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vroomian · 7 months
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Fuck it crossover of my ocs in the op world: Jeong as captain, Hana as first mate, Yrz as doctor, Kiba as navigator, and masa as…. a menace, honestly (but also he does the cooking. Is it people?? Who knows! Not the crew!)
Jeong got spit out in the grand line, picked up a sword and a job as a bounty hunter and just went from there. No devil fruit. Saw the crew forming and went wow I am the only functioning adult here! Unfortunate!
Hana is the daughter of a world noble who fucked off into Adventure the first time her gross family handed her a slave, and then tried to engage her to her half brother for Purity’s Sake. She’s as op as always, and definitely has haki and some sort of broke devil fruit lol. Honestly she’s just vibing here.
Yrz is an ex marine, save how shit the government was and went lol no and became a pirate. He joined Jeong because they were A Normal Adult. He didn’t want to be captain or first mate! No devil fruit because giving up the ability to swim in a water world is Very Stupid.
Kiba is a drifter from a blue. He’s got his canon backstory but instead of Tsume being chill, she was an asshole. Because he couldn’t find a partner he got exiled from the clan and his island instead. He probably became an information broker pretty young. he’s interested in the history of the world. He got a devil fruit that makes him really hard to remember, aka the source of all his problems lol. Or he could also be an escaped cipher pol agent! Got that ninja shit going on lol.
Masa is Just Some Guy who came out really fucked up. They’re all transmigrations still, so he had his wandering the afterlife forever phase already. This new world is so much fun (for him)! He’s a mercenary who’s been damn near everywhere. The rest of them probably met Masa while he was breaking out of impell down (for fun! He still eats people :)). Ue is some sort of function of masa’s haki aura or devil fruit, I can’t decide which is funnier. Ue is waaaay more physical though and really likes Hana’s company for some reason.
Honestly the crew stays together because all of them are transmigrations. Except for masa. Masa is there because Jeong took on look at him and basically chained themselves to his side to stop Masa from Making Things Worse On Purpose :)
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tungtung-thanawat · 1 year
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Its 2am and I may have lost control of my life...
Even though Jim was the man that held his heart it wasn't like Kaipa was blind. Every weekend, like clockwork, the two men would have breakfast across the street from his family's stall. As Kaipa would be setting up shop he got to have glimpses of nice eye candy. Especially the man with glasses. He wondered if they were together, it seemed like it. It was a nice thought that Kaipa hoped could one day have with Jim.
In the months he'd been watching them, Kaipa noticed a shift in them in the last month. There seemed to be a strange tension and the less attractive of the two sometimes wouldn't show up or often left early, leaving the glasses man and his food. It was a little sad to watch. Soon it was just the glasses man, and then as of this past weekend... no one. Kaipa wondered about them briefly but didn't expect an answer.
Kaipa was shocked to receive one. He learned their names were Wen and Alan. How he came to this information was because Wen was cheating on Alan with Jim. Jim! Not only was Kaipa heartbroken, he didn't expect Jim would be that kind of person - a homewrecker. It was a blow to his heart. Even on the peripheral of the drama, Kaipa saw and learned enough to be crushed. He had to give up on his love...
Two weeks after most of the drama settled and Kaipa took time to mend his heart, the young man was in for a surprise when he saw Alan again on a weekend morning. It was almost like old times, but nothing was the same again. Instead of entering the small eatery, Alan hesitated before looking around. Kaipa watched as he approached his family's stall instead.
Apprehension gripped Kaipa as Alan sat down and asked, 'are you open?' Trying to play it cool like he didn't know most of what happened to this man's most recent relationship and hadn't watched this scrawny man try to beat up the much more muscular Jim, Kaipa replied with, 'no but I can open a little early just for you.' Kaipa winked in the hopes he came off cheeky and normal sounding. It's hard to when you share something so intimately in common and only one of you knows.
He seemed to have because all Alan did was laugh. Oh no. His smile not only lit up his entire face but there was enough sunshine from it to power a house. Kaipa barely caught his next words, shaken by how cute and handsome this man was. 'Well if you continue to do that every time you've got yourself a regular.' His heart skipped a beat at the thought of seeing him every week so near.
It was a little scary to realize he was developing a crush on Alan, but Kaipa tried to take it as his heart was healing. He would tell the other how they really know each other, but for now... Kaipa would bask in spending so close to the other man and cooking a meal for Alan. Who knows? Maybe this would be the start of something new, something better.
anon i am *screams* wow this was so beautiful and perfect i decided to stay in bed and read this 5 times instead of going into work (I can WFH dnt worry too much lol) the way you came for mix's whole career "the less attractive one" sdfghjhgfdsdfg and then kaipa doesn't even spare alan he's like this scrawny idiot i love him and he's right! this is such a perfect wonderful set up for a bittersweet fic. like i love that moment of joy between them how they are giving each other something to look forward to the next week. and they make that little connection kaipa with his terrible flirting and alan with his sunshine smile (it certainly powers MY house). its so mlc in its vibes, looking for those small moments that makes this shitty life worth living. But then there's this other layer that you know they'll have to deal with - that kaipa knows him, that kaipa knows wen and what happened between them. And I can imagine how for a person who's probably looking for some distance from that and likely a diminished sense of trust - to find out that kaipa kept these things from him. oh my heart T_T kaipa will help alan open his heart once more T_T and i love that he seems a little more balanced in the official trailer than he did in the pilot - i think he shows enough maturity to be actually able to do this instead of the crying mess clinging to jim for a chance.
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arleneworld22 · 3 months
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Today, yesterday and other days
Today I decide to wear my favorite coat to be more comfy at work, it’s light and a little long and color gray, it reminds me of Harry Potter’s cap. I worked for first time in months at the pharmacy and at the beginning I made many mistakes but after the first hour I started to get it so it wasn’t too bad, I like my co-workers of there because they are very nice to me, there are 3 women, I like to think about them like the superpowerful girls, Betty is Blossom, red hair, kind of bossy, very communicative with the patients and focus on her work, Perla is Buttercup, kind of serious, carefree personality, calm and a little abrupt, but she is very patient with me, I think of her like a “senpai” she is very attentive with me, most of the time she trained me when I started there; and then America, she is the sweetest person I meet in the whole hospital, she has personality of preschool teacher, very kind, sweet voice, veeey kind x2, patient and loving, you really feel safe with her. Btw two patients gifted us snack bars to all the workers there… well thinking about it better, I think those were to America and she shared with us, well it was delicious anyway.
Today I listened your playlist when I finished my exercise, when I was cooking and that felt very relaxing, I like discovering this kind of new feelings in moments like this.
Yesterday my bro sneaks into my space at night and I know that when he does that it’s always because he wants to tell me something important; he told me about a classmate that it’s currently flirting with him and he doesn’t want to express how really feels because he is afraid to be hurt, but actually he likes him (oh btw he is gay) he told me he is deaf too so communication it’s not a problem, he told me about him and sounds like a nice guy actually, I hope they can be fine.
I forget to congrats you for finish all your homeworks the other night, now you have to keep that consistence, I wish you good luck with that.
Also, do you buy me something? I feel suprised, moved and speechless... oh God, what I'm going to do with you and your kindness? you really caugh me off guard.
Listening your playlist, and see that actually we enjoyed each other's, would you like me to expain you some of them to you?, would you like to explain me some of yours?, choose the ones you want and I'll do it, music is something that help us to connect more with our feelings, and the point of this is to get out what we feel, what we felt, heal and move forward. So if you want, can you explain me how Heaven's on fire make you feel? I feel that maybe I get it but I think I'm missing something, also with the bug collector, just if you want.
I have to confess that I never looked for Natalia’s albums before, as I listen her music most of the because my mom played it, so I never have the neeeded to look for them because my mom puts it, maybe I already listened all her songs and I didn’t know lol.
Talk to me about everything you want, I’m going to be happy for know more about you. I don’t have plans to watch OP for the next couple months, maybe neither this year but I want to watch it some day, tell me whatever you want, I’m going to feel happy to know about how do you feel with references and everything.
I noticed that yesterday you added “Sigo aquí” from treasure’s planet and my mind almost exploded for that coincidence because yesterday I watched that movie! Life is weird but I like things like this, I already watched but maaaaaany years ago, so this little coincidence… wow.
Hey, the second highest score and it was a 18/50?! WOW that’s hard, but amazing! congrats for that achievement, it’s not perfect but it doesn’t mean that you lose, enjoy this victory, you deserve it. I hope you really enjoyed that nap.
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marshmallowloves · 4 months
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I KNOW you're in tht pkmn mood so give us 🎧, 💿, 🎼, and 🕺 with any of ur pkmn faves and ur si :3c
asfkdjdfh you clocked me… that's pretty much all I've been doing lately >u>
honestly I kinda wanna do these with both Maxie and Arven because I got brainrot on both fronts kdjfg
(also I am SO sorry I answered this so ungodly late. I kind of realized, uh, wow. I know so few songs about faves… holy heck this was. kind of hard actually so it took me a long ass time kdjfhg also I just. really suck at communication sometimes i'm sorry ;_;)
🎧 - Your f/o just found your music player! What song do they find playing on it?
ARVEN: probably one of the tracks from Sinnoh - either the lake theme, Canalave City (or the night version), Eterna Forest or the Pokémon Center (night). When he sees it, he figures Cici probably misses home a lot. Don't mind him as he nonchalantly scours every recipe book in the school library for Old Gateau…
MAXIE: Uh. this one is kind of…inexplicable. Maxie also has a hard time wrapping his head around his Admin's taste in music. He was so certain he'd find soft piano pieces, or that sparkly-sounding j-pop that's certainly an anime OP/ED. What is this vulgarity, and what are these images of his Admin that flash in his brain during the chorus for some reason. why the FUCK is he confined behind his desk right now. He will absolutely blame Team Aqua (and specifically, the friend she has over there) for tainting his proper and civilized Admin with their filth. after he. takes care of this thing.
💿 - give us a song that fits your f/o's vibe!
ARVEN: I know you mean like his whole vibe, like his character, but for some reason all I can think of is this when he's talking about Cici dkjfhg
Okay but answering seriously (cause I thought of it just now) - for some reason I really feel like Apt. 102 fits. It sounds cozy and casual and…domestic…?? Like two people hanging out in a living space and doing chores or cooking together or something... u//v//u
MAXIE: See I WANT to say Bionic Man because it's one of the only lyrical songs I can think of for a calculated man (even if it is kind of weird)…but that's…probably more fitting for a different f/o honestly. (cough N. Ginsdjf no go away this is a pokemon post)
Okay tbh I've been racking my brain forever for this and all I can think of is THIS which…is a little weird considering it's literally the theme (in name, at least) for ANOTHER F/O… but it's all I can come up with atm i'm sorry dfgh. But I think it fits the vibe tbh, it's got the imposing strings, the tiny beat and synth beeps, and the little bells give kind of an air of superiority and…maybe smugness?? Like he's about to verbally decimate the fuck out of you dskjfg
🎼 - give us a song that matches your s/i's vibe!
I am not gonna lie to you I am having the hardest time with this one. Both of my S/Is are pretty much exactly the same with the only difference being who they fall for. It'd probably be easier if she had like…a THEME about her personality or design or whatever, but she's pretty much just "me, but with Pokemon" and as a regular-ass human being I am. very multifaceted and can't pinpoint anything dkjfg
SO! I think I will instead just…repeat the answer to a previous question and say Canalave City (her hometown) or the Lake theme (for the fact that her love of mythicals originated in Sinnoh). And possibly Snowpoint City (I was hesitant to list that one bc as much as she loves Ice-types, she doesn't have any on her team, but...come on. It wouldn't be Cici without snow somewhere dkfjg)
🕺 - what song would you and your f/o dance to?
ARVEN: <<< SPOILERS FOR THE SV DLC (sorry I can't like, put a filter over text so this is the best I can do dkjfg>>> if I'm being perfectly honest. he probably would denounce any and all dancing for a while after the whole mochi debacle cause he was so mortified of how he acted sdkjfg. If he was somehow persuaded to dance it would be completely impromptu (as in, he probably doesn't actively participate and it's mostly just me swinging him around djgf) and to something lively like this or this.
MAXIE: Something like this - classical, a refined vibe, and something where he wouldn't have to do any rigorous movement OR a waltz-sounding song like this (could only find it on soundcloud dkjfg). Maxie is really not a dancing man - he has an image to uphold, after all! (admittedly it's a pretentious one DFJKDG) But…if he WERE to ever dance with his Admin, it would certainly be behind closed doors, and only to remind her that he's not all stuffy and serious all the time - see, look, he's perfectly capable of having """fun.""" And if anyone caught him, they would probably be fired immediately.
Either that, or like…the fuckin. safety dance or something. idfk honestly. for the memes ig (and cause he's old KJDFHG)
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beastfury5580 · 1 year
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Donkey Kong Z Episode 3
Cranky: Why the hell am I here? DJ: Cause your good at fourth-wall-breaking dad. Remember? Cranky: Oh yeah...also stay in school kids! Just because you got those techy phones don't mean anything! You still got a lot to learn about the outside world! And no violent cartoons! Those things'll give ya nightmares!
*Both DJ and Cranky walked out of the black screen*
OP - Dragonball Opening English
Narrator: Last time on Donkey Kong Z. DK and Diddy went into the great fox and set a course for N Sanity Island but had a drawback thanks to donkey kong's butt stench, luckily Aku Aku managed to teleport everyone including the great fox into the island using the colored gems he has, Crash and Spyro went to get the first fruit gem but had to deal with both tiny and fake crash and there was a full-scale war on the island, everyone defends the island with their very lives including Spyro who is very much vulnerable without butterflies, but now that the battle has ended the war has just begun, what will happen next?  Find out on Donkey Kong Z!
Episode 3: Finding the Cherry Gem/The Grock Wars (The shadow alliance and the crossover gang went into Dillon's world where the Amiimals fight against an army of grocks to protect multiple villages in the badlands. While the crossover gang takes care of the war. DK and Diddy went to find the cherry gem in a mysterious cave until K Rool took it, yet k rool accidentally dropped the crystal coconut after he escaped.)
*Inside the great fox*
Crash: Oooooo...<POOOOOT!!!> <FRRRRRT!!!> <BUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!> Ahhhhh...<FFFFAAAAARRRRTTT!!!!> <PUUUWWAAAAAAPPPPPPP!!!!> Woah! <BRRRRRRRRPPPPPP!!!!> Mmmmmmmm. ^_^ Falco: *Fold my arms and lean by the wall next to the bathroom door* ...... *Thinks* "Man, can't believe I have to wait for this bandicoot to poop out the fruit gem. I know one thing, I ain't touching it. Both him and donkey kong are just VERY hard to deal with but I'm gonna have to suck it up and deal with it. Sheesh..." DK: *Snoring in bed with a full belly* Diddy: Man does Coco know how to cook. Spyro: Pretty much everyone yea. Lucario: .... Diddy: Something wrong? Lucario: "I'm still evenly matched with Mewtwo. As I get stronger he does too." Diddy: That sounds bad. Lucario: "I must find a way to teach maximum power to destroy him, otherwise he'll keep destroying other worlds whenever he wants." Diddy: I'm sure you'll find a way lucario. Fox: Thinking about something crystal? Krystal: Hmm...I guess I am.
*Flashback from sunset time*
DK: *Eating all the fruit and food that's in front of me super fast because of how hungry I am* Everyone: O_O DK: *Finally finished while slurping a bowl of ramen* <BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP!!!!!!!!> WOOOOOOOO!!! Wow that was great!! *Fell down on my back and pat my full belly* Ohhhhh. ^_^ Crash: *Ate out all my food then laid back satisfied not knowing about the laxatives* Spyro: Man they eat fast. Dillon: *Eats my pigs on a stick* Coco: I hope you all enjoy yourselves. Krystal: Oh yes very much. Slippy: Thank you! ^_^ Lucario: "Say Spyro, what is it you eat?" Spyro: Oh I'll eat anything, including meat-related, just not as fast as these guys. Lucario: "Same with me." Slippy: Eating different kind of food is fascinating. Especially if it's from folks we know. Peppy: I second that notion slippy. Krystal: It's only fitting for DK. He hasn't moved or traveled anywhere else besides the smash bros tourney. Crunch: So, you call that transformation "Super Kong?" Diddy: Yeah. It enhances our strength, speed, endurance you name it. It does it all. Even give us an unlimited amount of chi energy. But man did it get me so tired and drained out from the fight. Krystal: That's what an all powerful weapon will do for you.
*Everyone was chatting until crash's stomach started growling*
Crash: Hmm? *Stomach gurgles more* Uh oh...*Got up and ran back to the great fox to find the bathroom* Falco: Oh crud!! *Ran after crash* Hey! You better not be thinking of shitting anywhere on the floor!!
*Everyone started laughing as the flashback ended*
Krystal: *Soft giggles* Crash: *Flushed the toilet then came out holding the cleaned fruit gem in my hands* Ta-da! Falco: *Was expecting the fruit gem to come out all smelly but saw it cleaned and smelt good* Hmm. Not bad at all. *Ruffles crash's head and walks off* Still ain't touching it though. Crash: *Chuckles then put them in my pockets and follows Falco* Falco: We got the fruit gem back. Krystal: Oh thank heavens. Spyro: And the smelly air is gone too. We can pretty much continue our journey now. Peppy: Tomorrow we will. Slippy is upgrading the ship and the ship will undergo full diagnostics so the latest update kicks in. Slippy: *Inside the ship's controls as I wiggle my butt and my plumber's crack shows my green buttcheeks as I'm humming* ^_^ Falco: Uh slippy, you mind covering that, please? Slippy: Huh? *Looks down* Oh sorry^^; *pulls up my pants* Fox: You're such a sissy. Falco: I have my standard! Spyro: Yeah womanly standards. Dillon: *Chuckles* Russ: Even Dillon thinks you're full of Baloney. Falco: !! *Growls then flew off* Krystal: So not cool boys. Fox: He need to lighten up. Not everything is about him. Peppy: I agree with fox, falco maybe brash but he doesn't seem to know how to relax even after our new friends came to the ship. Lucario: "I quite agree with krystal, regardless of the fact, falco is still your teammate, he'll relax if he needs to, so I would suggest you all respect that" Peppy: Lucario you haven't known falco longer than all of us has. Lucario: "That maybe true but I can still sense tension from within him." Slippy: Does it come from different colors? Lucario: "Yes slippy, it comes from different colors." Slippy: Cool.
*Slippy's pants somehow slipped their way down, showing his plumber's crack buttcheeks again*
Spyro: I do have a question. Are these fruit gems any more powerful than the crystal coconut? Diddy: Great uncle DKJR and grandpa cranky said so themselves. If the fruit gems were to connect with the crystal coconut then it becomes the fruity coconut gem. It can grant an infinite amount of strong wishes including to villains, that's how strong it is. The crystal coconut itself can only be used for very specific wishes and it doesn't create death, only resurrect them. Spyro: So that's how ripto and the others were restored... Diddy: It also said that it can grant anyone a crystal form, but only the purest heart can get it, which in this case, either me or DK. Krystal: Which means K Rool can't get it because of his cruel nature. Diddy: Exactly. Russ: Man that's really powerful stuff, kinda better than the time you got gems and crystals out of the ancient ruins Dillon. Dillon: *Nods in agreement* Diddy: He never knew about the fruit gems till Mewtwo mentioned it. Lucario: "My guess is Mewtwo will be the one using the gems to make himself even more powerful." Fox: ...You don't think he's siding with k rool as an alternatim. Lucario: "It is a possibility. Mewtwo never cared of anyone but himself, not even for his trainers. He's the first independent pokemon to become stronger without a trainer while I'm the second." Krystal: Destroying a planet just so you and him are the last pokemon...I can't imagine how tragic that must have felt for you. Lucario: "There isn't a true way to stop him. Though when we do get the crystal coconut  back I can wish he never existed." Fox: That's really only if they'll grant it. Wishes are not that simple. Lucario: "Right..." Diddy: So guys...what are some other villains you fought aside from the ones you're used to? Peppy: Well, we fought the aparoid race and their queen one time. Spyro: This is tough...uhhh...there was this one dragon who was a traitor among the dragon elders. He goes by red. Russ: Red the dragon? What a basic name. Spyro: I know right. Russ: Oh! We were in this city where it was the post-apocalyptic period at the time. We took down a grocks that were trying to break the big trailer truck on the road which has this ultimate weapon called the breaker that took down the mothership which is also the command ship, it was how the grocks came to live, and then Dillon fought against the deathgrock from the outside and inside its core. Now THAT was the toughest fight out of all the fights Dillon battled into. Aku Aku: Crash fought his evil self in another dimension, as well as the evil twins when cortex was with us at one point. Spyro: How was cortex even agreed to fight the evil twins with you? Aku Aku: Him and crash had a common enemy that's how. Spyro: Jeez, hope it doesn't happen with me and gnorc cause I definitely don't wanna be working with that dumb butt. Fox: *Noticed it's nighttime outside* It's late. We all need to get some sleep for tomorrow. Krystal: I'll go ahead and make us all dinner before we sleep. *Walks off* Want to help? Fox: I would be delighted. *Follows Krystal* Peppy: You still working down there slippy? Slippy: Sure am! Will be done in a few hours. Peppy: Krystal and Fox will make some dinner for us. Don't forget to eat. Slippy: Will do.
*Meanwhile at DK Isle*
DJ: *Meditating by the beach sand* Cranky: *Walking around with my cane* I hope those boys find those gem fruits soon. I was hoping this day never and K Rool has gotten somewhat smarter. Funky: Not to worry cranky my dude, donkey kong and diddy will get'em back, even if it takes a long time. Cranky: That's what I'm worried about. *Sat down on a branch and sighs* If I could I would've remember were I put them. Funky: Just give it time man, you'll see. I better get us some food for lunch and dinner. *Walks off* Cranky: .... DJ: "Now if I can just communicate with DK from afar, I should be able to if I focus further."
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DK: *Napping on the ship* Falco: For an ape he sure sleeps a lot. Krystal: *Came back with a big dinner meal for everyone* Dinner is ready! DK: *My ears wiggled as I sat up* DINNER?!? Oh boy am I starving! ^_^ Falco: Oh sure you wake up to food but not anything else! Fox: Falco would you stop it? Seriously it's nothing to hurt your head over. *Walks off* Peppy: If I didn't know any better I'd say you're jealous of DK. Falco: Damnit not you too!! Peppy: Falco I'm just saying, DK and Diddy are different from all of us, you can either support it or don't. It's up to you really. Falco: You know what? I'll eat alone in my room, anything is better than being lectured. *Grabs my food and walks up to my room as the door automatically closed* Spyro: What's up his big stinky bird butt? Crash: *Laughed when Spyro said stinky bird butt* Krystal: I don't know. He was never like this back home. Diddy: Maybe he's homesick. Fox: Nonsense. He is always out traveling for jobs and erans. Russ: I gotta ask, what was falco like before DK came along? Fox: Believe it or not he use to be more cheerful and loved fighting crime in a non serious manner. Peppy: Cool and brash, but also cheerful. Russ: ...You don't think the villains switched the real falco with a fake one, do you? Diddy: Don't be ridiculous. If that were the case I would have sensed it. Fox: Something doesn't feel right. And if that was the case Falco doesn't go down that easily. Lucario: "I'll try and scan his aura to see if he's real or fake." *Closed my eyes and started glowing blue aura* Slippy: How? He's in his room. Falco: *In front of my computer while eating*.... DK: *Eats with my mouth full* You'd be surprised at what Lucario can do. *Swallows* This dog can really kick my butt at the smash bros tourney. Lucario: "Strange.. it's the real Falco but I'm getting bizzare readings off him. Something is not right." Falco: *Found the next two gem fruits* Perfect. Let's hope you don't screw this up. *Gave out a sinister smile* DK: Well I'm sure it's nothing, falco seems pretty nice. ^^ Diddy: I agree. Fox: *Looked at the monitor* We got a reading for the next two gem fruits. One is at banjo's world and the other is in dillon's world. Krystal: Tomorrow we'll split into two groups. Spyro and Crash are going to banjo's world while the rest of us go to dillon's world. Slippy: Hopefully we'll find more allies to join our team cause we do need new members. Peppy: Done already? Slippy: Yep, the update should be ready by tomorrow. Krystal: *Sniffs the air* Wait...what is that sme-ugh! *Hold my face* Diddy, DK you two need a bath! DK: ....Say diddy, what's a bath? Diddy: I have no idea DK, what is a "bath"? Krystal: Oh goodness...I can't believe you two are asking. I guess I have to show you...
