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#like come on PLEASE i *need* to listen to a mash-up where the person doing it confidently puts together the respective bridges
dangerous-advantage · 6 months
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i refuse to believe mxtx has not listened to at least one or both of the songs 'viva la vida' by coldplay, and 'pompeii' by bastille. i refuse
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yusume-the-writer · 5 months
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𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
I decided to do this, because Domina is my favorite character in the work and HE NEEDS AND DESERVES ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD *ahem* anyway, as I said I saw little about him, I decided to do it
 (English is not my native language, so I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors, and if there are, please let me know. I would be grateful to improve my English, and there is no need to use a translator)
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It's very difficult to say what Domina's main love language would be, but if I were to choose one, I would say it would be acts of service
 ↑ It doesn't matter if it's something that you don't need help with or that you can do alone, Domina always appears to lend a hand or do it for you
 ↑ But if you do the same thing, you may notice a slight reddish tone at the tips of his ears and the softest smile that has been seen by humanity
 You become practically the only person who can calm him down when he is furious
 ↑ More specifically, you calm his anger and hatred to the point where he finds it strange that he doesn't feel angry about certain things (his brother Mash)
 Your relationship is very private, but that doesn't mean it's a secret from others.
 ↑ Some people think you're lying when you say you're dating Domina, and they make fun of you or tell you not to say stupid things
 ↑ This is because you don't act much like a couple and also because some people think that Domina would be with someone 'superior' to you (don't let Domina know this if you don't want anyone to leave without a life)
 ↑ You're kind of used to it, so you just ignore it and say something like "believe what you want" and then leave to spend time with Domina
Even before you guys weren't dating, Domina showed favoritism toward you
 ↑For example, every time he is in a group activity and you are not there, Domina watches and gives some tips here and there, and he would only do something if necessary
 ↑ However.... with you and another story, every time you are together in a group activity, Domina participates more than usual and does everything to make it happen perfectly
 ↑ If this happens, please praise him and say you are proud of him. The poor guy deserves all the love he can get
 Kind of like Domina doesn't like PDA, since he prefers his relationship away from people's eyes, and in case someone tries to do something bad to you because of him (something impossible knowing Domina's strength),
 ↑ But inside the room? Oh boy, he'll almost jump on you if he's too needy
 He prefers to be the little spoon (but sometimes he is the big spoon), since he feels loved that way
 ↑ So it's more common for him to always rest his head on your chest or hide his head on your neck
 ↑ One time you were curious why he likes to rest his head on your chest, and he kind of replies, "I like listening to your heartbeat, that's all," with a smile with his eyes closed
I consider that Domina doesn't have a good sleep routine because he goes out at night to kill people (chap. 82), so when you're so gentle when playing with his hair, he kind of starts to fall asleep
 ↑ Please let him rest his head on your chest, play with his hair, and let him sleep, he is really grateful for that, and then he can be rewarded with lots of kisses
 Another thing that should not be left aside is that he is freezing, thus making him like your warmth.
 ↑ But how come he has a cold body like a corpse? I don't even know, I just know that he really appreciates your body heat
 Domina is sometimes a little shy when she receives your demonstrations of love, her ears turn slightly red
 ↑ But do you want to see him a blushing mess? Well, just give him a surprise hug, but not just any surprise hug, this moment must be the MOST RANDOM moment
↑ Like, when you see Domina just doing something, you just run up to him, jump on him and cling to him like a koala. You'll probably fall down, but it's cute to hear the strangled scream he lets out, and he also gets really embarrassed and starts stuttering until he finally gives up and has to hug him too
As said in the fan book, Domina is always everywhere but never seen/found
 ↑ However, every time you go looking for Domina, you always manage to find her, unlike other people
 ↑ Every time they ask you, you kind of answer, "I don't know, I just think about where he would be and go to that place." Like, bro, how?????????
 ↑ So people kind of go looking for you so they can find Domina
 Study meeting
 ↑ Domina likes to help you with the simplest things possible, so he will always help you learn about Black Magic, while you help him learn about the History of Magic and Politics
 
 He is jealous
 ↑ But not worrying and such, he already knows that you love him and that you would never betray him
 ↑ However.... he doesn't like it when people get too close to you in a very 'friendly' way, he stares angrily until he starts to get depressed
 ↑ He starts thinking about how this person can be better than him, how they can give him the love he can't give because he doesn't understand this concept of a normal relationship since he is the son of a criminal, like...
 ↑ Please comfort him and tell him that after all these problems, you still love him
 ↑ This might make him cry because you love him even though he shows an emotional and weak side
You gifted him a stuffed naval
 ↑ Unbeknownst to you, the plush has become Domina's comfort item, and every time you are apart for a long period of time, he snuggles up to it
 ↑ He will never talk to you, his pride won't let him
 You once went to a secluded beach on a date and sat looking at the waves
 ↑ At certain times, Domina mentioned some facts about aquatic beings here and there
 ↑ And after a moment, you asked Domina if she wanted to look for shells, and he agreed. You found several shells, and they kind of became a symbol of your relationship
 ↑ It may be something simple, but it really was a unique experience for Domina is so calm without worrying about her father's duties and just spending time with her s/o
 No matter how much time passes, Domina will never forget the feeling of being loved just for himself, and he is grateful that you were the one who taught him about that feeling.
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thebeatles-world · 1 year
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Omg I just found your account ahdsj and I love it!! Especially your ringo stuff eee, could I rq a blurb where the reader is a assistant for the beatles and ringo starts to notice you've been getting stressed and haven't been sleeping enough/eating well and is determined to help? Sorry if your fanfic rqs aren't open rn I was just wonderin!!:>
Thank you! I love writing imagines for Ringo 🥺😍🥰 & honestly pls request more imagines of Ringo because I love him sooo much. Also my inbox is always open for imagines of The Beatles! Don’t be afraid to request one!
I hope you like this imagine!
Help!
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You were working as a assistant for The Beatles for a while now.
It did get chaotic sometimes working for the boys. They would run all over you and you honestly felt like a teacher calming down a classroom full of children when they got rowdy, loud and chased each other.
Your job wasn’t as easy as they thought it was. You had to mange them, schedule dinner meets, conferences, meet and greets, handle their paperwork, made sure the boys got up on time, and communicate back and forth to Brian every day about what’s going on.
You felt like you were running around with your head cut off and the boys weren’t making it easy…
“Boys! Can you stop that please?” You asked nicely as you saw John, Paul and George playing with their food and started to throw it at each other while laughing.
You noticed that Ringo was just silently staring at them, slowly taking bites of his mashed potatoes.
Of course as usual they didn’t listen to you and continued to do what they were doing.
“Please don’t do that, you are going to-“ You begin as you saw Paul grab a handful of mashed potatoes from his plate and threw it right at John’s suit.
“Ruin his suit.” You mumbled to yourself. It was too late. John’s suit was ruined and it was only 30 minutes until they needed to leave for showtime.
John and Paul just started laughing at the mashed potato stain that John now had on his suit.
“It feels like I’m working for a bunch of children!!” You groaned out loud, covering your face as you left the room.
Ringo felt bad for you. He knew that his bandmates didn’t care and they weren’t taking it easy on you. He was the only one that didn’t participate in the foolish acts that they did.
He also noticed that you weren’t eating and sleeping well. He knew that you were up late at night planning for the next day and working hard while the boys were sleeping.
Ringo wanted to give you a hand and help you out. He felt like it was the right thing to do and he wanted for you to have a break for once without having a stressful day.
At least he thought that your job wasn’t easy…
After the concert, you stayed up late as always and worked on plans for the next days ahead. You made sure paperwork was done and you wrote a few reminders down to make sure you wouldn’t forget.
You heard a knock on your bedroom door.
You raised an eyebrow, putting down your pencil.
“Who could this be? Probably one of the boys wanting something.” You mumbled to yourself as you put on a robe.
“Yes come in.” You said, sitting down on your chair.
“Hey… It’s me Ringo.” Ringo gave you a smile as he opened your bedroom door.
“Hey Ringo, Can I help you?” You said in confusion.
“Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping?” You added as he came to your room.
“I was wondering if we could talk?” Ringo said, sitting down on you bed.
“Yes of course. About what?” You raised an eyebrow.
“I noticed you work very hard and I know you don’t get appreciate of how hard you work. You deserve to have a stress-free life. You done so much for us. You are the most selfless person i know. You are a very lovely lady and I hate to see how my band mates treat you. I was wondering if… I could help?” Ringo asked.
You were shocked but in awe of his words.
Ringo noticed how hard you been working? And noticed how you felt?
That was so sweet of him.
“Ringo, you are such a sweet guy… I appreciate your offer but-“ you begin before he cut you off.
“I’ll do it for free. I’ll do it to make sure you don’t have enough on your plate. I want to make sure that at the end of the day you are eating, sleeping well and being stress free. That’s all it matters to me.” Ringo took your hand and held it.
“I promise.” He said softly.
“Okay. Of course. That will do.” You said softly with a smile.
“Thank you.” You added, leaning in to give Ringo a hug.
“You’re welcome Y/N.” Ringo hugged you back.
Over the next few weeks, there was definitely a huge improvement.
With Ringo’s help, you got to relax, eat and sleep well. He even calmed John, Paul and George down when they were acting really rowdy and he made them realize that your job position wasn’t easy.
He even helped you out scheduling meetings, dinner, hotels, meet and greets with public, flights and people as well.
Having Ringo by your side made it so easy. You weren’t stressed out as you were back then. He had your back and having his help made it more easier on you. Every night he would offer to give you a massage which of course you accepted because Ringo was really good at massaging you and his massage’s relaxed you and your body a lot.
“Ringo I just know you are going to be husband material one day!” You told him as he started to massage your feet.
Ringo started blushing after you told him that.
“You deserve it my dear Y/N. For being a good assistant.” Ringo said.
“Hey guys have you seen my -“ John said as he came to the living room where Ringo was giving you a massage at.
“Aww Ringo, I didn’t know you had the hots for Y/N.” John smirked at Ringo.
“What are you talking about? I’m just giving her a massage.” Ringo said, raising his eyebrow at him. You raised your eyebrow at John as well while you took a sip of your lemonade drink.
“Mhm sure. Just make sure to use protection if you guys ever decide to do it.” John smirked and left.
John’s comment almost made you spit out your drink.
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the-s1lly-corner · 1 year
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Dating Eyeless Jack would include (plus general Jack headcannons)
Hello hello!! Im back with another list of headcannons!! This time with EJ!! Hope you all enjoy!!
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First off, he's a hermit. He doesn't like people, especially in my take of him
I personally headcannon Eyeless Jack to be more of a person being possessed/turning into a monster rather than being a monster at creation, yk? Its built off that one spin off backstory someone wrote; where Jack is in school and gets caught up in some cult stuff
Yeah that story!! I took that one and the original and mashed it up!! My idea is that Jack is still there, mostly normal but has a barely controllable hunger for flesh ++ he body deteriorates as time passes to better resemble how we all know him (grey skin, maybe sharp teeth if you hc it, ect ect)
Now that I've caught you up with my take on him, I'll continue!! Since he's in this position I feel like it'd be near impossible for him to actually. Allow himself to have a romantic relationship, or any relationship for that matter.. he feels that you being around him will put you in danger
Thats not to say my EJ is evil! Hes not, its just the funky curse that compels him to eat meat
But let's say he does find you, and lets his walls down, and you two get together
To start, he rarely takes off his mask outside of feeding times, most times he can't remember the details of; often being a blur left in his mind due to his curse
So mask kisses! Lots and lots of them! You'll have to be the one to initiate it though <\3 Jack never seemed to be the type to seek n give affection, at least to me
On the off chance you do see him without the mask, he might.. MIGHT let you actually kiss him
He's got sharp teeth, that's one reason he's nervous about kissing you for real
He also has half a dozen long, writhing, snake like tongues in his mouth. Cult rituals, amirite? I mean.. he doesn't really know.. how that'd work..
Oh before I forget to mention! My EJ is short, but stout!! 5'6 but he's got a wide frame!! Strong!! Do not tease him on his height because he will be moody for the rest of the day
Sometimes on cold days he lets you snuggle up with him inside his jacket
If he's coming to visit you, he'll be the most polite guest ever
Come over to his place, a little abandoned cabin in the woods? He'll be a good host!! Just please don't go into the room in the far right corner of the cabin 😋😋 that totally isnt where he primarily feeds 😋
I feel like he can't really eat. Normal food
Tough tiddies oh well
Actually now that I think about it my take on Jack kinda reminds me of the ghouls from Tokyo Ghoul
Anyways
Oh y/n please play with his hair!! Its nice and soft and fluffy!! He won't outright ask you to do it, but he'll send signals!!
He doesn't talk much but he's a good listener! He's not shy or anything, it's just that he's more observant and reserved. Even before.. everything that happened to him, he wasn't much of a talker
Doesn't sleep much, he doesn't really need to anymore
On nights where he isnt out.. doing his thing, he might come into your room and watch over you
Not to be creepy!! Even if it is.. creepy.. yk?
It's his own way of making sure nothing happens
He will knock it off if you ask him too though! He'll likely limit it to quickly checking in on you to make sure you're safe and sound
He's cold.. ice cold.. whether or not that deems him a not so good cuddle buddy is up to you
Takes a very very long time to warm up to affection. You'll likely have to wait for him to take the first steps, or to catch the signs, you know?
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anarchyrpbook · 19 days
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FALLOUT (TV SERIES, 2024): Episode Five Feel free to edit the sentences, places, pronouns, etc, as you need. NSFW TW: Mentions of violence, drugs, cannibalism
“I thought I was dead meat.”
“Wait, you should brand me.”
“Don’t leave me in here!”
“I kill you! I swear I’ll kill you.”
“That was you, right? Back in [location]?”
“Please, can you please let me out.”
“Believe me, I really want to trust you, but I’ve had a rough week.”
“Hey, you’ve got radiation sickness.”
“You can have it if you let me out.”
“I really want to believe you but practically every person I’ve met out here has tried to kill me, so.”
“Listen, hey, if you don’t get this medicine, you’re gonna pass out, okay? And if you lose consciousness, we’re both gonna die.”
“Trust me, please. Please.”
“I’ve seen these in old engineering manuals, but never in real life.”
“Look, you could have been lying about the medicine, and you weren’t. And you could have killed me when I collapsed back there, and… You didn’t.”
“I get that trust doesn’t come easy here, but you can trust me.”
“I’m from a place where the worst someone can do to you is forget to say thank you.”
“Sounds like a nice way to live.”
“I just feel that in times of crisis, you need someone with experience.”
“Hey, its your vote, no hard feelings.”
“Oh, who am I kidding.”
“Hey, can I ask you for a favor?”
“Also, you thought you would just show up to a warlord with no armor, and no help, and just expect them to hand over a hostage to you?”
“Okay, uh, I think we’re all feeling some tension. Yeah? A little stress? Uh, so why don’t we all take a deep breath?”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“We already said we don’t have any weapons.”
“You’ve been shot.”
“It’s just a scratch, happens all the time.”
“What’s a Fiend?”
“It’s people who eat people.”
“I hate it here.”
“I don’t know why, they just do.”
“If it’s not at all worrisome, then why are we whispering?”
“Gee, I don’t know.”
“Maybe the mashed potatoes were a little better.”
“Must be true then.”
“Well, if it makes you feel any better, it didn’t work out.”
“It’s the same thing that always happens. Everyone wants to save the world, they just disagree on how.” 
“I wonder if anyone survived.”
“This is more than just a graze.”
“We are the lucky ones, we are the light burning in the darkness.”
“Find anything interesting?
“It’s okay, we’ll be alright.”
“What is this place?”
“We’re in the best place in the world, we’re in a vault.”
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letkanatasayfuck · 2 years
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my top 10 paralive songs in no particular order
hello!! i thought i'd rank my faves before the new content drops in the summer!! so let's go!!
#1 - PARADISE // BAE ft. ISSA: oh man, i LOVE this one. it's feel-good, it's summer party vibes, it's catchy and smooth and everyone blends together SO well in it!! i think the english-japanese mash is super well-done in this song, it literally makes me feel like i'm being called out to have fun and get swept off my feet
#2 - GOOD TIME // COZMES ft. SKY-HI: SKY-HI'S PART ABSOLUTELY SLAPS. OH MY GOD. I COULD LISTEN TO THAT ON REPEAT FOREVER. kanata and nayuta kick off really strong too like holy shit??? i know there are people who don't like that monotone style or too much repetition but it's really soothing to me!! AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AFTER ALL THE SHIT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH!!
#3 - JUMPING INTO MY WORLD // Lollipop*universe: you would not BELIEVE the serotonin rush this song gives me . . . it's catchy, it's easy to sing along to, and you can really get a taste of everyone's personal styles, which i think is super cool! and they all genuinely sound like they're having so much fun singing it!! (plus the mv is absolutely adorable LMAO)
#4 - CALL FOR FAMILIEZ // AKANYATSURA: this . . . this song hurts my heart . . . it's so GOOD but it's so PAINFUL and i love it so much!! i get so hyped up for reo's part, i always sing the "FAMILIA" along with him LMFAO. and i really like how his singing contrasts with the flow of the song!! it makes it much catchier imo. iori's part also really sells it for me bc. well. ajksdljkadaDJK i do not think i need to say anymore than that!!!
#5 - GIRAGIRA CANDY NIGHT // CLUB CANDY: this song fucks!! it fucks hard!! like if it had a physical body it would do unspeakable things!! once again iori's voice comes out on top like UGH the way he sings <333 also that part where everyone comes together one after the other?? i LOVE that it's so cool!!
#6 - Why do you like me? // Beauty & Beast: okay anyone who says they don't like this song HAS to be lying. like. the others are all my personal opinion but the objective truth for "Why do you like me" is that it is perfect!! it's so pretty and soothing and the VULNERABILITY that anne shows in it . . .
