#powersquad.

Hiii:3 thought I should share this interesting dream!

I just had a... sweet but strange dream?:)

I was having trouble sleeping for the past 3 days...so last night I put up a twinflame subliminal as those calm me down better and make me feel comfy... For context I was in a bad mood and all these nights I was having anxious thoughts about things I don't like and things that could go wrong...last night I go upset thinking of how there are just so many obstacles... even tho we are so close so many things push us 'apart'... probably the only person who doesn't mind the entire me, the only person I can be my truest self with.

So I went to sleep FINALLY and woke up with this dream...

I was hanging out with my friends and we were playing this video game together. It's one of those horror storyline games where there are multiple endings [ eg. Cinema 14, Mad Father etc.] It wasn't specifically a game from irl but one my mind made up I guess...something isekai but darker. He( my fs) was the one with the controller in the middle of all of us playing and we were watching the game play. His back was turned to me, it's the first time that he wasn't facing me in a dream. We were having fun just like I remember me and my friends used to before I moved and we split eventually...The game had this thing where we had to scream and get this sound meter high to get the ending we want, we had made it near the end of the game, we couldn't get the meter up and get the ending we want cause no one would scream loud, and I could but I was like " it would be fun if we scream loud together and get the ending" and was waiting for them to voice up. I think he asked me why I'm not yelling a little louder and I said that... but yeah we were getting the same endings again and again. My dream ended after I answered his question or stated why I was not screaming loud. For context I don't feel held back by peers irl, out of all my friends I can only talk to one of them pretty often and all others are caught up in their own busy days and we talk once in a while:(...

But yeah that was the dream:) I feel like he showed up cause of my worries about the material world and it was a message I still need to decipher-

Hello sorry for the late reply!

Yes I believe the same as well, it happens to me as well sometimes I wouldn’t doubt that it was what your fs wanted to do with you! It would be fun if they were aware of your connection as well, could be so fun and all actually and less confusing.

Well, I hope you are doing better currently 💙

Are you still taking prompt? If you do, I have a request. Hange lives beside Mikasa's house. Levi saw her when he was forced to babysit Mikasa, his cousin, for a day. After that, Levi is really attracted to Hange, he even offered to babysit Mikasa (which he never did before) to see Hange. Levi is that tsundere guy who tends to do stupid things to get his crush attention. He even told Mikasa to accidentally get lost to Hange house so that he has an alibi to talk to her. The rest is up to you 😂

"Mikasa, please."

"No."

"Mikasa, I'm-" he was well above begging, but- "I'm asking you."

Mikasa's dark eyes peered into his. Levi didn't like the look inside them. The annoying brat lifted the corners of her lips, and Levi bit down a curse. If he ever dared to curse in front of his cousin, she'd rat him out in no time. She would tell her mother, or worse, his mother. He still hadn’t forgotten the previous lecture about proper behavior in the presence of children.

"If I help you..." Mikasa twirled a lock of her hair, looking far too innocent for Levi's taste. With Mikasa, innocuous face always meant trouble. "What will I get out of it?"

Kenny's influence in action, Levi thought grimly. Maybe, he should talk with Mikasa's parents about him. Obviously, the fucker wasn't good for their daughter.

Looking at Mikasa, Levi sighed. "I'll buy you an ice-cream."

"Mm," Mikasa raised her gaze to the celling, pressing a finger to her mouth. For a moment, she appeared to be deep in thought. Levi was already starting to celebrate his victory. But then-

"No," she declared. "Ice cream is not enough."

Levi swallowed down a "greedy brat" and offered, "I'll take you to the cinema."

Mikasa grimaced. "I don't want to go to the cinema with you."

Levi closed his eyes, counting to ten. He was going to refrain from calling his cousin a fucking nuisance. Otherwise, his mother would have his head.

"Fine," he grunted, glaring at her. Mikasa met his eyes with an equally dark expression. "What do you want?"

Mikasa smiled, as though she was waiting for this question since the very beginning of their negotiation. 

"You're going to let me stay at your place. And you're going to let me invite Eren and Armin for a sleepover. And you're going to buy us as many snacks as we want."

"Oi-" Levi started only to be interrupted by Mikasa.

"Do you want me to bring Hange-san here or not?"

"...Yes."

Mikasa outstretched her little hand to him. "Do we have a deal then?"

Levi accepted his defeat with a long sigh. "We do," he answered, shaking her hand.

His plan was simple - stupid, Mikasa had called it, but what could that brat know - and Levi was confident in its success.

"That's all I have to do?" Mikasa asked. "Just go to Hange-san's house?"

"And tell her that you're lost." Levi reminded.

"You know that Hange-san is smart, right? She would never believe in this."

"Convince her then."

"But-"

"I'll let you pick any movie you want. And you can stay up all night."

Mikasa narrowed her eyes. "This is manipulation."

Levi shrugged. He was not above exploiting his cousin. And he wasn’t ashamed of it. 

"Just do your job,” he instructed.

"Fine!" Mikasa stomped her feet, giving him a look so dark Levi was actually impressed. "I'll do it. But you have to promise that you won't bother us during the sleepover."

Levi rolled his eyes, for the thousandth times cursing his cousin. Why in the world she was so goddamn difficult, girls her age should be polite and timid, not so disrespectful and greedy. "Cross my heart and hope to die," he gritted through teeth. "Now go."

***

Glued to the window, Levi intently watched the street, waiting to see Mikasa's gloomy face and - hopefully - the pretty face of her neighbour, Hange Zoe.

Levi had met her a month ago, during the weekend that he was once again forced to spend babysitting his annoying cousin. He was trying to teach Mikasa how to ride a bike, when he saw her for the first time - Hange Zoe was tending to the small garden on her front lawn. Wearing denim overalls and a straw hat, with a soft smile on her pretty, round face, she was a sight Levi couldn't tear his gaze off.

He spent an embarrassingly long moment, staring at her, until Hange finally took notice of him and Mikasa. She greeted his cousin with a wave of a hand, beckoning her to come closer. Reluctantly - Levi wasn't sure if the invitation included him too - he followed after Mikasa.

And that's when he learnt her name. And found out that Hange wasn't tending to a garden, but was actually picking insects for her pet tarantulas. That's when all hope was lost for him.

Hange Zoe was weird. She was messy. She was wild.

And Levi didn't believe in love at first glance, but- ever since that day he couldn't stop thinking about her.

He came to babysit Mikasa next week, and then a week after that. And soon what wasn't love at first sight quickly turned into an insufferable crush that left Levi feeling like he was turning into pathetic, lovesick fool. 

He was thinking about Hange at work and at home. He was thinking about her during breakfast, lunch and dinner. He couldn’t get away from her even in his dreams. Hange took residence in his mind, stubbornly refusing to leave.

Every time they talked - Levi felt like the biggest idiot in the world. When Hange looked at him, his face burned. When she smiled, his heart was racing and his thoughts were turning into a mash. 

Once Hange touched his hand, and Levi thought he was going to faint.

Being close with her was awful, being apart - felt even worse. That's why he had to request the help of his cousin. As annoying as she was, Mikasa was Levi's only link to his crush.

Staring at the empty lawn, Levi tapped his foot impatiently. What was taking Mikasa so long? Hange lived just across the street.

Levi swept his eyes across the road again and- hurriedly backed away from the window, closing the curtain.

Mikasa was almost next to the door. And with her was Hange.

Levi desperately tried to calm his wildly beating heart. It refused to listen to his order. He took a shuddering breath and the doorbell rang. He rushed to answer it.

"Hello!" Hange chirped, as he opened the door.

Their eyes met, and Levi felt his knees turn to jelly. 

"Hi," he echoed quietly.

"This is kinda awkward," Hange chuckled, the sound like a music to Levi's ears. "But I found your cousin sitting on my doorstep? Mikasa said she was lost?" she laughed again, rubbing her neck. "We've been neighbours for years, don't know how that's possible..."

"He made me do it," Mikasa pointed at Levi, a wicked glint in her eyes. "He wanted to talk to you, Hange-san, but couldn't find a reason."

Mikasa was gone as soon as she finished. She ran past Levi and rushed upstairs. He watched her disappear, a thousand curses at the tip of his tongue. Cousin or not, he was going to murder the brat.

"Um, Levi?" Hange's voice distracted him from thinking where he could hide the body. "Did Mikasa-"

"She's an idiot." Levi glowered.

"So that was..."

This was it, Levi decided. Hange gave him a perfect opening. He was either going to confess his feelings or he was going to live out his days as a lonely, pathetic coward. The time has come, now he had to gather all of his courage and-

"Mikasa is very bad at pranks."

...And he was going to die as a coward.

"Oh, alright," Hange nodded, shuffling her feet awkwardly. "I'll go then... If Mikasa was lying and you don't wish to hang out together..."

Oh what a sympathetic, kind person. She was giving him a second chance. Would he be able to use it?

Levi pictured Mikasa's wicked smile and all of the mocking he would have to go through if she finds out that he wasted a perfect opportunity to confess. It gave Levi the strength and resolve he so badly needed.

He took a deep breath, looked Hange in the eyes and-

"Mikasa wasn't actually lying," he whispered.

Instantly, maintaining eye contact became too arduous of a task, and Levi shamefully lowered his gaze.

He thought of closing the door in her face and then changing his name to move to another country, but then- Hange gingerly touched his arm. Her hand was warm and her skin was soft. Levi was dangerously close to swooning.

“Wanna go to my place?” she offered, and Levi thought that if Hange asked, he’d follow her to the ends of Earth. “I can introduce you to Sawney and Bean?” 

“Sawney and Bean?”

“My pet tarantulas!” Hange proudly answered. 

Levi hated spiders. Just the thought of their small hairy legs made him shudder and squirm. But- it was Hange who was asking, and he was sick of being a coward. 

Besides, what was a spider compared to speaking about his feelings? A walk in a park...

“Just let me grab my jacket,” he told Hange. 

The smile she gave him as an answer was bright enough to blind him. 

Maybe, he’ll put off Mikasa’s murder for a while. 

I'm LIVING for these fluffy Animaniacs and reader headcanons. Just wondering, would you be able to write them comforting the reader when they're upset?

I'm glad you like them!! I still need to figure them out tho but I'm getting there. I had a lot of fun making this, please enjoy  ᵔᴥᵔ

The Warners comforting the reader would include:

Reminder: This is completely platonic and just pure fluff. Reader is gender-neutral and not species specific

Wakko:

He would be a little bit oblivious about it at first but when he finally catches on he will not leave your side till you feel better

Will absolutely act more puppy-like. Just 100% more affectionate, more playful but also more protective

He’s just so worried about you ;-;

He will be a ball of positiveness and will come up  with a bunch of plans to make you feel better

Since he’s not as good with words as Yakko or Dot, he tries his best to cheer you up with his own special ways

His plan is just purely about cheering you up, so anything can happen, really

Expect a lot of cuddles and hugs and reassuring hand holding

Would try to make you laugh by making silly faces, play music for you, do a lot of slapstick humor

Hell, he would might even write a song just for you-

Would give you little gifts he thinks you might like, let it be food, small trinkets or random things you might have only mentioned once. He’ll get it for you

Surprise tickle attacks!!

Asks Yakko what to and what not to do, he just doesn’t want to make it worse

If somehow none of his schemes succeeded at making you smile, he would just try to console you in a more serious manner as a last attempt 

“I’m not really good with this stuff, but if you want to talk about it, I will gladly listen!” he would say with a gentle smile on his face at the end of a day full of “cheering up Y/n” shenanigans. You two would sit on the couch, resting his head on your shoulder, listening silently and brushing your back reassuringly as you speak

If you cry, he will cry with you, holding you close

“I’m so sorry you have to go through this...” he would sniffle, trying to steady his voice and nuzzling you tenderly “But it’s gonna be okay… I’m sure of it, You can do it”

If you don’t want to talk about it, he understands that too. He will be more than happy just hanging out with you if it helps

You two eventually fall asleep, him nuzzling you and hoping that he managed to make you feel a little bit better at least.

When he noticed you look happier, he would be just so giddy and relieved, he will wag his tail and have a goofy smile on his face for the rest of the day

Dot:

Oh, she notices something’s up right away

She noticed by the way how your eyes and your body language is different than usual

Wants to know what or who made you upset and then destroy them

Her plan is to make you feel comfortable and to get you to tell her what had upset you

She will take this the most seriously and try to boost your confidence

She kind of tries to help you in a way Dr. Scratchansniff would, even asked him for advice

Also expect a lot of cuddles and hugs from her, these kids are just really affectionate and protective of the few people they hold dear other than each other

Speaking of protectiveness, if somebody even dares to look at you weird, she will glare holes into them

She would take you to different places, like a mall, an ice cream shop, a park or just wandering around in the downtown of Burbank

Will pamper you so much, if you want anything, she will get it for you at all cost

But if you don’t want to go anywhere, no worries! She is full of ideas

Slumber party time!! ....basically

She would have you settled down, and style your hair while helping you opening up (This in an actual method called “Barbershop Therapy”, heard it from Scratchy) 

But she would understand if you don’t want to discuss it, even tho she thinks it would be the best for you if you would just get it off of your chest

“It’s okay, hun!” she would say, while playing with your hair and rubbing your shoulder gently. “Just take your time. When you feel ready, I will be all ears” 

Once you eventually told everything, she will give you the best pep talk and give you reassurance

“Don’t worry, Y/n. It’s going to be alright! And hey!” she would smile gleefully and give you a meaningful wink “If you need anything, we will be always there to help”

If you cry, she will try so hard not to but fails, engulfing you with a big hug

Once you feel better, she would let out a sigh of relief and feel her heart swell. She is just so glad she could help you

Yakko:

He immediately notices that something isn’t right, but just isn’t sure what might that be

Something about the way you smile or laugh isn’t the same, he can obviously tell

Once he realizes that you are upset, his big brother instinct kicks in

Will not out-right show it, but he’s really worried about you, especially when you don’t really want talk about it

But he also understands how difficult it must be talking about your troubles *cough* personal experience *cough* so he won’t force you to confront your problems like this

Instead he focuses on distracting you and complimenting you, making you forget about whatever made you feel distressed

Expect a lot of jokes and puns, comforting touches and a lot of compliment showers

He’s really good with words after all, he will be creative

His main priority is making you smile at all cost

Won’t leave your side and would be so protective of you

Will take you along to the movie lot to cause some shenanigans or take you out for a day full of fun activities, you name it all

But will gladly just hang out at home if that’s what you wish

Chilling while watching some movies, playing games together, cooking for you or just cuddling

As much as he doesn’t like silence, if that’s what you need right now, he will be happy to give you this comfort 

“Hey, just relax” he would mutter softly, a fond smirk tugging at his lips “Things gonna be okay, and you are gonna be okay. I promise…”

But if you feel ready to open up, he will hold your hand and listen attentively

If you cry, he will pull you close and hold you, rubbing your back soothingly and whisper encouraging words. He will try not to cry, feels like he needs to be strong for your sake and giving you all the comfort there is

“I know it must though, but believe me when I say it’s gonna be fine” he would say, as he pulls away a little so he could wipe away your tears “We always gonna be here for you, never forget that…” he would add, nuzzling your nose

He would feel really glad and thrilled after you calmed down and started smiling again

He really missed the sound of your laughter

Together:

Together:

Okay now, these kids gonna be really sweet to you individually, BUT when they are together the affection, the compliments and the cheering up gonna be off the charts

They just can’t bare to see you upset

They will be next to you for a long time, but will also give you space if that’s what you want, however they will still check on you frequently

You literally have 3 hyperactive guard dogs under you hands

Making you smile will become a semi-competition between them 

“This will work, just watch” “No no no, Y/n loves puns more, just leave this to me” “Whoever makes them laugh first can decide what we gonna have for lunch for a week” “Deal!!”

Cuddle pile cuddle pile cuddle pile cuddle pile cuddle pile cuddle pile cuddle pile-

They will take you to out to theme parks, to the cinema, even to the beach or just to have a stroll around the movie lot 

Slumber party at the water tower which means movie and gaming night!!

When you try to thank them, they will tackle you into a hug and just smile

“What are you talking about, Y/n?” asked Wakko, chuckling “There’s nothing to thank, you dummy” Dot added, booping your nose “We know you would do the same for us, that’s what friends are for.” Yakko said, ruffling your hair “And also…”

“We love youuuuuuu” they declared in unison

THE BLACK BULLS IN HIGHSCHOOL

Ok so I found myself thinking "what role would each black bull fit in a very cheesy-typical-american-teenagers-film environment?" and my mind ACTUALLY developed something.

So here it comes, my very first personal and self-made headcanon!

Enjoy!

YAMI: THE DAD- I MEAN, THE TEACHER

He is teaching PE (duh)

All students call me him "coach"

He is actually coaching one of the high schools' teams as well - something like basketball or baseball

It is not even the first team but he refused to coach the first teams and likes to focus on who is left behind because not as talented. Even if everyone consider his boys as loosers he would never give up on coaching them

Since he is the coach the team has actually improved - everyone is surpassing their limits and he is so proud of them

Would give emotional support to the kids that are not comfortable in PE class due to bullying, clumsiness or body immage issues

EVERY student would go to him when they have some kind of issue

He gets real about everything with his students: sex, birth control, sexuality, mental health...

But he would never judge them and would always offer the best support

He actually saved lives because of that

Students would fight for him when other teachers bullshit about his reputation as he doesn't get along with the rest of the staff

He is dad

ASTA: THE SPORT BOY

He is part of a bunch of different teams and clubs, and he rules in every single one of them

However he prioritise American football, he is the starting running back and the team's star

Would already have a bunch of college scholarships if it wasn't for his marks

Like he actually tries so hard but he just can't cope with studying and homeworks

He avoids basketball, he is short and insicure about it (he would be great at basketball too tho)

Very popular and all the girls have a crush on him

But he doesn't have a clue

Doesn't like hanging out with his team mates, most of them are "lads-lads" and bullies

He actually fights them a lot

Lowkey geeky, he loves hanging out with the geeks gang and nerd all they long with them when he doesn't have sports commitments

They would help him improve his scholastic performance because this boi really needs help

BONUS: Asta worships coach Yami like a god and Yami ATTENDS HIS GAMES TO SUPPORT HIM

NOELLE: THE RICH GIRL

Extremely popular due to her family reputation

She is part of the elite group in school, meaning the rich kids gang

She would act very cold and distant as the group's etiquette requires

She is actually extremely sad and bored - those guys are not her friends, she hangs out with them just because she is supposed to, so she feels like she doesn't have any friends at all.

