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imdressinguplikeacrow · 2 months
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FIRST THE TWIN TOWERS NOW THE FUCKING PENTAGON
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sarcastic-positivity · 6 months
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     It was the middle of July and despite Tim’s aspirations as a kid, he did not, in fact, have a job that gave him summers off. As such, it was a miserable affair, getting to and from work. Usually Tim would be in an airy t-shirt and shorts but Jon had caught sight of his Hawaiian themed top last week and it had been a close thing to avoid being forced to go home and change. It would be a few weeks before he could get away with such a ‘blatant display of disrespect for work procedures’, as Jon put it, so here he was: sweating his ass off on the tube and praying to whatever god would listen that they’d fixed the AC at the Institute.
     God never did like Tim.
     “Christ above, does Elias want us dead or something?” Tim cried to the room at large as he dropped heavily onto his spinny chair. It was stifling. “What did we ever do to him, huh?? Did someone submit a statement about Bigfoot again?” He immediately started popping buttons on his ‘work appropriate’ shirt.
     Sasha popped her head up from her cubicle and grinned at him. Her waist-length braids had been piled sloppily on top of her head and she looked about ready to topple over from the imbalance. She’d already shed her top layer down to a simple purple tank top but she still had a sheen of sweat on her brow that had her large round glasses slipping down her nose.
     “Pretty sure it’s cause Gerry called him an old codger and compared him to the statement giver from the McGregor case last week. He’s out for revenge now.”
     Tim wrinkled his nose. “What, the stuffy one with the cane who wouldn’t shut up about how the Tories are implementing a surveillance state?”
     “The very same,” Sash confirmed, pushing her glasses back up with a hand. “Though I personally think Elias would be very pro Big Brother. Did I tell you he asked after my aunt the other week?”
     “You told Elias about Matilda’s lung cancer?”
     “That’s just it! The only person I told about that was you, and I’m pretty sure you didn’t run off to tattle to Elias.” She leaned forward in her chair conspiratorial and Tim couldn’t help but do the same. Sash was magnetic when she was like this. It had led to more than one rendezvous in their first year at the Institute. “I think he has cameras down here.”
     It wasn’t the most insane theory she’d come up with, somehow. Just two months ago she’d followed Jon home because she didn’t believe he actually had a home; she’d thought he’d been sleeping in the Institute of all places. Besides, there was that feeling of being watched that pervaded this place. Still, Tim couldn’t help but laugh.
     “I think we’d know if he had cameras, Sash. Did I tell you what he-”
     “What fresh hell is this?” The voice from the doorway was flat and scathing and Tim immediately spun in his chair to grin at the intruder.
     “Gerry!” He called happily. “I didn’t know you were coming in today!” He was wearing his signature black trenchcoat and a scowl that did things to Tim. Luckily for both of them, Tim was well guarded against Gerry’s scary-sexy goth vibe by virtue of sharing a flat with him. There were only so many times you could get a chub from simply looking at your roommate before your prick just gave up on the enterprise entirely.
     “There’s a statement I need but this is fucking ridiculous.” His voice was as deep and rough as it always was but the angry edge to it managed to send a little zing down Tim’s spine. The days that Gerry showed up at work are always so interesting. “It’s at least 10 degrees hotter in here than it is outside. The fuck is Elias thinking?”
     “Gonna rough him up for us, Ger?” Tim asked with a grin and Sasha laughed. “Stomp on him a little with those boots of yours? 10 quid says he’s into it.” Gerard shot him a look but there was a smile playing around his lips, pulling slightly at the snakebite piercings there. His makeup that day was the same as it usually was, eyeliner and three exaggerated lower lashes that made his gaze all the more intense. Thank god for the aforementioned Roommate Protection. Especially when Gerry’s eyes swept over Tim before meeting his eyes again and giving a mocking little smile. His eyes were slate grey and impossible to look away from.
     “Projecting much, Stoker?” He asked in a low tone. It was teasing and Sasha cackled but Tim’s brain stuttered and properly died. What did one say when a hot goth implied that you maybe wanted him to stomp on you with his giant sexy boots? Especially when it was true.
     “What, you wanna find out, Keay?” Tim shot back. That was good. Keep it light, let it plausibly pass for playful workplace banter – a little bit of light flirting to keep thoughts of the heat at bay. Gerry arched a brow at him, face betraying nothing but that same cool amusement. Sasha snorted and shook her head, turning back to her computer.
     “You two are ridiculous,” she told them. Tim shrugged, eyes still on Gerry, and then Jon’s office door creaked open.
     “Oh good, you’re here, Gerard.” Gerry’s eyes flicked away. “You said you needed the Anderson file?” 
     “Yeah, that’s the one,” Gerry said. He passed by Tim’s desk to take the file from Jon. Tim turned back to his desk. “By the way, your workplace is a HSE violation waiting to happen.”
     “Yes, I am quite aware,” Jon said drily. “Make sure to get that one back to me by the end of the day. And not stinking of smoke this time, Gerard. I have more notes I plan to add to it.”
     “No promises.”
・・・
     Inevitably, it was Tim who had to go hunt Gerry down at a quarter to five to get the file back. Luckily the fire exit to the left of the stairs to the archives was conspicuously propped open by an unopened carton of cigarettes and Tim pushed outside into the slightly cooler summer air.
     Gerard was lounged on the steps leading to the back alley, facing away from the door with the file open at his feet and a lit cigarette in hand. He’d tied his hair up sloppily, much like Sasha had hers, but it was so long that black sheets of it still cascaded down his bare shoulders. His trenchcoat had been completely abandoned, laid out on the step beside him, and he was left only in a crop top Tim had never seen before. It was made of a sheer grey material that matched his eyes and had no sleeves to speak of. Even worse, Gerry had a hand tucked under his shirt, shucking the top halfway up his chest. His alabaster skin shone in the dim light of the setting sun and Tim nearly took a tumble down the steps when Gerry tilted his head back to look back at him. 
     “What?” Gerry asked in a gravelly voice when he caught Tim staring. Tim opened his mouth to respond but he suddenly found himself incapable of speech. Gerry rolled his eyes and turned his head languidly back forward, lifting his cigarette to his lips. “AC’s broken inside but it’s barely any cooler out here. Don’t be a prude.”
     That surprised a laugh out of Tim. “A- A prude?!” He choked out. Never in his life had he been accused of such a thing. And this, this was so far on the opposite side of the scale he wanted to laugh. Or cry. Gerry just blew a smoke ring.
     “If you’re here for the file, it’s there.” He kicked at the manila folder at his feet and Tim could hear the wounded noise Jon would make if he were there. Right, Tim had actually come for a reason that wasn’t to ogle Gerry. Supposedly.
     “Right.” Tim cleared his throat and picked his way down the steps so as to not step on Gerry. God, did his legs have to be so long? “This thing has gotta reek by now,” he said as he bent down for the file. “Pretty sure the boss man won’t be too happy with you about that one.” He turned back and around and Gerry quickly lifted his eyes. His eyes were a warm hazy grey, much like the smoke drifting around his head.
     “Afraid of Sims then, are you?” He drawled. His piercings glinted as he grinned at Tim.
     Tim rolled his eyes and made his way back up the steps. He very pointedly kept his gaze on the ground as he did so, enticingly bare torso be damned. “Everything’s a question with you,” he said. “‘Projecting much? Afraid of Sims?’ Just call me a bottom and get on with it.”
     Gerry rasped out a chuckle right as Tim reached the top step. Tim hesitated but couldn’t help but glance back down behind him. Gerry’s head was tilted back, hair messy and top askew, and his eyes half lidded against the dying light behind Tim’s head.
     “Now where’s the fun in that?”
     He was sight to see, all stretched out and half clothed on the steps to the alley. Tim shook his head and turned back inside without another word. Gerry’s rapsing laugh followed him all the way into the archives.
     Damn tease.
SPEECHLESS. SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED AND MORE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HOLY SHIT IM LOSING MY MIND
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imagineiero · 5 years
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teacher/student frerard fanfiction (smut warning) teacher!frank + student!gerard
Frank didn’t set out to become a teacher, in fact he’d spent the majority of his school career despising the very profession - the source of his unhappiness, along with relentless school bullies. He’d been intelligent enough to get a scholarship and spend a year or so studying in university before dropping out and pursuing his dream as a musician, that was how his life was supposed to be planned out - he’d imagined it since he was four years old and sat in a speak-easy watching his Grandfathers band play, music was his life - he was born to play, it was in his DNA.
The crash hadn’t been part of his premonition, he hadn’t expected his dream to turn into a nightmare and he definitely didn’t see such a tragedy signalling the end of his career. He’d lost his best friend that night, as well as band-mate and Frank just couldn’t see himself getting back up on stage without his right-hand man, maybe it was cowardly - or maybe Frank was just shaken into an easy life, one with minimal risk and hearts intact. His family, especially his Mother had been happy to hear of his decision - while they knew that music was his love, his everything - they had attended the funeral with broken hearts, only thankful that it wasn’t their son they were burying.
It had been six years now and Frank was turning thirty in the fall, he still played his guitar everyday - he couldn’t ever give up that part of him, it was like an extra limb - it was part of him, a piece of his heart. He’d obtained his teaching degree rather quickly, his partial university education helping him bypass some of the coursework - he was rather well known now in Jersey as someone who had the skills to tutor even the lowest performing student into an exam-worthy scholar.
Frank didn’t work in a school, couldn’t bring himself to set foot in the building he had wished to burn to the ground barely twelve years before. Instead he’d set himself up a private tutoring service from the comfort of his own home, he’d take on one student at a time with weekends at his leisure - it gave him the time to focus on his clients fully instead of going from one student to another and mixing up their school-work. He’d met a diverse range of people through his tutoring, he taught all ages - anyone from little Rosie Michaels who was a seven year old in special education to fifteen year old Johnny Byers who’d been kicked out of school for setting fire to a science lab.
All of his students flourished, maybe it was his style of teaching and laid back attitude that helped him connect with the younger students. Frank made a pact with himself not to become one of those boring old teachers who’d lost the love of their craft years before and instead took it out on those they taught. It was working out fine for him as the years went by and last year he’d even managed to win a community nominated award for services to children - he was achieving greatly, he felt like he’d found his path in life and things were going well.
Gerard was his latest student, he’d been tutoring him for three months now and the boy was improving thanks to Frank’s dedication. Gerard was 19, he’d been held back a few years in school due to lack of progression - his Mother said he’d been bullied badly, to the extent that he refused to attend school and as a result failed to graduate. Frank wasn’t sure what to expect until Gerard showed up on his doorstep on that first Monday morning.
To put it nicely, Gerard was a total sweetheart - He walked shyly into the large open-plan room that Frank had dubbed his classroom, his soft black hair framing his pale, pixie-like face. Gerard was feminine to say the least, in fact he was androgynous and downright beautiful - Frank couldn’t help but notice the sway of his hips and the way his eyes widened so innocently every time Frank spoke to him. To top it all off, Gerard was wearing a baby pink dress - his milky thighs peeking out between the midway hem and a pair of white thigh-highs, Frank’s throat dried up at the sight.
Over the coming weeks Gerard began to ease into student life, overcoming his initial shyness and becoming more comfortable with Frank. His teacher was having a less than easy life though, in all his years of teachers he had prided himself on the fact he had never been attracted to one of his students, and though Gerard was 19 and fully legal it still felt immoral and wrong, but he just couldn’t help himself. He wondered sometimes if Gerard could see the effect he was having on him, wondered if he knew that the way he sucked on his lower lip made Frank’s jeans tighten just a little - wondered if he could see the way Frank’s eyes trailed the length of his body as he entered the classroom each morning.
Frank decided that it wasn’t completely weird that he let Gerard into his thoughts when he touched himself at night, it was just imaginary after all - where was the harm? He couldn’t deny that the thoughts of Gerard with his soft cotton dresses, bitten-red lips and doe-eyes gave him the most intense orgasms he’d ever experienced. It both excited and pained him to spend so much time with Gerard, wishing that they had met under different circumstances because Gerard was definitely the type of boy Frank would ask on a date.
“Hey Sweetheart, did you get that homework finished for me?” Frank asked as he heard the faint patter of Gerard’s white slip-ons coming down the hallway.
They’d built up a routine now, Gerard would arrive at eight-thirty each morning and let himself in - Frank would be in the kitchen making breakfast for them both, making sure to pour Gerard a coffee to get him to wake up a little, the boy hated mornings almost as much as he hated Math class.
