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#eventually by the time I was working nobody really noticed because people are weird anyway
sharkgirldick · 2 years
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I'm pretty sure I have ADHD to some degree but for various reasons I've developed coping mechanisms that work enough for me.
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butchbenrey · 7 days
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listen to me. ive already talked about how ptsd haver gordie would struggle to be around the science team, but think about darnold. okay?
(this turned out longer than i thought it would so im sparing you the experience of scrolling past it. true darnold pepper heads will read on. i know this to be true)
think about her. she was like, one of the only people who ever really Helped rather than hindered gordie during canon, and she did it completely of her own goodwill. the bit of time where everyone met darnold was a distinct respite from the chaos of the rest of black mesa. at least, it was as calm as it could get with the whole crew there fucking around. and darnold, while eccentric and silly, is undeniably the most emotionally intelligent person gordie met that whole time. and she had some self-preservation instinct, causing her to stay behind, which i would say makes darnold way better for gordie to be around than any of the other characters. because darnold knows and understands to some extent what happened, she was there after all, but she's not so intimately connected to the events that it would make gordie uncomfortable.
i think darnolds narrative function as a respite in canon could carry over to post-canon stuff too... i think darnold is someone gordie could confide in and actually get some reasonable responses from. i know a lot of people put tommy in the role of like. designated gordie therapist post-canon but i really can't see that. tommy just does not share the same outwardly friendly and curious demeanor that darnold does, at least not to me. and i can't imagine him really giving a shit about anything gordie says 😭. sorry. but darnold is different to me! i can imagine a frazzled and traumatized gordie going through old work emails trying to find a way to contact darnold again, looking for closure she'll never get. i can imagine her contacting darnold, anxious out of her mind, but finding that, when they do eventually meet up for coffee and darnold does some wacky shit to her own drink for funsies, she can roll with this. this is nice, to her. i think she can be a lesbo about it to be quite honest with you.
i have this scene in my head of like. somebody— probably coomer— throwing some kind of party and of course gordie feels obligated to come despite knowing in her heart its a terrible idea. and of course, she ends up spending much of the party standing awkwardly in a corner trying not to freak the fuck out and jumping out of her skin when coomer gives her a friendly (hard as fuck) punch on the arm. darnold has been spending the whole party rummaging around the bar and making all kinds of beautiful and fucked up cocktails, and when she notices gordie shes like "dear god that poor thing." so she makes a special little drink just for her, approaches gordie, and offers it to her, saying: "you seem a little glum. this should cheer you up!" and gordie breaks down sobbing on the floor because its so nice and shes so overwhelmed and nobody has shown her that kind of kindness and generosity in so long.
darnold also internally freaks out a little bit, scared she fucked something up, but she reasons that regardless of why gordie's crying, it's probably a good idea to take her outside and away from all the lights and sounds. so she does; she helps gordie up, escorts her out to the porch, sits her down. and they talk. gordie apologizes profusely for ruining the party and being weird and whatever and darnold earnestly replies that she was only there for the drinks anyways, she doesn't quite care for parties in the first place. gordie chugs the cute lil drink darnold gave her, and its good, and she tells darnold as much. darnold is very thankful that its so dark out because she is so so so flustered and she hopes gordie can't tell. gordie leans on her, though darnold is well over a foot shorter than gordie, so really it's functionally gordie resting her head on top of darnold's.
gordie is very much a lightweight and she gets more drunk from that one little glass than someone whos like 6'2" should, so darnold offers to drive her home to her apartment. gordie agrees, and she's even more handsy with people when she's drunk, so she's all holding onto darnold for support and rubbing her thumbs into her shirt and getting distracted. it is not good for darnolds composure in the slightest but she is trying so very hard to be normal about it. they make it back to gordie's apartment.
as they make it inside, gordie, drunk on both alcohol and the overwhelming feeling of being cared for for the first time in ages, tries to kiss darnold. darnold is a hopeless romantic to me. she wants to accept so bad but she's responsible, so she laughs it off and tells gordie they should get her to bed. gordie agrees and within minutes she's out like a light.
darnold stays the night, hopeful for the morning.
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effervescentbee · 9 months
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I've had a week, 7 full days, to work on an assignment and I haven't started and it's due at 11:59 pm today (six hours from now) and the panic of procrastinating hasn't hit yet
Anyways, have some of my rambles while I wait for the panic to set in
You know how people head cannon that Hobie has text written on his body when he has strong emotions like love? So then would it be the norm for Hobie to always just know when someone likes him because that's how things work in his world? So pining isn't something he's used to cause in his world all it took was the person reading the text on the other and then boom feelings shared and they date
And because miles world isn't like Hobies and you can't just read other people he doesn't think to read the words on hobie. Maybe he did a few times when he first met Hobie but they were all boring news articles cause Hobie didn't like miles yet and since then miles hasn't read them cause he assumes they don't mean anything
And now Hobie being out of his element is stumbling through his crush on miles and doesn't know what to do because miles isnt reading the text and hes never had to actually verbally confess and he doesn't know how to go about it
So he just awkwardly goes "hey miles" with the intention of confessing but he always gets too nervous and says something random like a weird fun fact and this happens multiple times
It happens so often the other spiders have taken notice and have a giant whiteboard near the cafeteria with tallys keeping track of how many times Hobie has tried to confess as a way of teasing him
Nobody will tell miles what the spiders are keeping track of but he eventually notices every time Hobie tells him a weird fun fact a new tally appears and he's confused at first because why would they be keeping track of that?
So then he starts paying more attention and soon realizes Hobie likes him and finds out the texts on Hobie does actually have meaning and he starts reading it and he's obviously really flustered
It takes miles a few days but he makes up his mind to confess Hobie
He does it like Hobie does all of his failed confessions. He goes "hey Hobie" then a weird fun fact and then he adds "by the way I also like you and you suck at confessions"
Then they get together and stuff and nobody ever lets Hobie live down the amount of times he failed to confess
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mais-nerdy-corner · 2 years
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❝𝕷𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝕿𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕬𝖌𝖊𝖘❞
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Synopsis: Liyue has changed immensely since the last time we saw it. Lanterns has been replaced by LED lights, traditional style building replaced with skyscraper and contemporary architecture, and dirt paths now covered by asphalt and concrete roads. As the changes in Liyue happened so fast and couldn't be reversed, how would the Adepti feel and handle it if they lived till this day?
Pairing: Various x Reader
Genre: Angst with little bit of fluff (?)
Note: Please excuse my terrible execution on this idea compared to the amazing masterpiece that somehow inspired this piece!
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Oh god, how old Zhongli is probably now? The last time we saw him he was over 6000, maybe now he is...
Anyways, throughout the years he has gone through many names and forms but eventually settled back to Zhongli.
Works as a history teacher at a college/school, and his students are either bored to death with his lectures or completely fascinated with his vast knowledge regarding Liyue's history. Istg to the students who ignored his lectures, cut this man some slack bruv, he lived all this time just to be able to tell you Liyue's complete history and you're not even paying attention?!
Okay, author's done malding now (not really)
Okay but how does he feels about the changes that has happened to Liyue?
Well, he knew that these changes are inevitable and Liyue couldn't stay the same way forever. It's just that...
He is saddened upon the fact that nobody seems to have any respect to the Adepti anymore (maybe except for historians or old people). Kids nowadays doesn't seem to feel obligated to respect the Adepti just because they're just legends.
The time of the Adepti may have ended a long time ago, but he still hopes that someone will remember their service.
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Ganyu has been a long time secretary of the Liyue Qixing and the people around her advised her to retire and just enjoy her life, but she insisted to keep on working "for the sake of Liyue's future" she said.
For sure, Ganyu has the most experience being in the Liyue Qixing so she trained most of her newer co-workers. Some of her younger and most recent co-workers doesn't believe that she's actually a half-adeptus. They think that her horns are just some weird cosplay horns that Liyue Qixing somehow allowed her to wear around. Poor Ganyu :(
Ganyu may seem to do well in life, but there is one thing that she misses dearly. Singing Liyue ballads to wild Glaze Lilies. They are now almost impossible to find, some even say that they are extinct. The only kind she can find is the ones that are "genetically engineered". People nowadays would always say do this to conserve this, do this conserve that, but how could they let such a beautiful and extremely ancient flower go extinct just like that?
Sometimes, Ganyu hopes that people would keep their promises and live up to their words.
Bonus: Cloud Retainer may come out of her abode on Mt. Aocang and take on a human form to see what Liyue has become for herself. As she observed Ganyu from afar, she noticed this group of kids who seem to simp over her every time she comes home from work. Intrigued by their actions, she decided to approach them and started telling stories about Ganyu's childhood. Even though they find her way of speech very unusual, they are still happy to listen to what she has to say.
On one occasion, they collectively decided to approach her and tell her about the things Cloud Retainer has told them. "Hey, Miss Ganyu? There was this lady by the name of... was it Cloud Retainer or something...? I don't know, but she once told us about how you managed to choke a giant monster to death just by doing something. I forgot, but it sounded so awesome! Can you tell us a--"
Ganyu was visibly flustered when the little kid brought it up and told them not to ever talk about it again.
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Xiao has protected Liyue for centuries and many people have said that his services are no longer needed, but he insisted on doing it to honor his contract with Rex Lapis even after his supposed death. But time has changed, there are no more enemies that need to be killed in this day and age. Hilichurls, Geovishaps, even Abyss Mages, they all have vanished. Now, his Primordial Jade Winged-Spear is nothing but a relic to his struggles.
Museums has opened up showcasing the remnants of the mobs that once roamed Teyvat. Some believed that they once existed, some believe they never existed in the first place (basically the same case with us and dinosaurs). Little do they know, an Adeptus who once fought them daily is standing among them in the crowd, silently ridiculing their opinion.
Jueyun Karst has become a nature reserve and national park, and only a few people are allowed to enter at a time, considered it is once the realm of the adepti of Liyue, or so they thought. The adepti notably Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, and Mountain Shaper still live here till this day. Except when guests arrive, sometimes they will come out of their abodes and watch from a distance.
Xiao may say that the changes happening to Liyue means nothing to him. But something that always lingers in his head is how he has gotten so far in life. Since there is no longer a need to protect Liyue from monsters anymore, Xiao began to question his purpose in life. But after meeting and getting assurance from Zhongli, now he can enjoy his life and rediscover his childlike wonder, his innocence that got taken away too early in life.
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Yanfei is probably the Adeptus who can adapts the most to Liyue's change, maybe because she's the youngest out of the bunch. The best legal advisor you can get in Liyue as she's aware of every change that has happened and her excellent memorization of the law.
Till this day, her least favorite case to deal with are civil suits. She has a reasonable right to dislike these kind of case because as time goes on, cases like this gets more and more difficult.
Sometimes, Yanfei wonders why would someone go to extreme lengths and fake a case in hopes of gaining something from it? What was their ulterior motive to do such things? These questions is something that she'll never understand.
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[Author's Note]: I wrote Yanfei's part in a rush since I don't have much to say, my phone is running out of battery, I need to sleep soon and law stuff is not my thing, bear with me :')
Publication date: June 24th 2022
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wheeler-things · 1 year
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Man, I’m never going to write it properly because I don’t have the patience or time, but one day I’m going to talk about my Crazier Things roleswap au.
Where—
Joyce kicked Lonnie out much earlier, and, instead of getting work at Melvald’s, decides to angle for a better paying job at the police station. Nobody believes she can handle being an officer because she’s Joyce Byers and she’s tiny and lbr a woman, but through her ferocious tenacity when the safety of her boys is on the line plus a pathetically slim pool of applicants (and the fact that I am the god if this au and I want her and Hop to swap roles because I’m swapping all the mains), eventually she’s brought on in a trial capacity. She ends up sticking around when her skills as a detective become apparent (yes, she still faces sexism in the workplace on the daily, but she is legitimately good at her job).
Meanwhile, Sara died when she was 2 or 3, so Hop’s divorce happened earlier. El wasn’t an experiment in this au (though she does have latent powers), but through some situation, Hopper ended up with El being shoved in his direction when she was a toddler. He wasn’t really in a fit place to care for her, but (for whatever reason that I have not and will not figure out) he ends up adopting her anyway. He moves the two of them back to Hawkins, and picks up a job at Melvald’s, because it’s what’s available at the time. Because all the stress doesn’t actually help his substance abuse issues (and because I need a reason for other people to doubt his sanity/perception a la s1 Joyce being doubled), he still drinks too much, and he’s not in a very mentally healthy place at all, but he’s trying his best.
Mike Wheeler might only be a little kid, but there’s already something weird about him. Even as a baby, he gets chronic nosebleeds. The lights flicker when he’s upset. Sometimes, the tape suddenly skips to or repeats a song that he loves, despite nobody touching the tape deck. Ted doesn’t notice any of this as more than a strange coincidence. Karen does her best not to think about it, but she can’t help but worry about her son.
Mike and Will still meet on the swings when they’re 5, and within the day, they’re best friends. Within the week, they also meet El, and the three of them become best friends.
The summer after Kindergarten, Karen takes Mike to see a doctor because she’s worried that his chronic nosebleeds haven’t stopped. That’s how he ends up on Brenner’s radar. And just before the start of first grade, Mike Wheeler disappears without a trace.
Max moves to Hawkins that October, and she becomes El and Will’s friend pretty quickly (she also gets a front row seat to the slow progression of the two of them losing more and more hope that their third best friend— who Max never met but knows everything about because both talk about him constantly— is ever coming home).
Karen obviously fights to look for her son, and the searches go on for months, but they find nothing. With her money and connections, Karen actually gets the current police chief kicked out of the position, because she doesn’t believe he’s doing everything he can to find her son. That’s how Joyce takes on the role of Police Chief because she might be the best detective the station has, but she’s also a woman so the thought is that Karen will probably get HER fired as well which for totally unknown reasons is the most palatable option to a bunch of people with power over the station (//sighs in sexism). Joyce actually listens to Karen, though, and is as transparent as possible about the search, even though it’s very cold at this point, so despite being dissatisfied and upset, Karen at least believes Joyce is doing her best. And that’s how Joyce ends up police chief.
Mike’s disappearance puts added pressure on the Wheeler house, so Nancy ends up acting out more for attention which is how we get Nancy in Steve’s canon s1 role as the popular party girl (though she’s still Nancy— smart as a whip and ambitious as hell, it’s just hidden better). Meanwhile, Jonathan ends up in her canon nerd role (he’s studying hard for a full ride to NYU!) with Barb as his best friend. And Steve… well, Billy showed up earlier with Max, so he got to work putting Steve down long before Steve’s rep was secure, and Steve is now something of a loner. He’s still a jock, but he does solo stuff like track instead of team sports. The upside is that this means he and Robin (who mayyyy or may not be the cool anti-establishment teen running this universe’s Hellfire Club, when the canon era starts) became friends earlier.
Steve and Jonathan know each other loosely, and are assigned to do a project together (Jonathan’s a nerd who’s taking a class above his grade level and Steve had no friends in the class so they got paired up by default), so Steve goes over to Jonathan’s house and sees Will, El, and Max huddled over their first dnd manual. Somehow (Steve doesn’t remember exactly how, but he’s pretty sure El and Will’s twin puppy dog eyes had something to do with it), a simple “oh, dnd, huh?” comment turns into thirteen year old Steve agreeing that the kids can use his place as a quiet place to play (his parents are never around anyway), and maybe he’ll get his cool friend who knows how to play to stop by and help out if they need it, and telling Joyce that it’s fine he wouldn’t mind babysitting because, really, he’s really bored a lot of the time in his big, empty house. And from then on, Steve’s place is this version of the Party’s Wheeler Basement.
Lucas shows up in fourth grade, and joins the Party. Obviously this changes his dynamic with Max— they get a slower burn in this one (and I’m still undecided whether it would ultimately end with El/Lucas/Max or Dustin/El), but he gets accepted really readily.
So… on November 6, 1983, the Party bikes home from Steve’s place after a session, and El vanishes (which is Will’s actual worst nightmare because now BOTH of his Kindergarten best friends have vanished without a trace). This leads, ultimately, to Will, Max, and Lucas going looking for El in the woods the next night. They don’t find her, but they do find a very bewildered boy with black, shaved hair and dark eyes, with the number 014 tattooed on his wrist.
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motherofkittens94 · 11 months
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Ah gee I went to see hozier yesterday and yeah I enjoyed it the music was good but I had such a strange experience right first off this lady pulled me out the queue and put me to the front im used to this part happening and I'm usually kinda glad like yes that’s the one single disability perk right, queue jumping
but also this lady was making me hold her hand which was a bit much like you dont need to do that I can walk but yeah my disability is noticeable i guess and people think theyre doing good but anyway she let me go in ahead and yeah that was great but then I guess she was telling the whole staff about me or something because like literally every other ten minutes some new staff member would corner me ask if I was okay or why I was alone or if was I lost or if I needed help I would say I'm okay not lost im by myself I can manage but then some other person would come later and ask me again if i was okay and if I wanted help and Its like again??
eventually they moved me to the raised platform which is not what i booked ok but fine it is a better view there from thanks but I dont see why people felt the need to be checking me so much i wasnt drunk i wasnt injured i wasn't upset i was not doing anything out of the ordinary nothing that anybody else wasn't also or less even i mean there were very drunk people there and they weren't being asked if they were okay
I mean asking once fine nice even
twice ?understandable but like seven /eight times? Frickin weird leave me alone already I can manage
Like I feel I should be grateful they were helping me and it sort of was and you may think oh but everyone wanted to assist you wouldnt you perfer that? surely worse things could've happened instead you got better treatment thats good right?
