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In My Dreams•Part Two

(A/N Here we are part two! More cheesiness with the loveable clueless duo who still do not get it, but the team are definitely on hand to try and help win the bet🤣hope you enjoy, let me know!!!😘)

•Read part one•

(Pairing)

Adrian Chase x Female reader

(Summary)

The 11th street Kids are absolutely SICK of you staring at Adrian, none of them could understand why and even worse the guy in question didn’t appear to have a single clue, so the team all rally together to try and help you both out…

(Words)

6k

(Warning)

Fluff and cheese, idiots in love, clueless duo, team are full on trolling them basically, mentions of drinking, attempt at canon type humour, miscommunications, happens after season one, the cheese continues, found family is dorky…

Back downstairs you finish your coffee, then make a start on all the paperwork you needed to sort through, medic reports and work files that instantly bored you.

What you wouldn’t give right now to be out on a mission or looking into the intel that Harcourt had mentioned previously, what bizarre thing had appeared in Evergreen now?

Lost in the job at hand you half listen to Adrian talking to Chris, because unless there was a mission or something the two just usually hung around here, or deep in the wooded area nearby where they shot and blew up kitchen appliances.

Truth be told everyone else found Adrian a little, ok very, annoying but you enjoyed the moments he gave you his full attention a little too much, this was completely the wrong job to have a pathetic crush on.

Dating where you worked? You had never agreed with that method, but glancing up to see Adrian playing with his small combat knives in his large hands, you fully considered the idea.

“Why don’t you go over there and chat?”

“I have work to do.” You inform Adebayo later that same morning in a low voice, looking away from Adrian who you had been staring at for fuck knows how long, it was beyond tragic.

“Sure, looks like you are getting lots done whilst staring at Vigilante-“

“First of all I’m not staring, and secondly I am super busy.” You snap far louder than you had planned on causing Chris to chuckle to himself deeply, but then he stands and heads out of the room.

You were surprised to see Adrian remained in his seat, usually he would follow Peacemaker around all the time, much to the guys annoyance but there he sat staring at his knives, very closely.

“Hey Adrian!” Adebayo yells alerting him as he sat up straighter in his seat pocketing his knife in one of his many compartments he had hidden in his suit.

“Yeah?” Adrian spins round in his seat then stands heading over towards your desk, whilst you gave Adebayo a look which she welcomes with a grin back of course.

“How cool is Y/N in the field?” Adebayo begins hands open in front of her as of emphasise her point as she adds “ Totally a badass babe am I right?”

“Hey what-“

“I mean sure, you are pretty badass.” Adrian states looking down at you towering over your desk whilst you wished a hole would open up, this was so humiliating.

“Thanks Adrian-“

“Don’t forget the babe part of course.” Adebayo winks at Adrian as if you wasn’t even here which you kind of hoped that you wasn’t.

“Er, aren’t you married Adebayo?” Adrian snorts with a laugh which makes you smile back at your friend, who just rolls her eyes and proceeds to walk back over to her own desk.

“I don’t think-“

“What was that all about?” Adrian sits down next to you in the seat Adebayo had just left, causing you to look up and see her grinning widely back.

“I have no idea-“

“You are a pretty cool babe though.” Adrian practically whispers making you wonder if you had heard him correctly, but you look up to see him glancing back at you with a shocked look on his face.

“I’m-“

“Oh! I bet Peacemaker is looking for me I better head out and go.” Adrian cuts you off quickly standing from the metal seat, then he practically runs out of the office, causing Adebayo to pout at you whilst John chuckled behind his hand.

“You guys are acting weirder that normal, what’s going on?” You demand trying to avoid the humiliation that was coursing through you, by shouting at these two instead this was all their fault of course.

“No weirder than you and Adrian just were-“

“Anyone want a coffee?” You cut off John hurrying to the tiny kitchen to work the ancient coffee machine thankfully not seeing Adrian nearby either.

Adrian had called you a babe and you were frustrated at how happy that made you, what was wrong with you?

Re-entering the office you spot John still at his desk, yet Adebayo wasn’t around which worries you briefly, but you decide that you are just imagining things.

What would the team actually get out of trying to humiliate you in front of Adrian when they did it all the fucking time anyway?

You was just on edge, because knowing that Adrian was close by especially here at HQ, always drove you a little insane and not in a good way.

All you needed was some fresh air real quick, a few moments just stepping outside of HQ to collect your thoughts which was something you had already done today yet here you were again.

Letting the glass door slam shut as you head out the front, you welcome the warm sunshine on your bare arms and the hint of cool breeze that teased along your hair and round the back of your neck.

This calms you enough for a smile to play against your lips, but it soon disappears when you hear the door open quickly looking back to see Adebayo grin widely as she spots you.

“Hiding out here are we?” Adebayo asks with a soft laugh which lights up her face but only proceeds to make you narrow your eyes in response.

“I’m avoiding you if your asking, yes.” You retort but like always Adebayo’s smirk always sets off your own, her smile was both addictive and welcoming which caught you off guard every single time.

“Now why would you-“

“I’m just so angry at how everyone is behaving today, is it the heat going to their heads or am I just going mad?” You question with a well-timed eye roll at Adebayo who tuts back at you loudly.

“We’re behaving no different than yesterday, or even the day before that but you and a certain Adrian well-“

“Don’t start!” You cut off Adebayo with a pointed finger aimed at her face but she easily bats it away with an unimpressed look.

“Ok! But something has to give soon you guys work together we’ve all noticed the looks-“

“Looks?” You question making Adebayo’s smile widen across her face.

“Adrian spends a lot of time staring at you, I bet if you admitted your feelings -“

“Why do you even care?” You whine at Adebayo who momentarily looks caught out which raises your earlier suspicions of something going on up to an eleven.

“I have no idea-“

“You are up to something!” You cut off Adebayo able to read her easily like a book, making you fold your arms across your chest.

“The team are just fed up-“

“Well whatever looks you see Adrian give me they are not of the romantic variety, the guy has no feelings-“

“Adrian claims to have no emotions-“

“Either way, I am a grown adult and if I wanted tell Adrian something I would have by now but I don’t so, there.” You state sounding far more naive in your years than how old you actually were, this was embarrassing.

“If you say so-“

“Hey, there you are!” Adrian appears round the side of the building making both you and Adebayo jump guiltily at the same time.

“Oh my god! You almost gave me a heart attack.” Adebayo shouts at Adrian who just stands there bouncing from one foot to the other, his green eyes not meeting either of yours.

“What’s up Adrian?” You ask him hoping that he hadn’t heard absolutely any of your conversation, because that would surely be the icing on today’s cake.

“Oh! Chris is looking for you but I beg you just ignore whatever he says, ok!” Adrian pleads holding both of his hands in front of him as he takes a step closer into your personal space which you don’t welcome right now.

“That’s easy!” You begin with a chuckle whilst you take a tiny step back from Adrian as you joke “I ignore him all the time anyway.”

You watch as a wide smile matches Adrian’s big eyes when he starts to laugh very loudly, way louder than necessary but his cute actions make you grin back regardless.

“You two are ridiculous.” Adebayo states not for the first time today, or ever actually as with a grin she heads back inside HQ.

“What was that-“

“I better go and avoid Chris then!” You cut off Adrian quickly before he can ask about Adebayo’s final comment.

“Yes! That would be perfect.” Adrian nods with a smile but then quickly adds “Even though I did kind of want to actually ask you if-“

“Can it wait?” You cut off Adrian desperately wanting this moment of awkwardness to end, despite seeing the look on your team mates face which makes you suddenly feel awful.

“Oh sure! It was nothing just a cute story about some, er cats I saw on the way to work and I had some cat follow up questions, but it can totally wait!” Adrian nods whilst slowly backing away from you with a clearly fake smile plastered across his face.

Once he disappears you instantly regret cutting the guy off, what was it exactly that Adrian was gonna ask you?

Also more importantly how did he know you loved cats, you would have definitely enjoyed the distraction in conversation, the idea of big-bad Vigilante finding a stray cat makes you smile to yourself.

Finally back in the office working, in complete and utter silence alongside John you actually welcome the quiet, until soon enough continuous thoughts of Adrian clog up your mind, and you are reduced to typing his name out repeatedly on your work document.

What was wrong with you? Short of writing that you hearted Vigilante on all of your binders, you seriously needed to get a grip and focus on your work instead.

“Do you still have the Gate files?” John asks breaking into your thoughts, which had you moving shit around on your desk without realising what you had left up on your screen.

“Somewhere, wait-“

“Let me look.” Begins John with a groan getting up from his seat, several strides later he is standing behind you then suddenly you hear deep laughter.

“I can see your super busy!” John chuckles pointing a finger at your computer screen, showing that you had typed Adrian’s name over and over, you were such an idiot.

“Ignore that!” You snap hurriedly pressing the backspace key until you ended up deleting the whole document, pressing save instead of the undo tab so now you had nothing.

“So you do like him then? The weirdo busboy who likes to play dress up that’s your type!” John asks you incredulously whilst you felt your face burn red with pure embarrassment, yet again.

“I mean yeah, Adrian is part of the team so of course I get along with him-“

“That isn’t what I asked.” John cuts you off looking away quickly then glancing back with a grin on his face that worries you instantly.

“Ok what is going on around-“

“I’m just messing, cos all I’m saying is you clearly like Vigilante it’s surprising, it’s all we see around the office it’s kind of distracting.” John grimaces like the very idea of talking about this was causing him physical pain.

“Do you think Adrian knows-“

“Knows what?” John cuts you off with a question followed by more deep laughter.

“Ok enough of this, you need to stop being so annoying-“

“But it’s so obvious!” John presses clearly in a mood to wind you up because it was obviously working.

“So what if it is? Adrian hasn’t even noticed or cared about my feelings so nothing is going to happen and why were we even talking about this!” You cry in one loud tirade seriously getting pissed from the direction today was heading in.

“Hey Adrian!” John claps his hands then silently leaves the room whilst you stare at your computer kind of afraid to turn around.

“What is dye-beards problem?” You hear Adrian ask making you wonder how long he had been standing there, and how much had he actually heard.

“I’m gonna murder-“

Hey, murdering is kind of my thing.” Jokes Adrian making you look round to see him grinning back, no awkward look on his face perhaps he hadn’t heard anything.

“So, what is it that I haven’t noticed about you then?” Questions Adrian walking towards your desk with a confused look on his face.

“About me?” You ask as alarm bells ring in your head making you glance up to catch Adrian’s green eyes trained on you carefully.

“Yeah you were saying to John about-“

“Grab lunch with me?” Adebayo cuts Adrian off poking her head around the corner, smirk widening from her face when she saw who you were with.

“Oh snap! I’m interrupting I will-“

“No, wait!” Before overthinking it you grab your phone from the side and race out of the office.

“Do I smell or something?” You hear Adrian call out whilst you literally run away from him, yet again.

