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#and i would cry and scream before going to bed. i would beg my mom for sleeping pills from a young age.
anaalnathrakhs · 1 month
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...i'm starting to wonder if i wasn't actually pretty often failed by the adults in my life as a young kid tbh.
#i'm always doubtful where to put the blame#in a morally neutral causality kind of way to be clear#because like. i dont know. if i was the adult. confronted to the opaque behavior of a child. would i have done better?#but also i can't help but think#why the fuck did they make me skip a grade (last grade of primary on top of that) when i was notorious for never doing my homework#and was incredibly inconsistent across topics#like i sucked at math. like ''needs to count on fingers to do a simple addition or substraction'' sucking at math.#like i never learned any multiplication tables sucking at math#like i never got how to pose divisions and still can't at age 18 because logicomathematics are completely counterintuitive to me#and just. the work was never done to make me Get It. my work or teachers' work who knows. but perhaps skipping a grade wasnt the solution#or like#apparently when i was three years old the pediatrician suspected smth was up with me#either autism directly or ''generally suspicious child'' we're not clear on that#but he told my parents. and everybody said ''we better test that'' and then. nothing. idk.#they filled a parental report of behaviors questionnaire for... adhd i think? autism maybe. and that's it. never fucking heard about it.#god. i just remembered my mom saying proudly they almost never put me in the nursery as a kid.#always either with a parent or family or a nanny.#and perhaps mother. you could have foreseen that a kid with no siblings no pets no kid neighbors no playdates. would end up socially fucked#i remember the teachers scolding late students and showing us that we were supposed to be in bed by 9:30 or something#and internally i was like BUDDY AT 9PM WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH DINNER#MOM'S BEEN HOME FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR#and shit. i don't know. i was scared of the dark as a child. to the point that even with the compromise#of keeping the door ajar and lights in the hallway (which i had to fucking advocate for btw)#i still slept curled up in the bathroom on a towel sometimes when it got too scary#and i would cry and scream before going to bed. i would beg my mom for sleeping pills from a young age.#i would often find myself in the morning sleeping with my face smushed between the pages of the book i literally fell asleep on#because i read until my eyes gave out#and a couple years later when i got a 3ds i'd play at night and if my dad caught me he'd storm into my room and i'd hide under the comforte#and he'd punch a couple times and whisper-yell at me not to do that and go to sleep#it took until i was about 15yo for me to see a sleep specialist
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ameliora-j · 6 months
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Stepbrother!Eddie x stepbrothers!friend Steve? Maybe reader and Eddie have been together before and Eddie invites Steve to join?
𐐪𐑂 it’s twisted tuesday! send in ur requests ᵕ̈
content: stepcest, stepbrother!eddie, brothers bestfriend!steve, unprotected piv, spit roasting, slut!reader (idk how else to put it LMAO), pussy eating, hair pulling, degradation, anal play, impact play, DARK CONTENT, THIS IS AN 18+ BLOG MDNI
you jump as your door slams open, causing your eyeliner to slide across your face. “eddie you ass! you ruined my makeup!” you yell, throwing a stuffed animal at him. he smirks, catching the makeshift weapon with ease as he shakes his head.
you groan, standing up and beginning to try and shove him out of the room. “get out! why are you in here?! mom!” you yell in annoyance, slapping at his chest.
“cool out dude, our parents aren’t home” he laughs as his hands are up, defending himself from your slaps. “besides, i was coming to ruin your makeup anyway, pretty girl” he pouts mockingly, wrapping his arms around your waist. “so cute all feisty” he chuckles, kissing your nose softly.
“awh… you think i’m gonna let you get your dick wet after you annoyed me” you give him a mocking pout back. “that’s cute” you giggle softly, easily slipping out of his arms and walking back over to the vanity to clean off your makeup.
he waits a bit, his arms crossed over his chest as he watches you with a smirk of amusement. he hums, walking over and kneeling behind you as you’re bent over in the mirror. “what are you doing?” you ask, furrowing your brows. you shriek as eddie pulls off your robe, leaving you practically bare.
to say you weren’t expecting this would be a lie. you wore a black lacy set that had crotchless panties—leaving nothing to the imagination even with all the straps and garters. “you naughty slut” eddie tuts, slapping your ass. he hums softly, twirling the little bunny plug you had nestled in your little hole. “you wanted this” he chuckles, licking a bold stripe over your wettening cunt.
“i think the sweetest thing about you,” he hums as he pushes you to be bent over the dresser. “‘s no matter how many times i use your holes…” he hums, licking from your clit to your pulsing hole, moaning at the taste. “you still think i need permission to take what i want” he growls, diving into your cunt.
you gasp, moaning loudly as you grip the edge of the dresser. “eddie!” you whine. “fuck eddie please!” you moan loudly.
eddie is everywhere and nowhere all at once. his mouth envelopes your cunt, his tongue twirling around your clit before teasing at your hole, then going back again. you’re practically crying with pleasure as you grind back against his face, your eyes rolling and your jaw dropped as continuous moans spill past your lips.
his tongue pushes into your weeping hole and you let out a loud whine, reaching back and pushing his face closer. he groans, slapping your ass cheeks a few times as he assaulted your cunt with his mouth.
“‘m… eds i’m gonna cum. i needa cum” you beg, whimpering pathetically as he pulls back. “edsss” you whine, turning and frowning at him.
“i want to feel you cum on my cock, baby” he hums, slapping your ass a few times. “go lay on the bed for me,” he commands lowly. you hurry to do so, climbing on your bed and positioning yourself on your hands and knees. you arch your back, presenting your ass for eddie as you wiggle a bit.
eddie palms his cock through his pants as he eyes you, groaning softly as he takes his lip between his teeth. “missed that pussy, baby” he murmurs as he walks over to you.
you hear him undoing his belt behind you, and that’s all the warning that you receive before he���s forcing his cock into you in one go. “eddie!” you practically scream, clenching tightly around him as you reach back and try to push his hips away. “please…” you whimper.
eddie growls, slapping your ass roughly. “hands off” he demands, pushing your hand away. “behind your back. hold your forearms” he grunts. you whimper softly, pouting as you follow the order, holding your forearms behind your back as eddie begins to pound your cunt mercilessly.
with your parents gone, you’re free to let loose all the moans you want to, practically screaming out eddie’s name as tears of pleasure flow down your cheeks. he forewent a condom, causing you to feel every dip and ridge of his cock. the ruddy, leaking head presses against your gspot over and over, and eddie assures you can do nothing but lay there and take it.
you’re so deeply lost in the pleasure of being pounded by your stepbrothers cock that you fail to hear the door open, nor do you hear steve harrington calling out eddie’s name. your eyes are rolled back as loud moans tumble past your lips with each drag of eddie’s cock against your sensitive pussy. the man behind you slapping at your ass and spewing swears and profanities, pussy drunk with the feeling of finally being able to take you however he wanted with your parents gone.
when you open your eyes, you see the man leaning against your doorframe and whine softly. you clench tighter around eddie at the knowledge of being watched, your hips twitching as your cunt becomes impossibly wetter. “you hear that, harrington?” eddie chuckles, pausing his thrusting. he pulls back then pushed back in slowly, still pounding against your gspot causing you to whine. “she likes that you’re here” he taunts.
before either men can say more, you whine, looking up at steve with wide eyes. “please stevie… lemme suck your cock” you pout, moaning again as eddie picks his pace up once more.
“see that? a perfect slut she is” eddie taunts to steve, speaking as if you’re not in the room. “she’d do anything to have a cock in her” he chuckles, twirling the plug in your asshole before slowly pulling the toy out. “she loves being full” he whispers, beginning to thrust the toy in your tiny hole.
you gasp, your eyes rolling in pleasure as you push back against him. “please…” you beg desperately.
“i can’t deny a pretty beggar like that” steve taunts, pulling his hardening cock free from its constraints. he spits on his hand, stroking it as he walked over to you. your mouth was open and waiting, tongue out and awaiting the treat of his cock.
unlike eddie, steve gives warning. he grips your hair gently in one hand, pushing it back as he uses the other to rub the head of his cock over your tongue. he lets out a low moan, pushing his cock into your mouth and forcing you to meet him halfway until he’s pressed deep into your throat. you let out a harsh gag, pulling your head back.
eddie growls, gripping your hair and dragging you up until your back was against his chest. “don’t you fucking embarrass me bitch” he grunts, slapping your tits roughly, assuring that his cold rungs come in contact with your hardened nipples.
“sorry ‘m sorry!” you shriek, sobbing and flinching at the hits.
“take his cock the proper way, bitch. the way that i know you fucking can” he orders. you nod rapidly and eddie shoves you forward again. steve laughs mockingly at you, giving you no warning this time before beginning to fuck your face harshly.
the two men push and pull you on and off of each other’s cocks, making it abundantly clear that this was in no way about your pleasure, but instead their own. eddie holds your hips, beginning to fuck you harder as his hips stutter a few times.
“you better not cum until you milk us both whore” eddie reminds, slapping your ass. you whine, nodding as best you can around steve’s thick cock as he forces you to deepthroat him. your nose presses against his pelvis, making you swallow a few times to force down your gags.
steve groans as he thrusts into your mouth harder, forcing his cock into your throat repeatedly, uncaring of your comfort or pleasure. “shit… oh fuck i’m gonna cum bitch. gonna fill this slut pussy with my babies” eddie groaned, his head falling back a bit.
at the same time, you feel steve’s cock twitching in your throat, and your legs begin to shake harshly. “come on whore… cum with us i know you want to” steve mocks.
steve and eddie both force you down on their cocks, filling you to the brim with their cum as you cream all over eddie’s cock, whining repeatedly around steve. you whimper softly, swallowing all his cum as he slowly pulls out, whining as you lose the contact of both him and eddie.
it’s not long before you’re feeling pleasure once more, eddie leaning down and cleaning his cum from your cunt. he wraps his mouth around your pussy, licking and sucking, slurping at his and your mess combined. steve groaned, chuckling a bit as he watched. “you two are fucking sick” he chuckled, causing you to giggle dazedly.
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steddieas-shegoes · 11 months
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Request: Steve has a few younger siblings. He is very protective over them (2 brothers & 1 baby sister) his family is very close. But the party meeting his siblings in the hospital post spring break from hell, Steve's little sister screams tearfully until she is put beside her older brother who is in hospital due to severe injuries. His younger brothers (8yrs old & 5 yrs old) demand for their big brother to be left alone by these strangers. The party demanded to know why he kept his siblings from them???? Also Steve just being loved on by his parents & his siblings and of the party.
DARLING IDK HOW YOU COME UP WITH THIS STUFF BUT THANK GOD YA DO!!! Steve having siblings and good parents and STILL choosing to be the best damn babysitter is kind of giving me LIFE. I am forever here for giving Steve all the love he deserves. A little backstory for this in my brain: Steve's parents got married right out of high school at their own parents' insistence, and they loved each other, but wanted to go to college first. Anne got pregnant during their honeymoon and had to put college on hold. The reason there's such a big age gap between Steve and his siblings is because she finished college, started working as a lawyer, and then went into business with Richard. Once they were comfortable in that for a couple years, they decided to have more kids. We love responsible decisions!!! - Mickala ❤️
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Steve spent 12 hours unconscious, which would be more alarming if he hadn’t had worse before. At least this time he was in a hospital for it.
Or maybe that was worse.
His mom was by his side the moment he woke up, along with a pacing Dustin and half-asleep Robin.
“Mom? Where’s Dad?”
“Oh, honey!” Anne Harrington was a strong woman, a lawyer who didn’t take shit from anyone, only cried when Steve won his basketball championship and graduated high school. But here she was, sobbing against his hand tightly grasped in her own. “He’s with your brothers and sister. I didn’t want them to see you like this, honey. You almost died!”
Maybe that was true. He certainly felt like he almost died.
He felt Robin and Dustin staring at them, realized what his mom had said.
“Brothers?” Dustin asked, barely more than a whisper, from the foot of the hospital bed.
“Sister?” Robin asked, a yawn breaking out before she even finished asking.
There was a commotion outside the door, he could hear his father’s voice trying to stay calm as he spoke, but knew he was frustrated.
Then he heard a loud cry and his heart broke.
“Was that Bethany?” Steve croaked, his eyes watering at the wails his three year old sister was letting out.
Anne looked at the mostly closed door, nodding as she turned back to Steve in the bed.
“They’ve been begging to see you since this morning. They wouldn’t stop begging to come, so your dad compromised and said they could sit in the waiting room until you woke up, but they’ve been sitting there for two hours. You know how they get.”
He did. He knew that any compromise they’d agreed to was going to work to their benefit in the end because they were all much too clever for their ages.
Suddenly, the door shot open and his eight year old brother, James, stood there with wide eyes. His five year old brother, Ryan, stood behind him, bouncing on his feet so he could try to see.
His father appeared behind them, holding Bethany in his arms, and looking like he wished he could be anywhere else.
But that look disappeared when he saw that Steve was awake.
“I’m so glad you’re okay, son,” he said, a choked noise making its way from his throat like he would have sobbed if the kids weren’t there.
He could feel the confusion coming from Robin and Dustin, but now wasn’t the time to explain any of it.
“Hey kiddos. You guys okay?” Steve rasped out, giving a small smile to all his siblings.
James and Ryan ran to his bed, climbing onto it carefully when Anne snapped her fingers at them and told them to go slow so they didn’t hurt their brother.
“Down, daddy! Wanna see Steve!” Bethany was kicking her legs and trying to push away from Richard, who sighed and let her down.
She ran to the bed, ignored the warning to go slow, and piled into Steve’s lap.
It hurt, but she was so small, and Steve could deal with some discomfort if it meant she could see he was okay.
“Steve, you have boo-boos!”
He patted her always messy hair, and gave her the best smile he could muster.
“Just a few. I’m gonna get all better soon, though. The doctors just had to put some bandaids on them.”
“Are they Barbie bandaids?”
“Of course they aren’t, Bethany. They’re big and have to be wrapped,” James said.
Steve gripped James’ hand in his.
James was going through a phase of wanting to seem older than he was, which was normal, but he took a lot of it out on Bethany. Bethany could certainly hold her own, and often did, but they were all emotional and under a lot of stress at this moment, so Steve stepped in.
“Buddy, let’s just take it easy today, okay? It’s okay to be scared, but so is Bethany and she’s little, so we have to be patient. Like we talked about, remember?”
“What is happening right now?” Dustin asked, still standing awkwardly at the end of his bed.
“Um. Dustin, Robin, this is Bethany, James is to my left, and Ryan is to my right. These are my brothers and sister.”
“You have siblings.”
It wasn’t a question, but Steve could hear the disbelief in Dustin’s tone.
“I do.”
“You never mentioned them?” Robin asked as she looked at where Richard and Anne were now whispering in the corner of the room.
“It just never really came up?”
“Uh. Okay.”
“Who are these people?” Ryan asked as he turned his face into Steve’s arm, always more shy than his other siblings.
“That’s my best friend, Robin, and Dustin. I used to babysit him and now he’s like another brother.”
“But we’re your brothers,” James said, crossing his arms against his chest.
“Of course. But there’s plenty of room to have Dustin around, too. He’s awesome. He can teach you D&D!”
Bethany was curling up against his chest, at least being more careful now that she’d seen his injuries up close. Ryan was shuffling closer to his side, burying his head under his arm like he did on their family movie nights when he was getting tired but didn’t want anyone to know. James was still tense, jealous.
“Did he teach you D&D?”
“Nah. I told you it’s too complicated for me.”
“Did I hear someone say D&D?” Eddie peeked his head through the door, grin lighting up the room.
“Eddie!” Dustin exclaimed.
“Looks like Steve’s got a whole party in here! Are we playing or what?”
Eddie walked into the room completely, smiling until he realized that Steve’s parents were here.
They got together during chaos; they didn’t have time to talk about logistics, about what Steve’s parents knew about him, if they would even be okay with him.
He’d briefly mentioned his siblings to Eddie when they were getting weapons ready, but didn’t talk much about anything else.
“Eds, these are my parents, Richard and Anne,” Steve introduced them, winking at his mom when she gave him a questioning look.
He’d been out to his parents for months, accidentally letting slip that he’d gone on a date with a guy on their Christmas vacation. They took it well overall, the shock making it seem like they were upset, but they were just confused about why he’d only ever brought home girls.
“Mom, Dad, this is my boyfriend, Eddie.”
Eddie’s eyes practically bulged out of his head when he realized what Steve was doing.
“Ew, a boyfriend?” James, already back to his previous attitude, curled his lip up in disgust.
He looked so like Steve sometimes, it was alarming. If they were out running errands together, people often assumed he was his son.
“James! Watch your tone!” Anne said as she reached out a hand to shake Eddie’s. “It’s lovely to meet you, Eddie. I assume you’re the one who helped carry Steve to safety?”
“Yes ma’am.”
“So polite. Who would’ve thought Steve found someone so nice?” Richard said with a smirk and a wink at Steve.
“Are you in love?” Bethany asked as she watched Eddie from her spot against Steve’s chest.
Steve could feel his face heat up, watched as Eddie’s face went red and he looked down at the floor.
“We care about each other a lot, B,” Steve replied, hoping she would drop it.
“But he saved you! Like a princess!”
Eddie let out a small laugh as he got closer to the bed and sat down on the edge.
“Well, you look like a princess, too. What’s your name?” He asked, glancing up at Steve for a moment to make sure it was okay he sat there. Steve nodded once.
“Beffany.”
“Princess Bethany? Of Loch Nora?”
Bethany looked at Anne to confirm, nodding as soon as her mom gave her a thumbs up.
Eddie stood back up, bowed, and then sat down again.
“It’s an honor to be in your presence, your highness.”
“Are you a knight?” she asked as she scooted away from Steve’s chest and off his lap, climbing her way into Eddie’s.
Ryan was even pulling away slightly to watch what was going on.
“I wish! I haven’t been through all of my training yet. Maybe you could help me?”
“What kinda trainin’?” Bethany started playing with his hair, but Eddie didn’t stop her, wanted her to feel comfortable while Steve recovered.
“I need to learn my royal etiquette. Do you think you can show me?”
“Yes! We have lessons!”
“Great!” Eddie beamed at her. “Maybe you can give me lessons when your brother goes home?”
“Mommy! Can Eddie come play?”
“Of course. But not today. Steve has to keep resting here for a couple days and I think Eddie probably wants to be here for him.”
“Okay. I stay too?”
“No, baby. We have to let Steve rest some more. We can come back to visit tomorrow.”
Steve felt Ryan and James cling to his arms when they realized that meant they were all leaving.
“But Robin and Dustin are staying!” James was jealous. He loved spending time with Steve, thrived on being considered “mature” enough to run errands with him when their parents were busy, helping him with chores because he was the only one big enough.
Dustin was a threat to his time with Steve, even at eight he could tell.
