#friends in high places

[may0tuna]

Friends in High Places | Umbrella!Ben Hargreeves x Reader

Summary: Your life is falling apart so you thought why not throw yourself into the void completely. You got yourself mixed up in drugs and now you're finally in rehab. You are also very clumsy - you would get random cuts and bruises from the simplest things - but for some reason, ever since you met Klaus in rehab, there has been this invisible force protecting you from these random clumsy moments.

They say that there's some advantage to hitting rockbottom because then the only way is up, and you took that quite literally. By literally, you realized that "getting high" makes the world a little better because then you'd be able to numb the pain. It started when your now ex broke up with you because he said that he fell in love with someone else. You were thankful that he was honest. No cheating happened but still, it broke you. They say time can heal everything but time was moving a little too slow for you. You were paralyzed in a time when your relationship, career, and finances decided to walk out the door. You experimented with MJ and decided to try other drugs just to see if it will keep you "high" and prevent you from "hitting rockbottom" again. You made a vow never to experience that heartbreak and disappointment ever again.

Of course, there will always be consequences to every action one makes, you know this and you contemplated about this every single day as you line up to take your morning meds in rehab. Your friends and family were worried so you decided to agree to rehab because seeing them see you throw your life away like that broke their hearts, and in return, broke yours. It's better that way, you thought.

Everyone was their usual self that morning. Groggy as they drag their feet towards where personnel would hand out everyone's morning meds. Well, everyone except for Klaus Hargreeves who seems to have an endless supply of energy. You don't know much about Klaus but you remembered seeing him on television a few years back when he was younger. You never really asked him about his past as he wasn't that much open to sharing it with just anybody. No judgement there, you thought. Everyone in here is trying to escape something out there.

"Top of the morning to ya, Y/N" Klaus said as he raised his hand, showing you the tattooed hand with Goodbye on it. He looked at it for a second and switched to the other that had Hello on it, giving you an apologetic laugh.

"Hi Klaus. Got a goodnight's sleep, I'm guessing?" You waved back at him as he found himself lining up behind you.

"Oh I had one of the best night's sleep in years," he said. "What happened to your cheeks?" He asked pointing at the bruised cheek you had.

"Oh" you placed a hand on your cheek to cover it up. "I had a little accident, I guess I move a lot in my sleep and fell hitting the corner of the bedside table last night." You say almost non-chalantly.

"Y/N, Y/N, Y/N, you oughta be more careful next time. Ben wouldn't be too happy to see you like this," He said.

"Ben?" You asked quizzically but Klaus' attention was no longer in the conversation, as you were called by the personnel to move forward and take your morning meds, which you did pretty much like the morning before that. After which, those who were finished with breakfast was escorted to the "Activities Room," wherein in-patients can choose from several activities to do throughout the day. There was a pool table, ping pong, several tables for playing card and board games. You found yourself in your usual corner wherein you either read a book or just mindlessly draw random things. You decided on drawing the nightmare you had last night. You weren't particularly honest to Klaus about your bruised cheek. You know for yourself you sleep like a log but last night, you had one of the worst nightmares and that made you act out on it, resulting in you falling off the bed.

You aimlessly draw random scribbles trying to remember your nightmare when Klaus joined you. He sat down without saying a word, picked a pen and paper, and started scribbling something on it. He was so serious that his brows furrowed. After he had finished scribbling, he handed it to you. It was a picture of a man with tentacles coming out of his stomach. It was a pretty decent drawing but you were confused as to why Klaus was giving you this.

"Are you high right now, Klaus? I know it's ironic but you have connections in here that can get you "stuff" so I'm asking again, let me in on it please," you plead to him.

"No, silly. I'm clean just like you. What do you think of this man?" He asked tapping on the piece of paper he just drew on. You looked at the drawing, the man in the picture was smiling despite having tentacles coming out his body. You couldn't quite understand the photo but you like that he was smiling.

"Ow," Klaus suddenly exclaimed.

