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goddesstiera · 2 years

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This isn’t a goodbye

Part 5 complete in my Captain/Grimm series for The Outer Worlds. Also here on Ao3

Nova shivered as she stepped out of the Unreliable and into the cool night air of Stellar Bay.

The sound of the lift drew her attention and as it reached the top, she was greeted with the smiling face of her boyfriend, Grimm.

Before she could take two steps toward him, he rushed over to her and scooped her up in his arms, swinging her around as she squealed.

“I wasn’t expecting you today,” he said as he set her down gently. “Not that I’m complaining.”

“I was in the neighborhood.”

It was mostly the truth as Monarch was close to their actual destination. “You still on shift?”

“Your timing is great. Just got finished. I was about to head back to change out of my armor when I saw you land. Give me time to change and we can go get a drink or something.”

She shook her head. “Not really feeling like a crowd tonight.”

He just nodded. He could tell something was wrong but as always, he knew he needed to be patient and let her tell him when she was ready. “No problem. I’ll go change and meet you back here.” He kissed her forehead and headed back down on the lift.

While she waited she wandered over to the railing and sat down with her legs dangling off the edge. She watched the people down the street at the Yacht Club for a bit before her attention moved to watching the swirls of Olympus. She had been dropped into the middle of someone else's bullshit from the moment she had been awoken and she sometimes forgot how amazing the things around her were. She’d never seen a planet so close in the sky like that before outside of old science fiction movies.

She let her awareness slip away as she watched the swirls spin and dance, the sounds of Stellar Bay fading away and becoming nothing but white noise in the background.

She wasn’t sure how much time had passed when the sound of the lift brought her back to reality, along with the sound of footsteps approaching. Grimm didn’t say anything at first, simply sitting down next to her, content to just be in her company until she was ready to talk.

She reached over and took his hand into hers and leaned her head against his shoulder. There was so much to say but she didn’t even know where to begin. She wanted to tell him everything. How scared she was of going to Tarturus, of failing, of dying, of this being the last time she ever saw him. Scared of losing the happiness she had found here with him and her crew, her family. Of how crushing the weight of everything that depended on them succeeding was and how she hated that so much rested on her shoulders. She wanted to tell him how she felt about him.

“Grimm, I..”

No, not like this. If she said it now it would feel too much like goodbye. She refused to believe this was going to be goodbye. She would tell him when this was all over. When she was free of her burden and could finally live her life for herself.

She wasn’t aware she had started crying until he reached over and wiped a tear away. She finally turned to look at him and the dam burst, her tears falling in abundance as he pulled her close and wrapped his arms tight around her.

He held her silently as she cried, waiting until her tears had turned to sniffles to speak.

“It’s beautiful isn’t it?”

Nova, clearly confused, turned up to look at him. “What?”

“Olympus. It’s beautiful. Did you know Monarch was actually Olympus’s moon?”

“Really? Earth’s moon isn’t habitable. Nowhere near as close to Earth either.”

Grim smiled and kissed the top of her head, happy his distraction seemed to have the desired effect.

He was doubly happy that even though she seemed to be calming down, she had made no effort to remove herself from his embrace, instead adjusting her position to rest her head in the middle of his chest, breathing in his scent with slow deep breaths, as she let the steady beat of his heart reassure her.

She’d spent so much of her life being self-sufficient that she was still getting used to having someone who could be strong for her when she needed to fall apart. It was nice.

When she finally felt steady and in control of herself, she took a deep breath and said the words she had been dreading.

“We're going to Tartarus tomorrow.”

She probably shouldn't have been so blunt but it was sometimes better to just rip the bandaid off.

His arms wrapped tighter around her but he didn’t respond. What could he have said, don’t go? He knew he couldn’t stop her, not that he would ever try to control what she did, but he couldn't stop the fear that seized his heart at her words. They both knew the odds of success and bringing it up would accomplish nothing.

It was a yawn that finally broke the tension as the exhaustion of the last few days finally caught up with Nova and they both realized how late it had gotten.

“You need to get some sleep.”

“I don’t want to leave yet.”

“I don’t want you to leave but you need sleep.”

“I know.”

He stood up and offered her a hand, helping her to her feet.

Despite the Unreliable being right next to them, they walked so slow it might as well have been on the other side of the settlement for how long it took them to stand in front of the doors, both desperate to delay the inevitable.