“Actually, I passed Dustin’s mom on the way here and she was coming to get him soon to go home. He hurt his ankle and shouldn’t even be walking around right now,” Eddie said, eyes squinting in Dustin’s direction like they’d already discussed this once.
“And I have to get home to my parents so they don’t worry. Maybe you can walk me to the bus stop and keep me safe?” Robin asked, somewhat awkwardly.
She didn’t know how to talk to kids, but it was a valiant attempt.
And it seemed to work.
James perked up at the thought of helping in a big kid way.
“Oh, darling, we can drop you off at your house on our way home,” Anne said. “I’ll take you and James can walk with us so we aren’t alone. Right, James?”
James nodded vigorously.
“I’ll protect you. And then we can come back tomorrow to see if Steve’s better.”
Steve leaned down and kissed the top of Ryan’s head, smiling when he realized he fell asleep at some point during the conversation.
“He barely slept last night. I’ll carry him. Hopefully now that he’s seen you’re alive and okay he can rest,” Richard said with a sad smile.
“If you bring them all tomorrow morning, I can help them make character sheets for D&D,” Eddie suggested.
“Yes! Please, dad! Can we?” James bounced in the bed, jostling everyone a bit.
Steve hissed in pain, but tried to cover it with a smile when James looked at him with an apologetic look.
“Sure. If you promise to sleep tonight and eat breakfast in the morning, we can come back.”
“I promise!” James poked Ryan. “Ryan! Promise you’ll sleep tonight and have breakfast in the morning so we can come play D&D!”
Ryan blinked a few times, nodded, then snuggled back into Steve’s side.
As Richard and Anne worked on gathering the kids and Robin and Dustin walked out with them, Steve relaxed in the hospital bed, finally feeling most of his injuries.
He knew they would give him more pain meds if he asked, but he wanted a few minutes with Eddie first.
“Hey.”
“Hey, sweetheart,” Eddie said as he took his hand in his own, gently squeezing as he made himself comfortable on the side of the bed.
“Thanks for being so cool with them,” Steve let his eyes close for a moment as he took in every wound on his body.
He knew this was a close one, could tell by the way Eddie was looking at him a moment ago.
“You never told anyone else about them?”
Steve shook his head.
“Didn’t really need to. I figured they’d all meet eventually. Just never came up before.”
“Want me to get the nurse?” Eddie could tell he didn’t want to talk about it right now, so he changed the subject quickly.
“In a minute. Wanna kiss you.”
“Oh yeah? Come kiss me then.”
Steve opened one eye and started pouting.
“You come kiss me,” Steve said.
“Fine. But only because you’re hurting.”
Eddie leaned down to press his lips against Steve’s softly, a comfort as much as a promise for more when he was better.
“You’ll stay?”
“Yeah, sweetheart. Just gonna get the nurse and grab a snack from the machine down the hall and then I’m all yours for the night.”
“Can’t wait to feel better.”
“I know. Maybe next time you won’t try to be a hero, hm?”
“No, I don’t care about the pain or anything.”
“Then…”
“I want you to fuck me.”
“Jesus Christ,” Eddie choked. “Are you always like this or are there still some drugs in your system?”
“Dunno. Never felt like this with anyone else.”
“Stevie…”
“You’re good with them. Especially Bethany. She’s a lot. But you did good. Good for my nuggets.”
Steve was slowly losing consciousness and Eddie couldn’t help the fond smile creeping up on his face.
“They seem like good gremlins. They sure love you a lot,” Eddie whispered.
“Mhm. Love you.”
“Oh. I don’t think they know me well enough to love me yet, sweetheart, but that’s nice of you to say,” Eddie scrambled to get out, his heart flipping over in his chest at the thought that that wasn’t what Steve meant.
“No.” Steve opened his eyes, staring right at Eddie. “I do. I love you.”
It was crazy. Probably a product of his injuries, exhaustion, and drug cocktail in his system. He probably thought he loved him, but they’d only just gotten together officially.
“Eds. It’s okay. I’m just lettin’ you know how I feel. You don’t have to say it back.”
“I just. I. I think I love you too. I just don’t see how you love me.”
“‘S easy.”
Just that easy.
Like Steve would have said it whether he was in the hospital or not.
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The next morning, James, Ryan, and Bethany planted themselves on Steve’s bed while Eddie explained character sheets to them.
Steve watched with a smile as all of his siblings watched Eddie in awe.
His family meant the world to him, and Eddie did too. He wanted things to always be like this.
When Eddie smiled at him over James’ shoulder a while later, he thought that maybe they would be.
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wolfjackle-creates · 3 months
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Bring Me Home Arc 3 Part 1
Happy WIP Wednesday! So last week, we had a tie between Bring Me Home and Answer My Call. The tie breaker didn't come in until Monday after I'd already finished the entire Bring Me Home chapter and half the Answer My Call one.
So y'all will be getting two fic upates today then I'm going to sleep. I'm tired after a full day of work with a call out. XP
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Welcome to Arc 3 of Bring Me Home! 🎉🎉🎉
Story Summary: Danny's parents find out his secret. It doesn't go well. But he's not alone. His friend Tim Drake, better known as Red Robin, and the Young Justice will not let him suffer.
Word Count: 1.7k
Warnings: fanon-typical violence. This is my dissection fic, but I don't think I crossed the line into graphic. Let me know if you disagree.
Arc 1: AO3
Arc 2: First, Last
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Danny waved goodbye to Sam and Tucker as he made his way home from school. They had a long weekend and he planned to fall into bed and take a long nap. And then maybe grab some midnight tacos as Phantom for dinner.
He hummed as he thought about how awesome those tacos would taste when reached his home. Still lost in his daydreams, he unlocked the door and pushed it open.
Only for electric pain to shoot up his arm. Danny screamed, paralyzed to the spot. He tried to pull his hand back, but something held him in place. He fell to his knees, arm still held out and radiating pain through the rest of his body.
“What? Danny!”
“M-mom?” he forced out between cries. “Hurts!”
He could feel his transformation tugging on his core and he tried to force it back.
“Jack! Quick, it’s Danny!”
“Please,” begged Danny. Even kneeling was getting to be too much. Blackness was threatening the edges of his vision so he closed his eyes. He had to keep from transforming. He had to.
He didn’t even have the breath to scream anymore.
He heard his dad’s voice. There was a flash of light. And then nothing.
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The first thing Danny was aware of was that everything hurt. His muscles were aching and his right arm was practically numb. The next thing he noticed was that he way lying on something hard. He tried to roll over, only to realize he was strapped down. And not just at his wrists and ankles, but also at his waist and neck.
His eyes flew open in shock and he yelled in panic. Had Vlad gotten him?
“It’s awake, Mads!”
Orange filled his vision as his dad leaned over him.
“D-dad?” asked Danny. He felt his core humming in his chest. His core, not his heart. He twisted his head just enough to see a black jumpsuit.
He was Phantom. His parents knew.
His dad’s face contorted with anger, an expression he’d never once seen there before. “Don’t you dare call me that, impostor! What have you done with my son?”
“Dad, it’s me. I swear. I—I can explain.” He tugged on his restraints, trying to phase through them. Only to scream as the anti-ghost shielding shocked him.
His mom’s steps echoed from out of sight. “You aren’t escaping us that easily, ghost,” she spat the last word. “How long have you been possessing Danny?” She finally came into view, goggles blocking her eyes and her mouth hard.
“I’m not possessing him, I am Danny!”
She sneered. “Jack, now.”
“Release our son!” shouted his father. Then he pulled out a spray can and held down the nozzle.
Danny saw the mist approach him and scrunched his eyes closed as he turned his head to avoid the spray. But of course it was impossible. He whimpered as it settled on him, tiny pinpricks of burning. As he lay there, the feeling grew more and more intense until he couldn’t help but cry out.
And that’s when he breathed it in.
It was all agony, inside and out. The mist settled in his lungs, pure fire trying to melt core.
With a flash of light, he was Danny Fenton again. His heart beat in his chest and his lungs screamed for oxygen. The pain didn’t go away, but it lessened. Danny gasped in deep breaths, his limbs shaking in their restraints as he tried to push through the pain.
“Did it work?” asked his dad.
Fingers brushed his hair off his forehead. “Sweetie? Are you back with us?”
Danny opened his eyes, tears gathering and looked up at the face of his mother.
Her expression turned from hope to hatred so fast he thought he was dreaming. “Green eyes, Jack. The ghost is just trying to trick us.”
“The ghost repellent has never failed before. How are you surviving, ghost?”
Danny screwed his eyes shut so he wouldn’t have to see his parents’ faces. “It’s me, I promise. It’s me. I’m alive. I’m alive.”
“Stop lying!” screamed his mom.
Then he felt a sharp pain in his side, followed by a wave of agony. He felt like he was being electrocuted again. In defense, he transformed back into Phantom—his ghost form was so much more durable.
But the pain only got worse. He screamed. His wail was crawling its way up his throat, only to fizzle out into a wave of electricity when it hit the anti-ghost restraint strapped around his neck.
“Loud, isn’t it?” asked his father.
“Let’s shut it up, Jack,” said his mother.
“No, no please. It’s me, Danny!”
They ignored him, though. The pain stopped just long enough for him to gasp in a few breaths. Then piece of metal was being fixed under his jaw and over his mouth. His head was yanked up so it could be strapped in the back. Danny tried to yell into the muzzle, but it muffled all sound.
After that, he lost track of what they did. So many inventions were taken out, used, and discarded. Anything to destroy the ghost part of him or force him out of his living body.
He wished he could obey. That he could just be their son again and not Phantom. But he’d learned many times over the last three years that it was impossible. He was both Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom and spitting himself apart would only ever lead to destruction.
He didn’t know how many times he was forced into a transformation as his body tried to choose the form more resistant to the torture. It didn’t seem to matter, though, if he was Fenton or Phantom. His parents would check his eyes or use the ghost tracker and then the next wave of pain would wash over him.
Eventually, however, even his parents ran out of inventions to use.
“This isn’t working, Jackie.”
“What if we can’t force it out, Mads? What next?”
“We’ll cut it out. You know we’ve long hypothesized about the existence of a ghost heart. What better way to test our hypothesis than cutting the parasite out of our own son?”
Danny’s eyes flew open and he tugged with aching muscles, twisting as much as he was able. His muffled protests were ignored just as much as his words had been.
“Where do you think it’s hiding its heart?” asked his dad.
“We’ll use the Fenton Scanner to find the areas of densest ectoplasm concentration and search each of them.”
His mom stalked out of sight and Danny could hear her rummaging through various bins and cabinets looking for the scanner.
His dad, however, stared down at him, eyes hidden behind his goggles and his mouth in an uncharacteristic frown. “If you’re still in there, Danno, we’re gonna get rid of it. We’ll free you, son.”
Danny wanted to tell him he wasn’t trapped, to say again that he was himself, whatever he looked like. But all he could do was whimper and blink away the tears.
Then mom was back, a small scanner in her hand. She pointed it at Danny and he tensed, expecting more pain.
But he felt nothing. Soon enough, the device beeped and she waved over his dad.
“Look at this, sweetie. It’s working better than I expected. Only two main areas of ectoplasm concentration: his brain and his chest.”
“That’s awfully close to his heart, Mads. I don’t know if we can remove it without hurting Danny.”
“If we don’t remove it, he’ll be dead anyway!” Her last word caught on a sob.
Danny was crying in earnest now, too. This couldn’t be real. It just couldn’t. How long would it take anyone to even notice? Jazz was away at college, Tucker had plans with his parents all night, Sam was trying to get along with her parents to get out of a rich-person function later in the month, and he and Tim didn’t have a check-in until Sunday.
Could he survive his parents for two whole days until then?
He forced his eyes open to see his parents hugging. All he wanted was to be between them, caught up in their embrace. But instead he was strapped down to a hard, cold table.
They separated.
“Hold him still, Jack,” said his mom.
So Danny did the opposite. He ignored the ache of his muscles, the way they protested, to twist and yank and move as much as he could.
But his father’s hands were big and he was strong and Danny was tired. When his dad spread his hands over his shoulders and pressed, Danny couldn’t fight back. Above him stood his mom, holding a scalpel that glowed green.
Danny closed his eyes tightly when he saw her lower the blade. He couldn’t watch this. Then agony as it sliced through his skin.
Danny screamed into the muzzle. The pain was so intense that he could focus on nothing else. He didn’t know if his parents were talking to each other. He didn’t know what they were finding inside of him.
Instinct forced him to hide his core, to push it smaller and disguise it. But he knew that nothing would stop his parents forever.
He had no way to judge the passage of time. It felt like an eternity; it felt like a second.
Then the hands on him ripped away suddenly and new shouts, new voices, rang out in the lab.
Danny blinked his eyes open to see Sam and Tucker above him. Sam was paler than he’d ever seen her and Tucker didn’t look any better. He tried to talk to them, but the muzzle still covered his face.
Sam turned her head away and shouted, “Kon!”
A moment later, Superboy was landing next to her, his face grim. Then Danny’s restraints, muzzle included, fell to pieces. He was free.
He pushed himself up, needing to see, only to cry in pain and fall back down when the cuts on his chest protested the movement.
Sam and Tucker shouted at him, told him to stay still. Their words were fuzzy and hard to focus on. Everything was hard to focus on. But in the brief moment of time he’d been able to see more than the ceiling above him, he saw Tim in full Red Robin get up using his staff to keep his parents away.
Tim was here. And the world went black.
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Hollow Hearts
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Walter Marshall x reader
summary: You break up with Walter but you just can't move on!
Basically a lot of heartache and longing
warnings: 18+, minors DNI! breakup, drinking alcohol, some hints of light smut
@henrycavillbingo prompt: fever
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word count: 7k
Bonus chapter (that's the smuty part 😁)
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It was hard. You knew from the start that there'd be times like these where Walter needed to retreat. Sometimes his job just took every bit of energy he had. And you had accepted that. You had waited till the storm was over, till he was able to give you something back again. 
But now it had been months. You really tried to be patient with him. However at one point, the devil on your shoulder won. You started those little mind games. You stopped telling him that you love him, waiting for a reaction that never came. After that, you stopped the hugs, too. He still didn't even seem to notice. 
This was the first time you realized that maybe you had lost him.
Seven days ago, you decided to take the final step. No touch, no word. It broke your heart. More than just a few times, you had to stop yourself from reaching out to him when you lay beside him. But then you pulled your hand back, and instead, you shed silent tears into your pillow. 
In your head, you were screaming at him, begging him to show any kind of emotion. You wanted him to be mad at you. Anything but that feeling of being invisible. But Walter didn't. He came home late, sometimes he found his way into your bed, though most of the time he slept in his clothes on the couch. In the mornings, he would drink his coffee in silence and leave without a word. 
Today was the day all of this would change. You hadn't slept all night. Crying, trying to find excuses not to leave. You still didn't want to, but as much as you loved Walter, you also needed to take care of yourself. And staying with him like this would destroy you. 
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He was standing in the kitchen, dark circles under his eyes, when you carried your suitcase and your backpack down the stairs. 
“What are you doing, darling?” 
A sarcastic chuckle interrupted your sobs. It took him only that much to realize that something was off? Finally, he was able to talk to you?
“I'm going to stay at my mom's for a few days. I will try to find an apartment as fast as I can. Bye, Walter.” 
Your heart broke when you leaned forwards and your lips brushed over his cheek one last time. You held your breath, trying not to take in his scent. As fast as you could, you turned and ran out of the house before you could change your mind. 
Walter shouted after you, but you couldn't dare to turn around and talk to him. You could have never left him if you had looked at his face for another second. 
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The next three days, you ignored Walter’s messages and calls. But then you finally were brave enough and you picked up the phone. 
It was hard. For both of you. You didn’t think you had left any more tears to cry at that point, but you were wrong. At the end of your conversation, you were curled up on the floor, sobbing uncontrollably. But you had succeeded in resisting him.
Walter offered you to get back home. He would move out of the house himself, knowing you love it so much. He said he didn’t mind where he sleeps anyway. Although somehow you suspected that he just couldn’t stand being there with everything reminding him of you. 
And he was right. Because now that you were back at the home the two of you had built together, it hurt like hell. Every single time you got up the stairs to the second floor, you heard that one creaking step that reminded you of him. Reminded you of those many nights where you finally could relax, hearing the sound that told you that your man was home safely. It would have been easy to avoid the creaking step by shifting your weight a little to the other side. But somehow you just couldn’t bring yourself to do it. You just couldn’t let go of him yet.
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As the days got warmer, you sat in the garden and watched the blossoms of the peonies grow and open to the gorgeous, full buds of cream and powdery pink. With a sad smile on your face, you remembered how Walter had planted them for you, knowing how much you loved them. 
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Preparing your morning coffee, your eyes rested on the mug before you, the cracks still visible where Walter had glued the handle to it. You remembered the day it got broken. 
Walter was in the kitchen making coffee when you got out of the shower. You had tried to sneak up on him, like you had so often, but like always, he had heard you, sensed you, whatever, before you could reach him. He turned, a broad smile spread over his face as he grabbed you at your hips and pulled you flush to his chest. “Good morning, babe!” he whispered before he started to nip on your earlobe. He knew it was your weak spot, and he loved to take advantage of it. You moaned in response to it and squirmed in his arms. 
Within a second, somehow Walter had turned both of you, and you found yourself sitting on the kitchen counter. The towel that had been wrapped around your body was laying on the floor, serving as a cushion to Walter’s knees as he dove headfirst between your legs.
As your orgasm hit you, you knocked the coffee mug from the counter with your knee. You had both laughed at it and kept going. And after Walter had glued it together again, it became your favorite mug, always reminding you of that morning. 
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One of the joys of long relationships is having mutual friends. Which turns out to be quite complicated once you split up. This meant you had to see Walter from time to time at birthdays or other parties of your friends. It was always awkward, and it always hurt to see him because you still loved him so fucking much, and he looked worse every time you saw him. You knew he didn’t sleep. He didn’t eat well. You wished you could talk to him and somehow make him feel better. But how were you supposed to do that without hurting yourself? So you just asked your friends to look after him. They promised you that they tried, but they knew Walter just as well as you. That stubborn man didn’t take any help from others, at least not if it weren’t you. 
After another evening that was supposed to be fun with friends, you came home sad and worried. You slumped down on your couch and sighed. Your look fell on the shelf on the opposite wall, where all the picture frames were lined up. Pictures of family members, of yourself, and also the pictures of Walter and you together. The ones you had planned to remove so often but never actually did. 
“Dammit, I need to move on!” you told yourself as you got up again. You went to fetch one of the cardboard boxes that you had in the guest room ever since Walter had moved out, containing all the things that hurt too much to see them but not enough to make you throw them away. You picked up the photograph that you had taken on your first vacation together. He looked so happy and relaxed as he smiled into the camera. You wondered when was the last time you had seen him like this. Or anyone. One after another all the pictures of Walter found their way into the box and when you had removed the last one, your composure was gone too and you dropped to the floor, crying. 