"Are you okay?" You asked worriedly.

"Yeah, it's just that SOMEBODY," he said as he looked over to his left side while massaging his left shoulders with his right hand, "is being a little too impatient."

"Huh?"

"Never mind about that. So, what do you think? Would you be friends with someone like him?" He asked.

"I mean, yeah, sure. I don't understand the tentacles but I could imagine the type of conversations we'd be having," you said.

"Good! See, she likes you," Klaus said as he looked over to his left side again. It confused you, you were convinced Klaus is high so you ignored him as he walked towards a group learning how to do the tango. You returned to your drawing but started to get thirsty.

Guess you stood up a little too quickly because your foot caught on one of the legs of the table and you almost had a little mini heart attack as you expect to fall on your face when you felt something pull you upright. It was weird at first but you decided that maybe your balance was getting better. God knows you're not the most graceful person on earth.

As you walked towards the dispenser to get water, you looked for the stack of cups beside it and as you were reaching your hand, you accidentally toppled the pile of crackers beside them. It's a huge pile that's typically arranged neatly every morning by the staff - and there it is again. Some force that prevented it from toppling over completely. Only a few fell over and you picked it up and put it back to it's original condition to the best of your ability.

"Ah Ben, stop hanging around the food section and be my partner for this next dance," you hear Klaus called out to no one in particular. You know everyone here and you're sure as hell there's no one named Ben. You decided to walk back to your desk and continued to draw.

~

"Yoohoo, Benerino, stop hanging around Y/N all the time and teach me again how the first step goes?" Klaus asked Ben as he walked from the food section to where Klaus is trying to mimic the dance instructor.

"You're really bad at that," Ben said as he walk towards Klaus.

"Hey, watch it! Besides practice makes perfect," Klaus said as he started shaking is body to the rhythm.

Ben scoffs at Klaus before looking back to where you are sitting. He was surprised to see that you were looking over Klaus drawing of him, and you were smiling? He smiled at you before Klaus called out to Ben again to help him with his tango.

All 4 chapters are up!

tagging @mayempress @hiraeth-maximoff @keiladragon @ohmyitsfaith @raritysyarn​

#ben hargreeves #the umbrella academy #umbrella!ben #tua season 3 #tua #klaus hargreeves #ben hargreeves x you #ben hargreeves x reader #umbrella!ben x reader #umbrella!ben x you #justin h min #justin min #friends in high places

[detectivekirby]

Taking my gameplay to new heights...

#friends in high places #katfl #Kirby and the Forgotten Land #shinanigans #Look you can't even see me at the top of that finish sign! #Kirby compilation

[tenth-sentence]

The Mackenzies were friends of Lord Glenelg, the old Secretary of State for the Colonies.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

#book quote #killing for country #david marr #nonfiction #colin mackenzie #evan mackenzie #friends in high places #lord glenelg #charles grant #secretary of state

[wlwinry]

fig oath of devotion to the bad kids. can anyone hear me

#d20 #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #like come on people. smth that represents rebellion to her. german shepherd mode. her smite stems from a place of protectiveness #she's driven by the love of her friend kristen and the drive to protect all of them #what better represents rebellion than the fucking bad kids

[bacchuschucklefuck]

while teen while goblin while aroace while injured while doing your best

#fantasy high junior year #fhjy #riz gukgak #figueroth faeth #sklonda gukgak #dimension 20 #this. mmmmhhh this is so. I did Not know how to draw this really. #I am very normal about riz (<- lying) #it's a brennan-dm d20 campaign the bad guy is always capitalism (I am saying this with clenched teeth) #riz out of all of them being aroace fucks with me SO bad. bc its also established that elmsville specifically and probably the #majority of solace is not. made for goblins. and that becomes sklonda being worked to the bone and pok dying on the job #and riz spending all his time trying to keep his friends together. maybe to the point of it being injurous #like. do u get what I mean. its an economy of time it takes your time it eats up your time #not just the gukgaks but everyone you have to spend time to get to live and you don't have a lot of time left in a day #and you have to spend it carefully. you have to prioritize #you're somewhere without an established community and companionship is bought with your time spent working #this place doesn't take care of you. at the end of the day who do you have who'd prioritize you. do you understand me #the evolved aroace loathing where if your friends and family are granted more time nobody would have to choose. we live in a society #holds ur hand we live in a society. idk if Im making any sense #anyway . uhhh riz is my favourite that's my statement thank you for listening. au revoir

