Gentle

Pairing: Task Force 141 (not specified) x Reader

Wordcount: 891

Summary: You were always gentle, no matter the situation. Even if he didn't notice until now.

Content Tags: Fluff, Reminiscence, Interactions with Children, Canon Typical Violence, Mentions of Human Trafficking, Heavy Angst, Hurt/No Comfort, Mentions of Death, No Use of Y/N

A/N: Just a drabble ;). Maple Syrup will be updated most Fridays/Saturdays. I don't have the time during the regular week to be able to take the hours needed. You are more than welcome to request something! I'm encouraging it! As always, content under the cut and requests are open <3.

He wished he could've known you. More than the violence you used to get through missions, more than how big you made yourself seem when out at a bar after a mission with the 141. And when he really thought of it, he knew what you truly were.

Gentle. Not a word often used to describe military personnel. But you? That was one of two words anyone could've used.

It was a silent mission. Just something to pick up intel quietly and leave, nothing else. You were outside a coffee shop and he watched a little boy run up to you, stopping directly in front of where you sat. You gave him such a big smile, leaning down and listening to what he said into your ear.

You leaned further to grab his jacket and get the zipper to zip, rubbing his shoulders for a second before sending him back off. If the boy knew exactly what you had under your own jacket, he would've ran off screaming.

But he didn't, because you knew what you were doing when it came to kids. They understood when you were direct, and you always were. It was never trying to reach the point in a way you would assume that they'd understand, but in a way that any normal person would understand.

You didn't underestimate their knowledge. All people learned in different times so you assumed that the kid would understand what you said. It wasn't a bedazzled explanation with butterflies and puppydogs, it was straight to the point.

During another mission, in the middle of securing a safehouse you struck a man, knife sliding through his neck like butter and you were able to turn, grasp on the knife tightening before you saw the little girl. She was curled up into a ball, hands above her head as if to protect herself.

Even with bloody hands, you had pulled her into you and brought her to the safe point. Even covered in blood and grime she let you sit her on your lap in order to check her over for marks and possible wounds, happily speaking to you and allowing you to mess with small scrapes she had on her elbows. You had to hand her over once you got off the plane, allowing protective services to take her from you.

You'd mentioned a few weeks ago that you kept in touch with her, and the little girl was now going into year ten. You'd had such a nice, gentle smile on your face as you recalled the girls boyfriend, how he would buy her flowers randomly. He didn't mind how you'd mentioned you would do some unspeakable things to him if he hurt her.

Even when you shot a man point blank, you took your time to ensure the body was out of the way, to not get trampled over. You respected the dead, no matter if the dead had been shooting at yourself and the rest of the 141.

And as gentle as you were, you were equally violent and angry. The only time any of them had seen you like that was during a mission busting a child-trafficking ring. There was no respect, there were no mercy kills. You shot where they'd take ages to bleed out from and made sure they hurt while doing it.

When you'd finally finished off the last man, releasing the kids from where they'd been chained up, you'd given them little smiles and spoke oh so nicely. Follow this big, scary man now. He won't let anyone hurt you, you'd told the first group.

He wasn't sure what happened when you'd disappeared for some time. You didn't talk about it and he learned to not mention it. All he knew is that when you came back outside just a little bloodier, your eyes didn't have you in them.

It was when the kids had smiled and waved at you that you came out of it. Your smile, this time, hadn't gone to your eyes like it usually did. You waved back, letting them hold your hands if they wanted to and making sure they had what they needed while waiting for a medevac.

Water, food, just a hug. You did whatever they needed and didn't let anything stop you. He'd tried, sure, but you wouldn't rest until you knew the kids were completely safe.

So as he sat there, coughing up blood, he could only think of how gentle you would be. How you would try and tell him that he'd be okay, that there was nothing to worry about. That the blood was natural and that he was going to be fine, you're going to be fine, god damnit. Open your eyes!

And maybe he had closed his eyes, but either way his vision had tunneled too much for him to see. He could feel your hands, gently trying to stop the blood as you felt the tears pouring down your cheeks. There wasn't much you could do, you knew. You didn't want to give up, your mind racing even as your hands found his and you held them, grip gentle.

Because that's what you were. No matter what, you'd be gentle to those who needed it. And maybe you would be just as gentle with the next person who came into your life.

In the wake of Deadpool 3 trailer dropping, does anyone remember when Ryan Reynolds randomly had a tumblr account? What happened there???

