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universalitgirlsblog2 · 4 months

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🎀📖STUDYING TIPS FROM STRAIGHT-A STUDENT📖🎀

(1) Passionate about Learning

If we look at Hermione or Rory , they had a burning passion for learning. They were full of curiosity. They didn't just study for good grades , they studied because they were passionate to learn. They read alot of books. Ngl Reading is therapeutic . Hermione always went into detail , she read alot of books about the topics she was studying. There is a reason behind her being a " know it all " .

(2) Rely on Understanding , not rote learning

I was one of those who would study at last moment and rely on rote learning, I would still get good grades . But gradually I realized , studying at last moment is wrong and it makes education unworthy. After the exam , I would forget everything. Sometimes rote learning won't help too. Rely on understanding the concepts. Ofc there will be some topics that are just meant for memorization. When you come back from school , you should revise everything. It will makes things much easier for you.

(3) Be Disciplined and Dedicated

The best form of self love is discipline. Don't procrastinate. Procrastination is the cost of life you could have lived. Be mindful and prioritize your tasks. Start taking responsibility. You owe yourself to be disciplined and dedicated.

(4) Prioritize Education

Education is the most powerful weapon. Being educated and Intelligent is HOT ! HARD WORK WILL NEVER BETRAY YOU. Books are your best friends. When I had my exams or when I was in 10th grade, we had board exams . I studied really hard. It was lockdown but exams were still offline ( lol ). I cut off toxic people or anything which drained me or made me feel bad. I prioritized myself and my education. I used social media for 30 minutes only and I would watch content which made me feel motivated or good about myself. I unfollowed everything which made me feel bad. Did I regret it ? NO ! I GOT 98%. I strongly believe in manifestation too ( that's why this account exists ) so I affirmed for good grades too.

(5)Less Social Media or N🚫 Social media at all.

Alot of my classmates who are also exceptional at studying . Some of them joined Social media very late and some of them still don't use Social media. I joined Social media in Grade 9 but these days I try to use it as less as possible. This can be different for everyone. Maybe you use Social media in a healthy way and get good grades. For me , Social media can be draining sometimes so I use it less whenever I need to focus on myself. I was thinking to deactivate my account or take a break 😅. Most of the posts you see are scheduled btw, including this one .

(6)Find your WHY

Why are you studying ? What is your reason ? Is it because you want to make your parents proud ? Is it because you love learning ? Is it because you want to prove others wrong ? It is very important to have a reason for studying. Maybe connect your goals to studying. Let's say you want to become a dentist , now you can't become a dentist without studying ,right ?

(7) Find a Role Model

If you can't find your WHY yet , it's okay. Try to find a role model. It can be any real life person or a fictional character. It can be ANYONE ! My role models are Hermione and Elle Woods. You can put your role model Keychain on your pouch , stick their posters etc so whenever you look at it , you gain motivation to give your best. Again , it's okay if you can't find a role model . Become your own role model If you can't find any role model 😉

(8) Don't let Past intervene

It's okay if you weren't a good student from start . According to manifestation, you can revise being one too ! You can still change yourself and become a good student . You can prove all those people wrong by becoming a good student. Once a wise man said , don't let your past blackmail your present to ruin a beautiful future.

(9) Believe in Yourself & Be confident

Harry potter once said " Working hard is important but there's something which matters even more ; Believing in yourself " . Even if you aren't a potterhead , you should listen to Harry Potter. Another example can be Elle Woods , she believed in herself when no one did. She showed us the power of self belief. Be confident in yourself.

(10) Be attentive and Regular

You must be attentive in class. Participate in class and don't hesitate . I can understand if you can't participate in class because you feel shy ( I used to be like that ) but the more you push yourself to participate, the less you will hesitate. Gradually , you will feel confident too. Like Thewizardliz said , sometimes you need to get uncomfortable to get comfortable. Be a good listener.Also , be regular in your classes. If you aren't able to be regular, study at home. Some of my friends weren't able to be regular in school because of personal reasons but they studied at home . They didn't waste their time in unproductive stuff. Sometimes I was also not able to be regular at school but I studied at home and took breaks in between.

(11) Study From Youtube

I don't know if it's just me but youtube teachers can make the most complicated topics so simple. They explain everything in detail. Youtube teachers can be more helpful than school teachers tbh 😀. Self Study is important.

(12) Take care of Your Mental health.

It can be very hard to study with bad mental health. I tend to take care of my mental health. Stress can be the biggest distraction sometimes. So take care of your physical and mental health. Journal. Meditate. Take a break from social media if you need to. Use affirmations.Dance. Exercise. Read.Paint . Sleep. Whatever makes you feel better. Poor mental health can also interfere with your attention span so please take care of your mental health. Don't take it for granted 😃.

Short and simple tips

- Value your time. Time is money

- Self study is very beneficial

- Be organized

- Avoid Drama

- I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOUR TODAY IS , YOUR NOW IS .STUDY HARD . WORK HARD.PLAY HARDER. DON'T BE BOUND BY RULES. DON'T HURT ANYBODY AND NEVER EVER LIVE SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM. REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES YOU GO WRONG, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAIL , DESPAIR, FEEL LIKE THIS WORLD IS AGAINST YOU . IN THE WORDS OF BOB MARLEY , AT THE END EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT . - SHAH RUKH KHAN aka SRK👑

🎀📖These are some tips which helped me and I live by these tips. I hope these tips help you too. I apologize if the post wasn't helpful🎀📖

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mattiebluebird · 2 months

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Yk that post that's like ‘signal is the spiritual successor to nightwing’ bc I DO & IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT NON-STOP.

And the comics pretty much confirm it (To Me) in Grayson #15.

So in this issue each of the Robins, minus Steph (RIP Steph) get paired off with one of the We Are Robin gang and give them their own advice on what it means to be Robin.

Tim—whose main problem with this whole thing is that they don't know these kids, how can they trust them?—gets paired with Andre Cipriani, a mob kid whose dad was murdered by a rival gang when he was eight years old. Tim trains Dre by having him fight blindfolded. He tells Dre that being a Robin is about truth and investigation, which makes sense, right? Tim became a Robin by figuring out Batman and Robin’s secret identity (keep this in mind, all the Robins’ advice links to their origin).

To be a Robin, you have to understand what you don't know. And then you must seek to know it. You must always ask: how can I see into the dark? Batman once told me, being a Robin can be summarized into one word: investigation.

These two were an interesting choice to pair up. I would've thought they'd put Dre with Jason, given their violent tendencies—Dre is smart, but at this point in the comics doesn't strike me as particularly investigative. Then again, right after this arc he goes undercover in a gang, so maybe he learned something?

Speaking of learning something: at first I thought they should've paired Dre with Steph (#teamcriminaldads lmao), and while that would be an interesting team, Dre did learn from Tim. If Riko were present in this issue, she would've been a good fit for Steph, as she idolizes the Batgirls and Steph was both a Batgirl and a Robin. Plus, Steph and Riko are both brave & have mean streaks, something that Riko has trouble showing because of her shyness. Steph’s advice probably would've been along the lines of “being a Robin is about defiance”.

Besides, if Tim and Dre weren't paired up, we never would've gotten this interaction.

— You like Liszt.

— What?

— Franz Liszt. The composer. You play the piano. I looked you up. People who play the piano like Liszt.

Points to Tim for the most autistic small talk ever. ‘You like this, which I know because I researched you in a totally non-creepy way.’ Amazing. 10/10.

Dax gets paired with Jason. They're interesting parallels. Dax is the inventor/mechanic of the team, but also sort of the wild card with very strong morals, like Robin!Jason in a way. Like Jason, Dax’s father is (implied to be) a crook, though they took different moral directions because of that—Dax is completely opposed to gun violence.

Anyways, Jason's main reservation is that you can't have Robin without Batman. And I guess he decided to solve this issue by just becoming Batman & making the WAR crew relive his origin story by stealing tires from the mob.

Y'know, kid, Batman once told me, being a Robin comes down to one word: confidence.

Jason Todd, the Crime Alley street kid who had the balls (and the skills) to steal Batman's tires and get away with it. Sort of. Confidence, indeed.

Damian's problem with the Robins is, of course, that they're weak, and strength (according to him) can't be trained; you either got it or you don't. He gets paired with Izzy, who probably has the toughest home life of the WAR crew. Her brother's in a gang (that he regularly beats her up for not joining), and she's failing all her classes because she's too busy working night shifts at her mom's restaurant to sleep or do homework.

So Damian's advice to her is pretty apt:

Batman told me that there is one word that captures the essence of being Robin. Suffering.

Damian and Izzy are both outwardly surly, stubborn characters who have had to fight to survive. Notably, Izzy is the first of the crew to almost resort to killing/guns (in WAR #6). She's also probably the best fighter in the WAR crew after Dre and Riko. She does dancing, gymnastics, judo, and kick-boxing.

And, finally, we reach the point of this whole post: Dick & Duke.

Duke deduces Dick's secret identity in like .5 seconds.

— I've solved a lot of hard in my time. This ain't hard.

— No. No, it wasn't hard. Not for you. Again, Duke Thomas?

Dick: You discovered my secret identity!

Duke: What? Like its hard?

After scoping out their strengths and weaknesses, Dick sends the Robins on individual assignments: Dre and Tim to investigate, Dax and Jason to cause a distraction, Izzy and Damian to apprehend Robo-Batman/Gordon.

Dick brings Duke on to a roof for a stake-out, where they have this exchange.

— You think only the originals understand how to be Robin?

— Nope.

— Yeah. Me neither.

Then it turns out that Dick actually turned them all in to the cops because he wanted them out of harm's way. He's been watching Duke for a while and he knows he's scared of heights, so he led him onto a roof he knew he couldn't get off of. Just before they part ways, Dick imparts his Crucial Robin Advice:

Batman once wais to me that being a Robin is about one thing. Family.

(I find this whole thing super ironic considering Dick's whole aside concerning the Robins was the fact that it doesn't matter if people know you're manipulating them as long as it works.)

The point of Robin? Family. Dick and Duke are alike in this way. Dick only became Robin to get justice for his parents’ murder. Duke only joined WAR to find his parents.

Their origins and motivations are similar, and so are the characters themselves. Dick is often called the world's second-greatest detective next to Batman himself. Duke is a child prodigy—one of our first introductions to his character is when he tried to solve the Riddler's riddles in Zero Year. He loves puzzles. He's an amazing detective.

And, of course, one of the things we know and love about Nightwing is his inherent kindness, something that's present throughout Duke’s entire character arc. Even their hero names, Signal and Nightwing, are parallels of each other (light and dark). Batman’s first sidekick and his last. And, like Nightwing, Signal formed his own team (WAR) with no help from the others (except Alfred ig).

Of course, the entire point of Signal’s character is that he's not just a Robin. He's something different. It reminds me of that post that's like—’poor dick grayson, originator of a legacy he never meant to be a legacy, crushed with guilt and jealousy when he looks at all those who came after’. To me at least, it makes sense that Nightwing’s successor would've never been a Robin at all.

#tumblr ate this post half-way thru so posting was delayed #duke thomas #we are robin #dick grayson #nightwing #dc #andre cipriani #daxton chill #dc comics #riko sheridan #batfam #izzy ortiz #damian wayne #tim drake #jason todd #Stephanie brown #robin war

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Tessa Virtue had three wedding dresses. We spoke to the Toronto designer who created them

“Tessa really was swaying away from any details that looked or felt like a skating costume.”

February 2, 2024

Tessa Virtue and Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly have just revealed they secretly tied the knot, not once, but twice, last summer. First, there was a Toronto wedding at Noce restaurant with just four guests joining them. The couple then jetted to Italy the following day and with 11 family members to celebrate their union with an intimate cocktail party, dinner and dancing.

Virtue and Rielly have always been very private about their relationship, so the fact they kept their ‘I dos’ a secret for almost six months is not a surprise. In an exclusive interview with Hello! Virtue said the decision to publicly unveil their newlywed status was a moment she struggled with. “You know when something is just so meaningful to you that you simultaneously want to just hold on to it and protect it so fiercely, and also shout from the rooftops?”

What was not a surprise about this romantic secret marriage between two Canadian sport icons? The bride’s wedding fashion game. True to form in the age of the wedding wardrobe, where multiple looks are essential, Virtue wore three incredible gowns. Ever the passionate supporter of Canadian fashion, Virtue tapped Toronto-based designer Jaclyn Whyte of Whyte Couture—a label she’s been spotted wearing at glittering events in the city including the CAFA Awards—to design each of her wedding looks.

“It was a surreal experience to work with a legend such as Tessa Virtue as we’ve followed her throughout the years making Canada proud,” says Whyte. “It’s a very personal and intimate process when making a gown, you really get to know each other. Tessa is one of the sweetest, most genuine and thoughtful people I know, and it was wonderful to get to know her and build a lasting friendship during this time we spent together. It was an honour to have made not one but three gowns for her wedding celebrations.”

According to Whyte, all the wedding looks were a true collaborative process between Virtue and herself. She says Virtue was very open to ideas, drawn to classic silhouettes, and simple, luxurious fabrics but wanted to add her own touches to make them a little less traditional. “Tessa really was swaying away from any details that looked or felt like a skating costume,” Whyte says. “Tessa knew what she wanted, we listened carefully and she trusted us. It was a magical meeting of creative minds.”

For the Toronto wedding day, Tessa wore a sleek and chic halter gown with no embellishments—a vision of modern bridal style. “This dress was super comfortable,” Whyte explains. “It was a classic silhouette with no train in soft white.”

For the Italian party, there were two looks beginning with a bespoke tea-length corseted dress, which Virtue wore for the rehearsal dinner. This dress was a particular delight for Whyte to create with the bride because it was detailed with whimsical artwork—an engagement ring, hearts, flowers and a Canadian flag to name a few—and meaningful messages chosen by Virtue like “Ti Amo” and “Marry Me,” which were hand painted on the gown by the designer. “The personalized drawings and notes made this one unique and extra special,” says Whyte.

Virtue’s third wedding dress was a most glorious and dramatic strapless mermaid gown in a beautiful pastel pink. The bodice of the dress featured delicate ruching with a flared skirt and train accessorized with a statement bow on one side of the hemline. As Virtue told Hello!, her pink wedding dress was a gown she found by chance and didn’t know she needed until she tried it on. “I just felt so confident, so fun, so me. Not exactly typical ‘bride,’ which I also loved. It was one of those magical, magical moments.”

Thanks to Virtue’s perfect pink wedding dress moment, the rose-coloured gown is likely to be one of 2024’s biggest wedding fashion musts.

—The Star

#tessa #off ice #candid life #some more details

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I don't know if you've answered this question before. Who do you imagine as Sirius and Regulus? What do you think his relationship with Bellatrix was like? I'm honestly intrigued by the relationship she had with the Black brothers, especially Regulus. She must have spent quite a bit of time with him, what do you think were her thoughts about him?

my favourite fc for Sirius will always be Ben Barnes:

i'm always undecided on Reggie but I like Timothee most:

Reg's relationship with Bellatrix I always find to be much deeper than Regulus with either Narcissa or Andromeda, but not as close as Sirius and Bellatrix had been before Sirius left. Don't get me wrong, Sirius and Bellatrix were a very different kind of close to that of Regulus and Bellatrix. I imagine she was very much the older sister for him. I think Regulus was fairly impressionable, particularly when it came to Bellatrix. I imagine though he made every choice to join Voldemort of his own volition just as Bellatrix had, it was certainly easier to do so because of her.

I imagine she adored him as she did all her family. I will forever headcanon her soft spots are Narcissa and Sirius but I don't doubt she for one moment loved Andromeda and Regulus any less.

According to the books she's not so much older than him if we're assuming he's only a couple of years younger than Sirius, likely only about 7 years and maybe a little less if its suggested they were at Hogwarts at the same time (which I don't believe they were but Bellatrix and Sirius were) but even then I'm sure he was treated like the little Prince he undoubtedly was.

I think Bellatrix was his confidant too. I headcanon that Regulus was gay (or at least bisexual with a lean towards men) but that he'd do his duty and would've married a pureblood witch to make more pureblood babies and I personally like the idea he told Bellatrix this.