Heading to the bathroom you tell Adebayo you won’t be a moment, because you needed to collect your thoughts and stop everyone getting to you.

What was going on?

It was a valid question, because everyone was acting so weird today, enough for Adrian to notice at least which meant something was happening around here, without him of course.

Spotting Adebayo by the bathroom Adrian decides to confront her for some answers, his fifth BFF had never steered him wrong so why would she start now.

“I can’t talk right now-“

“Oh man, why is everyone so busy today?” Adrian begins with a sulky pout then adds “ I just want to quickly ask you why everyone is acting so weird especially Y/N!”

“You really need me to answer that?” Adebayo questions with a loud tut but there is a smile on her face when she glances back up at Adrian.

“Yes, because I am so confused right now-“

“Oh, Adrian.” Begins Adebayo with a sigh then she adds with a laugh “Maybe I could speak to you later and help you sort this out.”

“You mean it?”

“I need to go right now but I promise I will speak to you ok!” Adebayo states with a sweet smile as Adrian watches her walk past him.

Let’s hope Adebayo remembers, because the advice Chris had given him was not helpful in the least, and Adrian desperately needed some answers and fast.

Standing in front of the bathroom mirror which sat on an old medicine cabinet, you were trying to control your breathing once again which was mixed with second hand embarrassment and a hint of rejection for some reason.

Sure you was used to the team teasing both you and an oblivious Adrian, but today it had felt everyone was out to annoy you which right now was putting you in a super bad mood.

Briefly wondering if you could feign sickness just so you could go home to your apartment and forget about today, deciding that would actually be a dream come true right now.

But of course you can’t, so instead you head back out of the bathroom not finding Adebayo but Chris and Adrian instead, clearly having a private conversation together.

“So, how did Y/N say it?” Chris asks which makes you stand stock still when you hear your name being mentioned.

“Dude, I don’t know I’m not even sure what is happening here-“

“You do, you’ve known for a fucking while literally whining to me the whole time about it dude!” Chris moans in annoyance.

“I have no-“

Your eyes widen at the same time that Adrian stops talking because he has spotted you standing there, clearly listening when you shouldn’t be and you instantly freeze up.

“Oh, hey again Y/N!” Adrian nods then does a little wave with his hand then drops his arm because he kind of felt like an idiot right this second.

“So where are you taking this chick on a date tonight then?” Chris asks arching his eyebrows up at Adrian who nods his head then gives you a smile.

“Oh you mean, Britney? Yeah we are going on date probably to go see a film or something.” Adrian nods back confidently even though you knew he was a terrible, terrible liar.

“What happened with Sharon?” Chris asks with a chuckle whilst Adrian starts flapping his hands, looking very caught out causing you to just roll your eyes.

Silently you decide to just walk off, clearly Adebayo had left you here at HQ you just hoped she would bring you something decent back to eat.

Whatever that little conversation with those two was about you needed to forget about it, even if Adrian had a made up girlfriend was that him trying to tell you that he wasn’t interested?

Unless Chris was trying to wind you up he was universally known for being a dick, so you wouldn’t put it past him the thought makes you curse to yourself.

Heading back to your desk you stare at the blank document on the computer screen, the one where you had to start all over again which was the last thing you wanted to do.

But this report had to be finished by the end of day, both John and Harcourt would be on your case otherwise, which was something you didn’t need right now.

Instead you put you ear buds in and block out the noise of the office, waiting for food to be delivered by Adebayo so you might as well try and get some work done.

Listening to music always grounds you in such a way that today it was definitely needed, with everyone trying your patience, even Adrian was driving you insane.

Despite needing to desperately get on with work, you instead make coffee for yourself and of course Adrian, even though he never actually asked for a drink.

It was because you still felt kind of bad for cutting him off earlier outside HQ, still curious as to what exactly Adrian had been going to ask you, but it would be all kinds of awkward if you asked him now whilst back in the office.

Avoiding work completely you instead spend too much time with the shitty coffee machine, in the small kitchen using this as an excuse to both see Adrian and check in on the other’s cos you still didn’t trust them.

Adebayo was acting super strange earlier, she was terrible at keeping secrets and you were sure something was being kept from you, today has just felt super off kilter.

Adrian watches as you place a mug on your desk, looking away when he notices you bending down to pick something up your round ass sticking out even though he had wanted to continue staring.

“Way to be subtle, dude.” Chuckles Chris nudging him hard with his elbow which catches Adrian off guard as he almost face plants the floor, but grips onto the back of the desk he was standing at whilst giving his best friend a dark look.

“Dude, what the fuck-“

Adrian stops shouting at Chris when he sees you approaching them from the left, watching curiously as you place a dark green coffee mug down next to him, this was at least the third coffee you had made for him so far today.

“Why do you keep making me coffee? I never drank the other two-“

“Adrian!” Chris scolds in a shocked voice then with a deep cough he adds “ Y/N has made you coffee using my favourite mug no less , whilst not even asking if anyone else wants one.”

“Do you want a coffee then?” You ask Chris in an awkward voice.

“What I want.” Begins Chris with a smug grin on his face “Is to talk to you in private for a few minutes.”

Adrian’s head swings back from yours to Chris’s at an alarming rate with a look of pure horror on his face, despite not being able to express anything he sure as hell looked upset right now.

“You don’t need to go and talk in private, you can say whatever you need to here Chris.” Adrian states even though he gives his friend a pleading look which says otherwise.

“I don’t think you want me talking about the other night.” Chris informs Adrian who gasps then looking at you Peacemaker adds with a playful chuckle “ This guy got super wasted and-“

“Ok, enough of that!“ Snaps Adrian causing John to laugh and Adebayo to roll her eyes seeing how they were trying to work right now on case files that needed sorting as soon as possible.

“I better go back to work.” You nod at Adrian ignoring Chris who you can see is nodding his head, huge arms folded looking quite intimidating but he was an idiot so the thought passes.

Adrian watches your movements back to your desk, picking up a folder from Adebayo who winks at you then you hurriedly sit in your chair proceeding to hide your pretty face behind the aforementioned yellow folder.

“You could at least have said thanks for the coffee dude-“

“Can you please not mention the other night!” Adrian snaps quietly at Chris who looks nonplussed so he continues “What I said was just drunken crap that vodka-“

“Don’t go backtracking now!” Chris cuts him-off with a laugh, slapping a heavy hand on Adrian’s back, almost knocking him over yet again but he holds his ground.

“I could just deny it-“

“That’s a negative because everyone has heard you going on and on about the hot medic, so by this point it’s just moot.” Chris tells Adrian in a low voice but the masked anti hero reads him loud and clear.

“Fuck, fine.” Adrian growls in response picking up the green mug next to him rewarding it with a suspicious look, which makes Chris tut back at him.

“What’s wrong-“

“Don’t you think it’s weird that Y/N just made me a coffee and no one else? What if she is like a spy or an undercover cop trying to catch me?” Adrian states sniffing the coffee in case he could smell chemicals, unless she had used something untraceable which would be the smartest thing to do.

“What? Where do you get these ideas from-“

“I just don’t get why she keeps making me coffee and why are you laughing right now, I could be poisoned!” Adrian yells the last part loud enjoy for you to look up from your folder noticing Chris watching you carefully.

“Let’s go talk in the kitchen.” Chris announces pushing Adrian ahead causing him to almost spill his coffee, clutching onto it with both hands like it had all the answers for him.

“Look, I’m jealous of you and Y/N Adrian but dammit you don’t even notice! Do you know Y/N spends the longest time stitching you up and she is so gentle and looks after you it’s really cool dude.”

Adrian tries to process the word dump that Chris had just dropped on him, nope it wasn’t working he decides standing there rewarding Chris with a confused open mouthed look.

“Does she?” Adrian finally speaks then decides to take a drink of his coffee, but ends up choking on it when he swallows it down the wrong pipe.

“Fuck yes dude! Did you not hear a single word I said to you the other night-“

“I was blackout drunk dude I don’t even know how I got home after.” Adrian groans from the memory because he had been so ill for days after that, never that bad again.

“You crashed at my trailer you idiot.” Chris shakes his head but with a sigh, then he adds in a softer tone “Well you know what needs to happen today, you finally talking to Y/N and-“

“Why today?” Adrian cuts off with a suspicious look on his face.

“Does it matter-“

“Well I have no emotions if you remember so I can’t-“

“You are so full of bullshit!” Chris snaps walking out of kitchen leaving Adrian staring at his mug of coffee, wondering if it had some kind of hidden meaning that could help him.

If only….

Heading back into the office closely behind Chris, Adrian stops by John’s desk but he just proceeds to ignore him whilst he worked typing furiously with his keyboard.

Noticing Adebayo has now returned with burritos, you take off your ear buds only half hearing the conversation around you as Harcourt spoke loudly.

“I need two people-“

“Send Adrian!” Chris cuts off Harcourt who gives him a dark look but she looks at Adrian who nods in the positive.

“Sure I love stakeouts!” Adrian laughs excitedly waving a wrapped up burrito in his right hand like a wand.

“When have you ever been on a stakeout dude?” Chris questions with a snort.

“Y/N can go and join Adrian for a little stakeout?” Harcourt asks with a wink aimed in your direction which freaks you out for a couple of seconds.

“I have paperwork!” You state quickly.

“You look so busy.” Adrian nods in agreement.

“Go on it’ll be fun!” Smirks Adebayo at you both then she adds “John can do your paperwork.”

“The hell I can-“

“What are we staking out exactly?” You ask Harcourt who looks away to pick up a file from her desk, all the while Chris was watching her with a smile on his face.

The guy had it so bad but Harcourt was good at hiding her feelings, unlike you who seemed to wear your emotions for all to see, unless you were Adrian.

“It’s just to gather some intel on a Mark Baron, well-known drug lordwho owns the only gym in town, we believe he may have got his hands on some alien tech.” Harcourt explains with a serious looking face closing the file she had been holding, handing it over to Adrian who doesn’t even bother to look at it.

“So, we don’t attack?” Adrian asks pointedly whilst you get up from your desk, taking the folder out of his hand gently.

“No! You just watch the gym and take pictures if you think they are doing something illegal that is all Y/N will have to keep a close eye on you.” Harcourt cuts off Adrian before he goes on about his knives or even worse taking a chainsaw with him on the stakeout.

Checking the file, it is very light on the details but armed with an address and picture of this drug lord named Mark you were ready to get out of here.

“Fine.” Adrian scoffs then glancing in your direction adds “Let’s go? We can eat our burritos in the Vigilante mobile.”

“You’ve got to take the van.” John announces with a chuckle which makes you give him a look because this felt like you were being set up.

All day today, so far it has felt like this the team talking about Adrian to you when usually they would be making rude jokes about the guy, who normally ignored them because he had thick skin.

