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lemonyinks · 5 months
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I feel as though so many people failed Lori.
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gallusrostromegalus · 8 months
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So, I am begging you here, pls tell me that Ikkaku and Yumichika are still bffs on this AU. I need the violent miss- and yet perfectly matched bastards to still be forever ride-and-die with each other.
Also, all the dropped tidbits relating to Yumichika are gold and I am hoarding them like a squirrel hoards his nuts for winter.
They are actually, for real, legally married.
Ikkaku was 500% ready to fight the entire Gotei-13 when he took the 628-year old marriage certificate he and Yumichika had gotten in 72 North to the Seireitei Records Office to be honored.
Instead, the sole hiccup in the process was the young lady behind the counter asking him to spell Yumichika's surname for her as this document seems to have been... stained, at some point.
"-That's not... Blood, is it?" She asks, concerned.
"Uh. It's actually. Um. Soy Sauce." Ikkaku mumbles.
It would have been less embarrassing if it had been blood.
Turns out, Gay marriage- and indeed, divorce, or changing your name, or gender, or becoming the third, fourth or seventeenth parent/legal guardian to a kid is a nonissue in soul society, because someone complained *once* and Yamamoto declared that, one, he didn't care, and two, the rest of the military commanders were hired off death row, and *this* is what you're complaining about? Fuck off.
But here are some Yumichika Fun Facts:
Everyone in the 11th division has really, really good personal hygiene and well-cared for hands, feet and nails because Yumichika's mother was a doctor at a rural hospital and put the fear of dysentery, cholera, pneumonia, tetanus, sepsis, trench rot and necrosis into him even more than fear of the gods, and he very much continued this sanitary evangelism.
Yumichika's other mother was a drag queen at the brothel that adjoined the hospital and taught him all about hair, makeup, poisons, manners, alley fights, how to play the shamisen, how to make a knife out of anything, flower arrangement and how to curse the hell out of a motherfucker of it comes to that.
Kubo was wrong Yumichika looks out for all his sisters not just his cis-ters.
Kenpachi was friends with Yumichika before either of the ever knew Ikkaku. He met Yumichika shortly after adopting Yachiru when Yumichika saved him from drowning in the river that ran through his home village.
Kenpachi asked Yumichika what he could do in gratitude for saving his life, and Yumichika, seeing his sword, asked if Kenpachi could "give him a real fight, for once"
They had a jolly little scrap that left Yumichika in the hospital for three months, an almost insatiable lust for battle, and a permanent bald scar on the edge of his eyebrow, which is where he glues the decorative feathers he wears.
It also got him (lovingly) told to move out and make his way in the world.
Yumichika met Ikkaku some years after that, when the theater/brothel he was working at hired Ikkaku on as an Emcee and a comedy act in his own right.
Ikkaku loves making people laugh and is damn good at it.
Yumichika was already considering making a move on him when a heckler pulled a sword on Yumichika during his act and Ikkaku beat the shit out of him with a chair without a second thought, and Yumichika decided he was going to seduce and marry this bald little maniac then and there.
It still took the better part of six months, because Ikkaku was convinced that Yumichika was "Way out of his league" and "He's just being friendly to a coworker!".
Things finally became clear when, having reached a boiling point of sexual frustration, Yumichika challenged Ikkaku to a duel, beat the hell out of Ikkaku with Kujaku, and screamed his feelings directly into Ikkaku's face.
"Oh." Said Ikkaku. "Why didn't you say something?"
"I'VE BEEN SAYING THINGS AND SHOWING YOU THINGS AND SITTING IN YOUR LAP AND KISSING YOU FOR SIX MONTHS YOU FUCKING MORON."
"...I may be stupid."
"At least you're also cute. C'mere you sexy cueball."
-and they have been blissfully if dramatically wedded since.
It was many years after that that they had moved on to a different brothel as a duo floor show act, when they got to talking to some of the other working girls about their travels and Yumichika tells the story of how he got his eyebrow scar saving a real freak of a guy from drowning after he got stabbed by a river stingray, but then he challenged him to a fight because- well, he was young and cocky and a small fish, but in a tiny pond- and promptly got his ass beat.
"That's wild!" Says Ikkaku. "I also challenged a random freak with a stingray scar on his leg to a fight because I was bored and- all due respect to you and Kujaku, my beloved - but he gave me a thrashing the likes of which I'd never had before or since. He had his daughter with him was the weird part- he was a real big bastard, face like a cliff, but his girl was this adorable little pink thing."
Yumichika sits up, frowning. "-seven feet tall in socks, big vertical scar on the right side of his face?" He asked, gesturing to his own.
Ikkaku put his drink down and pointed at Yumichika "-and bells in his hair! You fought Zaraki Kenpachi too??"
"Yes! What the hell?" Yumichika laughed. "I wonder where he is now..."
"Oh Gods, he had the WORST sense of direction! He's probably managed to walk in and back out of the Soul King's palace on accident!" Ikkaku giggled
"Well, if he's the same seven foot tall sword bastard with the scarred face and pink little girl on his shoulder as the seven foot tall sword bastard with the scarred face and the pink little girl on his shoulder standing out in the street looking lost as hell, you can go ask him." Said their coworker Sachiko, pointing to the giant standing not a dozen feet away.
"Look Ken-chan! It's YuYu and Baldy!" Yachiru giggled.
"Yachiru!" Yumichika gasped, delighted.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!" bellowed Ikkaku.
"YOU AGAIN!" Zaraki bellowed, ecstatic. " BEEN A FEW YEARS, LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU LEARNED!!"
Ten minutes of incredible violence, twelve minutes of evading the police and twenty-one minutes of getting lost on the way back to the brothel, a bloodied but still standing Yumichika was explaining to the Madame that the giant bastard carrying the unconscious half of her prized floor show duo behind him was, in fact, an old friend of theirs whom she should absolutely hire as a bouncer, you can see how effective he is!
Madame Tsubaki, who recognizes incredible spiritual power and fighting potential when she sees it, and who is still very petty about the divorce from her husband the Shinigami Captain-General, allows herself to be persuaded.
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deluweil · 1 month
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I think I realized what bugged me with Buck's coming out story in 7x04.
It's that he's "rewarded" for "bad behavior".
Don't get me wrong I was probably one of the loudest advocates for Bi!Buck, and I'm deliriously happy we got that.
But the fact that 7x04 went almost exactly the same as 2x01, behavior wise, that bratty, how am I not the center of attention? I'll show you your place, (the respect your elders crap) was very disturbing for me.
Like, aside for the fact that Buck finds out that he likes to be railed by boys as well as doing girls, there's no real character development here.
He knew, intellectually, at first that he was jealous of the attention Tommy got from Eddie, which really, considering everything that predated that was completely understandable that Eddie will look for that friend to do stuff with that they both enjoy somewhere else.
At first, it was the "She sees me," and as we can comprehend from "welcome back to the world of the living Buck, you were missed." Means that Buck was absent from their lives while he handled his death in the form of a relationship with a death doula, that he immersed himself in, completely leaving Eddie to deal with his trauma and loss, of Buck's death, and the consequent heartbreak of Buck choosing Natalia, on his own.
And now Eddie finally has that new friend, who's so much like him, to hang out with, that is worlds different than Buck and suddenly wide awake Buck realizes he's "losing" his best friend.
And I'll be the devil advocate for a minute and ask the Theo (teen wolf) question, come on Buck was he really still your best friend?
Because Eddie and Tommy have been hanging out for almost two weeks? (Though pretty sure more, considering that they have the basketball get-together more often than not and Chimney was probably the one who introduced Tommy and Eddie) it reached a level where Christopher met and loved Tommy (because seriously dude's awesome) almost instantly, but Buck didn't know that until he babysat Christopher and the kid told him about it.
Which makes me ask, where was Buck all that time? Absent? Taking Eddie for granted in that he will always be there?
Eddie has kept his mouth shut through a lot, Buck's sprem donor adventure, the death doula, the she sees me line, through months of separation because Buck cut himself off from everything they were outside of work.
On the surface, they were fine. But Eddie loves Buck enough to welcome him with open arms to everything, Vegas (you know he would have been ecstatic if Buck could go with them), basketball, babysitting Christopher which is world's different than 3x05-3x09.
He even forgives Buck immediately for railroading him on the basketball court.
Not mentioning the whole posturing at the firehouse, I have yet to manage to watch the entire scene (or 2x01 posturing) without cringing and fast forwarding it.
