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#all that aside. i do think she's the type who will discreetly show up in front of her niece/nephew to see them in person
deecotan · 2 months
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Hey, I like your art style can you please do like a comic where Sanji sister finding out that she's gonna be the aunt cause I really like to see the reaction
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sorry for the rather somber atmosphere... it's just in any zosan lovechild AU that is not the "sora lives" universe, i see reiju still keeping a distance when zosan's child is born because she's still with the vinsmokes or any other reason. or at least in the beginning anyway, one day she might finally give a chance on being part of sanji's life again -- once she finds a way how.
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i strongly believe that ran is not the playboy type. he may be in a gang but he is the type of guy that is stick to one and only loved his childhood sweetheart. not all knows about this and girls still keep on throwing themselves to him but he just woosh them away! can u write something about this please please albie 🥹
A/N: Oh I fully and wholeheartedly agree with you! Ran is definitely not a playboy (but I still read fics when he is) in my opinion.
He’s a pretty boy who cares about his beauty sleep, hates staying out late, and it’s too much effort to hide infidelity. Ran is the type of guy who sticks to one person once his heart is captured. Fortunately for him, the one who captured his heart is you, his childhood sweetheart. You have always been by his side since he took over Roppongi with Rin. He always accepts your scolding (more like he doesn’t feel like arguing or thinks if you let it out you’ll feel better) when he gets reckless in his fights. Also, you have the special privilege to play with his hair. 
Ran attracts all genders no matter where he goes, eyes are always drawn to him and he’s used to it. His whimsical and charming personality cause a misconception about his dating life. People always assume he goes through relationships like changing clothes. He finds this quite amusing and brushes it off because he doesn’t care what other people think. However, if they dare say or do something about you it’s a completely different story. You are one of the most important people in his life.
“You want your usual order?” Ran asks you, he has a free day and wants to take you out on a date at your favorite cafe. You smile and nod, he tells you to find a seat and he’ll order for the both of you. On the way to the cash register, everyone is flocking towards him like a moth to a flame. They completely ignored your existence and did anything to win his affection. This sometimes happens on your dates with him but it doesn’t exactly make you feel good.
However it instantly changes when you hear a loud smack, Ran slap a girl’s hand away from him. His lilac eyes narrow and an unusual scowl appears on his lips, “Don’t touch me.” He coldly warns all of them and they step aside. Once he paid for your orders and brought the tray to your table. You can practically feel the intimidating stares stabbing your back, Ran picks up on your uncomfortableness. “What are you staring at?” He glares at  those who dare make you feel this way and discreetly shows his baton and they stop.
On the way to your next date spot, a girl rudely stands in your way with an upset expression. “Is this your significant other?” She looks at Ran as though she is the victim. Ran holds your hand firmly while disinterestedly staring at her.
“Yeah, you got a problem with that?” He doesn’t care how apathetically he sounded as she runs off. Ran focuses his attention on you, taking your hand and placing warm and tender kisses on your knuckles. “They got nothing on you, baby.” Reassuring his love for you is genuine and there is no one else he needs besides you.
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flowerkidlxrry · 3 years
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Lowkey - Drew Starkey
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Warning: contains police, alcohol and nicotine
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After the shooting of the Outer Banks 2 Chase and Madelyn hosted wrap party at their house. All the cast are there and being Madelyn’s best friend I was invited too. I got there around 11pm and went to Madelyn and Chase to congratulate them.
She pulled me aside and said “Rafe is there, why don’t you say hi?” while wiggling her eyebrows. I laughed at her and said she was crazy. We have an inside joke that I like toxic men therefore I am attracted to Rafe Cameron but Drew is so different from his character, he’s the type of guy that is gentle and very funny and that’s the opposite of my type in guys.
Madelyn excused herself to welcome the other guests that are coming and I decided to go to the kitchen to get myself a drink. I heard Madelyn call my name and invited me to play beer pong with the cast. I joined them and when it was my turn to play, I was against Drew. I can see him crossing his fingers and praying that I don’t get to shoot the ball to the cup cause he’s already wasted. But I got the shot he groaned but still chugged the cup of beer where the ball landed. The game lasted for 5 rounds until almost everyone is tipsy. I went back to the kitchen to find something to eat when Drew approached me.
“You got me pretty drunk out there, you’re good at playing beer pong” he said.
“That was luck cause I don’t even know how to play I just followed what everyone was doing” I said.
He chuckles, “By the way I’m Drew. Nice to meet you uhh?”
“y/n, Mads is my best friend.” I said.
“Nice name, hmmm I like it. By the way I’m about to head outside to smoke do you want to come?” he asked.
“Yes sure let me just get hmmm THIS for us” I said while holding a bottle of whiskey.
We went outside the house and sat to the curb. He offered me a cigarette and held the lighter out for me. We were just sitting there smoking and drinking the whiskey that we stole inside. The chaos from the party inside echoes through the silent neighbourhood.
“I feel like at some point the police will show up, it’s too crazy inside.” I said and he agreed.
Wonder what I'll do when the cops come through
And the whiskey's run out
'Cause I've been lookin' at you since half past two
Wanna take this downtown?
This liquid courage got me way too honest
Put your phone on vibrate, let's catch a vibe, babe
While the sun's down
A few minutes later, I saw one of the neighbors wearing a robe and looks like she’s calling someone but she’s looking at the house. Moments later I can see a couple of black cars with sirens heading towards the house. I grabbed Drew’s hands and we ran as fast as we could. We ran a couple of blocks until we can no longer hear any sirens from the cops. We stopped as we were both breathless, we looked at each other and started bursting out laughing. I don’t know if it’s funny cause we ran even though we’re not guilty or we’re just both too drunk to take anything seriously. Our laughter was stopped by continuous texts and calls from his phone so I went to his pocket and grabbed his phone and put it on vibrate.
I don't really give a fuck 'bout all the "he said, she said" bullshit
So pick your poison, love, let's go somewhere a little more exclusive
Take a shot, take a chance, take my hand, boy
Tension so intense like an asteroid
Be discreet, gotta dodge all the tabloids
We drank the last bit of whiskey and started walking downtown. We saw a bar and we thought it’s a good idea to go inside and drink more like we didn’t just finished a whole bottle of whiskey. We got shots and started dancing with everybody inside the bar. Every shot, the distance between us got a little smaller, 5 shots later, I can feel his grip on my waist getting tight and his breath on my neck getting hotter. I turned around and looked at him and I kissed him. When we pulled away, I dragged him outside the bar and started running. Our bodies are intoxicated with alcohol and seems like we don’t have a care in the world.
We stopped running near an empty playground and we started kissing again but this time it got a little bit aggressive. When Drew was about to kiss me on my neck, we heard someone calling his name then a big flash blinded us so we ran back until we got back to Madelyn and Chase’s house. The party is still going but it did simmer down a little bit.
Hush now, I know we're a little too fucked up to stay still, love
Be as quiet as you can, 'cause if anyone sees
They'll just blow shit up
I don't gotta know if you're taken
I'll just let ya know bedroom's vacant
No one's gotta know, just us and the moon 'til the sun starts wakin'
We went back inside and they were looking for us. They thought we got arrested or something, we assured them that we’re alright and everyone decided to drink again. I was glancing over Drew who’s talking with Chase and Rudy and I was with Madelyn and Madison, he catches my eyes and I signalled him to meet me at the corner. We discreetly excused ourselves. I held his hand and told him to look out while I find the guest bedroom but we were both so drunk that some people are looking at us weird.
Us in a king-size, keep it a secret
Say I'm your queen, I don't wanna leave this
Low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low-key
I finally unlocked the door of the bedroom and he started kissing me roughly leaving hickeys on my neck. We were so intoxicated that everything felt so fast, but it was already 5am the sun is starting to come out, we looked at each other’s eyes and he said “let’s keep this lowkey.” I smiled and turned around, he placed his arms on my waist and kissed my shoulders as we both fell asleep.
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angelictrl · 3 years
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hii can i request headcanons for shin being around and then being asked out by his crush ? thanks !!
SHIN BEING AROUND AND THEN CONFESSED TO BY HIS CRUSH.
enjoy the long read n lmk if this wasn’t what you wanted ! i can redo with a non death game au !! also goddamn it, i realized i kin the bastard man. my dumb ass was like “huh ? how is this so in character ?” then i realized i projected wayyyy too much and . kinnie moment besties !!11! 😀✌ 
WARNING ;; spoilers, spoilers, SPOILERS - up to chapter 2 p2 - and angst 🤙
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SHIN TSUKIMI/SOU HIYORI
at first, he’s not sure how to go about getting a crush. i mean, you guys are in a death game, he can’t go getting attached to people like this. especially not in a romantic context ... he’s got to do everything in his power to stay away from you. that’s the key to survival.
in the beginning, he’s polite and even a bit playful, being awfully keen on giving you compliments here and there, but he tries desperately to keep you at an arm’s length despite his friendly act.
being thrusted into the death game was an eye opener for him, and he became a lot more hypervigilant and paranoid due to it. thanks to this, he quickly takes note of his feelings and acknowledges them, but that doesn’t mean that he accepts them. at least, not willingly.
when his “true nature” is revealed during the main game, he’ll disregard his feelings for you and rope you in with the others. after all, he’s the one with the lowest percentage. at least you even have a higher score - no matter what it might be - and at this point, he’s mainly running on jealousy and frustration as everyone turns their back on him for being cautious.
if you dare to try and come comfort him during and/or after the trial, he’ll smile sweetly at you, but his words and tone won’t match his expression.
“... you’re quite the stubborn one, aren’t you, mx y/n ? i don’t see how you could be so cheerful and reliant on others in our situation. after all, people are dropping like flies all around us. joe, kai, and professor mishima are all examples of this. aren’t you scared ? ... no ? because ... you have allies ? ... phft. ahaha, that’s funny ... ! sure ... believe what you will naively, but know that in the end, everyone here wants to survive no matter what. and i know that you’re no exception, so stop pretending.”
and then he’ll stare into your eyes blankly, the feeling of resentment strong in his presence no matter your response or expression before swiftly leaving you to ponder on his belittling tone and harsh words.
on a lighter note, he gets extremely nervous around you, but he won’t let it show. the only thing that really does out him is the way that his palms get really sweaty as he begins overheating in his bundles of clothing along with his faint blush coating the tips of his ears, but luckily his beanie covers it up for him.
he’s really pale, so if you’re the type to tease him, he’ll act grumpy so that the red in his face looks as if he's agitated with you. he’ll even throw in an irritated sigh and huff occasionally, but he’s really just shy and not sure how to respond in the situation you two are in.
during the attractions, he subconsciously makes excuses to convince himself to go partner up with you, always trying to point out the qualities you have that would “benefit him so that he could win dilligently.”
normally, he’d go with kanna, but when it’s a more dangerous attraction, he shoos her away saying that “she’d only get in his way because she’s so weak” - not that he’s any stronger himself, but, y’know the deal.
times like these, you’re his go-to partner, and he’ll even scold you sometimes ? like what ??? but whatever, the dude’s trying to show his concern for you discreetly.
“aha, careful now, mx y/n. if you keep accepting these invitations from me so eagerly, who knows when i’ll manipulate you next or leave you to die in an attraction ? you shouldn’t trust so easily. even worse ... i might just think you’ve begun to fall in love with me ... just kidding. now, let’s begin, shall we ? after you.”
you could consider doing an attraction with him like a date. a very life-threatening and anxiety-inducing date. he’s not all too strong, but he has a strong premonition, and will make sure you don’t end up getting hurt.
he’s also a lot more smart than the people in your group give him credit for - he’s not just some rude bastard - plus, he tries to lighten the mood when he sees you panicking by trying to cheer you up.
“hey, mx y/n ... don’t seem so pale as if you’ve just seen a ghost, now. we’re almost done, so stop thinking about how far we have left to go and think about how far we’ve gotten.”
if you manage to get hurt anyhow, he’ll silently sit you down in the medical room with safalin and treat your injury himself with a sincere and fixated gaze. it’s a very intimate moment and a rare sight of his true self being exposed before he flashes you his iconic smile afterwards. he’ll jokingly tell you to stop being such a klutz before taking his leave.
nearing the end of the attractions to the subgame is when you ask him out, and he couldn’t feel more conflicted. i mean, hell, he’s fucking in love with you, but it’s at the worst time and in the worst place. though, there’s no good time or place to confess in this hellhole.
he’ll look like a fish out of water searching for words before begrudgingly looking around to make sure no one else is nearby, sighing deeply when the coast is clear. he’ll even take his beanie off his head and ruffle his hair, holding that damn hat to his chest before gazing at you sincerely.
“... mx y/n ... i do ... really like you - that’s the honest truth - but i don’t think being in a relationship at the moment is the best idea. if our feelings get out ... it could be used against us by anyone, and i wouldn’t want that ... for either of us. but - please ... don’t look so down ... when this is all over, i would love to go on a date with you.”
after he shows you the real him, shin, he’ll give you a short and inexperienced yet tender kiss, blushing evidently before snuggly fitting his beanie back on his head and wishing you goodnight with a kiss on the cheek.
he doesn’t dare remind you that he has a O.O% chance of surviving so all a relationship with him would do would break your heart. internally, he struggles with some conflict that you deserve better and he should’ve just been harsher to push you away and get over him, but something about you just turns him to putty in your hands and he can’t help it. you’re dangerous.
it also doesn’t stop him from occasionally pulling you aside when nobody is near and kissing you like it’s his last moments. which ... sadly enough, isn’t honestly far-fetched.
during the next main game, his feelings are hell to experience. despite how much he goes on and on trying to push you away to the public eye and make suspicious remarks, you just keep. coming. back. like a stray dog being fed by every flirtatious remark and touch. it’d be a whole lot more cuter and endearing to him if he wasn’t in a death game fearing for his life.
you’ve grown on him. both you and kanna have leeched onto his heart and he has to come to terms with that. he’s always felt some kind of unspoken familial bond with kanna despite the way he treats her, and seeing you always hang out with her even when he’s not around since the two of them are usually inseperable has made him fall even deeper in love with you.
... and it’s pissing him off and wearing him thin.
as much as he tries to convince everyone to vote for him, kanna keeps insisting that she should be voted for instead because it's the only logical way to survive. he’s on the verge of a panic attack, and keeps having to grip his podium tightly from ripping his hair out.
the poor guy is heaving by now, thoughts of survival, kanna, and you, all spiraling as his balance teeters. he would’ve been swaying back and forth about to fall down had it not been for the podium supporting his weight. 
god forbid you touch him in this moment. he wants nothing more than to bury his face into your chest or neck and let out all his trapped emotions, but damn it, he doesn’t want you to worry about him. all that matters anyhow is that kanna lives.
“please, y/n, please, vote for me. i’m begging you. i’ll just die anyway.”
the next two votes for you and sara are in your hands, and regardless of your vote(s), there’s a O.O% chance of you getting your happy ending.
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fieryghxul · 3 years
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Margaritas, reunions and confessions. [a.h.]
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Pairing: Aaron Hotchner x Reader
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Warning(s): fem!reader – dom!hotch (well i tried) – last season’s spoilers – drinking – cursing – smut –  unprotected sex (wrap it before you tap it tho) – oral sex (fem receiving) – slight chocking – a bit fluff at the end.
A/N: hello everyone! this is super random but i came up with this in the middle of the night and i couldn't shake the idea out of my head. i am not a writer and english is not my first language so if there’s any mistake, i apologize in advance. also, this is my first hotch smut so i hope it’s good. enjoy!
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[March 14th, 2020. 8:30 pm.]
“I have to go but promise me that you’re going to stop thinking about work and that you’re going to have fun these days.” You heard the pleading voice of Penelope Garcia on the phone as you walked out of the bathroom.
“I promise. I love you and I’ll see you when I get back.” You smiled and you knew that she was smiling too.
“It’s a date, angel. Love you more.” And with that, the line went silent.
You put your cell phone aside and took a look at the open suitcases on the bed. You didn't have anything planned but you knew you have to go out to clear your head and relax, things at work have been very stressful lately so when Prentiss told the team about taking some vacation time, you didn't hesitate to get a ticket and get on the first plane you found.
And that's why you were currently in a hotel room in Santorini, Greece. Yes, it seems like a lot, but nothing you can't afford.
A few minutes later, you finished applying some mascara and lip gloss, and took a few steps back to stare at yourself in the mirror. The navy-blue self-tie slit dress hugged every curve of your body perfectly; you paired it with a pair of black heels and a black jacket, just in case it gets cold at night. After taking one last look and smiling slightly at the reflection, you turned to grab your bag and left the room, hoping to have a good night once you were out of the hotel.
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People flooded the streets and it was understandable, the night was really beautiful, there was a light breeze and the full moon was perfectly reflected in the sea. You have been walking for almost 2 hours, taking photos of almost everything and enjoying the night until you came across a bar, the word "cocktail" in the name of the place definitely caught your attention so you didn't think twice before walking into the place.
You walked to the bar and waited for the bartender to come up to you. While you were waiting, you could feel the back of your neck burning, someone was watching you but you didn’t want to deal with anyone yet, so you just ignored it, concentrating on reading the menu even though you already knew what you were going to order.
“Good evening, ma'am. Are you ready to order?” You look up from the menu, a brunette in her 20s is at the other side of the bar was smiling at you.
“Uh, yes, a margarita would be fine.” You ordered, mirroring her smile, and the girl gave you a little nod before walking away.
In the meantime you took your phone out of your bag and opened the ‘bau ladies’ group chat to send one or two of the photos you took a few hours ago with a “next time, i’m bringing all of your cute asses with me.” below them.
JJ was the first to reply, “oh my god, it’s gorgeous!”
Followed by Emily’s “look at that and some of us are still doing paperwork :( get drunk on my behalf please.”
You chuckled under your breath at her text and the margarita arrives just in time, “i’m on it, boss ;) isn't it a little late to be doing paperwork?"
Penelope replies next, “paperwork hahaha what a weird way to spell tara’s name“ and two “PENELOPE!” appear automatically in chat.
“you two are so obvious and spencer owns me 20 now.” You hit the send button before graving the margarita, taking a few sips of it. It takes about 3 minutes for your phone to vibrate again and you were about to answered but you are interrupted by the bartender.
“From the man at that table, ma'am.” She says placing another margarita in front of you and discreetly pointing at one of the tables that were on the patio of the place, you turned around but the only thing you see from the bar is his back. “Don’t worry; it doesn’t have anything weird on it.”
“Thank you...” The bartender walks away again and you stare at the drink, debating for a moment about whether or not to go and face the mysterious man. Fuck it. You decided before putting you phone back in your bag, forgetting about the messages and graving that and the drink before making your way to the table.
“Uh,” you cleared your throat once you reached said table, "can I seat here or are you waiting for someone?"
“Please.” He murmur in a low voice while gesturing toward the empty chair, indicating that you can sit down and a strange feeling of familiarity floods your body at that gesture. You shock your head trying to ignore that before placing your bag aside and sitting down in front of the man.
“I just wanted to thank you for the—“
The words got stuck on your throat and the world seemed to have stopped when you finally laid your eyes on the suited man that you thought you'd never see again.
Holy shit.
You stood still, a part of you fearing that if you moved he might disappear. Your face probably showing clear signs of confusion and shock as Aaron Hotchner sit right there in front of you.
He still looked serious and intimidating, his gaze reimaging cold to those who didn't know him and you remember all of those times you teased him about being a robot, there were times when you actually managed to make him laugh.
Yet at the same time there was something different about him. There was a different glow around him, he seems more relaxed and you could see it in his expressions, even in his posture.
“Hello, Y/N.” Hotchner said, voice still low but strong enough to bring you back to the present.
“Hey.” You said, still processing the fact that he was here with you and in the most unexpected place. “I, uh, it’s been a long time.”
“Almost 3 years.” He said before taking a sip of the glass that rested on his hand, you assumed that it was scotch.
3 years in 6 months, 13 days, 1 hour and 65 seconds. Give it or take.
“Almost, yeah… so what are you doing here?” You asked, “I mean, you were more a city type of guy.”
“I still am, Y/N, but Jack and Jessica insisted on me going on a little vacation because apparently it’s been a while since I had some ‘me-time’.”
Your face light up a bit at the mention of the kid, Hotch noticed it. “How’s Jack? I can barely remember when the last time I saw him was was but he must be so big now.”
“He’s 14 and almost as tall as me.” A smile appeared on Hotch's face, he didn't used to smile a lot and you thought it was a bit normal considering the work that you two shared, but those times that he did you used to felt butterflies in your stomach. Still do apparently. “What about you? What are you doing here? I mean, you were more a city type of girl.”
You chuckled softly when you heard him repeating your words and you shrugged slightly, “I'm having some vacation time, it's rare to have free time at the BAU, you know? So when you do, you take it without thinking twice.”
“How’s the team doing?”
“Good. We're working on some things, going through a few changes, the usual I guess.” This time it was you who drank, taking a long sip of the margarita that was still in your hands.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“Do you want to hear me talk about it?”
“Of course, unless, do you have somewhere else to be, Y/N?”
“Not anymore. We might need a few more of this though.” You pointed to the drinks on the table and flashing him a smile, catching a glimpse of his before calling the bartender and ordering another round of drinks.
And then you started talking, Hotch listening carefully to every word that came out of your mouth. You started with the cult that kidnapped Spencer and Garcia and then launching into the saga of the Everett Lynch a.k.a "The Chameleon", you mentioned how Emily is now shortlisted to be the next FBI director and how she would name JJ as the next unit chief of BAU unit, but that remains to be seen; you also talked about Garcia leaving the team to work in Silicon Valley and Hotch noticed the sad tone in your voice when you mentioned that but in part he was happy that everyone was moving forward with their lives, making new decisions and following different paths. You continued with Spencer being a consultant and teaching at the same time and finished with Rossi getting married again then talking about retirement but not fully doing it.
“That’s because Rossi’s never going to retired.” You and Hotch said in unison, laughing after noticing that.
“A lot of things had happened then.” He said, not very surprise and titling his head to one side, you nodded mutely. “But you forgot of someone, Y/N.”
“I did?”
“Yes, you. What about you? How are you?” He asked, his tone of voice changing to a concerned one.
“Oh… I, uh, I’m good.” You began but more hesitant this time, “I will never get used to the changes but its part of life so I just have to suck it up and live with it. I don’t have an outer motive yet so I'm not leaving the BAU, that's for sure. I always knew that that's where I belong and I can’t even bring myself to think about other options.”
“You have always been an important asset to the team, Y/N. The BAU is still lucky to have you.” Hotch said, still sounded like the boss but you didn’t comment anything out loud about it. Instead, you smiled kindly at him and both went silent after that, staring at each other every now and then and finishing the rest of your drinks. It was a comfortable and familiar silence, one of the many that you two used to share while working together in the office or in the long nights in the jet after finishing a case.
Your gaze swept over the bar, noticing the few people that was still there and the employees staring to clean up the place. You took at deep breath, pulling out your wallet.
“Well, Hotch, this was fun. Unexpected but fun.” You left some money under your empty cup, paying for your part of the drinks and Hotch did the same thing. “I should get going now, so—“
“Let me walk you over to your hotel.” He cut you off, grabbing his blazer from the chair and turning to look at you.
“Hotch you don’t ha—“
“Please, Y/N. I insist.” He said and his voice serious once again, just like when he used to get too bossy with the team but with a smile that contradicted that tone and you couldn’t say “no” to that.
“Alright, Sir. Let’s go.”
You grabbed your things and started walking out of the bar, Hotchner walking behind you.
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The walk back to the hotel was shorter than you thought; maybe it was because you were so focused on Hotchner and the small talk that you stopped paying attention to your surroundings.
“Thank you, Aaron.” You murmur while grabbing the room key from you bag, “But you didn’t have to come up here though.”
“I know, but I wanted to.”
You could tell he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to do it and it doesn't feel good to pressure him, so you settled for just smiling at him.
And in that moment, standing in outside of you room and looking closely at him, you realized how much you missed him. You didn’t admitted that out loud after he left the BAU, you couldn’t do it because you also never fully admitted your feeling for him. Partially it was your fault, feelings were never your thing and you were afraid of what might happen if you confronted him about it so looking for excuses and reasons to not doing it always seemed easier.
For a while you truly did believed that it was just a stupid crush on your boss, something temporary, until the days turned into weeks and then months, years even, but then… he was gone.
You couldn’t really blame him for that though; he had a good reason for leaving so suddenly.
“I’m sorry, Y/N.” Hotch finally mumbled.
You looked at him in confusion, “For what?”
“Leaving.”
“You did it to protect Jack; it was the right thing to do.” You reassure him with a smile, you unconsciously took his hand in yours. He didn’t pull away. “Don’t ever apologize for keeping your son safe, Hotch.”
