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opens-up-4-nobody · 1 year
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hi so so sorry if this sounds genuinely deranged but I need to know did you write a fanfiction in like 2014 that was set during ww2 where zoro from one piece was sent to a japanese internment camp and sanji went to conversion therapy I remembered it recently because it blew my mind at age 13 and I had to reread it + need a kind of where are they now with the author so if that's you 1) what's your stance on the fic today 2) how much of the research was done during writing and how much did you just know beforehand and used as inspo 3) did you have any ideas for where the other characters ended up because I did always wonder if like idk chopper overcame the trauma of being in the war and also just what usopp's situation would be in general what with the political climate. once again. if you didn't actually write this fic so sorry this must look like the ravings of a crazy person. godspeed
Hi. Uh, yeah I did write that fic. I would have been like only 17 at the time. I did do A LOT of research, like the fic was basically an excuse for me to research Japanese internment and WWII history in general bc I thought it was super fucked up. I was absolutely hyperfixated on the topic and my parents probably thought i was nuts for my ability to talk at length on this particular area of history. I just finished skim reading back through the fic and woof. What a bleak fucking story. I was very cruel to everyone. It's frustrating bc I think it's an interesting and compelling idea for a story. But to me it feels like: here is all the research I did and also characters talking in what feels like a too modern way. Plus, I was 17 and didnt understand people very well. I wish I had the energy and motivation to rewrite it. Although, I forgot I used to do song lyrics at the start of each chapter and the tonal dissonance of Owl City lyrics at the top of a chapter of harrowing events around the time of WWII is unfathomablly unhinged.
#as for where r they now? i forgot the last chapter was like fuck u nothing matters life goes on sanji probably died of lung cancer#like jesus dude calm down. i think now id give them a bit of a softer ending#like i mean sanji still prob dying of lung cancer but he lives a long life with zoro and thry make the most of the time they have together#and i mean when u see horrific things in war i imagine its something u never really get over but i think the crew members that became#soldiers go on to live fuffilling lives and usopp finds a stable and relatively well paying job. gets married and lives happily ever after#god. its so frustrating to me that ill probably never rewrite this. it could habe been so good#but i just dont have thst kind of energy. i do think abt this fic more than almost all my other tho#im glad u liked it anon. its a fucking unhinged fic just from the perspective of: rural ohio teen wants to research a fucked up aspect of#ww 2 history and decides to write a fucking fanfic abt it. like bro what why. but idk weird weird times#there could have been themes and exploration of trauma and adversity. complex relationships. but no u get cringe written by a child#and now at the age of nearly 26 i am old and tired. christ thst was almost 10 years ago. i was a whole different human#weird the fanfics that stick with u. i have many i think abt from hs. wonder where the authors r now...#unrelated#i also forgot that in the authors nots i was like: if u r a n4zi fucking kill yourself.#which i standby but i was not expecting to see thst in the notes of a one piece fic i wrote as a kid good god
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flovverworks · 11 months
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(thinks about faust) excuse me for a moment (screams)
#stardust speaking !#mhyk spoilers//#faust whos told hes unfortunate...faust who believes hes fortunate....faust whos told to always pray for ppl...faust who believes in that..#'theres something wrong with me that makes ppl leave me' was one hell of a gutpunch#figaro who left cuz figaro felt like faust was leaving him (the entire mess of THAT situation..)#alec betrays him so bad fausts almost dies. faust who believes in alec til the last moment.#lennox fkng magical item.........#faust who still prayed for them both#until he realizes that why the Fuck should he do that#head in hands that entire part..........prints it out n puts it on the fridge......#the negativity toward the world and 'but the sage trusts me' line is RIDICULOUS..............fav of all time#as much as i always miss akiwa the different povs in pt2 r so damn good#bradley who starts questioning how the world works......figaros entire part is Woah....CAIN??????@_@#maybe todays the day i catch up w pt2......mayhaps tmrw....#theres a rly good post too about snow n white who cherishes each other sm and how that influences figaros view of love too#the messiest family of all time#figaro who doesnt tell anyone but faust hes dying (but mithra who can tell hes losing his magic) and fausts whole#'why arent u telling ur family' 'i dont want them to look at me the same way i looked at tiretta when she said shed die soon'#'.....isnt that just compassion?!?!?!?'#incredible of a scene overall#man fausts pov is just.....its so incredibly good#also faust going sometimes i wonder if i should ask figaro why he left:/ wait i left lennox#IS SSOOOOOOO?!?!?!?!?!??!?#he made it easy to breathe#chef ramsey locks himself in the freezer#lennox..................i want so much for u.........#ADDITION. THE WAY FAUST PROTECTS SHINO...;_; the faust shino n nero heath convos r so good i cried#'are our kids alright' nero in 1.5...........
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maplesyrupsainz · 5 months
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˖⁺。˚⋆˙ur good for my heart | DR3˖⁺。˚⋆˙
pairing: daniel ricciardo x faceless y/n reader (she/her)
genre: social media au, established relationship
warnings: like 1 single sexual joke lol it's all jus fluff some mean tweets perhaps sorryy hope u like it
summary: in which f1's favourite couple has news to spite their doubters
a/n: making these is the most fun i've had in my whole life who else should i write for tehe
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user1 y/n having a hamster called ricardo is my roman empire
user2 no daniel?
user3 ikr & max is always in her likes it's weird
user4 they r obviously friends?
landonorris wtf is that
yourusername i know ur not talking about my gay hamster
landonorris get a life
yourusername homophobe
yourbff next time i drown u
landonorris y/n taking L after L in this comment section
yourusername i literally dont like either of u
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yourbff no one is doing it like us happy birthday to the love of my life y/n/n
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yourusername i love u so much omg
yourusername im jus a shell without u😭
yourbff i will always love u till my dying days & beyond xo
user5 has anyone else noticed y/n hasnt been seen with daniel lately
yourbff why the hell u saying this shit on my post get a job
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user10 i knew they were still together
yourusername waiting for a hamster joke tbh
landonorris the gag is this post is not about u it's about ricardo
yourusername well i am not surprised if i was a gay hamster i too would want danny
danielricciardo do u want me even tho ur a regular girl?
landonorris no she doesnt
maxverstappen1 she does not
yourusername didnt want u to find out this way
yourusername tysm i love u forever & a day
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user17 omg my actual parents
user18 i love how y/n always supports & shows up for danny no matter what team he's on
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danielynlover exactly she is the most genuine wag imo
yourusername 😭🩷
danielynlover OMG HI Y/N
yourusername forever grateful for all of ur love for me & dan
user19 daniel ricciardo y/n y/l/n you will always be famous
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landonorris couldn't even think of a joke for this one congratulations to my favourite couple
yourusername only took us getting pregnant to be freed from the horrendous jokes of lando norizz
landonorris i'll be back on form when i've had times to process the news
danielricciardo i told u 2 months ago
landonorris yes and?
maxverstappen1 congratulations 🎂
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yourbff i've never screamed so loud. im going to be an auntie
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danielricciardo of course you snuck that hamster into your pregnancy announcement
yourusername he is nothing if not a stickler for a party
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user22 the girls are gonna love this one
user23 running straight to twitter
lewishamilton congratulations ❤️
yourusername tysm uncle lewis 😛
yoursister y/n mama hasnt stopped crying since u told her 🥹🥹🥹
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landonorris noo hahaaa im not crying... you are..
danielricciardo embrace it
maxverstappen1 when can we get her behind the wheel
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landonorris this is too far even for you
danielricciardo stay away from my daughter
danielricciardo and my wife whilst ur at it
user24 WIFE???
user25 WIFE?? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN
danielricciardo i love you i am so proud of you i am so lucky to have met you and to be loved by you my wife 💍
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jakeyt · 8 months
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Covet: Chapter 7 (Part 1 of 2)
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Pairing: Jake Kiszka x f!Reader
Covet Summary:
Life was good. No, life was great. 
Was. 
Until.
Jake Kiszka crashed into the picture.
You welcomed him into your life—your home. 
Yes, he was your best friend’s twin. But, he was also the one who would end up disrupting your whole world with his attitude, his troubles, and the annoyingly natural way he lured you in. 
Jake Kiszka came with so much you really didn’t want.
At least that’s what you tried to convince yourself.
Warnings: MINORS DNI (18+); allusions to ~future happenings~...and that is all i'll say (enter at your own risk); smutty smutty smut; oral sex m!receiving; unprotected p in v sex (lmk if i missed anything that is triggering to you!)
Chapter Word Count: 10.4k+
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a/n: hello, lovelies! i present to you the first half of chapter 7!
my personal life is crazy and my job is crazy (understatement). aaand the cherry on top: my dog chewed up my laptop cord this week! 🙃 that instance made my computer completely inaccessible (since i suck at keeping it charged) until today when the new charger arrived in the mail.
this is a shorter chapter than what i'm used to posting (and edited MUCH more lightly than what i’m used to), but the second half is not completely done yet!
i just felt like i needed to post something since i promised a chapter yesterday. i truly hate not keeping my word. hopefully this first part is enough to tie you over :)
ty to my sis @joshym for being a fucking amazing sister, talking through ideas w me, and proofreading for me (plus some) <3 ilysfm
and ty to @alwaysonthemend for being an a1 friend and supporting + encouraging me always. u r truly amazing & ilysm <3
(((the dream at the beginning of this chapter is alluding to something /extremely/ important that is coming in this story, and i've been dying for y'all to find out what is coming since day 1.......)))
soooo, all of this to say, i hope you enjoy the first half of chapter 7 <3
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Screaming. 
So much screaming. 
In the dimness of the new dream, it seemed as though this obtuse, unintelligible screaming was coming from . . .you? 
Why did you feel swollen?
And why was everything hurting? 
There were also tears. Tears you felt coming from your tired eyes, rushing down your cheeks in steady tracks. Mass amounts of sweat exuded in hot beads from your forehead. 
You tried to reach a hand up to wipe at your soaked face. 
But the hand you were trying to move was stuck in a vice grip. 
Looking over, you tried to decipher the person holding your hand so tight. 
You were met with a familiar face, his eyebrows scrunched so tightly together. You’d seen them like that before. But now, it felt almost sacred seeing his concentration. 
In your dreamscape, you couldn’t tell what was going on, but it seemed like a long time coming. All you knew was that this was an important moment. Pieces were clicking. A hole was being filled in your broken heart.
And this man with you —he could only do so much. It was bothering him. You could tell that much. His forehead, wet with sweat, from his own stress. His lip was shiny with perspiration, too . . . 
Funnily enough, you noticed there was something else taking up residence on the handsome face you knew so well. . . 
. . . a mustache? 
Whose face was it? The dream-veil was still covering the distinction from you. . .he just felt so safe. 
It seemed the mystery man was struggling with his inability to steal the pain from you. He didn’t want you feeling it. He wanted to feel it for you. He hated not being able to help you more.
This person, you knew that he was your anchor at this moment. Your only saving grace. The only person you wanted near you. 
His long hair was pulled up. 
Then, his soft voice helped you to fully see him through the veil of your dream.
Jake. 
“You’ve got this,” he encouraged, his eyes locking with yours. His voice drenched you in relief and overwhelming comfort, in spite of your pained state. “It’s going to be okay. You’ve got this.”
But what was your current state? You couldn’t even distinguish . . .
Something in the back of your brain told you to look down. Why was there so much blood? 
And why couldn’t you see your feet? Weird.
Suddenly, a loud scream tore through you again. You felt the scream in your muscles. In your bones. Damn. You felt it—everywhere. Sweat was exuding from every pore.
Tendrils of your hair were plastered to your forehead.
But in this position, with all you were feeling, you couldn’t be bothered to push the sticky hair away from your face. It was bothering the hell out of you, though. 
This was all too much.
You didn’t need to worry long, though, because the man, now confirmed as Jake, reached up to smooth it away for you. 
Oh, he was amazing. 
But fuck—the pain. 
Another scream ripped through you—
Fuckfuckfuckshitdamnfuuuuuck!—
Suddenly, you heard something from outside of your pain. 
Your eyes flew to Jake, then to the sound. 
It was coming from somewhere else. 
Not this place. 
It was grounding. It was reassuring — a steady, secure thrumming pulling you—
Your eyes shot open. Your body was sticky with sweat—reminiscent of that in your dream. (Thankfully, there wasn’t as much as there had been in your subconsciousness.)
Mostly, you were surprised by the lack of screaming. Screaming hadn't been what’d awoken you. 
Strange.
No, it was the steadily thrumming heart below your hand, drawing you back to a safe reality. 
That was the sound. What had pulled you back. 
Jake’s warm, firm chest that held the steady beat was breathing full, sleeping breaths underneath you. 
And a strong, comforting arm around you, keeping you close. 
You took a minute to regain your current, real surroundings. 
It was peaceful. Still. 
The serenely sleeping man underneath you. 
Your body was still on top of his, the only evidence from your dream being your body, which was sticky with sweat from your exertion in the dream. But other than that, everything was just. . . calm.
Everything was calm. Everything was okay.
You felt true peace. There wasn’t underlying stress from what had happened in your sleep. 
It made you desperate to just focus on soaking up the feeling you were experiencing now. 
You heard birds singing outside. The morning sun was peeking through the small opening of his black curtains. . . 
And he was. . . Peace. Present. Real.
You had a hand laying on his chest, your cheek atop it, and the other arm, wrapped around his midsection. 
The feeling was reminiscent of the satisfying feeling of finding a puzzle piece for which you’d been searching. And finally placing it where it belonged.
You used the hand that was resting with a cheek atop it, on Jake’s heated chest, to level your chin to turn and observe him. 
His eyes fluttered behind his lids. His mouth was slightly ajar, his top row of teeth peeking slightly from behind his parted lips. You grinned at the way he had the slightest curve to his lips. . .not quite smiling, but almost. One of your favorite things about Jake’s mouth was how his top lip curled anytime he opened his mouth with a grin. And it curled just the same as he slept. 
There were steady breaths, lifting your cheek slightly. You took a closer look at his other features. His sharp nose. . .not quite the same as Josh’s. No, Jake’s was just a tad bit rounder. But still sharp. 
A handsome nose.
And. . . was that . . . A deviated septum? How was he not snoring? 
Somehow, as if on cue, the slightest snore left him. It was only momentary, and it made a grin fit to your lips. 
Your eyes flitted down, and your brain fully registered the feeling of being wrapped around his naked body. And fuck, it felt good. You took notice of how it felt to have your bare breasts pressed into his naked side and chest. It felt so right to be so close to him. To be skin to skin.
Your thigh was tucked between his, and when you moved to lay back against his chest, your thigh grazed his smooth sac. He was so neatly groomed. 
Moving your leg again, just the slightest bit, you relished in the rousing feeling of being tucked into him. You felt the muscles in Jake’s thighs react to it. His stomach tensed underneath your arm. His dick twitched against your thigh. 
You felt your entrance gather wetness, your body craving him.
