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lovebugism · 4 months

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66. you’re sick and I feel bad because I’m pretty sure i gave it to you, so I bring you some of my great grandmother’s soup and watch movies with you with Eddie Spaghetti please 🥺

ty for requesting!! — eddie makes you soup (like the angel he is) after accidentally getting you sick (friends in love, fluff, 1.5k)

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It’s a virtually impossible thing, you realize, to operate like a normal human being when you’re sick.

You’re reduced to a withering thing on your couch, rotting from the inside and out, and drowning in a sea of crumpled-up tissues. In your fever-induced hysteria, you’re pretty sure you’re dying when a knock sounds at your door.

You shout a hoarse “come in” with all the strength you have left. The last person you expect to walk in is Eddie Munson.

He’s wearing smudged eyeliner and a pink smile when enters your living room. His chestnut hair is more wild than you’re used to, but his eyes are made of a familiar melted chocolate. There’s a plastic bag in his pale, ringed hand, full of stuff you can’t make out.

You think he might be an angel.

“Eddie?” you sigh in a tiny voice, scratchy and quiet.

You look at him like no one’s ever looked at him before. Not like you’re excited to see him. No, it’s more than that — it’s like you’re relieved. Like out of a billion people that could’ve stepped through that doorway, you’re happiest that it’s him.

He cowers under the weight of your twinkling, tired gaze.

“Yeah. Hi. Sorry to, like, come over without calling or anything,” he apologizes, laughing awkwardly as he shifts his weight on his dirty sneakers. “But I felt a little bad about getting you sick at Steve’s the other night. I was gonna stay home, but Dustin wanted me to go. He insisted on it, actually—”

He’s rambling like an idiot, making a total fool of himself. He doesn’t know why you’re smiling so gently at him like you find it all endearing. “It’s not your fault, Eds,” you assure, voice slightly stuffy, as you shake your head at him.

“Well, it kinda is, actually, so…” Another awkward laugh tumbles from his smiling mouth. In his shyness, his gaze flits from yours to the bag in his hand. “I, uh— I wanted to do something nice, you know? Like, make you soup or something. But then I realized I don’t actually know how to cook, so I went to the store and got some of the canned stuff.”

“Oh,” you hum, then sniffle. “Thank you, Eddie. That’s— That’s really nice of you.”

“It’s no problem. Really. I can make it for you if you want. Or microwave it, I guess. So you can, you know, rest of whatever.”

“You don’t have to do that—”

“I want to.”

“I just don’t want you to get sick,” you agonize, face scrunched with a distant worry.

Eddie grins at your concern and shrugs off every ounce of it. “I already had it. So I’m basically immune at this point, right? I mean, I’m pretty sure that’s how the science works, anyway.”

You laugh for the first time in three days. You forget how sick you are until the action makes your chest ache. Your smile is weighed down by exhaustion, but it doesn’t waver once when you look at him. “Yeah. You’re probably right.”

Even though your muscles are achy, you manage to walk yourself to the kitchen. You tell Eddie you can put the soup on yourself, but he isn’t having any of it. He walks you back to the couch and warms it up for you — even puts it in a heart-shaped bowl he found in your cabinet, ‘cause he thought it might make you feel a little better.

He tastes it with a separate spoon to make sure it isn’t too hot, then rushes back to your side in record time.

“Thank you,” you murmur when he passes you the newly warmed-up soup. The words come out more scratchy than you mean for them to. You try to clear your throat, but you don’t think it makes it any better.

“Don’t thank me— I’m the reason you’re in this mess,” he laughs and sits on the couch beside you. He keeps a cushion of space between you, lest he get any closer and make you uncomfortable. “So, I’m not, like, above spoon-feeding it to you or anything.”

You try to laugh at his dumb joke. It comes out in a single, hoarse breath that makes your chest sting. “I think I got it from here. Thanks for the offer, though.”

Eddie runs out of stupid things to say and the apartment goes silent.

Your TV plays so low it’s basically on mute, and your neighbors talk on their porch outside — the sound of both gets increasingly louder without either of you talking over them.

He doesn’t know what to say — how to tell you that he’d like to spend more time with you without actually having to say the words. Confessing his schoolboy crush out loud, to the pretty girl he got sick, would be the least metal thing he’s ever done.

“Do you wanna, like, put on a movie or something?” he offers suddenly, rubbing his ringed fingers on his dark jeans to make them feel less clammy. “I can run to Family Video and bother Steve until he lets me take something for free? Unless you’re, like, totally sick of me— which would be totally understandable—”

“No,” you interject with a shake of your head, still trying to smile even though it takes so much energy out of you. “I mean, I’d like that, but…”

“But?” Eddie repeats when you trail off, brows raised behind his fluffy bangs.

You tilt your chin to your chest and peer at him through your lashes. Your eyes are red-rimmed and glassy, still pretty enough to drown in. “Don’t you have a show tonight?” you remind him in a gentle whisper.

His heart would swell at the thought of you knowing his show schedule if it wasn’t already dropping to his ass. He’d nearly forgotten all about it, too worried about you to remember the ten people at The Hideout waiting for him.

“Fuck…” he groans and slumps against the couch. His head tilts back and bears his pretty neck for you. You can see his pale jaw clench and his adam’s apple bob when he swallows. He’s too beautiful for his own good.

“You can go. It’s okay,” you assure gently.

His chocolate eyes melt for you when he opens them again. He looks sincerely apologetic, like leaving you hurts him the most. “I’d totally stay, but—”

“I get it. It’s fine,” you repeat, still grinning ‘cause you don’t know how else to look at him. You duck your sheepish gaze to the bowl in your lap and try to joke. “I’ll survive until tomorrow… I think.”

Eddie sits up again and leans closer to you. You get a better whiff of his musky cologne and the nicotine on his breath. “You better. ‘Cause I’m definitely coming over, and we’re definitely watching a movie, alright? All day until you’re sick of me.”

Your smile grows despite your exhaustion. You feel like this is his way of asking you out — like you’re too sick and he’s too nervous, and he’d love to do it some other way, but this is all he’s got for now. It’s more than enough for you.

“Sure,” you say with a firm nod.

“I can bring you more food, too, if you want! Whatever you feel like— say that word, and you got it.”

You falter for an answer to his sudden question.

He shakes his head. “That’s okay. Call me later if you want. I should be home around ten, if that’s not too late?”

“Okay,” you smile, then clear your throat when the word gets caught there.

“I’ll see you tomorrow— Feel better by then, okay? That’s an order,” he jokes and stands back up again.

He doesn’t know what compels him to kiss you on the cheek — only that it felt right to do it and that he didn’t even realize he was doing it until his lips brushed your warm jaw.

His cinnamon eyes go wide. His rosy mouth falls softly agape. He looks more surprised than you do, but you’re not entirely sure that’s possible. A moment you’ve been thinking about for ages just happened before you could blink.

You don’t think that’s very fair.

Eddie tries to laugh it off. “Forget I just did that… That was— That was really weird. Sorry.”

Your cheeks burn like fire. Not from the fever this time, but from the boy in front of you. From the yearning to feel him close again.

“I’ll talk to you tonight,” you promise, even though your throat still burns. You’re not sure you care too much, anymore. You wanna talk to him until you can’t anymore.

“Yeah,” he sighs, breathless for a reason he can’t name. He walks backwards towards the door. “See you around,” he says finally, before spinning on his sneakers and nearly tripping over your carpet.

You blink, and he’s gone. Again.

Your burning cheek still tingles with the imprint of his mouth. He’d asked you to forget, but you don’t think that’s possible. There’s no forgetting him at all.

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weebsinstash · 4 months

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They often say food can be a language of love, and one of the things that started driving Suguru into a deeper depression was eating curses that tasted horribly disgusting and then also not being able to eat normal food, so I was thinking about a story concept where Reader through whatever means can actually give Geto his sense of taste back and actually ease the discomfort he experiences when eating curses, and he forms a deep gratitude/obsession/love because of it

Obviously i publish yandere stuff but it doesn't mean up in Brain Land that I don't think of other ideas, action, adventure, what not, and recently I've been thinking of -also this was kind of for yandere purposes too actually lmao- Reader having a technique along the lines of "Cursed Memory Manipulation"

You can manipulate curses just like Geto, only you do it by affecting their memories into thinking you're an ally or friend or master or whatever gets them to obey. There are limits, but if it's some mindless creature, you're basically a Pokemon trainer. But I was thinking, can you imagine being his classmate who he has way too much depression to fully pay attention to, he's eating less, he's losing weight, losing sleep, and one day you're eating lunch near him and see he's struggling to keep food down, and he leaks vague details about how he keeps thinking about the taste of curses and how food doesn't taste the same.

Here you are, genuinely wanting to help him, just casually like, "well, what if I take a bite of this food, and then when you take a bite, I put my memory of what it tasted like in your head while we eat together" and it's some spur of the moment idea that he's too tired to argue against you about, so he does it to humor you and get it over with and. It works? It actually works??? He can taste and the world is beautiful again?

Oh sure, it starts off sharing lunches with him, but he's basically unable to normally eat without you, so, he all but glues himself to you at all times so you can eat all your meals together. At his worst, a yandere Geto would just immediately outright insist on if not demand marriage, because how ELSE are you two going to share every meal together? He may even force you to cook for him to make the meals you two eat all the more special. You're just his little Patron Saint of Snacks who can actually give him an appetite again

And I guess as a bonus, the idea I was originally tacking the concept of Cursed Memory Manipulation onto was, vague but, it was the idea of, what if Reader is losing a fight and is at genuine risk of being killed and you use your technique to fill your attacker with memories of you, and maybe you don't exactly have time to think and it turns out to be something really personal, something really intimate, whatever can get this person or creature or curse or whatever to stop attacking you. Sukuna suddenly remembering you as an old flame who he suddenly has too many fond memories of fucking to simply kill you. Mahito stops himself from slicing you open when he's suddenly recalling playing all kinds of games with you, running around as kids, memories of a childhood that didn't exist yet appeals to his young heart.

It's also totally different but I've also thought about 1. What if Sukuna gets in Itadori and finds out the young man isnt all there when it comes to you with Sukuna absorbing some of Yuuji's feelings for you, and then when he jumps to, his current host, HE ALSO had feelings for you, so now Sukuna is like secondhand driven mad with yandere fever and 2. What if after Kenjaku bodysnatches Geto, he runs into you again one day and all of Suguru's repressed and Strong STRONG feelings for you start surging forth and Kenjaku just HAS to keep you around as his new pet at the very least because he just can't shake all these new obsessive thoughts and the literal goosebumps he gets when he looks at you

#yandere jjk #yandere x reader #yandere suguru geto #suguru x reader #i dunno what tags people use for him #sinprompts #yandere stuff

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lovetei · 7 months

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Okay so, someone headcanon that Lucifer interact with Cerberus very seriously like no baby talk or any normal petowners behaviour…? This is actually kinda canon now? In the recent Lucifer’s card. He be trying to get his lepus doing smth by acting like they’re business partners and the lepus keeps electrocuting him in the progress lol.