The only person she trusts and vibes with in her group is Mimosa

Has the hugest crush on Asta

The two of them eventually become close and she starts to hang out with him and his friends

Would never confess her feelings tho

Very smart, her marks are top ranking and she is planning to apply to a very expensive and fancy college after grads

Extremely clumsy and insecure when it comes to sports and PE but since she befriended Asta she is getting better at it

Loves reading and is secretly part of the book club, which she considers as her self-care and happy place

CHARMY: THE MASCOTTE

Everyone at school loves her

She is always cheerful plus she is so tiny and cute nobody could even think about not liking her

Not the best marks but she gets along with all teachers very well

Always organising some sort of bake sell to collect foundings for the school

Eats the bullies

Would join Zora in his pranking sessions by time to time but she would always have her way while Zora is getting all the troubles

Started the cooking club at school - there are not a lot of members but they have a very good time

Always brings her own food for lunch - she hates canteen's food

MAGNA AND LUCK: THE TROUBLEMAKERS

Constantly in the detention room after school

Skipping classes is their favourite sport

Always together

Magna is kind of quieter than Luck and most of the time Luck is the one that is providing chaotic energies to the duo

Magna on the other side doesn't do anything to stop him - he is very chaotic himself, just way more self conscious

Magna is slightly better at school than Luck and he would pass him homeworks and notes

Teacher's worse nightmare

But when it comes to Yami they would do their freaking best to impress him

Their uniforms are always messy

They had a makeout session in Magna's room once - it felt good but now they decided to do not talk about it

Just a lot of homoerotic vibes

GAUCHE: THE MISTERY GUY

Always quiet

Doesn't speak to anyone

Kind of rude when you approach him

Only has one friend: Finral

Girls really like him due to his looks and his misterious persona - but he cannot be less bothered

Nobody knows when his birthday is

His marks are really good

Loves history class

Plenty of his little sister's photographs in the inside of his locker door

Has a part time afternoon job in some coffee shop

Only studies at night

One time Finral conviced him to go to a party and he still considers it as the most ridiculous experience he ever had in his life

FINRAL: THE PARTY BOY

Cute as hell

Super bubbly personality, always cheerful

He studies the bare minimum and survives by being extra nice to teachers in order to get higher marks

Somehow this technique fails when the teacher is male

Befriended Gauche (nobody knows how) but his bestfriend is Vanessa

Had sex with half of the school

Girls would cry in the bathroom for him

He is actually very insecure and scared of commitment but the only person he would talk about it with is Vanessa

He is the CEO of public relations at school and in charge of all the social events

Lying drunk on the grass in front of the school after a ball with Vanessa while looking at the sky and talking nosense is one of his best high-school memories

VANESSA: THE PARTY GIRL

She is older than anyone else as she had to skip a couple of school years due to her difficult past

Only student that lives by herself

If Finral is in charge of social events at school, she is the queen of throwing private parties and her place

Attended class in hungover or still drunk a lot of times

However she menages to get good marks and invests time in studying and doing homeworks

Would like to attend college but thinks she is too stupid for that

FINRAL WOULD FLIP EVERYTIME SHE DARES TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT ABOUT HERSELF

Boy crushes on her a lot but she is into older men

She goes to Yami's office everytime she has a mental breakdown due to her past traumas, she knows he would help her a lot - Finral and Yami are the only people who ever saw her cry tho

Wears her uniform in a very sexy way - and teachers disapprove that

Younger girls always go to her for beauty and dating advices

Bonus: Finral and Vanessa are like brother and sister and never ever had any type of sexual interaction - but nobody believes that.

ZORA: THE PRANK GEEK

Extremely smart, loves sciences

But his reputation among teaching staff is completely ruined due to his constant pranks

Like this guy could prank the principal himself and don't even care about it

He is actually planning to

Best detention pall with Magna and Luck

His tie is always undone

All the bad girls absolutely love him

Apart from playing pranks he is a big fat geek - he loves video games and often spends the weekends with Asta and the other geeks playing PlayStation all night long

Attends Charmy's cooking club quite often

Would skip classes just for the hell of it

Never attended a party

GORDON AND NERO: THE GOTH DUO (ALSO GEEKS)

Bestfriends, everyone thinks they are dating but they just vibe

Extremely good marks, they rule is chemistry class

They always pair up for projects and there is no competition

Very rare to hear them talking unless they are talking to each other

Spend lots of time at the library just being quiet and studying at the same table

Also love hanging out in their rooms listening to music or going to the comics shop

They absolutely love comics

Part of the geeks gang

Nero would spend hours reassuring Gordon after some girl that doesn't deserve him broke his heart

Gordon tries to find Nero a boyfriend at all costs and she doesn't understand why

Never skipping one of Asta's game

GREY: THE SHY GEEK

Absolutely hates PE

She always cries in the changing room before every single class

Yami knows how to reassure her tho

Only comfortable around her group of friends

Very good marks, she would love to study drama after grads

Big teather nerd, she loves the drama club and she is actually very good at it - it is also the only place where her shyness would completely disappear

Also extremely good at RPGs (like D&D)

Loves to organise RPGs sessions at her place with her group of friends

One time at school a guy flirted with her - she ran away and didn't show up for 3 days

She secretly admires Charmy for being so outgoing and sociable

She is also part of other clubs at school like book club and crafting club - these activities really sooth her

Actually enjoys sitting by herself in class if no one of her friends are there

Finds Luck and Magna extremely fun

HENRY: THE FRAGILE GEEK

He has a permission to skip PE due to health conditions - Yami makes sure that he is always included somehow so he won't feel lonely while his classmates are running around

Really good marks but his attendance is not the best

Loves literature class and loves reading

He read "The Lord of The Ring" 40 times

Also loves cinema and takes part to the cinema club

His friends would hang out at his place so he doesn't have to go out too much

when they go out they always make sure he's fine, is hydrated and not getting too tired

Asta would teach him how to throw a football

Always sitting in the first row in class

Would not take any bullies and roast the hell out of them within seconds

Loves to help other students with their homeworks

Crush - David Pastrnak

Summary: David has a schoolboy crush on Y/n and he can’t figure out a way to ask her out, feeling nervous about it for the first time in his life.

Words: 2168

“I knew right away that you were it for me. There were no reservations or second thoughts. I saw you and, in an instant, knew in my bones, my soul had known your soul lifetimes ago.” - Beau Taplin

“Maybe you should just get over her. Meet someone else, take your mind off of her and see what happens.” Brad suggested once he ran out of advice and encouraging speeches. David was talking about her for weeks now and it was always the same things and problems over and over again and Brad just kept repeating everything he said already because he couldn’t possibly say or do anything new. And now after listening to David’s whining for almost half an hour while they drove to the party, he decided it was time to tell him the last possible suggestion he had; to move on.

David laughed at Brad’s suggestion sarcastically and focused his gaze on the road in front of him instead of on Brad’s face and the stupid grin that appeared the moment David laughed. He wasn’t even surprised by what Brad told him at this point. He understood his constant complaining and whining about his crush was annoying and he even got himself annoyed at times, but he couldn’t help it. He tried but his mind always wandered right back to her and he immediately felt the need to talk about her yet again. To everyone else, it was easy to say, “move on”. He heard it dozens of times and he heard it from people who were either in a relationship of some sort or from people who were single but not in love. So, of course, everyone suggested to move on and find someone else like it was the easiest thing ever. “I don’t think it’s gonna happen any time soon,” David mumbled after all and neither one of them continued in this conversation for the rest of the road.

David met Y/n one year ago at a party, through common friends and he liked her from the first second. Funny, sweet and kind yet still sassy and confident enough to deal with everything or everyone who bothered her. It felt nice to be around a girl who for once didn’t care about his money or fame (though David really disliked using the word ”fame”) but was genuinely interested in him and his life. David felt special at the beginning, his ego made him believe he was that special to her, but he soon learned it was just who she was. She treated everyone the same and she was interested in each one of her friends. When they met, David was going through his party stage that still continued and he had no interest in finding a serious relationship. When he wanted someone, he would find someone and he liked the freedom, the option to do whatever he wanted. To party, to sleep, to travel whenever he wanted or had time without having to consult it with someone else and making sure it was okay with them. And after learning, she saw him as another friend he didn’t think about her any differently. Until a few weeks ago when he found out she was seeing someone, a guy David seriously couldn’t stand. He knew him from clubs and parties, and he knew that guy only met trouble. He saw him get into unnecessary fights dozens of times, he saw him get aggressive when he got drunk and he generally seemed like a guy that Y/n should’ve avoided altogether. David made his aversion towards the guy very obvious and others from the group weren’t huge fans of him either. Y/n eventually stopped seeing him after he made a scene while they were out on a date and David felt relieved.

It was right then when she told David she wasn’t seeing him anymore that he realized he didn’t see her as a friend anymore and he was, in fact, developing a big crush on her. It’s been a while since the last time he had a crush on someone, and he didn’t know how to deal with all the emotions he was experiencing. He started blushing when she caught him looking at her, his palms got sweaty whenever he was around her, he felt nauseous whenever he waited for her arrival and he even had to build up a little bit of courage to start conversations with her. David caught himself smiling whenever he thought about her or when someone mentioned her name, she hardly ever left his mind and then suddenly everyone knew he liked her, and he openly talked about his crush with anyone who was willing to listen and give him advice. He felt like a little boy in school experiencing his first love. But could anyone blame him? It’s not every day you meet someone who shares the same taste in music, movies and tv shows as you. It’s not every day you meet someone with the same outlook on life and someone who you can talk with for hours and never running out of topics, someone so easy going and friendly and someone who gets you like no one else.

Every once in a while David made plans with her and her only. They went out for dinner or to the cinema, they hang out at his apartment countless names and played board games until the early hours of the morning. He invited her to some of the home games and she always showed up to cheer for them. And he always tried to gain enough courage to ask her out on an actual date but the fear of rejection and the fear of their friendship being weird afterward always scared him off and he decided it was only for the best if they remained to be just friends. That way he still got to have her in his life. It seemed like a better option than losing her.

“Alright schoolboy, better find some courage before we get up there,” Brad teased him when they got out of the car and headed to the rooftop restaurant, Pier 6, a rooftop restaurant with a beautiful view at the city and the harbor.

David spotted her in the crowd immediately. She was in a company of a few guys and she seemed to be doing just fine without David by her side while David depended on her presence because he knew Brad’s wife would arrive soon and he wasn’t in the mood to third wheel. Brad and David sat down by the bar, ordered some drinks and they just looked around to see if they would spot someone they knew and they did but no one they necessarily wanted to talk to and so they just pretended they weren’t there and they only talked together. David turned around from time to time to make sure Y/n was still at the same spot and if she was doing fine and he always found her surrounded by a group of people and with a wide smile on her beautiful face. She looked exceptionally beautiful that day. Her slightly wavy hair messily fell into her face because of the gentle breeze, she skin was dewy, and she wore a pink silk dress that hugged her body perfectly and her bright smile was the perfect cherry on top. David truly never met someone as beautiful as her.

“You’re staring,” Brad laughed and playfully punched him in his arm to get his attention.

“What?” David looked back at Brad, confused because he didn’t hear what Brad just told him and he felt a little embarrassed because he realized he kept his eyes on her for a little too long. His heart started beating faster with every beat.

“Just grab a drink and go talk to her. You’ve done that thousands of times already. And you know it’s not that hard.”

“She’s talking with someone. I’m not gonna disturb her now.”

Two hours later David found himself in the presence of some of the boys who arrived after Marchy invited them and he for once forgot all about Y/n and he had a good and he finally had a conversation that didn’t include her or his schoolboy crush as the boys called it.

“Guys look at her. Isn’t she gorgeous?” Ondrej, the newest member of the Bruins pointed at a girl standing behind them and all the boys started laughing when they saw Y/n. All of them except for David who looked embarrassed and for Ondrej who was confused about the laughing. He was the only one who knew nothing about Y/n and David’s crush on her.

“Oh, man don’t even look at her. She’s David’s love,” Coyle explained quickly and Ondrej just nodded his head and gave an apologetic smile to David who accepted it although a tiny little part of him felt jealous. It felt like someone else was checking out his girlfriend and that little part didn’t like it at all. “And here she comes.”

Y/n joined the group the second after Charlie finished his sentence and all of them smiled or chuckled nervously from the fear she heard them but they quickly figured out she probably didn’t as she didn’t look suspiciously at them. The group talked for over twenty minutes and David left them and hid at the back of the rooftop. He sipped beer and enjoyed the view at the city and the harbor from the high building and he hoped he would drink his sorrows away.

“Hiding yourself from someone?” Y/n’s soft voice disturbed his thoughts and he jumped a little because she scared him. He didn’t notice someone coming up to him. “I hope you’re not distancing yourself away from me.”

“From you? No, no of course not. Just wanted to enjoy the view,” David answered quickly, his voice was shaking, and he tried to hide his face away from him by looking in front of him instead of her. If only he could tell her he wanted quite the opposite. He wanted her for himself and he wished to be there alone with her and enjoy the views as the sun was slowly setting.

She didn’t say a word, but she walked closer to him, stopped right by his side and looked around at the city which appeared more beautiful than ever before as the last bits of sunshine made everything appear golden. “Isn’t this the most beautiful view ever?” She whispered.

“It sure is,” David smiled, looking directly at her and there wasn’t a single doubt in his mind that it was for sure the most beautiful view in the whole world. Her dewy and golden skin looked even prettier in the rays of the sunshine and the happiness in her eyes illuminated her face even more. David felt like a little boy again. Not worthy of such a beautiful, smart and kind girl.

“You’re unusually quiet today,” she said turning her head around to look at him. “Are you really okay? I’m not used to you not talking at all.” She chuckled.

“I’m fine, just thinking.” David was thinking about all his previous attempts to tell her how he felt or to ask her out on a date. All the ideas he had and almost fulfilled. From texting her to sending her a little note to having someone else tell her about his feelings. Truly like a little boy who was embarrassed to like a girl. He could feel the blood running into his face making it all red, his hands started to sweat, and he felt like he couldn’t breathe properly. If only he could just scream from the top of his lungs how much he liked her, get it off his chest for good and risk everything for the small chance of her feeling the same.

”About?” She asked.

“Nothing serious.”

They stood there in silence, hardly paying attention to the music and chatter coming from the main part of the bar and they both got lost in their own thoughts while they continued looking at the city. They both secretly glanced at each other every couple of minutes.

“I really like you,” David said randomly. The worries left him, and he was finally left with courage only. “I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you without the alcohol, but I need you to know that I like you more than a friend.”

“And it only took you a few months to tell me.” She chuckled which made David nervous. He wasn’t sure if it was a good thing or not and if she was making fun of him or not. “I like you too idiot.” She laughed and simply grabbed his hand into hers and rested her head on his shoulder. He pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head.

They went home together that night and ever since that evening, they were together most of the time and hardly ever apart.

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Note: Requested by @pastrna-lavista. I apologize it took my quite some time but I really hope you’re gonna like this at least a little bit 💘

New Moon - Review - 3*

The problem with first-person narration is that when the main character is in distress you can't have fun reading the book, because everything is coloured with that viewpoint. As a result, I was more annoyed by this than I needed to be, because of the way Bella changed and also Edward's actions. It did, however, do some cool things too, in the way of important messages and descriptions of poor mental health, and also what it's like to begin to recover from that. So this was less enjoyable than Twilight, but not less important to read. Spoilers beyond this point Bella starts off on a high note, with a new-ish job at the Newton's shop and a close relationship with Edward and Alice, who are both friendly or even besties with Charlie in Alice's case. She's living the dream, and then the birthday party happens, and it all goes downhill. Edward is acting strange and indifferent to Bella, Bella is freaking out about that because she's a smart cookie and thinks he's going to ask her to leave with him, and then suddenly she's dumped, depressed, and hallucinating Edward's voice. It's not a great time for Bella. This whole experience makes her change from a strong, funny, normal girl to a selfish, hypocritical girl with zero self esteem or self preservation. As character growth goes it's not nice but it is realistic and it needed to be that way to further the plot. Let me be clear: she is still all the Bella things of the first book, but it's hidden away behind the depression and desperation and the way she can't think rationally anymore. I want to talk about Edward now, because I now think he's trash and am firmly on #teamjacob for the first time in my life. Edward is so pitiful here that he literally dumps her on the trail to some woods like a moron and then runs away and never expects her to, I don't know, follow him? He didn't think she would be too hurt by him rejecting her either because "how could you let one word break your faith in me?" I don't know Edward, perhaps because it was you that said those words? Also that's very 'let's blame Bella for my actions' of you... but I digress. After he's back he even tells Bella he "was coming back anyway" and "it was only a matter of time." Sir, if you're going to abruptly dump your girlfriend of 6 months and not so much as check in on her, then at least have the willpower to stick to that, because if this were a normal story you'd have gotten punched in the face the minute you showed up. The only saving grace for his character in this book is when Bella uses logic on him to get him to see he has hope for his own soul after all, and he begins to really come around to changing her, so there may be hope for him after all. The Werewolves I'm not going to talk about Jacob much because nothing massive stood out to me, just know that I love him and he should've been with Bella. The way he let her know he was into her and then remained her friend without pushing unless she did something was lovely, and I truly believe that if Edward hadn't been come back it would've been a perfect sequel. I am already expecting that to change in Eclipse because of the thing that he's going to do. Anyway, I also love the pack and wish we got more time with them. They call each other "brothers" and I just wanted some found family goodness and got nothing. I also wish we had gotten more interactions between Bella and Emily, because Bella starts calling herself a "wolf girl" and hanging out with Emily but we don't see that and it's so frustrating. I need a whole book dedicated to what exactly she was doing when she was spending all of her time at La Push. The Vampires. The Volturi are finally named in the scene where Romeo and Juliet is used to foreshadow the whole book. They are also used to foreshadow the rest of the book. Later we discover that they are a family of 5, with 9 main guard members plus an unknown number that changes. This is the information I always wanted to know but never did. Aro has "clouded, milky" red eyes, and "papery" skin. It isn't clear if this is from age or something else, but it kind of creeped me out I'm not going to lie. He also goes on a little tangent about how it "pleases" him that Carlisle was successful in being a vegetarian. This could have been a lie, but remember that Edward is a mind reader and would have given some indication. I actually like him in this book, he's very friendly and as soon as he gets confirmation Bella will be changed he's content to leave them be, though is a bit wistful that they won't join him. Caius is the one who tells them they have a time limit. Onto the big differences from the film -The Romeo and Juliet scene takes place in Bella's living room instead of the English classroom. As does the second half of the Volturi explanation scene, the first half of which took place in the first book. -Bella knows something is going to happen with Edward before he takes her on the walk. -The motorbike scene in Port Angeles isn't a motorbike scene, it's a walking towards dangerous men then leaving scene. -Bella and Jacob go hiking together to find the meadow, and Bella finds it on her own after all that hiking practice. -The werewolf reveal scene where Bella smacks Paul doesn't happen. Bella and Jacob deliberately meet them somewhere, Bella doesn't smack anyone, and Paul loses it anyway. -Jacob gets a grounded Bella in further trouble by showing Charlie the motorbikes they rose together many times, not just once. Parts I actually liked, because it wasn't all bad. -Bella stands up to Edward about her truck stereo in the beginning. It was a good moment. -Bella says that the birthday incident wasn't Jasper's fault at all. -A funny moment: (when Sam Uley introduces himself less than a year after she met him on First Beach:) "There was nothing familiar about his name." (And yes, I checked and she definitely met him, age 19, never learned how to read...) - Chapter 6: Friends. The whole page where Jacob and Bella are giggling and tripping over themselves and each other had me beaming. Such a happy section. -"I wanted to be fierce and deadly. Someone no one would dare mess with. Someone who would scare Sam Uley silly. I wanted to be a vampire." -There's a part during the voting scene where Edward grabs Bella by the face and she's talking to Carlisle and hoping he will understand because it was hard to talk properly the way Edward was holding her face. The mental image I got... he was squeezing her cheeks to the point she was doing fish lips and it nearly had me in tears. -Also with the voting scene, Rosalie votes against Bella, but she has no aversion to being her sister, only a vampire. Bella then tells everyone she feels the same about them as they do as her, which hurts Rosalie, and Bella realises that could be taken the wrong way. She didn't mean it in a bad way and the fact that Rosalie got hurt shows how their relationship is already developing from the first book. I found this part interesting and lovely to see, as I used to see it as a very abrupt friendship in book 4. There was no outright offensive language in this book, however there were several instances of questionable and uncomfortable behaviour, so I'll be listing them below. -When telling her about the birthday arrangements Edward and Alice don't listen to her protests, and pretty much force her into going to a party she doesn't want. It's creepily reminiscent of the prom incident, only with much worse results. -The Port Angeles post-cinema scene. Bella endangers her own and Jessica's life just to hear a hallucination of Edward. She then decided they were "probably nice guys. Safe." and just walked away, after realising they weren't the same men who wanted to r*pe her in book 1. She then thinks that Jessica is upset because she "must have really offended her" and not because she risked her life and well-being on a whim. The whole mindset Bella is in here is obviously not a healthy one, and I think we as readers are supposed to understand that and empathise with Jessica, but I can't be sure, and either way it's really bad and reckless behaviour. -Bella describes Leah as "exotic" which is not only weird but incorrect. Leah is native american and therefore the opposite of exotic. Leah isn't an animal, she isn't unusual or from far away, she's a person living in the place she was born, and it's beyond weird to call a person 'exotic'. -Jacob is back at it with the weird hatred of his own tribe. Pre-werewolf anyway. Before I get into it, I'd like to remind you that Jacob is not a real Native American because he was written by a WHITE woman, and therefore anything he says is a reflection of Stephenie Meyer and not of an actual Native American person. Now that's out of the way, Jacob is telling Bella about Sam Uley's behaviour, and while doing so he says this: "They're all about our land, and tribe pride... it's getting ridiculous." In the context of the book only, he's talking about how Sam's pack (though he doesn't know it's a pack yet) have become "protectors" and he thinks it's weird. In the context of who the author is, however, it's a bit more complicated. This line makes it seems like Stephenie Meyer may believe having lots of pride in your tribe as a native american person is ridiculous, and it skirts a dangerous territory. Remember she is a white woman and who clearly hasn't done research into why native american people are protective of what little land they have left and what culture hasn't been taken from them through genocide. This is your reminder to seek out native american voices, and especially Quileute voices in this circumstance, and learn their opinions and views on these matters. -Quileute is described as "an unfamiliar, liquid language." I couldn't find any video or audio of this language except the alphabet, and so I very much doubt Stephenie Meyer found something 14 years ago. It's my opinion that just like with the legends, she made this up and slapped the Quileute name on it for exploitative reasons. From what research I've done no young person would've known the language fluently anyway because it was dying before 2000 and is barely being kept alive. It wasn't hard to find this out, and as someone who was set to make millions off this book she should have done her research. -Bella's attitude regarding Gianna. She's horrified by her desire to become one of the Volturi, to be surrounded by vampires, and it doesn't seem to click that Bella herself has that same desire with the Cullens. She looks down on Gianna just because the vampires she desires are human drinkers and not animal drinkers, and it's clear she doesn't think of them as the same. All of the Cullens have killed humans or drank from them, so Bella is extremely hypocritical here. -"I mean, 'Fine, I'll move out.'" Bella holds this ultimatum over Charlie's head when he doesn't want her seeing Edward. She's being selfish and childish here, not caring that he's trying to look after her. When Edward left she was ruined, and Charlie is trying to stop that from happening again. Her actions in this scene are horrible and show how little she cares for Charlie, the man who looked after her while she was broken, who is her father. This is where we truly see how selfish Bella has become over the course of the book, or perhaps since being in a relationship with Edward, as in Twilight she would have never said this to Charlie. She may be an adult but she is sure acting like a child. -Finally, the vote. After it takes place, Bella demands Alice turn her immediately, and refuses to listen to reason when Alice tells her she can't just do it right away. She then turns to Carlisle, putting him right on the spot, and demands the same. He agrees but it's not right or proper behaviour, but unfortunately it's behaviour we come to expect from Bella by the end of the book. The switch from vote to demanding she be changed was jarring, and it really rubbed me the wrong way.

