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hellfirecvnt · 2 years

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Eddie smut please!

I’m thinking a fic based on the song sex from the 1975. Eddie and the reader are best friends and used to hang out every day until she got a boyfriend which Eddie is SUPER jealous of.

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Took me a second to get to this one, but I wanted it to be REALLY GOOD bc I love The 1975 and I love Eddie and I love you for being so supportive. 🥺❤ Also let me just tell you, I had SO much written and my phone died so I lost ALL OF IT. But we're back. We're trying again. Fuck.

I decided I love this prompt and I'm gonna make a series of this one specifically lmao. Once again, sorry it took so long. I almost gave up writing entirely after I lost my progress. 😂

She's Got a Boyfriend, Anyway.

Eddie Munson x fem!reader

Warnings: smut at the end (+18, minors DNI), cheating, a lil bit of angst- I think, more?

[I take requests]

It was the same routine everyday ever since you two met six years ago. You and Eddie spend every day, after school and weekends together. Aside from Hellfire, you're each other's only friend.

"Do you know Billy? Hargrove, I think?" You innocently ask, not thinking much of it.

"Hargrove? Yeah, guys a fucking dick." Eddie quips.

"I dunno, he seemed pretty sweet to me." You twirl your hair around your finger, watching the trees zoom past you as Eddie drives you both to his house.

"Oh, come on, Y/N. Don't tell me you're falling for that fake pretty-boy bullshit again." He laughs, referencing the fact that you dated Steve and got your heart broken within 5 months.

"Of course I'm not. I'm just, curious. He seems really nice, to me." A smile can't be helped from finding itself on your face.

"I'm nice to you. Why don't we just fuck in the back of the van right now?" Eddie furrows his brow dramatically, faking confusion for his perverted jokes.

"Shut up, idiot. I'm serious. I need your help picking out an outfit. He asked me out today." The last part of your sentence causes Eddie's smile to fall a bit. He may have hidden it behind an immature joke, but he was being serious too.

"Why would I know what Hargrove wants you to wear? What's wrong with the way you dress?" He questions.

"I don't know, man. I just want to look a little different. I don't want to look like-"

"A freak?" Eddie raises an eyebrow in an I see how it is fashion.

"No, I just want to look clean-cut. A little bit less like all I do is smoke weed and listen to music."

"But that is all you do." Eddie teases as he pulls into his driveway. "And if you want my fashion advice, my first suggestion is to stop stealing my shirts." He points to the worn band shirt draped over you. You roll your eyes and follow him to the front door of his trailer. Eddie's uncle is laying on the couch, looking a little pale.

"Wayne? Take the night off?" Eddie checks in. Wayne explains he's feeling sick so he took today off to recover.

"Hey, let's just hotbox the van. That way it doesn't get all smokey in here while Wayne's not feeling well." Your suggestion earns a thumbs up from Wayne. You've always been considerate like that, something he and Eddie both appreciate about you.

In the van, you climb past the seats, settling into the pile of blankets and various snack wrappers from when you and Eddie camp outside of concert venues for those barricade spots. Eddie follows close behind, eyes fixed on you as you get comfortable, kicking off your high tops and grabbing a magazine to flip through.

"You think Cyndi Lauper is like... Freaky? Like in bed?" You ask, still looking down at the bright red-haired woman's avant-garde makeup.

"She definitely either likes to be slapped around or likes to slap you around." A large, ring-clad hand takes the joint from his mouth and passes it to you. His jewelry catches the dim light of the back of the van.

While you hit the joint, Eddie flips through his many cassettes. He finally settles on Metallica's Kill Em All album, popping it into his radio. He relaxes into the moment, staring at you as he did every day for six years. He's slowly starting to figure out why it's his favorite past time, but for now he's just happy to be your friend.

"Do you think I should take my nose ring out for my date with Billy?" Your question shakes him from his daze and the mention of Billy's name causes his jaw to clench.

"Why would you do that?" Eddie's upper lip twitches in disgust. "He asked you out looking like this, why would you want to look different now?"

"I don't know, dude. I'm really fucking nervous." You cover your face with one hand, dragging it down. You're lying on your stomach, flipping through the magazine while your thoughts race. "He's coming to get me at 6 PM tomorrow." Eddie passes you the joint in a manner that says "shut up."

"Listen, can we change the subject? You're gonna make me sick." His voice comes out a little meaner than he intended, but he's too awkward to know how to fix it. Your eyes widen and you attempt to soften the tension.

"You're right," you laugh. "I tend to ramble a lot." Your face is flushed slightly with the tiniest hint of embarrassment because you didn't mean to get carried away. Noticing your shift, he wants to punch himself in the face.

"Uh, here! Let's smoke two joints and see who smokes theirs faster." Eddie shoves a joint between your fingers.

"You're on, Munson." You wait for him to finish rolling a second joint and you both lean into one lighter so you start smoking at exactly the same time. There were other lighters, y'all just aren't that smart.

As each of you pulls on your joints to get the cherry started, Eddie looks up from the flame, directly into your eyes. It takes a second for you to notice, but you look up, meeting his gaze. He doesn't move or blink, so you give a small smile around your joint. You lower the lighter after a second, having sufficiently lit the joints.

The contrast of the lighter going out shakes Eddie from his trance. The rest of the hang-out was casual and nothing short of your usual day together. Talking about sex, drugs, music, and occasionally DnD. Hours pass before you finally check your watch.

"Holy shit, Eddie. It's 10 o'clock!" You jump up from the soft blankets in the van. "I gotta go, I have to go to sleep soon or I'm gonna look dead tomorrow."

"Hop up front. I'll take you home." Eddie offers as if it's not your only way of getting home. The second you get in your door, you drag Eddie to your room.

"Please help me pick out an outfit, Eddie. It'll be so fast." You tug on the sleeve of his leather jacket. He rolls his eyes and hesitantly agrees. You scramble through your closet looking for something with the least amount of rips and tears. "What about this?" You hold up a dress you've never worn because it's periwinkle and you're not with it.

"A dress? Y/N, seriously?" Again, meaner than he intended. You once again did that thing you do when you're embarrassed and just try to smile the blush away, agreeing with whatever is being said to you.

"You're right, you're right. Um-" It was apparent in your voice that you were getting angry.

"Hey, Y/N-" Eddie attempt to meet your downcast eyes.

"Eddie, you can leave because I can tell you don't want to do this. I know you don't care about the date, and I know you hate Billy, so it was kind of shitty of me to ask you to help me. You're just," you stop to toss your hands up, defeated and dramatic. "My only friend and I like having your opinion on things."

Eddie could explode right now. He could punch himself directly between his own two eyes. No one has ever bitten their tongue as hard as he wished he'd bitten his just seconds ago. He stares at you apologetically, lips pressed tightly together in a speechless, straight line.

"Dude, I'm sorry. Let me help you, I was being a dick." Eddie start rummaging through your clothes.

"It's fine, man. I'm just nervous, I'm sorry." You look at the floor, defeated after your little outburst.

"Shut up, try this on." Eddie tosses you a random top. This is how all of your apologies went, ever since you met. They're almost instant. You've never had a "fight" last longer than a few hours.

You try the top on and it's perfect. Flattering in all the best ways, making you feel hot and comfortable. You pair it with a go-to pair of flared jeans and call it a night. Eddie waves and flashes a toothy grin as he exits out your window. He doesn't even actually need to use the window, he just likes to.

Back at his trailer, Eddie tosses and turns with anger. He didn't care that you had a date, he didn't care that it was with Hawkins's number one womanizer, he knew you could take care of yourself. He was mad because it wasn't him taking you on that date.

The next day Eddie wakes up feeling like he hasn't slept at all. His dreams were consumed with pictures of you, naked on his bed, reading your magazines and getting high. Just the memory of the dream is enough for him to wake up hard.

He shoves those thoughts to the back of his mind and checks the clock. Noon. Not bad for a weekend. Eddie throws the blankets back over his head and falls back asleep, silently hoping for more dreams of you.

Your date with Billy is in just a few hours, so you're getting ready in advance just in case. In case of what, you ask? You don't know. You're just really nervous. Billy picks you up and the two of you head off to the movies.

By the end of your date, you're officially Billy Hargrove's girlfriend. The way he asked was so perfect and romantic, you don't even know where to start. Your first instinct is to call your best friend and tell him everything, but then you remember how annoyed it made him before. So you hang up the phone before dialing and head to your bedroom.

Eddie wakes up, again, and checks the clock. 10 PM.

"Oh, shit." Eddie jumps up and runs to the living room. "Wayne, did Y/N call?"

"Nah, no calls. You sleep all Saturday?" Wayne's voice carries worry.

"Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it. I'll see you later." Eddie calls as he heads out to his van. A short trip later, he arrives at your house. This time using the window because he has to. He taps on it a little before just opening it as wide as possible.

"HOLY SHIT!" You yell having woken up to a dark, broad shouldered figure climbing through your window.

"You should really lock your windows, Y/N. I could've had ulterior motives." Eddie winks in the moonlight leaking through the window.

"Fuck, dude. What are you doing here? It's like 11 o'clock." You rub your eyes.

"It's 10:15 and I just wanted to see how the date went, damn." Eddie drops onto your bed. "So how'd it go?" Eddie smiles over your sleepy face.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend." You gush, blushing and fluttering your tired eyes. "We're seeing each other again tomorrow!"

"That's awesome, wow." Eddie works hard to sound excited for you, but he feels sick to his stomach. Seeing you this happy is enough for him to keep his comments to himself, though. For now.

Eddie turns to look at you, but you've already fallen back asleep. He watches you for a moment, regretting his choice to come here because this news is going to eat him alive when he tries to sleep tonight. Not to mention him already sleeping all day today.