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You were standing at the window as the fall storm was blowing yellow and orange leaves of the maple tree in your garden into the air. Another memory hit you as you watched the leaves fall onto the grass again. 
Walter standing in the garden, a knit beanie hiding most of his curls, big heaps of leaves on both sides of him. He had taken off his sweater after gathering the first pile of leaves, a while later he opened the buttons of the flannel he was wearing, the t-shirt beneath showing a sweat stain on his chest. He leaned on the handle of his rake, smiling, when he realized you were standing at the window and watching him. 
Another strong gust of wind rushed through the air, and most of the leaves that Walter had gathered blew into the air again. You laughed and saw how Walter did the same before he threw the rake into the remaining heap. Both of you were still laughing as you held the door open for him. “Let’s spend the time with something more useful”, he grunted and kissed you hard, his cold hands slipping into the waistband of your jeans and groping your ass. 
“But you stink!” you protested mockingly. Walter shook his head and heaved you up. You wrapped your legs around his waist as if it were a reflex. “Then you’ll have to take a shower with me”, he laughed, already on his way up the stairs with you clinging onto him. 
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What hit you the most was whenever those bittersweet memories came to you unexpectedly. When you thought you were happy and having a good day until suddenly Walter was back in your mind and your heart broke once more.
Like that time when you were having a great evening with your best friend. You were sitting on your couch with her, drinking wine and talking about the books you were reading at the moment.
“Hey, do you still have that book you read last year?” your friend asked you, “The one where the girl gets snowed-in in a cabin with those two hot bearded guys? I need to borrow it from you. It's the perfect season for it now.” She pointed out to the snowflakes slowly starting to cover the trees and lawn. You laughed as you remembered the book she mentioned. Yes, that one is definitely worth reading. You got up to look through your shelves for it and soon after, you held it in your hand. Your friend cheered as you showed her the illustration on the cover. “That's the one!”
But then, as you opened the book, a note fell down to the floor. 
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Walter used to hide those little messages everywhere for you to find. You loved them so much. But when you saw those words now, the loss felt suffocating. You froze, not even able to breathe as the pain filled your heart and spread through your body like a cold, dark shadow. 
Your friend knew right away what had happened and guided you to sit. 
“Do you want to talk about him or do we need more wine?” She asked. 
“Both!” you answered with a weak smile.
Two empty glasses later, you weren’t really smarter, but at least some of the weight that crushed your heart was lifted from your chest. You had talked about how much you missed Walter, and it felt good to finally admit it. But as you recounted the problems you had the last weeks before the split up, realization hit you. Way too late, but now you saw it.
“I was so occupied with pitying myself that I didn’t see how much all of this was my fault, just as much. Playing these stupid games instead of talking to him like an adult. What if I had told him how I feel? Maybe we could have made it? Maybe he would be here with me then.” 
Your friend held you all through the ugly crying that followed. When the tears started to cease, she brushed some strands of hair from your face and held a Kleenex out for you to take.
“Talk to him. Tell him what you told me today.” But you shook your head.
“It’s too late. I’ve been ignoring him for months. He’s moved on. Probably dating someone else by now.” 
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You were on your way to a barbecue at a friend’s house, but every crossing you passed, you argued with yourself if you should turn. You had an exceptionally bad week. After losing a big project at your job and arguing with your parents, Friday had ended with a terrible date. Not even wanting to go, your friends had told you it was about time. And the profile of that guy was promising. But then he turned out to be already taken. He was completely in love — with himself.
You wanted to spend the rest of your weekend in your bed with a book and ice-cream, but you had promised that you’d show up for at least a few hours, so you kept driving to your friend's house.
Parking your car next to the big black truck you know too well, you cursed. You should have stayed at home.
The first thirty minutes, you were lucky, you didn’t run into the man that you dreaded to see. You greeted your friends, talked for a bit, but somehow people seemed to sense that you were not in the mood. So they let you lean against a tree and sip on your beer in silence, soon. 
And then you saw him, clad in jeans that showed off his great ass and a gray Henley that fitted his wide frame perfectly. And as you managed to tear your eyes from his body, you also saw that he didn’t look that tired and exhausted anymore. He was smiling, the creases in the corner of his eyes only making him look more attractive.
“That fucker!” you snarled, hating him for making you want him so desperately. Looks like he's over you now, you thought, a sadness pooling in your stomach that made you want to run and hide. You decided that you were done with the day, and you were going to just ruin it completely now. You made your way over to the improvised bar, your eyes focused on the vodka bottle.
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The stars above you were so beautiful. But they were spinning, way too fast. You wanted to complain about it, but your mouth didn’t work the way you wanted to, and you suspected the words that came out of it didn’t really make sense. Somehow deep inside, you knew you should get up and call a taxi, but how were you supposed to do that? So you just kept laying in the grass and watching the world turn. 
Dark curls were suddenly in your way. And then you saw a pair of blue eyes, squinted, the brows above them furrowed. 
“Come on, sit up!” the familiar deep voice told you, and two hands held you in a tight grip until you were upright again. You sank your back against a firm wall that was warm and heaving in a steady rhythm. 
“Walter!” you slurred, “always my savior!” His sarcastic chuckle was full of frustration, but you wouldn’t have noticed. Tonight, you wouldn’t notice anything anymore.
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It wasn’t as easy as he thought to maneuver you into his truck, your limbs slipping out of his hands, but finally, he had you on the passenger seat. He rolled down the window in hopes that the fresh air would help sober you up. And halfway to your home, he had the impression that you were getting a little to your senses. 
Worried, his eyes shot to you whenever he could dare to move them away from the streets. You were beautiful, even in this state, he thought. Your eyes big and glossy, as you watched him silently. 
Getting you into your bed was easier. At least the physical part of it. Walter opened the door and took in the scent of the house that he had missed almost as much as its inhabitant. He carried you up the stairs and carefully laid you down on the mattress. His fingers fumbled with the little straps of your sandals. Then his look fell on your clothes. Should he leave you like this, or help you undress? It wasn’t as if he didn’t know you without clothes. But he wasn’t allowed to see you like this anymore. And maybe it was better if he didn’t get reminded of how beautiful you are. How soft your skin felt. So he tucked you in the blanket without removing the dress you wore. But he just couldn’t leave without leaning down to brush his hand over your hair.
He jerked when your hand shot up to him. Your fingers wrapped around his neck as you pulled him close. “I still love you, you know? So much! And I would just love to be fucked senseless by you. Now. Please!” Your lips pressed hard against his, desperate to taste him. But Walter didn’t reciprocate. He froze for a second before he pulled himself free from your grip.
“Don’t!” he told you, his voice a whisper, but full of hurt. “Don’t do that.”
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First thing you noticed as you woke up was the awful taste in your mouth. Then the stabbing pain that was shooting through your head when you opened your eyes to the sunlight. You squeezed them shut again and sighed.
“Idiot” you scolded yourself. "What have you done?"
When you opened up your eyes again, slowly and carefully this time, you noticed a bottle of water and some painkillers on your nightstand. Were you smart enough to prepare for today's hangover, at least? But how exactly did you even get home? You had absolutely no idea.
After you took the painkillers and downed half of the bottle, you got up to get into the shower. That was until a scent filled your nostrils and you changed your plans. 
Down in the kitchen, there was a whole pot of coffee waiting for you, and a plate with two bagels. Fried eggs and cream cheese. The ones that Walter always used to make for you. You also noticed the bouquet of peonies standing on the table with a note beside it.
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Fuck! So he took you home? And he made you breakfast? The bagels were still warm, so he couldn’t have left too long ago.
Distressed, you tried to remember what had happened tonight. But only fragments appeared in your head. The barbeque, Walter laughing, the vodka, so much vodka, damn! Then stars and cold grass, Walter in his truck, the stairs creaking. Nothing else.
Wait! Was there a kiss? Somehow you remembered a kiss, but that couldn’t have been. This must have been a dream. You looked down on yourself. You were still wearing your dress. And your panties. Thank god. But damn, you needed to fill the gaps in your memories. 
Ashamed and frustrated, you decided to take a shower and then take the embarrassing task of calling Walter. 
You sat on your bed, ankles crossed. Your stomach was doing somersaults, and you weren’t sure if it was for yesterday’s disaster or because of what you had to do next. You stared at your phone, not willing to take it into your hands just yet. Biting on your lip, you finally scrolled to Walter’s number and dialed.
“Hey! Thought you’d call today. How are you?” You tried so hard not to cry as you heard him, talking softly as if he tried to be careful with your hammering headache.
“I’m okay, considering the state I was in yesterday, I guess.” you said shyly. You were ashamed and felt incredibly uneasy. “I… I…” you stuttered, “I need you to help me with a few details. I can’t really remember most of the evening. And I need to know if I said something stupid. Or if I did something stupid, if we did…” You couldn’t end the sentence, but Walter should be getting it.
“You didn’t do anything wrong. You were just a little tipsy. Or, yeah, well, quite drunk.” He let out a small laugh, but it wasn’t offensive. It was soft and warm. “You were cute, and didn’t say anything stupid. I put you into bed and made sure you had everything you needed. I slept on the couch for a while, I wanted to see that you were really doing okay. At six this morning, I left. I thought I’d give you some privacy."
After you had ended the call, thanking Walter, you cried. You cried because you were so grateful that Walter had taken care of you. That he was there for you when you needed him. But part of you also cried because you had hoped to hear that you had kissed, that you had somehow found a way to show him how much you still felt for him. But you hadn’t. And you knew if you couldn’t do this with liquid courage, you’d never manage to tell him. 
If you had thought you were heartbroken before that day, you had no idea how much you were able to suffer. You were so incredibly mad at yourself that you had walked away from the man who meant the world to you. And today you finally realized you would never get him back. You were absolutely miserable. 
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But at the same time, Walter wasn’t doing a lot better. He hadn’t slept at all that night. He had tossed around on your couch, pondering over the sentences he heard you say, over and over again. You had told him you still love him. But could he trust your drunken words? And even if so, was he able to give you what you need? He had failed you before. And he was so fucking scared that he'd hurt you again. Hurting you was no option. 
But damn, did it hit him hard that night. The urge to protect you was so strong. And while holding you in his arms, he wasn’t sure he could do the right thing, to keep away from you. He couldn’t take advantage of your state, but it was so hard not to hold you, not to kiss you back, to feel you one last time. 
Now he sat in his office, staring at the folders in front of him, but he couldn’t focus on anything else but you. He took out his phone, started typing, deleting the words again, only to type and delete them once more. “Fuck!” he growled as he threw his phone on the desk. All he wanted was to hold you in his arms and tell you that he still loved you. But he couldn’t, not until he was sure that he’d be able to be there for you, no matter what. 
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It’s been a month since the vodka fiasco, and you were finally at least trying to move on. But after a few days that hadn’t felt like you were a total failure, today was harsh.
You felt off, couldn’t focus, and your body switched from shivering to sweating minutely. After she had watched you worriedly the whole morning, your favorite co-worker came to you around noon. She put her hand on your shoulder. “Hey, you’re sick. Go home and take care of yourself.” 
First, you wanted to protest, but before the words reached your mouth you realized that she was right. So you took her advice and went home. You made a cup of tea and curled up on the sofa with a soft blanket. Your eyes drifted shut before you could even turn the first page of your book. 
With a startled cry, you woke up. Beads of sweat were covering your forehead and running down your chest. Sighing, you lifted your head and realized you must have been sleeping for hours. The room was dark, only a dim glow from the street lanterns falling through the windows. Taking a deep breath, you tried to clear your head, but the dream that had woken you didn’t leave your mind.
It had been the night when Walter had taken you home. You remembered how his fingers had carefully moved over your ankles, how this touch had made you feel so desperate. He had put you in bed, wrapped you up like a burrito. And even if it was dark in the room, you were able to take in the soft expression on his face, his eyes staring right into your soul. You remembered how the touch of his hand through your hair had broken your last will to resist him, how you had pulled him down to you, telling him all those things that you never wanted to admit to him. And you also remembered how he didn’t kiss you back, how he pulled away from you, sounding so hurt when he told you to stop. 
Tears were falling from your eyes. Was this real? A flashback or a dream? You weren’t sure. The next memory was even more foggy. But just as blurred as it was, it was the part that you wished the most to be true:
You had almost drifted off to sleep when you felt Walter’s hand on your cheek, his fingertips caressing your neck, like he had done a thousand times before. His voice barely a whisper, you had heard him say: “I still love you, too. And I miss you, every damn day.” 
His curls had brushed over your forehead before you felt his soft lips grazing your cheek for a kiss so gentle you hardly felt it at all. But it was there. He had kissed you, he had admitted his love to you. If it wasn’t just your feverish mind playing tricks on you. 
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With the little energy you had in you, you forced yourself to go up to your bedroom, change into your pajamas and fall into your bed. After an hour of going back and forth through the dream you had, in the half awake state you were in, you texted a message to Walter, telling him that you need to talk. Just as you hit the send button, you regretted it immediately. You wanted to delete the message, but then you saw the checkmarks, implying Walter had already seen your text.
And then  — nothing. You waited for an answer to appear, but after several minutes, the fever took over again, and you slowly drifted off to sleep. 
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The vague sound of a doorbell rang through your head in your dream, then knocking. First hesitant, then louder, more determined. Your eyes fluttered for a moment, but you were too tired to keep them open. You heard your name, the familiar deep voice calling it as if it were a question. You tried another time to open your eyes, and this time you were successful. 
The creaking step announced him like so many times before, and you were able to sit up on your elbows when finally there was a knock on your door.
“Hey, it’s Walter. Are you in there? Are you okay? I’m madly worried.” Still not fully processing everything around you, you only managed a quiet answer.
“You can come in,” you told him, wondering what got him worried. 
The door opened slowly and Walter’s curly head appeared in the door frame.
“Goodness, there you are.” Walter said breathlessly. “I’ve been calling you for hours.”
He stepped into the room and, without taking his eyes from you, he let himself fall onto the chair next to your dresser.
Staring at him confusedly, you sat up. Ignoring your thundering headache, your look went to the window, seeing it was still dark, then to the phone on your pillow. It must have slipped from your hands when you fell asleep.
The screen showed new messages and missed phone calls, all from Walter.
Your eyes going back to him, you chewed on your lip.
“Damn, sorry Walt. I fell asleep, I think I caught the flu.” Immediately Walter was on his feet again, crossing the distance between you with long strides. Softly, he pressed his palm on your forehead.
“Oh, dammit, your skin is burning hot.” He brushed some sweaty strands of hair from your face before the comfort of his hand left your skin again, and he took a step backwards. “I’ll be back in a minute.” Within the blink of an eye, he had left your bedroom, and you were just as confused as before. Your foggy brain couldn’t tell what was going on. 
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You felt a cold hand on your cheek and opened your eyes, wondering when you had even shut them at all. Walter was standing beside you again, his brows drawn together in concern as he looked at you. 
“Hey, welcome back.” Not losing his worried expression, his mouth curled into a small smile. He pointed to your nightstand. “I brought water and tea, didn’t know if you wanted something warm or cold. But you need to drink. And take those pills. I’m making you some soup now, okay?” His fingers brushed gently over your face. As you sat up, Walter took some pillows and placed them behind your back so you could sit back more comfortably. You reached for the bottle of water and took a sip. You hadn’t realized that you were thirsty, but the water running down your throat felt like heaven. Walter held the tablets out for you to take, and with a grimace, you swallowed them, drowning them down with more water.
“Thank you!” you whispered, not knowing what else to say to him. You knew you needed to ask him about that night, but right now, you were not strong enough for it. So you accepted to just take his help instead. 
He brought you soup and watched you sternly while you were eating. After that, he handed you more water. “Feeling better?” he asked, and you nodded.
“Yes, I think the medicine is doing its work now. Thank you, Walter. Really!”
He had taken his seat on the chair again and smiled softly at you. “Any time, sweetheart!” 
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You must have fallen asleep again soon after that. The next time you opened your eyes, you saw Walter crouched on the small chair, his head sunken to his chest, silently snoring. You were curled up, too, your body shaking and your teeth chattering. 
“Walter!” you called him. It was barely more than a whisper, but his eyes shot open immediately, and he rose from his chair, one of his knees cracking audibly. He was beside you in an instant and took in your shivering.
“Your fever is rising again,” he remarked. He took a blanket that was hanging over the foot of the bed and wrapped it around you, together with your comforter. After checking his watch, he shook his head with a sigh. “It’s too early to give you more paracetamol.”
“I’ll live!” you responded. “But you can’t sleep on the chair, your back will kill you tomorrow. At least take the couch.”
Walter frowned at you, and you noticed the muscles in his jaw flexing.
“Don’t clench your teeth,” you told him softly. You had seen him doing this a thousand times before. He was tense.
“I can’t leave you alone,” he said and you knew he wouldn’t give in. He was a stubborn mule after all. You huffed and moved a little to the side, making space for him.
“Come here. This bed is big enough, and we’re adults after all.” 
When he didn’t move, you rolled your eyes, regretting it immediately as your headache got worse. “Get in here, Walter!” You said, more rigidly this time. 
Walter exhaled and finally gave in. You felt the mattress dip behind you. A second later, an arm wrapped around your shoulder. It was over the blankets, but it still felt so comfy and familiar.
“Is this okay?” he whispered, and you nodded, despite you answering him:
“You’re going to catch my flu.”
Walter chuckled and only pulled you a little closer. “Nah, I never get sick.”
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When you opened your eyes the next time, everything was different. Warm sunlight fell through the window. Your head wasn’t throbbing in pain anymore. You were neither shivering nor sweating. Maybe you were still a little weak, but you felt so much better than yesterday. It was a good start into the day. On the downside, the man beside you was gone, too. 
After a stop in the bathroom, including a sixty-second shower that made you feel a hundred times fresher and fitter, you stepped into some leggings and a shirt and made your way down into your kitchen. The scents wavering through the hallway and the clattering of tableware told you where you would find Walter. 
Seeing him moving so comfortably through your kitchen, you felt your heart constricting in pain. It once was a natural sight, but now it was like a reminder of what you had lost. When he would see that you’re better again, he’d leave and the room would feel so empty without him. 
You watched him placing everything he had prepared onto a tray and turn. His eyes fell on you and he huffed in surprise.
“Hey, you’re up!” You noticed how his eyes traveled all over you, checking the state you were in. As always, all protective and caring. “Are you feeling better? I was just about to bring you breakfast and more medicine.”
You stepped into the kitchen and sat down at the breakfast bar. 
“I’m so much better.” 
As Walter dropped the tray in his hands on the counter before you, you put your hand on his arm.
“Thank you for taking care of me, Walter.” A sad chuckle escaped you. “I feel like I have to say that a lot, lately.”
“I’m glad I can do that. I’ve let you down often enough before.” He turned his head to his side to avoid looking at you. 