“Ok, then!” Adrian nods sounding less than happy at this arrangement as he goes to grab another burrito, handing it to you then he silently heads out of the room.

“I know you assholes are up to something!” You snap dropping the folder back onto your desk, as you point the wrapped burrito at your teammates, who all find your little out burst amusing.

“You can thank me later.” Harcourt nods at you with a brief smirk your sure you had imagined when it quickly vanishes as soon as it had appeared.

“What does that even-“

“This is such a bad idea.” Chris points at you and then behind him as he states “There is only one way to do this, going to the bar later and drinking.”

“Drunk Adrian? No thanks!” Scoffs Harcourt whilst you just stand there not even sure what is going on.

“Romeo is waiting outside for you then!.” Chris winks at you whilst you proceed to glare but he looks unaffected by your actions.

“Look I’ve told you guys-“

“Just go!” Adebayo huffs whilst you just roll your eyes welcoming the break from the office, just not being stuck with Adrian for god knows how long.

“We will be in contact later.” You hear Harcourt explain right before you rounded the corner heading back outside into the warm and sunny afternoon.

Let’s hope this was worth it…

Adrian choses which music to play, picking one of Chris’ many mixtapes, which was a mix of eighties rock and Swedish metal bands you knew nothing about, but it was fun to watch the guy next to you bouncing in the drivers seat.

A goofy smile spread across his face as he waved his arms above his head then down to his sides , like some bad attempt at the robot but he looked so freaking cute, that you couldn’t help but grin whilst he was lost in the music.

Luckily the music was also loud enough so you didn’t have to talk, but not too noisy that you were going to be noticed parked in the street causing a scene.

Eating your burrito you enjoy this time just with Adrian, despite neither of you talking both just monitoring “Baron’s Gym” which was popular, lots of people walking in and out you hoped not to make a scene.

“Do you really think there are still butterflies around here?” Adrian asks once he has finally lowered the volume of the music, sitting next to you wearing his Vigilante costume sans mask.

“I think it’s fucking stupid doing intel right now in broad daylight, you do know people can see us in here right?” You ask Adrian flippantly.

“I know how windows work-“

“What I’m saying.” You cut off Adrian with a smirk then ask “This all seems for nothing, like wouldn’t it be easier and safer to just do this at night?”

“What like a date?” Adrian asks making you sit up straighter in the passenger seat when you see the hopeful look on his face.

“Nice try.” You joke making Adrian give you a funny look then looks away to glance at his gloved hands instead.

“So you think this was just a way to get us out of the office together?” Adrian asks looking back up at you to see your confused face.

“Why would-“

“I mean we do work well together.” Adrian cuts you off with a smile aimed in your direction.

“Sure do, but this just all seems pointless.” You explain to Adrian who wasn’t listening because he seemed deep in thought, staring at the dashboard.

“I thought you liked hanging out with me?” Adrian asks looking up at you with curious green eyes.

“Yeah, we do work together but I don’t think we have ever actually hung out-“

“We totally should then sometime!” Adrian cuts you off with a boyish smile.

“Sure-“

“Would you have any aversion to a movie night at my place then?” Adrian asks excitedly adding “You could bring the popcorn!”

“Sounds fun.” You nod with a smile, glancing away from Adrian to focus back on the gym the thing you were supposed to be watching.

This was absolutely ridiculous…

“It wouldn’t be like a Netflix and chill type deal cause I have way better movie choices-“

“Do you know what that even means? Netflix and chill.” You ask him with a teasing smile when you notice the very tip of his ears go pink from your question.

“Of course!?” Adrian scoffs back at you complete with a flick of his right hand as he adds “ I have you know, I chill a lot in my free time, which of course means I have sex like all the time.”

“Oh!” You find yourself saying out loud surprised by his answer, as you notice him studying your reaction with a look on his face that just screamed that he couldn’t read you right now.

“Yeah, so how about you-“

“I don’t want to discuss my sex life with you Adrian.” You tell him firmly making him reply with a dumb nod finally looking away to glance down at his phone, at the very same time it starts ringing.

“Worse timing ever-“

Snatching Adrian’s phone from his gloved hand, because you desperately needed a distraction feeling how hot your face was right now it probably wasn’t a good look on you.

“What’s up?” You ask quickly answering the call whilst moving your arm away from Adrian who was trying to grab his phone back from your hand.

“Oh, Y/N where’s Adrian?” Adebayo asks sweetly, a little too nonchalantly which instantly puts you on edge, for the millionth time today.

“Why are you calling-“

“It’s private!” Adrian snaps loudly cutting off whatever Adebayo was going to say, which makes you look back at your team mate who had wide green eyes and actually looked super pissed right now.

Silently taking his phone from your hand Adrian’s gloved fingers brush against yours, then seconds later he moves them to look away glancing out of the window at the busy gym across the street.

“I didn’t mean-“

“It’s ok!” Adrian turns round to glance at you pushing up his glasses on his sharp nose, whilst you feel very overwhelmed all of a sudden with the urge to literally run away, which you proceed to do.

“Are you-“

“I need the restroom!” You practically yell swinging open the van door straight out into the street, as you hop down ignoring Adrian’s voice whilst you race round the front heading directly towards the nearest coffee shop.

“Are you ok?” Adrian asks to himself alone in the van wishing that you hadn’t cut him off, something you did often that frustrated the hell out of him every single time.

Cursing when his phone started to ring again, Adrian pressed the green button with his thumb to answer the call noticing it was Adebayo calling, still bad timing.

“Look it’s not gonna work-“

“I have some news to tell you is Y/N still there?” Adebayo cuts Adrian off then launches into her next sentence hurriedly “ Because this stakeout your on is fake it’s just a distraction.”

“Distraction, why? What the hell is going on today!” Adrian scoffs in annoyance hitting his hand on the steering wheel hard, then once more for luck.

“You really need me to answer that-“

“Yes, I do! Because you guys are acting weird and that’s saying a lot coming from me and my teammate has just ran off.” Adrian sulks down the phone wishing he could have a re-do on today immediately, please and thank you.

“I think you both better come back and Harcourt can explain, look it was just a joke to begin with cause you two are ridiculously cute together and we-“

“Ok, when Y/N comes back from the restroom I will drive us back.” Adrian sighs then hangs up because someone had a lot of explaining to do when they got back at HQ.

Fake stakeout? What was the purpose behind that and why would Adebayo think you both looked cute together, even though the idea made his stomach do that horrible fluttery thing.

Sure Adrian knew the team were acting weird, he also thought you had been involved as well what with making him all those coffee’s today was just as weird, he would definitely need a beer later and to talk to Chris again too.

Checking the time Adrian notices that you have been gone for a little while, maybe there was a queue in the coffee shop, why the hell did he care so much?

But of course Adrian deep down knew the answer to his own question, without anyone telling him even though, everyone thought he was already an idiot and you didn’t have a clue so what was the point.

Sulking Adrian turns the music back up on the old CD player, the lyrics from the song making him sit up as he turns it up even louder.

“You’re the only one, living in my fantasy, in my dreams…”

Fuck, Adrian had it bad if he was relating to a song, one that reflected his feelings perfectly even though he knew for a fact that he didn’t have any.

Feelings that is…

But right now Adrian could’ve sworn that he felt worried, especially seeing how you weren’t here with him in the van, why were you taking so long?

Grabbing his Vigilante mask off the dashboard Adrian pulls it on jumping out of the van, then hurriedly heads towards the nearest coffee shop, seeing how he was rewarded with some weird looks but his only focus right now was to find you.

Walking directly into the coffee shop Adrian looks round and takes note of how literally everyone turns round to face him, most look away again but one person holds their phone up probably to snap a picture.

Adrian briefly folds his arms to pose but remembering why he was here, he pushes past the customer doing a three sixty spin round the store realising that you weren’t in here even, shit.

When checking the toilets yield negative results, Adrian races back out of the coffee shop in case he had missed you but even from here he couldn’t see you in the van.

“Shit, where are you?!” Adrian questions out loud in an angry voice, causing are elderly women who was passing by start clutching her chest like she was in pain or fright he didn’t know.

Looking across the street Adrian nods at the elderly women who was still shouting at him, her face moving into so many shapes which meant he briefly lost focus seeing how she looked like a weird blur in front of him.

“You shouldn’t yell like that-“

“Er, sorry I need to go over here!” Adrian cuts the elderly women off who continues to rant, leaning onto a stick but he was more preoccupied about checking out the gym.

Even though Adebayo had said this stake out wasn’t real, something bad was sitting heavily in Adrian’s gut right now almost like he just knew something was wrong.

Where the hell were you?!

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[honnelander]

go fish! part 2

guyssss i did NOT expect this little series to blow up. y'all are amazing! i'm turning into a Sanji writing blog and am i mad about it? no lmao i received a couple of requests and i'll work on them as soon as i can. i'm really in the zone rn so i'll ride this wave as long as i can. if you want to be a part of the taglist for whenever i post new Sanji content, lmk. i hope you enjoy!

WARNINGS: none

word count: 2.8k

pairing: opla!sanji x fem!reader

summary: after being humiliated by Usopp earlier, reader stays in her room to decompress. however, she gets a visitor.

prequel part 1 part 3 part 4 masterlist

taglist: @smolracoon25 @mischiefmanaged71 @jovialcat123

Mortified. That’s how you felt. Still. 

Ever since you ‘forfeited’ from finishing your Go Fish card game with Usopp a couple of hours ago, you had taken your glass of water that Sanji had poured for you and boarded up in your shared room with Nami, refusing to come out due to “heat exhaustion”. 

Poor Luffy, ever the golden hearted captain, was immediately worried for your wellbeing as soon as he heard that but after multiple reassurances from you and getting up off of your hammock multiple times to prove you were in fact, just fine, he relented from wanting to stop by the nearest island so he could find a doctor for you. Usopp had managed to convince him as well that all you needed was some water, alone time, and that you would be fine by dinnertime. 

You rubbed your eyes as you let out a sigh, vowing to yourself that the next time you wanted some time by yourself, you should just take a bath or something, since any other excuse would cause someone on the crew (Luffy) to lose their mind at the thought of someone not feeling well. 

You readjusted yourself, sitting more upright, as you downed the last of your water, it being warm by this point since it had been poured by Sanji hours ago. 

Sanji. Ugh.  

Your heart fluttered once again at the mere thought of him, but that flutter was immediately replaced by a wave of crashing embarrassment at the thought of the afternoon’s sequence of events. What had happened earlier wasn’t even anything that groundbreaking or special, but to you? It was everything. It wasn’t common practice in your life for the object of your affections to be so kind towards you, so thoughtful, to read and anticipate your needs before you even knew they were even there. But Sanji? He was all of that and more. And you didn’t even know him for that long! You’ve all been a part of the straw-hat crew for 5 months at this point and it felt silly to admit to yourself that you had developed a crush on one of your crewmates in that short amount of time. 