“I know, choosing to be a full time dad to Jack is something I do not regret. It was something that we both needed it, especially after everything that happened with Haley.” You gulped at the mention of the name, remembering how devastated he was after her death. He took a deep breath, “But what I am trying to say is that I am sorry I didn't came back to you or the team, I should at least have called to let you know that we were fine but I got so caught up with the mundane life that it was a little too late by the time I realized about everything I left behind.”
To you.
Those two little words echoed in your head as you look at those chocolate eyes that used to drive you crazy without knowing it. You noticed that he was even closer now, slightly towering over you. It’s now or never, Y/N. You thought to yourself before speaking.
“I waited for you. I never told anyone but for a whole I waited for you to come back, hoping one day to see your demanding self in an expensive suit walking through the BAU doors again but deep down I knew that eventually I had to let you go.” You let out a breath that you didn't know you were holding until now and smiled sadly, “That was easier said than done considering that I never stopped thing about it, about you. Because the true is that I loved you, Aaron. Maybe I still fucking do… but I doubt that this makes any difference now because maybe you never saw me in the same way that I saw you or just because it’s a little too late now.”
You finished and Hotch frowned, probably processing what you just admitted to him. He was silent for a few more seconds and you took it as your cue, letting go of his hand and turning around to open the door of you room. “I had an amazing night, thank you. See you around.”
But before you could even step foot in the room, you felt his hand grabbing your wrist and your chest hitting his. The next thing you knew after that was that his lips were on yours.
Aaron Hotchner was fucking kissing you after admitting your feelings for him.
He pulled away before you could react properly, keeping his eyes fixed on yours; this time he looked at you in a way that you had only fantasized about until now, there was love and lust on them and you could feel it, just all those feelings that you tried so hard to keep locked in the deepest part of you.
And that's all you needed before grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and kissing him again, in a matter of seconds you two were inside the room. His lips were warm and the kiss quickly turned into a desperate one once the door was locked behind you, you could already feel yourself melting in his arms.
You didn’t even realize how it happened, but in one quick moment you were being totally pinned against the door with Aaron holding you by your thighs as your legs were wrapped around his waist. The position was now lifting your short dress, leaving your thighs even more naked but you didn't mind considering that now you could perfectly feel Aaron's hand caressing your hot skin. You move your hands from his shoulders to his chest, undoing the buttons of his shirt and stripping him off it, dropping the piece of clothing somewhere in the room. As you were doing that, he broke the kiss and moved his lips to your neck, nipping and teasing the area just under your ear, turning you into a moaning mess almost immediately. The sounds being like music to his ears.
“Aaron , please.“ You moaned, this was good but you need it more. You needed him.
“Tell me what you want, baby.” He asks, slightly biting the skin of your neck and you bite your bottom lip.
“Please, Sir. Fuck me.” You let out, noticing a sparkle in his eyes that you've never seen before and that only turned you on even more.
“Since you ask so nicely…” He said before walking to the other side of the room where the was a big bed in the center of it, Aaron kissed you lips and put you down in front of him, his hands moving to the zipper of your dress. “Are you sure about this, Y/N?”
“You’re kidding, right?” You asked and Aaron stares deeply at you, the sudden seriousness on his eyes making you gulp. You nodded.
“Words, Y/N. I need words.”
“I’m sure of this, yes.”
“Yes, what?”
Fuck, he was hot.
“Yes, sir.”
He bent down, his hands working on your zipper as he whisper “Good girl.” in your ear and you bite your lip once more, muffling down a moan.
He finally pulled down your dress, tossing it onto the floor completely and leaving you with only your red lace underwear; you weren't wearing a bra tonight, so you were much more exposed to him than you thought. He took one really good look at you before throwing you onto the bed, knocking the breath out of your lungs. Guess that we’re done playing around.
He kneels down on the bed, moving your legs with his knees and positioning himself between them. His hands are caressing your legs again, making their way up to the sides of your body and he leans in, kissing you again, your hands flew up to grab his hair, eagerly responding the kiss. You didn’t care how needy you seem right now, you’ve been waiting year for this, fantasizing about it, and now you had it, not really knowing for how long and that only gave you more reasons to enjoy every second of it.
“You know?,” Aaron began, his lips leaving yours and making his way down your neck, placing kisses all over your skin, “if I had know about how much you wanted me, I’ve would done something about it earlier.”
“Yeah?” You asked, arching your back as he bites one of your nipples gently, his other hand working on the other one.
“I would've pinned you down on my desk and take you right there on the office, baby. Not caring about anyone who could hear us.” He casually said, like he thought about it before and you moaned. You definitely thought about that particular situation too.
When he finally reached the place where you needed the most, he stopped and you were about to complain but Aaron shut you up by grabbing your ankles and yanking you down the end of the bed. He kneels again, parting your legs a bit more, placing one of your legs over his broad shoulders and kissing you inner thighs, slowly making his way to your soaked panties.
“I barely touch you and you’re so wet for me already?” Hotchner asked teasingly, rubbing circles with his thumb on your clit but over the fabric before taking a hold of them and ripping them out. And with no more words, Hotch held both your legs open and buried his face between them, making you moan in a matter of seconds.
He swept his tongue over you pussy swiftly, tasting my arousal first and groaning again your skin. A shiver ran through you as he stared circling your clit with his tongue and then moving down between your folds before going up again, alternating his speed and pressure.
When you thought that it couldn’t get better, Aaron proved you wrong by teasing your entrance with one of his finger and looking up at you, locking his eyes with yours. He wanted to see your reaction. You try to maintain the eye contact as he slowly started pumping his finger in and out of you, curling them an hitting the right spot, a string of cursings leaving your mouth.
It didn’t take much for your legs to start shaking around his head, the knot forming on your lower stomach.
“I’m- fuck, I’m close.” You breathed betweens moans and just when you were about to reach your high, he pulled away.
“Hold that thought, sweetheart.” He shortly kissed your mouth and you tasted yourself in his before he got up off bed, his hands immediately went to unbuckle his belt and now you took your time to watch him. From his messy hair, to the red marks on his shoulders caused by your heels -oops- and then stopped at the large bulge formed in his pants, you groaned at the sight of that.
Fuck, he is big. God, if you weren't so desperate to feel him inside you, you wouldn't hesitate to drop on your knees and start sucking him.
“Do you like what you see, sweetheart?” He asked with a smirk on his face while taking off the rest of his clothes.
“Just fuck me already, please.” You begged and he positioned himself between your legs again, but he was hesitant. “Hotch?”
“I don’t have condom on me and I doubt that you have one, Y/N. I’m clean but if you—”
“I’m clean too and on the pill so don’t worry.” You smiled at him and gave a little nod.
And apparently he was as desperate as you because at all at once, Hotch took grip of your hips and pushed inside you. You immediately arched your back, moaning loudly in both pain and pleasure, your hands grabbing the sheets at your side. You were surprise that you didn’t ripped them apart yet.
“Fuck, Hotchner.” You screamed and he didn’t move for a few seconds, letting you adjust to his size. He really is big.
“You’re so thigh, baby.” He moaned in your ear, the raspy voice sending shocks straight to your core. He was capable of making you cum by just talking.
That’s how much power he had.
And then he finally started moving, pounding in and out of you slowly at first and working his way up, picking up a pace that had you both groaning and moaning.
“F-fuck, Y/N. I love hearing you scream my name.” His lips attacked your neck again and you threw your head back against the pillows, giving him all the space that he needed to play with your neck. And he took this as a perfect opportunity to sneak his hand around it, squeezing under your jaw around enough for your eyes to roll back in total pleasure as you instinctively wrapped your finger around his wrist, holding him in place. You didn’t expect him to be into chocking but you were definitely not against it.
“Harder, S-sir. Please.”
“You’re taking it so good, just like I expected it.” He growled, pulling away enough to look at the whimpering mess that you were right now, his hand never leaving your neck as he pounded even harder into you with every word. “Calling me ‘sir’ and everything, I didn’t even had to ask you to do that. You’re such a slutty responsive whore for me, aren’t you Y/N?”
The sudden dirty words coming out of your ex-boss’s mouth did nothing but to turn you on even more, if that was possible at this point. You weren’t able to form a proper sentence so you limited to nodding and moaning his name. He didn’t like that.
“I asked you a fucking question, sweetheart, answered it.”
“Y-yes, I am, S-sir.” You chocked, the knot on your stomach forming once more and by the way that his pace flickered you knew that he was close too. “I’m close, Aaron.”
“Then cum for me, baby.” He commanded, continuing his thrusts and you were already oversensitive from his earlier work so it didn’t took you long before you started clenching around him.
“Fuck, Aaron.”
“Say it louder, Y/N.”
“Aaron!” He bottom out inside of you again and you moaned loudly one last time as your body reached its limit, hitting your climax with every nerve in you tired body.
“That’s a good girl.” He said between moans, his dick twitching softly as he release himself inside of you with one last and hard thrust.
He let go of your throat but didn’t’ pull out immediately after that. His breathing was a little erratic, his lips were red and swollen, and there was a thin layer of sweat all over his body. He looked disturbingly hot.
Of course he did. He’s Aaron fucking Hotchner.
It was as if these last 3 years had never existed.
Neither of you said a word as he slowly got up and walked into the bathroom of the room to grabbed a wet towel to clean you up, doing the same thing on him before putting back his boxers, you didn’t have the strength to grab your clothes so you just put the sheets of the bed on top of you, covering you nudity.
“Oh, sp now you’re shy?” He snorted, chuckling softly and you smiled.
“Shut up and come here.” You patted the bed and he didn’t hesitate on laying next to you, wrapping his arms around you. You felt safe, like there’s was nowhere else you rather be in that moment.
“Thank you.” He whispered after a moment breaking the silence, his face resting on your shoulder.
“For what?”
“For all of… that.”
“You’ve always have such a ways with words, Hotch.” You chuckled as you looked down at him. “Thank you for ordering my margarita in the first place.”
“It was a pleasure.”
“It really was, wasn’t it?” You wiggled your eyebrows at him in a playful way.
“How long are you staying here, Y/N?” He finally asked and you let out a tiny sigh at the question.
You knew you weren't here for a long vacation and neither was Aaron, you two have your lives outside this room , but being here now felt so good and peaceful. So… right. This, also, was probably a one-time thing, something that was destined to happen eventually, no matter how long it took.
But you didn’t want- no, you couldn’t face the fact that you may have to let him go again. Especially not after what just happened. I mean, how could you?
And little did you know that Aaron was feeling the exact same thing.
“Enough not to have to worry about it right now.” You answered with a shrug while your fingertips trace invisible circles on his back.
“Good. I can live with that, for now at least.” And then he broke the comfortable embrace by getting up and out of the bed, you furrowed you eyebrows and he extended on his hands towards you, “Come on, let’s take a shower so we can sleep properly.”
“Yes, sir.” You took his hand, getting up with his help and trying your best not to limp as you made your way to the bathroom, “By the way, where are you staying while you’re here?”
He turned around at the question, pulling you closer to him and softly kissing your lips before using a more serious tone to say, “In the room above this one.”
Of course he was. You thought while you watched as he began to prepare the bath for the both of you.
Funny how destiny works sometimes.
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thebadboyfanclub · 4 years
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I Got You (Napoleon x Reader)
This is the third time i’m trying to post this fucking thing, tumblr won’t let the posts I do from my laptop under search results but they will show posts I do from my phone. Anyways, enjoy!
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“This better be worth it Waverly”
“Ohhh (y/n) dear trust me it will. Let me introduce you to your new colleagues”
As she walked in the room with one big desk and a few chairs, three of them were occupied by two men and one woman, probably in her 20s. Her eyes however focused on one particular man.... The man that was one of the reasons you thrived in the illegal field.
“This is Miss Gaby Teller, the most important person in this case, next to her is mister Illya  Kuryakin, her supposed fiance and-”
“Napoleon Solo. The thief”
She bitterly interrupted Waverly, he was of course aware of (y/n)’s past with Napoleon, it was one of the reasons he requested her to join this case, keeping from her that piece of information of course. 
“(y/f/n), you’ve grown up”
“you got old”
“Right, now that everyone knows each other, (y/n) please take a seat and i’ll explain the plan”
As she took a seat from the other side of the table, directly in front of Napoleon, she tried to focus on Waverly and ignore Napoleons intense stare that almost drilled a hole on the side of her head.
“Ok, so since Illya is here to be the love interest for Gaby and Napoleon is here to just get some Italian legs in the air, what am I here for?”
“You dear (y/l/n), you will be portraying miss Brigitte Richard, an heir to the Richard well know Cigar, he is a close friend of mine and graciously agreed to take his daughters name”
“Won’t they know what his daughter looks like?”
“His daughter has been kept away from the public eye and she had transferred in Britain during high school, that’s also where she went to College and recently decided to stay there. I will give you a file of hers to study. Your goal is to get close to Victoria vinciguerra during the event, maybe even seem interested in mister Solo, of course for show, nothing more”
“Of course, everything is only just for show when it has to do with Napoleon”
-
(Y/n) was dressed in her best attire, her long red dress that hugged her waist so beautifully, of course some silver diamond earrings on her ears and her hair up in a perfect updo, her heels were comfortable at least, but if she had to run the dress would not hold for long until it gives a show to anyone around her, she prays that it didn’t have to happen, or she would be royally screwed,
“Miss Richard , your father was right you do have your mothers eyes”
What a fool, she thought, this is who she was hiding from? a woman that complimented her for the resemblance in her eyes.... she wasn’t even close to being related to this people. However, on the outside, she smiled brightly at the tall blonde lady
“Thank you so much, god rest her soul she at least she was generous enough to pass them down to me, my dads brown eyes are great but a tad bit boring don’t you think?”
The blonde gave a tight lip smile to her comment. Of course, if she knew that her real parent had never seen this type of luxury, the lady wouldn’t even spare a glance.
“I don’t believe we’ve met, Victoria Vinciguerra”
“Brigitte Richard, my father made sure to keep me away from all of... this, he wanted his kids to be humble”
“I’m really sorry for your brother”
“It’s alright, I miss him but... c’est la vie”
(Y/n) had almost swallowed the file Waverly had given her, she even looked into the cigar company, just in case anyone asked questions. As the two ladies kept talking, she started hearing commotion,she turned her head  towards the direction it was coming from and saw one familiar man falling to the ground.
“What is going on over there?”
“Excuse me dear”
Victoria started walking towards him and of course (y/n) followed. When they finally reached the crowd that was already forming a circle around him, there he was fanning himself the invitation dramatically, in true Napoleon fashion. (Y/n) kissed her teeth in annoyance, he was supposed to discreetly blend in, not cause a god damn ruckus the minute he walks in.
“Thank you, Thank you”
“I wonder what they do to people without invitations”
That is when she decided to take actions. She weaseled her way out of the crowd and kneeled in front of him to his level, offering her glass of champagne to him.
“Are you alright sir?”
“Yes, thank you very much Darling”
“I’m Victoria Vinciguerra, she is (y/f/n). I do believe an apology is in order. I’ll take it from here”
You helped him get up on his feet and took two steps to lean in and talked to her.
“of course miss Vinciguerra... next one is mine”
She giggled as she walked away in triumphant. To be frank the rest of your job was to keep an eye on these two, yet she could still say she completed the most important part.What she didn’t expect was the growing fire in the pit of her stomach that was directed to Victoria, looking at her talking to Napoleon so nonchalantly made her teeth hurt and her breasts ached with rage.
“It’s such a lovely day to be so pouty miss”
“Well sir... there is nothing really here for me to smile about”
“Not even me?”
“I think I am better off being the reason for someone to smile”
“Roberto  Russo, charmed”
“Brigitte Richard”
Roberto was a handsome man, tall, light brown hair, hazel eyes, sharp jawline, full lips and extremely well dressed, no doubt he knew his way around women and money. What a better distraction and cover up than him?
What (y/n) had not calculated was Napoleon picking up at her “strategic” flirt and filling like punching the hell out of this pretentious little Italian boy that grew up spending daddy’s money. He restrained himself from walking over to her and taking her hand, guiding her away from everyone, keeping her all to herself.
“I saw you were talking to my aunt”
“Oh you are related to Victoria?”
“Yes, my dad is her brother. I actually haven’t spoken to her today, come with me?”
“How could I ever refuse?”
As he offered his arm she smiled and linked hers with his, walking over with her head held high as they got close to Napoleon and Victoria
“My dearest Roberto, how are you?”
she kissed her nephew at both of his cheeks and yet no smile was shown. She really was cold, Roberto however smiled brightly, feeling excited to show his knew “catch” to his aunt.
“I’m doing well... who might he be?”
“Jack Devinsky, Nice to meet you”
Roberto looked at Napoleon up and down, almost well not almost... judging him harshly. Napoleons sure looked rich but there were levels to how rich you were, especially when men judged one another.
“Roberto Russo. Well... aunt Victoria may I occupy you for a minute”
“Of course, anything for my nephew”
“It will only take a minute dear”
“I am counting”
She replied at him, he took her hand and placed a gentle kiss as he stared directly in her eyes, winking at her as she left her with Napoleon. They stood there in awkward silence for a few moments, they haven’t really spoken since the case started, (y/n) made sure to avoid him.
“You look stunning if that isn’t obvious”
“Thanks”
She said dryly. She barely even looked him in the eye, all she could see was that damn night, the night she lost everything, the night her heart shuttered, the night he showed her all the cruelty of the world he always talked about.
“You are mad at me”
“Do you blame me?”
“No, it still upsets me though”
“That sounds like a personal issue to me”
-
The event was a success. which meant (y/n) could finally relax and wear her pajamas, pour a drink for herself and lounge in the couch her room had. She still wore his necklace, the gold star necklace he had bought her way back when... she took the charm in her hands and felt the cold metal.
How much more could she take with him around? it took her so much time to heal and now here he was again, scratching the wounds she had closed up all by herself. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard a knock at her door. She got up to answer it and was met with the man of the hour.
“Napoleon”
“May I come in?”
She sighed before stepping aside to let him in. Even when all she wanted was to punch him in the face, her heart took over her and let him walk into her room and her life once again, even when she had swore to take revenge when she saw him again.
“What do you want?”
“To talk”
“About what?”
She was well aware she was snapping at him, could you blame her? He had swore to protect her, help her when she had nothing and no one, taught her everything and then one night she came home to find all his belongings missing... and that damn letter tore her apart, she didn’t sleep for days, she waited for him to return for months and yet he never did.
“(Y/n) I know-”
“YOU KNOW NOTHING
”her voice booming through the entire room, it was like a glass of emotions was overflowing, threating to spill and make a mess. He saw the pain in her face, her lower lips trembling, her hands forming fists... still what caught his eye was one thing, the necklace. She was wearing his necklace, after all these years she didn’t throw it away. He took a breath through his nose before continuing.
“(y/n) you have every right to be upset-”
“Damn right I do”
“Will you just listen?”
“listen to what Napoleon?! What?!What?!What?!”
Next thing that was heard was her glass smashing at the wall, Vodka dripping down and small pieces of glass going everywhere. Napoleon was shocked, he should have known this wouldn’t be easy, he had wanted to reach out to her over the years, he had even went through with finding her, yet every time he chickened out last minute and walked away from it. Now, here she was in pain, yelling and smashing things... she had become his enemy
“I’m sorry”
“You are sorry? Sorry? for what Napoleon? for leaving me? for doing it in such cruel way? for lying to me?”
“I never lied”
“You swore to me that you loved me, that you... cared”
There it was, tears. She couldn’t even control it, as her voice cracked and the waterfalls started, she didn’t also want to cover them, she wanted him to see what he had done... to hell with being the bigger person. He wanted to hug her, comfort her, make her feel loved but now all he could do was to try and reason with her.
“I had to leave”
“Why? What could possibly be the reason... money? paintings? women?”
“You know I would never cheat on you”
“Oh yeah, cause leaving our house in the middle of the night is so much better”
She tried wipe away her tears, silence falling between them once again. As a way to calm and hide her emotions, she kneeled and started picking up pieces of glass, her back turned to him. Napoleon went to her side and even when he wanted to pick her up and kiss her, he controlled his desire
“(Y/n) stop, you’ll cut yourself”
“I’m fine Napoleon”
“(Y/n) the maid can do it”
“I said I’m- FUCK”
a piece of sharp glass had cut her as she accidentally gripped it a bit too hard. Napoleon saw the blood and got up immediately to find some tissues, while (y/n) got on her feet and brought her hand close to her chest, closing it to a fist as a way to stop the pain. When Napoleon approached she turned her back once again
 “I said I’m fine”
“(Y/n) you are bleeding, let me care for you”
She had started crying again. As she turned around and opened her hand to him Napoleon gently placed the tissues on the wound, dabbing away the blood carefully.
“Why did you leave?”
“I thought I was protecting you, a way to keep you away from all of the things I was doing”
“Yet... here we are”
He looked up at her. Her lower lip was in between her teeth, tears freshly running down, her beautiful eyes were now red and puffy, her nose was running and he still found her heavenly.
“You kept the necklace”
“I tried throwing it away, or ponding it... I couldn’t find the courage... it’s too pretty”
“I tried coming back to you... multiple times”
“Why didn’t you do it?”
“I don’t know, I just didn’t”
She finally kept eye contact with him, getting lost once again in those ocean blue eyes, the eyes she looked at when they were laying naked on their bed, the eyes that looked at her when she woke up. With his one hand Napoleon slowly reached over and wiped a few tears with his thumb
“You are too pretty to cry over me”
“I missed you Napoleon”
She whispered looking down on the ground in embarrassment. She was everything he ever wanted, a woman that loved him and had his back and he tossed that all away, his intentions were pure yet the damage was gigantic. He hesitated for a minute, before taking her in his arms for a hug, her head nuzzling on his neck as she held on to him for the first time in what felt like centuries. Napoleon kissed her head, smelling her shampoo that was always the same, lavender.
“I missed you too munchkin”
She giggled at the nickname. Napoleon had met her when she was struggling to survive, she was this delicate little thing that looked everyone with kind eyes, yet once he got to know her he saw the passion, the fire, the potential she had to become something great, he didn’t want all that potential to go on illegal things that could possibly get her in jail or worse kill her. So from the beginning of the relationship he called her munchkin.
“Will we be alright?”
“I got you munchkin, I got you”
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fanmoose12 · 3 years
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Partners
Characters: Petra Ral, Levi, Hanji Zoe x Levi Genre: Action / Mystery / Romance Rating: T
Detective!au
Summary: when Petra was promoted to a detective and partnered up with legendary Levi Ackerman, she felt like the happiest person in the world.
But, as she soon found out, detective Ackerman she used to admire so much was actually a far cry from the ideal policeman Petra thought he was. He was rude, harsh and easily annoyed. And, in addition, he still hadn’t moved on from the death of his previous partner - detective Hange Zoe.
Chapter 11/?
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Сhapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Сhapter 7
Сhapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
With every word from Levi's mouth, Erwin's face grew darker and darker.
"Fuck." He declared, as soon as Levi had finished. "Fuck," he repeated, rubbing his temples. He took a deep, heavy sigh, and when he blinked, the tense expression was miraculously gone, the usual look, full of determination and conviction, taking its place.
"So no sign of forced entry?” he asked, calm and collected and completely devoid of the previous frustration. “No sign of struggle? And no sign of Petra?"
"Yes, sir." Oluo confirmed with a frantic nod, which reminded Levi of a stupid toy dog Hange once put in his car.
Had the matter at hand been at least a little less grave, perhaps, he’d even crake a smile at the comparison. Hange definitely would have. Alas…
“And do we know who’s behind it?”
“No,” Levi replied. “Hange suspects one of Zeke’s man, but she also thinks some third party is involved.”
Erwin accepted his answer, slowly scratching his chin. “And where is Hange herself?"
“She went to talk to Zeke to ask if he knows something, and…" Levi faltered, not sure if he should share this information with Erwin. Hange was sure that Zeke was innocent, and Levi never doubted her, but…
"And?" Erwin prompted.
Fuck it, Levi decided. Perhaps, Erwin’s unbiased opinion was exactly what they needed.
"Oluo found Zeke's cigarette pack inside the apartment," he said, throwing it on Erwin's desk.
"It's not his," there wasn’t even a hint of doubt in his voice. Erwin didn’t even glance twice at the evidence presented to him. "Zeke would never be so careless. Someone's trying to sabotage him, and they are not very good at it."
“So you think it’s someone else?”
“Naturally.”
Erwin’s confidence eased a portion of his worries. If he and Hange were of the same mind, then it must be the truth. At least, he didn’t let Hange meet up with a potential culprit all by herself. Not that it gradually quelled his concern, but it was something…
“Zeke Yeager…” Oluo mumbled, biting his thumb. “Yeager, Yeager… I heard this name somewhere…”
“Huh?” Levi raised an eyebrow, looking quizzically at him.