Your hand brushed through his beard and guided his face back so you could lock eyes with him.
“You didn’t let me down, Walter. At least not on purpose. We were both making some stupid mistakes back then. Sit down. We should finally talk.”
Shutting his eyes, he nodded. But instead of sitting down on the chair next to you, he moved to the coffee machine, holding up the steaming pot. “I think I will need some caffeine for that, you want some, too?” 
You told him yes and another thank you, then you watched him grabbing two cups from the cupboard. When he put them down on the counter, both of you let out a small wince. Walter looked at the green mug with the glued handle with an expression that you couldn’t quite name. When he looked up at you again, you tried your best to feign unawareness, but you guessed you did a poor job with it.
Anyway, Walter ignored it, poured coffee into the two mugs and took the broken one for himself. He finally sat down next to you and started to speak.
“Sorry that I let myself in yesterday. But after you didn’t answer the phone, I was really worried, so I took the key from the key safe in the shed.”
“That’s okay, Walter. I’m glad you came. It was good having you here.”
Walter nodded and took a sip from his coffee.
“What was it that you wanted to talk about?” he asked you. You didn’t really want to answer, but you knew you had to. Not knowing if your memories were betraying you would make you go mad.
“When I was feverish, I had a dream about the night you brought me home from the barbecue.” You felt the heat rising up your neck and cheeks. You still felt so awfully embarrassed about what happened then. “I’m not sure if it’s a memory or if my mind is just playing tricks on me. I remembered pulling you down into a kiss and telling you,” you took a breath before going on. “I told you I still love you, and…” You couldn’t finish the sentence. Instead, you carefully studied Walter’s face. His eyes changed, showing both kindness and pain. 
“You remember correctly.” His voice was hoarse. Your heart was racing in your chest. 
“But you said, ‘Don’t do that.’ You pulled away.” You felt how your eyes were watering, your gaze getting blurry.
“I did.” Walter’s warm hand wrapped around yours and his thumb drew tiny circles over your skin. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I didn’t want you to stop kissing me. I wanted to feel you in my arms. But you were drunk. I couldn’t have taken advantage of you like this.” His other hand cupped your cheek as his eyes were looking into yours deeply. “When you were sleeping, I couldn’t hold back kissing you one last time. It was just a peck on your cheek, but I needed to feel your skin on my lips one last time.”
So your memory hadn’t betrayed you. It was true. Your hand moved to Walter’s neck, your fingers raking through his curls. “I’m not drunk today.” 
You watched as Walter pressed his lips into a thin line. “You’re sick with fever, darling.”
But you shook your head. “No. I’m better. And even if so. Believe me when I tell you this, Walter. Ever since I walked out that door and left you this stupid letter, I have regretted it. I love you, I miss you so much, and I wish I would have talked to you back then, instead of playing stupid mind games. It wasn’t fair to leave you without ever letting you know how I felt. I’m sorry!”
The look Walter gave you was more intense as ever. He stepped between your legs, wrapping you into a tight embrace. Your heart jumped as your face settled on his chest and he pressed a soft kiss on your hair. 
“I am sorry that I was emotionally absent for such a long time. I have left you before you did. Maybe not physically, but that doesn’t matter. I wasn’t there for you, I didn’t see your pain.” He paused for a brief moment, though his hands never stopped running up and down your back. “The last few months I asked myself so often if I was worthy of your love, if I was capable of treating you right. If you’d take me back, that is. And I wasn’t sure. This job is exhausting. Sometimes you can’t help but numb all feelings to be able to go on. But I’m willing  to try if you still want me. You just have to promise to talk to me.”
You pulled away from Walter’s chest so you’d be able to look into his eyes. As you saw the love in them, you got up, your hands cradled his head, and you pulled him down to you.
When your lips found his, new tears ran down your cheeks, but you ignored them. This kiss was telling more than any of you would have been able to express with words. Every little bit of longing went into it, and you felt it running through your bones. Your chest filled with love until you were about to burst from happiness and relief. 
Only when you both ran out of oxygen, the two of you parted. Walter pressed his forehead against yours, and you felt his breath grazing over your neck. He smiled softly at you and brushed his nose against yours.
“Are we doing this?” he asked. His voice was showing a vulnerability that you had never seen with Walter. “Are you taking me back?”
“Yeah, I do, if you want me back, too.”
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Dating Jolly would include:
mdni. nsfw (daddy kink, creampie, spanking mention, etc) & fluff content below cut. Scroll back a little on my blog for Noah, Matt, and Nicholas.
Also there is some Swedish below and I'll warn you now that my Swedish isn't as strong as my Norwegian or Danish.
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Jolly loves to play argue with you. Screaming at you to make him a sandwich, knowing full well you'll tell him to fuck off. You'll make it for him though because you love him.
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He makes the snacks and you pour the wine and the two of you sit down to watch trashy tv together. Jolly is obsessed with The Kardashians, he would force the band to do reality tv if he could.
"Why do you like this so much?" You ask one day, leaning back into him embrace as you both sprawl out on the sofa.
"I like drrrraaamaaa," he sing-songs, rolling the r in drama a little harder than necessary and you can't help but snort out a laugh.
He calls you pet names in Swedish. "älskade min," (my beloved) and "söta min," (my sweet) are his favorites.
"Du är så vacker, älskade min," he murmurs between soft and slow kisses as the two of you laze in bed one morning. Your bodies, naked, are tangled under the sheets and it's less about sex and more about intimacy in the moment.
("you are so beautiful, my beloved.")
Jolly is a god at sex. Years of playing guitar has made him swift and skilled with his fingers, it's also given him the very fun ability to fuck you perfectly in time to your favorite songs.
Ring and middle fingers curl up inside you, perfectly hitting that sweet spot that he always seems to find. His thumb grazes over your clit and your hips buck upwards as you beg him to let you cum.
Your walls clench around his fingers as he pumps them in and out of you at the perfect pace. "That's my girl," he coos, "good girl, cum for me, princess," and you do.
Euphoria washes over you, all the way down to your toes as you cry out his name, cumming over his fingers.
He's a big fan of anger fucking. You're the only thing that can soothe his frustration, calm him down when things are too stressful. Of course he would never do it unless he knew you wanted and you've yet to say no because angry Jolly fucks like a beast.
He smacks your pussy and although you grit your teeth, you know you're getting wet and he does too. A second slap lands and Jolly's hand lingers over your mound for a moment before a finger slides up your slit, smearing your juices. "Such a bad girl," he says, amusement in his voice. "getting wet from daddy's punishment like a little slut."
He pushes you down onto the floor in front of him and pulls his hard cock out of his pants. "Maybe if you show daddy you deserve to cum-" he doesn't get to finish his sentence, trails off in a sigh of pleasure as your mouth obediently goes to his crotch.
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The hand on the back of your head pushes your face down into the pillow, your own hands clenching the sheets. Jolly fucks you from behind, hard and fast, using you for his own pleasure. You've cum twice already at his manhandling, something about seeing him like this when he's normally so sweet just gets your gears going.
"Fæn," the curse leaves his lips and you feel him bottom out, holding his hips against you from behind as he fills you with warm cum. When he finally pulls out and you fully sink against the mattress, he chuckles. "I didn't say you were done, söta min," you look over your shoulder at him, taking in the vibrator in his hand. He loves to see how many orgasms he can get in one night from you.
You become the "Band Mom" so to speak. Despite Matt calling himself "Tour Dad", it's actually Jolly who holds the dad responsibilities. He's the one that gets calls in the middle of the night when someone is sick or in trouble, who deals with childlike behavior for his attention. You get swept up into the mom friend roll because of it.
"I wanted an uncrustable," pouts Noah, looking at the sandwich Jolly had made him. The band was over to discuss an upcoming tour and when the afternoon had come and stomachs began to rumble, Jolly had wordlessly started to make everyone lunch.
"I'll cut the crust off and it will be the same thing," you promise, pulling the plate towards you and beginning to carefully cut crust off the bread.
"Can you cut mine off too?" Asks Folio, sliding the plate your way as Jolly slices up apples so his boys will get some fruit with their lunch.
"It's not the same," Noah complains when you pass the crustless sandwich back, now working on Folio's. "I don't want this because it's not what I asked for."
Jolly puts the knife down and turns around, hands on his hips. "That is not very nice behavior," he reprimands Noah, fully in dad mode now. "Say you're sorry."
Noah's eyes roll as a chorus of "ooh you're in trouble," runs through the band. "Okay dad," he says sarcastically. "I'll apologize to mom."
if you express the desire to learn to play guitar, Jolly jumps to teach you. He buys you a guitar and takes time when he's home to go over lessons with you. Sometimes he just sits with you in his lap, his hands over yours as he shows you proper finger placements for each note.
Jolly absolutely is the only one who's not afraid to fuck on the bus. They have rules for fucking because of him.
There's also been a few times where he's stalked off stage to where you were waiting backstage. He's sweaty and full of adrenaline after a set and he pulls you into the closest empty room or closet, fucking you hard and fast right then and there.
He always brings home little gifts from tour and you have no idea how he manages not to lose them during travel. You love and cherish each one.
You pick up every Swedish cuss word, naturally, and Jolly thinks it's hilarious that if nothing else, you know how to say FUCK.
Jolly, on occasion, will agree to sharing you with one of us his friends. It's usually a little awkward the first time you two bring it up to someone the idea of bringing them into your bed for a night but mostly no one has said no yet. Being spit roasted by Jolly and Nicholas had been the highlight of your week once.
he thinks you are the prettiest person he's ever seen and he's constantly showering you in praise and compliments. You feel ethereal in under his gaze.
Jolly makes sure to set aside time for date night when he's not on tour. Sometimes date night is just the two of you curled up on the couch with some snacks, sometimes it's a fancy dinner somewhere nice.
He goes all out for valentines day. Bouquets show up at your workplace all day and when you go home, your car is filled with a ridiculous amount of flowers. He remembers all of your favorites. Boxes of chocolates await you when you get home and he's drawn you a bath and poured you some wine so you can relax while he makes dinner. If he's not home for the holiday, he still makes sure you get delivery after deliver of bouquets and chocolates and he facetimes you as soon as he can.
the few occasions that you fly out to wherever the band is on tour, hanging with them for a day or two just for a few moments here and there with Jolly, you always let yourself be put to work. It surprised him and made him feel proud the first time you showed up to visit in the beginning of the relationship and immediately you started helping to unload gear. Over the years you've learned how to set up a majority of their gear, how to properly load and unload it, you make sure you pull your weight in order to help out.
he's never loved you more than he did during a UK tour when you left the set early and made sure to have food waiting for band and crew back at the busses. He's not sure how you managed to bring so much back on your own or how you kept it warm, but damn is he grateful.
"NO SLEEP FOR DINNER!" Folio shouts in excitement before digging straight into a container of pasta, with his hands.
Jolly cups your cheeks in his hands, pressing soft kisses against your lips. "You are magnificent," he tells you and then turns to Folio and immediately reminds him that he needs to use utensils, not eat spaghetti by the fist fulls.
Jolly constantly talks about the future too.
"We'll have 6 kids," he declares and your jaw drops. "Maybe 8, I haven't decided yet."
"We'll have two, maybe three. If you think I'm popping out eight kids, you are insane," you tell him.
"Hm, maybe I'll have to birth a few," he jokes and you roll your eyes even though you laugh.
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I just want to tell you I am (Jamie Tartt x reader)
1.2k
warnings: fluff, language? mention sex like once
summary: Rebecca and Keeley ask you a very suspicious question
a/n: short little engagement drabble <3
“How’s Jamie?”
You, Keeley and Rebecca have begun a tradition of pamper and girl talk before matches, almost every week. Each of you bring things for self care to a rotation house- this time yours- and spoil yourselves and each other. The three of you, the medical and technical director, the publicity mogul and the club owner, make a very unusual trio of three generations. 
You’re in the middle of putting on a bright blue rubber face mask with your hair up in a mask and dressed in your matching fuzzy robe when Keeley poses the question.
Rebecca busies herself with her nails, pretending to not be interested.
You can’t help a face-splitting smile as you gaze at one of the many pictures of the two of you on the wall of your shared residence with the famous football star player: Jamie Tartt himself. In this particular shot, Jamie is holding you up in front of a sunset, your hair flips down and covers both your faces, but if you look carefully, you can see jamie’s adoring eyes. 
patting the mask back on, you avert your eyes. 
“He’s… fine. Great. He’s great actually.”
Keeley tears the seal off a tube of teeth-whitening solution.
“You two are perfect for each other,” She tells you. “You don’t take any of his shit. That’s really good.”
Rebecca flashes her white shimmer nails. Both you and Keeley ooh and ahhh at them.
“you’ve been good for him,” the oldest in the room tells you. “He’s been very good for you, as well.” 
You smile at your two closest friends. 
“d’you reckon you’d marry him?” Keeley asks suddenly. “like, if he proposed tomorrow, what’d you say?”
You stare past her at the screen.
another one of the defining characteristics of your spa days is the sad movies playing in the background. You and your girls always love having a good crying movie in the background, especially if they have happy endings.
(you remember when you had the day at Keely and Roy’s place. The football coach walked in, took one look at the three of you crying while a screaming mother grieved on the huge flatscreen tv, and turned and walked out). In this particular movie, the boy who is sick is being sung to and he starts crying (unrealistically. he’s in a coma).
“It sounds crazy. I know, but i think i’d say yes,” you tell them. “I don’t know. I’ve never loved as hard as i love Jamie. It’s not going away, it’s only getting so much better.”
You watch Rebecca’s face carefully, trying to gauge her reaction. After her horrible experience with Rupert, how would she take this?
She looks like she’s trying to hide a smile.
“That’s great, babes,” she tells you. “really, really great.” 
“plus,” you add with a grin. “he’s really, really good in bed.”
“That’s a bonus right there,” rebecca exclaims.
The three of you soon brush the tooth whitening solution on and silently shed tears as the mom on screen begs for mercy.
this is the life.
The match today is a great one to see. Jamie flies on the pitch, and every time he scores he looks up at the box and blows you a kiss. You know he likes to fluster you, and this never fails to disappoint.
when there are only five minutes remaining, rebecca and Keeley stand up and grab one of your elbows each. 
“what’s going on?” you follow them, confused into the stands, and to the private elevator. “where are we going?” 
they share a look. Keeley squeals and rebecca squeezes your shoulders, but they don’t answer your question.
“You’ll just have to wait, my darling.”
you give them looks. They know you don’t particularly like waiting. You’re the one who always looks up spoilers for the movies you watch because you just can’t wait.
You descend past the entrance and to the pit. The smell of sweaty man bombards your nostrils but they keep walking. 
“you guys know you’re not allowed on the pitch, right?”
“don’t worry, babe, we’re not going to the pitch.”
“see even though you say that, it really feels like we’re headed straight into the tunnel that leads to the pitch.”
the second you step foot into the opening, the ref’s whistle blows. The three of you stop short as the crowd erupts into screams and the Richmond chant. Rebecca has her phone out. 
“What is going on?” you ask for what feels like the fifteen hundredth time. the whole Richmond team Is getting closer to you guys. Sam and Isaac don’t even say hello, they hoist you onto their shoulders and charge back out onto the field.
“put me down!” you are surrounded by the team - your family. “You two are super sweaty!”
once you reach the center circle they let you down. The whole team - and the other, for that matter, surround you. 
Jamie Tartt, your boyfriend, cuts through the circle, followed by all four coaches. 
he’s holding a microphone and a ring box in his hand.
you bring your hands up to your mouth and look to your sides. Sam and Jan Maas, the two closest to you give you the hugest, shit-eating smiles you’ve ever seen as jamie gets down on one knee, still in his kit, and flips the ring box lid. 
“(y/n), love.” his Mancunian accented voice reverberated throughout the gasping crowd. “I live you more than i’ve loved anyone in my life. I will never stop loving you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.” he pauses and you  cover your eyes, sloppily wiping up the tears that have gathered in your eyes. “Do you want to spend the rest of yours with me? will you make me the luckiest man on the planet and marry me?” 
The crowd, the teams, and even the birds flying above seem suspended in this perfect moment. The moment your perfectly imperfect boyfriend becomes your fiancée.
you nod furiously. frantically. 
“yes,” you whisper. “of course i’ll marry you, Jamie.”
he quickly hands off the microphone and charges toward you, taking you into his arms and spinning around amidst the roar of the crowd and the teams gathered around you. You’re crying. you’re both crying. He kisses you in his arms and then takes the ring out of its box and slides it onto your finger.
You press your forehead against his and kiss him again, crying.
This is the moment you will remember forever.
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When you get a moment of silence, jamie kisses you sweetly. 
“You don’t have to, love.” 
you pull back, startled. 
does he mean he wants to take it back?
“Jamie?”
“I put ya in the spot out there in the pitch. You don’t need to say yes right now. It’s okay.”
You can see the pain this statement causes in his eyes. You shake your head, new tears of happiness blooming for his consideration of you. 
“Jamie, I meant what i said. You are the love of my life, okay?” you hold out your hand. “And we’re getting married.”
He kisses you again, but this time, you can feel the promise of more behind his desperate, post game, adrenaline fueled lips.
should i make this a series?
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morgansunflower · 6 months
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Everyday I've Missed You
Clark Kent X Wife! Wayne! Reader
Warnings:suggestive content, explicit language, angst, and torture.
Words:1394
Arthur's notes! Conner is from young justice and Kon is 90s Superboy. Also Jonathan and Jordan from Superman and Lois series are readers young set of twins
Clark's disappearance takes it's toll on the family..
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It was early night with a bright night sky. Y/N Kent was sitting on her bed with her youngest two son's. Two sets of twins and all four were boys. Conner and Kon were only 10 when Y/N was pregnant with Jordan and Jonathan.
"momma when's daddy gonna be back?" Jordan asked yet again, laying his small head on her chest "is, he ok? I really miss him"
Before she could reassure her deeply concerned little boy his twin cut in "yeah it's been 3 weeks! This sucks" Jonathan whined laying on her arm
She kissed Jordan's forehead and then kisses the side of Jonathan's face. She was miserable but she had to be strong. She couldn't let them see the worry that tried to creep up to her e/c eyes. It was the hidden heaviness in her heart that showed through her face only when she is alone.
"oh my sweet boys. Don't you worry. Your Daddy is gonna be back home as soon as he can. It's gonna be OK"
"promise?" Jon asked holding her hand tighter
"I promise"
....
Many miles away from the Kent farm. Conner groans popping his knuckles and twist his neck to loosen his tight muscles. Kon twisted his back trying to make a louder popping noise.
With Superman gone it brought up much responsibility for them to keep the world a safer place. The two teenagers flew above the sky headed for the large farm. The couple bought it with Y/N's inheritance of her parents that her children were never able to meet.
The two brothers share a sadden smile seeing their mother sitting on the roof. She was wearing her lounge pants, house-shoes and tank top with Clark's plaid jacket. She was clinging to the jacket with her eyes shaking.