And having feelings for your crewmate? Someone who you literally couldn’t get away from since you all were trapped on a ship together (not that you would ever want to be away from him or anyone else for that matter, besides Usopp, but still), it felt morally wrong. You guys were all a team. Sure, you all were off to sail around the world and chase dreams, but achieving all of that required teamwork and trust, and that was hard to do if two of those people were caught up with matters of the heart every hour of every day. 

Like, what if things didn’t work out in the end? Would you really want to put the crew’s dynamic at stake just because you thought the blonde guy was cute? No, you wouldn’t. It would be selfish so you would never dare to put yourself or Sanji in that position. No matter how much you liked him. 

So as much as it pained you, you could never tell Sanji how you feel. You would never cross that line of being a ‘professional pirate’ into something more, like a pirate wife. Or a pirate chef’s wife. 

It definitely didn’t help that freaking Usopp of all people on the crew knew about your affections for Sanji. Ugh, you groaned. He was the absolute worst person to know about it too. Why did he have to figure it out? Why did he have to be the one that had put two and two together to equal four? That your random bouts of awkwardness and shyness plus ‘heart eyes’ and blushes whenever Sanji was around equaled to you having a forbidden crush on the crew’s chef? It was embarrassing. And complicated.  

He loved to stir the pot too, so whenever he could tease you for it when you both were alone or in front of a clueless Sanji, he would. You remembered the kiss he had shared with Kayla back when the straw-hats had acquired the Going Merry, so you definitely jabbed him right back when you had had enough, since part of you felt guilty for it since Kayla was thousands of miles away and Sanji lived on this ship with you. Your situations were slightly similar but completely different.  

Also, completely different in the way that him and Kayla were basically dating at this point, albeit long distance, and had shared a kiss while you could barely sustain eye contact that lasted more than 5 seconds with Sanji. 

You were hopeless. 

“Knock, knock,” a familiar accented voice came through the closed door. “Y/n? Are you awake?” 

"Sanji?” you blurted out in complete surprise.  

Shit. You weren’t mentally prepared to see him just yet. At all. You were still replaying the interaction you both had earlier in your head, your overthinking mind going over every minute detail to figure out if Usopp’s careless teasing had given away your affections.  

Usopp, you mentally ground out. You were going to kill him. Sanji had never stopped by your room before so what on earth was he doing here now?  

Suddenly, a thought struck you like a bolt of lightning and made your stomach drop fifty miles below sea level: if Sanji had specifically stopped by your room just to gently let you down, that no, in fact he did not feel the same way about you, that he only thought of you as a member of the crew and nothing more....then yeah, you were definitely going to kill Usopp and throw him overboard. 

Before you could mentally plot out more details on Usopp's murder, the door opened and the straw-hat chef’s blonde head appeared. His eyes quickly scanned Nami’s empty hammock on the room’s left side before turning his head to the right, his blue eyes immediately finding your surprised ones, a (relieved?) smile lighting up his face at the sight of you. 

“So, I take it you’re awake?” Sanji asked in a light, teasing tone but not making an effort to move himself away from the doorway. 

“Uh, y-eah,” you stuttered out in surprise as you just stared at him dumbfounded. You still couldn’t figure out why he was here. 

Sanji continued to lock eyes with you, making your cheeks flush the longer you both stared at each other, and your palms sweat as the silence stretched on, making the tension in the air become thicker by the second. He blinked, his eyes darting to the side in confusion, raising an eyebrow as he asked, “May I come in?” 

“OH! Yes, of course- sorry,” you stuttered as you waved him inside, sitting up in your hammock and mentally face palmed yourself. Of course, Sanji was waiting on you to invite him inside. Like always, he was acting like a true gentleman. “Please, come in. Have a seat. Sorry, that was rude of me. Make yourself at home.” 

Sanji stood up to his full height and walked into your room with an easy smile and a small laugh, closing the door behind him. “Ah, don’t ever apologize y/n. You could never be rude to me,” Sanji rebuttalled and waved off your apology as he looked around and took in your very plain and basic shared room with Nami.  

Your room, or side of the room more specifically, wasn’t much to brag about considering you really didn’t have much to your name but for now, it was home to you. Your side consisted of your hammock, a wooden barrel next to it to act as a makeshift nightstand that housed your only book, a journal, and a lamp, along with an empty wooden crate to act as a makeshift seat and another to hold some of your other clothes and small travel bag. Nami’s side was similar to yours but had a touch more personality as she hung up some maps she found at various markets and drew up herself on her wall. 

You swallowed, suddenly feeling a tad self-conscious about the lack of things in your room considering your current guest was dressed, as usual, to the nines in his signature black suit and blue and white striped shirt complete with a skinny black tie. “Sorry for the sad state of my room-” 

“Sad?” Sanji stopped admiring your room and snapped his gaze to look at you. His eyebrows pulled together as another confused smile adorned his features. “Why would you say that? Your room isn’t sad, I like it. It’s a reflection of you,” his next words came out softer, “and I think that’s beautiful.” 

You could feel heat crawling up your neck at his words as you busied yourself with placing the empty glass in your hand on your barrel nightstand. There was no way Sanji was calling you beautiful, he was just commenting on your room. With Nami. On your shared room that owed any ounce of ‘personality’ to the ship’s navigator because it was obvious you literally brought nothing special to this room whatsoever.  

You stopped yourself from spiraling into ‘I don’t bring anything special to the straw-hats, I don’t know why they keep me around’ thoughts because now wasn’t the time to think about any of that. Those dark thoughts were reserved when you couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night.  

As you placed the glass on the nightstand, you asked, “So, what brings you all the way to my room? Aren’t you usually prepping for dinner around this time?” 

Sanji’s eyes followed your hand and lit up when he saw the sole book on your nightstand. “Oh, a book? I didn’t know you liked to read.” His megawatt smile lit up a couple of notches as his eyes sparkled, he looked like he had just learned one of the universe’s greatest mysteries as he took a seat near you on an empty crate. “What book is that?” 

“Oh, that?” You mentally deflated at the fact you now had to tell Sanji about your favorite book, “It’s Pride and Prejudice.”  

You weren’t ashamed of having that book specifically, you loved it and it was your favorite book of all time, you had lost count at how many times you had read it at this point, but it was the fact that you now had to share this part of yourself with the guy you fancied. Guys normally scoffed and turned their nose up at romance book and romantic things, so you were bracing for Sanji to scoff and laugh at you like all the other guys did (like even Zoro and Usopp did when they first saw you reading it) but it never came. 

Instead, Sanji’s smile remained bright. “Ah, so you’re a lover of classic romances? Pride and Prejudice? Romeo and Juliet?” 

Immediately, you smiled, finding yourself instantly comfortable suddenly whenever you got to talk about one of your favorite things. “Absolutely. I don’t think there’s a problem big enough out there that love can’t solve. Family backgrounds? Wealth and status? At the end of the day, none of that stuff matters. What matters is if two people love each other.” 

Sanji stayed quiet for a moment, looking into your eyes with a twinkle of an emotion that you couldn’t decipher. It made your heart skip a beat. “Yeah,” he agreed quietly, never breaking eye contact. “I agree.” 

You swallowed. “You like this stuff too? Have you read Pride and Prejudice?” 

Sanji blinked and that indescribable emotion he had in his eyes was gone. His smile remained, however, and became sheepish as he held up his hands, “Ah ok, you caught me. I’ve never read the full thing, but I know the main parts of the story. My favorite part that I did read though, was the first dinner with Mr. Collins and he complimented the Bennets on their ‘excellent boiled potatoes’.” 

You couldn’t help but laugh at that, shaking your head slightly as you teased, “I should’ve known that the chef of the Going Merry’s favorite part of the book is when food is discussed!” 

The blonde cook held his hands up again with a good-natured laugh, “Ah, you got me!” His face softened as he asked, “What about you?" He nodded towards the book. "What’s your favorite part?” 

You paused for a second as you mulled the question over. “Well, I'm not sure if you know about this part since you never read the book...” 

“Try me,” he encouraged softly. 

Your face turned to the side, your eyes looking at the wooden wall to your right, unable to bring yourself to look at Sanji as you told him your favorite part of your favorite book. You took a deep breath to steady yourself and calm your nerves, your voice becoming quiet as you told him, “My favorite part is...when Mr. Darcy barges in on Elizabeth for the first time, while she’s at her friend Charlotte’s house writing a letter. He had come to practice ‘conversating’ with her since he admitted that it wasn’t something he was good at and she had told him to practice it. So, Mr. Darcy just barged in and they had one of the most painfully awkward conversations ever...and he did all that just because he loves her. He did something he hated and was bad at, and opened himself up to embarrassment just because he wanted to improve and be better for her. It’s so romantic and beautiful.” 

The air was quiet after your mini monologue and for a moment, nothing could be heard except for their quiet breathing and the occasional crash of the ocean from outside your small window. 

Part of you worried that your little rambling had bored Sanji, so when you finally looked at him, imagine your surprise when you found him leaning in towards you, hands clasped, elbows resting on his knees and his eyes watching you, completely engaged. It was like he was hanging onto your every word. 

Sanji scanned your face for a moment, the corner of his lips curling upwards as he said, “Yeah, you’re right. I’m not familiar with that part in the book,” and before you could open your mouth to bring yourself down, he continued, “but, that doesn’t mean your answer is wrong.” He leaned back and slapped his hands against his thighs, “Hell, it’s a much more insightful answer than mine!” He laughed. “I just liked how they were poking some fun at boiled potatoes.” 

You laughed with him because yes, that part in the book also made you laugh as well. But at the mention of food, you realized that you still didn’t know why Sanji was here in the first place. Wasn’t he normally prepping for dinner at this time? He had to be running behind schedule at this point. 

“Why are you here, Sanji? Isn’t it almost time for dinner?” 

“Yeah, it is actually but I heard you weren’t feeling well so I wanted to check in on you, make sure you’re feeling alright and see if you have any special requests for dinner?” 

You couldn’t help the slight smile that overtook your face, trying to hide the blush at the fact that he was kind enough to check in on you and offer to practically be your own personal chef for the evening. 

You hummed for a moment, acting like you were deep in thought before asking with a raised eyebrow, "And what would you say if I requested some boiled potatoes?”  

The smile that lit up the chef’s face was priceless. He had never looked more beautiful. “To that, I would say ‘Absolutely. If that’s what the missus wants, then that is what the missus will get.’” 

Missus. There it was again. You felt all warm inside whenever he called you that, it made you feel like he was your husband and that you were his wife. But that wasn’t the case. Sanji definitely must have called other women that before. You weren’t special to him, he was just being polite.  

You swallowed down your emotions, putting your sudden wave of sadness away for later, putting on a small smile. “Then that sounds perfect. I would like to formally request some ‘excellent boiled potatoes’ as a side for dinner, please.” 

