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moved-to-void-kissed · 3 years

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Secrets in the Springs

Document link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WDYCocrod_P7bcyH9DIaacjpIXv9I8r-UEkdmWANdxw/edit?usp=sharing

Sapphire, Pyra, Mythra, Nia and Poppi spend an evening relaxing together in Mor Ardain’s famous hot springs, where a couple of secrets begin to reveal themselves. In the process, Pyra makes an important decision. (1650 words) Replaces the XC2 cutscene “Secret in the Springs” from the start of Chapter 4. Content warning for some description of an old significant physical injury.

This is a piece I originally posted to my old blog, but I’ve updated it slightly to reflect some changes to the storyline and figured it would be good to post again! Don’t worry, it’s mostly much happier than the previous writing I posted here - especially once you get to the end, hehe~

Reblogs are appreciated, but by no means required! Comments should be on, and there’s also a transcript of the document under the readmore!

The sandstorms from earlier in the day had thankfully settled down - the evening was still very warm, but a soft wind drifting through Alba Cavanich made the heat much more pleasant. Behind the inn that rested on Smùide Mountain, the group had taken the opportunity to relax in the local hot springs - Rex and Tora had gone earlier in the evening and appeared much more refreshed for the experience, but now it was the ladies’ bathing slot, and all of them were eager to spend the evening enjoying a relaxing bath together.

Sapphire in particular was not used to the arid conditions on Mor Ardain’s Titan, given that her homeland within Uraya was a much more subdued and watery kingdom, so she also relished the opportunity to try out the hot springs. By the time she had gotten ready, Poppi was already happily playing about in the springs, while Nia had her back to the entrance and only her head was above the water. Finally, Sapphire tentatively poked her head around the corner of the changing room, so that it was all that could be seen from within the baths themselves.

“It’s just us here, right?”

“Yeah, don’t worry!” Nia turned her head to smile, though Sapphire did think she looked somewhat nervous. “The inn seemed pretty much empty when we first got here, so I don’t reckon anyone else’ll be coming in.”

Poppi nodded in agreement. “Probability of interruption from other people very small. Therefore, is perfect time for all to enjoy springs together. The water very nice temperature, even for Poppi!”

“Hang on.. Should you even be in the bath?” Nia had turned back to face the mechanical girl, and was now looking at her with a tilted head to show confusion. “Won’t you rust or something?”

In response, Poppi shook her head and kept smiling, eyes bright as ever. “There no problem. Poppi made from special alloy. No rust or need for oil!” The faint orange glow of her leg joints was visible even through the water, showing that she was kicking them back and forth in her usual manner.

Sapphire smiled at this, only to then jump when she realised Pyra was standing right behind her. Except it wasn’t Pyra - where she expected to see kind red eyes instead lay cold golden ones, and the familiar short bob of red hair was replaced by flowing blonde strands.

“Wh- Mythra?!”

“Yeah?” She looked unamused.

“Sorry, mate, you really startled me there!”

Wanting to give Mythra some space, Sapphire stepped out from behind the entrance to the changing room into the proper springs area, prompting Poppi to look surprised and Nia to turn around because of that. Although she still had a towel around her body, the other girls could now all see several swathes of what looked like very old grazes on Sapphire’s arms and the backs of her legs. They seemed to have healed, yet still appeared somewhat serious.

“Wait, what happened to you?!” Mythra was first to speak up, sounding more worried than she ever really had. Her usual short temper still shone through, however - she seemed almost annoyed for not noticing the injuries beforehand.

“Oh, these?” Sapphire raised her arms halfheartedly, looking somewhat embarrassed. “Don’t worry. These are just left over from.. how I got to Uraya. Don’t worry, most of it’s all healed up by now. So nothing’s going to mess up the water or anything, I promise.”

There was a silence.

“..I guess I never told you guys about that, huh.”

“No, you didn’t. Not that I was awake for, anyway.” said Mythra.

“You don’t ‘ave to tell us if you don’t want to, though.” Nia added. “Only share what you’re comfortable with.”

Sapphire nodded. “Thanks, Nia. Um.. this isn’t exactly the place to go all in-depth about that kind of thing, so, ah.. I’ll just say that, from what I know, my parents and I were on a ship crossing the Cloud Sea when it capsized and got washed into Uraya’s Titan. A bit like you guys did, I guess, though there was.. a lot more of an impact. Honestly, I don’t even know how I managed to stick around long enough for Dad and his mercs to find me on one of their checkups.”

“Oh.. Are you sure you’re okay? That must have been hard..” continued Mythra, still looking worried. There was a flash of glowing energy, and suddenly Pyra was stood in her place, looking even more concerned.

“I’m so sorry for what happened to you, Sapphire! Nobody should have to go through such a horrible thing..”

“Pyra, please, I’m fine! It’s okay!” Sapphire said, a little too suddenly - quickly realising her mistake, she hastily tried to recover: “I- I really appreciate that you care so much, but, I promise I’m fine. Come on, let’s just enjoy the springs together.”

As she turned around to put her towel on the rocks behind her before lowering herself into the blissfully warm water, the true extent of Sapphire’s injuries became clearer - the old grazes were nothing in comparison to the massive streak of half-healed scar tissue covering most of her back and shoulders. Parts of it seemed to somehow reflect the low light from the torches and the glow of Poppi and Pyra’s Core Crystals, as if there were tiny specks of something shiny in there.

Nia’s worried expression had returned. “Saph, that really doesn’t look good.. You sure you’re alright?”

“Yes!” She still seemed slightly on-edge, but being in the water was clearly very relaxing for her. “I already said, it doesn’t really hurt. I’ve had all this for as long as I can remember; it’s just how I am. Trust me, it was a lot worse when I was little.”

“Poppi worried about Sapphire..” said Poppi, sounding sad. The stillness of the water and the glowing lights visible under its surface showed that she wasn’t playing about anymore.

“Aww, it’s okay, Poppi!” Sapphire turned and smiled at her again. “I’m fine, honestly!”

Pyra still wasn’t convinced. “You’d tell us if you weren’t, though, right..?” She crouched down at the side of the water and reached over to take Sapphire’s hand in her own.

“Of course I would, silly. Come on in, the water is amazing..”

This made Pyra feel more at ease, and she happily took the chance to sit next to Sapphire, who in turn was all the more grateful to be able to enjoy Pyra’s natural warmth in close proximity. Another silence then settled, though this one was much more natural, and the girls were able to take the time to properly enjoy the heat of the water and relax in the hot springs.

Eventually, never the quiet one, Poppi had something to say.

“Poppi has question for Nia.”

“Huh?”

“Why does Nia have-?” The artificial Blade’s inquisitive tone was quickly interrupted by none other than Nia herself, who at this point was almost entirely submerged in the water.

“Oh, I know what you’re gonna say, I think. Don’t- don’t worry about it.”

At this point, Mythra returned, automatically shifting away from Sapphire as she turned to face Nia herself. “I had noticed, too. It’s true, then, that you’re..?” She trailed off, not knowing how to properly word her own question.

“Mmm.. yeah.”

Mythra nodded. “Do you want us to keep it a secret?”

“I was.. a little bit embarrassed about all this, but.. Yeah, if you could, that’d be grand. Not like I could hide it here when it’s this dark, anyway. As long as you guys are all okay with me being here, then-”

“Of course, mate!” “Poppi is fine!” “Why wouldn’t we?”

The chorus of reassuring voices brought her an incredible comfort.

“Thanks, guys.”

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Later that evening, once everyone had retired to their rooms for the night, Mythra noticed within herself that Pyra seemed nervous.

“Something wrong?”

“What? No! I mean.. We share memories, so you’d know if something was wrong, surely?”

“I guess that’s true. But, you seemed like you were coming to a decision of some kind. And I mean, I don’t really wanna pry if I don’t have to.”

“Haha, thank you for that.. And, you’re right about the decision. So, um, Mythra - what do you think about Sapphire?”

“Uh.. she seems pretty nice? But she isn’t someone you want to make angry, given how mad she was at Malos and Akhos. I wasn’t awake yet for all that time you two spent journeying through Uraya, so this was kind of the first time I’ve gotten to interact with her properly. I can’t say I was expecting you to get into a relationship, but.. You two make a good fit for each other, even if she is a little more energetic than you tend to be.”

“You really think so?”

“Wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t.”

“Ah, I suppose you’re right.. Sorry!”

“Why’d you ask that, anyway?”

