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lovearne · 2 years

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4 times Chris Smith knelt infront of Adrian Chase

Warnings: canon typical violence, death, Gut chases nerdy little brother, Adrian was a bullied child, angst, fluff, Chris cleans baby Adrian up

Word count: 2.5k+

Set following the torture scene in "better Goff dead"

A/n: this is meant to be read as platonic, but also set up to Adrian's crush on Chris, jus glimpses into them growing up and Chris being around the chases more than his dad's house.

After Goff tortured Adrian, Chris knelt infront of him, untying him, and checking on his toe.

This brought memories back for the both of them. Quite a few memories actually. Because at this moment in time, Chris wasn't thinking about his friend and partner, the vigilante, he was thinking about his late best friend's geeky little brother Adrian.

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Adrian was 5 and he was running around outside. Adrian was a wild child and he was outside around 90% of the time. Running around and poking things like bugs and twigs and leafs that he liked the shape of.

Because of this, the older kids loved to make fun of Adrian, and pushing him around. Adrian is quite smaller then most of the other kids, so he naturally gets pushed around. This time was no different, except instead of the normal 5-7 year Olds pushing him around, a 12 year old had found him in the woods.

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"Gut, would you be a dear and go get Adrian? He's too small to be running in those woods himself, and lunch is ready." 15 year old gut releases a groan as he throws his baseball trading cards down on the table.

"Ms. Chase, I'd be happy to go and find him. How deep does he go into them?" Chris sets his cards down, standing up from his place across from Gut.

Ms. Chase informs the boys that Adrian would probably just be right behind the house. Maybe 10 yards in it at best. The two boys start their search.

"Adrian you little shit! Let's go! Lunch is ready!" Gut yells into the air. Concern starting to pull at his chest.

"Adrian!" Chris yells, his voice carrying more than Guts. The Chase men either don't hit puberty until their late teens/early twenties or just pass through slowly.

"Adrian!" Gut trips on a branch. They had been walking for about 5 minutes, and still no trace of Adrian.

"Dude, I think we should split up. Cover more ground. You still got those walkies back in the house?" Gut nods as they start heading back.

"Is Adrian with you two?" Ms. Chase was curious, after looking at their feet and behind them. "Where is he?" Chris places his hand on Ms. Chases shoulder.

"He just went a bit further than normal Ms. Chase. We just came back to grab a walkie each, split into other parts of the woods for him. We will leave one here incase he comes back." Chris explains calmly to his best friends mom.

Gut comes back with the walkies, three in hand. "Alright, so channel 14 everyone, let's test." The three of them turn to channel 14.

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Gut had went left and Chris had went right. The kid couldn't have gone far, right? Chris ran through the woods, he had found Adrian's glasses on the leaves, next to a small bucket with leaves and a criter cage with a couple beetles and a worm inside.

Chris followed the direction of some flattened leaves and found Adrian. He was sitting stationary, he couldnt see much without his glasses. He had some blood leaking from his eyebrow, his face had a scrunched expression. His knees were bloodied and his clothes were ruslted.

Chris walked calmly up to the boy careful not to spook him. "Hey Adrian." He spoke softly, not wanting to cause the boy anymore distress. Adrian jumped anyways. Startling and whipping his head side to side. All he could see was a blob of colour. Red and beige.

"Hey Adrian, it's me. Chris, Guts friend." The boy calms almost immediately.

"Chris?" Adrian's voice was small, smaller then a normal 5 year olds, he was hurt and tired.

"Hey dude, it's ok, can I pick you up?" Chris wanted to make sure he didn't freak out, he's been on the other side of one of Adrian's rare meltdowns. Mostly the boy was unbothered, whether the reason was to rise above or just not understanding how to process information or emotions.

Little Adrian nods his head. Chris does a quick pat and check, to see if anything is broken and to see if he has any major cuts.

"Is it just your knees little dude?" He feels Adrian nod his head, it having fallen against his arm. "OK buddy, I'm gonna pick you up now, tell me if anything hurts, ok?"

Chris picks Adrian up, propping him on his hip, adrians arms wrap tightly around Chris, around his neck, resting his head on the teens shoulder. His legs rested on his waist, not long enough to wrap around, but also not trying. Chris supports him with one hand holding his thigh, his body mostly supporting the kid.

Chris walks with him back to the chase house. Stopping to pick up Adrian's glasses, critter cage and his leaf bucket. Putting everything bur his glasses in the bucket, he hangs it on his wrist. Pulling the walkie to his mouth.

"Chases?" He speaks into it, holding the button down.

"Smith?" Comes Guts voice.

"Did you find him?!" Mrs. Chases voice.

"Yeah, I got him." He looks down at Adrian, he had fallen asleep. "He's banged up, and tired. He fell asleep on me, but we will be back in about 10 minutes, could you have some wet towels and disinfectant sitting out?"

"Oh thank god!! Yes I'll get our first aid together, is he OK?" Mrs. Chase

"What happened to him, and mom I'll be back in like 15 minutes." Gut

"Yeah, I think he got spooked and ran without his glasses. I'll clean him up when we get back. My dad trained me in first aid." Chris finalizes his position and puts his walkie down. Clipping it back to his belt. Adrian wasnt very heavy at all, but being as chris was carrying him for a longer period of time, he shifted him to a better hold position. Both his hands now supporting the small child.

