It ends, after all this time, not with a bang, but with a ragged breath.
Mind you, Akai stayed quiet through the breaking of his fingers and the cuts etched into his skin, but somewhere around the time Rei had ripped out his fingernails one by one he'd started screaming. And Rei had kept him screaming, until his voice grew hoarse.
Not that he'd let out anything useful, despite Rei's best attempts to get information out of him.
And alright, that one might be his fault - Akai was unlikely to give anything of importance anyways, the stubborn bastard, so Rei hadn't bothered much with trying. Had focused, instead, to share some of the agony the sniper has brought him over the years they've known each other. Every slight and every crime, remembered and repaid, while Rei still has time to do so - because it's rapidly running out, for Akai.
And still, he'd spat in Rei's face and smiled, giving him not even an inch. Insolent to the very end.
He's writhed in his restraints, trying to escape as death grew close, but Rei has learned from his mistakes - this time, he's made sure they're reinforced, rigid, will resist the FBI dog's death throes. It all ends, today.
One last, ragged breath and then blessed quiet.
At precisely 4 minutes and 36 seconds past administration of the poison, measured for science department's analysis, the light in Akai Shuuichi's eyes goes out. All that's left is his sweaty, bloodied, broken corpse, no more than an object, lying in front of Rei.
It leaves him feeling hollow.
After all this time, this is all that's left of Akai, the silver bullet, always larger than life?
"Target neutralized."
Rei ends the stream.
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It starts, while Rei is still contemplating how to dispose of the body, with the grinding of teeth.
Great. R&D had mentioned there might be side effects.
Whatever is going on seems to be creating enormous amounts of heat, because Akai's remains start steaming. Rei sets his Bourbon phone down to keep recording, science will want footage of what happened to the body, and takes cover behind the doorframe. If the corpse is going to explode, Rei would rather not be covered in gore. He uses the time to open a window; who knows what kind of compounds the toxin he injected into Akai creates.
Scraping of metal against the cement floor can be heard from inside, though visibility is too low make out what's going on in there. There's the cracking of bones, a rustle of clothing.
A gasp?
Then, it's quiet again.
The vapour quickly dissipates through the open window, and where Akai's corpse lay, is now just a pile of clothes and bindings.
Which would be convenient - the org would surely love it if they could kill and dispose of the body in one go - if there wasn't a trail of blood leading into a corner. A corner where, draped in an oversized, torn shirt, panting heavily and clutching a knife larger than its forearm, a child is huddled.
A bloodied child that stares up at Rei with murder in its eyes, their colour a too-familiar shade of green.
"What did you do to me?", the kid growls.
Rei should've just shot Akai, Gin's curiosity be damned.
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There is a beauty in tragic endings
Was reading a fic and it got me thinking,
There is a beauty in a story that you know has a tragic ending.
The story will always end the same way no matter what happens before that breaking point. It will never change no matter how many happy scenes you put before the inevitable end.
Maybe you'll read about the characters having a nice lunch with their family of choice; a quiet night in spent watching movies and goofing off. Maybe the two best friends will go on an adventure, ride a roller coaster, or make a promise to be together until the end of time. Maybe the young lovers will fall in love. Maybe they'll grow old together and keep holding hands until the very last time they see each other. Maybe they'll all just have one good day, where nothing bad happens and they're simply happy to be alive and be with the people they love and care about.
They'll keep looking into each other's eyes and making promises about the future, unaware of the sword of Damocles hanging above their head. Unknowing of tragedy just waiting to strike.
Maybe the story was a tragedy from the start.
But just for a moment, even if only one moment, everyone got to be happy.
And I think that's beautiful.
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hmmmg dadĕ tell me not 2 fuck me bestie. bevuz otherwise........... might fuck around + fuck me besty
auto dictation didn’t work so drunk nemos got you dw.
ok so. 1. even sober nemo thought you should just fuck what your bestie. i haven’t personally had sex with my best friend BUT i’ve had sex with many close friends and it’s been fine. i think you’re being a bit of a pussy. you’re putting this out in the hands of ineemmo (ineembriation being my tumblr tag) (nemo being my name) (my brand being nemo) (the concept of myself) and i think that’s silly. confirmation bias. if you read this and find your gut turning you know you don’t agree with my silly platitudes and irrevocable optimism. if you read it and find the butterflies overwhelming you than it’s because you want to put your dick into your bestie.
