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buckttommy · 2 years
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Soooo. Which one of Eddie's parents is dying/will die, huh?
#Go with me here:#this episode was very Oldest Sibling Eddie coded. Again I am a youngest sibling Eddie truther#but this is the first time we have seen Eddie interact with May or ANYONE younger than him in the capacity which he did tonight#Usually when Eddie interacts with someone younger than him they are MUCH younger than him (i.e. Christopher/Charlie) or only#a few years younger (i.e. Buck/Ravi) so that the age difference doesn't matter.#May is an adult in her own right but she's also significantly younger than him and he immediately assumed a Big Brotherly role#like it was natural to him.#Keeping that in mind and also looking at the call with the mother who died#Maybe I'm reading too much into it but Oldest Daughter/Eddie seemed to have stories that follow the same/similar trajectory#both with a parent who is there but not#who goes through life thinking Everything Is OK not even noticing that their child has pulled away from them#I said it before but an episode that so heavily centers around choices (sometimes bad ones) having parents making choices for#their children that they think are for the best but only end up hurting them#and placing enormous burden of responsibility on their eldest (even unintentionally)....#Maybe Eddie goes home to face his demons but while he's there he is going to learn that either Helena or Ramon is sick and/or dying#and he's going to be the first one of his siblings to catch it. And whatever death comes next is... probably not going to fix everything#between them. But it's going to clear the air enough that Eddie can heal in his own way#just like the Oldest Daughter whose mom technically died before they got any real emotional closure but whose last words were enough#to buoy and anchor her so that she could be there for her younger siblings#End of Season 5 and beginning of Season 6 is not going to fuck around#Let's talk about healing when the parent who fucked you up is too dead to even fully understand the grasp of what they've done#to you and how you rebuild when - for all you said - there is still so much you did not get the chance to say to them#Holy shit. If this is how they take this story.... bye <3#tv: 911#911: 05 x 15#911 spoilers#jack.txt
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quinntell · 6 months
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Hi so uh little rant 
(I am absolutely terrible at grammar and such so if it’s fucked up don’t mind it please)
Ok so I’ve noticed how no one talks about how /fit/ is alone, like /no one/ really talks about it. I think the reason the characters and the viewers and even q!fit himself overlooks it is because q!fit has always been alone. Pac is used to company, and when mike his platonic soulmate and richarlyson his child went missing he wasn’t used to it. The comfort that he had known most his life was taken from him so suddenly. But with fit he has always been alone so there would be no reason for him to be hit so hard by all of this right? WRONG. my man was in a wasteland where the moment you got attached to something it was gone, and then he came to a place that’s wasn’t so hardcore and He was not only allowed but  ordered to take care of something, he was hesitant and a little annoyed at how he had to take care of some egg he was just supposed to complete his mission and finally have at least a little peace , but slowly he started to get attached to the little boy and eventually that kid became /his son/. But then his partner, the man he was supposed to team up with, the man who was supposed to be his partner in parenting their child left without even a goodbye or a real reason as to why he left so he had to tell his son and everyone on the damned island that he left to get cigarettes. Of course fit isn’t really all that bothered by it, I mean he’s used to being alone and he barely knew that guy. But still…maybe he should monitor his future friends. just to make sure they don’t dump their responsibility’s on him of course. But time goes by and he for the most part forgets his absent partner. 
Then his son loses his first life. 
And then it became Ramon before the mission. He would never say it fully out loud but he would give up the mission and just about everything for that kid, it was /his/ kid, dragon be damned and he wasn’t going to let this kid be alone. He wasn’t going to let his kid be alone. 
And then more time passes, everything is fairly quiet and normal, well as normal as quesadilla island can be, yes he don was kidnapped once but all it took to get him back was a weak dungeon it was nothing
Then he was told his son would leave and never come back. He was told he had only had 6 days left with Ramon from a fairly traumatizing video. And he’ll be damned if he doesn’t make those 6 days count. 
Then the 6 days pass and he accepts that he will be alone once again. And he goes through the day grieving but pushing on, moving forward and so on. Besides he doesn’t have time to dwell since there are new members here, most of them don’t seem like they will be that much of a problem, and there are two who seem to be fans of his work he did while at 2b2t one of them seems particularly nice
And guess what! His son is back, Ramon is back! He’s not alone! But now his son is cracked. He needs to be extra careful now especially with the so called ‘federation’ that claims the kids were returned safely 
More time passes, and his son is a fairly good engineer! All is (for the most part) well , he’s making friends with those two Brazilians (known as tazercraft) and they tired out to be quite the trouble makers, he doesn’t fully trust them but they are friends- real friends not just ones he has to be friends with in order to make his mission easier 
Ok I realize im ranting too much so I’ll sum it up
Fit is supposed to be used to being alone, but it slowly starts to get to him, he’s starting to not be used to being alone to the point he now has separation anxiety instantly, almost everyone he has genuinely cared for on this island has disappeared or been kidnapped at least once, and he can’t take it anymore, he’s trying his best to go back to not caring but he’s getting closer and closer to a particular Brazilian (pac) and he’s not sure what to do, he said he’d take baby steps but even those seem too fast, and now his son and everyone else’s is gone, and they have no clue where they are and only a bit of a clue if they are ok. 
But I’m just saying that without Ramon, if we don’t count pac fit is alone, him and phill are friends but he’s not close enough to tell him about his mission and the same goes to tubbo, especially tubbo actually, since the kid is a big trouble maker (be it on purpose or accident) and has his own suspicions on fit himself
Pac has the other favela members but fit has no one is what I’m trying to say 
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cosmiclion · 9 months
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Ok ok I think I have this dadbastian AU more or less figured out. Gonna braindump what I have so far under the cut.
-Like a lot of canon-divergent Kuro ideas I have, this is set in an alternate reality where all kinds of supernatural creatures coexist with humans.
-One of them is demons, there are different subspecies and not all of them eat souls. There was a time where all demons were feared and any human who was suspected of being in good terms with one became the target of a witch hunt. By the late 18th century, however, things have changed a lot.
-There has been an agreement or “code of honor” between soul-eating demons (commonly called Voids) and humans for centuries. Voids need human souls to survive, they cannot sustain themselves with anything else (it’s very rare for a demon to starve to death but they do become weak and vulnerable). Some of them are opportunists who roam in search of dying humans whose souls they can snatch before a reaper arrives. While others are more patient and prefer to cultivate a soul by forming a contract with someone who wishes to. Having your soul eaten is not the horrifying fate you may think it is: there’s no eternal torment, no hell, nothing. Just going to sleep never to wake up and becoming one with the demon. People accept this as another aspect of life. However, there’s one thing that’s unacceptable and it’s demons (unjustifiably) killing humans just for their souls, any demon who does this is considered a feral beast and will be hunted down (there are some methods to kill a demon for good). Even other demons look down on these individuals.
-The longer a human lives the more "nutritious" their soul is. Some Voids will form a contract with a human and serve them through all their life, and when it's their time to go the person will willingly feed themself to the demon. Other demons even become familiars and stay in the same family for generations, swearing loyalty to the next person in line after they have absorbed their relative’s soul. People consider this an honor.
-Sebastian is a very refined demon who only consumes the highest quality souls after fulfilling a contract. The day RCiel is sacrificed is the first time someone actively summons him, as all this time he met all his contractees by chance. He eats the human sacrifice’s soul because why not, there’s a first time for everything. However, when he takes a look at all the cultists gathered excitedly looking at him he feels nothing but contempt and disgust, and slaughters them without second thought and without bothering to take their souls. They have the distinctive stench of someone who has done unspeakable things to an individual of their own species, especially to a youngling, and not even demons find these souls appetizing. So nobody would dare to judge him for disposing of them. After the fun bloodbath he senses a tiny presence nearby, and locates it in a cage in the center of the room. A small, frail human lays there, apparently dead, though he still feels their soul flickering inside. Upon closer inspection he notices it’s a young child that looks exactly like the owner of the soul he just devoured. “Ah, twins. How sad”. It doesn’t seem like this child will make it, but waiting until he finally dies goes against his aesthetic, and for some reason he can’t bring himself to either end his misery or leave him there. So he takes the unconscious child out of there, craddling him in his very demon essence, and just keeps him, like a person who has found a wet, dirty, barely alive tiny animal on the side of the road. Besides, if he manages to save the child and he goes on to live, they might make a contract and then he can claim his soul in the end. It could be a fun experiment right?
-From OCiel’s POV, the story starts off very similar to in canon: he still gets horribly tortured and abused. But since in this AU it all happens when he’s younger, his small body can’t take much and eventually he gets so sick and weak that he can’t even stand, and the cultists just leave him to die in the cage while they focus on the stronger RCiel. The day of the sacrifice he keeps slipping in and out of consciousness and can’t fully register or process what’s going on. Unable to tell dreams from reality, he suddenly feels a warm, almost velvety cloak that surrounds him. It's very comforting and he clings to it with the little strength he has left.
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Hi! I love your Ikemen vampire Hc's, and I wonder if you could make one about a Mc similar to Nezuko like... She has the bamboo and everything.
YES! Omg thank you for the ask I literally love you! So I had to do a little research on her, since I'm not too familiar with the character so I'm sorry if this is a bit off. I just tried to match her personality and wardrobe. Hope you like it!
Enjoy!~~
Ikevamp headcanons~ With a reader that is similar to Nezuko
Warning : None, except I haven't managed to watch Demon slayer, so I'm sorry if this is a bit off
Pronouns used: GN, generally just you, thought it can lean towards a more feminine version
Comte
our favorite rich baguette man
Now, he's been alive for many many year
He's seen a lot of things but this is new
when you stumble into the mansion he's supper confused
Is this a child? Nope, not a child. Why the bamboo mouth piece? Not human though, the eyes suggest otherwise
He's not Arthur, but he's observant
he's still very polite, but he's trying to figure out what you are
And then it dawns on him
like he's sipping his tea and his like
*Slams tea cup* ooh my...
He pulls you aside to talk about what you eat
after all he know, vampires drink blood, demons eat people
he's just about to ask you nicely to leave when you can for everyone safety
but
you say you don't eat human
???
Ok, well then
He happily welcomes you into the mansion
He finds your childish appearance rather endearing
thinks the mouthpiece is especially cute
BUT..guess what, one day when you go for a stroll you are ambushed by and upper rank demon
when he sees the after transformation
he's knocked off his feed
and when you whoop the other demons ass
congratulation you're stuck with him for eternity
"Who knew ma chèrie can be so powerful"
Leonardo
this sleepy man
he's like Comte almost, except he figures it out a little sooner
and then he straight up goes and asks if you plan on having any citizens for breakfast
You know he has a strict no drinking blood rule
so he takes this very seriously, as he's afraid it will cost a life whether turned or dead it doesn't matter
So when you say you don't do that he's like: great!
And never brings up the fact that you are a demon ever again
fist of all he loves the entire outfit
he really does
it's so different from his norm, he can't help but be curious and amazed
Now when he sees you in action, he just smirks and has this shit eating grin on his face the whole time
"My, my cara mia, you are so fierce"
either way, he loves you and is charmed by the fact that after everything, you are still rather human, you smile and cry and he's glad that you still have that
Isaac
was very curious about you from the get go, but just kind of watched you from affar
you seemed so small and sweet, like what could be wrong with someone like you
and the Comte told him
at first he was like:
???
and then was like:
!!!!!!!!!
and then he was confused again
why do people keep breaking physics and reality
like this should not be happening, but then again neither should time travel and vampires
now he has a lot of trouble controlling himself around human blood
so when he sees you handling it like a champ he's amazed by your willpower
and when he sees your demon form
apple boy might just bust a blood vessel looking at you
"My goodness y/n, that was...incredible, what else can you do?"
Very curious
Sweet boy
Arthur
so you know how Isaac is like watching from affar
not this mf
nope
you come through that door and he's already noticed a bunch of things and managed to deduce, that you are, despite the cute appearance, not human
and now he's interested
Pesters Comte about it until he gets and answer
when he finds out he just looks at you, and the back at Comte and then back at you
He's confused
he did not picture a demon to look like that
so now you have to explain everything to him
he;s in awe and after finding out he starts treating you with even more respect then before
does ask about your food, aka should he be prepared to cover up a murder
But you tell him it's not the case
when he sees you in all your glory when you got in a fight with another demon
floored
"By Jove, dove, I was not expecting that from someone as cute as you. But I must say, I was quite the pleasant surprise."