Don’t Punch Me

Summary: You stuck up for Nancy by punching Steve but eventually you become friends. When Nancy breaks up with Steve he turns up on your door. Whats said that night changes you both. 

Warnings: A little bit of violence, a mention of broken bones and blood and some fluff.

Words: 3803

A/N: Okay so this is based of a text post I found on tumblr which I have typed out below. I loved the story behind it and so I decided I wanted to write a fic based off of it. This takes place from season one when Steve spray paints the things about Nancy on the cinema through to after season 3. As always requests are open!

Prompt : In elementary school I hit this kid cause he said I can’t punch and I broke his nose and then my stepdad picked me up and the office was like “you have to say sorry” but then the kid was like “but she proved me wrong, she doesn’t have to say sorry” ladies and gentlemen my best friend of many many years.

You were driving into school when Nancy told you about the weekend. You never really liked Nancy but he had made her happy for a while and so you got over it but now you don’t care you are going to sort this once and for all.

When you pulled into school you see Steve walking in the doors just before you and so you know you would catch him at his locker. Nancy ran after you begging you to drop it, but he had to be taught a lesson.

“No way Nance. He isn’t getting away with this!” You could feel the anger build inside of you catching a glimpse of Tommy and Steve in front of you.

You walk up behind Tommy and slam Steve’s locker shut narrowly missing his hand which causes both of them to look at you stunned.

“What the hell Y/L/N” Steve shouts instantly regretting it seeing the anger in your face

“Don’t ‘what the hell me’ Harrington you know exactly why I’m here. How could you do that to Nancy! You really are living up to your name douchbag” you notice people are starting to gather around you.

“You really think because you have great hair and hang around with Tommy that you’re perfect well I’ve got news for you Harrington your not in fact your far from it. You’re a dick and everyone knows it!”

“Look isn’t the fact that Jonathan beat me up enough. Anyways you’re not capable of punching m…”

Without even thinking your fist flies up and connects with Steve’s nose. The deafening crack echoing through the hallway as everyone chants at you both. Blood dripping everywhere as Steve’s hand goes straight up to his nose. Both him and Tommy too in shock to say anything.

“If I hear of you slut shaming any girl ever again Harrington it won’t be your nose you have to worry about!”

You walk away pushing through the crowds that had gathered finding Nancy and Jonathon at your locker.

“I’m sorry Nance but…” You begin to say before she wraps her arms around your neck pulling you into a hug.

“Thanks for sticking up for me. You didn’t have to, but I appreciate it!” Nancy says as she pulls away from the hug.

“It’s fine. Pretty sure I broke his nose so with the black eye and split lip Jonathan gave him I’m pretty sure he has received the message loud and clear!” You say laughing at Jonathans reaction

“Y/N…your hand” Jonathan whispers grimacing at the sight before him.

You look down seeing a small puddle of blood on the ground from your hand. Raising your hand, you see that your hand is completely out of shape and cut on the knuckles.

“Right well I better go to the Nurses office to get something for this before the adrenaline wears off” You smile at both of your friends and walk to the Nurses office.

“I can’t believe she punched me…she actually punched me dude” You can hear Steve muttering Tommy as the nurse patches him up.

“Well I mean you did provoke her dude” Tommy laughs as you walk into the Nurses office.

“Sorry Ms Sanchez could I get a bandage and gauze please?” you see Steve looks over to you and your hand a hint of remorse in his eyes.

“Let me guess that hand is responsible for this broken nose?” Ms Sanchez smiles at as she stands up walking towards where the bandages are.

You smile at her knowing she won’t pry. The 5 minutes it takes for her to wrap up your hand is the most uncomfortable 5 minutes in your life. You can feel both Steve and Tommy watching you as Ms Sanchez gives you the verdict that you do in fact have a broken hand. She cleans your cuts and wraps your hand with gauze and a bandage and tells you that you need to go to hospital.

By the time you were called to the principal’s office you were in the middle of 5th period and you and Nancy were in physics trying to figure out an experiment. You walk into the office to see Steve sitting beside a man who you assume is his dad and beside him is your stepdad. Great you think this is all you need. A broken hand and a suspension.

You sit beside your stepdad who begins to whisper at you asking you everything and when you told him everything, he slapped you on the back telling you that it was the right thing to do and that he was proud of you. He never condoned fighting but when sticking up for yourself or others then he is all for it.

Your principle had said he would let you away without punishment if you apologised but before you could argue Steve was speaking.

“No, she doesn’t have to. She had the right to punch me and plus she kinda proved me wrong. I had said she wouldn’t punch me and then she did so yeah, no hard feelings. I just want this over with” You look at Steve stunned not knowing what to do or say but you just leave it. You feel a pang in your heart but you just put it down to the adrenaline and forget about it. Your principle is happy enough with that and you are both allowed to leave.

That was all you could remember of that day. You knew you ended up in ER that night to get your suspected broken hand checked out but other than that you couldn’t really remember much thanks to the pain killers.

Of course, Steve and Nancy ended up back together before Christmas and so you put your pride behind you and you walked up to Steve’s locker after Christmas to apologise.

“Hi” you mutter hoping not to draw too much attention

“Uhh hey Y/L/N” He looks at you confused wondering why you are at his locker and weither or not you are going to punch him.

“Look you and Nance are back together so I just want to call it truce. I’m sorry for punching you but let’s face it you kind of deserved it anyway yeah I’m sorry” you ramble not really knowing where you were going this whole time.

“Oh…okay yeah sounds good to me. I kind of thought we sorted it in the principles office that day but thanks for apologising but you’re right I did deserve it. I wasn’t myself back then and if being beaten up twice helps me learn that then I’ll take it but please don’t punch me again. My nose hasn’t been the same since” Steve grimaces thinking about it

“Yeah I don’t plan on it anyways I guess I’ll see you around Harrington”

Over the next few months you and Steve become good friends despite the fact that him and Nancy had started to drift. You really didn’t know why they were holding out. Maybe because Steve really was in love with her but you really didn’t know.

“I can’t wait for Tina’s party this weekend. It will be so great to just relax and actually have a break from homework. You should go Y/N it will be great!” Steve says taking a bite out of his apple.

“I’m not really in the mood for Tina’s parties to be honest Steve. It never ends well for someone!” You say pushing your food around your plate as you look over to Nancy who you can tell is in deep thought.

“Yeah I guess so. I bet that new guy is going to try and cause trouble” Steve says through mouthfuls of apple. He looks over at Nancy noticing that she hadn’t even touched her lunch yet.

“Ehmm I’ll see you guys later I need to get some stuff out of my locker” You decide to leave them to it. You knew Nancy had been different since they decided to get back together, but you never really brought it up, but you knew deep down what was causing this change. You knew after everything that happened, she was a different person and so was Steve and it was beginning to become noticeable. You just hoped they could work it out or end it on good terms. You didn’t want to have to pick sides.

It was the night of Tina’s party and you were glad you hadn’t gone. You had loads of homework due on Monday and so tonight was the perfect time to get it done. Your room was quiet except for the soft sound of Queen playing through your record player. The small desk lamp was the only thing illuminating you as you worked. It was about half eleven by the time you were finished. You began putting your books away when you hear something hit your window. Once…twice…three times. You walk over thinking it was just the wind but to your surprise Steve is standing outside.

You open your window but you cant help notice his eyes are red and puffy as if he had been crying.

“Steve? Hold on let me go open the door?” You walk down the stairs hoping your parents are fast asleep. You don’t know how you would explain Steve being in your house at this time of the night. When you open the door, you get a closer look at Steve. His hair has fallen slightly so small pieces were falling into his face and his eyes looked like he had been crying for hours. Instead of saying anything he just pulls you in for a hug.

“What happened?” You whisper as he rests his head in the crook of you neck.

“She broke up with me…bullshit she said…everything is bullshit. I’m not surprised though. I mean I don’t know why she even took me back all I am is a loser.” Your heart broke as he said this.

Over the past few months you noticed that Steve was never really as confident as he pretended. He was actually very insecure and so this was quite possibly the breaking point for him. You knew you would have to be there for him through this. He no longer had many friends and the fact that he turned up on your doorstep meant he considered you a friend as much as you considered him one.

“Steve you’re not a loser. Come on we can talk about it upstairs” You take his hand pulling him upstairs trying to avoiding the creaky step on you way.

You tell Steve to lay down and rest and talk you through what happened while you get a few things. As he is telling you everything that went down at the party your heart breaks more and more. The more you heard about what Nancy said the more anger you felt towards her. You had really hoped the two of them would deal with this like adults because you knew it would break Steve more than her.

“I’m sorry Steve I really am. I had noticed Nancy was being a little off, but I really didn’t think it would come down to this. Here” You place a cold cloth over his eyes as you continue to talk to him queen still playing in the background.

“I mean you were right last year. I was a dick to her so what do I expect. I’m getting a taste of my own medicine and now I know how she feels” Steve sniffles as his body shakes from being upset.

“Yes, you were but you’ve learnt. It may have taken two different people to beat you up, but you did and that shows you’re a good guy Steve any girl would be lucky to have you!” You say placing your hand on his. He sits up pulling the cloth of his eyes and looking at you. Your heart skips a little but you try to ignore it.

“Would you?” he whispers

“What?” You ask hoping this wasn’t going where you thought it was.

“Never mind” He lays back down staring at the ceiling

“Yes” You say lying beside him and grabbing his hand to comfort him. You weren’t sure if you were telling him to comfort him or you really meant it.

“But you need some time out of a relationship Steve. I think you need to grow comfortable with yourself before another relationship” You say glancing over at him to gauge his reaction

“Your right and I know your right, but I can’t help think what if you know. What if it doesn’t happen now and some douche like Billy Hargrove comes along and swoops you off your feet what then?”

“Well if it makes you feel any better Hargrove isn’t my type…far from it actually. I prefer the guys who don’t win the fights…that’s my department” You both laugh thinking back on last year.

“I’m not promising anything in terms of relationships, but I am promising to be friends” You sit up and walk over to your wardrobe pulling out extra blankets and pillows.

“You can stay tonight. You are way too upset to drive anywhere” You throw the pillows and blankets on the bed helping him get comfortable.

Once Steve is settled in the other side of your bed, he already begins to fall asleep. You took him in and say goodnight with a kiss on the forehead. You tell yourself it’s a friendly kiss, but you know better than that. The way your body was reacting to things tonight really made you question things with Steve. You really couldn’t think about this tonight. You were way too tired and he dated your best friend.

The next morning you wake up to an empty bed and a note on your desk thanking you for everything and that he would call he later. He had signed it with his initial and 3 kisses which made you smile. You had the whole day to yourself and your thoughts and so you began to think about Steve and what you had both talked about the night before. Did Steve really like you or was he just upset. Did you like Steve or were you just being nice. No, you couldn’t like Steve you broke his nose, but you knew that he has changed since he stopped hanging around Tommy. Before you could think any more on it the phone rang. Too early to be Steve you thought.

“Hello?”

“Y/N It’s Nancy”

“Oh, hi Nancy” You say it a little too formally and you mentally kick yourself for being weird.

“I just wanted to tell you that both Steve and I broke up. It was for the best, but I just don’t want you to feel you have to pick sides it really wasn’t that bad of a breakup” you can clearly hear her lying even if you didn’t know what Steve had told you last night.

“Nancy you and I both know that’s bullshit. I don’t want to take side either, but I had a heartbroken Steve on my doorstep at half eleven last night crying his eyes out blaming himself for this when we all know you were the one to blame this time. I know you’ve had a thing for Jonathan for a while, but you could have saved Steve the humiliation Nancy. You made him feel like he was worthless and a piece of shit all because you have feelings for someone else. I really get that he was a dick to you but you could have done it a little gentler!” You say it so fast and hang up that you don’t even have time to process what you said. Nancy could be really selfish sometimes and this is one of her shining moments. You don’t even know why you hang out with her anymore. She has changed since the whole Barb situation and you don’t blame her but you really don’t see this friendship lasting.

You decide to make some food but before you can even move your phone is ringing again.

“What Nanc..” you snap

“Oh, sorry is this not a good time Y/N” You hear Steve coil back into himself

“Shit sorry Steve. I just had a bit of a heated argument with Nancy is all. I thought you were her calling again” you sigh pulling over the foot stool to sit on.

“Oh. I hope it wasn’t about me because I really don’t want you taking sides. That’s far from what I want you to do actually!” You can hear the panic in Steve’s voice at the thought of you fighting over him.

“I think that ship has sailed Steve I really do. She was selfish to make you think you were the one to blame when you weren’t. Sorry I don’t know why I’m getting so worked up over this”

But you did know. Somehow over the past few months you had started to catch feelings for Steve. Every time he laughed at one of your jokes or did something small you were growing more and more in love with him and you weren’t even aware of it. You decide it was best not to bring this up right now for Steve’s sake as much as yours.

Eventually you helped Steve get over Nancy and slowly he began to come back to himself. You both were now best friends and did everything together. Fighting demigorgans…check. Babysitting the party…check. Fighting weird Russians…check. Despite doing all of this there was a weird tension between you and others were starting to notice it. Robin was the first to notice it when the three of you hung out for the first time.

She brought it up to you one day when Steve was making popcorn for movie night and you decided to tell her about your feeling for him and she told you to tell him and so you set up a plan for three days later. You were all going to a party and you were going to tell him then. Alcohol and feelings what could go wrong.

You had asked Robin to come over and get ready with you because if you didn’t have someone to push you out the door you wouldn’t ever tell him. By the time Steve arrived you and Robin were already a little tipsy from your stepdad’s whiskey.

“You’ll be fine. Just take him to a quiet place and tell him. Easy!” Robin says as you both walk down the stairs.

Robin pulls open the door to see Steve leaning against the wall. His hair is done to perfection and he looks really great. You can feel the butterflies in your stomach begin and you just hope you don’t get sick.

“Robin! I thought you were meeting us there?” he questions looking behind her for you, but you were still stood on the stairs.

“Yeah change of plan dingus. Y/N needed a little girl advice on outfits, so we are now both a little tipsy on whiskey”

“Lucky for you though Steve I can handle my drink unlike someone else I know” You grab Robins hand pulling her towards the door.

“You look great Y/N!” Steve smiles at you. You drop Robins’ hand to pull the door closed but Steve already has it.

“Thanks, you look great too! It’s so great to see you back to yourself Steve!” You genuinely mean this. You saw Steve at his worst and it wasn’t pretty. You had to pull him out of bed on a few occasions but thankfully he bounced back.

The three of you walk towards Steve’s car as Robin talks at you both about random things. The drink really taking over. By the time you get to the party your nerves have risen so much that you think you might get sick. Thankfully Robin has sobered up and she gives a reassuring nod as a little push.

“Hey Steve before we go in, I was wondering if we could talk?” You ask as you watch Robin walk away from you both.

“Oh, actually I wanted to talk to about something too! You go first though” Steve looks nervous and is playing with the hem of his shirt glancing at you.

“Okay…I don’t know if you remember because honestly, I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t. The night you turned up on my doorstep after the breakup you asked if I would be lucky to have you and we kinda talked about…dating. I just…why is this so hard. Basically, I like you a lot Steve which is funny because well I hated you for a while and I broke your nose”

Before you can ramble on anymore Steve is kissing you taking you by surprise. The kiss begins gentle Steve’s lips barely touching yours but once your surprise wears off you deepen. You are both breathless by the time you pull apart.

“Yeah that’s all I wanted to say Y/N” Steve chuckles as he wraps an arm around your shoulder pulling you into his side.

“Seriously? I know Robin told me to shoot my shot, but I didn’t think…” You trail of realising that Robin may have just set you both up.

“Yeah I think we’ve been set up Y/N” Steve laughs again while you join in. It’s been awhile since you both laughed like this and it really was nice.  

“We should probably go find her and thank her then” You smile as you grab his hand leading him into the party.

“I think I have you punching me to thank” Steve laughs as you turn towards him with a questioning look

“What?” you question Steve with a smirk on you face

“Wellll…I guess it made me see you in a whole new light. You may have punched me, but it was hot. Then when you came into the nurse’s office, I knew I was falling for you I just wouldn’t admit it to myself. Especially after I got back with...well you know the rest” Steve smiles down at you pulling you into a hug.

“Who knew you could be such a softy Harrington” you say into his chest

“Let’s go enjoy tonight!” You both walk into the party hand in hand to find Robin to thank her for her meddling.

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Kids Getting Older (Sriracha, Part 30.)

Description: A problematic college student gets the worst summer job of the ‘83 - Jim Hopper, the Chief of police in your hometown will have you as his secretary since his old lady Flo has two months lasting holiday. It was agreed so Hopper could keep you far away from all the trouble.

Part Summary: Since you realized that Eleven is getting older and more distant from both you and Jim, you just seem to finally realize how quickly kids grow... And that maybe the kids are not just kids anymore.

A/N: I love this weird family dynamic so much. It is really relaxing to just write a... Normal family dynamic. But that is going to end with the next part. Stay tuned!

Word count: 1.7 K

Tagging: @nemodoren @creedslove @missdictatorme

Master list: H E R E

Christmas holiday spent like a family? The Christmas of 1984 were the best Christmas you had lived through. You spent Christmas Eve in the house of your parents, cooking the dinner with El and mom, and Aiden's girlfriend - you couldn't believe she is real - while you let the boys talk about stuff and drink some Whiskey. Even Aiden got some - just a little, though.

The other day, when you opened all the presents you found under the tree, you left for Joyce's - and holy moly, that house was living. Both Wheelers were there, both Byers boys came along, there were Dustin, Lucas, and Max, even Steve came by. Joyce had a big heart and her house was big enough to take in so many people.

You forced both Hopper and Eleven to pose on a photo with you, having Jonathan taking the picture of you. Each of you had the most disgusting Christmas sweater, just because Aiden bought and gave you these bad boys - Hopper's was too tight, Eleven's too big and your, no matter the size, was just disgusting. After that, kids took their new toys and went to play outside while the adults, along with Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan, remained in the house and had a cup of the special Christmas hot chocolate from Mrs. Byers herself.