The next day, you don't see each other. The day after that, the same. Billy steals you away every chance he gets. He knows you and Eddie are best friends, and he's hoping to help you realize there are more people to hang around than the local freak.

Two whole weeks pass and the only time Eddie sees you is at Hellfire. It's Friday again and you've arrived at Hellfire before anyone else, except Eddie, of course.

"Hey, man. I'm really excited for this finale!" You beam at him, causing his heart rate to rise.

"I'm glad you've still been able to make it considering you're always so busy." Eddie teases.

"I know, I'm sorry. We should hang out tonight!" Your suggestion catches Eddie off guard. "I'll tell Billy I'm riding home with you."

"Sounds great," Eddie smirks, basking in the idea of you telling Billy you can't hang because you're going to Eddie's. Hellfire club dismisses and you follow Eddie out to his van. Outside the doors, Billy is waiting, leaning against his Camaro.

"Hey, babe," Billy's smooth voice wraps around you like a rope, drawing you into him. "You ready to go?"

"Actually, I'm hanging out with Eddie tonight." You point to Eddie next to his van. "I haven't seen him in a few weeks, so I-"

"But you see him at Hellfire, don't you?" Billy, visibly bothered, folds his arms across his chest.

"Well, yeah. But that's like- it's not like hanging out. We're killing things and he's playing God." You struggle to explain.

"So you're just gonna go over to some guy's house, at night, instead of seeing your boyfriend?" Billy was starting to raise his voice ever so slightly.

"Whoa, man. I've known him for six years." You shake your head in shock.

"Whatever, if you're acting single tonight, I can do the same." And with that, he slides into his car and drives off. He makes sure to squeal the tires as he creates more distance between you. You scoff before shaking your head and walking over to Eddie.

"The fuuuuck was that?" Eddie tries to hide a giggle, giddy knowing he makes Billy so jealous.

"I don't know, dude. But it was kind of hard to watch." You laugh, causing Eddie's laugh to finally escape. The two of you crack up over Billy's little performance before heading back to Eddie's.

"He's literally never done that before. It was so weird. And he's fully aware that we see each other every day, he's never once made it a thing." You pass the joint to Eddie. With your legs extended across his mattress, you propped yourself up on his pillows. Fully occupying the bed.

"That's so fucking weird, man. I've heard he's a little insane." Eddie sits at the end of his bed, practicing chords on his acoustic guitar.

"I don't think he's insane. I just don't understand why he reacted that way." Your eyes remain glued to the page even after you feel Eddie's gaze on you. "What?" You finally look up at him.

"Just... Kinda sounds like you're defending him for no reason. You know, like you did before." He raises his eyebrows.

"Eddie, I-" you start, but you're cut off by car doors outside. You both rush to the blinds to peek, being nosy busybodies, but not giving a shit. That's when you notice Billy's car in the driveway of another trailer that he definitely doesn't live in.

"That's uh... That's Natalia's house." Eddie speaks nervously, knowing Natalia is well known at your school for... Let's just say, stealing boyfriends. As Billy approaches the door, he turns as if he knows you see him and winks at you with a big, gorgeous, evil grin. He disappears behind the door without a word.

"Well, damn." You stare in shock. "Good thing it's only been a few weeks, but damn."

"That was... A lot. You okay?" Eddie places a hand on your shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm not too worried about it." You shrug. Eddie scans your features for any kind of emotion, there doesn't seem to be any.

"Okay..." Eddie draws the word out. "Well, you uh... You acting single tonight?" He side-eyes you.

"Munson," you place a playful hand on your chest as if you're offended. "Feeling bold?" You raise an eyebrow, caught off guard by his question, but you can't deny the excitement it ignited in your stomach.

"Just seems a little unfair, that's all." He shrugs, carefully making his way closer to you.

"I guess so." You bite your lip. Your eyes are locked on your shoes until you feel two large hands gripping your shoulders. You look up to see Eddie gazing down at you with half-lidded, dark brown eyes.

"Let me," Eddie takes a deep breath. "Let me make you feel single." He chuckles into your ear.

"H-How do you plan on going that, Eddie?" You stutter through quickening breaths. Eddie is so close to you, you can barely keep him in focus.

"By fucking your pretty little brains out." His voice comes out in a low growl, sending chills down your spine to the heat building between your legs.

"Slow down, honey." You quip, backing him up and shoving him onto the couch. He stares up at you expectantly, an awe-struck look plastered across his face as he awaits your next move. You keep eye contact with him as you pull your hair back into a messy bun, kneeling between Eddie's legs.

"Jesus Christ," Eddie's voice is nothing less than a desperate huff of breath while he watches your hands slide up his inner thighs to his belt. You focus intently on the handcuff-shaped buckle, unfastening his pants and pulling back his boxers.

Your eyes widen as his erection springs past the elastic of his underwear. Losing all self-control, you grab his length and take him as far as possible down your throat.

"Holy shit," he grabs a fist full of your hair. "Just like that." He throws his head back, moaning into the emptiness of the trailer. You quicken your pace, earning louder moans and involuntary hip bucking.

Eddie pulls your mouth off his cock, tossing you onto the couch, effectively trading your places. He begins eagerly grabbing at your shirt and the button on your pants, but you stop him. You place your hands on his and hold them still, contemplating.

"I mean, we don't have to do this. I don't want to keep you from doing what you were doing, but if we're doing anything, we might as well just fuck." Eddie's words fill you with the most confusing feelings, but most of all, lust. He's right, Billy's at Natalia's most definitely cheating on you, you'll probably be done with him after this anyways. Might as well fuck your best friend.

You wrap your fingers around the collar of his jean vest and pull his lips into yours. He instantly kisses back, nipping lightly at your bottom lip with his teeth. Each gentle bite is closely followed by sweet, breathy moans from your chest. Eddie melts more and more with each high-pitched sound.

Eddie continues undressing you, audibly aroused more and more as you become exposed completely. He bites his fist watching you slide your delicate hand down to play with yourself for him.

"Somebody's needy," he chuckles, watching you intently. You circle your middle finger around your clit a few times before plunging your finger deep inside you. You and Eddie moan at nearly the same time.

"Don't make me wait all night, Eddie." Your low, sultry voice forces his hand onto his cock. He strokes himself, eyeballing the way your hands move to pleasure yourself.

"I think you'll be okay, sweetheart. Keep going." He towers over you, his rough voice cascading down to you like boulders down a hill. You do as he says, continuing to touch yourself while he does the same. You start fingering yourself faster, gasping lightly as your orgasm approaches.

Suddenly, your arm is yanked away.

"No!" You cry, replacing the hand with your other one only for it to be yanked away too. He pins both of your wrists above your head, positioning himself at your entrance. Your orgasm is quickly dissipating with nothing to rub against your aching clit.

"Just... Wait... A little... More..." Eddie hovers over you, one hand holding your wrists, the other sliding the head of his cock up and down your drenched folds. You writhe and squirm, desperate for contact, begging him to fuck you already. "Okay," he smiles deviously before slamming into you, hard.

"Eddie!" You moan as he glides in and out of you, low growls rumbling from his lips. His guitar pick necklace dangles in your face, brushing against the tip of your nose with each impaling thrust.

"You're so God damn tight, Y/N." His words are broken up by small grunts as he fucks you. "It's fucking unbelievable" You can't help but smile at his praise, happily taking all of him despite the dull pain of being stretched out so abruptly.

"I never thought I'd be hearing you say that to me, Eddie. Gotta be frank." You joke, still getting dicked into oblivion.

"I did," he winks, picking up his pace. Your moans get louder and louder, the pit in your stomach doubling by the second. Sweat clings to the curls around his face, securely gluing them to his jawline. Still fucking you, he rises up straight and sheds his jacket/vest before nearly tearing the shirt off his body.

He returns to his position over you, never breaking his stride. Sweat glistens down his body as his back curves and arches as he slams into you. Your breath begins to hitch in your chest from your orgasm building up.

"Eddie, I-I'm gonna-" he cuts you off with a hard kiss. He throws your legs over his shoulders, hungrily grabbing at your thighs as he fucks you over the edge. You arch your back as the waves of pleasure shoot through your core. You drench Eddie's pelvis in the evidence of your arousal, but he doesn't stop fucking you.

Instead, he flips you onto your stomach. He grips the hair on the back of your head and pulls roughly to get you to assume an all-fours position. You follow his silent directions and he slips himself back in your fucked out hole.

"Fuuuuuck," he sighs as he slides into you. "So fucking good." He mewls out above you, fucking harder and deeper into your pussy with each thrust. You try to protest, tell him it's too much, but he buries your face in the cushion and continues chasing his high.

"Eddieeee!" You scream, suddenly cumming yet again.

"Shut up, just a little more." He huffs angrily, stone focused on the way your back flexes as you fight to hold yourself up. You're a weak, fucked out mess by now, still taking his hard cock. High-pitched whines and cries leak past your lips as he continues, very suddenly picking up his speed at the last second.

"Oh my God, Eddie please!" You cry into the cushion. He thrusts a few times more before pulling out and finishing all over your round ass. Your legs finally collapse and you're laying face down, hair a mess, covered in sweat and cum that isn't your boyfriend's.

"Holy shit," Eddie fights to catch his breath.

"Have fun?" That's all you can say through your dicked down haze.

"Yeah," he sighs. "A lot better than I ever imagined it." He chuckles.

"How many times have you imagined it?" You raise, quizzically.

"Lots and lots of times, Y/N." He shines his famous downturned smile and winks. You feel the blood rise quickly in your cheeks.