Get your mind out the gutTer-
Theodorus
mean mf
respectfully stop calling me a dog
is very scepticle
and when unsurprisingly you get along great with Vincent he's also a bit jelly
what he finds out your a demon his first reaction is
"BrOER-"
like he wants to protect Vincent and you both have to calm his ass down
you explain to him how you are not a threat
he only really believes you when you protect him and Vince from another demon
and when you tell them you did it because they feel like family to you he start falling for you
would not admit it but really likes your style
thinks the kimono with the asanoha is ✨artistic✨
"Don't be silly Hondje of course you didn't surprise me, I always knew you where a little street dog, always getting into fights"
sIR....
Vincent
sweet angel
since you're both caring sweet and cute you get along instantly
you end up telling his yourself
bc how could you not trust someone like him
and he never thinks any less of you
when you save him he's so much more amazed by you
doesn't even have to ask if you'd eat a person or no he just knows the answer
he asks if you want to talk about your transformation experience and offers to talk about his
really wants to paint you
actually sketched out a drawing of your demon form
"Look, don't you look beautiful here, would you mind helping me out while I paint this?'
Mozart
he's a little weirded out at first
I mean you look like a child
you stutter and sometimes speak muffled by the bamboo thing in your mouth
he thinks you have the brainpower of a child
but you are no child
so he just pretends he doesn't care and sneakily observes
when he finds out he's actually a little scared
he finds out about your eating habits or rather lack thereof from Comte
and then he calm down
when you save his ass is is amazed and humble
what and powerful being you are
once he's off his high horse he stats noticing things
like how even if you look small you are kind and actually rather adorable
"Oh well, i suppose I could let you listed, you look to cute meine liebe"
Napoleon
get ready to be instantly adopted
he's like: big brother mode activated
but as you get to know each other it stops being big brother mode and rather oh shit I have a crush on this curious being mode
He finds out bc you tell him, and while you're at it you also tell him you don't plan on using anyones bones as toothpicks when you're done with them
and he's like:
ok...can we cuddle now?
let's be real, he does not care
especially since you are not a danger to others
when you save him he's like
cute ANd powerful
a true queen
he fully respects you and thinks you are amazing
sometimes accidentally treats you like a child, but it's never with the intention of hurting you
he just thinks you're really cute with that pink kimono and mouthpiece
"Nunuche, don't play around now, it's time to go to bed."
Dazai
im sorry did someone order one sad writer?
someone give him a hug
he thinks you are the most fascinating little thing
the kimono and haori have him literally dead
he thinks it looks beautiful on you
though he first notices all the little things
like how you pay attention to others
how you sometimes stutter when you speak
and then he finds out you're a demon and he's like
nope not possible
so casually asks you
and you confirm it and now he's actually not as confused as he thought he's be
like now the eyes make sense
when you tell him about how you don't eat people he smiles at you
"I never though my Toshiko-san was capable of such an act in the first place
when he sees your demon form he blow away
he has a whole lot more of respect for you now
he thinks you truly are amazing
Jean
not sure he'd take the news well
like he hears demon and is like
imma just get the holly water, Comte i did not sign up for him
but this changes when you save him
he's floored, amazed and has so much respect for you now
he actually starts seeing you as a person and starts noticing things about you
he's still hesitant but he starts to open up
he ends up being really sweet and shy about the whole situation, since it's so new
is still afraid that he'll hurt or taint you and needs reassurance that he is worthy of you
"Y/n...I cannot express how grateful I am for everything you've done"
Sebastian
forehead flicking demon butler
just accepts it
like
oh this cute girl is a demon, ok, proceed, nono really, continue
he's seen enough ok he doesn't care anymore
when you save him and he sees your demon for all he can do is chuckle
"Never though I'd be saved by such a cute girl like you"
he's honestly very sweet and respectful
minus the forehead flicks
is relieved that you don't eat human because now he can relax knowing he's off the menu
And that's all bc I'm sure that is all the bs you can take. I'm very sorry if this is not what you where thinking of but I hope you enjoyed it^^
See you in the next one
~Lia
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4004notfound · 2 months
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ok RIP i am very late but without further ado let's get it, i'm ines and this is kim noeul who tbh was a poor, easily forgettable girl in hs and now is one of the preeminent young novelists in south korea! under the cut here i'll get into a little more but pls like this and i'll def hit u up for plotting!
ok so first of all: pisces sun/taurus moon/aquarius rising
now onto like bg stuff so she's born to two teenaged parents right
and what's wild is her parents genuinely really love each other and like get married and noeul has a little sister who's like 9 now which is crazy
also bc a 16 year old girl named her like her actual name is noelle not noeul but like she's let everyone just assume it's noeul bc it's easier than explaning that her mom thought noelle would be a trendy name
but anyways having two teenaged parents doesn't like set you up the best financially so she lived with her parents and grandparents for a while when she was growing up and evenutally her parents moved out of her paternal grandparents place only to be living in a shitty half basement apartment with noeul bc like again how far can two high school grads from poor families with a whole ass child get in seoul
and tbh like bro noeul loves her parents but she DEF kinda resented them for being poor growing up and like so combined with this hatred of her situation paired with being a smart girl with a lot of drive she worked REALLY hard to get into shinhwa
only kinda realized that getting into shinhwa didn't mean a ton in terms of social standing bc u know she's still fucking broke and tbh rather than bullied i don't imagine people particularly even took that much notice of her bc she kept to herself a lot with like insecurity bc she was v obviously poorer than everyone and stuff and probs had a few friends but not a lot
tho lmao wildly and fully relating to her secret despite being this smart girl who worked hard to get her scholarship and school was v important to her she got pregnant right at the tale end of her last year at shinhwa and actually had to delay going to college the following year bc u know PREGNANCY
and there's like a lot of stigma that comes with being a single mother in korea and shit so like tbh did she want to keep her daughter? yes of course but like she didn't have the financials bc atp it's her, her parents, and her little sister living in a shitty little apartment and she literally shares a room with a 3 year old at the time, and then like she wants to go and better her life and stuff and it's hard to do when everyone judges you for being a single mom and it's not fair on the child so she makes the hard choice to give up her daughter for adoption and then go back to school
and like ok she goes to ewha womans and she does well there too bc again very determined to do well in life and all but like i think giving her daughter up fr had a sense of guilt, regret, and honestly depression that she never really expected so like she struggled with that and she ended up writing this story about it for a creative writing class and her teacher was like "hold up this is kind of good have u ever considered writing it into something more?"
and with her teacher's help and encouragement she did just that and ended up writing what would become a very popular novel about a young woman who gets pregnant, gives up her child, and navigating life through the tragedy over it. tbh it's kinda in the style of kim jiyoung, born 1982
and even cooler u know later it gets turned into a movie that's scheduled to come out later this year and fr like idk shit turned her whole life around like writing about the biggest misery and regret of her life gave her the money she always craved and a bit of notoriety and everything is cool and all but like on the other side of things people fr think the story is just a novel and are like "wow how did you come up with the concept?" and for obvi reasons like noeul is def more comfortable with letting them thinking it's all fictional
and yeah so ngl life has fr turned around really recently for her and it's really nice but like rip now the dawn of realization is setting in that like... people are gonna expect another novel and how is she supposed to provide that like...
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peakdeer · 1 year
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Ello! :D your post intrigued me and I’ve had this hc rattling around in my brain since Witchcraft smp started and I’ve wanted to share but I’ve never had the opportunity.
Ok here it goes. When Scott did the magic thing to try to bring the person he want to back back from the dead it summoned Lady Death (which is Mumza cause she is literally death and I hold her in a vice grip). This ruffles her feathers quite a lot and she starts going oof at him, saying how foolish he is for trying to bring someone back from the dead and such. He then explains to her is his reason to why he did it and beg her to bring his love back. Though it is still a foolish endeavor, her heart is softened by his pleas due to her understanding his pain but can’t just bring people back to life; however she does give him the ability to perform the magic needed to back his love back from the dead. In exchange however, Scott has to give a piece of his soul to her and when he dies his soul is forfeit. He accepts and after a very painful handshake she give him the power of necromancy. This left him with stark white hair also she straight up took a piece of his soul and dipped. He later dyed it black cause it gave him a bad feeling but when he does really powerful magic it will turn a lock of his hair white. I have a n e e d to give every single one of my Scott designs a lock of white. Idk why I just think it looks cool :3
Sorry for the block of text, I am quite excited
Scott wasn’t sure how he’d messed up the spell. It was supposed to bring him back—not whoever this woman with the black hair and the fancy hat and the long dress was. He kind of wished he could send her back now—she’d started ranting at him the instant she appeared, and she hadn’t stopped since.
It wasn’t like it was anything new. It was the same thing he’d heard from the townsfolk in his old village, and the same thing he’d heard from everyone else who knew what he was trying to do. “You can’t bring some one back from the dead, Scott! That’s wrong! You’re upsetting the balance, Scott! You’re so selfish, Scott, dragging them back! That’s weird. You’re creepy. Everyone else who did that suffered worse. What, do you think you’re better than them, Scott?”
And you know what? Scott didn’t care. He didn’t care anymore! None of it mattered!
He just wanted him back.
At least he’d done something right to summon this… woman? She had wings, actually, now that he noticed. Perhaps she was an avian?
Oh well. He flipped through his book, trying to find out how to send her away. Her stature left him feeling dwarfed, and he hated feeling small. He also hated being scolded like he was a child.
If only his stupid book would tell him how to get rid of her!
“You’re not listening to a word I’m saying, are you?” The woman’s voice was clipped, clearly annoyed. Scott glanced up at her once before turning back to his book. He needed to send her away now—
“I said—“ a cold presence strayed his throat, stealing his breath. His eyes darted to the woman—she was clearly more than an avian, more powerful than him even. He—he wasn’t sure if he could send her away. “Are you listening?”
“I am now.” Scott snapped, though it sounded more whiny than he’d meant it to, as if he were a little child being scolded by his mother again.
“What are you doing? You’ve got a circle and everything, do you know how dangerous those are? You could bring back something a whole lot worse than me—” She ranted, waving her arms as if to illustrate her point.
“I’m trying to bring someone back, obviously.” Scott answered her, annoyed. Clearly she already knew what he was doing, so why waste her words? He didn’t regret it. Not at all. Not when it could bring him back.
“You shouldn’t. Life and death is something to be taken very seriously, not with this callous sort of carelessness you’re giving it. Those who die do so in their time, and those who live do so in their time.” She sighed, her eyes piercing into his soul. “People can be brought back,” She admitted guardedly. “At great cost—with the disruption of the balance. It’s not smart, though—you’re still young, you still have life left. When you die, you’ll be reunited. But isn’t it worth it to live, even without him? To have your time above the surface?” She beseeched him.
“I know that. I know—I do!  I’ve heard it all before. But I can’t—I have to bring him back! I have to. I can’t… I can’t live without him.” Scott’s calm voice was quickly falling apart, his vulnerabilities laid more plain than he’d ever cared to have them be before—more than he’d ever even let him see.
“If you know, then why are you asking?” Her face looked hard as stone before she sighed, and the sharp lines of her face softening. “No, I know why. I can’t, though. Well, I could—but I won’t. There is more at work than you understand, little mortal.” Her tone was soft, but the hard truth in it hurt. He couldn’t give him up. Not yet! He’d barely even tried yet!
“Please. You’re clearly affiliated with death—couldn’t you help me?” He pleaded, all his dignity left to rot in the wake of this one chance, this one person who could bring him back when Scott couldn’t.
“I’d love to help you—I would—it’s not like I’ve never done it before—but that’s not how life is supposed to work. It throws off the balance, and doing it once was quite enough. I can’t risk any more.”
His eyes are wide and pleading, the absence of anything but desperation—a human brought to their last reserves, and, if she was reading his trembling correctly, to his knees also. Pity bloomed in her heart for the small, sniveling creature before her. She’d always been too soft on the mortals.
“…I suppose I could do something. But—no—don’t look at me like that. I can’t do it. That would destroy the balance. But… you could. For a price.”
