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finchers-ipad · 5 months
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I GOT A FIGHT CLUB DVD REVIEW MAGAZINE FROM 2000!!!
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sadhours · 8 months
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18+ minors dni
“it’s like a gay fight club,” robin says as she refills the rainbow sprinkles.
“shut up,” steve groans, holding an ice pack up to his bruised cheekbone.
she wasn’t wrong but steve didn’t like the choice of the gay word. steve wasn’t gay, he just liked when hargrove socked him in the face and kissed his lips bloody. not gay. not at all.
his boss told him to stop getting in fights, his parents were also freaked out, asking him why every time they saw him he had a black eye and busted lip. plus he’s pretty sure hargrove broke his nose a month ago but he never went to the doctor. can’t be sure, it’s just looking a little crooked and he can’t remember if it’s always looked that way.
“you know, steven,” robin sits up on the counter, presses her palms on her knees and leans forward, “it’s okay to make out with him without beating each other to a pulp.”
“i regret ever telling you,” steve mumbles, sinking to the floor and closing his eyes. maybe she’s right, billy makes him see stars when they kiss so perhaps they could just skip the violent foreplay.
but hargrove legitimately intimidates him. so two weeks later when they meet at the quarry, he doesn’t say anything. what’s weird about this time is the blonde doesn’t either. usually he’s got well thought out insults locked and loaded. billy just walks up, all casual until there’s a foot between them. he’s sporting a black eye that’s too fresh to be from steve. and his knuckles are healed up so whoever gave him the shiner got away untouched. for the first time, steve wonders if hargrove plays this game with anyone else and the twinge of jealousy he feels in his gut makes him angry. so he shoves hargrove.
he’s good on his feet, plants them like he tells steve to so he doesn’t budge, but his lips curl up in a devilish smirk. and he shoves back, laughs when steve tumbles back onto his ass and kicks him when steve tries to get back up. hargrove keeps the bottom of his boot pinning steve to the ground, he can feel a sizable rock digging into his lower back. it’s painful but it feels good in all the wrong ways. the way hargrove peers down at him. the clear power play of the shorter guy towering above him, blue eyes intense and the snarl of his pink lips. steve’s at a loss, can’t do anything but stare back at him.
“giving up that easy?” hargrove taunts with a glint in his eyes.
“no,” steve spits but he doesn’t move, not even an inch.
billy snorts, brings his toe up to steve’s chin and waits for him to do something, anything. the brunette moves to the side a bit, grabs a hold of hargrove’s calf and shoves it away so he can sit up. he stands, grabs into the younger boy’s collar and yanks him close. it’s not as heated as it usually is. they're both uncomfortable, staring into each others eyes while steve pants.
“why don’t you skip all the bullshit and just kiss me?”
hargrove’s face contorts in anger, he grabs a hold of steve’s jacket and headbutts him before shoving him back down on the ground. billy’s on him in a heartbeat, landing a blow to the side of steve’s head and his ears ring with it. his arms go up defensively but hargrove doesn’t relent, keeps on delivering punch after punch until steve’s crooked nose is corrected and he’s tasting blood. he grabs a hold of steve’s face and shoves it into the dirt before he’s off of him and steve doesn’t move. tastes dirt and blood and arousal. he hears the roar of the camaro’s engine, the crunch of the gravel as hargrove reverses away and he doesn’t get up. steve stares up at the stars until the stabbing pain in his temple subsides. then he drags his sorry ass up and home.
and he’s mad. at himself. he shouldn’t have said anything. a kiss with a fist is better than none.
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“steven harrington, again?!”
he thought he’d be home alone tonight. they weren’t due back for another week.
“i’ve joined a fight club,” he sings as he moves through the kitchen to the freezer, grabs a bag of peas and presses it to his busted nose.
“what in hell as gotten into you?” his mother asks in horror, “i know you’re joking but at this rate i don’t know what else it could be.”
steve groans, “i’m working it out. we’ll be best buds in no time.”
“i’m worried about you,” she sighs, standing beside her son and pats his back. “if someone’s bothering you, let’s press charges.”
“mom, i’m fine.”
steve liked it better when his mom didn’t pretend to care. maybe even liked it better when he wanted to punch billy more than he wanted to kiss him.
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“this isn’t our usual spot,” hargrove says when steve mets him in the driveway.
steve shrugs, “plenty of grass in the backyard for you to shove my face in.”
“lead the way, pretty boy.”
he hands hargrove a beer when they get into the backyard. they make a race of shotgunning. billy wins by seconds and chucks his empty can at steve while he cackles. steve doesn’t stew on the way it makes his heart flutter, the sound of hargrove’s laugh. steve drops his can and walks over to the grass, puts his hand up to beckon hargrove to follow. billy tackles him, they wrestle on the damp blades for a beat, until steve gains the upper hand and has the shorter boy pinned under him. they’re both panting and steve’s got some pent out anger to get out. his mothers insistent on finding out who he’s been getting into these fights with. he’s got wet dreams he’s ashamed of. he looks down at the cocky grin and pretty blue eyes below him. the source of these confusing feelings, the source of his tangled grief and arousal so he lays into him. connects his fists with the prettiest face he’s ever seen, expresses his dreadful adoration in the blows. steve wants to ruin his fucking face, make it the ugliest in existence even though when they come away both bruised, swollen and bloody, he still finds hargrove annoyingly beautiful.
the blonde fucker is strong, grabs a hold of steve’s wrist and twists it. uses the agony steve endures to gain the upper hand and flip their positions, hargrove grabs his jaw, digs his nails into his cheeks and pushes his head against the soil. laughs, loudly and breathless. his lip is split open, his nose is bloody. he looks gorgeous and it makes steve wiggle his head, trying to break free from the younger guys grip.
“where the hell was this fire last time?” hargrove pants out.
steve squirms, pushes his thigh up against billy’s crotch.
“went all pansy on me.”
the words make steve fume, billy was the first one to turn this shit sexual. he’s the pansy, not steve. hargrove was the one who wanted this enough to shove his tongue down his throat the first time.
“shut the fuck up,” steve seethes, grabs onto billy’s biceps and scratches down them, trying to shove him off. it doesn’t work.
“yeah? begging me to kiss you like a little faggot,” hargrove taunts, turns his hand so steve’s cheek meets the grass.
okay so maybe steve plays dirty but it works, he pushes billy’s shirt open more and grabs a hold of the other boys nipple and tweaks it. the sound billy let’s out is a strangled sound. it would be a moan if he wasn’t so angry about it. he pulls steve’s face back and forces the other boys mouth open. and billy fucking spits in his mouth. two can play dirty. so steve thinks about what he can do in this moment. and really, the goal of this is get them both off.
he swallows, makes a show of it as he sticks his tongue out and begs the other to do something else.
hargrove’s go dark with lust and steve squirms under him, wants to let billy know what this shit does to steve. he slaps him, across the face and it’s different. billy doesn’t slap, he punches. steve can’t hold back the pathetic whimper and the roll of his hips. his cock is so hard it hurts, he can feel the pull of his zipper against it through the thin material of his thin briefs.
“you are a faggot, aren’t you, harrington?” billy asks it like it’s brand new to the both of them.
“you’re the faggot,” steve insists, writhing beneath him. “your jeans are so tight, there’s no hiding that fucking boner.”
“shut up,” the blonde seethes.
“make me.”
billy crashes his lips into steve’s, as angry as his fists were moments before. their teeth scrape, steve can taste the familiar metallic flavor as all
their past kisses. it’s got his head spinning. hargrove pulls at his hair, has to make it as beautifully painful as possible. has to bite steve’s lip to make it bleed even more.
but steve pushes him off, grabs onto his leather jacket and tug him to his bedroom. that was steve’s plan all along, anyhow. billy shoves him against the door, sinks to his knees while his fingers fumble to undo steve’s jeans. and he knows he can handle whatever abuse hargrove throws his way as long as the blonde gets on his knees at some point. billy sucks dick like his life depends on it. he gets steve’s cock out and hastily licks along the angry vein before wrapping his lips around the tip. sucks hard, gets as much down his throat as he can. moans around it. steve’s body feels heavier than ever, sinks down with it but hargrove doesn’t let up, bobs his head in steve’s lap.
“jesus,” steve gasps, knotting his fingers in sticky blonde curls. blue eyes meet his. the arousal in them has steve tugging at the curls. it’s not much but billy pours his every emotion in them. steve knows he loves this just as much as he does. “so pretty,” he tests the waters and luckily, he’s met with the batting of thick and gorgeous lashes.
maybe he’s queer, because steve’s never in his goddamn life been as attracted to anyone else with his dick in their mouth. billy hargrove is the prettiest person he’s ever seen. thinks for a brief second he might love him. because steve knows he loved nancy but he didn’t ever feel this way about her.
“billy,” he whines, pushing the loose curl off his
forehead.
hargrove hollows his cheeks, keeps batting his fucking lashes at steve.
“can i fuck you?”
hargrove pulls off him with a loud pop and as the nerve to look sheepish. he bites his lip, jerks steve off as he nods. that’s new. they never get this far, there’s never a bed, they settle for jerking each other off by the quarry.
so he kisses him, full of thanks and infatuation. their lips stay locked from the floor to steve’s perfectly made bed. billy sighs while steve pulls his clothes off, tosses them to his floor, kisses every bit of exposed flesh he can. shoulders, pecs, abs, thighs— all of it. lower, steve gets himself between billy’s thighs, grabs the flesh of him and licks between his cheeks. billy’s puckered hole is more than inviting, begs for steve’s tongue without words. steve can see it clench, billy’s thighs tremble. he gasps and pushes his tongue against it. billy whines, all high pitched and sweet when steve licks against his hole. steve’s never done this, he figures it’s like a girl. prep.
billy’s hole is different, it’s not wet with arousal but it’s clenching. he whines with it, squirms and gasps as steve tongues against him. he makes the prettiest sound when steve pushes his tongue inside, his fists clutch steve’s bedspread and he kicks his feet up. steve grins, pulls away and wraps his fingers around billy’s cock, squeezes.
“how’s it feel?” he’s genuinely curious.
billy let’s out this noise, a groan, a whine, a sound of desperation, “please don’t stop.”
steve wouldn’t dare. flicks his tongue against billy’s eager hole, about died when billy cries out. wants to hear him make those sounds forever, because he can’t believe it, can’t believe this guy he lets kick his ass and then suck his dick could be capable of such pretty, beautiful sounds. and steve wants more. he tongues around billy’s hole like he’s eating pussy. sloppily, hungry. wants to hear more of those pretty sounds hargrove makes. but steve’s cock is aching, he’s gonna need some relief soon so he shoves his fingers in his mouth, soaks them with as much spit as he can before pressing them against billy’s heat. can’t help but heave a desire soaked laugh at the sound billy makes, slides his middle finger inside and his breath catches in his throat at the tightness. billy arches, slams his fists against steve’s bed.
“fuck,” he pants, rolls his hips into it, like he needs more. “stevie…”
the pet name catches him off guard, his initial response is to say something mean but when he looks up at the pretty mess billy is, all he can do is whine. wants to shove his cock inside billy desperately. and steve has lube. the day he turned eighteen he bought it. occasionally jacks off with it but he bought it with the hope that one day he could use it in a moment like this. he drops the small plastic bottle on his bed and peels his shirt over his head while he kicks his nikes off and then pushes his jeans and briefs down together.
the look on billy’s face isn’t one steve’s used to, it’s softer. he gets between his legs again and leans down to kiss him. hargrove laces his fingers in steve’s hair and tugs while he writhes up against him. their hard cocks drag against each other and steve loses his breath. he sits back on his heels and grabs for the lube, pops the lid and generously coats his fingers, goes to rub it on his cock and billy sits up, eyes wide.
“tryna rip me open?” he asks, voice low but stern. “you’ve.. huh, you’ve never done anal before?”
steve’s embarrassed, can feel the heat in his cheeks, “no.”
it wasn’t for a lack of trying, he’d asked pretty much every serious girlfriend he had but they all said no.
billy chuckles, ghosts his fingertips along steve’s cheek and tsks, “you gotta take it kinda slow. fingers first.”
steve nods, presses his slippery middle finger back down to billy’s hole and pushes it inside. the blonde hums, licks his lips and lays back down. steve curls the single digit experimentally and billy groans, eyes fluttering shut. it’s much tighter than fingering a girl. makes his dick twitch and his thighs tingle. he fingers him slowly, eyes darting between his hand and billy’s face.
“more,” hargrove demands, lips puffy and parted.
steve adds his ring finger, eyebrows raising at the way billy sucks him up. billy’s fingers grip his sheets tightly and he lets out this pretty, breathy moan. steve curls his fingers some more, places his left hand on billy’s thigh and squeezes. hargrove opens his eyes and smiles up at him, pearly whites. steve wishes he knew he could do this to billy all those months ago. maybe hargrove wanted it. the way he looked at him in the locker room starts making sense. he was sure he caught billy looking at his dick. thinks maybe he should’ve called him out, maybe they’d be past all the fighting at this point.
it’s when he adds a third finger that he notices how wet billy’s cock is, precum dripping over the red head of it. the blonde is sweating, curls sticking to his forehead and his face is all flushed, eyelashes heavy with the sweat. he’s so pretty steve almost slips up and tells him so.
“fuck— ok, i’m ready,” he pants, reaching down to grab steve’s left wrist.
steve smiles, nods and pulls his fingers out. fumbles to grab the lube again and squeezes a sizable amount in his palm and fists his cock. makes sure he gets the majority of it on his tip before pressing it to billy’s hole and sinks it in. they both grunt, eyes squeezed shut. steve can’t help the jerk of his hips, pushes his length deeper in billy who lets out a breathless laugh, seems to enjoy it. steve blinks his eyes open to meet lustful blue ones.
“that’s why they call you king steve,” he smirks.
steve jerks his hips forward again, to shut hargrove up. it doesn’t work. though he’s not teasing steve but instead cries out, face contorted in pleasure. steve strokes his fingers across billy’s cheek and the blonde turns to bite his fingers, reminding him of their game. and well that’s fine, steve can handle that. he shoves his fingers back in hargrove’s mouth and holds his thigh up with his other hand. billy reaches up and grabs steve’s hair, pulling the messy tendrils as he arches his back. then steve pulls his fingers out and lowers his mouth to billy’s, kissing him harshly while he rocks his hips him faster. it’s so tight, excruciating as he tries to hold off blowing his load so early. billy’s not a chick but steve still wants to make sure he cums first. and he’s not sure he can really last much longer, so he pulls away from the kiss and spits in his hand, wrapping it around billy’s pulsing erection. strokes him tight and languid, curves his hand on every ascent.
billy is a mess like steve’s never seen before. sure, he gets pretty whiny when steve jerks him off or the two times steve’s actually gotten his mouth on him. but this is totally new, billy eyes cross as he bounces against the mattress, drool pooling at the corners of his lips. steve’s actually pretty flattered, hasn’t had a girl look so drunk on his dick before. he tries to keep his eyes open, though they sting from the sweat dripping down his face. he can’t miss a second of that blissed out look on hargrove’s face. it’s too pretty.