Yeah maybe but you know it was going on so often it made me feel self conscious like clearly I was coming off as not normal and /or vulnerable somehow or maybe they didnt believe i was as old as i said i was or idk but i didn't ask for help and didn't really need it either I just wanted to have fun listen to music relax be a regular person like everybody else there
It would've been fine- if i had asked for help - I didn't
Also afterwards they didn't even let me leave until it was nearly empty and then they all waving at me like goodbye sweetie goodbye _like embarrassing how am i ever gonna come back here now after this
and then they made two guys walk with me all down the street because i was going home by myself ive done this same journey a billion times i know what im doing
so anyway thats not even the end of it because next I take the train back and get off my stop someone in the train gets off to ask I'm okay and if I know where to go like yes I'm going home then as I go up the hill this lady is following me annnd then she asks im okay and if i need help as well!
what do you think I'm doing!
like what the hell is wrong with me tonight that nobody thinks I'm okay? I don't know what you think is wrong whats the matter with me huh? I can't work out what I did that made everyone so concerned except just being there
I was by myself fair- i guess if someone was with me all this wouldn't have happened and yeah im a loser and i go to events by myself sometimes so what? its not illegal though is it im twenty eight not bloody five i literally live there I don't need help walking around im not lost I dont need you to pretend to befriend me I did not need help
Maybe i took this all the wrong way because yeah they wanted to help but it felt like every single person was singling me out and letting me know they think I'm strange and that I cant cope
Uncomfortable!
This is what i get for trying to do normal gal activities I guess
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endcrman · 2 years
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sweetbread
Scar always forgets something, sometimes more substantial than others. Grian really would have liked to have been warned of this one beforehand.
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Jimmy and Tango were unchanged, as were Joel and Etho, and BigB and Ren. That was good for them, of course, but it didn’t help Grian’s situation with Scar at all. Nobody else he ran into really seemed to have any idea of what was going on either.
“It is really weird that it’s only happened to you two,” Scott hummed, most of his attention clearly elsewhere as he knelt in his farm, harvesting some wheat. “Is it some sort of glitch in the server code? I’ve never heard of something like this happening before.”
“I don’t know,” Grian sighed, sitting on the edge of an empty composter, watching Scott work. Of everyone on the server, he was the least likely to be pulled away due to soulmate circumstances, considering he refused to even talk to his. Poor Pearl. “It seems too complicated, you know? But it’s nothing I implemented, Scar doesn’t seem nearly as worried as he should be, what if we get stuck like this?”
“I don’t think you’ll get stuck,” Scott assured him, standing up and brushing his dirty hands off on his jeans before wiping at the sweat on his forehead. “I don’t even have scars from previous seasons, I doubt something like this would stick around.”
“That’s what Scar said,” Grian pouted a little, crossing his arms. He felt the phantom movement of his wings ruffling in annoyance. “I’m just thinking about the future, Scott, I don’t know about you but I definitely don’t want to be stuck as a vex-hybrid forever.”
“I’m sure Scar would love to hear you say that,” his voice was dripping with sarcasm as he moved to dig in a nearby chest. “Look, think of it as a chance for the two of you to get closer, you can learn about each others’ species in a way most people never have the chance. More time to spend with him, learning and teaching.”
Grian scoffed, uncrossing his arms to push himself off the composter, glad Scott wasn’t looking as he struggled with his balance for a half tick. “Why would we need to get closer? I just need him to stay alive, and this definitely doesn’t help.”
The knowing look Scott shot him made his cheeks turn bright red. “Grian. Neither of us are that much of an idiot.”
“What is that supposed to mean?!” Grian squeaked, feeling himself turn even redder. “Scott, I came here to confide in you,” he whined.
“And I’m an incredibly drama-driven gay, what were you expecting?” Scott snickered, hoe in his hand as the chest shut behind him, he leaned back against it now. “I won’t say anything to him, you know, but it’s incredibly obvious. Basically the whole server knows.”
Grian let out a sigh, scrubbing at his face with his hands. “That isn’t helping, Scott.”
“What do you want me to say? Oh no, Grian, it’s so not obvious that you’re totally, entirely, besotted with Scar. Nobody on the server notices how you cuddle up to him whenever you can, hanging off his arm like a barnacle of some kind.” If Scott’s voice was dripping with sarcasm before, it was absolutely drenched now. “I’m not that good at lying, Grian.”
“Why did I come talk to you of all people,” Grian groaned, hiding his face still. He missed his wings especially now.
“Because you needed a reality check,” Scott poked his forehead, making Grian glare at him. “Face it.”
“You are so mean about this,” he huffed, only to yelp as his legs suddenly crumpled under him, Scott barely managing to catch him under his arms.
“Are you okay?” He sounded appropriately worried, Grian could probably forgive him for all the fun he’d poked at him.
“Scar. Fell,” Grian managed between gritted teeth, eyes squeezed shut as he tried to work through the pain shooting through his legs. Eventually, he managed to rise to his feet again, swallowing thickly. “Sorry, you shouldn’t have had to-”
“-It’s fine,” Scott assured him, hovering close, probably making sure he wasn’t about to collapse again. “What’s he up to anyway?”
“Don’t know.” The pain in his legs were slowly starting to numb, good. “I never know what he’s up to these days, he just goes off. Nothing like the desert.”
“Oh, Grian.” Scott’s voice was full of a pity that made his stomach churn. “Don’t!” Grian grit his teeth, trying to keep his cool. “Don’t… ‘oh, Grian’ me. I’m fine.”
Scott blinked, taking a breath before he nodded. “Right, of course you are.”
Grian stepped back a little, finding the composter again and just leaning back against it. “I really am fine,” he lied.
“I believe you,” Scott lied right back.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and then his stomach growled. “How much you wanna bet Scar forgot to bring food?”
“I’m not betting anything,” Scott tried injecting more humor in his voice, it was too obvious. “We both know he didn’t. Want some bread?”
Grian hummed, not opening his eyes for a moment as he thought. “You don’t have any pork chops or anything?” He asked, craving something… different.
“I might have some chicken,” Scott thought, tapping his lower lip. “I’d have to go check though.”
Grian swallowed thickly, catching sight of Scott once his eyes finally did open. His forehead was shiny with sweat, he’d long since taken off his overshirt and tied it around his waist, lithe but strong arms on display. He licked his lips, vaguely imagining taking one of those arms in hand, bringing it up to his mouth and-
Scott was talking to him.
Grian blinked, shaking the thoughts from his head, stomach churning. “What?”
“Your eyes, Grian, they’re glowing,” Scott repeated himself. “Are you okay?”
His eyes were beginning to drift down to Scott’s neck before he tore them away, forcing himself to turn. “I have to go.”
“Grian-” Scott started, sounding like he was stepping closer.
“I have to go!” Grian repeated, glaring back at him— and apparently it was more terrifying than he thought, because Scott took a quick step back, raising his hands.
“Okay- okay, go.”
Grian didn’t even wait for Scott to finish speaking, already rushing across the landscape, somewhere far far away. From Scott. From anyone.
Grian’s chest was heaving when he finally sat down under a tree, face buried in his hands when he finally stopped. What the hell was that?! What was he thinking? Why was he thinking that?!
He took a moment to try and calm down, before fumbling for his communicator, sending a quick panicked message to Scar.
Grian: please tell me this is some kind of weird vex thing please please please
His stomach growled again, and then churned once he vividly remembered what he’d been thinking back in Scott’s farm. The disgusting, monstrous thoughts currently swirling around in his head, his stomach growling again, a pang from hunger.
The only thing keeping him from spiraling down into a full out panic attack was a ping from his communicator.
GoodTimeWithScar: huh? What happened?
Grian: scar
Grian: im hungry
Even over his communicator, he couldn’t bring himself to say it.
GoodTimeWithScar: i mean everyone gets hungry, I’m hungry right now
GoodTimeWithScar: OH oh yeah
GoodTimeWithScar: that’s a vex thing
Grian: AND YOU DIDNT THINK TO TELL ME?
Some sort of relief flooded through Grian’s system, relaxing against the oak tree behind him. He was very much not happy about the situation, but at least he wasn’t going crazy. At least it was some weird vex instinct. Some weird vex instinct he had now. Oh void.
GoodTimeWithScar: sorry! I forgot! Lol
Grian: this is not a lol situation scar
GoodTimeWithScar: Sorry sorry!
GoodTimeWithScar: you can eat whatever, you don’t actually have to
GoodTimeWithScar: apples bread steak it all works don’t worry!
GoodTimeWithScar: Actually I'm about to eat right now so don't worry about it!
Grian didn’t reply, he couldn’t bring himself to right now, pocketing his communicator. Scar was about to eat, so he wouldn’t have to worry about trying to eat around his churning, sick stomach.
He groaned softly, hiding his face in his hands again. Maybe he could just stay here for the rest of the day, then he wouldn’t have to look anybody in the eyes, he didn’t know if he’d even be able to with his newfound instinct.
Eventually, the hunger within him subsided, no doubt thanks to Scar. The want faded along with it, though not the memory of it.
Did Scar feel like this all the time? Grian felt his chest grow tight at the thought, breath growing shallower. Surely not, he would have acted on it by now, right? That thought didn’t help the growing anxiety at all either.
Another ping from his communicator. It seemed to be working pretty well as an anti-anxiety measure right now, huh.
Smajor1995: Hey are you alright?
Grian: fine. thanks
Grian took a deep breath, running a hand through his hair. He owed Scott a huge apology the next time he saw him. Probably some thank yous, and an explanation if he could bring himself to it. 
He’d probably have to come to terms with it himself first, if he could even do that.
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daireannx · 2 years
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Pspspspsps the promised vampire Rutile fic @kaworusboy
Let’s see if you can figure out what Rutile said, before getting to the end of the story!
“Hey, Rutile?” Zircon nudged their roommate, who happened to be a vampire, just like the rest of their “family”.
“Mhh?”
“You were born as a human, right? How was life back then? And how did it feel getting turned into a vampire?”
Rutile chuckled, “Heh, curious because you want to become one of us too?”
“M-Maybe…”, Zircon pouted in response, ”Anyway, tell me something about your human life! Do you remember it?”
“Sure~ Well, let’s start with my life before Padpa offered to turn me, shall we?”
And so Rutile began to tell their story.
It was a long time ago, around the year of 1348. Rutile lived in Germany back then, working as a doctor. Of course they also became a plague doctor during the pandemic.
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“Wait, you lived in Germany? You don’t have a german accent at all!”
Rutile laughed.
“You’ll lose your accent over time, eventually. Anyway, yes I did and I still do speak german, not fluently anymore though.”
“Can you say something?”
“Yellow hat sich übrigens mal wieder deine Kekse unter den Nagel gerissen.”
“Uuuuh, something with Yellow?”, Zircon replied with a confused expression.
The vampire replied with a smug grin.
“You’ll find out soon enough.”
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Anyway, life was hard back then. People were uneducated and the hygiene was miserable. No wonder the black plague was spreading so fast around the globe. 
Rutile was trying their best to help as many people as possible, but their supplies were limited, as well as their own energy.
They already knew Padparadscha back then and they also knew they were a vampire. Somehow, they didn’t really care about it. Maybe because Padpa meant no harm.
However, Padparadscha was deeply worried about Rutile’s health. Not because they were worried the doctor would get infected too, but because the human kept overworking themself, looking worse than an undead being.
An infection was the least of their problems. After all, Padpa knew their own vampire blood could heal their friend in that case.
Nobody knew about it, except for Padpa’s old friend Yellow, but Padparadscha and Rutile were in a relationship.
So it surely wasn’t that surprising for Rutile when Padpa offered to turn them into a vampire. The human eventually accepted the offer. They wanted to stay with them.
There was a good thing about these plague doctor masks - one could store herbs in their beaks. Imagine smelling all these rotten corpses with a vampire’s heightened sense of smell.
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“So, what did it feel like? Did it hurt? Was it weird to start drinking blood?”
“Nah, not really. You know how a bite feels, right?”
“Eeeh well, uuhm…” the human laughed sheepishly.
“I did notice the bite marks Yellow left on you, Zircon~”
Zircon turned as red as a tomato, stiffening up in embarrassment.
“C-CAN WE GO BACK T-TO MY QUESTIONS, P-PLEASE?”
Their roommate laughed. But they did continue.
“Like I said, you know how a bite feels. The transformation itself doesn’t hurt at all, because you’ll lose your consciousness during the process. It’ll take a few hours and you’ll wake up as a vampire after it’s done. And no, drinking blood wasn’t weird at all.”
“But…you were a human too…wasn’t it weird to suddenly feed on the same species you were born as?”
“Maybe it should’ve felt weird, but maybe I just have questionable morals to begin with~ Anyway, back then blood transfusions weren’t a thing, so it was either eat or starve. Sure, vampires don’t starve as fast as humans, but I still prefered to start right away.”
Zircon shuffled a bit on the couch. They seemed to feel awkward about asking all these questions. Rutile, on the other hand, didn’t mind it at all.
“H-How do you know WHERE to bite though? W-what if you…uhm if you miss the blood vessel?”
“Vampire instincts~ Plus, Padpa was with me, so I guess I got some help after all. But to be honest, I did bite my own tongue a lot during the first few days.”
Zircon laughed. If they only knew it would happen to them as well.
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Back to the story. 
Rutile continued working as a doctor. Sometimes they used their own blood to heal their patients. Their blood alone wouldn’t turn them into vampires, so it was fine to save some lifes that way.
They stayed in Germany with Padpa for years, until Yellow showed up. They were an old friend Padparadscha grew up with and the three eventually moved to another country. Vampires can’t stay in one place for too long. People will get suspicious of their never aging appearances.
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“Say, how did other vampires react to you? Were they mean because you were once human?”
“Vampires are pretty chill, they don’t care how you started. They don’t even care if you’re still a human, as long as you’re not hateful towards them. Besides, your human smell will disappear within a week and after that there are no biological differences between born vampires and turned ones.”
Rutile tapped their chin, they seemed to think about something.
“Speaking of which, I did meet some really friendly vampires right after turning. They asked me if I had any questions or needed help with anything. If I recall correctly, their names were Euclase and Jade. Mhh, I wonder if they’re still alive. Times were tough with all of these annoying vampire hunters around.”
Zircon jumped in surprise as soon as they heard those names.
“W-Wait wait! Did Jade have green hair? A-And Euclase was bi-colored with gray and blue?”
“Yeah, you know them?”
“T-THOSE ARE MY PROFESSORS IN CLASS!” Zircon shrieked. “OH GOD! I’M S-SURROUNDED BY BLOOD-THIRSTY B-BEASTS!”
Their roommate laughed out loud. Amused by the humans' agitation.
“The world is small after all. You don’t have to be scared of them though, they’re lovely to be around.”
Zircon eventually calmed down once again. Their shoulders sagged down, as they sighed deeply.
“You know, somehow I can’t imagine how Padparadscha and Yellow survived in these dark times. It sounds like life was really rough and they seem so… soft? I mean, even you are a lot scarier despite being born as a human!”
Rutile grinned, letting Zircon catch a glimpse of their fangs. They knew they were scary and it amused them a lot.
“Don’t get fooled by their dorky behavior. Sure, Padpa is incredibly lazy and naps all day and Yellow is a friendly idiot but they did in fact tear some vampire hunters to shreds with their bare hands. They’re capable of murdering without a second thought, if they have to that is.”
A shudder ran down the human’s spine. They adjusted to the vampire's bloody jokes and dark humor over time, but maybe they should remember not to get careless around them.
Why though? If they wanted to hurt Zircon, they would have done so already.
Zircon shook their head. Back to the topic!
“Hey Rutile? Do you still have your plague doctor mask?”
“Yeah, it’s up in the attic. Why?”
“Well, uuuhm…would you mind if I were to borrow it for Halloween?”
“Not fair!” Yellow interrupted them, as they stepped into the living room, “I thought we were going as zombies!”
“You don’t need to dress up to look like a zombie, Yellow~” Rutile chuckled. They enjoyed teasing their buddy.
“Oi, watch it, snaggletooth!” Yellow mumbled while taking a bite off of a cookie. Their eyes turned red. 
Of course Rutile knew Yellow wasn’t serious, but it was a vampire’s way of expressing their anger.
“Wait a minute…”, Zircon said, eyeing the box of cookies in Yellow’s hands, “YOU STOLE MY COOKIES AGAIN?!”
Rutile watched Zircon chasing Yellow around the room with an amused smile. Good thing they lived long enough to witness more peaceful times.
