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beardedmrbean · 1 month
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Oh yeah the old and new money thing(that the point of rose that she was old money but felt entrap by it hence why Molly Brown and Jack stood out in her memories)
Wait…you knew that…sorry so many people with lack of critical thinking skills
And about the post on here about the American exchange wizard at Hogwarts that casts Glock-19 or something like that.
Key and Peele did a good sketch of it
https://youtu.be/j-2ZxldMO-M?si=3D9CNRhRhBM4vFk5
But the whole guns thing, like when Rowling started to flesh out American Wizarding due to fantastic beasts movies.
Now Rowling did a “okay” job but I feel like there needed to be someone heavily invested in America history needed to help her flesh out stuff
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_of_America
Now like she wasn’t completely ignorant, due to the school Ilvermorny being co founded by a no-maj(the American slang for muggles) they are the least elitists Wizarding school and also merged Native American magic in it.
The problem is when Ilvermorny was described when I was…15? 16? Ugh, my mind immediately thought it was a the east coast American wizards school and there was other important ones.
Now she mentioned there was other smaller wizards schools in America…but I always thought illvermorny was like the Harvard where the most wealthy or lucky American wizard can go there. But it still mainly east coast wizards.
Crap I’m going to do a third anon that I saw a lot of HP fans pointed out how magic could works in different parts of the country. And do a fourth one after your responses.
Let just say a certain author in the hp verse might have accidentally spill about a certain group of creatures that exist in his books
Hint the stories heavily take place in Massachusetts and dc got a asylum named after a town from those boons 😉
Oh yeah the old and new money thing(that the point of rose that she was old money but felt entrap by it hence why Molly Brown and Jack stood out in her memories)
The bit in the movie where she tried to get the life boat to go back to look for survivors actually happened, Molly Brown was like that
Wait…you knew that…sorry so many people with lack of critical thinking skills
Old money new money, old money buys a Rolls that they'll have for the next 50 years, new money buys a Ferrari that they'll crash or be bored with in 5 years, ect.
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This a quality one, K&P managed to make some quality comedy with decent social commentary here and there too. Office Homophobe and No Offense are personal favs when it comes to that.
Her America line up is just wow, not going to bother picking it apart because I understand fiction, I'd like it if people would stop making the Salem witch trials look thousands of times worse than they were is where I'll end on that.
Now she mentioned there was other smaller wizards schools in America…but I always thought illvermorny was like the Harvard where the most wealthy or lucky American wizard can go there. But it still mainly east coast wizards.
Texas would have a massive one but the east coast wizards would still claim superiority even if they can't magically lasso a cow.
No Maj thing feels silly, why wouldn't they still be muggles, but whateves.
I figure there'd be schools regionally PNW, SoCal ect, US has 6ish times the population of the UK I think, that and our obnoxiously strong independent streak would have us setting up different ones all over the place because of rivalries.
That might just be my brain running that possibility tho.
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obsessivelyloved · 3 years
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Okay Idea- Yandere future edd. He came back to kill his past self then he saw the reader again. They dated for years until S/O ran away with one of the other guys bc Edd became to crazy. His goal changes to killing the friend S/O ran off with and take S/O to the future with him.
Ok ngl I ran with this idea. Have I ever mentioned how much I love Future Edd
Under a Read More since it's long, thank you for the request! <3
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Something was incredibly wrong with Edd’s Future Self and you meant that lightly. The man took one look at Tom a minute into his speech about killing Edd at the dinner then at you and just. His face would haunt you for a good while. You’ve never seen that kind of rage on your boyfriend and seeing it come from his older self was terrifying.
He screamed and launched himself towards the table you four were sitting at. Future Edd had yanked Tom up by his hoodie, practically choking him, and screamed death threat upon death threat until Edd basically waterboarded him with Cola to get him to release Tom. From there, all four of you booked it to your cars.
Once you four got far away enough from the diner, you parked your cars to figure out a plan.
“I think my soul left my body. What the hell was that all about? Why is he so hellbent on killing me now instead of Edd?”
“Who knows. Guy seems not all there, no offense Edd.”
“None taken, he looks um. Something surely happened to make him that way, right?” Edd responded to Matt.
He looked a little sick. You really didn’t blame him since all of you just witnessed who he might become.
“Don’t think about it too much,” Tom told him. He patted him on the back, still a little out of breath. “Now that you’ve seen that, things might change. The future isn’t always set in stone and we could be in an alternate reality already compared to him.”
“I suppose.”
You wrapped an arm around your boyfriend. “Well I certainly won’t let you become a murder. If Cola gets banned here too, we could stick through it together.”
Edd blanched at the reminder but tried his best to return your smile. He glanced at something behind you. Whatever it was, his face brightened as he grabbed your hand and dragged you to… a glass display of tvs?
“Attention! Now selling Cola with…. Bacon!!!”
Oh. Yeah that made sense.
Matt nudged Tom with his elbow. “Who even buys this crap?” He took one look at Edd’s excited expression and quietly said, “Oh.”
“Yeah, we should probably get back to the cars now. I’ve had enough attempts on my life this week and I don’t want to have another one.”
You helped Tom pull Edd away from the glass display back to the cars. Only to quickly stumble backward as Edd’s Future Self appeared in front of you four in a flash of light.
“You may have gotten away from me last time, but you won’t be able to escape from my army of meees! Attack my brethren!”
If Future Edd wasn’t so terrifying, watching his plan fall apart as his family members scattered screaming would have been really funny. But he still loomed over each of you looking as if he wanted to tear Tom apart with his hands so none of you had it in you to really look at the situation and laugh.
“How could this plan get any worse? Ugh, I’ll just have to kill you myself.”
His eyes glowed green and the four of you could only stand there, frozen in horror as he stepped towards you. This is it, you frantically thought. My friends are going to die, c’mon move move do something move-
“Stop right there!”
Oh holy shit thank god. Someone was finally here to help. You weren’t going to have to watch as one or more of your friends became splatters of gore on the pavement. Not today at least.
“This has gone on long enough, Edd,” Future Tom snapped at him, pointing a gun. “What happened has happened and you need to get over it. Killing my or your past selves isn’t going to fix a thing.”
Future Matt looked super angry but the poor man didn’t get to even say anything because Matt screamed “Oh god I’m old!” and that broke the spell. Edd grabbed the back of both your and Tom’s hoodies as Tom managed to snag onto Matt’s jacket. The four of you booked it away from the shit show that was about to go down. Matt wailed something about his beauty being a fleeing concept but you didn’t pay much attention to him.
The sound of guns going off and screaming far behind you was so much more important. You didn’t hear much, but you most definitely heard Future Edd scream “YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME YOU BASTARD! GIVE THEM BACK!”
And even more chillingly, Future Tom screamed back, “THEY’RE NOT YOUR FUCKING PROPERTY, THEY’RE A PERSON AND IT’S NOT MY FAULT YOU DROVE THEM AWAY!”
Again, you guys put a good distance away from the fight before you stopped again.
“I hope we never learn the context of that,” you panted. You bent over, hands on your knees as you wheezed. It’d been too long since you had to sprint as fast as you can for such a long distance. Maybe you should start taking runs around the neighborhood or something?
“They sounded so angry,” Edd said quietly. “I don’t think this is about Cola being banned.”
“Yeah, this feels. So much worse,” Tom agreed.
“Guys, the screaming stopped.”
You turned to look at Matt and your stomach sunk as you realized he was right. It was quiet. Too quiet.
“Maybe your guy’s future selves got-”
Something green slammed into Edd’s stomach, shoving him away from you onto the ground. He cried out and clutched his stomach.
Tom was next but that one slammed into his face and he screamed as he clutched his eyes. Matt was scrambling back but he was spared.
Arms wrap around you and you're yanked into Future Edd’s arms. A choked sound leaves your throat as you're pretty much crushed against his chest.
His hand slams over the watch on his arms and your friends disappear within a blink of your eyes. Future Edd lets go of you and you hear a crunch.
“NO!” You scream at him. “TAKE ME BACK!”
“I just destroyed the watch,” he said dryly. His gaze softens and he pulls you into his arms again, into a more gentle hold. He flops down onto a bed behind him and thoroughly traps you against him. He ignores your screams and pathetic attempts to push him away as he cooes at you, “Oh honey I am never letting go of you again. I love you so much, I’ll take such good care of you. He’ll never touch you again.”
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Future Tom takes one look at Edd’s past self curled up in a ball and his heart pounds in his veins.
“He took them!” Past Edd cried out. He sounded as if he was on the verge of tears.
“Motherfucker, when I get my hands on him!”
Future Tom’s neon green eyes dart to his own past self, the skin around his void eyes a furious red.
“He hit us with green shit and took off with them,” he angrily informed both Future Tom and Future Matt.
Future Matt held his head in his hands. “Oh my god, what are we going to do?”
“You have to find them!” Past Edd shakily gets to his feet. He has a manic look in his eyes as he still holds his stomach. “Please, find them! He’s going to hurt them!”
Countless thoughts rush through Future Tom’s mind as he stares at Edd’s past self. It’s a look he knows all too well, the one Edd had when he confronted him about you leaving him.
“We'll do our best,” Future Tom tells him. He reaches behind him to grab ahold of Future Matt and takes off into the time portal.
“Red Leader is really not going to be happy about this,” Future Matt says quietly.
“I know but there’s not much we can do now. We just have to find their past self before Edd does something stupid. Both Edds.”
Future Tom really, really hoped neither Edd fucked up the timeline more than it’s already been.
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yaomomvs · 3 years
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SEIJOH MANANGER HEADCANONS
seijoh, aoba johsai x reader | slight oikawa, iwaizumi and kunimi x reader.
a/n: ugh! i just love my seijoh boys so much! and so, i decided to make one more headcanons for them, tysm! hopefully i’ll do inarizaki next or maybe karasuno.
a bit long but i just love them,and i will do a part two mainly focusing on while they do volleyball this is more of random things
other seijoh!manager works: one | two
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the volume in this bus is ASTRONOMICAL
you actually never thought of joining a club, specially a sports one.
but you needed it, so while looking at the board of the school’s options you were unsure.
“i just really need something not that complicated, and that helps me helping others” you muttered to yourself
little did you know the coach of the volleyball team was there, this nice man turned to you and offered you a place in the team.
“but please if you are one of oikawa’s fangirls dont-” “who now?” you genuinely asked. seeing that you didn’t had a clue of who he was talking about he immediately handed the application for to you.
it was first day and you were already late, but you managed to enter the gym half way practice.
you guys remember that tanaka and kiyoko scene in s4? well it was the same
“sorry for being late coach!” your voice sounded all over the place since someone was serving and it was pretty quiet.
ALL OF THEM WERE SHOCKED LIKE 🧍🏻‍♀️
the serve even hit yahaba’s face because everyone got distracted by your beauty
“i- did i do something?” “existing omg”
the coach lined up everyone and they greeted you welcoming you to the team.
you were flustered because it was like you never had a lot of guys around you and now you had to take care of all of them and also
aoba johsai’s team had one of the most attractive boys around likeeee
now, a year later, the energy is purely chaotic.
and i mean like
kindaichi and kunimi are lowkey the ones who respect you the most
not only because you, even if it was for only a year, you were their upperclassman but also you had presence
when karasuno came to the practice andy oh catched both of them after talking to kageyama in the bathroom, you pinched their ears and scolded them
“you both do that again and i’m not being compassionate” “SORRY Y/N”
but also lowkey your admirers
kunimi literally only showed strong emotions around you
“i brought you some sweets” he regularly says
“oh you are great! thank you kunimi!”you appreciated this guys little details with you
“so you have a favoritism with our manager huh?”
“y/n permission to hit kindaichi”
“permission conceded”
kindaichi also respected you because you, when he entered seijoh months ago, were one of the ones who made him believe and helped getting over that anger he had with his ex teammates and you even assured that kageyama was the reason he got better, even if he wouldn’t accept it
the second years, your literal followers
like seriously yahaba watori were always around you.
being in the same grade and class as both dod not helped a lot.
they are like puppies with anxiety separation
because you are the reason they feel loved and cared for
they always sit next to you in class, and they make sure you are comfortable with it.
you need help with hw? watori always is there
yahaba lets you paint his nails every time you got bored in class
you were such a powerful trio
they always bring your favorite drink in the mornin
you even developed this sixth sense where if you just look at each other you know exactly who are you making fun of without even speaking
you always make fun of the shit way of yahaba to flirt oml
and you even advice him on what should he do or not when meeting someone new.
istg if it was not bc of you he would have never got his first date with his crush
kyoutani later joined you, but he had trouble on trusting you
but seeing all the team laying on you he actually let himself rely on another person for the first time
he was the one who scared those stupid volleyball boys fan girls (oikawa’s or the other guys ones) away from you
he also thinks that you are not bad physically talking and he actually says it but privately
he also whenever he is mad or just frustrated comes to you and what he likes is that you don’t go in deep of the details but instead you try to distract him with random thing you say.
“guys i told you several times” you laughed “i do have other thing to do! it not like i can attend every night out with you! i have other friends too!”
“so, we are not watching cartoons tonight?”
“i hate you all so much” you surrendered “see you at 8 pm”
you became the second years core four
and also they looked up to you a lot, why? because you are the only people who always deals with the third years shit
god i think your connection with the third years was only a bit more noticeable than the second years
why? you were not afraid to mess up with them
to be real iwaizumi as oikawa caught your eye since moment one, they were naturally attractive and talented but you made a promise to not fall for anyone
omg you were so wrong
if it was iwaizumi, he always made sure you felt comfortable around
you were no vb genius so he took the time to explain you a bunch of things you did not know 🥺
also, he’s the kind of guy to stop everyone spiking because you were crossing through the gym so no ball gets you
he is the one who always search for you in school, asked about your day, and stuff that might seem basic but it was really meaningful
like he is the kind of guy who memorizes all your favorite places, treats, music anything and actually tries to get you to talk about it
oikawa on the other hand was the one who actually made you feel like part of them
he is so sweet!
like
oikawa only starts practice when you are there
like bold of someone to start hitting a ball without you there, he considered you part of the team, so he always waited for you
he walked you home or nearby every time he could he wanted you safe
his eyes always always instantly light up and screams “y/n-chan!” and immediately runs to you
but also he is the one who search you the most around
if it was lunch time he went to your home room and literally lunches with you no matter what or who
he never lets anyone lend you their hoodie, it always has to be his that you are wearing
he self crowned himself as your favorite
he hugs you out of nowhere istg is the best feeling ever
hanamaki also also also considers you priority
he is kinda more of the lowkey one, he is mainly the one who checks up on you
he once spotted a bruise in your arm and he immediately freaked out
“DO I HAVE TO FIGHT SOMEONE” “god no! i just dropped a huge book there!”
hanamaki is the one who waits for you in the entrance of the gym to walk with you to practice
he also is the first one to notice if something is wrong with you along with iwachan
they both unintentionally pay attention to you a lot and if you do something out of the common they just approach you
and they are always right
“what’s wrong y/n?” hanamaki says
“yeah, is everything okay you need anything?” iwaizumi continues.
“what do you mean guys? i’m okay” you obviously try to lie.
“no you are not, you are acting different”
“yea iwachan is right you always change yous t shirt before practice and the way you are ordering the volleyballs is off”
“why do know me so well” you indeed had a terrible day, so you almost tear up bb of that and be of how amazing your boys were to you sometimes”
“come here little one”
you heard a pout
“i see you oikawa, you can get a hug too. matsu come here”
matsukawa is your hype man
he loves messing with you like in the big brother sister way
like if a guy asked you out he’d be like “sis you can do so much better”
you are always being salty whether it’s between you or other ones
besides if you do have a crush on anyone on the team matsu is the only one to know
and he’d constantly blackmail you with that
“if you don’t buy me anything from the vending machine i will tell oikawa you actually swoon for him” “OKAY FINE”
“tell the coach that we do not need laps or iwaizumi is gonna knowwwww about” “i hate you so much”
but returning to the point you always messed with them specially the four third years
and you were so good at it
one day, you ‘innocently’ mentioned to the boys “i’m just telling you! i’ve never seen two pretty best friends, one of them always gotta be ugly”
GOD LORD THE BOMB YOU JUST ACTIVATED
THEY SPENT A WHOLE WEEK TRYING TO FUGURE OUT WHO WAS THE PRETTY BEST FRIEND BETWEEN IWA AND OIKAWA, ALSO MATSU AND HANAMAKI AHHAHAHAAH
your third years never made you feel insecure
like if you think idk listening to btr was weird because someone in the past made you feel like it be sure the next day they WILL PLAY FUCKING BIG TIME RUSH IN PRACTICE ONLY FOR YOU TO VIBE WITH THEM
also they all four have this little thought that they have to be the ones who protect you
in the court you looked out for them, outside of it they were the ones who did that
if you were teased or someone even had the audacity to make fun of you it could go three ways
you stoping kyoutani and yahaba because they were so ready to throw hands
matsukawa, hanamaki and kunimi just taking you out of there and rather say positive thinks about you
or oikawa and iwaizumi behind you giving the saltiest and meanest glares to whoever dared talking you that way and saying “and you still wonder why people don’t like you?, ” then iwaizumi says “you are right oikawa, you piece of crap have your entire life to be a jerk. take a day off your stupidity won’t left anyways”
god you sure loved those guys
BUT
as it can be really useful sometimes there were other times were they become so annoying
specially when it’s about someone liking you.
like romantic styles
i live for the idea that the vb team had obviously fangirls, oikawa mostly. but you also did
like yeah the fangirls of oikawa and the boys envied you
but the guys in aoba johsai high envied the volleyball team even more
god bless the poor guy or girl who DARES to ask you out
like please someone stop them 😭
on valentine’s day you came to practice a bit late just because you needed to figure it out how to organize all the fucking love letters and the chocolates and flowers that you got over the day.
oikawa was already worried as he always waited for you to start, and so were the guys so they decided to warm up a bit more to wait.
you crossed the door with thousands of gifts and all of that barely catching the ones which you dropped. because at this point you did not even try to hide it from the boys, you just wanted them to start practice.
he looked at you and knew exactly what that meant. he received this every once in a while, but god what was that feeling in his chest when some other people like you?
iwaizumi felt that too, that weird feeling not wanting anyone to think about you that wayyyyy
the rest of the boys had divided opinions but still you were their manager.
“so did all this came from...”
“yes matsu...”
“okay but for scientific purposes we need the names”
“HANAMAKI NO”
poor boys, they just are all scared that you’ll leave them because of someone
what a dramatic queens they are all
some of them didn’t like it bc they also had a big crush on you
so what they do is that they gatekeep anyone from you
like oml if they ever catched you and a girl or guy and they knew they liked you they constantly beg for your attention.
and it’s not only because they are being dramatic but also because they remember last year when you went out with some random dude and broke your heart like
they almost killed that guy
so they wanted you to feel happy and safe
to them? honestly you are the light of their life.
they dedicate every game to you, they take care of you, they listen to you, they brag about you, they love you
because honestly you did all that for them first
and ever since then they made sure to return that to you.