#7 - CHILLIN' // HOKUSAI WITH AKANKYATTSURA: this one also brings me serotonin but in like!! a chill way!! reo's part also reminds me of how he is in "CALL FOR FAMILIEZ" in that it goes against how everyone else usually matches the flow, and i love that!! also the little "HAI SANSEI" in the bg are so cute?? this song just makes me feel better about myself and life in general tbh it's a lovely reminder to slow down and relax
#8 - WAVIN' FLAG // BAE: wavin' flag literally sounds like it belongs in a fantasy rebellion overthrow-the-government movie. like. it's THAT powerful. everything about it goes so hard and i have a lot of respect bc of that!! also it's just really catchy and another fun one to sing along with LMAO
#9 - For my Stella // VISTY: another song that i'm pretty sure nobody hates LMFAO. it's so bright and fun and lovely and the mv is very pretty to watch!! also aoi's part is so soothing wtf. i want them and reo just fucking up songs with their contrasts and blowing everyone else out of the water
#10 - EMBLEM // BAE + BURAIKAN IS BACK // BURAIKAN: okay so . . . i kind of cheated with this one bc i really could not decide between the two LMFAO. emblem is so sweet and fun and i love singing along to it, and the confidence boost it gives me helps a lot!! plus the mv is so aesthetically pleasing like wtf. buraikan is back is like. weirdly seductive and haunting and dark and it sucks you in like a black hole. plus the fact that the music is used for the intro videos??? IT'S SUCH A STRONG WAY TO INTRODUCE PPL LIKE WTF
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Morganville Vampires: Reimagining - Episode One - Chapter One
The day I became a member of the glass house started with someone stealing my laundry.
There was a thumping sound coming from one of the only two dryers in the laundry room. The barely working machine was slightly shaking in a way that made me eye it. The other one often didn’t come on; I didn’t want to deal with figuring out how to dry my clothes in the middle of September and on a busy schedule.
The laundry basket hit the cracked cement floor in front of the washing machine. I followed it down, throwing open the door and reached inside, expecting to find my clothes. Instead my hand slid across the bottom of the wet slick drum. My heart skipped a beat and I wasted no time in shoving my head inside, hoping that my clothes were just shoved to the back - but no, the washer was completely empty except for a lonely black sock with a hole where the baby toe goes.
“Please tell me this is a bad dream.” I whispered to the wet sock scrunched up in my fist.
Mom’s warning from months ago came to mind - she had told me to always keep a close watch on my stuff, because things tend to disappear at college. Her wisdom had gone in one ear and out the other because I was just excited to be away from home, and I didn't really have anything interesting enough to steal.
I wish I had listened to her.
I had gotten complacent in my time here, enjoying the freedom of living alone - well, not completely alone, I still had a roommate- but I honestly didn’t think I had to worry about someone stealing most of the clothes I owned!
Leaning back on my heels, I brought my hands up to my face with the wet sock against my cheek and the smell of cheap detergent meeting my nose. My breath caught as panic bubbled up in me. There were still some clothes back up in my room, but they were clothes that my mom refused to let me leave behind or throw away, clothes grandma bought me - clothes that i wouldn’t be caught dead in.
There was the credit card mom had given me in case I needed anything, but I cringed at the thought of using it. Mom and dad wouldn’t’ve cared if i used it, i could spend as much as i wanted and they wouldn’t even bat an eye. Our family was privileged, and that was the problem for me. I was seventeen - on the verge of turning eighteen- and I didn't like being so reliant on her, I wanted to be my own person: an adult. Which was a bit of an issue now considering I literally only had enough money left to buy food this month.
Frick.
Tossing the sock in the basket, I quickly stood and resisted the urge to kick the machine and scream in frustration. I could probably get away with it - people have done weirder things here- but the thought of doing it and getting attention made my cheeks grow warm. No, its better just to keep it in.
With a tight grip on my laundry basket, I headed towards the door and mentally cursed the person who stole my clothes. Before I could cross the threshold, a tall body suddenly appeared in front of me and I couldn't stop in time before I mashed the basket into her stomach.
“Oh, I'm so sorry!” i stuttered out and took a step back.
The girl in front of me looked at me in surprise and also took a step back, and brought her laundry bag in front of her, as if to protect herself from any more assaults. It was Erica, I think. She was a tall girl, taller than most instead of just being taller than me, and her height made her stand out despite her best efforts to make herself unknown by constantly hunching over.
“It’s alright, I should have been looking where I was going.” Erica said in a soft voice. the type that could easily be missed if you weren’t paying attention.
Mom always said to never feel sorry for people because it meant that you thought yourself better than that person and looked down on them. But I couldn't help myself, and I don't think I thought I was better than anyone. Erica was a bit like me where I always saw her alone and the only time she ever came out of her room was for her classes. The difference is that she seemed terrified to interact with others.
Like the other day when I was in the library trying to find a book for psych class. Erica had been sitting at a table by herself with a stack of books in front of her. I had caught her eye and waved, wanting to be friendly towards the awkward girl. She had barely responded back before darting her eyes back to her book.
That wasn’t the end of her interaction with people. A few minutes later a handsome looking freshman started to her table. Now he wasn’t overly attractive like the frat and sports guys were, he was a normal next door boy type of attractive. And poor Erica, the girl wasn’t ugly at all, though she did dress a bit homely; I couldn't hear their conversation but from the way her eyes grew and her face turned the brightest color of pink I ever saw in my life told me everything I needed to know.
It didn’t take long before she was stammering some excuse and rushed away, no doubt to go hide in her room. The poor boy was left behind dejected before making his way back to his friends at another table. I don’t know why that scene stuck with me only to come back now. Maybe I was scared that one day I was gonna end up terrified of the world just like Erica.
“No, really, it was my fault. I was just really upset and caught in my head. Some jerk stole my clothes.” I said, throwing a hand up in frustration.
She swept her bangs away from her eyes, “oh, jeez, i’m sorry. That sucks.”
The sound of the dryer slowly stopped and we both glanced at it. The way her eyes flickered from it to me gave me a feeling that she desperately wanted this short conversation to end already. I just had one more question for her- or, well, two, actually.
“Those your clothes?” i asked
She nodded.
“You wouldn’t have happened to have seen anything when you were down here earlier?” I asked, hopeful.
Maybe there was a chance that someone was in a rush and just wanted my stuff out the way so they could use the washer. My clothes could be sitting in a bag in a corner somewhere, waiting for me to retrieve them. I would even settle for them being on the grime ridden floor as long as they were somewhere I could find them. Fingers crossed.
Erica started slowly shaking her head, and my shoulders dropped. My hopes came scrambling back when she perked up and met my eyes for the first time since this conversation.
“Oh, wait, I think I remember seeing Monica and her friend around here. They were headed to the stairwell and were carrying the clothes without putting them in anything. I thought that was weird.” she offered up.
Any bit of hope I had completely fell, not just to the ground but down to the very depths of the deepest parts of hell. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions that left me wishing I was dead. Monica. Of course it was Monica. I was a total moron to not have immediately thought of her. Most people blame the devil when something happens to them.
Me?
I blamed Monica.
Though maybe there wasn’t that much of a difference between the two.
I remember Erica was in front of me, growing more and more uncomfortable by the second and I tried to give her a smile, but a grimace came out instead.
“Thanks, Erica. I appreciate the info. I’ll talk to you later, okay?” I said and she gave a nod.
She moved out of the way and headed for the dryer while I stepped out in the hall. I didn’t make it far before leaning against the wall beside the door. Monica has been the bane of my existence since two weeks ago. Though to be fair, the start of the drama was on me, or specifically, My love and obsession with faygo red pop was to blame.
I should have been in my room studying that day, but Katie - my roommate who was majorly into goth stuff - had a guy over who was as into the gothic look as she was. I knew what was going on when she gave me the look, and I scrambled as fast as I could out of the room before skinny jeans and fishnets could come off.
It was a Saturday so most of the dorm was empty as everyone was at some kind of party. The thought of going to the library and studying some more entered my mind but people already thought I was a loser, no need to prove them right. Instead I decided to go to ‘the chair’ at the top landing in the back stairwell. No one knew how it got there or where it came from, but it became a small hang out spot for some of the girls.
My bag was in my hand and instead of waiting until I got to the chair, I decided that I was too thirsty to wait. So the pop came out and with it in hand I headed to the door to the stairwell. I had just opened the bottle when a figure came through the door fast, faster than I could stop and warn her. Monica was looking back to her friends, laughter coming from the group; she never even saw it coming.
She slammed into me and the red pop flew all over both of our clothes. We gasped in union. I was horrified. I didn’t care about my clothes; all I had on was a white t-shirt and sweats while she was clearly dressed to go out. She was wearing the cutest pinkish crop top and matching jacket showing off tan skin and the flattest stomach I have ever seen in my life.
And though her torn- though fashionable- skinny jeans also got splattered, her top and face had gotten hit the most. Perfectly done makeup and clothes that probably cost more than i could afford - ruined. Her girl friends that she was with stayed silent, but the guys howled in laughter, as if it was the funniest thing they had ever seen.
Her face under the layers of makeup and drops of pop, flushed with embarrassment, and I still remember the look of pure, unadulterated anger that burned in her dark blue eyes. Once upon a time Monica Morrell had no idea who I was, and she was only a passing pretty face to me. After that, I doubt she had any intentions of forgetting the girl that embarrassed her in front of several hot guys.
From then on, it was like she made it her life’s mission to mess with me. First, it was sending hot guys to ask me out and then loudly rejecting me in front of others. I learned my lesson after the second guy - Jamie. It was a shame, he was really cute. If they looked insanely attractive and like they could be on the cast of some teen drama, I avoided them. Then after that it was having her two pitbulls - Gina and Jennifer- bully me every chance they got: knocking my things from my hands, bumping into me, or spilling food and drinks on me. The whole nine yards.
And now there was this, stealing my clothes. A few days had passed with no incidents from them, I had hoped it was finally over but I was an idiot if I thought those girls were ever gonna stop. I wanted to scream. It wasn’t fair I had to go through this, especially in college. We were supposed to be mature after high school, we were supposed to be adults - or at least pretend. The last time i had to deal with this kind of stuff was middle school.
I stamped my foot in frustration and it was hard to push back the burning of the tears in my eyes. The sound of the dryer slamming closed made me push away from the wall. I already spent too much time here and I didn't want to make things even more weird and uncomfortable for Erica. I’ll take my self-pitying back to my dorm room and think about what to do next there.
With a creak, the heavy door opened and I started my track upstairs. The sound of my feet scuffing against the stairs bounced against the wall and I had almost made it to my floor when the door there opened, and out stepped the she-devil herself. The sight of her froze me in my spot.
Shit.
She was already looking directly at me and her gloss covered lips curled into a wicked sneer. And she wasn’t alone either - her pitbulls were standing behind her looking just as evil and hot. Girls like them with daddy’s money always did. Perfect highlighted blonde hair, amazingly done makeup, and killer bodies that made all the other girls jealous and made all the guys want them. A person would think they had something better going on in their lives than bullying nobodies.
Though in this town, in this college, maybe this was the highlight of their day.
My first immediate thought was to run - like the prey animal I was - and find another way up to my room. An actual head-on encounter with Monica and her groupies would no doubt end with me holding back tears and regrouping in my room. But for the first time in a while I was kind of over just constantly running away to be bullied another day and hiding from them. Or maybe it was the lack of sleep from studying that tricked me into gaining enough confidence to pull my shoulders back and stare at her with what I hoped was strong conviction.
“Well, well, look who it is. You know I was just thinking about you.” Monica said, cocking a hip out and resting a freshly manicured hand on it.
Gina was quick add on “ yeah, there was an overflowing trash can outside that made me think ‘jee, i wonder where little Kara is.’”
“She does have a strong resemblance, doesn’t she? Though I think the trashcan might be prettier.”
Monica laughed at the 12 year old old humor, followed by Gina and then Jennifer. Light, pretty, and girlish - like they spent time in front of a mirror practicing to make them sound perfect. Despite the immature joke that only children would find funny, I couldn't stop the heat from growing in my face and the slow building burning in my eyes.
“My name is claire, not Ka-”
I stopped short as Jennifer’s smirk dropped and she took a step down.
“Did she fucking ask, yorkie bitch?”
Don’t say anything, just run away. It’s not worth it.
“Listen, I don't want any problems. I just want my clothes back.” I said resigned, not meeting any of their eyes.
Monica placed a pink, sharp enough to maim, fingernail against her chin, pretending to think. “your clothes? Oh, you mean that trash we found in the laundry room?”
My heart sank.
“you know, it’s really fucking digusting leaving that around for anyone to see and smell it. i almost gagged when i opened the washer.” Jennifer snapped at me, taking another step down towards me.
Every time she spoke or looked in my direction, I felt an uneasiness wash over me. There was always something about her that bothered me. Like I was being looked at by a predator. Her eyes were cold and cruel, like she was just begging me to give her a reason.
there was a moment of reprieve as Monica smirked and her eyes went from me to Jennifer as she crossed her arms. “You would know about gagging, wouldn’t you, Jen?”
For the first time since i’ve known her, Jennifer faltered and her pale skin flushed bright red. Once again, Gina wasted no time in piling on too, a wicked grin on her face. The girls knew no loyalty - they were like lions, even willing to attack and eat their own.
“Yeah, all the boys from Alpha Psi know just how much you like to gag.”
Gina mimed a blow job, even making the sucking noise, much to mine and Jennifer’s dismay. They laughed, this time more haggish, not sounding nearly as cute and girlish as they had before. I almost felt bad for the girl, at least until she spun on me with fire and anger burning in her eyes.
‘Why the fuck are you still in my face, you dumb whore!”
her hand snaked out and i let out a yelp as she wrapped her fingers in my hair. Pain cascaded over my scalp as she yanked my curls - it felt like she was trying to separate the hair from my head. My basket slipped from my hand and i acted on instinct as i reach up and clawed at her thin bird wrist. My nails - not nearly as long and dangerous as hers, still found purchase and i dug in trying to rip her away from me.
“Ow! You bitch!”
Her fingers loosened and I yanked her hand away while accidentally tearing off the bracelet she had. Adrenaline was pounding through my veins and before i could calm down and think straight, her eyes met mine and suddenly my hand flew out, smacking her across the face. My hand stung and the sound of flesh against flesh echoed through the stairwell.
It wasn’t a weak smack either. It was the type of smack a mother would gives her child after she run into the street and almost gets hit. The type of slap where you're just overcome with emotion and your body just reacts. The type of slap that’s probably gonna get me killed, the smart part of me finally caught up and realized.
There was a brief silence and I could see Jennifer’s pale skin quickly growing red in front of me. I winced at the sight of it, hating that I let myself stoop to their level, and terrified at what was going to happen now. My fingers tightened against the bracelet I barely remembered I was still holding.
“Crap. jennifer, i’m sorr-”
I didn’t even see her fist hit me.
One moment i was just standing there, wondering if it was too late to run away. The next, it felt like someone threw a brick in my face, followed by the realization my feet weren’t on the ground anymore. My hands swung out wildly, trying to find something - anything - to stop my descent, but there was nothing to save me. All I could do was let out the smallest gasp and the last thing I saw before tumbling backwards was Jennifer’s eyes filled with hatred - and so much anger.
My shoulder connected with one of the steps first, and after that it was hard to remember what exactly happened next. My body just tumbled down and down, going through a whirlwind of agony as my body connected with every concrete step. It ended with my head bouncing off the ground at the bottom with a sickening crunch and started to seep the last bit of consciousness i had left.
A ringing buzzed in my ear, growing louder and louder, and black spots danced in my vision. Every breath i took in sent a sharp pain through my chest. Jesus, was this actually how I died? The bottom of stairs where I was certain boys have peed at before? What a shitty way to go. Maybe mom was right, I should have gone to school in Michigan.
Monica was the last thing I heard before my vision went completely different.
“Fuck, Jennifer, what the fuck did you do?”
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Theme - Coming of Age
I chose this theme because I’m in an era where I’m started to become an actual adult. I no longer have my parents to run back to in case I fail, I have my husband and myself. Growing up is hard and there’s so many challenges in life which can make the world seem so scary but if I continue to live in fear then I won’t live my life to the fullest. I am becoming my own person, I am at a point in my life where I question what I do, why I do it and how I can myself for the better. I have anxiety about dying but I also have anxiety about living too. I think it stems from my childhood where I was always supposed to color in between the lines and I was disciplined when I didn’t. My fears shouldn’t be holding me back, instead they should push me to do more like sky dive, bungee jumping, taking chances where I normally don’t because I don’t want to look back at my life and question what if? I want to look back at my life and laugh about the mistakes I did and love the experiences I went through.
Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver. Folk
This song to me is about someone who is leaving, after failing where they are, they seem to have a new lease on life where they understand that in order to grow they need to leave. They’re saying goodbye to their loved one and while they may never return, they will always be remembered. The theme coming of age ties to this song because when you’re growing up, sometimes we look back on the past and miss it. It’s something that we’re used to and have become comfortable but in order to have chance you have to be comfortable. The artist sings, “already I’m so lonesome I could die” and I know how that feels because when I left my parents house I was so scared. I didn’t have a strong supper system so I was venturing out on my own, I was terrified but I knew that I wasn’t happy where I was. The tone of this song is positive, it does have a bit of sadness because he is leaving a loved one, with a tempo of 121 BMP, slow and melodic. This song has a fugue of, “cause I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh babe I hate to go.” It ties the whole song together and while there doesn’t seem to be any rhythms or alliteration, it does all mash together very well to create emotions of happiness, romance and even a bit of anxiety for the future to come.
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Rock : Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit
To me this song shows of a carefree living, when being a teenager the hardest parts should be showing up to school and getting homework done. We love life like we’re invincible and like the world is our oyster. We’re growing up and we’re unstoppable, we are just starting our lives and we’re going to make the best of it. The very beginning of this song has a fast tempo until the artist begins to sing but as he begins to get more into the song, he gets louder and the tempo again sounds like it did in the beginning. The consonance of this song is brought together by a guitar drums and it matches his dynamics. The moods shift a few times while he sings the chorus. The rondo of this song is brought into the beginning, middle and end of the song is when he begins to sing, “hello, hello, hello, hello”. At the end the tempo of the song matches the beginning again which ties it all together again. The artist background as well as the way it’s giving off a grunge vibe helps to bring the emotions of a listener. Now a days this type of music is being brought up again for kids in my age because of the aesthetic.
