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avaritia-ffxiv · 6 days
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5 Songs I'm Into RN
1. Tuoni - Kuolonpyörä
I LOVE the lyrics in this. But it's Finnish. And if you look up a translation, the chorus is wrong. And the chorus is the best part. So I'm a lil salty about that and had to translate it MYSELF for captainqster when sending it to them like "OMG THIS IS SO GNB GIOVANNA"
But it is, it really is her.
(Also the correct chorus goes like this:)
Pyörä pyörii - läpi ihmiselämän (The wheel turns - through human life) Pyörä pyörii - aina nauttii vähemmän (The wheel turns - always enjoys less) Pyörä pyörii - ei hellitä ikinä (The wheel turns - never relents) Kuolonpyörä - liekki ja kipinä (Wheel of death - flame and spark)
2. Beyond Awareness - Crime
This is from Nazaire's playlist.
Will I ever be fine? Do I belong in another life? Oh please show me the place where I can leave this behind Can't replace what's inside I'm all out of will to carry on with this life But if I just closed my eyes for now It's a crime
Apparently this is a Finnish band too?? The more you know. Anyway yeah very Nazaire, makes me vibe in his name.
3. Bloodbound - The Warlock's Trail
Hey it's a Swedish band this time. That's so far off.
Either way, this is from D&D Gia's playlist
In the mist of the morning a winter's day Came a man in robe from far away Out of ashes and clay of the magic vale 'Cause sorrow sail on the warlock's trail
Idk if I've ever talked about him? He's a ruthless little thing, and a warlock, so the song suits him p nicely.
4. Hozier & Bear McCreary - Blood Upon the Snow
It's not from some version of Gia's playlist!!! It's from Damonient's. I fucking love this song and it really... Gets his mood across, I feel? The melancholy, it's so good.
To all things housed in her silence Nature offers a violence The bear that keeps to his own line The wolf that seeks always his own kind The world that hardens as the harsher winter holds The parent forced to eat its young before it grows It's not my arms that will fail me But this world takes more strength than it gave me The trees deny themselves nothing that makes them grow No rain fall, no sunshine No blood upon the snow
I still haven't gotten around to doing a lil gpose to it with him.
5. Project Vela - War on Falling Stars
Embracing the darkness Telling you that it'll be okay But it's more than harmless This disease will rip your soul away I don't want to live my life by your beliefs I don't want to be caught up in vanity I don't want to swallow pills you offer me I just need to suppress these memories
This is from Saga's v2 playlist, soooooo himst after his corruption arc 'cause we can't have good sweet pure characters in this house, must ruin their whole outlook.
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Honorary mentions and a whole bunch of spotify links under the cut:
Bad Omens - Kingdom of Cards (from Amthan's playlist)
I made my way through hell again, I paid for my mistakes Next time, I think I'll stay awhile and pour myself a drink When I return, I'll look for you, so listen for your name If you can make it out above the roaring of the flames If it's the mask you want, then it's the mask that you will get But when I take it off, remember that you asked for this I tore myself apart to give you all that I could give Don't think that I will let it go, don't think that I'll forget I thought I wanted legacy, I thought I wanted fame I didn't know I'd lose all my loved ones in exchange Left 'em all behind and yeah, for that, I am ashamed But that's the price I'm paying 'til I'm buried in my grave
Blacklite District - Goodbye (rock mix) (from Gia and Saga v2's playlists)
Goodbye Say goodbye to the knife That you sharpen with your life Say goodbye To the dark side Goodbye Say goodbye to the lies And the pain You hold inside Say goodbye to that old life Goodbye
Hollywood Undead ft. Hyro the Hero - Comin' Through the Stereo (from Narin's playlist)
I'm going to the top and nobody's gonna stop me now Another nightmare and it's coming through the stеreo Keep going 'til I drop, 'til the hands on the clock run out Anothеr nightmare and it's coming through the stereo Straight out the gate, got them bodies dropping Ain't no grave that can hold my coffin I'm going to the top and nobody's gonna stop me now Another nightmare and it's coming through the stereo
Battle Beast - Where Angels Fear to Fly (from Nazaire's playlist)
I spread my wings and like the midnight sun I will be rising Into the frozen heights, where stars are born And where they die I'm lighting up horizons With thunder and lightning Through the darkest skies Whеre even angеls fear to fly
I COULD GO ON FOR SO MUCH LONGER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MUSIC I LISTEN TO. But also yeah if I can't make it related to one character or other, it can't keep my interest.
Good thing I have a gazillion characters!
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chrisbangs · 5 years
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lovieebby · 4 years
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Man down
Daddy!Syverson x little!reader
Summary: Sy unknowingly sticks your best friend in the washer with the bedsheets and when you’ve come to realize the missing person, it's too late. It's doomsday.
WC: 1.5k
Warnings: a small spank but really just cute fluff!
Note: im being a little selfish and putting my manatee in this, and tbh I’ve had this guy for ab 5 years and he still doesn’t have a name 😩😂 so we’re just putting he/him. Also gif is from Pinterest so all credit goes to the person that made it!!!
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If you want to be added/removed lemme know! Feedback is always welcomed, love you lots and be nice to yourself my bbies ;))
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You rushed up the stairs in a race to see who got into bed first. Sy seemed like a million miles away as you squealed when you face planted into the fresh bed sheets. It smelled like the clean lavender, and a mix of other florals and musks Sy used for soap, it was honestly your favorite smell besides the man himself.
“I won and you lose!” You sang out after you rolled to your back.
Sy exaggerated a panting breath as he leaned on the doorframe to your shared bedroom. He had his arm tucked around his gut making you giggle as he took a deep breath.
“You’re just too fast bug.” He exhaled, “Way too fast for this old man.”
“Why thank you! I practice very hard.” You giggled, tilting your head to the side to watch Sy rolling his eyes with a chuckle.
You snickered a small laugh and groaned while you sat up. Sy met you on the bed with his own groaning, roughly sitting on his side of the bed making you bouce at his weight.
“Now, its time for bed. Get your pj’s on and go brush your teeth.” He said, leaning to you and giving you a soft kiss on your forehead.
You nodded in agreement, standing up and doing what he politely commanded. You picked a oversized shirt from your dresser, a pair of sleep shorts and quickly changed to meet Sy in the bathroom. You both brushed your teeth in silence, softly shoving eachother teaseingly, Sy poking your sides to make you giggle and you knocking his knees to see if he’d fall or maybe do it back.
When you made it back into the bedroom Sy had you lay down and helped you put your soothing lotion on before tucking the both of you under the covers. He had turned off the lights and pulled you close to his chest and whispered his i love you’s.
Before you completely settled down, you searched around for the grey creature you snuggled with every night. He wasn’t between yours and Sy’s pillows, nor between the bed and wall. You pulled Sy’s heavy arm off of you and sat up to look at the end of the bed, soon crawling to the edge to lean down to look under the bed.
“Baby girl, what are you doin’?” Sy groveled out, his eyes still closed but listening to you roll and pat around.
“Daddy I lost him.” You mumbled out as you moved around the totes under the bed, just in case your manatee made his way down there.
“Oh.” Sy deadpanned.
You frowned your brows and slowly sat up, looking at your daddy with your eyes slanted. “Oh?”
“Yeah I think he’s in the wash.” Sy nervously chuckled, shrugging as he scratched his beard.
He braced himself on his elbow as he leaned into it to see you more clearly. Sy tried not to laugh at your try hard mean face contort into shock.
“You what?! Daddy!” You scrambled off the bed quickly then dashing out of the bedroom.
“Man down! Man down!” You screamed as you bounced down the stairs and ran into the laundry room.
Sy came into the laundry room soon after you with his heart squeezing in his chest as you sat in front of the washer, watching your poor manatee’s face popping up every now and then through the glass of the washer.
You sniffled quietly, “Manatee down Daddy.”
Sy chuckled at your joke.
“Baby it’s gonna be okay. He’s a sea cow, that means he knows how to swim! He’ll be out in the morning.” Sy tried his hardest to reassure you, but it just made you sniffle and cry louder.
“Yeah but not in soapy water! And I didn’t get to say bye!” You pouted, rubbing your cheeks and nose with the sleeve of your shirt.
“Oh baby,” Sy sighed, crouching down to you, “I promise he’ll be okay. I’m sorry I forgot to tell you he was going in the wash.” He apologized sincerely, Sy really hated seeing you so upset.
Even though he saw this as a really small ordeal, he knew that this meant more to you than him, and he also knew you were probably more upset because you’re tired. Sy was very glad you didn’t freak out too much and opened the washer door while it was still running; that would have been a handful.
“C’mon sweet angel.” He said, standing up straight with your hand in his.
You cried weakly as you hesitated standing up. The thought of your manatee being all alone made you cry harder, you fruitlessly pulled away from Sy. You refused to leave your best friends side through such a tramatic time.
Sy tried to understand your frustration, but he also had never had a bond with something so small— honestly he didn’t like the stuffed animal, the thing was old and lost its cuteness the moment it got more snuggles than him. Before he snapped at you, he sighed softly with a long exhale. You tucked your chin between your knee caps, arms wrapped around your shins and watched the lit numbers above the door handle, seeing that there was still a long way to go.
“Pooh bear, lady bug, my sweet little baby,” Sy listed off all your pet names, hoping to intice you to come with him. “Honey it’s already passed our bedtime— a nap tomorrow won’t even fix the lack of sleep.”
Your only response to him was a growl, a small chest grumbling growl. Sy shifted back, and blinked as he crossed his arms over his broad chest.
“Now I would really hate to believe you just did that. Do my ears fail me?”
Your eyes widened in surprise of him hearing it. You dared to repeat your actions, you thought to just keep yourself quiet as you shrunk in your spot. Sy nodged his knee against your shoulder, pushing hard enough to rock you.
“I’m waiting little bear.” He spoke lowly with a small joke but the tone still left a lingering shiver of fear.
“Sorry Daddy.” You whispered softly, biting your lip as you pushed yourself up to walk to him.
You came to him and raised your arms to wrap around him for an apology hug, but he stuck out two fingers and pressed it to your chest to stop you. He shook his head with a frown as you pouted.
“You growled at me bug! I ain’t letting the dogs growl at me, what makes you think you can?”
“I said I’m sorry.” You whined, still pouting your lip out.
“I accept that, but you still need to learn little miss.” Sy said, turning his two fingers around; a silent signal.
You pressed down the urge to roll your eyes and groan in difiance. Instead, you let out a whine and listened. You turned around in the door way, facing the white painted frame and clenched your cheeks.
“You clench, it’ll hurt more.” He warned, his eyes watching the bottom of your cheeks relax.
A quick three swats left your bottom stinging. Sy’s big hands could crush anything from their sheer size, and with these spanks, you could tell he didn’t hold back. Your breath shook as you heard Sy grumble proudly, his hand softly rubbing your cheeks. You frowned upon grazing your eyes over the washer one last time before Sy nudged you to the hallway and up the stairs.
Your lip wobbled when the bedroom door closed with a soft click. And as Sy flipped the sheets over to pull himself in, he snickered at your pitiful face.
“Tuck that lil’ lip in baby. No need for that.” Sy spoke softly, watching you from his peripheral as he tucked his pillow under his neck.
You huffed once before you made your way to the bed, the soft, clean sheets inviting you into sleep. Sy’s heavy hand rubbed gentle circles as you laid flat on your tummy, a silent and bratty way to tell him you don’t want to cuddle. Though you knew Sy didn’t care for your small sour attitude; he still rubbed your back and kissed your exposed shoulder with ease and care. With your face deep into your pillow, arms shoved under and Sy’s body heat warming yours, sleep was easy to fall into.
And as Sy heard your soft breathing and felt your body relax, he stayed up until the soft ring of the washer went off and when it did, he slipped his pillow under your chest and belly and traveled down the steps carefully. Before you fully awoke, he quickly swapped loads and made his way back to you.
He would never understand the attachment between you and a replaceable thing, but he would do everything in his power to see your happy face over and over when you woke up with the small manatee under your arm, still warm and the fluff rejuvenated.
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sexy-monster-fucker · 4 years
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Eddie Brock|Venom NSFW Alphabet 
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A - Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)
Eddie is very very caring after sex.  He knows Venom can be rough so he wants to make sure you are okay.  He LOVES to cuddle after sex.  Very touchy.  A lot of forehead kisses.  
B - Body Part (Their favorite body part of their partners)
Eddie loves your hands.  He loves intertwining fingers with you.  Venom, on the other hand, loves your neck.  He loves to wrap his hand firmly around it.  
C - Cum (Anything to do with cum basically)
Venom loves finishing inside you.  Eddie would never admit it, but he does too.  
D - Dirty Secret (Pretty self explanatory)
Secretly, Eddie has a HUGE daddy kink.  He never told you, but one time you let that name fall from your lips and it drove him mad.  He adores being called that.  
E - Experience (How experienced are they?)