And just imagine MC being the lovely troublemaker they are keep sneaking in the underground tomb to see Cerberus to give him belly rubs, snacks and all of the things Lucifer didn’t do because MC feels bad cuz Cerberus can’t experience all the “good boys stuff” he deserves

Then one day, Cerberus just break out and just running around the house to find MC cuz they forgot to give Cerberus his daily without Lucifer knowing snacks, and daily cuddle too! What a crime. How would the bros react to that?

I was surprised Fluff and crack dominated the poll I created last post 😭

But this cute as hell.

I'm back on my long post era :b

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MC who thinks Cerberus is just a giant puppy that deserves love cause he's a good boy

Warnings: Grammar errors, spelling errors, long post, Mentions of starving, Mentions of eye bags, Mentions of some real threats

Versions: Demon brothers, Side Characters

Links: Masterlist

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LUCIFER:

He's a very serious pet owner

He doesn't punish his pet though, no fasting or whips just some soft scolding and lecturing

On the other hand, there's you who as a pet fever, always hyperventilating when you see Cerberus

He figured that you might turn his stoic and monstrous three headed dog into some giant puppy

So he made sure that he adds one more barrier, specifically preventing you from entering the tomb

But guess what? You're the shit.

Ain't no barrier gonna stop you.

So you sneak out late at night while struggling to hold all the large sized snacks you starved yourself to get your hands on just make Cerberus feel like the good boy he is.

Of course, Lucifer noticed this but he's not really sure and he does not want to confront you about this.

Like, what if you're not actually going to the tomb to pet and give Cerberus belly rubs? He'll look like a fool.

But it just kept getting worse.

The eyebags around your eyes

And how Cerberus gets more and more whiney

What the fuck is on about you two

So as a punishment, he decided to give you a break (Wow)

You're not allowed to leave your room until the dark circles under your eyes disappear.

And to his surprise, and prediction, Cerberus managed to break out of the magic he applied on the tomb that prevents him fron going out without his permission

He's both disspointed and proud.

Disspointed because his dog is disobeying and proud because his dog is actually really strong.

And as to his guesses, he ran up straight to the HOL and broke the door open.

And just like in those movies

You guys met halfway and life dramatically cried out as if Lucifer prevented two lovers from meeting each other.

He's just standing on the background like :l

Cause he expected this much.

MAMMON:

He liked the dog don't get him wrong

It's just that, he's not as crazy as you are about them

Plus that three headed tree pisser tried to kill him multiple times

And he's NOT happy about it

It's not like he can get any time to bond with the dog too since Lucifer is keeping a tight leash on him both literally and figuratively.

That might stop him

But not you

As your first man, he already know you're up to something the moment he saw you, through his crows, carrying large sizes of food, now human food, dog food.

He also knows that you're someone who don't actually want someone to know about this little secret of yours

So he just kept quite and stood at the bay

Watching you sneak around the house, trying to get to the tomb by yourself

Who knows? Something might go wrong and he needs to be by your side to save you as your babysitter and as your first man.

He started getting worried as soon as he saw those eye bags though

So he admitted that he knows what you're up to and suggested that you stop

You got mad

Of course

He knew it

He snitched on you by the way

He didn't straight up told Lucifer that you're going out to meet Cerberus

He just pointed out that you have like the worse eye bags ever and subtly said that you might be on some late night rendezvous.

He's glad that Lucifer gave you that time out.

He's sorry for snitching on you too but your health comes first before some belly rubs and dog treats.

When he heard the door of HOL crashing down though

He knew damn well who it was

He actually opened (broke) the door for you.

LEVIATHAN:

He's not that much of a dog person

More on reptiles and amphibians

But he understands why you're all crazy about dogs

I mean it's a common thing among humans right?

He's pretty sure Lucifer won't let you near Cerberus though since all about the string, guard dogs type while you're all down for cutesy belly rubs and treats.

Then one night, when he's about to get water after playing video games all night he saw you

Sneaking out

And he thought "What if MC actually have a hidden identity like in those anime?! That would be so cool!"

And so he followed you

And saw Mammon following you too

Mammon explained what's happening to him.

He's actually surprised you would go this far.

He started following you every night too of course

Even though he knows that you can knock out Cerberus with a single hit if you're actually serious

He even started watching anime about dogs and reading managas about them too then recommending them to you

He just loves the expression you make when you're so excited and your heart is melting because of the cute illustrations.

Wait

Is Mammon snitching?! On you?!

He's surprised cause, what the fuck, he's actually the last person he thought will snitch on you

It's understandable though, 'cause he's actually near on doing the same.

He's just glad that you got mad on Mammon instead of him

So you got your rest and you're not mad at him, it's a win win for him.

He also got to record the whole dramatic reunion between you and Cerberus.

SATAN:

He's a cat person

He can barely care

About Lucifer and his pet

But if it's you then... Maybe he can bare with it.

He just loves how you look at dogs like how he looks at cats.

You guys really are soul mates.

But why would you starve yourself for dog foods..?

He got a little mad because of it but he knows you just love Cerberus so much

And that you want to treat him like the good puppy he is because the so good Lucifer FAILED to do so.

He knows you're sneaking in and out of HOL to go in the tomb and meet Cerberus

He applied a few spells that made you seem more approachable to animals and be more sneaky without you knowing too.

But his guts are just telling him to close this book and follow you.

And so he did.

And he saw not one,

But two of his brothers trying to act sneaky and following you down to the tomb you knowing

He didn't expect this to be honest

He thought Mammon would be too dumb to find out and Levi will be watching too many animes and play too many games to even notice.

But he guess he underestimated their feelings for you

That doesn't mean his is in any way less than them though

That's why he's here

Although he knows that Lucifer would find out sooner or later

He didn't expect Mammon to be dropping hints when you're his absolute partner in crimes

What a traitor

He would've killed him and fed him to his crows if he did that to him.

But he knows that Mammon is just as worried as he is

Plus he knows to himself that he will be telling you to Lucifer if this gets any worse.

So he is really no better than Mammon

Putting you on some sort of time out and forcing you to rest is a good way of punishment, he expected it, Lucifer spoiling you.

But Cerberus barging in the HOL is not something he thought would happen.

He knows how disciplined Cerberus is, he's Lucifer's pet after all.

He also thought the dramatic meeting was cute and he chuckled a bit.

ASMODEUS:

Oh... Dogs?

He doesn't like stray fur on his clothes though...

But he guess he can understand you.

Cerberus is indeed one big, fluffy dog after all.

Despite being locked down inside the tomb

Cerberus is actually squeaky clean and always smells good.

He's one of the dogs Asmo will be okay being close to.

He can understand you buying him treats and sneak one or a couple of times

But sneaking out in the middle of the night just to give him treats and belly rubs?

Even starving yourself to buy him food is outrageous

You could've asked him for help, he has all these money from modeling just rotting away

Waiting to get spend on some shoes and pearls.

Like Mammon, he dropped subtle hints, commenting on your eye bags but Lucifer seems to not take him seriously as he thinks that Asmo points out even the slightest difference.

He's dissapointed, he means, it's your health on the line here!

So he resorted into confronting you

He thought that maybe following you to your late night sneak outs and pretending to catch you will work

He didn't expect Mammon, Levi and Satan following you too though

He's looking at them all shock cause what the fuck?

And then when he's about to scream Satan just pulled him and covered his mouth with his hand.

When you're about to leave though, he tried to break free from Satan's grasp and proceed with his plans but instead earned shushes from everyone.

Out of all people

He didn't expect Mammon to snitch on you

He actually thought that Cerberus snitching on you is higher than Mammon telling you on.

But he's glad to hear that you're under house arrest and is prohibited from tiring yourself

You really need this rest, honey.

He's one of the people that took care of you that day, actually.

He painted your nairs and gave you a spa day inside the bathroom.

And then he heard a loud crash

He just rolled his eyes and stopped fanning your wet finger nails and just let you run out of the room

He must confess he thinks the reunion is dramatic but it was cute

All the heads of Cerberus whining and crying

But your nails dear!

BEELZEBUB:

Beel loves Cerberus too!

It's just sad that Lucifer won't leg him take care of him as much as he wants to

Cerberus' main job is to protect the tomb where their grimoires are located at so he understands why.

Lucifer doesn't want Cerberus to end up all cutesy greeting each 'visitor' that enters the tomb like he's friends with them

He want Cerberus to not even think twice and attack anyone who would enter the tomb except Lucifer himself.

But aside Lucifer, Beel is the second most close to Cerberus as he's the one that take him to walks most of the time

And when he found out that you like dogs too

Specifically Cerberus

He looked at you with obvious adoration in his eyes

Cause, finally, someone can get him

He wants to treat Cerberus like a good boy too almost just as much as you but Lucifer won't let him

But you have a plan?!

Wait, why are you starving yourself..?

That's bad...

If you just want to buy Cerberus dog food and treats you can use his money

But why do you insist that you want to buy his food yourself?

By what money? The money you got from starving yourself?

He knows he can't stop you though

So he just cooked extra portions when he's on duty and insisted that you share foods with him

So, problem number one solved

But now there's another problem

And it's you sneaking out late at night just to feed Cerberus!

Look at yourself MC!

You barely get any sleep!

He actually decided to start feeding Cerberus himself after he saw the dark circles under your eyes

But after he saw Mammon, Levi, Satan and Asmo hiding behind a big rock he already knows he's late and that you're in the tomb again

When Asmo tried to go out and confront you though

His heart dropped

Cause "What if MC thought were stalkers?!" "MC will think we're controlling!"

Though, Mammon snitching on you is something he expected

People might think that he'll die loyal and never snitch on you but he knows better than that

He knows that Mammon will put your health above everything and would snitch if needed

For him, house arrest is a light and well thought punishment

He doesn't know why you need to receive it though

He means, you did nothing wrong, you just feed and play with the dog

He thinks the dramatic meet up is cute too!

He's standing on the background looking like ^^

BELPHEGOR:

He likes Cerberus

He has fluffy fur and would carry him when their together

He's unbelievably large too so he's like a giant, moving bed for Belphie

And he understand why you would go crazy over Cerberus

He is indeed one of a kind considering how he has three heads

But he can't understand why you would go through such lengths just to play with the dog

Don't get him wrong, he knows that you like Cerberus and sees him as a giant puppy

But Cerberus guards their grimoire and that grimoire is very important to them

So he's also one of the people that actually prevents you from going in the tomb to play with the hell hound

Lucifer trained them to be a strict guard dog for a reason

And he knows it and it's for his own good too

Though, he knows his explanations won't stop you considering how you're starving yourself to buy him dog food and toys

And even wake up late at night just to sneak out and give it to Cerberus

He wants to protect you of course

Cerberus is still a hell hound that's above thrice your size

So he did the unthinkable and stayed up late

Wanting to spy on you

He saw you sneaking your way down the hallway and so he decided to follow you

And then he saw them

Not Cerberus

But Mammon, Levi, Satan, Asmo and even Beel spying on you too

He guess he underestimated them

He just joined them behind the rock though and rested on Beel's shoulder

He's more assured now since his brothers are watching over you too

But when he heard the sudden rustle made by Asmo trying to struggle to confront you

His eyes shot open and helped Satan on strangling him down

Hell, he almost turned to his demon form

You falling ill is something he's scared of, but you getting mad at him is another

And both are as bad as the other

Actually, the way he glares at Asmo as Satan covers his mouth is terrifying

He might as well just point a knife at his neck at this point

And then the next morning what woke him up is not Lucifer

But the door of their house falling down and creating a loud thud

And is followed by loud howls and whines he knows too well

He's wide awake now and is staring at the two of you, dramatically hugging each other as if Lucifer kept you away from each other for years

Wait

What

Mammon snitched on you?!