Nova stood awkwardly, staring at her feet, trying hard to figure out how to say goodbye when Grim lifted her chin with a hooked finger and kissed her. It was hard and desperate as they both tried to say everything that remained unspoken without words. They kissed until they couldn’t breath, both struggling to catch their breath as they clung to each other.

She closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against his before speaking.

“I will see you again.”

“I know you will. I love you.”

Nova kissed him again, telling him the things she hadn’t been able to tell him with words yet, then abruptly turned and headed inside before the tears began again.

Grim stood there for a moment, hesitant to leave, but eventually he nodded his head as though coming to a decision and headed back to the city. He needed to talk to Mr. Sanjar.

#the outer worlds #grimm/nova #captain nova #grimm #my writing

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mrrwsoup · 2 months

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a bit of an intro post for my ocs, been meaning to do one for awhile

Most of them are all interconnected in some way and involved either directly or indirectly with two different fronts for organized crime (circus which is run by my ocs, and importing company which is run by my bf's) but there's a few that are outliers and belong to different time/setting.

i also have more ocs lol but these are the ones that are most involved with my bf and I's headworld. There's more i could say about each of them but since theres so many i'll keep it short LOL.

Heres my toyhouse for more.

And the intro post i did for my bfs ocs.

Dirge

graverobber. non-employed misanthrope, prefers the company of the dead.

involved with Mamba

Micajah

chainsmoking magician and animal handler, with a lot on his hands.

involved with Jackson

Rueben

trickshooting necrosadist who's charming in front of an audience, and insufferable one-on-one.

involved with Elias

Kryl

circus ringmistress. takes discipline seriously. likes cards, roses, big fur coats, and weather that allows for them.

involved with Westley

Jules

acrodancer. flexible in multiple regards. always on the lookout for a good time, especially one he can sink his claws into.

involved with Ruckus

Nova

trad goth knife thrower's assistant, getting blades thrown at him in the ring while secretly inclined to wield them outside of it.

involved with Zero

Trinity

dirty crook, and mama's boy. bashing skulls in the alley but still escorting his mom to church on sunday.

involved with Morrigan

Midas

gunrunner. disfigured from a malfunction in an altered firearm. recreationally lovesick.

involved with Rowdy

Meyer

up and coming trick rider

involved with Blythe

Feliks

circus manager. working hard behind the scenes chugging coffee and pulling out feathers over paperwork. just wants peace and order (rarely obtained).

Jaime

former competitive martial artist, hired as "security" at the circus but acts more as general assistant. patron of dive bars.

Rama

circus promoter. incessant gambler, not above leaning the odds in his favour by any means.

involved with Saul

Saul

runs a sideshow oddity cart. once involved with black market sales but is completely law abiding now, for sure. absolutely…

involved with Rama

Wolf

back-alley doctor. dwelling within his family's dilapidated estate, tirelessly working to procure the bride of his dreams.

involved with Doll

Seth

swagless aspiring hacker. tfw no gf

involved with Ryker

Grimm

sullen black dog cemetery groundskeeper

involved with Cadence

Sinclair

identity document forger for hire, family shame. evading penalization thanks to his lawyer older brother

Silas

a higher demon, posted to the mortal world and hellbent on sowing seeds of corruption.

alternatively in modern au, struggling black metal artist and occultist, performing rituals to capture an angel and bring himself fortune

involved with Valentine

Cyril

victorian player, flexing his position as he moves up the ranks of society.

involved with Julian

Kaan

under the influence of an inherent instinct to put wolves in their place.

involved with Hutch

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extraordinary-heroes · 8 months

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Original Sin #1-8 (Cover art by Julian Totino Tedesco)

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marvelousmrm · 4 months

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Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3 (Wolfman/Buscema, Sept 1978). Ben begrudgingly lends Nova a hand repelling an alien invasion.

#marvel #marvel 616 #marvel two in one #ben grimm #the thing #richard rider #nova #marv wolfman #sal buscema

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vertigoartgore · 13 hours

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1989's Fantastic Four - The Trial of Galactus tpb cover by John Byrne.

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comicwaren · 2 years

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From She-Hulk Vol. 4 #004

Art by Luca Maresca and Rico Renzi

Written by Rainbow Rowell

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misscrazyfangirl321 · 7 months

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So many TV shows to watch and rewatch, so little time.