In the end, they never regretted accepting Padparadscha’s offer. Their life was better as a vampire.
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m318x2 · 2 years
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story about my sweaty ass hands and feet and how that led to me finding out something weird under the cut (it's not triggering or anything it's just long)
ok so i have had chronically sweaty hands and feet my entire life (hyperhidrosis) to the point where it is legitimately debilitating, but i finally mustered up enough self preservation to see a dermatologist about it since i'm really tired of not being able to do 90% of the things i want to because it involves not being able to wipe your hands every ten seconds. for the longest time i felt like i was just overblowing how bad it was, but the fact is i very regularly was sad because i wanted to do a very hands-based activity but it was too frustrating to do it when my hands were always wet and slippery. i used to play guitar. i gave up when i was 11. never picked it up again even though i loved it (on the very few occasions i was dry enough to properly play). i always wanted to play video games. never had dry enough hands to do it regularly enough to enjoy it or make it a hobby. i mean i did sometimes but it was rare. i used to put layers of tissues on top of my mouse and keyboard to play minecraft slightly more efficiently. never was able to get good at pvp though because i couldn't use the controls that well with either slick hands or tons of tissues between me and the controls.
anyways i was on a pill that worked pretty well which was great, but the thing is all it does is just dry your entire body out which means i had wicked cotton mouth all the time which is annoying. nowhere near as annoying as the sweat was, but still not great.
so i weened off the meds as i started doing the plan b treatment which is this machine (called an iontophoresis machine, specifically one for hyperhidrosis) that basically is just two trays of water with electricity running through it that you put your hands/feet in for like 10-20ish minutes and somehow the electricity makes your sweat glands behave properly over time. its pretty old technology and apparently nobody's sure exactly how it stops the sweat, but it does. and it's working for me so far, which is great. only thing is it's annoying as hell to use (its mostly just annoying to dry it off after each use so it doesn't get gross and theres sponges involved too which makes that a pain, and annoying to sit there unable to move for that long, i am allergic to sitting still lmfao), but they say once you've been doing it regularly for long enough you can get to a point where you only have to do it every few weeks to every few months. i'm already noticeably drier like 8 days in though and i haven't even done it as much as i'm supposed to, so i'm hoping i'm one of the lucky people that eventually only needs to use it once every few months.
but the main point of this post was i kinda like the feeling of electricity flowing through my body, apparently 💀💀💀 like it makes my skin kinda itchy and irritated temporarily which isnt nice, but the human body is conductive and i feel noticeably excited/buzzy when i feel the current in my chest and head, like brain go brr. especially when i use a stronger current lmfaooo. deadass its like a very mild nicotine buzz what the fuck is wrong with me
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It is the lock at my husband gave me and in westborough Massachusetts when I was Melissa Paris as an identity, they know who I am and they remembered the character and following me and I saw me change and they can change like that a little and I looked the part as I was always heading to New York and the city and they didn't know why I knew why. I was trying to get the ship going and get my ducks in a row and get the support groups going and those were in westborough. But this is the first natural birth the others I have to do in vitro appreciate it anyways. So I said for them they left westborough and there's several lakes and other places that we had clships from and all of them were millennium falcons and that's why it's named that. And yeah we didn't put them back people trying to find it down there and they can't and you probably would never figure the story out,but need you to, it does tie you up quite a bit this story is well over the top people say and we won't get out of it if he gets bigger and starts doing weird things we are in trouble. So I did take our child to an off planet world and I will say it's one with intense gravity it was at least three times out of Earth but my body handled it well and I didn't notice it that much I just felt a little tired like when he climbed the stairs to the comic book place but you all are forcing it to happen and I did send them off with other kids and all our kids and keep them separated and we are going to get out eventually the millennium falcons from Massachusetts we're from all different locations. I have to get you back for the westboro mental hospital and you can thank all those mental health workers that are still around from there I really thought they'd work was really good cuz they're stupid and they don't know anything about this other stuff and they're saying it right now they don't understand the impact no kidding. Chauncey was one and I named my first born girl Chauncey no but one of them is named Chauncey yes. She was brought up there with the machine that particular millennium falcon which is a half mile wide. How come Mark and hakamak and yes I named my first second born or she was down the line but it's a girl and that's her name and she loves it it's a story about success and it's about a 1 mile ship and we brought supplies back and forth and you guys couldn't see us the cloak is exemplary the speed is faster than you have and The shield is out of this world and he designed it mostly and I did too. Actually there our ships, and we played the same game the George's oh their jC and it went on and on. We didn't really steal anything and we had investments and money it's very quiet still is we have tons of money just can't get a money. And Max thinks that we are another JC and Mary and getting lined up. Good for him. We had our straight up there and they're very strong and can we come very huge and monsters too are under control. This other millennium falcons and they're nearby sites we were screwing around with us Winnipesaukee had five of them under the lake each of them is a mile 10 half mile and millennium falcons and 20 quarter mile and to pay you back. The soccer River had 20 in it all of them are out and the nuclear plant has a shelf we put 50 2 mi millennium falcons all of them are out. So nobody's really alarmed because they don't seem to be that big and it's true they're not that big but the real work came later and when they became gigantic and we're borrowing ships so it's not to be detected. One of the ships we borrowed was 15,000 miles across the lower things are gigantic.
Mac Daddy himself but tons of components up there. But you won't ever find us it's way too deep.
And yeah I'm not there yet even though I was invading you the whole time they saw me leave they have to see me come back.
Talking to the state park had two half miles they're very special ships go twice as fast as the others in the club was really amplified we used it on the people that were harassing him because they are dangerous needed to go you can see their dicks in your pornos shortly after they disappeared as dildos they're threatening that.
There's a couple more that you'll probably like and actually Brian Gerard goes nuts for some reason and it should be 10 but it should be ken for some reason he's pissed off by I guess, Massachusetts Bay and we're using you is cover insulation scapegoatism nghwb he was a great escape note there's a few more places of all of them are very inflammatory to you San Francisco Bay had 10 1 mile ships 2-20 mi shipsand 1-50 mile. And this is more my husband was out at the low desert and there was a humongous one out there 100 miles and it was out in underneath the Badlands so you decide to harm him and ghwb did it to try and threaten for information and he died a few years later because of it, and yeah my husband kind of knew and he George tried to bring him in didn't work and George suspected it it had scans that were weird but I don't know why he suspected us. The one underneath tell majido has been removed for about 30 years it was like the third ship I took out it's 4 MI across no it's 10 mi across gigantic nearby in the Black Sea there was one that was 150 miles and three that were 300 and they're extremely fast their armament is massively powerful the largest ship we have is 2,000 mi can cut your 15,000 mi ship in half in about 5 seconds because advanced weaponry. There are some millennium falcon around but they're your version.... The reservoir in westborough and he's angry at you for tons of reasons but out there getting massively angry he's just so cheap and stupid and these things take took money to make and everybody thought it was a honey no they thought I was a man. I bought tons of stuff with it and ice and tons of witnesses that's a mild ship but there are 20 of them stacked it happened with most of those lakes and ponds Chauncey had 50 and you're having to walk around while I was arming them and loading them up using the threats. You don't think there's that many but there are a ton of Antarctica about 5 million all of them were 5 mi or bigger and Greenland too had 10 million all stacked and I got to they're out and I really will bill start making them including them in there. Wachusett River reservoir is particularly angry at you for screwing around with them out there we have 1 million ships in that area there are two million ships under the reservoir is there a huge pricks to us he has a big cavern and we cleared them out it's all sorts of weird stuff that's in there and concrete. You put underneath the governor's bunker 50 one mile the ships in a stack these are all fast ships all together we have a small fleet of about 50 million but the firepower is equal to the empires but nobody's going to believe it but you're going to start looking and finding them all missing and you've never seen any no you've seen a few but will and Bill are putting saucers in Antarctica and they don't have that many but you're probably blame them then tell me if then Max then the idiots
Hera lol he laughs publish now lol
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diary-in-disguise · 2 years
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Uncomfortable Bookstore days 11/13/22
Today was like a weird whirlwind. I was supposed to go to NY today, but instead my dad wants to to tomorrow. So it was like, i wasnt meant to go to the bookstore today. But I went to the Mall anyways. It was a bitter cold day outside. I arrived to the mall and was thankful to be in there and pretty much remained in there. The gate was closed and i thought the mall was almost closed but it wasnt, it just opened at noon.
Anyways the day was going normal. I got Panda Express and headed in to read a book as usual. I chose a couple books, but decided I would read Sweet Grass, a book about a Phd Ecologist's experience with nature and being native american in such a clinical setting. The book was very in depth and I was pretty impressed with it. But that't beside the point. About 200 pages in I started drifting a little. I started looking around and people watching and all. Something weird happened today at the bookstore. I saw a guy. At first i didn’t think too much of it. I looked at him from my book a second time and i suddenly realized something about him seemed familiar. I started analyzing him again but couldn’t figure out what book he was reading. I was trying to see if i stared our eyes could somehow meet. It did not happen. But i later realized he looked at nobody in that shop. And had a similar lonely vibe i felt like i had. I am pretty sure i felt nature’s invisible “love at first sight” thing. But i wanted to be sure. I was able to measure the speed he was walking and also his eye movements as he walked. It was like mine too. The store is 2 stories and the place i was sitting gave me a good view of both floors. Anyways he later left and i sat down and read more, maybe wondering if this was right of mind of me, but he eventually came back and headed to the Classical books section. I non chalantly walked over there and thought didn’t. see what book he had i was kind of wondering if he was actually new to reading or genuinely did like the classics since sometimes people who want to get into reading more start with the classics. I still felt kind of weird though and kind of went back to my seat to read more and then watched him leave after purchasing the book. Then i literally cried in the store wondering if i would ever feel something like this again because i go to this store almost every few weekends and never felt this way looking at someone in that shop. And i’ve seen probably hundreds of people. Anyways this feels weird and i’m not sure if i’m approaching this appropriately or rationally at all. But something just tells me i should approach him somehow just because of what i’m sensing. I clearly feel like our eye movements and walking speed match and it just feels like a thing that could indicate a matching pair? Anyways i hope i figure it out. as it was all happening i felt an incredibly dramatic array of images swiftly go through my head. It felt like a weird overwhelming situation and I just started chanting to myself. All about people looking at me and taking notice of me. I tried staring at him as he walked so i could get his eyes over at me, the spell didnt work either. The dramatic array of emotions felt like some dark forest was devastatingly dying inside me. I just wasnt sure what was going on but i knew that guy was just like me somehow. I just know. I cant understand how i do and if im wrong i will feel suuuuper weird. But I just do know. I will see what happens soon. I wonder if this has anything to do with my 11/11 wish. It just feels really close. I will keep going to the book store on the weekends. I hope the right words come to me, i will see on the internet if anyone has input maybe.
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craftycheetah · 2 years
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Vigil
A/n: Another collab with my tumblr bestie @endeavours-jockstrap.
Tags:pro hero AU, rivals with benefits, bdsm
CW: male masturbation, sexual fantasies, Dom/Sub dynamics, bondage,face slapping, pussy spanking, hate sex(kind of, can be seen as dub-con its really not tho), cunnilingus, vaginal fingering, orgasm denial, edging, overstimulation, aftercare, pet names(bunny), choking, aftercare
WC: 8.9k
Taglist: @shibuyawardnetwork @hanayanetwork @planetonet @http-404-error-unknown
Shinsou wants to either die or sleep. Whichever comes first.
He trudges into his apartment just at the break of Dawn after the longest night patrol ever—seriously, fuck this shit.
He drops his duffel bag, takes off his shirt, and collapses onto the couch for those precious three hours a night of sleep.
It feels like he only just fell asleep when he hears his phone beep. He feels his fucking eyeballs clench when he fishes the phone out of his pocket and squints at the name.
“Fuck” he answers it, “Hello?”
‘Briefing in thirty minutes,’ Aizawa says plainly, then hangs up.
Shinsou has a mini tantrum and flails so hard that he falls onto the hardwood floor. But he has to get up eventually and go to this stupid meeting.
“Morning Shinsou,” a sidekick greets
“Don’t perceive me,” Shinsou growls, gripping his patent black and purple MindJack™️ thermos so hard he’s sure it’s cracked.
He marches right up to the elevator, punches the top floor button a few times out of frustration, and chugs his black coffee.
The briefing has already started, so he just slinks into the seat next to some random young hero and watches the slideshow.
“What’d I miss?” He whispers to the guy
“Just something quick, some villains and vigilantes we’ve got to keep an eye out for.”
Shinsou nods half listening and already falling asleep with his head in his hand.
Aizawa presses the remote again, and the following figure comes into view. Some cute chick with long braids and a mildly annoyed expression standing on top of a big building with a silver baseball bat.
‘She’s cute. I’d hit that,’ Shinsou thinks.
He doesn’t realize everyone is looking at him weird
“What did you just say?” Aizawa cocks a brow
Wait, did he say that out loud?
The guy next to him is trying so hard to hold in his laugh
“Uhhhh, I thought we were playing smash or pass,” Shinsou laughs nervously
Aizawa just shakes his head and mutters a quiet ‘idiot’ before turning back to the presentation
Shinsou buries his face in his hands, “I’m so tired.”
The guy next to him leans over, “Not gonna lie, I’d hit that too.”
“Please leave me alone.”
Aizawa keeps him behind after the briefing, slapping the folder on the table.
“So….smash or pass?”
Shinsou resists flipping him off, “Look, I’m exhausted because someone didn’t let me sleep after an all-nighter.”
“That’s crazy, anyway, since you’re so keen on hitting her, you’re assigned to bring her in. She usually operates downtown. Good luck”
“What’s her quirk?” Shinsou asks while looking through the folder.
“We’re not sure yet. But she’s skilled in hand to hand so be careful.”
“How hard could it be?”
And now here he is, sitting on top of some cafe with a warm coffee in his hand and his voice modulation mask around his neck.
“Fuck I need a nap,” he groans before sipping the coffee, “Needs more sugar.” He says, even though there’re already ten packets in there.
It’s a slow Saturday. He’s watching people down below go about their day. He’s even caught a few walks of shame.
“Must be fucking nice,” he mumbles when he sees one girl holding up her sparkly dress with one arm and her shoes under the other. She had a good night.
He hasn’t been laid in over a year, and it’s starting to get to him.
Stupid hero work.
The sound of police sirens tore him away from his coffee as police cars raced towards a bank maybe two blocks from him. Yet, nobody besides him noticed a figure jumping from rooftop to rooftop away from the scene.
Using his capture weapon, he swung from his spot above the cafe after the hooded figure. Landing on the rooftop they just leaped on, Hitoshi shot his capture weapon at the thief. “Stop!” he growls, wishing to get this over with so he could go get some sleep.
Staring at the villain, he noticed them wave their hands as the weapon missed them completely and fell to the floor, not responding to Hitoshi's movements. What the hell?!
“So this is the hero supposed to catch me? Guess robbing a bank does draw attention.”
“Save it for jail, Villain.”
“How can you catch me without any handcuffs or a weapon, ‘hero’?”
Turning around, you grin wickedly as Hitoshi recognizes you from the debriefing.
“Catch you around,” you snicker before jumping off the roof.
“Wait!” he shouts, running after you, and looking at the alleyway, only to see no trace of you. 
“What the fuck?” Shinsou groans. There’s no way you disappeared into fucking thin air. Maybe that’s your quirk?
He picks up his scarf and examines it. Why didn’t it work on you before? It was as if it just…gave up.”
He scratches his neck and realizes his mask is still around it. So he forgot to use his quirk…..
“I just want to fucking sleep!” He yells into the air before stomping away to finish his patrol.
*
The following Monday, he’s on evening patrol with the same over-sweetened coffee order. Monday nights are usually quieter, with people resting up for work the next day. Well, they would be calmer if he didn’t have a partner as loud as a foghorn.
“I’m so frickin’ excited to  be in this part of town!” Tetsu beams, knocking his knuckles together, “Usually I’m stuck with Red but wow I can’t believe I’m with you. You’re so cool, bro. And the view up here is awesome!”
“Mhm. Thanks. Let’s just be a little quieter. I kinda got a headache.”
“Oh yeah, right. No problem!” 
It lasts all of two minutes before Tetsutetsu starts rambling on about something that makes Shinsou’s eye twitch. He could just use his quirk, but that would be a dick move, so he endures. Scanning the streets below, he notices a hooded figure walking away from a jewelry store. The items in their open duffel bag shimmered in the light before dashing as the alarms went off.
“Oooh, first catch of the night!” Tetsu grins, hardening his skin and jumping off the roof towards the figure that appeared on the roof, two buildings over. “Let's go!”
“Be careful—fucking idiot,” Shinsou scoffs, running after him.
Shinsou unravels his scarf and launches the end at you, but just like the other day, it misses you completely and falls flat to the ground, refusing to move.
“What the hell?” He tugs it, but it doesn’t budge, “How are they doing that?”
“I don't know what's wrong with your scarf, but we'll stop them with good old-fashioned brute force!”
