Because your dad is in a very special place and if you guys continue to be brave and kind you will also go to that special place and you will see him again."
"And will you be there?" Charles tugged at his hand.
"I hope so. I think if you all give me kisses I'll be able to trade them in when the time comes."
They pounced on him, dissolving into giggles as he kissed them back and tickled their little feet.
"I love you guys, and your dad loved you more than all the stars in the sky." He looked at each of them, green eyes bright with love and sorrow.
"We love you too Pops." Charles let out a yawn.
"Yea, love you Pops." Lee climbed back into bed, "Are we getting pancakes tomorrow?"
"It is birthday tradition," He grinned at them, "And especially since you're becoming old men. Pancakes are soft so you don't have to chew when your teeth start falling out."
"Our teeth fall out?" Charles gave him an appalled look.
"Only if you don't brush your teeth Charlie." Zoe said matter of factly.
"Thats right," He held in a laugh at her serious expression.
"Goodnight little ones." He picked his daughter up, switching off the lights and closing the door halfway.
"You ready for bed princess?"
"Mhm Pops," She blinked slowly, "Can I help you make pancakes tomorrow?"
"Yes please," He laid her down gently, "You're the best sous chef ever."
Her answering beam made his chest tighten.
"I love you Pops. Thank you for the story."
"Was it to your satisfaction?" He flicked her nose softly.
"I like when you and dad save each other," She burrowed into her blankets, "It's much better when you do things together, instead of those silly princes who want to save the princess but don't let her help."
He shook his head in amusement, "When you go on your own adventures remember to do things together."
"We're gonna be a team." She gave him a determined look and then yawned.
He kissed her forehead and pulled up the blankets before leaving the room.
With a sigh he escaped to his own bed, sitting down with the heaviness of longing.
Jason and him weren't just a team; they were the question and answer, the sun and the moon, the beginning, middle and end.
He picked up the framed picture of them on their wedding day, Jason's blue eyes bright with happiness, and Percy looking at his husband like he hung the stars in the sky just so their glow could shine onto this love.
"I miss you my Saving Grace," He whispered.
And then laughed, as he felt the soft caress of wind brushing over his damp cheeks and dancing between his fingers.
"I love you."
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Extreme fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and dehydration was Coran’s official diagnosis with a small milk duct blockage in Lance’s left breast. Wanting to keep Lance in for a couple of days so he could rest and recuperate, Lance found himself tired of sleeping. Keith having to go back to Garrison for the full moon left him feeling lonely, though Rieva had brought Blue up to stay with him for company, and Shiro was taking care of Kosmo.
With their friends being their usual selves, they’d all come to visit. Pidge smacking him for ending up “in hospital again”. It hadn’t been his plan to. Sleeping all the time felt like a waste of time. Time he should be using to clean the nursery and make sure everything was organised for the birth. The vampire felt awful that Keith was stuck babysitting him when he wasn’t even awake to keep his lover company. He also felt awful that fresh human blood had perked him up more than Keith’s blood. Keith was his everything and tried his hardest for him. Now he was stuck with a fiancé that just wanted sleep, and if he wasn’t sleeping he was eating or expressing milk to ease the blockage... Keith seemed overly eager to help with that bit.
Of all the nights for insomnia to finally kick in, it was the first night of the full moon. He’d fallen asleep talking to Keith. Matt and Rieva swore to take care of Keith in his absence, but that wasn’t the same as him being there to help Keith during the daytime. He wanted to see for himself that Keith was safe. The idea Keith would be howling at their window for him, only for him not to be there hurt. If he hadn’t taken Lance’s bronco back to Garrison, Lance would have probably planned his escape, even if it meant being yelled at over it later.
Sighing to himself, Lance glared at the ticking clock on the bedside table. He really missed Keith. Blue was snuggled against his stomach, happy that her human was back to give her the attention she rightly deserved. He’d missed her. Kosmo came for a short visit before Keith had Shiro take him back to the apartment. Their best boy fur son hadn’t meant for one of his big paws to collide with Lance’s junk, but in his excitement that was exactly what had happened, whole body wiggling with excitement as he was hauled away. The time read a little after 9pm. Keith would have turned by now. He, Matt, and Rieva, would be doing whatever werewolves did when the moon was full... unlike him who was stuck waiting for the full moon to pass completely before he could finally go home to his bed.
A soft knock on the room door went ignored as Lance didn’t particularly want company, no matter how lonely he was. Cracking the door open, there came a giggle followed by a stumble and quick closing of the door, then a sigh a relief
“Pidgeon?”
Shrieking, Pidge clapped her hand over her mouth cutting off the noise. Evidently their little gremlin thought she was being sneaky about something. When a moment or two passed with no one coming to check, Pidge let out a whooshing breath of relief as Lance rolled himself back to prop himself up and stare at her in confusion
“Dude! You totally scared me! What are you doing awake?!”
Now he was slightly afraid. A sneaky Pidge was a planning Pidge
“Uh, you do realise this is my room...? Should I ask what you had planned if you found me sleeping?”
“That’s for the lord to know. Scooch over, I brought snacks”
Year of experience told Lance to do what Pidge said, even if he couldn’t scooch that much over. Coming over to the bed, Pidge was well stocked, her backpack over stuffed as she pushed it at him. Climbing up beside him, under the blankets, Pidge took her backpack back and started unpacking
“I’ve got snacks. I’ve got drinks. I’ve got my laptop... I think I’ve got everything we need”
“Everything “we need” for what?”
“A movie night. Me and you. Coran was totally like “let him rest!”. So I snuck down here to keep you company, because I’m like the best friend ever”
“You didn’t know I was going to be awake. What were you planning on doing if I was sleeping?”
“Watch you. Maybe do some coding... maybe give you a monobrow and a moustache? You know, what besties do when their bestie insists on playing Sleeping Beauty... but without the kissing ‘cause that’s just gross”
He knew Pidge and Hunk had both been to visit a few times when he’d been sleeping. He’d catch their scents and feel awful for not being awake. Keith told him repeatedly they understood, which made a grand total of two people who seemed to know what was going on. That his little Gremlin would come sneaking in, knowing he’d be lonely, brought him to tears
“Pidgeon...”
“Ah! Keith will kill me if he knows I made you cry. I’ve got a full battery so all we need now is the movie. There’s this new terrible zomedy I’ve been dying to watch, but Hunk is always sucking face with Shay, meaning you get the pleasure of my company and my outstanding choice in movies. Now, I don’t want anymore tears for the rest of the night”
God he loved her. Poised on the edge of some serious wallowing over missing Keith, Pidge had turned up in time to save him. Apologising seemed the best way to sum up his currently feelings. He was sorry they were stuck underground when he could technically go home, but was staying put for Keith’s sake
“I’m sorry”
Pidge slapped his arm lightly
“So you should be. I was seriously going to bust you out, but the nurses were between me and the wheelchair. I mean, I’m sure I’m fasting them, but I’m also pretty sure Keith would have literally killed me if I tipped the chair over mid-escape. I’ve got all the best snacks, plus I’ve got my coffee...”
“Pidge, laptops and coffee aren’t friends”
Pidge sighed heavily at him as she rolled her eyes
“I know that, dad. I’m simply saying I’ve totally planned this, so you have to do your part and keep me company”
“Fiiiine. I reserve the right to be upset about in the morning. Can I request something artistic, I mean, if you’re going to all that trouble it’ll have to be something good?”
“Dude, totally. The biggest, hairiest, cock and balls I can fit. I might even sign it just so everyone knows it was me”
Chuckling, Lance shimmied down a little to take the weight off his hips. He wouldn’t be surprised if the twins pulled an “Alien” at this point and simply busted their way out with how big felt
“Pretty sure the only one game enough to spend the night with a sleepy vampire. I won’t be offended if you leave for a better offer”
“Pray tell, how does one have a better offer? I mean, we’re officially the two group loners tonight. Keith’s off with Matt and Rieva. Hunk’s always busy with Shay. He won’t even come look at spooky buildings anymore. I’d bet 50 bucks right now that Allura is on the phone to Lotor. Shiro and Curtis are probably getting it on... face it, we don’t have any better offers”
Poor Pidge. All of them had found someone, and for someone who insisted she didn’t need anyone more than she needed her precious technology, he’d stupidly let her feel lonely
“Then it’ll be us against the world, tonight. A couple of wide eyed explorers on a doomed mission to Mars. You didn’t bring cornflakes, right?”
Pidge snorted with laughter, a total sucker for a movie reference
“No. And I don’t want to see your cobwebs or talk about pigeons”
“Some of my best material is about Pidgeons”
Accentuating the word earned him a sigh from his gremlin
“You’re awful. Your jokes are lame, old man”
“Says you. Besides, the twins can hear you now. They’ve got to get used to how snarky their aunty Pidge is”
“Excuse you. I’m the best aunty out there. Unless you’re suddenly talking to your sisters again... Shit. I shouldn’t have gone there”
Half way through Pidge had lost her joking tone. Lance feeling bad because teasing was the way Pidge showed love
“Vee messaged me when I was away with Keith. I don’t know what to say to her. You don’t need to apologise”
“I kind of do. I know you’re not on good terms with them”
“Yeah... I like... feel bad I haven’t replied, but you’re more of a sister to me than them anyway. Who needs blood when they’ve got their own little gremlin?”
“Uh, you. Isn’t that your whole vampire thing?”
Now Lance was groaning. He saw what she did there...
“You call me lame, and you still went there. You know, I’m going to have to get up and pee now”
Pidge faked a gasp of surprise, Lance bumping her with his shoulder. Having Pidge smiling again was a zillion times better than having her apologise and worry
“Are you sure? It’s been a whole 5 minutes”
“Oh no. I better go before I pee on you. I’m going to remember this when you’re pregnant and need to pee”
“Dream on, loser. You just watch. I’m going to give birth to next wave of technology”
“I know you will. If anyone can, it’s you. Right, no snacking until I come back. And don’t start the movie. I want to see it in all its pirated glory”
“How do you know it’s pirated?”
“This is you. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and there’s our Pidge”
“Where’s there’s an idiot, there’s a Lance, and where there’s Lance, there’s usually a Keith. I swear. He gotten bitten once, now he’s twice as stupid as he ever was”
Lance’s ego took Pidge’s joke wrong. Keith was crazy smart... and he was his idiot. Maybe they’d called themselves idiots too many times because now everyone is on the joke?
“Keith technically didn’t get bitten... and he’s not stupid. He’s anger loaf of emo ways”
“I don’t know. When he’s around you, he gets a dumb look in his eyes... He’s so in love with you”
“Oh, so looking at me’s dumb... You’re so romantic Pidge”
Pidge waved him off
“I’m saying everyone in love goes dumb. You two are just twice as stupid. And will you go pee already? I want my raspberry licorice, but someone said I had to wait to snack”
*
They’d ended up watching movies most of the night, Pidge fuelled by sugar, Lance unable to stop his thoughts from drifting back to Keith, and maybe tad towards annoyance as he couldn’t really claim he’d stayed up all night. Sometime before the end of the first movie he’d drifted off, then woke up during the second. Knowing Pidge was waiting for him to comment on the clear change, Lance didn’t give her the satisfaction. He loved his little gremlin, and he’d be having words with Keith in having her come round more often so she no longer felt left out.
The third movie had just started when both of them were startled by a scratching noise at the door of his room. Both snacked out, and comfortable under the covers, the pair of them looked to each other
“Rock, paper, scissors?”
It was the only scientific way to decide who was checking the door
“Hell no. This is your room”
“Meaning I’m the patient, and you should check”
“Nope. Uh uh. I’m not opening the door to death today”
“So it’s fine for me to?”
“You’re the vampire”
Lance spluttered. What was he supposed to do? Given birth on their intruder?!
“I’m pregnant!”
“Exactly. They’re more likely to take mercy on a dad to be... you wouldn’t want little old me being hurt, would you?”
Pidge fluttered her eyelashes at him, Lance groaning in defeat as the scratching noise grew louder
“Fine. God. Remind me why I love you again?”
“Because you do”
“Touché. If I get murdered, I’m coming back to haunt you”
“Please do. Having hard evidence of life after death would be nice”
Because being a vampire totally didn’t count? Ugh. Bloody humans.