“Yeager!” he exclaimed, his eyes lightening up. “Of course! Yes, now it came back to me!”
“What came back?” Levi demanded, glaring at Oluo in annoyance. God, how he hated being kept in the dark…
Oluo didn’t respond, irritating Levi even more. Instead he reached Erwin’s desk in two short strides, pushing him aside. “May I, sir?”
“Be my guest,” Erwin made a welcoming gesture, pulling his chair back. “If you know something, then…”
“Could be just a coincidence,”Oluo muttered, as he opened the database on Erwin’s computer. “But…”
For a long moment nothing happened. The office was silent, except for the sounds of typing on a keyboard, and Oluo’s quiet murmurs.  
Levi shared a look with Erwin. He shrugged helplessly, seeming just as bewildered by Oluo’s actions, as Levi himself felt.
“Aha!” he beamed, finally showing Erwin what he found. “Like I said, could be just a coincidence, but I came across name Yeager before. Here.”
“A family murdered in their own house,” Erwin began reading, his eyes quickly scanning the page. “Wife and husband found dead in their own bedroom by their fourteen year old son, who came back from a sleepover. The identity of a murderer remains unknown.”
“It was the first case I took as I started working,” Oluo confessed, scratching his neck. “That’s why it stuck with me. Don’t know if it has any connections to your Zeke…”
“The father of the family, Grisha Yeager,” Levi read the name from behind Erwin’s shoulder. “Zeke is his son. From the first marriage, but still… Maybe, he was murdered, because someone wanted to get back at Zeke.”
“And now that same someone wants to finish the job,” Erwin agreed. “The culprit was never found after all. It’s a solid theory.”
“Or as solid as we can get for now,” Levi nodded.
"It's different from other cases, though,” Erwin contemplated thoughtfully, his gaze turning distant, as he taped his finger against the desk.
"Other cases?" Oluo shuddered. "Are you talking about recent... Murder cases?" he paled, his lower lip trembled, and Levi started to regret bringing him here. They needed to keep their heads clear. Petra needed them to keep their heads clear. There was no time for worrying and panicking right now.
In Levi’s experience, that attitude could only lead to more tragedy.
"It's obviously different with Petra," Erwin said, his voice going an octave softer. Levi stared at him, almost gawking. Erwin wasn't the man to give empty promises. Either he was that optimistic about this whole ordeal, or... Levi preferred not to think about the other possibility.
"Levi?" Erwin turned to him. "What do you think?"
"I think Oluo is right, Petra was taken by someone close to Zeke. But either it was the same perpetrator from before or someone else, it remains to be unknown," he replied. "And I think we don't have any time to waste."
"Agreed," Erwin clenched his jaw, his brows furrowed. "I'll talk with Pixis and Nile, ask if they know anything or if they have any people they can spare... We need to start the search..."
"Sannes!" Oluo suddenly exclaimed, startling Erwin and Levi. "Sannes, we should check him first! We’ve planted a bug on him just yesterday!"
"Fuck," Levi groaned in frustration, feeling like the biggest and the most useless idiot in the world. He had completely forgotten about it.
"I didn't see him at work today," Erwin noted. "Perhaps, it's worth checking it out. Take care of it, Levi."
"Will do," he nodded. "Permission to go?"
"Report to me once you find anything," Erwin stood up. "I'll go to Pixis and Nile."
Levi nodded again, and left the office, his steps swift and heavy.
 ***
"Could it be our lead?" Oluo asked.
They've listened through every conversation that Sannes had that day and the day before. And only one of them, the one where he had agreed to a meeting with an unknown man, had raised Levi's suspicion.
"Not sure if we can call it a lead," he mumbled, biting his lip. There was no word about Petra and no mention of the actual location, but it was something they could work with. It was a starting point, at the very least. Much better than nothing. "But it's definitely a clue. Come on, we need to continue our investigation."
"Meaning..."
"Meaning we're going to break into Sannes' office and see if we can find something inside. Don't worry," he clasped Oluo's shoulder with just a little too much force. Oluo coughed, almost doubling over under Levi’s hard hand. "Nothing you hadn't done before."
  ***
“Zeke is a fool,” the man sneered, his voice full of disgust. “He’s not the man he was before. Ever since he took in that Zoe, he made mistake after mistake. It’s time to put an end to this. It’s time for someone else to take over his legacy. Our gang needs a new leader. Someone, who has as much potential as Zeke, but who doesn’t yet possess any of his flaws. Someone, who is cunning and ruthless. There is only one man who can do this," he finished, and even from afar Petra could see a shine of adoration in his eyes.
Sannes scoffed, rolling his eyes, not moved by the passionate speech at all. "And who is that?"
"No one can achieve the greatness Zeke once possessed. Except," the man smiled, and the sight of it made shivers run down Petra's spine.
"His own brother."
"You've gone mad," Sannes rolled his eyes, still unconvinced. "You've lost it completely, and now you want to drag me down with you. I refuse. Good luck getting arrested, but I’m out of here.”
“You’ll regret this, Sannes,” the man promised, his eyes flashing. “You’ll come begging for us to take you back in no time.”
“I really doubt that, boy,” Sannes sneered, his face showing nothing but disgust. “And if you’re going to actually proceed with your plan, then be ready to meet Ackerman. Believe me, it won’t be a pleasing experience. See you in prison,” he finished, and left, throwing the door shut.
As soon as Sannes had stormed out, the man with an eerie smile turned around to face her.
Instantly, Petra closed her eyes and lowered her head, but the man simply laughed.
"There is no need to pretend," he spoke, shortening the distance between them. "I know you've been awake for quite some time, detective Ral."
She looked up then, saying nothing and glaring at him beneath her bangs. Just the sight of that man left her breathless, her heart beating so loudly she could hear it in her ears, but she wouldn’t show him her fear. She was better than this. He may have had an ultimate upper hand over her, but she would never give him the satisfaction of seeing her tremble.
"I think we've started off on a wrong foot," the man smiled, the shadow of a lightbulb above him making him look even creepier. "I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Floch, nice to meet you!"
With the same crazy smile on his lips, he reached out and patted her shoulder. Petra winced, unable to move away from the undesired touch.
"What do you want from me?" she hissed, trying to hide the shaking in her voice. As discreetly as possible, she tried to loosen her restraints. In movies she watched with Erd, Gunter and Oluo, heroes always freed themselves so easily, the ropes being nothing more than a nuisance. But in reality, they didn't bulge an inch. Petra searched through her mind, trying to remember what characters from those movies did. Wiggle out of the restrains? Broke their wrists? Or was it applicable only for the handcuffs? Shit. She should have watched more movies like this, instead of melodramas and rom-coms. Shifting her attention back to the present, she stared up at her captor, still glaring at him defiantly.
"What do I want from you? The same thing I wanted from the others."
The same thing he wanted from the others? But the others were... dead. Petra suppressed a shiver.
"It's nothing personal, really,” he continued in the same careless manner. “All I need from you is to motivate your partner."
"Levi?" Petra gasped. "What it has to do with him?"
To her surprise, the man shrugged. "Nothing, really. In a way," he swept his hand across the room. "He's just a victim of circumstances. He's one of the best detectives in this city and he has a personal connection with Zeke. It'd be a shame not to use him."
"But why do you need him?" she pulled on the ropes, leaning closer towards the man and looking deep inside his eyes, trying to see right through him, trying to understand him. "Why can't you just kill Zeke and be done with it?"
The man tutted, shaking his head. "That's not what I—" there it was, that same pleased, creepy smile. "What we want to do. Taking Zeke's life would be too easy. We want to destroy it. But unfortunately," he continued in a voice of badly feigned sympathy. "You're not the main event here."
"Not the main event?" Petra echoed, confused. If it wasn't her, then....
"Not sure if you've met...” his eyes lightened up with something dark and dangerous. The smile on his face grew wider, more sinister. “But surely you've heard of one Hange Zoe?"
"Hah," a short chuckle escaped her lips. Very soon it turned into a full blown laughter. Petra would have clenched her sides if she wasn't tied up, she would have doubled over, hands on her knees and chest heaving, overcome with a sudden feat of giggles.
"What are you laughing at?" Floch inquired, the smile disappearing under a frown.
"You, of course," Petra answered, still breathless. "You're a bigger fool than I thought. To think that you can take on Hange Zoe..." of course, he had already gotten her, but Floch had taken her by surprise and she wasn't nearly as experienced and skilled as Hange. And even if they do somehow catch Hange... "Levi would never let you even get close to her. More than that," Petra raised her chin, a confident smirk pulling on her lips. "I'm sure he'll show up here so very soon. He'll save me and ruin your stupid plan. Then you'll be rotting in jail alongside your Zeke."
"We'll see about that," Floch promised through gritted teeth. "Wait a couple of hours, detective, and we'll see if your optimism would remain just as strong."
He gave her a furious look and then did a sharp turn, heading to the door.
“Enjoy your last hours. I’ll come to check up on you later.”
With that he had left, and Petra finally managed to breathe normally.
*** "Weren't you supposed to be good at this?" Levi dryly inquired. With a bored expression on his face, he was leaning against the wall, watching Oluo fiddle with a lock on the door to Sannes' office.
"I never said I was," Oluo grunted, wiping sweat from his forehead. His head darted from one side to other, checking if the hallway remained empty. "It's my first time breaking into someone's office, you know."
"Eh?" Levi frowned, confused. "Then how did you and Petra get in the other day?"
"I stole a key," Oluo huffed.
Levi rolled his eyes, pushing Oluo aside. "Let me handle it then. You go and stand on a lookout."
Oluo didn't need to be asked twice. He got his fair share of bullying from Levi today. With an annoyed but very quiet - he wasn’t so thrilled about receiving even more insults - sigh, he rose to his feet, going to do what Levi had requested of him. He didn’t even reach the end of a hallway, and Levi was calling out to him.
"Already?" his eyebrows went up. "You broke the lock so quickly? How?"
"Well," Levi shrugged and pushed the door open, sporting an almost smug expression. "Let's just say I wasn't always a law-abiding policeman."
"So cool..." Oluo whispered in reverence, as he followed Levi inside the office.
In Oluo's humble opinion and in comparison to a small cubicle he shared with Erd, Sannes' office was huge. A large desk, a wide bookshelf that took up most of the wall, a leather couch and a mini-fridge with a coffee machine and a microwave oven? If affiliating yourself with criminals meant you can have a workplace like this... Oluo wasn't that opposed to the idea anymore.
But they took Petra, he reminded himself. They were the bad guys, even if they were much richer and more successful than he could ever be. They certainly didn’t deserve any of it. And his job was to catch them. 
"So what should be our starting point?" he asked Levi.
"You could start with telling me what the fuck you are doing inside my damn office."
With heart in his throat, Oluo whirled around. As his eyes met Sannes' dark and furious ones, Oluo gulped, slowly taking a step back.
He chanced a glance at Levi and was surprised to see that he didn't look as scared and panicked as Oluo himself felt.
Quite the contrary.
"Sannes." he snarled.
With wide eyes and mouth open in shock, Oluo watched how Levi manhandled Sannes, a man, who was almost twice his size. He pushed him to the wall, fisting hands into his shirt.
"Where is Petra, you scumbag?" he hissed into his face. "Where are you holding her?"
“Let go of me, you freak!” Sannes shouted. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
“Oh, but you do,” Levi’s voice dropped even lower, almost resembling a growl. “You know about everything – Zeke’s dealings, Petra’s kidnapping, Hange’s survival,” he pulled Sannes even closer. “So I repeat my question – where are you holding her?”
"I don't know!" Sannes wheezed out, already out of breath.
"Bullshit," Levi answered, his voice so dark and dangerous it made shivers run down Oluo's back. And he wasn’t the one Levi was talking to. He really didn’t envy Sannes right now. "You know it, and if you're not a complete idiot, you're going to tell me everything right fucking now."
Sannes looked down at him, his gaze calculating.  "If I tell you, do you promise not to reveal my connection with Zeke?"
"No,” Levi answered coolly, shaking Sannes once more. “But you're going to tell me anyway."
Sannes closed his eyes, breathing deeply through his nose. "Fine,” he said. “I'll tell you everything. Just let me go."
"Smart choice," Levi murmured and instantly took a step back.
Sannes sighed, running a shaky hand through his hair. "He's keeping her at the docks,” he mumbled, his face aimed at the ground. “I'll send you the exact location."
"Good," Levi nodded, much calmer now. "And after you do that, go straight to Erwin. If I were you, I wouldn't make him wait. Perhaps, he'd be more merciful then. Although,” he added, sending Sannes one last glare. “I doubt he actually would."
Levi turned on his heels then, walking out of the office. Oluo stayed behind for a second longer, a pressing need to ask Sannes a question arising in him.
"Petra?" his voice broke on her name, but Oluo willed himself to stand strong, looking up at Sannes without an ounce of fear. "Is she alright?"
"Dragged and unconscious," Sannes replied, rubbing the spot where Levi had grabbed him. "But she's unharmed. For now."
For now. Those two words made his knees buckle. They needed to hurry. Petra's life was on the line.
***
With sweat dripping down her face and completely out of breath, Hange finally reached Zeke's hideout.
Panting like a chain-smoker and with her leg muscles burning, she climbed all four sets of stairs, cursing Zeke all the while. Why couldn't he put his office on the first floor? Or next to a police precinct? Would have made her life so much easier.
As expected, Zeke was inside his meeting room, smoking. The fat rings of smoke were flowing around the room, flying just below the ceiling before dissipating into nothingness. Hange narrowed her eyes, squinting at the cigarette in his fingers. Could the cigarette from Petra’s apartment really belong to him? Perhaps, they should have run some tests on it… No, Hange shook her head. Zeke was innocent - at least, in that regard.
She looked around the room, nodding at Pieck and Porco, who, as usual, were sitting next to their boss.
"Ah, my dear Hange!" sweeping the ash from his cigarette, Zeke raised his hands, opening them in a welcoming gesture. "What brings you here? Already missed us?" he winked and Hange scoffed.
"Missed your ugly face?” she rolled her eyes. “Not in a million years."
Zeke shook his head, his gaze filling with disappointment. "Detective Ackerman has a terrible influence on your sense of humor," he complained, his expression turning sourer.
"Whatever," Hange fell down on a chair next to him. "I came to ask you for help. Petra is missing."
"Petra?" Zeke frowned, looking genuinely confused. The lost look inside his eyes cemented Hange's conclusion that he wasn't the one involved in her kidnapping. Zeke was sleazy and unreliable, but he was also a very bad liar. Well, that meant they managed to rule out one possible suspect…
"Yes, Petra. Levi's partner."
"Ah, he found a new one already?" Zeke spread his lips into a wide, self-contained smirk. "Not very loyal, is he?"
More loyal than you will ever be, Hange wanted to say, but stopped herself. Now was not the time to start a pointless squabble.
"Do you know something or not?" she demanded from him.
"I don't," Zeke answered, putting a cigarette to his lips and exhaling the smoke right in Hange's face. He knew how much she hated it, asshole. She waved the smoke away, scowling fiercely. "But I do know one thing," he turned to Porco. "The time has come, start packing."
Without asking for clarification, Porco nodded, thrusted hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and hurriedly left.
Hange watched him go, stunned. Was Zeke planning something? What could it be? Why didn’t she know about it?
There was only one way to find out. She surveyed Zeke’s face carefully, trying to see his motives reflected there.
"Packing? To where? What the hell are you talking about, Zeke?"
"Don't worry about our destination," he patted her hand, looking so condensing Hange had to clench her fists to stop herself from punching the bastard. "You're going with us after all."
"Like hell I will!" Hange threw his hands off, glaring at Zeke. "And you can’t seriously expect me to follow you. What does all of it mean?"
Zeke shrugged, lightening up another cigarette and taking a long drag. "It's the grand finale, Zoe. The dramatic climax, the thrilling last act. And I was never the one for theatrics. So I'll leave the stage and go on my way."
"You promised to help," Hange grunted. She couldn't believe it, she actually trusted the bastard, and now he tries to escape? She wouldn't let him. "Or did you lie to us?"
"I wasn't lying," Zeke scoffed. "Like I said, I don't enjoy the drama. I simply changed my mind."
"So you won't honor your promise?"
Zeke rolled his eyes. "Zoe, please. I'm a criminal. The word honor was never in my vocabulary."
"Fine," Hange huffed, blowing hair out of her face. The attempt to awaken his consciousness failed. Maybe, she could appeal to his ego instead… "But someone is targeting you. Don't you want to know who it is?"
"Not particularly,” Zeke shook his head. “Since they went through all that trouble just to get me, I'd rather we never meet. Lord knows what they're going to do then, and, unlike you, detective, I know what self-preservation means."
"So that's it? You're just going to leave?"
Hange couldn’t believe it. She knew Zeke was a scumbag, but goddamn it. She didn’t expect him to be that untrustworthy.
"Of course, I’m not going to just leave," Zeke smiled. "I'll take you with me. To make sure that no one is going to follow us."
Hange snorted. "You're that delusional? I told you already, I'd rather die than go anywhere with you."
"Be it as you wish," he said. "Pieck," he lazily outstretched his hand to her. "Make our dear detective cooperate. Do with her what you want, but make sure she won’t get in our way."
Hange turned to Pieck, her heart skipping a beat. She held her breath and tensed her muscles, anticipating her first move. She could take Pieck in a fight, in theory. But in reality, she came unarmed, and Pieck always carried a gun. And a couple of knifes.
And Hange wasn't sure that her wits were much sharper.
There was a bit, the air in the room growing stiff. Hange swallowed, her one eye narrowed, as she watched Pieck. Maybe, if she makes the first move—
"No." Pieck said suddenly.
For a moment, there was silence. Hange sat there, dumbfounded, staring at Pieck and feeling utterly lost. She didn’t mishear? Did Pieck really—
Next to her, Zeke seemed to have the exact same trouble. He blinked a few times and then his expression changed, turning into a look of betrayal and fury.
"What did you just say?" he snarled, baring teeth at her.
"No," Pieck repeated, staring straight at him, not swayed by his outburst. "I won't touch Hange, and you, Zeke, will go with her and surrender to the police."
"What do you think—"
"Stop it, Zeke," Pieck sighed tiredly. "Own up to your shit and stop running away. Do you really not get it? If you do this right now, whether you'll kill Hange or take her with you, this—" she gestured around, her gaze on Zeke hard and disappointed. "This running and hiding will never end. If you touch a hair on her head, detective Ackerman will get you even from underneath the Earth. Accept it, Zeke," she stood up and squeezed his shoulder. "You've lost that battle the moment you started it. You simply picked up the wrong opponents."
With slow, elegant steps Pieck approached Hange and bent down to leave a gentle kiss on her cheek. "Goodbye, Hange," she murmured, tucking a hair behind her ear. "It's been fun."
In spite of herself, Hange smiled. Sarcastic, adorable Pieck always had such an effect on her. "Are you leaving already?" she asked, touching a place where Pieck's lips met her skin.
"Well," Pieck grinned. "Pock had started packing, right?"
"And where are you going?" Zeke wondered, his lips pressed in a line and hands crossed at his chest. He stubbornly refused to even glance at Pieck.
"A secret," she chirped, smiling cheerfully. "But I'll make sure to send a postcard. Hange, I'll send yours to detective Ackerman's address?” she winked, chuckling at the sight of red color on Hange’s cheek. “And, Zeke? You'll be staying at the state prison, right?"
"Oh fuck off, Pieck," he groaned. "Go away already."
Their eyes met for a second, and Zeke's gaze softened ever so slightly. "Try not to get caught, will you?"
"Roger that, chief!" Pieck saluted, kissed Zeke too and then headed to the entrance, gliding on the floor and humming under her breath.
"You two should talk," she advised Hange and Zeke, and then quietly closed the door.
As soon as Pieck was gone, Zeke dropped his head on his hands, sighing in frustration.
"How the fuck do you do it, Zoe?" he sent her a side-glance. "How the fuck do you manage to inspire that kind of loyalty in people?"
Hange shrugged, sitting back in a chair, and curled her lips in a crooked grin. "Try not being a complete jerk, perhaps?"
"Fuck off," he retorted, hiding his face again. "You'll send me to jail, right?"
"R-right," Hange sang. "And before that, you'll help us looking for Petra."
"And if I refuse?"
"Initially, I planned to be the one organizing your arrest. But I can give that honor to Levi..."
Zeke visibly shuddered.
"Fine," he looked up, fixing the glasses on his face and brushing the hair back from his forehead. "I'll help you. Now get the hell out of here."
Hange arched an eyebrow. "You're coming with me, you know that?"
"I'll come," he huffed. "I promise. For real this time," he added, when Hange just kept giving him an unimpressed look. "Just give me half an hour to get all of my possessions in order, would you? I don't know if I'll be coming back after all."
"Half an hour." Hange nodded, looking at him strictly. "If you don't show up in half an hour, I'm sending Levi to get you."
She would have stayed behind and monitored him, but time was of the essence. She promised Levi she'd back in two hours. And the watch was telling her it was almost an hour past that. She needed to get back, and quickly. Hurrying out of the building, Hange rushed to the precinct.
But in her haste to get back to Levi, she didn't see a swift shadow that followed right after her.
***
One way, then the other, back and forth, left and right, Levi paced around the room.  
Seven. That was the amount of steps needed to get from one end of Erwin's office to the other.
Levi glanced out of the window, and then turned around, starting anew. He clenched and unclenched his fists, thinking if he should look at his phone again. Maybe, he missed a message? Didn't hear its ringing? Maybe, she had already replied to a dozen of his texts and calls?
"Levi," a heavy hand fell on his shoulder, making him stop in his tracks. "Levi, we can't wait any longer," again, Erwin's voice was so much gentler than usual, and that alone should have been enough for him to realize that he was being irrational. That, the eyes of a dozen other policemen, gathered in Erwin’s office, who looked at him with a mix of worry and sympathy.
"We have the location," Erwin reminded, bringing him back to present.
"I know."
"We have the team."
"I know."
"We have a plan."
"I know," Levi gritted through teeth. "But we do not have Hange!"
Frustrated, he turned away from Erwin. He took out his phone, holding it tightly.
Why didn't she call? Why didn't pick up the phone and answer his texts? Where the fuck was she? She promised to be back in two hours. Almost three passed and no sign of that messy, four-eyed brilliant weirdo. The knot in his stomach grew tighter with each passing second.
Logically, he knew Hange could be simply running late. She could be stuck in traffic or she could be busy trying to get some kind of useful information out of Zeke. But while Hange was never the one to care about such trite matters as punctuality and she could easily get absentminded and usually appeared to be scatterbrained and frivolous, she was so very different during the times like this. Times, when lives were on the line. Hange never let herself be so unfocused, that’s why Levi was so worried now. He was anxious, and he knew that feeling won't go away until he sets his eyes on Hange, alive, breathing and well. He just got her back, the thought of losing her… Levi cursed, checking the phone again.
"Levi..." Erwin sighed, patting his shoulder. "You know, we can't waste our time."
He knew that. Petra needed their help, needed him. He couldn't let her down, but still...
Hange, oh god, Hange. He couldn’t lose her. Not again.
"Perhaps, detective Zoe isn't going to come back," came a quiet murmur from the corner of the room.
Levi’s head whirled in that direction, and, in a flash, he was beside him. "What did you just say?" he demanded from Oluo, barely stopping himself from grabbing him just as forcefully as he had done with Sannes.  
Oluo swallowed, a trail of sweat rolling down his face, but he stared back at Levi, raising his chin.
"She was working with an enemy for more than two years. Maybe, she was the one who kidnapped Petra."
Levi closed his eyes, counting to ten in his head. He was not going to lose it right now. He was not. Not when Erwin - and a dozen other of his colleagues - were looking at him.
"Bozado," he began as calmly as he was able in that moment. "Do you trust me?"
"Of course, sir!" he answered without a moment of hesitation.
"Good," Levi nodded. "You trust me. And I trust Hange. With my life. And if you are at least half as smart as you're trying to appear, you'll trust her too. If you're not ready to,” his gaze grew harder, enabling Oluo from turning away. “Then get the fuck out of my team. If you doubt Hange, you doubt me, and I can’t work like that, I have to trust my people. So what do you say – are you leaving or staying?"
"I'm... I'm staying with you, sir."
"Alright," Levi watched Oluo’s face for another second, his eyes narrowed. Would he follow his orders without question? It seemed like he would. He hoped so, at least. With a low, thoughtful hum, Levi turned to Erwin. "We can start the operation. Bozado will lead my team."
