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nymphthroughthestargate · 10 months

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Overload Part Two

a Pooka fic by mushroom

Cassie watched as the fear took over her dear friend. she knew that him holding back his shifting wasn't good for him, but he had waved her off and ignored her. obviously, Pooka turning into a terrified shadow creature proved that Cassie was right to worry. she grabbed Celise, and made the girl look her in the eye.

"try your best to calm him down, I'm going to get Bjorn!"

Celise nodded, and turned to the entity that she knew as her brother. "it's alright, bubby. we're not going to hurt you."

Cassie burst into Bjorn's home, the residents already standing up ready into investigate and/or fight whatever was out there.

"it's a long story," she started, speaking quickly, "but that creature out there is Pooka. he's a shapeshifter, genetically modified. I promise he won't hurt anyone on purpose, and any attack will make him worse because he's just scared. he hid his talent - that's what it is, a talent - because he's terrified of people being scared of him. we just need to calm him down, and Bjorn, I think you need to be the one to do it."

Bjorn pointed at himself, surprised. "me? why me?"

"because he loves you." Cassie said bluntly. Pooka didn't have time for tact, and he was just going to have to forgive her for outing him.

Bjorn looked starstruck. obviously, Pooka's feelings were requited. when he got outside, he dug into his pocket and pulled out a stone that sparkled like the night sky. mica, Pooka had called it when he excitedly picked it up that afternoon and chattered away about the implications of mica on another planet. Bjorn brandished the stone as high as he could reach (which was quite high because he is very tall) and called out to the creature before him.

"Pooka!" he bellowed. "I have never feared you, and I never will!"

~ • ~ • ~

darkness. fear. memories.

this was all Pooka could see, until a voice calling his name felt like an anchor into reality.

"I have never feared you, and I never will!"

was that true? Pooka blinked, looking down at Bjorn who was holding up a small rock in his hand. he had picked up that rock on their walk that day, and had handed it to Bjorn. had he really been carrying it this entire time?

Bjorn was walking closer to him. didn't he know he could get hurt? he didn't want to hurt him.

a warm hand was on his constantly shifting arm, and it felt so nice. so comforting.

"I will never fear you, Pooka." his voice seemed to come from everywhere, drowning out the shouting in his memories. "because I love you."

oh.

Pooka felt like he could start to breathe again. he could feel his shape settling down, could feel himself shrinking back down to his usual size. however, as the fear and shadows drained away, he could feel his energy draining as well.

~ • ~ • ~

Bjorn had said it out loud. he had said he loved Pooka.

and it seemed like that did the trick. the creature stopped thrashing about, and while making eye contact started to shrink down. he had to catch the small man, who had fainted from the energy the overload had taken from him. Cassie came running, and saw Bjorn carrying an unconscious Pooka in his arms.

at least he was back to himself.

Cassie waved at Bjorn to follow her. "we can help him, but we need to get him through the gate. can you do that?"

he just nodded, and followed Cassie while carrying Pooka in his arms. Celise jogged up beside them.

"Hey, I know he looks like a whole child right now, but he is 29." she told him with a knowing look. Bjorn wondered why she felt the need to tell him that, especially when he had already had that conversation with Pooka.

on the other side of the gate, Cassie started barking orders as soon as she had reintergrated.

"mom! mom, we need you!" she cried out to Dr. Fraiser.

"what's wrong, Cassie?" Janet asked, worried.

"it's a long story, but Pooka is unconscious. I don't think he's hurt, but we should get him to the infirmary as soon as possible."

as Cassie was talking, Bjorn came through the gate. Janet looked over at the unconscious shapeshifter in his arms, and waved Bjorn over to the waiting stretcher.

"put him down on there, honey, we've got him."

Bjorn listened and gently placed Pooka on the stretcher, and watched as the medical team wheeled him away. Cassie put a reassuring hand on his arm, because she couldn't quite reach his shoulder.

"he's going to be ok, and they'll let us know when we can see him."

~ • ~ • ~

Pooka woke up in the infirmary, still quite groggy. he looked over and saw Cassie leaned back in a chair, Nymph cuddled up on Cassie, and Celise straddling one of the uncomfortable chairs probably stolen from the cafeteria. he smiled sleepily at his family, then recounted.

one... two... three...

so who was holding his hand?

his head felt as heavy as a bag of bricks, but he still managed to turn to see Bjorn resting his head on the bed, holding his hand. Pooka shifted, trying to figure out what was going on and how they all got there, when Bjorn stirred and woke up.