Climbing out of bed, Lance shivered, wrapping his arms around himself he shuffled over to the door. Blue had abandoned him when Pidge came in, Lance feeling she had the right idea
“Don’t die!”
Lance flipped Pidge off. She could have come and investigated with him, but nooooo. She had to use his love against him
“I’m already dead. For a smart person, you have your moments. Alright, I’m opening the door now”
Cracking the handle, something big crashed into his legs, knocking him enough that Lance had to use his strength to fall. Soft black fur brushed against him as a wet nose poked the gap between his shirt and pants
“Keith?!”
As he stepped backwards, Keith stumbled into the room. Making it past him, his boyfriend collapsed onto the floor. What the fuck was Keith doing there?!
Pidge sounded just as shocked as Lance was
“Did you say Keith?”
Keith’s ear twitched upwards, growl escaping, as rolled to lay on his belly with his eyes on the bed. His chest was heaving, as the scent of blood reached Lance’s nose. This wasn’t good. Keith wasn’t coherent enough to be in a room with Pidge. Fuck... Had Keith not gone home?!
“Pidge, I want you to very carefully climb off the bed and make your way into the bathroom. I’m going to sit down and try to keep him distracted. I need you to call Coran”
“But... is that really Keith? He’s so big...”
Keith snarled at the sound of Pidge’s voice. His muscles twitching. Moving between his best friend and his fiancé, Lance placed his hand on Keith’s head, fisting the fur between Keith’s ears lightly
“He’s big and he’s not himself right now. I don’t know how he got here, but he’s not seeing you as friend. You need to move slowly and carefully... and be quite. If he thinks you’re a threat to me, he’ll attack. Let me sit down, then you can move”
Lowering himself to sit in front of Keith physically hurt. The floor unfairly close to the ground and not kind on his poor body at all. Taking Keith’s face in his hand, his fiancé seemed to recognise him
“Awooo... woo... woooooo...”
“I’m okay. I’m okay and I’m safe. Pidge, move now. It’s alright, babe. See. No bad guys here”
Pidge failed at being quiet, Keith trying to pull his head away from being forced to stare at Lance, teeth bared in anger. Fuck...
“Don’t mind the noise. See, baby. I’m right here. Right here... shhhh... it’s okay”
Bolting towards the bathroom, Keith went to rise as he snarled at Pidge. Lance holding him tighter until the bathroom lock turned
“Nope. No. Keith, don’t fight me here”
Snarling at him for stopping him, Keith went his hand, teeth clamping into his arm. Fuck. Lance felt his bones crunch. Keith knew it was him, but he was stopping him from his prey, which made him the enemy
“Keith! Stop! I’m fine! I’m fine! Let go”
If a werewolf could look confused as fuck for having an arm in its mouth, Keith managed to express it perfectly. Kind of grimacing, he let go of Lance’s arm with his nose upturned metaphorically. He didn’t smell that great to a werewolf. He probably smelt like a freshly dug up corpse to his fiancé, like a zombie arm with too much flesh connected
“See. It’s okay. Sit back down. Sit back down, boy”
Squashing all the ego he could, he maintained eye contact until Keith slowly lowered his body down. He’d learned how to break an ego, but he couldn’t hypnotise like Lotor or Sendak
“Good. That’s a good, boy. That’s my boy... here, let me scratch your head, I know you love scratches. Did you walk here?”
“Woooo”
Lance didn’t know wolf, yet he took an educated guess that that meant yes. Keith must have walked all the way from Garrison to be with him
“Oh, babe. Babe, I’m okay. I’m okay. I know it’s scary, but nothing happened. You must be so thirsty right now”
Raising his head a little, Keith’s howls were soft
“Wooooooooooo wooo woo”
“Yeah. I know. You’re confused. But you know this means you’ve finally conquered running around as a wolf. God, babe. What if something happened to you? You can’t do that to my heart”
“Woooo”
“I love you, too. Can you stand? You’ve got to be exhausted. If you can get up on the bed, I can try to cuddle with you”
There was no way Keith was fitting up there with him. His boyfriend was way too big in this form. Trying to push himself up, Lance saw how much Keith’s body shook with the effort
“Hey, no. If you can’t that’s fine. I’ll stay down here and give you pats”
Keith growled stubbornly at him. With his arm busted, he couldn’t help him up on the bed until it’d healed
“I know. You’re a big strong wolf, I’m sorry. I don’t doubt your strength”
Nearly rising, Keith slumped back down. There was no way he was moving. As he noticed what he’d done to Lance’s arm, he let out a distressed whine
“Shhh. It barely hurts. It’ll be all healed by the morning. I’ve got you, baby. I’ve got you”
Whether it be wolf instincts or Keith’s regret, his fiancé nosed at the wound, starting to lap at the blood there
“You don’t need to clean it, it’ll clear up on its own. You’re safe here, babe. You’re safe”
Lance had nearly lulled Keith back to sleep with head pats when Coran came rushing into the room, startling Keith. Snarling at the intrusion, Lance grabbed him before he could go Coran. What kind of werewolf expert comes rushing into a room where there’s a freakin’ werewolf with his pregnant mate?!
“What are you doing?! You scared him!”
Coran was flustered. His radiant orange hair not perfectly in position as it normally was, opening and closing his mouth at the sight of them, the fae quickly drew himself together under Lance’s scowl
“I’m sorry, my dear boy! I fear I was in a rush to ensure you and our Pidge were quite safe”
“We’re fine. I’m fine, Pidge maybe not. She’s locked in the bathroom... I nearly had him settled”
Tugging Keith back, the werewolf wouldn’t take his eyes off Coran. Grabbing Keith by the muzzle, he forced his gaze onto him
“Stop it! He’s a friend. You know me and you know him. Don’t make me put you in a time out!”
Keith seemed shocked that he’d consider such a thing. Pulling on Lance’s hold, he tried to look back to Coran
“No. Focus on me. See, he hasn’t hurt me. Seriously, did you have to come rushing in like that? I nearly had him sleeping”
“I do apologise. Pidge’s phone call left me quite perplexed...”
“And it took you half an hour to coming rushing to our aid?”
Sheepishly Coran ducked his head as he scratched the back of it. So much if they had been in any actual danger, or attacked by a stranger
“I was reviewing the camera footage... He seems to have let himself in through the front door and used the elevator to come down here, then avoiding the staff, he made his way right to your room”
That was impressive. Lance was impressed, if not a little scared that werewolves could suddenly operate elevators
“That’s my wolf. He don’t need no fingers, do you, babe?”
“Wooo”
“Yes, I know. You’re just a big sook who missed me... yes, you are”
Keith thumped his tail under Lance’s praise. No wolf should be this damn scary looking and so damn cute at the same time
“Whooooo”
“I know. I don’t think I’m in any danger, but he’s not letting anyone close to me. He would have gone Pidge if I hadn’t held him back, but he’s really too exhausted to do that. I thought he was in Garrison”
“He seems to have walked back. Marvellous, even miraculous really. He doesn’t seem to have gotten lost”
“Keith doesn’t get lost, he gets directionally misplaced and sometimes advances in the opposite direction...”
Keith turned his head to scowl. So damn cute... and fluffy. Keith was so fluffy he was going to die. Whether from a fluff overload or choking on stray fur... He’d have to take a grooming brush to Keith’s fur when they were home, his fiancé would love it
“Coran, can you help get him up on my bed? I mean, like clear the bed? Pidge and I were watching movies, so if I can get him to settle then she should be able to escape without him snarling at her”
“I don’t believe he’d hurt her”
Lance could have rolled his eyes at Coran. If Keith hurt Pidge it never would be intentionally. Just like Keith would never intentionally bite him if he was completely in the right frame of mind
“I’d rather not take the risk and have to explain things to Colleen. Matt’s enough to deal with. He bit before when she moved. So I’m going to air on the side of caution here”
“He did? Gracious... he seems so attached...”
“It was my fault for restraining him. It’s already starting to heal, but I can’t move the things on the bed and hold him back at the same time. I think after this moon you really need to get Matt and Rieva onto helping him more with his wolf side. He’s scared being like this”
Keith let out a soft whine, his paw coming up to paw at Lance’s leg
“I know. It’s all so big and scary right now. We’re going to get you up on the bed and get some water into you”
Coran cleared the bed, Keith snapping at his fingers when the fae went to physically help him up. Undeterred, Keith yelped as the man hefted him off the floor like he weighed nothing. Soon his giant black mass was taking up all of Lance’s bed, Lance pulling the blankets over him and rustling Keith’s fur as Keith blinked at him
“Much better than the floor, isn’t it? You probably smell me and Pidge, but focus on me. You did such a good job getting here”
The scent of blood came from the dried blood on Keith’s paw. He’d healed as he walked, but it’d had to hurt at the time. Such a silly werewolf.
“He seems content”
He should be. With his head on the pillow, Keith looked ready to zonk out
“He’s exhausted. I’ll stay with him tonight. He clearly wants to be here with me. Tomorrow we’ll have to find another room for him to shift in. If we send him back to Garrison, he’ll only walk back again. Pidge has probably already let the others know he’s here. Shiro’s going to flip out”
“Just you leave that to me. Should I set up an IV line?”
“Nah, just a bowl with some water. I still can’t believe he came all this way. He’s damn lucky he wasn’t hit by a car”
“He loves you very deeply. He probably wanted the comfort of his mate”
“Yeah... he’s an idiot like that... Can you stay until he drifts off? Then if he wakes I can keep him preoccupied while you let Pidge out”
“I did tell our Pidge you needed your rest. I’m surprised to find you so awake”
“That’s what she said. It’s fine, she’s welcome to come see me whenever she wants, and it’s not like any of us expected Keith to walk here”
“He must have started walking soon after shifting. He’s covered an impressive amount of ground for his second moon”
“Tell me about it. I’m going to have to put a shock collar or something on him so he can’t leave the property when he wolfs out”
Keith let out an unhappy whine at Lance’s suggestion
“Fine. No shock collar, but at least a GPS so I don’t have to worry about you deciding to walk back to Platt each time it’s a full moon. I much prefer you in one piece, babe”
Keith thudded his tail, such a good boy...
“Yes, I know. You love me. Get some rest, I won’t be surprised if you sleep all day after your big big walk. I’ll be right here with you”
Keith huffed, wiggling his body beneath the sheets. Lance confused until he realised he was trying to make space for him to sleep next to him. If Keith wiggled anymore, he risked falling out the bed backwards
“Babe, it’s okay. I’m okay. I’m not going to fit in there with you”
His fiancé’s wiggling stopped with an unhappy huff
“I know, but this place doesn’t have a big bed like we do at home. You sleep there. It’ll all be okay and I’ll climb in with you once you’ve shifted back. I promise. Just be a good boy and rest. You did so good finding me... so good”
Keith melted into the scratched between his ears. Lance torn between wanting to enjoy how tame his werewolf was acting, and kind of hoping he’d fall asleep soon as Pidge would be stuck in the bathroom until he did, which would be awkward for everyone as he had to pee. The woes of being a pregnant vampire were only growing.
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PLEASE write about Andrew & Jean being chaotic and bitter bffs on the same team the power they would have the intimidation level the fashionable goth energy,,, w ow also I want Andrew to learn French so badly which we all know he would if Jean started insulting him in French
IT WON’T BE UP ANY TIME SOON but I’m writing a fic about Andrew visiting Renee’s for winter break in his final year of college in which he’s forced to spend the week sharing a space with Jean. 
Over the course of said week, they form a tentative alliance that’s essentially that We’re Not So Different You And I bit by John Mulaney 
Anyway, that’s like mid-way through Andrew’s fourth year. They don’t speak again until a little before Andrew’s graduation. The Foxes have just won the Championships they made it to finals last year and lost the last  game :’( and so they’re having a party. Andrew needed some air so he stepped outside and, a little while later, he hears footsteps on the porch behind him. Jean sits down, leaving some space between the two of them so as not to crowd Andrew, and just sort of slides a piece of paper over. Andrew keeps up his cool guy facade for a while, assuming Jean will break first. He does. 
“Would you just look at it?” Jean snarled. Andrew flicked him a cool look before, picking up the paper painstakingly slowly. He held it up to his own face, not bothering to actually read it. “Illiterate too, I see.” Andrew could barely keep the scowl off his face. He squinted at the stack of papers he picked up. 