[godsg111rl]

my friend is booking us a weekend resorts stay in Cali and I’ve never been this hot to pack my bags and leave the state of Georgia. I deserve.

#friends in high places #i know nothing but whales #big fish energy #I’m the fish though #lmao

[fmab]

he lets him hit because he’s silly

#warhammer 40k #imotekh the stormlord #nemesor zahndrekh #dip art #something something being a tactical genius lands you seats in high places #literally. #as a friend described them: imotekh and his weird little pookie #obyron is. somewhere. hes happy zahndrekh is getting enrichment #might color imotekh differently in future art but thisll do for neow

[herebecritters]

Can you draw flippy x flaky please

You’re lucky I love them ❤️

#happy tree friends #htf #flippy x flaky #flippaky #gush n mush #htf flippy #htf flaky #no I am not open to requests #but I haven’t drawn em in a minute and I felt the itch #they still have a huge special place in my heart #but I’ve been on an oc and htf god lore high lately #it’s been shaping into a buck wild and awesome story hehe #if you fill my inbox with request I will more than likely ignore them #please don’t I beg of you all #I like good lore questions though hehehe #I’ll try to sprinkle in some canon character art more often up here though #I know that’s what people ACTUALLY care about #but I’m not stopping with these ocs any time soon hehehehehe

[rrat-king]

i was trying to figure out why the imagery of kristen leaning out the window holding onto gorgugs foot on top of the van was making me feel such a way but. ruby doing acrobatics on top of the carriage on sucrosi road. i forgot that when she went down in the first battle the only reason she didn’t fall off completely was because jet was holding onto her

#something about porter critiquing that gorgugs rages came from a place of protection but his friends protecting him too #intrepid hero’s let me be normal about you challenge #d20 #fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #kristen applebees #gorgug thistlespring #a crown of candy #acoc #jet rocks #ruby rocks

[sunnniie]

his t-boy swag intrigues me

#one piece #yamato #fanart #my art yo #is the sketch wonky. sure. but thats not my fault. #cant believe my friend spent all three years of high school trying to convince me to watch one piece. and i spent it calling him a loser. #and now one piece has transgender swagsters all over the place.

[may0tuna]

Part 2 Friends in High Places | Umbrella!Ben Hargreeves x Reader

Summary: Your life is falling apart so you thought why not throw yourself into the void completely. You got yourself mixed up in drugs and now you're finally in rehab. You are also very clumsy - you would get random cuts and bruises from the simplest things - but for some reason, ever since you met Klaus in rehab, there has been this invisible force protecting you from these random clumsy moments.

Part 1 is here. Part 2, reader gets into a brawl and obv Ben is there to help but this made the reader even more curious about this "unknown force" that reader decided to finally confront Klaus. Also, created a new character, not sure how I feel about it but it works? Part 3 will be Ben's POV on the fight.

You've been busy drawing this figure that had appeared in your dream last night when you hear the lunch bell rang. Everyone started to walk towards the dining hall which was in the room down the hallway. There were a mixture of reactions from the people, some were excited, some were hesitant, some full of energy like Klaus Hargreeves who was still trying to figure out the steps from the dance class he had just participated in, and some were just in an overall bad mood. Yes, you're talking about Big Martha, that's what most people call her.

Big Martha did not get along with anyone and is often found starting fights here and there. You have always been the person who avoided conflicts with other in-patients and it comes naturally to you because you typically match the energy of the people you meet. You can say that that was your only gift in this life is that you rarely have any enemies because of this one social skill. But you knew that you should avoid any kind of interaction with this person from the very start.