“Well, it’s just, um.. It was so great for me to know that she’d be able to come with us after we left Uraya. I know she’s probably still worried about Vandham, but.. if his injuries have really been patched up as well as they seemed to, then he should recover without too much of a problem, right?”

“Yeah, Nia said Dromarch was able to get him stable once I took Obrona out and the ether came back.”

“Right, that was it. And, um.. Since we’ve been here in Mor Ardain, I’ve been thinking about something, and.. after that time we all spent together tonight, and being around her like that, I think I’ve figured it out. Sapphire is the person I really want to be with, for the rest of my life. ..However much longer that even ends up being.

I have no idea how I’m going to go about it, but..

I think I’m going to ask her to marry me.”

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whatthepuck20 · 6 years

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Good Coffee. Awkward Conversation.

Who: Noah Puckerman and Abel Hayward When: August 27th noonish Where: Lima Bean, Lima Ohio What: Puck runs into Abel in Lima and they finally meet.

To say Puck was tired would be an understand. He already had issues sleeping due to some shit he saw overseas, but with Saph in town, it was fair to say sleep was the last thing on his mind. The recruitment office was usually slow around lunch time, so Puck decided to dip out and run to the Lima Bean for needed caffeine. His uniform brought about the usual stares, but he was used to it by now. Puck ordered a large coffee, black and stepped to the side to wait for it to be made. He accidentally bumped into the man next to him and muttered an apology before looking up. The man looked familiar, but he couldn’t place an exact name to the face. “Do I know you?”

Abel was thankful for his mom when she told him that she would watch Issy while he slept. Though, he couldnt sleep any longer and didnt want to grab something to drink at home. So he got dressed, grabbed his skateboard and headed to the Lima Bean. He was scrolling through the tag photos he was in when he felt someone bumped into him. He looked up and noticed that the other guy looked familiar. “Maybe? Lima is a small town and everyone knows everyone, right? Or has that changed in the past two weeks.” He pocketed his phone and took off his sunglasses to get better look at the guy.

Puck furrowed his brow slightly as he thought of all of the people he knew from Lima. Once the other man took off his sunglasses, it all clicked in Puck’s head. “You’re….Dani’s roommate, right? The ‘hottest male dork’ she knows,” he said with air quotes. Chuckling, he offered Abel his hand. “Sup, man? I’m Puck.”

“Arent you the guy who called me Captain Ab-merica last week?” Abel asked when he looked at the guy better. “Yeah, Im Dani’s roommate and that is me.” He chuckled as he shook his hand. “Not much, you? And Im Abel, its nice to finally meet you.”

He laughed at the accusation and shrugged a shoulder. “Yep. I mean to be fair, you had just posted a shirtless photo.” Hearing his name being called out, he turned around to grab the coffee and thanked the barista before facing Abel once more. “On a quick lunch break. Needed a pick me up…someone kept me up all night,” he joked before taking a sip of the hot coffee. “You wanna grab a table? I got like 20 minutes before I have to head back to the office.”

Abel raised an eyebrow when he heard Puck and pulled out money for a tip before he took a drink of his coffee. He did a spit take when he heard Puck and coughed. “Saph’s here?” He asked as he used the sleeve of his hoodie to wipe his mouth. “Yeah, that sounds good to me. I got an hour before I gotta surprise my daughter but let’s grab a table.”

Puck raised an eyebrow at the spit take. “You ok, dude? Yea Saph’s here. Wait…you know Saph?” he asked as he made his way to an empty table and took a seat. “Yea Saphira surprised me at work last week. It’s been amazing even though Lima is boring as hell and there’s nothing to do here,” he added with a chuckle. “You have a daughter? How old is she?”

Abel nodded as he cleared his throat. “Im okay, I didnt know that Saph is here and that, I do. We’re acquaintances, Saph asked me to write that article on Quinn a few weeks back.” He took the seat across from him and placed his drink on the table. “Yeah, but some of the people aren’t bad.” He casually said, took a sip of his coffee and placed it back on the able. “Yeah, um. Well, she’s still currently my goddaughter but Im in the middle of the adoption process and she’s seven, actually. She’s been visiting my parents for a month, that way she’s not in the midst of everything that has been going down in LA and in New York but Dani and I got a house this past weekend and we want to surprise her with it.” He paused for a bit. “I saw that you had a thing at the school, how did that go?”

Leaning back in his seat, he nodded slowly. “Ah I gotcha. Saph is awesome. Best partner in crime I could as for. You’re a journalist? That’s cool. I can’t spell worth shit to do that.” He sipped his coffee slowly as he listened to the other man speak. “Seven? That’s a good age. My daughter is eight. She’s a firecracker. I heard yall were moving. Are yall all unpacked yet? Moving is a bitch,” he commented as he played with the coffee cup in his hand. “It went well. Got a decent amount of interest. Just wanted to let them know there are options out there if college isn’t their thing, you know?”

Abel nodded when he heard the other guy. “Yeah, Saph’s one of a kind for sure. Im a journalist, Im also freelance artist at Cy’s comics in New York, model and Im also a voice actor who’s going to be taking acting lessons when I get back. That way I can get more acting roles since I love it. Thats why they have editors.” He said with a smile and nodded once more. “Yeah, she’s seven and it is, but Im worried since she’s already sassy enough, that she will be more sassier and a firecracker. For the most part, but Dani’s unpacking the rest and getting Issy’s room together. It is, yeah but hopefully we’re done moving for a while.” He listened to him, took a sip of his coffee and placed it back onto the table. “Of course, yeah and I wish I had that kind of information when we were back in high school, but I guess I had my calling.”

Puck couldn’t help but smile. “Definitely one of a kind. I’m a lucky dude,” he responded with a nod. “Shit, dude. That’s awesome. Sounds like you’re living the dream…and it explains the shirtless pic,” he joked. “She’ll probably get a little more sassy. I feel like the sassiness doesn’t stop until like teenage years are done.” He shrugged and took a sip of his coffee before setting it down. “Everyone has their place in life I guess. I didn’t think I’d be doing this when I was in high school. But I ended up loving it. Life is weird like that.”

“Yeah you are.” Abel agreed with a smile and slowly nodded with a chuckle. “And the bunch of magazines of me on the cover in the store.” He let out a sigh as he listened to the other guy, knowing that he’s right. “Yeah and even with that, it won’t stop. Her mother was sassy. Not only that, everyone around her is sassy.” He pointed out and knew what he meant. “Yeah, that’s for sure. One thing is happening and then the next, your life is changed.”

“Sassiness is genetic. You’re screwed man,” he joked with a chuckle. “Agreed. You never know what the hell life is gonna throw at you until you’ve already been hit in the face by it.” Puck took a long sip of his coffee before setting the cup down once more. “So how long have you known Saph? Got any secret insider information for me?”

“I’ve been screwed ever since she learned how to talk.” Abel chuckled as he shook his head at the memories. “Exactly and you’re never prepared for that either.” He leaned in his chair and hummed as he thought. “I’ve known Saph ever since April/May? During that time, things were fuzzy as fuck around those two months. Just, don’t get on Saph’s bad side or anything like that.”

Chuckling, Puck finished off his coffee and pushed the cup to the side. “Kids, man. They’re a handful.” He drummed his fingers on the table top and nodded his head. “Ah so you two have known each other for a little while, nice. It’s nice to meet people who know Saph who aren’t Quinn.” Puck couldn’t help but laugh at the bit of advice Abel gave him. “Yeaaaa I don’t wanna even know what Saph’s bad side is like. I’m gonna treat Saphira as good as I can.”

Abel nodded in agreement. “They are, but Im grateful for her.” He chuckled a bit before he shook his head when he heard Quinn’s name. “Yeah, we have and thank god, no.” He ran a hand over his face and looked at him once he leaned back once more. “You and I both.” He sat up a bit straighter before he gotten comfortable in chair and smirked a bit. “Speaking of that, we both know that Saph can handle anything. However, I started to care about Saph a bit more ever since the car accident.” He picked up his cup, twirled it around his in hand and looked at it for a bit. “Though, if I hear one thing about you upsetting Saph, in any form that’s not from happiness or hurt Saph. I know a bunch of guys who owe me a favor and I know that they’re not afraid to send you swimming with the fishes and I also know that they would make everything like an accidental kinda thing.” He looked back at Puck and continued to move the cup. “These guys, aren’t small, believe me. I wish I can say that they’re small and wouldn’t hurt a fly. However, I’ve known them for at least four years and I can at least name about, fifty guys who disappeared without a trace and the cops never solved their case. A bunch of cold cases.” He stopped the cup and placed the cup onto the table. “So, if you hurt Saph, I’ll make sure to be the journalist on that case and I will make sure Saph will be protected. Capisci?”