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symwinter · 3 years
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HBIC Marinette – Chapter Two
Taglist: @ladybug-182 | @our-preciousss | @woe-is-me0 | @vroomtaka | @lady-bee-fechin | @ramos123 | @itsmeevie01 | @chaoticstarworld | @vixen-uchiha | @seraphichana | @pleaseignorejustheretoread | @basenikon | @bread-loving-mess | @walkingthroughonautopilot |
Sorry it took so long for the next chapter. If I stop writing I have to go back and read what was there and it just reads so badly to me so I have to start over. To make up for it, I tried to make this chapter extra long, but I don’t know if it came across that way.
First - Last - Next
Hell hath no fury like Marinette scorned. On the outside she appeared calm, almost peaceful, but on the inside she was plotting. She doubted the class would take the fallout quietly so she needed to be prepared. The bell on the door jingled as she stepped inside. Her maman perked up hearing the bell. “Marinette! How was school today?” “Eventful,” she replied, “can I talk to you and papa about something? It’s important.” “Of course,” Sabine replied, “please flip the sigh to closed will you?” Marinette nodded and flipped the sign, locking the door for good measure. From there she was ushered upstairs.
“So what do you need to talk to us about? Did you find your sketchbook?” Sabine inquired, her hands folded gently on her lap. “You remember Lila right? The girl who falsified my expulsion?” “She’s the one with the lying disease right?” Tom replied. Marinette forced herself to not roll her eyes. Lila literally said she had a lying disease and was still believed. “Yes and yes. Lila was the one who took it and tore it apart,” Marinette pulled the broken sketchbook from her backpack. Sabine gasped. Tom rubbed her shoulder. “Most of my class did as well. Except for Adrien, Chloé, Sabrina, and Nathanael.” Sabine frowned. “Was it your commission book?” “No, thankfully. That one’s still here. This one was just doodles.” Marinette put the sketchbook down on the table. “But I refuse to leave this unpunished. I just thought I’d let you know.” Tom grimaced but object. “Normally I would be against this,” Tom said, “but if you think it’s necessary then you have my support.” Sabine nodded in agreement. “Is there anything we can do to help?” “Outside of Chloé, Adrien, Sabrina, and Nathanael I don’t know who helped tear it apart and who tried to take it away so it wouldn’t get damaged,” Marinette began, “so until then could you refuse to serve anyone from my class that isn’t those three? Or at least not give them a discount? Or let them see me?” Not that anyone but Nathanael would visit from that small group. “Of course Marinette,” Sabine said, “we’re your parents. It’s our job to be there for you.” Marinette didn’t comment about how they believed Lila when she was expelled and instead shot herself into her parents arms, pulling them into a hug. “I’m going to go salvage what I can from this.” She said, picking up the sketchbook. “Let me know if anyone stops by.”
It took longer than Adrien would like to admit to pick out which sketchbook to buy for Marinette. This was the third shop he went to. “Oh for the love of god Adrikins will you just pick a sketchbook already?” Chloé snapped from beside him. Adrien staggered slightly before looking at her. “It’s not just a replacement but an apology.” He replied. “It needs to be perfect.” “There’s only so long before you father comes a calling and then you can’t give her the sketchbook at all.” She retorted, crossing her arms. Sabrina appeared next to the two blondes holding a 12 by 9 inch sketchbook. Adrien took it from her hands and inspected it. The cover was rather bland, only being a dull dark brown, but the quality of the paper was rather nice. It looked like something his father would use. He didn’t know Sabrina as well as he did Chloé but she clearly had an eye for these things. He supposed being friends with Chloé helped in that regard. “I also considered the idea of getting flowers for Marinette,” Sabrina added, “maybe they’ll act as a nice icebreaker before giving her the sketchbook.” “Sabrina, when you get married I will happily pay for the wedding.” Adrien said. Sabrina smiled. “I’ll hold it to you.” “Great we have a sketchbook can we go already?” Chloé hissed, clearly annoyed. “Yes Chlo, we can go pay and head out.” Adrien paid for the expensive sketchbook before hopping into a flower shop nearby, much to the chagrin of Chloé. One bouquet later and they was off to the Dupain-Cheng bakery.
“Welcome! How can I-” Sabine paused looking at the odd trio in front of her. Adrien, Chloé, and Sabrina, only two of which had ever been over. “We’re here to see Marinette.” Adrien replied, giving an awkward smile. If Sabine did know about the sketchbook, it’s possible she wouldn’t let them visit. Chloé and Sabrina’s less than perfect history with Marinette certainly wouldn’t help. “Of course, you remember how to get inside don’t you Adrien?” He nodded and slipped past the confused Sabine. Tom was equally as confused. “You’re here to see Marinette?” “Yep.” Adrien replied, popping the ‘p.’ “Feel free to grab something then, you’re practically skin and bones.” “Model diet,” Chloé retorted, as Adrien slipped the sketchbook under his arm. Marinette’s parents made the best baked goods. The trio moved efficiently through the house before sending Sabrina to knock on the trap door. A simple ‘who is it?’ rang from above. Sabrina pushed the trap door open. “Adrien and Chloé are also here.” Marinette ushered the three up. Adrien practically shoved the flowers in front of her. “Are these-” Marinette began. “Flowers? Yeah. Sabrina suggest I get some along with this,” he held the sketchbook out. Marinette placed the bouquet on her desk before delicately taking the sketchbook from him. She inspected it but found no price tag. “I heard the class damaged your sketchbook so I found it right to get you a new one.” “I can’t this accept, ugh I mean, I can’t accept this.” “Yes you can. You deserve nice things Marinette.” “Adrikins practically dragged me around Paris to find you that sketchbook. Take it.” Chloé said, inspecting her nails. “Ignore her,” Adrien replied, “it was my fault that you’re sketchbook got torn in the first place. I didn’t know how awful Lila could be.” “But you didn’t. I didn’t tell you that she threatened me-” Adrien, Sabrina, and Chloé’s heads whipped to look at her. “She threatened you?” Adrien’s voice was cold. It almost reminded her of M. Agreste’s during the brief time he heard it. “When exactly did she threaten you?” “When she first got back. In the bathroom. And she kind of did when I got briefly expelled.” “Well then it was definitely the wrong advice. I thought she was just lying for attention, not threatening you. That’s serious. I would’ve never made that deal if I knew how awful she was. I could’ve, I should’ve-” “Wait deal?” This time Sabrina spoke up. “The reason Lila works for Gabriel is because I made a deal to get her to lie Marinette back into class. I swore I told her to leave you alone to. It’s all my fau—why are you crying??!!”
And lo and behold, large tears dripped down Marinette’s cheeks, which she wiped away. “You did that for me?” “Of course, you’re my friend.” Adrien replied, pulling her into a hug. “And that’s what friend do right?” “Okay great, dirty laundry has been aired or whatever but can we get to the point people?” Chloé sniped. “What’s the point?” Marinette asked, stepping out of the hug, albeit reluctantly. “When you go maul the class to death, leave Sabrina, Adrikins, and I out of it. We’re not friends, but even I know not to ruin your stuff.” Marinette put the sketchbook down. “I will but I get to slap you with no consequences.” “You’ve got to be joking.” “You made my life hell and that’s getting off easy for the amount of crap you put me though.” “How about instead, I cover whatever expensive fancy fabrics you can’t buy for the next two months. I’d have to explain the smack to daddy after all” “Hm, make it four months.” Marinette replied. “Three.” “Deal.” Chloé turned on her heel. “Sabrina, let’s go.” The redhead followed but paused to wave goodbye. “I guess that’s my cue to leave as well.” Adrien replied. “And again, I’m sorry I didn’t help you sooner.” “You didn’t know. But you’ll stand up for me now right? When Lila opens her mouth to spew more lies?” “Of course Mari. I’ll be your alibi until the foreseeable future.” He pulled Marinette into a hug again, and impulsively kissed her cheek before leaving the building. It wasn’t until he was standing on the street, phone in hand to call the Gorilla did he realize what he had done.
“Oh god.”
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Part 3 of incorrect quotes because people liked the other ones
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Skeppy: I think I just figured something out. I got to go.
Bad: Aren't you forgetting something?
Skeppy: Uuh...*hesitantly kisses Bad's forehead before running out.*
Bad: No, pay your bill! Dang it, who raised you? 
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Bad: Well, Skeppy and I finally did it!
The rest of the squad: *gasps, shocked expressions, etc.*
Bad: That's right... We kissed!
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Skeppy: I love you.
Bad, not paying attention: What was that?
Skeppy: I said I’m selling you to the zOo-
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Skeppy: You’re not jealous, are you?
Bad: No!
Skeppy: Good, ‘cause I consider my fake relationship with you a lot more meaningful. 
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*Bad and Skeppy are in Paris.*
Bad: I'm...moved. I...I don't know what it is I'm feeling right now. I feel...destiny?
Skeppy: But...
Bad: I don't know what it is. I feel like... I just never thought I'd see it with my own two eyes. And here it is. It's just there. It's right in front of me, and...
Skeppy: This is what you wanted to see? The bridge from Inception?
Bad: Yeah.
Skeppy: But the Eiffel Tower is behind us, babe.
Bad: Yeah, but this is the bridge FROM INCEPTION.
Skeppy: Okay, alright
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Bad: Sorry I’m late, I was doing things.
Skeppy: Hi, I’m ‘things’
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Skeppy: Are you sure Bad's even gay? They barely even looked at me.
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Bad: Ugh, crushes are so dumb.
Skeppy: I know. Whenever I’m near the person I like I just start acting stupid.
Bad: But you’re always acting stupid?
Skeppy: ...
Skeppy: Yeah, don’t think about that too hard.
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Bad: Can I have 2 straws with that milkshake?
Skeppy: Aww-
Bad: With 2 straws, I can drink it double as fast!
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Bad: I’m going to defeat you with the power of friendship! ... And this knife I found
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Bad: So... what would you do if you were in bed with me?
Skeppy: Depends. Is your bed comfortable?
Bad: Yes.
Skeppy: I'd sleep.
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Bad, to Skeppy: We had a date!
Bad: *aggressively points to Hello Kitty Coloring Book*
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Bad, at the slightest provocation: I came into this earth screaming and covered in someone else's blood and and I'm not afraid to leave the same way. 
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Skeppy: That was so hot, Bad.
Bad: I literally called the person who just flirted with you a degenerate dog and told them I hope they get dragged through the streets.
Skeppy: I'm so in love with you
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Dream: Where's Sapnap, Skeppy, and Bad?
George: They're playing hide and seek.
Dream: Where?
George: I don't think you get how this game works.
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Skeppy: Good morning.
Bad: Good morning.
Sapnap: Good morning.
George: You all sound like robots, try spicing it up a bit.
Dream: MORNING MOTHERFUCKERS! 
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Sapnap: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast?
George: Several traffic violations.
Dream: Three counts of resisting arrest.
Bad: Roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks.
Quackity: Also, that’s not our car.
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Sapnap: Hi, could I ask how exactly does one accidentally set a lemon on fire??
Quackity: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
Bad: Why were you microwaving a lemon???
Quackity: I read boiling lemons helps cover up bad smells (I wanted to cover up the scent of burnt oranges) but I didn't own any pots.
Karl: Did you burn an orange too? How???
Quackity: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔
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Tommy: Is stabbing someone immoral? Techno: Not if they consent to it. Wilbur: Depends who you’re stabbing. Phil: YES?!?
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Tommy: *Screams*
Wilbur: *Screams louder to establish dominance*
Phil: Should we do something?
Techno: No, I want to see who wins.
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Phil: Wake me up…
Techno: Before you go go!
Wilbur: When September ends…
Tommy: WAKE ME UP INSIDE-
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Tommy: Techno isn’t answering their phone
Phil: I’ll call
Tommy: Wilbur and I have both tried six times each, what makes you thi-
Techno: Hello?
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Cop: You’re receiving a ticket for having three people on one motorcycle.
Phil: Shit.
Techno: Wait, three?
Cop: Yeah?
Wilbur: OH MY GOD TOMMY FELL OFF!!!
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Tommy: ARE YOU-
Wilbur: Fucking.
Tommy: KIDDING ME?! YOU-
Wilbur:Fucking.
Tommy: IDIOT!
Techno: …What was that?
Wilbur: Phil banned Tommy from swearing, so I’m helping them out.
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Wilbur: *tapping fingers on table*
Techno: *taps fingers back furiously*
Tommy: …What’s going on?
Phil: Morse code. They’re talking.
Wilbur: -.-- ..- .-. / - …. . / -.-. ..- - . … -
Techno: *slams hands on table* YOU TAKE THAT BACK! 
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Tommy: I'm bored.
Techno: Wanna commit first degree murder?
Tommy: Sure!
Phil, hearing them: No- Stop, don't do that! Put that knife down! Put Wilbur down!!
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Wilbur: Oh god, they texted you ‘hi.’’ punctuation only means one thing, Phil. They're mad at you.
Phil: No, it's Tommy. They're just being grammatically correct!
*meanwhile*
Tommy: And then I used a period so they'd know that I'm mad at them.
Techno: A period doesn't say 'I'm mad', it says 'you're dead to me'.
Tommy: I stand by my choice.
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Wilbur: Phil, we're hungry!
Techno: Phil! What's for dinner?
Tommy: We're hungry, Phil!
Phil, frying a bottle of ketchup over the stove: *screams* 
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Wilbur, writing in a letter: "I'm going to kick.. your... ass."
Wilbur: THERE. Now send it.
Tommy:: Dude, your handwriting is terrible, are you sure you want to-
Wilbur: JUST DO IT!
later
Phil: So what does it say?
Techno, reading the letter: They say they're going to "lick my...."
Phil:
Techno:
Phil: Gross- 
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Quackity: Karl, what do IDK, LY, and TTYL mean?
Karl: I don’t know, love you, talk to you later
Quackity: Ok, I love you too, I’ll just ask Sapnap.
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Quackity: I love you guys, you're the best thing that's happened to me.
Karl: We're the best thing that's ever happened to you?
Quackity: Yes!
Sapnap: I'm starting to feel a little sorry for you.
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Quackity: Sapnap and I were crossing the street, and this dude drove by and honked at us
Karl: *Sighing* What did Sapnap do?
Quackity: They chased him to the next red light, then reached into his window and...
Sapnap: Who wants a steering wheel?
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Quackity: In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
Karl: Wasn't Sapnap with you?
Sapnap: In my defense, I was also left unsupervised. 
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Sapnap: Karl you can’t move in with Quackity. Karl: Why not? Sapnap: Well, um, how are you going to feel when they see you without any makeup? Karl: I’m not wearing makeup right now. Sapnap: Holy crap, you’re beautiful.
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Sapnap: *is wearing silk pants* How does this look?
Quackity: Like its slips on and off really easily.
Sapnap:
Quackity: No, I didn't mean it like that-
Karl: We know what you meant. 
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Quackity: I didn't drink that much last night.
Karl: You were flirting with Sapnap.
Quackity: So what? They're my Husband.
Karl: You asked if they were single.
Karl: And then you cried when they said they weren't.
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Karl: Why doesn’t Sapnap find me sexy when I bite my lip?
Quackity: What do you look like when you bite your lip?
Karl: *bites lip*
Quackity: ...Have you considered biting your bottom lip instead? 
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Bad: Are you trying to seduce me?
Skeppy: Why, are you seducible?
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Bad: I don't need to go to bed. I'm not tired, I'll be fine.
Skeppy: But, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.
Bad: O-oh. Well. Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns??
Skeppy: Is it working? 
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Skeppy: Relationships should be 50/50. Bad cooks us dinner while I sit on the kitchen counter looking pretty. 
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Bad: I still have no idea how I’m attracted to you...
Skeppy: Yeah, well, you’re stuck with me, and no take backs, honey.
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Bad: The first time I saw you, you stole my heart.
Skeppy: But I'm a kleptomaniac, so that doesn't mean anything. 
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Bad: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-
Skeppy: I wrote you a poem.
Bad, already crying: You did?
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Skeppy: This date is boring!
Bad: This isn't a date. I said I was going to the store.
Skeppy: Then why did you invite me?
Bad: I didn't, I specifically said "don't come with me" then you said " screw you Bad I'll do whatever I want!
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Skeppy: When you said 'Magic in Bed', I wasn't expecting this...
Bad: *pulls out card from deck* Now, was this your card?
Skeppy: Holy moly- 
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Bad: I owe you one.
Skeppy: That’s ok. You can just date me and we’ll call it even. 
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If this does as well as the others I’ll make another.
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A Twist of Fate
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W/C: 2.1K
Warnings: Fluffy overload  
A/N: So, this is my first ever posting any kind of writing. I have written before but I have never had the courage to post anything. But, @mrskenobi19​ and some other friends gave me the courage to put this out there. I own nothing, I was just having fun. Hope you all enjoy 😃
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“....Ugh, crap….”
The rain was now coming down in a heavy downpour, like someone had turned on a shower head with you standing under it, as you made your way through the slightly crowded city sidewalk. The dark sky rumbled as you noticed the clouds roll across it.
Most people had taken cover once the storm had started, but not you. Seeing as you had your umbrella with you, you decided to plow through it.
At the time that had seemed like a good idea, after all, that is why you took the umbrella with you when you looked at the forecast this morning; that is until the wind picked up.
Now the rain was actually flying at you. The bottom of your pants were soaking wet and the water dripped off your umbrella onto your hands, soaking the cuffs of your rain jacket. Your shoes were starting to make that squishy sound from trudging through the puddles on the sidewalk as you maneuvered your way through the crowd of people who had decided to brave the storm like you.
Why hadn’t you worn your rain boots again?
“...Because it wasn’t supposed to be this bad…..just a light rain the weatherman had said...”
You huffed frustratedly under your breath, answering your own question.
The wind was blowing your now damp hair across your face, making it even more challenging to see.
Trying to secure your umbrella tightly to you in a one handed grip, you used your other hand to now brush the hair that the wind kept blowing out of your face.
But just as you let go, a surge of wind came rolling behind you, threatening to knock you off your feet.
While you had managed to catch your balance, your umbrella had not fared so well. The strong gust of wind had blown it inside out.
“Prefect!” You hissed as you stood in the middle of the now empty sidewalk, fighting with the broken umbrella.
Whatever little part of you had been dry was now absolutely soaked. The rain was falling down through your hair, down your face, to your eyes, blurring your vision.
The faster you tried to fix the umbrella and be on your way, the more it seemed to jam.
And all of this for a cup of coffee.
You were so focused on your umbrella that you didn’t notice when the rain seemed to stop falling on you. Looking up, you realized there was a large umbrella covering you.
“Hello there.”
You looked up to notice that a man was now standing over you, as you were slightly crouched down, still trying to fix your umbrella.
His voice had a wonderful accent to it. English? Or was it Scottish? His thick auburn hair seemed to be blowing in the wind as much as yours had been despite its short length. His beard was neatly groomed. But his eyes, his eyes were really what caught your attention. They were the prettiest blue you had ever seen, almost like the blue of the ocean on a summer's day. They really stood out against the dark gray sky that framed him. His navy sweater and grey peacoat certainly helped enhance his looks.
You regretted wearing your sweatpants.
“I’m sorry, but I saw you struggling and I was wondering if I might be able to help?”