“oh, god,” he moans out, grabbing onto billy’s knees to keep his legs up.
hargrove just babbles out, incoherent sounds of ecstasy. if steve thought he looked pretty before, this is a whole other level. and billy’s so tight and warm and well, it’s getting kinda dry so he drops a leg and reaches for the lube again, squirting some on his dick as it pumps in and out of the other man.
billy props his feet up on the mattress, then his fists grab the sheets. steve’s eyes drop down, to hargrove’s perky nipples and can’t help himself, toys with one while his other hand goes back to stroking billy’s weeping cock. hargrove whimpers, squeezes his eyes tight and works his hips to meet steve’s thrusts. two strokes later he’s gasping out, “stevie!” and busting all over steve’s fist.
steve strokes him through it, milking billy for all he’s worth before he’s pulling out and wrapping his cum covered hand around his own cock. he jerks himself off until he’s spilling over billy’s softening cock, stuttering a moan out while his toes curl. he collapses beside billy, his chest heaving with labored breathes.
hargrove groans as he sits up and looks at the mess, “who’s the faggot now?”
steve laughs, “i think we both are.”
“shut your mouth and clean me up, pretty boy,” billy mumbles, covering his face with his hands.
steve leans over, pulling billy’s hands away and kisses him tenderly. hargrove kisses back, smiling into it. then steve cleans them up, asks billy if he wants to spend the night and billy looks apprehensive but steve convinces him to say yes with a couple of kisses.
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oxtofmydcpth · 6 months
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The aftermath:
character updates following the Halloween Event and the earthquake.
Cardelle has been busy helping with the relief efforts. Knowing he's not the smartest but can take direction well, he's helping mostly with the construction side of things, putting those stupidly large muscles to good use.
Dodger has been at home looking after Jay, not leaving her side while Phoenix is working. In terms of her memory issues, he's following Phoenix's lead, letting him explain things in his own time and acting as the moral support as he always does.
Falco has been homebound, metal piercing his shoulder during the quake after he pushed Vincent out of the way of falling debris, keeping him pinned there until rescue. Vincent stayed with him until then and has come to visit him most days to check his recovery. They also may have kissed because Falco was convinced he was gonna die, but they've yet to talk about it.
Floyd has been taking care of the residents at Sunnyside as normal, but is making moves behind the scenes to get his plan for complete mayoral leadership over Huntsville in action. He's also not completely happy with how the Commune has these random newbies taking up important positions, and he's voicing these complaints, but his focus remains the town. If he can get the Town, he can get the Commune after.
Hunter to no one's surprise has been sulking since the earthquake. His friendship with Mo is pretty much on the rocks (thread incoming) and his relationship with Val now feels non-existent, so he doesn't really have anyone he can go to. So if people feel like they haven't seen the little bleach blond bastard for a while, they haven't. But he's thinking he may pursue one of the other storylines the town has to offer and hopefully have some fun along the way.
Kane I think is pissed right now. Given the state of the town and how many injured folk there are, people don't care about the Fight Club at the moment, and people aren't coming to train with him as much while they focus on fixing their homes and healing their wounds. So he's helping out with some of the fixing where he can, but he's probably falling back on some old vices just to keep himself sane in the meantime.
Ric my poor boy, after spending a lot of the time with Peyton he's now back at his place, but she comes to visit him often. The leg he twisted a few week prior to Halloween is the one that got injured the most and it's strapped up in a makeshift leg brace. He's supposed to be resting but is adamant he should help with rebuilding the town, so if you see him out and about, no you didn't. He's also experiencing bad headaches but he's not telling anyone about that.
Sycamore remains as miserable than ever, has yet to check on how Spencer is doing and is more interested in getting sympathy for her own minor injuries. She seems more and more interested in the crack that was formed by the quake, hearing the stories of ghosts coming up from within it. Lots of thinking going on in this corner of the Commune.
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slasher-male-wife · 2 years
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The Freaks: Eddie Munson x male reader part three
Ok I'm taking a break from vampire brain rot induced by my mutuals and I'm back to posting about this beautiful man. I'm being honest this is one of those times I just write something down then edit it to make it look like I knew what I was doing the entire time.
Part one Part two
Summary: You go back to Eddies trailer and end up in hellfire by the end of the night
Warnings: Strong language
After a bit of a drive you pull up at Eddies trailer, getting out of your car and meeting him at the front door. "So my uncle works the night shift so we have the place all to ourselves." He unlocks the door and leads you in. It's a small but nice place with an underlying smell of something you can't quite pick up. Cigarettes? Mildew? You can't tell. You're lead to Eddies room, a very chaotic place. Posters plastered all over the walls. Clothes and magazines all over the floor. His side table and desk are full of junk. But still if feels a bit charming and fitting for a guy like Eddie. It's like what you expected.
"So Mr. Munson I assume it's standard you bring all your dates back to your house." You tease. Eddie laughs a bit and looks back at you, taking off his leather jacket.
"This is a date now? You should've told me before Y/n I could've done something more fun with you." He teases.
"It's a joke Eddie," You look over and find what appears to be a hand made flag for corroded coffin. You smile, "I know I've only known you for a week but you don't give off the artsy type." He looks over at the flag too.
"Yeah well I dabble in it. The hellfire club helps make the shirts with me. Pretty fun times. Not too different than your fake gore stuff."
"Yeah I guess not. I know some stuff. I don't really tell people but I can use a sewing machine too, pretty good at it. I also know how to make like realistic fake fangs-"
"No way man," He cuts you off sitting on his bed, "You have to make me a pair. I can like pay you but it would be killer to have fangs."
"You're also an aspiring vampire? Good to know." Eddie rolls his eyes and your smile widens.
"Well it would be fun to have it for dnd, and scaring people around school."
"I get that," You sit next to him on his bed, " I kinda wanna scare some people off. I wish Jason would leave me the hell alone like everyone else does. Sure there's the ocasinal comment or the mean note left in my locker but he kind of goes out of his way."
"People are assholes, but hey you've got us," He says with a light punch on your arm, "and next time Jason gives you shit let me know. I can totally kick his ass." You let out a short howl of laughter.
"Eddie a toddler with no arms could kick your ass, no offense." It's his turn to laugh now.
"Oh you wanna bet? I can totally pin you down in less than a minute."
"Bull shit. Have you seen my arms?" You say giving them a playful flex, "I'm super strong and I could pin you in under a minute."
"Alright then lets see. Winner gets 10 dollars."
"Eddie I'm not gonna fight you, we're not children." He gives an exagurated sigh and pretend mopes, slumping over a bit.
"Suit yourself Y/n, I just know I could beat anyone in a fight at anytime." You roll your eyes and spot a box on his desk. The familar dnd logo is written on the side and you get up.
"Have you started a new game of dnd yet?" You ask grazing a few fingers over the box.
"Well our new campain starts soon. Are you interested in joining?" He ask. You nod looking back over at him.
"I mean I kinda am. I like that fantasy kinda shit. Always wanted to be a vampire or something."
"Vampires aren't in dnd," He says getting off his bed and walking over to the desk. He grabs the box and motions for you to follow him out of his room, "I assume you don't have a character."
"I don't," You two end up at his 'kitchen' table, you take a seat next to him and he opens the box, "Do I get to make one?"
"Of course you do," He digs around and pulls out a paper, pencil and die, "Now let's get started shall we? So you should pick a race from this list," He hands you two papers, one with a template for a character creation on it and one with more information. You look over the races for a few minutes.
"Is an elf a good choice?" You ask looking at him, getting a beautiful look at his big brown doe eyes. He nods.
"Yeah they're good for archers and warriors. So just write that down along with a name for your character." You put down elf in the proper space and hover your pencil over where your characters name goes. You print 'Y/n the great' down and Eddie laughs.
"What's so funny?" You ask genuinly.
"Well you can name him anything you want. Why not do something more fun," You look back at the paper with a small nod and erase the old name. In it's place you put 'Virrel Myers', "Myers? Like Michael Myers?" He asks.
"Yeah I'm a horror movie fan. Why not?" You see his smile grow a little wider.
"Yeah, why not? Now you need to pick a class. Because you're an elf I suggest picking a ranger or a fighter," You think for a moment before putting down ranger, "Perfect now it's time to fill in your skills," he puts a six sided die in your hand, "Roll it for each skill and put that number down," You spend the next five minutes rolling the die and adding the following number, "Perfect, now I'll help you add your modifiers." You two keep going for another 15 minutes filling in the paper and in the end you're left feeling tired. You let out a yawn and stretch your arms.
"I think I should be getting home, I'm really tired." You say checking your watch. It's around 11:30. Thank god you called your parents earlier.
"You could spend the night. My uncle doesn't get home until like 7 and I leave for school before then most of the time. I mean only if you want to you know?" You nod.
"Thank you Eddie but I think I'm gonna go back home, I don't wanna like mess anything up."
"Alright I get that," You two get up and Eddie walks you to the door, "I'll see you tomorrow Virrel." You chuckle.
"I'll see you tomorrow too Ed's." You walk back to your car and get in. Eddie doesn't shut the door until he sees you drive off. A smile still on his face. He like you Y/n. You're a real cool dude.
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sensei-venus · 1 year
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Mike Barnes/Chubby!Reader Headcanons
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(I literally have so much of this shit- I have a whole story line and everything- I have addiction to Mike Barnes) (Unedited)( @gemini-sensei )
•Mike met his wife in the early 90s, his karate career was slowly fading after the championship, Silver basically helped to tarnish his name in the media and karate world after not helping him succeed in taking down Daniel LaRusso. Life wasn’t going his way by a long shot and he was pissed about it. He spent most of his days clubbing, living it up as much as he could. It was rough.
•They met by complete accident, a huge misunderstanding. Mike was almost completely plastered in the middle of the night. The club he was at kicked him out and he was strolling around, to drunk out of his mind to get behind the wheel. He came across a shitty dinner, big neon lights, dim lights inside, place smelled like twenty years of cigarette smoke. Of course he went in to get the most nasty grease filled burger they had. It helped clear his head or a moment. When something or more like someone was pushed into his booth right on top of him, he was both stunned and pissed, his brain dizzy from the liquid from earlier.
•At first he was going to go off, cuss the person out and then beat their ass for getting in his space. That flew out the window when his eyes focused and he was meet with cleavage right in his face. Big breasts where directly in front of his face, inches away from having his nose buried in tits. Thick thighs where pushed against him.
“I’m so sorry!”
Laugher was heard from behind her, two roughed up guys laughed loudly while pointing at her. Even in his drunk state Mike knew that the women had been pushed into his booth.
•After that a drunken fight followed but surprisingly Mike wasn’t kicked out, the two assholes where. He went back to eating when the women who had been pushed into him came up. She was a bit shy but straight forward when it came to trying to apologize for falling on him. He got a better look at her and he suddenly wasn’t all that mad about it.
“Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?”
“Sit with me.”
It was the most simple and probably “un-Barnes” thing to say and do, but the words just came out. She flushed a little in her chubby cheeks before sitting down on the other side of the booth. They chatted for a few hours even after Mike was done eating.
•After that it because a habit of his, get slightly less drunk then that night and then head over to the dinner. Weekends turned into week days, that turned into months. He quickly became infatuated with the chubby girl who frequented the dinner during late nights. He always looked out for her. He started to try and court her not long after. Their relationship slowly grew into something more as time went on.
•He took notes on everything she said, about her life and job, her hobbies. He tried to learn everything he could about her. She was very open which only fueled his growing love for her. She was extremely sweet and kind but could also put her foot down while was also a plus. And man was her laugh was intoxicating. Maybe that’s why by month five of knowing her he stopped going to the clubs to get wasted and then going to see her. He wanted a clear mind when going to talk to her.
•She learned pretty early on about his karate past and his career. He was surprised when she didn’t have any unkind words about it or suddenly became a grupie. She actually thought it was pretty cool and made him show her some of his moves. He smirked at her the first time they went on the mat together. He talked her into letting him teach her a few moves for fun, if only felt better when she put up one hell of a fight on the mat. But of course he was more experienced and got the upper hand, pinning her to the mat. At first he thought she would cry or pout about it, but when she laughed at him he couldn’t help but smile at her.
•A year later they where officially dating and it was the best decision he had ever made. The brewing hate for his past karate career was fading, turning back into love for the art. But it was only because of his girlfriends constant pushing to revaluate his feelings on the matter. The bonding he did with her on the mat only solidified the love he had for the art and his love for her, karate was forever going to be apart of him, it was up to him if he was going to let the bad past of it haunt him and ruin what it had going for his life now.
•About three years later, into the mid 90s, he finally popped the question and married her. The wedding was small but lush. They spent their time together wisely, in each other’s arms. Later that same year he found himself under the wing of a top furniture king of LA. He learned about the furniture trade inside and out, the the actual making to the wear house to the show floor. His wife would later work by his side, the two of them being in the top level of the furniture game. His boss even letting him open his own building.
•Life was good for a while. Rough patches happened family wise, his love for his wife never dying and hers for him. But time went on and there family didn’t grow, not as much as they wanted it too. His wife was devastated for the rest of the 90s, Barnes was the only one keeping her together, his own heart breaking. During the early 2000s is when all of that changed, a stroke of luck as he would put it later on. Their family grew within a year. Life was great.
-of course 2018 started to happen and things started to get interesting for him once again-
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since I’ve been inspired by @rafkirin ‘s post about Kirin doing pottery, here’s the extracurricular/club I think each of the 8 boys would be in:
Raf- you cannot tell me raf doesn’t do photography. it’s either his elective, or something he does in his free time. either way, he never submits his work because he isn’t confident in it, but he’s got a good eye. marisol
Kirin- THIS MAN DOES BALLET. fight me. whether it’s required for his lacrosse the way some football players are, or he did it as a ‘joke’ elective, or his mom somehow got him into it, kirin o’conner is a dancer.
Ivan- this one was obvious, Ivan does anything with writing. poetry club, creative writing, literary club, you name it. I don’t know if he’d be in GSA, just doesn’t seem like the type. I do see him in student government though, making sure the school events are worth him going to (id trust him with the spirit week theme).
Scotty- I don’t think I have to even say this one, he does speech and debate. heavy on debate. and he obliterates the competition, the man oozes Ted Talk energy.
Bo- this one was hard because I don’t see bo being allowed to do a lot outside of school, but I CAN see him being the kid whose dad forced him to try out for every sport imaginable in the hopes of having a star athlete in the family. I don’t think he does any though. maybe he’d play guitar, if allowed to.
Seth- seth 100% also does or has done speech and debate. I’ve known TOO MANY debate kids with his same energy. except I see him more in the individual events, from improvisational speaking to humorous interpretation (this man is dangerously close to doing stand up)
Josh- ‘josh, what clubs are you going to sign up for?’ ‘yes.’ specifically, I see josh being the only ‘straight’ boy in his school’s GSA. he is also the type to enthusiastically wear an ‘ask me about my pronouns’ pin, only to happily say they’re he/him.
Henry- okay part of me wants to say that Henry is above anything to do with his peers, but another part of me totally sees him in philosophy club, but out of genuine want to express his pessimism with like-minded intellectuals and cynics of the world.
I’m feeling a bit short of brain matter today, so please add your own if you think of them
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By Talos, This Can't be Happening pt. 7: Two Sizes of the Coin
Swag gets swept up into someone else's business.
@cardwrecks @captainbaddecisions
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They were up nearly with the sun the next day, turned out by the innkeeper who apparently had a fairly high customer turnover rate. Night shift people needed the rooms to sleep in during the day, and they hadn't even paid hard coin for theirs, so they couldn't complain. Well, not to the innkeepers face anyway.