#eddie munson imagine #stranger things 4 #stranger things 4 fanfiction #stranger things fanfiction #eddie munson x female reader #eddie munson x y/n #eddie x fem!reader #eddie x reader #eddie munson #eddie munson smut #requested #request

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chemical-killjoy · 7 months

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Demolition Lovers

Pairing: vampire!Gerard x reader

Summary: part 3 of Cemetery Drive

Warnings: way too many references to hang em high and demolition lovers (the songs), blood, death, mild gore? Uh. Sad ending, heads up folks

Word count: 617

Author's Note: Yeah it's a short one and maybe a little poorly wrapped up, but it's ✨the vibe✨ also it's not edited... be warned

It was nearing midnight by the time the hearse crashed through the cemetery gates, tyres screaming and iron bars scraping. There was no noise besides Gerard turning off the egnition. His dress shoes echoed like gun shots, clicking against the cool tiles of the abandoned church's floor as he calmly walked in. No light inside the building.

“Gerard, how nice of you to turn up. How are you this fine night?” An echo of a voice called.

“Fine myself, thank you.” Gerard sighed. “A little tired, what can I say? Hanging out with corpses and driving in this hearse.” he gestured back to the door.

“Really? I was sure that little girl was aliv-”

“She won't stop me!” Gerard yelled, venom dripping from his voice. “She won't stop me anymore.” With that, Gerard tossed a gun to the floor. “Follow me.”

With that, Gerard led the matriarch outside to where the hearse was parked, on the dusty dirt trail to the church that weaved it's way around graves. He opened the boot and lowered the coffin.

Mariah arched one thin brow. “I don't believe it.”

“Would I lie to you?”

No one spoke a word as Mariah opened the casket to see Y/N, blood spattered down her white dress, cool and not breathing. Mariah breathed in the scent of blood.

“I guess not... But I need to be sure.”

Mariah's fangs were on Y/N's neck before she could even move, causing her to cry out in agony.

“NO!” Gerard shouted, charging at Mariah to knock her away from the person he lived and died for, but when he crashed into her, Mariah was darkly prepared. Gerard felt the sharp spike bite into his skin as the stake pierced his stomach.

The two fell to the ground, Gerard gurgling and struggling, determined to fight until the bitter end. He pulled out the stake.

Y/N remembered Gerard's instructions, his voice whispering in her head. After all is said and done, climb out of the pine box. Y/N jumped out, gripping her neck fiercely, in a feeble attempt at stopping the bleeding. Mariah has a sister, she'll be inside the building. I want you to burn the church. Y/N looked over at Gerard fighting for his life. Don't stop, if I fall, and don't look back.... She knew she was no match for the vampire.. but that doesn't mean she couldn't distract her. The plan just needed to be altered a little.

“RUN!” Gerard bellowed. Y/N grabbed the small bag of ammunition she had in the back of the hearse. And she ran to the church.

Then, chaos.

Mariah staked Gerard's heart. A bomb went off. The church, ablaze.

“No!” Mariah screamed, about to make a run to find her sister, but Gerard was faster. With a scream, he pulled the stake out of his heart, and plunged it deep into Mariah's heart before she could run, blood meeting blood as he killed her with the weapon she used against him.

Mariah hardly noticed, trying to move into the fire as Y/N staggered out, bleeding fiercely from the holes in her neck that she clutched in a bitter attempt to hold onto life.

Y/N dropped to the grown beside Gerard.

“No! No, please. Y/N, no.” Gerard cried, dragging his body toward Y/N.

“I'm with you, my love. I'm with you now.” Y/N said, as she dropped her hand from her neck, breathing hard. Tears mixed with blood on the dirt path.

The two spent their last breaths together, coughing into a pool of blood. Gerard reached out to hold Y/N's hand. Fingers brushed, and eyes met. “Y/N,” Gerard gasped, blood tinting his mouth, “I lo-”

Nothing is forever.

Tagging: @fandomfoodiedancer @smiling-girl @niche-bitch @fedorable-killjoys as always if anyone does or doesn't want to be tagged please let me know! <3 thanks for reading :D

#mcr #my chemical romance #my chem #three cheers for sweet revenge #demolition lovers #hang em high #mcr fanfiction #gerard x reader #gerard way x reader #vampire gerard #vampire gerard x reader #gerard way

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im-a-matt-girl · 1 year

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matt fic where they've been best friends since they were little and he keeps denying he's in love with her so chris goes "well if you don't have feelings for her then you won't mind if i ask her out on a date, right?" and then cue jealous matt!!!

"Jealous"

The first time I realized that I liked you was when we were 12 years old. We had already been friends for years at that point, and I didn't know what to do about it, so I just… didn't do anything.

When we were in high school, a lot of other guys had crushes on you. I would always bring up embarrassing stuff you did while you were hanging out with me and my brothers, just so that they wouldn't like you anymore. I don't know why I did it. Maybe I was just jealous.

Now that we're technically adults, you would think that I'd be over my crush on you by now. But you'd be wrong.

Lately, I haven't been able to get my mind off of you. I want you to be my girlfriend, but I don't want to have to explain to my brothers that I've felt this way for so long, because then they might make fun of me. Also, I don't even know if you like me back. It could just be embarrassing for me all around.

So today, when Chris tells me that you're on your way over to hang out with us again, I try to hide my excitement by wandering around and looking up at the ceiling, trying to seem disinterested.

"What's going on?" he asks me suspiciously.

"Nothing," I say quickly.

"You sure?" he replies, folding his arms across his chest and raising his eyebrows.

"Mhm," I nod, lying my ass off. I don't want to get into it right now.

"Wanna know what I think?" he tells me.

"No," I say. I really don't.

"I think you like her," he says, smirking.

"Not true," I tell him.

"Well, if you don't have feelings for her, then you won't mind if I ask her out on a date, right?" he asks.

"Don't!" I say reflexively.

Chris' mouth falls open. "That's what I thought!" he says, pointing at me triumphantly. I've been had. "I knew it! You DO like her!"

We both stop when we hear a knock on our door.

"Go get 'em, tiger," Chris tells me.

I open the door, and I see your beautiful face. I've waited too long to tell you how I feel. "Will you go out with me?" I blurt out.

You raise your eyebrows in surprise. "Uh… you mean… right now?" you ask me.

"Yeah," I tell you. "I mean, will you be my girlfriend?"

You smile happily at me, and throw your arms around me in a big hug. "I was waiting for you to ask!" you giggle. "Yes, of course I will!"

#matt sturniolo x reader #fic #op #pov: matt's #ask #anonymous #criticism from requester accepted ♡

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imsogayyippee · 2 months

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favorite lyric from each mcr album?

oh that's. pretty hard to decide hold on

long ass post sooo ↓

so from bullets, some lines i really like are:

"and you must keep your soul like a secret in your throat" (vampires will never hurt you)

"Oh, how wrong we were to think that immortality meant never dying" (our lady of sorrows)

"with ice cold hands and grabs a hold of your heart/that's if you've still got one that's left inside that cave you call a chest" (skylines and turnstiles)

"i'd end my days with you in a hail of bullets" (demolition lovers)

"And after all the things we put each other through and/I would drive on to the end with you/a liquor store or two keeps the gas tank full and/I feel like there's nothing left to do/But prove myself to you and we'll keep it running" (demolition lovers)

"All we are, all we are/Is bullets, I mean this" (demolition lovers)

"As lead rains will pass on through our phantoms/Forever, forever/Like scarecrows that fuel this flame we're burning/Forever and ever/Know how much I want to show you you're the only one/Like a bed of roses, there's a dozen reasons in this gun" (demolition lovers)

from three cheers for sweet revenge:

"Can you hear me?/Are you near me?/Can we pretend to leave and then/We'll meet again/When both our cars collide" (helena)

"well, don't I look pretty walking down the street in the best damn dress I own?" (give 'em hell, kid)

"pain in my heart for your dying wish/I'll kiss your lips again, yeah" (you know what they do to guys like us in prison)

"pull the plug, but i'd like to learn your name/when holding on/oh, i hope you do the same" (the jetset life is gonna kill you)

"Preach all you want, but who's gonna save me?/I keep a gun in the book you gave me" (thank you for the venom)

"Don't stop if I fall and don't look back/Oh, baby, don't stop/Bury me and fade to black" (hang 'em high)

"when you go, just know that I will remember you/if living was the hardest part/we'll then one day be together/and in the end we'll fall apart/just like the leaves change in colors" (it's not a fashion statement, it's a fucking deathwish)

"And we'll love again, we'll laugh again, we'll cry again, and we'll dance again!/and it's better off this way, so much better off this way/I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed!/and never again, and never again/they gave us two shots to the back of the head/and we're all dead now" (i never told you what i do for a living)

from the black parade:

"you might wake up and notice you're someone you're not/if you look in the mirror and don't like what you see/you can find out first hand what it's like to be me" (the end.)

"and would you even turn to say i don't love you like i did yesterday" (i don't love you)

"tell me i'm an angel/take this to my grave/tell me i'm a bad man/kick me like a stray" (house of wolves)

"You should have raised a babygirl/I should have been a better son" (mama)

"and if you would call me your sweetheart/i'd maybe then sing you a song/but there's shit that i've done with this fuck of a gun/you would cry out your eyes all along" (mama)

"so shut your eyes/kiss me goodbye/and sleep/just sleep/the hardest part's the awful things that i've seen" (sleep)

"na, na, na, na, na, na, na (let's blow an artery) /na, na, na, na, na, na, na (get plastic surgery) /na, na, na, na, na, na, na /keep your apology, give us more detonation" (na na na)

"coming out of this place in a bullet's embrace" (bulletproof heart)

"are we still having fun?/are you holding the gun?" (planetary (GO!))