Eddie may have a tough guy exterior, but he actually does not have that much experience.   He always tends to wait until he has rather strong feelings for the person he is with before deciding to sleep with them.  Obviously, Venom is only as experienced as his host. 
F - Favorite Position
Any position where they get to be the dominant one.  They adore being on top for real.  
G - Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc.)
Eddie and Venom are both very serious in the moment.  They love having sex and consider it to be very intimate.  They do everything to make sure it’s perfect for you.  
H - Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)
Well, Venom does not really have hair.  That one is self explanatory.  Eddie keeps himself groomed, but there is hair always.  
I - Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect)
Eddie is one of the most caring people on the planet.  He loves to make sure you know how much he loves you.  
J - Jack Off (Masturbation headcanon)
Venom has a very high sex drive, so sometimes he ends up getting Eddie worked up.  Eddie often has to take care of it as not to bother you.  It often happens at the worse times, so Eddie does not like bothering you with it.
K - Kink (One or more of their kinks)
Eddie has a secret daddy kink.  Venom himself has a breeding kink.  He gets off on the idea of his seed impregnating you.  He longs to reproduce with you.   
L - Location (Favorite places to do the do)
Eddie loves to do it in the bedroom.  Call it old fashioned, but he loves taking you into the bedroom after a night out and ripping your clothes off you.  
M - Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)
Eddie loves to be seduced by you.  When you graze your fingers up his arm or chest it gets him going.  He also loves when you kiss his neck.  
N - NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn-offs)
Neither of them want to share you ever.  They both are super overprotective and only want you to be their’s.  
O - Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)
Eddie and Venom both LOVE to eat you out.  They love being in control and watching you squirm under them.  
P - Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.)
Both Eddie and Venom tend to be rough during sex.  Eddie is more on the sensual side, usually taking things slowly before getting rough.  But Venom loves to get rough real quick.  He slams into you as hard as he can and moves quickly inside you.  
Q - Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)
Venom would have sex with you anytime anywhere.  Eddie, however, prefers to take you home first.  So when Venom gets him worked up in public, Eddie usually rushes you home.  Whispering in your ear, “He’s decided it’s time.  We gotta go.”  It sends chills down your spine.  
R - Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)
Eddie is usually down for anything.  There are a few things Eddie won’t do.  But most of the time, Eddie loves to try anything you want.  He always has to be careful thought because Venom can get out of hand.  
S - Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last)
Eddie can go a few rounds, but does not want to overwork his partner.  Venom can go all night if he is feeling it.  He goes until he decides he is done.  After a night with Venom, you are usually so tired and worn out you are seeing stars.  
T  - Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)
No.
U - Unfair (How much they like to tease)
Eddie adores teasing you in public.  Like if you are out at dinner, he loves inching his hand up your thigh.  He gets achingly close to your opening and just sits there.  Or he will lean into your ear and whisper something rather nasty.  “I’m gonna rip that little dress off you when we get home,” or “You have no idea what’s in store for you when we leave here.”  He loves driving you crazy.  
V - Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make)
They both are not very loud.  Grunting and whispering your name or curses is about the loudest they get.  
W - Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)
Venom loves to wrap his long tongue around your neck.  He loves choking you with it.  The taste of your skin drives him crazy.  
X - X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)
Venom can be any size he wants.  Eddie is packing himself.  
Y - Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)
Very.  Eddie wants to do it multiple nights a week.  Venom, however, would do you multiple times a day if you would let him.  This sometimes leads to Eddie having to take care of things himself.
Z - ZZZ (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)
Eddie loves to cuddle afterward.  He will stay awake until you fall asleep.  He wants to make sure you are comfortable and cared for.  
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halzore · 3 years
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Cody + 16??
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Snippets of Time
Characters: Cody x Reader
Note: Thankyou nonny for this request, I was having a little bit of trouble of how to encapsulate the kinda vibe i wanted to go for, not sure if it landed. But i decided to do a few snippets of a little friendship with our lovely commander and a reader throughout the Clone Wars. Let me know what you think! I love when people do that! Also, fair warning, kinda gets a bit sad, but thats chill.
Prompt 16: “That you will be by my side to see me through” ~ You and I, Jacob Collier
A little bit about this song: This is some classic Jacob Collier arranging, very spooky, also uplifting and got them good jazz chords. Listen to it here
Tags: @a-lil-perspective @thegoodbatch @leias-left-hair-bun
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Introductions
Cody had met Obi-wan proceeding the battle of Geonosis, easily getting along, Obi-wan’s cool quick wit complimenting Cody’s serious but loyal nature. Obi-wan and Cody got along well, but the Marshall Commander had a softer spot for his own Jedi Commander.
He remembered the time that Obi-wan had brought you with him for the first time, a strong senior Padawan, who had already lost one master, but still seemed jovial and effervescent. He watched with skepticism as you gazed at the vastness of the the hangar bay of the Negotiator, looking around as if you had never been outside the temple. Obi-wan was quick and cool, but you seemed different, somewhat of a mystery to the Clone.
In the beginning, Cody stayed out of your way. After all what would a Jedi want with the likes of him. Plus he had a quarter of an army to run, but your paths crossed every now and then, each time more of the mystery of your character unfogging.
The light of the holo-table cast a blue hue over your stern features. Cody could see the stern lines deepen as the council outlined the battle strategy. Cody did not much like it, the plan was too risky, but he let it go. This was not his time to speak. Master Mundi finished speaking, opening the up the floor for questions. There was a slight pause as the heads, both real and holographic panned around the room. You took the slightest step forward.
“This plan, while it would achieve our goal is irresponsible” You voice was matter-of-fact, leaving no room for doubt.
“Is that so?” Master Windu turned to you, dissatisfaction clear. “And why would that be?”
“Too many lives lost, lives we have a duty to protect.” You put it simply
“But the civilians would be saf—“
“Clone lives” you clarified.
The silence spreading throughout the briefing room was deafening. Obi-Wan took a deep breath and pinched his nose, the council members looked at each other in irritation, their nonchalance being called out. Cody smiled inwardly. A Jedi commander who would go to bat for his boys. Maybe you were something he could get behind.
Medical Mischief
He was beaten, he was bruised. Yet he limped with resolve to the one place he could hurt in comfort: His quarters. One foot in front of the other, the commander’s attempt to look uninjured was laughable. He heard giggling from behind him and the Marshall Commander turned back to see you, hand over mouth, trying to cover you snickering. Cody groaned.
“What’re you laughing at?”
You tried to regain your composure. “You.”
“No shit.” Cody was not impressed, bothered at the interuption to his escape plans.
“You see the boys had mentioned something,” You began to stroll over casually, mischief in your eye. “You know, I didn’t believe them when they told me, I always thought you were such a good example for your men.” You had Cody’s undivided attention now, “They said you hated the medbay, never go when you’re supposed to. And I thought to myself, ‘Hmmm not on my watch.’”
Cody hadn’t noticed that you had slipped an arm around his and had began to shepherd him in the direction of his favourite place on the ship.
“Hey, stop! Let go!” He tried to wriggle out of your grip, but you ploughed on, resolute in your gait, easily overcoming the poor limping man.
“No can do Commander, you have an image to uphold.”
Interlude
Time went on, the war continued to wage in the furthest corners of the galaxy and you and Cody found your rhythm. You became an inseparable team on and off the battlefield. Both leading from the front, you managed to get the 501st through some of the most risky of assaults.
You balanced each other out.
You learnt a lot from Cody over the years. How to punch a droid sucessfully, how to patch up a bruise after you had punched a droid. He showed you how to be a good leader and helped you grow in your confidence as a Commander. But you, in turn, showed him things.
He always made sure that you were okay after a campaign, and so you developed a little ritual. You taught Cody how to meditate. You would bring him into your quarters and practice your deep breathing together, centring yourself in the moment. It became a staple in both of your routines and it was the way you both aired out your grievances and let them go to the universe.
You grew close, everyone could see it.
You were like family to Cody, and maker help the galaxy if anything ever happened to you.
Knighting
He wasn’t allowed to go to the ceremony. It was for Jedi only. You had been so nervous leading up to your trials. He knew you could do it, and he was not surprised in the slightest when you came bounding into his quarters, barreling him over in a bear hug, screaming that you’d passed.
But he couldn’t go to the ceremony.
He sat staring at his boring grey walls, wondering what was going on. Was Obi-Wan there? What were you thinking about right now? What things happened in a Jedi Knighting ceremony? His contemplation on these questions was half-baked at best, his mind wandering to the future.
The war was at a critical point, the senate’s order for new clones was ready, Cody knew they needed more Jedi Generals, and none came with better credentials than you. You would be a credit to any battalion, they would be lucky troopers. But they were not Cody’s troopers.
He didn’t hear his door open.
“Cody?” Your face cast in shadow as you were outlined by the glow of the ship light. You voiced pulled Cody from his questionings.
“Hmm?” He looked up. “Ah, how did it go?”
“Good,” You walked into his room and sat down next to him on his bed. “I have something to say to you.”
“I know.”
“I’m gonna miss you.” The emotion cracking the edges of your voice. Cody  wrapped an arm around you. “You’ll never be too far away.” Cody managed to give you a bit of a half-smile. You sat there together taking in each other’s presence for what you knew would be for the last time for a long time.
“I have something for you.” You broke the silence by reaching back around to grab at something. It was a small wooden box. You shoved it at the Marshall Commander and he opened it.
“Your padawan braid?” Cody looked at you, a mixture of confusion and awe.
“Something to remember me by, you’ll always have a little piece of me with you no matter how many light years apart we are.”
Cody smiled, and pulled you into a hug.
Aftermath.
You couldn’t remember the name of the planet you were on when you felt it. It was like all the energy in your body being forcibly pushed out of you. Your ears rang with the screams and it was almost as if the ground began to lilt under you feet.
Something was wrong, but you didn’t know what.
You hadn’t clued to the first signs, comms going unanswered, whispers around the native colonies. It was when you saw the Holonet report of the Jedi betraying the Republic when you knew you were in trouble.
At first it wasn’t so bad, you kept a low profile and no one really bothered you, you looked like any other traveller passing through. But then the troopers started to show up, but not in the armour you were used to. Similar enough to go unnoticed by most people, but strange enough to send your survival instincts into overdrive.
But it wasn’t safe.
Especially on the day you saw your picture, a smiling Jedi Knight, plastered on the wall of an unassuming business, labelling you as a traitor and offering a reward.
That’s when you began your new life, with a new appearance, a new name, never staying in one place for more than a few weeks. It was tiring, but it was what needed to be done.
….
You had been watching the holo waves weeks now. Imperial propaganda rife. Disgust had made its home in the back of your throat as you looked upon the force fed narratives on the web. But everyday you checked it religiously, looking for information about what happened at the end of the clone wars, why you were being hunted down.
Talk of a legendary clone wars commander coming to your planet to recruit piqued you interest.
It was dangerous, if it was the man you thought it would be, if the empire found out you were there. But you had to go.
You kept your distance from him. But you knew, without a doubt it was him, his scar, his gait. But the warmth was gone from his eyes. You tailed him, following him away from the carnival and back to his room before you confronted him.
“Cody.”
His shoulders stiffened. He slowly turned around to see who was in the door.
“CC-2224 now” His voice was proper, like when he gave an order. You brow furrowed in confusion, you didn’t quite know what has happening.
“Cody, what’s happening?” You were desperate and confused, in front of the one person who could help you make send of the mess. You moved to hug him around the middle as you dissolved into tears.
You didn’t register it in time.
The hard barrel of Cody’s pistol pressing into you side. You felt the heat of the blaster bolt and looked up at your Best friend, your brother, with pathetically wide eyes.
“I’m sorry Y/N, but good soldiers follow orders.” There was no remorse in his voice, almost the slightest hint of pleasure.
It was the last thing you heard, before your vision frayed, the pounding in your ears became too much and your world faded to black.
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vintagedolan · 3 years
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Gone in the Night - Part 6
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Summary: Panic has set in, and the little girl who terrified the trio may just be the key to everything
Word Count: 2.3k
Warnings: swearing, a lil spooky
In collaboration with: @babeygray @gothlydolan @dolansficsandpics @baby-grayson @333dolans  @dolanissues @blackpinkdolan​ and @fangdolan 
Tags: @brockdolan @livelaughlolobelle @grxysgxrl @guiltydols @graydolan12 @evergreendolan
“Go, go, Grayson, fucking go!” Ethan yelled, pushing his brother’s back through the doorway. Grayson grabbed onto Y/N, dragging her with him as the three of them hurtled into a new hallway and slammed the door shut behind them. The laughter faded behind them, but the eerie feeling remained as they caught their breath, holding onto each other.
“This is insane. Bro, we’ve gotta get out of here. We need to get downstairs, if we have any chance of finding an actual fucking door out of here before she comes back.”
When had they even gone upstairs? Y/N couldn’t remember, but she didn’t hesitate to head for the large staircase that seemed to appear before them, right on Grayson’s heels as they followed Ethan’s advice, scurrying down the stairs into a narrow hallway. It seemed to have withstood a bit less carnage than the other parts of the house, old portraits framing the walls, though there was still rotting carpet beneath their feet. She felt like the eyes of the painted figures were following her as she walked, and she had no shame in stepping a bit closer to Grayson as they moved. The boys tried each door handle they passed, unsurprised to find them locked.  
