Fruit of the Wicked: Chapter Three
CW: lady whump, male whumper/female whumpee, poc whump (whumpee is a Black woman), age gap whump (whumper is an older man), religious whump (Christianity), psychological whump, verrrryyyy brief suicidal ideation
A huge shoutout to Marz and Gen for beta reading this chapter
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Dani could distantly hear humming as she dreamed.
The tune was familiar, but she couldn’t quite place where she’d heard it before. Maybe she’d heard it from the country station her car had been stuck on for the first few months she had it. Maybe she’d heard it come from the lips of an old lover, who she’d inevitably leave once she’d grown tired of the city she’d been staying in.
Maybe she’d heard it from the diner.
Her eyes flew open when she realized she wasn’t alone. As her eyes focused, she could see the man from the diner, her captor, sitting in a chair across the room from her, humming the song she couldn’t put a name to and flipping through the pages of a curled leather book. He grinned when he noticed she was awake.
“Took you long enough,” the man said, uncrossing his legs. “I was starting to worry you’d never wake up.”
I wish I hadn’t. Dani squinted, trying to see the man through the dying sunlight. How long have I been asleep? She tried to make out the expression on his face. He didn’t look angry, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t.
The man stood up and made his way over to her, shaking his book in his hand. Dani quickly sat up, groaning as she did so. Her body felt stiff and ached terribly. It’d been years since she last had to sleep on the floor, and yesterday’s metaphorical beat down wasn’t helping how she felt. When he reached her, he leaned forward and held the book inches away from her face. “You ever read one of these?” He asked, giving it a wiggle.
Dani stared at the book, making out the faded gold lettering on the leather cover that read, The Holy Bible: King James Version. She shook her head. “No, I can’t say I have.” She said, not taking her eyes off the cover. “Haven’t had much reason to.”
He shook his head, sighing. “I figured as much.” He began to thumb through the pages. “Someone like you’s never felt the fear of God before.”
“And how would you know that?” Dani asked.
“Oh, it’s obvious.” The man brushed her off with the flick of his hand. “A god-fearing woman doesn’t act a thing like you.” The man stopped, a dark look in his eyes. “I could make you fear God.”
Dani couldn’t help but scoff.
“No, you don’t think so?”
“Oh, I absolutely don’t think so. Why would I be afraid of something I don’t believe in?”
“We’ll fix that.”
“I’m sure you’ll try.”
The man gave Dani an all-knowing look. “I think it’s time we get started on our lessons, Dani, don’t you?”
“Lessons?” Dani sat up straighter. “What do you mean, lessons?”
The man smirked and returned to flipping through the pages of his Bible. It took him a minute before he finally came across what he was looking for, and when he did, his smile grew wider. “If we’re going to reform you, darlin’, we’ve got to get some scripture into you.”
“But I don’t need reforming.”
The man rolled his eyes. “That’s what they all say.” Tapping his fingers against the leather cover, he said, “This lesson is simple. I’m going to read you a verse, and you’re going to say it back to me.” He said, trailing his fingers down the page he’d flipped to.
“What happens if I don’t?”
The man studied the page of the book for a moment before closing it and tossing it back onto his chair. “Then I’ll have to punish you.” He dug his hand into the pocket of his corduroy jacket before producing a small, thick strip of leather. The man began to wrap the leather around his hand, leaving a good portion of it left dangling. “Remember this?” The man asked, watching himself wrap more and more of the leather around his hand. “Now, if you do what you’re supposed to do, you won’t have to learn what this does. But if you don’t—” The man paused. “Well, pain is a great motivator for learning.”
Dani swallowed, but couldn’t squash the anger that began to flare.
“Let’s begin.” The man approached her, switch in hand. Before Dani could move, he was on her, grabbing her wrist and pulling her arm up above her head with a bruising grip. He stood above her, angling her wrist towards him. He rested the leather against her wrist. “Psalm 7, verses 14 through 16. Repeat after me: Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.”
“What?”
The switch came down on her wrist, hard. Dani couldn’t help but yelp at the sharp sting it left behind. “Try again; repeat after me.” He repeated the verse, and she clumsily followed. “Good. Now, He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made.”
“He…He made a pit, and, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made.”
“Very good! His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.”
“His mischief shall… shit, uh, shall return upon his…own head, and his violent dealings shall come down onto his own…” She hesitated, and when she did, the switch came back down onto her wrist. “Fuck! What the hell was that for? I said the verse!”
“‘Shit’ isn’t a part of that verse. Try again.”
Dani glared at him. “His mischief shall return onto his own head, and his violent dealings shall come down onto his own crown.” She spat out.
“Good. Now, repeat that all back to me.”
Dani blinked. “What?”
“The whole passage. Repeat it back to me.”
She sat there in silence. He rewarded that with another smack onto the wrist.