She tilted her head, eyes scanning the human. This wasn’t smart—giving power over death to a mortal? It was unheard of, and decidedly stupid.
But it could work.
And wasn’t she willing? He’d keep trying even if she said no, anyway, and it’s not like she could (or would) take him before his time.
“I don’t give power freely, and I give favours even less so. Had you not managed to summon me, I never would have done this. Nevertheless—I can give you the power to bring things back from the dead, and to kill them again. It will take practice. Control. Effort. It will take more from you than it gives, and every spell will come at a price. But, one day—one day it can bring him back. If it does depends on you, and how far you’re willing to go. Would you risk that—for him? Would you accept that?” She extended the offer cautiously, eyes searching his expression for any sort of greed. She found none.
The human straightened. He still looked shaky—still looked afraid—still looked hopeless. But he was trying, bless his little heart, to look brave. His expression was determined, resolute; his mind already made up. “Yes,” He agreed, his voice clearly shivering but strong enough to be sure.
“Good, because there’s more. I don’t only have to worry about the balance—the other gods would have a fit if they found out, and I can’t have that, not after… Well, you don’t need to know. I have to make this look like I need you—and for that, I need your soul.”
“You need… my soul.” The mortal spoke slowly, as if he couldn’t quite comprehend the words.
“Yes. Just a piece—though it’ll all be mine when you die—relax, I’m not a bad goddess. You’ll be fine. You don’t have to take the deal, though—only if you want the power. Only if you want him back that much.” He seemed to take her words as a challenge, as if she were accusing him of not caring enough. Whatever reservation he had left vanished, and his face set into hard lines.
“Yes. Yes, whatever it takes. Whatever it takes.” His voice was made of the same steel, his decision set. He would not be changing his mind anytime soon. And if he did—when he did—it would be too late.
“Then take my hand.” She stretched it out almost nonchalantly, her fingers hanging daintily in the air, dangling as if moved by an invisible wind. After all—some of the most dangerous things could be the most beautiful, the most inviting.
The mortal reached his hand out, and took it—a mistake, but one she could forgive. Wouldn’t she have done the same thing?
She saw the moment it hit him, the dark power racing up his hand, into his bloodstream, towards his head. Always towards the head, and then the heart. It was a gift, not a curse, though you might call it one. Curses went for the heart first.
She watched him fall, the power all too much for his small, sensitive little body, and unable to cope with that little something extra—his debt.
That little piece of soul.
She was sure, as she watched him shiver and convulse, that she’d take good care of it. He wouldn’t have to worry about that.
Scott heaved himself up off the floor, clutching his hand to his chest. Not that it mattered—the pain was in his whole body, equally miserable everywhere. He staggered around the room before his fingers hit the wall, which he gratefully leaned on for balance.
He glanced around, perplexed to see that the Death Goddess was no longer here. Though, he couldn’t be too surprised—deities go as they please, and she’d already gotten what she wanted.
But he had also gotten what he wanted. Or, almost. He had to learn how to, but… he could bring him back. He could! He just had to…
He stormed out of the room in a fury, ignoring the raging pain that caused. He had to get started, had to start studying—he wanted him back as soon as possible. He’d figure out how to do it, and nothing, nothing would stop him.
He nearly walked right past the mirror before he noticed it. Just a flash in his peripheral vision—something white?
He turned, looking at the mirror with a perplexed expression. His reflection looked back at him with the same expression, the same pale-set face and long robes, the same green eyes and… black…
Why was part of his hair white?
He hurried to the mirror, his hand already reaching up and tugging at it. Why was his hair white? His hair was black, and he was still young. None of it should be white!
Had he spilled something on it? Maybe cast a wrong spell? Perhaps—
A wrong spell.
Scott gasped a little, his hand falling to his mouth.
She’d done this. She’d left him a little mark, just enough to remind him of this deal and what he’d agreed to.
Just enough to haunt him.
He stood there staring for a long time until he moved.
He didn’t have time for this. He finally had the power to bring him back and he wasn’t going to waste it on something this silly.
He shot his reflection a dark look as he walked away. He’d just have to dye his hair back later.
The color didn’t match at all.
And if he was honest… it unnerved him. He hated owing people things; it made him feel vulnerable.
And he owed Death herself his soul.
Perhaps he hadn’t thought this through.
No matter—it would all be worth it when Scott got him back.
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Naruto Characters as Parents- First Dangerous Mission
Hatake Kakashi
Picture perfect show of calm.
He’s showing his support and telling his kid that they’ll do wonderfully. Not letting on for even a second that he might be panicking a tiny bit.
See’s them off at the gate and watches as they walk off, never taking his eyes off of them until they’re gone from sight.
Promptly heads home where he allows himself to collapse and panic.
All the worst thoughts are running through his head and he is not doing ok. Will not be alright until his kid gets back home safe and sound.
Continues to act calm when he’s out in public but anyone who knows him knows that he’s freaking out in his mind.
Maito Gai
Pumping his kid up.
Reminding them of everything they have to do, and how important it is for them to kick anyone’s ass who might try to get in their way.
Vibrating in his spot from both excitement and worry.
He see’s them off at the gate and then procedes to follow them for a little while to make sure they’re ok.
Doesn’t follow them through the whole mission cuz his stealth skills are almost non existent, but he follows for a good while before finally taking a deep breath and heading home.
Plans to throw the biggest party to celebrate a successful mission when they get back.
Yamato
Picture perfect calm.
Doesn’t even allow the worry to get to him.
See’s his kid off in the most calm, supportive manner.
Proceeds to go and follow them from a distance for the entire mission, ready to jump in at a moments notice and kick someone’s ass if they try to hurt his kid.
Does not care that he’s hovering by doing this. His anxiety got the best of him and he’s not going to be ok if he just goes hone.
Only relaxes when his kid conpletes their mission and gets home safelty, and then prompty heads out to get some food for them to celebrate a completed mission.
Umino Iruka
Little ball of nerves.
Has no option but to chuck himself head first i to work just to try and keep his sanity.
Keeps thinking about how he wasn’t made to be a field Shinobi and worrying more about how his kid will fair at the job.
Tries to talk to Someone else for comfort but they end up saying something about a mission that had gone bad not long ago and he panics more.
Is thankful for work or he’s be huddled in a corner rocking back and forth while the worry consumes him.
Has never hugged his child so hard in his life as he does when they walk into his office after returning home, a smile on their face and their first successful A rank mission under their belt.
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lostonehero · 11 months
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Potential time travel to YouTube au
Note that this takes place right after Micheal's livestream rants, and Henry is trying to find him to comfort him
Henry's lungs burned as he ran from Michael's apartment, his body protested as he ran through the streets as the storm started. "Micheal! Micheal please it's ok, I I didn't know." He doesn't realize it's easier to breathe and his body isn't aching at the exercise
The rain comes down harder as lightening flashes in the sky and a crash of thunder screams through the air.
He shouts. "Micheal please, Micheal." He is soaked to the bone as he runs into a alleyway he doesn't notice how things look different like the old has become new
A small child maybe nine or ten wearing clothes too big for his small frame is curled up by a dumpster
Henry freezes those are the clothes Micheal was wearing, but this child is too small and alive to be him. He scoops the child up. Two blue eyes state up at him, and he freezes again, his breath caught in his throat. "Michael?"
Micheal is clinging to Henry as Henry numbly walks home. His car isn't where he parked it.
He's soaked to the bone when he goes home, and so is Micheal, who looks like a drowned rat. He doesn't notice the drawing from his daughter or his wife in the kitchen.
(They divorced only a few months after Charlie was killed They couldn't stand each other because everything just was too much They reconnected later on amd became friends Henry helped her through chemo later on in life and she remarried and had a family and he supported her, her new kids call him uncle)
"Henry? I've been worried sick. I've been waiting for hours. William said you were on your way home before the storm started, and he left before you. I called his home and he said you weren't there." Margret steps back at Henry's condition, and there's a child clinging to him. "Henry? Henry, what did you do?"
Henry frowns. "I didn't know you were visiting this week, Margaret. I thought the grandkids had that school thing you were excited about." It doesn't even click that his home is the way it was before. "Can you help get a warm bath started, I know the bathroom is a mess. I'm in the middle of redoing it."
Margaret rushes over. "Henry, what has gotten into you? You're soaked to the bone. Are you drunk?"
"I haven't touched that stuff in ages. You know that I'm sober." He puts Micheal down as he grabs a towel from the hall closet and straps the boy of his wet clothes, and puts him in a towel. "Huh, this old thing looks brand new."
Margaret recognizes the boy. "You took William's son? Henry, what nonsense are you talking about? You kidnapped a child!"
Henry furrows his brows, finally looking at Margaret. "Kidnapped? Wait.... Margaret, why do you look so young, and your hair is long? You haven't had it that long since before....."
Micheal shivers, holding the towel around him like a blanket. He points to the calendar in the hall.
Henry pushes past Margaret and stares at the calendar. His face grows pale as his face morphs into a look of horror. "Margaret, we need to talk."
"Damn right, Henry, you're drunk and kidnapped your partner kid off the street in the rain. What the hell were you thinking?"
Micheal pulls the towel around him. "Uncle Henry, I don't think I want Father to find me again."
Margaret sits at the kitchen table as Henry helps Micheal tie off the shirt and underwear he has to borrow. "Kid, you're as skinny as before."
Micheal shrugs, enjoying the glass of milk he has.
"Margaret, you have to understand... this will be a lot." Henry frowns.
"You better be convincing Henry Emily, or I will be calling the cops."
Micheal finishes his glass. "I can't remember the last time I've drank something. Did it always feel like that? Hi Miss Margaret again, sorry I didn't say something before." He sits up straight, and his facial expression betrays the age he's supposed to be. "I apologize, but uh, we aren't supposed to be here, I mean, yeah, we are, but also not." He pauses, kicking his feet. "I can't believe I was this small before.... "
"Micheal...." Henry sighs.
"Right right, sorry, I've got the knowledge about this... uh, right, so... wait, I can't use that comparison. Uh, so for us, our minds, at least not our bodies, obviously, actually thankfully I'm not like I was or will be.."
Henry smiles and looks at Margaret.
Margaret looks a bit pensive like she is starting to realize that isn't a child mind in that body.
"It's uh our minds are from our body in the year 2023... yeah, yeah, I know, like 40 something years from now.... but it's true I can prove it, I have like three degrees unofficially and never did get the chance to go to college before I was scooped.... right, I am also an expert at stitching any material, and I bet I can build something better than William if I so desired. Granted, I'm more of an artist than him. I painted the walls of my apartment... wait, I don't have that film over my vision anymore."
Henry sighs. "Micheal I think that's enough. Margaret we've been divorced for awhile from where I'm at in life. It happened after... after... oh she's here."
Micheal frowns. "Oh.... " He hops down from his chair. "I'll uh be in the guest room..."
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arsonistbunny · 2 years
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Is Willam really asking: So you just killed someone.... Wanna do it again?
Yep!😬 But it's also like. William are Michael are very alike. They're both committed, they know what they want, they're clever, observant, they stand their ground, and they like to tease others to show their affection.
But their bond is very different from the relationship William has with his other children. Elizabeth's getting a free pass on everything. He doesn't even hide that she's his favourite and she knows it and absolutely uses it to get things she wants. He probably never said "no" to her hence why she wouldn't stop asking to see Circus Baby later on. With Evan, William's protective and soft because the kid needs to be reassured - but William doesn't like that he is acting like a kid his age and therefore crying, worrying, getting easily scared etc.
But with Michael, he's more absent. Maybe because Michael's older. Maybe because they're very alike and William thinks he doesn't need words to communicate with him (he is so wrong tho). But there is mutual respect.
Anyways, at some point, Michael is jealous and starts picking on Evan. Because Michael is observant and noticed his dad isn't too fond of Evan acting like a child and so there is a stupid attempt to try to get dad's attention this way?
After Evan died things changed. William was very uspet at Michael because despite him being overall terrible and the fact that he doesn't care for other people's life, he does care for people around him. In William's eyes, he's like, a god, and others are nothing except for his family and friend(s) who matter a little bit more - if that makes sense? And there's also the whole thing where William played his part in Evan's death, pushing him to be scared of the animatronics.