How long had you been staring at him? His soft smile and his head nod as he gestured toward your broken umbrella snapped you back to reality.
“Ah….Yeah….I think it’s broken, a huge gust of wind knocked it back and I can’t seem to fix it.”
His expression turned to a slight frown as his brows furrowed.
“...Oh dear….Well, that's dreadful...I’m terribly sorry…..”
Was he staring at you too? Your eyes had locked with his for a brief second and it seemed as if the whole world had stopped spinning. It didn’t matter that you were both standing in the middle of the city sidewalk in the pouring rain; there was only him.
“....Well, are you going somewhere close by? I’d be happy to escort you. I had originally approached, hoping I could be of service. But, if not then the least I could do is see that you get to your destination as dry as possible.”
“Who was this man?” You thought to yourself. How lucky could you be that not only was this stranger good looking, but that he was also kind and helpful.
For the first time, you smiled. “Are you sure, you don’t have to, I don’t want to impose on you.”
You really didn’t. Plus, you were only going three doors down from where you stood and it’s not like it would matter if you got any more wet than you already were.
His smile was warm and genuine. “It’s no trouble at all. In fact, I offered.” Extending his arm out toward you, his eyes seemed to speak more words to you than he did. “Where can I take you too?”
Sheepishly, you took his arm. “...It’s just a few doors down, I was originally heading to that cafe over there.” You point to the building with a red door.
His eyes closed momentarily as his mouth curled into a side smile. “Well….what a coincidence, I am too.”  
Sticking his umbrella into his elbow, he now held his free hand out toward you. “I’m Ben by the way.”
Chuckling, you shook his hand. “Y/N”
Starting the walk toward the cafe, you noticed that he made it a point to keep pace with you and make sure that you both were actually able to share the umbrella. Clearly your escort was a gentleman.
Approaching the red door, he unlinked arms with you, moved to the side and held it open. “After you my dear.”
Blushing with a smile, you didn’t say anything as you stepped over the threshold.
Why couldn’t you stop smiling?
As you heard the door close behind you, you turned to find him shaking his umbrella off on the carpet.
As the two of you approached the counter, you turned to him. “Allow me to buy you a coffee, as a thank you.”
He shook his head as he shrugged his shoulders. “No, that’s not necessary, I was glad to be a help.”
“I know, but I insist. It’s the least I can do.” You annunciated the word “I” as you echoed the phrase he had said to you on the street corner.
He chuckled, a deep throaty sound; and it made your stomach flutter. “Okay, okay….you win this round.”
You noticed he said “this round.” Would there be another “round”?....The more you looked at this stranger with kind eyes and a warm smile, you did find yourself hoping that there would be another “round.”
After placing the order, the two of you stood off to the side waiting.
“So….what brings you out to a cafe in the middle of a rain storm.”
His eyes seem to light up. “I had planned on meeting some friends here. Well, I say friends but they’re more like my younger brother and sister; I’ve known them both for ages.”
His eyes lingered on you as if he was memorizing your face. “....And how about you?”
You laughed nervously. “Sadly, I am just a coffee addict. I thought I could make it here and back in time before the rain got too bad.”
His playful smile caused you to mirror his expression. “Ah, I see.”
The sound of the barista calling your name out broke the bubble that you two seemed to think you were in.
Moving toward the counter, the two of you grabbed your respective coffees.
Now what? The two of you were looking awkwardly at one another. It was as if you two wanted to say so much but at the same time you both said nothing.
Your eyes darted to the floor nervously as you tried to think of something to say
The sound of him clearing his throat caused you to look back up at him expectantly.
“.....if you aren’t doing anything you’re more than welcome to join me. My friends are hardly ever on time for anything and I’d love some company while I wait.”
He turned to the side and pointed at one of the free tables under the large windows.
Your wide smile creeped over your face. “I’d like that….thank you.”
The two of you sat down at one of the tables he had originally pointed to, but not before he pulled your chair out for you.
It didn’t matter that you were absolutely drenched and uncomfortable in your clothes. Or that you had left the television on in your apartment thinking that you would only be gone for five minutes. You could only focus on Ben.
The conversation flowed easily between you two. He was a history teacher down at the local high school and you had always loved history. Additionally, the more you two talked, the more you seemed to have similar interests in all the same areas. How many other men had you met that could enthusiastically talk about the finer points of movie musicals with the same enthusiasm that they could talk about serious dramas? Food, music, books, current events...the topics were limitless. The man even went from quoting Shakespeare to Spider-Man in just two sentences.
All of it made you not only laugh, but your walls slowly came down for this charming and intelligent man. You had completely lost all track of time to the point where you hadn't noticed that it stopped raining.
“So, do you come here often?” You asked him.
“I do. I usually stop in on my way to or home from work….Sometimes both depending on how the day went.” He chuckled.
“Oh, I get that.”
The sound of his cell phone buzzing on the table caught both of your attention.
“I’m sorry, excuse me.” He said picking up the phone and reading the text.
“......Huh…..Typical….” He smiled as he shook his head slightly back and forth.
You gave him a raised eyebrow look, asking a silent question.
“Well….it seems Anakin and Ahsoka are so late that they would rather we catch up for dinner instead….” He chuckled as he put the phone down. “Why am I not surprised?” He said looking back at you.
You looked at your watch. Wait….what? Dinner?! How late was it? You looked out the window. When had it stopped raining? How enchanted by this stranger were you? You needed to move along before you bored him to death.
Brushing your hair behind your hair, you stood up. “Well I should probably get going, I don’t want to take up any more of your time.”
Standing, he gave you another one of his infectious smiles. “It was a pleasure. I enjoyed your company very much. It was lovely to meet you Y/N.” He stuck out his hand once again for a handshake.
Smiling, you shook his hand. “It was lovely meeting you too Ben.”
As you turned and headed for the door you couldn’t help the sinking feeling in your stomach that you could possibly never see this charming and interesting stranger again. Before you had any idea of what you were actually doing, you stopped. Running with the surge of courage you had before you thought too much about it. Turning on your heel, you casually looked at him.
“Maybe you could lend me your umbrella again sometime?”
His glazed eyes that had been watching you walk away cleared as he blinked rapidly at you, taking your words in. The thoughts he had been lost in would never become a reality.
“I would like that very much.” He gave you that smile again.
You tilted your head to the side, giving him a thoughtful expression. “I wonder if it’s supposed to rain again tomorrow?”
The glee in his blue eyes was unmistakable as he understood your hidden question. “...You know, I believe it is….Around 3, actually I think the forecast said…”
“ 3’oclock huh…..well…..I may just have to bring my broken umbrella to get a coffee in hopes that a kind stranger helps me out again.”
“....Hmmmm that does sound like a twist of fate….perhaps I’ll have to stop in for a coffee myself after school, see if anyone needs help with their umbrellas…”
With a polite head nod, you slowly backed towards the door. “Enjoy the rest of your evening Ben.”
He raised his coffee towards you. “You as well Y/N.”
As you walked down the bustling sidewalk, the sunshine was now shining across your face, drying your damp clothing. You sighed happily as you replayed your afternoon with Ben. You really liked him. I mean, what wasn’t there to like? He was kind, polite, funny, charming…..and not to mention beautiful…...a twist of fate indeed.
Waiting till tomorrow at 3 would be practically impossible, but the prospect of seeing Ben again would make it all worth it.
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Why do people get hung up on whether a gay person in media is a good or bad representation of them? I'm gay and I can tell you we aren't all the same? Being gay is our 1 common trait. So as long as they're gay then you've done it. Gay people can be kind, mean, racist, open, kinky, reserved, shy, outgoing, sexist, and literally anything else under the human experience.
Because I am perpetually hungry, let's tell a story about cookies.
You are a bright-eyed, optimistic, baker in the making. Your goal is to wow the world with your culinary skills, so of course you head to The Best Baking School for your degree. Over the course of your studies you learn how to perfect a thousand different cakes, an equal number of pies, and more versions of brownies than most would even assume exist. But cookies... oh, cookies are your passion! You can't wait to learn about the wealth of cookies you can make too. Then, sure enough, that part of your education finally arrives.
Funny thing is though, it's just chocolate chip.
Surely there's been some mistake? The cookie experience is vast and nuanced! Why in the world are your instructors — supposedly the best in the world — reducing cookies to a single class about baking chocolate chip and chocolate chip alone? Hell, why are cookies so sparse in the curriculum as a whole? You're never asked to bake them as a demonstration, or practice with them, and they're definitely not a given across everyone else's baking experience. Cakes, pies, and brownies... they're the default. Cookies are comparatively rare and when you do get to study them, everyone is super focused on the chocolate chip.
Then you graduate and head out into the world, only to find that pretty much everyone is as cookie-blind as your school. A few years back you never would have found cookies in the average grocery store and yeah, the fact that there's a cookie section now is great, but it's, uh... all chocolate chip! Many bakeries still don't carry cookies at all, but when they do it's - again - chocolate chip. Chocolate chip out in restaurants. Chocolate chip at the bake sale. Your friend invites you over and proudly presents a massive sweets tray that includes a single, sad looking, chocolate chip cookie. They beam at you in pride. Isn't it so great?
"Uh..." you say. "Well..."
Every once in a while someone will switch out milk chocolate for dark chocolate, or add nuts alongside chocolate chips. One bakery was even crazy enough to exclude chocolate chips entirely! Crazy according to the press, anyway. Because for years now you've been shaking your head, wondering what exactly is so progressive about realizing that sugar cookies exist. You've found other bakers interested in cookies and, by god, there are thousands. So many flavors! Gluten free and allergy conscious! Someone even made a sweets tray that was predominantly cookies, can you believe it? The problem is, almost none of them are mainstream. Your friend baking cookies out of their personal kitchen is doing fantastic work, but their baking doesn't have the impact that those grocery chains and established bakeries do. Their work isn't going to fix your school's curriculum. Too many people still think that cookies are exotic somehow. They're not the default. And when they do acknowledge their existence, it's chocolate chip over and over. Until one of them adds those nuts and suddenly the whole country is losing its mind about how inspired, creative, progressive their baking is. Meanwhile, you're ready to scream because that baker doesn't even know that something as "exotic" as a gingersnaps exist!
The worst part? Most of these cookies are... bad. Like they exist, yeah, but good god most don't taste good. And that's the whole point of a cookie?? What is the point of buying cookies if the cookies themselves are awful? You go to these bakeries, these restaurants, your friend's house, and you try the very limited cookies on offer, only to find that they've been sloppily baked. Doesn't anyone care that the baker burned their cookies to a crisp? That another straight up forgot to add sugar? This one dropped his on the floor and still tried to serve it to you! But the overall sense is that you should be grateful for getting any cookies at all. "That cookie is an offense to my taste buds," you say and people shake their head at you, disappointed. "I liked the taste of it," one says. "If you don't like it, go buy a different cookie!" Well... easier said than done. "It's not that bad," another says, shrugging in defeat. "I mean yeah, I don't really like it, and the baker stopped making them two years ago... but I'm just happy to have had any cookie at all, you know?" You do know, but that doesn't mean it's any less frustrating. You look at the hundreds of cakes available, these bakers spending decades perfecting their recipes, and wish cookies had even a fraction of that work put into them. You find people who agree with you, absolutely, but there's this this prevailing sense that a cookie is a cookie. Any cookie will do. Supposedly.
Except go long enough and you feel like you're ready to lose your mind. You take some poor person by the shoulders and go, "Doesn't this bother you? Doesn't this make you furious? There is more to the cookie world than these three flavors, 90% of which is chocolate chip! And we deserve well-made cookies, not the crap they've been upholding as the next culinary masterpiece!"
But this person just shakes their head. "Well of course there's more to cookies than three flavors. There's a huge variety of cookies! I know that."
"Yes, but the world isn't selling that variety."
"Of course they are! Just last week I had an oatmeal raisin. That's amazing!"
"Yeah and how many years did it take you to find that?"
"Well..."
"And how did that oatmeal raisin cookie taste?"
Your prisoner pulls a face. "Ugh, not good. Oatmeal raisin is definitely not for me. It's hard as a rock! I really don't understand why someone would want to eat that on a regular basis."
"But it's not supposed to be hard as a rock!" you cry, waving your arms. "That's the problem! Oatmeal raisin is so goddamn rare and then the one time we get it, it was badly baked. Of course people are turned off by it. Everyone who already loves oatmeal raisin is getting pissed because their favorite cookie is misrepresented, they're unlikely to see more of them now, and everyone is still serving the most tasteless chocolate chip cookies I've ever had, acting like this is the pinnacle of cookie baking! Do you even know that a macron exists?"
The person pats your hand consolingly. "Of course I do. My roommate's sister's boyfriend used to bake macrons, you know. I don't know why you're so hung up on this. Cookies can be whatever the baker wants them to be. Provided they're a flat-ish sweet cake, they're still a cookie!"
You hang your head, giving up. "Yes, they can be so many things, but they're not. Let me know if you ever find a bakery actually making the variety you keep acknowledging exists. Bonus points if those cookies are edible. My soul if they're delicious, as a cookie should be."
"You know," they say, still patting your hand. "There's a bakery making chocolate chip with dark chocolate next year. Everyone is talking about it. You should think about buying one before they take it off the menu!"
You contemplate just walking into the ocean.
Now, incredibly long metaphor concluded... switch out "cookies" for "queer rep"! The representation matters because no, just making them gay isn't enough right now. You're right that queer people can be anything under the sun, but right now media isn't providing us with that variety. It's not enough to acknowledge that such variety exists, it actually has to make it into our books and onto our screen. Taking just characters who identify as gay and putting aside the HUGE variety of other identities for a moment (of which we are mostly lacking in terms of rep), where are the gay asexuals? The gay people of color? The disabled gays? Trans gays? Did your gay character appear for just a handful of episodes? Were they killed off? Are they nothing more than a stereotype or comic relief? Is this the only gay character in your entire story? We need to ask questions like this because though gay people can be anything under the sun, our media landscape has only shown a miniscule portion of that variety.
Today, even in 2021, our representation of gay people is still pretty limited to:
You are only coded as gay and evil
You are only coded as gay and queerbaited
You are canonically gay, but a cis, ablebodied, white person
You are canonically gay, but were written terribly/killed off/punished by the narrative/generally making the real gay people watching you feel awful about their identity
You are canonically gay, but you're not human. Gotta other the queerness by making you an alien/robot/fantasy being
You are canonically gay and that's your entire existence. There is one (1) narrative of how you knew by the time you were four, never questioned your identity after that, suffered through a family that rejected you, and now all your major arcs revolve around being gay. You are gay and that is it.
Despite being a list of six, that's still incredibly limiting. Are there exceptions to such a list? Always, but that doesn't mean the list isn't still dominating. We can look at any individual gay character and say, "Of course they can be evil/white/killed off/a joke/etc. because gay people can be anything at all," but when we look at the trends, when we look at ALL the media together, we see that gay people aren't actually depicted as being anything... they're depicted as being these handful of things, severely limiting how gayness is represented. Bad rep. If you hit up the bakery and question why there's only versions of chocolate chip available yeah, the baker can go, "But cookies can be any flavor! Including chocolate chip!" They are not, technically, wrong. The problem is not that chocolate chip exists, but that chocolate chip dominates and other flavors are rare, ignored entirely, or baked so badly it's actively damaging to that flavor as a whole. Yeah, your gay character can be mean. Or kinky. Or murdered by the story. But when so many gay characters are mean and kinky and murdered by their stories — when you're not getting other versions to balance that out and gay characters are still rare enough that it's just 1-2 characters trying to carry representation for an entire franchise — you start realizing that the claim of "Gay people can be anything else under the human experience" is an easy way to shut down the conversation of whether that variety actually exists in our storytelling yet.
It's not enough for the baker to acknowledge that yeah, of course there are hundreds of cookie flavors and of course cookies taste great! They've actually got to learn how to bake them properly and fill up their store with them.
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Hi, Could you write a lil something or have Headcanons about Jegulus and how Sirius reacts to them?
I don’t usually write Jegulus, so I hope this is alright! 
Warning: slightly nff, swearing
“Crap,” Sirius said, slamming his Transfiguration book shut on the desk.  Remus sighed and looked up from his own book.
“Let me guess,” Remus said.  “You’ve suddenly come up with a reason why you can’t do your homework… again?”
“It’s 8:30,” Sirius said quickly.  “On 7th April.”
“And?”
“Peter’s birthday,” Sirius said, glancing around quickly to make sure Peter wasn’t in sight.  “Tomorrow.”
“Oh- OH,” Remus said, eyes widening.  “Oh Merlin, how did we forget?!”
“We need to sneak into Hogsmeade and get him something.”
“At this time of night?” Remus said, closing his own book. “Not a chance.”
“When I say ‘get him something’ I mean ‘steal him something’.”
“Sirius, no.”
“Yes.”
Remus sighed, knowing there wasn’t any point in arguing – when Sirius had this glint in his eyes, nothing could change his mind.
“Well,” Remus said, popping his book into his bag.  “I guess we better get the cloak.  And we’d better be quick about it before Peter realises we’ve disappeared.”
..
“I can’t find the cloak anywhere,” Sirius said, dropping James’s mattress back onto his bed.  “James must have it on him right now.”
“Where’s Peter, anyway?”
“I think he’s in detention for that dung bomb,” Sirius said. “We have time.”
Remus nodded.  “Okay great, I’ll grab the map and check if James is still raiding the kitchens and we’ll get the cloak off him.”
..
Remus and Sirius glanced down at the Marauder’s Map, scanning for James’s name near the kitchens.  He’d left an hour ago stating he was planning on getting food for a midnight feast, but he had been gone a suspiciously long time.  
“Where the hell is he?”
“I dunno,” Remus said, opening the map up so that they could see more of the Hogwarts grounds.  It took a good few minutes, but finally he spotted the name ‘James Potter’ in what seemed to be a broom cupboard.  He pointed at James’s name, getting Sirius’s attention.  Suddenly James’s name changed into the name ‘Regulus Black’ and then it was back to ‘James Potter’ again.
“Why did it say my brother’s name?” Sirius asked.
“That’s really weird,” Remus said.  They watched and it happened again.  “They… uh… must be standing near each other so the map can’t decide which name to show?”
“Why the hell is James hanging out with that little git?”
“Let’s go and find out,” Remus said, folding the map and putting it into his robes pocket.  “We need to hurry if we’re going to get something for Peter’s birthday before he gets back from detention.”
..
The entire way down to the broom cupboard they’d seen on the map, Sirius had been speculating why they were hanging out together.  Drugs, black magic, planning a surprise party for Sirius’s birthday – Remus had to remind him that his birthday wasn’t for another six months – but Sirius had come up with every possible reason for James and Regulus to be hanging out apart from the actual reason…
When they arrived at the door of the broom cupboard, Remus raised his hand to knock on the door politely, but before he could even touch the door, Sirius had already shoved the door open.
The door wouldn’t open fully – someone was standing right behind it, stopping it from opening.  Sirius heard swearing from behind the door and hurried movement, and then frantic whispers, while the person behind the door was pushing the door back hard, trying to close it again.
“Open the door,” Sirius yelled through the door.