When Tommy goes to see Buck, he's there to figure out what is happening and to apologize in his and Eddie's names because THEY didn't mean to exclude him?? (In the two weeks they were building a friendship? And it's not like Eddie didn't invite Buck to play basketball. It's that Buck didn't want to.)
And Buck, even though Maddie told him he was wrong in what he did, didn't go to see Eddie and apologize. He immediately assumes that Eddie wouldn't want to see him.
First off, that's crap, he made you his son legal guardian, and second, at this point, you're a grown ass adult, do the right thing and even if he's mad at you call to APOLOGIZE!
It's not hard, it's supposed to be the easiest thing in the world, you hurt someone you love, you apologize.
How did Gibson tell Maya in Station 19 after she hurt Carina (emotionally) "You'd be surprised how far an apology can get you".
Buck should have apologized.
Now that kiss was something else, Tommy was super sweet and Buck proved himself to be an adorable bossy bratty bottom, the railing will be epic.
BUT! That relationship will come at Eddie’s expanse. This time excluding Eddie.
So not only Buck was mad that he was excluded, he's the asshole who befriended his best friend's friend cause he wanted the attention (of whom? Will be debated for months around this fandom) And now he excludes Eddie from his life again and disconnects him from the new friend he made.
That is isolation. Because as experience taught any of us, when our best friend gets a boyfriend/girlfriend they are busy! Either dating them or doing them or both.
Trust me I have had enough breathy phone calls answered by my gay best friend to learn to text first, and it didn't matter how many time I told him to stop answering during sex.
My girl friends knew better, but they also didn't call back until after they broke up with whoever the dude of the month was.
So yeah, I am mad on Eddie’s behalf, because Buck has not only done to him what he hates being done to himself, but he also reverted in the behavior to Buck 1.0 in 2x01.
I wish the Tommy/Buck pairing will be sweet and fun and explore new avenues for Buck.
But I want to see some growth damn it! Being out as Bi is brave.
But it is not a character growth if the people around you get hurt so you can get your way.
A lot like the lawsuit story (which, by the way, I was on Buck’s side for that one) but this is different, this is 4 years later and so many things happened.
Eddie went to therapy, and he reacts differently to certain situations now, when 5 years ago, he would have lost his head.
Buck did therapy, but nothing was solved, he's still reacting the same way he did in S2 and I am over it.
So yay to Bi!Buck!
But I wish the writers didn't make so that the growth won't be as significant as it should have been with giving him the same patterns of crappy behavior he exhibited in 2x01.
And there is no, "you're badass under pressure brother" here to cultivate Buck’s praise kink, just a kiss from Eddie’s friend.
Eddie who is sitting injured at home, alone, again (no, Marisol doesn't count) and Buck hadn't even apologized to him, but he was rewarded for making googly eyes at the wrong guy, because it's perfectly normal to be this jealous over not getting the attention of someone you just met, over the attention of your best friend of 6 years.
I understand this may offend a lot of people, but I had to get it out of my system.
No offense is intended, I just call it the way I see it.
I feel like Bi!Buck deserved a better intro story than what it got in 7x04, that kiss shouldn't have been made bittersweet, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one seeing it.
Anyway, I'm hoping for some kind of resolution and at least a heartfelt apology from Buck to Eddie in the next episode, coz it doesn't look like Buck will go to Eddie to apologize.
He and Marisol will stumble onto them at the restaurant and then there will be the whole why didn't you tell me drama, and I love you anyway thing, and it will all be about Buck, again.
Which fair. But does not absolve him railroading Eddie physically to get God knows who's attention.
Even Tommy didn't think it was about him, he literally asks bewildered "My attention?" I love him even more for that by the way.
And Buck should tell the firefam on his own terms, not because he has to.
But we reach another point, where the boys talk about their relationships with their significant others, only when they are forced to, again. Which is not normal at all for any kind of best friends.
Anyway, if you managed this far, thank you❤️
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xenrui · 1 year
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Pairings: Larissa Weems x Student!F!Reader
Summary: Homophobic parents coming to visit R just to insult her
Warnings: homophobia, parental issues, Arranged Marriage, Bad Writing
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Y/n has been dreading this day, seeing her parents was not her favorite activity. And when seeing them standing near the fountain, she knew she was in for a treat
"Oh god, they're here" Y/n's voice was quiet, as if she was trying to hide from someone
"Who?" Enid was quick to ask
The look Y/n had made Enid worried a bit, she looked.. Pale. "Y/n who's here?" Enid asked again, worrying over her friend
Y/n pointed to the people looking around the crowd
"Oh" Enid's facial expression changed to a frown, knowing what her friend has been through. Wednesday has heard some stories about Y/n's parents and decided to not comment on the situation
She tried looking away but before she could, her parents already spotted her
"Y/n" her mother 'joyfully' called her name out. "How have you been?" Plastering a fake smile, probably to look good infront of Enid and Wednesday
While Y/n's dad didn't even try to good infront of them, having a slightly disgusted look on his face while scanning Y/n up and down
"I'm good." Y/n said sharply, her tone different from how she usually talks
"Be more cheerful, would you? We came all the way from the city just to visit you." Her mother gave the exact same tone as she did
Rolling her eyes, Y/n's mother notices and pulls her to the side as her Dad follows
"Listen here. We came here to visit to tell you that we've arranged you a little something when you get back home"
"What did you do?"
"A marriage, with your Father's Friend's son" Y/n's mother said, looking pissed at her
Y/n was shocked. She knew her parents didn't take her coming out well, but she never expected them to go this far
"I'm literally 16. You know I'm gay, and I'm not interested in getting married" Y/n retorted, earning a scoff from her Father
"Stop spitting nonsense Y/n. I didn't raise you to be.. disgusting and gay. You don't have any other choice than to Marry him, he's a smart and handsome young man. And if you don't agree you'll find your stuff at home thrown away" Y/n's father said annoyingly
Principle Weems was inside the Building near the family when she heard the conversation. Feeling her blood boil that one of her students being mistreated by her own Parents. Deciding to do something about it
"Excuse me, Mr and Mrs L/n" The principle erupted their conversation making the 3 of them jump a bit
"Don't you know what Privacy is?" Y/n's father said
He looked pissed as hell.
"I'm quite fond with what that is. But with hearing your conversation, I believe its best if I step in" Larissa said, looking down on both the parents making them both get a bit intimidated
"You have no concern in this. This is a family matter" The mother said
"If I'm correct, you sent your child here to not be mistreated, yes? But fron the looks of it, you're the one mistreating them" Larissa said, her tone slightly getting lower
"If she doesn't do as we say, She'll no longer be a part of my Family"
Y/n looked at The Principle, the broken look in her eyes made The Princple's heart break. She was always fond of Y/n, so making the decision wasn't hard for her
"If thats the case, I'll take her under my care. I think I'm more than capable of protecting and taking care of her better than you" She spat
Kneeling down the Students height and ignoring the Parents deadly glares, she asks
"Y/n, Darling. Would you like to live with me?" She smiled softly, wiping the tear that escaped the Students eyes with her gloved fingers
Nodding, Y/n agreed. "Yes please.. I'd rather be with you..." Y/n said quietly only for the two of them to hear
"Very good. Well, as she says, I will be taking care of her from now on. I'll be her Legal Guardian now so Please sign the papers I'll be sending you soon." Larissa stood up while holding Y/n's shoulders softly
If looks could kill, they'd both be dead by now just with The Principle's glare at them.
Y/n's parents takes their leave with grumbles and curses
Y/n turned to The Principle and hugged her, tears running down her face as she felt relief they finally left
"I'm sorry you had to go through that.." Y/n said between sobs
Kneeling once again to reach her height, Larissa caressed her hair
"Shh, I should be the one sorry. If I'd known earlier, you wouldn't of had to go through that. I child like you should have supportive people around you, and I'll give it to you as best as I can" She smiled at her student
"Even if I'm gay?"
"Darling, the reason this school exists is for people to not feel alone and judged. I don't care what you are, as long as you're happy. It's my job to protect my students and make sure they are happy and treated well. Now come, help me with some stuff now will you" She smiled
Smiling a bit with her, Y/n wiped her tears and nodded. Feeling happy that her feelings wasn't discarded this time
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A/n: I'm sorry if This was bad. I wasn't feeling it either but I couldn't let it go to scraps. I hope you still enjoyed, Even if its just a little :)
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loserdiaz · 1 year
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wip wednesday
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this is from the therapy fic <33 [ we have a love hate relationship and i'm fighting so hard not to abandon her tbh, so i hope y'all like this snippet ]
"You died, Evan. I felt your heart stop. We had to— I had to lower you down 80 feet in the air and you— you weren't breathing." Eddie takes a shaky breath and tries to steady himself. "And then you wouldn't wake up. And when you finally did, I just— you're not talking to me. And now, now you won't even look at me? What the hell, Buck?"
