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#a photo of him and this girl sitting on a bench together and they’re not kissing or anything but they look undeniably coupley
lexisecretaccx · 1 month
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Mine 1 - Matt Sturniolo
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(Fem reader x Matt Sturniolo, Stalking, Window watching, obsessive behaviour, talk of violence, idk)
A/n: I love Joe Goldberg so I wanted to write a stalker fic and make it about Matt, I know I already have the HSS series going but this one might not be updated as frequently until HSS is finished!❤️
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Matt’s POV
There she is, fuck. I’ve been trying to find her for the past 10 minutes, she almost saw me so I had to hide and I lost her. Look at her, smiling and laughing. Does she know what she does to me?
I walk after her, keeping my distance. She lifts her phone to her ear, “hey!” She spoke in a cheerful voice, she’s the happiest person I’ve ever loved. “I’ll meet you at my house!” She replied to whoever she was talking to. But it felt like she was talking to me, telling me she wants to see me, to be with me.
She continues to walk and I follow her, I pull out my film camera and snap a quick picture of her. I need more for my collection.
She walks to her front door, unlocking it with her key, the light from the outdoor lamp illuminating her perfect features. She walks in and closes the door behind her. I sit on a bench across the street and pull out my phone to lower any suspicions, not long after someone walks up and knocks the door. A man.
My jaw clenches, how can she do this to me? All I’ve done is love her, she doesn’t know who I am but still I feel like we’ve known eachother for lifetimes, I know all the things she likes.
She opens the door and hugs him, I feel anger rush through me. I walk around the back to get a closer look through the living room window, I’ve done this before so I know the most inconspicuous spots. They sit on the couch, not too close together so mustn’t be a boyfriend. Thank fuck.
While they turn on the tv I pull the window open the slightest to get a sense of what they are talking about. She never locks her windows, it’s like she wants me to listen to her. “Yeah just wanted to talk about grandma, she’s not right is she.” He spoke, grandma.. they’re related. I let out a sigh of relief and she nods. Her grandma has been struggling with her health.
They talk for a good 20 minutes before he leaves. She sits on her couch and lays her head back. I pull out my camera and snap another photo, I make a mistake by stepping backwards slightly because a twig snaps below my foot and her head shoots up at the window. Shit.
I make a quick decision by walking out from by her window and onto the muddy path behind the houses, she pokes her head out the window and I act confused, dropping my phone as if someone just pushed me. “Hey you!” She yells to me. I look up, “were you looking through my window?” She asks me, fear in her voice.
“What? Of course not, some idiot just ran past me and knocked my phone out of my hand.” I bend down and pick it up. “You okay?” I ask her, finally having the chance to talk to the girl that I’ve been following for a year.
“Yeah, maybe the guy who made you drop your phone was the creep looking in my window.” That word rang through my head, even though she didn’t know it was me, she still called me a creep.
“Maybe I should’ve been watching where I was walking.” I shrug, flashing her a smile, “it wasn’t your fault. What’s your name?” She asks me, I walk closer to her, looking up at her through the window. “Joseph.” I lie, “okay Joseph.. is your phone ok?” She smirks and I flip it over and inspect the screen. “Yep, I’m glad it is because I would’ve hunted him down.” I laugh and she smiles.
“I’m gonna go now, to shower.” She spoke, as if she wanted me to watch her. “Didn’t you shower this-” I cut myself off and clear my throat. “You do that.” I smile as I walk away.
Fuck Matt, your first chance to talk to her and you almost blow it. Fucking asshole. I grab my notepad, out my backpack and start to write. her cousin visited her around 9pm on 10/09/23 to talk about her grandmothers health, which has been declining recently.
I get home and instantly walk into my bedroom, I move the pretty much empty wardrobe out of the way from the room supposed to be a wardrobe, but I use it to store anything I can get about y/n. I open the door and look at the board infront of me. Pictures of her sleeping, walking, eating food with friends, shopping, etc.
I add the photographs from today to the board and smile as I admire her beauty.
I grab a piece of paper, and start to write her a letter.
Y/n,
My love for you is unexplainable no, unlike anything i’ve felt. I don’t want to overdo it with the love confessions as you will see my love for you, proven time and time again. Take these roses, I know they’re your favourite, not the light red ones but the deep red colour just as you like them.
All for you.
Shit is that corny? She’s gonna be scared, maybe she should be. Love is a frightening feeling, I need to go to the store to buy the roses. Hopefully she will appreciate the gesture, but she might freak out. It’s fine.
She doesn’t know the lengths I would go to for her, once someone tried to get her to go home with him when she was drunk and she said no, he kept trying and finally gave up. I made sure he could never do that to someone again, especially my love. So I carved the word, pervert into his forehead.
Nobody, can ever touch her except me.
She’s mine.
Y/n’s POV
I hop out the shower, making sure all my curtains are closed, I don’t want another creep to spy on me. I dress into my matching satin red pyjama set.
It’s been about an hour since that creep was by my window, I brush through my wet hair and put on some face cream. As I’m getting into bed I hear a knock on my door. “It’s 11pm..” I sigh to myself and put slippers and a dressing gown on.
I walk down my stairs before opening my door, nobody is there but I look down and see a bouquet of roses and a letter, closed by a red wax stamp. I tilt my head in confusion before picking up the flowers and note and walking inside.
I place the roses on my kitchen counter before opening the letter, it’s handwritten. I read the first line, y/n, my love for you is unexplainable no, unlike anything I’ve felt. My mouth drops open, do I have a secret admirer? I smile to myself at the crossed out word and correction.
I don’t want to overdo it with the love confessions as you will see my love for you, proven time and time again. Whoever this secret admirer is, has a way with words. I feel a sense of happiness wash over me until I read the last sentence. Take these roses, I know they’re your favourite, not the light red ones but the deep red colour just as you like them.
How do they know, are they watching me? All for you. I put the roses in a vase and put them on my shelf before taking the note upstairs with me. I place it on my bedside table.
I can’t help but feel a sense of flattery, whoever this is knows me. And they are in love with me? I wonder if it’s the creep from my window earlier, if so then I take it back.
I turn off my lamp and slide into my comfortably cold covers, before laying my head on the pillow, facing away from my bedroom door.
I hear a noise downstairs but i usually have a draft through my windows.
That is until I hear my stairs creaking..
A/n: did you see what I did there, bro called himself Joseph, Joseph is shorted to… Joe! Litro love stalker Matt, he’s a tad crazy and delulu but we love him all the same.🤍‼️
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luvymelody · 7 months
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kageyama
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sunny day by wave to earth
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“tsukki.. isn’t that kageyama??”
“huh? that king- where?”
tsukishima and yamaguchi were currently walking around the city, a popular place for anyone to hangout for fun. they were going to find a cafe and eat since the hot weather was insufferable. but yamaguchi managed to catch a blue eyed black haired boy.
tsukishima finally spotted kageyama, walking side by side with a girl that was laughing next to him, him smiling and looking at her with a certain expression on his face.
“is that y/n?”
“shit they’re totally dating!”
tsukishima chuckled, pulling out his phone and snapping of photo of the two of them, not even noticing them holding hands until it came into the frame of the phone, it made tsukishima laugh even more.
“she’s doing charity work!”
yamaguchi laughed, tsukishima tucked his phone away, smirking and thinking about what he could do with this.
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the next day, everyone was stretching getting ready for the practice match that they were going to play as a team after school, 6v6. but there ended up being a knock on the door of the gym door, everyone looked towards the sound to find a y/n l/n, already waving.
“hi!”
kageyama blushed red, the tomato colour travelling all over his body.
“oh hi y/n!”
tanaka yelled out, waving and running at her with open arms. y/n dodged him as he fell outside, falling on the dirt outside the gym door steps.
“where’s hitoka and kiyoko??”
“they couldn’t stay back, said they were busy with something.”
“ohh, alright.”
kageyama kept looking at the girl, admiring her with his eyes until she also looked at him, winking at him which made him turn an even darker shade of red. of course, tsukishima noticed, holding his hand above his mouth to contain a laugh that was about to erupt.
“alright! let’s start this match!”
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“break!”
the 2nd set had just finished, everyone was exhausted and walking up to y/n for bottles of water, she was handing them out on a tray for everyone to enjoy. 
“y/n! do i do good!?”
“so good!”
nishinoya called out to y/n, jumping up and down at her reply, and yelling something out like ‘you suck tanaka!’. y/n was walking up to kageyama, who sat on the bench, tired and holding his ankle with one hand and bending his body over, his other hand on the bench to hold him steady.
during the match he had landed funny when setting tanaka, but it was only a few points from the set ended so he kept playing. she looked at him with pity, placing a bottle next to him and patting his cheek with her hand, it made him look up at her, but she just walked away towards coach ukai. he watched as she walked, memorised with her every step.
tsukishima witnessed the action again, finding it absolutely boring now, just a couple doting on each other, gross. y/n ended up talking to ukai about letting kageyama take a break, explaining his ankle and whatnot.
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as the 3rd set played on, kageyama and y/n walked sitting next to each other, tape now being rolled around his ankle and silence between them, but it wasn’t uncomfortable it was, peaceful.
“are you okay? i saw how you fell.”
“you ask me that now?”
“what! it was awkward but like not that awkward but like still..”
“you know tsukishima knows.”
“about what?”
“us, you dummy.”
“oh, really? how’d you know.”
“he was looking at you, then he looked at me, and then remember the city yesterday? he probably connected the dots.”
“i didn’t know you were that smart tobio.”
“hey! i’m very smart!”
“sURE YOU ARE WHAT WAS YESTERDAY AGAIN, ME HELPING YOU FOR YOUR HISTORY EXAM.”
“SHUT UP IT’S ONLY THAT.”
kageyama was silenced, aswell as y/n as she traced her finger tips along his hand, he looked down at her hand, grabbing ahold her hand and intertwining their hands together. 
“y’know, i’ve been setting alot they hurt so bad, could you hold it for awhile?”
“since when have you been so bold around everyone?”
everyone was focused on the match, not experiencing the couple that was literally in their vicinity. suddenly y/n stood up, still holding onto y/n’s hand,
“wanna help me fill up the bottles?”
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the two of them went outside, walking close together due to the cold weather and wanting to stay warm. they were suppose to get the bottles and fill them up but most of the time they ended up just kissing and talking, sitting on the bench and sitting so close together.
“tobio! we have to fill them up they gonna be finished soon!”
“hmmm, i don’t care-”
kageyama kissed y/n all over her face, aiming for her lips but she kept trying to dodge. 
“tobio!”
“WHAT THE FUCK”
kageyama and y/n froze like deer in headlights, their heads turning at the sight of the entire team standing at the gym doors, watching the two of them be all lovey dovey. tsukishima smirked, as usual, tanaka and nishinoya were about to rage.
“WHAT THE FUCK KAGEYAMA YOU ABSOLUTE THIEF”
“I HAD HER FIRST”
“MY ASS COME HERE”
kageyama jumped up and ran over, running around the gym to avoid tanaka and noya running at him full speed. y/n sat in the same place, frozen like an ice cube but literally burning like fire, she covered her face with her hands as hinata, sugawara and some others ran up to her.
“why are you dating kageyama?! he’s so moody all the time and no one likes him!”
“i like him! he’s cute..”
“you guys are so gross, you’re not secretive about it either.”
Tsukishima commented, pulling out his phone and showing his photo that he took 
“y/n-san you’re too pretty to be dating kageyama!”
“WHAT DID YOU SAY HINATA YOU DICKHEAD.”
hinata ran away laughing, as kageyama ran after hinata with tanaka and noya still running behind him, yelling ‘you’ll pay for this!’.
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not-neverland06 · 8 months
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Broken Machinery
Intermission
To be read after part five
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Connor RK800 x fem!reader
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“Oh, no.”
“Is something wrong, detective?” 
“Yeah, something’s wrong.” You didn’t wait for Connor to open your door, you got out of the car and began heading towards where Hank was sitting. Connor closed the car door behind him and followed after you.
You hesitated behind the Lieutenant, your hand hovering over his shoulder as you stood behind the bench. You stood like that for a minute before you finally dropped your hand and turned around. There was a defeated slope to your shoulders as you sat down on the roundabout, staring out at nothing. 
Connor kept an eye on you while he walked over to the Lieutenant, there was already an empty bottle beside him, and he was starting on a new one. “Nice view, huh? I used to come here a lot before…” He paused, “You remember that, Y/N?”
Your voice was quiet, barely louder than the falling snow. “Yeah, I remember.” Connor looked between the two of you, neither of you were very interested in the idea of ‘opening up.’ However, the Lieutenant had been drinking, perhaps he would be more loose-tongued. 
“Before what?”
“Hm?”
“You said, ‘I used to come here a lot before.’ Before what?”
Hank stared down into the bottle, slowly swirling it before taking another sip. “Before… Before nothin’.” Your foot scraped across the ground as you twirled yourself slightly on the roundabout. Your posture was closed off, not defensive, just closed off. He would have no luck with you. 
Connor figured now would be a good time to ask the LIeutenant a question that had been bothering him. While things were obviously tense, there was a tranquility on the bridge that Connor rarely experienced around Hank. 
“Can I ask you a personal question, Lieutenant?”
Hank turned towards Connor, “Do all androids ask so many personal questions or is it just you?”
Connor didn’t think Hank would appreciate the truth behind his desired answer to that question. Plus, you had warned him recently to keep any thoughts that had been causing conflicts in his software to himself, that it would be safer for him. 
“I saw a photo of the detective and a young child in her bedroom.” Hank turned around and gave you a long look when Connor mentioned that he was in your bedroom. His brows were furrowed when he turned back to Connor. “The boy, it was your son, right?”
“Yeah… His name was Cole.” Connor already knew that, but telling the Lieutenant that wouldn’t do any good. “And the girl in the picture had been my daughter, not anymore.” Connor turned towards you at the sound of a sniffle, but your back was to the both of them as you had spun to the opposite side of where they were standing. He could vaguely make out the shape of your shoulders shaking through the snow. 
Connor needed something else to think about, his humans were too emotional, too complicated. It was in turn making his mission more complicated. “We’re not making any progress on this investigation… The deviants have nothing in common. They’re all different models, produced at different times, in different places.”
Hank didn’t seem truly interested in what Connor had to say, but he entertained his musings nonetheless. “Well, there must be some link.”
Your voice was still quiet, but you spoke up loud enough for both of them to hear, “rA9,” Connor waited a moment to see if you wanted to elaborate on your thoughts. You remained silent. 
“They do share a similar obsession, it’s almost as if it’s a myth. Or a god to them. Like it’s something they invented that wasn’t part of their original program.”
“Androids believing in God… Fuck, what’s this world coming to?”
“You seem preoccupied, Lieutenant… Is it something to do with what happened back at the Eden Club?” Your head perked up slightly in the background and you angled yourself so you could hear their conversation more clearly. It seemed his actions at the club hadn’t confused only him. 
“Those two girls, they just wanted to be together… They really seemed in love,” the idea appeared to distress the Lieutenant. 
“They can simulate human emotions, but they’re machines. And machines don’t feel anything,” perhaps reminding the Lieutenant of that fact would ease his troubles and make him a more agreeable partner. Towards both Connor and you. 
“What about you, Connor?” You had finally made your way over to the bench, keeping a clear distance between yourself and the Lieutenant. 
The Lieutenant finished his drink and stood from the bench, “Yeah, you look human, you sound human, but what are you really?” Both pairs of eyes were boring intently into his. 
Whatever he said next could make or break the trust he had been building back up, he looked towards you. He knew what you wanted to hear, he knew exactly what to say that would make you warm up to him again. But he had promised, he had promised to be honest and not to manipulate your emotions. 
For some reason that meant something to him. 
So, he went with what he felt was the truth. “You know exactly what I am.” Your face dropped and Hank’s got angrier. “In any case, I don’t see how that’s relevant to the investigation.”
“You could have shot those two girls-“
“But you didn’t.” It was a bit unnerving to have you and the Lieutenant finishing each other's thoughts. Perhaps this is a method you used on perps when you interrogated them, corner them and trap them into the truth. 
“Why didn’t you shoot, Connor?” Hank shoved him back and you stepped forward, stopping yourself for a moment and letting everything play out. “Hm? Some scruples suddenly enter into your program?”
He looked towards you again, you had moved a step closer. He could practically see what you were thinking. 
Tell the truth. Please. 
“No… I just decided not to shoot, that’s all…”
“Oh, Connor,” he thought you would be happy, he told the truth. Instead you seemed incredibly sad and he didn’t like that. Your eyes widened and then your eyebrows turned down in anger at the sight of Hank pulling his gun. “Hank, what the hell are you doing?”
He ignored you, seemingly having only enough mental capacity to focus on one thing, Connor. “But, are you afraid to die, Connor?”
“I would certainly find it regrettable to be… interrupted… before I can finish this investigation.”
You were slowly moving closer to the two trying to figure out how to stop Hank. “Put the gun down.”
“What will happen if I pull this trigger? Hm? Nothing? Oblivion? Android Heaven?”
The idea of Android heaven was preposterous, but that wouldn’t get Hank to put the gun down. He needed to do it soon as you seemed ready to jump in between the two of them. “Where does all this anger come from, Lieutenant? Some unresolved trauma in your past?” He knew the answer, it was Cole and whatever had caused the rift between you two. 
“Connor, stop.” You had stopped trying to intervene now, staring at him with hurt swirling in your eyes. 
“You think you’re so fucking smart,” his finger tightened on the trigger. “Always one step ahead, huh? Tell me this, smart ass… How do I know you’re not a deviant? The way you hover around Y/N, your mercy towards those two girls back there…”
“I self-test regularly, I know what I am and what I am not.” 
That wasn't truly an answer but it seemed to work for the Lieutenant. His hand shook before the gun fell back to his side. Hank moved back towards the bench, picking up another bottle. 
You watched him walk away, “Where are you going?”
“To get drunker… I need to think.” Both you and Connor watched him get in his car and drive away. 
You rocked back on your feet and tucked your hands in your pockets. 
“Guess we’re walking home.”
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“DAD!” 
You couldn’t see.
Why couldn’t you see? 
There was a red film over your eyes and when you went to rub it away, you couldn’t move. There was something digging in your cheek, glass judging from the pile of it next to your face. What was going on?
You don’t remember what happened, the last thing you remember was getting into a fight with Hank about joining the force. He didn’t want you to, he thought it was too dangerous. 
And then there was something loud. 
A scream
You screamed
Why?
Because there was a noise, an awful noise, like metal scraping on pavement. 
What the hell happened?
“Cole! Cole, wake up!”
Your hands were pinned under your body, half of you was on asphalt, and when you tilted your head down you saw your legs on the grass. There was a strange warmth running down your face, you could see bone sticking out of your calf and blood pooling beneath it. 
There was a strange calmness as you tried to move your legs and failed. In the back of your mind you knew that wasn’t good, that your life was about to be changed forever. But you couldn’t break through the fog in your mind long enough to freak out.
You lifted your hand and dragged your arms out from underneath you, your skin catching on the pavement. There were two shapes in front of you in the middle of the road. Your vision was still blurry but you could recognize the close cut hair of your dad, and he was holding something small in his arms. 