Oh... So you've been on an house arrest since earlier this morning and not even a day passed and Cerberus is already running after you?

Wow

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captain-mj · 3 months

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Okay, so I'm very sick rn, and could use an order of Fluff, please.

Maybe some GhostSoap where Ghost gets deliriously sick and is having hallucinations, and Soap just stays there and comforts him through it all?

Wrote this while a tiny bit depressed so I hope you like it

Ghost never got sick. He just didn't. The mask kept him from getting most airborne illnesses (presumably) and he was careful to never get infections.

But somehow. Someway. He had... something. Didn't matter. The fever that wracked his body was vicious and cruel.

Soap was currently sitting with him and fretting. He was muttering about medicine and what to do and stuff that made Ghost's head hurt.

Someone... spoke. His head jerked towards it but it didn't repeat.

"Simon." Soap called to him, putting his hand on his warm cheek. "You're burning up." His voice sounded very far away.

Gentle hands laid him down. For a moment, he felt like a kid again, safe and sound in his mom's arms. He heard someone whimper and wondered if Soap had hurt himself.

Soap carefully tapped his cheek and he opened his mouth on command. A pill was slipped into his mouth and then some cold water followed. Ghost closed his eyes and drifted.

Something called to him again. Speaking to him sweetly. "You need to get up."

Ghost grunted, his head aching. The hand came back, gently running through his hair.

The voice faded to a soft humming. One of the Beatle's songs. His mom's favorite.

Ghost softly hummed along and he swore he could smell her perfume.

Her absence hit him hard as the perfume disappeared. He keened softly, reaching out for her hand again. When he was sick as a kid, she'd give him plain toast and maybe a cup of tea until he felt up for soup. Always the same. Some cheap mix of chicken and vegetable.

Ghost wanted that. He wanted her hand on his hair and his childhood bedroom.

Soap kissed his forehead. "Simon. Why do you look so sad?"

Ghost looked at him and winced. "Johnny... Please don't leave me."

"Hey, I'm not going to leave ya. Gonna stay right here."

Ghost grabbed his hand and kissed his wrist.

"You're burning up." Soap said softly. He grabbed a rag that he dipped in cold water and gently puts it to his forehead. "I'm worried about you."

"No medics. Please."

Soap smiled sadly. "Alright. I'll stay with you until you feel better." He gently put the rag on his cheek and then on his throat.

Ghost groaned softly in relief and smiled. "Thank you. I love you." He missed Soap's sad look.

The hallucinations could not be kind. They couldn't stay as just a sign of grief.

A skeleton stood there. It watched him. Body unnatural.

It popped it's head off and held it out to him.

"Your mother's skull. You killed her."

Ghost closed his eyes tight, afraid.

"Your brother's rib cage. You killed him too."

Ghost covered his ears and the whimpering came again. It didn't occur to him that he could make those noises.

Soap put his arms around him and pulled him to his chest. "I got you, Simon. I got you."

Ghost shivered hard and he pulled up just long enough to take off his shirt. He pressed into Soap's body, feeling the heat rolling off of him. When he tentatively opened his eyes, there was nothing there.

Soap kissed his sweaty hair. "Later, we'll take a shower okay?"

Ghost turned around and hugged on to him, face buried into his skin. "I love you."

"Stop saying that. You're only saying that because you're delirious."

"I'm sorry. I guess I should say it more often. Don't want you to doubt that." Ghost rubbed against him like a cat.

Soap sighed softly and gently ran his hands up and down his back. "Alright, Simon."

Ghost rested against him, enjoying the warmth. Later, he might put on his mask and pretend this never happened. But the part of him that he normally kept shoved down really hoped he wouldn't. He hoped he'd kiss Soap sober and say he loved him again until he realized he was telling the truth.

But for now, his whole body felt like it was on fire. His head hurt. His muscles were sore. So he rested there, safe and sound and with Johnny's heartbeat in his ears.

#call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #simon ghost riley #johnny soap mactavish #call of duty modern warfare ii #cod mw2 #ghostsoap #cod #soapghost #ghoap

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angsttronaut · 4 months

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Contemplating the idea of an AU where Starclan and other paranormal stuff is never confirmed to actually exist.

Either we never get a medicine cat POV, or their experiences with the supernatural are somewhat ambiguous. Example: They usually dream of Starclan or the dead at the half-moon meetings, but not always, and the dreams are often weird and fade from their memories like normal dreams, making it hard to tell if they actually received a message, or if the power of suggestion influenced their dreams.

Leaders are still taken to the Moonstone/Moonpool, but they don't get a big Starclan ceremony where they receive nine lives; it's similar to medicine cats, they may have a Starclan themed dream that night, they might not. It's believed Starclan lends them their strength; as far as most cats are concerned, this means leaders live longer and are more likely to recover from wounds that will kill an unblessed cat. However, while some leaders make surprising recoveries from wounds and illnesses that ought to have been fatal, it's unclear if this is actually magic or luck. They're also well protected and treated by their Clan, which may account for their increased lifespan.

The Dark Forest/Place of no Stars is believed in by the cats, but the most anyone might ever see of it is nightmares of a dull, empty-skied woodland. Often, it's cats who feel guilty in some way that have these dreams. No spirits come out to train or hurt them, but every now and again sinister eyes may watch them from afar...

Midnight and Rock probably don't show up. Midnight could maybe work as a badger who learned to speak cat somehow, but I have no idea how Rock could fit into this one.

The Three are very skilled, abnormally so, but they still have clear limitations. Lionblaze is an excellent fighter who rarely gets hurt, but despite terrified rumours in the other Clans, he definitely isn't invincible and can be defeated. Dovewing has strong senses and tends to pick up on things other cats missed because of this, but can't hear things that happen on the other side of the lake. Jayfeather has a talent for guessing what other cats are thinking and feeling, but his guesses can be completely off-base.

Most cats believe in Starclan, but there's way more cats who are unsure or privately atheist. It's not uncommon for leaders and medicine cats to have crises of faith because they aren't having visions like they think they should. One of the things that contributed to Bluestar's breakdown was not witnessing anything Starclan-related at her leadership ceremony, or when she returned to the Moonstone for advice.

Bramblestar's being possessed is a rumour that starts after he gets ill and becomes a different, crueller person afterwards. The belief is that Shadowsight's experimental snow cure to break his fever actually killed him, and without Starclan watching over them a malign spirit entered his body. Not everyone believes this is what caused his change in personality, but it's especially popular in Shadowclan, where Shadowsight experiences many terrifying visions of a shadow looming over Bramblestar's corpse.

#warriors #warrior cats #wc #au #starclan #i lean more towards them being obviously real but weaker than canon in rewrites but this was a fun thing to think about!

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Taking care of him when he’s sick

Heeseung

You came home expecting your boyfriend to play video games as always. " Hee baby I am home" you shouted right after you opened the front door. Usually Heeseung would shout back or pause his game to come to you but not this time, even after you called him a second time you get no response. After searching for him nearly everywhere you ended up finding him asleep in bed which makes you frown since he barely sleeps outside of bedtime. You sat beside him on bed which makes him open his eyes slightly. " Ah Y/n you are already back" he mumbled in a hotter voice interrupted by a cough." Aigo Hee are you sick?" you asked him worriedly. " Nah no way!" he raised his voice a little and fastly sat up on bed. " Ouch" he fell imedialtly back in bed while holding his head. You just chuckled by his behaviour " Yeah sure your completely fine" you said sacrastically. "I am Y/n, I just have to rest a bit" he denied. You just shock your head " Then just try to sleep a bit while I make you a healthy soup". He shocked his head " just make me some ramen Y/n" and another caugh he insisted to have ramen so you had no other chance.

Well he ended up trowing it up afterwards "Y/n, lets try your soup next time and give me this disgusting medicine, you were right I guess I am sick." he said in a baredly audible voice while crawling back to bed.

Jay

This man knows exactly what to do when someone is sick so he does when he felt the first symtoms of a cold rushing through his body. You just came home and find him standing by the kitchen counter. To suprise him You sneaked up from behind and gave him a slap on his ass. Well maybe you were too impetuous because he spilled the medicine he had measured on a tablespoon. "Aishh... Y/n don't scare me from behind, look at the mess aish jinja" you looked at the spilled liquid at the counter and laughed " Sorry not sorry" but then your eyes felt on the medicine bottle " Huh... Jay baby are you sick ?!!" you asked worriedly " Don't know I just started to feel some symtoms" he answered after swallowing the refilled spoon of medizin.

Well he was right, the next morning he couldn't barely open his eyes. He just felt so weak. " Jay you have a high fever" you informed him as you checked on his temperature. You felt helpless at that moment not gonna lie " I will make you those ... eh..." you've forgot what it was called. " calf wrap. It is called calf wrap and don't forget to bring me the fever medicine " he mumbled. "YAH!! Jay you should rest" you shook your head. "Even when he has a high fever he manages it to correct me. As if he was born to act like a mom pff " you thought as you searched for the medicine in the kitchen.

Jake

You knew immediately that something was wrong. You just sat on couch beside Jake normally you would cuddle up and talk about your day but not today. He stayed away from you and he barely spoke, his eyes were clued on the Tv and he constantly cleared this thought. After a few minutes of observing him you've had enough. "Jakey please tell me whats wrong I hate seeing us like this. Why are you ignoring me!!" his eyes sweapt to you "I guess I am sick" he finally announced in a hotter voice " I just don't want to infect you, I am sorry I should have told you right away" after saying this he started to cought like crazy.

Well he ended up staying in bed with a high fever the next morning making you drop your work for the day to take care of your sick boyfriend. As soon he had told you about his sickness he kept complainig all day long. " Y/nie... my head hurts and my throat and my nose is running constantly please help me." you singed " Then take your medicine finally!!" " No ! That stuff is so disgusting" he whined. After hours of explainig him the importance to take his medicine he finally swalloed it. " Gosh... you're even worse than a kid" you mumbeled to yourself after leaving the room. He basically kicked you out to make sure you’ re not getting sick. " I've heard that Y/n!!" he tryed to yell after you but his voice cracked.

Sunghoon

Sunghoon felt sick but he just didn't want to stay in bed doing nothing so he took a bunch of pain killers to feel better to finish his work. As you came home from work you've found him sitting in front of his laptop with a lowered head masaging his temples and groaning in pain. Right beside him was the bin filled with a bunch of uses tissues you know that he was sick and you've told thim to take a day off to recover but he just ignored your advice which made you even more worried about him and his condition. "Sunghoon baby don't you think you should at least take a break" you asked while aproching him. He turned his head to look at you his nose was completely red from using tons of tissues "Y/nie I am totally *snezze* fine *snezze* " you signed and came closer to him putting your hands on this forehead and as already expected it was buring hot. "You're having a fever! You will go and take a rest now" his lips already parted to protest but before he could say a word you shut him down by puting your hand in front of his mouth. " GO ... NOW! you raised your voice and shutted the laptop closed.