"oh, you're awake. good, I was worried about you." Bjorn flashed a warm smile and Pooka returned it. their movement had woken up Celise, who noticed Pooka was awake and threw a pillow at Cassie and Nymph.

"the boy is alive!" she joked when the other two had stirred awake from the thrown pillow.

Pooka mustered a small chuckle. "wow, Ce-Ce. I'm feeling the love."

"you really worried us, bud. you've been out for-" Cassie checked her watch. "17 hours. they were about to use the Daedalus and grab your mom."

Pooka's eyes widened in shock. seventeen hours? it didn't feel like that long - but he supposed it wouldn't, with him being asleep the whole time and all. his stomach rumbled, and he remembered that he didn't finish his dinner last night.

"can you get me a snack or something?" he asked, unsure if he'd have the energy to eat it.

"sure, I'll see if they have a sandwich." Cassie gently pushed a still-sleepy Nymph off of her and got up to go to the mess hall.

some memories of what happened started to come back, including what Bjorn had said to him. Pooka turned to him.

"so, you really love me?"

Bjorn startled a little, then smiled sheepishly. "yeah, I do."

"I do, too. love you, that is! I mean, self-love is important, but like-"

Bjorn leaned over and kissed Pooka mid-sentence, and the traitorous heart monitor started beeping faster and louder. when he pulled away, Pooka just stared at him. he felt another set of eyes on the two of them, and leaned over to glare at his sister.

"whaaaat? I'm not doing anything," Celise droned, a smirk on her face that could rival that of a supervillain. Pooka rolled his eyes.

"sisters, am I right?"

"I'm sure my brothers would react the same," Bjorn laughed.

"yeah, how many of those guys are actual brothers and how many are like friends you adopted?" Pooka asked, raising an eyebrow. he knew he considered all three of the girls his sisters, but he wasn't sure how Bjorn's culture worked in that aspect.

"it's hard to tell. I'm pretty sure some came from another village altogether, but we raise them as our own."

Pooka knew how that felt. there wasn't a single member of his family that was from the same planet.

Dr. Fraiser walked in to check on Pooka, followed by Cassie with that sandwich.

"hi, Auntie Janet."

the doctor scowled at him. "that's Dr. Auntie Janet to you, mister. what do you think you're doing, holding back your shapeshifting? you could've gotten very sick or even died. we still don't know everything about it."

"yes, ma'am." Pooka stared at his twiddling thumbs. he knew she was scolding him because she loved him. he also knew she was right. "can you please take out the IV so I can try shifting?"

Janet nodded, locked the tubing, and started taking the bandages off his hand. Pooka turned to Bjorn.

"don't believe the movies, ripping one of these out by yourself hurts like hell." he joked.

"what's a movie?" the viking asked, just as Janet pulled out the IV with a slight pinch.

"ah. yeah, we gotta fix that." Pooka rubbed the spot on his hand, and took a deep breath. he was anxious about shifting in front of Bjorn, but he remembered that he had already seen him at his worst, and any controlled form would be better than that thing he was last night.

"so, what would you like to see? a crow? a dog? little kitty cat?" Pooka asked, procrastinating.

"could you become a small fox?" Bjorn asked. his eyes lit up in anticipation.

"one little fox coming right up."

Pooka shifted into a fox, golden eyes staring right at Bjorn. the hospital gown he was wearing had fallen onto the bed, meaning it was real fabric and he had to remember to shift into clothes when he became human-shaped again. banishing that embarrassing thought from his mind, he pranced around the bed and shifted into a sparrow and flew onto the curtain rod around the small area, where he shifted into a little spider monkey and jumped back onto the bed. he flashed a human smile at Bjorn when he settled down, wearing a button-up with avocados printed on it, and black high-waisted skinny jeans. Bjorn was amazed, and even clapped and cheered. Pooka, being the theatre kid he was, bowed dramatically and winked at him.

"thank you, thank you. oh, thanks Cassie."

Cassie had handed him that sandwich she was holding onto during his little show, and he tore into it without realizing just how hungry he was.

"so, when do you think I'll be able to go home, Auntie Janet?" Pooka asked with his mouth full.