"they laugh, we don't think it's funny/if what you are is just what you own/what have you become when they take from you/almost everything?" (DESTROYA)

there's probably more but it's late and ive been writing this for like an hour LMAOOO im sorry 4 not answering before

#my chemical romance #mcr #i brought you my bullets you brought me your love #three cheers for sweet revenge #the black parade #danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #asks

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homosexuality-and-morphine · 19 days

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I can't stop thinking about the mangle weed trio so I'm just gonna say shit about them here :

If they play Minecraft Mike has no clue what's going on ever and Jack has to save him from mobs all the time (Mike is completely oblivious to the mobs) and Michael is either lost or making their house pretty. They basically all have roles Jack Hunt's and saves both Michael and Mike from mobs (Michael just sucks at fighting) Mike gets materials and stuff and Michael builds and farms. Michael built their house in a lush cave Mike found while fucking around. Mike has somehow never died once in their Minecraft world dispite being the only one who hasn't played before. They have to have keep inventory on because Michael always forgets fall damage is a thing and also just in case Mike dies at some point.

They all express love in different ways Mike likes to give gifts and do stuff for people Michael likes physical touch Jack loves words of affirmation and physical touch (semi due to his dependency on touch to believe things are real)

They actually have three kids! Gregory was adopted by Michael before he even met Mike and Jack then one day they just woke up to see two eggs on the floor in front of Michaels bed and they named one nebula and the other goober (Michael named em)

Their wedding rings have stones made of their own blood (they have weird looking blood so the stones are very pretty)

Michael likes to bake and he always gives at least one treat to Mike and Jack (he usually gives some to his mom too but he has to go to heaven for that)

The original story of how they became good friends was that they smoked some weed and stole mangle from Freddy's and then Michael fixed it up but I ended up forgetting about mangle after a while

Jesus and god have this bit where they show up when they say "oh my god" or "Jesus Christ" and sometimes god will just call Michael baby girl to fuck with him and Michael does tend to call her a whore (she does not care when Michael insults her cause she can't even really do anything if she was bothered by it)

They're only gods because the old gods that were in their place wanted to retire and so picked them as their successors and just kind of left the responsibility of all the universes in the 3 dumbasses hands (they're pretty powerful but rarely use the full extent of their powers because they don't like to seem egotistical like some other gods are)

Jacks "true form" (basically a form a god takes in the afterlife) actually has two heads the other head is named Jackie and she's essentially a gender bent version of Jack and when Jack uses his usual form she's basically just in the back of his mind hanging out

Michael has done Mike and jacks makeup before and Mike didn't like it very much

Only Mike and Jack have pet names and they started out as Michael teasing them for something (Mike's is princess and it's because Abby forced him to go a whole day wearing a princess outfit and Jack's is puppy for obvious reasons)

Michael is an alcoholic Jack smokes weed a lot and Mike only sometimes gets drunk/high so he has to deal with British man and giggly idiot a lot (when Michael is drunk his fake American accent drops and he sounds very British)

#goobie snoobery #michael afton #jack kennedy #mike schmidt #dsaf #fnaf #fnaf movie #the mangle weed trio

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arileartist · 1 year

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Free! Boyfriends protecting their s/o from a creep/bully -part 1(Haru, Makoto and Rin)

Enjoyyyy ❤️

Haru

B: Hey there kiddo! Whatcha got there~

Y/n: (whispering and wrapping your arm around Haru's) Haru.. That guy is creepy…

B: (Walks up to you two) Wassup mate! Where you two goin?

Haru: None of your business…

B: aww, cmon! Let this cool guy join yall as well! Right? (Tries to poke your cheek)

Y/n: hands off please

Haru: (eyes the man scarily)

B: Heyy! Don't be like that now~ I'm just a poor ol chap, let's be friends ey?

Haru and y/n: No thanks( keep walking away)

B:(grabs your arm) C'mon brooo let's click some pics together? Just your friendly neighbourhood homies, am I right?

Haru: (stops and you quickly whip the man's hand away) You're bothering y/n. Stop it.

B: Y/n is it? Such a cute name for such a cute lil fella~ (eyes you)

Y/n: Ok that's enough, you're a fucking pervert and nothing more

B: Dang, this one's got a sharp t-

Haru:( Throws a fistful at the man's face, hitting him dead on the nose, causing blood to shoot out) Look at y/n once again, and your eyes will be next

(The creep passes out and Haru quickly calls the police, who reach there within minutes, and arrest the man. After the police leave, it's just you and Haru again)

Haru: y/n? You ok??

Y/n:(crying softly, you bury your face into Haru's torso) I'm…I'm so.. Scared…

Haru:( wrapping his arms around you and walking with you) He's gone now…it's ok…I'll protect you

Y/n: (you sob softly and hug him tight) Please…stay with me…

(Haru hums your favourite song as he holds your hand gently and pats your head, embracing you in a much needed, comforting warmth…)

Makoto

(You spot your bully in a corridor, as you and Makoto walk through the hallways of your college)

Makoto: y/n? Is something wrong?

Y/n:(whispering) that guy…he's the one who…picks on me a lot…

Makoto: ohhh, don't worry y/n, I'm here now. He won't do anything to you.

Y/n: (you shift closer to Makoto)

B: Oh hello there~ who do we have here?

B:Y/n~ and who's this with you? Your boyfriend??

Y/n: Jealous that you can't pull one?

Makoto: (elbows you) Sorry, I don't suppose we've met

B: Eh, that doesn't matter. But tell me. Why would you date y/n here? Like look at him/her. So nerdy lol.

Makoto: Who I date is my choice, and y/n is perfect as he/she is.

Y/n:(smiles at Makoto, and a rage builds up inside you) Thank you mako~

B: pfff- this one? Perfect?? Bro you gotta have the worst vision if you think that. Look at em! (Grabs your specs) how many fingers~

Y/n: oh no you didn't-

Makoto: (places a hand on your shoulder and smiles at you. Then sternly looks at the guy) please give back y/n's specs.

B: hmm since you asked so nicely~

Y/n: (you put your hand out, expecting him to place them on your palm) That was nice of you

B: (smiles and throws it into the garbage can)~Then you can catch it yourself!

Y/n:( you gasp and launch yourself towards your glasses, and thankfully catch them before they fall into the garbage can) Whew! That was a close call…

Makoto: (grabs the collar of the bully and picks him up, dangling in the air) That's not very nice of you now…

Y/n: I've kinda had enough of you, why not finish this game today?

B: Ngh! Let me down or I'll report you to the principal for trespassing!

Y/n: (winking at Makoto) Sure! You do know there's cameras here sooo if you want the principal to check them…then…oh wait! They also captured you "accidentally" throwing my glasses into the bin…tsk tsk tsk.. What a shame if the principal sees that right?

Makoto: (hangs the collar of the bully onto a high hook) Y/n? Don't you think he looks good as a decoration there?

Y/n:(laughing) oh yes that's perfect lmaooo!!

B: hey!! Get me down!! You'll pay for this!!

Y/n:(tying his shoelaces together) yes yes short stuff, it's ok, we know that you have anger issues cuz your size doesn't sustain the amount of steam you release, how about chill….a little…pfff-

Makoto: (lets out a snicker, then inches close to the bully, looking at him dead in the eye and smiling) Jokes aside…I get one more complaint from y/n about you, and I'll drag you into the deepest depths of any water body you swim in next…

Y/n: (laughing) Cmon mako! We have other stuff to do~

B: ….

(You and Makoto walk off, laughing and hugging. Meanwhile, your bully tries to unhook himself from the wall. He manages to do it after a while, as his collar rips and he falls down in an angry heap. As he gets up and tries to chase after you, he trips on his tied shoelaces and falls face first into the garbage can)

Rin

(*Cracks knuckles* this will be fun :) )

(You and Rin are walking along the narrow Street, trying to get home faster so you can relax alone together. However, someone is following you as you notice…that someone is also awfully familiar)

Y/n: C/n(insert the name of the person who you'd punch the lights out of)?? What are you doing here??

Rin: Hm? Who's this?

Y/n: The guy in my class that kept bothering me. What's up? Why did you follow me here after college?

C/n: Y/n~what do you mean~ you know that I love you , don't you?

Rin: (shooting him a displeased look) Oi, don't you know that y/n has a boyfriend??

C/n: yeah, that would be me hehehe( walks towards y/n)

Y/n: back off bud, I don't like you. I made it obvious enough

C/n: Nahh don't be like that. This guy? Pff- what can he do? He's just a big ol "just for show". I can protect you better lol, now come, let's go out-

Rin: (grabs his collar and glares into his eyes) Listen here.. If I see you around y/n, there will be consequences, which I won't be responsible for. Don't tell me I didn't warn you…

Y/n: Don't worry c/n, I'm sure you'll find someone better, someone who loves you too, but I'm already taken. So please, now if you'll excuse us.

(You and Rin leave him and continue walking down the path, but you hear footsteps running towards you from behind, and you quickly warn Rin)

Y/n:(jumping to one side, dodging c/n's hold) What the heck?!

C/n: Okay so then have this guy fight me. I'll give up if he beats me.

Y/n: don't bring him into this. I'll fight you if you want

Rin: (walking towards him) Alright. Heh, let's see whatcha got then.

Y/n: Really?

Rin: He wants it?

C/n: Hehe! I'll beat your ass eas-

Rin: (trips him with a sweep kick, and then gives him two powerful punches on his face) You were saying?

Y/n: (recording the entire scene, just in case)

C/n:(groans) heh..

C/n: (kicks Rin from behind, causing him to growl in pain) now's my chance to run…ugh…I should give up…

C/n: (hissing into Rin's ear) oh, and you better take good care of y/n…Or I'll make sure next time I'm prepared for you

Y/n:(You rush to Rin's aid, now carrying a wooden bat you found nearby in your hand, going for a strike, but c/n runs way too fast, throwing Rin off over a small patch of broken glass) YOU LITTLE-

Rin: (Tries to avoid falling into the patch, but still gets cut by a few pieces of glass) GGAAAHH!!