A low moan came from Jake, accompanied by a deep breath through his nose and a hearty yawn, his chest rising beneath your hand. 
He was awake. 
And all of these noises he made, combined with his manhood against your leg made your heart rate increase. 
Your core ached, where it was pressed against his skin.
When you looked up to survey him, you noticed he was already looking at you. His eyes, still hazy from sleep, but taking every piece of you in, nonetheless.
Your heart hammered in your chest.
“Hi,” he quietly initiated, his voice matching the quietness of the room with a soft timbre. A gentle grin flitted across his lips.
You could feel your cheeks heat. You didn’t know how to react to him being awake. It all became too real. The situation you were in. 
Suddenly, it all came flying back to you that nothing had really been solved last night. 
You tensed the slightest bit.
This was Jake. The roommate who’d been fucking with you in more ways than one since he’d crossed the threshold of your home. 
You weren’t friends. Was he quite possibly the most sexy, fuckable man you’d ever met? Hell fuckin’ yeah. 
But this couldn’t be right. The plan you’d had before to have it be a one time thing seemed the only logical thing to cross your mind at that moment. 
Though, his eyes were begging for you, pulling you in, practically golden in the early morning sun. 
Jake wasn’t all bad. Not even close, actually. 
He’d been a hurting person. A healing person.
Recently enough, he’d shown a different, decent version of himself in little acts and things he’d say. 
His eyes sparkled in the sun, showing you little pieces of him inside. Pieces you wanted to know.
And he was, undoubtedly, someone who drew you in. 
Your mind was screaming at you. 
Why do you keep fighting this, y/n?! You heard the small voice in your head berating you. Just let yourself enjoy something for once.
But—he was, by nature, an asshole. And the most unpredictable man you’d ever met.
And you couldn’t chance Josh finding out that you’d corrupted his brother’s dream. You were not doing to be that girl. 
Though, try as a you might, a huge fucking part of you wanted to give in to the voice in your mind: savor the moment, soak it up a bit longer. Drown in him. 
Let yourself explore. Fuck it all.
You saw him reach up to your head, and brush some hair behind your hair, lazily. Sweetly. 
“Whose record player day is it?” He asked, continuing to play with your hair, making you lean in closer.
Fuck.
You squeezed your eyes shut at the sudden realization. 
Records.
The Black and Gold.
You worked today. You’d almost forgotten.
So, before you could get more comfortable, and give any of this any more of a chance in your mind, you straightened and bolted upright. 
His covers fell from your chest, and your skin goosebumped, your nipples peaking in the cool air of his room. You quickly covered yourself.
“Y/n?” He mumbled, his smooth voice still sleepy behind you as he grasped at your hip. You felt your skin tingle at his touch, your legs nearly trembling for him already. 
He was so close. Your body was reeling at him being so near to you. If only you could stay with him. 
Ignore any sensible thought.
Fuck. 
“Shit,” you muttered, lunging further into the ruffled covers, fumbling around for your phone to check the time. Then it came to you. It was definitely still sitting in your purse, where you’d dropped it on the table the night before. 
So, before you could think any better of it, you threw the covers completely off of you, bare, round ass jiggling as you ran to the dining table to grab your phone. 
Why were you hoping he’d watched the natural sway of your ass as you’d left?
What in the fuck had you let yourself do last night? You knew what. But why?
And why had you let yourself lay there and savor this morning with Jake? Why had you allowed yourself to quite literally sink into him? 
He’d been warm and welcoming, y/n, that’s why, your mind fluttered with a fluster of thoughts as it calmly spoke over you. You want him. It’s okay.
You shook your head at the thoughts, taking your phone, holding it to your chest and closing your bedroom door behind you to let yourself breathe. 
Now was not the time to consider it. 
You were trying to beat the clock to get to work.
But you needed a quick shower before you even started your day.
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You had walked into the quaint little store, just in time to adjust to your surroundings before the clock struck 8 a.m., customers filtering through the door soon after, the bell chiming every time. 
But, in the quiet times of the day, your mind kept shifting to the handsome, restful man you’d left behind that morning. What had he been thinking when you left? 
Why did you have to leave? Why couldn’t you just accept the wonderful feelings tempting you?
Why did you even fucking care? 
It was not worth the time or effort. 
He’d shown his ass too many times. There were too many things to risk. 
You were glad your shift at the Black and Gold had been there to tear you away before you could consider anything else. 
As you checked out a sweet elderly couple and wished them on their way, your mind wandered to your dream. 
What had that dream been about? It was taunting you, allusive and fleeting. 
And Jake’s heartbeat, being what’d brought you back to reality. 
It just wasn’t normal in the slightest for something like that to bring you back to real life.
You were used to waking with the same blood-curdling screams you’d emit in a dream. Granted, it had been awhile since you’d even had a screaming dream. Years, really.
Why the hell had you just had one again?
Every single time in the past you had had a dream with terrible screaming, you’d awoken with the screams, too. 
But this time, your throat didn’t feel dry from waking with screams. Your mouth wasn’t open. Your body wasn’t tense.
And with how peacefully Jake had been slumbering beneath you, you’d used that as evidence that you hadn’t woken with screaming, too. 
He would’ve heard it. You were loud. 
One more thing—the screams from your dream hadn’t been like the screams from dreams past that had scared you. No, the screams from this fleeting dream had felt oddly fulfilling. 
Like you were on the cusp of something wonderfully new.
The details from the dream were quickly trickling from your mind. Like a faucet you couldn’t turn off. Not staying put like your dreams normally would. 
It was like your mind legitimately couldn’t hold onto this dream.
Huh.
All of it was honestly a very welcome change.
Since you were a little girl, you’d had extremely vivid dreams. They had a bad habit of sticking with you, haunting you more than you’d ever liked. 
“The dreams are due to your trauma, sweetie,” a therapist had tried to soothe you once as a little girl. “You use your dreams as a means to escape your sad reality,” she’d assumed. You had tried to understand the counsel the best you could as a child. And then it had gotten even deeper, the therapist delving in. “You have a deep seeded want to control things. . . I mean, understandably, honey. . .and maybe, since your dreams are something you can create and control, it is the only time you feel you have some semblance of control over what’s going on.” 
In the cushy chair across from the wrinkly counselor with bright red nail polish on her fingernails, you’d sat there, barely registering what it all meant. You had been eleven, for God’s sake. 
So, when you left counseling that day, you had just shrugged it off. It didn’t make any sense to you as an eleven year old girl. 
Your therapist had been an older woman with gray hair and kind eyes. She’d been nice enough. Your grandparents had taken you to her as a child. 
For a year. 
Religiously.
Sometimes, you and Elsie would attend together. Those were the best sessions. Other times, you two would swap therapy weeks. One week she’d go, the next week you would. 
But you hated going without her. Being by yourself, you felt totally trapped, listening to words you really didn’t understand at all. Sometimes, Els could translate some of the things the therapist said that were more difficult for you to understand. 
But sessions that got super deep? Too deep? You didn’t even care to ask Elsie. You didn’t want to. They always got pushed to the back of your mind. 
It was just plain uncomfortable. 
Back then, your dreams were much more frequent, and oftentimes turned into full-fledged nightmares. You were plagued by them. That alone had made you question your therapist saying it was a way for you to “control” things. You hadn’t felt any control in those “dreams”. 
With those dreams (or nightmares, rather), you would wake up— crying, yelling, and thrashing around. Elsie was usually allowed to stay with you on those nights. . .and she would stay, combing through your hair, shushing you, until you would calm down enough to drift back to sleep, sobs sometimes still choking you as your eyes would close, back to a shaky sleep. 
Now, as an adult, there weren’t as many nightmares as there were dreams. Some that made sense. Some that didn’t. Most of them, you remembered. 
The main theme of all of your most recent dreams had been much more enjoyable than your dreams as a child. And the most recent ones. . .all of them had been about Jake. And they were always fun.
Fucking mind blowing. 
But what in the hell had that last one been about? What was happening? Why were you screaming? The pain? And why was Jake there at all? 
He wasn’t ever there for the bad dreams. 
But had that one this morning been a bad one? You honestly couldn’t tell.
The remnants of it were leaving your headspace way too quickly for you to be able to give it much more thought, anyway.
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Just as your shift was about to end, you saw a vinyl get placed on the counter, across from you. 
An Evening With Silk Sonic.
And then you saw the perfectly manicured nails that tapped against the record.
You’d know those hands anywhere. 
Your eyes flicked up to your sister’s deep blue ones. 
Rounding the counter in no time, you were hugging her tightly to you. She smelled of vanilla shampoo and her go-to Bath and Bodyworks body spray. Champagne Toast.
Damn, being away from her sucked such ass. Being close to her again felt heavenly. 
You separated from her, both of you leaning against the counter in the same way, at the same time. The store was occupied by only a few customers.
“What the fuck are you doing here, bitch?” You questioned her, laughing at the situation. What a fantastic surprise. 
Strange, you’d been thinking of her all day, and now this had happened. 
“What a shitty welcoming committee,” she giggled, too. You smiled. “Damn.” 
Going around the counter, back to the register, you eyed the clock on the wall opposite you. 
“Perfect timing, Els,” you commented, taking the vinyl to scan. You applied your employee discount, bagged it, and slid it back to her. “I’m off in like ten minutes. Also, you have this record already.”
She grinned. “Just felt like stopping by. And you are not one to judge for having vinyl dupes,” she winked. “I also might’ve gotten a text from Josh telling me of an upcoming show.”
Shock flooded you, a beam taking over your features. “Are you and Josh. . .?!”
“No,” she played with the handle of the bag. A quiet smile was on her face. Content, but obviously wanting. You knew her. “Just texting. But he asked if I’d come to this one happening tomorrow, and I figured: you only live once, it’s summer, and he’s hot as fuck. So I decided I should probably take him up on it.”
“Well, I’m a little hurt it’s not for me,” you joked. 
“Get over it, bitch. You were my first stop,” she rolled her eyes. 
“I’ll never forgive you. But I definitely support this whole Josh and Elsie thing,” you fist pumped the air. “Fuck yeah. About damn time you admit how you feel about him.”
She slapped your fist out of the air. And with a laugh on her lips, she added, “I’m going to see Grandma and Grandpa,” she grabbed her bag to go, already pushing the door to the store open. 
“Els, I get off in less than ten minutes. Just wait,” you paused. “Also, what are you gonna do? Take a fucking Uber? Just wait for me and we’ll take my car.”
She groaned with a fake exasperated sigh. “Fine. But hurry,” she slung the bag over her arm, letting the bell chime as the door shut. She checked her phone, mindlessly scrolling as she added, “By the way, I’m staying with you.”
At first, you were excited. 
And then, your heart jumped into your throat when you remembered what your sister would be walking right into.
Fuck.
-🌼🌼🌼-
You couldn’t remember for the life of you if he had rehearsal or worked tonight. Surely they didn’t have rehearsal since they’d just had a gig last night. That was practice enough for their show tomorrow. 
But he did have the occasional client on Sundays. 
As Elsie walked around one of your grandparents’ gardens with your Grandma, you stood to the side and pulled up the text thread between yourself and Jake.
A few blue bubbles on your end, with nothing from him. 
See? This is why you shouldn’t pursue him, a bothersome voice perked up in your head. The same one that always convinced you out of him. He is flaky. Can’t even respond to texts.
And still, you typed yet another text to him that would most likely be ignored, too.
It was admittedly nerve-wracking to even think about sending the text. Your chest tightened, hands getting sweaty. Dumb. You weren’t a fucking teenager with a damned crush, for God’s sake. 
You bit the bullet and sent him the text. You were an adult, dammit.
And so, the first thing you said to him since he’d fucked you into his mattress was:
You, 4:54 p.m.: Please don’t be home tonight. Find a place to go. 
Well, that was real nice, y/n, said the other voice. The one that brought reassurance to your lingering, recurring feelings for Jake. Very sweet of you.
You still couldn’t decide if that voice was the devil or the angel.
You, 4:54 p.m.: Also, don’t you dare tell a soul about what happened last night. 
And surprisingly, he texted back almost immediately. You got butterflies for God-knows-what reason. Ridiculous.
Had he been waiting for you to say something? No. Surely not.
Jake, 4:56 p.m.: Already had plans. But thanks for the instructions. Appreciate it
You growled quietly under your breath and narrowed your eyes at the screen. 
Though you didn’t want to admit it, your stomach did drop the slightest bit at him saying he had other plans. Were the plans lessons with a client? A girl? A girl client? 
Why did it matter? Ugh. Absolutely ridiculous.
You suppressed the juvenile train of thought and hastily typed back, holding tight to how he’d initially irritated you.
You, 4:57 p.m.: Are you going to fucking tell people? You better not.
Jake, 4:57 p.m.: No, y/n. I won’t tell Josh. jesus christ
You couldn’t believe him. Pouty ass. Always concerned with Josh this and Josh that. How was he so blind to even think—?!
Deciding you didn’t want to think about him, and rather enjoy time with your family, you clicked your phone off and stuffed it in your jeans pocket. 
You didn’t need to worry about him for the time being, getting a decent enough response to your initial text. 
But as you trailed after the sound of your  Grandmother’s voice, locating her and Elsie, talking about her red roses, your mind went back to wondering. . .what were his plans? 
-🌼🌼🌼-
“I swear to all that is holy if Silk Sonic doesn’t tour, I’m going to riot,” Elsie remarked as ‘After Last Night’ came on her shuffle. 
You’d since pushed away your thoughts of your texts with Jake. 
But now, this sexy song made your insides buzz. Your mind was clouded with flashes of your night ‘last night’. 
The voice at the beginning echoed the bouts of thought that’d been following you around all day, desperate for you to keep up with them. 
You’d been ignoring them all day.
You couldn’t help it when the featured woman’s voice enveloped you.
“Mmh,
Damn, I don't even know who I was last night, 
It's just somethin' about you,
You just make me feel, mmh”
Fuck. All you could see was him. His face above you, how he felt moving in you, his hair sticking to his forehead with the delicious sweat he’d exuded. 
But—thinking too much about it was a dangerous idea. 
He was dangerous. 
Better to leave it at what it was. One time.
You couldn’t deny wanting more of what happened last night, though. . .the feeling of him was addictive. He felt so damn good. . . moving his hips just right, hitting every spot possible within you. 
But, you also couldn’t fully accept that things would be okay if you did give in to the (ludicrous) idea of more. 
He was a jerk. And you couldn’t risk what Josh would think if he ever found out. Distracting his brother from his dream.
But dammit, the memories—shiiiit. If they weren’t tugging at you, tempting you. . .
The deep, brown irises that had looked so intimately into yours as he’d taken you. Your tight body welcoming him in, his room filled with combined whimpers and moans. 
Your sister interrupted your thoughts with a deep sigh, followed by your usual shared sentiment about Bruno Mars. “Bruno can have me any fuckin’ way he wants. I will leave the door open, okay?”