#i speak #fandom life #totally spies. the lost world. felicity. that show with lots of numbers in the title. when hope calls. etc.#and grimm. haven. sanctuary. timelesss. smallville. terra nova. lois and clark. etc etc

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outlying-hyppocrate · 7 months

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@a-star-is-here BAZ PITCH IS LITERALLY ME

#random thoughts #carry on #baz pitch #tyrannus basilton grimm pitch #crispincore #me if i were british. and magickal. and a vampire #FUCKING GAYASS . I LOVE LOVE LOVE HIM #nova. i remember you said something about him so. i started reading carry on !! it absolutely fucks #i love it . (:

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maraschinotopped · 22 days

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happy easter. im not christian or anything but i did some egg decorating for it with family and the fact that ive been thinking about naq recently caused the two ideas to collide. have a little scene doodle about n&q + celeste doing egg decorating. nova and starstraw are there in spirit (couldnt fit them in)

bonus doodle

#nebula and quasar #[cherry on top]#egg decorating is fun....#also its still the 31st where i am so this Still Counts as being on time!!#anyways. im not actually sure if the naq universe has an easter #but if they did i feel like nebula would want to host an egg hunt for citizens and get the rest to help her make eggs to hide #quasar would try to be all high and mighty thinking hes too cool to do something like that #(he'd give in and then be the most into the decorating)#celeste would just be happy to do something with quasar lol #nova and starstraw would probably be organizing the hunt itself with nebula #and i think stonecold would not want to make any eggs at first but would eventually be peer pressured (by n&q) into making one (1) egg.#thinking about normal situations for these guys is fun :)#idk. maybe its because i know they're eventually gonna face the Horrors (both in universe (mayor grimm/zeno encounters)#and out of universe(?) (white room/recalled demos))#so im just giving them nice things now. wrapping them in blankets and giving them chocolate and letting them hang out as friends :)

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hyperion-nova · 1 year

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🔥 Troupe Master Archon 🔥

Part of a Halloween secret skeleton exchange for StatisWeiss on Twitter, dressed up as Grimm from Hollow Knight!

#halloween #hollow knight #gift art #Other people's OCs #hollow knight grimm #grimm #nightmare king grimm #nova arts

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justdealingwithsomeissues · 1 year

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A very 90s cover with big ol guns.. but I still dig it...

#Marvel #New Warriors #Richard Rider ~ Nova #Ben Grimm ~ Thing

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goddesstiera · 2 years

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Nightmares

Realized I never posted part 4 of my The Outer Worlds fic here. On AO3 here.

"Hey Boss, I was wondering if I could..AH! I'm sorry." Felix, ignoring the fact that the doors to Nova's quarters were closed, barged in and had the unfortunate luck of finding Nova in a semi-undressed state, perched upon her desk with Grimm between her legs. Grimm was, much to Felix's relief, still dressed.

"Dammit Felix! My door was closed! That means knock!" screamed Nova as she tugged her shirt back down.

"I'm sorry! Trust me, that is not an image I wanted in my head."

"OUT, FELIX!"

Felix fled her room like a primal chased him.

"That is the third time we have been interrupted while trying to spend time alone. We never get to see each other so is it so wrong to want ONE HOUR of privacy! AHHHHHHHHH!"

Grimm watched her pace around the room ranting. He knew she would be fine, he had gotten good at telling the difference between when she was really upset and when she just needed to rage a little first. She wasn't wrong though. He was starting to think they were cursed. Every time their schedules allowed them some time together recently, something had ruined it.

The biggest hurdle was that neither of them lived alone. He stayed in the MSI barracks and her crew was always there on her ship. They needed a place where they could be truly alone. He smiled to himself as a plan began to form.

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“Are you planning on telling me where we are going?”

“Nope.”

Nova was currently riding piggyback as Grimm carried her through Stellar Bay. He wanted to keep the surprise and walking blindfolded sounded like an accident waiting to happen so piggyback ride it was.

“Are we almost there?”

“Yes. We are here in fact.”

“Can I take off the blindfold yet?”

“Not yet.”

He carried her up a flight of stairs and down a corridor before stopping and putting her down. She heard him unlock the door and he took her hands, leading her into the room and closing the door behind them.