Y/n: (picks him up and helps him balance on you. You help Rin walk and you both reach home after a few minutes of struggle)

Y/n:(quickly calls a doctor and pushes Rin into the shower, first aid kit in hand)... Rin…I'm so lost..

Rin: (fiddling with your fingers) tch…don't worry y/n.. That guy got lucky…

Y/n:(washes off the dirt and filth when you spot blood on his hair) Rin….. Oh.. No….

Rin: what is it??

Y/n:(starts to tear up) Your head…it's bleeding..

Rin: (touches his head and looks at his hand, blood stained on it) Ahh fuck.. It's not much though…will heal…

Y/n: (starts to cry softly) …. I'm sorry…

Rin: (holding your cheek gently and wiping away a tear) hey…shhh…I'm fine! See??(stands up straight, though he can't move much. He immediately falls down on the chair)

Y/n: (doesn't say anything, just helps Rin clean himself and takes him out into the living room, waiting for the doctor to show up)

Rin:... Hey? Are you just going to sit there like that?

Y/n: (shaking your head) Please…just…Let me be…

Rin: (shifts closer to you and kisses your forehead) Y/n…c'mon.. It's not your fault…

Y/n: you're so right…. You shouldn't have accepted his dumb challenge…

Rin: (giggling) Hey so now I'm the one at fault?

Y/n: (breaking down into tears again, but you hug Rin tightly) Stupid…. Idiot…. I love…. So much…. Please…. Never…..again!!

Rin: (gently runs his hand through your hair, smiling) I love you too y/n…and I'll protect you from anyone who tries to hurt you..

(Soon, the doctor arrives and picks out the glass that went into Rin's skin. He praised you for being quick in action and using first aid, as well as keeping the shards in place to prevent more bleeding. He operates on Rin for some time, and then finally concludes the visit by giving you some painkillers, antibiotics, and applying dressings on Rin's injuries. You text all your friends about the incident and make sure that c/n received a punishment for his actions. After a while, you are sitting next to Rin, tending to him, as he tells you that you're the most important thing to him, and he'll do anything to protect you….)

#free! dive to the future #free! eternal summer #free! headcanons #oneshot #free! x reader #free! rin #haruka nanase #rin matsuoka #anime #angst #bullying #tw bl0od #makoto tachibana #free! makoto #free! haruka #free! fanfic #free! anime #gn reader

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lettersfrombeyondthegrave · 2 years

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You wanna talk about Oz having a lyric that applies to him in almost every single fucking three cheers song? No let's talk about it

And I'm giving few examples here lads just few lil examples cus oh I could go on I could write for fuckin days about it let me tell you but I don't have time I ain't even analyzing it can you believe it? I cannot find the post anymore which I'll have to look into but I was already talking ab Oz and also Ed and all the lyrics that applies from mcr but now as I was saying

I left out Helena, maybe it could apply bc of how he lives the death of his mother but I ain't sure anyway

Give 'em hell kid

"if you were here I'd never have a fear, so go on live your life but I miss you more than yesterday, you're so far away so go on show me how cus I mean this more than words will ever say" Ed always being some kind of trigger into reacting and getting back on his feet but also the fucking pining every two episodes

To the end

"say goodbye to the vows you take, to the life you make, to the heart you break, and all the cyanide you drank, to the last parade, as the parties fade and the choice you made to the end" all the anger towards the betrayal of Ed after everything they went through also the cyanide could be a bit like Ed's pills yk this is more ab Ed but ya

Prison

I'd have to copy and paste the entire song. I don't think there's anything I gotta say for this one.

I'm not okay

Nothing needs to be said once again.

The ghost of you

"And I remember now, at the top of my lungs in my arms she dies (..) you are never coming home, could I? Should I?" Reference to literally three of the parental figures he lost in his arms and if you think ab it he never rlly... Goes back to his mother's house? Yk? At some point it just disappear as a space? Also "and all the wound that are ever gonna scar me and all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me if I fall" all the people he left behind and all the people that come back cus no one stays dead in Gotham and oh the scars he got plenty of those

The jetset life is gonna kill you

"until the cops come or by the last light and for the last night I lie, could I lie next to you?" DO I HAVE TO SAY MORE

Thank you for the venom

Literally the entire song "sister I'm not much s poet but a criminal" "I'm just the way the doctor made me on and on and on" "preach all you want but who's gonna save me, I keep a gun in the book you gave me" "give me all your poison and give me all your pills" "you're running after something that you'll never kill"

Hang em high

Same as venom "shotgun sinners, wide eyed jokers, got you in my sight" "don't stop if I fall and don't look back, oh baby don't stop, bury me and fade to black"

It's not a fashion statement

No further comment required.

Cemetery drive

"so I won't stop dying, won't stop lying, if you want I'll keep on crying, did you get what you deserve? Is this what you always want me for?" This is literally what he does hello

I never told you what I do for a living

"Another knife in my hands, a stain that never comes off the sheets, clean me off, I'm so dirty babe"

No cus

Can you understand how much more could be said it's fucking INSANE add to that his "disco vampire" aesthetic which is just oh so three cheers

And this is just three cheers

there's so much more, I dare to say

Not for every song of the other albums but still so much more I could say

Anyway going to bed I still have a whole month of studying disintegrates

#gotham #oswald cobblepot #riddlebird #long text

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waywardxrhea · 3 months

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Part Thirty-Seven: Once in a Lifetime

[slow burn romance between Steve Rogers and SHIELD agent Emma Baker]

Warnings: 18+, contains humor, fluff, mental health, family trauma, romance, angst, language, violence.

installment list

Word count: 7.2k

The Avengers deal with the aftermath of Thanos' snap.

Those last moments don't come though as both Steve and Emma are left intact in each other's arms once everything seems to have finally stopped and an eerie silence fills the air. Rhodes approaches a few moments later and helps them off the ground. He helps support Emma as Steve runs over to where Vision's body lay on the ground.

"What the hell just happened?" Rhodes asks from beside Emma.

Thanos' promise of destroying half of all living things dawns on Steve as he visibly deflates and whispers, "Oh God..."

The next few minutes are spent in silence, no one knowing what to say. Steve is the one to break the silence though, saying to everyone, "We need to get back to the Compound. Regroup, clean up, find out what the game plan is now."

"Yes sir," everyone mumbles, not having any better ideas.

Everyone begins to make their way to where the jet is and Rhodes hangs back for a second, telling Steve, "Here, I'll get Vision's body, you go be with Baker."

Steve nods and makes his way over to Emma, wrapping his arm around her waist to support her as they walk. This is when the adrenaline running through Emma's veins stops flowing and the pain from her injuries starts to kick in. "Shit," she whispers, her voice going high-pitched at the pain.

"What's hurting?" Steve asks, concern in his voice.

"Everything?" Emma asks. "I think my shoulder got dislocated at some point, I can still barely breathe, my ankle feels really hurt, and my pride took a nasty hit too..."

"I'll see what we can do on the jet, just hang in there, Em," he tells her as he lifts her into his arms gently to make things go faster. He looks into her eyes and a tear falls as he says, "I really thought I was gonna lose you there for a minute."

Emma tries a feeble attempt at a smile and replies, "You can't get rid of me that easily, Rogers."

"I'm glad," he whispers with a quick kiss on her forehead.

As everyone makes their way back to the jet to go back to the Compound, they do a headcount. All that is left of the Avengers are Steve, Emma, Bruce, Natasha, Rhodes, Thor, and a newcomer, Rocket. The Wakandan natives choose to stay behind to pick up the pieces of their kingdom for now without their king by their side.

Once they get into the jet, Steve gets Emma onto a medical bed before getting ready to fly back. Before he can walk off though, Emma grabs his hand and squeezes it, saying, "Thank you."

He nods and goes to the front of the jet to talk with Rhodes. They punch in the coordinates and he tells Steve that he'll fly the jet while Steve takes care of Emma. Grateful for the opportunity, Steve nods and heads back to be with her. When he gets back to Emma, he sees the pain in her face as the jet shakes on takeoff. He hates to see her hurting so much, so Steve kneels on the ground next to the bed and asks, "Hey, I know for a second it'll feel worse, but would you want me to relocate your shoulder for you real quick? Afterward, I can see what we have in terms of pain meds here."

Emma nods but quickly regrets the action as it ignites the pain in her shoulder. "Whatever it takes to make this pain go away..." she says in a small voice, another tear falling from her eye.

Steve finds something for Emma to bite down on before getting ready to relocate her shoulder. "Okay, ready? On three. One...two..."

Emma braces herself for the pain on three, but Steve goes ahead on two. The pain is immense for a second before subsiding slightly as the joint is relieved to be back in its socket. "God that hurt," Emma whispers and wipes the tears from her eyes.

"I'll see if there are any pain meds," Steve tells her and goes searching.

When he gets back with empty hands, he apologizes but ensures her that with the jet's speed they'll be back at the Compound in no time. Emma nods and sits up, patting the spot beside her for Steve to sit. He sits and Emma rests her head on his shoulder as she whispers, "I can't believe it..."

"Me neither..." Steve whispers before lacing his fingers with Emma's. "We're gonna figure this out. Whatever it takes."

"Okay..." Emma whispers, her heart breaking again as she replays Sam turning to dust over and over in her mind, the guilt of the situation really setting in as she gets time to think about what happened.

A short trip later, everyone makes it back to the Compound and distributes themselves to tend to their wounds both mental and physical. Steve helps Emma to the medical wing of the Compound and gets her settled before heading off to try and think about their next moves.