Conner and Kon gently land onto the roof beside her. She looks to her son's softly smiling.
"hey boys. How.. How was patrol?" she asked trying to distract herself and her boys from her bitter mood.
"it was fine..." Conner casually said more concerned with his mom.
Kon and Conner sat beside their mother taking her hands into their own. She remained silent as saying anything would bring her to tears.
After her husband was doing missions off planet. Sudden silence came, Clark hadn't been seen nor heard form, in 3 weeks. Bruce had been searching for his brother in law ever since.
"it's uh getting late. I know you two are half-Kryptonite like your Dad but your half-human like me.. So let's all go to bed" she ordered moving to her feet.
The oldest twins stand onto their feet with their mom. She feels so lonely. Clark had never been gone this long for years. She new who he is but she can't help but worry.
Conner wrapped his arms around his mother into a heartfelt hug, along with his twin Kon. The twins lay their heads on her shoulder. So much of her heart wanted to cry.
Y/N laid in her lonely bed clinging to Clark's pillow. She quickly covered her, mouth to muffle the impending sound of her crying. She takes a deep breath in and out. As she finally was able to calm her heartbeat down...
"AHHHH!!!" Jordan screamed panicking
"Jordan what's wrong?!" Jon asked his twin
"g-get away from me!!" he frightfully said holding his hands over his ears hearing.. Everything. His head began to pulse.
Conner and Kon speed into their younger brothers room. They see Jordan's arms over his eyes as he is curled in ball crying. Conner touches his arm gently
"hey Jordan what's wrong buddy?" Conner asked
"did you have a nightmare kid?" Kon asked
"Jordan baby what's wrong" Y/N said entering the room.
She sits on his bed, holding his arms with her hands. Jordan hugged his mom begging her to make it stop, as he started to lose control of his breath. She recognized the anxiety in his voice being the similar sound of Kon and Conner when it happened.
"shhh shhh listen to my voice. Listen to me. Take a deep breath in and out, ok? Can you do that for mommy please?"
Jordan did exactly what his mom asked him to "what's happening to me?" he asked genuinely scared.
"it's OK. It's all completely normal for a half-Kryptonian. It's OK. Do you remember Daddy telling you about, how you may be able to hear a lot of things? And be able to see certain things like a x-ray?"
"Y-yeah" Jordan mumbled
"well sweetheart that's what's happening. You're getting your powers like your Dad"
"really?! I'm gonna be a like Conner and like Kon and like Dad! Ooh do I get go on patrol"
"no!" she quickly said "Kon and Conner will teach you how to use your powers but for right now I want you all to get some sleep"
"ok, Ma.. I can't wait to tell Dad!" he exclaimed
"he'll be very happy for you"
Y/N kisses her son's head goodnight and then the other boys. She departs for her cold bed that would not bring her any form of warmth.
In the Bat-cave, Bruce sits on his chair looking at the picture on his desk. Bruce was being hugged by his sister and Clark. It was during his surprise birthday party, which of course he already suspected. All while Diana was behind the camera.
The four of them had always been close, going on double dates, and fighting crime together.
"you should go see her" Diana told her husband
"not until I fix this" Bruce responded bitter
"Bruce this isn't your fault" Diana quickly intervened
"the issue at hand being my fault or not is irrelevant. I promised her I would find him and I intend on not stopping until I do"
Darkness surrounds him, snow blankets as far as he could see. His red cape was torn, his hands were wrapped with part of the fabric from his cape to keep his arms warm. His hair had grown to his shoulders and his beard was half as long. He opens his palms to the fire trying to warm himself. A unusual feeling, that was becoming a bitter normalcy.
Darkseid had seized the man of steel and taken him. For weeks torturing him, no words left his lips but only agony. They kept him far enough from the yellow sun that which gave him his powers.. He was defenceless.
In his darkest moments he remembered her. He held onto her sweet voice with the memory of her comforting skin. He had to survive for his sons. Darkseid underestimated his fight to live. He left his body to rot on the planet.
He suddenly was in a beautiful dream. There she stood above him holding his face in her hands, as he was on his knees. She leaned down to his face and kisses him softly.
“wake up my dear” she whispers
When Clark finally slowly opened his eyes, he was cold.
The detective had found a lead.. he knew his sister had every right to know, but it wasn’t worth the risk he could be wrong.
Hope was finally here. He runs and runs through the snow. The plane entrance opens, he smiled to see his loyal friend. Bruce smiled to his brother in bond.
Clark didn’t waist any time.
As Clark's powers were restored. Clark went home to his family. While flying he is instantly overtaken by two teenagers in tears. He hugs them both tightly.
“boys” he cried, he gasped seeing his little boy “Jordan?!?”
“DAD!!”
Clark was right over the farm. He looks down seeing Jonathan running on the ground in tears yelling up to him. Clark quickly speeds to the ground and picks up his little boy to hold him. Jon began to cry squeezing his neck.
He leans into his Dad's neck "you kept your promise"
"I always keep my promises" Clark cried kissing his head
He hears her footsteps running, her heart racing and he hears her tears falling onto the floor. Clark put his son down.
As he sees her knees begin to tremble. He speeds to her lifting her into his arms. She squeezed his neck tightly as now she let her pain be heard in the warm embrace. He kissed her lips no longer cold
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Regressor Johnny w/ CG Kenshi: Nightmares
WARNING: Mentions of abuse, bottle breaking, bad nightmares, child abuse
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Johnny gasped as he sat up in bed, feeling sweaty and cold.
Gosh he hated having bad dreams.
He hated having bad dreams about his Dad.
He hated his Dad.
He hated waking up regressed.
He hated waking up regressed because of his Dad.
He- Crap- He didn't know what to do.
It was dark, and all he could hear was screaming. Shouting. Glass breaking.
He blindly reached beside him, trying to find Kenshi. He was here tonight, he was sleeping beside him. 
His Dada could help him, Dada was there for him. Dada could protect him from the loud noises and the bad, bad memories.
"Kenshi!" Johnny whispered, lightly shaking Kenshi's shoulder.
"Hm?" Kenshi hummed, not at all awake.
"Dada? Dada wake up!" Johnny panicked, shaking Kenshi harshly. "Pease wake up!"
"What the-?!" Kenshi gasped, shooting up. He didn't get much time to understand what was happening before Johnny crawled onto his lap and hid in his neck. "Wait- What's going on? What happened?"
"Scary dream!" Johnny began to cry. "It had- Had my Dad and he was yelling and-"
Johnny continued to blubber as he clung onto Kenshi for dear life. Babbling about his nightmare.
There was only once when his Father ever broke a bottle. It was a sparkling cider bottle. Johnny had broken a dish by accident, dropping it when he was trying to put it away. 
It wasn't his fault, really. He was too short to actually reach the cabinets at the time. A struggle to even get a plate.
His Dad had gotten furious though, grabbing whatever he was drinking and smashing it against the table. Grabbing Johnny by the shirt collar and threatening him.
It was the first, and one of the only times, his Mom ever really stopped his Dad. Threatening to take him to jail then and there.
His Father never threatened him again with broken glass.
Fists were still mildly common though.
Johnny never really spoke about his family to Kenshi. He spoke poorly of them, hinted to what they did. But it wasn't until Johnny had accidentally dropped a plate one night that he went completely spiraling, begging them not to hurt him, sobbing in the corner as he held his injured hand.
"He's not here anymore, baby," Kenshi whispered, holding Johnny close. "Your okay, he's gone bye-bye now. You'll never see that man again if I can help it."
Johnny shook his head, clutching Kenshi's shirt so tightly his knuckles turned white. It wasn't the first time Kenshi had helped either of his lovers with nightmares. Nor the first time they woke up regressed because of it.
He held Johnny close, steadily getting out of bed. He began to pace around the room, bouncing him. He even was able to turn the lights on, which made Johnny a little bit better.
Kenshi continued to tell Johnny that everything was going to be alright. That Dada was here, and Dada would protect him.
He made sure to use a softer tone, needing Johnny to understand that he was going to be okay. There was no more yelling, no more mean words.
The tone difference from the memory vs his now life made Johnny sob harder.
But eventually, his sobs turns into soft cries and hiccups.
"'m sorry," Johnny sniffed. "'m so sorry, Kenny."
"What are you sorry about, Precious?" Kenshi asked. 
Johnny's breathing went ragged for a second, choking as if he were to cry again, "W-Woke you up, and ruin your sleep, a-and made you feel scared!"
"You didn't do anything wrong, Johnny," Kenshi said, sitting on the bed. "You were ten, sweetheart. You were put into a terrible situation. You're allowed to look back and feel scared."
"But it happened so long ago!" Johnny coughed, his throat hurt from his crying. "And we no no see him anymore!"
"Just because it happened a long time ago doesn't mean it can't come back as if it were yesterday," Kenshi gently shushed him. "You're allowed to feel scared and upset over scary memories. But you are safe now, Honey. The bad man is gone and he'll never be back here ever again. Do you understand?"
"Mhm," Johnny nodded shakingly.
"Good," Kenshi kissed his forehead. "Can you read the time for me, Precious?"
". . . One," Johnny tried to read the alarm. Numbers were hard, and his vision was slightly blurry from his tears. "One, three."
Kenshi held back a sigh. One? When had Johnny woken him up? 12 something? It was probably about 1:13 or 1:30. Either way, it was incredibly late.
Although he wouldn't force Johnny go to bed just yet if he wasn't able to.
"What'll help you get back to bed, sweetheart?" Kenshi asked, rocking the both of them while they sat.
"No seep!" Johnny shook his head. "No seep, wanna stay up."
"You wanna stay up?" Kenshi asked, feeling Johnny nod hastily. "Alright, we can stay up. Do you wanna cuddle?"
"And play IPad?" Johnny asked hopefully.
Screen time was not 1 something in the morning.
But Kenshi wasn't going to nag about the rules right now.
"Of course we can use the IPad," Kenshi agreed, grabbing the IPad from Johnny's side with the nearby charger.
Johnny went back under the covers, practically forcing Kenshi back into a hug. Kenshi struggled but grabbed the half empty glass of water he had, encouraging Johnny to have some. Kenshi usually had a glass before bedtime, but never really finished it.
Johnny wanted to watch Octonauts, which Kenshi agreed with. They kept the lights on too.
"Dada?" Johnny asked quietly. "Want my teddys."
"Which one?"
". . . All of them?" Johnny looked hopeful.
All of them?
Johnny had . . . a bunch of stuffed bears. It made sense, he owned a bunch of Mortal Kombat merch, quite literally made the franchise. Some of his favorite merch sets were the teddy bears, making one based on every. Single. One. Of. His. Friends.
So there were a ton of bears.
But goodness, Kenshi was willing to find them all if it made Johnny happy.
And so he did, with Johnny's help of course. The boy refused to leave his side anyhow. He wasn't as scared anymore . . but . . .
What if Dada left! Or if Dad came and took him away? Or if Kenshi came back and he started yelling?
Why wasn't he yelling over the fact that all his teddy bears were all over the mansion? Kenshi was always lecturing him about not picking up his toys. Where was the 'I told you so'?
"I think we have them all," Kenshi said, counting all the plushies. "Wait, where's Kenshi Bear?"
"Here," Johnny said, holding the bear tightly, sitting on the bed. "I waiting."
"Waiting for what, 'Hun?"
Johnny wished he hadn't opened his mouth.
". . . For-For you to start yelling 'cause my toys were everywhere and now it's two," Johnny frowned, looking at the bed in shame. "It's late and I woke you and up I so sorry, Dada-"
"Stop, sweetheart, you've gotta stop," Kenshi gently said, kneeling before Johnny and gently grabbing his hands. "You're exhausted, your feelings are everywhere right now. Right now, it's just you and I. No big bad feelings and no big bad yelling, I promise you."
"But Dada-!"
"Johnny baby, it's okay. One, I wanna be here to help you. And two, you're going to be alright. I'm not going to yell or lecture you, I'm not your Father. I'm your Dada," Kenshi reasoned. "It doesn't matter how late it is, or how tired one of us are, you did the right thing coming to Dada for help, okay? Dada wants to help. You've done nothing wrong, Precious."
Johnny tried not to begin crying again, he really did!!
But he did, he began to blubber again, nodding at he tried to pull Kenshi into a hug. Which Kenshi happily accepted, rubbing Johnny's back.
This cry ended sooner. Much, much sooner. Kenshi was right, he did feel incredibly sleepy and his head hurt and his emotions were all out of wack.
Kenshi carried Johnny to the bathroom, wiping his face and filling his cup with sink water. Any water was good right now, and Johnny was so thirsty after crying again and again.
The bed was flooded with plushies. Kenshi tried to push them more towards the end of the bed, but Johnny teared up and insisted that they all stayed near the pillows.
Except for one, Kenshi Bear. The bear that Johnny held incredibly close to him.
"Dada?" Johnny whispered as they were snuggled back in bed. "I wuv you."
"I love you too, Precious," Kenshi smiled, kissing Johnny's hair.
Johnny didn't make it past a full episode. With how tired he was, and Dada scratching his scalp, and rubbing his back, and feeling all warm, and cozy, and safe, how could he stay awake?
Kenshi shut off Johnny's tablet and put it back on Johnny's nightstand. He kissed Johnny's temple and hugged his sweetheart closely.
Tomorrow would be a big conversation.
But tonight? Just some cuddles and love.
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Hey guys!! This one and the 'Regressor Syzoth w/ CG Kitana: Broken Cookie Jar' were from my AO3 that I thought I'd put on here. <3
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The Book P3
matt x maysen drew (femreader)
part three | part one | part two
summary: when watching the people you love destroy themselves and choose money and fame over you, you found someone else to love.
warnings: swearing, smoking (weed, cigarettes) angst, mention of substance abuse/ addiction, mentions of abuse, angst, some mentions of starving
a/n: again this chapter is pretty heavy so please read at your own risk and take care of yourself i love you and enjoy !
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i stare at him blankly, did he really just say that, did those words come out of his mouth?? no i must’ve heard him wrong.
“masyn?” he says staring at me concern written all over his face.
“what do you mean matt” my voice cracking as i struggled to hold back my tears.
he takes a deep breath.
“that night i was gonna surprise you and show up at your house to hangout, i heard noises from the house so i parked down the street and turned my lights off, your dad sped out of there so fast he didn’t notice me”
i felt my heart go up in my throat. matt was fucking there, matt knew something had happened and never said anything.
anger pumped through my veins, im not sure why but my mind couldn’t focus on that.
i just stared at him with tears brimming in my eyes before i ran my tongue along my teeth.
“take me home” i said deadpanning out the window.
“what”
“i said, take me the fuck home”
“mays please” he pleaded begging me to look at him.
“ill fucking walk”
with that he threw the car in drive and out we went, the car ride was silent but there was so much tension. the tears just fell from my eyes and wouldn’t stop.
we reached my house and i just waiting until he left, that’s when i grabbed my own car and went to who i thought the only other person who knew, my best friend since we i was 3 and she was 5 celeste.
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i reached celeste’s house and as i walked up to the door i called her to let her know i was here.
“c-cel” you could tell by my voice that i had been crying.
“masyn? where are you?” she replied with a concerned tone.
“im outside can you let me in please”
with that i heard some shuffling through the phone and then the door unlocked and she opened it.
celeste’s pov:
i opened the door to the girl i had seen basically everyday since we were kids, she practically lived at my house. i knew the girl way too much to know that something was seriously wrong.
there she stood, on my porch, tears streaming down her face and this look like the life had been pulled out of her.
she immediately wrapped her arms around me and started sobbing. me and masyn were sisters at this point and we had maybe hugged twice in the years we’ve known each other.
i felt like i had been stabbed in the chest seeing her like this.
masyn’s pov:
i held my best friend so close i don’t even think she could breathe, i appreciated her so much for just knowing something was wrong and not turning me away.
celeste was there for everything, when my moms book blew up, when i found out she was using again, when my dad lost all our money and the night he left.
matt knew most things but the one person who would be there and listen everytime no matter what was celeste.
and i was there for her although she was a very quiet person, i would be worried at times thinking that she didn’t trust me but overtime i just learned she wasn’t a person that talked about their feelings.
and most of all i loved our friendship so much because even when we argue or just don’t talk for a bit because the world gets too hectic, we always come back together.
i loved celeste with everything in me, we never showed our affection but sometimes i just wish i could scream at her and tell her how grateful i am that she is here and how much i love her.
we walked up to her bedroom and i immediately sat on my specific spot on her bed, we just sat in silence and she gave me a minute to calm down.
“he was there cel” the words coming out of my mouth without me even registering it.
“who was there, and where?” she replied slightly grabbing my hand.
“matt, he was there the night my dad left”
i tilted my head to look at her and i watched as her face went blank.
“what do you mean he was there? did he tell anyone?” her words spat out faster than i could comprehend.
“he was outside waiting for me so we could hangout, i had no idea”
“he didn’t know the entire story but after i explained he told me and i just told him to bring me home”
we sat in silence for a bit before my thoughts cleared and then i remembered.
“oh and my dad is home”
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it had been two days since i spoke to matt, to be honest it was horrible i wanted to just text him and hangout.
that night i snuck in through my window to avoid any confrontation from my dad but with that i also never left my room.
i hadn’t eaten in two days.
i had managed to pull myself out of my bed and stared at the reflection in the mirror.
my hair was messy, i was wearing a shirt that was ten sizes too big and black shorts.
the thought of my parents barging in my room kept me up at night so there wasn’t much sleep either, and you could tell by the deep bags underneath my eyes.
i grabbed the hairbrush off my dress and attempted to brush my hair, ten minutes had gone by and a chunk of my hair was ripped out but it finally looked decent.
i immediately went to the shower and turned it on taking off the clothes that had been on my body for far too long.
i stepped in the shower feeling the warm water hit my skin, i couldn’t even think straight like what the actual hell was happening.
i hoped out and quickly washed my face, brushed my teeth and threw on a pair of grey sweats and a black tank.
here goes nothing.
i grabbed the door handle to my door and thought of everything that could go wrong in the next two seconds, i felt sick just thinking about it.
i twisted the knob and off i went, the smell of breakfast hit my nose and my stomach started grumbling immediately.
i walked down my stairs and went to the kitchen. there he was, my father sat at the dining table tapping away on his phone while sipping on a coffee.
he looked up at me and smiled from ear to ear.
it was so fucking fake.
“good of you to join us” he says while sipping his coffee.
my mother whips her head around and spots me and i almost fall to my knees. her skin was so pale and her eyes were puffed up like she had been crying.
she stared at me with a scared expression but quickly changed it to a weak smile.
“good morning hunny, where have you been?” she says as she focuses on flipping pancakes in the pan she’s holding.
“celestes” i say lying through my teeth. i didn’t want then knowing i was home this whole time.