I don't think she spent as much time with him as he wanted to spend with her but yes they spent a lot of time together. I imagine he stuck rather close to her but she was far more outgoing than he ever was.

I imagine him as introverted and Bellatrix as magnetic, not extroverted but somewhere between, mysterious enough but adored by all in their circles. I think he admired her a lot.

However I think their relationship was complicated. I think she missed Sirius and so did he, so they put a lot of that onto each other. I think Bellatrix was never quite satisfied with Regulus because he wasn't enough like his brother and I think Regulus, who saw Bellatrix as very much a better mirror of his estranged brother, was constantly wanting more from Bellatrix. More she perhaps was not always willing to give him (unless he gave her a good reason to give it). I think she capitalised entirely on his clinginess and desire to be close to her as well as the secrets he'd shared with her and though she would never let him come in harms way, I think she knew exactly how to use him and wasn't afraid of doing so.

I could go on forever about the complexities of them...but anyway, hope this answers your questions for now.

#maneaters headcanons and studies #bellatrix lestrange #bellatrix black #bellatrix black lestrange #regulus black #the most ancient and noble house of black #the most noble and ancient house of black #the black cousins #sirius black

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thevibraniumveterans · 1 year

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《The Mandalorian》『SEASON 3 : Episode 7 - Chapter 23』 - 「THE SPIES」 // Finale Part 1 of 2

SPOILERS!

Thoughts on rewatch…

Kane being an insider is not surprising. She was always suspicious.

The mention of Grand Admiral Thrawn is by no means a mistake, in light of the Ahsoka trailer at Star Wars Celebration. He’s mentioned quite a few times in this conversation between the Imperials in the room via Hologram. And he is currently somewhere out there, wherever Ezra Bridger might be; which will perfectly lead up to the Ahsoka series.

The mention of Commandant Brendol Hux is no surprise either; he’s gotta be General Hux’s dad, which partially explains how Hux came to be in the First Order in the Sequel Trilogy.

Project Necromancer - no secret code name, it’s for bringing Palpatine back to life. Ian McDiarmid pointed out at Star Wars Celebration 2023 that Palpatine does not like to lose; he will do anything possible to win, even if that means coming back from the dead once again. The mention that Thrawn is “missing” and the Imperials needing “new leadership”obviously points to the inevitable reanimation of Palpatine. “Somehow, Palpatine returned”. Yes, somehow, because the rebels and the New Republic did not know. That was how secretive it was, but we know now how that’s coming along. It’s all falling into place.

The Watch’s light cruiser having the Mythosaur’s logo on the underside of their ship reminds me of how Thrawn also had/has the logo of a Chimaera on his ship. Because what else do you do with a ship that big and when you claim it as your own? You draw a big-ass symbol on the underside of it, that’s what.

It’s also a tad funnier that the Anzellan feels more like a puppet because of the way it looks and moves, as opposed to Grogu, who feels more realistic. But hey, puppets, so.

Grogu repeatedly hitting the yes and no buttons is hilarious! And the fact that he’s hitting it NONSTOP as they walk through the town center is extra funny. Also, Grogu picking up a Meiloorun fruit is by no means an accident; this is foreshadowing the Ahsoka series, since the fruit was first seen in Rebels and also the last time it was seen before this episode.

Bo-Katan speaks up and makes a plan. And it’s not surprising that at first nobody speaks up; but it isn’t until Din “I didn’t want to be here but here I am so I might as well” Djarin offers to join her, that Koska Reeves says she will go too. Only after she has spoken, Axe agrees to go, and so does Paz Vizsla. It’s something that reunites them. The music as they head off-planet is beautifully haunting and confident.

The drop hatch in Bo’s ship opens, and the volunteers look down on the planet they once called home. They shake their head in horror and dismay at what’s left. It’s… really something, to feel secondhand dread and sorrow.

Din spots something in the distance; Bo realizes it’s the Nite Owls, the group she once used to be a part of. But how did she know, and why? They have nothing but a weathered and worn ground transport.

The captain of the Nite Owls recognize Bo and refer to her full title as Lady Bo-Katan Kryze. They do not forget that she was and remains Mandalorian royalty.

During the dinner on the ground transport boat, the captain spoke of the refusal to give up, but Bo drops a verbal and historical bombshell on the entire party: she had to surrender under the choices given to her, in that if she did, her people would be spared. She surrendered, but as the Empire is wont to do, they didn’t care and bombed her world anyway. She did what she thought was the right thing to do, she did what she thought she had to do to save her people, but it still didn’t end right. Bo isn’t usually one for diplomacy and talks for peace - that was her sister Satine’s specialty. However, because Bo did what she thought was right, it still wasn’t right. And she knew this, even if if it was “the only chance” to save her people, according to her. It was her mistake and she owes up to it. She screwed over big time in trying to do what she thought best for her people. What would have happened had she not surrendered? Would she have died earlier?

The captain brings up Death Watch - the very same terrorist splinter group who opposed the peacekeepings of Duchess Satine Kryze. The Armorer notes how “Death Watch exists no longer.”

Bo states, “Our people have suffered time and time again. From division and squabbling factions.” I feel like she is in part referring to how differences between her and her sister Satine - war vs peace - have driven them apart, and now that Satine has long been murdered and gone, it’s caused Bo nothing but pain and loneliness. It’s driven the Mandalorians nowhere but apart. “It is always our own division that destroys us” is a very powerful and deeply regretful statement that Bo makes.

Bo admits her mistake. She is by no means perfect; she’s lost everything, and part of it by her own hubris. “I was selfish. And this is what it wrought,” she laments. When Din speaks to her, she admits to not knowing if she is able to keep the Mandalorians from splintering like they always did. It’s a very heavy duty, weighed down with much sorrow and regret.

Din speaks of the Darksaber: “I only know of this weapon what you taught me. To be honest, it means nothing to me or my people. Nor does station or bloodline. What means more to me is honor. And loyalty. And character. These are the reasons I serve you, Lady Kryze. Your song is not yet written. I will serve you until it is.” The thing about the Darksaber is that what we know of it from the Clone Wars and Rebels is that whosoever wields the blade gets to rule Mandalore, via bloodline and station. Seems like only the Mandalorian royals have held this blade for ages. However, Bo is a princess with a ravaged planet, unsure of leading a fractured people who have never once known peace. Din respects her not because she is a princess, but because of who she is as a person. He sees a loyal warrior who does not want to give up despite all signs pointing to how and why she should. She’s lost everything and deserves nothing yet here she stands on her own two feet, against the world and many more to come. Her story we know but little of, and the fact that Din knows her story is really only just beginning says a lot about her as a Mandalorian herself. Mandalorians do not quit, that much we know.

It feels bright and upbeat and deceptively confident when the series theme music plays as the crew set of in search of the Great Forge.

The fight between Paz and Axe is a foreshadow. And it’s funny that Grogu stops the fight before it gets worse, as he’s technically not a Mandalorian so he’s from “neither” side and so, he could step in. Hilarious how a child can stop two grown men from punching each other’s daylights out.

The Mythosaur emerges! And I like how it serves as an incentive for the Mandalorians to go further into their former civilization.

When the Imperials come in with their jetpacks, the first thing I thought of was that little mini-arc in Rebels where Sabine was revealed to have created some tech for the Empire that had something to do with the Mandalorian beskar armor, whereupon she was like “yeah I did that but I must destroy that tech because it’s bad even though I did it when was in the Academy”

I thought it was cool when the theme song played as Din brought up the back of the war party, and advanced to the front of it, charging headfirst into battle, with Paz and Bo right behind him.

Din is captured and disarmed, and Moff Gideon states, “Thanks to your planet’s rich resources, I have created the next-generation Dark Trooper suit forged from Beskar alloy.” The fact that he says “next-generation” implies that there was a previous generation to begin with. Aka, Sabine’s technology for the Empire that had something to do with Beskar. I don’t know if this is true or false.

Gideon also says, “By aggregating the best of each [cloners, Jedi], I will create an army that will bring order to the galaxy”. That is part of the groundwork for the beginnings of the First Order.

Bo creates a diversion, an escape route, and Paz leads the way out, firing his gatling gun-type blaster cannon like a man with nothing else to lose. He fires repeatedly, and ignores Bo’s orders. His final sacrifice is noble and is no less what is expected of a Mandalorian like him.

The appearance of the Praetorian Guards are no surprise. We last saw them in TLJ, very efficient warriors and guardsmen. Makes sense that they be brought out to bring down the last Mandalorian standing in the room. They waste little energy and leave as quickly as they enter.

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Finishing thoughts:

I like how this episode went. With the multiple mentions of Thrawn and Hux, the intentional integration of a Meiloorun fruit, and the mention of “next-gen” beskar armor, I really would not be surprised if Thrawn and/or Ezra and/or Ahsoka and/or Sabine make an appearance toward the end of next week’s finale, given the trailer for Ahsoka from Celebration weekend.

Also not surprising that Pedro Pascal and Katie Sackhoff are top-billed this episode. The rest get “co-starring” credits.

One interesting feature is a concept art in the credits showing all the Mandalorians by the fire, and Din and Bo are speaking to each other, his hand on her shoulder. This scene was never in the show. But the overall concept art is amazing in terms of scale, lighting, and detail.

We still have one more episode to go. Emily Swallow, who portrays The Armorer, spoke with Collider during the Lucasfilm panel at Celebration. When asked what she thought fans would think of next week’s finale, she had this to say: “Well, I think there are gonna be some people who are like 'Woohoo! Yeah!'' and some people were like 'I hate this!' this because there always are.” I can’t wait until next week to find out what that is.

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“ You have my dagger away. What a pity. I loved that dagger. ” – Aphrodite to Anastasia

Anastasia watched as Thalia startled and tried to break apart their joined hands, but she didn't do the same. She didn't want to give her mother any satisfaction whatsoever. So instead she held Thalia's hands a bit more firmly. The muse of comedy seemed unsure, but she didn't drew back this time.

“Why are you here?” Nastya didn't look at Aphrodite, but her voice started shaking a little.

Anastasia's main personality trait was her ability to fully control her emotions, to always show the world exactly what she wanted, to never lose control of herself.

But her mother had a tendency to fill her with nothing but anger. It has not always been the case. She used to love her mother, worship her even. And she knew Aphrodite loved her back. She used to be her pride. Deep down, Anastasia still loved her. But there was something about seeing your own mother stand by and say nothing while the king of gods cursed you and your best friend to an eternity of misery that makes one particularly angry against said mother.

“You called. You used a drachma. You even prayed.”

Anastasia snorted. “I called her. Not you.”

“She can't help you and you know that.”

“And you won't help me. I know that too.”

Anastasia was positively fuming now and she hated how Aphrodite had this effect on her. So she focused on Thalia instead. She had always loved the muse of Comedy the most. All the muses were great in their own way, but Nastya found herself calling on Thalia the most. Maybe this affinity was linked to her love for acting.

She tried not to call on Melpomene too much though. She loved tragedy as any person, and loved playing tragic roles, but there was something about Melpomene's never-ending sadness that was a bit too much to bear for her, who loved sharing joy through art.

“... So.” Nastya said, focusing on the original conversation. “Is there something you can do? Surely now that there's more time...”

“I'll bring it up with my mother. But... ”

“But she won't do anything. Not against Zeus. None of us will.” Aphrodite cut, and Nastya used all her will to ignore her.

“Thalia, I'll kill him again. I can feel it coming. It's slower than the previous times-”

“-Before you gave my dagger away, you mean.”

“But it is coming. I have a few days, I think. We can do something, this time. The pact gave us time...”

Thalia was not insensitive to Anastasia's pleas, nor Achilles' suffering. He was her only brother after all. Her little brother.

“... I'll see what I can do.” She finally said, and even if it meant little to no hope, Anastasia hugged her.

“She can't do anything.” Aphrodite said again. “It's such a shame that you gave my dagger away for such a stupid reason. To prevent something that will happen anyway. I may be a a bad mother according to your standards, but you're no good either.”

Thalia had disappeared then, and something in Anastasia snapped. Oh how she hated losing control...

“You think I cared about your stupid dagger? Forged in a stupid war where thousands died because of your vanity? It meant nothing to me. The only thing that matters to me is Achilles! And now I can spend more time with him.”

“What you feel for this boy is unhealthy! Don't you see it? If you just let go of him-”

“Never. Stop asking, it will never happen. I love him. He matters more to me than anything else, and I'll have to kill him in a few days, again. I don't expect you to understand. I expect you to either help, or leave.”

She fought tears that started to flow anyway. She knew she should still be careful while talking to Aphrodite, but as previously stated, she had troubles controlling her feelings around her mother.

Aphrodite sighed, looking at her with a profound sadness. “You used to be my pride. I gave you all I could give. What more do you want?”

Anastasia put her chin up, answering with all the confidence she could muster: “I want you to go tell Zeus to either break the curse or go fuck himself.”

Aphrodite gave her an outraged look and somehow, it filled Nastya with satisfaction. She knew the conversation was over, so for once she left first and went back to the party.

It was an after-party, really. After one of her play. Achilles was already gambling, but he dropped everything when she came to him and he realized she cried. She rarely cried, especially in public.

“What happened Belle?”

He looked worried, and she only wanted them to go home. But instead she said: “Can we dance?”

He dragged her to the dancefloor and they started dancing together. Nastya never really liked the waltz, there were much more interesting dances in her opinion. But it at least allowed her a proximity with Achilles. After a time, she just rested her head on his shoulder while he held her.

“When is it happening?” He finally said, breaking the silence. Of course he knew, she could never hide things from him.

“I don't know. In a few days? A few hours? It's slower this time. I can't really tell.”

“... And you called Thalia for help. It's why you took so long in there.”

She smiled. He knew her so well. “Yes. But then my mother showed up.”

He held her a bit more firmly and she welcomed this embrace. She needed it right now.

“What did Thalia say?” He asked, and she was grateful that he didn't mention Aphrodite. She didn't want to talk about her mother, and they both knew she wouldn't help.

“That she'll talk to your mother. That she'll see what she can do.” Nothing. They both knew it as well. So after a time, Nastya said: “I think you should go. Run away. We have more time this time, the rules changed. Maybe I won't find you...”

They looked at each other for a few seconds. Anastasia didn't know who moved first, but the next they were kissing. And holding on to each other so firmly they'll probably leave bruises. And that was the problem wasn't it? She wouldn't let go, and he wouldn't either. They would never let go of each other, and they were doomed for it.

So when Achilles finally said “Maybe we should just go home?”, she agreed.