*a few seconds later*
Krystal: *Finished filling the tub with water, bubbles, and grabs a body scrubber* Okay, the water's ready, now let's get this over with. Hop in. DK: *Walks over to the tub at looks at it* So this is a bath? Krystal: Look at you! You're supposed to cover up the front! DK: *Puts the towel over my face* Like this? Krystal -_-* .... *facepalm* Diddy: *Chuckles*
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Krystal: *Scratching all over DK and Diddy's body with shampoo* Diddy: So what's this icky stuff you're putting on my fur? Krystal: It's called shampoo, I'm using it to clean you two. DK: *Tried to taste the shampoo but Krystal slap my hand* Krystal: No no, we don't eat shampoo. That's for cleaning your hair and body. *Puts my hands in the water to get the shampoo off my hands and use the bath scrubber to brush all over diddy and DK's bodies* When I put shampoo on both your heads you two NEED to keep your eyes closed and leave'em close until I get the shampoo out of your head and faces* Diddy: This stuff is slippery but smells good. ^_^ DK: Imagine how the others are like back home. *Chuckles* Diddy: Yeah they'd probably slip and fall from this stuff, especially cranky. Krystal: Alright boys time to rinse yourself. *Unplug the tub to release the dirt and turned on the water for a clean rinse*
*Both diddy and DK stood up as Krystal took the handheld showerhead and washes all the shampoo and soap off of diddy and DK's fur and hair and gave them towels to wipe themselves off with*
Krystal: There, that's better. DK: *Rubs my eyes with a towel* Diddy: Wow so that was a bath. That was...actually really relaxing. Krystal: Now you both are clean and kissable. *Kissed DK and diddy's cheek* Diddy: *Chuckles* Oh stop^///^ DK: *Yawns and stretch* Off to bed I go before I fall asleep here. Diddy: *Dries off my fur* Not while you're still wet your not. DK: Oh yeah. *Shakes all the water out of my fur like a dog* Krystal: *Screams* DK! *My skin and clothes got all wet from the shaking* DK: Oops sorry^^; Krystal: -_-
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DJ: *Sighs* Nothing, I'll have to try again later. Dixie: DJ? DJ: Dixie, hi. Dixie: What were you doing? DJ: I was trying to spiritually connect myself to DK to telepathically talk to him but nothing worked, I'll try again tomorrow and see what happens then. Dixie: Oh... DJ: If you're worried about diddy then don't be. I'm quite sure he's fine. Dixie: I know it's just, the jungle is quiet with them two gone and K Rool. DJ: Yeah...*looks to the ocean distance* We best enjoy this for a while. *Walks off* I best check on my father. Dixie: Hmm...
*Meanwhile back on the great fox, everyone is asleep while falco is still up*
Everyone's Asleep / Shhhh - Policenauts - Owl-Cat
Fox: *Walking about on the ship making sure everything is alright* Slippy? You're still up?
Slippy's Dillema - Undertale OST: 060 - Wrong Enemy
Slippy: Come on ROB, work! *Works on ROB 64's wiring and his circuitry then dodged the sparks as the insides blew up a bit then noticed a fire* AH! *Went to get the fire extinquisher and puts out ROB64's chest* Ugh! Why can't I get you to work!? Fox: Slippy what's going on here?! Slippy: I-i don't know! For some reason I'm losing my touch with mechanics! *Kicked the ROB* Darn it! Fox: Ohhh...slippy were you trying to fix rob? Slippy: Yeah for like ten days and all of a sudden his circuitry got more complex the more I tried fixing him. Fox: Slippy, rob's an old model, he's been with us for years. We may need to upgrade him entirely. Slippy: *Sighs as I sat down with my hands on my chin* I was afraid of that.. all our memories was in him just months ago I put in a new upgrade. Fox: That's what you're worried about? All his memories were uploaded to the cloud months ago. Slippy: ....His what? *Glares at fox* Fox: Oh, I forgot to tell you that. ^^;
*DK and Diddy are sleeping in bed together, while DK's sleeping like a rock, diddy tends to shift and turn to get himself comfortable and went back to sleep and then....*
DK: <POOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!!!> Diddy: *Sniffing DK's strong sleep gas as I immediately woke up and turn my head toward DK in disgust while whispering loudly* Ohhhhhh...man what the, DK you nasty-! *Fans the fart out of the covers until I fell out of the bed and walks off groaning while trying not to throw up*
*DK's lethal fart immediately stunk up the whole bedroom*
DK: *Whimpers while holding my stomach as it rumbles* Need bathroom.. can't, stench, ship.. >~<; *Turns to my side* >BRUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFTTTTT!!!<
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Falco: *Looks toward the night sky then quickly turned around* What the- Mewtwo: "So you are the weakest link out of everyone here. Here I thought it was the toad but it seems it's you. Quite surprising." Falco: Hey I ain't no weak link I'm- Mewtwo: *My eyes glowed as I possessed falco* Falco: !!....*my head bowed down then move my head back up and opened my dark purple eyes* Mewtwo: "Yes, you'll do just fine. Do what you wanted to do for a long time. Kill donkey kong." Dark Falco: Yes master. Diddy: Man, I seriously gotta get some fresh air. Dark Falco: *Walked out of my room and walked to where DK is* Diddy: !! *Felt a dangerous presence then turned to falco* Falco? *Follows him then thinks* "Why's he going to DK's room for?" DK: *Whimpers as I rub my belly* Man, whatever food Krystal gave me is making me seriously gassy right now. Ohhhh....<FAAAARRRRRRRRT!!!!> Dark Falco: *Walks in as soon as the automatic door opens* You've turned EVERYONE against me. Just look at you, squirming like a little worm while I grant you your death. *Pulls out my blaster and aims at DK* Only your death can satisfy me, only your death can take back the star fox's true glory. A big disgusting primitive ape like you don't belong here. You're nothing but a pain in my ass, always have, always will. It's time I silence you for good. Diddy: NO!! Dark Falco: HUH?! Diddy: HIYA!! *Kicked the blaster out of Falco's wing* Dark Falco: Agh!
Falco on a Rampage / Krystal Saves the Night - Digimon Tamers OST - Hakai to Konran Futatabi
*The blaster fell down to the floor*
Diddy: I won't let you kill my uncle! Dark Falco: You obnoxious little brat!
*Dark Falco tackled diddy out of the room as they both did martial arts while falco did his signature smash attack the Falco Phantasm then flip kick diddy down to the floor, diddy quickly got up and dark falco ran after him*
Lucario: !! Diddy! *Ran out of my room* Diddy: Fox! Krystal! Anybody! Heeeeelp!! Fox: *My ears flickered and pointed up* Diddy?! Diddy: *Kept running until dark falco kicked me toward the strong glass window* AH!! *Crashed and bounced back to the floor* Ohhhhh... Fox: Falco, what the hell's your problem?! Dark Falco: As if an ape lover like you would EVER understand how I feel!! NOW DIE!!! Slippy: Hey whoa!
*Slippy dodged out of the way for both of them to use their signature smash attack, the Falco Phantasm, and Fox Illusion, Falco's attack is much stronger than fox's as he slide across the floor. Dark falco went to impale his wing through fox's heart but Lucario stopped him and used his kung fu combo attacks to stop him but dark falco was immuned to Lucario's strikes as he pimp slapped him aside*
Fox: Lucario what's going on?! Lucario: That is not falco! Mewtwo possassed him! Dark Falco: *Grabbed fox by his throat and started choking him after I lift him up* Fox: *Gasping for air and coughs* Falco...stop...please! Dark Falco: *Evil laughs*
*Krystal rushes in with her staff and smacks falco on the head as he passed out on the floor*
All: ...... Krystal: Can we PLEASE go back to bed now?! It's far too early for this!! Fox: Y-yes my love... Krystal: Ugh! *Grabs Falco's leg and drag him on the floor back to his room* Fox: *Looks at Falco*... Slippy: He'll be fine, hopefully. Fox: Lucario, can you keep an eye on Falco? I have a feeling Mewtwo will be back for him. Lucario: "Will do." *Walks behind Krystal* DK: I can't wait any longer! *Rushed to the bathroom and sat on the toilet accidentally leaving the door open and pushed out lethal chunks into the toilet* Ooooo so much better. (*´︶`*) Lucario: Nope. *Quickly closed the door using my aura telekinesis and continued following krystal*
*When the door closed, DK's toxic dump clouded the entire bathroom*
DK: They sure won't like me after this.. !! *Groans and pushed out more heavy logs* >BBFFFOOOOOOPPPPPPTT!!!!< Diddy: Are you okay slippy? Slippy: *Giggles* I'm alright, thank you for asking diddy. ^_^ Falco: *Groans as I twist and turn in bed*
*In Falco mind*
Mewtwo: "You failed to do a simple task." Falco: I never asked for this! I almost killed my best friend! *Backed away from Mewtwo* Mewtwo: "I was wrong. You are more than weak. You're pathetic. I ought to kill you were you stand." Falco: *Pulled out my blaster and aimed it at Mewtwo* You best back away! Lucario: "That's enough Mewtwo!" Falco: Lucario?! Mewtwo: "You just don't know when to quit meddling do you?" Lucario: "This is between you and me, leave falco out of this!" Mewtwo: "Just look at you, trying to stand up to me when you know you've gotten weaker than a Magikarp" Lucario: "I'm weak?! This coming from the "all-powerful psychic" using falco to do his dirty work to kill off an innocent ape! What gives you the right to mess with other people's lives?!" Mewtwo: "What gives ME the right?" *Chuckles* "Lucario, I'm no longer bound to weakness from any pokemon including you. I've become a god, you're powerless to stop me from completing my mission. So falco, do as I say or I'll break your mind into paste!" Falco: I told you no man! Lucario: "THAT DOES IT!!!"
*Lucario tackles Mewtwo while he's floating in the air then Mewtwo pushed him back, both of them started punching and kicking in mid-air martial arts*
Falco: *Fell over holding my head* Wait... This is my mind. Something I can control. *Stood up tall then held out my blaster and watched it grow twice it's size* Hell yeah! *Aimed it towards Mewtwo and fired* It's time I take back what's mine! Lucario: *Flew over to Falco* "You alright?" Falco: I will be now. Thanks. Lucario: "Mewtwo won't be bothering you anymore. Get some rest." *Closed my eyes to leave his mind* Falco: Yeah....*sighs*
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Diddy: DK when your done in there, I'm going back to sleep. DK: Okay but you might want to cover your nose... *Flushed the toilet and washed my hands then opened the door and closed it shut* Diddy: MMM!!! *Immediately pitch my nose from DK's strong smell as I breathe through my mouth then backed away from donkey kong* Awe dude! Whew! Jeez DK you really destroyed the bathroom in there! *Noticed my eyes are starting to burn from the lethal odor* My eyes! I think their melting! DK: Your eyes are fine.. *Sat on the bed and sighs* I miss home. I wouldn't have to worry about losing waste in wide open air. Diddy: Are you kidding me I love it here. I have never been to outer space OR on other planets besides our own. We even got to meet crash bandicoot, he may not have your strength but he knows what our lives are like. DK: .... *Stopped for a moment as I heard DJ voice* Dad? Diddy: Huh? DK: I thought I heard his voice. *Scratch my head then looks around* Diddy: Wow you really are home sick aren't you? DJ: "Are you listening diddy?" Diddy: Wait! I can hear him too! DJ: "Good, that means the telepathic communication is working. Have you recovered some of the fruit gems?" DK: Only one, the apple gem, we're going to get the cherry gem tomorrow. DJ: "I can feel both of your chi getting stronger after acquiring the super kong form. You're training with lucario has served you both well" DK: Yea. Lucario is a great teacher like you. Diddy: Most definitely. Hey DJ? How is Dixie? DJ: "You know what's funny? She said the jungle has been quiet since you two and k rool left. Surely enough she was right, but I digress, she really does miss you." Diddy: *Love sighs* I do miss her too.. but tell her that we're doing great and not to worry. We'll be home soon enough. DK: That's right. I do miss the fresh wide open air. ^_^ DJ: "As I knew you would. Funky just started dinner, I better go." *vanished* Diddy: Come on DK. We need our sleep. *Got back on the bed besides DK and laid down* DK: Yep. *Yawns as I lay down and immediately went to sleep*
*Later in the morning, the great fox went back into outer space as coco and crunch wave goodbye*
Fox: How are you feeling Falco? Falco: Better.. I'm sorry for what ever I did last night. I didn't mean any of it. Fox: I know, lucario told me. Falco: Sorry I tried to kill you donkey kong...I guess you all were right, maybe I was being uptight. DK: You were trying to kill me? Diddy: Its okay. We forgive you. Being away from home for so long can get others to do silly things. Falco: You two would like corneria, it's really an awesome planet to be in. Slippy: Yaaaaaay! *Hugs falco* Fox: Now that's the cheerful falco I know. Krystal: Guess you really have learned your lesson then. Falco: *Chuckles* Most definitely. *Held Slippy* Though I did woke up with a massive headache. Krystal: Oh I'm sure that will go away. ^_^ *Gave Falco tea* Falco: *Drinks my tea and sighs* DK: So are we near the next planet?
*The warning alert started beeping as they approach to the asteroid field*
Fox: It's an asteroid field, we gotta clear all those asteroids out the way!? DK: What's an asteroid? Spyro: Large rock minerals floating in space. If we don't clear a path it'll destroy the ship. DK: Ohhh that's bad...
Incoming Asteroids - Asteroid Belt (The Aparoid Menace) - Star Fox Assault [OST]
Fox: Star fox team, head for the arwings quick! *Ran off* Spyro: Welp, can't fly or breath in space. Might as well stay here. Russ: I'm with you. Dillon: *Nods*
*Fox, Krystal, Falco and Slippy ran to the arwings and got ready to destroy the asteroids. DK and Diddy ran to see what's going on*
Peppy: *Went to the manual controls and started firing the cannon to destroy the asteroids in front* DK: I'm going to help them. *Transformed into my super kong form and flew out of the great fox* Diddy: I'm coming too! *Transformed into my super kong form and flew after DK*
*All four arwings came flying out of the great fox as the star fox team fired all lasers to destroy the giant meteors from hitting the ship*
Super DK: *Flew out and started punching the meteors to pieces* Rah! Hah! *Spin kick the meteors* Super Diddy: *Shooting chi projectiles out of my hands in breaking the meteors to pieces*
*Most of the meteor pieces went passed DK, Diddy, and the star fox team and hit the ship's shield generator*
Peppy: Shield generators been hit!
*Repair droids came out of a tiny room and went out into space to fix it yet most of them got hit by different size asteroids*
Aku Aku: You're losing droids fast. Peppy: If they can't get the shield within a few minutes we'll be sitting ducks.
*Another droid was destroyed by the meteor until only one was left*
Peppy: Oh great, now the shields are gone!
*The tiny repair droid fixed the shield generation as the shield gauge is powered up on the screen in front of peppy*
Peppy: Powers back! That little droid did it. Now the shield is at maximum power.
*The tiny droid went back inside the great fox while everyone else is still beating and shooting asteroids to pieces*
Super Diddy: This would have been more fun if it wasn't so serious! Super DK: Let's try the banana blast to get them out the way faster! Super Diddy: Good idea! Fox: Guys! You're banana power cannon could drain both of you out if you two aren't careful! Super Diddy: Got another plan? Super DK: Nope. Super Diddy: Then we just keep punching through! *Got back to smashing meteors* Slippy: Hey I just realized? How are those two still breathing out there? Krystal: The inner energy from within donkey kong and diddy are keeping them alive as well as their super kong form. Outside of their super kong state they are vulnerable in space, they need to go back inside before they ran out of chi, or worse, they pass out and their transformation dies down with it. Fox: *Through the mic* DK, Diddy! We got it from here. Please get back inside! Super Diddy: Yeah we better rest before our chi runs out. Super DK: Oh alright.. *Flew off back to the main ship with Diddy*
*Diddy and DK went back inside the great fox and revert back to normal*
DK: Man using super is fun but also is shit as well. Diddy: At least we helped a little. Look, they managed to make a path. Peppy: Yep, you two really are something, the asteroids have calmed down, now we can proceed through.
Just Cruising - House of Cards - Baten Kaitos (Extended)
Fox: Alright team that should do it. Let's head back to the ship. *Flew off* DK: *Hoots happily* Nice^^ Lucario: "Donkey kong, diddy, follow me to the combat room, we must complete your training." *Walks off*
*DK and Diddy followed Lucario into the training room*
Diddy: What are we going to do now? Lucario: "This will be your final lesson. You now mastered kung fu and the super kong form, now you must put all that energy into this fight and show me all that you have learned and more. Defeat me, and you're training will be complete." DK: Fight you? Diddy: It's just training DK not really beat him up. Mega Lucario: "Now then." *used mega evolution and turned myself into mega lucario* "Show me what you've got." DK: You got it sensei!
*DK and Diddy transformed into their super kong form as they both took a fighting stance and wait it out for a few seconds*
Lucario Vs. Super DK and Super Diddy - Wings of the Guardian (Lucia Battle 1) - Devil May Cry 2 Extended
*Super DK and Diddy started fighting Mega Lucario in dynamic combat*
Mega Lucario: *Jumps back and took my fighting stance again* "Surely you two can do better. Try harder." Super DK: *Ran towards Lucario with a mega punch to the face and an upper punch to the chest* Super Diddy: BANANA SLAMMA!! *Flying kick mega lucario's back* Mega Lucario: *Stood my ground but flew back from the force and crashed into the wall* Super DK: We did it! Lucario: *Revert out of mega form* "Well done, you two are ready"
*DK and Diddy high fived each other while shouting, "Alright!" as their super form went down*
Fox: Oh good you guys are finished. Peppy tells us that we've arrived in dillon's world. *Walks off* Diddy: Weren't we going to split? Fox: We did when you guys were training. It's going to be me, Lucario, you, Diddy, Dillon and his friend. DK: Guess this is where we take care of business little buddy. Diddy: Yeah let's do it!
Eyecatch A/Donkey Kong Z will be right back - Donkey Kong Country OST - Stage Clear
Eyecatch B/Now back to Donkey Kong Z - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Soundtrack - World Clear
Villages/Wild Badlands - The Rolling Western Theme- Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger Soundtrack
*The great fox arrived at the wild badlands where grocks are fighting against the amiimals alongside Gallo, Boone and Nomad, DK dives out of the great fox as diddy grabs hold of DK while flying down using his jetpack*
Slippy: *Turns on the gem locator* This will help us look for the gems faster. Krystal: So this is your world. Russ: Yep. It's like we never left. Krystal: How can you and Dillon stand in such a harsh environment as this? Russ: He's an armadillo. He can stand the heat. Fox: That makes sense I suppose. Falco: Anything yet Slippy? Slippy: Actually I found it but the signal is weak. Diddy: There might be a cave that's where they'd be! We're going in to check it out! Russ: Let's go assist the amiimals dillon. Dillon: *Nods then jumps out of the great fox and rolls into a ball to fight grocks*
*Everyone headed to the caves that seemed to be multiple of them*
Into the Caves - Wild Arms 3 OST 10 - Scars of Leftover Memories
Diddy: Oh.. which one is it in? Slippy: *Through earpiece* Hey guys! Can you hear me!? DK: *Hooting fearfully* Diddy what was that?! Slippy's voice is inside my head! Diddy: Relax DK it's just an earpiece. DK: ...An earpiece? Slippy: Yeah, I gave it to you and diddy in case I contact you two. DK: I thought it was just an earring. Never liked it at first but it kinda grew on me. Slippy: ....No it's an earpiece, anyways, you see the three caves in front of you? Diddy: Yeah we do. Slippy: Okay so the cherry fruit gem should be at the middle cave, go right through that one, and then after that, take the cave at the far right once you get through. DK: Roger that. Diddy: What he say? DK: Go straight then far right. Diddy: Cool. *Ran through* Slippy: Oh crud I forgot to give diddy his earpiece. -_- Fox: Next time Slippy.
*DK and Diddy kept going till they came into the last cave that has a big ditch in the middle. Across from the ditch there was the gem*
Diddy: Looks like this is it. Amiimal Merc: Hold it!
*DK and Diddy turned around then held their hands up*
Amiimal Merc: Where in tarnation do you think yur goin? Nowhere that's what! Amiimal Merc #2: I reckon you two were heading for that gem, too bad it ain't happening. Amiimal Merc #3: Don't move now, or we'll be blastin ya far across the sky!
K Rool Escaped/Cherry Fruit Gem Stolen - Captured - GoldenEye (1997) Music
K Rool: *Grabs the cherry gem* Looks like I win this time! *Evil laughs and ran off* Slippy: Uh why is the cherry gem moving?! Diddy: Cause k rool has it... Fox: What?!
Vs. The Wild Amiimal Mercenaries - Wild Arms 3 OST 27 - Wild Bunch
Diddy: What do we do now DK? DK: We move on my signal. Amiimal Merc: Seems like they're not budgin boys. Ready on my mark! *Aims at DK and Diddy* DK: .... Diddy: .... Amiimal Merc: Get ready! DK: NOW!!
*Both DK and Diddy teleported using their chi then went behind them and DK punched them aside while diddy kung fu kicked all the amiimal merc guns out of their hands and spin kick all three of them in the face*
Russ: They've gotten better. Lucario: "Most definitely." DK: *Grabbed the Amiimal Merc and slammed them down towards the others* We have to get the gem back! Lucario: Hmm? *Noticed the crystal coconut as I went over to it and picked it up* "He dropped the crystal coconut" Diddy: That's not convenient at all.. DK: *Hoots* We got the coconut! Slippy: *Gave Diddy his earpiece and fix it up* There. Now I can contact you too. Lucario: "Let's test it to make sure. I wish for us to get out of the caves."
*The crystal coconut glows and teleported everyone out of the caves*
Lucario: "...That k rool is nothing but an idiot." -_- Diddy: Tough luck for him. Now we got our crystal coconut back, you can wish for your planet back. Lucario: "What? Wish my planet to be restored? Can it actually be possible?" DK: It sure can, we'll find out after we get outta here.
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Dillon: *Slash grocks with my claws and tore them to pieces* Russ: *Riding my Helibike watching the fight from above* Just look at'em all. It's really a warzone out there. Boone: Well well well.
The Boys/Gallo, Boone and Nomad's Theme - Jan Hammer - Texas Ranger (Miami Vice)
Boone: How's it going there Dillon!? *Laughs* Dillon: *Tips my hat to everyone* Gallo: Still as silent as ever, nothing wrong with that. Russ: *Flew down* Wait a minute, you three are working together now? Boone: Yep. Ever since the amiimals came to the badlands, we've just be leading a squad and putting our differences aside ever since. It was A LOT of work keeping things together! Gallo: Especially getting paid while doing it. Russ: What won't you do for money? Gallo: Probably antagonist children. Russ: Valid point. Nomad: *Speaking squid* Russ: Nice to see your "English" has improved. -_- Gallo: As you can see, there have been grocks coming out of their dens nonstop, none of us know why but they've been constant in one place to the next. Russ: I thought we got rid of the grocks for good this time...it looks they might have another hive mine or a king controlling them all again. Dillon: *Nods* Russ: *Through my earpiece* Guys, we have to stay. Falco: Are you kidding? We got what we came from we don't need to stay here. Slippy: No russ is right. The conditions in his world are getting worse. We have to find out the cause of this and destroy it. Fox: Alright russ, we'll provide some support fire from up here, be careful, you too dillon. Russ: You can count on us!
Badlands Warzone Part 1 - Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Arcade) - Stage 2
*Several grocks are rushing toward everyone*
Gallo: Here they come now! Let's bring the heat! Amiimal Soldier: Yes sir!
*The amiimal gunfighters ran towards the footgrocks and stronggrocks as they shoot all their energy weapons at them including rocket launchers, fox and falco shot smart bombs to where the army of ramgrock and gungrocks are and flew back around on their arwings*
Krystal: Me and slippy got the gemgrocks! Slippy: *Ran back inside my arwing then take off and fired my lasers at them as I flew back up* Diddy: Lucario, take the crystal coconut back to the great fox, the others need our help! *Transformed into Super Diddy and flew off* Lucario: "Got it!" *Ran off back to the ship holding the crystal carefully* Mewtwo: *Threw down K Rool who has been beaten up badly by the other villains* "You have something that belong to us. Now hand it over!" K Rool: *Took cover as I shiver in fear* Lucario: "I will never hand it over!" Super DK: Hey kitty cat! Mewtwo: "Never have I heard such insolence!" Super DK: I dunno what that word means but come check this out! *Turned around and bend over* Banana power poot!! *Shot out a yellow energy orb out of my butt* <POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!>
*Mewtwo got hit by the fart orb as he flew towards a huge rock and crashed into it*
Lucario: "Thanks DK." Super DK: Don't mention it. Now get going before he gets back!
*Lucario made it back in the great fox then mewtwo flew towards super DK and grabbed his neck and started choking it*
Mewtwo: "YOU!!! I will not be humiliated by the runt of the litter!! And now I'm going to teach you a painful lesson of respect!!" *Flew up into outer space with super DK* Lucario: No, please no! Not again! Super DK: *Grunts as I struggle to get out* You look pathetic. *Weak chuckles* Fox: What's going on?! Lucario: "Mewtwo! He has DK!" *Points up* Fox: Everyone to the star ship now! *Ran off* Lucario: "Wait!" *Still holding the coconut, looks to it then close my eyes to make a wish*
*The Coconut granted Lucario wish as it glowed then stopped. DK is back down safely and everyone escaped the planet including Russ and Dillon*
Super DK: Oh hey I'm back, I did say the crystal coconut was useful. Russ: Wait! Take us back! I can't just leave the planet, the grocks are still roaming around! Falco: Now isn't the time. If you two go back alone Mewtwo will capture you both without hesitation. Russ: But our home.. Dillon: *Is mad as I walk off to cool down* Lucario: *Gave DK the coconut* "I'm sorry.." *walks off to meditate* Mewtwo: "That's right, run you cowards." *Flew away back to the villain's battleship* K Rool: *Got out of hiding slowly then sighs* Man he don't play.. I have to get back to the island some how-_- Mewtwo: "K rool." K Rool: *Shrieks then ducks down* Don't hurt me again!!! Mewtwo: "I will do more than "hurt" you. Because if this happens again, I will not be as merciful last time." *Floats away* "Least you done something right, we're done here."