If Sanji noticed your sudden change in mood, he didn’t show it. Instead, he grinned as he said, “Excellent choice, Madam. Boiled potatoes, coming right up.” As he stood up and made his way towards your door, Sanji did one of the most unexpected things that nearly knocked the wind out of you. With his left hand on the doorknob he said, “And don’t worry, Madam. I’ll sprinkle in a little bit of extra love in there,” he turned and winked at you, “just for you.” 

With that, Sanji left your room, gently closing the door behind him, leaving you completely dumbstruck in your room, your mouth agape and body frozen. 

Did Sanji just say he loved you? 

You shook your head, because there was no way he did, right? He said he’d ‘sprinkle in some extra love’ into your potatoes, not 'I love you". You weren’t a chef, maybe that was a euphemism for something. 

You sighed.  

Those better be some good boiled potatoes. 

#sanji x reader #sanji vinsmoke x reader #sanji #sanji x y/n #one piece x reader #one piece fanfiction #sanji fanfiction #one piece live action #sanji live action #sanji vinsmoke #one piece #opla #opla!sanji #opla!sanji x reader #fluff #mutual pining #idiots in love #friends to lovers #basically 2 fics in a day?? crazy #i wanted to write more one shots so they were shorter and take less time but idk how to stop once i start oops lol #sorry not sorry #i think i'm gunna make a tag for this “universe/timeline”? #idk what it would be tho #the #go fish!timeline #? #maybe the “idiots in love” timeline #i'll workshop it #go fish! au

[canisalbus]

gothic lolita machete came to me in a dream

.

#HHWAH #but he unironically kind of makes it work though?? #I never realized that the leap from what he normally wears to gothic lolita would be this small #basically the same thing just a lot more lace and frills and embroidery #loving! the pomegranates! #it always makes me ecstatic when people find a way to include them or his other... symbols? motifs? objects of significance? #it's nice you kept the red gloves and red heels #the little crosses on the capelet and the stockings too hah #and the massive bow where the fascia would go #I support genderfuckery Machete by the way #his design and mannerisms have always been somewhat androgynous or at least that's what I've been trying to aim for #despite his sharp angular form he's supposed to have an aura of elegance and delicateness #at least on his better days when he's not in full rat man mode #given the choice he'd rather be called beautiful than handsome I'm pretty sure #folks have been mistaking him for a goth lesbian a whole lot lately so I can't be too far off #thank you this made me grin like an idiot when I opened the inbox #gift art #aggiepython #own characters #Machete

[crystallizsch]

Prefect… Would you like me to teach you how to dance?

Oh, wow. Offering a private lesson, Jamil?

Don’t call it that-

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ~

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they just kinda sorta lost track of time

#so book 5 has been on my mind lately #pining idiots in love is one of my favorite genres #[— #twst #twisted wonderland #twst art #jamil viper #jamil x yuu #twst oc x canon #twst yuu #★'-my-art #(💜) yuusha #(💜) jamiyuu #—] #i realized i havent drawn them that isnt some self-indulgent comic strip #now it's just a regular self-indulgent piece #anyways remember that one scene in book 5 where kalim opened up to us and we basically just told him “too bad rich boy go to sleep” 💀 #and we havent gotten back to it since #that has been living in my head rent-free and i have SO much to say about it hngdsfhjds kalim my beloved you poor thing

[yyyaammmmmm]

vws 🤞🤞

#trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #vashwood #tristamp #huzzah #they make me so physically ill #i literally raised myself from the dead #to draw these idiots. #also i love 98 ww sm i hope yall can tell that the second photo is 98 ww #also like. i think the modern au i be drawing at the top #would basically be the baseball au #nicholas doomed by the narrative wolfwood #also spaghetti cameo from 98 spaghetti date #plus (guys pls tell me i did this right) #that oke time both vash and ww almost doed in the desert bc of dehydration #yall drink ur water #also the only reason theyre not kissing is bc ive never drawn ppl kissing and #idk how it do it 💔💔💔 #in my head i am psychically making ghem kiss tho

[stop-saying-tootsie]

just saw someone (on twitter) imply the idiots are getting too old to keep creating new projects because “they can’t do this forever” and i feel the need to remind people that 50 is not elderly and even if it was who gives a fuck

creativity doesn’t stop the older you get, talent doesn’t worsen. people are well into their 70s/80s and still creating beautiful art that we all consume and love. i hate this idea that there’s a time limit on when we need to do stuff by. the idiots are not going anywhere, they’re not nearing death for fucks sake they’re middle aged

#twitter simply infuriates me #i’m not posting the tweet bc i’m not gonna yk. bash that person #but basically they said if we don’t get another project soon then the liklehood of us ever getting another is slim #bc 2 of them are 50 and they can’t do this forever #like yes?? they can?? #this is their job?? #and they love it so why would they stop unless they absolutely must #they’re not going to fucking retire this is their life #anyways #bbc ghosts #six idiots #them there

[yumedoca]

Weirdos prefer weirdos...

#basically the cave story in a nutshell #the moment i saw a variation of this meme they and this idea came to mind #the idiot love quadrangle #thats what it is #urusei yatsura #うる星やつら #urusei yatsura 2022 #lum #ataru moroboshi #shinobu miyake #shutaro mendo #my art #yucaillusts #meme #god i love them sm #should make a specific tag for the gang... #uy quartet #« sounds good enough!

[katebeckets]

GET TO KNOW ME  ✰ [1/5] Male Characters ⤷ Patrick Jane

"I hate to sound immodest, ma'am, but I rarely fail."

#tmsource #mentalistedit #patrick jane #simon baker #gtkm #my gifs #my edit #crimeshowsource #smallscreensource #userjochi #userelliee #tuserkers #userburn #the mentalist #em.mentalist #y'all have to understand it is such a big deal that i love this idiot with all my heart #i basically never love men LOL but i would die for him #<3

[rainy-day-revelry]

Absolutely adoring how the chain seems to have assigned big brother little brother pairings for all of the minors:

Legend who is making sure Hyrule doesn’t overuse his magic and exhaust himself

Warriors who is constantly scruffing Wind to make sure he doesn’t do something stupid

And Twilight who is trying to stop Wild from yeeting himself off the nearest cliff and failing miserably

Peak sibling behavior

#Oh minus Four #Though he (they?) is basically his own brother #The colors are all constantly holding each other back from doing stupid shit which is why Four appears sensible #And then Sky and Time are the Mom and Dad friends respectively #Sky is the affectionate baked goods kind of mom and you can’t convince me otherwise #Sky: Do you need a hug? #Every other member of The Chain: I- yeS- #i love these idiots #linked universe #lu legend #lu hyrule #lu warriors #lu wind #lu twilight #lu wild #siblings

[that-gay-gal]

March for Raph day 22!:

Puzzling

Donnie is explaining how to solve a rubix cube (Raph does not understand but he appreciates the effort)

AH MY FAV DUO GUYS brains and brawn my beloved /p

I decided to do traditional this time, which truth be told is how I make most of the art for March for Raph (I just take a photo and turn it digital)

#art #bring back rottmnt #save rottmnt #drawing #i love rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #save rise of the tmnt #traditional art #rise donnie #rise donatello #rise raph #rottmnt raph #rottmnt donnie #donetello #live laugh raph #raph my son #puzzles #Raph is me fr you guys #brains and brawn duo #brains and brawn #AH I LOVE THEM #my favorite duo #(a team duo is second) #basically anything with Raph is my fav #unpause rottmnt #unpause rise of the tmnt #unpause rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #i love these idiots

[darkcrowprincess]

Billy Batson: Well, I am shocked and dismayed. Freddy Freeman: Well, no you can't be both. You be shocked, I'll be dismayed.

#incorrect quotes #source: boy meets world #shazam #shazam fury of the gods #captain marvel #freebat #billy batson #freddy freeman #billy x freddy #idiots in love #they're basically Shawn and Cory from boy meets world

[pretendfan]

{It’s my party…}

(A/N I have no idea it’s probably rushed and a mess but enjoy🤣😍💦Happy birthday bby❤️)

Adrian Chase Appreciation Week

Day 7 / Birthday🎉

(Pairing)

Adrian Chase x Female reader

(Summary)

It’s his party and Adrian Chase can leave whenever he wants to, until you give him the promise of the best present ever…

(Words)

3447

(Warnings)

18 PLUS ONLY, mention of drinking, oral sex (male/female receiving), p in v action, buzzed but consenting, flirty and fluff, smut time, cute ending of course, idiots in love damn right….

Adrian was having the best birthday ever, even better than the Halloween theme party he had aged ten, but that did of course confuse a lot of kids because his birthday was in June.

Fast forward to right now, aged 31 and he was living his best life, hash tag blessed or whatever because his team had set up a surprise party with lots of booze and you were here as well.

Two weeks ago right here at the HQ when all the other 11th street kids had left, you and Adrian had finally hooked up and it had been so much fun.

Yet since then you had kind of ignored him, despite Adrian noticing you watching his every move around the office so he knew this was something worth investigating.

Adrian knew you as Lady Bird, a terrible name because your costume looked nothing like said bug but more importantly you knew that he was Vigilante.

So right off the bat you two were on equal grounds, anti heroes of Evergreen who assisted his BFF Peacemaker and the other losers who occupied the task force, all here at the HQ just for him.

Chris was in charge of music tonight and even Adebayo’s wife was here, playing air guitar at all the wrong moments but she was having fun, at his party.

Adrian notices you off in the distance, keeping to yourself whilst holding a red solo cup in your hand, he had barely spoken to you tonight so he chose now to be the best starting point.

Not overly drunk but just a little buzzed, Adrian walks over to you with a smirk when he notices you smiling as he stops beside you.

“Happy-“

“So, have you been thinking about that night as much as I have?” Adrian ask leaning closer to you so he could whisper but he was hardly being quiet.

“What night?” You question causing Adrian to stand back up and reward you with a pouty look on his face which makes you smile.

“I’m joking, it was fun.” You smirk nudging your shoulder against his arm which makes him grin down at you happily.

“Right? So I was wondering-“

“Let’s leave the party together?” You ask him with a wink, because you hated gatherings but loved actually leaving parties.

“But it’s my party?” Adrian questions like the last thing he wanted to do was leave the HQ.

“I could make-“

“Hey, let’s party!!!!“ Adebayo cuts you off with a cheer which annoys you until Adrian grabs you by the hand and spins you round.

“Let’s dance-“

“I’m not a-“

Adrian ignores your pleas as he pulls you closer and starts bouncing on his feet, which makes you smile as you watch him pogo up and down on the spot.

The music changed to cheesy eighties tunes which make you smile, and Adrian notices as he grabs you around the waist to pull you closer towards him.

“I’m never gonna give you up-“

“Please don’t sing to me!“ you giggle whilst Adrian sings into your ear, head dipped close to yours as you look up to see Adebayo smiling at you both.