“How long have we even been in here? I don’t even remember which way the front door is. I mean, we-”
“Shut the fuck up.” Ethan cut him off.
“Bro, don’t-”
“No, shut the fuck up, listen. I think I hear something.” 
Ethan held up his hand to his twin in an effort to keep him quiet, tilting his ear to the side. Y/N moved with him, trying to pick up on whatever he was hearing.
“Is that… wind?” She asked, looking back at them. Sure, there had been plenty of drafts running through the walls of the old house, the cold spots when they turned the corners, and even the wind before. But this was different, louder than before and much, much closer. 
“If it’s that loud, there’s gotta be at least a window in there. Which means-”
“Outside!” Both the boys spoke at the same time, turning to her with wide eyes. It was the first real sign they’d seen of an escape in hours, and just the thought was enough to have everyone’s nerves buzzing. 
Grayson reached for the handle first, and on instinct her hand shot out to grab his arm. 
“Wait!” 
His hand moved on top of her and he turned back to her, brows furrowed. 
“It’s my turn to open a door. You all tried the last ones, it’s my turn.” 
With the inner workings of the house that they’d discovered so far, there was no telling what was going to happen when, and if, the door even opened. The last few they’d tried down the dingy hallway had been locked, but she had a gut feeling about this one, and so too did the boys it seemed. 
“No.” Grayson’s tone was stiff. “Too dangerous. That girl could be in there.”
“Oh but it’s not too dangerous for you to open it?”
He didn’t have a rebuttal, but he was still in front of her enough to effectively block her. 
“Grayson, just let me do it. I’ll check it out and you guys can wait out here in case we need to go back out, or our phones start acting stupid again or something.”
“If you think I’m letting you go through there by yourself, you’re insane.” He shifted then, moving to block her path even more. The protective tenor in his voice was new, and if she wasn’t trying to convince him of something, it probably would have been flattering. 
“Will somebody just open the damn door so we can get the fuck outta here?” Ethan huffed from behind both of them.
She capitalized on Grayson’s momentary distraction and slid past him to open the door, surprised when the handle actually turned. She looked around for anything dangerous, anything that could pop out at her or the boys. But it was eerily still, only the dingy decor left over from a decade passed there to greet her as she stepped inside.
“The wind stopped,” Ethan mumbled, peeking through the doorway. Grayson was one step behind her, hovering a bit as she made her way into the space, which was filled with an abundance of furniture; an old desk, a few dressers, two couches and a fireplace to the left with small figurines with beady eyes atop a wooden mantle.
“Maybe there's another clue in here. We should start looking in all these drawers.” 
Ethan pulled a harmonica off the mantle with a sly grin.
“Yo Beethoven, can you play this too? Maybe it’s the secret,” he wiggled his fingers in the air and threw Grayson the small rectangle. He caught it with an eye roll.
“Can you be serious for two fucking seconds Ethan? Some of us are actually trying to get out of here.”
“Oh and I’m not? You don’t think I’m going fucking crazy too?”
In any other instance, she may have interfered, or at least thought about it. But the boy’s jeers didn’t meet her ears. Instead, she focused on what she had found, in the left corner of the room. Hidden in the shadows above was a loft of sorts, in decent shape it seemed apart from the short ladder that only had one wrung left. 
“Hey.”
The bickering continued, somehow evolving to something involving her name.
“Hey!”
Both boys turned to her with wide eyes, looking more like twins than she’d ever realized.
“I think we need to get up there. Can you all boost me?”
Their eyes somehow got wider as they looked up at the loft and then back at her.
“Boost you? You think we’re just gonna send you up there by yourself?” Grayson’s voice was incredulous, amazed she’d even suggested it. 
“You got a better idea?”
“Uh how about you, I don’t know, not getting attacked by a little demon girl while we’re down here being useless? Besides, we don’t even know if there’s a clue up there.” Ethan mused.
“Well there sure as hell isn’t one down here. Just let me see what’s up there, and if anything happens I’ll just come to the edge and… I dunno, jump?” 
“Jump,” Ethan scoffed, at the same time that Grayson said “I’ll catch you.”
Still reluctant, but seeing no other option, the boys moved beside her, squatting down and moving to lift her with her standing in their cupped hands. She hoisted herself up, needing the help of them pushing her feet up to get a leg over and gain her bearings. 
“You good?” Grayson called, breathing out a relief when she responded, standing up and dusting off her pants.
“See anything? Any clues?”
“Not yet,” she mumbled, but something caught her eye. To the right, pushed back against the wall stood something tall, covered by a white sheet. She reached for it on instinct, coughing in the dust that rained down around her as she pulled it down, revealing an antique mirror. The reflection was crystal clear, untouched by time or the elements, golden frame still shiny. 
And in the reflection stood a girl.
She was young, 7 at the oldest, in a simple blue dress, a matching ribbon tied nicely at the end of her braided brown hair. Y/N didn’t have to think - she knew it was the same girl that they’d heard in the last room, but she didn’t feel threatened by her. If anything, her maternal instincts took over, and she wanted to help her in any way that she could. 
“Do you want to go?” Her voice was small, tinkling like bells. 
“Do I want to go where?
Below, Grayson stopped chewing his lip, perking an ear up towards the direction that Y/N had disappeared out of view.
“Y/N? You say something?”
“I want you to go with me. I need to show you something,” the girl spoke again, turning to look over her shoulder. It was only then that Y/N realized that the mirror was no longer showing any of the room around her, but instead, a new hallway. It was normal, a spitting image of what the house looked like 100 years ago, with its pristine walls and its colorful carpets. 
“I can’t go with you, I can’t leave my friends here,” she said.
“Y/N? Hey, who are you talking to? Come over here where we can see you!” Grayson was truly beginning to panic now, and Ethan was just as worried, unsure of what to do but stand close to his brother. 
“If you go with me, I’ll bring you back. And I’ll show you how to get out. I promise. But you have to go with me. You have to see.”
“Y/N! Talk to me dammit!” Grayson’s voice was dangerously loud now.
She wanted to run to the edge, to look down at her friends and tell them what she was doing, but it would be no use. They’d just try to stop her, and she knew deep down that the girl wouldn’t trust anyone but her. 
“Okay. Show me.”
“You must stay quiet.”
The girl reached her hand out, and suddenly Y/N was falling. 
It was split second of limbo, and then she was on her feet again, only this time the floor below her didn’t creak, and the carpet was soft beneath her sneakers. It didn’t smell putrid anymore, but instead the remnants of a meal cooked in the kitchen warmed her nose. 
“Charlotte! Come quickly darling.” A voice called out, and to her disbelief Y/N realized she was in the mirror, in a different time, or dimension, or universe. She had no choice but to follow the young girl - Charlotte, it seemed - through the corridors until they made it to a living room of sorts, where a piano sat in the corner. It was vaguely familiar to her, but she didn’t have long to analyze it.
“That’s Papa.” Charlotte spoke out, pointing over to a chair on the other side of the room. Within it sat a tall man with a full face, a nicely groomed beard adorning his chin, and a warm smile.
If it wasn’t for the outfit, Y/N wouldn’t have been able to place him. But the ghost of it was there in his features, and her stomach tightened as she recognized the vest top, with the stripes and the white shirt beneath it. 
She was staring right at the man who’d gotten them into this mess - the one with the tickets - only it was a version of him tucked away in time, however many years ago.
“You had to see that he means well. All he ever wanted was to be entertained. That’s why he brings people here. Why he always has.” 
Y/N looked then, at the other people in the room. She’d hardly noticed them before, but as she scanned them over she caught up on details, snippets of conversation. A man with a large sword he was prepared to swallow, a pianist with sheet music tucked under his elbow. Another man who swore to be a vampire - the kind who could turn into a bat, in particular - and a woman who could tell you any line of any book without having to open the front cover. An artist with paint smudges on her hands, who swore her paintings could come to life.
The clues. She began to piece it together slowly, looking down at Charlotte. 
“Papa is a good person. Please don’t think too harshly of him, it’s all he knows how to do.”
“Charlotte. I’d like to go back now.”
Suddenly, every set of eyes in the room were on her. She’d spoken, and that had been a terrible mistake. She knew she had to run, but she didn’t know where to go, how to get back to the mirror she’d come from. They were chasing her, no doubt, and she didn’t have the guts to look back. 
“Grayson! Ethan!” She screamed their names, a faint hope that maybe, somewhere, they could hear her.
Little did she know that the boys back in her own time had managed to drag an old table into the room, giving Grayson just enough leverage to get up to the loft, where he tried to ignore the tears prickling in his eyes at the realization that she was no longer there with him. 
She ran as fast as her feet would take her, trying to retrace her steps as best she could remember. Somehow, her ears registered the sound of an odd melody, a harsh tune played out by an unfamiliar instrument.
A harmonica. 
Thank god for Ethan Dolan’s foolish nature.
She sprinted towards the sound, relieved to find a familiar enough door to barrel through. She didn’t care that someone was in there - all she cared about was getting back up to the loft and back to the mirror, the portal, whatever it was. To her relief the frame stood tall and still where she’d last seen it and she threw herself at it without a hesitation.
And then, she was in Grayson’s arms. 
“Woah, woah, what the fuck? Hey, you’re okay, it’s okay, where the fuck did you just come from?” The string of disbeliefs continued to fall from his lips but all she could do was cling to his neck and bury her face in his chest. 
“I was - and there was - and - oh god, Grayson, we’ve gotta get outta here. You’ve gotta get me out of here.”
“Okay, hey, you’re safe now, I’ve got you. Just breathe, I’m right here,” he said, holding her tighter to him, beyond relieved to have her back in his sights. In the back of her mind as she started to process that she was safe again, she ran through what she had seen, what she’d told herself to remember. The one person whose clue they hadn’t run into yet.
The woman with the paint on her hands.
“The portraits. We’ve gotta go to the portraits.”
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check out part 7 tomorrow, posted by @dolanissues !
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wolfsgravity · 3 years
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I can’t sleep so I’m just thinkin’ about my range of Pokémon romantic F/Os. This series has meant so much to me for so long, and I know F/Os from that source make up a decent portion of my list. I’d feel more embarrassed about it if I didn’t make it abundantly clear that Pokémon is one of the most pervasive influences in my life from an exceedingly young age.
I just. I dunno. I find my collection of Pokémon series F/Os so interesting.
I’m just gonna ramble a bit.
I’m going to talk in Generational order, because my 1am brain couldn’t decipher a more cohesive timeline if it tried.
Giovanni is a funny one. As a kid, his character in the show intimidated me a little. But I really loved Team Rocket on some level. They were my first Pokémon villain organization, and with the Gen III games having Aqua and Magma, I decided pretty early that Team Rocket was my team. I had a stint in Magma since when I was young, I thought I’d specialize in Fire types, but eh it didn’t stick. No team really stuck nearly as much until Team Skull! So I had a lot of time for my intimidation from Giovanni to evolve into a fearful respect, to a mild devotion… by the time I played Let’s Go! and Ultra Moon, I was more than a little excited to see him in game. As in, I would quietly cheer when he appeared on my screen, in some weird giddy manner. It was only a matter of time before I realized I was crushing hard.
Steven Stone (he has a full name so more often than not I use it when referring to him) probably didn’t make the biggest impact on me in the original Gen III games? Hoenn was my favorite region for a while (in part due to pre- “Hoenn confirmed” hype), but he didn’t have a huge role in Ruby/Sapphire. Maybe I noticed him first in Emerald? I wish I could remember my real first inkling of crush on him, because I just remember when I played Omega Ruby… I was already obsessed with him. He showed up for the first time in game and I squealed. I spent the whole game seeking him out and already making romantic passes at him in my around-19-year-old head.
I am counting Grovyle for this, but it bears repeating that my S/I for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games is a Pokémon too. Those Mystery Dungeon games enamored me as a teen! I got to BE! A POKEMON!! So I probably got Explorers of Time/Darkness for DS not long after it released in 2008. I was so excited to have Gen IV Pokémon to be and battle and recruit, ugh, this game meant so much to me. I will always remember being part of Wigglytuff’s Guild super fondly. And like, as I am super susceptible to mental role play, putting myself in my characters shoes (or lil toe beans I guess) has always been second nature for me. So a dashing Grovyle just jumped into my silly life and was the most honorable and misunderstood character and I am not even joking when I say I fell for him in my first playthrough. And I’ve played through it a lot. I was always jealous of Celebi. I hate every Dusknoir I see to this day. *chefs kiss* Good game.
Gen V is “oops all F/Os” Gen, where to even start..