“Yes Sir” Gerard hummed, sliding into his chair at the table and getting out his English essay “Did you sleep well, Mr Iero?”
“You know you can call me by my first name, Gee” Frank reminded him as he did every day “I slept fine thank you, did you?”
“Okay Frankie” Gerard bit his lip, swinging his legs a bit as he watched Frank walk over with the coffee “I slept okay, had a bad dream but I went back to sleep for a bit.. that’s why I look messy today.. I overslept”
“You look fine-..” Frank frowned, placing the mug in front of him and turning back to retrieve a plate of pancakes “..-real pretty, I like your dress today”
“Thanks Frankie” Gerard blushed, sipping at his drink before waving his hand furiously in front of his mouth “Ouch-Ouch-Ouch!”
“Careful Gee, it’s hot” Frank mused, repeating the same words he used every morning when Gerard was too quick to drink his caffeine
They went through their morning routine as usual, sharing pancakes and coffee as Frank marked Gerard’s work and Gerard got started on his next task.
“You did well on this one” Frank praised, sliding the essay back over to Gerard who grinned happily “A few spelling mistakes but nothing too major, it’s a really great piece Gee - you’re really improving”
“Thanks to you, Sir” Gerard smiled, resting his chin on his hand as he blinked up at the older man
“Hey, you’re doing the hard work - I’m just helping a little” Frank replied modestly “Right, so shall we start reading the next chapter in our book? I want you to do a little mock test on it later on”
Gerard nodded excitedly, they’d been reading through their current book for a few days now and it was slowly becoming Gerard’s favourite read. It told the story of a young girl who wore pretty dresses and an innocent smile to seduce her older crush, Gerard couldn’t help but feel excited at the thought of trying out such a plan on his tutor. He’d seen the way Frank would stare at him when he thought he wasn’t looking, it had start off as innocent glances at first but the heat was rising between them and Gerard longed for the day when Frank would forget his morals and just take him.
They were curled up on the sofa now, Frank would always allow Gerard to get comfortable while he was reading to him - he tended to drift off and not concentrate otherwise, besides it made a difference to being cooped up in the classroom all day. Gerard would kick off his shoes and curl his legs up underneath him, leaning against the back of the sofa as he turned to face the older man who would read sonnets and plays and fiction with his smooth, velvety voice - unaware of the effect it had on his student.
“..-and so she put on her favourite colours, knowing the way her blush contrasted with the pink puff of her sleeves - before making her way to his study, praying he would be alone-..” Frank concentrated on the pages of the book, his thick-framed reading glasses making him look even cuter than Gerard had anticipated.
“Do you think that she was bad, Sir?” Gerard piped up, tilting his head to the side
“Bad?” Frank frowned, marking the page with his fingertip “Do you think she was bad, Gerard?”
“Well.. she’s trying to seduce him, but she’s much younger-.. isn’t that bad?”
“I guess-.. I guess in that kind of situation it would be the older man that’s wrong, Gerard” Frank tried to explain carefully “Because he’s the one who should know better.. it’s not right what she’s doing, no-.. but the older man should stop it before it goes ahead, he’s the adult in the situation”
“Because he’s older?”
“Yes and No-..” Frank licked his lips slightly “.. it’s not wrong because he’s older, it’s wrong because she’s still under-age.. and whether she consents or not, it’s not her decision - not really.. it’s statutory rape, however you look at it”
“What about if she was older?” Gerard reasoned “If-.. If she was the legal age but, but he was still older than her.. is that wrong?”
Frank ran his fingers through his hair, the situation hitting a little too close to home for his liking “I guess it’s how you look at it, I mean-.. I believe that two consenting, legal age people can be together but-.. but I guess it’s frowned upon a lot by people, it’s just perspective”
“I understand” Gerard nodded, biting the inside of his cheek so he didn’t look too elated at the fact Frank had basically just said it would be fine if he and Gerard were together.
Frank went on from where he left off, reading out sentences oblivious to the thoughts and emotions swimming through Gerard’s head. He figured that now was as good a time as any to make a move on the older man, especially after what he’d just said - he only wondered now if Frank liked him back, had he imagined all the longing glances and attention? Only one way to find out.
Gerard stretched his leg out, pretending to straighten the hem of his thigh highs and taking the opportunity to brush his foot against the inside of Frank’s calf, pretending that he hadn’t noticed the hitch in Frank’s breath and the way he stuttered over his word, mid-sentence. When he’d finished messing with the stocking he left his foot where it was, pressed up against the inside of Frank’s leg - gently caressing him over his jeans.
Frank paid no attention after the first contact, choosing to carry on with his reading - much to Gerard’s delight - it was when Gerard’s foot began to rise closer to his knee that Frank’s eyes flickered from the text to the white-clothed foot between his legs yet still he made no move to push Gerard away, instead trying to refocus on the task at hand.
“..-his infatuation was becoming too strong, he was weak to resist the angelic nymph-..”
Frank took a sharp intake of breath, eyes shooting up to Gerard who was watching him innocently - waiting for him to continue, acting unaware to the fact his foot was resting against Frank’s inner-thigh. Frank swallowed thickly, looking like he was debating something in his head before glancing down at his book and continuing, his voice sounding a little higher and more unsure as he went on.
Gerard was enjoying himself now, he could see the effect he was beginning to have on the older man from the way his entire body had stiffened and the way his Adam’s apple would bob up and down as he repeatedly swallowed. His foot began as a light caress but gradually grew stronger, the pressure increasing as he ran his foot along the inside of his thigh, stopping just barely before his crotch and only when on instinct Frank’s hand darted out to grab him, his loose grip on his ankle holding his foot just barely touching his crotch.
“G-Gerard-.. What are you-..” Frank breathed, the book dropping to the ground noisily though neither of them bothered to give it a second glance - they were too caught up in the charged stare they were currently sharing.
“Nothing, Sir” Gerard bit his lip, raising his eyebrow slightly in challenge
Frank swallowed the lump in his throat, his eyes showing hesitation before he loosened his grip entirely on Gerard’s ankle, leaving him to press his foot tentatively against Frank’s already tented jeans, eyes widening as the ball of his foot grazed the outline of Frank’s arousal.
“G-Gerard-..I-..” Frank whispered hoarsely, unsure where to put himself at this point but not strong enough to push Gerard away, not when he was touching him so intimately, it was all he’d dreamed of for months “G-Ger-..”
“Shh..” Gerard whispered, moving forwards to place his fingertip over Frank’s lips “Please don’t make me stop..”
“I-..I-..O-Okay-..” Frank stuttered out, blinking softly
Gerard moved his foot away, carefully sliding his way into Frank’s lap and planting himself over his teacher’s erection, his forearms draped gently over the older man’s shoulders.
“Is this okay, Sir?” Gerard asked innocently, tilting his head slightly
Frank nodded quietly, unable to form words as his hands lay planted stiffly at his sides
Gerard pushed his slender fingers through Frank’s hair, pushing it back slightly as the older man’s eyes fluttered shut momentarily. He slowly removed Frank’s glasses and placed them down on the table, tracing his fingertips down the side of his cheek and jawline, his lips parting as he watched curiously. Gerard gently brushed their lips together, pulling a quiet whimper from his teacher before he pressed them together properly, sliding his arms over his shoulders and feeding his fingers through Frank’s hair.
Frank came to life now, his hands gently resting on Gerard’s hips, thumbs caressing circles against the soft cotton of his dress as their mouths moved in sync. He gasped lightly into Gerard’s mouth when the boy rolled his hips, pressing deliciously against his tight jeans - setting his entire body alight with burning want. He tentatively swept his tongue along Gerard’s lower lip, pleased when he parted his lips and allowed him entrance, their tongues fighting against one another until Frank overpowered him and dragged the tip along the roof of his mouth, making him whimper softly.
By now Frank was more confident in his actions, pushing one hand against his bare thigh and travelling beneath his dress, squeezing at the flesh of his thigh as Gerard rolled his hips again. The younger boy’s fingers found their way to Frank’s shirt, not hesitating before unfastening the buttons deftly, his fingertips pushing the material from the teacher’s shoulders and trailing down his tattooed chest. Gerard broke the kiss to mouth his way down Frank’s neck and collar bone, biting down playfully on his clavicle as the older man sighed breathlessly.
“Mm.. do that again-..” Frank murmured, tilting his head back against the sofa
Gerard clamped his teeth around the soft skin, running his tongue over the bite repeatedly as he gently sucked a purple bruise into his canvas. He pulled away to admire his work, pressing a soft kiss to the blemish - pleased with how blissed out Frank looked already with his bitten red lips and half-lidded eyes. He traced his fingers over the tattoos decorating Frank’s torso, dragging the tips down until he could tease just beneath the waistband of his jeans, glancing up at him expectantly - pleased when Frank nodded, bucking his hips up just enough for Gerard to unfasten his belt and shimmy the offending material to the ground.
Gerard sat himself in the space between Frank’s feet, looking up at the older man who sat naked awaiting his next movement. His cock stood proudly, curving towards his stomach - Gerard couldn’t help but lick his lips at the sight, making Frank’s mouth water as he kissed his way up the inside of his thigh. Frank couldn’t believe he’d found himself in this position, he’d fantasised about it way too much but hadn’t ever considered it becoming a reality.
Gerard’s fingertips raked against the sensitive skin of Frank’s inner thighs as he lips and tongue followed the trail, gently wrapping themselves around his thick cock - his thumb sweeping over the tip and soaking up the first beads of pre-cum. Frank let his eyes flutter shut, his head lolling back slightly as he relied on his sense of touch to feel everything Gerard was submitting him to.
The sensation of Gerard’s hot breath blowing against his leaking tip made his breath hitch and he held it for what seemed like forever until Gerard’s mouth engulfed him and he let out a low groan, his hand unconsciously finding its way to Gerard’s mess of hair. He pressed his tongue flat against the underside of Frank’s cock, teasing along the prominent vein as he inched his way down - only stopping to breath through his nose when his face was buried in the wiry hairs at Frank’s base.
“G-G-..Ohhh..” Frank murmured, gently tugging at Gerard’s hair as his eyebrows furrowed, lost in the feeling and never wanting it to end.
Gerard’s fingers toyed with his balls, rolling them around before edging backwards and stroking his fingertips against his perineum making Frank buck involuntarily into the back of his throat. Gerard moaned, desperate to have his mouth filled as much as possible - he’d been dreaming about his teacher for weeks now, surprised in himself that he’d managed to wait this long.
He began to slide up and down Frank’s erection, pleased when the older man would momentarily lose control and thrust up into his mouth. He pushed his hand further beneath him until he could stroke his fingers around his tight rim, spurred on when Frank whimpered a desperate “P-Please Gee.. oh fuck, please touch me-..”
He wasted no time in sinking two fingers past his tight ring of muscle, Frank loved the burn - letting his eyes roll back as he pushed down on the intrusion, alternating between riding on the two digits and thrusting up into Gerard’s pretty little mouth. Frank’s movements began to stutter after a while and Gerard was excited to have his tongue coated in release but his teacher clearly had other ideas, backing away just enough to stop his movements.
“W-Wanna fuck you-..” Frank grunted out between breaths
“You want me to ride you, Sir?” Gerard asked sweetly, using his best puppy dog eyes as Frank whined quietly at the word ‘Sir’
Frank shook his head, nodding towards the other side of the sofa “Hands and Knees”
Gerard obeyed him, resting his forearms on the arms of the sofa and waiting for further instruction
“Good boy” Frank slurred, clumsily climbing to his feet. His eyes were dark and lustful now, all responsibility discarded and replaced with a need to ruin the pretty boy offering himself up to him.
He flipped the hem of the dress over Gerard’s hips, revealing his pale blue panties barely containing the bulge between his legs. His fingers were rough against the soft material, rubbing at Gerard’s erection and pressing his fingertips gently against his balls - tracing all the way back until he could trace the crease of his ass, swatting him sharply and pulling a desperate whimper from the younger man.
“So fuckin’ pretty.. look at you..” Frank groaned hungrily “.. all laid out ready to play”
He wasted no time in tugging the material down past Gerard’s thighs, leaving them bunched at his knees and pressing both hands against his ass cheeks, parting them until he exposed the fluttering pink hole. He massaged the meaty flesh for a moment, pulling him apart and then kneading him back together until finally without warning he pressed his tongue against Gerard’s rim and pushed all the way in, dragging a strangled cry from the younger man as he ground back against Frank’s face desperately.