“This is our song now!” Adrian declares leaning back to smile at you as he adds “We work well as a team let’s make it more fun.”

“Let’s leave the party then.” You tell him urgently which makes Adrian arch an eyebrow.

“I can’t-“

“I need to give you your present.” You tell him in flirty voice which obviously gets his attention.

“Ohh present! What is it?” Adrian questions then proceeds to list off a twenty or so useless things he wanted.

“It’s me!” You yell trying to get his attention again before Adrian carried on with wish list.

“You?!” Adrian asks with a boyish smirk on his face.

“I want to give-“

“Does the birthday boy need another drink?” Chris announces whilst cutting you off which of course annoys you but neither of them notice as Adrian is pulled away from you.

Frustrated you had hoped to have been long gone from here by now, biding your time until you could speak to the birthday boy alone and take him back to your place.

It had been fun, the other week at HQ and now you desperately wanted a repeat, plus you knew Adrian was game you just had to get his full attention, and you knew exactly how.

Adrian watches you head out of the office hoping that you wasn’t escaping the party, very close to following you but John starts yelling in his face so he pretends to listen to him instead.

All the while he was wondering what you meant by being his present, he had many thoughts all of which were causing his jeans to tighten and a grin to spread across his face.

Smiling to yourself as you exit the bathroom round the back of the HQ, you head towards the front office on a mission to find Adrian and hopefully have him leave with you.

Adrian cannot help but grin when he spots you re enter the room, a smug smile on your face which intrigues him as you approach standing beside Chris and John who were arguing about something.

“I’m taking Adrian for a second.” You told the guys who were currently lost in their own conversation, so you pulled on Adrian’s arm dragging him towards the office door.

“What’s up-“

“Here.” You hand Adrian the underwear you had taken off in the bathroom, watching as his eyes widen when he realises what he’s holding looking down at you in wonder.

“These are-“

“Come meet me outside in five I’m calling us an Uber back to my place.” You wink at Adrian hoping that now he will get the hint and follow you outside.

Adrian just stands there unsure of his next move whilst he gripped tightly onto the warm fabric in his hand, how was he going to get out of here?

Pocketing the underwear in his jeans, Adrian notices the various states that the team were in, maybe he would avoid Chris and head straight to Harcourt letting her know he was gonna leave.

He would be an idiot not to, but he did kind of wanted to spend more time here even though you were waiting outside for him, wearing a short skirt and no underwear which was the deciding factor for Adrian.

“Hey I’m going-“

“You can’t leave!” Laughs Harcourt with a smile clearly she was drunk, because Adrian had never seen her grin so widely ever before even after a mission.

“I’m taking Lady bird home-“

“Oh really!?” Announces Harcourt winking or at least trying to wink using both her eyes like she was just slowly blinking at him which causes Adrian to chuckle.

“Yeah it’s nothing-“

“Be safe!” Harcourt laughs then patting Adrian on the head like he had done something good she walks off towards Chris.

That was actually easier than he had thought, able to sneak out Adrian glances back to see the team too occupied to notice him leave, which makes him smile.

Outside he spots you on the sidewalk, waiting for the Uber he hoped to take you both to your place , Adrian wanted to literally bounce with excitement but he tried to control the impulse.

“It’s my party, and I can leave if I want to…” Adrian states from behind you his flat hand ghosting across the curve of your ass to make sure the peach coloured skirt didn’t lift up.

“So you’re joining me?” You ask him turning round to face Adrian who glances down with a sexy grin that frames his face.

“You’re my present right-“

“Hey!!” Chris yells causing Adrian to stop talking making you both look round to see the hero in the too tight costume holding his hands up in drunken confusion.

“I’m leaving-“

“Harcourt told me, you two are fucking g-g-going y-“ Chris starts then proceeds to burp loudly which makes you pull a face and Adrian chuckle stupidly.

“Yes, we’re going back to my place.” You tell Chris which makes Adrian’s eyes bug, followed by Peacemaker’s who looks shocked to say the least.

“With him?!” Chris scoffs then shakes his head adding “I take it you like nerds.”

“I’m not a nerd-“

“Fuck yeah I do!” You smirk then stepping forward you pull Adrian closer by grabbing the front of his grey tee shirt, making your lips finally lock in place once again and it was actual bliss.

Adrian ignores Chris’ laughing to pull you closer towards him, his other hand still on your ass protectively because he didn’t want anyone else to see any part of you.

It felt so good to have you this close smelling of warm vanilla and tasting like pure sin, the way your tongue was gliding across his was making him beyond frustrated, he needed you like yesterday and the day before that.

Hearing a horn beep makes you break apart, thankfully Chris had gone back into the HQ by then, leaving you two alone as he follows up to the car back to your place.

“Car for lady?” The middle aged guy questions making you nod and Adrian help you into the back seat.

“I will need to know your real name soon.” Begins Adrian leaning closer to you as the car finally drives off then he adds in a low voice “Because I want to shout it out whilst we are fucking again.”

“That was such a cheesy line-“

“It wasn’t a line.” Adrian states back in a deep voice that has you glancing at him with a smirk on your face.

“Well it’s worked!” You laugh making Adrian grin then seconds later his lips find yours and you continue what you started in the sidewalk.

You gasp when you feel Adrian place one of his hands on your lap then let’s it wrap against your thighs spreading his palm flat his fingers gripping hard into the soft skin.

“I know we should wait but I want to have alittle fun-“

“We can’t!” You whisper-hiss at Adrian placing your hand over his in case the driver could look back and see where your team mates hand was currently sitting.

“I just want to feel how wet you are already for me.” Adrian whispers back in your ear whilst you sigh from his dirty mouth, knowing you were already soaked and ready for him.

Adrian chuckles as you move your legs but just enough for him to notice, moving his hand so his fingers met the apex of your thighs at the same time you try to stifle a moan.

“Fuck, you are already so wet.” Adrian states in a deep voice, brushing several of his fingers over your soaked folds with your hand covering his for some privacy.

“Please!” You begin with a soft whine then swiftly add “This car probably has a camera and you are breaking the law Vig-“

“Shit! Fine, but how far till we get to your place because I am in physical pain right now.” Adrian cuts you off with a groan making you both look down at the apparent bulge framing his jeans whilst he grudgingly move his hand away from you.

“I can help with that.” You smile whilst licking your tongue along your bottom lip which causes Adrian to groan once again.

“We’re here.” The driver announces abruptly making you wonder if he had heard any of your conversation, but right this second you couldn’t care less.

Rushing to your tiny apartment, Adrian waits until you have opened your door and then he is on you even before you can close said door behind you.

With his hands pulling you closer whilst you slammed your door, knowing you would get complaints from your neighbours but right now all you cared about was this night with Adrian.

All because you had wanted a repeat of what had happened at HQ but wasn’t sure how to instigate it until now, this was perfect and you were more than ready.

Guiding Adrian over to your couch you push him back so he falls down, and watches with wide green eyes as you sink down in front of him on your knees.

“Let me help you.” You demand undoing Adrian’s belt then follow it with his zip, a little surprised to see he wasn’t wearing any boxers when you saw his thick cock revealing itself.

Slowly gliding your hand up Adrian’s hard shaft, you wrap it around him tightly which makes his hips jerk up from your touch.

“Be good or I won’t suck your cock.” You tell Adrian who instantly shudders from your words but he stills himself looking up at you with half lidded eyes.

“Ok.” Adrian nods in a small voice which rewards him a stroke of your hand up and down his length which has him tipping his head back.

“Your doing so good.” You tell Adrian who you notice has a pink tinge across his cheeks after he has heard your praise which makes him look so pretty.

“Yeah-“ Adrian smiles already breathless as you continue to slowly pump him watching as his eyes roll back in his head.

“That’s enough of that.” You soon demand moving your hand away which makes Adrian groan but he stops when you replace it with your warm mouth.

“Oh fuck!“ Adrian chokes as you slowly fill your mouth with his cock, hollowing out your cheeks to take as much of him as you can until his head hits the back of your throat.

You just stay there for a few moments lips wrapped near the base of Adrian’s dick, any further down and you would be gagging.

“Wow, your mouth feels so good!” Adrian whines at the same time you slide your tongue up the underside which makes him hiss in response.

Moving your head you look up at Adrian whose eyes spring open, his lips falling open whilst you fuck him with your mouth whilst placing your hands on his thighs tightly.

You sigh onto Adrian’s cock when you feel his hand card through your mid length hair, letting them rest on either side of your head whilst he slowly rocks his hips upwards ever so gently.

“Fuck, this is amazing!” Adrian grits his teeth as he lifts his hips higher, hitting your mouth deeper causing you to gag and him stroke your face.

“You are doing so fucking well, I’m close but I don’t-“

Adrian doesn’t finish that sentence as you swallow more of him, your nose hitting the base of his cock making him cry out and grip your hair tight as he continues to rock himself still inside your mouth.

Slowly moving your head up you introduce your hand, jerking him with your spit with some still hanging from your lips whilst you hear Adrian’s groans getting louder.

“Oh fuck! I need-“

Adrian stops talking as mindless half curses fall from his mouth at the same time, the hot sting of his cum shoots down your throat and you swallow every last drop.

Gently licking his cock until he cannot take anymore, moving your head not forcefully as he strokes down the side of your face affectionately making you look up to see his smiling red face.

“Happy birthday, to me!” He laughs looking down at you with a wicked grin on his face that makes you lean forward to kiss him which he gladly accepts.

“Little Adrian will need a moment, so I want you to switch places with me on the couch.” Adrian tells you in a quietly firm voice that has you doing exactly as he says.

Taking a seat he stands and removes his jeans in one fluid motion, with his grey tee shirt and following suit then he places his glasses next to you folded up neatly dropping to the floor o front of you.

“See, I never got to eat your pussy when we fucked at the HQ and I have wanted to ever since.” Adrian grins then before you can reply he lifts up your skirt then buries his head in between your thighs, his burning mouth covering your soaked cunt.

“Oh!-“ You cry out as Adrian spreads your folds with one of his large hands then inserts his tongue teasing your hole, whilst your pussy muscles throb in delight from the intrusion.

You look down to see the back of Adrian’s head bobbing away under your skirt, making you reach out a hand to grab onto his hair tightly, whilst he continued to tease you with his well versed tongue.

“That is-“

Adrian soon moves his mouth to cover your clit his lips just brushing against the bundle of nerves, which lights up your brain causing your thighs to quiver with excitement.

“I need you!” You cry out when he gently licks your clit with a teasing flick from the tip of his tongue that has your hips snapping up.

“Let me fuck you then!” Adrian states as he reappears from under your skirt, mouth and chin wet as he stands up telling you to turn around on your knees on the couch.

“Fuck yes!” You smirk turning round to feel Adrian’s hands shove your skirt up to your middle, then he pulls you back onto his cock the head brushing delicately against your folds.