But you were barely registering what she said, because your thoughts were finally giving way to being improperly preoccupied with your fucking roommate.
You’d done so well distracting yourself all day with the thoughts of your faded dream, work, Elsie, and your grandparents. . .but now that this song was on. . .
Your mind could only linger in the one place it wanted most of all. 
Damn, he’d been incredible last night. Fuck, you thought, your body feeling alert and ready for him, all over again in this moment. The best I’ve ever, ever had.
He’d known exactly what he was doing. . .a fucking pro.
Your clit throbbed at the mere thought of how he’d felt licking at you, lapping up your release. . .
The things he’d said. 
“That’s it, baby, that’s it. Let me have it.”
“I was fucking the mattress because I loved getting to tongue fuck the hell out of your perfect pussy.”
Fucking hell.
And then, when he’d been deep inside of you, stretching you out. . .
“So fucking tight.”
You crossed your legs, needing to control yourself in the presence of your sister. The friction of your jeans making it worse. Shit.
Then Jake’s smooth voice invaded your brain again. 
“I love this fuckin’ view of you, y/n,” he’d groaned, you could still feel the way his breath hit your shoulder, his dick throbbing inside. “And the way you feel like this—goddamn.”
And then there were the soft things. . .the things he’d done and said that had totally made you feel like a girl with a little crush. The comments that made your tummy flutter.
“You are so fucking beautiful, y/n. Dammit,” he’d said it with awe in his velvety tone. His voice had even hitched on his next words. “This is— you are . . .,” he’d shaken his head, and he hadn’t ever been able to come up with the words. 
You went back to that moment — where you’d been totally exposed to him, your wet center wrapped around him, his gaze not able to leave your heaving body. Vulnerability had never been your strong suit, but in that moment, more vulnerable than ever to him. . . It had been okay. 
And in this moment, reeling at the thought of it all, you felt prepared to be that opened to him a thousand times over. 
Shit. 
And finally, there’d been after. . .
“Wanna see your face,” he’d sighed, rubbing at your shoulder, ready to see you after positively fucking ruining you.
Your skin heated, thinking back on the intimacy of the moments shared.
And afterwards, snuggling into him, you had decided so many things. The main thing being that you wanted him more than just that one time. 
Why had you tried to convince yourself this morning that you couldn’t—?
And why were you still being a bitch to him over texts? Why were you insistent on not giving it a chance? 
He’s a dick, y/n, the annoying, sensible voice echoed at you. And Josh would never forgive you. 
Fuck. You were tired of the inner battle.
A hand against your shoulder, shaking you, brought you back to reality. 
Holy shit. How had you escaped so fully? 
“Earth to my fucking sister!” Elsie continued to move you, her hand grasping your arm. 
You slapped her hand away. “Jesus fuck, Elsie,” you snapped at her, looking at your arm after she released it. “You’re going to leave fingerprints! Dammit.” 
You were being dramatic, you knew this. She hadn’t gripped you that hard. But you were, admittedly, embarrassed you’d been so gone. 
So you’d get onto Elsie instead of focusing on yourself and your sexy, fuckass roommate. 
“Oh, shut the hell up, Little Miss Drama Queen,” she punched your shoulder. At your squeaky ‘ow!’, she just rolled her eyes. “You were literally absent. Nowhere near this car. La La Land. Just trying to get you the fuck back. I was talking to you.”
You huffed, rolling your eyes back at her to mask your flushed cheeks. “I’m sorry. Just out of it.”
“Why?”
“No reason.”
“Mom?”
“No.”
“Did Grandpa say something mildly offensive to you when we were there just now?”
You laughed at that. He was definitely more than only mildly offensive. But it wasn’t him. Not even close. 
“No.”
“Jake?”
Your silence answered for you. Shit. 
Speak, y/n, speak!
How did she know?!
“What the fuck did he do now?” She sassed, glancing sideways at you for a few seconds. 
Looking away, you dodged any of her accusing peeks. Needed to divert her. . .move on from her assumptions. Cover up the silence.
“Nothing,” you shifted down in your seat, your feet going up on the dash. “I didn’t even say it was him.”
“You didn’t have to.”
You looked out the window, pretending to be otherwise distracted. You hummed. 
“When did Bruno spark your interest again?” You poked back, working to make her argue about something that wasn’t Jake related.
She scoffed. “As if he ever stopped sparking my—hey! No!” She scolded, smacking your arm lightly. 
“What?!” You played dumb, rubbing your arm. “I just thought with you buying another record and with us listening—“
“Stop trying to distract me!” She clucked, stopping at a red light and turning the music down. You felt her eyes burning into the side of your skull as you stared out the windshield, now. “You little fuckin’ weasel. Don’t avoid the conversation.”
You huffed a dramatic breath. There were two drastically different parts of you feeling things right now. 
One that wanted to tell Elsie absolutely everything, because you knew she’d be the voice of reason you so desperately needed. 
And the other part that wanted you to be fair to what you’d asked of Jake. . .which would be to not tell her anything at all. 
You were also not looking forward to the shit she’d give you if you were to bare your heart to her about this. 
(Because, either way, you had a feeling you knew exactly what she’d say.)
“Elsie, it’s really nothi—.”
“Did you fuck him?”
Shit. 
Your heart was racing. 
Fuck. What would you say? 
What would you do now?
And how did she do this shit?! She’d always been able to read you like a damn book.
You swallowed thickly.
And once again, you let your silence answer for you. 
If you didn’t actually say anything, you weren’t technically telling her. . .right?
The light changed to green and minutes passed. 
It was slightly awkward. Neither of you said a word until she pulled into a parking space at your complex. 
Instead, she’d simply turned up the music in response to your silence. 
And that was unlike her. Normally, she’d have something to quip back, right away. You weren’t used to her silence.
You were freaked out.
So, as you walked up the steps to your apartment, you decided you’d be an adult, and be the first person to say something. 
“What do you want for dinner?” You asked, almost absentmindedly as you opened the door. 
Better to act oblivious. Maybe it would go away. 
She followed you in, meandering about, not acknowledging your question for a few minutes. 
You tried again, muttering her name in question, “Els?”
She got up from her crouched position to pet Stevie, and when she rose, she looked you square in the eyes with a look that could only be described as pure irritation. Her eyes were blazing. 
“What?” Elsie snapped, turning her back to you, hair swishing around her shoulders, then taking her bag to your room. Following her, you saw her plop her bag on the ground next to your bed. She hopped onto it, her feet dangling as she sat there, her eyes downcast. “Why didn’t you want to tell me?” She sounded sad, it made your heart lurch the slightest bit. And then her voice fired up again with her next question. “And why the fuck do you always act like a little puppy that’s been kicked when Jake comes up? What’s wrong with you?”
You couldn’t mask your offense. 
“What’s wrong with me?!” You choked. “Why are you acting like this?”
She squeaked, her mouth gaping. “Why am I acting like this?! Why have you been so turned off to the idea of Jake since he came into the picture?”  
“Oh, I definitely haven’t been turned off.”
It just slipped out. Shit. 
“Ha!” She leaned forward, her elbows on her thighs as she leveled you with a stare. “Then why are you trying so damn hard to deny it?” 
You decided it was pointless to reject that you’d said it. Better to just own it. She was the only person you could talk to about this, anyway. 
And you needed to talk about it. 
You momentarily felt bad for Jake that you’d closed him off to talking about it when you were about to let yourself. 
He just couldn’t be trusted to not tell the wrong person . . . Aka his twin. The last person who ever needed to know. 
Deciding you didn’t need to worry about it, you continued. 
“I just can’t pursue it, Elsie. . .we’ve talked about this,” you sighed, going about taking off your jewelry, placing it delicately where it went every night. Except last night. 
You changed out of your jeans and short sleeved button down, and into a pair of smaller comfy shorts and an oversized crop top, revealing the sliver of skin at your hips. Elsie’s eyebrow lifted at your choice in clothing, the lack of material covering your ass. Your eyes set firmly as you glared at her. “Shut up. I wear this kind of shit all the—.”
“Trying to impress your roommate with that ass?” She smirked with her question. 
You rolled your eyes, flushing at being caught in your little game you’d caught yourself playing recently. You liked him looking at you.
Yes, but you don’t need to know that, you thought. 
But she didn’t stay on it for long when she hopped off the bed to most likely dig in her bag for her own comfy clothes. When she pulled out leggings and a crop top, your suspicions were confirmed. She shut the door to your bedroom before she started changing, she smirked. “I don’t want Jake to see me naked, thank you very much.” Once fully changed, she went to put her hair up in a claw clip. You went to quip back, but she started speaking before you could. “You’re changing with the door open, for God’s sake. How many times have you sexed him up to feel comfortable enough to do that, y/n?” 
You scoffed with an eye roll, putting your own hair up in a clip. “First of all, he’s not going to be here tonight. That’s why I changed with the door open,” you pulled a couple tendrils out to frame your face. Your thoughts pulled to the idea of seeing Jake with his hair up. . .now that was a thought. You just knew he’d look so good. “And secondly, we have only. . .done it once.”
“Done it?” She guffawed. “Oh my God, y/n. . . what is it about this man that makes you sound and act like a fucking teenager?” 
Putting two hands against your face to cover it, you moaned in aggravation because now she had noticed how he made you act like a fucking school girl. Why did he have you down so bad? 
“I don’t know!” You went to sit on the ground and lean against your bed. Bringing your legs up to your chest, you wrapped your arms around them. Your chin sat atop your knees, eyes following Elsie as she took her own jewelry off and threw it in her bag. She joined you next to your sulking form, positioning her body to be facing towards you, crossing her legs. “What do I do, Elsie?” 
“Before we get into all of that, I have to ask. . . why are you being so melodramatic?” She inquired, seeming genuinely curious. “You’re making it this giant thing when it doesn’t need to be.”
Why were you making it so big? By doing that, you were giving whatever the hell this predicament was —giving Jake—way more power than necessary. 
“I don’t know.”
She squinted at you, her patience obviously wearing thin. “Okay, I’m going to need more than ‘I don’t know’ over and over again. I can’t work with that. Let’s start with the bare bones: do you think he’s cute?”
You literally cackled at that. 
“Really? Do I think he’s cute? That is such a juvenile way to—.”
“Well, you’re acting like a juvenile, so fair’s fair. Childish question for someone acting like a child.”
“Jesus. Ouch,” you responded, feeling slightly hurt. But you couldn’t deny seeing her point for exactly what it was.
She rolled her eyes. “You still haven’t answered my question.”
You decided you’d give her exactly what she wanted. 
“Firstly, have you seen him?! He’s more than fucking cute, Elsie,” you dazed off, thinking of him. His Amber-brown eyes, his tanned skin, his flowing chestnut locks, and that handsome, sharp nose you’d admired when you’d woken up. And his body. . .fuck. “He’s fucking enigmatic. . .entrancing. . .a sex god. . .,” You lost yourself in the thought of him. The way he walked with so much purpose, how confident he looked on every stage he graced. . .and how all of that upheld in the bedroom. How he—
“Oh damn. . .he’s that good?” She could’ve been eating fuckin’ popcorn with how invested she was in this conversation. “Also, glad you’re not blind. He’s sexy as hell.” 
You grinned, looking into the flecks of light filtering into your room with the evening sun. All of the things from last night. . .you felt them overwhelming your brain to help you explain. “He’s more than good. He is the perfect amount of rough and soft. . .he shows he cares about pleasing you with how purposeful—how intentional he is with every damn movement of his hips. . . And he just knew exactly where to hit inside—.”
“Oookay,” she put a hand up to stop you. Your eyes snapped up to her, realizing you’d lost yourself in thought. Your cheeks blushed of their own accord. “I’d love to hear the details, but also . . . Damn. I’ve never seen you so gotten.”
“Gotten? What is this, a Jane Austen novel?” You mocked, covering up how you’d let yourself get away. Absently, you wiped the heel of your palm against the corner of your mouth. You’d literally started drooling. 
Embarrassing. 
“Um, yeah, might as well be,” she raised a brow, smug. “And the Fifty Shades of Grey version at that.” 
“We’ve only had sex once, Elsie,” you reminded. “And it didn’t involve any of that BDSM shit. I’d rather not be compared to that novel, by the way. There are much better books with much better smut.”
“Yeah, you’re right,” she nodded. Her lips curled like the Grinch. “And it sounds like you could write your very own at this point, bitch.”
“Stop,” you shoved her shoulder. “It’s not even. . . It’s not anything. It shouldn’t happen again anyway. I need to just forget about it.”
All of that was a fucking lie. You wanted it to happen again. You never wanted to forget about it. 
And it definitely wasn’t nothing.
And Elsie knew it. She growled, shifting up, standing from the ground. Her fists were curled. “Stop being a fucking idiot, y/n! Stop lying to yourself!”
“Idiot?! I’m not being—.”
She held up a finger to stop you. And you weren’t about to say any more. She looked determined to get her piece said. 
“And it does mean something. You need to stop sulking and just have regular incredible sex with him,” she placed her clenched fists on her hips, her icy blue gaze penetrating your most stubborn thoughts. “Dammit, sis. Why are you being so obtuse about this?!” 
You shrunk back, thinking of all she said. Your chest tightened. “There’s just so much at stake,” your regular thoughts invading. “And he’s inconsistent as hell.”
“Is the possibility of what Josh would think still holding you back? Because who says he has to know? Just keep it between the two of you,” she tucked a loose hair behind her ear, a twinkle in her eye with her smirk. “And me.”
You scoffed. “You’re the idiot,” you remarked, pushing yourself up to stand and lean the backs of your thighs against the bed. Crossing your arms, you gave her a look at the mess inside your mind. “And yes. I cannot chance him finding out. . .knowing what he’d think. I wouldn’t want him to think any differently of me. I’m also stuck on not letting this get in the way—.”
“Get in the way of his dream, yada yada yada . . . On that same bullshit,” she leveled you with a straight stare. “You know what I think of all that.”
“Yes, I do. But what if he does take it too far at some point? What if he lets his emotions become involved and it turns into more than what it is?” Well that was a new fear unlocked. And another was hurtling towards you. “What if I let the sex become more than sex?”
“Then you cut it off,” she reasoned, crossing her own arms. “Be friends with benefits. Don’t let feelings get involved. Have fun with it. . . Friends with benefits can be the best solution for two people dealing with stress,” a lightbulb went off in her head. “And when you’re friends with benefits, you don’t have to be consistent. So he’s good there.”
But what if you wanted him to be more consistent? 
The nagging voice in your head came to life suddenly. No, y/n, you don’t care about that. Quit it. 
You shook your head, ignoring it. “We aren’t friends,” you corrected. 
“Even better.”
“And what am I stressed with?” You asked, knowing every single tiny thing that had been lurking in your mind as of late. 
School. What you were going to do with life after school. Your mother. 
And, of course, your gorgeous roommate. 
