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insane-arcane · 2 years
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Okay but guys try not to imagine Silcos kid calling Vander papa at one point and Silco gets so pouty and Reader just either doesn't realize they said it or gets immediately flustered upon realizing. Reader always calls Silco dada or dad so the papa for Vander just kind of slipped out. And Vander just picks you up before swinging you in his arms and he laughs cause that's the highest compliment ever.
Try not to imagine young Silco with his Revolutionist brother raising his scrappy but refined kid without a mom but being the best dad ever. People in the streets know you as Silcos kid as well as Benzo and Vanders so they better not start any problems unless they want two angry dad's and a crazy uncle after them.
Imagine him starting the Revolution because he wants something better for you and getting really occupied with the war. Vander, Benzo, and Silco absolutely spoiling you when they have time with you because their so busy with their Revolution that they have to have others watch you or keep you in a group of kids.
Try not to imagine little bab cuddling in their dads coat cause it's so warm and it's cold outside. And Silco just holding you close promising it'll be okay as he rocks you in his arms and kisses your forehead. Alternatively try not to imagine Silco being busy but Vander swinging by and doing the same. He just smiles holding you close as he wraps you in a tight bear hug. Either way you end up cuddling close and stare up at the Zaunite sky dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Don't think about Reader having their fathers passion and fire growing up with a desperate want to help the city. Don't think of them helping make supply runs to soldiers in the fight and delivering messages because they're small and fast and their dad won't let them fight but he can't stop them from helping.
Don't think about their first battle scar or wound and Silco worryingly bandaging them up and holding them close after peppering his baby with kisses.
Don't think about how his kids head was hit during a battle leaving them confused and alone as they stumbled across the bridge right into his enemies arms. And don't think of Vander who just betrayed their father, his brother and friend and caretaker of you watching you get carried away before he takes Vi and Powder into his arms and carries them the opposite way as Reader and them begin a new life.
Don't think of Powder seeing Reader and Reader seeing Powder and Vi before everything goes black and changes.
Don't think of the Silco Child Enforcer series I have yet to write but still think about !!! 😭😭😭
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time-is-an-allusion · 2 years
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self-shippers with peripheral neuropathy: imagine your f/o rubbing your hands/feet when they hurt/go numb
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sandraharissa · 8 months
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I’ve seen somebody call the dynamic between Cait, Vi and Jinx a love triangle and they praised arcane for utilizing it in a unique way that doesn’t solely involve romantic love. And I completely agree, but the thing is is that arcane did it so much that those love triangles are all over the place. It really is such a unique concept to apply this kind of dynamic to platonic relationships cos typically ppl don’t think of platonic bonds as exclusive, so how would the conflict of two relationships that are inherently in opposition to each other even work in that case? and yet, when arcane figured out how to do it they went all in.
Firstly and most speculatively we have Silco, Vander and Benzo. Vander and Benzo seem like best friends and Silco and Vander were ‘brothers’ but I get the vibe that Silco and Benzo never got along and there was no love lost there. They just purely dislike each other from what we’ve seen and it seems like the only reason they’d hang out is cos of both of their connections to Vander. If there was a deeper character choice there for Vander to make when choosing between the two that is not explored in arcane.
Then there’s Sevika, Silco and Jinx, and again, Sevika and Jinx are the two closest ppl to Silco and the only ones he seems to have any sentimental feelings towards, and yet Sevika and Jinx can’t stand each other, likely only hang out in each other’s vicinity bcos of Silco and would murder each other if they could. Again, there’s no love there and it’s almost like a competition for Silco’s favor. Sevika also represents his devotion to his dream and Jinx his devotion to her, his family.
And then there’s Silco, Jinx and Vi. With the two characters being the two closest bonds Jinx ever had and both being her care-takers. The two are in competition with each other over Jinx and are actively trying to kill each other. They represent the mutually exclusive options of morality/sanity and immorality/madness.
Then there’s the aforementioned Jinx, Vi and Cait. With yet again, the two being the absolute closest ppl to Vi in the world and yet themselves being mortal enemies to each other who’d kill each other if they were left together in a room. If I were to give these characters their thing then I think it’d be Cait representing morality, a future that Vi could have, hope and a healthy relationship where Jinx represents immorality, the past, guilt and a toxic relationship. Altho the finale and Jinx leaving wasn’t really a choice Vi was making between the two. And notice how so far it’s the first example of a romantic relationship being a part of these love triangles.
And lastly a shout-out to our Piltover characters with Mel, Jayce and Viktor being portrayed as tho the romance gets in the way of Jayce and Viktor’s friendship and vice versa. Altho so far it’s subtle cos shit hasn’t hit the fan yet.
I could be missing one but just the examples I already listed are so many, and they cover most main characters and all the most crucial players. Thinking about it, if they hadn’t cut out the Ekko flashback I’d probs be able to add Ekko, Jinx and Silco to the list. (Maybe even Mylo, Vi and Powder count, if Vi agrees with Mylo then Powder’s a jinx, if she protects Powder then Mylo gets his face bashed in and she just gets a pass. Also what about Vi, Cait and Cassandra? could they count? it's kinda underdeveloped but they kinda fit)
But anyway, great majority of the bonds involved in all these triangles are platonic and there’s always intricate character reasons why certain bonds, platonic vs platonic or platonic vs romantic, are actually mutually exclusive. But even stuff as simple as ‘they don’t vibe with each other’ is good enough to justify a completely platonic love triangle where a person has to choose between relationships that on the surface level don’t seem incompatible, like two friends or family members. Most of the competing relationships also typically represent two drastically different choices/life paths a person could choose, where the choice of one inherently excludes the other person from being a part of the character’s life, like a ‘going down a path I can’t follow’ situation. If Silco picks Jinx then Sevika wouldn’t be able to follow him anymore. If Jinx picks madness then Vi can’t follow her anymore. Etc. etc.
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sutjak · 7 months
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Fight Club headcanons ↴
Narrator
Autism food kinda guy, chicken nuggies (unseasoned) and apple sauce
Puts random shit in his mouth and accidentally eats a lot of it
Prefers weed tbh (NO edibles)
Wears women's undergarments
Outwardly masc
New Jersey :(
Really likes muted colors, Tyler's clothes sometimes give him headaches
Has been institutionalized before for sure
Very gay (he doesn't know)
Definitely threatens suicide and will go through with it just to win arguments
Subby for Tyler but also emotionally manipulates him (they are equals and as bad as each other)
Pervert in an Edwardian type of way, very shameful
Has a special blankie at the house that he hides from his roommate
Libertarian(?)