He pressed his ear to the door and heard the hushed words, “it’s Sirius!” and “fuck” and “hide somewhere” and “where am I gonna hide, it’s a broom cupboard!?” and “here, take this” before James loudly cleared his throat and said “Sirius! Hey!”
Suddenly the door opened, and James stood alone in the empty broom cupboard grinning guiltily from ear to ear.  “What’re you doing here?”
Sirius peered around behind James and folded his arms. “I could ask you the same.”
“We need the cloak,” Remus said impatiently, rolling his eyes at Sirius’s dramatics.  “It’s urgent. We forgot Peter’s birthday is tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?” James said.  “Oh.  Wow. We really fucked up.  Huh, sorry guys, but I… er… I don’t have the cloak on me at the moment.  Actually I lost it.”
“You lost it?” Remus said in disbelief.  “And you waited till now to tell us?”
“He didn’t lose it, Remus,” Sirius said, not buying his bullshit.  “It’s right here in this tiny cramped little broom cupboard, isn’t it, James?”
“Are you okay, mate?” James asked Sirius, laughing nervously.  “If I had it I’d be going with you guys to buy Pete’s presents.”
“Are you okay?” Sirius asked.  “Hanging out in a broom cupboard “alone”?”
“I thought I left my wand in here earlier after Quidditch practice,” James shrugged.
“Hm,” Sirius said, stepping into the cupboard.  He could almost feel James tense next to him. Remus was sighing again.  “It’s really dusty in here, really dusty. Did you know my little baby brother is allergic to dust?  It makes him sneeze.”
“Okay?”
Sirius grabbed a nearby broom and starting wiping dust across the stony floor, making little dusty clouds.  
“What are you doing?” James said, trying to grab the broom off Sirius.
“It’s dusty in here,” Sirius said.  “I already said that – just thought it could use a clean.”
“Give that to me.”
“Why?”
“Just give it!”
A quiet sneeze broke up the argument and Sirius looked gleeful.  “AHA!” he said, “knew it!”
Suddenly, James let out the fakest-sounding sneeze Sirius had ever heard.  “Maybe I’m allergic to dust too?”
“Oh shut up, I know he’s in here.  Reggie, you can come out!”
“Are you stupid? Why would he be in here?”
Sirius rolled his eyes and started feeling around the room. He was nearing the far corner of the cupboard when suddenly Regulus’s head appeared out of thin air.
“Sorry,” Regulus said to James, “he was about to find me anyway.”
Sirius glanced back at James to see him giving Reg an irritated look.
They started bickering about getting caught and Sirius couldn’t really concentrate because all he could see was Reg’s angry head seemingly hanging in mid-air, bodiless.  He grabbed the invisibility cloak off Reg quickly.
“Mind telling me what the hell is going on?” he said, glancing first at James and then at Reg, and almost throwing the cloak back at him because his little brother was practically naked.
Regulus grabbed the cloak and covered himself, his cheeks turning pink.  
“Please tell me what’s going on.  Someone explain before I come to the wrong conclusion…”
“Tell him,” Regulus said to James.
Remus was now peering into the broom cupboard too, too interested in what was going on to think about how they were so late getting Peter’s gift.
James sighed and ran a hand through his messy hair.  “Prefect Duties.”
“Pre- prefect duties?” Sirius almost laughed.  “You aren’t even a prefect!”
Remus cleared his throat.  “Yeah, and I am.  And we don’t have any prefect duties tonight.”
James cast Remus an annoyed look. “I’m the head boy, so sometimes Dumbledore asks me to patrol and sometimes I take some prefects with me.”
“So you took my naked brother on duty with you?”
“Yes.  I mean, no. I mean… er… Reg?”
Regulus was now only a head again.  “I fell in the black lake and had to change??”
“You fell in the black lake?”
“Yep. James was just about to get me some dry clothes.”
“How come your hair isn’t wet?”
James folded his arms. “What is this? Some kind of interrogation?”
Sirius was about to say something back, but Remus stepped further into the room.  “Look, we really need to get going if we’re gonna get Peter’s present, so James, please just admit you were hooking up with Sirius’s brother and then we can get on our way.”
“HOOKING UP?” Sirius practically yelled.
“Thanks, Remus,” James said.  “Hey, Sirius, listen… what Remus said… it’s not tr-”
“-It’s true,” Regulus cut in.  “James and I are together.  A couple.  Dating. Close your mouth, you look like a dementor.”
“What Regulus means is-”
“-No, James.  No point hiding it anymore.  We need to stop sneaking around and hooking up in broom cupboards all because we’re scared of how he’ll react.  He just has to deal with it.”
“He has a name,” Sirius said through gritted teeth. “So you two are… nope.  Nope.  I don’t approve.  James, he’s a BABY.  You can’t…. oh god… oh god oh god, is this why he’s naked?”
James looked for once at a loss for words.
“Yes, Sirius, that’s why I’m naked.  I’m not a baby either.  And It’s really none of your business who I date.”
“OH GOD!” Sirius cried, turning to Remus.  “JAMES DEFLOWERED MY BABY BROTHER!”
Remus rolled his eyes and leaned back against the door. “Like Regulus said, it’s none of your business,” he turned to Regulus, “can we have the cloak please?”
“IS NOBODY GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JAMES IS DATING MY BROTHER?”
James shrugged his robes off and tossed them over to Regulus, and Regulus quickly shrugged the invisibility cloak off and put James’s robes on.  He threw the invisibility cloak to Remus.
“HELLO??!!”
“Come on, Sirius, let’s go,” Remus said, attempting to drag Sirius away.
“No.  No.  I don’t accept this.”
“Hey, Pads, look on the bright side… we could be brother’s-in-law one day!” James said.  This only made Sirius madder.
“SO NOW YOU’RE PLANNING ON MARRYING HIM?!”
“Ugh, Sirius, grow up,” Regulus said.  “People get into relationships. They don’t need approval from their brother or from their best friend.  If they’re in love, they’re in love.”
“SO NOW YOU’RE IN LOVE?!!?”
“Merlin,” James breathed.  “Yes, Sirius.  Yes, I love him.  Sorry to break it to you.”
“BUT HE’S- HE’S PRACTICALLY A CHILD!”
“He’s literally a year younger than us,” James said.  “You and Remus were his age when I caught you two going doggy-style on McGonagall’s-“
“OKAY OKAY OKAY! ENOUGH!” Remus shouted, face bright red.
“Yeah, enough,” Regulus said quickly, looking disgusted.
“HA!” Sirius said, pointing at Reg’s disgusted face.  “See that face?  That’s exactly how I feel about the thought of the two of you doing Merlin knows what in this tiny little broom cupboard.”
“Okay, so… you’re disgusted by the thought of Reg with someone and he’s disgusted by the thought of you with someone.  Feeling’s mutual.  Get over it,” James said.
“James is right, Sirius,” Remus said, tugging at the sleeve of Sirius’s robes.  “Let them be. It’s not your place to judge.”
Sirius still looked angry and disgusted but he exhaled slowly.  “Fine,” he said.  “But let’s get one thing straight – James, if you hurt Reg I will murder you.  And Reg, if you hurt James I’ll murder you.  And if I ever see you two so much as hold hands I’ll-”
“-Sirius,” Remus hissed.  “They’re in a relationship.  Stop being an idiot.”
“FINE!” Sirius said dramatically.  “If I ever catch you with your tongue down my brother’s throat, you won’t have a tongue!”
James looked as though he was trying not to laugh, but nodded. Regulus was just rolling his eyes. “We can kiss if we want to, we don’t need your permission.”
“Look, you do whatever you need to do but I just don’t wanna see or hear it, okay?” Sirius said uncomfortably.  
“Okay,” James agreed.  “But in that case, I don’t want any more of your elaborate stories about how you and Remus fucked upside down on a broomstick while-“
“OKAY!”
“You told him about that!?” Remus whispered in embarrassment.  Sirius shrugged sheepishly.
“So let’s just all agree that we all accept each other’s relationships but we don’t need to know any more than necessary?” James said. Regulus and Remus both nodded. That just left Sirius, who was still looking irritated.
“Sirius?”
“Fine,” he groaned.
“Good.”
“We need to go, Sirius,” Remus said impatiently.  “Come on.”
Sirius slowly shuffled out the room, glancing back briefly and mumbling so quietly that he could barely be heard, “Even though I hate it, I’m happy for you both”, and continuing down the corridor.  
He stopped a few metres away from the broom cupboard and rushed back.
“HA! CAUGHT IN THE ACT!” he yelled, peering into the room and finding James and Regulus in the exact same spots they’d been moments ago, lips nowhere near each other.  “Oh,” he said awkwardly.  “Just testing you.  Good work.”
James rolled his eyes. “Bye, Sirius.”
“See ya,” Sirius said, leaving them alone.  They could hear Sirius talking about them all the way down the corridor until finally he couldn’t be heard anymore.
James waited a solid two minutes before closing the cupboard door and this time locking it.  He turned to Regulus and smirked.  “Wanna get back down on your knees and finish what you started?”
Regulus snorted, getting dressed.  “Maybe next time.  Sirius is the equivalent of a cold shower.”
“Aw, come on.  We just got started.  I’ll let you do that thing you love…”
Regulus was on his knees in seconds.  “I’m ready.”
James smiled triumphantly.  
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In Love and Death 6
Harry Potter AU
Link to Part 5 
Pairings: Regulus Black x Reader 
Rating: M
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Evan lay looking up at the ceiling. He hadn’t moved in over half an hour. Dolohov leaned over to Rodolphus Lestrange.
“Should we poke him or something? Is he dead?”
Rodolphus rolled his eyes.
“He’s blinking, idiot. Rosier, it's been 30 minutes, can you get yourself together?”
Evan sat up running a hand through his sandy blonde hair. He scowled angrily at his two former associates. Both men appeared a bit bored and put out with his reaction.
“I am sorry that I am boring the lot of you with the news that my baby is having a child. I am going to be a grandfather at 20. There is something fucked up about that.”
Dolohov held a hand up.
“You're technically not 20.”
“I DIDN’T ASK FOR YOUR INPUT!”
Evan yelled. Rodolphus held up a hand.
“What?”
Evan snapped. Rodolphus shrugged.
“Y/n technically isn’t a baby. She’s an 18-year-old auror that almost took my head off. Y/n is vicious. She would be good on our side but we all know that isn’t going to happen.”
Evan’s wand was out before Rodolphus could say a word. He pointed the wand right at his friend and muttered “crucio.” Evan was not going to deal with this shit from his own friends. He was dealing with enough torture from his former best friend and daughter. The last thing that Evan needed was help from anyone else.
(meanwhile)
Regulus sat at the dining room table thumbing through a book. He glanced down at his watch curiously. You had been called out for a job the previous night and had not returned. Regulus had expected you home before now and was beginning to get worried. It didn’t help that you didn’t answer the stupid cell phone that Regulus still hated.
“There you are. You are a hard guy to find.”
Regulus glanced up to see Sirius standing in the doorway. Neither brother had said a word to the other in a few days and it hadn’t bothered Regulus one bit. Regulus felt a lot better since he had gotten his feelings off of his chest. Years of holding in how he felt about Sirius had finally escaped.
To Sirius’ displeasure, Regulus said nothing. His eyes went back to the book in front of him acting as though Sirius didn’t exist. Sirius stood a moment before sitting down across from Regulus.
“You are going to talk to me. I’ll be so annoying that you’ll sink to my level like a rock! I don’t know what makes you think that you are so much better than me. I asked you to come with me that night but you wouldn’t leave mum. You are a spoiled mummy’s boy who would do anything that they told you. I shouldn't be surprised though. You would never give James or any of my friends a chance. You were too busy with your holier than thou friends who were all a bunch of pureblood snoots.”
Regulus leaned back in his chair.
“I am hearing a lot of yous but not a lot of me. You, my dear brother, are a fine one to talk about someone being arrogant. Now stop posturing me and go away. I’m busy.”
Sirius smirked.
“Look at that! Your power of speech has been renewed. What are you doing anyway?”
“None of your business.”
Sirius watched as Regulus’ eyes flickered to his watch.
“Waiting on Y/n, huh? I’m sure she is just fine. I never thought that I would see the day that you would go gaga over a girl. To be honest, we all thought that you were asexual or something. I don’t think that I ever saw you talk to a girl.”
Regulus swallowed back the rage that was beginning to build.
“That right there shows that you know nothing about me. You don’t know about Ambrosia or any of the other girls that I dated. You were too busy being a manwhore. Now, as I said, leave me alone.”
Sirius shook his head.
“No, we are fixing our problems!”
“Somethings can’t be fixed.”
Regulus replied. Sirius jumped up.
“Stop being a control freak and listen to me!”
(meanwhile)
You stood outside the door waiting for all of the security enchantments to let you in. Tonks had been mostly quiet since she started throwing up in the neighbor's bushes. Your eyes flickered over to your best friend whose color closely resembled the half-rotten lime that was in the refrigerator.
“I think that you are going to be on desk duty soon.”
You commented as Tonks looked up.
“Ugh, no. I do not want to be on desk duty while you are out running around having fun.”
You scoffed.
“I wouldn’t consider being thrown against a wall by some overgrown death eater fun but if you insist.”
Tonks smirked as she laid her head on your shoulder.
“Watching you quote Supernatural was fun. I quote My name is Y/n Rosier. Prepare to die. That is going to be a classic.”
You shrugged.
“Good times, huh? Do me a solid and don’t tell any member of the male race in this house what happened last night. Regulus is already tense enough without me telling him that my head bashed into some brick. I mean, yeah, we beat that guy up and threw him in a cell with his name on it but if Reggie finds out that I got hurt...he will want to go to work with me.”
Tonks knew that you were right. Regulus was protective enough of you without her help.
“I won’t. Now come on, I really need to make a potion for my stomach trouble.”
The both of you stepped inside to hear Sirius and Regulus yelling random obscenities at each other. Your eyes rolled over to your friend.
“Here we go.”
The two of you quickly walked into the dining room where Regulus and Sirius had destroyed the room trying to hex each other. It looked like after destroying the room, they decided to beat the crap out of each other seemed to be the next best thing to try. Kreacher meanwhile, stood in the corner with a dustpan and a broom muttering about Sirius being a filthy blood traitor and starting everything. There was also something about "his poor mistresses treasures being broken."
“What the hell is going on around here?”
You snapped. Both Regulus and Sirius didn’t turn to look at Tonks nor yourself.
“We are just playing.”
Sirius replied.
“Go away, love. We are dealing with a problem.”
Regulus added. You blinked a few times before quickly going back into “work mode.” Tonks had started to try to break it up but you gently pushed her away and shoved yourself between both brothers.
“I said that is enough...both of you.”
You said in an authoritative tone that you typically had to take with morons that you were about to lock up.
“We aren’t done.”
Sirius hissed. You turned your attention to the elder brother.
“Sirius, don’t make me shove you in that other room. You know that I can too.”
Regulus laughed.
“Get shoved around by a girl, do you? That has to hurt your male pride.”
Your attention went back to your own lover. His eyes were wild and he looked as if he was ready to start letting the hexes fly again.
“I said ENOUGH! Regulus, Sirius knows that you think he is a selfish asshole. Sirius, Regulus knows that you think he is a selfish little prat. We don’t need to hear it again.”
You turned your attention back to Regulus.
“Come on, Reggie.”
Regulus turned his attention back to you. He felt a little embarrassed that it was you that had to come in and stop the ridiculousness between Sirius and himself.
“Where are we going?”
He asked, softly. You pulled your coat back on before tossing him his.
“My grandmothers. She asked to see me and I figured it would be a great time to give her the gift that we talked about.’
It was Sirius’ turn to frown. You going around your pureblood family was a horrible idea in the making. What if Evan was there?
“Um, why don’t you two go see other people? What is the gift? Did you buy her an urn to put your mother’s ashes in?”
Tonks elbowed Sirius in the side as you turned. You surprisingly laughed.
“Good one. Grandmother would just put her in a trash bag if she was given the choice. The gift is me dating another pureblood. She simply won’t know what to do with herself. We are going because I need to get information on my father.”
“But...it's dangerous.”
Sirius commented. You smiled and wrapped your hand through Regulus’ in hopes to calm his temper that was still raging.
“Between Regulus and myself, we will be just fine. Go deal with Dora, she has been puking in the neighbors' bushes. You or Remus caused this problem..go fix it.”
Sirius winced before leaving the room.
(Twenty minutes later)
You stood outside of your grandmother’s door with a sigh. Regulus watched you from the corner of his eye as you raised your hand to knock a few times but stopped. In the few months that the two of you had been a couple, you had barely spoken to your family.
“We are going to be standing here all day if you don’t knock already.”
Regulus hissed. You turned to your boyfriend.
“I don’t like my family.”
Regulus smirked. He leaned down to kiss the top of your head.
“What a coincidence. I hate mine too. Maybe it's a good thing that we can’t have kids. They would be making our lives a lot worse. Granted, most of my family is dead except my stupid brother. My mother’s portrait could screech from her painting. That would be miserable.”
You looked down at your feet for a minute.
“We can always keep trying. I know a lot of people who weren’t supposed to be able to have kids and when they gave up...boom they were pregnant.”
Regulus rolled his eyes. He wrapped his hand around yours and pulled you to him.
“We don’t need to follow in Tonks and those dorks that she’s dating’s footsteps to be happy. We have been happy just fine without this conversation not coming up. Besides, I like being able to have my way with you whenever I damn well please.”
Regulus was relieved when you smiled.
“You’re right. We are going to be just fine. When we get home, we can scare the crap out of your brother. Might as well get this over with.”
You finally knocked on the door before stepping back and intertwining your hand with Regulus’ waiting hand. The moment the door opened, your grandmother’s house elf “Daisy” stood on the other side. She looked up at you with a sour expression that the unfriendly creature wore so well. You couldn’t help but think that Kreacher and Daisy would really hit it off. They could probably compare notes on which family member that they hated the most.
“Mistress Y/n...a long time its been.”
You nodded.
“Yes, it has. I would like to see grandmother, Daisy.”
Daisy nodded and led you down a dark hallway. You kept your hand locked around Regulus as the darkness of the home soured your mood. The Rosier family home was as gloomy and depressing as the Black family home.
“Mistress, you have a visitor.”
Daisy announced as you stepped into the sitting room. Your grandmother sat with a knitting pattern in front of her. Her blue eyes were clearly surprised to see you and even more surprised to see Regulus.
“Y/n...Regulus...how is this possible?”
She asked, standing up. It had been years since she learned of Regulus Black’s death. Evan had been a wreck when he found out that his best friend “died” now here he stood looking just as he had the last time that he was seen.
“I can’t answer that, Mrs. Rosier.”
Regulus answered. Your grandmother was pleased enough with the response. Stranger things had happened over the past few weeks.
“Well, sit.”
Mrs. Rosier stated before returning back to her chair. She watched as you sat down beside Regulus. It didn’t take her having years of experience on this earth to know that the two of you were a couple.
“So, Y/n do you have something to tell me?”
You knew that this was coming.
“Regulus and I are a couple, grandmother.”