"Well, that's rich coming from you!" Buck spits out, sharp and angry and Eddie catches himself flinching at the harshness of his tone.
It visibly takes Eddie a few beats to focus and his voice is a little more than a rasp when he finally answers. "What is that supposed to mean?" "I don't— I—" Buck is now squeezing the stuffed animal in between his hands, so hard that his knuckles turn white.
"You made me the legal guardian of your son." Buck chokes out. "And you didn't even tell me. You didn't— You weren't going to tell me if it hadn't been for me saying that stuff at the hospital. I'm still so, so angry." Buck licks his lips. "Because what? I can only be a father to Chris if the truly worst were to happen? I'm the back-up plan? And you know what? The fact that you didn't think—"
"That is not what I—"
"You were just going to carry on without telling me? I mean, you waited a year to let me know this huge thing that would affect Chris and me on a deep, life-changing level."
"Buck—"
"And you didn't tell me! And then we barely talked about it after!"
"Wait—" Eddie shakes his head. "Is that what you think? That you're a back up plan? That—" His voice comes out gutted and so full of hurt, but Eddie can't bring himself to care at that moment. "Buck, that is not what I meant That's — You are Chris' dad. You are—"
"I'm not, Eddie! I'm not." Buck visibly takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. "Please, stop saying that because it's a lie and it's killing me inside, okay?"
"That's interesting." Avery says and Eddie almost jumps. He forgot she was there in the first place, got lost in Buck and everything he just said. "Why do you think it's a lie? When Eddie tells you that you're Chris' dad?"
"He says I'm—" Buck swallows hard and looks at Eddie. "You say we're partners, you say you wanna talk but then you— You left. You left the 118 and that was such a huge decision and it affected Christopher and yet— Yet, you didn't talk to me about it until after the fact. You said it wasn't about me, that it wasn't my business." And then, Buck does look Eddie in the eye when he says the next words and it absolutely breaks him. "You told me to move on and it almost ruined me, Eddie."
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magicspace114 · 1 year
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New faces - pack bonds
It happened not long after you'd shielded Toby from Freddy but now, the little alien had started putting more trust in you. They were no longer passing out when they needed sleep but blissfully curling up on your lap while you watched movies.
Your understanding of alien family bonds was very unclear after hearing what Toby had told you about their own parents. You were still caught up on the fact that they were somehow involved with Toby being sent here on their own.
Your hand moved down from their curly hair to the rings of metal around their wrists. Restraints, they'd called them. Restraints for a child. It wasn't right. You ran your thumb over them, wondering if there was some way to release the kid from them. Your older brother was pretty good with locks, perhaps he could help.
Of course, there was the other problem; telling your family. How do you tell your very scary family that you've essentially adopted an alien child that had broken into your apartment and put a hole in your wall?
You sighed and took out your phone, calling up your mother. She answered after the first couple rings. "Mayflower! It's been a while."
"It's been three days."
"And we only met up for half an hour before you had to leave."
"Right, sorry." You nodded, "listen, I've got someone to introduce to the family and I think you'd be the best person they meet first."
"Oh? Another boyfriend? As long as he's not like that Freddy guy-"
"No, mum," you shook your head, "this is a kid. They need help and I've been taking care of them."
"How young?"
"About fourteen."
"O-kay," your mother sounded unsure, "I am good with kids but so is your father and your brother's not too bad himself. Is there something wrong?"
"Well... I can't say over the phone. You wouldn't believe me."
"You're sounding a bit... ominous. Are you in trouble or something? You haven't illegally acquired this kid, have you?"
"Uhhh," you paused, "technically I have but I didn't kidnap them. They just appeared in my home and I'm not their legal guardian."
"May," your mother scoffed, "you're supposed to be my little perfect citizen out of my children."
You let out a huff, "mum, if you wanted children who followed the law to a tee, you shouldn't have married dad."
"I know, I know," she chuckled, "I can come around to meet this child today if you're free."
"Yeah, that would be great. Thanks, mum."
"Anything for my little flower." Your mother hung up and you looked down as you felt Toby shift.
They blinked open their eyes and let out a small bleat as they looked up at you. You chuckled, "hello, sleepyhead."
"Huh?" Toby looked around, realising they were laid on your lap in front of the TV before slowly sitting up. "Sorry for sleeping on you."
"It's fine," you kept an arm around them as they sat up, "listen, my mum's gonna come over today to meet you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I didn't say too much over the phone so we've got to do a bit of explaining when we see her."
"Will she... accept me?" Toby asked.
"I think so," you nodded, "you're still a kid and she knows it so she'll treat you well."
"Is- does this mean I'll become part of your pack?"
"Pack?" You tilted your head.
"Yeah, your pack, or herd? I think it's meant to be pack." Toby quizzed over the words. "There's talk that human pack bonds are some of the strongest bonds in the galaxy and that you create these bonds with things that aren't even other humans."
"It's weird to hear it be called 'pack bonds'" you chuckled, "we usually use the word family to describe our groups and yes, we create these bonds with some animals like cats or dogs."
"Would I become part of your 'family'?"
You smiled, "yes. If all introductions go well, you'd become part of my family and have not only my protection but my parents and older brother's protection too."
"H-how do I make a good impression? Is there something I should do?"
"Just be you," you pat the top of their head, "I can do a lot of the explaining but like I said, you're a kid and my mother knows this so you'll get more consideration." Toby let out a bleat. "It's going to be ok. How about we get some food while we wait." Toby nodded and followed you into the kitchen.
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Some time passed before there was a knock on the door. You and Toby were still eating lunch in the kitchen. You put your sandwich down, "stay here. I'll get it." You wiped your hands on your jeans before opened the door a crack.
On the other side was a brunette woman that was only slightly shorter than you and carrying a small backpack on her shoulder. Despite being older, her skin was in good condition with only crows feet showing at her eyes and a large collection of freckles on her tanned cheeks.
"May," she smiled, opening her arms in invitation.
"Mum," you hugged her immediately, happy to see your mother again, even if it hasn't been that long since you last saw her.
"Now where's this kid I'm meant to meet," she asked as you let her inside, closing the door again.
"First thing, mum, they're very different from any kid you've seen before," you said carefully, "and they're also pretty nervous about meeting other people. When I first saw them, they ran from me."
"What's that hole in the wall?" Your mother immediately pointed out the large dent.
"Yeah, they kinda ran into the wall while running away from me."
"Are they alright?" Your mother asked.
"They were already hurt before that. I've put stitches in to help heal it all." You looked over at the kitchen to see the top of Toby's hair sticking out over the counter they were hiding behind. "Toby? Would you like to come out here?"
Toby crept to the doorway, peeking their head out carefully but still not getting any closer. Your mother squinted on seeing them, her brain needing a chance to catch up with the non-human features Toby had. Just like you, your mother went very quiet and still on meeting the kid, not really processing fast enough that this was a real alien.
"Toby," you held your hand out for Toby to grab and they left the wall they were hugging to stand in your shadow, hugging your arm to their chest.
"Toby is- is uh-" your mother blinked.
"That was my reaction the first time too," you chuckled, "they're an alien. This is why I didn't want to say over the phone."
"Uh- is it ok to call them an alien? Is that not offensive?" Your mother asked.
"That's true, what is your species called, Tobs?"
"I- I'm an Ovec," Toby let out a nervous bleat.
"An Ovec," your mother nodded. "How did you get here?"
"I- was sent here," Toby squeezed your arm, "my- I- uh-" they let out more nervous bleats.
"Breathe, Toby, it's ok. You're safe, just keep breathing." You said, running your free hand over one of their hands.
"I'm sorry," Toby said through bleats, "I don't mean to make so much noise, sorry."
"It's alright," your mother said in a voice like honey. You knew right away on hearing that voice that she had softened from her previous surprise. She crouched to a similar level to Toby and Toby looked down. "I'm May's mother, Julia."
"I- I'm Totobyc M-Maechislovic III but May calls me Toby." Toby introduced, purposefully avoiding eye contact.
They flinched when your mother reached for them. She didn't stop her movement but she was still slow and gentle as she put her hand on Toby's shoulder, "it's lovely to meet you, Toby."
"Really?" Toby looked up briefly to see your mother smiling.
"Of course," she said, "you don't have anything to fear from us."