Just kidding, N is the obvious choice to start for me. He was love at first sight. He just, ugh, he cares about Pokémon SO MUCH. I literally don’t know how to even expand on this. He literally rode the Ferris Wheel with the player character in the game, and I WASNT supposed to interpret that as a date? Wack. It was a date. I love him so damn much. Next question
Elesa comes next because I’ve always thought she was stunning. I mean, duh I guess, she’s canonically a model. Also, Electric types are in my top 3, behind Fairy and somewhat tied with Fire, so she was a woman after my own heart. Her Emolga kinda wrecked my team and I respect that. Also, she loves puns. So again. Woman after my own heart. The only reason she’s still listed as Crush and not as Dating is because she intimidates me. She’s out of my league and I worry she’d only see me as a friend. Well, not “only”, her and Skyla are bffs and that also looks fun. I just. Can’t imagine her romantically being interested in me sometimes. Heh.
Grimsley was a crush that came on yeeeaaaars after his Gen, and it hit me like a freight train. I swear, he made very little impression on me in B/W, because I was young and I was just excited to possibly see N again as champion. I was a little shit, okay. I also never played B2/W2 all the way through, which is a huge stain on my Pokémon record. Anyways. When he showed up in Sun/Moon, I gasped. I was like, that’s a familiar face. Why is he hot now? (The answer is we was always hot, and I just had a few years to grow between games). But like, I kind of tamped it back down? I think I legit tried to tell myself around Sun/Moon era that I can’t keep finding Pokémon characters hot, because I was drooling over another one in Moon. Anywho. Grimsley kept popping up as fanart on my Tumblr dash for a while and by the time I pulled him in Pokémon Masters, I slipped into love. Whoops.
Professor Sycamore, probably not my proudest moment of fandom. He was another one I liked from the very introduction. I made fun of him in equal measure, but I affectionately referred to him as “Professor Hotdad” for an embarrassingly long amount of time. He’s not even the oldest of my Pokémon F/Os. One of my other Pokémon F/Os is canonically a father. But nope. Sycamore was Hotdad. That all said, he did make me smile like a crush-stricken schoolgirl when he talked in game so it wasn’t all just memey objectification. I do love him dearly.
Gen VII! Alola! Guzma! Oh man, like I’d stated earlier, Team Skull really nestled it’s way close to my heart the way no team had since Team Rocket. It wasn’t all because of Guzma, I really did like the group of ragtag misfits banding together and creating a family. Guzma was icing on the cake. Oh boy, he made my heart do funny little flips even when he was threatening me in game. I loved his design, I loved his character, the way he talked, I just. Ugh, I was down bad for ya boy in Moon and Ultra Moon. He’s actually the inspiration behind my main blog url: its-ya-boi-remington. The “Y’all are stupid!” line and face lives in my head rent free at all times. Guzma protection squad.
(Nanu isn’t a romantic so I won’t talk about him here, just know I’m not forgetting him!)
Leon was, believe it or not, my actual first Gen VIII crush. I saw that fashion disaster and felt a warm comfort from him. It didn’t help that I mentally read every character in Galar with some UK/British Isles accent, that sweetened the deal. I was actually gushing to a couple then-friends about Leon while we all played Sword/Shield together and they kind of mocked me about it. They chided me that Leon “doesn’t bat for my team” and said either of them would have a better chance with him if he were real. So I was a little downtrodden about Leon after that for quite a while. It wasn’t until a couple months ago when suddenly it hit me that A- He’s literally fictional and my version of him can like me regardless of what “team he bats for” and B- I’m nonbinary? So rules get thrown out the window, anyone who likes me is both a miracle and some kind of gay whatever way you spin it. So I let myself warm back up to him, though I’m still a little skittish from before.
Piers, I guess, as awful as it sounds, was initially a crush rebound. Like, don’t get me wrong, I’d have been attracted either way. He’s a musician, a SINGER no less, and has that emo/punk vibe. But he’s also gentle and kind. Swoon. But it helped that I had my crush-feelers out full-force for a cutie in game to obsess over since I was still butthurt about my “friends” killing my crush on Leon. Obsess I did, and continue to do. I could probably snap this man over my knee like firewood he’s so lanky, idk why I put that in here but it’s staying. Piers is the one I most imagine jamming out with on a regular basis, and it makes performing for no one a bit more fun 🥰
I’m finally getting tired, I feel like I’ve been typing this for an hour. I probably have been. Ah geez now I gotta tag all these F/Os lmao. Thanks for letting me ramble.
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mikrowrites · 5 years
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all hail the magic man
•part eight•
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Doctor Strange x Apprentice!OC(platonic)
A/N: I like to think of this gif being Stephen seeing lil Charlie all grown up :,) Stephen is SO S O F T in this chapter I think he might be a lil ooc, oops sorry :|
“Charlie! Charlie!”
Charlie’s eyes flickered open, the girl letting out a groan. Tony helped her sit up, Charlie leaning against him as Steve and Thor were on their knees, concerned. “F.R.I.D.A.Y., do a scan on her.”
She smirked at them all. “I feel like I’m having Canada PTSD.”
“Well, did Canada give you a broken rib?” Tony scoffed.
Charlie laughed, hissing at the pain in her abdomen. She cast a ritual, fixing what she could and numbing the pain. “It was kinda a blur.”
Tony rolled his eyes, helping her up. Charlie finally gathered her bearings, following the three out of the rubble. Their eyes locked onto a familiar being.
“Well, when you mess with time, it tends to mess back.” Charlie seethed.
Thanos, well, Thanos from 2014 sat a couple yards away. His blade was embedded in the ground, the trademark helmet hung on it. Charlie tightened her fists.
“What has he been doing?” Tony questioned Thor.
“Absolutely nothing.”
“Where are the stones?” Steve asked.
“Somewhere under all this. All I know is he doesn’t have them.” Tony hissed.
Charlie formed two shields over her fists. “So we keep it that way.”
“You know it’s a trap, right?” Thor turned to Charlie, an unreadable expression on his face.
Charlie shared a glance with Tony and Steve, all of them sharing a nod of agreement.
“Yeah,” Charlie sighed, fixing her eyes on the mad titan. “and I don’t much care.”
“Good. Just as long we are all in agreement.” Thor’s eyes glowed, summoning Mjölnir and Stormbreaker as he shifted into a suit. “Let’s kill him properly this time.”
The four began to approach Thanos, ready for the fight of their lives. Charlie held her shields at her side, phasing into a set of robes she had waited for this very moment to wear, the fabric a golden yellow. She had taken them several years ago, and now was going to put them to good use.
“You could not live with your own failure. And where did that bring you? Back to me. I thought by eliminating half of life, the other half would thrive. But you’ve shown me that’s impossible. And as long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. They will resist.” Thanos stated to the four.
“Yep, we’re all kinds of stubborn.” Tony grunted.
“I'm thankful. Because now, I know what I must do.” Thanos stood up, walking over to his blade. He placed his helmet onto his head. “I will shred this universe down to its last atom. And then... with the stones you've collected for me, create a new one. Teeming with life, but knows not what it has lost but only what it has been given. A grateful universe.”
“Born out of blood” Charlie spat.
“They’ll never know it. Because you won’t be alive to tell them.”
With a shout, Thor and Tony went straight at Thanos as the fighting began.
“Okay Thor, hit me!” Tony yelled. Thor brought both of his weapons together and sending a large jolt of electricity Tony’s way. His suit absorbs it, as Tony then shoots Thanos with it. Thor throws Mjölnir to try and hit Thanos, only for him to use Tony as a shield, the man falling to the side.
Steve and Charlie advanced on Thanos, the girl using portals to help Steve navigate around the titan to fight. But Steve is knocked away, thrown into Charlie who falls as well into the dirt.
Thor tried to attack Thanos, only for the mad titan to counter, choking him and punching him repeatedly. The god tried to reach for Stormbreaker but Thanos uses it, trying to imbed it into Thor’s chest.
Steve stood next to Charlie, as Mjölnir began to lift off the ground, suddenly returning itself to Steve’s grasp.
“I knew it!” Thor laughed, Thanos kicking Thor away, as Steve and Thanos fight. Charlie followed closely behind, ready to tag in if needed. Suddenly Thanos stabs Steve in the leg, the soldier letting out a shout.
Charlie ran forwards, notching an arrow as she shot three into the backs of each of Thanos’ arms. The titan merely turned in disgust, plucking them out.
She ran forwards, sliding under his fist as she used her shield to push against his stomach, having him stumble back. Charlie stood, shields raised as she held her ground in front of Steve, who was on the ground. Charlie held a dark and deadly look in her eyes.
“In all my years of conquest.. violence... slaughter... It was never personal. But I'll tell you now... what I'm about to do to your stubborn, annoying little planet... I'm gonna enjoy it. Very, very much.” Thanos grinned wickedly, an army of countless soldiers, Chitauri and Outriders combined.
Steve slowly got back to his feet behind Charlie, placing a hand on her shoulder before he stepped in front of her. In a fierce anger, he tightened his mutilated shield to his arm, the two alone standing against the army of thousands.
Death began to smile at Charlie.
Suddenly there was a crackling through both of their communicators.
“Cap, can you hear me?”
“Sam...” Charlie inaudiblely mumbled under her breath in shock, Steve stopping and looking around.
“Cap it’s Sam, can you hear me? On your left...”
They both turned to see multiple portals forming, Sam soaring out of one of them, T’Challa, Okoye, and Shuri imerging from another.
Dozens of portals opened, thousands streaming onto the battlefield. Steve shifted his eyes to Charlie when she let out a dry, strangled gasp.
Doctor Stephen Strange descended from a portal, waltzing onto the battlefield with Wong and all of the Masters from Kamar-taj.
The heroes and people’s stood alongside Steve and Charlie, Steve letting out a shout. “AVENGERS!” He summoned Mjölnir to himself.
“Assemble.”
They all ran for Thanos’ army with a shout, Charlie bursting forwards with her shields formed.
She fought with everything she had, taking down Chitauri after Outsider, opting for using one of her shields, a pair of vaulting boots allowing her to walk the sky above the army, and a orange sparked talwar.
Charlie finished off another Outsider, leaning on her sword a moment to catch her breath. She ran a hand through her hair, inhaling deeply.
“Charlie...”
Her eyes became moist, Charlie turning to the man whom she had been focused on every day, had been fighting for the whole way.
“Hey there old man. Long time no see.” Charlie smiled.
Stephen rushed forwards, pulling Charlie into a tight hug. She clutched his cloak, burying her face into his shoulder.
“You’re okay? Nothing hurt?”
Charlie let out a shuddery sigh, pulling away with a smile. “Yeah, I’m fine. Better now.”
“God, you’ve grown so much...” Stephen smiled softly before sighing, his face hardening again. “We’ll talk more after. Stay behind me, shields up—“
“No funny business?” Charlie chuckled, forming her shield and picking up her sword. “I’m not a little girl anymore, dad.” She teased walking past him. A Chitauri ran at her, Charlie expertly and smoothly dodging, slicing though the soldier as she used her boots to run into the sky above.
Stephen stood with his jaw dropped, frozen at the sight of his little apprentice, now grown up, a Master of the Mystic Arts. It wasn’t until a smirk resided on his face that he shook out of his stupor.
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Charlie was helping Stephen hold back the water from the river when it happened.
She turned to see Stephen and Tony staring at each other, the sorcerer holding up a single finger. Charlie had to bite her tongue and squeeze her eyes shut when she realized they were condemning Tony.
Charlie broke away, Stephen calling her name as she ran towards Steve and Thor. The god was still unconscious, Steve slowly coming to.
“Charlie... the gauntlet...” Steve groaned, Charlie looking up with him with tears in her eyes.
“He’s... the one way to win... I’m sorry...” she murmured, healing him.
Steve narrowed his eyebrows in confusion as suddenly there was an explosion of light. Charlie lowered her head, standing and turning around.
Tony had snapped his fingers, Thanos and his army disintegrating into nothing. Charlie ran over to Tony, catching him as he fell to the ground, guiding him to lean on some rubble.
“Hey, eyes on me Tony.” Charlie begged, trying to heal him. Her hands shook when she realized he was beyond what she could heal. Charlie looked up at Tony with a wet smile. “Now who’s feeling like Canada?”
The man cracked a small pain-filled smile.
Charlie traced her hand along his cheek. “Thank you for everything, Tony.” A single tear slipped down her cheek, Charlie kissing Tony’s own cheek before standing.
She stepped back as Peter Parker, Rhodey, And Pepper arrived. Charlie felt a hand on her shoulder, turning to see Stephen with a solemn look.
Stephen wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his side as she leaned against him, adrenaline leaving her body. She let cries rack her body as the life left her friend’s body, her and Stephen along with the others around them kneeling to honor the man.
- - - - - -
Charlie groaned, rubbing at the blindfold over her eyes. Tony held her shoulders from behind, stopping her suddenly. “We’re here~”
“It’s a firing squad, isn’t it?” Charlie replied monotonously. “Oh thank God, it’s all I ever wanted for my birthday.”
“All right boys, take her out.” The billionaire joked, removing her blindfold.