Helix parted from him out in the city, with an agreement to meet back up at the T&T at around noon. Then she was off to find other mages or something like that, and he was left to scavenge an entire new city for opportunity.
The smith was easy to locate; the sound of a hammer pounding metal was pretty easy to identify, even if he'd only ever heard it on TV. He slipped inside the heat blasted building to examine what was on offer.
Very solid armor, large, thick plates of it, swords half as tall as he was, big, blocky hammers and two-headed axes. It all looked very heavy.
The smith only noticed him after a few moments, wiped grime from his forehead, and grinned wide and friendly. “Welcome in, cousin!” the smith greeted in a large, soot-rough voice. “Anything I can fit you with today? What's your style? One hand? Two hands? I've got most of your basic things, though the bows aren't my make.”
What was his style? Running the fuck away. He probably couldn't buy 'improvised weaponry' here, and small firearms were out of the question. A cane...probably just equated to a club or walking stick, and he could definitely find that outside in the forest for free.
He shrugged.
“Set of knuckle dusters? You know. For the punching?” he mimicked the action at the smith's confused stare.
“Oh, I see. Gauntlets. Ah, well, unfortunately, I don't really do the fiddly detailed work anymore.” He held up his left hand, which was missing two fingers. “But I know someone who does.”
He lifted his arm, and pointed to the west.
“You'll want to get to Chorrol. Rasheda's the smith there, up and coming young thing, beautiful work. She's very good with the more delicate pieces, could make you a pair of gauntlets that would form to every joint in your hand. Not cheap though, but good work shouldn't be, am I right?”
“No, you're right. Well, in the meantime, could you get me a care kit for this?” Swag set his dagger down on the counter. The smith picked it up to give it a close examination.
“Yeah...looks like it needs it. And I can bang this loose pin back in too. Five septims, I'll do all that and fix it up a bit. Sound good?”
“Sounds great, man.”
Swag left with a newly refurbished blade, and everything he would need in order to maintain it. He really wanted to hold tight to the rest of their scarce coins until he could find a way to increase their number, but the knife was their only real weapon, and it needed to be upkept.
He decided to head back to the Tap a little early, and see what he might glean from the people there. Some kind of simple work, entertainment, or...
He really hadn't meant for it to happen, though in hindsight, he supposed it was inevitable. Drunk people were easy to hustle, but also easy to anger, and he learned the rules of the game a little too fast, won a little too often. It aroused suspicion in even the most inebriated mind, and Swag had no friends here.
The brawl had spilled out onto the street, and the guards didn't bother with discernment.
Thus, he found himself stuck in the local clink for the night, with a split eyebrow and a bruised ego, but he wasn't as badly off as the other guy. Dumb fuck had taken a swing at the guards and gotten a broken nose and a week long prison stay for his trouble. Everybody else had cooperated after that, and the whole posse would have a warm night indoors for it.
His cellmate was someone who hadn't been involved in the fight, a surly, chatty fellow who mentioned that he was in for life, and insisted he'd been framed. He didn't seem to be trying the typical prison intimidation routine, so Swag mostly ignored him in favor of the sweetest and most terrifying sound an incarcerated man could hear: his lover's shouting, furious voice coming closer and closer.
“You let me see my husband this instant! I want to know what happened! Get out of my way!”
Ah, now that was nice. She might kick his ass later, but it was worth it to hear her chewing out a constable for not opening the door fast enough. Five feet of unstoppable force shoved past the beleaguered prison guard to spot him leaning against the iron bars.
“Edward!” She rushed forward to clutch his hands, completely ignoring the guards order to stay away from the bars. “What happened? Who put you here? You can't be here! Oh, your face!”
“I'm fine, it's just a cut. Looks worse than it is. Look, there was a game, there was a wager, there was a completely unfounded accusation of cheating, and there was a little bit of a fight. It's more embarrassing than anything else, really.”
“But...but they won't let you out! How do I get you out? I can't just leave you here!”
In another world, she really could just walk in and walk back out with him in tow, and no one the wiser. But not here, and the concern was etched deep into her face.
“Hey, hey don't worry. I know how to survive prison.” He tried to soothe her, but the thin whine that escaped her marked it as a failure. “It's only overnight, I'll be out in the morning. Find someplace to sleep and don't worry. I'm not gonna dye my hair or anything, it'll be okay. This is just a dumb thing you can scold me about later.”
The guard tried to pull her away, but she fixed him with a snarling glare so heated that he let go and backed up. Swag's heart fluttered a bit. It did things to him, when Helix got all fiery and impetuous. Still, the guard had a sword on his hip, and Helix had nothing. It was a bad time for going all melty inside.
Instead, he kissed her hands and convinced her to leave peacefully, that he would meet her at her 'mage's guild' the next day. Then he settled back against the wall to wait.
His cellmate seemed deeply unimpressed by the romantic display, regaling him with an unprompted lecture about the inconstancy of women. Seemed the fellow had been involved in a Bonnie and Clyde type situation, only his sweet Bonnie had stabbed him in the back after a big heist. Now he was doing life for a murder he swore he didn't commit, and wanted revenge. Swag wasn't sure he believed the guys account of what happened, but the mans promise of treasure might be worth looking into. Once he got out, he might just visit this Arnora and see what was up.
They kept him a few hours longer than they should have, out of spite, he was sure. The guard Helix had intimidated probably had an axe to grind. But soon enough he was back under the sun, strolling through the business district in search of the Mage's Guild.
The architecture here was distinctive, solid stone and ornately carved wooden doors and pillars. He found a building flying green banners, blazoned with a sundisk eyeball, surrounded by strange sigils. Yep, definitely magic shit.
He tried to get in, but the haughty woman behind the desk forced him back out. Only mages were allowed, according to her. The harpy wouldn't even tell him where Helix was, just that she was in the middle of doing her a favor, and couldn't be interrupted.
Disgruntled, but not equipped to get in an argument with someone who could shoot fire from her hands, Swag instead decided to follow up on finding that Arnora lady. Helix would come outside sometime.
Swag got the feeling that the fellow in the jail might not have been exaggerating this womans duplicity. Oh she spun a tale all right, of fear for her life, of the violence from her male companion, of feeling trapped in a lifestyle she never wanted. All the while wearing ostentatious jewelry and fine clothing bought with the spoils of that lifestyle. Unfortunately for her, he was intimately familiar with that life, and the habits of those within it, and her performance was just a little too pat. Her appeals to his masculine protective instincts too rote.
Aww, she thought she could manipulate him.
How cute.
It was easy enough to play along and leave her satisfied...with their bargain, of course. He'd already decided she couldn't have even a single inch of him, but he didn't hesitate to plant the suggestion. It had been very effective, and he sauntered back to the jailhouse, twirling her distinctive pendant in the air, suffused with the gratification of a successful scam. Easy, easy, easy.
It was funny, the two tales, so different in ways that were obviously bullshit. Each one claiming complete innocence in a crime that absolutely took two. Lying to him over and over again, and soooo badly. And all over a stolen treasure. He was very tempted not to split it halvsies with her, like he'd agreed, to just grab Helix and abscond with the whole thing.
Eh, but maybe not. Fun was fun, but Arnora seemed to have inexplicably good standing with the other people in town, if the murmurs of the citizens outside her house were any clue. Making an enemy with actual social clout so soon just wasn't advisable. He could probably talk his way out of it, but for now, he needed to visit an old friend on the inside.
The angry man laughed at the sight of the pendant Swag brought, and gave up the location of the money without any further demands, but with a warning to look out for the big bull.
Well, Swag didn't wear red, so he wasn't too worried.
Out the north gate and down to where the path split, and yes, a cluster of stones with a bush sprouting on top. That was the place. Whistling, Swag trotted down the path, ready to shove the rocks aside, and claim his prize.
The sound of a blade being drawn quietly behind him. Not quiet enough. Swag threw himself to the side and the sword struck the stone instead, throwing a spark.
“Hey, what the fuck man?” Swag snapped. The prison guard glared at him, sour-faced over his missed shot. “Not cool, dude.”
“I've been trying to get the location of this stash out of Joundr for days now.” the guard sneered. “And you just led me right to it.”
“Yeah, pretty dumb on my part, gotta admit.” Swag said, maneuvering toward the road. Why hadn't he realized that he might not be the only one searching for this treasure? His eyes flicked up the road, toward the city. He could definitely outrun this guy.
“Don't bother. There's no one for you to go to. I already took care of the woman. You're the only loose end left.”
Took care of the woman.
Freezing, terrible rage seeped in, filling the spots where his soul drained away, and his brain offered up only thoughts about how he could take this man apart, piece by piece, make it last, make it hurt...
His hand strayed unconsciously toward his dagger, all shiny and clean and waiting, but the man just kept talking, as if no one in this entire world knew that a villainous monologue only brought consequences. Amateurs, all of them, he could blow through this town like a tide of consequences-
“-and who wouldn't take the word of a humble, hardworking city guard when there's a convenient foreigner to blame for the murder of such a fine, upstanding citizen? You can try to run, and your little bitch can breathe fire all she likes, but you were the last one seen with Arnora, and all the evidence points to you.”
He was alive again, breathing, feeling, relief pumping out of his heart along with his blood. He bent over, hands on his knees.
“Oh shit dude.” he gasped. “I think that's the first time a stupid monologue actually saved a mans life!”
“Enough. Die like a Nord, or die like a worm!”
“I'll take the third thing, thanks!”
Swag, already bent over, reached down, grabbed some dirt, and flung it directly into the charging guards eyes. As he flailed about, Swag dashed past him and vaulted over the stones. The blinded guard smashed his sword into everything near him, but none of those things were Swag, and that was all that mattered.
A huge bellow sounded over the racket of sword on stone, a massive, grotesque creature crashing into the blinded guard with enough force to lift and carry him along.
The big bull. It really was; a black, bipedal creature with an enormous bovine head.
A goddamn minotaur!
Swag flattened himself against the stones, squeezing into whatever cracks he could find, cloak up over his head. Just pretend to be a rock.
The confrontation was short. Aside from the crunch and shout, and stomping of the initial charge, Swag heard little more than the clank of fallen armor, and the dissatisfied snorting of an angry bull crashing off through the underbrush.
After many minutes of quiet, and the picking up of birdsong in the trees, Swag peeked back over the stones.
The corrupt guard lay in a twisted heap, a very large hole punched right through his thick breastplate.
Welp. Treasure wouldn't be doing this guy any good now. Sucked for him, but he had murdered Arnora, and had tried to murder him, so Swag's sympathy was short.
Speaking of...
He slowly and cautiously approached the definitely very dead body, just to make sure. Yup. That was what a dead man looked like. Habit set his eyes roaming for useful things to lift off the corpse, but...no. Instead, Swag retrieved Arnoras distinctive pendant, and planted it on the body.
Try to frame him, huh? Well he'd just frame right back!
Was it framing if the guy actually did it though? In any case, he wouldn't be returning the thing to Arnora.
“Well, rest in peace, I guess. Hope you're less of a dick, wherever you end up.”
Swag returned to the stones to retrieve the prize he'd come out for in the first place. Shifting the rocks turned up a small strongbox, the contents of which he scooped into one of his many stolen pouches. He'd sort it out later. He also noticed a few bluish-gray mushrooms, and grabbed them too. A nice little extra for Helix, when she got done running mage errands.
Swirling with a conflicting mix of pride, satisfaction, adrenaline, and regret, Swag turned back to the path.
Something snorted loudly behind him.
Swag broke for the city like a dart from a gun.
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[Book Three of...]
Story: 4 out 5 Smut: 2.5 out of 5
Oh wow. I don’t know why I was skeptical about a Wizard of Oz reimagining, but damn… it was so good! Although I do feel stupid for trying to match the “Wizard of Oz” characters to their “Wretched” counterpart lol.
Books One and Two had male villains, so it was fun to read about a female villain.
As the brains behind her family’s drug empire, I was nervous about how Evie was going to get her happily ever after with the new guy she fell for- an undercover DEA agent. She just keeps digging herself deeper and deeper, and just when you think Nick/Brayden is gonna meet his limit with her… he evolves.
I did not expect the DEA agent to evolve the way he did. But damn, I loved that he questioned himself and made the decisions that he did.
Wretched is filled with family and relationship angst, as well as some betrayals that you won’t see coming. Like holy hell… that one… towards the end… jaw dropped!
* Oohhh. So did Dorothy kill Nessa or is Evie just blaming her to blame her..? Interesting.
* Dorothy is the dad’s weakness? Seriously? I wanna see a cat fight between sisters Evie and Dorothy haha. It’s gonna be interesting when Nicholas is sent in to cozy up to Dorothy, but ends up fucking Evie 😏
* Damn. Such a quick, hard fuck in the bathroom and Evie flees. I’m seriously so excited to see Nick freak out when he notices she’s the sister to the mark he’s supposed to get to know. Yes!
* Ezekiel is gonna turn rat by bringing Nick into the fold?
* Wow. Dorothy’s such a cunt for what she said. And look at Ezekiel snapping at her in defense of Evie. I hope someone punches the shit out of her or kills her.
* So Evie is the “Wicked Witch of the West”, but who are the others? I feel dumb lol.
* Well shit. Dorothy is smitten with the guy who got his dick wet in her sister just a week or so ago 😂
* Oh fuck yeah. The meeting. Nick/Brayden can’t keep his eyes off Evie and Dorothy is already talking in his ear and trying to paint Evie as crazy. Fucking bitch.
* Cody, the hacker, is Oz. Fitting. Man behind the curtain and all.
* Evelina should have cut his dick off.
* Goddamn. I love how she calls him pup.
* And they fucked in the strip club basement. Oh lord. She should have recorded it and played it for Dorothy lol.
* Her sister’s body was never recovered..? What if she dipped? What if she’s still alive..? God, I would love that for Evie.
* Wow. How the fuck is this gonna go down. They want the supplier, but that supplier is Evelina. She cooks up everything. I just can’t see how these two can live happily ever after 😬
* Wow. Nick/Brayden has got a mouth on him. I love it.
* Ouch. Him telling Evie she’s not worth it just got me fucked up.
* Damn. She straight up murdered people in front of him. How is he gonna get her off the hook for this?
* “Let me be your calm in the chaos, pretty girl.”
* Oh fuck. The dad is the one cutting up Evie’s drugs and adding bullshit into it all to make MORE cash? wtf. I hope they can pin everything on the dad and Dorothy so Evie can run away with Nick/Brayden.
* What is it with guys fucking girls with guns? Lol.
* Also… poetry while fucking is a little weird. Ngl.
* God, the dad is such an asshole. And wtf is Dorothy up to? She’s nervous. Why?
* FUCKING DOROTHY! God, I hope she dies.
* Is this how Evie and Nick/Brayden will get their HEA? She’s gonna sell out her dad and/or burn everything to the ground? Yes, please!!!
* Oh no. She said those three little words, he panicked, and Dorothy just gave him the information he needed about who the supplier is. This fucking sucks.
* Holy fuck. She knows. His cover is blown, but he didn’t tell his partner that she’s the supplier!
* God that was a satisfying end for Dorothy. Not so much her dad, but now I got other shit to worry about lol.
* CODY?! OZ!? What the fuck, man!!!
* NICHOLAS!!! Oh my god. My heart can’t take this.