He smirked softly as Abel spoke before reverting to the blank face he was trained to put on in the face of threats. Puck crossed his arms over his broad chest and listened carefully to what the other man was saying. “Heard and understood,” he replied. “But you should know, I care deeply about Saph. And I will never, ever, do anything to hurt Saph. Saph is the best thing that has happened to me in a very, very long time. I may be stupid…but I’m not dumb enough to fuck up what we have.” He leaned forward and offered Abel his hand. “You’re a good man, dude.”

Abel had to keep himself from chuckling after that, he couldnt believe that he went full Italian and he wasnt even Italian. “Good, if you do, I’ll let Saph deal with you then I’ll involve the guys.” He replied before he shook the other’s hand. “Eh, I try to be a good man, but thank you and you’re a good man too.”

“That’s fair,” he replied as he took his hand back. Checking his watch, he cursed softly to himself. “I gotta head back to the office. I’ll hit you up the next time I’m in New York, man” he commented as he stood up from the table. “See you around, Abel.”

“You better, or I would be hurt.” Abel replied as he watched the guy stood up and finished his drink. “See ya man.” He stood up as well and threw his drink away before he checked his own watch, knew that he needed to head back to surprise Issy.

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kneesheee · 6 years

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Sweet Pea’s Sapphire

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Sapphire Stone was once of the most well-known names across Riverdale. She was a descendant of one of the founding families. The Stones were right there on the list next to the Blossoms for the richest families in Riverdale. She lived basically the perfect life. She had loving parents that doted on her at every turn. Spoiled rotten yet humbled.

Her childhood associates thought it was strange of her to not take pleasure in her apparent superiority of their classmates. But Sapphire had a reason. If she lived in the area that they did, then she probably would have relished in the power and control she had over those in her presence. But unlike the Thornhill Mansion, Stone Manor was located on the Southside of Riverdale and Sapphire had the pleasure of watching the area wither away from her lonely manor.

Sapphire grew an interest in the area that her mother grew sick with at every mention. The Stones have always donated to the Riverdale community, but nothing ever change for the better on the Southside. It only seemed to grow worse.

Alongside her relationship with her acquaintances with her Northside business partners, because Sapphire knew from an early age that none of them were supposed to be her friends. It was all just business. Business that took nose dive as Sapphire fascination grew deeper and deeper with the Southside.

Sapphire was eight when it happened. When she got a reality check that just because the Northside looked pretty, its heart was darker and more poisoned than anything the Southside could come up with. She had been at home when it happened. Her babysitter, Mrs. DeSantos, was over watching her as usual as her parents were out of town on a business trip.

The phone call came around six that evening, and Sapphire could remember it well. She had been lying across the floor coloring Get Well cards for Mrs. DeSantos son. Her gaze had switched over to Mrs. D when she heard her sharp intake of breath and for a moment, Sapphire was worried that her son had died or something. The woman had been on the verge of tears, but her eyes turned to Sapphire and the sad expression on her face had left Sapphire reeling and confused.

When Mrs. D got off the phone, she walked over to Sapphire slowly like one wrong step would set the young girl off. Sapphire wanted to punch her for making her feel scared. Mrs. D had taken a deep breath before she took Sapphire’s hands in hers and told her with the gentlest voice that her parents had died in car crash.

Sapphire was old enough to understand the meaning of death. A goodbye in the most permanent form. And Sapphire could only let her tears out drop at a time as she heard the news. She hoped that they at least had a smile on their faces when they went. Holding hands as they always do when they rode together with their thumbs tracing over each other’s fingers.

Sapphire felt as she was having an out of body experience. She processed nothing. Not even when it became apparent that despite her mother’s revelations about the Southside, in their will, Sapphire was to live with the DeSantos and quote, “Do not let that bitch Penelope or her stale wig wearing husband get their hands on my child and our company. I swear I will come back from the grave and raze this town the ground.” The lady awkwardly chuckled but Mrs. D obliged and took Sapphire in. Though it may have helped that they were to be payments that had been set aside to pay her for her services. Apparently, her parents were always convinced that they were going to leave her orphaned.

It was at the funeral where Sapphire began to hate Northsiders. No one came to see her parents off. Oh, she was seething. None of them could even bother to show their face especially since it was those assholes of Blossoms that hit had her parents. Well, she wouldn’t say none of them. The Andrews, the Coopers, Mr. Tate, the Mayor and her family, and the Sheriff and his son should up. They gave their condolences, but Sapphire could still see when Mrs. Cooper took pictures of her as Mrs. D consoled her.

She faked a smile for each business partner from out of town that came up to her. Giving her thanks for their kind words, but she knew that they would try to buy her families' company from under her. Jokes on them, her father had contingency plans like he was some sort of Batman of the technology business.

What surprised her was the amount of people from the Southside that were there for the funeral. She had been used to seeing them wrapped in leather, plaids, jeans and cotton t shirts; it took her by a surprise when they showed up in slacks, dress shirts, skirts, blouses. She almost thought she was surrounded by more of her father’s friends at their casual dinners, but their various states of snake and skull tattoos made it apparent who they were. Her father’s friends wouldn’t be caught dead, too soon, with tattoos visible on their bodies at a serious occasion.

After the funeral was over and her parents were laid to rest in the Stone Family’s burial grounds, Sapphire made her way back to her room of the manor to get the last of her belongings. Her longtime home doors would be close for many years to come.

Eight Years Later…

Sapphire woke up to the sound of her brother banging on her door. She groaned and stuffed her head back under her pillow. Fuck, it was way too early to be getting up. Sapphire ignored the sounds of her brother entering her room, but failed to fall back asleep. She sat up with scowl on her face at her brother who stood near the foot of her bed with a smirk on his face.

“Time to get up Saph,” he stated as he was already dressed only with his jacket missing.

“It’s the summer, Quin. Go away,” she groaned as she flopped backed on her bed.

“You see I would,” Joaquin started before chuckling softly at her look of impatience. “But FP just called about the Northsider so you gotta be up to let Toni, SP, and Fangs in.”

At the mention of her three best friends, Sapphire perked up a little before realizing what else he said. “He still having trouble with that punk?” Sapphire didn’t know who they had from the Northside. All she got was he was some little punk that was trying to run off with his girlfriend who he knocked up. She didn’t even know why they kept him. Whatever the case was, FP had wanted them staying on the Southside and away from the River after her old long-ago child acquaintance drown there. She found it stupid since all of them knew how to swim.

“I guess so. Get up and get dressed. I’m leaving in a few and the others should be here in thirty,” her brother stated as he headed out the door of her room. “I fixed some breakfast for you too.”

Groaning, Sapphire stood up from her bed and made her way over to her closet. She pulled her favorite pair out a pair of black high waist shorts and a dark plaited shirt. She moved away from the closet and reached into her drawers to pull on a black bandeau before slipping on her pants and tying the shirt around her waist. She ran a brush through her hair a few times before walking out and into the kitchen to eat the breakfast her brother made for her. A simple plate of eggs, bacon, and blueberry pancakes sat before her next to a glass of apple juice. She ate quickly yet slow enough to savor the taste of the food before heading to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She didn’t hear when her brother called out his farewell, but she did hear the door closing as she made her way to the hall closet to get supplies to set up her nest.

She finished quickly before moving back to the living room to sit back and catch up on the new season of Supernatural. She had fallen behind a little with all her late-night joyrides with Sweet Pea and Toni.

The knock on the door startled her from her focus on watching the Winchester brothers kick ass as usual. Sighing through her nose, she made her way over to the door and unlocked it before heading back to the couch. “It’s open!”

Her three friends each walked in and plopped down in the seats around her. Toni took the recliner for herself while Fangs took over the love seat. Sweet Pea sat beside her on the three-seater which led Sapphire to immediately stretching her legs on top of his.

“Why is life so boring all of a sudden,” Fangs complained from his spot as he too watched the Winchester brothers. “Is this what we have to do now? Watching bad shows on tv?”

“Fangs, dude, mi amigo, I love you but if you ever speak down on the wonders that is Supernatural again, I will kill you,” Sapphire spoke seriously not even sparing him a glance. Toni and Sweet Pea chuckled, and Sapphire kept very still as Sweet Pea’s hand trailed up her thigh and traced her own serpent tattoo that unlike most serpents wrapped around her upper thigh.