Then, each of the kids got dressed up and went out for a snowball fight, snowman building and some sledding in the forest behind the house. And bet Hopper’s best shirt that you made him go too. Soon enough, you were there with all the teenagers while he stuck some snow under your jacket, hearing you laugh and scream out loud, having Will and Mike in total terror when you jumped around, trying to get the snow out. In the end, you formed a strong alliance with Eleven and Max, giving the boys exactly what they deserved, winning the fight completely. Then, to calm down, you proceeded to make some angels in the snow while Hop went back inside.

As the year progressed, Eleven started to have a few sleepovers here and there - sometimes, she stayed at Karen’s when boys had a movie or game nights, sometimes you had Max over for dinner. And let me say, since she was living with an asshat like Billy, her older brother, she loved spending time at your place. Especially when Hop had to stay at the station.

When talking about Hop, that man was experimenting. And you didn't know if you liked what you had at home or if you're afraid of what’s he going to come up with next. First came the mustache. Okay, he liked Magnum P.I., you could understand. Then, he put on a bit weight - he appeared taller and more like a bear than ever before. You didn't mind that at all actually because at least, you knew that he's happy with you. And... After that... The wardrobe and cologne experiments came by. Sometimes he pulled out such an outfit that you dragged him to the restaurant’s bathroom to kiss the living fuck out of him and to have a quickie on the bathroom.

Yet, sometimes, he wasn’t looking his best. At those mornings, you stood there, watched him with gritted teeth and walked around with your eyebrows raised. You tried to tell him gently that these maybe aren't working for him the way he would like to and that maybe, you could visit Starcourt with him to pick something else. But Jim was Jim and completely ignored your opinion when it came to fashion.

Starcourt. One of the best Bloomington-Hawkins inventions ever. You loved that place - from the big cinema to a variety of shops it had. Sometimes, when you knew that El won't be misbehaving after, you took there with you so she could choose some new clothes, sometimes you bought her an ice-cream, other times you just walked around the place and talked about boys and stuff. Especially about Mike.

Oh, you remembered the day when the three-inch rule came to your house. You were just watching a movie, curled under Hopper’s arms, being caught up in the chase. That was when a sudden burst of Eleven’s laughter could be heard, making Hop alarmed in a second. You tried to calm him down around this couple - it was the first love and it sure as hell was an intense one. You knew that these two were having make-out sessions behind the closed door... But were you two, you and Hop, any different when you met? No. You were kissing the living hell out of each other when any occasion came by, even after you moved back with him again, and since you were both adults, you even fucked every time and on every place, you got the chance to fuck on.

You were just like them - even at that time. But Jim was able to see incredible differences between you and him and Michael, as he called him, and Jane. He wasnt giving them any actual space, so there was no wonder, why Mike thought that Hopper is an old, insane bastard. You and Mike got along since you were normal when put in his words, and let them close the door. You built bridges of trust between you, Mike and Eleven and as long as you trusted them that they won't do anything insane, you let them have their time.

"Okay. That's it. That's it." - Hopper muttered out and got up, walking to the door. You tried to stop him from basically storming into the room, but it was too late. - "This door won't be closed as long as I'm in the house, do you both understand? Three inches at a minimum." - Jim told them with a pretty damn scary face as he showed them how to do it. When he got a nod from both Mike and Eleven, he left them be, still checking the door.

"You're too paranoid, Jim, I'm telling you." - You whispered once he sat down next to you again, cuddling you closer again. - "They're just kids." - You smiled and kissed his cheek, concentrating on the movie again. But Hopper was still very cautious about these two - his eyes were turning into their direction all the time, he was checking what they were doing until the very moment when Mike had to leave.

Over time, when Hopper had enough of constantly opening the door and checking on these two, you let the gang wonder around Hawkins with El, taking hikes in the woods and around the city. Sometimes they went to chill at the old sawmill near the town, but the all-time favorite was the hill about five miles from the city. They hanged there most of the time when spring and weather came.

You also did your best to spend time with Hopper, sometimes taking him for dinner at your favorite Spanish restaurant, sometimes you went for a walk too. But your favorite thing to do was still just hanging out with him at El. Of course, your mom made you visit them at least once a week. She wasnt too good at handling having both her children gone - both of them for college. Even Aiden had a girlfriend and sometimes, you just all went to their household to grill something and to chat. You loved Lena and you couldn't believe that she’s real. Your small bro was manning up rather quickly.

It was so weird since you could say when he and Steve ran naked around the swimming pool and where did he fell from his bike, telling Lena everything in the process, embarrassing the living shit out of Aiden. Naturally, she was first rather surprised about you dating such an older man, but as the time passed by, she got used to that tough guy and his douche jokes.

And Eleven had to say that she had everything she had ever dreamt of in the lab - parents, a family, a boyfriend, and friends. She even wasnt tugged in as a little girl anymore, she was going to bed on her will, with you kissing her whole face with laughter, hugging her tight every time. Her life couldn't be better. She especially loved when you and Jim didn't know she's watching and you put the gramophone on in the night, quietly, usually playing Sam Cooke or Ben E. King to dance in the living room. Jim was always making you laugh, he spun you around, whispered something to your ear, making you biting your lip as you smacked his shoulder - but for Eleven it was of sing that she can count on you.

But then, summer came by. You hadn't got any idea of why it was so weird. Eleven asked you if she can stay at Max’s on the fourth of July and even if you thought you’d celebrate it together, you let her have her time. You didn't have any idea of what was going on when Hopper suddenly disappeared without letting behind any message. Nobody gave you a clue that there are Russians set loose in and under Hawkins and that there is a fucking D&D monster who was possessing people with the help of Max’s brother himself.

On day two of loneliness, that was the fourth of July precisely, you had enough - you left to your moms and stayed there, waiting for anything. A call, a sign, for one of them showing up. But there was nothing. So you left for the shift that day - and that was where everything was set in motion without anyone of you normal people knowing.

Holy smokes guys, if you’ll indulge me, I want to tell you about the dream I just had. (*EDIT: I wrote this right as I woke up from the dream before I forgot most of it. However, I had to get ready for work, so I was only able to finish/polish/post just now.) Mostly because I only have dreams I can remember about twice a year (and I used to be one of those people that remembered dreams nightly when I was a kid. OTL), so I want to jot down as much as I can remember before I lose it. Plus, it has a lot of Miraculous Ladybug elements, and some of you might find it amusing.

My dream started off with my husband and I having a day off together, shirking our adult responsibilities for the day, and just having a date day. We drove into the nearby city and just had a day of goofing around as we window shopped (remember when it was safe for people to do stuff like this? *long sigh*) One of the places I distinctly recall us stopping was some sporting goods store where we checked out kayaks (they’re super big in our area; practically everyone owns one).

But then, as we were checking out the kayaks, my husband wasn’t my husband anymore, and I wasn’t myself. At some point my mind converted both of us into 18yo versions of Adrien Agreste and Marinette Dupain-Cheng from the show Miraculous Ladybug.

We were just friends; hanging out; simply spending the day together. Just the two of us. We were still goofing around and window shopping, just as we were when we were still myself and my husband, but now there was this sort of unsure sexual tension????? Like, Adrien was very much Chat Noir flirting, but in a way that Marinette couldn’t quite tell if it was supposed to be flirting, and Adrien didn’t seem sure himself if he meant it to be flirting??? But there was a LOT of chaste touching of upper arms, lower backs (mainly to direct Marinette), and hand holding (mostly to pull her in a particular direction).

I can’t recall if it was a canon character or if my mind made someone up, but I do recall a random second 18yo boy kind of following us around. It could have been the show’s canon “Adrien Agreste’s #1 fan” Wayhem, but it also felt like it wasn’t supposed to be him? You know how dreams are like that? Where you can’t quite pin down who someone is supposed to be in them? To make life easier, though, we’ll just say it was supposed to be Wayhem. 

So, the dream became a sort of aged up version of the episode “Gorizilla” where Adrien (formerly my husband) and Marinette (formerly me) are running around Paris (formerly a US city nearby me IRL) just trying to have a good time window shopping together and goofing around while Wayhem is semi-stalking them? Now, canonically, after the incident of Wayhem chasing Adrien around Paris during “Gorizilla”, Adrien became Wayhem’s friend and was indeed willing to hang out with the kid, as long as Wayhem treated Adrien as a normal kid and not a celebrity that Wayhem was star-struck over. In my dream’s canon, this was still semi-true. Wayhem was more of an acquaintance of Adrien’s than a friend the blonde would hang out with regularly, but Adrien still made time to hang out with his fan. However, Wayhem in my dream could not wait his turn, apparently, and when he saw Adrien “in the wild”, as it were, he wanted to join in the fun. So a large portion of the dream was Adrien (Hubby) and Marinette (me; I saw the dream through 1st person via Marinette’s eyes, but I KNEW that’s who I was supposed to be) trying to ditch Wayhem. 

We ran around department stores, riding bikes through the toy aisles, and had shopping cart races where Adrien was pushing me (Marinette) around the store in the shopping cart with Wayhem behind with a giant stuffed animal in his cart. We snuck into movies at the cinema, only to try to sneak back out to lose Wayhem. I can’t recall what else we did, but we had a grand old time hanging out and screwing around in various stores while also trying to shake Wayhem (and, to be fair, Adrien did try to tell Wayhem that he was trying to have a day just hanging out with Marinette and will set up a time to hang with him, but the kid wouldn’t leave us alone. He was like a kid brother just following us around trying to play with us when we just needed our own time). 

Eventually, we did lose Wayhem, and we were back inside a department store. When we noticed we were alone, Adrien had this cheeky grin, and asked me if I’d be willing to go wait for him over in the women’s clothing department for a couple of minutes; he had something he wanted to do privately real quick. Shrugging off my curiosity of what he was up to (I like to be surprised), I agree and go wandering through the clothing racks. 

There’s this whole thing about a group of older teenage girls trying to pick out outfits that best accentuate parts of their bodies that they like, but other girls are debating that the first ones are just sexualizing their own bodies to be on display for men, and it was this whole thing about whether you dress sexy for yourself or because you want someone to find you attractive. @_@ Not sure why my dream got super philosophical in the middle there.

Anyway, Marinette (me) navigates around this crowd of girls debating and finds this cute white t-shirt dress with Jagged Stone’s logo (for those who don’t know, Jagged Stone is a canon rock star within the Miraculous Ladybug universe). While Marinette canonically wears almost exclusively clothing she designs herself, in my dream she also occasionally buys clothing with trademarked logos on them that she likes (because she can’t legally recreate them). So she (I) goes into the dressing room and puts the dress on. 

Then, wearing the dress as a tunic over the normal pink capris Marinette canonically wears, and carrying my (Marinette’s) shirt and jacket in my arms, I wander the women’s department some more to make sure Adrien can find me. As I do so, my cellphone rings, and my IRL uncle is calling me to see if my sister-in-law would like a DVD set of the show Lost, I believe? I can’t quite remember which show he was asking about. The odd thing is that my uncle is about 25 years older than me. My sister-in-law is about 2 years older than me. I don’t think they talk on Facebook, and I’m pretty sure they only met at my wedding. So I have absolutely no clue why my brain connected these two in a manner where he’d want to double check with me on a birthday gift (belated Christmas gift?) for her.

Anyway, I get off the phone with my IRL uncle, and my IRL job calls me with some sort of crisis that I can’t recall. It was a quick phone call as the owner of the store ended up in some sort of car trouble, I think, and the woman I was on the phone with had to quickly get off to help the owner. It was a bizarre intermission within my dream. Anyway, my IRL husband shows up (I’m still picturing myself as 18yo Marinette, btw) and checks in on the phone calls. We joke around a little bit, and POOF Hubby is magically Adrien again, and we’re back to the main storyline.

So Adrien gives a little “wow” and holds out a hand for me (Marinette) to take. He then has me do a twirl to show off the dress. He talks about how lovely it looks on me, but then kind of scrunches his eyebrows. He then kneels in front of me, like RIGHT UP on my left leg, and clicks his tongue disappointingly. He points out this huge stain along the hem just above my left knee. It’s about the size of an American half-dollar and almost looks like a blood stain: a dark reddish-brown center that fades into an off-white/light-yellow along the corona of the stain.

As Adrien plays with the hem to get a better look at the stain on the dress, his fingers brush against my knee (I mean, I still have the capris on, but still), and it almost looks like he’s worshipping me, and my heart CANNOT deal! I can feel it RACING and my cheeks starting to warm up. That’s when Adrien starts, like, HARD CORE flirting with me by again commenting about how good I look in the dress, and how well it fits my body shape, and how disappointing it is that this dress has a stain because he’d love to see me wear the dress a few more times. And he just slowly stands up, but doesn’t really move back before doing so, so I have to take a small step back so he’s not just sliding up my leg as he stands. And my heart is about to EXPLODE as he looks at me with those intense green eyes.

I swallow hard, and Adrien just kind of puts on this cheery smile like nothing just happened, and he suggests we look to see if there’s another dress in my size that doesn’t have the stain. I lead him to the rack and we riffle through it quickly. We do find another one of the Jagged Stone t-shirt dresses in my size, and Adrien takes it to fully inspect it. No stains. No loose hem-work. The print of Jagged Stone’s logo seems well done. The dress itself isn’t all that expensive. We got a winner. Adrien then suggests I go get changed back into my normal clothes, so I leave him as I enter the changing booth to put my shirt and jacket back on, and that’s where I wake up.

But I do so with the lingering knowledge that Adrien 100% bought Marinette that dress while she was changing, and his initial surprise (why he asked her to go to the clothing department to wait for him in the first place) was a little pastel-rainbow tie-dyed teddy bear that he wanted to get her to commemorate their day-long hangout. 

So.... yeah... that was my dream, and it was so intense at the end there that I legit woke up because my own, physical, IRL heart was RACING from all the Adrien flirting towards the end.

Just wanted to share that. Thanks for indulging me and reading all the way through.

(*EDIT: I’ve been lowkey thinking about that whole brushing Marinette’s knee while inspecting the dress thing all day. So guess who has yet ANOTHER plot bunny to try to wrangle. Thanks, Brain! 9_9 Care to actually help me WRITE any of these plot bunnies, or are you just going to plop more unexpectedly onto my lap and then just wander off? Oh! The latter? Great. >3>)

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WayV Xiaojun X OC (Y/N)

angst fluff . ENJOYYYYY

a/n : it has been a long time since i've written such a long imagine. i hope you guys love it!

you wrapped your finger around your mug of hot chocolate and had a sip as your boyfriend!Xiaojun stared at you lovingly. you placed your mug down and looked at Xiaojun with a nervous look. Xiaojun grabbed your hands and squeezed them gently.

"do you think i will make it?". you asked your boyfriend anxiously.

the both of you just graduated from college. Xiaojun already had a stable job at a big tech company, while you, who graduated with a performing arts degree , were auditioning here and there for dramas and shows to land on your first tv debut. you auditioned for romance, action and even horror! you didn't really care about the genre,you just wanted to experience the real deal and improvise yourself till you become a well-groomed actress.

Xiaojun rubbed your hand with his thumb and nodded his head. "i believe an actress as talented as you could make it! if they don't cast you though, it's alright. it's not you, they are the ones who are at lost.". Xiaojun comforted. you scrunched your nose up at his cheesiness and squeezed his hands.

"are you sure you're not just being nice to your girlfriend?". you asked. Xiaojun laughed and shook his head. "of course not! i really mean it. you are very talented! remember when you acted like you were in pain just to get a kiss from me?" . Xiaojun comforted again but didn't forget to tease you . you pulled your hands away and slapped his hand playfully. "ahh why did you have to remind me!". you whined which made him laugh with adoration at your cuteness.

after the short cafe date, you and Xiaojun went to the audition venue by cab . Xiaojun was your moral support. he had always accompanied you to your auditions and comforted you when you were rejected. he would motivate you to do your best and be better each audition.

you were at the waiting room, anxiously waiting for your turn. Xiaojun was sititing beside you while holding your hand in his to give comfort . you on the other hand, tried rehearsing your lines for the last time. you became more nervous when the staff told that you would be going in in about 2 minutes.

"ahh babe i am so nervous!". you mumbled as you faced your cute boyfriend. Xiaojun gave you a small smile and carresed your hair lovingly. "i believe in you , sweetie. you are going to do your best! i promise to treat you to ice cream later after your turn alright?". Xiaojun pecked your lips one last time before you were called. He gave you a soft goodluck as you followed the staff.

~

you were given quite a good feedback from the judges and they told you they would contact you about the results soon. you went out of the hall to the waiting room earlier with a good feeling. you were about to run and hug your boyfriend but was greeted by his close friend instead.

"oh Hendery! are you here for the audition too? oh and did you see Xiaojun?". you bombarded him with questions.

Hendery chuckled and rubbed his nape. "actually Xiaojun was the one who asked me to come here and walk you home. His mother called him earlier because of something urgent. he really is regretful that he had to leave . ". Hendery tried his best to explain to you as politely as possible. your head dropped as you stared at the floor below you.

"oh.. i understand. family is definitely more important. no worries!". you exclaimed as you looked up to Hendery.

Hendery frowned when he saw your teary eyes. He hated seeing his friend sad so an idea popped into his mind. Hendery grabbed your wrist and pulled you along gently. "times like this call for food! i am starving and i bet you are too! let's go!". you giggled and let Hendery drag you.

Hendery brought you to a small restaurant which was a few stops away from the audition venue. "i always come here with my sister. i'm basically a regular and kind of the owner's favourite,so order anything you want alright. it's on me!". Hendery said and winked. you chuckled at his actions but ordered anyways.

you actually had fun hanging out with Hendery. he was a sweetheart , and a dork too. he would crack jokes randomly which brightened your day up. you always hang out with Xiaojun and his friends but never with any of them individually. it was a refreshing experience eating out with Hendery. after talking and eating, it was finally time for you to go home. Hendery walked you home like how he was asked in the first place. you thanked Hendery for the day and apologised for troubling him. Hendery only responded by shaking his head no and smiled widely. he wished you a goodnight sleep before walking away . you smiled back and went in your apartment.

you lived alone since college years. your parents' house were quite far but you do visit them regularly and they visit you too.

you plopped yourself down on your bed and check your phone. you gasped when you saw text messages from your boyfriend. you were having too much fun you didn't even look at your phone.

♡BaobeiJun♡

hey babe.. i am really sorry but i have to go first. i asked Hendery to accompany you back home. stay safe <3

♡BaobeiJun♡

did you meet Hendery? how was the audition? text me as soon as you see this alright ♡

♡BaobeiJun♡

babe, are you mad? i am really sorry, i am going to make it up to you!

♡BaobeiJun♡

please reply me ㅠㅠ are you home yet? nothing bad happened to you right?

- 10 missed calls from ♡BaobeiJun♡ -

you sighed as you saw the texts. of course you were still upset about earlier. but you didn't want to be the annoying girlfriend and tried your best to pretend that you were okay.

To : ♡BaobeiJun♡

sorry for the late replies babe. i didn't check my phone earlier. yeah i am home, Hendery sent me home like you requested. he also bought me food because we were both starving. i am not mad, don't worry :)

you threw your phone on your bed as you changed into your pyjamas. a few seconds later, you heard your phone chime, indicating that you just received a message.

♡BaobeiJun♡

that is great! i should treat Hendery some time too to thank him. i am glad you are back safe. i was so worried when you didn't reply back :((

you chuckled and rolled your eyes at his text.

To : ♡BaobeiJun♡

i am really sorry hahaha , so you wanna tell me why you had to leave earlier?

Xiaojun then explained to you that his mother called him earlier to ask for his help. Apparently , his childhood friend, named Weiwei, was on a business trip here and Xiaojun's mother asked him to welcome her at the airport. you also got to know that the girl was going to stay at Xiaojun's family's place for a few months because renting an apartment would be bothersome.

you were now feeling more upset actually. he left your side because of another girl? and worse, the girl is staying with him for a while? you were furious, yes. but you were more insecure. you trusted Xiaojun but you just couldn't help yourself from being jealous. i mean, which girlfriend wouldn't? you were tired as you read his explanation and decided to end the conversation with a goodnight.

you switched your phone off and wrapped your whole body with your warm blanket. you tried getting rid of all the bad thoughts and fell asleep in anxiety.

