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Something Good (XXV)
Chapter 25 : Mending
Alright, here is the end of the crisis!
Hope you like this new chapter, tell me what you think!
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Pairing: Ben Barnes x Reader
Warnings: Fluff angst, Slow burn, professor AU.!
Summary: Coming out of a divorce and trying to get used to being a single mom, while teaching your classes at University, you thought your life could not get more complicated than it already is. But when you are asked to take care of the theatre club with the colleague that you really can’t get along with, you realize that everything can still get ten times more complicated in your life. And when you start actually liking Professor Barnes, the troubles only grow exponentially…
Word Count: 3950
Masterlist for the series – Ben Barnes’ Masterlist – Main Masterlist
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It was past midnight when you called Ben. Sally was finally asleep, even if she was still upset when she surrendered to slumber. She refused to tell you why she was so upset about all this, and you didn’t want to push her. Ben had left a couple of hours ago, you had argued that you needed to handle your daughter on your own. And if he had claimed to understand, he was still worried sick when he put on his coat and left for the night.
“Is Sally asleep?” he sounded tired, but you had no doubt that he was still wide awake when you called.
“Yeah. She’s still upset though.”
“Did she say anything?”
“Nothing… I don’t know… I thought she could have questions, that she might be a little stressed for a while. But I wasn’t expecting a full-on outburst like this.”
“Yeah, me neither. I don’t understand, I thought… I thought she liked having me around.”
“She did. She talked about you all the time.”
“I don’t understand what we did wrong. Do you think we should have just… shown her. Like hold hands and stuff?”
“She would have asked herself questions, it might have stressed her a lot.”
Ben heaved a sigh.
“What are we going to do now?”
You remained silent, feeling tears come to your eyes again. And on the other side of town, Ben was wiping his cheeks.
“I don’t want to lose you,” he confessed in a breath. “I know that you’ll take the decision that will be best for Sally, and I’ll never blame you for that. But I don’t want to lose you, Y/N. Can we… can we try to fix this before I have to be pushed away?”
Your voice was low and raspy when you answered.
“Of course, Ben. We’ll talk to Sally again. First, we need to figure out what got her so upset. I’ve never seen her like that. And we’ll try to fix this. I… I don’t want to lose either. I won’t leave unless there is truly nothing else that we can do.”
“Thank you.”
“I’ll try to talk to her tomorrow. You can come see us in the afternoon, as planned.”
“You’re sure it’s a good idea?”
“Yeah. We need to try again. Together.”
“Alright. Do you think I have a chance to bribe her if I bring ice cream?”
You chuckled at that, feeling a little better thanks to him and his soothing voice.
“It might not be enough, but it won’t hurt.”
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Sally was staring by the window at the falling rain.
She had barely spoken a word in the whole morning, which was threateningly unusual for your buoyant girl.
You looked at her tiny frame, at her Stitch t-shirt and the mess of her hair. How could such a tiny human hold so much love and space in your heart?
“Sally, do you want to prepare the pasta sauce with me?”
But she shook her head, eyes still fixed on the blurred world beyond the window. You heaved a sigh, walking closer.
You had left her alone this morning, thinking that she would need some time to process what had happened. But she was still cold and distant and just… apathetic. She was like that when her father left…
“Angel, about what Ben and I told you last night…”
But she turned further away from you, a silent way to show you that she didn’t want to talk about this. It needed to be done, though.
“Angel, you know I love you more than anything in this world,” you went on, voice soothing but with a tinge of vulnerability through a tremor. “Ben and I being together… it won’t change anything. It won’t change that. Nothing can ever change that.”
You reached for her, and Sally didn’t push you away when you ran your fingers through her hair.
“I thought you liked Ben.”
“I did,” the girl quipped.
“But?”
“But I don’t want that. Why do you want that?”
You held her against you, and she let you gently press her head to your stomach.
“Because he makes me happy. Because he’s kind, and he’s willing to take care of us. Because he’s taking good care of you. Because I trust him. And because he’s sillier than me, so you and I can team up against him and make fun of him.”
Sally chuckled at that, and you grinned at the sound, still running your fingers through her hair.
“I don’t want things to change again,” Sally said, breaking your heart.
You remembered the mess you were in after your break up with your ex-husband. You were just now finding your footing in all of this. And despite your best efforts to protect your daughter, no one could leave such a change unscathed.
“I understand. But that’s what life is, Sally. Things change all the time. And sometimes, they change for the better. We have to seize those when we can.”
She finally turned around to encircle you in her tiny arms, pressing her face into your belly.
“Will we still have tomato Tuesday?” she asked, her voice muffled in your clothing, and you chuckled fondly at her.
“Of course! And we’ll still see grandma every Thursday. You’ll still go to your dad’s the same. We’ll still do the same things, only… if you want, Ben can join us too.”
She didn’t say anything, and you didn’t push her. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang, and you went to open for Ben.
He gave you a warm smile, although the dark circles under his eyes betrayed his worry and lack of sleep.
“Hey. Brought ice-cream, as promised!” he said, showing you his bag, making you smile.
You kissed him before he could take off his coat, letting his soothing presence slow your heart as you breathed in his perfume.
“Hi, meerkat!” Ben greeted your daughter as he took off his shoes, the same warm smile on his lips.
She was looking at him with an unreadable expression, her bunny Mr. Carrot pressed against her heart.
“How are you today? I’ve brought ice-cream for dessert!”
But she didn’t say anything, merely looked at you and Ben with wide eyes, and she ran off before you could hold her back.
You could feel your throat tightening as you stared at the space Sally had just left empty, tears coming back to your eyes, but Ben’s hand on your arm made you turn to him at last.
“I’ll go talk to her.”
“I’m not sure it’s a good idea.”
“I’m the problem. I need to fix this.”
He didn’t let you reply. He knew that you would claim that he wasn’t a problem, but he was. He was always the problem. He was never enough…
Ben strode to Sally’s door instead, leaving you behind. The door had been left open, but he knocked anyway. She was sitting on her bed, looking at Mr. Carrot as if her plushie held the answers to everything. And Ben wished it could be that simple…
“Hey… can I come in and talk with you for a second?”
Sally didn’t look up, but she nodded, and so Ben came to sit beside her.
When he spoke again, his voice was gentle, barely more than a whisper.
“Look, Sally… I understand that it might seem like a lot to take in, and I get that you might need time to wrap your mind around all this. But… you were very upset yesterday, and you seem to still be. Can you tell me why you’re so upset? So we can try to fix that?”
She slowly looked up at Ben, with those eyes that looked just like yours now drowning in tears. Her lips trembled, and Ben wanted to abandon everything. As long as Sally could stop being sad, he would have done anything…
“You can tell me. You need to tell me,” Ben went on, blinking his own tears away. “Because… if you don’t tell me, then I can’t make it better. Do you understand? I need to know what’s wrong to make it better again.”
She went back to looking at her bunny, but she spoke this time. Voice a little hoarse, but holding the blunt honesty of childhood.
“I don’t want you to be with mummy like that.”
Ben’s heart broke in a thousand pieces. Still, he nodded, dried his cheeks with the back of his hand as he sniffed.
“Why not? What bothers you so much about that?”
She vehemently shook her head and started crying again.
“I don’t want a new dad!”
Ben frowned at that.
“I don’t want not to see my dad!”
“Sally, of course you’ll see your dad…”
“Jeremy… at school he said… that his mummy had a new husband, and then he never saw his daddy again… I want my daddy!”
“Hey… hey…”
Ben dropped to the floor, kneeling before the crying child, and held her face in his gentle palms so she would look at him, drying her cheeks.
“Hey… what are you talking about, huh? No one is going to replace your dad. You already have a dad, you don’t need another one. And you’ll keep seeing him, just like you do now. I don’t want to be your dad. I’m just ‘Ben’.”
“But then, what will you be?”
Ben blinked, taken aback and looking for the right words. What would he be if this worked out? If he could stay with you? If he was pulled into your life? If he stayed?
He smiled.
“You know what… I would be very happy if in a few years I could be… like your uncle. But a cool uncle! A fun one! Cause I’m super cool!”
He made a funny face, making her giggle.
“You’re not so cool,” she replied, and he faked outrage.
“How dare you! I’m super cool! I’ve brought ice-cream!”
But she blinked, and looked at her plushie again.
“So… you’re not gonna take daddy away?”
“Of course not, meerkat. No one is going to take your dad away. I’ll be whatever you allow me to be to you, and nothing more.”
