Okay but it seems my AC hyperfixation is Jericho+Corae, who are a fucking side couple that don't really matter all things considered but I think about too much. so idk have this thing that has been bouncing around my head like a damn pinball while I have been in my sad girl feels this week
TW: Kinda NSFW, but not graphic
Also, I make the rules so Jericho lives, fuck it
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~Jericho~
The night is cool around him when he finally finds Corae. She sits against the trunk of the giant lias in the meadow just outside camp, knees to her chest. Her silver hair is shining in the places where Evaa's light peeks between the leaves, the only reason he could spot her there.
He ducks under the low-hanging branches to come and sit beside her, close enough to feel her body heat, but far enough that he doesn't touch her. She doesn't speak to him and eventually he decides to get it over with.
"Corae, I'm sorry," he says, and she glances at him from the corner of her eye.
"You don't have any reason to be sorry," she answers, "I had no right to be upset with you for wanting to go home," she turns her eyes away from him and he feels it like a shot to the chest.
"Corae," he whispers and she turns to look at him again. He can't read the emotion on her face, but her eyes are some mixture of sadness, anger and disappointment. The same things he feels when he thinks of leaving her. He takes her hand from where it sits on her knee. "You know I have to go," she nods, a grim smile appearing on her face.
"I know. I understand." And that's the problem, isn't it? She understands, better than anyone he had ever met. She understands all of him, the duty and the honour and the selfish part of him that yearns for her more and more as he's learnt all of her too. The part of him that could stay under this tree with her for forever.
He reaches a hand over and traces the curve of her jaw, the scar hidden in the shadows, the dimples in her smile. He looks over her face, trying to memorise every inch.
Finally, with an overwhelming feeling that tonight be the last chance he'll ever get to do so, he leans in and kisses her. She makes a tiny surprised sound against his lips and he feels the same way.
This is their first kiss, and he kicks himself for not having changed that sooner. Corae's lips are soft, so soft, as they press back against his and make him feel like he is simultaneously floating and being lit on fire at the same time. She smells like flowers, and tastes like the warm sugar of kirraviis. Her silver hair falls in a curtain around them as he tilts her head so he can kiss her deeper.
Her tongue presses against his and he doesn't hesitate to allow her to explore further as she grips his shirt in one hand and presses closer to him.
"Corae," he whispers as they break the kiss to breathe finally. He rests his forehead against her own and watches her as her eyes finally flutter open again. "Corae, I love you," he admits, unable to squash the words down any longer. She smiles at that, somewhere between joy and sadness.
"My answer will only make it harder for you to leave tomorrow, Jericho," she replies and he knows what she wants to say and he knows she is right.
"Tell me anyway, so I know that this was real, even after I'm gone," she watches him for a beat.
"I love you, Jericho Jones," she finally says and his heart beats fast and heavy in his chest as she kisses him again.
Neither of them says much of anything after, but they kiss, and their hands are gentle as they map each other.
And dammit, he knows that it will hurt like hell to leave, but he wants them to have no regrets. Corae seems to be thinking the same thing, and pulls him with her as she lays back in the grass, letting his lips move to her jaw and neck and his hand to her legs, pulling the hem of her dress higher as her hands reach for his belt.
What comes next is slow, both of them trying to hold on to this for as long as they can. He holds her tight as he presses into her, and her hands cling to the back of his shirt, her legs wrapping around his. Her head tips back into the grass as he thrusts into her and he buries his face in her neck, breathing her in and trying to memorise every iota of how Corae looks and feels in this moment.
How her breath stutters right before she comes, her torso bowing under his hands as she clenches around him. It's so unexpected that he can't do anything but follow her down, stars whiting his vision and his hips thrusting messily into hers.
The can only breath in the silence of the night after. He can't bring himself to move, to part them, and Corae doesn't move either, her hands pressing into his back, her legs tangled with his. She turns her head to press her lips into his hair, and his face presses to the silky material of the sleeve of her dress.
His mind races, thoughts of what they could be. He thinks of a life for them, a home and a wedding and maybe a few babies they could raise together. Of having a thousand more nights curled into her like this.
And then he remembers that their people are at war and that he has to leave her tomorrow.
His throat tightens and his eyes cloud and he can do nothing but cling to her tighter. She wraps her arms around him, and the hand she runs into his hair tells him that she knows, she knows.
They lay together, awake, until the sky lightens with the dawn and he has to leave her.
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~ Corae, 21 years later~
The dawn cracks through the curtains of their bedroom and Corae scrunches her eyes shut tighter against the sharp sun rays, turning over so she can fight for another few minutes of sleep.
Her face presses between the bare shoulder blades of her husband, who she feels start a little with the feeling of her rolling into him.