“not excited to see your father” my dad says finally peeling his eyes away from his phone.
“no” i say blatantly as i grab a peice of bread throwing it in the toaster not daring to look him in the eye.
“that’s no way to speak to me” he says anger starting to build in his tone.
the words running down my spine making me freeze.
“sorry” i reply with my head down.
i glanced up at him and he stared at me, like right into my soul i couldn’t do it anymore so i ran up stairs completely forgetting about the toast i had just made.
i shut my door behind me and lean my back up against it, i slid down and pulled my knees to my chest and i noticed my heart was racing.
i couldn’t stay here, i whipped out my phone and clicked on the last contact i had texted. matt.
“are you free right now?”
“on the way.”
a/n: sorry if this parts a bit boring idk, anyways love yaz and see you at the next part😉
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smolmakerel · 8 months
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"You can't leave me! I won't let you!"
"Christina, lo juro por Dios [I swear to God], get the fuck out of my way or -"
"Or what? You'll hit me? Hit me then! Give me a reason to call the cops!"
"Mamá?!"
"You're fucking crazy! Just like that bastard's father!"
"Don't talk about him like that!"
Tara curled up under the kitchen table, one of her favorite hide-and-seek spots because of the table cloth. She couldn't understand what her parents were screaming about, Sammy piping in every once in a while, but she knew she didn't like it.
It sounded scary.
With caution, Tara lifted the cream table cloth and peaked up.
Mamá was beating her fists against Papi's chest, face creased in rage. Sammy was fighting to place herself between the two, but neither of the two noticed.
Tara flinched when Sammy was shoved out of the way by their papá. She scrambled out from beneath the table and stood, unsure, behind her mamá.
"¿Mamá? ¿Papá?" Tara uttered. Both of her padres² stopped arguing and turned to her, and she shifted awkwardly. "¿Esta todo bien?" [Mom? Dad? Is everything ok?]
Papi's eyes softened while his shoulders sagged. "Sí, no te preocupes. Me quedaré con mis padres por el momento si quieres venir conmigo." [Yes, don't worry. I'm going to stay with my parents for the time being if you want to come with me.]
Tara blinked in confusion. Why was her papi leaving? Why did it sound like he didn't want to take Mamá or Sammy with them?
Before Tara could ask, Mamá was screaming again. She slammed her palms over her ears with a whimper. She never did like whenever they fought.
"Stop fighting!" Sammy cried out. "Can't you see that Tara's scared?!"
Papi narrowed his eyes. "Shut your bastard mouth!"
Sammy took a wounded step backwards.
Papi's eyes then went wide. He looked between Mamá and Sammy, then he turned his eyes to Tara.
"Is she even mine?"
"Listen -"
"Tell me the fucking truth for once in your miserable fucking life, ¡puta!" Papi roared out, and it shook the house into silence.
Mamá looked away. "Of course she is."
"... I don't believe you."
Tara stumbled out of the way when Papi shoved her out of the way. She followed behind the small group and gasped when she saw Papi's business suitcase full of clothes sitting on his leather recliner.
"¡Papi!" Tara began to cry, finally realizing what was happening. "¡Por favor no te vayas!" [Please don't go!]
Papi continued to pack up despite Mamás furious threats of calling the police, Sam's panic at the escalating situation, and Tara's full-blown meltdown.
Tara was close to hyperventilating as she threw her body at her papá and clung to his leg. He tried to shake her off, but she held tightly to his gray slacks.
She was the last person he was with when they both heard yelling coming from the master bedroom. Papi had begged her to clean her room and get ready for bed, going as far as to bribe her with a homemade caramel flan. But then he abruptly left.
The yelling only increased in volume, and, after an hour, Tara crept downstairs to hide out.
Was this her fault somehow?
"P-Papi, por favor -" she wheezed, chest constricting. She could barely breathe, let alone get her words out properly.
Hands roughly shoved her away, and Tara stared up at her Papi in horror. He stared back with an equally distraught expression.
"Tara," he gasped. "Lo lamento -" [I'm sorry -]
Mamá burst into a fit of rage.
Tara sat on the floor for the rest of the night. She blocked out the rest of her parents' argument and sat there. She sat there while her Papi left them.
He slammed the door. He never slammed the door.
Sammy tried to help her. Tara took the inhaler but remained on the floor by the stairs, watching the door for when Papi would come back.
He never did.
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HEYYYY! i love ur writings and i was wondering if u were able to make a cutesy reader falling right into elvis’s traps and her just being so oblivious to it? like she swooshes past all his red flags
note: OOOOH DEAR ANON YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS IDEA, thank you so much for this request and i hope you like it!
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elvis presley knew you were the perfect one from the moment he saw you.
you were not just beautiful, as anyone would like their partner to be, but most importantly you truly love him, you take care of him, you support him and most importantly, you don't notice just how much he loves you.
the first time elvis met you was in his comeback special, you were in the audience but anyone could spot you among all the others. wearing your cute pink outfit with shiny makeup and bright smile.
he would sometimes tease you by saying:
“ darling, there's no way you didn't go there with the thought of getting my attention. you were too beautiful to ignore. ”
“ elvis! ” you'd say while laughing. “ you're exaggerating. ”
“ 'm not! ” and you both would laugh.
the comeback special was just the beginning for the cute relationship you had with elvis.
after he asked steve to bring you backstage, you both talked every day at every hour.
and priscilla started to suspect.
“ who are you calling at 3 am? ” she asked one night, while she was giving her back to elvis who just hung up on you; elvis' smile disappearing the moment she spoke.
“ thought you were sleeping. ”
“ clearly. ”
he scoffed, standing up from bed making priscilla turn around, one hand holding the weight of her body.
“ so who? ”
“ who what? ” answered elvis back while putting his robe on.
“ don't make me feel dumb. who are you calling? ”
“ someone important! ” he almost screamed before locking himself in the bathroom.
priscilla just looked down, tears burning her eyes at the thought of losing elvis so soon.
meanwhile you were just soundly sleeping, smile in your face as elvis and you finished your night call.
oh yes, after weeks of meeting you he asked if you both could have 'morning', 'afternoon', 'noon' and 'night' calls. you agreed, quite flustered for being elvis' object of attention.
you thought it wouldn't last, at first, but you told him it was mainly because of your parents.
“ he is no good! ” your father shouted while you were crying in the cheap couch your family owned, your mother shaking her head as disappointment for you evaded her heart. “ he has new girls every week and if he lied to his wife, imagine to his lover! ”
“ no! you don't understand, we are just friends! ”
now it was your mama's turn. “ hah! yes, friends! like the type of 'friends' he has? you probably already gave him your precious gift- ”
“ no! i already told you we are just friends! ”
“ i don't care, stop seeing him! ”
but, oh, you father was such a hypocrite. because the moment he and your mom lost everything, their job, their house and their dignity, he begged you to tell elvis to help them.
“ honey, he can help us. he is such a sweet soul and he is kind to everyone. ”
“ i don't want to use him for his money... ”
“ y/n. we are your parents, darling. do it for us. ”
but you just couldn't!
you, while sobbing, told elvis everything in one of your so many visits you had when he was in your town.
“ but i don't want to ask you that! you earned that money, not my mama! ”
elvis just softly smiled, hugging you and comforting you. a lovers embrace to many others and elvis. for you, a savior embrace.
“ i'd give them money, how about that? ”
you looked up at him, shaking your head while holding his robe.
“ please don't, i just- don't want you to be their money pig. they are so ungrateful-. ”
“ but they're my angel's folks. ”
“ i know, but-. ”
“ doll, come on. lemme take care of you in some way. ”
you just sadly smiled, hugging him with all the strength you could muster while elvis closed his eyes to focus in the sweet smell of your shampoo.
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a few months after you started dating him, elvis invited you to live with him and his father (who was almost never there because of business; and at elvis request, but you didn't had to know that.) and you accepted, jumping up and down from excitement.
waving your parents goodbye with some elvis presley' expensive napkin while they just waved back, obviously glad that their daughter was going to get married to someone that could give them money.
not that elvis would do that again.
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elvis got a phone call from your parents while you were playing with some tea game he bought for you.
“ presley residence. ” he asked with a smile on his face, a paper crown in his head that you did with your soft hands, some pink plastic necklace surrounding his neck and with your cute voice in the background asking mr. nini if he wanted more tea.
“ hello, elvis! it's the y/l/n family! ”
elvis' smile dropped.
“ what d'ya want. ”
“ oh, well, that's no way to greet your bride's ol' folks.”
he moved a bit further away from you, glancing back to see you were still focused in the way your ballerina dress wasn't with any wrinkles.
“ hm, what is it? ”
“ well, you see, there's this minor problem her daddy had. ”
he had to hold his tongue to not say 'you're talking to him and i don't have any problem.' — “ what kind of problem? ”
“ well, all of the money has disappeared. y'know the one you gave us last week. ”
he rolled his eyes, sighing, already knowing what was this about.
“ listen, uh, i won't give you anymore money. ”
your mother's rant was cut short.
“ excuse me? ”
“ you heard me. ”
“ why? ”
“ i already have what i want. ” he said while turning to you, waving back when you waved and smiled. “ so, why should i give you any more money? ” he asked, now with you facing his back as you returned to your tea party.
“ i... i don't understand. ” your mother weakly answered back.
“ you really think i was giving you money? it was because she was living with you. but now that she is with me, safe, you don't have nothing to take care of. ”
silence filled the line.
“ we're taking her back, don't touch our baby. ”
he almost laughed.
“ hm. ”
then he hung up.
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your mother should've known better. that's what elvis told you at Graceland after your mother grabbed you almost violently while you were shopping.
you were in some designer store elvis recommended you to go for the kind of looks you always wanted to wear. pink and white were your main colors, which sometimes made it difficult to just choose a single cloth. but thank god for your lovely boyfriend who always gave you money, even if you sometimes tried to refuse.
while looking at a skirt that grabbed your attention, hard hands grabbed your shoulders spinning you around to meet them.
“ m-mama? what are you-. ”
“ come with me! ” she said as she dragged you out of the store, a few customers looking at you with worry in their eyes.
“ what is this about? ” you asked, suddenly scared. she looked disheveled, with her hair dirty and no makeup on.
“ that man, elvis presley, he-. ” your mother took a deep breath before continuing. “ he ruined us. we asked for the check last month and since that phone call our life has been awful, darling. ” she started sobbing, clinging to you; making your white dress look dirty.
“ mama, i don't know what you talking about. ” you whispered, clearly shocked of seeing your usually stone-face mother so vulnerable.
“ you have to leave, come with us, we're leaving this country if it's necessary-. ”
“ is there a problem, miss? ” you turned around, some clerk looking at you with concern.
“ no, she's my mother. ” you tried to explain between her sobs.
“ okay... ” the clerk hummed after, going inside his store.
you turned, grabbing your mother's arms. “ mama, come on, what happened? truly. ”
your mother looked at you like you just stabbed her.
“ it's the truth! elvis ruined your father business and my bakery, people started throwing rocks at our windows at home. ”
you just shook your head. how dare they?
“ elvis gave you money for, how long? almost a year? and you pay him back with this? ” you scoffed, your usual pacific demeanor no longer there.
“ elvis is a good man, all that i have i owe it to him, you're not going to make me turn into someone disgraceful as you! ”
“ no, baby! please, listen to me, it's all true! ”
“ is what true? ”
your mother gasped, hiding her face between your clothes while you turned your face to the side finding your boyfriend, all dressed up with his sunglasses, looking at the both of you.
you slipped out of your mother's hold, almost running to stand next to him.
“ hey, what happened? ” he asked, grabbing your waist with his arm.
“ no! you stay away from her, you monster! ” your mother pointed a finger at him, her body shaking.
“ please stop! can we just go? ” you muttered the last part.
elvis didn't say anything more, he just turned and walked out with you. ignoring your mother's painful cries.
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you never had so many friends, your timid demeanor never really hit with anyone but a few. and there was your best friend, who was the only one that understood you.
or so you thought.
you were making dinner with her in the Graceland kitchen, she invited her boyfriend and yours was in a meeting. elvis allowed you to have them as guests so you were happy you could hang out with them in your home.
“ so, how's elvis? ”
“ oh, he's fine, probably a bit tired but he is stubborn so he won't let me keep him at home. ” you quietly laughed.
your best friend just kind of smiled, now looking at you, ignoring the pot in the stove behind her.
“ look, y/n. ” she took off her apron, fixing her hair. “ we've been friends for years and i've always told you the truth. ”
“ that you did. and i will always be grateful! ”
she softly smiled.
“ well, i'm here to tell you the truth again. ” you nodded. “ elvis is a bad man. ”
you dropped your knife.
“ what? ” you turned around, blinking to see if you were dreaming, sadly, you weren't.
“ he didn't let you finish your job, he threatens everyone around you if they want to be friends with you, you even had to ask him for permission for us to come as if you were a child and he ruined your parents; making them die without a penny! ” her voice incremented in volume as she spoke.
you were on the verge of tears, your hands shaking. your best friend, who you thought was the only good thing, besides elvis, that remained in your life betrays you like this.
your parents died because of their disease, elvis told you that himself. he even payed the hospital bills. he wouldn't lie about something like that. he wouldn't lie to you about anything! how dare she?
you couldn't say anything, you just took off your apron and ran upstairs, locking yourself in your and elvis' room. you friend tried to make you come out so 'she could explain' but you didn't want to see her anymore, you cried so much you fell asleep after a few minutes.
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you were woken up by strong arms lifting you, soft footsteps were heard as the figure walked to the bed.
“ hm? ” you muttered, blinking.
“ hey, baby. ” you unconsciously smiled, that soft velvet voice always made you happy.
“ hi, daddy. ” you whispered, now looking at him.
“ what were you doing in the floor, pretty girl? ” he asked while caressing your hair, that was probably a mess.
you wanted to cry by just remembering.
but instead you looked up at him with your adorable doe eyes.
“ i don't want to talk to anyone but you from now on. ” you pouted, your cheek pressing against his neck.
he hugged you back, quite confused at this sudden confession.
“ i'd love that. ” he leaned his head back to look at you. “ to keep my pretty baby all fo' me. ” he smiled, touching your nose with his finger.
you giggled, he always knew how to make you shy.
“ but what happened, hm? tell me, come on. ”
“ my friend said you were a bad man. ” you whispered, sniffing to keep your tears at bay. “ and i was so angry 'cause after my folks fiasco i thought she... i thought she supported me. ” and that was it, you started to cry again.
elvis just sighed, hugging you back.
“ see, that's why i keep you here, baby. ” he spoke with that soft deep voice he only uses with you, leaving small kisses in the crown of your head. “ because i know how people can take advantage of someone as good as you. ”
you just nodded, your eyes closed as they hurt for crying so much.
“ i really trusted her. ”
the sight of you was like a renaissance painting. your eyes shining with tears and the light above you, your white eyeshadow running under them, your lipgloss leaving little sparks in your lips, you looked like an angel.
“ only trust me. ” elvis whispered.
you could only nod, hugging him again.
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Unexpected Discoveries Lead to Unexpected Consequences
Chapter 2
Previous
This was not nor had it ever been part of any of his plans.  Nope, he had never meant for this to happen at.  All.  Yet!  Here he was.  He can’t even believe himself.
“Talia, I have known this girl for two weeks, but I swear to G* that if anything happens to her while I am gone with my next trainer I will kill everyone in the stupid base and then myself.”
Jason immediately stated upon returning from France with Marinette in toe next to him.  She gave Talia a shy smile and wave before moving back to hide behind Jason once again.
After their little heart to heart in the apartment upon their first meeting Jason knew he couldn’t leave this small, innocent child behind to survive on her own.  He had let her sleep in the bed, as it was a single room apartment, and he slept on the couch.  That same night he was woken by bloodcurdling, heart-clenching screams.  The bond was being pulled incessantly in sharp, painful jolts, and it was filled with so much pain and anguish that it almost made him buckle over in pain.  He raced over to the bedroom and found Mary (“My real name is Marinette”) struggling against the blankets, still obviously asleep.  Racing over to the bed he tried his very best to wake her up gently, whispering that she needed to awaken.  Unfortunately, it didn't work and Jason swore that his heart was going to be torn out of his chest.  Running out of both strength and patience he began to shake her by the shoulders.  
“Mary, you’re having a nightmare and you need to wake up!”
Nearly silent sobs left her lips.  Jason's heart yearned to comfort this child as the tugs against his heart continued in their frantic manner as if the bond itself was begging for someone to soothe the pain.   Now Jason knew this would be a terrible idea if this was to wake up to this, but well, it worked on his mom when she was too far gone trying to chase a high.  And while this wasn’t the same thing, maybe it would still work.  
Kneeling at the bedside Jason began to softly run his fingers through Mari’s now clean hair, easily removing any knots out of her still slightly damp hair.  He did his best to send soothing tugs and ripples through the bond in hopes that it would calm her.  Thankfully the movement seemed to do the trick as Mari began to relax into the covers and had soon stopped crying.  He could feel her unconsciously leaning into his hand, and he refused to take away the obvious comfort she found in the contact.  He stared at the girl’s gentle features, truly taking in her form.  She was frail and thin, there were dark and heavy bags under her eyes, and her skin, while slightly tan from being in the sun for long amounts of time, was unnaturally pale.  How was he supposed to leave her when Talia came to pick him up?  The kid needed stability, someone to look after her, and he did not trust any foster care system in any way shape or form.  Jason sighed to himself and desperately wanted to hit his head against a wall.  Why was this his life?
So here he was now, at Nanda Parbat, with a small 13-year-old child standing behind him, threatening Talia al Ghul of all people to protect his new baby sister while he was gone.  Because G* knew that if something happened to this angel of a child on his watch, all Hell would break loose.
“I see you’ve picked up a stray.”
She said flatly after his outburst, only giving Mari a small glance before staring at Jason once again.  Her face was void of any emotion, but he could see the ever so slight glint of curiosity hidden behind the indifference in her eyes.
“Look,”
Jason sighed, pinching his nose between his gloved fingers.
“Trust me when I say that I had no planes on doing this.”
“But?”
Talia asked when he didn’t continue with a raised brow.
“But, the kid's been through some sh* and is honestly like a lost duckling. (“I am not.”)  She wouldn’t stop following me around even when I told her that I’m bad news. (*huff*).  And if this continued she was going to get herself killed, or worse.”
Jason shivered.  He remembered how quickly and mysteriously kids would disappear.  And IF they were ever found, well, they were never the same again.  Always haunted, always on edge, always silent, eyes clouded over like they had seen the depths of Hell and were forced to come back to Earth.  He would never be able to live with himself if he saw that same look on this kid in front of him.  
Talia seemed to understand where he was coming from and simply nodded.  Her expression gave none of her thoughts or feelings away though.  