His private jet was parked in front of them. Charlie let out a mock disappointed “awwww” as Tony pushed her up the steps.
“So, my dear Charlie, at the ripe age of nineteen, I’m taking you out for your first legal drink.” Tony grinned enthusiastically.
“Guess what dingus, Vegas still only allows 21.” Charlie raised an eyebrow.
“Yeah, but I have a buddy in Toronto. We are getting you absolutely trashed.” He rubbed his hands together, sitting in a plush seat.
“This makes me fear for Morgan when she turns fifteen.” Charlie sighed. “First beer in Germany.”
Hours later they were sitting at a bar in Toronto, Charlie looking through a drink menu. She turned to Tony. “I’ll get a Piña Colada I guess.”
“Fuck no, I’m not buying you a prissy drink.” Tony scrunched his face in disgust. “As your temporary guardian, I say go crazy.”
That’s why three hours and five tequila poppers later, Tony sat with Charlie on the floor of her hotel bathroom, holding back her hair.
“Oh my god Tony, I think I’m dying.” Charlie gasped, her voice slightly slurring.
“I’m sorry I didn’t know you were a lightweight! Now you probably have advanced liver failure.” Tony defended himself.
Charlie glared up at him. “Stephen would murder you if he were here.”
Tony smirked. “Yeah I’m counting on that.”
The next morning, several painkillers later, Charlie sat across from Tony on the jet, nibbling on a slice of toast. She looking up at the man, setting down the bread. “Thank you Tony.”
The man looked up at her. “For almost committing involuntary manslaughter?”
“My uh—my dad died when I was thirteen, and Stephen is a bit stricter that my dad was... it’s nice to get a taste of what having a dad is like again.” Charlie smiled to herself, looking back up at Tony.
Tony smiled genuinely at her.
“Any time, kiddo.”
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PART NINE (FINALE) COMING AUGUST 12TH
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New Places, Friendly Faces (Sanny) Pt 1
Author (As known on Various sites): Lady Lover- Rockfic, Luluthechoosingcrow - AO3, theladylovingcrow - Deviantart and Wattpad, @sammy_bluebells - Instagram, @imacrowcawcaw - main Tumblr, @theladylovingcrow - writing/art Tumblr, @insannywestan - Sanny shipping Tumblr
Fandom: Greta Van Fleet
Pairing: Sam Kiszka/Danny Wagner (Sanny), lil bit of Danny/Ronnie but he's quickly swept away with Sam
Length: about 2k
Warnings/Tags: Alternate Universe, Diner AU, No band AU, fluff, some angst, awkwardness, first dates, you know the ones where person A's date is failing and person B comes and sits with them, sorry i forgot what its called but that, hand holding, flirting, Sanny
Summary: Danny was nervous; he had been building up the courage for *weeks* to arrange a date, and now.... He wasn't quite sure what to think of the situation he found himself in. The night certainly wasn't going as he had expected it to - and his emotions had never ridden a roller coaster this fast. Hell, the beautiful angel holding his hand wasn't even the one he had arranged to meet 2 hours ago.
Author's Notes: I don't know what inspired me to do this but I'm very very happy with how it's turning out (and I've never written a longer-ish multi chapter story before, so this is interesting!) I would hate for Danny to not know the Kiszkas growing up, but hey I think I made their first meeting pretty damn cute!
Also, just FYI this is set roughly in late January of whatever year, so the twins are supposed to be 20, Ronnie is 18 I think, Danny just turned 18, and Sam is 17 (I think I did all the math right but idk) HOWEVER it wasn't until I finished that I realized I absolutely did not make their appearances congruent with what they would have looked like then.... Sam and Danny look like 2018 ish but the twins also look like their high school selves :( Idk sorry
Also, because Sam is 17, this will not be posted on Rockfic and will be marked as underage, though I'm not planning for it to get dirty
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Danny had been taping his foot for the past fifteen minutes.
He usually didn't do that, it wasn't his nervous tick of non-choice, but Michelle hadn't showed up yet, and it was nearing eight.
Checking his watch, Danny watched the hand tick to 7:58 and then looked up, peering around the restaurant he was in.
Diner, he corrected himself. It was a homey, 1960's American diner, a little more exposed timbers and bear carvings than checkered tiles and jukeboxes, but that's what you got in Michigan. The building was low and sturdy, a log structure with a river rock chimney over the grills in back. Every single wall was decorated with various signed pictures of celebrities that had passed through, local newspaper articles about Gerald and Fern's Homestyle Grill, old handsaws, vintage pop signs, and a million other trinkets and posters chosen by the owners (Gerald and Fern, he assumed, though they'd probably passed on considering how old the place looked to be).
It was a nice restaurant, Danny thought; the atmosphere was welcoming and calm despite the occasional clamor from the kitchen, and the decor was very interesting to look at. Plus, the waitress that had directed him to a window booth and brought him some water was just gorgeous.
'Don't think that! You're on a date, idiot' Danny scolded himself,  shaking his head. Well, he was technically waiting for the date to start, seeing as she hadn't showed up yet. But, he still shouldn't be admiring another girl like that when his wasn't there - that would just make him an asshole.
But maybe Michelle was a little bit of an asshole because she said she'd meet him at 7 o'clock and it was now 8:06- 'Stop. It.' Danny scolded himself again, mentally smacking himself upside the head.
'Didn't your mother ever tell you to assume the best of people?' One voice asked.
'Of course!' Another Danny answered.
'Well, then, she probably got stuck in traffic, or her dog threw up in her car, or she hit a bad pothole, or her mom made her go to the store, or-'
'Okay, I get it! She probably doesn't mean to be so late,' Danny conceded, concluding the conversation he was having with himself. Maybe the waitress was right and he had been sitting there by himself for a little too long.
Of course, being the nice girl she was, the waitress - Ronnie her name was Ronnie - had stopped by periodically whenever she had a minute to chat with him or finally bring him some coffee after he had given in to the craving.
Danny looked down at the small bouquet wilting on the table and sighed. Looked like this date was a bust, just like the few others he'd attempted, and he'd actually been very excited to see her. In fact, it was Michelle who had suggested this Gerald's Grill when he had shyly asked her out in Biology.
He had finally made up his mind to just stop wasting Ronnie's time and go home when a group of boys came trouping in, wet from the snow but in exuberant spirits and, apparently, "In great need of some refreshment, Ronnie dear!"
That made him want to pack up and get out even faster because, honestly, he didn't need any more knowing looks or judgement right now, but the last boy to walk in made him freeze with his coat halfway on.
The kid looked about Danny's age, roughly the same height but a whole lot skinnier. He had on skin tight jeans, scuffed hiking boots, and a red woolen coat. When he turned to talk to Ronnie, Danny could see the Tom Petty hoodie beneath the jacket and some silver necklaces.
'Nice,' he thought, 'seems like a cool guy: good taste in music and fashion.'
Also, 'Fucking gorgeous'.
What made him pause his leaving, though, wasnt the guy's body but his face - his sculpted brows, insanely high cheekbones, pink lips, and long lashes; all framed by the healthiest looking head of hair Danny had ever seen, second only to his own, or possibly one of the guy's he had come in with (the one who yelled for Ronnie) that had rather impressive, long curls styled to look like 70's mutton chops. There was something naggingly familiar about his features, but Danny couldn't place it.
Ronnie rolled her eyes and pointed the group of boys to a large table in the Eastern corner of the diner.
She snagged some menus and followed behind them, though another guy, this one also with long hair (he was having some competition here) grown out Justin Beiber style (okay, maybe not) said; "We don't need those, Ronnie, I'm pretty sure Sammy here has the whole menu memorized by now. Right, Sam-a-lam-a?"
The intruiging boy nodded, starting to recite off what sounded like a very accurate, detailed account of the diner's menu, prices and everything. Danny was surprised at the slight raspy, smokers quality of his voice, but it was pleasant, in a way.
After the fourth item or so, Ronnie stopped "Sammy" with a swat to the shoulder, shaking her heading and muttering "stupid genius" under her breath. He grinned up at her, wiggling his eyebrows and asking for a round of Vernors, pretty please, Ronnie-kins.
Holy shit, they were siblings! That's what had been buzzing at the back of his head for the past couple minutes; those mouths and cheekbones, seductive eyes, that lovely hair. The guy was Ronnie's brother (and no wonder he was so beautiful then).
Squinting, Danny watched the party in the corner. Two of the other guys, 70's hair and Justin Beiber (though he felt bad calling him that since he seemed cool and, hey, he'd  had the same 'do when trying to grow his out) were laughing at something Ronnie said, leaning on each other and behaving the exact same way, down to their blinks.
Twins! Danny could tell because he had two cousins, also twins, that acted exactly like that. Wait, though.... they looked awfully similar to-
More siblings?! Jesus, how many kids did this family have? He hoped the four were all, for the sake of their parents.
He guessed that the twins were a little older, so either "Sammy" or Ronnie had to be the youngest, though they all looked awfully similar in age.
'Seriously, how do their parents handle that?' Especially with the attractive, flirty twins, beautiful daughter, and the super smart supermodel - it had to be several handfuls raising a house like that. Danny suddenly felt a bit more sympathy for his parents, even with just having to deal with him and his little sister.
Ronnie sashayed away, calling over her shoulder for the boys to keep it down. They all hooted and hollered in response, seeing as Danny was the only other patron to bother at the moment.
Danny slowly sat back down, curious as to what interesting conversations he would hear from the group. The twin with curly hair was currently talking to a larger guy on the other side of the table about the "carefully curated sensuality" of Led Zeppelin's Prescence, which alone made him want to stay.
Not to mention, he could continue to observe the hot guy that was immediately fascinating him like few people did. Danny wasn't deluded enough to think it was love at first sight - though it was definitely a fair amount of lust - but there was something about the other boy that made him want to track his every move down to the blinking of his eyes.
"Woah there, creepy much? Chill out, he probably doesn't even like guys anyways," Danny muttered to himself, hoping that his staring wasn't obvious enough to make "Sammy" aware of it. He loved to people watch - and admire, but hated the uncomfortable confrontation of acknowledging that he had been doing so.
Supermodel boy twisted in his chair, looking at one of the many things on the wall - though it made Danny's breath catch because, could he tell? - when he caught Danny's eye. He smiled at Danny, making him smile a little tightly and nod in return.
At that moment, Ronnie came out of the back with a platter of glass pop bottles and a notebook tucked into her apron pocket, using her hip to close the swinging half-door to the area behind the counter. She smiled at Danny as he passed, murmuring a soft "I'll be right back with you," before continuing on to her brothers' table.
Gorgeous boy laughed - a surprisingly obnoxious, though maybe endearing, braying one - and reached out a fine boned hand, plucking a bottle from the tray before she could set it down. He took a long swallow, throat visibly working and eyes half closed, head tipped back. Danny quickly averted his own eyes unless he started drooling onto the tabletop.
Ronnie came over to him after a minute, refilling his coffee and insisting that she get him a piece of pie, on the house. He didn't have the heart to tell her no, not after more than an hour of sitting there pitifully, and especially not now that he knew her gorgeous brothers (or at least one of them, the prettiest, too) knew he was there. It would be incredibly embarrassing for them to know that he was stood up and alone; Danny wanted to give off a good impression, for some reason.
Ronnie walked away again, hips swaying, and disappeared into the back. "Sammy" laughed at the table in the corner and Danny's eyes shot to him, watching how he played with his straw between those two pillowy lips.
He started sweating a little bit, considering who he thought was more attractive (not like either of them would be interested in him, but). Ronnie was curvy and kind and beautiful, but Sam was lean and charismatic and had the most lovely facial structure Danny had ever seen.
'Ugh, bisexual problems', Danny thought. No one else would have know what he was talking about if they were there, though, since he had never mentioned it to his parents nor his few friends.
He wondered, idly - because he really was out of their league and it would never, ever happen - what his family would think if he brought either of them home. Ronnie would be sure to elicit absolute delight from his mother after her admonishment for getting a girlfriend in the first place (despite the fact that he was allowed to do what he wanted now that he was 18, Danny's mom still saw him as her little boy). Ronnie's brother, he wasn't sure; it's not like they were homophobic, but Danny was certain that him bringing home a guy out of nowhere would be quite the shock.
They'd warm up to Sam (he didn't want to call him "Sammy"; it felt too familiar to he polite, though he did like that), he was sure. His parents would be impressed by his intelligence and be charmed by his jokes, and tell Danny that they were glad he had found such a nice boyfriend.
Danny drifted off into a daydream of what it would be like to date Sam, to take him to family holiday meals and go out hiking with him and cuddle up on a late winter afternoon like this one. He rested his head on his hand, letting his eyes go unfocused as he envisioned the imaginary world in which he had an 11/10 boyfriend.
"Hey, I've got your pie. Mind if I sit and eat mine with you?"
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Tried to figure out how this would work out, and ended up writing a mini-chapter to make it happen, I think this would take place somewhere after chapter 8 but before chapter 11, might end up throwing it in the fic if I end up finding space for it. Story was written on desktop so I don't think to formatting/colors/readmore work on mobile and I apologize in advance for that.