“Why?” he asked. 
“Our goalkeep is, how you say? A piece of shit.”  
“You’re giving him more credit than he deserves,” Andrew cut in, his lips curling in a sneer. 
“I’m getting tired of being the last line of defense. It’s hard not having anyone to watch your back,” Jean said, shooting a meaningful look at Andrew. He elected to ignore it in favor of taking another drag of his cigarette. Jean muttered something that sounded like a curse before standing up and disappearing back into Abby’s house.
A month later, Jean stepped out of his apartment wondering which horrid little monsters the Cardinals had signed now. Turning towards the stairs, he found his answer waiting for him. 
“There’s no point in both of us driving down there. You make breakfast and I’ll drive,” the gremlin said. It wasn’t an offer or even a demand. He said it as though he were stating a fact. 
“The arrogance of Americans never fails to amaze me,” Jean shot back. 
“You’ve got dual citizenship, Frenchie. I’m sorry to say it, but that makes you one of us.” With that, the little monster turned on his heel and headed down the stairs. Jean muttered a steady stream of curses as he followed Andrew out to the Maserati
Having Andrew on his team is literally the worst. All he ever does is laze around. Sometimes, he’ll just lay down in the middle of the goal and stare at the ceiling. Jean gets a lot of shit for it bc he’s the one that recommended him for the line. It’s the day of their first game and tensions are high at practice when Jean loses his temper. He picks up an exy ball and hurls it at Andrew. Without even looking up, Andrew catches it with one hand. He stands slowly and throws it back so fast that Jean doesn’t have time to react. The ball wedges itself into the grate of his helmet, the force of it knocking him off his feet. Everyone assumes that Andrew isn’t going to play that night or will just be his asshole self but, when Jean finds himself struggling to hold the line, Andrew gets sent out and he’s an absolute monster in the goal. Every shot that comes his way gets deflected all the way down the court. The last goal of the night is made in the final seven seconds when Andrew slams a shot all the way down the court into the opposing goal. It lights up red and the crowd loses their shit. Exhausted, Jean collapses on the floor. 
“It’s hard not having anyone to have your back,” Andrew said as he passed by. By the time Jean found his voice, Andrew was already gone. Catching a ride home with one of the strikers, Jean felt a tightness in his chest. Andrew was an annoyingly lazy little bastard but Jean should have trusted him.
Jean doesn’t know how to apologize. Words are wasted on the likes of Andrew so he says nothing. He wakes early to make breakfast the next morning and says a silent prayer. Andrew is never late to anything but, when 6:30 rolls around and he isn’t there Jean’s heart plummets. He leaves the plate out on the counter while he eats. The ticking of the clock is deafeningly loud. At 6:47 there’s a knock at the door and Jean nearly faceplants in his hurry to answer it. 
“Your food’s gone cold,” Jean blurted out. Andrew turned a glare on him but said nothing as he shouldered his way into the apartment. Dark circles rimmed his eyes. His shoulders sagged, weighed down by exhaustion. There was no way he’d gotten a wink of sleep last night. 
“Moreau,” a voice said from the door. Jean whipped around to see Matt Boyd standing at the door. How he’d missed such a tall person standing in his doorway, Jean didn’t know. “Mind if I come in?” Jean stepped aside and Matt moved in. 
“Are you hungry?” Jean asked, haltingly. Boyd was the starting backliner for the Virginia Cavaliers, a whole state over. What the hell was he doing here? 
“I could eat,” Matt said brightly. He grabbed hold of a chair and dragged it over to where Andrew sat. 
“Not out of my plate,” Andrew snapped when Matt made to steal his eggs. Jean made his way to the kitchen to fix a third plate. From the dining room he could hear Andrew’s voice and Boyd’s laughter. Handing the plate over to him, Jean took his seat at the far end of the table. For the next quarter of an hour, Boyd rambled on about something or the other. If you asked Jean what he’d talked about, he wouldn’t have been able to say. He was far too absorbed in watching Andrew. 
The usual tension that pervaded his form had fallen away. Despite the obvious lack of sleep, Andrew seemed far more relaxed than usual. Every now and again, Jean saw his lips twitch up into the barest hint of a smile. From what he’d heard, Andrew had never had a good relationship with any of his teammates save Josten. But that made sense. Neil was his lover. What was it about Boyd that softened him so much? 
As soon as breakfast was finished and the plates cleaned, Jean disappeared back into his room to grab his phone. By the time he’d returned, both Andrew and Boyd were gone from the dining room. Jean found the pair blocking the open door. He stopped short when he heard Boyd’s voice. 
“I’ve missed you so much, Andy.” His words shook Jean to his core. 
“Yes or no?” Andrew asked quietly. Jean watched in stunned silence as Matt leaned down, mumbling yes a hair’s breadth away from Andrew’s lips. The second the word left his mouth, Andrew closed the distance between them. A soft moan slipped from Boyd’s lips and Jean watched in horror as he tangled his hands in Andrew’s hair. “Stop staring, Moreau,” Andrew said as he broke the kiss. 
“I thought that you and Josten-”
“We are,” Andrew cut in dismissively. “Matt is too.”
“Oh,” was all Jean could think to say. Back at the Nest, there had been no exclusive relationships. While most relationships in the real world weren’t like that, Jean had heard there were still a few. Boyd said his goodbyes before heading down the hall to the back stairwell. Andrew started off in the other direction. Jean had to run after him once he’d locked the door. Neither of them spoke in the car. They never did but there was a weight to the silence now that Jean didn’t know what to do about. A thousand small talk topics flitted through his head but he knew Andrew wouldn’t appreciate any of it so he kept his mouth shut, contenting himself to stare out the window. 
Jean is ready to run by the time that they pull up at the court but he doesn't. He needs to prove that he’s going to have Andrew’s back so he stays with him. 
It’s kind of awkward for a while. Andrew doesn’t like having Jean towering over him from behind bc it makes him feel vulnerable so he’s always really tense. 
The turning point in their relationship is when a striker from another team tries to start a twitter feud with Andrew. He gets asked about it in an interview and the interviewer pulls a Kathy Ferdinand and reveals that the striker is backstage. Jean is sitting with Andrew for the interview and when they try to start shit live on air, Jean snaps. He cuts the striker a new one, roasting them within an inch of their life and the interview is forced to end bc the striker throws a punch. Andrew steps in front of Jean, catching the punch with ease and judo flipping them. 
Neither of them really acknowledge that it happened but, when Andrew comes to breakfast the following Monday, he brings a loaf of sweet bread that he baked over the weekend. 
Things kind of settle after that. Sometimes Andrew leaves recipes for foods he wants and Jean starts filling their silences with something other than the news. He complains about Americans and moons over Jeremy and starts teaching Andrew French too. 
Jean has his own tiktok and most of his vids are of himself cooking and have Andrew reacting at the end but there’s a few subsections tho. One of them is Andrew and Jean and their baking escapades. It’s always super messy. Another is their ‘date nights’. On the weekends, the two of them get a little extra dressed up and go out to sample new restaurants.  They’re both massive foodies so they like to try new restaurants together. Andrew is a surprisingly picky eater and listening to him critic food is the most Jean has ever heard him speak. Platonic dates are actually incredibly nice n more ppl need to indulge in them. 
The final subsection is fashion/makeup. Jean likes to do makeup bc… why not? Sometimes, he manages to convince Andrew to let him be his model and does some really interesting looks on Andrew. Those videos never see the light of day but it’s something they do and it’s very important to Andrew. There’s something very intimate about letting Jean touch his face for hours on end but it also kind of feels nice. Also he loves the way Neil and Matt fawn over him when he skypes them with his makeup done. The fashion videos,  however, do go up. The two of them go to the mall p often and take turns styling each other. They do style challenges too where they’re both given the same horrible item (something like crocs or a really ugly sweater) and they have to make the other person look good in them. 
They do little nice things for each other. When Neil has a game against Bluefield, Jean gets Andrew front row tickets for him and manages to convince Matt to come down too. Andrew learns how to make french pastries that he leaves on Jean’s counter pretty often bc it reminds him of home. He also gets Allison to help him pull some strings and arrange for Jean to spend Christmas break in France with Jeremy. Jean doesn’t cry but he does tear up a little bit. 
Andrew is still a menace and you see that on his tiktok. He rigs ridiculous pranks like setting up a tripwire to dump glue and feather on him or wrapping all his stuff in plastic wrap.
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Flip a Coin or Two
Fair Game Week, Day 1: Semblances/Flirting
A walk in the park, a couple of hot beverages, and a cold night. What could go wrong?
If you're Qrow Branwen, the answer is 'everything your semblance can get its grubby gremlin hands on'.
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It was just a walk in the park. Well, actually, it had first been Qrow wandering the halls of Atlas Academy with a healthy dose of mild insomnia and an urge to move, to travel, to explore. He was a rover at heart, never was able to stay in one place forever without suitable chaos or company to keep him entertained, usually both at once.
So he’d left, not even Atlas’s heating system able to fully take away the bite of the nightly chill. He didn’t mind. It was bracing. He’d walked down the entrance of Atlas Academy, considering turning into a bird just to stretch his wings, when a friendly holler had caught his attention.
Clover had been awake, fuck knows why, and had apparently noticed Qrow’s general lurking. An invitation to grab a hot drink had turned into a nightly stroll around one of Atlas’s many parks, and the largest one had the heating lowered enough for actual snow to fall, creating a permanent winter wonderland.
It was nice, to watch ribbons of colours dance across the night sky like oil paints, the shattered moon hanging above. Trees and lanterns lined some of the pathways, and if Qrow looked beyond them he could see the outline of some kid’s snowman.
He also saw small things moving in the darkness, which he found way more interesting, especially when one white shape darted across the path in front of him and he realised it was one of the snow rabbits that filled this park in droves. It was cute (reminded him of Summer, with her white cloak and shy eyes), a welcome distraction to try spot them as he and Clover chatted about random topics, the conversation flowing in the way only conversations do and never faltering.
It was right when Clover was righteously trying to convince him of some sort of strange, obviously deeply personal argument involving sugar and tea (Clover fell on the side of ‘would rather eat his own hands then have sugar in tea’ and was very emphatic about it), that it happened.
And by ‘it’, Qrow meant his usual stupid luck.
Qrow felt a shiver go down his spine, like cold fingers tracing each vertebrae, Lady Luck’s hand gently raking her nails over his nape, and he did a quick step back on sheer reflex. Good for him, he managed to dodge the sudden weight of snow that had fallen from one of the trees he and Clover had been walking under, the packed powder too heavy to stay on the branch.
Unfortunately for Clover, the Ace Ops captain was now sporting a very fetching cap of snow across his head and shoulders, and on top of the lid of his (incredibly stupid, shamrock-printed, green) travel mug.
Qrow winced and sipped his own coffee, one hand sequestered safely in his pocket while the other curled tight around the warm beverage. “… Whoops.”
Clover looked over his shoulder, teal eyes almost comically wide as he seemed to be processing what happened, before they twinkled in amusement and he shook himself in an almost-canid motion, the snow in his hair splattering everywhere around him.
Qrow squawked a curse as he moved to shield his mug, the snow hitting his arm instead. “You son of a- what was that for?”
“Apologising,” Clover grinned, his hair an absolute mess that still had melting snowflakes clinging to the brown tufts. “It’s not your fault.”
“It was my semblance.” He knew it for a fact.
That got him a quirked brow. “I thought you said you couldn’t control it.”
“I can’t,” he shrugged, already feeling defensive. “I just-” how to explain. He didn’t remember explaining this to anyone. Raven, Tai, and Summer had been there on this little journey of discovery.
He muttered a few random swears under his breath as he tried to pick the best words, stealing a glance at Clover. Clover was just standing there, with his stupidly open smile, a friendly glitter in eyes like a shallow sea in sunlight, and endless patience to match Qrow’s reticence.
So he took a breath and decided to just say it. After all, if anyone on Remnant could understand, it was this dork of a soldier. “My semblance is passive. But it’s more like… random spikes of misfortune. I can sorta control the frequency, and intensity, but I can’t stop it completely.”
“So… that was one of those uncontrolled ones?”