“You ready?” Adrian asks in a teasing voice as he slowly moves his head against your slick pussy.

“Yes!” You cry out when seconds later Adrian let’s his cock disappear inside you groaning as he bottoms out and he moves a hand to the back of your neck which makes you gasp.

“Good girl.” Adrian declares as he fucks you at a fast pace which has you gripping onto the back of the couch cushion for support.

“You fuck me so well!” You yell as you arch your body over the couch sinking into Adrian’s relentless thrusts, his cock pulsing around your pussy walls causing you to whine in response.

“Lady you are just so fuck-able, I want to do this day in day out what do you say?” Adrian grunts the question at you whilst you smile to yourself.

“Right now I would say yes to anything!” You sigh with a giggle at the end which makes Adrian moan back.

“This so perfect, you are perfect especially your pussy I-“

“Harder, fuck me harder!” You cry out cutting off Adrian before he escalated and wouldn’t stop talking, it happens too often.

“Ugh! You say the hottest things lady-“

“It’s Y/N, my name!” You shudder as you feel the warmth from your imminent orgasm spread across your stomach and lower back at the same time your spring snaps causing you to scream out.

“Y/N, Y/N fuck!“ Adrian chants as he comes undone moments after, the pair of you both slowing your movements as you chase your highs into submission.

“That was the best birthday present ever.” Adrian tells you into your right ear which makes you turn round to face him, as with a smile he leans forward to gently kiss your lips.

“Happy birthday Adrian.” You tell him in between soft kisses that he spreads across your mouth and cheeks.

“Can I stay?” Adrian asks you faking a yawn which makes you smile at him.

“Only cos your super cute, but sure.” You grin back with an eye roll whilst Adrian fist pumps the air as you both collapse onto the couch together.

“Let’s take this to the bedroom then?” Adrian asks with a wiggle of his eyebrows and a soft giggle leaving his lips.

“Do you want to be the big spoon or the little spoon?” You ask Adrian with a smile snuggling into his chest which he greatly accepts pulling you closer towards him.

“I feel like big spooning it tonight.” Laughs Adrian which makes you roll your eyes but nod as you stand from the couch taking his hand to make you follow him.

“Let’s go then!” You tell him your hand fitting into his perfectly as you guide him towards your bedroom, not wanting to end the night just yet because there was lots more to do yet.

“I can get used to this.” Adrian smirks laying down on the bed, pulling you closer towards him as he sends gentle kisses down your neck which makes your back arch against his chest.

“Yeah, me too.” You sigh softly which makes Adrian chuckle into your warm neck, as one of his hand ghosts around your waist pulling you flush against his hot body.

Let the fun really begin…

#acweek22 #happy birthday adrian #adrian chase #freddie stroma #vigilante #adrian chase x female reader #adrian chase is a babe #vigilante x female reader #purely self indulgent #peacemakernet #smutty #i’m not sorry #idiots in love basically #adrian chase fan fics #adrian chase x reader #fluff and heart eyes

[sincerely-sofie]

*silently slides Twig/Ark content onto your dash* *scurries away into the night*

(Read the rest under the cut!)

#Ark: *has been trying to subliminally influence Twig into making the first move bc he doesn't want to risk getting a bad reaction himself* #Twig: Oh hey dude you dropped this hint-shaped object! Better be more careful next time! You don't want to lose your things haha :) #so much stuff that has none of its background in this comic... #Like the fact that the two breakups that Celebi didn't know about were Twig getting catfished by a couple of ditto #Or how the little bouquet / floral arrangement thing Ark is putting into a vase at the start is something Twig picked while on a walk #and then dropped off on the counter with the plan of throwing it out when she got back to it but Ark put it in a vase before she could #And Ark begrudgingly asked to be taught how to cook by Dusknoir and Grovyle #and as soon as he knew enough of the basics to work on his own he ditched his tutors ASAP bc he hates them #Also how Celebi pried Ark's feelings for Twig out of him with a crowbar and she is ALWAYS on his case about it #“SHE'S GROVYLE'S SISTER YOU IDIOT. SHE'S NOT GOING TO CATCH ON TO ANY OF YOUR SUBTLETY. JUST TELL HER POINT BLANK ALREADY” #Flash forward to this comic where Ark's actually trying to be blatantly + unavoidably clear and Twig STILL manages to misinterpret things #She's somehow even more annoying as a love interest than she was as a hero foiling his 700 color-coded backup plans for world domination #He's so tired guys. Someone put him out of his misery. #the present is a gift au #stuff by sofie #pmd eos #pmd #pmd explorers #pmd2 #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd comic #pmd au #pmd darkrai #pmd hero #pmd2 hero #pmd oc #pmd sky #mystery dungeon #pmd celebi #pokémon mystery dungeon

[corvase]

i’m blatantly flirting with you prompts

feel free to use :)

“are you a photographer?” “no…? you know that.” “…… Okay but just answer ‘why’.”

+ character a blatantly flirting and character b answering everything bluntly and 100% seriously

“okay. okay, this may be going out on a limb here, but do you like… like me?” “YES.” “oh. i see.”

^ my heart goes <33333333333 when characters finally confess something big and ###that character that silently freaks out simply goes “oh…….. huh. i see.” while rubbing their chin in thought

character a’s love language is teasing so naturally character b thinks character a hates them so then character a has to explain that no when i said you looked like an oaf i meant like, a loveable oaf that like, i want to date. By the way oaf means you in this case

“did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” and a clueless “… what are u even talking about” response

“i’m trying to flirt!” “i know, i’m trying to flirt back!” “THATS WHAT IM— wait w—”

characters with different love languages and that prospect being why neither of them knew the other was flirting

idiots in love but also… flirty character x character who knows they’re flirting but wants to make them work for it

BUT ALSO….. flirty character x character who is just nonchalant like oh hmm okay yeah cool interesting anywayy

main character leaves a room with their friends and their love interest is waiting outside like “hey. there you are.” with the biggest most bright smile and all the main characters friends see it except our mc is completely blind to it

enemies to lovers with blatant flirting BECAUSEEEEEEE one character would just be flirting outright at this part in the enemies to reluctant friends to lovers journey (see my enemies to lovers post :)) and the other would be so confused and would not want to believe they’re flirting because they hated each other two months ago

example in case of enemies to lovers blatant flirting : “i made you something.” “………………….. *squinting reallllly hard* why.”

character b just being clueless and character a being like “OKAY GODDDD i like you!!!!!!!! ive been trying to tell you this for foreverrr!!!!!” and character b kissing them yes that escalated quickly yes It needs to happen

character being done and just being like “i’m flirting with you. okay? i’ve been flirting with you for like the past year!”

#i was completely off topic for half of these PLEASE IM AN ARTIST I NEEDED TO LET IT ALL OUT #i’m flirting with u rn plz love me prompts #basically clueless x overly flirty #idiots in love #writeblr #writing #writing tips #writing romance #writing advice #writing prompts #dialogue prompts #romance prompts #romance writing prompts #enemies to lovers #imagine your otp #otp prompts #otp romance prompts

[frankenstein-ate-my-left-shoe]

i'm outta my head over you Pt. 5

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today's @steddie-week prompts: hurt/comfort and familiar

While he waits for Wayne to get home so he can confront him about the ‘Teddy’ thing, Eddie thinks back on everything Steve had added to this tape.

He remembers that first time he actually talked to Steve; he was well aware of his existence before the King had so graciously graced him and Gareth with his presence that day, but was that really the time Steve was talking about in his notes? It had to be, there weren’t any other times they talked until the spring break from Hell.

It was only ever burning jealousy for Nancy Wheeler before (and after) that first time. Bitter thoughts of ‘I’d be much better for you than her,’ when he’d spotted them kissing against Nancy’s locker.

“I was made for lovin’ you, baby..” Eddie mumble-sings to himself at the memory. That was weird.

Then Steve had gone and dropped his haughty King Steve persona, bullied out of it By Hargrove. He lost Wheeler to Byers, and somehow didn’t become more of an asshole?

Much like the KISS song from a second ago, Eddie sings “Disaster and disgrace, the King has lost his Crown..” without even thinking about it. The song yanked up from whatever recess of his mind holds onto ABBA songs.

Huh. Wait a minute…

Eddie hops up and starts shuffling through his and Wayne’s admittedly impressive record collection. KISS’s Dynasty album he needed was not too hard to find, but Voulez-Vous? That’s…gonna be harder. It’s gotta be around here somewhere though, ABBA is one of Wayne’s guilty pleasures.

Shit…he and Steve have much more in common than he thought…

Eddie moves onto thinking back over those couple weeks spent hiding out with Steve while he hunts. He’s got a few hours to kill.

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The days spent at Casa Harrington both felt like they’d crawled by at a snail's pace, and were over and behind him all too soon. 

It was awkward in the beginning, but they quickly fell into a pattern. 

Eddie was in the guest room on the main floor so he didn’t have to walk more than he needed to with the fresh graft wound on his leg, and Steve was on the couch in the living room (much to Eddie’s dismay).

“Steve, for the love of all that is unholy, PLEASE just sleep in your own bed? I’m perfectly fine down here, promise.”

“Not happenin’ Eds. My couch is super comfy anyway.” 

Steve helps him to the bathroom whenever he needs it, and when he’s at work, Eddie uses those short trips to stretch his leg like his doctor said to.

Luckily for Eddie, the initial bandages on both his donor graft wound and his grafted wound (the biggest on one his left side) came off while he was still in the hospital, so he was able to shower and clean the areas with the mild soap Steve got for him. 

Steve would help him over the lip of the tub after he got undressed (another time to slowly work on stretching the areas a bit), and take his towel from around the curtain once he was in. 

Then he’d hover (every. time.), pretending that he had things to clean in the main floor bathroom until Eddie was done, and help him back out once a towel was around his waist.

The first couple days were the worst; Eddie had next to no energy at all for doing anything , but Steve is nothing if not a gracious host; so when he was led to the bathroom on the first day he needed a shower, Eddie found a small stool in the tub already, the usual bath mat outside the tub, plus some of those stick-on grippy things were stuck onto the floor of the tub and laid out in a path on the tile to where the sink was. 

They were shaped like ducks.

“Ducks, huh?”

“Yep! ‘Rubber Duckie, you’re the one’ and all that. You like ‘em?” He sang (in a perfect imitation of Ernie), genuine as ever.

“Yeah Stevie, I love ‘em.” What else was he gonna say?

Steve had set him down on the closed lid of the toilet and started the water for him, aiming the shower head away from the curtain.

“Okay, let's get these bandages off, huh? Arms up!”

Eddie obliges, raising his arms up over his head as far as they could go for Steve to carefully pull his shirt over his head.

“Sit up straight for me.” He does, and Steve gently works the two large sections of gauze and tape across his torso off.