"You should have seen them when we went grocery shopping, they were very excited and it was adorable," you said, booping their snout.
Toby let out a bleat of offence and your mother laughed. "Oh, my husband will love you. I'm not sure how James will be though."
"I actually need James' help with something actually," you said, crouching down with your mother and showing off Toby's wrists where the metal bands are, "I was thinking of a way to get these off and he's always better at this sort of thing than I am."
"I don't think you can," Toby said, "they unlock with a specific digital key. You'd need the key to unlock them."
"James specialises in not using a key," you smiled.
"What are these bands?" Your mother asked.
"Restraints," you and Toby said together.
Your mother got this dark look on her face after hearing that and while Toby shrunk under it, you felt the spark of righteous fury reignite in your chest and you returned the look with a nod.
"I'll call your brother and tell him to bring his tools," your mother nodded at you and took out her phone.
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I hope you remember me. (p.p. x reader)
warnings: MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH, reader has been dead for quite some time, grieving, angst angst angst
summary: a look at Peter's life after you're gone.
pairing: TASM!Peter Parker x gn!reader
a/n: I was supposed to post this a week or so ago but then I didn't like it but then I do like it now it's a whole mess. anyways, READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
word count: around 800, I suppose
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your laughter reverberated in Peter's mind as his eyes opened slowly to the sun shining through his window. he didn't remember the dream, but whatever it was, it included your happiness. he was glad for that. for a few moments of consciousness, he lived in a world where you were beside him.
the dream came crashing when he remembered his reality.
your side of the bed was empty, bedsheet neat and tucked. it was untouched, only a single framed photo of the two of you resting on your pillow. 
Peter had hoped had he not touched your side, left it as it is, your scent would remain in his room longer. time was never merciful, though. it had faded a long time ago. he was scared of your memories fading in his mind just like that. would he be able to fight time, then? 
he reached out, his fingers resting on your face. in the photo, that is.
good morning, he heard some past version of himself coo to you.
too early, you would grumble.
it was weird, he could never sleep well before you. with you, he slept perfectly fine, well rested and quite energetic. after you, though… he slept a lot, but he never felt remotely energised. never fresh, never like he got enough sleep, even on days he would sleep 10 hours in a stretch.
May was starting to get worried, he could tell from her weekly visits. once she would have scolded him for not sleeping enough. now he was being pitied for always sleeping. Peter didn't understand what the world wanted from him. 
the visits were another thing that had changed. where he would go to visit his aunt at least once a week, even taking you, he had stopped altogether once you were gone. you were so fucking engraved in his life that it was hard to do anything remotely personal without being flooded by your memories. a week after your funeral, May had dropped in to take care of him. it had become "tradition" once she realised that was the only time he would talk to someone about anything. 
she would come by, see his apartment barely used, as if nobody resided there, and get Peter to socialise with someone, even if it was merely his legal guardian from when he was a teenager. they would recount their week, the silence being filled mostly by May. occasionally, Peter would talk about his work or something he would encounter that you would've loved. loved to hear about, loved to do, loved for him to do, and so on. 
weekdayss were easier on Peter to get through. he would wake up, get ready, work, come back, sleep. wake up, get ready, work, come back, sleep. an easy routine. on weekends, he was forced to sit alone with his thoughts. 
thoughts that drifted back to you all the damn time. he was tired, frankly, but his guilt every time this thought popped up in his head was insurmountable. he could never tire of you. he'll never let you fade away. it was his last promise to you.
well, to your grave. he hasn't visited it once after the funeral. he wonders if he'll ever garner the courage to do so.
what would he even say?
I am sorry spider-man failed you. the one time you needed me there, I wasn't, and I'll spend the rest of my life repenting. please forgive me. please come back. I need you. you promised to always be there. come back, please. 
yeah, no thanks. he'd much rather not think about the night he was working late in his lab and got a call from his neighbor about a fire in the apartment and how you were not able to escape before the fire had blocked the exits. 
 he remembers coming home to a bunch of emergency vehicles scattered all around, an overwhelming amount of red. the fire, the trucks, the uniforms. everybody looked red.
your body was covered in red, too, when they brought you out.
he doesn't remember much except cradling your face in his lap, asking you to wake up.
wake up, dammit, I'm right here. c'mon, love. please.
next thing he remembers is standing in the hospital as May wrapped him in her embrace, holding him tightly. he remembers thinking if this is some kind of nightmare, but the wetness pooling on his shirt where May's head rested didn't seem like a manifestation of his mind.
he remembers seeing your body in the morgue. they had cleaned you up and your burns were hidden more or less. your face was pretty clear apart from a few cuts. you looked like you were sleeping. he willed you, one last time, to wake up and laugh this off as some sick prank. I won't be mad, (Y/N), but please. I can't take this anymore.
when they left the morgue was when he cried for the first time since everything.
Harry sat with him as he cried in his car outside in the parking lot, the seriousness of it all settling in. now, he cried every night.
he kissed the photo under his hands good morning, getting out of his bed and walking to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
it was much easier thinking about the tasks his boss had told him about last week than about the drowning feeling he got every time his thoughts turned to you.
thank you so much for reading, reblogs and comments are much appreciated :)
I feel like most of the fics I write come out of this horrible headspace but lately that headspace has been ALL I'm experiencing so you might get some more fics that talk about r's death or anything along those lines? idk, if someone out there needs them or something :/
(tho I really hope you don't)
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changingplumbob · 5 months
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York Household: Chapter 8, Part 6
Time to move in Paris! First up a look at the foster home she's been living in, and it's manager. Then back home Deanna finally finishes the robotics project she's been working on and Paris ages up.
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Here we have Ms Gallheizer's Orphanage built by EA ID: Chronicll
Paris: Home sweet hell
Deanna: At least you're finally leaving
Paris: Hopefully everyone will be eating and we can slip in unnoticed
Aaron: We do have to tell the manager you're leaving though, legally speaking
Paris: She'll be thrilled
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Deanna: Should we go find her
Paris: We'd better not disturb dinner
Ms G: Where have you been
Paris: I signed out for the afternoon
Ms G: But not the evening. Dinner is at 5:30 sharp and you are late. Again!
Paris: Sorry
Ms G: Don't say sorry, be better girl! You've been here long enough to know
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Paris: It won't happen again Ms Gallheizer, because I'm leaving
Ms G: It's not your birthday yet so get upstairs and be glad I kept your dinner portion aside
Paris: I...
Ms G: No smart reply? Of course that would require being smart
Aaron: Perhaps I should introduce myself
Ms G: Why? You a cop?
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Ms G: A social worker?
Aaron: Well no-
Ms G: Then you have no authority under my roof
Aaron: I'm a lawyer
Ms G: Sure you are
Aaron: Mr York, prosecutor in Tartosa
Ms G: We're not in Tartosa Mr York
Aaron: Perhaps we should talk in your office, Paris has things to do
Ms G: On that we agree
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Deanna: She is exactly like you described, maybe a bit worse
Paris: You think your pa can sort it
Deanna: He can be your legal guardian for a day, no problem, promise
Paris: My room is this way
Deanna: I didn't hear much from the dining room
Paris: No talking allowed at dinner, one of the first rules we learn
Deanna: What a hag
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Aaron: Her birthday is only tomorrow, she would have to leave then anyway
Ms G: Be that as it may this is highly irregular. I raise my kids to be independent dependable members of society, not run under their girlfriends skirts
Aaron: You certainly can turn a phrase
Ms G: Paris has no self discipline, give her an inch she will run a mile. How do I know you can provide a suitable environment
Aaron: It's just one day
Calista: Is this the right room
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Aaron: This is my wife, Captain York
Ms G: Captain?
Calista: Is there a problem here amore
Aaron: Ms Gallheizer had some doubts about our parental skills
Calista: Did she now
Ms G: Well- Perhaps I jumped the gun
Aaron: So we can take her home
Ms G: Why you would want to is beyond me. But yes, I'll get you the forms
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Paris: It's strange, these four walls have been my life for almost a decade
Deanna: No posters
Paris: *shrilly* no damaging the walls
Deanna: *laughs* feel free to coat our walls at home
Paris: Home sounds nice
Deanna: Ready to leave it behind
Paris: Babe, did you notice I already packed
Deanna: *laughs* I did
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Kelly: My tooth still isn't out yet
Calista: It'll fall out, don't worry
Kelly: What if I accidentally eat it
Aaron: I did that once, I survived
Calista: Aaron! Chin up caro, you'll be okay
After dinner Kelly mopes to mantis for a while before deciding to just pull it out. Success! Evil laugh!