“Oh-..Oh-.. Oh Sir.. Oh Frankie-.. Oh don’t stop.. Oh please-..” Gerard chanted, fingertips digging into the material of the sofa, his cock leaking profusely between his thighs.
Frank’s tongue worked expertly, stretching him open until he was pliant and needy - letting his saliva coat his chin as he pressed as deep as he could, rubbing his open mouth against the desperate entrance before pushing two fingers past the rim without warning. Gerard cried out his name louder this time, a tone in his voice he’d never heard before - a brand new moan all for his teacher, he’d never felt this close before - like Frank was keeping him dancing dangerously on the edge but refusing to let him topple over into his climax.
By the time Frank was three fingers deep, Gerard was incoherently babbling - riding desperately on his fingers and driving Frank wild. He pulled out without warning, leaving Gerard to whine - head lowered between his arms as Frank left momentarily to find protection. He returned barely a minute later, his cock sheathed up and ready to go - Gerard gasped as he felt the head of Frank’s cock against his entrance, slowly edging inside him with his fingertips leaving crescent moons over Gerard’s hips.
He was slow and careful, bottoming out a few moments later with a sharp exhale, his fingertips caressing the soft skin of Gerard’s hips as they both got used to the tight hole. The air was thick and silent apart from their synchronised panting until Frank began to slide out with a groan, thrusting back in quicker than before and dragging a punched out moan from Gerard’s lips.
It didn’t take long to build up his rhythm, one hand planted firmly on his hip and the other buried in his mess of hair, tugging gently with each movement. Gerard’s cock was leaking profusely between his legs but any thought of the soiled material beneath them was long gone when Frank began to circle his hips, slamming relentlessly into Gerard’s waiting hole, stretching him impossibly open as Gerard whined and whimpered beneath him, Frank’s name falling from his lips along with expletives.
“Oh.. F-Frankie..Please-.. Harder-..” Gerard chanted “D-Don’t stop-.. Please-.. Ah-..”
Frank used all his strength to pound into him repeatedly until the familiar heat began to pool in his stomach, swirling lower and lower until he was crying out Gerard’s name and spilling over inside of him, pulling the younger man into climax along with him. They collapsed in an exhausted heap, limbs tangled and Frank’s face buried in the space between Gerard’s shoulder blades.
“I like this lesson” Gerard murmured a few minutes later “I definitely think you should teach this way more often”
Frank snorted, snaking an arm around his middle “You definitely get an A for that one, Gee”
Frank didn’t set out to become a teacher, in fact he’d spent the majority of his school career despising the very profession - the source of his unhappiness, along with relentless school bullies. He’d been intelligent enough to get a scholarship and spend a year or so studying in university before dropping out and pursuing his dream as a musician, that was how his life was supposed to be planned out - he’d imagined it since he was four years old and sat in a speak-easy watching his Grandfathers band play, music was his life - he was born to play, it was in his DNA.
The crash hadn’t been part of his premonition, he hadn’t expected his dream to turn into a nightmare and he definitely didn’t see such a tragedy signalling the end of his career. He’d lost his best friend that night, as well as band-mate and Frank just couldn’t see himself getting back up on stage without his right-hand man, maybe it was cowardly - or maybe Frank was just shaken into an easy life, one with minimal risk and hearts intact. His family, especially his Mother had been happy to hear of his decision - while they knew that music was his love, his everything - they had attended the funeral with broken hearts, only thankful that it wasn’t their son they were burying.
It had been six years now and Frank was turning thirty in the fall, he still played his guitar everyday - he couldn’t ever give up that part of him, it was like an extra limb - it was part of him, a piece of his heart. He’d obtained his teaching degree rather quickly, his partial university education helping him bypass some of the coursework - he was rather well known now in Jersey as someone who had the skills to tutor even the lowest performing student into an exam-worthy scholar.
Frank didn’t work in a school, couldn’t bring himself to set foot in the building he had wished to burn to the ground barely twelve years before. Instead he’d set himself up a private tutoring service from the comfort of his own home, he’d take on one student at a time with weekends at his leisure - it gave him the time to focus on his clients fully instead of going from one student to another and mixing up their school-work. He’d met a diverse range of people through his tutoring, he taught all ages - anyone from little Rosie Michaels who was a seven year old in special education to fifteen year old Johnny Byers who’d been kicked out of school for setting fire to a science lab.
All of his students flourished, maybe it was his style of teaching and laid back attitude that helped him connect with the younger students. Frank made a pact with himself not to become one of those boring old teachers who’d lost the love of their craft years before and instead took it out on those they taught. It was working out fine for him as the years went by and last year he’d even managed to win a community nominated award for services to children - he was achieving greatly, he felt like he’d found his path in life and things were going well.
Gerard was his latest student, he’d been tutoring him for three months now and the boy was improving thanks to Frank’s dedication. Gerard was 19, he’d been held back a few years in school due to lack of progression - his Mother said he’d been bullied badly, to the extent that he refused to attend school and as a result failed to graduate. Frank wasn’t sure what to expect until Gerard showed up on his doorstep on that first Monday morning.
To put it nicely, Gerard was a total sweetheart - He walked shyly into the large open-plan room that Frank had dubbed his classroom, his soft black hair framing his pale, pixie-like face. Gerard was feminine to say the least, in fact he was androgynous and downright beautiful - Frank couldn’t help but notice the sway of his hips and the way his eyes widened so innocently every time Frank spoke to him. To top it all off, Gerard was wearing a baby pink dress - his milky thighs peeking out between the midway hem and a pair of white thigh-highs, Frank’s throat dried up at the sight.
Over the coming weeks Gerard began to ease into student life, overcoming his initial shyness and becoming more comfortable with Frank. His teacher was having a less than easy life though, in all his years of teachers he had prided himself on the fact he had never been attracted to one of his students, and though Gerard was 19 and fully legal it still felt immoral and wrong, but he just couldn’t help himself. He wondered sometimes if Gerard could see the effect he was having on him, wondered if he knew that the way he sucked on his lower lip made Frank’s jeans tighten just a little - wondered if he could see the way Frank’s eyes trailed the length of his body as he entered the classroom each morning.
Frank decided that it wasn’t completely weird that he let Gerard into his thoughts when he touched himself at night, it was just imaginary after all - where was the harm? He couldn’t deny that the thoughts of Gerard with his soft cotton dresses, bitten-red lips and doe-eyes gave him the most intense orgasms he’d ever experienced. It both excited and pained him to spend so much time with Gerard, wishing that they had met under different circumstances because Gerard was definitely the type of boy Frank would ask on a date.
“Hey Sweetheart, did you get that homework finished for me?” Frank asked as he heard the faint patter of Gerard’s white slip-ons coming down the hallway.
They’d built up a routine now, Gerard would arrive at eight-thirty each morning and let himself in - Frank would be in the kitchen making breakfast for them both, making sure to pour Gerard a coffee to get him to wake up a little, the boy hated mornings almost as much as he hated Math class.
“Yes Sir” Gerard hummed, sliding into his chair at the table and getting out his English essay “Did you sleep well, Mr Iero?”
“You know you can call me by my first name, Gee” Frank reminded him as he did every day “I slept fine thank you, did you?”
“Okay Frankie” Gerard bit his lip, swinging his legs a bit as he watched Frank walk over with the coffee “I slept okay, had a bad dream but I went back to sleep for a bit.. that’s why I look messy today.. I overslept”
“You look fine-..” Frank frowned, placing the mug in front of him and turning back to retrieve a plate of pancakes “..-real pretty, I like your dress today”
“Thanks Frankie” Gerard blushed, sipping at his drink before waving his hand furiously in front of his mouth “Ouch-Ouch-Ouch!”
“Careful Gee, it’s hot” Frank mused, repeating the same words he used every morning when Gerard was too quick to drink his caffeine
They went through their morning routine as usual, sharing pancakes and coffee as Frank marked Gerard’s work and Gerard got started on his next task.
“You did well on this one” Frank praised, sliding the essay back over to Gerard who grinned happily “A few spelling mistakes but nothing too major, it’s a really great piece Gee - you’re really improving”
“Thanks to you, Sir” Gerard smiled, resting his chin on his hand as he blinked up at the older man
“Hey, you’re doing the hard work - I’m just helping a little” Frank replied modestly “Right, so shall we start reading the next chapter in our book? I want you to do a little mock test on it later on”
Gerard nodded excitedly, they’d been reading through their current book for a few days now and it was slowly becoming Gerard’s favourite read. It told the story of a young girl who wore pretty dresses and an innocent smile to seduce her older crush, Gerard couldn’t help but feel excited at the thought of trying out such a plan on his tutor. He’d seen the way Frank would stare at him when he thought he wasn’t looking, it had start off as innocent glances at first but the heat was rising between them and Gerard longed for the day when Frank would forget his morals and just take him.
They were curled up on the sofa now, Frank would always allow Gerard to get comfortable while he was reading to him - he tended to drift off and not concentrate otherwise, besides it made a difference to being cooped up in the classroom all day. Gerard would kick off his shoes and curl his legs up underneath him, leaning against the back of the sofa as he turned to face the older man who would read sonnets and plays and fiction with his smooth, velvety voice - unaware of the effect it had on his student.
“..-and so she put on her favourite colours, knowing the way her blush contrasted with the pink puff of her sleeves - before making her way to his study, praying he would be alone-..” Frank concentrated on the pages of the book, his thick-framed reading glasses making him look even cuter than Gerard had anticipated.
“Do you think that she was bad, Sir?” Gerard piped up, tilting his head to the side
“Bad?” Frank frowned, marking the page with his fingertip “Do you think she was bad, Gerard?”
“Well.. she’s trying to seduce him, but she’s much younger-.. isn’t that bad?”
“I guess-.. I guess in that kind of situation it would be the older man that’s wrong, Gerard” Frank tried to explain carefully “Because he’s the one who should know better.. it’s not right what she’s doing, no-.. but the older man should stop it before it goes ahead, he’s the adult in the situation”
“Because he’s older?”
“Yes and No-..” Frank licked his lips slightly “.. it’s not wrong because he’s older, it’s wrong because she’s still under-age.. and whether she consents or not, it’s not her decision - not really.. it’s statutory rape, however you look at it”
“What about if she was older?” Gerard reasoned “If-.. If she was the legal age but, but he was still older than her.. is that wrong?”
Frank ran his fingers through his hair, the situation hitting a little too close to home for his liking “I guess it’s how you look at it, I mean-.. I believe that two consenting, legal age people can be together but-.. but I guess it’s frowned upon a lot by people, it’s just perspective”
“I understand” Gerard nodded, biting the inside of his cheek so he didn’t look too elated at the fact Frank had basically just said it would be fine if he and Gerard were together.
Frank went on from where he left off, reading out sentences oblivious to the thoughts and emotions swimming through Gerard’s head. He figured that now was as good a time as any to make a move on the older man, especially after what he’d just said - he only wondered now if Frank liked him back, had he imagined all the longing glances and attention? Only one way to find out.
Gerard stretched his leg out, pretending to straighten the hem of his thigh highs and taking the opportunity to brush his foot against the inside of Frank’s calf, pretending that he hadn’t noticed the hitch in Frank’s breath and the way he stuttered over his word, mid-sentence. When he’d finished messing with the stocking he left his foot where it was, pressed up against the inside of Frank’s leg - gently caressing him over his jeans.
Frank paid no attention after the first contact, choosing to carry on with his reading - much to Gerard’s delight - it was when Gerard’s foot began to rise closer to his knee that Frank’s eyes flickered from the text to the white-clothed foot between his legs yet still he made no move to push Gerard away, instead trying to refocus on the task at hand.
“..-his infatuation was becoming too strong, he was weak to resist the angelic nymph-..”
Frank took a sharp intake of breath, eyes shooting up to Gerard who was watching him innocently - waiting for him to continue, acting unaware to the fact his foot was resting against Frank’s inner-thigh. Frank swallowed thickly, looking like he was debating something in his head before glancing down at his book and continuing, his voice sounding a little higher and more unsure as he went on.
Gerard was enjoying himself now, he could see the effect he was beginning to have on the older man from the way his entire body had stiffened and the way his Adam’s apple would bob up and down as he repeatedly swallowed. His foot began as a light caress but gradually grew stronger, the pressure increasing as he ran his foot along the inside of his thigh, stopping just barely before his crotch and only when on instinct Frank’s hand darted out to grab him, his loose grip on his ankle holding his foot just barely touching his crotch.
“G-Gerard-.. What are you-..” Frank breathed, the book dropping to the ground noisily though neither of them bothered to give it a second glance - they were too caught up in the charged stare they were currently sharing.