“We should do something,” Fangs complained. The other three turned their heads towards him.

“Still looking for a way to get your stripes,” she questioned. Out of the four of them, he was the only one left. Sure, he got a rep by being with them all the time, but he hadn’t earned his spot to be by them. It was only because they said that he was cool for him to be in their presence was it allowed. The three of them were basically Serpent royalty right behind FP’s northsider son.

He nodded a little sheepish. He wouldn’t admit it, but he desperately wanted to earn his stripes to be able to have the right to be by their side instead of just their word of mouth. Toni smiled over to him encouragingly, “You’ll get them eventually. Don’t rush it. Trust me.”

The four of them shared smiles before settling in to watch tv show marathons varying from Supernatural to Voltron to Stranger Things and even to some Disney movies. Sweet Pea complained about the movies, but Sapphire saw him wipe his eyes at some of the sad parts. Gets him every time, she thought.

Afterwards, the four of them went riding through the Southside tagging everything with the Serpent symbol and smirking at Ghoulies they passed. They stopped by Sweet Pea’s family store and joked around with his mom and brother. Sapphire even stuck her head in the backroom and greeted Grammy Sweets before Sweet Pea pulled her away as Grammy got to talking about if she or Toni were going to bless her with some great grands.

It was late in the night when her brother made it back to their house with blood seeping through his shirt. Sapphire’s wide eyes took him in and she barely managed to hold in a scream before he told her that it wasn’t his own. She still felt a little light headed and had to onto Sweet Pea’s shoulder for support to ground her in case she fainted.

Her brother came back to the front and made them swear on their most treasured memory and person to not mention what he was about to tell them. And right after he did, Sapphire wished he kept it to himself.

She had always known that the Northside was sick and twisted, but for one to murder their own son in cold blood? Fuck, that was on a completely different level. The four of them promised her brother to never speak on it. Joaquin smiled gratefully before settling in to watch television with them.

Sapphire found that she couldn’t really concentrate on the show before her. Her mind kept imaging the scene of when the boy died. When he was murdered by his own father. And that was a shock for Sapphire. Poor Jason. He was somewhat nice to her when they were little even though it was all business between the two of them. He didn’t deserve that and another part of her couldn’t help but to wonder if she would’ve been in that position if she was forced to live with the Blossoms. Hell, she could see why Jason had previously wanted to run away and that had nothing to do with his girlfriend. She couldn’t help but to wonder if the girl even knew that her baby’s father was murdered.

As the others were leaving and Joaquin went out to make sure their bikes were properly secured, Sapphire latched onto Sweet Pea’s arm in a show of vulnerability. He looked down at her in confusion and his eyes widen slightly at the outright fear in her eyes. “Stay with me tonight?”

The two of them both swallowed deeply. This was new territory between them. It went pass the harmless flirting and none too innocent touches and glances that lingered for seconds too long. It went pass keeping barely restrained jealousy and anger at bay whenever someone flirted with the other. And sure, the two spent nights over each other houses countless of times. But never had those encounters ever dealt with raw emotion and unguarded feelings. So yes, this was new territory for them.

And before either could question if it was worth it, Sweet Pea was agreeing to stay before moving outside to go secure his own bike. Sapphire headed back to her room, grabbed some night clothes for herself, set some of the spare clothing she kept for Sweet Pea, and disappeared into the shower. When she exited and got dressed, neither of them said anything as he went to shower, and she climbed into her bed. Her brother had walked into the room and quirked a brow before kissing her on the forehead.

“Night, sis. Be safe,” he chuckled at the look of shock that crossed her face before exiting to his room and that look of shock stayed even as Sweet Pea returned back, closed the door, and climbed into the bed beside her. Neither of them said anything, but Sapphire scooted into his embrace and tucked her head under his chin and let the sound of his heartbeat lull her to sleep. -- Weeks passed and neither Sapphire nor Sweet Pea mentioned that night. They weren’t embarrassed but what was there to say? Nothing had changed in their friendship except the touches lingered even longer and gazes strayed minutes at time. Their jealousy was much more prominent, and their flirting developed just a bit more. To a passing eye, they would seem to be behaving the same as usual but those close to them knew the truth. A line had been crossed and something shifted. It was only that Sapphire and Sweet Pea where determined to not focus on it.

Sapphire had heard through the grapevine that rich girl Veronica Lodge and her mother had moved to town after her father was arrested for fraud. She had mentally gone through the list of her family’s most known partners and was relieved that the Lodge’s name didn’t come up.

And that was about as far as Northside drama that she had felt comfortable talking about. She had much more interesting things to think about on the Southside like her snake’s den. Newbie Serpents that she took to training herself. She helped walked them through the motions of going through the initiation. Fighting with them so they can pass through it all. Even when Sweet Pea got jealous and threatened to kick all their asses, she was there for them and helped them with everything. Homework. Girls. Boys. Older Serpents.

Sapphire had been on her way to her locker when Sweet Pea walked up to her. She felt a prick of annoyance when she had to look up at him. She hated being so much shorter, but she said nothing and rose a brow. Sweet Pea had leaned against the wall of lockers. He ran a hand through his messy wavy hair as his rosy and slightly chapped lips pulled into a smirk. His dark eyes burned into hers and Sapphire fought off the blush that she could feel rising.

“What is it, SP? Come on. Hurry up, I have accounting next.”

He rolled his eyes in response at her need to get to class. As if he didn’t have some of the highest grades in school. His ‘too cool for school’ act doesn’t fool her. “Are you going to the drive-in tonight?”

The Twilight Drive In where Sapphire has some of her fondest memories. Where she lost her virginity to the same boy in front of her during one drunken night that she doubts he even remembers considering he was more smashed than she was. It’s also where she went through her own initiation into the Serpents and made her feel even closer to her family of misfits.

“I am,” she replied as she moved around him and continued to her locker knowing he would follow. She heard his heavy footsteps as she opened her locker and switched out her books.

“I need a date,” Sweet Pea started, and Sapphire turned deeper into the locker to keep the scowl forming on her face from showing. The last time he needed a date somewhere he asked her to convince Jazz Towers to go with him.

“What does have to do with me,” she cut him off sharply and internally winced at how bitterly jealous she sounded.

He placed a hand on her arm and used the other to turn her face to him. A soft yet sharp smile danced across his face and Sapphire decided that she loved the look. “I’m asking you to go with me.”

Okay, wait.

Pause.

Rewind.

Play it back.

Did he just ask me on a date, she thought as her heart beat sped up. She was sure that her eyes were wide and shocked like a deer in headlights except she wouldn’t tear up your front end if you don’t manage to move out of her way. Well, she would but not at that second.

Her face flamed red and Sweet Pea could easily see how flustered she was. And that was fucking hot. Sapphire hardly ever blushed or stumbled over her words as she tried to find her footing. He decided that he liked this side of her. He liked it a lot.

He watched as her eyes flickered away from his and back before turned back to her locker with her cheeks still burning. She cleared her throat as she pulled down her textbook before once again turning to look back at him.

“It’s not the most romantic way to ask a girl out,” she stated as a small smile made its way to her face and the spark in her eyes smothered the flustered look in its return. “But I’ll take it this time. Seven-thirty, don’t be late.”

She closed her locker and replaced the lock before turning away and headed towards her class. He watched her walk away and smirked when she spared a glance behind her to see him still watching her. She shook her head with a smirk of her own before he lost sight of her in the crowd.

Lunch Time rolled around, and Toni rushed over to Sapphire with a sly smile on her face. “I heard someone has a date with Sweet Pea.”

Fighting down her blush, Sapphire nodded back with a bright smile. “He asked me earlier. Who all knows?”

Toni smiled back at her before looping their arms and pulling her towards the Serpents side of the café. They ignored the Ghoulies that catcalled them and stuck their fingers up at the ones that insulted them. “Oh, just you know every Serpent here and maybe a few regulars.”

Saph laughed as they reached their table and sat down. Toni sat on the other side of her and started flicking through the pictures of her camera and showing them to Sapphire. They were barely sitting there for five minutes when her brother, Fangs, and Sweet Pea joined them.

“So, what’s the plan for the drive in,” Fangs questioned as his eyes flickered from Sapphire to Sweet Pea with a knowing smile.