Your grandmother immediately looked pleased as a plum. This was clearly the news that she had been waiting to hear. After you became an auror and “let the family down” it was wonderful news to discover that you were dating a pureblood man that was decent and worthy (in your grandmother’s eyes).
“I am actually aware. Your father came to see me.”
Your grandmother smiled when your face went serious.
“He doesn't seem very pleased with the news, however.”
She added as your attention went to Regulus.
“I know, grandmother. He is having a bit of a cow over it.”
Your grandmother picked up her knitting needles and went back to work.
“You have to understand, Y/n, the last time that your father saw you was many years ago when you were a little girl. Finding out that you are an adult with a lover has to be hard for him to process.”
You frowned.
“So hard to process that he went and killed my mother.”
Your grandmother scowled at you.
“Yes, a real tragedy. Tell Evan that I said hello and he owes me five minutes of civilized conversation that doesn’t result in us trying to hex each other.”
Your grandmother stood up. Her displeased expression returned.
“Y/n, it's time that you stop this nonsense that you have been doing. You are a Rosier and it's time that you start acting like one. Your grandfather would roll over in his grave if he knew that you were an auror who is locking up our friends. Leave the room, Y/n. I want to talk to Regulus alone.”
You waited until Regulus gently patted your leg before standing up and walking out.
Mrs. Rosier closed the door behind her before pouring a glass of whiskey and handing it to Regulus.
“What are your intentions?”
“Intentions?”
Regulus questioned, softly. Mrs. Rosier smiled. She was used to Regulus Black’s silence. From the time that the boy was born, Mrs. Rosier had always adored Regulus Black’s shy nature.
“What do you intend to do with my granddaughter?”
Regulus had a feeling where this was going.
“You can tell Evan that I love her more than life itself. That should clearly state my intentions.”
Mrs. Rosier grinned.
“My son is convinced that you have abandoned the dark lord. I do hope that you remember the oath that you took when you accepted that mark on your arm.”
Regulus frowned.
“The dark lord is dead, Mrs. Rosier. What's left of our side is being swept up and sent off to Azkaban. You may want to tell Evan that he better watch his back just like I am having to watch mine.”
Mrs. Rosier smiled coldly.
“My dear boy...it looks like Y/n and yourself are being kept in the dark. The dark lord is back and strengthening with each day. Maybe you should consult with Y/n’s little friend Harry Potter about it. He, after all, saw everything and it's been all over the daily prophet. It makes sense that you didn’t know. Being an inferi for all of these years results in one not knowing all that is happening.”
Regulus sat taking in Mrs. Rosier’s words with a dark expression on his face. Was she right?
“I guess we shall see.”
Regulus commented before standing up.
“It was a pleasure, Mrs. Rosier. I promised, Y/n a date.”
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A Witchy Situation *Oikawa Tooru x Witch! Reader University AU*
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You were panicking. The cauldron you had ordered online was not going to make it for the full moon tomorrow night. Frustrated, you tossed your phone to the bed and threw yourself to the ground dramatically, throwing a tantrum like a kid.
‘It’s the moon’s fault, gods damn it! All this energy is making me fucking crazy and now this shitty cauldron wouldn’t make it for my ritual to rid myself off the bad energies this past month!!’, you vented in your mind. 
You continued to weakly pound your fists on your bedroom floor when you suddenly heard the soft pitter patter of the rain. 
“RAIN. WHERE ARE MY JARS?!”, you exclaimed out loud. You were internally thankful that your boyfriend wasn’t home because you cannot for the life of you stutter out a believable explanation on why you were gonna place several mason jars and bowls on your patio. It was enough that you convinced Oikawa that rain water was ‘healthier’ for your indoor plants *it wasn’t* rather than tap water.
You gathered some of your jars, which were empty because you recently performed a protection ritual in your shared apartment, and placed them  carefully on the floor of your patio to catch some rain water that you were going to charge under the full moon tomorrow night. 
As you went back inside, you decided to light some incense to smoke cleanse the apartment and your used tools. You spread them out on the living room floor, carefully putting some crystals to cleanse in a bowl that’s full of salt and the non-soluble ones in a bowl full of the last of your rain water. 
‘It feels to stuffy in here ugh,’ you thought, grimacing as it might influence your behaviour even more. Looking at the clock, you still had about two hours before your boyfriend comes home from practice. You opened the windows and began lighting your incense with the intent of cleansing all the negative energy that roamed around. You started with your used tools and moved to the rest of the apartment. As you went into the kitchen you couldn’t help but stare at the several jars of herbs and spices decorated .. everywhere. 
When you were beginning your craft *which was also the time when you and your boyfriend moved in together*, you suddenly felt the need to stack up on some herbs with different magickal properties despite not doing spells yet. Then came the hoarding of jars, crystals, incense, and of course, candles. But it was mainly herbs that you kept on buying. It wasn’t until Oikawa pointed out that you were wasting money when you could plant your own. And that was the birth of your obsession with plants. 
Two years later, your mini herb garden influenced your hot as fuck boyfriend to also grow his flower and vine garden as well. It was the happiest day of your life when Oikawa brought home three different kinds of flowers and a vine of some sort, saying that you two are going to breath the freshest air with the amount of plants that you have. And you couldn't wish for something more amazing than that.
‘We’re plant parents y/n! Oh! We should name all of them.’
‘They already have names Tooru-’
‘Nonsense! Those are LABELS, y/n-chan. Our plants need more respect and freedom of expression!’
You eventually gave in and now all of the pots of all the plants have names. Yes, your idiotically endearing boyfriend memorised their names like the back of his hand. 
You smiled fondly and shook your head. Sometimes you don’t know if Tooru’s secretly a green witch or something with the way he cares for each of the plants. But nevertheless, you loved it. You loved him.
‘Damn it, I’m simping so hard again. That's his job, not mine! Ugh I love my idiot so much’, you face palmed your most probably red face. 
You finished cleansing the entire apartment and put out the incense, heading towards the bathroom for a shower. 
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You were just finishing up with your night skin care routine *charged with a beauty sigil and positive intent, obviously* when you heard your front door open. 
“Behold, your prince has come bearing food!”, Oikawa’s voice echoed loudly. It was a saturday so it was Tooru’s turn to buy dinner. It was something you guys talked about. 
You two would always take turns in either buying or making dinner. Even if there was a misunderstanding between the two of you, that ‘treaty’ as Oikawa had put it, would always be followed. One time, there was a particularly large fight between the both of you *you can’t remember anything from it anymore but you two had definitely learned from it * that provoked the both of you to raise your voices at one another. 
You both soon realise your toxic attitude in avoiding problems and bottling it up, letting it burst at the second it was too much to set aside. From then on, no matter how small the issue is in your personal lives, you talk it out while eating dinner. Sure, it might cause a slight disagreement but you two actually preferred it that way rather than letting it boil further into a huge melting pot that may risk a permanent tear in your relationship *yes, you two had opened up about this. And yes, Oikawa is indeed an ugly crier. But hey, at least your problems are solved sooner than later.*
You froze as you remembered that you had accidentally left your witchy stuff out in the open. You weren't particularly closeted but you weren't ready to tell your boyfriend. You were sure though that he already had a hunch once you hoarded some stuff that you normally didn’t pay attention to. And with his knowledge of extraterrestrials and the unknown, it’s going to shock you if he still doesn't suspect you of being a witch.
You quickly put down your brush and rushed to meet your now suspiciously quiet boyfriend. You found him crouched on the floor poking at the crystals in your salt bowl while holding your wand in the other hand. 
“Tooru! You’re home! ahahaha, that’s nothing to be,” you closed off your book of witchcraft that was bearing a chapter introduction to blood magick. “thought about too much,” you said nervously, tucking your arms behind you as you stared off to the side. He looked up at you while his eyebrows were furrowed in confusion.
“..One of your crystals are kinda goopy and kinda melting there in the water y/n-chan,” Oikawa pointed at your bowl full of rain water. 
“Eh?”, you stared back at him.
It was an awkward silence after a few moments, neither knew how to react. He blinked at you.
And you blinked back at him.
...
“...crap, my Selenite.”
“Uh.. yeah. It’s kinda dissolving so I think you should take it out”
You snapped out of it and quickly sat beside him to attempt to salvage your water soluble crystal. The said crystal doesn’t even NEED to be cleansed. It was partially dissolved and your eye twitched, thinking that this was such a rookie mistake and you were a stupid witch and now your boyfriend probably thinks that you’re crazy and-
“I have food. Wanna talk about it?”, Oikawa smiled softly, letting go of your wand and began arranging the food on the table.  
You looked at him, surprised that he was taking these things lightheartedly. The man even had a smile on his pretty face and was humming some kind of happy song. 
The two of you fell in a semi-comfortable silence as both of you ate.
Oikawa looked at you with an unreadable expression. It made a literal waterfall of sweat drop down behind your back despite the cool temperature. He put down his chopsticks and laced his hands on the table. The opening of his mouth to speak seemed like it was on slow motion and you were preparing yourself for the worst.
‘Oh gods, here it comes’, you thought, panicking more and more.
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.
.
.
.
“Sooo... can you curse someone for me?”
“Eh?”
“I have this weird classmate who just kept on clicking his pen repeatedly during exams and it’s SO FRUSTRATING. Like-”
“Now wait a damn minute pretty boy,” your eyes twitched at his literal dismissal of the not-so-normal things that he just saw. “Y-you’re not gonna break up with me? Or like say that I should be burned while tied to a post??” At this point you probably blinked your eyes out at his unexpected reaction.
“Why would I do that? You’re still my girlfriend, right?” he tilted his head to the side before his eyes widened and he gasped loudly. “UNLESS YOU’RE NOT?!!! BAD DEMON. GET OUT OF MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL’S HOT BODY. I’LL GET THE SALT, I SWEAR!” Oikawa exclaimed while reaching towards the salt shaker on the end of the table *it wasn’t salt lol*.
“WHAT- NO YOU IDIOT! IT’S ME-”
“THAT’S WHAT DEMONS SAY AAAHH. Y/N-CHAN THERE’S A SHAPE SHIFTER DOWN HERE TRYING TO KILL ME. IT WANTS TO DONATE MY ORGANS FOR POWER.” 
“DEMONS DON’T EVEN DO THAT. TOORU THAT’S NOT EVEN THE SALT, THAT’S SUGAR-”
Let’s just say it took a while to convince your overdramatic boyfriend that it was you. 
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Giorno Giovanna x Reader: Long nights [NSFW]
"Fuck off Mista." You growled as he tried to pull the book you were reading.
"Damn. Does Giorno get hurt when he's with-"
"I said. Fuck. Off." You stated once more.
He just sighed in defeat before rubbing the back of his head. "You kinda reminding me of Fugo ya' know? Always angry and all that crap. Are you guys twins-"
He's silenced when the door swung open. He looked pretty tired from the meeting he attended, surely it's hard handling an entire organization, especially when you're just 17, and still goes to school. "I'm...Home." He weakly whispered. It wasn't usual for him to look this tired. It seems like all energy left in him got drained out. You rushed towards him and lifted his head up to look at you. "I'm sorry to make you worry amore. The heat just got me bad."
"I'll go fetch some water for you." You offered as you rushed through the kitchen, getting a cold glass of water. You handed him the water as you assissted him to sit on the couch.
“Grazie amore. I’m very sorry if I made you worry.”
“So? How did it go?”
“Not as good as it should be...I was correct about my suspicions. There is a traitor, he tried to kill-“
“Bastardo! How dare they hurt you!”
“I just didn’t expect him to be a stand user as well, so it became a little difficult for me to handle.” He looked at you with a weak smile on his face. “Follow me at the room later.”
“So you two are about to fu-“ You hit Mista’s stomach with your elbow, which caused him to scream in pain. “What was that for?!”
“I’ll just go prepare you some meal okay? I’ll be there in a minute.” You whispered and kissed Giorno’s forehead, just as if you did nothing to Mista. Giorno went upstairs, the moment he went out of sight, you gave Mista a death glare. “Can you shut your horny ass up Mista? Before I fucking tattoo 4 over your forehead tonight!”
“Calm down satan what the hell. I’m just kid-“
“Kidding my ass! Just shut the fuck up for one second!” He looked away and about to say another word but you cut him off. “Stop being sarcastic you piece of shit!” You headed towards Giorno’s room with a tray of risolle and bruschetta. You turned the knob to see him untying his braids. “You really look tired.”
“That’s why I wanted you with me in private.”
“Wanna discuss about some things?”
“No...It’s far from that.”
“Eh?” You placed the tray on the small coffee table inside the room. “Then what is it?”
“We haven’t done...That thing yet, did we?” He suddenly held your hand and kissed it. “I’m just a man...I also have my needs...”
“Are you saying that...You wanna do dirty things with me?” He just smiled and nodded. “Well damn...I’ve been waiting for ages for you to make your move. Now let me get you relaxed.” You whispered before slamming your lips against his. He was shocked but slowly, he managed to keep up. ‘Is this his first time?’ You questioned yourself. You let out a squeaked when he pulled you closer to him, both your tounges danced in sync. You were both panting the moment the two of you pulled out. “A virgin huh.”
“Just shut up and take me amore.” He pinned your hands against the bed before attacking your collarbone which made you moan loudly. His hands were busy unbuttoning your top, the moment he finished, he massaged your breasts as he continued making out with you. You never knew he had this wild side...Hiding behind his beautiful angelic face.
He slowly removed your pants and fingered you through your cloth. Damn, was this really his first time? “Gi-Giorno...Don’t be so rough. It’s still my first time!”
“It’s my first as well...Don’t worry, you can always tell me if I’m being too rough.” He was shocked when you slightly held his shoulder to push him away. “Is there something wrong?”
“You’re tired. Let me do the work. Now get in the bed and let me pleasure you.” He didn’t do as you told him to. You were left with no other option.
You pushed him hard enough to fall on the bed. “It’s unfair! I can’t let you pleasure me!”
“69?”
He gulped at your suggestion, he was sweating, and to your surprise shaking as well. “Oh. Don’t tell me you’re gonna back out now.”
“Of course I’m not! I...Are you sure about this?”
“I wouldn’t get all naked if I wasn’t.” You whispered as you removed your top.
“You’re too beautiful mia amata...”
You didn’t respond, but instead you removed all the clothing that blocks his body. Once you were finished, you looked back at him with a smirk. “Do your best Gio-“ you didn’t get to finish your sentence when you sensed his lips starting to tease you cunt. “Nghhh~Gio-Giorno!” You moaned out. You tried to calm yourself but each movement of his mouth...It drives you crazy. You took a grip of his growing erection before kissing the tip, running your tounge around his shaft, then ofcourse...Sucking it entirely.
“Your mouth feels so good~” He groaned before sucking your dripping cunt again. You pulled out for a moment to see how he was doing...Damn he was so good at this! His tounge wandering around your womanhood, suddenly hitting a sensitive spot inside you. “Ugh...Giorno~! I think I’m gonna-“
“I think I am about to as well! Take it amore! Take me!” With that said, you sucked one last time as the two of you reached your climax.
“How did it feel mia amata? Did you like it?”
“Goodness Giorno-! Is that even a question?!” You moaned.
He suddenly flipped you over. “I think I got relaxed...now will you let me do as I please?” You bit your lip and just nodded. He kissed your forehead before he soflty smiled at you. “Tell me when I need to stop okay?” He guided the tip of his member into your entrance before slowly sliding it inside you.
“Gio-Giorno~!”
“Am I hurting you?”
“M-move please...I’m begging you...” He held you hands tightly as he slowly thrusted in and out of your womanhood. “Nghhh~! Your cock feels so good Giorno! Ugh...T-too much pleasure Ah~!” Your moans were enough to keep him from going. He continued on pounding you, you both panted at each pause. “G-Giorno faster!” You wrapped your arms around him and clawed his back.
He suddenly hit the same spot from earlier causing you to arch your back. “Ugh~! Keep...Keep it going Giorno~!”
“Wha...What was it? I didn’t hear what you’re saying...can you repeat it for me?”
“F-Fuck me harder amore!”
“With pleasure mia cara.” He picked up the pace and fucked you roughly just as you demanded.
The two of you tried different possitions each round. It took the two of you 6 rounds. He slowly placed a kiss on your cheek before wrapping your body with a clean silk robe. “Wish we could do it more often mia amata.” He whispered to your ears as he panted. His heavy breath sending chills down to your spine.
“Well hell if it’s you then...” you slithered your hands over his bare chest, looking at him from head to toe before locking eye contact. “We could do it often...Even everyday, it doesn’t matter...As long as you’re the only one who feels my body...”
The alarm rang.
You woke up with Giorno not on your side. Although he left a note just under the lampshade. ‘I just went out to buy some groceries. Ti amo, be safe <3’
The door suddenly swung open and it was Mista. “Breakfast’s ready, oh and prepare for later.” He stated.
“The note-“
“Come on. Just hurry up and get down y/n. There’s some kind of event later night, so Giorno wouldn’t be here.” You were about to speak up when he interrupted you. “One more thing. If you’re gonna fuck, at least keep it down ‘kay? I barely got any sleep, the two of you were like wild animals who got out of a cage.”
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Azami Izumida x Reader
"A childish fight"
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"Azami-kun~"
You gently nudge the young man beside you, who is engrossed in reading a cosmetic magazine.
"What is it?" he responds, his attention still fixated on the pages before him.
You let out a deep sigh, feeling slightly exasperated by his lack of acknowledgment.
You've been friends with Azami-kun for a year now, despite the stark contrast between your backgrounds. You've learned about his family's ties to the yakuza, with him being the sole heir to the Ginsenkai Family. Despite this, you've never let it affect your friendship, knowing how much he dislikes being associated with his family's reputation.
You're also aware of his childhood friend, Shift-kun, who shares a bond with Azami that predates your own friendship. Yet, somehow, you managed to seamlessly integrate into their dynamic, bridging the gap between your worlds effortlessly.
Despite Azami's reservations about physical affection outside of a committed relationship, you occasionally find yourself wanting to reach out, to bridge the emotional gap between you. Perhaps a simple hand on the shoulder or a gentle touch wouldn't be so out of place, you ponder.
It still surprises you that you've become friends with someone like Azami. As an introvert, you're accustomed to solitude, but something about the connection you share with him feels natural. Your friendship blossomed unexpectedly, sparked by a mutual interest in cosmetics, and has since grown into something deeper, despite the odds.
"Oi, Y/n, What are you spacing out for?" Azami called out to you, noticing your distant expression.
"Hm? Ah... It's nothing, I just remembered that there's a big sale at that cosmetic store you're familiar with tomorrow. I think it's called 'Elfriede'," you respond, trying to shake off your reverie.
You said, and you watched as his eyes widened in excitement.
"Oh crap," he muttered, immediately diving into a whirlwind of thoughts. "You should've said that earlier! Ugh, what time will the store open again? Wait, I should check their website first and see what they've got on sale... Ah, I should make a list of what I need to buy... I think I ran out of foundation, I should add it to my list... Oh, I should try some of their newest palettes."
He continued to ramble on about cosmetics, his enthusiasm infectious yet slightly overwhelming. You couldn't help but let out a deep sigh, amused by his sudden burst of excitement.
‘I won't be surprised if a professional makeup artist scouted him,’ you thought to yourself, watching him with a mixture of amusement and fondness.