He gave her an encouraging smile, and he thought the look in her eyes was calmer now. But she stood without warning, and headed to the living room in search for you.
“Mummy… I want to go see daddy.”
You looked at her in surprise.
“Right now, angel?”
“Yes. I want daddy.”
You heaved a sigh, picked up your phone. That wasn’t a good sign. But if she wanted to see her father to process all this, then so be it. You couldn’t say no, anyway. She was too upset for you to refuse her anything.
So, you grabbed your phone, threw a questioning glance at Ben but the distraught expression on his face spoke volumes. You listened to the beeps of the phone with a lump in your throat.
He answered on the second call.
“Everything alright, Y/N?” he asked in a neutral tone.
“Hey, Liam. Yeah, huh… Sally wants to see you, can we drop by?”
“Now? It’s not my week.”
“I know, but she wants to see you.”
“I’m working right now… can we talk over the phone? I thought we had agreed that we needed to respect the planning.”
“No, she…”
You turned around and lowered your voice to hide your words from your daughter.
“Ben and I talked to her, and she’s upset. She’s asking for you. I think… I think she doesn’t want to see me, right now.”
You hated the hurt in your voice that you couldn’t quieten, and you hated even more Liam’s silence.
“Can she come?” you asked again.
“Of course, I’ll be here in twenty.”
“I can drop her to your place…”
“No, I’ll pick her up. You’ve done enough as it is.”
He hung up, leaving you shocked with the violence of his words.
“Is daddy coming?”
You blinked your tears away, turning to Sally again and forcing a smile.
“Yeah, he’s coming. He’s leaving his flat right away, angel.”
She nodded, turned to go back to her room.
“I love you, angel.”
She slowed her steps, but didn’t turn around. As soon as she had disappeared, Ben walked over to you to hold you tight.
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Liam was enraged at this point. That this Ben would try and take you away was one unbearable thing, but that he would hurt Sally in any way? He was ready to smash his skull.
As he pulled away by your home, he was already picturing himself punching Ben in the face. Breaking his fucking nose.
But then, you opened the door, all red eyes and dry lips and dishevelled hair. The looks you had when you separated. When he fucked up. The looks of sadness he had wished to never see again.
And it was this Ben’s fault…
“Daddy!”
“Angel! Come here!”
He picked up Sally without a word to you, or to Ben, who he had spotted by the end of the corridor, looking sheepish, the bastard. How dared he still be here? As if he hadn’t caused enough damage already.
“Where are your stuff, Sally? You want to sleep at daddy’s place tonight?”
The girl hesitated, looked at you.
“I don’t know. I just wanted to see you.”
“Well, let’s pack a bag, just in case. Come on.”
He walked to Sally’s bedroom without another word. Put down his daughter on her bed and shut the door.
“Alright, which pyjamas do you want? The rainbow ones? Or the pirates?”
“I don’t know.”
When he turned to her again, she opened her arms, silently asking to be picked up again, and he obliged. Holding her tight, in a reassuring, constant embrace to show her that he was here, that everything would be alright. That nothing bad would ever happen to her, he would make sure of it…
“Ben is mummy’s boyfriend,” she said in a tiny voice against his shoulder.
“I know. She told me.”
Silence for a while, even the air was still.
“How does that make you feel, angel?” he asked gently, rubbing her back.
“Scared.”
“Scared? Why?”
“Jeremy at school said that his mummy replaced his daddy. And that his daddy didn’t want to see him after that.”
Liam felt his heart shatter at her words. He looked into her eyes with something offended in his expression. Sally’s eyes, your eyes, the ones he adored above all in the world…
“Sally! Don’t be silly! I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be here for you, angel.”
“But you weren’t sometimes.”
Liam clenched his jaw at that, but held her gaze despite the tears that gathered in his eyes. Your voice rang in his head then, your warnings that he had to prioritize his family over his work, that this was the important thing he needed to fight for. And that if he wasn’t careful, Sally would resent him later.
He forced a reassuring smile.
“Look, angel… It’s been a bit hard for me at one point. But I’m still here. I’ll always be here. I won’t leave you, angel. No one is going to push me away, or make me leave. Okay? I love you, more than anything. And it will always be the case.”
“So… if mummy and Ben are together, you won’t leave?”
“Of course, I won’t leave. And I won’t let Ben replace me, okay? Did he say that he wanted to replace me?”
“No,” Sally shook her head. “Mummy and Ben said the same thing. That you would always be my daddy. Ben said that… he would be happy if he could be a cool uncle.”
Liam nodded, unsure of his feelings at this answer.
“And… would you like that? For him to be a new uncle?”
Sally pondered the question for a while, holding Mr. Carrot close. And then she nodded.
“Yeah… He’s fun! I think he could be cool too! That could be nice.”
Liam nodded.
“No matter what happens between Ben and mummy, you’ll always be my little angel. Okay?”
She nodded, holding him tight for a while longer.
“Can I stay at mummy’s tonight?”
“You don’t want to come to daddy’s?”
“No… I like my bed here better.”
He laughed at how blunt she was, but nodded, kissing her hair, breathing in her cherry shampoo, his favourite scent in the world.
“Alright.”
“Are you angry because I made you come just for a little while?”
“No, you were upset. You can always call me when you’re upset. I’m you dad, that’s my job. It’s alright. Do you want to play for a bit before I leave? I can stay for the afternoon.”
“YES! Can we make tea for Mr. Carrot?”
“Sure thing! Get everything ready, I’ll talk to mummy for a moment, and then I’ll play with you.”
Sally was happier again, although she wasn’t fully back to her bubbly self. Liam left her to find you and Ben sitting in silence on the sofa. He was holding you close, his arm around your shoulders and your head on his chest. And Liam wanted to break everything in this room…
You blinked up at him as he entered, and then you were on your feet.
“Is everything alright?”
But Liam nodded, surprising even himself.
“She’s just scared, she’ll be alright.”
“She’s packing for tonight?”
“No, she wants to stay here. She just wanted me around. I’ll stay for the afternoon, we’re making tea for Mr. Carrot.”
“She hasn’t eaten lunch yet.”
“We’ll see about that later. I’d like to talk with Ben first. Let’s step outside.”
He didn’t wait for Ben’s approval, or yours. He merely strode towards the door, and waited then in the cold air. The rain had stopped, but the sky was still dark and threatening. The street was quiet, no one was around.
Ben remained silent stepping outside the building. He waited for Liam to speak first. And he wasn’t disappointed.
“Give me a reason not to punch you right now, Ben.”
But he didn’t rise to the provocation. Instead, he remained silent again, forcing Liam to turn towards him, at last.
And Liam hated what he saw. The dark circles over his cheekbones and the red in his eyes that told that Ben had been crying for hours, barely slept at all last night. The exhaustion on his face, the fear in his gaze, the worry in the lip he had bruised after biting on it too much. And Liam hated him because Ben was clearly not a bad guy. He loved you, it was obvious in every of his movements, all of his gazes aimed for you. And he cared, clearly. He was a good man, and Liam hated him for it, because now… why would he punch him in the face?
“Is Sally alright?” were the first words Ben spoke, voice hoarse with sorrow, and Liam’s hatred only deepened.
“She will be. She thought you would replace me.”
“I don’t want to replace you…”
“No?”
“Of course not. I’m not her father. You are.”
“And yet, you are taking my place.”
Ben narrowed his eyes, and Liam withstood the challenge. He was more hurt than he thought he would by Ben’s earnest words, though. They were lethal in his ear…
“I’m not the one who was stupid enough to let Y/N go.”
Liam let out a dry laugh.
“And you’re so much better than me?”
“No, probably not. But it’s not my fault if you’ve lost her. You’ve managed that on your own. You can’t blame me for falling for her. And you can’t blame her for loving me either…”
“You think she loves you?”
“I know she does.”
“Has she told you that?”
“Yes. And I’ve told her the same.”
Love… you couldn’t love another man… infatuation, perhaps, but…
“Look, Liam, I… I know that you don’t like me. And if I’m being honest, I don’t like you either, so we’re even. But I love Y/N. And I love Sally. And I don’t want to hurt them in any way. And I don’t want to replace you, I’m not Sally’s father, and she doesn’t need me, she needs you. I’m well aware of that…”
“But if you settle with Y/N what will you do? If the two of you have children, will you push her away?”
“God, we’re not there yet…”
“But if you are?”
“Of course not. She has a father, and the best I can be for her is some weird uncle figure. And I’ll be more than happy if I can be that for her. She loves you as a father. It doesn’t mean that I can’t love her as a daughter.”