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Rock: Stepphen wolf - Born to be Wild
This song makes me feel like we are to grab the world by it’s hands and make it ours. As though we are going full blast at life, no regrets, no remorse, just doing what whatever we want to do. This song tied to the theme of coming of age because we all have experienced a phase or multiple phases in our lives where we feel free and with the ability to take life by the reigns and do as we please. The dynamics of this song are stressed when he begins to add more of a tone to the guitar and drums. The louder he plays, the more you can feel the passion within the instruments and the singer himself. Regarding the theme and variations, he repeats different aspects of sort of being this hard biker who likes guns, smoking cigarettes and racing. The dynamics throughout the song are very harsh from the beginning, starting with the guitar and drums off the bat.
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Rap/ hip hop- Empire State of mind- Jay Z
This song speaks on the struggles of someone as a young adult and everything they went to in order to be successful. That there is nothing you can’t do, regardless of the situation you’re in, you can always be better. The struggles you go through will help you grow and become a better person to accomplish whatever you want in life. Tempo of this song starts off slow with what I believe are drums at the beginning, then after setting the tone he begins to add more instruments. He starts his rap and when that begins there’s more of a consonance, there’s even bells in the background which add to the emotions in the song. The fugue of this song is, “In New York , Concrete jungle where dreams are made of. There's nothin' you can't do. Now you're in New York. These streets will make you feel brand new. Big lights will inspire you. Let's hear it for New York. New York. New York.” The tone of this song is positive, very uplifting and making it seem like it’s okay to follow your dreams because we all are chasing something.
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Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance. country.
This song is about taking any chances you were given the opportunity to feel alive. That you checked things off your bucket list and you danced like no one was watching. That you, at least at one point in your life, lived your life with no fear of judgement and that you didn’t close any opportunity for yourself because you were afraid. The theme of this song is about taking a chance at life and stepping out of your comfort zone. The tone is very melodic, from the artist’s voice to the instruments playing.
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Country : Tim McGraw- Live Like You Are Dying
This song ties to the theme growing up/coming of age because it’s speaks on what he did in his life and how he lived. He sky dived, went mountain climbing and was married. He lived the life he loved because he knew that it was going to come to an end. At a young age we wish to grow old and when we’re old we wish we were young again but this man faced death and said I hope you live life like you’re dying and tomorrow was a gift.
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The thought of a submissive incubus just came to mind and now I can’t stop imagining the reader (incubus) trying to take control of the situation but gets fucked and tamed instead.
this? this is a good idea. i feel like doing some priest au iida lmao
Pairing: Priest Iida x Incubus Reader Content tags/warnings: dub-con, dom/sub dynamics, spanking, mind break/mild dumbification, aphrodisiac spit Word count: 1.6k
You’re a poor excuse of an incubus, you know this. Naturally submissive, shy and introverted, inexperienced with sex- all things that an incubus shouldn’t be. You’ve been feeding off of other incubi and some succubi for energy. You knew that it wouldn’t last forever, that you’d eventually have to feed off humans. But it’s dangerous with your submissive nature. That’s why you’ve been trying to stay with your kind for as long as possible. 
Now you’ve been tossed out, left on your own without any sort of advice. There’s an intense hunger inside you that’s clawing at you, one that’s clouding your reasoning. You stumble through the streets as if you’re drunk. Humans ignore you thinking you’re just an annoying drunk and you know you’re not going to get energy in time. 
Then you run into a priest. 
“No, I’m fine-” Your speech is slightly slurred as you protest his help. A priest is the last person you need to run into right now. He’ll exorcise you or contain you until you tell him about other incubi in town. Both things scare you and you try to tug yourself out of his hold. Unfortunately for you, the priest you’ve run into is not only stubborn but strong. If you weren’t so weak, you might’ve been able to break away. There are so many things that would’ve been solved if you weren’t so weak.
He helps you walk, leading you to his church. The second you reach the steps, you tug on his cassock and shake your head. 
“I can’t go in there. I can’t. I’m sorry, I can’t.” 
Your hopes of him listening to you are crushed instantly as he shushes you and opens the large doors. The moment you step in, your already fading human disguise vanishes. Large, spiraling horns protrude from the sides of your head, a thin tail at the base of your spine, your hands and feet turned to claws and the small tattoo below your navel; if he can’t tell you’re an incubus from this, you don’t know what will.
The priest stops and stares at you, letting go of you. You fall to your knees on the floor, no longer strong enough to keep yourself standing. It’s humiliating to be found out in such a way. Though it’s your fault for allowing yourself to be grabbed by the priest in the first place. 
“An incubus?” He seems a bit curious as he kneels before you, lifting your chin to look at your face. “You’re not doing so well. What happened to you?” 
What little pride you have left keeps you from answering. 
“You must be hungry. While my fellow clergy may look down at me for this, I’ll help you.”
Confusion is clear on your face. You look at him like he’s insane. Maybe he is, but the thought of being able to feed matters a bit more than figuring out where the hell his common sense went. 
“I thought incubi were good at pleasing their partners.” He’s mocking you. The priest, who introduced himself as Iida Tenya, looks down at you as you do your best to take him into your mouth. He’s thick and your jaw aches slightly, but that ache naturally turns into pleasure that goes straight to your core. “You’re inexperienced, aren’t you? Don’t worry, I’ll help you.” 
Hands grab your horns and force your face further, making you take his cock down your throat. While you don’t gag, you’re clearly uncomfortable. You claw at his wrists to make him stop but it doesn’t seem to bother him. 
“See, you take all of your partner’s cock into your mouth.” Iida groans. “Suck and move your tongue around it. You can do it, I’m sure you can.” 
Surely he’s making fun of you. You may not be like the others, but you can still do what you were born to do. So you begin to bob your head up and down, letting things come to you naturally. His cock is heavy on your tongue as you lick the underside of it, teasing the vein that runs along it. You make use of your lack of gag reflex and make sure that you take him fully each time. 
It seems like it’s working, like you’re gaining some semblance of control. Just from this, energy is already beginning to flow your body. If you can make him cum, then maybe-
“Tsk, I thought you’d be better than this.” Seems like he knows exactly what’s going through your mind. “Do you really think you can overtake a priest when you’re in such a state? Don’t be foolish.” 
You’re tugged off his cock. Iida is about to grab you by your hair and bring you up onto the bed until you press a hand on his lower stomach. You have enough strength to leave a branding: a piece of incubus magic that forces a human to be overcome with lust. It typically leaves them a mess, unable to do anything but beg for pleasure. But going along with your lack of luck, it backfires. 
The feeling of intense lust fills the room and instead of the priest curling in himself, he drags you onto the bed by your horns. You’re laying on the bed with your ass up, Iida already lining himself up with your hole. 
“Natural lubricant, hm?” There’s a bit of slick coating your ass and inner thighs. It’s something incubi are able to make when they’re anticipating being the bottom. 
He pushes in slowly. Your hole greedily swallows his cock, clenching around it to milk him. Iida grabs hold of your tail and wraps it around his hand like a leash, using it to bring your ass against his hips. You can feel the heat of the brand and the lust radiating from him. The fact that he’s managing to stay even the slightest bit composed is amazing. 
“You’re begging for me to give in, aren’t you? You just want me to let go and let you have your way with me, yes?” 
“C-clearly!” 
Once the words leave your lips, a harsh spank is left on your ass. The pain instantly changes to pleasure and you tighten around him. He begins to spank you more, enjoying the way your walls clench and shudder with each impact. You’re doing your best to hold in any moans and pleasured noises to spite Iida. It’s all you can seem to manage to do. Even with strength filling you, he’s still got a good hold on you.
Your cock twitches from neglect. It’s not that you need it to be touched, you just prefer it. Yes, you can cum without touching it, but you want to touch it. So you reach between your legs to pump your cock, letting out a small groan. But your hand is swatted away. 
“Who said you could touch yourself?
He lets go of your tail and and pulls out, watching you flip yourself over. His cock twitches in anticipation when you pull him towards you for a kiss. 
Your tongue is long and clearly inhuman. It invades his throat and nearly makes him gag. The properties of your saliva are forgotten, letting his mind become a haze. Between the brand fueling his lust and the sudden warmth caused by your saliva, he loses what little cleric dignity he had. 
Iida pulls your face away from his by your hair, pushing you back onto the bed so he can thrust into you again. Your legs go over his shoulders and you’re able to recognize that the priest has you in a mating press before he begins to pound into you. He smashes his lips against yours, mouth open- he’s asking you to kiss him more. You happily do so, thinking that the haze he’s being enveloped in will give you a chance to take control. Lips mash against each other as you shove your spit down his throat with your tongue. 
The aphrodisiacs in his system must be too much and he cums, filling you. A strange daze washes over you and you lose your focus on the brand. Is this what human energy is like? It’s absolutely addicting. That addicting feeling pushes you over the edge, your own cock covering your stomach in cum. Your eyes roll back into your skull and you lose yourself for a few seconds.
He hasn’t stopped and you don’t think he will anytime soon. His cock is still hard, stretching you and pushing his cum even deeper inside you. 
“Maybe I’ll keep you, hm?” When did he regain his mind? “Keep you like a little pet. You’ll have to rely on me to survive anyways.”
Your mind is still in a haze and he takes advantage of it. He continues to pound into you with no pause, his own stamina still high. While your cock is limp against your stomach, he watches as more cum dribbles out of it. 
“Be a good incubus and cum more and more. If you do what I ask, I’ll give you more than you could ever need.” 
If you could think properly, you would curse how obedient your body is. Your cock twitches to life for a few moments before you cum again, an almost never ending stream of cum landing on your stomach. He groans as your walls clench around him. It’s like your body is begging for more of him, which it is. 
“There you go. I’ll keep you here so you can’t hurt anyone else.” That’s not the real reason he’s keeping you, but that doesn’t matter. You’re already lost to his words, the feeling of a human’s energy destroying your mind.
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Never sent a request idk if I do this right. Been to lazy and not good lately and honestly I just need a good fluff. The basic plot where he is in a bad mood like angry and then he turns to his lover etc etc. Do your thing I just need some comfort and love!
Cupcake ; Rafe Cameron
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Pairing: Rafe Cameron x reader
Summary: Maybe making cupcakes with a girl he likes won’t be a bad thing
Warnings: Slight angst on the earlier part, cursing, substance, extreme fluff, adorable Rafe Cameron
A/N: I hope you're doing good, sending all my love and hugs @ you <33 remember to rest!!! @asimpwriter
p.s; you know the drill - send any requests!
"Fuck off," Rafe sighed, shutting his eyes against the bright chandelier above the dinner table. Since when did it got so bright? The last time he checked, it was dimmed. "I swear Sarah, say one more word and I'll fucking kill you."
"Rafe," Ward sighed, placing his cutleries down onto the expensive wooden table. "It's family time. Excuse your sister."
"She's hanging around with those stupid pogues, dad!" he groaned, not wanting to believe that his dad was on her side. Not that he was ever on his, but he thought his father would have the same mindset as him towards this topic.
"Let. It. Go."
"They're my friends," she breathed, and Ward closed his eyes again, knowing the screaming that was about to occur. "I'm sorry you're stuck with Topper-"
"Didn't you cheat on him?" he laughed, and turned to look at his dad. He mouthed at him with an amused expression, "She cheated on him."
"I didn't, and we broke up 2 weeks ago. I'm sorry he couldn't move on from me," Sarah shrugged, and Rafe watched as she put aside her green beans and offered some of the mashed potatoes to Wheezie.
How could she act so normal about this?
"Oh, and-" Sarah turned to Ward, and Rafe waited impatiently for the lies that was about to slip from her mouth. "Do you know that he does drugs?"
"Sarah!" Rose yelled, furrowing her eyebrows as Rafe laughed out loud, clapping his hands loudly that the sound echoed throughout the huge house. "It's a family dinner!"
"I don't give a fuck about this family," Sarah said, removing the napkin from her lap and quickly standing up to get out of the house. Ward didn't say anything, neither did Rose, and after a few seconds, he let out a sigh.
"This is getting out of hand," he started, clasping his hands. "Rafe, I'm no longer letting you take over my business."
Rafe stopped his movements, looking at his father with widened eyes. After all those time he spent at college, trying to make his father proud and to take over the business, only for this?
"Dad, you can't. She's lying, dad, I haven't been using drugs."
"I saw the stash, Rafe," he sighed, and Rafe thought about the space under his bed. He closed his eyes, muttering a ‘fuck’ when he finally remembered the empty space. He didn't think much about it earlier, thinking about how he must have used up all of the powder.
"Until you get your life back on track, or nothing at all."
"Dad-"
"Go find your sister, and bring her home."
"Dad, please-"
"Go find Sarah."
"Okay," he sighed, standing up immediately and letting the chair scraped the polished floor. Wheezie shifted uncomfortably at the sound, and Rafe had an urge to do it again, just for the sake of riling his father's anger.
He cursed silently, walking away towards the table and to the porch, all while thinking about the joy if he could destroy the Pogues' life for making his hard.
The drive from Figure 8 to The Cut took him 30 minutes at high speed and being fully caffeinated, and when he arrived at the Chateau, all riled up from the quarrel with his father that he had before, he didn't try to see if his sister was even in there before barging into the small home.
"Yo, what the fuck?"
"Where's Sarah?" he muttered, giving Kie his side glance and continued searching for her. "Where the fuck is she?"
"Yo, bro, this land is off to the kooks," JJ stepped in, eye to eye as he leveled up to Rafe's height. He was only an inch shorter, but the difference was apparent. He continued to place his hands against his chest, whispering slowly. "Especially to crackheads like you."
Rafe laughed, tilting his head to the back to release the tension building up in his body. He was so, so close to give the blonde boy the consequences of his words, but was halted when Sarah entered the room, hand in hand with John B.
"What are you doing here?" she groaned, walking forward and standing in front of him. "God, can't you leave me alone?"
"Oh, trust me, I rather do that more than anything especially-" his eyes trailed to John B, "When you're fucking with a trash."
"JJ-" Kie stepped up, pulling JJ's shirt to stop him from doing anything. She sighed, knowing that this was bound to happen anytime soon, and she had told John B about this before, but he didn't listen. Now it was like her job to protect her friends from Rafe.
"Leave," Sarah stated, her lips pulled into a tight grimace. "Leave before I'll tell dad about this."
"I'm just trying to protect you," he ran his fingers through his hair, making it more messier than ever. Why couldn't she get that? All he was doing - it was all to protect her, so that his father could see him for what he's worth.
"You know what?" he sighed, wrapping his face with his large hands and turning towards the exit. "You wanna be one of them? Go. Don't ever come back home. You're just another trash, anyways."
He wasn't sure if he meant them, or if it came from the heat of the moment. All he could think about was to run away, to hide and to never come out and face his father or the judgement put by everyone else. He felt an uneasy feeling rising in the pit of her stomach, but he was too proud to say sorry.
“That was useless," he thought, leaning over his motorcycle and blinking his eyes against the lights by the side of the road. He couldn't go back now, not when his father had just ordered him to bring Sarah home and he had failed to do so, and he couldn't go to Barry's; his dad could find him there if he search for him the next day.
He groaned, feeling the cold air nipping at his skin until the final thought occurred to him. He laughed then, not sure as to why he hadn't been thinking of that sooner, and soon he was in front of the mini apartment.
He rapped on the door and waited patiently, his heartbeat quickening. He looked at his watch, checking if his arrival was too late. He groaned, noticing the time, but it would be embarrassing for him to turn now.
(Y/N) was trying to figure out what colour should she put into the frosting mixture, her hands on her waist when she heard the knock.
Her head instinctively looked at the clock, frowning when she read the time. It was not that late, only around 10 p.m., but she was not ready for any guests or her friends to come over.
Had she been too loud that the cranky neighbor next door who sleeps early everyday had come to tell her off?
She sighed, lowering the music coming from the radio before making her way to the door. She was in nothing but her ribbed top and a pair of sweatpants, and her hair was messier than ever.
"I'm sorry, Jerry," she sighed, opening the door to greet the old man. But standing in front of her was not the grey-haired man with furrowed eyebrows, ready to scold her, but it was the boy she had been crushing on since forever instead.
"Rafe?" she exclaimed, and she couldn't deny the shock spreading through her veins at the sight of him. He was sweaty, like he had just been in a fight, and his shirt was sticking to his body. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, I'm sorry, can I come in?"
The smell of freshly baked cupcakes wafted into his nostrils, and he noticed the drool in his mouth. He didn't eat dinner that much, being forced to chase after his sister, and all he wanted was to enjoy some good food and get a good sleep for the night.
"I'm not. . . we can't. . . I'm not prepared for anything-"
"It's okay, I didn't come for sex," he bit his lips, trying to contain her amused laughter at her statement. "We're friends, (Y/N), aren't we?"
"Yeah," she raised a brow, not grasping at the way he was playing his words. She allowed him in, asking him to sit by the kitchen counter and checking her porch outside to see if there was any cameras in case he was trying to prank her.
Rafe Cameron never contacted her for anything if it wasn't for sex.
"What are you making?" he pointed at the mess on the kitchen, and (Y/N) tried to hide her red face as she quickly tried to put the stained bowls and cutleries into the sink.
"Uh, cupcakes."
"Yum," he chuckled, liking the way she was so nervous around him. The truth with (Y/N), she was extremely wild in bed but also very shy outside. It was like a complete two different person, but he was always intrigued by this.
The first time they had done the deed, he was shocked when she got into control, and he would lie if he said he didn't enjoy it. That night was one of Rafe’s best nights, the starting point to the many after.
"Relax, (Y/N)," he laughed, watching as she tilted a cup and placing his hand under the table to catch it before it could break. (Y/N) yelped, struck to her position, and let out the biggest relief when Rafe put it back to its previous place, safe as ever.
"Why are you so jumpy?" he whispered, sneaking beside her to help with whatever she was doing. He hadn't got a clue about this whole baking thing, only watching Cake Wars for the drama, but he wanted to help the girl beside him if it means he got to spend time with her.
"What are you doing?" she muttered, glancing at Rafe's hands as he whisked the fluffy frosting. "Rafe, you're going to get it more clumpy."
"No, I won't."
"Rafe, I swear," she groaned, reaching over to grab the whisk only for him to turn around, laughing while she struggled to get him.
"I'm just making it more fluffier," he smiled, continuing to whisk the mixture without even looking at the white colloid. He was too busy looking at her, and he wondered if she knew about the small amount of flour powder that had gotten on the top of her nose.
"Was the coke good?"