Poor boy was so shocked by your sudden reaction but followed your command. The next day he felt a lot better " Well I guess I should listen to her more often" he said to himself while grinning.

Sunoo

The night before, Sunoo complained of a severe headache but the two of you did not think that it was the harbinger of a cold. Well, the next morning you couldn't get him out of bed. "Y/Nie I'm so cold and my neck is so sore," he complained in a barely audible voice. Your heart ached at the sight of him, because he is usually always cheerful and lively. "I'm going to make you a warm tea and then get you some medicine, okay?" you asked him, to which he just nodded.

Why don't you get some sleep? you asked after watching him stare at the ceiling for what felt like 20 minutes. "I can't and besides I'm still cold Y/n" he pouted. You stared at him in disbelief, because you had wrapped him in three blankets already. But then you had an idea, you grabbed the remote control and crawled to Sunoo under the many blankets. "Let's watch Disney movies together," you said with a big smile on your face. He snuggled closer to you and said "finally I've been waiting for this all morning".

Jungwon

Today was an important day for Jungwon, as the leader of Enhypen he had a meeting with the company management about the upcoming comeback. Unfortunately, he woke up with a sore throat and a headache but even after your insistent attempts to cancel the meeting he decided to go through with it.

The meeting went on for hours and Jungwon's condition got worse and worse he just made it to your apartment. When he opened the door and you looked him in the eye you got a shock, you could see in his lazy eyes that he was not at all well. "Omg Wonie," you said and hugged him. "Y/n...I feel so limp" he only barely audibly said before he slowly lost consciousness in your arms.

After you somehow managed to put him to bed you immediately called a doctor fortunately he found nothing wrong. Jungwon should have simply listened better to the signals of his body. After he finally regained consciousness, you gave him his medicine. "What happened...have you cried?" he asked in shock when he saw your red puffy eyes. You tried to smile and stroked his cheek. "I was so worried about you.... please promise me that this will never happen again."

Ni-ki

You got a call from the guys that Ni-ki was sick and the others had a busy schedule so they couldn't check on him. Without hesitation you set off for the boys' dorm. When you entered the apartment everything was quiet so you assumed that he was asleep but he was not in his room which made you wonder. You finally found him in the kitchen. "They really called you?" he asked in an incredulous and hotter voice as he saw you. "They must really think I'm a helpless little kid." He shook his head in disbelief and drank from his cup, but as soon as he swallowed he started coughing like crazy. You immediately ran to his side, "Orange juice...". Are you serious? Even a child knows that this is not good for your sore throat! Ah jinja" he just eyed you from the side while still struggling with coughing fits. "Go to bed, I'll make you some tea and then we'll take the medicine!" he just rolled his eyes but followed your command "as if I would die from it" he just mumbled.

Well as the day got older his condition got worse and he started to vomit you helped him to the toilet and back to bed. "Y/n I think I'm going to die!" "YAH!!! Don't say that, you're not going to die at least not when I'm with you" "Thank you Y/n" he mumbled before falling asleep from exhaustion.

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quitealotofsodapop · 7 months

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Just curious, how do the lmk crew when they are sick and when others are sick? (Not pregnancies since that whole different ball park.)

OK heres my hcs for how LMK gang deals with being sick/others being sick:

Xiaotian/MK: Ignores serious symptoms until he physically cannot walk. And although he loves the extra break time, he almost goes nuts when he's too sick and feverish to much else but rest. Draws a lot when ill, especially of his fever dreams. To Others: he goes full worried mother-hen on them. Soup, tea, soft pillows, meds, you name it - he'll zoom across town for it. Often ends up catching whatever the other person had cus of proximity.

Xiaojiao/Mei: Legit doesn't notice her symptoms until she starts flagging mid-drive, then she puts herself on strict bedrest until she's good enough to hit the road again. Prefers to treat herself, so she gets embarassed when she gets really sick and the others have to step in. To Others: Jokingly mourns them and drops off a bag filled with their fave snacks before booking it out the door. She will support them from a distance. XD

Sun Wukong: "Bah! Illness is for dorky mort- ACHOO!!" His relative isolation on FFM and hubris towards earths tiniest organisms has left SWK with almost zero immunity to common diseases. Pretty much passes out the second he gets the tiniest cold. Will try and meditate/sleep his way back to normal, but will need to be dragged kicking and screaming to a doctor. To Others: The opposite. Mortals are so fragile! Are you ok!? Why is your nose running? Are you dying?! This monkey goes into full panic mode over the smallest ailments. Buys out the pharmacy's stock in cough syrup and cold meds. Probably makes himself sick in the process.

Macaque: Accepts his fate and holes himself up in a nest for the foreseeable future. Has a slightly stronger immune system than Wukong (don't tell me that this monkey didn't live like an alley cat at some point), but in the case of really serious illness will crawl himself towards his nearest ally and/or enemy for assistance/a more honorable death. Secretly enjoys being pampered while in his more vunerable state. To Others: Full mom-mode combined with "I told you so" attitude. Strict bedrest and warm blankets. Monkey instincts take over and he'll make the sick person eat weird medicinal plants he finds/alchemises, and cuddle them in hopes of making them feel better. Often times it works.

Pigsy: Claims he's never taken a sick day in his life. Is proven wrong the first time he catches a random virus and has to shut the down kitchen for about a week. Is very frustrated, but puts the customers' safety over his pride. When he gets the slightest bit better he'll start cooking up a storm to make up for lost time. To Others: "Sick. Leave. Now." Will physically carry his sick friends/workers to the doctors to get meds before he lets them in the door. Will stuff the sick person full of healthy traditional soup recipes to encourage "natural healing" in addition to strict medical assistance. Will claim that he'd do this for anyone (he lying).

Tang: "Oh no~ I have the flu! I guess I'll have to stay home and be feed soup by my beloved Piggy~" This man will 100% take advantage of his sickness for attention. Don't lie to me. To Others: On one hand, eww. On the other, he may be able to steal a bowl of Pigsy's healing soup. Will smile fondly and let the ill person recover in their own time with meds.

Sandy: Goes belly up in the water. He's a guy with great constitution, so he doesn't get sick often. But when he does? Doctor, now. Can bounce back fairly quickly if treated, but he'll insist on the others not getting too close to him or his cats less they catch it too. Will appriciate any help (esp with his foster cats) around the boat house tho. Cat cuddle pile until he's better. To Others: Enters the room wearing a face mask and gloves, holding a tray of different teas (hot and iced), and offers to lend his aromatherapy machine. Very big on holistic methods, but won't discourage modern medicine.

Red Son: Goes into "dying victorian child"-mode. Was in the Guanyin's Southern Seas paradise for centuries (so no immunities) and likely hasn't caught most diseases simply because his body runs too hot for the micro-organisms to survive. But if he catches something supernatural, or it triggers a violent immuno-response? He's a sweaty mess unable to move from his bed, surrounded by ice packs. It's very difficult to take care of him in this state cus he's like smouldering lava. His parents get *very* worried. Gets ridiculously honest, slurring things like; "I love you so much noodle boy~" *passes tf out* to his caretakers. Doesn't remember a thing afterwards. To Others: "Bull Clones! Initiate hazmat procedures!" Gets mega worried cus he's never had to help someone in this state before, but understands how laboratory hazmat works, so will assist wearing full PPE. Will disinfect the ill person's entire living space to eliminate future threats. If the sick person is someone *really important to them, Red will panic and seek out supernatural assistance.

Nezha: "Sick? Nah I don't get sick." *falls asleep at the breakfast table the second no one's looking*. Tries to "tough it out" like he believes he should, but is woefully unprepared for how protective the rest of the gang can be. It's been a long time since someone has actually tucked him in and nursed him back to health - he gets really emotional. Will now die for his caretakers' no matter how small his ailments were. To Others: Vows to help however he can, and then goes to stand guard at the bedroom door. Will call for advice on bedside manner stuff cus he's not used to it (youngest of three yo) beyond what his mom would do for him as a toddler.

Bai He: Little kid. Will sneeze and cough and allow herself to be corralled into bed for the week. Very sleepy. Stuffed animal fort will be built to protect her. Mo may sneak in to cuddle her better. To Others: Is told to keep away from the sick person less she catches it, but will sneak in and donate one of her fave toys to keep them company. In the case of non-communicable ailments; will sneak in and try to cuddle the sick person better since that always makes her feel better too. Brings her tablet so that they can watch something together.

+(Au character) Chenxiang: Is pretty healthy, but also has no idea how personal health works. Gets his first ever really bad illness by getting drenched in rain one night and not drying himself off properly. Hallucinates feverishly and mistakes Wukong as still being his Sifu, and that he needs to save his mother. Multiple family members are required to wrangle Chenxiang back to bed in this state. Gets really quiet/wistful once he starts getting better. To Others: Gets really worried and immediately summons the adults for help. The only other time in the past he's cared for a sick person... didn't end happily. So he gets really really insistent on the sick person going to the doctor, taking meds, drinking tea & soup, everything. Pretty much helicopters over the sick until they get better, or if the adults take over for him.

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mallorydeluna · 10 months

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(Yandere Barbatos wants a baby. How sweet....)

You yawn as you leave yours and Barbatos' shared closet with your DDD in hand. Getting under the silky teal sheets on the bed, you scroll through all the baby pictures you see on Devilgram.

You've been busy throughout the week, looking at Devilpins of babies and baby clothes, you had recently been getting baby fever and so had your husband.

Barbatos sighs as he retires to your shared room for the night. He sits on the bed next to you, he's in his demon form.

You look up from your DDD at Barbatos. "Are you alright?" You put your DDD down and turn to look at him, you reach out to grab his hand.

Barbatos lets out a frustrated sigh as he takes your hand in his gloved one. "I'm fine, my love..... I've just had an exhausting day. More exhausting than normal anyway." He sits up and looks into your eyes. "What all did you do today?"

You sigh and yawn, you debate with yourself on if you should tell Barbatos or not. "Honestly... I didn't have much to do today. I was looking at Devilpins and Devilgram. Baby stuff really...."

Barbatos' interest is very piqued now, he quickly sits up and looks at you with said interest. "Baby stuff....? Why 'baby stuff'?"

You smile and shrug. "I don't know, I guess I just have baby fever."

Barbatos' eyes widen as he listens to you. "You too?!"

Your own eyes widen and your mouth is agape. "We both have baby fever? That's shocking....."

Barbatos nods and he reverts back to his normal everyday form. "I've thought about having our own offspring but I never believed that you'd want to conceive and carry a baby, my baby-- Our baby."

You shrug and sigh. "I didn't think I'd ever want to have children at all if I am being honest. The decision just sorta changed."

Barbatos only nods and gets up to slip his RAD uniform coat off. He takes his gloves off as well. "It was because of Luke, wasn't it? He changed my mind about having children."

You nod and sigh with a smile. You tilt your head and cross your legs on the bed. "Yes actually, how did you know Luke influenced my decision change?"

Barbatos turns back to look at you with a smirk, his tie is undone and his shirt is almost fully unbuttoned. "It's simple really.... I've seen how Luke is with you, he treats you like you're his mom. He treats me like I'm his dad, so why wouldn't he be the one to influence our decisions?"

You blush and look away, you giggle a bit as Barbatos talks. "I guess that makes sense..... Luke does get along with us the most. You and Simeon are his adopted dads. I guess he did influence my decision mostly. I also just decided that being a wife was only half of my purpose."