Ben shook his head, heaving a sigh, pinching the bridge of his glasses before pushing them up his nose.
“Liam, if we manage to do this, if… Sally accepts me enough for me and Y/N to be together… we can’t be enemies. I don’t like you, you don’t like me, but we can’t show it. Can we call a truce?”
He offered Liam his hand, but he didn’t take it. Instead, he walked past Ben, bumped into his shoulder for good measure, and went back to his daughter, walking before his wife.
Ex-wife.
God, he hated Ben. He hated all this.
Still, as he settled with Sally to play, he was smiling, and gentle, and when she asked about next weekend, he reassured her about their plans to go to the museum, and promised her nothing would change between them and that everything would be alright…
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Ben gave Sally and you some space during the following week. He didn’t drop by after Liam’s visit, arguing that Sally needed time to think and process what was happening. You tried to argue, because you missed him; but not too much, because you agreed.
Still, after over a week, on Monday evening, Sally spoke about Ben again for the first time.
“Why is Ben not coming anymore?”
“He was just busy. And we thought that perhaps you didn’t want to see him that much…”
She nodded over her bowl of soup, but frowned when she looked up at you again.
“Daddy said he was always going to be here, and Ben said he wanted to be my cool uncle.”
You couldn’t refrain a chuckle at that.
“A cool uncle… that sounds nice. Not sure he can be cool though.”
“He is cool, I think.”
You hummed in agreement, swallowing some soup.
“Can we invite him to tomato Tuesday tomorrow?”
You blinked away your tears at your daughter’s words.
“Sure. You want to call him to ask him if he wants to come?”
“Yes!”
You grabbed your phone, and called, not waiting for the end of the meal. You usually didn’t interrupt dinner, but you were too happy to wait…
Ben grinned as he saw you and Sally appear on the screen.
“Hello, ladies!”
“Hi, Ben! Sally wanted to invite you to tomato Tuesday tomorrow, do you want to come?”
Your heart was warm and full as you noticed that he was blinking tears away.
“Of course! I’d love to! Thanks, meerkat!”
“But, Ben! This is serious business!” Sally warned him. “Because on tomato Tuesday, we make the BEST pasta sauce in the world!”
“The best, really?”
“Yes! So you have to peel the tomato, and then have to boil, and to smash and mummy won’t let you eat any piece of tomato, because she’s mean… and…”
And Sally babbled away about tomato sauce, and the pasta that you cooked every Tuesday with her.
And perhaps things would be okay, after all…
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Kill or Die - Chapter 09: The Trigger
Pairing: Billy Russo x F!Reader x Frank Castle
Summary: You are a New Yorker prostitute and scammer. Making money working at luxurious nightclubs and bars, you go out with old rich men and take their money after drugging them. During one night at a bar, you met Billy Russo and do the same modus operandi as usual. What you don’t know is that Billy found in you a new weapon to take down his enemies and get everything he wants.
Warnings: Mentions of sexual harassment; Abusive comportment;
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Since you left Curtis’s apartment, the name Frank Castle and The Punisher didn’t let you have a moment of peace with your own mental conflicts. You went straight back to Metro General Hospital, to stay with Maddie, looking to all Hell’s Kitchen’s dark alleys afraid of the man you just found out it was alive – or dying like the man said earlier at Curtis’s door – would appear to kill you because you suppose to knew he wasn't that dead at all. 
You closed Maddie’s door and sat on the armchair by her side, lying your head on the edge of her stretcher bed. Intertwining your fingers, you joined your hands together and tried to relax.
You mind decided to make a visit to the first memories you had of Frank Castle.
He was killing everyone who crossed his path, people were terrified by him. Also, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen was hunting him down, the police too, and the scenery was a bloodbath and a modern urban war. You were lying down on Maddie’s bed, sleeping with her, but suddenly the gun shots started. A lot of them. 
People running in the hallway, you locked the door, hoping the one who was shooting didn’t find the two of you. Even putting all your body weight against the wall, the author of the shoots was determined to find the one he was looking for.
The door handle turned, trying to be opened. Your heart is beating crazy inside your chest. 
A bullet crossed the handle, breaking in the door at once. The Punisher breaks in, walking slowly.
You are paralyzed. Your blood running as cold as the air in my skin. His dark gaze on you, so as his gun.
 “Ple…please…” You choke on your own words.
His chin moved a little, but his muscles were static. The black boots on the floor moved straight back to the hallway, but he looked over his shoulder to Madison, taking a good look at her.
You put yourself between his stare and your sister. Somehow this provokes him to leave.
Your phone buzzed in your pocket, waking you up at once, like your soul came back aggressively to your body.
Now you wanna talk to me, Billy?
He was going to taste his own poison. 
You didn’t want to talk to him. He made you feel so guilty yesterday that you left your sister to do what he wanted, and when you got close to the true big fish he was chasing, he left you in the dark. And more: he made you put your own ass on Frank Castle’s vengeance way of life. 
After Claire promised you for the fourth time that Maddie was fine enough for you to go home, you left the hospital getting a cab because your feet couldn’t have another long walk.
Slamming the taxi’s door, you went up the front stares of the building, begging for your bed.
“For how long you are going to ignore me, doll?”
You jumped, scared with Billy’s figure appearance coming from the corner.
“For how long I want, Billy.” 
“Even if I could reach your call in time, I couldn’t go after him. Not now, at least.” He moved his face from the shy sunlight coming from the sky, focusing on your weary face.
“Why? You don’t have the balls to go after him alone?”
“Jesus, doll…” The marks on his neck making you anger burn more and more inside you. “You are piss off just because I didn’t get your call? I was taking care of other business too.”
“Oh, fuck you, Billy!” 
You tried to shut the front door on his face, but his foot blocked the door.
“I’m not in the mood for you, Billy.” 
“But I’m in the full mood for you and your anger, doll!” 
He grabbed your waist with hands, while you climbed the stairs, caressing his nose on your back.
“Get off, Billy…” You shot him with a look. “For Christ’s sake!” 
 both of you keep that fight between the back of your body and his hands, until you arrive at your apartment. Billy decided to give you a break when his phone rang and after you cursed him for the hundred times.  
You took a shower, made some mac n’ cheese, pretending he wasn’t there – which was pretty difficult –, and sat on the kitchen’s counter.
Billy stood up from the couch, undressing his suit and tie, coming to meet your recent showered body. 
“Are you going to tell me what happened, or just gonna stay with that shitface of yours all the fucking day?” 
You caught a deep breath and kept eating, not looking at him, trying to use the last drop of patience you had.
“Y/N, I’m talking to you!” He grabbed your chin, and you were already on the edge.
“You wanna know? Fine!” You threw the spoon inside the macaroni’s plate “Let’s talk about the asshole you were yesterday with me, when I was breaking down in a hospital, one step from lose someone I love so much, and made mine mind a fucking hell because, for you, your problems were bigger than my own.”
 “Are you serious?” His face shinning red.
“Don’t you dare interrupt me!” You point a finger up to him. “You made me feel so bad about our talk in the hospital that I left Madison there, almost dying, to do the dirty work for you. Then you ignored my calls, proving to me that I did everything for nothing. Then you made me discovered that your dead friend is Frank fucking Castle!”
He crossed his arms.
“Are you finish?”
“And you didn’t get my calls because you were fucking another woman. She was the ‘other business’ that made you put me aside, like I was a piece of shit to you. Like I wasn’t, one more time, putting my priorities on second place to put yours on first, Billy.” 
His eyes, from full of anger went to full of irony.
“When I chose you for this work, I chose you because I wouldn’t fall in love with me… But look what happened.”
“Are you serious?” You got down from the counter. “Are you so full of yourself that you truly believe I’m in love with you, Billy? Wake the fuck-up, Mr. Russo! I’ve been fucking man’s like you since I was eighteen years old, neither in my wildest dreams I would have been in love with an old man who make me feel like trash!”
“You didn’t feel like trash when I paid you a thousand of money, in pure cash, or when you came crawling in the middle of the night to my arms, didn’t you?”
His voice getting darker.
“This is about respect, Billy. Something that you proved to me last night. You didn’t have any for me!”
“No, Y/N, this isn’t the point! This is not about respect! You are paid for this, for Christ sake!”
You came back all over him.
“See, Billy? There it is! You think I need to go suck your friend's dick, while my life it’s fucking upside down, just because you pay me for it! What the fuck is happening here?”