He pointedly ignored the shocked gasp from Oluo. The boy wasn’t nearly as experienced, wasn’t even a detective, but their mission was to get back Petra. And Levi believed Oluo wouldn’t let himself fuck it all up.
It's obvious he has feelings for her, Hange once told him. She was right that time, but then again – when she wasn’t?
"And you, Levi?" Erwin asked.
"Half an hour," he promised. "Half an hour, and I'll be at the location."
Hange swore to come back to him. This time, Levi won't let her broke that promise.
Closing the door behind himself, he hurried to Zeke. He prayed that Hange was alright. Zeke wouldn’t get out of this alive, if she weren’t.
***
The silence pressed onto her. The silence, the waiting for god knows what - it was all making Petra go slowly insane. She wanted to hear something, any sound would do at this point.
Or so she thought.
But then Floch came back, sauntering inside and still sporting the same deranged grin, and Petra realized that she preferred silence so much more than the low, out of tune humming mixed with the sound of him polishing the various knifes taken from a long table in front of him.
She squirmed, the ropes digging into her skin even more. It would leave bruises, she thought absentmindedly.
Bruises? She chided herself almost immediately. Who would care about bruises if they find her dead? She suppressed another shiver.
They won't find her dead, Petra tried to persuade herself. They won't, because so very soon Levi would be here, and he'll save her. Perhaps, detective Hange would be with him, maybe, Oluo too...
She had friends who cared about her. They won't let her be murdered. She just had to keep believing in them.
"What are you waiting for?" she asked Floch, trying to distract herself from the thousand of horrible what ifs.
Why haven’t you— no, she wouldn’t ask him that. She would remain optimistic.
“You’ll see very soon,” he told her enigmatically. “My friend is almost here.”
His friend? Did he mean Zeke’s brother? The one, who had planned it all? And what would happen, when he comes? Would he—
No, she stopped herself once again. She needed to hold onto that hope. She needed to stay strong.
The sound of footsteps somewhere above her startled Petra. Hearing them too, Floch started chuckling. He turned to Petra, pressing a finger to his lips.
“That’s my friend,” he whispered quietly, as though it was the biggest secret in the world. “And he brought someone with him.”
The next second, the door opened and a man – so young, probably in his early twenties – stumbled in. He was hobbling slightly, his hand pressed to a place just below his hairline. His face was a mess – split lip, bruised eye that already started to turn deep purple, bloodied nose and forehead.
“You didn’t tell me she was a fucking psycho,” he grumbled, glaring daggers at Floch. “I wouldn’t have a chance, if I wasn’t armed.”
“But?” Floch passed him a white cloth to wipe off the blood. “You’ve caught her, right?” his voice was full of hope, and his fingers were trembling in anticipation.
“She’s in my car, dragged out of her mind. Help me get her here.”
“With pleasure,” Floch turned to Petra, winking. “You’ll have company so very soon, detective. I hope you’re excited! I am!”
He didn’t stop to hear her response, following after his friend and leaving her alone once again.
It was possibly her last chance, she realized. Petra desperately pulled on the ropes, trying to get away, but to no avail. She couldn’t move an inch, and it seemed like the more she struggled, the tighter her bindings became.
Not enough time passed, before Floch had returned, dragging a body inside. His friend put the chair, right next to Petra, and Floch dropped the body there.
No, not just some body, Petra realized. Fear crippled inside her, seizing her heart in its merciless hold.
Not just some body, Hange Zoe’s body.
Her head was bowed, but even from where she was sitting, in a poorly lit room, Petra could see blood dripping down her cheek and neck.
So much blood, she thought. She was breathing, albeit faintly. But she wasn’t waking up.
Her heart stopped, as Petra realized another thing – if Hange was there, no one was looking for her. And if no one was looking… then Hange and she… they would most probably… not be found.
At least, not alive, or so it seemed.
Petra tried to hold onto that sliver of hope, but with Hange Zoe’s bloodied face in her line of sight, it was getting increasingly harder and harder to.
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I Felt A Burning (Songbird Chapter 3)
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Pairing: Spencer Reid x fem!Reader Summary: As it turns out, distance makes the heart grow fonder. Reader finds herself missing Spencer while he’s away, so the two of them find unique ways to spend time with one another. Rating: 18+ Warnings: Smut (penetrative sex, unprotected sex, creampie, dirty talk, male and female masturbation, squirting), Language Word Count: 6.3k
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NOTE: Sorry this is a little late.. This series is giving me a rough time at the moment, so I’ll probably need a little time to work out some of the kinks (pun intended?) but I’m still very excited to share the rest with you, because I do think it’s going to end up being one of my favorite things I’ve ever written!
So, this month I’m going to take some time to work on requests for my 1k celebration (More info on that here if you want to check it out and send in some requests), and once they’re all complete, I’ll come back to Songbird! It’s not technically on hold, but chapter updates will probably stay pretty spread out while I try to make each one the best they can be 🥰
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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"I've never seen him this attached to his phone, it's almost like he's a whole different person."
I don't think JJ realized I could hear her, and she probably thought I wasn't paying attention. To be fair, I wasn't paying that much attention. But I had to be cautious; As much as I loved texting with Y/N, I knew what my friends would do if they found out the nature of our conversations. Or that I was texting a woman outside of a professional setting... Or that I was texting a woman at all.
"I wonder who could have him that caught up," I heard Emily say.
Deciding to take matters into my own hands, I spoke up, keeping my eyes locked on my screen. "Her name is Sudoku. It's something to do to pass the time."
"Oh, so he is alive," Emily quipped, and everyone laughed. I even let out a little smile. "Why invest money in a smartphone when you don't even like the technology? I mean, you can buy puzzle books for like a dollar a piece, anyway..."
The first time Y/N texted me a... rather scandalous photo of herself, I'd ended up having to wait until I got home, transferring and downloading the file to my computer there because I couldn't get it on my phone. And then she called me and said that if we were going to do this properly I needed to be able to see the photos while I was away, otherwise there wouldn't be a point.
And the funny thing was, I didn't hesitate to purchase a smartphone immediately after we hung up.
I have to say, it was really handy. Sure, it was still taking some getting used to. And I much preferred my old phone, but getting to experience these rather adventurous text exchanges with her made it all worth it.
"Endless puzzles on the free app is much cheaper than buying a new book every few days. It's not bad," I finally said.
Just as Derek mentioned something about Penelope finally 'bringing me to the dark side', my phone buzzed in my hand and my heart buzzed in my chest.
The rest of the team talked amongst themselves, leaving me to 'my game' and I was glad to have a cover.
But when I opened the message and saw the photo Y/N sent me, I felt like the most obvious person in the world. Surely there was no way that no one else didn't know what I was looking at, right? Because I felt my face get hot, and something equally warm stirred in my lower stomach.
Shifting my bag over my lap just in case, I swallowed and examined the photo further.
The camera framed her body from the top of her mouth to her chest. She was completely bare, her bottom lip formed in a pout and saliva leaking out and down her chin. My eyes followed the trail down to her exposed breasts, where a round, red lollipop was covering her right nipple. I could barely see her piercing from behind it.
My phone buzzed again with another photo attachment, this time revealing a different angle. The lollipop was positioned right above her clit, just barely touching it, and looked like she was dripping wet. Immediately I wondered whether or not she'd touched herself with the lollipop, and if so, had she tasted herself on the candy? What did it taste like? Would she be willing to let me try when I landed and could finally see her again?
My phone buzzed a third time, and it almost scared me. This time it was just a text: I hope you appreciated those. It was far less sexy to take them than you'd probably think. Definitely more sticky, too. Gonna take a shower. Might send you some more, if you can handle it. —Stranger
I tried not to smile too hard, fully aware of my friends on the other side of the jet, and texted back as discreetly as I could: I always appreciate the effort. As for what I can handle, you'll come to find I'm full of surprises.
It didn't take long for a response to show up: Well, I'll just have to test that out when you come back to me, won't I, Doc?
My breath caught, and I don't think I'd ever wished for the plane to land faster than I did at that moment. I thought about asking when we were expected home, but figuring that might be a little more suspicious, I thought better of it and decided to wait it out.
I messaged her back: Text you when we land, and then pulled up the Sudoku puzzle app to keep myself busy until I could see her in person.
***
Maybe it was a little ridiculous dressing up for someone when they were just going to take it off of you almost immediately after walking through the door, but for one thing, I needed to wear something while I waited for him to get here.
And for another, it made me feel sexy, and in the end that's all I needed to know.
I wore a matching white lace bra and underwear set with high stockings. It was simple, but as I'd learned over the past month, Spencer really liked white on me. So I knew this was a good option, even if ultimately he didn't care what I wore (or didn't wear). To leave it a little surprise, I threw on a robe and read on the couch until he would text me.
But even as my book was open in my lap, my eyes didn't scan the pages. Instead I stared off into space, thinking about what a month it had been.
A whole month, and everything was going great. Not that I expected it to be awful or anything, but over time, even though Spencer and I had strictly been sleeping together without any strings, every time he was gone I felt like something was missing.
It confused the hell out of me.
And not because he wasn't worth missing—that actually wasn't the case. It was the fact that I was the one missing him at all that confused me. I mean, it was obvious from the beginning of our sexual relationship that I was willing to break a few rules of mine just to be around him, but... Feeling these things so soon? Missing his presence when he wasn't near me?
It was all so unfamiliar and completely different from any relationship I'd been in before, and a large part of me wanted to stop it all together. But really, I knew that was ridiculous, because nothing was wrong. He always respected my wishes, he made me feel good, and he was always kind and reassuring. He even bought a brand new fucking phone just so we could sext while he was away. It was obvious that he would have done a lot for me, and for the sake of keeping our arrangement steady... And from the little I did know about him, he seemed like the type of person who would be totally understanding about any issue I had, whether it was of a sexual nature or not.
Simply put, he was perfect.
So why did I not want to let him in? Why was it so fucking hard for me to believe that I could actually date him like a normal person and be okay?
Maybe I just needed to take things slow. I could do that, right?
Yeah. I totally could.
When he got here, the first matter of business, of course, would be to have sex with him. Because he'd been away for almost a week now, and the whole time we texted back and forth about all the things we wished we could do to each other. And his job was stressful, so whenever he came back he liked to relieve some of that stress, which I was more than willing to give him. No matter my conflicted feelings, our arrangement was so solid that I had no doubts about what would happen the second he walked through my door.
And then, when it was all over, he would leave. He always did, even if I sometimes asked him to stay until I fell asleep. But maybe tonight I could tell him to stay and fall asleep with me instead. That would be a good first step, right? I could explain how he must be exhausted from work and travelling, so he should just rest and I would be willing to let him sleep in bed beside me.
Yeah. That was a good plan.
Except, what would I do in the morning, then? Would everything be awkward? Would he get up before me and leave before I even woke up? And if that was the case, would he leave another note? Maybe he would still be asleep when I woke up, and then I could make him breakfast or something. Mayb—
My phone went off beside me, snapping me out of my excessive thinking. Thank God...
I read the text with a smile forming as soon as I saw his name at the top of the screen: Be at your place in 20 minutes.
After sending back a winking-face emoji, I set my phone on the table and put the book next to it. And then I took a deep breath and reminded myself to take it easy. Everything was going to be just fine.
Everything was going to be just fine.
I must have repeated it to myself over and over until he actually showed up, because it felt like only a minute had passed before a knock sounded at the door.
"It's me!" Spencer called out, and my heart raced.
Even as I strode over to the door, I couldn't seem to slow the fast pace of my heartbeat. And when I opened the door to see him with a brighter-than-the-sun smile, I thought it might completely burst out of my chest.
"Hey, Stranger," I whispered, stepping aside to let him in. As soon as the door closed, he leaned in to kiss my cheek, and I couldn't resist. I grabbed his face and pulled his lips to mine, kissing him deeply and with as much care as I could convey. He dropped his bag and melted into me completely, wrapping his arms around my lower back and pulling me closer to him. In turn I melted into him, sighing into his mouth.
I couldn't tell you how long we stayed like that, standing at the front door and making out like he'd just come back from war. It felt like it could have been forever, but however long it was, I couldn't have cared any more or less. It was perfect.
His hands slid down my back and splayed over the curve of my ass, making me laugh against his mouth. I felt him smile before he pulled away just a little, just enough to keep our noses touching.
"I missed you," he said simply, though with those three words alone it felt like it was complex and enduring enough to chip away at the walls I put up.
And strangely I didn't mind. When he was here, touching me, smiling at me, speaking to me, I felt... serene. It was like the stillest water you could imagine—no ripples, no waves... Just clear water, so still it was like a horizontal mirror.
"Missed you more," I drawled out, running my hands through his hair and rubbing my nose against his. "I even wore something special."
"You did?" he mused, running his hands back over my back and then around to the front of the robe I'd put on over my lingerie. He probably already noticed the stockings, unless he was just as blindsided as I'd been by the fact that we were finally together again that he didn't actually notice. But either way, his whole body went still when he pulled my robe away and took me in. I anchored myself to him by holding his hands, studying his face as it looked me up and down and grew stronger with desperation with every passing second.
"You like it?" I finally asked.
The mood almost completely shifted when he met my eyes. I could have sworn they grew darker.
"I like you," he breathed, right before he reached forward, grabbing my face with both his hands, and kissing me again. This time it was primal, every nerve in my body going numb at the way he practically consumed me. It was all hands and tongue and teeth and warmth.
I clutched onto his shirt, pulling his body closer to mine as I was desperate to be connected to him on every physical level. A gravelly moan slipped my mouth when he reached behind my head and lightly tugged at the roots of my hair, to which he tugged a little harder. I returned the favor, using my other hand to mirror the hair pulling he was performing on me, and he groaned almost as intensely as I did.
I didn't even know we were at the kitchen table until I was sitting on it, my legs instinctively wrapping around Spencer's waist and my arms doing the same to his neck. His tongue slipped into my mouth with ease, just like it had a million times before. And it was just as intoxicating.
He moved his hand to my back, sliding around the clasp of the bra before he paused and pulled away, studying my face. I wasn't sure what he was thinking, but with the way his hands slid over my body like they were merely exploring, I had a feeling it was going to work out in my favor.
"You got all dressed up just for me, I'd feel bad to make you take it off," he mused, finally letting his eyes roam the length of my body.
"Whatever are we going to do about that," I mused right back, biting my lip when he met my eyes again.
His lips twitched into a smirk for a brief second before he moved his hands to unbuckle his pants. "I guess you'll just have to keep them on while I fuck her right here on the table."
I couldn't help the excited whimper that came out of my mouth as I leaned back on my hands and waited for him to get situated. My hand drifted to my panties, sliding them aside and dipping my middle finger through my pussy. "Did you like the pictures I sent you?"
I knew his answer was yes, but I wanted to get him more excited, and it seemed to do the trick—I could have sworn I saw his hands move faster, finally pushing his pants down as he took a step closer to me.
"Y/N, I have an eidetic memory, which basically means that I remember everything I see. Those pictures? They've been burned into my brain since I saw them, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about how badly I wanted to be with you again."
Each and every word fell heavy with this burning desire that set my whole body aflame. Added to the way he looked at me with the same intensity, it was practically the perfect formula for my destruction. And the fact that he could just vividly remember everything I sent him? Every picture, every time he saw me in the flesh—desperate for him... God, it was all so fucking exciting. And that was putting it lightly, because no words could ever have been beautiful or poetic enough to describe the way this man made me feel.
It all must have been written all over my features, because Spencer stared down at me and hummed amusedly His hands reached out to spread my legs by my knees, his touch sending shivers all throughout my body.
I reached out to grip his dick, slowly stroking it as I bit my lip and blinked up at him. "You have no idea how much I missed you this week," I got out, barely above a whisper.
"Oh, I think I do," he answered, right before he stepped forward and slid my panties aside. We both moved together then, me leaning forward to meet him as he brought his hips forward and ran his dick slowly along the opening of my pussy. He slapped it gently over my clit a few times, making me whimper out again which in turn made him smile a little. "How bad do you want it, pretty girl?"
"I want it bad," I answered simply, my voice low and on the verge of begging.
He seemed happy with that answer, a low hum coming from his throat in approval as he ran the tip of his dick through me again. And when he pushed it in just slightly, I wiggled under him in anticipation."
"Eager, are we?" he mused, stilling and bringing his thumb to gently circle my clit.
I threw my head back with an exasperated sigh that I only slightly truly meant in earnest. "Hell yeah, I'm eager. You promised to fuck me on the table, so when are you gonna deliver?"
Without another word, he slammed forward into me, and I gasped out, already falling apart at the burning I felt throughout my whole body.
"You're gonna regret being impatient, you know," Spencer grumbled, though the way I knew I had him practically wrapped around my finger told me that his threat was nothing more than a string of words that would fray and unravel into nothing once I got a tug on it.
And tug on it I did. Because he may have been the one currently obliterating me on my kitchen table, but the second I started talking, I knew he'd be just as ruined—maybe even a little more, though at the very least it would be an even playing field.
So I clenched around him as he continued fucking me at a brutal pace, spreading my legs wider and moaning out maybe a little too dramatically. "Oh, you've missed this tight little cunt, haven't you, baby boy?"
His arms wrapped around my legs and he scooted me closer, giving him a deeper angle inside me as a strangled moan rolled past his lips and his eyes almost rolled back. "Fuck, Y/N, I..."
As the words struggled to come out, I laughed, puffing my chest out and tilting my head to the side. "That's right... That's fuckin' right..."
It really didn't take long for either of us to reach orgasm, between our banter and the sheer force at which he drove into me while I clenched around him every so often, matching his rhythm perfectly despite how staggered everything was becoming with every passing second.
"Fuck, Spence, that's it," I breathed, reaching a hand out to graze his stomach with my fingertips. "I'm gonna cum..."
"Me, t— shit..."
Feeling him spill over inside me as I came around him reminded me just how much I missed having him with me, because no matter how good I made myself feel with a vibrator while he was away, nothing ever compared to that feeling; How full he made me feel, how tingly I felt when he moaned out my name, how warm his hands were as they gripped my skin to keep himself steady as he just fucking gave it all to me until there was nothing left... It was all so intense that I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to recover.
Which was why, even after he pulled out of me, I laid back on the table completely, letting my legs dangle off. My eyes closed as I tried to catch my breath and eventually I let out a breathy laugh.
"Fuck, man, maybe we should spend time apart more often, because that was..."
The weight of what I'd said didn't even really hit me until his phone started to ring, and I remembered my plan, that spending time apart was actually what I didn't want and I was supposed to tell him to stay...
I sat up and watched as he grabbed his phone from the pocket of his pants, which were on the floor. He pulled them up with him as he stood up again, murmuring a quick 'sorry' to me before taking the call.
I could see his ants were struggling to stay up, so I reached out and grabbed him by the belt loop, pulling him to me and buttoning his pants up for him as he spoke.
"Yeah, Hotch?" he said, smiling down at me because of what I was doing. I smiled right back with a wink, fixing up and straightening out his pants before I saw his smile falter.
A ball of disappointment started to roll in the pit of my stomach as I heard Spencer say, "Oh..." rather sadly. If I had to take a guess, he was probably being called into work again so soon, and once again I would be left alone.
"O—Okay, I'll be right in," he said, confirming my suspicions. Once he said goodbye, He put his phone back in his pocket and smiled at me apologetically. "Sorry I have to leave so soon, I was hoping to spend at least a little more time together before I left."
And I was kind of hoping I'd ask you to stay... "Oh, it's okay... I guess... absence makes the heart grow fonder?"
We both laughed a little, though it was clear the mood was still a bit dismal. So to lighten it I sat up a bit straighter and smirked, spreading my legs a little and feeling his cum slowly drip out. "Well, why don't you take a picture or two? Something to remember me by?"
I could tell he appreciated the playfulness I put forth, but he didn't take his phone out. "That's the thing about having an eidetic memory, I won't need a picture. Anytime I want, I can just remember you like this. Plus, I won't risk anyone else seeing anything."
I scoffed with a smile. "Please... I would hope you aren't looking at the pictures I send you in a room full of your colleagues."
"I don't. But I do work with a bunch of profilers, all of whom would just love to tease me until the end of time if they ever discovered what I was doing with you in my free time."
I was going to say something, but he cut me off, stepping forward and bringing his hand down to brush against the inside of my thigh. "But, if it'll make you feel better... I can give you something to remember me by..."
"What's that?" I breathed out, looking up at him as his hand travelled to my pussy.
He dipped his middle finger inside of me and felt around, leaning forward until his lips were barely brushing mine. My whole body seemed like it was going to crumble down at any given second, when he spoke quietly. "A taste."
"Of... what?"
He brought his finger out of me and brought it to my lips, and I took it in without even thinking. I groaned around him as he spoke again, his gaze unwavering and downright life-ruining. "Us. This is what we taste like together... A perfect harmony. Don't you think?"
I wanted to tell him that he wouldn't know because he hadn't actually tasted it himself, but the whole thing was so fucking hot that I didn't even bother arguing. I just sat there, whining around his finger as he all but stared into my soul.
His finger slipped out of my mouth and ran along my chin as he tilted it up. "I want you to clean yourself up just like that. You can send me a picture when you're done so I can see, yeah?"
"And... What if I don't?"
Spencer smiled knowingly, taking one more swipe of his finger through me before bringing it to his own lips, sucking it clean like anyone would have with food, and stepping back from me completely. "You will."
He left, and I could have sworn I felt my soul leave my body.
***
I'm not sure where that came from, exactly. But Y/N had brought out this other side of me that was almost jarring as much as it was sexy. She was everything seductive and enticing that the world had to offer, and it fueled me in a way I couldn't explain. In fact, I was almost positive she wouldn't send any pictures, because what the hell kind of request was that? I certainly never would have thought of it before, but she gave me all these filthy thoughts and ideas that I never would have been able to dream up otherwise.
Which, precisely, is why I was second-guessing everything. I focused on what work we had to do, of course, but once we were settled in on the jet and on our way to the next city, I brought out my phone to text her.
But I wasn't sure what I would say. I'd have to find a way to apologize, of course, in case my request had been too weird, and that I definitely should have asked her if she was okay with me telling her what to do like that. I knew about dominant and submissive dynamics in sex of course, but that's not the type of relationship we had. And, to be completely honest, if anyone was going to be the dominant role in that dynamic, it most definitely would have been her. While I could be confident and somewhat in control when we had sex, and while sometimes she took on a rather submissive approach to our sessions and I found myself deeply turned on by that, I was not confident in my dominant side. I never could take full control like that, and with some of the things I've seen and experienced from Y/N, that role was definitely better suited for her than me.
But in the end it all came down to us trying new things. Or... rather, me trying new things. I figured she was way more experienced than me from the beginning, and that still remained true, though by the reaction I've had from her a few times, especially after tonight, it seemed I'd shaken her up a bit.
Whether that was a good thing or not would be dependent on how this conversation went.
I turned on my phone to see that I had three photos and one video attachment. My heartbeat picked up immediately, and I quickly shut it off to compose myself, already having a feeling of what might be there.
About a minute later, I got up to use the bathroom while everyone was catching up on some sleep. This was a bit of a longer flight than we were used to, so it kind of worked in my favor. But just to be safe, I snuck in the earbuds that came with the phone as well.
Once the door was shut, I leaned back against it and plugged in the earbuds, simultaneously trying to navigate through the phone to get to my messages. And once I was situated, I put the earbuds in and looked at the pictures first.
The first one could only be described as a 'before' photo, showcasing her pussy exactly how I left it, and that alone was enough to start a stirring in stomach. I examined the picture intently, feeling myself grow harder in my pants, and I knew this was dangerous. But somehow that made it all the more exciting. It was a good thing I decided to stay in the bathroom.
The second photo showed Y/N's middle and pointer fingers spreading herself wide, everything exposed and glistening. I looked at that one longer, but the third one took me out and made me slump my head against the door with a soft groan. She was pouting slightly, her bottom lip dripping with what was obviously the cum I'd left her with. I didn't even want to watch the video, because I knew once I did I'd be a goner. I didn't even know exactly what it would be, but it didn't matter, because no matter what Y/N did she would tear down every defense I had. Everything I thought I knew, my ability to think straight, all of it would be gone with one word—Hell, one look.
I managed to take a deep breath before opening the video and adjusting the volume. And knowing it was probably going to do some damage to me, I stood in front of the toilet, making sure the door was locked before taking my dick out of my pants and slowly starting to stroke it.
Through the screen, I saw that Y/N had repositioned the camera so that I had a full-body view of her on her kitchen table. I wasn't sure how she was able to keep her phone propped up or where it was, but as she started to move, I didn't really care one way or the other.
"I've already sent you some pictures, which I hope you looked at first, but I figured this would be... better proof," she was saying, her legs spreading wide so I had a perfect view of everything. She brought her hand down to circle her clit a few times, and the longer she went on, the louder and more obscene the sounds were.