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Paris gets her stuff moved in and Deanna welcomes her with a celebratory pillow fight.
Paris: Your pillows are so poofy
Deanna: All the better to hit you with
Paris: Oh two can play at that game babe
Deanna: I hope you enjoy losing
Paris: In your dreams. En garde!
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In the end Paris concedes the fight. She does a quick bit of study for her exams tomorrow then happily climbs in to bed beside her favourite person.
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Paris woke up early from a horrible nightmare so decides to polish off her homework until Deanna wakes up.
Deanna: Happy birthday baby
Paris: Thanks. I'm not looking forward to these exams, thank the watcher they're my last
Deanna: You'll be great
Paris: I average a c miss valedictorian but thanks
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Deanna: And Joey helped me make you a cake
Paris: I don't suppose I could just age up now
Deanna: No way, you go crush those exams, then come home. We'll celebrate then baby
Paris: Okay, last day of high school, here I go!
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Calista had another awful nightmare so works out early to try chase the scare away. She reaches level 10 fitness and discovers she is a perfectionist. I might need to make the skill gain even slower than it already is at this rate! Deanna finally finishes... whatever the heck this thing is.
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Pictures of the quadcopter doing quad-copter things
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To my complete surprise, but not Deanna's, Paris absolutely aced her final exams! It's finally age up time for her and as she makes a wish Deanna cheers her on. Deanna did a cute little song as well. Paris rolls Creative as her third trait which compliments her cuisine hobby that she rolled earlier.
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Deanna: Want to go on a date
Paris: With you? Absolutely babe
Deanna: I'm thinking, beachside
Paris: Sounds perfect
The two head to central Tartosa and take some time to soak in the romantic atmosphere.
Paris: It's so lovely here, and no snow
Deanna: Snow can be good for snuggling
Paris: Maybe so
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Paris: But we don't need snow to snuggle
Deanna: I love you baby
Paris: Right back at you babe
They share a kiss and a cuddle
Paris: That sunset is stunning
Deanna: You're stunning
Paris: De, we're in public
Deanna: What do you want to do then
Paris: Play in a g rated way, come on
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Deanna: I haven't built a sandcastle in ages
Paris: I won't hold it against you. I've always loved making them. My parents...
Deanna: Did they help
Paris: Yeah, we made them as a family. Once we made one as big as me. I wasn't a tall toddler but still
Deanna: Do you have any photos
Paris: A couple
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Paris: Photos of my parents that is, not the sandcastles. They only exist in my memory now
Deanna: I think we did a pretty good job with this one, a castle for my princess
Paris: You're sweet
Deanna: Sometimes
Paris: All times De, I know it
Deanna: And you're happy, with us?
Paris: I am babe
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And this chapter wraps up back home with everyone in their right beds. I had to take some shots of the house again as I love property pictures, and sleeping pictures, to bookend my chapters.
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alyswritings · 2 years
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hey so i love your spencer x sister reader fics!!! could i request a fic where spence is the readers legal guardian (and has basically raised her) and his reaction to her accidentally calling him dad ? <3 thank u sm 💜
Diana was still pregnant with Y/N when William left his family. Spencer read whatever books he could find about babies to be able to help his mother with his little sister that would be arriving in a few months.
After Y/N was born, Spencer took care of her more so then Diana since she would have episodes and stayed in bed a lot. Spencer tried to get her out of bed, but it was hard. She did her best, but there were just a lot of bad days.
Spencer taught Y/N whatever he could and always makes sure that Y/N is okay. Spencer had gotten a job and after turning eighteen and admitting his mother to a home, he managed to get custody of Y/N.
He didn't want to risk losing her by not having custody and having foster care take her away, so he was able to get a case and after proving that he was a fit caregiver, was given custody.
Everything Spencer has done has been for Y/N. Making sure she's safe and happy and cared for. He helps her with homework, he learned how to cook for her, he stays with her when she gets nightmares, he makes sure that he comes home from cases so he can continue to raise her.
Being the only father figure that Y/N really knows, she trusts Spencer more than anybody else on the planet. She always goes to him when she needs help with something or needs to talk, and even though Spencer isn't the best at talking about emotions, he still tries for his little sister.
Y/N is working on her homework at the kitchen table and Spencer is making dinner, it being one of the rare days he got home early.
"Spence, I don't get it. Math is stupid." Y/N whines.
"It's not stupid." Spencer says, walking over. "It isn't that hard."
"Yeah, says the 187 IQ guy." Y/N rolls her eyes.
"It's only frustrating because you don't understand it yet." Spencer says, sitting next to her. "Which problem?"
"All of them." Y/N answers, letting out a small scoff.
"Okay, which one currently?" Spencer asks.
"Number 19." Y/N tells him, sliding the book over to him so he can read the problem.
"Okay, I know how to do this." Spencer says.
"Shocker." Y/N mutters sarcastically.
"I meant I know how I can teach you it. Don't take your frustration out on me. I didn't give you the book." Spencer says.
"No, but you make me go to school." Y/N retorts.
"I have to. It's kind of the law." Spencer remarks.
"It's a stupid law." Y/N grumbles.
"Okay, come on. Let's focus on the problem." Spencer says.
He walks her through the problem, Y/N managing to get it after a few tries.
"See? Now you can kind of get the rest. Just ask for help." Spencer says, proudly smiling at her. He ruffles her hair, standing up to resume cooking.
"Thanks, dad." Y/N says, beginning to read the next problem.
"Yeah, of co..." Spencer trails off as he realizes what she called him. Y/N seems to realize at the same moment, her eyes widening and cheeks heating with embarrassment.
"I... I didn't mean to-- to call you that." Y/N says. "I... i-it just came out. I don't..."
Spencer softly smiles, pushing tears back as he figures out how Y/N sees him.
"It's okay. It's... it's nothing to be embarrassed about." Spencer says.
"I know you're my brother, you just... you know, you... you're really the only person who raised me that I... that I know well enough. Especially with our actual dad leaving before... before I was born. I... I don't know." Y/N mumbles, fiddling with her pencil. "I mean, in a way, you are my dad, I guess."
"I love you." Spencer tells her, kissing her on the head. "I understand it." He assures making Y/N relax. "Finish your homework."
"Okay, dad." Y/N rolls her eyes.
Spencer looks back at her, a playful glare on his face and she smiles. She sticks her tongue out at him, Spencer reciprocating the action.
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xxlunar-0988-xx · 2 years
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Okay so hear me out:
The Losers with a friend who has this weird habit of taking shiny things? Like she'll see a coin or something on the sidewalk and make a dive for it? And maybe her nickname is like Magpie since people say they like shiny trinkets?
Just an idea lol I told you I have more <3
Yesss i love taking shiny things! Also thank you for the request
Anyway just so that i don't take too long i think it'll be a little short 😅 I'm also gonna do what i did in the last fict, doing hc first and then iconic moments aka oneshots since i have some ideas for that
Key words: y/n - your name, y/p - your pronouns
Losers club x gn!reader (platonic)
Warnings: cursing
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Let's face it
The whole reason you became a part of the losers club was because of your obsession for shiny things you stumbled on to
Like- that's literally how you met them-
From a distance you saw something shiny swaying around, and before you could muster up like 'oh maybe it's a necklace that someone was wearing?' nope you dove right were the shine came from
And surprise surprise, the thing that was shining was Beverly's key necklace
Like Ben was talking god knows what one second and the next Beverly was getting pounced on
Let's just say you were an apologizing mess
You just shriveled up your words like:
"ohmygodiamsosorryforjumpingonyouijustsawsomethingshineyanddidntthinkstraightagainiamsosorry" (oh my god i am so sorry for jumping on you i just saw something shiney and didn't think straight, again i am so sorry)
But she quickly forgave you and thought it was funny how you just collected shiney things
And that's where you got your nicknames! Yes from that one in counter
Like from that day forward, if the losers saw you anywhere they would just yell:
"ay Magpie! Come here!" Or "Magpie i got you a coin!" But it was all light hearted and they would apologize every time they said that and say tht they were joking except for richie even tho you assured them it was okay
And i just think if you saw something shiney in the middle of your sentence you would just stop and scream "Ooh shiney!" And dive for the thing that cought your attention
Anyway on to the iconic moments!
