#oc: lee rhodes
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i don't think i ever posted this here whoops, here's my oc lee babysitting @k1ng0fsug4r's virgo!
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computer's fucked so i'm starting to experiment with pen & ink again
#also you will NEVER see blair that soft again she's too proud to show affection#oc: blair#oc: lee rhodes
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masterlist ! long post under cut. anything without links is unfinished. nsfw content marked in red
{ boy yanderes }
yandere church boy (⛪️ abraham atkins)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs / asks :
sfw hcs 1 . sfw hcs 2 . nsfw hcs . darling w different religion . equally religious darling . darling from large family .
fics, drabbles, etc :
prayer session - private service - genesis 9:6 - divine sin [ocxoc ; by darling--core] - kinktober; overstim [ocxoc ; by darling--core] - my angel {wip, coming soon!}
yandere hacker (🖥️ gene eliades)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
gene x camslut darling
fics, drabbles, etc :
coding lesson - kinktober; cockwarming [ocxoc ; by darling--core]
yandere prodigy (🪶 sterling cygnus)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
ask dump . what if darling left school? . college parties . handmade birthday present . overheard confession . positive reinforcement darling
fics, drabbles, etc :
field trip - i like you {wip, coming soon!}
aus :
professor cygnus (older!au)
yandere best friends (tobias lovell & sebastian lee ; 🍀 the neighbors)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
nsfw hcs - shy voyeur darling (wip, coming soon!)
yandere delinquents (mattias c., judas j., dominic g., aaron d. ; 🚬 the delinquents)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
how did they meet? . nsfw headcanons . sick darling . dom reader . darling’s birthday . asexual darling . oral fixation darling
yandere monster (🌲 mykolas)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
sfw headcanons . how does he mate with his darling?
fics, drabbles, etc :
break time
yandere cheerleader (📣 orion knight) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
yandere idol (🎤 ivan armani) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
the huntsman (🪓 gareth sharpe) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
{ girl yanderes }
yandere gym bunny (💪 valentina everett)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
wedding headcanons
fics, drabbles, etc :
wlw comfort drabble - making a scene
yandere princess (👑 althea chrysostomides)
intro fic • pinboard
yandere mermaids (kallisto, tomila, lyonesse ; 🪸 the mermaids)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
what gifts do they like? . sfw headcanons . what if darling wants a family?
fics, drabbles, etc :
mating season (wip, coming soon!)
yandere farmer (🌾 linden bell) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
the coven (wip)
intro fic • pinboard
{ nonbinary yanderes }
the butcher (🥩 rhodes williams)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
vulture culture darling . nsfw headcanons . fiesty/protective darling
fics, drabbles, etc :
better days - helpless - make me bleed
the stalker (💌 vega leers) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
the alt kids (faust m., delta c., anton f., ; 🕷️ the alt kids)
intro fic • pinboard
hcs and asks :
nsfw hcs
the demon (🩸 melchior) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
[ poly yanderes ]
the parents (angel & bianca moreno ; 🧸 the parents) — wip
intro fic • pinboard
the villains — wip
intro fic • pinboard
{ misc / multi oc posts }
your first time p1
your first time p2 (coming soon!)
date night w abe / delinquents
flirty darling x sterling and rhodes
yanderes x single parent darling
yanderes x cuddle drunk darling (wip, coming soon!)
yanderes / darlings and cuddles
poly yanderes x biased darling
yandere terms of endearment
abe, tina, and rhodes x chronically ill darling
how do they feel about other yanderes?
who does/doesn’t want kids?
rhodes x darling x abraham, part 2
#masterlist#yandere boys#yandere x reader#yandere x you#yandere x oc#yandere boy#yandere imagines#yandere oc#yandere headcanons
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Game Night 3: It’s Bex Ball, Bébés (Chapter One)
Summary: This is Part Twenty of my series A Herrmann/Halstead Production. It is an AU where Christopher Herrmann's mom had an affair with Pat Halstead resulting in a baby. The series follows this OC character (Rebecca "Bex" Herrmann) as she grows up and gets to know her brothers and the various Chicago teams. It is very much an AU, just to underscore that. It doesn't follow the same timeline and characters will follow different paths.
Click here for the Series Rundown where you can find the links to read all of the previous installments (which I highly recommend you do so that this one makes sense.)
Rating: Teen and Up
Relationships: Christopher Herrmann & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Original Female Character, Will Halstead & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Will Halstead, Greg 'Mouse' Gerwitz/Original Female Character, Will Halstead/Connor Rhodes, Assorted OC Couples
Warnings: Swearing and a ridiculous amount of shenanigans
Chapter One
Otis
If Otis had known it would come down to this, he would never have agreed to join in on freaking Bex Ball.
He should have known. This was Bex they were talking about after all. She’d never let them play something normal like soccer or football, hell, Otis would’ve even taken volleyball. Not that Bex Ball hadn’t been fun—
It was just insane.
“Come on, Otis!” Bex squeezed his shoulders, trying to pump him up. “You’ve got this.”
He did not ‘got this.’
“Alright, settle down and shut up,” Chris called out to the teams. “Let’s finish this.”
Ruzek strutted over to stand in front of Otis and smirked. “Heard you might have a little performance trouble with this one,” he said.
Otis didn’t bother dignifying that with a response. Ruzek could think whatever he wanted. Otis was going to focus on…focusing and beat this curse once and for all.
“Hands out,” Chris said, motioning at the space between them. Otis and Ruzek both lifted a fist. “Rock, paper, scissors, on three…”
He could do this.
He could do this.
He could do this.
Otis took a deep breath—
***
Three hours earlier
***
Will
“Come on!” Bex yelled down the hallway. “We can’t be late!”
She’d been on Will as soon as he’d come home from work—literally shoving a sandwich into his mouth and then shooing him toward the shower. It wasn’t like he had control over the ED. He’d come home as soon as he could, but apparently, they were still cutting it close.
Game Night was serious business. Especially this Game Night.
Will was both intrigued and slightly terrified by what Bex Ball might actually entail.
“I’m coming, I’m coming,” he hollered back as he came out of his room, pulling a shirt over his head. He stopped short when he saw her standing by the front door. “What the hell is that?”
“What’s what?” she asked, nonchalantly shifting the truly gigantic ball in her arms so she could see his face. Barely.
“The gigantic ball that’s almost as big as you!” Will squeezed past her and the freaking ball so he could get his shoes on.
“Isn’t it great?” Bex grinned at him, looking enormously pleased with herself. “We used to have a pretty big one at Chris and Cindy’s, but Lee Henry and Lukey popped it years ago. I found this one online. It got here just in time.”
He peered up at her as he tied his laces. “How were you planning on fitting it through the door?”
“It’ll fit,” Bex said confidently.
***
Five [curse-filled] minutes later.
***
Will
It did not fit.
“Well, shit.” Bex frowned down at the ball in her arms. “I guess I should have waited to blow it up.”
Will studied the ball, glancing between it and the door frame. “If we deflate it a little—”
“No, there’s no time,” Bex said, waving away his suggestion. “I’m gonna have to toss it to you.”
“Toss it—” His brain suddenly caught up with the mental leap hers had taken. “No. Bex! No. You are not throwing that thing at me from the balcony.”
“We’re not that high up! It’ll be fine.” She nudged him out the door, using the ball to help shove him into the hallway. “Hurry! Go!”
“Getting a little fast and loose with the definition of ‘fine’ today,” Will muttered to himself as he made his way downstairs. He stopped on the front steps, shaking his head. Why was he even agreeing to this? Trying to catch that thing would be a guaranteed to the ED and he’d never hear the end of that.
No, this—
“New plan, Will,” Bex yelled at him from the balcony. “The Tin Can’ll catch it!”
Before he could call back for her to stop for one freaking second, Bex was releasing the gigantic red ball and Will watched as it hurtled through the air toward her poor car.
The ball landed on the roof, rocking the Tin Can, before bouncing back up in the air and bumping against one of the first floor balconies. It dropped from there, bouncing a bit more when it landed on the patch of grass in front of the building and then rolling to a stop at Will’s feet.
Hunh. The Tin Can was made of sterner stuff that he’d though. Take that, Jay. He and Bex could pick out a solid car.
“See!” Bex was leaning over the side of their balcony, giving him a thumb’s up and a wide grin. “Worked like a charm! Stay there! I’ll be right down!”
The front door opened a disturbingly short about of time later—seriously, had she leapt down the stairwell or something?—and Bex went whizzing past him, kicking the ball back toward her car while she went.
“Not even a scratch,” Bex declared as she peered at the roof of the Tin Can. She patted it fondly and then went around to open the rear door of the station wagon. Will winced as she tried to shove the ball into the back.
“Bex, there’s no way you’re gonna get the door closed,” he said.
“Way ahead of you.” She whipped a pile of bungie cords out of her pocket. “Come on! Help me strap it in and let’s gooooooo!”
It took some wrangling, but they managed to secure it and then Bex poked at him to get in as she headed for the driver’s seat.
“You know, for someone who was not very into the whole outdoor aspect of this game night,” he began as he put on his seat belt. “You’re pretty chock full of enthusiasm.”
“That was before,” she said, starting up the car. “Now? It’s Bex Ball.”
“Still don’t know what that means,” Will said.
“You will.” Bex let out what he would absolutely classify as an evil laugh and Will’s terror began to outweigh his intrigue. She flapped a hand at him. “Help me look for cars because I can’t see shit out of the back.”
He craned his neck, trying to keep an eye out.
On the bright side, at least if they backed into anyone, they’d bounce.
***
Jay
Hailey stood beside Jay as they watched Bex muscle a truly gigantic ball out of the back of the Tin Can. It was at least three feet wide. Maybe four.
“Is this…like…a belated hazing or something?” she asked, shooting a glance at him.
“Nope,” Jay laughed. “I mean, you were at the Grudge Match, right?”
Hailey raised her eyebrows with a reluctant nod.
“Yeah,” he said. “Stuff like this is pretty much par for the course around here.” He paused, shaking his head at the sight of Bex hefting the ball over her head and chucking it at Will as he tried to run for cover behind unsuspecting Connor.
The ball bowled both of them over and Bex fell down in a laughing heap beside them.
“Uh, tonight might be a little more out there than usual though.” Jay bumped shoulders with her. “Come on,” he said, nudging her toward the group. “We can be on the same team and watch each other’s backs.”
She went willingly enough—Jay was pretty sure she was mostly just curious about what the hell was going to happen tonight. She wasn’t the only one. Bex and Chris had been extremely tight lipped about what exactly was involved with Bex Ball.
Bex had assembled a good-sized gang for the event. Aside from Jay and Hailey, they also had Mouse, Kevin, Kim, Adam, Julie, and Sam to represent 21. Sylvie was there along with Otis, Joe, Shay, Kelly, Stella, Matt, and Gabi from 51. Ethan and April had also tagged along with Will and Connor and Emery had somehow gotten roped in too.
Plus, they had an audience: Bex’s friends Kira, Malia, Isaac, and Devon had arrived loaded down with snacks and lawn chairs. And signs. They had Lexi Olinsky in tow which Jay was going to have to get the scoop on from Bex later. He’d heard something about Emery taking her under her wing? Al seemed less stressed about her lately so whatever was happening, it must be helping.
Beside Bex’s gang, Platt and Mouch had their own little set-up and the two groups were already swapping containers of food back and forth.
Knowing that crew, they’d also be trading bets soon enough.
Chris and Cindy were standing at the side of the field Bex had booked for the occasion; both of them with a shiny new whistle around their necks. Chief Boden and his wife Donna were babysitting the rugrats so they could come out and referee and Jay knew Bex had made more than a few cookie promises to swing that one. Judging by the smiles Chris and Cindy were sporting, it was worth it.
A piercing whistle blew through the air and Chris waved them all into a huddle. “Alright,” he said. “We’re gonna go over the rules, then we’ll divide into two teams, and then…we’ll play some Bex Ball.” He chuckled to himself and sighed. “This is the best day of my life.”
“Really, Herrmann?” Otis asked. “Over marrying Cindy and the birth of your many children?”
“Over winning the Grudge Match?” Cruz piped up.
“He’s waited a long time to share the joy of Bex Ball with people,” Cindy laughed.
“Inflict, you mean,” Chris muttered under his breath with a grin that was giving Jay a bad feeling. Cindy elbowed him and Chris straightened up. “Okay, rule time,” he said. “They’re barely comprehensible—”
“Hey!” Bex protested from the back of the group. “I mean…fair, but hey.”
“—so pay attention,” he carried on, ignoring her. “This is our field of play.” He pointed at the area behind them. It was kind of ratty with patchy grass, but a nice size.
Chris explained that since the ball was so big, the whole width of each end of the field was the goal line. Whoever got stuck as goalkeeper was going to have to be fast on their feet.
“So, we’re basically playing soccer, but with a giant ball?” Julie asked.
“I haven’t gotten to the play modes yet,” Chris said, smirking as he held up a finger.
Play modes? Jay craned his neck to shoot a WTF look at Bex—who wasn’t even paying attention. She was currently tucked into Mouse’s side as they giggled about something and Jay forgot about listening to the the rules as he watched them for a moment. He hadn’t seen either of them smile like that for way too long.
He waited for that familiar wave of loneliness to flare up, but…there was nothing. He was just happy. Happy for the two of them. Happy to be out with all of their friends.
It was nice.
Bex looked up and caught his eye. He smiled at her and she grinned back before pointing to Chris and mouthing ‘pay attention!’ at Jay.
He stuck out his tongue just to make her roll her eyes and then turned back to the front where Chris was talking about…flamingo mode?
What the f—
***
Sylvie
Kevin jogged up beside her as their team headed to their end of the field. “Hey,” he said, grinning down at her. “Excited for your first game night?”
“I think so?” Sylvie laughed. “I’m a little concerned about that gleam in Herrmann’s eye, but if you’re gonna be my buddy, I think I’ll survive.”
That had been part of the rules. Everyone had to have a buddy in place for some of the play modes? Sylvie didn’t quite have it all straight yet. She’d been expecting something more like ultimate frisbee? In hindsight, knowing this crew, that had been unrealistic on her part.
She was still game! For whatever was about to happen, lord help her.
“Happy to be your buddy,” Kevin said. He grabbed her hand, pulling her toward him for a quick kiss. She leaned into it even though she was sure she was blushing down to her toes.