“You work for me, Y/N!” He ran to you, bodies almost touching each other. “It’s my money who pays your bills, your food, the clothes you wear, the drugs you use, the water you drink. So, yeah…” He grabbed your face, crashing your head against the wall. “While I pay you, you are going to keep sucking my friend’s dick how many times I want, and need you to do it, you cunt!”
You didn’t think twice when your hand found the mac n’ cheese plate by your side, and threw it at him, making his perfect shirt and perfect hair all messed up.
“Fucking asshole!” You pushed him, while he was trying to process what you just did “Do not, ever again, try to take control of my life, you piece of shit!”
You leaned against the table, putting your head down, however never taking your eyes off Billy, and grabbing the wood as your knuckles were white.
Billy took place on the other side of the kitchen, running his fingers on his dirty hair, while all his muscles were tensing together. The man bent his forehead against the wall, knocking a little too hard. When he found the glass bottle near to his hand he sent it to the floor, turning it into little pieces.
The tension in the air made you think about every dark scenario, because you both pushed each other to the edge of any limit. The trust you had on Billy didn’t exist now, when he breathed out a hot air filled with anger and violence, and his brown eyes, turning his gaze back to you, became darker than ever seen before.
You were both lit matchsticks between a gasoline stream.
“I think it’s time for us to keep things professional.” You tried to end that tension. “We don’t know anymore how to deal with this.” You pointed to you both, meaning your relationship.
 He was stuck on the same position and breath rhythm, making the present future unpredictable.
 “I apologize for the mess I made.”
 You gave him a dish towel, keeping a safe distance, but he didn’t accept.
His motionless bones killed every second he stayed there looking at you like a lion looks at the lamb. You couldn’t explain how months of pleasure and amazing moments turned out, in just two miserable days, in this ‘declare war’ between you two. The same hands who were tearing your clothes off days ago, were the same hands that pushed your head against the wall. The lips responsible for kissing your body were the one who called you ‘cunt’.
The one you always wanted the most, for the past few months, is now the man who insisted on telling you that he paid you whatever he wanted, no matter how you felt.
 He wasn’t a good man to you anymore.
He wasn’t the man you kept trying to convince yourself you didn’t love.
  “I think you should go, Billy.”
Billy didn’t hesitate when you asked, he walked slowly making his way to the door, but stopped by your side for a couple of seconds. You crossed your arms, to feel stronger than you could ever be compared tihim. Billy turned his head to look you upside down, like a last glance. 
You felt every emotion of him over you, it was impossible to pretend you didn’t care when you just got back to orbit when he shouted the front door so hard that she opened again.
Your heart ached in pain, not understanding how it could hurt so much to watch Billy Russo leave you in pieces.
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To be continued...
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why are you doing this to us Netflix? What have we done to you?!😭💔
Anyway, thanks to the entire shadow and bone cast for their spectacular work, great dedication and love in the series💔😭😭😭
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The Darkling in Shadow & Bone Season 2
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Running from the Daylight (Part 2 Final)
Regulus Black AU
Request: @iluvthe-marauders HI LOVELYYY, HAVENT HAD TUMBLR IN AGESSSSS. Dont know if you remember but i was the one who asked for different harry potter characters and wanted to ask if you'd do a regulus oneshot. where y/n is a halfblood (Remus’ sister) and they run away together?
Pairings: Regulus Black x Reader
Rating: T
Link to Part 1
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Remus and Sirius arrived back home after midnight to a quiet house. Sirius stood tapping his foot as Remus unlocked the door.
“I can’t believe you didn’t get me cotton candy.”
Remus rolled his eyes before opening the door.
“I can not help that the theater’s cotton candy machine was down. I promise we will go back next week and get you some.”
Sirius scoffed.
“I’ll take Y/n to a movie. She will get cotton candy too.”
Remus chuckled. He made a mental note to tell you that you needed to tell Sirius no more often. You treated him like some kind of pet, making Remus’ life difficult.
“You can be really annoying sometimes. You are aware of that, right?”
Remus said over his shoulder as he tossed his coat on the couch. Sirius was chuckling to himself as he moved to go get a beer out of the refrigerator.
“Yeah, but you love me so there.”
Remus smirked while shaking his head. He was not about to feed into Sirius’ foolishness (no matter how right he was on the subject). A small envelope on the coffee table caught Remus’ attention. It had both his and Sirius’ names on the front.
Frowning, Remus walked over and picked the envelope up. Right away, Remus noticed your handwriting.
“Is she leaving us love notes again?”
Sirius asked, coming back into the room while shoving popcorn into his mouth. Remus rolled his eyes.
“She’s probably begging me to marry you so you don’t go get lost some place.”
Sirius gave Remus a cold glare as his lover tore open the envelope.
“To Sirius and Remus, By the time the two of you read this, I will be out of contact. There have been many things that I have been hiding and it is time that the both of you know. I have been dating Regulus for a while. We are running away together. This is the only way that we can be together and no one have a problem with it. Remus, I know you of all people won’t be happy. You are my big brother and I love you but you need to let me make my own decisions. If I was honest and told you that I was dating Regulus, you would have flipped. Please know that I am not doing this to hurt you. I hope, in time, we can meet again and put this behind us. I beg you to take care of yourself and I love you. Sirius, I want you to know that you were right about Regulus. There is more to him than some cold member of the Black family. He isn’t a death eater and no longer “drinks the family koolaid.” He and I….we are what each other needs. Regulus is still your brother and he loves you. I hope to see the two of you sooner rather than later. I’m sorry but I have to go.
Love, Y/n.”
Remus stared at the letter with his mouth open. Sirius shoved a few more mouthfuls of popcorn in his mouth before realizing that Remus had gone dead silent.
“Moony, what…”
“Y/n ran off with Regulus!”
Sirius stood motionless. He tilted his head as if he was trying to process what his lover actually said. Did Sirius hear Remus right? You ran off with Regulus? Why would you run off with Regulus? Did you even know Regulus? Sirius had never witnessed the two of you speak to each other.
“Regulus? Like my brother Regulus?”
Remus ran a hand through his hair, fighting the urge to start jumping up and down.
“How many other guys named Regulus do you know?”
Sirius held his hands up defensively.
“Just my brother. Why would Y/n run off with Regulus? Do they even know each other apart from us?”
Remus handed Sirius the letter. Sirius frowned as he read the letter, his eyes widening with each word. While he wanted to panic that you jumped ship with his little brother in the middle of the war…he couldn’t. Sirius read your words to him about “being right about Regulus.” Regulus wasn’t a bad guy.
“Regulus is still my little brother, after all.”
Sirius smiled at the thought. His little brother…the real Regulus…the boy Sirius adored so much was still in there. Sirius also smiled at the thought of you being the one who gave him this information. You would be good for Regulus just as Remus was good for him. Sirius could live with that.
“Sirius, say something.”
Remus ordered, feeling on edge. He didn’t know what he was going to do but he needed to do something. Remus was nearly ready to go run about the neighborhood looking for you. Sirius took a breath before speaking.
“Remus, I need you to breathe, mate. Look, I didn’t know about this either. I have my concerns but…they are like us. Maybe Y/n is good for Reg. Let’s give them a chance. Let them come to us.”
Remus paced around quietly for a moment.
“She’s my sister, Sirius.”
Sirius nodded before moving to put a hand on the small of Remus’ back.
“She will always be your sister but for right now Y/n is what Regulus needs. Trust me.”
(two weeks later)
The sound of a tea kettle whistling woke you up from a sound sleep. Yawning, you reached over to Regulus’ side of the bed. His pillow was cold indicating that he had been up for some time. You stretched with a smile before slowly getting out of bed and looking out the window.
You would never get tired of the sight in front of you. Everything was peaceful. Waking up in a quaint little cottage with a field of wildflowers near a lake was your own personal heaven. From the moment that you arrived at the cottage life changed completely. You had gone from being stuck in the middle of a war with no idea how the future would play out to pure blissful peace.
The sound of a small bang in the kitchen tore you from your thoughts. Regulus muttering “son of a bitch” made you smile.
Regulus
That was another thing that you couldn’t help but smile about. In the course of two weeks, you had seen Regulus make a complete change. Now he was no longer the brooding moody young man who always looked mad at the world. He smiled more than you had ever seen him smile before. You noticed how much Regulus being happy reminded you of Sirius. Happy was exactly how you loved seeing Regulus.
Your mind went back to the morning that you arrived at the cottage…
“This place hasn’t changed since I was a child.”