It wasn’t moving, you felt like it should be. 
There were bright lights and smoky smells surrounding you, hands were tugging at your arms, but all you could see was the stillness in Hank’s arms. The small shape that should be moving, but wasn’t.
Again that small voice in your head was screaming, in pain or in anger, you weren’t sure. 
Nothings ever gonna be the same, is it?
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“Y/N! Y/N!” Your hand lashed out, and connected with something hard.
It was hard to see in the dark, but you could make out the vague shape of Connor standing in front of your bed. “Connor?” Your voice was hoarse from being quiet for so long. 
“You were having a nightmare,” he reached out and turned your lamp back on. Your eyes momentarily closed from the shock of the brightness. “Are you okay, you sounded upset?”
You sat up on your bed, your head in your hands, the dream slowly coming back to you. “It was that night.” Connor’s jacket was gone, his sleeves rolled up. Normally the sight would have made you a little irrational but you were still feeling emotionally wrecked. 
He sat next to you on the bed, “What night?” There was a comforting hand on your shoulder, his thumb moving in slow circles as he worked to calm you down. 
You could barely hear your own voice as you whispered, “The night Cole died.”
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“Why can’t I feel my legs?”
“Please try and remain calm-”
“Where’s my dad? My little brother was with us. Have you found him? Are they okay?!”
The MP600 paramedic stared down at you blankly, it’s human counterpart looked worried as he wrapped the gash on your leg. “Answer me god dammit! Why won’t you look at me?”
The paramedic’s movements stopped for a moment and he looked at you, finally. You immediately wished he hadn’t, you wished he would just go back to pretending you didn’t exist. You knew the answer by the look in his eyes. 
The look that told you he’s had to break this type of news to someone one too many times, there was no hope, no light, nothing there to comfort you as you rode to the hospital, silently sobbing into your hands from both pain and anguish. 
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Words were going in and out of your head, the sound of the heart monitor was background noise to the doctor speaking to you. You still hadn’t seen Dad, or Carla, or Cole.
No one was there to hold your hand as you were told you might never walk again. 
That a nerve had been damaged in your spine that might result in lifelong paralysis. 
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“Y/N? Y/N!” Carla rushed into the room, sweeping you into a hug. You ignored the pain in your ribs and the clear absence of pain in your legs as you returned the embrace ten-fold. “Oh god, I was so worried, no one’s telling me anything. I wasn’t even sure you were alive until an android told me where you were.”
You were crying into her shoulder, so grateful for a familiar face that wasn’t a cold doctor or a frantic nurse. 
“Where’s dad, is he okay? Cole?” Carla pulled back, brushing some stray hairs from your forehead as tears lined her eyes. 
“Your dad’s okay, he’s just getting patched up. Cole,” her voice broke and your heart crumpled. “Cole’s in surgery, they have an android working on him. On my son.”
Disbelief colored your features and you could hear your heartbeat pick up on the machine. “What, why?”
She shook her head and went back to tenderly brushing the hair out of your eyes. 
Carla had came into your life after Hank, she’d cared for you and you loved her but she’d never been your mother. Now her only child was in the hands of something that wasn’t alive, it couldn’t feel empathy. If it failed its mission it wouldn't keep pushing to save Cole like a human might, it would simply give up. 
There was a horrible feeling in your gut, burning and twisting around your insides until you became physically ill. You threw up all over yourself. Carla rubbed your back as the nurses came in and cleaned up. You held each other as you both cried. 
It wasn’t until Hank walked in did you realize just how worried you had been for him. 
“Dad,” his eyes were vacant as he walked into your room. There was no relief like there was with Carla, he stared straight through you. “Dad?”
He shook his head, an empty smile on his face. “Hey, kiddo.” The nickname felt wrong, sounded fake. He just stood in the doorway of your hospital room. 
“Hank, what are you doing?” Carla seemed to pick up on the strange behavior too. He stared at you a moment longer, there was a gash across his eye and a bandage wrapped around his arm. 
It seemed he’d escaped unharmed compared to you and Cole.
The thought came with such a burning amount of rage and hatred it startled you. 
Hank walked out of the room, “Hank!” Carla looked at you, giving your hand a comforting squeeze. “I’ll be right back honey.” You didn’t see either of them for another four hours. 
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“I’ll never forget the sound of her cry, Connor. It echoes around in my mind when everything’s too quiet.” 
His hand squeezed yours as he pulled you into his side.
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There was a strange wailing, the noise woke you up. It ripped through the hospital and shook its foundation. Your entire body stilled at the raw visceral pain in the noise. It was terrifying, like you were being held down by some unknown force as you tried to get up. 
Then you remembered, your legs were the deadweight holding you down. The thought left you choking back a sob.
Why could you still feel an ache in them, an itch you couldn’t scratch?
There was another horrible noise and you finally forced yourself to roll over. There was a wheelchair waiting for you next to the bed, you almost threw up at the thought of having to use it. Something stopped you from completely flopping off the bed. 
You ripped the IV out, “Fuck!” That looks so much less painful in the movies.
You put the guard rail down and finally managed to get into the wheelchair. Your arms were still sore from the impact they took, you pushed through it as you rolled down the hall. 
Your room was close enough to the waiting room that it didn’t take too long to see who had been screaming. The entire time your heart was begging you to turn back around, to just get back in bed and rot there. That, that would be better than whatever you were about to see. 
Some nights, you wished you had listened. 
Carla was on her knees, clutching onto Hank as the doctor spoke in low tones. You barely held back the bile at the sight of their faces.
Hank, you’d never seen him like that before, so lost, so unsure of himself. Like every grain of goodness and light and hope inside him had just been ripped out and run over. 
Carla was a shrieking animal on the floor. You knew what that meant. 
Cole was gone. 
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“My condolences,” you nodded, eyes on your hands so you didn’t have to look into the eyes of whoever was mourning. You couldn’t do it anymore, you couldn’t deal with the pity as they looked at your wheelchair and then at your father who was still sitting in the pews, bottle in hand. 
You felt hands on your shoulders and looked up, Carla’s once kind eyes, now sad, were staring down at you. “It’s time.” You nodded and she started rolling you towards the taxi waiting at the curb. 
Time to bury your baby brother. 
Time to bury your heart. 
TIme for the final nail on the coffin of what used to be a happy family. 
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“He was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Hank’s eyes found yours from where he was giving his speech.
The bottle had been disposed of before he joined you in the taxi. You didn’t know if his eyes were red from the drink or from the tears currently pouring out.
“He was so young, so much potential and it was just ripped away from us! From me.” You looked away, wiping your eyes. “How dare you?” 
Your head shot up, looking for who he was talking to. You would assume God, if it didn’t sound so pointed. “How dare you sit there and fucking cry?” 
No, please no.
He was staring at you, finger pointed at you. “You’re alive and hes dead and you’re fucking crying?!”
“Hank, that’s enough.” He shoved Jeffery off of him, if he wasn’t mourning, the captain probably would have taken his badge. 
“No! He’s gone because of you! And you sit there crying like you have any right too?” There were gasps going around the people surrounding the coffin. You and Carla were the only ones who weren’t surprised. 
You’d heard this drunken rage a hundred times since the night of the accident. 
Hank stumbled towards you, “I wish you had been the one who died.”
Your chest caved in and your heart shattered at your feet. The rest of the funeral was a high-ringing blur of pain.
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Carla didn’t stay long. You didn’t blame her. 
But you didn’t have the luxury of leaving.
Your admittance letter to the academy stared at you every morning as you wheeled yourself into the bathroom. For months you stewed in misery and depression, you didn’t go to PT and you cried yourself to sleep every night as you heard Hank’s drunken raging outside your room. 
Sumo would climb in your bed and snuggle you on the really hard nights. 
The only reason you kept going was because if you died no one else would be there to love him or feed him. 
You wondered sometimes, if it was your fault. Had you really been so distracting when you were arguing with Hank that he had crashed?
Had it not been for you making him pick you up from a friend's house right after Cole’s karate lesson, they wouldn’t have been on that road. 
Maybe things would be better off without you.
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“Get up!” A pillow hit you in the head, you buried your face further into your sheets, now more used to the dead weight beneath your waist. Another pillow, a familiar scent attached to this one. 
“Carla?”
“That’s right, get your ass up.” Hank must be gone, he’d gone back to work a little while ago, it meant you had the mornings to yourself. You sat up and stared at her in wonder. 
Carla had helped you for as long as she stayed, picking you up off the floor when you couldn’t make it onto the toilet in time. Bathed you and helped you get fed. After she had left there were a lot of humiliating mornings of sitting in your own filth because you hadn’t been able to get on and off the toilet on your own. 
You’d stopped trying after a while, just held it until it was too painful to keep it in. Stopped eating and drinking. You knew you looked awful, hair unwashed, and barely any meat left on your bones. 
“Ay dios mio,” Carla sat down and clutched you to her chest, embracing you despite the stink and the lack of enthusiasm on your side.
Eventually you managed enough strength to hug her back, the moment a painful reminder of the night your life ended. 
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“Carla took me to physical therapy, helped me find a place on my own and figure out how to navigate my new life.” Your hand was holding Connor’s, you had been tracing shapes on it for a while now as you spoke. 
He was just staring at you, letting you talk it all out. “She helped me find a therapist, a lot of my physical problems were the result of mental blocks. That’s not to say I was magically healed once I realized I was traumatized, it was at least a year before I could stand with support.”
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“Where are you going?” Hank was sober, rare these days. 
You had borrowed Carla’s van, she’d left an hour ago knowing Hank would be home soon. A box was in your lap as you wheeled yourself to the door, Hank was standing there, Sumo’s tail wagging happily beneath him. 
You could feel your face drain of color as you stared up at him. This was your last box and you’d really been hoping you would be able to get Carla’s van out of the driveway before he got home. “Um, I’m leaving.”
Hank closed the door behind him, you cried internally, knowing this would go bad. He threw his jacket on the table, his bag landing next to it. He reached for a glass and you started wheeeling yourself backwards, but he only got some water from the tap. 
“Was that Carla’s car outside?”
Your throat felt like sandpaper while you answered, “Yeah, she took me to physical therapy today, said I could borrow it. Self-driving, so I don’t have to worry about the pedals.” He already knew that, but you needed to say something to fill the silence. 
“How’s that going, the physical therapy?”
“Fine.”
This house is no longer a home. 
The thought nearly had you doubled over in grief. You didn’t think it was possible to lose so much in one night, but you should know better. It had already happened to you once. 
Maybe Hank was right, maybe you were a curse, a burden on any family you were involved with. Everyone you loved was doomed to die or leave. 
“I’m getting some feeling in my leg’s back. I can stand for about thirty seconds,” he turned back towards you, arms crossed and staring down at you. He hadn’t shaved in a while and his hair was starting to grow out of its usually cropped style. He was gaining weight too. 
“Thirty seconds?”
You flushed, feeling the need to defend yourself, “It’s a lot for someone who was never supposed to walk again.”
He nodded and the silence suffocated you. He was only twenty feet from you but he felt miles away. Like there was a never ending divide between the two of you. “I’m moving out.” You needed this to be done. You’d survived this heartbreak before, you would do it again. 
His gaze shot back to yours, “What?”
The hurt in his voice made you wish you had delivered the news more gently. “I found a place, it’s only a couple minutes away, rents cheap-”
“You don’t even have a job.” 
“Fowler helped me out, he’s letting me do some filing before I can retake the academy’s exam.” If I can retake the academy’s exam. Recovery wasn’t promised. “It’s enough for food and rent.”
“Were you going to tell me?” Were you? You had been planning on just leaving a note and going. 
“I didn’t think you’d care,” Hank scoffed and this time the glass he filled was with whiskey. By the time he turned around you had already left, the last of your things packed away in the car. You’d seen him running out onto the driveway as the car had taken you to your new home. 
There was a painful chasm in your heart at the sight of him watching you leave.
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“I walked today, on my own, I didn’t have to use the bars or anything.” Your fingers fiddled with the edge of your comforter as you spoke to Carla. “I still feel like it’s not enough.”
“Más vale maña que fuerza, your physical body is not more important than your spirit, Y/N. If you can’t celebrate the small victories you're never going to heal. That’s a lot. I’m proud of you.” 
There were tears in your eyes and a thickness in your throat as you said goodbye and hung up. 
Fowler had been keeping you and Hank as separated as possible, different shifts, different days. But there was still the rare interaction. The both of you in the kitchen at the same time for coffee, Hank having to witness Gavin’s horrible attempts at flirting.
Sometimes when Gavin would give you a particularly bad pick-up line you and Hank would share a look that made your chest ache with a phantom pain of when you could laugh together about things like that. 
He looked pained every time he saw your cane. 
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“On my honor, I will never betray my integrity, my character or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always maintain the highest ethical standards and uphold the values of my community, and the agency I serve.”
Carla was waiting for you with flowers after you were sworn in. She took you out to dinner and tried to distract you so you wouldn’t notice who was missing. She’d said goodnight and dropped you back at the station so you could grab your stuff and get your car. 
“You did it.” Hank was waiting at your desk, his coat in his hands.
“I did.”
“I’m,” sorry? Proud of me? You were honestly getting pissed off he was even talking to you. Months of radio silence and now, now, on your big night he wants to talk.
“Congratulations.” 
You scoffed, “Thanks, your heartfelt words mean so much to me, dad.” Perhaps it was cruel, perhaps you were being petty. You didn’t care, he was reopening the wound in your heart and it was weeping.
You’d worked so hard and for so long to heal yourself, you wouldn’t have him ruining that progress for you simply because he was, what? Bored? Trying to ease some guilt? 
“Hey, I’m trying, okay?” Fuck that and fuck him.
“Damage is done Hank, too little too late. I’m done with you. You turned into the person you saved me from.” Maybe that was too much, comparing him to the abusive shitbag that was your foster father. You told yourself you didn’t care, but the tears in your eyes at the sight of his distraught expression betrayed you. 
He walked away and while you were weak and in pain Gavin had appeared, asking if you were okay. 
You weren’t proud of what you did that night with him, of what you gave to him.
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“Hank? Hello?” 
You’d made detective today, and Fowler, in his limited wisdom, thought Hank would be a good partner.
You know it hurt for him to see his best friend change so much, but seriously? 
Hank?
“You used to call me dad, you know that?”
Drunk. Again. Why’d he call you?
Why did you come?
“Come on, up you go.” You helped him to his feet and managed to get him to the couch before you collapsed under his weight. 
“When’d you stop being my little girl?”
Your heart clenched, but it was a distant pain, not as bad as it used to be. “When you stopped being my dad.”
Hank swung out in a dramatic gesture, just barely missing you, “That’s ridiculous. I never stopped, you, you’re not the same anymore.” You could say the same, but there’s no point in arguing with him when he’s like this. He leaned in close, examining your features. “You’re not her. You’re not my daughter, she died. She’s gone. This person, this you, I hate. I hate you because of what you took from me.”
There were tears clawing their way up your throat. Yet you still untied his shoes and grabbed him a blanket.
You still took care of him. 
“Get out! Get out of my house! It’s your fault they’re gone, I don’t want you around!” He threw his bottle, it just barely missed your head. Sumo started barking and he started grabbing more things to throw. You ran out the door, his drunken screams still following you. 
You ran and you kept running. 
At least you could do that. 
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“I’m sorry.”
“Forget it.”
A/N: Is she talking to Connor, or to Hank?
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end. — I do not own the characters or the game Detroit: Become Human, but this writing is my own all rights reserved © not-neverland06 2023. do not copy, repost, translate & recommend elsewhere.
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Day Ten - Ugly Sweater Party
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It hadn’t snowed any more by the next morning and had definitely warmed up a little, so Matty’s house was no longer completely engulfed, and Mayhem could run around outside without sinking into the snow. Y/N sat in the living room with a hot chocolate, Love Actually playing on the TV. Matty walked in holding a paper gift bag and snuck up behind her to surprise her with a kiss on the neck. She jumped and squealed with laughter when his stubble tickled her skin. “Stop! I’m gonna spill this all over your sofa!” “Fine, fine,” Matty said, taking her cup and setting it on the table before throwing himself onto the sofa, laying his head down in her lap.
“I got us something,” he said, pointing to the paper bag which was now on the floor. “Ooh. Early Christmas presents?” “Sure, you could call it that,” Matty laughed. Y/N picked up the bag and looked inside before pulling out two Christmas jumpers, bright red with a Christmas tree in the middle. “You bought us matching jumpers?” she cried. “I love them!” “Seriously? I bought them as a joke cause I thought they were kinda ugly.” Matty raised his head with a grin on his face, sitting up to look at her. “Matty! They’re not ugly, they’re cute!” “They light up too,” he said, pressing a little button sewed into the hem of one of the jumpers. Some of the lights on the Christmas tree were real LEDs and started twinkling with bright colours. He watched as her eyes lit up too.
Y/N wasted no time in pulling her jumper on over her t-shirt, beaming at Matty. “Put yours on!” He rolled his eyes but pulled off his hoodie and put the jumper on. “Happy now?” he asked, kissing her cheek. “Very.”
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“Babe, I’m not walking the dog in it.” “Please! You bought it, you can’t turn around and say you’re not gonna wear it!” Matty groaned. “It’s Christmas. I can’t say no to you.” “You can’t say no to me anyway,” Y/N smirked. “True. Very true.” He pulled her in by her waist and placed a kiss on her lips, before decorating her face with smaller ones in every spot he could. “Mayhem’s wearing his coat, look,” Y/N sat down on the sofa beside the dog and started petting him as he nuzzled his face into her neck. He had been dressed in one of those dog coats she always saw in Tesco in the winter time, something she thought he definitely needed to keep him warm on snowy walks.
They walked to the nearest park and let Mayhem run around a little, throwing sticks for him and cuddling up on a bench laughing together while they watched him try to carry an entire tree branch cluelessly. They were even approached by a couple of girls asking for photos with Matty (a first for Y/N as they hadn’t really been out in public much together, only back and forwards to each others houses). She had initially tried to distance herself from Matty on the bench and play with Mayhem, but he didn’t seem to care at all about people knowing he was in a relationship. He held her hand while he talked to his fans and even asked her to be in the pictures, although she declined shyly.
The walk home was quiet; they held hands and enjoyed each other’s company while Y/N’s head raced with thoughts of the world knowing about her. She knew it was only a matter of time before she started appearing in paparazzi pictures and gossip magazines, but it was all happening so quickly. “Are you worried about people seeing us together?” Matty broke the silence, almost reading her mind. “I know I don’t have the best reputation, but…” “No! No, baby, that’s not it. I’m just nervous that your fans won’t like me, I suppose.” “What? Of course they will! And even if they don’t, it doesn’t matter. People who like my music have all of my respect and gratitude, but the only one who gets a say in who I date is me. And I love you, no matter what.” Y/N smiled and kissed the back of his hand. “Thank you, baby. I love you.”
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“So…I’m on Twitter,” Y/N yawned later that night. “Huh?” Matty looked up from his book. “One of the girls we met earlier posted about how you were out with me earlier. But don’t worry, it was really nice. Look.” She handed Matty her laptop and he read the post silently.