He walked up behind her and untied the rag covering her eyes. She gasped as she took in the room around her, her hands flying to her mouth. The hotel room wasn’t huge but it was perfect.

“Grimm, this is wonderful!”

Music was playing softly from a radio in the corner and the only light in the room came from the few candles spread around, illuminating a picnic spread out on the floor, and a blanket hanging from the ceiling for some reason.

“I wanted to do something special for you since we see each other so rarely and you’ve been so stressed lately and-”

He was abruptly interrupted as she launched herself into his arms and kissed him.

“Thank you.”

He smiled and leaned in to kiss her again just as her stomach let out a loud rumble causing them to both bust out giggling.

“Come on, I have another surprise.”

He led her over to the picnic and when they were both comfortable he told her to look up. He had surprised her with the room but this, this took her breath away. Hand painted on the blanket above them were the stars, HER stars. The constellations from Earth.

“How did you do this?”

“Tracked down an old book that had some star charts on it. One blanket and a little paint later and boom, stars.”

Tears welled up in her eyes and she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him until she took his breath away too.

“This is the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for me.”

She leaned in to kiss him again but another rumble of protest reminded her there was food, causing them to giggle like children again.

“Food first?” he asked.

“Food first.”

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“I’m stuffed,” she declared as she finished off the last bite. She let herself fall backwards to the ground, staring up at the blanket of stars. He also fell back, joining her in her stargazing.

She pointed to one of the constellations. “That one is Orion. It was one of the first I was able to recognize. I had asked for a book on stars for my birthday. It was worn, clearly second hand, but I cherished it.” She reached over and took his hand, weaving their fingers together. “Thank you.”

“You haven’t talked about your life on Earth since that night I found you crying. Does talking about it make you sad?”

“Sometimes.”

“Tell me a happy memory. What’s something you would do for fun?”

She smiled and her eyes took the far off look she wore whenever she thought about home. “Roller coasters.”

“What’s a roller coaster?”

“The best. It’s like this road but it is a big connected loop and you are strapped in a box and it goes so fast that it’s like you're flying, racing up and down hills and your stomach does little flips and it is the most amazing feeling in the world.”

He watched her as she explained, in awe of how she lit up, her other arm raising up to mimic the motions she was describing and he wished he could experience it with her.

"That sounds terrifying."

She laughed. "That's part of the fun. A touch of defying death makes you feel alive."

The song on the radio faded out and immediately into the next.

"Oh! I love this song."

"In that case...." He stood up and held out his hand to her. "May I have this dance?" She smiled softly and took it, letting him pull her to her feet. One arm snaking around her waist, the other taking her hand.

She wrapped her free arm around his neck, gently grazing the base of his head with her nails. He sighed softly, closing his eye and leaning his head back slightly into her touch. He really liked when she did that.

She laid her head on his shoulder as they swayed with the music gently, letting the outside world fade away, lost in each other.

When she lifted her head again as the last notes of the song faded away, Grimm leaned down and met her lips with his. She didn’t think she would ever get used to the way everything tingled when he kissed her. Her hand slid from around his neck to his torso, sliding underneath his shirt and gently brushing her fingers against his bare skin.

When they finally broke apart, he pressed his forehead to hers. "I love you Nova."

She froze. She pulled back slightly, just enough to look him in the eye and she was overcome by the intensity of the love she saw there. No one had ever looked at her like that before, no one had ever told her they loved her before, other than her parents. Not sincerely anyway. She didn’t know what to say.

“Grimm, I..,” she started, but she couldn't finish. It wasn’t that she didn’t feel it, she just couldn’t bring herself to say it yet. Bad things had happened after she had said it and even if she trusted Grimm completely, she just couldn’t shake the fear.

She started to try again but he dropped the hand he was holding and pressed his finger against her lips.

“Say it when you’re ready. I can wait.”

She never failed to be amazed at just how well he could read and understand her without her ever having to say a word.

She grabbed his shirt with both hands and pulled him close again, kissing him hard, and feeling him smile against her lips just before he scooped her up and carried her to the bed.

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She woke up screaming, shooting straight up in bed, arms swinging at invisible monsters. The violence of her awakening startled Grimm, who shot up looking for the threat.

It took him a moment to realize what was happening, but he finally saw her sitting up in bed shaking, tears streaming down her face as she hyperventilated, he sprung into action immediately, scooping her up in his arms and holding her tight.