"Azami-kun, the Autumn Troupe is next to perform, right?" you suddenly asked, breaking through his cosmetics-induced trance.
He paused, glancing up at you with a faint smile. "Ah, yeah, I'll reserve some tickets for you as usual," he replied before returning his attention to his plans for the upcoming cosmetics sale.
"Thanks. Ah, by the way, Shift-kun is coming too, right?" you inquired, curious about the plans.
"He might come on closing night. After all, he's pretty busy with God-za," Azami replied casually, flipping another page of the magazine.
As you heard their busy schedules, a thought crossed your mind. 'They're both busy, huh? I'll be all alone then.'
You pondered for a moment before deciding, 'Should I go back to the way I was before? Reading books in a café all day? Hmm, I should do that rather than bothering them while they're busy with acting.'
"Ah~ Y/n-chan~!" A feminine voice chimed behind you, prompting you to turn around to see who it was.
"Ah! Izumi nee-chan~" you exclaimed, flashing her a wide smile.
"Oh, hanging out with Azami-kun, I see," she remarked, her tone slightly teasing.
As you studied her face, you couldn't help but notice how she looked a little pale.
"Mhm~ Anyways, Ne~ Onee-chan~ are you having a hard time sleeping..?" you inquired, sensing that something might be bothering her.
Izumi's eyes widened in surprise as if you had hit the jackpot. "Eh? How did you know?"
"You look pale," you responded simply, offering her a concerned smile.
"Ah, she's right, your skin is looking pretty bad. I've told you never to stay up late, since your skin would--”  Azami began, launching into a sermon about skincare.
you watched as Izumi started to back away, clearly not in the mood for Azami's lecture.
"You don't feel well?" Masumi suddenly appeared out of nowhere, his expression filled with concern as he looked at Izumi.
"No, it's not like that-" Izumi began to explain, but Masumi interrupted her by grabbing her hand firmly.
"No, I'm taking you to the hospital," he declared decisively, causing Izumi's eyes to widen in horror.
She glanced at you, as if silently pleading for help or understanding.
you could only smile awkwardly, knowing there was little you could do to intervene in Masumi's protective nature towards Izumi.
"Director-san is not sleeping well? Just the perfect timing. Here— chamomile tea. It might help with your lack of sleep," Omi-san said, offering the tea to Izumi-san.
"Ah, thanks, Omi," Izumi-san replied with a sigh of relief as she accepted the tea.
As you observed the exchange, a frown crept onto your face. 'If Omi-san prepared some chamomile tea, it might be that... Omi-san is losing some sleep too.'
'They're working way too hard...' you couldn't help but think to yourself, feeling a pang of concern for your friends.
Glancing at your watch, you realized it was already time for you to go home.
'Just when things are getting fun... I have no choice. It would be bad if the sun went down, and I shouldn't disturb Azami-kun any further because despite his flawless skin, it seems like he's losing some sleep too.'
"Y/n-chan, are you going to stay for dinner? I'll prepare your favorites," Omi said, his smile warm and inviting.
"I'd love to, but I have to go. I still have some things to do back home," you replied, offering him an apologetic smile.
He frowned momentarily before offering a smile in return. "That's too bad then."
You nodded in response as you gathered your bag. "I'll be going," you said, waving at the people present in the lounge.
‘Normally, I would let Azami-kun walk me to the station, but I bet he's planning on waking up early tomorrow for the sale at the cosmetic shop I mentioned. He'll likely be practicing hard again tomorrow... I shouldn't let him get exhausted any further.’
‘Even without Azami saying anything, I knew that the Autumn Troupe started practicing early for their show. I could imagine how tired Azami must have been. Yet, he invited me to come over to the dorm just to hang out, to avoid me worrying too much about him.’
"I'll accompany you back home," Azami said suddenly, standing up and setting aside the magazine he had been holding.
"Ah, you don't have to, Azami-kun—" you began, but your words were cut off as he passed by you and started putting on his shoes.
‘ah-He ignored me..?’
you heard Izumi giggling. "You should let Azami-kun accompany you, Y/n-chan," she said, patting you gently on the head.
you nodded, flashing her a grateful smile before waving goodbyes.
The both of you finally stepped out of the dorm and began walking towards the station.
"Azami-kun?" You called out tentatively, hoping to break the uneasy silence.
He didn't respond, and the both of you continued walking in silence.
The atmosphere between you was palpably tense, and you couldn't help but feel a sense of unease creeping over you.
'Did I do something...?' you wondered, racking your brain for any potential cause of his silence.
"Ah, Azami-kun, here is fine. The station is just a few blocks ahead--" you said, coming to a stop. But he just continued walking, ignoring you.
Feeling a pang of frustration, you reached out and grabbed his jacket from behind.
"Azami-kun... Are you mad?" you asked, looking up at him as he finally stopped.
"No..." he replied quietly, his expression unreadable.
"Then why are you ignoring me-"
"you're acting strange Y/n"
"Eh..? Me? I don't think so"
"Yes you are, You're obviously pushing me away, why?"
He looked at you with a pained expression, and your heart ached at the sight, rendering you speechless.
"Look here, I may look weak, but I'm literally strong. So why the hell are you pushing me aside?" he snapped, his frustration evident in his tone.
‘He's really angry... What should I do? What if he hates me because I was being too selfish that I didn't notice that I already made him feel so suffocated by it? Ah, damn it, I feel like crying,’ you thought, feeling your eyes stinging, and he seemed to notice it too.
"I- uh-... I didn't mean to--" He stammered, His voice shaky with emotion.
"I... don't want to exhaust you more than you are, Azami-kun. I knew that Autumn Troupe is practicing a little bit earlier than usual, so I thought, this is all I can do for you to avoid... overworking," you said honestly, the tears finally giving in. Azami was panicking on what to do with you, who was crying uncontrollably.
He took out a handkerchief and gave it to you, his eyes averted somewhere.
He gave a deep sigh before he spoke. "Idiot... I know myself very well, so don't worry too much. I invited you to come over because I find it... relaxing... to be with you... but... O-Oi, don't misunderstand!" he blurted out, a tint of redness spreading across his face.
'He's blushing...' you observed, feeling a warmth spreading through you as you giggled softly and the tears stopped flowing one after another.
"Mhm! I also find it fun hanging out with you, Azami-kun," you said, flashing him a smile.
"Tsk... Then, make sure to come visit again. Just because our show is coming doesn't mean you're not allowed to go to the dorm, you idiot," he said, sighing. The both of you started walking again, and you hummed in response.
"Azami-kun... Thanks," you said softly, looking at him. His black silky hair danced as the wind blew gently, his aqua green eyes sparkling. You noticed how gentle he looked as he gave a small smile that made your heart pound.
"Don't mind it..." he replied softly.
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By the Angel, TALK
Warning: THIS IS AN ANTI-CLARY AND JACE SPOILER RANT because I need an avenue to let out some of the steam I've been holding off since starting City of Fallen Angels. So PLEASE SKIP AHEAD because I don't want to burden you all with my reading woes.
This thing centers on the beginning of Chapter 9: From Fire Unto Fire and a little bit of Chapter 8. About eight pages of bad, bad romance set me off.
To start,
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The rest is under the cut, so you can go away now.
So, what's been happening to Clary and Jace thus far?
This book introduced them now as an official couple, picking up from the end of TMI Book 3: City of Glass. I don't remember their every scene since then to the point in Chapter 9 where I stopped, but basically, they're having relationship issues early on. They're less than two months into their relationship, and the drama is too frickin much. 
Jace has these weird dreams about murdering Clary and waking up guilty about his subconscious thoughts, so he goes angsting about it and avoiding her, snapping at her, being a total dick, and still question why people think they are on the brink of a break-up. 
So, Jace goes with Simon in the next few scenes, in his plight to get away from her as far as possible, yet still be somehow close by being around Clary's best friend to "protect" him, so his distant behavior will be reasonable and forgivable. Yeah, make that make sense. 🙄 But of course, one way or another, they're going to have to get to the confrontation part (that I still wish had been equivalent to an actual break-up), and so that's when Chapter 8 & 9 enters.
Chapter 8: Walk in Darkness pp. 185-186
Almost instantly, the light went out of them, and the remaining color drained out of his face. "I thought --- Simon said you weren't coming." ¹
[...] "So you only came because you thought I wouldn't be here? [...] Were you ever planning on talking to me again? [...] If you're going to break it off, the least you could do is tell me, not just stop talking to me and leave me to figure it out on my own."
"Why does everyone keep goddamn asking me if I'm going to break up with you? [...]²
First, what an asshole?! 
[1] So Jace finally in-your-face's Clary and confirms that he has been keeping his distance like Clary has the plague. He then has the audacity to [2] be annoyed for being questioned on his intentions of keeping the relationship that he has been actively evading for days!
I get that Jace sucks in romantic relationships and has been fucked up by his daddy-issues, but he has the Lightwoods. Heck, Alec is his parabatai. He sees working relationships, so he has to have known that you don't just stop talking to people close to you and have them not question the behavior, whether you're trying to pull away from them or not. Otherwise, then Jace is dumb for all that he's marketed as the "best" Shadowhunter in his age. Screw that.
---
“You talked to Simon about us?" Clary shook her head. "Why? Why aren't you talking to me?"
"Because I can't talk to you," Jace said. "I can't talk to you, I can't be with you, I can't even look at you."³
[3] Way to make a girl feel special, Jace. Oh, no, yeah. He's trying to do the opposite and push her away with some teenage boy angst that doesn't make any sense. Like, who says that, though, aside from dramatic love interests that can't make a better excuse for going emo? 
That line IS TOO DRAMATIC that it hurts, ugh. 🤮
Anyway, so Clary walks out after that. I don't sympathize with her, but I'd do the same. Who wouldn't? Unless you freeze in the ridiculousness of the situation, that is, which is also likely.
Chapter 9: From Fire Unto Fire pp. 190-195
Now, here's the real shit. I want to quote this entire six-page scene back to Cassie and scream at her.
Clary reached the door and burst out into the rain-drenched evening air. [...] and was about to race across the street against the light when a hand caught her arm and spun her around.
It was Jace. [...] "Clary, didn't you hear me calling you?"
"Let go of me." Her voice shook.
"No. Not until you talk to me."⁴
[4] DUDE, what even happened to your I CAN'T TALK TO YOU, I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU speech, huh? Be consistent for once, apart from your douchebag routine. Make up your mind, Jace.
---
Still holding her by the arm, he half-dragged her around the van and into a narrow alley that bordered the Alto Bar. ⁵
[5] Man, I love a bit of rough loving in my literature, but I'm so pissed at you, Jace, don't even. Lay the hell off.
---
"I was going to tell you that I was trying to help out Simon. [...]
"And you couldn't tell me? Couldn't text me a single line letting me know where you were?"⁶ [...]
[...]
"I think," he said slowly, "that I thought that the closest thing to being with you was being with Simon. Watching out for him. I had some stupid idea that you'd realize I was doing it for you and forgive me---"⁷
[6] Addressing the lack of communication, that's a great path to follow. These two need to talk so bad. [7] But this line? Sucks Balls. You could be with her, Jacey, and save all the readers your drama if you only pull your head out of your ass and try to communicate. It's like you're allergic to it.
---
She took a step back, blindly, and nearly tripped over an abandoned speaker. Her bag slid to the ground as she put her hand out to right herself, but Jace was already there. He moved forward to catch her, and kept moving until her back hit the alley wall, and his arms were around her, and he was kissing her frantically.⁸
[8] Not only is this achingly cheesy, but it's also totally not the way they should be going off about their situation. They were already talking -arguing, yes, but they're still using words to reach out, and their relationship absolutely cannot be healthy without them. Thus far, they have spoken so less in comparison with the times they've spent canoodling. They're not solving anything by having drama on one second and getting it on with dramatic kissing on the next.
I don't care what Clary says about being so lost in love with Jace. He's treating her like shit. The least he can do is give her answers that she has the right to demand from him. Kissing is not an answer. But, well, maybe to Clary, it is because the next parts from page 192 to 194 are spent on softcore porn in a dark alley under the frickin rain. I bet that's a very romantic setting in their minds, huh.
---
And now this part:
It was nerve-wracking. She could feel the feverish heat that came off him; her hands were still on his shoulders, but it wasn't enough. She wanted him wrapped around her, holding her tight. "W-why," she breathed. "can't you talk to me? Why can't you look at me?"
He ducked his head down to look into her face. His eyes, surrounded by lashes darkened with rainwater, were impossibly gold.
"Because I love you."⁹
[9] Is that supposed to make me tingle? SET ME ON FIRE, but that is the lousiest I love you in books that I have ever read. AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, at all!
Shut up with this, can you please. It's not romantic at all. It's a dumb excuse and an even dumber love from the two dumbest people in this whole frickin series. Oh my god.
Clary, realistically, will frown at this answer. She will pull the hell away and spat him in the face with how demeaning his love is if it can make her sick to the stomach with thinking he has already gone bored and is only cooking the perfect way to cut off their connection. He hasn't given her a sound reason, only desperate declarations of love like he's trying to convince them both that it's true. And it doesn't make sense how she's still plastered around him in the cold, trying to convince the readers that every word from Jace has deeper meanings that she understands no matter how gibberish they are. I'm not buying that, okay? Stop selling your larger-than-life connection bullshit because that isn't real.
You've only been together for two months, okay? The strongest you can feel for each other is lust. And it's showing.
---
His hands slid down to her waist and he kissed her, long and lingering, making her shudder.
She pulled away, "That doesn't make any sense."
"Neither does this," he said, "but I don't care. I'm sick of trying to pretend I can live without you. Don't you understand that? Can't you see it's killing me?"¹⁰
She stared at him. She could see that he meant what he said [...] Her desire for answers battled the more primal part of her brain, and lost. "Kiss me then,"¹¹
[10] NOBODY THREATENED YOU UNDER BLADE TO DO THAT BULLSHIT, so shut the hell up with the whining. [11] and Clary, I am so disappointed. You've both just drained me, and I'm dry inside like a raisin.
The next paragraphs describe their very erotic kissing against the wall. Jace, propping her up and her legs around his waist bull crap. Seriously? Am I supposed to believe these two are, what sixteen?- up until Isabelle thankfully ruins their moment by kicking a garbage can that would look better with Jace and Clary in it tbh.
---
And the nastiest horseshit of all:
Clary looked at Jace. At any other time, they would have laughed together at Isabelle's moodiness, but there was no humor in his expression, and she knew immediately that whatever they had had between them ---whatever had blossomed out of his momentary lack of control--- it was gone now. [...]
"Jace---" she took a step toward him.
"Don't," he said, his voice very rough. "I can't."¹²
And then he was gone [...]
[12] No, I frickin CANNOT. His actions keep on contradicting his words, and he's fickle and can't decide which mood to settle, and it's so exhausting, honestly. He wasted a few pages for a cosmic, meaningless declaration of feelings. They're empty words. At this point, I believe the writing only strives to convince the readers that these characters care for each other but is shitty at showing it.
It's not love, because they say it is love.
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I was already gaining hope for this book, and then one simple few-pages scene with clace squishes it, smearing the innards on my face.
Honestly, TALK OR TAKE A BREAK. This back and forth can't continue throughout the rest of the book or -heaven forbid- the rest of the series. Or at least, put these characters in the background if they really must drag on this problem, because I care not a lick.
Bye.
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Midnight Striga: Fairy Tail/Owl House Cross Fic Episode 5 Part 1
Hello all, I come before you with another chapter of Midnight Striga. Just to let you know, this chapter will mark a shift in the tone of the story. While this shift will not apply to every chapter, and certainly not every scene, things will now move a bit differently. Thank you.
With a sigh, Amity Blight, scion and heir-apparent to Blight Industries, tied back her hair into its usual short tail. And at that, she had officially completed her preparations for today, the day of the Covention. There, she would be presented by her Tutor, Emperor’s Coven Head Lilith, as a standard of excellence. While normally Amity didn’t particularly care to be used as a living advertisement, for a position as prestigious as the Emperor’s Coven, it honestly brought a small smile to her face, a sign that her skills were being acknowledged. Nothing like her mother’s annoying “Private Sales” she had to put up with.
A ding caught her attention. Turning to her scroll, she read off the new message.
Hope it goz great!! Gonna be watching, you rule!!! ~Skara
Amity allowed a soft smile to cross her face. She was surprised, pleasantly so, how much hers and Skara’s relationship had grown. A girl she had originally written off as a mean-spirited bully actually had a lot of depth to her; sure, she was catty, she could be bratty, and was an absolute gossip machine, but she was bright, funny, and always willing to help her. If Amity knew of a way to head back in time, she’d probably try and talk herself out of pushing away Skara. She frowned. Maybe if she had been a better friend to Skara, or at least tried to be a friend at all, Skara wouldn’t be so broken up over Boscha.
Amity scowled at the thought of the three-eyed Witch. She had never had a high opinion of the other girl, she honestly had a high enough opinion about herself for the entire city, but that day, any respect she may have harbored for her died in flames. She snorted at the thought, remembering those strange flames Boscha had been throwing around that day. She had heard the story from Skara, that Boscha wasn’t in her right mind; frankly, Amity didn’t care. Boscha had always been a certain level of difficult, but Skara owed the girl nothing, and still defended even her worst actions.
Boscha was lucky she had been avoiding everyone for the last few days; otherwise, Amity would’ve personally informed her of her… displeasure. Still, today was an important day for her future, no reason to ruin her mood thinking about painful things. Yet, Amity couldn’t help but have her mind wander back to that day; she had humiliated herself, acted rashly, and most likely ostracized herself even further from Willow, and she offended someone she had never even met before because she couldn’t control herself.
Amity’s eyes narrowed. That human girl was an oddity; her kind were not from the Demon Realm, so how did she get here? How did she stop Boscha’s rampage? Amity needed to know. The next time they met, while she would certainly apologize for her conduct, she wasn’t walking away without a guarantee to get answers.
Chomping down on her lighter’s flame, and wasn’t that still a weird thought, Boscha languidly ambled along, having gotten up and ready early so she wouldn’t have to interact with her parents. The Covention was today, one of the biggest events of the year, especially for Hexside Students. Boscha scoffed. She had never really gotten what the big deal was; before, her future was set on the image of being a professional Grudgby player, so the whole Coven thing was an annoying distraction at best. Even now, when she felt lost inside, she didn’t get the full appeal.
Although… she would admit to being rattled from her confrontation in the rain. A shudder crawled up her spine as she recalled the Owl Beast, it’s Witch-like face twisted into an animal’s leer. If something like that came to those who defied the Coven System, not that she necessarily believed it, then she would try to toe the line a bit, at least in public. But, when she recalled that fight, the way her blood pumped, her heart raced, the heady scent of fire filling her nose, she couldn’t fight the feral smile that crawled across her face.
Boscha wanted to fight again. It was something she just knew she had to do. Just thinking about it, the threat of violence and the clashing of strength and skill, made her feel so alive!! But… the screaming would come back if she fought for real, she knew it. She could even hear it now, the screaming, the accusations. Boscha slapped herself, forcing her mind away from the thoughts that were coming.