“Guys, I met Matty Healy today!! He was so sweet, and his girlfriend was there too! She’s super pretty and really nice but she didn’t wanna be in the photos, I’m not sure who she is but they’re so cute together.”
Matty grinned. “See? I knew people would love you.” “Well, if your fans still like you after seeing pictures of you in that jumper, they must me great people. “What? You said it was cute!” “It is baby, I’m sorry,” Y/N laughed, pressing a kiss to his cheek.
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Comfort in a Wish
Summary - Part 17 in the Comfort series
Pairing - Dean Winchester x Reader, Reader x Sam (platonic), Reader x Bobby (father-figure)
Warnings - mentions of miscarriage, mentions of drowning
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A/N - G’day guys, I just wanna start by thanking you for all the likes, reblogs and follows since my last post, I really appreciate it. I hope you like this one too. And remember my inbox is always open for requests or even if you just wanna chat. Until next week, enjoy! 
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“Hey, what’s a pretty girl like you doing all alone out here upset?” 
You look up to see who’s talking to you: it’s a tall man, probably around Dean’s height, he’s bald with tribal-style tattoos running up his neck and over his head and face. You offer him a weak smile and mutter out an excuse, “Rough call with my fiance, that’s all. I should get inside.”
“Sorry about that. Here let me help,” the man says as he offers you his hand. As he stretches out his arm you can see there are tattoos running up his arm too. Against your better judgement, you take his hand and let him help you up. As your hand touches yours, his tattoos and eyes glow bright blue and you black out.
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You wake up in a soft bed in an unfamiliar room. You roll over and come face-to-face with Dean, but he looks more relaxed than ever. As if he was lying there waiting for you to wake up he kisses you.
“Good morning, Sweetheart. How’d my girls sleep?”
“Girls?”
You feel him reach his hand down and rub it over your stomach, which you now notice is the size of a basketball. “You sleep so well you forget about all the grief this little one’s been giving you?”
“Oh yeah, best I’ve slept in a long time,” you lie. 
“That’s good to hear. I was thinking how about I finally put the cot back together today? You’ve been riding me about it for weeks and you’re right, she’s gonna be here before we know it. But I finally have a day off and I’m gonna make it all about my girls.”
“A day off? Right, from hunting…”
“Are you still in your dreams, sweetie? A day off from the garage. I haven’t hunted in years, not since before Sammy jr was born.”
Just as he says that a little boy that perfectly resembles his father runs in and jumps on your bed. “Mama! Dada! Morning!”
“Good morning, champ! How about we go make Mama some breakfast?”
“Yeah!”
Dean gives you a quick peck on the lips before getting up and picking up the small child and carrying him out of the room while they laugh the whole time. The sight warms your heart, this is your ultimate dream but you can’t help but feel like something is wrong. You stand up and walk around the room looking for anything that could give you more information about your situation. You find a photo album in the cupboard as you flick through the pages you see photos of you and Dean standing in a field – you in a fancy white dress and him in a black suit with a white bow tie – with your arms around each other and the widest smiles on your faces. That’s when you notice the rings on your finger, one is familiar but the simple white gold band that sits above it is new. As you keep flicking through the album you see various photos of you with a gradually growing belly and then there are photos of you and Dean in a delivery room holding an infant who you can only assume is the boy downstairs with his father now. As you finish flicking through the book the absence of some very important people stands out to you. You put the album back on the shelf and pull on a dressing gown and join the boys downstairs. 
“Hey, honey, I was thinking maybe we should invite Sam and Bobby over for dinner before the baby’s born.”
Dean stops whisking and rounds the bench putting his hands on your forearms. “The baby brain’s bad today…I just never thought you’d be able to forget that…” You stare at him blankly so he continues, “They’re gone, baby. They sacrificed themselves so we could get out remember? This better not be a prank, it’s not funny. You know how guilty I feel and how much I miss them.”
“I’m really sorry, Dean,” you hang your head feeling bad for upsetting him, “I didn’t mean to upset you. I don’t know where my memories at today.”
“It’s okay, it’s the baby. You were like this with Sammy jr too, maybe not this bad but you always forgot where you put anything. It’s part of the process, it will all be worth it when she’s in our arms.”
He kisses your cheek and goes back to the kitchen where the toddler is making a mess of the ingredients. You smile weakly at the mess and walk out of the room. You find an office off the kitchen and go in and sit at the desk in front of the big desktop computer. When you turn it on you’re met with a photo of you, Dean and Sammy jr all smiling in a park. You open the internet browser and start searching for any demonic omens or strange occurrences recently. There’s none. The last signs you can find are from four years ago. You find articles talking about a range of apocalypse-level disasters that came and miraculously cleared within a few months. You’re interrupted from your research when you feel tapping on your leg. 
“Mama, breakfast ready.”
“Thank you, uh, Sammy. I’ll come out in a second.”
“You okay, mama?”
“Yeah, baby, I’m okay. Let’s go have some of that yummy breakfast you and daddy cooked.” You shut off the computer, stand up and pick up the toddler by your side. He starts laughing as you carry him with you to the kitchen where Dean’s serving out three plates of pancakes and bacon. 
“That smells amazing, honey. What do you think little guy?”
“Yeah, smells yummy!” he laughs out as you place him on the stool at the kitchen island. He starts happily eating the pancakes that Dean sliced into bite-sized pieces for him. You take a seat beside him and start eating in an attempt to appear normal to them. Dean rounds the counter and takes a seat next to you rubbing your back before digging into his own breakfast. As you eat you look over at the boy and man next to you; this is your dream, so why does it feel so wrong? 
Once you finish eating you get up to do the dishes but Dean stops you and takes your plate. “Nope, I got this. You go rest.”
“You cooked, I can’t sit around and do nothing.”
“You’re eight months pregnant, yes you can. Plus, you always do so much for us, so today while I’m home you’re not to lift a finger. You can take a nice long bath, catch up on that book you’ve been complaining you haven’t had time to read, watch a movie, whatever you want. Today is about you. So you go relax, I’ll tidy up here, build the crib and then I’ll take Junior to the park and wear him out so we can have a quiet afternoon on the couch, where I’m gonna give you the best foot massage of your life.” You open your mouth to protest but he stops you with a kiss, “No excuses, go relax.”
Defeated you go sit on the couch. You surf through the channels absentmindedly. This is the treatment you’re used to – Dean taking over and telling you to rest, although his reaction to you bringing up Sam and Bobby concerns you. Generally, whenever you bring up a lost one it ends in a fight. Where’s the arguing that’s always been such a significant part of your relationship? And how can Sam be gone? You were just with him in Illinois on a hunt. And you were at Bobby’s house days ago. The sinking feeling in your stomach grows.
Moments later you’re stripped from your thoughts. “Mama, can we watch cartoons? Scooby please?”
“Uh…sure, honey.” You flick through the channels looking for the cartoon channel. As soon as you find it Sammy jr climbs up on the couch beside you and snuggles into your side intently watching the TV. You run your fingers through his short brown hair and down his back. “You know, your daddy used to like Scooby Doo. I didn’t know him then but I’ve heard stories of when he was a kid, a few years older than you, he used to love watching this show. His favourite was Daphne, who’s your favourite?”
“I like Scooby!”
“Yeah, Scooby’s great.”
Dean comes in and joins you, sitting beside Sammy Jr. “Oooh, Scooby-Doo. I know we just had breakfast but I brought you two some snacks. I’m gonna go upstairs and put that cot together, you enjoy,” he says as he hands you a bowl of assorted fruits all cut into shapes. He places a kiss on Sammy’s head and then gets up and goes upstairs. 
Just over an hour later Dean returns downstairs and sits down beside you and Sammy jr. “The cot’s all done, the nursery is ready for our little girl,” he says as he rubs your massive tummy. “I’ve also run you a warm bubble bath so you can go relax while I take this one to the P A R K to wear him out.”
“You’re the best husband ever. There’s no way you’re real.”
“One hundred per cent real and all yours, baby. You enjoy your relaxing bath and we’ll be back soon. Come on, Bud, do you wanna come on an adventure with Daddy?”
“Yeah! ‘Venture!”
“Alright, go upstairs and I’ll help you get ready for our adventure.”
The little boy jumps up and bounds up the stairs. Dean stands up and helps you up slowly, leading you to your shared ensuite. When you walk in you’re met with an overwhelming scent of roses and the flickering lights of candles. He helps you undress and get into the tub. Once you’re settled he kisses your lips softly and stands up to find the little boy. 
You let the warm water and relaxing scent wash over you. Before long you hear the door open and shut downstairs, after that, your mind wanders back to your earlier thoughts. An image of the blue light and tattoos flashes in your mind. 
“Son of a bitch! It was a djinn!”
Knowing the best way to save yourself from a djinn is to kill yourself in the dream world to wake up, you pull your head underwater. You let all the air out from your lungs. Your throat and chest start to burn, your lungs screaming at you to pull up for air. You squeeze your eyes shut and try to push through the pain needing to return to the real world; to your real Sam and Dean. You want this dream so badly, but not at the expense of Sam and Bobby. You’re determined to find another way to escape without losing them. The burning in your lungs grows as you fight against it. You start to feel your pulse slow as you struggle to control your mind.
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tti episode 8
“Last time on Total Takes Island: the teams set out on a lovely canoe trip to scenic Bony Island, where they carried their boats over two miles of treacherous jungle, featuring man-eating beavers and a few grumpy geese. O’s anxiety got the best of him, and he cost his team not one, but four players. While Ass and Courtney were busy tearing their team apart, Michael and Max were the only ones keeping theirs together. Ultimately, the Fujoshis one, and O took the walk of shame- O no! Haha. I wrote that one myself. Will the Fujoshis keep up their winning streak? Will Julia ever get over her crippling fear of geese? Find out now- on Total! Takes! Island!”
Early in the morning just outside Camp, Sha-Mod and McLovin sit on the beach, building a sand mansion together and speaking in hushed tones (though no one else is up yet).
“And, I dunno, they’re both great, but I get the vibe they don’t like each other, ya know?” McLovin says, picking up a sand dollar. 
“I can’t blame Courtney. That Ass is sha-bad news, they didn’t even apologize for crinkling my Lightning!” he exclaims, pointing to the slightly-indented photo of Lightning over his face. “They’ve been a real problem since Mal left.”
“Maybe for you,” McLovin sighs. “Since Mal’s been gone, I’ve had TWO chicks on my tail! I know I’m a catch, but geez, man!”
“Well, as long as I’m here, we can stay partnering up!” Sha-Mod announces, pointing at himself. “Avoid all the girl drama, you know?”
“Thanks, bud, I knew I could count on you,”
Sha-Mod nods as a voice blares over the intercom. “Campers! Get your white-tailed butts in gear and meet me in the mess hall for your deer-ly exciting challenge! Ahaha, I am on FIRE today!”
The intercom crackles off and McLovin and Sha-Mod give each other a perplexed expression. 
The mess hall is almost entirely silent as the campers yawn and stretch, tending to bug bites and trying to down the bitter coffee from Chef’s breakfast ensemble. 
Scruffy carries a tray back to the Anon’s table, making a point to sit away from Michael as Julia, on her left side, glares daggers in everyone else’s direction. Max comes next, making fleeting eye contact with Michael before sitting on the other side of Scruffy. 
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MICHAEL: “I really don’t get it. Just when I thought we were starting to get along, he gives me the cold shoulder! After I saved his ass, too! Maybe Julia was right…”
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Staci sits on the other side of Michael instead, smiling brightly and spooning the apple sauce-like substance Chef was serving. “So… has anyone kin-assigned you two yet?”
Julia raises an eyebrow. “Has anyone what?”
“Oh, you know how I’m literally Staci from Revenge of the Island? I’ve been helping everyone on the team find their inner kins, too! Well… I haven’t told them yet, but I’ve been keeping a list,” Staci grins, pulling out a thick, fuzzy pink diary and dropping it on the table. “Ok, so, Max is Scarlett from Pahkitew (ironically, hah), Scary is Scary Girl from the 2023 reboot, Scruffy is Sierra… hmmm,”
Staci takes a moment to scan the two girls over, judging their facial expressions and body language before smiling and nodding. “Gwen and Heather,”
“Excuse me?”
“It’s the standard loner and popular mean girl dynamic, duh,”
Michael rolls her eyes. “Not to rain on your parade, but doesn’t this whole kin-assigning thing feel like yet another way to be forcibly labeled based off of surface-level traits?”
“That’s such a Gwen answer,”
“Okay, I’m outta here,” Michael says, climbing over the bench. 
Chris suddenly ducks inside the hall, grinning widely. “Hope you’re all enjoying your breakfast, campers, because this challenge is gonna be a doozy! Outside, you'll find your supplies for today’s, um, adventure,”
The campers look nervous and stand, following Chris outside to where two large crates are waiting, unopened. Scruffy shakes their head. 
“Today’s challenge is a personal favorite of mine: hunting!” he beams, opening a crate and pulling out a neon pink paintball gun. “Unfortunately, due to province law, I can’t give you anything more powerful than paint without getting everyone a license, which sounds boooring!” he tosses the paintball gun to Courtney. 
“Welcome to the second ever paintball deer hunt! Now, normally, I’d assign hunters and deer for you, but I think it’d be funnier to watch you all sort it out. You have five minutes to decide who’s hunting- and who’s being hunted!”
The teams give each other anxious glances as Chris walks away. 
Courtney turns to the Fujoshis and tosses the gun in their hands to Sha-Mod. 
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COURTNEY: “Believe it or not, I am a very non-confrontational person. My strategy from the beginning has been the fly under the radar and focus on defense rather than offense. Hunting? No can do. But I can hide!”
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“If Sha-Mod is a hunter, I wanna be a hunter, too!” McLovin yells, waving his hand around. Courtney shrugs and tosses him a gun from the crate. 
“Oh, me, too. Those little deer outfits are terrible,” Ass nods. Courtney hesitates for a moment, gun still in their hands until Caesar butts in. 
“Um, no. I’m not getting paint on this suit. Gun me, please,” he extends his hands. 
“I was first!”
“Rock paper scissors for it?”
Both hold their palms flat in front of them and tap their fists against them three times. As Ass throws scissors, Caesar walks behind them and takes the gun and safety glasses from Courtney. 
“Hey! I thought we were playing for that!”
“What are you, five?” Caesar chuckles. “Come on, Bonbon, let’s go find somewhere quiet.”
Bonnie adjusts the deer tail and antler headband before walking off into the woods with Caesar. Ass sighs, but puts on the accessories with Courtney without another complaint. McLovin and Sha-Mod fist-bump, and then run into the woods together. 
“Obviously, I’ll be taking one of these,” Max says, picking a neon blue gun from the crate. “Let’s see… Scary?”
Scary growls at him, but accepts their paintball gun and safety gear anyway before bounding off into the woods, giggling. 
“Hm…” Max surveys the rest of the team. “S-”
“I volunteer!” Staci yells, waving their hand in the air. “My aunt’s husband’s grandfather taught me how to shoot, and my great-great-great-”
“Alright! Just take it!” Max shoves the gun into their arms. “Anyone else?”
Michael smiles, and opens her mouth. “I-”
“Kelly!” Max says, tossing them the gun before pointing ahead and walking straight past Michael. “Alright, let’s move out.”
---
MICHAEL: “...am I crazy? Am I going insane? Is that it? Did I just imagine everything?!”
---
MAX: “Michael is a liability to the team. She’s a good player, but she’s distracting me. I mean, she’s a distraction,” he pauses, crossing his arms and glaring at the camera. “I didn’t mean it like that!”
---
“Does this tail make my arse look big, baby?” Austin asks, looking around his back. 
“Yes, dear,” Kelly says, loading their gun with blue paintballs. 
“Groovy!” 
The two walk through the woods, holding hands and paying little attention to their surroundings. The morning sun shines through the foliage above as they enter a clearing. 
“Wanna help me practice?” Kelly smiles, finishing up on their gun. 
---
Austin takes a bite out of the apple Kelly handed him before putting it on his head and standing still with his back against a tree. 
Kelly holds the gun’s aim up to her left eye, closing her right and taking aim. 
“Are you sure this is safe, baby?”
“Yeah, I saw it in a movie once,” 
“Well, in that case, fire away!” Austin beams, putting his hands on his hips.
Kelly readjusts the gun once again and aims, then re-aims it, before finally pulling the trigger. 
Click. 
Nothing happens. Austin keeps smiling, still frozen in place. “I’m waiting, baby!”
Kelly pulls the trigger again- still, nothing. They frown and lower the gun. “I think this one’s jammed or something,” 
Austin slouches and the apple rolls off his head. He walks over and Kelly hands him the gun, which he inspects thoroughly by looking straight down the barrel. “I don’t see anything, baby,”
“Maybe it’s the trigger. What’re we gonna do?”
Austin thinks for a moment. “Let’s go ask someone for help. I’m sure they’ll be willing to lend a hand!”
The two hear some rustling from a few bushes nearby and turn, look at each other, and then peek out of the clearing onto the path from which the noise came. 
“I don’t know, I guess I thought we were friends,” Michael sighs, crossing her arms against her chest and leaning against a tree. Her usual parka is tucked somewhere back at camp so as to avoid getting paint on it, leaving her in a black tank top. Julia sits on a rock beside her, picking at her cuticles. 
“Yeah, well, you get what you pay for. I tried to tell you he has a stick up his butt,”
“Yeah… I guess you’re right,” 
Kelly and Austin step through the foliage, smiling. “Hey, girls!” Kelly laughs nervously. 
Julia and Michael both raise an eyebrow. 
“We were wondering if you cool cats could lend us some advice,”
Julia’s “No” and Michael’s “What’s up?” overlap, but Austin continues nonetheless.
“Our thingy is straight jammed, baby, very ungroovy,”
“Um… well, I can take a look at it,” Michael shrugs. “No guarantees I’ll know what to do, though.”
“Yeah, have fun with that. I’m gonna go to the kitchen, I’m starving,” Julia says, starting off down the trail. Michael takes the gun from Kelly, looking it over before nodding. 
“Your safety is still on,” she says, taking it out and handing the paintball gun back to Kelly before a rustling from the bushes behind them grabs their attention. All three turn- Kelly aims the now-working gun and fires a few shots into the woods, hitting nothing. 
“Save your ammo-” Michael starts before a round of paintballs hits her in the stomach. “Aw, man, what the hell!”
Sha-Mod and McLovin giggle from behind the bushes, crouching down army-style while they reload. “Hit her again!” McLovin smirks. 
“Uh, shouldn’t we sha-try for the other players, too?”
“We will, I just love seeing that dumb look on her face!”
“Can’t sha-argue with that!” 
Sha-Mod fires at Michael again, practically coating her in pink from the neck-down. “You got me, alright! Jesus!”
McLovin suddenly springs up, aiming his gun and firing at Austin, who grabs Michael’s shoulders and uses her as a shield. 
“What the hell!” she yelps. Austin smiles apologetically and then runs into the woods with Kelly, leaving Michael dripping in pink. 
---
“I’m honestly kinda surprised that the network let you on, man,” Scruffy says, taking notes as they and Frollo walk down the trail. “Usually TV syndicates don’t like having religious views expressed on teen shows.”