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When they arrived back at the chase residence, he set the now awake Adrian down on the kitchen counter. Sitting like this, Chris had a better veiw and reach to treat Adrian's wounds. He cleans up Adrian's eyebrow first. Wiping the blood from where it rushed from the wound, down the rest of his face.

Adrian's face pulled together in pain, his head pulling back from chris' hands.

"Hey little dude, you gotta let me clean it, or else your mom's gonna get a doctor to, and that really stings." Adrian squinting his eyes, still really only seeing blobs of colour.

"Where my glasses?" Adrian is still little, speaking as any other little kid. "Can't see." He whines a little after that, reaching infront of his and hitting the red blob. Chris sighs and finishes cleaning his face of blood. Adrian's hands patting at his stomach, hitting it multiple times. He was at the point of one of his meltdowns.

"Here little dude, they are just a bit dirty let me clean them, ok?" Adrian nods.

"Oh hey baby boy, it's ok sweetheart, Chris is just helping you baby."

"Momma?" Adrian cries his nose starting to run as the tears fall down his face. He launches himself into chris' chest, red happened to be one of his favorite colours, at least at the moment.

Chris places his glasses neatly onto Adrian's face. Being careful not to scare him more. Adrian looked up at Chris, and right into his eyes. His tears still streaming but able to see him.

"Chris!!" He cries again, finally able to see him, and hugs him tight, which just ends up to be gripping his shirt and rubbing his snotty face into it.

That was the first time Chris nealt infront of Adrian like that.

The second time Adrian can Remer Chris kneeling infront of him like that, he was teaching Adrian to tie his shoes.

Adrian was eight, and Chris was 18. Gut had already been gone at the war for 4 months. Having an earlier birthday than Chris. So pretty often since those in those 4 months, Chris had been to Mrs. Chases house.

He'd help out around the place, especially now since Gut is gone, and Mr. Chase left town. Adrian didn't know the biggest reason his dad left, he just knew that his dad fell in love with another man. Something that was talked about openly in the Chase household was sexual identities and not to be ashamed of who you are. That's one of the reasons Chris loves it there, he can be his 100% true self.

Mrs. Chase is basically his step in mom.

Adrian had just gotten new shoes, he'd always had velcro shoes up until this point in life, he has no idea what to make of the strings attached to his shoes now. He's just sitting there looking at them as Chris walks in the house. He doesn't like them, they are a huge change to his outside/inside routine. What used to take 2 minutes is now gonna take however long until he can figure out how to tie them.

"Hey little dude," Chris ruffles Adrian's hair as he passes by him, breaking Adrian out of his stare.

"Hey big dude." Adrian had quickly caught onto what Chris kept calling him, and decided Chris would be big dude.

"Not yet little dude, I'm bulking up right now, what did your mom make for lunch?" And just like that Chris had kicked off his shoes and walked into the main part of the house. He had those weird strings attached to his shoes. Adrian squints at the shoes. Picking one big shoe up, bringing one of his with him. He wobbles to the kitchen, fully prepared to interrogate Chris for information.

"Hey what are you doing with my shoe little dude?" Chris bends in front of the boy, having walked in to see him comparing the two shoes.

"What's this snake fabric? And why is it on our shoes?" Chris laughed at Adrian's question. He must be joking with him. Adrian's face remains set I the same halfway angry halfway curious look.

"Oh shit, kid is that your first pair of tie up shoes?" Chris kneels in front of Adrian. "Here I'll show you on your shoe, and then you can tie mine, deal?" Adrian nods, eager to learn and overcome this change to his routine.

Chris slowly takes Adrian through tying his laces, propping his massive in comparison shoe in Adrian's lap. The strings seem to be much too long for Adrian to grasp properly.

"OK little dude, how about you go and get your other shoe and I'll show you when doing homework?"

The homework was really just application after application for the military. He kept getting denied, denial after denial, no matter which branch he applied for.

The evening dragged on like that, Adrian studying his shoelaces and Chris filling out application letters.

"Chris?" Adrian was standing in front of the young man, dressed in his outside clothes and holding his pair of shoes up to the man. "Can you help me?" Chris smiles and let's out a small laugh. Kneeling on the ground, his knees digging harshly into the linoleum, he helps the boy.

Tying his shoes nice and snug but not too tight. Adrian's face scrunches up as Chris pulls on the laces, a new stimulation in his foot, he didn't know if he liked feeling the laces sinch his foot.

Chris finishes up Adrian's laces and pats him on the shoulder, boosting up with his other leg, he stands and opens his arms.

"There we go, is that the first time they are on?" Adrian nods, taking off in a run to the front door. Chris was wearing a white shirt that day, and Adrian decided he quite liked the colour white.

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The last time that Chris knelt in front of Adrian like that was when they received news that gut didn't make it out of surgery.