And in William's eyes, Michael was like a tiny version of himself. But for the first time, he isn't. Because Michael has guilt and remorse over what happened to Evan. He cares for others a lot more than William. Michael goes through a really bad time mentally for accidentally killing his brother when William has, at this point, killed Cassidy and indirectly drove Evan to his death and does not feel that bad about it.
Not only Michael isn't a clone of William but he's also a better human being than him. And William doesn't like morality, he is selfish and will do whatever serves him.
There's also a thing I don't have time to talk about in the comic but will try to talk about it in the small animation I'm making. The thing is that Michael, just like Henry, knows something's wrong. Henry chooses to dismiss it and pretend everything is ok. But Michael acknowledges it, he can't tell what's happening exactly, but he knows his dad is up to no good. But who can he tell when no one else notices? He feels like he's making it up, and keep an eye out for any clue. Michael is beginning to be scared of his own dad without knowing the exact reason why.
So William would still like to put back Michael on the same path he is on but he knows he can't. He just failed to do that with Henry. If he tells Michael things will go the same way it went with Henry.
"You could be more like me" as if Michael having a good heart is wrong.
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ohleander · 1 year
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3.14
Today, the dissociation and masking has been really intense and everything feels okay but I also feel like I've been on autopilot since I woke up this morning. Its like I go through the day, holding my breath and my nose underwater until I can breathe again, but I don't actually feel like I've surfaced yet.. dissociation feels a lot like holding my breath under water. And its not bad until its too late and I need some air. I'm so thankful I only have 2 days left before a 5 day vacation. The autopilot is starting to wear me out. My job is so social and so connective but also so dis-connective at the same time.. its like, in order to connect with work I have to disconnect from myself and I have a hard time getting that back in 1 evening or 1 day. And I often feel so bad about not being able to be more engaged with dad and connective with him in the evenings. Its hard for me to stay social in the evenings, cause my neurodivergent brain just really needs some good quiet time.. quiet time or quiet and connective attention. I think he forgets I don't get a lot of love in my life.. the expectation to be OK and on it at all times feels kinda high.
Ways I notice my dissociation & masking getting worse.... 1) I take really really short breaths without realizing it or no breaths at all. 2) Time goes by exceptionally fast, I feel like I'm missing big spaces of time during my day and I don't know where they go. 3) I get irritable, quiet, my thoughts start focusing on sensory input only... 4) my reactions to things are like an auto-reply, my personal emotions and connections to things stops. I withdraw. 5) songs and phrases start getting stuck in my head for days at a time. I repeat things over and over. I script my conversations more.
My main goal in life, my main passion in life has always been to understand myself. That's my biggest goal and my biggest passion and for so soooo long, I thought that was a selfish thing.. so I didn't indulge in it very much and I think I lost a lot of myself thru that. Trying to gain all that back in a short amount of time has been difficult but rewarding and I aim to keep doing so. I wanna keep my goal of trying to understand myself and I'd like to film it or document it in some way so folks who want to can come along and support me. I also want to do the same for others. I believe wholeheartedly in reciprocity. Its something I value a lot. Reciprocity and consideration, kindness. Generous is something I wish I was more of. I also wish I were nicer and more patient with dad. Its hard for me to swallow where he is with his own life because so much of it hinges on me and I just wish I got more out of it than I do.. I need to try and find better things to focus on in our relationship but its hard. It often feels like I'm taking care of a child that I did not ask for.. and I think back to the way I felt as a child, left alone so often when things were tough. I empathize with dad so much, I think he can be both incredibly selfish and selfless all at the same time. I wish I didn't get so irritable when he rambles so much and I wish I could tell him/ask him to change something without worrying about him taking things personally or getting hurt. He's so sensitive and its tough sometimes. He takes things very personally out of the blue so Its always a bit hard talking to him. I love him dearly but I also need more more more substance in my daily life.. all I do is work and come hang out with him. I feel like I'm keeping him company here at the end of his life but I also feel a bit bored and trapped at times.. he gets paranoid when I'm out for too long and he gets so anxious when I go on trips, I don't even go places much anymore. I cater a lot of my life around him and I have a lot of freedom but only around the house and even then, I still feel like I'm a guest at his place. I also feel like I'm trying hard to break our codependency but for him, it seems to be getting worse. I'm still not sure where his mind is at these days. At times he seems like a regular adult, like the dad I have always known but other times, he acts like a child.. a straight up 8 year old. The truth is, as of right now, I have a lot of superficial support and not a lot of real and actual support. I don't have a lot of people I can talk to about the reality of my situation at home. My workplace only knows a portion of it and the few folks I can talk to, I don't want to burden with heavy things. Venting about dad is something I don't wanna be doing or like doing at all, but I've got to sometimes. Its hard to make sense of things sometimes. Its sometimes hard to feel like I'm not wasting a lot of my life doing what I'm ding right now. A lot of the time, I'm content with this but other times, I'm so restless and I want all of this to change. I have to realize these manic episodes aren't realistic nor are they what I really want. I am bored and need enrichment. I see it in Cleo too. In many ways I feel like I kept pet, something that's loved and provided for but not on a fundamental level.. cause on a fundamental level, my purpose is to make someone else feel more comfortable, regardless of how I feel about it.
I sure hope my hard work pays off in a way that I can actually feel some day.. cause sometimes I don't feel it and I have to be okay and accepting of that. It doesn't make me a bad person to not feel absolutely grateful or rewarded all the time with whats on my plate. I get tired and my plate is fucki'n heavy to digest and I do have a few regrets from time to time. Yeah, overall everything is really splendid but balancing it all... balancing it all is exhausting.. and while I can look at the plate and go "yeah it looks great, we've done a good job" that doesn't change the fact that its heavy to hold and wears me out sometimes. Sometimes I gotta put it down
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cheekycherry20 · 2 years
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Until today I never realized how the relationship with my cousin affected me. My family viewed her as a princess, and I was never fully able to gain their trust. It was understandable though, I had a random stealing problem and no one could figure out why. my cousin had and was everything that I wasn't. She has two living parents, any toy you could possibly have, and later on in life she had everyone I ever considered a friend on her side. Never to talk to me again. I didn't DO anything for that to happen, I guess she has more charisma than I did. We're the same age, it was bound to get competitive.
I thought I didn't like my cousin because I was jealous of her, but that was never the case. She was a liar and overall just mean. Just to me tho. I remember getting on the bus with her, we lived a block away from each other, and we were in the same grade. Everything was going fine, but in the process of sitting down a swing my backpack accidentally hitting her with it.i wasn't even aware that I did it until she pushed me saying "you hit me". I hit her back because I was under the impression that we were playing around. I Didnt think it was that big of a deal, I mean it was an accident. She didn't even give me a chance to even attempt to apologize or grasp the situation . She then takes my book out of my hands (an orange Hannah Montana book) and throws it across the bus. I got up to get it, the bus driver is yelling "find a seat". As I'm walking back to my seat with my now torn book I see she has the rest of her seat covered with her backpack so I find another seat. I didn't really care, she was always dramatic.
When I get home I say hello to my grandma and let her tie my hair up in a durag (can't let the hair get bad now).I hear a knock and a jingle of keys at our front door and (big surprise) it's my uncle. My uncle never shows up unless he's giving me or my siblings a whooping, but I didn't think I did anything wrong so I was chilling. He greets everyone in the house (except me) and I noticed my cousin came too. He then asks " so what happened on the bus"?. So I'm like "Oh, ok so I accidentally hit her with my backpack-" and he cuts me off saying "ain't no accident, you hit her on purpose". "What no I didn't!". He says "well that's what she told me. She always comes home and tells me about how you're being mean to her all the time". I look behind her to see her looking at me with the slightest smile.
I should have known this was going to happen. Everyone has always believed everything she's said. The world around me believes she's a saint, but they never even give my opportunity to give MY side of the story. And my uncle is a borderline child abuser. The whoopings goes past a point of "trying to get through to a kid" to just beating them senseless. I could get into how this affected me but I digress. At this point I was 8 years old and afraid of my uncle.
He took his belt off and I immediately knew what was next. I'm obviously protesting this undeserved whooping screaming "NO NO NO PLEASE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING". Because I really didn't. Why would I hit my cousin if we were laughing and getting along? It was too late anyway. My grandma and cousin watched me get spanked. They just stared at me as he dangled me by one leg (classic move for him) and just went to town. I later on in life got used to the stares as I was left defenseless. This wouldn't be the last time everyone stared at me as my cousin got what she wanted.
At this point my aunt (who I don't like either) came out of her room and my older sister got home from middle school. My two other sisters are in the room, hearing it all. The whooping wraps up and I can barely see with the tears In my eyes. "GO IN THE ROOM!!!" my uncle said. Gladly. I make my way in my room and as I'm coming in my sister's are asking me what's wrong and what happened. "She lied and said I hit her on purpose and I didn't. Now I'm in trouble", I said. I was hysterical. "Why didn't they just listen to me" I thought. They all get upset. My oldest sibling says "shes always lying and getting what she wants".
Looking back on it I'm really happy that my sister and I agreed on that. I have a different type of trauma with my oldest sister (really my half sibling), but she NEVER agreed with me on anything. Honestly, having my sister's to kind of back me up felt good. I felt so lonely since my cousin had JUST moved to town a couple weeks ago, I felt like I was stuck in her shadow all the time.
I later hear them call my name to come back out into the living room. Since my aunt is caught up I could tell she was going to be against me. She always was. Everyone was. I don't remember the full details, but they went on a rant about how "family is important and it's all I have, so I have to be nice to my cousin". "Give your cousin a hug", my aunt said.
I hated her. She was just like her brother. The only difference was she didn't have to travel to hit me and my siblings.
I give in and hug my cousin and eventually they go home. That was the very first time I realized that I'm never going to be as important as she is. No one in my family even loved or cared about me enough to hear what I had to say. My feelings will never be validated and I should just keep to myself. I became the bad guy so quickly, and if I open my mouth or do ANYTHING around my cousin it'll just happen again. But I can't stop being her friend or else I'll get in trouble once again.
I'm 21 now, dealing with the emotional neglect and abuse from my childhood. Sometimes around my family I'll try to bring up what happened to me and they shrug it off and ask me why I still care. I tell myself it's because I deserve the apology I never got but that's not the case. Deep down I know it's because I still want the validation I never got.
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celestiagarden · 2 years
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venti, childe, gorou, and kazuha when reader tells them they’re pregnant? <3 (this is a request btw)
Characters: Venti, Childe, Gorou, Kazuha (+gender neutral reader)
CW: mentions of pregnancy
Note:  I love how you felt the need to specify that it’s a request-- I’ve been trying to figure out just what else you thought it could be bro
Venti
initially? shooketh. and he has all rights to be, bc like,, youre pregnant with a half-archon kid?? was this ever seen before?? don’t think so
Venti’s got... some perfecting to do before he can be considered a good parent. he’s honestly a little scared if you tell him you’re planning on keeping the baby because he feels he’s not fit to be a parent rn
though he steps the FUCK up so well when he’s needed. especially if you’re as scared as he is in this whole thing. 
he’s so dotting yet clueless throughout the whole pregnancy?? like he’s ready to help you with anything bc you’re gonna have a hard time but at the same time what do you mean you’re craving raw boar that’s not-- no he can’t do that for you
is kind of worried for you through the whole nine months (or less. bc like,, you got a half-god kid in you who knows how long the brewing process takes for this) because what if this kid takes a lot of energy out of you?? he’s never heard of a human carrying a god’s spawn, and the last thing he needs is that something happens to you and he has to try and raise this child alone
ENOUGH ANGST everything went fine, venti is still afraid he’s not worth being this child’s parent but by celestia he’s going to try his best to become worthy
yes, that means he actually monitors his alcohol intake sometimes
Would he want another child? Depends how smoothly the first one goes, but I feel that if you said you wanted another one, he’d be okay. But two maximum!! you both only have two arms! it makes sense!!