ily. follow your cock and balls don’t be a pussy (unless you are what you eat(
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Writing Round-Up: November 2023
Total Words: 17,009
Estimated Hours: 21
Fics Worked On: 14
Fics Started: 7
Fics Completed: 4
Fics Completed
I think I know a secret (previously untitled Sterek fall festival fic): 3,319 total words
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #1 (will be revealed 12/10): 3,134 total words
Adam/Minos drabble: 100 total words
in the middle of the night (Derek catches Stiles masturbating): 1,681 total words
take me to the edge so I can fall apart: RelationShipping exchange fic - 2,801 words
WIPs Posted/Updated
a time to mourn and a time to hope (Steterek dead Stiles): chapter 4 posted
whiskey on the rocks & adderall (Teen Wolf - bamf Stiles goes to college): chapter 1 posted
Total written word counts, WIP lists, and more under the cut!
Totals Per Fic
whiskey on the rocks & adderall (Teen Wolf - bamf Stiles goes to college): 651
wash off all this blame (Teen Wolf - Derek forces Stiles to go to the beach and discuss things like the benefits of therapy): 1,170
won’t you take me from this valley (Sterek Regency time travel nonsense): 1,817
a time to mourn and a time to hope (Steterek dead Stiles): 1,151
untitled Stackson friendship movie fix it (the Teen Wolf movie was a travesty): 934
Trading Up (Sterek smooth Derek meet cute): 591
I think I know a secret (previously untitled Sterek fall festival fic): 2,482
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #1 (will be revealed 12/10): 3,258
Adam/Minos drabble: 100
Small Fandoms Big Bang fic: 655
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #2 (defaulted): 945
in the middle of the night (Derek catches Stiles masturbating): 1,681
Sterek moon gave me permission recursive murder husbands: 942
Daemon Sadi & Maleficent fight crack fic: 632
Fics Started
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #1 (will be revealed 12/10): 3,258
Adam/Minos drabble: 100
Small Fandoms Big Bang fic: 655
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #2 (defaulted): 945
in the middle of the night (Derek catches Stiles masturbating): 1,681
Sterek moon gave me permission recursive murder husbands: 942
Daemon Sadi & Maleficent fight crack fic: 632
Active WIPs at Beginning of Month
a time to mourn and a time to hope (Steterek dead Stiles)
won’t you take me from this valley (Sterek Regency time travel nonsense)
wash off all this blame (Teen Wolf - Derek forces Stiles to go to the beach and discuss things like the benefits of therapy)
untitled Sterek fall festival fic
WIPs to Get Back To at Beginning of Month
untitled Stackson friendship movie fix it (the Teen Wolf movie was a travesty)
whiskey on the rocks & adderall (Teen Wolf - bamf Stiles goes to college)
Trading Up (Sterek smooth Derek meet cute)
Fics Planned at Beginning of Month
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #1 (due 11/10)
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #2 (due 11/20)
We’re Dark Like Fen in a Storm at Night exchange fic #3 (due 11/30)
Yuletide exchange fic (due 12/18) - Small Fandoms Big Bang fic
Aspirational Neglected WIP List at Beginning of Month
devil don’t take a break (Teen Wolf - demon Stiles bad friend Scott season one rewrite)
untitled Kaleb/Judd fic (Psy-Changeling - allies to friends to lovers)
gonna tell my friends to all join in, going to tell them all to come (Men’s Hockey RPF - Hertl incubus fic)
untitled Regency fic of doom (Men’s Hockey RPF - Thornton/Burns primary with additional side couples and some OCs)
goalie birthday fics (possibly triple drabbles?)
untitled magic returns AU (Black Jewels - modern AU where magic comes back, only it’s no longer tied to gender)
it kind of vanishes away (Teen Wolf - Chris/Derek fraught fuck buddies)
untitled Chris has amnesia fic (Teen Wolf - what it says on the tin)
say that you belong to me (formerly Jukebox exchange fic)
untitled soulmates enemies to lovers (The Hollows - Trent’s keeping important information from Rachel, which will work out poorly for him)
pain that leaves permanent marks (Black Jewels - trauma processing)
Don’t Challenge the Ruthless (The Hollows - Rachel gets a little too comfortable around Trent)
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