Once he's gone, Emma lets her tears fall again as she waits for what was left of the medical staff to tend to her injuries. She cries over the pain she's in but also over the loss of Wanda, Vision, Sam, of everyone... After a few minutes, one of the medical staff comes in and starts an IV, giving Emma a shot of something that helps her calm down so they can start her healing process. The drug works quickly and soon Emma falls asleep while they work on treating her.

The next thing Emma knows, she wakes up in her old bedroom. As she opens her eyes, she looks around to see that Steve had fallen asleep in her office chair while waiting for her to come to. As she attempts to sit up in bed, Emma accidentally lets out a high-pitched squeak of pain that wakes Steve. His eyes flutter open and he smiles softly when he sees that Emma is alert once more.

After her attempt at sitting up fails, Emma falls back on the pillow and asks, "Come sleep with me?" Steve nods and crawls onto the other side of the bed before carefully wrapping his arms around Emma. Once he's settled in, Emma asks, "Steve?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you," she whispers, hoping that he hadn't just said those words earlier because he thought they were about to die, hoping that he actually meant them.

Steve can't help the smile on his lips as he pulls Emma closer and whispers, "I love you too Emma."

After a few hours of little to no sleep, Emma picks up her phone off the nightstand to see if the text she sent to Maria when they reached the Compound had a reply yet, but it didn't. Worried, Emma sneaks out of the bed as she texts her friend once more, hoping she was just preoccupied with helping others in the aftermath of the snap. Yeah, that has to be it, she's just busy. Emma thinks to herself.

Still, Emma needs answers, so she quietly boots up her laptop that was exactly where she left it before she had gone off to Vienna. She turns down the brightness so as to not disturb Steve and gets to work, quietly typing away into programs that will grant her access to triangulating Maria's cell signal. After a few minutes of work, Emma hits the jackpot. The last location Maria's phone pinged was in New York City. She works to get a more specific location before jotting that down and going into a different program, one that will give her access to security cameras in the area.

Emma's heart races as she speeds through the footage from that day, trying to get to the time when Thanos snapped as quickly as possible. Her hands begin to shake as she watches an SUV that has Fury and Maria in it come into view. Emma cringes as the SUV is hit, but her heart almost stops as she watches Maria begin to turn to dust after getting out. Covering her mouth to silence her crying, Emma whispers, "Oh my god..." This isn't happening. This can't be happening. She rewinds the footage hoping she had just been seeing things, but she wasn't. Maria was gone.

Emma can't help but let out an audible sob as sadness mixed with more guilt fills her body. The noise makes Steve stir in his sleep. When he realizes that Emma isn't in his arms anymore, he sits up and sees her at the computer and asks, "Em, what's going on?"

"Maria, she's gone...Fury too."

"Oh God," Steve whispers and quickly gets up from the bed. He makes his way over to Emma and wraps her in his arms. Trying to calm her down, Steve starts to trace shapes onto her back, but it doesn't seem to work like it usually does. As Steve holds Emma, he looks at the computer screen and notices something on the ground in the paused footage. "Emma, what's that on the ground in the footage?"

"Hm?" Emma asks, wiping the tears from her eyes and looking back at the screen.

Steve points to a small device on the ground and Emma rewinds the footage a few seconds for them to see that Fury was holding it before he faded into dust. "So it's Fury's," Steve mumbles.

"It's... a pager," Emma tells him, her tone of voice shifting from emotional to numb as her body seems to reach its emotional limit.

"Pager?"

"It's kinda like an old-school cell phone from back in the day," Emma replies. Her response earns a look from Steve and Emma adds, "Well not 1940s back in the day, but... back in the '90s. I haven't seen one of those in years."

"Well, whatever it is and whenever it's from, it could be useful to us if Fury was using it right as the snap happened. I'm gonna go find it before someone else does. While I'm gone you get some rest okay?"

"No promises," Emma replies with a weak and forced smile as Steve throws on a shirt before heading out to find Natasha so they can get the device from the city.

After a few hours, Steve and Nat return with the pager that turns out to have some sort of logo on the screen of it. Neither can recall such a logo, so they decide that they'll look into old SHIELD files from the '90s as soon as they can.

When Steve goes back to Emma's room to update her, he sees that she isn't in the room anymore. Concerned, he makes his way around the Compound trying to find her. He asks Rhodes if he's seen her, but he hasn't, so Steve continues his search for her. As he passes through the kitchen, Bruce asks him, "Are you looking for Emma?"

"Yeah, do you know where she is?"

"I do yeah, but you aren't gonna like the mood she's in. She's like...Hulk levels of pissed right now."

From beside him, Pepper Potts speaks up quietly, saying, "I tried talking with her but she stormed off."

Bruce nods and adds, "I know I haven't been around lately, but Nat caught me up on the two of you being together now, so you're probably the only one who can calm her down, but I still wish you luck. She's in the gym."

Steve nods and thanks the two of them before heading off to the training gym. Once there, he pops his head in to see Emma hitting the punching bags as hard as she can with the assistance of her energy gauntlets.

While Steve and Natasha were gone earlier, Emma's maxed-out emotions turned into anger both at herself and Thanos. She couldn't stand to just lay in bed festering in that anger, so she had decided to take a page out of Steve's book and try beating the punching bags to death.

"Hey Em, are you okay?" Steve asks tentatively as he approaches. Even with the warning from Bruce about Emma's mood, Steve doesn't know how to navigate this situation, he had never seen Emma this worked up and angry before... Getting closer, Steve sees the blood on the punching bag as well as dripping from Emma's knuckles, so he says sternly to her, "Emma, that's enough." After saying this, he quickly wraps his arms around her from behind so she can't hurt herself anymore.

"No, it's not!" Emma cries as she tries to get out of his strong grip.

"Yes it is, Em," Steve whispers as he turns Emma around in his arms and rubs her back trying to calm her down. "Just relax, it's gonna be okay."

"It's not gonna be okay!" Emma shouts with her voice breaking as she finally manages to wrestle herself out of Steve's hold. "They're all gone, Steven! I know that you're our captain and you're supposed to keep a brave face so that we all feel less afraid of a mission, but this isn't something that'll just blow over! They're all gone and there's no version of this where it's okay!"

The combination of overwhelming anger, sadness, and exhaustion flood Emma's body and they make her knees give out from under her as tears start falling once more. Steve steps forward and catches Emma before she falls though. He holds her close and tries to keep his breathing even as his own tears start to fall. Once he can speak clearly, Steve tells Emma, "It will be okay because we're gonna figure this out. We always do. We're gonna fix this, whatever it takes."

After a few minutes of holding each other, Steve takes Emma to clean up her wounds before taking her back to her bedroom to actually rest this time. After he drops her off, Steve heads to the lab where he left Fury's device so he can try and make some headway on the thing. When Steve arrives, Natasha looks up from her searching of SHIELD files to give him a small wave. "How's she holding up?"

Steve takes a seat in a chair, putting his head in his hands and sighing before answering with, "About as well as you'd expect after having three of her best friends disappear into thin air."

"Tell me about it," says the voice of the newcomer, Rocket, from across the room as he reads files as well. "I can't get any communication from the rest of my team. I can only assume they're all gone too..."

"I'm so sorry, Rocket," Steve tells him solemnly.

"It's gonna be hard on all of us until we figure this shit out, but until we do, we have to work hard to try and find answers. For them."

"For them," Steve replies with a nod.

For a few days, Emma barely leaves her room. The only time she does is to gather more files from the SHIELD database to read up on to find more information on the pager and the logo on the screen. One afternoon when Emma is gathering more files from the lab where they had them all set up, Rocket comes up beside her and starts looking for some too.

"So you're Emma, huh?"

"That would be me," Emma replies quietly. She says the next part to herself, or so she thinks, "The one who let all this shit happen..."

Rocket cocks his head at the words and asks, "Are you really blaming yourself for this?"

"I mean yeah, if they hadn't gotten into the lab then Vision wouldn't have had to fight and fall out of the lab window leaving him free for Thanos to take the stone," she mutters.

Rocket laughs and tells her, "Don't be so self-absorbed. Thanos would have gotten that stone one way or another if you had been there or not. People going after those stones tend to get what they want how they want it."

"Have you dealt with someone else going after the stones before?"

"Stone, singular," he corrects her. "The Power Stone specifically. When I first met my team we had to get it back from this ugly-ass evil dude on another planet. That experience is really what made us a team. We all came together to absorb the power of the stone. Almost killed us."

"Damn..." Emma whispers. "I assume I know the answer, but where's your team right now?"

"That I don't know for sure. Groot faded away into dust in Wakanda and I haven't been able to get into contact with anyone else. Now that could also be because of how far away from them we are combined with all of the satellites in orbit around here causing interference, but I'm not optimistic about it if I'm honest."

"I'm sorry."

"Let's focus on trying to fix this and not on apologies," he tells her with an awkward pat on Emma's back.

A few weeks pass and the world is still working on trying to figure out who all got snapped away. There's talk about taking a census, but with all of the chaos, no one can figure out the logistics for it. One night Emma is going back over the footage SAM captured of that fateful day. To take up time, she had gotten into the habit of going over and over the footage trying to think of what she could have done differently.

While she had been holed up in her room, the pager had yielded some results, but not in the way anyone expected. Steve had told her that out of nowhere a woman appeared in the lab asking about Fury. Steve and Nat had almost gone into combat with her until the woman explained herself, showing them a matching pager to Fury's. They told her what they knew and she said that she would be back as soon as she could, not leaving them with many details.

So since they still didn't have answers from the mysterious woman, Emma continues to pour over her footage, hoping for answers from there. While she's doing this, a hand pushes Emma's laptop closed, the hand belonging to Steve. "I've told you that isn't good for you, Em. Watching it over won't change anything," he tells her softly as he sits beside her and wraps her in a hug.

"I know, but..." Emma sighs sadly.