2,000 worded story that kind of takes place in the Alternate fic implied RexCop (and ConstructionCop I guess, cause like Rex is Emmet)
Emmet wakes up on the couch, which he has become pretty accustomed to since Rex moved in. But at least this time he is plesently surprised to find Rex had managed to grab a blanket before passing out on the bottom of the double decker couch.
He gently takes off the blanket and folds it into a nice little square, smiling as he notices that Rex had actually taken the little teddy bear Lucy had won for Emmet a couple of days ago to bed with him. He places the bear on top of the blanket and starts to get read for the day.
Hey Rex are you awake yet?
Emmet hears some sort of mumble from Rex and sighs, as he starts choosing an outfit for the day.
Rex you gotta wake up, you have an early shift today at the precinct.
No you have an early shift today at the precinct.
No I- Rex you sound less blue than usual, wait am I allowed to say that. Is that breaking the Frank Grimes rule. Have we takes about the Frank Grimes rule yet, I feel like that was brought up in chapter 9.
But Rex is already back to sleep, leaving Emmet's mind alone to wander as he contemplates the current timeline of this fic.
As his mind wanders off that topic, he begins to think about what exactly happened last night. Rex got back late from some important police mission, invited the cops over and showed off his cool bar tending skills by making cool drinks for them. And then Rex convinced Emmet to try a drink, it was just a bunch of fruit juices thrown together with a shot of vodka, but it tasted pretty good. But Emmet, much like Rex, was a super late get weight, and got tipsy off of one shot and started rambling on about obscure Mario speedrun facts. He’s pretty sure he made Rex super embarrassed, so that was fun. Emmets figures he fell asleep not to long after that, missing out on whatever Rex and the Cops talked about, but they just have stayed up pretty late since it felt like Rex was only now falling asleep.
Emmet sighed as he pulled on the police uniform, I guess I can show up to work for him, I’ll just do it until he bothers to wake up. I mean we kind of both passed the physical together, and technically the letter of recommendation was written for me not him, so I work there as much as he does.
Emmet looks down at the name tag on his uniform, labeled Rex, and runs his hand over it. He wasn’t sure if he was ready to go out and be Rex for a few hours, but he knows Rex is already kind of on thin ice with Bad Cop since Rex does really like to break laws, and since Rex was almost as bad at making a move as he was (it only took Emmet five years to get a girlfriend) he didn’t want Rex to lose his chance at getting potential boyfriend.
Emmet puts the name tag back down, thinking about how happy Rex was to get that lil name tag, how Rex really appreciated having something to call his own, even it was small like that. If this encounter is taking place before chapter 10 Emmet is also thinking about he hopes no one notices that he’s wearing a name tag that says Rex on it. .
Emmet is at the precinct in no time, covering his face as he walks in and towards Bad Cop’s office. Since Rex works directly under Bad Cop. For various reasons.
Emmet let’s out a sigh of relief as he sees the Cops aren’t here yet, and goes to the back of the room to start a pot of coffee.
Emmet has three cups poured out, and almost spills all of them as he gets startled by the door opening behind him.
Emmet had lot out a noise that sort of sounded like squeak after being startled, and he was happy that Rex was still to asleep to berate him for letting out that noise.
Emmet hopes the Cops would ignore the squeak and turns around, smiling to see Scribble Cop.
“Good morning, you guys are here a little late.”
“Well you know traffic this time of day.”
“Oh yeah, I always try to get to the shuttle at least an hour or two early.”
“Is Dangervest not-”
“Oh he’s-” wait shiz can I say he’s asleep on the job that will look bad, I can’t make him look bad, well he makes me look bad in front of Lucy. But I’m supposed to be better than him, that sounds bad, I’m supposed to be nicer than him, that still sounds bad but not as bad, oh hey I need to say something, what’s a good lie, “Rex is wanting me to help me around the office today, he felt bad that I did a lot of the work for the physical and then he got all the credit.”
Emmet thinks Scribble Cop is giving him a skeptical look over him saying he did a lot of the work for the physical, so he chimes in, “like thar super cool punch that broke the giant robot apart that was me, and I did the really cool jump up the rock wall.”
“I didn’t realize you were that athletic.”
“I took weight lifting in highschool, and sort of kept up with it after I got out,” and then, to prove his point, he goes over and lifts Scribble Cop up like he’s a bag of flour, “see I'm pretty strong.”
Emmet looks down at Scribble to see him blushing pretty hard, and Emmet realizes that maybe picking people up bridal style isn’t something that’s normally done. Well he does it with his friends, but his friends aren’t like good for basing societal guidelines on.
Shortly after Emmet had picked up Scribble, Bad Cop switches and demands to be out down, and Emmet quickly complies, gently placing him on the grounf.
“Sorry if I crossed any boundaries there, Officer Boss Sir.” Emmet wasn’t particularly good at remembering people’s titles, so he just says all possible titles at once hoping one is right.
“Its no problem,” Emmet wonders if Bad Cop is blushing, he’s pretty good at keeping a straight face, so it’s hard to tell. But Emmet does notice he sounds a little tired, “but we got work to get to Brickowski,” Bad Cop walks over and pushes some reports to Emmet.
Emmet squints at the papers for a moment, before finally conceding, “the print is to small for me to read these,” (see previous unpublished chapter where Rex & Emmet failed their eye exam because as a kid they would be dared to see how long they could stare at the sun, and caused permanent eye damage).
Scribble Cop switches back after Emmet says this, being reminded of something, “oh that’s right, we picked you two up a little something,” and Scribble takes out some cool 80’s shades that has a metal frame and an orange tint to the glass, “they should be your prescription.”
Emmet timidly puts them on, and is now shocked at how clear things were, “these are awesome, oh man Rex is gonna love this when he-” wait don’t say he’s asleep dumb head, “gets to wear them later.” Wow I’m a really good at avoiding the truth, Rex would be so impressed if he wasn’t sleeping in right now.
Scribble smiles after Emmet says this, and Emmet turns his attention back to the know readable reports, something about a kid trying to commit arson, Emmet feels that is strangely familiar but can’t place his claw hand on exactly why.
“So what do we need to Officer Boss Sir, punch this adolescent into obediance?” Emmet still isn’t quite sure what a police man’s job is, but Rex seemed keen on implying there would be a lot of punching involved in the job, and Emmet still having not learned his lesson from the King Kong incident (self explanatory), is still blindly trusted him.
“Oh heavens no, we just need to sit down with them, tell them the dangers of fire, and contact their parents."
”Okay so the report suggests the kid is going to be hitting up the chain super convenient store that I go to regularly with Rex at 1AM, we should be able to get there in like ten minutes.“
”Why do you go there regularly?“
"Oh me and Rex get bored late at night a lot and just goof around there, you know punt the baby dolls over the aisles, try to figure out what figures are in various blind bags, petty theffffff felt, we buy putty and the felt, that’s what I was going to say, we buy putty and felt to make some of those asmr videos,” Emmet let’s out a nervous laugh, relieved to see Scribble Cop was totally believing that statement and not realizing Rex commits petty theft to fight against the corporate megabrand and their harmful anti-union tactics, “well we should get out to the city if we want to apprehend this kid,” and Emmet starts walking to the door, and looks back to see Bad Cop writing down some things in the ‘Probable Crimes that Rex Dangervest has Comitted’ document, and let’s out a groan, knowing Rex was gonna be pissed Bad was now onto their petty theft at local Walm*rts.
Emmet and Bad Cop make it to the Super Chain Convenient Store in 16 minutes, it would’ve been a 10 minute drive but they stopped get breakfast first.
Everyone gets out of the car and heads to the front of the store. Emmet is fiddling with his sunglasses, as he eats his power burrito he had gotten. It doesn’t taste particularly good, but he knows it’s important to Rex to keep their body in shape and he’s trying to respect that. But he looks over to the chocolate drizzled croissant Scribbs is eating, and starts really regretting his decision to get the sad excuse of a burrito. He suddenly gets the great idea to do something Rex would later yell at him for. He turns to Scribble and asks, “mind if I grab a bite of that?”
“Oh sure buddy,” Scribble Cop starts to move his hand to break off a piece of the breakfast item for Emmet, but Emmet being Emmet had already leaned over, less than an inch from Scribble Cop’s face, and takes a bite, and then leans back, enjoying the delightful taste sensation, completely unaware of that the officer next to him was frozen in some sort of shock.
Eventually Bad Cop gets tired of this and switches in, pushing the rest of the croissant over to Emmet, Emmet asks why, and Bad Cop mumbles something about losing his appetite. Emmet doesn’t question that at all happily finishes the rest of it, and has a really cute little smile as he cheerfully follows Bad Cop into the store.
“The kid should already be in the store-” Bad Cop stops talking when a voice over by the registers is heard.
“Yeah Im going to go use this stuff to commit arson!” The voice is a little to happy about this, and sure does sound familiar to Emmet- he squints over and low and behold it’s Unikitty, with a some lighter fluid and and a whole lot of matches
“We got the perp,” Bad Cop starts to head to register and Emmet does a little jog behind him.
“Wait I thought you said it was a kid?”
“That’s what people have been reporting.”
“Bruh, Unikitty is an adult, I think, when I lived with her she paid taxes and stuff.”
“If she is an adult will need to change our approach here, ending with her arrest-”
“Oh haha I’m just joshing with you, that’s what the kids say right, joshing? But uh, Unikitty is totally a kid, she has to be, she lives with her dad right now and like does kid things.”
“You know her father?”
“Well I think he might be like an adoptive father, but yeah I met him, kind of boring by the rules sort of guy. He’s also just like a floating brick. I don’t know how that works, have you ever been the Unikingdom, all the people there are kind of… Weird.”
Bad Cop nods in agreement at that statement, and they move on from that topic eventually making it to Unikitty and the concerned sale clerk, who upon seeing the officers quickly books it to the nearest door.
Bad Cop doesn’t really pay attention to that, and just let’s out a loud cough causing Unikitty to turn around, suddenly go into her aggressive form upon seeing Bad Cop. But then she turns and see’s Emmet and instantly calms down.
“Emmet you’re a cop now, does Lucy know you’re promoting the status quo of our biased and unfair society?”
“Yeah she knows and she’s kind of pissed at me for it, but we aren’t here to talk about my rocky relationship right now, we’re here cause there’s been reports of you trying to commit arson around the city.”
“Oh yeah, Rex told me commit arson.”
“…What.”
“Oh, uh Rex is this nice guy I met before at the Game Center, and we hung out for a little bit and we were just talking and he said, 'trans people can do anything,’ I was like 'I wanna do arson!’ and he was like, 'trans people can and should commit arson,’ and to prove his point we went around town trying to commit arson, but like we couldn’t find any place that would help us commit arson that night, so we didn’t end up doing anything, but I was bored today so I was gonna go burn some things!”
Emmet sees Bad Cop pull out his, 'Probable Crimes Rex Dangervest has Committed,’ and groans, but turns his focus back to Unikitty.
“Unikitty, that’s bad, fire can hurt people.”
“But I’m on fire like all pthe time, it doesn’t hurt me!”
“You’re a magical creature Unikitty, most of us aren’t as unique as you, and when we catch fire it hurts a lot, please don’t set things on fire.”
“Bluhhh.”
“Also we’re gonna have to call Richard about this.”
“No what, he’s gonna be all upset that I’m in trouble with the police again.”
“You were trying to break the law, you’re lucky to be getting off this easy.”
“Well is Rex gonna get in trouble for this.”
“Ohhhh he is, as soon as he wakes up I’m going to-”
Emmet winces after he says this, looking back as Bad Cop, who he thinks is smirking at him.
“Ah, so Dangervest has been sleeping on the job.”
“No, I mean yes, sorry Officer Boss Sir, I don’t think he fell asleep until I woke up this morning-” Emmet realizes he’s talking with Unikitty right in front of him. Unikitty, who doesn’t know about the whole situation yet, “have I mentioned that Rex is my roommate.”
“Oh my gosh you guys are roommates! Are you dating?”
“What no he’s like my brother maybe, also he wants to date the Cops over there anyways,” Emmet panics after saying this and switches topics, “hey this is about you and not listening to Rex, he’s a bad influence on people-”
Oh so you think I’m a bad influence?
Oh so you’re awake? Why were you letting Unikitty commit crimes?
Cause screw the police.
Hey that’s what you’re trying to do here, not me.
Oh by the way thanks for saying I have a crush on them, like right in front of their face.
Dude I’m pretty sure they already know, neither of us have been subtle.
What do you mean us-
Emmet snaps back into reality to see Bad Cop had taken Unikitty to the side as was calling up her father figure.
He felt a little relieved, at least no one was in serious trouble at the moment.
Oh hey Scribbs let me eat his croissant this morning that was really nice.
He did?
Yeah he offered it to me, and I just leaned in right next to him, like really close I might have brushed against his face, and took a bite, and then I guess he wasn’t feeling well cause his face turned bright red and he couldn’t finish eating, and he let me have the rest.