#it's a bit long but I had this scene in mind and I really wanted to write it #I love her trying to get help from the muses #especially thalia #and not trusting aphrodite #but deep down still loving her #and demanding things from her just because #and ashtya are the cutest!!#really so in synch #anastasia x achilles #anastasia x aphrodite #anastasia x thalia #anastasia petrova #writing prompt #anastasia writing prompt #likeafairytale

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pandoratheprocrasticreator · 2 years

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my one big gripe with the owl house will always be what they did with the blight parents. they built them up in amity’s flashback and the first episode they appear in as a couple on equal standing with each other, whose abusiveness manifests in different but equally malicious ways. who terrorize their kids because they care about their company more than their children and parade them like status symbols. and even alador, the less active parent, can stop Odalia’s abuse at any time because they’re EQUAL in their partnership but doesn’t bother because he either doesn’t care what she’s doing or they’re working together to do it.

even in the episode centering around alador, they never show any indication that odalia is forcing his hand, or even that he’s against odalia’s decisions at all. at most they show he hasn’t talked to his children in like 10 years and doesn’t know or care what they want until amity shows potential in abominations, which alador then cares about. (the twins show magical potential in that episode too, and he still didn’t care btw.) even then they reinforce the fact that alador can stop odalia’s abuse at any time by promising to talk to her about amity’s hair in a way that implies he’s confident odalia will listen. he never promises amity that he’ll talk to odalia about her not wanting to join a coven. and later we find out odalia is still able to ground the blight kids and break amity’s belongings without any mention of resistance from alador.

and then in all of a sudden they retcon these two to the Evil Woman and her battered, terrified husband who’s been Protecting The Kids All Along by... not wanting anything to do with them and twiddling his thumbs and sometimes helping as his wife tormented them? but don’t worry! he’s Good Now! because odalia is actively (and maybe knowingly) helping belos with genocide in a plan that makes absolutely no sense, even though the last time we saw her, she and her husband were in a tense standing with belos for “building their own private army.” but yeah, i guess belos just let her in on secrets only the coven heads knew. they gotta get the audience to hate odalia enough so they think alador’s new backstory makes sense.

and according to the fandom, belos take her sigil off even though there no evidence it can be taken off and though hes REALLY intent on killing everything on the isles, including the children, a grimwalker who had no magic to threaten him with, and also his most loyal servants! because like kikimora, terra snapdragon, and lilith clawthorne and even amity blight in some circles, this is an Irredeemable Evil Woman who does Evil Things and who cares if it makes sense she’s Evil and thats what matters!

and now i guess alador’s the perfect dad now. he and amity have to reconnect after the years of not talking to his own kids that his Evil Wife forced him into. and odalia is actively trying to get her husband and daughter killed now i guess, because even her previous reason of helping belos to secure wealth and status for her kids isn’t flimsy enough. and yeah they’re the exact trope of the irredeemable domestic abuser husband and the battered wife who never protected the kids but at the end turns out to Care About Them All Along and just couldn’t do anything because she was oh so terrified of her husband. except they didn’t even build it up. they built up a different much more interesting dynamic before they flushed it down the toilet to make it this dynamic. oh but the genders are swapped which makes it Subversive therefore Progressive therefore Good, i guess. i’m gonna need to write so many retcons for this mess.

#toh #the owl house #shut up pandora #<<< btw if you copy this tag im gonna block you #its happened before and i will say preemptively this is for me to indicate im rambling not for you to copy for the lols #odalia blight #alador blight #grumping #odalador #i guess?#there is no narrative coherence in retconning alador to be abused by odalia all along #there is only shitty shock value #and the fandom is especially annoying about it so i hate it even more #im an odalia has more depth than that truther #and i think she should be evil but she should also make sense #like if you didnt have enough episodes to write a blight parents divorce arc then dont write a blight parents divorce arc #i assume they needed alador to be where he was at the end of kings tide for season 3 #but literally just have king tell both blight parents whats up #and have odalia not believe him which then leads to the conflict between her and alador #make it between odalias blind loyalty to belos after a lifetime of religious cult propaganda #and aladors increasing value in his childrens opinions he got in his last episode #and in the end odalia chooses her belief in the institution over her family and disappears to wherever SHE needs to be for season 3 #without any of the retconning of the blights relationship #it even plays into the theme of religious abuse better #and also have alador be less suspicious of what belos is doing #babygirl if youre the only one suspicious at all the abomatons the emperor is ordering and your wife and everyone else is fine with it #im sorry to say...the writers dropped that on you by plot convenience #like make it fully a thing of the blight parents choosing to believe their kids over the government #and not 'alador is already suspicious of belos and then a random scout (king) tells him whats up to seal the deal'#otherwise the episode has good writing but this part makes it so bad for me hhhhhhhhh

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Hello, how are you? I wanted to tell you that I loved your work because they are great! Would it be possible to ask for a story with Chika shihoin from bleach? Or the context tightened that the reader is new to the second division and was afraid of chika because of her reputation as a bloodthirsty in combat but finally, she gets to know him and falls in love with him and it's reciprocal. Sorry if my request may seem long, thank you in advance!!!

Hello!

I am fine! Thank you for asking! How about you?

Thank you for reading my work!! I am glad it is of your liking! It makes me very happy!

Forgive me for the delay! I am overwhelmed by the quantity of requests I got :c anyway!

I hope this next piece is also good! So let me know what you think!

Tsuki's note: NJ stands for new joiner and VC vice captain. I did not want to come up with a name lol. That 's all!

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Today was your first day as a shinigami. You, along with a few others, joined squads that had lost someone during battle. You were placed according to the skill you showed in the test and you ended up in the second squad.

Now, becoming a shinigami wasn't exactly a dream, but you were, what people call, a genius. You were born with overwhelming power and you had to channel it somewhere and becoming a shinigami was your best shot.

The reason why becoming a shinigami wasn't on your list? Well, a war was about to break out and all squad captains were known for being violent and bloodthirsty.

That being said, you were beyond nervous to ,eet your squad. You and another guy were the only additions to the second squad. The guy seemed confident and a little arrogant too.

As soon as the door to the squad area opened, you were greeted by a veteran member. She mentioned the captain was waiting for the new members, but she also looked surprised, no, disappointed to see only two new recruits.

She walked to the main building doors and you could feel sweat running through your back. The captain was waiting. He was waiting for you, what kind of lunatic would Chika be?

She opened the door and motioned for you two to bow:

Veteran: Captain! The new recruits are here!

The captain was holding a few papers, probably reports. He was frowning when reading, which made you shiver a bit more, but as soon as he heard the announcement, his expression became lighter:

Chika: Oh, finally! But… only two?

The veteran sighed loudly:

Veteran: Yes, that would seem to be the case sir.

Chika: Hmm… Well, beggars can't choose. Welcome you two, please introduce yourselves.

You allowed the other newcomer to go first, when he was done you tried your best to sound calm:

Y/N: I am Y/LN Y/N, sir!

Your voice cracked a bit in the end and you cringed at yourself. Nobody seemed to notice or perhaps it was a common occurrence. Suddenly you heard the captain's voice again:

Chika: Nice to meet you. I am Shihoin Chika, the captain of the second division. Now, take them to their quarters and show them around.

The veteran bowed, rushed you two out and closed the door. Your tour started with a few explanations here and there and thanks to that you started to calm down again.

You were left with a few duties that new Joiners usually did. But before you could be assigned to any other task or mission you had to do a test to your strength.

According to the veteran, it was, theoretically, to select your partner or team for missions and which one you could attend. But the word theoretically, scared you a bit and it was explain:

Veteran: it's usually how it goes, but we cannot afford luxuries. Our squad is shrinking and the captain said it is useful to actually see what you can do.

She shrugged at her own explanations, she seemed to think of this as a waste of time. The test in itself was quite simple: to fight the vice captain, with trying to kill each other, of course.

When the time came for the test, Chika was watching. His whole attention on the two of you, ,are you nervous again and it didn't go unnoticed by your colleague:

NJ: What? Did you bargain for your entrance?

Y/N: No! It's just… unnerving to be watched…

NJ: Scared of the captain? He is quite the monster, so I've heard. Quite cool eh?

Y/N: I have heard it too…

The calling of the vice captain made you stop chatting. Once more, you allowed your colleague to take the lead. They fought for nearly 7 minutes when Chika told them to stop.

Well, then, it was your turn to fight. You took a deep breath and tried to forget about the watching eyes of a monster and your colleagues. You managed to turn off everything except for the vice captain in front of you.

Your fight seemed to last forever, but at the same time it went on a blink. When you heard the captain's voice, you realized the damage you have caused around you.

You could hear the captain whistle from where he was:

Chika: Impressive! We have promising new joiners, hm?

He was smile. You had to admit, the man did have a nice face. Suddenly you heard his voice from behind you and a hand on your shoulder:

Chika: I have decided that you, Y/N, will be with the Vice Captain and you NJ, you will be under with veteran, ok? Be sure to train them properly!

He was smiling at you. The surge of mixed feelings came up, he didn't seem like a horrible monster, but they never do look like it, do they?

Apparently you made some kind of expression at Chika and he did notice. He cocked his head slightly to the side. But he didn't say anything just patted your shoulder and sent everyone off to their chores, missions and duties.

The vice captain approached you to give you some instructions. In the middle of them he mentioned aiding the captain and delivering reports. At that you froze right away:

Y/N: You mean… those are part of my duties too, sir?

VC: Yeah, of course. Something wrong with it, Y/LN?

Y/N: No! No, sir!

You were dreading those encounters with the captain. You swallowed hard before following the Vice Captain around.

As days went by, that feeling did not get better. Actually it got worse, but you did your best to remain neutral in his presence. You saw one day, Chika came back drenched in blood and he had gone with 2 shinigamis, but no sign of them.

His behavior didn't change much, sure he was serious and giving orders here and there, but besides that? Not so much. Still had that arrogant air to him.

You were asked to bring the 4th squad to help the captain and aid them with whatever they needed. You didn't know if he was injured or not because he was awfully bloody.

You were standing outside the room where the captain was being treated. When the squad left, you bowed and didn't dare to look inside the room and stayed at the door frame. As you were to close the door you heard your name being called:

Chika: Y/N? Came here for a moment.

You sighed. You lifted your head and directed your gaze to the floor. But you could see him seated on the bed:

Chika: Y/LN, what's wrong?

The question took you off guard. You pondered a bit before replying:

Y/N: … I am sorry I don't know what you mean, sir.

Chika: You seem a bit… uncomfortable, here.

You blinked. Well, that was true, you were:

Y/N: I… I suppose I am only a bit astonished, sir.

Chika: Astonished? All the time?

You didn't reply:

Chika: You see, I noticed you are not a big fan of being around me.

You flinched. No point in beating around the bush, but you couldn't be so straight forward right?

Y/N: Forgive me if that was the impression I gave. I am not used to this… system.

He hummed. It was silent for a bit before he said you could go. You were relieved when he announced that, but as you closed the door he announced:

Chika: Hey, Y/LN, let's spend some time chatting, hm?

You didn't reply, just bowed and closed the door. A bit of time chatting? About what?

Soon you were to find out. With the captain needing to rest, he stayed around the squad area and the shinigamis were deployed on his instead. You too, of course. He would ask for the Vice Captain, accompanied by you to deliver the messages about new missions and what not.

When you were accompanied by the Vice Captain the conversation shifted a bit. He asked how everyone was doing, if someone died, if there were new people, if the squad members put together.

You started seeing a caring side to him. When Chika got better and back to doing his regular duties, he was his usual self, a bit arrogant, grinning and sometimes drenched in blood.

One day as you sat by yourself outside after returning from a patrol gone bad - a Quincy killed a few hollows before you got there and managed to hurt a fellow shinigami badly.

You were a bit sick how the sky could be so clear and blue, with so much fighting happening. Your thoughts were cut short:

Chika: Yo! Y/LN, how it going?

You jumped. You felt your heart stop at his sudden voice, it was coming to your right. He was indeed, crouching next to you, with a grin on his face:

Chika: Oh, sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Can I sit here?

You nodded. Heart was racing like mad at his sudden appearance:

Chika: So, have you gotten more used to it here?

You were slightly confused by what he said. Then you remember the little white lie you told a few days back:

Y/N: Ah… yes. A little bit, sir.

Chika: Hmm… Well you did stop frowning at me!

Your cheeks got on fire. Maybe you weren't as subtle as you thought:

Y/N: I, I am… sorry, sir.

He smiled at you. Were you getting more comfortable around him? He sighed:

Chika: It doesn't get any easier, you know? But with time I guess it just… numbs away.

You blinked at him. Oh, he probably knows someone died. He was trying to comfort you?

Y/N: I suppose it won't ever be…

Chika: No, but we need to do our best for who remains. That being said, Y/LN, don't hang out here on your own for too long, it gets depressing.

You smiled at his remark:

Y/N: Is that why you are here, sir?

He raised an eyebrow and made a surprised face. That soon changed to be a huge grin:

Chika: Yeah and this is the first time I see you smiling, Y/N.

You froze. Huh, was it? Chika got up and ruffled your hair:

Chika: I need to get going. Don't push yourself so much, ok?

Only after he left did you realize he called you by your first name and not the last. That made your face burn.

As time went by you relationship with Chika slowly improved. You saw he wasn't that much of a monster, most rumors started because he does come back bloody, but he has a caring side.

Instead of getting nervous around him, you started to get anxious in a positive way, you started to look forward to meeting him again.

Chika started to ruffle your hair more often, he leaned his elbows on your head too, you could feel like he was trusting you more to go on your own on patrols.

Sadly these cheerful moments were crumbling down when the announcement of a war finally came clean. In 5 days it would actually break out.

You were, again, sitting outside at night contemplating the starry sky. You were sad, because you knew many more would die, there was no peaceful solution.

You were brought back from your thoughts with gentle voice:

Chika: I thought I told you to not hang out alone for too long.

You jumped again. You hated how silent he could be. This time he didn't ask if he could sit next to you, he just did it. He was a bit closer too:

Chika: Y/N, how are you holding up?

Y/N: I… am just, here I guess, sir.

Chika: Just here? So not good nor bad?

You sighed and giggled a bit:

Y/N: I wish we wouldn't need to go through this.

Chika: Well, can't be helped.

Y/N: I know. I just don't feel like saying goodbye now to everyone.

Chika: To everyone?

Y/N: Yes, I don't know if I will be back or not, or who will be safe…

You could feel his stare on you. You placed his hand on the top of your head and turned it to face him. He was close now, your noses were almost touching:

Chika: You are not dying. I won't allow it.

You blinked at him, your face burning from the proximity:

Y/N: Captain… What are you talking about?

You sound a bit more rude than intended. He frowned a bit:

Chika: That you will be back. No If. And when this whole mess is over, drop the " captain" and " sir", will you?

Y/N: Drop it…?

Chika: Yeah, it feels wrong, when you say it.

He patted your head. He had a beautiful smile on his face, making your heart skip a beat:

Y/N: Why? It's what everyone calls you, sir.

Chika: Yes, yes, but you are not everyone.

He had the cheapest grin on his features now. You were sure your cheeks flared up even more to the point that your neck was red. You couldn't say anything.

But Chika, in the other hand, giggled at you:

Chika: Ah, Y/N, you are so cute.

You opened and closed your mouth like a fish. What you failed to notice was that his cheeks were also slightly tainted.

You both heard someone calling him. He sighed and got up, saying good night to you:

Chika: Y/N, don't stay up too late, go rest. You will need. See you tomorrow.

He patted your head one last time. You felt completely stupid at how you forgot every single word. As you returned to your quarters, you started to realize what he meant.

You entered your room and wanted to scream at your pillow. For once, you hoping this conflict would end soon and that his forecast and your wish were correct: you will survive with him.

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That's it! Thanks for reading!

Let me know what you think!

I may have gotten too much into it? Maybe?

#bleach #bleach x reader #shihoin chika x reader #shihoin Chika

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avenirdelight · 2 years

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The One She Ends Up With

Andy Robertson & Jordan Henderson

Both Andy and Jordan like her. Now it's about who's going to have the courage to make a move and eventually end up with her.

The music that played from the old jukebox on the front part of the pub travelled to every corner. The moderately small pub was packed. Laughs were shared, stories were exchanged, jokes were being thrown from all the groups that occupied the bars and tables. Everyone was dressed according to the dress code, red, as the birthday party Kostas was throwing for his teammates and colleagues was Liverpool-themed. Some of the lads had teased him about it, saying that he was trying a bit too hard to be a proper Red, which the Greek Scouse responded by saying, “I am a proper Red”, with his best Scouse accent.

The area near the bar was full of the younger lads; by how animatedly they were talking, you could tell that they were still talking about the big win last Sunday. The older ones were going for rounds of darts on one side of the pub, and on the opposite side, the girls were chatting away.

Jordan and Andy were kind of separated from all the groups. They were sitting on a little table near the big window, as they just finished their food, wanting to stay there for a while to enjoy a little bit of peace, before anyone could come and drag them to join the fun.

Their gazes were fixed in the same direction. Lucky for them that it was a little bit darker where they were, so nobody could notice that they were both staring at the girl with the red lacy blouse across the room. The only girl that wore red lipstick. The girl that, in their opinion, looked the most stunning tonight.

Andy glanced at his captain and he smirked when he realised that the captain was still staring at the girl, who was now laughing so elegantly at something her colleague must’ve said. It was the same laugh that they heard every day at the training ground; the laugh she gave Andy when he said something funny, the laugh she gave Jordan when he tried to be funny—the laugh that always made both men’s hearts skip a beat.