By time he’s done, Eddie’s shaking with the effort of holding himself up.

“Okay, okay, relax,” Steve coos, “I just have to get the one on your face now, then we’ll worry about your leg.”

Eddie nods, leaning his uninjured cheek into Steve’s large palm while he works the bandage off his other cheek and jaw.

Steve’s hands are so warm, he starts to fall asleep.

“Wake up, sunshine, gotta stand you up.” Steve says, the smile evident in his voice.

Eddie nods, keeping his eyes closed while Steve helps him up, and guides him to hold onto the towel bar.

“Okay, I’m going to take off your sweats, and then I’ll lift the leg of your shorts to take the bandage off. Is that okay, Eddie?”

Eddie nods, still tired.

“Eddie, please tell me what I’m going to do so I know you heard me.”

“Pants off, leg up.”

Wait.

“Wait, that sounded wrong.”

Steve just chuckles, “At least I know you were listening.”

He does exactly what he said he was going to do, and stands back up.

Oh no, now all that’s left is his boxers.

“OK, I’m going to put this over your shoulders and clip it in front,” of course he’s already got a plan for this. Eddie’s heart swells in his chest. “Then all you have to do is shimmy outta your shorts; you’ll still be covered up. Is that alright?”

“Yeah Stevie, sounds great.” Eddie chuckles, and Steve wraps a huge fluffy towel over him. “Where’d you get a giant towel?” he asks as it’s clipped around him with a just-as-giant claw clip.

Eddie feels Steve’s chuckle against his back and fights the urge to relax backward into his arms forever.

“It’s called a bath sheet. You can take some with you when you leave if you want.”

“Hm…A few will have my plasma all over ‘em.” Eddie rationalizes, getting another chuckle from the other man.

“Alright, smarty pants, you should be secure. When you’re ready, I’ll help you get over the edge of the tub so you can sit down on the stool.”

Eddie nods, and starts working his boxers down. Once off, he looks behind him for Steve.

If he wasn’t holding onto this rack for dear life, he’d probably keel over with how hard he laughs.

“What?” Steve feigns stupidity.

“Nice mask, Steve-o.” he’s wearing a leopard print eye mask, his hair sticking out goofily on the sides from where the elastic cinches above his ears.

“I can take it off if you wan–”

“No! Leave it!” Eddie laughs, grateful Steve can’t see how red his face is right now. “Can’t have ya getting a sneak peek of the goods.”

Steve shrugs, “I’ll just wait for the premiere, then. Now!” he brushes past that (and Eddie’s spluttering), “Let’s get you settled.”

He reaches forward for Eddie’s hand on the rack, dwarving it in his, and gently guides the two of them forward, his front to Eddie’s back as support. Damn, his legs are tired.

Steve reaches out ahead of them and blindly swipes for the shower curtain once, twice, catching it on the third swipe and sliding it open.

“Okay Eds, be very careful.”

Eddie steps slowly and carefully over the edge of the tub, realizing why Steve turned the showerhead earlier. The spot he’s stepping onto is still bone dry, much safer.

“Both feet are in, Cap’n. Hold this?” He swaps his hand in Steve’s for the corner of his towel. “Gonna take the clip off and you can take the towel.”

“Got it,” Steve says, and once he’s thrown the towel behind him: “Hand please?”

Eddie puts his hand back where it belongs, and lets himself be supported while he sinks down, slowly, onto the stool.

“I’m good Stevie, thank you.”

“‘Kay.” 

He straightens, letting go of Eddie’s hand and snaps the curtain shut briefly, opening the other end to reach up for the showerhead.

“Ooh, fancy.” Eddie snarks when he catches the handheld head from Steve’s outstretched arm (it was almost too far to his left to grab).

“Shut up.” Steve chuckles and closes the curtain again, talking through it now. “The head should fit between the wall and the bar there, so you can put it down if you need to, the soap you should use is on the shelf on the left with a washcloth, and I snagged my mom’s curly-hair shampoo and conditioner,”

Eddie feels like he’s gonna cry.

“...Doc said not to let the water beat down on your wounds so make sure you keep the spray away, yell if you need me or when you’re done, okay? I’ll grab my blindfold and be here in two seconds flat.”

“Got it, thanks Steve.” Eddie manages through the lump in his throat.

“No problem Eddie."

Steve’s just as careful, gentle, respectful, on Eddie’s way out of the shower; blindfold on, he keeps his arms out for Eddie to lean on while he dries the majority of the water off himself, holding him steady while he pulls on a new pair of boxers.

“I’m taking the blindfold off now,” Steve says, then does, when he doesn’t hear any complaints from his friend. “You gotta stay standing for a little bit longer, okay? Gotta get your leg wrapped up first.”

Eddie nods, trying his best to hold back how heavy his breaths are coming with the constant exertion over the past half hour.

As soon as the last piece of tape is in place, Steve lowers him back onto the lid of the toilet.

“Here, drink this whole glass.” He says, handing Eddie a glass of water and the painkillers he needs.

By the time the water is gone, he’s air dried a bit more. 

Steve carefully scrunches the water from Eddie’s hair, expertly twists it up into the claw clip, and drapes the towel over Eddie’s don’t slip and die bar.

He coaxes Eddie to sit up straight again with the promise of a Star Trek marathon in order to properly apply the prescribed cream and new bandages over the worst of his wounds (“Just a little bit longer sweetheart, you’re doing great!” he says proudly).

Steve ends with the one on his cheek, and once again, Eddie is drifting off; Steve lets him doze, leaned forward onto his stomach with his head turned slightly to get bandaged.

It’s like that every time. Even after Eddie gets stronger and can get in and out of the shower on his own, bitching at Steve in frustration for his damn hovering, he’s there, ready to help him when, by the end of his shower, he’s fully beat and sick to his stomach for being mean to his friend.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, they slowly load Eddie into the beemer, Eddie would suffer through physical therapy, and Steve was there to half-carry him back to the car (and there to order Eddie’s favorite flavor of ice cream for him when he inevitably zonks out in the front seat).

Steve’s always there.

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“You were made for lovin’ me..” Eddie sings, continuing his song-thought from before (though it’s marginally worse after recording the track to the B-side of Steve’s mixtape)

It’s the first song in response to Steve’s side.

“Buckley, you’re a genius.” he mutters to himself.

The front door squeaks open then, oh shit, is Wayne’s shift over already?

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“…shut up..” he says, after agonizing through the memory of his and Steve’s first kiss. Knowing now that Steve had meant it, well, not actually, but actually wanted to have it be more of a deal… Yeah, Wayne and Robin are right. Doofus to Steve’s Dingus! Right here!

“You’ve at least got your shit together now, right? You got a plan?”

“Yeah, yeah, don’t worry about it,” he dismisses, “Speaking of, where’ve you hidden Voulez-Vous ?”

“S’that why all our albums’re out?” Wayne slumps down into his recliner with his mug (this time, it’s the Campbell’s Soup one). 

“...I’ll put ‘em away, I promise.”

Wayne sighs, but reaches down the side of his chair nearest the wall with his free hand, and returns with the album in his hand.

“Aw what the hell, I never would’ve found that!”

“A man’s recliner pockets are a sacred place.” 

“Ew..?”

“I’ll leave it here fer ya, you ain’t doin’ nothin’ with it now. You’re going to bed.” Wayne emphasizes the ‘you’re going to bed’ part.

“Fine, fine,” Eddie tosses his hands up, “I’ll worry about woo-ing my man in the morning.”

Wayne’s responding “Ew.” is both muffled and amplified by his mug.

He spends the early afternoon after waking up cleaning up his mess like he’d promised, packing away all the vinyl into their designated cabinets under their kitchen bar before pulling out Voulez-Vous .

As soon as he hits stop on recording The King Has Lost His Crown (seriously, the tape had just clicked to a stop), his front door bursts open.

“The hell??” Eddie shoots up from his spot on his bedroom floor to the front door.

Dustin and Will are on either side of Max, supporting her over the threshold..

“Is she okay? What are you all doing here? You shits are lucky I just stopped recording!” he fusses.

“We were bored at my place, so we came to visit. Now stop being a Steve and grab my chair from outside.” Max commands.

“Rude.” Eddie scoffs, but does as she demands. “Your throne, m’lady.”

The two boys lower her into the seat and wheel her back in line with the couch before collapsing down on it themselves.

“So what are you recording?” Dustin asks, pulling his feet up to sit cross-legged on the cushion.

“Uh…” Shit!  “…It’s a party mixtape, a couple songs for each of ya.”

Will lights up “Can we hear?”

“What songs did you use for me?”

“Yeah, what about me? I’m assuming you got some Kate Bush.”

“Calm down! Calm down, it’s a surprise, okay?

“Whose did you just record?” Will asks, ever the calming presence.

“It was one of Steve’s obviously.”

Eddie blanches.

“How d’ya figure?” Dustin asks Max, incredulous. “You can’t just know these things.”

“He came out here with ABBA in his hand. Obviously that’s one of Steves”

He did? Eddie looks over at the kitchen counter; yep, there it is. Tossed haphazardly onto Wayne’s stack of old pay stubs.

“Ooh! Let us pick the other Steve song! Where’re your other records?” Will looks around, Max starts to move.

“Why should I let you? It was my idea!”

“Uh, we've known him longer. Duh”

“I think I’ve got things covered Dusty–”

“Damn you’ve got a lot of music” Max found their stash. “And it’s a lot of regular people music too, I thought you were a metalhead.”

“Careful, Snoopy, I most definitely am. But music is music, and music is good.”

Will and Dustin are already crowding around her chair to get to the vinyl. Well, there goes all the organizing he just did.

“What about this one?”, “No way, gotta use this!”, “He doesn’t even like them, though..”

Finally, Max stops the assault on his cabinets. “Wait, you guys, I've got it!”

Eddie sighs, giving up. “Whatcha got, Mayfield?”

Part 6 here!

EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO WILLINGLY PROVIDED HIS HANDWRITING FOR EDDIE!!! WE LOVE HIM FOR THAT!!!! ❤️

eddie calling max 'snoopy' may or may not come from my parents also calling me that when i was little and would snoop around the house looking for presents when it was close to my birthday

tag list cause y'all asked so nice to be tagged!: @hellomynameismoo, @messrs-weasley, and @manda-panda-monium

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Live from the annual turkey showdown!

#oh my god EVERYTHING about this video #the social media girlie patiently talking him through instagram basics #no wonder these idiots constantly dox themselves if they don't even understand not to go live with a rando on an official account #love that as soon as they told him he was live he turned his snapback around #the JOY when he saw moyle appear!!!!! #what was the comment about 'sheamo took off everything before he took off his...'??????? #god i love the annual strip shootout and nothing is better than rutger narrating #why is frankie not dressed though? #saving this to watch forever and ever #nine minutes of pure perfection #'luca's starting to stress out a bit you can tell'