But right now, it seemed awfully appealing to just drown it all out with sex. . . Toe-curling, back arching sex with said roommate.
“Something apparently,” she cut through your thoughts. “I don’t know what all is haunting your every thought, but it can’t be fun to live with. And I think letting yourself have something you want—which is obviously Jake’s dick—.”
“Elsie!”
“What?! You do! Let me finish,” she continued. “Letting yourself have something you want would be enough to ease some tension. Just give in. Don’t add one more thing to your plate to stress about when you could just let loose. Have fun while you’re still young and in college. It’s not as easy once it’s all over.” 
Your eyes widened, as if she’d unlocked something in your brain. You were only young once. 
The idea felt a little more acceptable. 
The idea of just fucking him. Just enough to ease stress. Nothing more. 
It would feel divine to let loose.
You craved it. You needed that release.
And you only wanted it from him.
How did Elsie do that? Just flip a switch and make you consider something? 
She is the only person in your entire life that you quite literally trust with everything, that’s how, the sweet voice in your thoughts reminded you. She’s never let you down.
And so you decided.  
“It really wouldn’t hurt anything, you think?” 
“Not if you cut things off before you’re more than just friends—excuse me, not friends— having sex,” Elsie reminded. She added with annoyance, “Since you seem so set on a relationship distracting Jake from his dream, that’s what you’d have to do,” her voice softened. “Sex isn’t going to distract him. In fact, it may inspire him even more. Just look at it as you doing him—and yourself— a major service.” 
“How do I make sure he knows it can’t go any further than sex?” 
And once again, her stare flattened. Damn. Her being annoyed with you was becoming a recurring theme. 
“Just. Fucking. Talk. To. Him,” she started walking towards your door, twisting the knob to open it. She looked back at you, with a stern look. “Let him in. Be open to the idea of letting him in just a little more. It’ll be okay. I promise.”
And for the first time since he’d moved in and uprooted everything in your godforsaken life, you felt reassured. 
Felt okay with what you’d wanted from him for a very long time.
-🌼🌼🌼-    
It was late when your eyes flicked open. You were still sprawled on the couch, where you and Elsie had crashed while watching Friends. 
You blinked into the darkness, only lit up by the blue hues of the television. 
Elsie was snoring at the other end of the couch, your feet tangled together under a fluffy blanket. The pizza box from the pizza you’d decided to order (and devoured), still laying out on the coffee table.
Before long, you knew what’d awoken you. The overwhelming need to pee was pushing against your bladder. 
Still half asleep, you clambered up from the couch, careful not to wake your sister. You glanced at the bright green lettering displaying the time on the microwave.
2:38 a.m.
Shit. You couldn’t even remember when you two had fallen asleep. 
When you got to the bathroom, you were caught off guard.
Was that water running? Had Elsie left the sink on? 
You scrunched your brows, twisting the knob and pushing the door open to find the sink was on. 
But also finding a very naked Jake using said sink. His long wet hair sticking to his damp skin. 
Heat immediately flooded to the bottom of your belly and between your thighs. 
You couldn’t help but admire his physique. Right there in front of you. His broad shoulders, looking freshly tanned and freckled from the sun. His waist begging to have your arms wrapped around it. 
And his thick cock, impressive even when soft. 
Damn this man. 
But—
“Why are you home?!” You started with an edge in your tone, for no reason whatsoever. You didn’t fucking care that he was home. In fact, you wanted him here. There was no reason to question.  
He was brushing his teeth, so he didn’t respond, instead his dark eyes connected with yours in the mirror. He raised a brow, seeming to challenge your words. 
Your body reacted to his facial expression. Your tummy erupted in butterflies.
“Don’t lift your damn eyebrow at me,” you said quietly, letting your feet guide you further into the muggy room, closing the door softly behind you. 
Jake eyed you curiously in the mirror, looking slightly surprised at what you were doing. But before too long, his gaze became sultry, luring you in further. He turned towards you, locking his deep brown irises with yours. Then, he raised his brow again, playing with you. 
In the back of your mind, all you could hear were Elsie’s words:
Let loose.
So, without really thinking—more-so giving into the moment—, you sank to your knees in front of him.
You could play with him, too. 
As if he knew what you were getting ready to do, he was already half-hard by the time you were holding him in your hand. 
Your hand gripped him softly, feeling him. How soft the skin was, stretched over his pulsing member. His pink head, equally as soft, already produced glistening precum. 
Running a thumb over the slit at the tip, you spread the release over his entire tip. Jake’s hips twitched towards you at that, and you heard a moan emit from the back of his throat.
A hand combed through your hair and tightening it in your locks to indicate he needed you to pause. You peered up at him, seeing him nod toward the sink. You stopped your movements, but kept your hand wrapped around his dick, squeezing a time or two as you let him spit and rinse in the sink. 
Jake’s lids closed, head lolling back. His adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed in pleasure, wiping his mouth with the washcloth he’d placed next to the sink. 
You continued your teasing movements and pulled another close-mouthed groan from him, the sound making wetness gather between your legs. 
And before long, he was turning all the way around, letting the backs of his thighs hit the front of the bathroom counter. He let his open palms rest on the countertop, his thighs tense and ready for you to continue. 
Looking up to see his face again, you saw him nod down at you, in your direction this time. 
“Keep going,” he commanded in his low tone.  
Your skin heated, and you had to push your thighs together as you went back in. Your hands stayed on the tops of your clenched thighs. 
You added your mouth this time, closing your lips around the top half of his pretty cock to savor him with a moan that vibrated around his thickness. He jerked his hips towards you harshly. 
“Shit,” he groaned. 
You went further down his shaft, letting your wet mouth envelop him almost entirely, then you slid back up, letting your tongue smooth along the underside of his dick. When you made it back to his tip, you curled your tongue to trace the crease at the base of his head.
He shuddered, a hand finding your hair again. You went to grab his thigh with one of your hands to steady yourself, the other hand grasping at his smooth balls. You felt more wetness gather at your thighs at how incredibly groomed he was. 
You’d never been with someone who paid such close attention to taking care of himself.
Massaging his balls in your hand, you held tightly to his thigh as your mouth made its way back down his length. This time, you went all the way to the end, your mouth just barely connecting with his tanned and toned stomach. The muscles there clenched as you felt his tip connect with the back of your throat. 
You felt tears gathering at the corners of your eyes, but didn’t gag as you showed him one of your most secret party tricks. 
He tensed more, and you felt the hard muscle of his thigh tighten impossibly beneath your hand. 
“Fuuuuuck, y/n. How —? Your mouth—your fucking throat—shiiiit. . .,” he practically whined out, shifting his hips up so his cock smoothed ever-deeper down your waiting throat. You sucked on him the best you could from your position, your wet mouth tightening around him. He whimpered, a sigh leaving his mouth. “Feels so fucking—mmm,” he tangled a hand in your hair once more, bringing you closer into him.
You glanced up to admire what he looked like at that moment. His head was tossed back and all you could see was his glistening throat, his drying hair sticking to it. The columns of his throat were strong, bulging as he continued to give tiny little thrusts, replying to the hold you had on him with your mouth and throat. 
But when he glanced down, his hooded lids revealed hungry eyes, the blacks of his pupils covering almost his entire iris. . . You realized you wanted—no, needed— more.
So, as much as you could handle this, you decided in order to use your tongue on him, and taste him like you wanted, you had to readjust. 
You used the hand on his thigh to trail up to his hip and gripped him there, releasing a noise to let him know you were moving. You slid your mouth back down him, his tip nudging against your uvula as it left its tight, cozy spot at the top of your throat. 
The sound that came from him was a combination of a sigh, a gasp, and a whine. 
Shit. 
Your body’s reaction to his sounds, the feeling of him gliding on your tongue. . .it made moisture gather on the insides of your thighs, still pushed tight together. 
You were feeling all of the effects of the situation. It was fucking glorious. Having him at your mercy, snug in your mouth. 
You rubbed your thighs together the best you could to create the friction you needed, your arousal slick between them.
You released the smallest cry from your mouth, the sound muffled around his hardness. It felt good to relieve some of the tension. But you needed more.
Fuck. You loved getting to hold him in your mouth, but. . .
Your pussy was aching for him.  
As if reading your thoughts, before you knew it, your mouth was being pulled the rest of the way from Jake’s hard dick. His hands used their place in your hair to gently remove you. 
Once he’d removed himself from your mouth, Jake yanked you up by your armpits. He held your sides and once again surprised you with his strength when he lifted you to sit atop the sink.
It was so reminiscent to your night in the bathroom last week, but this time. . .fuck— it was about to be so much better.
He tapped the slightest bit against your hip, and you knew what it was he wanted. You lifted your hips, quickly sashaying out of your thong and small pair of sweatshorts you’d absolutely worn in the hopes he’d see you in them. 
Being caught by Elsie earlier had made you fully realize that it was something you’d started doing absentmindedly within the past month. You fucking loved it when you’d catch him looking at you. . .the fleeting glances he’d think you didn’t see. 
His little peeks at the curve of your ass, peeking out from the hem of your shorts.
Finally, you took off your oversized cropped T-shirt, revealing to him your lack of bra. And his dark pupils overtook the entirety of his chocolate irises.
Your nipples hardened even more under his wanting stare.
“I take my bra off when I go to sleep,” you added, for no reason whatsoever. You were obviously still tired (and a little bit nervous), saying nonsense. “You didn’t need to know that, sorry.”
He grinned, his eyes softening the slightest bit. “I like knowing little things like that about you.”
Your insides became mush at his words for some reason, your arousal peaking. 
He placed one hand on your breast, massaging the soft flesh in his palm. You both looked down at it, admiring the way it looked as he held it. The feeling of your hardened nipple rolling against the palm of his hand was almost too much. You bucked up into the air. 
So, sensing your need, he released your breast and moved the same hand to momentarily hold and caress your cheek. Your lusty gazes entwined, seeing each other. 
He was so handsome. 
And lately, you’d come to realize that you felt truly seen anytime he was looking at you.
This moment was soft, his other hand going to grasp your hip, holding you in place. He nudged between your wet folds with the head of his dick, waiting on you. You shifted your hips to welcome him.
Then, without any more warning, he slammed into you, your ass shifting on the porcelain of the sink in the counter. You’d totally forgotten about your sister in the living room and released a loud yelp, followed by a pleased moan at the feeling of him.
Filling you up so well.
He shushed you, then pressed his mouth to yours to take in your satisfied, hungry sounds. His tongue entered your mouth, swallowing up every noise you made. 
He stayed inside you, pounding into you relentlessly, hitting every spot he somehow just knew existed. Your whines were persistent, barely able to be covered by his mouth. 
So, when he came up for air, he placed his warm hand over your mouth, careful to not cover your nose. You sighed sadly at not being able to elicit the noises he brought out in you. You didn’t know why, but it felt right to be loud with him. The way he fucked you—the action itself demanded you be loud. 
When you locked eyes with his pretty brown ones, yours were begging and desperate to let him hear you. He acknowledged you with an, “I know,” right before you rutted your hips up to meet his, and he met your movement with one of his own, harder. You whined behind his hand, biting at the flesh. He bit his lip, his eyes darkening. “Fuck,” he groaned. “I wanna hear you. But your sister is in the other room. We need to be quiet.”
Oh. You blanched at that. You hadn’t necessarily forgotten about her, but everything outside of this bathroom had ceased to exist when you’d walked in and seen him bare ass naked.
You weren’t ready to be done with this, but you knew it wasn’t proper etiquette to be in here, fucking your roommate, with someone on the next room. 
Even though you wanted to just say ‘fuck it’, him reminding you of Elsie also reminded you of your urge to pee. And you really weren’t prepared for her to catch you in the midst of the act. 
You’d never live that down. 
“Then finish the fuck up so I don’t have to worry about it,” you decided to sass in response, rocking your hips in little figure eights to entice him. “Finish it.” 
Jake’s features quickly shifted from soft and understanding to something much darker, making your pussy get even wetter around his thick shaft.
His head bent back a bit, his stern eyes staying firmly on you. “One of these days, you’ll learn that you don’t always get to call the fucking shots.”
Your heart raced at his words, chest rising and falling with labored breaths. But you weren’t about to let him have the final say. 
“If you want to finish fucking me, you have five minutes,” you said, not meaning the words in the slightest. “So hurry,” rock. “The fuck,” rock. “Up.”
And with your last word, he met your thrust harshly with a growl from low in his throat. Your head flew back, his hand going flat, just in time, against the mirror so you’d hit the back of his hand instead of the glass.
You bit your lip to mask a whine at the sensation of his tip repeatedly hitting your g-spot.  
With every jut of his hips, you saw stars. The feeling of his sharp, purposeful thrusts, your head hitting his hand with each one. He’d slide almost all the way out, and then all the way back in. 
Your lip was near bleeding with how hard you were biting into it. 
And suddenly, you felt the familiar unwinding of the tight ball in your stomach, letting way to your sweet relief of release. 
It was spiraling towards you. . .his thrusts never let up, his hard cock never leaving you all the way. 
You were not ready for it to be over. But with one final, purposeful rut of his hips, his tip connected especially hard with your secret spot and you felt the ball unwind. You pinched your eyes shut, throwing your head back, your legs tensing, as your back arched. You instinctively went to wrap your quivering legs around his hips to hold him to you as it washed over you.
All you saw were bright, blinking stars against a black sky. And Jake. So much Jake. 
“Fuck!” 
His voice snapped you out of your trance, along with him tapping earnestly at your thigh, and quickly you let him untangle himself as you knew what was coming. 
And as soon as he’d pulled his throbbing cock out of you, he was grabbing the washcloth that was still on the counter, sitting next to you, making a mess of his cum into it. 
You were still too out of it to look at his face as he came, your fucked out daze locking you in on watching how his pretty dick pulsed against the towel, releasing. Your lip was still being held between your teeth in a tight grip, observing this sexy display in front of you. 
When he finished taking care of himself, wiping off into the towel, you snapped out of watching him. The need to pee, nudging at your bladder again with a vengeance.
You shoved him away from where he was standing in front of you. 
“Okay, now leave,” you continued to push him to the door. “I have to pee.” 
And, shockingly, without protest, he was gone. His brown eyes had been blissed out, a soft smile on his features as he flitted out. 
When you were finally sitting on the toilet, feeling the relief you’d needed so desperately from your bladder, you sighed happily. 
I could get used to this regular sex with Jake thing, you thought, a satisfied smirk settling on your lips. 
Then, as you washed your hands over the sink Jake had just fucked you on, an idea came to you. 
And maybe some rules will keep us in line. Rules will help. They always help. 
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a/n: i'm so ready to share M O R E (the rest of this chapter is...... eeeek!!)... please let me know your thoughts! you know i love hearing from you all :) <3
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negrowhat · 3 months
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10 Anxiety Inducing BL Moments
Tagged by @kurosawascrowsfeet AND @ommited-miscellaneously
Min Yudam watching Dong Baek get killed TWICE in the Director Who Buys Me Dinner. I was never expecting to have to watch Dong Baek die TWICE in Yudam arms. I was sweating and freaking out and mad because wtf!