Tries to pet every animal he sees
Bitemark scars inside his mouth
Extreme cattiness
HATES kids
Marla is his manic pixie dream girl (platonically)
Tyler
Psychological warfare turns him on
Anarcho-communism all the way
Wears femme men's clothes or women's shirts and sometimes will wear dresses for Narrator
Disaster Bi slut
Cheats on Narrator all the time (no he doesn't get away with it, there have been many broken bones)
Over spices his food to the point of inedibility for everyone else
Hotboxes cars with cig smoke because he's an asshole
Actually decent at chess
Will do anything for $20
Versatile power bottom/bossy top
Emotional toxic masculinity
Probably is a baby daddy
The one who meticulously catalogues and restocks the first aid
Only reason Tyler has a driver's license is because he fucked the girl at the DMV
Crust punk in highschool (ew)
From North Carolina
LOVES cars, very much a car guy
Violent snuggler
Adores children
Is also misanthropic
Dad rock listener
Marla
Bestfriends with Narrator (even if he denies it)
Likes to make friendship bracelets
Nymphomaniac
Beautiful Princess Disorder :)
Shopaholic
Doesn't use labels
Very physically affectionate
Likes Narrator more than Tyler
Smells like rotting flowers
Not much of a drinker, only benzos and nic
Pretty goth gf why wont anyone date her :(
Wears briefs no bra or very complicated lingerie (no in-between)
Femme Fatale
Has killed a man
Crochets stuffed animals and granny square blankets
Listens to shitty Pop music unironically
Spearmint kind of girl, FUCK peppermint
Loves those stuffed gnomes you find in a Khol's and has a collection in her closet
Bitter foods are her favorite
Award for most STDs at one time
Breeding kink
Chicago girlie
Passenger princess all the way, never learned to drive
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joemuggs · 4 months
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Albums of 2023 part 1
OK I started a best albums of 2023 thread as there's lots that got missed out of charts I contributed to. I got carried away and there's nearly 100, but they're all superb and I think there's something for everyone here. Start with this: a DEVASTATINGLY fresh drum'n'bass/jungle excursion from a perpetually underrated UK bass don Altered Natives.
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A short but PERFECTLY formed 20 minutes of heavy, trippy R&B with surprise UKG and even drum'n'bass twists, Tinashe deserves so much more credit as an innovator...
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I was late to this one but should've known the Hive Mind label always delivers. Swedish-based guitarist Vumbi Dekula delivering track after track of perfection like it's as easy as breathing.
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I've always enjoyed Lana Del Rey when she's at her most benzo-haze - and this Mitski album hits that spot perfectly... not that it's all dissociated - it's very smart and sharp - but you can easily drift away into it.
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Metallica, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie covers in a millennium old Inuit language? Well yes - and in Elisapie's hands it's DEVASTATING. I played the Leonard Cohen one out at 3am in a chillout room in the summer and it was real, REAL magic.
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TONN3RR3 & BIKAY3 = French live electronic beats of various flavours + EXTREMELY eccentric Congolese vocalist = braincell-scrambling funtimes...
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First of two major trip-outs from Optimo Music last year - with Op:l Bastards and then K-X-P, Timo Kaukolampi is best known for motorik cosmic synth rock, but here everything is stripped away except the abstract cosmic, and wow it'll give you vertigo if you let it.
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The presence of Peter Zummo here leads to automatic Arthur Russell comparisons for Greek-British brothers áthos - and it's not NOT Arthur-ish.... but more, it's operating in the same boho world of freedom as he did, and finds its own delicate voice within that.
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Another massively unsung talent, original Moving Shadow / - now Over/Shadow - crew, half of Mixrace with the mighty Paradox (they also had a great record out this year), Dave Trax makes THE most exquisite soulful but heavy d'n'b and this album is among his best.
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Melbourne's always been musically interesting, but this new duo project from a Gorillaz / Genesis Owusu collaborator Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 with Sui Zhen is above and beyond. Sort of fourth world but more advanced (fifth world??), it's a really personal, precise and endlessly fascinating thing.
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Dunno how Jamal Moss does it so prolifically but consistently: an endless flow of machine funk like a jet of magma from the centre of the earth. Add Polish saxophonist Jerzy Maczynski to the mix making Universal Harmonies & Frequencies, and the results are overwhelmingly ecstatic.
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Holmer zooms into the essential something that links Mary Chain, Goldfrapp, Stereolab, Cocteaus and all their influences in turn... a kind of pure essence of motorik, psychedelic, magickal pop..... Such an instant, potent, pleasure-centres hit.
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Your favourite DJ's favourite DJ's favourite DJ Jerome Hill is also no shabby producer and every one of these eight tracks is the platonic ideal of a bleeping, clonking, tweaking, hot, sweaty, bassy dancefloor banger.
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Need a reminder that it hasn't all been done before in electronic music? TSVI got you covered: this is the FRESHEST gear, but never innovating for innovation's sake - always about emotions & composition first. Includes several Loraine James contributions too \(more to come from her....) ❤️
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The kind of drone music that can give you superpowers if you make space to really soak it in. Kali Malone x Lucy Railton x Stephen O'Malley = AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
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The Magic Numbers pretty much passed me by, but this solo album from the band's Michele Stodart is the epitome of Soft Music For Hard Times, real quiet dignity stuff, beautiful subtlety to production/arrangment and just the kind of countrified songwriting I adore.
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A second one from Hive Mind, and another supermodernist feeling one - ultra sophisticated stuff from the Rio de Janeiro polymath Ricardo Dias Gomes: is it post-rock? Indietronica? Neotropicália? Yes/no/whatever... watch out there's a noisy surprise at the end!
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Is it me or is R&B / neo soul wayyyyy more experimental than hip hop at the moment? Like the Tinashe and Janelle albums, this is super short but WOW does Madison McFerrin pack a lot of innovation, emotion and just v.i.b.e.s. into its 27 minutes
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Very cleverly structured because it starts quite timid and slight, which it turns out is maybe expectation management? But Andre Three Stacks builds into something that demands repeat plays - and a megastar bringing Don Cherry meets Hiroshi Yoshimura vibes into the world?? It's not quite the masterpiece I'd hoped for but it is GREAT.
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The perfect (paradoxical?) combination of being absolutely true to the unchanging groove of Detroit, but also pushing it forwards sonically... DJ Bone STILL sounds like the future.
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A second appearance for the most fun abstract cellist out there, Lucy Railton - this record is really tricky, it feels different from different angles, keeps throwing surprises at you, the proverbial "a lot to unpack"... but it's GREAT.