Childe
what a family man through and through. he’s practically leaping three feet into the air when you tell him. the next thing he does is drop to his knees, hug your stomach and then start thanking you
dude he’s so overjoyed. he’s so excited, people would think he’s the one pregnant with the way he’s glowing--
the most prepared out of all four. mostly because of the (possible) age gap between him and his siblings, but also because he’s probably dreamed of this moment for a big part of his life. 
ever since you told him you’re pregnant, you noticed that he’s been thinking a lot. mulling things over, and coming home earlier sometimes. yes. this man is trying to find a way to retire from the fatui because he’s not about to be a father and be absent from his child’s life. no way in hell
besides, he didn’t save all this money, for this very occasion, and not quit the job.
i’m sorry but sometimes he’s so focused on the baby that it’s almost like he’s neglecting you. despite the fact that the tiny human is living inside you rn. 
every night, like clockwork, he has you settle in bed or on the couch so he can talk to your belly bump
would he want another child? uh?? Duh?? hell, if you think he’ll want to stop at two, you’re TRIPPING. childe wants a tiny army of mini you and him
Gorou
another one who reacts positively from the get-go!! Granted, this may have happened a little early in his career, but he can work with this!!
as a war general, if he is still at war, it just gives him more motivation to end this conflict and make sure the world is a better place for his partner and their child. 
although he tries so hard to keep his life private, his tail is wagging for DAYS on end (to such an extent where it got sore) and as soon as people even begin to ask the question, he just blurts out “I’m going to be a father!” to anyone who asks. he’s just proud ok let him have his lil moment of glory
he’s so protective?? and doting?? like you could be walking around in your second trimester and he’s here going “nonono sit down what do you need i’ll go get it for you” like GOROU. We are pregnant, not dying. 
he just wants everything to go smoothly, ok :(( he’s always wanted a family, and since you came into the picture, he saw you as a parent. Co-parenting, you know? if something were to happen to you during the pregnancy... he would rather not think about it. 
he feels so bad for you in the later stages of the pregnancy. totally has his tail between his legs and his ears drooping if you ever tell him “you did this to me” bc yeah, he cant even deny it and he’s sorry :(( kind of. not rlly bc he wouldn’t trade this for the world
Would he want another child? Honestly, he thinks it’s totally up to you. he’s very happy with the one little miraculous bundle you gifted him, but if you want a bigger family, he’s all in.
Kazuha
Bro this man kinda just,,, took a few moments to process things. he’s so silent at first it scares you lmao
but he’s happy! Very happy. Kazuha never really imagined himself as a father, or having a family, but the more he thinks of it, the more he accepts it. 
not as enthousiastic as others may be (*cough* childe *cough), but give him some time, he’s stil adjusting to the fact that like, yeah he’s tied down for good now
and it’s not a bad thing!! it’s probably just a little different from what he envisionned. I believe Kazuha was imagining a “us against the world” type of life with you, so this twist of fate kind of shook him a little
but he ends up really grateful for it! in the end, it’s still you two against the world. except that now, you two have a kid on the way. 
the most tightly knit family in existence right here ladies and gents and nb friends
soon enough, kazuha is out here being on of the “family is sacred” mfs and the kid isn’t even BORN yet
would he want another child? probably not. he’s very content with one child, and i think he likes things this way. 
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therealvinelle · 3 years
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Ok I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I'm just now copying your Norwegian Bella AU into a text translator, and if you don't already have 50 people in your inbox demanding a translation then shame on ALL OF US because this is glorious! And while Google Translate does have a certain charm (it translated "piper hun ut" as "she beeps") I'm curious to see how you'd put it in English.
Troquantary is referring to this post. In which Bella doesn't speak English.
Fun fact, you're the only one who's gone into my inbox to request this. I was so sad, had the translation half-written and everything, but I was too proud to beg. So thank you, Troquantary, for popping this ask.
As for the dictionary fuckups, sounds about right. I made a few typos, too, that made Google Translate suffer even more. (Such as managing to mix up "henne" (her) and "hendene" (hands), resulting in Aro patting Bella instead of clapping his hands. Poor Google.)
Also, there are a few cultural references and language things that would be lost in the translation, in an attempt to keep them I included notes clarifying things.
Some things, like Aro and Carlisle's very old man way of speaking, are easier said than done to translate, you'll have to bear with me there.
Additional notes are that I added a few things to this version, many of them because translating is hard, but a few because while translating I thought "oh you know what would be much funnier-" and then wrote that.
Alright, without further ado:
When Renée left Charlie she did not go to Florida, she went to Oslo. And she went all in to make her daughter a true Norwegian, hiring Norwegian nannies and making sure never to speak English around the child. Since transatlantic flights are expensive, little Bella Swan rarely got to visit her father, and as such she never did learn what should have been her native language.
She quickly forgot what English she did have in favor of Norwegian, with the exception of words like “Yes”, “No”, and “I’m Bella”.
The few trips she took to visit her father were all the more awkward than in canon since she couldn’t play with the Black kids. Let not the blame fall upon Charlie: he took Norwegian classes and speaks conversational Norwegian. He can’t speak to Renée, because her Norwenglish is incomprehensible even to Norwegians, but he can communicate with Bella.
Not that he’s had a lot of chances to do so.
Bella makes it to seventeen years old, she’s in second grade at Handels* and is a major outsider among the preps there, and then Renée marries a handsome skier**. Together they shall travel the continent all winter to participate in as many skiing races as they can, and in the summer they’ll take gigs at Hurtigruta to see the coast.
*“Handels” is the nickname for an Oslo high school infamous for its pupils being rich and beautiful blonds who are going to be CEOs when they grow up.
**Skiing as a sport is huge in Norway
***Hurtigruta is a famous ferry that travels across the Norwegian West coast
Bella, who sucks at skiing and is too young to work at Hurtigruten, takes the hint.
With dread in her stomach and dictionary in hand she goes to her father in America.
Where she doesn’t speak the language.
Faen.
Charlie gives her a car, and I wish this meta was set in the present because I could have joked about electric cars and the automat only driver’s license*, but Twilight is set in 2005 so I can’t. The car part proceeds without drama.
*An increasing number of Norwegian youth take the driver’s license for automatic cars only, and we’re the country in the world with the highest percentage of electric car purchases.
School is worse than in canon, because she is now a thousand times more sensational than if she was merely the new student. She is from another country! All of Forks keels over with excitement.
To make matters even worse, our girl doesn’t understand a word of what people are saying.
She is too awkward to let them know she doesn’t know English. It’d become a thing, and they might think she’s dumb. To be fair, it’s not good that she’s been through primary, secondary, and now a year and a half of high school and still sucks at English.
So she nods, smiles, mumbles “Hi, I’m Bella” to the new faces, and blushes heavily when anybody says anything.
People assume she’s shy. That’s a bit boring, but oh well.
She has her biology class with the redhead hottie she noticed during lunch. She watched him and his family, they were fascinatingly pretty, but she doesn’t know anything more about them. Sure would have been great if she could have asked the tiny girl (was it Jess?) about them.
Biology proceeds as in canon - Edward badly wants to eat the delicious girl, but fortunately doesn’t.
She runs into him in the office when he tries to switch to another biology lesson, but she has no idea what he’s saying so she only has the suspicion that this somehow concerns her. Which is still uncomfortable, but Bella is probably the problem here. The hottie surely can’t be.
He’s missing from school for a week, Bella finds that weird.
He returns, and to her great horror he starts talking to her.
“Hello”, he says.
Bella dies inside. He’s too handsome!
"I'm Edward Cullen," he continues, and ok, she got that. The hottie is called Edward, that’s good to know. She’s not sure she caught that last name, though, Köln?
He says something else, it’s gibberish to Bella even though she’s concentrating, and at the end there he says “Bella Swan”.
She gulps.
"I'm Bella Swan," she confirms and nods. That should be correct. God, she hopes it’s correct.
He smiles a crooked, boyish smile. She’s awed. She didn’t think it was possible to be so beautiful.
He says something else.
Bella didn’t catch it.
She blushes even harder, she hasn’t been more embarrassed in her life. Here he is, the most handsome guy in all the world, and she has nothing to say to him. Literally, they don’t speak the same language.
She should tell him.
It’s one thing to chicken out of telling the town she doesn’t speak English, but there’s something different about Edward Cullen. He deserves the truth.
But...
He’s the most beautiful person she has seen in her life. He is American, too, so the odds of him knowing Norwegian are microscopical. If he finds out she doesn’t understand a word he says he’ll stop talking to her, and selfish as she is she doesn’t want that.
So with a slightly guilty conscience (but not enough to fess up) she contributes to the conversation with enough words and smiles to pull through. "Yes", "No", "Thank you", and "That's nice".
He is surprised by several of these answers, but instead of giving her odd looks and losing interest he grows more invested in the conversation.
Class ends.
The next day the near accident happens, and he saves her. She is stunned - dear god, did he just pick up a whole car? After teleporting across the parking lot..?
Soon she’s in the ER, and more than a little bit stressed about that fact since she knows the Americans have a terrible healthcare system.
She hopes Charlie has an insurance.
An insanely beautiful man walks into the ER, and Bella is shocked. He is just as handsome as Edward and Edward’s lunch friends!
He introduces himself as Carlisle Cullen, and Bella can only assume this is someone’s older brother. Possibly related to the blonde girl.
He smiles at her, says something, and she answers, "I'm Bella Swan."
He frowns.
That must have been the wrong answer, then.
His hands return to investigating her scalp, and to her great surprise he switches to perfect Norwegian, "kjenner De* noe ubehag når jeg holder her?" Do you feel any discomfort when I touch here?
*De is the Norwegian polite pronoun for “you”. Du = thou = the French tu, and De = you = the French vous. These polite pronouns went out of use in the 1980’s, save for when addressing royal persons, and would be considered antiquated in 2005.
He hurries to add, "Norsk lærte jeg i... fjor sommer. Det var et nettkurs." I learned Norwegian… last year. Online class.
"Hvilket da?" Which one? Bella asks, because Charlie needs to hear about this. The doctor has beautiful, if slightly outdated, pronunciation.
The doctor’s smile turns uncertain. She gets the feeling there’s something he doesn’t want to say. "Husker ikke," I don’t remember, sier han etter en litt vel lang pause.
That’s a shame. And weird.
"De hadde hellet med Dem i dag, som ikke ble truffet av den bilen." You were lucky today, not getting hit by that car. he then says, noticeably changing the subject.
"Det var ikke hell, det var Edward," It wasn’t luck, it was Edward, she replies sharply.
The doctor definitely looks uncomfortable.
She continues, "Han krysset skolegården på et blunk, og plukket opp hele bilen. Jeg så det," He crossed the schoolyard in a moment, and picked up the whole car. I saw it,
The doctor laughs. "Om han kunne det hadde nok gymkarakteren hans vært meget bedre. Nei, frøken Swan*, jeg beklager å si at det høres ut som at De er litt omtåket. Det er helt normalt ved hjernerystelse." If he could do that, his PE grade would be a lot better. No, Miss Swan, I’m sorry to say you seem confused. That’s normal with concussions.
*Addressing a young woman as “frøken” is even more outdated than using polite pronouns.
Why does Bella get the feeling he’s lying?
She’s discharged.
We’ll jump ahead to her trip to La Push - that trip uneventful, since Jacob knows she doesn’t speak English. They stick their hands in their pockets and stare at the sea.
The next day she’s shanghaied to Port Angeles, because apparently she said “Yes” at the wrong time when talking to Jessica (Turns out Jess’s name was Jessica!) and accidentally said yes to a day trip to Port Angeles.
Like in canon she wanders away from the others, and as in canon she is nearly gang raped. And again as in canon she is saved at the last moment by Edward.
He buys her dinner, and she can’t believe her own luck- and misfortune. A date with the most handsome guy on the planet (hence the luck) and she can’t say a word to him (hence the misfortune)!
He says things to her, lends her his jacket, and really this is it for Bella, she’s peaked, life can’t get better than this.
(That’s a lie, it would be better if she spoke English.)
He’s so amazing.
She’s gotten pretty good at navigating conversations with him, so she nods and aha’s her way through.
In his car on the way home the tone takes a more serious turn.
He asks her about something, and it’s a serious question, that much she’s gathered. She answers in the confirmative.
He is silent.
Did she say anything wrong?
(Edward, on his end, just asked if she knows what he is. She said yes, so calmly, not even a trace of fear in her.)
A few days later he takes her out on a walk in the woods.
He shows her a meadow in the woods, and when he steps into it he lights up in the sunlight.
Bella is in shock.
She knew there was something different about him, but- holy cow. This guy isn’t human.
Is she dating a god?