“You heard me. Repeat it back to me.”
“I… I don’t know the rest of it.”
“Sure you do! We just went through the entire thing together. So, repeat the passage back to me. Or I’ll just keep doing this,” he said, giving her wrist a pointed smack with the switch.
Dani jumped, swallowing. “The wicked bring forth… something, with mischief and… something, he made a pit and he dug it, and his mischief shall come down onto his own crown.”
Smack.
“Fuck, I told you I didn’t know it!”
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown. Repeat it.”
Dani stared down at her wrist, tears filling her eyes and threatening to spill over. “The wicked bring forth iniquity, conceived mischief and falsehood. He made a pit and dug it. His mischief will come down onto his own head and… fuck, so will his violent dealings.”
“Close, but no.” Smack.
The skin on Dani’s wrist had turned a deep red, hot and pulsating, threatening to swell into welts.
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown. Try again.”
“Behold the wicked bring forth iniquity, they conceive falsehood and bring mischief. He has dug a pit and fell into it. His mischief shall come down onto his own head, and… shit.”
Whack. The switch once again came down onto her wrist.
Her guesses were getting worse. She knew they were. It was so hard to think between the pain and the anticipation of it. What would happen if she couldn’t get it right? Dani sucked in a shaky breath and prepared herself for him to repeat himself.
“Behold, the wicked brings—”
“Behold, the wicked brings…”
“—forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief—”
“And hath conceived mischief…”
The man hit her wrist, eliciting a gasp. “That’s not how this exercise works, darlin’. You repeat it back to me once I finish what I’ve got to say.”
Dani tried to pull away from his hands, using her other hand to pull his fingers off her wrist. As she did, the man put the switch down, grabbed her other wrist, and wrapped his free hand around both of her wrists. He yanked her wrists forward, pulling her onto her knees in front of him. “I’m gonna need you to cooperate, darlin’, or this is gonna get a hell of a lot worse for you.”
“You’re asking me to do the impossible.”
“Impossible? It’s impossible for you to memorize a few lines and repeat them back to me? Come on, now, you’re a smart girl. You can do this.”
Dani once again tried to twist her wrists away from him. The man dug his fingernails into the soft skin of her wrists, and she winced. “I can’t memorize something by hearing it once or twice and then being hit when I get it wrong! No one can fucking do that!”
He smiled at her, all charm. “You’d be surprised.” Smack.
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown. Repeat it.”
“I don’t know.”
Smack.
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown. Repeat it.”
“I don’t know!”
Another smack.
“Try again.”
Smack. Smack. Smack. Over and over again, Dani repeated the passage wrong, in one way or another. Tears that had welled up in her eyes started to spill over, running down her face as he repeatedly hit the same spot on her wrist. This had to be hell, right? To be subjected to the same pain over and over again and expected to be the one to stop something you can’t stop?
He looked down at her, an evil glean in his eye, as she knelt in front of him. Her face came up just above his hips, her head craning back to look up at his face. As uncompromising as he was being, it was clear that he was enjoying every second. “Ready to try again?” He asked, smirking.
“Fuck you,” Dani said, voice cracking.
Smack.
He repeated the verse. She got it wrong. He repeated it again, and again she got it wrong. Dani resolved into tearful babbling instead of coherent attempts. Her wrist was already beginning to bruise, the skin starting to break open. She wondered if he’d eventually cut her off once she was too far gone to continue.
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he has made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.”
“Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity, hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, dug it, and has fallen into the pit he’s made. His mischief shall return onto his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down onto his own crown!” Dani flinched in anticipation of another smack. It didn’t come. She looked at her wrists, and then she looked up at him. He smiled softly back at her. “Did I do it? Did I get it right?”
“You did.”
Relief flooded Dani. “So, it’s over?”
“For now, yes.” The man began to wrap the leather switch back up and tucked it into his jacket pocket. “We’ll start again tomorrow, but I think you’ve done enough for now.” He paused. “Unless, of course, you’d rather get tomorrow’s lesson out of the way tonight.”
“No! No. I’m alright. Today was enough. No, thank you.”
The man hummed. “Suit yourself.”
Letting go of Dani’s wrists, the man turned away from her and made his way back to his chair, picking his book back up and dropping into his chair with a groan. Dani watched as he settled in and flipped through the book. “What are you doing?” She asked when she realized he wasn’t going anywhere.
The man dramatically flipped to another page. “I’ve got about an hour to kill before supper. What do you have going on?”
Dani glared as he flipped to another page.
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GNF x Reader
High school AU
Dividers by @cafekitsune
Well isn’t this fucking great. Once again the new student was upstaging you. Well not really, but it felt like it! Any time you’d answer a question, he’d answer the next one. He’s was so annoying and infuriating and- not hot. You’d never let yourself think that. Never.