Things had been building between them for a few months now and they’d kept it quiet at first. Dating and kissing in front of everyone else had netted her a healthy dose of teasing from pretty much everyone they knew lately, but despite the blushing, Sylvie took it in stride.
Hard not to when she was so ‘disgustingly happy’ according to Otis. Not to compare boyfriends, but everything with Harrison had been so forced. Like she was checking off boxes with him. Being with Kevin somehow managed to be both fun and interesting and easy and comfortable all at the same time.
Which at first seemed suspiciously too good to be true. Gabi, Shay, and Stella had spent one long wine night talking her through the panic about when the other shoe would drop and helped her realize that sometimes you could just…actually be on the same page as someone.
She knew organizing this Game Night had been a feat, but she was so grateful to Bex for doing it. Getting to know Kevin’s friends and having him spend more time with hers felt like another important step. She didn’t see much of the Intelligence crew outside of Molly’s or at work, but hopefully this would open the doors to more hangouts in the future.
A laugh slipped out as she watched Matt chuck the ball at an unsuspecting Severide, knocking him off his feet.
More hangouts, but maybe with less projectiles.
***
Kelly
“So, it’s basically like soccer,” Kelly said to Stella and Shay.
“I don’t think it’s that simple,” Shay argued and Kelly shook his head.
“Yeah, there’s some twists, but it’s a game Bex started when she was what? Four?” He shrugged. “I don’t think it’s going to be that diff—”
A flash of red was all he caught out of the corner of his eye before a force knocked him off his feet and down to the grass below.
Kelly groaned, blinking until his eyes focused on the freaking red ball rolling away and freaking Casey bent over, killing himself laughing. Kelly scrambled to his feet.
“Oh, it’s on now.”
***
Cindy
“Are there rules about hitting the other players with the ball?” she asked Chris as she looked through the pages of instructions Bex had left with them.
“Eh.” Chris waffled his head back and forth. “How about, you get a point if it was funny and you lose a point if it was a low blow.”
That sounded fair. Cindy added it to the list.
***
Otis
Otis bit back a sigh as he joined his team.
He was surrounded by couples.
His team had Bex and Mouse and Kevin and Sylvie who were all in their honeymoon period and Matt and Gabi. Jay and Hailey weren’t a couple…as far as he knew, but they were still partners. That left Bex’s friends Emery and Sam, but he barely knew them. Once again, he was the odd man out. They hadn’t even let him and Joe be on the same team!
Although, his team was marginally better than Joe’s. Literally everyone on his team was coupled up. Looked like both of them were going to spend the night as goalkeepers.
Otis trudged toward the end of the field when Bex called out his name.
“Where are you going?” she asked as she ran up to him.
“Figured I’d be in goal since I don’t have a buddy,” he said, jerking a thumb over his shoulder.
Bex shook her head. “No, no, no,” she said. “We’re gonna put Sam and his freakishly long arms in goal.” She grabbed his arm and started towing him along behind her. “You’re going to be Emery’s buddy.”
Hang on—
“Otis, you remember Emery,” Bex said, depositing him in front of a pretty blonde he’d seen a couple of times at Molly’s and definitely at the grudge match.
“Right.” Otis reached out to shake the hand she offered. “I remember the heckling.”
“Awesome.” Bex patted both of their shoulders. “So, you’re basically already friends. Have fun!” She trotted off, leaving them standing in awkward silence.
“Otis,” Emery said, rocking back on her heels with her hands in her pockets. “That’s, uh, that’s a cool name.”
“Oh,” Otis laughed. “It’s not my name. They just call me that because—well, it’s a long, weird firefighter thing, but my name’s Brian. Brian Zvonecek.”
Emery’s eyebrows flew up. “Oh! Sorry, I didn’t know. Do you prefer Brian?”
“I’ve pretty much given up on being called anything but Otis by this crowd,” he said with a little shrug.
She stuck out her hand again, waiting for him to take it. “It’s nice to meet you, Brian,” she said, grinning as they shook again.
Oh. He ducked his head, his own smile sneaking across his face. He didn’t mind that at all.
“So,” Emery said, glancing around at the two teams. “I’ve just been dipping my toes back into the whole socializing thing—”
“Right,” Otis nodded. “I heard about—” He cut himself off, wanting to smack himself in the face when he realized what he’d just said. Like she wanted to talk about that. Ugh.
“Well, that saves us some time on the intros,” Emery said, a wry twist to her mouth. She waved off his apology before he could even get it out. “Have you ever been to one of these Game Nights before?”
“No.” Otis shook his head, grateful for the change in subject. “I think this is the first one they’ve done with this many people. Have you?”
“I’ve done small ones with her and Will and Connor,” she said. “Sometimes Jay, but not with the whole group. I wasn’t even planning on coming to this one, but you know how it is with Bex. You ask her how her day was and then before you know it, you’ve been added to the roster of some kind of ridiculous shenanigan.”
Otis nodded sagely. “I am familiar with this experience.
“Well, then, Brian, my buddy,” Emery said, bumping her shoulder against his. “Ready to get ridiculous?”
“I was born to be ridiculous.” Wait. That sounded better in his head. Why couldn’t he ever just say something cool—
“Today must be my lucky day then,” Emery laughed.
Hunh. He was beginning to think it might be his too.
***
Will
Will and Connor stood together at their end of the field. Joe was hanging out in the goal area and the rest of their team was scattered in a loose formation. They had a pretty solid group. Aside from the three of them, there was Adam, Kim, Shay, Julie, Kelly, Stella, Ethan, and April. An even match for Bex’s team.
It had taken a few minutes to get everyone organized and ready—with a delay after Matt knocked Kelly over with the ball and then Kelly chased him around with it, trying to get him back—but now it looked like they were finally starting.
Chris blew the whistle and tossed the ball into the middle of the field. There was a mad dash as everyone started kicking it around and also leaping out of its way. Then Cindy pulled out a megaphone. She clicked it on and all you could hear at first was her and Chris giggling before she finally managed to yell out, “Hot Potato!”
Crap. Which one was that again?
Will watched as Bex picked up the ball and tossed it over to Jay who instantly threw it to Hailey who turned around and tossed it Gabi, but it got intercepted by Shay who tossed it to Kelly.
Right. No holding onto the ball for longer than a second.
Connor ran by him, catching the ball and tossing it to Adam. “Bex ball!” he yelled back at Will with a joyful smile on his face.
It certainly was.
Will jumped into the fray with a grin of his own.
***
Matt
“Squad mode!” Cindy yelled out and Matt looked around for Gabi. She was already booking it across the field, linking arms with him as soon as she reached his side.
“How’s it going, buddy?” she asked, holding on tight to his arm.
“Even better now,” Matt said. He had no idea what was happening for most of this game and yet he was having a blast. The two of them ran forward, attempting to kick at the ball together without falling on their faces or their asses.
They were halfway successful.
***
Emery
Emery might murder Bex over flamingo mode.
She was currently hopping up and down on one foot and praying no one tossed the ball her way. Otis—Brian was hopping beside her, cursing under his breath, and Emery appreciated the solidarity. She kind of felt like she might have made a new friend tonight? Bex might have a point about the whole expanding your circle thing—shit!
Emery threw her arms up as Connor's throw went wide and headed her way, stomach turning as she realized exactly how this was going to play out. Between the momentum of her arms going up, the force of the ball hurtling her way, and the fact that she was standing on one freaking leg—she didn’t stand a chance.
She caught the ball and fell backwards with a shriek, taking Brian with her.
“Oh, crap! Emery!” Connor hopped over as fast as he could. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine!” she yelled, struggling to disentangle herself from Brian. She spotted Jay and Hailey hopping up fast behind him. “Guys, get the ball!”
“Hey, I don't think so!” Connor swooped down, like some sort of elegant frickin’ crane, and grabbed the ball. He tossed it to Ethan and hopped off.
“Do you think anyone will notice if we just stay down here?” Emery muttered to Brian. They were off to the side. People could play around them.
He laughed and got to his feet. “Come on, buddy,” Brian said, reaching down to give her a hand up. “As Commander Taggart once said, ‘Never give up—”
“Never surrender,” Emery finished for him as she got to her feet. She caught his surprised look as she brushed off her pants. “Connor made us all watch Galaxy Quest a few weeks ago. It’s one of his guilty pleasure movies.” She held a finger up to her lips when he got a sparkle in his eyes at that little tidbit.
“Won���t tell a soul.” Brian crossed his heart. “Never would have pegged him for a secret nerd though.”
“You have no idea,” Emery laughed. “Find a way to casually bring up Star Trek sometime and see for yourself.”
“Emery! Otis!” Bex yelled over at them. “We’re still in flamingo mode! Come on!”
Brian matched her groan as they both lifted a leg. “I’m gonna flamingo her mode.”
“Don’t make me have to avenge her, dude,” Emery said. “My leg will be so strong after today. I’ll be able to do serious damage.”
“Just the one leg though,” Brian pointed out. “Won’t that mean you’ll just run in circles when you try to chase me?”
Emery snorted. And then switch legs. “There. Now I’ll be invincible.”
“Consider me warned,” Brian said, holding his hands up. Then his face twisted in alarm right as a red blur whizzed past her and took him out.
“My bad!” Adam yelled.
***
Joe
Joe watched his friends galloping across the field for Pony Mode and decided maybe being goalkeeper wasn’t so bad after all.
***
Trudy
Trudy sipped at her drink and watched their gang of idiots scamper around on the field.
“You know,” she mused to her fellow spectators. “I think Bex might just be a genius.”
Mouch, Kira, Malia, Lexi, Devon, and Isaac all nodded as they munched on their snacks and took pictures.
She managed to catch one of Chuckles biting the dust when the big red ball hit him square in the butt.
Seriously.
A goddamn genius.
***
Connor
Connor took a swig of his water bottle while they all stood off to the side for the short breather Chris had granted them. It was hot enough that none of them wanted to risk dehydration.
Ooh. Hot enough for his boyfriend to be taking off his shirt too. Connor watched Will use his shirt to wipe at his forehead and waggled his eyebrows at him when they made eye contact.
Will smirked back, taking the time to slowly stretch.
April came to stand beside Connor, holding her cold drink against the side of her neck. “Next time, I’m hanging out with the spectators,” she said, sighing as she watched Ethan also pulling his shirt off. “Or we play in the fall or something because this is…phew!” She fanned at her face.
Connor laughed. ‘Phew’ pretty much covered it. “I don’t know if I’d want to sit out,” he said. “It’s weird, but it’s fun. Although I have no idea what the score is right now.” Goals had been made, but Cindy and Chris had also been gleefully tossing out bonus points and penalties seemingly at random. Connor had given up trying to keep track.
A shrill whistle cut through the air—case in point. “Will! Ethan!” Chris called out. “Minus two points for peacocking!”
“For what?” Will asked while Ethan shook his head. “We’re not even playing right now!”
“Still counts!” Chris declared. “Put your dang shirts back on.”
April shot Connor a look. “Well, whatever the score was, at least now we know it’s two points less.”
“Break’s done!” Cindy called out. “Back on the field!”
Bex ran by, cackling as she bopped Will and Connor on the head with the ball. “Bex Ball!”
“Come on,” Will grabbed his hand and pulled him on to the field. “We’ve got points to make up.”
“And whose fault is that?”
“Shush. You liked it.”
Connor pulled him in for a sweaty kiss because he really did.
***
Sam
Sam sighed as he watched the two teams move across the field in slow motion.
He did a killer sloth. Bex knew that.
Next time, he was putting his foot down. He wasn’t about to get stuck as goalkeeper again.
Sam shook his head at Emery’s lackluster form.
Honestly.
***
Bex
Bex’s head whipped around as she looked for Mouse. Chris had just called for Koala Mode and she needed her buddy. They spotted each other at the same time and he crouched down as she ran over, ready for her to leap onto his back.
He grabbed on tight when she landed, keeping a secure hold on her legs. She wrapped her arms loosely around his neck and leaned over his shoulder. “Hey, Mouse,” she whispered.
“Hey, Bex.”
“I’m pretty sure I saw the ball go that way,” she continued, pointing at a wooded area just off to the right of the field.
“Oh, really?” Mouse hummed as he watched Jay kicking the ball over to Kevin. “That’s no good. What should we do?”
“We should probably go find it.” She pressed a kiss to the side of his head. “So the game’s not ruined.”
“Can’t have that,” Mouse said, lips quirking up into a little grin. He took a quick look around, making sure everyone was focused on the ball at the other end of the field. Then he took off, moving surprisingly fast considering he was carrying her at the same time.
Hunh. Mouse was a lot stronger than he looked. Bex’s brain filed that very interesting bit of information away.
…how many days until Friday?
He wove through the trees and set her down gently once they were behind a fairly large one. “You know,” he said slowly, leaning back against the tree. “I thought I was supposed to be the bad influence in this relationship.”
“Who said that?” Bex stepped into his arms and slid her hands into his hair, drawing his head down for a quick kiss. “I’ll kick their butts.”
“Aw, thanks babe.” He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him.
“Anytime,” Bex said, grinning up at him. “But our team’s going to notice we’re gone soon so—less talking, more kissing.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
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Jay
Jay kicked at the ball and fought to keep his balance with Hailey on his back. It took a quick sidestep, but he managed to stay on his feet.
Koala Mode was intense. He felt like he was running around way more than before trying to keep up their defense and—
Wait a minute.
Something was off. He looked around and did a quick head count and—hey. “Where did Mouse and Bex go?” he asked Hailey.
“They went that way about five minutes ago.” She leaned over his shoulder to point at a wooded area off to the right.
Oh, hell no. He was not suffering through this alone. This whole thing was her idea! Jay marched over to the edge of the field as Hailey snickered into his back.
“Rebecca Marie Herrmann!”
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Mouse
Uh-oh. Mouse’s eyes went wide. “You just got full named.”
Bex rolled her eyes with a sigh. “You know, he actually took longer to notice than I thought he would.” She grabbed his hand. “Come on. Let’s go back before he full names you.”
Oh, no way was that happening. “Hop on.” Mouse crouched down so she could jump on his back and took off; Bex’s laughter filling his ears.
***
Chris
They had come to the end of their allotted play time and the game was tied.
Mostly because he and Bex had decided that would be the most hilarious outcome, but no one else needed to know that.