She stumbles into the clearing after him, and they spend a day together where he says things, and she can barely hear any of it (nevermind understand it) because she’s so distracted by how pretty he is.
The next day he takes her to a house in the middle of nowhere. She doesn’t want to guess that this can be where he lives. Surely gods don’t live in houses?
He shows her inside the house, and introduces her for Dr. Cullen and a lady with a name she doesn’t catch.
Bit weird that these two are acting like a couple of parents, they’re far too young and divine for that.
Edward shows her around in an old-fashioned office, and she doesn’t know what to make of i when she sees a painting of Carlisle. Edward launches into a long story when he sees her watching it, unfortunately she doesn’t catch any dates or artist names. At one point she heard the word “suicide”, though, and that’s not good.
She doesn’t get much out of the story.
The baseball game doesn’t happen because Bella didn’t pick up on what Edward wanted and didn’t realize she was being invited to a thing. They spend the afternoon watching a movie instead.
The relationship continues, impeded slightly by communication problems, but she’s mostly able to cover those up.
Until her birthday comes around.
She gets a papercut.
Jasper lunges at her. Edward throws her into a glass table, and then everyone is leaving.
Carlisle is kind enough to switch to Norwegian when he’s stitching up her arm, perhaps remembering the last time she was his patient. "Jasper har ikke vært på dietten vår så veldig lenge." Jasper hasn’t been on our diet for very long.
"Diett?"she asks. She’s never seen Edward eat anything. She wasn’t clear on what the Cullens ate, honestly she thought they were above such things. She was thinking maybe photosynthesis. The knowledge that they apparently eat food astounds her, but diets?
"Dyreblod istedenfor menneskeblod," Animal blood in stead of human blood, Carlisle clarifies.
Whachasay?
Carlisle gives a slight smile. “Jaspers liv som vampyr fikk en brutal start." Jasper’s life as a vampire got off to a brutal start.
...
Vampire?!
Bella’s missed something here.
Oh dear lord, oh fy faen, she has missed something.
“Åja”, uh huh, is all she can say, and suddenly she’s very aware of the fact that she’s sitting there with a bleeding arm.
And Carlisle.
Who is a vampire.
Over the course of the following conversation Bella makes a host of discoveries.
Edward has been a vampire this whole time, and he’s a telepathic vampire. Whether Bella should be a vampire too or not has been a matter of hot debate, but due to religious reasons Edward doesn’t want that.
Carlisle also brings up how Edward died of the Spanish flu.
"Jeg var under den oppfatning at Edward fortalte deg bakhistorien min?" I was under the impression Edward told you my back story? Carlisle asks at one point, and Bella just has to ask very nicely if he’d be so kind as to repeat it.
Turns out the guy is nearly four hundred years old.
Jaha.
Jahahaha jaa ha.
That’s… a lot.
She wanders out of the house in shock, and hardly notices Edward’s strange behavior over the next couple of days.
One day he picks her up at school, and takes her behind the house.
That works out.
He’s a vampire, but he never hurt her. He is endlessly beautiful, perhaps easier to love now that she knows he’s not a god. He’s her Edward, and that’s suddenly easier now that she knows.
They can still be together.
But now that she knows this about him, it’s about time he knows something about her as well.
It’s time to finally be honest with him.
So when he opens his mouth, she opens her mouth as well, but she doesn’t get any further than to “Edward-” before he launches into a monologue.
She’ll have to wait until he’s done before saying her piece. It’s a bit embarrassing, but it doesn’t seem like he intends to stop talking anyway.
And what he’s saying seems to be serious, so it’s probably best to let him finish.
Edward concludes his monologue by kissing her forehead. Then he disappears.
Where did he go?
A big unsure, Bella goes back to the house. She’ll just have to wait until he gets back.
She doesn’t know what to think when Charlie returns from work and tells her the Cullens have all left.
Oh, god.
Edward must have found out she doesn’t speak English.
She made a mockery of him.
He has every right to leave.
Knowing this doesn’t make it any easier to live with.
Bella sinks into a depression.
The hallucinations begin, as in canon, though Hallusinward speaks Norwegian. Thank god for small mercies.
The friendship with Jacob (dictionary in hand) blooms, as someone has to help her see those hallucinations.
The cliff diving happens, and Alice shows up. Bella’s not sure what this is about, but she has gotten good enough at English to know that something bad happened, and Alice wants them to do something.
She’s a bit surprised to find herself on a plane to Italy, though.
Alice tells her to “Run to Edward” and ok, she got that, actually.
So she saves Edward.
After that she’s taken into the sewer, which turns out to house dozens of vampires.
Bella, Edward, and Alice are received in some kind of hall, where an unusual vampire has quite a bit to say. She understands some of what he’s saying, at least the part about “la tua cantante”. She knows a bit about Italian, see, so she knows that he’s talking about a song now.
She wishes she knew the context.
At one point he takes her hand, and appears fascinated by it. She wonders if he’s a palmreader. Not very vampirey, but what does she know.
He asks her a question.
"Yes," she says.
Saying yes has gotten her this far, after all.
But when he lights up and claps his hands together, and Edward and Alice stare at her in shock and betrayal, she knows she must have said the wrong thing.
The two are dismissed from the room before Bella can do or say anything, she’s just listening to Edward make a racket outside in the hallway.
Not good.
The unusual vampire brings her further down in his sewer palace to a basement, and she is given comfortable clothes to wear.
This is getting terrifying.
The vampire leans towards her - and she chickens out.
"Jeg snakker ikke engelsk!" she squeaks. "Non habla ingles!" I don’t speak English.
Han stanser, og ser forvirret ut. "Que- Hva behager*?" I beg your pardon? spør han etter et øyeblikk.
*A very formal, and slightly outdated (you can use it, but people will think you’re putting on airs. And they will be right) way of saying “excuse me?”
Sobbing, Bella tells him the whole story, from how she didn’t want to be the weird kid in school to how she’s now somehow in Italy without knowing why nor what she just agreed to.
When she’s done the vampire starts laughing.
"Dette forklarer jo en hel del," This explains quite a bit, ler han. "Men, kjære Bella, jeg er redd det ikke endrer noe." But, my dear Bella, I’m afraid it changes nothing.
He tells her that she has agreed to serve him and his army of undead warriors into eternity.
Well fuck.
"Du skal få slippe det, når du ikke visste hva du samtykket til - men skjebnen din forblir den samme. Loven er loven." You’re released from that promise, as you didn’t know what you agreed to - but your fate remains the same. The law is the law.
After a moment of silence, during which she looks terrified, he hurries to add, "Vi har en lov. Du må bli en av oss." We have a law. You must become one of us.
A law that Bella Swan has to become a vampire?
People are finally speaking Norwegian, and Bella is still lost. And it’s too embarrassing to keep pestering this poor, polite man with questions.
So she nods.
He gives her a glittering smile, and bites her.
When she wakes, Aro offers her an English course. A language course that, naturally, leads to her staying in Volterra. Why not learn a few more languages while we’re at it, dearest Bella?
Some time later Edward breaks into Volterra to save his Rapunzel, only to barely recognize her now that she’s a vampire who says things. Lots of things, she talks all the time now. WHAT DID ARO DO TO HER.
Too mortified to admit that she never spoke English, Bella claims she’s been brainwashed.
Aro is having too much fun to correct her, and the whole sad affair sets off a regrettable flood of rumors.
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cinnamonest · 3 years
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But yes I have thoughts about Albedo having a sort of mommy complex... Different from the others, though, not quite an Oedipal thing, but more of a hyper-attachment to a very maternal, affectionate darling. See, he never had a motherly figure. Like yes he had Rhinedottir but... She's described as cold and calloused... it even says in his story "He had always believed wholeheartedly that his teacher would make good on her threat to leave him, should he fail." So basically he was brought up to be afraid of failure most likely, and threatened with abandonment. He's never had a figure that was very motherly in the traditional sense. Like, super sweet, doting, coddling and nurturing, forgiving. So when a darling like that comes along... Soft and sweet girl... Ray of sunshine... He gets attached like glue. He knew Rhinedottir would leave him if he didn't meet expectations... So he's a perfectionist. Has always been very afraid of failure. He can't mess anything up. So it's very very rare that he does. Unfortunately, one of those extremely rare cases happens to be... All over darling. He was distracted by darlings choice of particularly tight clothing that day, accidentally put two wrong things together and whoops... Something of a chemical explosion. Gets all over your clothes, staining them. He's unusually apologetic, it's rare to hear his voice actually non-monotone, actually has a slight panic to it. You're an employee, after all, you can leave at any time, and you certainly will now... But... You... Smile...? Laugh a bit. It's ok. Don't worry about it. Which feels... So foreign. You're not mad? Not disappointed? You're not threatening to quit or leave him behind? Even though he messed up? It's a very new experience. It makes him feel strange. You tell him to be more careful, but before he can apologize, you add, you could have gotten hurt! And that line throws him off. Be more careful... for his own sake? Not yours? He's still silent when you walk off to change, but stands there in a confused daze, staring off into space, unable to understand. And then, you... Care about him? He falls asleep at his desk, slumped over. When he wakes up, there's a blanket over his shoulders, all the papers he was working on have been pushed to the side and stacked in a neat pile so he didn't smudge the ink or drool on them or anything. So strange, he doesn't remember doing that... Unless you did it? It's just the two of you in here, so that means you had to do it. But... Why? Then, a few weeks later, he gets sick. Not that it means anything, his master always taught him that sickness and injury isn't an excuse to stop working, so he's still working on his things as he's sniffling and coughing. And you fret over it. Get in that... Oddly... Maternal sort of fussing, tell him no, no, go lay down, you poor thing. You more or less force him to rest, not only that, but you bring him food for the rest of the day. Tell him not to worry, you'll take care of everything, you'll clean up the work station and get everything resolved for the day. He thinks through it logically and decides you must be worried he'll get other people sick, right? That's why. Nothing else would explain this strange course of actions you've taken. His brain can't understand why you would do all that... just because you want to. Yet, it persists when he's injured. He's used to that too. Glass breaks pretty easily, cuts his hands and fingers, but he just bandages it up and goes back to work as he was taught he's supposed to. You won't have that though. He didn't even take care of it right! It'll get infected, you say, as you force him to sit down, undo the poorly done bandages, get everything you need. Rubbing alcohol, for the infection potential. It'll hurt, you say, here, squeeze my hand. And he does - it does sting like a bitch after all. But the pain isn't really in the forefront of his mind. He's too lost in the strangeness of it all. Isn't this technically wasting time? He could easily work through the pain. He's just silent as your soft hands wrap up his fingers, you're back to that odd fussing where you say things like poor thing and it's ok and to top it off, you pull his hand up to your mouth and kiss his fingers, to make them better faster!, you say. Very strange -- scientifically speaking, the kissing should not have any actual effect, yet somehow it actually does make him feel better... must be some chemical effect he’s unaware of...? But the strangest occurrence of all occurs when he does do well. He's used to people thinking he's smart by now, people always admire him. That alone was a startling change when he first arrived in Mondstadt, he was so used to doing things right being... expected. The bare minimum. Rhinedottir would look at what he made and often just nod in acknowledgement, it was expected, but other people think it's nice... but, he tells himself, what he does isn't really impressive. People just think it is because they've never seen alchemy at work before, that's all. It's not actually good. He always tells himself to get ahold of himself whenever he feels happy with success -- he shouldn't feel happy or proud, no, it's not good enough, he has to push himself more, do better... but you can't help but notice the smile that initially crosses his face at the success, the way his eyes light up before they go dull again as he chastises himself for allowing himself to feel too proud... you're more perceptive than he thinks, you've picked up on how he pushes himself too hard for perfection. So you try to make him feel better... you say you're proud of him. You say it's good. Not just adequate, not the bare minimum... you look actually impressed... it makes him feel proud, and for once he can't get that prideful feeling to go away. It feels like a high, a buzz, it lasts the rest of the day, he keeps remembering that you said you were proud! You said it was good! It repeats over and over in his head like a record. It actually takes a time when Alice comes back to understand it. He's happy to see her again, but as he watches her go about her interactions with her daughter, it strikes him as familiar. Poor Klee never gets hurt by her bombs, but she trips and scrapes her knee, goes crying to her mother... who does something that mirrors what you did. Tells her it's ok, tells her to squeeze her hand if it hurts, she'll take care of it... she has that same baby-talk-ish fussing tone to her voice, calls her poor thing just like you did him... when Klee falls asleep on the floor, Alice just smiles and wraps her up and puts her things away, carries her to bed... and when she accidentally blows something up (again), Alice just runs fingers through her hair and tells her it's ok, she didn't mean to do it right? Just be more careful from now on, she could have gotten hurt -- the exact same thing you told him -- but... she's still proud, her bombs are made so well! He makes the connection. So this is what maternal affection and care feels like? He starts to think it would have been nice to have that, even if he was technically never a "child" in the physical sense, it would have been a nice thing to have in the early stages of his life... Or at any time. Or now. It feels nice... foreign, strange, unfamiliar, but so so nice and warm and comforting. He feels like it's ok if he messes up, if it's you. You forgive him. You always do. And if he gets hurt or sick, you'll help... It feels so nice. It's the only real comfort he's ever known. He feels safe and secure and like he doesn't have to be perfect all the time. But he doesn't like the way that extends to others. You're nice to everyone, he soon finds out. You help everyone when they get hurt. You forgive everyone when they mess up. It makes him feel some cold, twisting feeling in his gut and chest, he finds himself slamming things, clenching his teeth when he hears you talking in that same sweet voice to other people. It's really not fair, when you think about it. He never had that, but most people do, right? Most people have a mother or a mother figure in their lives they can go to, he never had that, that's what you're supposed to be. Everyone else's mother or maternal figure is theirs, not everyone's. Why does his have to be there for everyone? Why not just him? Doesn't he deserve what everyone else gets to have? It's that line of thinking that leads him to isolate you. When he initially sets off to go set up camp in the mountains, he decides you should be the one that comes to work up there, rather than the other assistants. They can stay in Mondstadt... you're too nice to them anyway. As long as you're up here, you won't be able to be nice to anyone else, and all that sweet, maternal affection can be just for him... like it should be.