* “I love you. I didn’t know that I could love until you. And you’re not perfect, okay? You piss me off and you do things I never thought I’d be all right with, and you’re moody as hell. You’re actually the furthest fucking thing from perfect I’ve ever seen. But, Evelina… you’re perfect for me.”
* Why am I just realizing Nick is the “Tin Man” 😂 and Ezekiel was the “Cowardly Lion” 🤦🏻‍♀️ Who tf was the Scarecrow tho?!
* I wanna go to Ireland now…
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'*•.¸♡ cheating or not ♡¸.•*'
basically a thought about reader having a toxic bf and ellie taunting you about it because she just finds it so pathetic😓also my previous drabble had 222 words and this one has 888?? someones giving me signs i swear
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"he was supposed to come over today!" you said, on the verge of a mental breakdown.
❥︎your best friend kept laughing at your boyfriend. at his absence. at your hope.
"told you!" she shouted happily. "told you he's not good for you!"
❥︎you jumped on the bed and pulled the covers over your face.
"ellie, you're not helping." you mumbled. "what do you think he's doing?"
she lied next to you and grinned, seeing your realization. "probably fucking another naive girl."
"come on!" you playfully kicked her. "maybe he's just asleep."
"or got in a car crash, or got abducted by aliens." ellie groaned in annoyance.
❥︎you poked a hand out from underneath the covers, and she caught a hold of your wrist. after a little fight, you were sitting on top of her.
"or, he could have ditched you for a weekend to have a wild time by himself?" she continued.
"why are you saying that?!" you yelled as ellie kept laughing under you. "why are you even putting those thoughts into my head? he loves me, ellie!" you pinned her hands above her head, knowing she's much stronger than you and would easily get away of your grip if only she wanted to. still, she let you have this moment of advantage.
"suuure!" she replied sarcastically. "do you think he imagined it's you while making out with that popular girl a week ago?"
"stop!" you throw your hands in the air in frustration, accidentally freeing ellie's arms and losing your win over her.
ellie grinned and flipped you upside-down again, this time she pinned your arms above your head. "i think there are lots of women more interesting than you. with their own mind and their own opinions. ones that don't just follow their boyfriends-" she sat up and straddled your waist. "and he's going to break up with you... tomorrow." she said in a sing-song voice.
"no he isn't!" you squirmed and tried to escape. "what makes you say that!?"
your protests were met with laughter. "you know i'm right. you've got all the signs. he's acting cold towards you lately, doesn't want to talk to you much."
"maybe it's just because he's busy." you muttered, trying to find some kind of reason behind his sudden behaviour.
"maybe it's because he likes someone else." ellie teased, leaning closer to your face. "don't you think so?"
❥︎you bit your lip and tried to free your wrists, looking to the side as an attempt to avoid her gaze.
you could feel ellie's hot breath on your face as she leaned closer towards you. "look at me." she ordered. "now tell me that he'll stick around. i dare you to say that."
tears started to well up in your eyes. "he'll stick around." you whispered.
"what? speak up." ellie demanded.
"he'll stick around." you repeated, this time audibly. "he loves me!"
ellie smiled and leaned closer, until your faces were only inches apart from eachother. "i'll tell you what he thinks of you now."
"what?" you whispered, dreading her answer.
"i'll show you, even!" she excitedly sat up and without moving off top of you took her phone.
❥︎after a minute of silence she passed it to you - revealing a photo of your classmate in a club. nothing interesting, you thought. but, ellie zoomed on the crowd behind her, where you could see your boyfriend. obviously, not alone.
"what the fuck is that?" you scoffed as she took her mobile back.
"what does it look like?" ellie grinned, leaning forward, now with her phone up in your face. "he's making out with some random chick!" she said gleefully. "at a club!" she laughed and sat back, a triumphant look on her face. "what are you gonna do about it?"
"it's just a kiss." you shook your head, trying to convince not only ellie but also yourself. "it's not cheating..."
"no?" she laughed and leaned down.
❥︎her hands continued to pin yours down, so you won't pull her away, as she kissed you. your eyes widened and you gasped, what made her smile against your lips. you didn't kiss her back but she didn't care and took her time anyways.
"what are you doing?!" you tried to sound disgusted but, probably, failed. "i have a boyf-"
she cut you off with a chuckle. "so kissing is cheating now, huh?"
❥︎you realized how much of a hypocrite you made yourself be, so you quickly shook your head, hoping to fix everything. with that, she leaned down again. this time, you couldn't hold back.
❥︎time seemed to slow in the kiss, as ellie pressed her body against yours. you could feel her legs shifting, until one of her knees stuck between yours thighs. your arms became untied, but you couldn't bring yourself to push her away. your eyes slowly closed, and a light buzz spread from your lips down to your stomach. your head started to spin, as you felt ellie's tongue enter your mouth, and suddenly, what you thought you knew went out the window.
❥︎ellie pulled away after what seemed like an eternity, leaving you breathless. she smiled down at you, seeing your wide eyes staring up at her.
"you and him are still not even." she said, making it sound like an offer, and you simply nodded..
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skelltan · 1 year
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MLW Fusion 159 Review/Recap
Hey all, another week, another MLW Fusion recap. Let’s get right into it. We start with Richard Holliday, showing us his morning routine. Oh, it’s an ad for health food. I… didn’t expect that, but alright. We then get another recap, this time on Hammerstone vs Nduka.
We can hear the crowd over the commentary. I sure hope that doesn’t persist. We have Cosmos from Mucha Lucha Atlanta. Haven’t heard of this one, but alright. his opponent is Star Rogers, also from MLA. Alright, so this is another indie match, similar to the wildcat stuff on NWA. If you read my NWA reviews, you know I’m not a huge fan of having a purely indie match when you have other people on your roster to showcase, but hopefully these guys entertain.
They trade submissions, and then some more athletic moves such as dropkicks. They then do more athletics and do some smaller mat pinning type stuff but it feels quite slow. Their strikes also don’t feel that strong. Cosmos hits a decent looking sunset flip type deal, though. He then hits a tope. Star hits one that looks better imo. He then hits some chops on Cosmos on the outside. Apparently these guys are also from IWA Puerto Rico? I dunno why they mentioned MLA, but alright.
Ad break, and when we’re back they do more counter wrestling stuff. Cosmos gets a two count. He takes the lead and hits some chops in the corner. Star also gets a two count. Cosmos gets hit with a gorebuster I think they say? He lads a bit scary, almost looked like he landed on his head. They’re both down.
Cosmos hits some lariats and a tiltawhirl esque ddt for another two. Star hits a jump up neckbreaker for a two. They trade some chops on their knees. Cosmos hits a standing spanish fly for a two. Star hits a top rope spanish fly for the win.
This was bad. Not because of these two guys, I get it. They’re guys from the indies who probably haven’t had a lot of work or opportunities most guys we see on this show, or at all do. They were probably cheap to book. It was probably a breather match in the middle of tapings. But they decided to put two unsigned indie guys in a match and take up nearly half of the episode. That’s not good use of your airtime.
If they just cut this match short, or booked one of these guys with a name with more experience, it would’ve been acceptable, but these guys got way too much time for what should’ve been a filler match. If this was my first experience with MLW, I wouldn’t be hyped – they’re lucky me, and I assume most of their other fans, have seen good stuff from them in the past to want to stick with them.
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Anyhow, we see a pic of Hammerstone at the hospital and see his injury from last week, and ouch, it looks gnarly. We see EJ in the same parking lot from last episode. “How you tackle me but you knock your damn self out?”. Considering EJ is a former footballer, that’s a pretty good burn in my opinion. He still tries to get the himmy neutron thing over, though, which is not as good, but hey! I’ll take that entertaining line.
The Samoan SWAT Team chatter a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m feeling a bit adhd but I didn’t quite understand much of what they said. There’s a fucking ad for a Blumhouse movie? It’s about an evil baby or something. Everytime I see ads on MLW, it’s for wrestling related stuff. That’s weird. Anyways. Mads cuts a promo. He wants to face Hammerstone, but Mance fucked with him, so first he’s gonna take out Mance.
We then see Mance in the woods. He’s continuing the Doc Gallows joke, and it’s starting to get a bit old now. Microman is here, though, with a butterfly net. We see a flashback to the number 1 contender’s women match. Flammer cuts a promo. That’ll happen next week. We also have mance vs mads in a tables match. We see Bomaye Fight Club cut a promo on the Opera Cup. It’s now the Bomaye Cup of the gods.
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We got the main, SB Kento vs Davey Richards. The two lock up, trading holds. Davey takes him to the corner, but Kento kicks him in the chest, then wails on him in the corner. Davey whips him out and then run around a bit, but Davey dropkicks him out of the ring. Kento takes off his shirt and strangles Davey with it. Surprisingly, I haven’t seen a spot like that before.
They now brawl on the outside. Kento slams him on the ring apron. After ads, Kento is in control. He stomps Davey in the corner and hits a running dropkick, going for a two count. He goes for some sort of submission on the ropes. Davey hits some strikes. They fight for position, but Davey hits a double stomp. Kento tried to hit a sunset flip on him but Davey fought it, so he was just standing there pretending to try not to fall down. It looked stupid.
Anyways, they exchange strikes. Davey hits a dragon screw on Kento. He gestures to the crowd, for a bit too long imo, prior. He then goes to the top rope and goes for a stomp, but SB dodges. Davey then gets him in the trailer hitch, but Kento gets the ropes.
They then trade some holds some more – Davey hits a handspring but gets caught, and they then trade kicks, and Kento hits a german for a two. Kento goes to the top ropes, but Davey climbs with him. He hits a big superplex for a two count. He grabs an ankle lock for a second, but runs to the ropes to hit Kento. They then exchange strikes. Kento hits the ropes, but gets a kick to the head and a german. Davey then hits a lariat and a brainbuster for a two. Davey instantly gets the ankle lock and wraps around the leg with his body. SB taps out.
Rich interviews Davey, and he says he’s coming after Alex Kane. I thought he’d get ambushed, but nope.
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Well, that was my least favourite episode of MLW so far. The first match was a huge waste of time in my opinion. Kento and Davey was alright and I didn’t make a big deal out of it, but that sunset flip spot looked quite stupid and took me out of the match which I wasn’t super into to begin with. I didn’t care for any of the promos other than the end of Mance’s and EJ’s. Also I just realized, at the start of the show they told us Cesar was fired from being a matchmaker and they’d tell us more, but they never did.
I’m still interested in the two main feuds to keep watching as well as MLW proving to be entertaining before, but like I said, if this was the first MLW show I saw, I wouldn’t wanna tune in for more. To be honest, I’m not super hyped about next week’s episode, either. I’m not a huge Taya fan and Flammer didn’t impress me. I just hope Mance and Mads deliver, as well as what other matches or promos they have. Either way, I’ll be there, and as always, the next post I’ll do will be a NWA recap. See you next time.
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By Talos, This Can’t be Happening pt 7
Time for another Tamriel Tuesday! Swag gets in a bit of a tangle.
Rated PG13 for: Blood, violence, sexual situations, bad puns, and other poor life choices.
@cardwrecks @captainbaddecisions @miasmacaron I’m still going.
They were up nearly with the sun the next day, turned out by the innkeeper who apparently had a fairly high customer turnover rate. Night shift people needed the rooms to sleep in during the day, and they hadn't even paid hard coin for theirs, so they couldn't complain. Well, not to the innkeepers face anyway.
Helix parted from him out in the city, with an agreement to meet back up at the T&T at around noon. Then she was off to find other mages or something like that, and he was left to scavenge an entire new city for opportunity.
The smith was easy to locate; the sound of a hammer pounding metal was pretty easy to identify, even if he'd only ever heard it on TV. He slipped inside the heat blasted building to examine what was on offer.
Very solid armor, large, thick plates of it, swords half as tall as he was, big, blocky hammers and two-headed axes. It all looked very heavy.
The smith only noticed him after a few moments, wiped grime from his forehead, and grinned wide and friendly. “Welcome in, cousin!” the smith greeted in a large, soot-rough voice. “Anything I can fit you with today? What's your style? One hand? Two hands? I've got most of your basic things, though the bows aren't my make.”
What was his style? Running the fuck away. He probably couldn't buy 'improvised weaponry' here, and small firearms were out of the question. A cane...probably just equated to a club or walking stick, and he could definitely find that outside in the forest for free.
He shrugged.
“Set of knuckle dusters? You know. For the punching?” he mimicked the action at the smith's confused stare.
“Oh, I see. Gauntlets.  Ah, well, unfortunately, I don't really do the fiddly detailed work anymore.” He held up his left hand, which was missing two fingers. “But I know someone who does.”
He lifted his arm, and pointed to the west.
“You'll want to get to Chorrol. Rasheda's the smith there, up and coming young thing, beautiful work. She's very good with the more delicate pieces, could make you a pair of gauntlets that would form to every joint in your hand. Not cheap though, but good work shouldn't be, am I right?”
“No, you're right. Well, in the meantime, could you get me a care kit for this?” Swag set his dagger down on the counter. The smith picked it up to give it a close examination.
“Yeah...looks like it needs it. And I can bang this loose pin back in too. Five septims, I'll do all that and fix it up a bit. Sound good?”
“Sounds great, man.”
Swag left with a newly refurbished blade, and everything he would need in order to maintain it. He really wanted to hold tight to the rest of their scarce coins until he could find a way to increase their number, but the knife was their only real weapon, and it needed to be upkept.
He decided to head back to the Tap a little early, and see what he might glean from the people there. Some kind of simple work, entertainment, or...
He really hadn't meant for it to happen, though in hindsight, he supposed it was inevitable. Drunk people were easy to hustle, but also easy to anger, and he learned the rules of the game a little too fast, won a little too often. It aroused suspicion in even the most inebriated mind, and Swag had no friends here.
The brawl had spilled out onto the street, and the guards didn't bother with discernment.
Thus, he found himself stuck in the local clink for the night, with a split eyebrow and a bruised ego, but he wasn't as badly off as the other guy. Dumb fuck had taken a swing at the guards and gotten a broken nose and a week long prison stay for his trouble. Everybody else had cooperated after that, and the whole posse would have a warm night indoors for it.
His cellmate was someone who hadn't been involved in the fight, a surly, chatty fellow who mentioned that he was in for life, and insisted he'd been framed. He didn't seem to be trying the typical prison intimidation routine, so Swag mostly ignored him in favor of the sweetest and most terrifying sound an incarcerated man could hear: his lover's shouting, furious voice coming closer and closer.
“You let me see my husband this instant! I want to know what happened! Get out of my way!”
Ah, now that was nice. She might kick his ass later, but it was worth it to hear her chewing out a constable for not opening the door fast enough. Five feet of unstoppable force shoved past the beleaguered prison guard to spot him leaning against the iron bars.
“Edward!” She rushed forward to clutch his hands, completely ignoring the guards order to stay away from the bars. “What happened? Who put you here? You can't be here! Oh, your face!”
“I'm fine, it's just a cut. Looks worse than it is. Look, there was a game, there was a wager, there was a completely unfounded accusation of cheating, and there was a little bit of a fight. It's more embarrassing than anything else, really.”
“But...but they won't let you out! How do I get you out? I can't just leave you here!”
In another world, she really could just walk in and walk back out with him in tow, and no one the wiser. But not here, and the concern was etched deep into her face.
“Hey, hey don't worry. I know how to survive prison.” He tried to soothe her, but the thin whine that escaped her marked it as a failure. “It's only overnight, I'll be out in the morning. Find someplace to sleep and don't worry. I'm not gonna dye my hair or anything, it'll be okay. This is just a dumb thing you can scold me about later.”