Barbatos sits back down next to you and pulls you into a passionately possessive kiss. "I can't disagree with your decision. So, does said decision mean we're going to have a baby?"

You blush even more and kiss him back. You pull away and smile. "Yes..... It means we're going to have a baby."

Barbatos only smirks and kisses you again. "Good. I suppose that means we start trying now~?"

And with that, y'all spend the rest of the night having the most loving, and passionate baby making sex.

#obey me #om! mc #om! barbatos #obey me x reader #barbatos x mc #yandere barbatos

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eleni-cherie · 8 months

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a thief's end ✨ || bts • myg - chapter 1.2

"so eager to be in a headlock again?" "only if it's by you." he thought he was done with the criminal life and ready for some peace and quiet. but his plans collapsed in the form of a strange girl who was in trouble. © 2023 | eleni_cherie

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— genre: thief au, gangster comedy, adventure, romcom, humour, angst, fluff, sexual tensiON, slowburn, mutual pining, strangers to lovers s2l

ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE. CHARACTERS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE REAL PERSONS. ALSO VERY UNREALISTIC PLOT LOL - JUST PRETEND READING A MANGA/COMIC OR WATCHING A FILM, REALLY.

SUGGESTIVE THEMES. MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE & BLOOD (BUT NOTHING TOO GRAPHIC, IT'S STILL A COMEDY!)

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Seoul, South Korea

Soyeon blew out a long sigh before taking a sip from her iced coffee. It felt odd to be back in Seoul after three weeks. Weeks of feeling terrified and anxious when now everything seemed back to normal. As if any of the previous incidents had never happened. A strange thought. Like a fever dream.

Her eyes wandered out to the people passing by on the street. It was a mild summer day, most going out for a walk or to meet friends. And she wondered if and how Arabella was planning to find her. Recalling their last conversation on the phone in the restrooms of the italian police station.

"They'll be flown out to Seoul tomorrow." Arabella hummed, going silent then and Soyeon thought she had hung up, when she spoke up again. "What about you?" "I'll have to give my testimony. Hope they can arrest that jerk.." she scoffed, "And after that, agent Jeon assured me I could fly back to Korea with them. After all, I don't have any papers with me to get back otherwise.." "Alright." "They'll escape won't they?" "I don't think they'll try." Soyeon frowned. "W-what? Will they just stay arrested and fac-"

"No, no. Obviously they'll flee," Arabella laughed, "But if they're smart, which Yoongi and Taehyung are, I guess my idiot as well, they'll do it when they're back in Seoul. It wouldn't make sense to escape now and try getting back to Taiwan from there. They'd be more obstacles with pops being on their tail. The smart move would be for them to do it in Korea, which is way closer to Taiwan and has direct connections." The younger woman hummed understanding. If put like that, it made indeed sense. And Arabella was supposedly a thief as well, or had been, so she should know more than her.

"No need to worry," Arabella said then, "I'll fly out to Seoul myself. I'm sick of sitting here idle and missing out on all the fun anyway, so I'll help them get out."

"A-aren't you afraid of getting caught as well?"

Arabella clicked her tongue almost offended at the insinuation. "Please, I'm not a noob like them!" Soyeon pursed her lips, unsure if she was going to regret her next move. "C-could I come with you?" "You mean in bailing the guys out? Absolutely not. You're unexperienced." She wasn't able to argue with that and yet, she tried to. "I know.. but I feel miserable. They're only in this situation because of me. Obviously I'd let you professional take care of the difficult stuff, but.. but.." Her jaw clenched when thinking about Yoongi's expression when she'd last seen him. Those glum eyes. And him being in a cell now like a criminal. She knew he technically was one, been one in the past. But he wasn't one to her. He was much more to her than that. "If I can help in any way, even if only a little bit.."

"I could think of a way.." Arabella contemplated then with a sigh, "But just to be clear, if Yoongi gets angry at me for getting you involved, it was your fault. You were persistent and demanded to be part of it, not letting me any choice. Got it?" Soyeon's eyes lit up. "Yeah, yes, of course!" "Alright, see you in Seoul then." "W-wait, where should we meet?"

"Don't worry about that, I'll find you."

And with that she hung up. Leaving Soyeon perplexed back.

She took another sip, taking her phone out and going to her photo gallery. She didn't feel like returning home yet. Getting adjusted to work again was already hard, but then staying in her lonely apart was almost insufferable. A sentimental feeling overtaking her as she scrolled through her photos, stopping at the last one she had of her grandfather. He was attempting to smile, something he rarely did in photos. Not because he'd been a serious man, rather because he liked to appear like one. She giggled. That somehow reminded her of Yoongi. On the outside he seemed cool, calm, collected, but she had managed to catch a glimpse of his true nature. The warm, kind and caring side of his.

Her brows knitted together when a hot ache flowed threw her chest. She swiped away to another photo of her grandfather. It was of a photo from her grandmother's albums, showing her grandfather heaving little Soyeon up on one arm. Holding her high and smiling up at her. Yeah, she remembered, her grandfather used to do that when she was little. Carrying her around and holding her up, making her feel like a giant.

Tears started welling up in the corner of her eyes and she quickly wiped them away before anyone noticed. Deciding to lock the phone and swallow the lump in her throat down with another sip from her cold drink.

"Did something happen?" A voice behind her asked and she internally cursed, hoping the person didn't mean her, when suddenly the chair next to her was pulled out and a women with long dark hair and black eyeglasses sat down. Eyeing her suspiciously from above the glasses. "N-no, just remembered something. That's all," she quickly said, perplexed by the stranger. The woman hummed and Soyeon began wondering what she wanted from her, when it finally clicked. "Arabella?" "Yup, that's me." Her eyes widened. "How, how did you find me?" Arabella's lips pulled up into a grin as she shrugged nonchalantly. "I got my ways." She waved at someone then, soon another person appearing next to them much to Soyeon's surprise as she recognised them. "The doctor?" "Hey," the red-head smiled and sat down at the empty seat between them, "I see the wound's healing nicely." Cassandra pointed at her forehead to which the younger girl smiled, nodding shyly. "Yes, thanks again." Soyeon's brows furrowed then. "W-what are you doing here, though?"

Cassandra playfully huffed, folding her arms in front of her puffed out chest. "Why? My husband also got caught after all! And besides, I always wanted to take part in a mission. Tae just never let me." She pouted then before grinning at Arabella, patting her shoulder. "That's why I convinced Bella here to let me help. We're forming a girls' gang now, bailing out our idiots!" The dyed-brunette only rolled her eyes. "'Convinced' is quite a light way to put it. You blackmailed me in saying you wouldn't give me a pda otherwise." She pointed at her belly and only then did Soyeon notice the bump. "Ah-ah, I said I would advice your doctor not to give you any." "Still blackmailing," Arabella whined, heaving a frustrated groan then and burried her face into her palms, "Tae and Yoongi will kill me if they see you two here, ugh." "I'm taking full blame, don't worry," her friend ensured her to which Soyeon quickly nodded. "M-me too!" She exhaled deeply, leaning back. "Fine.."

Soyeon raised her hand then as if she was in class. "Uhm , excuse me I got a question.." She pointed at Arabella's belly, "You're pregnant, right? Is it okay if y-" "It's totally fine," Arabella quickly dismissed her question with a wave of her hand, "Just because I'm pregnant people don't have to treat me with kid gloves. I won't do anything risky and besides -" She faced Cassandra then with a smirk. "We got the doc here after all, just in case." She grabbed a tablet out of her handbag then, switching it on. "Now let's get down to business." Soyeon raised her hand again, interrupting her once again with a shy grin. "I should probably tell you that I've to go to interpol tomorrow." Arabella frowned, setting the device down. "Why? Didn't they interrogate you in Italy already? " "Only about what went down in Taiwan and in Italy. Now they wanna ask me further questions about my grandpa, although I really don't know what I could possibly tell them.." Frankly, she knew less than they did about her grandfather's life as a thief.

Arabella hummed, that piece of information perhaps turning into something helpful. "What time exactly?" "T-they said they'd be out all day long. So 5pm." The professional among them contemplated for a moment, smirking then. "Right before their shift ends. Perfect. New plan then!"

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Yoongi was staring at the white wall in front of him. Stifling a sigh, he stretched his arms over his head. He could tell the sun was setting by the few streaks of light coming from the window. Seconds turned to minutes and minutes to hours. When his eyes grew tired, he'd close them, otherwise he'd keep them on the white painted bricks. If he had his sword he'd just cut through the door with ease, but Seokjin had obviously confiscated it. So there wasn't much left but to stare and wait. There wasn't much else to do. He was alone with his thoughts.

It wasn't the first time they had been caught and sitting in different cells. And they always had a plan for this. However, considering they hadn't planned to ever see a custody cell again, he couldn't help but feel sullen. He was the one involved with Soyeon, not them. If Jimin and Taehyung wouldn't have joined, they wouldn't be there with him now.

Soyeon.

He wondered what she was doing right now. He had heard from Jungkook that they had also flown her back to Seoul.

He smiled to himself, being sure she was finally able to return to her normal life with this story being hopefully over. That had been their intention after all by luring interpol to Italy. They already had a case file on the younger Rossi, so it shouldn't have been a problem for them to do something against him now either. And they would, he was certain of it. He just hoped she could find her peace now and enjoy life again without any fears.

For a second he wondered if he should look for her after they get out, but he quickly dismissed that ridiculous thought. After all this traumatic experience, she probably didn't want to see anything or anyone that reminded her of it and he unfortunately counted among that. It was probably better this way anyway, even if he had retired of being a criminal and only got back because of this, he was probably not the right person for her. He bit his inner cheek, a mix of sorrow and relief spreading inside him. She deserved someone normal. Someone who wouldn't potentially drag her into this kind of situation again.

And besides, her real life was taking place in Seoul while he was forced to return to Taiwan. The two had no prospects from the beginning.

Yoongi never considered himself a lucky guy. The only good thing that had ever happened to him was meeting his two friends, but otherwise he'd never seen himself favoured by fortune. Although, the time he had spent with Soyeon, even if short, had felt like luck in a way.

Luck. Such a weird concept. He rarely truly understood it. So he accepted things for how they were. Perhaps it was some kind of karma for past mistakes. There'd been more than enough anyway.

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Arabella's plan was simple or at least not as complicated as it could be.

"There's a catch though," she explained as she eyed the other two women over Soyeon's coffee table. They had returned to her apartment to fully develop the plan and prepare for it and frankly, it was more convenient than sitting in a café. "From what I found out, they inaugurated a few new precautions for some reason. Like whoever enters or exists any area, even the archives and evidence storages, will be checked in case they're wearing a mask or other type of disguises. They literally pinch your cheeks to check. Another reason why I'll undertake the security room and gain access to the system, they obviously know my face. But that means you won't be able wearing a mask either." Cassandra's brown eyes widened and she gulped. "And how do I get in there then?"

"By me adding you into the database as a new employee. I'll access the personnel department's files and create a fake staff account for you." "But won't they find it weird if out of nowhere a new employee appears without them knowing?" "The trick is to act as if you belong there," Arabella winked, "If there's any issue, just say you just started and probably someone simply forgot to inform them. Remain persistent." "What if agent Kim, Blake or Jeon see me though? They know me." "They won't," she dismissed her with a smirk, "We'll do it during the late shift, after the field agents leave and none of the normal personnel is working."