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craigslistdiavolo · 3 years
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Requested by @otome-scribbles
Anyway I love this idea sm 😳💖
Obey me boys x gender neutral reader
Fluff
Warnings - Language
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Lucifer
Sees the baby and has to do a double take
It's too early for this, it's always too early for this
Feels like his soul has left his body when he sees you holding a baby
Who's is it?
Where did you get it from?
Who the fuck gave you a baby?
Dies a little when the baby smiles at him
Is immediately reminded of when he was taking care of his brothers
Lowkey wants to start a family with you now
Lucifer sighed and gripped his coffee cup. "MC what is that?" You smiled at him and grabbed the baby's hand to make it wave at Lucifer. "A baby." Lucifer sighed and put his head in his hands. "I can see that's it's a baby. More importantly where did you get it from and who would trust you with a baby?" You faked a hurt gasp. "Are you trying to say that I'm not responsible enough to take care of a child." You laughed a little. "The baby is my friend's and I'm babysitting, his name is Tatum. Say hi Tatum." The baby giggled and smiled at Lucifer. You laughed at the baby and began to walk away. Lucifer put his hand over his chest and sat down. He had no idea that a baby's smile would make him so emotional, he also had no idea why it gave him the sudden desire to have a family with you.
Mammon
Why do have a baby?
Why are you holding a baby?
Who's baby is that?
That baby seems suspicious you probably shouldn't be loving on it
Stop laughing, he is not jealous of a baby (he totally is)
Okay but that's a really cute baby, he could probably make some money off of it
Please do not let him profit off of the baby
Mammon was sitting on the couch in his room when you walked in with a baby. "Oi human, where'd ya get a baby from." You glanced at Mammon as you sat down on the couch next to him. "Oh he's my friend's baby and I'm babysitting." Mammon looked at the baby you were holding and cooing at. "Hey, you shouldn't be lovin' on that baby so much, you don't know where he's been." You laughed at him. "Mammon are you jealous of a baby?" Mammon started blushing. "NO, where'd ya get that idea from?" Mammon turned away from to hide his blush as you laughed at him. After you finally stopped laughing and his blush settled down, Mammon glanced at the baby. The baby looked up at Mammon and smiled brightly. He was pretty cute, and people love cute babies, just then something clicked in Mammon's head. "MC this baby could be a model and we could make so much money off of him." You gasped, "Mammon, I'm not gonna let you make profit off of my friend's baby." You got up from the couch and left his room. Mammon got up and chased after you. "MC please it's a full proof idea!"
Leviathan
Levi glanced back at you when he heard you walk into his room
"Oh hi MC."
Takes him a second to process the fact that you're carrying a baby
"IS THAT A FUCKING BABY??????"
Get it out of here now before it destroys his precious anime merch and collectables
Please explain to him that the baby has no interest in his stuff omg
Levi was in his room wondering if he should text you or not to come check out the new game he got. He heard his door open. "Hey Levi." He glanced back at you, "Oh hi MC, I was just about to text to ask if you could come over and chec- IS THAT A FUCKING BABY??????" You laughed at Levi's reaction. "Yeah I'm babysitting for my friend." You placed that baby in Levi's lap. "Isn't he adorable?" Levi sputtered as the baby smiled up at him and snuggled into him. "Get him out of here before he ruins everything." You looked at Levi a little offended. "Levi, he is a 7 month old and can't even walk. He's not gonna ruin your stuff." Levi blushed, a little embarrassed. "B-But what if he chews on things." You laughed at him and took the baby back. "Trust me he won't, but if you want us to leave that badly then I guess we'll just go." Levi quickly gets up from his chair. "MC wait don't go, you guys can stay as long as he doesn't mess up my stuff."
Satan
Satan looked up from his book when you entered his room and immediately noticed the baby
"Why do you have a baby?"
You put the baby on his chest and he kinda just looked at it like :/
It's not a cat so not worth it 🙄💅
Just put cat ears on the baby or smth and then he will literally help you take care of it for the rest of the day
Who know babies could be so cute when they're dressed as cat
He will have or adopt a child with you right now as long as he gets to dress it up as a cat
"MC, why do you have a baby?" You smiled down at Satan and placed the baby on his chest. "I'm babysitting for my friend, isn't he a cutie?" The baby happily smiled at Satan and began cooing. Satan picked up the baby and sat up. "I suppose he's a little cute." You rolled your eyes and then pulled a cat ear headband out of the baby's diaper bag and placed it on his head. Satan gasped, "MC, why didn't you put the cat ears on him from the very start." He picked the baby up and began to walk off with him, saying something about needing to show the baby the library. You grabbed the diaper bag and ran to catch up with Satan. "SATAN WAIT I'M THE ONE WATCHING HIM!"
Asmodeus
Ew
What is that?
Why did you bring a baby into his room?
Babies are gross and dirty
Okay he does look really cute when he smiled though 🥺
"Asmo~ look what I have." Asmo turned around excitedly from his vanity, but his expression soon dropped. "MC why are you carrying a baby?" "Oh I'm babysitting for my friend. Isn't he such a cute baby?" Asmo glanced down at the baby. "Babies are gross." You gasped, "Asmo don't bully him he's only 7 months old." The baby smiled up at Asmo and started making grabby hands while babbling. Asmo gasped, "Oh my gosh, why wasn't he being this cute from the start???" Asmo quickly whisked the baby away from you and started carrying him around his room. You sighed and sat down on Asmo's bed, at least he wasn't bullying the baby.
Beelzebub
He's just in the kitchen when you walk in with a baby?
:0
Thinks the baby is very adorable
Please let him hold the baby
And feed it :)
Is very soft with the baby
A little scared to hold it at first but when he does hold the baby he just 🥺💕
Please have or adopt a baby with this man right now, please he's so soft and just wants a little domestic life with you now
Beel was in the kitchen grabbing some food when you walked in carrying a baby. He quickly smiled down at you and the baby. "MC why do you have a baby?" You looked at Beel. "Oh I'm just babysitting my friend's baby, isn't he adorable?" Beel's eyes light up when the baby smiles at him. "Yes! Is he hungry? What do babies like to eat?" You laughed at Beel and grabbed something out of the fridge. "Here you can give him this." Beel fed the baby until he didn't want anymore. The baby yawned a little bit. "Looks like it's nap time, you know Beel, you can hold him and rock him if you want." Beel looks a little nervous but nods and takes the baby from your arms. It honestly felt like the three of you were a small, happy family.
Belphegor
Not as enthusiastic as Beel, that's for sure
Just :| is the best way to describe his reaction
Glances at you with the baby and is like "oh cool baby"
The baby: (◍•ᴗ•◍) Belphie: :|
Will 100% take a nap with the baby though and think it's very cute but won't admit it
You walked into Belphie's room carrying a baby with you. "Hey Belphie look, I've got a baby." It was clear that he was getting ready to take a nap when you had walked in. The baby smiled at Belphie and began babbling random baby nonsense. Belphie yawned and glanced at the baby. "Oh cool baby." You laughed. "Really that's it? I bring a random baby in here and all you have to say is cool baby?" "Yeah pretty much." You jokingly rolled your eyes. "Well it's his nap time anyway so we might as well stay and take a nap with you." Belphie sighs kind of annoyed but let's you hand him the baby and get in bed next to him. You all take a nap together but end up getting woken up when the baby cries. The moment was nice while it lasted through.
Diavolo
:0
Woah a real life baby
Is shook
Would like to hold the baby
Thinks you look very lovely carrying a baby
If you weren't married before, you are now because after seeing you take care of a child he would like your hand in marriage and to start a family with you
You walked into the Demon Lord's castle and began looking for Diavolo. You wanted to see how he would react to you carrying a baby around. "MC, is that you?" You turned around and saw Diavolo. "Oh hey I was jus-" You were cut off by Diavolo's gasp. "What a cute baby! May I hold it?" You passed the baby over to Diavolo. "Yeah you can hold him, just be really careful." Diavolo smiled at the baby and bounced him a little before handing him back to you. Diavolo blushed, the way you gently took the baby from his arms and held him made him think about having a family with you. The baby smiled at him and babbled, you laughed. "I think he likes you Dia." Diavolo smiled at you and the baby. "MC let's get married." "WAIT WHAT?"
Barbatos
Has a somewhat reaction to Lucifer
Will hold the baby if you ask him to
Thinks the baby is pretty cute
Will give the baby some cake
Ok but what if you guys started a family jkjk..... unless 😳👉👈
"Oh MC, you have a baby, why?" You walked up to Barbatos carrying a baby. "I'm just babysitting him for a friend, isn't he a cutie?" Barbatos looks at you questioningly, "Why did someone trust you with a baby?" You gasped, "Barbatos! I'm perfectly capable of taking care of a baby!" Barbatos laughed at your reaction. "I was just teasing you MC. Is he old enough to eat cake?" You looked at Barbatos, "Yeah, he can eat cake without a problem." Barbatos goes and retrieves a small slice of cake for the baby, who was clearly very excited about getting cake as he smiled and giggled at the sight of it. After the baby was done with his cake, he made grabby hands at Barbatos. You looked at him. "Barbatos will you hold him, he clearly wants you to." Barbatos sighed and took the baby from your lap. It was nice to share a small domestic moment like this with you, he can only hope for more moments like this in the future.
Simeon
Will literally snatch the baby from you
Is so soft
Does not put the baby down
Loves the baby
Please don't take the baby from him, he really likes holding it
Marry this man and start a family with him rn
"Oh my gosh MC, is that a baby? Can I hold it?" Simeon just about cries when he sees you carrying a baby, and when the baby smiled at him he swears he died. You laugh at Simeon's reaction to the baby that you're carrying. "Yeah you can hold him." Simeon quickly takes the baby from your arms and begins cooing at him. You smile at Simeon, you didn't think he would be so happy to see a baby. The two of you plus the baby spent the rest of the day doing cute domestic things. Simeon cried every time the baby smiled at him. He had forgotten what it felt like to take care of a baby, so this was nice.
Solomon
Doesn't really care
The baby smiles at him and he's just like 😐
Annoyed if you make him hold the baby
Thinks you look cute holding the baby though
"Solomon, I'm babysitting my friend's baby, isn't he sooooo adorable?" Solomon looks up from his desk and glances at the baby. "Yeah he's cute I guess." You roll your eyes, "Try to be more enthusiastic." Solomon jokingly glares at you. You walk over and sit on his bed. Unbeknownst to you, Solomon blushes a little because you look very cute when you're carrying a baby.