“I see.  Well, I have arranged for you to go to Germany to learn how to put together and dismantle explosives.  If this goes well Jason, this should be your last trainer.  I will take your youth under my wing until you return.  She will be protected and trained, so when it is time for you to complete your goal you will know she will be taken care of and will know how to properly take care of herself.”
Jason could hug her, but he refrained.  He didn’t want to get stabbed, thank you very much.  He smiled and nodded his head in thanks.
“Thank you Talia, I owe you one.”
“One of many.”
Talia said, a ghost of a smile somehow showing through her still emotionless face.
“Yea, yea.”
He replied flippantly before turning back to Marinette who had been basically strangling his shirt between her small boney hands.  Gently he pulled her in front of him and kneeled so they were level with each other while sending warm calming ripples through their bond.  He placed a gentle but firm hand on her shoulder and began to explain what was going to happen.  
“Pix, please look at me.”
Marinette looked up from the ground and looked him in the eyes while she nervously chewed at her lip.
“You’re going to leave me?”
She asked sorrowfully.  He could feel the tension and despair in the bond making Jason feel guilty.  Jason softened slightly and shook his head, continuing to send his reassurance and care back.
“Yes, and no.  I’ll be back soon, and Talia is going to keep you safe.  I’ve got to go to this place to learn some stuff, and when I’m done I won’t leave ya again, I promise.”
“And I can’t come with you?”
She asked sorrowfully.  Jason shook his head quickly,
“No Pixie.  It’s way too dangerous for you.  But Talia here is going to help you learn how to protect yourself here.  It’ll be okay.”
“And you promise that you’ll come back?”
She asked, almost begged really.  She was sending out so much hope and worry that his heart was starting to ache.  He didn’t think he would ever get used to this strange bond, way of communicating really. 
“I promise.”
Marinette nodded, her eyes hardening with conviction and complete trust that Jason knew he would rather die again than break.
“Okay.  I’ll work hard till you come back, big brother Jay-Jay.”
Jason smiled and rolled his eyes before ruffling her hair.
“Yea, yea.  How about you get to know Talia,”
He leaned into her ear and whispered just loud enough so that Talia would hear him.
“She may seem all scary and heartless, but she has a heart deep deep down.  I promise.”
Marinette giggled softly and Talia rolled her eyes.  Jason smirked at her before pushing himself up and standing next to Mari with a hand on her shoulder.  He nodded to Talia and gave Marinette one last squeeze before he turned and left towards his room where his bag should be.  He would have to leave soon, he had no doubt that there was a plane or helicopter waiting for him at this very moment.  Besides, it would be good for Marinette to learn from Talia; and if she introduced the small girl to Damian so the kid would have a friend, it would be 10x better.
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When Jason returned to Nanda Parabat four months later he was definitely surprised at what he was witnessing.  He had been searching for the small girl when he had heard fighting coming from one of the training rooms.  While it made sense, he had still wanted to see what was happening and hadn’t been expecting what he was witnessing.  He watched the battle unfold recognizing the two in an instant.  Marinette was dressed in the traditional black League training robes with a light green bandana tied around her arm to signify that she was under the protection of Talia.  He watched as Marinette, armed with two 12” daggers, fought against Talia confidently standing her ground far better than he would have thought possible.  Talia obviously wasn’t going easy on her, but Marinette seemed to be dancing around her, her eyes narrowed with full concentration.  Talia had definitely taken the training request very seriously, and so had Mari.  She was starting to grow into a more lean and gymnast-like body, like Di-Nightwing’s.  She held herself with much more confidence than she had before he had left and moved with grace that she definitely didn’t have before.  He had seen the girl trip over literally nothing.
She had definitely grown a lot while he was gone, she was maybe two or three inches taller than the last time he had seen her.  He didn’t see any signs of serious injury in the way she moved, so the League was safe for now…unfortunately.  
He continued to watch the two fight and studied the different forms that Marinette used.  She was using more offensive than defensive attacks, and it was obvious she was trying to redirect Talia’s strikes back to her.  She was resourceful with how she used her daggers, none of her strikes were lethal(thank goodness), but sadly it wasn’t enough.  Her stamina still wasn’t what it could be due to who knows how long of malnourishment, and it was obvious she was tiring out.  And that was all Talia needed to finish the fight as she rounded one last kick that Marinette just couldn’t dodge in time causing her to fall flat on her back.  Talia held her katana to her neck, and Jason sent a jolt of panic course through him.  There may have been a decent amount of space from the blade and Mari’s throat as it was spar, but it still made his skin crawl to see that happen.
“You lasted longer this time.  Good job, Marinette.”
Talia said calmly as she moved the sword back into the sheath at her side and held out a hand for Mari to take.  With a bright smile Marinette accepted the gesture and quickly got back on her feet.
“Thank you Talia, I couldn’t have done it without your help.”
“I don’t know Pixie Pop, I think you could have done it at some point even without her.”
Jason called out casually from where he was leaning against the doorway.  Marinette’s head snapped over to Jason in surprise, unlike Talia who had probably sensed his entry even during the fight.  
“Big brother!”
Marinette practically screamed as she ran towards him.  Jason was able to catch her right before she slammed into him, picking her up by the armpits and spinning her once before he set her down again.  Her arms wrapped tightly around him; Jason was quick to reciprocate the gesture with a roll of his eyes.
“Jeesh kid, we’ve literally known each other for like three weeks.  You get attached to people way too easily.”
He said in a joking yet serious voice.  It was sweet if not slightly concerning. 
“Not true, I’ve felt your emotions for the last five months.  I know you better than you think.”
She mumbled into his chest.  Jason sighed once more before just picking her up and holding her against his side.  Even if she had grown a few inches, she was still small.
“So, nothing happened while I was gone?”
He asked Talia with a raised brow.
“No.  She wore my colors, the others knew not to touch her without my express permission.  She is a quick learner and a sharp student.  I’m glad you found her, she could be an excellent asset.”
“I’m glad to hear that, but she’s not staying here.  Thank you for training and protecting her Talia.  We’ll be heading to Gotham soon.”
“Well then, I wish you luck with your goal Jason.”
Talia said calmly, resting her hands behind her back.
“And I’m thankful for all the training you’ve given me and her, Talia.  I’m ready to take on the big Bat himself now.”
Talia gave a sharp nod and turned away.  Jason finally set Marinette back down so she was standing in front of him and sighed,
“Come on Pix, I know you’re dying to tell me everything.  You can chatter my ear off while we pack your things.”
And just like that Mari began telling him all that she had learned and all that she had experienced with the League.  He was glad it wasn’t too terrible, and that she had really worked hard with her training and studies.  Her eyes sparkled a bright happy blue and she practically danced around the room collecting the few things she had so that they could begin the flight to Gotham.  Turns out that had met Damian, he even sparred with her.  She didn’t win, little demon brat had said some rude things, but helped her with her form.  His heart felt warm from all of the joy she was sending through the bond and it was infectious.  He missed his little pixie.  
When they arrived on the plane Marinette settled into the seat next to him and leaned against his side.
“Jay?”
She asked quietly.
“Yea Pix?”
There was a small pause but Jason just waited patiently for Marinette to continue.
“I’m ready to tell you what happened.”
Jason paused for a second.  From what he had heard of her nightmares, and felt, something terrible must have happened for her to be on the streets.
“You sure?  I don’t want you to rush into things.”
She nodded silently, with a firm and sure look on her face.
“I’m ready.”
She took in a deep breath and slowly blew it out, trying to calm her buzzing nerves.  He tried to reach out through the bond, to understand what may be going through her mind, but he couldn’t feel anything.  It was like there was a wall between the two of them, and that scared Jason more than he would ever admit.
“Mama and Papa ran into some financial trouble with their bakery.  A liar, I’m pretty sure she was a meta, lied about it and said that it was infested with rodents and bugs.  She said that she had seen a rat running through the kitchen, even though there was no way she could have been back there, and that she had found a fly baked into her peach tart!  Of course everyone believed her, even though she had no definitive proof everyone. Still. Believed. Her! One of my old friends ran a popular blog with their mom, and she posted Lila’s lies on it a lot.  Soon after, other news sponsors reported on this supposed incident as well.  And soon after, few people ever came in again.  Mama and Papa were so worried, I once walked in on them crying together and I didn’t know what to do, so I left.”
Her voice had taken on an almost airy lilt.  Her eyes were glazed over as she talked, her breath hitching ever so often.  But no tears fell, and no sobs came.  Jason didn’t interrupt.
“Papa got a loan from the Akuma Gang because the banks refused to give one to my parents.  In the end they were unable to pay back the money, and they burned down my home with everybody in it.  I was at a small party with who I thought was my last friend, but it was a set up.  When it happened, I-I was on my way home and they tried to-to…”
The dam broke and tears flowed down Marinette’s cheeks, sobs shaking her body.  Jason pulled her closer to his side, whispering words of comfort into her ear, telling her that she didn’t have to finish if she wasn’t ready, while gently rubbing her back.  Once she got her sobs under control she continued.
“They tried to kidnap and take advantage of me.”
The green began to overwhelm his vision as it screamed for blood and vengeance for the girl he considered his little sister.  He hadn’t felt this Pit crazed, this angry in so long, it was almost frightening.  But he was too angry to be frightened.
“I was able to escape them, but I had nowhere to go.  I didn’t trust CPS because the Akuma’s could pay them off to have me basically delivered to them.  I had no friends since the liar took them all away.  I couldn’t go to school because the son of one of the members goes there and he definitely would have taken me.  He does whatever his father wants, no matter what.  I had to live on the streets and try to stay out of sight while still trying to survive.”
Another round of sobs left her mouth as she burrowed farther into Jason’s chest.  She was shaking like a leaf and all Jason could do was listen to and hold her.  He wanted to fly right back to Paris and burn it to the ground.  Tear every person that even thought about hurting her limb from limb.  Paint the streets in the blood of the revolting, abominable filth that dared to ever hurt this child.  Our child the Pit hisses possessively as it continued to wrap around his brain and take control of his thoughts.  He let out a small breath doing his best to clear it so he wouldn’t accidentally hurt Marinette.
“It’s going to be okay, Pixie.  I promise, I won’t let that happen to you ever again.  I’ll keep you safe, I won’t leave you alone to suffer ever again.  I promise.”
Jason carefully pulled her atop his lap, slowly rocking her side to side gently as her cries petered out to sobs, to hiccups, and then silence as she fell asleep against his chest.  He gently placed a kiss to the top of her forehead and sighed.  Kid didn’t deserve any of that.  He renewed his vow, the vow he had made only a few months ago.  He would protect her, and he would make sure that she would never go through anything like this ever again.  He’ll never let her feel powerless, afraid, or alone again.  That’s what a big brother is for after all, right?
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blackwolfstabs · 6 months
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30 Day Writing Challenge: Day 15
LET GO
"You have to let me go." - the hardest decision and one hell of a commitment.
inspired by the song "I Loved Her First" by Heartland
I was enough for her, not long ago. I was her number one, she told me so. 
Tara was 20-going-on-21. She was growing up. She was moving on. She was independent and dependable. She was smart and courageous. She was everything Sam would ever hope for her to be.
Except not staying her little girl forever… 
Sam remembered everything. Everything they ever had before it all changed, before their fallout, before she left. Ten years, five years, one year, all of the time wasted and estranged meant nothing. It didn’t hold a candle to the amount of memories she could talk hours about. She couldn’t tell you she’d been there for her baby sister’s whole life, but she could tell you anything you’d want to know about her. She remembered every fight, every smile, every laugh, every cry, every pain, every hug, every kiss, every “Sammy”— 
Sammy… That’s a name she hadn’t heard in a long time. It was Tara’s name for her… Her special name. She had said that more times than she had said “Mama” or “Daddy”, more than she had said “Mom” or “Dad.” She had said that more than she had ever said any other name in the whole world. Now, she was just Sam, and that was fine. But she couldn’t forget what it meant to be Sammy. What it meant to be the one Tara would cry for in the middle of the night when she was being sleep trained and was tired of going back and forth from their parents’ bedroom. What it meant to be the one she hugged every day when she came home from school. What it meant to hold her hand at the doctor’s office or push her on the swing. What it meant to be adored and believed in, no matter how impossible the challenge. What it meant to be Tara’s Number 1…
“You’re my number one, Sammy! I love you!”
It’s not that Tara loved her any less or that she ignored her. It wasn’t that she didn’t care about her or was leaving so they’d never see each other again. They saw each other every day. They talked every day. They still said, “I love you” and “Goodnight” and “How are you?” to each other. 
But it wasn’t the same. 
There was hurt and scars deep in that girl’s eyes. Her smile hadn’t changed, but it hid a million tragedies. She was no longer innocent in the way that pain and suffering and fear were the worst in the forms of splinters, not getting the stuffed animal she wanted, or what might be hiding under her bed. Tara knew what it was like to have broken bones and scars permanently tattooed onto her skin. She knew what it was like to beg for mercy as she bled out and drag herself helplessly across a cold floor in hopes that a serial killer with a blood lust would have mercy on her life. She knew what it was like to shake so violently that it took mountains of drugs to sedate her and scream herself hoarse trying to fight for everything she had to lose. She knew what it was like to be so far gone that trauma was the only thing that pulled her back.
And then Chad came along… 
And she still means the world to me, just so you know, so be careful when you hold my girl. 
He and Tara were a match made that Sam never saw coming. When she had first returned to Woodsboro, she thought of him having grown up to be the stereotypical jock that you see in the movies. However, once he lost Liv and Tara lost Amber, something between them sparked. It was subtle, but Sam had babysat Chad long enough to figure him out as if he were her brother. She noticed the way he was careful around her younger sister, watching how he moved to make sure he never made her uncomfortable and how he was always there to watch out for her when Sam wasn’t around. Trauma had matured them both, as sad as that was to say, but in the same token, they bonded over that. 
Sam respected how protective Chad was over Tara. How he was the one nearly caught in a fight when Frankie intended to drag Tara up the stairs and rape her. How he held the door for her and pulled her out of harm’s way whenever she tried to rush into danger. How he held her when she was hurting and kissed her goodnight. She knew she could trust him with her only sister, the person she cared the most about in this cruel world. And she would never love anyone more.
Tara was her girl, no matter who she devoted her heart to. 
And if it was Chad, so be it.
Time changes everything, life must go on. I’m not gonna stand in your way.
Yes, Tara had grown up. She didn’t cry anymore when she fell down. She wasn’t clingy when they were in a new place. She didn’t ask for help with her homework or crawl into Sam’s bed in the middle of the night just because she “missed her”.
She was still young, but she couldn’t be tied to Sam’s side anymore. She had to let her go.
And she did. That night she had given Tara the knife, while she hung off the balcony, their bloodied hands clutching each other’s wrists like they were all they had to lose.
“You have to let me go.”
Since then, they had become closer as sisters but even more distant in boundaries. Tara was free, because she proved to herself and Sam that she could take care of herself. So, she went to college, stayed up late, walked to and from therapy sessions by herself, hung out with friends, hit up a movie theater every now and then, and just indulged in her collar-free lifestyle. She always told Sam where she was going and how long she’d be out, but she was alone in doing it. All her older sister could do was say, “Okay. Be careful. I love you.”
And in reply, she’d hear, “I will. Love you too.”
She had made a promise to Tara that she’d always be there for her, but she understood that she couldn’t keep her sheltered from the rest of the world. Tara had a tough background; she deserved the freedom, trust, and independence she had to go where she wanted, experience what life had to offer, and love who she couldn’t live without.
Sam couldn’t stand in her way any longer. 
I loved her first. I held her first. And a place in my heart will always be hers.
But no matter where Tara went, how long she stayed away, and who she spent her days and nights with, Sam would always be the first one to love her. Sure, she may have gone to school with Chad Meeks-Martin. She may have shared her lunch with him. She may have raced him on the playground and gave him hours of her time after school when Sam would babysit both twins and Wes Hicks. She may have fallen in love with him. She may have kissed him and sat in his lap late at night. She may have pushed his buttons, and he may have pushed hers. She may have done a lot of things.
But Sam had always been the first one to do any of them. She was the reason Tara knew what all those things felt like and how they made her feel.
She loved her first, and no matter how old Tara was or where life took her, Sam would always hold everything she had of her baby sister in a special place in her heart.
From the first breath she breathed, when she first smiled at me. I knew the love of a sister runs deep.
The day she was born. Her first word. Her first asthma attack. All of her doctor’s visits. Her sleep training. The day she lost her first tooth. Her first day of pre-k. Her first day of kindergarten. Evey milestone Tara had in her childhood, Sam was there for. 
As far as she was concerned, being the older sister meant being anything and everything for her baby sister, even if it was impossible. If Tara was scared, she wasn’t. If Tara needed a doctor on sight, Sam vowed she would get her to one by carrying her on her back. If Tara asked for one more bedtime story, one more hug, one more goodnight kiss, Sam would give it to her. Anything Tara wanted was hers, no matter how hard it was to get.
She never could stand it when her younger sister would cry, no matter the age. When Tara was a baby, she’d keep asking her mom why she was crying, convinced something was wrong when she was told that babies just cry sometimes. When she would accidently push Tara down while playing, she would beg her parents that it was an accident, that she didn’t mean to hurt her or make her cry. When Tara was being sleep-trained, Sam would cover her ears to block out her constant wailing when she would be put back into her room. She’d listen to her sobs and pleas, asking for one more hug or pull an excuse just to get her way. But when Tara would give up on their parents and started to call out “Sammy! I need you, Sammy!”, she gave in every time. Because when she saw her tears dry before she drifted off to sleep, happy that she was no longer alone, Sam couldn’t think of anything else in the world that was more precious than her existence.
And I prayed that she’d find you someday. But it’s still hard to give her away…
If only Tara could have always been that happy. If only she could have always stayed that innocent. But life was never fair to the ones that didn’t deserve its wrath.
However, it had given her so much to live for. Her degree. Chad. Her future. The rest of her life.
And as hard as it was to let her go, Sam knew she had to. For Tara’s sake. Because like it had been from the start, she’d forever do whatever it took to make sure she was happy. 
Even if it was impossible.
I loved her first.
She knew from day 1 that she could never love anyone more than the baby girl with the most beautiful smile in the world. She would never want anything but the best for the baby girl with the most beautiful name in the world.
Tara Carpenter.
How could that beautiful woman with you be the same freckled-face kid that I knew?
And Sam had never been more right about anything in her life. Tara was gorgeous, and everyone thought so too. She’d come home from her college classes and go on and on about how many boys tried to get her number or make a move on her. Then, she’d proudly talk about how she’d turn them down and flash them her lock screen—which was of her and Chad celebrating New Year’s—as she walked by.
She carried herself with confidence, she said what she pleased, she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind, and she had no problem throwing a punch to someone who deserved it. Samantha couldn’t believe how much she’d grown from being that little girl that would hide behind her, because she was too shy. That little girl who would look up at her with the biggest eyes and brightest grin, saying “Sammy, guess what I did today?” The little girl that once thought she was the queen of the household, just because her big sister doted on her so much.