The Deadpool guy came to the website that has no Deadpool content except fanarts of him banging Spiderman.

have you heard the pedro pascal cable casting rumors?

you hwah... wha... uh. no. honestly - i've kind of been avoiding all deadpool 3 news because i hate all of it

me @ disney about wade

i couldn't tell you how much i hate the tva being in deadpool 3. not to mention i legally can't even go watch deadpool 3 because i've made the solemn oath to not give money to the mouse

Genuinely sad reading all the interviews where Marvel says they will be not use Mobius on Deadpool 3, or that is the last time we will see Mobius, etc. Like why. Why use Mr. Paradox when you already have a loved character that works just the same. Why are they tossing everything and everyone that happened in Loki

Ik you don't play HSR BUT there's this trailer of a character named Dr Ratio and I think you'll like him, he's like Alhaitham!!!!

oh that guy!! yeah, i've seen him in my dash and i've seen the gifs, but while he also looks like a buff scholar, i didn't get the same vibe as i got from al haitham??

dr. ratio seems more... snobby. lol. he also seems like someone who is more... vocal? extroverted? not as opposed to socializing? or at least that's the vibe i got from him. hskfjskdj idk how to describe it... they don't feel similar to me....

ive discovered why I hate most of ryan reynolds' acting . he's got the dreamworks face of acting

hey guys u know how like reinhard can come back to life right after dying anyway what if u decapitate him and then his headless body casually gets back up and calmly puts his head back on like how fucked up would that be haha

are you also unfortunately falling into the depths of the mcu

ive Been in the depths of mcu since civil war came out where have u been

I got this idea from this post by @phoenixcatch7 and decided I absolutely love using it as a thought experiment. (Thank you, phoenixcatch7, for putting that idea out into the universe. I'm absolutely in love.)

If you don't want to read their post, the jist is that Captain Marvel and 6 members of the JL are fighting against a super strong opponent(s) and Cap decides to share his power like he does in the movie. Each one gets one of his 6 powers (not including his magic ability. that's from him and the Rock of Eternity, not one of his patrons). Who gets which power? Phoenix already chose 6 and wrote out their thought process on their post that I linked, go check that one out if you haven't already. (I added on to that with my own thought process and came to a similar conclusion.)

I'm gonna put it under the cut because I have two groups of 6.

The first group of 6 is: Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, Aquaman, Black Canary, Plastic Man, and Constantine.

Strength InvulnerabilityCourage Stamina Power Wisdom Speed

Martian Manhunter has flight, strength that is sometimes comparable to Superman's, density shifting, shapeshifting, flight, mind reading, sometimes he has heat vision. I don't really want to give him power (because flight), wisdom (because mind reading), or strength. I am, however, tempted to give him invulnerability because his only true weakness is fire, but speed or stamina are still on the table for him.

Cyborg has flight, strength, heat vision, and sometimes the ability to make boom tubes (among other weapons). I don't want to give him wisdom because of the mother box and ability to connect his brain to the internet. Strength and invulnerability are kinda useless for him. I don't think he has low stamina either. He already has half of power (flight), so he gets speed.

Aquaman's got strength, durability, and sometimes the trident gives him the ability to strike others with lightning. So cross out strength, invulnerability/courage, and power. That makes stamina or wisdom his only options. Considering he's already got pretty good stamina, I'm going to give him wisdom. Plus, it would help him be less of a hot head.

Black Canary has nothing that is the same as, conflicts with, or similar to the six powers so any of them would be beneficial for her.

Plastic Man is made of plastic. This makes invulnerability rather useless for him, and while it's paired with courage and he's canonically kind of a wimp (at least when it comes to sharp objects) he's not exactly the brightest bulb. Considering his lack of common sense is part of what makes him effective, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. This leaves him with power, strength, or stamina.

Constantine can already fly and conjure lightning with magic, so that takes out power. And, while wisdom's off the table, I do want to point out that even if it was on the table I wouldn't give it to him because of how often he out-thinks people. Strength, invulnerability, or Stamina would be most useful for him.

This leaves strength, invulnerability, stamina, and power.

For strength our contenders are Canary, Plas, and Constantine. I honestly don't think Canary could use strength as much as the other two because she was taught how to fight like a boxer. Plastic Man might be better for strength simply because he's the weakest of the group.

For invulnerability we've got Canary, Constantine, and Martian Manhunter. Martian Manhunter is more durable than the other two so I think I'll give it to one of them.

For stamina there's Canary, Constantine, Martian Manhunter, and Plastic Man. Since I took MM out of the running for invulnerability, this is the only one that would be useful for him.

That leaves power for Canary, which gives Constantine invulnerability

So the final verdict is Martian Manhunter with stamina, Cyborg with speed, Aquaman with wisdom, Black Canary with power, Plastic Man with strength, and Constantine with invulnerability.