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hinako omori somehow emerges from a wellspring circa 1979-81 when prog synth meandering was feeding into e.g. Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Japan, and then traces through that into 00s post trance pop but it doesn't sound retro? HOW?
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Another small but perfectly formed one. Amazing that Ultramarine's elegant, pastoral, ECM-ish house explorations are still so exploratory and moving after all these years - and they fit perfectly on the Blackford Hill label which had an extraordinary year too.
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In a year when not a lot of hip hop floated my boat, this was a glorious exception. Kind of odd it didn't get more hype really - Kaytra absolutely on top of his game, partnership with Aminé flows together just like their names, guest spots on point, vibes upon vibes upon vibes (instrumental version is great too!)
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David Harrow is the absolute epitome of real craftsmanship honed over years and years - and this album of dub and downtempo tracks with rich layering of singing modular synths is a really magical exercise in world-building.
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OK that's that for now, direct link to Part 2 here....
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mayfieldss · 1 year
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ok i love all of your options i cannot stop looking at them. could i please hear a couple goals for the vampire diaries?
Of course, I have not yet finished the show yet but these are my top ships so far!
My top three ships from The Vampire Diaries, in no particular order are as follows;
Bamon (I'm sorry but they had more chemistry, platonic or otherwise, than half of the other ships on the show.)
Steroline (Stefan and Elena are overrated and so are Caroline and Klaus. Speaking my truth.)
Benzo (I haven't even reached their dating era yet, but the tik toks are immaculate.)
thank you for participating in the celebration!
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poimandresnous · 9 months
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About Me (For Twitter)
So for some odd reason, over 3000 of you knuckleheads decided to follow me. I reckon a new “about me” is in order then. I’ll never delve my name or face on socials. Just a personal preference. I’m 25 years old. Will be 26 in September 2023. I grew up in the southeastern part of the US and have lived all over my state. I am 2 years and 5 months sober from drug abuse. Technically I’m “California Sober,” meaning I still partake in the consumption of hashish oils (wax, dabs, or whatever the kids call them now). A lot of what I post and how I approach my walk with spirituality is heavily painted by my past from living as a drug addict. I got hooked on the dragon at age 18, but was already addicted to the lifestyle, fast money, and opiates & benzos from a very early age (age 14).
Essentially, I center my beliefs and praxis around the Corpus Hermeticum and other various Hermetic tractates. Though I’m also a syncretist and my beliefs and practice are highly unorthodox, to say the least. The core of my spiritual practice is meditation, exercise, theurgy, yoga, reciting aphorisms, and hymning to the gods of old. I worship Levanite Greco-Egyptian deities; I syncretize Asherah and Isis, YHWH and Amun, and worship many other gods and goddesses. I also dabble in the Arbatel and PGM often enough, but not so much since school started for me this summer. You could consider me a Platonic polytheist, a Hermeticist, or just a child of faith. The latter is what I prefer. I also venerate prophets and heroes. The main ones being Jesus Christ and Lao Tzu. Hermes Trismegistos is a whole other conversation. To me, he’s a god, a hero/prophet, and a master magician. I will not defend why I believe what I believe in this thread but I am happy to answer any questions on how or why I think what I believe.
I’m currently working my way through Iamblichus’s Platonic reading list. Currently on the Sophist. I also adhere to the Pythagorean idea that we do not need to escape or transcend this world but rather harmonize with it.  Also, I am getting more into Daoism these days. I am incorporating the Three Treasures into my theurgy/silent prayer. Eventually, I would like to become a disciple under a Daoist master and formally learn Daoism and its praxis and how that can benefit me and my understanding of myself, God, and everything in between. Also delving into Musashi Miyamoto’s philosophy, whose influence comes from Japanese Buddhism.
I also dabble in (capital S) Stoicism. So no, not the 1940s-1950s American trope of what a “stoic” man is. But this is not an apologetics thread for Stoicism. All I’ll say is that the philosophical school is highly misused and taken out of context to promote either nasty things or to completely misrepresent the philosophy negatively.
To the nazis, trans/homophobes, and “trads”:  This is not the page for yall. I believe race mixing is a great thing, and gender is a societal construct. I will not express any political beliefs or feelings other than to shit on the above-mentioned groups, and even then, most of the time, I’ll block that kind of crowd and not let them use my page as a platform to spread hate. I am apolitical. Recently had to renew my license, and I told them I do not want to register to vote. So, judge me how you will be based on that, I guess. I don’t police my followers, so if any of you good people see that I’m mutuals with someone that belongs to those above-mentioned groups, please kindly DM me and I’ll handle it. Meaning I’ll block the account. No drama, No BS, just cutting chaff from the wheat.
The content I post, are quotes from my readings, the ancient hymns I study, and dashingly long threads summarizing what I read, and just general esoteric rambles. I’m not afraid to be wrong or look ignorant anywhere I go on social media, so if you see a mistake in my rambles, quotes, or whatever, please kindly let me know! I love you all, and I hope we can all learn something from one another. Gods bless you all.
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theleakypen · 1 year
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WIP Folder Tag Game
Hey it's WIP Wednesday and I got tagged by @alovelyocean a million years ago!
Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. 
Not including the things that are SEKRIT PROJECTS for exchanges or gifts, or things where there's only, like, vibes and not actual work done on the WIP
This list is LONG so I am putting it under a cut.
Wymack & Abby after Baltimore
Dan/Matt AFTG WWI AU ambulance driver/sergeant
hurt in a clearer way
ChengQing Collab - Exfiltration + On the Run
Leverage OT3 Eliot fluff (untamed crossover verse)
Iuvenes Dum Sumus Viktor/Rind
But After All I Am A Wen
Wen Ning sex pollen
Vander/Benzo post-prologue Arcane scene
Kevin & Jean post-canon grieving fic
T4T MingCheng
ChengNingxian sworn bros cql/mdzs donghua canons
ChengQing golden core sharing
ILU Ladies Squad
NingXian wedding door games ch2
LXC/JYL breath play big sibs OT4
MingChengQing sequel to "Free Hole"
Zhao Zhuliu prequel story WZL
Chengyi soulmark + mingqing
Murderbot Magic AU Queerplatonic
NingCheng clothes shopping & haircare
Make out for speech science big Sibs OT4 linguistics
Chengxian bodysharing possibly wangxianchengyu?