“Quin and I are riding with you,” Toni told him without even looking up from her camera. Fangs scrunched his nose up but before he got say anything, it got deadly quiet around them. Their gazes flickered up to see one of the regulars strut her way into their section. None of them could think of her name, but she did look familiar. She was treated to blank faces and suspicious glances as she made her way to closer to their table.

Once she stopped, she turned to look at Sweet Pea with sly smirk on her face. Sapphire barely managed to keep the scowl from dropping on her face. The girl tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear before she said, “Hey, Sweet Pea. I was wondering you wanted to go to the Drive-In with me for its last night.”

Sapphire turned to look at Sweet Pea only to notice that he was looking back at her before she turned her head away. She didn’t see his expression, but she heard how smoothly he rejected the girl. “Sorry, doll. I’m already going with Sapphire.”

Saph’s eyes flickered up towards the girl who sneered down at her before huffing and walking away.

Bitch.

The rest of lunch passed without much fanfare. Hell, the rest of the day went by normally. Well if you didn’t count the other Serpents coming up to Saph and Sweet Pea congratulating them on their date like it was some sort of fucking engagement.

Sapphire rode her bike home and secured it before she rushed to her room to find something to wear. Okay, it must be something smoking hot yet still look like you didn’t put any effort in it but still looked like you deserved to be on Sweet Pea’s arm or like Sweet Pea deserve to have you on his arm. And fuck this isn’t prom or even a gala!

She sighed deeply before just rummaging throw her closet until her eyes caught sight of favorite pair of black skinny jeans and matched it with a red crop top. She got her Serpent jacket and her red fingerless gloves and set all of it out on the bed. Then spent the next twenty minutes searching for her black combat boots growing more frustrated by the second until she found one under her bed and the other in the microwave for some reason.

She spent the next two hours doing homework before stopping and instead scrolling through her twitter. She noticed quite a few Northies hash tagging the Drive In and how they’d be there and she mentally sighed because she just knew that FP was not going to let them mess with them. Such a shame really.

By the time seven o’clock rolled around, Sapphire had gotten dressed and was working on her hair because if it wasn’t a simple ponytail or just letting it hang freely, it took at least fifteen minutes to style and five before that to tame. She decided to forego makeup. It was going to be dark and she’d more than likely sitting at the back of the drive in with the rest of the Serpents.

But imagine her surprise when Sweet Pea didn’t pull up to her house on his bike, but instead in his family’s pickup truck. He made it there five minutes before, but being the little shit that he was he waited until it was exactly 7:30 to knock and let go of the door handle so she could finally open it. She gave him an unimpressed look at his actions, but her mouth went a little dry at seeing him in a fitted t-shirt under his jacket. And fuck him because he knew that she liked fitted t shirts on guys.

The ride to the drive in was filled with small talk, but Sapphire could feel her nerves eating at her. This was her first real date with Sweet Pea. She had been crushing on him for so long and she wouldn’t know what to do if he was just doing this for a fuck. Probably kill him or move away from Riverdale to London and work in a chippy.

Sweet Pea parked the truck close enough to see the movie, but still far enough to be near the gang. Toni had rushed up to her and hugged her the second she saw her.

“Fuck me, those Northerners are hot. Boys and the girls,” she whispered into Sapphire’s ear. Honestly, with Sweet Pea standing near her with that fucking shirt on and his own leather jacket, she hadn’t paid much mind to the Northies. She just smirked at Toni though because Toni loves scoping out the rare delicacies.

The two of them made their way to the concession stand and were about to pay when FP came up behind them and paid instead. Neither girl missed the way he glared at the boy working the booth at his not-so discreet staring at Saph’s boobs and not-subtle flirting with Toni. If anyone ever said that FP wasn’t a softy, then they just needed to see him with most of the girls in the gang. He treated them like his own daughters. I made a lot of mistakes in my life and one includes not being able to see my little girl grow up. My son avoids me, so if I’m going to repay for those mistakes then I’ll start by being the dad you girls need.

“Thanks, FP,” the girls told him.

“Anything for Southside’s Gems,” he replied patting the both on the head before moving to walk away. Though he did stop and turned and threw a smirk in Sapphire’s direction, “And congrats on your date with Sweet Pea.”

Fucking hell, just who doesn’t know.

The two girls made their way back to the gang before Sweet Pea pulled her away to go sit on the back of the truck. The movie was good, but their attention kept dragging back to their friends right behind them making noise and with the occasional teasing remark thrown their way.

“Do you know what happens to a snake when a Louboutin heel steps on it?” Sapphire heard which drew her attention from throwing popcorn over at Fangs who was trying to catch them in his mouth. Her gaze snapped towards a dark-haired girl not too far ahead of her who was standing up glaring back at the rest of the Serpents.

First of all, bitch…

Sapphire was moving to stand up and give it to her as good as she got when Sweet Pea’s hand curled around her wrist. Her scowl dropped onto him as he shook his head before nodding over in FP and Tall Boy’s direction. Both gave her the look to drop it and she plopped back down in her seat with a pout.

“No need to pout, love,” Sweet Pea laughed at her. “You’ll get your turn for revenge sooner or later.”

“S’ not fair. How come she gets to snap at us and we don’t get to say nothing back,” she mumbled before blushing as he wrapped an arm around her. She forced herself to relax as he pulled her closer to him.

“FP doesn’t want us to draw attention and he especially doesn’t want them to know one of their finest grew up with them. He doesn’t want them to think we tainted you.”

“Well you didn’t, if anything I tainted you all,” she muttered childishly. He laughed again, “Sure you did, doll.”

And then…

Then he tilted her face up towards his and kissed her.

Oh, my fucking fish sticks, Sweet Pea is kissing me! His lips are touching my lips!

She got over her shock rather quickly and kissed him right back. Before it could any further though, he pulled away from her and smiled. “How about another date next week?”

She smiled softly at him, “I’d like that,” she replied as she laid her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm tightly around her even more.

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all-hail-the-witcher · 4 years

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You guys are friendship goals how do you make internet friends saph

okay story time this is the progression of mine and @papesdontsellthemselves friendship (complete with pictures)

so once upon a time (actually it was november of last year) i was a Sad high school senior drowning my sorrows in my tumblr account as newsies royalty while i stressed over my college applications and auditions. most of my pastimes included 1. writing shitty fics 2. reading good fics and 3. listening to bad music from 2012. and i happened to stumble upon some newsies pics as one does by Someone called @papesdontsellthemselves or, as was listed in the bio “Mikey”

nevertheless i binge read all of them at approximately 2am on a school night and probably fell asleep in ap euro the next morning. i very much liked his fics. they were slappy. and i started to stalk his account, as any normal person would.

and once or twice or several times, as any person who runs out of ideas does, he asked for prompt requests. and me, being a sad fangirl of this poor bois account, decided to send him some. (he still has one that he never answered) and he wrote a few of them. this one was my favorite go read it (i think i inspired this one)

and then one day i opened my tumblr acc and THIS was waiting for me:

and i think i was like KJHSJHASLHJGDSLKH WH

then you know some time went by as time does and we sort of awkwardly coexisted. i actually was within like 10 minutes of him for a college audition before we knew each other that was pretty wild.

and then

the fateful day

i was sitting in ap stats, bored out of my mind, and decided to ignore the lesson on z scores or whatever it was cause what the fuck else are you supposed to do in ap stats and go on tumblr (seriously do not take ap stats its terrible, its an acid trip, i barely passed that class) and i had a message waiting for me from the one and only @papesdontsellthemselves that said something like:

“lol sorry to bother you chief but how to you put your tag lists on your pics so they dont take forever ooo sorry!!”

and i was like ssksksksjskskjsk why is tumblr royalty @papesdontsellthemselves talking to me, a lowly peasant, and i may have freaked out for a hot sec but then i responded something like

“i have it in a google doc and then hit the down arrow and the return key really fast lol”

(only recently he revealed to me that he didnt actually give a shit about my tag list (r00d) and that he just wanted an excuse to talk to me and That was what he came up with and he screamed after he sent the message cause he was so scared. also he was in theater with his weird shoeless teacher not paying attention. we’re good students i promise.)