Gut had gotten honorably discharged from the marines not but 2 weeks ago. Adrian had only really had his brother for a whole of 8 years and 6 months, counting the time he came home. Adrian was only 22 when his brother had been taken away. He'd only had him for 8 years of his life.

Adrian thought he wouldn't cry, because he didn't have emotions like people do. That much he knew, but it became too much for him. He could feel the sensation of tears in his eyes. Blinking rapidly, he stood and left the room, walking outside and leaning on the salt canister. The church was too chattery, the coffin too deadly and the fact looking over his head that he'd never have a gut back ever was too suffocating.

He wished he could do something, but the driver of the car that hit Gut had already been let loose. He wished so goddamn hard he knew where they were at that moment, so he could rip their tongue out.

The tears start to pour down his face, he pulls his glasses off, skiing into the soft fabric of his tank top under his fancy clothes. Wiping his eyes and nose, trying to quietly sob, as to not draw attention.

Chris was about 15 minutes late, as he walked from his car to the door of the church, he heard a quiet sobbing to his left. Peaking around the corner was the young adult Adrian. Chris stepped over there quickly. Falling to his knees in front of the man he felt both empathetic to and responsible for. He knew exactly how this felt for Adrian, he's been on the opposite end.

Kneeling there in front of Adrian did two things, it made the final nail in Adrian's lifelong idolation and infatuation with chris' box. And it stuck Adrian's favorite colour deeper into his heart, Chris was wearing a teal tie, it was the colour of the Evergreen high football jerseys, and it symbolized the last time the two men, Chris and Gut, fought together.

"Hey, hey Adrian." Chris' hands gripped the sides of his face, his thumbs wiping his tears away. "I know, it hurts, I'm sorry this happened." Adrian nods at Chris' words, unable to breathe really. His face was scrunched up in unimaginable pain, he was hurting and badly.

"Just follow my breathing with your own, match it, ok dude?" Chris starts to breathe more calm, nice deep breaths. He is still holding Adrian's face, his thumbs stroking his face gently, along with wiping his tears away.

Adrian continues to cry, only harder as he imagines Gut with his best friend. Chris stands and pulls Adrian into his chest, rubbing his back and holding his head clods to him.

"It's ok dude, I know that it hurts, let it out."

Chris held him like that until he stopped crying, Chris had always been one of Adrian's biggest comforts. So naturally Adrian had a huge crush on him and even idolized him.

@nptnewr @likedovesinthewnd @aprilfire18 @mayhem24-7forever @loverhymeswith

#adrian chase imagine #adrian chase fanfiction #adrian chase #chris smith imagine #chris smith fanfiction #chris smith #peacemaker hbo #peacemaker imagine #adrian chase x chris smith

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johnnysdrums · 10 months

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Just wrote my first Peacemaker fic inspired by a post by @robynmas — hope you enjoy! I absolutely love these boys and can’t wait to write more of them :)

#peacemaker x vigilante #peacemaker #peacemaker hbo #vigilmaker #vigilante #adrian chase #chris smith #christopher smith #adrian chase x chris smith

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thrillingdetectivetales · 2 years

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LIMITED DIVERGENCE

Christopher Smith & Keith Smith, Adrian Chase/Christopher Smith, Keith Smith/Original Female Character(s)

Additional Tags: POV Outsider, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon, Angst and Humor, Parallel Universes, Spoilers, Comic Book Science

Good news: chapter three is officially up! And even better news: I'm plowing through writing this more quickly than I'd envisioned and have worked up a really solid cushion, so I'm going to go ahead and start updating on Fridays as well as Mondays. If the schedule needs to drop back down to once a week at any point, I'll be sure to let y‘all know!

I’ve got the summary, a potential trigger warning, and a lil’ snippet for you below. I dropped the snippet behind a read more, because it deals directly with said trigger warning, so please be aware and take care of yourself.

Summary: Keith Smith is out on a perfectly ordinary grocery run one afternoon when he gets sucked sideways through an inter-dimensional portal to a universe where he died when he was thirteen years old. Things only get weirder from there.

POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of date rape drugs and the general practice of date rape.

"I don’t know, man, I was just out getting some groceries! Fuck!" Keith presses the heels of his palms into his eyes until colors burst against the darkness of his eyelids and groans, low and pained. "I think someone fucking roofied me."

"At the grocery store?" Helmet Guy asks, skeptical.

"I don’t know, that might actually be kind of genius from like, an evil douchebag perspective," Vij says, tipping his head in Helmet Guy’s direction. Helmet Guy just stares at him, and Vij continues eagerly, "Like, think about it, right? You go out to the club on a Friday night and everyone and their mom is packing GHB, but the grocery store? Nobody would be looking for it there! It would be like drugging a field full of unsuspecting gazelles. I’m honestly kind of surprised more rapists haven’t tried it."

He's quiet for a long second, then he brings his free hand up to curl his fingers over his chin and mutters, "Maybe I should add grocery stores to my weekly patrol schedule."

READ IT NOW ON AO3.

#peacemaker x vigilante #vigilmaker #vigilmaker fic #adrian chase/christopher smith #adrian chase x chris smith #tec writes #warning #date rape mention #roofie mention

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multifandomfanficss · 1 month

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F*ck You?