Dan/Matt post-canon PWP
JZX The Old Guard crossover
Impact Winer post-canon
Songxiao Hexworld
Berel & Their Monster
Yumeng in-laws sequel MXY incoming
Sisi/NHS during canon SiSang
Irene Adler & trans Godfrey Norton in Paris
Nhs+LXC reconciliation
vampire!WZC still a theatre nerd chenglu
cql fandom au
Sangli platonic soulmates/Xuanli soulmark AU
JYL tentacle friend
JC gets a pet dog at Qishan Wen camp
I refuse to tag this many people, but uh.... @guqin-and-flute, @iamwestiec, @bladedweaponsandswishycoats, @shadaras, @vyther15, do y'all wanna play?
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lbulldesigns · 2 years
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Arcane what-if fanfiction brainrot time 😄
So I've been going over ideas in my head for fics that I would like to write or read and one idea has now implanted itself in my mind and refuses to leave, so I'm going to post said idea here please let me know what y'all think ❤️
So the idea I have is a combination of what if Powder never followed Vi and the others, what if Mylo and Claggor lived, what if Silco never raised Jinx, what if Powder/Jinx had a guardian angle (a.k.a storm goddess) on her shoulder amongst her voices, annnnnd Vander is Warwick theory.
This is going to be a doozy to try and summarise, please be patient with me 😅
So a few things first to help me paint the picture:
Powder is younger than she is in Arcane, in the show she's 11 years old, in this story she's 7 1/2 - 8 years old (everyone else, save Ekko whose 2-3 years older than Powder, are the same age as they are in the show).
Janna will at times talk to Powder, Vi just thinks that her little sister has an imaginary friend (when she hears Powder talking back to Janna) but still worries about this. Janna will at times intervene to protect Powder but will otherwise stay as a spectator unless the situation is dire.
Vander is more hands on with Powder because she's much younger than in the show and full heartily views Vander as her dad, and even calls him daddy (she was too young when her parents died and can't remember them or the attack on the bridge, although she still has traumatic responses in regards to their deaths even if she can't remember why) 🥺❤️ (the other kids call him dad as well, but not as much as Powder does).
Ekko's parents are still alive, he works for Benzo because his parents want him to not end up in the factories and mines like him. They end up dying several years into Silco's reign, giving him extra motivation to bring the man down.
Mylo is nicer to Powder but he still tends to lash out at her when he's feeling stressed, the guilt from this is something that will play on his mind for years to come.
Viktor and Jayce will play a big part in Powder's life... after awhile (I'll explain later).
Caitlyn and Powder/Jinx will frenemies and sisters, a real love-hate relationship.
Annnnnnd Timebomb will be one of the main ships. Sorry Lightcannon (I like the ship but Timebomb will feel more organic for this fic and I don't know how to incorporate Lux into the story) not sorry to Jilco and Vi/Jinx shippers, sorry but y'all are weird.
Now for the brief summary.
So the start of the fic plays out much the same as the first three episodes of Arcane, with a few changes here and there to incorporate reactions and actions to Powder's younger age.
For example
Mylo is less antagonistic towards Powder even after she loses the loot but he's still passive aggressive about the whole situation and Powder will still feel immense guilt.
Vander is more angry about Powder being dragged Topside to rob a house and will bring it up in his argument/lecture with Vi, he also brings her along with him to see Benzo and we all get cute little (at this time platonic) Timebomb moment.
Mylo will express worry and frustration about bringing Powder along on the job because she's too young.
And so on.
The story will start to really diverge from the show storyline around the time Vi comes back from the massacre at Benzo's, she takes longer to get back after making sure Ekko got back home safely and in this time Powder falls asleep. And so isn't conscious when Vi gets back and informs everyone what happens, Powder sleeps through all this because kids her age will sleep through anything (I know from experience), and stays asleep when everyone rushes off to save Vander.
Vi fully intends to return and doesn't consider waking her sister just to leave her worrying when they leave, she locks the door behind her so that nobody can get into where her sister is.
Vi and the others get to where their dad is being held but Silco had started injecting Vander with Shimmer and let's him loose on his children but doesn't account for how strong Vander's parental instincts are, and is then left with an enhanced and pissed off Vander tearing through his people.
Vi and the boys, not knowing what else to do, try to fall back to the Last Drop but get apprehended by Enforcers and dragged off to Stillwater.
Annnnnd I feel like this post has gone on long enough already, so please stay tuned for part 2 ✌️😄❤️
Here's a cute Powder to look at as a peace offering ❤️
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kimchicatlover · 6 months
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More arcane fanfic ideas
Based on the lyrics of 505 by Arctic Monkeys:
Not shy of a spark: Silco’s POV of caring for Jinx and how he realized her potential and what she actually was; the embodiment of Zaun. Chaotic, unpredictable, and ingenious. A piece describing a mastermind’s respect for another mastermind. Imagine boring lectures and discussing the latest technology, heartfelt talks of the future he envisioned for Zaun and bonding over failed cupcakes. Silco/Jinx (Familial), Jinx/Science.
It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye: A no-brainer, right? Jinx has two scenes related to the word “goodbye”, both equally as gut-wrenching and heart-breaking. You’re probably sick of it, right? This’ll be a Viktor-centric piece, focusing on the scene where he left Singed and when he returned with a solemn message; he was dying. However, Viktor is also present in two attempted suicide scenes, which screams “goodbye world, I’m jumping”. Why choose when you can have both? Viktor/Singed (Familial or student-teacher), Viktor/Jayce (Undetermined).
I'm always just about to go and spoil the surprise: Jayce’s POV of deciding whether to reveal the hextech gemstone or not. An inner-conflict piece which mainly focuses on Heimerdinger, Mel, and Viktor’s opinions regarding the marble. A chance to reveal some of his potential biases and grudges. Jayce/Heimerdinger (Student-teacher), Jayce/Mel (Undetermined), Jayce/Viktor (Undetermined).
The middle of adventure, what a perfect place to start: Applicable to literally every character except for Jinx, Vi, Vander, Caitlyn and Heimerdinger as their lives change in their 20/30s which can be read as “the middle of adventure”. The most interesting ones to explore would be that of Jayce and Viktor or Silco and Sevika.
But I crumble completely when you cry: Ekko’s POV of witnessing Benzo’s death, then breaking down in Vi’s arms (which happens twice), and how he saw Powder in Jinx’s eyes (since eyes are associated with crying). Ekko/Vi (Platonic), Ekko/Powder (Undetermined), Ekko/Jinx (Enemies).
I’d probably still adore you with your hands around my neck: You thought this was going to be a Silco piece? WRONG. It’s about Viktor’s mad obsession with the Hexcore and how he made an idiotic mistake because of it, costing a human life. It’s related to “your hands around my neck” because he believes that the Hexcore can cure him of his respiratory illness, which implies that he’ll let the Hexcore choke him just so that he can live. Just kidding, the Hexcore isn’t just going to choke him, it’ll eat him (because consume is overused). Viktor/The Hexcore (I have no idea).
The knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark: Vi’s inferiority complex and how she doesn’t want to be seen as less. A very angry, character-vent, dealt a shitty hand kind of piece. Vi/Her shitty luck (At the peak of their divorce era). 
Or I did last time I checked: (Insert character here) has OCD. Yeah, that’s all. What did you expect? This line has literally nothing. Maybe some self-doubt which equals low self-esteem/prone to being gaslighted/gaslit(?). Anyway I don’t have OCD so I don’t know how one with OCD lives, but it’s a cool idea and maybe I can research into that.
With your hands between your thighs: No.
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idkimnotreal · 2 years
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"loyalty".
he's extremely loyal to his friends. he has a tight circle of those and he'll defend them to his death.
he has a best friend. male too. i guess straight. he often posts declarations of love for this friend. throughout the years, this has been his most stable relationship. they're living a full blown bromance. platonic. i think they're really beautiful together. one of the things i love about him is his outspokenness, i.e., how much he's unafraid to show the world he loves his friend and to talk about the things he loves.
loyalty fits him perfectly. he didn't ask why and i know he won't. to my mind, he just has no desire to speak to strangers. some people are like that. I'm not taking it personally, even if he finds that weird. maybe some day he'll say something. but I'm not counting on it.
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about forgiving...
I've put it past me. i don't know how he views the events of last month. he screenshot my message (seemingly innocent, but i said it in a confusing manner) and posted it on his twitter, probably concluding i didn't follow him there, because my insta account is so small and i don't look like i am on social media that much.
well. one thing you learn when you interact with autistics is not to judge us as you would most people. I'm quick to absorb knowledge. i just use it in a different way. my brain prefers shorter pathways between neurons because it's too cluttered. that's the fundamentals of autism.
the thing is, he was having a bad week. i know that. he probably didn't think twice about posting it. and he's younger. I'm not taking that personally. i don't think it's his fault any more than mine. yes, any person with elevated empathy would think about the possibility of hurting a stranger, but most people have "normal" empathy. i can't require more of him. and he has other rare values to make up for it.
but I've still no idea what he thinks of me since that happened. he may have silenced my dm requests and i might never know. he hasn't shown any definitive sign of communication since then. I've absorbed this guilt and accepted that there's nothing i can do about it, because he's unreceptive to attempts to talk. doesn't matter why. he just is. i just can't talk to him.
still figuring out how I'm gonna talk about this in therapy tomorrow. mostly if i should mention his age (legal, but still younger) and how i met him. my therapist doesn't know I'm addicted to porn.
(and, uh, I've been addicted to stuff ever since i was a kid. i guess it's related to stimming. it went like: gaming > porn > drugs. I'm prescribed stimulants daily and benzos for occasional use. i also take alcohol regularly. and weed when i run into it. ever since i started stimulants, my porn addiction has subsided considerably. i still don't feel safe to try to end it definitely)
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sage-nebula · 2 years
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I have never played League of Legends and I have no intention of changing that, but I have heard that in the game lore, Ekko invents time travel. If that’s the case, then imagine if, in the show, he tries to use it to go back and change the events that led to Powder becoming Jinx so that they never lose Powder the way they did in the timeline as it stands now.
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arcane-ish · 2 years
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The appeal of Vander x Silco for me
I have some complex feelings on what I think is appealing about Vander X Silco and there is a lot of cheesy, surface level stuff and I might make a post on this eventually and those are all fun and that. 
But I think the main reason why it really sticks with me is a very particular one. 
I have mused before that I really like Jinx x Ekko as well and how there are lot of similarities with the whole almost trying to kill each other and the intensity of emotions and the falling apart over morals. But despite the similarities they actually have very different positions in my brain. I like Timebomb of the big drama, high octane angst. 
While in a weird way, Zaundads is a comfort ship for me. Which, you know, kind of insane with the whole tried to kill each other/probably genuinely thought that they succeeded in killing the other/scarred each other for life/betrayed the joined dream etc. 
But the thing is, I really love Arcane. I just really love all the characters, even the villainous ones like Silco (naturally), Sevika and Singed. 
And Vander and Silco (still) loving each other feels like the best, the most natural way to get a real feeling “One Big Happy Weasley Family” ending. 
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It’s not that having Vander in his life is like the only way I could ever picture Silco being happy. Like, I could picture like an AU where it’s just him and Jinx and her and the environment is just slightly more healthy and he gets genuine joy from her achievements. 
But at the same time, in my head, Vander loves Vi, Silco loves Jinx and Jinx and Vi love each other. Silco and Jinx against the world, I could picture making Silco happy. But it would leave Vi sad. Because I don’t think that Silco wants to share, he would hate sharing and if I could maybe with a lot of twisting around picture a version where he makes peace with sharing Jinx with Vi it would 1) likely be a compromised happiness 2.) it would still leave Vander out in the cold. 
Like, if I really force it like maybe I can picture a version where Silco is like with some OC who mellows him out and he has both kids and I dunno, Vander is dating Benzo and they are raising Ekko together so he is happy too? And Vander and Silco are at least cordial together? 
But to me Vander X Silco loving each other, whether platonically or more is just the easiest and most natural way I can imagine that would resolve the Gordian knot of relationships. And even though it is befitting of the kind of show it is that it is intentional that this knot cannot be resolved, that not everybody can be happy, that’s kind of what makes it a comfort ship. And even though the vast majority of Vander x Silco fic is appropriately tragic and flawed, what makes it special to me is that that taste of just how much better things could be if they got their shit together or if they had never had a falling out is still there, underneath it all. 
And it’s just fascinating to me to imagine in what ways the world of Arcane and/or their lives would be better off if they loved each other (again romantically or platonically) and how fascinating it would be for them to find a compromise between their positions on morality vs. action against Piltover. 
When I compare it to Timebomb, one thing that is different about Zaundads is that we know that they used to be “happy” together at some time in the past. And it’s also that in a lot of ways, both Vander and Silco are a lot more flexible characters. We know that The Drowning deeply changed Silco, we know fathering Jinx changed his outlook. With Vander we know that he changed from more violent to less violent and we know that as Warwick he will change fundamentally yet again. So trying to imagine a way how they could compromise feels like less of a betrayal. 
Like, I could imagine an older, hardened Ekko, who has a rougher, more cynical opinion on murder, but it feels like betrayal of a character who is so neatly positioned as being all about hope. So when I imagine happy timebomb to me it’s often easiest as an AU, where certain things just didn’t happen rather than the problem being more how they have to change their point of view. 