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Tin getting shot in Triage. YO WHEN I SAW THE GUN COME OUT AT THAT FUNCTION I WAS LIKE OH MY GAWD! GET OUT OF THERE! AND THEN TIN GOT SHOT AND I HAD TO GO LIE DOWN AFTER THAT.
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Fighter's Dad finding out he's gay in Why R U the Series. That whole fight had me on the edge of my seat and pacing. It just got louder and louder and Fighter crying did not help. It was a lot. (this gif isn't from that scene it's from FighterTutor's breakup...which also gave me anxiety)
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Pharm possessed by Intouch threatening to shoot himself in UWMA. Not even anxiety, that shit was just triggering.
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Uea being tricked into having dinner with his abusers. Anytime Uea went back to his family home I was filled with dread but this time he had to sit there with his selfish and abusive birthgiver, her molesting husband, AND the boss that was harassing him at work. Sick to my stomach. (I knew I was not going to find a gif of that so let's just love our boy a lil extra)
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Chisoo finding out Gitae was sent to kill him in Long Time No See. I just wasn't expecting for him to find out in the middle of a fight. I almost couldn't handle the fight or the explanation after it.
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Gene and Nubsib coming out to their families in Lovely Writer. Ugh when they started joking about Y-series and novels and thought the whole idea was just ridiculous I already KNEW Gene was about to tell them everything and then tell them to shut the fuck up, because my boy stood on business. Of course shit went left...Gene outed his Daddy for having a male lover and then his daddy put his 26 yr old ass on punishment.
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Kim Jun Ho fucking DYING in Kissable Lips. SPOILER ALERT! I just KNEW they was going to figure out a way to keep both Jun Ho and Min Hyun alive, but then Jun Ho literally went fucking BLIND the morning after they had sex. AND THEN HE DROPPED THE RING HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE MIN HYUN TO REMEMBER HIM BY. AND THEN HE FUCKING DIED IN MIN HYUN'S ARMS! AND UNLIKE TDWBMD HE DIDN'T FUCKING COME BACK.
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Choco and Milk disappearing and leaving Jung Woo alone again in Choco Milk Shake. We all knew it was coming, Jung Woo too, but I was dreading it. Just knowing that his two favorite people were just going to fucking disappear! (I don't think this gif is from that scene lol)
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Bai Lang having a breakdown in the street in the middle of a thunderstorm. All of Bai Lang's trauma gave me anxiety but that scene took the cake. He was just so out of it and it made me so scared for him.
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I hope I did this right
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iloveslllycatss · 1 year
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accidental confessions with the inarizaki boys 🥺
(I turned my autocap off for this request <3)
𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨
𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?
𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 : 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘢, 𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘶
𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴/𝘢𝘯 : 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘤 𝘺𝘬, atsumu 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 😞 (anon I actually love u for the autocap thing.)
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r. suna ↴
✫ ok so for this you basically r watching the team practice (u r friends w them) and during the water break u decide to give ur good friend suna a call thinking it’s your best friend, ghalya (my irl best friend btw 😉). 
this whole day you’ve been thinking about one thing. whether u should or shouldn’t go watch your crush practice. the obvious answer was yes because you were friends with all the second years on the team, but in the back of ur mind you were rethinking the decision. so you decide to ask your best friend.
“bruh yes wth r u thinking ofc u should go 😐” 
ghalya looked at you as if you were the dumbest person in the world for letting the thought of not going cross your mind. “okok fine ig I will” you sigh, but then u get a idea “what if… YOU CAME WITH.”…. only to be answered with a 
“no. I’m not ab to go to a practice for ppl idk 😨.. and even if I wanted to I cant, I have to study for my exam next week” 
as if you ever study 🤨 is what you WANTED to say, but instead u settled for a “fine”. 
when u got to the practice the first person to notice your arrival was atsumu. “OMG Y/N HIII” he waved with a smile, gaining the attention of his teammates. after they all greeted you, you sat down watching them. your eyes constantly rerouting onto one person… suna. if you were being honest, your crush on him was FAT ASL. u were head over heels for this boy; not that you’d ever tell him.
during their water break you looked at him again, sweat dripping down from his hair as he drank his water, you kept looking at his hands. his pretty pretty hands, his long slender fingers and his short kept nails. as you started to examine his face, suna looked at you. after maintaining eye contact for a couple of seconds you looked away, flustered. his eyes were beautiful, a perfect shade of grayish yellow. they were practically glowing. so you did the normal thing to do, bother your best friend about it. 
you had taken your phone out of your pocket, opening the phone app and calling the 4th recently called person instead of the third.
“hello??” you start, leaving no room for response. “ghalya emergency. im FR ab to punch suna rintaro. why? u may ask. THIS MF. WITH HIS PRETTY ASS SELF DECIDES TO LOOK AT ME FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. like im already I’m love w u dont play. GHALYA PLZ I NEED HELP IM DYING FR.”
“umm… l/n????” 
“oh. okay. allow me to go kms.” 
when I tell u that u ran out. I mean u MF RAN OUT.  when you got home you called ghalya (actually her this time). and RANTED UR ASS AB IT until a certain someone  knocked on your front door. u went to look though the peephole, you saw him. so you fixed your hair and dusted your clothes rlly quick and opened the door. “hey-“ 
“ilikeyoutoo”
that was all he said, it was so quick and he barely muttered it, but you heard it so clear. and your jaw DROPPED. (not actually) “you WHAT?” you were FR in denial. “I said, I like you too” he said, slower this time. “so, do u think we could go to a cafe this sunday? as a date?” he had a blank face but you could tell he was kinda nervous. “yeah, I’d like that….. like I’d REALLY like that” you said without thinking. he smiled
after he left, you were laying in your bed those same words repeating in your head
I said I like you too
I said I like you too
I said I like you too
let’s just say, you were looking forward to your sunday
a. miya ↴
✫ okok so for this one, I feel like u just r stalking his insta or sum (fan behavior/yall r friends) and then u CALL HIM instead of ur best friend AKIRA. and rant about how good he looks 😞 
you were crying (not actually). not because you were sad but bc how FINE atsumu looked in his newest instagram post. you were laying on your stomach and KICKING UR FEET AND GIGGLING. u felt like an elementary school girl who had a crush on a boy. it was a selfie of atsumu after he had woke up, his bedhead was cute and all in his face, he was pouting and his eyebags were as visible as can be 😭. but somehow, he pulled it off. the picture was captioned “stupid ass brother CANT keep his mouth shut when I’m sleeping but at practice he don’t even call for the ball 😐” his comments were FILLED with girls saying things like “omg my pants suddenly fell off” or “don’t disrespect my man osamu like that!!!”…. 
you were jealous. 
so you just HAD to call your best friend akira to talk ab it. so you called and as soon as the phone was picked up you gave no room for anyone else to speak.
“omg. akira. I’m ab to give atsumu a big fat kiss bc why does he look so good. like IK I be talking ab him to u a lot and stuff but like HOLY SHIT. HOW CAN SOMEONE LOOK SO GOOD AND WAKE UP AT THE SAME TIME. but those girls in the comments can fr die bc like back off or wtv 🙄.”
“y/n??? u think I looked good 😏”
when I tell u your heart bursted out of ur chest I mean full ass HEART ATTACK. you ended that call so quick not even the flash could outdo you. 
2 minutes had passed and atsumu was spamming you with things like “Y/N ANSWER PLEASE” or “Y/NNNNNNNNNNNN IK U SEE THIS”. until one text message caught ur eye
“I like u too btw 🙄” 
ONLY THEN you answered with a “thats wild”
“oh so NOW you want to reply 🤨🙄”, you smiled at this, calling him back. “omg atsumus like soooo hot and  he my man fr!!” he mocked, you glared at the phone laughing sarcastically, then he added a “we should go on a date ykyk i pick u up at 6 tmrw and we go out ykyk i’ll make sure to make myself look extra good”. 
“yeah that would be great actually we should”
you both talked for a little after that, talking about your days and volleyball until you say u need to gtb.
“WAIT BEFORE YOU GO, about that big fat kiss…”
“good night atsumu.”
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30-3am · 10 months
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G R O U P I E • L O V E
✰ James Hetfield ✰
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" Vulnerable: the only word to describe him. "
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part eight of ten (or maybe i should just leave it here, that would be so funny.)
groupie love contents
warnings: angst, heavy plot driven chapter, apologies in advance
word count: 2.5k (don't yell at me it needed to be shorter)
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Chapter Eight - Rain Song
Seven long days passed with silence. A painful and cruel silence. 
He hadn’t spoken to her, hadn’t acknowledged her. He dodged her when she tried speaking to him, wouldn’t sit next to her on the bus and didn’t even come into her room, as he usually did, to fuck her. Radio silence. 
Nothing. 
And the worst of it all was that she loved him too. She knew a long time ago that she really, really did. And she didn’t expect those feelings to be reciprocated, and even if they were she didn’t expect him to act on them. In a way, she didn’t believe him. Everything was telling her that he’d said it to be mean, to confuse her, to laugh at her with his friends. 
Nothing he had done or said prior indicated that he loved her and nothing he did after indicated that either. 
She’d seen him around over the week, her heart begging her to reach out to him and talk it through, but her body wouldn’t allow her. And she had to watch him walk past her, acting as if she was a stranger. 
It made her angry. It was immature. After all the progress they’d made he couldn’t even bare to look at her. 
And she was backstage again, not watching them, just waiting for them to finish up pacing the hallways and shakily smoking a cigarette. She had plans. She had a speech that she’d prepared over and over in her head, that she spoke aloud when she was alone and rehearsed vehemently so she could get it perfect. 
She’d make him see that none of it was worth it, that it was bullshit. Utter bullshit. Because he’d said it, and even if it wasn’t the truth and he didn’t actually love her, she could get answers. And she’d determine what she’d do from there with his guidance. 
She knew she couldn’t stay doing this forever. They had a whole other year of touring and she couldn’t endure his mental abuse for much longer. He’d either settle down and be decent with her, love her as he said he did, or he’d let her go and continue on his escapades around the world, getting drunk and having fun without her. 
She prayed he’d pick the first option, that he’d be a goddamn man and listen to her when she said she was willing to help him and be there for him. A part of her knew he wouldn’t listen and would deny her, but she remained hopeful, no matter how much the odds were against her. 
The music was loud even backstage and she couldn’t bear to listen to it - to listen to him. He seemed so normal and it was infuriating. Why did he get to feel good when she was screaming into her pillow at night, wishing he was there to hold her? She wanted him to be on his knees, crying and begging her not to go like she would be. He seemed so unaffected that she really did contradict his statement. 
“I love you.” 
Bullshit. 
There was more pacing, up and down the hallway. Everyone was watching and helping out the band and it was quiet. She had more time to think, to work herself up and practice. But time kept moving and she could hear the screams and the cheers and it was time. 
“I love you.” 
Please, she begged, let that be true. 
She leaned against the wall, feeling the coolness of it against her skin and breathing heavily. The noises were dying down and her stomach was churning. She felt nauseous and overwhelmingly anxious and brought the cigarette to her lips, taking a long drag to finish it off. She flicked it to the floor, too nervous to worry about littering, and stepped on it with the heel of her boot. 
She remained glued to that wall for a long time. Maybe twenty minutes, maybe half an hour. But she couldn’t move. It had gone deathly silent and she couldn’t fucking move. Her anxieties had trapped her confidence and her insecurity had imprisoned her sense. 
“Hey.” She looked to the noise. “You okay?” It was some roadie she’d seen about a couple of times. “James is just down that way.” He pointed down the hall, smiling at her. 
James. She needed to speak with him. It was a sudden and important thought that forced her from her stupor and returned her determination back into her arms. 
She gathered up her strength again, smiling back at him and standing up tall. 
“Thank you.” She nodded lightly as she began to walk in the direction he had guided her. “Thank you very much.” “No problem, ma’am.” 
James. James. James. 
He was the only thing going through her mind. She had acquired her previous intrepidness and was adamant about speaking to him. She would not suffer in silence, not anymore. It was pointless to be quiet about those things. She deserved to know the why’s and the hows and all the other unanswered questions he had left her pondering over and over again. 
There were noises from afar, voices and banging and she began to shake again as she got closer. Sick. She felt sick. It would all be determined soon, too soon for her liking. 
Maybe she should just leave it, maybe she should turn back. He’d come to her soon; surely he would. 
The door slammed open and there was laughter. She couldn’t breathe when it stopped. 
His hair was wet, presumably from the shower and his smile fell. 
Why did it feel like it would be the last time she’d see him? 
She wanted to speak but she couldn’t. Wanted to move but she couldn’t. And the people he was with were smirking at her, mocking her. Maybe he did just say it so he could brag about how easily girls can be wooed, how pathetic she is. But there was a certain look in his eye when he said it that made her almost certain he was being truthful with her. 
“You alright?” It was the first time he’d spoken to her in a full week. No. She wasn’t alright. 
“Yeah.” There was silence again and everyone looked uncomfortable. “Can I-,” she swallowed as she tried to compose herself. “Can I talk to you?” 
“Yeah.” He said it like the answer was obvious - like he’d already given her every opportunity to talk to him. 
Bastard. 
He was in front of her before she had time to think, grabbing her by the arm and guiding her to the exit. There was a collective taunt behind her, something along the lines of James being in trouble but she was in no position to listen to them because the beating of her heart was loud in her ears and the speech she’d practised was white noise and irrecoverable. 
The night was cold on her skin the minute she stepped out the door and the air smelt metallic. It would rain soon. 
“What did you want?” 
He was so abrupt with everything, rushing her along like he wanted to get rid of her and she didn’t have the time to think so she stood there - watching him with her mouth parted. 
And then her name, loud on his lips, almost a shout. 
“I-.” She willed herself to continue. She’d practised this. She knew what she was doing and what she was meant to say, but her mind was blank and everything she’d remembered was gone. 
“What?” His tone was harsh and it hurt more than she cared to admit. But the motivation it gave her was unparalleled and she finally spoke. 
“Did you mean what you said?” 
The breeze was cold on her skin, goosebumps on her arms and legs and she hugged herself tight as she felt the first drop of rain. 
“Even if I did it wouldn’t matter.” The sky was dark and the moonlight cast a shadow onto his face. She couldn’t see his expression properly. 
“Why wouldn’t it matter.” 
Another drop of rain.
“You know why.”
And another. 
“I don’t know why. If I did I wouldn’t be asking you.” 
He opened his mouth as if to speak and then closed it again, thinking. 
Then, he took a step forward, out of the darkness and into the light. She could see him clearly: the blue of his eyes and the curls in his hair. His lips pulled into a frown and his jaw clenched so tightly it looked painful. 