You slowly walked towards the dining hall and made your way quietly to the back of the line. You were about to grab a tray but instead of doing this (no thanks to your "perfect" body coordination), you ended up toppling the stacks of tray that was neatly arranged near the entrance. What's worst is that Big Martha had just come in, resulting in the trays hitting her shoulders.

To be honest, a couple of trays will not hurt anyone but, as mentioned, this person liked to start fights for whatever reason.

"Hey," as she walked towards you reaching out her arms to grab you by the collar. "You did that on purpose"

"No," you started to stammer. "Sorry, I..."

Then, things moved a little quickly because before you know it, you're on the floor, trying to pick yourself up back on your feet after Big Martha had pushed you with such force you tumbled back as if a bulldozer had hit you. You tried to stand back up as Big Martha moved in, and you prepare to defend yourself. Now, you know that you have never been in a fight ever, at least not a physical one, so you awkwardly balled your hands into a fist and placed them in front of you as you made your best attempt at a fighting stance.

She moved in and you closed your eyes, you find your arms moving to its own accord, about to swing and you pray to god that your first punch lands.

You swing with your eyes closed as you calculated the distance between you and this person who may be ending your life soon. And then, you missed! You had your eyes closed still but it felt like your fists did not hit anything but then, you hear a loud thump. You opened your eyes and see your opponent on the floor with a busted lip.

You hear people shouting and you see Klaus clapping his hands and cheering you on. The staff at the dining hall was scrambling to call security. You look back at your opponent and then, at you hands. Did you really just punched her? You swore your fists did not hit anything. But before you could contemplate how it was possible, your opponent was back on her feet and moving in again. You balled your fists up again and prepare to do the unthinkable when suddenly, your opponent just fell flat on her face. It was as if some unknown force had tripped her. You looked down on her as the others laughed at her. This made her even more angrier and your half-smile had completely turned into a frown when you see Big Martha had picked up one of the chairs and had lifted it above her head, ready to hit you with it. She was way taller than you and you knew you had no way to counter that attack but instead of running away, you stood there frozen from fear.

Just as she was about to swing, you felt a pair of hands grabbed you to the side. That was weird! No one was near you and you swore that this was not because your balance is improving. You hear Klaus' voice among the sea of screaming in-patients, "You go Ben!" Who the hell is Ben?

Lucky for you, just as your opponent was about to swing again, a group of guards had come in and had taken her away to a solitary room. After a couple of minutes, everyone went about their usual routines. Somebody had checked up on you and you had confirmed that you were not hurt in the little brawl that had just happened. You were thankful that you had no bruises or cuts whatsoever but you were also thankful for that unknown force, which by the way, you now know is named Ben.

It's too much of a coincidence, you thought to yourself. You knew you lived in a world where there are people with super powers, talking animals, and so on. The idea of an invisible force, living or dead, is not quite far from the realm of possibility. In just a span of a few minutes after your near-almost-death experience with Big Martha, you had become slightly obsessed with getting to the bottom of things.

As you grab your lunch tray, you just knew that the one person who can give you answers is Klaus Hargreeves. And so, you made your way to where he was sitting.

"Hey Klaus," you asked sitting down across from him.

"Y/N! That was a hell of a fight back there. Woohoo! Who knew you had that in you, huh?"

"Who's Ben?" You ignored Klaus' remarks and decided to jump right into it. You see Klaus looked to his side and back at you.

"Well? You keep mentioning him and this day had been so weird that I feel like some invisible force had been following me. I know I did not punch Big Martha earlier and I know that you were once part of the Umbrella Academy, that super hero crime-fighting group a few years back, so who's Ben? Is he someone from the academy? Maybe someone who's powers is invisibility?"