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The second group of 6: Metamorpho, Red Tornado, Hawkgirl, Firestorm, Vixen, and Zatanna.

Instead of trying to figure out which character should have which power by going through why each character should/n't have each power I'm going to go by why each power would/n't be beneficial for each character.

Invulnerability/Courage of Achilles: I'm actually going to give this one to Vixen. Anyone else that would benefit from this is either a distance fighter or is more durable than she is.

Strength of Hercules: Metamorpho, Hawkgirl, and Red Tornado already hit like a truck. I'm going to take out Firestorm as well because he tends to not hit people unless it's with an object. That leaves Zatanna.

Power of Zeus: Red Tornado, Hawkgirl, and Firestorm can fly. So that leaves Metamorpho.

Wisdom of Solomon: Off the bat, I'm taking out Red Tornado since he's an android. Hawkgirl or Firestorm would probably benefit the most from this one. Considering how often Professor Stein struggles to reign in Ronald's impulses, wisdom would be more beneficial for them than it would be for Hawkgirl.

Stamina of Atlas: Red Tornado is out automatically because he doesn't get tired. So, Hawkgirl gets stamina.

Speed of Mercury: Red Tornado is the only one left for this one. Which is terrifying, but it's also the only one that would be useful for him so...

Final Verdict: Metamorpho with power, Red Tornado with speed, Hawkgirl with stamina, Firestorm with wisdom, Vixen with invulnerability, and Zatanna with strength.

most of those epic rap battles weren't even that good i'm just a completionist

cheers to all who celebrate

It’s so funny that Raimiverse Norman Osborn is sympathetic (though still admittedly a bastard) because EVERY other version of him is an unapologetic billionaire who just fucking loves blowing shit up and ruining the lives of every single person he encounters even outside of the Goblin persona

No but like the new deadpool 3 teaser is so good!! The humor that stayed R-rated, the action and movement look amazing and characters (the new and old ones) are sooo gsgdjdhwhie I LOVE IT!!

I feel sorry for all my friends, because I’m gonna talk about it non stop from now on

Every day I mourn the loss of the animated Deadpool TV series that was going to be produced by Donald Glover 😭

eh – i don't know, i don't know if i had high hopes for it. i think it might've been a misfire - but, you never know what you never know.

Who needs mcu vs dceu, all you need is Deadpool 2 and Birds of Prey

the difference between the fourth wall breaks of something like the Deadpool movies compared to something like Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn and She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is that every joke in Deadpool feels masturbatory like the writers think they're so hilarious for doing a fourth wall break like that's never been done before whereas both of the other two not only feel right at home with the characters' personalities but are much more natural and much more well done compared to the jokes in Deadpool or its sequel. (do not get me started on Deadpool 2, the movie sucks ass in basically every way except for the characters of Domino and Yukio. every single joke in it was outdated before it was even written. they were making fucking dubstep jokes in 2018. it was a 2012-ass script made way too late and riding on the coattails of the first with even less effort into being actually good.)

but the difference between those properties is that Deadpool wants to be congratulated for being some insanely crazy shocking movie that's pissing off the studio system or whatever but every single joke in it was approved by those people because it makes them money like it's so antithetical to the entire point they're trying to make and it makes for a very infuriating watching experience sometimes. the cognitive dissonance is hard to swallow with that one. but the way BOPATFEOOHQ and She-Hulk do their bits feels so much more authentic and less self-congratulatory and also just like they're clearly done with so much more passion and effort and care? when I watch either of the Deadpool movies, I feel like I'm watching a bunch of executives jerking themselves off. when I watch the other two, I feel like I'm watching a passion project that the executives clearly didn't give a shit about and thus the creative team were actually allowed genuine creative freedom with not a lot of oversight. that's a little less true with She-Hulk (especially in terms of that glorious finale although even that feels more authentic and artist-driven than most things in either Deadpool movie. Kevin Feige's boring, sanitized ass does not have the range to do that finale) being a MCU property although Phase 4 was so fucking experimental and it was a joy to behold even if not everything hit but it's still true and more authentic for the most part. with Deadpool it feels like the only person who really really cared about it was Ryan and like maybe a few of the other actors who actually did do commendable work with what they were given but with the other two projects, it feels way more collaborative because every single person showed up and cared deeply about what they were making.

(this is an addition to the tags bc I ran out [apparently i forgot there was a 30 tag limit] but. anyway the point is. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is a phenomenal movie in basically every single way and you should watch it.)