"Fuck," I breathed as quietly as I could, taking everything in as my hand worked my dick a little faster. I could have watched her do just that forever.
But she went the next step, plunging two fingers inside herself and pumping them in and out slowly. Every once in a while she removed her hand and cleaned off her fingers, looking into the camera and burning a hole straight through me as she moaned.
"You're right," she said, scooping up more of our mess and spreading it around. "We do taste perfect. I think I'm gonna savor it for a while... Take my time."
Her fingers were torturously slow, and even though she taunted, I knew it was killing her, because it was written all over her face—her whole body, really. As her face contorted and her body seemed to shake, I wanted to tell her through the phone that she could go faster, that she didn't have to make it this hard, but I couldn't. All I could do was watch, and listen as she fingered herself and all of it was burning me up from the inside out.
By the time two minutes had passed, it looked like my cum was gone, but she was still going, determined to bring herself to release another time. Her fingers moved fast and hard, the glorious wet sounds combining symphonically with her moans and whimpers. As I could see her getting close, it was like I was there with her, feeling myself get there as well. I knew it wouldn't be long now, though I wished we could have done this forever. And if I was being honest with myself, I was probably going to do this more than once as long as we were still seeing each other.
What happened next surprised me, because... well, simply put, I wasn't expecting it. And I don't think she was either, because the pure blissful shock that plastered over her features as she tensed and squirted almost sent me into cardiac arrest.
I came then, trying desperately to keep quiet as I took in the image of Y/N coming undone right with me.
I was catching my breath when she sighed out with a smile and a laugh. She looked exhausted, but completely blissful and serene all the same as she spoke. "Fuck, I didn't expect that... But next time it happens, I want you here with me. Got it, Stranger?"
Although she couldn't hear me, I responded with a light, yet truly sincere, "Yes, Ma'am."
***
The studio had been empty for hours, and nothing ever made me happier. Truthfully, it was always my favorite part of the work day, when I went in early, when the sun was still below the horizon and almost everyone was still asleep. That was when I felt most creative, and after about two hours of messing around on the piano and acoustic guitar, I was still going strong.
Maybe I had Spencer to blame for that. For a week now he'd been gone, extremely busy with work, and I didn't get to see him in person, but we sent texts and pictures and videos all the time. Just last night we even video-chatted for a good three hours before he inevitably had to return to his job. And while I missed him, if anything I think the distance was good. Because while we spent time communicating, I was also able to focus on work and myself, and I didn't constantly have to worry about things moving too fast. Things couldn't move fast if there wasn't any physical contact, right?
I mean, sure, At this point I was practically craving his touch and his presence, but I knew that once we did get to see each other again, it would be practically electric. There was so much we'd talked about over the phone that we would probably have enough to keep us busy until he got called away again. And then the cycle would repeat.
But maybe that was wishful thinking. I liked this system, even if we hadn't really been at it for long. All I knew, though, was that it was currently working, and I was feeling incredible about my life in its current state.
I wished it could have stayed that way forever.
By the time Jules walked in, I'd written about two songs and was currently working on a third. The studio was littered with sticky-notes and notebook paper from all the ideas I had, and she shrugged off her thin jacket with a laugh. "How many songs has it been today?"
I set the guitar down and went to pick up some of the notes, organizing them haphazardly. "Two. Working on a third."
"Damn, Y/N, you've been on a roll this week. Hell, all month. So... Who's the inspiration?"
Shoving some of the notes into a folder, I raised an eyebrow. "What?"
Jules sat down at the large coffee table in the middle of the room and spread out, shaking her head slightly to the side to removed the auburn bangs from her eyes. "I'm a musician, too, Y/N, I know when inspiration strikes, and I especially know when it's because of a certain someone. So... Who are they?"
I hesitated saying anything, but Jules was right, and there was no way I'd be able to convince her nothing in particular was happening. So, I tried to keep it as vague as possible. "Oh, uh, this guy I met at a bar at open mic night."
She whistled as I took a seat across from her. "Damn... The sex must be pretty good if you're cranking out songs like an industrial machine."
I felt heat rise to my cheeks, but I nodded all the same. "Well, you'd be right. It's, uh... it's going pretty well."
"I'll say, you're practically glowing. Good for you, babe."
I could tell she wanted to say more, ask tons of questions (more specifically, when's the wedding?), but she knew me enough to refrain. She knew how I did with relationships, and she knew just how private I was. On multiple occasions she'd ask me why I was a musician if I didn't like sharing my personal life with people, but I'd always retorted with a simple truth: You didn't have to show anything to anyone if you didn't want to. There were thousands of different things to write about, and the beauty of storytelling was that you could create whatever you wanted, no matter how true it was to you.
As the day went on, and more of the writers for our friend's new album came in to work, I was pulled out of the 'relationship' headspace and plunged into work.
Honestly, I was relieved. Not because I didn't like thinking about Spencer, but the exact opposite.
That feeling wasn't something I was used to, and I wanted it to go away. At least while I was working, so I could focus on one thing at a time. I didn't let people in, and I didn't want to let them in if I could help it, and I certainly didn't like when things moved too fast, which they always seemed to do. And this time was no different, only now I think it was me who was starting to feel things too early.
It was searing. It was slowly starting to consume me, burning me from the inside out, and I didn't know what to do.
So I did the only think I did know how to do, and that was ignore it, replacing it with music, the one true comfort I'd ever known. I drowned myself in the cool ocean of work, merely hoping it would be enough to quell the frantic, petrifying, and rapidly growing wildfire that would surely be my downfall. And for a while it seemed like it was working.
And yet, somehow, by the time I left the studio, there was a dull ache in my chest that left me confused and scared.
Suddenly I was glad for that night we'd been interrupted before I asked him to stay, and that I never got the chance to follow through. I don't know what I would have done then. Because if that feeling, when he inevitably agreed and stayed the night, was anything like how I was feeling now, then it probably would have been a lot worse.
All the same, I came to the realization that no matter what I did or didn't do, he would always be there, taking up some amount of space in my being that refused to let go.
Whether I liked or not.
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“I knew it when you looked my way That I’d be begging you to stay. I couldn’t say it to myself.
I felt a burning in the way I held on when you pulled away. I couldn’t say it to myself.
—Maggie Rogers, Say It
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justanotherlifeff · 4 years
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If you're not comfortable with this, it's okay to skip. Aizawa has feelings for an "old soul" type of student in her last year at UA (so they're 18), but doesn't want to act on it for obvious reasons. She's had a crush on him since day 1 but respects him too much and doesn't want to get him in trouble. He shadows her on her first real mission and she gets hit with a quirk that makes her horny af, and is a poison that can only be expelled via lots of sex, so he has to "help" her or she'll die.
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Hehehehe guess who's also 18 and a simp for Aizawa sensei? 😏😏😏
Warning: NSFW, Smut, age gap, Teacher-Student stuff
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Guilty was one way to put how Aizawa felt when he found himself checking you out yet again in class. You were the embodiment of perfection. You were smart, matured, quiet, you liked cats as much as he did, and ofcourse, you were the mom friend to all the rowdy students in his god forsaken class. Yes, that exactly was the only thing holding him back (besides the huge age gap). You were his student. Sure, you weren’t one of the big 3 in your class like Mirio, Nejire and Tamaki because your quirk wasn’t as strong as theirs. However, you were infact the one in class to get top grades in tests. Infact, you even helped Aizawa grade papers since you somehow understood the barely legible handwriting of some of the people in this class. You were this little ball of sunshine, bringing a bento for the students who always forgot to bring any, keeping everyone out of trouble, tutoring anyone who you felt was having a hard time studying... Hell, it seemed like your schoolbag had everything that a person could need in it. Anyone forgot a pen? Ask (Y/N). Anyone forgot their umbrella? Ask (Y/N). Anyone forgot to even bring themselves to school? ASK (Y/N) CAUSE SHE'LL PERSONALLY TAKE THEIR NOTES HOME AND GIVE THEM A LECTURE ABOUT MISSING CLASS unless they are sick. In that case, she'll take a bento full of healthy food. The entire class saw (Y/N) as this motherly figure who pretty much dealt with their problems on a daily basis with a smile. Aside from your extreme maturity, you were extremely creative beyond your age. When Present Mic was struggling to make the class read basic Shakespeare, you were already quoting Jane Austen's pride and prejudice, something that was not even in the syllabus. Needless to say, you shared various intellectual conversations with Aizawa while the two of you graded papers as the grumpy man also happened to have an interest on literature. While your friends went out to do random shit together, you were the one staying back home because ofcourse, messing around in random amusement parks wasn’t your thing. You liked staying in the background like an adult, watching the kids have their fun and guiding them. Could you really blame Aizawa for falling in love with you?
Then again, you were his student. That made all the perfects imperfections because he shouldn’t be looking at you this way. Little did he know that his feelings weren’t one sided. You had a crush on your teacher ever since you stepped into UA. Did you feel guilty about it? Yes, yes you did. Did you ever think of confessing to him? No, no you didn't. You were okay with loving him from a distance because you knew that you would only create trouble for him if you were to come out about your feelings. However, you couldn’t help but show that you cared through certain gestures. You'd go out of your way to help him grade papers so that he would get a few extra hours of sleep. Every morning, you'd buy an extra cup of coffee or his favorite jello drink for him on your to school just to make his day more tolerable. You never expected him to return your feelings, however. He was your teacher after all. This was wrong after all.
Things were going fine to be honest. Both of you admired eachother from afar, knowing that confessing wouldn’t lead to anything good either way. That was until you were sent on a mission for your work studies. Your employer was busy with a different mission and your quirk was compatible against the villain you had to capture which is why, you were sent alone, much to Aizawa's displeasure. It wasn’t that he didn't believe in you because he did. He knew that you were strong but you were still a student. You didn’t have the experience that a pro hero had and they didn't even consider the fact that there may be unprecedented situations. Hence, he found himself staring at you more than often, trying to memorize every inch of you visible to him so that if something goes wrong he'd atleast... No. Nothing was going to go wrong. Not when he had something to do about it.
Hence, after class was over, Aizawa found himself following you discreetly, making sure that you didn't notice him. Aizawa was excellent at hiding his presence since that was the type of hero he was, which is why, you had no clue that he was following you. You followed the plan laid out by your employer flawlessly and almost caught the villain until a second party decided to show up. Aizawa recognized the other villain from his hiding spot. She had been wanted for quite long time however, before Aizawa got out of his hiding place to aid you, the villain had already used her quirk on you. Now that Aizawa had to choose between going after the escaping villains or checking on you, he did the latter since that's what a doting teacher who totally didn't have feelings for a certain student would do.
You were panting on the ground, your hands gripping the fabric of your hero costume near your thighs tightly as you were avoiding Aizawa's gaze. "(L/N), are you alright? How do you feel?" Aizawa asked you, worried. You tried to answer to him but you only managed to let out a patheric whimper. Only if you could stop how horny his voice was making you... Your whimper suddenly reminded the erasure hero of the certain villain's quirk. Cupping your face with one hand to make you look at him, he met with an extremely flushed expression from you along with lust blown eyes. The view before him did nothing but create a certain straining inside his pants. The villain's quirk made people horny, he recalled. Not having sex would make their body overheat and cause a complete organ failure, he remembered.
"S-sensei... I can't... I'm sorry..." you half whimpered half moaned as you hugged your teacher, desperate for any form of touch at this point. You couldn’t help it. His musky scent was way, way morr prominent to you now and your body was betraying your mind relentlessly. "Shhh (L/N)... It's gonna be alright. We need to get out of this alley first though..." Aizawa muttered, a small amount of pink dusting his cheeks. He was at loss on what he should do at this point. He knew that there was no other way out of it without you having sex at some point. Was he okay with you doing the deed with someone else all while he was aware of it? A selfish part of him told him that no, he wasn’t okay with it. Honestly, this was the perfect opportunity for him to get a taste of you. If things got out, he could tell everyone that he did it to save you. If you didn't return his feelings, this would be that one chance at ravishing you.
Shouta Aizawa was a good teacher and an honourable man at most parts. However, he didn’t hesitate in being selfish when his actions clearly wouldn’t hurt anyone. Which is why, he took you to his home. On his way, in the cab he hired, he explained the quirk of the villain to you. You tried staying normal as you constantly held hid hand, squeezing tightly as your horniness only increased drastically. By the time you reached his home, your legs were shaking and you could barely walk. Aizawa helped you walk into his apartment, avoiding picking you up since that would look awkward in public. By the time you were in his living room, your legs completely gave out as you were engulfed by his scent, the feeling of his touch messing you up.
"Sensei... I'm sorry.. Please... I can't take this anymore... Help me please...." you whimpered into his chest, hiding your embarassed face from him as the two of you sat on the ground. You knew things would never be the same between you and your beloved teacher anymore. Hell, he'll probably hate you for this. You were scared. Very scared. On the other hand, Aizawa was turned on beyond belief. Your soft whimpers, ragged breathe was just as good as he had imagined for months and more. He couldn't keep his hands off you any longer. He didn't intend to either. "I'm sorry, (L/N). I'll help you. I know you probably wouldn’t want me in normal circumstances but you don't have to talk to me again if this ends up making things awkward for you." Aizawa muttered to you soothingly before kissing you, making you lose all control as soft moans elicted from your mouth into his. Your clothes were taken off skillfully and fast as Aizawa touched your twitching groins. A rather loud moan escaped your mouth at that making Aizawa smirk. 'How cute...' he thought as he proceeded to enter a finger into your sopping pussy. However, your reaction to that was not quite expected. You flinched and held him tightly, biting your lips. He immediately took his finger out only to find blood coating it.
"You're a virgin?" Aizawa asked with a grimace. You were always popular among the class thanks to your maturity and he assumed that you had some experience. "Yeah... I've been waiting..." you gasped at the lack of his fingers. "I'm sorry, (L/N). I wish I could avoid this because this must be something very special to you and..." Aizawa was contemplating his decisions but you stopped him with a teary smile. "I was waiting for you... Please take me... I'm so happy now..." you told him, surprising him. These mere words made him feel as if his entire body was on fire as he kissed you furiously, gently easing his fingers back into you, waiting for you to adjust. His passionate kiss distracted you from the pain as he made you sit on his lap comfortably while you wrapped your hands around his neck. Just when you started bucking your hips towards his hands, he started pumping his finger in and out of you, adding an extra finger with time and stretching you out as fast as possible so that he could move to the main event.
"Let's take this to the bedroom shall we, (Y/N)?" Aizawa asked you with a lazy smirk as he looked at your disheveled self. You already had an orgasm from his fingering since he surprisingly was rather skillful in this department. You only gave him a lustful gaze as he picked you up only to place you on his bed moments later. "I need you... Please sensei..." you whispered to him, making him harder than he had ever been in his entire life. "God you're so cute..." Aizawa hissed as he unbuckled his pants only to reveal his huge length, precum dripping from the tip. Taking a box of condoms from the drawer of the bedside table and putting the condom on hurriedly, Aizawa positioned himself over your entrance as he rubbed his length on you a few times making you squirm before entering you in one go making you yelp in pleasure and pain. He tried his best to stay still, letting you adjust to his length but damn it was hard since your insides were squeezing him so deliciously, almost making him lose his sanity. However, Aizawa was a patient man and he would never hurt you. Just as you began to move around under him, trying to grind against him, he started moving. While Aizawa was a patient man, the way your pussy made him feel could break even the most patient man in the world. Hence, Aizawa just couldn’t help it but pound into you for dear life. While it hurted you slightly at the begining, in a few moments, you started to enjoy it just as much as he did. Your legs were wrapped around his hips as you marked his shoulders with your nails while you moaned loudly much to Aizawa's delight. A string of incoherent words escaped your mouth including something similar to "please sensei" and "more", which only increased Aizawa's determination on pleasuring you. His mission to make you a blabbering mess was infact successful since at the end of it all, you just went through your third orgasm for the day, you were drooling as your eyes were rolled back. You could barely speak as you moaned loudly, not aware of how loud you were being. At this point, Aizawa was chasing his own orgasm and he had to say, your state infront of him made sure that he was close, very close.
When Aizawa finally had his orgasm, he could say that this was the best sex he ever had in his entire life. Your overstimulated body laid under him, completely exhausted and panting while he laid beside you trying to catch his own breathe. That's when it all hit him like a brick. He fucked his student. Someone who probably told him that she was waiting for him only because of the effects of the quirk. What if you regretted it now? How could he show his face to you again? As if you were reading his mind, he felt you cuddle up to him with a shy smile on your face. Wrapping an arm around you, Aizawa asked with a stoic expression, hiding the insecurities inside him, "(Y/N), did you mean it when you told me that you were waiting for me?". It seemed as if the question made you even shyer than you were already as you hid your face on his chest and he didn't know what to make of it. "I had a crush on you ever since you stepped into the classroom for the first time in my first year and it only grew. I never told you because I didn't want to be a bother or get you in trouble. I understand if you don't return my feelings." you answered, your voice sounding rather sad. "(Y/N), I feel the same way. The only problem is, you're my student. Would you be okay with me taking you out after you graduate?" Aizawa asked you in a soft tone. You looked up at him, surprise and adoration lacing your face. "I... Ofcourse sensei..." you answered with a blush. "It's Shouta for you when we're alone, kitten. Except maybe in bed cause you look absolutely sinful when you're calling me 'sensei' " Aizawa smirked at you making you blush and hide your face on his chest yet again.
"Shouta? Remember when you asked me out?" you asked your husband as you looked at the album in your hand as you sat on his lap on a rainy afternoon. "Hmm... We had good sex that day..." Aizawa muttered lazily as he took a sip from the cup of coffee in his hand. "Huh? That's all you remember?" you pouted. How could he not remember the extremely romantic cuddling session afterwards? "Mhhm... Would it be weird if I said that it was kinda hot that you were my student back then?" he asked with a lazy smirk. It was both of your day off and somehow, the weather was extremely romantic at the same time. That was until your husband decided to act like a pervert and ruin the mood.
"You really are a perverted old man you know..."
"And yet you still love me, kitten"
[Author's note: Guess I kinda went overboard huh...👀. Alright, so I REALLY appreciate long asks with more description cause they are SO FUN TO WRITE cause they give me a better idea on how to write the fic. This was my most favorite ask so far tbh]
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prettywordsyouleft · 3 years
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The Cowboy - Part 8
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Summary: Leaving the city for a rural area called Blayne seemed simple enough. Your task was to convince the people to agree with selling their land for a resort redevelopment. But once there, you soon realise that your city ways are entirely different to theirs. Winning their trust was going to take some effort, and when you start to fall for a local cowboy, you wonder if you really needed Blayne more than the city life after all.
Pairing: Jung Jaehyun x female reader
Genre: cowboy au / drama / romance / if you squint there’s some enemies to lovers up in here.
Warnings: Jung Jaehyun is a cowboy, need I say more? (a bit of angst and drama, and it sometimes might feel like you’re reading a Nicolas Sparks book, so I’m told lol)
Word count: 2426
This series will be updated every Thursday and Friday.
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You were still fuming when you met up with June at the coffee shop an hour later. It wasn’t hard to genuinely smile at her when she waved you over, however, and you moved towards the table and took a seat across from her.
June smiled warmly. “I’m so glad you agreed to meet with me today, dearie.”
“It’s a pleasure. Thank you for taking time out of your day to spend with me. But what made you choose here over Blayne?”
“My sister runs the diner, as you know. I love her, but I’m certain she doesn’t remember the taste of real coffee. I sneak off here once a week for a proper brew.” You giggled with June as she reached out for your hand on the table and gave it a little squeeze. “Our little secret?”
“Definitely. As long as you allow me to join you for that cheeky coffee each week too.”
“It’s a deal!” June gave your hand another friendly squeeze. “I know you’ve figured out I’m not from Blayne by now.”
“You-you have?”
“You’re too smart to not have done,” she surmised and paused as the drinks she had ordered were placed down in front of you both. After thanking the clerk and taking a sip of her coffee, June smiled once more at you. “My husband doesn’t understand there are multiple types of coffee aside from white or black.”
“Wow! What about Jaehyun? I noticed he doesn’t seem to drink coffee much.”
June smiled knowingly. “I thought he might have been with you last night. That answers that puzzle then.”
“Huh? Oh no – I was just making an observation – I mean, well…” Rubbing the back of your neck as June chuckled, you grimaced. “Are you annoyed about it?”
“Goodness no! You’re the right type of person to show my son another side of life.”
“Me?” you asked, and June nodded. You smiled curiously. “Really?”
“You remind me of myself back in the day. I was arrogant and only saw one way of the world when my parents sent May and I off to our uncle’s for the summer. Our mother said it was time we learned about hard work.”
You didn’t know whether to say anything and awkwardly tried to reflect over the referral of being like her, and in the next sentence, she mentioned she had been arrogant. You worried if you had been as narrow-minded as Pierce was earlier when you pulled up at Blayne too.
Thankfully you didn’t need to say anything for the woman to continue. “I hated it, of course. There was nothing to do like I would in the city. Back then, there was even less than there is now. But we did have a theatre.”
“A theatre?! It’s not there now. Did it go out of business?”
June smiled sadly. “It was part of the loss in the fire we had. It’s such a shame. I have so many fond memories of that summer spent in the theatre.”
“Is that where you met Mr Jung?” you guessed, and the tell-tale smile across her lips urged you to lean forward in delight. “Did he romance you?!”
“He was such a charmer,” she told you, grinning brightly. “And I was a fool for a man in a cowboy hat. That smile of his sealed the deal.”
You giggled with her, the image of Jaehyun upon his horse this morning returning to the front of your mind and securing a similar fate for you as it had his mother. Your smile lessened as you grew intrigued. “How did you get used to living here over the city?”
“At first, I was grateful to be back home after the summer. We had agreed to write to one another whilst I was home, though that didn’t last for long. I found the city too busy after spending my days in the countryside for three months. I lasted until Christmas that year and begged my parents to let me move to Blayne and live with my uncle.”
“Did May go too?”
June shook her head. “She hates Blayne.”
“Really?!” you gasped and looked at June. “But--”
“Our parents moved to Blayne when my uncle lost his eyesight to take over the farm. What a nightmare that was. Had it not been for Avery’s father, who was a farmhand of my uncle, helping us, I think we would have caused the whole family to go bankrupt.”
“And now May and Avery’s father run that farm in your family’s stead?”
“Our parents are no longer on this earth. May did everything to convince her husband to leave Blayne with her to raise Avery in the city, but his roots are Blayne born. May then focused on building Avery up to believe the city life was for him, yet he’s back here again. My sister is convinced her life is cursed. Though, she loves being the center of the gossip in that little diner of hers.”
“You’re sharing so much with me about your life,” you mentioned hesitantly, and the older woman gauged your expression. You nodded. “I’m appreciative, you know. When I saw you weren’t originally from Blayne I couldn’t quite fathom it. I guess since I’ve never experienced love strong enough to pull me away from what I know, it seemed like a foreign concept.”
“And now?” June asked.
“Hm?”
“I’m asking how you feel now after being in Blayne for a month? I’m wondering if there’s something or someone here that might change that heart of yours.”
You didn’t answer verbally. With the way she smiled with satisfaction a moment later, you knew she had seen all she needed to know within your gaze. “How about you come over for dinner again tonight, Y/N?”
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“You’re coming in early today, boys,” June greeted when Jaehyun and Avery found her in the kitchen, both of them kissing her on the cheek fondly.
You smiled weakly when Jaehyun’s surprised gaze fell onto your face. He then grinned lopsidedly. “What are you doing wrangling Miss City into your kitchen tonight, Mrs Jung?”
“Your mother is teaching me how to cook.”
“Making sure you can marry her off to one of the eligible Blayne men, are you, Aunt June?” Avery taunted, and you threw the tea towel you held at him. Avery caught it with glee.
“I wanted to learn how to make her infamous banana cream pie.”
“Because it’s someone’s favourite,” June mused, shooting her son a look. Jaehyun grinned knowingly and kissed his mother on the crown of her head before announcing loudly that he and Avery should wash up. Waiting for his cousin to leave the room, Jaehyun darted to your side and kissed your cheek in greeting, causing you to shoo him off with an embarrassed chuckle.
June was absolutely delighted. “That boy of mine is more of a charmer than his father. You have your work cut out for you, dearie.”
“You’re telling me,” you claimed with another laugh, focusing on slicing the bunch of bananas until the heat dissipated from your cheeks.
Dinner was playful this time. Jaehyun wasn’t nearly as silent and since he was seated beside you again, it allowed for him to secretly hold you under the table. Linking his fingers with yours, he pulled your hand into his lap and held it there fondly, running his thumb over your skin now and then.