~

you were woken up by the front door bell . you groaned as you sat up and checked the time. 10am. you groaned again and cursed whoever it was who disturbed your sleep as you walked to the front door. you opened the door but was greeted by no one. you groaned again thinking that it was just a prank but was startled when Xiaojun's head suddenly popped up out of nowhere. he leaned down so your eyes were parallel. he chuckled at your shocked expression and gave a peck on your cheek before inviting himself in. "i texted you but the messages weren't delivered so i figured your phone was dead. i came to really make it up for yesterday". Xiaojun explained.

you finally snapped out from your shock and grinned. you felt like your anger towards him yesterday evaporated just like that. you hugged him and buried your face into his chest. "you don't even know how much i wanted to hug you like this yesterday after the audition. i was overwhelmed with my emotions and the only one who could calm me was you. but you weren't there.". you mumbled sadly. Xiaojun felt guilty and carressed your hair.

"i am really sorry. i promised to treat you ice cream right? jajan!!" . Xiaojun pulled away and showed you the tubs of ice cream he bought.

"i was thinking of a movie-cuddling kind of date today.". Xiaojun said cutely as he tapped his chin with his finger. you giggled and pinched his cheeks. "i am up for it! but can you let me go shower first?". Xiaojun nodded and placed the ice cream tubs on the dining table. "sure, i will just prepare the couch alright!".

after a nice shower,you joined Xiaojun who was sitting on the couch with his phone. he put his phone on the table as he saw you approaching him. but you saw that he was texting Weiwei earlier. you decided to just ignore your jealousy and took the ice cream tub Xiaojun handed to you. Xiaojun then pulled you closer so you snuggled into his chest and enjoyed the ice cream. the both of you watched a romance movie and imitated the cheesy lines. you would giggle everytime Xiaojun peck your head when there is a kiss scene.

"you know, i heard that the 2nd movie is released next week!". you said and took a spoonful of your strawberry cheesecake ice cream.

Xiaojun hummed and pecked your head again. "it's a date then!".

you turned to him with a wide smile. "really?". Xiaojun chuckled and nodded his head. you squealed and pecked his lips. "i can't wait ! it's been a long time since we've went to the cinema together.".

Xiaojun carressed your hair lovingly before putting down his finished ice cream tub. "how about i go and take some blankets so we could cuddle here?". Xiaojun suggested. you nodded excitedly as you stood up to give him space.

as Xiaojun went to your room, you saw his phone lighted up . you peeked and saw notifications from Weiwei. you rolled your eyes and turned his phone around so you wouldn't get distracted. you quickly finished your ice cream and cleaned up before lying down beside Xiaojun. Xiaojun wrapped his arm around your shoulders and pulled you closer. you leanee your ear on his chest and sighed in relief as you relaxed ,listening to his heartbeat. "i love you sweetie and i want you to remember that forever.". Xiaojun whispered and pecked your forehead. "i love you too baobeijun,". you whispered back. the two of you cuddled in silence and soon fell asleep .

~

it has been a few days after the cuddle date. you haven't really see Xiaojun after that because he was kind of busy with work. you did texted and called each other but you missed him being with you physically. you sighed and just decided to focus on your work. yeah, you has a part time job at a small bookstore. you still had to make income anyways. so while you practised to be an aspiring actress, you still worked hard in earning your own allowance and not only depend on your parents or boyfriend.

you were keying in some things on the computer when the bell chimed, indicating a customer's entrance.

"welcome!". you greeted as you saw a cute girl entered. you were about to ask if she needed help when the door opened again, revealing your handsome boyfriend. you gasped and smiled widely.

"Baobe--". your words were cut off when the cute girl earlier linked arms with Xiaojun. you frowned deeper when Xiaojun didn't even bother to push her away. you quickly gave a small smile when Xiaojun walked towards you with the girl and waved at you cutely.

"babe, this is Weiwei! and Weiwei, this is my girlfriend, y/n !". Xiaojun introduced. you forced a smile and stretched your hand out for a handshake. but your tired arm was ignored as Weiwei hugged Xiaojun's arm and whined. "when we were little you said we were gonna be together!". Xiaojun only chuckled awkwardly and rubbed his nape. he smiled apologetically to you in which you just shook your head . "Xiaojunjun! let's go eat!". Weiwei saidly in her high-pitched voice which hurt your ears. Xiaojun nodded and looked at you, who was looking at the couple sadly.

"i'll see you soon, okay babe?". Xiaojun said softly as if you were the most fragile thing there. you smiled and nodded. before you could speak, Weiwei pulled and dragged Xiaojun out of the store.

you wanted to just cry out loud but you held yourself back. Xiaojun has been to busy with work and couldn't spend even an hour with you but here he was spending his free time with another girl. you knew she was just a friend and you trusted Xiaojun. you love Xiaojun. but it hurt you how he was being oblivious of your painful heart . you decided to push aside the thoughts and focused on work. you were grateful there weren't many customers on that day . you were not really in the mood to entertain others . half an hour before the store closed, the bell chimed indicating a new customer. you continued packing up books and your things while the customer looked for their desired books. you were packing your bag when the customer placed books on the counter. "hi , i would like to ask if the last volume of this comic is still available?". you quickly turned around at the familiar voice. the customer blinked and chuckled. "i didn't know it was your shift ,". Hendery stated. you gave a small smile and nodded. "yeah i was just covering for my co-worker. ". you said softly. you quickly looked at the comic he was purchasing and keyed in the code in the computer.

"the last volume is sold out . but the new stock is coming tomorrow! you could come by if you like and i could reserve one for you.". you explained.

Hendery grinned and nodded. "sure,i'll purchase these first and come back again tomorrow!". after settling his books, it was finally time for you to lock the bookstore and head home.

you switched off everything and quickly closed the store down. you gasped when Hendery suddenly stood in front of you. Hendery chuckled at your reaction . "i was thinking of dinner. together?". Hendery suggested. you chuckled and shook your head. "i'm actually kind of fu--". your lie was cut off when your stomach growled violently. the two of you stared at each other before laughing. "alright, how about hotpot and some beer? at the same place!". you suggested this time. Hendery smiled widely and nodded. "i'm paying this time so don't worry about what you want to eat alright!". you said again . you tried making yourself happy but your lifeless eyes could never lie Hendery. Hendery decided to just play along with you and waited for you to open up yourself. he hated seeing his friends hurt but he hated forcing people more.

you were on your second bottle of beer, you were not really drunk but drunk enough to cry outloud the feelings you've been hiding since afternoon.

"i know she is just a friend but why is she getting more attention then me? your girlfriend? am i just dumb for crying or are you dumb? why does Xiaojun have to be so kind towards other girls? this is unfair!". you whined and downed another shot .

Hendery kept quiet and let you let out all your feelings. he thought it was finally time for you to cry out everything and feel better .

"Hendery, is it really childish and petty of me to be jealous like this?". you turned to your friend and slurred your words. Hendery only sighed and tucked your hair back behind your ears to have a clearer sight of your red face. "no i understand. you shouldn't feel bad for feeling this way. i can't help you much but i am here for you when you need me.". Hendery comforted. you nodded at his response before falling asleep right after . Hendery quickly stretched his arm out before you could knock your head on the table. Hendery sighed as he combed your hair neatly with his fingers. he understood Xiaojun for taking care of his childhood friend but he was disappointed Xiaojun made you feel like this. Hendery decided to call Xiaojun to pick you up. He felt like it was only right for him as a friend to help his friends out.

A few minutes later,Hendery tried waking you up. you woke up with a groan and clutched your head. "are you sober enough to walk?". Hendery asked as he held your shoulder. you nodded and stood up slowly. Hendery helped you and walked out of the restaurant with you . the moment the two of you stepped out of the restaurant, Xiaojun ran towards you . "babe!". he exclaimed as he took you from Hendery. your head was still spinning but you figured Xiaojun's face. you turned to Hendery as he gave you a small smile. "rest well, alright?". Hendery said before excusing himself.

"why did you drink so much babe?" . Xiaojun asked as he piggybacked you. you leaned your head on his back and sighed. "i was sad. i was angry. i was tired.". you replied word by word. you felt the wind as Xiaojun walked on the empty street, bringing you home.

"do you want to tell me why?". Xiaojun asked softly. your heart broke. of course you were sad and angry because of him. but his sweet and innocent self just couldn't realise that. "i love you Jun... i hope you do too. please stay with me.". you breathed out, holding yourself back from crying. Xiaojun stopped in his tracks for a bit but continued walking right after . "of course i love you too. i am here always, by your side.".

you fell asleep on his comfortable back as you felt assured.

~

you wore Xiaojun's favourite baby blue blouse and styled your hair simply with some light make up. you were excited for your movie date. you were at the cinema , waiting for your boyfriend. he promised to be there half an hour before the movie starts. but coming to 10 minutes before showtime, he was still not there. you tried texting him but the messages were not delivered. maybe his phone battery died, you thought. you tapped your foot nervously as you scanned the place for your boyfriend.

4 mins

3mins

2mins

1mins

showtime.

you sighed and held your head down sadly. *did he forget about our date?* . you were about to exit the cinema when someone called your name. you turned and were greeted by Hendery. he really was like your guardian angel. there whenever you were sad.

"are you here alone? what movie are you watching?". Hendery asked. you smiled sadly and shook your head. "today was supposed to be our movie date but Xiaojun is not here. i tried contacting him but he didn't reply. i think i should just go back.". you explained.

Hendery frowned at his friend's actions. He really was disappointed in Xiaojun.

"how about we watch a movie together? hmm i was thinking, Dora The Explorer?". Hendery suggested, trying to cheer you up. you chuckled at his unique choice of movie and nodded. "that is a great idea! let's go!". you agreed and grabbed his wrist to buy the tickets.

during the movie, Hendery suddenly heard soft sniffings. He turned to look at you and sighed . you were wiping your tears that were flowing down your cheeks non-stop. it was obvious you were crying because of Xiaojun, the movie wasn't even a sad one. Hendery grabbed your hands and squeezed them to comfort you. he then pulled your head to lean on his shoulder. "it's okay sweetie, it's okay. i am always here to comfort you.". Hendery whispered as he carressed your hair. his sweet words calmed you throughout the movie. you were sorry to Hendery for always being stuck in your relationship, but you were also grateful to have him as a good friend.

after the movie, you went to the ladies to freshen up . Hendery waited for you and invited you to dinner. "how about we go to the usual? i kind of like the concept of having our hangout place.". you said as you walked out of the cinema with Hendery. Hendery chuckled but agreed to your suggestion anyway. dinner made your day. you decided to totally ignore your thoughts about Xiaojun and spend quality time with your now new bestfriend. you and Hendery shared a lot of things with each other , from cute childhood stories to epic highschool memories. you also found out that the both of you were big fans of Attack on Titans and Tokyo Ghoul. Hendery promised to lend you his AOT mangas as you promised to recommend him other great animes and mangas. the day eventually ended with Hendery walking you home. "thank you so much for today Hendery. i am very thankful to have you as my friend.". Hendery smiled at your words and patted your head. "i am always here if you are im need of a friend. the restaurant is always open for us to have more fun.". you thanked him again and bid him goodnight as you entered your apartment.

you plopped yourself on the couch and fished out your phone.

♡BaobeiJun♡

omg babe... i didn't realise that my phone was turned off >○<

♡BaobeiJun♡

i overlooked the date for our movie date .. i am really sorryyy

♡BaobeiJun♡

my mom asked me to bring Weiwei around the city. i agreed because i thought our date is tomorrow...

♡BaobeiJun♡

i am really sorry babe,, please reply my messages

♡BaobeiJun♡

babe? i understand that you are mad at me...

♡BaobeiJun♡

are you at least safe back home?

you threw your phone on the couch as you stood up. you decided to just ignore his texts. you were really mad. not just because he ditched you on the most awaited date, but he ditched you as he spent time with another girl. you knew Xiaojun was just being kind but is he really dense to not draw the line? you didn't want your relationship to be ruined by a girl who suddenly appeared in your life. you thought your relationship with Xiaojun was strong , but recent incidents made you doubtful. you washed up and went to bed straight away.

you woke up the next morning feeling a bit better after a goodnight sleep. you were having your light breakfast when you heard a knock from the front door. you groaned as you weren't expecting any guests.

you opened the door only to push it back close as you see his face. but before the door could close fully, Xiaojun held onto it with his leg. "babe please let me in.". he begged. you contemplated for a bit but opened the door anyways. you quickly walked away before he could hug you. Xiaojun followed you to the kitchen as he called out your name softly. Xiaojun wrapped his arms around your shoulders but you harshly pushed him away and faced him.

"Xiaojun. i am tired. please, i am tired of being mad with you and settle my feelings with a hug from you. this is not that simple, Jun. i love you , i really do. but the amount of times you've hurt me in these 2 months is more than the whole 2 years that we've spent together..". you confessed.

Xiaojun tried to pull you into a hug but you rejected. you wiped the tears that were flowing down your cheeks as you continued. "why do you think i was drunk the other night? you think i wanted to feel depressed like that? you think everything was back to normal when you came to pick me up?!". you didn't intend to raise your voice at him but your emotions were unstable.

Xiaojun was startled at your outburst. he looked at you with teary eyes. you sighed as you sat on the floor and pulled your legs before burying your face in between them. your sobs echoed through the silent kitchen. you felt Xiaojun moving closer. he squatted beside you and wrapped his arms around your body before pulling you into his warm chest. "i'm sorry , i'm sorry, sshhh i'm sorry, i love you babe, i really love you . i'm sorry i hurt you, i love you really. i am here now and i promise i won't leave you.". Xiaojun whispered in an attempt to comfort your broken heart. you finally gave in and cried out into his chest.

a few moments later, Xiaojun carried you into your bedroom. he lied down beside you and pulled you closer. you buried your face into the crook of his neck and sniffed in his scent. you relaxed in his arms as you calmed yourself down. "i missed you so much,". he mumbled as he pecked your head. the two of you lied down in silence, enjoying each other's presence and calm breathing. Xiaojun was about to fall asleep when his ringtone startled the both of you. you slowly pulled away from him to give hin space to sit up. Xiaojun rubbed his eyes cutely as he searched for his phone. you couldn't help but giggle at the cute sight and although you were still a bit mad, you didn't hold yourself back from giving him a quick peck on the lips. Xiaojun froze at your sudden action before slowly reaching for his phone. he was used to receiving kisses from you but he was suddenly shy after the fight , his ears turned red . you giggled at his reaction and nudged him to do something about his phone. "i--i'll take this call for a while okay?" he stuttered. you nodded before lying down back on your bed.

after the short call, Xiaojun turned to face you with a guilty expression. "babe.. i really want to spend time with you but this is urgent. Weiwei is having troubles with settling her project and i have to go help. i am really sorry babe.". Xiaojun explained and apologised.

you sighed, just when you thought it was back to normal, everything was about to be ruined again. "it's urgent right? let me walk you to the front door.". you said as you got off the bed. Xiaojun gulped as he sensed your sarcasm. he followed you out of the room like a puppy. "i'm really sorry babe.. how about i take you on a date on Saturday?". Xiaojun tried to persuade you. you gave a small smile and pushed him out off your apartment gently. "i can't. i have plans.". you replied and quickly closed your front door. you heard Xiaojun knocked for a few minutes, begging you to open the door but he then stopped when you ignored him . you figured he finally gave up and went to settle his urgent matters.

♡BaobeiJun♡

babe... what plans do you have that i can't spend time with you?

you rolled your eyes at his message and were tempted to just throw your phone on the ground. he had been ignoring your daily life activities because of his own but had the audacity to suddenly act caring when you finally gave him the cold shoulder. you ignored his message and decided to text Hendery .

To : Huang Guanheng

hey Hendery, i was thinking if you could accompany me this Saturday? i am finally casted for the drama i auditioned for recently and this Saturday is our first shooting. i am quite nervous to go alone...

you waited for a few seconds before Hendery replied.

-Huang Guanheng-

oh sure!! just tell me the time and place ,alright?

you smiled at his response and quickly informed him the details. you were glad he didn't ask about Xiaojun . he really was a friend with good sense.

~

the day finally came. you met up with Hendery early and decided to get some breakfast together. "you can do it , y/n . don't be too nervous or else you wouldn't be able to focus. here drink some hot tea, to calm you down.". you thanked him for his advice and comforting words. after the short breakfast, the both of you went to the shooting venue.

the site for the rehearsed scene was outdoor. the hot weather was not really helping with your nerves. you practised your lines as much as possible as the stylists prepared you before you were called to the site. you were only a side character but your character actually plays quite an important role in the drama. Hendery gave you a supporting pat as your turn came.

you did a good job with your lines but your co-actor kept on making mistakes. because of that the scene you were in had to be filmed for a few times. you tried to be consistent in the quality of your performance but the hot weather made you exhausted. you were sweating like mad that the stylists had to wipe them for you every few minutes.

the director finally gave a break time, asking your co-actor to calm his nerves and practise his line again. you were glad the director was nice enough to be patient with him . if you were the director, you would have screamed at him. you saw Hendery waving at you as you walked towards him . Hendery's smile turned into a frown as he saw your pale face. he quickly caught you as you stumbled. "are you okay?". he asked as he tried supporting you to stand up straight. "i am a bit dizzy," you managed to reply as you clutched your head. just as you spoke, your body felt weak and you fainted. Hendery's eyes widened as he wrapped his arm under your body and carried you. "ambulance! somebody call the ambulance!" .

~

Hendery : Dejun, your girlfriend just fainted . she is admitted to the hospital now.

Xiaojun : what? tell me the hospital address, i am on my way.

Hendery : alright, come here safely .

Hendery ended the call as he sat beside your bed. he carressed your head and sighed. a few minutes later, Xiaojun arrived . Hendery stood up and greeted his friend. Xiaojun gave Hendery a brotherly hug and went to you who were still sleeping. he held your cheek dearly and pecked your forehead. "what happened?". Xiaojun asked Hendery softly. "she was at the shooting site earlier--". Hendery's words were cut off by Xiaojun. "wa-wait, she was casted ?". Hendery frowned and nodded. "didn't she tell you?" . Xiaojun looked at you sadly and hesitated a nod. "kind of...". Hendery nodded before explaining further. "she fainted after her turn. the doctor said she was too stressful and dehydrated . that was why she fainted. but the doctor said to not worry, a rest and lots of water can make her feel better.". Xiaojun sat beside your bed and held your hand. "i see, thank you Guanheng.". Hendery nodded and stood beside Xiaojun. Xiaojun stayed by your side till night. Hendery stayed too. he was worried about both of his friends . "Dejun.. you've been here since afternoon. why not we go take some fresh air and have dinner ? y/n wouldn't want you to fall ill too.". Hendery patted his friend's shoulder. Xiaojun contemplated for a while but agreed to his friend's suggestion . he pecked your hand for the last time before leaving the hospital.

"which restaurant is still open at this hour?". Xiaojun asked as he checked the time. it was late night. Hendery grinned and patted his back. "i know the perfect place.".Hendery sat on his usual spot while Xiaojun sat on yours. the owner greeted them and passed the menus. "Guanheng! you didn't come with your girlfriend today?". Hendery blinked at her question as Xiaojun stared at Hendery. "you have a girlfriend?". Xiaojun asked. Hendery shook his head and tried to reply the owner. "no no auntie, she is not my gi--". his words were cut off when the owner exclaimed. " ah y/n ! she isn't here today.". Xiaojun's expression was unreadable. Hendery gulped and shook his head. "may we just look at the menu and order ,auntie?". the oblivious owner smiled and nodded before going back to the counter.

"this is just a misunderstanding Dejun.". Hendery started as he stared at the menu that he had memorised by heart. Xiaojun was silent for a bit but smiled . "i understand Guanheng. don't worry. why not we just order?i am starving!!". Hendery knew Xiaojun was just pretending to be okay. Xiaojun and you were really soulmates. hiding your real feelings. Hendery nodded and ordered some food.

the meal was silent and calm. both too occupied with their own thoughts. after the meal, Xiaojun paid for the food and thanked Hendery once again. "why not you go home and rest? i will be with y/n.". Xiaojun said in a matter of factly. not really as a suggestion. Hendery nodded and bid his friend goodnight before going back home.