The guard tried to pull her away, but she fixed him with a snarling glare so heated that he let go and backed up. Swag's heart fluttered a bit. It did things to him, when Helix got all fiery and impetuous. Still, the guard had a sword on his hip, and Helix had nothing. It was a bad time for going all melty inside.
Instead, he kissed her hands and convinced her to leave peacefully, that he would meet her at her 'mage's guild' the next day. Then he settled back against the wall to wait.
His cellmate seemed deeply unimpressed by the romantic display, regaling him with an unprompted lecture about the inconstancy of women. Seemed the fellow had been involved in a Bonnie and Clyde type situation, only his sweet Bonnie had stabbed him in the back after a big heist. Now he was doing life for a murder he swore he didn't commit, and wanted revenge. Swag wasn't sure he believed the guys account of what happened, but the mans promise of treasure might be worth looking into. Once he got out, he might just visit this Arnora and see what was up.
They kept him a few hours longer than they should have, out of spite, he was sure. The guard Helix had intimidated probably had an axe to grind. But soon enough he was back under the sun, strolling through the business district in search of the Mage's Guild.
The architecture here was distinctive, solid stone and ornately carved wooden doors and pillars. He found a building flying green banners, blazoned with a sundisk eyeball, surrounded by strange sigils. Yep, definitely magic shit.
He tried to get in, but the haughty woman behind the desk forced him back out. Only mages were allowed, according to her. The harpy wouldn't even tell him where Helix was, just that she was in the middle of doing her a favor, and couldn't be interrupted.
Disgruntled, but not equipped to get in an argument with someone who could shoot fire from her hands, Swag instead decided to follow up on finding that Arnora lady. Helix would come outside sometime.
Swag got the feeling that the fellow in the jail might not have been exaggerating this womans duplicity. Oh she spun a tale all right, of fear for her life, of the violence from her male companion, of feeling trapped in a lifestyle she never wanted. All the while wearing ostentatious jewelry and fine clothing bought with the spoils of that lifestyle. Unfortunately for her, he was intimately familiar with that life, and the habits of those within it, and her performance was just a little too pat. Her appeals to his masculine protective instincts too rote.
Aww, she thought she could manipulate him.
How cute.
It was easy enough to play along and leave her satisfied...with their bargain, of course. He'd already decided she couldn't have even a single inch of him, but he didn't hesitate to plant the suggestion. It had been very effective, and he sauntered back to the jailhouse, twirling her distinctive pendant in the air, suffused with the gratification of a successful scam. Easy, easy, easy.
It was funny, the two tales, so different in ways that were obviously bullshit. Each one claiming complete innocence in a crime that absolutely took two. Lying to him over and over again, and soooo badly. And all over a stolen treasure. He was very tempted not to split it halvsies with her, like he'd agreed, to just grab Helix and abscond with the whole thing.
Eh, but maybe not. Fun was fun, but Arnora seemed to have inexplicably good standing with the other people in town, if the murmurs of the citizens outside her house were any clue. Making an enemy with actual social clout so soon just wasn't advisable. He could probably talk his way out of it, but for now, he needed to visit an old friend on the inside.
The angry man laughed at the sight of the pendant Swag brought, and gave up the location of the money without any further demands, but with a warning to look out for the big bull.
Well, Swag didn't wear red, so he wasn't too worried.
Out the north gate and down to where the path split, and yes, a cluster of stones with a bush sprouting on top. That was the place. Whistling, Swag trotted down the path, ready to shove the rocks aside, and claim his prize.
The sound of a blade being drawn quietly behind him. Not quiet enough. Swag threw himself to the side and the sword struck the stone instead, throwing a spark.
“Hey, what the fuck man?” Swag snapped. The prison guard glared at him, sour-faced over his missed shot. “Not cool, dude.”
“I've been trying to get the location of this stash out of Joundr for days now.” the guard sneered. “And you just led me right to it.”
“Yeah, pretty dumb on my part, gotta admit.” Swag said, maneuvering toward the road. Why hadn't he realized that he might not be the only one searching for this treasure? His eyes flicked up the road, toward the city. He could definitely outrun this guy.
“Don't bother. There's no one for you to go to. I already took care of the woman. You're the only loose end left.”
Took care of the woman.
Freezing, terrible rage seeped in, filling the spots where his soul drained away, and his brain offered up only thoughts about how he could take this man apart, piece by piece, make it last, make it hurt...
His hand strayed unconsciously toward his dagger, all shiny and clean and waiting, but the man just kept talking, as if no one in this entire world knew that a villainous monologue only brought consequences. Amateurs, all of them, he could blow through this town like a tide of consequences-
“-and who wouldn't take the word of a humble, hardworking city guard when there's a convenient foreigner to blame for the murder of such a fine, upstanding citizen? You can try to run, and your little bitch can breathe fire all she likes, but you were the last one seen with Arnora, and all the evidence points to you.”
He was alive again, breathing, feeling, relief pumping out of his heart along with his blood. He bent over, hands on his knees.
“Oh shit dude.” he gasped. “I think that's the first time a stupid monologue actually saved a mans life!”
“Enough. Die like a Nord, or die like a worm!”
“I'll take the third thing, thanks!”
Swag, already bent over, reached down, grabbed some dirt, and flung it directly into the charging guards eyes. As he flailed about, Swag dashed past him and vaulted over the stones. The blinded guard smashed his sword into everything near him, but none of those things were Swag, and that was all that mattered.
A huge bellow sounded over the racket of sword on stone, a massive, grotesque creature crashing into the blinded guard with enough force to lift and carry him along.
The big bull. It really was; a black, bipedal creature with an enormous bovine head.
A goddamn minotaur!
Swag flattened himself against the stones, squeezing into whatever cracks he could find, cloak up over his head. Just pretend to be a rock.
The confrontation was short. Aside from the crunch and shout, and stomping of the initial charge, Swag heard little more than the clank of fallen armor, and the dissatisfied snorting of an angry bull crashing off through the underbrush.
After many minutes of quiet, and the picking up of birdsong in the trees, Swag peeked back over the stones.
The corrupt guard lay in a twisted heap, a very large hole punched right through his thick breastplate.
Welp. Treasure wouldn't be doing this guy any good now. Sucked for him, but he had murdered Arnora, and had tried to murder him, so Swag's sympathy was short.
Speaking of...
He slowly and cautiously approached the definitely very dead body, just to make sure. Yup. That was what a dead man looked like. Habit set his eyes roaming for useful things to lift off the corpse, but...no. Instead, Swag retrieved Arnoras distinctive pendant, and planted it on the body.
Try to frame him, huh? Well he'd just frame right back!
Was it framing if the guy actually did it though? In any case, he wouldn't be returning the thing to Arnora.
“Well, rest in peace, I guess. Hope you're less of a dick, wherever you end up.”
Swag returned to the stones to retrieve the prize he'd come out for in the first place. Shifting the rocks turned up a small strongbox, the contents of which he scooped into one of his many stolen pouches. He'd sort it out later. He also noticed a few bluish-gray mushrooms, and grabbed them too. A nice little extra for Helix, when she got done running mage errands.
Swirling with a conflicting mix of pride, satisfaction, adrenaline, and regret, Swag turned back to the path.
Something snorted loudly behind him.
Swag broke for the city like a dart from a gun.
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Falling: II
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Monday, July 22, 11:00 a.m.
Heejin was always at the library during break time, reading a book or having mixed-berry-jam sandwiches while humming that tune which always seemed to be on her mind. So that is how Hongjoong and Seonghwa found her a week after their group project had been assigned. They looked at each other, then back to the girl sitting at the corner table, uncertainty evident on their faces.
Heejin had already noticed them out of the corner of her eye, but she chose to act oblivious, knowing she had a façade to uphold. They walked up to her and awkwardly asked if they could have a seat, shifting uncomfortably as they slid onto the bench in front of yours. "So, uh, about that project..."
"We want you to know that we're ready to do it when you are-"
"And time is sort of running out-"
"So can we start working on it today?"
She has no idea why, but she felt like she just couldn't face them. Either that or she was too embarrassed to tell me her reasons, but I have a feeling the truth leans towards the former. Whatever it was, she wanted to avoid working with them. She told herself she was doing it because of a busy schedule, but really, she knew it was because of Yeosang.
"I kind of have a full schedule this week, but I'll make sure to work on it so that in case we can't meet till the last moment, we'll have something to work with."
She felt bad seeing their faces fall, because they'd asked so nicely, and it wasn't their fault. Still, her fear of having to deal with Yeosang loomed.
Monday, July 22, 03:15 p.m.
Heejin washed the bowl she had made instant oats in. She had finished her theory homework at the school library, inhaled her semblance of lunch, and worked on her latest orchestral score for class. 
With her single dish taken care of,  she picked up her bag and went back to school campus. She changed into her dobok and started with warmups. She did some kicks on an irani pad, then moved on to taegeuk. She had her Taekwondo black belt test coming up, as well as selections for nationals.
She rushed out at 4:45, changing back into the white shirt and black jeans she had worn for school. Heejin took her bicycle from the campus gate, soon reaching her destination, Aurora café. Quickly tying the half apron around her waist, she got to work, taking and serving orders with practiced grace and speed.
It was 8 by the time she parked her bike and de-plastered the fake grin off her face. She went up to her room in the residential quarters, slurped up some ramyeon, and switched off all the lights. As the building was slowly plunged into silence, she unbuttoned and tied her shirt, showing her lithe body and the low rise of her jeans. Taking all the pins out of her bun, she ruffled her hair. Putting on a mask for anonymity, she snuck out of the hole she had found in the campus wall.
She reached the Illusion club at sharp 9, and immediately went up to the DJ booth to relieve her colleague. The crowd cheered her on, having recognized one of the most popular DJs in town by her signature outfit. Time flew as she made music, unlike her other job, and it was in the blink of an eye that she seemed to find herself back at the ring in her typical street fight clothes, moving rapidly up the established leaderboard.
Once she was back in her bed, she cursed herself for not having worked on the project. She had lined up for back-to-back days of street fighting before midterms, so that she could build a reputation before disappearing. Now, she had all this to take care of. She promised herself to finish it up in the weekend, but she couldn't bring herself to plan an interaction with her team. Thinking of ways to avoid the lot, she slipped into deep, dreamless slumber.
Heejin be making full use of her clothes laul
I'm also drafting the next chapter and I wanna shriek
Maybe I'll update a bit sooner on the next one
Stay safe and hydrated!
~Poatao-nim
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glowingbadger · 2 years
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Can I ask for the other Genshin boys for that past modern day au? Like how you described Kaeya and Diluc but with the others? Off the top of my head: Thoma, Childe, Zhongli, Kazuha, Xiao, Venti….and anyone else you like that I’m forgetting pls? Ty!
Whoo boy, we've got a lot of Very Good Boys to talk about- buckle up folks, let's talk Modern au (these will be a bit shorter/more general than the Kaeya and Diluc ones, since we've got so many guys to talk about)
Here's what I wrote for those two, if you're curious!
hey, uh... Idk if this is gonna make someone mad at me, but in thinking about this, I've realized that I genuinely can't sexualize Venti? Like, my brain just... won't do it? So just as a heads-up, if he's who you're here for, his headcanons are going to be very tame.
Thoma, Childe, Zhongli, Kazuha, Xiao, Venti
x GN Reader
Modern AU Headcanons - SFW & NSFW
Thoma
- He's the head of security for an up-and-coming politician and humanitarian (Ayaka, duh). He's intensely dedicated to his job, though he doesn't give the uptight, neurotic appearance of your typical workaholic. In truth, he seems very friendly with his boss, and the way he tells it, the hardest part of his job is delicately fielding intrusive paparazzi questions about the "nature of his relationship" with Ms. Kamisato. Most imagine that he must make good money in this line of work, but he lives simply but comfortably.
- As your partner though, he's endlessly dedicated, leaving no room to doubt that his heart belongs to you and you alone. He has an encyclopedic understanding of your favorite foods, sweets, drinks, animals, colors, and so on, so he's incredibly good at birthdays and anniversaries. He likes to keep a small vase of your favorite flowers around as often as possible, and he bakes something for the two of you at least once a week.
- He generally lets you take the lead in bed, unless you really want him in charge, in which case, he's an excellent service top. Dedication to his work and his general "friendly towards everyone" attitude have made him well liked, but he hasn't pursued many romantically or sexually in the past- I may even consider him demisexual, frankly. But with you, he savors the chance for you two to bond over your mutual pleasure, get to know each other's bodies, and try new things together. And you can be sure that he's an absolute expert at oral, and absolutely loves to feel your thighs tremble and your nails in his hair as he services you.
Childe
- Tartaglia actually has a pretty droll office job that he doesn't put too much thought into- it's only for money to fund his not-so-secret adrenaline junky habits. Skydiving, drag racing, whatever he can get access to, if it gets his heart pounding, he'll try it at least once no matter how dangerous. Given time and the opportunity to get antsy enough, he'll eventually even start seeking out fights in sketchy areas of town, perhaps even landing in a "fight club" type circle. Of course, he'll rapidly rise to being "the one to beat" among those types, and hardly if ever has to worry about coming to work with visible injuries.
- He's a tough one to pin down, and it's likely you'll hook up once or twice before settling into a consistent relationship. If you can keep up with him though, he's a lot of fun to be with, always ready for the chance for the two of you to experience something new together. He also has no reservations about spoiling you with that white-collar salary of his, and if you protest, he'll just find sneakier ways to get you expensive gifts and meals. It's rare for him to express his affection verbally, but when he does, there's a fire in his often-cold eyes that shows he means it.
- Definitely as intense about sex as he is about all of his other pleasurable pursuits in life, and definitely a rough type. It's particularly fun to tease him with racy photos and texts throughout the day, knowing full well that he realizes you're trying to rile him up. On days like this, you can expect to be pounded against the wall, over countertops, and in multiple positions on his bed. And frankly, he loves it when you "fight back" a bit, trying to get control over the pace or giving him attitude, only to get fucked even deeper and harder.
Zhongli
- He's a well liked history professor at the college level, but has to constantly remind himself not to let on that he was literally, physically present for many of the events discussed. It's very easy to send him off on a tangent that takes up most of the class period- just ask something about the food or drink or art of a certain era, and he'll go off, not even caring much that he's abandoned the "official" curriculum. His classes are very sought out, but it's hard to know exactly what you're actually going to learn on any given day. (Also, and this may go without saying, he's been so engrossed in study and culture and academia for so long that he has no concept of certain practical things like budgeting and is constantly broke- though most don't realize that he's always been Like That)
- Zhongli, as a man of maturity and experience, is a very considerate and conscientious partner. If he makes tea for himself, he makes sure to make enough for you as well, and when he goes out to run an errand or two, he'll stop by a bakery on the way to pick up something for you. Though he may not come across as outwardly affectionate in his words or body language, he takes care of you as much as you let him, and makes it clear through little gifts and favors that he treasures you. As a hobby, he sometimes works with clay, and will make a cute and tasteful little vase or teacup or pendant for you on your birthday, anniversaries, etc.
- He doesn't have the highest sex drive generally, but when the mood hits him, he's incredibly intense and passionate. Zhongli has immense stamina, and is more than happy to please you several times over before chasing his own climax. Plus, given his very dignified bearing, you might not expect how kinky he can get if encouraged. He's been around a while, and has developed an appreciation for the wide range of ways to share pleasure with someone.
