So I’ve decided that: Since Loui is on fire (HOW TF-), California helps him because he’s used the fires, whereas Loui is used to literally drowning on land. So um- enjoy (also Loui uses he/they pronouns in this):
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Louisiana stumbled out of his room with a shaky breath. He tried their best to ignore the burning pain that was spreading across his torso, and they could only think about focusing on their very shaky breathing (which was made difficult because of the smoke). Everything was blurry, and he could only see stuff that was right in front of him (also because of the smoke). Every single sound echoed and they felt like they would pass out at any given moment. So yea Loui was not having a good time.
As he stumbled into the kitchen, he could hear and sorta see Florida and California having a screaming match (arguing) in the living room. Nothing new, he could even say that they grew fond of it almost. But right now? It just gave them a headache and they knew that they needed some water and probably some ibuprofen for their headache fever. He supposed that tending to his burn wounds would be a good idea as well, but they decided that he’ll probably take care of those later at some point.
As he reached up to grab a cup from one of the higher shelves, a wave of dizziness hit them full force and they barely managed to grab a cup and steady himself with the counter. He let out a shaky breath as he filled the cup with water and drank some of it. Louisiana coughed a bit, smoke coming out of his mouth. Their vision became even more blurry and was black around the edges as another wave of dizziness hit them and…. Wait- when did the floor get so close? Oh right, he was falling…..
~~~from CA and FL’s pov(?)~~~
California held the lighter high up where Florida couldn’t reach it, meanwhile the Sunshine State was jumping to get it.
"Florida no!! I’m not letting you light Gov’s paperwork on fire damnit!!" Cal said, shoving Florida a little bit when the shorter state jumped again.
"Why not??? The dumbass needs a break anyways- now give me the lighte-" Florida argued before getting cut off by a thud and the sound of glass breaking. The two states rushed over to where the sound came from. And Florida almost screamed a bit when they both saw Loui laying unconscious on the kitchen floor next to a broken cup.
"Loui/Louisiana!!!" Shouted both Cal and Florida as they quickly ran to the Pelican State’s side. Florida instantly pulled Louisiana into his lap, though he did nearly drop him when he was caught off guard by how hot Louisiana was (in temperature-). He checked for Loui’s pulse and nearly sighed in relief when he found one.
"Cal he’s burning up!! Is he okay- Is he gonna alright??? *small gasp* Is Loui dying??" Florida asked Cal, not even taking a second to breathe.
California was about to yell at Florida to calm down and stop asking so many questions, but the scared (YES. SCARED-) and panicked look in Florida’s eyes told him not to. He sighed before answering Florida’s questions. "Florida, listen. Loui’s gonna be alright, okay?? He’s dealing with fires right now. Trust me, I get them all the time. They’re gonna be alright." ‘Most likely-‘ Cal thought to himself.
That seemed to calm down Florida a bit, or at least enough that he could speak again. "O-o-okay…. What do we do??" He nearly gasped in relief when he felt Loui stir awake in his arms. "Loui!!"
"W-w-what da hell h-h-happened….?" Loui asked, his voice raspy and quiet.
"You passed out Louisiana. And you’re burning up." California answered, running a calming hand through the Pelican State’s hair.
Loui sighed a bit contentedly, and sat up a bit and placed the side of their head on Florida’s shoulder. "Probably from those damn fires…."
"Yeah most likely. What were you doing though?? You should be resting right now…." California said with a motherly-tone of voice.
"Relax sha…." Loui sighed, wincing a bit at how loud California’s voice sounded. "I was jus’ tryin’ to get some water and ibuprofen is all."
"Why didn’t you ask me, Loui?? I would’ve gotten it for you, amor." Florida asked his lover.
"I didn’t wanna be burden…." Louisiana said near silently, but the two taller state’s could hear what he said.
"Mi amor, you’re not burden, so don’t you dare say that. I love you, and I love being able to help you." Florida said sternly, pecking Loui on the cheek.
"R-r-really?" Loui asked, and it broke Florida and California to hear the slight disbelief in the smaller’s voice, like he didn’t believe that he was worthy of help.