Xiaojun stayed with for the whole night. you woke up to see your boyfriend sleeping, head on the edge of your bed. you carressed his soft brown locks gently as you stared at his calm sleeping face. Xiaojun's eyes opened slowly as he sat up. he grabbed your hand and pecked them before asking. "are you feeling better ?". you only nodded and squeezed his hand. "did Hendery call you?". Xiaojun hummed in response. his other hand balled into a fist as he heard his friend's name. "the doctor said you can discharge after you eat your breakfast. he said to drink lots of water and rest well.". your eyes widened when you realised you were at job when you fainted. you quickly searched for your phone to check for any messages. "missing Hendery already?". Xiaojun asked with gritted teeth. you looked up from your phone and frowned. "what?". Xiaojun smirked and scoffed. "nothing.". you turned back to your phone and read the text from one of the staffs.

-we hope you have a good rest. we are sorry for not considering your condition , we will update you about the next shootings. for now, we just want you to have a good rest- .

you sighed in relief as you finished reading the text. you thought you were going to be replaced by another actress. you placed your phone down and looked at Xiaojun who was staring at you. "have you eaten?". you asked. Xiaojun shook his head and rubbed his face with his hands. "i'll eat later after sending you home. i don't have the appetite to eat.". you frowned at his answer and placed your hand on his cheek as you carressed them gently. "please eat well. i don't want you to fall ill.". you said softly. Xiaojun gave a small smile and nodded.

in the cab on the way to your house, you leaned your head on Xiaojun's shoulder as he rubbed your interwined hands with his thumb. you jumped when you heard your phone ring.

*incoming call from Huang Guanheng*

you looked at Xiaojun as he nodded his head letting you answer the phone.

Hendery : are you home?

You : i'm on my way home in the cab. I am with Xiaojun.

Hendery : that is great . rest well okay? and y/n .. did you not tell him about the drama?

you kept silent at his question. Hendery called your names a few times .

You : i will alright. don't worry .

Hendery : he is your boyfriend,he should know.

you nodded your head as if he was in front of you.

You : okay okay, stop nagging, gosh.

Hendery chuckled at your response and advised you one last time before ending the call.

Xiaojun squeezed your hand right after you kept your phone. you leaned back onto his shoulder before calling his name out softly.

"babe,, i wanted to tell you but i was mad the other day. i actually got casted for the drama that i auditioned for the last time.". Xiaojun was quiet for a while. he carressed your hand and pecked your forehead. "congrats babe. see, i told you you would make it. you are talented.". he whispered. you smiled and pecked his cheek as you thanked him. you decided to just relax in silence as the cab took you back home.

~

you plopped on your couch as you arrived home. Xiaojun locked the front door and joined you on the couch. you switched on the TV and searched for fun shows to watch. "hey would you like some tea?". Xiaojun offered. you smiled and nodded . Xiaojun went to the kitchen to make some tea for the both of you. he thought this gave him some time to gather his courage for the words he was about to say . he hoped the tea would calm the both of you before the storm comes.

he placed both cups on the coffee table. your eyes were still stuck to the TV as you sipped on the hot tea. you turned to Xiaojun when he suddenly lowered down the volume of the TV. Xiaojun gave a small smile as he reached for your hands. he gave them a squeeze before starting his speech.

"y/n. we need to talk. i don't think this is going to work between us..". you frowned at his words and remembered what he said earlier. "is this because of Hendery? Xiaojun. i've been patient for almost three months now when you have to entertain Weiwei but just because of your jealousy towards Hendery , you want to break up? Hendery is just a friend! ". you asked , obviously disappointed with him . Xiaojun shook his head as he pulled his hands away from yours. "it's not just jealousy, okay?!". you were startled when he raised his voice. Xiaojun sighed and ruffled his hair roughly. "it's not jealousy...". his voice was back to his usual soft voice. "it's a realisation. i realised that Hendery can take care of you better than I can . he treats you better than me. you deserve a man better than me.". you frowned at his what you would say nonsensical excuses.

"no... i don't want to break up with you. i love you Xiaojun! don't you love me too? you promised me you are going to be by my side always.". you said as tears trickled down from your eyes. Xiaojun wiped his own tears as he looked into your eyes. "i do.. i love you. i love you so much therefore we can't be together. i love you so much i don't want to see you hurt . i love you so much i want you to know that you deserve better. i love you... but we are not meant to be with each other.".

your palms turned into fists as you hit his chest. "you stupid jerk! that doesn't make any sense! if you love me, stay with me! don't give up on me!". you shouted as you hit him. Xiaojun grabbed your wrists as he pulled you into a hug. "i love you. this is for your best.". he whispered and pecked your forehead for the last time . Xiaojun stood up and went out of your apartment, leaving you crying on the couch.

- Xiao Dejun -

Guanheng, please take care of y/n .

Hendery cursed under his breath as he read the message from his friend. "what did this idiot do this time." Hendery mumbled as he rushed to your apartment.

Hendery arrived at your house a few minutes after Xiaojun left. the door was unlocked. Hendery quickly went in only to be greeted by your sleeping figure on the couch. he locked the front door and went to you. Hendery sighed as he saw you tear-stained face. he wiped your dry tears and carried you to your room. "she was just healing and you decided to break her again.". Hendery mumbled as he placed you on your bed. you stirred in your sleep and woke up slowly. you saw Hendery standing beside your bed with a worried look. he sat on the edge of your bed and held your hands. "he is an idiot. i am going to talk to him later alright? he is going to make this wo--". his words were cut off as you shook your head. "no Hendery. he is not going to turn back anymore. i know him. this is what he wanted. he thinks this is the best choice.". you tried to say but broke down right after. Hendery sighed and pulled your head towards his chest. "i'm here. i'm here. it's okay , just cry it all out. maybe this is for the best afterall. you are precious y/n and i am here to protect you always.". Hendery comforted you.

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"and the best actress award goes to , Y/N !!".

the crowd cheered as you stood up from your chair, surprised that you had won the award. you bowed to your seniors and juniors as you walked up to the stage. you received the plaque from the announcer and went to the front to give your winning speech.

"first of all i would like to thank my parents for always supporting me . i thank my fans too for loving my works! i will work harder and improve myself better and better. i would like to thank those who i have worked with. without them, i might not even have the chance to be an actress and moreover, win this award. not to forget , i would also like to thank this amazing person, my friend, Hendery. thank you for being by my side all these years especially these past 4 years. he is a really good producer so check out some of his musics alright? lastly, thank you once again!". you felt your legs tremble as you went back to your seat.

♡Huang Guanheng♡

good job sweetie! and thank you for mentioning me, i am happy i could be by your side.

you smiled as you read his text. you looked up to the stage when you heard the MC called a familiar name.

"before we end the show, we would like to invite this show's biggest sponsor, from the company DJX , Mr Xiaojun , to accept our appreciation gift.". you gulped when you saw the handsome man on the stage. his previous brown locks were now blonde. his smile was still the same like before. but his features were more defined as he matured throughout these years. you gave a small smile when he looked at you and quickly looked away . *you've moved on y/n. don't give in to him.* you thought to yourself.

~

you were standing at a corner with a glass of fruitpunch, waiting for your manager to bring you back. you didn't really enjoy after-event parties but attended anyways out of politeness. you were looking around when you saw Xiaojun walked towards you. you looked up and accidentally stared right into his brown orbs. Xiaojun looked away as his ears turn red. it's been 4 years but you were still as beautiful as ever. he missed you. you still made his heart skip a beat. you smiled as he stood in front of you. "it's been a while, Xiaojun.". the way his real name rolled off your tongue hurt him . he nodded and finally looked at you. "so you and Hendery are together now?". he asked. you chuckled and shook your head. "he is just a friend. a brother. i told you before, didn't i?". you replied with a small smile. Xiaojun looked down sadly but looked back up to you. "y/n. i'm really sorry...". you chuckled again and patted his shoulder. "let the past be past ,Xiaojun. i actually wanted to thank you for all the bittersweet memories. they really help me alot in my acting . experience is what makes it easier to stay in character.". your words hurt him. like how his words hurt you 4 years ago. before Xiaojun could say anything, you were called by your manager. "oh looks like i got to go. see you when i see you!". you waved at him before leaving the ballroom.

Xiaojun sighed as he stared at your back walking away from him. he would be lying if he said he didn't regret leaving you. his life has been nothing but miserable after breaking up with you. he focused on work to distract himself but his soul was empty. before he could leave the venue, he heard the DJ introducing a song. "before leaving, the actress y/n had requested this song. she hoped all of you enjoy it.".

Xiaojun decided to stay and listened to the song you love .

I’ll love you more

If you’re gonna do that, don’t come to me

If a person like me is gonna be erased anyway

Our love that was written down on a white piece of paper

Was clear just like my tears

Just stay by my side for one day

Because this awkward break-up still feels like a dream

Love me a little more, don’t push me away

I’ll try to hide it and let out a sigh in this empty time

When your tears that filled my heart dry up a little

I will engrave you in my eyes

And let you go

Words that sounded affectionate like a friend

Words I want to hear several times a day

Words saying you love me

It makes my breath stop and heart race

But only your voice sleeps in my memories

Just stay by my side for one day

Because this awkward break-up still feels like a dream

Love me a little more, don’t push me away

I’ll try to hide it and let out a sigh in this empty time

When your tears that filled my heart dry up a little

I will engrave you in my eyes

Until you come back

You silently stop in place

With eyes, telling me not to forgive you

I guess this really won’t work

Now all there’s left is this crappy break-up

I try to catch you but you get farther away and disappear

Love me a little more, don’t push me away

I’ll try to hide it and let out a sigh in this empty time

When your tears that filled my heart dry up a little

I will engrave you in my eyes

And let you go

{ NU'EST - Love You More }

Xiaojun wiped his tears that flowed down without him even noticing.

♡BaobeiJun♡

i know it's too late... but i love you . i have always been loving you . i should've have loved you more instead of leaving you. i love you .

i hope you guys enjoyed this~ my feelings were overwhelmed when i wrote this hahaha anyways, do like and comment ! i love to hear to your feedbacks ♡♡

Fjorester moments episode 65

Can you believe I was already resigned to this being a small post with just cute little highlights for this week and then that last hour happened?!

I’m guilty of doubting Travis and Laura would feed me so well two weeks in a row. 

Honestly, it’s been mostly Travis who’s been pushing for it the most lately and I for one LOVE this switch in the dynamic.

Okay, so let’s dive in (heh, get it?):

[As soon as danger shows up]

Jester: I cast bless.

Matt: On who?

Jester (immediately): On Fjord... Caduceus, and Yasha.

The last two she has to think about but Fjord? Fjord is a no-brainer. They are always each other’s first priority, after all.

FJORD AND JESTER BEING A POWER COUPLE AND NEARLY TAKING OUT A MONSTER ALL ON THEIR OWN BEFORE THE FIGHT EVEN STARS

Jester: *down and being attacked by a monster*

Fjord: *casts Charm Monster on the monster attacking her and the one attacking Beau*

Matt: Okay, so the first one’s save fails.

Travis immediately: Which one? The one attacking Jester?

LIKE, I SEE YOU. I SEE YOU TRYING TO BE SNEAKY AND MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS THE EFFECTIVE ONE GOES TO HER BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT FJORD’S MAIN PRIORITY IS. I SEE YOU.

[After the fight]

BOTH OF THEM CHEERING BEAU UP TOGETHER

Fjord: *asks for a short rest*

Beau and Caleb: reluctantly agree

Jester: But we only got a certain amount of-

Fjord:

Jester: Okay, yeah.

Fjord:

SHE’S SO WEEK FOR HIM GUYSSS AND HE  KNOWSSS IT

THIS IS LIKE THAT “NO YOU WON’T, YOU LOVE ME”

HE’S SO FREAKING SMUG ABOUT IT AND I LOVE IT

NO PLAYING DUMB ANYMORE FOR HIM NO SIR

[As they ride]

Yarnball: strays away from the group

Fjord: What is your fucking animal doing?!

Jester: On that! On that! On that!

Jester: *casts command to send Yarnball back to the group*

Fjord: Oh! Slick!

I LOVE THIS TREND OF JESTER DOING SOMETHING BADASS AND FJORD BEING OBVIOUSLY TURNED ON BY IT

Matt: The rain now in heavy sheets, sipping into every piece of armor and clothing you have.

Travis: who knows Fjord is riding with Jester, holding tightly to her in their fast pace

POWER COUPLE AGAIN TO GET RID OF THE SECOND WAVE OF BIRDS ATTACKING THEM

LOOK AT THOSE TWO POWERFUL BABES THEY ARE UNSTOPPABLE

[While bedding down next to the so-far ominous Melora giant tree]

Nott: Should I go scout while we are waiting?

Jester: No!

Nott: It’s a hundred feet! I can just turn invisible and go-

Fjord: She said no! Jeez.

WE LOVE ONE SUPPORTIVE BOYFRIEND WHO WON’T HAVE HIS GIRL DISRESPECTED OR IGNORED BECAUSE HER VOICE AND INPUT MEAN THE WORLD TO HIM AND HE ALWAYS LISTENS TO THEM AND WHY CAN’T YOU ALL SEE HOW GREAT SHE IS, LISTEN TO HER DAMMIT. 

idk why that little detail was so heavy for me but I loved it. Nott can be rather pushy and accidentally barrel over anyone’s opinion that isn’t Caleb’s, and Jester is generally nice about it and let’s it go (except that time that the teasing got to her) so Fjord standing up for her firmly made my heart soar a little ngl

[THE TREE BIT]

Fjord: *ready to climb a 300 ft tall tree*

Jester: *obviously worried*

Jester: Climbing is good for strong people, right? Strong people climb well?

Fjord: Or people who, if they fall, have a good safety net.

THIS BIT WAS ALREADY NICE BUT GIVEN WHAT COMES NEXT IT’S SUCH NICE FORESHADOWING?

Like, listen, okay? Fjord is clearly talking about himself falling and saving himself, he probably had the thunderstep in mind already.

But Jester? Jester hears this and immediately sees herself as the safety net. So she stays down, ready to catch whoever might fall.

Later, though, Caduceus suggests she go up and she seems a little put off by it, because she clearly wants to but also wants to be there to protect her friends. Eventually, though, she follows up.

FJORD’S IMPRESSED FACE WHEN JESTER CATCHES UP TO HIM

MATT DESCRIBING THEIR CLIMB “GOING NECK TO NECK, EVEN GETTING A LITTLE COMPETITIVE” IS SUCH A WONDERFUL VISUAL

THIS TWO BEST FRIENDS, ON TOP OF THE WORLD, GOOFING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER, CLIMBING TOGETHER

And then

Of course

that natural one

and Fjord just leaps after her

Travis: I push off and dive down after her!

Matt:

Laura:

Everyone:

LISTEN THOUGH THE IMAGE OF BOTH OF THEM FALLING DOWN AND REACHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER MID-AIR IS OOF

IT’S SO ROMANTIC AND TRAGIC AND DRAMATIC

THIS MAN, THIS SAILOR WHO LESS THAN A YEAR AGO LIVED A FAIRLY ORDINARY LIFE, PLUMMETING DOWN AFTER THE GIRL SHE MET SO LONG AGO WHO HAS BECOME HIS SOURCE OF SUNLIGHT IN LIFE, WITHOUT AN INCH OF FEAR OR HESITATION, LASER FOCUSED ON REACHING HER IN TIME

And then that Feather Fall comes into play and slows them down just enough for them to hold on to each other, floating slowly in the air, breathing heavily.

And I legit thought that was it, that they would slowly float down and recover from the scare.

But nope. No. Fjord goes for his initial plan and thundersteps them back up.

And I kinda love that? Because, no, they are not giving up. They are going together and reaching their goal and they are doing it together because they always go with each other.

Jester: Fjord!

SHE LOOKS SO WORRIED. SO CONCERNED. BECAUSE HE JUST JUMPED AFTER HER AND HE COULD’VE DIED AND WHY DID HE DO THAT? WHAT WAS HE THINKING???

BUT FJORD JUST BRUSHES IT OFF

Fjord: Hang on, will ya?

AS IF HE HADN’T JUST DIVED 100 ft DOWN JUST TO SAVE HER

CASUAL

WHATEVER

JUST NORMAL FRIEND STUFF

Jester: You-

JESTER JUST KINDA STUMBLES OVER HER BREATH AND LIKE I DON’T BLAME HER OK?

I actually love that Jester was getting used to the idea that romance and love are not like in her novels, and maybe it’s fine and she will never find that dramatic over the top romance she dreamed off her whole life 

—AND FJORD SWEEPS IN WITH EXACTLY THE BRAND OF ROMANTIC DUMBASS GESTURES THAT A GRAND HERO WOULD PULL

And Jester is tired and scared and feels like she can’t go on

Jester:

Jester: I’m just gonna stay here, Fjord! You keep going. It’s okay!

BUT FJORD IS NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE JESTER BEHIND

Fjord: You know, if you get up to me, I can help us get a little boost!

Jester: I can’t move! It’s okay, you just keep going!!

POOR BBY. BUT FJORD IS STILL NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE HER, SO THE NEXT TIME THEY ROLL HE WAITS FOR HER TO CATCH UP.

Fjord: You want a boost?

Jester: 

Fjord: Okay, grab my hand.

Jester: 

THUNDERSTEP

SO MUCH HAND HOLDING GUYS

AS SOON AS FJORD BROKE THE TOUCH BARRIER WITH THE KISS LAST EPISODE HE’S JUST GOING ALL IN FOR IT AND WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH AND IT’S JUST SO LOVELY

ALSO ALSO ISN’T IT SUCH A LOVELY PARALLEL THAT AT THE BEGINNING THEY WERE BEING PLAYFULLY COMPETITIVE BUT AS SOON AS JESTER IS HAVING TROUBLE FJORD’S FOCUS SWITCHES ENTIRELY AND HE SPENDS THE REST OF THE TIME ENCOURAGING HER AND HELPING HER?????

Thanks Matt for the last bit of description too! Fjord with his 11 STR throwing Jester up to safety is such a good detail!

That NAT 20 was True Love and you can’t convince me otherwise.

I ALSO LOVE HOW THE TABLES TURN LATER WHEN FJORD FREEZES WHEN STEALTHTING AROUND THE ROC

Fjord: you go ahead without me!

Jester: No, Fjord, you’re coming!

Fjord: I’ll just stay here

Jester: C’mon, Fjord, let’s go!

Fjord: Alright.

THEY REFUSE TO LEAVE EACH OTHER BEHIND YOU GUYS IM SO EMOTIONAL

ALSO

GUYS

MATT DESCRIBING THE WARM SENSATION FJORD GOT FROM SAVING JESTER VS HIS USUAL UK’OTOA SPELLS?

THE FACT THAT HE USED HIS VERY FIRST SPELLS POWERED BY A LOVING DEITY RATHER THAN UK’OTOA TO SAVE HER

IS JUST SO

POETIC CINEMA

I’M CRYING

Jester: *tries to pain Beau and Fjord*

THIS TWO DISASTERS IMMEDIATELY: 

Jester: No, it’s candid, you guys! Pretend you don’t know I’m drawing you.

Fjord:

Jester: Yeah, that’s better. That’s good.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS EPISODE WAS WONDEREFUL. MY HEART FEELS SO FULL WITH LOVE. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE FANART AND THE EVENTUAL TALK THESE TWO DESPERATELY NEED TO HAVE ALREADY. 

I’m looking forward to so much next week! Fjord is out of spell slots (after saving and helping Jester) so I expect she’ll prioritize keeping him safe during the fight. So much angst potential! ALSO really looking forward to Jester thanking him for saving her, fingers cross for a cheek kiss to mirror his earlier one. Also, please Traveler, they need to TALK about all these things that they keep doing for each other.

Stucky: My Little Princess

Pairing: Dad!Steve x Dad!Bucky x Daughter!Reader

Rating: PG (Mature audiences)

Warnings: Foul language.