“Are you alright?”
Shit. He was next to your desk.
“I’m fine.” You mumble as you close your notebook and put it in your bag.
“Are you sure? Because class ended a minute ago and you’re still sat here” he smirks as he leans over your desk.
“I’m fine. I just zoned out” you say as you pick up your bag and throw your r over your shoulder
“Let me hold your things love” he says softly. And when you freeze he takes your bag off your shoulder “we have 2nd period together too” he smiles.
He has a nice smile.
No. No he doesn’t.
Ok fine maybe he does.
The walk to class is so extremely embarrassing. Your friends are never gonna let you live this down. Of course the first time I hit walks you to class you absolutely despise him; of course.
George drops your stuff at your desk and smiles as he walks away and your cheeks are left burning.
—
This repeats itself for a few days, George dropping hints, you being too angry to pick up on them. So he takes matters into his own hands.
“Would you guys maybe want to convince y/n to run for prom Queen?”
Luckily for him, you were already planning on it.
—
The morning announcements rang through the classroom, boring the class and killing you with anticipation until you hear
“As you all know, prom is tomorrow, so, it’s time to announce our prom king and queen”
Deep breath
“The winners are…”
Deep breaths
“Y/N and George Davidson”
What
The class started congratulating you and you pushed your feeling aside, you were truly happy!
Then George walked over to you
“So, we won” he smiled
“Mhmm” you nod
“Do me a favor and meet me by the parking lot at lunch, alright gorgeous?” He says softly and you nod.
—
When the lunch bell rang you grabbed your things and walked over to the parking lot where you saw George and one of his friends. When George made eye contact with you he smiled before shooing off his friend.
“Hello” he said, smile still stuck to his lips.
“Hi George” you say, sounding suspicious
“Look, y/n. What did I do to make you so angry towards me! You seem lovely and people adore you, so, what did I do?” He asks, you sigh
“Nothing George, it’s nothing, you just seemed cocky” you say, he grabs you hand gently.
“I promise I’m not” he giggles and you nod
“I can tell” you breathe a small laugh and his face lights up at your small smile
“So would you like to be my prom date?” He asks, and how could you say no?
Do y’all want part two with prom?
OMG MARZ CAN WRITE???
Hi hunnys, sorry for never posting, life’s tough lol. But im here now with some gnf for ya!
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Just watched the finale since I Finally had some free time!
Trying not to go absolutely crazy about just about everything haha!
Like how Belos becomes a cancerous creature that has to piggyback off of others to do damage and see his ideologies and genocide through. And becomes his most destructive once he takes over and hijacks something basically sacred, the Boiling Isles itself. And Luz, King, and Eda (Raine as well) had to literally tear him out of the heart of the isles. Removing Every Trace of Him. And how that could be a metaphor for such dangerous ideologies and how damaging and difficult it could be once they get into the Root of a Society and Government.
And of course about how Belos stans are fuming right now, that will never Not brighten my day haha
About The Titan. Like The Titan Titan. Oohhhohohoho The Titan! A gender fluid god! I loved his design! And also is no one else going to talk about the Hooty like creature coming out of his socket? Which immediately brought to my mind at least those parasites that attach themselves to the eyes of sharks? Is Hooty a type of parasite creature that used to feed off of titans? Maybe less of a parasite and more of a symbiotic relationship?
Or the fact that the glyphs were semi confirmed as a  Language. The Language of the Titans themselves. Does that mean that Runic is the Witch’s written language and Glyphs were the Titans or were both passed down? Ahh the questions, the QUESTIONS!!!
Also can we talk about how poignantly tragic the Titan’s true death was? How Belos managed to commit ONE last tragedy before his death? He annihilated the magic behind the Titan’s glyphs? I don’t think I can properly convene how cruel or or I don’t know Evil that is. He erased the meaning behind them. King, the Sole Remaining Titan, has to Recreate his own language.
I hate that man. Haha but I loved his death scene. I was kinda convinced that he wasn’t going to die, that he was basically going to be trapped in the in between place like The Titan. But OOOH BOY what we got instead was PERFECT haha!
Speaking of perfect, MARZ! MARZ MARZ MARZ! TITAN LUZ?! TITAN LUZ!!! AHHHH THAT ENTIRE SEQUENCE WAS AMAZING!
ALSO THE EPILOGUE!!! Ahhh I died seeing them all grow up and the rebuilding off the isles! All the little details in the backgrounds like the fact that people starting building all the arm and the palisman groves and the basilisks and Bump doing gardening and the detention track kids being teachers and the removal of the brands! And Boscha maybe being friends with the Hexsquad considering she was invited to Luz’s not quite a quinceanera but close enough and speaking of the Hexsquad, ALL THEIR OLDER DESIGNS!!! And EDA’S PIRATE HOOK HAND! also apparently Raine’s fox palisman is named Fiddlesticks? I think I saw that somewhere on Twitter but I still need to fact check that, ALSO THE QUINCEANERA! Also also I saw someone point out that Camilla had a combination of Raine’s and Eda’s ear rings and someone said that meant she was brought into Eda and Raine’s polycule which made me chuckle haha
*cough cough* anyway, fangirling over.