“You know what? If you don’t make a move on her, I will,” Andy said, breaking the silence that they had left hanging for a while.

Jordan shot his eyes at Andy with slightly raised eyebrows. He then furrowed them, forming creases in his forehead, when he realised what Andy had just said. “On who?” he asked.

“You know who I’m talking about.” Andy gave a brief glance her way. The only person at that table whom they had a clear view of from where they were sitting was her.

“You think I fancy her?”

Andy chortled. “Come on, I’ve seen you in love before. I definitely know when you fancy someone.” He gave Jordan a teasing look and Jordan slightly shook his head, bringing the smirk back to his face. “You do, don’t you, lad?”

Jordan let out a nervous laugh, not sure on how to answer the question. “Do you?” Jordan decided to ask back.

“I do.”

Jordan was surprised at how Andy wasted no time to answer and how confident he sounded. He could feel his heart slowly sink—he basically had just gotten the confirmation that he was not the only one who liked her. His guess was right, that there was a reason why Andy had been trying so hard to get her attention; it was because Andy liked her too.

“Go on, then.” Jordan tried to sound as casual as possible. The truth was, he was trying hard not to choke up, because there was a growing lump on his throat, making it a bit hard for him to speak.

“You’re okay with it?” Now Andy sounded surprised.

Jordan shrugged, dropping his gaze to his now-empty glass. If he had to be honest, the answer was no, he wouldn’t be okay seeing his friend dating a girl he liked, but he had his own reason on why he hadn’t made a move all this time.

“Sure, if you like her… Why not?” Jordan said. “I’m not ready for a new relationship. You know that, mate.”

“Oh, mate…” Andy sighed. “You won’t ever be ready if you keep telling yourself that. How many chances are you gonna throw away?”

It had been more than a year since Jordan broke up with his ex-girlfriend that he had dated for four years. Andy knew that Jordan had liked a couple of girls after the big break up, but the captain had never had the courage to make any move; he didn’t seem to even have the will to move on, letting himself be held up by the pain from the past.

Jordan just offered Andy a sheepish smile. Deep down inside, Andy felt bad for doing this to Jordan. But that girl… That girl had become the most important part of his days, the one that kept him excited on the training ground, and there was this voice in his head that kept telling him to make a move—that he was going to regret it if he didn’t.

“I’m not joking, mate,” Andy said with a more serious tone. His captain was just sitting there with a quite dejected look on his face. “I’m really gonna do it.”

Jordan briefly tugged the corners of lips, forming a rather forced smile. He tried to stop himself from glancing her way once again, and looked up to meet Andy’s gaze instead. His heart clenched, noticing the hope in Andy’s eyes, as he realised that he was, like Andy said, throwing another chance.

But at least he was giving it up to his best friend.

So he smiled wider and lightly nodded his head. “Okay,” he said. “I’ll be rooting for ya.”

—

“So how was the wedding?”

She asked as she trailed behind Andy, who was walking to the kitchen. She stopped by the kitchen island, leaning on it, as Andy got himself a glass of water and immediately downed it.

Andy had just gotten back from his best mate’s wedding. He attended it alone; he’d asked her to come with him but she couldn’t since she needed to take her mum to the doctor. She’d gone to his place right after she’d dropped her mum home from the hospital. She was halfway through The Proposal when Andy had gotten home.

“It was nice. The place was beautiful. Everybody had fun,” he answered. “The bride and groom were happy and, honestly, what could be more important than that?”

“Yeah, absolutely.”

“And apparently they’re leaving for their honeymoon tomorrow, so I think we can cross them out from my birthday dinner guests list.”

“Really? Where are they going?”

“Uh… I think he mentioned it earlier but I forgot,” he said as he put on a thinking face. “Oh! They’re going to Bali.”

She gasped upon the piece of information. “They’re going to Bali for their honeymoon??”

“Yeah,” Andy confirmed before he took another sip from his glass. “What?” He then asked when he realised the surprised look stayed on her face.

“Nothing,” she shrugged as she wiped the look off her face. “It’s just…”

Andy furrowed his eyebrows as she hesitated to continue. He walked around the kitchen island and randomly placed his glass of water somewhere on top of it. “What is it?” he asked again as he reached her hand and gently pulled her closer.

“Nothing. I just… I just got a bit excited.”

“Excited that… My newlywed friends are going for their honeymoon?” He tilted his head and she laughed because he looked so confused.

“No!” Her hands travelled to his shoulders before she linked them behind his neck. “Excited that they’re going to Bali for their honeymoon. I, erm…” she paused as she dropped her gaze. “Honeymoon in Bali is kind of… My dream.”

Andy’s face changed in a swift manner; now he was the one who looked surprised. “Really?”

“Yeah…” she shyly smiled. “I’ve always wanted to go there, I mean, the island is like a paradise. And it’s in the other part of the world, so I wonder how it feels like to be there…” She paused before looking up to meet his eyes again. “And to be there with someone you love, it must be wonderful.”

Andy lightly nodded his head. “Well, I’ve never gone there either,” he said as he suddenly leaned down for a quick kiss. She felt her heart skip a beat when their lips met. It skipped a beat again when she noticed his little smirk when he pulled away. “But how about… How about a holiday to Bali? I’ll take you there.”

“Wait… What? Really?” Her eyes lit up.

“Yeah. You can start planning.”

She giggled out of excitement and tiptoed to kiss him again. “I love you,” she mumbled as she put the trails of small kisses on his jaw which made him chuckle.

“I love you,” he replied. “Right, I need to take a shower. See you in bed?”

He then left, leaving her alone in the kitchen with a smile still plastered across her face. She then went back to the living room to turn off the TV, but instead of going upstairs and getting ready for bed, she stayed there, sitting on the sofa.

Her eyes travelled to the frames of pictures Andy displayed below the TV on the shelf. Family photos, photos with his friends, photos with teammates, and the newest addition to the group was a photo of the two of them. Andy had wanted to put it on the centre, and he’d done it, but without him knowing, she had moved it to the far left, because she was too shy for her face to be in the centre. Their relationship was still relatively new, so there was no way that their photo should replace his beautiful family photo.

She never imagined all of this. Dating Andy, someone she’d been working with for years, someone she considered as a good friend, someone she loved to joke around with every day at work. She hadn’t been sure what this was all going to be when Andy asked her to go on a date with him or when he asked her to be his girlfriend months ago, but she was never going to say no. Because Andy was an amazing person and she couldn’t deny that all this time, she’d had a bit of a crush on him.

And she’d been really enjoying it. It was just exciting to love and to be loved again. And you couldn’t really blame her if she was excited to see what the future would look like.

—

Her heart was pounding hard on her chest and it felt like it could burst any second. She had asked everyone to get out of the room, it was the only way for her to calm herself down. She needed time for herself before the ceremony started.

She stood in front of the mirror, scanning every detail of her dress and make-up through the reflection over and over again. A sense of nervousness was wrapped around her heart, making her constantly worry of the possibilities of her wedding dress missing something, of her veil not sitting properly in her head, of her lipstick being smeared or her eyeliner being smudged. This was the biggest, most important day of her life, where she would marry the love of her life, so she needed everything to be perfect.

There were three knocks on the door and she was alarmed by it; she got tense in a split second, thinking that it must be time for the ceremony to start.

“Yeah, come in,” she announced.

But she was surprised when the person peeking out from behind the door wasn’t her maid of honour.

“Andy?”

“Hey. Can I come in?” he asked.

“Yeah, sure. Hi,” she replied, suddenly getting excited from the surprise visit. “Wow... You look good,” she complimented him as soon as he walked in. He looked amazing in the deep maroon suit that she picked for all the groomsmen.

Andy chortled as he paused his tracks, gave her a little pose which drew a giggle from her, before he walked closer again. “Thank you,” he said. He stopped just a few steps from her and he couldn’t stop himself from scanning her from head to toe. “You look… Wonderful. Wow,” he breathed out.

“Thank you,” she replied and they both exchanged smiles.

“Listen, ermm… I’ve asked your fiancé’s permission to see you and I don’t want to take much of your time so I’m just gonna go straight to the point,” Andy began as he scratched his eyebrow with the nail of his thumb. He then put his hand back to his pocket and met her gaze again. “You’re gonna start a new chapter in your life and I thought that this is my last chance to say things I haven’t said to you.”

“Okay…” She was staring back at him expectantly. She had no idea what he was about to say. His slightly awkward manner and serious tone only added to her nervousness.

“I, uhhh…” Andy dropped his gaze for a second, mentally preparing himself once again as he took a deep breath, before looking up again. “I just want to say sorry. I realised that I never properly said sorry and there must’ve been things I did or said, you know, when we were together that hurt you, so I’m really sorry.”

Andy tucked his lips between his teeth as soon as he was done, hoping that he had phrased it good enough. Good thing he didn’t stutter, he was worried about that. He was also worried about how she would respond.

But his worry quickly melted away when a small smile reappeared on her face.

As she slightly shook her head, she said, “You have nothing to be sorry about. I did my parts too, you know, and we were just not meant for each other.” Andy tugged the corner of his lips upright and nodded his head, feeling himself washed by a wave of relief. Her hand reached his forearm to give it a light squeeze. “We’re good, Andy. I’m sorry too, okay?”

“Nah, you don’t need to say sorry. Thank you, really,” he replied before letting out a relieved huff. His chest felt a bit lighter after that.

“Thank you,” she said and Andy nodded again. “So… Did you bring her?”

Andy raised his eyebrows. But it didn’t take long for him to understand who she was referring to—his girlfriend. “Yeah, yeah, I left her to chat with the others. She’s better than me at socialising, she doesn’t need my help.”

“You have to properly introduce me to her later.”

“I promise.”

She grinned and Andy gave her a genuine warm smile. But then his smile quickly faltered when he saw her face fall.

“You okay?”

“I’m so nervous,” she breathed out, biting the inside of her lips. She turned on her heels and looked at the mirror again. For the hundredth time, she fixed her veil again, they never seemed to look right and it started to annoy her.

Andy’s face scrunched up as he shook his head. “No need to be nervous. Everything’s gonna go well, I promise,” he said in all seriousness. “Everything is perfect out there. You look perfect. And Jordan…”

The mention of her husband-to-be’s name caught her attention. She swiftly looked back at Andy. “What about him?”

“He, uh… Well, I went to him earlier just before I went here,” Andy chortled, briefly rubbing his knuckles to his nose. “Don’t tell him that I say this but, I’ve got to be honest,” he shrugged. “He looks quite dashing. And I know for sure, he’s gonna cry like a baby when he sees you walk down the aisle.”

—

Out of every memory that they had made on that wedding day—the ceremony, the vow, the kiss, the reception, the dances, the speeches, and everything that she’d tried to make a room for in her mind—nothing really topped the memory of her walking down the aisle. Andy had been right, Jordan had looked extremely dashing in his white suit, the most handsome she’d ever seen him, and he’d begun crying his heart out as soon as he’d seen her at the end of the aisle.

She’d almost choked up back then, and she still felt like choking up every time she thought about it, even now as she stared at their hands that sat on her lap. Their shiny silver rings looked beautiful and they always reminded her that she was actually married to the love of her life now. She’d never thought Jordan would be the one she ended up with.

Jordan, who had always been kind to her since the first day she worked at the club. Jordan, who always took care of her. Jordan, with his nice compliments and kind smiles. Jordan, who’d suddenly become a shoulder to rely on and a reason for her to smile. Jordan, whom she always cared about.

It was crazy how life could quickly change. She and Andy didn’t even last a year, they hadn’t even gone to that holiday she planned. The simplest explanations would be that they didn’t work out. Along the way, they’d come across many differences that they hadn’t had enough understanding to overcome. Work had started to get tense and even chaotic, becoming one of the factors of why things started falling apart, and they hadn’t done enough effort to make it work. And maybe they just had not grown enough love. The burning fire had died down quickly.

After the break up that had taken place in Andy’s house, she’d gone to her usual coffee shop, thinking that there was nothing that her favourite warm cup of coffee could fix. But of course, it couldn’t fix her broken heart, so she silently let some tears out, until Jordan unexpectedly stepped into the shop and that was basically how their story began.

It had taken a little while, but everything had fallen into place easily with Jordan. It was easy to understand each other, to put their differences aside and look for the things they could work together on. It was easy to picture their future together and make plans to make it come true. And when she said that loving Jordan was the easiest thing to do, she wasn’t joking.

“What are you thinking, wifey?”

Jordan’s voice tickled her ears, taking her attention away from the beautiful Bali sky that had been her focus for the last few minutes. She met Jordan’s eyes, who was staring at her so fondly; her heart skipped a beat at that. She was sitting in his lap, wrapped by his strong arm. She stared back at him as her hand went to the back of his head, feeling the softness of his freshly cut hair.

“Just about us,” she answered with a faint smile.

“Us?”

She lightly nodded. “I’m just… Grateful. That we’ve come so far, I mean… Look at where we are now,” she said, glancing to the distance where the sky met the sea. The sun was setting, creating the most majestic view. “Got married in Liverpool, having a honeymoon in Bali? We’re living our dream, aren’t we?”

Jordan let out a deep chuckle. He then nodded and smiled back at her. “Yeah, yeah we are,” he agreed. “Still can’t believe I’m at this point, to be honest with ya. Married to the love of my life.” He took her hand on his, brushing the ring on her finger with his thumb as he glanced at it.

Her smile widened as she rested her head on his. A moment later he tilted his head up to give a peck on her lips.

“I thank you for mustering up the courage to confess to me back then,” she said, holding Jordan’s face with her hand. “I guess the reason why I wanted to give you the chance was because you were honest from day one. You didn’t hesitate to open up to me and I appreciated that.”

Jordan bit his bottom lip as he tightened his arm around her waist, reminiscing the night where he poured his heart out on her living room, confessing about the love that he’d been hiding from her for a couple of years, as the rain had been pouring down outside. It had been a cold night that turned so warm because they shared their first kiss, which she had initiated.

“I had always been so afraid to love again, but you made me find my courage. All I knew back then was that I had so much love for you, and I needed you to know it,” he said. “I thank you for giving me the chance.”

“Because it’s you, Jordan. I’ve always trusted you,” she smiled. “And I didn’t even need to try to fall in love with you.”

“And now we’re gonna spend forever together,” he grinned, and this time she was the one who went in for a kiss. It didn’t last long as she couldn’t suppress her smile. “I love you, baby,” Jordan whispered.

As they stared deep into each other’s eyes, she answered. “I love you too.”

—

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{Roommates} NINE

(A\N This chapter has all the things you’re used to: idiots in love, plans not working, friends not helping, mutual pining, fluff and flirting…hope you enjoy🖤this was so off plan and so long if it sucks let me know)

(Pairing)

Adrian Chase x Female reader

(Summary)

Desperately in need of a roommate, your co-worker knows a guy, but why did it have to be Adrian? The guy both annoyed and frustrated the hell out of you getting under your skin from the very moment that you had meet him.

But this was only temporary there was no need to complicate things by really getting to know one another or even worse catch feels along the way. Sure it had been a while for both of you but hooking up with your roommate was a terrible idea…wasn’t it?

(Words)

10,096

(Warnings)

Mentions of ex, mentions of throwing up, drunk Adrian, mutual pining is strong, idiots in love, caring Adrian….lots of flirting, 18+ ONLY

{NINE}

Gliding the pad of his thumb over the warm condensation pooling down his now empty bottle of beer, Adrian starts to peel off the sticker which isn’t as satisfying as he hoped it would be frustrated beyond belief that he was here at this bar with Scott, when instead he should’ve been back at the apartment with you.

According to his friend, Adrian had been moping around waiting for you to appear after your shift at Karma coffee like an idiot, but he didn’t notice having pretty much felt this same way ever since he had made you breakfast waffles all those weeks ago and heard you laugh for the first time.

Only since then these feelings he couldn’t quite grasp had intensified, causing him to make things a million times worse by kissing you and now he had to act as if that hadn’t happened, he was literally aching for you it was so fucking pathetic.