"Huh?" she tilted her head, confused, and still angry at the way he was not listening to her.
"The nose. Was the coke good?"
(Y/N) gave him a look before going to the corner to stare at herself in the mirror, letting out a yelp when she saw the powdery stain on her nose. She quickly dusted them off, stalking back to the still-whisking boy, and she wondered about the amount of energy he had in him and how he was still not tired.
"Rafe! It's all clumped!" she sighed, finally having a hold on the large bowl. She took her a finger and tipped it into the mixture, pulling out before slipping the finger into her mouth. Her face scrunched up, and she reached for the glass of water by her side.
"What? It's more prettier. More texture-ish. If we're in Cake Wars, we'll be the winner."
"That's not how it works," she groaned, pouring the failed mixture into the sink and letting the water cleansed them off. "Now my cupcake's going to be naked."
"You know what can be naked too?"
She held up her middle finger, placing the wet bowl onto the counter and using the clean cloth to wipe it dry. "And I'm not giving these to the children's home naked. You have to help me, Rafe."
Rafe felt a smile tugging on his lips at the mention of 'children’s home', and he thought about how perfect could she be. She’s the epitome of the girl everyone wants to be - she's good in school, never using anyone's money for her, good at baking, and has a big heart?
He thought about how she's good in bed too, but he tired to shake the childish thought away.
"What can I do? Should I go to the store and get any Betty Crocker's frosting?" he offered, his hands in his pocket to reach for his keys. He watched as her shoulder slumped, and he felt bad for ruining her cake. He touched her shoulder, "Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't know it would actually be clumped. I thought it would get even more fluffier."
"You don't think, Rafe, that's why," she sighed, "But that's alright. Do you think you can help me make another one?"
"Are you sure? I don't want to ruin anything," he backed away, glancing at the sink and thinking about the clumped mixture making their way to the sewer.
"Yes. Can you reach for that sugar? That's flour, Rafe, god, yes, yes, okay, c'mere," she rolled her eyes, taking the container from him and dumping the content into the dried bowl. "Now, what do we do?"
"Put water?"
(Y/N) laughed, tilting her head to one side, trying to clutch her stomach from hurting. "Yeah, if you want the kids to get sick."
"Okay, Gordon, what should we do next?" he grunted, but he liked the lightness in the air. How the conversation flowed easily, and how quick he regained her trust to help her make whatever this is.
It was like she didn't care about the Rafe Cameron that gets into fights with the pogues or snorts coke when he's stressed. He felt like staying in this moment forever, wanting to help her bake whatever and watching her smile.
(Y/N) handed him the butter, muttering something along the words of 'dump them in', 'use the mixture', 'you're going to break your arms' and 'watch while it's whisking'.
He didn't care about the many orders she was giving him - he enjoyed it. He truly liked how his night was ending after a long day of bullshit, starting with his college sending him a letter for the vandalism he had caused outside of the Dean's office, Kelce and Topper going on a road trip without him and giving him the explanation of 'we asked you, and you said no'.
In truth, he didn't even remember anything about meeting them. His memory was starting to fade, and he shuddered at the thought of not knowing anyone when he reaches Ward's age.
"Okay, that's enough," she groaned, switching the button off. Rafe apologized quickly, being so caught up with his own thoughts, and waited for her next order.
"Choose the colour," she exclaimed happily, pointing out two different food dyes. "I can't choose!"
Rafe skimmed over the label that said 'blue' and 'pink', and made a face. "Are you going to give the blue ones to the boys and the pinks to the girls or something?"
"What? No?"
"Okay. . . why can't we just use both?"
"And make purple?"
"Yeah? Hey, look, I'm wearing blue and you're wearing pink!"
(Y/N) looked down to the ribbed top, noticing the colour, and her face turned into a red shade. Now everything's going to be awkward.
"Okay, purple it is," she rolled her eyes, giving him the blue bottle and taking the pink one for herself. "Three drops together. Are you ready?"
"Mhm."
"1."
Rafe licked his lips, so eager to watch the colour forming.
"2," she looked at him, and back to the frosting. "Rafe!"
"What?" he raised a brow, following her gaze and watching the blue dots on the frosting. He put his hand over his mouth, too stunned to say anything. "Oh my god, I'm so-"
(Y/N) laughed out loud, this time with her hands gripping onto the kitchen counter to stabilize herself, her mind rewinding back to his expression when he found out what he just did.
"Ha-ha, now you're just being an asshole," he rolled his eyes, but he was glad he had made her laugh. Instinctively, her laugh had made him feel better, and all of his worries dissipated into the air.
After a while, she tried to get ahold of herself to put the pink drops in, but failing to do so as his face kept appearing in her mind. Rafe groaned, having to wait for a few minutes now, and pulled her to feet. He pushed her against the counter, her back against his front as he trapped her.
"Don't laugh."
(Y/N) bit her lips, being in this position but not for what they usually do, and concentrated on dropping 3 drops of pink into the bowl. She cheered when she was done, pulling his hand away to move to the other side. The back of her neck was still hot, and she could still feel his arms around her.
"Mix it," Rafe smiled, leaning against the counter to watch as the mixer whisked the frosting, turning the pearly white colloid to a beautiful dark purple.
"It's dark!" she groaned, but she thought about how it still looked good, though it wasn't her expectation. Her job was almost finished now, and she could hear her bed calling.
"Now, the fun part," she smiled, taking her icing materials and placing them before his eyes. She watched as he laughed, being so excited as if he was a toddler seeing a playground for the first time.
"They used these in Cake Wars," he said proudly, showing her a nozzle.
"Stop with your Cake Wars," she mumbled, preparing the icing bag and giving Rafe one. "Put some frosting- not yet, Rafe, God, do you ever wait? Don't fill the bags too much, just in the middle, yes, just like that, and, wait, let me do mine."
She showed him how to do the perfect icing, practicing on a clean plate and asking him to do the same. He scoffed at her, saying how he got this, but what appeared was nothing more than a crooked line.
"That's nice," she muttered, sighing. "For a coming-out party."
Rafe groaned, trying to copy her artwork, and by the time it was 12.03 a.m., he had managed a copy of hers. Not literal, but there was a hint of hers in his.
"Okay. Now, Rafe, we'll make this quick. I do 80 cupcakes, and you do 20. Is that okay?"
"Yes, ma'am," he said, concentrating on his piping bag. He watched as she did the first cupcake, ending her icing perfectly and exclaiming happily as she put it aside. She looked at him, waiting.
"Don't look at me, you're making me nervous," he mumbled, and leaned to decorate the cupcake. It took him a total of 2 minutes, stopping at times and getting a yell from (Y/N), saying how he should not stop, and the result was impressive. At least to him.
"This will probably be in the rejected part of a bakery, you know, that they'll sell with a discount."
"Not everyone can do arts, (Y/N)," he rolled his eyes, but he truly enjoyed the joke.
It was nearing one in the morning when Rafe saw her sighing in relief, placing the last cupcake into the pastry box and safely storing them in the refrigerator. Her hair was in a bun, he had helped her put them up, and when she refused to let him help her, he gave her a poke.
"What? It's not like it's my first time putting your hair up."
"God, Rafe, you're impossible."
His eyes were almost shut, being so tired after being a cake decorator, and all he wished for was to pull her into her bed and sleep until the morning greets them. He waited until she was done cleaning all of the utensils, walking tiredly towards to him to wake him up.
"Get change, Rafe, I'm not letting you sleep in my bed with that shirt and that sweatpants."
"It's not a problem before," he mumbled, allowing himself to be pulled by her to the bedroom. He removed his shirt weakly, pulling off his sweatpants and jumping into the bed as soon as she closed the light. (Y/N) giggled lightly, noticing how adorable he was being, and she pinched his cheeks before she could stop herself.
"Take off your clothes."
"I'm not going to take off my clothes," she laughed, pulling down her shorts and getting into the bed beside him. She finally laid her back against the mattress, letting out the biggest relief ever as she tried to get comfortable.
He pulled her close towards him, breathing into her scent. She smelled like cupcakes, and he loved it.
"I'm going to the children's home with you."
"What?" she pulled a face, because she wasn't sure if she had heard him right. There was no way Rafe Cameron would ever step his foot into a children's home, what more to give out dark purple cupcakes.
"I'm going to the children's home with you. To give them cupcakes."
(Y/N) smiled and kissed his cheeks. "Okay."
"And we should do this again."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Goodnight, Rafe," she laughed lightly, placing another peck before closing her eyes.
He placed a long kiss fully on her lips, feeling the butterflies soaring in his stomach. "Goodnight, (Y/N)."
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erythrum · 3 years
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𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓
𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘦
𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳
𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨,𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧,𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦,𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘹,𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘴,𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝙖/𝙣: 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺
𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩: 1.9𝘬 +
𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮: 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘺/𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦
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The boneyard was a melting pot, pogues, tourons, and kooks unalike all gathering for one of the last kegger's of summer. This mash together of kids from all over Kildare and the mainland always ended in chaos, it was just a matter of time before shit went down tonight.
Rafe had his arm thrown around my shoulders as we walked down the path to the boneyard. I could faintly see Topper and Kelce downing the cups of pogue provided beer. Didn’t matter whether or not the kooks or pogues could get along, as long as it was on the cut and alcohol was provided, the teens could get along for a limited amount of time.
“Hey y/n! What are you doing here? I thought you were leaving for college this week?” It was Sarah who yelled out to me, running up to her brother and I in her floral printed dress. Rafe’s arm dropped to his side as she came with Topper not far behind.
“Oh I just couldn’t miss my last kegger before leaving, Duke can wait on me one more day.” The two of us embraced in one of those hugs that has you shifting your weight from side to side. I guess she didn’t realize I wouldn’t leave for college for another month, but I was sure she was already too drunk for me to explain it to her that she was not thinking of the right month.
As Sarah was hanging onto me probably a little too tight, Topper was giving Rafe one of those looks that said everything but also nothing at the same time. Like prior knowledge had to be known to understand the context. I of course did not, those two always had some stupid shit planned and I can almost guarantee it had to do with messing up the pogues’ little party.
The sun hung low on the horizon after I had finished my third cup, the colors illuminating the sky so brilliantly it felt like a fantasy. I stripped off my top and headed for the water, the pinks and purples of the sky reflected in its crashing waters. It was so cold, the temperature sent shivers up my body and a familiar rush in my energy. Almost waist deep now, I submerged my body completely under the water. It was always how I remembered it, calm and refreshing.
“C’mon Rafe! Don’t be a little bitch and get in there, I see the way you look at her,” Topper spewed, pushing his friend to have a little courage.
“Man what the fuck are you even talking about?” Deny everything Rafe thought.
“Oh come on dude, you’ve been making please love me eyes at her since the sixth grade, and please fuck me eyes at her since the tenth, when are you gonna do something about it for once? You’ve got a month to make a move, or regret it your entire life,” Topper continued his monologue as Rafe tuned him out, too distracted by the girl, his girl, staring out into the Atlantic like it was calling to her.
His heart was pounding as he made a B-line for the water, a light jog, but not so fast someone would think he’s crazy, or just madly in love. He swiftly pulled his polo over and off his head before plunging into the chilly water. Topper clearly knew whatever he'd said had worked.
I heard him before I saw him, Rafe approached and submerged himself just as I had a few minutes before.
“If we get hypothermia I'm sending you my hospital bills.” He laughed, wading around in the shallow water.
“Oh shock! Rafe Cameron threatening his medical bill payments? I never could’ve guessed!” We enjoyed our few minutes of peace before talking again.
“But it’s basically impossible anyways, you get use to it after awhile, maybe it’ll calm your hot-headed ass down,” I giggled and prepared for what always came next. Rafe pickup me up around my waist, lifting me over his shoulder before attempting to sprint as fast as he could deeper into the water. His hands had been wrapped around the back of my knees for a few moments until he threw himself and I down into the deeper water, both of us completely submerged beneath the surface.
The sun was dipping below the horizon now, and the deep blue of the sky was beginning to envelop the boneyard. We had come up for air, and I began splashing him with the water around us, payback for his antics. Theres no way in hell I’d be able to throw him down into the water too, this was the best I could come up with. The two of us were laughing before Rafe grabbed my arms and twisted me around so my back was flesh against his front. I gave up on trying to fight him off. Instead I just rested against him in an attempt to catch my breath.
“Hey Rafe, can we talk about something?” Oh fuck she knows, he thought. This was gonna be it, it’s going to fuck up his entire plan.
“Yeah, uh sure, like here?” He questioned.
“Maybe not here, I think we’ve got as audience,” he knew she was referring to Topper and Kelce, they were watching from the beach.
"The truck then?" I nodded my head, not at all prepared for the favor I needed to ask of him.
The sand stuck to my feet as we headed back to where his truck was, the chilly air wrapping around my body. Rafe opened the backseat door and pulled out a towel for me, always prepared. He pulled the passenger side door and I slid into the seat, the heat of his car pumping through the interior. My heart was pounding, but I wasn’t sure if his was too. We made it about halfway to tannyhill before speaking.
“Soooo,” he said.
“You’re going to think I’m absolutely crazy, Rafe," I laughed in an attempt to hide my nervousness.
"First of all, you're already crazy, and second of all, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what you're going to say," his hands were clenching the steering wheel harder now.
""Oh really? You already knew that I was going to ask you to take my virginity?" I don't know why, but I just blurted it out.
His car came to a screeching halt on the side of the road, lunging me forward as he stared in disbelief at the road infront of him.
"Im sorry, what did you just say?"
"That I want you to take my virginity? V-card? Cherry? Damn Rafe how else am I supposed to say it?"
"And," there was a pause in his voice like he didn't believe me, "your being serious, correct?"
“Correct.”
“And, come again? I need to hear that one more time.”
“Jesus fuck Rafe, I’m being dead serious, I want you to take my virginity, what about that is so hard to explain?” It came out as more of a yell than a scream, he took a long sigh and ran his fingers through his hair. He was thinking long and hard, I knew because he always had something to say, and now he wasn’t saying anything at all. It felt like hours had past before he spoke again.
“Why?”
It was my turn for a long sigh.
“Well, I guess I’ve been thinking about it for awhile, and I want to do it, but whenever I think about it in my head the only person I can see doing it with is you. You’re the only person I trust enough with my own body, I mean shit,” I had to think for a long time before admitting what came next.
“Whenever someone, you know like Scarlet or whoever, asks about who I’m interested in or whatever it may be, not a single person ever comes to mind except you, it’s like all I see when I look at you is you, everything else is like blurred around you and whenever I think about who the love of my life will be, I always think of you, not some mystery guy that I haven’t met yet.” I didn’t plan for this to be a full confession on how I feel about him, but here I am spilling everything I’ve been holding in my heart for the last three years.
“And I know that sounds fucking stupid I know, I mean we’re still teenagers for crying out loud, but when I’m with you it always feels like I’m home.” I was nearly crying at this point, struggling to get the words out of my chest that had been waiting for so long. He was listening, deadly quiet, and I had no idea what he was thinking for once in my life.
“You know what? Just forget about it, can you take me home please?” I was definitely crying now, it felt like I’d ripped my own heart to shreds. Theres no way he could ever feel the same way about me, he protected me like I was his own blood, not like he was in love with me. My face was nestled into the sleeve of my hoodie as the tears came out. His hands had moved back to the steering wheel now, gripping onto it so tight I thought it might break. The muscles in his forearms almost looked like they were twitching, but he still had the car in park.
He wanted to just grab her and kiss her right now, the girl he'd been in love with since the sixth grade sitting in his passenger seat, her seat, confessing her feelings to him. Rafe knew it was alot for her to ask, but it meant even more to him everything that she had said after her original question. And there was no way in hell he was going to let her get away again.
Rafe reached his hand over to hold onto her tear stained cheek.
"y/n," The bother of them were breathing heavily.
"I'm in love with you," it slipped from my mouth and he leaned in to kiss me. It felt like I had a wave of electricity coursing through my body. His hand grasping onto my face as he leaned over the center console. My hand reaching for his chest, his lips on mine as we intertwined with one another. It felt like everything in my life was complete, and the tension has been released. His fingers tangled in my hair.
It was over before I realized it, and Rafe was driving me home. My breathing hadn't normalized in any way, it was like I needed to throw up my heart to get the knot out. I couldn't stop thinking about the way his had felt on me, the way his lips felt on mine, the way it felt for once in my life like I was loved.
"i'll think about it," his voice cracked.
I leapt out of his car as fast as I could with tears streaming down my face. Did he feel the same? Did he not? My brain was spinning so fast I barely made it inside my bedroom door before collapsing. I wrapped myself up in the thick comforter, a heart full of ache and a body exhauster with sleep.
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secretbangtnn · 3 years
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Best Of Me| Two
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Pairings : →ot7 x reader, poly!BTS x reader
Genre : → vampireau, yandere!au, age gap, gore, obsessive behavior, ddlg/caregiver, poly, fantasy, supernaturals
summary : It’s quite unusual to find a little baby on your doorstep, especially that their area was not of the poorest - you could say that a vampire town was efficient with money and snobby creatures. However over time the first idea of just giving back the little girl seems more and more radical and those moody vampires slowly start perceiving deeper feelings to human they even wanted to kill.
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notes ~ I did it!!! Omg im so happy I finished it, hopefully the next one are going to come sooner. The first chapters are going to be with a baby oc - im sorry if its boring, but after it we can start with the real plot, the things are gonna get dark. Hope that you will like it, and remeber to give me some feedback - im whore for a comments and ask and beside they motivate me very much
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Cries everywhere. Sobbing so loud that all the birds disappeared from their little birdhouse outside the window. And as funny the view was, a big ball of stress and nerves started collecting itself in the rather calm manor. Reason of all this mess was just one, so easy to notice.
“Jungkook!” Just like a ball of nerves now the big ball of dirty blankets and clothes hit the young vampire, making him stumble a little. Obvious disgust on his face with a piece of distaste on his tongue which just a second ago had been caused by the same thing he now fisted in his hands.
“You didn’t have to throw it at me!” Barked Jungkook staring at the broad shoulders of his oldest brother. Child now a little calmer, however still sobbing slightly, keeping the atmosphere at bay.
“You have brung the kid so you will hold the things he made. Be happy that I'm not forcing you to change the diaper instead.”