As Tetsu slammed into the concrete roof, you jumped onto the next building, tripping over your feet and nearly falling.
“Gotcha,” Tetsu smirks, getting ready to jump at you, skin silver and hardened. You hold your hand out, and he freezes mid-air.
“Wha—what’s going on?” He stammers as he flails helplessly. “Mindjack?!”
Shinsou watches from afar as you flick your wrist, and Tetsu is tossed at him. He manages to jump out of the way before he gets crushed. Staring at Tetsu and your outstretched hand, his eyes are wide as saucers as Tetsutetsu gets up and starts swinging at him. “What are you doing?”
“I don’t know?!” Tetsu yells back, still swinging, “I can’t move my body, it’s like….I’m not in charge of it.”
You wave two fingers, and he kicks at Shinsou, managing to just nudge his ribs.
Shinsou thinks through the options of what your quirk could be and how he could stop it. You didn’t do it to him, so what makes Tetsu so unique? He glances at your moving hands, then at Tetsu, who’s still bright silver. Maybe—
“I'm sorry for this Real Steel.”
“Sorry for w—” his eyes go white.
“Turn off your quirk.”
Tetsutetsu goes back to his regular lightly tanned self. As Shinsou expected, he falls to the floor, no longer being controlled.
“Dammit,” you whisper. 
“I’ve figured you out!” Shinsou yells at you. “Not so tough now!”
Rolling your eyes beneath your mask, you flip him off before running towards the other rooftops and jumping into an alley. Shinsou chases after you, but when he looks down, you’re already gone.
“Fuck!” He tugs his hair in frustration. “How the hell does she keep doing that?!”
He goes back to a dazed Tetsutetsu, “Hey, you okay?”
“I think so, your quirk is super weird bro. It’s like everything—”
“Goes purple and white, yeah I know. Whatever. Can we get back to patrol so I can just get some sleep?!”
“You don’t have to yell at me,” Tetsu mutters.
“Listen, I haven’t slept in three days, three! And now Aizawa won’t let me until I catch fucking metal woman over here who, apparently, is some fucking Houdini and just disappears into thin air,” he presses the communicator in his ear, “Eraserhead? Her quirk is metal control. There, now it’s registered. Can I go sleep now?”
‘Roger that,’ Aizawa’s voice sounds in his ear, ‘I’m assuming you caught her then?’
Shinsou punches the air a few times, “Negative. She got away.”
‘You know what that means then’ The static stops crackling, indicating Aizawa was offline.
“I’m going to kill him. I’m seriously going to kill him.” Shinsou groans and picks up his scarf, “Let’s go.”
“Roger that!” Tetsu springs up, already feeling better.
“Where do you and Red get all this fucking energy?” 
“Cause life is the best booster shot.”
“……..ok.”
*
“Good morning, MindJack!” A sidekick greets Shinsou when he enters the agency, “You look…….how are you?”
“Exhausted,” he grits out, stepping into the elevator and punching the top floor button.
When it opens, Aizawa is already waiting for him in the hallway.
“Morning,” he nods.
Shinsou just walks past him.
“Someone had a long night.”
“Oh? Oh! ‘Long night’, he says, the same person who’s been making me bust my ass for the past week. I’m living off 3 hours of sleep, sugar, and cheap coffee.”
“You get used to it, kid.”
“Don’t fucking call me kid, I’m a grown-ass twenty-two-year-old man.”
“Who still sleeps in cat boxers and Mr. Snoozy the bear.”
“Fuck you da—Eraserhead. He doesn’t sleep on my bed anymore.”
“Uh-huh. Anyway, got a new side mission for you.”
“Finally! What is it?”
Aizawa holds up a yellow folder, “Undercover at Lilac Gardens. Some villains have been spotted going in there a few times so I want you to investigate tonight.”
“Lilac Gardens huh? Sounds cute. I’ll check it out.”
After a long day of paperwork, Shinsou gets ready to go to the Lilac Garden on the other side of town. He tries his best to look inconspicuous in his leather jacket, black band t-shirt, dark ripped jeans, and a black beanie to hide his bright hair.
The outside is dark, with the name in purple neon lights on the front. He pushes the door open and immediately regrets it.
“Fuck me,” he sighs wearily and walks in. The name does not match the interior. It’s seedy as hell and crawling with villains. Maybe he should’ve brought backup.
He walks up to the bar, tugging his black mask down.
“Whaddya want?” The bartender asks, putting her hand on her hip.
That voice. It can't be. Looking up at the bartender, he hid the shock behind his eyes as he looked at the woman he’d been hunting for the past week.
“Dude, I don’t have all night,” you tell him, “Order or get the fuck out.”
He squints and scans the options on the shelves behind you, “Rum and coke. Aren’t you supposed to check I.D before serving customers?”
“Ew, you a cop or something? ”
The clamoring of the bar stops to a standstill as they await his response, your piercing glare the only thing in front of him.
“Nope. Just….new to this side of town.” 
Much to his relief, the regular ambiance returns.
“... right. Rum and coke.”
He exhales when you turn around and start making the drink, waving your fingers to float the spoons and tumblers.
“Neat trick,” He comments, “What’s your quirk?”
“You ask a lot of questions,” you put the drink in front of him, “Not a good idea here.”
“Seems like I should be, considering I'm arresting you after your shift,” he whispers low enough for you to hear.
You squint, looking him over, “Ah fuck, you found me. Try anything funny and everyone in here will skin you alive.”
Shinsou takes the drink and sniffs it, “You’re not slick, what’s in here?”
You shrug, “Don’t worry, it won’t kill you.”
He puts the drink aside. “I don't trust you. Did you poison it?”
“Maybe. Now, you can stay here and do whatever it is you're supposed to do or get out.”
“As long as I catch you, I finish two missions at the same time and I finally get to sleep.”
“Damn they’re putting you through the wringer, huh? You look dead. Tragic.”
He rolls his eyes, “Can I have an actual drink?”
“I don’t serve narcs. You want a drink, the toilets are filled with piss by now, enjoy.”
“God, you’re a bitch.”
“You flatter me,” you faux swoon, “I did some research on you, y’know? Pro Hero MindJack. Lame ass name by the way.”
“So you know I could make you walk out of here handcuffed with no resistance?”
“Why haven’t you?”
That’s a good question. Why hasn't he used his quirk on the girl before him? Maybe he wanted to chase her and arrest her the ‘old-fashioned way’, or perhaps it was something else.
“Also, can’t use metal, dumbass.” You wiggle your finger at a spoon on the counter, and it twists into a curled ball, “That scarf of yours has some kind of alloy in it. Imagine my fucking surprise when I found that out.”
“So….. you had no idea that would work and just went for it?”
You shrug and move from behind the counter to pack up some glasses from the tables, then come back.
“So how long have you been doing this?”
“Bartending? About three years now.” You say while loading the dishwasher.
“And petty crimes?”
“A year. Bartending wasn’t cutting it.”
“Is it interesting? Any stories to tell?”
“Like I warned you earlier, quit asking questions. It won't end well.”
“I’m trying to fit in.”
“Ugh,” you put a pint glass down and spray something pale yellow and fizzy from the nozzle into it, “Here, drink this and shut up.”
“What is it?”
“Ginger Ale.”
Hitoshi sniffs, then sips, wincing at the tang from the bubbles, “Wow, tastes like medicine.”
“Ginger ale is used as ‘medicine’ in some cultures. Great for sore throats which I’m sure you have considering your quirk and all.”
Looking at the glass, Hitoshi raised his hand to grab it and tilted his head back, sleeve falling towards his elbow, revealing a sea and a venomous cobra inked onto his left arm and the words ‘don't talk to me’ on his neck in big black letters.
You reach out and lightly poke his bobbing Adam’s apple. He snorts and chokes, drawing a few stares from some patrons.
“What was that for?!” He hisses, wiping his nose with his jacket sleeve.
“No reason, just felt like it,” you laugh. “Worth it though considering you’re planning on arresting me.”
Oh right…. That’s still supposed to happen.
Rolling his eyes, he gives you a sliver of a smile when he hears your laugh. Fuck, that's adorable. Adorable? She's a villain. You can't fall in love with a villain. Right?
“Anyway MindFuck, my shift is almost over. So you wanna catch me outside or cause a scene here and risk it all?”
He glances around at the numerous villains whose faces he’d always seen in folders and on screens.
“Outside works,” he settles.
“Good choice.”
A little while later, another girl comes in to relieve you of your duties. You take off your apron and hand it to her before stepping out from behind the bar. 
“Alright, the safest place for you to work is the roof so—“ you point to the ceiling and quickly disappear into the back room.
Hitoshi drops a couple of bills on the counter and rushes outside, looking up at the roof.
“Better hurry up, MindFuck!” You yell down at him.
“It’s MindJack!” He yells back.
“Probably shouldn’t be saying it out loud like that in front of the bar, stupid.” Your face backs out of view.
“Dammit.” He unravels the scarf around his neck and shoots it towards a nearby lampost, the end wrapping itself around the hanger. Landing on it, he jumps towards the roof and lands on his feet like a cat. 
“Flashy,” you scoff, crossing your arms.
“Are you going to come quietly?”
“Kind of impossible. Don’t you think so?”
He registers the joke and blushes, “I hate you.”
“Damn, my feelings,” You fake hurt and put your hands over your heart, “Anyway, to make it easy for you, I won’t fuck with your scarf. Can’t guarantee you'll beat me though.”
“Hmph. We’ll see. So any more rules?” He asks, thinking he could use his quirk on you, “Before you try to run can I ask you something?”
You stay quiet.
“No response? You were so chatty earlier.
You shrug.
“Yup, you’re the worst.”
You turn on your heel and stand on the edge of the roof. Shinsou steps forward, waiting for your next move.
Turning around, you wink at him before jumping off the ledge and rolling onto the next roof of the building next door. “Catch me if you can MindFreak.”
“Oh, now you talk!” He chases after you.
Grinning wickedly, you keep running, occasionally bending metal out of your way and moving a pipe just before Hitoshi manages to get where you once were.
“How the fuck are you so fast?!” He pants, launching his weapon and instead snagging a piece of pipe you toss at him, “This is destruction of public property y’know?!”
“Not my problem, troll doll!”
Stopping for a moment, Hitoshi glared at your retreating figure before shooting his scarf at the closest thing near you to swing on. Troll doll?! Seriously! 
The cat and mouse game continues. You easily dodge his weapon as both of you run across the roofs.
“This is getting ridiculous,” Shinsou grunts, his lungs on fire. He sees his opening when you reach the end of your path and stare down at the busy street, the other ledge too far to jump to.
“Fuck, my back,” he wheezes quietly and catches his breath, “Okay, end of the line, sweetheart. Come with me, you're under arrest. There's nowhere to run.”
You scan through your options, then turn to stare at him and pout before shrugging and holding your hands up in surrender.
Shinsou hesitates. No way you’re giving up that easily, but he’s too tired to care right now. 
“I’m kinda sad it’s got to end like this,” you say, “I’ll see you around.”
“Wait….what?”
You wave your hand, and his scarf wraps around his arms and torso, pulling him to the ground.
“Oh come on!” He writhes on the floor, “Forgot about that.”
You walk up and look down at him, a smile on your face, “You a little tied up?”
“Thought you said you won’t fuck with my scarf?”
“I lied.” 
You clench your fist, and the scarf tightens around him, “That should hold you for a while. I’ll see ya around.” You walk away from him.
Shinsou wiggles some more, trying to get loose, “You can’t leave me here! Come back. I need to take you in.”
A loose end of his scarf hooks over his mouth, effectively silencing him. Your upside-down face comes into view, “You talk way too much, dude.”
He glares up at you, thick brows furrowed deeply.
“Anyway, this was fun. Maybe we can do this again sometime. Buuuutttt since you wasted my time—“  you squat and start rummaging through his jacket pockets, pulling out his wallet. You open it and scoff, “Really? Nothing? Fucking broke ass. Oooh, who’s this?” You look at the small photo of a tired-looking dark-haired man standing with Shinsou, “Cute, is he your dad? I’d totally bang him.”
He protests and tries to sit up, but you put your boot on his chest and continue tossing the contents onto the floor, only pocketing a few coins. Stealing his beanie, you wink as you step backward away from his tied-up figure.
You throw the wallet on the ground next to him, “Alright, bye MindFuck! See ya around.”
Shinsou tries to yell at you, but the gag around his mouth muffles it. You jump down out of view, and he hears your footsteps running off. He relaxes and stares up at the night sky, wishing he was dead.
Minutes later, he feels the scarf loosen snug for him to get free and stand up. He gathers up his wallet and stuffs it back in his pocket before pulling out his phone. A few taps later and he sees the blinking purple spot. It was a dumb move to steal his beanie, considering he had a tracker in it in case something were to happen to him. But boy, is he grateful you did.
“Gotcha.” He smirks at the screen.
Groaning to himself, he takes out his earbuds, jumps off of the building towards the alley, and walks towards the street. Making his way towards the bus stop, a squeaky voice calls out to him. 
“Mommy! Look! It's MindJack!”
“That's right, it is.” The tired woman tells her child.
“Can I have your au-autagaph? I’m your biggest fan!”
Hitoshi smiles tiredly. “Sure kid. What's your name?”
“Kaede.”
“Nice to meet you Kaede. What should I sign?”
Kaede jumps up and down before getting a crude crayon drawing he made of himself and Hitoshi from his little backpack. “Sign this, peez?”
Nodding, he takes out a pen from his utility belt and writes right underneath the purple drawing of him:
‘To Kaede,
My number one fan and future hero.
-MindJack’
Kaede smiles eagerly, hugging Hitoshi's thigh before putting the drawing in his backpack.
“Tank you,” he giggles before running towards his mother, who nods and smiles at Hitoshi.
Hitoshi waves tiredly before stepping into the bus, putting his mask over the lower half of his face, and rides home.
After about twenty minutes, Hitoshi face plants onto his bed, groaning loudly out of exhaustion and stress.
This is all her fucking fault! I swear the next time I see her, I'm gonna—
An image of you on your knees, between his thighs with your eyes rolled back flashes in his mind. No. He shouldn't, but he was so stressed out.
“I just need a shower, Yeah that’s it.” He begrudgingly gets out of bed and strips down to his boxers, tossing his clothes into the already full hamper.
Another image of smooth brown skin tied with black rope flashes behind his eyes.
“No! We’re not doing this!” He yells into the empty apartment.
He takes off his boxers and steps into the shower, letting the almost scalding water run over him.
Sighing gently as the hot water ran over him, he couldn't stop thinking about you despite the self-declaration he had just made. Your laugh, the way your hands move while you’re using your quirk, your pretty face. Everything. 
Maybe the exhaustion is finally catching up to him because Hitoshi didn't know when it started. Still, he slowly wrapped his hand around his length, stroking himself to the thought of you on his bed, tied up in a harness made from his scarf at his mercy. The thoughts of you screaming his name mixed with moans and pleas of “faster! Harder!” flooded his senses as he stroked faster before eventually painting his charcoal black shower walls a murky white.
Okay, no big deal, he just jacked off to the thought of having sex with a villain….
That’s normal, right?
He watches the white disappear down the drain and quickly finishes up the shower. He’s still plagued by the thoughts even after he crawls into bed and shuts his eyes to get ready for the few hours he’s going to sleep.
He thinks of how satisfying it’ll be when he finally gets you and takes you into custody. He can almost see the smug look on your face disappear into mild annoyance or maybe fear? Would you struggle? God, he hopes you will just so he can tie you up some more.
“…….dammit!” He hisses and kicks the sheets off when he 
suddenly feels too warm. He lays on the bed spread-eagle and stares at the ceiling, forcefully willing himself to go to sleep to no avail.
“I hate her,” he mumbles as he shoves his hands down his boxers and grips himself, stroking it to full hardness, “I hate her.”
He shuts his eyes and thinks of you tied up in front of him, arms behind your back and legs open and bound in a frog tie.
‘You got me,’ fantasy you mocking him, unable to close her legs because of the intricate rope holding them open, ‘Whatcha gonna do now, MindFuck?”
Shinsou fists himself to the thought of fucking you in that same position, his scarf around your neck tight enough to keep you still but not too tight.
Are you a crier or screamer?
A creamer or a squirter?
Do you shake and shiver when you come and gasp his name?
He hopes it’s all of the above. He really does. Not that he’d find out anyway.
The Shinsou in the fantasy pulls out and paints your skin with streaks of white just as he cums in real life, staining his boxers and hand. Maybe you’d let him finish inside to avoid this mess.
“Fuck,” he breathes, his body suddenly too heavy to do anything. He looks at his messy hand and cringes, “This is so fucking dumb.”
*
“Shinsou….Shinsou? Hitoshi!”
Shinsou snorts awake, lifting his head from the desk to look at Aizawa, “Huh?”
“Sleeping on the job? Thought I raised you better.”
Shinsou yawns loudly, “I’m fucking exhausted. You had me infiltrate a villain's bar without telling me last night.”
“All part of the job kid, you didn’t submit any intel though. Why?”