Steve rakes a seat next to his long term boyfriend, Bucky Barnes. Bucky smiles and wraps an arm around Steve and pulls him closer to him. Steve sighs and rests his head on Bucky's chest. Nothing really had happened in the tower today, or any other day.

"I'm bored." Steve mumbles, leaning up and pressing a kiss on Bucky's jaw, Bucky closes his eyes and places a hand on Steve's back.

"Get a room, please." Wanda laughs walking into the room. "No, I'm joking, please, do as you guys wish. It's cute." Steve blushes and sits up straighter.

Bucky only laughs, "I'm bored too." He whispers in Steve's ear making Steve shiver in delight.

"You too would have a cute child if it was possible." Nat says walking in to grab her phone before smiling at them and walking out, Steve's cheeks burn a bright red colour. Bucky was also blushing slightly, but not as much as Steve.

Steve wanted to adopt a child for Bucky and himself but didn't know if Bucky wanted the same. Steve wanted to have a family and be a father with Buck but was too nervous to ask about it.

Bucky had also felt the same about having a family with Steve and he also didn't want to ask because he was nervous as well about it. Bucky fantasied about being a father when no one else was around, just to imagine a little ball of joy in his right arm would make him feel so bubbly inside. He would never let his child touch his metal arm though, in fright he would hurt them.

"-cky? Buck, hey?" Steve was shaking Bucky slightly, Bucky blinked a few times and looked down towards Steve.

Bucky stuttered along his words slightly, "s-sorry, what was t-that?" Steve chuckles and presses a firm kiss to Bucky's soft lips.

"I ask if you wanted lunch." He says and kisses his cheek.

"Uh, y-yeah. Yeah, sorry, sure, thanks." Steve frowns at Bucky's weird behaviour before shaking it off and walk towards the kitchen grabbing out two bowels for mac and cheese.

Wanda laughs and sits next to Bucky, "I know." She says.

Bucky turns to Wanda with wide eyes, "I don't know what your talking about." He defends himself, he knew what she was going to say.

"Yes, you do. You want a child with Steve, cute really. He wants the same," Bucky's face lit up at what Wanda said, "I can actually make that happen, I can use my powers to create you both a child with both of your DNA's so it can be your biological child." She finishes. Bucky had tears in his eyes, was this going to actually happen? He thought to himself.

"Buck, did you want chicken or che- hey, what's wrong?" Steve rushes to Bucky's side, pulling him in a hug.

Wanda smiles, "I just told him that you both can have a child. I can use my magic to make it happen. You both can have a biological child." Steve whips his head towards Wanda.

"You- you can do that?" Steve whispers, Wanda smiles and nods towards them both. Steve turns towards Bucky again and Bucky was wiping his face. "Do you... want this?" Steve asks unsure.

"God yes Steve, I've wanted to have a child with you since we got together." Bucky says, Steve now also had tears in his eyes.

"Wanda..."

"Come with me." They all stand and walks to her room with Steve and Bucky close behind. "Now a few questions before I start. What gender?"

Steve turns to Bucky as Wanda gets a notebook and pen.

"Up to you." Steve says. Bucky's eyes search Steve's before answering.

"A girl."

Wanda nods, "how about looks?"

"I want her to looks exactly like Bucky." Steve smiles towards Bucky and he blushes.

"As long as she gets too have a personality just like yours." Bucky says and now it was Steve's turn to blush.

Wanda laughs at their cheesiness, "before or after serum?"

That was the question that neither of them wanted to hear. They wanted her to be before the serum so it feels like they have to protect her at all costs but they wanted her after the serum so she wouldn't get hurt. "How about I put her before the serum so if you want her to have the serum we could do that?" Wanda asks.

"Yeah, yeah, cool. Um yeah." Steve rambles.

"Is that all?" Wanda laughs.

"Yeah, I think so." Bucky's says.

"Please hop out while I do this." Wanda says and pushes the both of them out of her room.

Many minutes later they hear a soft cry and both Steve and Bucky burst into tears at it. Wanda opens the door with a small infant in her arms and hands the baby girl to Steve, he cries even more.

Steve looks down at his baby girl and sees blue eyes peering up at him, she had stopped crying and was mesmerized by Steve. "What's her name?" Wanda asks, pulling a crying Bucky into her arms.

"Y/n." Steve says. He hadn't looked up. Bucky pulls away from Wanda and goes to Steve, holding his right arm out.

Steve, with shaking hands, hands him their child. "She's beautiful." Bucky smiles.

And that's where the family they always wanted started.

16 years later.

I walk down the hall and into the lab where Tony was, "hey there To- To." I say, he turns with a smile.

"Hey y/n, how ya been?" He asks, grabbing his drink from the bench and taking a sip.

"Fine I guess, um, I was wondering if you could help me fix my laptop, I don't know what I've done but I won't turn on. I tried to charge it but it won't charge either." I say and hand him my laptop.

"Sure thing y/n, wasn't doing anything anyway." I smile and walk out the room, only to bump into someone.

I groan, "ouch. I'm sorry." I mumble and they help me up, I look up and see папа (meaning: dad, and in this case its Bucky) he smiles and I giggle hugging him tightly. "I was going to go to the movies with Rachel tonight, is that okay?" I ask.

папа smiles at me and nods his head. I frown, "why aren't you talking?"

He pulls out his phone and types it down, he hands me the phone and it says, 'I have that charcoal toothpaste stuff in my mouth, don't want it going everywhere, and yes, its fine too go to the movies.'

I laugh at him, "thanks папа." I giggle and run off towards me room to grab out my phone and jacket.

Rachel's contact lights up on my phone. "Rachel, hey!" I say pulling on my jacket and go to the front entrance before getting Nat to drive me to the cinemas.

"I'm here already so I'll get get the food then we can get tickets together."

"Sounds like a plan." I say and we say our goodbyes before hanging up.

When I get there, Nat smiles. "Have fun honey."

"Thanks Nat."

I close the door and walk over to the shop entrance, I see Rachel already sitting down on her phone with a mad look on her face. "Rachel, are you fine?" I ask, sitting down with her.

She jolts a little and turns to me, "oh sorry y/n, yeah I'm fine. Leo and I just got into a fight."

Leo was Rachel's boyfriend, honestly he was so controlling over her, he wanted to know where exactly she was at all times and who she was with. That's a bad relationship if you ask me.

"I'm sorry to hear that R." I say and give her a hug.

"Its alright. I wanted to come and enjoy myself, he doesn't know I'm here though." She looks almost frightened by this.

I move closer to her, "R, let's just enjoy the movie okay? You can worry about that later." She smiles and pulls me into a hug.

"Thanks shortie." I roll my eyes at her. She was so much taller than me, I was only 5'0, unlike her who was 5'8.

I looked like папа a lot, I had long dark brown hair, blue eyes, a strong jawline, tan skin just like him but I believe I act more like dad (Steve), I was more mature, believed what I do was good and hated bullies. I had been bullied ever since I went to school, mainly for how small I was and skinny I was.

Rachel and I make our way to Kmart to get some lollies and chocolate before we got our tickets.

When we finished there we make our way to the cinemas and get our tickets.

We find our seats in the crowd of many people also watching this movie. When the trailers start a couple of girls walk in and too the seats behind us. They were talking really loudly, I tried to ignore them and watch the movie but it wasn't really working.

"Shit." Rachel says, I look at her and down to her phone, I saw the messages Leo had been texting her, threatening her. Then his contact lights up on her phone, "I- I have to get this, I'll be back." She moves and walks down the stairs and out the door.

(Let me make up a stupid intro to the movie, here we go...) The movie then starts playing, it showed a man sitting down on the chair, tapping his fingers on the arm of it. He had a gun in his other hand pointing it to someone. The girls behind me squeal, "there he is!" One says in her high pitched voice.

My phone vibrates in my hand and I look down, "I'm sorry, Leo is picking me up. I couldn't say no, I'm so sorry y/n."

I send her a quick text, "its fine, I don't want you to get into trouble. See you whenever we get a chance next."

"Oh my God, look at him, he's so hot, Sydney look!" I turn in my seat.

"Can you please stop talking and respect others around you by letting them watch the movie in peace?" I ask.

The girls snigger at me and mumble stuff under their breathes.

Once the movies finished I walk out, pulling jacket over my body more to keep me warm. I text папа and dad to pick me up,  "Hey, you!" I turn and see the three girls from earlier.

I sigh and continue walking down the deserted alleyway to get to the parking lot.

One of the girls grab my by the back of the hurt and drags me back making me land on my back. I look up at them, please don't let this happen to me.

One grabs my collar and punching me in the face, another kicks me in my side. I try and push them off but the other girl grabs my arms and holds them back. They continue punching and kicking me until they hear a voice.

"Get away from her!" They yell, the girls drop me and run off, I fall to the ground heavily. I cough up blood and turn to see dad running to me with папа.

I try and pick myself up off the ground to make them believe I was fine but my arms give way and I fall back down. Dad pucks me up in his arms, "I'm fine, I bad them, I promise."I whisper.

"Not on the floor you didn't." Dad says with concern, he walks over to his chair and places me in the back seat, папа gets in the back too, placing my head on his lap. папа looks over me to see if I had any serious injuries. "What happened y/n, I'll make them pay for what they did to you."

"Well, once Rachel left the girls were sitting behind me and kept talking, I turned and said if they could stop talking because it was disrespectful. When the movie ended they found me and started beating me up." папа looks at dad and they share a smile. "What?"

"You did something very similar to what I did back in the 40's, there was this guy who kept talking and I told him that it was disrespectful, later on he found me and beat me up, that was until Bucky came along and showed the guy who was boss." Dad says, I smile a little.

"And I'd do that for my little princess too." папа says, looking down at me.

I laugh, "my little princess? Too cringy." I say.

"My little princess." Dad repeats.

SEVENTEEN Reaction: confessing to you

HIP HOP TEAM | VOCAL TEAM | PERFORMANCE TEAM

By: Aria

Genre: Fluff

HOSHI

“Y/N, I thought you weren’t coming.” Soonyoung said with a worried grin as he greeted you at the entrance of the practice room.

“I’m so sorry, Hosh.” You said leaving your bag at the floor and cleaning your sweaty forehead. “I had some troubles taking the sub. But okay, I’m here.”

“Do you think you’re ready to start?” He asked looking how tired you seemed to be after your rushy morning.

“Yes, I am.” You said leaning your hands on your knees catching back your breath. “Just turn the music on!” You shouted excited.

Soonyoung smiled at your cute determination and stepped towards the big mirror in the wall. You followed him and stopped behind him when he started moving on with smooth steps to the song that was sounding.

You watched his dance curiously and amazed at how a great dancer he has become. A smile fell on your lips when you noticed how concentrated he was into it. Dancing was definitely his thing.

And there was you too, trying to learn how to move your skull, ‘cause you could be everything but a dancer. That was a skill you haven’t developed as great as your best friend did, so you felt kinda embarrassed when he invited you to his dance practices and asked you to join him with the choreos.

But, nowadays you have improved a lot since he volunteered about being your dancing teacher.

When he told you that he could help you and you were not complaining about the idea of spending even more time with him. You started feeling like something was growing between you two and this was the better option to feed that three up, so you weren’t saying no for no reason.

“What are you thinking about?” He literally jumped over you making you choke a scream.

“Nothing really.” You smiled taking the hand he was offering to you. He was so soft with you and had lots of patient on teaching you.

He drove you near to the panel and played a new song you never heard before without dropping your hand.

You were shaking of nervousness. He never held you like that if he wasn’t going to show you a couple’s step. His proximity was killing you and the cute shine on his eyes wasn’t helping. But he was feeling the same thing about you.

He was dying of uncertainty. He thought he wasn’t prepared for this even though if the guys encouraged him for weeks to convince him that it was time to make the next step with you.

“What’s this son, Hosh?” You doubted about your knew over it again. “I’ve never heard it before. Is it from the new album?”

He nodded smiling timidly. “But it’s a special track I made by myself for you.”

“For me?” You shooked your eyes wide open. “Are you serious? How it’s it called? I can’t believe you.” You added desperate and confused, feeling how your heart threatened you.

“Believe me, it’s for you.” He blushed before whispering. “ It’s called ‘Meant To Be’, ‘cause I think it’s our truth.” He kissed your cheek about your cute smile in answer.

JUN

The cold night was uncomforting you because of the horrendous wind kicking loudly the windows. It was really dark outside that you didn’t understand how lightful the living room was with the TV igniting all around it. It was an incredible silence too, that made the soundtrack of that horror movie even terrific that it was.

You didn’t want to watch it more. You used the blanket to cover your eyes off. You were in a fetal position trying to find a comfy place in the couch without touching Jun, who was focusing more on your reactions over the film than on it.

You knew he loved teasing you and messing with you, so you weren’t giving him the opportunity to joke about your scared ass while looking at that gross movie, that surprisingly, he chose.

You lowered your cover to watch what he was doing, finding his eyes over you. That made you react quickly and pretend you were watching it and didn’t notice his gaze. But what you saw made you fluster af, making you made a little jump and choke a scream.

Jun immediately started laughing at you pausing the movie. You pouted and crossed your arms in your chest upset because of his childish reaction on you.

“Y/N is such a scared baby.” He teased you leaning closer and poking your cold cheeks.

You slapped his hand off of your face without doubting.

“Stop it, Junhui!” You shouted angrily. “I’m not the one who chose this horrendous film… Ew, look at it. It’s too fucking gross.”

His laugh never stopped even that he fell to the floor and started stamping.

“I’m done!” You rolled your eyes and take your purse off of the couch. “I’m leaving. Goodnight, Jun.”

He sat up quickly and held your legs to do not let you walk, like a koala. He was strong enough to stop your walking, but you were determined to start kicking him if he wasn’t letting you go. He was so annoying.

You were excited because you were supposed to spend some quality time with him, and alone, not with his friends; but as ever he was such a dork that never stopped with his jokes. And it was sad because you thought that being alone together was the way of having him to demonstrate the feelings that the boys told you he had towards you.

But no, he kept acting like a child even if it was a ‘date’. Or maybe it was it just for you, and he definitely considered you as another friend.

“You’re not going anywhere, Y/N.” He said strengthening his expression.

“So, what am I supposed to do?” You said leaving your bag drop onto the floor and collapsing next to Jun to soften his grasp on your leg. “Do I have to stay the night coping with your stupidity?”

“Wait… What?” He muttered softly, confused. “I thought we were having a great night together. I thought our date was successful.”

Your body melted when he admitted it. You understood that, even if he doesn’t seem to, he was actually interested in you too. You tried to act as natural as you could but, tbh you were literally dying.

“Our date?” You said trying not to sound rough. “I thought it wasn’t one since you were the only one who was enjoying.”

“Are you upset?” He said worried approaching you and placing a strand of hair while you were calming down.

“Of course I am. Junhui.” You said taking his hand. “ I wanted to be with you tonight and see how we worked together as an ‘us’.”

He approached you even more and held your face in his hands. “I’m sorry if I don’t make you feel like that, but I’m the one that wants that ‘us’ the most.” you smiled and pecked him.

THE8

You were used to this kind of hang out with your best friends when they had free time after promoting their new album or coming back from a tour. But this time was far different from all those experiences.

The guys and you organized a visit to a new art museum that was opening those days, but suddenly the day you were supposed to go they all canceled, except Minghao who was super excited about the exhibition.

They said they weren’t interested enough in art and suggested going to a cinema or a restaurant. But your interests were focused on it, it was amazing for you, especially because of your studies at college in arts.

But, as soon as they canceled the plan, you received a message from your favorite one: Minghao. The one with whom you spend more time and shared lots of things in common. You could say he was your best friend, but it was an adjective you wanted to use to refer to him.

When everyone in the GC said that they were not going to the museum and Minghao never talked they instantly knew he was asking you out, okay… It was just he wanted to go with you if you were the only two interested in the exhibition. And as expected, they started messing with both of you.

Yes, even if you have told them a million time you were not dating or interested in each other they kept talking about you two as in a relationship. And it was bothering for a girl that hates lying and is not an expert on it.

They knew it, so you have not another way to deal with it. But you hope that Minghao didn’t notice it already, because it must be really embarrassing. He founding you’re in love with him... Such a tragedy! Obviously, he didn’t feel like that for you, you were his sister, but his manner he used to treat you couldn’t help but make you fall for him.

Btw, you weren’t wasting this opportunity of enjoying the amazing art’s expo with him. You admired his knowledge about arts. It was amazing. He has been helping you a lot with your college homework. So, you were going to hang with him if it was the option.

“Hey, Y/N!” He greeted you at the front stairs of the museum. “Are you ready? We have to enter know if we want to see the whole exhibition.”

“Yes, let’s go. I’m super excited!” You added enthusiastic jumping like a little child making him laugh with that goddam sided smirk. Why was him that precious?

The whole walkthrough across the museum was kept in almost silence, despite some commentaries you exchanged about the artworks you saw. But when you were ending one exposition about the ‘Aesthetics of Love’ you found a masterpiece. It immediately caught both breathe away, the silence deepened.

A big mirror hung in front of you showing the closest figure of your bodies, that you didn’t even notice during that evening. You blushed at the sight of his proximity on you. He smiled softly reading aloud the name of the production:

“’Sight of the True Lovers’.” He glanced down putting his hands on his pants’ pockets. You stepped away embarrassed feeling how your cheeks burned your face. But you felt his hand on your arm pulling you softly back to his side.

“How much time do you want to hide this?” He said looking you at your eyes, with his cold gaze. “I know you feel the same and I don’t want to act anymore.”

“Minghao, I’m just-”

“Let that vanity behind us, and look forward us.” He said caressing your pinky cheek. “We’re a masterpiece.”

DINO

You turned the page for the thousandth time that evening trying to understand what you were supposed to expose for your biology class. But, every time you read the notes you felt more and more exhausted. Your brain wasn’t working anymore, you needed to take a break.

Sighing hopelessly you dropped your notebooks over the table slamming it kinda loudly and catching your studying partner attention.

“Whoa!” Chan sooked his eyes wide open. “You distracted me from my reading.” He said pouting as he meant it. You laugh at disbelief. How do you tolerate him?

“Oh, yes! Obviously… You were reading, not sleeping.” You crossed your arms on your chest waiting for your ‘friend’. Hm… You didn’t notice when you started calling him like that. You hated him ‘cause he teased you 24/7 at school, but since you were paired for a project together you became inseparable.

“Hey, gorgeous!” You rolled your eyes at his words: he, as always, flirting. “How do you think I memorize what I read? I have to close my eyes, and you know, make myself that genius aura.” He said spreading his arms in the air dramatically.

You laugh at his dumbness and stood up to catch your keys and phone.

“So, you genius...” You slapped his head playful. “I’m grabbing a coffee. Are you coming? Or do you want to stay here building your ‘aura’?” Oh, what a miracle! You being sarcastic.

“Mmm… Having time alone to have a nap sounds great.” You immediately shoot him with your gaze. “But having a coffee with such a babe sounds better.” He jumped out of your bed and followed you downstairs.

‘Gorgeous’, ‘my girl’, ‘baby’... How many pet names did he use with you? But nowadays you were used to listening to them and receive them as his common treat for his friend. So, yes, you basically ignored him when he said that kind of things. You knew he did it just for messing with you.

At the coffee shop, you sat together in a table near the window and start joking about nonsense things. You definitely found in him a friend you never had. He was caring, funny and cute with you. You didn’t need more.

“Okay, I think it’s time to come back and finish our homework or I’m not going to have enough time to take my nocturnal nap.” Dino hastened and you smacked your forehead.

“So, you don’t sleep, you take nocturnal naps, uhm?” You walked quickly next to him entering your building.

“If I get to sleep later I’ll be having a 3 hours nap, not my beauty 8 hours daily sleep.”

“Okay, that’s it Mr. genius. It’s enough with you Dino’s Beauty Tips.”

But, as soon as you both started working on your exposition again you felt how the stress clustered back on you, making you grunt of anger clenching your teeth.

“Oh, the princess is becoming a beast.”

“Shut the…” You threw him the pillow you were holding and he complaint whining sharply. “Can you be more considered with this bestial princess, Lee Chan?”

“Hmmm, you’re really stressed.” He sat on your bed and analyzed you for a second while you frowned looking at your phone’s screen. “I know what you need.” He added smiling cutely.