All he knew was that he wanted you, in the most animalistic of ways which kept him wide awake late at night, with thoughts of you occupying his head like a song stuck on repeat.

Clearly alcohol wasn’t going to help neither Adrian’s mood or his libido right now either, but here he was spiralling, whilst waiting for Scott to make a reappearance from the busy bar with his drink.

Briefly considering messaging you Adrian stops himself because he knows once he started he wouldn’t be able to stop, he didn’t want to freak you out anymore even though the last time he had done something impulsively you had responded in kind.

Wishing he could taste you on his mouth again Adrian licks his bottom lip then pulling off his wire framed glasses, he rubs both palms of his hands across his face completely over tonight already despite barely being here an hour.

Opening his eyes again Adrian replaces his glasses in time to see Scott finally coming back over to the table, only he wasn’t alone having put his wingman skills into play which makes Adrian smile briefly.

A distraction was well needed in these dire times that held Adrian hostage, all from his own idiotic mistakes of course but regardless of that he was merely a dude, a dude with obvious needs.

“Took you long enough!” Adrian smiled at Scott even though his focus was on the two women beside him instead .

“Look who I met!?” Scott winks at Adrian who tries his hardest to plaster a smile on his face because he needed this right now.

“Come join us!” Adrian declares pulling out the seat next to him which the redhead beside Scott takes with a confident smile on her face.

“This is Lola.” Scott begins motioning to the tall blonde next to him then pointing at the redhead he adds with a wink “And this is Gwen.”

“Adrian.” Nods Adrian who then instantly feels like an idiot so he takes a long gulp of beer noticing Gwen’s blue eyes watching him closely.

“So, what brings you guys to the bar this evening?” Gwen asks with a smile, it’s nice but it pales in comparison to his roommates which makes him shake his head at the absurdity of where his thoughts were going, again.

“Just out to have some fun!” Scott winks at Gwen whilst she rolls her eyes back at Adrian who smirks happily seeing how she had sense not to fall for his friends idiotic comments, unlike him.

Adrian watches as Lola leans into Scott to talk into his left ear, making the guy look like all his Christmases have come at once, causing Adrian to grab his beer again in frustration.

“What is up with your friend?” Gwen questions with a small giggle at the end.

“Too many things to mention-“

“So, what’s your deal then?” Gwen cuts off Adrian with a super valid question, just one that he cannot pinpoint the answer to.

“My deal?” Adrian asks whilst pulling a confused face in the redheads direction.

“Like, what makes Adrian tick? Also how the hell do you not have a girlfriend you are adorable!” Gwen tells him placing a hand on Adrian’s knee which instantly makes him feel awkward, if only he had his Vigilante mask on then he would be making a killing, in flirty one liners.

“Er, thanks I guess I am kind of adorable in certain lights plus I have so many likes-“

“So you are single then right?” Gwen asks her blue eyes staring into his and Adrian feels, absolutely nothing which shoots the awkwardness factor up to an eye watering eleven.

“It’s complicated-“

“Dude!” Scott cuts off Adrian with a warning look that he doesn’t see but of course Gwen does.

“What does that mean?” Gwen asks folding her arms across her chest with both her eyebrows raised expecting a quick answer.

“It means I like someone but they are my roommate and I’m temporarily living there so I don’t want to make a move and ruin everything-“

“Dude, just give it a rest!” Scott groans making Lola smirk at him clearly she was smitten with his friend for some unknown reason, seeing how this hardly ever happened in real life.

“No, now I’m really interested!“ Gwen exclaims making Scott curse and Adrian nod then take another long drink of his beer trying not to burp once he was done.

“If he starts talking about his roommate then Adrian won’t stop it’s why I bought him-“

“So you’re trying to stop him get with someone by throwing me into whatever he is dealing with right now? Uncool dude!” Gwen admonishes Scott who scoffs back unceremoniously.

“Yeah, uncool!” Adrian yells at Scott pointing a finger at him which makes Gwen smirk back with a grin.

“Either way it’s a shame you are so cute and pretty hot, how does your roommate-“

“That’s why things are complicated.” Adrian pouts looking down at the table ignoring the look he just knows that Scott is giving him.

“What did you do?” Lola asks then backtracks when she sees the look that Adrian gives her in return.

“I’ve done nothing-“

“Exactly!” Cuts in Scotts triumphantly then he quickly adds “This guy used to be able to close but since moving in with Y/N he’s become a total idiot.”

“This is too cute!” Squeals Gwen excitedly sitting up a little taller on her seat as she states “I love stories like this, I need to know everything perhaps I can help?”

“There is no helping Adrian, the dude is beyond help.” Scott jokes with a laugh whilst Adrian flips him off then focuses his attention back on Gwen.

“Why do you even care? I thought we were-“

“Sure, I like you! But if you already have someone else occupying your thoughts what’s the point, plus I love hearing cute stories.”

“I’m gonna be sick.” Scott groans making Lola giggle at him even though he wasn’t funny, at all it was confusing to say the least how the blonde even liked his friend, still.

“How do you know you even like me? It isn’t that easy right-“

“Oh Adrian!” Gwen giggles at Adrian who feels his cheeks and the tips of his ear heat up from the look she is rewarding him.

“Let’s go back to the bar.” Lola nudges Scott who is standing up seconds later ready to be alone with the hot blonde.

“He’s hopeless!” Scott informs Gwen as if Adrian wasn’t even here but he was too busy finishing off his beer to even care.

“So, let’s hear it then what’s so complicated about liking your roommate?” Gwen asks cocking her head to one side waiting for Adrian to reply.

“Do you want the short or long version.” Adrian scoffs with a humourless laugh.

“Long version baby, tell me everything!” Gwen winks at Adrian who shakes his head in confusion.

“Ok, but if you get bored I will-“

“No way dude! I live for this shit and it isn’t as if there are any other cute guys here at the bar.” Gwen states with a smirk noticing the pink streaks of colour reappear on his face again.

More drinks get ordered via table service because neither Adrian or Gwen wanted to move so he starts to tell the story of you and him, probably going into far too much detail but noticing how the redhead was listening to his every word, he cannot help but tell Gwen absolutely everything.

How at the beginning you both argued all the time, literally avoided each other until Adrian had noticed the calls that upset you at night so he made you waffles, and that broke the ice between the pair of you leading to moments that he still obsessed about, even now.

“So what are you doing here exactly?“ Gwen asks in exasperation once Adrian had finally finished his story and she had stopped waving her hand over her face.

“Like right this second-“

“No! I mean why are you here at the bar when you should be back at the apartment because you need to tell your roommate how you feel!” Gwen cheers excitedly making Adrian shake his head.

“It won’t work-“

“What you need!” Cuts in Gwen with a smile as she adds “ Is some liquid courage that I am more then happy to provide for you!”

“You mean get wasted-“

“Not totally bombed but just enough to confidently tell Y/N how you feel, it’s the least you can do for yourself just get it out there!” Gwen exclaims whilst clapping her hands excitedly.

“That might just work!” Adrian nods in agreement three beers deep into the night already after a dinner of microwave noodles, which he knew was a bad idea but it seemed his life was full of those right now.

“It will! From what you’ve said your roommate has it as bad as you.” Nods Gwen confidently despite fancying Adrian on sight she knew she was doing something good by giving him some sound advice.

“But what if it doesn’t work-“

“We need shots!” Shouts Gwen which perks up Adrian because what if the redhead was right, and tonight was the night to make a declaration because the rules needed changing.

From here on out things get a little hazy for Adrian whilst he continues to plan and chat with Gwen, until he is shoved off his chair to go forth and meet his destiny.

Ending up on this knees on the floor Adrian realises two things, one that he was quite drunk and secondly he couldn’t see Scott anywhere he had left him high and dry.

“Let’s get you a cab.” Gwen helps up Adrian then tells him “ You need to make a move tonight and the rest will fall into place!”

“Either that or I will fall and break my face.” Jokes Adrian with a laugh realising that he was being funny for once at the right time it was quite an achievement, one he would probably forget about tomorrow morning.

“Let’s hope not dude, it’s one of your best features.” Winks Gwen with a smirk when she notices Adrian gawping at her with his mouth opened wide.

“You’ve been too good to me tonight, whoever you end up-“

“Dude, I’m after a hook up not the one!” Gwen starts with a laugh but then states “You are a good guy let’s hope your roommate will finally see that.”

“You think I’m a good guy?!” Adrian asks now standing back up feeling both very confused by the floor coming towards him and your statement.

“I know it! Go get her stud.” Gwen winks walking out clumsily with Adrian next to her perhaps shots weren’t that great an idea.

In a cab with vague directions aimed back at the apartment Adrian sinks low into the fake leather seat, eyes closed whilst he tried to recover the confidence he had felt back at the bar.

The self assuredness that had hit him right between the eyes when Gwen had told him to go back to the apartment and make his move, the thought makes him break out in a sweat how was he supposed to do this whilst clearly drunk.

Yet Adrian knew deep down that he had to because drunken logic kinda ruled his brain, so he definitely owed it to Gwen who had told him he could do this, so fuck it he was gonna make this happen!

Lounging on the couch in the pj’s that you had hoped Adrian would see you wearing, you sigh to yourself grabbing another handful of Skittles from the bowl beside you picking out the best ones with your right hand, clearly this was going to be the highlight of your evening.

It was getting late, you had work early tomorrow opening which was exciting, clearly you should have gone to bed ages ago it wasn’t as if you were waiting to see your roommate or anything, yeah right.

Switching off the TV as some old Judge Judy re-run played in the background you finish eating your candy then decide it was time you gave up pining over Adrian because this was exactly what you were doing, it was ridiculous.

You almost wished that Lara would come round and hit both yours and Adrian’s head together like she had suggested, then perhaps things would make more sense hell something could finally happen between you two, maybe.

A sudden knock at the door makes you jump as your eyes widen, what if that was your ex and he wanted to talk like right this second?

Not ready for this you get up from the couch almost knocking over the bowl of Skittles, but ignoring them you find yourself marching confidently over to the front door, despite your hands shaking nobody else but you could see you were scared right now.

Another hard knock followed by a muffled bump against the door has you stepping back, but a very loud yet familiar voice on the other side has you scrambling for the metal door handle.

“Adrian!?” You exclaim seeing him looking back round at the door looking shocked to see you, even more so when you wrap your arms around his middle to hug him.

“What’s wrong-“

“I’m just really happy to see you!“ You cry happily from somewhere round his waist letting go as you feel Adrian pat you on the head awkwardly.

“I’m-I’m.” Begins Adrian readjusting his glasses so he could focus on you properly but currently there are at least three of you in front of him and he wanted to talk to the right one.

“Will the real Y/N please stand up.” Adrian chuckles to himself misquoting the Slim Shady song that he would now have stuck in his head for weeks on end.

“Adrian, are you drunk!?” You laugh noticing your roommate shyly look at his feet then back at you with a cute pink tint across his cheeks.

“I- I need, need to talk to you.” Adrian stumbles over his words then pulls a nasty face as he tastes the last shot he had repeating on him, the acidic taste burning at the back of his throat.

“Are you-“

“Fuck, I’m gonna be sick!” Yells Adrian holding a hand over his mouth as he rushes past you at breakneck speed to the bathroom.

Closing the front door you briefly smile to yourself totally glad that it was Adrian at the door but then you feel bad that he clearly had too much to drink tonight, so you head to the bathroom wanting to check on your roommate but he has the door closed.

“Adrian are you ok?” You knock gently on the door but there is no answer so you push it open, seeing your roommate with his head facing the toilet bowl.

“I’m so sorry!” Adrian groans dropping to his knees on the hard tiled floor which makes you walk over and crouch down beside him.

“What are you apologising to me for?” You ask Adrian placing a hand flat on his back which makes him whine so you quickly move it away.

“I wanted to talk to you but now I’m throwing up you don’t have to be here-“

“I want to.” You cut him off with a smile then add “ I want to help you we’ve all been here.”

“I’m never drinking-“ Adrian begins but whatever else he was about to say gets lost in the toilet with the rest of the alcohol he had drunk.

“It’s ok.” You soothe replacing your hand on his back, palm flat as you rub soothing circles flushing the toilet for him whilst his head remained near the bowl.

“Ugh, this is all Scott’s fault!” Adrian groans then adds “Gwen told me to get confident by drinking but now all my confidence has escaped me.”

“Who is Gwen?” You ask then instantly regret it because you didn’t want to know who Adrian had clearly been on a date with tonight, probably no thanks to Scott.

“I met her through Scott she helped me come back here to see you.” Adrian looks up with a watery smile at you stating “I missed you tonight.”

“I was right here-“

“That’s where I should’ve been.” Adrian groans finally sitting his head up from the toilet bowl wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

“Do you want me to run you a shower?” You ask Adrian who silently nods so you get up from your arched position to switch it on whilst your roommate looked sleepy.

“Thanks.” Adrian smiles sweetly at you then asks “ Can you stay with me incase I fall asleep in the shower?”

“Of course I can even scrub your back for you if you want.” You tell Adrian with a smile which makes him close his eyes but there is a cheeky grin on his face.

“Does that offer extend to the morning when I would definitely appreciate it more.” Adrian asks with a hopefulness in his voice and a puppy dog look in his eyes as he reopens them that floors you.

“One time deal I’m afraid.” You shrug whilst he rolls his eyes then tells you that he will be fine by himself then.

“I can wait outside?” You ask him and he silently nods so you walk out of the bathroom wondering what the hell had caused Adrian to get so drunk.

So much for being his best confident self, Adrian sighs unable to comprehend the fact that he had throwing up in front of you, so much for being cool he was such a loser and would always be one.

The high he had achieved earlier through various shots that he would never touch ever again was now gone, instead Adrian felt like an idiot having told Gwen so much about you and still he was unable to close.

Standing under a cold shower matches his mood as he hurriedly washes himself, wanting to get rid of signs of tonight, ready to pass out somewhere soon even right here in the bath would do right now.

Feeling empty Adrian couldn’t believe how tonight had gone down, this was the last time he would listen to Scott anytime soon, now he had to go and face you but first he needed to get dressed.

Noticing Adrian walking to his room you make a point of looking away and not staring at his bare chest and strong arms, well you did try but a glimpse was enough to make you bite your bottom lip, but you do scold yourself because now really wasn’t the time.

Worried that Adrian wouldn’t make a reappearance, he is in his bedroom for twenty four painful minutes, until he reappears whilst you try and fail to hide the smile from your face.

“You have such a pretty smile.” Adrian tells you not for the first time but it still makes you blush a little as he walks over in an old green tee shirt and grey fitted boxers.

“I weren’t sure if you were even going to come back-“

“Did you miss me?” Adrian questions with a smile as he takes a seat next to you on the couch, making you smell lime and mint as he settled down.

“Why did you get so drunk? When you got home you said you had something to tell me.” You ask Adrian who suddenly looks caught out but you give him a moment to see if he would lie or come clean with whatever was clearly bugging him.

“Oh it was nothing important-“

“Did it have something to do with whoever Gwen is?” You ask in a poorly concealed jealous voice that Adrian picks up on when he glances in your direction.

“I just met her tonight, I had wanted to talk to you about-“

“What is it?” You ask Adrian with concern.

“Nothing, it really isn’t important right now let’s just forget about it.” Adrian begins hurriedly then sitting closer to you he starts chatting about some woman named Lola who Scott has met tonight.

“Sounds like you had fun.” You nod at him trying to hide a yawn even though you were really tired you wanted another opening to ask about Gwen, because you liked tormenting yourself clearly.

“I didn’t” Adrian begins with a groan but then adds with a cute smile “Because you wasn’t there but now I’m here and this rocks.”

“I think we should hang out more, I kind of missed you tonight-“

“You did?” Adrian cuts you off with a wide smile that makes you instantly blush under his gaze.

“Well sure, I’m still waiting for us to have that sleepover soon.” You remind him with a smirk that makes him arch as single eyebrow and look hot as fuck somehow whilst doing it.