“It was God’s will to have me spread his word on this program,” Frollo answers plainly. Scruffy raises an eyebrow, but doesn’t say anything else as the two walk down the trail. 
---
Frollo sits in the confessional, reading his Bible in complete silence.
---
Caesar offers Bonnie a stick of gum, which they accept. The two are sitting in a sunny flower patch at the mouth of a small pond, a crystal-clear waterfall pouring fresh water from the rock formation above. 
“Who knew nature could be so tolerable?” Caesar sighs, kicking back with his hands behind his head. Bonnie nods in agreement. “If only the woods had a wifi connection, this would be paradise,”
A sudden rustling in the woods beyond catches both of their attention and Caesar jumps up, clumsily holding the gun and stepping in front of Bonnie. He peers through the tall bushes surrounding the oasis and sees Scruffy and Frollo walking the trail, then chuckles. 
“Revenge is a dish best served pink,” he takes aim just in time for Frollo to notice, turning and holding up his Bible like a shield. 
Caesar shoots, hitting the book several times as Scruffy hits the deck and army crawls behind a nearby log. The intensity of the paint pellets eventually causes Frollo to stumble backwards, falling next to his walk-buddy. 
“Hey!” Bonnie shouts. 
Caesar whips around, but it’s too late. Staci shoots Bonnie three times in the chest, leaving them covered in blue. 
“Bonbon, NO!” he shouts, extending a hand for them to catch as they dramatically fall backwards. Time seems to slow down as the two reach for each other, but Caesar slips, falling on his paintball gun and crushing it, and Bonnie simply lands on their butt, unscathed. 
“Haha! That’s for great-great-great uncle Teddy, suckers!” Staci shouts before running off into the woods. 
---
“I think I hear something, man,” Sha-Mod whispers, holding a finger to Lightning’s lips and pressing his ear against the rocky formation, as if trying to hear through it. 
He then nods. “Sounds like those two girls from the other team- or maybe one of those girls and that little guy,” 
McLovin follows his footsteps, also listening in. “Sounds like a cave. Let’s corner them!”
The two fist bump and jog around to the other side of the stone hill, stopping and leaning against the very outer corners of the mouth of a large cave. The echoes of two high-pitched voices follow, though their dialogue is too jumbled to make out. 
“On three,” Sha-Mod whispers. “One- 
-Two-
-Three!”
McLovin and Sha-Mod come running in, screaming and brandishing their weapons like machine guns, shooting everywhere except for their targets. Sha-Mod runs further, crashing into the two shadowy figures at the back of the cave and sending all three to the floor. 
“HEY!” Courtney shouts. 
Ass hisses. "Nice going, genius!"
Sha-Mod opens his eyes, his expression changed to one of pure terror. He immediately jumps back to his feet as Courtney and Ass groan, and then stand. McLovin sucks in his breath from behind the trio. 
“Uh…”
Courtney rubs their head, groaning before realizing they can’t stand up straight. They open their eyes wider and see their antlers and Ass’ antlers are intertwined. Both gasp, and then narrow their eyes at each other.
“Let go,” Ass insists. 
“I’m not holding on!”
Sha-Mod looks around nervously while McLovin starts to back away slowly as the two bicker. Eventually, Ass turns, stepping over to the boys and dragging a stubborn Courtney with them, and they grab the gun from Sha-Mod’s hands. 
McLovin and Sha-Mod run out of the cave, screaming and covered in pink paint as Courtney and Ass chase them. 
---
Julia walks along the path back to where she’d left Michael, Kelly, and Austin, seemingly bored and perfectly calm. 
She pauses as Chris’ voice blares over the intercom: “Don’t forget that removing your antlers or tail will result in an immediate elimination! Hahaha,” 
Julia rolls her eyes before hearing a rustling behind her. She turns, terrified, before Scary swings down from a tree branch, hanging upside down as they shoot her. 
“Hey! HEY!” she screams. “I’m on YOUR team! Wait- this isn't paint!” she yelps as she's pelted with pebbles, covering her in tiny bruises.
Scary giggles and disappears back into the canopy.
“FREAK!”
Michael comes trudging down the path seconds later, sulking and peeling drying paint off her skin. “What happened to you?” the two ask in unison. 
---
Chris leans back in his director’s chair, putting his hands behind his head and sighing as Chef arrives with another platter of fresh crepes. 
He takes a seat at the table seconds later, enjoying the open air and sunshine as the two enjoy their mid-challenge brunch just outside of the woods, relishing in the screams of campers and the sound of paintballs splattering. 
“This really is what I needed. No radiation, no dinosaurs, just some good old fashioned nostalgia-based torture,” Chris grins. “Oh, my- is that lemon curd I spy?”
Chef nods. “Imported,”
Chris licks his lips, but just before he can reach across the table, Sha-Mod, McLovin, Ass, and Courtney run out of the woods, the latter still chasing and shooting at the former, taking turns on the gun as their antlers are still tangled.
As they reach the top of the hill separating the craft services tent from the woods, they trip on each other and roll down the slope straight into the breakfast table. The campers groan, lying on the crushed array of berries, creams, and crepes. 
Chris’ shocked stare turns into one of pure anger in seconds. “Seriously?! That was my brunch, dudes! Do you know how long crepes take to make?!”
Chef rolls his eyes. 
“Eliminated! Disqualified! Done!” Chris pulls out his megaphone and yells into it “Anons in the area, get over here!”
Kelly and Austin, as well as Max, Staci, and Scary come strolling out of the forest, surrounding the pile of Fujoshis on the tattered mess that used to be a nice wooden table. 
Chris jabs a finger down. “Take them out, please,”
Kelly grins, aims, and fires directly at Ass, and Scary shoots Courtney somewhere around sixty times before running out of ammo. 
Chef turns to Chris. “Where’d she get the extra paintballs from?”
“Who cares? Fujos, you’re out! I’ll see you at the campfire tonight- as soon as you’re done cleaning this mess and making me a new brunch!”
The team groans in unison. 
---
“Well, that could’ve gone worse,” Max says, stirring the odd green soup Chef was serving for dinner. The Fujoshis- save for Bonnie and Caesar, who were sitting alone at their table- were off on bathroom cleaning duty, as assigned to them by a still-hangry Chris. 
“You did great, baby!” Austin smiles, wrapping an arm around Kelly’s shoulders. “I’m so proud!”
Kelly beams. Michael rolls her eyes. 
“Are we not gonna talk about the problem, here?!” Julia snaps, rotating an ice pack around the multiple bruises on her body. “I want that little emo weirdo gone!”
Everyone in the group turns to Scary in the kitchen, who’s busy throwing mysterious ingredients into the soup while Chef’s back is turned. 
“That’s something we can agree on,” Max sighs. “But it’s not the right time. Scary is unpredictable, but she’s a good player, and we need that.”
Julia scoffs. “When did you get all soft?” 
“I’M NOT- nevermind. I said no, so the answer is no,” 
“Whatever, Elmo,”
Max grumbles and crosses his arms, but doesn’t press the matter any further. Frollo rolls his eyes, and Scruffy jots something down. 
---
SCRUFFY: “There’s a lot going on on the team that I’m not being told about. It’s hard to report on facts when everyone keeps being so vague… I almost wish I got placed with the Fujoshis, at least their losing streak is something to write about!”
---
“Fujoshis, you’re here because your team sucks, you ruined my crepes, and your complete lack of coordination, aside from when you’re going after your own team members, is honestly pretty pathetic,” Chris says. “Unfortunately, only one of you will be going home tonight.”
“McLovin- you’re safe. Courtney, Bonnie, Caesar. You get to stay,”
Ass and Sha-Mod look at each other nervously. Courtney smirks a little. 
---
COURTNEY: “I’m not a vindictive person. I’m not! Let's just say I'm not a fan of the attitude demonstrated by some members on the team. But… we wouldn’t have lost today if someone had been able to see who he was shooting.”
---
Chris grins. “And the final marshmallow…
Goes…
To…
…Ass. Sha-Mod, I’m sorry man- Not!” Chris’ smile drops. “Now get out.”
Sha-Mod sighs, and even the crinkled Lightning picture looks sad. He stands and begins walking down the docks, boarding the boat of losers as McLovin follows after him. 
“I’ll win this for us, bro! We’ll have a real mansion someday! With real giant sand dollars!”
Sha-Mod waves as the boat speeds away. “I believe in youuuuuuu!”
“Wow, how touching,” Chris says in a monotone voice. “Will McLovin actually live up to his promises? Will Ass and Courtney ever make up? Find out next time- on Total! Takes! Island!”
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Ministry of Magic Monthlies | October 2022: Fall and Spooky
Prompt: [dialogue]  “So…this doesn’t bother you?”
Read it on AO3
Summary: Lily Evans has finally started dating. There’s just one problem. She’s not dating him. 
Words: 797 
Photo by Yousef Espanioly on Unsplash
Benjy Begone 
It started as rumour. There was no confirmation or denial by either party that Lily Evans and Benjy Fenwick were officially dating. But now there was absolutely no denying the fact after what Peter Pettigrew had just witnessed in the defence against the dark arts corridor, Lily and Benjy walking hand in hand as he showered her cheek with brief kisses. Peter had relayed this information first to Remus and then to Sirius. James was bound to find out eventually, but the question was who would be the one to tell him and soften the blow. It was decided it was best Sirius tell him after quidditch practise, but in case he decided to throw himself off his broom into the Black Lake. 
James entered the boys locker room in good spirits, they’d had a cracking practice and were bound to grind Slytherin into the dirt at the start of November. He’d slapped each of his players on the back, hit the showers and came out feeling refreshed. The changing room was empty bar Sirius, who as yet hadn’t even taken his kit off and was sitting on a bench brooding. 
“James… I need to tell you something” Sirius started wearily. 
“Yeah?” James replied, towelling his sopping wet hair vigorously. 
“Evans is dating Benjy” best just to rip off the bandaid Sirius thought. 
“Oh yeah, I know.” said James nonchalantly, which took Sirius by surprise. He’d expected a lot more curse words to come flying out of James' mouth. 
“Pete saw the two of them together in the dark arts corridor. It’s not a rumour. Like they’re dating-dating.” Sirius said, making sure his meaning had been clear. 
“Yeah, I know.” James repeated again, as he walked straight past Sirius and started loading his dirty gear into his kit bag. 
“So… this doesn’t bother you?” Sirius asked, whirling around to face James who still had his back to him. 
“Nope.” replied James, popping the ‘p’. 
“Seriously? You’ve been like… obsessed with her for years.” Sirius responded incredulously. 
“Yeah, don’t get me wrong. I still like Evans. But I’m not bothered that she's seeing Benjy. I’ve dated other girls, it won't last.” James shrugged off Sirius' concern. 
“That may be Prongs but it could take months, years even. Look at bloody Frank and Alice.”
“But it won't,” said James confidently. 
“What makes you so sure?” questioned Sirius, concerned there was an unfortunate series of events shortly in store for poor Benjy unless he intervened. 
“Well for a Ravenclaw he’s not the brightest. He asked me at the start of term if he could ask Evans to Hogsmeade.” James was smug. 
“Well what did you say? What’re you gonna do to him?” asked Sirius. 
“Absolutely nothing. I don’t have to. He’s already dug his own grave; he just doesn’t know it yet. Evans isn’t property. As soon as she finds out he asked for my permission to take her to Hogsmeade he’s Benjy Begone. Evans won’t stand for that sexist shit. I told him what he did was his and hers business and has nothing to do with me. Besides it’s ol’ Snivelly he ought to watch out for I heard he’s come up with a good set of jinxs over summer break” 
“Yeah, there’s just one flaw in your logic there, Prongs. How’s she gonna know unless Benjy tells her, which he won’t if he has half a brain. Or alternatively you tell her, which she won’t believe.” said Sirius warningly.
“Ah but you see dear Padfoot I won’t have to tell her. He asked in front of a group of Hufflepuff fourth years. I give it til Halloween before wind gets back to Evans and he’s out on his arse. Besides, it’ll irk her to know I apparently didn’t give a shit when he asked. I’m working this one out the mature way. Isn’t that what she’s always banging on about? I’m an immature toerag.”
Sirius couldn’t find fault with that one to be fair. The Hufflepuff fourth years were notorious for gossip, especially amongst the girls. Benjy may not know it but his days were numbered if Evans did have a problem with it. Which as James predicted, she did. Lily Evans came thundering up the boys staircase and into their dormitory especially to shriek at James for ‘giving Benjy permission to ask her out when she didn’t need his bloody permission’. James had exchanged a knowing look with Sirius when he told her he’d done no such thing and it was none of his business who she chose to date. Which had left her flustered and stuck trying to find a suitable scathing retort. In the end she had just walked out and slammed the door behind her. Benjy was dating a new girl by Christmas. 
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FRANKIE & NAOMI — DAY TWENTY-SEVEN.
location :  the terrace.
time : morning / day before casa / day after frankie said she wants to kiss naomi.
featuring :  naomi  /  @heatwayve​
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
the tension in the air is palpable. you could cut it with a fillet knife, or a cake fork, or a letter opener, or any one of the many other superfluous and unnecessary items of cutlery naomi probably has in her fancy house, and had childhood lessons in using. frankie knows this is where the girls come for their morning coffee, but it's also now hers and callie's bedroom,  mostly so callie can avoid hearing dylan's midnight grunts which they have naomi to thank for.  she's never been a fan of the girlie talks about who did bits or what fucking betty crocker recipe they used, but she's trying to be nicer, for callie's sake if not her own reputation. usually, she'd have hit the gym by this point, and when her eyes scan across she can see maddox and josh there, her fcae falling slightly.  but leaving the terrace feels like quitting a boxing match naomi isn't even aware they're having.  "did you have a good night?" frankie asks, eventually, because if the silence continues any longer she'll start thinking about escape roots, throwing herself over the shrubbery or abseiling down the side of the terrace. when are the girls coming back? why have they ended up left alone? "saw marcus' face. bit gnarly." is that naomi's second act of mindless violence, or her third? 
naomi santos
naomi's already done a bit of her makeup, brushed her hair out before stepping onto the terrace. after last night's mess, she's not sure she could sit around looking it and still feel like herself, so she had to do a bit of something. she's still got a blanket draped over her shoulders like a cape though though, loose waves of hair fanning out over it, cup of coffee cradled in her hands. "morning," she hums when she makes eye contact with frankie, settling in on one of the benches. a little smirk on her lips when she sees josh and maddox already at it at the gym, like, hey, some things are still exactly the same as they were yesterday. feels good. "hm?" takes a second to process frankie's question. not that she was staring at the guy's arms or anything. "oh, yeah. you know, the best," she says wryly. brow furrows at frankie's words, though – she didn't think marcus would be advertising that.there's no way she could know about that, right? was marcus actually telling people? time to play dumb. naomi's gaze meets frankie's directly, brow furrowed, "what do you mean?"
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
maybe the awkwardness is in frankie's head since naomi seems perfectly civil this morning. it wouldn't be the first time she'd imagined conflict where there isn't any, the razor-sharp competitive instinct that's been tangled inside her since childhood swim gala's still thrumming just as powerfully in her adulthood. surveying her expression, she hunts for any chinks in the armour, a mental picture of an evidence board, photos joined up with red string. naomi and marcus at the fire pit; naomi and marcus leaving (together?) ; marcus with a swollen face as he made his way to bed. maybe she'd got it wrong. romi was out of the picture, considering maddox had her occupied, but frankie hadn't seen much of dejan that evening, and given his track record for being a dick, that could check out. still, she pushes. "oh. his face was just like, super swollen when he went to bed. i had to get him a compress." his vibe had been completely off, too, when she'd sat at the foot of his bed, stroking a hand through his hair. it was probably the romi thing, but she couldn't help but think naomi had something to do with his vulnerability. why would naomi punch marcus? suddenly, she's benoit blanc, and she detects foul play. "he must've fallen and smacked it or something." she takes another sip of her black coffee and returns her stare to the boys in the gym. "how are things going with josh? wait, shit. sorry. i meant dylan. total freudian slip." frankie has to take a sip of her coffee, because she doesn't trust herself not to smirk.
naomi santos
the last thing she wants is for things to be weird with frankie, considering the callie of it all. she never knows what to expect from frankie, though, wild and erratic, saying the first thing that comes out of her mouth without thinking twice – despite the fact that they're being recorded 24/7. "yeah, we went a bit hard on the tequila. he totally fucked it," she just vaguely confirms frankie's theory – aside from to dylan, naomi doesn't feel like it's her thing to tell if marcus didn't tell frankie already. and if marcus is grafting today, naomi doesn't want to block his moves by getting the villa talking about something between the two of them instead. "sweet of you to get him a compress though. you two got close pretty fast – you think there's a vibe?" naomi asks like it's slumber party gossip, a smile lifting her features. totally innocent. frankie probably won't think so, with her tendency to assume the worst, but if it distracts her then that's well enough. naomi actually just laughs at frankie's slip, shaking her head in disbelief. "funny," she comments with a little scrunch of her nose, half-cringe. sip of her coffee, ruminating in the silence – not caring if it's awkward – before she continues. "dylan's good. it's still early, but he's sweet. i look forward to waking up to him and all that good shit. so, yeah, seeing where it goes. you and callie have fun last night?"
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
her gut tells her that naomi isn't speaking the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but she decides to drop the subject anyway. it wouldn't be out of character for frankie to start an argument when she doesn't know all the facts, but with naomi as blissfully chilled as she seems this morning and frankie grumpy and rattled ( on account of her lack of sleep ) it would feel like turning up to a knife fight armed with a polystyrene spork. "yep. we're good mates," she responds coolly, eyes breezing around the villa in search of the curly-haired welshman in question. "he's definitely cute. i get the vibe he's interested."  their conversation in the bathroom only makes naomi's question feel more pointed. because if she was thinking about getting to know marcus, then maybe she'd be thinking about getting to know other people too. "if i wasn't with callie then maybe i'd entertain it as a possibility but..." she shrugs, turning her eyes back to naomi, "i'm happy with callie." the statement is concrete, without room for misinterpretation.  "you two had a thing a few weeks back, right? or maybe he said you were his top pick. i don't really remember." she does remember, but she wants to see how naomi will play this. two can pry. there isn't exactly passion dripping from naomi's description of dylan, and if it were frankie, she's not sure she'd see sweet as a compliment, but like naomi said — it's early days. "that's nice. you think it can go the distance?" frankie's yet to be convinced, a protective streak coiling in her stomach whenever dylan's name is mentioned.  "yeah. i think we grossed a few people out, but whatever. they're jealous." she's still waiting for that honeymoon feeling to wear off, for a time when they don't feel the need to constantly be in each other's laps. "we're good together. we make each other laugh, and it's fun. it's just so easy to like her." shrugging, she circles her index finger around the rim of her coffee mug.
naomi santos
she's ready for frankie to continue grilling her, well-prepared to casually dodge whatever question she has to for marcus's sake. probably be fun to step on frankie's nerves a little bit with it, too, but frankie allows her to breeze past it. maybe for marcus's sake, too. at least they're on the same page about something. "yeah, i got that vibe too," naomi laughs, a little playful arch of her brow, "i saw your kiss." it doesn't show on naomi's face, but she is mildly amused at the way frankie approaches the question like a test – maybe it was, in a way. it's not like she'd go running downstairs to tattle to callie if frankie said she was interested in marcus, naomi already knows where callie stands, but she certainly would've filed the information away for later, watched things a little more closely. maybe she still will, can't help but be inherently fascinated by the game – or lack thereof – that frankie seems to be playing. "no, we didn't," she shakes her head, "romi's always been his top pick." if frankie's testing her knowledge, that's genuinely what naomi remembers. and also kati. a hopeful smile, "i don't want to like, get my hopes up. but that'd be nice," naomi says. she doesn't think too hard about how flip or passionless frankie sounds when answering her question about callie because she knows frankie doesn't owe her any gushing. "maybe, but i think most people just think it's really cute. you guys look good together," she says, "and i've been around for like, all of callie's different couples and . . . i don't know. i can tell you're different."