"No buts," Steve tells her. "We may be a bit stuck right now, but I've still got hope."

"And hope is all we need, I know, I know," Emma continues for him. He had gotten into the habit of trying to cheer Emma up with that word and she went along with it even though her hope had dwindled weeks ago...

Ever since everything went down, the both of them had been so focused on trying to find answers that they haven't had any time like this alone together in a while so they savor the moment in each other's arms. Trying to distract himself and Emma from the craziness they've been going through, Steve leans in to kiss Emma softly. She relaxes into the kiss and runs her hand through Steve's hair as he moves his hand to her waist. As Steve holds Emma, they both hear a strange rumbling sound starting to surround the Compound. "Damnit..." Steve whispers as he pulls away from Emma's lips. "Is it too much for a man to ask for some alone time with his favorite girl?"

"I'm sure we'll get time sometime soon, love," Emma says quietly before kissing him once more.

Steve stands up from the couch but keeps Emma's hand in his as they both get up and start to look around for the source of the ominous sound. The sound gets louder and this causes the rest of the Compound's occupants to take notice. Pepper emerges with Bruce and coming in last is Rocket who announces, "It's a ship entering the atmosphere. Who the hell knows who it could be."

"Maybe it's Tony," Pepper whispers, trying her best to remain hopeful.

Everyone then starts to make their way out to one of the fields outside to see a ship being lowered to the Earth's surface by a bright light that turns out to be a woman and a very powerful one at that. As the woman lowers the ship to the ground and the ramp opens, from inside the ship emerges a frail-looking Tony Stark.

Steve lets go of Emma's hand to run over to the man to help him off the ship followed closely by Pepper who shares an emotional reunion with Tony. In a more somber reunion, Rocket slowly makes his way to the steps of the ship to sit by a blur android-looking person. Emma can only assume that she's all of his team that made it out alive.

Everyone gets back inside to start conversations about what happened, and what everyone knows, and to start introductions with the new people. When everyone gets into the room, Emma sits back at her laptop once more and watches the footage, seeing if there's maybe something she missed, some sort of clue...

Once the group is settled in, Rhodes starts speaking, telling the group, "It's been 23 days since Thanos was on Earth."

Natasha piggybacks, saying, "The world's governments are in pieces. What's still working has been attempting to take a census, and so far it's looking like he did exactly what he promised. He wiped out half of all living beings."

From his spot, Tony asks, "So where is he? Where is he now?"

"We don't know," Steve tells him.

Emma spins her laptop to show Tony, adding to Steve's statement by saying, "He just opened up this portal and fell through..."

Tony sighs after looking at the footage and then turns his head to Thor who is sitting in a different area with his head down. "What's up with him?" Tony asks.

"Oh, he's pissed," Rocket tells him. "He thinks he failed. Which of course he did, but there's a lot of that going around ain't there?"

Tony looks at Rocket dumbfounded and tells him, "You know, until this exact second I thought you were a build-a-bear."

"Maybe I am," Rocket quips back, which makes Emma smile a bit. Rocket looks over to Emma and smiles to himself. That was the first time he's seen her smile the whole time he's been here.

Steve snaps everyone's focus back to the discussion at hand, saying, "We've been hunting Thanos for weeks now. We've tried deep space scans, satellites, and we still have nothing. Tony, you fought him..." he trails off hoping to get something out of Tony.

Tony responds with, "Yeah who told you that? I didn't fight him, he wiped a planet on my face while a magician gave away the stone. There wasn't a fight because he isn't beatable."

Emma zones their bickering out while she takes the footage SAM caught frame by frame trying to see if she can see what's in the portal behind Thanos as he falls in. Her focus is taken back to the conversation as Tony knocks a glass over, making Emma jump and causing her heart to start racing.

She looks at the scene to see Tony ripping out his IV lines and saying, "I remember telling all of you that what we needed was a suit of armor around the earth. Whether it impacted our precious freedoms or not."

"Well that didn't work out now did it?" Steve counters him.

"I said that we'll lose and you know what you said? That we'd do that together too. Well, guess what Cap? We lost. We don't need Newsie over there to tell us that," he says, turning to Emma. "Thanks for not telling any of us you weren't dead after that bombing by the way."

"That's enough, leave her out of this Tony," Steve snaps at him.

"Whatever," Tony mumbles. "We lost and you weren't there. But here we are now and isn't that when we do our best work? After the fact? We're the Avengers, not the Prevengers right?"

"All right, you made your point, now sit down," Rhodes tells Tony, trying to get him back in his chair.

Tony ignores his friend though and storms toward Steve, saying, "I've got nothing for you, Cap. No clues, no coordinates, nothing. No trust. Liar." The words hit Steve like a ton of bricks, but before he can come up with anything to say, Tony takes off his nanotech chest piece and shoves it into Steve's hand, continuing with, "Here, take this. You find him and put that on and you hide."

Tony then starts to collapse, Steve lunging after him in concern before Tony brushes him off. Emma gets up to try and help instead and Tony then collapses fully onto the ground. After this, Rhodes and Pepper get him to the medical ward to be treated while everyone else waits to hear about his condition and think a bit more about the next steps.

A few minutes later, Rhodes comes back and informs everyone, "Bruce gave him a sedative and he'll be out for the rest of the day."

After he says this, everyone finally hears the new girl, Danvers, Emma thinks she's called, speak, "Well, you guys take care of him and I'll bring him a Xorian elixir when I get back."

Steve furrows his eyebrows in confusion and sends Emma and Natasha a look, asking them silently for answers. Both Emma and Nat shrug and shake their heads in response, so Steve asks, "Where are you going?"

"To kill Thanos," she responds quickly.

"Hey," Natasha calls after her. "You know, we usually work as a team around here, and uh between us, morale's a little fragile right now."

"Oh, believe me, I noticed that after one look at her," she replies, sending a look toward Emma.

Steve pushes his anger at her words aside and tells her, "Look, I know that up in space is more your territory, but this is our fight too."

Emma finally decides to speak up, asking "Do you even know where he is?"

"I know people who might."

"Don't bother," comes a voice from across the room, the voice of the one they call Nebula. "I can tell you where Thanos is."

Emma finally manages to get a slight frame of Thanos's portal destination and asks her, "Does it happen to look like this?"

Nebula nods and starts her story. "Thanos spent years trying to perfect me, and when he worked, he talked about his so-called Great Plan. Even torn into pieces I wanted to please him. I'd ask where we would go once his plan was complete. His answer was always the same." She nods towards Emma's laptop and continues as she taps at the control table in the middle of the room, "That is where he wanted to go once it was complete. He called it The Garden."

"Oh that's cute, Thanos had a retirement plan..." Rhodes smarts off with his arms crossed.

"So where is this Garden?" Steve asks.

Nebula, now accompanied by Rocket, pulls up an image to be projected into the room. Rocket then announces, "When Thanos snapped his fingers on Earth, it became ground zero for a power surge of ridiculously cosmic proportions. No one's seen anything like it until two days ago on this planet."

"Thanos is there," Nebula says.

Natasha studies the planet and thinks out loud, "So he used the stones again..."

Bruce interrupts her thinking with, "Hey, hey, hey, hold on, we'd be going in extremely short-handed, you know that right?"

Rhodes counters with, "Look, he's still got the stones, so..."

"So let's get 'em," Danvers agrees. "We can use them to bring everyone back."

"Just like that?" Bruce asks.

Steve is in deep thought at the ideas being pitched. He looks over to Emma who visibly perks up at the idea of bringing everyone back and her hope refuels him, so he tells Bruce, "Just like that."

Emma nods and speaks up, saying, "Even if there's a small chance of fixing this, we owe it to everyone not standing here to try..."

"I couldn't have said it better myself," Natasha says with a smile at Emma.

Bruce tries to reason with the group again, saying, "Even if we do this, how do we know that it's gonna end any differently than before? Thanos is a powerful guy. He overpowered Cap, he overpowered Hulk for God's sake!"

"Well last time you didn't have me," Danvers tells him matter-of-factly.

Taken aback, Rhodes tells her, "Hey, new girl. Everyone here is about that superhero life, but if you don't mind my asking where the hell have you been all this time?"

"There's a lot of other planets in the universe and unfortunately they didn't have you guys," she replies.

When she says this, Thor stands up from the table where he's eating and walks up to her wordlessly. As he faces her, he holds out his hand causing Stormbreaker to fly across the room and into his awaiting hand right beside Danvers' head. The woman doesn't even flinch at the large ax. Thor studies her for a few more seconds before saying aloud, "I like this one."

The room is silent for a few seconds as everyone thinks about what's about to happen. Making a final decision, Steve says, "Let's go get this son of a bitch..."

At those words, everyone starts gathering supplies for the mission to get the stones and bring everyone back. Rocket and Nebula start working on repairing the ship while everyone else suits up and gathers weapons and tech. Emma throws on a tactical suit she found before running to get her AI tablet, drone, earpieces, and gauntlets from her room.

Half an hour later, everyone gathers on the ship and buckles into their seats as Rocket gets ready for takeoff. Exiting the atmosphere makes Emma dizzy and she almost passes out at the new sensation as they reach space quickly. From the pilot's seat, Rocket asks aloud, "All right, who here hasn't been to space?" Emma, Steve, Natasha, and Rhodes raise their hands tentatively at the question and it makes Danvers laugh at their nervousness. Trying to ease the tension in the air a bit, Rocket cracks a joke, saying, "You better not throw up on my ship. I'm looking at you, Emma."

"I'll try," Emma calls back as she rests her head against the headrest trying to calm her nerves.

Emma tries to keep her breathing steady as Nebula announces, "Approaching the jump in 3...2..."