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Another big thing about Zaundads to me is that Silco feels ... stuck. He’s hung up on that night. He cannot stop talking about Vander. He keeps going back to that night. 
And I perceive that trauma to be absolutely fundamentally essential to Silco’s character. 
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that that night is the reason why Silco is “evil”. He clearly had pre-existing traumas that made him hate Piltover. 
But to me the Vander trauma is so essential because I think it is what keeps him from trusting others, from making genuine connection with others. And as such it’s imo the biggest obstacle that keeps him from changing and becoming better (whether as a “better person” or as being less miserable). Because in the end this is how we change, by connecting to others, learning from others, accepting others. 
And that is what Silco’s paranoia closes him off from, why he is hyperfocused on Jinx, why he doesn’t want to share Jinx even though that might be good for Jinx. 
Don’t get me wrong, I think it is entirely possible that Silco was paranoid and had trust issues before meeting Vander (just like it’s possible that he had less of it when he talks about brothers and sisters), but he was clearly willing to open up to Vander and it was traumatizing to him when didn’t work out. 
And no, in real life you don’t resolve your trauma by hooking up with the person who tried to kill you and caused that trauma. But this is fiction and in fiction sex and romance and shipping are ways to resolve dramatic tension and lead it into different paths. For a way to have climax and release in a way that isn’t through violence and with love as a way to make it feel more lasting. 
But even outside of shipping I genuinely think that if Silco wanted to change as a person, he would have to properly, more healthily deal with his Vander trauma before he could ever move forward. (again no shade on the “Silco did nothing wrong, you go heavily amoral crime boss revolutionary” crowd, those are cool too) 
So the focus is more on imagining how a situation could ever arise where Silco would be willing to be open enough about his trauma and where Vander would be open enough to properly receive that openness so actual catharsis can happen. (again with shipping or without) Something that likely both of them are too stubborn and paranoid about, but that’s why it’s kind of the tantalizing, impossible dream. 
Which in my head looks kind of like them meeting on neutral ground and Silco being in essence: “I loved you so much and what you did really hurt me and it really fucked me up” and Vander just pulling him into the world’s biggest bearhug and going “I get it and I’m sorry” and then they both cry like babies and vow try better and to never hurt each other again. 
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Which again, would never happen, wouldn’t work for the show, it’s debatable whether it would be even deserved. But at the same time I can’t help but feel like it would just be *better* if it were possible, pretty much like I feel like “wow, wouldn’t it just be better if there were a world where Jinx and Ekko didn’t have to fight each other”. 
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chickenparm · 2 years
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would love to see some little slightly domestic moments of ATL silco visiting his little chemists lab… the way he was so eager to listen for ages on chem was so sweet to me,… silco being a bit of a mother hen like making sure chemist love eats in chap 5….. if ur up to it <3
here are a series of little drabbles with this as the prompt - not necessarily all lab stuff, but they happen somewhat in-or-near a lab setting so here we are :^)
these drabbles are based in the AU of my story All That's Left
"You're sure this isn't going to blow up?"
"Probably not," You answered simply, bringing the dropper over the bubbling mixture. Silco watches with held breath as you put three precise drops in with a steady hand - no mistakes. The mixture doesn't change, and there's a moment of horror as Silco watches you shrug your shoulders nonchalantly and squeeze the rest of the dropper into the fluid carelessly.
It hisses and spits before finally dying down, and to your credit you don't even flinch as it does so. In fact, all you do it sit there with a pleased little smile on your lips. If Silco could open his own chest, he had a feeling his heart was starting roil just like your new project.
Silco trusted you, but he was equally as terrified of what you could do when you got caught up in your work. It's surprising Dawes let you do this beneath his roof, but Silco had a feeling that your brother wasn't made aware of the extent of danger.
And then that pretty little smile was turned on Silco, goggles pushed up with a look of excitement, and he found himself wondering what he'd been worried about in the first place.
Perhaps suffering a painful and chemical-induced explosive death at your hands wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
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When you're lost in thought, flipping your pen end over end on the desk as you look over your notes, that's when Silco really gets the chance to take you in. From his armchair, he could just barely see the side profile of your face as you propped it on your palm.
Honestly, he really should be more worried with the increasing amount of time he spent in your presence. And when you moved into your own apartment? Well... Silco wouldn't say it out loud, but it had quickly come to feel more like home than his own hovel of an apartment. Especially when he'd started to notice the little things you'd done for the express purpose of his comfort.
The padded chair in your lab, toiletries in the bathroom, the new locks on the door, a personal key.
That last one had caused him such personal turmoil that he'd refused to use it for weeks. Finally, you'd put your foot down and told him you were sick of having to get up to unlock the door when you were in the middle of things.
And then it became the most natural thing in the world.
Vander and Benzo had noticed his absence from the bar where he'd once been a regular figure. Now, his spot at their side was consistently empty, and Vander was unhappy with it. Benzo made a single comment, simply saying that the bar felt a little emptier with Silco out so much. Neither explicitly said where Silco was, but all three men knew the truth.
Silco snapped from his thoughts when you ceased the tapping of your pen and set it down on the work bench. As you turned around, he busied himself with examining his knife and pretending like he hadn't been tracing the line of your jaw with his eyes.
No, it'd be better if he didn't think of that - not when the two of you had such a flawless partnership. The feel of your skin was something he'd seek platonically, only to twist it into something more when he was in his own home, in his own bed, with his own thoughts.
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Seeing you in your lab at home was familiar and calming, but seeing you work and weave around your father was a sight in its own.
At first, he'd hung back out of the way and just observed the easy way you worked with the Doc-... Singed, he'd need to get used to that. Suddenly this man wasn't a faceless, nameless specter used to spook children away from the gorges when it got too dark.
But as the days ticked by, Silco couldn't help but try to insert himself and learn the steps that you seemed to be dancing so fluidly. You'd been so accommodating, giving him that little smile that made his breath catch as you explained reactions, equations, theories, and everything else that came to your mind.
Once or twice, he caught Singed with a little smile on his own face as you babbled, excitement flooding your tone when Silco would understand something you were telling him. In another life, Silco wondered if perhaps you could have been a professor up in Piltover, living the life you deserved instead of toiling away in dark labs, wilting under the weight of the Undercity.
Then, he'd watch your face light up as something went right - something that wouldn't have been possible if you were constricted by the morals and limitations of Topside, and he tamped that thought out. No, this is where you belonged - where you could spread your wings and make the leaps that you craved.