Disgust on all of their faces is now being something normal, having kids in the same room as them, definitely does not go well with hundred years old vampires. The only one without a gag reflex seems to be Seokjin, acting like a pro mother, just after her 3rd pregnancy with the next on the road. However all of them agreed with the statement that it was all but Jungkook's fault, which came with consequences for said boy.
Thus now sitting on the couch, five of the ramaing vampires, looked with a bored expression at the panicked and nearly vomiting jungkook. Youngest of them always had a soft stomach, never being the one to clean after disasters, forcing people to basically clean after him, and maybe that's why all of them felt such a satisfaction upon them while staring at the shitty situation.
Literally shitty.
Stumbling a little from the intense smell, Jungkook started to try getting rid of the used diaper in his hands, holding it with his fingers dingling it as far from his face as he could. Maybe the smelly object was not the only thing that should be named like a feces, knowing that a person who should just throw the diaper away, purposefully walked closer than intended to a couch with older vampires, stumbling not that accidentally and making the thing in his hand fly straight to a lap of a reading Namjoon.
A moment of silence, only lasting for a short second. Namjoon was never the one to shout or get mad, rather prefering to act calm and well put together, believing in a peace making and solutions not requiring usage of violence but when the heavy baggage on his lap suddenly started to warm his lap, he completely crushed his persona as well as book in his hands.
“Ups...hehe.” Jungkook laughed awkwardly, knowing well his fate. Doe eyes looked at the tall man, standing a little farther than him, just behind the couch. Jaw tightened so were the hands, keeping the last strings of calmness that were floating on very dangerous water.
“Listen, before you actually do something think of the time when you destroyed my ps4 and
I did not even complain.” Hands just before him similar to the way you would to with a wild animal, and in Jungkook's opinion, it was not that far from the truth, observing how Namjoons jaws nearly crushed from the tension.
“Okay okay, we all need to calm down, It was just an accident.” Cut in red head, standing in the middle of the war zone. It was stupid idea, definetly not the brightes of the sunny vampire, even if it came from the good intentions. Hoseok, just like an innocent child that got stuck in a big people argument, was the one that got hurt in the end.
And everybody knew that when Hoseok gets mad it's the extremity that anyone in this room is scared to experience once again. There is silent agreement between the rest of the brothers that was made after one of Hoseok's outburst, promising that no matter what the devil can’t come out.
The apple of discord laying now upon redhead’s feet, innocent like a little kitten that just waits to be petted, but in this case it wasn neither a fluffy ball of fur and definitely not something that should be touched.
Silence so loud, banging in their ears with an uneven breath. Second after second, rest that were not included in the middle, counted sitting on their heels with nerve wracking feelings.They stared as Hoseok’s shoulders rose and went down with each puff of air from his flared nostrils, neither of them dared to move, preferring to stay in a safe zone.
Just as red headed one wanted to take his first kill, a loud laugh echoed in a room, coming from a little child in Seokjin's arms, that probably just came back from being cleaned up. A fresh smile on its face, eyes sparkly looking straight at the scene.
“What are you doing, idiots?” Asked Seokjin, a visible vein on his forehead, sticking out under his free hand that now pinched a bridge of his nose. His eyes catching a glimpse of the used diaper, right on his favorite carpet. “You had one thing to do, one thing Jungkook.”
“It was an accident I swear on my ps4!” He tried explaining, shaking his arms. Seokjin saw to much lived too long to believe it, everybody knew it but even than they acted like bunch of idiots when something like this happen.
“Namjoon destroyed it, you said it yourself.” Spoke Jimin, sitting on a couch with a happy smile, pleased with himself. Younger's head immediately halted in his way, a look of betrayal on his face.
“You midge…”
“I don’t care, just clean it up, in the meantime me with the little snack are going to cook something, right my little cutie?” Cuted the older while caressing the child in his arms, turning his voice in a baby one. And just like this the scene came to the same point, the only difference was that neither Namjoon or Hoseok were in the room, probably running away as fast as Sekojins came.
Jungkook sighed, squatting down to take care of the said thing. Again the disgust and a feeling of nausea hitted him with a side giggles of his blonde haired brother.
Going into the kitchen he spotted the child that looked at him as soon as he appeared. Little smile and sweet laugh, making him soft and mushy for a while.
“I hope you know that you gave us a big problem with bringing a human child there.” Seokjin spoke, not looking from a cutting board, himself to immersed in said action
Jungkook knew, earlier thinking of it like a mere action, something that they can get rid of as fast as a lollipop wrapper. But it was not, and now looking at the kid, he realized how his careless behaviour could weigh down not only on his family but the whole society of vampires.
“I’m-”
“Don’t just apologize, we need to take care of it as fast as we can, in the meantime doing everything to not harm it. If someone finds out it’s going to be a bigger problem, probably even straining the relationship with human - and that’s something we do not want.” Cuted older, in the end turning around pointing the sharp knife on Jungkook.
It was true, the delicate stattlement between those two societies is still new, fresh and hot, ready to burn anyone's fingers, anyones who is to carless. The today is a better world, something that all of the brothers know, remembering dark times - some of them being not older than mere hatchling then. World was a dangerous place to live in, vampires hunting humans, humans hunting vampires, a competition that never got settled, and they hope it never will.
“Try feeding it and come to the living room after you are done. We will discuss the next actions - good luck.” A little wink at the end, Seokjin wiped his hands off on the way patting the younger's back, harder than normally.
“Wait what?! You are not being serious right now, right?” Asked confused Jungkook, fastly turning around to an already disappearing figure. Cold sweat on his body as he looked at the smooth face of the older, that defended a flying kiss to his shocked self. “Why can’t you do it?”
“I can. But the human seems to take a liking to you.” And how absurd it sounded, the baby really looked at Jungkook like some god, sparkly eyes always following his bigger figure.
“Seokjin! Don’t leave me please, I can’t do it.”He whined, looking for the said man, to his luck he was nowhere to be found. It was going to be alright - he tried to believe in those words now clutching baby spoon, that he was sure they did not have, and a mashed food, looking more like dog food than actual meal.
His Eyes staring right into the sparkly and to obnoxious happy, making him even more irritated. In the end, Jungkook hated little children, being and acting like one himself
Little hands stretching towards him with a toothless smile on the side, getting bigger as Jungkook came closer. That was it, taking a big breath he come to the other side of the table - almost touching the stool where the human sat. Ready and determined to get the task done, treating it similar to a quest in the game, he took the little spoon with some of the smashed food, and started to get closer to the child's mouth.
And as the brothers again started to live their normal life, thinking that at least for now, everything is settled, a very obvious squeal shook the while house.
“HYUNG!...IT WANTS TO TOUCH ME! GET IT AWAY, GET IT AWAY!”
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All of them now sitting on the couches and armchairs, taking nearly all of the space. Some of the observing the crawling baby with prominent couriousty some of them with disgust even fear, not knowing what future the baby will bring.
Namjoon although feeling the little distaste, knew or better had a plan with what to do.
Smile on his lips not reaching his eyes, however stumbling on the way of eye contact with some of his brothers.
“Okay so, definitely we need to do something with...this.” Said Jimin, look on his face full of distress and disgust resting on the child, that as if it knew of Jimin’s attention looked back full of giggles and reaching hands.
“That is obvious, we can’t keep human child.” Barked Yoongi, the one which rather prefered to stay quiet in those metters.
“Jungkook should take care of it, It’s not my fault he is to stupid to not question a left human on a doorstep.” Smug smile now on Jimin's face, as he gave the side glance to the said male, happy with triggering the younger temper.
“As If you woul…”
“Okay we get it Jimin, it was Jungkook's fault, but still it can affect us all, so try to be at least a little bit helpful or shut up” Interrupted Seokjin staring at both of them in turn. The oldest obviously tired of all of the drama, massaging his scalp, to relieve the tension a little. “Let's start one by one, any ideas?”
Silence, a loud silence throwing the tension to the already burning fire. Seokjin's vein once again appeared on his forehead, making Jungkook nearly knock from a terrifying sight of it. It was pulsating, green and bumpy.
“Maybe let’s put it back?” Asked the quiet voice, Sekojin ready to snap at the stupid idea thinking that some of the youngers don’t know limit of the unfunny jokes, only to find innocent eyes of Hoseok.
“That’s … well that is AN option, thank you Hoseok - keep it up. Any other ideas?” Seokjin’s hands molded into a thump, giving the tired smile to Hoseok, knowing of his still busing nerves.
“Why are we even trying so hard, throw it away i say.” Jimin mumbled while staring at the little child going his way, quickly putting his feet on the couch, scared of a chance of being touched by the human.
Tired sight left mouth of the olders, his vein fading a little - to Jungkook luck, and his hands now clenching his blonde lock. He was helpless, disappointed in his brother's ideas and intelligence. He was sure that, that was indeed an end, his family will be arrested for keeping human, and vampires are going to lose a peace they fighted for.
Everything because Jungkook wanted to take unfamiliar child to their house.
“What about the orphanage that opened like one month ago, can’t we just leave it there?” Cuted Namjoon, making everyone snap their head. Seokjin nearly crying, wanting to kiss his brother as much as choke him for his slow process of thinking.
“Couldn’t you say earlier?!
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Chick Flick Moments - Sam Winchester Imagine (Supernatural)
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Title: Chick Flick Moments
Pairing: Sam Winchester X Reader
Requested: by an anonymous reader
Word Count: 2,363 words
Warning(s): violence, cussing, Sam embarrassing himself, spoilers for any movie/show listed in the author's note
Summary: (Season 11) Gabriel takes a break from hiding to teach (Y/n) and Sam to forgive each other.
Author's Note: I had so much fun putting this request together! Also, if I remember correctly, this reader wanted to remain anonymous.
Here are links to all the scenes that inspired parts of this imagine:
1 (Princess Bride), 2 (8x12 Criminal Minds; can't find just the scene to link), 3 (Moulin Rouge), 4 (The Notebook), 5 (The 10 Things I Hate About You), 6 (Gilmore Girls), 7 (La La Land)
Hey! I did a rewrite of the ending of Supernatural. It took a really long time to complete, so it would mean a lot to me if you check it out. Here’s a link! (it’s on my personal account)
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I rolled my eyes as I walked through the bunker.
Sam was still ranting about the most recent hunt. I was just tired of listening to it. Dean had long since given up trying to control his brother, who had shown no sign of listening to anyone.
"You can't just throw yourself into every single enemy," Sam yelled. "Fun fact, you're not Superman!"
"Oh my god," I finally, turning around. I had been halfway through the library at this point. Dean continued through the bunker, ignoring us. "I ran up to one extra vamp because you were about to get your throat ripped out! Yes, I put myself in danger but it was to save you!"
"Why are you so desperate to be a hero," he asked.
"Why are you so pissy that I saved you," I shouted back.
I let out a yell before turning and leaving.
"Where are you going?"
"To bed," I shouted from down the hall. "Maybe you'll be nicer in the morning! You're welcome for saving your ass!"
I stormed into my room and slammed the door shut. I changed quickly, throwing my old clothes into the corner before curling up on my bed. My emotions got the better of me. I started crying into my pillow.
Imagine saving the man you secretly loved... and then he got mad at you about it.
I fell asleep crying that night.
--time skip--
I shot awake, cringing at how bright it was.
I looked around, letting my eyes adjust to the light.
I was on a hill. I was on a hill, lying in the grass with the sun shining on my face. This is not good.
I stood up and did a circle to look around the long stretches of grass. Nothing looked even slightly familiar.
"For fuck's sake," I muttered.
I decided that the best option would be to try to climb down and find a person... somewhere.
I was just about to start making my way down the hill when I felt a hand grab me.
Out of pure fear, I grabbed the person and pulled them from behind me. The person went flying down the hill.
"(Y/n)," I heard Sam's voice yell as he rolled down the hill.
I put my hand over my mouth. He soon stopped rolling and then he stood up, scrambling to pull the black mask off of his face. I sighed, dropping my hand when I saw he was alright.
"Sam," I called.
"Your instinct is to throw some down a hill," Sam asked.
"When a masked man tries to grab me, definitely," I replied. "Fun fact, Sam, I can actually defend myself."
He gave me a sarcastic smile. I shot it right back to him.
Sam looked down at his outfit before sighing and shrugging at me. He had just started to move back up the hill when my visions went dark.
I opened my eyes a few moments later.
What had been an open field was now a dark warehouse or factory. I saw Sam across from me, but also a group of people behind him. I recognized them. They were characters from Criminal Minds, a guilty pleasure I watched when we weren't hunting.
I tried to figure out what was happening.
Then, I became all too aware of the barrel of a gun pressing into my neck.
"No," Sam yelled.
It clicked.
Sam was supposed to be Spencer. I was Maeve. This was Zugzwang.
My heart dropped.
"Wait, please, don't," Sam yelled as the gun pressed harder on my neck.
"Sam, shut up," I snapped.
"Me for (Y/n)," he shouted.
"You would do that," Diane- the unsub of that episode- asked.
"Yes," Sam replied.
"No," I yelled. "Sam, shut up."
"You shut up," Diane growled at me.
"One difference between me and her...," I growled back.
I grabbed the gun, pushing it forward, away from my neck. The bullet she tried to fire hit the brick wall. I turned, bringing an elbow down on her arm. Her hand dropped the gun into my grasp. I pointed it toward her.
"...I'm not scared of a simple gun."
The others walked over and arrested her. I looked at Sam.
"If you continued, she would've killed herself, which would've killed me," I explained. He furrowed his eyebrows. "I watch this show when we aren't hunting."
He walks over, going to hug me before the scene changes again.
"Holy...," I trailed off as I looked around.
Around us, we could see the tops of roofs and a beautiful night sky. It was almost a dreamy setting.
"Where are we now," Sam asked.
"Only the great Moulin Rouge," Sam and I both twirled around to face... Gabriel. "I know, I know... I'm not dead, anyway!"
I rolled my eyes.
"You two need to learn a lesson," he pointed at us.
"It's like back in 2010," I mumbled. "Play our roles to get out. Probably why we were pulled out of the last two."
"You'll fall into them naturally, I promise," Gabriel smirked. "And yes. Stop ignoring the plotline."
"Alright... sure, I was gonna get shot for your crappy game," I snapped sarcastically.
Then, he was gone. I rolled my eyes.
"So, what are the roles," Sam asked as I walked around the top of the elephant.
"Well, Christian and Satine," I pointed between us. "Maeve and Spencer. The Princess Bride and Westley. It's all romance."
"Why," Sam scrunched his face up.
"Because Gabe wants to get his rocks off," I said sarcastically, "I don't know, Sam!"
I walked down the stairs of the elephant. It was gorgeous here. It was just as vibrant as the movie made it look.
"Wow," I look back at Sam. "This is awesome."
I chuckled and nodded.
"What seen is it?"
"The Elephant Love Medley," I said. "Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman sing this mash-up of famous love songs as his character tries to convince her that there is nothing more important than love."
"I'm not gonna sing," Sam shook his head.
"I was not gonna ask you too," I chuckled. "I've heard you sing."
"Rude."
I just shrugged.
I looked around at the room, trying to figure out how to play these roles without the singing.
"Wait," I said. "Come on."
I grabbed his hand and pulled him back to the stairs.
"What is it," Sam asked as we made it to the top.
"At the end of the medley, Christian and Satine are dancing and they walk out onto this field of clouds and are held up in the sky."
"What-"
"This whole movie feels like a fever dream the first time you watch it."
"Come on," Sam held a hand out to me.
"Can you dance?"
"Not well," he chuckled. "The role didn't say I needed to be good."
He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to him.
I tried to lead his steps and laughed as he stumbled into a pattern.
"Come on," I moved back so I could grab only one hand.
I led him a few steps forward and onto- what seemed to be- steps in the clouds. I let out an excited laugh when it worked. Sam looked at me and grinned at my excitement.
As soon as got to the top of the steps... it was gone.
We were in the middle of the street now.
"Aw, that was just mean," I mumbled. I glared at Sam when I heard him laughed.
He held his hands up jokingly before extending one toward me. I furrowed my eyebrows at him.
"I know what movie this is," he shrugged. I motioned for him to continue explaining. He walked over, hand still held out to me, "The Notebook. Noah and Allie dance in the street. So... will you dance with me? Even without the sequence where we dance in the clouds."
I bit my lip as I smiled.
I took his hand and let him pull me into the street. I laughed as I stumbled into his chest.
We fell into the scene naturally.
Sam held one of my hands in his and held my waist with the other. I placed my free hand on his shoulder. I looked up at him. It felt strange that we so casually fell into the scene but I was happy.
Sam jokingly twirled me around before pulling me back to his chest. I closed my eyes and chuckled.
"What," he asked.
"Nothing," I shook my head. "I just never saw you as such a romantic."
"Well, don't tell anyone, you'll ruin my reputation," he said sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes.
Sam spun the two of us in a circle before going to dip me. I didn't think I'd ever get to experience something like this. It always just felt like something I should forget about as a hunter. I was starting to forget why I was so angry with Sam in the first place.
I barely noticed that Sam was leaning in before the scene around me changed.
I was on a football field.
I looked around.
There was no sign of Sam.
"Crap," I mumbled, trying to figure out where to look first.
Then, there was a voice going over the field's speakers.
"You're just too good to be true... can't take my eyes off of you..."
I looked around toward the stands to see Sam walking with a mic. Can't sing, my ass.
"You'd be like heaven to touch... I wanna hold you so much"
"Oh my god," I muttered.
"At long last love has arrived... And I thank God I'm alive... You're just too good to be true... Can't take my eyes off of you."
I tried to bite back my laugh. He shrugged at me with an embarrassed smile and stepped into the actual stands.
We both jumped when the marching band started playing. I looked to see Gabriel smirking and leading their march.
Sam and I shrugged at each other. He continued on with the act.
Now, Sam Winchester pretending to be Patrick in "10 Things I Hate About You" was a treat... and was exactly what you imagined it would be.
He was almost stumbling down the steps as he continued on with the act. I was laughing hysterically by the time I saw the security guards starting to run in.
"Sam," I yelled, pointing behind him.
"Crap," I heard through the mic (which made me almost double-over in laughter) as he tried to take off running.
As soon as he was grabbed, the scene changed.
We both took a deep breath when we realized we were sitting together in a car.
"Thank god," Sam mumbled.
"That was a great performance, by the way," I said, still chuckling.