Before she reaches one, the ship jumps into hyperspace just like it does in Star Wars. As much as Emma wants to take in the experience in full, she can't help but close her eyes at the sudden jump in speed. She sees through her eyelids the wonderful colors of space, but still can't convince her body to let her open them. Once the ship stops moving so fast, Emma's head spins and she asks, "Are we dead?"

Steve chuckles at the question and replies, "Well we aren't in Kansas anymore, that's for sure..."

Emma finally opens her eyes and looks out the large window of the ship, in sudden awe of the magnificent space nebulas out in the distance and the foreign planet sitting right in front of them. "Wow..." she whispers.

When everyone's bodies catch up with them, they all stand up and walk to the window to look out. Steve comes to stand behind Emma and wraps his arms around her as he whispers, "Isn't it beautiful?"

"It is," Emma agrees with a ghost of a smile. She can't believe it. She's actually in space!

"Too bad that's where Thanos is," Danvers says to them, ruining the majesty of the moment they were having together. Getting right to business, she adds, "Baker, get that drone ready for recon with me. We'll cover more ground faster if we both go out."

"Got it," Emma replies with a curt nod as she boots SAM and the drone up for action. After getting SAM active and assuring that she is in working condition, Emma hands the drone to Danvers to take outside into space with her to start recon.

Before starting, Emma takes the drone on a little test flight around the ship to make sure she can handle the pressure of space before heading in the opposite direction of Danvers to see what kind of guard Thanos has on his planet. She scans the planet for any signs of life, heat signatures, movement, the lot.

While Emma works, Steve steps back to give her space. He shoots a look in her direction, worried about what happens if they don't get all of their friends, rather, their family, back. He pulls out his compass and opens it to look at the miniature picture he has of their Christmas night together and sighs.

Natasha can tell that he's worried, so she tells him, "It's gonna work, Steve."

Steve turns to her and replies, "I know it will...because I don't know what I'm gonna do if it doesn't."

Meanwhile, Emma via SAM meets back up with Danvers right outside the ship's window. "I didn't get anything at all on my half," Emma informs her.

The woman nods, saying, "There's no satellites, no ships, no armies, no ground defenses of any kind. It's just him."

From behind Emma comes Nebula's voice saying, "Then that's enough."

"Let's head down then," Steve says. At Steve's words, the rest of the group starts toward the pod to head to the surface. All except Emma. The thought of facing Thanos again after he almost killed her with his bare hands terrified her.

Steve notices Emma's hesitation and comes up behind her, putting a hand on her back, accidentally making her jump. "Sorry, it's just me," he whispers to her. "Is everything all right, Em?"

Emma tries to take a deep breath and tells him, "I...I just can't go down there, Steve. I don't know how I'll react if I have to face him again, I just can't do it. I'm sorry..."

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay," he tells her and wraps her in a comforting hug. "You don't have to go down there yourself, just send the drone for support, that's all I ask."

"I can do that," Emma agrees and a grateful sigh.

"Thank you," Steve tells her before starting toward the pod himself.

"Be safe," Emma calls out.

"Always," he replies.

Danvers grabs the drone and flies it down with her as the team goes down to the planet in the ship's escape pod. Once near ground level, Danvers lets the drone go and Emma orients it before getting started on her part of the mission. "Baker, why don't you fly ahead and tell us what he's doing so we aren't taken by surprise," Rhodes tells Emma.

"You got it, Colonel," she replies and sends the drone into stealth mode before flying towards the house and getting a good look inside. Emma furrows her eyebrows and informs everyone, "He's just...cooking?"

"Good enough for me," Danvers mutters as she ignites herself with her powers and busts through Thanos' roof. Emma captures the rest of the encounter through the hole she created in the roof, watching as Danvers and Bruce work together to restrain Thanos as Thor chops off the Mad Titan's gauntleted hand.

Once his hand is free of his body, Rocket turns it over and whispers, "Oh God..." Emma zooms in the camera on her drone and sees that the gauntlet no longer holds the stones and covers her opened mouth in shock.

"Where are they?" Steve asks, somehow calm.

Since the drone is a little far away, Emma only picks up what Thanos is saying by luck of someone being close enough to him with their coms on. She hears him say, "The universe required balance. After that, the stones served no purpose beyond temptation."

Bruce loses his cool and shouts at the man, "YOU MURDERED TRILLIONS!"

The purple man snaps back, "You should be grateful!"

Frustrated but not showing it, Natasha asks him, "Where are the stones?"

"Gone," he replies, "reduced to atoms."

Not having to worry about Hulking out, Bruce doesn't remain calm like Steve and Natasha, yelling once more, "You used them two days ago!"

The Titan looks at him and informs him, "I used the stones to destroy the stones. It nearly killed me, but what's done is done and always will be. I am...inevitable..."

Getting desperate, Rhodes calls out, "No, no, he's got to be lying. We need to tear this place apart, we have to find them!"

At this statement, Nebula steps forward and breaks her silence, telling him, "My father is many things...a liar is not one of them."

Thanos attempts a smile at Nebula and whispers, "Ah...thank you, daughter...maybe I treated you too harshly..."

Without giving Thanos a second to say another word, Thor swings Stormbreaker and swiftly beheads Thanos. Back on the ship, Emma flinches at the sight, wishing she hadn't had to see it. Even though it gives her joy to know he's dead, that was a gnarly scene...

The first one to respond to Thor's actions is Rocket, asking "What...what did you do?"

"I went for the head..." Thor mutters before stalking out of the shack.

No one speaks as they all gather back on the ship and head back to Earth. On the way back is when the gravity of the situation really sinks in and all hope seems completely lost. Emma tries not to cry on the ship and is actually successful much to her surprise. She finally breaks down though once she gets to her room to change once they get back to the Compound. Her tears flow free as the holes in her heart where her friends once were grow bigger as she fully comes to realize that they are out of options to get them back...

Emma isn't alone with her feelings for long though. She hears a knock at the door and Steve lets himself into the room only to see Emma on the bed crying. He sheds a few tears of his own before sitting beside Emma and wrapping his arms around her. The two sit wordlessly in each other's arms for a good hour before they both lay down and pass out from the exhaustion of their emotions.

Everyone stays at the Compound for a few days longer trying to think of alternative ways to bring everyone back, but Steve can sense the mental toll it's taking on Emma, so one afternoon he asks her, "Em, do you want to go back home to the lodge?"

Emma shakes her head quickly and responds, "I'm staying here until I find a way to bring them back... There's got to be a way to fix this, Steve..."

Steve sighs and wraps his arms around Emma. They stay this way for a few minutes before Steve says, "Emma, I know you want to try and find a way to fix this, but for now it isn't good for you to be here. We can take a break from it all for a little while before we put our heads back on trying to figure it out, okay? I hate to see you hurting so much, sweetheart."

Emma thinks for a few seconds before reluctantly agreeing. "Maybe clearing my head could be good..."

Steve nods and says, "Let's go find Nat and ask if she wants to join us." The two find her in a lab talking with Rocket and Nebula who are about to head off to see how the other corners of the galaxy are doing after the snap. Once the two of them part away, promising to keep in touch, Steve knocks on the door frame and asks, "Hey, we've decided to go back to the lodge for a little while to clear our heads, do you wanna come with us?"

Natasha wipes some tears from her eyes before responding with, "I think I'm just gonna stay here, thank you though. I just...I want to be here if anything happens." She pauses and forces a small smile onto her lips before telling Emma and Steve, "You kids go build a life together. It's what they would want."

Tears spring to Emma's eyes at the words and she quickly makes her way over to Nat to give her a hug. "God I miss them so much," Emma whispers.

Natasha pulls Emma close and responds with her voice breaking, "Me too..." She pauses and adds to her statement, "Someone once told me that pain only makes you stronger... I just can't see how that could be true right now."

"I understand," Emma nods as she pulls away from the hug. Before Emma turns to leave, she looks Natasha in the eye and tells her, "You are so strong though, Nat. Don't forget that."

"I'll try," she replies with a sad smile.

Emma turns to Steve and tells him, "I'm gonna go see if my car is still in the garage. I'll give you two some space."

Making her way to the garage after getting what supplies she did bring to the Compound, Emma starts looking for her car but doesn't see it anywhere, so she grabs the keys to a spare Stark Industries truck. She gets into the truck and starts it, turning the music on in hopes of drowning out her emotions.

This attempt at distraction ends in failure though when Emma can't help but have her brain go off remembering all the memories she made here with Wanda and Sam and Maria. She remembers all the drunk game nights and video game tournaments, cooking with Wanda, training with Maria and Sam, and the adventure she and Wanda went on as their first escape mission.

Sam always made fun of Emma, but she loved having someone who was like a brother to her and would talk her through her problems, and now that he isn't here she feels lost. She then thinks about Wanda, who just seemed to get her and never judged her for her past. And Maria, her best friend since the start of her career in this field...Emma wouldn't be half the woman she is today without Maria.

Tears now flow freely as she remembers those days and her friends who ended up being more like family. At this moment, Emma feels hopeless. After a few minutes, Steve finally finds Emma in the truck and taps on the window. She jumps at the sudden noise but gets out anyway to hug Steve because that's all she needs right now.

"I'm so glad you're still here," she whispers into his chest as she holds him close. "I don't know what I'd do without you..."

"And I don't know what I'd do without you," he replies, trying to keep his voice steady, but Emma can tell he's crying.

Emma rubs his back and they stay in each other's embrace for a few minutes before she speaks up again, saying, "Well, it'll be hard, but... we'll get through this okay? You and me. Together." Steve nods and kisses Emma's forehead before they both get in the truck and begin the drive back to the lodge.

a/n: yeah idk what else to say besides damn this was a sad one... and i'm not gonna lie it doesn't get much better in the next part either... (it might actually get worse if i remember correctly...yikes)

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