“They’re all uncontrolled. But if I’m in a fight, I can-” don’t make it sound dumb- “turn the knob, make them more likely. Skew the probability that my semblance will spike and something will happen. But it doesn’t discriminate between me, my allies, and my enemies.” That was the worst thing about it. The liability it made him. He didn’t even go into hospitals, most of the time, because all it would take was his semblance hexing one machine and someone could very well die.
Clover nodded to himself, taking it in and chewing it over, being just as careful with his words as Qrow was. While he thought, he unscrewed the lid of his travel mug and upturned it, spilling the most-likely-spoiled tea out as he flicked snow off the lid.
“So if that was random, how did you jump back so fast?”
Qrow scratched the back of his neck, where the skin still prickled a little bit. “You ever get the feeling that someone walked over your grave? Like the hairs on the back of your neck stand up?”
“Once or twice. I’m sure everyone has.” Clover studiously examined his travel mug before he screwed it all back together and clipped it, with the fucking side attachment, to his belt. Right next to the honest-to-gods rabbit foot. Weirdo. Weird, weird weirdo.
“Most of the time, unless it’s something really small,” a tire popping, a table leg breaking, a window cracking, a log falling out of a fire, “I feel that right before a spike. Split-second warning, I guess.”
“Makes sense,” Clover nodded and fell back into step beside him, hands folded lightly behind his back.
Qrow slouched a bit, taking a swig of his coffee (black, no sugars, double shot) in a familiar motion but without the familiar burn of alcohol down his throat. “Heh. I guess.”
They walked through the park in silence for a minute, a cold breeze whipping a flurry around their ankles and making Qrow’s tattered cape flutter behind him. He glanced at Clover out of the corner of his eye. “Your turn, Shamrock.”
Clover gave him another one of those quirked brows. “My turn?”
“Well, I talked about how my semblance works. Tit for tat, right?” He swirled the coffee in his mug to check how much he had. “I’ll get you a new tea.”
“Well, how could I refuse?” He grinned at him. “Alright. Mine’s random too. It’s usually small things, like Elm happening to have just finished baking something if I drop by, or the television plays the funnier commercials during ad breaks. My favourite chair in the rec room is free, or I find some Lien on the ground when I walk to work.”
“I’m not even jealous at this point,” Qrow chuckled, even if he was a small bit. Sometimes it hurt a little bit, because he was a petty, cranky grump and his heart wasn’t exactly gilt and gold. But Clover’s semblance was just… luck of the draw. They both got it, opposite sides of the coin.
Clover smiled a little awkwardly, a concerned tilt to his brows. “Not my intention. But I can amplify it, somewhat. Same principle as when you flip a coin and hope it’ll land on heads, only it almost always does for me. And before you ask, no. I don’t affect anyone else like you do. My semblance only works for me.”
Qrow noticed what looked almost like guilt sweep across those green eyes for a moment, before it disappeared back under Clover’s armour. “Yours ever tire you out?”
“Only when it does something really crazy,” Clover chuckled. “That’s the only time I can actually tell it was me. For most of the small to intermediate stuff, the only way I know it’s activated is when something fortunate happens.”
Qrow pulled his hand out of his pocket to hide a smile. “Hang on, are you telling me that my unlucky arse has more control over my semblance then you?”
“Would we call a warning system ‘controlled’?” Clover teased, light and airy, unlike the jabs that Qrow usually got from anyone willing to ever mention it.
“You’re just mad cause I got one.” Qrow thumbed at his chest with a cocky smirk.
Clover laughed, deep and real and warm, his head tossed back and his bird’s nest hair outlined by lantern light, and Qrow felt a squishy feeling in his chest that was probably a bad sign.
“Sure, I’d like to be able to know in advance if my semblance is about to drop a meteor on a grimm next time, I nearly passed out from how quick my aura dropped.” Those green eyes locked onto Qrow’s red with a fey-like sparkle and Qrow smirked in challenge.
“A meteor?”
“Well,” Clover grinned sheepishly. “Technically falling debris. But a meteor sounds more impressive.”
Qrow barked a short laugh of his own, the fingers of his free hand brushing daringly against Clover’s for a moment as they walked. “More egotistical, I’d say.”
“A little bit of exaggeration makes a story more interesting, there’s no ego involved.” Clover defended, traces of laughter lingering in his voice.
Qrow snorted. “Keep telling yourself that, Shamrock, maybe one day I’ll believe it.”
Clover’s smile softened. “Maybe one day. I like that.”
The tips of Qrow’s ears warmed slightly and he felt a prickle on the back of his neck, semblance spiking in tandem with his skipping pulse as he tripped over himself. Clover’s hands fastened on his arm immediately, keeping Qrow from faceplanting into the trodden-down snow.
His half-empty mug took the fall instead.
Both men stared at the remnants of the coffee as it leaked sluggishly out into the snow, Clover’s hands warm on Qrow’s bicep. He hadn’t let go and Qrow was in no mood to tell him to.
“… So, more coffee?”
“Ew, no, you owe me tea.”
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Well now, this is a fluffy, heartwarming surprise compared to my usual fare. Stay tuned, folks, I’m hoping to get some good stuff out for this week. 
Until tomorrow, luvs. 
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Unlucky Break
prompted by @reallydumbdannyphantomaus "for once, tucker is the one injured in a ghost fight when danny can't get there fast enough" Words: 6751 Warning: brief gore, mild angst/feels, would be followed up by a halloween special if i had the time
     The streets of Amity Park were silent.  The moon, only half-full, glowered grimly over the town, and a low and ominous breeze swept over the pavement.  The color had drained away to gray in the darkness; tall, spindly lamp-posts cast tired circles of light every fifty feet in an effort to stave off the night, but it wasn't enough.  They flickered one at a time, as if directed by some distant and higher power, and one of them sputtered and went dark entirely.       It was upon this dark post that the phantom perched, unseen.  He cast a wary eye downwards to the streets, searching for a glimpse of movement or the echo of fiendish laughter.  He caught neither.  He floated off of the post, which buzzed back to life behind him, and drifted down to the curb.  The chill smell of fall swept by him as the breeze shifted, and it brought his mind elsewhere.  It told him of pumpkins and hayrides and bounties of candy poured out on the living room floor, and for a moment it swept him up entirely.  He paused, enthralled, and inhaled as deeply as he could.  The holiday was still two weeks out, but he almost didn't care.  Why couldn't it have been tonight?  He saw the little plastic spooks that hung from some of the street signs.  In his neighborhood, most of the front lawns had been littered with fake skeletons and headstones, and the house four doors down from his had begun to trim the dead oak in the yard into a monstrous hand.  They were the ones that outdid themselves every year, and he found himself wondering what they could possibly pull off after that.       The breezes shifted again, and this time they brought with them a warning.  He hiccuped, a thin line of mist escaping him, and refocused.  Suddenly alert, he traced the alley ahead of him and crept closer.  He peered into the darkness, seeing nothing but knowing he wasn't alone; he swore he heard something skitter away through some crack in the bricks, and he floated down into the alley in pursuit.  He made out a vague rectangle on one side of the alley - a broken window, perhaps - and he was certain that the skittering thing had escaped through it.       He phased after it, not wanting to touch the jagged shards directly, and found himself in the disused back room of an empty shop.  Inside, it was pitch-dark; the thin green ring in his periphery only allowed him distorted and hazy shapes, but at least he could see.  Edges of old crates and forgotten merchandise blurred together if he wasn't looking directly at them, but the strangeness no longer bothered him.  The back door to the shop had been left ajar, he noticed.  From it, an inhuman laugh echoed.  He turned, slinking like a wisp across the space, and slipped through the door to the alley on the other side of the building.       He could see the culprit: a spidery little thing, with eight jointed legs, rooting through an overturned garbage can.  It was smaller than he'd expected, only the size of a city rat (it had a tail like one too, he noticed), and it scuttled back into the alley with a scrap of discarded meat in its mouth.  It paused, gulping the scrap down whole, and then spotted him.  It froze up at once, startled.  Its four eyes widened as much as they could, and one at a time it began to rearrange its limbs under itself as if it might appear more demure that way.  It aimed for the image of the little gray cat it had seen wandering the alleys in nights past, and by the time it was done it wasn't far off; it was enough, at least, to keep from being attacked, and it found that outcome suitable.       Danny watched the little gremlin in silence.  He'd seen it before (or perhaps another one just like it) and he knew that it was harmless.  It wasn't a shapeshifter, at least not outright - a mimic, rather - and he'd begun to wonder where they were coming from.  That's the third one I've seen this week, he thought to himself as he bent down to meet the little troublemaker.  He'd scared the first one away before he'd been able to capture it, but he'd since figured out how to catch them without much fuss, and he offered one hand for it to explore.       The anomaly did, and sat for a moment in his palm.  Up close, he could see four of its legs hugging its belly to make it appear rounder.  It had squinted two of its eyes shut, hoping he wouldn't notice them, and the remaining two stared up at him.  Its defense had succeeded; it knew that he thought it was cute.       "Wonder where you guys keep coming from.  I mean, I guess I don't really mind," Danny thought aloud, giving the little creature a scratch with one finger.  It had been right; he thought it was adorable.  "Only thing is, you keep making my ghost sense go off and one of these days that's gonna get me in trouble.  At least you're not out to get anybody, though.  I suppose it could be worse."       Into the thermos it went.  He flew up higher, taking a moment to survey the streets from atop the roof of the shop, and then spotted two silhouettes up on a different roof three blocks down.  He flew over to them, landing on top of the air-conditioning unit and reappearing before them.       "Slow night?" Sam asked.       "You know it," said Danny, "I found another one of those little spidery guys, though."       "You catch him this time?"       "Yeah."       Tucker turned to him.  "Wonder where those guys keep coming from?  You think there's like a whole building infested with 'em someplace?"       "I'm starting to think so," Danny admitted, "They don't really seem to do a lot, though, so I'm wondering if they'd even be worth the trouble?"       "You're a ghost catcher," said Sam with a shrug, "I'd say so.  Maybe they're poisonous or something, and you just don't know it yet.  You wanna wait until one of them bites you to find out?"       "I guess not."       Sam turned back out to the cityscape around them.  She and Tucker came up here every night that Danny was on patrol; they could see half the town from this particular corner of the roof, and make sure things didn't get too out-of-hand.  "Slow, though.  You didn't find anything running around last night, either."       "No, and it's starting to worry me," said Danny, "Having a quiet night is one thing - but it's been so empty lately I'm starting to find little guys like this that aren't even worth my time."  He held up the thermos, giving it a little rattle to illustrate his point, and sighed.  "I kinda hate to say it but I'm starting to hope for a decent fight, you know?"