“Shhhhh. I’m here baby. You’re safe. Focus on my voice ok? I want you to breathe with me. Inhale. Exhale.”

It took her a few tries but she was finally able to match his breathing. She put her palm against his bare chest, focusing on the feel of his heart beating beneath her hand and after several minutes the worst of the panic had faded. He kept his arms tight around her, knowing not to let her go until she asked.

“You want to talk about it?”

She remained silent for the longest time and he had almost decided that she wasn’t going to tell him about her nightmare when she finally whispered something so faint he missed it.

“I can’t hear you.”

“You died.”

He tightened his arms and waited for her to continue.

“It was the manitqueen. Everything happened the same until I went down. I wasn’t knocked out. I watched you run at us but this time it, and you…..” She couldn’t bring herself to describe what she’d been forced to witness. “Then it went after Nyoka. I watched you both die and then it came to finish me off.”

He could feel her shake as she started to cry and he kissed the top of her head.

“I’m sorry.”

He looked down at her in confusion. “For what?”

“Ruining our night.”

“Our night isn’t ruined. You just had a nightmare. It happens.”

“I wish they would stop happening.”

“You’ve had them before?”

“Ever since the attack. Not every night or at least I don’t remember them every night.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I didn’t want to worry you.”

“I’m always gonna worry. I worry every second we aren’t together. You can’t keep me from worrying about you. It’s what you do when you love someone.”

She snuggled deeper into his embrace as his words sent a wave of warmth over her. “Sometimes I don’t feel like I deserve you.”

“And I feel like the luckiest guy in the galaxy,” he replied, nuzzing his face into her hair.

She yawned and he checked the clock. Still several hours before the sun rose. “Ready to go back to sleep?”

She shook her head. “No, but I know I need to.”

He lay back and shifted their position so she was snuggled against him, her head resting on his shoulder as she traced her fingers along the lines of his chest.

“I’m afraid to go back to sleep.”

“I’ve never told you about losing my eye, have I?”

She turned her head up to look at him, confused at the sudden subject change.

“No. I’m curious but I didn’t want to pry.” She was more than curious but she had decided to let him tell her when he was ready.

“When I was growing up, I had dreams of becoming a tossball player. I practiced every chance I got.”

“Were you any good?”

“I like to think I was. Playing against my friends was one thing, but who knows how I would have done against professionals. One afternoon when I was seventeen, me and a few others were goofing around when another group asked us if we wanted to play a game. Of course we said yes and things were fine but they had this one guy that was being super competitive. We asked him to chill, that it was just a friendly game and we didn’t want anyone to get hurt like in a real game but he still played like he was out for blood. He was furious we were winning and long story short, he “accidently” launched the ball into my face. I’ll spare you the aftermath but that was that for my eye.”

She leaned up, her fear forgotten as a deep raging anger replaced it. “Are you serious? You lost your eye because some jackass was a sore loser? Please tell me he got what was coming to him?”

He shook his head. “They bolted immediately in the chaos after. Never saw any of them again so I don’t know what happened to him.”

“So he just gets away with it! NO! That’s not fair.”

“What is? But I had a reason for bringing it up.”

She raised her eyebrow at him in question and waited for him to elaborate.

“For weeks afterward, I would have nightmares about tossballs. One had a 50 foot one rolling towards me and no matter how fast I ran, it was always behind me, they were awful. I barely slept, waking up in a cold sweat, my heart racing in my chest. I couldn't even listen to the games.”

“How did you make them stop?”

“Time mostly. Once I had come to terms with everything, like my tossball career being over before it began, they happened less and less frequently and eventually stopped. I can’t make them stop for you, but I can be here to remind you that you're safe with me and that I’m ok, that you are ok, and nothing is gonna hurt you on my watch again.”

Neither of them could really promise the other wouldn’t be hurt, there was too much danger in their daily lives for that but she let him have it. She understood exactly how he felt. She leaned down and kissed him, their lips moving together slowly. “Thank you,” she said, when she finally pulled away.

He just smiled at her and patted his shoulder. She lay back down and cuddled as close to him as she could. He wrapped one arm around her waist and linked the fingers of the other with hers on his chest.

When she finally drifted off again, she dreamed of earth, and riding roller coasters with Grimm by her side.

#my writing #grimm/nova #grimm #captain nova #the outer worlds

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