You belonged right at his side.
If Silco ever brought you topside, he'd compare your smile to the unfiltered Sun and knows that you'd far outshine it.
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It's killing him.
More than once, he'd let himself in your apartment and find you sleeping at your desk with a half-empty cup of poor quality coffee and the imprints of your goggles around your eyes. Often, he cursed the bomb that you seemed so keen on making, as well as himself for letting you get this deep into it.
It was a good idea, a much-needed weapon to use as a statement when the time finally comes, but if he knew it would come at the sacrifice of your well-being he would have shot it down immediately.
But you were in too deep now, and all Silco could do was take a knee at your side and run the back of his fingers across your cheek. How long had it been since you slept?
Instead of thinking himself in circles about that unanswerable question, Silco let out a quiet sigh and gathered you in his arms. You always woke up immediately, looking up at him with slow-blinking eyes as you tried to comprehend what was happening.
Sometimes you'd understand, you'd wake up enough to ask him to stay a little longer, and he'd always oblige until you were deeply asleep once more. Other times, like tonight, you'd be just delirious enough to smile at him sweetly and press your forehead against the side of his neck with a quiet sigh.
Drunk mouths speak sober thoughts, but what about exhausted bodies? It was hard not to read too far into things when your hands would catch in his shirt as he tried to lay you down on your bed. Again, you asked him to stay for a little longer, and quietly you tack on at the very end, "Please? I missed you."
Silco missed you too, even though it hadn't been a full day since he'd last seen you. He started to feel like any time at all was too much time. It should be alarming, he should be trying to put a stop to it, but Silco was as selfish as they came - why would he give it up when your presence felt like the only home he'd ever known?
Silco settles at your side until you fall asleep. As he untangles your fingers from the stiff fabric of his shirt, Silco bends down to press his lips to your forehead, right where your hairline met your temple. It's the closest he could get to loving you, these little moments where you were too out of sorts to understand that the way Silco looked at you was far more than an acquaintance, business partner, or a friend.
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brainrot-buffet · 2 years
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could you pretty please do oblivious!mylo with a reader who has an obvious crush on him? bonus points if like claggor/vi have to point it out for him and he starts teasing the reader about it
AHAHHAHAHAHAHA Okay this is CUTE AS HELL
Notes: Fluff, Teasing, Mutual Pining
Mylo being oblivious to someone who likes him
Despite being a clever smartass, Mylo sometimes just happens to run on one, single brain cell
This means that he's shit at recognizing the fact that you've had an obvious crush on him for a long while now
It might be due to the fact that the two of you are close friends to the point that people often think the two of you are dating
There have been a few instances where Benzo, Ekko, and even Jericho the fishmonger tease both of you about it, to which you shoot down their playful jabs immediately
It's because of the way how you visibly act disgusted when asked that question that Mylo concludes you really don't like him, and leaves it at that since it's a clear answer coming from you (and upon hearing your response, he's also been trying to get over his own feelings for you)
However, the words you say highly contradict the things you do
He was always the first person you ask to come along when you wanted to vandalize some walls or plan a heist, you never complained and constantly allowed him to vent to you whenever he was frustrated about something, you were playful and teased him a lot as your way of flirting, etc.
You preferred to show your interest through action since you were too awkward to directly voice out your feelings, so when those didn't work, you take the risk of being a little bolder with getting your point across
This means being gentler with your touches, softly carding your fingers through his hair when he's lying down next to you, leaning close to him to rub off the smudge of grease on his cheek with your thumb, even telling him what good qualities you see in him and the things you like about his appearance after people made fun of his eyebrows again
And despite all that, Mylo innocently believes you're simply being platonic with him
You're at your wit's end, so one day while both of you are sitting on the edge of a billboard you just drew on, you indirectly ask him what you should do with your situation
You: There's... this one guy I've liked for a while.
Mylo: Oh shit do I know him?
You: Eh... Maybe? *looks at the camera like you're in The Office* The point is, I've been trying to drop hints that I'm interested but they always seem like they go over his head. I don't know if he's just trying to ignore me and doesn't wanna reject me outright or if he's really THAT stupid, but I'm just tired of it now.
Mylo: Well that guy sounds like an idiot.
You: 😐😐😐
Mylo: What I mean is that I think you should just tell him. Sometimes you just have to spell it out for people, and it's better to know now rather than going the rest of your life never having an answer. And, I'm being honest when I say this, any person would be lucky to date you, Y/N.
You: ...Alright. I'll think about it.
When he walks back to The Last Drop, Mylo wonders what type of guy was able to catch and hold your interest to the point you were frustrated over him. If he feels the same way and the two of you start dating, that guy better be good to you
He's got your back with whatever happens, and he promises himself if your crush ends up hurting you, he'll track him down and personally beat the shit out of him
Of course, Mylo's feelings for you still haven't gone away, so he ends up flopping on the couch of the bar's basement and sulking there for the rest of the night. While laying there, he tries to come to terms that it really is time to finally diminish those feelings
And obviously, this doesn't go unnoticed by his siblings
Vi's the first person to nudge him by the shoulder, asking him what's got him so down ever since he came home
Mylo being the chatterbox he is starts ranting about the conversation you both had earlier, eventually admitting that he's had an unrequited crush on you for some time
At the end of his vent, Vi and Claggor are squinting at him and mentally slapping their foreheads
Vi: ...I can't believe it.
Mylo: What?
Vi: So you are THAT dumb???
Mylo: What are you talking about?!
Claggor: Mylo, they were talking about YOU.
Vi: *smacks Mylo's head* Y/N likes you, you DUMBASS.
Mylo: ...
Mylo: Wait, REALLY?!?!
Powder: Wow. And you're always asking why you don't have a S/O.
Mylo tries arguing that you directly told him you didn't see him that way whenever people asked if you were together, but Claggor calmly refutes him saying ANYONE would be too embarrassed to admit their feelings in front of people, let alone their crush themselves
Suddenly everything made SENSE now: the way you touch him, how you preferred to spend time with him alone, the unconditional kindness that he mistook as friendliness... The way he just called HIMSELF an idiot in front of you earlier???
At first, Mylo's freaking out over the fact that YOU LIKE!!! HIM!!! NO ONE ELSE BUT HIM!!!
Then, after repeating that phrase in his head, he gets an idea that causes a mischievous grin to spread from cheek to cheek
He's gonna have a field day once he meets up with you tomorrow
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The next day, the two of you are leisurely walking around the Lanes, looking for and thinking of anything to do at the moment. You notice that Mylo's strangely jumpier than usual, smiling a lot more while cracking a higher amount of jokes around you
The thing is, these "jokes" sound a little sus
You: Bruh shut up! Wow I have no idea why I still tolerate you.