Iconic moments number 1
"hey have you seen y/n?" Beverly asked as she looked towards the losers for answers but the all shook their head
"nope haven't seen y/p all day, why?" Eddie asked
"nothing, it just seems quite off today... Plus y/p are late&" Bev said and at that moment y/n burst in to Ben's underground bunker with y/p hands full of shiny stuff
"look at all the shineys i found on the way here!" Y/n yelled as y/p threw the shiney things on to the ground
"cool- wait, is that my gold foiled iron man keychain?!?" Richie yelled
"oop- must have brought it with me acedentaly-"
Iconic moment number 2
"hey y/n!" Stanley yelled towards y/n flailing his arms around to get y/p attention
"yeah?" Y/n questioned as y/p walked towards the losers
"what were you talking about yesterday? You couldn't finish what you were saying since your mum/ dad/ legal guardian called you home early." Eddie questioned
"oh i was just saying that i like ironma- OH SHINEY!" y/n suddenly yelled as y/p dived down to the ground and picked up a silver pin
"oh that one's actually pretty!" Bev exclaimed, as she looked at the pin y/n picked up
"okay continue." Eddie said
"continue what?"
"god you're impossible."
And that's all I could think of, sorry if it's a bit short 🥲
Anyway hope you like it and if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes please tell me
Anyway hope you have a great day/ night/ afternoon
Bye!!!
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hellishere7980 · 7 months
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Begin Again Chapter 6 (sequel to IMW)
After the... questionable training session, they only had an hour before dinner. no one even dared to hope that Alfred was gonna move dinner time.
"So" Timbers began, his hand poised at the keyboard. "What are our questions, gentlemen-" and he smirked at demonspawn. “gentlelads?"
Damian shot him a glare that normally had thugs trembling, but the tired man just let out a laugh.
Bruce only gave a slight smile and got back into Mr. Serious mode. "How did she get her powers? Who knows about them? What are her powers? Are these powers hurting her in any way? Does she need help?” he rambled.
"OK B" Timbers said. "Slow down even if I can't type that fast. "
"Yeah B" Jason snorted. "You're going to look like you care..."
"I do care about Jason." Bruce responded; his teeth clenched.
"Sure," Jason said, looking unconvinced. "Tell that to someone who would believe that bullshit."
Bruce grinded his teeth. "You also agreed it was for her safety."
"I wouldn't have known that you were going to abandon her!" Jason fired back.
As Bruce was about to respond a note on violin floated down the drafty air of the bat cave. All heads turned to see Pixie by the wall playing the violin. She looked up and the violin poofed.
"How did you get here?" demon spawn asked. "More importantly, when did you get here?"
"Honestly," Pixie began. "doesn't matter, come on, grandpa says dinner 's ready."
With that she poofed again.
After Timbers hurried up with the printout, they all dashed in in the dining room where Pixie was helping Alfie lay out the plates. Bruce (he seriously needed some room reading skills) began. "Isabel, the paper." he awkwardly handed it out to her.
Alfred cut into the conversation. "I hope master Bruce that you will not bring such matters to the dinner table.
"Of course, not Alfred," Bruce Said.
Ha! Even the broody bat was no match for the true head of the vein patriarchy.
After that truly delicious dinner... who was he kidding Alfred's dinners are always delicious.
Bruce again placed the list in front of Pixie he was feeling a sense of deja vu seeing it was only a couple of months earlier Pixie herself placed a list in front of Bruce.
Pixie pulled the list closer. "How did I get my powers? - classified. Who knows about them? - honestly there is no right answer for that question. Do I have a mentor? - classified. What are my powers? - classified. Are they hurting me? - no... I think. Do I need help?"
Pixie looked up. "No."
Bruce looked agitated. "YOU ANSWERED HALF THE QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED!"
"SO?" Pixie shot back.
Bruce waved his hands around in anger. "YOU NEED TO TELL US!"
"WHY?" Pixie snarked. "YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL ME THAT MY BROTHER CAME BACK TO LIFE, THAT YOU AND MY FATHER WERE LOST IN THE TIME STREAM, PRESUMED TO BE DEAD, THAT I HAD TWO MORE BROTHERS AND A SISTER! ACCORDING TO THAT LOGIC YOU SHOULD ACCEPT THAT I DECIDE WHAT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW OR NOT!"
They were kind of expecting this ever since they called her asking her to come back to Gotham, they knew that she would ask how all of this happened and more importantly why they didn't tell her and there was no right answer for that question.
Bruce stuttered. "But... but..."
"But WHAT?" Pixie screamed.
"Nothing." Bruce said deflating.
"Good." Pixie said regaining her composure. "My friends are coming to visit in a couple of weeks. I can host them in Gamora's penthouse, so I'll not be here for at least four to five days."
"You can invite them here." Bruce said.
"Fine." Pixie replied suddenly looking tired. "Goodnight, everyone." With that she got up and left.
Flashback to when they called Marinette/Isabella's legal guardian Gamora in order to call her.
Dick finally looked like he had enough. He eased the phone out of Bruce’s hand ad hit the call button. The call connected ad there came the voice of a 40-year-old woman.
Dick answered. “Good evening, ma’am, I am Richard Grayson-Wayne and I'm calling on behalf of my father Bruce Wayne regarding your ward Marinette Luscinia."
A melodious voice answered back.
“Good evening Mr. Wayne. I am sorry to disappoint you, but this is my work number, and I am not going to disobey work rules by answering personal questions.”
“Ma’am, is there any way we can talk to Marinette?”
“May I ask the reason for this conversation?”
“Has Marinette never said anything about the Waynes?”
There was a pause.
“As I said before I would not be entertaining personal questions but I can give you her personal number.”
“That is appreciated ma’am.”
“She has mentioned you in the past. Her number is…”
“Thank you ma’am” Dick replied, ever the gentleman.
Dick looks up and calls the number and pushes the phone in Bruce's hand.
A young voice comes up.
"Marinette Luscinia, how may I help you?"
"Umm...it's Bruce."
“Bruce as in Bruce Hady? Thank God you answered! I want an emergency arrangement ASAP!”
Everyone in the cave exchanged questioning looks.
“Bruce, a douchebag, not you obviously. But another Bruce I know has found me and I need you to introduce me as a suspect in literally any case. Just enough that I can't leave France better yet Paris. Including through jets.”
“Isa it's Bruce Wayne.” he replied wincing.
“Ohh…” there was an awkward silence. “okay bye”
The silly tone of hanging up rang out in the Batcave leaving Bruce staring dumbly at the phone.
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Titans Academy
Fandom: DC Comics, Titans, Arrowfam
Summary: Grant struggles to accept his new reality when Roy takes him in and enrolls him in Titans Academy. He must adjust to life at a boarding school and life with his new foster family (Roy and Lian). Can he learn to trust the people who claim to care about him? Or will he shut himself off from love altogether?
Chapters: 5/?
Characters: Grant Emerson, Roy Harper, Bart Allen, Toni Monetti, Cody Driscoll, Lian Harper, Jade Nguyen, Audrey Spears, Tommy Blake Jr.
Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Boarding School AU, No Powers AU, Found Family, Second Chances, Roy Harper is a Legal Guardian, Roy Harper is a Father, POV First Person, Grant Emerson POV, Autistic Bart Allen
Chapter Five: Home Economics
No school has ever made Friday feel more like Friday than this one. You could feel the anxious energy in every room. Even the teachers had a childlike excitement for the end of the day. I met Bart after school at the pigpen, but I stopped at the stables afterward. A dark and white horse caught my eye, and I stopped to stare at him. The wild yellow-green eyes were what captured me, though. I wondered who the horse could've belonged to. He was the first horse I'd ever seen that close-up. Our English teacher assigned a personal essay that'd be due next Friday, and I broke away to go home and work on my homework. I figured there'd be tons of weekend activities, so it wouldn't be a big deal if I missed out on one Friday. I let myself in and sat at the coffee table in silence. The front door opened a few minutes after I started working, and I met eyes with a woman with dark hair and two small children. "You're Grant, right?" she asked as she set the little girl down.