He and Cindy gathered both teams in the middle of the field. “We have a tie,” Chris declared.
“How do you even know that?” Otis burst out.
“Because, Otis,” Chris said patiently. “Unlike you, I have been keeping score.” He looked everywhere but at Cindy because as soon as they made eye contact, he’d break. He could not blow this by giggling. Bex would murder him.
“As per the rules,” he said, ignoring Jay’s snort. “In this situation, we play the tie-breaker game.”
“Is that…something other than Bex Ball?” Will asked cautiously. Skirting the edge of hopeful.
“Yes.” Chris nodded. “And it’s one round. Winner takes all.”
“Sudden death!” Bex cheered.
“One representative from each team, please come forward,” Chris said, stepping back.
After a few hushed, but fierce negotiations, Otis and Adam were pushed into the centre of the group. Chris held up a hand for quiet.
“The game is rock, paper, scissors.”
“Are you freaking kidding me?” Otis yelled.
***
Otis
He was sweating. This was not good. His team members from 51 were whispering furiously to the others behind him while the ones on the other team grinned widely from behind Adam.
So sure they had it in the bag because of this ‘tell’ they swore he had.
Severide pulled Adam back and began whispering to him; probably sharing said tell.
Otis had gone over it in his brain a thousand times and he was sure he didn’t have one, but the fact was, he never won rock, paper, scissors. Either he had a tell or he just sucked at it.
“Are we allowed to swap our player?” Gabi joked, but Chris shot her down.
“Nope,” he said. “Players are locked in.”
“Come on, Otis!” Bex squeezed Otis’s shoulders, trying to pump him up. “You’ve got this.”
He did not ‘got this.’
“Alright, settle down and shut up,” Chris called out to the teams who were all talking excitedly for two very different reasons. “Let’s finish this.”
Adam strutted back up to stand in front of Otis and smirked. “Heard you might have a little performance trouble with this one,” he said.
Otis didn’t bother dignifying that with a response. Freaking Ruzek could think whatever he wanted. Otis was going to focus on…focusing and beat this curse once and for all.
“Hands out,” Chris said, motioning at the space between them. Otis and Ruzek both lifted a fist. “Rock, paper, scissors, on three…”
He could do this. He could do this. He could do this.
Otis took a deep breath—
“Hey,” Emery popped up beside him. “Remember. Never give up…”
“Never surrender,” he said. She stepped back with a smile and a nod.
He could DO THIS.
Otis stared down Ruzek and the other team and threw both hands up in the air. “I’m going rock!”
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Adam
Adam took a step back at Otis’s declaration. Was he serious?
He shot a look over at Severide who looked stunned before shaking it off with a wave of his hand. ‘He’s bluffing’ he mouthed at him.
Was he though?
Otis had a manic look in his eye as he put his fist out.
Adam squinted at him, trying to look for the clues the other team had told him about. Chris began his countdown and Adam had to go with his gut.
And Severide.
It was a bluff.
It had to be.
…Adam went scissors.
***
Kelly
Well, crap.
Otis really went rock.
***
Otis
His team exploded once they realized what happened and Chris had to yell above their cheers to declare them the winners.
He did it. He really did it.
“Good job, buddy,” Emery said, punching him in the shoulder. “Knew you could do it.”
“Thanks, buddy,” he grinned.
“Okay, teams, pack it up!” Bex yelled. “We’re all meeting up the diner after this. Dessert is on the winning team!”
Oh, right. He forgot about that part.
…still worth it.
***
Jay
Chris, Cindy, Mouch, and Platt had gone back to the Herrmann house to hang out with Donna and Boden for a bit before calling it a night.
Even with them bowing out, their gang took up most of the diner. Luckily, Bex had called ahead to make sure they had space. Everyone was table hopping, enjoying the chance to catch up and chat. Jay was currently at a table with Hailey, Emery, Otis, Connor, and Will.
He noticed Connor elbow Will and nod at something across the aisle. Will looked over and smiled softly at whatever Connor had pointed out.
So, of course, the rest of them all craned their necks to look too.
“Nice,” Will said. “Real subtle, guys.”
It didn’t actually matter that they were being completely obvious because the people they were looking at were completely oblivious.
Mouse and Bex sat side by side in a booth. His arm was around her, their heads tipped toward each other as they talked. And—Jay couldn’t help the little snort that slipped out when he noticed—they were busy swapping a bit of their meals on each other’s plates so they could each have fries and onion rings.
“Well,” Hailey said as they turned back around. “They’re kind of stupidly cute.”
“They really are,” Emery said, swirling a fry through her milkshake. “I’m happy for her.”
“We all are,” Will agreed.
“I know.” Emery did a little head bob, acknowledging that. “But—” She bit her lip as she searched for her next words. “I know you guys know about AJ, but you weren’t there for it.” She sighed. “You know how Bex is. She puts her whole heart into everything and he might have said he wasn’t looking for anything serious, but he didn’t always act that way and he gave her such mixed signals. He was a greedy asshole who took and gave her nothing in return.”
Jay knew he should have punched him when he had the chance.
“It’s just—after all of that and after everything with Mouse,” Emery said, smiling as she watched them. “It’s so good to see them finally get here. To know that Bex is with someone as all in as she is. She deserves that. They both do.”
“He came by last night,” Will said, sharing a little look with Emery and Connor before grinning over at Jay’s side of the table. “Just to say good night to her.”
Jay stopped with his drink halfway to his mouth as he processed that. “He was at my place to watch the game last night,” he said. “He lives in the opposite direction of yours...”
"Guess he took the long way home," Connor said softly.
Hailey and Otis sighed beside Jay. “Stupidly cute,” Hailey said again as Otis nodded.
Not that Jay had any doubts left about the two of them, but if he did, the last couple of days would have evaporated them completely.
He turned around to take another little peek at them.
And squinted.
“Is that a hickey on Mouse’s neck?”
Everyone at the table shuffled around to join in on his peering.
“Yup,” Emery said.
“One hundred percent,” Hailey agreed.
Well, that was enough people watching for Jay. “Who wants pie?”
Five hands shot up.
***
Kevin
Kevin walked Sylvie to her door.
“Well?” he asked, leaning up against the frame. “What did you think?”
“I would call that a very successful mingling of the friend groups,” she said, looking up at him with a smile. “We should definitely do that more often.”
“Yeah,” Kevin agreed. “Except maybe next time—”
“Not Bex Ball,” Sylvie said quickly and he nodded.
“I’m putting that firmly in the once a year category,” he said. It was fun, but they’d gotten lucky this time. Putting that game in the regular rotation was asking for bloodshed.
“Maybe a movie night or something,” Sylvie mused and he could practically see the lists being written in her head.
“I’m up for anything,” Kevin said. “As long as it’s with you.”
“Mm. Smooth talker.” Sylvie grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him in for a slow kiss. Then she unlocked the door. “Want come inside and talk some more?”
Kevin grinned and let her tug him inside.
***
Bex
“So, today is Wednesday,” Bex said as Mouse walked her to her car. “And tomorrow is Thursday.”
“I believe that is how the days of the week go,” Mouse said. “Yes.”
She rolled her eyes and tugged on his hand. “I just want Friday to get here faster.”
“Two more sleeps.” Mouse grinned at her. “Almost there.”
“You should come to Molly’s tomorrow night,” she said. “And help me close. We can send the rest of the staff home early and make out on the bar.”
“Bad influence,” he murmured, leaning in for a kiss.
“That’s not a no,” she whispered against his lips.
Mouse pressed her against the side of her car and kissed her thoroughly. “It’s a yes,” he said, eyes going bright. “And then it’ll only be one more sleep.”
“Aha! A perfect plan.” Bex hugged him. “We’re good at this.”
“Yeah,” he said quietly, a note of pleased surprise running through it. “We are.”
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one of arknights yumeship with Lee! My OC is an Elafia lady and operator from medical department in Rhodes Island
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Lee brainrot moment so possible lee skin thoughts exhibit A:
Year 001: LEE. IN. A. HANFU. THIS IS A MUST THIS IS A NEED. I NEED TO SEE HIM IN A HANFU + LONG HAIR W SMALL BRAIDS ON THE SIDE. Bonus if they gave him flower ornaments... lawd i will be digging my grave crying on the floor if tht happens. For the bg i think itd suit him if hes chilling in a pavilion while sipping tea or playing mahjong... just old asian uncle thing
Coral coast: ok LISTEN they had a whole beach ep in lda donghua centered around lee. If the animation team does it tht means theres a chance for it to happen (delusional). And yes. I want his uglyass cringecore uncle fits. As a matter of fact kuroblood did istivans summer skin tht has like sooo similiar energy w lee
Rhodes kitchen: yknow what? Overall hg should revive this set bc its just so good how the theme revolves around sharing ppl ur culture through food (which is so leecore?? Hello??). Okay so for lee I NEED HIM IN PONYTAIL. THIS IS A NEED. While wearing apron n its just him enjoying himself in a kitchen 🥺🥺 lee in his natural habitat. Bonus if we get a hung cameo since lees the one teaching him to cook
Epoque: since it revolves abt past/ future so let me envision u this: pre-lda lee in his lungmen gang era in a suit w his sleeves pulled revealing his arm scars 🤤🤤🤤 yes. Or an arm tattoo reveal bc kuroblood looooves making their oc tattoos (hung has a goldfish tattoo on his arm, aak has a scar pattern tattoo, also the fact tht they designed tattoos professionally before) yeah overall gangster/ yakuza-ish vibe
#idk anymore its like 1am#if... yall have more lee skin idea id love to hear it#i am so mentally ill why am i so hyperfixiated on this one carp man#yam ramblings#arknigths#lee arknights
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In this post I will talk about everything to do with requests.
I don’t respond to vague requests meaning ones like “Nikki and a breeding kink” I need some more details especially if I’m going through writers block ykwim 😭
How to request:
Click on the button of my page that says “ask me anything 🤍” and submit an ask either publicly or anonymously. Here you will be able to write and request anything your heart desires.
My favorite people/characters to write for are: Bucky Barnes, Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, Kate Bishop, Cassie Howard, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Tom Keifer, Eric Brittingham but I of course love to write for the other people listed below 🩷
Who/what I write for:
Bands/rockstars:
Motley Crue (all members)
Tom Keifer
Eric Brittingham
Gene Simmons
Tommy Thayer
Paul Stanley
Guns N Roses (all members)
Blackie Lawless
Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Courtney Love
Kurt Cobain
Dave Grohl
Elvis Presley
Joan Jett
Lita Ford
Bret Michaels
Jani Lane
Stephen Pearcy
Robin Crosby
Sebastian Bach
Celebrities:
Marvel cast
Taylor Swift
Lana Del Rey
Pamela Anderson
Cindy Crawford
Sydney Sweeney
Michael B Jordan
Marvel men:
Steve Rogers
Bucky Barnes
Sam Wilson
Peter Parker (Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield only)
Tony Stark
Thor Odinson
Marvel women:
Natasha Romanoff
Wanda Maximoff
Carol Danvers
Valkyrie
Kate Bishop
Yelena Belova
Kamala Kahn (Platonic only)
Jennifer Walters
Peggy Carter
Julia Cornwall (Sydney Sweeney)
Daisy Jones and The Six:
Daisy Jones
Billy Dunne
Karen Sirko
Warren Rojas/Rhodes
Stranger Things:
Steve Harrington
Billy Hargrove
Robin Buckley
Euphoria:
Cassie Howard
Topics/prompts I DON’T write about:
Dom!Reader
Age regression/play
Piss kink
Switch!reader
Suicide (whether that be self harm or the act itself)
Body image/EDs/Body insecurities
G!PReader
Angst without a happy ending
Male reader (female reader only)
OCs (I do not write for any original characters that aren’t mine or reader with a face claim)
Male on male sex. I will write MMF threesomes though
Anyways, my requests are always open, so ask away!
#request#requests#fanfic#fanfic request#motley crue x reader#marvel x reader#marvel women#marvel men#marvel cast#marvel fanfic#Cinderella x reader#cinderella band#kiss x reader#kiss band#rocknroll
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WELCOME TO MY BLOG
(formerly know as fvrstxrrsponse)
This is a multi-muse/multi-fandom roleplaying blog featuring some of my favorite characters to write from different shows I like to watch.
Not all muses may be active. It never hurts to ask which muses are active.
Asks and Memes are always accepted.
Let's keep the drama to a minimum. We're here for entertainment but I won't entertain the nonsense.
A few things about me:
I am a mom so my free time is limited.
I work overnights so between the hours of 10pm to 6am Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun I won't be available.
I like my rest after work and my down time when the kids go to bed so I won't be active during those times either.
However I'm always down to chat OOC with anyone if you just wanna talk. I'm totally cool with that.
Replies will be drafted and sent out accordingly. DO NOT SPAM ME WITH MESSAGES. I can do a shitty job of keeping track sometimes but I will get to it when I can. Sometimes they get lost because of Tumblr or because of the amount of threads currently going. Please have patience.
Muse List:
Kelly Severide (Chicago Fire) FC: Taylor Kinney
Hank Voight (Chicago PD) FC: Jason Beghe
Negan Smith (The Walking Dead) FC: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Connor Rhodes (Chicago Med) FC: Colin Donnelly
Matthew Casey (Chicago Fire) FC: Jesse Spencer
Gregory House (House M.D.) FC: Hugh Laurie
Lisa Cuddy (House M.D.) FC: Lisa Edelstein
Jim Gordon (Gotham) FC: Ben McKenzie
Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) FC: Robin Lord Taylor
Kevin Atwater (Chicago PD) FC: LaRoyce Hawkins
Jay Halstead (Chicago PD) FC: Jesse Lee Soffer
Elliot Stabler (Organized Crime/SVU) FC: Chris Meloni
Olivia Benson (SVU) FC: Mariska Hargitay
Odafin Tutuola (SVU) FC: Ice T
Bobby Nash (911) FC: Peter Krause
Athena Grant (911) FC: Angela Bassett
Dean Winchester (Supernatural) FC: Jensen Ackles
Musician/Athelete Muses:
Lebron James
Travis Kelce
Jason Momoa
AJ Mclean
Bruno Mars
Roman Reigns
Jimmy & Jey Uso
Shawn Michaels (HBK)
Paul Levesque (HHH)
OC Characters:
Desiree Michelle (Chicago PD) FC: Lisseth Chavez
Jason Joseph Anoa'i (WWE) FC: Jason Momoa
Kehlani Josephine Anoa'i (WWE) FC: H.E.R.