Kazuha
- Classic semi-stoned roommate with a Creative Writing major, tbh. He loves bizarre, artsy older films that no one's ever heard of, or wandering into a cafe or bar and genuinely enjoying the local live band playing there- but he's utterly and completely unpretentious about it. He just genuinely loves experiencing art and the creative spirit in as many ways as possible. Likely works at a local gallery or coffee shop, and probably could be 'higher up' at work, but doesn't feel the need to climb the ladder as long as he can pay rent.
- Kazuha may come across as a bit too laid back as a partner, but he's always there for you when it matters- he just thinks that a relationship should be comfortable and pleasant for both of you as often as possible. He loves sharing music together, so it's not unusual to spend an evening just lying in his bed and chatting, alternating who plays the next song from their phone. Unsurprisingly, he also loves outdoor dates- camping, hiking, etc, and he's in surprisingly good shape for how relaxed he seems.
- He's fairly sexually flexible, and will naturally respond to his partner's wants and needs- but overall, I would actually consider him something of a power bottom. You can tie him up or mount and ride him, but he'll still meet you with a steady, heated stare, and encourage you with surprisingly filthy praise. He's gentle by default, and very sensation focused, getting lost in all of the wonderful little details of your body. That said, he's extremely open to trying out any sort of kink or experimentation you might like, and considers such things a natural part of exploring pleasure together.
Xiao
- He's ex-military, and now works various labor-oriented day jobs while streaming a wide range of FPS games at night. He absolutely does not have a facecam, and won't even respond to followers asking him about it. He also resolutely refuses to talk about his difficult background, or the things he saw in the line of duty. But a sizeable contingent of his fans are convinced that he must be insanely handsome. Largely though, he's popular within a niche of viewers who are completely blown away by his sheer skill. His commentary is sparse, but if you're paying attention, it's clear that he knows way more about legitimate combat than your typical streamer, leading to rampant speculation.
- As a partner, he takes a long time to get used to typical "couple" things, like messaging each other during the day just to say hi, wearing each other's hoodies, that kind of thing. It's not that he dislikes it, it just doesn't come naturally to him at all. Honestly, he may even be a bit confused at first. He loves hearing from you, but why would you interrupt your day to message him when you can just come see him later?
- Sexually, he's not very experienced to start, but the man is dedicated for sure. His instinct is to be pretty rough, but you might not realize it until you've been together a few times- he's so worried about hurting you that you'll likely have to convince him that it's okay to get a bit more intense. He's not very vocal in bed, but he is extremely handsy and a bit bitey, so there won't be a doubt in your mind that he wants you desperately.
Venti
- Venti has a kind of cycle over the centuries. Every couple decades or so, he'll arrive on the pop scene and rapidly rise as a top idol, absolutely revelling in the attention and the ability to perform at such a massive scale, bringing music and excitement to so many people. He's also a massive troll in interviews and with the paparazzi, doing everything he can to produce ridiculous photos and silly, sometimes contradictory responses to the most common interview questions. Eventually though, to hide his pseudo-perpetual lifespan among other things, he'll get a bit overly involved in his booze and a couple minor scandals, either carefully orchestrating his slow disappearance from the public eye, or going out in a huge media flury or even faking his death- depending on how he's feeling this time around. Online conspiracy websites have definitely tried to make the argument that this handful of youthful, charming young singers are all the same person, but they're generally laughed off.
- He's extremely fun as a partner- always up for a party, a concert, or just a rowdy night of drinks with close friends and a hilariously bad movie. Venti always has a list of fun places you could go, new food or (even better) drinks to try, and so on- though of course, one of his favorite ways to spend a weekend night is at karaoke with you and a small group. He is capable of being more subdued and serious, but you'll find that he tends to respond to these moments of vulnerability with you by bouncing back into something more fun soon after you've had a serious conversation.
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FUCK FREUD CLUB SHENANIGANS because I didn't think people would enjoy my little idea so much and I have more to share!
• Harley who may have been drinking a bit: "I gotta admit Brucie babe, I, like many of our classmates, had a little crush on you!"
Jonathan who was getting more comfortable without wearing his Scarecrow hood, also who has been drinking too: "Confession, I also had a crush on you Wayne."
Bruce, now blushing and wondering if he made the Sangria too strong for this week's club meeting: "Well I'm flattered. If we're being honest here, I did have a crush on you Crane after you went off on Professor Kingsley when he said Freud was a genius."
Jonathan, now also slightly blushing: "Stop Mister Wayne or the media will somehow get wind of that and it'll be the new scandal."
Harley: "Speaking of scandal! Have you guys heard about the latest fight Pengy and Riddler had? I heard they legit got into a fight in front of the Bat!"
Sometimes their club meetings turns into gossip sharing.
• Harley bursting into Bruce's Study with Jonathan right behind her: "You're being played by George Clooney!?"
Jonathan: "You agreed to be the secret identity of Batman!?"
Bruce who was plotting Jason's second funeral and Tim's first: "My son's forged my signature on those papers. Then the other's heard about it and got so excited and I couldn't back out! Especially after Cass made me a card! She made me a card!"
Harley: "Pushover."
Jonathan: "People pleaser."
Bruce with his head in his hands: "Arnold Schwarzenegger is Mr. Freeze....Uma Thurman is Poison Ivy....Should I be worried that they'll attack me more after the movie?"
Harley now super excited: "They're in the movie!?"
• Jonathan standing next to a white board as he hosts this week's club meeting: "Today's club meeting will start off with our absolute favorite thing we hate about Freud. After that Harley has designed a Family Feud style game where Bruce, you and I will go against each other and guess Freud's stupidest idea's and studies based off Harley's questions. Winner takes home the homemade Fuck Freud Trophy which is a golden hand giving off the middle finger."
Bruce and Harley lifting up their hands in unison and solemnly flipping off a picture of Freud: "Fuck Freud."
• Bruce being held "hostage" by Two-Face before looking at the clock: "Oh shit. Harv? Can we like, reschedule this? I have a club meeting and I'm in charge of snacks this week."
Two-Face: "You...want to reschedule a hostage situation? For a club?"
Bruce, completely serious: "Yes."
• Harley got them Letterman jackets for the club, of course personalized. Jon even got them mugs for the club. Bruce caved and got them pens and pins made for the club.
His kids do not understand why he goes along with the club but they have also never seen their dad so normal and happy.
Clark gets jealous.
• Bruce walking in late to a club meeting with Starbucks for everybody: "You would not believe the nightmare I had last night."
Jonathan already pulling out a clipboard and pen: "Tell us all about it."
Harley coughing to hide her chuckles: "Yes tell the dream psychologist that has a nightmare kink all about your scary dream."
Jonathan who is blushing now, is it in anger? Is it in embarrassment? Who knows: "One class! One dream psychology class! And I do not have a fear kink!"
Bruce finally taking his seat: "Denial. Interesting. Now let's acknowledge the fact that Harley said you had a nightmare kink not fear kink. Do you want to discuss that further Mr. Crane?"
Jonathan throwing a pen at Bruce: "We were talking about you not me Rich Boy!"
Bruce and Harley cackling.
• Jonathan and Harley are still villains but they kind of start to edge into the anti-hero stage of things. Nobody knows why expect Bruce and he's so proud.
• They actually call each other on their bad days. Harley yelled at Bruce about being more open with his kids and he actually really took it to heart. Jon got collectively yelled at about his self esteem issues and taking better care of himself because no Jon, a human can't just survive off corn and sweet tea. Harley had a tough love session when Bruce and Jon had to tell her just how bad Joker was to her and yeah she realized that but she shouldn't be afraid to get into a relationship with someone just because of that past toxic relationship.
• Bruce's kids actually start to get comfortable with Harley and Jonathan being around the house from time to time. It's still weird to them but they see first hand the changes that all three are going through.
• Bruce babysits Lou and Bud for Harley whenever she needs him too or if she gets in trouble and is sent to Arkham. Damian loves helping out with them.
• Batman may or may not have taken the long way to the university when he heard Scarecrow took over the Psych 101 class because the teacher was obviously incompetent Bats. He was teaching young impressionable minds!
• Bruce admits to them that he hates the whole 'Playboy Billionaire' role he used to play and can't seem to escape from. Especially because he's a dad now, it's not like he can really afford to be a playboy.
• Harley insists on teaching Bruce how to fight because she can't believe how often he gets himself into bad situations.
Jonathan agrees about this and even gives Bruce some of his Fear Toxin in case he ever has to use it in defense to get away from anyone. He even put it in a pepper spray-like bottle so it would go unnoticed.
I have so much more headcanons but here are a few XD
Enjoy
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         (  chapter 6′s gif by @buckysbarnes​​ from this lovely set !  )
✪   —   VACANT MIRRORS  ;  B.B.  |  6/?
summary: gunshot wounds, panic attacks, and evil next door neighbors.
pairing: bucky barnes / f!reader
tags: set before & during tfatws, friends to lovers, therapy positive, trauma healing techniques, ptsd mentions, the normalization of anxiety disorders, and a good ol’ slow burn
word count: 5.3k, a filler before the real sexual tension.
a/n: be warned, this chapter has a diy medical procedure where bucky removes the slug from rabbit’s shoulder. it’s nothing too graphic, but keep that in mind! also, i wanted to say thank you to everyone who has rec’d, reblogged, commented, kudos, liked, looked at this fic. the response to every chapter has been so overwhelmingly kind and i’m so thankful that i have the oppurtunity to share this fic with you all. that being said, i broke this chapter up. next week has some spice. ;-)
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Bucky wakes up with a headache that feels like someone’s tapped an icepick between his eyes. A fire-bright burn radiates under his ribs.
It’s a slow creep back to reality — he just lays there and stares at the peeling wallpaper that meets the corner of the ceiling for a while, knowing deep in the back of his muddled, confused thoughts that he most likely has a nasty concussion, maybe a few broken ribs.
How? Hm. Fighting. Music? The club.
Rabbit.
He sits up fast and Bucky’s blue eyes struggle to adjust in the low-light of the scarcely furnished apartment. The searing pang of his headache is enough to make his stomach churn, but he’s had worse. So much worse. This is manageable. So, he swallows down the nausea and looks around the room like a wounded animal — and almost immediately, relief greets him at the sight of you in the armchair across from the couch.
Your hair is a mess, falling from it’s previous style that you’d proudly worn to The Glass Cannon. Your lipstick is smeared, there’s glitter on your cheeks, and your make-up has transitioned from starlet beauty to broken-hearted bombshell. Bucky notices, with a bit of dismay, that you’re even missing an earring. There’s a nasty bruise forming along the peak of your cheekbone and a gash there from when Alexei had cracked you across the face with the pistol — and even despite all this, Bucky can feel his heart clench at the sight of you. A good clench. The sort that makes his heart kick into a stutter step.
You look… well, you look like someone who’d had the shit choked out of them and then was shot.
Shot.
Your jacket, punched clean through with the single bullet hole, is hanging over the back of the chair and there’s gauze taped to your shoulder. You’re leaning your good cheek in your hand, attention turned totally to Bucky, where you’ve fallen asleep. From here, you’re a picture of exhaustion.
Anxiety flashes in his heart and he swings his legs over the edge of the couch.
Suddenly, there’s a hand on his shoulder.
“Take it easy.”
It’s the woman from before, Kiwi, and she’s got an ice pack in her hands. It’s wrapped in a ratty, green dish towel, and she hands it off to Bucky with a pitiful little look. Rounding the couch, Bucky finally gets a better look at her.
She’s older than you, maybe by a handful of years, but sharp and beautiful nonetheless. Her hair is dark as night and the tips are drenched in a lime colored dye. Her eyes are dark, too, ringed by kohl and glitter, and Bucky wonders if he’s ever seen her before.
“You heal quick,” she says quietly as she plops down into the chair across the room. On a makeshift desk, there’s a laptop, “Care to explain how you know our dear friend Rabbit here?”
Bucky shifts uncomfortably. Again, his eyes fall on your sleeping form.
He maneuvers the ice pack in his hands, then gently presses it to his ribs. He melts a bit, ignoring the evident tears in the silk shirt. He feels bad — he’d busted some of the seams in the midst of the brutal scuffle and it seems like this artifact of Jaimie’s was most likely beyond salvation.
His dog tags jingle against his chest.
“Therapy,” Bucky croaks, “We, uh, we met in therapy.”
A new voice comes into the picture now, one that’s muffled by a mouthful of food.
“That’s cute.”
It’s the other one, Climber. He’s traded in his all-black, all-polyurethane outfit for an expensive looking t-shirt. Without the strobes, without the tunnel vision, Bucky can now see the intricate buzz cut that sits beneath the mountain of blue curls on his head. There are patterns buzzed into his tight-shave. He’s got a smile, too, the glimmers a little too artificially. Bucky spies crystals inset on his incisors between bites of what looks like a bowl of cereal with no milk. Spoon and all.
“I don’t think we’ve properly met,” Climber says as he plops down next to Bucky on the couch, “What’d you say your name was?”
A hand is jutted his way. Bucky blinks. He shakes it with his vibranium hand.
“I’m Bucky.”
“Well, I’m gay and you’re gorgeous,” he says candidly, giving it a good shake, “So, if that’s of any interest—”
“Can you please shut up, Climber?” comes an irritated rasp from you in your armchair. Bucky turns to watch as you raise your head and rub your eyes, “Christ, I just fell asleep.”
“And your little supersoldier just woke up,” Kiwi chirps from her preoccupation with the laptop and contents on it, “So why don’t you stop being a little baby and let him look at that gunshot wound.”
Bucky’s face falls flat. He drops the ice pack to the coffee table with a thwunk.
You sit up, gingerly trying to maneuver yourself so as to not bother both your ribs and your shoulder. It takes a moment, but finally you’re sitting up with only a dull ache of pain throbbing beneath your skin. Now, the real sting comes from the bitter look Bucky has pinned you with.
“You haven’t cleaned it yet?”
“The shits in the kitchen,” Kiwi waves at Bucky, as if to say told you so, “She fuckin’ refused to let me take care of it.”
“You’re going to get an infection if it stays in you any longer,” he snaps, standing to his feet, “Get up.”
“Kiwi isn’t exactly the most gentle person I know,” you manage to supply as an excuse as you move through the room, “And I know that thing isn’t coming out without a fight.”
He can feel the grey hairs coming in already.
You stand slowly, and Bucky looms behind you as you weave into the small apartment’s kitchen.
It’s barely lived in, but a few years ago it most definitely had life. Now, it’s mostly abandoned save for a few necessities. Kiwi had told you, a long time ago, about this spot — it was her parent’s place before the Snap. After the Blip, they ended up moving back to Massachusetts. Now abandoned by anyone seeking to really live in the one bedroom, it sits collecting dust until Kiwi inevitably needs it.
Like now.
“Up on the counter.”
You wince at his tone, but still thankful to be away from Kiwi and Climber’s prying eyes.
For the entire time Bucky had been out, you’d been subjected to a myriad of questions — all were fair, really, since Bucky did just bust out the Avenger-level super-moves on some Russian mafiosos for your sake, vibranium arm and all. The arm was really the biggest stuck point in the conversation as you tried your best to explain the nature of your relationship with the unconscious supersoldier on the couch. It was met with plenty of looks, both curious and skeptical.