“Yes, really." Florida said. He readjusted his hands so that he could hold Loui a little easier, but his eyes widened when Loui hissed in pain and put his hand on Florida’s to pry it from its location.
"Omg I’m so sorry Loui are you hurt???" Florida asked with a hint of panic in his voice.
"I-i-it’s fine sha…. Just a few burns is all…." Loui mumbled.
"….How much is ‘just a few burns’ out of curiosity?? Cuz listen- I love you so very much, but you have a habit of getting severely injured and then saying that it’s not as bad as it actually is." Florida asked.
"Yea Florida’s right. Like that one time that you got into an alleyway fight and got stabbed, and you said that it wasn’t that bad of a stab wound, when in reality the knife went all the way through and out your back and was still in there and was probably the only thing keeping you from bleeding out as quickly??" California gently teased, almost laughing at the embarrassed blush that spread across the smaller’s face.
"Oh yea. Or that one time that you fell and dislocated your kneecap, but you said that you were fine and that it was probably just a scrape or some sh*t? Or maybe even that one time that you had the genius idea to go and get your canoe, which you have a few of might I add, during a tropical storm and you got hit in the head by flying debris, and then claimed that it wasn’t that bad and that it had stopped bleeding, but in reality it was still bleeding a lot and was a pretty deep wound?"
"Yup. Or even that other ti-" California started.
"Ok ok ok ok ok I get it I have bad habits when it comes to getting hurt 🥲" Loui interrupted.
"Yup. Now answer the question, amor." Florida said.
"….Fine…. They go from my left hip and loop around my back…." Loui begrudgingly told the other two.
"Mk. Is it like- One big burn, or patches? I need to know so that I know what kind of bandages are needed for the burns." Cal asked, smiling gently.
"Both."
"Kk." California said. "Florida take him to his room, I’m gonna go get the first aid kit."
"Yessir." Florida said, doing a little hand salute thing. Cal just rolled his eyes fondly before getting up to get the first aid kit.
Florida stood up with Louisiana in his arms and started to walk to the smaller’s room.
"Cher I can walk by myself" Louisiana said lightheartedly with a small chuckle.
"I don’t care, you’re in pain and I want to carry you." Florida said, pecking Loui on the lips as they entered Loui’s room.
"Im not that much pai-" Florida gave them a look. "Whatever sha…."
"That’s what I thought." said the Sunshine State as California came back with the first aid, water and some weird looking bottle.
"What’s dat…??" Loui asked as he looked at the bottle with distrust.
"Relax dude, it’s not gonna hurt you." Cal said, chuckling a little bit at the distrustful look in Loui’s eyes. "It’s just some ointment that helps ease the pain of the burns, trust me I use it all the time."
"Ok den…. You don’t have to let me use it tho, like- don’t you need it?" Loui asked the taller state.
"Nah not really. Unlike you, I’m so used to the fires that they don’t really affect me much anymore. Plus, I would like you to use it so that you’re not in that much pain." Cal said with a friendly smile.
"Are ya sure??"
"Yup!! Now let’s get those burns taken care of before they get infected." Said the Golden State.
They eventually got Loui to cooperate with them, and managed to wrap their wounds. He was a little hesitant to let the other two help them, cuz he didn’t want to "be a burden", but they kept reassuring them that it was okay to allow them to help. Louisiana was a little stubborn when it came to the ointment cuz it was cold and stung a bit at first, tho the other two taller states just chuckled lightheartedly at their antics. In the end, they successfully took care of the burns, and then all fell asleep whilst watching Princess and the Frog (definitely not Loui’s movie choice nope-)….
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Valicer OT3 Week, Day Three: Childhood Friends
Day Three of @ot3-week's OT3 Week, and we're up to a cute prompt -- "Childhood friends!" So naturally I couldn't resist writing the trio hanging out together as kids. :) This is supposed to be a Victorian!AU, though I suspect it might feel a little bit more modern than that...the important thing is, there's a grand old party happening in the halls of Christchurch at Oxford, and Smiler and Alice have already found each other and decided to sequester themselves away from all these boring adults in their own private table fort. But tummies have started growling, and so Smiler is venturing out to get snacks...
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“I’m gonna get more snacks!”