Kevin James Levesque (WWE) FC: MGK
Darian Parker (Chicago PD/Fire) FC: Chris Brown
If you would like to know more info please message me and ask away :)
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WWE OC (FANFIC/AU)
Real Name: Cassandra Alice Brown
Ring Name(s): Cassie (formerly; 2008-2010), Cassie Brown (currently; 2010-present)
Nickname(s): Cass (real life), The Mess, The Bad Bitch (formerly), The Bitch Queen (formerly), Miss Brown, Mrs Boxer
Born: April 16th, 1989 (age 34)
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Billed From: Wichita, Kansas
Height/Weight: 5’4/130 lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Family:
Wendy Brown (mother)
Felix Brown (father)
Dolores Colón (maternal cousin)
Hunter Matthews (cousin; Dolores’ son)
Mr & Mrs. Colón (aunt & uncle) *Her aunt is her father’s sister*
Sexuality: Pansexual
Romantic Interest(s): Mike Boxer (husband; married June 2016), Cody Rhodes (on screen/tv only; 2012-2013)
Children: Gwendolyn Eve Brown (daughter; born August 18th, 2018; 5 years old), Parker Jay Brown (son; born July 11, 2022; 1 year old)
Companies/Promotions: ECW (July 8, 2008-February 7, 2010), WWE: Raw (February 8, 2010-May 13, 2012), WWE (May 14, 2012-January 1, 2014), WWE: Raw (January 6, 2014-February 7, 2016), WWE: Smackdown (February 8, 2016-November 13, 2017), WWE: Raw (October 29, 2018-October 9, 2020), WWE: Smackdown (October 16, 2020-July 2, 2021), WWE: Raw (July 5, 2021-present)
Face/Heel Turns: Face (July 8, 2008-February 13, 2011), Heel (February 14, 2011-July 14, 2013), Face (July 15, 2013-February 1, 2015), Heel (February 2, 2015-February 5, 2017), Face (February 6, 2017-December 1, 2019), Heel (December 2, 2019-April 23, 2023), Face (April 24, 2023-present)
Theme Songs:
First Theme: (ECW; 2008-2010)
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Second Theme: (2010-2012)
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Third Theme: (2012-2016)
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Fourth Theme: (2016-2019)
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Fifth Theme: (2019-2023)
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Starts at 35 seconds into video
Sixth Theme: (2023-present)
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Starts at 40 seconds into video
Theme when with The Hashtag Squad: (2011-2020)
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Tag Teams/Stables: Messy Rhodes (with Cody Rhodes; 2012-2013), The Hashtag Squad (with Kelly Kelly and Megan Foster; 2011-2012), The Hashtag Squad (with Megan Foster; 2012-2020), Dark Angels (with Liv Morgan; 2021-2022), The Gold Stars (with Rosalie; 2023-2024)
Finisher Moves:
Messysault (Double Corkscrew Moonsault)
Tangled Lock (Armbar & Leg Lock Combo)
Feast Your Eyes (at ringside/sometimes in ring)
Signature Moves:
The Messy Ending (Fairy Tale Ending)
Cass Kick (Superkick)
Spinning Cass Kick (Spin Kick)
The Mess Attack (Rack Attack 2.0)
Submission Moves: The Messy Arch (Kneeling Cloverleaf), Sleeper Hold, Cattle Mutilation, Cobra Clutch, Muta Lock
Titles Won:
Divas Championship: (Raw 12/3/12 from Eve after hitting her with a Moonsault and pinning her) Held for: 43 days (lost to Kaitlyn at Raw January 14, 2013 after Kaitlyn hit her with a spear and pinned her) *1st reign*
Divas Championship: (Hell In A Cell October 26, 2014 against AJ Lee and Paige; won by making AJ submit to Tangled Lock) Held for: 29 days (lost to Nikki Bella at Survivor Series 11/23/14 when Nikki hit her with the Rack Attack and pinned her) *2nd reign*
Universal Women’s Championship: (Wrestlemania April 5, 2020 against Tasha Marie; won after hitting Tasha with a chair given to her by Megan and hitting her with the Messysault before pinning her) Held for: 106 days (lost to Stella Venus at Extreme Rules July 19, 2020 in a triple threat match against Venus & Kairi Sane; Stella hits the Venus Fly Trap on her and pins her winning the title) *1st reign*
Universal Women’s Championship: (Hell In A Cell October 25, 2020 against Lana & Carmella; won when she made both Lana and Carmella tap to the Tangled Lock) Held for: 120 days (lost to Charlotte Flair at Elimination Chamber February 21, 2021 when Charlotte made her tap to the Figure 8) *2nd reign*
Universal Women’s Championship: (Extreme Rules September 26, 2021 after cashing in her MITB contract on Alexa Bliss and hitting the Messysault pinning Bliss) Held for: 37 days (relinquished title due to 2nd pregnancy on November 1, 2021) *3rd reign*
Universal Women’s Championship: (Wrestlemania 39 April 2, 2023 against Tasha Marie; she was able to hit Tasha with the Messysault after stopping Tasha from hitting her with a chair. She then pinned Tasha and won the title) Held for 372 days (lost to Rosalie at Wrestlemania 40: April 7, 2024 after being hit with the Rose Bomb three times and getting pinned) *4th reign*
Other Accomplishments:
2013 Slammy Award - Diva of the Year
WWE Tag Team of The Year (2015 with Megan Foster)
WWE Ms. Money In The Bank (2021)
Medical Conditions/Injuries:
Head Concussion (two times in her career)
Broken Nose
Fractured Knee
Whiplash
Busted Lip
Managers: Kelly Kelly, Megan Foster
Friends:
Megan Foster
Liv Morgan
Barbie Blank/Kelly Kelly
Cody Rhodes
Becky Lynch (off screen)
Tasha Marie (off screen)
Stella Venus (off screen)
Rosalie
Randy Orton (off screen)
CM Punk (off screen)
AJ Lee (off screen)
Paige/Saraya (off screen)
Roman Reigns (off screen)
Seth Rollins (off screen)
Jon Moxley/Dean Ambrose (off screen)
Triple H
Stephanie McMahon
Shane McMahon (off screen)
Shawn Michaels
Rhea Ripley (off screen)
Finn Bálor (off screen)
Dominik Mysterio (off screen)
Damien Priest (off screen)
JD McDonagh (off screen)
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso (off screen)
Nikki Bella
Brie Bella
Naomi/Trinity
Alicia Fox
John Cena
The Rock/Dwayne Johnson
Bayley (off screen)
Dakota Kai (off screen)
Iyo Sky (off screen)
Kairi Sane (off screen)
Asuka (off screen)
Austin Theory (off screen)
Trained By:
Matt Bloom
Shawn Michaels
Triple H
Beth Phoenix
Lita
WWE Idol(s):
Chyna
Rey Mysterio
Lita
Trish Stratus
Eddie Guerrero
Edge
Victoria
Ivory
Facts:
Cassie is really good friends with Bebe Rexha and her “The Mess” and “The Bad Bitch” gimmicks are based on Bebe’s songs
Bebe Rexha let Cassie used the I’m A Mess song as her theme two years before the song actually came out
Cassie grew up watching WWE with her father and met her favorite wrestler and idol Lita when she was 13. She also met Victoria, Edge, Rey Mysterio, and Eddie Guerrero when she was young
Her signature colors are purple, black, and white. She also always wears a flower or flower crown on her head during her entrances. The flower is usually purple or black and she sometimes gives someone in the audience her flower (like how Cody Rhodes gives his weight belt to someone)
She always has a big Wrestlemania entrance every year
She has wrestled both men and women in her career
She was in gymnastics and karate when she was young. She also was in cheerleading in high school
Her and her husband Mike own a 9 year old golden retriever named Nala and a 5 year old german shepherd named Bear
Social Medias: cassiebrownwwe (Instagram), thecassiebrown (Twitter), misscassiebrown (TikTok), Cassie and Mike (YouTube) *These aren’t real so don’t look for them*
*Note: Tasha, Stella, Dolores, Megan, Mike, and Rosalie are OCs as well. I will make an info card for them soon as well*
#wwe#wwe oc#wwe raw#wwe smackdown#world wrestling entertainment#wwe fanfiction#wwe smut#wrestling#wwe womens wrestling
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Official muse list
Note: A name that's been italicized is an oc that belongs to someone else, a name that's been boldened, and italicized is mine.
RWBY: Team RWBY, Team CORS, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, Coco Adel, Velvet Scarletina, Fox Alister, Team NDGO, Jaune Arc, Sun Wukong, Glynda Goodwitch, Ilia Amolita, Kali Belladonna, Ghira Belladonna, Sienna Khan, Winter Schnee, Willow Schnee, Raven Branwen, Summer Rose, Vernal, Emerald Sustrai, Cinder Fall, Salem (Human/Grimm), Grimm, Hozukimaru Wukong, Lyon, Jade, Meryl, Jade, Baelz Zirconia, Zephyr Nikos Zirconia, Lupin Nikos Zirconia, Scarlet Nikos Zirconia, Bast Belladonna Zirconia, Shrike Branwen Zirconia, Desmond Caine, Pewter Pegasi, Wes Goldmane, Terra Firma, Rose Crimson, Crimson Wilde, Sable Leone, Jade Inaba.
Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno/Uchiha, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuuga/Uzumaki, Hanabi Hyuuga, TenTen, Temari, Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuuhi, Tsunade Senju, Konan, Sarada Uchiha.
Bleach: Rukia Kuchiki, Yoruichi Shihoin, Orihime Inoue, Tatsuki Arisawa, Rangiku Matsumoto, Soi-Fon, Retsu Unohana, Isane/Kyone Kotetsu, Nanao Isei, Tier Harribell, Neliel Tu Odelschwanck, Apace, Sun-Sun, Mila Rose.
One Piece: Nami, Nico Robin.
Attack on mid: Mikasa Akerman, Annie Lionheart, Potato Girl.
Hellsing: Seras Victoria, Rip Van Winkle, Zorrin Blitz.
Overloard: Albedo, Narberal Garma.
DragonBall: Bulma Briefs, Mrs Briefs/MILF/GILF, Chi-Chi, Android 18, Future 18, Android 21, Majin 21, Launch, Videl Satan, Frieza Force goons.
BNHA: Izuku Midoriya, Tsuyu Asui, Mina Ashido, Ochacko Uraraka, Momo Yayorozu, Jirou, Nejire Hado, Mitsuki Bakugo, Rumi Usagiama, Midight, Mt Lady, Nomu.
YU-GI-OH: Teá Gardner, Ishizu Ishtar, Mai Valentine, Black Magian Girl, Alexis Rhodes, Jasmine, Mindy, Akiza Izinski.
Game of Thrones: Denerys Targeryean.
Harry Potter: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Parvati Patil, Padma Patil, Ginney Weasely, Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Fleur Deacour, Nymphadora Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Pokémon: Delia Ketchum, Jessie, Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, Cynthia, Arezu, Nessa, Bea, Nemona, Penny, Sada.
Sailor Moon: All inner and outer Senshi
Cyberpunk: V, Panam Palmer, Judy Alvares, Lucy, Joey Brass.
Claymore: Clare, Cassandra, Jeane.
Rosario + Vampire: Outer Moka, Inner Moka, Mizore Shirayuki, Tsurara Shirayuki, Kurumu Kurono, Ageha Kurono, Ruby Tojo, Nokonome.
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Jolene Cujoh.
Ghost in the Shell: Motoko Kusanagi
Avatar/TLOK: Toph Beifong, Katara, Suki, Azula, Zuko, Mai, Ty-lee, Ju Dee, Korra, Asami Sato.
Familiar of Zero: Kirche Zerbst, Henrietta de Tristain, Tiffania Westwood, Tabitha, Longvelle.
Helluva Boss: Millie, Loona, Verosika.
DC comics: Starfire, Blackfire, Raven (Rachel Roth), Terra, Wonder Woman, Batgirl (Barbra Gordon), Catwoman, Power Girl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy.
Marvel Comics: Gwen Stacy, Marry Jane Watson, Felicia Hardy/Black Cat, Rogue, Kitty Pride, Storm, Mystique.
Scooby-Doo: Velma, Daphne, Hex Girls.
Dragon Age: Cousland, Hawke, Inquisitor, Morrigan, Lelliana, Anora, Merrill, Isabella, Cassandra, Bethany Hawke, Sera, Josephine Montillyet.
Mass Effect: Sheppard, Liara T'Soni, Aria T'Loak.
Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks: Princess Jasmine, Esmerelda, Arora, Belle, Ariel (human), Kida, Chel, Helen Parr/Elastigirl, Violet Parr, Pocahontas, Nani Pelakai, Moana, Mavis Dracula, Jessica Rabbit.
Star Wars: Ahsoka Tano, Shaak-Ti, Barriss Offee, Luminara Unduli, Ayla Seccura, Bastilla Shan, Mission Vao, Juhanni, Kira Carsen, Vette, Vaylin, Lana Beniko, Darth Talon, Rey Palpatine.
Ben 10: Gwen Tennyson, Charmcaster.
Final Fantasy: Yuna, Rikku, Payne, Tifa Lockheart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Aireth Gainsborough, Ashelia B'Nargain Dalmasca, Fran, Lightning/Clair Farron, Y'shtola Rhul.
LoZ: Link, Zelda, Imp Midna, Twilight Princess Midna, Urbosa.
Fire Emblem: Lyndis, Minaeva, Shiida, Robin/Grima (M/F), Cordelia, Tharja, Olivia, Corrin (M/F), Camilla, Hinoka, Kageru, Dorothea, Edelgard, Lysithea.
Overwatch: Tracer, Dva, Mercy, Pharah, Sombra, Widowmaker, Ashe.
Elder Scrolls: Aela the Huntress, Mjoll the Lioness, Serana Volkihar.
Fantasy/D&D: Pike Trickfoot, Vex'ahlia, Keyleth, Delilah Briarwood, Nott the Brave, Yasha, Beau, Jester Lavorre, Imogen, Laudna, Werewolves, Mind Flayers, Orcs, The Devils of Emon, Nadûr, Korrin.
Kuroneiu: Olga Discordia, Cloe Discordia.