But Hoooooooo I am over the moon! OVER THE MOON! The finale was so good. There is probably more stuff to go over and believe me when I have time to relax (job hunting sucks I have no free time now a days) I will be BOMBARDING you with questions. But Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!
YEAHHHHHH YOU SUMMED YOU MY SIMILAR FEELINGS PERFECTLY DUDE!!!!
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I technically have been here for two years buuut i havent actually doen any kinda introductions,just said i was a twitter refugee amd left it buuut a intro would be nice so here i am :))
hi im marceline, just call me marz
Ive been on earth foor 16 years? and some months,ive got a fuckton of siblings and a crippling mentality
Im in a shittone of fandoms and i have a different fixation per day
Im easily distracted and me holding a relationship is like me holding warm butter so if u can handle distant anti socials
Hi :]]
I have a crippling Ao3 addiction and have short term memory (kinda)
I also read manhwa if ur into tht too (manhwa,manhua,manga,danmei(limited) u name it)
Unfortunately i dont really do anime anymore,like i know basic summaries but i dont watch the anime
i mostly read the manga
I am a Neptunic NB who goes be all pronouns +Star/Starself (if u couldnt tell i have a space hyperfix)
List of Fandoms im in
Percy Jackson
Welcom Home(current fixation #1)
My Mxtx Era(Mdzs[Mo dao Zu shi],Svsss[Scum Villain Savin System],tgcf[Ti/Tu guan ci fu..only srry iforgotifitstiortuguanlol)
uhhhĥhh Bungou Strsy Dogs 🐕
Spiderman (Specifically Tom Holland)
Spiderverze! (i still need to fisnih my spiderson smh)
Danny Phantom
Genshin Impact
Hannibal
YOI(Yuri [its actually yaoi smh] on ice)
Harry Potter
Very limited as im yet to read it buuut,Hunger Games
DBH(Detroit Become Human[Kara my beloved])
PJSK :D(Project Sekai)
Underworld Office (bcs Eugene)
DC(not DC comics lol,Detective Conan :))))
Assassination Classroom
Murder Drones(Fixation #3)
LMK(Lego monkie kid/king-fixation #2 lol)
Code geass(Lelouch has me by th shirt collar omfg)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Voltron(Me when they lowkey forced LancexAllura lmao)
SHE-RA(Unfortunately just the modern one,older she-rq looks badass af+he-man is a total himbo )
OrV(Omniscient Readers Viewpoint,Has me pulled away by the ankles atp. Fixation #4)
Wednesday (reluctantly atp,its probably the only series ive finsiged within the last 12 months/srs)
Hmmm maybe Demon Slayer/Kimetsu No Yaiba
Encanto,if it counts
BL(Blue lock ;])
Erased/boku dake gai inai dachi(i think thats right)
OHSHC(Ouran highschool host club)
Criminal minds ofc,but only till s3 or s5,i got too lazy to finsih it b4 it was taken off netflix
Showtunes/Musicals(Specifically the songs lol buut,Heathers,uhh Dear evan hansen,a lil Hamilton, etc...etc)
Enola Holmes
Saiki K
Umbrella Academy
SpyXFamily
Legacies
TBP(The black phone :/)
Legally Blonde 1 & 2
Oshi No Ko(my idol? i think. Manga Timeline only)
TNMNT(Specifically the 20 something one,2020?2022?
unOrdinary
Moriarty The Patriot(Its just Gay Sherlock and Jame Moriarty)
Carmen Sandiego ofc (shes a queen)
{coming to the end lol}
the Owl House
The Queens Gambit(Im gonna rewatch it agian :>)
Bridgerton(bcs dramatic Victorian ppl are really hot)
Avatar(The one from my childhood,Guess which)
Twilight (bcs i have an older sister)
TBHK(Toilet bound hanako kun)
And very reluctantly (i left 5 months ago) My..My dsmp phase
+More :D extensive list i know.
Theres more
But ill stop here bcs i dont think anyones gonna read allat
Anyway pls follow me everywhere bcs i shitpost constantly
Literally whatever is in my brain goes online
Uhh heres my alternative socials
Reditt/Reddit
Twitter
Ao3:I forgot
Special Mention:Spotify
Marz has invited you to join a Blend on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/blend/taste-match/a0d45a403ea80217?si=V1jNTL7zR2CwVmMwXvnmgw&fallback=getapp
Also i kinda do art sometimes
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