“Can I lay my head on your lap?” Adrian asks and you nod with a smile as he yawns himself then places the back of his head on one of your thighs with a sigh.

“Does that feel better?” You ask him hand instinctively going to his head where you gently thread it through his soft hair hearing him groan gently which only encourages you to do it again.

Adrian remains silent as you play with his hair there is so much he wants to tell you, but right this second he is trying to ignore the very obvious tent in his boxers that he hoped you wouldn’t notice.

Your hands feel so good brushing his hair and softly scratching his scalp that he can’t help but imagine them elsewhere, over his body the thought makes him groan again, causing you to shift a little which for some reason makes him smile.

This wasn’t exactly how he had planned on ending tonight but Adrian feels so relaxed laying his head on your lap, he closes his eyes and falls asleep right there dreaming of how better things could have ended.

You smile to yourself when you hear Adrian’s quiet breathing signalling he was asleep, looking down you see how handsome he looks which makes your heart flip but you tell yourself off because clearly he had already met someone whoever Gwen was, so he couldn’t make it any more obvious that he wasn’t interested.

Sure you both flirted so easily it was part of your dynamic, everything you did it was done platonically which you could do but right now you didn’t want to think about it, so you close your eyes and fall asleep with your hand cradling Adrian’s head.

Waking up with a start the first thing you realise is that Adrian is gone, not feeling his head on your thigh which had felt so comforting, he had instead placed one of his hoodies over you which was a poor substitute.

Looking up you notice his bedroom door was closed, then seconds later you jump out of your skin when your alarm on your phone goes off to signal you had to get up for work, the thought instantly puts you in a bad mood.

How long had you been asleep with Adrian’s head on your lap? You wish you could’ve taken a picture to remember the moment even though the image of him is pretty clear in your mind, of course.

Work is chaotic because orders come into the store wrong and Conor yells at you like it is entirely your fault, causing you to bite your tongue otherwise you would end up with a warning or even worse no job.

This is pretty much a benchmark of how the rest of the morning plays out, progressively getting worse especially when you see Scott walking in whistling the whole way which even makes Phoebe give him a funny look.

“Morning, everyone!“ Scott cheers whilst you wait for the seconds to pass until the barista says something idiotic in your direction.

“Have fun last night?” Scott winks at you eight seconds later, probably a new record if you kept track of those kind of things.

“What do you mean-“

“Did you actually see Adrian last night?” Scott questions with a grin that makes you want to glare at him but you won’t be giving him the satisfaction of knowing he was getting to you.

“Yes, I did he came home drunk-“

“Oh really? Was he by himself.” Cuts in Scott with a question that momentarily makes you pause for thought but a cough brings you back into the coffee shop.

“He was alone but he did want to talk to me about some woman named Gwen.” You explain with a shrug trying not to act as if that kind of hurt when he kept talking about some redhead he had met at the bar.

“No, you got it completely wrong!?” Scott laughs loudly which instantly makes you fold your arms across your chest initiating defensive mode.

“Excuse me-“

“I mean!” Cuts in Scott hastily holding both his hands up in front of him as he adds “Adrian was talking about you to Gwen like all evening, well until I had left with Lola.”

“He talked about me?” You asked in confusion which only caused to make Scott roll his eyes.

“Yes he was gonna tell you-“ Scott stops talking suddenly which makes you widen your eyes at him in annoyance.

“Tell me what?” You snap in obvious frustration.

“Well, it isn’t my place to say and Adrian would kill me.” Scott gives you a weak grin that causes you to scoff and carry on with your work, even though thoughts of your roommate occupied your mind.

Avoiding Scott who kept holding his hands up apologetically at you, you just wanted to get this shift done and go back to the apartment, back to bed where you could hide.

“Why don’t you ask Adrian?” Scott asks when he catches you just before you could make a break to your car.

“Ask him what?” You question sarcastically which makes Scott shake his head at you like you were a lost cause.

“Oh god! You two just need to bone-“

“Hey!” You cut off Scott who gives you a sheepish look back despite deep down you knew he was right, just hook up with Adrian and move on.

Easy….

Spending the whole day alone in the apartment, Adrian was feeling pretty sorry for himself and bored beyond belief all because he wasn’t working until tonight when he put on his costume and became Vigilante.

Obviously having the place to himself had been fun for a little while, but then boredom and settled in and for a brief time he was horny so he jerked off until that wasn’t fun anymore and that was his day pretty much.

Not entirely sure what had happened last night pieces had replayed in his mind, meeting Gwen the redhead who didn’t compare to you, not that anyone but him was obviously comparing because Adrian had it so bad, it ached.

Wait, Adrian had felt that ache last night hell he had even told Gwen he recalls then it hits him why he had drunk so much, for courage to tell you how he felt because he had spoken to the redhead all night about you…how embarrassing.

Shit! What had he said to you last night Adrian could not remember just that he had puked and you had looked after him, he had used the memory of you stroking his hair earlier because it had been so hot.

But that didn’t matter right now he had more pressing issues of whether he had annoyed you last night at any point, but Adrian was sure that if he had you wouldn’t of let him fall asleep on your thigh.

Adrian had wanted nothing more than to kiss your soft thighs last night, moving to the inside to spread your legs and glide his tongue over your skin until-the fantasy stops there when he hears his phone having to get up from the couch to find it.

“What do you want.” Adrian grumbles at Scott once he had located his phone on one of the kitchen stools, where else would it be.

“Hungover are we?” Asks Scott with a chuckle.

“I’m never going out to a bar with you again, what the hell happened last night?” Adrian groans wondering if his idiotic friend could fill in some gaps for him.

“Not you as well!” Scott cries down the phone then elaborates “Your roommates been asking me question about last night and now you, fuck you two are so clueless!”

“Y/N’s been talking about me?” Adrian asks hopefully which causes Scott to laugh once again.

“I told your roomie to go talk to you because Ive already said I was getting bored by all this and now I just don’t care.” Scott announces in a bored voice.

“Thanks.” Adrian scoffs then states “If I hadn’t of gotten so wasted last night things would have ended a lot differently.”

“That wasn’t my fault, by the way I went home last night with Lola-“

“By the way you suck at being a wingman!” Cuts in Adrian in frustration.

“You could have gone home with Gwen and ended this dry spell, both your right hand and dick would’ve thanked you for it.” Scott states clearly making sense but Adrian was never one to do the right thing in the right order.

“It isn’t just about sex-“

“Wait, do you actually like Y/N?” Scott talks over you with a shocked voice, unless he was being sarcastic he could never tell sometimes.

“Of course I fucking do but now she thinks

I’ve met someone which I have, well did but she totally doesn’t count I want Y/N.” Groans Adrian how had this all managed to get even more complicated.

“Well you know what you need to do you idiot.” Scott laughs then adds “ Make it up to your roommate I bet even you could figure out how.”

“I’m not gonna pounce on her when she gets home dude-“

“I thought it wasn’t just about fucking?” Scott giggles lamely.

“Dude, fuck-“

Before Adrian can tell his friend where to go Scott decides to hang up on him which finishes his mood off because now Adrian was completely pissed off.

Make things up to you? How could Adrian do that he wondered realising that firstly cleaning the bathroom would help, because of last night and then maybe he could make food for you and himself.

Blasting out one of his playlists which had a cornucopia of different genres and artists but maybe a little too much Taylor Swift, even though Adrian didn’t see a problem with this, he got to work cleaning and tidying the apartment.

Sure it was his job as well to ensure the apartment stayed tidy and such, so this wasn’t part of the making up he just wanted to impress you with a tidy apartment, after he would head out to grab some stuff for dinner hopefully you didn’t already have plans.

With the apartment block in sight you feel the tension reappearing in your shoulders, the thought of seeing Adrian was putting you on edge even though you really wanted to see his goofy smile right now.

Walking through the front door finally you find yourself smiling when you spot Adrian in the kitchen, he was cooking and it smelled absolutely delicious, looking round you spot your roommate smiling back at you.

“Just in time for dinner come join me.” Adrian asks you easily even though deep down he is nervous you will say no to him.

“Sure, just let me change first.” You nod back with a smile that lights up Adrian’s face making you look away shyly.

Changing your top for a grey cropped one you go to check your reflection in the mirror behind your bedroom door, telling yourself off for even caring but you did want to look a little presentable in front of Adrian, which was telling.

Back in the kitchen you sit opposite Adrian who joins you at the kitchen island, the food looks delicious and you can’t help but grin to yourself.

“I could get used to this.” You nod then groan when you take a bite of chicken fajita noticing how Adrian looks away from you but his ears are tinged red which makes you smile to yourself.

“Oh yeah? Well this is just to say sorry for last night so they are apology fajita’s.” Adrian tells you with a smile that showcases his dimples.

“So we’ve had truce waffles and now apology fajita’s what’s next?” You question with a laugh which makes Adrian’s face light up.

“I love your laugh.” Adrian smiles then realising what he had just said he backtracks “ I mean it’s a cute laugh.”

“Thanks.” You tell him sweetly then add in a teasing voice “ These fajita’s are worth it they make up for last night and anything else you will do wrong in the future.”

“I will probably do so many things wrong.” Adrian states looking down at his food lost in thought.

“We all get things wrong!” You tell him with an encouraging smile “ I’ve had the morning from hell but now I’m here with you and-“

“What?” Adrian asks looking up at you after you had suddenly stopped talking looking adorable with a blush colouring your cheeks.

“It’s just nice to hang out with you that’s all.” You continue slowly then add “ But thanks for cooking it was so good!”

“No problemo!” Adrian declares with a smile the pair of you once again just smiling at the other like an idiot both lost in a million and one thoughts between you.

“I saw Scott at work today.” You begin stating the obvious because of course you would so you explain “ He told me who Gwen was the woman you kept talking about last night.”

“Scott tried to set me up, but do you actually want to know what I spoke to the Gwen about all evening?” Adrian asks honestly smiling when you nod back.

“You.” Adrian tells you with a nervous smile aimed in your direction which makes you grin back because this just confirms what Scott had told you earlier.

“Fed up with me-“

“I could never be fed up with you!” Adrian cuts you off enthusiastically as he adds “ I like being around here and of course with you.”

“Like I told you last night, you should have stayed home and hung out with me-“

“You mean like spend more time together?” Adrian asks with a wide grin.

“Sure.” You nod back cheeks going red whilst you wished you could stop yourself doing that so easily in front of your roommate.

Adrian wants to comment again about how pretty you look when you blush but doesn’t want you to think he just liked you for your looks, you were funny and smart too a wining combo if ever he saw one.

Recalling Gwen’s wise words in his head like she was the Yoda to his Luke, Adrian thought it was about time he found his confidence and put it into good use.

“We could watch a movie and see where it leads?” Adrian asks cockily his question landing flat whilst his confidence disappears with a click of his fingers.

“What the movie?” You joke back knowing full well what your roomie meant but grin when Adrian rewards you with a confused look on his face.

“No, I meant us finally being alone-“

“Adrian, do you want to have sex with me?” You ask him in a faux shocked voice which makes your roommate almost fall back off his stool.

“What, no? I mean sure if you, this feels like a trap-

“Obviously I’m just teasing you, Adrian.” You tell him in a sexy voice complete with wink that has him gawping back, mouth wide open.

“Ha! Of course! I better go clear the table-“

“Let me help.” You tell him getting up from the stool as you work in silence together making you wonder if you had broken Adrian, the thought makes you grin.

Adrian goes out like planned later that night as Vigilante, hearing you in your room he races out full of conflict but ready to meet some criminals, he needed to shut off his mind and quick.

Seeing how right now and back at the table earlier he would have easily kissed you again, but Adrian didn’t just want it to be about sex between you two he knew you were worth more than just a quick hook up.

Yet in his line of work both as a busboy and a anti hero Adrian couldn’t get too close despite that being exactly what he wanted, like you had suggested earlier spending more time together, the idea made him very happy.

Calling Lara as soon as your break was due, right down to the second you walked outside the front of the store already calling your friend before you even took a large sip of your cold brew drink.

It was a sunny Friday and the days were staring to get warmer with summer soon to appear but you had far more pressing matters that needed your best friends help.

“Hello stranger!” Lara calls like it’s been years since you had spoken to her and not literally days.

“Can we go out somewhere tomorrow night?” You ask Lara because you needed a night out desperately, only you wouldn’t drink too much and end up like Adrian you just wanted to let off some steam.

“Of course, I’m down for that!” Lara cheers excitedly then adds “Will your lover boy be joining us?”

“Of course not-“

“I can finally meet Adrian tomorrow! Oh shit, I can finally meet the guy who is driving you mad perhaps I could even help push-“

“No! You won’t!” You exclaim loudly causing a couple walking past you to stop and look at you weirdly

“Either way I get to meet him-“

“Very briefly you can but don’t embarrass me, say hi and then we leave to go to the bar!” You state firmly but then you get an idea so ask “Maybe I could meet you there instead.”

“No chance I want to meet the guy who has been driving you mad for the past few months and you’ve still failed to jump his bones.” Lara snorts with a laugh.

“It’s complicated-“

“It really isn’t! You remember the birds and the bees right?” Lara giggles when she hears you curse under your breath but clearly she hears you.

“Sure, of course I want to hook up with the guy.” You state in a low voice in case someone heard you as you quickly explain “ But I don’t want it to just be like one quick fumble I want more.”

“Holy shit you have a crush on the guy?” Lara practically screams down the phone making you almost drop the damn thing.

“Let’s not label this I-“

“You have a fully fledged crush on your roommate my god it’s worse than I thought it was!” Lara states either to you or herself you wasn’t sure but she is babbling out loud.

“It isn’t like that! Either way what is wrong with a crush it’s harmless.” You decide even though your feelings right now didn’t fit into that category at all but you wasn’t going to tell Lara that right this second.

“This is so cute! Now I definitely need to meet Adrian and find out his true intentions with you.” Laughs Lara as she puts on a flirty voice which makes you regret calling your friend.

“Ok, I’m cancelling-“

“No! I will behave I promise, ok I will try really hard but you have to let me at least meet the dude.” Lara announces trying to negotiate badly which makes you laugh.

“You can meet him for a whole two minutes and then we are hitting the bar.” You relent hearing your friend cheer excitedly in return.

“Why do you want to go to the bar so suddenly? Wait, are you trying to make Adrian jealous or something?” Lara asks with a short giggle.

“No, I just want to do something on a Saturday night and can you just forget what I said about-“

“Having a huge crush on your roommate? That’s a negative I’m going to remember it forever more.” Lara states with obvious glee that makes you clench your jaw in annoyance.

“I’m already regretting this-“

“Why? Tomorrow will be so much fun!” Lara declares and you hope that she is right because you needed some of that injected into your veins right now.

“Let’s hope-“

“Whilst I still have you.” Begins Lara with a laugh in her voice as she then states “ I told you so.”

“Told me what?” You question completely confused by the direction the conversation was going in.

“I said this back at the speed dating night I would say I told you so when you confessed your love for-“

“Woah! No one said love!” You yell in a squeaky voice almost dropping your beloved drink in the process.

“Ok your in crush then, or would it be lust seeing-“

“I need to go but you have to swear to me you will behave yourself tomorrow night!” You tell Lara firmly really hoping she would understand how serious you were being right now.

“Of course I will! I can even help nudge you in the right-“

“No! That’s the opposite of what I want.” You explain to Lara with a groan which turns into annoyance when you hear her laugh.

“Oh! Lover boy must really be something to have you in a mess like this I cannot wait to meet him!” Lara cries happily then you end the call with an uneasy feeling in your stomach.

Adrian cannot believe his eyes when he spots you standing in your bedroom, door opened wide looking around for something so you don’t notice the look he is giving you.

Wearing a blue sundress that hugs your curves and sits just above your knee, Adrian openly stares at you wishing he didn’t have work so he could look at you all night on that outfit.

“Looking good roomie!” Adrian states making you look up quickly from your bedroom floor to see him standing by your door with a wide grin on his face.

“Thanks, I wasn’t sure-“

“You look like an actual babe! Not that you don’t always look-“

“Thanks. Adrian.” You cut him off before he spirals noticing the pink on his cheeks which makes you smile.