and then we got to Talking and we just didnt Stop talking? like i told him about jeff, my shitty english teacher and he told me about his theater teacher who made them do 9/11 shakespeare and we bonded and then we sent each other pictures of our dogs:

mikeys dog, leela (aka leeks Big Chonk) ^^

my dog, lacey ^^

and we also went through The Awkward Stage

but then

a miracle happened

twas christmas eve, about like idk 3pm and the two of us were Awkwardly Conversing as awkward internet friends do and i was getting changed for christmas eve dinner (cause my family Extra and you have to be Fancy or face the Wrath of the Elders) and I'm digging through my closet looking for something Presentable when discover The Pencil Skirt.

it twas a rather unsuspecting article, green wool with faint plaid stripes, and hand-me-down from some aunt, and i decided to put it on because i had limited fancy clothes and didnt wanna do a repeat from a previous year. so i added my One White Button Down Shirt and some black dance tights and called it a day.

so then me, being me, was messaging mikey and said (keep in mind were still practically strangers and had been barely talking for a week):

“wow i actually look kinda hot right now like maybe someone would bang me. like, I'm not into that, but I look good enough that someone might consider it.”

yes

me, an asexual, said that to a total stranger on the internet.

what were you Thinking saph.

truly, i have no idea.

but for some reason, instead of being scared away (like a normal sane person should be) mikey laughed and we began calling each other daddy. i dont know okay, it was a wild experience. I'm not sure if it actually happened.

so, my skirt became The Daddy Skirt, a tragic symbol of our strange friendship, and the two of us exited the Awkward Stage.

truly it was an exciting time:

and then we gave each other nicknames. the sappy kind not the cursed kind. mikey was bean cause he was a coffee bean and cocoa bean addict. and i was originally shrub and then bear and finally peanut. im not sure why. he isn't either.

boi also Literally guessed my real name. like straight up. and i was like “o word.” it was trippy.

AND THEN twas a cold february day when we decided to exchange faces. i send him a picture of me eating a christmas tree. he sent me a picture of him in his kitchen wearing sun glasses frat boy posing. truly iconic.

we also liked to look up weird things late at night and have revelations about dumb shit, as seen by these Unexplained Screenshots i have on my phone:

yes those are real screenshots

then we decided to finally talk on instagram instead of this hell site and i was exposed to mikeys finsta *shudder*

nothing much else interesting happened until: College *dun dun dunnnnnn*

(except for that one time i had a mental breakdown at 1am and he drove home form some party to ig call me and tell me about the time his dog ended up in solitary confinement. a true g)

so for Safety Reasons, i finally gave milky my number when i got to school and we started texting and Facetiming which was a Trip.

i also sent him a Box of Cursed Content. he tried to send the box back to me in october and it still hasn't arrived. we think it may be in antarctica.

and then we tried to coordinate to meet up like three (3) separate times before We Got Lucky, the Stars Aligned, and we held hands in the back of an a&f

(we also hugged in a nordstrom in like the Fancy Clothes Section and the lady thought we were definitely dating cause we took pics of us hugging in the fuckin mirror pillar. also i almost lost my wallet but thats another story.)

and next year our wild journey will continue (hopefully)

in conclusion i love mikey and this has been a sappy post

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all-hail-the-witcher · 5 years

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HELLO KIDS SO I WROTE AN ESSAY FOR CLASS ABOUT HOW @papesdontsellthemselves AND I BECAME FRIENDS AND MY TEACHER WANTS ME TO PUBLISH IT SO ID LIKE TO THANK ALL 711 OF MY FOLLOWERS FOR FOLLOWING ME AND READING MY FICS AND GIVING ME FEEDBACK AND ENCOURAGING ME TO KEEP WRITING AND I WANT TO THANK MIKEY FOR FINALLY DECIDING TO MESSAGE ME ABOUT HIS TAG LIST THAT ONE TIME CAUSE NOW WERE FRIENDS AND I LOVE HIM TUMBLR IS WILD AND ITS CHANGED MY LIFE AND THIS IS SAPPY AND IN ALL CAPS WHY AM I DOING THIS I DONT KNOW BUT HERE TAKE THIS AS A TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION THANKS BYE XO SAPH

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kneesheee · 6 years

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Sweet Pea’ Sapphire

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She had been sitting in her usual spot near the pool tables when some Northsiders burst into the Whyte Wyrm. They walked around like they owned the place and Sapphire noticed her brother walking in with them. Her eyes blaze because what the fuck, Quin?

FP had managed to keep a brawl from bursting out which would’ve have ended with all of them walking out in handcuffs and the Northies leaving out in body bags. As the Northsiders left, Sapphire made her way to her brother and scowled at him. He flinched at the look in her eyes and nodded in unspoken agreement. Bring those assholes into our territory. You can very well go fucking live with them.

It was only for the night because Sapphire honestly couldn’t stay mad at her brother if you paid her to. Not that someone could afford her, but the point remains. When he came back to the house the next day, she had fixed him make-up breakfast but left before they could have a proper conversation. She didn’t care if he kept the northsiders on their side of town and his little boy toy/boyfriend whatever kept a smile on his face.

-- She had been at Southside High’s own homecoming dance draped elegantly on Sweet Pea’s arm. She was pretty sure she had the most expensive dress in the building, but it made no matter as she made sure to also deck her own friends out in expensive dresses and suits. All eyes were on her as she moved with eased in her six-inch heels and her beautiful long starry black dress with a plunging V-neck. Every piece of her hair was curled to perfection and her face was contoured and baked and all the other official makeup terms that made her look like a model on one of her magazines.

Toni, who Sapphire was irritated to note brought her camera, was dressed in an off-white jumpsuit that brought out her pink highlights. When she saw the scowl, Sapphire aimed at her camera, she just laughed and took a picture of her before linking her arms with Fangs and made their way to the dance floor.

“May I have this dance,” Sweet Pea smirked at her and her heart fluttered like a hummingbird’s wing. She took his outstretched hand and let him lead the way to the dance floor.

Time was a fickle thing as Sapphire danced in Sweet Pea’s arms before being swapped with Toni to dance with Fangs. When it was time to announce Homecoming Queen and King, she leaned back into Sweet Pea’s embrace and felt content as she waited for the winning contestants to make their way onto the stage.

It came as a surprise to her when it was her name being called because she was like 100% sure that she paid off the homecoming committee to make sure that Toni won because her Gem sister was a fucking queen. The shocked look that was on her face didn’t go away until she was standing up on stage accepting her crown.

Not many missed the way her nose scrunched up as she was forced to dance with the homecoming king. A fucking Ghoulie who took too much pleasure in having her in his arms.

“I didn’t think this was the way to end the rivalry between us, but I can’t deny that I don’t like it,” he stated smugly as one of his hands drooped lower near her ass as the song was coming to an end. She felt the moment her friends made stepped forward to rip his arms off her, but they stopped the second her heel connected with his foot and her knee met his dick. He dropped down to his knees as he spat and moaned curses out at her.

“Remember your place, bitch,” she spat. “The likes of you would never be fucking worthy of me.”

She turned on her heel dramatically before relinking her arm with Sweet Pea who was torn between walking away with her or finish beating the Ghoulie’s ass when their phones went off. Each of them shared at glance at each other before pulling their phones out as if A from PLL was sending them messages.

Except it was worse.

Well nothing’s worse than a group of stalking bitches determined to ruin your life and kill you, but the point remains. It was horrible.

FP had been arrested for the murder of Jason Blossom. --

If Sapphire thought that was bad, she woke up to find her house empty on the scheduled brother-sister bonding day that Joaquin suggested. She was even more furious to find out that he was on the Northside and oh, she had some words to say.

She threw on a random pair of jeans and white t-shirt and topping it off with her Serpent jacket and black converse before she was speeding her bike through the roads of the Southside to the house where her brother’s phone location was coming from.

Turning off her bike, she went to the door of the house, but no one answered, and it was just her luck that she managed to her voices coming from the backyard and in some garage.

Her eyes burned bright to see all those Northsiders crowding her brother.

“I’m not asking you as your boyfriend. I’m asking as the sheriff’s son.”

“Well get a fucking warrant because he doesn’t have to tell you shit without a lawyer,” she snapped watching as all eyes swiveled around to meet hers.

“Who are you,” the red hair boy questioned but Sapphire wasn’t paying him any attention. She only had eyes for her brother.

“Joaquin DeSantos, why in the hell did I wake up this morning to an empty house on Sibling Bonding Sunday?” She snarled at him and her fists clenched into fists.

“They found out that FP used his one phone call on me,” he replied calmly not even phased by his younger sister’s anger. His words stop her in her tracks and he could see the pain, sadness, and concern in her eyes.