Whilst June was clued on, it seemed her husband wasn’t. You weren’t sure why his approval mattered most to you, and further, did you even have much to be approved by the elder for so far? You didn’t know what to call the connection between you and Jaehyun. It wasn’t a seasonal love like June had begun with, yet you didn’t want to dismiss the growing feelings you harboured for her son either.
Jaehyun made you smile constantly and your insides warm. That was it.
Still, you worried that would be frowned upon by his father, your morning concerns quickly resurfacing. The last thing you wanted was to be seen as using anyone to your advantage by sleeping with them. That spoke nothing of your character or professionalism.
Once again, Mr Jung spoke to Jaehyun and Avery only about the farm. To you, he asked simple questions about the house you were staying in and made subtle suggestions about going back to the city.
You knew he was your biggest opposition to getting any work done in Blayne.
“Your first mission is to secure that land.”
Every time you went to speak about your plans in Blayne, Mr Jung changed the focus entirely and you felt hopeless up against the man. You were usually capable of working with the pickiest of clients back in the city.
Back in your jurisdiction.
This was the Jungs’ land, though. You were an outsider who didn’t have a place yet in this township. You were growing friendly with everyone on a basic level, but no one regarded your place here professionally yet.
“I was thinking about housing-”
“Did you check that the gates to the pens were locked?” Mr Jung cut in over the top of you and after looking at you, Jaehyun sighed and nodded.
“Yeah, Dad. Of course. Y/N was talking, though.”
“What about water? That darn well is busted again.”
“I covered it, Uncle. Don’t worry!” Avery answered and you lowered your head, feeling defeated tonight.
“Y/N,” June called and you shot back up to look at her, the woman smiling warmly. “Come help me with the pie, won’t you?”
Discreetly letting go of Jaehyun’s hand, you excused yourself from the table and followed June into her domain. She got out the bowls and spoons and handed them to you. “Darling, don’t try and bring up that conversation at the table. Whilst I love my husband entirely and know of him only as a good man, he won’t listen to you. The dinner table is a place where he discusses light-hearted things or constantly nitpicks over the boys and their efforts for the day. I’ve tried to change him, but as his wife of thirty-some years now, I can’t say I’ve done a good job.”
“I don’t feel he gives me a lot of credit for my position here, understandably.”
“Still, he should give you the respect you deserve. Let’s do business during day hours, dearie. I’ll help you plan a meeting with him when you’re ready to present whatever it is. I can’t say he’ll be supportive or accept your proposal, but he will listen to you completely.”
“You’re amazing. You know that?”
“I’m just a mother. And I can’t help but take care of all those who come my way. Whilst you’re here in Blayne, you let me know of anything you might need me for. I’ll be there.”
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“Your father doesn’t like me, much,” you admitted softly, as Jaehyun drove you home later that evening. You had left your car at your place when June had encouraged you to come home with her earlier in the day, and now you realised why she was insistent on you travelling with her.
You smiled at the thought of Jaehyun’s mother planning for him to take you home tonight, even if your heart felt heavy.
Glancing at you briefly before returning his gaze to the darkened road, Jaehyun smirked. “My father doesn’t like me much, either. Don’t let it get to you.”
“Surely, he does.”
“Only when I do something for him on the farm. I was a bit of a troublemaker in my past, so he’s been harsh on me ever since.”
“What did you exactly get up to?” you asked, interest piqued. Jaehyun’s lips split into a toothy smile, but he didn’t respond. “Come on! You knew how to budge open that window!”
“I also knew where your keys were that whole time,” Jaehyun confessed, and you frowned.
“Wait. What?”
He grinned. “I took them out of your pocket when you leaned over to me from Roger’s back. Mostly because they were slipping out of it and I wanted to keep them safe.”
“Then why didn’t you just open the front door like a normal person would?”
“So now I’m not normal, huh?”
“Is it a Cowboy thing?” you wondered, flustered with the change of events.
“I guess I wanted to make you fall into my arms sooner than fate was setting us up for,” he admitted with a shrug, and you rolled your eyes. Jaehyun reached into his jeans’ pocket and held up the keychain, dangling it.
Taking them from him, you grumbled. “I was seriously fooled by you!”
“I’ve been a fool for you since you arrived. See us as even, Y/N.”
“You can’t just charm me like that when I’m frustrated with you!”
Pulling the truck to a sudden stop in the middle of the country lane, Jaehyun looked over at you. “You’re frustrated with me?”
“Well, shouldn’t I be? You knew where the keys were all this time! I was worried about how to bring it up to your mother that I lost them!”
“Keys can be replaced.”
You nodded. “I know, but-”
“If you could go back to that moment where you were fumbling around in your pocket and panicking, knowing full well if I gave them to you that what we’ve bared between one another already wouldn’t have happened, would you still wish I gave you them damn keys?!”
Staring at his expectant gaze, you lurched forward, grabbing the collar of Jaehyun’s t-shirt and tugged him until his lips found yours. It was heated, and you moaned when your arm hit the steering wheel as Jaehyun reached to pull you closer. Tongues now entwined, the passionate embrace didn’t stop until both of you were out of breath.
“Well?” Jaehyun prompted, resting his forehead on yours as he sucked in a deep breath.
“Just hurry up and take me home, Cowboy. But this time, take me through the front door.”
Jaehyun smirked as he put the truck back into gear and started to drive down the road again. “So I can have you pressed up against it once it’s closed?”
“Your mother warned me that you’re a charmer. If only she knew just how wicked you were for my heart.”
“What we do behind closed doors is none of my mother’s business, Miss City. But if it takes me carrying you over that blasted threshold to make you happy tonight, I won’t miss a beat in pulling you out of this cab with me.”
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sociallyanxiouss · 4 years
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You Don’t Know Me (Part 1) (Severus Snape)
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pairing : severus snape x student (slytherin) reader
summary : professor snape is known to be ruthless on his students, which causes a lot of people to hate him. that means it doesn’t stop him from being more hard on you since you’re the daughter of one of his former bullies in hogwarts. what he did not know, was that you’ve been neglected as a child, and grew up in a not so amazing home. when he said something about you, you end up getting hurt and upset. (angst)
word count : 2,354 words 12,808 characters
warnings : abuse! 
i made up the last names since there was no marauders era boys that fit the family descriptions, so try to imagine another guy included in the group!
a/n : if you can’t tell already, i like writing a lot of angsts with a somewhat happy ending. anyways, request my anything for a change! aannndd you can always tell me if you want to be included in the taglist, i always try to post one imagine per day. 
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it’s your seventh year in hogwarts this year, your last year. as you step out of the hogwarts express train to the flat earth, you let out a relieved sigh. you haven’t had the best summer, but to be fair, you have never had a good summer. 
since you’re a slytherin, you don’t tend to show a lot of emotions besides anger. though you have a terrible life back at home, you try not to bring it to school, knowing that going to school was the only was of escaping the horrid home. 
your family name, emrys was a pureblood, rich and influential people, at least to the public eye. in your eyes, you looked at them as monsters. on the easy days, they would say things to you that no child should ever hear from their parents. and on the harder days, they would use you as a punching bag. although you knew you didn’t deserve this treatment, you had no one to go to, no one to even talk to about this, besides your bestfriend draco. 
draco and you grew up together as the emrys and the malfoys have been great friends. funny enough, you and draco were expected to be together and get married. they would tell the both of you that the pureblood community would be stronger if we were to be together. 
unfortunately for them, draco and you have only seen each other as friends, maybe even siblings. you tried dating once, and it didn’t work. although a lot of people thought the both of you as the power couple. thus, you have stayed great friends since. 
draco knew about the abuse you are going through. he even once told you he wanted to tell his parents, but you told him that it would make things worst as everyone knew the emrys to be really good people. with that, he dropped the topic, only writing to you and hugging you tight when something bad happens to you. 
you tried to be nice to people of other house. discreetly, at least since you needed to uphold your reputation as an emrys. you also found the best in people and you found it hard to hate people, unlike draco, as he bullies a lot of the gryffindors. 
however, there was one person in the school that you hated aside your parents, and that was the mysterious and dark potions professor.
at first, you found him intriguing as he always knew how to cover up his emotions, but his eyes held so much pain that only you could notice. his long, black cape always sweeping the floor gracefully as he walks down the hall, into the potions classroom or the great hall. he was also the head of slytherin, meaning he always toned down his scowling with us, though it doesn’t really make a difference. 
but then, when you sat down in your first potions class, next to draco, your opinions on him slightly changed. when he found out your last name, the scowl on his face became more apparent, and that confused you. 
come to find out, your father, who was friends with a lot of people back in his hogwarts days, had relentlessly bullied the potions professor. although you didn’t understand why professor snape would treat you differently from that, you somewhat forgave him as you knew how your father is at times. 
the first few times of interaction, you found the professor annoying, but still bearable. he would ask you the most questions, and when you would answer every single one of his questions right, he would glare at you, more than he already had done to you. 
then, as the years go by, he has become more ruthless to you. you were the only slytherin that would get pestered by him. one day, for example, he had slipped some type of potion in your goblet during breakfast as he walked by, the potion was meant to make the drinker sick, too sick to even walk to your next classes. unfortunately for him, you were a strong girl, and you pushed through the day even though your face showed exhaustion, hair in a messy bun, unlike how you were usually. you were always well kept and brought yourself well to the public. 
the next week when you finally recovered fully however, you got a letter from your dad, saying he was disappointed in you, after hearing from his friends’ children that you looked miserable. after reading the words on the parchment, you slowly walked to the common room, draco trailing behind you. for hours, you would cry and weep about your dad in draco’s arms, face nuzzled in his warm neck. 
you came back, looking prim and proper, as usual, acting like nothing happened, which was why the potions professor continued to try to get you down. 
now, you were the charms classroom, waiting for the rest of your classmates to reach. draco, who was next to you, kept talking to you about pansy parkinson, the girl who had the biggest crush on him. his face looked uncomfortable as he told me the story on how she had put her hands on his thighs when he was talking to zabini. you shuddered at the thought of pansy and draco together. 
zabini was sat next to me, but turned behind to talk to crabbe and goyle since i was talking to the malfoy boy. as the charms professor walks in, everyone quietens down and awaits for another long day of class. 
about halfway through, you heard the classroom door open abruptly. jumping slightly and heart beating fast in your chest, you turned to look at who interrupted your boring class. 
you turned and made eye contact with your least favorite professor. he looks at you with a snarl, turning to professor flitwick. 
“i would like to see miss emrys this instant. her parents are here to see her.” he says, with his usual slow and low, intimidating voice. 
your eyes widen slightly. your heart feels like it has dropped to the bottom of your stomach. draco brings his left hand to touch your shoulder, as a way to tell you that it would be fine and that he would be there for you when you returned. 
you knew better, your parents were busy people, they didn’t have free time laying around to come to hogwarts just to see you or talk to you. you stood up from your table and gracefully walked to professor snape, trying to not break down crying in front of everyone. 
professor snape turns and walks, not waiting for you. fortunately for you, you could somewhat match his long strides. while you were walking, your heartbeat became faster than the second before. you were thinking about the reasons your parents would be here. were you in trouble? did they just need something to punch at the moment. 
your thoughts were interrupted as the two of you reached the potions classroom. you felt like your heart was about to jump out of your chest. the potions professor opens the door and there you saw both your parents standing in front of the professor’s table. you felt like passing out, just from seeing their faces and seeing their eyes trained on you. 
you walked in the classroom, still trying to look as emotionless, but your hands were clutched at your sides, knuckles almost turning white. you saw your professor trail down to look at your face, then your hands. you quickly relaxed it, not wanting him to be suspicious. 
“i will leave the three of you to talk now.” the professor says before walking out the door. 
the professor was confused, why did you look so scared to see them? surely you had to be excited to finally see you parents after a while now, as the emrys were constantly moving from one place to another for work. although he didn’t like the emrys, due to what he had gone through in the past with the man of the house, the professor still knew what was going on with his former bullies. 
he pushed the thought out of his head, he didn’t care at all for you. not a part of him cared for the emrys child. he walked out his classroom’s door quickly as he did not want to see the emrys any longer, hurt still clear and fresh in his heart from his school days. 
you stood infront of your parents, no emotion on your face. you tried to scan your fathers face to see what he was thinking about. scarily, his face was full of nothing but anger. same goes to your mum. you hated this, you wanted this to end already, and nothing has even started. 
your father said a silencing charm to the classroom, making sure no one could hear the three of you. from then on, you knew what was going to happen. 
your father walks up to you, his left hand in a fist, striking your stomach. as you still had a bruise there from last summer, it hurt more than usual. you moved back from the impact, but not falling to the floor, not wanting to show weakness. 
you stabled yourself. your father came at you again, backing you up to a wall in the classroom before grabbing your throat with his hand and lifting you up, cutting your air passages. your mum came next, she cups her hands on both your cheeks. 
“you have embarrassed us, tainting our family name. what gave you the right to do that, hm?” she says, her voice eerily low. 
your face was smooshed tightly but you still tried shaking your head, telling them that you didn’t mean to do anything of the sort. 
since your air intake was cut off by your father, it didn’t take long for you to trash in your father’s hands, your lungs begging for air. tears in your face, your father throws you down on the floor. you landed on the floor with your hair covering your face, almost unconscious. 
you told yourself that you were strong and that you couldn’t afford to pass out now, you had to show them that you were strong. you almost being unconscious did not faze them. they moved back quickly, your fathers wand trained to you. you prayed a silent prayer in your head.
“crucio.” he says. you trash on the floor as you felt every single organ inside your body was squeezed. he continued his torture for a while. soon, your body felt exhausted. 
the torture felt like hours to you. your father had finally released you. he leans down to look at you in the eyes on the floor. 
“taint the family name ever again and consider yourself dead.” he said in a menacing voice before leaving the classroom, your mother trailing behind. 
you quickly stood from the floor, not wanting your professor to see you like this. you put your hair up in a quick and neat ponytail before walking out the classroom. as you walked out, you see the potions professor waiting outside the classroom for you to leave. 
you walked slowly, ribs still hurting. you made eye contact with him and quickly looked down, not wanting to look him in the eyes longer, afraid that he will read you. 
“i hope you had your fun complaining to your parents, emrys. just you wait, i will make your last year more unbearable.” he says to you, walking fast to the classroom, his shoulder purposely bumping into you, hard. you stumbled back, holding back a whine in your throat. 
your face showed discomfort and a tinge of pain which the professor had noticed, but paid no mind as he bumps into you. 
weeks have past and professor snape did not lie when he said he would make your life more unbearable. the day of your torture, you went back to your private dorm, to see draco already sitting on your bed, waiting for you. you spent the rest of the day bawling your eyes out to him as he treats you cuts and bruises.
professor snape has made your life more misarable by constantly giving you detentions, accusing you of things you hadn’t done, which made your parents send you more frequent letters, scolding you for your actions. to them, you were rebelling against them, but you truly did nothing. 
one day during breakfast in the great hall, your fathers owl comes down to the slytherin table, plopping a letter that looked fancy, as usual, wrapped in slytherin colors. your hands shaking as you open the letter, draco rubbing your back as comfort, as he knew what the letter was about. 
it hasn’t been half the year and you have received more than a hundred letters, all wrapped the same, coming from the same owl, the emrys owl. that got severus snape confused. what had you gotten in this time? why did you receive so many letters? he wanted the answers and he knew he would not stop trying until he got the answers. 
as you read the letter, not noticing the potions professors gaze on you, your hands visibly shake on the table. the professor noticed this as he grew a little concerned. your face, usually not showing much emotion, held a tinge of fear. he sees draco whispering in her ear, the professor thought he was comforting her at first, but when she turned to meet the professors gaze, he severus knew that wasn’t the case. 
he stared into your eyes and saw greater emotions laying on it. he saw that your eyes were full of fear, and a little concern. your eyes were teary. you looked away from your professor and leaned to draco’s ears.
“can we leave?” you asked.
draco nodded without a second thought. the both of you stand, draco was holding your hand. unknowingly, you had left the letter on the slytherin table, where you had just sat. the potions professor sees this, and walks there to attempt to discreetly take it. 
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PART TWO!
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Undeniable truth ~ Abby Anderson imagine
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Abby Anderson x Fem!reader
Requested anon “Ooh how about some drama? Given that Mel doesn't really trust Abby anymore, what if she pulled Abby's s/o aside to try talking her out of the relationship thinking she was helping future heartbreak or something? And Abby overhears her s/o defending her and is a very happy and grateful buff gf”
Warning- fluff, slight angst
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You had only been to the aquarium a couple times and most of those times it was just a quick in and out type of situation, never stood long or really got to explore the place. Not until today.
Not until you had to hide out in the place. Be scared for the life of the people you cared about. The girl you loved and your own.
“Can we talk?”
You pulled your eyes away from the water calmly resting behind the glass to see Mel walking up to you, a sense of curiosity forming at her sudden need to start a conversation.
You quirked your eyebrow, and nervously looked around the room before answering, “sure.”
Mel pulled your further away from anyone who could be potentially listening, unaware that her motives were useless as someone actually was.
“What do you want to talk about?” You probed as you crossed your arms over your chest, feeling somewhat uneasy about this current situation.
“You’re my friend, y/n. And we have been for years now.” Mel begins to explain, her eyes wandering behind you before she solely focused on you.
“Yeah.” You nod.
“Which is why I want to say this.” She continues, “I’m worried about you y/n. About the relationship you have with Abby.”
All the unease and nervous feeling you had felt before was quickly vanishing and turning into confusion and slight anger that you tried to super-pass until she had the chance to explain herself.
“What do you mean, Mel?”
Mel sighed and continued without hesitation. “She isn’t good for you. She isn’t good for any of us. She’s pulled you into multiple dangerous situations without even thinking about you first. She’s reckless and doesn’t care about anyone but herself, she only helped these kids because she wants to prove something to Owen. Because she still loves him.”
You swallowed thickly and rested your hands on your hips, looking at Mel with a narrowed glare.
“It’s not that I’m trying to turn you against her, I’m just looking out for you, to prevent a future heartbreak that I don’t want you to go through.”
“Okay,” you sighed, and stood quiet for a moment to really think of what you were going to say, your eyes landing on Abby's reflection behind one of the glass walls trying to “discreetly” hide from Mel and you.
Knowing that you couldn’t help but ease from your anger and instantly come up with your defense. “No. You’re so blinded by jealousy that you don’t even know what you’re saying. Yes Abby can be reckless but in the best way.”
Mels shoulders dropped at your words, her reaction just showing complete disbelief.
“Her father died, Mel. That had a toll on her, of course it was going to change her. And in regards to Owen, of course she’s going to care about him. They were tougher for a while, she’s allowed to care for him. And because she does doesn’t mean she loves me any less. She loves me like I love her.” You stopped and began to walk past her, leaving her utterly taken back and speechless.
And without turning back to see her you added one more thing. “And I follow her into those “dangerous situations” she never wants me to but it’s because I care for her and love her that I do. Goodbye Mel.”
You walked around the corner and saw the girl you were just talking about, noticing that she was feigning her clueless demeanor as she pretended she was just walking by.
“I saw you, you dork.” You smiled, “You were hiding behind this wall.”
Abby stopped and looked at you, a frown replacing the straight line that decorated her features. “And does that change things? Were you just—”
“I meant every word I said.” You interrupted her, fully facing her and pressing a light kiss on her lips. “I love you. No one is going to change that, nor is anything going to change that either.”
A smile slowly tugged at the corner of her lips, her lips coming in contact with yours one more time before she quietly spoke up. “I love you.”
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Memories - lrh (Chapter Fourteen)
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Chapter Thirteen ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ Chapter Fifteen
We stopped in front of the new location of The Art of Taste, where a group of people were waiting to enter. The entire facade was lit with small bulbs wrapped around the bushes, which framed the outside.
My mom is the first out of the car, excited, barely expecting Luke and me. She takes the lead, going straight to security and showing us our invitations.
“She's very excited”. Hemmo comments from beside me, offering me his arm.
“You have no idea.” I open a smile.
We followed my mother as she led the way, looking for Mr. Marshall. I appreciate the decor of the place and fall in love with the small wooden bridge that leads into the restaurant, passing by a pond with koi.
"Debra! You came!” Mr. Marshall approaches as excited as my mother. “You’re stunning.” her cheeks blush.
“Oh, not that much. It's an old little dress I had in the back of the closet.” she lowers her head shyly.
"Didn't she say she bought the dress today?" Luke whispered confusedly to me, almost making me laugh. I watch the two lovebirds praising and flirting like two teenagers.
"Marnie! I'm happy for your presence too.” he hugs me. “You must be Luke! Debra talks about you a lot.” he opens a sympathetic smile.
Subtly, I widen my eyes at my mom, wanting to scold her, but she just shrugged, ignoring me. Luke smiles sympathetically and handles the situation perfectly.
Mr. Marshall takes us to a more private table and away from the window for more privacy. I sit next to Luke, having a full view of whoever enters the restaurant.
“I'm going to have the menu degustations served, and if you don't mind, I'm going to steal Debra for a while.” he smiles at my mother.
“Be my guest!” I open a tight smile, very happy for them.
"Is there something I should know?" Luke asks me after the two walk away arm in arm.
“They're in love, but they don't know what to do.” Summary, still watching the them.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me about it." Luke repeats the same thing I said yesterday. I let out a laugh, disbelieving his audacity.
“Sorry, there was no time.” I raise my eyebrows, like he does.
Yesterday was a special night with Luke. After Urban Light, we went to Santa Monica, to sit on the sand and watch the sea, illuminated by the lights from the pier. It was fun to have this time with him without anyone looking at us like fools for whatever move we made.
It was nice to meet him and know everything he likes and dislikes, as well as getting to know the band's history better. For moments like this, just the two of us, I could let him get closer, totally letting my guard down and creating a better relationship.
Of course because of this endless conversation we had and cause we got super late back home, today I woke up looking like a zombie and only managed to get out of bed by a miracle. But even tired, I would do everything exactly the same, just to be able to spend this time with him.
"Should we wait for the girls?" I question, seeing a board of small toast and various types of sauces and pates being served to us.
“I believe not!” he's the first to take the toast and dip it in a red sauce.
I follow him, quickly taking two and sinking into the same sauce. Tomato and basil. I let out an exclamation when I taste it. I start to eat more, after all, I didn't even have time to have lunch today and I didn't even want to, because I knew I would eat here.
I had invited everyone to come to the opening today, but only Luke, Leah, and Kyleen agreed right away. Calum, Ash and Noah had other commitments and Michael also tried to use this one, but Ashton soon revealed the lie, saying that he was actually going on a date, with that Sophie.
"You didn't have lunch today, did you?" I stop the toast in the air, mouth open, watching Luke look me curious.
“I didn’t have time.” I answer a little embarrassed.
“Well, if we run out of those toast, just ask for more.” he takes one more, sinking now into a green pate. I watch his face, trying to guess what that would be.
“Pesto?” I ask, looking at the pot. Luke denies it. I smell the content not identifying much.
"A bitter taste." he make a face. “No! It's a good bitter.” he adds quickly.
When I least notice, Hemmings and I are playing russian roulette with sauce and pates. We just don't know how to just eat quietly, we have to play.
"Bad?" I ask, watching him close his eyes and wrinkle his nose. Luke nodded, swallowing and eating another toast with the tuna pate, which was what we liked best.
"A taste of… I can't explain it. Eats!” he offers me the toast with the white pate and small green bits.
“No! Don't you know what it is and want to push it to me?” I drop the toast on my plate, wanting distance.
Interrupting our little discussion, Leah and Kyleen arrive.
“Sorry we’re late. There was an accident on the expressway. Have you started eating yet?” Leah glances across the table sulkily.
"M&Ms didn't have lunch." Luke hands it to me. I slap his arm.
“Great, there are two of us.” Kiki smiles, already eating some toast. "What is this one?" she points to the weird pate.
“We haven't eaten yet, but try it there.” Hemmings encourages, surprising me with his performance. I stare at him laughing.
Like Luke, Kiki grimaces, disapproving of the pate. I offer my glass of juice to her, which she drinks in one gulp.
“This is horrible. What is that?” she whispers disgustedly.
Luke steals the menu from the next table, looking for the pate. I squint at the ingredients: ricotta, gorgonzola and pickles. I understand why it's horrible.
It doesn't take long and more stuff arrives at our table. Once again, we started our russian roulette, trying everything out and grading, as if we were at MasterChef. We really don't have maturity for anything.
Looking at the restaurant entrance, I start nudging Luke, flustered, discreetly asking him and the girls to look too. Surprised and excited, we watched Michael approach our table, hand in hand with a girl shorter than him.
“Is it her?” I try to contain my excited voice.
“It's her!” Hemmo confirms.