“I didn’t…..get anything interesting. They drink, eat, and shoot the breeze. I’d wait a while before you try to sting it, I think they were on to me.”
Aizawa hums, “Alright, I’ll take your word for it. What about metal quirk girl? Any news?”
Shinsou swallows dryly, “……no. Nothing yet.”
“That’s too bad, all the best. Hizashi is making your fave tonight, kushikatsu. I’ll leave it in your apartment.”
“Thanks, Dad,” Shinsou smiles.
Aizawa pats his head before leaving the office. As soon as he’s gone, Shinsou pulls out his phone and opens the tracking app, watching the purple dot move around. He’s approximated where you live, but he’s not sure what to do yet. A sting or a solo mission?
He’s already made his decision.
You clutch your phone to your ear while you unlock your apartment door, listening to your sister ramble about her day.
‘—I’m still not allowed to use my quirk, though,” you hear her pout.
“Damn, that’s too bad. I bet it’s pretty powerful now,” you smile and shut the door behind you.
‘I can bend forks now!’
“That’s great, soon you’ll be just like me,”
You flick the light on and put your backpack down on the small table you eat at and start rummaging through the fridge.
“Yeah, I just got home from work so I’m about to eat. So I’ll call you later. Love you, byeeeee.” You pop open the Tupperware and plate the leftovers, putting them in the microwave.
As you wait, you make a realization. Where’s Whiskey? He always greets you when you come home and purrs as loud as a truck. The window isn’t open, so he couldn’t have snuck out.
Before you can turn, you feel your hands get tied behind your back, immobilizing your fingers and wrists. You’re yanked onto the floor, hitting your head on the hardwood.
“Jesus, fuck that hurt!” You groan, looking at the ceiling.
A head of purple hair comes into view, “Boo.”
You frown up at him, “How did you find me?”
“I have my ways,” he watches you struggle a bit in the scarf, “Don't bother trying to control it. I switched to silk.”
“Ugh, dammit.” You roll onto your side, “Where’s my cat?”
“In your room with some catnip.”
“So what now? You take me in and I get locked up? Mission accomplished I guess.” You sigh.
“Mmmm, not exactly.” Shinsou yanks you to your feet, “I thought I’d do a little interrogation.”
He pulls you to the small couch and seats you down while he sits on the coffee table in front of you, knees spread, “So why do you do it?”
“What?”
“Robbery. Petty crimes.”
You chuckle, “Some of us have needs that a nine to five can’t fulfill.”
“But you still stay in this dingy ass apartment.”
“Hey, it’s not much but it’s my home.”
Shinsou hums, clearly annoyed, “I can’t fucking stand you, y'know.”
“Feelings mutual, MindFuck. Just take me away already if that’s what you wanna do.”
Shinsou squints, “Tell me who you steal for.”
“I’m not—“ your mind goes blank; the only thing filling it is purple and white smoke.
“Mhm, tell me why you steal.”
“My sister is in school in America so I pay for her tuition with the stuff I steal,” you explain in a monotone voice.
“Where are your parents? Tell me.”
“Dead. Villain attack five years ago.”
Shinsou’s jaw tenses and he lets you go. You gasp loudly and double over, dry heaving, “Wha—what was th-that?”
“My quirk. Takes some time to get used to. It’s kinda jarring not being in control of your body,” Shinsou drawls, “So…your sister huh?”
He sees the worry on your face, “Don’t talk about her. She doesn’t know anything.”
“Mhm.” He thinks for a second, “I’m not arresting you.”
“You’re not?”
“Nope.”
“…..why?”
“I feel like….it wouldn’t be right. I know what it’s like to be alone, believe me. I’m not taking you in.”
You give him a once over, “There’s a catch, isn’t there?”
He shrugs, “No catch. Like I said I’m not the one who's gonna arrest you but I’ve been assigned to you so as long as I’m on your ass, no one will come looking for you.”
You relax a little, “I see. Okay, whatever. Is that all?”
Shinsou smirks, “Nope. You fucked up my sleep schedule for a week and a half, I deserve compensation.”
“You are broke. I could give you a quarter of what I get from my heists if it's money you want.”
Looking down at you, tied up and struggling in his scarf, spurred him to move closer. “Mmm, not exactly.”
“So what do you want from me?”
“One, for you to take three days a week off so I can finally fucking sleep. And two, payment for the sleep you stole from me.”
“But you don't want money….”
“There are other ways to pay, sweetheart.”
“H—No.”
“You don't even know what I was gonna suggest.”
“I’ve dealt with enough skeezy people to know what you mean. I’m not fucking you. I’d rather go to jail.”
“First off, I'm not that bad. Second of all, it's either this or I leave and call another hero to take you away. What about your sister and poor little Whiskey?”
“Shut up…”
“Whiskey would probably get thrown into the streets and your sister would get tossed out of school. What would happen to them then?”
“I said shut up!”
“Look, I can make it enjoyable for both of us. Blow off some steam. Whaddya say?” He holds his hand out.
“Really?” You stare at it.
“I’m not untying you until you say yes. And don’t try anything cause I have a friend who’ll be alerted if anything happens to me.”
“Ugh, you and your limp dick can go fuck off.”
“Wrong answer.”
“…fine.”
“What was that?”
“I said okay.”
“Good girl.”
Feeling your brain reboot for a second, you stare at him as he starts to untie you.
“W-What did you call me?”
“I said you're a good girl.” Seems like she has a praise kink. Noted.
Reaching into his backpack, he pulls out a small paper packet and another separate sheet, “Alright, let’s go over some things. Basic Dom/Sub etiquette.”
“I’m not a bottom.”
“You are with me. Like I said, basic etiquette. Hard limits, safe words, all the normal stuff.”
You take the paper and go over the list with a small box next to each item, “There are a bunch of options.”
“Always need to be thorough.”
You go over a few times, “I mean….all this is fine just don’t….piss or shit on me. And no blood.”
“Cool. So sign the bottom there and we have a deal.”
You hold your hand out, and a pen flies into it. You sign your name and hand it back to him, “There, I signed your dumb contract. Now leave.”
Placing the papers back in his bag, he shakes his head and smirks at you. “Not yet. You owe me. Stay here. I’ll be right back.”
Hitoshi got up, making his way towards your bedroom to pick up Whiskey, move him out of the room, and clean up the bed.
When he left the living room, you got up and stuck your tongue at the corner he passed. Stupid hero. Who the hell does he think he is?! 
You pick up Whiskey, your brown and white shorthair who wobbled in a few minutes after Hitoshi left,  from the ground, the poor kitty on a catnip high, “Ugh, my poor baby. You’re conked out. Did the mean man get you high?”
Scratching underneath his neck. You kiss his forehead before putting him down on the counter for him to ride out his high.
“Didn’t I tell you to stay on the couch?” Hitoshi growls into your ear.
“Holy fucking shit! When did you get here?” you shout.
“Language, bunny.”
“Bunny?”
“You’re always running around, and your ears twitch like a bunny’s when you’re annoyed. So yeah, you’re my little bunny.”
Rolling your eyes, you turn around as he cages you between him and the counter.
“Don’t give me attitude, Bunny.”
“Or what?”
Hitoshi pulls you into a soft yet passionate kiss, cut short by you slapping him and pushing him away. Chuckling quietly, he touches his cheek, lilac hues glaring at you. Before you could blink, his hand was wrapped around your throat, his thumb and index finger pressing above your pulse point. “Try that shit again, bunny, and this won’t end well for you.”
Breath hitching at the motion, your eyes roll back at the unexpected pressure on your neck, a very dull heat forming between your thighs.
“Oh, does my bunny like this?” He taunts.
You wheeze when his grip tightens. Your hand grips his sturdy wrist, but it doesn’t budge.
“You do, considering you’re squirming. It’s cute. Keep doing it,” Hitoshi orders.
You want to stop just to spite him, but the arched eyebrow and the piercing gaze he gives you stop you from doing otherwise.
“When I tell you something, you do it, understand?”
Nodding frantically, you gasp as Hitoshi scoffs and slaps you.
“Hey!” You protest, cheek stinging.
“Use your words, bunny.”
“Asshole,” you huff.
Increasing the grip on your neck, he glared at you as your eyes crossed a bit. “Look at you, gettin’ off on this. Try again, bunny. What do you say?”
“Y-yes, sir.”
“Good bunny. Now follow me. I’m not done with you yet.”
You’re jerked back when he lets your neck go. What the fuck was that?
“I won’t ask again, Bunny.”
Staring at him, you try to catch your breath before yelping as his scarf shoots at you and wraps itself around you before Hitoshi drags you along the floor towards your bedroom.
“Goddamn, you’re such a fucking brat. You’re lucky I like brats.”
“Hooray for me,” you mumble, words dripping in sarcasm.
“Keep using that sharp tongue of yours, and I’ll gag you, ya little shit.”
After he turned around, you stuck your tongue out at him. Furby head ass bitch…
Plopping you on the bed, you stared at him cross-armed as he smirked at you. “Quit lookin’ at me like that!”
Hitoshi grinned. “You never said quirk usage was a no for you.”
You stay quiet, still glaring at him.
“We had a deal.”
“Ugh, fine. Just—“ your eyes white out.
“Strip,” he orders.
“Yes, sir,” you drone.
Stripping off your shirt and leggings, you stand before him in a violet lace bra and black lace underwear.
“Heh. Cute. I didn’t say stop. Keep going.”
Palming himself over his pants as he watches you unclip your bra from the back, slide it down your arms, and drop it onto the floor. Shimmying your underwear down your cocoa skinned thighs, you stand before him, waiting for his next order.
“Other way, bunny,” he says, twirling his finger around, stopping his movements. “Hand me a rope from my bag.”
Reaching into the bag, you pick out a yellow rope, and you mindlessly hand it to him as he examines it. “Nice color choice. Now stay still. Hands behind your back.”
You turn around and stay as still as a statue following his command. He ties the rope into a box tie, wrapping it around your forearms, shoulders, wrists, and breasts, squeezing them and smirking as you let out a shudder. 
“Sit on the bed. On your knees, bunny,” Hitoshi smirks. “Don’t hurt yourself, though.”
Carefully lowering yourself, you sit on your knees as Hitoshi puts your legs in a frog tie.
“Good bunny, you look so good like this. You should see yourself.”
You gasp and regain control of your body, feeling the tug of the rope on your skin.
“What the fuck? What is this?” You try to move your hands, but they’re secure behind you, “Why am I not surprised you’re into this kind of shit?”
“Such a foul mouth, my feisty little bunny.”  He coos, reaching out to squeeze your cheeks together in a pout, “What are your safewords?”
“Huh?”
He lets your face go, “Safewords. What do you say if you want me to stop or slow down?”
You stare blankly at him, “I don’t have any. Never needed them before.”
“Do you know what the traffic light system is?”
“Kind of.”
“Red means stop everything. Yellow means slow down or wait, and green means keep going. Got it?”
“I guess. It seems easy enough to remember.”
“So, what’s your color now?”
“Uh, green?”
“Green, what?”
“Green, sir.”
“Good bunny.”
He pulls you in for another kiss, softly gripping your face, smiling when you kiss back tentatively. 
Placing a hand on your neck, he cups the side of your face while letting the other trail down your body, resting on your thigh. Flinching gently when he feels your teeth nip his tongue that he tries to force into your mouth, he pulls away as you look up at him with a smirk.
“Brat,” he growls, popping you in the face with one hand and slapping your folds with the other. “Behave, bunny.”
“Ngh,” you groan when his hand harshly slaps your pussy, the sting making you jolt on the bed.
“Feels good?” He teases, smacking you again until you’re squirming.
“No!”
“Then why’re you getting wet?” He presses two fingers to your hole and feels the slick there.
“I…” you whine as his thumb toys with your clit while pressing his fingers against your opening.
“Answer the question, bunny~.”
You laugh breathily, “That’s how pussies work, dumbass. What, you a fucking virgin or you’ve never gotten a girl wet before?”
Your mocking laugh is cut off when he smacks you across the face again, hard enough for your cheek to burn.
“Ow! Okay, I’m sorry! I’m sorry, sir,” you whimper.
“Good, you’re learning. What’s your color?”
“….green.”
“You need to be sure.”
“Green, fucking hell!” You snap at him, “Just get it over with already.”
“You’re not enjoying yourself?”
You look away briefly, face warm, “I am. Can you just…..tie my hair back? It’s getting annoying.”
Hitoshi nods, cutting a spare piece of rope and using it as a makeshift hair tie for your braids.”Better, bunny?”
“Yes, thank you, sir.”
“Good girl,” he praises, “But you still need to be punished for that mouth of yours and for the ten days of sleep you stole from me.”
“What?! No that wasn’t my fault!” “Yes, it was. I was assigned to you, and now you’re part of my caseload so, yes, it is.”
“What do you want me to do?”
Removing his shirt, capture weapon, and undershirt, he chuckled as you gaped at his chiseled body covered in the most random tattoos.
“Take a photo. It’ll last longer,” Hitoshi snickers, booping your nose, watching it twitch from the sensation. “You really are a bunny.”
Looking away as your face grew much hotter, you tried focusing on something else in the room, only for him to tilt your head up, forcing your gaze back on him. “Eyes on me, little bunny.”
Nodding at his instructions, his eyes softened momentarily before removing his black cargo pants, revealing jet black boxers with gray cats on them.
“Cat boxers? Really?” you snicker as he grumbles.
“Oh, shut up,” he snaps.
You bite your lip to stifle your laughter, “Sorry, sir.”
“It’s alright. Now,” he huffs, adjusting himself to sit you at the head of the bed while he maneuvered, lying flat on your sheets on his stomach. “Be a good bunny, and pay me what you owe.”
Squirming against the binds which held you, you felt your skin flush against as Hitoshi’s face got close to your folds. Playfully blowing on your clit, he chuckles as you jolt slightly. His lilac pools catch your brown ones for a moment before winking and focusing on your clit, licking around and beneath the bud. Pulling away, he kept licking and occasionally sucking until he pulled away, licking a stripe from your opening up to your clit. “Having fun, bunny?”
Whining softly, you looked up at your bedframe, trying to think of anything else until his tongue slipped inside as his thumb rubbed harshly at your bud.
“Fuck!” you shout and try to close your legs but the rope holds them far apart.
His laughter vibrated against your folds as he pulled away, tongue toying with your folds as his pointer finger inched its way inside you, curving itself against your g-spot, gently pumping in and out of you.
“MindJack!”
“Call me Shinsou or sir, Bunny.”
“Fuck, sir, please!” you cry out. “Don’t stop!”
Hitoshi smirked at your pleas. “Since you asked so nicely, I’ll listen to you this time.”
Pumping his finger faster, he slowly pushes in a second, steadily lapping at your clit as he pushes both digits at a rapid speed, relishing in the sounds of your soft sighs and moans. Gasping at the knot forming in your stomach, you whimpered loudly, arching your lower half into Hitoshi’s touch. “Fuck, I’m gonna come!”
Hitoshi pulls away just as you announce your impending orgasm. “W-What?”
“That’s one.”
Hitoshi stole four more orgasms from you with just his tongue and fingers. 
“What’s your color?” He asks, caressing your tired thigh  Panting heavily, you stared at him, whimpering as he pulled away from your folds, his lips glossy with your essence, “G-green”
Lightly fondling your breasts, he teases one nipple, softly biting the flesh of the other. Pulling away when you try to get some friction from the sheets, he grips the elbow of the rope tied between your neck and breasts, pulling you close to him in a seated position.
“You don’t get to cum, unless I say so, bunny.”
“Yes, sir,” you shudder.
Gripping the binds tightly, he removed his boxers, revealing another tattoo that says: Taste the Rainbow on both his thighs with arrows pointing toward his bulge. Jesus fuck, he’s big.  “Now, I’m finally gonna put good use to that sharp tongue of yours. Open wide, little bunny.”
Looking up at him, you sigh softly before opening your mouth and sticking your tongue out as he groans at the look before him. Finally got this brat right where I fucking want her. 
Resting the weight of his dick on your tongue, he stroked it gently before gripping the ponytail he made for you earlier. “Suck, bunny.”
Taking him into your mouth, you hum gently as Hitoshi hisses at the sensation.
“Such a, fuck, slutty, bratty bunny I have. Your mouth feels so good. Just like that,” he grunts.
Looking down at you, he grips the ponytail he made, he grips the base, hand covering it and the back of your neck.
“Stay still, bunny. Just, lemme use your throat.”
Moving your head a little faster, Hitoshi starts using your mouth as a fleshlight, ignoring the sounds of you gagging quietly. He presses all the way in so your nose is brushing the short purple pubes on his crotch.
“Look at me,” he mutters then groans when your teary eyes focus on his own. Your tongue snakes along the underside of his shaft, teasing the veins winding along the bottom. The action makes thick strings of spit and precum drool down your chin and chest but the weight of his dick in your mouth is so satisfying, you can’t help but moan around it and rock your hips trying to get some friction from the sheets.