*The villains battleship flew out of the planet while the battle is still going on*
Badlands Warzone Part 2 / Giant Diamongrock Airship - Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Arcade) - Stage 8
*The giant diamondgrock airship came out of the sky*
Peppy: Jeez louse what is that?! Russ: That's what I was trying to tell you! Krystal: Okay we'll help with this battle of yours! Tell us what to do! Russ: Go into the ship's core, it's how it's controlling all the grocks, though you'd have to break its outer shell to enter inside. Super DK: Leave that to super donkey kong! *Walks out of the great fox* Fox: DK you must save your energy. You can't use your super form constantly! Falco: Leave it to us this time. You get your rest. Super DK: Guys I'm fine really, I just need to blast the....the....
*All of a sudden donkey kong's super form vanished as DK slowly became dizzy*
DK: Whoooooa I don't feel so good....welp there I go! *Fell to the ground* Diddy: DK! Lucario: "We better take him inside." Diddy: Guys, I'm leaving everything in your hands now. Fox: Let's get going guys.
*All the star fox team flew into their arwings, dillon came back and went onto fox's arwing and went toward the giant diamondgrock battleship as it roars*
Fox: Remember, don't fall off. Dillon: *Nods* Falco: Whoa that thing is alive! Russ: *Through earpiece* Yeah, they all tend to be like that, just watch out for it's mouth. Falco: Got it. DK: *Laid in bed then tried to get out but still exhausted* No wait wait I'm not done...I'm not.... Diddy: Easy easy, just rest okay? Lucario: "You've done enough for one day. Now get some sleep" DK: Man.. I really want to help but this Super is preventing me.. Diddy: As do I but our lives also matter. *Laid besides DK to get some rest* Lucario: "Diddy kong is right. You must learn to conserve your energy and master at only transforming when you need to and not want to. The ancient kongs of the past gave you this transformation for a reason. You must also learn to use your inner chi wisely when fighting and if you have to, learn to improve your super kong form and gain more power to defeat stronger enemies. Remember that donkey kong." *Walks off* DK: *Groans annoyingly as I held my head then got an idea* oOoOO ^~^ Diddy: DK? I know that look. You're not using that coconut. DK: Oh come on... Diddy: That is taking a shortcut and you know it. We don't know if you'll grow unstable. DK: Fine.. I wonder how the others are doing. Diddy: Me too actually.
>>Meanwhile with Banjo Kazooie<<
Spyro: So wait...why did we come here again? Aku Aku: There is a gem located on this planet. Slippy gave me the location and we are not far from it. Spyro: Just making sure. Sparx: *Buzzes* Aku Aku: Yes I know this place might seem strange but it'll be worth it.
*Gruntilda Winkybunion's laughter echoes*
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Fox: Me and dillon found it's weakspot. I'm going in! *Shoot the lasers from my arwing to destroy the entrance inside the diamondgrock airship*
Inside the Diamondgrock Ship/Serious Up - Wild Arms 3 OST 11 - Blood, Tears, and the Dried-Up Wasteland
Slippy: *Making sure the ship is stabled and raised the shields* All set prepare to fire through!
*Minutes later the ship finally gave out and exploded sending shockwaves out into space*
Slippy: Everyone hold on!! DK: Whoa! What was that?! Those shockwaves felt like the time when I destroyed my outhouse during sushi night. Diddy: *Laughs* You got that right. They must have taken out the ship.  
The War is over/All is peaceful again - Wild Arms 3 OST 09 - Parting--Bonds--Setting Out
*The grocks stopped moving as the amiimal mercenaries cheered for their victory*
Boone: WOOOWEE!!! That oughta shut'em up! Gallo: For a bunch of offworlders they're not half-bad. Nomad: *Speaking squid* Gallo: I'll just say you agreed to what I said. Fox: Hope the others are okay. Slippy: They are. They just got the next gem and is on their way back now. Spyro: *Through earpiece* Hey guys, we're on our way. Fox: I know. Slippy told us. Spyro: It was too easy, I mean we found it at a birds nest and no one was- Gruntilda Winkybunion: You're not going anywhere! *Evil laughs* Spyro: Wait who are yo-
*There was nothing but static*
Fox: Spyro?! Spyro!
Time to Leave - Wild Arms 3 OST 19 - Walking into the Heart of the Sunset's Light
Russ: You guys really work well as a team ya know that? Gallo and Boone: For now. Boone: What are you guys gonna do now? Russ: Me and Dillon still have a job to do but we'll be back. Eventually, until everything is done. Fox: *Ran back to the others* Guys! Spyro is in trouble we have to get to them and fast! Krystal: What?! Falco: Russ, dillon! Get your furry butts back here, we gotta go! Russ: That's our cue. See you guys soon! *Ran back in the great fox with dillon* Boone: Later little guy! Dillon! Gallo: Happy trails!
*The great fox took off into space as soon as dillon and russ came back inside*
Diddy: Say fox? Fox: Yes diddy? Diddy: That fighting style from the smash bros tourney days...what was it? Fox: It was the fox style jeet kune do, learned it myself, why you ask? Diddy: I want to expand my fighting style because unlike donkey I want to adapt and learn new things. Fox: Is that so? Diddy: Yeah plus it's more my speed cause of my...hyperactive nature. Fox: Tell you what, after we rescue Spyro and everyone else I'll gladly teach you some fighting skills. Diddy: Thanks, I'd like that^^
Find out what happens next - Dragon Ball Z Episode Ending Theme
Narrator: Is this really the end of Spyro and crash, has that evil witch Gruntilda Winkybunion really got the better of the crossover team? No one knows for sure, but it seems that DK and his friends will have an answer to that question soon enough. But what of King K Rool and his other villains, have they looked up to Mewtwo instead of him, and will k rool manage to find the power he needed to restore his honor and his authority? Will the team be able to find the fruity gem as well? Find out on the next exciting episode of donkey kong z!
Next Episode/Last Episode -  Dragon Ball Z ost - The Saga Continues
Narrator: Next time on donkey kong Z! DK and friends have arrived at Banjo's World at Spiral Mountain when Gruntilda Winkybunion came in to give the surprise attack, banjo saved the day and reunited with diddy kong after all these years but the conversation will have to cut short as they still need to find Spyro and crash who are being held captive by gruntilda herself along with Papaya, Lemon and Pineapple fruit gems into her possession, they must make their way to their lair and defeat gruntilda to save Spyro and crash. Will they succeed or will they fail? Find out on donkey kong Z!
ED - Dragon Ball - Makafushigi Adventure (Opening 1 HQ Audio)
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sleepysandy · 2 years
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fmab ep 11 rewatch
nooo this so sad
love it when female characters have interests outside of men
winry slay
sis just give yhe watch back
if ure gonna pickpocket u have to know what u can and not steal
like its too risky if u wanna sell that watch
cant believe 15 year old winry is going to deliver a baby
if i had a nickel for everytime a 15 year old girl delivers a baby i would have 2
cant believe both fmab and atla did that
was the vagina stitched up
not the pics :(
i like eds fit
the cropped jacket and bratz boots
woah didnt notice greed was in the wanted posters
ep 12
i did not expect hohenheim to have that personality
since ed makes it seem like hes not nice
izumi my queen
ed so angsty
noooo
hits hard for the curtis fam :(
i dont even know how to clean an animal to cook and eat it
like do i remove the bones or something
i dont think ants have taste
the few times ive accidentally eaten them
hmm maybe they do actually
i block them out of memory
its the circle of life or whatevuh
and they did reach the truth
why wont they hug man
id love a sensei and student hug rn
YES A HUG
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
ep 13
huh its still season 1
i know its all technically one season
but i kinda divide it into the ops
wait why was greed tracking ed
mustang besties
ahh i remember now
is this the first mention of the homunculus
speaking of
where the hell is barry
ed u shouldve just taken up the offer
think rationally once ed lmao
yass break that arm ed
i wanna see winry again
wonder what wc means
ep 14
roy hey
this was a vry confusing ep when i first watched it
al crawling lmaoo
slay armstrong
all the men have the slutty skin tight shirt that has abs imprint
i appreciate that
fma said dilf supremacy
so al did not catch any of that
damn this so sad
not greeds besties
damn greed getting ate up
why didnt al know something was up when bradley knew the armor was empty
noo
now bradley got his eye on sensei
oh damn armstrong didnt even say anything abt hughes
i cant believe i didnt even think of the alchemy circle in the city
like the city is already laid out like that
tbf i thought they wouldnt do it again since they already did that the first ep
i totally thought ed would have to kill his own dad
hmm they revealed a lot in the first season
but it takes like 4 to fix all that
ugh this kid
ep 15
huh so scar still going on with this
even tho the head already said to stop
the second op aint as good
like not a lot of symbolism
cool action shots tho
why was scar pissed at the panda
oh its barry
riza in a skirt with a slit wow
i love her
winry <<<333
ooh the sub just says alchemy but in the netflix one its alkahestry
i cant wait till they join forces
not the grandpa
remembered whats gonna happen in the last season :(
ey that was in the op
ling knows what hes doing tho
i love this ed
i also like how the op and ed will always have one female artist
i think fruits basket was like that too
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ghhgh can i get a madcom matchup please? the brainrot is REAL. I'm a trans guy, he/him, 5'5, pale bc who sees sunlight anymore, on the chubbier side, with blonde (light brown?) hair and freckles! I'm charismatic, a jokester, and my heart is bigger than my brain. I'm the friend who wants to go on adventures and do crimes, and i'll cover any booboos with cartoon banaids bc hell yeah. i love to play video games and love to cook too! I'm a crybaby and have a hard time shutting up abt things i love
omg op come here so I can hug u... CARTOON BANDAIDS. YOU ARE SO CUTE!?!?!?!?!? also I felt that madcom brainrot shit way too hard. Enjoy :]!!!
You got a match! You're matched with...
Deimos!
<3
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Definitely met him at an some type of con
Wow they still have those in NEVADA???
He recognized a reference on your shirt and wanted to talk to you smack then and there
Boom bam pow best friends instantly
You two fit like two peas in a pod, constantly bouncing off of each other in improv situations
You fail to notice how he constantly peeks at you and your face, he likes your freckles a lot :]
You invite him to your house because it was late at night, but he offered to take you back to his place instead /nsx
You agreed because Of Course
He tells you about cool technology facts during the walk home :) he even felt comfortable enough to hold your hand awww
Unfortunately the sweet moments didn't last too long because this is Nevada, obviously
Some punks decided to blast down the street BLASTING music
They seemed rowdy and janky, and generally disrespectful
Some of them noticed you two walking along and the car began to slow down near you two
"You guys better not be doing any gay shit!" One of them shouted
Others were being rude and shouting very offensive things
Deimos glared DAGGERS at them
Meanwhile without a second thought you stole Deimos' secret gun from his bag and whipped around, firing a warning shot straight past one of the guys' head
You batted your eyelashes at their shock
"You guys gonna keep being homophobic? Cause I can keep shooting, and this time it'll aim straight at every one of you guys' heads!"
The driver made a quick u-turn and ZOOMED
You muttered something along the lines like "yeah thats right run away like cowards"
You gave Deimos back his gun and he was OOOOOHH
He freaked out, saying stuff like "I DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE GOOD AT HANDLING GUNS???"
"Deimos this is Nevada what do you expect"
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN"
He now thinks you're cute AND cool as fuck
Obviously he begged for you to play some first person shooters after he introduced you to everyone else
He loved it no regerts
God you two really do just swing well together
You cooked breakfast for everyone the next morning, and Deimos automatically rose out of the bed from that good ass SMELL
Don't tell any of the other guys but he liked your cooking the best
He got too eager and burned his hand on the food lol
You smiled devilishly
"My time has come"
You whipped out a cartoon bandaid out of nowhere and placed it gently on Deimos' burn, even kissing it a little 😳
"How do you keep DUMBFOUNDING ME"
Later that day he just straight up. Asked you to date him. Out of the blue
"Hey lol wanna date"
"Holy shit," you had to do a double take to process that
Hell yeah fuck shit up and shoot people
-yours and deimos' motto
Deimos is so fun to write he's just a very chaotic good gen z themed man,, hope you liked it OP!! Thank you for requesting :3
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Restless Rewatch: The Untamed Episode 17 second part
(Masterpost) (Previous Post) (Pinboard)
Warning: Spoilers for All 50 Episodes!!
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Breaking Good
Wen Qing comes to visit Wen Ning in their backyard meth lab, and tells him that he fucked up a recipe, merely by taking a whiff of the concoction. She uses the approved "wave fumes toward self" way of smelling that you learn in high school science if you live in a country that believes in teaching science, which OP does not.
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Wen Ning wants to know if they are going to have a feud, and she tells him there already is one. She tells explains to him that they're good Wens, not evil Wens, and that Jiang Cheng is fucked, and they should send the Jiangs away in the morning before Wen Chao comes around. 
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Wen Ning whines at her about all of this, shifting into little-brother persona and acting like he didn't just take down 40 of Wen Chao's soldiers in a single night. He does this same persona shifting in his later unlife, with Wei Wuxian. When there is trouble, he's extremely effective, and can even tail WWX and Lan Wangji without getting caught, but then he is hopeless when dealing with turnips or children. 
Here, it seems like a version of Wei Wuxian's own little-brother persona, in which he pretends to be helpless so that his sister can take care of him.
#studyblr
Wei Wuxian comes into Wen Qing's head shop to ask her for medical books. He loves his brother so much he's volunteering for a research project. We've seen him be clever before; we've seen circumstantial evidence that he's a good student, but now we're going to see him actually buckling down and doing intellectual work.
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Wen Qing thinks its hopeless and wants Wei Wuxian to get some rest. But he gives her puppydog eyes, so she sets him up in her library.
Wei Wuxian reads a huge pile of medical books and learns interesting things about the human body.   
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(more after the cut)
Hopefully he does not splotch ink all over them while he holds this wet brush directly over the page. Why does he even have a brush in his hand? Is he taking notes in the margin? 
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Wen Qing eventually tells him to take a break and go see Jiang Yanli.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Jiang Yanli is tending to Jiang Cheng, gently telling him to suck it up by citing their father, which is probably not the greatest idea. 
Yanli's wearing dark blue with white and looks awesome.  It's not Gusu Lan blue, but the blue and white is an interesting choice for the excruciating heart to heart they're about to have.  
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Wei Wuxian shows up looking terrible, or the Xiao Zhan version of terrible, i.e. handsome and a little scruffy. But also worn out, unhappy, and fragile.
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Jiang Yanli wants him to rest, but he wants to find a way to repair Jiang Cheng's core, and his mind races, trying to think of where he can get books and who can help him. His thoughts instantly go to Cloud Recesses and Lan Wangji. His face lights up at the thought that Lan Wangji will help him, and he hops up, ready to dash off and find him.
The first time I watched this I was like, dude yes you’re in love, but you can’t just dash off to find Lan Wangji, not when there’s a war on.  This time I was like, actually wow things would turn out a whole lot better if you got Lan Wangji to help you, instead of coming up with your own plan.
Mother Mother Can You Tell Me
Jiang Yanli tells him to slow his roll.  He's pushing himself too hard and she's afraid he will collapse. Then Wei Wuxian comes out and says what's driving him: maybe all these disasters are his fault.
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It's telling, I think, that he cites Madame Yu, not Jiang Cheng, in this moment, even though Jiang Cheng has blamed him much more thoroughly and consistently. He's talking about one mother figure, to another mother figure, and looking for absolution.
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He super does not get what he's looking for.
Jiang Yanli slowly lets go of him and goes the fuck off. She asks, rhetorically, what he's to blame for, and then lists off all of the shit that's happened.  She finishes up by saying, look at our situation; blaming won't help anything. 
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It's unclear, because language/translation, if her answer is "it doesn't matter who's to blame" I.E. "yes, it's your fault, but I'm letting it go" or if she is saying "how does blaming yourself help anything?" I.E. "it's not your fault, stop being a drama llama."
Her body language, though, seems pretty blameful - she lets go of him, yells at him, sits down and turns away from him.  And his reaction is not one of shared grief, or of someone who is trying to get over himself; he's totally crushed, and he literally never unburdens himself to her again.  Even when he asks her, much later, about love, he immediately backs out of the conversation. 
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There is no violence in this moment and her reaction is understandable, but this is kind of similar to that one time when his brother choked him in a beautiful field of grass, in order to make himself feel better. 
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Then she kind of relents and takes his hand, telling him that she needs him and reminding him that he promised that they will go back to Lotus Pier. I don't remember him promising this, but okay. 
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He puts his head on her lap and he cries, she cries, comatose Jiang Cheng cries; FUCK this episode.  
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Jiang Cheng manages to cry only one tear and does it on the side of his face that his siblings can't see because he's not going to give them the satisfaction of sharing this moment with him, I guess.
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When Wei Wuxian puts his head on Jiang Yanli's lap, it's part of a ritual for them, that they both are comforted by; he does it again much later, after they return to Lotus Pier. But this ritual does not actually do anything to relieve his burdens. As a male adult, and the only Jiang Clan disciple with any abilities, it falls to him to save the clan, whatever it takes, and he is heavily aware of it.
Wen Qing comes along and sees the sweet part of this complicated Shijie-Shidi dynamic, and decides to help with Wei Wuxian's research project. When the trio had just lost their parents, gotten sick, been pursued by enemies, & had one of Yanli's little brothers horribly wounded, Wen Qing was like, eh, I'll do the doctor stuff but that's it. But lap-crying is another level. 
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Wen Qing: Nooo don't put your head on her knees I failed my saving throw
Group Project
Wen Qing goes and cleans up the mess in the library, putting everything in order and settling in to read systematically. Wen Qing probably has the prettiest bullet journal. (OP looks proudly at the 100 loose slips of paper and piles of random stuff on her own desk)
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Wei Wuxian has shaved and rested and comes in with a tray of food for Wen Qing, and then goes to his table in the back to start working. He claims he made "porridge" for her and that she has to eat to gain strength, and she gives him an intrigued expression.  This moment is just blatant het baiting.  
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In fact the food he brings her is clearly not porridge, which might just be a translation error, but also he totally can't cook, so it's not clear if he's joking and Yanli or Wen Ning made the food, or if this is just inedible.
The Things We Do For Love
Yanli is working in the meth lab and coughing a lot. Yanli's chronic illness is a sign of what's to come for Wei Wuxian, because strong cultivators don't get sick. Yet Yanli, as a physically vulnerable person, who has either a weak golden core, or none, is still intrinsically valuable.  Her presence in this scene is a reminder that Jiang Cheng's life is not, actually, over; he just feels like it is.
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While Yanli cooks the meth, Wei Wuxian and Wen Qing have a study montage that is the equivalent of a training montage, except without "Eye of the Tiger" on the soundtrack.
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Jiang Cheng remains unconscious. Apparently if you stick nails in the top of someone's head, you make them sleep, and in the back of their head, you turn them into part of your zombie army. Fortunately Wen Qing's aim is good. Jiang Cheng is looking devastatingly handsome as usual the TV version of unwell, and has grown a perfect Dorito-chip of stubble on his chin to go with his new 'stache.
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Eventually Wei Wuxian changes back into his non-vampire robe and he finds the answer in an old scroll book. The Ikea instruction picture shows arrows going from the guy on the left to the guy on the right.  Clearly it's not a great procedure for the guy on the left.
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Wei Wuxian's face shows us exactly how not great. 
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Like walking in the rain and the snow and there’s no place to go and you’re feeling like a part of you is dying
He goes outside and gazes up at the trees and the sky as he contemplates the sacrifice that circumstance is forcing on him. He's not even making a choice at this point; his choice was made the moment he found the procedure. But it's going to be a tremendous loss for him. He values sword cultivation at least as much as Jiang Cheng does; he even fell in love with a boy over crossed swords. So he sits and just kind of comes to terms with this new understanding of his future. (Big gifs here)
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Wen Qing finds him sitting, stunned, on the porch. She doesn't know what's up so she just sits quietly with him until he's ready to tell her.
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She doesn't love the plan.  
Thunder, Th-th-thunder
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Wen Ning is bringing food up when he sees them arguing, and he is startled by situationally appropriate thunder and lightning. Having recently watched The Lost Tomb Reboot I've come to expect thunder and lighting to appear on cue in any possible situation, so the fact that this mini-storm clears right up again doesn't bother me.
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What About You?
Wen Ning dashes inside to see what Mom and Dad are fighting about. They're having a polite shouting match because Wen Qing refuses to yank out Wei Wuxian's core. 
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Wen Qing: I hate the idea of harming you Wei Wuxian: I don’t even understand that sentence
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Wei Wuxian doesn’t, of course, feel that he is important in any way, and ignores her concerned and appalled expressions in favor of telling her to just do it anyway. Amazingly, this does not convince her. 
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OP’s 177cm-tall son keeps telling her this
Then Wei Wuxian plays the "you know Jiang Cheng" card, which...I guess she does? Maybe he was chatting her up more than we saw in Cloud Recesses? He hasn't given her the comb or anything yet. Wei Wuxian explains that Jiang Cheng cares about gain and loss, and cultivation is his life. If he can only be ordinary the rest of his life will be ruined.
Wen Qing asks the question that nobody ever asks him: What about you? 
Wei Wuxian has literally nothing to say to that, possibly because the question is so new to him. 
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Wen Ning doesn't know what's going on but comes squarely in on team Wei, of course, and begs his sister to Do The Thing.  How fucking horrified is Wen Ning going to be when he learns what The Thing is? What he is personally going to help do to his beloved friend? Yikes.   
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Wen Qing caves, warning them that the chance of success is only 50 percent. Wei Wuxian is happy to take those odds.
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Lan Wangji, projecting his voice from Episode 46: fifty percent, are you fucking kidding me?
Soundtrack: 1. Mother Mother by Tracy Bonham 2. The Things We Do For Love by 10cc 3. Thunder by Imagine Dragons
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kurohoely · 3 years
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Hi. Is there any way we could get headcanons/or a story where the s/o that’s from America and her boy (mad dog/kuroo/Suga/daichi/hinata/kags) take her out for karaoke and she sings a country song and surprises them?
hello! thank you so much for requesting this TwT i can only imagine the chaos for these characters kskskss (i’m sorry i didn’t do mad dog idk him too well) i did it this with a twist so i hope you’re okay with this one :’D sorry it took me this long
haikyuu boys karaoke shenanigans with their s/o - kuroo, suga, daichi, hinata, kageyama
genre: crack but i highkey did soft fluff :’))
wc: 1k
a/n: all boys are in time skip hehe no proofread please enjoy!! likes and reblogs are very much appreciated :D
Hinata
After having a long distance relationship with Hinata, you both finally meet each other here in America
Poor baby was so jet lagged the first few days, so both of you just chill at your place before starting the road trip
You both drove to the long, mother road of Route 66
Just the two of you cruising in the sunset
Your shared playlist was on shuffle, then a classic old country song played
Hinata was confused why this song was here inside the playlist
Then he heard your voice
You tapped your fingers on the windowsill, following the rhythm
You sang along, hitting the notes perfectly
Hinata turned his head, looking at you in awe
He always knew the range of genre you listen to but somehow it slipped his mind that country is probably your childhood jam song
His eyes soften seeing you in this state
“If you really liked country songs you should put more into the playlist. I would love to hear it more”
Blushing cheeks, both of you and no it's not because of the sunset
This smooth ass sunshine
Kageyama
You both went out shopping at your favorite thrift store
Need a new spring jacket because why not
He practically followed you around the whole time because he’s afraid of getting lost (cue shiratorizawa bus scene)
Suddenly, a leather jacket caught Kageyama eyes
“This would look good on them”
He brings that leather jacket to you
When he approached you, you were karaokeing softly to the song played in-store
Kageyama has zero idea what song it is since it was the first time he heard it and it had come from you
But he enjoyed it nonetheless
Actually more to liking the part where he discovered something new about you today
You swayed your body left and right and when you turned around
“What the hell Tobio you can at least say hello”
“No it’s okay, I was enjoying the show. Here, thought this might look good on you”
You tried the jacket on and it fits perfectly
“After this, you wanna go to a real karaoke” he smirked
You punched his arms softly and both of you laughed
Suga
It has been so long since both of you went out and spend time together
Since you’re both tired of work, you want to let out some steam, having some random fun
You both went to downtown, seeing all the local trinkets shop that they have
Went to buy coffee, window shopping and tried some random Sephora make-up that you know you can never afford (but lets just imagine that Suga would buy it on your birthday)
While walking, you spot a coin karaoke
Gosh how long has it been that you went to karaoke?
“Hey love, do you wanna go karaoke with me?”
“Sure! I bet I can beat you”
You started off with your inner weeb by singing the classic, the OG - KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE
Suga, lowkey being a Swiftie - sang Love Story
Enough hype song, you both turned down the energy by singing blues and calming ones
You forgot that you put one old country song that your parent/guardian sang to you in the car when you were younger
Suga eyes went wide, confused
You picked up the mic and start singing
“Wow y/n I didn’t know you can SING sing”
We all know he sat and just hyping you up and throwing praises how talented his s/o is
After you finished singing, he pulled you into a hug
“Let’s stay together until we have no more surprises” and he kissed your forehead
i am truly soft for hypeman soft suga :””)
Daichi
It’s Friday night which means soft loving hours are open!
You were preparing some snacks and dinner for your movie marathon tonight
Daichi is gonna be a bit late so you have lots and lots of time to prepare
You put your apron and start cooking and blasted your songs on shuffle
Daichi pushed the door and let himself in
You didn't hear him because the music was too loud
Daichi was taken aback the fact that this is his first time hearing an American country music
And you were bopping to it wholeheartedly
Daichi is shooketh
While you were stirring the pot, he went and hugged you from behind
Almost needed to have a takeout for dinner
“I experience new things every day. How long will it take until I know everything about you?”
