TPP HADESTOWN AU PART 4
ANOTHA ONE. i am so sorry guys, but the muse has possessed me and i literally cannot stop writing. this is no longer a flash fic. i am now a slave to the au. this time will be a direct continuation of part 3 because honestly i wanted to keep writing that but i also just wanted to post it so consider this a kind of part 2 to part 3 if that makes sense
tpp mutuals come get your juice!!! @smidgen-of-hotboy @ceaseless-watchers-special-girl @urjover @one-joe-spoopy @waters-and-the-wilde
when he said his name, juno heard it.
ringing in the background like the hum of a crystal wine glass.
the song.
when peter nureyev said his name, the song echoed with it.
"your name has the same melody," juno breathed, eye wide and searching for some kind of answers on the face of this strange, beautiful man. how could his name have the song of spring laced through it?
nureyev shot him a sideways look and took a sip of his drink. "so. what do you do for a living, lady who's going to marry me?" he questioned, leaning back in his chair and looking juno over with a gaze he could only describe as skeptical.
"oh! well, I work here at the bar with rita. she's over there. but you've met her already so I don't know why I'm introducing her."
rita gave a friendly wave from her perch behind the bar.
"I also, um. I, uh. I sing. sometimes. not all the time. i'm not bad at it. typically when I do sing, someone will give me a couple bucks. it's nice. oh, and uh, I can play guitar too, but I haven't done it in years, and to be honest, I don't really want to-"
nureyev cut juno off, looking away disinterestedly and downing the rest of his drink. "that's nice. so you're like all the other bar workers in existence. that doesn't exactly sound like something I'd want to marry."
suddenly, the butterflies that had been gradually building in juno's stomach began to unexpectedly drop dead.
"heyyyyyyy, that's not very nice, mista nureyev. mista steel isn't like all the otha ladies you eva met! he's a very supa awesome lady who I love workin' with and-oh oh oh! mista steel! you GOTTA tell him about that song you're workin' on! it's so pretty! and important! I'm sure mista nureyev would LOVE to hear about that!" rita cried, bounding off the bar and hustling over to deliver another drink to the table.
"oh, uh, yeah! I'm working on this song to bring spring back again," juno said, feeling mildly embarrassed that rita brought it up with this man who was still basically a total stranger. "it's not done, honestly, it needs a lot of work. but, when i'm finished with it, it will hopefully fix.....everything."
"wait just a moment." nureyev's brow furrowed and juno's stomach twisted at the sight. even when he was skeptical and defensive and bone-tired, he was still so damn attractive. gods, what juno wouldn't give to just kiss him right now- focus, steel, he's trying to talk to you-
"so you say this song will bring spring back again?"
"yup! at least it should."
"that's...." nureyev placed a finger over his lips in thought. "I haven't seen a proper spring in at least a decade, maybe more. the world has been so wrong in recent years... I shudder to think where it would all end up without the return of warmer weather."
"well, that's the idea with the song. I want to fix it. all of it. when the song is done it should put the world back on track. more sunshine, springs, falls, rain and flowers. you know. all the stuff that's just sort of been missing. maybe you could help me out with it!" juno grinned a bit sheepishly.
"and why would I want to help?" his eyes were cold, almost as cold as the biting wind and frost outside, but juno thought he saw the beginning of a thaw at the edges of his facade.
"because, mista nureyev. he's real good at makin' people feel like life is worth livin' again with that music of his. also, he makes the BEST chocolate cake i've eva had! and frannie agrees with me!" rita chimed in, cleaning the bar top as best she could with her short stature.
juno snorted involuntarily, marveling at rita's ability to constantly be focused on food. "it's true, I won a local competition a few years back for that cake."
nureyev's face had half a smile on it now, and the butterflies in juno's stomach turned into a hurricane.
"so you can make people feel alive again? that's quite a gift, juno. but what else can you offer me?"
"huh?"
"say, for example, if we were to get married. who would pay for the wedding rings? times have been hard, and gold is scarce. how would you do it?"
juno thought for a moment. "the rivers. they've got plenty of gold in them, and if my song works, they'll give it all to us for wedding rings."
nureyev's eyes glinted with something juno suspected was either curiosity or suspicion.
"what about a wedding feast? or a bed? good food and better beds are hard to come by these days. what would you do about that, juno?"
"the trees would take care of the wedding feast, and the birds would take care of the bed."
"with your song." nureyev cocked an eyebrow as though it was a question.
"well, yeah, of course."
"you talk a lot about that song. why don't you sing it for me?"
a wave of panic stuttered through juno's mind. "I can't. I told you it's not finished."
"you said you wanted to take me home and marry me, is that true?
a sly smile crossed nureyev's face, and goddammit it only made juno want him even more. "yes," he breathed.
"then sing the song for me, juno."
juno hesitated, then nodded in spite of himself. he shouldn't be doing this, he knew he shouldn't be doing this, but he couldn't help it.
he was in love.
and lovers need the spring like a flower needs sunshine. so he'd sing the sunshine back for peter nureyev.
he stepped back, breathed in, and let the notes flow from him like water from a faucet. the song flooded the room, hitting the walls and rushing back to his ears in perfect harmonies, and for a moment, he was back in that wheat field with benten, strumming guitar as he danced like a pheonix rising from the ashes, spinning around and around and around like he was the center of the universe.
and then the song ended. and juno was back in a shitty roadside bar, holding a perfect dahlia in his left hand, with peter nureyev staring at him now, eyes wide and sparkling.