“Okay! But who is she?” Kyleen asks, lost.
“They met at a game match and now Michael is in love.” I almost run over my words, trying to deliver the information before they arrived.
"I didn't tell you." Luke already takes his off the line.
“Hey!” Michael sighs standing next to the table.
“Hey!” aside from Luke, the girls and I were all smiles.
“This is Sophie! My friend.” Mike introduces. The girl with dark hair and two streaks white, like Narcissa in Harry Potter, smiles shyly.
“Sorry for the delay, we got lost.” her voice is low.
“Actually, I didn't want to come.” Michael doesn't even bother to lie. If it wasn't a public place, I'd throw a shoe on him.
Sophie excuses herself and heads to the bathroom as we pull another table for them. Michael sits across from Luke, leaving Sophie in mine and Leah beside her.
“Please, I'll pay you whatever you want, but don't embarrass me.” Mike begs. “I like her a lot.” he admits it quietly.
"Awn!" me and the girls hold hands, dying of love.
“I hate you.” he declares.
“To show that we are willing to help, do not eat the white pate. It’s not from this world. And not in the good way.” Leah warns him.
Sophie returns to the table, taking a seat across from me. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice how Michael's posture becomes tense. He's so into her. Without needing much, we start a conversation and Sophie slowly walks in, forming a group.
“This gaming field must be shit, right? I mean, for who is a woman, isn't it?” Kyleen asks.
“Yea! No man likes to lose to a woman. They never accept that I play better than they do. Cause of this, when Michael called me, I thought he was going to argue with me.” she gives a shy smile.
"Actually, I was going to ask for my shield back." he gives an ashamed laugh.
"And complain to me how you lost." she completes, making him laugh. The way they look at each other makes my heart melt.
The four of them get carried away on a subject as I approach Luke.
“They're really cute.” I whisper.
"I think we're both a lot cuter." he snaps, smiling. I open a smile, denying the way he's sassy.
“You were not like this.” I comment with a smile. I take my gaze to the hall, finding my mother walking with Mr. Marshall, still arm in arm. "I think they're cuter than us." Luke follows my gaze.
“All right! She's your mother, I'll give you my arm. Do you think they'll be together?”
“I hope!”
“Are you gossiping about Debra?” I am startled by Kyleen approaching me and joining in our conversation.
"What's the gossip with Debra?" Leah already turns her attention to us.
"Is there gossip about Debra?" Michael leans against the table, moving closer.
I look at the curious faces trying to identify how my mom became the subject of the table. If she knows this, she will kill me!
"Don't let her know that." I declare before I lean against the table and tell her about my mother and Mr. Marshall.
Friday
I feel terrible, not only for the cramps and indisposition, but mainly for having to cancel with Luke. I've waited so long for this date and now I'm here, lying on the couch, suffering for being born a woman.
“Here.” Leah hands me a pain killer and a hot water bottle. I lay my head on her lap, wanting to cry. “It's OK.” she repeats calmly as she cuddles me. She knows why. “You can go out next week, he won't change his mind until then.”
“I know he won’t, but…” I catch my throat, not wanting to accept that I would cry about this, but I can't control it, letting a few tears fall. Damn hormones. “I don't know if I can make it another week, I was so excited.” my voice crack it. “Stop laughing!” I scream when I feel her body move.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! But you look so funny like this. Sorry.” she hugs me, holding back her laughter.
Before I can complain, the doorbell rings and I'm grateful that Kiki has finally arrived with food and a lap where I can cry more. Leah runs to open the door and I feel my heartbeat stop for seconds when his voice reaches me. I lift my head, seeing him come in full of bags and a Petunia on a leash.
“What are you doing here?” I quickly dry my face and try to fix my hair. I look awful. Luke looks at me confused and opens his arms, as if the answer is wide open there.
“I came to take care of you, of course.” he laughs. Leah is behind him, smiling like hell.
I sink my face into the pillow, wanting to cry more. I don't deserve him. I don’t deserve. Luke lets go of Petunia, who runs off to try to climb onto the couch and lick me. Leah helps Luke empty the bags in the kitchen.
While they straighten everything out in the kitchen, I go back to tidying up my appearance, trying to look at least presentable.
"I brought some soup that Calum made. Pain killers, sweets and some facial masks, This always helps you relax and get better.” he comes closer and I just want to bury myself. I look awful.
“I can't believe you came here and still brought all this.” my heart melts at the attitude and smile he gives.
"I'm sorry if you thought you were going to get rid of me." he sits beside me with a bowl of soup, pleasant smell by the way. I move closer, almost getting under his arms and snuggling into his chest. However, I still keep a safe distance and control my urges to cling to him.
“Well, since you’re very well cared for and accompanied. I think I'm on my way.” Leah still has the smile. “Get well.” she kisses my cheek. "Anything, call me. And you, take good care of her.” she orders Luke.
“Promise!” he raises his right hand.
Leah left, leaving us alone. Petunia lying on my lap, curious about the hot water bottle. Luke beside me, holding the bowl and spoonful of broth toward me.
"You know you don't have to spoon-feed me, don't you?" I ask before opening my mouth.
"Can you let me take care of you?" he counters, falsely sulking.
“You can, just don't need…”
“Sh-sh! Eat the soup.” he advances another spoonful into my mouth. I roll my eyes, silent.
"Calum who did it?" I ask impressed, after a few spoonfuls.
“He's been taking some cooking lessons, especially now that he's turned vegetarian.”
"You should do it too, to stop making eggs in the microwave." I let a fake smile in the end.
"Worried about me?" he asks smiling.
"Shut up and give me the soup." I ignored him, taking a deep breath and not smiling under his amused gaze.
Between spoonfuls, I play with Petunia, already feeling much better. At least the urge to cry has passed.
"You said you brought candy." I knelt on the couch, watching him carry the bowl of soup to the sink. Luke laughs, grabbing some white and pink boxes from the fridge.
“Yes, I believe sugar can help.” he puts the boxes on the table and pulls Petunia onto the rug. “You don’t!” she barks. “You can’t!” she barks louder. “Hey! Come! I'll give you your food.” I watch her follow him into the kitchen.
I open the first white box seeing a generous piece of Red Velvet. I pick up the fork he brought and already steal a piece. In the second box, I find four cupcakes and four donuts. My eyes widen as I open the third box.
"Did you go to Mr. Marshall's restaurant?" I question shocked.
“Yea! You said you liked his chocolate cake. He made this one especially for you.” I look at the smaller size cake.
“I don't remember him decorating with M&Ms.” I comment, stealing a piece already.
“Oh, I asked him to do it.”
I close my eyes, letting my body react to that information any way it wants to. He asked them to put M&Ms on my cake because he knows I like it.
Luke returns to sit beside me, picking up a white chocolate cupcake. I hold the box of Red Velvet in my lap, recklessly eating the cake.
"Argh! I feel so guilty. I'm going to get fat like this.” I complain, but without stopping eating.
“You are indisposed, you can eat what you want. Tomorrow we worry about our weight.” Luke speaks with his mouth full.
"I thought you didn't like red desserts." I comment, watching him take a full fork of my cake.
“How do you know that?” he looks at me curiously. Then I realize I've been cornered.
“In an interview last year.” then I fill my mouth, making it impossible for me to continue the conversation.
"Are you still googling me?" he puts again that amused/satisfied smile on his face.
“Of course, you were my boyfriend. I need to know what kind of people I'm getting involved with.” I shrug.
“I understood. Well, I really don't like it. I don't understand the need to make it red.”
“It's to be more aesthetically beautiful. It's like wearing makeup. You use it and looks more beautiful, it enhances your beauty.” Luke stares at me, holding back his laughter. I've seen this same expression when I defended my M&M’s organizer.
“Well, I know you're crazy about this cake, so I brought it.” he shrugs, like it's no big deal. But for me it's something. If Luke still has any intentions of winning me back, he's doing great.
“Thanks.” I advance toward him, kissing his cheek in shyly. I notice Luke is ashamed too, but maintains his pose.
After we stuff ourselves with candy. Luke and I were in the bathroom, trying to put on those face masks. At first I thought he brought it just for me, but when I saw him putting it on, I understood that he would participate body and soul in that night with me.
“This isn't right.” he comments still struggling with that piece of material.
"You didn't put it upside down, did you?" I approach trying to help.
“No! The eyes are here. So why don't stay?” I see the mask slip off his face. I hold back a laugh, taking the material from his hands.
"If you take the cape off, it stays." I pull out the plastic that holds the oils and put it on his face.
“Makes more sense.” he comments, watching me massage his face. “I need to shave.” he says as I massage his cheeks.
“No!” the answer comes out faster than I can think.
Luke stares at me in surprise at the revelation. With my hands still on his face, I notice the mood and walk away, drying my hands.
“And now?” I stare at him behind me in the mirror. Luke just raises his hands and shakes his fingers, demonstrating that we're going to get our nails done. The scene itself is so funny it makes me laugh. He's the best boyfriend anyone could have. "I think we'd better wait the twenty minutes for the mask, so as not to blur our work."
“Truth. Let's get back to the series then.” he turns around, his back to me, crouching down a little. I grab his shoulders and push off, climbing on his back. And like this, we go back to the room, on piggyback.
I go back under the covers, grateful that I'm sitting down because my legs are killing me. How can something that stays in the womb fuck my entire body? I shift uncomfortably, not finding a position that would make my legs stop hurting.
“Is it everything OK?” he asks, hitting play on The Office.
“My legs.” I answer softly, lying down on the couch with my head next to him.
“Turn. Put your legs here.” he pats his lap. I roll over on the couch, leaving my legs in his lap, where within seconds Luke starts massaging my legs.
I roll my eyes, feeling my body soften. A moan wants to escape, but I hold it with all the strength in the world, along with the treacherous declaration that explodes in my chest. They were three dangerous words that could mess with him more than anything else.
“You are incredible!” I exchange the words, feeling more secure in that expression. The blonde chuckles, shaking his head as he squeezes my foot.
I can't focus for a minute on TV. The feel of him touching my skin so gently and stiffly steals all my attention. I shift my gaze between him and the screen so I don't get so in the face that I'm staring at him.
After twenty minutes of the mask, we went back to the bathroom, washing our faces and then starting to do our nails. I'm sitting, glued to Luke, my hand propped up on a pillow in his lap as he applies the black nail polish. Once again I shift my gaze between him and the new episode, but I don't care if he catches me staring in the meantime.
"Did we do that a lot?" I inquire softly. Luke doesn't answer me with words, too focused on his work, just nodding his head positively.
“Especially when you were feeling bad, or when I was really tired and stressed out.” he complements after finishing a hand. “Tv shows, candies, beauty treatments and massage. Once you wanted to invent climbing on my back, massaging me with your feet.” he starts to smile, still focused.
“I'm sorry.” I lay my head against his shoulder. Let out a low laugh, focused on him.
“It wasn't one of our best ideas. But I can't deny that it wasn't good.”
"Were you happy with me? I mean, we had a good relationship, didn't we?” I question after a while.
Luke stops and stares at the wall, maybe thinking. I analyze your profile apprehensive about the delay. Then his eyes connect to mine. It's like a screen, I don't need the answer anymore, it's there, explicit in the glow of his eyes.
“Yes. I believe we had a great relationship.” he goes back to painting my nails, putting the last coat on.
“Itn't was those weird, honeyed types, was it?” curiosity takes me more every second. Luke holds back a laugh, denying it.
“No! I tried once, but you hit me with the pillow. But that's not our style either. It's like wanting Leah to be cute.” he shrugs. "Don't let her know that." he looked at me in alarm.
“I won’t! Honestly, I'm glad it's you here.” he stops and looks at me curiously. “You know…not that she's not amazing. Even because she was taking really good care of me, but…” I swallow with his gaze so fixed on me. Oh Lord, where are the words?! “You are you!” I shrug. "Don't let her know that." I ask in an alarmed way, as well as he.
“I'm me?” he turns more to me.
“Yeah!” I take a deep breath, trying to find myself in the mess I decided to make. “You seem to know how to handle this whole situation and cause…" Why is it so hard for me to say that I enjoy his company? “You know…I like being with you.” I whisper, wanting to crumble into thin air and disappear.
I lower my gaze, not holding that moment. I've known Luke for a month. I know that he only has size and age in his identity, that inside he is as child and silly as the guys. But there's something about him, so subtle and unobtrusive, that intimidates me so much.
“I like being with you too… but something tells me you already know.” the playful tone breaks the pit of shame I was in. I open a shy smile, going back to watching him finish painting my nails.
“Can I ask you something?” I question fearfully, after he finishes. Luke nodded. "How was that day? The one from the accident.”
He just stops. His jaw locks and that glint in his eyes fades. He leans back against the sofa, snorting. I feel bad for causing this discomfort. I'm even thinking about withdrawing the question, however, Luke is already starting to speak.
“You had gone to rehearse for Vogue and then we were supposed to go to lunch cause I turned off your alarm, and then you were late and we can't have breakfast together.” he narrates quietly and with a lost look.
"Why did you turned off my alarm?" I frown, confused.
"Cause I thought that way you'd stay home with me." I pick up my lips, pressing them together so I don't laugh at his pout. “Well, I was at the restaurant when it happened. The manager came to me and told me what happened, apparently was already on the news.” he takes a deep breath before continuing. “I was the first to arrive, but you were already in attendance, so I only saw you in your room a couple hours later.”
"The nurse said you slept there." I comment quietly, letting my mind wander to that day. Your cheeks are easily pink.
"I wasn't leaving your side." he answers in the same tone.
“Sorry I got you into this. And for being stupid the first time we met…again.” I add.
“It's OK! I mean, it was kind of good.” I widen my eyes, not understanding. “By making you fall in love with me again, I also ended up falling in love with you all over again.”
My heart races. The revelation takes me by surprise, not giving me time to hide the stupid grin gaping at my face. I roll my eyes, looking at the TV, which is currently playing with Jim asking Pam on a date. Ironically, she had the same stupid smile as mine.
"I never said I'm in love with you." I try to maintain my dignity, or whatever I'm supposed to maintain at a time like this.
“It's just a matter of time.” Out of the corner of my eye, I see him shrug. “You've already admitted that you like being with me. For those who hated me in that hospital, enjoying my presence is already a big step forward.”
I bite my lip, closing my eyes. He can’t be serious.
"I never said I hated you." I look at him, who was focused on the TV.
"And you never said you're not in love with me either." he blinks, smiling in amusement.
“I hate you!” I say loud enough.
“In seventh grade, when a girl said she hated a boy, it's because she liked him.” Luke comments, leaving me speechless, my mouth hanging open. "I will take your silence as a yes."
I kneel down on the couch, taking the pillow from my lap and hitting it. Hemmings starts to laugh as he shields himself from the flurry of beatings I give him. My God, how I hate him.
I return to sit on the couch more relieved, but still with my heart pounding. It's a mixture of very random feelings. I want to hit him at the same time I want to kiss him as I sink his head into the coffee table, telling him how much I like him.
The desire to let these feelings take over me fascinates me. But that's not how I wanted everything to happen between us. Expected to be a little more romantic, with me more tidy and less messy.
"You made me smudge my nail." Finally, I accuse him, sulking.
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She had thought they would make it
It was hard, securing the officers’ reluctant cooperation and trying to make sure they did not back stab her or Master Feemor. None of them were any friendly, but she supposed they were hostages, prisoners, whatever they wanted to call themselves. No one had much choice in the matter. Ahsoka just wished she could make them understand; change their minds. But all were adamant, and their views did not change. The Jedi were traitors, the clones nothing more than just fodder, droids encased in flesh to be used and thrown away.
So, the two of them made routines, spent days on the edge, barely eating anything. They had made it nearly two days and everything seemed at least vaguely fine. She and Master Feemor may have been insanely tired, but they kept going. At the end of this, the both of them would need a long nap after this; after spending so many hours awake and alert.
Even with some of her anxiety with how things had been going, how things had gone and so on and so forth, she had felt plenty of relief too. Because this was happening, and it was happening well. They were saving an entire cruiser of troopers, so many she could free. She hadn’t really had the chance to save her boys in the 501st – aside from her 332nd company – but she could save these boys. They deserved it. They all did.
She had confidence in her reckless on-the-fly plan. It had panned out in a way that was good. It was going well. It may have been last minute and rather hasty, even she knew that, but she had learned from the best. Biting back feelings and memories of Anakin, she tried just to keep moving forward.
Don’t think, just do.
Master Feemor, unfortunately, did not share her confidence and feelings on the matter. He never let it show on his face or in his body language, but Ahsoka could feel his anxiety just barely leaking through his shields in the force. Even though, despite their predicament, things were going well. She had tried to shake off the creeping thoughts that the jedi master didn’t care much about the soldiers.
It wasn’t impossible. It was not very common for any jedi to actually dislike the clones outwardly. Few were neutral about them, while the vast majority cared about them. They weren’t just beings like that a jedi vowed to help and protect, but there was some kind of mutual and parallel understanding and care for one another. It came from some of the similarities of their morals and life philosophies. Some aspects of their cultures could be near intertwined. It came from their comradery, their loyalty and work with one another. Sometimes it felt like they were made for each other
And really there was nothing quite like war to bring two peoples together.
And no war had brought two peoples together like this one with the troopers and the jedi.
She didn’t know Master Feemor’s feelings on the troopers. And she really should not make assumptions.
He was here, wasn’t he?
One of them, between Ahsoka and Master Feemor, was on the bridge at all times to watch the non-clone officers and regulate their communications down to what the two jedi wanted. What Ahsoka wanted. All non-essential personnel from the area were escorted to the brig, which was locked and closed off with a pile of rations to keep them alive. They had forced the bridge itself to send out a specific message to the crew, with a story about what was happening and where they were going.
Whoever was not on the bridge was sneaking around the ship. With the help of the Force and a medical droid, they had saved and de-chipped two medics, Sleep and Stitch Up. Trying to explain what had happened to them and what was currently happening to them was a lot more difficult that Ahsoka thought as she didn’t fully understand it all herself.
But, like the soldiers that they were, they pushed personal feelings aside to continue further and suddenly, Ahsoka had allies she could use. Together, they caught and de-chipped several troopers, hiding them away until the time was right. They tucked themselves out of sight and out of mind, away from suspicious eyes so they would not give their free will back. The system was slow, but Ahsoka’s confidence continued to rise as time went on. The bridge natborns were currently mostly cooperative and the vessel was full speed to Kamino. They would make it and reunite with the others. They could be de-chipped and freed. She could save them.
She could do this.
She and Skyguy had done way more dangerous and reckless things and plans than this.
They could make it.
***
They did not make it.
Looking back, Feemor had probably knew things would not end as smoothly and successfully as Ahsoka had intended. He tried, though. He kept mentioning holes in her plans, things she could at least attempt to fix and even offered patches to them. He tried not to infuriate her, to his credit. He had a quiet and friendly tone and his patience reminded her of Master Obi-Wan. As she tried to patch holes and plans, it became clear he was willing to die for her or her plan, if it had come to it, if it had been necessary. The terrifying thought, it had virtually come to that.
She just seemed to have forgotten how sneaky and manipulative officers could be.
***
Ahsoka would see the footage later. She would obsess over it, watching it over and over and over again until it was engrained so deeply in her mind that she could never forget it. She would remember the soft click of a lock and the whoosh of the sliding door, and a force moving so quickly a defense was near impossible.
She hadn’t been anywhere nearby. She hadn’t known how the officers got the word out to the bridge, how they had gotten help from others.
Master Feemor was on the bridge when they came in, a number of several officers, accompanied by two clone troopers. Everything had moved so fast that Master Feemor’s saber had only gotten through two of them before they got too close for his saber to be a defense and he was overwhelmed by everyone around him. She would remember the sad, resigned look on his face as they came at all sides, fitting in any blows they could to his body.
She would remember how they left him, bloody and bruised, with darkening skin from popped blood vessels and at least one broken bone.
She would remember the two clones who wouldn’t - couldn’t - stop beating him, long after the Jedi was defeated and on the ground. Long after he was incapacitated. They would kill him, as their orders demanded. She would remember the blaster shots ringing through the recording that traveled through each of the clone’s heads. Shot by a bridge officer, one who was given a gun by another newcomer that had come in with them. The way Master Feemor’s already bruised and bloodied torso jerked in shock, startled, and the dullness of his face as he stared at the now deceased troopers fallen before him, glassy eyed and skin ashen.
The officer had grinned and sneered, mustering all of his distain and disgust for both the Jedi and the clone troopers with his next words. “You should thank me, master Jedi,” he sneered. “I just saved your life from those drones.”
She would remember Master Feemor’s grief eventually, with some other form of determination and something else; a resignation of what he believed to be his demise. She would eventually be able to understand why he thought that.
“They were men,” he replied, quiet and grieving but still a type of strong and resolute. “I am fairly certain you will regret that.”
The half a dozen troopers she had freed listened closely as the captain of the vessel made an announcement, demanding Ahsoka’s surrender. To give herself up or he would execute master Feemor.
The officer made one mistake. He gave her time.
***
She had already locked on to Kamino’s coordinates; the captain of the ship could not change them. It was clear he was in charge, but she vowed not for long. She would take control again. All the officers could do was continue as the ship had kept through hyperspace towards the watery and stormy planet.
But they wouldn’t get there in time.
She kept the medics, Sleep and Stitch Up collecting and de-chipping brothers discreetly, while she requested others to tweak the hyperdrive. She knew the risks, making those specifications and changes to the machinery. It could move them significantly faster, but it burned fuel and parts at a rate where there was a chance of explosion.
They still didn’t question her and carried out her orders.
To them, she was a jedi, she saved them, they could trust her.
If it worked, they would all get to Kamino quickly enough to rendezvous with the rest of the fleet. And if they did, they could get help.
Flanked by two troopers, Ahsoka tried to formulate a plan. She could create a distraction while the other two could go and get Master Feemor, who had been moved to brig, awaiting execution.
“We cannot do this without him,” Ahsoka confessed.
In truth, she didn’t want to do this without him. He was Master Obi-Wan’s brother and honestly, she had a feeling he didn’t know about this one. Her grand master would want to get to know him, she was fairly certain.
They believed her.
Creating a distraction, in and of itself, was not difficult. She just happened to be in some other area of the ship, as massive as it was, and her presence was rather alluring and tempting. She couldn’t blend into the human officers and clone troopers like others possibly could. While the bridge officers scrambled to get a hold of someone in the area to arrest her, she would swiftly move just enough. Her partners, Reject and Smackdown, had quietly made their way into the brig. It wasn’t quite as guarded as they had been expecting, as Reject would tell her later, but perhaps it had something to do with the captain’s confidence in his retaking of the ship. Their confidence after killing their jedi general, the type of people some often saw as unkillable. Or, rather, watching the clones, sentient beings, become so easily brainwashed and forced to kill the jedi.
Master Feemor hadn’t been in good shape but after quick look over from Stitch Up and a stim, he was at the very least, conscious and mobile.
Ahsoka continued to lead the officers and others on a wild gundark chase.
Things had been looking up, she thought. She believed they could make it. They were almost there. Any minute and they would drop into the safety of Kaminoan space, controlled by jedi and clones. She nearly made it back to Master Feemor, making absolute fools out of the bridge officers and everyone involved.
Then, once again, things went wrong.
Her luck ran out.
(Her Skywalker luck)
There were consequences.
The hyperdrive had been pushed too much too far and it was overheating. A small explosion had already occurred, and the heat was already sweltering through the halls. Master Feemor, Reject and Smackdown were already in the engine room, trying so hard to fix what could not be fixed, when Ahsoka finally made it to them.
The heat and sparking engine had done damage. The jedi and clone duo were kneeling next to a slowly dying trooper as she ran in. His armor was cracked with fissures, other parts literally melted into his skin. His helmet had exploded, and his face covered in still smoking and searing burns.
He was dying.
And there was no saving him.
It was only moments now.
The hyperdrive would explode once they left hyperspace. It was over. There was nothing left to do.
“I can push the explosion out,” Master Feemor had said, his voice quiet and continually resigned, his presence calming into something of peace, of some acceptance. Ahsoka wondered if this what being a jedi was, just dying for people. It seemed rather similar to how many of the clones felt about themselves. “I’m rather good at it. When it goes off, I can push it away from the ship and you will have a chance to escape,” he explained.
“That will kill you.”
He shrugged. “Very possibly. But it is my duty as a jedi. If I have to die to help others, then my life is a gift I willingly give,” he continued, his presence relaxed and ready.
This was not how Ahsoka thought it would go. This was not how she wanted it to go.
She was supposed to save their lives. Not lead them to death.