Blush, blush, more BLUSH
“Aww it’s okay Dai, we have lots more days to know about each other :)”
“Maybe next time we should actually bring you to karaoke and teach me some more of that genre”
Best. Cuddle. Night. Ever.
Kuroo
Today is game night
Kuroo just got back from celebrating their win for the season
Pretty drunk but sober enough to play some more fun with you
Thought that game would be hard for him to actually focus, you asked how bout a late night karaoke instead
Thank God this apartment is soundproof or else rip neighbors
He knows you’re from America and he wanted to be the coolest boyfriend ever by showing off that he knows his s/o in and out
Cute
He picked Whitney Houston’s song
Idk where he got it but okay
Pretty good pretty fair for some Tokyo city boi
You were fired up, can’t let this rooster head beat you in your own songs pfft
So you skipped to the next country song in queue
You were singing so passionately trying to rile up Kuroo
But he just sat there and was mesmerized by your vocal range
After singing, you turned your head wanting to tease him but met with his adoring face
But of course, knowing Kuroo he won’t tell you what he feels (just yet)
Sober enough to keep his pride
“Babe cut me some slack will ya? That's like me singing any Naruto OP because I’m Japanese!”
He pouts (PLITH SO CUTE)
“Awww bub at least now you know not to mess with me again haha”
He tackled you for cuddles
That day he swore to never gonna mess with you again (sike)
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Too Loose And You’ll Lose It
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Ch1: GI Joe And Army Barbie Co-Written with @icanfeelastormbrewing​
Intro: Following the Child Sex Trafficking job, The Losers all go their own way for a break before they are due back in Fairfax County. Stella is enjoying some quiet time with her mother.
 And Jensen.
 But, it isn’t ever quiet where he is involved.
Warnings: Bad Language words.
Pairing: Jake Jensen x OFC Stella Stevenson.
A/N:  So here it is! We’ve been waiting to bring you this one for a LOOOOONG time, and we hope we don’t disappoint. We can’t wait to dive into this fic! We pick up in 2007, roughly 2 years or so before the events of the Losers Film (in our head anyway) and we can’t wait to cram it full of adventure. Please let us know what you think with a reblog and a comment.
TLAYLI Masterlist // Main Masterlist
Prologue
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May 2007
Stella and her mom sat in the kitchen of her childhood home in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was late morning one Friday morning, the day after she had returned home following debriefs at the CIA base in DC. It had been an emotional reunion, not having seen her mother for almost 8 months in person. They’d stayed up late with a bottle of wine before retiring to bed and after a lazy morning she had eaten a huge breakfast of pancakes, bacon and eggs, god knows how many rounds of toast and some decent coffee.
“Have you had enough to eat honey?” Her mom asked.
“Yup, honestly I’m stuffed, Ma. It feels good to be eating home cooked food for a change.” She smiled.
“Yeah, well, God only knows what you’ve been eating out there.” Julie mumbled as Stella smiled at her mom’s typical mother concern.
“So when are you due back in the office?” Julie pressed and Stella’s smile grew even wider at her mom’s name for the George Bush Centre for Intelligence in Fairfax County, the CIA HQ where The Losers would be based predominantly when they weren’t running missions.
“I have another week of leave. They gave me longer seeing as I was down there for so long. Clay and the rest only got a few days, much to Jake’s disgust, he heads back over there Monday.” Stella shook her head snorting “You know if he had his way he would be on permanent leave, drinking and watching football on TV.”
“He hasn’t changed then?” Julie grinned.
“Nope.”
“I bumped into his mom the other day at the supermarket.” Stella’s mom continued.
“Yeah? How is Janet?”
“She’s good.” Julie nodded “John has been building a new shed for the garden…or maybe it was a summer house. Either way, they were planning on having a BBQ soon when Gracie finishes school”
“Sounds good, have you seen them much at all recently?” Stella asked.
“We’ve got together a few times yes. Which reminds me….” Julie narrowed her eyes “She told me Jake has been back in the US now for 12 months. You tell him from me he’s gonna get a slap for not coming over to see me when he came back home to visit.”
Stella laughed “I’ll make sure he knows how disgusted you are in him, don’t worry.”
They sat chatting for a little while longer before Julie stood up to clear the plates, waving away Stella’s offer of help, as she always did when she was home. Stella headed into the lounge, picked up her laptop and opened up her browser, dialling into her military account. About 15 minutes later Julie walked in.
“What are you doing?”
“I got some paper work and stuff to sort, you know for the accommodation in the Condo that Clay sent me through.” Julie shook her head, “You know, Estella, I really wish you’d get a normal job-“
Stella sighed “Ma, don’t start…”
“You’re as stubborn as your father and look where that got him!”
“Wow.” Stella looked up, arching her eyebrow. “Nice. Good guilt trip.”
“You’re my little girl.” Julie’s voice grew quiet. “ I worry. And I miss you. “I know, but…this is my job. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” Stella shrugged “But now, I’m home and…I’m not on tour all the time. I’ll be back for a week once very month and, well, you still have Rey, she literally lives 10 minutes away!”
Julie rolled her eyes “For all the good that does. She only visits when she wants food or to complain about something.”
Stella seized the opportunity to divert the conversation and she snorted “Complain about what? Which fucking sports car Richard wants to buy her next. Or because he doesn’t like whatever pretentious middle name she has planned for their first born?” Before Julie could reply they both heard the back door open to the kitchen and a familiar voice called “Yo, Stevensons…” Julie looked at Stella who rolled her eyes. “Speak of the devil…”
Jensen appeared in the doorway to the lounge, grinning “Oh, we’re you talking about me gorgeous?”
“No I was, and how you’ve been home on US soil for almost a year and not paid me one visit Jacob.” Julie glared at him, folding her arms.
“Oooh the full name. Am I in trouble?” Jensen grinned.
“Yes, you damned well are JJ.” Julie said, opening her arms “Now come here…”
Grinning Jensen stepped forward to give Stella’s mum a hug, pulling back with a yelp as she slapped him round the head.
“Shit, Jules!! What the hell was that for?”
“I told you! Your mother was telling me just the other day you’ve been back to Manchester now a few times and didn’t even think of paying me a visit?”
“Sorry Jules, been busy”
Julie narrowed her eyes “Busy doing what?”
“Wow. I really am in trouble huh.” Jensen shrugged. Stella snorted and Jensen looked over at where she was concentrating on the screen of her laptop. “What you doing Stel?” Stella let out a sigh at the same time her mother did, before Julie headed back into the kitchen.
“What’s going on?” Jensen asked, watching Julie leave before he turned to Stella “Am I supposed to sigh now?” “I was just filling in the paper work for the condo.” She replied as Jake sat next to her “Mom still isn’t a big fan of me being in the military. Swear she still thinks I’m 10 or something.”
“Well I know for a fact you aren’t” Jensen flashed her his trademark goofy smile and Stella slapped his arm.
“Shut up JJ” “Ouch…!” Jake rubbed his arm “Stel, be gentle.” She rolled her eyes and he reached for her laptop “Ok, let me see…” he glanced at the computer “You know this thing is totally outdated?”
“It does a job, I don’t care.” “Speaking of jobs…” Jensen looked towards the kitchen door, “How about you and me…”
“Jesus Jake!” Stella looked at him as he grinned “Here, whilst my mom is home? You have issues.”
“Didn’t bother you 10 years ago…”
“Yeah, well I didn’t know any better, you’re living proof of that. And besides, I’ve grown up since then. You should try it.” “Hmmm, you know one of the perks of being Black Ops means we all get our own private digs in the Condo” he wiggled his eyebrows.
“I swear to god Jake, you’re a fucking nightmare.” Stella rubbed her temples “Why are you here?”
“Came to invite you to the Petunia’s game tomorrow. It’s been a while since we went out on a date babe.”
“A while?” Stella shook her head laughing. “Your concept of time measurement really amazes me.” Jake chuckled “So whaddya say?” he asked, giving her a goofy grin.
“Yeah why not?” Stella asked “Which girl wouldn’t dream of going to watch an under 8’s girl soccer game? Can’t believe my luck.” “Don’t be a whiny bitch!” Jake rolled his eyes “We’re meeting Pooch and his girl later in the evening for drinks.”
“Great, so now it’s turned into a double date.” She rolled her eyes.
“Why you being so grumpy Stel?” Jake frowned.
Stella sighed “Sorry Jakey…just..oh I dunno, I guess mom just pissed me off a bit that’s all. Bringing up my dad, suggesting I’m gonna go the same way he did.”
Jake pondered this for a moment before he took a deep breath. “You know she’s just worried about you that’s all.”
Stella smiled “I know…I know. Doesn’t help I can’t really tell her what I’m doing, other than running CIA tasked missions.”
“Come’ ere…” Jake threw an arm round her and she leaned into him, laying her head on his shoulder. “How about I help you fill that paper work out and then we can head and grab some lunch or a drink, whatever.”
“Now that’s actually quite a good idea.”
Jensen smiled and gently kissed her head. “It happens occasionally.”
Stella looked up at him “Guess it’s my lucky day then.”
“Well mine was like 10 years ago so guess I can say about time Stel.”
“Smooth…” she rolled her eyes and he shrugged, dipping his head and pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss, but before it could go any deeper another loud voice rang out from the kitchen and Stella pulled away giving a groan.
“Just what I fucking need.”
Jensen grimaced at the sound of Stella’s eldest sister as her airey tone grew louder, before the door to the lounge opened
“Aww GI Joe and Army Barbie are back in town.”  
“Fuck off Aubrey.” Stella looked up at where her sister was stood leaning in the doorframe.
“Hello to you too.” Aubrey rolled her eyes.
“S’up Rey? How’s Dick?” Jensen grinned at her. Stella nudged him, trying hard not to smirk
“You know full well his name is Rick, Jacob.” Aubrey replied with a bored tone. “You were at the wedding after all.
“Yeah…” Jensen mused “Still looks like a Dick to me.”
At that Stella snorted and he flashed her a quick wink. She loved how he always had her back against her sister and her snobby bastard husband. Aubrey merely rolled her eyes, she was well used to Jake and his quips by now.
“Yeah laugh all you want losers” and with that she left and made her way to the kitchen
“Well, she’s not wrong we are Losers.” Jake shrugged “Yeah but she doesn’t know, let’s keep it that way.” Stella sighed, before she shook her head “I don’t know how your sister is still friends with her, I mean out of choice? Really?
“Well, us Jensens are made to please.”
At that point Julie re-entered the living room “Jake are you staying for lunch or are you expected anywhere else to please today? I’m making lasagne.”
“Mom we literally ate breakfast an hour ago.” Stella looked up at her and Julie smiled.
“I know, but I’m making the pasta from fresh and have a few other things to do so it won’t be ready for a while.  You two do your…thing and let me know what you decide. Rick and Rey are staying, he’s coming later so…” “Can’t wait.” Stella deadpanned.
“Please don’t start Estella…” Julie shot her a look.
“Anyway, change of subject…how is her shit soap selling?” Jake leaned back on the sofa and Stella snorted.
“Ask her, I dare you.  I’d pay to see her face.”
“I’d do it for free if it makes you smile.”
“You two, behave if you’re staying.” Julie said sternly, pointing at them both.
“You gonna be pissed if we don’t stay?” Stella looked at her mom.
“I’ll be more pissed if you do and don’t behave.” The reply came back.
“Cross my heart Jules…” Jensen made the sign over his chest “Best behaviour. Anything for your lasagne.”
“Glad to hear it Jake.” Julie raised her eyebrow and then turned from the room.
“Looks like we’re staying then.” Stella looked at Jensen who merely grinned back.
“Sorry Stel, but you know I love verbal sparring with Rick the Prick.”
She snorted “You’re a bad man JJ” “I’m your bad man.” He winked.
Stella looked at him, cocking her head to one side trying to figure out what exactly he meant. As far as she was concerned he wasn’t after anything serious. Especially seeing he was the one that broke it off 8 years ago. Sure they’d fallen into the whole friends with benefits thing but it was no strings and all that…
She took a deep breath, cleared her throat and nodded to her laptop “So, er…forms?”
****
Two hours later they were still filling in the damned paperwork, Stella having a lot to complete…that and the fact they’d been distracted a bit by laughing and joking around, Jake showing her on Google Maps the location of a few good restaurants and bars not too far from the Condo to head to. They both looked up as Julie walked back into the lounge to tell them lunch would be ready in 20. They finished up what they were doing before walking into the Kitchen where Stella was greeted by her brother-in-law with his usual stiff hug, whereas Jake took great delight in pumping his hand up and down furiously, grinning at him.
Stella shook her head, smiling to herself as they all sat down outside in the garden, making the most of the nice weather, and began to eat. Richard was telling some boring tale from his office and Jensen was hanging off his every word, pretending to give a shit when Stella knew nothing could be further from the truth. He was merely waiting for his opportunity, which was handed to him a few minutes later by Rey who couldn’t resist getting the first shot in.
“Jake, how’s the army geek life treating you?”
“Great Rey, how’s the soap?”
Stella instantly choked on her water, and Jensen looked at her, patting her on the back as she recovered.
“Oh, it’s ok.” Rey waved a hand “I haven’t made much recently, been so busy with you know…other stuff.” “Yeah, that other stuff just keeps gettin’ in the way of…soap.” Jake shook his head.
“Are you joking with me now?” Rey narrowed her eyes.
“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Jensen shook his head. “In fact, I’m in awe of you. I mean it literally amazes me how you can make that stuff and sell it when you hate getting your hands dirty so much.” Jake swallowed a mouth of his food and grinned at her.
Rey glared at Jake “I wear gloves, ass-wipe.”
“You really don’t get irony do you?” Stella laughed, taking a drink from her glass of water.
At that point her mother caught her eye and gave her a stern glare, her earlier warning to the two of them to behave flashed across Stella’s mind but she was struggling to care. Her and Jake ‘Tag-teaming’ Rey and Rick was a well-practised art that the two of them had fine-tuned over the years, and it was the only time Stella ever felt she could get one up on her sister.
Rey looked at her and flicked her hair behind her shoulder “You may laugh but its selling really well. I’m actually thinking of expanding into a baby range.”
“Be handy for when we get pregnant.” Rick smiled at her.
Stella pulled a face as Jake grinned “You guys have that planned too? A designer little Rick or Rey on its way?”
Aubrey smiled and looked adoringly at Rick in a way that made Stella want to barf “Yeah, we’ve been trying.”
“Code for we’ve been fucking non-stop like Rabbits.” Stella mumbled.
“Estella!” Julie said sharply as Rey glared at her.
“Just because you can’t get your own relationship sorted…” she shot
“I’m not in a relationship, as well you know.”
“You sure?” Rey stared back at her, her eyes flicking to Jensen for a second.  Stella felt herself grow red.
“Fuck off.”
“Ok that’s enough!” Julie said loudly “Can the pair of you just not stop this sniping for even one damned hour?”
Stella took a deep breath “Sorry Ma.”
Jake who had remained quiet, up until that point chipped up again, deflecting the conversation.
“Huh…” he pondered something before he pointed his fork at Rey “You know, if you’re trying to get pregnant it’s highly recommended to be in good spirits. You keep getting so angry and snippy at people, you’re gonna scare Rick’s little soldiers away. It’s a question of PH.”
Rey and Rick exchanged a glance whilst Julie looked down at her plate, coughing slightly, a smile flickering on her mouth, her admonishing clearly forgotten. Stella’s eyes moved from her mother to Jake and she mouthed ‘are you for real?’
Jensen simply grinned, shrugging, as Stella shook her head, trying not to laugh. She adored Jake when he was in full on playful mode like this. He was always full of random, stupid trivia that you could never tell whether was actual fact or simply made up for the sake of sheer, stupid comedy value and he could use it perfectly to diffuse a situation and divert attention just as he had done right now. The best bit was, that Rey and Rick were utterly oblivious to his tactic and were now looking at him, like his words were gospel.
“Where the hell did you hear that?” Rey asked.
“I read it in Nature…” Jake shrugged, taking another mouthful of his food.
“I’m impressed Jake.” Rick looked at him.
“Well, sometimes I’m more than just a pretty face Dick.” Jensen shrugged.
Rick blinked “Did he just-“
“Jules, I gotta say…” Jensen cut him off before he could finish, flashing Julie his best smile “This lasagne as always is delicious.”
*****
“Damned Stel…” Jakey mumbled to himself as she heads to car. Taking in her tight jeans that show off her ass and legs, her khaki green silk chami top which hung loosely off her frame, exposing her collar bone and her light grey jacket, set off with a pair of stylish Oakley Holbrooks with matte black frames and red iridium lenses. Her hair was pulled into a side braid which hung down her right shoulder and when she smiled at him he shifted slightly in his seat.
“You look nice.” He recovered himself enough to smile as she climbed into the car.
“Thanks JJ.” She turned to him, taking in his dark jeans and grey and blue button down. “No Petunias T-shirt?”
“Well I figured seeing as we’re going out afterwards I should make a bit of an effort.” He grinned, pushing his glasses back up his nose. Stella arched an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“See your dad got a new car…” she mused, taking in the interior of the silver chevvy blazer before she grinned “Pity he got rid of the ford…”
Jensen smirked “Yeah, we had…good times on that back seat.”
Stella smiled and looked out of the window, before she turned back to Jake as he drove off up the road. “So who are they playing today?” she asked
“A team called the Oaks.” He said “I was checking their scores the other day, they lost their last 5 games so...” Stella smiled “You get far too invested in this you know?”
Jensen shrugged. “What can I say, I like soccer.”
Their conversation continued on the 10 minute or so drive to the Petunia’s home pitch, and eventually strayed to Jensen’s sister Jane before it moved onto their lunch yesterday and how Julie had given Stella a ticking off once Jake had left.
“You know Rey has been googling that PH bull shit don’t you?” Stella looked at Jensen as he drove towards the soccer pitches “And she’s realised it’s just that. Bull shit.” Jensen shrugged “I don’t care, she was being a bitch to you.”
“Well thankfully she left about an hour after you did yesterday so I didn’t have to put up with her for much longer.” Stella shrugged “Still, was long enough for her to keep talking about fucking soap.”
Jensen grinned “I think I touched a nerve?”
“No shit.” Stella grumbled “You know what she said? After all that about how well it was selling and them expanding the range, she told ma she only made $500 last month!”
Jensen laughed as he swung the car into a spot by the side of the road. “Yeah, that’s…not great.”
“I did point out that maybe the reason people don’t buy whatever shit she sells because they freak out at the ridiculously ostentatious name of the company.
“The Bath To Righteousness” Jensen grinned as they both climbed out. “Yeah it is pretty pretentious. Stuff like that needs an angle you know? These companies selling homemade, organic shit are ten a penny. It needs to be a catchy name, something punchy.”
“What would you call it?” Stella looked at him, slipping her arm through his as they headed over to the pitch The Petunias were playing on.
“I’ve got Soap, Bitches.” He nodded firmly. Stella burst into laughter. “Or Lick My Soap.” Jensen continued reeling off stupid names as they approached the side lines. “Soap In Your Hole…Hit Me with Your Best Soap…Slippery when Wet… Don’t Buy Soap, Won’t Be Soap”
Stella was laughing that hard she was struggling to breathe. Jensen grinned as her nose crinkled up and she let go of his arm, doubling over, clutching her stomach. “Don’t buy soap, won’t be soap?” she managed to stutter, wiping her eyes “What the fuck does that even mean?”
“It’s from an ancient Tibetan philosophy- don’t start none, won’t be none.”
“You’re so full of crap.” She snorted, shaking her head.
“Maybe I should eat one of those soap bars then?”
Stella began to laugh again and at that point Jake’s sister Jane appeared from wherever she had been and looked at the pair of them over her shades. “What the hell’s got into you?” she looked at Stella, a smile playing on her face.
“Hey Jane, What’s soap, I mean up.” Jensen quipped and Stella let out another loud howl of laughter. Jake looked at her, laughing a little before Jane shook her head
“I just can’t with you two…” Jane grinned and gave Stella a hug. “Good to see you Stel.”
“You too Jane. You look well.” She said, stepping back to take the blonde woman in fully. “Where’s Gracie?” “Oh they’re over there with their coach.” Jane said, waving her hand in the direction of the pitch “She’s been asking about you all day. Ever since Jake said you were coming she’s been so excited.”
“I can’t wait to see her either, it’s been like a year!”
“Oh she’s grown up a lot. You’ll see.” Jane smiled.
“Hear that JJ- grown up.” Stella looked at him. “Seems even your niece can manage it.”
“Says the girl that almost pissed herself laughing at the phrase slippery when wet.” Jensen eyed her over his shades and she shrugged.
“I daren’t even ask…” Jane looked at them both and Jensen simply waved her comment away.
“Oh we were just trying to think of ways to help Rey boost her soap sales.” He shrugged.
“Do I really wanna know?” Jane asked, “Mind you, she’ll probably chew my ear off about it all later.”
It wasn’t long before the teams head out to the pitch and the three of them took their seats on the small stand as they kicked off.
“I’d kill for a beer.” Stella mumbled about 5 minutes later.
“Well, I nearly bought some but thought better not. I got caught last time and fined- broke a by law apparently.” Jensen said, his eyes not leaving the game “Jane went bezerk. She’s kinda scary when she gets mad. Like you.”
Stella smiled and turned back to the game for a little while, until the Petunias made a break for goal, only to have the girl who was running through felled down by one of the Oak’s defenders.
“Oh look at that!” Jensen yelled, jumping up “Foul ref…are you blind?”
“Jake sit down.” Jane hissed, looking up at him from where she sat to Stella’s right.
“I’d say this is embarrassing but I’m used to it.” Stella shook her head.
“I swear to god behave or I’ll ban you for life.” Jane threatened him again as he continued to yell down to the pitch.
“Can you sit down please?” A voice came from behind them and Stella looked at the woman who was speaking “You’re blocking my view”
“For fucks sake…” Stella grumbled, reaching up with her left hand and yanking on his shirt “Jakey, sit!”
With a grumble he did as he was told and leaned across Stella to look at Jane “You soccer mums are a nightmare.” Jane glared at him, Stella remained focussing on the game, trying not to laugh. When Jensen moved to sit back she looked at Jane and mouthed “Sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Jane shook her head “He’s far worse when you’re not around.”
“God help you.”
“Yeah there was this one time he was that bad Gracie stopped talking to him for an entire weekend. Poor Kid hadn’t been so embarrassed in her life.” Jane mumbled. Jensen turned to look to his right at Stella and his sister, frowning.
“What are you two whispering about?”
“You.” Stella looked at him “Now shut up and behave.”
“No need to be so aggressive babe.” He arched an eyebrow but obeyed anyway.
“Stella, can I hire you for like ALL the games?” Jane asked, nodding to the fact Jensen was, for once, doing as he was told.
Stella snorted, shaking her head as she turned back to the match.
As it was only a kid’s game, they only played 20 minutes either half. The first one closed at 0-0 and after a quick 5 minutes break they swapped ends and kicked off the second half. About 5 minutes in the Petunias broke and this time thanks to a great pass through from Gracie they scored. Naturally Jake cheering loudest. The rest of the half was uneventful and the game ended at 1-0. As everyone began to move, the three of them headed down to the side lines, Gracie trotting towards them.
“Stella!” she grinned, throwing herself at the woman. Stella grabbed her in a hug, swinging her round slightly.
“OMG look at you! You got taller!” she smiled, ruffling her hair.
Gracie grinned “I know. But it has been a while since I saw you.” She admonished Stella a little.
“Really?” Stella grinned “Doesn’t seem that long.”
“Did you see my goal assist?” Gracie asked and Stella nodded.
“Of course I saw it honey, you were great!”
“Alright, alight, favourite uncle right here.” Jensen said, gesturing to himself.
“You’re my only uncle, duh.” Gracie rolled her eyes.
“Well guess that makes me your favourite by default then.” Jensen shrugged.
Stella pat his shoulder gently. “You were brilliant JJ.”
At that Gracie gave a snigger.
They chatted for a little while longer before Jake said they needed to leave to meet Pooch and ‘future Mrs. Pooch’. Gracie wasn’t impressed at Stella going so soon and there was a brewing tantrum until Stella assured her it wouldn’t be too long before she saw her again. In all honesty, Jensen could have spent the rest of the evening watching his niece and Stella interact. He had to concede Stel had a way with children which contrasted with the focused military Captain persona who was now part of an elite black-ops team . Mind you, Gracie had known Stella her entire life. Granted, Gracie had spent more time with Aubrey, being as she was one of her mother's best friends, than with Stel and yet it wasn't hard to tell Stel was one of Gracie's favourite people in the world. 
So after a vague promise to take Gracie out for an ice cream during the week she still had left of her leave, Stella managed to avert the tantrum and they said goodbye and headed back to the car. 
When they got to Tandy's, almost half an hour later, Pooch and his fiancé were already at the bar waiting for them.  Pooch stood up as he spotted them approaching and he pulled Stella into a hug before greeting and patting Jensen's back and introducing Stella to his wife-to-be, Jolene. They grabbed a drink and sat down, the 4 of them chatting for a little while. Pooch and Jolene told Stella all about their wedding plans, which sounded like a beautiful ceremony planned for the following year in Mexico. 
Stella was asking the reason for their wedding ceremony being in Mexico when they finished their first round. Jensen, noticing their glasses were empty, stood up to go get another round, he had already had his share of Pooch's wedding plans for the past year, and Jolene excused herself to go to the bathroom soon after, leaving Stella and Pooch alone. 
"So you enjoying the chance to be at home for a few weeks Arty?" Pooch asked her.