“Fuck, almost there bunny. Oh, shit!” he gasps and pulls out of your mouth, stroking his dick over your face until the first spurt of cum hits your nose. You open your mouth for the rest, the tang landing on your lips and taste buds. Licking away what you could, Hitoshi pants heavily while you catch your breath, “Ugh, drink more water.”
“You try getting any work done with barely any sleep,” he grumbles back, “Coffee is all I have.”
“Uh-huh. Are we done?” You ask, still upset and would right from being edged and the rope is still digging into your skin.
“Oh, so you don’t wanna come, then? I could just leave you here, all tied up.”
“No! No wait! Please, sir. I want you to. I wanna cum.” You squirm.
“Mhm,” he hums nonchalantly, “Do you deserve it?”
“I—“ you hesitate, “Yes?”
“You don’t sound sure.”
You try to kick your feet but they’re held tight to your thighs, “Yes! I’m sure. You can’t leave me like this, please! Shinsou, fuck me. Ruin me. Um, yellow.”
“Woah, hey, calm down,” he rubs your shoulders, “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, I’m just…. really horny right now and you’re killing me over here.”
“Breathe, bunny,” he coos.
“(Y/n),” you mumble.
“What?”
“That’s my name. You can call me (Y/n).”
“Beautiful name for my beautiful bunny. 
“You’re so fucking cringe,” you chuckle.
“Shut up, you like it,” he smirks.
“Nope, still can’t stand you.”
“You sure about that,” he chuckles, pulling you up to look at him.
“Very,” you smirk leaning in.
Neither one of you remember who initiated the kiss but it was sloppy, messy, and yet somehow so romantically passionate, it would make your teeth rot at how sweet it was. 
Pushing you down onto your back, Hitoshi pulled away, looking down at your flustered form. “You said you wanted me to ruin you, right Bunny? I’ll ruin you, alright.”
Feeling the butterflies flutter in your stomach, Hitoshi dipped his head, nipping at your jaw with a grin before starting on a hickey near your pulse point, grinning at the soft moan you gave.
“You clean?”
“Kind of too late to ask since you already stuck your tongue in there,” you muse, “Yeah, I am.”
Continuing his hickeys, his hands trailed down your body, groping at your breasts before fondling your cheeks.
Tapping himself against your clit, he shuddered as he slowly ran himself along your entrance before slowly pushing in with a deep groan. “Fuck, bunny,” he sighs as you pant from the initial stretch. “You’re so tight.”
After a minute or two of getting used to him, you nodded your head, giving him the okay to start moving.
Moaning as he starts thrusting, you gasp when he starts hitting that spot inside you while toying with your clit.
“Fuck, Shinsou, please!”
“Tell me what you want, bunny.”
“Choke me,” you mewl.
“Oh?” he hums, gripping your throat just as he thrusts back in, steadily increasing and relieving the pressure in tune with his thrusts. “Little bunny wants to see stars, hmm? I can do that. Be a good girl and take it and I’ll make you see the whole. damn. galaxy.”
Crying out at his statement, you felt your eyes roll back as the edges of your vision slowly turned black. “Fuck, sir, please. I’m close. Wanna cum! Wanna cum so bad.”
“You deserve it, bunny, go ahead. Make a mess on my cock, sweetheart.”
The rapid thrusts mixed with the stimulation pushed you right over the edge. “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” you shout, coming down from your high.
But he doesn’t stop. He’s still keeping the same cruel pace and you’re starting to curl into yourself from overstimulation but the rope keeps you spread out.
Shinsou gropes your framed chest, pinching one nipple and smacking the other a few times.
He watches his dick move in and out of you, white cream collecting at the base and staining his pubes.
He throws his head back and groans, “Fuck I needed this. Your pussy’s fucking amazing.”
He shoves himself nice and deep at the last word. 
“Shit!” You shout when you feel his tip push your poor cervix, “That hurts!”
“You know how to make it stop,” he squeezes your throat again to hear you wheeze out a curse. His free hand moves from your hip to smack you across the face again, “You’re so goddamn annoying,” he grunts.
You frowned at him, lips swollen and parted, “You too, sir.”
He chokes you again, gritting his teeth when he feels you clench around him and your pussy fluttering wildly.
Your body jerks and shakes when you cum again, high-pitched moans of his leaving your lips.
Hitoshi, not too far behind, pulled out, finishing on your stomach. “Goddamn, that was…”
“Amazing,” you slur.
“You okay, Bunny?”
You hum and sigh loudly, eyes fluttering closed.
Shinsou gets to work untying your hands and legs. You groan in relief when you can finally control your limbs and curl up on the bed, hugging your shoulders.
“I’ll be right back, okay?” He tells you in a soft voice, rubbing your thigh.
“Mm.” You respond sleepily.
He leaves to check your bathroom for a washcloth to clean you up with. He runs it under warm water and comes back to wipe you down.
“I feel like a baby getting their diaper changed,” you smile tiredly as he cleans between your legs, “Now I see why they shit all the time.”
Shinsou chuckles and cleans himself up too, “You did great,”
“Mm,” you hum and reach over for the oversized shirt you sleep in, “I’m gonna have a crick in my neck for days because of you.”
Shinsou puts on his pants, “You good?”
“I’m great,” you wave dismissively,covering yourself with your blanket, “You using the front door or window?”
“Window,” he pulls on the rest of his clothes and picks out the pamphlet from earlier, “If this is gonna be a consistent thing,I really need you to go over these so I know your limits.”
“Ugh,” you groan,rubbing your face, “Like I said,just don’t piss or shit on me and I’m cool.”
“Still,this is a binding for both of us so just check the boxes. I’ll come by and pick it up when I have time.”
You yawn and mumble something along the lines of a positive response, shutting your eyes.
Shinsou leaves the papers on your nightstand, packs up his stuff and makes his way to the living area.
Whiskey meows at him from the ground, green eyes stuck in a hard glare.
“Sorry little buddy. It was necessary.” Shinsou reaches down to scratch his ear before opening the window and climbing out onto the fire escape. Just as he shuts it, his phone pings with a message from Aizawa asking how his patrol was going.
Shinsou takes out an energy drink from his backpack and texts back a simple ‘fine’ before hopping up onto the roof to continue his patrol.
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sohin-ace · 3 years
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Josuke & Okuyasu - Magazine
Inspired by that one fanart I can't use because I can't find the artist.
Enjoy~
'Boys will be boys'.
We don't count the times this excuse was used to justify the hormone-driven and often stupid decisions or behaviors of male teenagers.
This applies to our two protagonists, Josuke and Okuyasu who just happened to be at that age where boys were curious about their own selves but most importantly of course, curious about the opposite sex.
They couldn't really be blamed, sexuality was a normal part of a teenager's life after all. Which may or may not imply them oogling questionable things here and there or watching specific videos, for instance.
Josuke and Okuyasu decided to feast their eyes as a part of their numerous 'bro dates' as they called them, and made it a regular thing.
Of course, they made these moments very secret. Only them could know what sinful things they were doing after school. They trusted no one else than each other and nobody should ever know about their activities.
They especially couldn't let a girl know about their shenanigans. Oh no, that would be an absolute disaster if they were to be caught red-handed by a girl from their school. They would have to carry the heavy title of 'disgusting perverts', stamped right on their foreheads for the rest of their highschool years, if not their life.
One day as they got out of school, they decided to check out the X-rated section of a local konbini, section placed strategically in the far corner of the shop, and opened some nice porn magazine for their needy eyes. As one does.
"Yoooo Josuke check this out!" Okuyasu exclaimed to his friend while pointing to one of the pages, already blushing madly and coughing up an impressed chuckle.
"Oh my god!!" Josuke whisper-yelled to his friend, trying to not catch people's attention. "That's hot! You think those boobs are real?"
They kept on drooling over pictures of sexy women in bikinis or underwear and posing suggestively for 10 more solid minutes, completely forgetting about their surroundings.
They weren't really worried about getting caught as the section they were in was pretty far away from the entrance of the store and nobody really passed by this corner of the shop anyways.
As they were in their own little fantasy world, they didn't notice a certain H/C haired female coming up behind them.
"Hey isn't that the red head girl from last time?" Josuke commented as he pointed at a certain picture.
"The one who was licking a cherry? Yeah I think so." Replied his tan best friend who started chuckling.
"Who even licks cherries like that?"
"I don't know but she can lick my cherry if you know what I'm sayin'~"
They both snorted obnoxiously and stupidly to themselves until they suddenly heard a very familiar someone right behind them.
"Hey guys! What's up!"
The boys jumped, screaming high pitched 'Eeeks' and 'Uwahs' at the sound of your sweet voice startling them into the worst heart attack they'd ever experience, threatening to cut their short lives even shorter.
Josuke nearly dropped the lewd magazine from his clammy hands and they both turned around abruptly, sweating bullets as they desperately and clumsily hid the piece of dirty evidence behind their backs.
'Oh no. God, everything but not this...' They both thought in unison, as if connected.
The last thing they could have ever expected or wanted, was seeing YOU, of all people, here out of all places and now, out of all times. They really had the worst luck. Suddenly, getting struck by thunder seemed appealing.
"O-o-oh hey Y/N-chan..." Okuyasu stuttered shakily, still sweating profusely.
"What uh... Ahem... What are you doing... here...?" Josuke continued clearing his tight throat and eyeing his best friend with rising anxiety.
The boys were silently communicating, trying to come up with anything, any excuse to either hide their shameful crime from you, or make you leave as soon as possible. They had to work their so-called 'bro-telepathy' like they never did before.
"I was passing by to get some strawberry milk, but then I recognized your hair in the distance! I'm so glad to see you!" You smiled angelically at them while showing them your little pink carton of strawberry milk like it was some prize.
You were beaming so brightly at them, they almost had to squint at your radiating light and beauty. Oh no this was bad, they were both striked by you like an arrow right through their heart.
'She.... SHE'S TOO CUTE FOR THIS WORLD!' They both screamed in their heads.
You, in particular, should never know about what they were doing. EVER. You were way too pure and too innocent for this. Who knows what your reaction would be if you discovered their lewd secrets? Would you judge them? Be disgusted by them? Never talk to them ever again? They couldn't possibly risk that.
Sadly, they were not as glad to see you here as you were to see them. You eventually asked them the oh-so-dreaded question that they wished you'd never ask.
"So, what were you boys doing? Reading manga?" You leaned over to the side slightly trying to see what they were hiding behind their backs and they both panicked.
Obviously you didn't notice the big 'R18' sign over all three of your heads and surely, you couldn't know what this part of the store was since you probably never checked it in your entire life.
In an amazingly coordinated moment, Josuke swiftly handed the magazine to Okuyasu while walking towards you, passing in front of the Jobro, the action completely hidden from your sight.
Josuke came in front of you and grabbed your shoulders, smiling big and trying to act as natural as he could.
"Aah um yes! Manga! Actually there's this one manga I wanted to show you, good thing you're here!" The pompadour-haired haafu was still obviously in utter panick, even if he tried his best to play it cool.
As Josuke was trying to deflect your attention from their guilty pleasure, Okuyasu took this advantage to turn around and scurriedly hide the magazine back in it's original shelf.
You were confused at their shady behavior and furrowed your eyebrows a little bit. You noticed Josuke was sweating and panting slightly, but your eyes traveled to Okuyasu fumbling with the magazines behind and you tried to make out what he was doing.
But Josuke wouldn't let you discover their evil plan for anything in the world, and so, he cupped both your cheeks in his large hands earning a gasp from you as he almost squished them, and turned your head back to face him.
He leaned down to your height and your eyes widened, puzzled by his spontaneous actions.
"Y/N Look at me! Look at my eyes!" He stared at you with a serious expression and you blushed at his sudden bold act and how close he was.
"J-jojo...?" You yelped as your heart was beating fast in your chest.
You were so confused as to what the hell was going on and why they were acting so weird. You knew the two could be up to some truly bizarre adventures sometimes, but that was just so strange.
Whatever they were trying to distract you from, it was working. His face was so close to yours, and his big hands were so warm, you subconsciously put your small ones over his wrists in response, face now red with blood and adrenaline.
You were beyond puzzled at everything that was happening, but you were so lost in Josuke's ocean blue eyes, you completely forgot about what Okuyasu was hiding so clumsily.
Speak of the devil, the tan male suddenly came up to you both, and Josuke released you from his grasp as his best friend made a surprisingly genius offer.
"Ohh Y/N, you didn't pay for that milk yet, right? Good, it's my treat then! Josuke, let's get some too! I'm thirsty."
The scar-faced boy casually wrapped a large arm around your shoulders and swiflty turned you around in his strong hold, effectively dragging you away from the adult section of the store, and barely letting you any time to even glance at the overly sexual display around you.
"Eh? What about that manga you wanted to show me?" You looked back at Josuke, regaining your composure slowly.
"Oh that? Never mind, it's not important anyway- Hey Okuyasu, do you want banana flavor or chocolate?" The fourth Jojo quickly changed the subject as he opened the fridge doors and picked up some drinks.
"You guys are acting so weird today..." You loved the boys, and they usually brought you into their messes, that wasn't anything new, but sometimes you really couldn't understand them. "I'll go wait in line while you guys make up your minds."
You gently patted Okuyasu's chest who almost forgot to let you go and you walked away towards the cash register.
When you were finally out of earshot, they both stared at each other, thinking of how they just dodged a bullet so big, it might as well just have been an atomic bomb.
"D-dude... That was so clutch man...." Josuke sighed, still swallowing his stress out and his best friend only shut his eyes and cringed before grabbing his drink.
"Just shut up, let's not talk about it..."
"Aaahh!!" Okuyasu let out a loud sigh of delight as he sipped his banana milk. "Man, that hit the spot."
"Yeah! Nothing better than some fresh milk in the summer. Great idea Y/N."
You three walked out of the store and headed back home, enjoying your drinks. You giggled at their over-the-top reaction and handed them your own carton.
"You guys want to try strawberry flavor?"
"Oohh~" Okuyasu gushed before smirking and taking the item from your hands. "An indirect kiss from my little Y/N! Lucky~"
Josuke gasped and snatched the drink as well, snickering when he was done. "Can't say no when she's the one who proposed huehue!"
"Well you both drank from the same straw, so technically you two kissed too!" You laughed at their priceless shocked facial expressions.
"WHAT?!"
"Naah dude, no homo, no homo." Josuke patted his friend's back, reassuring him with the holy expression famous for saving countless men from potential homosexuality.
Okuyasu sighed in relief. "Yeah, no homo! Still in the bro zone, bro."
You snorted at their questionable reasoning and kept on walking when you suddenly saw two familiar faces coming towards you.
"Oh! It's Koichi and Yukako!" You waved and smiled at the couple who approached you.
"Oh hey guys, what are you doing?" The short male greeted with a smile.
"Oh nothing much, I bumped into them in the konbini." You sheepishly answered and Yukako quirked an eyebrow at the two suspicious looking males next to you.
"Really?" She feigned, still staring at them. "What were they doing without you I wonder..."
"I don't know, reading manga I think? I'm not sure, they wouldn't tell me." You tried to look between her and them and they seemed to glare at the girl as hard as she did them.
"Huh?" She scoffed and shifted her weight on one leg." I bet you guys were reading porn again. Y/N I can't believe your patience around those guys."
"HUUUHHH???" Koichi yelled in pure surprise at the revelation and you three widened your eyes.
"YOU FREAKIN- OH MY GOD SHUT UP!" Okuyasu gasped and screamed at the girl who was smirking in victory.
"W-what?" You stuttered and looked at the two visibly stressed boys. "Po-... I don't- ... What??"
"Y/N DON'T LISTEN TO HER SHE'S LYING!" Josuke guiltily tried to reason as you covered your mouth in shock.
"Well it's the truth, right? Did I hit a sensitive subject, perhaps?" The brunette chuckled cutely, infuriating your friends even more.
"YOU'RE DEAD!!!"
Josuke sprinted towards Yukako who easily hoisted her awe-struck boyfriend over her shoulder and ran for dear life, having no regrets whatsoever.
An old one. A very old fic, it hurts to read it. I'm going to go ahead and post some old stuff I wrote just to get them out of my drafts. I hope they'll be enough for my beautiful gangsters.
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earnestly-endlessly · 3 years
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kind of an odd request — do you have fics where erik is grumpy with everyone else but a ray of sunshine with charles?
Hi anon, thank you for the ask. First and foremost, I'm so sorry for how long this took me but I've been searching for all the fics that come to mind that fit your request. Second, this is not an odd request because I love this trope so much. I mean, it's basically canon that he's grumpy with everyone except for his Charles, right? Anyway, I might add to this list later on, but I can't sit on this any longer and hope that you have found some fics that you enjoy!!
Fic Recs Where Erik is grumpy with everyone but a ray of sunshine with Charles
Twice as Blind – Darksknight
Summary: Erik is probably the biggest asshole on the face of the earth, and because of this, he'll probably die alone. Charles is a complete flirt and playboy and, probably, will never commit to anyone ever.
(The lesson here is that when you have two friends who are BOTH secretly seeing someone, well, it's probable that they're seeing each other.)