"Uh-huh, does uhhh—." I cleared my throat. "Does Roy know you're here?" I asked. And yeah, she did make me nervous. She was gorgeous. The little girl joined me at the coffee table and opened the drawer to get a coloring book and crayons. "Mommy, is he a stranger?" the little girl questioned. "No, he's Grant. Grant, I'm Jade... And this is Roy and I's daughter Lian... And this is my son, Tommy. I usually don't sneak in like this, but it's Roy's birthday tomorrow... Can you watch the kids for two seconds while I run back to the car?" Jade asked. I nodded, and she passed Tommy to me. He didn't weigh much, but I'd never held a baby before. "Here, look. Support his head like this." She leaned over and fixed my arms. "I'll be a second. Lian, I'll be right back, sweetie." "Okay, Mommy," Lian whispered. When Jade left, Lian looked at me. "Are you friends with my daddy?" I nodded. "Kind of... I live here now," I replied. "Okay... Can we play a game when you're done?" Lian asked. I nodded. Tommy opened his eyes and stretched. He was so tiny that I didn't know what to do with him. It scared me. "Whatcha coloring?" I asked. "Kitties. Don't be scared of Tommy," Lian replied. I blinked hard. "Huh?" I asked. Roy came in, carrying a folded-up playpen and a duffel bag. "Why didn't you tell me you were going to D.C. a week early? I would've picked the kids—." "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I forgot Lian's green boots. I can bring them by tomorrow before my flight," Jade offered. Roy glanced at me, and his eyes went wide. "You left him with the baby?" Roy asked. "Grant, I'm so sorry." He took Tommy from me, and I relaxed. "It's no problem," I replied. Lian climbed on the couch and pressed a kiss to Roy's cheek. I returned to my homework while Roy and Jade argued in soft voices in the background. Jade set up the playpen, and Roy made faces at the baby. "It isn't going to kill Lian to wear her plain rainboots instead of the froggy ones," Roy whispered to Jade. "Don't be difficult. I know Lian has the yellow rainboots, but the froggy ones have the handles, so she can put them on herself," Jade explained. Roy stopped in his tracks and nodded. "You're trying to make it easier for me... Now I feel like a jerk," Roy replied as he rubbed the back of his neck. The way Roy held Tommy looked so natural and comfortable. He even managed to scoop Lian up and hold her on his hip. "Thanks, Jade. You can bring 'em by in the morning." Jade smiled at him and nodded. "Don't worry about it," Jade replied. Roy let Jade kiss the kids and promised they'd be fine. I don't think Jade was worried about his ability to parent, though. "See you tomorrow, Lian and Tommy. I love you very much." Jade waved goodbye to me, and I waved back. "Thanks for watching our kids for me," Roy smiled awkwardly. I smiled back.
I finished my homework while he put the baby down for a nap, and Lian came back around. Lian had her stickers with her and asked me to lie back on the couch. I figured out what the sticker game was the hard way. She placed the stickers on my cheeks and forehead, and eyelids. I felt saturated with gluey taped pictures. "You okay?" Roy asked. He chuckled, but I couldn't open my eyes to see his face. "Mhm," I answered with closed lips so I wouldn't laugh and upset the sticker placements. They made me feel like I belonged, and for a little while, I forgot I didn't. It felt nice in an unfamiliar way. I must've fallen asleep on the couch because I woke up to Lian pulling stickers off my face. They didn't hurt as bad as I thought they would. "Hey, hey, be gentle, Lian," Roy warned. "It's what I get for being a man of my word," I joked. "Daddy, Grant's not hurt. See," Lian reassured him. "Did you ask Grant how he felt?" Roy asked gently. Lian gasped. "Does it hurt, Grant?" Lian asked. "Not bad," I replied, "Some of 'em just sting a little." Lian patted my cheek with her palm. "Here, let me help take some of them off." I took the ones off my eyelids to see what was going on. I was relieved she didn't put them over my eyelids. "Hey, Roy? Who owns that big grey and white horse in the stables?" I asked. Roy's lips curved up into a half-smile. "The dapple grey Andalusian's mine. His name's Moonshine. He's a rescue from an old farmer that died down the way. He was just a colt when the old man died," Roy replied, "Maybe I'll teach you how to ride someday." I grinned, and Lian pulled a sticker off my neck. That one took a little bit of my hair with it. "Ouch," I mumbled as I rubbed the back of my neck. "I'm sorry," Lian apologized. "It's okay... Are you gonna learn how to ride a horse when you get big?" I asked her.
"Magic's in the stables," Lian replied. I looked at Roy, and he nodded. "I've been teaching her since her last birthday," Roy replied. A toddler on a horse... That, I'd have to see.
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gamesception · 11 months
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let's read rgu chapter 18
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There he is. The bastard man.
So yeah, last time Utena followed Anthy on her apparently nightly disappearances to the Chairman's residence and stumbled into manga Akio. As in the anime he is acting chairman of the school and engaged to the official chairman's daughter. I was actually wondering if the comic was going to bring back Wakaouji or whatever his name was from the prologue, since 'dating Utena's aunt/legal guardian' would be a whole extra layer to the whole deal, but apparently no. Though I suppose anime Anthy and presumably Akio had the ability to look like other people if the plot needed that...
Anyway, will Utena pick up on the clear red flags?
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Nope!
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I mean, I know Anthy is 'just weird' already, but still.
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"I don't want him to know about the Rose Bride stuff" seems like a remarkably outright lie for Anthy. But it also prompts manga Utena to jump to the conclusion she already wanted about Anthy's agency and wishes, despite seeming more able to grasp what Touga was suggesting earlier and subsequently taking care in conversations about Anthy being the Rose Bride not to phrase questions like this, where Anthy could choose to take them as orders instead of meaningfully engaging with them.
And she's doing that instead of asking more pertinent questions, like "Why did you never tell me that your brother is acting chairman?" or "Why have you been hiding that you've been visiting him?" or "Why doesn't your brother already know about the duels?" or "Why doesn't the acting chairman know what the student council is up to?" or "how did you become the rose bride in the first place, that this brother you're so close to doesn't know about it?" or "why shouldn't we get the acting chairman to intervene?" & so on.
But, sadly...
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Utena's strong suites are Strength of body and moral fiber, not so much smarts or social awareness.
The next day Utena tries again to introduce Anthy to more of the normal girls, and, on Akio's explicit orders, she tries a bit harder to fit in. Chuchu even helps serve as a cute animal ice breaker, as he honestly should have with Wakaba if Wakaba didn't have an extra reason not to like her:
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Explicitly, jealousy over Utena. And while the manga hasn't really had the time to build up Utena's relationship with Anthy like the anime did, lines like that - "When I'm with her ... I feel at peace." - go a long way.
In some ways Wakaba's standing in for Nanami here, in the roll of 'person with basic social awareness' that Nanami sometimes filled (she really is such a versatile character in the anime). Ie, picking up on Utena's feelings for Anthy well before Utena does. In the anime, she also picked up on the red flags between Anthy and Akio that Utena never grasped, I wonder if we'll get a scene like that in the manga with Wakaba.
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Meanwhile, Touga prepares for his duel, while Saionji taunts him about the arm he sliced up with a sword. Which makes me ask again how Saionji didn't get expelled for that?
A chapter ago I might have thought the coming duel with Touga could have played out differently from the anime, but given the bit with Utena going back to deluding herself over Anthy's wishes earlier, yeah, we're going to have the same initial loss and subsequent low point from the anime's first arc.
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Which makes this bit hit pretty hard. I don't remember this happening in the anime, it's a nice scene, even including the awkwardness of imitating behavior without fully understanding its particulars.
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But then Touga shows up with his challenge. Utena wants to refuse...
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But Touga and Anthy talk her into it.
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And it ends as expected.
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Including this bit. Plus, as an extra twist of the knife for the manga Touga admits he's not the prince, and just claimed to be to mess with Utena.
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And the chapter closes on Anthy moving out, leaving Utena alone.
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dangerpronebuddie · 4 months
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hi!! you said in tags on a recent post that they were foreshadowing something happening to eddie! could you pls tell me when you thought this, as i’m intrigued lol
Hello anon! ��
You're going to think I'm delulu by the end of this. If you don't already lol 😅
For starters, 9-1-1 loves playing the long game when it comes to foreshadowing. Eddie's shooting and the lead up to his breakdown started in his first episode.
I mean, we had "I've just done it while people are shooting at me is all" in 2x01 and "At least nobody's shooting at us" in the crossover. And! Eddie's insistence that the universe does not scream.
All the military related accidents and the entirety of the Shannon arc and 3x15 and... pretty much everything that happened to that poor man lead to his breakdown.
But the foreshadowing for what I thought was going to happen (which didn't 😕) started in 4x14 with none other than the legal guardian conversation.
I mentioned that I thought something was going to happen to Eddie and/or Chris. Like with the shooting, whatever that something is has been building for a few seasons.
Now, I love the legal guardian thing. There's so many layers to it, not to mention how they look at each other through the whole thing. It's a declaration of love. However! It's also a bad omen.
Eddie Diaz, Mr. Prove To Me Something Is Real And I'll Believe It, keeps jinxing himself. Even speaking the will into existence is a bad idea™. These writers don't normally bring something up and then forget about it. And I would say making your best friend the father of your child if you aren't there is a pretty big thing to just leave hanging!