“You’re a good girl,” he says, endearingly. 
“That doesn’t have anything to do with-.” 
“You’re better than me.” 
Another drop of rain, and then another until she could feel it, cold and wet against her skin. She didn’t have time to address what he’d said so she asked her questions instead. 
“What if I said I loved you too?” 
The raindrops hit the concrete ground, soft and melodic, drowning the noise of anyone unimportant. Just the two of them. Only them. 
“Then you’re not as smart as I thought you were.” She swallowed away the lump in her throat, blinking violently to try and cease the tears. 
“Why aren’t you willing to try? If we really love each other then I don’t understand why we can’t make it work?” 
There’s a genuine sadness in his eyes as he looks at her. She doesn’t understand it. She doesn’t understand him. Why can’t he just listen and let her love him? 
He doesn’t speak and her lip quivers. 
“I don’t understand.” A raindrop falls down her back and she shivers. “Do you not want me to love you? Because I’m willing, James.” There’s a frustration in her voice, a desperation for him to see sense. She wanted to shake him until his bones rattled and yell at him until he understood. 
“I don’t think I can change.” 
Vulnerable: the only word to describe him. And the rain was coming hard, washing them away and maybe what she had felt was right. Maybe this would be the last time she’d ever see him and the rain was there to rid them of all the broken memories. To help them move on and walk away.
“You don’t have to change.” She says.
“I do.” He replies. “I do otherwise I’ll act like this for the rest of my life and you’ll leave before I get the chance to say goodbye.”
He takes another step forward, still maintaining his distance but twitching and yearning for her to be close. 
“You think I liked being a fucking dick to you?” His hair was sticking to his face, and the fabric of his shirt clung to his torso. “I didn’t. I only did it so you could leave before it got to this.” he gestured between the two of them before running a hand down his face, scoffing and shaking his head. “And now we’re here. We’re fucking here.” 
It was falling heavily, cold and wet and miserable. 
“I can help.” She said it quietly in an attempt to not provoke him. 
But there was another scoff from him, followed by a laugh and she knew it was futile. 
She allowed him to yell, to make her feel small again. 
“You girls are all the fucking same, always thinking you can change and help, fuck!” The expletive was loud and embittered. 
She was right. 
This would be the last time she’d see him. This was it. 
“I didn’t ask for your help, I’m telling you I can’t change. I don’t know what you expect?” He finished his question with her name and it cut deep. It was personal. Then he sighed and he was softer, closing his eyes and opening them again to calibrate. “Listen, you’re- you’re a good kid, I don’t know what you were doing when you decided to whore yourself around like the rest of them. I don’t know what the fuck you were doing when you decided to stay. I don’t even know why you’re still here.” 
“Because I love you.” “You don’t.” He shook his head, looking her in the eyes with pity. “You don’t, kid.” 
“Don’t call me a kid.” She brushed her hair out of her face, the rain making it stick flat against her scalp. “I’m not a kid.” “No, but you’re naive.” She tilted her head at him and pouted, the tears unable to be ceased. They came hot and fast, travelling down the expanse of her cheeks and mingling with the rain. 
“No, I’m not.” Her voice wavered and she stopped being brave. For a moment she was the girl she was over a month ago, bending to his will. 
“You are. You live inside your head, you expect us to be together. That’s not how it works.” “Then how does it work?” She yelled. “You were supposed to be gone weeks ago.” His voice was loud, his eyes full of undecipherable emotion that, if she was being honest with herself, she didn’t want to construe. 
“You still want me gone?” 
“No!” 
“Then what are you saying, James? I don’t fucking understand!” 
“I can’t love you.” “But you do?” “Yes.” 
“I love you too.”
They both stopped and stared, eyeing each other in anguish and exasperation. And then he was in front of her, arms wrapping around her shoulders and dragging her close to his chest. 
“I gotta let you go, sweetheart.” His tone was gentle and comforting, with a crack to it that indicated he wasn’t as strong as he pretended to be. 
“I don’t wanna go.” 
The rain was pouring down upon them and despite the water being cold and unwelcoming, they were warm. The two of them, arms wrapped tightly around one another, were warm.
It didn’t make sense that he’d let her go so easily, that this was it. It couldn’t be. So, she squeezed him tighter and prayed he’d change his mind. 
She wanted to scream “but you love me, goddamnit” at him but her throat was no longer producing words, only quiet sobs that made her feel weak and broken. 
“I know. It’s easier this way though.” He rubbed her back, light touch trailing up and down her spine. His other hand was nestled in her hair, keeping her tight against him, not afraid to let go but unwilling. “You’ll see when you’ve had some time away that it’s better like this.” She didn’t understand. 
She wanted to scream. 
She wanted to hit him. 
But he was there and present and she needed him more than she ever had. So she wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him closer, burying her face in him and silently pleading with him. Where would she go? What would she do now? A girl with a broken heart and no prospects was vulnerable and not fit to sustain the real world. He’d hit her with reality, brutally. If she was a stronger person she would never forgive him. 
“I’ll see you again.” It was the last bit of comfort he could offer as it all faded away.
Unfulfilled promises: It was all he was good for.
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A/N: bet you didn't expect to see me back so soon 🤗 don't expect it again. anyways, we have entered the dark ages of groupie love. i have no idea where i'm going from here but i'll make it work. only four chapters left!!!!
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HIII! i wanna request a five x fem!reader where they like hate each other but the reader always goes to five if theyre anxious or nervous and like when they saw the kugelblitz they like held onto fives hand for like comfort and five was like 🤔😳 and didnt let go or do anything then after (at the like party) five pulled them aside and kinda asked them abt it and theh got pretty nervous and their ears turned really red (five notices this) and they were like “just instinct” and walked away
then at the wedding (blackout drunk) five asks again and the readers like “oh yeah” and they both stare at each other and just start laughing
THEN LIKE theyre goofing around and they go silent and just stare at each other and the reader glances to his lips and then after a couple seconds they kiss and theyre like pretty awkward but then they both get the message so they kiss again.. and then they go to the room (AGAIN THEY R COMPLETELY DRUNK) and just pass out in each others arms
when they wake up the reader flies up from fives arm and is like “oh shit” then fives like ”what was that abt” “i literally hate you dont even.. what typa girl do u take me for?” and then five says “hey my head might be reeling and the world might be spinning but didnt we kiss.. like 5 times” the reader is completely shocked by this cuz they remember VERY CLEARLY and theyre like “uhm no.. what? r u ok?” theyre whole body is red and flamming atp. the readers like checking themselves in the mirror and five creeps up behind them, puts his head on their shoulder and is like “so why is ur lipstick on my chin and on the corner of my lips?” “cuz ur a freak” “ur face and ur ears are very red right now” THE READER IS ON THE VERGE OF DYING “..im hungry ill see you later weirdo.. dickhead…asshole.” five grabs the readers forearm and kisses them..🤭 the reader looks at five and fives like “do you like me?” “no fuck off” five points at the lipstick and they kiss him “maybe a little bit. or a lot.” “oh?” “okbyeseeyoulater” the reader walks out and five shouts “i love you” “SAME” the reader says while running down the hall to the bathroom.
THIS WAS PRETTY LONG IM SO SORRY!! 😞 HAVE A GOOD ONE LOVE YA!
Instincts like no other
F.Hargreeves x f!reader
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The kugelblitz. Ball of lightning. Apocalypse no.3. Whatever you'd prefer to call the glowing orb of an abomination containing hundreds and thousands of mini blackholes collapsing into themselves at an alarming rate. It was living proof that everything we've attempted to do to stop the apocalypse was for nothing.
All the pain, all the sacrifice, all the bloodshed...
It was ultimately done for nothing.
Soon enough I was going to join the billions of victims that were obliterated by the kugel-waves, and let myself slip into the eternal sleep of death.
I knew it was going to be swift. I probably won't even notice the atoms of my body dissolve all at once. But no matter to how painless the death was going to be, I couldn't help but be terrified of that eternal darkness that was mere hours away from consuming me whole.
Absolutely terrified.
Well, that was if the plan brought up by Sloane and Five came to an abrupt failure, which would cause one of the largest and catastrophic kugel-waves to ever be produced, wiping out all remaining things in existence.
I held my breath and bit down on my tongue as I watched Sloane activate her power and levitate over the kugelblitz. She then began to manipulate its own gravity, condensing the orb. On signal, Viktor and Lila produced a sphere of energy to encase the kugelblitz and keep its vibrations constant.
I held my breath and bit down on my tongue. Everything could go so wrong so quick. The slightest alter of its vibration and... boom. We all cease to exist. I dug my nails into my palms, leaving multiple crescent marks that were deep enough for anyone to see.
I turned my head, noticing a certain Hargreeves standing beside my anxious figure. Five Hargreeves. One of the most annoying people I had ever met. The way he spoke, the way he moved, the way he looked. It all contributed to my burning hatred for the man-child, and vice versa. However, despite the hatred between the two of us, we had also formed an odd sort of trust while preventing the past apocalypses. One very different to the one we had whilst working as the analyst who assigned his tasks in the field back at the Commission. That was based on pure survival instincts. But this...
This was based on a trust that no matter what grudge we held against the other, we'll still be there by each others side.
It was calming and familiar. And at this point, that was all I needed.
Subconsciously, I let my hand slip into his and squeezed it tightly both from fear and the need to be close to someone that I understood. And ironically, he was the most complicated person that I knew.
Unbeknownst to Five, he served as a sort of safe haven to me. Someone I could go to and just bathe in their presence when feeling anxious or overwhelmed. Even something as pointless as an argument over the best sugar to coffee ratio would wash away my worries. But the problem was that I hate him.
How could I feel this way towards somebody I hate?
Probably just my hormones going crazy from being aged down to my ripe 18 year old self.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Hormones.
Expecting Five to give me an irritated look and push away, I was left surprised when he clenched my hand in response, grazing his thumb along my knuckles. I turned my head slightly to see a small tint of pink spread through his cheeks, and his eyes open slightly wider then usual in what seemed to be shock from both my action and his response.
I hate him and he hates me.
That's how it was meant to be.
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All of us watched eagerly as a pop of the cork and a fizzle followed by a burst of champagne erupted into the sky. Ben brought the bottle to his lips and let the alcohol shoot into his mouth.
Everyone neared their glasses and filled them with champagne to the brim and danced, celebrating the end of the third- first for the sparrows- apocalypse.
'Another one bites the dust' played loudly out of the boombox which suited the situation perfectly. I smiled watching both academy's dance to the beat together and at last, putting their differences aside.
I brought the glass to my lips and tilted my head back, allowing the drink to go down my throat. An arm wrapped around my shoulders bringing me close, making me almost spill my drink.
I looked up to see Lila grinning down at me before saying in a sing-song voice, "Someone's got the hots for Five..."
Luckily, the music was playing too loudly for anybody else to hear. I turned and faced the woman, trying to play off my face heating up as the alcohol simply taking effect. "Oh, yeah? Is it Christopher? Or one of Fei's crows?"
Lila laughed. "No, not quite. For starters its a girl around his age- both physically and mentally. She has h/c hair and gorgeous e/c eyes. Ring any bells?"
I opened my mouth only for the words to get stuck in my throat. Finally, I croaked out. "I don't... I don't know what you mean." I averted my eyes from Lila, slightly embarrassed, only to see Luther perform his… odd crab dance.
However, she smirked and nodded her head towards the right. I furrowed my brows and looked, only to see the one person I really didn't want to talk to, approach me.
"Y/n, can I talk to you?" Five then looked up at Lila who was now resting her chin on my head. "Alone." He stated more than asked.
"I'll leave you two lovebirds to it then. Don't have too much fun-" Before Lila could finish her sentence, Five had already blinked us both out of the hall and into a random room with a small coffee table and a few chairs.
"Um, what's up Five?" I attempted to ask casually but failed.
The boy looked at me, analysing my features with a look in his eyes that I couldn't quite understand.
"What was that earlier, y/n?" Five asked, a hint of desperation in his voice.
Once again, the words got stuck in my throat when I tried to respond. What would I even say to that? What did he expect me to say?
“When you held my hand," The boy asked firmer now. He wanted- no. He needed answers. "What was that?”
My face started to heat up and the tips of my ears burned red. Five noticed this almost immediately, helping him confirm some of the many thoughts that had been stirring in his mind for weeks now.
“Just instinct, I guess.”
Five watched as I walked away in a rushed manner, leaving him completely and utterly shocked.
Just instinct? Just instinct? No, that was nowhere near enough to satisfy the Hargreeves brain. To comfort himself from his never ending thoughts, Five returned to the conclusion that:
He hated me. And I hated him.
That’s how it was meant to be.
And that's how it was going to stay.
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“I pronounce you married as shit. Viva la apocalypse!”
When first hearing Luther and Sloane announce they were engaged within less than a week of knowing each other, much like everyone else, I thought it was insane to say the least. However, watching the two of them embrace the other, joy practically radiating off of their features, I still did think it was crazy. But, a good sort of crazy.
I think.
Sure, the universe was now doomed and half the people here were in the middle of an existential crisis, but when has that ever not been the case?
I didn't even have time to process the information before Sloane dragged me away and appointed me to be her maid of honour and assigned me all these tasks to accomplish in an unreasonable amount of time.
But in the end, it was worth it. Mostly because I was planning to get black out drunk... and another selfish reason. I was curious as to how an acquaintance of mine was going to look this evening. Was he going to be wearing one of his signature outfits that screamed 'old man' and 'no style', or was he going to be dressed similarly to how he used to when back at the Commission? With a striking black or navy suit with his hair slicked back and- I shook my head, trying to rack my mind free of all the impure thoughts running free.
Despite the effort, I was immediately winded when I first saw Five step out of the elevator, dressed exactly how I feared him to be.
I was screwed.
After the ceremony, everyone split into either small groups or by themselves as they went to occupy a table. I sat alone, letting myself criticize how careless I had become with my feelings- no, hormones, and how I let them take control of my actions.
I drowned myself with the bittersweet taste of alcohol trying to seek a sweet relief.
"Ah, y/n! How would you like to dance?" Klaus asked, dragging me by the forearm without bothering to hear my response.
I laughed, drunk, and let the man lead me to the dancefloor where the newlywed couple and Diego and Lila were dancing. He took my hands and started to jump around whilst shimmying. I copied him and laughed while the others jumped around, doing their own hilarious dances.
"Fun, right?"
"Yeah!" I exclaimed over the booming music.
"Hey, hey." Klaus hushed, discretely getting my attention. I furrowed my brows in response, waiting for the man to proceed. "I think Five wants to dance with you."
"What?"
"Yeah, he's been glaring at me the entire time. It's hilarious!"
I turned around, my eyes meeting the boys, before he quickly looked away and took another long sip of his drink. Klaus patted my back, signalling for me to go to him and went to join Ben.
I walked towards the lonely boy, stumbled actually from the large amount of liquor in my system, and stuck my hand out towards him. "Dance with me." I demanded.