“Nothing, Sir” Gerard bit his lip, raising his eyebrow slightly in challenge
Frank swallowed the lump in his throat, his eyes showing hesitation before he loosened his grip entirely on Gerard’s ankle, leaving him to press his foot tentatively against Frank’s already tented jeans, eyes widening as the ball of his foot grazed the outline of Frank’s arousal.
“G-Gerard-..I-..” Frank whispered hoarsely, unsure where to put himself at this point but not strong enough to push Gerard away, not when he was touching him so intimately, it was all he’d dreamed of for months “G-Ger-..”
“Shh..” Gerard whispered, moving forwards to place his fingertip over Frank’s lips “Please don’t make me stop..”
“I-..I-..O-Okay-..” Frank stuttered out, blinking softly
Gerard moved his foot away, carefully sliding his way into Frank’s lap and planting himself over his teacher’s erection, his forearms draped gently over the older man’s shoulders.
“Is this okay, Sir?” Gerard asked innocently, tilting his head slightly
Frank nodded quietly, unable to form words as his hands lay planted stiffly at his sides
Gerard pushed his slender fingers through Frank’s hair, pushing it back slightly as the older man’s eyes fluttered shut momentarily. He slowly removed Frank’s glasses and placed them down on the table, tracing his fingertips down the side of his cheek and jawline, his lips parting as he watched curiously. Gerard gently brushed their lips together, pulling a quiet whimper from his teacher before he pressed them together properly, sliding his arms over his shoulders and feeding his fingers through Frank’s hair.
Frank came to life now, his hands gently resting on Gerard’s hips, thumbs caressing circles against the soft cotton of his dress as their mouths moved in sync. He gasped lightly into Gerard’s mouth when the boy rolled his hips, pressing deliciously against his tight jeans - setting his entire body alight with burning want. He tentatively swept his tongue along Gerard’s lower lip, pleased when he parted his lips and allowed him entrance, their tongues fighting against one another until Frank overpowered him and dragged the tip along the roof of his mouth, making him whimper softly.
By now Frank was more confident in his actions, pushing one hand against his bare thigh and travelling beneath his dress, squeezing at the flesh of his thigh as Gerard rolled his hips again. The younger boy’s fingers found their way to Frank’s shirt, not hesitating before unfastening the buttons deftly, his fingertips pushing the material from the teacher’s shoulders and trailing down his tattooed chest. Gerard broke the kiss to mouth his way down Frank’s neck and collar bone, biting down playfully on his clavicle as the older man sighed breathlessly.
“Mm.. do that again-..” Frank murmured, tilting his head back against the sofa
Gerard clamped his teeth around the soft skin, running his tongue over the bite repeatedly as he gently sucked a purple bruise into his canvas. He pulled away to admire his work, pressing a soft kiss to the blemish - pleased with how blissed out Frank looked already with his bitten red lips and half-lidded eyes. He traced his fingers over the tattoos decorating Frank’s torso, dragging the tips down until he could tease just beneath the waistband of his jeans, glancing up at him expectantly - pleased when Frank nodded, bucking his hips up just enough for Gerard to unfasten his belt and shimmy the offending material to the ground.
Gerard sat himself in the space between Frank’s feet, looking up at the older man who sat naked awaiting his next movement. His cock stood proudly, curving towards his stomach - Gerard couldn’t help but lick his lips at the sight, making Frank’s mouth water as he kissed his way up the inside of his thigh. Frank couldn’t believe he’d found himself in this position, he’d fantasised about it way too much but hadn’t ever considered it becoming a reality.
Gerard’s fingertips raked against the sensitive skin of Frank’s inner thighs as he lips and tongue followed the trail, gently wrapping themselves around his thick cock - his thumb sweeping over the tip and soaking up the first beads of pre-cum. Frank let his eyes flutter shut, his head lolling back slightly as he relied on his sense of touch to feel everything Gerard was submitting him to.
The sensation of Gerard’s hot breath blowing against his leaking tip made his breath hitch and he held it for what seemed like forever until Gerard’s mouth engulfed him and he let out a low groan, his hand unconsciously finding its way to Gerard’s mess of hair. He pressed his tongue flat against the underside of Frank’s cock, teasing along the prominent vein as he inched his way down - only stopping to breath through his nose when his face was buried in the wiry hairs at Frank’s base.
“G-G-..Ohhh..” Frank murmured, gently tugging at Gerard’s hair as his eyebrows furrowed, lost in the feeling and never wanting it to end.
Gerard’s fingers toyed with his balls, rolling them around before edging backwards and stroking his fingertips against his perineum making Frank buck involuntarily into the back of his throat. Gerard moaned, desperate to have his mouth filled as much as possible - he’d been dreaming about his teacher for weeks now, surprised in himself that he’d managed to wait this long.
He began to slide up and down Frank’s erection, pleased when the older man would momentarily lose control and thrust up into his mouth. He pushed his hand further beneath him until he could stroke his fingers around his tight rim, spurred on when Frank whimpered a desperate “P-Please Gee.. oh fuck, please touch me-..”
He wasted no time in sinking two fingers past his tight ring of muscle, Frank loved the burn - letting his eyes roll back as he pushed down on the intrusion, alternating between riding on the two digits and thrusting up into Gerard’s pretty little mouth. Frank’s movements began to stutter after a while and Gerard was excited to have his tongue coated in release but his teacher clearly had other ideas, backing away just enough to stop his movements.
“W-Wanna fuck you-..” Frank grunted out between breaths
“You want me to ride you, Sir?” Gerard asked sweetly, using his best puppy dog eyes as Frank whined quietly at the word ‘Sir’
Frank shook his head, nodding towards the other side of the sofa “Hands and Knees”
Gerard obeyed him, resting his forearms on the arms of the sofa and waiting for further instruction
“Good boy” Frank slurred, clumsily climbing to his feet. His eyes were dark and lustful now, all responsibility discarded and replaced with a need to ruin the pretty boy offering himself up to him.
He flipped the hem of the dress over Gerard’s hips, revealing his pale blue panties barely containing the bulge between his legs. His fingers were rough against the soft material, rubbing at Gerard’s erection and pressing his fingertips gently against his balls - tracing all the way back until he could trace the crease of his ass, swatting him sharply and pulling a desperate whimper from the younger man.
“So fuckin’ pretty.. look at you..” Frank groaned hungrily “.. all laid out ready to play”
He wasted no time in tugging the material down past Gerard’s thighs, leaving them bunched at his knees and pressing both hands against his ass cheeks, parting them until he exposed the fluttering pink hole. He massaged the meaty flesh for a moment, pulling him apart and then kneading him back together until finally without warning he pressed his tongue against Gerard’s rim and pushed all the way in, dragging a strangled cry from the younger man as he ground back against Frank’s face desperately.
“Oh-..Oh-.. Oh Sir.. Oh Frankie-.. Oh don’t stop.. Oh please-..” Gerard chanted, fingertips digging into the material of the sofa, his cock leaking profusely between his thighs.
Frank’s tongue worked expertly, stretching him open until he was pliant and needy - letting his saliva coat his chin as he pressed as deep as he could, rubbing his open mouth against the desperate entrance before pushing two fingers past the rim without warning. Gerard cried out his name louder this time, a tone in his voice he’d never heard before - a brand new moan all for his teacher, he’d never felt this close before - like Frank was keeping him dancing dangerously on the edge but refusing to let him topple over into his climax.
By the time Frank was three fingers deep, Gerard was incoherently babbling - riding desperately on his fingers and driving Frank wild. He pulled out without warning, leaving Gerard to whine - head lowered between his arms as Frank left momentarily to find protection. He returned barely a minute later, his cock sheathed up and ready to go - Gerard gasped as he felt the head of Frank’s cock against his entrance, slowly edging inside him with his fingertips leaving crescent moons over Gerard’s hips.
He was slow and careful, bottoming out a few moments later with a sharp exhale, his fingertips caressing the soft skin of Gerard’s hips as they both got used to the tight hole. The air was thick and silent apart from their synchronised panting until Frank began to slide out with a groan, thrusting back in quicker than before and dragging a punched out moan from Gerard’s lips.
It didn’t take long to build up his rhythm, one hand planted firmly on his hip and the other buried in his mess of hair, tugging gently with each movement. Gerard’s cock was leaking profusely between his legs but any thought of the soiled material beneath them was long gone when Frank began to circle his hips, slamming relentlessly into Gerard’s waiting hole, stretching him impossibly open as Gerard whined and whimpered beneath him, Frank’s name falling from his lips along with expletives.
“Oh.. F-Frankie..Please-.. Harder-..” Gerard chanted “D-Don’t stop-.. Please-.. Ah-..”
Frank used all his strength to pound into him repeatedly until the familiar heat began to pool in his stomach, swirling lower and lower until he was crying out Gerard’s name and spilling over inside of him, pulling the younger man into climax along with him. They collapsed in an exhausted heap, limbs tangled and Frank’s face buried in the space between Gerard’s shoulder blades.
“I like this lesson” Gerard murmured a few minutes later “I definitely think you should teach this way more often”
Frank snorted, snaking an arm around his middle “You definitely get an A for that one, Gee”
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The Apocalypse Suite (Tyler Joseph x Reader)
a/n: My frens know I’m trash for The Umbrella Academy and I suggest you read it. Real amazing comic series and characters. I noticed not a lot of people write an imagine using TUA, so yeah, expect major similarities.
Although I tweaked the plot and characters a bit, there are still spoilers regarding the Apocalypse Suite (or the comics at least, maybe the netflix adaption is different) (best hope it won’t be death note v2).
So yeah, read The Umbrella Academy before it airs on Netflix.
(p.s: there are .cbr files you can download free on getcomics and you can open them with the comic reader app. you didn’t hear it from me)
Warning ⚠: The Umbrella Academy Spoilers (duh)
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Tyler sighed and leaned on the plane’s window. The greasy caramel haired boy gripped his small keyboard tight. The child’s goo eyes observed his adopted brothers and sisters fight against France’s morale skyscraper at 6:26 in the morning. He can’t deduce why they have missions everyday. His father— Monocle won’t tell.
The Eiffel Tower’s summit glowed green. Number 3 (Pete/Rumor) twisted reality with his lies so citizens will evacuate. Fortunately every lie he says come true.
Number 1 (Ryan/Moonboy) hollered in command and only Number 6 (Brendon/Panic!)’s stomach tentacles seem to follow his lead. Ryan has super strength and loves playing leader while Brendon had monsters frolicking under his skin that is sometimes under his control.
When the tower ascended, Number 2 ((Y/n)/Kraken) prepared the blades. She’s known to be a knife casting child that can hold her breath for a day— and a brat.
But she’s his first favorite “sibling”. She’s the only one that shared his interests and understood him, together with Number Five. They wrote songs together— hers mostly about cryotic messages on how to utterly destroy Hargreeves with humiliation and his about beliefs and religion. The three of them could make a great band.
Oh, and Tyler has a school boy crush on her.
And now Number 4 (Frank/Séance) floated, aiming to contact the dead engineer for assistance. He’s psychic for a reason.
All those abilities made them equal in strength, aside from Number 7. Unlike his siblings superpowers, he’s a talentless slob with mediocre piano skills babysitted on Hargreeves’s private plane.
Out of 43 children, he was the seventh chosen for the Umbrella Academy. Sir Hargreeves claimed his orphans are gifted with abilities the norm can only imagine, yet he doesn’t seem to exhibit the description.
“Dad— I mean, Sir Monocle, Sir? Why can’t I play with the others?”
“Well Number Seven… There’s just nothing SPECIAL about you”
Tyler bobbed his head.
“Oh”
Inside, Tyler rebuked. But if he dare defy his father, he’ll be a reject in the streets. So he bottled it in, and inquired another instead.
“Where’s J— Number Five, Sir? I don’t see him anywhere” He asked, praying the man won’t reply insultingly.
“The Future, I presume. Ran away from home, no doubt. I can’t be sure, nor be bothered”
Tyler gasped at this— but envied his foster brother. The Kraken and Number Five were his closest friends, and one of them banished without him? Other than that how could a man— a father say that so blandly?
Hargreeves looked down, his monocle glinted him blind.
“Why don’t you go and play your piano?”
TWENTY YEARs LATER
“Does anyone wish to say anything?”
(Y/n) sighed and leaned on the nearest tree. They lost Brendon a few years back— and now Monocle. She discovered it’s better crying over a dirty calamari than a tyrant’s death. She barely casted a gaze down her father’s corpse. She did not like dusting her superhero custome for any occasion.