“Really?” You asked interested in what he was going to say.

“Yep!” He tapped your bed, right next to him. “You have to come here and cuddle. I read that hugging someone you love helps reducing stress.”

“Pft! Who told you that I love you?” You waved your hand in the air disinterestedly.

“Don’t you?” He asked pouting and hugging your blanket. You blushed unexpectedly. “What are you waiting? Do I have to keep hugging this instead of my girlfriend?” He smirked.

You stood up in surprise, but went to your bed and sat at the border. And you were not prepared when he took you down next to him hugging you tightly instantly giving you some comfort between his lovely arms.

“I think I can be like this my whole life.” You cooed closing your eyes.

“Are you admitting that you love me and that you’re my girlfriend?” You laughed shyly in response. “I thought I had to wait my whole life to find out that you corresponded my feelings.”

War of the Gargantuas

I know it’s not fair to go WTF, Japan? Japan has an entire film industry that I am mostly unfamiliar with.  They produce spy thrillers and romcoms and historical dramas in far greater numbers than they do weird-ass monster movies, and I really shouldn’t judge other countries’ cinema when I come from the land that produced Phil the Alien and Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.  But then I watch something like War of the Gargantuas and I just… WTF, Japan?

In the first three minutes of this movie, a giant octopus with pulsating red eyes attacks a ship, but a shaggy green giant shows up, pounds the mollusk into submission… and then sinks the boat himself because fuck boats, I guess.  The Maritime Safety Board call the heavily medicated Dr. Paul Stuart, who had a ‘young gargantua’ in captivity a few years ago.  The creature escaped, but Dr. Stuart and his assistant Akemi insist that it was very gentle and tame, and could never have grown into such a monster. Further investigation reveals that there are two gargantuas, the green one living in the sea and a brown one up in the mountains – and that the green one grew, Reptilicus-style, from a scrap of flesh lost by the brown one!  This means, sure enough, that if you blow them to bits you’ll end up with a whole army of the things.  Fortunately, no movie with more than one kaiju in it has ever ended without the two of them fighting to the death!

Actually, the ending is way stupider than that. The two giants are in the ocean, kicking each other’s asses, when deus ex volcano suddenly erupts underneath them. This sucked in Legend of the Dinosaurs and sure enough, it sucks here, too.  It does provide a solution to the thing where any still-living scrap will grow back, but it renders everything the human characters have done ultimately pointless.

That means, yep, this is yet another movie in which the so-called heroes do nothing! Stuart and Akemi definitely get the most screen time.  They travel from place to place, looking for clues and having dull conversations, and a couple of times Akemi gets into peril so that Stuart and the brown giant can save her, but they never really do anything.  Nick Adams as Stuart looks like he has about as much idea what’s going on as Tom Holland in any given Avengers movie.  Judging by the movements of his lips, he’s speaking English while his co-stars’ lines are in Japanese, so it’s entirely possible he really doesn’t know what anybody’s saying.  He wanders around and mutters his lines like he’s high as a kite.

The closest Stuart and Akemi come to doing anything important is in flashback, where we get a brief look at them raising the baby gargantua they found somewhere.  This creature looks like a cross between bigfoot and one of those Japanese hot spring monkeys, and we’re supposed to infer a special bond between him and Akemi as she teaches him to drink with a straw.  In the movie proper, our supposed heroes urge the military not to blow the giants apart, and insist that the brown one is nice and should be allowed to live.  They fail, unequivocally, in both of these endeavors.  The army just keeps shooting at the giants with or without permission, and the general decides that the brown giant is an acceptable loss if they can kill the green one.  It might have worked slightly better if Brown had been saved by chance at the end, but he isn’t – the volcanic eruption consumes them both.

Since Stuart and Akemi don’t do much, the closest thing we have to an arc in this movie is, believe it or not, the two monsters. They represent the two sides of the kaiju coin – green is the monster that destroys humans, brown is the gentle creature that protects them.  The dual nature of Godzilla and his brethren was sufficiently well-established by 1966 that this might be an intentional attempt to comment on the genre, and it’s presented far more explicitly than the ‘good’ and ‘evil’ of monsters in a lot of films.  Brown is good and leaves humans alone, except when they need his help – then he goes so far out of his way to save Akemi than he actually breaks a leg when a boulder falls on it.  Green is evil, and actively seeks out humans to hurt them.

Green’s behaviour is at times quite shocking for a movie of this type.  In a lot of Japanese monster movies, particularly the ones in which the monsters become characters rather than mere forces of nature, human deaths are more implied than shown.  We may get shots of people running and screaming and debris falling, and that one guy hanging on to the tree in every single movie that ever had Rodan in it. The aftermath may show people in shelters or hospitals, but the monsters fight in empty streets and we’re often told that the cities they’re smashing have been evacuated.  Even when people do die, it’s more as a side effect of a giant creature moving around in a restricted environment.  The green giant, however, actually picks up humans and eats them, spitting out the bloody clothes when he’s done!  More than once we are actually shown somebody screaming in his grip as he raises the unfortunate victim to his mouth!

This dichotomy could provide the monsters with a good reason to fight, with a lot at stake for the humans, but War of the Gartantuas doesn’t make proper use of the idea.  We are never given a clear motive for the conflict that develops between the two giants.  When we first see them together, Brown is rescuing Green from the humans who want to hurt him, helping him hide from them and cleaning his wounds.  This brotherly relationship falls apart immediately once Brown rescues Akemi, but Green was not the one who put Akemi in danger. Perhaps Brown takes exception to Green eating people, but he never sees Green do that, either.  Perhaps he’s supposed to be upset that Green has turned the humans against them both, but the scene in which tourists run screaming from a giant, we can’t see well enough to know if it’s Brown or Green.  A little more insight into what the two monsters think of each other and how those feelings change could have been quite interesting.

All this means that even though War of the Gargantuas sounds like it should be ridiculous enough to be a good time, it doesn’t really have a lot to offer.  On a level of plot and visuals, this one emerges straight from the pits of WTF Japan that gave us Godzilla vs Megalon and Prince of Space. We have two hairy ogre-faced giants and a gratuitous monster octopus!  We’ve got laser gun battles and pretty women in peril and plot twists that make no goddamn sense!  Unfortunately, we’re never sufficiently interested in any of these characters, even the monsters, to really care, and the stupid ending leaves us wondering what happened to the WTF Japan movie we started with.  I cannot decide if the film takes itself too seriously or not seriously enough, but I feel like a slight nudge in either direction might have done wonders.

In This Island Earth the characters were pretty useless but at least their were some nice things to look at.  War of the Gargantuas doesn’t even have much by way of spectacle.  Some of the mountain scenery is very nice and tehre’s at least one very pretty matte painting, but there’s very little destruction of miniatures outside of one absolutely stellar moment when Green picks up a row of tanks, one by one, and throws them – each one lands squarely on somebody’s house, which is utterly destroyed… because fuck houses too, they’re basically land boats, am I right? Having discovered that the green giant is afraid of light, the army tries to fight it with lasers.  The effect for this is okay but not very interesting, and there are a couple of shots in which the giant costume is definitely on fire.  I hope the guy inside it was okay.

Insofar as the movie has anything to say, there’s some vestige present of a point about the trouble that develops when wildlife becomes acclimatized to a human presence.  At the beginning of the movie, the green gargantua is afraid of light, and so both the army and civilians use light to force him back into the ocean.  Later, however, he realizes that light means people and people mean food.  This is somewhat similar to what happens when bears, for example, learn that they can get food from campgrounds.  The bears leave their natural niches to go for these easier meals, thus putting both themselves and the humans in danger.  The situation is magnified in the movie because people are literally what Green eats, although it never tells us how or why he developed a taste for them.

If this were intended, then the movie neuters it just as it neuters the main human characters, by ending in a volcanic eruption. It’s a dumb coincidence that sucks all the impact out of the film like a narrative black hole.

War of the Gargantuas has also got one of the worst musical numbers I’ve ever seen in a movie, including some of the crap that was on MST3K!  There’s a gratuitous song performed by a terrible singer (the song itself is not very good, but it’s mostly her) on a restaurant balcony, oblivious to the monster looming up behind her.  I can just hear Tom and Crow chanting “eat her!  Eat her!” while Jonah tries helplessly to convince them that’s wrong.

The A Experience

Chapter 8 is here lads... I posted this first in AO3 like four days ago and ten realise I didn’t post this here, so here it goes! 

This chapter is otherwise known as the band practice and the three following dates. 

The tag list is: @seven-seas-of-why, @twotitsjohndeacon, @dancindeaky, @gee-uloser, @mozzarellamazzello, @mozzie-s, @deracine-dogma-deux, @shutupanddontjudge, @warping-reality, @demianhill

In the end getting out of bed with a terrible hangover is worth it.

When they arrive at the recording studio Brian wonders if he should have just told everyone he had puked that morning in order to skip their rehearsals. When Roger starts tuning his drums and making more noise than absolutely necessary Brian wonders what the quickest, and easiest, way to kill a man is. However, when Roger starts to play Brian feels on cloud nine.

He is mesmerised by the blond and everything he is doing. He watches intently as the younger boy made drumming seem effortless, made the beats blend into each other with military style rolls, and his peculiar way of hitting the cymbal that made his drumming sound like something completely out of this world. By the time Roger stops playing his instrument Brian has decided that he wants Roger to be part of Queen, regardless of how much trouble they would logistically have with keeping up with their lies.

And when Freddie urges him to play along side Roger he finds that together they sound even better than any other times he had played with any other drummer. It's easy to find a song they both know, and seems even easier to improvise once they have gotten the hang of each other's styles. John is quick to join, and then when Freddie urges them to play a song he knows the words to they change to something by the Beatles and let the music flow.

He turns then, walking up to John and suggesting they change from Beatles to Green Day, and is about to do the same with Roger— until he sees the drummer. His blond hair is framing his face like a golden halo, his brow is furrowed in concentration and there is sweat dripping down his neck from the long drumming session he was in.

Brian's guitar skills faltered and the Red Special squealed in protest. John instantly bursts into a fit of laughter and Freddie follows. Roger is frowning in confusion and Brian looks like a tomato with legs.

"Well, I think that might be the only problem we are going to have if Roger joins."

Brian huffed, "Oh as if you have never gotten distracted by John's ass in the middle of a gig."

The comment only made him look even more like an idiot, since John seemed happy about Freddie being called out. And Freddie, well he didn't mind at all by being caught red handed. "Well, he does have a great ass."

"Oh my God," Brian burned brighter, "I am not having this conversation."

Roger cleared his throat and Brian thanked the heavens for the blond, "So does that mean I'm in?"

"I have never heard something quite like what you just did, darling. Of course you are in!"

Roger smirked and locked eyes with Brian, "Great, 'cause I wouldn't want to miss the view of Brian's ass while he plays for the world."

Brian's groan wasn't loud enough to cut through the roars of laughter that filled the room in that moment.

"Yes, I know that I said that you could choose the second date but why the hell did you bring me to a bloody museum?" Roger complained, "Even worse, a modern art museum."

Brian blushed, which seemed to be a recurring thing when he was in Roger's proximity, "I always wanted to have a museum date."

Roger's steps faltered, the wind blew his hair out of his face, and his heart stopped. Damn it, some higher force laughed at Roger's misfortune, I can't believe I'm going to put myself through this. "Okay, lets go to our museum date, but be warned I will pick the most anti-Brian activity I can find for the third date."

He didn't even realise he had basically gotten himself into another date with the beautiful guitarist until Brian's near-blinding smile lit up his face, "Deal, although I would like to think I am full of surprises. You might by surprised by how hard it would be for me to hate a date with you."

Roger tried not to think too much about the implications of Brian's words, and instead marched into the museum with his head held high, determined not to make a fool of himself. In the end Roger didn't actually hate the museum. Bright colours, flashing lights, and fascinating sculptures drew his attention. He even found himself listening to Brian's long explanations of modern art and ended up getting into a discussion with him about how a piece of furniture couldn't possibly be considered art while in line for some ice cream.

"What I'm saying is that a bed can represent a lot!"

"Yeah, and I get that, but a normal bed shouldn't be considered art."

"Why not?"

"Because-"

Their conversation got cut short by the employee, who cleared her throat and smiled, "What can I get for you?"

"Two chocolate cones, please," Brian answered, then turned to Roger, "go find a table, I'll take you the ice creams."

He did as he was told, and found an empty and clean table by an exhibition, which Roger taught it to be a miracle. He sat down and took out his phone and cigarette, then scrolled through Instagram as he waited for Brian. It didn't take long for the guitarist to arrive, and once he saw Roger his eyes widened.

"Roger."

"Yes?"

"You know that part of the exhibition, right?"

Roger had never stood up so fast in his entire life. He turned around to look if the chair or table had been damaged, and nearly cried when he was that the paint on the table was chipped. He knew the ridiculous prices for these things, and knew that chipped painting would probably end up costing thousands of pounds. But then Brian started laughing.

He turned around to find the other man covering his mouth with a cone of ice cream while he laughed at Roger. It didn't take long for the drummer to put two and two together, "You fucking wanker."

Brian laughed even harder, "It was too good of a chance to let it go."

Roger grabbed his ice cream from Brian's hand and shoved him back. The other man kept laughing as he sat back down on the, definitely not part of the exhibition, chair.

"You could find nothing better than paint ball?"

Roger shrugged, "I told you you wouldn't enjoy it."

"Yeah, but at least I took you to a place where we could talk and get to know each other," Brian complained as he put his hair up in a bun and tucked it behind the eye mask they gave them. "Here we will be shooting at one another because, as it turns out, we are in different teams."

"Come on," Roger said, "It'll be fun."

And that is how Brian found himself in the middle of a paintball match with a couple dozen of Roger's friends, surprising everyone, himself included, with his natural talent at paint ball. He weaved himself through the labyrinth of obstacles that littered around the field trying to find some unfortunate soul that was close enough for him to hit, and trembling with fear at the prospect of being hit.

That's how Brian May inevitably ends up facing off against Roger Taylor.

He knows the other man is the only one left because people had been screaming at them about ending each other. Calling out Brian's name and giving him helpful tips. Eventually everything comes down to who is a better shot, and Brian regardless of how much luck had been on his side that afternoon, had nothing on Roger who had probably played paint ball over a thousand times.

He tried, he really did, but his shots were not even close to what Roger could do.

He watched in slow motion as Roger aimed, fired, and hit him square in the face.

Pain bloomed across his cheekbone and the world turned into a series of flashing lights and white noise. One second he was crouching behind a bunch of tires, the next his head was laid on Roger's lap and the younger boy was looking at him with guilt in his eyes. Roger's callused fingers were ghosting over his forehead and he was rubbing small circles into Brian's arm with his free hand.

"Are you okay?"

Brian smiled, then winced at the pain caused by the action, "You look cute when you are worried."

Roger's eyes widened, then he turned his head and screamed, "Someone get the paramedics!"

"Okay, so the restrictions are," Brian scratched his nose, "No boring places like a museum or a cinema."

"Yes."

"No dangerous activities like paint ball."

"I'm still sorry about that."

"I know, Rog," Brian said, "and I have told you a million times before not to worry about it."

"I'm sorry."

Brian sighed in exasperation, "We can't go to a restaurant cause we already ate, can't go to the mall because you think it's the lamest thing on planet earth, and we can't stay here because we both want to go out."

"Trying to agree with you is impossible."

Brian glares at Roger and turns back to his laptop and their embarrassing search history of "Things to do in London" which ended up being a bunch of turist traps or market places which both of them knew to stay away from. Finally, Roger sighed and leaned back, trying to to show how angsty he was to get out of the flat, "Maybe we should get out of London."

"Out?" Brian questioned, "Like to the countryside?"

"No," Roger turned the laptop away from Brian and typed a few words on the browser before turning it back towards Brian, "I was think of something like this."

Fab

Family

Fun

Brighton Your Thursday

"The Palace Pier?" Brian's said incredulously, "you seriously want to go all the way to Brighton to get into a roller coaster?"

Roger nodded excitedly, "The pier is fun enough for me, and the forty minute train ride dull enough for you." Brian glared at the comment, but Roger didn't stop speaking, "Come on, I'm sure it's been ages since you last went there! It'll be fun!"

And that's how Brian and Roger ended up on the first train to Brighton they managed to catch, exchanging childhood stories and laughing about their awkward phases. Once they got there, and ended up spending a bunch of their money of stupid things like carnival rides and fairy floss, Brian acknowledged the appeal of leaving London for the afternoon.

Roger turned out to be quite the screamer on carnival rides, and Brian ended up nearly vomiting after getting into the same carnival ride three times in a row due to the small amount of people that were in Palace Pier because of the cold. They only left once they had blindly spent more than twenty pounds on silly arcade games turned into competition once they discovered the joy of competing for a prize.

Their lovely evening, however, got spoiled by a problem in the train tracks, a robbery gone wrong or something similar that left them stranded in Brighton for the night, with enough money between them to either get dinner or rent a cheap motel room, not both. So they decided that probably they could survive a night by eating peanuts and hotel candy, and rented out the best possible room they could get.

Brian was flipping through channels on the TV, searching for something to watch while Roger came back from his food run. They had found five pounds stuffed in the depths of Brian's jeans and had wasted no time to get something to eat. He mindlessly pressed the channel button again and froze when he saw Sandra Bullock's face on the screen.

He knew this movie by heart. The Proposal's complete script was tattooed on his brain because of the sheer amount of times he had watched that movie. And now that he was basically in the same situation as the protagonists he felt even more for the poor couple. He watched the next ten minutes absentmindedly until he heard the unmistakable rattling of the door being opened.

He quickly turned off the TV and walked over to the door, opening it to allow Roger to go inside. The blond smiled, his nose looked red from the cold and he looked adorably small underneath the two jumpers he had taken to avoid freezing to death.

"God, Brian," He said as he walked into the room, slamming the door shut with the heel of his boot, "I think we got ourselves a feast, and all thanks to my good looks and charm."

"Lucky lady?"

He dropped the bags on the bed, "Lucky lad. Poor bloke actually thinks I'm going to call him back."

He started rambling about what he had managed to get, raging from pre-made sandwiches to two jars of Pringles. He watched in adoration as Roger beamed at the prospect of eating Gummy Bears for dessert, and was rudely brought back to reality when he asked Brian what he had been doing before he arrived.  He thought about the movie, how the characters in it had known each other for over three years before they fell in love, and how Brian was no Sandra Bullock. He couldn't make Roger magically fall in love with him over the course of two weeks.

He looked at the calendar set on the table, two days actually. The dinner had come faster than expected between their dates, band practice, and the endless nights in which Roger had tagged along to some bar or restaurant after classes, and they had this double date like dynamic. He was snapped out of his thoughts when a callused hand was put on his cheek.

He looked up to find Roger's concerned eyes, "Bri, are you okay?"

"Roggie," the nickname slipped without his consent and Brian felt like hitting his head against the nearest wall. Outside it had started raining, and the fat raindrops clattered against the window in soft harmony.

Was Brian okay?

No, I'm not. This was supposed to be something that lasted three or four days at most. You were supposed to be a bland, average looking, white guy on Tinder looking for some fun. I wasn't supposed to like you, I wasn't supposed to take you home that night at the bar. I wasn't supposed to enjoy sleeping next to you and waking up cuddled with a total stranger. I wasn't supposed to enjoy that first date were you took me drinking, or the second date to the stupid museum, or the third were you nearly shot my eye off, or this date which he ended up stranded on a crappy hotel room with Pringles as our dinner.

I wasn't supposed to adore the way you play the drums.

I wasn't supposed to want you to be my first shag, or my first proper kiss for that matter.

I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, yet I did.

Now I'm gonna be heart broken because there's no way you would like me back.

Instead the words get caught in his throat. and what comes out is, "We need to talk about how we are going to break up."

An indescribable emotion flickered across Roger's eyes and he took his hand away, but then he wrapped it across Brian's wrist and gave it a soft tug, "Tomorrow, I promise. Today lets enjoy the food."

Brian hesitated, but he looked down at Roger's hand and thought to himself that maybe he could indulge himself for one night. One night of pretending before it was all cut off. So Brian slid his hand down and entwined his fingers with Roger's, "Whatever the chef recommends."