A/N - The first time I started writing this I accidentally posted it so I panicked and deleted it 🧍‍♂️ Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading this and I'm sorry if there's any mistakes, I was just trying to get it done as fast as possible because I was frustrated with the fact that I accidentally posted it. Feel free to follow me on the instagram that I created a day or two ago, the @ is the same as on here, craigslistdiavolo. You can also find it by clicking the link in my bio.
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Can I stay with you?
(A/N): This is based on this, this and this post. I really hope you are ready for the feels, because they are there and they are heavy-
Summary: Following the events of Emily's death, how will Spencer and his daughter cope with it?
Warnings: Angst and lots of it, mentions of drug use, contemplations of drug use, mentions of needles, we also got some bittersweet fluff
Wordcount: 2.5k
✨Masterlist✨ _______________________________
A hospital is not a place where a child should be, Spencer knows that much. But he picked (Y/N) up on his way for two reasons:
The first one being the simple occurence that the babysitter is not able to keep her any longer, because she has classes in the next morning. The second one is selfish and the father knows that, but he needs her presence, the comfort she brings to him.
“Daddy”, the child breaks the silence in the waiting room, “Is Auntie Emily going to be ok?” She sits in his lap reading a book before looking up at him. Her eyes hold something he wishes to never see again: Fear. The fear of losing someone she loves dearly.
“I hope, Baby. But let’s not forget one important fact: Your Auntie Emily is one of the strongest women I know.” Spencer gives her a kiss on the top of her head and cuddles her closer to him, seeing (Y/N)’s eyes dropping. The rest of the team watches the interaction with aching hearts.
The girl is asleep for half an hour when JJ enters the room. Everybody gets up crowding her. Spencer is careful to not disturb his daughter as he moves her head to his shoulder and hooks his arm under her legs.
“She never made it off the table.” These words echo in the genius’ mind, seemingly being the only things he can think about. “I-I never had the chance to say goodbye.” JJ hugs him, trying to give some sort of comfort. In this process (Y/N) wakes up. As soon as she spots her father’s tears, she knows not to ask a question. Instead she loops her arms around his neck.
“It’s fine. It’s gonna be alright, Daddy”, the toddler recalls the words he says to her whenever she is upset in hopes to cheer him up.
The next couple days are hard on the whole team. They try to grieve together, especially while the funeral takes place. (Y/N) notices that the color black is fitting, since her Auntie really liked to wear it. She likes that they do the same to pay their respects that way.
“Auntie Penny, is she watching?” The blonde woman carries her while the casket is walked down the aisle. Since her death, (Y/N) doesn’t dare to say Emily’s name. She thinks if she avoids it, she is going to inflict less pain when she is talked about.
“Of course. Emily is in heaven and watches this beautiful beautiful ceremony we hold for her. So wipe that frown off and put on that smile she loved so much. Alright?” Confusing to her, the adults want (Y/N) to smile all the time. But they are frowning and crying more often than not.
“Can she hear us? Because I want to say I love her. I forgot to say it the last time I saw her.” Trying to distract herself from seeing the casket lowering into the grave, the girl plays with Penlope’s hair. She in turn has to fight tears back. Only now she realizes the impact the whole thing has on her.
“I’m sure she does. What about when the majority is gone, we go to her grave and talk to Emily? Do we have a deal?” (Y/N) nods.
As soon as the ceremony is over, Spencer takes his daughter, cradling her close to him. As if she senses his sadness, the girl is petting his back in a comforting way. He squeezes her closer to him, leaving her not much room to breathe.
“Daddy, I wanna talk to her. I need to get down.” (Y/N) wiggles in his grasp after she whispers this into his ear. Reluctantly Spencer lets her down and she toddles over to the freshly made grave. A little plastic card sticks out of the grass in place of a headstone.
The adults try to give her as much space as possible, they have to let grieve on her own.
“Hey, Auntie Emily. I-I wanted to say I love you, and I forgot to tell you this the last time so I say it a second time. I love you. And I miss you. I think Daddy misses you too. He is sad since you are gone. I’m too. I think it’s because we miss you. But I hope you like Heaven. Maybe you see my Mommy. When you do, can you say I love her?
“I’ll try to see you soon, Auntie. Goodbye!” (Y/N) goes back to her father and makes grabby hands towards him. Gladly Spencer picks her up again, putting a kiss on her head. “Wanna go home, Daddy.” The child mumbles, exhausted by all the stress and emotions from the day.
The father is relieved to have an excuse to skip the meal with the team. He is scared that the evening at the little restaurant is clouded by sadness and angst. Spencer doesn’t need that right now, a nice sit in with his daughter sounds way better.
After saying their goodbyes the little family sits in the car on their way to the apartment. As soon as Spencer starts the car, (Y/N) is fast asleep. He looks at her through the rear view mirror, happy to see her at peace. It gives the father time to sort through his own thoughts. Since Emily’s death (Y/N) tries to be around him constantly, which he is thankful for, because she keeps the darkness away.
Her last hours play again and again before his eyes. The different ways he could have stopped all of this. Why didn’t he say more when she began biting her nails? When she said “Laura Reynolds is dead”? Maybe all of this is his fault?
His forearm begins to itch. Exactly where Tobias Hankel injected the needle same as he did several times. Maybe, maybe it would make everything better? Just this one tim-
“Daddy? When are we home?” The small voice cuts off his train of thought. Spencer needs a few seconds to clear his mind. Did he really think that? Taking dilaudid while the reason he fought his addiction literally sits right behind him? “Just a few minutes, Sweetheart. Do you want to go to bed after dinner?”
As if she knows that the father can’t be left alone in this state, (Y/N) answers: “No, I wanna watch a movie with you. Can we watch Alvin and the chipmunks? I love Simon so much!” This places a smile on his face, the excitement in her eyes scare his dark thoughts away. “Sure, Peanut. We can watch whatever you want.”
It's the fourth evening in a row that the girl sleeps in her father’s bed. She either falls asleep there or climbs next to him in the middle of the night, so he figures he lets her sleep there right away.
“Good night, Sweetheart”, he tells her as they lay down. Even though it’s quite early for Spencer to go to bed it’s (Y/N)’s time. “Good night, Daddy”, she tells him while snuggling closer, “I love you. Soooooo much.”
The young doctor decides to take the next few days off from work in order to work through the events. The first one he spends coloring in books with her the whole day. While she works on her own books gifted by various members of the BAU, Spencer has his own extra made for adults. He can’t deny the soothing effect it has on him. The repeating moves calms the storm of thoughts inside his head.
The next day the two of them sit the whole day on the small couch in the living room, (Y/N) on his lap, and read. Sometimes they read for themselves, others the father reads outloud from his own or (Y/N) from her own. It’s kind of therapeutic to hear his child doing something he enjoyed his whole life.
“Daddy, do you think she feels lonely in heaven? There is nobody she knows, she has to wait for us to follow her, doesn’t she?” Not prepared for such a deep question, Spencer is caught off guard.
He clears his throat before answering. “Uh, Auntie Emily isn’t that lonely up there, you know. You can’t remember him, but Uncle Gideon, a friend from work and someone I looked up to, is there. He surely greeted her with open arms, happy to see her. And your Mommy is also there, she certainly asked lots of questions about you.” “A-are you sure? I told her to say Mommy ‘I love you’ when she sees her.” (Y/N) looks up to her father with big eyes.
He is not sure if he is lying right now to her, but he sees that his daughter needs the reassurance. “Yes, I’m sure.” To lighten the mood he begins to tickle her, which ends in a tickle fight which in turn ends in tiring the girl out and falling asleep while watching a Disney movie.
The next day is by far the worst since it all happened. Both (Y/N) and Spencer haven’t slept much due to nightmares from both sides (him comforting her as she tears him from his own), which results in a grumpy toddler and a non stop coffee drinking adult.
“Sweetheart, you need to put that shirt on. Auntie JJ is expecting us in ten minutes. Please, stop fighting me”, he begs, but she continues to cry. As Spencer tries for a third time to put it on her (Y/N) throws herself to the other side of the bed.
“I don’t want that, Daddy!” She finally gets out through her sobs. Spencer halts in his movements. “Why? That’s your favorite, Baby.” While (Y/N) begins to cry louder, he leaves the clothing article on the bed and gathers her in his arm, rocking her back and forth additionally to whispering sweet reassurances in her ear.
“She gave it to me. I don’t wanna make it dirty or ruin it”, the toddler says between shaky breaths. For what feels like the trillionth time, the young agent’s heart breaks over this statement. He has a bigger vocabulary than the average English speaking person, but at this moment Spencer is at a loss of words.
“Sweetheart, I apologize for not acknowledging this right away. I’ll get another shirt out for you, ok? Thank you so much for telling and helping me.” Just a few minutes later the little family is on their way to the next metro stop. It’s then that Spencer realizes his day won’t be any easier.
“(Y/N) you can sit in the seat next to me like you always do. Why do you have to sit in my lap today?” Normally he isn’t someone who denies his child physical contact, but the seating chart has a logical purpose. Being on a train with a child means you have some kind of luggage with you, which leads to occupying a four seats compartment. In order to prevent somebody taking the seat next to him, Spencer places his daughter there. It’s a win win situation for everybody, really.
Unfortunately for him (Y/N) is extra clingy today and won’t stop crawling onto his lap. With a sigh he accepts his defeat and tries not to think about the amount of germs that fly around.
Another problem that torments the father: Over the last few days his cravings grew. Especially today the feeling, the need, for another shot and another high is undeniable for him. As if sensing this (Y/N) sticks by his side throughout the whole time, keeping his mind off of the drug that changes him.
While they are at the Jareau’s and Lamontagne’s household, his daughter refuses to play with Henry. “I wanna stay with you”, she murmurs into his shoulder. Again Spencer accepts his defeat and sits down on the couch next to his best friend.
“Sweetheart, you need to let me go. I have to go to the bathroom, you can’t come with me.” This is followed by a tsunami of tears. While JJ tries to console her, he slips out of the room discreetly.
Due to (Y/N)’s current grumpiness and Spencer’s fatigue they quickly call it a night, even though he could use some more comfort from his friends.
“Good night, Sweetheart. Sleep tight and dream nice. I love you”, he says after tucking his child in and giving her a kiss on the forehead. “Night night, Daddy. I love you, too”, her small voice echoes back to him and makes him smile softly.
Spencer finds his way back to the living room and sits down with a book in his lap. As expected he doesn’t get much reading done, too distracted by his own thoughts. The events of the night of his colleague’s, his friend’s, death replay themselves over and over again.
What if he made his conclusions faster? He is supposed to be the smart one, the one the team relies on for making important connections. But he failed once so who knows what happens when he fails again? Next time it could be the whole team dying. He could die. He would leave (Y/N) alone with the team gone. His mother isn’t capable of caring for her and his father doesn’t even know she exists. She will go into foster care, into a home with too many kids. She will be looked over, too small to be seen. Her potential will go to waste and she will never achieve anything she is capable of. And all that because he hasn’t made a conclusion fast enough.
Spencer’s scars on his forearm itch worse than ever. One shot. Only one shot to make the thoughts go away. To make the guilt go away, the bad feelings. He needs it. He needs to cure himself from the symptoms of being a human.
Before the young doctor even registers what he is doing he already put his jacket on and looks for his wallet when a voice startles him.
“Daddy, i can't sleep. Can I stay with you again?” (Y/N) stands in the doorway, clutching her stuffed animal and her blanket, shielding her eyes from the light, oblivious to what her father was about to do.
“Oh Darling, of course. Do you want me to read to you? Or we drink hot chocolate and watch a movie?” He suggests, ready to distract himself from anything that’s going on in his mind. A few minutes later his daughter cuddles into his side while watching once again Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Spencer is just happy to have his light in his life all the time and is ready to tackle any task to keep her there, may it be once again the weekly visits for anonymous narcotics or time off from work to process the events together in therapy.
Taglist:
All works:
@agentshortstacc
Criminal Minds:
@averyhotchner @mggsprettygirl
Spencer Reid x child!reader:
@ilovetaquitosmmmm
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