You’re slow to hop up on the dusty marble countertop. From there, you watch Bucky poke through the kit that Kiwi had pulled from under the sink.
Then, with the calculated process of a man who has pulled one too many bullets from himself, Bucky slams the kit shut and wanders into the bathroom.
He returns with a pair of large tweezers. He’s silent as the dead as he rummages for a pan, fills it with water, and sets the gas burner on. He stares, watching the pot boil, as his foot taps against the floor.
You swallow down any comments.
There’s a clean towel beside you, and Bucky casually reached into the boiling water with his vibranium hand to retrieve the tweezers — whether or not he purposely ignored the pain is lost on you. You’re too busy anxiously spiraling into silence.
(He’s trying to ground himself, to feel something other than panic. It’s a mild spike, but it’s still panic. Because you’re hurt. Because you still have a fucking casing lodged in your shoulder and he doesn’t want anything bad to happen to you. Ever. Because he saw it happen and then it was black, and now that anxiousness is creeping in.)
Rubbing alcohol, tweezers, gauze, tape, and… Jack Daniel’s.
It’s from the top of the fridge. It’s got a layer of dust on it — and it’s unopened.
Bucky unceremoniously pops the cap and hands the open bottle to you.
You take it and pause.
Bucky’s gaze is cold.
“You’re gonna want to take a few swigs, Doll.”
You almost snarl. You take a long drink then, ignoring the burn of the whiskey down your throat. It’s only when you’ve had enough to nearly gag that you hand the bottle back and then hiss:
“Don’t call me Doll.”
He takes the bottle and unceremoniously slams it down on the counter.
His movements are rough as he washes his hands — and if Bucky was a better person, maybe he’d take a second and parse through why he was feeling so damn irritable. But, no, no, he could figure out that he was angry at himself and you and Alexei Gardzov and Innessa Sidrova and fucking… everyone because he can’t have any normal relationships in his life without there being bloodshed or pain or suffering. That was enough, and he didn’t want to dig deeper into the nipping fear of losing you, not now, not when he had a job to do—
You suck in a sharp breath when his fingers brush your collarbone. He gently moves the delicate strap of your bodysuit, ignoring the soft skin beneath, and pulls the gauze away from your shoulder.
Your jacket had taken most of the impact it seems. Bucky frowns deeply at the pink fibers clinging to the entry wound. It’s a nasty puckered bit of flesh, smeared with blood, right in the soft muscle of your left shoulder. The hole is a little smaller than a quarter — Bucky recognizes it as shot from a 9mm almost immediately. He’s taken a few of these in his days. He’s glad it wasn’t close range. The burns from the muzzle flash make for nasty scars. He’d know. He has one on his back, right above his hip.
Bucky’s jaw is tight. He’s gritting his back teeth. His headache throbs angrily behind his eyes.
Bucky leans, eyeing the wound carefully. His limited reaction is enough to spark a little light of bravery in your gut, and you move to look at the hole — only to find a vibranium hand rooting your jaw in place. It’s gentle enough as it recorrects the line of your gaze straight ahead. His thumb rests on the curve of your chin as his index climbs your jaw, and the vibranium is warm and cold all at once. It’s an odd sensation. Not bad, but not flesh.
You like it.
(You find your mind quickly flashing with the thought of what that hand would feel like in other places. You ignore it.)
Your eyes are stuck on Bucky.
He’s clearly upset — the pinch between his brows and the evident scowl on his lips is enough of an indication. The bridge of his nose is busted and there’s a bruise crawling under his left eye. The shirt you’d given him is a wreck, and as he bends to snatch up a rubbing alcohol soaked pad, the feeling of shame creeps up on you. The anxiousness that’s settled in the pit of your stomach doesn’t help.
Arguably, it exacerbates the symptom.
The whiskey is slow to make an impact.
But, when Bucky finally swipes the gauze across the wound, your ankles have begun to tingle and it isn’t blinding white pain you feel — not yet. It’s sharp and it feels like he’s touching your shoulder blade when he presses his fingers into the holes to clean the immediate area. That has you grimacing tightly.
His obsidian-hued hand holds your face still through it.
So, you opt to stare.
His arm reminds you of some pottery you’d seen back at the Museum of Modern Art once, on a school trip. In a dimly lit room, spotlights lit up a row of vases that had been gilded back together with gold-dusted sap. You’d sat there for nearly an hour, staring at those things. You can’t remember the name now, not while Bucky does one more pass across the wound. It started with a ‘k’. It was beautiful. You loved that exhibit. Why can’t you — fuck — remember the name? Kinsi… kinsigumi? Gumi. Kintsi —
You grit your teeth and grip the counter tightly. He pauses. You exhale.
You inhale.
Kintsugi.
The seams of his arm remind you of Kintsugi.
It’s beautiful.
Bucky’s eyes flit to yours. He sees your stare.
Maybe it’s the pain, or the half-cocked daze, but the look in your eyes is enough to spur an immediate reaction. Bucky scowls. He yanks his hand back, retreating to the supplies on the counter. He’s pulled, hard and fast, and now he seems miles away.
Quietly, and with a bit more chill than he intended, he speaks. “If it was making you nervous, you should have said something.”
It.
Your head snaps to him.
“What?” you ask, nearly incredulously.
He’s silent. He has the tweezers in his hand now.
Your eyes narrow critically — and instead of shame and anxiety, it’s hurt that flies off your tongue. It’s drenched in enough pain that Bucky hears it in the waver of your voice.
“You think I’m afraid of you?”
It’s nearly a whisper.
He swallows.
He ignores it. He has to. He doesn’t want to know the answer. Either way that conversation goes is enough to drag him into territory he can’t handle right now. Not when he needs to do this without his hands shaking.
“This is going to hurt.”
Your mouth is open — be it shock or anger, he’s not sure. Bucky, however, makes a point of ignoring your expression and your reaction by handing over the whiskey once more. You snatch it from his hands quickly. There’s a look on your face that makes his chest ache. With one last pass over him with your eyes, you take a long swig.
You feel like crying.
You won’t, though. Not now. Not while he does this.
You deserve this.
And holy fucking hell does it hurt. It’s like someone’s taken a hot poker and punctured your skin, then rotated it around and around and around. You can feel every time the tweezers touch the bullet because the metallic little click echoes in your chest. It’s enough to make your head spin, and you grit your teeth and close your eyes and try to breathe — but even after a handful of minutes, when Bucky finally retrieves the slug, there’s no relief. Just a desperate throb.
Your hands are shaking when you reach for the whiskey once more.
You do cry, finally, when Bucky packs the hole.
He rolls the gauze up tightly into a cylinder and, as gently as he can, pushes it in.
It’s a horrible choke of pain that you smother into your palm and pant through. It reminds you to breathe, and while you stare up at the water damage on the kitchen ceiling, Bucky tapes a square piece of gauze over the bruised wound and wraps your shoulder tightly. He takes his time, but there’s a curtness to his actions.
Finally, when he begins to clean up the mess of bloodied gauze, you speak.
“If you’re mad at me, then just say it.”
He snaps almost immediately, like a kicked dog. “And say what, Rabbit? That I almost lost you?”
Your mouth slips shut.
Bucky pauses what he’s doing. He drops the gauze onto the towel and he bares both hands against the counter top. He leans and exhales and drops his own head back — then, you can see his own waves of anxiety knocking him against the shore of composure. His eyes move back and forth, he inhales, and then after a long while he speaks.
It’s calmer. Not so horribly mean.
“You should have told me about Alexei.”
You go to speak — but he stops you.
“I mean really, really told me,” he explains, “Had I known he wanted your fucking head mounted on a spike, I would have kept you far away from that place.”
“We had to—”
“No,” he says sternly, standing up full height, “No, we didn’t. We never have to do anything that’s going to put you in danger. Never. I won’t do it again. You should have fuckin’ told me.”
You’re quiet.
“A few more inches to the right,” he says, gesturing to your throat with his finger. His eyes are expressive and he’s speaking like he’s lived this experience, “You’d be dead. Cold and dead and I’d be here, carrying the fucking guilt around with me because I wouldn’t have been able to do anything.”
His voice splinters at the end — but he’s moved to throw away the gauze and dump the tweezers in the sink. He can’t look at you as he says it, and you know that. Because, just like before, people like you and him have a hard time looking the truth in the eyes.
You slide off the counter.
Your heart is sad. It’s heavy and mournful and weighed down with guilt.
“Bucky.”
It’s soft. He’s scrubbing your blood from his hands.
He doesn’t turn around. He can’t. He can feel the prick of an anxious breakdown beginning to climb into his eyes. Instead, he scrubs and scrubs and scrubs and your blood is stuck in the plating of his hand and it’s not going to come out—
Think of what could have happened if it had been a few inches to the right. The arched spray. Blood everywhere. She can’t speak through the gargle, she’s going cold, she’s gone. And, like always, you’re alone again, Bucky.
Then, your hands are on his.
The touch is enough to stop him. It’s enough for him to move aside at the large, inset kitchen sink. You exhale slowly as you run the water a little warmer and gingerly run his hands under the tap. Your hands are smaller than his, a bit more delicate, and he’s stunned into a sharp silence at the feeling of your fingertips gently washing away the crimson blood.
You grab another dish towel from a drawer beside the stove.
Then, in the dim light of the kitchen, you take both his hands and dry them.
It’s the vibranium hand that you pay special attention to, though. And Bucky feels like a fucking idiot — just standing there, just watching as you run the rag between the gilded plating and use gentle pressure to get into the harder to reach spots. You turn it over, and you dry his knuckles.
You take your time.
You don’t look up when you speak. You’re focused. Almost reverent.
He doesn’t deserve this.
“I’m not afraid of you,” you say sternly.
His mouth is dry. “Rabbit…”
Bucky shifts on his feet and takes a deep inhale. He feels lightheaded.
The whiskey, and the closeness of the two of you, makes your skin warm. His whole nervous system feels like it’s on fire.
“I didn’t mean to stare, I don’t ever mean to,” you apologize as your hands still over his arm. He watches your irises trace the plating above his wrist. The rag is forgotten, its purpose null. Your words are heavy, and Bucky can hear a little shake in them as you swallow, “I just… think it’s beautiful.”
You’re beautiful.
Even now, blood-soaked and sweat-stained. With makeup running down your cheeks and your composure in shambles. Even now, on the run and apparently wanted, you’re incredibly beautiful. Bucky hates how easy it is to admit and how hard it is to keep off his tongue. It nearly gets the better of him. He watches your eyelashes flutter. When you look up at him, the world is suddenly drowned in honey.
“I’m sorry.”
You mean it.
Your bottom lip wobbles.
Bucky, immediately, regrets being so goddamn cold.
You were just trying to help — you were just trying to do the right thing.
“Stop it. Come here.”
The hug is the first time you can remember touching him like this. You think you’ll always remember it, too. It’s sturdy and warm and gentle and honest and you bury your face into the shoulder as his arms come up around your neck. He’s careful of your own injured shoulder, and his fingers find the base of your neck. Around his waist, your fingers dig into the back of his shirt. Both of you ground yourselves in the other’s arms, and for the first time in a handful of hours, you both find peace.
Quiet, sturdy, lovely peace.
And the two of you stay like that for a while in the quiet little kitchen.
It’s not until Climber’s voice rises from the living room that you’re pulled away from Bucky — and even then, your face linger inches from one another for a moment too long. Neither of you say a word, only swallow down confessions that could have been, and move on.
“Oh, girlie, you’re gonna wanna see this.”
Bucky frowns. With your brows knotted tightly together, you weave through the kitchen and back into the living room.
Kiwi has sat up and both her and Climber have their eyes on the bulky flat screen on the dust-covered entertainment center. It’s cable news, and as Climber leans to turn the television up, a picture of you flashes across the screen.
It’s a photo from your arrest six months ago.
“Local authorities are asking that anyone with information on the whereabouts of this young woman call the FBI’s anonymous tip line—”
“Is there a reward?” Climber whispers almost excitedly, eyes on the screen.
“—Authorities are offering $100,000 dollars to the person who provides enough information to lead up to this dangerous fugitive’s capture.”
“Dangerous fugitive?” hisses Bucky.
“A hundred thousand dollars?” cries Kiwi, “Who the fuck did you piss off?”
You inhale deeply as you wave your hands. “The bigger question is who the fuck knew I was going to The Glass Cannon last night. Because they’re looking for me — not you.”
You point at Bucky and the gears are turning in your head.
The pacing is almost immediate, and Bucky crosses his arms tightly as you begin to walk back and forth behind the full length couch that Climber is currently spread out on.
It’s cut short, though, by Kiwi’s laptop chiming successfully.
“Well,” she stands quickly, “I have a feeling that someone knows you’re onto them. And the facial recognition software just got a match. A three point one, too.”
Your eyes brighten.
You’d given Kiwi the photo of the young Innessa, with all her decorated furs and blonde curls. She’s laughing and she’s young and she’s in love and it’s hard for you to imagine a woman like her to be dangerous. While you’d made sure Bucky was propped up comfortably on the couch and then finally calmed down from the adrenaline high enough to get comfortable yourself, Kiwi had dug out the hard-drive she kept on her at all times and began pulling data from the Alexandria Library files.
It had been a handful of hours, so it was clear that Innessa had hid herself well in the vast, expansive database SHIELD kept for all those years while it was in operation.
Bucky is quick to gather behind Kiwi, eyes scanning the screen.
Sure enough, when you come to look at the photos pulled up on Kiwi’s screen, there’s a hit. There’s an identification card photo of an older woman, maybe in her forties, pulled up alongside the photo Bucky had given you. Her hair is no longer blonde, but deep auburn color. She’s marked as having worked with Rumlow — a supervisor of some sort. Makes sense. You didn’t need to see a picture of Crossbones to remember Brock. Even when you’d interned, he’d been infamous.
And that was when he was one of the good guys.
There’s a handful of other photos of her — candids, professional photos, and even one where she is shaking Tony Stark’s hand.
And in all of them, you see your next door neighbor Bonnie McLayne.
“Fuck.”
Bucky blinks. Kiwi turns to look at you over her shoulder.
Again, you speak. Your eyes are wide. You can’t look away from the screen.
“Fuck, fuck. Fuck. Fuck.”
“Rabbit…?”
“Fuck.”
Bucky’s face narrows considerably, confusion melting to make room for realization.
His voice is quiet.
“Do you know her?”
“Oh my god,” you say loudly, shaking your head and blinking, “Oh my fucking god, that’s my neighbor.”
Bucky can feel his whole face go clammy.
“The neighbor who—”
“—Who I showed your fucking picture to,” you nearly shriek, “Like it was some cute little matchmaking game!”
Immediately both hands are over your face as you throw your head back. Now, the pacing has begun, and like you’re being carried on autopilot, you begin to move back and forth and back and forth and—
“You don’t think she’d hurt Poke, do you?”
“Rabbit.”
“Oh god, oh god—”
Oh.
Oh, you’re having a panic attack.
Oh, that was quick. Brutally fast. Nearly immediate.
After all, she knows where your family lives. She gets Holiday cards from mom to give to you. She’s been your closest friend for nearly six years. But she’s not Bonnie, she’s Innessa fucking Sidrova. She’s seen you with Bucky. She knows — she knows a lot and you don’t know anything and you’re miles from home, from Poke, from Mom, from Ana… Oh, god, the baby. The baby.