You had all of these questions in your mind that you realized you had not once let Klaus speak. Klaus did not attempt to interrupt you as well so you just sat there waiting for him to respond. He had looked again to his side as if he was thinking. No, as if he was looking at someone.

"Is..Ben here?" You asked quietly, not really sure what to expect now.

"Y/N, okay okay, I'll tell you about Ben but not now as I'm enjoying my perfectly, and I'm pretty sure well-cooked, beans" Klaus had said sarcastically as he played with the beans on his plate with his spoon.

"I'll introduce you to Ben tonight" This was the last thing Klaus had said before changing the topic to the weather.

You giggled at Klaus' idea of small talk so you gave in, and you and Klaus had talked about the weather all afternoon. But at the same time, you feel your heart race a little at the idea of meeting this mysterious Ben tonight.

Part 3, Ben's POV

I will probably write 1 or 2 more parts before ending this haha I'm kinda running out of ideas bc Umbrella Ben (as a ghost) makes the interaction kind of limited?

tagging @mayempress​ @hiraeth-maximoff​ @keiladragon​ @ohmyitsfaith​ @sparrowb3nscloset​ @cff3kat​ @ben-er-ino​ @harleyquinn3289​ @chariottie​​ @sanzusmile​​ 

#the umbrella academy #ben hargreeves x reader #ben hargreeves x you #umbrella academy #justin h min #tua season 3 #friends in high places #umbrella ben hargreeves #umbrella!ben x you #umbrella!ben x reader #umbrella!ben

[s-aint-elmo]

digging out my eah content part 4: the kittycorner (ba-dum-tss)

ID: a set of sketchy digital drawings featuring kitty cheshire. the first five make a short comic. one: kitty earnestly slow-blinks; her catlike eyes are bigger and shinier when she opens them. two: a bemused lizzie hearts playing with her deck of cards asks, “...huh?” three: embarrassed, kitty blurts, “nothing. bye.” and disappears. four: lizzie waves after her, still confused as she replies, “oh--bye???” five: maddie hatter pops up behind lizzie, blushing and delighted, exclaiming, “oh my, kitty!”  six: kitty lounges on a tree branch, smiling mischievously, one paw-like hand raised near her face as she says, “y’know, like nya” with a cat-shaped speech bubble. off-screen, indicated by a wolf-shaped speech bubble, cerise replies in all-caps: “stop.” seven: a grinning bust of kitty in a less cartoony style winks at the camera. end ID.

#ever after high #kitty cheshire #lizzie hearts #maddie hatter #cerise is here in spirit #doodles #mine #kitty made me watch eah in the first place i love her troublemaking ass #everyday i give my thanks to shannon hale for making it canon that kitty cares incredibly for her friends and shows it by picking on people #who are mean to them but is in such extreme denial over it that she'd sooner deal psychic damage to a narrator than admit it herself #i Will draw kitty being an active member of the cedar defense squad. this i swear to you

[chiropteracupola]

granby + iskierka + keynes

#em draws stuff #em is posting about temeraire #temeraire #iskierka #john granby #doctor keynes #<- I do not know if keynes ever gets a first name so This Shall Do for tagging purposes for the present moment #speaking of which. my logic here is that granby is always getting whopped upside the head and stabbed and shot and dropped from high places #and therefore I think he should maybe cultivate his relationship with his crew's surgeon. because he is going to Need to. #keynes now. My Friend Keynes. I reallyreally would like to know More About Him and how exactly someone ends up as an aerial corps SURGEON #what is UP with this man I would like to KNOW about him #I would like to write fic even maybe. Hello Sir. Your Backstory? #designwise he ended up looking like patrick gallagher who you may be aware of for his role as awkward davies masterandcommander #which was not entirely intentional but I did end up leaning into it as I went on with the drawing. #he looks a lot like many people's version of tharkay here... I should make an effort for distinguishing them by drawing More Tharkays. #either way. keynes and gong su my favorite tem characters I don't really see anyone drawing. my underappreciated blorbos... #(this is maybe because I'm only on book 3 but) keynes is certainly on page a deal more than certain fellows I could name #anyWay. we are slowly creeping up to drawing BigLarge Iskierka but not all the way there yet. Stay Tuned.