In the moonlight, on a joy ride – scarlettblush
Summary: Librarian AU. Charles is the young librarian and Erik is the college student who is completely besotted with him.
The Proper Care of Actors – Clear_Liqueur, Clocks, Etherei, afrocurl
Summary: Erik is an A-list action star who is notoriously difficult to work with, until the day he gets cast alongside Charles Xavier, rom-com darling who can charm the pants off movie audiences the world over and apparently even one Erik Lehnsherr. The paparazzi catch them out and about soon enough, and their real-life Hollywood movie romance becomes instant tabloid fodder.
Rumor Mill – ikeracity
Summary: Erik is the grumpiest, most foul tempered worker at Stark industries. His grumpiness is the stuff of legends.
So it's obviously the talk of the office when Erik is being made to go to the company party and he's bringing his husband. There's rumors flying round about how much of a masochist or equally antisocial bastard Erik's husband must be to put up with him. Others think he must be a meek mouse perhaps bullied by Erik.
What they weren't expecting was the confident, charming, adorable and unbelievably nice Charles that turns up on Erik's arm. What they certainly weren't expecting was how much Erik obviously adores his husband and how happy he is to let others see this.
Work/Life Balance – pocky_slash
Summary: Alex is pretty sure his weird, anti-social boss is a robot. Right up until the guy's adorable husband shows up. His adorable husband who happens to be a famous actor. His adorable husband who happens to be the very same famous actor who was the source of many of Alex's teenage fantasies.
Terrifying Domesticity – ishipitsobad
Summary: Erik is the most dangerous and notorious mafia boss around for miles, and yet the strangest things terrify him.
For example: his children, and his very pregnant mate.
Of kittens and teacups and love – Ren
Summary: Modern AU in which Charles and Erik are flatmates. Charles studies psychology and likes tea and chess and keeps bringing home stray kittens, and Erik lets him because he's maybe perhaps a little bit sort of in love with him.
Fools Rush In – LoveSupreme
Summary: Erik owns a cafe on the edge of campus and accidentally starts maybe-stalking a Biology Professor there.
Growing Pains – ikeracity
Summary: Twelve-year-old Erik Lehnsherr is an angry, closed-off foster kid with trust issues and a bad temper. Ten-year-old Charles Xavier is a lonely kid in boarding school who just wants a friend.
Logan pretends he doesn't think they're both fucking adorable.
Series
Home Together (The Finding Our Way Remix) – significantowl
Summary: Erik is not the sort of person other students strike up conversations with. His expression, his posture, every part of his manner say: Don’t talk to me. I don’t want to talk to you. But none of that stops the boy ahead of him in line with the collapsible white cane, and nothing can stop Erik from falling for him, like it or not.
Melted Ice Cream and Macaroni Art – pocky_slash
Summary: Everybody likes Charles. Nobody likes Erik. And that's really the source of Erik's doubts. Also, there's ice cream and a baby. Part of ‘the Daycare’ verse.
Walling in or Walling Out – stlkrchck
Summary: Erik stifles a sigh. Of course this is Mr. C. F. Xavier. Of course.
For the prompt: Charles and Raven are throwing a holiday party. Erik is the grumpy neighbor who is annoyed by how loud they are being. So he goes to complain, and Charles makes it up to him.
(Wise Men Say) Only Fools Rush In – wildelybroken
Summary: After reading a fic where Erik and Charles are super sluts, meet at what is presumably Raven and Emma's engagement party, and end up sleeping together, I made the following comment and just inspired myself.
"They start casually texting each other throughout the day, maybe while they’re bored or frustrated at work, and start out meeting up and sleeping together semi-frequently. And eventually they accidentally start dating without noticing it at first, not until Raven and Emma get them alone and are like “wtf you two super sluts are actually dating??” And at first they deny, but then they’re both like “holy shit, we are!” And they meet back at one of their places and they don’t have to say anything, they just look at each other and come together immediately, kissing passionately and ~making love~. In the middle of it they realise that’s what they’ve been doing for a long time now and they confess their love to each other and they live happily ever after because they deserve all the good in the world."
For Charles – Shigai
Summary: Tired of being told he has to find his 'heart', classical piano graduate Erik Lehnsherr decides to travel to Italy and drink from the famous Italian passion for music. While searching for it, he meets Charles Xavier, a graduate in Fine Arts who is basically travelling around the world perfectioning his technique, and who will turn his world upside down.
Together they will discover that, sometimes, what you thought you didn't need is what you needed the most.
Erik Hates People – Anonymous
Summary: Erik hates people- it's his rule, a way of living.
Sugar – humanitys_cutest
Summary: Erik glances at the clock for what feels like the tenth time in less than half the minutes. It feels like he's been in some meeting or other since the day started almost 10 hours ago, and he's had just about enough of listening to these pompous old men discuss what would be the best design for his building like they know anything about it. He tries as subtly as possible to massage his temples to assuage the building migraine, but he knows it's no use.
He just wants to go home.
Everyone Likes Charles – Rosawyn
Summary: '“Everyone who's met him likes him.” Cain's grin was even stupider than before. “Once you meet him, you'll see.”
It was almost like a challenge then. And damn. Erik hated saying no to a challenge.'
Still Going Strong – JackyJango
Summary: Speaking of forty-eight, Erik hates it. Hates it even more that others are aware of it. While he’s pragmatic enough to know and accept that aging is inexorable, the increase in number gives the people around him the freedom to pounce at him with questions, opinions and advice he'd fought to keep at bay all year.
Besides, Erik believes that youth is a state of mind, not a phase in one’s life.
You have a child’s mind in a man’s body, Charles constantly tells him.
But despite his age, Erik is healthy. He works out daily. His muscles are steel and he can dead-lift four hundred pounds. He can break bones without breaking a sweat. Most importantly, he can still carry Charles to the bedroom and fuck him senseless. And as long as Erik can do that, he’s perfectly happy.
All I know is pouring rain and everything has changed – hllfire
Summary: Charles meets Erik, the man he had heard about many times from his sister and some friends, on a rainy Sunday morning. The stories about Erik paint him as a distant and intimidating man, but Charles finds out that maybe the stories had been wrong.
How to Successfully Ruin Your Life – humanveil
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Charles Xavier accepts a job at his local café, expecting nothing more than a fun, new pastime. What he gets is a mysterious customer and a schoolboy crush.
Stolen – ishipitsobad
Summary: Erik is a miserable, grumpy, cantankerous bastard, and he has every fucking right to be. He drew the short end of the stick when he got the Underworld as his domain, and there isn't very much fun to be had in judging and governing dead souls who would rather be anywhere else but with Erik in the depths of Hell.
So when he meets Charles, brilliant and lovely Charles who is more popularly known amongst the mortals as Persephone, and feels the promise of something wonderful that could make his eternally doomed existence infinitely more bearable... you can bet all your drachmas Erik's not going to let Charles go any fucking time soon.
Erik Lehnsherr's Guide to Saving the Universe By Meeting Your Soul-Mate and Falling in Love in Less than 72 Hours – magneto, pangea
Summary:Army Pilot Erik Lehnsherr is just trying to enjoy his day off when a mostly naked person crashes through the roof of his car. Even more alarming, the strange falling naked person—who goes by Charles Xavier when he's not speaking an ancient dead language—brings tidings of the apparent potential end of the world, and begs Erik to help him put a stop to it.
Well. His mother has been nagging at him to go out and meet new people.
The Theory of Partnership Dynamics – Pangea
Summary: “Detective Lehnsherr, how wonderful to see you out on the job!” The fed in the front greets him as they draw nearer. He’s shorter than the other two by a full head, and he’s beaming at Lehnsherr as if completely undeterred by Lehnsherr’s paint-peeling scowl.
“What do the feds want?” Lehnsherr asks bluntly.
“You know I can’t tell you that,” the fed answers cheerfully. Then his gaze lands on Alex, and, impossibly, his grin gets even brighter. “Did you get a new partner?"
“No,” Lehnsherr says through his teeth while at the same time Alex says, “Yes.”
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oliviayamaoka · 3 years
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The Distraction Continuation (Ghostface / Jed Olsen / Danny Johnson x Reader)
As requested, this is a continuation of the Distraction fic I made. Check out the first fic if you haven’t already. Enjoy! :)
You sighed deeply as you crossed your arms, shutting your eyes in slight annoyance at what was to come. Another trial. You hadn’t been in one for a while but your break was rather short-lived. There were three others that stood by your side. Ace Visconti, David King, and Yui Kimura. You respected them and actually enjoyed their company. Ace was funny, David taught you a couple of things, and Yui was always nice to you, encouraging you.
“Where do you think we’ll go this time?” Yui asked you, nudging your elbow with her own. You instantly lit up. Human interaction was comforting.
“Haven’t been to Hawkins or Glenvale in a bit.” Y/N replied with a slight shrug.
“My bet is the asylum.” Ace interrupted, pointing finger guns with that stupid smirk of his. Yui rolled her eyes, she didn’t seem to like Ace very much. Not since he flirted with her one time, even if it was jokingly.
“We might actually be there if Ace himself says so.” David said as the familiar gust of air surrounded the four of you.
You shut your eyes tightly, getting chills from the cold fog and air. The smell of fire and spring overcame you. Y/N opened their eyes, realizing that Ace’s bet was right. As always. A small laugh escaped your lips, a feeling of enjoyment before all hell could break loose again. 
Your gaze averted to the familiar structure of the Crotus Prenn Asylum. A sound played in your head, the screech of the Nurse. You were always curious about her but never got the chance to even talk to her unlike... no, it was one time. You weren’t gonna go around and try talk to killers like you did with him.
You put your palm to your forehead, cringing at the memory. Not in a bad way but maybe you could’ve done something differently. No, not really. Jed was a psychopath, a murderer. He was charming in a fucked up sort of way. You sighed as you walked towards a generator behind the grey brick walls.
There wasn’t any indication that it was the Pig or Freddy, thankfully. You began to work on the generator. Your thoughts turned to the fear of being hooked, stabbed, and hurt. You shuddered at the thought of it, the feeling of the hook would probably never leave you. Death was forever here, unfortunately. Elodie and Felix’s conversation had given you hope, maybe there was a way out of here.
“Shit.” You mumble as you shielded your eyes from the small explosion. 
Y/N huffed. You felt slightly disappointed in yourself and began again. Your head perked up as you heard stomping. It wasn’t loud enough to be the Oni or Trapper.
You kept a head on the generator as you noticed a dark figure stomping towards you. You needed a moment to process the situation. It was Ghostface? Oh shit, it was him, you thought. Flashbacks of your last encounter played in your head, he was definitely pissed off and you couldn’t blame it at this point.
“Don’t fucking try it.” He muttered in reference to you breaking into a sprint.
You felt panic wash over you as you quickly observed your surroundings. There weren’t any nearby pallets or vaults, it was a random open area near a hill with a chest and hook. Perfect, just perfect. Ghostface was quicker than usual, he grabbed you by the waist aggressively to tackle you down.
Ghostface held a knife to the back of your head once you hit the ground. You grunted as he put down all his weight onto you and assured that you wouldn’t be able to escape. The ground felt so uncomfortable, especially against your face. There was a few moments of you struggling beneath him to escape but it became no use. You stopped struggling after he pressed the blade against your skin.
“Didn’t bring a toolbox this time, Y/N?” He asked mockingly, pressing his gloved finger over the small slit. You winced at the stinging sensation but it was nothing you couldn’t handle.
“You know how to hold a grudge, Jed.” You replied. You were utterly terrified yet you always felt the need to reply to his stupid remarks.
“Indeed I do.” He replied, grabbing you and making you stand up. He held the knife to your back and pressed it slightly.
Ghostface was actually angry. He didn’t seem to mind actually hurting you or pressing the knife into your skin. You gasped at the painful sensation as he looked around, he saw the killer shack. He held a tight grip on your shoulder as he forced you to walk that way.
You instantly knew where he wanted to go. You just hoped the basement wasn’t there. Of course, you had known that this day would eventually come. But, why now? It was such awful timing, especially with the blue mood you had. Once the two of you reached the shack, he shoved you onto the ground aggressively.
“You’re pathetic... talking and talking last time we met. Now, you’re just a shitty excuse for a survivor.” He said to you. You scoffed.
“If it helps, Jed, I’m sorry.” Y/N replied. Your hand reached to the back of your neck where he had cut you. There wasn’t much blood but it still hurt. You stared at your bloodied fingertips as the man got more infuriated.
“You don’t get to call me that. And why the fuck are you apologizing?” He questioned you. His tone was venomous, this terrified you but him killing you was inevitable and well... you wanted to see him, anyways.
“If you didn’t care, you’d have hooked me now. I must’ve really hurt your feelings, huh?” You said, half-jokingly but you were also genuine.
“I don’t care.” He replied to you almost instantly. You knew that was a lie.
“Then why won’t you hook me? You could’ve slashed my back open but instead you pinned me to the ground... weirdo.” You mumbled.
He fell silent for a second. Ghostface was a bit baffled by you. Why weren’t you begging for your life? The version he remembered of you was different, or maybe he killed too many survivors that would beg. Not only that but he planned this out thoroughly. He was practically counting on you to scream and beg for your life. Ghostface had even made an offering for this realm because he researched it extensively, as he did with most of his previous murders.
Despite what he may have thought, Y/N was absolutely terrified. However, there was a strange feeling of attraction to him. Not necessarily a crush just yet but there was also a rivalry in which you felt comfortable talking to him. He felt like a real person. Well, of course he was a real person but you had no trouble making shitty remarks to him.
“I want this to last because you were being a little bitch last time. I’ve been dying to slice you open and make you regret that stupid little stunt you pulled.” He said to you.
You sat up, bringing one knee to your chest casually. There was a feeling of bravery that washed over you like last time. Y/N sighed deeply and looked around the shack. It was a basic shake. No totem, no gen.
“Yeah, sure... then do it.” You said to him.
“You’re not making this any easier.” He replied, more annoyed with you.
“Nothing you do is gonna make me regret what I did. Even if you do kill me and make me suffer, I’m still gonna come back alive. I’ve been puked on, trapped, and even had some weird ass trap put onto my head.” You said, standing up and pointing your finger to his chest.
“But you, Danny, only have a knife. I know the Legion or whatever their names are can use that better than you. You’re just a weirdo with a mask.” Y/N finished.
Ghostface seemed rather stunned, yet offended. Mainly because he couldn’t doubt anything you said. It became known that the Legion studied the human anatomy extensively, more than Danny ever cared to do. His area of expertise was stalking and memorizing a person’s schedule. But still. his ego was always bigger than any logic. The cloaked man grabbed your wrist. He oddly didn’t grab it too tight, he lifted your arm over your head.
“And what does that make you? I’m still better than you to some degree. You’re trapped here because the Entity thinks you deserve it and I get to kill anybody I desire.” He said, the tip of his blade poking your stomach.
“I guess we’re both shitty people.” You shrugged as his grip somewhat loosened. He sighed deeply before throwing you towards the generator.
“I had hoped killing you would be satisfying.” He muttered, bitter that your reaction wasn’t what he imagined. You fixed your shirt slightly and leaned against the generator. A part of slowly began to accept the growing crush you developed on the strange murderer, you didn’t care at this point since you were damned to an eternity of trials. 
“It probably would’ve been if you weren’t so easy to talk to.” You said to him as he snapped his head towards you, confused for a moment. Easy to talk to? He scoffed in response.
“Easy? You’re the fucking weirdo here.” He said, with a bit of a defeated tone.
“You’re no ladykiller, Danny, but... I’m charmed. I guess it’s something killers like you do though.” You said to him.
“I don’t charm or seduce people. I watch them.” He corrected you.
“Explains a lot.” You said, looking at your nails. Ghostface was quick to give into his ego and crossed his arms in a very stubborn manner.
“Actually, I did. As Jed Olsen, anyways. People were so trusting of him and neglected to suspect the new guy in town. It made it easy to watch people and I had a lot of excuses to spend hours doing so.” He said to you.
“Jed sounds nice.” Y/N shrugged.
“Well, Jed isn’t real, babe. He’s a shitty facade of what people like in a person. Made it so much easier for myself.” Ghostface said.
“Okay then,.. what did you do? As a career?” You asked him.
“I was a journalist and wrote for the Roseville Gazette. They made me cover my own killings and I did a good job doing so. Nobody could really understand my work though, no matter how much I tried to when I was Jed.” He said, a proud tone in his voice as he spoke. You were weirded out and cautious but you wanted to try and understand him.
“So, is that why you do it? For art?” You asked him as his head perked.
“That’s exactly why! There’s something very beautiful about the redness unique to somebody pouring out of them, even mixing with others. Not only that but just toying around and seeing how loud one can scream. Each scream is so unique and different. And just like art, you can fix your mistakes if it isn’t done right.” He explained, he seemed more relaxed. 
“Fix? But wouldn’t they be dead?” You asked him, genuinely confused. 