Adrian Chase/Vigilante x Reader

and the rest of the 11th Street Kids

Adrian Chase Masterlist

Prompt: Adrian has his own secret way of asking you to sleep with him.

Warnings: Mentions of sex, but no actual sex. The team bullying Adrian as per cannon ☹️. Peacemaker typical language.

A/N: Just a silly little thought I had at 5am during a text convo with one of my best friends when I couldn’t sleep. Shout out Tyler for letting me bounce this idea off you. Thanks bestie! Just a short little fic. The italics are flashbacks. Crossposting on my AO3 adriansglasses.

Adrian stuck his middle finger up, pointed at you. You were going through some files on the other side of the room unable to see him behind the papers you were focusing on. Those who saw were giving him questioning looks.

“Dude why are you flipping off, (Y/N)? I didn’t realize you were mad at them” Economos decided to be the first to question him. Usually he didn’t care enough to ask, but even he was curious as to why Adrian was enthusiastically flipping you off.

“Oh! That’s because I’m not. I just wanna have sex when we get back to my apartment. I was saying can I fuck you.” Adrian says, as if it’s obvious. Chris begins to laugh, having overheard the conversation.

“Oh my god. I’m not sure if you’re insane or an idiot.” Harcourt rolls her eyes, walking away.

“I’m pretty sure he’s both. You know that’s not what that means right?” Economos questions.

“It has two meanings.” Adrian says in a very matter of fact way.

“No, it doesn’t.” John argues.

“Then how do they always know what I mean?” Adrian asks, as if he’s proving his point.

Chris continues to laugh to himself as Adrian and Economos argue.

You’re deep in thought, not paying them any attention when Leota passes you the file you were looking for.

“Thanks!” You smile at her.

“Why is Adrian flipping you off?” She asks.

You look over at him, blushing. You nod.

“See!” Adrian yells throwing up his arms. “Two meanings! I told you!”

“Oh god.” You blush, hiding your face in one of the files. You didn’t need the entire team knowing you were going home to have sex after this, but it’s not like it was that big of a surprise. You’d been dating Adrian for a while, of course you had a sex life. “I don’t know how or why he got it into his head that fuck you means can I fuck you- but like I personally think it’s very clever and very cute so I just don’t correct him.” You laugh, deciding to be honest with Leota.

You thought back to the first time he flipped you off in such a manner. You were out with the team celebrating with drinks after a mission. He threw up his middle finger, drawing a question mark in the air with the other hand. You looked at him with a confused look and mouthed. ‘Are you asking me to have sex with you?’ and he mouth back, ‘Isn’t it obvious?’. Only Adrian could think something like that was obvious. Only Adrian would even do something like that. You smiled, laughing quietly to yourself. It was so uniquely him.

Chris was still laughing uncontrollably in the back. He was thinking of the first time he’d seen Adrian do this too. Little did everyone else know Chris had been the one to teach it to him long before you were dating.

“You really wanna know how I pick up chicks across the bar?” Chris asked with a shit eating smirk.

“Please!” Adrian begged. He could pull girls as Vigilante no problem, but it was a lot harder without the suit.

“Be direct. Just ask if she wants to go home with you. The most subtle way to be direct is to flip her off.” Chris falsely informs.

“Wait… you want me to be subtle and direct? I’m confused.” Adrian asks.

“Well, yeah. You want her to know, not the whole bar.” Chris quickly lies.

“I always thought flipping somebody off was an insult.” Adrian is rightfully cautious.

“It has two meanings. It’s like special. Special can mean you’re one of a kind, cool, awesome, or it could be used the other way.” Chris explains.

“Oh! Okay!” Adrian smiles, before pausing, with a pondering facial expression. “Wait! You call me special all the time.”

“You should hit on that girl over there!” Chris redirects.

“Okay… here goes nothing…” Adrian says, slowly raising his middle finger. The girl looks shocked and starts to walk up to the two men at the bar. “Oh wow! I think it worked!”

Her pace picks up. She walks up to Adrian, slapping him, hard.

“Wait! This is positive! I’m hitting on you!” Adrian says frantically with his finger still up, as she walks away.

“Aw! Fuck! Do you think maybe she had a boyfriend?” Adrian asks, adjusting his glasses and rubbing his jaw.

“Yeah, maybe.” Chris laughs hysterically.

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fruity-mercenary · 6 days

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VIGILMAKER THINGS >w<

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anabimelo · 2 years

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been rewatching so here’s a sketch

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vigsilantes · 2 years

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[On a mission] Chris: Fuck it's dark in here! Y/N: Oh Vig let's try our new suit addition! Adrian: OOH yeah, check this out, Peacemaker! Adrian and Y/N: *stomps feet to make their shoes light up* Chris: Did you guys... add lights to your shoes? Adrian: Yeah! It's rad right? Chris: ... Chris: I won’t lie it is kinda rad.

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thequeenofuselessinformation · 2 months

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Guess who just watched Peacemaker?