Regulus commented as he sat his bag down. You were looking around the cottage with a pleased little smile on your face.
“It's lovely. I can see why your uncle bought that place.”
Regulus nodded as he started looking through the cabinets.
“As much as Alphard loved our family, he loved being in peace that much more. He saw the cracks and crazy in the Black family. Thank Merlin he saw a way out and away from it all.”
You turned to face Regulus as he took off his suit jacket and started rolling his sleeves up.
“Now we can have our peace.”
You replied as Regulus’ grey eyes rolled up your face.
“Yes, we can. We can have our happily ever after without this stupid war or whatever garbage is going on back in reality land. Maybe in time, Remus won’t hate me for conning you into running away with me.”
You moved to wrap your arms around Regulus’ neck.
“You didn’t do any conning. I wanted to leave as much as you did. I’m not brave like my brother and friends. I don’t want to be involved in some war where people I love on both sides die.”
Regulus frowned before wrapping an around your waist.
“You are braver than you know. You left everything behind for some boy who never deserved a moment of your grace and love.”
“The boy who deserved all of the grace and love.”
You countered with a smile. Regulus leaned his forehead against yours. He didn’t know that you saw the happy smile on his face…but you did.
“Well..if you say so. You know, we’ve never had the opportunity to dance together.”
You couldn’t help the chuckle as Regulus slowly began to move with you in his arms.
“We’ve never had the opportunity.”
Regulus nodded.
“Now we do. Every day…anytime that you want.”
The bedroom door opening pulled you from your thoughts. Regulus stepped in with a small smile on his face.
“Sorry, I didn’t wake you…did I?”
You shook your head before moving to snuggle back into your boyfriend’s waiting arms.
“No…I heard you fighting with the stove.”
Regulus rolled his eyes.
“That damned thing is a menace. We might have to invest in a new one before I catch that one on fire. I see why Kreacher hated our stove at Grimmauld Place now.”
Regulus didn’t have to say it for you to know that he missed Kreacher. That was the only part of his family that he missed.
“We can get a new one whenever you want or you can let me do the cooking. I admire you for trying but I was born to cook on shitty stoves.”
Regulus rolled his eyes before looking back at the bed.
“You haven’t made the bed yet.”
You nodded.
“I just got out of it.”
Regulus reached out to gently push the strap of your nightgown off of your shoulder.
“We can mess it up a little more before you make it up…for the day.”
Wrapping your arm around his shoulders, you stood on your tiptoes kissing Regulus slowly.
“I love that idea.”
Right as things were starting to get heated there was a loud knock at the door. Regulus pulled away as you reached for your silk robe.
“Who the hell is that? We don’t have friends. That is the problem with visitors. They always come visiting.”
You grabbed your wand and followed Regulus down the stairs. Part of you was wondering if it was the friendly widow who lived down the road a bit. The other part worried that it was some member of the Black family to attempt to drag Regulus home.
“Do you have your wand?”
Regulus whispered.
“Armed and ready to go.”
You replied as Regulus moved to the front door. He was ready to hex whoever the hell it was to kingdom come and back.
The moment that he opened it, Regulus was shocked to see Sirius on the other side. Sirius stood holding what looked like a geranium in a tacky ceramic pot while Remus stood behind him looking super uncomfortable.
Regulus tilted his head to the side while you came to join him at the door. You were clearly as surprised as Regulus was.
“Hello?”
Regulus managed to get out while Sirius smiled.
“Hello, happy couple…I brought you a plant.”
Sirius held out the geranium to his younger brother with a grin. Regulus slowly took the flower with an uncomfortable expression.
“Um, thanks. How did you two find us?”
Sirius glanced over his shoulder praying that Remus had listened to that whole “be nice and don’t strangle him” talk.
“Can we come in?”
You moved aside as did Regulus. Sirius and Remus walked in closing the door behind them.
“Did you two steal this from the old woman down the street? I saw her potting this plant last week.”
Regulus commented before sitting the geranium down. Sirius shrugged.
“She won’t miss it. So….here we are and here you are.”
Regulus nodded, sitting down.
“Yes. Here we are. Again, how did you find us?”
Sirius grinned.
“Uncle Alphard told me after I wrote him.”
“How long?”
Remus finally commented. Both Regulus and yourself turned to face your older brother. You could see the unease in Remus’ eyes. How he was remaining calm was a mystery.
You placed a hand on Regulus’ shoulder before speaking to Remus directly.
“Two years.”
“Two years!!?? The two of you have been dating for two years and no one said a word. Y/n, this is big. You could have married this man by now…wait, you two aren’t married are you?”
Regulus raised an eyebrow before holding up your hand that had a diamond ring on it.
“Not yet but we will be. This is exactly why we didn’t tell you, Lupin. You are spazzing out and acting ridiculous. Family reactions are the reason why we didn’t say anything. My family would never accept Y/n and would potentially hurt her. You are…well…you are acting as I expected.”
Remus went instantly silent before muttering “fuck me” under his breath. He took a few deep breaths before speaking. Looking at your face, Remus stared at you hard for a few moments. No longer were you the little girl that chased after him always wanting to be part of her big brother’s activities. Now you were a grown woman with a life of her own…a grown woman who deserved to have the life that she wanted.
Regulus was busy watching Remus hoping the other man didn’t burst into a fit of tears. He was not ready to deal with that!
“I apologize…to both of you. You have to understand that is my only family left, Regulus. Outside of Sirius, Y/n has been my forever friend. It hurts knowing that both of you felt this was the only option…but I understand. I was wrong to judge your happiness. Y/n, is this what you want?”
You squeezed Regulus’ shoulder.
“It is, Remus. I love Regulus very much. He’s very good to me and I’m happy. I know you are worried but I want you to be happy for me. I found my person must like you found yours….your plant stealing person.”
Sirius giggled. Remus stared at Sirius before shaking his head.
“Yeah, my plant-stealing person. Fine, if you two are happy then I’m happy for you. Regulus, please take care of her.”
Regulus reached up to squeeze your hand that was resting on his shoulder.
“I would die for her.”
Sirius stood up clapping his hands together before going off in search of breakfast.
“Now that is out of the way…who is going to feed me breakfast? You two should have seen the mad dash we made to get here.”
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Your friendship with the Marauders was unexpected but very welcoming. You were introduced to the group by Remus. Remus shared a few classes with you and got acquainted with you. One day he saw you eating lunch by yourself in the Great Hall and invited you over ignoring Sirius' glares.
Remus warned you before he introduced you to everyone "Sirius can be very cold and hostile, but he can be kind too, just try not to let the rudeness of his first words to you cut you too deeply."
It seemed like Remus was true because while everyone gave her a warm welcome Sirius gave you a cold shoulder every time you tried talking to him. You gradually got closer to the Marauder and Sirius didn't like it. But you liked Sirius a lot. You would overhear his conversations and the soft voice he would use on other girls and wish he talked to you like that. You loved his smile the most. It felt so innocent so opposite to his flirtatious nature.
Sirius was annoyed at how you were always bright, you made bad jokes but your laughs made others laugh sometimes even him but he won't admit it. He hated how everyone quickly opened up to you and even Remus Lupin who has a hard time talking to someone new just confessed to you that he is a werewolf and the rest of the Marauders were Animagus.
Now Sirius was furious and as a result, he was having an argument with Remus right now. "Have you lost it Moony? Why did you have to tell her all that? If you are in such a mood to reveal your secrets let us announce to the students in Great Hall that we are a bunch of feral animals"
Remus chuckled "Oh Padfoot you say you don't like her but you two are so similar. You know mate I won't just tell anyone. I trust her that is why I told her."
Sirius was about to berate Remus when he interrupted "give her one chance Padfoot then you can ignore her as much as you want. Why do you even hate her so much?"
"I don't hate her Moony. She just is so bright and happy all the time. She has overused her motto about how life is too short to take it seriously while absurdly winking at me."
"Just talk to her once will you?." With that Remus started to leave his room.
"Where are you going?"
"Oh, Y/n is making a cake for us. Too bad you don't like her you would love her cake."
Sirius hated the smug look on his best friend and decided to talk to you because it looked like you were going to stick with the group.
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You were sitting in front of the fireplace reading your book. Sirius started to feel nervous to talk to her. This is not his first time talking to a girl but normally he would be able to predict how the girls will react to his words, either they will hate it or love it. You are so far best described as unpredictable.