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
if this were a shakespeare play, naomi would probably be her narrative foil, even-tempered and quick to hold her tongue where frankie says the first thing on her mind at any given opportunity, forward-thinking and unreadable to frankie's spontaneous bouts of impulse. frankie's never read any shakespeare — she cliffs notes'ed her way through school — but she has seen she's the man and found it pretty relatable. hardly surprising since she's hellbent on acting like she's the main character in a college coming-of-age road trip movie. "it was spin the bottle," frankie's quick to jump in. "everybody kisses. josh kissed dylan. it's not exactly the barometer of sexual compatibility." had it not been a challenge, would she even have thought about kissing marcus? her features settle into something softer, head offering a slow nod as naomi explains the romi situation. maybe she'd confused the conversation. it wasn't like she was studying the show when she had it on as background, quarantined in her hotel room, smacking a tennis ball against the wall.  "well, if things work out for you guys, then maybe we'll end up on like, the same family holidays and shit. in laws," she notes glibly, a small smirk toying with the corners of her mouth. if that's the case, maybe she should try being nicer to naomi, even if it is just for callie and dylan's sake. she swills the rest of her coffee around her cup and knocks it back like a vodka shot. stretching, she gets to her feet, and inhales as she raises her arms to assume mountain pose. "we do look good together," frankie agrees, neglecting to add that she thinks she'd probably look good with anyone, because she backs herself — but she also backs her and callie. "and our lifestyles are super compatible. i'm pretty sure we're gonna go travelling together as soon as this is over." she bends to the side, fingers still interlocked above her head, to stretch out her spine with a satisfied sigh. "wanna join me in a sun salutation?" 
naomi santos
this makes her laugh out loud. "josh did not kiss dylan, he tried not to puke on him," she shakes her head. "you really think your kiss with marcus was comparable? like, a 0 out of 10?" naomi actually cannot say a word about marcus's kissing abilities, because she's got no clue, only that he would probably give her some score in the negatives if he could. god, that's actually so embarrassing when she thinks about it, even if she's been making light of it as much as she can. it's interesting to watch frankie dial back, the way her features change when she's no longer on the instant attack about something, like when you see one of those mother lions on animal planet return to their cubs after tearing up a gazelle. "oh, god," the sentiment makes naomi giggle, "wouldn't that be a fucking mess, right?" frankie's smirk reflected in naomi's hazel eyes, she shakes her head with a soft smile. "i don't know if we could deal with that much of each other," she adds, almost as an afterthought. but if the way things have transpired is any indication, it's probably best that frankie and naomi interact with cameras around, with rules that keep them a safely measured distance from one another. because naomi already knows damn well that frankie's trouble, tasted it for a few seconds, just long enough to keep her wondering – even if frankie's insistent enough to call it all just a game. "where are you gonna go?" she asks, just out of curiosity. she leans forward on the bench, head tilted. "what?" it's just so fucking random that it catches her off-guard, brows knitting together as their eyes meet. "you want to be my yoga instructor right now?"
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
considering it, she thrums her fingers along her stomach like miniature drum sticks and shakes her head. "no. you're right, it's not comparable." she exhales, the sound of it whistling through her lips like a steam train. "but... i don't know. the fact that i enjoyed kissing someone else, or that i maybe wanna try it again..." her eyes flash towards naomi, lips rolling against her teeth. "that doesn't change or dampen how much i like callie." and that's the part she's worried callie won't get. there'd been an intensity to the way she'd asked if she'd save her lips for her, and while it's hot, it's also terrifying.  "she kinda asked me to be exclusive this morning..." frankie starts, while stretching over to touch her toes, feeling the pull up her spine. god. that feels better. and in more than one way — this girl chat, however show mandated, isn't really something frankie gets. she spends most of the time she's not with callie with max, dylan or josh, one of whom's her brother, and the other two being guys who'll just smile and pry for details, finding the whole thing hot.  "or maybe not exclusive, but she doesn't want me kissing anyone else. and i get it, but it's been two days since we coupled up. five days since i met her." she stops for a moment, flopping out her arms and her legs, summoning her own flexibility. "i don't know, do you think i'm being unreasonable by not wanting to sign up to that yet? or is that like... if someone said they weren't ready for that to you, would that be a red flag?" she's still not sure how to feel about it, and now she's just waiting for it to be brought up again. whatever answer she gives will be the first one to make it to her tongue, which will either bite her on the ass or mean callie dumps her ass. both options are unfavourable. the second one's nightmarish. "i dunno, maybe japan or europe." she shrugs, flicking through her phone for some sanskrit beats to praise the sun to. "sure, you seem like a yogi. get up, girl." 
naomi santos
there it is again. eyes catching frankie's, feeling the pressure of mutual lust at the way the blonde looks at her, blood running just slightly hotter. that's not what this conversation is about, but if frankie was trying to get naomi to think about it, it's worked – infuriatingly. she sighs. "i get it," she affirms, like she's sharing a secret. dylan would probably like certain commitment from her, too, and she jumped right in while she was trying to move past josh but now her brain is like, trying to catch back up. "wait, what?" naomi's thoughts stumble over frankie's confession. just recently, callie had told naomi that she had no intention of pressuring frankie too soon, that she didn't expect the blonde to be exclusive. that's kind of why naomi kept certain information to herself. "oh," god, frankie is confusing. "i guess it's similar. but there is a difference between putting it out there that she likes you that much and giving you an ultimatum. i don't know. i don't think callie's the type of person to cut you off if you said you needed a little more time," naomi explains. "she's pretty self-aware about the fact that she's a total romantic." callie seems in touch with the fact that she falls fast. naomi can't see her faulting frankie for moving more slowly. she can tell from the look in frankie's eyes that she's looking at it like life or death, though. and naomi kind of relates. she can't believe she's trying to help frankie right now, though, blame the michaels' influence. "wow," naomi huffs at frankie's order, tilting her head up to look at her, "not even going to say please?"
𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨.
recognition sinks like a pebble in a lake when naomi says i get it. frankie’s never thought she’d see eye-to-eye with naomi of all people. before today, she’d probably be offended by the thought of ever relating to her, but maybe wanting to lock something down as a sure thing before it’s even really had a chance to bloom is a michaels thing, not a callie thing. “i mean, she didn’t use the word exclusive but she said she didn’t want to share me, and something about could i save my kisses for her.” saying it back to naomi, she realises that their pillow talk probably sounds quite cringe, not that she’s embarrassed by it. “and i said something like, can we have this conversation another time when my fingers aren’t inside you.” frankie’s not embarrassed by saying that either, matter of fact and blasé as ever. she transitions from uttanasana to flat back, and rolls the tension out of her shoulders. “so now we’re gonna have the conversation later, and i still don’t know what i’m gonna say to her. because i like her, and i want to be with her, and i want to get groceries with her and make travel plans and pick out dumb fucking christmas jumpers for her dog together, but at the same time, after four days, how well do you know a person?” she touches her toes, right hand to left foot, pulling the stretch through each shoulder, the whole time she’s talking her hair bobbing against the decking. “and i’m like asking myself, is it me you want or is it a relationship? could i just be anyone right now?” maybe that’s an unfair comment. frankie knows the way callie looks at her, feels it sizzle on her skin like a heat brand whenever they touch. callie had chosen to pursue things with her instead of kenny. if it was locking someone down as a way to get to the final she wanted, she’d had ample opportunity to do that with someone else.
“sorry. i’m aware that i’m venting. maybe i’m overthinking this and freaking myself out. but like, on the outside, the moment someone i’m dating asks me shit like ‘can we stop seeing other people’ i just hear alarm bells and get this urge to run. and i wanna get over that shit, i do — i just think it’ll take time.” she’d hoped that coming on the show might help her fix that, but maybe she’s just falling into the same old patterns. still, four days is hardly long enough to shut all other options off. “come on, naomi. you know i don’t beg.” not unless it’s callie she’s begging. “you can do what you want. it just might feel fucking awkward if you’re sat there watching me do a sun salutation. what am i, yoga with adriene?”
naomi santos
she tries not to look too stunned as frankie vents to her. she’s not sure how it transitioned to this; a proposition to kiss in the bathroom to venting about another girl on the terrace, but it just goes to show how on the nose her early impressions of frankie were. she’s erratic, mind changing like the tides, moods like a gust in the wind. impossible to strategize, hard to trust. but naomi’s oddly touched by the fact that she’s being trusted with this information now … though it’s a little tmi. 
“okay, thanks for that,” naomi says with a playful cringe. “but, like, you’re not crazy. it’s freaky to hear that so early on when you’re just getting to know someone and you’re not sure where it’ll go, it’s hard to just shut yourself off.” which is basically what callie had said when they talked about this, that she didn’t want to ask frankie for a hard commitment too soon. was there a miscommunication going on here? “it’s possible that she didn’t completely mean it like that. like, not wanting you to know someone else doesn’t mean she’s not going to understand if you do want to? when i talked to callie, she seemed pretty understanding of the fact that it’s early days for you, even if she felt like she was done getting to know other people. i think you’re wrong to assume you’re just anyone for her,” naomi says this decisively, almost stern, like she’s almost offended on callie’s behalf by frankie’s assumption. “she chose you. and you’re not her first connection in here. she’s like…crazy in tune with her own emotions, it’s almost scary. so, give her some credit.” naomi does take a small amount of pride in feeling like she does know some things about callie better than frankie, just chalked up to weeks of girl chats and going through the motions together. but also, naomi doesn’t have to be in her own head about callie’s feelings the way that frankie does. 
“what i would do right now,” naomi hums, a lift of her shoulders, “is just go with the flow? if you feel like there’s something else you want to explore, then just be up front. but know that comes with a risk.” there’s a prolonged pause after she says this, eyes examining frankie almost inquisitively. she’d thought they were so different, and in some ways they are, but naomi thinks they probably approach relationships quite similarly. probably for different reasons, but still. it’s strange that their instant spark has melted into this, something that feels almost peaceful as her eyes hone in on frankie’s features. is that it now? the end of the game? “i’m not asking you to beg,” she scoffs, “just asking you to use your fucking manners. not surprising that you don’t know the difference.” she rises to her feet, arms stretched over her head for a beat, brief pose to show off her best angles. “alright,” eyes meet frankie’s with a touch of mischief, a challenging edge to her voice, “since you want to tell me what to do so bad, go right ahead.” maybe the game hasn’t been totally called off yet.
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Tattooed Wings, CHAPTER 3, Peter Steele & OFC, Soulmate AU
SUMMARY: Mary Claire Bradley meets her soulmate- literally- the famous Peter Steele of metal group Type O Negative. But will obstacles including trauma, stalkers, and toxic family members get in the way of their life?
WARNING: mentions of child rape (nothing graphic) PTSD
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After Peter rescued me from the big tent, I was put on playground duty. I didn’t mind- I quite enjoyed watching after the kids while their parents were busy with adult faire duties.
I was seated on the bench that was closest to the archers’ encampment, my crochet hook in hand as I worked on making a purple bunny plush toy. I would look up every couple of minutes to check on the kids- Emma and Izzie were on the monkey bars along with their older brother Allen, who was keeping a close eye on his twin sisters. Michael was running back and forth pushing siblings David and Remi on the swings. Little Elijah was playing with carved blocks at my feet and his two month old little sister was taking a nap on the bench next to me, swaddled up in blankets and caged up with a fluffy pillow.
 “…and done!” I held up the brightly colored toy, beaming as I admired my latest completed project. I placed it into my basket and began on another bunny, this one in green.
 “Hey.”
 I looked up and smiled at Peter, who had an opened bottle of ice cold Gatorade in his hand and an equally shy smile on his face.
 “Would you like to sit?” I asked him, setting aside my new project to pick up the baby only to have Peter beat me to it. The sleeping child looked ridiculously small in his giant hands as he maneuvered her to be comfortable. “You’re good with her.”
 “I have five older sisters and nine nieces,” he explained, chuckling at little Elijah, who stood up and grabbed at Peter’s jeans, waving a block of wood that was carved like an elephant, babbling adorable nonsense.
 “No brothers or nephews?” I asked him. “Your poor father.”
 He laughed outright at that, barking out his laughter at my quip as he bent down to pick Elijah up. The little boy snuggled into the giant man’s arm, reaching out to gently pat at his sister’s foot.
 “Yes, don’t you worry,” he murmured softly before turning back to me. “No other boys in the family.”
 “Yeeps.” I moved my eyes from him for a moment so that I could momentarily focus on forming one of the two floppy ears. “After mom had Adam, she really wanted a girl, but she got Benjamen, then Caleb, then Daniel, then Ephraim, then Frank, finally Gideon.”
 “Your brothers?” he asked, clearly amused.
 I reached into my bra and pulled out my cell phone. I pulled up my photo app and scrolled through my albums before tapping MY FAMILY. I tapped on the latest picture of the ten of us kids at one of dad’s vacation homes in our swimsuits, goofing off by the lake.
 “How tall are they?” he asked nonchalantly, clearly amused by how dwarfed I looked in Gideon’s arms.
 “Gideon, he’s the youngest, is the tallest at seven feet three inches,” I causally answered, giggling at the look he shot me. “You have no idea how much of a pain it is trying to find bedsheets that fit his bed.”
 “What does Gideon do for a living?” he asked me, clearly nervous, as though I was going to sic my brothers on him.
 “Adam in in the navy, Benjimen is a MMA fighter, Caleb is a professional boxer, Daniel is the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, Ephraim works for the CIA, Frank is SWAT and Gideon took the smart way out- he’s a lawyer.” I giggled at the fearful look on his face.
 “Even more motivation for me not to hurt you,” he muttered, bouncing little Elijah up further into his arms. “If I ever make you cry, no one is going to be able to find my body.”
 I shrugged as I finished an ear and got started on the other.
 “They’re all extremely overprotective over me, for reasons you may’ve already guessed,” I said in a low tone as I looped and hooked the yarn together. “You should’ve seen Adam when mom first told him. All that he could say was ‘So where did you say he was again?’ I know he and my other brothers would’ve killed him. Even Gideon, and that boy won’t even kill a spider.”
 “Won’t the age gap weird them out a bit?” he wondered, making a silly face at the babies in his arms.
 “I’m not telling them about you anytime soon,” I told him, focusing all my attention on the green bunny I was crafting. “I want you to myself for a while at least. Besides, they can be… inappropriate when they want to be, too much testosterone at times.”
 The baby girl in Peter’s arm began to fuss and I set aside the partly finished bunny before motioning for her. Peter handed her over before shifting little Elijah to sit in both arms. I expertly held the girl in one arm while I pulled my top and bra to the side and readied myself to feed her.
 “Francesca, the mom, she can’t produce milk to feed,” I explained as she latched on and began to suckle greedily. “And since I make more milk then normal, I help out by giving her excess. Isn’t that right, baby girl?” I turned my attention, cooing at the small child in my arms, who was almost asleep once more. I felt something draping over my shoulders; it was Peter’s leather jacket. Peter smiled awkwardly as he finished fussing about me and drew back into his own circle, offering little Elijah his hair to play with.
 “Gramacy,” I smiled, quickly averting my eyes back to the playground, giggling as Emma and Izzie started chasing their brother. Allen let out a scream of mock fear as he began to sprint, not too fast to where his sisters wouldn’t catch him, but fast enough to encourage them to run after him.
 “Wee Allen, please don’t leave the playground!” I called out, my Irish lilt coming back into play.
 “Yes, Mary Claire!” he chirped, screaming as he was tackled by his little sisters. I chuckled as he pretended to rough house with his sisters, ending with their backs pressed against then asphalt as they giggled.
 “Wee lambs,” I chortled, picking up the baby who had stop feeding at my breast. “Can you burp her for me please?” Peter took her from me with no complaint and started patting her back. Little Elijah helped by tapping his hand on her little rear.
 I quickly righted myself before slipping my arms into the sleeves of Peter’s jacket, automatically swallowed whole. I emerged with a gasp, practically flailing as I swam in the leather jacket.
 Peter chuckled as he held both Elijah and his little sister.
 “You look cute in my jacket,” he chortled, poking his nose into the knot of curls that I had tied to the top of my head. I leaned into him, wrapping an arm around his torso, my other hand going to rest on my belly. I closed my eyes- I wanted Peter in my life, but…
 But I was just scared of the unknown.
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week 14
I wrote a script for the music vedio
Opening shot: A car driving down a scenic road, four friends inside, laughing and singing along to the song playing on the radio. This shot can be taken from the car's point of view or from a bird's eye view. We can see the car driving through winding roads, with beautiful landscapes in the background.
Scene 1: The four friends getting out of the car, stretching their legs and taking in the view of the mountains. They take selfies and group photos, having a great time. This scene can have a variety of shots - close-ups of each friend's faces as they take in the view, wide shots showing all of them together, and shots of them taking photos with their phones.
Scene 2: Montage of the friends enjoying different activities - hiking, swimming, playing guitar around a campfire. This scene can have fast-paced shots of the friends having fun, with the focus on their expressions and the activities they're doing.
Scene 3: One of the friends, let's call him "John," receives a message on his phone. He glances at it, but doesn't read it. This shot can be a close-up of John's face, with the notification popping up on the screen of his phone.
Scene 4: Throughout the trip, we see John sitting on the sidelines, not fully participating in the activities. He keeps checking his phone and seems preoccupied. This scene can have shots of John sitting alone, with the other friends in the background having fun. We can also see close-ups of him looking at his phone, with a worried expression on his face.
Scene 5: John is shown alone, staring at his phone and pictures of him and a girl. He is crying. This shot can be a close-up of John's face, with the phone screen and pictures of him and the girl in the background.
Scene 6: Shots of John sitting alone at a park bench, a dinner table, etc. Each time, we see the person he's supposed to be sitting with is not there. This scene can have a variety of shots - John sitting alone at a park bench, with a empty chair next to him. John sitting alone at a dinner table, with an empty plate across from him. Each shot can have a different setting and a different activity.
Scene 7: John enters his house, throws letters on the floor, but stops when he sees a red envelope. He opens it to reveal a letter from his wife, who explains that she has cancer and didn't want him to see her last moments with him going through misery. This scene can have a shot of John entering his house, throwing letters on the floor, and then a close-up of him finding the red envelope. He opens it and we see a shot of the letter, with his wife's handwriting on it.