“Don’t get me wrong, parts of the ship will explode and fail, there is nothing I can do about that,” Master Feemor added with a frown as he tried to urge them further away, away from what would happen, whether it would save them or not. He was trying and in that moment, the only thing she could think of was that she wanted Master Obi-Wan to meet this man, this person who was supposed to be his brother. It was an odd thought to have in their current and rather dire situation. But it was the one that she was having and she couldn’t quite stop it. “But if you time it right and get out of here, get help quickly, many can still be saved.”
Ahsoka wanted to argue but one look at him and she knew. There was nothing to say.
Reject and Smackdown volunteered to stay. Master Feemor would argue but they would be adamant. They would stay to hep in any way they could. To give what they could. It appeared they rather liked him.
She would never see Smackdown again. Later, she would be told he nearly disintegrated completely, but Master Feemor would give him some peace and solace in his last moments before the fires consumed him. Reject would lose his left arm as well as half his sight.
Ahsoka, at some point, didn’t know if Master Feemor would survive, even after she found out he was still breathing.
He had saved so many lives.
She had doomed so many others.
Still, so many had died in the ensuing explosion, no matter how much Master Feemor had done to redirect it. There was still damage. And the officers still controlled the bridge.
Once they had left hyperspace, into Kamino territory, near surrounded by ships that Ahsoka knew were jedi and troopers, the bridge officers had frantically fired upon the nearest venator they had seen. To harm? To get attention? She didn’t really know but she didn’t think she could bring herself to care in that moment.
So many were dead.
“I’m not entirely sure what happened after that,” Ahsoka confessed. Master Obi-Wan had taken her to the nearest free room, none of the medical ones, as they were piling up with injured and dying troopers from the ship she had tried so desperately and recklessly to save. Accompanying him had been Master Vos and an abnormally large clone captain she didn’t recognize, radiating a twinge of anger. His shields were good. She did not want to have a peek under them.
Master Vos tried to look over her injuries, but she did not make it easy on him.
“Suddenly, it was like the troopers were on the ground, some injured, other stunned and different troops flooded in,” she explained, rubbing her arms in some form of a comforting gesture. Master Obi-Wan stood next to her, as if he moved any further away, she would disappear from his sight forever. “They escorted me to this medical ship and here I am.”
Master Obi-Wan had hugged her so tight she felt like she couldn’t breathe when they had reunited. He was so happy she was alive and so worried and scared and sad and grieving and there was such a myriad of emotions that she had barely the faintest touch of before he slammed them down behind impenetrable shields.
He was fighting a sigh now, as her story came to a close, she could see it. He ran a hand through his beard as he tried to think of something to speak, his eyes full of even more grief and sadness. He didn’t want to say what she knew he was going to say but for him, it had to be said. “That was reckless,” he croaked out. “You should not have done that, Ahsoka,” he confessed. “But-.”
She didn’t let him finish. All she could feel was defensiveness coming to her aid. “I couldn’t just abandon them,” she defended hotly, her cynical and unapologetic comeback burning in as her shoulders bristled. She had done the right thing. She had to have done the right thing. They were brainwashed. She wanted to help them.
He looked sympathetic, like he understood her plight. Did he? She wasn’t certain. She couldn’t quite calm her mind to think straight. “No one is abandoning them,” he insisted, calm and steady. How could he possibly be like this? She had a hard time believing him and it was quite clear. How could he say that when so many troops were under the influence of brainwashing and mind control? The 501st was decimated with it, trapped in the oppressive regime of the new Empire, under the horrible rule of a Sith master. Just because their chips were already activated, and they could not be warned meant they were meant as some kind of necessary sacrifice?
“That is what it looks like to me.” She snapped. She nearly winced at her tone. It was cruel and she knew it. Master Obi-Wan took it in stride, however, and did not show his pain at it.
“We need a plan,” Master Vos said instead, just as steady. “We don’t have the strength, or the numbers or the strategy to currently take over everything and everyone with activated chips.”
“What did you do anyways?” the captain asked, crossing his arms over his broad chest. He looked at her expectantly, his gaze scrutinizing her. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see some hand signs from Master Obi-Wan, no doubt directed towards him. So, they knew each other, interest. The captain kept going despite it. “What plan, what strategy did you have?”
Ahsoka just narrowed her eyes, gaze flickering. “Who are you?”
“This is Captain Alpha-17,” Obi-Wan introduced, a bit uneasily, his hands moving to try to subside his awkwardness. He was still standing close to her but shifted to be a bit between the two of them. Glancing over at the captain, he kept going. “Seven, this is…this is my grand padawan, Ahsoka Tano.”
It was the captain’s turn to narrow his eyes, suspicion and caginess overflowing in a way that almost made her feel offended. He did not trust her but on the other hand, she was fairly certain this man didn’t really trust anyone. She wondered what Master Obi-Wan had done to earn his loyalty. It didn’t seem like something that he handed out readily or easily. “They left the Skywalker traitor have a child?” he scoffed.
Ahsoka bristled, her shoulders and montrals shivering in aggression. She couldn’t help but come to her former master’s defense, it was practically instinctual. So many people, usually non jedi, had been surprised that Anakin had a padawan and often questioned his ability. “He was a great master.”
“He is a traitor,” Alpha-17 insisted. “And a murderer. But we are not here to argue with you.”
“Why are you here?”
“Ahsoka,” Master Obi-Wan warned, quietly, interrupting the match of strength and stubbornness. He kept his voice level, not showing whichever side he took, if he had one at all. He continued, patient and gentle. “I would like you to head to the medical bay, either here or on my ship. Any ship really, to get checked out.”
“I’m not injured.”
“Nonetheless,” he cleared his throat and continued, keeping his gaze on her and her alone. She had his full attention at the moment. “A medic will be the judge of that. And I would appreciate it.”
“I’m not a Jedi anymore.”
It sounded cruel, saying it out loud because they knew what it meant. He had no authority over her. He didn’t matter. His opinion didn’t matter. She inwardly winced at the statement. She didn’t intend on pushing him away; she didn’t really want him to go either. Or stop caring.
“Ahsoka,” Master Obi-Wan’s voice raised just a bit, a tone she had rarely heard from him. Something unyielding and unable to be challenged. She would not win this argument and she knew it. Her posture inevitably portrayed it as her shoulders slumped in defeat.
“I can bring her,” Master Vos offered, cutting in carefully as he stepped in closer as he spoke. “If the ship Ahsoka brought got a signal out, the Empire may come quicker. We should get moving as quick as we can. They’ll need you to help coordinate.”
Obi-Wan nodded and she thought she could just barely feel the relief in that. Master Vos was one of his friends, although Ahsoka herself had never actually seen it in action. She didn’t think those two would get along, like, ever. But everyone in the Temple had known them to be close friends. A few had even said they had been as thick as thieves. It was hard to believe. “Agreed. Thank you, Quinlan. The Captain and I will regroup with Master Drallig and Master Shaak Ti and find out our earliest time of departure.”
The three adults nodded and departed, once again leaving the office vacant and deserted. She followed Master Vos dutifully while the burly captain followed Master Obi-Wan, nearly right at his side.
A side that should have been held by Anakin.
Or, at the very least, Commander Cody instead.
She would have to look into this captain guy. Maybe Rex knew him.
“Is Rex around?” she asked suddenly as she caught up with Master Vos again.
“He’s on the Vigilance with Commander Cody, I imagine,” Master Vos replied, calmly. “He has been helping Obi-Wan and Commander Cody out with preparations and work and research.”
“I know you think I did the wrong thing.”
Master Vos shrugged. “I did the same thing.”
She perked. “What?”
“I took over a cruiser on my way off of Coruscant. Of course, I did it drastically different than you, but I have the training and I had some time to do a little preparing. I also took over one that wasn’t activated yet, this medical ship, actually,” he explained vaguely. Ahsoka stared at him. He did…he did the same thing? Master Vos hadn’t had a clone attachment until well into the war, after some sort of weird mission that turned out horribly. She didn’t really know what it was, but it had made Master Obi-Wan quite concerned for a while. “Your heart was in the right place, Ahsoka. But you can’t just keep jumping into these types of things. You are at a very emotional point of your life, going through a very emotional and crazy situation. There are consequences to the things you do and, as specially as the people we are, we need to understand the consequences, both good and bad of our actions.”
“I wasn’t thinking,” she admitted.
“I know you care about your former master,” he said, carefully. “And it seems a bit like a type of thing he would think about doing. You’re not Skywalker, kiddo. And even if you were, that doesn’t mean not thinking either. It was what made him and Obi-Wan such a good team. Skywalker wasn’t afraid to jump in and get dirty, to move and get things done while Obi-Wan actually thought things through, thought of the consequences of each of the actions they would take. They balanced one another out.”
“And look how that turned out,” Ahsoka muttered bitterly.
They reached the hanger and Master Vos, rather politely, asked for a ship. Within minutes, they were in space. He opened the view port and showed her the fleet, readying to leave. “Look out there, Ahsoka. What do you see?”
“A lot of ships,” she said. And it was, so many.
He nodded. “Yes, but look further. Those are survivors, they are refugees now. And they will be hunted down by the Empire. We, as jedi, survived. Not all of us, but some of us and what is the first thing we did?”
“Flee.”
Master Vos chuckled, a light but also a bit hollow. “Yes. But, what else? We went to Kamino, a place where the Empire is getting their soldiers. The first thing we did, aside from escape the planet, was to come here, to get others. Do you know how many troopers have been saved from the brainwashing of the Empire?”
She wasn’t thinking in his terms, she would realize later. “I don’t know, maybe a couple hundred? Master Obi-Wan’s 212th, a couple from the siege back at the Temple.”
“Way, way, way more than that,” he pointed out. He had looked into a few things, had been given a briefing on what had happened with the jedi and the clones on planet. He had found the briefing rather amusing, in all honesty, at least vaguely in the terms of Captain Alpha-17 and Commander’s Colt mutiny. “We have brought together thousands of cadets, children and babies from the planet of Kamino. They are all coming with us. Obi-Wan called a buddy of his, Alpha-17, to warn him about the Empire and guess what he did? He was told a thought about investigating these chips and what he seemed to hear was just to…. go to war,” Master Vos explained with a bit of a goofy, lopsided grin. “He literally committed mutiny and for that, all of the kids on this planet will be saved from being brainwashed from the Empire.”
She hadn’t thought about it like that. And now, here she was, having brought not only chipped brothers into the fray of their already terrified and quick evacuation, but she also could have brought the Empire down on their heads.
“It isn’t all of them, we won’t save all of them, just like we weren’t able to save all the jedi,” Master Vos continued, keeping his tone rather soft. “But we will save as many as we can. I know patience doesn’t seem like the thing to do at the moment, not with what is happening, but it is all we can do at the moment.”
She sighed and the pilot called out their destination. Master Obi-Wan’s ship.
“Thought you might want to stay close with Obi-Wan,” he hummed as they landed.
“This is all so messed up,” she mumbled.
They were rather quiet as they walked through the halls towards the medical bay. It wasn’t crowded, not like the medical cruiser that was housing so many wounded and dying. But there were plenty in there, most of them lightly injured or going through surgery. She imagined it was the de-chipping process. Even if they came out with another solution, it was better safe than sorry with the methods they had at their disposal.
“Is there anyone available?” Master Vos called out.
A trooper came out from the room, grumbling under his breath. He looked up and visibly brightened, just a bit with some kind of relief at the sight of them. “Ahsoka Tano, it is very good to see you alive. We were a little worried.”
She tried to smile back. “Hello, Helix. We are sorry to bother you.”
“Ahsoka needs a workup, she was on the ship that came in,” Master Vos said.
Helix blinked. “I heard about that. Of course, of course. Come back here. I can take a break from surgeries for a bit.”
“Thanks, Helix,” Ahsoka mumbled and followed him into the other room.
“No worries kiddo, it’s good to see you again,” he said, as Master Vos watched them disappear. “General Kenobi has been rather worried about you. Then again, that’s kind of how he is, always worried.”
She hummed.
“I won’t talk about Skywalker,” he added carefully. “But maybe you should visit the 501st survivors, I think they would like to see you.”
“Maybe that would be a good idea.”
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omigiry · 4 years
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“𝗡𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗔𝘄𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝘆”
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synopsis: reader and Tsukishima likes each other but is too nervous and awkward to even talk to each other.
POV: Third Person (she/her)
notes: 
mutual pinning
Yachi and Yamaguchi enjoys teasing Tsukishima
Pure fluff.
ry’s notes: I feel like Tsukishima is shy towards the person he likes, but that doesn’t stop him from being snarky towards his friends. I hope you enjooyy ~~ thank you for reading!  ♥ ♥ ♥
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Students hurry off to take their seats as the professor enters the room. While the professor prepares his materials, (y/n) glanced towards the other side of the room where Tsukishima is sitting. He was scrolling through his phone. She would always steal glances at him during the subjects they shared together. At first she really doesn’t care about other people from her class aside from her friends who take it with her. Then she started noticing him as time passed by. He would always sit at the same spot and before students started filling the classroom, he was already there. She thought that he doesn’t have any friends for this class, but it seems like he was just early.
The more she notices him, the more she starts catching feelings.
Sometimes she would find herself looking for him in the hallways of the campus too. Hoping that she would catch a glance at him during the days when they don’t share a subject together. There are moments that they would meet eyes but she would quickly avert her gaze, pretending that she’s looking elsewhere. She wonders if he noticed that she was looking at him for a while now.
She’s usually fine when someone approaches her, but when he does, it’s like her brain short circuited.
There was one time that he was asking if he could borrow some notes from the lecture to take a picture of it, she looked normal on the outside but she was a mess inside her head. When they get paired up for an activity she would always ramble her ideas about it and couldn’t stop talking about the said activity, just to avoid the awkward silence she was feeling, to the point Tsukishima would stop her. She would internally facepalm herself for being such a talker.
They never exchanged other conversations aside from school related works.
Tsukishima would always give her side glances. Sometimes he forgets about the time and he would miss a slide their professor was discussing. He had observed how she easily gets distracted and starts doodling on the side of her notebook or would start playing with her pen. When the lecture would really get boring, he would see her scrolling through her phone discreetly. It amuses him to see those habits she had during lectures.
After class ends, he approaches her and asks for notes on the topic he missed because he ends up looking at her. It was the only way he could think of to talk to her, even if it’s only a minute. He would purposely scan through the notes and take pictures in a slow manner just to stay with her for a little longer.
He didn’t know when it started, but he was growing fond of her. He would hide his blush whenever she catches his eyes. He wasn’t one to tell someone about a girl that he likes, but his friends catch on quickly. Especially when his eyes wander in the hallways to look for a certain someone.
“Who are you looking for?” Yamaguchi asked and was also scanning the crowd to see if there’s someone they know among them. When he looked at Tsukishima, he wasn’t even paying attention to the question he asked. “Tsukki?” He tried again, and this time Tsukishima’s head whipped in his direction.
“Did you say something?”
“I said, who are you looking for?”
Tsukishima cleared his throat. “It’s nothing.”
Yamaguchi wasn’t satisfied with his response, he knew that there’s something was up with Tsukishima and he wanted to find out about it. He let it slide this time, but he was going to tell this to Yachi.
When Tsukishima was in class, Yachi and Yamaguchi were at the cafeteria.
“There’s something odd with Tsukki.” Yamaguchi started. “He keeps searching for someone when we’re in the hallways.”
Yachi was quick to catch on, and she speculated that their friend likes someone. Knowing Tsukki, he usually just looks at where he is going and not for someone. “Maybe, he likes someone?” She added a little bit of uncertainty since there was still no supporting evidence for her claim.
“Maybe.” Yamaguchi gave some thought to it, Tsukishima has always been so secretive with his emotions. Rarely showing any of it, he would always keep his cool and would stay composed most of the time. “Wanna spy on him?” He suggested.
“How? Some of our schedules overlap with each other.”
“Dang it.” Yamaguchi slightly frowned at his failed plan. “Then, let’s just ask him until he tells us something.”
“That’s better.” Yachi agreed and suggested a place to meet and they have agreed to meet at the coming weekend.
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“What’s the occasion this time?” Tsukishima asked, eyeing suspiciously and the two who dragged him out during the weekend.
“What? We couldn’t hang out during the weekends, like normal college students? Besides it’s the holiday, so we don’t have any classes.” Yamaguchi said.
“Normal college students would rather stay at home and sleep.” They ignored his comment, and they proceeded to enter the cafe.
After they ordered and found a place to sit, Yamaguchi immediately said, “So, who is it?”
“Who is what?” Tsukishima asked.
“Don’t give us that reply, Tsukki. Who’s the girl?”
“There is no girl.” He firmly claimed and as he said that as if everything was against him when a certain someone entered the cafe as well. He rested his chin on his palm to try and hide his expression.
“Oohh?” Yachi said in a teasing tone. “Are we suddenly flustered? Tadashi, why are we suddenly flustered?” They didn’t see (y/n) enter the cafe, and Tsuki couldn’t be more thankful. He wished that they wouldn’t sit near them, or approach them, or even notice them.
Of course not everything will go to what he wanted.
“Yachi?” (y/n)’s friend said, they were by the counter waiting for their drinks, and where they were sitting was near the counter.
Yachi turned around and greeted (y/n)’s friend. They were in the same department and the same year, they shared a lot of class together and became friends.
“By the way, this is (name).” Tsukishima avoided her gaze and just pretended that he was typing on his phone and hopefully no one of them notices that his phone was turned off.
“Tsukishima?” (y/n) said when she finally noticed him. She didn’t notice him at first since he was quiet and was bowing his head. When she realized who it was, there were certainly knots on her stomach.
He lifted his head and said a hello to her, he wasn’t prepared for this.
Yamaguchi mouthed an ‘ooohh’ and as if a light bulb had lit on the top of his head, he realized what was the reason behind Tsukishima’s flustered expression. He nudged Yachi and sent a message with his eyes expecting that she would catch on quickly.
“You could sit with us, if you don’t have anything else to do.” Yachi invited them, they were sitting at a table good for six after all.
Tsukishima glared at the two and that was the biggest hint for them.
“So, (y/n), how’d you know our friend Tsukki here?” Yamaguchi started. An amused smile forming on his lips.
“We share a class together, he would borrow notes from me at the end of classes.”
This was new information for Yachi and Yamaguchi. The Tsukishima they know, never borrowed any notes from someone and would always be the one who had complete notes even though it wasn’t organized.
“Really?” Yachi feigned innocence and sarcasm lacing on her voice as she turned towards Tsukishima.
“What? The professor’s voice was basically a lullaby and I would distract myself to stay awake.” He gave an excuse. Distracted by the girl sitting cross from me right now.
“What are your plans for today by the way?” Yachi asked. She changed the subject now that she has enough proof as of the moment.
“We’re gonna catch a movie. There’s still about 20 more minutes before it begins.”
Yachi and Yamaguchi were the one who kept the conversation going. Asking questions towards (y/n) from time to time, and Tsukishima would just listen. Noting the important things about (y/n) that they have talked about. Like what her major was, her schedule (because Yachi wanted to spend more time with her and they both have mutual friends), the place she usually hangs during vacant or free periods. Sometimes Tsukishima would join the conversation when he was being mentioned.
(y/n) was thankful towards Yachi to ease up some of her nervousness she was feeling, she was hoping that she would get the chance to talk to Tsukishima, but he would only nod or agree at some things. He would only say a few words in their conversations. She couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, thinking that maybe Tsukishima wasn’t really interested at all.
When (y/n) and her friend said goodbye and went to the cinema, Yachi and Yamaguchi turned towards Tsukishima with a grin so wide it could reach their ears.
“Soooo… (y/n) huh.”
“Shut up, Tadashi.”
“Oh no no, Tsukki. This is certainly entertaining to see.”
Knowing that they wouldn’t give this up any time soon, Tsukishima sighed in defeat and admitted that he likes her.
“Could you repeat that again?”
“I like her, okay?”
After being truthful about his feelings to his friends, they would occasionally invite (y/n) to hang out along with (y/n)’s friend. Tsukishima was internally dying, but it did help him get closer to her.
Then he noticed another side of her. He noticed that she was more energetic if he wasn’t around, when he is she’s timid. Is she uncomfortable around me? When that thought came to mind, he felt like all hope was lost. If she is, then there’s absolutely no chance for a relationship to happen.
They didn’t hang-out without their newly formed friend group. As they got to be with each other more, his feelings for her had grown deeper and she has settled in his heart.
Yamaguchi and Yachi notice that Tsukishima and (y/n) mutually like each other. Yachi notices how (y/n) would always avoid eye contact with Tsukishima and the way a light blush forms on her cheek. Everytime that they would hang out, (y/n) was always timid and nervous around Tsukishima.
Yachi decides to ask her. If her speculations are true once again, Yamaguchi and Yachi will play cupid for their friends. Because they couldn’t do it without a little push.
“So, do you like Tsukishima?” Yachi asks when they were having an all girls hang-out. (y/n) choked on her milk tea at the sudden question, she was having a coughing fit for being flustered.
“You do!” Yachi clasped her hands together at the reaction she received.
“I don’t” (y/n) defended.
“You can’t fool me. The blush on your face says so otherwise!” (y/n)’s face got even more heated. She’s now aware that she couldn’t make up an excuse.
“You’re not saying no.” Yachi teased more. (y/n)’s friend was also teasing her and asking what she liked about Tsukishima and when did it start.
“A few months ago.” (y/n) mumbled under her breath as she avoided making eye contact.
“Oh, honey. You got it bad, just talking about him makes you shy and nervous that you can’t even look us in the eye.” (y/n)’s friend said.
Now that Yachi has confirmed it, she moves to her next plan. She messaged Yamaguchi that they would plan to watch a movie together and would ditch Tsukishima and (y/n) so they could have their moment. “Our shy little babies need to take a step further. Or else I would be the one to tell them to their face that they like each other.” Was Yachi’s last message to Yamaguchi.
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“Why aren’t they here yet?” (y/n) asked Tsukishima, they have been waiting for about 10 minutes in front of the cinema. Tsukishima was calling Yamaguchi but he wasn’t answering and (y/n) messaged their group chat. After a minute, they all replied that they suddenly couldn’t make it.
“Uhh, Tsukishima?” (y/n) called out and tapped him so he could turn in her direction.
Tsukishima turned to her with his phone still in his ear as he still tries to call Yamaguchi. (y/n) showed their replies in the group chat and Tsukishima’s eyebrows raised then furrowed. “Give me a minute.” He said to her.
Tsukishima: If you don’t pick up your phone, you’re going to regret it.
Yamaguchi: Sorry, Tsukki. Enjoy your date! Don’t mess up!
“If you don’t want to, we could just go home.” (y/n) suggested. Though this was unplanned, Tsukishima still had the opportunity to be with her alone like how he wanted to for so long.
“We’re already here. I don’t mind, it would be a waste if we went home.”
In the end they decided to watch the movie. The air around them was really awkward and no one was saying anything. Tsukishima offered to buy them some drinks. (y/n) waited for him as she had an internal battle with herself. You got to say something, he might think you don’t want to be with him.
Tsukishima handed her drink, she took a sip as her throat felt dry due to their close proximity. You’re a college student now, why are you suddenly acting up like a high schooler? She scolded herself. “Thanks, by the way.” She said.
“It’s no problem.” There was still a few minutes left before they could enter the cinema, but they couldn’t think of any topic to talk about. “So.” Tsukishima tried to break the silence. (y/n) fiddles with her straw and she turns in his direction but still couldn’t look at him. Tsukishima felt uneasy about how she acts around him. “Are you uncomfortable being with me?” He asked her directly, he didn’t mean to but he wanted to know.
At his question her eyes widened in surprise and she trips over her words. “No, it’s not like that, I just. I’m just not used to us being alone. But I’m not uncomfortable being with you.”
“That’s good then.” Tsukishima quietly said, which she didn’t hear. “I’m also not used to things like this, but I enjoy being with you.” He said, trying to ease up the awkwardness surrounding them.
They both gradually got accustomed to each other and were exchanging a few conversations. After watching the movie, (name) couldn’t help but voice her thought process about the movie, the parts she liked and the parts she didn’t. Tsukishima was looking at her amusedly as she rambled on.
“Sorry, I rambled on.”
“It’s okay, your point of view is really interesting.”
Tsukishima asked if she wanted to grab something to eat, he wanted her to enjoy the day. It’s not yet an official date, but now he was certain that he wanted more of this. They ate at a fast food joint and they were now talking comfortably with each other.
“Thank you for taking me home.”
“You’re welcome. I really enjoyed today.”
“Me too.”
“If you would like to, we can do this again. Just the two of us.” With his reply, (y/n) was a blushing mess again.
“Like a date?” She fidgets with her fingers and her heart is hammering in her chest as she waits for his response.
“Yes, a date.”
(y/n) smiled shyly and said, “I would love to.” Tsukishima smiled in return.
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