“Going somewhere-“

Before Adrian can finish his sentence there is a loud knock at the door, which makes him look behind him to scowl at the door, why were they always being interrupted all the time?

“That’s for me!” You yell making Adrian look back at you to see you brush past him, his body tensing up when he feels your bare arm rub against his which makes him shudder.

Watching as you open the front door Adrian grins when he recognises the tall blonde from the coffee shop, but your roommate obscures you from seeing anything else so you look away.

Obviously curious Adrian carries on getting ready for work for his evening shift at Fennel’s tonight, eyes glancing towards the front door where you were still talking to your friend outside.

“Why are we standing out here?” Lara questions catching you off guard which makes your friend smirk back happily.

“Just wanted to warn you that if you embarrass me-“

“Me? Embarrass you, never!” Lara laughs with obvious glee which makes you roll your eyes.

“Can we just go to the bar?” You beg Lara but she shakes her head, then pushes past you walking back into the apartment.

“Holy shit!” Lara exclaims making you look past her to see Adrian shirtless, a cocky grin on his face whilst your friend is giving you a wide eyed look.

“Ok, let’s go-“

“Hey, I’m Adrian.” Adrian informs Lara who smiles knowingly at you then grins back at your roommate who pulls on his dark burgundy shirt in front of you both.

“Lara, I’ve seen you before at the coffee shop right?” Lara asks with a smile blatantly checking out Adrian who looks far from embarrassed whilst you felt your cheeks heating up already.

“I remember! Are you both out tonight?” Adrian asks glancing in your direction as you give him an awkward smile back.

“Just a couple of bars, I’ll be sure to look after her for you.” Lara winks at Adrian who looks caught out placing a hand round the back of his neck.

“Cut it out.” You tell Lara giving her a pointed look when she grins back at you.

“What? I’m just letting Adrian know-“

“I’m actually on the way out, so I will see you later roomie and great meeting you Lara.” Adrian states with a nod in your direction and a wink aimed at Lara who watches your roommate leave the apartment.

You shake your head glancing at Lara who looks seconds away from bursting with excitement, so you make a carry on motion with your hand for her to get it over with.

“What the hell?! He is so hot how-“

“Now can you see my problem?” You ask Lara with a sigh whilst your friend shakes her head.

“What problem? You should have totally climbed the dude by now and I saw the look he gave you.” Lara smiled excitedly as you grabbed your purse and phone from the couch.

“It’s complicated-“

“Like fuck it is! Sure he isn’t my type exactly but I could make exceptions the dude has muscles on-“

“You’re drooling.” You tell Lara sarcastically making her give you a fake laugh in return.

“No wonder you’re grumpy and horny all the time-“

“I am not!” You begin then quickly add with another sigh “Ok, maybe I am some of the time.”

“I think we need to talk-“

“No! I just want to have a drink and talk about anything other than my roommate and how hot he is, or how cute his dimples are or anything like that.” You snap clearly beyond the point of needing a drink right now.

“This is amazing!” Lara cheers noticing the look on your face because you clearly didn’t agree.

“It’s terrible.” You announce loudly then add “ I have a stupid crush on my roommate and-“

“Ok, your freaking out! Let’s get out of here grab a drink and have a talk.” Lara tells you in a soothing voice.

“Why aren’t you teasing me-“

“I’m still thinking about Adrian’s muscles you need to give me a little while longer.” Lara fans her face causing you to roll your eyes and head out the front door again.

Finally at the first bar of the evening it is already packed and you have to both stand at the bar waiting to be served and in hope of a table becoming free.

“So, did you really not peek a look at Adrian in the shower?” Questions Lara into your ear making you give her a dark look in return.

“Only when he had a towel on-“

“I bet he looked so good.” Lara nods happily making you follow suit because of course he did.

“The image has stayed in my mind ever since.” You wink at Lara who laughs back.

“I’m sure it has! But why settle for just the image when the guy is actually in the next room?“ Lara asks in a teasing voice that makes you groan.

“It’s-“

“If you say it’s complicated, I’m going to literally scream.” States Lara raising both of her eyebrows as she rewards you with a stern look.

Luckily before you could start to unpick why you hadn’t made a move yet, Lara is served and you decide to glance around the bar in the vague hope of finding somewhere, to sit and have this conversation.

Lara silently hands you a beer and you accept taking a long drink until you notice a guy across the other side of the bar watching you, not in the mood you look away catching the excited smile that your best friend gives you.

“So, why haven’t you-“

“Can we not talk about this right now?” You ask with a groan but you curse when you spot Lara shaking her head.

“I felt total vibes between you two!” Lara exclaims which makes you laugh.

“You met the guy for like two minutes-“

“As you had discussed.” Cuts in Lara flippantly.

“So how could you notice something between us? I swear the easiest thing to do is just move on from this-“

“Or you make a move? I would bet good money on Adrian reciprocating if you set the pace and started things off.” Lara giggles at you clearly noticing the hot red covering your cheeks.

“I don’t want to mess-“

“You have it so bad! It’s fucking adorable.” Lara cuts you off with yet another laugh.

“Can we stop talking about Adrian now?” You ask giving Lara your best pissed off look which only seems to encourage the giggles from within her.

“Ok, let’s go meet some guys you can practice talking to, then you can try them with lover boy later?” Lara asks with a happy smile whilst you roll your eyes.

“I know how to fucking flirt-“

“It’s closing that’s the problem then.” Lara nods with a sudden pensive look on her face.

“Since my ex, it’s been hard my confidence has been knocked I’m so off my game-“

“First of all fuck your ex!“ Lara shouts causing several people close by to cheer in response which makes you smile as she adds “ Plus you are the perfect package, Adrian would be an idiot to ignore your advances.”

“I just want to hang out with him first-“

“Yeah, that’s how it starts then you fool around and the fun really begins!” Lara winks at you cheekily biting the tip of her tongue which catches the attention of the guy next to her.

“Sign me up!” The guy jokes which actually makes you smile and that’s how you got to meet Cal and his friend whose name you can’t remember right now.

Cal was here with his friend, they had a table and two spare seats with your names on so after ordering more drinks courtesy of your new friend you all head over to sit down.

Awkward introductions aside, Lara starts talking to Cal’s friend Alex whilst you take the seat next to the friendly blonde from the bar.

Taking a long sip of beer you decide this will be your last one not wanting to get too drunk tonight and make an idiot of yourself in front of Adrian, the very thought makes you shudder.

“So, what’s a gorgeous girl like you doing in a place like this?” Cal asks making you widen your eyes as you burst out laughing from the terrible line he had just fed you.

“That was-“

“Just an ice breaker! You looked so lost in thought so I decided to cheer you up and hey it worked.” Cal cuts you off explaining easily which makes you shake your head but continue to smile regardless.

“It did, I needed that thanks!” You wink at Cal lifting up your beer again ignoring the look that Lara gives you obviously bored already by Alex who was currently glued to his phone.

“So, I couldn’t help but overhear at the bar you were having some guy trouble?” Cal asks with a smile which makes Lara choke on her drink all the while you feel your cheeks going red.

“It’s complicated-“

“How so?” Cal questions after taking a drink he places it down at the table and asks “Look tell me if I’m overstepping but if this guy is messing you around you need to ditch him.”

“No, it’s nothing like that!” You begin with a nervous laugh followed by a sigh as you then explain” He’s my roommate and I’m not sure if he feels the same way or I’m just overthinking.”

“Dream fantasy right there living with a sexy roommate!” Cal laughs with a wink that makes you roll your eyes “ But seriously if he hasn’t made any moves yet-“

“Oh but Cal, he has!” Lara cuts into your conversation with glee making you narrow your eyes at her but she ignores you.

“So he’s left it in your capable hands to make the next move then?” Cal questions with an arched eyebrow making you nod back shyly.

“See! I told you, I said the same thing!” Lara cheers at Cal who smirks back in her direction.

“Am I going to need another drink for where this conversation is leading to?” You ask with a grin looking from Lara to Cal who were having some kind of staring match across the table from each other.

“No, don’t get drunk!” Cal informs you finally looking away from your friend to state “You need to be in control and safe if you plan on hooking up tonight.”

“I didn’t say anything about-“

“Tell me about this roommate, I kinda feel like an overprotective brother right now I want to know the details does this guy have moves?” Cal asks and you notice the look of wonder on Lara’s eyes, it makes you smirk to yourself.

“Adrian has moves alright!” Lara winks at you which makes Cal nod both of them looking at you expectantly.

“Ok, fine.” You sigh then give Cal the bridged version of events leading up to right now because you didn’t want to tell this guy everything, you had just met him after all.

“I think you know what you want to do.” Cal tells you with a wide smile adding “ That whole time you spoke about Adrian you had such a cute smile on your face, it was adorable.”

“It was wasn’t it?!” Lara coos at you with a smirk on her face.

“Ok, now I’m gonna be sick.” You joke then state “ I think I deserve another drink after that.”

“But what if-“

“I know my body, I know when I can stop drinking and who even says I will make a move tonight it’s my choice.” You announce firmly slamming your hand on the table.

“Let’s get more drinks then!“ Cheers Lara jumping up from her seat pulling Cal up out of his who happily lets her as the walk off to the bar together.

“It’s that easy is it?” You mutter to yourself looking back to see Alex finally look up from his phone offering you a weird look.

Silently he gets up and leaves you alone at the table with your thoughts which of course start and finish with Adrian, so you grab your phone and decide to message him at work.

Adrian wouldn’t probably reply anyway so you leave your thumb poised over the messenger app debating whether to message him or not, you weren’t even supposed to be thinking about him but here you were.

Instead you switch from messenger to the camera app, deciding to take a quick picture and send it to Adrian, in case he had forgotten what you looked like or something.

“Cocktail time!” Lara cheers placing something pink in front of you causing you to drop your phone back into your purse.

Thankfully talk of your roommate ceases whilst you enjoy the daiquiri which was very sweet making you relax a little watching Lara and Cal flirt easily.

Meanwhile Adrian stops in the middle of the restaurant floor, when he hears his phone beep in his trouser pocket,using one hand to grab it he sees you have sent him a message pressing the notification to see your gorgeous smile on his screen.

Smiling widely to himself Adrian saves the picture to his phone then looking up in case anyone was watching him, he replaces his phone back in his pocket then carries on working but he can’t stop grinning to himself.

You spend the rest of the evening chatting and having fun feeling you inhibitions escape you after a couple more cocktails have you grinning and feeling so happy, even though Adrian hadn’t replied to your picture but he had seen it.

Not exactly drunk but your thoughts were currently being fuelled by alcohol, everything pointing back to you showing Adrian how you felt, no words needed.

Of course you had pretty much been horny for your roommate since you had seen him appear from the shower that time, only difference was that it wasn’t just about how he looked.

Adrian was funny, clever and always knew what to say to make you laugh whilst he grinned down at you with his dimples on show.

“You ok there?” Lara asks with a smirk noticing you lost in your own thoughts.

“I need to go see Adrian.” You announce getting up from your seat feeling a little light headed but you could deal with it.

“Well the bar is closing now so we best go.” Lara winks at you as you notice her taking Cal’s hand so you follow behind them until you reach outside.

“Cab?” You ask at the same time Cal says to Lara with a grin.

“Your place or mine?”

“Now that’s a bad line!” You joke with a laugh.

“Yeah, but it works.” Lara smiles then tells Cal in a low voice “ Lets go back to mine.”

Sharing a cab with Lara and Cal puts a slight dampener on things what with them making out and asking you questions about Adrian in between, so awkward.

“Are you going to put Adrian out of his misery and hook-“

“Adrian sounds like a good dude!”

“Please stop talking to me.” You groan making Lara wink at you whilst she continues to make out with Cal wishing you were anywhere but here.

“Have fun!” Cal shouts out the cab window finally back at the apartment you rush to head inside excited at the idea of seeing your roommate.

Adrian should have got undressed from his annoying work uniform by now the nylon of his shirt causing him to itch but he didn’t want to move, in case he missed you.

Seeing how you had looked after him when he was drunk, Adrian wanted to be here incase you came back in a similar state he wanted to make sure that you were ok, unless you weren’t even coming home at all.

Deciding to end the night with some beer Scott had left in the fridge, Adrian welcomed the warm buzz that envelopes him blaming the alcohol but he knew otherwise, the cause of this electric need surging through him.

Checking his phone Adrian notes it’s been three minutes since he had last looked at the time, groaning to himself because he was so tired but the need to see you outweighed that by a long shot.

All Adrian wanted was to see your face, hopefully alone but he didn’t mind if you were with Lara just not with a guy that would probably finish him off.

Balling a hand into a fist at the very idea of you not being alone, Adrian had succeeded in annoying himself sure you were your own person but he wanted you all to himself, he was kinda greedy like that.

Adrian would give anything to have you in his arms right now, the tension between you both was truly suffocating and he knew exactly how to remedy that but you kinda needed to be here with him.

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#adrian chase x female reader #vigilante x female reader #roommates fic #adrian chase fan fics #fluff and heart eyes #slow burn to eventual smut #next chapter #adrian chase #vigilante #peacemaker #freddie stroma #adrian chase is a babe #enjoy #part one of the series

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razieltwelve · 1 year

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Formality (Final Rose AU)

“I’m kind of nervous here,” Ruby whispered. “Can’t we go somewhere less formal?”

Averia raised one eyebrow. “I was under the impression that you wanted to be prepared for the formal tea that Weiss was inviting your whole team too.”

“Well, yeah, but...” Ruby made a face. “It’s so... stuffy here.”

Averia chuckled. They were in arguably the most exclusive formal tea establishment in Vale. Formal tea was an Atlas custom that involved partaking in tea and various foods, all of it conducted according to strict guidelines in terms of conduct.

In Atlas, being invited to a formal tea was both a blessing and a curse. It was a way for someone to publicly demonstrate their trust and faith in others but it could also go horribly wrong if those others were unable to meet the exacting standards required.

Weiss had invited the rest of Team RWBY to join her in a formal tea at the single most exclusive and prominent formal tea establishment in Atlas. It would serve as a public announcement of how much she trusted and favoured her teammates. It would make it clear that they had her full backing and support and that any ill conduct toward them, be it a direct attack or mere slander, would be considered an action against her and the Schnee Family itself.

Naturally, Ruby had freaked out because, quite frankly, no one in her family was particularly formal or much inclined toward following Atlas customs. Her Aunt Raven was actually more than capable of teaching this, largely due to the many contracts the Branwen Clan had taken from Atlas over the years, but she was currently quite busy.

That left teaching Ruby to Averia.

Why not Yang?

Yang had gone through a phase not that long ago in which she’d thought the whole elaborate production involved in formal tea was cool. As a loving and attentive girlfriend, Averia had ensured that Yang was thoroughly well educated in the matter. Elsa had subsequently added her own expertise more recently, so Averia was more than confident that Yang would be able to handle it. If she and Elsa had both used certain other incentives to motivate Yang, well, that was a personal matter. Of course, those same incentives could not be used for Ruby.

Blake?

Blake was basically a princess. Formal tea might have been a custom from Atlas, but it had been required learning for her in her younger years. Strangely enough, formal teas had also grown popular in Menagerie as a way of getting disparate groups to be more polite prior to negotiations and the like.

That just left Ruby... Ruby whose usual approach to tea was to order hot chocolate or milk instead to go with her cookies, which she would then devour with all the subtlety of a starving lion attacking some unfortunate sheep.

“But...”

“Ruby,” Averia said firmly. “Do you know who I am?”

“Uh... Averia?” Ruby paused. “Wait... is this a trick question?”

“No. It is not a trick question. I am Averia Yun-Farron. The blood of the two most powerful huntresses in the world flows through my veins. I am myself an EX Tier huntress and quite possibly the third most powerful person on this planet. I am also someone with an absolutely exacting attention to detail that is further honed by my Semblance. I have had to attend multiple formal teas, and I have perfected the process.”

“Averia, you’re kind of starting to scare me.”