"It’s great being with my mom but she’s already driving me crazy, telling me I need to leave the army and get a good, normal job. She’d have a fit if she knew I was part of this Elite Black ops shit."
Pooch chuckled "Well, it’s not all undercover life or death situations. You know, Jensen ended up doing 2 months at HQ working on some online terrorist cell last year. Cougar has run a few sniping jobs too. I ran a couple of training ops with some troops in Canada."
"Yeah. Clay mentioned I might get a few normal jobs…" Stella nodded, as she fiddled with the coaster on the table.
"So it’s good to be reasonably close to home, you know? Well, I say reasonably close…still like a 7 and a half hour drive. Hurrah for Military Discount on airfare…or you can go via New York and take a night there.” Pooch shrugged “Me and Jensen done that a few times. Although keeping tabs on him in Times Square can be a pain in the ass…"
"Yeah I can imagine." she laughed.
"So, what’s your dad think about your career choice?" Pooch asked then.
"No idea, he died when I was 10." Stella shrugged.
"Shit, sorry." Pooch apologised, eyes wide open at the realisation of his gaffe.
Stella gave him a comforting smile. "It's ok. You didn't know."
"No siblings?" Pooch inquired and Stella could feel his wariness as he asked another personal question.
"One." she smiled again. "Sister, she’s…” Stella hesitated, trying to thing of the most diplomatic way to phrase what she wanted to say. “Well, she’s very different to me. Her husband is a Finance Director for Lockheed Martin and earns a ridiculous amount of money so she doesn’t work. Well, unless you count running an online Etsy shop selling home-made soaps. She’s friends with JJ’s sister although fuck knows how Jane puts up with her."
"I could ask you the same thing about Jensen." Pooch joked, nodding at Jensen at the bar and Stella smiled again. 
By then Pooch had noticed Arty smiled a lot. She had a warm smile that made him feel comfortable around her. That and the fact she wasn't shy to talk about her life with him. He liked her and thus he was curious about what the real nature of her relationship with Jensen was.
"So you know his family as well then?" he asked.
"Yeah I’ve known them all since I was 11." she offered.
"That’s nice." Pooch nodded.
"What is?"
"You guys being so close since you were kids." he said, smiling.
Stella smiled at him again but it was now a mischievous smile "He told you how we met?"
Pooch shook his head "No."
"It was first week of middle school. I was walking to class and my bag split. He came over to help me pick up my stuff, smacked his head straight into mine as he stood up."  she stopped to let Pooch laugh it up.
"He banged his head?” Pooch snorted “Yeah that…that sounds like Captain Chaos alright…”
Stella shook her head as she gave Pooch a nudge, stretching her arm over the table. "Don’t laugh, he was cute. A dork but cute. And he was a friend. My dad had only been dead 6 months or so and we had moved back home from Kentucky to be nearer our grandparents so I didn’t really know anyone. But, he came straight over when everyone else was laughing at me and he deliberately placed himself so no one would see me crying." At that Pooch saw Stella glancing over at Jensen, smiling softly. "Been hanging out ever since."
"So when did you two…you know…cross the line so to speak."
"He asked me out on my 17th birthday. I’d liked him for years but didn’t think he thought of me in that way. We dated through senior year and then we both went off to Norwich University for the ROTC." She explained.
"Oh, so you didn’t direct enter either then?"
"No. I talked to Clay about it and he suggested I do the ROTC so I could get a college education as well. I suggested it to Jakey and we both went for it."
"So, excuse my prying but why you two beak up? Seems like you were together for pretty much the most important decisions of your lives?"
Stella hesitated before answering. Although she didn't mind talking to Pooch it was the first time she explained her and Jensen's story to anyone. She hadn’t needed to up to that point, seeing as everyone she had met till then didn't know Jake too, bar their respective families and friends and they already knew what the deal between them was. Sort of.
For the first time Pooch felt like she wasn't that willing to answer. "Well, after the ROTC thing we both got our first overseas postings and, well, he suggested that maybe it was better if we called it quits before the distance tore us apart and we resented one another. I agreed. We stayed friends though."
"Friends with benefits, huh?"
"Yeah, you could say that." she snorted.
Pooch looked at her. He sensed it was better not to pry more on the subject so he decided to change topics.
"So, you know Clay of old then?" he asked, remembering Clay had warned them she was like a daughter to him.
"Yeah he was in the Army with my dad. My dad was a major in the Screaming Eagles, you heard of them?"
Pooch nodded "The 101st airborne division, right?"
Stella nodded too. "Clay was first lieutenant in his command. He was killed when they launched the operation to cut off Highway 8. One of only 16 to die. Clay took it hard, he was literally right by dad when he died. A foot to the right and he’d have taken the bullet not dad, and he felt guilty for ages for not spotting the sniper but…either way one of them ended up dead. I mean, dad was only 45 when he died and Clay would have been…what, 28 or so at the time, maybe? Either way it’ no age, total waste of a life."
"You know, Clay never really talks about his past much but he did tell us once that seeing his friend die at the hand of an insurgent was what spurred him into the Special Ops. He wanted to get involved in tracking down terrorists, making places safer. Never knew who he was talking about though." Pooch offered.
"Well now you do." she shrugged "I expect it's painful for him to talk about. We’ve all been there, lost people …it’s hard."
"So that's why you joined as well? Your dad?" Pooch asked.
"Yeah. Much to Mom’s disgust. She called Clay, thought he would talk me out of it. I think his words to my mum were, and I quote “ I don’t stand a chance Jules, you know she looks up to Ian’s memory like he’s Captain America….”." 
Pooch laughed out loud and Stella grinned. "Yeah she’s still not best pleased with him. And when I got stationed over in Iraq, well, I thought she was gonna hunt him down and kill him with her bare hands."
"You clearly made the right career choice though, I mean you made Captain pretty fast." Pooch stated with real admiration. “Just like Jensen did.”
"A lot of that was down to doing the ROTC and circumstance. Right place, right time…you know what it’s like in the field. They need commissioned, senior officers in Delta Force, I dare say female ones specifically to ‘fil the quota’ so to speak. I did my job well and…" she shrugged.
"From what I hear you’re selling yourself short. Clay speaks very highly of you. He was raving about this person on the inside for the entire time we were running that last op."
Stella smiled, after the conversation with her mother the day before and having to put up with her sister and brother in law's perfect life all over the weekend, Clay's words were like a balm to her. 
"Good to know I’m doing something right."
Pooch was pondering Stella's words when Jensen returned from the bar with a couple of beer bottles and two deep orange coloured cocktails.
"Sorry guys, they had a new bartender who wasn't very sure about the best way to prepare a Sailor's Grave." He shrugged “So, this is for Pooch, this is for Mrs. Pooch and this one is for my girl…" he said, placing the drinks ceremoniously on the table, flashing a wink at Stella when he said the last part.
Pooch raised an eyebrow at Stella. The boundaries in Jensen and Stella's relationship, whatever that was, were clearly a little blurred.
Stella rolled her eyes before speaking "I’m not your girl Jake, not since you dumped me when you went over to Burkina Faso." She flinched a little as that came out slightly harsher than she meant and Jensen noticed.
 "Ouch doll. Bitter much?" he frowned.
Stella took a deep breath but didn’t say anything. Worst thing she could do was encourage him, whether it was in favour or against, his attempts of flirting. Thankfully, at that moment Jolene returned to the booth.
"Sorry I took so long, I got a call from the office." She apologised as she sat at her place next to Pooch.
Stella seized the chance to divert the conversation and get Jake out of her mind and sight for a minute and she smiled at Jolene and asked “So what do you do for a living?”
"Oh I’m a paralegal for a local firm in Concord." Jolene explained before taking a sip from her cocktail.
Soon both women were engaged in a lively conversation as Stella continued to ask her questions, happy to keep her mind occupied and off all thoughts of Jake and the little tension earlier. Eventually, however, last orders were called and the 4 agreed it was time to go.
“Jolene seemed nice.” Stella broke the silence that had fallen in the car. “They make a nice couple.”
"Yeah, Pooch is a good guy and she’s a nice gal so…" Jensen agreed, hands on the wheel.
They both fell silent again, Jake concentrating on the road ahead. He was anxious and hoped Stella hadn't noticed, though they had never been so silent in a car drive. Something had been bugging him since that night in the barracks after the mission. The sex had been amazing, it always had been, but whereas they normally left it at that but now… well, being around their hometown, the place they had grown up and first started dated, going out and just doing things they used to do was sparking all sorts of feelings within him. Just an hour before, calling her his girl had just slipped out, and he’d realised from her reaction as soon as he’d done it that he shouldn’t have.
He chewed the inside of his cheek as he drove, trying to convince himself that he had done the right thing breaking it off 5 years ago. But he was also cursing himself at the same time, because being around her yesterday and today, in a normal environment, he realised that just as he’d told her that night after the mission he missed her. And not just the sex. But her. The difference being now, as he pulled onto her road, he realised he didn’t just miss her because he hadn’t seen her. He missed her being his. 
 His. That was his last thought as he parked up at her driveway.
"Thanks Jakey, I had fun today." Stella said, looking at him for the first time since they got in the car.
"Me too, Stel." Jensen said as he nodded.
And there was a silent pause as Stella digested the fact he wasn't even looking at her. His eyes were fixed on some point beyond the windshield.
"Ok, erm.." Stella spoke but paused to clear her throat. "Well, have a safe trip over to Base and I guess I’ll see you in a week."
He still didn't say anything, he only nodded in agreement. His eyes still not on her. So she opened the door, ignoring the lump on her throat, and made to leave when she felt him gently grabbing her arm.
"Stel…"
She stopped and looked at him. He was now looking at her, almost pleadingly, as he reached out, gently gripping her chin in his finger and thumb, his eyes bouncing across hers.
"Jake, I don’t think we..." she whispered but her protests died as he pressed his lips to her.  It was a furious and needy kiss, his tongue harshly dominating hers, and when he pulled away he pressed his head to hers.
"See you in a week, doll." he said, his eyes boring into hers.
"Yeah, see you." she whispered, before getting out of the car
She looked back once to wave as he was waiting to make sure she got inside, as he always did. Once in she shut the front door and headed to the kitchen. Just as she turned around and took the first step her mom walked out of the living room.
"Not in a relationship, eh?" 
"Were you spying on me?" Stella asked. Best defence is offense after all…
Her mother shrugged, a smile threatening to spread on her face. She liked Jake, she had always liked him and what was more, though she would rather be caught dead than admit to it, she liked him more than she would ever like Rick in a million years. But then, what was more important to a mother than their daughters' happiness?
 Stella sighed. "It's complicated."
"Sure it is. Night honey.” her mother said and, after placing a kiss on her head, she left her to it.
Stella said goodnight and headed into the kitchen for a bottle of water.  She uncapped it and leaned on the counter. It had taken her a while to get to a point where she could simply fuck Jake and leave it at that, but even then deep down she knew she had been kidding herself, fooling herself. He had been right in the bar before, she was bitter. Bitter that he had given up so easily when she thought they had something special. And she’d been that much of a sucker that she’d gone along with the whole ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement because the thought of not being with him at all had made her feel sick. 
During the last 12 months they had drifted apart and even though she’d hated it at first and it had killed her, it had done her the world of good in that she had finally worked him out of her system.
Or so she thought she had.
Because here she was, less than 2 weeks of being back in his presence and she was already slipping back down that deep, dark hole. After that night post the mission they hadn’t been together that way, at all, but then the previous day he’d shown up and today he had taken her out, for what had been a really fun afternoon and evening, and it had felt just like old times. 
Especially when he had kissed her like that. 
Jensen was the king of giving off mixed signals, he always had been. Hell, it had taken her years to figure out he liked her that way. But they weren’t in high school anymore, and it was easy, far too easy to get swept back into something that meant more to her than it did to him. She knew she had to put a stop to it, because someone was going to get hurt. And that someone was likely to be her.
Lost in her thoughts she drained the bottle and tossed it into the recycling bin before running her hand through her hair sighing to herself. 
“I’m fucked.” 
**** Chapter 2
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Ch 1- GI Joe and Army Barbie Co-written with @icanfeelastormbrewing​
Summary: Following the Child Sex Trafficking job, The Losers all go their own way for a break before they are due back in Fairfax County. Stella is enjoying some quiet time with her mother.
 And Jensen.
 But noting is EVER quiet where he is involved.
 Warnings: Bad Language words.
Pairing: Jake Jensen x OFC Stella Stevenson.
A/N:  So here it is! We’ve been waiting to bring you this one for a LOOOOONG time, and we hope we don’t disappoint. We can’t wait to dive into this fic! We pick up in 2007, roughly 2 years or so before the events of the Losers Film (in our head anyway) and we can’t wait to cram it full of adventure. Please let us know what you think with a reblog and a comment.
TLAYLI Masterlist // Main Masterlist 
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May 2007
Stella and her mom sat in the kitchen of her childhood home in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was late morning one Friday morning, the day after she had returned home following debriefs at the CIA. It had been an emotional reunion, not having seen her mother for almost 8 months in person. They’d stayed up late with a bottle of wine before retiring to bed and after a lazy morning she had eaten a huge breakfast of pancakes, bacon and eggs, god knows how many rounds of toast and some decent coffee.
“Have you had enough to eat honey?” Her mom asked.
“Yup, honestly I’m stuffed, Ma. It feels good to be eating home cooked food for a change.” She smiled.
“Yeah, well, God only knows what you’ve been eating out there.” Julie mumbled as Stella smiled at her mom’s typical mother concern.
“So when are you due back in the office?” Julie pressed and Stella’s smile grew even wider at her mom’s name for the George Bush Centre for Intelligence in Fairfax County, the CIA HQ where The Losers would be based predominantly when they weren’t running missions.
“I have another week of leave. They gave me longer seeing as I was down there for so long. Clay and the rest only got a few days, much to Jake’s disgust, he heads back over there Monday.” Stella shook her head snorting “You know if he had his way he would be on permanent leave, drinking and watching football on TV.”
“He hasn’t changed then?” Julie grinned.
“Nope.”
“I bumped into his mom the other day at the supermarket.” Stella’s mom continued.
“Yeah? How is Janet?”
“She’s good.” Julie nodded “John has been building a new shed for the garden…or maybe it was a summer house. Either way, they were planning on having a BBQ soon when Gracie finishes school”
“Sounds good, have you seen them much at all recently?” Stella asked.
“We’ve got together a few times yes. Which reminds me….” Julie narrowed her eyes “She told me Jake has been back in the US now for 12 months. You tell him from me he’s gonna get a slap for not coming over to see me when he came back home to visit.”
Stella laughed “I’ll make sure he knows how disgusted you are in him, don’t worry.”
They sat chatting for a little while longer before Julie stood up to clear the plates, waving away Stella’s offer of help, as she always did when she was home. Stella headed into the lounge, picked up her laptop and opened up her browser, dialling into her military account. About 15 minutes later Julie walked in.
“What are you doing?”
“I got some paper work and stuff to sort, you know for the accommodation in the Condo that Clay sent me through.” Julie shook her head, “You know, Estella, I really wish you’d get a normal job-“
Stella sighed “Ma, don’t start…”
“You’re as stubborn as your father and look where that got him!”
“Wow.” Stella looked up, arching her eyebrow. “Nice. Good guilt trip.”
“You’re my little girl.” Julie’s voice grew quiet. “ I worry. And I miss you. “I know, but…this is my job. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.” Stella shrugged “But now, I’m home and…I’m not on tour all the time. I’ll be back for a week once very month and, well, you still have Rey, she literally lives 10 minutes away!”
Julie rolled her eyes “For all the good that does. She only visits when she wants food or to complain about something.”
Stella seized the opportunity to divert the conversation and she snorted “Complain about what? Which fucking sports car Richard wants to buy her next. Or because he doesn’t like whatever pretentious middle name she has planned for their first born?” Before Julie could reply they both heard the back door open to the kitchen and a familiar voice called “Yo, Stevensons…” Julie looked at Stella who rolled her eyes. “Speak of the devil…”
Jensen appeared in the doorway to the lounge, grinning “Oh, we’re you talking about me gorgeous?”
“No I was, and how you’ve been home on US soil for almost a year and not paid me one visit Jacob.” Julie glared at him, folding her arms.
“Oooh the full name. Am I in trouble?” Jensen grinned.
“Yes, you damned well are JJ.” Julie said, opening her arms “Now come here…”
Grinning Jensen stepped forward to give Stella’s mum a hug, pulling back with a yelp as she slapped him round the head.
“Shit, Jules!! What the hell was that for?”
“I told you! Your mother was telling me just the other day you’ve been back to Manchester now a few times and didn’t even think of paying me a visit?”
“Sorry Jules, been busy”
Julie narrowed her eyes “Busy doing what?”
“Wow. I really am in trouble huh.” Jensen shrugged. Stella snorted and Jensen looked over at where she was concentrating on the screen of her laptop. “What you doing Stel?” Stella let out a sigh at the same time her mother did, before Julie headed back into the kitchen.
“What’s going on?” Jensen asked, watching Julie leave before he turned to Stella “Am I supposed to sigh now?” “I was just filling in the paper work for the condo.” She replied as Jake sat next to her “Mom still isn’t a big fan of me being in the military. Swear she still thinks I’m 10 or something.”
“Well I know for a fact you aren’t” Jensen flashed her his trademark goofy smile and Stella slapped his arm.
“Shut up JJ” “Ouch…!” Jake rubbed his arm “Stel, be gentle.” She rolled her eyes and he reached for her laptop “Ok, let me see…” he glanced at the computer “You know this thing is totally outdated?”
“It does a job, I don’t care.” “Speaking of jobs…” Jensen looked towards the kitchen door, “How about you and me…”
“Jesus Jake!” Stella looked at him as he grinned “Here, whilst my mom is home? You have issues.”
“Didn’t bother you once upon a time…”
“Yeah, well I didn’t know any better, you’re living proof of that. And besides, I’ve grown up since then. You should try it.” “Hmmm, you know one of the perks of being Black Ops means we all get our own private digs in the Condo” he wiggled his eyebrows.
“I swear to god Jake, you’re a fucking nightmare.” Stella rubbed her temples “Why are you here?”
“Came to invite you to the Petunia’s game tomorrow. It’s been a while since we went out on a date babe.”
“A while?” Stella shook her head laughing. “Your concept of time measurement really amazes me.” Jake chuckled “So whaddya say?” he asked, giving her a goofy grin.
“Yeah why not?” Stella asked “Which girl wouldn’t dream of going to watch an under 8’s girl soccer game? Can’t believe my luck.” “Don’t be a whiny bitch!” Jake rolled his eyes “We’re meeting Pooch and his girl later in the evening for drinks.”
“Great, so now it’s turned into a double date.” She rolled her eyes.
“Why you being so grumpy Stel?” Jake frowned.
Stella sighed “Sorry Jakey…just..oh I dunno, I guess mom just pissed me off a bit that’s all. Bringing up my dad, suggesting I’m gonna go the same way he did.”
Jake pondered this for a moment before he took a deep breath. “You know she’s just worried about you that’s all.”
Stella smiled “I know…I know. Doesn’t help I can’t really tell her what I’m doing, other than running CIA tasked missions.”
“Come’ ere…” Jake threw an arm round her and she leaned into him, laying her head on his shoulder. “How about I help you fill that paper work out and then we can head and grab some lunch or a drink, whatever.”
“Now that’s actually quite a good idea.”
Jensen smiled and gently kissed her head. “It happens occasionally.”
Stella looked up at him “Guess it’s my lucky day then.”
“Well mine was like 9 years ago so guess I can say about time Stel.”
“Smooth…” she rolled her eyes and he shrugged, dipping his head and pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss, but before it could go any deeper another loud voice rang out from the kitchen and Stella pulled away giving a groan.
“Just what I fucking need.”
Jensen grimaced at the sound of Stella’s eldest sister as her airey tone grew louder, before the door to the lounge opened
“Aww GI Joe and Army Barbie are back in town.”  
“Fuck off Aubrey.” Stella looked up at where her sister was stood leaning in the doorframe.
“Hello to you too.” Aubrey rolled her eyes.
“S’up Rey? How’s Dick?” Jensen grinned at her. Stella nudged him, trying hard not to smirk
“You know full well his name is Rick, Jacob.” Aubrey replied with a bored tone. “You were at the wedding after all.
“Yeah…” Jensen mused “Still looks like a Dick to me.”
At that Stella snorted and he flashed her a quick wink. She loved how he always had her back against her sister and her snobby bastard husband. Aubrey merely rolled her eyes, she was well used to Jake and his quips by now.
“Yeah laugh all you want losers” and with that she left and made her way to the kitchen
“Well, she’s not wrong we are Losers.” Jake shrugged “Yeah but she doesn’t know, let’s keep it that way.” Stella sighed, before she shook her head “I don’t know how your sister is still friends with her, I mean out of choice? Really?
“Well, us Jensens are made to please.”
At that point Julie re-entered the living room “Jake are you staying for lunch or are you expected anywhere else to please today? I’m making lasagne.”
“Mom we literally ate breakfast an hour ago.” Stella looked up at her and Julie smiled.
“I know, but I’m making the pasta from fresh and have a few other things to do so it won’t be ready for a while.  You two do your…thing and let me know what you decide. Rick and Rey are staying, he’s coming later so…” “Can’t wait.” Stella deadpanned.
“Please don’t start Estella…” Julie shot her a look.
“Anyway, change of subject…how is her shit soap selling?” Jake leaned back on the sofa and Stella snorted.
“Ask her, I dare you.  I’d pay to see her face.”
“I’d do it for free if it makes you smile.”
“You two, behave if you’re staying.” Julie said sternly, pointing at them both.
“You gonna be pissed if we don’t stay?” Stella looked at her mom.
“I’ll be more pissed if you do and don’t behave.” The reply came back.
“Cross my heart Jules…” Jensen made the sign over his chest “Best behaviour. Anything for your lasagne.”
“Glad to hear it Jake.” Julie raised her eyebrow and then turned from the room.
“Looks like we’re staying then.” Stella looked at Jensen who merely grinned back.
“Sorry Stel, but you know I love verbal sparring with Rick the Prick.”
She snorted “You’re a bad man JJ” “I’m your bad man.” He winked.
Stella looked at him, cocking her head to one side trying to figure out what exactly he meant. As far as she was concerned he wasn’t after anything serious. Especially seeing he was the one that broke it off 4 years ago. Sure they’d fallen into the whole friends with benefits thing but it was no strings and all that…
She took a deep breath, cleared her throat and nodded to her laptop “So, er…forms?”
****
Two hours later they were still filling in the damned paperwork, Stella having a lot to complete…that and the fact they’d been distracted a bit by laughing and joking around, Jake showing her on Google Maps the location of a few good restaurants and bars not too far from the Condo to head to. They both looked up as Julie walked back into the lounge to tell them lunch would be ready in 20. They finished up what they were doing before walking into the Kitchen where Stella was greeted by her brother-in-law with his usual stiff hug, whereas Jake took great delight in pumping his hand up and down furiously, grinning at him.
Stella shook her head, smiling to herself as they all sat down outside in the garden, making the most of the nice weather, and began to eat. Richard was telling some boring tale from his office and Jensen was hanging off his every word, pretending to give a shit when Stella knew nothing could be further from the truth. He was merely waiting for his opportunity, which was handed to him a few minutes later by Rey who couldn’t resist getting the first shot in.
“Jake, how’s the army geek life treating you?”
“Great Rey, how’s the soap?”
Stella instantly choked on her water, and Jensen looked at her, patting her on the back as she recovered.
“Oh, it’s ok.” Rey waved a hand “I haven’t made much recently, been so busy with you know…other stuff.” “Yeah, that other stuff just keeps gettin’ in the way of…soap.” Jake shook his head.
“Are you joking with me now?” Rey narrowed her eyes.
“Wouldn’t dream of it.” Jensen shook his head. “In fact, I’m in awe of you. I mean it literally amazes me how you can make that stuff and sell it when you hate getting your hands dirty so much.” Jake swallowed a mouth of his food and grinned at her.
Rey glared at Jake “I wear gloves, ass-wipe.”
“You really don’t get irony do you?” Stella laughed, taking a drink from her glass of water.
At that point her mother caught her eye and gave her a stern glare, her earlier warning to the two of them to behave flashed across Stella’s mind but she was struggling to care. Her and Jake ‘Tag-teaming’ Rey and Rick was a well-practised art that the two of them had fine-tuned over the years, and it was the only time Stella ever felt she could get one up on her sister.
Rey looked at her and flicked her hair behind her shoulder “You may laugh but its selling really well. I’m actually thinking of expanding into a baby range.”
“Be handy for when we get pregnant.” Rick smiled at her.
Stella pulled a face as Jake grinned “You guys have that planned too? A designer little Rick or Rey on its way?”
Aubrey smiled and looked adoringly at Rick in a way that made Stella want to barf “Yeah, we’ve been trying.”
“Code for we’ve been fucking non-stop like Rabbits.” Stella mumbled.
“Estella!” Julie said sharply as Rey glared at her.
“Just because you can’t get your own relationship sorted…” she shot
“I’m not in a relationship, as well you know.”
“You sure?” Rey stared back at her, her eyes flicking to Jensen for a second.  Stella felt herself grow red.
“Fuck off.”
“Ok that’s enough!” Julie said loudly “Can the pair of you just not stop this sniping for even one damned hour?”
Stella took a deep breath “Sorry Ma.”
Jake who had remained quiet, up until that point chipped up again, deflecting the conversation.