After a second, he rolls over and wraps around her, kissing her shoulder.
"Mornin', Cor," Jericho whispers into her shoulder. She grunts in response and he chuckles a little, before pulling his arms back. "Coffee?" Jericho asks and she nods, perking up a little at the thought of the Terran drink of which she had became a bit of a fan.
She had pulled herself into a seated position in their bed by the time he came back, passing her a mug of black coffee. He kisses her cheek and sits on his side of the bed and sipping his tea.
"Thank you, love," she says and takes a sip.
"Well I waited 20 years to marry you, I can't have you ready to divorce me less than a year in," he grins and winks at her.
Corae shakes her head and kisses his cheek.
"Oh, so I should give it two years then?" He laughs at that.
"Oh, no, Ciriltari, you're stuck with me now," he goads, making her raise her eyebrow at him.
"Jones," she corrects and he blinks at her, before putting his mug down and taking hers to put on the bedside table.
Corae giggles a little as he lifts her to sit on his lap. He kisses her lips and then the scar on her jaw and then her neck, before pulling her sleep shirt off her and running his hands along her bare waist.
"You're right, it is Jones, however will I make it up to you for making such a grave mistake?" Corae grins, flashing her dimples and wrapping her arms around her husband's shoulders.
"Oh, I'm sure you'll think of an appropriate form of apology, won't you?" Jericho smirks.
"Oh, I have one in mind that I think you'll find particularly penitent," he says, before rolling her into the sheets and capturing her laugh with his lips on hers.
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Tyler actually got his dimples from his mum, and you will never convince me otherwise.
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Killer Croc and Deathstroke DLC
By the title, you know I am talking about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League leaks.
Supposedly, a DLC will have playable characters such as Killer Croc and Deathstroke. I am a huge fan of Killer Croc and if I can play him in game, I will probably never play anything else in my life (that's a lie but still).
I wonder if the DLC will have NPCs associated with each Rogue too. Like for Waylon, I assume a few characters who may be interactive, play a part in his brief segment, or just have a cameo would be Bane and possibly Enchantress. Bane is his direct rival and the other was a comics love interest/fellow Squad member. Don't know whether Bane would be a (circumstantial) friend given who the enemies would be or if he would remain a foe and we would get one hell of a bonus boss battle against him. Enchantress speaks for herself.
As for Deathstroke, I assume there would be Teen Titans references (because Gizmo is already confirmed for the main game when he's usually a Teen Titans villain only) and possibly a few NPCs like Cinderblock, Jericho, and Ravager could be possible. I would love to see Jericho be used in an Arkhamverse meta and Deathstroke acknowledging him would be nice to see.
This is mostly assumptions and I doubt they will come true but I am very excited to know this may be a real leak and if so, I might get to play my dream character. I would love to destroy stuff with Killer Croc.
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okay so imagine mama jones being a pilot. not only does this make the perfect dynamic (she and jeri can banter over who’s the better pilot) but ALSO.
one of the aus rattling around in my head is: sempiternity home, mama jones lives, jericho jones lives, (possible) laeleth idriltari idraban gilwraeth lives.
this is achieved in the following way:
mama jones and laeleth are BEST FRIENDS growing up. thick as thieves, their families are friends, they were born a few weeks apart. sleepovers every night and yadda yadda yadda.
laeleth goes off to do her thing. mama jones becomes a pilot in the syldrathi army.
she’s really good at it. she shoots down jericho jones
he gets stuck behind enemy lines for at least a year, they fall in love and have two kids
sometime around here mama jones has a fight with laeleth about her relationship with caerson. their friendship falls apart
(this is where it comes off of canon) instead of just jericho leaving with the kids, they both leave, heading for sempiternity. jericho jones convinces a friend to take a position in the senate instead
we spend happy happy time in sempiternity. good stuff.
when the twins are eight, jericho goes off for orion. the catch: he takes mama jones with him
with an additional pilot, they both survive. yayyyy orphanage averted
right after orion, laeleth breaks things off with caerson and comes to find her old friend in sempiternity, where the Unbroken have no sway. yayyy we are friends with Kal now
the Kids still go off for the Academy because they want to change the world or something. if only they knew
the trio has fun for a bit. then syldra goes boom
you can make laeleth leave sempiternity to be on syldra for vacation or something if you like. personally I very much like
the kids go back to sempiternity because kal and mama jones are crushed. ty and scarlett have mixed emotions (i feel like they only visited syldra once because the war was only over for a year at that point?)
kal and mama jones are Crushed. incredibly sorrowful. obviously. but work is work, i guess? anyway the kids go back to the academy
etc etc etc the rest of the events of the series happen but slightly different and when the kids are done they get big hugs. yippee
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