“Is he okay? Does he need me to phone him a lawyer? Are they treating him, right? They better damn well fucking be, or I’ll have every single one of those pigs fired.”

She ignored the cough in the background and the scoff of outrage from the people behind her as her brother sat up in his seat and took her hands in his.

“He’s alright, mi hermana. You know the laws, Saph. A Serpent never shows cowardice.”

She sighed and nodded, “And you know the laws. In unity, there is strength. I wish there was something we could do to help him.”

“We can start by finding out who framed him,” a voice piped up from behind her. She shared a look with her brother who nodded inconspicuously.

She turned, and her eyes found their way to a boy who looked incredibly familiar. In fact, the older version of him was sitting in a holding cell uptown. “Jughead Jones. FP’s boy.”

He looked confused but nodded his head anyway. “I know your dad is being framed. The whole Southside knows. When the leader of the Serpents goes to jail, we take notice.”

The blonde girl standing beside Jughead looked at her and stepped just a tiny bit closer to him. Yeah, sweetheart, no thanks. I like my men taller and with neck tattoos who wear dog tags and silver rings. “Who are you?”

Sapphire quirk a brow, “Didn’t you hear me? I thought I made it clear that I was Joaquin’s sister.”

“You two look nothing alike,” the redhead boy stated.

“That’s none of your business, Northie. What the hell else do you want with us?”

The sheriff’s son and Quin’s lover boy straightened just a little as he looked at the siblings, “We just want to know why FP called him and what he knows.”

The Northsiders watched the two siblings basically have a nonverbal conversation right in front of them. Sharp looks and snarls and sneers. Pointed and exasperated looks and pouts before they turned back to them with Sapphire looking stubbornly out the window.

Joaquin began to explain to them why FP called him and what happened on July the Eleventh. Sapphire mentally flinched because she remembered. She had been hanging out and goofing about while her brother was cleaning up a crime scene.

Somehow the conversation ended with them talking about going over to the Southside to go see Mustang. The guy that the redhead Archie had nearly got into a fight with at the Whyte Wyrm. Sapphire snarled before she disappeared out the garage and hurried over to her bike. She needed to get out of the Northside. She felt dark and unholy just by being in its area. At least on the Southside you knew what was happening. People didn’t hide by masks there.

She rode around the Southside for a while and pulled to stop outside of Mustang’s apartment complex when she saw police cars pulling up. She hopped off her bike and moved closer when she noticed the covered stretcher being pulled out of his apartment. Sapphire didn’t even notice the scream of grief that left her lips at seeing that.

“MUSTANG!”

She wanted to cry and scream and break everything and everybody in sight as she ran forward only for to be pulled backwards and into someone’s body. She felt the feeling of familiar silver rings running through her hair as she cried into Sweet Pea’s arms.

“Mustang!” She heard the voice of Toni yell as she glances up to see her best friend also rush forward only for Fangs to hold her in a similar embrace to her and Sweet Pea.

She wept harshly into Sweet Pea’s arms as they pulled the body into the ambulance and closed the doors. Another Serpent gone from her life.

She went home to even more grief when she noticed that her brother wasn’t there and the only person in her house was the Sheriff’s son. Sweet Pea and Fangs begin to walk around her to get him away, but she raises a hand to stop them. Just barely though.

The boy, Kevin, says, “Joaquin’s gone. He told me to tell you that he loves you.”

And fuck it, she hits the floor in dead faint. --

It was all over the news and newspapers the next morning. Clifford Blossom was a drug lord, murdered his son, and committed suicide.

And the worst part about it, was that FP was still in jail and her brother fucked off to San Junipero. She was alone. Her brother gone. Her adopted parents had moved away two years ago just in time for her to get emancipated though she continued to funnel them checks just because.

She skipped school and sat in her living room crying to herself holding onto one of her brother’s other jackets. Aside from the Serpents, she had no one else left. She was alone.

Sapphire felt sick with grief and hatred. Fucking Northsiders ruin everything.

Her anger mixed with her grief and she tore her living room up. Overthrowing the table and pushing over the couches. A small, very small part of her was conscious to leave the television alone. She punched the wall as hard as she could and barely registered the pain from her hand when it broke through. She tore the pictures off the wall and she just let it all out.

She was about to go through every room of the house in the prices of trashing everything she could get her hands on when she heard her someone knocking on her. She whirled around with the look of pure murder in her eyes as she flung it open.

A red mist covered her eyes when she realized it was the cops. “What the hell do you want?”

The Sheriff held up a warrant for arrest. A warrant for her brother’s arrest. “We’re looking for Joaquin DeSantos for his part in Jason Blossom’s murder.”

“Well you’re shit out of luck, he’s not fucking here. And if he was, I wouldn’t let you pig head good for nothing son of a bitches touch him. Now get the hell off my porch and leave me alone,” she snarled before slamming the door shoot in their faces.

The sound of her phone vibrating loudly on the counter caught her attention next and her anger started to peak higher. She had a message and barely spared a glance to who sent it as she opened it.

I’m coming over. Be there in 15 -SP

Muttering to herself, she almost texted back but she knew nothing she could say would stop him from ditching to come check on her. Instead, she just walked back to the front door and glared at the police car that was parked across the street from her home. You can sit there all you fucking want. Joaquin isn’t coming home anytime soon, she thought as she made her way over to her bike.

She hunched over the bike as she finally registered the pain in her hand. Tears sprung to her eyes and she wondered if it was broken or badly sprained. She rode over to the Serpents dealer and bought a dime bag of weed. She doesn’t usually smoke, but she’d be damn if she didn’t find a stress reliever. And headed straight to the medic also to get her hand fixed up. Apparently, it was only badly sprained before but because she drove her bike and put pressure on it, it broke. Well fuck it, she needed to get back home broken hand or not. She’d let it rest when she got there.

When she pulled back up to her house, Sweet Pea was pulling up right behind her. The police car across the street was still there. Still watching even as Sweet Pea pulled her into a hug right then and there.

“Going soft,” she muttered against his chest. “You don’t usually hug in front of people.”

“You looked like you need one,” he replied holding her closer before shooting a glare over to the cop car.

When he finally let her go, they walked into the house and she locked the door back. Sweet Pea stood around and noticed the havoc she had wrecked upon her living room. He turned to look at her when he noticed the brace on her hand.

“DID YOU DRIVE YOUR BIKE WITH A FUCKING BROKEN HAND!” He didn’t try to yell, but that was plain stupid. As much as she yaps at him about riding with injuries, she goes off and does the same thing.

“Pot meet kettle,” she snapped pushing him away as he came close to her. A part of her regretted snapping at him but she was having a bad day so sure her. “What did you come here for?”

Sweet Pea watched with furrowed brows as she moved around her kitchen before pulling out a blunt and her grinder. He watched as she threw her dime bag on the counter and struggled to get the grinder open with a broken hand. He sighed as he moved over in her direction and helped. He even pushed her away so that he could roll the blunt up for her himself.

“I was worried about you. I needed to see how you were holding up," he told her casting a glance around her living room before concentrating back on the blunt. “Not well I see.”

Sapphire crossed her arms being careful with her hand. She watched him effortlessly roll up her weed before she muttered out, “Aside for the Serpents, I’m alone, Pea. I’ve got no one else. And have you seen the shit they’ve been saying about the Southside on twitter. It’s horrible. I don’t know what to do.”

He passed her the blunt and watched her pull a lighter out of her jacket, lit it, and took a puff. She held it out in offering but he just shook his head. “You need to relax. Everything will work out in the end. I promise.”

That’s comforting right, he thought to himself. She looked at him blankly as she puffed out a smoke and Sweet Pea let his eyes trailing over her. Her dark hair was hanging messily down to her beginning of her back and her caramel skin was still lightly flushed from what he guesses was anger running through her veins. He watched as her dark brown eyes disappeared as she closed them to inhale another puff and the way her lips parted as she exhaled. The way the smoke curled in her front of her and Sweet Pea felt guilty. Here she was going through the hard time and all he was doing was lusting over her.

Sapphire’s eyes flickered over to Sweet Pea as she felt how intently he was staring at her. It made her nerves tingle. She noticed the way he seemed zone out as he stared at her before she looked up to his eyes and noticed how dark they had gotten. She saw the way he rolled his lips in-between his teeth and Sapphire’s heart stopped.