Mylo: Aw come on, you know you love me...
Mylo: *invades your space, leans in close to your ear*
Mylo: ...cuz I know you do.
You: ...Wait wha-
Mylo: AHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
You: *red in the face, wondering what the FUCK was that???*
Mylo was having WAY too much fun watching you get flustered. He kept this up for the rest of your walk, gradually pushing the boundaries to see how fast he can get you to blush
You later find yourselves in a quieter part of the undercity, rounding a corner of a narrow street when Mylo asks what you're gonna do with your crush
You tell him you decided you'll confess eventually, just that you had no idea how to approach it. He then stops walking to stroke his chin, putting on an exaggerated thinking expression as he pretends to "ponder on your predicament"
A few seconds pass, and with a quirk of his brow, he smiles at you
Mylo: You know what you should do?
You: Yeah?
Mylo: You should ask him out right now.
You: Yeah no I CANNOT do that-
Mylo: And after he says yes, you both stop by Jericho's for your first date.
You: ...How do you even know he'll say-
Mylo: Trust me Y/N, I know.
You take one look at his big, bright, surprisingly sincere green eyes before it finally hits
Embarrassment washes over you. You feel the heat rising in your cheeks as you quickly move your hands to cover your face
He's beaming happily as he lets out a laugh, coming closer to pry your hands away so he can see you
Mylo: So Y/N, what was it that you wanted to ask me?
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BONUS:
Sure enough, you and Mylo were now on your first date: Enjoying the undercity's atmosphere gradually turn into night as you both wolf down Jericho's slop
You're strangely captivated at how Mylo's messily stuffing his mouth with the greasy fish, wondering if this outing was really a good idea for a first date
He catches you staring mid-slurp and freezes, only to break out into a grin showing the yellow oil on his teeth
You: You're gonna go home looking like that?
Mylo: Nah it's not that much
You: Mylo, there's oil on your eyebrows.
Mylo: Ok then, if you're so bothered, I'll clean it off right now!
You: ...Uh where are the napkins?-
You then feel a pair of greasy lips smother themselves on the corner of your mouth
He pulls away with a wet smack as you scrunch your face, sitting there not knowing whether to feel flustered or disgusted
It doesn't help that Jericho himself bellows in a roar of laughter at both of you, sliding a napkin next to your bowls to wipe your faces
Mylo: Sorry Y/N, you're stuck with me and my greasy brows from now on!
You: WHYYYYYYYYY
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froggywaffles · 2 years
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Neon lights and glitter dust
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Request: Can you write a hurt/comfort Ekko x reader, where Ekko and Reader were both best friends with Jinx/Powder and talk about their trauma, please - @/MayaGlitchAndFreinds (on wattpad)
A/N: sorry this took so long, I took a break over christmas and new year :) happy ‘22 everyone. ALso this will contain spoilers for episode 7. Sorry if its bad
Relationships mentioned: Ekko/Gn! Reader (kind of platonic??), Jinx/Gn! Reader (Not specified), Powder/Gn! Reader (platonic), Ekko/Jinx (enemies), Ekko/Powder (platonic)
Characters mentioned: Ekko, Jinx/Powder, Benzo
Warnings: foul language, bombs, attempted suicide????, attempted murder
Word count: 0.8k
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You sat at the edge of one of the buildings near the main pipeline that led you to the firelight’s base, the hum of the neon lights was almost deafening. The lights weren't always this loud, they weren't to anyone else, it most likely had to do with the faraway look in your eyes.
Ekko had been looking for you for almost an hour, after you stormed out of base, god knows why. “[name]?”. You didn’t reply, too caught up in your own mind to hear him or to realise he sat down next to you. “Oi” he called, poking your cheek, making you jump in the process. “When did you get there?” you spoke softly. “I teleported. Obviously”. ''Haha very funny” you said sarcastically, rolling your eyes. A moment of silence was shared between you, as you both watched as the world below moved. Ekko turned to you, watching the way the lights reflected off your frame before speaking up, “Why’d you storm off?”. “It was nothing…”. “Doesn't seem like nothing.” he muttered as you turned your head to face him. “Your not going to let this go are you?”. “Not a chance.”. “Do you want to know that badly?” You spoofed, as Ekko shot you a look, which was his way of saying ‘get on with it’. “I heard someone say that they wished we could just hurry up and kill jinx.” you sighed, looking back down to the street below, before carrying on “I mean I get they don’t have the same attachments to her as we do, but it still hurts y’know?”. “Yeah” he breathed. “I don’t want to hurt her, I mean- damn she blew me up, to try to kill me and herself over some hextech.”. “Gods how I wish I could go back to how it was”. “Count me in that wish.”. You started giggling to yourself, “What’s so funny??” Ekko asked, completely confused. “Remember when we all tried to make one of Pow’s glitter bombs work and we spilt glitter all over the floor” you laughed turning to face him again as Ekko began laughing along with you, it had been so long since the two of you could just exist, even longer since you could just be kids again. “Benzo completely regretted hiring me at that very moment.” he spoke still continuing to laugh with you. “Oh yeah, 100%”.
Benzo’s shop was doused in hues of pink and blue from the lights shining into the windows, the three of you sat in the centre of the floor surrounded by wrenches, screws, wires and pots of glitter. “You’re putting it in upside down!” Powder called reaching for the gear you were about to put in the bomb. “How- wh- How in the hell can a gear be upside down!?” You shouted back, sending the three of you into a massive laughing fit.
“Look what if we put this gear here… and the glitter compartment here” Ekko spoke with a tiny screwdriver in hand, You and powder leaning over his shoulders to see what he was doing. “Can you two not breathe on me?! I’m tryin’ to concentrate!” He joked, causing Powder to step back, kicking over a large pot of pink glitter. “Shit!” she cursed, turning around to see the damage. “What did- Oh no.”. “What did you do?” Ekko asked not turning around in his chair, still concentrated on the bomb in his hands. “Uhhh, don’t turn around” you quickly blurted as you and Pow started trying to pick up as much glitter as you could with your hands. He placed the bomb onto the desk and without thinking, pushed the chair out with his legs knocking over more glitter. “Shit!” the three of you called in unison. The three of you spent the next hour trying to clean up the glitter, which included 4 glitter fights. By the time Benzo came back he was faced with three children and a shop covered in glitter. You lot were no longer allowed to be together and alone in the shop unattended.
You missed powder, So did Ekko. If only you could go back to before the explosion.
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