Emmet you dumb pile of bricks, he thought you were flirting with him
“Brickowski were heading back to the station,” Bad Cop said, signalling for him to follow.
“Coming Officer Boss Sir,” and Emmet jogs behind next to Unikitty as Rex tries to explain to Emmet that you can't just finish another man's croissant.
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leonbastralle · 6 years
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Last Replies Of 2017
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset
Her colouring is so unique
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset
Wave is my favourite
that’s cheated i’ll have you know XD all their colors are because i wanted them to be unique. but....she’s my fave too it’ll be very obvious and it’s bad
thatsimslove replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
Why does this family always have the most perfect children ❤️❤️
...because genetic experiments XD i mean, this time round! not always
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset
very good
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they did good
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset
very very much
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset
i love very much
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset
best. 100%
are you okay there my dude
amixofpixels replied to your photoset
Yep, I like this one very much.
EVERYONE LIKES HER MOST ME TOO I’M SCREWED (she’s not the heiress)
amixofpixels replied to your post “.”
Am I going to have to tell you that I love you, dearly, and nothing is going to make me disappointed in you.
sjfbskjfnaskjfnskfjas,ds well...you never know you might change your mind ;) but i’m glad you haven’t so far!
amixofpixels replied to your post “.”
Am I going to have to hug you until you calm down and know everything is okay?
that might take a long time :/ nothing happened, it’s just...general feels.
amixofpixels replied to your post “.”
Annie, I leave for one day to do family things, and I come back to this. Am I going to have to yell at you, for how perfect you are?
you’re like my third mum xD what did my child do this time when i wasn’t around??
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
But they all be cute, though.
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
If they are in order of their names, I think Wave is my favourite! ^-^
they better all be cute! I mean they are imo because I made them in cas and i wouldn’t have settled for something uncute xD but Wave is definitely everyone’s fave so far??
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “ooooOOOO I WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS”
BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “ooooOOOO I WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS”
Baby time!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
pirouettingplumbobs replied to your photoset
Yesss she is my fav!
that’s Wave tho, you said Shore before...after? nonchronological replies are B A D
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
AAAAAHHH LITTLE CUTIES
simphonics replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
they're so cute!!
i know ;_; i died a little!
pirouettingplumbobs replied to your photoset “Close ups of all three! I don’t think it’s possible to have a favorite...”
I think Shore is my favorite!
shore is lovely ♥ looks and personality wise
dustofsims replied to your post “.”
I loveth you Annie!
aksfjbajksfnaksfjas you haven’t gotten any shit from me so XD
pirouettingplumbobs replied to your photoset “S: What, you mean I have to learn skills too???”
Bless your soul! I don’t think I could handle triplets
oh i couldn’t either, the nightmares plus a loud neighbor were THE WORST i just got through it because shimmer was there to help.
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset “Close ups of all three! I don’t think it’s possible to have a favorite...”
best
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset “Close ups of all three! I don’t think it’s possible to have a favorite...”
brb while i cry bc even tho ive seen them a lot they r still the best and im crying bc they some from the best and u r the best and this is gonna be the best
ashkfbaksjfnaskfjanskfjasnfakjsfnaksfjas i mean i hope it’ll be decent xD but they are cute it’ll be a bonus but also shut up
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Fast forwarding… Introducing Wave, Tide & Shore Miracle ♥”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THESE BEAUTIFUL KIDS
*ficuses up to u* alMOST as beautiful as U
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “I got tagged in the End Of The Year Tag by @quartzbpr /...”
Look at everything you've done but I do feel like shirtless President should be a thing too! 😉
this man has Betrayed me, but i can confirm that 2018 comes bearing some more shirtless Martinique and A LOT of shirtless Malcolm in his original universe...I mean...you can call not wearing clothes shirtless right oops is that a spoiler but yes stay tuned!
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “back pains ft. the one and only”
That tum! I love it
me tooooooooooo ;_; she was a good mum to be
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “I got tagged in the End Of The Year Tag by @quartzbpr /...”
Such good memories T_T baby Connie! My babes! The boys ×2! And my future wife 😍
I know ;_; feels like it was at least 2 years with all the stuff that happened!!
buckleysims replied to your photoset “I got tagged in the End Of The Year Tag by @quartzbpr /...”
And thanks for tagging me, by the way! :)
i was just really curious! i’m sorry i had no idea you were already tagged so many times.
buckleysims replied to your photoset “I got tagged in the End Of The Year Tag by @quartzbpr /...”
I love this! ♥ It didn't seem like boasting to me. Just enthusiasm and excitement, which is awesome!
sjkfnskjdgsd okay well, that’s a lot better xD
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset “ok sure”
you looking at Adam, tell me im wrong
you are not wrong
chaoticpxl replied to your photoset “don’t catch a cold my boys!”
if one of them gets a cold we get cute pictures of the other caring for the sick one? okay deal thanks
dEAL
frost-rainbowcy replied to your photoset
Dat bump though
well, she IS having triplets!
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “don’t catch a cold my boys!”
Annie, stay where you are, and I'm going to hug you, okay?
that’s gonna be easy, i’m not home and can’t drive and have no money with me so i’m stuck anyway ;)
pirouettingplumbobs replied to your photoset “back pains ft. the one and only”
She’s so big, no wonder!
don’t do triplets my friend
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “back pains ft. the one and only”
save her
soon
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “ok sure”
ok yes here it is the Biggest of Moods
she learned how to make the best faces from the master
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Charlotte: So? Conifer: I think it could work. We can fit three...”
bYE SHINE AND TRELLIS may u rest with the stars bc now ur homeless
fun fact theyre actually living with flameus these days because i cant b trusted with giving multiple households a good life
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Goes to her sister’s place, occupies her computer and starts chatting...”
GLADE......... i love her so much
s a m e
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Glade is back again, and she’s getting bigger!”
what a happy mom to be i cry so much!!!
mE TOO ITS SO GOOD TO SEE HER LIKE THIS??? I WAS A BINCH TO HER NOW THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “C: Mission accomplished: have table cut through your bump”
that...... cant b good for the babies' health charlotte pls watch out
dw charlotte has som medical knowledge
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “moods”
tag urself im charlotte
moi aussi
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “HAPPY WINTERY FICUS FRIDAY!!!!”
dan catii chill with the caps lock but then again it was Needed
i cry v much abt caps lock pls never chill unless u rly want to
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “HAPPY WINTERY FICUS FRIDAY!!!!”
bABIES!!!! THE SECOND POSE WITH FICUS' HAND ON SNOWDRIFTS CHEEK???? IM SHOOK I DIE I AM D E A D also THIS IS SUCH A FINE WAY TO END 2K17 FICUS FRIDAYS HERES TO A GR8 SNOWDRIFTICUS 2K18
i kNOW FUCK I KNOW FUCK THESE BOYS i wish they were actually the last thing i posted but you cant have everything
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “Glade is back again, and she’s getting bigger!”
ahh she looks good with her little bump! ;_;
i know right ♥
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “OOOOOOOOOOO HERE SHE COMES”
What a jam
alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “OOOOOOOOOOO HERE SHE COMES”
WATCH OUT BOY SHE'LL CHEW YOU UP
the one and only!!
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “OOOOOOOOOOO HERE SHE COMES”
wATCH OUT MAR SHELL CHEW U UP
AAAAA BEST
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “OOOOOOOOOOO HERE SHE COMES”
https://vine.co/v/iKqxxzKlnDZ/embed/simple
THANK YOU
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “C: Mission accomplished: have table cut through your bump”
Me, impatiently waiting for her to give birth
all in due time ;)
amixofpixels replied to your photoset “HAPPY WINTERY FICUS FRIDAY!!!!”
Even though I'm very tired and with pain, I'm here to give you some well earned love. This is great, everything you do is great, and everything you will do, will be too. ^-^
;__________; THANK YOU i mean i too think this is great and to think i had so much trouble with wifi stuff for this...it was WORTH IT
ladyanyarose replied to your photoset “HAPPY WINTERY FICUS FRIDAY!!!!”
Is is generation 8 yet? I need more of these two. They're just so cute. 💜
aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAA RLY??? ;_; i wish it was...but it’s still gen 6...getting closer to 7 tho!
simxnoire replied to your photoset “G: Are you even listening??? C: Sure am! I was just thinking. About...”
me: breathes me me: ORANNNNNNNNN
his face reveal is in my drafts too!!!!
pixeldemographics replied to your post “lil notice”
ill go there punch wifi in the face
yes pls come here
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “G: Are you even listening??? C: Sure am! I was just thinking. About...”
Awwwwww how cute
♥♥♥
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “G: Are you even listening??? C: Sure am! I was just thinking. About...”
pLS DO THE DOUBLE DATE THING
it turned into a double date with tots but...it happened it counts
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “G: Charlotte! It’s so good to finally see my sister where she belongs....”
Smh glade but also i LIV FOR JOINT PREGONATE WOMEN
sAME
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “G: Charlotte! It’s so good to finally see my sister where she belongs....”
WAIT SHES PREGNANT TOO!!!!
HAAAAAA YESSSS SHE IS!!
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “G: Charlotte! It’s so good to finally see my sister where she belongs....”
Thats my girl getting roasted
always
monets-pixels replied to your photoset “Conifer: This is good, right? You, me, the babies. Us. Charlotte: The...”
I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH
AND THEY LOVE YOU TOO
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “A professional.”
uhhhHHHHHH IS SHE OK
u kno...........sometimes u get Distracted
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Conifer: This is good, right? You, me, the babies. Us. Charlotte: The...”
yES IT IS ITS DA BES
DID U MEAN: YOU AND UR COMMENT SPAMS
pixeldemographics replied to your photoset “Charlotte: How’s it going, Connie? Finished a book? Conifer: I did!...”
whos this editor i want Words with them
idk man i rly dont know but same
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blustersquall · 7 years
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A second offering of writing. Follow up to this one. In which Gladio helps out with a delivery at the bar. Whether she asked him to help, or not.
Tagging people who asked to be tagged (i hope that’s okay?): @ffxvhoe @mp938368 
It was almost two whole weeks before Gladio found his way back to downtown Insomnia and The Caged Canary. Since his first visit, he had thought very little of the bar or its owner and, when he did think of it, he remembered more the calm, easy atmosphere and the jukebox, more than the drink or the owner. He did remember her though. Her easy smile, mischievous eyes, and departing words which, to him, were an unsubtle hint that she wanted to see him again.
Not that Gladio could blame her for even wanting to clap eyes on him again. From what he remembered, most of the male patrons in the bar the night he went were in their older years. Nothing wrong with that, but nothing particularly attractive to look at for a woman probably the same age as he was and hot blooded. Women liked to look, and admire, just as much as men did. His visit must have been a nice change of pace.
Gladio started making his way there after his morning workout, a shower, and running a few errands around the city. It didn’t matter that this was a rare day off, the work of a member of the Crownsguard was never done. Even less so when it was the work the future Shield of the King.
After several few wrong turns and checking his bearings more than once before he found the bar again. If it was hard to notice at night, cushioned between a flashy restaurant and a nightclub, it was practically invisible during the day. If it wasn’t for the delivery van outside and the different coloured crates all piled up, The Caged Canary would have looked just like an unfortunate residential property, situated in an unlucky spot. Even the plaque with the name hanging over the door seemed to blend into the wall.
A man stood outside, an electronic tablet in hand marking something off. At first it was just him, but a few seconds after Gladio arrived, Isla appeared from inside the bar, grabbed a crate with both hands and heaved it inside with a small grunt. He watched her do it twice, before making himself known.
“Looks like hard work.” He stated, announcing himself when her hands were empty. Isla stopped, hands on the crate she was about to pick up, her eyes finding him in the relatively empty street. She arched an eyebrow, head cocking to one side as a look which shifted from surprise, confusion, wariness and curiosity crossed her face.
“Keeps me busy,” she replied, lips curling into a grin. “This bod doesn’t happen by itself.” She playfully pretended to flex an arm as if to make a muscle, then grabbed the crate to haul it inside. By eye, Gladio could see another dozen or so crates that needed moving into the bar. Without thinking about it, he approached, lifted one onto his shoulder and hoisted another under his arm, balancing it on his hip. As he went to enter the bar, Isla stopped in her track, a few feet from the door. “Uh, whaddya think yer doin’?”
“Where do you need ‘em?” asked Gladio, adjusting his hold on the crate under his arm.
Isla shifted her weight from one hip to the other. “I’m a big girl, y’know. I don’t need some wonder boy to give me a hand.”
“You want me to drop ‘em where I stand?”
“Please, don’t.”
“Then where do I put ‘em?”
She sighed, “behind the bar.” She jerked her thumb in the in the general direction.
Gladio smirked, satisfied to have his way and to be making himself useful. Between them, they moved the remaining crates into the bar within minutes, piling them up on each other until there were a three towers of crates and clinking bottles. The van driver had Isla sign off the delivery confirmation on his tablet, said he’d see her same time next week, and left them – the van choking out plumes of black smoke from the exhaust as it grumbled down the street, leaving the two of them in silence.