Closing shot: John sitting alone, holding the letter, tears streaming down his face. This shot can be a close-up of John's face, with the letter in his hands and tears streaming down his face.
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its-deputy-caleb · 3 years
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If RE8 requests are still open, do you think you could do one where the reader is the partner/spouse of four lords (separately, not poly) who went missing years ago and they thought us dead. But then surprise!!! We’re alive!!! And just the whole aftermath of that? Sorry the description is kind of bad😅 (if you could include cute moments with the daughters in Alcina’s section that would be cute cause the girls need that sweet parental love lmao)
Okay so these are super messy and all over the place since i wrote this back to back with other hc’s so they’re unedited and make literally no sense but pls enjoy some angsty fluff with lots of lovin’ and huggin’
Alcina Dimitrescu
Alcina is startled by the sound of a knock at her door, placing her book down on the coffee table as she walks to the door, curious as to who is there. She wasn’t expecting visitors.
“Ooh visitors!” “I wonder who is there?!” “Could it be Uncle Karl? Or maybe it’s the Duke?”
Alcina would have scolded her daughters for being impatient if she wasn’t asking herself the same questions. However he mind is wiped blank when she opens the door to see who is standing on the other side.
There you are, standing in front of her after all these years. God how she had missed you. You hadn’t changed much at all since she last saw you and it made Alcina feel like she was hallucinating.
“Hello, my Lady-“
You can’t finish your sentence before you’re tackled to the floor by three teenagers. Cassandra has her arm slung around your neck as she plasters herself to your side while Bela is practically balled on top of you in a bear hug so tight it could almost kill you. Meanwhile Daniela has her face hidden tightly in your shoulder on the opposite side of Cassandra with tears streaming down her face.
Eventually with their mother’s persistence, the three daughters let you go so you can see their mother but not before you wipe away any of their tears and kiss all of them on the forehead.
Your heart skips a beat as you prepare your list of apologies to Alcina. You could only imagine what it would have been like for her when you disappeared without a trace.
The words never leave your mouth as she brings you into her arms and kisses you with a desperate ed’s that you matched. Your arms cling tightly to the fabric on her shoulders, never wanting to let go as her arms tighten around your waist.
You spend the rest of the night curled up on the couch in Alcina’s arms, she hadn’t let go of you once as you explained to her the nature of your disappearance. None of it really mattered though as you were just happy to be reunited with your family.
Donna Beneveinto
Your heart feels like it’s breaking out of your chest as you walked towards Beneveinto Manor, it had been literal years since you had seen your beloved Donna.
Walking up to the huge red gate, you see the familiar words “Give up your memories” on the plaque. With unsteady hands you place the photo you kept of Donna, Angie and yourself down by the waterfall into the letterbox.
When you eventually arrive up at the Manor, the seconds leading up to the door opening are gruelling. But your jaw drops when you see Donna. After all these years she hasn’t change except for the large scar that covers her right eye.
She instantly falls into your arms and begins sobbing as you hold her close. You place a soothing hand in her hair and whisper to her that it’s all okay, you’re here now.
When her sobs become little sniffles you bring her back to look into her eye, your hands on her face stroking her cheeks and simultaneously wiping away stray tears that fall.
“I’m sorry I left you…”
You bring her in for a gentle and tender kiss, one that is full of sorrow and heartache but is cut short by a screeching sound which you learn is Angie flying down the stairs.
“Now where’s my hug silly?!”
After hugging Angie, who now sits on your shoulder, Donna’s hand interlinks with yours and brings you inside. She shows you all around the house, what’s changed and what hasn’t as well as the new dolls and dresses she’s been making to keep herself busy through your disappearance.
You three end up on the balcony together watching the waterfall on the little wooden bench, Donna curled up to your side and your arm wrapped protectively around her.
Salvatore Moreau
Salvatore was making his way around the docks, checking for maintenance or anything that needed immediate fixing. It was just another ordinary day for him, just another activity for him to keep busy.
“I think you’ll find the oil for the boats need changing.”
Salvatore screams as he’s startled by you coming from behind, having not heard you at all. In the process of it he slips and lands himself in the water.
You lean down and pull him up by the wrist but after he’s out he doesn’t let you go. Sal stares blankly at you for a moment, not believing his eyes before he pulls you to him for a bone crushing and slightly wet hug.
Your shirt is now just as soaked as his but you couldn’t care less as you returned the hug. After five minutes he still doesn’t let you go, chuckling to yourself, you bring him closer to you.
“I missed you too Sal”
His face is mushed into your shoulder, mumbling about how he doesn’t think it’s real but you only remind him that soggy clothes are difficult to imagine.
You spend the rest of the night huddled under warm blankets in an effort to get dry and end up watching a movie before you fall asleep together, all the matters of your disappearance could wait as Sal is just happy to have you back in his life again after so long.
Karl Heisenberg
Karl is standing in the front of his factory, sifting through old bits of scrap metal to begin making a new design on the Soldats when he hears the gate open. There’s only one person who had the key other than himself… but you went missing a long time ago.
Thinking nothing of it, he places a cigar in his mouth to chew on something nervously, an uncomfortable feeling settling in his bones.
“Need a light?”
Karl’s head swivels to see you standing there with a cocky look on your face. His head dips forward till his glasses rest on the bridge of his nose and he nearly chokes on his cigar at the sight of you.
The item falls onto the floor as his jaw falls open, left completely forgotten as he approaches you and takes your hand in his.
“Is it really you?”
You don’t miss the way his voice trembles slightly but you can’t blame him. Karl had been alone almost his whole life before he met you and then he lost you too.
When you nod slowly it’s like a wall is broken and he falls into you, pulling you against him for an embrace.
“I thought I lost you…”
The words are whispered against your neck as he leans in for as much physical contact as he can get. Your hand comes to lace itself in his hair and you rub slow circles on the nape of his neck, weaving in and out of the strands there.
You stand there together for what feels like hours before you finally get to come inside the factory. In the living quarters, you and Karl are wrapped up on the couch together as you tell him all about what happened to you. All of Karl’s work plans are left untouched for an entire week as he refuses to do anything but spend time with you.
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Forever Will Never Be The Same
pairings: oikawa x reader
summary: The reader finally confronts her husband Oikawa after cheating allegations in the male locker room. angst!!!
warnings: curse words, mentions of the reader having a son with Oikawa, confronting of cheating. 
w/c: 1736
A/N: first time writing for Oikawa :)
Haikyuu Masterlist  Masterlist
“Everyone get out now!”
Your voice echoed off the metal lockers of the locker room. Eyes widened as you made your way into the changing room, not because of the fact that a girl was entering the male’s locker room. It was the fact that Oikawa (Y/N) was coming to kick her husband’s ass. Just as every man passed you to flee, their musky scent filled your nose making you cringe.
After the final whistle of the game, people were scavenging to take pictures with Oikawa Toru except you. Each morning that you woke your husband up he would give you one of those cheeky grins that he was giving the fans right now, the stupid grin was fake. Laughter, jokes, and cries filled your ears, for what reason? The Great King made his grand entrance back to the court, winning both sets with the help of Iwaizumi. The Great King himself showered his fans with love and pictures while you stood from afar, anger flowing through your veins. Knowing the Poker Face King for ten years and having been married to him for two, it was easy to mimic the grin. As girls would pass by screaming about the pictures they took with him you would shoot them that famous grin. 
You timed each moment perfectly, celebrating the win, pictures with fans, interviews with the sports commentators, more fan interaction and now he hits the locker room for a shower. Luckily for you, he was beginning to take his sweaty jersey off, beads of sweat from the previous game were still prominent.
“What are you doing here?” The look on his face was one of a kind, it was a mixture of panic and anger. Nothing to be afraid of, it’s not like he didn’t give you the same look when you caught him at the bar with another woman. Or the time you were driving down the road with his phone constantly going off, every other minute he’d get notifications, this would go on for hours.
The yelling of the men from the locker room made you come back to reality. Have they not seen a woman before or was it because you were standing there looking at their dick prints? A white tint cast over their knuckles from how hard they were holding their towels around their waist. ‘What a sight to see
“You can either tell me the truth or you can tell me the truth there’s no in-between.” You barked at Oikawa, men were still scattering out of the locker room. You barely gave them time to leave before you bombarded your husband with your question. 
The  panic on his face was quite entertaining, he moved in front of you so you couldn’t see his half-naked teammates running out of the locker room.“What are you talking about!?”
“When were you going to tell me that you went to a nightclub with Iwaizumi!? He told me everything so I’m giving you the chance to come clean about it!”
“I didn’t tell you because I knew you were going to be mad.”
“Did you sleep with her?” You got straight to the point, there was no need for you to sit here and procrastinate any longer. This has been on your mind ever since you got those three attachments from Iwaizumi.
“No” He scoffed, “Why would I sleep with her? I have too much respect for you to sleep with her.”
“Oh really, the way you were holding her waist makes me think differently. The way you kissed her neck makes me want to snap yours!” You held up a photo on your phone with him and another girl at the nightclub. His head was in her neck, you could see that he was kissing on it, his arms were wrapped around her waist but his hands were dangerously low.“Respect? Do you even know the definition of respect because if you did you wouldn’t have me out here looking stupid!”
He sat down on the bench of the locker room, his arms were tightly around his chest. Oikawa was already over this conversation, this wasn’t the first time you blew up in the face about this. Nor the second, he respected you in a weird way. He never laid hands on you, or even yelled at you but he couldn’t keep his hands off other women. 
“How do I make you look stupid!? I give you everything you want!”
“Everything but love.” You yelled desperately, the thing about arguing with him about these situations was that he’d always claim that he knew what you wanted. He’d always try to bring light on the situation when he clearly fucked up. He was a great husband, you guys had been dating since high school. Since he got the fame and money things turned upside down, he became a legit monster. 
“I show love to you every day, I make love to you every week!” His voice rose an octave, his hand was flying all over the place when he spoke. 
You were appalled, sickened, offended, that he could say something like that. It hurts to know that he thinks this way, it almost makes you feel worthless. Does he really consider having sex as love? “That’s not loving Toru, that's lust.”
He sighed, his hands were on his knees, he got up to finish packing up his things. “Well, I’m over it. I don’t want you here anymore. Leave”
“How can you give up so easily on us.” You forced his hands away from his bag, he looked at you with a confused face. You poked him hard in his chest slowly provoking him, “I forgave you so many times after you treated me like trash. All the times you cheated and came home with women’s numbers falling out of your pockets. Many sleepless nights just to make sure that your knee would stop bothering you. I wake up every morning to make you your special breakfast so you can be game ready and yet I haven’t given up on you.”
“I’m just tired of arguing with you. All you do is complain about my lifestyle. If you can’t keep up then we shouldn’t be together. How can I keep consoling you after you get all jealous about me hanging out with fans or me taking pictures with my fans? It’s just toxic (Y/N).” He spat back, he didn’t seem angered. It was more of an annoyed look. 
“Because you only hang out with female fans, it’s fine and all but when they’re posting sexual pictures with you, it’s a different story. I scroll down my feed to see you with more women than see pictures of us together. It’s like I don’t exist”
“Whatever (Y/N) I need to get ready for the after-party.”
“What about us? How are we going to fix this?”
“There is no us!” He screamed, his voice echoed off the lockers. He placed his hands on his hips trying to compose himself. “It’s only you and Torio. And me, Torio and volleyball! There is no us, not anymore and that’s it!”
You took a step back, each word was like a dagger in your heart. He would often bring your son into the matter. Ever since your son was born you’ve always felt like you and Oikawa had grown apart. It was like you were forcing yourself to stay for Torio’s sake. There would be days where things were good, on those days you and Oikawa wouldn’t argue. However, when days like this occur he’d make you hurt, you’d always end up questioning your ability of loving. Deep down you felt like you guys were drifting apart but you didn’t want to admit it. It was too painful, Oikawa would have been left if it weren’t for Torio. He wanted his fans and the sports media to look at him as a family man.
“Why is it so hard to ask someone to love me!?” Your breaking point had finally come, you held your hands over your mouth to stop the loud sobs. It was hard to know that your husband and high school sweetheart didn’t want you. You gave up everything to support him with his dreams, family, friends, work, school, and even your fucking sanity and yet she still treats you this way. 
He stood there watching you beat yourself down, he didn’t do anything but place a hand on your shoulder. You shrugged it off, the last thing you wanted was for him to touch you. “Listen I loved you back in high school but now high school is over. You’re still basing this love off of that and I’m not here for it. All these insecurities you have are a bit annoying in my defense. Maybe this relationship would work if you grew the fuck up.”
“You can’t give up on us now. We need each other. Torio needs his dad. ” Lie, you needed him. Yes, Torio needed his dad but you needed your husband. It was crazy to think that you would go back to him but it was just your toxic ways. You never loved anyone but him, he was all that you had. Your life that you lived was based upon him. 
“Look, we can talk about this later if you want, but right now I have thousands of fans waiting for me to show my face. You can either suck it up and go out there with me or you can hit the back doors and go home.”
“Toru…”
“What do you want?” He groaned, he turned back around with an annoyed face. He was fed up with you and even the situation. You knew he wanted you gone, he was waiting for the minute you’d leave so he could go and party. 
Obviously an answer, he was too consumed with himself to even realize that. It was the reason why you came in here yelling at his teammates to leave, you wanted to ask him a question in private. The thought of getting your feelings hurt in front of everyone was not ideal.
“I just asked a simple question. Did you sleep with her?”
You looked up at him for the first him, your vision was blurry but you could see him well enough to see that stupid smirk.“What do you think?”
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mellomanjiro · 3 years
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Chaotic Phone Calls
Part 1
Ran Comes Home (Request)
“I’m home!” says Ran as he walks through the door. Our girls and I rush to him and we all give each other one big hug almost knocking him over.
We let go and first Ran picks up Nami and gives her a hug and kisses her forehead. “I missed you daddy” she says and Ran tells her he missed her to. He then puts her down and hugs Hiromi and then he hugs Aika who also looks a little nervous knowing about the talk we are going to have after this.
Ran then pulls me into him and wraps his arms around me. “Oh how I missed you....” he says and kisses me on the lips. “Ewww!!! Gross!!” I hear the girls say followed by gagging sounds from Hiromi.
“I’m never marrying anyone” says Nami and she makes a disgusted face. “Haha that’s right. And no boyfriends until you’re 35” jokes Ran. “What?! No fair! Didn’t you and mom start dating when you were 13?” says Aika and then Hiromi says “Yeah? And didn’t you guys get married at like 18?”.
Ran and I look at each other and laugh a little. What they’re saying is true. “Okay just because your mom and I did doesn’t mean you guys can do anything like that” says Ran. Both girls roll their eyes at us.
These girls are lucky they have parents who genuinely care about them and want them to live their best lives. Something that Ran and I lacked growing up. Even though our teenage years were hard, I still wouldn’t change anything about it because look at it’s beautiful outcome.
Ran makes his way into the living room and sits on the couch. Right away Nami jumps in his lap and says “Daddy, can I ask you a question?”, “Yes, what it is?” Ran replies smiling at our youngest. “What is that thing on your neck?” she asks pointing at his Bonten tattoo. “Oh...umm it’s a tattoo” Ran says hoping she doesn’t question it anymore. “Were you born with it?” she asks. “Haha no sweetheart, someone put it in my skin with a needle” he replies. “WHAT?! DID IT HURT?!” Nami asks, very concerned. “Just a little, but it went away fast” he says smiling.
“Wait, what did dad look like before the tattoo?” asks Hiromi. “Oh let me get the photo album, I guess I’ve never shown it to you guys before” I say and I make my way into the bedroom closet and grab the album on the highest shelf.
Once I come back to the living room I see all the girls waiting patiently on the couch. I sit in the middle of them so I can show everyone the pictures.
I open the first page and I see a picture of Ran and I when we were 17. We were sitting on bench, sharing an ice cream. Right away I hear the girls laughing. “Oh my god, dad had long hair?” says Hiromi. “Haha yeah it’s in two braids! No wonder dad is so good at doing our hair” Aika says giggling. “Daddy looks like a girl” Nami says laughing which causes us all to laugh.
I flip the page and it’s a picture of Ran and Rindou wearing their gang jackets, posing with their bikes. “Haha look at these two trying to be cool” I joke and Ran smiles and rolls his eyes at me. “Who is that next to dad?” Hiromi asks. “That’s uncle Rindou” says Ran. “Uncle Rindou used to wear glasses?!” asks Aika. “Yup” Ran replies nodding. “He didn’t need them, I told him glasses make people look cool and so he used to wear them” he says to which we all laugh again.
“Wait....Are those gang jackets?” Hiromi asks. “No, it was like a after school club and your dad just took it too seriously with the jackets” I say, obviously lying. “Oh” she says, I’m not sure she believes me.
“Can I have blue in my hair like uncle Rindou?” Nami asks. “Maybe, when you’re Aika’s age” I say. “Yay! Thank you mommy!” she says.
I flip the page again and it’s a picture of Ran and I when we were about 15 on his motorcycle together. “So you said I’m not allowed on your motorcycle with you, but you and mom were allowed to go on yours when you were kids?” Aika asked annoyed. “Absolutely right. No motorcycle rides for you, it’s very dangerous” says Ran. Aika is about to speak but Ran interrupts her “No motorcycles. End of discussion” he says and Aika doesn’t argue back.
We look through the album some more. Some pictures made Ran and I get emotional and nostalgic for those times, especially seeing people who’ve now passed away or even people who we just don’t get to see anymore. Those years were wild, dating a well known gang member had its ups and downs. But back then we were just kids, almost everything they did back then wasn’t nearly as serious or dangerous to what Bonten does now.
Once we were done flipping through the album Hiromi asks “Why isn’t there any wedding pictures?”. “Oh because we never had a real wedding” I say to her. “What?!” says Aika. “Mommy, you’re not actually married to daddy?” asks a very concerned Nami. “Haha Nami, yes I’m married to mommy but we just never had a wedding” Ran tells her. “So wait, then what happened?” Aika asks confused. “One night, your dad came home very late and he proposed to me, I obviously said yes. I’ve been dating him for five years at that point and I had been living with him and uncle Rindou for awhile. It was like we were practically already married at that point. Anyway the next morning we went right to the legal office and got legally married. And that was it” I say smiling to my three beautiful strong daughters.
“Also, that is not allowed for you three” I say pointing to each kid. “So you never got a real wedding?” Nami asks. “No, but it’s okay. I love your dad so much I didn’t need one” I say this an Ran kisses my cheek. “I have an idea! I’m going to plan a wedding for you and daddy!” Nami says and she gets up and runs to her bedroom. “Oh no” says Ran and we both let out a small laugh.
“Hiromi love, can you go please watch your sister?” I ask. And she gets up and goes to Nami’s room.
“Anyways Aika....” I say and she lets out a heavy sigh. “About you fighting, you need to stop” Ran says very seriously. “But Dad-“ she says but Ran interrupts her and says “No talking back, you listen to what I say, okay?”. Aika nods her head. “Violence is not the answer” he says and I try not to giggle at his words. This is the same man who pulled out his baton to beat people up just for looking in my direction.