      The sun fell slowly.  Danny sat in his room, watching the shadows on the street get longer and longer; the street-lamps all flickered on at the same time, even though it wasn't fully dark yet, and last rays of sunlight disappeared from the pavement at a little after seven.  He wondered if he'd even go out tonight.  Things have been too slow.  Maybe I shouldn't bother?  With a glance to his desk, he changed his mind.  Patrol first.  Homework later.  Besides, maybe he'd get lucky and things might be interesting tonight.       One could hope, right?       He shot Sam and Tucker a text - see you guys in ten - and transformed.  He left the door to his room closed; he'd told his mother that he'd be very busy with homework tonight, and could she not bother him please and thanks.  He hoped that she'd listen.  She did most of the time, as long as he mentioned the homework.  One of these days, he told himself, he'd pull his grades up.       He told himself that a lot.       Unseen, he landed behind the Nasty Burger where Sam and Tucker were waiting.  It was almost exactly between their houses, which made it a good go-between; Danny lived an extra six blocks further, but the fact that he flew most evenings negated any inconvenience.  "Hey," he greeted, appearing before them in the air, "You guys ready?"       "Ready to be bored again?  Can't wait," said Sam flatly, "You know, it probably wouldn't kill you to stay home for once.  If something's out there, so what?  You'll catch it tomorrow."       Danny grumbled.  "Yeah, and if Halloween wasn't coming up, I'd be all over that in a second.  You think I want to let something slip through the cracks and have to deal with it on the most exhausting night of my life?  I'm keeping on top of it this year and I've still got a bad feeling there's something I don't know about yet."       "Danny, look," said Tucker, exchanging a glance with Sam, "I know you've been really on-edge this whole month.  I get it.  Halloween, craziest night of the year for keeping a lid on the ghost stuff.  But, dude.  You haven't caught anything all week.  Maybe just - I don't know - chill for a little bit?"       Danny loosened.  "Yeah, I guess maybe I keep getting kinda worked-up over some stuff.  Tell you what.  If we don't catch anything tonight, I'll take the whole weekend off.  We'll go see that new Terminatrix movie that came out.  Sam, I know you've been itching to see that one."       "Yeah, kinda," she admitted, "I heard this time she chops a guy's arm off and beats him over the head with it.  Sounds promising."       "What about you, Tuck?"       Tucker hesitated, but then nodded anyway.  "Yeah.  Guess it's back to the roof for us, then."       "Hey," Danny frowned, "You think you get bored up there?  I'm by myself most of the time, you know.  At least you guys get to sit and talk."       "Heard that one before," said Sam, "But whatever.  Let's just go."       Danny kept his mouth shut.  He took each of them by one hand and flew off, up to the roof of the apartment complex.  When they landed he threw an arm around both of their shoulders.  "I'll make it quick, okay?  Promise."       He disappeared, and Sam plopped down on the roof.  Making herself comfortable, she pulled a notebook and light-up clicky pen from her backpack.  "You really think he'll catch anything tonight?"       "You mean apart from those little leggy guys he keeps finding?" Tucker asked, "Those don't count."       "Oh I know they don't," said Sam, only somewhat passive-aggressively, "This weekend's gonna be fun, though.  Actual quality time with all three of us?  When's the last time we even went to see a movie, anyway?"       Tucker thought about it for a minute.  "The summer, I think.  You wanted to see the zombie outbreak one but we ended up seeing the space alien one instead."       "Wait, was that really the last time?"       Tucker nodded.  "You said it was the worst godawful CGI you'd seen since Vampires vs. Werewolves III."       "Oh yeah, I remember that one," said Sam with a chuckle, "Those vampires were such a let-down."       Tucker just shrugged; he'd dipped out early that day. - - -       Danny floated quickly through the first half of his route.  He did feel a little bit guilty about dragging Sam and Tucker out here again, but he told himself that it was because he was staying ahead.  He remembered last Halloween - it had been a nightmare, and the last thing he wanted was to repeat it.  Things were a little slow lately - so what?  He knew they'd pick up again, even before the end of the month.       He was just keeping on top of things for once.       He thought about the upcoming weekend too.  He really did want to go and see that new movie with Sam, although he had a feeling that Tucker would be less interested.  Monster movies weren't really up Tucker's alley.  Maybe he'd press for a double, and they'd go and see something else afterward.  That would be a good time, he thought to himself, if it weren't for the patrols.  He realized that part of him wanted to catch something tonight, and not just because it would alleviate his boredom.  If he had a fight, even a quick one, he'd have an excuse to keep his nightly streak going over the weekend.  He paused, frowning.  Why was that?  He always had a blast when he'd go out with Tucker and Sam.  He wouldn't really rather stay home the whole weekend, would he?       Maybe Halloween was starting to get to him already.  Thinking about it beyond just yeah-it's-coming-up or I'll-be-ready-for-it-this-time made him anxious, and it was still two weeks out.  He knew it was going to be crazy, no matter if he kept up on his patrols or not, and part of him wanted to forget all about it.  Sounds like a problem for future Danny, it reasoned, you've got plenty of time to worry about it later.       He'd ignored it as diligently as he could so far.  It seemed to be working; he hadn't missed any of his patrols since the beginning of the month, and he admitted he was somewhat proud of himself for it.  He was increasingly certain that if he skipped out for the weekend, he'd lose the momentum he had going for him, and he'd skip out on the more important ones later in the month.  Still - doesn't a hardworking ghost like you deserve a break?  He squashed the temptation down.  Yeah, I do - the night after Halloween. - - -       "Well," said Sam, setting her pen down and turning over to sprawl on her back across the roof.  "That didn't take long.  I'm bored now."       Tucker looked over at her.  "You and me both.  We kinda knew it was gonna be a slow night.  Wish I woulda remembered my Gameboy, though - found that old thing a couple of weeks ago and restarted Red."       "Yeah?" said Sam, not wholly listening.       Tucker closed his mouth.  After a beat: "You think he's gonna try and rope us into this over the weekend?"       "I'd bet money on it," Sam groused, "He's been really worked up about it since the beginning of the month.  Like, on one hand - okay, it's probably gonna be insane, because duh, of course it will, but on the other hand - we're gonna be there to back him up, so I really don't think it's going to be as bad as he thinks it will.  Try telling him that, though?  Watch him get all freaky-outty about it?  Ugh."       Tucker slid her a look.  "If he does try and bail on us - you think we're allowed to put him in the thermos for a time-out?"       Sam snorted into laughter.  "Do it.  That'll show him."       Tucker smiled, glad that he'd made Sam laugh for once, and turned to try and spot Danny below.  He grabbed their shared pair of binoculars, tracing along the most visible side streets, but then paused.  Adjusting the focus, he groaned.  "Um, Sam?  You wanna take a quick peek?"       "What?  Nah, I'm good," Sam replied from partway across the roof, "Same boring view as always."       Tucker held out the binoculars anyway, turning and giving her a quick shake of his head.  "I'm serious, man."       "What, like an actual ghost?  Finally?" Sam pulled herself up to her feet, taking the binoculars and following Tucker's pointing finger.  "Oh.  Yeah that might be a problem."       The binoculars, now in focus, were trained on the vacant pet supply shop beyond the park.  She could see the truck bay on the side of the building; one of the doors had crumpled inwards, like an angry giant had given it a solid one-two punch, and something inside cast an ethereal green glow.       Tucker turned to her and shrugged.  "You think we should tell Danny about it?  I mean - that can't be a good sign, but - "       " - and guarantee he'll skip out on the whole weekend and keep dragging us out here for all this extra ghost stuff?" Sam crossed her arms, setting the binoculars back down on the roof, "Hey, wait a second - did you see this last night too?  And you just didn't say anything about it?"       Tucker nodded.  "Yeah.  Didn't look bad last night, though.  I kinda thought Danny would have found it on his own.  He didn't, and I guess I forgot about it."       "You think it'll be an issue?" Sam asked, "Before the weekend, I mean.  He's been scouring the town for two weeks straight - if it was bad news, or even was shaping up to be, he'd have found out about it already, you think?"       Tucker frowned.  "Wait, we're really not telling him about this?"       Sam took another look through the binoculars.  "Not until at least Saturday.  Doesn't even look like there's any ghosts there.  Place looks empty to me.  Just kinda spooky." - - -       So far, Danny had caught nothing.  This was the slowest week he'd had in a long time - especially for mid-October - and he finally relented.  Take the weekend, he told himself at last, de-stress a little.  He slowed to a halt in the street, took a final look around, and transformed.  Stress always got to him more when his heart beat; he didn't miss it, but he'd have to live with himself until Monday.  How hard could that be, he told himself, movie night with Sam and Tuck?  It'll be fun.       He turned and started down the streets to go and meet up with them.  He knew they'd be glad he cut his patrol tonight short; he'd had a feeling they hadn't even wanted to come out here tonight at all, and thought with a twinge of guilt that he'd roped them into it anyway.  Ugh, good going.  He hoped they wouldn't be too cross with him - Sam, in particular, was the one to remember things.  She wouldn't always hold a grudge, but she never forgot anything that he or Tucker said, even if it was an off-hand comment at the time.       The wind shifted, making Danny pause.  He turned, hoping for another whiff of hayrides and nostalgia, but what hit him instead was a pit-in-your-stomach wave of dread that sucker-punched him out of left field.  He felt his mouth run cold all at once, and his nostrils froze before he could even let any of it out.  "Oh, hell," he said out loud, pressing his palm on the bridge of his nose in the hopes that he wouldn't give himself brain-freeze on top of all that.  He'd never gotten such a strong reaction from his ghost sense before; why would it all of a sudden flare up like that?       He turned and stared down the empty streets; two pairs of little black eyes stared back at him from behind a shopside trash can.  He knew what that meant: he didn't even have to bother transforming again, which was a plus.  He should have known those little mimicking ghosts would be out again.  This really was too easy, though.  Point, click, capture.  It almost didn't even count, he supposed - although he might tease Sam and Tucker about it later.  He noticed a second one clinging partway up the drain pipe, and a third - wait, is that one bigger? - and a handful more appeared from the inside of the shop.  He realized that was probably what had made his ghost sense react so badly - he'd sensed them all at once - and he turned the open end of his thermos to them.  They didn't seem to know what was coming, but he concluded that he should probably investigate a little further anyway.       He wondered what they were doing in town like this.  Sentient ghosts often lurked in empty buildings or alleys; less form-constricted ones were rarely seen within the city limits.  Was there something here that they wanted?  He phased through the locked shop and took a look around the inside, keeping out of sight in case any security cameras were still active.  He didn't think so, though; it appeared to have, once, been a pet store.  Empty fish tanks and displays of puppy toys lined the shelves, and one on a line of hamster wheels still spun.       He could count at least eleven inside, and floated still for a moment to see if he could spot more.  This must be where they're coming from, he thought, although he still didn't know why.  They certainly didn't look like they were out to destroy anything.  They scurried in and out of visibility on a whim, and one of them ran right under his feet and skittered under a dusty shelf.  It turned, peering out at him.       It wasn't until Danny uncapped the thermos that he realized exactly how many of them had noticed him.  He'd counted eleven at first glance but, taking a second look around, he saw that number double, then triple.  He saw, too, that he'd only been catching the small ones; several that appeared from behind the puppy display were at least puppy-sized, and one that could have mimicked a retriever stared out from atop the empty register.  They stared, deathly still and unblinking, as if waiting for him to make a move.       Danny did.  Six of them were sucked up into the thermos at once; the remaining ones all leapt at him; he backpedaled out of the shop, transforming as he turned to run; they screeched and gave chase; several larger ones clambered up from the storm drains by the curb; he ascended higher and began taking potshots at the closer ones.       The front door of the shop flew open, and out crawled the biggest one by far.  It was at least twice Danny's size, and it muscled its way out onto the streets one or two legs at a time.  It faced him, and he realized he had made a horrible mistake.  At least fifty of the mimicking spirits had him surrounded.       They all attacked him at once, and in a panic he fled higher.  He could hear their angry screeching behind him, directed by the lower roars of the one he guessed was the mother.  He ducked through the second-story window of another building, hoping they'd lose him.  It appeared that they did.  He ducked back under the window so that they wouldn't see him, and checked the space in his thermos.  He knew that, in theory, there was a limit to how many ghosts he could cram inside the thing, but he'd never reached it.       Most of those mimics were pretty small.  He'd be fine.  He floated out again, hoping to catch at least another dozen of them before they noticed him.  He could see them up on the roof of an old office building, and he flew up after them.       One of them spotted him and sounded the alarm; a dozen of the smaller ones dive-bombed him, keeping his attention so that the monstrous one could headbutt him from the side and knock him out of the air.  He fell, instantly set upon by dozens of underlings, and the thermos went skittering across the pavement and came to a stop against the grate of one of the storm drains. Danny made a grab for it, missed, and flew up again.  He shook off most of the gremlins that were clinging onto him, grabbing onto one that was particularly stubborn and hurling it away, and refocused.  Apart from being caught off-guard by their numbers, he remembered he really had wanted a fight tonight.  