Wdym this isn't exactly how the BFF structure worked

#peacemaker #chris smith #christopher smith #vigilante #adrian chase #leota adebayo #leota waller #peacemaker meme #vigilante meme #dc memes #dc #dcu #dceu #dceuedit #james gunn #peacemaker series #peacemaker series meme #dc x reader #dc imagine

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frankiethedarkangel · 9 months

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Guys…. I met Freddie!!!! He’s such a sweetheart <3

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lisholoz · 2 years

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Returning from the dead to post Peacemaker memes

#peacemaker #vigilmaker #vigilante #chris smith #adrian chase #fanart #my art #digital art #adrian x chris #hbo peacemaker #dc comics #art

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paperprinc3 · 10 months

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#vigilmaker #peacemaker #vigilante x peacemaker #vigilante/peacemaker #peacemaker dc #adrian chase #chris smith

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skullivancrossbones · 14 days

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PEACEMAKER IS FILMING!!!!!!!!!!

#peacemaker #vigilante x peacemaker #vigilante #vigilmaker #james gunn #the suicide squad #chris smith #adrian chase #leota adebayo #im so excited #my autistic ass #my autism #autistic adrian smith #🧜‍♂️

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peace-make-joke · 1 year

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Vigilante: You are the love of my life and I would do anything within reason to make you happy.

Peacemaker: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep.

Vigilante: I said within reason P, how about I murder that guy?

Peacemaker: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't?

Vigilante: Well, duh. What kind of question is that?

#peacemaker (2022)#peacemaker #peacemaker tv #vigilante #incorect quote #chris smith #incorrect quotes #adrain chase #adrian chase #adrian x chris #vigilante x peacemaker #bi peacemaker #queer vigilante

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multifandomfanficss · 10 months

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You Really Gotta Get Better At Lying

Adrian Chase/Vigilante x Reader

Featuring platonic!Peacemaker, Goff, and the rest of the 11th Street Kids

Adrian Chase Masterlist

Prompt: You’re a civilian with a superhero boyfriend. It was working out pretty well for you both until one day when you’re hanging out in his best friend’s trailer and you get stuck in the crossfire. This is based on episode 6.

Warnings: Mentions of guns, Cannon compliment jokes, language, and violence, joking references to m-preg and daddy kinks (this is Adrian and Chris we’re talking about and it’s based on the butterfly interrogation scene lol), Angst with a happy ending

A/N: Hey Guys! Cannot believe this is my first full fic I’ve been able to finish since last August…11 months! This year has been pretty nuts for me, but I miss my man :)))) ❤️🧜‍♂️❤️ (Also the part in italics is a flashback if that’s not clear.)

“Come in Adrian!” You heard a voice coming from the trailer as your boyfriend knocked.

“How did you know it was me?” Adrian asked.

“You knock in a very annoying way. Hi, (Y/N).” Chris said as you walked into his place.

“I’m sorry.” You placed a hand on Adrian’s shoulder.

“Well I think it it’s cute.” You smiled at him. He smiled down at you, breaking into an infectious smile. Your own smile only grew. “Hi, Chris.” You said turning to look at Peacemaker. Today was your day off and Adrian wanted to get wasted at the trailer. Despite not always getting along, you were pretty good friends with Chris so you loved going to his place with Adrian to hang out. When you got there he was in his super suit. This was no surprise to you. Adrian had brought his as well. Usually a day at Chris’ meant at least an hour would be spent doing target practice or what you liked to call watching your two favorite idiots fuck around.

You had learned about Vigilante not too long into dating Adrian. It wasn’t hard to figure out. You loved him, but he was an awful liar. One slip up lead to another and suddenly it was 3am and Vigilante was knocking on your door. You’d had a nightmare and called Adrian because you knew he was a night owl. You woke up hyperventilating and sweating, too scared to go back to sleep. You just wanted to hear his voice, but you weren’t gonna complain when he said he couldn’t sleep either and was on a late night walk by your apartment. You didn’t question how weird that sounded, you just wanted to be with him so you said he could come over. What you didn’t know was that he was actually on patrol on your side of town. He meant to change, before reaching your door, but somehow he was in such a hurry to get to you he just forgot. He didn’t realize when you screamed upon opening the door, already shaken up from your nightmare and now confused as to why the news’ least favorite costumed crime fighter was at your apartment. He screamed back at you.

“What are you screaming about?!” Vigilante asked.

“What am I screaming about?! What are you screaming about?!”

“Okay! Stop screaming! I am really confused right now!”

The more you thought about it the more you realized you knew that voice.

“…Adrian…”

“Of course it’s me! I know it’s late and it’s dark, but is it that hard to recognize me? I think you might need to check your eyes again, Bug-a-boo.”

One of those silly nicknames you loved. It was Adrian.

“…mask…”

You saw his eyes go wide behind the tinted red visor. His gloved hands went up to touch his face. He’d forgotten.

“Oh shit…” He said under his breath. “I- I don’t know who Adrian is…who’s that? I’m sorry I scared you, innocent civilian. I was just out doing my patrol duties and I-“

“Adrian…” You started to tear up.

“I told you I’m not Adrian. I’m Vigilante. Common mistake. Both names sound like super similar actually-“

“Adrian…” You cut him off again, bursting into tears, hugging him. He sighs.