It obviously took a lot of time and money  polishing this funeral. Hell, it seemed like a wedding.
Everyone took giant leaps to be there. Her brother Ryan literally landed from space, Pete appeared after signing divorce papers from some guy named Patrick, Frank probably floated across the American borders and the most shocking news is their long time missing brother Number 5 came back from the future.
(It’s easy to spot who’s Number Five, considering he hadn’t aged a bit. He’s his seventy year old mind self trapped in his ten year old body)
Thank God the paparazzi met their dead end in front of the gates or else unanswerable questions will drill their heads to sleep.
But back to the present. Pogo, their talking caretaker chimpanzee’s question remained unanswered.
Ryan and Pete, the last of Hargreeves’s favorites inventions wore a grim expression. On the other hand Frank, Number Five, and (Y/n) displayed no sign of remorse. None of them dared to talk, not wanting to piss off one another.
Thankfully, Mrs Hargreeves took the spotlight. She wore a black trench coat to emphasize her husband’s death. She had puffy cheeks and looked like she cried before she arrived. The sight made Pete’s heart ache a bit. She was made to be the best mom. Equally a delicate and nice lady.
She began talking about how Gerard wasn’t the greatest father— and an even worse husband, in which everyone agreed fully. But when she spoke about him caring more about saving the world than personal relationship like a hero…
The Kraken called her words bullshit.
Pete and Ryan tried to warn Mrs Hargreeves, but it was too late.
If it’s barely a human being, how could it be a mother? It’s pathetic, a pathetic waste.
No one can make a mother out of parts and removable limbs. Why did everyone have to live their lives with everything plastered in man made inventions? No, they’re not superheros.
(Y/n) gripped her coat from behind and in one swift motion— she revealed her mother’s true nature.
They were all Sir Gerard-Fucking-Hargreeves’s lab rats.
Mrs Hargreeves’s body bared open organ systems and a stray heart. She cried, humiliated “I’m sorry…”
She sobbed “I shouldn’t have come”
Pete covered her with his jacket and cooed “It’s okay Mom”
Ryan grumbled in (Y/n)’s ear. This turmoil meant nothing in her head, and Mr Fly-Me-To-The-Moon can’t intimidate her.
“I’m warning you Kraken—”
“OR WHAT?!” She screamed and pushed his chest “YOU GONNA BEAT YOUR PROSTHETIC CHEST HARGREEVES CREATED?”
“EVERYTHING’S A LIE, COWBOY! HE LEFT US WITH NOTHING BUT A MAUSOLEUM FULL OF QUESTIONS AND A PIECE OF PLASTIC FOR A MOTHER”
She gazed at her mother’s synthetic black hair “Those tears aren’t even real”
Pete’s head snapped, bawling as he yelled “WELL THESE ARE”
(Y/n) flinched.
“Then too bad Tyler isn’t here” She mumbled. Pogo pressed a button and the casket lowered.
“He could play his piano…”
Not an hour had passed before Ryan and (Y/n) gripped each other’s throat in an almost ordinary fashion. This time, Moon had the upper hand. He pointed a ray gun against her temple, harnessing energy while his finger neared the trigger. And before (Y/n) could vision hanging out beside Bren’s pretty corpse, Number Five intervened.
“Maybe I wasn’t clear on what I saw back in the future!” He yelped.
“The world was destroyed just three days after Gerard’s death!”
Ryan froze.
Number Five looked down his watch “Time is running out”
Rumor scoffed at Moon “You haven’t changed a bit”
And when they thought everything is at peace, Pogo rode Séance’s shoulder as he flew, pointed at the carnival then screamed “Look!”
“The carnival! It’s on FIRE!”
It’s quite far from the mansion, but Ryan’s height and Frank’s psychic abilities let them saw the burning image. Moon’s face solidified. “The Niners” He muttered subconsciously
Séance groaned. Everyone except Number Five— who wasn’t there for the last two decades— hauled in a state of annoyance. Rumor shook his head, this again?
“The what?” Number Five asked.
“When we last fought Dr Nicholas Bourbaki he told us the next time we reform the Terminants will activate…”
Ryan looked down at the child.
“Which means Tyler is in the City”
Everyone headed back to the Mansion. One of the perks of being Sir Hargreeves’s children is the access to the televator— a teleporting elevator. They all thought of it the second they realized one of them is astray.
But Tyler isn’t the only prodigal sibling.
“Moon–” Pogo called out, noting (Y/n)’s lack of presence “The Kraken!”
“Let her get killed, cause according to the terminants…
We’re a team again”
Tyler sat in a taxi cab after rejecting an offer to hypothetically— destroy massive civilization by playing his piano, scavenging his keyboard bag for his pills. After all, how could his “adequate” piano skills help an apocalypse inducing orchestra?
He had enough. He thought being the lamest sibling in the Umbrella Academy will be the last line in his autobiography but it wasn’t. He also happened to cause another villain outbreak.
He can barely see the man in the driver seat, but if it weren’t hallucination then he paid a shadow.
He hoped the shadow, unicorn– whatever the hell is behind the wheel would drive faster so he could warn his family.
“Are you alright man? Y'know you look like—” The driver was cut off when a loud bang erupted.
“The carnival— It’s on fire!”
Tyler looked at the window. The carnival was indeed crackling in flames. He humphed. The rollercoaster looked way cooler morphing ashes.
“I bet it’s my family” He poured pills down his palm “change of plans”
“Drive me there” He glanced back at the amusement park. There are two groups of enemies on the loose.
But he prayed more that one of his siblings in particular will forgive him for what he had done in the past.
“And drive faster”
The Kraken flung another knife at the cloaked robot. The children on the ride’s boat ride hugged each other, chanting their quote on quote last words. Fuck them for thinking anyone else except Moon can’t save them.
God, (Y/n) hated these Niners. Next time Dr Nicholas design something it better look cooler and not look like wannabe cults. Oh wait— He’s dead! She forgot.
(Y/n) punched one down and roundhouse kicked the other. And as the others made their way another blade passed through their brains, splattering oil everywhere.
If only Number Five finished his check-up with Pogo earlier then he might’ve enjoyed fighting alongside her. They both missed each other’s company, most especially Five.
The woman was bleeding from her appendix down her right thigh— yet she determined the appropriate time vocalize they owe her a costume.
While she evacuated the three ungrateful souls, Tyler made his way south the carousel.
As he ran closer, the picture of Moon from afar about to punch a self-destructive robot went clearer.
“My God” He sprinted toward about to warn him “MOON!!”
Behind a trashcan ejected another enemy pointing a ray gun
“PATIENCE IS VIRTUE_! TARGET 00.07 ACQUIRED_!”
Tyler looked back, and saw approximately ten missiles ahead.
Ryan barely heard his scream however, someone else did.
“DAMNIT!”
(Y/n) pushed him down, with her on top. Her face contorted beyond pissed. They laid at the ground, both in pain. Tyler thanked God he stayed alive— but when he saw the look on the her face, he found out the half of the upcoming verbal abuse.
“What the hell are you doing here!” She screamed right at his face “You think you can show your face after all these years?!”
Tyler frowned.
“I… I wanted to help! There’s something I need to tell you, (Y/n)!”
Her chest tightened. It’s been a while since someone called her by her name.(Y/n) scoffed and laughed, repressing the warm feeling pooling inside her with the acidic truth.
“You left.”
He left when (Y/n) needed her the most. Being a teenager in Hargreeves’s manor was the saddest you could be. She shared chunks of her dreams with him— and he left to some pretentious academy because the person she hated the most told him so.
Another robot went boom after Ryan smashed it. Through the smoke he saw the illusion of The Pianist and Kraken together. (Y/n) covered him from Moon’s sight. She’d rather let him leave.
“The only thing you’re helping us is getting killed, and there’s nothing else I want to hear from you”
She towered above him.
“I… used to think I have a brother” At that time, Tyler felt tears roll against his warm cheeks. He avoided her gaze, but doing so does not make the situation easier, just made him seem more in denial.
“But I’ve got nobody”
That had to be the worst thing he heard all day. Much, much worse than hearing a proposal about universal destruction.
“Get lost” (Y/n) commanded.
He did, he scampered as fast as he could. She watch him crawl and trip out of her sight. She thought she might be masochistic for liking the sight of people leaving her… again… and again…
“Kraken” Ryan called out. And with that, (Y/n) Hargreeves transformed back to just Kraken.
“Thanks” She pertained to the broken robot that nearly killed her. Cause there’s no way she’s talking about it.
“Was that Tyler?” Pete asked. Frank wanted to ask the same question but he has to excuse his language to the children around him.
“Just a citizen” She gently grabbed one of the rescued injuired girls to the ambulance.
“No one SPECIAL”
———
a/n: I’ve been thinking about making this as a book, though I’m not sure everyone can understand my writing haha.
anyways, for the people who read the comics or at least saw the trailer: Who’s your favorite hero and enemy? 
Cause mine is the 100% best assassin Five, Klaus and Vanya (can’t choose, I just don’t like Luther, but Diego and Allison is pretty decent). Tho when it comes to enemies the best imo is Hazel and Cha Cha.
(… cause who needs drugs when you have cookies and guns?)
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jhericho-blog1 · 7 years
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À la vie, à la mort
Summary: Where would she be if Amélie hadn't died for her to live? Would she even be alive? What was she? At the end of the day was she even a human being or just a homunculus born of evil? Was she evil?
Yes, Widowmaker decided, I am evil. Amélie...you are so good...and I am nothing like you.
Warnings: Mental Instability, Implied/Referenced Suicide/Suicide Attempts
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Crack
A second toppled over the first and one of the men began screaming.
Crack
A third was trying to get into a vehicle but couldn't get the door open in time. The fourth and final man shoved the body out of the way and dove into the seat. The car lurched forward, beginning to turn a corner to safety and escape the--
Crack
The car slammed head on into a cafe front.
Widowmaker rose from her perch on the rooftop, reaching up to her visor and turning her communicator back on. “Targets down, requesting further instruction.”
“You had your communicator off this whole time?!” Sombra asked incredulously before releasing a bark of laughter, “Oh man, I've been talking all about how embarrassing lil Gabie used to be when he was younger! You really missed out, amiga! I even found pictures--”
“Say one more word and I'll blow your head off.” Reaper growled over the woman. Sombra was still giggling in the background as he addressed the sniper, “Another possible target has been spotted across town. Look for the skyscraper with a helicopter on it's roof. Target will be on the fifty-first floor on the east side. Blinds are open.”
“Understood.” Widowmaker clicked a button on her rifle and let it snap back into fully-automatic mode before swinging it behind herself to clip to it's holster. She stepped off the rooftop and let herself fall a distance before raising her wrist and grappling to another rooftop. She used her momentum to swing herself forward, getting a little too much speed and flipping as her grapple released it's hold.
She gracefully landed on a much lower roof, the instinct to raise her arms on the landing nagging at the back of her head. “Perfecto!” Sombra clapped, “She sticks the landing and the crowd goes wild! Ten points to France!”
Widowmaker snarled into her communicator and reached up to mute the damn thing again. Sombra was feeling quite playful tonight and it was pissing her off more than usual. She was getting irritated more than usual.
The various doctors that would poke and prod her would declare it was time for another 'session'. Another full day of being stuck with needles in her arms and legs and tubes down her throat. Another day of countless cords and wires stuck to her, another day of those countless cords and wires shocking her until she nearly passed out.
It was all such a waste of time. Reaper had told her so and he was always right. “I don't care if you get pissy or sarcastic,” He told her once while waiting for evac, “so long as you're doing your job, I don't give a fuck what you do.”
That was enough for her. Every time they would take her into that isolated room to conduct the sessions she came out feeling like a spectator to her own body. She rarely remembered what life was like before every session and she knew it annoyed Reaper to have to repeat himself to her constantly.
Annoying Reaper wasn't something she didn't want to do and that was one thing she always remembered.
How annoying Sombra could be was another thing never forgotten.
The woman deemed them 'best friends' and never ceased to leave Widowmaker to herself. She would talk and talk and talk, always talking about how one day they would go get pedicures and 'talk about boys'. Widowmaker would always scoff and remind Sombra that she wasn't allowed off base unless it was for a mission.
She kept talking anyway.
The last thing she always remembered was Amélie Lacroix. Everything about the woman was remembered in some form or fashion. The brand of perfume she used to wear, how she was allergic to nuts, the song she and Gerard danced to at their wedding, how much pain she was in when Widowmaker was born.