He slowly approached her. "Hey Y/n". You cautiously looked at him "hey Sirius". He felt a slight pain in his chest as he saw how you didn't give him the bright smile you give his friends. He pointed towards the empty space beside her "can I sit here?" You patted the empty seat but were still cautious.
Remus told her how Sirius can be loving once you will get to know him but before that, he can be very cold and rude. You were cautious not to upset him more. Of course, Sirius never blatantly told you but she could see he didn't like her as much as his friends did.
"So you like baking?" Sirius started awkwardly. You stared at him blankly then remembered that two days ago you made a chocolate cake for the three boys. "Uh I do, I don't know if I am great at it but Remus ends up finishing the deserts I make, he has quite a sweet tooth."
Sirius chuckled at her words "he does, chocolate is his favorite flavor." You turned to him immediately "tell me about it, that boy finished up three chocolate mug cakes while James and Peter were busy talking to me. I had to make more for the poor lads."
Sirius started laughing as he imagined Remus eating mug cakes in one corner. "What is a mug cake?" You gasped at that "come with me I have to make you a mug cake right now." You grabbed his wrist softly and tugged him towards the kitchen. For some reason, Sirius found your smile very soft today. The whole night as you made mug cakes for him, Sirius opened up to her more and found Remus was right about her. "She is as sweet as her desserts". He enjoyed the dessert you gave him but after spending time with you he wanted to consume a different dessert. You.
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It was a warm day outside and the marauders took the opportunity to take a dip in black lake. Sirius decided to stay out of the water as he couldn't keep his mind off of you who he opened up to last night.
It felt like a fever dream to him, how he started to enjoy your bad jokes and how he shivered under your accidental touches. The smell of your citrus perfume lingered in his senses. He was confused as to why he felt like this. He never felt his opinion about someone change so quickly. All he could think about was if your kisses will taste sweet or not.
"Hey guys" your voice interrupted his thoughts about you. He groaned not because of frustration but because he realized that now he is falling for you. Sirius finally comes up with what he thinks is a brilliant idea.
"Hey, you know what Prongs I think I will join you guys in the water. You are joining us Y/n?"
Everyone looks at Sirius as he gently asks. You shyly decline and he nods and jumps into the water. You notice how beautiful he looks, you have always noticed that but he also seemed more intimidating than others. You noticed that he immediately got out of the water, his white shirt stuck to his body revealing the black ink that decorated his body. He had.... tattoos? You immediately looked away when you realized that you were staring at him.
You didn't know Sirius had tattoos. And you didn't know you had a thing for tattoos. Sirius noticed you looking away, your face flushed. He smirked and quickly ran towards you. "Doll could you pass me the towel?" You wordlessly nodded and handed him the towel without looking at him. Sirius enjoyed how easily you got flustered by him.
"Do you mind if I open my shirt?" Your mind started short-circuiting when he asked that. It's ok he is just opening his shirt. No big deal and oh dear you feel like you might faint when you glanced at him and he winked at you as he opened his shirt. He sits beside you still keeping a respectable distance from you.
"Is the grass more interesting than me love?" You should have brought your book with you so didn't have to stare at the grass while a very shirtless Sirius Black sat beside you.
"Am I making you uncomfortable?" concern was very evident in his voice. He made it hard not to fall for him. "No Sirius it is alright I don't want to make you uncomfortable"
Sirius chuckled "it is ok I don't mind, I only take off my shirt for girls who share their dessert with me." You chuckled at that.
He continued "I am sorry for being so harsh with you, I have trust issues."
"I understand, then why did you give me a chance?"
"Well it looks like you are here with us to say and those three idiots kept saying how sweet you are I had to see for myself."
"And what is your judgment? Am I sweet?"
"Darling you are sweeter than your sweets" Sirius scooted closer to you when he saw you smile.
"There is a question plaguing my mind."
"What?"
"if you taste sweet too." he got closer to you "Can I have a taste?"
"Yes." He kissed you like he had no other purpose. He held you so gently but his kiss was fiery. When you separated to regain your breath you asked him "so? what do you think?"
"They can have your sweets I am having you."
A/N: This is long. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. sorry. REBLOGS AND FEEDBACKS if you like this.
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Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | dir. David Yates
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Songs for You | The Bowery Ballroom - New York (February 10, 2023)
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𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠
Summary: Being the director and also a single mum of 462818 people at the same time, being shown in Y/N. Y/L/N's newest Instagram post with some special guest
A/N: I really enjoy making these Instagram AU posts, and you will see my inner gremlin appearing lol and İ'll make a second and even third part for it!
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Y/N Y/L/N: Did they force me to take them on a train ride? Yes. Did I loose a bet? Also yes. So, as a result, I'm broke now. Please start a campaign and funds.🤭🤗
Also, don't let Jack's innocence fool you, that man is a real life Wylan and is a menace to society. He ate 15 burgers. Fuck you 🖕😑
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User1: I love how Y/n is the sugar mommy of the cast djskdjsj
User2: The way she is trully the mom apart from being the director. They are like a family 🥰
Y/N: A family that uses me... Cruel, cruel kids. Look at their smiles! They know what they are doing 🥲
freddycarter1: you made us walk under extreme hot weather and left us to die in a desert! It's only fair 😌
Y/N: Shut up Kazzle Dazzle, and eat your burger! And I gave you umbrellas, ıt's enough.
Sab.Memes: Jack ate 15 burgers?! *Chokes on water* HOW CAN HE DO THAT?!
User4: I feel bad for Y/N, she earns money through them and still spend it for them 😂
Y/NFanforever23: She knows guys, she know the power the fans have!
Y/N: I watched people start campaign and cancelling celebrities, ending their whole life. FAN SUPREMACY IS THE ONLY TRUE POWER!! 🫡
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Y/N Y/L/N: Here is a warning: I'm everywhere and I see all of you... Please keep doing God's work by making memes🤭
1. There is a reason why I chose Ben as Darkling, only one reason: He is the ultimate CEO of puppy eyes... A good way to manipulate people because I fell for it. And Leigh and I fought very hard for them to accept him already.
2. Apart from the fact that he killed innocents, manipulated kids and offered one to the Royal family, used many people and created the Fold alonsgide other War crimes... It seems my job is over *drops the mic and leaves the stage to go and write the New script,crying*
3. Real applause for Alina because I would have folded and accepted immediately.
P.S: Ben is getting ready to defend Darkling in his Insta story while avoiding me... And laying over my lap and making me play with his hair.
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kittheyounger: When exactly are you going to stop sharing memes of us?
Y/N: Never? You should be grateful I'm not sharing every one of your's fetus photos and the ones I took to blackmail you later :)
archierenaux3: Couldn't be me hehe
Y/N: Keep living in your dreams :) @archierenaux3
User7: She is so real for the third slide 🤣
User9: Ben is so babygirl for her I can't-
User3: The way Y/N just terrorizes the entire cast with those childhood photos is too funny to me 😂
User6: That's some Queen behaviour... another day another slay from Y/N 💯
User1: She is known to have a talent for taking photos when no one sees and notices her so... For all we know, she could take photos of us and we still wouldn't know.
User5: And she only annoys the male cast members... 😌🤔I wonder why she doesn't do the same with others?
Y/N: They are my little babies and precious wives, they could do no wrong 🥰
Benbarnes: Talk about favouritism... And I'm her boyfriend.
Y/N: And they are my wives, so? 🤗
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Y/N Y/L/N: Oh, the amount of chaos here... *Sips wine* 🤭🍷
P.S: He came to me crying and asking what was wrong with the fans... I said he was so hot for his own good and now, he refuses to meet my eye because he blushes too much... Sir, you are 41 not 15! Either way, what a cutie 😌🤭
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benbarnes: you promised to not share these!
Y/N: Haven't you learnt nothing is safe with me?
BenandY/N.mommy: I CANT- Y/N IS FEEDING US AND I LIVE FOR IT
User5: Poor Shadow Daddy... Show us more.🫣
User3: The cast once said that Ben blushes the most when Y/N is near or the one who compliments him... My heart can't take it!
User6: I want what they have! ❤️
User3: They both had become so good to each other, especially Y/N... Seeing my baby happy makes me cry tears of joy 🥹
User6: I hope they will get married already! We need little Y/L/N- Barnes in our lives 🥲
User4: When can I get a Y/N or Ben in my life?
User2: And just like that, I'm scared for what's waiting for us and Matthias in SaB season 3...
User1: ıf people doesn't know... Y/N is very good at drama and slicing our hearts and squeezing it painfully with her emotional scenes and talent for shooting those scenes just... Diferrently.