“You’re okay, (Y/N). I’m here. Everything’s okay.”

You stared at a jar on Chris’ table. It had some sort of bug in it. It was a species you’d never seen before.

“What’s that?” You asked.

“You kept Goff?” Adrian questioned.

“Is that like the name of the bug or did you guys name it?” You keep staring, confused. It almost seems to stare back at you.

“That’s his name. We found him in a shitty politician.” Adrian answered. In him…? You didn’t want to know so you decided not to press as the boys continued to argue about keeping Goff as a dangerous pet.

“Why is he dangerous? Is he invasive?” You questioned.

“You could say that!” Adrian joked.

“Where is it from?”

“I don’t know, but I don’t think they came from our solar system. I feel like NASA would have figured that out by now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were fucking lying to us.” Chris said on the verge of telling another conspiracy theory.

“What…?” You finally broke your gaze from Goff.

“Don’t even fucking get me started on the moon landing and-“

“No, I mean this- this is an alien?” You cut off Chris. You turn to Adrian. “You’re fighting aliens?!”

“Yeah! How cool is that?!” His face lit up.

“So fucking cool!” You started nerding out with your boyfriend until your attention was drawn to Goff who was drawing a peace sign on the jar in some sort of weird goo. The three of you, after taking about a minute to freak out, sat on the couch to investigate. You sat in between Chris and Adrian. You were hoping this would keep them from arguing, but it did nothing of the sort. Before you knew it your head was resting on the back of the couch as the two guys argued above you. “Will you guys just kiss and make up already?! Jesus! Get a room! Chris you gotta have more patients and at least try to see his point of view. Adrian, baby, we have to ask yes or no questions because Goff can’t speak to us verbally and we don’t have an alphabet for him to spell things out with.”

“What if we got like an ouija board and just let him move the little triangle thing around?” Adrian wondered.

“I think that’s a great idea, but we don’t have one right now, so just while we’re limited on time we gotta keep it to yes or no questions, alright? Think of it like that pendulum thing I showed you. It can only swing so many ways like how Goff can only tap so many times.” Adrian finally seemed to understand. One of your favorite things to do together was info dump about your interests. Not too long ago you’d had a really big hyperfixation on ghosts, which is probably where he’d gotten the idea for the ouija board in the first place. It wasn’t that he was stupid, he was often just running a marathon in his head to find different solutions to the problems everyone else had already given up on. While he was trying to figure out a solution, everybody thought he was an idiot for even trying. That was one of the many reasons you and Adrian worked so well together. You both understood how the other person’s brain worked.

“Okay. Goff, are you here to put babies in us like in alien?”

Two taps: No.

Adrian sighs.

“Dude, you’re upset about that?” Chris asks.

“Well how else am I gonna experience motherhood?” Your boyfriend asked sadly. You rested your hand on his knee.

“I’m sorry, baby. But you know what? Maybe one day you can be a really incredible dad to our kids.” You blushed.

“You think I’d be an incredible dad?” He asked in awe.

“I think you’d be the most incredible dad.” You kiss him as Chris gags.

“Now it’s my turn to say get a room and not one in my trailer. I don’t want you guys fucking roleplaying your daddy m-preg shit in my bathroom.” Chris rolled his eyes.

“Oh my god that is not what I meant! Please can we just get back to the alien bug sitting on your coffee table?!” You exclaimed.

One tap: Yes.

“See! Even Goff agrees you’re being ridiculous!” You tell him.

“I am not!” Chris started to argue like a toddler.

Two taps: No.

“You’re acting like a toddler.”

One tap: Yes.

“Woah! It’s like Goff’s on (Y/N)’s side.” You smiled at Adrian’s amusement.

One Tap: Yes.

“You are not helping me here.” Chris whispered in a harsh tone to the jar.

One Tap: Yes.

You laughed. “Goff, do you wanna be friends?”

One Tap: Yes.

As you and Adrian continued to argue with Chris, much to Goff’s amusement, Adrian’s phone started to ring.

“Who is this…Vigilante? I- I don’t know that person. That’s um- is that even a name? I’m- sounds Italian and I’m- I’m- I’m American, so I can’t even-“ Chris ripped the phone from his hand and you gave him a sympathetic look.

“Babe, you really gotta get better at lying.”

“I’m great at lying!” You gave him a smile.

“Okay, honey.”

“I am!”

“A month after we started dating you showed up at my door fully suited up, completely forgetting to change after patrol.”

“That’s because I wanted to. It was my way of telling you.” He was obviously lying again

“Okay, honey.” You smiled as Chris shushed you. He was panicked, far more panicked than usual.

“What’s happening?” You questioned, starting to get nervous.

“The entire police force of Evergreen is outside right now. This place is fucking crawling with cops.” Chris whispered, opening his sunroof.

“Are we gonna fucking crawl up there?!” You whisper yelled, trying to keep your voice down. You were a civilian and despite hanging around superheroes you had never been in on the action yourself.

Adrian grabbed your hand. “It’s gonna be okay.” He tried to give you reassurance, despite not quite knowing what they were up against. “I need you to promise me you’ll stick by me, okay?” You stared at the roof in fear. “(Y/N), I need you to promise me.” Adrian looked at you desperately searching for an agreement.