Action Taimanin: Ingrid, Oboro, Asagi Igawa, Sakura Igawa, Yatsu Murasaki.
Kingdom Hearts: Aqua, Anti-Aqua, Kairi, Xion, Namine, Larxene, Arlux.
This list is subject to change, as there may be muses I've forgotten, or decide I don't want to write for anymore.
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phone doodle that i liked
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my blorbos, bitch and piss (and mamma piss)
#oc: blair#oc: lee rhodes#oc: brandy stillwater#lee is brandy's kid in an au where she never got bonked by the feds#the apocalypse doesn't happen in this au
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about.
➞ My name is joz, I follow/respond from @/jozstankovich.
➞ I am a 34 year old queer nonbinary writer and artist.
➞ My pronouns are they/them. Please do not call me girl, or refer to me with overly feminine terms of endearment/pet names.
➞ As much as I love Robert, I’m more interested in the roles that he plays rather than his personal life.
➞ Characters I will write for:
Nathan Young (Misfits)
Sean Falco (Bad Samaritan)
Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy)
Luke (Cherrybomb)
Darren Treacy (Love/Hate)
Billy Delaney (Me and Mrs Jones)
Vincent Rhodes (A Road Within)
Nikolai (The Song of Sway Lake)
Duncan Taylor (Geostorm)
Luba (Mute)
Simon Lewis (The Mortal Instruments)
Tom Natsworthy (Mortal Engines)
Eli (Antia B)
Lee (Jet Trash)
Spiller (The Borrowers)
Ivan McCormick (Killing Bono)
➞ The characters that are not crossed out are ones I will accept requests for at the moment.
➞ Tag Directory:
#joz.txt — text posts / rambling
#joz.wip — wips / writing snippets
#joz.fic — my fics
#joz.thirst — nsft text / thirst posts
#fic rec — my fic recommendation tag
#joz answers — asks
#oc stuff — any time I talk about my ocs
#housekeeping — blog maintenance
#srb / #icymi — self reblog / in case you missed it
#(name of trigger) tw — trigger warnings (if you want something specifically tagged, please politely let me know and I will try to accommodate you)
➞ My askbox is always open, so feel free to chat, just don’t be a dick.
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#ALLVALLEY. INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR MULTIMUSE FROM NETFLIX’S COBRA KAI AND THE KARATE KID FRANCHISE. CST + 2. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (*)
MUSE LIST:
LOUIE LARUSSO JR (canon)
BOBBY BROWN (canon)
JIMMY GOLD (canon)
AMANDA LARUSSO (canon)
ANTHONY LARUSSO (canon)
LUCAS MILLS-SCHWARBER (canon, son of ali mills)
AVA MILLS-SCHWARBER (canon, daughter of ali and twin of lucas)
ALI MILLS (canon)
LORETTA ‘LOTTIE’ LARUSSO (oc, daughter of louie larusso jr)
HARRY LAWRENCE(oc, johnny’s little brother)
ROBIN FORBES(oc, hawk’s maternal aunt and ali’s friend)
SANTIAGO GONZALEZ (cobra kai oc student)
HUNTER HAWKINS(oc, barista/ young star hockey player)
DUTCH (og cobra, canon)
XANDER STONE (canon, topanga karate)
MOON JUNE (canon), secondary muse.
GIANINA CASTILLO (oc, new cobra kai star pupil)
NATE MOORE (oc, cobra from 1985 and bar owner)
ANNIE HALLIEWELL (oc, miyagi do)
MEG CORBETT(oc, miyagi-fang)
TORY NICHOLS (canon) request muse.
CARMEN DIAZ (canon) secondary muse.
MIGUEL DIAZ (canon) secondary muse.
FREDDIE RHODES (oc, musician, storm’s johnny ex) - primary muse.
JULIE PIERCE ( canon, FC: courtney ford)
TALIA CRUZ (oc, miguel’s guide on mexico and new to the valley)
SELENA TODD-BARNES (mike barnes wife)
BENJAMIN MENDOZA (oc, miyagi-fang)
FIONA SUAREZ (oc, cheerleader and cobra kai, benjamin’s step sister)
DEVON LEE (canon, eagle fang - topanga - cobra kai)
JOHN KREESE (will transfer once show starts)
NOA OLIVAR (PLL : original sin - ck based)
KIM DA-EUN (canon, cobra kai sensei)
SCOTT FORD (oc, white dragon karate sensei/mma fighter and silver’s former protege)
KIRA FORD (oc, scott’s daughter and kathy’s twin)
KATHY FORD (oc, scott’s daughter and kira’s twin)
JESSICA ANDREWS (canon)
MINDY STEINER (oc, amanda’s half sister)
MIKE BARNES (canon compliant, request)
KIM JEE-MIN (oc, daughter of sensei kim).
NICHOLE FREY (oc, cheerleader-cobra kai, yas’ squad)
MEL CARMICHAEL (oc, cheerleader, yas’ squad)
KEITH BENSON (oc, musician)
VANESSA ROJAS (oc, former cobra, miyagi-do, pretends to be rich)
DICKIE GOLD (jimmy’s youngest, ck then miyagi-do)
EMILY EVANS (cheerleader from east high, topanga karate)
BILLIE JANE BOLT (topanga karate champion, xander’ sx, overachiever)
CARRD CREDIT: @rcsea
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500 Miles (Chapter Sixteen)
Summary: This is Part Nineteen of my series A Herrmann/Halstead Production. It is an AU where Christopher Herrmann's mom had an affair with Pat Halstead resulting in a baby. The series follows this OC character (Rebecca "Bex" Herrmann) as she grows up and gets to know her brothers and the various Chicago teams. It is very much an AU, just to underscore that. It doesn't follow the same timeline and characters will follow different paths.
Click here for the Series Rundown where you can find the links to read all of the previous installments (which I highly recommend you do so that this one makes sense.)
Rating: Teen and Up
Relationships: Christopher Herrmann & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Original Female Character, Will Halstead & Original Female Character, Jay Halstead & Will Halstead, Greg 'Mouse' Gerwitz/Original Female Character, Will Halstead/Connor Rhodes, Assorted OC Couples
Warnings: THIS IS IT! THIS IS THE CHAPTER! IT'S HAPPENING! BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE MOST FLUFF TO EVER FLOOF! (also minor character injury, but he's fine, seriously.)
A/N: To underscore my previous note, this is an alternate universe so things have unfolded differently. This will not follow the canon arcs exactly by any means. But I hope you'll still enjoy it!
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Bex
The housewarming party had gone off without a hitch, but Bex and Emery had been so tired, they’d basically passed out once everyone left.
Sunday morning was spent finishing clean up—not that there was too much to do since Devon, Sam, Isaac, Kira, and Malia had stuck around to help tidy before heading home the night before.
Then the two of them got ready for the mini-housewarming party starting at noon.
Noon-ish.
It was hard arriving anywhere on time when you were herding four kids while you did it. Still, Chris and Cindy showed up an impressive mere fifteen minutes late.
“Oh, wow, Emery,” Cindy exclaimed after they’d all piled inside and were starting their tour. “I love what you’ve done with the place. Cozy, but not closed in, you know?”
“Thank you.” Emery beamed at her. “I had a lot of help though and I could use a little more.” She steered the whole gang into the kitchen and gestured at her fridge. “No one has given me anything to put on my fridge. Can you believe that?”
On cue, Bex dug out the kid-friendly art supplies from where they’d stashed them yesterday and held them up. “Who’s gonna help us fix it?”
Even Lee Henry, who was more teenagery than not lately, volunteered to help. Bex got them all organized around the coffee table while Chris and Cindy stayed in the kitchen with Emery to finish the lunch preparations.
Bex knew they were wanting to check in with Em to see how she was doing with everything and she was happy to give them the space to do that. Emery having more parental figures in her life was definitely helping her progress. Donna and Trudy had kept in touch after their girls’ night—to the point that Emery had a standing lunch date with both of them. Each one was neatly marked down on the kitchen calendar. With a little smile-y face.
It had taken awhile, but Emery was finally embracing having a whole gang behind her.
“Alright,” Bex said, crouching down beside Annabelle and Max. “What are we working on here? Is that a dragon? Nice.”
By the time lunch was on the table, they had a full fridge’s worth of masterpieces ready to go. Emery ooh’d and ahh’d over each one, letting the kids pick out their own magnets to hang them with before they sat down.
“I want to get my own house, just like Emery’s,” Annabelle declared through a mouthful of grilled cheese.
“That sounds like a great idea,” Chris said. “When you’re all grown up.”
Annabelle nodded. “When I’m ten,” she said decisively.
Bex pressed her lips together, trying to hold back her laugh at the look on Chris’s face. Annabelle caught it too and reached over to pat his hand.
“Don’t worry, Daddy,” she said. “You can come visit me.”
“Thanks, sweetie,” Chris choked out as Cindy patted him from the other side.
“Can I come visit too?” Bex asked her.
“Oh, yes, Auntie Bex,” Annabelle said. “…if you bring Kol.”
“Of course,” Bex agreed. Who was she to argue with priorities like that?
***
Will
Will and Connor had been home for about fifteen minutes when Bex and Emery came bursting through the door, arms full of bags.
“Hey!” Bex grinned as she swooped around them to the kitchen. “We brought stuff for dinner!”
“Tired of the new place already, Em?” Will teased.
“For your information, I was kidnapped,” she shot back as she followed Bex, laughing at the outraged squawk that got.
Bex poked her head back in the living room. “Excuse me for thinking it would be nice to cap off the weekend by having dinner together.”
“I think it sounds great, Bex,” Connor called out to her. She blew him a kiss and returned to the kitchen.
Will turned to his boyfriend. “You are such a suck up,” he whispered.
“Might be, but you love me,” Connor murmured back, waggling his eyebrows at Will.
“This is gonna be a thing now, isn’t it?” Will sighed. Not that he was in any way, shape, or form annoyed by it. A smile spread across his face as he leaned in for a kiss—
“Get your butts in here,” Bex yelled. “This dinner won’t cook itself!”
Will groaned and Connor laughed, giving him a quick peck. “C’mon,” he said, grabbing Will’s hand and hauling him toward the kitchen. “Our ass-isstance is required.”
“Ooooh, we have to break up,” Will groaned again. “That was terrible. Ugh. The worst.”
Bex and Emery overheard the last bit and made Connor say it again which started up a flurry of truly horrific puns that lasted until dinner was ready.
Emery and Connor stuck around for a movie afterward and Will had to admit that it was a nice way to cap off the weekend. He knew Bex had been apprehensive about all of the changes their family had been going through, but—
It looked like they were navigating their new normal just fine.
He and Bex waited at the door while Connor and Emery got their things together. After giving Emery a hug, he gave Connor a kiss. “Love you,” he whispered in his ear and Connor whispered it back. His stomach did a little flip every time he heard it. Will hoped that never stopped.
“See you at the coffee cart in the morning?” he asked as they drew apart and Connor nodded, giving him one last kiss before he and Emery headed out. Will locked the door behind them and turned to see Bex staring at him with wide eyes.
“What?”
“Will,” she said in a tone that seemed to indicate he should understand exactly what she meant by just saying his name.
“What?” he repeated. “Why are you looking at me like—” Oh. Maybe she—did she hear them?
“Will.”
Yeah, she definitely did. And that—that was okay. That was more than okay because he and Connor loved each other and he wasn’t scared or ashamed or trying to hide anything because it was all good. So good.
“Be-ex,” he sang back at her, grinning.
Then she screamed and jumped on him. “I’m so happy for you!” she yelled, nearly strangling him with her arms around his neck. “Tell me everything! Right now!”
He staggered over to the couch and dumped her on it, taking a breath. “Okay, fine.” Bex cheered as Will plopped down beside her, cheeks already hurting from how big his smile had become. “I’ll start at the beginning…”
***
Connor
Connor stepped into the elevator and pressed the button, avoiding Emery’s pointed stare as she followed behind him. He could still see her incredibly wide grin out of the corner of his eye though. It was kind of hard to miss.
“So,” Emery said slowly, drawing the word out to its full potential. “You and Will have a good night last night? Anything fun or interesting happen?”
He turned, taking in the gleeful look on her face. “It was nice,” he said. “A totally fine and normal night.”
The glee instantly dissolved into a pout as she grabbed his arm. “Connor, come on,” she begged. “Please? Who said it first? How did it happen? Details! Are you honestly not dying to talk about it?”
Connor lasted about fifteen seconds of pretending he wasn’t dying to talk about it when the doors to the elevator opened. “I said it first,” he blurted out before escaping into the lobby.
Emery squealed, chasing after him. “AND? Then what?” She looped her arm through his as they headed for the parking lot.
“Okay, fine,” Connor said before waving a stern finger at her. “But this stays between us.”
She crossed her heart enthusiastically. “I will be a freakin’ vault.”
Yeah, there was no way this wasn’t getting back to Bex, but Connor had a feeling Will was getting the same treatment at that very moment. “So,” he began, bumping shoulders with her while they walked. “We were getting ready for bed and Will was talking about what a great night it was…”
***
Bex
Bex yawned as she headed into Molly’s, wiping at the sleep out of her eyes. She’d been up late texting with Emery and comparing notes on the big Will and Connor ‘I love you’ story. It was obviously time well spent—no regrets—she was just going to need some serious caffeine to get through the day. She had no regrets about volunteering to help out Chris either, but…
Inventory was always so mind-numbingly boring.
“It’s too hot to be stuck in here doing this.” Otis arrived shortly after her, grumbling as he came through the door. “We should have minions for this sort of thing.”
“I mean—” Bex shrugged “—I think technically I am one of the minions.”
“Who’s ready to count stuff?” Shay came bursting in with a tray of iced coffees and a gigantic grin. Bex was already making grabby hands for one of the cups. Shay handed them out and then hopped up on a stool. “No one’s going to have as much fun as we are today.”
Otis peered at her over the top of his cup. “Why does that sound like a threat?”
***
Jay
“Gonna be a good day,” Ruzek declared as he strapped on his vest. “I can feel it.” He reached out a fist to Atwater and they did some sort of intricate bump-shake combination.
“Be even better if it wasn’t so hot,” Burgess groaned, pulling her hair up into a ponytail.
Ruzek snapped his fingers and pointed at her, eyes going wide. “We should get ice cream when this is done.”