She was the same person who had done all that, but no one would’ve thought it. 
The one that I read all those fairy tales to… and tucked into bed all those nights.
Oh, God, and how Sam would do everything a thousand times over, if it only meant Tara could stay little forever.
There were many times that their parents were working or having heated discussions in their room, so it would be up to Sam to read Tara her bedtime story or tuck her in. It became a routine, and she enjoyed it so much that she took it up to be her responsibility each night. They were both learning, so why not do it together?
She would always let Tara pick the book and choose how many times she wanted to hear it. Tara always sat in her lap or leaned against her with all her weight from the side. Sam never minded it when she’d shout out the words on the next page before she even turned it or the way she would insist she wasn’t tired—that she wanted to hear it again—even though she was yawning and rubbing her eyes.
And when Sam got her in bed and tucked her in, Tara would rehearse the same phrase she’d learned from one of her books, except she had her own little twist on it.
“I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always. As long as I’m living, my Sammy, you’ll be.”
What Sam would give to hear that one more time.
And I knew the first time I saw you with her, it was only a matter of time.
But she would never ask to hear it. Tara was who she was, and she did her best not to look back. Not because of her childhood, of all those beautiful times she and Sam shared together, but because of the grief, pain, and trauma that had come in between then and now. It was a brick wall, a storm window, a tangle of strings that shaped her into who she was today. 
Sam knew that, just like she knew moving on and giving her heart to someone new was all a part of Tara living and enjoying her life. 
She had to accept it. 
Tara wasn’t gone. She hadn’t left. She had simply grown up. They still had a ton of time to spend with each other and just be sisters. They loved each other like no other half-siblings could ever love each other. 
They were Samantha and Tara Carpenter. The Carpenter Sisters.
And for a while, they had forever in their hands. That’s why it was so hard for one to understand…
That the one thing that was the best thing she could ever do for her baby sister was the exact thing she was the most scared of.
She had to let her go.
Someday, you might know what I’m going through… 
“Can I see her?” Sam asked her mother, barely unable to keep her excitement in finally becoming a true big sister to herself. 
She had only been 5 years old at the time, not knowing just how close she and her new baby sister would come to be. Not knowing how crazy and reckless their lives would become. Not knowing how putting their lives on the line for each other 20 years later would come to be of the same little girls that once thought monsters in the closet, thunderstorms, and the first day of school were the most terrifying things in the world.
“Mm-hmm,” Christina nodded as her husband picked up her oldest daughter and placed her on the edge of the hospital bed.
Sam saw her mother cradling the smallest human being she had ever seen in her arms as she leaned over to get a better view. And then next thing she knew, she was staring at the face of her new baby sister. 
And her whole world stopped.
When a miracle smiles up at you…
“Samantha, meet your baby sister. Tara Carpenter.”
I loved her first.
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i did not expect to write this so quickly, i literally couldn't stop typing (except for the times when i started crying and had to retreat where my mom wouldn't notice lol)
this was one of the hardest things i've ever written. if you didn't cry, your heart must be made of stone, because i'm lowkey a wreck after finishing this (unless the carpenter sisters' relationship doesn't hold any power on you, then you're not heartless, just vibin).
All my best ♡ - parker
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The Villain | Choso Kamo
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‧₊˚✧[chapter 5]✧˚₊‧     
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Mazikeen had been cooped up in her house for almost two weeks. Two weeks without going to parties, drinking, and trying to find her mystery man.
Maze was losing her mind. Taiga's parents were worried their daughter would get marked so she was out of the picture as well. It was complete torture to be watched 24/7.
"Mom please can I go see Taiga! The Red Death would have most likely killed me already. It's been forever since he scratched meeeeee!" Mazikeen whined.
Her mother was already annoyed with the constant whining from her daughter, every day since she has been locked inside, Mazikeen begs and begs to go out. "No Mazikeen! End of story!" Her mother sighed. She hated that her daughter could be killed at any given moment, but hearing her complain was better than her being dead.
Mazikeen rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "Mom I will be fine!! Please!!"
"Mazikeen Tate! I said no! Not another word." Her mother raised her voice, sending Maze into shock. Her mother never yelled at her like this and it honestly hurt her feelings.
She stormed off to her room and slammed the door shut, locking it behind her. Maze threw herself onto her bed and shuffled to get under her covers. 'This is bullshit. I'm leaving one way or another.' Her thoughts even sounded like someone was screaming, Mazikeen was unbelievably upset.
She took her phone out from her pocket and scrolled through her messages to find Taiga. She quickly shot a text to her best friend.
"I'm gonna sneak out tonight to come over. You have booze? ;)"
Mazikeen turned on her back and looked at her ceiling, it was decorated in vines and fairy lights. It was nice to look at when she was upset, her favorite place to be was outside during night. The way the moon highlighted the ocean. The stillness, and serenity of being alone by the water was unmatched.
While she daydreamed a little longer she finally heard the ding she was waiting for.
"Mazzie... My parents are home and they are scared of you being here. We will meet up soon I pinky promise :((("
Mazikeen grew furious. "Why the fuck is everyone scared of me! Fuck you Red Death Dickhead." She snarled.
She left her friend on read and decided to turn her phone on do not disturb. She pulled her covers over her head and turned onto her side. Tears began forming in her eyes, she was not the type to cry over arguments like this but being cooped up in the house had driven her insane.
Mazikeen furrowed her brows and shut her eyes. 'Whatever I'm going to bed. Bullshit bullshit bullshit.' All she could think about was her mystery man. Why was someone that handsome alone? He definitely has a girlfriend?
As she daydreamed about the man she finally drifted off into a nap, with the covers over her head and her phone on silent, it was the perfect combination to a great nap.
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It was dark outside and the house was quiet, Mazikeen woke up from her three hour nap. More so a cat nap.
She threw her covers off her face and chest and sat upright in her bed. 'What time is it..?' Her brain foggy and out of it. She reached over her covers and grabbed her phone.
1:02 AM is what her phone read.
"Damn it's late..." She mumbled to herself. Surely her parents were sound asleep, it was way to quiet in the house.
She swung her feet to the edge of her bed and made her way to the door. She unlocked it and turned the knob all the way before opening, trying to make it as quiet as possible.
Once she opened the door she tiptoed her way to the kitchen, nobody was in the kitchen or living room. Although, she could hear her father snoring away in her parents room. She pumped his fist in the air and smirked.
Mazikeen hurried back to her room and softly closed her door. "I think I'm gonna go to the store and get some ice cream..." She mumbled to herself. She was always sneaking around but the fact that she had a bounty on her head made it more exciting.
She threw on a cropped shirt that had the words 'this cowgirl can ride' on it. Mazikeen never dared to wear this shirt in front of her parents but it was way too cute not to buy.
She rummaged around in her closet trying to find black pants to match her shirt. Even if she was sneaking out, she had to look cute if she got caught. Mazikeen decided on grabbing some black cargo pants and her white sneakers.
She walked in front of her mirror and smirked. She was cute as always. Maze turned to the side and admired her ass, "I wonder if I got a BBL it would make me look like an anime character?" She giggled at the thought and shook her head.
Looking around her room for her phone she lost in the covers, she quickly grabbed it and took a few mirror pictures before slipping it into her pocket.
"Now where is my wallet?" She furrowed her brows and aimlessly looked around her room. It was on her nightstand where it always is, but Mazikeen was always the type to forget.
Her body jumped up a bit as she saw her wallet, "There you are!" She quietly exclaimed.
She shoved her wallet into her other pocket and exhaled, hoping to get her excitement and anxiety to pipe down.
"It's now or never..." Her expression was calm, but she was bouncing up and down with anticipation and honestly, fear. She knew this was extremely dangerous but she needed human interaction that wasn't her parents or Cassie.
Mazikeen made her way to her window and unlocked the latches ever so slowly it was about to drive her insane. She winced as one of the locks made a loud clicking noise. She froze in her spot and looked at her door, waiting to see lights in the living room. Nothing. Good thing her parents room was on the other side of the house.
She lifted her window up and crawled out of the window. She tried to squeal quietly as she had successfully gotten outside. Mazikeen then shoved a hand towel from her window seal and placed it under the window, so she could get back inside later.
Mazikeen looked around and bolted. The store was about a mile down the street, it was actually a little chilly tonight. It wasn't usually this cold this time of year. It made her on edge, something felt weird. She brushed it off as nerves from sneaking out.
The street lights were incredibly dim and it was a very humbling walk for her. In all honesty she was scared of the dark. The Red Death having it out for her, only made her fear worse.
She made it to the gas station, finally. She walked inside and looked around, as if she didn't already know what she wanted.
She happily grabbed herself some ice cream and a blue gatorade. Walking up to the counter, she noticed a shadow moving along the building tops across the street. Her fear was growing... 'What the fuck...?' She had to get her mind straight.
She shook her head and gave a warm smile to the cashier. "Is this all ma'am?" The fragile older woman asked Maze.
"Yes ma'am." She responded, trying to hide the shakiness in her voice. The cashier nodded and scanned her items. They exchanged a bit of small talk before Mazikeen paid.
"Have a lovely night Miss!" Mazikeen said to the older woman before walking out of the store.
Mazikeen took her drink out of the plastic bag and opened the lid, the cracking noise of the plastic made her jump. She rolled her eyes at herself, how embarrassing she was being.
Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks. A government agency patrol car was headed down the street. "Fuck..!" She blurted out. Fuck indeed, she was about to get grounded for a long time. Well, if she got caught.
Her eyes darted around and she ran between two buildings. Not even thinking about where she was going. She ran behind the buildings, leading into an enclosed alleyway. 'Fuck if they saw me run back here I'm definitely getting caught.' She whined.
She peeked around the buildings edge and saw the patrol car carry on their route. She wiped pretend sweat off her forehead. "Whew, I'm a fucking genius." She smirked at her witty thinking.
"I wouldn't be so sure. Mazikeen."
A deep and husky voice whispered behind her. The voice was altered with what seemed to be a voice changer. She immediately knew who it was. Her heart dropped into her ass and she widened her eyes. She couldn't physically move, her body went into panic mode.
"W-Who is i-it...!" She gasped out. She slowly got herself to turn around. As soon as she saw the red glowing eyes, she almost peed her pants.
"Don't act all stupid now." He growled. "I'm Red Death Dickhead right?"
Her body grew weak, she was going to pass out, but no she couldn't. She had to fight for herself. How in the hell did he know that? She called him that in the safety of her own room. 'Oh fuck! Was he watching me through my fucking window again?!' Her body started to cower down against the wall of the building.
"H-How do you know that!" She blurted out. She could barely make sense of what was actually happening right now. Choso stepped a bit closer to the girl. She looked like a wolf cowering in fear next to a giant bear.
Choso chuckled at her remark. "I know everything. You can't run away from me now Mazikeen."
Her eyes darted around and she spotted a chain link fence on the other side of the alley. Without thinking, she sprinted to the fence. Choso just turned his body and watched as the frantic girl managed to run.
He let out a low growl and shook his head. There was no way a girl her size could escape him. He liked to tease his victims though. Give them a sense of hope. Even if he wasn't going to kill Mazikeen obviously, he wanted to see her abilities.
Mazikeen struggled to climb the fence, her shoes were to bulky and they kept getting caught, her life was flashing before her eyes. She was going to die.
Since it was dark she didn't notice the barbed wired on the top of the fence. She reached to grab the top and cut her arm, she yelped in pain and fell backwards onto the ground.
"Fuck me!" She growled out, blood was dripping down her arm and she had tears in her eyes.
Choso rolled his eyes under his mask and scoffed. "Poor thing, you can't even climb a fence." He mockingly teased.
He began walking towards her, she finally snapped out of her trance and the adrenaline kicked in. She was not going to go down without a fight.
She scrambled to grab her wallet, a pocket knife hidden in one of the pockets. She grabbed the knife and leaned against the fence to help herself stand up.
"I'm not going to die tonight." She snarled. Her parents taught her self defense, and this was her only moment of actually having to use it. She knew she needed to expend all of her abilities to at least injure him.
"Hmmm you might not princess." His tone was playful almost. It shocked Mazikeen but she couldn't let her guard down again.
She opened up her knife and stood in a defensive position. "Come on dickhead." She huffed out.
He smirked under his mask and slowly walked towards her. A red glow came from his palm, it formed a knife. 'What the fuck!!! I didn't know he could do that shit!!!' Her eyes widened and she shook her head,
'I have to stay alive.'
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Heyo! Can I request a mother figure reader x arcane characters platonically? Its like reader was a mother figure to kko, vi, powder, claggor and mylo and was there in the ep 3 explosion and years later she was kidnapped with vi, cait and silco at the tear party and sh convinces jinx they can all be together and happy again
Thank you!
𝙍𝙀𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀𝘿
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✎ pairing: Vi x f!reader
✎WC 1.2k
✎ warnings: Angst, flashbacks, nightmares, allusions to dead children, hallucinations, semi-abrupt ending
✎ A/N: I've always had this idea in the back of my head and I was so excited when I got this request! I hope you enjoy ~ THERE WILL BE A P2!
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Chill air pierces your skin, your thin robe didn’t do much, more decorative than useful. It’d been another sleepless night, for once you thought you were doing some good for yourself, having a productive day and putting yourself to bed early to hopefully repeat the same tomorrow, but your brain had other plans, past memories haunt you every now and then, not nearly as much as they used to, it’s been years now, no need to hang onto the past is what you keep telling yourself.
On nights like this, you stood on your balcony, smoking cheap cigars to clear your mind, you exhaled deeply, smoke wisping around you before clearing into the night sky. Flashes of the dream taunted you, brain replaying blurry memories, some clearer than other, mostly the most heart wrenching ones, then the sounds, first the environment, rain pattering, fire roaring, broken concrete falling on itself, then the screams, ear splitting and headache inducing, no matter the dream you were always helpless, locked into a chair, held by a group of people, sometimes you were just paralyzed in fear. You knew what your mind would bring up next, you silently begged yourself for a moment of peace in your own head but it ignored you, remembering all the ones that died in your arms, they were only children, your children.
“Mom!” A voice called from behind you, clear as day unlike your flashbacks, you spun around quickly, hands gripping the balcony rail as you searched for the source of the voice, nothing. Your chest rose and fell quickly, you attempted to catch your breath, cigar free hand resting on your chest, you didn’t realize until now that you were crying, cool tears ran down your cheek, falling onto the concrete below.
You’d never hallucinated that before tonight, sure you'd heard shouts, whispers that would make the hair on the back of neck stand up, sometimes you swore you saw blood pool underneath your bedroom door, but that? No you'd never even heard it. Unless, maybe you have and chose to block it out, nonetheless you recognized the voice, small and terrified, it was powder. This only hurt your heart more, knowing her fate, hearing her last moments as an innocent girl, you could only pray that sisters death wasn’t as harsh as her fathers.
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Light poured through your blinds, annoyingly landing right on your face, you blinked awake, sleep haze blurring your vision as you sat up, somehow you managed to sleep after last night but you did. You spent a while just sitting in bed, glaring out the window, listening to the sounds of people outside, you couldn’t ignore the feeling of pure anxiety rushing through your veins, you felt it even before you opened your eyes and you knew it wouldn’t leave your side until the next day.
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Pushing yourself out of bed, you ambled down the halls of your empty apartment, you lived alone, which probably doesn’t help your depression but it’s better than getting attached to a stranger. You poured yourself a cup of coffee, it tasted like shit but at least it woke you up. You debated doing your responsibilities today, after last night's incident you just want to rot in bed all day.
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“Where are we going?” Caitlyn called out, lowering her voice when she realized people were staring, she pulled her hood over her head and caught up to Violet,
“Somewhere important.” She remarked, blood stained her off white bandages, she ‘bribed’ a guy into giving her the information she needed.
“You just beat someone up and you won’t even tell me where we’re going?” The taller girl whisper yelled, Vi elected to ignore her, focusing on keeping her fast walking pace and the buildings around her, ‘256, 257, 258’ She stopped abruptly, causing Caitlyn to bump into her, any other time she’d warn her to watch out but she ignored her once more, walking into the apartment complex, the entrance looked more like a sketchy motel, a sleeping women sat at the front desk, a wall of key hooks with initials and apartment numbers behind her, most spots empty, Vi steps closer, examining the initials to find yours, she huffed when she couldn’t spot yours, ‘what a waste of time.’ she thought.
“What are you looking for?” The accented girl questioned, Vi almost replied, but she stopped herself and turned back to the wall, ‘B.B’ they stuck out like a sore thumb, Vi scolded herself for not recognizing it at first, it was something you called her and the other kids growing up, you never told them what it means, powder theorized that it meant “Beautiful butterfly” while the older kids guessed it was probably just to foul to say out loud.
“That,” Vi spat, rushing up the apartment stairs, Caitlyn lagged behind. The stairs creaked with every step, and they felt never ending due to her impatience. She reached the 5th floor, and had to stop herself from sprinting down the hall. For whatever reason, she found herself paused in front of the door, fist clenched like she was about to knock but she didn’t, all she could think was would you recognize her?
“Are you going to knock?” asked Caitlyn, it came out ruder than expected, but a harsh shove was exactly what Vi needed.
A knock at your door caught your attention, gently setting down the warm mug, you made your way to the door and peered through the peephole, 2 girls stood outside, both with their hoods pulled over their heads, you sighed, and unlocked the deadbolt, pulling the door open just enough to look outside, “Can I help you two?” a firm tone, you didn’t have the patience for pranks today.
Violet’s heart panged when she heard your voice, she looked up, it really was you. She pulled her hood down, revealing her fire red hair, your heart sunk, you dreamt about this so many times you expected the sides of your vision to fade as you awoke, but they didn’t.
“Violet..?” You said breathlessly, the door creaked open so you could get a better look at her, she nodded silently, pulling her hands from her jacket. You flew into her arms, she was as tall as you now, you could meet her eyes without looking down, your arms wrapped around her shoulder, hand cradling the back of her neck, she wrapped her own hands around your back,
“You’re real!” You choked out, your other hand grasping at her jacket tightly, you feared she would disappear from your hold with no warning, “It’s me, it’s me.” She affirmed, you pulled away, despite your fear.
She looked so much older, much more tired, you could feel her muscles through the jacket she wore, her freckles were much more prominent and she had a face tattoo reading her name, she always joked about getting some while vander was working and walking in covered in ink to give him a heart attack.
The girl next to her stood silently, you looked to her hoping you would recognize her but you didn’t, “This is Caitlyn, she helped me get to you.” Vi explained, you turned back to the lean girl, hand cupping her face, your thumb ran delicately against her freckle dotted skin,
“I thought I lost you” you spoke lowly, voice soft as snow. Vi took your hand in hers,
“I know,--” she sniffled, “But I’m here now, and we need your help, can we come in?” You smiled through tears, “Of course.”
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