Gladio stood just inside the building with Isla, the two of them watching the van depart. He was starting to wonder why he’d come back and, more to the point, why he stayed. The bar wasn’t open, so he wasn’t going to get a drink. No one had asked for his help, but simply took it upon himself to assist. Now, the task of moving heavy objects from point A to point B was done and he found himself considering why he didn’t just make an excuse and leave.
“Well, that was a timely arrival.” Isla said, breaking the silence between them that was uncomfortably tense, “thanks for the assist.”
“No problem,” Gladio replied with a nonchalant shrug. “I was in the area.”
“Uh-huh.” She turned her whole body to face him, chin up, eyes alert and a little more suspicious now, than playful. He remembered the night he first came to the bar her hair was tied back, tufts of it escaping from a haphazard bun. Now it was pulled back into a ponytail and he could see a few small, thin braids tied into her hair. He noticed, too, her wrists were adorned with intricate, decorative black ink tattoos. He had seen elements of her appearance on the refugees from Galahd, but she didn’t look like she came from Galahd. And those who had arrived in the Crown City from outside The Wall, generally stuck to their own niche locations with others who were familiar to them. “So…” Isla pursed her lips. “I guess I could get you a drink, to say thanks for the help…?” She frowned. It seemed as though she was struggling to understand why he was there.
“Sure,” Gladio said. “I’ll take that offer if you can tell me my name.” He chose to give her an out. Not a test of sorts, but if she forgot – either genuinely or not – his name, then he would know he had misread their first encounter. That he had mistaken her friendliness for flirting. Maybe she flirted with every new patron the way she did with him, so that she left an impression, and they might return, as he had. It didn’t matter, it wasn’t as though Gladio was hung up on her, he actually thought it a smart tactic, to try and get more business. Why shouldn’t she use her womanly wiles?
“What kind of dumbass request is that, Gladiolus?” The teasing smile returned with the extra emphasis on his name.
Gladio laughed, “I did say that I like to leave an impression, Isla.”
She chuckled, rolled her eyes, and crooked her head in the direction of the bar, walking a few steps ahead of him. Just like that, the tense air between them began to thaw. Gladio sat on one side of the bar while Isla went around and grabbed a couple of bottles. She uncapped them, and handed one to Gladio as she came to sit at the bar with him, keeping a stool between them.
“So, what brings you back to my little slice of Insomnia?” Isla asked, taking a sip from the neck of her bottle. Gladio did the same. It wasn’t beer she handed him, it was water, ice cold, and refreshing. It was too early for beer, anyway.
“Can’t a guy just want to return to a nice bar, that serves a decent beer?” retorted Gladio, smiling into his bottle. “I like this place.”
Isla watched him, “and you came in the middle of the day because…?”
“I’m a day drinker.”
She chuckled, a little wearily, into her bottle before taking a drink. When she was done, Gladio watched her wipe sweat off her forehead. The bar was uncomfortably warm, despite the main door being wide open to try and get some air in. “I hate being sweaty.”
“Moving crates will do that.”
“And the fun isn’t over yet!” She forced the sound of enthusiasm into her voice and slipped off her stool. Gladio watched her go behind the bar and begin to decant bottles from crates. She appeared to have a system, grouping beer together, spirits, soft drinks, liquors, and wine. She checked the fridges under the bar for numbers, putting aside what she needed from the first crate, and putting what she didn’t need back into it.
“You do this every day?” asked Gladio, leaning on the bar.
“Couple of times a week.” She replied, not looking up from her task. “I get deliveries from all over. Today was from Duscae, on Thursday it’ll be a delivery from Accordo, and every two weeks, I get a delivery from Lestallum.”
“And you do this? Every delivery?”
“Sixteen hour days, baby.”
“Just you?”
“Most of the time.” Isla shrugged, “delivery is a biggie today. I asked one of the wait staff to come in an hour before opening to help out; but it’s usually just lil ol’ me and the jukebox.”
“That sounds--”
“It’s the norm.” She cut him off, “and it’s what I have to do to keep this place going. We barely make enough to break even, so I can’t pay the other members of staff to come in an’ help more than an hour here or there. Why do you think I offered you a drink to say thanks, rather than gil?”
“You didn’t have to give me anything,” replied Gladio. “I’m happy to help.”
“I didn’t even ask you.”
“I know.”
She leaned on the counter, “doing your good deed for the day?”
Gladio mirrored her, “that’s me. Regular boy scout. No ulterior motives here.
“I would never suspect ulterior motives,” Isla mock-gasped. “You’re as pure as the driven snow, clearly. You just happened to be passing this way. I’m sure it was completely en route to your actual task.”
“Exactly right.” Gladio drank from his bottle again, lowering his eyes and feeling a warmth settle in his chest despite the cold liquid he drank. She might have been being playful, but there was a warning underneath that thinly veiled amusement. Perhaps some other one-off patrons had come by again with ulterior motives and she was simply telling him, without words, that she was watching him. Or, he could have been reading too much into it, and her words were innocuous and innocent.
He decided not to dwell. He finished the last of his drink and stepped down from the stool. Isla was on the third crate now, moving the ones she was done with to a table. He went to the table and picked up one crate. “Where do these go?”
She stood arrow straight, rising from squatting position faster than anyone Gladio had ever seen. “I…” She stared at him. Eyes darting from him, to the crate, and back more than once. “Why are you offering to help? Don’t you have better things to be doing?”
“No.” Gladio shrugged, “and I’m offerin’ cause you look like you could use a hand.”
Isla crossed her arms, “I don’t know you from the man on the street. An’ you don’t know me from him either.”
“Your point being…?” Gladio would have crossed his arms too, if he wasn’t already holding something. “You want the help, or not?”
“I can’t pay you.”
“Not everything needs payment.”
“Hah.” Snorted Isla, “it does in my line of work.” He watched as she ran her fingers across her forehead, as if warding off a headache. Waiting, he adjusted the crate in his hands and shifted.
“So?”
“Down in the cellar.” Isla relinquished and walked to another door. She pushed it open and used a wooden door wedge to stop it closing on itself. “I’d be a moron to turn down free help when its offered, so… I guess…” She looked him up and down, as if, for the first time taking in his height, his build, and also the fatigues he wore and the subtle symbolism of the Crownsguard that adorned it. “Just this once, Wonder Boy, alright? I don’t want to be gettin’ used to it.”
“Just say thank you.” Gladio said, moving passed her and to the door. He saw a corridor, and steps leading down.
Isla dropped her gaze, “thanks.”
It took an hour to get all the crates down into the cellar, and for Gladio and Isla to arrange them in the right places for organization. Afterwards, upstairs, Isla gave him another drink and started to tidy up the bar itself. She cleaned off the counter, though it was already spotless, and started to polish the draught handles for the beer barrelled and on tap down in the cellar. She put the jukebox on to fill the quiet of the bar, and Gladio drank in silence.
This time it was a beer. Something light, and with a taste like honey and apples. Pleasant. Not something Gladio would have ordinarily selected himself. Putting faith in Isla’s choices and judgement of what he might enjoy paid off again. He would have to make it a habit. He watched her stretch up to turn the glasses on an over head shelf so they all faced the right way. Parts of her t-shirt were discoloured with sweat.
“Sixteen hour days, huh?”
Isla turned to him, as if surprised he had spoken. “Every day.”
“Days off?”
“If only.” Her lips moved into a wry smile. “I’m here from nine or ten in the morning until after midnight. I have to make sure this place is tidy, and clean, and up to snuff to compete with the other places next door and nearby. Because this place is so small, I have to try three times as hard to make it profitable, without making it – as my parents would say – tacky. Hence no bright lights, no super expensive sound system, no dancers, or food,” she ran her fingers back through her ponytail. “It’s harder than it sounds.”
“What about your parents? You said they ran this place before you.”
“Yeah, and that was before the big restaurants and trendy bars opened. A much simpler time when the nearest competition with a coupla streets away. Now it’s…” She sighed, and huffed her hair out of her face, “it’s a challenge.”
“You said they’re in Altissia? For their health, or something?” Gladio wiped the condensation off his bottle.
“Yeah. They’re both getting on a bit. The sea air helps.”
“No siblings to help?”
“Nope.” She leaned her hip on the bar, “sometimes I think they only had one kid out of necessity. So, that kid could carry on the legacy of this place.” Her voice dropped a little and a frown marred her features. Gladio watched her wring a cloth in her hands. “This place was more my home growin’ up than home was, y’know? When I would finish school, I’d come here cause I wasn’t allowed to stay home alone. So, I’d be in the back, trying to do homework, and my parents would come out to ask me to help out. Serve tables, clean up, whatever needed doin’. It’s been sorta ingrained since I was young that this was going to be my life.”
“And…” Gladio allowed his voice to drag a little, “you don’t want that?”
“It wouldda been nice to have been asked, is all.” Isla told him, flashing a wry grin, then she sighed. “Not that I should be complainin’. There are people who have it way worse than me. At least I have a livelihood and a roof over my head.” She straightened her body, squaring her shoulders. “’Sides, you didn’t come here to hear me bitch and moan about my lot in life, so I’mma shut up.” She mimicked zipping her mouth closed, locking her lips together and throwing away an imaginary key.
Gladio had the distinct impression she had touched on some sensitive ground, and she was uncomfortable talking about it. Let alone talking to him – someone she had met only twice and barely knew. Gladio knew that feeling. Just being around her and he was content. She talked easily, was easy to talk to and when there was silence, she let it settle. Only that first silence had been awkward. While he drank his beer and she cleaned, the silence had been comfortable between them.
“You haven’t told me much about you,” Isla said, after a few seconds.
That was true.
But then, he didn’t talk about himself at the best of times, and he knew that if he started talking about himself, her easy going attitude would make him comfortable enough to drop his guard. He didn’t want to do that. So far they had avoided talking about him. He presumed she might have guessed he was a member of the Crownsguard, just from his clothing – but she knew nothing else. He liked it that way. If she knew more she might act differently, or feel uncomfortable. There was a difference between knowing someone was a member of the Crownsguard, and knowing that someone was almost always one step away from the Crown Prince, or the King himself.
She continued after a moment of silence where he didn’t respond, “or are you just Gladiolus: man of mystery! The strong, silent, buff type?”
He laughed, lifting his eyes to meet hers. “It’s Gladio.”
Isla stood back a little, brows raised, “you said it was Gladiolus.”
“It is, but only my dad calls me that. And only when I’m in the deepest of deep shit,” he explained with an easy smile which broadened when she tried to conceal her own laughter and failed. “Gladio is fine.”
Isla leaned on the counter opposite him, far enough over that her elbow touched his.  “Alright then, Gladio.” She smiled at him, and it was not a fleeting smile. It lingered, reaching her eyes and becoming more than simply an expression on her face – it looked almost like a coy invitation.
Gladio held his breath feeling a spark there, crackling between them, charging the air with a powerful intangible energy. He could kiss her. Was that what she wanted? They’d flirted back and forth, and with how close she was, the look in her eyes, that seemed to be what she wanted. He could have been wrong, of course. Misreading the situation, her body language, and simply reacting to impulsiveness and urges he felt. He didn’t move, letting the air between them crackle and the tension grow.
His phone was his saving grace, trilling from his pocket it snapped him from his stupor with its happy, mechanical tune. As he pushed away from the bar to answer it, he released the breath he was consciously holding and Isla returned to her tidying.
He saw his sister’s picture on the screen and answered.
“Hey Gladdy!”
“Hey…”
Iris chatted animatedly down the phone, clearly missing the way Gladio’s replies were stilted. She was calling to remind him of an errand he needed to run for their father, and to ask if he could pick something up for Noctis while he was out. To everything she said, Gladio gave confirmation and avoided answering questions about where he was, or when he would be back. After bidding his sister goodbye, he slipped his phone back into his pocket and saw Isla watching him, head to one side as if questioning without words if everything was okay.
The charged air between them had fizzled away.
“It’s nothing,” he answered her unspoken question, “just my sister reminding me I some stuff I need to do.”
“Ah,” Isla said, “Well, that’s fair. I’ve kept you long enough, anyways. Thanks for your help today, I appreciate it.”
“You’re welcome.” Gladio finished off the last of his beer and held the bottle out for Isla to take, so not to leave a water ring on her polished counter. She took it with a small, thankful grin, the tips of her fingers brushing his.
“Thanks.”
Gladio nodded to her and checked his pockets. “I’ll see ya.”
“See ya ‘round, Wonder Boy.”
He laughed aloud at that, and left.
Do they even have boy scouts in Eso? I tried to think of an FFXV equviliant, but failed. Uhhh, hope you enjoyed my second offering to the FFXV fandom. I’m still getting to grips with writing Gladio, so forgiveness is asked if he seems out of character. 
Please reblog, comment, tag, anything - and let me know what you think. All appreciated. <3
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