Jay ignored the rest of their discussion—a heated debate over where they’d go for ice cream—and focused on getting his own gear on, not wanting to get distracted from the job ahead.
They’d been honing in on a group that was using clubs to test out a deadly new party drug. Yesterday, a solid tip came in from one of Olinsky’s CIs and today they were hitting the suspected base of the operations. Hopefully to shut the whole thing down.
“Hey.”
Jay looked up to see Upton standing before him, ready to go.
“You good?” she asked, tucking her hands into the top of her own vest as she watched him finish up his checks.
“Just about,” he said and she grinned.
“Good,” she said. “Hurry up. Word is we’re getting ice cream after this.”
***
Shay
Shay had a plan: Play it casual, keep the conversation going, and then slide a Mouse question in there, real smooth-like.
However.
They got ten minutes into working through the supply room with Otis griping about how hot it was the whole time and Shay found herself blurting out, “Bex! How are things going with Mouse?”
So. Not as smooth as she’d hoped, but at least it was a change of subject.
After a second of shocked silence, a tiny smile flitted across Bex’s face and Shay did an internal fist pump. That had to mean good news.
“Um, they’re—things are going great,” Bex said. “We’re still taking it slow, but I think we’re finally getting on the same page about things, important things, and—”
Otis groaned, banging his forehead on the shelf. “Please,” he said. “No relationships talk. Seriously.” He spun around to lean against the shelves and sighed. “I can’t deal with a full day of hearing about how amazing things are with you and Julie—” he pointed at Shay “—or how the unending saga of the Mouse and Bex romance is going—” he pointed at Bex “because while I am incredibly happy for both of you, I am also so incredibly, painfully single and I can’t. I can’t do it! I don’t need another layer of sadness added to this day. Inventory is bad enough.”
Shay exchanged a glance with Bex and they both stepped toward him, arms outstretched. “Aw, Otis—”
“No!” He raised his hands to fend them off. “No hugging either! It’s too hot for that too!”
“First of all, I turned the air conditioner on so it’s going to be fine in here soon enough,” Bex said. “Second of all, I think maybe we do need some relationship talk time, but focused on this whole stressful…tangle you’ve got yourself in.”
Shay had to agree. Dude was pent up.
He tried to argue, but Otis was no match for the combined persuasive powers of Bex and Shay. Soon enough, they were sitting in a loose circle on the floor of the supply room, sipping at their drinks as Otis detailed his romantic woes.
It was a lot of woe.
“Online dating got me nowhere,” he was saying. “And meeting people in person is hard with our schedules. Plus, I don’t think I make the best first impression, you know?” He frowned down at his cup. “No one sticks around long enough to get to know me.”
“They’re the ones missing out,” Bex said. She reached out to pat his knee and he snorted. “What? They are!”
“No, it’s not that,” he said, laughing a bit as he shook his head. “I, uh, there was the tiniest of moments awhile back when I was thinking about asking you out. When it looked like maybe things weren’t going to work out with you and Mouse.”
Hunh. Interesting. It would have been super weird, but Shay could almost see it? Bex seemed like she was trying to wrap her brain around it as well.
Otis looked up and saw her face, then started tripping over his words trying to explain it better. “Only because we actually know each other, you know? And we get along, right? We have a lot of the same interests and sense of humour and we already hang out with the same people.” He scrunched up his nose. “But then I thought about it more and realized it would be totally weird. Like, beyond weird. It was more of a last resort kind of idea than anything else? I rejected it pretty quickly—”
“Okay!” Bex cut him off, kicking at his foot. “I don’t need an extensive list of reasons as to why asking me out would have been a horrible idea. I’m gonna choose not to be offended by that because you’re right. Our sibling energy is way too strong.” She blew out a breath. “You must have really been grasping at straws to even consider it.”
“That’s what I’m saying!” Otis exclaimed. He slumped back. “Ugh. Relationship talk ban back on. This is making it worse.”
“No, no, no!” Shay scooted closer, ignoring the grunginess of the floor. “Listen. You are a great guy, Otis. You’re handsome, objectively speaking, you’re smart—”
“You’re funny,” Bex added. “And fun which are two different and important things. Plus, you’re a cool firefighter—”
“And a part owner of Chicago’s best bar,” Shay said, elbowing him until he cracked a little smile. “You’ve got a lot going for you.”
“And it’s not getting me anywhere,” Otis said, bringing them full circle. “I wish I could be like Severide or—”
“Ah!” Bex held up a finger. “That’s your problem, right there. Why are you trying to be like someone else? We literally just listed all of the reasons you’re awesome—all of the things that make you you. The right person is going to come along at the right time and I don’t think you should be trying to change yourself in the meantime.”
“Although,” Shay began and the two of them turned to look at her. “We could take some time to workshop your game a little bit—”
Otis instantly bristled. “My game is great, what are you talking about—”
Shay threw her hands up. “You just said—”
“I know!” Otis scowled at her. He crossed his arms and hunched in on himself, glaring at the two of the them before deflating. “Okay. Fine. What do you suggest?”
“Like I said, workshopping.” Shay snapped a pair of finger guns at him. “You’ll practice flirting with us—” She ignored his groan. “—and we’ll see if there’s any little things we can do to improve your approach.”
“Fine,” Otis grumbled, getting to his feet.
Shay exchanged a grin with Bex as they got up as well. She knew today was going to be fun.
***
Mouse
Mouse was loading up the last of the gear in the van when Burgess came over. She and Olinsky were going to be riding in it with him which seemed to be the usual set up on OPs lately. He didn’t mind. Olinsky mostly kept to himself and Burgess was nice enough.
Even if she asked a lot of questions.
He could tell one was brewing by the way she was hovering and handing him things to load into the van.
“Hey, so,” she finally said, clearing her throat. “You and Bex were pretty smiley at Emery’s housewarming party. Are things…going okay with her? Now?”
Everyone on the team had been giving him lots of space lately—Mouse suspected Jay was running interference—but someone was bound to crack sooner rather than later and he didn’t mind that it was Kim. She’d been offering him a lot of quiet support all along.
He wasn’t ready to talk about it in detail though. Not when he was still figuring out those details with Bex and as much as they were in a better place, they weren’t…solidified yet.
“Yeah,” Mouse said, locking in the last of the gear. “It’s, uh, things are good. Better.” He flashed her a small smile and hoped she’d be satisfied enough by that.
“That’s great, Mouse.” Kim grinned at him, bobbing her head in a little nod. “I’m glad to hear it.” She pulled the van keys out of her pocket and twirled them on her finger before heading for the driver’s seat.
Mouse chuckled to himself and closed the side door. Then he turned around only to be nearly nose to nose with Olinsky. Mouse hadn’t even heard him walk up which was as disconcerting as it was annoying. Guy needed a bell.
“You know,” Olinsky said in that soft, mild tone he had. “I try to stay out of everyone’s personal lives.” He sighed. “But everyone keeps talking about them so I still hear things.”
“Uh…” Mouse froze, not quite sure where he was going with this. Was he supposed to apologize? It wasn’t like Mouse was the one who kept bringing this stuff up at work. He had a hard enough time talking about it with Bex.
Or maybe Olinsky was trying to work his way around to offering some advice? It felt like everyone else Mouse knew had put their two cents in at this point so why not Olinsky?
From what Mouse knew of the man, the conversation could go either way.
“So, you’re saying…” Mouse prompted.
“I’m saying I wish I heard less.” Olinsky stuck a toothpick into his mouth and stared off into the distance. A haunted look passed over his face. “So much less.”
Mouse opened his mouth to apologize when Olinsky clapped a hand on his shoulder, nearly sending him into the van. “Be good to Mini-Halstead.” Then he wandered to the front of the van. “Burgess!” Olinsky called out. “Gimme those keys.”
This day was shaping up to be weird as hell. Mouse shook his head, accepting a fist-bump from Jay when he passed by. Voight called for everyone’s attention at that point and announced they were moving out.
Mouse scrambled into the van as Olinsky started it up.
At least the OP would distract people from asking him any more questions.
***
Bex
“All I’m saying is that there’s making meaningful eye contact during a conversation and then there’s not blinking at all,” Bex said as she and Otis hauled bags of trash out to the dumpster. “It’s an entirely different vibe.”
The workshopping had been an enlightening experience. Otis wasn’t bad at flirting, not really, but he was a bit intense with his efforts.
“I was trying to show I was listening,” Otis said morosely. He chucked his bags in, waiting for Bex to do the same before closing the lid.
“I think what we need to do is find ways to help you relax more,” Bex said. He’d gotten all tense even pretend flirting with her and Shay. “And I had an idea…”
“I’m almost afraid to ask.” Otis’s eyebrows winged up as they headed back inside.
“What do you think about me asking around my art school friends and seeing if anyone knows someone who would be a good fit?” A more personalized search from a new pool of candidates might be helpful.
Otis shrugged as he thought it over. “I’ve liked all of your friends that I’ve met,” he said. “I’d be open to it, I think? I wouldn’t want to dive into a blind date—Shay, is that my phone? What are you doing?” He ran into the kitchen where Shay was sitting on the counter, scrolling through his phone.
“Mine is acting up and we need some tunes,” she said, holding it out of his reach as he grabbed for it.
“How did you even get it unlocked?” Otis poked at her and managed to find a ticklish enough spot to snatch his phone back.
“Easy. I got the passcode on the first try.” She snorted and leaned over to whisper at Bex. “It’s the year of the first Star Wars movie.”
“Well, not anymore, it isn’t,” Otis grumbled as he typed away furiously.
“Let me—let me see it again,” Shay said, trying to reach over his shoulder. “I was just getting to the good stuff.”
Otis fended her off one-handed and finished resetting his code.
Now that it was out there though, Bex needed to know. “What was the good stuff?”
Shay’s eyes lit up. “Oh, there was—”
Leaping over to the counter, Otis covered her mouth with his hand, shushing her. “Stop. Come on. No, Shay!”
She’d already wiggled out of his grasp and managed to steal his phone again, hopping off the counter and joining Bex. “He has a playlist on here called Happy Time Songs.”
“Hunh.” Bex looked between the phone and Otis. “I don’t know if we should know what’s on that? That feels kind of…invasive? I mean—”
“Oh, my god!” Otis exclaimed, face going bright red. “It’s not that kind of playlist, Bex!”
“I wasn’t gonna judge!” Bex held her hands up, trying not to laugh as Otis thunked his head down on the counter.
He kept his head down as he held out a hand for his phone. “Give it.”
Shay pouted, but gave it back to him. Otis stood up enough to lean his elbows on the counter and then he unlocked his phone, setting it down for them to see the screen.
Sure enough, there was the Happy Time Songs playlist. Bex steeled herself as she took a peek.
“Hey, these are all fun songs!”
Otis rolled his eyes. “Yes, because it’s my songs for when I want a little pick-me-up. When I want to sing along in the car and cheer myself up or whatever. Not what you gutterbrains were thinking.”
Bex tuned out the sniping he and Shay were doing since there was no actual heat behind it and scrolled through Otis’s list. An idea began to form.
“We’re in not bad shape for the inventory, right?”
Shay and Otis stopped their bickering and turned to her. “Yeah,” Otis said slowly. Suspiciously. “Why?”
She pointed at one of the songs. “Want to do something fun for Molly’s socials?”
***
Will
Will flopped down next to Connor on the couch in the lounge. The day had been their usual amount of busy and this was the first chance they’d had to take a breather. Connor shuffled, letting Will sink into his side as he scrolled through notifications on his phone.
Just as he was getting comfortable, Will was jostled by the vibrations of Connor laughing at something. “What?” He nosed his way up Connor’s arm to try and see the screen.
“Bex, Shay, and Otis made a little video for Molly’s Instagram account,” Connor said. He tilted the phone toward Will and turned up the sound.
Carly Rae Jepsen came blasting out of the speaker, singing about how much she really, really, really, really, really, really liked him. Bex, Shay, and Otis were doing a—he wasn’t sure if he could call it choreographed, but it was something definitely dance-like. They were bopping around Molly’s and clearly having way too much fun.
Will snorted. “Inventory’s going well.”
“Managing inventory and promotion,” Connor whistled. “Bex is a girl of many talents.”
“Very true.” Will nudged him. “Play it again.”
Shay’s face when she almost fell off the bar was worth seeing a second time.
***
Hailey
Stakeouts were not Hailey’s favourite part of the job. They were necessary, obviously, but she’d always rather be out in the thick of things. Taking action. There was no action yet though, so she just had to be patient.
They’d managed to get eyes inside the building thanks to Mouse and confirmed this was the place the gang was operating out of. But the ringleader, Arnaldo Jacobs, wasn’t there yet. The CI said he would be. Voight and Olinsky had faith in their intel so they were stuck waiting.
Her phone beeped and Hailey pulled it out to check the notification. And laughed.
“What?” Jay glanced over at her before returning his eyes to the building.
“Your sister shared some kind of new promo video for Molly’s.” Hailey showed him the preview image and Jay barked out a laugh.
“Okay, we’re definitely watching that later,” he said. Then he did a double take at the screen and frowned. “You and Bex are Instagram friends?”
“Yeah,” Hailey said, putting her phone away. “Why? You got a problem with that?”
“No,” Jay said. “As long as Bex didn’t strong arm you into friending her.” He side-eyed Hailey. “Did you even have an Instagram account before or did she sign you up?”
Hailey laughed, shaking her head. “She did neither of those things,” Hailey said. “She sent me a friend request though and that was pretty impressive because my account isn’t even under my name.” She’d tried asking her how she found it and Bex’s only answer was that she’d learned enough from hanging out with Jay and the Intelligence crew over the years that she was basically a detective.
Hailey was kind of buying it.
“She posts fun stuff,” Hailey continued. “It’s entertaining.” Bex had a level of playful energy that Hailey hadn’t had in her life for…a long time now. Their friendship didn’t make a lot of sense on paper, but Hailey was enjoying it. She hadn’t realized how much brightness she’d been missing in her life until she got pulled into surprise parties and after-training pizza and game nights.
And getting to know Bex was giving her an unexpected amount of insight into her new partner. Jay Halstead kept surprising her with each new layer she discovered—including ‘gigantic marshmallow of a big brother.’
Voight’s voice popped up over the radio. “Jacobs entering south side door. Take up positions.”
Hailey nodded at Jay and they exited the truck in one fluid motion.