“Huh…” he pondered something before he pointed his fork at Rey “You know, if you’re trying to get pregnant it’s highly recommended to be in good spirits. You keep getting so angry and snippy at people, you’re gonna scare Rick’s little soldiers away. It’s a question of PH.”
Rey and Rick exchanged a glance whilst Julie looked down at her plate, coughing slightly, a smile flickering on her mouth, her admonishing clearly forgotten. Stella’s eyes moved from her mother to Jake and she mouthed ‘are you for real?’
Jensen simply grinned, shrugging, as Stella shook her head, trying not to laugh. She adored Jake when he was in full on playful mode like this. He was always full of random, stupid trivia that you could never tell whether was actual fact or simply made up for the sake of sheer, stupid comedy value and he could use it perfectly to diffuse a situation and divert attention just as he had done right now. The best bit was, that Rey and Rick were utterly oblivious to his tactic and were now looking at him, like his words were gospel.
“Where the hell did you hear that?” Rey asked.
“I read it in Nature…” Jake shrugged, taking another mouthful of his food.
“I’m impressed Jake.” Rick looked at him.
“Well, sometimes I’m more than just a pretty face Dick.” Jensen shrugged.
Rick blinked “Did he just-“
“Jules, I gotta say…” Jensen cut him off before he could finish, flashing Julie his best smile “This lasagne as always is delicious.”
*****
“Damned Stel…” Jakey mumbled to himself as she heads to car. Taking in her tight jeans that show off her ass and legs, her khaki green silk chami top which hung loosely off her frame, exposing her collar bone and her light grey jacket, set off with a pair of stylish Oakley Holbrooks with matte black frames and red iridium lenses. Her hair was pulled into a side braid which hung down her right shoulder and when she smiled at him he shifted slightly in his seat.
“You look nice.” He recovered himself enough to smile as she climbed into the car.
“Thanks JJ.” She turned to him, taking in his dark jeans and grey and blue button down. “No Petunias T-shirt?”
“Well I figured seeing as we’re going out afterwards I should make a bit of an effort.” He grinned, pushing his glasses back up his nose. Stella arched an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“See your dad got a new car…” she mused, taking in the interior of the silver chevvy blazer before she grinned “Pity he got rid of the ford…”
Jensen smirked “Yeah, we had…good times on that back seat.”
Stella smiled and looked out of the window, before she turned back to Jake as he drove off up the road. “So who are they playing today?” she asked
“A team called the Oaks.” He said “I was checking their scores the other day, they lost their last 5 games so...” Stella smiled “You get far too invested in this you know?”
Jensen shrugged. “What can I say, I like soccer.”
Their conversation continued on the 10 minute or so drive to the Petunia’s home pitch, and eventually strayed to Jensen’s sister Jane before it moved onto their lunch yesterday and how Julie had given Stella a ticking off once Jake had left.
“You know Rey has been googling that PH bull shit don’t you?” Stella looked at Jensen as he drove towards the soccer pitches “And she’s realised it’s just that. Bull shit.” Jensen shrugged “I don’t care, she was being a bitch to you.”
“Well thankfully she left about an hour after you did yesterday so I didn’t have to put up with her for much longer.” Stella shrugged “Still, was long enough for her to keep talking about fucking soap.”
Jensen grinned “I think I touched a nerve?”
“No shit.” Stella grumbled “You know what she said? After all that about how well it was selling and them expanding the range, she told ma she only made $500 last month!”
Jensen laughed as he swung the car into a spot by the side of the road. “Yeah, that’s…not great.”
“I did point out that maybe the reason people don’t buy whatever shit she sells because they freak out at the ridiculously ostentatious name of the company.
“The Bath To Righteousness” Jensen grinned as they both climbed out. “Yeah it is pretty pretentious. Stuff like that needs an angle you know? These companies selling homemade, organic shit are ten a penny. It needs to be a catchy name, something punchy.”
“What would you call it?” Stella looked at him, slipping her arm through his as they headed over to the pitch The Petunias were playing on.
“I’ve got Soap, Bitches.” He nodded firmly. Stella burst into laughter. “Or Lick My Soap.” Jensen continued reeling off stupid names as they approached the side lines. “Soap In Your Hole…Hit Me with Your Best Soap…Slippery when Wet… Don’t Buy Soap, Won’t Be Soap”
Stella was laughing that hard she was struggling to breathe. Jensen grinned as her nose crinkled up and she let go of his arm, doubling over, clutching her stomach. “Don’t buy soap, won’t be soap?” she managed to stutter, wiping her eyes “What the fuck does that even mean?”
“It’s from an ancient Tibetan philosophy- don’t start none, won’t be none.”
“You’re so full of crap.” She snorted, shaking her head.
“Maybe I should eat one of those soap bars then?”
Stella began to laugh again and at that point Jake’s sister Jane appeared from wherever she had been and looked at the pair of them over her shades. “What the hell’s got into you?” she looked at Stella, a smile playing on her face.
“Hey Jane, What’s soap, I mean up.” Jensen quipped and Stella let out another loud howl of laughter. Jake looked at her, laughing a little before Jane shook her head
“I just can’t with you two…” Jane grinned and gave Stella a hug. “Good to see you Stel.”
“You too Jane. You look well.” She said, stepping back to take the blonde woman in fully. “Where’s Gracie?” “Oh they’re over there with their coach.” Jane said, waving her hand in the direction of the pitch “She’s been asking about you all day. Ever since Jake said you were coming she’s been so excited.”
“I can’t wait to see her either, it’s been like a year!”
“Oh she’s grown up a lot. You’ll see.” Jane smiled.
“Hear that JJ- grown up.” Stella looked at him. “Seems even your niece can manage it.”
“Says the girl that almost pissed herself laughing at the phrase slippery when wet.” Jensen eyed her over his shades and she shrugged.
“I daren’t even ask…” Jane looked at them both and Jensen simply waved her comment away.
“Oh we were just trying to think of ways to help Rey boost her soap sales.” He shrugged.
“Do I really wanna know?” Jane asked, “Mind you, she’ll probably chew my ear off about it all later.”
It wasn’t long before the teams head out to the pitch and the three of them took their seats on the small stand as they kicked off.
“I’d kill for a beer.” Stella mumbled about 5 minutes later.
“Well, I nearly bought some but thought better not. I got caught last time and fined- broke a by law apparently.” Jensen said, his eyes not leaving the game “Jane went bezerk. She’s kinda scary when she gets mad. Like you.”
Stella smiled and turned back to the game for a little while, until the Petunias made a break for goal, only to have the girl who was running through felled down by one of the Oak’s defenders.
“Oh look at that!” Jensen yelled, jumping up “Foul ref…are you blind?”
“Jake sit down.” Jane hissed, looking up at him from where she sat to Stella’s right.
“I’d say this is embarrassing but I’m used to it.” Stella shook her head.
“I swear to god behave or I’ll ban you for life.” Jane threatened him again as he continued to yell down to the pitch.
“Can you sit down please?” A voice came from behind them and Stella looked at the woman who was speaking “You’re blocking my view”
“For fucks sake…” Stella grumbled, reaching up with her left hand and yanking on his shirt “Jakey, sit!”
With a grumble he did as he was told and leaned across Stella to look at Jane “You soccer mums are a nightmare.” Jane glared at him, Stella remained focussing on the game, trying not to laugh. When Jensen moved to sit back she looked at Jane and mouthed “Sorry.”
“Don’t be.” Jane shook her head “He’s far worse when you’re not around.”
“God help you.”
“Yeah there was this one time he was that bad Gracie stopped talking to him for an entire weekend. Poor Kid hadn’t been so embarrassed in her life.” Jane mumbled. Jensen turned to look to his right at Stella and his sister, frowning.
“What are you two whispering about?”
“You.” Stella looked at him “Now shut up and behave.”
“No need to be so aggressive babe.” He arched an eyebrow but obeyed anyway.
“Stella, can I hire you for like ALL the games?” Jane asked, nodding to the fact Jensen was, for once, doing as he was told.
Stella snorted, shaking her head as she turned back to the match.
As it was only a kid’s game, they only played 20 minutes either half. The first one closed at 0-0 and after a quick 5 minutes break they swapped ends and kicked off the second half. About 5 minutes in the Petunias broke and this time thanks to a great pass through from Gracie they scored. Naturally Jake cheering loudest. The rest of the half was uneventful and the game ended at 1-0. As everyone began to move, the three of them headed down to the side lines, Gracie trotting towards them.
“Stella!” she grinned, throwing herself at the woman. Stella grabbed her in a hug, swinging her round slightly.
“OMG look at you! You got taller!” she smiled, ruffling her hair.
Gracie grinned “I know. But it has been a while since I saw you.” She admonished Stella a little.
“Really?” Stella grinned “Doesn’t seem that long.”
“Did you see my goal assist?” Gracie asked and Stella nodded.
“Of course I saw it honey, you were great!”
“Alright, alight, favourite uncle right here.” Jensen said, gesturing to himself.
“You’re my only uncle, duh.” Gracie rolled her eyes.
“Well guess that makes me your favourite by default then.” Jensen shrugged.
Stella pat his shoulder gently. “You were brilliant JJ.”
At that Gracie gave a snigger.
They chatted for a little while longer before Jake said they needed to leave to meet Pooch and ‘future Mrs. Pooch’. Gracie wasn’t impressed at Stella going so soon and there was a brewing tantrum until Stella assured her it wouldn’t be too long before she saw her again. In all honesty, Jensen could have spent the rest of the evening watching his niece and Stella interact. He had to concede Stel had a way with children which contrasted with the focused military Captain persona who was now part of an elite black-ops team . Mind you, Gracie had known Stella her entire life. Granted, Gracie had spent more time with Aubrey, being as she was one of her mother's best friends, than with Stel and yet it wasn't hard to tell Stel was one of Gracie's favourite people in the world. 
So after a vague promise to take Gracie out for an ice cream during the week she still had left of her leave, Stella managed to avert the tantrum and they said goodbye and headed back to the car. 
When they got to Tandy's, almost half an hour later, Pooch and his fiancé were already at the bar waiting for them.  Pooch stood up as he spotted them approaching and he pulled Stella into a hug before greeting and patting Jensen's back and introducing Stella to his wife-to-be, Jolene. They grabbed a drink and sat down, the 4 of them chatting for a little while. Pooch and Jolene told Stella all about their wedding plans, which sounded like a beautiful ceremony planned for the following year in Mexico. 
Stella was asking the reason for their wedding ceremony being in Mexico when they finished their first round. Jensen, noticing their glasses were empty, stood up to go get another round, he had already had his share of Pooch's wedding plans for the past year, and Jolene excused herself to go to the bathroom soon after, leaving Stella and Pooch alone. 
"So you enjoying the chance to be at home for a few weeks Arty?" Pooch asked her.
"It’s great being with my mom but she’s already driving me crazy, telling me I need to leave the army and get a good, normal job. She’d have a fit if she knew I was part of this Elite Black ops shit."
Pooch chuckled "Well, it’s not all undercover life or death situations. You know, Jensen ended up doing 2 months at HQ working on some online terrorist cell last year. Cougar has run a few sniping jobs too. I ran a couple of training ops with some troops in Canada."
"Yeah. Clay mentioned it’s pretty mundane on the whole…" Stella nodded, as she fiddled with the coaster on the table.
"So it’s good to be reasonably close to home, you know? Well, I say reasonably close…still like a 7 and a half hour drive. Hurrah for Military Discount on airfare…or you can go via New York and take a night there.” Pooch shrugged “Me and Jensen done that a few times. Although keeping tabs on him in Times Square can be a pain in the ass…"
"Yeah I can imagine." she laughed.
"So, what’s your dad think about your career choice?" Pooch asked then.
"No idea, he died when I was 10." Stella shrugged.
"Shit, sorry." Pooch apologised, eyes wide open at the realisation of his gaffe.
Stella gave him a comforting smile. "It's ok. You didn't know."
"No siblings?" Pooch inquired and Stella could feel his wariness as he asked another personal question.
"One." she smiled again. "Sister, she’s…” Stella hesitated, trying to thing of the most diplomatic way to phrase what she wanted to say. “Well, she’s very different to me. Her husband is a Finance Director for Lockheed Martin and earns a ridiculous amount of money so she doesn’t work. Well, unless you count running an online Etsy shop selling home-made soaps. She’s friends with JJ’s sister although fuck knows how Jane puts up with her."
"I could ask you the same thing about Jensen." Pooch joked, nodding at Jensen at the bar and Stella smiled again. 
By then Pooch had noticed Arty smiled a lot. She had a warm smile that made him feel comfortable around her. That and the fact she wasn't shy to talk about her life with him. He liked her and thus he was curious about what the real nature of her relationship with Jensen was.
"So you know his family as well then?" he asked.
"Yeah I’ve known them all since I was 11." she offered.
"That’s nice." Pooch nodded.
"What is?"
"You guys being so close since you were kids." he said, smiling.
Stella smiled at him again but it was now a mischievous smile "He told you how we met?"
Pooch shook his head "No."
"It was first week of middle school. I was walking to class and my bag split. He came over to help me pick up my stuff, smacked his head straight into mine as he stood up."  she stopped to let Pooch laugh it up.
"He banged his head?” Pooch snorted “Yeah that…that sounds like Captain Chaos alright…”
Stella shook her head as she gave Pooch a nudge, stretching her arm over the table. "Don’t laugh, he was cute. A dork but cute. And he was a friend. My dad had only been dead 6 months or so and we had moved back home from Kentucky to be nearer our grandparents so I didn’t really know anyone. But, he came straight over when everyone else was laughing at me and he deliberately placed himself so no one would see me crying." At that Pooch saw Stella glancing over at Jensen, smiling softly. "Been hanging out ever since."
"So when did you two…you know…cross the line so to speak."
"He asked me out on my 17th birthday. I’d liked him for years but didn’t think he thought of me in that way. We dated through senior year and then we both went off to Norwich University for the ROTC." She explained.
"Oh, so you didn’t direct enter either then?"
"No. I talked to Clay about it and he suggested I do the ROTC so I could get a college education as well. I mentioned it to Jakey and we both went for it."
"So, excuse my prying but why you two beak up? Seems like you were together for pretty much the most important decisions of your lives?"
Stella hesitated before answering. Although she didn't mind talking to Pooch it was the first time she explained her and Jensen's story to anyone. She hadn’t needed to up to that point, seeing as everyone she had met till then didn't know Jake too, bar their respective families and friends and they already knew what the deal between them was. Sort of.
For the first time Pooch felt like she wasn't that willing to answer. "Well, after the ROTC thing we both got our first overseas postings and, well, he suggested that maybe it was better if we called it quits before the distance tore us apart and we resented one another. I agreed. We stayed friends though."
"Friends with benefits, huh?"
"Yeah, you could say that." she snorted.
Pooch looked at her. He sensed it was better not to pry more on the subject so he decided to change topics.
"So, you know Clay of old then?" he asked, remembering Clay had warned them she was like a daughter to him.
"Yeah he was in the Army with my dad. My dad was a major in the Screaming Eagles, you heard of them?"
Pooch nodded "The 101st airborne division, right?"
Stella nodded too. "Clay was first lieutenant in his command. He was killed when they launched the operation to cut off Highway 8. One of only 16 to die. Clay took it hard, he was literally right by dad when he died. A foot to the right and he’d have taken the bullet not dad, and he felt guilty for ages for not spotting the sniper but…either way one of them ended up dead. I mean, dad was only 45 when he died and Clay would have been…what, 28 or so at the time, maybe? Either way it’ no age, total waste of a life."
"You know, Clay never really talks about his past much but he did tell us once that seeing his friend die at the hand of an insurgent was what spurred him into the Special Ops. He wanted to get involved in tracking down terrorists, making places safer. Never knew who he was talking about though." Pooch offered.
"Well now you do." she shrugged "I expect it's painful for him to talk about. We’ve all been there, lost people …it’s hard."
"So that's why you joined as well? Your dad?" Pooch asked.
"Yeah. Much to Mom’s disgust. She called Clay, thought he would talk me out of it. I think his words to my mum were, and I quote “ I don’t stand a chance Jules, you know she looks up to Ian’s memory like he’s Captain America….”." 
Pooch laughed out loud and Stella grinned. "Yeah she’s still not best pleased with him. And when I got stationed over in Iraq, well, I thought she was gonna hunt him down and kill him with her bare hands."
"You clearly made the right career choice though, I mean you made Captain pretty fast." Pooch stated with real admiration. “Just like Jensen did.”
"A lot of that was down to doing the ROTC and circumstance. Right place, right time…you know what it’s like in the field. They need commissioned, senior officers in Delta Force, I dare say female ones specifically to ‘fil the quota’ so to speak. I did my job well and…" she shrugged.
"From what I hear you’re selling yourself short. Clay speaks very highly of you. He was raving about this person on the inside for the entire time we were running that last op."
Stella smiled, after the conversation with her mother the day before and having to put up with her sister and brother in law's perfect life all over the weekend, Clay's words were like a balm to her. 
"Good to know I’m doing something right."
Pooch was pondering Stella's words when Jensen returned from the bar with a couple of beer bottles and two deep orange coloured cocktails.
"Sorry guys, they had a new bartender who wasn't very sure about the best way to prepare a Sailor's Grave." He shrugged “So, this is for Pooch, this is for Mrs. Pooch and this one is for my girl…" he said, placing the drinks ceremoniously on the table, flashing a wink at Stella when he said the last part.
Pooch raised an eyebrow at Stella. The boundaries in Jensen and Stella's relationship, whatever that was, were clearly a little blurred.
Stella rolled her eyes before speaking "I’m not your girl Jake, not since you dumped me when you went over to Burkina Faso." She flinched a little as that came out slightly harsher than she meant and Jensen noticed.
 "Ouch doll. Bitter much?" he frowned.
Stella took a deep breath but didn’t say anything. Worst thing she could do was encourage him, whether it was in favour or against, his attempts of flirting. Thankfully, at that moment Jolene returned to the booth.
"Sorry I took so long, I got a call from the office." She apologised as she sat at her place next to Pooch.
Stella seized the chance to divert the conversation and get Jake out of her mind and sight for a minute and she smiled at Jolene and asked “So what do you do for a living?”
"Oh I’m a paralegal for a local firm in Concord." Jolene explained before taking a sip from her cocktail.
Soon both women were engaged in a lively conversation as Stella continued to ask her questions, happy to keep her mind occupied and off all thoughts of Jake and the little tension earlier. Eventually, however, last orders were called and the 4 agreed it was time to go.
“Jolene seemed nice.” Stella broke the silence that had fallen in the car. “They make a nice couple.”
"Yeah, Pooch is a good guy and she’s a nice gal so…" Jensen agreed, hands on the wheel.
They both fell silent again, Jake concentrating on the road ahead. He was anxious and hoped Stella hadn't noticed, though they had never been so silent in a car drive. Something had been bugging him since that night in the barracks after the mission Stella had been undercover for. The sex had been amazing, it always was, but whereas they normally left it at that now… well, being around their hometown, the place they had grown up and first started dated, going out and just doing things they used to do was sparking all sorts of feelings within him. Just an hour before, calling her his girl had just slipped out, and he’d realised from her reaction as soon as he’d done it that he shouldn’t have.
He chewed the inside of his cheek as he drove, trying to convince himself that he had done the right thing breaking it off 4 years ago. But he was also cursing himself at the same time, because being around her yesterday and today, in a normal environment, he realised that just as he’d told her that night after the mission he missed her. And not just the sex. But her. The difference being now, as he pulled onto her road, he realised he didn’t just miss her because he hadn’t seen her. They’d spent 5 years together after all, and he’d loved every second of it. He missed her being his. 
 His. That was his last thought as he parked up at her driveway.
"Thanks Jakey, I had fun today." Stella said, looking at him for the first time since they got in the car.
"Me too, Stel." Jensen said as he nodded.
And there was a silent pause as Stella digested the fact he wasn't even looking at her. His eyes were fixed on some point beyond the windshield.
"Ok, erm.." Stella spoke but paused to clear her throat. "Well, have a safe trip over to Base and I guess I’ll see you in a week."
He still didn't say anything, he only nodded in agreement. His eyes still not on her. So she opened the door, ignoring the lump on her throat, and made to leave when she felt him gently grabbing her arm.
"Stel…"
She stopped and looked at him. He was now looking at her, almost pleadingly, as he reached out, gently gripping her chin in his finger and thumb, his eyes bouncing across hers.
"Jake, I don’t think we..." she whispered but her protests died as he pressed his lips to her.  It was a furious and needy kiss, his tongue harshly dominating hers, and when he pulled away he pressed his head to hers.
"See you in a week, doll." he said, his eyes boring into hers.
"Yeah, see you." she whispered, before getting out of the car
She looked back once to wave as he was waiting to make sure she got inside, as he always did. Once in she shut the front door and headed to the kitchen. Just as she turned around and took the first step her mom walked out of the living room.
"Not in a relationship, eh?" 
"Were you spying on me?" Stella asked. Best defence is offense after all…
Her mother shrugged, a smile threatening to spread on her face. She liked Jake, she had always liked him and what was more, though she would rather be caught dead than admit to it, she liked him more than she would ever like Rick in a million years. But then, what was more important to a mother than their daughters' happiness?
 Stella sighed. "It's complicated."
"Sure it is. Night honey.” her mother said and, after placing a kiss on her head, she left her to it.
Stella said goodnight and headed into the kitchen for a bottle of water.  She uncapped it and leaned on the counter. It had taken her a while to get to a point where she could simply fuck Jake and leave it at that, but even then deep down she knew she had been kidding herself, fooling herself. He had been right in the bar before, she was bitter. Bitter that he had given up so easily when she thought they had something special. And she’d been that much of a sucker that she’d gone along with the whole ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement because the thought of not being with him at all had made her feel sick. 
During the last 12 months they had drifted apart and even though she’d hated it at first and it had killed her, it had done her the world of good in that she had finally worked him out of her system.
Or so she thought she had.
Because here she was, less than 2 weeks of being back in his presence and she was already slipping back down that deep, dark hole. After that night post the mission they hadn’t been together that way, at all, but then the previous day he’d shown up and today he had taken her out, for what had been a really fun afternoon and evening, and it had felt just like old times. 
Especially when he had kissed her like that. 
Jensen was the king of giving off mixed signals, he always had been. Hell, it had taken her years to figure out he liked her that way. But they weren’t in high school anymore, and it was easy, far too easy to get swept back into something that meant more to her than it did to him. She knew she had to put a stop to it, because someone was going to get hurt. And that someone was likely to be her.
Lost in her thoughts she drained the bottle and tossed it into the recycling bin before running her hand through her hair sighing to herself. 
“I’m fucked.” 
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zelskzerker · 3 years
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Mangadex went down so I read alot 1/7
Lets review a bunch of isekai and related stuff I binged because mangadex went down. The scale will be a single thumbs up to a single thumbs down in terms of how much I would consider recommending it in general.
Legend
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Chapters 1-51 Pretty straight forward in most aspects. For the best. Nothing crazy bad or good happening, making it surprisingly straight forward for an isekai. [Insert isekai startup here] but this time the MC is given a super magic body and the knowledge of ancient magic. Which he promptly uses to create a griffon buddy. Gets a THUMB IN THE UPPER CORNER for just being a nice, believable stay in a world, but I have read some stuff that really has interesting sparks the way this doesnt. MC is brutal at times and General Princess is cute. They make a good pair for each other.  Although there are no ecchi situations, that artist really knows how to slide in the lewds, whether its mid combat flourishes or pre chapter artwork.
The Black Create Summoner: Revolt of Reincarnated
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Truly is revolting. A resounding THUMBS DOWN.  Apparently this was just an advertisement manga, which means that its intentionally incomplete and unsatisfying. Ontop of that, the sketchy artwork was generally rough and got worse to look at the more it went on. [Insert isekai startup here] but this time he has a grimoire that lets him summon stuff he draws. The power isn’t used that much though or in that creative of ways. Characters didn’t really leave an impact except maybe the elf little sister that is stubborn yet knows she is incompotent and recruits a dragon out of stubbornness. 
Minotaur’s Sweetheart
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Chapters 1-16
So what if a minotaur accidentally seduced the adventurer that was assigned to kill him? This is a good romance manga deserving a THUMBS UP because the pure-hearted minotaur boy and the unmarriageable adventurer girl actually develop a relationship and progress as people. The manga is ultimately about monsters and humans interacting and is fresh due to having a plot that evolves the situation a lot beyond the initial setup of the manga.
Moon-led Journey Across Another World
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Chapters 1-64
[Insert isekai startup here] but this time the god of the new world calls the MC ugly and banishes him to the edge of the world to die off. In order to help out the MC, the god of our world (Tsukuyomi) gives him a bit of power. The MC is funny to watch once you realize that he is an incredibly cautious pureboy and expecting every common street thug to potentially end him but in reality he is a god-rivaling cataclysm himself and never realizes. He is so powerful that he recruits the blue haired mist dragon, Tomoe, and accidentally turns her into a weeaboo. Tomoe can read minds and access pocket space with her mist ontop of her sick weeaboo katana skills. She really shines as the most mature person in the story, gaining information that no one else in the story has and carefully withholding it from the MC in order to protect his innocence. She is a DAMN good tomboyish waifu and sarashii is a blessing. Other main girl is yandere spider, Mio, which has shockingly good and well conveyed bouts of emotion. She has an extremely rare “can’t cook at all” joke that is explained due to her “eat literally anything” nature. In terms of plot, the MC hates the god of the world he is in and pretty much plans to do everything she doesn’t want him to. Which means mingling with humans, and eventually, god slaying/usurption. Odd think about this manga is that it’s heavily Japanese-inspired. That may sound odd because its a manga, but generally isekai are most medieval/western skinned than this one which leans in on Japanese mythos. Just look at the god of our world in the manga.