"I'm not that comfortable with you going home alone, especially with us not really knowing what happened to you."

Pooka opened his mouth to say it'd happened before, and he'd been fine, but Bjorn spoke first.

"I could go with him."

Pooka nearly choked on his sandwich. "uh, what?"

"I'll watch over him, he can teach me how to reach you in case anything happens, and maybe I'll figure out what this movie thing is."

this was a disaster. he did have a pull-out couch, and he would like to spend time with Bjorn, but how would he get an alien viking into his apartment complex?

"that sounds like a good plan, Bjorn." Janet smiled, and pointed at Pooka. "and you, no driving for at least a week."

"you do realise who you're talking to?" Pooka retorted.

"come on, mom. I tried to teach him to drive once, and after two minutes he pulled over, turned into a bird, and flew out the window. I had to drive the car home." Cassie smirked, which made Pooka blush from embarrassment. his sisters were such brats, he counted himself lucky he didn't have any baby pictures for them to brandish.

after much argument and planning, Pooka and Bjorn were in the back of a military escort vehicle headed to his apartment. he wondered how they were going to get in, seeing as he had no idea where his keys were and he only used his front door on occasion for appearances. maybe he'd turn his finger into a key. maybe there'd be a bobby pin on the ground and he could pick his own lock. both solutions sounded kind of sketchy the more he thought about it. and then he remembered the hide-a-key above his doorframe for if his family needed to get in.

"well, this is it. my house." Pooka said awkwardly as he legally opened the door. "I can turn on the TV, and we can watch something."

he looked down at his phone, where he was texting his sister.

pookaboo

thegirlfrompegasus

he closed the chat, and showed Bjorn how to call Janet if anything happened. then he turned on the TV and put on How To Train Your Dragon, hoping Bjorn would find it funny and cute, not drastically inappropriate.

Bjorn did end up loving it, and the two of them fell asleep on the couch halfway through the sequel. Pooka was in his dog form the entire time, showing just how comfortable he was.

Pooka woke up to a thread of texts on the group chat.

thegirlfrompegasus

no1believesme

thegirlfrompegasus

<httyd>

no1believesme

ispeak4datrees

thegirlfrompegasus

<it's a wonderful date movie>

ispeak4datrees

<😶😶😶>

<that's brave>

thegirlfrompegasus

pookaboo

thegirlfrompegasus

ispeak4datrees

no1believesme

pookaboo

Pooka looked over to see Bjorn staring at him with curious eyes.

"what?"

"what are you doing?"

Pooka held up his phone, chat still open. "Oh, this? I'm texting. uh, I put words onto my device, hit a button, and my words appear on Cassie, Celise, and Nymph’s devices because of a signal."

"that's amazing."

"that's the internet for you."

Bjorn still looked curious and amazed, which made Pooka chuckle. he remembered the first time his mum had shown him a computer, his face looked pretty much like Bjorn's did now.

pookaboo

no1believesme

pookaboo

ispeak4datrees

thegirlfrompegasus

no1believesme

Pooka laughed at how synchronized they were. "they say hi. hey, do you wanna send them a selfie?"

"what's a selfie?"

"here, I'll show you."

Pooka turned on the front-facing camera, and leaned into Bjorn.

"say cheese!"

it wasn't the most flattering of pictures, but it did the trick. soon after, the girls sent selfies of their own. he knew that Nymph and Celise were together, since they shared an apartment, so it didn't shock him when those two shared a picture. Cassie threw up a peace sign and a silly face in hers. Pooka showed the pictures to Bjorn, who laughed and asked him to show him what else the phone could do.

they spent hours scrolling through memes and playing silly puzzle games and watching stupid videos. it made them forget that they were from two separate planets, and really separate times. they were just together, and laughing, and having fun.

part one

#i know way too much about ivs from experience #yes i know janet isnt supposed to be there but consider this #its an au i can reverse any character death i want #also they use discord to text just saying #pooka x bjorn #pooka my precious boi #nymph the floaty baby #celise baird #cassie fraiser #bjorn the viking boyfriend #after this they go to the thrift store and get bjorn some earth clothes #because pooka doesnt own any (shapeshifts all his clothes) and even if he did they wouldnt fit bjorn #because pooka is a 5'5“ noodly twink and bjorn is a 6'3” buff viking

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