***
Bex
“Bex!” Otis shoved his phone in her face. “Seriously?”
She pulled back a bit so she could actually see what was on the screen. Oh. Right. She’d shared their Molly’s video on her own profile and tagged Otis in it. With a little extra message.
“P.S. Ladies, this handsome man is single, believe it or not,” Otis read the caption out loud. “When he’s not fighting fires, you can find him over at Molly’s. Come say hi!” He lowered the phone and gave her a baleful look.
…maybe she should have asked before she did that.
“I thought it would be a fun little boost! If someone shows up, it’ll be a chance to keep workshopping! Flirt in a comfortable environment and all that.” She started hunting around for her own phone. “Do you want me to untag you?”
Otis sighed. “No,” he finally said. “But if anyone murders me, it’s on you!”
“I’ll vet them all before they get to you,” Bex promised.
“Vet them ‘all’, she says.” Otis rolled his eyes. “Like there’s going to be a crowd.”
Considering the fact that Beau had already shared it to his account, there might be. But Bex wasn’t going to share that little tidbit with Otis just yet.
“Inventory is officially done!” Shay declared as she emerged from the supply room. “Anything else need doing?”
“We might as well take care of the monthly health and safety checklist while we’re here,” Otis said, grabbing a folder from behind the bar. “I’ll do the fire extinguishers if you guys can check the emergency lights.”
“On it.” Bex saluted him.
Otis walked off to start in the kitchen only to return immediately. "So, I can't check the fire extinguisher right now,” he said. “Because there is a...squirrel. In the kitchen. Squirrel in the kitchen. Yup."
“Wait, what?” Shay rushed over to peek through the door with Bex hot on her heels. Sure enough there was a squirrel. Just hanging out on the counter.
“Uh-oh,” Shay whispered. “Make that two squirrels.”
“How did that even happen?” Otis squeezed in to peer over their shoulders. “Where did they get in?”
Bex looked around as much as she could from her position and her heart sank when she saw it. The back door was open a crack. “Look.” She pointed it out to the others. “We must not have closed it properly when we came in from taking out the trash.”
“Because someone was messing around with my phone,” Otis hissed.
“Why are we wasting time with blame when what we need is a solution,” Shay shot back.
The three of them retreated to the bar to regroup. Obviously, they couldn’t call anyone to help with this. They’d never hear the end of it.
“We need to get them out on our own,” Bex said and the other two nodded seriously.
Otis tapped the Health and Safety folder. “Only if we take the proper precautions.”
Five minutes later, decked out in aprons and hand towels from the supply room and armed with serving trays, they stood in front of the door to the kitchen.
“Ready?” Bex asked them. Otis rolled his neck and Shay blew out a breath, doing a little boxer shuffle before nodding. “Okay,” Bex said, raising her trays. “Prepare to shoo.”
***
Jay
The raid had gone off without a hitch. They got the supply. They got the crew.
They got Jacobs.
But they might have the opportunity to get even more.
Mouse had managed to get into the guy’s phone—turning his nose up at the poor security the whole time—and it was a freaking goldmine.
They’d suspected that Jacobs was working under the larger umbrella of the Righetti family and the texts on his phone confirmed it. In fact, he had a meet scheduled with Frank Righetti an hour from now. If they played their cards right, they could cast a much wider net with this case than they originally thought.
Voight was already on his phone chasing down a warrant while the rest of them started strategizing entry points for the new location.
It was a good day to aim high.
***
Otis
The squirrels were out.
The kitchen was a mess.
But the three of them were still alive and that was what mattered.
“I think one of them growled at me,” Shay said, voice dazed as she sat on the floor, slumped against the fridge. “Can squirrels growl?”
“I don’t think they were squirrels,” Bex said from her spot under the table. “I think they were demons.”
It had been a battle and a half. Otis had made some noises that he’d really rather forget. He grabbed the counter and pulled himself up off of the floor. “The most important thing,” he said, making eye contact with the other two. “Is that we never speak of this incident ever again.”
“Agreed,” Shay muttered and Bex lifted her arm for a truly pathetic thumb’s up.
He did a quick sweep of the kitchen and winced. It was kind of a disaster. “Okay.” Otis clapped his hands together. “I vote for some medicinal pizza before we tackle cleaning this up.”
“Oooh, yes, please.” Shay made grabby hands at him and he stumbled over to help her up.
“You know, Otis,” Bex said as she crawled out from under the table. “You keep making genius suggestions like that and I might skip straight to marrying you.”
“Always good to know the way to your heart, Bex,” he said, lending her a hand as well.
She leaned against him for a minute before patting his chest. “We need cheesy bread too.”
***
Mouse
The warrant came through just in time and they managed to snap up not only Righetti, but five of his inner circle as well. The six of them were currently being transported back to 21.
Mouse had the van repacked and they were returning to the precinct as well. Burgess and Olinsky were up front again while Mouse tinkered away in the back. Voight was in his car up ahead with Jay, Hailey, Ruzek, and Atwater bringing up the rear.
A solid day’s work all in all.
Burgess and Olinsky were talking through next steps while they were stopped at an intersection. Mouse was only halfway listening as he fiddled with one of their cameras. The van lurched forward—with Olinsky muttering about how they needed to get the fuel pump looked at—and then Kim gasped.
And then—
A screaming clash of metal on metal.
***
Bex
Bex was sitting at the bar, eating her pizza, when a shiver ran down her spine.
Weird.
Her stomach did a slow flip and her hand itched toward her phone. She gave in, picking it up to check for messages, but there were none. Which made sense. Everyone was at work or wrangling kids. If there was a problem, they’d let her know.
Right?
Right.
She shivered again.
Probably just needed to turn down the air conditioner.
***
Jay
“Jay!” Hailey interrupted their conversation to point through the window at something on their left. He followed her finger to see an ice cream truck coming down the road, driving erratically.
He laid on the horn, but it was too late.
Swerving the truck to the side, he hit the brakes which kept them out of the line of collision, but did nothing for the van. He watched in horror as the ice cream truck slammed into the side of the van, making it spin and rock hard on its wheels.
The point of impact had been near the back. Right where Mouse was usually stationed.
Jay scrambled out of his truck, hitting the ground running. He darted around Ruzek’s jeep which had skidded to a stop beside them. He could hear the other three coming up behind him, but they could deal with triage. He was focused on one thing.
“Mouse!”
***
Mouse
Mouse groaned. Through the ringing in his ears, he could hear Kim and Al calling out his name, but all he could manage was another groan.
What the—
Oh. Something hit the van.
His brain started to clear a bit as he began to take stock. He’d been thrown out of his seat by the force of the crash, but nothing felt broken. Bruised as hell, but not broken.
“I’m okay,” he called back to the others when they yelled his name again. “You?”
“Yeah, I think so,” Kim said. “We’re—”
“Mouse!” a familiar voice kept shouting his name, drowning out whatever she was about to say and then the side door was wrenched open. Luckily, the hit had been on the other side and that door could still open.
Jay stood there, white-face and slumping in relief at the sight of Mouse blinking up at him from the floor of the van.
“Hey, Jay.” Mouse waved at him. “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
“Tell that to your bleeding head wound,” he said, leaning in to peer closely at him.
Jay made him stay put, checking him over for other injuries—apparently, he’d cut his arm as well—and forcibly stopping him from getting up until the ambos got there.
He kept relaying updates to Mouse as he got them though which was considerate enough. Turned out the driver of the ice cream truck had suffered a heart attack and passed out behind the wheel. Kevin and Hailey were helping him while Adam and Jay checked on Mouse, Kim, and Al.
Voight had seen the crash happen in his rear view and turned back around. He was busy directing officers to control the scene and shouting into his radio demanding to know when the ambos were arriving.
Multiple ambulances seemed a bit overkill to Mouse. Obviously, the truck driver needed one, but Kim and Al said they were fine. Mouse was a bit bloody, but he’d had worse. Slap a bandage on him and he’d be fine.
Jay and Voight disagreed with him so Mouse was keeping his mouth shut until the paramedics got there. They’d agree with him.
***
Two minutes later.
***
Mouse
The paramedics did not agree with him. Kim and Al had been given the all clear, but Mouse had to go to Med for stitches. Jay was laughing at him for pouting when Adam sidled up to them.
“Hey,” he whispered. “What do you think the odds are of getting free ice cream out of this?”
***
Bex
After scarfing down their pizza, the three of them got their second wind and finished cleaning up the kitchen before heading home. Bex had a shower and a little nap since she hadn’t bothered swapping out for her evening shift at Molly’s.
Shay and Otis were planning to swing by as well. The bar was basically the centre of everyone’s social life. Bex wondered for about half a second if they should be branching out more before she remembered that they were forcing her into an outdoor game night later that week.
That was a big enough branch for now.
She checked her phone as she was getting changed, but there were no answers from Jay or Mouse to her texts. They must still be in the middle of things.
Bex sent a follow up message saying they should stop by Molly’s when they were done and left it at that.
…but if she didn’t hear from them by eight, she reserved the right to hunt them down.
***
Jay
They’d been at the hospital for a couple of hours now because the ED was so swamped, Mouse kept getting bumped. He’d tried to tell Jay a few times that he could go, but Jay would just tell him to shup up and then go get them some more snacks.
Including ice cream because Jay was always a little shit at heart.
Jay might have also pulled up the Molly’s video that Bex had made with Otis and Shay to entertain them while they waited. It definitely hadn’t gotten old yet. They were also getting regular updates from the team on how processing the gang was going.
Finally, they were called back and Will met them in one of the rooms, apologizing for the hold up. He checked Mouse over quickly. The good news was that Mouse didn’t have a concussion and he was mostly only bruised, but he did need stitches for the cut on his head.
Jay stuck around while Will got to work. Today could have gone in a very different direction and he wasn’t ready to let Mouse out of his sight just yet.
He’d also had a lot of time to think while they were stuck in the waiting room. As much as he’d been trying to stay out of Mouse and Bex’s business lately, there’d been something brewing in him for the last couple of hours and Jay had to get it off his chest.
To at least know that he’d said it. Even if Mouse did nothing with it.
Maybe it was years of listening to Bex rubbing off on him, but this crash felt like a sign and Jay was going to take advantage of the fact that Mouse couldn’t run away to try and make him see it.
He leaned back in his chair and sighed. “Pretty sure the universe was trying to give you a kick in the ass today.”
“Hm?” Mouse quirked an eyebrow at him and Will tsked.
“Don’t move.”
Jay scooched his chair closer so Mouse didn’t have to turn to see him. “I’m saying things could have gone so much worse. You could’ve died without ever giving it a real chance with Bex.”
Will shot him a glare when Mouse made a wounded noise, but Jay kept going. He and his gut were back on track and he knew he had to say this.
“I know you’re worried about messing things up—”
“With good reason,” Mouse muttered.
“But think about it this way,” Jay countered. “You already have. Multiple times!”
“Jay!” Will’s head whipped around to give him an incredulous stare. “What the hell, man?”
“I’m going somewhere with this, I promise.” Jay waved him off and focused on Mouse. “You’ve already had things go sideways with Bex more than once now,” he said. “And you both worked through it to come out the other side better every time.” Jay was pretty sure their relationship was going to be Cindy and Chris levels of bulletproof at this rate.
“That’s not actually a bad point,” Will said, nodding as he focused on his stitching.
“If it was anyone else, maybe they would have walked away. A while ago. But this is Bex,” Jay said. “She’s special. She sees through the fuck ups and cares enough to take the time to work it out. It’s her Herrmann-ness. Always comes through.”
Mouse and Will both chuckled quietly at that.
“I’m not trying to brush off your worries,” Jay said. “But you guys have proven that you can survive the shit and today proved that the shit can come from any corner.” He scrubbed a hand down his face, shaking his head. “You almost got pancaked by a friggin’ ice cream truck. An ice cream truck, dude. You could have died and left nothing but a pile of broken bones and regrets. Think about that for a second.”
He tried to leave it at that, but he had one last point to drive home.
“You know she’s already there, man,” he said quietly. “And I know how hard this all is for you, but I think you’re there too. You just gotta go for it. Take the sign and go for it.”
***
Mouse
Mouse sat there, feeling a bit stunned by everything Jay had just laid out for him. Will and Jay were silent as Will finished treating Mouse; both of them clearly giving him space to think.
So he did.
All of the advice he’d received over the past few months swirled around in his brain—a lot of it echoing Jay’s words.
And Chuck’s.
A leap of faith.
He thought about Bex.
Laughing with her. Talking to her. Loving her. He had a chance to do that for as long as he could. Forever if she let him.
Everything that he wanted. Desperately. And he could have lost it all today.
Mouse’s heart tripped at the thought; somehow more scared by that than everything else he’d been wrestling with. He couldn’t let her go.
Jay was right. Mouse was—he was there.
He couldn’t believe what he’d almost let slip through his fingers.
“I could have died,” Mouse said slowly. “Without ever going on a date with Bex.”
“That’s what I’m saying,” Jay exclaimed, sitting up in his seat.
Mouse stared at him. At Will who was putting stuff away on a tray, shooting little smiles back at him. He shook his head, feeling like his whole world had been turned on its side.
“I could have died without ever kissing Bex,” Mouse said.
“Okay,” Jay grimaced. “I don’t think we need a detailed list or anything like that.”
“Am I good to go?” Mouse asked Will. “I need to get out of here.”
“I need to get your discharge paperwork—”
“Wait.” Jay stood up. “What are you—are you saying—”
“I’m going for it,” Mouse said. He took a deep breath, steeling himself for the flood of negatively the usually came when he stepped foot in this direction, but none of that came. All he felt was certainty. He felt good and right. He grinned at Jay. “Yeah. I’m going for it.”
***
Sharon
Sharon was doing a round of the ED when cheers erupted from behind the curtain of room three. She turned to Maggie. “What in the world is happening in there?”
Maggie raised an eyebrow at her. “You really want to know?”
“Is it going to result in me having a headache or extra paperwork?” Sharon gave her the eyebrow right back. Maggie shook her head which was a considerable relief and Sharon made a little ‘go on’ gesture at her.
“Okay,” Maggie grinned, leaning over the counter and lowering her voice. “You know Dr. Halstead’s sister, Bex…”
***
Bex
Slowly, but surely the whole gang was trickling into Molly’s. That and a few new faces that were giggling and checking out Otis from a distance.