He spotted his thermos, debated for only a second whether or not to make it a quick fight, and decided that he'd grab it when he was done so that he could mop up.  Ectoplasmic sparks danced between his fingers, and he turned to the swarm with a grin.  Let's do it. - - -       "Looks like he's gonna bail," said Tucker, watching events unfold from the roof.  "Yep.  There he goes."       Sam groaned.  "I knew we should have put him in a time-out.  Wonder if we can at least drag him out to go see Terminatrix.  Maybe a matinee or something?"       "Don't count on it, dude.  Looks like he's - oh, nevermind, they're ganging up on him."       "Lemme see," Sam grabbed the binoculars without waiting for a response, giving them a brief focus adjustment and then frowning.  "You think we should go and help him?  Looks like there's kind of a lot - wait, no, I think you're right.  He left his thermos behind.  He's enjoying this."       "Told you."       Sam watched Danny fly around for a minute, hands ablaze with ghostly energy, and sighed.  "Yeah.  There goes the weekend.  Guess it's just gonna be the two of us."       "Two of us?" Tucker asked, "I'm only gonna sit through Terminatrix if you sit through Star Quest first."       Sam thought about it for a moment, noting with some distaste that the aliens in the Star Quest franchise weren't horribly scary - usually, just humans with antennae or pointed ears glued on - but then nodded anyway.  "Yeah.  Sounds fair.  Hey, check it out," she handed the binoculars back over to him.  "I think he lost track of a couple of them.  Maybe he's having too good of a time?  You think we should tell him to wrap it up?"       Tucker gave the fight below a glance.  "Yeah.  Probably.  If he spreads 'em too thin I bet he'll miss some when he's done.  Plus, that big one looks kinda mean and I don't want him to be on the wrong end of those teeth.  He's come close a couple of times already."       "On it," said Sam, reaching into her backpack for her walkie.  It was connected to the wireless earphones that Danny wore, and she hit the button on one side with her thumb.  "Danny.  Looks like you're having a blast down there but could you maybe keep it contained a little?  You're spreading it out more than you think you are."       "Sam?" Danny responded, floating up a little so that he had a second to answer her.  "I mean, you're right about how much fun I'm having - this is the first fight I've had all week!  It's like instant stress relief!  Hey, listen, I've been doing some thinking - it's about this weekend - "       Sam knew what was coming, but hearing him say it brought her temper immediately to a boil.  "Yeah, I'll bet it is," she snapped, "I've heard it all before, Danny, and we're done trailing along behind you every night for this.  Go on as many patrols as you want.  Fill up that stupid thermos as many times as you think is good enough.  Just do it by yourself.  We'll have your back on Halloween, but until then you're on your own.  Maybe if you get really lucky, we'll let you catch up with us on Monday."       There was a brief silence as Danny processed all that.  He'd known that Sam and Tucker had gotten the short end of the stick for nearly two weeks; he really had wanted to make it up to them, but hearing Sam lose her cool about it was like a punch in the gut.  Not only had she not wanted to come out here tonight - she and Tucker both had expected him to bail on them, he realized.  That was probably what stung the most.  When he finally found the words, he knew it wasn't going to be enough.  "Sam, I - I was gonna say we could go and catch - "       One of the mimics blindsided him.  He spiraled out of the air, descending through the asphalt of the street below and catching himself in a tangle of sewage pipes, and reappeared a moment later.  He turned his attention to the swarm of spirits around him, but part of him still couldn't focus.  Are they really going to ditch me?  He knew that it was time to wrap the fight up.  He still had to bring Sam and Tucker home afterwards; he'd talk to them about it then.  He could see them up on that rooftop - maybe I should have kept this fight a little closer together - and he knew they were watching him.  He'd lost track of the thermos, he realized, and floated higher in an attempt to spot it.  He didn't, and the swarm was beginning to converge on him now that he was up in plain sight.       Now serious, he aimed more carefully.  Most of the mischievous spirits weren't terribly robust, and fell with one or two shots; it was the leader he was becoming worried about.  He must have hit it at least half a dozen times, and it just seemed to make it angrier.  It roared, clawing its way up the side of a building, and leapt at him.  One of its jointed legs swatted at him, and it climbed up higher to keep up with him.       He hit it once, glancing briefly at the underlings below him, and it tackled him across the empty space over the street.  They both flew in a tangle of limbs into the side of the building on the opposite side, breaking through the bricks and snapping one of the old wooden supports clean in two, and he extricated himself after it nearly bit his head off.  He disappeared, splitting his attention as best he could between it and its horde of minions, and finally spotted the thermos by a storm drain two blocks down.  He swooped, grabbing ahold of it before any of the other spirits could catch him, and turned to finish the fight off.  The smaller ones were caught first, and he turned his full attention back to the leader.       The gremlin hissed at him, turned, and crawled upwards.  Its claws left hard scratches in the bricks as it went, and put out one of the windows about halfway up the structure.       Danny flew after it, thermos in hand.  He realized as it made its way up the side of the building that Sam and Tucker were up on the roof, and a wave of dread hit him.  "Guys, heads-up, you better get out of there - !"       The monstrous mimic clambered up the last floor and hoisted itself over the corner of the roof, scraping a handful of bricks out of place and baring the wooden beam that held up the corner of the building.  Under the monster's weight, it held for the moment but creaked unhappily.  Danny could hear Sam and Tucker both scream, and threw an energy blast to get its attention if nothing else.  It lurched forward, hit but not horribly injured, but wouldn't turn to face him.       Danny reached the corner of the roof just in time to see it collapse onto the top floor.  Bricks, wooden supports, and debris crumpled inwards, settling into a pile of rubble in the space below, and the spidery gremlin toppled down along with the rest.  He could see Sam on the other side of the roof, having scrambled away from the damage.       What about Tucker?       He panicked, blasting the giant mimic with a two-handed attack to get it out of the way, and dove into the rubble.  "Tucker?"       The ghost came at him again, and his control lapsed.  He turned with an inhuman cry, both his hands bursting into a crackling blaze, and the second he locked onto his target he let loose with something he didn't know he had.  The next thing he knew, the mimic had been utterly obliterated, and he'd taken out the rest of the corner of the roof too.  The dizziness of overexertion clouded his head, but he shoved it aside and turned back to the pile of rubble before him.  Without a second thought, he dove down and sifted through it as quickly as he could.  Hold on Tuck oh dear god please don't let him be dead -       He found Tucker under a splintered wooden beam.  He looked like he'd been half-crushed; one of his arms was bent the wrong way, and a piece of the split beam had lodged itself in his shoulder.  Fragments of bricks and debris had closed him in.  A wide splatter of blood covered almost half of his face; his nose had been broken, and he only barely appeared to be breathing.       "Tucker!" Danny cried, pulling the beam away from him in a blind panic.  He'd gone almost entirely numb, and hesitated even to touch him.  He knew this was his fault - still having fun, are we? - and the knot of dread in his stomach sharpened into a spear of guilt.  "Tuck, I - I'm so sorry - "       "Danny?" Sam's head appeared over the edge of the destroyed roof, "The hell was that?  I've never seen you go ham like that before - "       Danny turned up to her, pale and tear-stained.  "Sam, I - "       Sam's eyes widened as she realized what had happened.  "Oh my god is he okay - ?"       Danny, without words, shook his head.       Sam jumped down without hesitation, scrambling over the fallen debris and kicking pieces of the former roof out of her way.  Seeing him up close, one hand came up over her mouth.  She stiffened.  "Is he - is he breathing?"       "Yeah," Danny whispered, unable to manage anything other than that, "But - "       "We gotta get help," said Sam, her mind already racing for the least damaging solution.  Her eyes flicked to Danny, and her voice was suddenly sharp; she'd just assumed control, since she knew Danny couldn't take charge.  "Overshadow him."       "What - ?"       "You heard me!" Sam barked, "Keep his head up, if you can - but don't you dare twist him around - I'm calling the hospital - let them know he's coming - "       Danny turned back to Tucker.  He hadn't wanted to even touch him - dear god, he was just so fragile - but he did as Sam instructed.  He slid carefully into Tucker's body, and the pain hit him all at once.  Tucker had blacked out, but Danny felt it all.  It paralyzed him as his mind grappled to keep his focus; for a second, he pulled himself away, but he knew that Sam was right.  He forced himself to keep control, and slowly the pair levitated upwards.  He was aware that Sam was making a phone call - anything beyond that was incomprehensible.  He could feel exactly how close Tucker was to the edge; overshadowing him in this state was almost like trying to overshadow another ghost, and he didn't dare make his body twitch in case it would sway him over completely.       "Come on," said Sam, and it took Danny a moment to realize that it had been directed at him, "I told them we'll be there in five - it's just down the block, but - dear god, that's so much blood..."       Everything that happened over the next hour blurred together.  Danny kept Tucker together, but only barely; he fell out of him the second the medics took over, exhausted and reeling, and only re-materialized after he'd caught his breath.  He and Sam waited for almost three hours for the emergency night surgeon to come out, and not a word was said between them the whole time.  He'd been in tears the entire time.  This was because of him - Tucker might be dead because of you - and despite any and all efforts, he could think of nothing else.  It was unbearable.       Finally the surgeon met with them, and gave them the run-down on the damage: broken arm, displaced shoulder, three fractured ribs, cranial bruising - he got lucky his skull hadn't caved, he'd said - and anemic blood loss.  He asked, of course, how it had happened.  Neither Sam nor Danny answered that one.  He asked them if there had been any hard drugs involved, just so that he could keep Tucker medicated; they said there hadn't.  He asked if their parents knew about any of this, and they just exchanged looks.  He said he'd be making some phone calls, and that no one would be in any trouble if he could help it.  It's a miracle you got him here in one piece, he said.  Wonder how you managed to keep him together all this way.       I tell you - by all means, the base of his skull should have caved under its own weight.       Tucker's parents were devastated.  This had come seemingly out of nowhere - and in the middle of the night, no less!  They had both been prepared to blame Danny and Sam wholeheartedly for the incident - until the surgeon told them that it was because of them that he'd made it in at all.  They didn't tell me what happened, the surgeon said, but as far as I can tell, they knew exactly what to do about it.  They arrived ten minutes later, and Sam's parents arrived not long after that, but it wasn't until the Fenton RV pulled in that anyone got a coherent story.       Danny just sat, numb, for the entirety of the visit; it was Sam that ended up telling it.  She told them that they'd gone out hoping to find a ghost - it had been her idea, she said, and she'd convinced Danny to bring a Fenton thermos with him in case anything went wrong.  She'd admitted that they didn't really know what they were getting into, and she knew they should have been more careful, and that it really was stupid of them to go out like that.       Jack had been about to ground Danny forever on the spot; Maddie took the thermos, about to agree with him, but had changed her mind when she had a closer look at it.  It wasn't empty - far from it, in fact - and she realized just how long they must have been out there before the incident.  Jack, she'd said, grabbing his arm and giving it a tug, Jack, look - this thing isn't empty!  She concluded at once that they'd gotten in over their heads, but the fact that all three of them had survived was a feat in and of itself.  They'd barely escaped - but they had escaped, and caught nearly two dozen spirits in the process.  Still, Danny was forbidden from pulling a stunt like that ever again, and Sam's parents grounded her on the spot.       Danny found he didn't care.  Even after he was taken home, he didn't get any sleep.  The incident played over in his mind - I should have been faster, I should have paid more attention, I should have kept it closer together, I should have sucked them all up when I had the chance.       This is my fault.  Is Tuck ever going to forgive me?
      Danny skipped class to go and see him.  The receptionist pointed him in the right direction, but warned him: ten minutes only - he's still under a lot of medication.  Danny said that was alright.  He just needed to see him.  He understood why Tucker hated places like this; the too-white walls were nearly blinding, and the polished floors were almost insufferably bare.       He gave the door a little knock, but opened it anyway.  "Tuck?"       Tucker, only half-coherent, brightened.  "Danny, s'that you...?"       "Yeah, it's me.  Look," said Danny, letting himself in and finding an uncomfortable spot in one of the two chairs by the window table.  "Tuck, I needed to see you - "       "S'okay," said Tucker, with half a smile, "I missed you too."       Danny had to keep himself from tears.  "Tuck, I'm so sorry - I let things get out of hand, and - this is all my fault - "       "Danny," said Tucker, focusing as best he could given all the painkillers he was on.  He propped himself up on his good elbow, changed his mind about it, and leaned back down again.  "S'fine.  I'm not mad."       Danny fell quiet.  He refused to meet Tucker's eyes, and one hand clamped over the other in an effort to focus on anything that wasn't crying.  "You're just saying that," he said finally, "How can you not be mad, Tuck?  I almost got you killed - !"       "Dude," said Tucker, as forcefully as he could manage, "I swear.  Just...you gotta do something for me, okay?"       "Anything," said Danny, meeting Tucker's gaze.       Tucker's smile broadened.  "Save me some candy from Halloween, okay?"
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The A Experience
Hey darlings! Chapter 18 is here and I’m excited for y’all to read it! 