THUMBS UP.
The Unsuccessful yet Academically Unparalleled Sage ~A Cheating S-Rank Sorcerer's Post-Rebirth Adventurer Log~
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Chapter 1-10 So lets set up this genre here. This is a part of the “reincarnation” genre, which is a spinoff of isekai. They generally depict a very capable mage who reincarnates themselves into the future of their own world. At which point they realize that although they were pretty strong in their day, they are now practically a god in the deteriorated modern day. This genre will hereby be indicated by [Insert reincarnation startup here]. For this manga in specific, [Insert isekai startup here] but this time the MC could only use lightning magic and was the best at it but failed the gene gacha then [Insert reincarnation startup here] and he fails gene gacha again but is still the walking thunder god. These kinds of manga are always precious when the MC can walk through the world and see the fruits of their past labor. Specifically through Merlin, the MC’s adopted demon daughter who has grown up to be his heritor and bridge human/demon relationships. Truly adorable and heart warming. Lacks a bit of spice from themeing or ongoing plot due to its short length however. THUMB IN THE UPPER CORNER.
Older Elite Knight is cute only in front of me
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Chapters 1-17.1
THUMBS UP. This is an oneshota manga where shota is a chad with incredibly good tastes. A really good ecchi manga with a light hearted story featuring Haru(the shota) knight that joins Karen’s(the oneesan) knight crew. As with all good romance manga, the main plot isn’t romance. Knight shenanigins are always happening, with a big (and lewd) bad entering recently. Top tier variation on the lewds, even including a princess loli in on the fun. Must read for all oneshota fans.
Lonely Attack on A Different World
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Chapter 1-91
[Insert isekai startup forma de classroom here] but this time the MC gets leftover garbage skills and has to learn to survive. Learning to survive thus makes him the most op and he can magic trick his way out of literally anything. Strong start as the whole classroom first tries to get their footing, but after the starting arc is done this manga starts spinning it’s wheels. The manga is kinda lacking in themes, overarching plot and end goals, so stuff just happens to make this a sort of slice of life trap room escape manga. Magic “just works” in this universe so its not very dramatic when the MC pulls out a new trick out of his bag of million tricks. Just kinda stagnates too much for my liking. THUMB IN THE BOTTOM CORNER.
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
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Chapters 1-34
Rentt Faina, the MC, is a good guy with no talent who aspires to be a legendary adventurer. But then he gets turned into a skeleton, giving the chance to evolve his way to greatness, kinda like in Spider isekai or Dragon isekai. The MC is most like Goblin Slayer in his serious and knowledgeable approach to the world, how characters that know him revere him. End goal so far is just him seeing how far he can evolve as he comes across other vampires and vampire hunters. Really want to see him go to the top. Fuckin great art. Girls drawn perfect. Like the hat on the guild girl, but nothing beats the witch Lorraine. THUMBS UP.
Teihen Ryoushu No Kanchigai Eiyuutan
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Chapters 1-13
THUMB IN UPPER CORNER. Pretty funny comedy about a lord of a poor land who wants to be a stereotypical evil lord but can only use healing magic. Therefore he bumbles his way into accepting a heretical cult nun, beast men who hate humans, etc. All the girls are to crazy for him to want to sex them(weak. give the assassin nun your babies). Most interesting parts are aforementioned nun, his fujoshi assistant, and the MC’s willingness to use his power to commit heretical and immoral warcrimes. 
The Undead Lord of the Palace of Darkness
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Chapters 1-11
Art average, don’t come to this one for spectacle. It’s strength is in the subertfuge that it’s recently-necromanced-back-to-life MC goes through to get his Master killed and to later, probably, evolve into a vampire. MC isn’t evil though, just wants to survive. Main girl on cover was born and raised to hunt vampires but has a compassionate heart. Obviously she goes easy on and relates to MC. Story is still kinda in it’s first arc so the overall trajectory of the story is a bit hard to gauge and not quite satisfying enough by its own right. Probably a thumb up with more chapters but for now THUMB IN THE UPPER CORNER.
The Reincarnated Inferior Magic Swordsman
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Chapters 1-38
[Insert isekai startup here] but this time.... uh... THUMB SIDEWAYS. Usually I am patient, but 31 chapters with no goal and just barely plot? Wow. Saving grace is uh... I guess the world of “other isekai people existed but they sucked because they didn’t level uncap like MC” could go somewhere but. I take it back, lowering this one to a THUMB DOWN.
The Invincible Sage in the Second World.
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Chapters 1-12
[Insert isekai startup here] but this time a pro mmo player in a game called “Broken Balance Online.” Guess what his class, the sage class, was considered in the game? Not far along enough to really pop off but it isn’t horrible. MC is moderately cautious to a healthy degree which is actually rare in most isekai. THUMB IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. 
The Dark Queen and I Strike Back
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Chapters 1-29.5
Although technically an isekai, no isekai startup here. This a battle manga with a big mystery on the backdrop of a war. That is to say, the MC gets teleported to a world to kill the demons but he ends up defending them from the humans with all he’s got. Of special note is the complete seriousness of this manga that whiplashes into debauchery like tentacles, the above cover, oneshota, and even really dark jokes in some of the omake. That tonal lash effect will be either make or break, and it is a HUGE make for me. I love when a single piece can have both absolute serious scenes and utterly lighthearted and fluffy ones. Or in this case utterly lewd ones. May the average-human-amount-of-perverted MC one day slam some demon lord loli. THUMBS UP.
Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
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Chapters 1-24
THUMB SIDEWAYS. Has the feeling of a nerfed slime isekai. Nerfed in all ways except romance. Art surprisingly good.
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paleblank · 4 years
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So I've been thinking a lot about smash dlc characters so here's 6 characters I'd love to see in smash! The character I most wanted in was Banjo Kazooie so I'll be pretty satisfied with anything really but here are my picks
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Sora: I think sora would fit so well in smash, his battle style is so unique with the keyblade being such a cool weapon that can transform into a buch of things with formchange and teleport back to the owner's hand when thrown. We also got the super badass drive forms and the hella edgy Anti-form that would be so cool to see implemented in his moveset. the only real thing I see holding this character back is that he's not owned by Square Enix being owned by Disney instead. Idk how would Disney react to that. Also a lot of Sora's summons are Disney characters, his keyblade has the mickey head thing so idk that could be troublesome to license well. Also he's more on Sony and Microsoft consoles rather than Nintendo but so was Cloud. Guys but he's so adorable 🥺 the way he says sorry when messing up cooking with Remy from ratatouille just breaks my heart.
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Paper Mario: I feel Paper Mario is different enough from Mario to be his own character in smash.Paper Mario has a hammer, partners, the whole paper mechanic and that ability with the stars that appear again in Mario Party 5 for some reason... hm a lot to work with here. He's also completely silent unlike Mario! he'd be another flat character like Mr. Game n watch. Also, he just recently had a new game on the switch so that's a plus. I know it'd be another Mario franchise rep and people have been wanting Waluigi(let's be honest it's just to complete Wario and also cuz memes) but Paper Mario is way more unique and even has his own series of games. Keep the Waluigi-not-in-smash meme alive.
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Ryu Hayabusa: Ok. Ninjas. Ninjas in smash. Nintendo we need ninjas in smash... and I'm not talking about pokemon ninjas(greninja) that doesn't count. I'm talking about actual human ninjas. Ryu first appeared on the NES with the Ninja Gaiden trilogy of games(which I never beat cuz it's hella hard) so he'd be kinda like a retro character like Simon. I say kinda because he got a reboot on the xbox later on which Slapsss. But the NES wasn't the only Nintendo console he was on, he was also on the NDS(this game was super fun like you hold the DS sideways it's greatt) and Wii U(he's back on the Switch NES online collection thing too) Now, he is primarily a sword user like so many other smash characters but Ryu is diversity incarnate this man can use sooo many other weapons like a staff, kusarigma, tonfas, bows, dual swords, bladed nunchuks, freaking wolverine CLAWS oh and a modafuckin SCYTHE. So idk they could implement different weapons like they did with Byleth or make the Dragon Sword be his homie his only weapon to keep it classy. To complement that got the usual ninja stuff like the shurikens, the kunais and the totally not op Ninjutsu. Also he his so graceful and fiercee have you seen his fighting style? His movements are so cool to look at. Like, Izuna drop. In smash. Ugh husbando. He's owned by koei tecmo the same guys that did the dinasty warrior games and the fire emblem and zelda warriors crossover of games. So they've been working really close to Nintendo recently. Although the last we've seen of Ninja Gaiden was back in 2014. But like Banjo Kazooie hasn't had a game since 2008 so it's not a big deal. (Edit: wow so Nintendo just announced Koei Tecmo is doing yet another Zelda Warriors game :D andd they're lending them assets from BotW which means Nintendo really trusts this company so Ryu getting in Smash as a representative of Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja is very very likely, probably the most likely of the list) 
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Dante: Hey we have Bayo let us have Dante. He's a cool mofo, he chill he badass. What else can I say? I love his personality ahhh (reminds me of Pale a bit) but I know he's another sword character but he has GUNS and can turn into a DEMON so I think they can make him stand out enough from the others. His fighting style is so stylish and cool yes yes. I feel Nero would be super cool with his devil breaker arms too but Dante is the face of Devil May Cry. I think dmc 3 is the only game on a Nintendo console though... But who cares get this mofo in smash please
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Travis Touchdown: why do I love these personality types hmm. Now he was a wii excluse for a while and most of his games were on Nintendo platforms first so plus plus. Yet another sword character oops but I mean he has a beam sword that's hella cool plus he can turn into a red TIGER. His game is a bit.. well mature, and not only on the gory side of things but there's like a lot of sexual innuendo (he looks like he's jerking off when he's charging his sword) but hey Bayonetta had her moments as well. We got a new game coming up in 2021 mhm. Anyway I wouldn't mind if he didn't got in probably just a bonus on my list.
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Okami: wow I want a lot of hack n slash human characters huh let's combo break that with Amaterasu! She's a wolf, a goddess, she's so cool definitely the most unique pick out of my choices here. like her game is so one of a kind it should be in museums across the world and they should have ppl handing out free copies just so everyone can experience this art in game form. Just image the possibilities of her moveset! She was in a fighting game before and it was amazing. We need more non-human characters in smash too. Hmm it is yet another capcom rep though(we have Megaman, Ryu and Ken and I want Dante too.) But let it happen please
So that's my list for now. If any of these characters get in I'd be sooo happy!! Let's wait and see.
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mac and dennis’ breaking point
Or, a continuation of the analysis of the development of Mac and Dennis’ dynamic, starting from season 9 all the way to season 14.
I’ve been thinking about this post, this post and this post for quite a while now, and since the OP of the first post, @softhowerton​, never continued the analysis post as far as I’m aware, I wanted to continue it myself and throw my two cents in as I believe there is an actual, clear point that shattered the relationship as we know it at least until season 14, and it isn’t just hero or hate crime as the post suggests, in my opinion. Spoiler alert or tldr: it’s Suburbs, click read more to understand why I think so.
Ok so, I’ve been rewatching sunny casually, trying to figure it out, I’ll admit I haven’t rewatched all of them so this is only gonna be a partial analysis up until hero or hate crime, after which I’ve rewatched all episodes, but anyway I still think I have enough proof on my part. I’ve had a little bit of a journey so I’m just gonna go through it in this post to make it comprehensive. 
Sure, in the past Dennis had said he hated Mac, but it was in front of the gang (Mac Day), and even so, his actions still seemed to contradict it, and especially Mac had not noticed any significant change in behavior on Dennis’ part despite all of this. Besides, it seems his hate was born out of Mac’s tendency to seek other people’s validation and change himself in the process, which we know is something Dennis hates. 
Anyway, see Flowers For Charlie for reference of their relationship still being fine here, the You’re The Inspiration scene. We can assume Dennis saying he hates Mac to the gang in Mac Day is not when he actually starts growing distant, quite the contrary, he cares a lot, as his outburst near the end when he demands Mac to be true to himself indicates.
So at first I thought the breaking point was Boggs, the season 10 premiere. It made sense as the episode ended up being very relevant later on and it’s the first instance of Mac letting Dennis go and accidentally hurting him, plus symbolically speaking, the episode right before it is Squashes Their Beef, where the macden apartment burns down.
However I thought more about it, looked at episodes after that, and Dennis still seemed to be very close to Mac. Especially considering them not having an apartment and sleeping on Dee’s floor (presumably close to each other) as pointed out at the start of Suburbs, they did have problems and yes Dennis had already began to shift his attitude, but they were still close, a breaking point had not been reached yet, post Boggs.
See The Gang Group Dates, the episode right after Boggs, where Dennis admits to giving star ratings to his own sex tapes for Mac (and Charlie) to make it easier for them to watch the best ones.
Or see The Gang Spies Like U.S., where they share their porn recommendations together and allegedly also jack off together. In fact, if anything, it almost seems like sleeping together in Dee’s apartment has made them closer, they’re back to being attached at the hip around these episodes, so again the crack of which we are witnessing the fallout to has not happened yet.
No episodes in season 11 ring any bells in terms of major conflicts until, you guessed it, Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs.
And if we take this entire episode into consideration, it’s clear that they had not had a breaking point prior to this, prior to Dennis snapping and saying to Mac that he hates him right in his face.
I took the liberty of screenshotting some moments prior to their big conflict in Suburbs that really highlight how close and comfortable with each other they still were.
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No episode after this one has them be this close anymore.
I don’t think I need to point out that the breaking point is in fact Dennis saying to Mac’s face that he hates him.
For Dennis, it’s a build up, he has been silently collecting reasons to be pissed in general and at Mac during the whole episode, for Mac it comes all at once, with the realization that comes with Dennis outright saying it. Nevertheless, this is when their dynamic experiences the fracture, and it’s especially detrimental that it happens in the episode where they’re framed as a stereotypical heteronormative couple, roles they’re obviously not meant to fulfill, at which they fail miserably, and which plant in Dennis’ head the idea that they might not be meant to live as a couple at all (which will later play a role in his decision in DDL), and this living as a couple while not being one and failing contributes to the overall stress.
Let me explain what I mean by Suburbs framing them in stereotypical heterosexual roles since I’m at it, it’s quite simple, it follows most tropes you’d expect.
Dennis is the typical husband; he goes to work and provides the money, he has no time to provide emotionally for the wife, and contributes nothing to the home life, while also not letting the wife experience fulfillment in other ways, out of jealousy. Despite this, he himself does seek fulfillment elsewhere, reflecting the typical husband who acts jealous while also cheating.
Mac is the typical wife; cooking, cleaning, fixing. His work is hardly acknowledged at all, so he feels underappreciated. He feels cooped up and lonely because Dennis is emotionally unavailable, and all his attempts to cope with it are met with anger, possessiveness or frustration because they’re not what the husband allows.
Finally, they get a "reparatory child" in the hopes that it’ll fix the situation, and of course it doesn't work.
Keep all of this in mind for when I’m gonna tackle DDL later on.
Furthermore, speaking of Dennis saying he hates Mac, in the episode right after Suburbs, Being Frank, we get this dialogue:
Mac: “Hey, Frank? Do you think that Dennis hates me?” Frank: “What?“ Mac: “I just want him to think that I'm cool, you know? And I just feel like- is this a little bit lame? I just feel like I can talk to you about this kind of stuff.” Frank: “Yeah? Oh, yeah, you can tell me anything.” Mac: “Really? Oh, well, honestly, I just feel like...” [...] Mac: “You know what I mean?” Frank: “Yeah, yeah. Totally, totally.” Mac: “Yeah, okay. Well, look, if you could just casually, off the cuff, mention that I can bench-press [...] I think that he'll respect me.”
Now, I might be mistaken since as I said I haven’t rewatched every episode, but as far as I remember, Mac has never asked to anyone or himself if Dennis hated him prior to this moment. Aside from all of this, it suggests a correlation between fitness stuff and impressing Dennis for Mac, which makes Mac being ripped at the start of season 13 all the more tragic, and is again reinforced when the doll shames him and he starts doing crunches in response to it.
Again, I wanna stress that Dennis and the gang knew about Mac being gay before he came out, of course it’s said in Mac Day, but we’re reminded of it yet again in The Gang Goes To Hell pt1, with the dialogue:
Mac: “There are two guys in this church that are gay.” Charlie: “Who's the other guy?” Mac: “I don’t get the joke.” Dennis: “What’s wrong with that [anyway]?”
And later when Mac actually comes out, we’re reminded by the reactions.
All this time, and especially in Mac Day, it has been implied heavily that Dennis dislikes Mac when he’s in denial and desperately trying to be someone he’s not, yet, as soon as Mac actually comes out for the first time in The Gang Goes To Hell pt2, Dennis becomes outwardly angry, defensive and distant. It’s no wonder that in Tends Bar Mac seems to think that Dennis acts like that because he’s uncomfortable with Mac being gay, as the two elements seem to coincide perfectly every time, but as Charlie rightfully points out, he already knew, so that can’t be it.
The Gang Goes To Hell pt2 actually has some interesting dialogue relating to all of this.
Mac: “Welcome to my first ever dinner party. I'm gonna have lots of these types of functions in the future, you know, with my new lifestyle.” Dennis: “Wow, you're really just diving right into that, huh? Just, stereotypes and all.” [...] Frank: “So get rid of my dog?” Mac: “Yeah, no dogs. [...] We do not allow dogs in our house, right, Dennis?” Dennis: “Wh- Our house? Wh-Why's it our house?”
A couple of interesting bits, such as Dennis getting suspiciously pissed about Mac supposedly stereotyping his own sexuality, despite it not being Dennis’ place at all to get offended.  Mac saying that dogs are not allowed in their house, one could assume because of the Suburbs incident, so again, another reference to that conflict. And finally Dennis somehow being surprised that Mac would call it their house despite the fact that they have lived together for 20 years so it’s only natural that he’d say that. Again, Dennis gets defensive.
It’s hard to pinpoint why he would, if we stress the fact that they were all always aware of Mac’s sexuality. It might be because when Mac was closeted, it was never an actual discussion, but now that he’s out he’s always mentioning it, and in general we have enough proof in the show to say that Dennis tends to get defensive at any mention of gay that could be traced back to him, even if not related to Mac at all. Remember how offended he got on Mac’s behalf in The Gang Texts when Dee called him the f word, and then how abruptly he changed the subject.
This is interesting, as the dialogue that I included from part 1 would have you assume he has no problem with the subject in general, only when it can be traced back to him, when he feels exposed or when it’s been talked about negatively. So we can assume Dennis feels uncomfortable being perceived as non-straight, and this still rings true as of season 14, to a lesser extent.
So we arrive to season 12, and what stands out to me is that Mac keeps noticing how Dennis has started to act pissed towards him all of a sudden and for seemingly no reason. Remember, both of the times Mac acknowledges it in any way before Tends Bar (which are, Being Frank and Making Dennis Reynolds A Murderer) happen when he is not out yet. So despite Dennis acting pissed in Goes To Hell pt2, he has no clear reason to be distant as of yet if we don’t consider Suburbs the breaking point, because Mac is not out yet in those two episodes.
In Making Dennis Reynolds A Murderer, we get this dialogue, after a short bickering between them with Dennis acting annoyed about their new movie night antics which Dennis insists are not funny, while Mac insists they are:
Dennis: “Are we done with this? Can we be done? I'm tired of saying the same things over and over again.” Mac: “Well, wait. Wh- hold Dennis, d-don't leave without me. I mean, dude, look, are you mad at me?”
As we know thanks to Texts, Dennis supposedly hates repeating himself. It seems there’s some communication issues at play, with Dennis constantly saying some things and Mac misinterpreting them, which deeply resembles Texts’ conflict as a whole. 
Dennis is mad about something;
Mac senses that he’s mad about something, is distressed by it which leads him to either avoid the situation or confront it directly, in this case he asks him about it. The distress also makes him insecure, which Dennis dislikes.
Dennis thinks Mac is not genuine about his distress, that he’s not actually sorry and just wants Dennis to stop being mad. Mac becoming defensive and lying, hesitating or doubling down doesn’t help his case. Mac’s track record in misunderstanding Dennis doesn’t help either (see, Dines Out, when Mac didn’t get the speech was for him, or Suburbs, when Mac didn’t get that Dennis was implying he got him a dog until he literally had to tell him). Mac does not perform well when subtext is involved, either positive or negative. Dennis only communicates in subtext, again both positive and negative. This creates a discrepancy.
Anyway, because of this, Dennis does not come forward with the reason he’s upset at Mac. He just keeps being upset.
Dennis at this point thinks Mac never listens and never gets him and is never remorseful for his actions, so he has stopped trying to communicate his hurt to him, resorting to suppressing his feelings of anger instead.
This dynamic started with the Suburbs conflict, but I need to go more in detail to explain why I think so.
Let’s take Dines Out as an example of their ideal, usual dynamic.
How do Dennis and Mac behave usually when one hurts the other?
For Mac it’s:
Dennis is hurtful to Mac (laughs about the karaoke machine)
Mac demands respect and confronts him directly
Dennis doesn't take him seriously
Mac almost goes away
Dennis reveals his feelings/apologizes to keep him from leaving
For Dennis it’s:
Mac is hurtful to Dennis (not recognizing the speech was about him) 
Dennis snaps
Mac apologizes
It used to be like this, but then Suburbs happened, and suddenly Mac is afraid that if he stands for himself Dennis will hate him, and Dennis thinks Mac doesn’t care about his feelings.
So now, post Suburbs, it’s like this.
For Mac it’s:
Dennis is hurtful to Mac
Mac doesn't say anything because he doesn't want Dennis to hate him
Dennis keeps being hurtful to Mac because he’s unaware he’s doing it 
For Dennis it’s:
Mac is hurtful to Dennis
Dennis doesn't say anything because he thinks Mac won't be genuinely sorry or won’t care
Mac keeps being hurtful to Dennis because he’s unaware he’s doing it
So it started with the explosive conflict in Suburbs, and Dennis has been clearly distant, or mad, since, as the episodes seem to point out, and it only got worse, eventually becoming exacerbated with Mac coming out and risking damaging Dennis’ public image, but not starting because of his coming out.
Dennis is also not mad because of the dog or for what Mac did, necessarily, of course that hurt him but he’s mad more in general about Mac’s inability to recognize when he has hurt Dennis and own up to it and apologize. We have seen it time and time again, that’s usually when Dennis scratches Mac, and in Texts it’s especially apparent when he comes up with an excuse instead of apologizing. Aside from that, he’s also mad at Mac’s constant need for attention and validation that was also showcased in Suburbs, amongst other things, with the terribly oppressive visual gag of Dennis opening the closet only to be inundated with Mac and Cheese boxes, symbolizing Mac’s overflowing need to please Dennis and receive praise from him.
As of Chokes and Texts, it seems that both of these conflicts have found a resolution. 
Chokes resolved Mac’s problem in dynamic, letting him once again stand up for himself even against Dennis. Texts on the other hand resolved their problems of miscommunication but specifically Dennis’ problem in dynamic, letting him know that Mac does feel sorry when he hurts him. Again, all very positive developments.
So, getting back on track, the episode right after Making Dennis Reynolds A Murderer is, in fact, Hero Or Hate Crime.
Despite saying that he hates Mac at the end, which I interpret to be entirely performative, he still makes the very nice gesture of proposing that they let him have the rest of the day to feel happy. 
Not only does this clearly show that Dennis doesn’t hate Mac, even post Suburbs, it shows that he cares about Mac’s feelings to some extent, and it also shows that he’s happy for him that he came out. He’s not reacting negatively, he’s not lashing out at Mac. He might’ve been deeply impacted, as we see in his expression and behavior, but he does not hate Mac for the choice of coming out. I’d go as far as to say that he’s proud of him. And it checks out with what we know thanks to Mac Day.
PTSDee doesn’t give us more insight on his relationship with Mac, but he doesn’t go out of his way to try to include Mac at all.
The episode after this, The Gang Tends Bar, is a clear example of the argument I was trying to make. Dennis ignoring his feelings and acting like everything is fine, until he no longer can, he’s cornered and he snaps.
Everything I can say about this episode has already been said better by the post I linked at the beginning, but still, notice the dialogue:
Mac: “[Dennis] is acting, like, so weird, especially towards me. I think it's because I'm gay and he's, like, totally uncomfortable with it.” Charlie: “Yeah- Well, no, 'cause he's known that forever, so it's, you know...”
The episode itself does not show us Dennis being particularly distant to Mac, so we can assume that this is meant to be taken in general. Again reaffirming what we know.
All in all, Dennis wants Mac to care about him and his feelings, wants to feel loved by him, but is not ready to be perceived as non-straight, so he ends up pushing Mac away, which comes easier considering how he’s still mad at Mac at this point in time.
Although, more than mad, as Dennis’ Double Life happens, I’d say he feels hopeless, that’s what his final stare communicates to me.
As the RPG, the symbol that represents romantic love and the possibility of a romantic relationship with Mac, sits on the counter right at the end, as the apartment is fixed like nothing ever happened (which reinforces the concept that Mac tends to sweep conflicts under the rug in Dennis’ eyes), he wonders if maybe what he has with Mac is truly unfixable, and decides to go away and try to seek what he truly desires (romantic love and to settle down) with someone else, but not before hesitating at the door, hoping Mac will care enough to stop him.
By going away, he’s in part trying to rebuild a life for himself like he wants, and in part hoping that the drastic gesture will lead Mac to care, without realizing that he already does. As the title suggests, a true Double Life.