“Aika, no matter how mad you are, and no matter what anyone says to you, you never hit them. You go and talk to an adult at school or even tell mom or I. You don’t need to hit anyone, unless they hit you first. Then that’s self defence. Getting into fights and starting physical ones is not alright. Trust me, you don’t want the life as a delinquent, do you?” Ran says and I know he’s really trying his best to not let his daughters unknowingly follow his footsteps.
“No dad. I’m sorry. I promise I’ll do better” she says, truly meaning her words. “Okay then” he smiles at her to let her know that even though he’s upset with her behaviour, he is not mad at her and forgives her.
Aika starts walking away and Ran pulls me in closer to him. “You know y/n, the delinquent life wasn’t too bad, I mean look at where it’s got me” he whispers and kisses my cheek.
Aika then turns back around and walks towards us. “Umm dad, I just remembered something. You know your tattoo, I think I’ve seen it somewhere on the news....” she says. “What? Really? That’s weird” Ran says pretending to not know what she’s talking about. “Yeah, I think it was the symbol of that really scary gang, Bontan? Or something like that....” she says. “Oh I don’t know darling, I’ve never heard of them. Must be a coincidence about the tattoo. Uncle Rindou and I got it just because we thought it looked cool” he says clearly lying to our daughter who doesn’t know that.
“Oh okay!” she says and she leaves. “Well that was a close one” I whisper and Ran just smirks at me.
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this story is so pure my heart can’t take it😭
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rrazor · 3 years
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hq boys as non-sexual things that feel sensual
tags: mildly suggestive content (mostly pining)
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bokuto: certain phrases are very sexually charged; “make me,” or “what are you gonna do about it” lunch time!! bokuto comes back from the cafeteria with his pork-cutlet sandwich to see you engaged in a card game with three other people. He sees that everyone’s bet something and you bet a strawberry danish you bought this morning and bokuto’s eyes go 🤩 he forces himself in LMFAO and makes sure to sit next to you 🥰❤️ in the end, it’s only you and him left (konoha and komi come over from their classes to see what all the fuss is about and they’re like …..how is bokuto doing so well 😶)
but you win and steal his sandwich on the desk 😈 he tries to defame you for cheating lol but all you do is look at him coyly like “and what are you gonna do about it, bokuto-kun? 😇” and suddenly his tongue feels heavy and his cheeks flush and he’s all 🥺👉👈 he asks you for the bread back because its his only lunch 😭💀 but he ends up winning sm more because you offer to share your bento with him and his heart goes 🥰💖💞
akaashi: sitting next to someone and your shoulders/thighs touch it’s the sports festival!! and it’s lunch break. he spots you sitting on a bench and he starts sweating at the idea of sitting next to you but he wants to be near you somewhat because then MAYBE you’ll talk to him??!? hopefully 🥺💔
he swallows his nerves and sits on the bench too but on the other side with a huge gap between you and your friend. he pulls out his phone to look “busy” LMFAO then, more of your friends come over and suddenly, you’re snug against him, your BARE THIGH touching his because you’re both in shorts and akaashi thinks he gonna pass out with the bashful apology you give him 😵 he thanks every deity he can think of that your friends came over and STAY because your leg is still touching his and he’s holding a conversation with you 😭🥺🥳💕💖❤️😍
konoha: having someone use your keyboard standing up while you’re sitting in front of it you’re in one of the school’s computer labs working on a research essay. akinori sits next to your station, having worked up the courage earlier to ask you if you could help him with his. he sneaks glances at you at the printers as you refill the trays with more paper 👀 he blushes even though you aren’t even doing anything to him 😭😔💔
before he can stop himself, he calls your name lmfao 🗣 but manages to save himself from utter embarrassment by asking you to look over one of his passages. coming over, you lean over him, hands on his keyboard as he leans back. his eyes are wide and cheeks ruddy as he tries so hard to keep cool because you’re so close 😍🥺💕 and god does he hope what he wrote was coherent because he thinks he’d d-word if you said it made no sense 😓😵
kuroo: when you’re sitting next to someone and they lean over and reach across you to grab something another day, another group project. kuroo gets added to a group with you and another guy because he was absent for volleyball. the two of you push your desks next to him and he’s fist pumping internally because you’re sitting next to HIM and not the other guy and he gets to act as the barrier AHAHAH 😇🥳😛
you’re working together when you ask one of your friends to pass over the notes she took from you. she’s sitting in front of kuroo, but diagonally to the right so she leans back and you lean forward to grab the papers. your arm accidentally brushes his chest and kuroo short circuits 😶 you’re SO CLOSE and your body is nearly laid over his entire desk and if he moves his hands up he could probably touch your chest HJAKHSDLKASD 👁👄👁 the guy next to him looks at him all 😐 as kuroo goes INSANE 🤯
kita: hugging from behind he’s home alone, studying in the living room for his university exams. you’re in the kitchen with his grandma helping her with tonight’s dinner. he smiles softly to himself hearing the two of you laugh 😊🥰💞
he’s halfway through a derivatives question when you hug him from behind, arms coming around him as you rest your head on his shoulder blades 🥺💘 when you softly tell him dinner is almost ready, his chest warms and a soft smile appears on his face ❤️💖
atsumu: the guys strapping you in on a roller coaster. are we gonna kiss? why are you giving me that eye contact? inarizaki’s vbc get together to go to the local amusement park!! they get in and the first thing the twins want to do is ride all of the roller coasters so after a ridiculously long line up, atsumu’s sitting next to osamu, waiting for an attendant to come buckle them in, when you suddenly come up in your cute uniform and hair tied up and atsumu’s like SHIT ITS YOU 😳 also damn y didn’t you tell him you worked here he could have gotten discounted tickets smh 🥴😒
anyways you come up to them to buckle them up with him first and he doesn’t really notice anything but you buckle the first strap really tight and he’s like “does it need to be so tight 😘” and you tell him, making eye contact, using your best customer service voice (vocal bottoming but at least you get paid) and with a pretty smile on your face that doesn’t reach your eyes, “yes, unless you want to die. and if you do, don’t do it on this ride because my shift ends in ten minutes and i don’t want to stay here to write a report about a dumbass who ko’d on a roller coaster 🥰” and he BLUSHES oop— 👁👅👁
osamu: having your back scratched you sit next to each other in class and it’s self study time and you’re helping him with the english homework that was assigned when his back starts feeling itchy. he rolls and moves his shoulders to try to alleviate it, but it just isn’t working so he brings a hand back to scratch at it, but he’s not flexible enough to reach it 😔 you ask him what’s wrong and he puts his arm down like he got burned because he doesn’t want to be seen doing something weird in front of you or making a weird face so he just says nothing but you raise a brow and go “are you itchy?” and he nods JAJCKKAD
you bring your arm up to where he was just scratching, “here?” a shake of his head, “no, a little to the right.” AND YOU SCRATCH RIGHT AT IT!!!!! he can feel his shoulders slump as he closes his eyes and groans a little WHOOP he’s SUPER EMBARRASSED but you just laugh it off and scratch him some more before going back to work and he looks at you like 🥺💖 why’d you stop?? even though you’re not even looking at him LOL 😞 touches his back that night in the shower like your hands were so small 😯😍😳 and maybe he should be itchy more often but it also quickly turns to she better not be touchy feely with anyone else 😒
suna: someone writing on your arm he’s forced to take this one evening class this semester because it’s not offered the next one and he needs to take it because it’s a prereq for almost every other course ugh but at least the cute girl who sits next to him lets him copy her notes LMFAO 😭💀 he left all his belongings in the gym’s lockers because he was going to go back anyways for practice so when the professor gives out a code for a free trial of the software they have to use for the homework assignment due in a week, he’s like shit; he left his phone in his bag 🤡💔
you offer to write it down on his arm, grabbing a pen from your pencil case. he nods like sure why not so you take his arm and push the sleeve of his hoodie up and start writing and he just stares at you 👀 your writing is cute and he kinda likes the feel of your hands on him 🤧 class ends and you part ways with a wave. It’s not until he’s reached the gym that he realized you could have just messaged the code to him on facebook 🤨 so he pushes his sleeve up and sees your phone number on his arm under the code 😘 aren’t you smooth!!! 😌
iwaizumi: when someone is putting the car in reverse and they put their hand on the back of your seat iwaizumi been interested in you for a while, and ever since he came to the revelation he finds it really hard to talk to you because he’s afraid of coming off too aggressive or you figuring it out 😔💔 good thing kindaichi reveals that you’re his older cousin and that you’ll be driving some of them to their next practice match because the volleyball team’s bus is out for a checkup!! 😍😘 oikawa, matsukawa and hanamaki all force him to sit shotgun as you drive (even kunimi and yahaba get in on it). iwaizumi grumbles about it and all but he’s secretly super happy he gets to be right next to you omg 👀😭 he takes a bunch of glances around the interior of your (parents’) car and sits a little straighter than he usually would.
he can feel the stares on the back of his head from the other third years egging him on to make a move and just when he works up the nerve to say something to you, you put the car in reverse to back out the parking spot and put your hand on the back of his seat 😳😤 iwaizumi thinks you look so cool AND HOT he clams up and just stares at you with his jaw slightly open 👁👄👁 💕pls save him 🤧
matsukawa: when a girl puts her hand up to yours and remarks on how yours is so much bigger you got randomly paired up with each other to do a presentation for your world history class and so you’re sitting next to each other on a saturday afternoon at the public library doing research together. matsukawa spent more time than he would like thinking about what to wear because he doesn’t want you to think that his fashion sense was as grotesque as the school’s khaki pants 😷🤢 (when you complimented him nonchalantly about how he looks a million times better in casual clothes compared to the school uniform and joking said that he should start a petition to get rid of the school’s ugly khaki plaid pants and skirts and use a photo of what he was wearing today as the main piece of evidence, he almost doubles over 💀)
you’re sitting next to each other and he’s still kinda reeling from the previous interaction ahjdalhd but he does his best to pull his weight. he’s taking notes in a notebook and you look over and comment out of the blue that his hands are really big as you look at yours 🤧👀 he blinks and looks at you like “yeah?” and you nod, putting your hand up and he does it too because he thinks he’s having a fever dream at this point, but not even in his wildest dream did he’’d ever think you’d push your palm against his and say “your hand is so big! 😳” he has to excuse himself to go to the washroom to scream 😘🥰❤️
hanamaki: when you’re sitting next to someone on public transport and the centrifugal force from the vehicle firmly mooshes the two of you together hanamaki pines for you silently and you can’t really tell he likes you because he’s pretty decent at keeping his emotions hidden. or maybe you’re just so busy with your senior year you don’t notice anything that isn’t the impending doom of university applications and keeping your grades up 😤😇 anyways the two of you get on and off at the same stop each day (which he secretly thanks god for 😭) and you’re sitting next to each other and hanamaki thinks he’s gonna combust because you’ve never been this close!! 🥺🥰
he can feel his hands getting sweaty already. hanamaki sneaks glances at you and tries to see what you’re doing on your phone LMFAO suddenly, the train lurches a bit and you slide from the inertia right into his side and then he can feel the warmth coming from your thighs, side and your shoulder are touching holy sh— 😭❤️😵👀💖 you look up to apologize as he takes a breath and you’re a little shy in your apology but he takes that chance to ask you about something mundane and he makes you laugh!!!! he thinks about the interaction for the next two weeks because he finally got to talk to you dhaskld ☺️🥺💕
kyoutani: when anyone raises their arms to stretch and their shirt gets lifted up slightly gym class—you’re doing timed runs today!! kyoutani is already finished with his so he’s just sitting off the side of the track, staring not-so-subtly at you but you don’t notice because it’s your turn next!! you’ve got the typical school mandated shorts and plain t-shirt on but kyou is all 👀 at your tastefully exposed skin. he thinks you look pretty with the sun hitting your face as you give a smile to your friend, squinting at the sun light 🥰
he’s just mindlessly staring at this point but then you raise your arms to stretch your triceps and the hem of your shirt rises up a little to expose the tiniest sliver of skin before it’s covered again 👁👁 his cheeks pink a little and you catch him looking LMFAO but you don’t think anything of it and just smile and wave as kyoutani burns bright red, heart battering against his ribs and looks away 😡🤡🥰💕 he saves it for future reference HURDURDUR 😇😛
ushijima: when a woman does that thing where she tucks her hair behind her ear while making direct eye contact ushijima is INTERESTED in you, likes you, is intrigued, would like to hold your hand and rub the back of your hand and feel the soft skin with his thumb—same thing 🥰 you’re talking to him about something for the cultural festival and he’s nodding along to what you’re saying because you’re so brilliant and responsible for working on the school festival committee wOW 🤩
time seems to move in slow motion as you look up him whilst tucking a piece of hair behind your ear. he zones in on the shy smile on your face, your cute cheeks, glossy lips and pretty eyes 🥺🥰 “ushijima-san?” “yes?” “what do you think?” “that’s a great idea, I will ask my team members for their input as well.” you nod exuberantly even though he has no idea what you’re talking about but your cute smile makes him all mushy on the inside 💖💕
semi: making eye contact with another customer at the grocery store around the same age it’s 2:11pm on a tuesday and semi’s at the grocery store because it’s summer and his mom was all “go to the store and buy these shimeji mushrooms for me, eita, they’re on sale!!! but only until 3pm so get skedaddling!” 😩 so he’s here and he swears housewives are the most powerful people on the planet because he thought he was gonna d-word just tryna get his discount mushrooms. he spots you in the condiments aisle looking at sesame oil and he gives you the up, down and lingers a little too long on your exposed legs 💀
he thinks you look really cute in your t-shirt and jean shorts though 🥰 when you look up and make eye contact with him and give him a little smile and wave he BLUSHES 🥺 and is right about to take the chance to talk to you but a granny hip checks him trying to get to the soybean paste and he almost trips and lands on his face 😔💔 so much for looking cool in front of you 😢🥺
tendou: having someone else play with your hair satori sees you on cleaning duty carrying the recycling to the bins as he finishes his runs around the school, about to make a turn to the gyms. he makes a beeline for you, calling your name with a bright smile on his face and waving his arms in the air. 🥰💞🥺
he bounds up to you and offers to help even though the bin is really light, cheeks warming at your smile 😊 when he takes the bin out of your hands , you wave your hand to get him to bend down. he complies, eyes widening when he feels your hand in his hair. he straightens up to see you holding onto a couple pieces of cherry blossom petals 🌸 he laughs bashfully; it feels like time has slowed and you’re the only two people in the world 💖💕
sakusa: if you’re on a pc/laptop, somebody leaning over your shoulder to look at the screen with you. the close proximity of your faces can feel awkwardly sexual you’re in the same kinesiology class and sakusa first noticed how GOOD your presentations are wtf and he’s even more impressed when he hears that you winged the whole thing because “i conveniently forgot about this until one in the morning when I decided it was a good time to reorganize your entire dorm room” ALSO you offered him hand cream the one time you caught him staring and against all reason he said yes and ever since he’s been dying to ask you where you got it from because HOLY was it nice 😍
you get paired up for the final pair presentation and he’s only become more interested in you! you’re easy to talk to and don’t pry too much and he finds himself oversharing at times 💀 the professor gives the class part of the lecture time to work on the projects so you’re sitting next to each other working when he asks you a question about the academic article he just found and you lean over his shoulder to look at his screen 👁👁 for anyone else, the close proximity of your faces would have grossed him out but he can’t stop thinking about how good you smell and how cute your ears look 👀🥰 when you tell him he’s found a really good source with an excited smile on your face, he BLUSHES and promptly wants to pass away because he has no mask on to cover him 🤡😭😵
sachiro: when you have a melting popsicle, there often comes a time where you must choose between eating it too quickly, or sucking it off so it doesn’t drip on you sachiro hums happily, holding your hand as the two of you walk home after your date and stopping at the convenience store where he buys the two of you popsicle sticks 😋
you’re talking about something funny you saw hoshiumi do in the class the other day when your popsicle drips onto you. you kitten lick at your hand and take the whole thing in your mouth to get rid of the more liquidy parts of your ice cream and sachiro is all 👁👄👁 he swallows thickly, cheeks warming and heart beating a little faster; why’s he suddenly so thirsty? 🥵💦🙈
gao: getting a strong whiff of somebody’s perfume when they pass you gao really wants to talk to you, like really really wants to talk to you 😖😭🙏 but you’re talking to your friends about something and the cute way you laughs and joke with them has him all 🥺🥰🤩
he’s about to walk up and join the conversation because let’s face it, gao isn’t afraid of much 🤧💀 too bad the teacher calls you back into the classroom about something. when you pass him, he gets a good whiff of your shampoo and his stomach flutters 😍😊🥺💕💖 follows you with sparkly eyes and wishes he made the choice to talk to you sooner 💔
futakuchi: bending over to pick up something you dropped kenji is watching (glaring) as you talk to one of the baseball team’s starting players 🤐 he’s so ticked but he doesn’t admit it like where does this guy get off making you laugh and smile like that wtf 😒🙄 luckily for kenji, the guy gets pulled away by the class rep for something so kenji calls your name to get you to look at him instead 😤
you come over and just as he’s about to stand up from his desk, he knocks over his eraser. you crouch down to pick it up and he finds himself really liking it 👁👁 he doesn’t get it either 🤡 like you aren’t bending and snapping—just folding your knees to get his eraser for him, but the way you tucked your hair behind your ear before you bent down so prettily has him ☺️😉🥵
terushima: when you’re eating and chatting with someone and they lick their lips yuuji pulled you away from your friends when it was time for lunch, wanting to spend more time with you one on one. he was so busy with volleyball and school lately 😞 and when he managed to get you to tell him how lonely you felt without him, he made it his mission to spend more time with you!!! 🥰😘💕
you’re eating together, sharing food and talking about everything and anything when he notices you lick your lips; he zones in on your little pink tongue as it swipes across your bottom lip 👁👁 “yuuji, you okay?” a hand on your cheek and suddenly, he’s kissing you. he tastes like the leftovers your mom packed you for lunch 🥰😋
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21burritoseavey · 3 years
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Hey love!
Hope you’re doing good.
I have cute idea where y/n is having a bad day then she goes to Daniel house and she ask Christian where is Daniel he tells her he is in the studio and Daniel was live on ig but y/n thought he playing piano and recording himself so she sat on his lap , he panicked because they were still a secret and he wanted his relationship private.
I hope that’s not to crazy
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a/n: k just pretend that the background of that photo is the studio lol. I will most likely do a little pt.2 for another request I got:) if you want other scenarios or anything let me know cos this was fun lol. enjoy!
It was fair to say Y/n was having a bad day. The morning rose and fell as quickly as the leaves fell from the autumn trees outside, but once it was time for the sun to descend, the hours couldn’t have inched past any slower, crawling in one by one as she worked quietly behind the wooden desk after school.
It was 4:56pm when she glimpsed over at her lock screen to realise, she had an hour left before the library would close for the day. The school building was quiet at that hour. Most people were revelling in the joys and relief the weekend had graciously brought and only the janitor was seen wiping down the windows in the distance.