Amélie Lacroix felt like an entirely separate entity while coexisting quietly in the back of Widowmaker's mind. Widowmaker wasn't sure she had a conscious, but she had Amélie whispering in her ears on occasion. The whispers of the dead woman made Widowmaker feel like her body was static. The whispers confused her, made her angry at how calm and gentle they were.
Widowmaker was a creature designed to not feel, designed to be untouchable. And yet the empty shell she inhabited said things that made said body itch uncomfortably, that made her want to pull back the flesh and rip the voice out by force.
Thoughts swirled in her brain during quiet moments, questioning whether or not one or the other was even real. If Widowmaker was here, did that mean she was Amélie Lacroix or had Amélie Lacroix accepted Widowmaker as a parasite and hosted her?
Too many thoughts, too little focus.
Widowmaker could see the skyscraper before her and reached around to unclip Widow's Kiss. The rifle was snapped back into it's fullest form as she searched for the office that contained her target. It didn't take her long to find it, watching carefully as two forms moved about the small space.
“I'm in position.” She said as she unmuted her communicator.
“Hold fire until I give the word.” Reaper ordered. She settled onto the roof, lowering herself down to one knee without taking the crosshairs off one of the figures. “Target is currently seated behind the desk.” She moved just a fraction of an inch to lock onto the target's head and went still again.
The coms channel erupted into gunfire and yelling. “We've got some company down on street level,” Sombra grunted into the channel, “police and private security firm are closing in on your position, amiga.”
Gunfire echoed up to Widowmaker's ears off the sides of the buildings around her. She stayed trained on her target, her eyes unblinking. “Sombra, get rid of the annoyances.” Reaper growled, “Widowmaker, fire when read--”
The roof under Widowmaker's feet suddenly gave way, a blazing inferno rising towards her. She quickly grappled to a nearby building's wall as her legs disappeared into the flames and she was pulled from it as quickly as she entered. The entire building was gone in the three seconds it took her to get to the other building's fire escape.
Her suit was sizzling, bubbling as it melted with the flesh of her legs underneath. The pain wasn't as intense as when she took a bullet through the chest, but she definitely felt it. Widowmaker grappled herself to the top of the building and raised her rifle midair, locking onto her target and pulling the trigger.
The gunshot was silenced by the burning mess below. The only ones to bear witness to the clean kill were the assassin herself and the person in the room with the target. Her landing was no longer graceful, her legs giving out when she tried to stand on the edge of the roof.
Falling wasn't ideal in this situation, but once in motion Widowmaker couldn't bring herself to stop it. She could use her grapple, she could catch the fire escape, she could avoid slamming into the pavement.
But the static was back and falling felt natural to her.
Hitting the ground and hearing her bones splinter in its wake was what Amélie wanted.
What Amélie wanted Widowmaker would give to her because she herself had no aspirations. The feeling of completing Amélie's wishes were not gratifying to Widowmaker in any way, but she continued to obey the ghost's whims as it felt natural.
Upon meeting the ground Widowmaker crumpled like a broken doll, one leg folding below the knee under her and her hip shattering. Her head slammed into the concrete and her ears rang harshly when she tried to sit up. Her vision was blurry and it took her several moments to clear it. The fire from the nearby building was intense but she made no effort to move herself away from it.
A hand reached up to check her coms and found parts of her visor missing or broken. The communicator was buzzing softly, no longer working. Widowmaker reached for Widow's Kiss and found it had skidded a few feet away into a dark alley way.
Her left leg was mutely pulsing in pain and her hip felt like it was shifting as she inhaled. Aside from that and acute pain in her abdomen Widowmaker felt fine. Amélie felt disappointed.
Widowmaker grasped at the ground before her and pulled herself forward, the pain flaring with each movement.
The pain wasn't that bad. She could keep moving. She needed her gun.
So she pulled herself further, glancing back only once to look at the thick trail of blood she was smearing into the cement.
A hand gripped Widow's Kiss tightly, dragging it to it's holster. Widowmaker sighed at the familiar weight on her back. What now?
T̕h̛e͜ ̵fi͏r̴e̛..͜.̀ge̕t҉ ̶a̡waỳ...̵
She dragged herself further down the alley and away from the smoldering building. Out one alley, into another. Repeat. A left turn. A right turn.
Sombra couldn't be far, she was on the ground watching the streets as Widowmaker took to the rooftops and Reaper moved through the sewers.
Widowmaker reached out to pull herself forward but found her grip gone. Her sight failed for a moment, coming back to show to her two dumpsters sat side by side at the end of the alley. No, just one dumpster. She was seeing double now.
Her body – no, Amélie's body – wasn't as unbreakable as Widowmaker. It couldn't keep moving in such a state, couldn't function if damaged.
Leaning against a brick wall with her rifle digging painfully into her already smarting back while her mangled leg bled heavily grounded her enough to come to the conclusion that came natural, the conclusion Amélie wanted.
People tended to begin begging at this point. Some pray, some sob, some piss their pants out of fear. Some demand that it just be over with, a demand Widowmaker always met with a smirk.
Amélie seems happy at the thought so Widowmaker supposes she's happy as well.
It's odd, sometimes it feels like the only true joy Widowmaker feels is when she brings suffering and death.
Amélie rarely feels anything.
Amélie barely exists.
The static was returning, beginning in her fingers and toes and gradually taking control of her arms and legs, then her chest, then her head.
The haze would be comforting if Widowmaker knew what comfort was. The feeling was so alien and yet so familiar and if she thought about it she probably felt this way because she was born in it. It seemed only natural that she die in it as well.
So Widowmaker strained her mind, tried to find the face of the ghost that whispered to her.
Her mind's eye showed her endless darkness, the sole light in the void radiating from the form of a crouching woman. The woman was curled into herself, naked, feet of inky black hair pooling around her.
“We're dying.” Widowmaker told her bluntly, keeping her distance. She knew she didn't belong here, that whatever this place was belonged to Amélie.
Amélie uncurled slightly, head turning backwards towards Widowmaker. Hair covered her face from view but Widowmaker knew that even if it wasn't there she wouldn't be able to see it.
R͞e̶s͜t̀.̴..ţḩe̸ p͠ain ́sh͘óu͝l̀dn̷'t́ l͟a͏st̕ ͡l̛o̶ng̶...́
Widowmaker sank to her knees, watching Amélie turn and slowly make her way to her. The assassin didn't move as the dead woman mirrored her and rested on her knees. The dark head of hair lay upon Widowmaker's shoulder, arms loosely draped around her as Amélie curved into her.
The few times Widowmaker came here Amélie would embrace her if it could even be called that.
The ghost would lean against Widowmaker, sometimes sobbing, sometimes hacking up something with the consistency of the grease Widowmaker used to clean her rifle. The bile was the product of a session, that much Widowmaker knew.
She assumed it meant Amélie was fading more, dying once again.
It angered Widowmaker.
Amélie had had enough. She had suffered enough.
It angered Widowmaker at how compliant Amélie was with it.
If up to the assassin, their body would expire in the heat of battle. But Amélie was perfectly fine with bleeding out in an alley because she was perfectly fine with dying again.
It was natural to her now, having experienced it so many times.
“We could live.” Widowmaker said through clenched teeth, her anger causing her body to tremble slightly.
Amélie pulled at her tighter in response, a hand taking a comforting grip on the back of Widowmaker's neck.
“You deserve to live.” The parasite said to the host.
The host let out a wet bark of laughter at this.
I de̵s̶er͟ve̵ ͠m͜an͠y̧ ̵t͞h̛i̛n̸g҉s̵,҉ ͏m҉on̴ çher̢, ̧bu͞t̶ ̡l͞i͠fe ̸has ̧had̸ ot͢h̡e̛r̨ ̀pl͜an͏s ́fo͞r̀ me̸. ͠For ̶bo̶th ͘of ųs̡ i͡t se̕e̡ms͟.
Widowmaker brought her arms up to hold tightly to Amélie, letting her eyes slide shut. Her anger had quickly subsided into guilt. If she wasn't alive, if she had never been made, Amélie would be alive.
Where would she be if Amélie hadn't died for her to live? Would she even be alive? What was she? At the end of the day was she even a human being or just a homunculus born of evil? Was she evil?
Yes, Widowmaker decided, I am evil. Amélie...you are so good...and I am nothing like you.
The dead woman was gone and Widowmaker was alone in the alley again, returned to their dying body.
Her head was pounding harshly as she came to. Something was touching her hand, something small and moist.
Widowmaker lazily let her head slide to her shoulder, gazing down at a small creature resting beside her thigh, licking her hand. It halted it's licks to nudge her hand over it's head, placing small paws on her thigh and standing to look up at her.
Yellow eyes stared into brown, neither blinking. It yipped suddenly, only once before it's tongue lolled out of it's mouth and it cocked it's head at the woman.
She couldn't help the grimace at the dirty dog and gave it a pitiful nudge with her hand. The dog yipped again and bounced against her thigh, trying to jump into her lap.
It was such a tiny thing, still a puppy but impossibly small. It's fur was matted horribly by filth and it kept it's left hind leg lifted at all times. It was scruffy, ugly, and it's barking was high pitched and grating.
This was not how Widowmaker wanted to die.
“Allez-vous en!” She hissed and nudged it again, harder this time. The dog was pushed backwards, landing on it's side and letting out a shrill yelp of pain, whimpering as it quickly recovered and limped a good distance away. It turned back to look at her and began barking again.
It was too far out of reach to push further away and knew she couldn't do anything about it. The little shit.
Widowmaker exhaled deeply through her nose and glared at the dog, “What are you looking at, clebs?” The dog's tongue reappeared and it's tiny tail began swaying, apparently taking her voice as a sign of friendship.
“You are a filthy,” The dog leaned low to the ground on it's front paws. “disgusting,” It's tail wagged harder. “flea-ridden annoyance.” It bounded towards her and took a flying leap, landing gracelessly onto her lap and eagerly reached towards her face with it's tongue.
She couldn't help the smile on her face at the sight. The damn idiot was far too small to reach her face and yet it continued to try. “You are an idiot.” She laughed, tiny paws digging into her sternum.
It kept trying despite occasionally landing on it's bad foot and whimpering at the pain. A few licks were given to her exposed chest as well as a few scratches from tiny claws in attempts to get a foothold. Her hand eventually raised and the dog flinched at the motion, all movement ceasing.
Widowmaker frowned at this, lowering her hand and raising it again to view the same reaction.
Slowly she brought her hand to rest on it's head, fingers gently stroking behind it's ears. It was tense at first, unmoving at the attention, but gradually began relaxing into her touch. “You have had a hard life, no?”
It yawned in response, curling into a ball and nuzzling into her stomach. She continued stroking it's head, her own eyes growing heavily but not from sleep.
“Life has had other plans for both of us it seems.” She echoed as she let her eyes close.
“--ou know as well as I do that we can't do that.” Widowmaker was shifted slightly, something tugging at her hair and pulling it painfully. She groaned at the pain, reached out to try and adjust.
The moment she moved her body ignited in pain. She couldn't stop the gasp of agony, one hand fisting into a leathery material and the other clawing at whatever held her in an attempt to get away.
“Stop.” Reaper said, his grip tightening on her.
Widowmaker convulsed in pain, cracking her eyes open to stare up into the empty sockets of his mask. He held her from her shoulders and the backs of her knees, shifting her slightly to rest her head against his shoulder and ripping another gasp from her.
Sombra was beside them now, reaching out and injecting a small yellow cylinder into her arm. The pain lessened instantly and Widowmaker let her body slump heavily into Reaper's arms.
“There we go,” Sombra twirled the syringe before pocketing it, “all doped up and ready to party.” She gave Widowmaker a wide grin and added, “Good to see you again, araña. We should be at evac soon. I brought your friend too.”
Widowmaker narrowed her brows at this and Sombra lifted her other hand to reveal the dog. It was stiff and immobile in the hacker's grip, body slightly shaking.
Something sparked within Widowmaker's chest at the sight, something eerily familiar. “Give him to me.” She growled a little too fiercely.
Sombra's eyes raised at the demand but brought it to rest on her lap again. Widowmaker curled protectively over the dog, watching it relax in her presence and lick at her hand. She could feel Reaper's eyes on her as she stroked the dog's head.
“They won't let you keep it.” He rumbled as he continued walking, jostling her slightly. She knew what he meant. Her usual 'handlers'. They were the ones who kept her medical chart and decided when she needed another session. They were also the ones who killed Amélie and birthed Widowmaker.