"What?!"
I rolled my eyes, "Dance with me! It's the end of the world for Gods sake! Or are you scared?"
He raised an eyebrow and gave in to my request.
Five got up and let a cocky smirk adorn his features. "As long as you can keep up." He took my hand and pulled me in close, as a slow romantic song started to play. He placed a hand on my back and another holding mine.
"What's wrong? Never danced with a man before?" He asked, noticing my hesitance and the sudden tense of my body.
"Oh, please Five. You're hardly a man with that height. More of a passive aggressive toddler." I smirked, not missing a beat.
Five raised an eyebrow and tried to stop an amused smile from stretching on his lips. Eventually he laughed causing me to do the same.
Catching me off guard, he spun me around and dipped my body, staring at my drunken eyes, then to my lips and back. He finally lifted me back up and let his hand that supported my back, slide down to my waist.
"Watch it, Hargreeves."
"What, it's not like it's my fault." Five neared his lips to my ears and whispered, letting his breath that reeked of alcohol hit my skin. "It's just instincts, right?"
"I- um..." I cleared my throat. "I think you're drunk, Five."
"I think you're also drunk, y/n. Very drunk.”
“Piss off.” I muttered under my breath as I attempted to move away. But Five just pulled me back each time, his grip tighter on my waist.
“What was that about, y/n?” He squeezed my palm slightly, watching my face flush red. The boy chuckled deeply, gazing at my newly embarrassed figure.
Five couldn’t help but let his eyes drop to my lips for a second too long and let his mind wonder to how soft they'd feel pressed against his. Or how sweet they'd taste with the scent of bittersweet champagne lingering in my breath and most likely smeared on my lips. He wanted to kiss me all over, feel my body pressed against his. But he couldn't. However, the stunning red silk dress that hugged all my curves perfectly and the different liquors mixed in his system were only making it harder for him to deny all the feelings he had pent up for months- years even.
He hated me. But he needed me.
And unbeknownst to him, I was thinking the same thing.
As the song started to reach its climax, I noticed Five was deep in thought. "It seems I'm correct." I said, finally gaining his attention. The boy looked up to see me grin. "Little number Five got intimidated." I sang. My words swayed into the other at once, and my voice slightly slurred. My drunken confidence was back.
But unfortunately, not for long.
"Oh, really?"
I laughed and glanced at his lips as they formed into a small knowing smirk. I shot my eyes back up to see Five looking right at me with a look that filled me with both fear and excitement.
Lust.
The world seemed to stop spinning and the music and voices around us were silenced into incoherent muffles, until it was only the two of us gently swaying on the dancefloor.
No one else.
Just the two of us and our drunken lustful thoughts.
What a dangerous combination.
Five's hand slowly travelled to cup my face, as I placed my hands on the back of his neck. We both slowly pulled the other in, our lips merely millimetres away and staring at each other with half-lidded eyes. Finally, Five pulled me in unable to wait any longer, my lips hitting his for a gentle kiss. Five pulled me in closer by my waist so no space was left between us.
I pulled away and looked at the equally as flustered, maybe even more, Hargreeves.
"What just happened?" I breathed out, my heart hammering loudly against my chest. Whilst my thoughts were screaming at me to run and get away before it was too late, I secretly wanted it to be too late.
In the midst of the silence, we both grew eager to kiss once more.
"Fuck it." Five pulled me in once more for another kiss, one that immediately took my breath away. He was a rougher this time, and smirked once I started to kiss him back. His hand slowly slithered down to my thigh, making me gasp. I moved my hand to his hair, pulling it slightly, causing the boy to release the slightest groan. Out of breath, I pulled away and leaned my forehead against his. That's when I noticed we were no longer in the hall. Five had blinked us upstairs to the hallway opposite the endless row of hotel rooms.
We both looked at each other for a moment. Skin hot, breathing heavy, and minds intoxicated.
I grew impatient for the feeling of Five's breath entangled with mine, so I grabbed his tie and pulled him in.
We shared a long passionate kiss, our bodies slamming into nearby objects as we tried to find a free room. He lifted me off my feet, wrapping my legs around his waist. Five pushed my back against a door, only for it to slam open, making me fall back onto the carpeted floor with Five landing on top of me.
"Your ears are red..." He hummed. The boy placed a line of kisses along my jawline.
"Your whole face is red." I chuckled, half from the deep crimson hue on the boys face, and half from the ticklish feeling from Five's gentle kisses.
Five detached his lips from my jaw. "You're so beautiful, y/n."
I let a soft smile grace my lips and placed a flurry of kisses down his neck. "I could say the same thing about you, Five."
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"Shit..." I blinked my heavy eyes open and looked around my surroundings in a daze. My head was pounding from last nights accomplishments of finishing every drink that I found. And I had found a lot. That's when my eyes set to the male besides me who was sleeping peacefully, his arms wrapped around me as if I was a teddy bear.
"Oh, shit." I flew up from his arms, definitely waking the boy, and got off of the bed in a hurry. I looked around the unfamiliar room and down at my clothes, and sighed relieved.
"What's with the hurry?" Five asked, his voice deep.
"This can't be happening." I muttered to myself. "I literally hate you-"
Making me jump in surprise, Five blinked in front of me, slight confusion laced in his features. Even when being shocked with the fact that I was laying peacefully in his arms, I couldn't tear my eyes away from how good his dishevelled hair looked.
Fuck, what is wrong with me?
"You didn't hate me last night."
"What do you mean?" I asked clearly aware of last nights antics and was secretly praying that he didn't remember.
"I know I was blackout drunk but," I watched Five lick his lips and drag his fingers through his hair, which I couldn't doubt was attractive. "didn't we kiss...over 5 times?"
"What? No, not at all!" I forced out a laugh. I faced a large full length mirror and scanned my figure while neatening my dress. I noticed how hot and prickly my skin had become, and everytime my mind replayed last nights actions, it didn't help at all.
Five, deciding to torture me further by playing dumb, rested his chin on my shoulder and smirked. "Then why is there lipstick on my collar, darling y/n?"
I swallowed thickly. "Because you're a freak."
He traced his index finger over the shell of my ear. He placed a small kiss on my cheek and said, "Your face and your ears are very red right now. Perhaps redder than last night."
I opened my mouth to respond, only for my mouth to dry up and the words to be lost inside my throat. I had to get out. Now.
"I'm leaving."
"Why?"
"I'm hungry, dipshit."
"You're not even moving."
"Well, now I am." I walked towards the door, only for the boy to grab me by my forearm and give me a short surprising kiss on my lips.
I froze completely, staring at Five with wide eyes.
"Do you like me?"
"No get over yourself, weirdo."
However, no matter what I said, the boy would point to the lipstick smeared on his collar and even his neck.
"Maybe... Maybe a little bit." Five pulled me closer, his eyebrow raised. He was clearly amused with how this was all going.
"Or a lot." I looked away, not daring to meet Five's eyes.
"Oh?"
"Okay! See ya later!" I ran out of the room, smacking my cheeks to try knock me out of whatever daze a certain assassin had put me in.
But the second Five raised his voice and yelled, "I LOVE YOU!", all hopes for me to recover were gone as I practically burst into flames.
"ME TOO!"
I couldn't deny it any longer. I love him. Always have and always will. I love the way he spoke, the way he moved, the way he looked. It all contributed to my love for a certain Hargreeves with instincts just like mine.
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loveisbraveandwild · 11 months
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the “people can change” attitude towards this whole matty/taylor situation is SO fucking white like please….. guys these r grown ass adults and thinking that they can change even though theyve had resources to educate themselves for the last decade to change not to mention the fact that change like that does not happen over night and marginalized people dont have time to wait for people to change like millions of people a year are dying over bigoted policies,,,,, bigoted policies that are enabled because people voted for bigoted policies and u wanna know why people voted for them??? because our society has enabled and normalized jokes where marginalized folks are at the other end of the bullet…. like i cannot believe i have to explain the very direct pipeline between matty’s jokes on stage to people like trump (who literally got elected by making the exact same types of jokes matty does) getting elected. we can all agree that taylor swift is one of the most popular and watched ppl in the world rn and its crazy to think that yall truly believe people are not learning that its okay to be a racist homophobe because shes dating a racist homophobe…. “people can change” my ass please be so for real we’re talking abt the woman who made miss america she knows what shes doing is wrong she just doesnt care
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hibiscussoupbowl · 3 months
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Yk what ive already made all my statements abt the teen wolf movie on instagram but imma say it here
As much as i love and breath teen wolf, its not the perfect show which is fine bc recognizing that is what makes its good. The thing is the movie? Godawful. The one thing i can appreciate is that the movie had an opening and the graohic design was cool
My problems with it?
-the plotline being abt allison. I think alisson (is it allison or alisson?) Is a fine character especially in s3, however, you killed her off. That whole s3 ending was abt her dying and isaac leaves BECAUSE of allison dying. Now ur gonna reopen that plotline that was TIED OFF? Ur not even gonna get stiles or isaac back into play even tho theyre arguably the most important for that season. And ur not gonna tell us how s6 ended??? Even with a flashforward of 2 years??
-the fbombs. Im sorry, what? U make a show that doesnt use f bombs at all and u make it creepy and horror but when u make the movie thats r rated meaning u can go even harder... u use it on fbombs? Might i add in the worst way possible. "Darkness motherfucker" wow. It just sounds so cringey. Either use it once meaningfully or dont drop one at all. U managed to make s3 be creepy without it do it again
-why the absolute fuck was liam in japan. By the hour and a half mark that question wasnt explained and it never was. Him and this girl hikari (whos gr8 actually) are just in japan and i guess own a bar??? I dont even know what they are to eachother let alone how they ended up there. I only knew that they love eachother bc they say that in jpn but like still??? Is it a sibling ily or a were dating and ily?
-the actors. Im sorry but if ur gonna get all these actors like masons and parrish and malia and whoever but u give them like what one line? Mason had legit like 2 lines in that movie. And u dont even know how he beacme a police officer! He just is! And they dont even say anything abt corey??? U could easily get his actor i know he aint doin anything rn. Liam and hikari? Also have like 3 lines in the movie
-personal thing lol but not everyone looks good with a beard and a shaved head
-lydia and stiles. Just bc u coudnt get dylan obrien cuz hes like the most succesful does NOT mean u just break up the couple that u built for six. seasons. You couldve said literally anything you couldve said stiles was dealing with some fbi shit or another supernatural disaster. Lydia having the dream? Tragic but stiles wouldnt have cared bc he loves her and wouldve just wanted to be with her forever.
-how can u not tell us who elis mother is. We ALLLL wanna know who derek banged im sorry but he slept with the enemy like three times and with his history and family history everyone just wants to know who it was.
-dereks death. WHAT THE FUCK this man survived a *pipe* going thru his back for like 10 minutes and survived, got brutally slashed and survived and ur telling me he died by magical fire. Sure teen wolf sure.
-if ur gonna introduce a character like alec in the season finale, bring him into play somehow recast him idc but do smt. Even nolan! Someone !
-what was with the whole nogitsune temple thing?? It was so... not scary at all and it looked bad. Like idk it was just so kiddy. Like oh noooo we re trapped bc we re tied to a pole with rope -_-
-sorry but again why continue a plotline that has been tied off? And not continue with the one that was open ended when u cant even get the significant actors for the s3 plotline? Bring daniel sharman into play, medicis over he has the freetime.
-malia and scott breaking up is also stupid bc again they were "endgame" and they had no reason to break up other than the fact that allison was alive again and for plot reasons.
-harrison coming back was so stupid i was so glad they killed him off even tho i guess they never found his body. I was hoping
-are argent and melissa not dating anymore? Its been like 3 months since ive seen the movie so i dont rememeber that but if they arent, why are the writers/producers, whoever, so desperate to break up everything great they had goin at the end of the show.
The interesting parts of the movie were
-the intro
-elis backstory with his dad, except why would u hate derek its literally tyler hoechlin
-and scott having an animal clinic bc i think thats funny
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dawnssummers · 1 year
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wait in fool for love is spike an unreliable narrator? can u talk about that? im autistic and literally cant see more then whats told to me (its a curse)
hello! okay i typed a whole thing and then it would not SAVE and i lost it all as well as the motivation to try to recall what i had said but let us try again. the thing is i think he is an unreliable narrator To Buffy, and it's just that we barely actually see him narrate if that makes sense? like the flashbacks we see =/= spike narrating
these tags from @chasingfictions live inside my brain from a post debating whether spike actually told buffy everything
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crucially for an episode that is buffy asking spike to talk about his past we do not get to know what spike said to buffy for most of the episode and my assumption is that it was highly editorialised because - as said above - he wants buffy to see him in a certain way, as capable and the slayer of slayers. but what we see is the cut from 'i've always been bad' to william being a failpoet. by the time it cuts back to spike and buffy in the bronze they are suddenly playing pool and all we know is that he said Something about being turned
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as a result i think ffl does very interesting character study and especially is interested in interrogating spike's posturing. which is pretty clear from school hard like he literally gets knocked out by an axe like this man is pathetic but the way spike constructs himself is made clear ("there's death, there's glory and sod all else, right?"). we see who he was at various points in time and who he is now and it's not that the spike we see is Not spike either, it's that he is all of this at once. and then the bronze alley (THE ultimate liminal space of buffy the vampire slayer to me) is where we get more of spike's words to buffy and we get the recreated fight interspersed with flashbacks, with present and past finally converging in Every Slayer Has A Death Wish. which starts getting into the buffy developments of ffl which i am also obsessed with but that's a whole other thing to unpack. generally i feel that throughout the series spike is pretty prone to only telling/sharing a specific version of events based on his own views. like he very much has a specific way of viewing himself and the world and a lot of things r interpreted through this filter, the way he talks about angel + his 'confrontation' with robin in lies my parents tell me are good examples of like 'okay this is very clearly just how u feel'. even his crush rant. looping back, if we want to look at spike as a figure of/accidental metaphor for colonialism then making himself look good and capable in ffl actually tracks quite well with real life curating of history it's just that the producers also forgot to frame woc dying on screen as like a bad thing. anyway.
ffl does also work in conjunction with the titular darla episode of angel as a two part whirlwind backstory kind of thing which is another extra-narrative reason why we see these scenes play out. but yes im rly interested in how ffl plays w narration and narrative framing! the super short answer is that spike IS an unreliable narrator but we as the audience do not actually see him narrate. we only see the flashbacks juxtaposed with how he speaks and acts in the main timeline and these position him as an unreliable narrator of the story that buffy hears that we ourselves can only guess about.
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nicolloyd · 3 months
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Hey uh, random question
What the fuck happened in Crystallized and why is it so bad?