Cassandra and Soyeon nodded eagerly, listening intently. Arabella smiled for a brief moment before continuing.

"The second new security measure is having to enter a specific code that changes every few hours to enter the basement area where the cells are located. But it shouldn't be too big of a deal to find out once I've hacked the security system." A frown spreading over her features then as something else was seemingly troubling her. "The other new thing is that they aren't in the normal cellblock like usually while waiting for trial, but in the isolated high-risk ones. Those have a seperate security system located somewhere in the basement, meaning I can't exchange the live camera recordings from there. Sure, my distraction tactic will possibly blur quite a lot, but there's still a good chance someone might catch you on tape while I won't be able to see that footage and possibly warn you. So I'm asking you again if you're indeed sure about participating in this." Her glance flickering to Soyeon, looking at her inquiringly. "I am," she said with no sign of hesitation, causing Arabella and Cassandra to exchange a look, before nodding.

"Alright, let's do this."

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Step one:

While Soyeon went for her anew interrogation, Arabella found her way inside by sneaking into an employee's car. In disguise, she engaged the man from the security control room in a flirty conversation, drugging him by sprinkling some rohypnol on his snack when he didn't pay attention. Taking control of the technical part and switching the live security footage with looping recordings, so no one would notice their little rescue mission, while also keeping an eye on the actual live footage, to warn the other two women if needed through their in-ear transmitters.

She also proceeded in creating two new employee accounts in the security system for Soyeon and Cassandra, the data matching to the two fake IDs she had already given them.

Step two:

Cassandra gor inside by pretending being an archive worker, having easier access to the evidence storage to get the guys' weapons this way. After a small encounter with an agent in the elevator, where she kept her cool, she headed to her designated area. Arabella told her the passcode and she passed the security check for disguises. Lying about having to check the evidence box of an old case that'd soon go to court to see if the content alligned with the list her 'supervisor' had given her. Finding the wanted objects in the weapon storage, she loaded the guns - having the needed knowledge from her husband who had insisted in teaching her how to use a gun just in case - and then hid them in a bag. Stuffing it into the vent Arabella instructed her to, pushing until it dropped down the vent into a lower level. After that was done, she retreated from the archive area and proceeded leaving the building from the staircase and emergency exit.

During these preparations, Soyeon was sitting in her interrogation, answering to all the agents' questions without leaking any suspicion.

Step three:

When the interrogation ended, Soyeon pretended leaving but actually went with Arabella's instructions to the storeroom in ground level where the vent ended. And after climbing up a shelf and opening it to get the bag out, she hid it into the cleaning trolly stored there. Changing into one of the cleaning uniforms hanging behind the door, she waited till the shift ended and most agents clocked out, before heading out with the trolly and the fake ID pinned on her chest. Entering the underground area using the security code Arabella told her and undergoing the check for any disguise herself.

The basement area was devided into two parts, to enter the second one where the guys were located at, Arabella initiated a small false alarm by starting the sprinklers, confusing the guards and getting them to go check for the cause. As soon as they left their positions, Soyeon took the bag and slipped through the gate to the second area. Immediately heading to the cellbocks the older girl had told her and quickly shoved their weapons through the barred door window. Returning to the first area and the abandoned trolly and Arabella ending the alarm.

Leaving the area by explaining she'd need to get extra help to clean up the wet floors while guards went to check on all the inmates.

Step four:

Soyeon left from the emergency exit. Arabella retreated then as well, as if nothing had happened and the two met in the parking lot where Cassandra waited for them in the car.

And the three set off.

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The Heart Lies Behind the Ribs

Hiiiiii everybody it is Yamgeta week, as decided by @dballzposting! I had considered this ship maybe once back in like 2014 and then never thought about it again. But god knows I'm such a sucker for this type of stuff, so I wrote a fic! Yippie!

This is assuming a pre-established relationship! I don't know how to write build-up, so you get a fic set in the stages of a relationship after they've already moved in together and have been together for quite some time.

Proofread, but still technically a first draft. Apologies for the clunkiness, but I wrote it in a fever pitch after being beset by the idea literally before I got out of bed.

Please enjoy!

The Heart Lies Behind the Ribs

"Get up."

Yamcha had been relaxing on his couch, watching Dirty Jobs and scratching Puar around the base of his neck while he napped on the man's lap. He craned his neck to look behind him at Vegeta, the man who issued the command.

Gently moving Puar off his lap, Yamcha stood up and stretched. At least four vertebrae popped. As he looked over at Vegeta, he realized the shorter man had his armor on. Historically? Not a great sign...

"What's up, man?" Yamcha had learned that it was better not to try to lead Vegeta in a conversation; he'd say what he wanted to say with or without his prompting. And to be honest, he didn't want to bring up the armor, just in case. Being able to play at naïvety hadn't worked yet, but it was bound to someday!

Vegeta fixed him in an icy glare, which stopped affecting Yamcha after he realized that's just how the man's face looked normally. "Go put your gi on and meet me outside."

"Wh-Huh?" Yamcha wasn't stupid. Yamcha knew that all this meant Vegeta wanted to spar. Yamcha didn't want to have his entire ass caved in by his superpowered boyfriend.

Or, at least, not on the battlefield.

He rubbed the back of his head in the way he knew Vegeta found cute. Maybe if he was cute enough he could avoid his fate. "Vegeta, I really don't think you'll get much out of training with me! You're like wayyyyy above me, y'know?"

Vegeta narrowed his eyes and wrinkled his nose in a face that once terrified Yamcha, but that he now found pretty cute. It meant Vegeta was trying really hard not to show what he was feeling.

"Tch. Idiot. Flattery will get you nowhere." He crossed his arms. "Besides, this is for your benefit. I'm sick and tired of you being unable to defend yourself!"

Instinctively, Yamcha put his arms out in a defensive/placating gesture. "I mean, I'm still stronger than most of what hangs around on earth... Unless more aliens show up I'm safe, and if more do show up, it's not like I'll be useful."

Vegeta immediately scowled, hard, looking almost as fearsome as the first day they met and startling Yamcha. "That's exactly the kind of attitude that got you killed by a damn saibaman! I refuse to suffer a mate so weak any longer! Go get your gi on, and meet me outside."

Vegeta stormed out the front door, and Yamcha could sense him standing a ways away from the house.

Suddenly, a small voice piped up from behind Yamcha. "I'm glad he's not evil anymore, but Vegeta can still be really scary when he's mad!" Puar had apparently woken up from all the racket and stuck his head just above the back of the couch. Cute.

Yamcha let out a breath he hadn't realized he had been holding. "Yeah... But it's kind of nice, I guess. To have somebody actually worried about me like that." He let out a little signature 'Heh.'

Puar gave him a look that managed to mix both fondness and exasperation. "Hey, what about me? I care about you, Yamcha!" He smiled wider. "Anyway, you should probably go do what he says, he seemed really serious this time!"

Yamcha smiled back. "Yeah, you're right. Besides, I could use the exercise! A little training never hurt anyone."

"With Vegeta?"

"Hm. Yeah, true."

And with that, Yamcha shrugged and headed to his room to change. His gi was folded neatly into a drawer, at Vegeta's insistence. He hated mess, Yamcha had found out. He felt it was important to know where everything is, in case of emergency.

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Yamcha stepped outside, tightening his belt. Vegeta was waiting back near the tree line, arms folded and as neutral an expression as the man ever gave.

"Hmph. Good of you to finally try training for once, Animal." It was a nickname Yamcha didn't care for at first, but over time he realized Vegeta meant it in a half demeaning, half complimentary sort of way. The same way he gave every compliment.

Sure it originally started as just another way to call him a lower lifeform and mock him for the wolf theming, but over time it morphed into a somewhat endearing term. Yamcha had heard Goten call people who were doing really well 'beasts' on occasion, and he figured it was probably the same sort of concept. Wild and cool. Untameable.

"I thought you might just crawl back into your den and wait out the storm," he egged on further.

Yamcha smiled back at his partner. "And lose out on one-on-one time with His Royal Highness? Wouldn't miss it for the world."

This drew a snort and a smug grin from the alien. The promise of training always brightened his mood, and his outburst from earlier was already fading away. "Always with the flattery..." Vegeta moved his feet into proper fighting position, striking a pose that showed him for the ambush predator he was. "It's not going to make me go any easier on you, you know!"

Yamcha braced himself, both physically for Vegeta's first attack and mentally for the hours of this ass beating he was going to have to endure. "Ha! Bring it on, you pampered prince!"

Oh, the things he does for love.

Surprisingly, the first two hours went pretty well! Vegeta allowed Yamcha to get a few good hits in, never dishing out more than Yamcha could handle. There was plenty of stopping so that Vegeta could demonstrate something, and then Yamcha could try it out.

Then it happened.

A kick delivered at just the wrong angle and at just the wrong place and with just the wrong amount of force snapped Yamcha's lower left rib.

He went down.

Vegeta knew what happened, he could pick up on the horrible sound of cracking bone as easily and perfectly as a pianist could pick out middle G.

It was what he was raised into.

The panic set in almost immediately. Vegeta had no idea what humans could survive. Saiyans could recover from almost anything that didn't directly stop their heart or lungs, but he knew humans weren't so resilient.

After he recovered from the shock he was at Yamcha's side almost instantaneously. Vegeta knelt down next to Yamcha, who was curled up in a twitching ball in the dirt.

He gently placed one hand on Yamcha's shoulder, and tried to get his other into the spasming ball of flesh, just below the ribcage.

"Yamcha, listen to me." Vegeta kept his voice calm, but there was no disguising his worry. "You need to uncurl. If your muscles spasm around the broken bone, it's harder to repair."

He heard that bit while he was in a healing tank when he was eight.

Slowly, ever so goddamn slowly, Yamcha allowed himself to be straightened out and laid flat on his back. Vegeta wasn't sure where to go from here.

Vegeta, still kneeling, desperately wracked his brain for anything he could remember about treatments on earth. Every now and again someone would come out to treat a player during one of Yamcha's matches, but it was the off-season. No one would be at the stadium.

Bit by bit, Yamcha calmed down as the pain subsided. He saw Vegeta at his side, face frozen in panic. It was a face he didn't wear often, and Yamcha was glad for that. He reached out his hand and gently grabbed Vegeta's wrist.

"Hey."

Vegeta snapped back to reality and looked down to see Yamcha smiling softly. "It's okay. I'm not gonna die." He released his grip and then patted Vegeta's hand. "It wasn't even one of the important ribs anyway."

Vegeta stared humourlessly and allowed himself to sit.

"How do I fix this?" he asked, both of them knowing he meant not only 'How do I help you?' but also 'I'm sorry.'

Yamcha wanted to let out a small chuckle of reassurance, but figured a broken rib would make that a bad call.

"You wouldn't happen to have a senzu bean on you, would ya?" He knew, of course that neither of them did. He also knew that Vegeta probably didn't know where the hospital was.

Immediately Vegeta stood up straight. "I can't believe I almost forgot about the damned beans!" He looked down at the man still lying in the dirt, eyebrows now knitted together. "I'll be right back."