"Shut up," he muttered, laughing along with me. We fell silent after a minute. "So... what scene is this?"
"I have no idea," I replied.
"It's Gilmore Girls, dumbasses," we heard Gabriel's voice but saw no sign of him. "Season 1, Episode 16... absolute idiots."
"Didn't peg him for a Gilmore Girls fan," I said. Sam laughed.
"Me neither."
We fell silent again.
"I'm sorry," Sam said, looking over at me. "You were right. You can defend yourself and you were just trying to help me. I'm sorry for being such a dick about it."
I grinned, "Thanks... I forgive you. I know you were just worried about me."
Sam smiled back.
"I... umm...," Sam looked down for a moment, clearing his throat and collecting his thoughts. "I just... I love you."
My heart leaped up into my throat. I blinked at him a few times and forced a chuckle out. Which was the wrong response but I panicked. Hunters... we could face the devil but emotions were a no-no.
"(Y/n)," Sam's smile dropped slowly when he realized I wasn't responding.
I was just about to respond when the scene changed again.
Sam was gone again and I was on a city street.
"Dammit," I muttered.
I ran down the street, turning the corner. I looked at the wall of the building I was by. Was this a jazz club?
I walked through the door and was guided to a table so I could sit down and watch the performance.
"La La Land," I said.
Sam and I watched this together. Dean had gone to bed. We weren't tired and just turned this movie on because it looked like it was mostly happy.
Big dance numbers, beautiful effects... and the epilogue that made me hide tears from Sam.
I looked at the stage. Sam was sitting there, wearing a suit, looking at the audience nervously. He hesitantly reached toward the piano. It was like it was a prerecorded track. It sounded just like the movie.
I smiled.
I just wanted to talk to him.
Soon the performance ended.
I stood up and started walking over, seeing Sam starting to walk out.
I grinned at him, "Sam-"
He cut me off by cupping the sides of my face and kissing me softly. I touched his sides lightly, smiling against his lips. It was... magic. Absolute magic.
Then, I shot awake, back in my bed in the bunker.
The game was over. Thank God.
"(Y/n)," I heard yell through the bunker hall.
I ran into the hall and ran toward his room.
We stopped as soon as we saw each other.
"Please tell me that wasn't a dream," I said. He shook his head, smiling widely at me.
I ran over, pulling him down to kiss him again. It was softer than our last kiss and I loved it. His arms wrapped around me and pulled me closer. I buried my hands through his hair.
"Woah, what did I miss," we pulled away when we heard Dean.
I could basically feel Sam chuckle against my lips before he moved to look at his brother. I turned around in Sam's arm.
"A chick flick moment," Sam answered.
"Alright," Dean gave us a weird look before leaving without another word.
I looked back at Sam with a smile, "I love you."
"I love you too," he grinned and leaned in to kiss me softly again.
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Finally Home
Jax Teller x Reader
“Abel, please eat your veggies” You sighed looking over shoulder at the 5 year old who was pushing his carrots around his plate.
“Don’t like them” He muttered.
“Since when buddy, you ate them the other day” You said softly.
You knew exactly why he was playing up, he missed his daddy. He was still too young to understand why his daddy disappeared for weeks on end sometimes.
This run had been the longest run so far, it had been a month and a half since Jax had been home and honestly you was exhausted, as well as looking after Abel and Thomas, you also was helping out at Teller-Morrow.
“I want Daddy” He huffed pushing his plate to the middle of the table.
“I know baby, I know and he will be home soon I promise” You sighed in defeat as you placed the plate of mash potato you was feeding Thomas down and pulled your phone out.
You knew Jax was on his way home today but didn’t know exactly what time he would be home.
Hitting dial on his number, it just rang and rang until it went to answerphone. Dropping your phone on the table with a sigh, you needed Jax to get home soon because you just needed a break.
Abel was just about to say something but the familiar rumble of Jax’s Dyna stopped him, a huge smile appearing on his face as he clambered off the chair, running to the front door, you would have gone to greet your husband but Thomas was getting fussy because he wanted his food.
“There’s my little monster” Jax chuckled followed by the sound of your son laughing his little head off. “You been good for mummy?”
“Yes daddy” Abel said proudly making you scoff.
A couple of moments later Jax walked into the kitchen with Abel sat happily on his shoulders.
“Mummy can I have pudding now please” He asked sweetly.
“Eat your carrots first” You nodded as Jax placed Abel back on the chair.
“I don’t like them” He huffed.
“Come on buddy listen to your mummy” Jax said crouching next to his son stealing a carrot off his plate, “Carrots are awesome, do you know why?”
“No” Abel said hanging off Jax’s every word.
“Because they help you see in the dark, that’s why daddy eats them so he can see when he is riding his bike at night”
And with that Abel ate his carrots.
“Hey beautiful” Jax whispered wrapping his arms around your shoulders, kissing the side of your head.
“I’m glad you are home” You whispered leaning back into him.
“So am I babygirl”
Soon enough it was bath time for the kids, you had just finished washing the pots and was going to head upstairs when Jax stopped you.
“I got it darlin’ you just get a glass of wine and chill out” He smiled kissing you softly.
Orders where orders and you wasn’t going to turn down a chance to breathe.
The sounds of laughter filled the house and it warmed your heart, Jax was so good with the kids and it was like he was a different person when he was home, his kutte hanging in the hall way, inside the walls of the house he was a family man, not much talk of the club happened as he wanted to cherish the time with his family rather than stress about the club.
You had to laugh when Jax came down from putting the boys to bed, absolutely soaked.
“I might have well got in the blooming bath with them” He chuckled pulling his shirt off before flopping on the sofa, pulling you into his arms.
“Good run” You asked as you snuggled into your husband’s bare chest.
“Actually yeah, we manged to sort the beef out with the Mayans and things are going to change baby” He whispered as he flicked through the channels on the TV trying to find something to watch.
“That’s good then” You mumbled as you ran your hands against Jax’s chest.
“I don’t tell you enough but you are doing amazing” He whispered kissing your head “I know how hard the long runs are when it’s just you and the boys”
“I manage” You laughed softly “I may have palmed them off to Unser and Chucky a couple of times just so I could sleep”
Jax finally settled on a movie to watch but you honestly had no idea what was happening, you was so tired you couldn’t focus, and from the warmth of being snuggled up to Jax you felt your eyes getting heavy and soon drifted off to sleep.
Jax couldn’t help but smile as soft snores left your lips, running his hand over your head he decided that an early night was needed, he saw how exhausted you was from looking after the two younger Teller boys and in all honesty he was tired to, he rode all day nonstop just to get home to his family.
“Babygirl” He whispered gently nudging you awake”
“Hmmm” You mumbled snuggling into him even more.
““Come on, baby, up to bed.” Jax whispered nudging you again but again you didn’t move, laughing slightly he managed to gently move you so he could stand.
After checking all the windows and doors were locked downstairs, he scooped you up in his arms and carried you up to bed.
Pulling one of his shirts out the draw, he managed to half wake you up so he could get you out of your jeans and his hoodie and slip his shirt over you before you snuggled down in bed.
Before he stripped off he quietly went into the boys rooms placing a soft kiss on their head before switching all the lights of, soon enough he had stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed.
As soon as he had laid down, you rolled over snuggling into your husband’s side.
“Sweet dreams Princess” Jax whispered placing one final kiss on your head before he soon fell asleep, with his amazing wife and the love of his life, securely wrapped in his arms.
He was finally home.
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Don’t Touch My Wife
Summary: Sakura’s boss has been horrible and demanding her to work many hours in the hospital, limiting her time with her family. When Sakura has had enough of it she goes to her boss and demands her vacation upon which said boss reacts in the wrong way. When Sakura returns home her four children are horrified of seeing their strong mother on her knees and breaking down, but Sasuke takes over and when finding out what happened to his wife, he comforts her and has a little ‘chat’ with her boss himself.
Warning: Verbal violence and abuse of authority by Sakura’s boss. Some violence coming from Sasuke’s part to the nasty boss.
A/N: Sakura is a strong woman and she can defend herself so well, but for plot convenience and because I wanted a savage protective Sasuke I wrote it like this.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto/Boruto, Masahi Kishimoto owns it. I only own my OCs and the plot. Sake, Saori and Yusuke are my own SasuSaku children that made their first appearance in ‘Nights With Papa’.
1: Sakura is Sasuke’s home, the one he comes to.
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Sakura Uchiha sighed, checking the time it was past seven and again she couldn’t make it home for dinner with her family. Currently at home, Sasuke was staying with Sarada, Sake, Saori and Yusuke so at least Sarada had help so she wasn’t taking care of her siblings all alone, but Sakura wanted to be home with her family not really at a hospital, it was her job so she didn’t have much of a choice.
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“Mama again won’t come home to have dinner with us.” Sake said with a disappointed little face, Saori frowned and shook her head.
“The hospital is stealing Mama from us we gotta do something!”
“There is nothing that we can do, kids... your mother works hard to save people’s lives. We’ll have dinner with her another time.” Sasuke knelt down to his two younger children and poked their foreheads at a time. “Now let’s go eat, Sarada worked very hard with dinner.”
Sake and Saori nodded slowly, still disappointed and sad about not having their mother over again. They walked over to the table, where Sarada had set it and had placed Yusuke on his highchair setting down a bowl of mashed potatoes in tomato sauce on the tray of the chair. Today dinner was riceballs and takoyaki and of course tomatoes for all the tomato lovers which where Sasuke and Yusuke. Sarada, Sake and Saori weren’t that fond of tomatoes by any means.
“Cheer up, ninjabugs. After dinner we’ll give Mom a call and see how she’s doing.” Sarada told her siblings and that was enough to get their sad looks off their faces.
“Good strategy, Sarada.” Sasuke told his eldest daughter with a tiny smile before sitting down on his seat, ready to feed Yusuke like how he always did whenever he was around. His favorite hobby now, he was home more frequently as of now since the missions weren’t long like the ones he had gotten in the past, so his younger children were close to him.
After feeding Yusuke and wiping away his little face, Sasuke nodded at Sarada to get the phone to call Sakura in the hospital which she did, Sake and Saori bouncing happily, Yusuke sitting on his father’s lap and having the only arm his father had around him, the seventh-month-old baby looking over curiously.
“Hello, with Sakura Uchiha please?”
“Who’s calling her?” Came a non to friendly voice from the other end of the line.
“Her daughter. I just need to talk to her.” Sarada’s expression hardened slightly, not liking the voice of this person. Sakura’s boss.
“She’s busy at the moment. Don’t bother her, she doesn’t need her brat to slow down her work.” The boss spat. The call was on speaker, Sasuke scowled deeply. Nobody called his daughter a brat.
Sarada kept her cool. “Sir, I always speak to my mother at this time, please put her on.” Sake and Saori looking worriedly, holding each other’s hands listening.
“No! Now stop pestering at work hours!” He spat and hung up. Sarada grit her teeth, she may be 17 now but she couldn’t take people yelling at her, she was trying to contain herself from having an outburst, and was abruptly taken out of her thoughts when Saori started to cry, Sake following suit.
“No, no, no. Don’t cry.” Sarada walked over to the two and hugged them both, picking them up in her arms.
“That was a mean mister, he yelled at Nee-chan and now Mama can’t talk to us!” Saori sobbed, being rocked gently with her older brother by her sister.
“Sarada, take Yusuke. I’ll handle it.” Sasuke stood up holding Yusuke with just one arm and walking over to his kids, Sarada had placed down her crying younger siblings to take her confused and concerned baby brother as Sasuke knelt down and brought his kids closer gently, by use of that only arm he now had.
“Sake, Saori. Listen to Papa.” The two children turning their tear-soaked little faces to their father. “Mama will come tomorrow if she can come home tonight, I promise. She wouldn’t like knowing you two cried for her, so can you two smile for Mama?” Kind and soft was Sasuke’s tone, completely different from that cold tone from the past when he was lost in darkness before he was brought back to the light outside the tunnel.
“O-okay, Papa.” Sake started to smile, to show his little sister he was smiling since she followed him everywhere he went and his steps. Saori slowly started to smile as well as their father gently cleaned up their tears, smiling lightly at them.
“That’s my big kids.” He stood up and looked at the clock, only half an hour for the children’s bedtime. “Come to the living room, we’ll watch a movie until your bedtime.” He guided the two to the living room, walking over to Sarada gently taking Yusuke from her so she could pick up the plates from the table and do them. Once in the living room, Saori turned on the TV since Sasuke was holding little baby Yusuke, they were going to watch The Ninja King.
Saori sat by her father’s left while Sake by his right, Yusuke sucking on his pacifier, little dark eyes glued on the TV. Those thirty minutes were nice, they had a nice moment. Sasuke turned to look down at the children, they were asleep leaning against their sides. They already had their pajamas. A smile crossing the Uchiha’s features, his two little ones looked like little angels. He looked at Yusuke who was ready to close his eyes too.
“I’ll take Yusuke.” Sarada walked over, taking her infant brother in her arms walking to the nursery. Sasuke, using his arm could hold his two sleeping kids no problem, he was Sasuke Uchiha after all, nothing was difficult or hard for him. He walked into their room, setting down Saori in her bed, leaning down and kissing her forehead, then putting Sake in bed, poking his forehead wishing them goodnight and exited their room, leaving the door half closed, then walked to Yusuke’s nursery room. Sarada had put him in his pajamas, Sasuke sitting down on the rocking chair by the crib as the eldest Uchiha daughter gently placed him in their father’s arm, his bottle given to him. Sasuke rocking slightly on the rocking chair watching his son eating to sleep, pressing a kiss to his lovely pink hair. Oh pink just like Sakura’s, how much he missed his wife just like the children missed their mother.
“Goodnight, little tomato.” Sasuke pulled the blanket over the baby and kissed his forehead before leaving his room. He walked out to his eldest’s daughter’s room, and found out that she was sad, maybe even holding back tears. He sighed and approached her.
“Sarada,”
Sarada slowly looked up at her father, tiny hints of tears stuck in her eyes, Sasuke sat down by her wrapping his arm around her shoulders. 
“I know why you are upset. That man spoke so rudely to you, called you a brat and refused your mother to speak with us.” He caressed her shoulders, holding Sarada tighter when she started crying. She rarely cried at least not in front of others or her siblings, but she felt like she was secure crying in front of her father.
“Why couldn’t he just allow us a few seconds with Mom? Just a few seconds... we wouldn’t have slowed her down...” She whispered with light sniffles.
“I’ll speak with this man, to make him understand that you only wanted to ask about your mother not really interrupt her.” Sasuke promised, his thumb brushing away his daughter’s tears and pressing a kiss to her head. “I promise you, Sarada.” That made Sarada smile slightly.
“Thank you, Pa-I mean Dad.” She corrected herself, not wanting to sound childish with calling her father how she used to call him when younger. Sasuke chuckled a bit.
“Sarada, call me Papa. I like that better, don’t try to act mature in front of me or your siblings. You will always be my little girl.” He poked her forehead.
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During the few next days, Sakura hadn’t been able to come home to see her family. Once again disappointing the little ones. Sasuke was starting to get concerned, his wife was being overworked, her boss wasn’t letting her off like how her schedule established her out and in hours. Until Sakura finally had had it, she threw some paperwork from her desk in her office.
“Work be darned, I will go to my family this instant!” She stood up and stomped her way to her boss’ room, knocking vigorously on the door.
“Who’s knocking like that?” Came the man’s growling voice.
“Sakura Uchiha. I want a break, I have this right and I’m asking you, Mr. Kobayashi. You didn’t let me speak with my family at all! I need to see them, my children and my husband!” Sakura ranted, clenching her fists and staring right into the taller man’s eyes.
“Excuse me?” Kobayashi’s gaze hardened. Slap. The next second, Sakura was thrown on the ground, holding her bright red cheek where she had been slapped, her green eyes widening in shock as her boss towered over her, yanking her up by her white hospital coat.
“Now listen here, Uchiha! You work in this damn hospital everyday to save lives, your family’s fine you have your husband watching over your damn brats, they surely are fine! Either work you are fired!” He dropped the stunned woman to the ground hard. This was the last straw, she had to get out of this place and get away from this man. Not even letting him say another word, Sakura stood up from the ground, grabbing her purse and running away.
“Uchiha!”
Ignoring the man’s screams for her, she ran out from the hospital, avoiding questions from her colleagues, she just needed to be with her family, to be in her husband’s gentle touch hold her baby close to her, she didn’t even notice the tears that had rolled down her cheeks.
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“Did you like the walk to the park?” Sasuke asked Sake and Saori, while he held Yusuke and Sarada opened the door, holding open for them.
“Oh, it was surely fun Papa! I had fun showing you my Fireball Jutsu!” Sake responded very happily, walking inside. The family entered home and got comfy in their living room to chill.
There were knocks at an usual hour, no one really paid them a visit at this hour.
“I’ll go answer the door.” Sarada got up from her seat and walked over to the door. “Yes-Mom?!” There stood her mother, clutching her cheek, tears soaking her face. “B-but what happened?”
“M-Mama?!” Sake and Saori quickly sprung up and sprinted to their crying mother. Sakura fell on her knees and started to cry right there and then. Sasuke on alert walked over, handing the baby over to Sarada and kneeling down besides his distressed wife.
“Sakura,” his tone is soft as he placed his hand on her shoulder. His eye that was visible narrowed. “Who slapped you? Was it your boss?” Sakura just clung to her husband and cried into his chest. Sasuke needed to talk to his wife without their children.
“Sake and Saori go with your sister while I talk with your mother.” Sarada called them and took them to her room, while their father comforted their mother.
“Now, Sakura. Tell me what happened.” He had helped her to sit on the couch still holding close to his couch, he would never seen his wife like this, sure he had seen her cry before, but never like this.
“S-Sasuke-kun, that man... he’s awful, he slapped me because I told him off for not letting me come see you and our kids, I-I can’t keep going there any longer!” She sobbed. Sasuke’s gaze darkened, his wife. No one touch his wife. He grit his teeth, his finger went under Sakura’s chin and lifted it up so she was looking into his visible eye.