The thought of them made Widowmaker bristle, her grip tightening slightly on the dog. Then, a new thought.
But they hadn't killed Amélie. She was still here. They hadn't let her stay, had tried to flush her out like an infection while infecting her body with Widowmaker's being.
I protect Amélie, I can protect this mutt from damnation as well.
“I don't care.” Widowmaker whispered, scooting the dog onto her chest and letting cuddling into her cold flesh. Sombra snickered from beside her.
“Good luck, araña.” She hummed in thought and snapped her fingers, “I bet I could sneak him onto base if you're willing to part with your sweet little perro for a while.”
Reaper growled and his grip tightened slightly. “They'll find it. It can't stay.” He looked down at Widowmaker and said flatly, “Just put the damn thing out of his misery. It's tiny and injured; it won't live long anyway.”
“You do not know that!” Widowmaker barked harshly, something rattling deep within her chest and making her wince. She coughed roughly, spitting flecks of blood onto Reaper's chest and glaring from them to the man.
If she knew how to project how angry the thought of the damn dog dying she would.
It wasn't built for fighting like she was! It wasn't strong like she was! It wasn't unbreakable like she was!
It was fragile and small and defenseless! It was broken...it...
It was the same as Amélie.
And Widowmaker could protect it.
He stared back in silence. He eventually looked away and motioned toward Sombra with his head, “Hit her again. She's loosing too much blood.”
Widowmaker held the dog closer to her barely beating heart as Sombra produced another syringe from under her cloak and stuck it in the assassin's arm. Her heavy eyelids quickly closed and she accepted the darkness of sleep.
When she awoke she found herself in her room.
The standard grey bed sheets were itchy beneath her. Her bunk was dull, void of anything aside from a few ballet playbills Reaper had given to her when she first came to be.
The room itself had a few personalized things such as a display case for Widow's Kiss, complete with it's repair and cleaning kit and carrying case, a holoscreen mounted to the wall opposite her bunk, turned off and rarely used, an armoire , filled with clothing she bought on a whim with a respectable collection of snow globes Sombra gave to her atop it, and a vanity, stocked with various high end makeup brands.
Seated at the vanity was Reaper., arms crossed and breathing deeply in sleep. He was out of his cloak and armor, wearing a thick jacket with the hood pulled up instead. His mask was removed and rest against the vanity mirror.
Widowmaker's eyes were instantly drawn to the tiny dog, freshly washed, sleeping in his lap.
She stretched slightly, acutely aware of the plaster going up her leg. A hand carefully lifted the sheets to observe the damage.
Cast on the leg, bandages wrapped tightly from her thighs to her chest. The bandages around her hip were stained a light pink and she could feel the stitches rub painfully against the rough covering.
Eyes returned to the dog, relief flooding her senses at the sight of it but also at the fact that she remembered. They hadn't wiped her, she was still here.
“You're awake.” Reaper rumbled and her eyes darted to his face. He seemed to shrink back into his hood at her gaze, trying to hide as much as possible. “A month of recovery and physical therapy they say. I say two weeks.”
He produced a small purple cube from his pocket, something Sombra had created, and gave it a small spin. “We've got a new mission. Russia. Volskaya Industries.” Widowmaker nodded, gaze returning to the dog.
Reaper followed her gaze and chuckled, “I didn't think anyone would take me seriously walking in with this damn thing under my arm, but no one questioned it past 'you're cleaning up after it'.” He stood and made the stride to her bunk, placing the dog beside her head.
It yawned and blinked a few times before realizing where it was, yipping and eagerly licking Widowmaker's face. She couldn't supress the giggle in her throat at the assault of tiny paws and licks but quickly remembered Reaper and made herself neutral again.
“I wrapped it's leg up,” Reaper said as he sat on the edge of her bunk and watched the exchange, “but I don't think it'll ever walk properly again. Looks like it's taken one hit too many.”
Widowmaker frowned at this and looked at the offending leg. The dog didn't seem to mind, bounding down her bed to yip at Reaper before returning to lick her cheek again. “It's a boy, by the way.” Reaper added.
Silence hung through the air and the assassin knew Reaper was expecting something from her.
She didn't know what he wanted from her when he did this and it aggravated her. Widowmaker knew she wasn't the greatest at picking up social cues and the fact that Reaper approached her inability with waning patience pissed her off.
“Sombra's taken to calling it cojo.”
Widowmaker scoffed at the name, “What a horrible name.” She paused and frowned in thought.
B҉e͞a̵u...
“Beau.” She echoed Amélie's offer.
Reaper watched the dog curl up next to Widowmaker's face and snorted, “Beau, huh?” He stood and stretched, popping his back and grunting, “If it shits you clean it up. If I step in it I'm twisting it's head off. Two weeks, then you're back on the mission board.”
Widowmaker watched him approach her door and stop, facing away from her.
“When you fell,” He glanced back at her, a lone red eye staring at her from beneath his hood, “you did it for her, didn't you?”
How Reaper knew about Amélie was lost to Widowmaker. When he first mentioned the ghost it shook Widowmaker to the core, fear that he would tell her handlers that the woman still lived creeping in.
But he never said a word. Reaper would ask about her on occasion but it was always as a final thought or in passing. Little things, like what she looked like to Widowmaker or how she was feeling.
It was such an odd comfort to have someone else asking about the ghost, to have someone possibly care about her.
“Of course.” Widowmaker answered.
Reaper nodded. “She's lucky to have you.”
He left with those words, and they seemed to hang in the air around the assassin.
No, she wasn't. Amélie was lucky to be alive – if you could call this alive – she was lucky to be a human being. Amélie wasn't lucky that Widowmaker stole her life from her.
The fact that Reaper would even say such a thing made her form tight fists and clench her teeth.
He didn't understand the pain Amélie felt like Widowmaker did, he couldn't know how much she longed for an end to her suffering.
Amélie wasn't lucky to have Widowmaker, Widowmaker was lucky to have Amélie.
Without the dead woman, Widowmaker would be the same empty husk she was when she was first created. Without the dead woman, Widowmaker would be just another gun for Talon. Without the dead woman, Widowmaker would be alone.
The isolation cut into the assassin like a knife. Once tasting attention she craved it, longed to have someone to speak to freely and without fear or restrictions.
To have someone who understand as much and as little as she did as a relief. To have someone who approached her with a gentleness that wasn't from fear was a relief.
Amélie pitied Widowmaker as much as Widowmaker pitied Amélie.
And Widowmaker was lucky to have that pity.
Amélie understood that Widowmaker was brought into this world through hate and evil but still embraced her willingly. The ghost wasn't angry at the parasite for existing, only angry at the ones who created the parasite in the first place.
If the dead woman loved Widowmaker was questionable. If Widowmaker loved the dead woman shouldn't even be a question.
She didn't know what love was, she was created not to feel, but the heaviness in her chest when Amélie was in pain gave her a good idea of what it was.
Tears slid from the corners of Widowmaker's eyes and her breathing hitched.
She wasn't crying. She felt nothing aside from the dull pains and aches of her body.
But Amélie wept for the both of them. She whispered assurances in Widowmaker's ear that she too loved her, that she wasn't upset at their living. For a moment, it almost felt like the ghost was holding Widowmaker again. But the static wasn't there and she was still in her bunk.
Beau moved slightly in his sleep, nudging her cheek slightly and whining softly.
Amélie wept through Widowmaker's eyes and the assassin allowed her to. She was lucky she could experience such emotions, lucky the ghost was so accepting of her existence.
Widowmaker was lucky to sob into her hand and be comforted by the life she helped ruin.
H̸ųs͟h̢ n͞ow͡, ͢mo͟n c̴h̵é̢ri...yo̵u͟ ar̢e ͏not̷ alo̶ne.̶.̢.y̢ou a͝r҉e͟ ̀l̵ov͠e͘d̡..͏.̴y̷o̵u d̸es͏erv̶e ͏li҉f͠e̴.
And you deserve your own life again. But I suppose life has had other plans for both of us. Right, fantôme?
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creativerogues · 7 years
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The Lich's Haunt
The Lich’s Haunt
The crooked skeleton of the lich let out another shriek, cackling as it whirled up into the darkness of the chapel’s ceiling.  There was only so much that could be done against such a foe.  The holy water had been carelessly spent, and Gwalth’s great sword had been brutally beaten in the melee.  He had been warned by his companions that mundane tools would be of little use besides comfort, but Gwalth had failed to properly understand the threat.  Magic… he needed magic.
There was not much time until the lich swooped again.  The air had grown thick with darkness and deafening shrieks.  The shroud was difficult to pierce, but Gwalth knew where his salvation lay.  Now the lone survivor, he wasted no time in retracing his steps. 
A band of four had entered this chapel tonight with the purpose of extinguishing the vile being within: a twisted manifestation of shadows writhing around bones long rotten and bleached.  When they had been first contracted by Duke Rypus, their employer had described the lich as a once honourable man some two hundred years ago, but had fouled his mind with pursuits of immortality and then dominion.  It had been supposedly sealed, but was now loose, with reports of fifty-two deaths inside the last month.  Now it was fifty-five, and Gwalth would not allow it to become fifty-six.
He slowed his pace and stopped at the sight of a hand stretching out from behind a crumbling statue.  It belonged to Saltor, his body now lay twisted and lifeless on the cobbled stone; the Lich had spared no expense in tearing his throat out, having taken advantage of a shield arm weary from the relentless beating.  His plated armour now reflected rogue shards of light, scattering in the dark despite the new crimson streaks. 
“Sorry I dragged you into this, kid.”  Gwalth leaned down to rescue the kite shield Saltor had lugged in.  If the boy could see only see this, he would have had some quip for Gwalth finally taking his own protection seriously.  There was a brief smile that marked Gwalth’s scarred face, but it was irrelevant to the job at hand.
Pooled blood splashed beneath Gwalth’s hurried boots as he moved on. Cracks in the floor works left by Saltor’s iron sabatons directed him forwards.  He crossed Vina’s hand, lying in the middle of his path, recognisable by the golden rings adorning each of the fingers.  Those same crooked fingers which were curled in agony as though to escape.  Gwalth banished the thought of what might have happened to the rest of her, and ignored the spray of blood straying from his path that might answer the question, clenching his sword tighter.
Vina had deserved better.  They all had.
Gwalth could see the light of the full moon peeling away the darkness inside.  A beam shone onto Liul’s blackened husk as he raced towards it.  She had been the first to die tonight, wreathed in flames as soon as they had entered this accursed chapel.  The vision of flesh boiling and screaming surged in Gwalth’s mind. 
He forced all sense of remorse to one side, and focused on the fact that it had been the desire for gold much more than anything else which had bonded these four beings for just over a year now.  He hadn’t known his three companions well, truth be known. None of them had been with him when he first began work as a mercenary, and Gwalth had not considered staying in any form of contact with them after this job either.   
He hesitated over the sparse remains of his former companion.  Smoke was still rising off the thickened charcoal, mixing a foul smell in the air.  Cautiously, he started to fumble through what remained of her equipment and clothing for the only thing he could think to assist him.  
“Sorry I’m looting your corpse”, he whispered, as though he might provoke Liul’s regular sigh and look of displeasure at anything he had to say.  He fumbled around her remains.  “You know it’s not my style.  I just need a little help ... Damn it! Where is it?!” 
Immolation always seemed like an unpleasant way to go in Gwalth’s eyes, and he was honestly sad for the loss of Liul, despite her being an imperious Elf.  But this?  This was downright inconvenient.  The charred remains of her cloak offered no results as he struggled to remember what she had done with the Duke’s gift, given as a send-off for this mission.  It had adorned her neck when they set out from Tarl a week ago, but she had come to call it “too precious” soon after.  As if having it tucked away in her magical sleeves was useful in the heat of battle.
Realisation struck with a stupendous shout.  “Her sleeves!”
He grinned with relief as he reached for what was left of her arms.  “You may save me yet, Elf!” Yanking them off, he reached down Liul’s dainty sleeve.  Gwalth had never liked the sensation of extra-dimensional compartments.  They felt like fluid jelly, reaching, shifting and grabbing at whatever would probe inside them, but he needed to set aside any squeamish thoughts.  The magic had been explained to him before...  “Just think of what you are looking for... Envision it in your mind...” 
Footsteps echoed from the black. 
“That’s new,” Gwalth murmured to himself.  Surely it had been flying earlier? Never mind that, he had to ignore the thought.  “Envision it quickly!”  Something fell into his right hand as he whipped it out of the sleeve; he just prayed it was what he had wanted. 