“I will be teaching you exactly how to approach a formal tea, Ruby. By the time I’m done with you, you will be more than capable of not only attending Weiss’s formal tea but also distinguishing yourself as a person of exquisite sophistication and regal bearing.”

Ruby winced. “But do we have to practice here?” Her eyes flitted about the tea room. “What if I make a fool of myself?”

“Ruby, the only real way to get used to a formal tea is to practice under proper conditions. However... I can say this. If anyone laughs at you, they will answer to me.”

Ruby blinked. “That’s really comforting, and kind of terrifying.”

“Good.” Averia motioned for Ruby to take a seat at a table as a maid in an elaborate uniform sat down as well. “First, I will demonstrate how to properly partake in a formal tea.” She inclined her head at the maid. “This is Iroha. Since it takes at least two people for a proper formal tea, she will also be participating. Watch her closely. I will be playing the part of host, which will be Weiss’s role. Iroha will be conducting herself in the manner you will have to.”

X X X

Author’s Notes

Saviour-optimised tea stuff is a thing.

Later on, Luna actually manages to teach Zahn how to do a pretty good formal tea, in so far as his anatomy will let him (e.g., his lack of hands makes certain things impossible). Zahn is probably the only Oerba timber wolf who knows how.

#final rose #fanfiction #averia yun farron #ruby rose

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squadron-of-damned · 10 months

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hullo! I coke to you because I liked the Phoenix Wright HCS you wrote and I was wondering if you had any other for the rest of the cast? :°

I had to dig to find the headcanons I've written (I am happy to announce that they didn't change, maybe only a little regarding Phoenix's parentage). Here are some more headcanons in no particular order:

Miles Edgeworth: He is partially Coralan, Corala joining the list of fictional AA!verse states, where it fills out the slot "Korea, but nature conservation is big there". He is also going to be taking antidepressants for the rest of his life, which according to him is great, because it means he has an entire rest of his life to live. He knows how to cook, but most of the time he doesn't bother, because bringing out the heavy artillery (anything that's not a premade mix) for just one-person meal is not worth the effort. He's destroyed five shirts while he was learning to iron his own clothes. He considers anything less than an hour walk a "walking distance" and his walking speed is above average, so never join Miles Edgeworth for a little stroll unless you are very confident in your legs. He would be a cat person if cats were more Miles animals.

Maya Fey: Using spiritual powers is extremely energetically demanding, so she is always hungry. Because of her in the WAA is installed a shower which would classify under different circumstances as a pressure washed. She can fall into a trance at will. Animals adore her. Actually most people adore Maya because in person she has this specific vibe of "everything is going to be fine, don't worry", which is basically a side-product of her training. She is extremely well versed in eastern and south-eastern Asian philosophies and religions. She knows she should be having children to maintain the Fey clan lineage, but the prospect of being a mother is seriously scary for her.

Dick Gumshoe: He is officially classified at work as Damage Mitigation Officer, meaning he is there to prevent stuck-up annoying prosecutors getting righteously punched in the face. He can be quite clever when he really has to and has nobody to outsource the smarts to, but most of the time there is someone who likes to flash their special Logic or some other skill. He is a man of temporal solutions, he can tape stuff together to hold until a professional repairman arrives, he can kinda fix the car until you can take it to a mechanic. He can do practically anything at it passes as good enough, though not something to brag about, be it detective work or piloting an airplane or sewing or cooking.

Franziska von Karma: She doesn't know how to make pancakes and she can't have pancakes without feeling extremely emotional. She has a huge sweet tooth and is trying to hide it (at this point it is a public secret). She lives out of a suitcase. It's clicked only around her mid-20's that whipping people actually hurt them, so she tuned it down a bit. She speedran her development, so she had a horse phase when she was 5, a year later a wolf/werewolf phase, then Egyptology phase, then vampire phase, then she became a lawyer. She enjoys FPS games on her rare off-time, just senseless slightly tactical pixel violence. She will beat you at CoD.

#ace attorney #headcanons #no godot headcanons because im not through T&T #im stuck at recipe for a turnabout #also no GAA headcanons because i haven't even finished the first game #it doesn't stop me on putting our local screws losing mormon through all kinds of horrors #an no headcanons regardin AAI or AA4+ since I haven't gone through those either

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sosa-royals · 2 years

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???: Can we talk, Cian?

Cian: It sounds important, give me a moment

???: Did Robyn pass on my report?

Cian: She did. It made everyone realise what a good idea it was to give you this assignment in the first place.

???: I’m glad to hear that.

Cian: I’m pretty sure everyone else would consider giving this assignment to their subordinates as well, but who cares. We did it first.

Cian: So... you seem distracted

???: Because you know me so well

Cian: I know you well enough to see that you’re distracted

??? sighs

Cian: Right then, what is the matter, my Lord?

Thaddeus: You know I wish you would stop calling me that

Cian: Fine Ted

Thaddeus: I think sending me to the University was a bad idea

Cian: What do you mean? We’ve been able to keep closer tabs on the princesses because it was such a good idea. Besides, it was an amazing opportunity for you to put your degree to use and you love teaching. I don’t sense a single hint of a bad idea

Thaddeus: I know, and sending me to the University was good for my career, but that is not what I’m referring to.

Cian: I’m confused. Robyn said your report was exactly what we needed from you and more. The princesses are safe and your identity is still unkown. Everything looks fine on the outside so what is bothering you?

Thaddeus: I messed up Cian. Badly

Cian: How could you possibly hav-

Silence

Cian: Are you insane?

Thaddeus: I know, it’s bad

Cian: It’s not bad, it’s outrageous. How could you possibly let yourself fall in love with her? And please don’t tell me she has feelings for you too?

Thaddeus: She does

Cian: How could you let this happen?

Thaddeus: I was doing my job

Cian: Your job was to keep tabs on the princesses while they are in university and report back to us

Thaddeus: That is what I was doing but I also had to fulfil my duties as a teacher and support them, so I tried to do both

Cian: Explain

Thaddeus: As you know, I approached Princess Juliette as her tutor but time passed and she started trusting me. She would confide in me about the other princesses, which was how I got my intel, and as she started showing me more sides to her, I started growing more attracted to her. It didn’t take long for me to realise that she felt the same.

Cian: And what did you do?

Thaddeus:... I ran... here

Cian: Ted, do I need to remind you that you are a member of the institution?

Thaddeus: No

Cian: You swore of your own accord, to join us and put the institution ahead of your own desires. Do you remember that?

Thaddeus: Yes

Cian: Then why would you make a mistake as bad as getting your feelings involved?

Thaddeus: I let my guard down. I assumed because of our positions there was no way I would be attracted to her but...

Cian: And of all the princesses, you had to fall for that one? You know who she is! You know what our plans are!

Thaddeus: I know. I’m sorry.

Cian sighs

Cian: You know to keep your work and your personal life separate. You should’ve been more careful, because if one thing happens and the institution is threatened, the institution must always come first. Falling in love will just make things harder.

Thaddeus: ...

Cian: I say that... but then I remember that I’m the one that went and had a baby with another legislator. And the more I think about it, the more I realise how we can turn this in our favour.

Thaddeus: What?

Cian: As long as you never lose sight of the institution as your main priority, we can use your relationship with our Princess in our favour. Especially because of your background. Having one of us that close would be an unmissable opportunity for intel. It’s a chance we can’t miss out on.

Thaddeus: Must you turn everything into an opportunity?

Cian: It’s something you should learn to do too... surprised?

Thaddeus: Well I definitely wasn’t expecting you to say that

Cian: Well don’t let your guard down. We still have to tell Robyn and the other legislators as well. And even then its only the beginning of your journey to ‘kingmaker’

Thaddeus: Yes but you’re the scariest one. If you agree, then it’s likely they all will as well

Cian: I suppose all I can say now is, Congratulations, “your future royal highness”

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#sims #sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims 4 storytelling #sosaroyals #Saliceau #sims 4 royals #sims 4 royal family #simblr #royal simblr #sims 4 royal simblr #Sim: Cian #Sim: Thaddeus #The Institution

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ivy-loves-chocolate · 2 years

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Breaking work ethics

Part 1

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐 Note: As requested by my other half, @x-doctor-romantic-x, I made it as filthy as possible by her request 😂. Thank you sis for all the support you gave me when I needed it💜. She loved it, and I hope you’ll end up loving it as well. I’ll upload it in 3 parts.

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐Links: part 2

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐 Warnings: none (for now)

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐 Pairings: Wesker x OC

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐 Summary: Wesker and Gaby break work rules and engage in some steamy activities.

｡ﾟ･ 𖤐 Word Count: 1k

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Wesker's attention was drawn to the sample in front of him.He watched as the cells moved under the lens, how they bumped into each other, and the overall behavior of the virus. It didn’t do anything unusual. After all, the virus was behaving just like any other living organism: it reproduced itself, it evolved, and it had its own genetic sequence. Relatively unnoticeable to the naked eye, they were powerful enough to take down the most significant life forms. This power astounded Wesker and convinced him to pursue a career in this field.

He zoomed in, being more drawn to his creation. It was quiet, so quiet that Wesker fell into his own thoughts. Everything was in order, not a single vial out of place. It was the perfect atmosphere to create a groundbreaking discovery. He reached for a syringe next to him, and he was ready to inject its content inside the sample, when…

SLAM

The door hit the wall hard as it was kicked with force. Wesker almost dropped the syringe. He redirected his attention to the source of the disruption, knowing well who might have been. Only one person in this world has that much courage to interrupt him in such a way.

Gaby stood confidently in the doorway, smirking deviously. She was his girl, and while she loved him deeply, she liked disturbing him while he was working, because she knew she always got away with it.

“Playing doctor again, Albert?” She said while approaching him, maintaining the same smirk. She finished her job a few minutes ago, and after a cigarette break, she decided to check on Albert.

“Yes Gaby, it still pays the bills. This better be good. " He said in an annoyed tone. He can’t really be angry at her. If someone else did half the stuff she��s doing to him, he’d become an experiment.

"Oh, why the angry tone, dear? I just wanted to check on you. Is this good enough for you?”

She was teasing him, playing innocent. Wesker was not having it at the moment.

“I’m not in the mood, Gaby, please.” His tone was less aggressive this time.

“You’re always so stressed, you need to relax a little.” In her playful tone, there was a slight hint of worry. The truth is, Albert had been working himself out in the past few months, and that was starting to show. He lost some weight, he had huge dark circles under his eyes, and he was starting to get sloppy, which does not characterize him at all.

When Gaby pressed her hands over his shoulders to give him a massage, he instantly tensed.

“This doesn’t look good. You know? I don’t understand why you’re so stressed anyway. "Everything works according to the schedule.” Gaby moved to his side, looking at him while caressing his back.

“Not everything works well, Gaby. Your sister is starting to ask questions about the missions and your job. Your brother is getting suspicious as well, and there is this rookie that just joined, and God she is so clumsy. " He moved his head toward his temple as he kept remembering his problems. “Oh and by the way, would it kill you if you entered the room as a normal person?”

"Yes,” she said in a firm tone.

"OK," Wesker said, a small smile forming in the corner of his mouth.

“You gotta get out of this constant tightening up mood. It will do you more harm than good. "

“I can’t Gaby, a lot of things depend on me. If I fuck something up, it will inevitably reflect upon you, and I don’t want that. "

“I can handle myself.” Gaby placed her hands over her hips, adopting a super-hero like stance while looking at Wesker. He chuckled at the sight of his girlfriend. She always managed to put him in a good mood. "I'm serious, my love."You don’t have to worry about me.”

“I know you are perfectly capable of handling yourself, but I just can’t stop worrying.” He said while lovingly gazing at her. She had this ability to make his day better, even when she would come in like a tank in his office.

They were total opposites, and they had the strongest bond. Both were smart individuals with strong personalities, but they differed when it came down to personality. Albert was the serious one, always calculated and always with an imposing presence, while Gaby was a free spirit, with a sharp tongue and a great sense of adventure.

“You know,” Gaby started to say, as he approached Albert, “there is another reason why I came here.” She placed her hands over his chest, gently caressing his body. Albert got the hint, and removed her hands.

“We can’t sweetheart. I appreciate your concerns, but I must complete my work.Besides, I wouldn’t like Sergei or William to catch us in the middle of the act. There are rules.”

“You and your rules, Albert. C’mon” she scoffed, closing the distance between them. “How often do those two check on you? I tell you how often, twice a month. Sergei comes once at the end of the month to check on your progress and twice at the beginning of the month to give you the next tasks. William does the same, but he is here to complain mostly. "

Albert was hypnotised by her constant gaze. Her eyes were watching carefully for every single reaction that might give him away, while he was staring into those big, beautiful grey eyes full of love for him. It wasn’t long until words faded in the background and all he could focus on was her face, her beautiful red hair, her perfect nose, and red cheeks. Her lips moved with every word, but they were telling their own story. His attention was fixed on her lips for now, because of her dark-red lipstick that drove him crazy.

#resident evil #albert wesker #original female character #oc #albert wesker x f!reader #albert wesker x reader

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charlxttelabouff · 1 year

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Task Eleven → Intro & Connections

charlotte la bouff

Character Information*

The Basics*

FULL NAME: charlotte la bouff

NICKNAME: lottie

GENDER: female

PRONOUNS: she/her

AGE: twenty-six

OCCUPATION: socialite/influencer

FACECLAIM: madelyn cline

ORIENTATION: straight

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

The Personality*

+ Kind-Hearted, Excitable, Flirty - Ditzy, Spoiled, Hyperactive

if you look up the terms ‘child born with a silver spoon in her mouth’, a picture of Charlotte La Bouff would pop up. From the very moment the girl was born, the world revolved around her – according to her dad, and who was she to question that? Her father a wealthy businessman, Charlotte was given everything her heart desired and more. She never had to lift a finger, and she had people catering to her every whim. Living the high life had never been more luxurious.

Charlotte met Tiana, her best friend and dearest confidant, through their dads – Tiana’s dad an employee of her own dad. The two were joined at the hip, so much so that Charlotte all but demanded to go to the local high school alongside Tiana rather than being shipped off to a fancy private school.

Her father relinquished and enrolled her in the high school. It had been a blessing because since then Charlotte grew as a person and learned that her family was in fact far better off financially than others. She learned an appreciation for the life she’s been granted, and also educated herself about her privilege. Since then, Charlotte has made a point of donating to causes and taking part in countless charity events. Her influencer status comes in handy since she can take advantage of her platform to give smaller voices a big microphone.Her father has tried on countless occasions to train Charlotte for her to finally take over the family business one day, but what kind of teenage girl wants to focus on taxes over texting? None. That’s who. It took her to her early twenties to accept the fact that this would be her future and her family legacy. She’s since started paying attention to her dad’s life and career lessons. Turns out the man knows something.

Additional Notes*

throws lavish parties - normally invite only but the recent new year bash was open to the whole town

her father works 24/7, she’s alone all the time at the la bouff estate a part from the staff members the family hire

always wears pink - it’s always incorporated in to an outfit

Wanted Connections*

friends

neighbours

fellow socialites

rich kids of redwood hollow™️ - the elite of the elite

other influencers

ex’s

her fathers business associates

college friends

Wanted Plots / Plot Ideas*

rich & poor - they’re both from two different worlds but somehow manage to strike up a friendship

advantage - someone tries to take advantage of charlottes kindness to get to her money

employee - an employee of the la bouff household but charlotte treats them more like a friend

rich kids of redwood hollow™️ - i love these elite bitches & want more debauchery with them

Taken Connections*

idek what to identify these two as - @hans-omedevil

bestie - @penelopedeery & tiana

close circle - @but-theylovehim @ashley-armbruster @ashleybxulet @ashley-quinlan @itsashleytomassian @hans-omedevil @henrikhera @notasweetnightingale

dad’s business associates - @haydenbodaway

Other*

One character from the open tag you would like to see taken / added to the Most Wanted page - from the most wanted page - louis wooley & from the open tag to be added to the most wanted page - tianaaaaaa

One Character you want to see a bio for in relation to this specific character - maybe charlottes dad?

#happiestplacetask #happiestplacetask11

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