"that's...... you...... how did you do that?" nureyev asked quietly, standing from the table on unsteady legs and taking the dahlia to examine it with shaking hands.
"i didn't do that, the song did," juno muttered as nureyev gently touched the immaculate petals of the dahlia, still damp with dew. rita beamed at juno from the bar and gave an overenthusiastic thumbs-up. juno just rolled his eyes again.
peter nureyev looked at him then, all of the previous frostiness gone from his eyes and something like amazement and love and hope spilling through them.
juno decided that he liked it when he looked like that. it made him feel like he really could fix the whole damn world with that song of his.
nureyev seemed to come to some sort of conclusion and slipped the dahlia into the buttonhole of his traveling coat. "so, what time does your shift end, my dear juno?"
juno thought for a minute. "uhhhh, the bar closes around 10. why?"
his eyes gleamed like a pair of stars as a smile twinkled on his lips. "didn't you say you were going to marry me?"
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for the ask meme, thoughts on Rita!!!! (tpp)
favorite thing about them
Rita is one of my favorite characters so its rlly hard to pick just one thing about her, but I guess probably her loyalty. In seasons 1 & 2 it was mostly just to Juno, but in season 3 it’s been so nice seeing her really look out for and take care of the whole crime family!! She’s just very sweet and she cares a lot about her friends!!! :,) Also she can code super well and that’s more than I can say for myself rip
least favorite thing about them
I mean she has her flaws, but I don’t actually dislike any of them. Maybe her taste in snacks. Idk what the fuck a “salmon flavored dusty crunchies” would actually be but it sounds like an unpleasant sensory and flavor snack experience.
favorite line
"I got us into this mess with my fat brain, and I was gonna get us out of it with my fat brain! Or my name ain’t RITA!” I just love her so much!!! I really love how they took the time to explore how her confidence and optimism is both a positive trait and a character flaw in the mega-ultrabots of cyberjustice.
brOTP
I mean.... her and Juno skfgkjsdfjds they just make a great duo and I love their friendship dynamic!! They’re just very sweet and I love seeing them support each other :.) I’m also really interested to learn more about their relationship back when Juno was in the HCPD and see what that all is about
OTP
I don’t really ship her with anyone tbh. Maybe Franny (if she exists)?
random headcanon
Idk why but for some reason I feel like she would make pottery in her free time!!
unpopular opinion
SERIOUSLY underappreciated. She doesn’t get half the fanart and fanfics she deserves. She’s a very interesting and multifaceted character and it feels like a lot of fans will just characterize her as “funny quirky bouncy loud side character” :/
song i associate with them
4AM by Bastille
favorite picture of them
this super cute pic that Adrien drew of her!!! It’s just super cute and I love the idea of her with a chia pet jdfksdkfh
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junoverse liveblog: prince of mars part one
prince of mars aka problematique fave
“detective steel is at it again” god same
i really hope that the theme of availability of drugs in hyperion city comes back up + more of juno’s addiction background
“decade and change in the pi business” is that right? i thought it was 15 years at the beginning of the series
so julian definitely wasn’t juno’s dealer but maybe they were addicts together?
has juno ever had to testify at trial?? i wanna know!!!!
“a couple good weeks i should thank him for”
the ticker thing is actually a pretty clever futuristic scary thing thanks kevin
Julian is Dramatic Gay Rights
wait was julian a sex worker? i think so based on his struggling artist comment. go him!
juno is so ....smooth? idk he just seems unruffled in a way he isn’t later
get that overtime rita!!
i also make the Ls with my hands
WAIT FUCK rita called juno by his first name??????? i’m upset
juno you should thank rita for her services
i want to meet frannie someday
they bet on case details!!!!! their friendship im dead!!!!
i’m so attracted to alessandra and juno is bad at lying
“local y2k fair” oh my GOD
the quips!!!! alessandra and juno have Chemistry but not uhhh any other basis for a stable relationship
rita is so into messing with juno i’m so happy
ugh a quip about juno’s childhood he really wears his trauma on his sleeve
“sounds fun” juno you masochist
“wow she could fight” juno you’re gay AND dumb
juno’s good at sharpshooting and so sure of himself i love him
JUNO YOU ASSHOLE SHE DOESNT OWE YOU ANYTHING
like i know it’s a peter move but it’s still so shitty
i legit nearly stopped listening when i was first listening to tpp bc forced kissing is very triggering for me but i’m happy kevin and sophie have acknowledged how much they regret including it
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alessandra: The ambience in the room grew louder the more I stood in front of Frida. It was the kind you would hear in those romantic streams that would play every now and then. It...sounded nice, but I couldn't let it distract me. The game Frida was playing grew more and more apparent each second, and I had to play along. Weaponry was high on my list too. Anything that could take Frida out successfully would work, but for now, acting like nothing was wrong is the important goal. If by working with her means I'll get to see my wife again, then so be it..
alessandra: Oh Frida, you're too kind! If this is want you wanted, all you had to do was ask! A pretty thing like you deserves the world, and I'm totally willing to give it to you!~ Now, how about the two of us get to work, hm? We have the entire space time continuum to enjoy ourselves, so why not start now? <3
lady frida: 𝙾𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜! 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞! 𝙼𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚎! 𝙼𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊, 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝! 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎...𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎! 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎! 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚎! <𝟹
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