User3: We are doomed... Like girl, who hurt you that much?
Y/N: Trauma, tears, sadness and more trauma are what's waiting for yall probably... Sorry🫣 And I love watching and reading heartwrenching things in general, no one hurt me so don't come at Ben😄😇
benbarnes: Thanks love... Your fans scare me...
User1: Suddenly, ıt's a need to see Kaz and Monopoly together
Y/N: You wouldn't want that... Freddie gets too absorbed in his character and we thought it was a good idea to do this... It didn't turn out well
User5: The way Ben is scared of Y/N's fanbase is very funny... *Evil laugh* Sir, you are dating our girl, millions are after your ass as soon as we see a tear on her pretty face 🙎🔪
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Y/N Y/L/N: This cast had become my everything, all these amazing people changed me in the best way possible and I'm grateful to have met them. I'm known to always share funny things but today, I wanted to show my love and appreciation. I'm thankful for accepting the offer to direct and also take a role in this amazing job. Thank you for inspiring me to be a better version of myself, thank you for changing my life for the better and thank you for trusting me. shadowandbone :)
Thank you for the backstage workers who always gossipped with me and did their very best and made me fangirl at their job
Thank you for convincing me and holding a gun to my temple to accept this job and also writing this amazing book universe @lbardugo 🫡❤️ I'm hoping to talk to you soon again!
But the biggest thank you is for my dear boyfriend @BenBarnes. Thank you for always supporting me and loving me. Thank you for holding me when I needed, trusting me when I didn't and lifting me up with your dad jokes and thank you for being you. I'm the most grateful for you, and that won't change. I love you and your goofy personality even though you ate my last cookie 🥲❤️
Oh and a final note? These people and these pictures? Let the Fold take me :) shadowandbone
shadowandbone: A toast for the best director ever! We are glad to have someone like you! And there is no way out of the Fold :)
User6: The way she always includes everyone, down until the very last person in backstage is... Her heart is so amazing and her soul is so pure🥹
User2: You just know that they all love her so much.. Thank you for accepting and thank you for bringing our dream book to life Y/N 🥹
lbardugo: I wouldn't want anyone except you to this! You have so much potential and I was at ease knowing that the show was in good hands... Love you so much and İ'll eagerly wait for your other projects 🥹🥰 And I'm waiting for that meeting to, love! Just don't forget to spend time with Ben, he sulks like a puppy later 😂
Y/N: Thank you so much... OMG I'm crying at all the sweet messages now but you can be sure I'll spend all my time with him!
amitasuman_: We love you, Y/N! You are the best and thank you for always making sure we were fine and comfortable! Now, I'm off to cry🥹
Jessie_mei_li: Thank you for being you! I wouldn't have gotten a bestfriend like you if you hadn't accept!❤️ Thank you for assembling all of us, Queen of Fantasy!
freddycarter1: and also accidently adopt all of us in some ways...
User5: the whole Shadow and Bone cast looking at their director with heart eyes are making me jdkshdqkvwu🥰💞❤️😍🥺
User4: YEAH, THEY ARE SO LOVELY WITH EACH OTHER! BUT! Have you seen how Ben looks at her? I have been manifesting a man like hım over a decade now...
User1: Do you think she saw that fifth slide on Ben's Insta??
User4: Definetly! I wonder what her reaction was like...
Y/N: I was a Darklina hater my whole life until Jessie and Ben ruined it for me and made me just turn a blind eye... I regret making them shoot that scene but also not.
User2: OMG SHE ANSWERED
User1: she always does, another reason to live, laugh and love Y/N. Hı, Y/N!
Y/N: Hi, love! And btw yes, that video woke something in me... Which payed off iykyk 🤭
User6: when I learnt the whole cast, mainly Ben, was begging her to make a Marauders series is just... Wow... I hope she does that, she is the only one who could pull that!
User1: Remember when she said she would break the Net when the time comes? Might be it, who knows?🤔
User3: She also said she wasn't letting any of the cast go like that and had plans for every one of them... And that they were her slaves and had to do anything she told them lol
User4: People trust her with book adaptation because she always stays loyal to it, while also adding something from herself. It's normal everyone wants her to work on every book adaptation possible
User2: I wonder who she prefers the most: Kaz or Darkling?🤔
User5: Ben is her boyfriend so I think she would say Darkling because he would pout otherwise
User6: But she also said she often giggled and blushed while reading Kaz's point of view and specifically begged Freddy to audition
Y/N: The true question is: Are you a fan of terrifying blue eyes or deep, empty black eyes?
benbarnes: I'm forever lucky and grateful to have met you and be your boyfriend. I can never be proud enough of you since you have a habit of always exceeding yourself. I'll always be by your side through thick and thin, just as you do every day. You are my beautiful and succesfull girlfriend, my rock when I need you, my bestfriend when I need a good laugh and my other half and there is no enough words to explain my feelings but I'll stick to this one: I love you always. liked by Y/N Y/L/N
User1: And that's how you get away with eating a lady's last cookie 😂
User3: I'm not crying ıt's just their love in my eyes that stings 🥹
User5: I swear there is nothing I want more than see them getting married 😭
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Something Good (XXIV)
Chapter 24 : Crying
Hello! Here is a new chapter for my Ben Barnes series!
My apologies for the angst of these two chapters… but not everything can go well!
Hope you like it, tell me what you think!
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Pairing: Ben Barnes x fem!Reader
Warnings: Fluff, angst, Slow burn, professor AU.!
Summary: Coming out of a divorce and trying to get used to being a single mom, while teaching your classes at University, you thought your life could not get more complicated than it already is. But when you are asked to take care of the theatre club with the colleague that you really can’t get along with, you realize that everything can still get ten times more complicated in your life. And when you start actually liking Professor Barnes, the troubles only grow exponentially…
Word Count: 2327
Masterlist for the series – Ben Barnes’ Masterlist – Main Masterlist
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Daniel looked up from his music sheet and blinked a couple of times, which only made you laugh.
Ben was being obvious again. It was a miracle that he had not called you ‘darling’ yet, you had noticed the way it had almost slipped a couple of times, but he had managed to hold it back. Still, with physical touch as his love language, it was difficult to be in the same room as you without touching you. And being seated next to you for an hour and not being able to reach out was actual torture.
Ben was glancing over at your hand so much, people were starting to notice, like Daniel over there, sitting opposite you. He noticed as well the way Ben tightened his hold on his pen to refrain his urge to simply reach out and touch you. You moved your hand away, earning a blush from Ben as he seemed to notice his own behaviour. And Daniel refrained a laugh.
God, this was a disaster… you would never be able to hide your relationship at work, this was terrible…
“So, how are we handling ‘Roxanne’?” Nathaniel asked, and it was your turn to notice how obvious he and Daniel were at stealing glances.
You couldn’t help but draw the comparison between you and Ben. Was that really how you were together?
There was a lot to be discussed, as always at the end of a session for the theatre club. February had arrived, and with its snow and bitter cold came the realisation that a good chunk of the year had passed already. And you had a lot left to do.
Roberta and Giselle, especially, seemed to start getting stressed because of the timelines to be met. You had started planning repetitions with the choir and the band affiliated to the university, and you were all anxious to make them all waste their time on your behalf.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be ready!” you reassured the group, but Ben didn’t say a thing.
“Ben doesn’t seem to agree.”
“We’ll have to be fine. Besides, these are rehearsals. Rehearsals are here so that we can all make a lot of mistakes while no one is watching.”
Despite his soft words, you could recognise a tinge of worry.
“That’s because he’s the pessimist in this team, and his job is to worry about every tiny thing that could possibly go wrong, while the rest of us have fun!” you answered in a grin, making everyone laugh, the air clearing again.
“Someone has to be responsible in this bunch…” Ben mumbled in faked annoyance, and you couldn’t help the tenderness that softened your gaze.
“A true worrier. Overthinker and too organized for his own good.”
“At least, I’m not a tidal wave of pure chaos.”
“The rules of physics have proclaimed that chaos always grows, no matter what you do. I’ve simply decided to stop fighting and go with the flow,” you fought back playfully, adding a hand-gesture to mark your point.
He was the first to break, unable to refrain a chuckle any longer, and you soon joined him.
“Well, as long as you stop messing my own stuff…”
You raised some surprised eyebrows.
“I do beg your pardon?”
“We should stop making our meetings for the club in my office, you always mess up my desk.”
You rolled your eyes, although a playful smile was tugging at your lips.