The last time Sweet Pea had looked at her like that was after the two of them were drunkenly running away from Toni and Quin, who had been on babysitting duties for the two of them by FP, and they hid in the concession stand to the drive in. Her hair had been hanging wildly around her face flying everywhere after the wind had fun with it. They had been holding onto each other giggling madly and trying to get the other to hush up when they made eye contact. Sweet Pea’s gaze flickered down her body to the V-neck she was wearing and the black leggings; his eyes growing darker by the second as he noticed how the two clung onto her like second skin.

It was Sapphire who had kissed him first tasting the tequila in his mouth as their tongue fought for dominance. It didn’t take long for them to undress and for the two to share a moment that Sapphire would forever remember. Once the two finished and cleaned their selves up, they went right back to the bar and continued drinking until Toni and Quin and FP and Fangs were quite literally dragging and carrying the two of them out. Sapphire remembered every detail of that night and she assumed that Sweet Pea didn’t, so she never mentioned it. As far as she knew, he thought she lost her virginity to one of the rich snobs from her rich girl life.

Sweet Pea knows he was the one to take her virginity, but at the time it happened, he had only saw her as sister and he didn’t know how to approach her to let her know that without ruining their friendship. He hadn’t meant to grow feelings for her, but hell what’s that saying his Auntie used to say all time... something she got from tv. The heart wants what the heart wants.

And sure, the two of them had been somewhat together over the pass months but it wasn’t anything exclusive. The two of them still flirted with whoever they want, but they both subconsciously drew a line not to cross. They both could honestly not remember the last time they got laid.

Ahh, fuck it. The best stress reliever is sex, Sapphire thought as she threw out the last of her blunt. She moved closer to Sweet Pea and noticed how his eyes seemed to grow darker with each of her steps. She had just been leaning up to kiss him when there was an excessive knocking at her door.

“Got damn cockblockers,” she growled as she twisted away from him and smiled when she heard his own breathy chuckle. She cleaned up the kitchen making sure to properly throw out the weed and blunt wrapper before moving back towards the door. When she opened it, it was once again Sheriff Keller but right behind him was Toni and Fangs pulling up. The other police officers made their way back to the door of her house.

“What do you want,” Sapphire snapped at Keller. No one ever said she was reasonable person when high.

He held up the warrant for her brother’s arrest alongside a search warrant for permission to go through her house, “We’re looking for Joaquin DeSantos for his part in Jason Blossom’s murder.”

She sighed deeply, “I’ve already told you that he’s not here.” Keller furrowed his brows and gave her a disapproving fatherly look, “We still needed to search the premises, ma’am. It's protocol.”

Sweet Pea walked up behind her and wrapped an arm around her. Keller and the other police officers had the unpleasant experience of watching the four serpents hold a nonverbal conversation before Sapphire was once again sighing and Sweet Pea pulled the both out of the way to let the cops in.

“Search all you want. Don’t fucking touch anything,” she snapped.

Sweet Pea leaned down and chuckled into her ear, “How can they search if they can’t touch anything?”

“Bite me,” she snapped and moved away before he could reply. She went to stand in middle of the mess of her living room watching every move the cops made. She rose a brow when one of them look from the hole in the wall to the brace on her hand and smirked a little at the fear that flashed in his eyes. Fucking wuss.

Sweet Pea and the others made their way to the living room and Sapphire’s eyes flickered over to the them when she heard Toni’s and Fangs’ intake of breath. “Saph…” Fangs started, and she could hear the pity dripping from his voice.

Her anger flared again, and she wanted to snarl. She wanted to punch another hole in the wall. Fuck she wanted to go back in time and punch Clifford Blossom in the face. She wanted, no she needed to do something destructive. But she couldn’t. Not with the cops in the house searching for her brother.

They waited a few more minutes as the cops continued their search as if Joaquin was just going to pop out from under her bed or something. While they waited, Sweet Pea and Fangs got to fixing up the furniture in her house and Toni swept up the glass from the vases that fell over. She shot them a look because she hadn’t wanted them to do that before she went back to glaring at the cops. It didn’t take long for them to leave with Sheriff Keller telling her to call the police if Quin showed back up.

As if she’d sell her brother out.

Once they left, Sapphire glared at the ground before Fangs himself pulled out his own dime bag of weed and Sapphire decided that she need to hit that blunt because fuck them, the police blew her high.

The four of them sat around on her couches passing the blunt around and drinking some of the red wine she keeps hidden in one of the floor boards under her bed. Toni ended up leaving first because she had a meeting with Tall Boy about FP’s son coming to join their school. Fangs left afterwards because he had to babysit his little sister while his mother went to the jubilee on the Northside.

Which left Sweet Pea and Sapphire together once again. The two looked at each other before looking away quickly. Neither said anything. Neither brought up the moment they had hours before.

Sapphire had stood up to go grab the wine bottle that Toni had put it in the kitchen when she felt a hand wrap around her ankle. She looked down at Sweet Pea who was still lying on the floor looking up at her. Except this time, he wasn’t looking at her with lust.

He stared at her as she was the brightest star in the night sky. The one person in the world that always pulled your attention to them no matter how hard you tried to turn away. She was the light to his life like moth by lampshade. Like a cat chasing after a laser light.

“Sweets,” she questioned, her voice going soft as her heart started to beat faster. He sat up a little and moved his hand from her ankle and to her uninjured wrist. Then he pulled her down to his lap.

“We need to talk,” he spoke softly as he wrapped his arms around her. “A talk that’s been put off for a while now.”

Sapphire swallowed before turning to face him. “On a scale from water to the tequila that Joaquin probably left in his converse shoebox in his closet, how emotional do you think this conversation is going to be?”

He breathed out a laugh before making a face to look like he was thinking, “I say the rest of your wine, but I’m also hoping that it doesn’t get that emotional at all.”

Sapphire nodded her head before she slid off his lap and sat in front of him. “What’s it that you want to talk- “

“Do you love me?”

Sapphire choked on her spit. Her eyes went wide as she whipped her head up to look at him. “What?”

“Do you love me,” Sweet Pea questioned seriously. “Because, fuck, I never thought I’d end up loving you, but I do. I really, really do.”

Sapphire was starting to feel lightheaded, but it could be the buzz of wine finally kicking in. “Sweet Pea, I-I, yes. Yes, I do love you. I just thought you didn’t see me the same way.”

“How could I not? Look at you, Saph, you’re the most beautiful girl I have ever laid my eyes on and I can’t think of anyone else to spend the rest of my life with. You’re perfect for me.”

“Sweet Pea…”

“And I know I’ve done some shitty things. Getting you to ask other girls out for me or that time I took your bike to Tiana’s house to go fuck… but Sapphire Maria Stone, there is no other girl in the world that could even compare to you. These last few months have been shit watching you flirt and giggle with all those other guys and I tried to drown out my jealousy by doing the same with other girls, but it wasn’t easy. There is literally no other girl that could hold a candle to you.”

Sapphire felt tears gather in her eyes and Sweet Pea internally panicked a little and brought her back into his arms. He placed a kiss onto her forehead before continuing with his words. “I’m a jerk for not admitting this until now, I know… I can’t be sure if I would’ve said it any time before, we both know that I’m as inexperienced as they come in this area…”

Sapphire had started to cry sniffling every now and then. “Please don’t cry, Saph. I’m not worth your tears. I don’t even deserve to have you loving me.”

“You’re a big sap, you know that. Under all that anger and delinquency, you’re a big teddy bear,” she sniffled as she smiled slowly. “Sweet Pea, I’ve had a crush on you for years. Since like sixth grade and you walked into the library and threw Scott Reynolds into the sci-fi bookshelf because he had flipped Toni’s skirt up…”

“… I don’t care that you don’t think you deserve to have my affections. You are the only boy that I want in my life. By my side. The light of my life. And yeah, there have been times I wanted to wring your neck especially when it came to other girls but Pea, it’s just. I can’t even explain it. It’s just… you’re the one for me even if we grow up and fall in love with other people, you’ll always have a special place in my heart.”

The two looked at each other light blushes dusting their cheeks before Sapphire stood up from his embrace. She held a hand out for him to take and pulled him along with her. He did the gentlemanly thing and went outside to secure their bikes before coming back in and she locked the door behind him. She continued to pull him towards her room cutting the lights off as they went.

Once they made it inside, she closed the door behind them and both changed into their night clothes. The emotional turmoil from the day weighing down on them. Sweet Pea placed a kiss on her forehead as the two lied down in bed.

And that anger that had been bubbling in Sapphire’s blood? It faded away until left nothing but a dull ache.

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