[andredsen]

abbey...her doll looks so good

#confession i did 30% of this while playing ovw with friends and waiting in queue... #monster high g3 #monster high #someday i will have my own place + disposable income & then. doll time #abbey bominable #fanart #my art

[sorllyne]

saw a post by @/cariocake saying smth along the lines of "i hope Bucky's adventuring party is patient with him"

and like!! fuckin please,,,

i hope Bucky's party sees him for the kid he really is

devout (ish?) follower of Helio, yes. crossing a line with the whole "conversion" talk, definitely.

but up to his neck in a religion cult that prioritizes lofty ideals over the individual, religious trauma he's yet to unpack, and experiencing a community completely different from the one he grew up with for the very first time (and supposedly "straying" according to one buddy dawn)

I hope they can see Bucky as the Bad Kids saw Kristen in freshman year. Fucked up, annoying, but with a good heart. And I hope that his party members help him overcome the parts of his childhood that he may discover he doesn't like. You can't pick your family, but you can pick your friends.

#fhjy #fantasy high #bucky applebees #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 fantasy high spoilers #fhjy spoilers #d20 fhjy spoilers #fantasy high spoilers #i hope he doesnt have one single human friend #the religious trauma is STRONG in this one #ALSO #i couldnt figure out a way to tie this into what i was saying BUT #Bucky having to experience his parents how Kristen experienced them #without her there as a sheild #he Knows why kristen had to leave and he doesnt blame or judge her for it #but now that shes gone and he's in her place he could be starting to come to the same revelations Kristen had in freshman year #also been seeing a lot of hcs for trans bucky and im here for it

[melancholy--lion]

If you saw this on the Dropout Discord, no you didn't. But I have to talk about the family dynamics and relationships in this last episode of Fantasy High because I can't stop thinking about it.

Okay but seriously, the conversation with Sklonda and the one with Aelwyn have me feeling all sorts of ways thanks to my weird mix of developmental trauma. They hit SO HARD

I can't stop thinking about how Aelwyn felt like she had to move out not because anyone did anything wrong at Mordrid Manor, but because they were too kind and nice to her. Like there's this incredibly confusing and impossible to articulate combination of despair, confusion, disgust, jealousy, and shame that comes from being in a place that loves and accepts you for you after being in a place that didn't for so long. And how even if you know logically that the place is safe and you are loved, your body just doesn't believe it and you're constantly on edge and overwhelmed. It's painfully relatable as someone with that experience. I've never seen someone else relate or put those feelings into words before but I feel so seen.

Sklonda just caring so deeply about her son and being so worried and also so frustrated with her son's friends is just heartbreaking. And her not liking that they call him Ball is just icing on the cake. Because in reality, it's not a very kind nickname, seeing as it comes from Riz being bullied. And even though Riz has reclaimed it, the scars are still healing for Sklonda and that's deep too. That hit real hard too!

OH and don't even get me started on Fabian being neglected. His mom called FIG AND NOT HIM?! OH MY GOD IT HURTS! The role play this season hurts SO GOOD!!

#all I'm saying is thank god I have therapy tomorrow #very grateful to my friends and also to be in a happier and healthier place now than I ever was with my family in my life #but it's still so hard to truly accept love and I'm so grateful for Adaine and Aelwyn for having a story that I can see myself in #Even though my mom and I are no contact I still think about her sometimes #Like she sucks but she did advocate hard for me when I was being bullied in school and I'm grateful for that #dimension 20 #d20 #d20 fantasy high #Fantasy high junior year #fhjy #d20 fhjy #dimension 20 fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fhjy ep 10 #fhjy 10 #adaine abernant #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #aelwyn abernant #sklonda gukgak #brian murphy #lou wilson #siobhan thompson