“O-okay” You stuttered, your mind barley able to process what was happening. Chris climbs through helping pull you up as Adrian lifts you through the hole. You were so scared you didn’t even really notice Adrian had Goff tied to him with duct tape. Chris started climbing in a nearby tree. Adrian pushed you towards it. You shook your head at him, giving him a face that said ‘There is no way in hell I’m doing this’.

“I’m not gonna let you fall.” He promised. So much for that. Not long into climbing Adrian himself fell out of the tree. Usually you would find his clumsiness cute, but now was not the time. Chris put his free hand over your mouth to stop you from screaming.

“Oh fuck…I’m okay…” He said, a little out of it, just having at the wind knocked out of him. Of fuck. Goff. This is when you fully process the glass jar taped to Adrian’s back…the broken glass jar. Chris quickly helps you get down. You run to Adrian.

“Are you okay?!”

“I’m okay, I promise.” Adrian reassures you.

“DON’T MOVE!” The police detective yelled, pointing her gun at you. Adrian rested one hand on his hip, close to his knife and the other on your back so he could push you underneath him in a second if bullets started flying. You were terrified. You didn’t even notice Goff flying towards the woman until he started to fly into her mouth. Now you knew what Adrian meant by in the senator. Blood started pouring out of her mouth.

“What the fuck?!” You yelled in shock as Chris and Adrian started pulling you up from the ground. Everything was happening too fast. Suddenly you were running through the woods. Bullets were flying. Knives were being thrown.

“At worst, he’s paralyzed!” Adrian’s voice barley broke through to your clouded mind. You could see a clearing up ahead. Just get to the clearing. You can do it. Just get to the clearing. You saw Chris stop in front of you. He had a gun pointed directly at him. Then another. You and Adrian stop behind Chris. You’re surrounded. Adrian keeps you close. Then one of them falls to the ground. You grab onto Adrian’s back, not wanting to limit the movement of his arms. He reaches behind himself to put a hand on you. You turned to see another policeman had shot the guy who was pointing a gun at you.

“What the fuck?!” You yelled, trying to keep your panic down.

“Do you wanna ask stupid questions or do you wanna live?” He asked you as you hid behind Adrian again.

Chris and Adrian pulled you away from the scene as the man shot the defenseless low level cops on the ground. He mocked their cries as he shot them. Chris and Adrian brought you to a car the man had told you about. A getaway car that was waiting for you just down the road at the edge of the woods. Adrian shoved you into the car. You sat in the back seat with him as he continued to argue with Chris, even throwing his phone out the window at one point. He kept an arm around your shaking body. Eagly was squawking in the passenger seat. It was all too much.

“SHUT UP! BOTH OF YOU PLEASE.” You started to cry. “I LOVE YOU BOTH, BUT PLEASE! FUCK!”

Adrian placed a kiss to your forehead gently starting to rub your arm. “I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s not you. Usually I wouldn’t care, but what the fuck is happening?! Is the detective fucking dead?! Like is that what they do?! Just like fucking drill into your skull through your mouth and play Ratatouille?!”

“They can go through your butt too…” Adrian said quietly.

“Oh great! So glad! That must be so much more pleasant!” Adrian went to open his mouth, but you knew what he was gonna say. “Yes, I’m being sarcastic!”

“Okay. Thank you for specifying. Let’s just breathe. Can you do that? Can you breathe with me?” Adrian asks, starting to exaggerate his breathing for you to follow. He knew you were starting to get worked up. You always got upset when you were confused, but this was an entirely new level with an added sense of extreme terror and danger. You try to follow his breathing. “In and out. Good job.”

“Forget about the aliens I wanna know what the fuck was up with that one cop!” Chris questions from the driver’s seat, now done using Adrian’s phone to call headquarters.

“You mean you didn’t fucking know that guy?!” You question.

“No! Why would I just know a crazy fucker at the police station?!” Chris yells.

“I don’t know! Maybe the fact that he gave you a car?! You know some pretty weird fucking people! I’ve never met King Shark!” You scream, letting out a sigh, leaning further into Adrian’s touch as he kisses your forehead again, still trying to calm you.

The rest of your short drive to headquarters was mostly spent in silence. You had never been there, but you knew where it was. You were the only person Adrian told everything to. You walked into headquarters quickly, not wanting to be seen stashing the getaway car.

“What the fuck just happened?!” Chris yelled bursting into headaquarters.

“Who’s the civilian? I don’t think I have to remind you of the privacy of this mission.” A man who seemed to be in charge asked as you tried to make yourself small feeling scared and embarrassed. You think you remember Adrian saying his name was Murn.

“They’re my partner.” Adrian told the team.

“You have a partner?” The man who was absolutely John Economos asked. He was even taller than you imagined.

“I told you I had a partner. You knew about them.”

“Yeah, but I didn’t think they were real.” John laughed at his own joke.

“Um…hi. Sorry. Very real partner over here, what the fuck is happening?!” You interrupted. They all exchanged a series of looks you couldn’t read before one of them spoke up.