Ha. Success.
She scoped them out as she took their orders; asking a casual question here and there. They didn’t scream murdery to her so she gave Otis a discreet thumb’s up when she walked by.
On her next round, she brought him back with her, closely tailed by Joe, and made some introductions. She grinned at Chris when she returned to the bar, ignoring his eyeroll.
“I’m adding ‘excellent wingwoman’ to my resume,” she declared.
“You made that happen,” he said, nodding at the happily chatting group. “So I’d say you earned it.” He elbowed her. “You also earned a break. What are you still doing here? You did inventory all day, you don’t need to stay all night on top of that.”
“Jay and Will and everybody are supposed to come by later,” she said. “I want to stick around for that.”
“Ah,” Chris said knowingly. “I wouldn’t want you to miss ‘and everybody’.” He cackled, dodging out of range of her swat.
The front door opened at that moment and Adam, Kevin, Kim, Al, Hank, Sam, and Julie came through. Sam and Julie made a beeline for where Shay, Isaac, and Devon were seated while the rest of them came up to the bar.
Adam took a look around before facing Bex. “Jay and Mouse not done at the hospital yet?”
Bex froze. “I’m sorry, what?”
“Oh.” Adam’s eyes went wide. “Oops.”
She crooked a finger at him and he tentatively leaned in until he was close enough for her to grab him by the front of his shirt. “Explain. Now.”
***
Jay
They were still cheering when Connor stepped into the room. “What’s going on in here?”
“Mouse is gonna kiss Bex,” Will said cheerily.
“Don’t say it like that,” Jay complained as Connor gave his own cheer.
Jay had Mouse wrapped up in a hug, happy about it all, but the enormity of the moment wasn’t lost on him either. “This is going to be weird as fuck, isn’t it?” He patted Mouse on the back before letting him go.
“Yeah,” Mouse said, with a sigh that was anything but regretful. “Probably.”
“I’ll survive.” Jay said. Meaning it. “I’m happy for you, man.”
Mouse returned Jay’s grin with a truly dopey smile of his own
All of a sudden, their phones chimed with a bunch of text message notifications. So did Will’s.
And Connor’s.
Hunh.
Jay pulled his out to check and—uh oh. “Someone told Bex what happened,” he said, scrolling through the messages. “We should probably get there sooner rather than later.”
“Connor and I are done,” Will said, snapping off his gloves. “We’ll come with you.” He had a sparkle in his eye that Jay knew meant he wasn’t about to miss out on whatever was going to happen next. “I’ll go get you discharged.” Connor followed him out, saying he’d grab both their things so they could leave quicker.
Jay shot off a message to Bex, letting her know that everything was fine and they would be there soon. He peeked over at Mouse who was slipping his phone back into his pocket. “Not gonna reply?”
“You already told her we’re coming, right?” Mouse shrugged, biting at his lip with a little smile. “I just want to see her and talk to her in person.”
Will was back within seconds and soon enough they were all free to go. Will and Connor must have taken some kind of crazy short cut after they left or broken every speed limit there was because they were waiting outside of Molly’s when Jay and Mouse pulled up.
“Ready to go in?” Will asked, bouncing a bit in his excitement.
Mouse still looked determined, but he was knitting his fingers together nervously. “Yeah, uh, I just—I need a minute, okay?” He shot Jay a look. “I’m not going anywhere. Promise.”
“No worries,” Jay said, clapping a gentle hand on his shoulder. “I’ll try and hold her off for that long.” He followed Will and Connor up the steps and into the bar.
Bex must’ve had her Jaydar dialled up to eleven because as soon as he walked through the door, her head whipped up and she was marching over.
“Is he okay?” she demanded, peering around him, trying to spot Mouse. “What happened? Where is he?”
Jay held up a hand. “He’s fine,” he said. “He needed some stitches for a cut on his head and he’s a little bruised up, but Will gave him the all clear—”
Bex grabbed his arm. “Where. Is. He?”
He sighed, sending out a silent apology to Mouse for the incredibly short minute.
“He’s outside.”
***
Mouse
He jumped when the front door of Molly’s slammed open and Bex came flying out. She looked around wildly before spotting him off to the side and rushing over.
“Mouse! Are you okay? Where are you hurt?” Her hands carefully fluttered over him, needing to check every inch. Needing to touch. Mouse let her, shaking his head at the rapid fire questions.
“I’m okay,” he said. “I got all checked out and all I needed was some stitches, but—”
“Are you sure though?” She frowned at his bandage. “Did Dr. Abrams see you? What about a concussion? Or internal bleeding? Or—”
“Bex, I swear.” He grabbed her hands to hold them still. “I was thoroughly examined, I promise. All I need right now is to talk to you—”
“We should go inside!” She exclaimed, trying to tug him toward the side door. “You need to be sitting down. You should rest! Have you eaten? I’ll get you some food—”
“Babe, please!” He pulled her back. Easily, considering she’d gone stock still.
Her eyes were wide as a slow smile spread across her face. “Babe?”
He could feel the flush travelling up his neck, but he held fast to her hands and returned her smile. Every bit of nervousness that had tried to find a way back in faded away. “Bex,” he said. “Please? I’m, uh, I’m trying to leap here.”
***
Bex
Her breath hitched as his words sunk in and she stepped closer, squeezing his hands in hers. “Wait. Really? Are you sure—”
Mouse let go of her hands and put his arms around her waist, pulling her in close. “Yes, I’m sure,” he said as she looped her arms around his neck. “I’m—Bex, I’m all in.”
“Well, that’s—that’s handy because I am too.” She laughed and he smiled down at her, oh, so softly before they both leaned in for a kiss.
The kiss.
One worth waiting months—years—for.
Mouse tightened his arms around her and a spike of heat ran down her spine. He kissed her like his life depended on it, like it was the last chance he’d ever get to do this, but—
It might be a last first kiss, but it was definitely the first of many, many kisses to come. Bex wanted to kiss Mouse for the rest of her life. She never wanted to stop.
Except they did break apart just then.
It was kind of hard to keep kissing when you couldn’t stop smiling.
Mouse touched his forehead to hers, eyes closed as he huffed out a laugh. “Don’t know if I’ll ever get used to that.”
Bex didn’t think she would either. “C’mere,” she said, tugging on his collar as she walked them backwards to get them off the sidewalk and out of plain sight.
Mouse slapped a hand against the wall of the bar to cushion her head when she met it, his other still at the small of her back, keeping her close. She put her arms back around his neck, pulling him down until their lips met again.
They kissed until Bex was dizzy with it. Mouse groaned when they finally stopped for air. “I had a whole speech I was going to give you.”
“You had a speech?” Bex pressed a kiss against his jaw. “I love speeches. Tell me your speech.” She began kissing her way down his neck and he melted into her.
“It was, uh, I was going to start with, oh, jesus, Bex,” he moaned out when she nibbled on him a bit.
“This is a great speech,” Bex murmured into his skin. “Five stars.”
He kissed her again, deep enough to steal her breath away. Then he hugged her tight, whispering into her ear. “I’m sorry I took so long.”
Bex nudged him back until he met her eyes. “I think it took exactly the right amount of time if this is where we ended up.”
Mouse gave her that crooked little smile before leaning in and kissing her senseless all over again.
***
Otis
As soon as Bex had gone outside, nearly everyone had raced for the windows, trying to get a peek at what was happening. Or tried to before Boden barked at them all to ‘sit their butts down.’
After a painfully long wait, neither Bex nor Mouse had come back inside.
“What do you think is happening?” Shay leaned across the table to whisper at him.
“Let’s give them some privacy, like the chief said,” Casey piped up and everyone boo’d quietly.
“Someone should probably check,” Gabi said. “Just to make sure they’re okay. Don’t you think?”
And then, for some unfathomable reason, everyone’s eyes turned to Otis. “Me?” He pointed at himself, just to make sure, and they all nodded. “Why am I the one going?”
“I mean,” Gabi shrugged. “We could rock, paper, scissors for it, but I think we all know how that’s going to end anyway.”
“I do not have a tell,” he grumbled at her. He tried to ignore the pleading stares coming from every corner of the room—all of 51, the weirdly large crowd from Med that had shown up, the Intelligence crew—even Chief Boden was failing at not giving him a bit of hopeful side eye.
“Fine!” Otis threw his hands up. “I will check, but if I get my head bitten off—”
“Just go!” Stella pushed him toward the side door. “I believe in you.”
He shook out his shoulders as he stood before the door and took a deep breath. Then he slowly pushed it open and poked his head outside and—oh, god, that was something he could never unsee.
***
Bex
The sound of the side door creaking open had them breaking apart and Bex looked over to see Otis leaning out of it with his eyes squinched shut.
“Did you need something, Otis?” she called out, finding herself sneaking a hand up Mouse’s shirt to stroke his back because she could touch now.
“Uh, just seeing if you were coming back inside to work anytime soon?” he asked, eyes still closed.
She laughed when Mouse silently shook his head and started peppering her face with kisses. “No,” she managed to get out. “I quit.”
“Alrighty then.” Otis ducked back inside.
***
Otis
“They’re fine,” Otis said shortly, working hard at not making any eye contact with any of the Herrmanns or Halsteads in the room. Or anyone really.
“Okay, but—”
“Nope,” Otis pointed a finger at Shay, cutting her off. “I’ve already wiped it all from my mind so that’s all you get. They’re fine.”
Chris raised an eyebrow at him when he came over and stepped behind the bar.
“Yeah, she’s not coming back in anytime soon,” he said. “I might as well help out.”
“Atta girl,” Chris said, shooting a grin at the side door and chuckling to himself.
“It’s about time,” Boden agreed from his spot at the bar.
Otis couldn’t argue with that.
Bex and Mouse were due for some happiness.
And they’d definitely looked happy.
Ugh.
His poor eyeballs.
***
Bex
As much as Bex would like to make out with Mouse forever, doing so against the side of Molly’s wasn’t exactly the best plan. And if they’d sent Otis out to check on them, it was only a matter of time before someone less easily deterred poked their head out.
“Okay,” Bex said, when they’d finally broken apart again. She ran her hands over Mouse’s shoulders and patted at his chest. “This is your chance to back out—” She pressed a finger to his lips when he started to protest. “—of going in there because there’s a zero percent chance that any of them will be able to be normal about this once we step a foot through the door.”
Mouse kissed her finger and flashed a grin at her. “I’m willing to risk it.” He grabbed her hand and led her inside.
Bex was right.
They were being super weird.
Stilted conversations were happening all over the room.
“Sports,” Shay was saying to Kelly who was heroically trying to keep a straight face. “What’s happening with those lately?”
“It’s hot,” Adam blurted out to Al and Kim. “So hot this week. Rain. Rain is a thing. That would be good.”
No one was looking their way with the exception of Capp who was staring directly at them with a big grin. “Did you kiss?”
Tony reached up to smack him upside the head.
Bex buried her face into Mouse’s shoulder and felt him shaking with silent laughter. She held up a finger before looking back out at the room. “You get one minute to be weirdos about this and that’s it.”
There was a moment of silence before the whole place erupted.
Everyone was on their feet, cheering and talking at once.
She turned to give Mouse an apologetic shrug, but he was taking all of the backslaps and teasing with a good-natured grin. And a tight grip on her hand the whole time.
This was really happening.
And it was already amazing.
Bex squeezed his hand. He squeezed hers back and then she let herself get swept up in the joy of her goofy, chaotic family.
***
Chris, Jay, Will, and Connor
They each found Bex during the enthusiastic celebrating and give her a gigantic hug. Staying silent, because they could barely hear each other anyway through the noise, but saying everything they needed to with one embrace.
Happiness.
Overwhelming happiness and love and support.
Always.
***
Mouse
After that first minute, things did calm down a bit. He joined the 21 gang and Jay gave him another bone-crushing hug. “No details ever,” Jay made him promise and Mouse solemnly agreed.
“I’ll take details,” Shay said as she bounced over with a cheeky grin. Julie managed to redirect her and the rest of the night was almost like a normal night at Molly’s.
Almost.
Now, he kept looking over at the bar and he knew what Bex tasted like.
He couldn’t wait to kiss her again.
And again.
A few hours later, when everyone was starting to head out, Severide and Casey came over to him and got about two words into a shovel talk before Bex appeared out of nowhere.
“No,” she said, giving them both a fierce look.
“Oh, come on,” Severide protested. “We just—”
“No,” Bex repeated, drawing a finger across her neck. “Don’t even.”
Casey laughed, pulling Bex into a hug and kissing her forehead. “I’ll keep an eye on him,” he said before herding Severide and the rest of the 51 crew out the door.
Mouse stuck around to help close the bar and walked Bex to her car. He’d called an Uber for himself since Jay had driven them here.
“You know,” Bex said slowly, fingers still tangled in his hair from when he’d pressed her against the Tin Can to say goodnight. “I could drive you home.” She kissed him slowly. “Maybe come upstairs.” Another kiss. “Stay for awhile.”
He lost himself in another kiss, almost willing to give into the idea before he pulled away and buried his face in her neck with a groan.
“Bad idea?” Bex asked quietly.
“No,” Mouse muttered. “Very good idea.” He popped his head back up and sighed. “But I really want to take you on a proper date first.”
“One could argue that we’ve been on quite a few dates,” she said.
“No.” Mouse reached up to cup her face, kissing her one more time. “I want to take you on a real one. Where we’re both on the same page and we both know what it means.”
Bex blushed. “Okay,” she said, leaning into his hand. “When? Tomorrow?”
“Yeah—wait,” Mouse’s face fell. “I promised Jay I’d watch the game with him and—”
“We don’t want to start this with you breaking plans with him,” Bex said, shaking her head and Mouse’s heart warmed at how she got that so completely.
“It wouldn’t feel right,” he agreed.
“Wednesday’s out because of Outdoor Game Night,” she sighed. “I promised Kevin and I want to make sure Sylvie has fun.”
“Thursday?” Mouse asked hopefully.
“I have to work at Molly’s,” Bex said with a rueful laugh. “I promised Chris because he’s got some sort of last hurrah of the summer thing planned with the kids.”
“Friday then.” Mouse crossed his fingers and Bex nodded.
“Friday works for me,” she whispered. “Wow. We’re really doing this.”
“All in,” Mouse said, kissing her once again.
Finally.
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