He left his sword on the ground, gripping the shield firmly with the left hand and stood to face the darkness. The matter required a strong arm. 
“My name is Gwalth!  Of the House Temblin!  Son of Lord Gerard Temblin!” He bellowed as loud as his body would allow, clenching his hope in his right fist.  “And I refuse to yield before you Shade!” “You think nobility will delay your demise?”  A hissing echo rattled forth, as a skeletal foot emerged from its obscuring shelter beyond the moonlight.  “Death has embraced your friends. Why should it spare you?” 
Gwalth smirked.  “I was never very good at following everyone else.”  At least he would die having the last word in the matter. 
The Lich hastened towards the lone figure, standing firm before the ruined structure.  He had not allowed the moment to check his hand for fear of breaking eye contact with the monster charging, but in that instant Gwalth channelled everything he had remaining into throwing whatever had fallen in his right hand against his foe.
The faintest glow flying forth from him let Gwalth know he had been lucky.  Raising his shield and turning his head away expectantly, he smiled to himself at the idea of a tiny bead such as that capable of achieving greater results than his great sword ever could.  
A second passed before Gwalth turned back in dismay.  He saw the bead bouncing into a roll on the ground as the lich continued advancing, and though he could see no lips, Gwalth could swear the Lich smiled.
Why didn’t it break?  He had thought that it was supposed to burst on contact... 
Gwalth remembered the bead being clasped around Liul’s neck by Duke Rypus himself, as they were setting off.  There were words to go with the bleached teeth in his smile, what were they? 
There was something about a temple?  That wasn’t relevant.
Something about bringing the judgement of Gods upon the victims?  Not helpful.
There was a word, a phrase...  The image of the Duke leaning in to whisper in Liul’s ear shot forth, stirring a bitter feeling of contempt in his stomach.
The Lich reached past Saltor’s shield to grab Gwalth’s throat, lifting him well into the air. 
Stupid Elves and wizards and priests, he thought, never trusting the rest of us with their secrets but still demanding we die defending them, or despite them.
“With your last words, puny human,” the hissing echo emerged from behind the skull’s moving jaw, “you will yield to me.” 
There wasn’t much breath left in his chest to snap something back.  But as long as there was breath, there was hope.
“Fuuuuhh...” The grip on Gwalth’s throat was too tight for even mediocre cursing.  To hell with it, he thought.
He released the shield from his left hand.  It made a solid clang as it hit the ground.  And with all speed and strength that he still possessed, Gwalth grabbed for the dagger on his belt and swung it up over his head before striking down on the skeletal arm holding him. 
The crunching of bone was as loud as the thud with which Gwalth landed on the ground.  Fear and panic was fuelling his adrenaline rush, as he scrambled forward and away from the looming figure.  His heart was thumping in his ears.
The gleaming target was easy to mark.  Little more than a metre ahead of him.  With dagger outstretched, Gwalth dove forward, landing the pommel squarely atop the bead.  It felt like he was trying to crush a pebble, like the bead was grinding the dagger down and not the other way. 
Gwalth peered over his should and could have sworn that he saw the faintest glimmer of panic from the Lich, as pealed white fingers grasped out at him.  With new determination and defiance, he gripped one hand firmly around the blade, clenching the other on the handle, and beat down on the bead in a final effort. 
Like the water breaking from a dam, the first crack was faint but all the same deafening.
The light was blinding. 
                *****
It was nine days before any soul dared to investigate the ruins of the old chapel, so far beyond the walls of Tarl.  When a farm hand finally worked up the nerve, he discovered the site obliterated.  He could find no bodies or remains, nor could he find any trace of the walls and ceiling that had so long stood in place. 
The four adventurers had not returned, nor sent any word.  And when Duke Rypus finally received word of the chapel he elected to spend the allotted reward on a grand funeral and to rebuild the chapel.  
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Cool Kids | Chapter 4 | I wonder what would happen if we went back and put up a fight
Never say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
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“Brendon, baby what happened?"Brendon’s mother’s sweet voice brings him back to reality. He sits on his bed, the teddy bear Charlie had given him for his birthday three or four years ago on his lap. He holds it closely to his chest, not bothering with how wet it is from his tears. Soon enough his dad and older brothers are in his room too throwing questions at him.
He doesn’t really want to answer any of them.
"Bren, talk to us."Mason adds while sweetly rubbing his younger brother’s back. He knows they just want to help, if it was for the whole family to be calm and caring, it meant they truly cared. But Brendon, the boy who loved to smile, was crying for the first time in front of his family so perhaps it wasn’t them caring but them fearing. Fearing that they had broke the last intact piece of the family. 
At that point, his sisters made their way inside clearly shocked from what they were seeing as they run to his side. Kyla moved closer and wiped away his tears with her sleeves"What happened, little guy?”
“Newt’s gone."he said in between sobs almost chocking before he could end that sentence. Even his father understands and smiles comfortingly."Charlie said they moved away. A-And he didn’t, he did,"Brendon didn’t finish what he was saying as the tears had gotten the best of him. Kyla wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer to her chest."He didn’t say goodbye.”
“It’s okay."Kyla replied letting him cry and take it all out. As Brendon as being busy crying, Kyla glanced at their parents both with guilty expressions. Mason and Matt also exchanged a worried look about what was going to happen in the future. Kara just sniffed her nose and stormed out the room without saying a word. Kyla closed her eyes and planted a kiss on her brother’s forehead."It’s okay, little guy.”
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“Red! I said red!”
“It is red!”
“It’s pink!”
“Just put your bloody hand in between my elbow and Quinn’s legs and lets get over with it!"Dan yelled in frustration as Brendon placed his hand on the pink/red circle. Quinn was ready to argue but Dan shushed her in return. Skye let out a groan with her being beneath Dan’s back and with Brendon’s leg on top of her head.
"Who suggested we play Twister again?”
“It was either that or video games and Brendon doesn’t like them."Quinn explained as she struggled to keep herself from falling.
"I give up!"Skye shout and let herself collapse on the ground. She fixed her shirt and made her way to the kitchen to drink some water. She hummed a tune and grabbed a glass of water when the phone began ringing."Urie! The president is calling you!”
“I’m busy at the moment!”
She fake gasped at that statement while grabbing the phone"This should be considered treason.“she continued mumbling before answering it"Urie residence. Skye speaking.”
“Hello, my wife and I saw your add on the newspaper about the house."the strange woman explained to her making the younger girl frown in confusion. She could swear that Brendon’s family only had one house."Is it still for sale? Because we saw it like a week ago.”
“Er, I don’t know, I’ll ask and I’ll let you know as soon as possible."Skye replied quickly and mumbled her goodbyes to the woman. She hung up and took another long sip of her water. The sudden sound of heels startled her as she almost spilled what was left from her class. She turned around to see Mrs Urie with a nice warm smile and a bunch of grocery bags.
"Skye! How are you, sweetheart?”
“I’m great, Mrs Urie."she smiled while the woman put the bags on the counter"A woman called while you were away.”
“Oh. Who was it?”
“I don’t know, she said she saw an ad."she explained"For the house.”
The older woman froze to her position. Skye knew she had gotten what she needed. Just this simple reaction showed her everything she needed to know and feared more than anything.“You’re selling the house.”
It isn’t a question. It’s an obvious statement to both Brendon’s mother and to Skye herself but she still feels the need to say it. She prays to get a negative answer, but she knows better than that. Life doesn’t work that way.“Are you moving away too?”
“Newt moved away two months ago.”
“That wasn’t my question."Skye shot back a little too loud but not enough for the others in Brendon’s room to hear it"Are?”
“It’s complicated.”
“Does Brendon know?"Skye asked without getting a clear answer"Were you even going to tell him?”
“Don’t tell him. Please.”
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Skye hated secrets.
Secrets made her feel guilty, she would spent many hours analyzing every little secret she had-especially at night-and it would only lead to her feeling guiltier. Yet Skye had successfully kept Brendon’s moving a secret even if it had costed her many sleepless night. Until one day, it became too much.
“We can’t go to different middle schools."Dan stated clearly annoyed"I’ll talk to my parents and get them to change their minds.”
“Dan’s right. We stick together until the end, we’ll even try to get to the same college!"Brendon spoke eagerly making Skye’s stomach twist. She stops listening to what Brendon is describing but she does know what he’s daydreaming about. He talks and dreams of a bright future. A future with them.
A future they can’t have.
"Stop."she whispers to him but Brendon is so excited that he keeps on talking and both Charlie and Quinn look at him happily because they have the same dreams. Even Dan has the same look in his eyes and they all look so happy dreaming of the perfect life together. It breaks her heart."Please stop.”
By the time Brendon hears her, she’s already crying with hands on her face because she really doesn’t deserve this. She had a perfect life with two loving parents and a bunch of amazing friends and now everything was shattering. Her parents were now fighting when they thought she was asleep, she had lost one of her best friends-she would soon lose another one too-and the only thing she had left was the tree-house near Brendon’s house reminding her of how she was. Of who they were.
“We aren’t having that. We can’t have that."she sobs violently while Dan tries to put his hand on her shaking shoulder"And that’s because you’re leaving. And you don’t know it but it’s true a-and we didn’t say goodbye to Newt."she continues crying as Brendon looks at her shocked like his entire world is crashing down. Quinn and Charlie are also in shock staring at each other hoping that they’re dreaming.
"Skye–”
“I wanted to say goodbye!"she shout with tears rolling down her face making Brendon’s parents come running inside his room. His mother looks at Brendon-who refuses to look back at her-and then at Skye who is still crying while Dan holds her."We deserved to know. He deserved to know.”
Charlie is tearing up a little too because he understands exactly what he means. And he knows that Newt didn’t know about his own moving, he would have told at least him if he knew, and the fact that so many parents would lie like that to their children sickens him. He hasn’t talked to Newt, he didn’t even get to say goodbye. He didn’t want to have to go through the same thing with Brendon.
“Is it true?”
“Brendon–”
“Is it true?"this time Brendon’s voice is loud and intimidating for his age. It breaks his parents’ heart when they see exactly how mad and sad he is. But sometimes, there is nothing you can do to change life.
"I’m sorry, baby.”
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“We moved out a week later and went to Las Vegas."Brendon finished after rubbing his eyes. The memories still hurt him up to that day. Sarah took the scrapbook away and hugged him comfortingly. Even  Gerard and Ashley saved their sarcastic remarks for later.
"At least you’ll have a cute reunion."Sarah smiled letting all the anger and envy she earlier had disappear. She was a great chapter in Brendon’s life but she still remained just a chapter. They were people out there who played much bigger roles and Brendon deserved to be with them. He deserved to be happy.
And not the fake kind of happy he was with them.
Sarah knew, they all did. It was just easier to pretend.
"What do you thing happened to them?”
“I actually have no idea. But I guess, I’ll find out.”
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3 years earlier
“I guess this is goodbye."Brendon whispered as the group looked at him sadly"Take care of our tree-house for me, yeah?”
“You know it, Bread."Dan mumbled while the other boy got inside the car. Everything moved in slow motion after that, the red car continued moving for a while until it was out of sight. Dan looked at his feet and grabbed his jacket. Skye fixed her coat and put her hand on Quinn’s shoulder who still looked at where Brendon’s car was some minutes ago.
"He’s gone."she whispered and turned to Dan"My first true friend is gone.”
“Quinn–”
“I want Marley and Ryder back."the statement shocked Dan who shook his head in return. Both Skye and Charlie exchanged worried glances unaware of what exactly Quinn was talking about.
"You don’t mean that.”
“I do because they wouldn’t leave me. Brendon promised he wouldn’t and he did. You will too eventually but they won’t. I don’t want to go through this again."Quinn cried as she embraced herself"I don’t want anyone else.”
“You won’t. We won’t leave. Not now, not ever."Charlie cut in.
"It’s already happening! We’re growing apart!”
“That’s crazy talk, okay?"Charlie shot back taking her hand into his and turning to Skye and Dan. He extended his other hand and grabbed Dan who connected his own hands with Skye and Quinn forming a mix of a square and circle."We’re together.”
“For how long?”
“Forever. Until the end of the line. Because all we have is each other."Charlie explained"We’re not perfect–”
“Just like, whatever this is,"Dan added looking at their circle.
"In a way yeah. But we’re better together and we love each other. We aren’t going to lose any other member of our weird little family. Yeah?”
“Yeah."Quinn nodded.
"We stick together,"Skye continued glancing at Dan to continue her thoughts.
"until the very end.”
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