“Hi my name’s Leota. Why don’t we go talk in the other room for a bit?” You didn’t answer her, you just squeezed Adrian’s hand, not wanting to be separated from him.

“It’s okay. You can go. I’ll just be a few minutes. I promise you can trust her. Eagly does!” Adrian smiled at you.

“I guess he’s pretty good judge of character.” You joked, giving Adrian a smile.

“It’s okay. We’re safe here. Here, take this.” He reached for the back of his chair and grabbed a sweater he’d accidentally left there. He wrapped it around you. He knew how much you loved to wear his clothes. You were happy to be surrounded by his smell. You sighed, calming a little bit. “I won’t be long and I’m not gonna leave the building. I promise.” You nodded, reluctantly following Leota.

“Harcourt you handle this. Peacemaker, Economos in my office now.” You heard as you walked up the stairs. As Leota was answering some of your questions Harcourt and Adrian were downstairs having a very difficult conversation.

“You don’t look so happy. I thought you loved violence. I thought you said it was awesome.” Harcourt started, her voice thick with sarcasm. Adrian missed it yet again.

“Not when they’re involved.”

“Well maybe you shouldn’t have involved them then.”

“I didn’t mean to! I’m not normal. I know and usually I don’t care, but they are the only thing in my life that makes me feel normal- the only part of my life that feels normal. Even…even when I’m just Adrian Chase, the busboy at fennel fields, everybody acts like I’m a fucking freak or some big burden. But not them. They let me be myself. They like me! They’re separate from all of this. I should be allowed to have this one thing.”

Harcourt’s face softened. “You should be and I’m sorry…but that’s not how this life works. I know you want to keep them safe. It’s only gonna get more dangerous from here. You know what you have to do, right?”

“I’m not doing it.”

“Look…” Harcourt paused taking a deep breath. “Adrian…I’m sorry. Doing what we do- it isn’t easy.” She used his real name. He thinks this might even been the first time she’s really called him anything other than Vigilante, psycho, or dumb shit.

While they were talking downstairs you were upstairs asking all sorts of questions to Leota about the butterflies. She was answering as much as she could until Adrian knocked on the door. “Can I have a minute alone with (Y/N)?” He asked.

“Of course. Let me know if either of you need anything.” She smiled at you on the way out.

“She’s nice. I’m sorry I freaked out earlier. I think I finally have a handle on everything now.” You smiled at him, but he wasn’t looking at you. His eyes were glued to the ground. “Ade, what’s wrong?” You asked.

“I’m breaking up with you…”

“Yeah haha very funny. Now, what actually happened downstairs?” He stayed silent. “You’re serious? Adrian, you’re not breaking up with me.”

“Yeah I am actually.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t want to date you anymore.”

“That’s not true. You’re an awful fucking liar, so look at me and tell me why you’re breaking up with me.”

“I already told you why.” He was starting to get choked up.

“Adrian, I love you.”

“I love you too-“

“Then don’t break up with me!” You cut him off.

“I have to!”

“Why?!”

“I need to keep you safe!” He raised his voice at you. He’d never raised his voice at you like that before. You started crying.

“Why don’t I get a choice?! What about what I want?! Shouldn’t it be my choice?! Adrian, I don’t give a fuck if it’s dangerous! Before I met you my life was awful! I was a freak! You are the only person who makes me feel like I can be my fucking self! You are the only person I don’t feel like a fucking inconvince around! The only one who understands me! Why can’t we just have this one fucking thing?!” You yelled.

He laughs through the few tears that had just started falling down his cheeks. “That’s what I said.” He sighs, sitting on the couch, wrapping you in his arms. “I’m sorry.“

“Please don’t leave me. You’re my entire world.”

“I may be your world, but you’re my sun, I live for you- because of you. There would be nothing without you. Nothing.” He kisses you on the forehead.

“So, don’t break up with me.” You were pleading quietly through your tears at this point.

“I’m sorry. I don’t wanna say I was eavesdropping, but I was totally eavesdropping. If you’re worried about them being safe I think I can help.” Leota entered the doorway again.

“How?” Adrian asked.

“Well, I have my wife set up in a safe house right now while things are a little extra sticky. Sometimes things get lonely. I bet she’d love a new roommate.”

“Adebayo, are you serious right now?”

“Very serious, Adrian.” She smiled.

“Oh my god I could kiss you.”

She laughs at his comment. “Don’t kiss me. I’m married. Go kiss your partner who you’re not breaking up with and don’t tell Harcourt about this.”

“I won’t.” He smiles.

“Okay, now I think you should really take her advice and kiss me.” You smile up at him, kissing him.

“Okay, lovebirds. I’m gonna go distract buzzkill 1 and buzzkill 2 downstairs. I’ll let you know if you’re needed.” She smiles, leaving you to alone.

“I can’t believe you almost broke up with me.”

“Yeah that would have been stupid.”

“Really stupid.” You added, both laughing. “I love you more than anything.”

“I love you too more than anything.” He said. You both smiled, kissing. You snuggled deeper into him and started a discussion about the logistics of how you would navigate this new adventure.

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