Thanks to following icy-watch, I'm pretty much thru the ice emperor arc and stuff, but I cannot go another minute without knowing what the hell happened in Crystallized
ok so uh they kinda like screwed up harumis whole like "i dont love lloyd i was just using him" to like i actually like lloyd a little like MAAM you tried to kill him 😭 and also they brought her back to life after her poetic death which like i dont really mind but its whatever
and also the whole "shes with us" thing.. if you didnt know its lloyd basically going like yeah harumis on our side now because she helped fight against the overlord?? not even for any like moral reason it was ONLY because she found out he corrupted the great devourer and then it killed her parents like 💀💀
AND it brought nya back to life too in like the first few episodes like r u serious let her be dead for a minute like i assumed she would come back but that was TOO fast it was like her sacrifice meant nothing.. the whole thing was like oh once you become the ocean u cant turn back but apparently now she can???????
also lloyd.. his whole thing now is he hates oni which is um, did u forget mystake??? shes not even brought up once in this season. and they were hyping up lloyds oni form the whoke time like THIS will be the key to stopping the overlord!!! and then he finally does it, it stays for 3 seconds and then he looks at his reflection and gets scared and then never uses his oni form WHICH IS HYPED UP THE WHOLE SEASON to defeat the overlord 😭
and its also the fact that its the overlord again like omgg r we not done with him
and wu is suddenly like a super law abiding citizen cuz the ninja wanna break the law to save nya and wu is like NO i will not partake in this!!! i love police and the law!! SIR SINCE WHEN HACE YOU CARED!!!!
i will give crystallized points for making me cry tho, it was during pixal and zane ans he was like dying for the 10th time and pixal was like i dont know if theres an afterlife for being such as u and i but i will find you there and it was really sad and like yeah,, also the whole nya thing also made me cry even tho it was kinda sucky IT WAS STILL SAD OK WHEN SHE WAS READING ALL THE LANTERN NOTES 😭
i dont hate crystallized btw, it was really fun to watch and it was one of my fav seasons when i first watched until everyone pointed out all the bad parts and i was like yeah.. this isnt that good but theres a difference between enjoyable and good ok its fun to watch but its sucks
anyway anyone wanna jump in and add more feel free to
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sommerregenjuniluft · 6 months
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fake fic ask again :-P a fic called "as good at lying as i am" and/or a fic w the tags spies & espionage, complicated siblings, piano playing, and movie night <33 (& bc u rb'd that other post i will kiss u if u make either of them a rarepair <3)
teddy my darling, i am finally in bed (read: on my bsfs boyfriend’s couch) and have time to do your lovely prompts!!<3
so for ‘as good at lying as i am’ made me immediately think of bartyxjames somehow, with barty being the overall insane evil little genius and james being the charming crowd worker that makes himself so likeable when in truth he’s really opinionated with a mean streak because he is an arrogant, privileged little shit,, sO i’m hmm i’m thinking maybe it would be cool to do some fucked up psychological horror thing. which is not at all my expertise, very much the opposite but i’m thinking idk they’re probably playing some fucked up games where there’s a lot of money on the line or like maybe their own pride, body, life?? (kind of like in the anime kakegurui) maybe one of them ends up the other’s slave for like a few days and maybe barty gets to sever off one of james’ pinkies and maybe they play russian rollet while fucking nasty style :p
alternatively, this could be a very cute, mutual pining thing because while that was my first thought my second was that it kind of implies that the lying is bad? so we’d have to find us characters that aren’t as good at lying. which is a bit more difficult i think. so probably peter and mm lets make it one of the prewett twins. just a cute little crushes to lovers thing where gideon continuesly makes a fool of himself while peter is just flustered to the fucking max and everyone is sitting at the damn table, mouth agape because they r such idiots that can’t seem to figure it out *face palm*, but yeah they do eventually ^^
for the tags fic im gonna make it evan(s) because i’ve actually been dying to talk about something here! obviously we’re getting rosier twins and to make it complicated lets say pandora and evan were separated when they were around 10 and then also! i’m making james and lily adoptive siblings!! which is so !!!!!!!! like i absolutely adoore platonic jily (esp in edge) and it made me think why not make them family in some Au? also the whole piano and espionage gave me 1950s vibes for some reason and imagine them having a cute movie date in like one of the first proper movie theaters, soo cute!! but also i’m tempted to make it a whole modern day assasin thing yknow where they r hot and have a gun and a knife hidden in their popcorn thingys and neither make a move because they’re too enarmored by the other jdkksk and then for the piano i imagine lily walking onto a fresh crime scene alone and gun in hand, some old mansion and just blood Eveeerryyywhere and then there’s the sounds of a piano and it’s evan playing after he like slaughtered a whole family or something 😋😋 and then they have incredible sex on a blood soaked rug and lily’s cock is bigger than evan’s so he rides her stupid and cries idk
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HIII MAC! i don’t listen to tma (podcasts r hard :[ still working my way thru nightvale) but whatever an avatar of the extinction is sounds very intriguing 👀 giggling kicking my legs twirling my hair. would u like 2 perhaps. explain what that is and how it relates 2 knives perhaps??? i am holding out a microphone 2 u the floor is yours
OH FUCK YEAH. HI HI IVE BEEN DYING TO TALK ABOUT KNIVES AND VASH IN THE LENS OF TMA ENTITIES. SORTING SYSTEMS AND HORROR THEMES MY BELOVED.
ok in basic terms. The Extinction rules over. obviously the fear of going extinct. (alt names for it are. The Terrible Change, The Future Without Us, and The World Is Always Ending. which. hello. slaps.) it deals with catastrophies, large forces of change, the human race dying out and being replaced with something else. you know that feeling when you think about how the sun is going to expand and swallow the earth in millions of years and theres no way the planet or anything on it will survive that, but time will keep passing anyway without us? yeah. that.
there werent ever any actual extinction avatars within the show, so its given more as a vague concept instead of given human form (which i think is very fitting) but if it was given a form i think that would be TEXTBOOK knives. thats his Whole Deal.
the extinction IS however manifested physically in different ways in the show, mostly in the form of different technology. and sometimes it gives visions of what humanity could potentially become or be replsced by.
ALL THAT TO SAY. holy shit. extinction avatar knives. he is distinctly Not Human, but appears human. he's actively working toward the destruction of all humanity, planning to replace it with plants. plants are vaguely humanoid in shape, but also distinctly Not Human. horrifying and eldritch and scary. the first time any of the humans see what a plant actually looks like its often met with disgust and horror. now imagine seeing those and being told "one day all of humanity will die and be forgetten about, and youll be replaced with these. nobody will be left to miss you." knivescore.
this post is getting sooo long but i have so much more to say. namely regarding not only knives' need for the destruction of humanity but ALSO his destruction of everyone he used to love. the people on the ship. rem. vash. etc.
BUT. i woudl also like to talk about desolation vash :]
The Desolation is the fear of losing things dear to you. losing everything you own in a house fire. family members and close friends dying unexpectedly and out of your control. everything you love being cruelly ripped away from you in an act of senseless and unstoppable violence. natural disasters. etc. you see what im talking about here.
Desolation is often represented by fire and melting wax but thats really only because the only canon representation we get is very fire-heavy. personal hc is that it can manifest in ways other than that.
normally i would call vash a victim of the desolation (victims are people whose lives are ruined or are killed by the fears, but avatars are people who either embody or serve the entity. instead of being afraid (or sometimes in spite of being afraid) they are also drawn to their fear and have a sick fascination with it) BUT. even though he has VERY much been a victim. vash has also CAUSED desolation. its not always his fault and its never intentional, but it still Happens. he doesnt want it to. and thats why hes unwilling, he would never choose to torture people in that way, but it still happens and because of his actions the entity is still being fed. look at the people who want revenge on him because of july. look at augusta and the fifth moon. it might not be his fault, but hes still the catalyst.
look at vash standing in the ruins of july and tell me that isnt desolation incarnate.
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the-furies · 7 months
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Pls info dump about your system. I saw in your tag that you want to so consider this a free pass to do so I want to know all that ya want to share
HI!!!! SORRY YOUSENT THIS LIEK A WEEK AGO WE WERE WAITING 4 WHEN WE JAD ENOUGH ENERGY 2 INFODUMP JSISJDJFFNDJD OK OK UNDER THE CUT
WE ACTUALLY. ... DONT KNOW WEHRE 2 start Uhhhmmmm. hmmmm. OH MAYBE THE HEADSPACE!
ok SO the headspace changes DRASTICALLY like every few months or few weeks or so. Just a week ago it was a copy of the house we currently live in. We like,,, grew up in this house so it was Also our headspace for years as a kid and we had the vibe tht it was. The exact headspace frlm back then too bUT WE never did get to find out bc it changed AGAIN like a few days ago. smh. Now i think we're just above & outside of The Cave™™™™™ tht was discovered here earlier this year. WHICH IS REALLY FUCKING COOL! BECAUSE THAT MEANS:
The headspace survived the nuclear winter!!*
HOYL SHIT WE'RE IN THE MAIN HEADSPACE AGAIN LET'S GOOOOO <= has been stuck in Harry's headspace for the past half yearIEJFKDKFMC
[*Sometimes it just fucking gets Destroyed. Like... Semi permanently. As in, if it gets destroyed there is Very Little Chance we'll see that variation of our headspace AgainFHDJDKFKFJ and last we uhhjj Talked to anyone in the Main System, bc we are... TECHNICALLY A SUBSYSTEM! FJDJFJ, they were like Yeah no everything is fucking Destroyed <3. But that's not the case snymore ig???????]
SO w all this information actually if we rlly wanted we could probably make a decent map of the area. cuz if We jave this headspace back then we have Everythingggg it had in it back too & everything that it was connected to THAT'S NEAT WE MIGHT DO THAT!!
uhhjjj waht else. HMMM. i thuink our current front roster is neat TBH there's some guys active rn that we'd have never expected. like HI PHYS! WYD WHY R U HERE RN <3 QJAIWOSKSKDNCXN but it's fun !!!! i hope everyone innn our subsystem will fromt here at lEast once bc I Am Lov Collecting Informatión On Everyone <= Primarily fills out everyone's PK & Simply Plural descriptions. actually I think maybe everyone has fronted a sufficiently long enough time EXCEPT FOR HAND/EYE LIKE S I R GET YOUR ASS UP HERE TELL ME ABT YOURSELF BASTARD !! GJCJCKCKF all ik abt him is that He enjoys making Pokeblocks On Pokefarm. that is IT and that's NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION MY GUY but anyways.
i also think us Existing Here is so funny in itself like our asses rlly just got Possibly permanently isekai'd huh. like. like. Genuinely I don't know if our past mains r coming back at this point but that's FINE we already did the whole 96 stages of grief shit about it IF that be the case then SO be it Whatever there's pros to this life ig. like THIS body isn't on the verge of SUDDENLY DYING FOR NO REASON and also We have a cat. we have a cat!!!!! and a dog!!!!!! whaddahell!!!!!!!
there's lotsa fun shit here But there r also the Horrors. Like I PERSONALLY WOULD LOOVE TO EXIST with Out the Constant Paranoia And Delusions but IT *IS* PREFERABLE! OVER WHSTEVER THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH HARRY <3 AJSJDJF
I will say tho. When we uhhhhhhh All popped in & all we Just assumed we'd be Gone & dormant MONTHS AGO but ummmm . well. apparently not! sO the things we wanted 2 Experience have a High probability Of Happening,! Like PT is excited for Halloween and UNLESS those pirate fucks completely take over the roster within the next like week [0f.md s2 on the 5th babey!!! holy shit!!] then it's. Probably gonna happwn!!! which is so cool we don't actually... hey did Halloween exist in (source game)
man and speaking of. Memories Of The Past as we call source memories. It's a collective sys-wide trait thing All our fictives from aNY source rlly enjoy piecing together what they remember from their canons & all It's like enrichment for us. BUT we've been kinda piecing together a rough timeline of when We all formed in our canon That's our biggest Thought Project™ rn. No estimated time 4 when it'll be Complete tho probs never tbh. and w that in mind u may or may not believe who harry's first sysmate was According 2 what we've put togetherJTJEDKFKDJS
ok that's liek 5 trillion words Whoops. we r so talkatives <3 I am going to stop there it's like 5 am JFJDDKCKF we gotta go back to bedddd -E-Chem
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bodyfrmabalcony · 9 months
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things that i find interesting about the arc re: tim's mom dying & tim becoming robin officially:
-bruce going coming to comfort tim re: his parents' kidnapping and after his mom's death while wearing the cowl
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-bruce pushing tim to try to understand the meaning of a mask, and its double-edged nature
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-ending w/ bruce calling tim robin for the first time while he isn't wearing the mask at all
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obviously this arc is super super explicitly About Identity (it's called identity crisis, lmao), but i do actually like what it's doing with those themes!! it's digging into some really fun contradictions, both on purpose and not - bruce is trying to get tim to understand the full weight and meaning of the mask at the same time as bruce is unable to take it off and comfort this kid bc he's still too stuck in his own grief and the past. the whole reason tim got to (start to) become robin in the first place is bc he gave a speech about symbols, and now batman is giving him speeches right back about the mask as a symbol to explain why he's not ready yet. the conversation above where batman says sometimes it's okay to trust your instincts is directly in conversation w/ what happened to jason - pages earlier tim imagines jason telling him that jason basically killed himself by rushing in without thinking, which, that sure sounds like how bruce would explain that! - but this time it's okay, because tim didn't die and he saved the day (with a lot of research and prep and whatever, but still! the inherent contradiction of trust your instincts!) and it's also not-on purpose in conversation w/ steph's stint as robin, when bruce gives her the same follow my orders to the letter or you're done ultimatum, steph ignore him to save him, and bruce says good instincts but you're fired
it feels totally futile to talk about the contradictions in bruce's choices or worldview over the course of actual real life decades bc like, of course. how many different writers, how many different story arcs, how many different directions for the character - but it's interesting! i like the fact that bruce is kinda impossible to deal w/ on things like this, bc the questions of how to be the perfect hero or how to never get your teen sidekick killed or whatever else are literally impossible to solve. u can't get it right all the time. you give your teen sidekick speeches about the dangers of the mask and then you show up to comfort him from a nightmare about losing his mother in a mask bc you can't figure out how to make your own emotions something you think he can see. like. it's more interesting that it's a total mess than if it were neat and clear all the time
it's a cool arc in a few respects, bc i think it throws up a bunch of stuff that feels super foundational to tim's relationship to bruce, to batman, and to robin; and to bruce's relationship w/ batman, robin, tim, and himself - HOWEVER and originally this was how this post started and then i got off track - it is so hard to read and so hard to recommend bc of the virulent racism all up and down the book. the depiction of the haitian villains is just straight-up bad and i hate it. lots of interesting character stuff but truly at what cost.
tldr all of this is the oldest of news but it's interesting to me!!! i saw the post going around about some of tim's nightmares, and most of them r from these two arcs OR from right after steph and his dad's deaths, and it got me back 2 thinking about some of the things that i do find worth thinking about in an arc that is otherwise pretty rough!
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