“Cherry Blossom, I will handle this. You rest assured that... that bastard will pay.” He never really used foul language in front of the kids or Sakura, but when he was irate all sense of morality vanished. His hand cupped his wife’s cheeks, being extra affectionated, which was rare, he wasn’t over-the-top affectionated, but Sakura was his wife, his beloved and he was not going to just ignore her pain. A kiss was placed to where she was slapped, a low growl escaping Sasuke’s throat.
“Sakura stay with the kids, hug them. I will be right back.” He stood up and picked up his cape from the perch, putting it on. He kissed his wife’s head one more time. “I promise, my Cherry Blossom that I will make this scoundrel pay.”
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Kobayashi was typing in his computer something, when his door was kicked open, catching him off guard.
“Who the hell-!” He was lifted up by the throat by Sasuke’s only hand, his Sharingan and Rinnegan glowing furiously at him.
“So you’re the scum who dared lay a hand to my wife?” His tone deadly and his words dripping in poison. “The pathetic good-for-nothing who refused her from talking to her family? You are about to find out what happens to those who mess with what is precious to me.” The next second, the hospital personnel heard a loud pained screech coming from the boss’ office, the sound of bones breaking and many other unpleasant sounds. Sounds of many slaps, and pleas for mercy.
“If you ever think for a second on touching my wife again, I will come for your head. Remember my words: Don’t touch my wife.” Sasuke threw him to the wall, knocking him out. Before calmly walking out of the office, he eyed the stunned nurses.
“You should tend to your boss, he had a nasty fall.” He said simply before walking out of the hospital back to his Sakura(1).
He found her hugging the kids who spoke sweetly to her and filled her in their love, she was laughing now and enjoying the moment with her children. Sasuke’s face grew soft at the scene before him.
“Sakura,” He called and she turned to him, smiling lovingly at him. “I’m done teaching that filthy swine a lesson.” Only for Sakura to listen to his foul language. He walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her, Sarada had wanted a family selfie and now that the complete family was there, it could be taken.
“Alright, say cheese!”
“Cheese!”
A new family portrait to be placed in the living room, the kids were talking about how they looked n the pictures as Sasuke and Sakura had each other’s attention.
“Thank you, my darling. Thank you for standing up for me.” Sakura lightly nuzzled his chest, Sasuke nodding with a tiny sincere smile to his wife.
“Anytime, Cherry Blossom. I will never let you get disrespected.” When the children were out of sight, Sasuke then gave Sakura a sweet kiss in the lips, which only deepened and turned passionated. When they were all alone, they always turned this loving and affectinated. 
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some-kindofgnome · 3 years
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You’re driving back from an out-of-town mission with Hawks when your car breaks down on a very sparsely-populated highway. While you await relief, things get... personal. 
characters: takami keigo (hawks) x f!reader
word count: 7.1k
warnings: smut (18+ please!), car sex, pro hero!reader, angst, emotionally unavailable hawks
notes: ta-dah!!! the car sex fic! this turned out way longer and way more feelsy than I ever intended it to be. but I’m grateful for the chance to show you how I play with plot and emotion as well as some good porn. porn with feelings, y’know? 
EDIT: The supremely talented @la-saffron​ has created an absolutely spectacular piece of artwork for this fic! Please go and look at it right here, it’s really quite splendid
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The shadowy trees on either side of the highway cast a chill across the pavement as the sky went dark.
It was far from sunset, but the woods were so tall and thick that the light had disappeared from the road a long time ago. The overpriced navigation system laid into the dashboard of Hawks’ luxurious car was no help at all; not when you were taking the only road for miles around.
The highway narrowly passed for two lanes, winding precariously down from the mountains. Dotted with reflective yellow signs- deer crossing, bear crossing, creatures-of-unimaginable-horror crossing. Bigfoot himself could have wandered into your headlights and you barely would’ve flinched.
But that was to be expected, given where you’d come from.
That day’s mission brought you both far, far away from the city. There was a national forest about three hours away- one of the biggest in the country- and you and Hawks had been called in at the crack of fucking dawn to drive all the way out to the woods and investigate some ‘strange reports,’ as the rangers cared to call them.
Most park rangers knew what they were seeing when guests came in from the woods reporting abnormal happenings. Nobody was truly immune to fear, though, when faced with the impossible.
Whether there were paranormal creatures lurking in those woods or not, you couldn’t have been sure. But after spending the day exhausting both your quirks combing every spare inch of those woods, you were relieved of your overnight duties by a group of other, more nature-savvy heroes.
Hawks had been miffed, but too exhausted to argue. He didn’t like to think he’d been overshadowed. You were just thankful to be going home to your own bed.
“Okay,” you sighed, nursing the last of a lukewarm soda from a burger joint at the edge of the only one-horse town you’d passed through. It was a pretty unassuming stop for dinner, but you and Hawks both agreed that the burgers were way too good to be sold to so few patrons.
Keigo was driving, with one palm splayed lazily across the bottom edge of the wheel. His scarlet wings stretched into the backseat, draping over the shoulders of his black leather backrest like some bizarre kind of seat cover.
The fact that his car was so luxurious was not lost on you- although you were more surprised to find out that he had one at all. Hawks seemed like the last person in the world to need a car, after living in a fantastic downtown penthouse. And owning a pair of wings, come to think of it.
He owned it because he could. And because he knew how good he looked in the driver’s seat.
“What?” He turned a curious eye toward you, though he never quite pulled his gaze from the road.
“I know we started this conversation on the way here,” you began, “but… we never exactly finished it.” You swirled what was left of the ice chips in the bottom of your cup, considering the best way to voice your thoughts.
“Alright.” He sounded vaguely amused, slouching a little further down and drawing an idle palm over his feathered hair. “Shoot.”
“Well…” You trailed off. “You’re kind of… a city guy.” You were already starting to talk with your hands. The racket coming from your half-drunk soda was proof enough.
“What makes you say that?”
“You are,” you defended. You let a playful edge creep into your tone. “And the agency’s kind of a city thing.”
“Am I really as one-note as you’re making me out to be?” He was chuckling. Your cheeks were going hot. You weren’t sure how this became a personal conversation, but you were determined to steer it in the proper direction. You course corrected.
“I just mean, we don’t take a lot of jobs outside the city. Like… ever. So, what’s with this one? Why this call?”
He didn’t answer right away. When you glanced across the car, he was licking his lips and appearing to be, very genuinely, thinking.
“Well,” he began. There was an immensely appealing depth that wore around the edges of his voice when he was deep in thought. You hung on tightly, trying your best to hide how intently you listened.
“I was just… bored, I guess.” He gave a lazy little shrug. His eyes were still trained on the windshield, but you could feel the weight of his urges. He wanted to look over. You turned your head, willing him to.
“Probably sounded like bullshit, now that I think about it,” he confessed, “but if there really was somethin’ freaky in those woods… I dunno. I wanted to see it.”
You resisted the urge to snort.
“Maybe you should start a ghost hunting branch at the agency.”
“Aw, c’mon,” he protested. This time, he really did drag his eyes away from the road for a second. They glinted playfully in the dark. You got a flash of pearly canine from the barest hint of a grin, but it was enough to put a stupid smile right across your face.
A sickening thud from beneath the hood zapped any false confidence you’d been building. There was a dull pop, then the engine died.
“What the- shit.” Hawks scrambled to put both hands on the wheel, navigating the car with what momentum remained over to the narrow shoulder. The tires hit gravel and soft mud, rolling pathetically to a stop and settling in damp silence.
“What the hell was that?” You leaned over the dashboard as your pulse came down from near-terminal velocity. There were half a dozen lights blinking away on the dashboard- symbols you couldn’t understand.
“Not sure.” Keigo was doing his best not to sound too perturbed. As a result, he was just perturbed enough.
You knew what those lights implied, though. Service due. Oil change due. Battery maintenance due.
“Jesus Christ,” you hissed, “when was the last time you took this car in for service? It’s a miracle you even made it out of the goddamn garage.”
Hawks was in the process of mashing the engine start button like an arcade game. When you spoke up, he pushed it down and held. The engine gave a dull, sad sort of sputter, but nothing roared to life.
“Look, look,” he dismissed, waving a hand in your direction as he unbuckled his seatbelt. “I don’t drive this thing that often, okay? I’m gonna go check under the hood.”
He climbed out of the driver’s side and slammed the door before giving you the chance to remind him to pop the hood. For a minute, you let him wallow in his mistake, watching gleefully as he pried at the seam of it. Finally, you unbuckled yourself and leaned over, flicking the release for him.
He gave an unamused glance toward the windshield and lifted the hood, obscuring all but the very tips of his drooping wings from view.
After about fifteen seconds, he ducked back into the car with a rush of cold air behind him. He rubbed his palms together as you watched, arms folded over your chest.
“So?” You prompted. He gave a sideways glance in your direction, blowing into his chilled hands.
“So what?”
“Oh my g- what’s wrong with the car?” You tried your best not to let panic set in.
“I don’t know. It’s just a bunch of pipes and wires under there. They didn’t exactly give me a map of the thing when I bought it.”
You’d seen Hawks pull people out of burning buildings before. You’d see him think on his feet, devise a plan and act on it in the blink of an eye. Usually, he was impulsive. Confident. Clever.
Tonight, on the other hand, he was demonstrating a very clear affinity for money over brains.
You flopped into your seat, scrubbing your hands over your face. You were not going to freak out. You refused to. It didn’t matter that Keigo had suddenly become useless in the face of disaster. You were heroes, even if you had to save your damned selves.
“Oh,” he quipped from beside you. “Still got bars. See?” As you peeked over at him through one cracked eyeball, he waved his illuminated phone screen at you. “It could be worse, kid. If this were a horror movie, this thing’d be dead.”
He tapped away on the screen, seeming very pleased with himself. Even his wings gave a little ruffle, draping themselves smoothly over the back of his seat again.
“I’ll call us a tow. We’ll be outta here in no time.”
A few minutes later, you had a map pulled up on your phone while Hawks’ brow creased deeper and deeper.
“Uh-huh.” His voice had taken on that irresistible deepness to it again, but this time it was sending pangs of dread through your gut.
“Right.” He brought a palm up to smooth over his jaw, fingertips bending and pressing idly against the patches of scruff that dusted it. “Y-yep, yeah, I understand. Fifty miles is a long way. I know it’s gonna be a lot to send a truck that far. But-“
As he was abruptly cut off by the other end of the line, those idle fingers slipped up to his temple, pressing inward and rubbing in stiff little circles.
“Okay. Alright. Yeah, I guess we’ll wait, ‘cause there’s not much else we can… I understand. Yes, thank you. Thank you. Okay, we’ll be here. Or within a ten-foot radius. Thanks. B-“
He blinked rapidly at the screen as he pulled it away from his ear. “Have an excellent night, sir,” he muttered under his breath. He let out a deep sigh, lifting a hip to tuck his phone away again.
“They said they would send someone,” he said, “but the depot is, like, fifty miles from here. Could be a couple of hours.”
“A couple hours?” That cold dread was settling into your chest again. So much for sleeping in your own bed.
“Yeah. C’mon, get out.”
“What?” You glanced past him at the frosted driver’s side window. “It looks freezing out there.”
“Well then, you’d better bundle up. C’mon. I’m gonna fly us back to the city.”
“No way. Hawks- Keigo.” You grabbed his arm and squeezed tightly as he made to get out of the car.
“What?” Exasperation was creeping into the edges of his voice. The sides of his gaze, too, as he landed against the seat back with a thud and turned his cheek to look at you.
“You’ve been flying all day. Your wings are shot. You’re not flying anywhere.”
“What? They’re fine.” He gave the appendages in question a defiant flutter and a cloud of expiring feathers floated into the backseat.
You folded your arms across your chest. Hawks gave a frustrated growl.
“What do you suggest, then?” He retorted in fierce opposition to your silence. “Just sit around and fucking… die of old age before the tow truck comes?”
“Oh my god, you’re the number two hero,” you snapped back. “When did you become such a drama queen? Yes, we’re going to wait. Like a normal person would have to.”
“I’m not being dramatic; I’m presenting you with a legitimate solution and you’re ignoring it!”
“If you try to fly us both out of here, you’re gonna hit the ground before we’re halfway home. And then we’ll be really stranded, with no water and no shelter. So, if you’d like to fly back all by yourself, I can’t stop you. But I’m not going to let you kill both of us.”
“Fine!” Hawks’ cheeks were flushed with temper as he kicked the door open and clambered out of the car. He kicked it shut again so hard the whole body rocked, and for a moment you were left, trapped in shocked silence.
He was really going to leave you out here. Alone.
Half a dozen heartbeats passed before his boots crunched on the shoulder and he wrenched the door open again, flopping back into the car with an immense sigh of irritated defeat.
“Fuckin’ freezing out there,” he muttered as quietly as possible.
You wanted to punch him.
“You ready to wait?”
His wings stiffened behind him, then drooped so lowly they seemed to disappear into the backseat. He looked at you from the corner of one tawny eye.
“Yeah.”
For the first hour, you honestly enjoyed yourself. As soon as Keigo accepted his fate, he got much closer to his usual mellow self. You finished off cold fries from dinner, listened to true crime podcasts on your phone, (you listened- he talked over the whole thing) and played a few ruthless games of hangman on a couple of napkins you found in the glove compartment.
You’d spent a lot of time with Hawks in a professional capacity. As partners, you took most of your missions together. You were well-versed in the way that he liked to think, the way he approached a job, a conversation. You worked well with each other and you were drawn to his quick wit and laid-back humour. Even if he was a piece of work at times, you made a strong team. But you didn’t do a whole lot of hanging out.
“Okay, that’s it,” he chided as you added an extravagant top hat to the completed, dressed hangman scrawled onto the inside fold of your last napkin. The word he’d failed to guess was ‘patience,’ and the irony of his struggling was not lost on you.
“Aw, c’mon,” you protested. “You’ve still got gloves and a bow tie left.”
“No, no, no.” He held up a palm, shaking his head. There was a good-natured grin curling his lip as he bowed toward the door. “I’m callin’ it. I gotta take a leak.”
You snatched your soda cup from the drink holder, clutching it protectively against your chest.
“You’re not going in here.”
Next, it was Hawks’ turn to shoot you a deadpan stare.
“How about in the woods? Is that allowed?”
Your cheeks went hot. “It’s pretty dark out there.”
“Aw.” Hawks shoved the door open. There was an unfamiliar glint to his eye as he tossed a mischievous look over his shoulder. “Guess you won’t be able to sneak a peek, then.”
You slammed your fist into his back. “Shut up and go take a piss.”  
As the car door clicked shut, you turned the other way out of sheer habit. All you could see in the opposite window was the reflection of your own face. Maybe it was just the dim light, but you looked exhausted. Keigo had seen you caked in blood, streaked by mud and soot before. But you’d both been awake since four o’clock that morning and there was a special kind of ugly feeling that came with overtiredness.
You were dreaming about the first thing you’d do when you got home again when Hawks climbed back into the car. He looked considerably brighter as he ducked inside, and he brought a flush of rich, earthy forest-smell along with him.
“Don’t tell me you couldn’t find it in the cold out there,” you quipped. Payback.
But Keigo just chuckled, shaking his head.
“Close the door,” you whined as the frigid air from outside finally reached your bare arms. “It’s already cold enough in here.”
“Aw,” he crooned, tugging the door shut behind him. “You scared of a little cold now, kid? It’s not so bad out there. Feel.”
He lunged at you, ducking rapidly to rub his frigid cheek against your shoulder. You let out a terse yelp and squirmed, trying to shove him back amid a sea of chilled giggles. He got a few passes of his icy skin on yours before you both realized how close you’d gotten.
Hawks cleared his throat and scooted away from you. In the bare light from the shitty overhead lamp, you were starting to see the outline of a flush creeping into his cheeks.
The light abruptly went out, leaving you in darkness again.
“Tell me something,” he mused, grabbing for the abandoned takeout bag and digging a hand into it. He produced a tiny wrapped square and tore it open with his teeth, removing the folded alcohol wipe from inside and gliding it with impossible grace over his fingertips. He eyed you sideways.
“How come we don’t hang out more?”
Your chest went cold. You’d been dreading that question all night. Longer than that, even.
“What d’you mean?” It was a gut response, but you instantly kicked yourself for even attempting to play dumb.
“You know,” he chided, dumping the wipe back into the paper bag once he was finished with it. “We work. We do interviews together. We do those bullshit PR functions together. I’ve known you- what, two years? And we’ve never even been for a drink. What gives, kid? Don’t tell me I grate on you.”
“I get plenty of you on company time,” you retorted. You were starting to panic. You weren’t ready for this conversation, but it didn’t seem like you were going to be rescued by the timely arrival of the tow truck.
“Okay, okay, I’d take that,” he laughed, “if you hadn’t agreed to take this mission with me. C’mon, this wasn’t exactly a nine-to-five gig.”
He paused. “Come out with me this weekend.” He nudged your shoulder with a bony elbow. You tried your best not to snap.
“Stop,” you pressed quietly. “You know why we don’t.”
The smirk slipped from Keigo’s face.
“What? Why?”
“Don’t make me say it.”
“Wait a second, there’s an actual reason? What the hell is it?”
The confusion was genuine on his face. Hawks could be a smarmy little shit when he wanted to be. But you could tell he wasn’t fucking with you.
“Oh my god.” The words slipped out like a deep breath. Your hand drifted to your mouth as cold shock ran over your skin. “You really don’t remember.”
“No.” His confusion was bordered with fear. He sat back a little, letting his eyes drift over your expression. “No, I really don’t.”
You swallowed hard. You should have known that you’d have to talk about this eventually. But he didn’t even remember the night that had been changing the way you acted around him for nearly a year.
“Last Christmas,” you began. Your breath was so short that it put a desperate hush to your voice that you absolutely hated. You revelled in your ability to act casual around him, but the more probing he got, the harder that composure was slipping.
“At the agency gala. You remember the party, right?”
Hawks rolled his eyes.
“Yeah, and I got trashed.” He paused. Realization dawned on his face, and he shot you the deepest, most sincere look of concern you’d ever seen. Even more sincere than the look that crossed his face when you got shot off the roof of a house and broke a rib.
He leaned forward.
“Did I do something?” He swept a palm over his mouth, fingertips dallying at his chin. You knew exactly how he felt in that moment. You’d been there before, too, realizing that you’d lost control. Blacked out. Understanding that you might have done something you were going to regret.