She could barely keep her eyes open as she wrote down the last of her notes. Her fingers ached after scrolling through the pages...and documents...and slides on her laptop and her brain went practically numb from all the letters and numbers she’d stared at. The unsteady pile of books beside her was not helping either. All those thoughts of work had her craving her boyfriend’s presence. She just wanted one of Daniel’s hugs at that point. The warmth of his strong arms wrapped around her and the comforting beating of his tender heart right against her ear. Every aspect of Daniel’s affection was practically engrained in her mind. The thought of being with him squirmed in the back of her mind, tugging at her heartstrings until she finally sighed and closed her books. She tucked her belongings into her backpack and made her way out of the library - after giving the quiet librarian a wave - and across the campus.
Y/n found herself standing behind the Seavey’s front door. She knocked a couple times and heard the door handle rattle after a moment. Christian slowly came into view as the door creaked open.
Y/n cracked a gentle smile. “Hey, Y/n,” Christian moved to the side to let her walk through. “How’re you doing?”
“I’m okay, thanks for asking.” She replied. “And you?”
Christian noticed how Y/n’s shoulders slumped as she walked and the subtle frown playing at her lips, but he kept his thoughts to himself. “I’m great, just finished a self-tape.” He sat on the couch nearby.
“That’s great.” Y/n yawned. She’d come over to the Seavey’s house many times before so making herself comfortable was never an issue. Her blanket was tossed in the corner of the sofa, and she reached an arm to pull it towards her. Christian chuckled lightly as she plunked herself down and closed her eyes. The quiet of the home allowed her to enjoy some well-deserved rest. Only some, because in minutes Kobe was scampering down the hall and jumping into Y/n’s arms.
“Oh my God!” Y/n lifted herself up again and pet the excited dog as he licked her. She turned towards Christian again with Kobe shuffling further into her chest. “Is Daniel home?”
Christian looked up from his phone. “Yeah, in the studio.”
Y/n sent him a quiet ‘thank you’ before she was jumping out of her seat and rushing outside, across the patio. Kobe was quick at her heels.
Y/n had slowed down once she reached the door. She pressed her ear against the cold surface and listened in. The faint sounds of Daniel’s piano playing had sailed along the studio and seeped through the small gaps of the door, dancing with the steady breeze.
The soft, bell-like melodies emitting from the piano had smeared an unmistakable grin on Y/n’s face and she let her hands twist the doorknob quietly to not send Daniel out of his playing. She could sense his happiness from a mile away and today was no different. He was doing the very thing he loved after all.
The heart fluttering sight of him in an oversized, grey hoodie had her shoulders untensing and her face softening. “Hi,” She greeted. She trudged over and rested her palms on his shoulders from behind. His phone leaned against the music rack, with comments and questions gradually moving upwards beside little floating hearts. The live Instagram broadcast on his phone remained totally invisible to the young, tired girl. Daniel was hardly able to utter a warning before she draped her legs across his thighs to sit on his lap.
He couldn’t contain his nervous giggles as she hung her arms over his shoulders, “Hey, b-...Y/n.”
“Hi,” Y/n replied. She nestled her head into his chest and even clutched Daniel’s arms to rest around her waist. The Instagram live played on as the young couple rested together on the bench. Daniel kept his arms wrapped tightly around his girlfriend despite his heart’s intense beating.
He looked towards his phone screen again. “She’s just giving me a hug.” He reassured the viewers the best he could. He knew no one was buying it though. The comments were brimming with heart-eye emojis or excited comments in all caps.
Daniel peered down at his girlfriend, tucked comfortably and unbothered in his arms. “Just a really long hug.” He nodded towards the screen again.
Y/n went out like a light. She was perfectly content cradled in her boyfriend’s loving embrace, already drifting into a peaceful drea-
“Y/n.” A sweat broke over Daniel’s forehead. He snatched sneaky glances towards his phone before trying again, “Y/n!” He whispered sharply through the warm toned room.
“What?” Y/n mumbled quietly. She rubbed her eyes to spread her consciousness further.
“People are watching.” Daniel jerked his head towards the phone screen in front of them.
Y/n snapped her head to look at his phone propped up against the music stand. “Oh! Ri-right.” She shifted off Daniel’s lap quickly. He tried to wear a smile for the audience in his phone that were very much engrossed in the situation. Y/n dropped her gaze to the floor and picked at her nails. “I’m just...” She flung her arm to gesture towards the door, “gonna go.” Y/n’s nervous words were barely heard through the room and Daniel’s expression faltered as he watched her stride off for the living room without a second glance.
He felt terrible. He fought the urge to run after her and make sure she was okay, merely spinning back around to face the screen. “Okay,” he said breathily, pressing the keys harshly to produce a muddled mess of notes. He didn’t feel like playing anymore.
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Daniel dragged his feet out of the studio towards the living room. He noticed Y/n sitting on the couch during the rest of his livestream and desperately wanted to make sure she was okay. Outside, the sunset bloomed beautifully, setting the sky ablaze with soft colours as Kobe played quietly on the patio. He ran towards the main house as Daniel slid open the door.
Y/n gave him a quick upward glimpse before lowering her eyes again. But then she looked up again, noticing his usual soothing smile replaced with a long frown. “You okay?” She asked softly.
Daniel fell back onto the sofa with a deep huff before glancing at her. “No. I’m sorry you had to leave like that.”
Y/n chuckled, “It’s okay.” She shuffled closer to him. Her body was angled slightly towards his and she dragged an arm to rest across his shoulders. Daniel moved to rest in between her crossed legs, and he rested his head on her chest. “We both want our relationship to be private, so...it’s okay.” Y/n consoled with a giggle. “I think your fans are suspicious now though.” She let a smirk tug at the corner of her lips. Daniel raised his eyes to meet her sparkly eyes.
“Oh, they’re definitely suspicious now.” Daniel took her hand away from his shoulder and entwined their fingers in a loose grip to kiss her knuckles. He cupped her face with his other hand and kissed her lips strongly. Y/n sighed pleasantly into it, finally feeling that relief she’d been waiting for all day. That reassuring affection that pulled her into a wave of warmth and comfort. They silently enjoyed the love that danced through their bodies and in between them for a few long moments.
Daniel pulled back and intertwined their fingers again. “It won’t be like this forever, Y/n.”
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1plus1kiyoomi · 3 years
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Chapter 23: Home
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After 5 long years, your family finally moves to a new house. It’s bigger than the house Kiyoomi first lived in. Since you have kids now, so more rooms must be added. You don’t even know how your husband managed to find such a big house that is close to the city.
Kia is beyond excited to have her own room after 3 long years of sharing it with her younger siblings “Wow! My room is so big!” Kia says in awe, her eyes wandering her new room. She climbs up the bed and jumps on it, letting out a series of laughter every time the sole of feet recognize the springy feeling. “I love my bed! It’s big and it’s all mine!”
“Kia, be careful or you’ll fall,” Kiyoomi warns her. Done checking with Kia, he follows Mina and your family dog, Momo, inside her new room. “Do you like it?”
“Where’s Momo’s bed?” Mina asks as she looks around the room for the said thing. The Shiba Inu follows behind her like a loyal servant.
“I thought you wanted Momo to sleep beside you?” Kia’s eyes turn wide in joy as she runs to her father. She raises her arms so Kiyoomi bends down and she gives him a kiss on the cheek.
“Momo, give papa a kiss too!” Mina cheers and the dog jumps on Kiyoomi. He catches him with his hands and stretches his arms away from his body.
“We’re not close enough to be kissing,” Kiyoomi tells Momo and puts him down. Momo resembles his cousin, Komori, so Kiyoomi feels awkward showing affection towards him.
Kiyoomi leaves Mina to discover her room, which is very kid-friendly since that’s what he specifically asked the interior designer of the house when it was being built. He then heads to where you and the twins are. From your posture and way of speaking, it seems like you’re having an argument with your youngest children.
“What’s wrong?” Kiyoomi asks you, casually putting a hand on your hip and pulling you close to him. He eyes Kin and sees the scowl on his son’s face. Kiyoomi sticks his tongue out, childishly mocking him.
“Stop that. He’s your son,” you scold your husband and he stops making fun of Kin. “Kin and Mira wants to sleep in their rooms.”
“Then, let them? Does it really matter?” Kiyoomi answers and the twins nod, agreeing to his words.
“We’re big now!” They tell you in unison.
“You’re three and you don’t want to sleep with mama anymore?” You sigh in disappointment.
“Are you scared on your own mama?” Kin frowns and you nod dramatically. Kiyoomi gags at your acting and you nudge his side with your elbow. “Do you want Kin to stay with you?”
“She has me,” Kiyoomi butts in and Kin gives him an unamused gaze.
“You’re not even home most of the time...” Kin rebuts with confidence. Kiyoomi grimaces at his son’s words and you just laugh. “Right, Mira?”
“Right!” Mira just agrees to whatever her twin brother says.
“Listen to the kids, Omi,” you whisper to him and he rolls his eyes. “Please set up the table in the garden. It’s almost dinner time.” You kiss your husband’s cheek and then you hear Kin chant that he wants kisses too. You fulfill your son’s wishes before skipping happily to your new kitchen.
The three of them set up the table just like you requested, while the two older girls help you in the kitchen. “I’m cooking the meat now,” Kiyoomi tells you as he takes out the meat from the freezer. You hum and continue cooking the other dishes.
“Go help your papa set up the table,” you order Kia and Mina. They wipe their hands clean before going out to help their father.
Kin and Mira keep running back and forth from the kitchen to the garden as they carry one plate at a time. Kia and Mina are arranging the table cloth and wiping the benches clean. Momo is helping by making sure that no bugs or birds are landing on the plates and being cute of course.
“Do you want meat?” Kiyoomi asks his kids. They don’t answer him as they are too preoccupied with other things.
Kia hears him and answers, “I’m not in the mood to eat meat papa.”
“Momo, do you want meat?” The dog barks at his question and points his forefingers at him. “You’re my favorite child for a reason.”
“Why is Momo your favorite child? You said you’re not even close enough to kiss!” Mina pouts and glares at her father.
“Mama said favoritism is bad!” Kia reprimands her father, her hands on her hips. “We are your children! You should love us equally!”
“Right! Love us equally!” Mira echoes her sister’s words, putting her hands on her hips as well.
“I thought I was your favorite!” Kin complains and Kiyoomi’s eyes dart at him.
“You don’t even like me!” Kiyoomi complains back and Kin raises his forefinger up as if he’s going to make such a great point.
“But mama said you specifically asked for me, which means I am your favorite,” Kin explains and just when Kiyoomi is about to make a retorting statement, Mira shouts.
“Papa! The meat is burning!”
“Shit!” Kiyoomi curses as he tries to weaken the fire. The garden falls dead silent as his kids stare at him in disbelief and shock. Their father could curse? “What?”
“You said a bad word!” Kia gasps dramatically.
“Said a bad word!” Mira mimics Kia’s dramatic gasp.
“No I didn’t!” Kiyoomi tries to argue, attempting to sound believable.
“Papa, stop lying. Even Momo heard it...” Mina says in disappointment. The barks as if he’s agreeing to Mina.
“Remember when I said I’ll buy you a trampoline when we move houses?” Kiyoomi tries to change the topic so he can escape his children’s interrogation.
“Shit!” Kin says loudly, and as if on cue, you go out to the garden and hear your three year old son cuss with all of his heart.
“Sakusa Kiyoomi! How many times do I have to warn you about not cussing in front of the kids?!” Kiyoomi face palms and glares at Kin. The younger boy just shrugs and runs to help you with the dishes you are carrying.
Before dinner starts, you want to take a picture of your family for keepsake. Sadly, that isn’t easy to do with four kids.
Mira and Kin are fighting over who gets to sit on your lap, leading to the twins crying. Kia is restless and hungry and just wants the picture to be taken but her siblings are acting up, which leads to her acting up as well. Mina is shy and hiding behind Momo. Kiyoomi is trying his best to make the twins to settle down so he attempts to take Kin away from you, but the boy just grabs his hair and tugs on it quite harshly.
In the photos taken, you have no good ones as expected. Kia is frowning at all the pictures. In one picture she’s rolling her eyes in irritation. Mina’s face can’t be seen since she’s hiding behind your family dog. Kin is still grabbing Kiyoomi’s hair and scratching his face, holding whatever is close to him. Mira is wailing on your lap and is screaming ‘papa’ since she wants to be with Kiyoomi now. Meanwhile, you and Kiyoomi look so tired and haggard in the photos. The only one who looks good in the photos is Momo. The dog is just sitting and smiling with his tongue out. So much for just one family picture.
Dinner finally starts after that chaotic pictorial and you say your thanks before eating. Kiyoomi cuts the burnt steak he cooked into smaller pieces and attempts to give it to Kin. His son rejects it so Kiyoomi sighs and takes the meat out of his bowl.
“I’ll eat it!” Kia volunteers and lifts her bowl so Kiyoomi can put the meat in it.
“I thought you were not in the mood for meat?” Kiyoomi raises an eyebrow at her but gives her the beef anyways.
“I changed my mind,” Kia reasons.
No, she didn’t. Kia hasn’t changed her mind. She really doesn’t want to eat the steak but when she saw Kiyoomi’s sad expression because of Kin’s rejection, she felt bad for him. She can’t scold Kin about rejecting food yet since he’s young, but she has to show him that the food their parents are providing them is special
“It’s good papa,” Kia compliments her father. Kiyoomi smiles at her and he continues to cook meat. She eats what he gives her without complains. Seeing his sister eat with gusto, Kin asks for meat and eats it.
“Me too!” Mira gives her bowl to Kiyoomi which he gladly puts the sliced beef in. She happily eats it and even feeds her twin brother with it.
Kia watches her father’s face light up in satisfaction which makes her feel blissful.
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It’s 12AM and Kiyoomi feels a small hand tugging on his finger. He wakes up from the touch, and sees his son with an almost crying face. “Hi, buddy. Why are you up?”
“Want to sleep with you,” Kin answers, pulling his little blanket close to his chest. Kiyoomi’s heart softens. Kin may act like he hates his father, but deep down he wants his attention and affection too.
Seeing his son’s scared image, he jumps out of bed and picks him up. If Kin is scared, so must be Mira.“Okay. Let’s go get your sister first.” He walks to Mira’s room as quiet as possible so he doesn’t wake you or any of his daughters up.
Kiyoomi sees Mira’s door open so he quickly checks the room and doesn’t see her there. He hears murmurs from Kia’s room and also notices how Mina’s room is empty.
“Don’t be scared. Nee-chan is here!” Kiyoomi overhears Kia speak. He peeks at the small opening at the doorway and sights Kia putting Mina and Mira to bed. “Do you want me to tell you a story?”
“Yes...” Mira answers, shifting closer to Mina so they can cuddle. Momo is sleeping at the end of the bed, unbothered.
“We are going to have a new baby sister!” Kia confidently announces.
‘That’s not a story! That’s a gossip!’ Kiyoomi chuckles and then enters the room, which surprises his three daughters. “What are the three of you talking about that is keeping you awake at this?”
“Papa! Tell us a story!” Kia tries to hide their recent conversation, but her expression is giving it away. She looks like a deer that has been seen in the middle of the road. “Mina and Mira were scared so they went in my room to sleep.”
‘They’re still sleeping together in one room after all.’
“Okay. I’ll tell you a story. What kind of story do you want?” Kiyoomi gives in and sits on Kia’s bed. He puts Kin down on the bed and he snuggles close to his twin sister immediately.
“About you and mama!” Kia giggles as she joins in her other siblings.
“Again?” Kiyoomi raises an eyebrow at her. Kia loves hearing stories about the two of you. It puts her at ease.
Kiyoomi starts to share a random story about you and him during high school. Your first time meeting his family exactly. And midway, he hears his children snoring soundly so he stops speaking. He then notices Kia looking out her window.
“Go to sleep...” He tells her.
“Papa, I am so happy you’re my father,” Kia says out of nowhere, taking Kiyoomi aback. “I don’t think I would be this happy if you weren’t.”
“I’m happy you’re my daughter, too.” Kiyoomi kisses the top of her head and then smiles at her.
Kiyoomi is thankful.
Kiyoomi is very thankful that she is his daughter. If he didn’t meet Kia 5 years ago, he wouldn’t know where or who he’d be now. Having children changed him and probably made him a better person. He still can’t go on a crowd on his own, but if he’s with his kids, everything possible for him. Kiyoomi is willing to go out of his comfort zone if it means his children’s happiness.
Kiyoomi thankful that you gave him a chance to prove that he can be Kia’s father. Not just Kia, but also Mina, Mira and Kin. He knows how stressed you are with having to take care of 4 kids and him not being around most of the time, but you still stayed. You never gave up on motherhood, your children and him. He falls in love with you again and again every single day just for it. You are the best thing that has happened to him.
Kiyoomi is thankful that he has a house where you and your children are in. He doesn’t go home everyday but he knows that when he does, you’re there to welcome him. Kia is there caring for her younger siblings with you. Mina is there drawing on the living room, while her dog, Momo, sleeps on the couch. Mira is there running after her twin brother and making sure he doesn’t hurt himself. Kin is there watching everything you do because he loves you so much. You’re there raising your children with sincerity and love. You and your child are there waiting for him.
Kiyoomi is thankful that he gets to go home to where the five of you are.
Sakusa Kiyoomi is thankful that you’re his home.
“I’m also excited for my new baby sister,” Kia mentions again. Kiyoomi for sure knows you aren’t pregnant because if you are, you would be complaining about it again. Or are you hiding it from him?
“Did your mama tell you that?” He asks for assurance that this is only part of Kia’s imagination and random child babbles.
“No, but I’m sure that mama has our baby sister in her stomach.” Kia closes her eyes and hugs Mina who is beside her.
“Okay...” Kiyoomi lets it pass and slowly drifts back to sleep, too tired to go back to your room.
Morning comes and you wake up to an empty space beside you. “Kiyoomi must have gone jogging...” You yawn and stretch your arms up. It’s already 6AM but you don’t hear any of your children chant the word, “mama” so you stand up and check on them. The silence is too rare that it’s scaring you.
Mira’s, Kin’s and Mina’s rooms are empty so you get anxious. You’re telling yourself that maybe Kiyoomi brought them jogging with him so you’ll feel better, but your anxiety grows since you know that Kiyoomi will never bring the four of them with him. Momo goes out of Kia’s room so you run to it, in hopes that your children are all there.
They are, and your husband is also there.
Kia and Mina are tucked in Kiyoomi’s armpits. Their hands holding onto their father’s shirt. Mira’s face is flat laid flat on Kiyoomi’s stomach, but her body is on the bed. Kin is on his thighs, the small boy hugging the muscular leg. You let out a silent giggle at the cute sight in front of you.
And all that happiness fades when you suddenly feel lightheaded. The feeling of being nauseous hits you so you run to Kia’s bathroom, which wakes everyone in the room up.
“Babe, are you okay?” Kiyoomi asks you he shakes his kids off his body.
“See, papa? I told you mama has our baby sister in her stomach!” Kia states as she rubs her sleepy eyes.
“We’re having another child?!”
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