“Oh, poor Ben. I’ve displaced your red pen from its designated spot.”
It was his time to roll his eyes, but he bit his tongue and didn’t reply. You wondered why.
You planned out the rest of the month, giving everyone their goals and missions for the upcoming weeks. All the songs were integrated in the structure of the play now, but a few scenes needed to be rewritten, and you had not clearly worked on placement on stage yet, at least not for all of the songs or scenes. Costumes, decors, instrumentals… all of this was still to be planned too.
A lot of work to be accomplished, and yet, the students were still thrilled by the whole adventure. If they were sometimes worried, they were still highly motivated, and as soon as they got to play, they were excited and happy. It was a relief to find them all so enthusiastic still, you reckoned that you would have struggled with such a workload if it weren’t for the fun you were having with the group. And the fact that your boyfriend was participating didn’t hurt either.
As your students hurried outside the room to join their classes for the afternoon, Ben and you lingered for a while, finishing up planning and re-reading some scenes to make sure the dialogues were good to go. And as you were alone, Ben could finally reach for you and hold your hand in his. You couldn’t refrain a smile as he did.
“Okay! Done!” he proclaimed, closing his laptop and rubbing the edge of his nose. “I’m not working on that for the rest of the week.”
“Do you think we’ll be ready for May?”
He heaved a worried sigh.
“I don’t know, to be honest. It’s much harder than a regular play. But… as I’m the pessimistic one in this relationship…”
You giggled, leaning against his arm.
“You truly are!”
“A worrier, that’s what I am,” he nodded, but his voice lacked the playfulness it had harboured seconds ago, and you frowned at the sound.
“Hey… we’re in this together. It’ll be just fine…”
“Yeah… no… that’s…” he heaved a heavy sigh before speaking once more. “I’m not worried about the club. Not too much, at least. I’m… I’m worried about Saturday.”
“Oh…”
You looked down, averting your eyes, but you rested your head on his shoulder all the same, your thumb tracing a line across his knuckles. You had decided to tell Sally about the two of you this weekend. You would have been lying if you had pretended not to be worried about her reaction. Although there was no reason for her not to take the news well. After all, she loved Ben.
“I’m sure Sally will be happy about it,” you reassured him.
But Ben shrugged.
“I don’t know… It’s one thing that I spend time with the two of you, it’s another that I date her mother.”
“She’s young, she doesn’t really understand all this.”
“Perhaps you’re right.”
You waited patiently for him to speak again, feeling that he had more to say, but he needed time to choose the right words.
“I just… I know that you will always choose Sally. And I’m not complaining about it, that’s perfectly normal, she’s your daughter. But I… I’m afraid this will have to end if Sally doesn’t give me a chance.”
You tightened your hold on his hand without noticing.
“I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
Ben nodded, deciding to change the subject, even though it was still obvious that he wasn’t convinced.
“Anyway, a coffee before going back to work, darling?”
You nodded enthusiastically.
“Let’s go to my office, I don’t feel like being interrupted by another colleague,” Ben proposed, and you nodded, but also remembered his strange reaction from your teasing earlier on.
“Ben? You weren’t upset when I teased you about being organised, right?” you asked as you stood up from your chair, and Ben picked up his laptop, tugging it under his arm as he stood as well. “You know it wasn’t meant as a critic, I was just joking around…”
“Of course, darling! I’m not that susceptible.”
“I don’t know you… you stopped yourself when you were about to say something.”
But he turned to you then, right before reaching the closed door, and a devilish grin informed you that he wasn’t upset at all, indeed.
“Hmmm… yeah, I couldn’t say that in front of the kids. They’re too young for that kind of things,” he joked, but you frowned, not fully understanding what he meant.
Your heart stumbled in your chest as he leant closer, wrapping an arm around your waist, dark eyes flickering to your lips and then back to your eyes.
“I wanted to tease you about how you mess up my desk.”
You looked away, struggling to breathe as you pictured the scene... You and him pressed together, lips sealed, fingers looking for bare skin…
“Right… I see.”
“And even though I adore this activity, I couldn’t say…”
“No, you couldn’t!” you interrupted him, taking a step back as you tried to regulate both your heart and your breathing. Ben’s low chuckle told you he was enjoying your flushed self a lot.
“Come on, darling,” he went on, nodding towards the door and his smile was tempting as it grew brighter, something dangerous glittering in his black eyes. “Let’s mess up my desk before going back to work…”
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You had rarely been this anxious in your life. And perhaps it was a little ridiculous, but then again, tonight was so important.
You had to tell Sally that Ben and you were more than friends. It was time. Ben and you were doing fine; you were doing amazing, as a matter of fact. You had no doubts left that he loved you, that he was ready to be responsible with Sally, that he was here for the long run. That you both wanted this to work, that you were ready to put your heart on the table, an offering of a wounded and vulnerable prey, and you trusted him to mend the organ instead of eating it raw. Perhaps it was silly, given that you had been together for barely three months. Still, it was real. It was what you wanted. And Sally needed to know.
That’s why you were now sitting with Ben in front of the sofa, Sally sitting on the furniture in her pirate pyjamas, holding her bunny and throwing suspicious glances at you and Ben.
It was the evening, you had eaten together, a meal Ben had cooked, nothing too fancy but delicious all the same. It was the evening, and outside the world was full of darkness and yellow lights.
“What’s going on?” Sally asked, narrowing her eyes.
“We… we need to talk with you about something, angel,” you spoke in a soft, quiet voice that you hoped soothing and steady enough to hide your nerves.
She seemed worried by your tone though, and you hated that. You struggled to swallow, and Ben spoke in your stead when you remained silent. You had planned out your speech. Ben had written it down when you had started spiralling the day before at lunchtime. You had learned it, and yet now, it seemed… so hard to say the right words.
“First, we need you to know that… this is changing nothing about your parents. And that your mom and dad are always going to do what’s best for you first, no matter what.”
You nodded, before diving.
“You see… Ben and I, we… we’re a couple now.”
It was a little blunt, more so than the gentle phrases you had eloquently written the day before. But it was earnest, and you couldn’t say it any other way.
Sally didn’t say anything, she just looked back and forth between you and Ben.
“It means that… Ben is going to spend more and more time with us, that’s all,” you tried to reassure your daughter, although her reaction was unreadable. “For you, that’s the only thing that will change for the time being. Ben is just… going to be around more. And help me take care of you sometimes, the same he’s already been doing, really. Nothing big is going to suddenly change, you don’t have to worry about that. But… we needed to tell you. Because we… we’re not going to hide the way we feel in front of you. I know that it’s complicated for you to understand, that it’s adult stuff but…”
You fell immediately silent when Sally started crying.
Tears fell quietly at first, and then a gentle hush sound, and then a true cry, and soon she was sobbing and wailing… and you remained frozen in place, staring at her tiny frame shaking and her cheeks wet with tears.
You blinked, it took you what seemed like forever to react, to reach out for your daughter.
“Sally, calm down, it’s not a bad news. Why are you crying?”
“Sally, it’s alright, nothing’s going to change,” Ben added, but Sally kept on crying.
You stood up and reached to hold her, but Sally pushed you away, and you heart broke at the sight.
“NO!” your daughter cried. “I DON’T WANT THAT! I DON’T WANT BEN!”
“Sally, calm down…”
“NO! NO!”
Before you could stop her, Sally had jumped from the couch and was running into her bedroom. You heard the door closing with force, and then everything was still.
Ben hadn’t dared to move, still sitting on the carpet, looking wide-eyed in the direction of your daughter’s room. When he finally turned to you, you exchanged a blank glance. He moved to sit closer in what seemed to be slow motion, as if reluctant, as if afraid of what would happen once he would have reached you. And he was right to be wary. You were crying when you looked at him again, and he knew too well why tears were staining your cheeks now.
Sally was everything to you. She prevailed over everything else in your life. You would have done anything for her, including sacrificing the man you loved, giving up on your own happiness.
If Sally couldn’t accept Ben as your partner, you would leave him.
When he reached out, wrapped his arm around your shoulders to hold you close, lips pressed to your hair, you both started crying.
And you wondered if this meant that it would be your last evening with the man you loved.
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geminijade · 8 months
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F*ck Prince Charming. Give Me a Scarred Knight 🥵🔥
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Ben Barnes, Freddy Carter & Sam Claflin at the DIFLondon, Dream It Con's multifandom event.
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renegadesstuff · 1 year
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This makes me emotional 🥹
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It's so well deserved 🫶❤️
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