Still, it was a new day, something she should make the most of. She should probably check out the Covention today, if only to keep word spreading that she was a no-show. She couldn’t help but feel worried though. Would Willow be there? Would Amity? ...Would Skara? Biting her lip, Boscha trudged along, lost in her thoughts, heedless of the eyes in the shadows tracking her every move.
Eda sighed, bored out of her Titan’s damned mind. Business was slow today, but she couldn’t risk the possibility of missing out on a sail, even if it meant having to put up with Luz and King reading those Titan awful books. Seriously, that flowery language was a disgrace to magic!! But… she couldn’t ruin their fun, not after that night. She had just gotten the house all back together, to Hooty’s relief, and Luz had been making sure she had her potion taken every morning before she did anything else. It was sweet of her, if annoying.
Now if only she had something to get through this stupid BOREDOM!!! She let her mind wander to her newest tenant, one who had been rapidly worming her way into Eda’s jaded heart. She wasn’t sure how, but the kid had managed to eek out a soft spot with her, much to her bemusement; maybe it was the little hints of something not being right, the way she clammed up about her past, the oddly large collection of magic books and texts, or the strange injuries she had that, while healed over, seemed to weigh on her at times. 
The kid had secrets, and had shared barely nothing about them, but Eda wasn’t one to pry. But if those secrets got her hurt, then even if it made Luz hate her, she’d pry them out and do everything she could to keep Luz safe and hearty. ...Titans, she was going soft!! Better prepare a crime to keep herself nice and tough.
Hello, it looked like they’d have a customer after all! If she wasn’t mistaken, it was that one kid, the human fanatic that came around every so often, what was his name… Goops? Whatever.
“Welcome!” She cheered, putting on her most customer friendly voice. Her eyes scanned the two, taking note of the details, specifically the lack of uniforms even though it was a school day. A chill ran up her spine. “What can I interest you two fine Witchlings in today?” Maybe she was hamming it up a little, but she needed something, dang it!
“Um, actually, Miss Owl Lady,” The girl, a stout thing with a friendly look to her, a noticeable amount of fearful respect in her eyes. Normally, Eda would’ve found it amusing, if she didn’t now have a better understanding of WHY Witchlings looked at her like that. She was going to have words with Lily next time they met. “We actually came to see Luz?”
“Yeah! I would normally LOVE to buy one of your treasures,” The Goops kid said with his usual enthusiasm, if not tinged with disappointment. “But we really have some awesome news to share with Luz!!” He certainly rebounded quickly, Eda would give him that.
Eda opened her mouth to reply, only to close it as Luz came walking up, King trotting at her heels. He was doing that weird breathing thing again, something that helped with those crazy spells of his, and wasn’t that a thought! “Hey, Hexsiders!” Luz smirked cheekily as she walked up. “Willow, Gus, what brings you two here? Isn’t it a school day?” She asked.
“Nope, not today!” Willow cheerfully said, Goops nodding along beside her. “The Covention’s today!!” Ugh, that thing!? No wonder the market was abandoned.
“What’s a Covention?” Luz asked, looking confused, and just a bit bored. Eda was never so proud to see a child wilfully dismissive of authority before!!
“It’s when the Covens put on a big expo to show everyone what they can offer!” Gus cheered. He settled down a bit for his next. “We were wondering if you wanted to come with us?”
And there was the moment Eda needed to start intervening! “Oh no!! No tenant of mine is ever going to set foot in that den of conformist propaganda! Coventions are for people who have no ability to question their lot in life and blindly accept whatever crap that authority spoon-feeds them.” She stated firmly. At the affronted looks of the two kids, and Luz’s own flat look of disapproval, Eda huffed, but relented a little. “No offense to you two.” Hey, she wasn’t going to completely back down!
The girl, Willow, Eda thought, shook it off. “Well, maybe coming will help convince you to find a coven to join!” She said trepidatiously, giving a hesitant smile. Now, ordinarily, Eda would’ve used a spell to mess with her for saying that, but after learning what she had about her reputation… she decided to go with a gentler touch.
Eda sighed. “Look kid, there is no possible way I will ever join a Coven. Even if they forced me, I would literally rather die than be in one,” She stated bluntly, steadfastly ignoring the shocked looks her statement provoked. “I don’t know exactly what you kids have been told about me, not fully at least, but there is nothing a coven can offer me that I might want.”
“B-but a Coven gives you a place to belong!” Goops exclaimed.
“Already got one, it’s called my house.” Eda replied, checking her nails.
“It helps you make friends!” Willow followed up.
“I can do that without a Coven, and the kind of people who would be friends with me wouldn’t care if I was in one or not.” Eda said, summoning a file.
““B-But, But!”” The kids stammered.
“Look.” Eda snapped lightly, trying to hold in her temper. “I don’t need to be in a Coven. I am happier without one, and I always will be happier without one. I’m not gonna force my beliefs onto others, however much I might want to sometimes, so the least you two could do is respect mine, okay?” She finished softly. The two meekly nodded.
“I think we should go.” Luz offhandedly mentioned, piping up for the first time since the back and forth started.
“””What!?””” The three shouted, Willow and Gus in glee, Eda in shock.
“Yeah, we’ve got nothing better to do,” Luz shrugged, gesturing to the abandoned market around them, before continuing, “And it gives me an opportunity to check out more of the Isles. And Eda, are you seriously gonna pass up the chance to shake down a bunch of Coven Stands for everything you can get?” She grinned, arching an eyebrow in challenge.
“Using my pride against me, eh?” Eda mused, before snapping her fingers. “Ah nuts, you sold me. But,” she drawled, shooting a look at the two Witchlings, “Absolutely no talk of convincing me to join a Coven, got it?” She said gravely, getting rapid nods from the two. Eh, Eda was willing to milk her worse-than-realized rep for as long as she could.
As the group set off, they were utterly ignorant of the rustling in the trees behind them.
A bloody scream ripped through the Guard’s throat. Why was this happening!? He was just doing his job!! Did these psychos not realize who they were challenging going after a guard like this??
“Quiet.” A gravelly voice, like stone shattering and scraping against steel, drawled from the dark, twisting the knife stabbed into the guard’s ribs. He screamed again, only to be cut off by a hard slap against his mask, so strong he felt his jaw loosen. “We don’t want to hear a peep from you unless it is to answer our questions.”
“DO YOU NOT REALIZE WHAT YOU’RE DOING!?” The Guard demanded, fighting through the pain. “I am a member of the Emperor’s Coven!! If my body turns up with obvious signs of torture like this, the Coven will rip you to shreds for trying to challenge them!!” There… maybe that would get them to comprehend their position!!!
The shadowed group paused, as if in contemplation of his words. Then, one of them snickered, then another, and another. And the entire crowd, a veritable army really, started laughing to the heavens, as if what he had said was the funniest joke in the world, fit only for the Titan’s ears.
“Gilihihihihihi!!” An oily, sickly voice laughed from the shadows. “As if any of these backwater weaklings could challenge us?” A note of hysterical madness crept into the stretched out figure’s voice, when suddenly, his long thin arms darted forward. For a moment, the guard didn’t realize what had happened, until a familiar wetness dripped down his palm. He screamed. Giggling, the figure stretched his hand out of the shadows; resting in his palm, were four of the guard’s severed fingers, ripped directly off his hand. The figure lightly tossed the digits up and down… and threw them back down his gullet, a sick laugh ripping out of his throat after he finished swallowing and chewing the bits.
“Now, now, we need him alive to answer our questions, gentlemen.” Another voice peaked out of the dark, this one smooth, polite, and as cold as the coldest nights on the Knee. “We wouldn’t want him to feel stubborn enough to deny us, now would we?” The cold voice chided, getting solemn nods from the other two figures nearest to the guard, almost like children being scolded by their parent. “Now, my good man, we’ve been at this for hours! You’ve resisted our attempts at bribery, even spat into the faces of my soldiers. Why, we even had to remove that left eye of yours to make you realize we weren’t bluffing!” He proclaimed, holding up the eye in question, the guard’s own familiar tawny coloring staring back at him. The figure bent down, smirking. “Now, just tell us what we wish to know, and your suffering will come to an end, okay? Otherwise…” he sighed, gesturing to the chuckling figures behind him, many hoisting up cruel instruments, such as hooks and skinning knives, all aimed towards him. “We’ll have to use you as a message for the next guard.” He finished ominously.
“N-next!?” The guard whimpered, finally realizing they were willing to kill him, to torture him to death for what they wanted to know. And just like that, all the wind left his sails, his resistance crumbled. “I’ll tell you.” He whispered. “Anything I know. Ask away. If I know, I will tell you.”
“Good.” The figure smirked. As he rapidly rattled off his questions, gesturing to his cohorts to record the guard’s answers, his smirk grew more and more as the guard answered in detail. About the Covention. About the special guest. About all the people who came to see it. About what it meant for the Emperor’s Coven. “Thank you, my good man.” He sincerely stated. Then, without preamble, he slashed his dagger across the guard’s throat, relishing the shocked horror and betrayal as the life fled his eyes as his blood poured down his front. He could even divine the question. Why? “I said your suffering would end.” He whispered to the soon-to-be-corpse. “I never said you would live.” And with that, a look of utter despair coated the foolish guard’s eyes… and they turned lifeless.
Tossing his knife to the figure who had eaten the guards fingers, ignoring the sound of the blood being licked off the blade, he calmly ordered his men to move, the large group mobilizing around him. As they exited the dilapidated castle they had appropriated from the recent demise of that rotten Octopus, he grinned in satisfaction as strategically placed flames went off, consuming the structure, and any trace he and his organization were ever there. ‘We shall devour this world.’ He thought, chuckling darkly. ‘And not even their precious Titan and Emperor will be able to stand against us.’
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musicfeedsmysoul12 · 4 years
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Flash Forward: Other bits
Lila
Lila was sitting in a white room dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans. She was eating a meal and looked bored as she did so. Once she was done she looked up.
“If you are finished mask on,” a voice said through the walls.
“You can trust me. I won’t do anything!” Lila replied, sounding charming.  “Miss Rossi you do not have permission to leave your room without a mask. Mask on.” Lila stared at the ceiling before a look of utter rage passed over her face, startling the watchers. She grabbed something sitting next to her and put it on, tying it behind her head. It was a half mask, with slits in the front. Putting it on, a click was heard and she growled, the mask showing it also had a voice program as it came out distorted and computerized. “Thank you.”
Waking out of the room when the door opened, Lila carried her plate and utensils, heading to a window in a wall she put them through. Around her others dressed like her were walking around. Only a bare few had masks though.
“Rossi,” one said, walking by.
“Smith.” She responded, heading through the room and out a door, to where a fenced-in outdoor area was. Lila sat on a bench and just watched people before someone walked up to her. It was Chloé, wearing similar clothes but with gloves.
 “I thought you were avoiding me,” Lila said.
“I was.” Chloé said simply. “But I have news.”
“Oh? The Justice League realize they made a mistake and are letting me go?” Lila mocked. “Please. You knew your magic had people listening to you and believing you no matter what you said. You willingly used your magic on others and turned out to be working with a magical terrorist since you were fourteen until eighteen. The one time they let you go unmasked here you used your magic to spark a riot.” Chloé snorted. “You deserve to be here like I did.”
“Did?” Lila asked.
 “I’m leaving next week. Parole.” Chloé told the girl and Lila snared, the sound menacing in her mask.
“You sided with him just like me! Hell you willingly let him cast magic on you- that’s why you have those damn gloves!” Lila said.
“I know. I was a petty and jealous brat who wanted to be special. I was so mad I would never get the Bee Miraculous back, I was so mad Ladybug didn’t like me. So I foolishly didn’t think of anyone but myself and sides with him.” Chloé told her. “It took me nearly killing my dad just by hugging him to realize what I did. Lila, how do you feel knowing your mother is sick to her stomach when she sees you because of how much magic you used on her?”
“It wasn’t that much.” Lila snapped and Chloe shook her head.
“Your mother can’t be in the same room with you without going into shock.”
“Your mother-“
“Is in jail for insider trading and child abuse,” Chloé said coldly. “And good riddance. But this didn’t about that. This is about me and you.”
“What could you possibly want with me? You hate me.”
“I do. But sadly you’re my only friend here.” Chloé said. “And we’re similar. We both fucked up. Difference is I realized it and am trying. I’m getting out. I’ll never not be able to not wear gloves. My touch with either kill or paralyze anyone. That’s fine- I got offered skin right and skin coloured gloves I’ll be wearing. I get to change my name and appearance and integrate back into society as long as I keep in contact with Canary. That’s great.”
“And you think I can too?” Lila sneered. “I can’t turn off my magic.”
“You can control it you just don’t want to. You’re damn lucky they gave you a mask instead of casting a spell to permanently silence you and you know it.” Chloe told Lila who glared at her in answer. “Lila don’t let the mistakes you made as a teenager affect you now.” Lila didn’t answer as Chloe stood and left her alone in the yard.
Alya
Alia was sitting in a cubicle, working on something. She looked different with her hair in a short bob and wearing a set of business casual clothing. She looked fairly focused as she was typing, only stopping when someone stuck their head into the cubicle.
“Hey, someone’s waiting for you in meeting room B.”
“Thanks,” Alta said, standing up and heading to the room. She looked puzzled as she entered it before a smile crossed her face. “Rose!:
“Alta!” Rose looked older, with her hair longer then it was currently, and her outfit a white sweater and jeans. “It’s good to see you! Sorry about dropping in on you at work…”
“It’s fine. I don’t have any cool stories right now- mostly the normal stuff and that’s pretty easy to write.” Alya told her. “Why are you here?”
“Juleka and I are getting married!” Alya squealed and threw her arms around Rose who laughed and hugged back.
“God! You guys beat the odds! I’m so happy for you!” She pulled away with a smile.
“Thanks! We wanted a reporter covering it- famous model marrying a charity worker so we thought of you!” Alya squealed again and hugged Rose again who laughed. “But uhh…”
“If it’s about Nino it’s fine. It’s been years- we broke up and we can be civil.” Alya said in amusement. Rose winced. Alya frowned at her.
“It’s Marinette.” Alya frowned at Rose.
“Me and Marinette are cool too.”
“You guys stopped being friends so suddenly-“ Rose began but Alya lifted a hand.
“No. We stopped being friends earlier then we thought. Neither of us realized it though until after Lila’s bullshit. It took her telling me to my face she was over Adrien and her realizing I hadn’t talked to her about anything not about the blog for us both to admit we’d stopped being friends. It was new kid friend syndrome. We were buddies but didn’t have a solid enough basis in common interests to remain besties. And that’s fine. It happened.” Alya chuckled. “Didn’t know you were still thinking we had issues.” Rose shrugged but smiled.
“I’m glad you’re okay with that.” Alya chuckled and her smile grew.
“Yeah same.”
Adrien  
 Adrien was working in his classroom, marking papers.
“Ugh,” he sighed, rolling his eyes. “What is with teenagers.” He finished the last paper and stood up with a sigh. He put the papers into his desk and begun to get ready to leave when the door opened. “Mylene! Hey.” The woman smiled.
“Hey, just wanted to see if you were staying late. How’s your first month?” The woman came in to sit on a desk, still smiling.
“Pretty good. Thanks for vouching for me. Might not have got the job without it.”
“You could have.” Said Mylène in reply. “You’re a good teacher Adrien- much better than our examples.” Adrien laughed a little bitterly.
“Well not hard.” He shook his head. “... ever hear from anyone?”
“Well, you did get the invite right?”
“Yeah Rose and Juleka. I’m happy for them… just not sure if I want to go. Not sure if everyone wants me.” He looked down at his empty hands for a second. “... after everything.”
“You messed up Adrien. But you were a kid. Rose wouldn’t invite you if she didn’t want to give you a chance. If any of them wanted not to see you.”
“I… Mylène what I was like, what I did… it was wrong. It was disgusting. It took me literally being slapped by Ladybug, by Marinette and being sued for me to get it through my head. Not to mention-“
“That’s not your fault Adrien. Don’t blame yourself.” Mylène got off the desk and went to place a hand on his shoulder. “You’re a good man. C’mon- I’ll buy you a drink. Us teachers are all going. They want you to come.”
“... if you’re sure.”
“I am.”
Nathanael
Nathanael was bent over a desk, drawing something with a focused look on his face. He barely paid attention to Marc who walked in, the man laughing quietly.
“Nath, you’re going to hurt your eyes drawing so close and in such bad light.” Marc told him, putting a hand on his shoulder, a wedding ring on his hand.
“I’m fine Marc, promise.” Nathanael smiled at the man, patting his hand. “I think your husband’s-“
“Nathanael, don’t do this.” Marc sighed.
“Do what?”
“Do this ‘I want to wallow’ thing.” Marc shook his head. “Look yeah you were a shitty boyfriend in high school but that was mostly your own issues being bi and all the crap your parents gave you more than anything. And the whole Lila crap- in case you forgot I believed her to until she managed to say one lie I knew was wrong and you snapped out of the magic when I showed you it was wrong.”
“I… I dunno.” Nathanael sighed. “I think I’m just tired.”
“Yeah well no wallowing my friend. C’mon- Marinette called and she wants to see us before Rose and Juleka’s wedding.” Nathanael looked pleased.
“That’s good. Is she still willing to help with talks about our book becoming a movie? I’d rather her or her boy toy being there.”
“She’s going to kill you if you keep calling Tim a boy toy.”
“She grew over six feet tall and she still wears heels. Tim is 5’6”. I will never stop. Jason lets me.”
“Jason likes riling up his girlfriend. She pins him better.”
“... how do you know this?” Nathanael asked his partner in business.
“I’m married to Roy- Jason’s best friend? We talk.”
“... how much can we use for our porn books?”
“Where do you think half the ideas came from?”
Kagami
Kagami was setting up her office, smiling as she put a photo frame down that had her on a podium with an Olympic Gold Medal around her neck.
Pulling back, she looked around the office and smiled.
“Fuck you mom,” she declared. She looked pleased as she set the final piece down, a plague declaring her name.
“Someone sounds happy,” a blonde stuck her head in, grinning. “That exciting to be heading your own company?”
“Of course. I worked hard for this.” Kagami smiled at her. “And stealing Kara Danvers is just a bonus.”
“You’re only saying that because you think it’s funny.” Kara laughed. “Wouldn’t leave you for the wolves after you saved my ass.”
“Anyone else would have done it or well anyone we know.” Kagami told her. Kara gave her that with a shrug.  “What’s on the plan for today?”
“Well business wise we have a meeting with Tim Drake-Wayne- he’s currently trying to get permission for some sort of body armour to be made for teens that can be a hoodie or a sweater.”
“It disgusts me we need those. Let me guess the government won’t have it?”
“Not unless he has back up, or if he agrees for the military to have it to for free.”
“That’s disgusting and I’m going to rip them to shreds.”
“Yep. And for pleasure, you’re meeting your girlfriend at that waffle place she likes.” Kagami grinned, looking pleased. “And your other girlfriend is meeting you guys later. She’s busy with helping her youngest brother with something- wanna tell?”
“Damian is proposing to his boyfriend later. And yes you can call in with this info to hangs your bets.” Kara pumped her fist.