“You have to be an expert craftsman to fix it. A scream is a delicacy, something I choose not to indulge myself in often. Y’know, don’t want anybody hearing what goes on. When I do want to hear the screaming, it’s usually when my target has piqued my interest or mildly annoyed me. It feels rewarding after going through all the effort to memorize their lifestyle.” He said.
“A weird but cool way of looking at it, I suppose.” Y/N said. 
You didn’t really care about morality at this point. Such things as the Entity exist, anyways, You weren’t sure what you did to deserve being stranded here. Even if you did have a weird romantic interest in him, so what? Why would the Entity care? Why would any Gods care? And even then, you seemed to have an interest in his hobby. Blood and killing didn’t faze you anymore.
“You think so?” He asked you. 
“Depends on the person, I guess. I’d only do it to bad people.” You said.
“But, you’d do what I do?” He asked you.
“Yeah...?” You responded. Danny seemed a bit giddy.
“How would you do it?” Ghostface asked, he seemed way too excited to hear about your non-existent methods of killing.
“I don’t know...” Y/N replied, feeling somewhat flustered by how close he was to you. It was a different type of feeling when he wasn’t trying to stab you. 
“If you want, I could show you some pictures and give you tips.” He said.
“And kill who? We’re stuck in this hellhole.” You reminded him.
“What about the other survivors? They can’t all be innocent.” Ghostface said to you. He had some appreciation for you since you listened. It was crazy how much this strange man can switch up.
“No, never. I’m not that crazy.” You said as the loud horn of the exit gates blared. You looked around, really surprised. He seemed just as surprised.
“That long?” He questioned. 
“Guess I’m just that good of a distraction.” You said to him as he silently sighed in frustration but didn’t seem to care. A part of him enjoyed your talk.
“Guess you’re gonna be my one kill.” He said, shifting towards you and pushing you against the wall. You were taken aback by his swift movement.
You squirmed against his body, somewhat sliding downwards so kicking was pretty much useless unless you wanted to completely fall. The two of you grunted quietly as he turned you around, shoving your face against the hard wall. It was uncomfortable but he wasn’t being as rough as he usually was. At this point, you were scared of his knife so you tried pulling his hands away from you in the awkward position. Ghostface tightly pinned one of your arms on your back, you winced as he tugged on your hair.
He leaned inwards, poking his head towards your neck and hair. Ghostface took a moment to memorize your scent and what your hair texture might have felt like. For some strange reason, he seemed to want to learn everything about you. It might have been a bad idea for you to have opened him up about his art.
“Get off of me.” You demanded in a stern voice.
“You’re scaring me, Y/N.” He replied sarcastically. 
You froze up when he slid his hand under your shirt, his fingertips trailing on your back. It wasn’t the motion itself but rather the feeling of his ungloved hand. You felt yourself go into a rather catatonic state, not in fear but you were quick to wonder why he would take his glove off. A thousand thoughts and scenarios played in your mind. His touch was soft but still managed to leave you with chills. 
Ghostface, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying himself. He made notes of how soft your skin felt, his hand curiously wandered upwards. It wasn’t long before his hand wandered to your more sensitive areas. A gasp escaped your mouth as kept you pinned with his knees, his hands groping you a bit more roughly. Your face heated up when he squeezed you, you didn’t seem to struggle either. 
“Fuck...” You whispered.
“If only we had the time.” He mumbled, sticking three of his gloved fingers into your mouth. Your eyes rested as you stared upwards, allowing him to continue touching you. 
“I bet you’re getting all excited over this... if only I could capture the look on your face right now. How does it feel? Having somebody like me have their way?” He asked you. You felt aroused yet ashamed to oblige him.
“It feels good...” You managed to say, his fingers still in your mouth.
You felt the bulge in his crotch grow hard but this wasn’t the time or place. As much as he wanted to fuck you then and there, he needed to have some control over himself. He pulled his hands away and slid his glove back on. You let out a sigh of relief but also a whine. You knew just as much as he did that it just wasn’t the right time. You wiped the saliva from your lips and slowly stood up.
He pulled you backwards by your waist. You felt him rub his knife near your crotch, gliding it teasingly. His other hand wrapped around your neck. You heard him chuckle rather darkly. At this point, you seemed more hot and bothered than he was. Ghostface squeezed your neck a little harder, wanting to get one last sound of of you before he let you go. He didn’t care whether or not the Entity would be displeased or not.
“Guess you’ll have to be a whore some other time.” He said, cutting you on the arm slightly. You pulled your arm away quickly.
“Whatever.” You replied, flustered by his comment. Did that just happen?
“Better go before the Entity kills you itself.” He said to you.
“Right, right... see you around, Danny.” You said before quickly walking away and then running towards the exit gates. 
His head tilted curiously. Ghostface wasn’t sure if he had feelings or not. He admired you for listening to him and asking some questions though. But, now that he knew you’d do things with him willingly, he had some ideas. A wide smile grew behind his mask as he began to fantasize about the photos he would eventually take. 
You would probably come to regret your actions, seeing as his obsession with you would grow. Danny needed to know everything about you and even felt a bit possessive now. It didn’t matter, there was many possibilities within the Fog. Pray that you’ll be ready for your next meeting.
NOTE: Currently writing a full fledged Danny fic with a different plot but have the sequel to the Distraction. Ty for reading!
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robininthelabyrinth · 3 years
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NMJ is the only one that knows bc he’s the only one that NHS truly trusts, he’s the only one who knows why NHS focuses so much in painting and art, NHS doesn’t know why or how but with a little bit of spiritual energy he’s able to bring what he paints in paper to the real world and with that the Nie sect has the beasts of legends under their command
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“How about you draw a flower?” Nie Mingjue said without much conviction. It was hard to have conviction when you knew it was pointless.
“No!” Nie Huaisang shouted, unsurprisingly, because toddlers always shouted. They seemed to have a great deal of feelings and sound for such small frames. “Taotie!”
Nie Mingjue grimaced. “No, no, not Taotie,” he said quickly. Never Taotie, not again. “How about the Baihu? Nice fuzzy tiger?”
“No!”
“Fenghuang? You like birds.”
Nie Huaisang considered it. “I like birds,” he agreed.
Nie Mingjue heaved a sigh of relief. “Me, too,” he said enthusiastically. “I love birds.”
He had never had especially strong feelings about birds, but he was willing to develop some.
“Okay,” Nie Huaisang said, and patted his thigh comfortingly. “I’ll draw you a bird, da-ge.”
“…thanks,” Nie Mingjue said.
When Nie Huaisang was done, he proudly presented Nie Mingjue with the results of his work.
Nie Mingjue put the baby phoenix in the new aviary he’d secretly had constructed behind his father’s back, thinking to himself that the high-grade construction materials he’d insisted on were totally worth losing his allowance for the next year.
The phoenix chick - it looked like a plucked chicken with maybe three feathers total - weakly coughed smoke.
Because of course it did.
Sometimes Nie Mingjue wished that he could just tell someone about Nie Huaisang’s unusual gift – it was a pretty big burden to bear, and he really wasn’t sure he was old enough for this type of responsibility – but no one else deserved to know. If they didn’t have the good taste to like Nie Huaisang when he was no one and nobody, pointless and useless, they didn’t deserve the benefits of knowing him now that he could do stuff.
Even if it was weird stuff. 
Stuff like his ability to summoning the things he drew into existence. 
Even things that might not really exist.
Besides, the thought of Nie Huaisang getting wrapped up into war and politics when he was still so young –
No, better to just store away what he made and hope he grew out of it.
And no more Taoties.
-
“Lan Zhan said his uncle shows people his artwork,” Nie Huaisang said, sitting on Nie Mingjue’s table in the family study. “Why don’t you ever show my artwork?”
“You do art?” their father asked absently, most of his attention on the report he was reading.
“Huaisang does great calligraphy,” Nie Mingjue interjected very quickly. “You’ve seen it – it’s beautiful. And his poems are very well crafted, too.”
“But Lan Zhan said –”
Nie Mingjue mentally resigned himself to not being friends with Lan Xichen any longer, no matter how well they’d gotten along, on the basis that the other boy would probably take it personally when Nie Mingjue murdered his brother.
“He also said stuff about rules,” he said. “Hundreds and hundreds of rules. Do you want to listen to all of those, too?”
“No,” Nie Huaisang said sulkily, five years old and bitter with it. “But…”
“How about we show Lan Wangji your aviary?” Nie Mingjue coaxed. “Go ask him if he’d like to see it. I bet he’s never seen anything like that – and you can ask him what type of animal he likes best, too!”
Nie Huaisang’s eyes went wide at the thought and he dashed off.
“You spoil him far too much,” their father commented. “An aviary – you talk about it more than he does, and you’re always getting birds to fill it up for him, too. Why are you so devoted to him learning to like birds?”
“Better than him liking fierce beasts,” Nie Mingjue said, omitting to mention exactly where he obtained the birds that filled the aviary. “Or corpses.”
“If he liked fierce beasts, perhaps he’d be more martially inclined.”
No, we would be, Nie Mingjue thought. He’d gotten a lot of spare practice with Baxia trying to fight corpses that had no business being there during the period in which Nie Huaisang had gotten temporarily interested in the things in his father’s stories – and that was before Nie Huaisang had learned about yao.
“I don’t want him growing up morbid, that’s all,” he said.
“You’re his brother, not his nursemaid,” their father said, a little exasperated. “Nor are you his mother. Why are you fussing over him so?”
Nie Mingjue huffed and shook his head. “How goes recruitment for the border?” he asked instead, and listened to his father tell him about how people barely a year or two older than him were being sent to risk death in the name of sect honor.
Not Nie Huaisang, he promised himself. Not yet.
He’d tell his father when Nie Huaisang was old enough to handle the consequences.
-
“Huaisang, didi,” Nie Mingjue said, and tried to smile, even though it pained him. “Can you do me a favor? A really, really big favor?”
Nie Huaisang sniffed, clutching at his arms and shaking. “What, da-ge?”
“You remember Jiwei? A-die’s saber? Can you draw that for me, please?”
It only made it worse.
-
“Da-ge?”
“Yes, Huaisang?” Nie Mingjue asked, scowling at the map. It didn’t get any better the longer he looked at it, but maybe if he kept glaring he could cow it into submission.
“Don’t you want me to help?”
Nie Mingjue looked up at where Nie Huaisang was wringing his hands by the door. “Help? With what?”
Nie Huaisang rolled his eyes at him, like it was Nie Mingjue being dense instead of him having started a conversation in the middle. “Uh, with border defense?”
“Why would I ask you to help with that?” Nie Mingjue asked blankly, then realized how his words could be misconstrued. “Not that I wouldn’t ask you to help, of course, but you’ve never really liked battlefield strategy, and anyway you are only twelve –”
“Da-ge!” Nie Huaisang whined. “I meant drawing!”
“…as in maps?”
Nie Huaisang’s glare could light fires.
Nie Mingjue coughed and put aside his work to focus on his brother. “Huaisang, why do you think I would use your drawings in planning out a possible battle?”
“Because they’re useful?” Nie Huaisang said, crossing his arms. “I can make things appear, da-ge, just by drawing them. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but that’s not something that normal people can do.”
“I know,” Nie Mingjue said. “It’s not. But just because it’s not normal doesn’t mean it’s not a wonderful ability, Huaisang.”
Nie Huaisang looked a little bit appeased.
“But just because it’s wonderful doesn’t mean I’m going to abuse your ability,” Nie Mingjue continued. “You should be playing, not working, and if anyone tells you otherwise, you tell me and I’ll straighten them out.”
Nie Huaisang came up and hugged him. “So it’s not that you’re not ashamed of me being weird and useless?”
“I think we’ve already established that an ability like yours is far from useless. And I don’t care how weird you are, principles are principles: you’re too young to be used for battle. Sorry, Huaisang; my hands are tied.”
Nie Huaisang laughed at him and left, looking much happier.
-
“So what would you like?” Nie Huaisang asked, eyes sparkling. “Me and my brush are at the ready, here to help!”
Nie Mingjue rubbed his forehead. “If you’re sure…”
“Da-ge! I’m seventeen – you were already sect leader for two years by my age. And it’s not like I’m going out there on the front lines or anything; I’m just going to draw some stuff for you.”
“You say ‘just’,” he grumbled. “It does drain your qi, you know. That’s why you took such a long time to form a golden core…”
“Yes, but I did get there eventually, didn’t I? And anyway, it’s fine, I’ll do it instead of my usual landscapes. What would you like? A dragon to devour our enemies? The white tiger, nipping at their heels? A taotie –”
“No Taotie.”
“You’re so weird about that,” Nie Huaisang complained, rolling his eyes again. “Fine. Then what?”
“Sabers,” Nie Mingjue said, giving in. “Standard steel, not spiritual. Horses, feed, saddles. Say, how are you at drawing arrows?”
“Da-ge,” Nie Huaisang said. “I can draw you the beasts of legend, and you want me to draw you arrows?”
“Yes. As many as you can bring yourself to create, really; everyone’s always short on arrows. More rice would be good, too –”
“This wasn’t exactly what I was expecting when I volunteered to help,” Nie Huaisang grumbled.
“Are you going to do it for me or not?” Nie Mingjue asked, unimpressed. “You asked me to use you, not to give you an art project.”
His brother heaved a sigh. “Yes, yes, I will. Can you explain to me why this is your choice, at least?”
Nie Mingjue ruffled his brother’s hair. “Huaisang, when you draw something, it comes to life. Fully to life, as a separate and independent creature of its own – if you draw a dragon, who’s to say that the dragon will choose to fight the Wen sect, instead of turning on us? It wouldn’t be much help if we had to run out, sabers drawn, to deal with whatever it was, only to be exhausted before the Wen sect even arrived.”
“…oh.”
“When we’ve made some progress in the field, I promise to let you help build fortifications,” Nie Mingjue said. “You can start thinking of really nasty traps –”
“Da-ge?”
“Yes?”
“…is that why you hate the idea of me drawing Taotie so much?”
Nie Mingjue coughed.
“Da-ge!”
“Don’t worry about it. It was always really good saber practice…”
-
“And if anyone tries anything against you at the camp, you draw something really mean, okay?” Nie Mingjue said, pressing paper and a brush into his brother’s hand in addition to the ones he’d hidden away in his luggage - there was a chance that might be confiscated upon his arrival. “I don’t care what it is.”
“I know, I know –”
“Promise me!”
“I will!” Nie Huaisang exclaimed. “I promise already!”
“Not just if they’re aggressive. Even if things just look suspicious –”
“Suspicious? Like what?”
“If they take you somewhere secluded,” Nie Mingjue said, face drawn with worry. “Somewhere where it’d take us a long time to find your bodies. I don’t care if you put other people in danger from your creation, okay? Don’t make me have to find your corpse.”
Nie Huaisang was silent for a moment. “I understand,” he finally said. “I promise.”
-
“I’m never drawing anything legendary ever again,” Nie Huaisang sniffed into Nie Mingjue’s collar. “That Xuanwu was awful. It tried to eat all of us!”
-
“Do you want me to help with the logistics, Sect Leader Nie?” Meng Yao asked.
“You already help with the logistics,” Nie Mingjue said, not really paying attention. If it was serious, Meng Yao would bring it to his attention – he was a truly remarkable aide-de-camp. “You already help with everything.”
“I appreciate Sect Leader Nie’s confidence in me,” Meng Yao said, smiling a little. “But no, I meant – with the imports.”
“Imports?”
“Every week we receive new shipments of goods – food, weapons, defenses – from Qinghe, and we don’t send any money back. Surely such expenditures are putting a strain on the Nie treasury..?”
“Oh, don’t worry about that,” Nie Mingjue said. “Huaisang is handling it. It’s good for him to have responsibility.”
Meng Yao looked a little skeptical, but in his defense, he’d met Nie Huaisang.
“Really,” Nie Mingjue assured him. “He’s not going to hurt our budget – it’ll be fine. They’ve come steadily every week so far, haven’t they?”
“If Sect Leader Nie is content, then so am I,” Meng Yao said, but he was pouting a little, perhaps at the perceived lack of trust. He did so love to be helpful.
“You know I trust you with my life,” Nie Mingjue told him. “But this is something that Huaisang is, for once, best placed to handle. Don’t worry about it.”
It wasn’t really his secret to share, after all. Maybe when the war was done.
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Nie Mingjue was on his back in the throne room of the Fire Palace, staring up at the man who murdered his father and who was about to murder him, too, when he heard the sound.
A high-pitched squeal, unlike anything else he’d ever heard – a little like a pig, a little like a wolf, a little like the long slow grate of metal against metal. It burned on the ear, a vile sound on the verge of being physically painful.
“What is that?” Wen Ruohan asked, frowning. He was standing above Nie Mingjue, his foot crushing down on his chest; Baxia was out of reach, knocked away, but at least no longer in the traitor Meng Yao’s hands. “Meng Yao…?”
“I - I’m not sure, Sect Leader Wen,” Meng Yao said, looking equally confused.
Nie Mingjue laughed.
They both looked at him.
He grinned up at them, blood in his teeth.
“What?” he said. “Never heard a Taotie before?”
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