“All right – make sure to grab some of Mama’s Welsh rarebit!” Alice said, arranging the cards into neat piles. “Then when you come back we can start building our castle.”
“Definitely,” Smiler said, shooting her a grin. They grabbed the edge of the tablecloth and lifted it – then, seeing no adults had eyes on them, scrambled out from under the banquet table that they and Alice had claimed as their personal hidey-hole. And I thought this party was going to be boring, they thought, scurrying toward the table where the Welsh rarebit sat, along with a few other cheese-based dishes the various attendees were nibbling on. Adults never want to have any fun when they get together – it’s just talk talk talk about boring stuff. Especially Father, going on about “social compliance” and all that...it’s a good thing that Alice is here! I can’t wait to hear another story about Wonderland – it sounds amazing! And I bet that, without the adults interrupting us, we can build a castle using all of the –
“Now, I don’t want you embarrassing me at this party, Victor, do you understand?”
Smiler stopped, turning toward the entrance. Standing there, having their coats taken by the coat-taking-man, was a hunched-over skinny man with a large mustache, leaning on a cane; a very plump woman in the fanciest dress Smiler had ever seen, fanning herself like it was the middle of summer; and a little boy, about Smiler’s age, wearing a suit with shorts and staring at his feet while the woman – presumably his mother – went on and on about how the Liddells were Very Important People and how they had to make a Good First Impression and how Victor was to Stay Quiet and Look Respectable, like the boys in magazines. The boy – Victor – was nodding along to his mother’s litany, trying to stand up straight and do as asked, but the look on his face...
“Now, Marmaduke, I understand that you’re a little – confused, at this age. But the simple fact of the matter is that you can’t just decide that you’re not a boy. It’s simply not done. Where would society be if people just started declaring themselves not one thing or the other? You have to learn how to be socially compliant. True happiness comes from obeying your elders – and you want to be happy, don’t you?”
Smiler frowned as the woman turned away from Victor, leaving him to tug at his tie as she swanned off to chat about boring things with the other adults. It seemed like, with a mother like that, Victor was about to have about as bad a time at this party as they’d feared they would have. And that was a really bad time indeed.
Well, good thing I’m here, then, Smiler thought to themselves, then marched up to Victor, putting on their best smile and sticking out their hand. “Hullo! I’m Smiler!”
Victor nearly started right out of his skin – maybe they should have been a little bit quieter. He stared at them a moment, glancing from their face to their hand and back, then hesitantly took it. “Uh – I’m – I’m – V-Victor,” he stammered, clearly out of his depth. Maybe people didn’t talk to him much? That would be sad if so. “Your name is – Smiler?”
“Well, it’s what I call myself,” Smiler told him, pumping his arm. “My real name’s awful. But Victor’s a nice name! Do you want to play with us?”
“Us?” Victor repeated, blinking.
“Me and Alice!” Smiler pointed at their table, where Alice was peeping out, clearly wondering why snacks were taking so long. They waved to her and pointed to Victor – she glanced over, then nodded and waved back. “She’s really nice, and she tells great stories,” Smiler informed Victor, grinning. “And she’s got cards – we’re gonna try and build a castle! Do you like castles?”
“Uh – yes?” Victor said, as if he wasn’t sure of his own opinions. “I’ve n-never made a card one b-before, though.” He dropped his gaze, playing with his tie again. “I’m k-kind of clumsy.”
“That’s all right – we can show you how to do it!” Smiler promised, taking his hand so he didn’t accidentally strangle himself. “Come on – we’ll get snacks, then we can go and play!”
“I – um...” Victor’s gaze went to his mother, chatting with some other adult Smiler didn’t know and didn’t care about. “I dunno...”
“Aw, come on,” Smiler wheedled, tugging his arm. “It’ll be fun! Don’t you wanna have fun? Be happy? Like, real happy, not grown-up happy?”
“Happy...” Victor looked at his mother a moment more, then over at Alice, patiently waiting for them to decide what they were doing. Then his mouth formed a determined line, and he nodded at Smiler. “Yes. Let’s go make castles.”
Smiler beamed. One happiness problem – solved! Take that, Father. “Great! But, first, we gotta get some of that rarebit – and I think there’s some cake too...”
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