“You really don’t remember a thing?” It was your turn to be horrified. How could something that consumed your every thought stay so damned far from his?
His fingers were still curved around the point of his chin. He’d gone white, and he shook his head as his eyes cast down to his lap.
“You fucking kissed me, okay?” You snarled with a whip of frustration. “There was mistletoe and you kissed me under it and-and Christ, I can’t believe you.”
“What? What?” He demanded as his voice grew defensively sharp.
“I had no idea what you were gonna do. What you were gonna say, what was gonna change between us. I showed up to the agency the next morning and your hungover ass acted like nothing had ever happened.”
“Of course I did,” he defended, “I didn’t think anything did happen. Oh my God, did I really kiss you?” His wings were coming to life all of a sudden, bristling on either side of his seat. There was a dull whisp as one edge of them brushed against the window. They seemed to expand, along with his horror, to fill the entire car.
He pushed further. “Well, did you… did you want me to?”
You could see where his thoughts were taking him. The answer was an impossible dilemma. To lead him further down that path would not only be cruel, it would be untrue. But to tell him the truth- that you had wanted it- would be to shatter the fragile illusion of casual, platonic intimacy that you’d been building over the last two years.
You chewed your lower lip. Hard enough to hurt.
“Oh god, you didn’t,” he gasped. That was enough for you to lift your chin and shoot him a sudden, sad, pathetic little look.
“Jesus,” he gasped again, deeper this time. “You did.”
“Look,” you snapped. “I was never gonna say anything to you. I was never gonna push it. You didn’t feel that way and I knew that and I just wanted to work.”
He told you enough about his personal life as it was. Every date he swung in from on Monday morning, every Friday night he spent preening in the last hours of the workday hurt enough already. If you’d grown close, fallen harder, it would’ve become too much to bear.
“What do you mean, I didn’t feel that way? What way don’t I feel? How could you even know that?” He was beginning to raise his voice back at you and the adrenaline was pushing you way too far to listen.
“Because you never said a fucking word to me about that kiss! You pretended like it never even happened, Kei! What was I supposed to think!”
“If you’d asked me, you woulda known that I didn’t speak up ‘cause I didn’t remember a goddamn thing!” Keigo jammed a finger into his temple. His golden eyes flashed. He was so fucking hot when he was angry, but this was not a fight you ever wanted to have.
Luckily for you, he was having it without you.
“What do you want me to say to that?” He snarled. “Huh? What- you want me to tell you that I’m sorry for not having psychic powers? That I’m sorry I didn’t hire a mind-reader to tell me what the fuck was going on with you?”
He scrubbed his hands over his face. You were on the verge of tears.
“I-I never-“ you began, but Keigo beat you to the punch,
“You know, maybe I noticed that you were actin’ funny around me. And maybe I should’ve asked. But maybe if you ask yourself, and if you really, honestly give yourself the truest answer, you’d be able to admit that you knew how I felt about you. That you always knew.”
“Of course I knew!”
Your response echoed raw and deafening in the silence of the car. You’d lost your temper and shouted it at him with every decibel left in your breathless chest. Your fists were clenched atop your frigid thighs as you bent over in your seat, shivering. To your immense embarrassment, warm tears trickled down the sides of your nose.
He was right, after all. Every sideways smile he’d given you was just a little too broad to be friendly. Every time he caught you by the hand, he held it just a little too long. Every time he offered you the crook of his elbow at a stuffy charity gala and every time he poured you into a cab at the end of the night, he promised to take good care of you. Every time he looked at you at all it was with a depth that you had recognized, but never understood.
“But look at us, Kei. Look at what we do to each other.”
You sniffled, scrubbing tears off your cheeks with the heels of your hands. He reached for you, seeking to comfort, but his hands twitched midair and he drew back instead.
“Yeah,” he croaked. You tossed a glance in his direction. He looked more dejected than you’d seen him in a long time. He rested both hands on top of the wheel, the rest of his body sagging against the seat back.
“Except now I’ve told you,” you continued. “And now we both know, so everything’s fucked no matter what.”
You were met with silence. The truth was dawning on you. You hated to even consider it, but it felt like what needed to be done.
“When we get back to the city,” you started. Hawks interrupted you with a low rasp of your name.
“No, when we get back, I’m giving you my resignation.”
“Fuck, stop.”
Keigo lunged, grabbing you by the back of the neck and pulling you toward him. He rested his forehead against yours and closed his eyes. The warmth of his closeness weighed on you like a heavy quilt. You couldn’t even pretend not to be immensely comforted by affection from him.
“I’m not gonna let you do that, kid.”
You were both drawing deep breaths- slow, rolling gulps of air that matched over gradual time. You licked your lips, bracing your chilled palms on his shoulders. Your fingertips brushed the very edges of his feathered hair, dull and soft in the dark.
You’d talked each other down from bigger, badder edges before. But this one had sharp, jagged rocks waiting at the bottom. This one, you were going to have to jump from together.
“I can’t do this,” you pleaded. “I can’t keep myself away from you like this.”
“Don’t.” His voice was hushed and so achingly tender, like he couldn’t take the command himself.
“I can’t-“
“Then, don’t.”
He was firmer this time, and the pad of his thumb brushed the bottom of your lip. He pulled back just a hair, grazing the tip of his nose across yours. The heat of his breath puffed over your lips and his blonde eyelashes threatened to tickle your cheek.
He drew in a slow, calculated breath.
“Lemme kiss you. Lemme try again. I’m not gonna forget it this time, I swear.”
“Keigo, please.”
“Just lemme try. Just once. I’ll never ask you again, if you don’t want me to.” He pulled back the rest of the way and your body keened at the loss, but he looked deeply into your eyes. Deeply like he’d never been allowed to look before.
You licked your lips. Considered it for half a heartbeat. Then you gave a slow little nod.
“Okay.”
To your surprise, he didn’t lunge again. He took his time with you. He cupped your cheeks tenderly between his bare palms, memorizing the curve of your face. He stared, taking you in like this. At his mercy.
Finally, he leaned in and captured your mouth in a soft kiss, heartbreakingly loving. You responded eagerly, blossoming beneath his touch and bracing your hands on the broad plane of his chest. Your fingers curled in the fleece that lined his coat.
You kissed back with near-desperate urgency, shamelessly showing him how touch-starved you’d become. Dating was pointless when Keigo stole your whole heart every time you showed up to work.
The quiet press of his tongue had your jaw going slack in his hands. Your kiss went needy all at once, and he licked into your mouth with a hunger behind his movements that you never anticipated sensing from him.
You broke from him first, turning your cheek to him as your lungs burned. Your mouth was swollen, and you gasped greedily for whatever stale air lingered between you. He grabbed your chin and forced your eyes back to his.
His gaze was fearsome. Ravenous. You were powerless beneath it.
You combed your fingers through his hair like you’d always wanted to, settling your palm at the nape of his neck. Your own voice was nearly unrecognizable, nothing more than a feral growl.
“Get in the back.”
Hawks took one look at the narrow gap between his seat and yours and sat up, nudging the driver’s side door open. He climbed eagerly into the road and then back into the back seat, settling in the center with his legs and wings splayed wide.
Meanwhile, you took the opportunity to wiggle out of your boots and pants and slam dunk everything into the foothold of the passenger’s seat. You climbed over the center console in your underwear and settled into his lap.
Even though you had to bow your head against the cushioned ceiling, it was a holy sensation. Your thighs settled perfectly into the crooks of Keigo’s legs, and his hands slid so naturally over the curves of your hips. It was as if you’d done this before.
You kissed him again, using the weight of your newly boosted height to descend hard and loving against his lips. He grabbed you hard by the ass, drawing you smooth and tight against his hips.
“God,” he groaned eagerly into your mouth.
“You’re so. Fucking. Perfect,” you hissed back into his, and he squeezed you harder, breaking his lips from yours to trail a hungry path of kisses along the edge of your jaw. His scruff scratched at your chin just like you imagined it would. You loved him like this- trimmed, unshaven. The rougher, the better.
“Don’t say that,” he purred dangerously close to your ear. “You’ve seen me at my worst.”
You tried not to grin, remembering Keigo barfing over the balcony of the Plaza after one too many charity-benefit martinis. Keigo caked in ooze after cutting open that sludge villain from the inside. Keigo on the verge of tears, just a few minutes ago.
“I still think so,” you pressed, and he smiled against your cheek. His wings, tired and bruised but majestic as ever, stiffened proudly. They were capped firmly by the cramped space that surrounded you, but the feathers that spread across the back seat were sleek and graceful.
You dug your fingertips between his jacket and his t-shirt, feeling the warmth of his torso all over. He did his best to shrug it open, but the material was caught up on his wings- no getting it off now.
He wound his hands into the hem of his shirt and tugged it up for you. The skin you could feel by slipping your fingers underneath was all you were going to get.
Not that it mattered to you. It was far more than you’d let yourself so much as picture before. While you felt your way across his heated abdomen, he dipped his head to your pulse point. He scraped the points of his teeth across your tender flesh, making you sigh and shiver. He pressed a hand to the small of your back to keep you close and nibbled all the way down to your neckline, leaving a trail of tiny welts in his wake.
They would fade by morning. Tonight, the feeling was enough.
He glided smooth, tender fingers up your sides. You straightened, letting him wedge your long-sleeved t-shirt up around your shoulders. You had to bend even further and press your forehead awkwardly against his shoulder to wrench it off. Once he peeled the fabric over your head, you tossed it haphazardly toward the front seat. Keigo was already going to work on his fly.
The tender press of his erection had grown apparent by that point, stiff and needing down one thigh of his thick pants. You reached between your legs and palmed it indulgently. There was an answering throb of arousal in the pit of your belly as you felt the shape and thickness of it trapped against his body, and an even stronger one when his hips pressed into your touch and he gave a low rumble of approval.
“Don’t act so surprised,” he crooned. With his pants unfastened, and the bulk of his cock shifted to the stretchy pouch of his undershorts, he slid a fingertip down the plane of your belly and curled two graceful digits between your thighs.
“Are you wet for me yet?” He shot you a deep, lustful stare. You rocked your hips against his fingers, hopeless in resisting the pleasure he offered. Keigo nudged the crotch of your thong easily aside, dipping his middle finger against your slit.
He sucked a sharp breath through clenched teeth as you gave a simultaneous yelp of stimulation. When he looked up at you again, he bore a sly little grin. You’d seen it a thousand times before, but never with such desire. And never all for you.
“You’re drippin’, kid.” He arched his palm, slipping that finger slowly upward and easing it inside you. There was no stretch, but the sensation of intimacy- of being felt in such a way by those hands that you’d never dared to fantasize about- was intoxicating in its own right.
Keigo was, apparently, feeling it, too. His eyes were deeply lidded, glazed completely by his own desire. The tip of his cock had found its way over the waistband of his undershorts, weeping shiny precum against his stomach and the bottom of his shirt.
He curled a blunt fingertip inside you, massaging your tender front wall. The feeling rappelled up the column of your spine and brought deep trembles forward. It brought fresh handfuls of wet slick from your depths, gliding down his palm and between his fingers. He took the hints your body offered and rubbed faster, watching the way your expression morphed from desire to pleasure.
“Stop,” you hushed, leaning forward and pushing your lips to his. He drew his hand back from you immediately, settling it on your thigh. The wet little print it left against your skin wasn’t lost on you.
“Something wrong?”
“No,” you replied. “Just ready for you.”
He gave a low, loving little chuckle and shifted beneath you. “Can’t hold out any longer?”
You smiled into his hair. “Don’t want to.”
“Fair enough.” His smile was even, but the tug in his voice betrayed his fraying nerves. It thrilled you to know that you weren’t the only one putting way too much emotional stock in this. It was immensely validating to discover that he’d been anticipating it, too.
He wiggled and squirmed against the backseat, shucking his pants and underwear down over his thighs and letting his cock pop out. It bobbed against his stomach- thicker than you’d imagined- framed by a trimmed scruff of tawny hair that disappeared under his shirt.
“Fuck,” you sighed in spite of yourself.
“I know, right?” He rasped. He reached for you, cupping your jaw. He brought your forehead down to his, giving a weak laugh. “What the hell have we been waitin’ for?”
“We just needed the bottle episode to shove us together,” you giggled. “C’mon, we’re a walking trope right about now.”
“We’re about to become a different trope if you don’t let me fuck you.” It was his turn to play the desperate card. But the ache between your thighs had not dulled, even a little.
He wrapped his fingers around the base of his shaft and you lifted your hips. He gave the heated tip a playful little swipe along your slick slit, but his game backfired when both of you let out tight cries of sensation.
You rocked your hips forward, taking his tip eagerly inside. The sensation was toe-curling, made even better by the way he held you tightly against him, nosing at your ear and kissing any patch of skin he could reach.
He brought his free palm to your ass as soon as you were situated, helping you slide the rest of the way onto his cock. With your knees braced on either side of his lap and your feet pressed tightly against the front seat, you let him bottom out. And for a moment, you just sat there.
“Jesus,” Keigo sighed, lolling his head against the seat behind him. You still had your head deeply bowed, trapped in the space that seemed just an inch too tight.
“I…” Your thighs shuffled. Your hips gave a little squirm. It felt good, but it wasn’t enough. Keigo cracked an eye and lifted his chin, sensing a problem.
“What’s the matter?”
“I just…” Your cheeks went hot. You licked your lips. “I can’t move.”
His gaze cast downward, to the place where you were joined. He took in the press of your thighs, the curve of your neck. He snorted.
“No, you can’t. C’mere, kid, I gotcha.” He planted that palm on your ass again, drawing your hips forward and up, as far as you could take them. Your head and neck bowed with the rest of your back as he draped your upper body over his chest and held you tightly against him.
Then he planted his feet and gave one good, deep thrust. Your innards gave a jerk. Oh, fuck.
“That’s it,” you panted into his ear. He nodded tensely.
“Yeah?” He prompted. “That’s workin’ for ya? Alright, alright. We’ve got this, kid, c’mon. Lemme show you somethin’ good, okay?”
One thrust sent you spiralling. But the rhythm that he dove into- steady, tough, fluid- sent every nerve through your body into meltdown. You were entirely incapable of dealing with such pleasure, combined with the emotions that swirled through your lovestruck brain.
It felt as though you had been holding out needlessly for all this time. Like all the hurt and frustration and heartbreak you shed over him would be evaporated, now that you understood that he wanted you like this, too.
Like that was all there was. You, Hawks, and the free love you could now share.
“I’m n-not-“ Keigo stuttered, piping up after a series of breathless pants and airy groans, “n-not gonna last much longer, kid, you’re… really gonna make me feel it.”
“Yeah,” you breathed back. You looped your arms tightly around his neck, tilting your hips forward. You could feel the barest hint of stimulation when your clit brushed his belly, so you leaned into it- aching for your own release.
His rhythm doubled as the intensity of your pleasure spiked dangerously high, and when you gripped him hard and rocked your hips in time with his, there was a low, warning pull that echoed all the way up to your throat. You were close. Very close.
Your head dropped backward and Keigo leaned forward, drawing his mouth up the vulnerable column of your throat. He panted hard and heavy against your pulse point.
“That’s it, kid, that’s fuckin’ it, baby, oh, God, I’m g-gonna f-fucking… I- shit, I- can’t… fffuck!”
Keigo let a vicious roar tear from his throat as he reached his vibrant peak. His erratic thrusts brought you to a tight little climax, too, and you clung to him and whined and rode through the pleasure as he fucked madly up inside you, spurting messy shots of cum into your depths.
Gravity took hold of his pleasure, dripping it onto his shaft and pooling it in a sloppy mess between you. And when it was all finally over, you collapsed against his body and you both stayed, airless and spent, wrapped tightly around one another.
It was the bright flash of headlights on the back of his neck that brought you to the surface, moments later.
The inside of the car was warm and stuffy and damp. Had you just come in from outside, you might have realized that it reeked of sex. Sweat and breath and fluid and feeling. The windows were near-opaque, fogged by the dampness of your lovemaking.
It was a moment you might have loved to capture, if you weren’t about to be so rudely interrupted.
The light in your rear windshield was bright white and flashing orange. Unmistakable.
“The tow truck,” you wheezed, scrambling off of Keigo’s lap. “Oh, fuck.”
“Get dressed,” he muttered weakly, already scrambling to get himself cleaned up and decent. He was far more dressed than you were, so you did your best to climb back into the passenger’s seat and slide back into your own clothes. You banged your shin hard on the center console, and your head on the ceiling as your body flailed in retaliation. You crumpled into the front seat and nearly kneed yourself in the mouth trying to scramble back into your pants.
By the time you climbed out of the car, fully dressed, with a few additional bruises, Hawks was already standing on the shoulder, talking to the driver. The driver was wagering a few guesses on what might be wrong with the car. Hawks’ eyes had already glazed over.
“Hey,” he greeted, as he spotted you emerging over his shoulder. He introduced you quietly to the driver before the ballcap-wearing, bearded man spoke again.
“Yeah,” he gruffed, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’ll give you a lift to garage nearby. It’s kinda late, but he keeps weird hours. I bet he’ll take a look for you, it’s prob’ly an easy fix.”
“That sounds great,” you gushed, clasping your palms together. There was a lot of stiffness settling in around your hips and thighs. You couldn’t be sure if it was a result of the compromising position you’d nearly been discovered in or the whole lot of not moving you’d done for hours before that.
Either way, it felt good to stretch your legs.
“You c’n go ahead and hop in the back,” the driver directed, waving the key that Keigo had apparently already given him in indication. “I’ll get you hooked up, no problem.”
Keigo opened the truck door for you, and you climbed over the passenger’s seat into the back. He followed closely behind you, tugging the door shut and slouching into the opposite side.
You sat in silence; hands clasped between your knees. A confusing air settled between you.
You felt vulnerable and raw and moony. You wanted to hold his hand and curl up to him in the back seat. Kiss his cheeks and tell him how good it was, tell him how much you felt.
For you, though, it could never be that simple. There was no free love for heroes like you.
Pay later, always.
Keigo felt the weight of your gaze. He turned to meet your eyes and shot you a thin smile. You’d seen the look that he’d turned to hide from you, though.
The truck driver climbed into the front seat before words could pass between you. But you didn’t need to hear them to know what they were going to be.
You didn’t need a warning to understand what Monday morning at the agency was going to look like.
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