"WAIT!"

Yamcha sucked in a sharp breath; yelling like that was not a good idea. "H-Hold on, man! You can't just go zipping up to Korin's Tower and demand some beans!"

Vegeta looked down at him, unimpressed. "And why not?"

Smiling up at his boyfriend and accidental assailant, Yamcha answered "Because you have to climb it first, or Korin won't give you any." He patronizingly flumped his hand onto the other man's shoe before continuing.

"Plus, you have to be polite about it, and I know you're not up for that!"

Vegeta scowled, but it seemed almost good-natured as far as Vegeta scowls went. Maybe it was relief that Yamcha was feeling well enough to tease him, maybe it was just the thought of a challenge making its way to his brain, but either way he seemed much more relaxed.

"I am perfectly capable of being polite."

The snicker that left Yamcha's lips hurt just a bit, and after he winced he cocked an eyebrow. "Even if Yajirobe is there?"

Vegeta sat back down, arms crossed, and refused to answer.

He looked at his mate, and let out a fond sigh. "We're going to have to do something about your rib."

"Yeah, yeah, in a bit. It's a really nice day out, though. Look at how blue the sky is!"

It was a simple ploy, one that wasn't even meant to fool Vegeta, more a sort of way to ask him to lay down. It worked, of course. Always did.

And so, the prince of all two Saiyans lowered himself to the dirt and laid beside his damaged goods. He rested his hand on top of Yamcha's and looked up at the sky.

"Hmph. I suppose it is an intriguing shade..."

#my writing #dbz #dragon ball #dragon babble #yamcha #vegeta #yamgeta #im. SO TIRED.#but yaaaaaay it's done woohoo!#romance can be. tough love #im imagining vegeta either had been thinking about this for weeks or had a nightmare the night before #anyway yamcha is watching Dirty Jobs bc both my grandpa and father (unrelated) are still watching it #so to me it is the ultimate innofensive dad show #like regardless of political leanings u understand #and vegeta keeps things organized both as a royal and as a military kid #okay. goodnight

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scummy-writes · 17 days

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Thinking further on Gilbert's route, making some thoughts/notes on his uhhh timeline i guess. spoilers, spoilers everywhere

-> had ideals similar to emma when they were kids. pure of heart, wanting to help others and be friends with them.

-> up until going to rhodolite, sounds like his main contact was spending time with Albert and his mother, who both doted on him to a degree. They distracted him from the normal horrors of obsidian (fight for the throne, the normal bloodshed, etc). they comment that he should try to make friends in rhodolite. He's been sickly in bed otherwise.

-> walter comes with him to rodolite, is a bit older than him but doesnt seem to be by much. Walter isn't described as a friend here, and may be because child gilbert associated him with his sickness for a while.

-> confirmed heart problem (makes sense witht he cold issues and such), and he's known ever since he was a kid that he was likely to die easily due to the conditon

-> meets chev because they go to pick out the same book from mr akatsuki's stall. Wasn't a store at that point, and gilbert had been visiting often while he stayed in rhodolite.

-> stayed there for a year, got letters from his mother and albert like clockwork, until he suddenly didnt. He had became 'friends' with chev at this point, but chev never told him his name, and neither did gilbert. at some point, gilbert hears about the leon replacement (not by name) and decides he wants to do the same, because he doesn't want albert and his mother to be lonely when he dies.

-> i dont think he wears an eyepatch at this point at all.

-> it's not mentioned in the flashback, but sometime in chap 21 in Mc's flashback, that Akatsuki was telling her about a boy he knew that was just a bit older than her, who would do sleight of hand tricks to cheer kids up, help fix things when bullying was happening, would help older people, try to find ways to make sad folks smile again.... so Akatsuki ended up seeing this happen in rhodolite, apparently. (Emma ended up looking up to this kid Akatsuki mentioned, not knowing his name probably due to akatsuki knowing who Gilbert was and not wanting to risk issues regarding that. Both Gilbert and Emma ended up looking up to each other as kids and didn't realize it.

-> he visits akatsuki and tells him that he has to leave soon to go back home, and slips him the travel permit into obsidian. akatsuki sin't surprised by this at all and tells gilbert something along the lines of keeping true to his heart or whatever, saying he has a real chance of being a wise ruler.

-> he goes to say goodbye to chev next, and chev tries to act all 'hmph' about it. tries to act like he doesn't care, but gives gilbert an envelope with a rose tea in it, saying his brother gets fevers and stuff and the tea helps him. (so this means chev knows gilbert was at least a little sickly, which would give future chev valid and sustainable reasons to be worried that gilbert is hiding poor health) (chev also refers to clavis, not by name, when talking about the tea. calls him stupid or something)

-> the envelope has chev's name on it. Previously (same day?), Gilbert introduced himself as GIlbert Kloss, which means his mother was a kloss. (hates yves for reasons stated in the game.)

-> comes back home to his mother and alberts heads on spikes at the gate(?) of the castle. Grandfather (kloss side) is there and acts very casual about it, says its diappointing but only because they were like. an embarrassment for trying to stop the fight for the throne.

-> gilbert tries to talk to his father about it, and his father is also very casual. disappointed because apparently they didn't react much at all towards the killing, and he was hoping for more.

-> gilbert tries to talk to his older brother (had four brothers), and his brother confirms that he had suggested albert to try and talk 'sense' into his father, which is what got them killed. the older brother laughs and says he didn't think they'd fall for that (or something similar). Gilbert ends up stabbing him in the chest(?) and killing him, and that is his first official kill.

-> things from here get fuzzy for me, as it seems to jump from that point onward to bloodstained rose day, so things may be wrong. Gilbert paticipates in the fight for the throne, and manages to successfully kill everyone but his father to a point. he's getting used to shutting off his emotions and not caring too much about it, or so he says - because he still calls himself a monster and still forces his soldiers to refrain from attacking civilians. All his kills are targeted at corrupt nobility or people who are hurting innocent people.

-> either during his stay in rhodolite, or when he's back in obsidian and still a kid/growing up, akaatsuki visits with books in tow for gilbert, and tells him stories about emma. I am pretty sure this is after Gilbert leaves rhodolite.

-> gilbert begins to look at emma as some sort of reprieve. i dont wanna say as a fictional story, but begins to love hearing about her and has idle thoughts that shes almost like a version of him from a different timeline, able to keep onto hope and the love in her heart. meanwhile, his is withering. literally and figuratively!

-> however, he's the stratigist for the obsidian army at this point. they still fight other countries, so 'innocent lives' are still being taken, so. my previous point has valid competition, depending if you want to get to the nuances of soldiers and innocence, but this is a game so.

-> bloodstained rose day happens - gilbert's father started the war(?) without telling gilbert, and gilbert is pissed for a multitude of reasons. all of this is messy, civilains have been killed, and he's at the village of hope stomping down on soldiers he caught hurting/killing(?) children. he ends up locking them away for....ever? its not explained in depth aside from him hurting them, then commanding someone else to never let them see the sun again.

-> this is where he saves luke. I think its implied or said that the soldiers he was stomping were the ones that led to luke and his sister getting hurt. they're only able to save luke.

-> roderic exists at this point, still in hood. Gilbert ends up finally deciding to talk to his father, and tells roderic that if he doesn't show up at a meeting place for them...welll....

-> Gilbert manages to get his father alone, at the edge of a cliff. it's revealed that gilbert never picked a fight until nwo because he was physically weak, and knew he could not do a swordfight with his father and win. So he spent ages developing his cane-gun for protection, but also to kill his father. Today is the day he finished it, and he immediately goes to use it.

-> his father. is proud of him. and says so, says he is truly 'his son'. this makes gilbert mad, I don't even think he does the sterotypical big speech, he just fucking stops and shoots him. the blast knocks his father off of the cliff, and gilbert...I think laughs. laughs at the fact that this is when his father was proud of him, and confirms himself to truly be a monster at that point.

-> things get blurry for me here too. I think he begins weeding out more corrupt nobles on a larger scale, pretending his father is still alive to a majority of the world. he works on research, making things better for obsidian (working on ways to grow crops in their soil, works on health advancements for himself and everyone, works on simple things like making the military rations taste better. everyone in the castle now wears the same uniform, men and women work there, he wants equality the best he can without status getting in the way (hence the uniforms). He starts working further on his plan to destory monarchy as a whole, works on making the anti-monarchy faction a thing (luke works on this), works on making a Lot of guns, basically wants to incite a civil war

-> at some point has to have spies on emma, because roderic does report on her in his chap 0 story (i forgot to take notes on that....), and events reference that too? but also, he begins to write a story featuring his idolized version of emma- a woman who can resolve things through talking, through keeping headstrong and brave, and keeping true to her ideals.

-> his obsession with emma isn't touched on in an *insane* insane way. it's unhealthy, but not overblown to an extreme. He actually seems to get more posessive After he's actually able to have her in a relationship.

-> anyway. i don't have much info for the inbetween bloodstained rose day and him coming to rhodolite to meet emma.

-> events of route are pretty. normal. slow build up between how he knows so much about her, and being weird with her, but a lot of it boils down to he's been told he has a month left to live, and he wants to be selfish and see the woman he loves (has not admitted this to himself until at the very fucking end of his route). So he is clingy, he is weird, he knows barely any boundries.

-> but he's also testing her to see if her resolve will break. he wants to know if shes actually pure of heart, or if she will turn into a beast as well. is conflicted between giving her genuine advice with this (dont hide emotions, let yourself process them, etc etc), or egging her on to give up.

-> still protects her and unhealthily says he's the only one allowed to make her cry/hurt/etc.

-> when she 'protects him' from being stabbed, he loses it for a bit. this is tied to how his mother and albert sacrificed themselves when he never asked for that.

-> i covered a lot of this stuff in my chapter by chapter notes so these may be missing details

-> a lot of the final judgement with emma seems to be a multitude of things - showing gilbert if talking things out between nations is actually possible, showing him how much of a monster he truly is, if he has any love left in him, if there is a point to keep on living, etc etc. it's not a simple thing, its tied into a lot between them.

-> the choking scene is. hard, but for a multitude of reasons too. not a good thing, however it speaks a lot to him not fully being a beast yet. i doubt that he seriously repeats something like this ever again, unless she actually does something worth killing over (ultimate betrayal) but even THEN, he legit wants her to be the one to ultimately kill him, so. it's a lot.

-> that scene to me shows that he's unable to do such a thing because he still cares, still loves, and cannot continue this role of being 'a beast' anymore. motherfucker cries and has inner lines that imply that he regrets it. he cries! dude fucked up but since it's fiction.................................... i am not caring too hard about it, it's a dramatic storyplot showcasing he really can't kill everyone he wishes, especially those who are truly innocent.

-> they get together the end <3

okay jk but the rest of it is emma showing him that talking can be achieved. this is something he honestly tried to do, but he was dealing with awful corrupt people in obsidian who preferred bloodshed, and some other places. due to Trauma, he gave up early because he ran out of people to keep his sanity in check

-> roderic and walter love him but are so frustrated with him. he calls them 'gross' a lot when they seem to give any praise

-> actually really hates that the new system he's implemented in obsidian, trying to give democracy-ish and what not, has led to people blindly accepting what he proposes. its not because they're scared, it's because they genuinely respect him for turning things around in the capital of obsidian (outskirts are still corrupt and have poverty issues, he's working on it). same thing with people he's put in charge of budgets and etc etc (stuff im not good at), they want his confirmation and he complains that he trusts their judgement already and they can go without his, but they want to make sure and he indulges them.