So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Dennis’ Double Life deeply parallels Suburbs.
Starting from the obvious, the trend of the names of Dennis’ serious lovers starting with “Ma” continues.
Maureen, Mandy, Mac. 
Yes Mac is not a lover as of yet, but the implication is clear, and it doesn’t end there.
Check this dialogue:
Mac: “You got me a dog?” Dennis: “Yeah.” Mac: “Oh, Dennis, Dennis. I'm gonna name him Dennis. You're Dennis. He's Dennis Jr.” [...] Dennis: “You with me, buddy?” Mac: “I'm with you. I'm gonna raise this guy like he was our own son.”
So, metatextually, Dennis has a “son” with Mac in Suburbs, that Mac names with Dennis’ name + Jr.
And then, in DDL, it’s discovered that Dennis had a son with Mandy, which she called Brian Jr. His perceived name, Brian LeFevre + Jr.
Making a parallel this clear leaves me to assume that Dennis’ “double lives” mirror each other in every aspect, including his potential relationship with Mac being that of a couple.
And with the RPG, which again symbolizes their romantic love (it was inside the crate, which Dennis remarks “is always empty, there’s nothing in it”, because he has “opened crates” all his life and never found love, which is, as he says, “the one thing he wanted more than anything else in the entire world”; so, as I said, a loving relationship where he can settle, like he was trying to build with Maureen, and like he tries again to build with Mandy, failing both times as there is no love on his part), again sitting on the counter in DDL as Dennis leaves, it seems that the only thing standing between Mac and Dennis and a relationship at that point in time is the conflicts born because of Suburbs, which were still unresolved during DDL. And so Dennis leaves.
What happens from this point forward is shrouded in mystery to me.
The entirety of season 13 is vague, ambiguous, and I can only give my personal interpretation of it, so that’s exactly what I’ll do.
Verbally, and in public, Dennis keeps pushing Mac away. Of course, they’re still mad at each other because the ND incident has scarred them both and they’re hurt, plus they haven’t resolved their issues, but surprisingly enough, Dennis shows no problem with inconspicuous intimacy. He holds Mac by the shoulders when they’re alone in Escapes, he keeps his leg uncomfortably close to Mac’s in Times Up and even shares complicit glances in Time’s Up the likes of which we haven’t seen since Suburbs. He also outwardly seeks Mac’s attention in New Wheels (you could argue he seeks the gang’s attention, but the framing of all the shots make it look like he’s talking only to Mac), and wants him to come to the concert in Bathroom Problem.
Mac on the other hand is letting Dennis have full control, but it appears that he’s no longer walking on eggshells trying not to get Dennis to hate him, he’s not avoiding saying when he’s hurt when he has to. He doesn’t protest often, but he does do it, in Bathroom Problem for example, or when he asks Dennis when the photo of him he shows in Time’s Up was taken, or when he ignores him at the start of New Wheels, so the reason for Mac not saying anything most times must have changed. I don’t know what it would be, possibly just not to hurt Dennis if he can help it.
At the same time, Dennis is going out of his way to be mean to Mac, by lashing out where he knows it hurts. The first thing he says to him as he comes back is “Hey, Mac, did you gain a little weight?”, and in Time’s up, again “Well, guess what, pal? You are ugly, and it doesn't matter how much you work out. It's never gonna change that fact.”
Actually, let’s take Time’s Up.
His whole rethoric and speech towards Mac falls apart at face value the moment you actually recognize his message.
Dennis: “But guys, I got some good news for you. Okay? It's not a crime to be ugly. But you can't be ugly and sloppy.” [...] Dennis: “I got the documents to prove it, so don't try coming at me. But some of you you just haven't been careful enough. So you're asking yourself, "What can I do to save myself now?" You got to clean up your act. Otherwise, you're going down, and you're gonna take me down with you, and I ain't going down.”
When it comes to the others, it makes sense, what they do is recurrent criminal activity, and if they get busted he gets busted. But in which way does this apply to his very personal rant to Mac? How is Mac being affectionate the way they’ve always been in the past going to bring him down, especially considering he never had a problem with it in the past and especially considering he has not done anything particularly unusual that we could see in recent times? 
Continuing:
Dennis: “I'm just saying we need to be more careful so we don't get accused.” Mac: “And we should probably stop harassing them.” Dennis: “Uh, well, you know, I don't know. One step at a time.”
Dennis’ point was never “stop doing what you’re doing”, it was don’t get caught doing it, have proof that you didn’t do it, that you weren’t complicit. What’s his proof? The public rejection he just did.
Dennis: “You know, you got to stop kissing me, man. I don't want it. I don't want you touching me at all. Okay, it's never gonna happen. All right? Not willingly.”
By publicly stating this, he’s constructing a clear alibi for himself in case he gets caught, but his intent was never to ask anyone to stop what they’re doing, just to stop being sloppy with it.
Which is why this whole episode, coupled with the subtext in Escapes about “keeping it between themselves”, is very confusing to me, as a whole, for their implications.
Either way, in Bathroom Problem it’s shown that Dennis still feels insecure in his sexuality or uncomfortable with being mistaken for non-straight, going out of his way to point out time and time again how much of a heterosexual male he is.
Skipping Clip Show’s moment of realization (”Dennis, everyone knows that the most annoying person in the world is Mac. So why would you ever want to live with him?”) since it’s unclear what exactly happened, this leads us to Mac Finds His Pride.
Nothing of note here, except for Dennis supposedly feeling claustrophobic driving the pride float, and Mac saying he’s “not ready for a relationship”.
And that is pretty much it. Despite everything, aside from Chokes and Texts, there isn’t much indication of what’s going on between them in season 14.
They seem to be back to being reasonably close, and there seems to be something that is making Dennis progressively angrier as the season advances, but it’s left mostly unclear what that is, especially considering that he’s still unbelievably mad in Global Warming, Jumper and Chop, despite the conflict between them being already resolved by that point.
Dennis is somehow shown to be “uncomfortable” sharing a bed with Mac, despite having slept next to him on Dee’s floor for at least a good year in the past, but he’s not against physical contact, he has no problem stretching on top of him in Chokes, or letting him massage his pecs after a workout (although that’s in private). He looks happy when Mac winks at him, and he even winks at Mac himself while saying “smash test” in Jumper, whatever that implies.
All in all, they’re comfortable with public touching and vicinity again, and the problems that stemmed from Suburbs should be resolved, so it must be something else making Dennis mad and frustrated, and whatever that is it has something to do with Mac failing to do something. Thanks to Chokes, Global Warming and Jumper, we know it seems Dennis wants Mac to do something, but what that is hasn’t been revealed in text yet, so we can only assume.
Still, Dee Day seems eager to remind us about Dennis’ Feelings, with the dialogue:
Dennis: “Today of all days, and now I'm being forced to listen to her feelings? I won't do it. And who cares about her feelings anyway? Nobody, that's who. What about my feelings? Now, that's interesting.”
So I’ll leave it at that. Either way, if season 15 does happen, it seems the direction their dynamic is headed towards is very much promising. Fingers crossed.
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cantgetoutofmyheda · 4 years
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Falling in Love in a Quarantine: Part 3
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PART 3: Day 6
“Where’s Griff??” Raven screamed through the laptop screen, her half-empty glass of red wine was peeking through the corner of the screen.
It was the first Friday that everyone had officially spent “apart.” Lincoln had the idea of replacing the group’s normal Friday happy hours with a virtual version—everyone was conferenced in. Lincoln and Octavia from Lincoln’s place, Raven and Anya from Anya’s, and Bellamy and Echo from their loft. Lexa had tuned in, nestled into Clarke’s couch. The blonde in question was still asleep—she had gotten home at noon from her fourth night shift in a row, luckily it was the last until Sunday.
“Stop screaming, jeez. Anya, calm your woman,” Lexa smirked at the camera, before taking a sip of her beer.
Anya looked towards Raven, then towards the camera on her laptop, “I think we all know there’s no calming this one, Lex. But yeah, where’s Griff? Thought she was off today.”
“Sleeping,” Lexa took another sip and pulled Sandy into the frame, “but I do have this lovely lady by my side.
The computer speaker sounded with “oohs” and “aahs” as the retriever made a quick appearance on the screen.
When Sandy finally settled down into Lexa’s lap, Octavia chimed into the lulling conversation, “So it’s been six days at Griff’s, Lex? How’s it going over there?”
“It’s been good,” Lexa shrugged. “She’s been working the night shift for the past four nights, so we haven’t seen each other too much. I’m just trying to have some food ready for her when she gets home in the morning and before she leaves so she doesn’t have to worry about that.”
“That’s sweet,” Raven raised a brow, earning an elbow jab from her girlfriend for the sarcastic tone in her voice.
Lexa cocked her head to the side, “Why’d you hit her, Ahn?”
“They’re just being stupid,” Octavia rolled her eyes. “What have you been cooking? I miss a good Lexa Woods meal. Remember that once impromptu brunch we had? You told everyone to come over with 3 ingredients from their kitchen and you magically whipped up the most delicious meal ever?”
“I’d hardly call that weird veggie mash with three kinds of sausage the ‘most delicious meal ever,’” Lexa shook her head. “But yes, that was fun. And just making little breakfasts and dinner stuff, nothing fancy.”
Lexa didn’t realize why, but Sandy had jumped to her feet and trotted out of the living room. It wasn’t until she heard another pair of steps padding towards her that she realized Clarke had finally woken up.
The blonde stood in the entryway of the room, arms stretched towards the ceiling—her shirt rising just enough to expose the smallest bit of skin. A big yawn escaped her mouth, signaling to the group on the computer screen that the doctor was finally awake. She offered the brunette a lazy smile as she came towards the couch, “Nothing fancy, my ass, Woods.”
“Griff!!!” echoed through the small speaker.
The blonde finally made her way to the couch and took a seat right next to her new, temporary roommate. She slung her head onto Lexa’s shoulders and sighed, it was apparent that she was still exhausted. “Hi, guys,” was all she could muster out.
Lexa turned her attention to the blonde, “Hungry?”
“Always,” Clarke mumbled, “I just need a second but I’ll get up and find something.”
Lexa placed the laptop on the table, directly in front of Clarke, before slowly shifting to stand up, “Why don’t you catch up with everyone and fill them in on all the lives you’re saving. I’ll warm something up for you.”
Clarke looked up at Lexa with a smile and a nod, “You sure?”
“Yep,” Lexa smiled back, “lamb or the truffle alfredo?”
The blonde’s eyes lit up, “Maybe a little bit of both?”
Lexa nodded, “Water, wine, beer, or hard seltzer?”
“Mmm, hard seltzer,” Clarke answered.
As Lexa walked away, Clarke pulled the computer onto her lap and was met with raised brows from every one of their friends, “Hi?”
“This is cute, Griff,” Raven smirked.
The blonde’s smile shifted into a look of confusion, “Huh?”
“You know,” Anya chimed in. “This little game of domestic living you and my cousin are playing.”
Clarke opened her mouth to say something, but Bellamy beat her to it, “I mean, it’s day six. Glad to see you guys have found your groove.”
“Tell us about the groove, Griff,” Octavia threw in.
Clarke put on her serious face, “Whatever you guys are getting at, please stop.”
“Your wish is our command, Princess,” Anya offered an overly dramatic smile.
“Tell us more about this lamb and truffle alfredo, though,” Lincoln leaned towards his computer camera. “Sounds fucking delicious.”
Clarke finally relaxed into the couch, “It is fucking delicious. She was going crazy the other day trying to get a delivery time slot from the grocery store because she was craving a rack of lamb. I forgot how secretly bougie she was. And the pasta was also to die for—it’s like I have my own personal chef now.”
“Damn, lucky you,” Lincoln shook his head, before turning to Octavia. “All she makes are grilled chicken breasts and salads. I’m starving over here.”
Octavia scoffed at her boyfriend, “Lincoln’s been living off of steak, eggs, chips, and beer. Don’t let him fool you. He’s doing just fine.”
Clarke smiled, “Linc, you knew going into this that O wasn’t going to cook for you. You could have scooped Lexa up before I did and you’d be set.
“Yeah,” he huffed. “I’d be eating like a king.”
The blonde laughed, “Yeah, you would have. Meanwhile I’m just going to get fat with her staying here.”
Echo shook her head, “Oh, please. Like that would ever happen, Clarke.”
“Echo, you don’t get it. She’s cooking all this amazing food, but I’ve been so busy at work and she’s staying in the room with the Peloton, so I haven’t even had a chance to work out,” Clarke groaned.
“I’m sure there are other ways you can get some cardio in, Griff,” Raven wiggled her eyebrows.
The sound of the microwave beeping signaled Lexa’s soon return to the room. “Seriously, quit it,” Clarke commanded.
“Quit what?” Lexa called out, as she made her way into the living room. The plate in one hand and drink in the other was all Clarke needed to light her eyes up.
“Nothing. Now c’mere and give me all that.”
“Wow,” Lexa set everything down on the table before giving the blonde a wink. “Never thought I’d hear you say that to me, Griff.”
“Every one of my friends is extremely insufferable. That’s the conclusion I’ve drawn today,” Clarke deadpanned as she reached for the plate.
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A/N: So this is a request from @chloerinebarnes and some members of a reallly crazy fam that I’ll be tagging below! 
“Bucky x reader where the reader is a recruit. Amazing in training, but a clumsy fuck of a mess out of training. Maybe some recruits or agents doubt her due to her clumsiness?”
Ok, so I HOPE this is good, or at least decent!
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“We’ve chosen you among a wide range of young agents to be a part of the most intensive training to become one of us because we saw potential in you, we hope we can see more of that.” James Rhodes tells you as you walk in the compound after he’s given you a tour of the place. “Now, finally, let me introduce you to your personal trainer.” You both walk into the kitchen which is a bit odd for you, but you ask no questions and follow him.
“Hey, Buck?” Rhodes speaks and the stout figure standing by the counter turns around, still chewing his donut and with white frosting plastered on his scruff. You want to laugh but you’re quite driven to his blue eyes and the way his broad shoulders show through his t shirt.
“Hey, Rhodie.” He speaks after he’s swallowed and wiped his lip with his thumb.
“I want you to meet our new recruit, Y/N.” Rhodie gestures in your direction and you step forward.
“Oh, nice to meet you, Y/N.” He offers his hand and as you’re about to shake it, your hand bumps into a coffee cup over the counter and you spill it out.
“Crap.” You murmur, and quickly reach over to grab a paper towel and dry it.
“It’s okay, don’t worry.” Bucky says as he takes another paper towel and helps you out.
“Now this is a way of introducing me.” You say after you’ve both cleaned up the marble, which makes Bucky chuckle and a smile creeps up on your face.
“Call me Bucky.”
“Alright, I’ll leave you two to talk for a while.” Rhodie says and you both look at him and smile, and you thank him for the tour.
“So, Bucky, I guess we’ll be spending a lot of time with each other.” You say as you wash your hands to remove the coffee remnants and he does it after you.
“Yeah, looks like that.” He opens the fridge. “Can I offer you anything?” He takes out a pitcher of water and pours himself a glass.
“Um, coffee is fine, I promise not to spill.” You say after you’ve spotted the light on of the coffee maker. You earn another chuckle from him and he quickly takes out a mug from the cabinet and pours coffee for you, sliding the mug along the marble, and you thank him.
“You know I can be really clumsy for…other stuff, but I’m a really good agent.” Taking a sip of your coffee you realize it’s pretty damn good, and you wonder if he did or not, so you decide to ask anyways. “Wow, did you make this coffee?”
“Is something wrong with it? I can make another badge for you.” He replies quickly with a frown.
“No, no, I asked because it’s great, just how I like it.”
“Oh,” He chuckles nervously. “Okay, then. I’m glad because I’m the one who makes coffee around here, it’s like an unspoken designated task for me, but everyone’s just lazy.” He shrugs, and he makes you laugh.
“They’re lucky to have you, then. Well, that and that you’re a great sniper.” He doesn’t reply instantly and he widens his eyes in surprise.
“You know who I am?” He draws his hand to his chest.
“I did my research before coming. Though I might say, that picture at the museum doesn’t make you justice.” You add, just to watch his reaction, but you kind of meant it, too. He instantly chokes on his water, and you smile at how his cheeks turn red in a second.
“Um…thanks?” He finally replies, with a—very attractive—smirk on his face and you nod.
/
Taking a walk outside of the compound, Bucky has heard a lot about you already, where you come from, why you’re here, and you’re surprised that he’s such a good listener, he understands, he asks the best questions and he laughs at your crappy jokes.
“Has anyone ever told you you’re a great listener?” You finally ask and look up at him.
“Um, actually, no. Am I?” He frowns.
“You are.” You nod. “But I haven’t heard much about you, why is that?”
“I…it’s been a really long time since I could have a normal conversation, you know, it’s…hard to start over.”
“I get it. I mean, not get it, but I see why. We barely know each other but if you ever want to…talk, I’m here.”
“Thanks, Y/N, it’s nice to hear that.”
“You know, I haven’t met anyone else here except for Rhodie, can you introduce me? But only if you want to.”
“Of course, everyone will like you…I mean, you’re…fun.” He speaks very lowly, but you still smile at him and stare at his eyes for a moment, there’s something about them that’s almost hypnotizing. “What? Did I say something wrong?”
“No,” You shake your head. “Not at all.”
Walking inside the compound again, you run into another teammate, and Bucky quickly stops so he can introduce you.
“Sam, this is Y/N, my new trainee.” He gestures on your direction and you offer your hand to Sam.
“Well, well, nice to meet you, newbie.” Sam shakes your hand and glances at Bucky with a smile. “I’m sure you’ll have a great time here.” He shifts his glance back to you.
“I sure hope so.” You nod, looking up at Bucky for a second. You make your way inside and you realize it’s getting late, but you don’t want to go to your room just yet, you wonder why.
“Have you settled in your room? Because if you haven’t, I can leave you to it.” Bucky says, and you wonder how someone can be so polite.
“Yeah, I did this morning before the tour. Are you hungry? ‘Cause I am and I was thinking of ordering pizza or something.”
“No, no, you can’t eat pizza before your first day of training.” He replies quickly. “I can cook something.” His voice is lower, and he shrugs.
“You cook?” You ask, inevitably biting your lip, and you definitely want to punch yourself for it.
“What, you think I just shoot people? I have skills, you know.”
“Alright, let’s see them.” You nod your head on the kitchen’s direction.
Bucky was utterly surprised to see that you can cook too, but he certainly beats you, and you’d really like an explanation for that. He found many ways of teasing you because as you said, you’re a clumsy mess and he is…not. When he asked you to chop some vegetables, at least one piece of them flew away and fell on his side of the counter, and he laughed every time. When he was making the sauce, he asked you to add in some condiments, and, obviously by accident, you added a bit too much of one of them, so he just chuckled and managed to fix it again.
“I swear I’m not like this in a fight.” You finally say and he laughs.
“I certainly hope you’re not or we’re in big trouble.” He shakes his head in disbelief as he keeps stirring the sauce so it doesn’t stick.
“You’ve got a big mouth, did you know that?”
“I thought I was very quiet.” He frowns, sarcastically, letting the sauce boil and turning to face you.
“When you want to.” You stare at him with a teasing smirk and he looks down at his feet for a moment.
“I didn’t know the new recruits were allowed to tease team members, was there a memo?”
“I’m not just a recruit, I’m the best recruit you’ll ever have.” You joke again, and he shakes his head.
“We’ll see that tomorrow, in the training room.” He leans over so his faces is inches away from yours, and you lick your lips and narrow your eyes at him.
“Can’t wait.” You shrug. “Now, check the sauce before you burn it.”
/
A good night’s sleep and a refreshing shower are all you need to get ready for your first training with Bucky, even if you both went to sleep by midnight after having a very long talk about…well, basically anything. It is so easy to talk to him, it’s like he always wants to listen and you obviously want to listen to him too. He’s smart, very smart, he says he has vague memories of being the first in his class back in high school, and you obviously took the opportunity to joke and ask him if Abraham Lincoln was his classmate, which, again, he laughed at. He talked about his dreams of being an architect or an astronaut but there was not much of a choice for him, which genuinely made you sad because he could have avoided losing so many years of his life if only he hadn’t enlisted. Then again, the selfish part of you, the one everyone has and everyone hates, thought that if he hadn’t enlisted you wouldn’t have had that conversation at all.
Scrolling through your phone on your way to the training room you’re step on the first stair, but apparently the next one was a bit higher than you lifted your foot because you instantly trip and fall down, saving your face by putting your hands first, and dropping your phone, which, luckily suffered no consequences.
“You really gotta stop looking at that phone.” A now-familiar voice speaks behind you and you shut your eyes in anger and embarrassment and you turn around and sit on the stair.
“And you gotta stop sneaking up on me and watching me fall down.” You run a hand through your hair.
“You didn’t twist an ankle, did you?” This time his tone is more of concern than amusement, and he rests his body on the wall.
“Of course not, I’m okay, except for the obvious shame.” You roll your eyes at him, making him chuckle.
“Come here.” He offers you his hand and you take him, letting him lift you up rather than standing up on your own, but clearly, he’s strong because as he pulls you, you crash against his chest, and your body is only separated from his by your own hand resting on his sternum. He searches for your eyes and you stare for a moment, forgetting how to breathe for a moment. “Are you okay?” He murmurs, letting you feel his chest rumble against your hand. You nod and smirk, slowly taking a short step backwards, clearing your throat.
“Ready to train?” You ask him and he simply nods, and you both make your way upstairs, rather silently you might say.
Training is probably the funniest thing you’ve done in a while, and you finally got to prove him that you’re actually good at it, and not just good, you’re almost an expert. Knocking him down several times was funny, but your laugh made you weak and he took those opportunities to knock you down, but you couldn’t help but tease him about how that’s the only way he could beat you up. And that wasn’t the only way he could win, he was already winning your heart. You quickly erased that last thought and tried to focus on actually training, but his stupid grins and jokes were making that a bit hard. After a bottle of water and a drying the sweat from your face and neck, you’ve caught some air and now sit on a bench, fixing your braid.
“What, are you tired?” He mocks you as he stands in front of you, with his breath so steady and his face barely sweating it’s almost annoying.
“Well, yeah, I’m not a super soldier, remember?”
“You forget I’m a hundred years old.” You narrow your eyes at him and bite your cheek, wanting to snap that smirk right out of his face. But there are other ways to do that.
“Yeah, but age doesn’t count for you, stop gloating. Besides, I could totally beat you, and you know that.” You take another sip of water and stand up, stretching up a bit and gaining some composure.
“Okay, okay, in all seriousness, I don’t think you need training at all, you’re a natural.” He shrugs, but his words hit you deep in your gut. Does that mean he doesn’t want to do it? Wait, why are you feeling like this? You haven’t known the man for a whole 24 hours, what’s going on with you?
“Oh,” You reply, not realizing how your features changed. “You really think that?” Your voice is lower, and his face changes too, as he takes a step forward, kneeling so he’s at your height.
“I didn’t mean it like that, I’ve definitely…enjoyed this. I just meant you’re a really good agent.” His hand falls over your knee and your breath hitches, but you’re unable to part your gaze from his.
“Thanks.” You whisper. “But I really like training with you.” You speak boldly, earning a wide grin from him, making your insides warm in a second.
“Oh really?” His gaze quickly drops to your lips and you nod, putting your hand over the one that still rests on your knee. “I like training with you too.” He murmurs, but his sentences is barely finished by the time your lips are pressed to his, and his surprise comes out as moan that fans against your lips. You smile against his, amused by his reaction and you draw your hand to his jaw, caressing his scruff. He pulls away, faster than you’d like and he lets out a breath as he searches for your eyes, but it takes you a second longer to open them and come back to Earth.
“Do you train like this with everyone else?” You tease him, licking your lips to subtly let him know you want to kiss him again.
“No, doll, and I don’t intend to do that with anyone else.”
/
Fixing your hair in a hallway mirror, you make sure your braid is tightly done and there are no lose strands of hair. You smile at the reflection of Bucky walking towards you and hugging you from behind, already in his new suit.
“Hey.” You smile at him and turn around slowly, taking a step backwards to take a look at his suit. “I’m not sure brown is your color, baby.” You wrap your arms around his neck.
“Oh, yeah, what’s my color then?” He smiles at you. You tug at the straps over his chest and he pulls you closer to him, if that’s possible.
“I actually prefer it when you wear nothing.” You murmur with a shrug. He chuckles and pecks your lips. “When we get back from this mission you’re asking for a change of those boots.”
“What’s wrong with my boots?” he asks.
“I don’t know, they…don’t go with the rest.” You shrug. “But definitely keep the pants.” You bite your lower lip but he dips down and kisses you, grazing your lip with his teeth as he lets go.
“Why do you like the pants?” he frowns, knowing what kind of answer he will get, but he refrains from laughing until he hears it from you.
“They bring out your…thighs.” You pause before finishing that sentence and he laughs now, hypnotizing you with that lovely sound yet again. “Don’t laugh, I’m complimenting you!”
“I know, doll.” He nods. “I’m glad you like the suit.” You run a hand along his left arm, sliding it up until it reaches his neck, letting you feel the warmth of his body against your skin.
“I like how it looks on you, but I’d like to take it off by myself someday.” You wink at him and turn on your heel to walk away from him, only turning your head to see him looking down at his feet with his fists at his hips.
“You can’t do this to me right now, Y/N! We’re about to go on a three-day mission!” He exclaims as you laugh at him from a distance. You really know how to tease your boyfriend, you’ve known it since the day you met.
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