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The phone rang right after they had finished lunch. Roger had been rubbing his stomach, trying to get the feeling of fullness to dissipate, when he had heard his ringtone from Brian’s room. He smiled and batted his eyelashes prettily at Brian so that the older boy would get Roger’s cellphone for him.
“It’s your sister,” Brian said as he handed the device to Roger.
He picked up, and pressed the cellphone to his ear, still rubbing his tummy, “Hey, Gremlin.”
“Roger!” He winced at the loudness and turned the volume down, “So nice of you to answer your phone!”
He rolled his eyes, “Oh, come off it. We spoke like yesterday.”
“Not yesterday,” she reminded him, “Thursday. It’s officially been three days since we last spoke.”
“All right, all right,” he took a sip from his coffee, “What’s up, failed abortion?”
An indignant noise came from Brian, who was looking at Roger like he had just insulted his grandma. Roger rolled his eyes, ugh, only children—always so sensitive.
“Mom wants to know if you’d like to come to Truro next weekend.” Clare answered, “Our cousins are coming over, and so is Miss Perez and her son.”
Roger grimaced, “Is mom still trying to set me up with Antonio?”
“She’s been trying for the past seven years, and I don’t think she’ll stop until she manages to get you two on a date.”
Roger looked over at Brian then, who’d had lost interest in the conversation at some point, and had opted for turning to his attention to working on his latest song. One that he still refused to show Roger.
Brian turned towards Roger once he felt the younger boy’s eyes on him, and gave him a sweet smile. His canines poked adorably at his bottom lip, and the crinkles on the side of his eyes drove Roger up the wall. He had to bite his tongue to stop himself from blushing. God, he was screwed.
“Earth to Roger,” Clare spoke again, “Are you even listening to me or are you thinking about Antonio’s ass?”
Roger rolled his eyes, “Nah, I was just fawning over my boyfriend and his cute smile.”
Brian blushed and looked away demurely, turning his head back to the song he was writing and letting his hair flop over his face. There was silence in the other end of the line, and finally Clare spoke, “Tim?”
He tried not to feel insulted by the insinuation that he would go back to that idiot, “Hell no. His name is Brian. God, Clare I can’t wait until you meet him. He is the sweetest, the prettiest, the funniest—”
“All right, Roger,” Brian said through the dopey smile that had settled on his face, “quit shamelessly flirting and talk to your sister.”
“Was that him?”
“Yeah.”
“Tell him I said good luck.”
“With what?”
“Putting up with you.”
“Hey, fuck you.”
Clare laughed and so did Brian. Roger glared the the older boy, and went back to the conversation with his sister, “I’ll have to ask him, but I think he would like to come with me.”
“I must have missed the part where I said you could invite him.”
“I know,” Roger said, “but I’m bringing him anyway.”
“I’m excited to meet him.”  
“I’m excited for him to meet you.”
The conversation went on for a few minutes after that. It went that way for a few minutes Clare teasing Roger and him trying to deflect the taunts. And when she finally finished telling him everything she wanted, he heard her sigh.
“What’s wrong, Moon?”
There was a second of hesitation, “This Brian chap… just be careful, okay?”
“He’s really great Clare, you’ll love him.”
“That’s what you said last time.”
Roger looked up to Brian then, staring at the cute way in which he bit his tongue when he scribbled, and wrinkled his nose when something didn’t seem quite right. His boyfriend looked up, and mouthed, ‘What rhymes with cheese?’
Roger couldn’t hold back his snort, “This time I’m sure.”
“Okay,” she whispered, “I’ll be the judge of that.”
Roger rolled his eyes, but he always found it comforting when Clare acted like a protective sibling. “Mmm, see you next week?”
They said their goodbyes, and Roger found that he was suddenly very excited for next week to come. Once he hung up he found Brian was still looking at him, and Roger smiled, “What?”
“I was serious you know!” Brian said, “What rhymes with cheese?”
Roger let out a guffaw, throwing his head back and bringing his hands to his chest, “I don’t know what rhymes with cheese, Bri! You’re writing a song about cheese?!”
He stood up, rounding the table and dropping a soft kiss on Brian’s forehead before continuing to the kitchen, “Bri?”
“Yes, love?”
Roger got on the tips of his toes and grabbed his favourite mug from the shelf, “Would you like to come?”
“Come where?”
“Truro,” Roger added three spoons of sugar into the water, thinking about how they had gotten in a fight the other week about Roger’s tea making habits because oh my god Roger you can’t add the sugar before you’ve boiled the water! That’s insane!
“We’ll hang out with my cousins, you’ll get to taste my mum’s famous ratatouille, and it will give us a weekend away from this extremely polluted hell hole.”
Silence followed and for a second Roger feared he had made a terrible mistake. He put the kettle on the burner and was about to tell Brian it was alright if he didn’t want to when long arms wound themselves around his waist. Roger was pulled back against Brian’s chest, his curls tickling his cheek. He leaned back, enjoying the warmth, and let himself be held.
“I would love to,” Brian brushed his temple with a soft kiss, “just tell me what to pack, what kind of wine your mum likes, and the names of each and every one of your relatives I’ll be meeting.”
Roger chuckled, “That’s going to be a long list.”
“I guess I better start learning them sooner rather than later.”
Roger sighed, nuzzling into Brian’s neck as the taller man rested his chin on his shoulder. The nerves which had been building since he had asked Brian the question had already completely disappeared, replaced by the feeling of heart-fluttering love, “Thank you.”
“For what?” Brian’s breath felt warm against his scalp.
“For coming with me, for being so wonderful.” Roger placed a soft kiss on Brian’s neck, “You know you’re the first guy I’m bringing home to meet my family.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.” Roger hadn’t exactly dated a lot of guys his family would approve of.
He felt Brian gulp, “Oh good, no pressure then.”
Roger didn’t feel nervous at all, “Really Brian, there’s no pressure. I know they’ll love you.”
Brian privately thought that was a load of crap—how could being the first guy someone brought home not carry high expectations? But kept it to himself. The fact that Roger had so much faith in him and trusted him enough to introduce to his family had caused a warm feeling to blossom in his chest. He hoped Roger didn’t see the blush that was also creeping up his neck.
“How d’you know?” Brian pressed.
“Fishing for compliments are we?” Roger teased, shifting slightly to look back at him. “Hmm, well you’re tall, for one—Mum’s always fancied a tall man for me. You’re crazy smart—can probably teach my smart-ass sister a thing or two. No I think it’s your ability to rhyme that’ll really blow them away...Cheese, Please, Tease…” Brian could feel Rogers face splitting into a grin. It was only justified really, when Brian dug his long fingers into Rogers sides, causing him to screech and writhe against him. “Stop it you ass! You know I’m ticklish!”
“Ticklish?” Brian murmured “you don’t say?” Then proceeded to tickle him mercilessly. After a tussle that resulted in both of them in tears of laughter on the kitchen floor, the whistling of the kettle got them up on their feet. Roger made a pot of tea and turned to find Brian had disappeared.
“Bri?” Roger asked, walking a couple steps to hear rustling from Brian’s room. He reappeared with his laundry bin and a pad of paper.
“If I’m meeting your family I’m going to need to wash my semi-decent clothes.” He explained, at the look on Rogers face. Brian put to the pad in front of Rogers seat at the table, “and I was serious about that list by the way!” He then walked over to the couch and started peering underneath “where did my weekend bag get to…?”
Roger could only smile, god his boyfriend was a nerd—and he couldn’t wait for next weekend.
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just a very tipsy bit of June and Dante bonding because idk if it’s clear how much I fucking love their relationship :’) look, it’s something actually sfw this time!! :D :D :D
“Dante...” June’s voice was only vaguely slurred, in the way of one well in practice being inebriated. “Fuck, marry, kill-”
“Kill.”
“That’s not how it goes!”
“Myself. I haven’t been this bored since the Signs movie night.”
“Shut up, play the stupid fucking game. It’s better than sitting here.”
Dante rolled his eyes, admiring the way the whole room wavered as he did so. “Okay. Who?”
“Beethoven-”
“How old do you think I am?”
June narrowed their eyes. After one long moment, they obviously decided thinking in this state was too much work, so they just shrugged their narrow shoulders with a noncommittal grunt.
“Nice to know you care so much,” Dante grumbled. “One hundred and sixty three this year. Now you know.”
June made a noise half way between a cat coughing up a hairball, a snicker, and a giggle. Dante decided hazily to call it a snicker; he liked his head attached to his neck. “You’ve aged well,” they managed to get out after a moment.
“Wish I could say the same,” Dante said pleasantly.
“Oh, fuck off. The amount of times I get mistaken for a fucking prepubescent-”
“Until they see your face.” Dante laughed, a bit too loud for the enclosed space. He remembered the poor mortal woman the other day, who had asked June where “her” parents were, until June had turned around with their face of cutting sharp angles and ire and the woman had almost fainted on the spot. 
“Fuck off,” June repeated darkly. They drained their wine glass for the....... 14th time tonight? Dante looked at the multitude of empty bottles on the floor. They’d gone through five. Six? Given it took two to get a single demon tipsy, it wasn’t that bad. That.
Dante couldn’t remember the last time he’d let himself go this far. A bit of a buzz, yeah. Not the-world-looking-vaguely-alive-and-also-kind-of-sparkly-in-a-way gone. He had responsibilities. People to look after. A reputation to uphold. But now Jesse and Vrox were safely in Hell, the rest of the pack, too. No strays running around causing trouble. A night of peace. Weight off his shoulders. It was... nice.
“Funny,” he said.
“What’s?” June didn’t look up from their wine glass, tilting it so the remaining drops glinted like rubies in the dull light through the windows.
“Think I’ve forgotten how to relax,” he admitted.
“Doesn’t fucking surprise me. You’re not a soldier anymore, Dante. I don’t think you’ve got that through your thick skull yet.”
“Yeah, and who’s fault is that?”
“You almost got yourself killed-”
“Aw, you do care.”
“- and left me with ruling over the Kennels, alone? Get fucked. Never happening. I will drag you out of a warzone myself.”
“You did. Literally. Drag me”
“Damn fucking right I did.” June tossed their glass aside - getting a few flecks of darker red on the couch - and grabbed the remaining bottle, forgoing the glassful now in favour of drinking straight from the bottle.
“Do you know what it feels like to be hellgated when you’re not ready to be hellgated?”
“Y-”
“It’s not a great feeling.”
“What are you, an infant?” 
Dante snorted. “A one hundred and sixty three year old infant...”
“Alric,” they both said at the same time, which caused a chorus of uninhibited laughter, even and especially if the subject matter involved a 13 year old hellhound who died via cult and who now routinely ate people.
“You know what?” June said suddenly, breaking off their laughter. “Are you ready now?”
Dante struggled to remember what they’d just been talking about. “What?” he said, a bit apologetically.
“Useless.” June flicked wine in his general direction, missing by a few metres and splattering more red on the carpet. Their lounge was beginning to look like a sweet-sour crime scene. “Are you ready to be hellgated?”
“Not... really...”
“Fantastic!”
Before he could process the level of sarcasm dripping off that one word, June had sprung up, staggered only a little to find their balance, grabbed his hand and dragged him forward - into pure darkness.
Dante didn’t like hellgating. Having to do it every day for one hundred and thirty four years straight didn’t make him any fonder of it. It reminded him of dying all over again, all sensation except a faint sense of consciousness flooding away - because that was exactly what was happening. At the end, his physical self re-formed around his consciousness - or what was left of his soul, he didn't know. He was grateful for one thing, and that was that he was a demon. This was natural to him. If he was mortal... well, it would take a lot of skill and care from whatever demon was with him to re-form him afterward. And while June was definitely skilled, they were always running a little low on care.
The moment in the consuming, absolute darkness could have lasted a second or a year for all Dante knew, but when it did end, it gave way to a hillside dotted with a few flowering weeds, sloping into a pine forest. The cold air instantly shocked more alertness into Dante’s brain.
What was more surprising than the sudden change of scenery, or that June had willingly elected to go outside, was that Dante recognized it. 
“Is this-?”
“Where we first met?” June was fastidiously adjusting the cuffs of their dress shirt. Their waistcoat was also decidedly slanted. “Yes.”
Alarm show down Dante’s spine. “June, are you - okay? Being here? I know-”
“Don’t you fucking dare try and mother me, Diệu,” June said through clenched teeth, without even looking at him.