-> also, he keeps playing up this villain thing, but he's also still consistently working on improvements for obsidian as a whole, by working out calculations for...something...and working on plants for soil issues and etc even though, at this point, he was likely a week to live? if that?

-> has hammock in his...lab? because he likes not sleeping in his room all the time when he feels bad. has it set up there so he can rest when things ramp up for him again. the cg of the room has huuuuge windows and a lot of natural sunlight, so he likely feels like he's outside more.

-> sometimes, to me, gilbert seems to wear a warped cosplay of a beast, either to help deal with his trauma or something, but primarily to try and fix what others cannot, even at the extremes it takes. he's disgusted with this, I believe, and so he does call himself a monster due tot he objective truth that taking another human life is fucking awful and playing god/judgement with people like he does, even if they're only corrupt nobles or similar, is not sane or entirely just.

-> i feel like this is backed up by. the game. but also by how , at any point, he could have signed off on the anti-monarchy faction to go ahead and start the war. but he kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting, trying to get emma to 'change' his mind, to prove that things COULD be talked out, by giving her all the tools needed, to let her slip away. A lot of this can be accounted for the fact that he secretly wants to live and etc etc, but also i think it's important to touch on the fact that he really, really, really doesn't want a bunch of innocent lives lost. this was a last resort type of deal for when he died, and probably specifically because he would not be able to handle the guilt of finally being responsible for innocent lives being taken (since, at this point, its all been corrupt people, yeah??? i dont remember if events or himself has said otherwise...)

-> poor comparison but emma basically becomes his clavis, if we think of the chev/clavis ruler dynamic that happens in a route or two. she starts working through forcing different punishments outside of death, and working on repenting and changing unless its entirely unforgivable (has not hit that yet? i think gilbert takes care of the Actual irredeemable ones and emma does not witness that. I am assuming it has to do with CSA nobles and human trafficking and etc etc.)

-> still absolutely wants emma to be the one to kill him, in the end. she still has the gun (that she swears to never use), but was some warped promise between the two of them for gilbert to keep living. plus he loves her, there is that. who doesn't want to die by their lovers hand and seeing them as the last thing they- [forcibly removed from the stage]

-> found out Gilbert calls her 'little rabbit' because, when he was a kid and Akatsuki was describing Emma to him, Akatsuki called her as charming as a little rabbit.

I'll likely come back and add things, but my notes about his route bit by bit is on my ikepri masterlist, and likely has things that my anxiety riddled brain forgot (wahoo, i typed all this out as a distraction for myself HAHAHA)

#notes #gil posting

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winniethewife · 3 months

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Let's Do This One Last Time. (Peter B Parker x reader)

You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now

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A/N: So this story is just gonna jump around as inspiration hits. No particular order or whatever just, enjoy the Peter B.

After a mission gone wrong where she had gotten abducted by some no good guy trying to get at Spiderman. She was really sick, they had done some pretty terrible stuff to her. She spent most of the time curled up in bed, the fever comes and goes. He didn’t want to leave her for even a minute but when Miguel had called multiple times trying to get information on the mission he decided to go into HQ for just a bit. When Peter came back from HQ to find that she had managed to get out on the couch before falling asleep there. She was wearing just his T-shirt and her hair is a mess.

Peter slowly approached her, as she slept on the couch. He didn’t wake her though as he sat down next to her. It hurt him to see her in this state. He knows how energetic and cheerful she was Normal. Now, she just looked tired and exhausted. Peter placed a gentle hand on her head, and brushed his fingers through her hair to try and comfort her.

“Babe…” Peter said. He wanted her to know he was there with her, that he wasn’t going to leave her alone to go through this on her own.

“Peter??” She mumbles slightly waking up. Her eyes flutter open and she smiles at him. Hey...it was obvious that the withdrawal was still taking a toll on her but she was starting to feel better. There was a sparkle in her eyes again. She reaches to hold his hand to her face, nuzzling into it as she takes in his scent.

“H-Hey Baby.”, Peter said as he saw her smile at him. He was so happy to see her smiling again, and to see his girl back. Peter’s eyes lit up as she nuzzled his hand into her face, and he let out a small chuckle as she did.

“You missed me, huh Babe?” Peter cooed softly.

“Mhm....”she hums affirmatively as she tries to focus on his face, still on the edge of sleep. Her sweet smile is still lingering on her lips. Her eyes drift to his lips where there's a bruise from the fight he got into earlier in the day. She reaches out and her thumb grazes over the bruise. Concern on her face “You got hurt...”

“Hm?” Peter followed where Ruby’s eyes were going, towards the bruise on his face. Peter hadn’t even noticed he was injured. He was too busy making sure Ruby was alright to pay attention to himself. “Huh, I guess I did get hurt. Didn’t even realize it. Don’t worry about me.” Peter reassured her, as he brushed his fingers across her face. She was here, safe… that was all that mattered right now.

“Stay with me?” She asks with a slight pout as she gently drags her fingers along his jaw

“Yes. Of course, I’m not going anywhere.” Peter said, as he gently pulled her close to him. He was glad she was beginning to regain her good health and color. He just wanted to be there for her right now. And if that meant cuddles, he was more than happy to.

As they cuddle on the couch she rests her head on his chest she is fussing with his hand. She did this while they watched TV and just spent time together. She was just quiet, enjoying his company. It was the first time since he had brought her back that she hadn't felt sick and was awake. Peter didn’t say a word. He was too focused on her. A smile was firmly on Peter’s face as Ruby continued to play with his hands. Eventually he spoke up.

“You alright? Been pretty quiet.” Peter asked. The effects of the torture she had endured starting to fade and Peter wasn’t going to let her deny that. Peter moved slightly his hand under Ruby’s chin, and gently tilted her head up so that she was looking at him again. She blushes slightly. He smiles at her, all this time and sometimes she still acts like they’re still in high school. “You look so cute when you blush….”

She stares into his brown eyes, her eyes glistened with tears. She leans closer in as their foreheads touch. “Peter... I...wanna be yours...for as long as you would have me, forever if you wanted...but...” She’s haunted by it. All the things that happened to her when she had been taken, it made her afraid of her emotions, afraid of her empathic powers. She closes her eyes. “I don't know...”

“And what if I want you to be mine? What if I want that same thing, huh? Just the two of us for as long as we want?” He let her feel his hand tighten against her cheek, holding her face gently. She was having the hardest time believing that he honestly would want her, but the acceptance was enough for now.

“I don't deserve this Peter... I don't deserve you. I don't deserve to be happy.” She mumbles as tears run down her face. Peter felt his heart break hearing her say that she didn’t deserve him.

“Baby….” Peter said softly. He brushed the tears from her cheeks.

“You do deserve me. You do deserve to be happy.” Peter said. “I won’t go back on what I said. You are mine Hun, and I’m yours. I’ll always be there for you, no matter what.” She closes her eyes tight and burrows her face into his chest. For the first time in a long time she feels...safe. Like nothing can hurt her right now. She's still scared... She sobs quietly into his chest. Peter felt her hug him tightly, as he was brought closer to her.

“I’m never going to let anything happen to you. You’re safe with me….” Peter whispered.

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#peter b parker #peter parker #peter b parker x reader #peter b parker x reader fluff #fluff #peter b parker x you #into the spider verse #across the spider verse #itsv #atsv #spiderverse #spiderman atsv #x reader #Spotify

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md-confessions · 1 month

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Reproduction hcs a little expanded on even (sfw parts of the hcs sent to the other account)

Drone kids in general:

- Drones do not reproduce sexually, obviously, instead they buy the pill baby/untrained networks shell and combine their codes (I heard the code combining part is canon?)

-> to combine their codes the parents use USB ports stored in their fingers to each copy parts of their code and transfer it into the untrained network (theres some in between step of them shuffling what parts of whose code is used before they transfer the finished code to the baby to give it conciousness. Don't ask me what that step it) -- they can customize some stuff like LED default color (can be re programmed later), some quirks/traits that aren't too closely embedded in the base code (the solver is too embedded in the base code so the parents have no control over passing that down), base parts for future personality or leave that randomized

- this is kinda canon? Liam mentioned in Glitch X that it's most likely like this: Drone children get their consciousness transferred into new bodies at certain ages until they reach the adult model (hc - some parents choose to instantly put them in an adult model bc ut saves resources, but the kids still age normally and need to basically get "updates" or "patches" whenever they hit a certain age in order to mentally age up)

-> (yes that implies Khan [and Nori] purposely chose for Uzi to be considered short bc they got her the new shells)

- Unused kid bodies + Untrained Networks can either be kept to pass on/down family or friends or can be resold

WD x DD "hybrid" kids:

- due to DD coding having the headbands be their "real" eyes (according to concept art, the show supports that they at least store multiple visual functions of theirs) / their main way of identifying their surroundings (screen is like a camera, they arent blind without the headbands just lack a lot of enhanced abilities, which can cause disorientation and confusion) that means that WD x DD children often come out visually impaired from their DD parents code, as part of their sight code doesn't match a default WD body. (I guess you COULD argue that the DD parent could literally just donate their own head bc they can regrow them 💀 but I'll leave that idea up in the air on if they're even compatible with a WD body or would be in tact enough to be re purposed lmao)

-> the DDs let some WDs take a closer look at their headbands so for these situations they could re create them. They're way less advanced, so a WD x DD kid still will have way weaker sense of their surroundings than their DD parent but better than their WD parent, but it's better than having them run around half blind. The parents need to get them custom made for the kids needs and install them to be connected to their screen either themselves or have someone who knows how to do it install them

- Hybrid kids usually get a WD core bc the Colony doesn't have access to DD cores, unless they are ripped from a DDs destroyed and discarded body (Fever lab scraps, or consciousness moved to a clone) which are hard to come by but can be acquired if the parents really want it (parents need to organize that themselves, way too dangerous for a mechanic to look for!)

-> the next one ties into this so I'll add here that DD cores are slightly acidic (nothing near the pure acid if stabbed)

- any DD features have to be custom made, that includes tails, as stated above headbands, wings, acid containers (can only be made if they have a DD core bc it produces the acid [see above point]!), custom limbs, and any internal containers/pumps for acid & for storage of oil reserves to avoid overheating

- speaking of, kids can still have DD/Solver traits like weakness to the sun or struggle with overheating, they're passed down the same way via code as a regular drones quirks/traits -- they can't really be actively be chosen or customized as they're too embedded in the base code (like the Solver itself -- since those traits stem from it)

- Hair is just wigs, it makes no other sense in my head (don't ask why DDs re-generate with the wig, I've no idea. I just pretend they don't and that they have to grab it from their old head /lh) so the parents & kids have full free range with customizing the little terrors appearance (like if they want it to match with their parents[like Uzi & Nori or Doll & Yeva!] or want smth completely different, most tend to match tho)

Would be happy to hear everyone else's hcs to maybe add onto this or their thoughts on these!! --- 🧪

#md confessions #murder drones #uzi doorman #nori doorman #md doll #md yeva #long post

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