“Yes! Clark and Bruce’s families finally join!”
“Dare you to tell them that.”
“I will gladly do so.”
Luka
Luka was busy tuning his gut air when the door opened and Nino stuck his head in. “Yo, Luka- your sister is here.”
“Nice.” Luka grinned as Juleka came in, Nino following. “Jules!”
“Luka!” The two hugged. “Ugh, how’s the recording going?”
“Really well. How’s the wedding planning?”
“Better now that we took Marinette’s advice and hired her friend Bart- he’s amazing at it.” Juleka told her brother. “Rose wants to adopt him I think.”
“Bart? Yeah he has that sort of feel.” Laughed Luka. Juleka shook her head.
“Of course you know him. So… dating anyone?”
“Not really. Sort of dating this one guy Conner but we’re not that serious.” Luka shrugged.
“Aww. Hey how about you Nino?”
“Nah man, I’m flying solo still. Busy with my music and helping Luka out.” Nino told them. “Though I do have a date so… later!”
“... one night stands?” Juleka asked Luka who laughed when Nino was gone.
“Yeah. He’s having fun.”
“To each their own,” Juleka said. “... he’s not-“
“Juleka. He and Alya broke up and I will not let you two hatch a matchmaking scheme at your wedding. It’s about you, no one else.” Luka told him. “As well Nino told me there’s some stuff he doesn’t like talking about with their relationship. And he doesn’t want to get back together.”
“... Alya says-“
“Different people Juleka. Different people and Alya may not be saying everything either.” Luka told his sister. “Aren’t we talking about me?”
“You and your music career making a killing while you also run around with interesting jewelry?”
“Says the one with her fancy rings.” Luka teased. Juleka laughed and smiled. “And the fact she’s a world-famous model now.”
“Yeah we are really killing it aren’t we.” Juleka smiled, then frowned. “... heard about Chloe?”
“Yeah. I think we can trust her though. There are telepaths working there.”
“I know it’s just…” Juleka made a face. “Viperion and Black Claws might need to step in.”
“Maybe. Hopefully not but maybe.” Luka sighed. “... I’m glad you saw through Lila so fast.”
“Got lucky with Rose knowing Ali… he’s coming by the way.”
“King at your wedding. Nice.”
“I know.”
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a beautiful dream
Remus Lupin x reader                                                                                Remus is my absolute favourite marauder and he doesn’t get enough love. So in his honour, enjoy this oneshot.
warning: fluff to angst, remus being pessimistic and a few swear words
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word count 4k words
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Magic had made many things possible. It made many things easier as well. But there were some stupid things that in my opinion were stupid. One of those things was the idea of soulmates. Who gave the ministry of magic the right to decide who i was meant for? Well, if i’m being honest at first the thought of having a soulmate fascinated  me. I was so happy to know i had someone out there for me. Well, that was until i developed a crush on none other than Remus Lupin.
We met on the hogwarts express before first year started. I was sitting in a carriage with my oldest and most annoying best friend- James Potter. James was like a brother to me, a very annoying possessive brother. He made sure to sit with me on the carriage and make me part of his group. Basically what was his was mine as well. Anyway I became the fifth marauder. The  mom of the group. It was upon me to look after them (mostly James and Sirius because they were both big babies who needed loads of attention.) and make sure they didn’t do anything too stupid (I obviously failed most of the time and they always ended up in detention) Some people even called me their mom. 
I’m getting off track. Where was i? Ah, yes. The whole soulmate thing. Basically on your 16th birthday you develop a connection with your soulmate and can hear their thoughts and feel their emotions. Isn’t that like an invasion of privacy?My friends say that I’m just being difficult because i have a crush on someone else and cannot accept the prospect of him dating another person. I hate to admit it but they are right. 
my 16th birthday was in a few weeks and James decided that i needed a huge birthday party and there was no way he was taking  no for an answer. After a lot of protest from me and a lot of bribing from James and the occasional puppy dog eyes from Sirius I gave in. They started giving out duties to everyone. I while on my prefect rounds had to help Sirius sneak out to Hogsmeade where he would buy drinks. I made him promise not to get any alcohol but was he going to listen to me? No. The days flew by very quickly and i was not happy. I made my unhappiness very vocal among my friends. They were surprised because i was one of the few who hated the soulmate system. To get to the bottom of the whole situation, the night before my birthday, they surrounded me asked  no demanded I tell them why i suddenly hated the whole soulmate thing. After beating around the bush for i long time i sighed and said,” I have a crush on Remus okay? I can’t bare the thought of someone else being his soulmate.” “Aw honey, don’t be sad. What if Remus is your soulmate?” Lily said, trying to lift my spirits. It was a good effort but i was still dejected. They saw my sad state and dropped the subject. I was grateful for that.
We chatted a bit more after that but i was tired so i went to bed. I could have slept in but no, at 8am Lily, Alice and Marlene blew a party horn so loudly near my ear that i thought there was fire and woke up frantically. My face must have been a sight to see because they burst out laughing. Meanies. To make my morning even more eventful, the boys were waiting at the foot of the staircase waiting for me to arrive just so they could wish me so loudly that the entire gryffindor tower woke up. “That was unnecessary.” I scolded them. “Yes mummy.” said Sirius and i shot him a glare. “So y/n any plans of finding your soulmate today?” James asked throwing an arm around me. I had totally forgotten that from today onward i could another person’s thoughts. Ugh. 
“Well?” Said James looking hopefully at me. “I don’t like the whole idea of soulmates anymore, you know that James.” I said looking at him. For some odd reason, i felt a wave of sadness wash over me. Weird. I ignored it and threw my arm around the Sirius’ shoulder. “So Pads what do you have planned for yours truly today.” He put his arm around my waist and head on my shoulder. Jealousy washed over me. Why was my soulmate feeling all negative emotions? It wasn't wierd to me because sirius was like the brother I never had. "Well love, we have planned something extra special for you." "Tell me what it is." I have him puppy dog eyes. "You'll get to know soon enough." I gave him one more pout before giving up. "Ok that's enough." Came a voice. Remus. "Let's go eat breakfast." I nodded and followed him and the marauders to the Great Hall. Lily, Alice and Marlene had already been seated there and saved me place. I sat down across Remus who was picking at his food. The full moon was close so he probably was unhappy. "Remus are you alright?" I asked. "Yeah, just peachy." I decided not to press further and let it go.
I chatted with the girls for a while before telling them I'm going for a walk. They seemed happy to see me leave probably because I knew they had a surprise planned for me before my party. Anyway, I sat under a tree near the Black lake and thought that I might as well contact my soulmate since we're stuck together anyway. I closed my eyes. "Hello?" No reply. I tried again. "Hello? Soulmate, you there?" Maybe they weren't 16 yet. (Remus' birthday is in march so if your birthday is before March 10 just pretend it's not)But wait, that's not possible. I could feel their emotions just a few hours back. Was my soulmate ignoring me? Uh, rude. "Ok mr soulmate if you don't want to talk to me that's fine. I'm as unhappy about this soulmate rubbish as you are since you're clearly ignoring me." Guilt. Aha caught him.
"I wasn't ignoring you. I was busy." Oh so now he replies. "Well that was rude." "I'm sorry." Atleast he apologized. "So what year are you in?" Wait that was a dumb question. He's probably in his sixth or seventh year like me. "I'm in my sixth year." "Oh! Me too! Which house are you in? Im a gryffindor." "Yeah, I'm a gryffindor too." Okay. So a gryffindor sixth year. I probably know him. "Do I know you?" "Probably. What's your name?" "Y/n." I felt shock wash over me. After that there was no reply just a series of shit shit shit. The cursing stopped abruptly when he probably realised I could hear him. He started singing dance like a hippogriff to cover up his thoughts, I think. I guess my soulmate likes someone else too. I decided to return back to my dorm until the girls decided to take me to my surprise.
When I walked into the dorm I expected it to be empty and not filled to the brim with balloons? Why were there a million balloons in my dorm. "It's for your surprise. Crap." Ah so he is one of the marauders. Oh dear god please not James. I can't see him in that way. This is bad. Then again maybe it isn't the marauders. They could have told the other boys what they were doing. You never know with those boys. They covered my eyes with a cloth and then sirius picked me up and threw me over his shoulder. Dear god what is happening? I was carried a long distance before I was set down on the grass. "Can I take off the cloth now?" "Not yet, not untill Lily and the others arrive." I waited for about five minutes I think when the cloth was removed. "Happy Birthday!" They all cheered. They had brought to me to my favourite spot on the courtyard near the Black Lake. Lily had brought a birthday cake that was frosted with (f/c) frosting. "Aw guys that's so sweet of you! You didn't need to do all this for me!" "Come off it (y/n/n)! You do this for us every year! You deserve it!" I smiled at them. How did I get so lucky?
"you deserve the world" Thank you soulmate I appreciate that. But that comment made my suspicion that my soulmate was one of the marauders stronger. I was determined to find out who it was.
Remus' pov
After we gave y/n her cake and gifts the girls dragged her to their dorm for some girl time and to get ready for her birthday party. When we returned to our dorm, I shut the door and sausy. "Guys. I have a problem." "What's up dear moony? " Sirius said. "I found my soulmate." I told them. "Finally! I guess they turned 16 recently. But why is it a problem." "It's y/n." Sirius smirked and James snickered. "So our darling star (your nickname cuz of your animagus being a wolf.) Is your soulmate. And that is a problem why?" "I can't date her. Im a monster what if she hates me?" James sighed. "Remus, if she hated you she wouldn't have become an animagus for you, she wouldn't hang out with us and she's have stopped talking to us a long time ago." "He's right you know, and besides y/n has a crush on you." Peter piped in. She likes me? Y/n likes me? I thought.
"woah there soulmate I don't even know you. You mustn't always listen to rumours." Oops I forgot she could hear my thoughts. Dang it. "Also soulmate please stop feeling 5 emotions at the same time because it's very confusing." Yep it was our sassy y/n alright. "Sorry." No reply. I started to get ready for the party. I dressed up in a simple shirt and pant. I read a book while waiting for the boys to get dressed. "Nice book. Whatcha reading?" Came her voice. "Little women. It's a great book." "I must read it one day then. Or maybe I can just hear you read it." I smiled at her. She was so sweet. "Yes I know I'm sweet." She commented sarcastically. I laughed and shook my head. "So soulmate when will I know who you are?" "You won't like me if you know me." "Don't be so pessimistic, you're just like my friend... REMUS? IS THIS YOU?" Shit shit shit "no it's not Remus." "I don't believe it. Remus, what are you so scared of?" "Look I'm not Remus and i dont have time for this right now. Goodbye."  How could i be so stupid? Before i could think anything else, the boys had gotten dressed and were ready to head downstairs. 
y/n was waiting in her gryffindor robes for Sirius at the portrait hole so he could go and get the required supplies while y/n did her prefect rounds. Luckily for me i didn’t have rounds today. I would have to deal with the consequences later. She saw me and looked like she wanted to say something but Sirius dragged her out saying that if it got too late they would get caught. She sighed and reluctantly followed him out. “Okay, what’s going on between you two?” “She figured out i was her soulmate and i got frantic and told her i wasn’t.” “Why would you do that?” “I don’t know, i got scared.” James just shook his head and patted my back before returning to charming the room to be soundproof and putting the decoration up. Not long after, the party had started. Sirius and y/n had returned. she went up to get dressed. She returned wearing the most beautiful (f/c) sundress and I think my heart just stopped.
"take a picture it will last longer" "what? I wasn't staring at you. I don't even know where you are." "Don't lie Remus we both know it's you." I didn't reply. The party started and it was loads of fun. Everyone was dancing and having a gala time, but I couldn't take my eyes off y/n. She danced with her friends and laughed with others. The party went on untill midnight when everyone retired to their respective dorms. I knew I was going to have to face y/n in the morning and I was scared. But I put my thoughts aside annd went to bed. I couldn't sleep much that night. I ended up waking up at 6 and decided to read in the common room. I sat by the fire side and started reading.
'I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead.'
"I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday." Said a voice. One I know very well. Y/n. "I read the book you know, after you said that I was good. I finished it in a day." I avoided her eyes feeling embarassed. I felt betrayal wash over me. She was definitely hurt. "Why did you lie Remus? I thought we were friends?" "I'm sorry. I couldn't bring myself to believe that someone like you is my soulmate." "What do you mean?" The hurt in her eyes was replaced by concern. "You know what I am y/n. I can hurt you in so many ways. You deserve someone who will be able to take care of you. Someone who doesn't need to go running every full moon." "And yet we're soulmates. Remus, if we were not good for each other we wouldn't be soulmates." "You were the one who didn't like the soulmate system." "That was because my heart belonged to someone else, you. I had a crush on you since 4th year. I couldn't accept that maybe we were just destined to be friends." "I liked you since third year too." "Then why won't you just let me love you? I accept you Rem. If I didn't I wouldn't have become an animagus for you. I wouldn't be friends with you. I love you and I care for you. Accept that." She smiled at me and held my hand. I could feel all the adoration she had for me. "If you're sure." I told her and closed the gap between us. I could feel fireworks and my heart felt complete. All I felt was her lips moving against mine and how happy I felt. I pulled away and smiled at her. "I love you too."
Just as the words escaped my lips I heard wolf whistles and cheering in the background. "Our moony has finally grown up." Said James wiping a fame tear and sirius laughed. I looked at y/n and she hugged me. "Im still pissed at you for earlier but I can't stay mad at you for long can I?" I laughed and pecked her lips. I was finally happy.
*****
We were sitting in the common room a few moths later when James and Sirius ran inside yelling at each other. Lily sighing as she walked behind them. "Y/n your children are fighting again." Y/n glared at Lily and I snickered. She elbowed me hard. "Firstly I am not their mother during the school term. Secondly why are you two bickering again?" "You clearly act like it." Marlene muttered and y/n just ignored her. "James hexed snivellus and blamed it on me and now Minnie is behind my life!" "James! That was wrong. When will you ever act your age?" "See?" Marlene yelled. Once again she was ignored. Sirius and James kept bickering when all of a sudden sirius looked at me all seriously. "If y/n is our mother does that mean you are our father?" Marlene and James burst out laughing and y/n looked like she wanted to strangle Sirius. "SIRIUS BLACK FOR THE LAST TIME I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER IN SCHOOL!" The whole room fell silent for a few seconds before laughter filled it again. This time y/n joined in too. I love her. "I love you too you know." She turned around and winked and I felt my cheeks heat up.
Seventh year came and went by quickly. We were on our way home for the last time on the Hogwarts express. Everyone was discussing their future plans. I stayed silent. Who would employ a werewolf? Y/n literally sensing my discomfort came closer to me and held my hand. She shot me a small smile and I instantly felt better. I studied her profile and realised how much she meant to me. The train came to half. We walked out slowly taking in the feeling of the train. We stepped out of the carriage and hugged each other goodbye. "We must meet up often." Said James who had an arm wrapped around Lily's waist. (They were soulmates. Big shocker am I right?) Everyone nodded in agreement. Everyone started to walk away in their respective directions. I held y/n's hand and told her to wait a bit. She looked at me questioningly. "I've been thinking-" "uh oh." She snickered a bit. "The last time you were thinking you thought I would not want to be with you." I glared at her a bit and she suppressed her laughter. "Marry me." "What?" "You heard me. Let's get married. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." I felt various emotions wash over me. Shock , fear, love and finally pity. "Remus I love you too but aren't we tok young? We just finished Hogwarts. I would love to marry you. Just, not yet." "Alright thats fine." She could tell I was hurt but made no comment.
A few days passed we barely spoke to each other. Suddenly out of the blue she aparated into my apartment. "Ok, let's do it. Let's get married." "Wait. Seriously?" "Yes." She pulled me in for a kiss. "I thought about it and I want to spend the rest of my life with you too." I was ecstatic! Over the moon! She laughed at my reaction and I fumbled to pull out my mother's ring. "This was mum's before she died. And I want you to have it." "Rem, this is so beautiful. Thankyou." "Let's go tell the others and your parents and my dad." She nodded. We told everyone and they were all happy for us. We got married a few months later in a small ceremony. We moved in together in a cosy apartment which we bought together. A few months after that Lily and James got married. Life was looking better for us. Lily was pregnant. Soon after that a dark lord called voldemort was on the rise. He was killing muggles and wizards alike. Everyone was terrified. On July 31 1980 Harry Potter was born. He was the ray of light in our dark lives.
All of us spent our time together savouring every minute. Then came the prophecy of the chosen one. The child born on the end of July who could kill the dark lord. He had decided that it was Harry and was out for his blood. Lily and James had to go into hiding. A fidelius charm was placed on both sirius and y/n. Only Sirius' name was disclosed. Then Peter was put under the charm as well. Then the dreaded happened. Voldemort had come to know about the Potter's hiding spot and killed them. Baby Harry was alive but lily and James were dead. Sirius was put in azkaban without trial although it was the rat Peter who gave out their location.
Y/n who had been studying to become a lawyer in the wizengamot fought for custody of Harry after he was placed under the care of his horrid aunt. After all, she had the right to do so as she was his godmother and the Potter's will stated that Harry was to be under her or Sirius' care. I saw her come home in tears after our best friends had died. She promised herself to avenge their death. It killed me to see her blaming herself so much. After a long year of her hard work, Harry's custody was finally passed onto us. I was so proud of my wife. The next thing y/n had to do was prove Sirius' innocence which was an easier task. She declared herself as the second secret keeper and after being put under verataseruim Sirius was declared an innocent man and Peter was being searched for. Things started to look up again. Y/n started to laugh again. She spent most of her time with Sirius (who temporarily moved in with us) Harry and me.
"Remus, do you want children?" She asked me one day out of the blue. "Ofcourse I do. But what if they inherit my lycanthropy?" "Then we'll love them as I love you." I hugged her tight. A few months later we got the news that y/n was expecting. I felt immense joy. I had never been happier. Harry was already 7 by then. He lived a happy life surrounded by people who love him. When he started Hogwarts he had a little god sister to look after. We named her Hope after my mother. She loved Harry and Harry loved her. She didn't inherit my lycanthropy which was a relief to me.
Everything seemed fine for many years until voldemort was on the rise again. We fought a battle once, we could do it again. With that thought in mind, y/n and I stood together, holding hands as the death eaters attacked the beautiful castle that I once called home. We stayed together the whole time. When I was duelling a death Eater another one came from behind me. He muttered a curse. "No!" Y/n called jumping in front of me taking the hit of the curse. She fell down on the ground with a deep gash on her chest. She started breathing heavily. "Remus.." "No no you can't die." I sobbed. "Im not worth dying for." "Oh darling, you are worth everything. Don't cry Rem, think of the good times. " "No" I sobbed. "Kiss me one last time, hug me one last time, tell me you love me one last time and tell Hope that she's my world." I sobbed but obliged. I hugged her and kissed her hard. Pouring out all my sadness into it. "I love you y/n. Always." "I love you too my love, always and forever..."
3rd person POV
Just as the words died in her lips, his world had ended. He felt a numbing silence wash over him as the reality of her death hit him. Everything felt around him felt like a blur because all that was left of his beloved was a beautiful dream.
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