“The baby.”
Bucky’s voice is level. “Rabbit, you gotta calm down.”
“I have to call my mom.”
“No,” Kiwi snaps immediately, “They’re going to be watching for your cell phone pings. No calls, no texting, none of it. And god forbid this woman is one step ahead of the FBI—”
“Oh, god.”
You gasp like a fish out of water, paralyzing fear sending you to lean against the back of the couch.
You claw at your chest and try to remember what Dr. Hart said about these sorts of moments. Square breathing. In and hold and out and hold. Again and again.  
“Sit down,” Bucky says as he returns to your side, nearly sweeping you up long enough to plop you down into the armchair from before, “And do me a favor and breathe.”
The whiskey isn’t helping right now.
“I’m trying.”
Another gasped breath.
Climber and Kiwi watch.
Bucky shakes his head sternly, kneeling on one knee and snagging your hands. “Don’t try. Just do it. You can do it. Just follow my lead — you’re the sidekick, after all. Remember? C’mon. There’s the smile. Breathe.”
So you do.
In, hold. Out, hold. You draw a square with one hand on your jeans and hold onto Bucky’s with the other.
Again, in and hold. Out and hold.
And again.
And then, you just listen to Bucky’s breathing.
You’re not sure how long it takes — half an hour, ten minutes, who knows — but finally you’re able to calm the spiraling thoughts in your head. Finally, the loudness quiets down, you catch your breath, and the world isn’t falling apart. The bite of anxiety still remains in the hollow of your chest and Bucky can see that when you finally open your eyes and squeeze his hand.
There’s that look again between the two of you. The one from before, in the kitchen.
“Good?” he asks quietly, blue eyes swimming with some sort of emotion you can’t really pin down. Not now. Maybe, if you’d been a bit more collected, you would have seen it as infatuation. But, no. It’s just… nice.
You swallow and nod.
“Damn, girl,” says Climber from his spot on the couch, “Now I’m starting to get the whole therapy thing.”
“Thanks, dickhead.”
“That’s recent, isn’t it?” he asks, genuine worry crossing his face as he stands to gently pass a hand over your back, “I don’t remember it ever being this bad.”
Your face is sad. “I was just partying through it back then. Distraction was always the best method and then… When I had no more distractions and it was just me? Alone? And, psh, the accident with Jaimie? It got worse. So much worse.”
Climber’s eyes soften. “I’m sorry, bunny.”
You try to put on a brave face.
Bucky stands from in front of you and begins his own pacing. This one isn’t so much born out of anxious nature — but more of a tactical logic born out of keeping you safe.
This wasn’t exactly the turn he was expecting.
“You didn’t recognize her?” he asks after a moment, voice high and tight.
“I’m sorry,” you wave a hand, exasperated, “She doesn’t exactly look the same as she did in the 70s.”
Kiwi frowns at the screen. “Definitely botox.”
Bucky squints. He looks to you for an explanation.
You vaguely gesture to your face.
His brow lifts, he closes his eyes, and he sighs.
Kiwi is next to pipe up. “It explains why the feds are looking for you, especially if she saw you with the one man she knows is looking to hunt her down — so, I think it’s best the both of you lay low for a couple of days.”
“Not to mention,” Climber wags a finger, “Bucky the Babe over here did just piss off one the smaller Russian crime families in New York. So, there’s always that ontop of the evil Nazi-HYDRA-woman-next-door.”
You groan.
“Poke has enough food for a week,” Bucky says nearly reading your mind, “He’ll be fine.”
“So, what? We just wait here? Until something happens?”
“Sidrova is going to try and bait us out,” Bucky mutters, “She knows she can’t just disappear. She’s been settled for too long and we know too much. Engaging us in an altercation is how she’ll do it. Plus, I have a feeling she wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to shoot me in the knees after a few decades. So, we wait.”
“Few decades?” Kiwi whispers.
“How old are you?” Climber asks.
“Hundred and six.”
Both of them just blink at an unphased Bucky.
You sigh, finally standing on wobbly legs. “This feels like a bad idea. I’m just stating that for the record.”
“Better than her hunting the both of you down,” Kiwi supplies, “You can stay here. There’s cable, there’s booze, and there’s plenty of instant ramen to last you until winter.”
“Stale cereal, too.”
“Wait— where are you two going?” you ask, narrowing your eyes, “You’re leaving?”
“Keeping our hands clean,” Kiwi says, closing her laptop, “And letting you be the sidekick, bunny.”
The sadness in your heart grows a little heavier at those words, but there’s a little bit of pride in Kiwi’s tone. As she stands, she moves to wrap her arms around you in a gentle hug. Quietly, she murmurs into your hair.
“Your dad would be proud of you, y’know.”
Bucky watches.
Climber is next, and that hug is bigger, more brotherly, more like sunshine and less like autumn.
“Don’t be a stranger, Rabbit.”
“I’m sorry,” you blurt out as the two of them gather their belongings, “For dragging you both into this. But, thank you. You didn’t have to help me—”
“Yeah, we did,” Kiwi chirps as she knocks Bucky on the arm three times, “Keep her safe, aakarshak purush.”
The Hindi rolls off her tongue with ease.
Bucky laughs. “Bahut lamba.”
Kiwi pauses mid-step. She narrows her eyes. There’s a smile on her lips. “Your pronunciation isn’t bad.”
He shrugs plainly. “I get lunch almost everyday at the Indian place below my apartment, so. The owner has been teaching me some stuff on the side.”
An approving nod.
Kiwi hucks you the keys across the room.
She points at Bucky.
“I like him. Try not to fuck that up, eh?”
And then, the two of them are gone.
And it’s just you and Bucky in the empty apartment.
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💜🐢Donatello x Male!Reader
Enter: New Rival!
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For the first time in forever, THE Donatello Hamato and Casey Jones found themselves on a truce. That's right. A truce. The rest of the turtle brothers thought it was odd that the two hormonal teens weren't bumping heads or fighting each other to get the red head's attention like usual. Instead they would somewhat greet each other with a silent nod before disappearing into the brainiac's lab. Donnie's brothers just shrugged it off. Maybe they're all chill now? But seeing as they were both still pinned on the goal for April's heart, that was most unlikely. But it was very weird to see the two rivals agreeing and teaming up with each other. The reason?
April has a crush.
The guy in question was a human boy, a new addition to their school. April had met him when they were partnered for a science project.
Donnie was delighted at first. He knew his sweet April would rely on him the most when it comes to these sort of things. It doesn't matter to him who partners up with April because she would end up coming back to him anyway, but instead this new guy was apparently intelligent and capable enough for the job, hence no opening for Donnie to step in.
"S-So April! I uh.. heard you got a science project coming in!" Donnie started "You know you could always come to me for help!" He coolly leaned against the table.
April blushed "A-Actually I already had someone to work with..."
Donnie's smile deflated "Oh really? That's uh... good? May I ask who you're working with? I mean I'm sure I can whip you up something better than a baking soda volcano..." He trailed off.
"We're not making a baking soda volcano, Donnie." April laughed it off "And (y/n) is actually really sweet! He planned to make a Fire Glass pit for our project and give away marshmallows so our class can have s'mores!" The girl swooned "Isn't he so considerate? And it's a great way to bond with our classmates! You guys are great but it's been so long since I hung out with other people!" She excitedly beamed.
His heart fell heavy. The terrapin did a fake laugh trying not to sound hurt by her last comment  "Yeah he sounds.. great.."
*ping!*
"Oh I just got his text! Gotta go, bye Don!" April hurriedly exited the lair without looking back.
"Bye.. April..."
Not only that, Casey had been having a hard time catching up to April as well. As soon as the bell rung, she would zoom towards her crush, then other girls--if not the soccer team, would surround them like a barrier!
"Hey Red! Wanna ha-"
"Not now Casey I gotta go!" April ran past Casey making a B line towards a crowd of the school's popular kids, squeezing herself in to get into the middle. Casey raised an eyebrow feeling a bit offended by how quickly he was ignored. But since when did April become a part of the popular club anyway? The boy found himself hopping on a random chair in the hall, standing on his tiptoes to get a look at what was going on.
Lo and behold in the middle of the crowd was the new guy and the school's soccer team surrounded by giggling fangirls and---is that April smiling and clinging on the (h/c)'s arm?!?!?
This (y/n) whatever-his-lastname manage to not only be a star member of the soccer team, he is also the new school heartthrob and basically stole all the hot babes at school in less than a week?? Seriously what the hell!?
Things had just gone from bad to worse when April started stay on campus grounds and ditch hangout plans just to watch this asshole practice. It became worrisome for the others at how they were seeing their friend less and less. On the other hand, it was driving both Donnie and Casey insane! What is so good about watching a sweaty guy run around and kicking ball into nets anyway?!
So what if he's good looking or smart or sporty? Donnie and Casey were still better than him right? Well sure they would still get the redhead's attention but as soon as she caught the one and only (y/n) from the corner of her eye? Poof. She's gone. Legit teleported to the teen boy's side. Yeah sure teenagers are supposed to be crazy with all that hormones at that age but come on!!
Damn this new rival is a strong one. The blood in their bodies are basically boiling at the thought of that boy putting his greasy dirty little hands on their April.
But the two love sick morons aren't going to give up so easily. No sir!
So they came up with a plan.
The plan was to embarrass this (girl)friend stealer by making Donnie sneak into the soccer team's locker (ya know cuz he's a sneaky ninja) with a bucket of sewage water. He was supposed to pour it all over the unsuspecting victim's head, then scare the shit out of him so bad that he runs out of the locker room--into the halls butt naked and drenched in stinky sewage water for the whole student body to see! The newspaper club will eat that up!
Last but not the least they added a special touch to the plan.
Casey would purposely take April down the hall for the perfect moment to see all of it unfold with front row seats  (possibly with popcorn and a camera ready to catch that ass in 4k) and then April would never want to get involved with that stupid (y/n) ever again!
Although it wasn't Donatello's style to do something so petty as a stink prank, he gave in. (Casey handled most of the planning when Donnie started to suggest they should involve chainsaws and bodybags) It would be a pretty satisfying and hilarious scene so the turtle agreed to Casey's plan.
Hey if things go accordingly, this other kid (y/n) might just switch schools! Which is great for him! One less rival out of the way.
And so the day finally arrived. Donnie successfully snuck into the school soccer team's locker room in one of the shower stalls. Casey told Donnie earlier that (y/n) and April were supposed to have a study session for their History exam, so (y/n) should be leaving their sports practice early. Perfect!
The bo staff wielding ninja was nervous. During the planning stage this sounded like a good plan, but now that he was here; he kind of felt bad now. Maybe this is a little too much? I mean... we're talking about ruining a person's entire reputation and having possible PTSD or at least a trauma for the rest of their life. Maybe he can still back out. Talk to Casey and tone down the plan? Donnie's train of thought was interrupted by a text from the blockhead.
CaveMouth👎: 'The poop is in the toilet. I repeat! The poop is in the toilet. Ready Operation: Flush!' it reads.
Donnie cringed in disgust. Seriously? Operation: Flush? Can he think of an even more lame name to give?
Just in time, the locker room's door opened. Donnie froze and waited a few minutes for the shuffling of feet. He listened in the target whistling as he put away his stuff, some locker opening before Donnie finally heard the running water from the stall next to his.
The purple terrapin started to contemplate his life choices again. This was his last chance to back out on this shot. His fingers were nervously drumming on the seal of the bucket with one hand supporting it. Maybe he should leave now while he still can? Then again... If he did this then April wouldn't be so fixated on a random guy who most likely didn't deserve her. He was probably some sports jerk anyway!
Donnie gasped in realization. Yeah that's right! He could be a jerk and be playing around with April's feelings! Casey did say the soccer team always had at least a platoon of girls pinning after them. It's those popular jockey sports guys that always does that kind of thing right? And it was the popular girls that always bully the pretty main characters because of a jock in movies! His poor April!
With his anger jealousy over clouding his reasoning (accompanied by knowledge of cliché highschool stereotypes) Donatello huffed his chest, determined to save his April from the guy who plans to steal his girl!
Donnie readied up his bucket for the attack but almost lost his footing when the running water finally stopped and someone stepped out of the stall. Damn.
He must've been thinking for so long that (y/n) finished his shower! Nevermind that, even an hour long bath won't be enough to get rid of this stench anyway. However, Donatello got a little curious. Just what exactly did April see in (y/n) that made her so jittery anyway? Surely he can't be that good looking right?
He thought it wouldn't hurt to take a quick peek at his rival. Master Splinter said that as a ninja, he needs to always analyse his opponents before he strikes. He bet that this boy was not even that good. Donnie could totally beat him in a fight! He doubt with all the sports he did, he wouldn't even be strong enough to protect April! With that in mind, Donatello inched closer to the edge of the shower stall. Just for a quick look and....
Donnie's heart stopped.
That's (y/n)?!
The tall turtle's jaw drop at the sight. What he saw was a boy, slightly taller than him with a well toned body clad in nothing but a towel wrapped low around his hips, showing off his incredible body with another towel drying his short (h/c) hair.
Donatello gulped unable to look away. He heard that (y/n) was attractive but he didn't expect.... this! No way. It must be a mistake. Thos couldn't be (y/n). But the name taped on the locker said otherwise.
It was as if the boy was moving in slow motion. The background soon blurred into a soft misty pink color with hearts popping up around the human male. Small droplets of water trailed down his neck, his chest down his well sculptured abs before disappearing under the white towel cloth. Donnie felt a small drip from his nose.
Then the moment (y/n) finally opened his eyes? Oh he knew he was done for. (Y/n) had the most magnificent pair of (e/c) eyes that sent shivers down the turtle's shell. The kind of eyes he would gladly get lost in. Donnie leaned closer to get a better look but his foot made a squeak against the tiled floor.
Fuck.
"Hello?" Oh my god his voice. It sounds so smooth like butter. Donatello didn't dare move. (Y/n) merely shrugged and dismissed the noise. This gave the olive skinned turtle to look back again. He absent mindedly locked his lips as he watched the (h/c)'s muscles flex with each movement.
Donatello gasped and looked away when (y/n) dropped his towel. Donnie's face was burning bright red, silently screaming in his head when he heard the shuffling of clothes. He didn't dare look back in there again due to embarrassment. Not even when he heard (y/n)'s locker shut close. Not even when (y/n) grabbed his bag from the bench. Nor even when (y/n) left the room, leaving a wheezing giant turtle alone in the stalls. Donnie's whole body was still on fire and hyper sensitive.
The masked turtle could only place his hand on his chest, feeling his small fragile little organ hammer away violently against his plastron. What was going on?! What on earth was that?! Why did he do that?! He acted like some creep!
Suddenly the locker room's door bursts open with Casey dashing for his friend. When (y/n) came out looking fine, Casey thought Donnie got in trouble. He hesitantly left April (technically it was April who left Casey when she saw (y/n) walking by) and ran towards the lockers. Casey looked at Donnie who was on the floor with the bucket by his side. He was staring at the ceiling with a nosebleed, mouth agape and face fully flushed red.
"Dude what the heck happened?!" Casey panicked at the sight of his friend's nose bleeding. Did he get punched or something?!
Copper eyes continued staring into the ceiling not bothering to look at Casey. All his thoughts were currently filled with dripping wet abs, white towels and shades of (e/c). "I.... I dunno..." Donatello drunkly murmured.
Part 2 here
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