Dante winced. “Don’t call me that, chết tiệt. That name is dead.”
“Like the rest of the past, yes? I’m fine.”
“Alright, alright.” He held up his hands as a peace offering and looked around. He could see glimpsed flecks of buttery yellow lights between the trees below, a few brave fireflies spiraled out into the open. One seemed to like June’s shiny dark hair, following them as they sank down onto the grass. He hesitated, but followed suit.
“Did I ever thank you for that?” June asked.
He glanced at them. They still weren’t looking at him, instead staring into the fringe of dark trees.
“No,” he said truthfully. He had never expected, wanted, or received any gratitude from them.
“Good.”
Dante smiled and leaned into them playfully, making them hiss and swipe at him with their nails, the blow going wide. Not on purpose. Absolutely not.
“How much do you remember?” he asked.
For once, they didn’t comment on his gentle tone. Their eyes grew a bit distant, lost in the past that was not as far gone as either of them liked to admit.
“Not very much, after...”
They didn’t finish. They didn’t have to.
Dante shrugged off his jacket. It was made of heavy, thick, green fabric, leftover from the Vietnam war. It was one of the few he hadn’t participated in, but the jacket had belonged to a friend of his who didn’t need it anymore. He started to drape it over June, but they recoiled with a hiss.
“Don’t be a jerk,” Dante said impatiently. “You’re shivering. Take it.” He wrapped it around them none too gently, clamping it shut with his hands for a moment so they didn’t try to shake it off.
June’s frosty stare turned into a glare, and Dante couldn’t help but start laughing: they were so small and the jacket was so big it was like a tent on them, and with just their face poking out from the collar, they looked like that alien from the movie Jesse liked... E.T. But angrier.
“Get,” June said, very delicately, “your hands off me.”
Dante obliged, and his guess proved right, as after their initial hate mode wore off, June kept the jacket on, though they did pull it down off their head and put their arms in so they looked more respectable.
“Are you happy now, mother?” June grumbled.
“Much,” Dante said with a smile, reaching over to ruffle up their hair. The firefly spiraled wildly away, and this time, June’s swipe connected. He didn’t mind.
“I don’t know why I interact with you,” June sad, still grumbling, as they fished their cigarette packet out of their pocket. Dante frowned at it, but June pointedly ignored him. “Got a light?”
“No.”
“Dante,” June said, mock-patient tone undermined by their snapping fingers. “I know you always carry a lighter. Give it to me.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I will say it again.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Try me.”
“I’ll get you in a headlock.”
“Di-”
“Shit, fine! It’s in the second pocket down in the jacket.
June lit their cigarette like the happy little nicotine gremlin they were and tossed the lighter back to Dante. They took a long draw, the tip burning like a red firefly, and exhaled grey into the cold air.
Silence fell. A breeze tried its best to raise goosebumps on Dante’s arms, but he ignored it. The rustling in the trees, the beating of tiny wings, and the crackle of June’s cigarette were the only sounds.
“I do remember you,” June said, quietly. “You were in your hound shape. Your eyes were red. They lit up the entire clearing. But I wasn’t afraid. You smelled like... home. A home I’d never known about.”
Dante looked at them. In the light of the crescent moon drifting through the clouds and the aftermath of six bottles of red wine, the hard lines of their face seemed to have softened a bit, their mouth holding what could have been a smile.
“I know that home now,” June added. “It smells like shit and most of it is on fire. Not what I expected.”
Dante laughed. “Was I what you expected?”
“Only when you give me a light and buy me dinner,” they said with a grin.
“Guess I have to do that, then.” He inched closer to nudge them with his elbow, but he didn’t move again, and after a stiff minute, June put their head on his shoulder.
Grudgingly.
He’d take it.
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Little Star pt. 1
 "I don't see him anywhere..." The little one pouted as she bounced on the balls of her feet.
  Her mother only laughed as they both stared up at the desert sky, their visitor had called her not long before they had arrived and informed them of his expected arrival. Still, the little one was always impatient when things did not go as she had planned.
   "Relax. He'll be here soon. You know it's not easy to travel so far away."
   Another pout was her only response. But it was soon wiped away as the desert was suddenly shadowed by the ship that came into view.
   The little girl popped up and started to jump for joy at the sight of the dark vessel as it descended.
   Her mother had to hold her back from running off before it could land properly and lower the walkway.
  But as soon as a familiar tall figure walked out, the child was released and ran up to him.
  She was scooped up by the visitor, who held her high, much to the little girls delight, if her laughter was any indication.
  Walking closer, her mother saw the reunited pair and their similarly fanged smiles. The long white hair. The yellow in their eyes.
  "How are you my little Minerva?" The man asked, his voice still a deep purr. "Have you been good to your mother?"
   "Yes papa!" Minerva held her little head high.
   "Are you sure about that, you little gremlin?" Her mother tickled her neck, and Minerva squealed.
  Her father looked down at the woman, she was always so petite, it was in such stark contrast to him as he towered over most outside his kind.
  "You're looking well my dear Pidge. "
 "You don't look so bad yourself Lotor."
   Pidge did her best to usher Lotor out of the Garrison compound with as little formalities and security Checks as possible. She may have had to hack into the system and disable some things, but so be it. She didn't have time or patience for Iversons procedures today.
   As they drove down the dusty road into town, Minerva, or Mina as she was more often called, was chatting her father's ear off about anything and everything. Mostly her favorite shows and something funny uncle Matt did. Mina loved to talk about her uncle Matt, Pidge blamed it in the fact that he spoiled her so much.
   Looking up, Pidge saw that even though the Galra leader was hunched over and his long limbs didn't fit right in the car, he still looked back into the back seat and listened to Minas every word. It made Pidge smile as they pulled into town and parked in front of her parents house.
    Her mom had offered their house for the festivities today,  she was a lot better at planning social things than Pidge was. That and Pidge disliked too many people in her house.
   Mina ran up the front steps and rang the doorbell, her parents taking their time as they walked, hands entwined.
   The inside of the Holt household was covered in streamers and balloons. The dining table already set and gold foil stars dangling from the ceiling.
    It was still early,  but in a couple hours time it was going to be full of children for the party. Lotor eyed the decorations, he had been exposed to some of earths customs in the years he had known the paladins, but that was in space and far away from the actual thing. This display was far more frivolous and colorful than anything that had existed in the empire.
     Pidge snorted as he nearly banged his head on the door frame. Another giant difference,  he was waaay to tall for most earth things. A constant source of amusement for her.
    Lotor glared. "What are you laughing at?"
    "The big lug I'm stuck with." She playfully bumped her hip against his as Colleen walked into the room.
    Her mother smiled as she greeted Lotor. "Ah, I was wondering when you would come back."
    "Hello Colleen." Lotor greeted politely.
     Colleen chatted Lotors ear off, much to Colleens credit, she had been fairly accepting of the existence of aliens after Pidge and Matt returned to earth. Perhaps she was just so thrilled they were alive, the existance of other species seem inconsequential. Even if her daughter was carrying one at the time.
    Mina had run off to some other part of the house, probably taking in the birthday set up. Peeking into the dining room, sure enough Pidge found her daughter already taking a goodie bag for herself and strapping a party hat to her face.
    "What are you up to?" Pidge laughed.
    "I'm a chicken!" Mina cheered and proceeded to pretend she was a bird.
   "Meanwhile, your papa came all this way to see you, and you're ignoring him."
   "Don't worry Mama." Mina produced another bag from behind her back. " I was getting papa a bag too."
  "Uh huh, sure you were." Pidge rolled her eyes as Mina pranced back into the room towards her father and grandmother. She watched from the doorway as Mina handed Lotor the bag and insisted he wear a party hat.
   "It's a party, Papa, you have to wear a hat!"
    Pidge chuckled before wandering into the kitchen, where her father was putting the candles on the cake.
    Sam looked over his shoulder and smiled. “Hey, you're back already.”
    Pidge nodded as she swiped a candy from the bowl that sat on the counter. “Yep, the guest of honor has arrived.” as if on cue, Minas delighted squeal rang out from some part of the house, followed by her father's deep chuckle.
   Sam grinned as the sound right before the birthday girl ran into the kitchen with Lotor trailing behind, she eagerly looked at the counter to her cake. “Papa! Papa! Look! It's shaped like a kitty!” Mina pointed at the cat shaped cake, covered in black fondant with a yellow crescent moon.
   “I can see that.” Lotor chuckled, a sparkly pink party hat sitting on his white hair.
   “It's from a show that Uncle Matt showed me last summer.” The little girl began to ramble as she explained. Pidge rolled her eyes. Her brother, in his true nerdy fashion, had taken it upon himself to show Minerva all the classics. So Pidges home had been filled with Pokemon, Dragon ball, and of course Sailor moon, on constant repeat. Thus why her parents home was covered in foil moons and stars and the Luna shaped cake. “I even drew a picture of her.”  Mina declared as she pointed to the fridge that held some of her drawings.
   Lotor nodded as he looked at the display of his daughters handiwork, but it seemed one drawing in particular caught his eye. “And what is this one my little star?” He pointed, and Pidges face dropped when she realised which drawing it was.
   “Oh, that's my father's day drawing I did for school.” Mina explained, not noticing her father's pained expression. “this is me, that's grandpa, and that's uncle Matt.” she pointed at the happy little stick figures standing amongst the flowers and green scribbles for grass. “and that's you, Papa.” Mina pointed to the top corner of her drawing. Amongst the sky was a purple smiley face with long white hair. Lotors crayon face was surrounded by dark blue and yellow stars as opposed to the blue sky andd clouds in the rest of the picture.
   “What am I doing up there?”
    Sam looked to Pidge with a somber look. They both knew one day that the separation between Minerva and Lotor would have to be addressed, although it never occurred to Pidge when that day would come. Apparently it was today. Picking up the cake, Sam left for the dining room, leaving the three of them alone.
   Mina looked to her parents, seeming to notice the silence that settled over the kitchen. “What is it?”
   Lotor flashed her a weak grin. “Nothing, my dear, nothing at all.”
    Mina looked between Pidge and Lotor, her thick white brows furrowing. “Then why do you look sad?”
   Lotor shook his head, clearly forcing himself to brighten. “Do I? It's nothing, just a long trip. Don't worry about it.” He ruffled Minervas hair. Before she could continue to question him, the sounds of guest rang out from the entry way.
   “Where is the birthday girl!?” Lances voice called out.
   Pidge nodded her head to the doorway. “Why don't you greet your guests, Mina?”
   Mina nodded before walking off to see her visitors. Meanwhile, Lotor looked back at the drawing, a frown etched on his face.
  Pidge walked over and gently placed a hand on his back. “You ok?”
  Lotor sighed. “Yes, I just...I suppose it never quite hit until now. How I haven't…” he trailed off, looking down at Pidge sadly. “I haven't been around as much as I should.”
  Looking down at the white tiled floor, Pidge bit her lip before answering. “It's not your fault you know.”
   Stepping away, pinching the bridge of his nose, Lotor looked everywhere but at her. “What do you mean it's not my fault? My own daughter clearly views others like a father over me.” he pointed towards the crayon drawing to further his point.
   “You do your best.” she said weakly. “Besides… it's not like I'm blameless either.”
   Now he was the one to look down at the floor, arms crossed. “You've raised Minerva yourself. I'm the one whose-”
   “The only reason we're separated is because I didn't want to leave.” Pidge felt her voice crack, but it was true nonetheless. After the war, the two of them decided to separate on good terms. Only for Pidge to find out she was pregnant not long after coming home, and despite Lotors offers, Pidge was not ready to leave Earth after spending so long away from it. She wanted to be with the family she had spent so long away from, let Minerva know her grandparents and uncle. She had been only twenty then, and the thought of leaving earth to be an empress was not something she had been ready for, despite how much she loved the father of her child.
     The two fell silent again, not really looking at each other. Colleen popped her head in. “Is everything alright in here?”
   “Yeah,” Pidge replied, trying too hard to sound chipper. “Everything is fine. What's up, mom?”
   “People are coming, come on, the party is starting.” Colleen glanced between her daughter and Lotor before walking off.
   Letting his arms drop, Lotor walked over to Pidge. “I suppose we better join the festivities then.”
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