Eddie didn't even plan on telling Buck about it until the shooting. He waited an entire year??? For something that important? In short, the writers included it for a purpose beyond an aborted love confession.
Anyhoo. That's sign one.
Season 5 we can put aside, because it was a whole other thing.
Season 6 was where the most foreshadowing came in. I think it all really started in 6x07. Even Eddie, by the like third(?) accident Felisha had, commented on the fact that he might be cursed. At the end of the episode, at the beach, he gets a call from Abuela. The framing of that shot (I really wish I could make gifs right now. Thankfully I found a set) shows Eddie in focus with Chris at the forefront. As Eddie asks "what does she say about my future?" in regards to Abuela's curandera, the focus shifts to Chris. To me, that meant something would happen to Eddie and have the guardian thing come up again.
Then, in 6x15, Eddie and Chris go to see Shannon (I thought that was really nice, btw, it was sweet). Then his mother is pestering him to come visit. He talks to her twice I believe (haven't rewatched that episode in a while, the cemetery scene haunts me 😅). Anyway, when he talks to her at the end of the episode, he says "we'll figure something out. Okay? We got time."
Refer to my earlier statement. Eddie keeps jinxing himself!
The entire episode, there was something ominous about it. The old lady, "we're all gonna die alone," Shannon, etc. It just felt... eerie, I suppose.
I expected the season 6 finale to satisfy the foreshadowing. I heard they rewrote the ending thanks to them not being sure if the show would be picked up by another network (THANK YOU ABC!) Anyway. Something tells me that the original plan was to severely hurt the fathers on the team. Chim, Bobby, and Eddie were all in serious danger.
The time jump at the end kinda sucked. To me, the finale felt a little... discombobulated. I think that maybe, even though 911 doesn't do this, they intended for season 6 to end on a cliffhanger. Any or all three of them could've still been in danger or clinging to life when the episode ended. It would've been more satisfying, honestly.
Anyway.
I just think they hinted a little too much at this. It could be that it just hasn't happened yet and there's still more foreshadowing to go. Maybe in season 7, Eddie could be missing and presumed dead or injured badly enough to have Buck step in for Chris (in a much more concrete parental role.)
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Oh Baby Part 7
Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5 Part6 Part8 Part9 Part10 Part11 part12 part13 part14 part15 part16 part17 part18
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You walked towards the gym when a blonde girl ran into you making you crash to the ground,” I’m sorry” she squealed collapsing on her knees and bowing to you,” It’s okay no harm done” you said carefully getting up rubbing your backside,” Why were you running?”,” I’m late to get my bus, mom is busy with work and she expects me to make dinner” she began rambling,” Hey kid, breath, you choke when you keep that up”,” I’m Y/N L/N” you said holding out your hand,” Your the pregnant cheerleader” she squealed making you sigh,” I guess I should get used to it” you mumbled,” Yes and before you say something remember this phrase if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all” you said making her eyes widen,” I’m sorry, I didn't - you just- I... I’m so sorry” she said bowing again,” It’s fine, I guess I see you around kid”
Daichi was talking to Suga and Asahi when you walked in,” Hey Daichi” you waved him over,” Hey baby” he kissed your temple,” How was your day?” he asked,” The usual but it got better now that I’m here with you” you teased,” Hey, I’m the supposed to be the cheesy one” he nudged you,” Can the two of you not? I feel single enough already” Suga teased making you playfully roll your eyes at him,” Okay ladies, let's get training, but beforehand specs has something to say, “ Ukai said making the group gather around,” Takeda pushed his glasses up his nose and gave an award smile,” Well due to unavoidable circumstances, we have to discuss emm safe sex,” Takeda said blushing softly, you heard a water bottle drop and looked at the direction it came from, it was Asahi who dropped it, his face was red like a lobster,” Do we have too?” he asked,” Yes, you are in the mids of puberty and you will start to have these urges” Takeda began but he quickly changed the subject and looked at you and Daichi,” Y/N and Daichi you two have a meeting with the vice-principal tomorrow before school with your legal guardians,” he said,” my parents disowned me,” you told rubbing your arms,” Daichi’s parents will be enough,” he said,” Sooo you want to have the talk before or after training?”.
The talk with Ukai and Takeda was probably the most awkward thing in the world. Takeda trying to keep it professional while Ukai just explained in the most unorthodox way possible definitely added to the awkwardness but what was the worst was the sneaky looks given to you and Daichi by Hinata, Yamaguchi, and Kageyama.” I hated this” you said walking with Daichi,” It was pretty awkward mostly the locker room afterwards, I felt like I was in the zoo” he said readjusting his gym bag,” I even think that Hinata started at my crotch” he said as entered the house making you lift a brow. “Mom? Dad? We have to talk” Daichi called out making his parents appear,” Is everything okay?” Daichi’s dad ask,” Vice Principal wants to have a chat with us before school tomorrow,” he said,” It was bound to happen sooner or later” his mom sighed wiping her hands on her jeans,” Everything else is okay though right?”,” The whole schools know. That’s about it,” you said walking to your shared room with Daichi.
“Hey Honey, can we talk?” Daichi’s mom asks you laid on Daichi’s bed with your stomach on the mattress and with your chin resting on your hands,” Sure” you said making her sit at the corner of the bed,” Is everything okay?”,” Today I got a taste of how it feels like being off the crows, and how I was treated by people I never was treated before. I was respected, the uniform was a form of protection as among all teams in Karasuno we have the most wins. Being head cheerleader of the team was like a badge of honour, now I’m a loser, slut and they aren't scared to tell me that. Boys are repulsive” you said making Daichi’s mom frown,” You're not any of these things. Yes getting pregnant at 17 isn't ideal but it doesn't make you a slut and not all boys are repulsive” she nudged you with a smile,” All but the Volleyball boys, mostly not Daichi” you smiled,” I know being off the team hurts but you can always try out next year and be head cheerleader again. I know you have it in you” she rubbed your back soothingly,” We are a family now, we will support you and Daichi as much as we can. You defiantly have a free babysitter in us, I can't wait to spoil my grandson”, you smiled at her and sat up,” What do you think Vice-Principal wants to talk about?” she sighed,” The problem with living in the countryside in Japan is that people are more judgmental than in the city. More conservative than in bigger cities” you bit the inside of your cheek,” I will be kicked out of the school like I was of the crows? I know it would be hard getting an education but now I might be stripped from it completely. If so no other school will take me in this prefecture” you pushed your knees to your chest, tears starting to build in your eyes,” I won’t let that happen, they can't just kick you out. You have a right to an education, no matter the circumstances you are in” she moved a piece of fallen hair behind your ear,” If you get kicked, I will leave Karasuno. I join a different school” Daichi said appearing at the door,” What?” you said,” Daichi no” you said,” Why? It’s only fair, yes you are carrying the baby. Still, I’m the father and should be held accountable for my actions as well” he said moving to the bed, grabbing your hands,” I love you Y/N, I go to the ends of the universe for you”,” I appreciate it Daichi but please if I get kicked out, stay it’s your last chance to play with your friends, to go nationals. Don’t let it go to waste. I will always see you after school”,” I-”,” Please Daichi” you begged, he stayed silent for a while before nodding,” It’s all good to hear that but Y/N won't be kicked out of the school and we will make sure of that” Daichi’s dad said putting his hands on his wife's shoulder,” Exactly”. 
“Nice to have you Sawamura” the vice principal had his usual fake smile plastered on his face,” and you L/N”. You tried hard not to roll your eyes at him and Daichi seemed to notice, he reached for your hand and gave it a squeeze,” What are we here to discuss?” Daichi’s dad asked,” Well as you know, L/N found herself in an unusual situation” he said,” I’m involved in this situation as well sir” Daichi said,” Yes of course but L/N is more involved in this than you are”,” Yes, I’m pregnant sir but what do you want to talk about? We aren't just here to have little chat aren't we?” you asked,” I’m here to discuss about the possibility about transferring you-”,” That’s not happening sir, Y/N has friends in this school and is involved in club activities” Daichi’s mom said cutting the vice principal off,” Yes but her position in the volleyball club can be replaced and I heard that you are actively looking for a new manager, why does one club need 2 managers and what is your roll again?”,” I’m helping with injuries and training due to my parent's experience in helping the Japanese national team, I have been observing them since I was little and being a head cheerleader in middle school and later here in Karasuno helped” you said making Daichi smile proudly,” Yes but those things can now be handled by the Coach and the manager” he said,” Y/N is a vital part of the team, she has a close relationship with all of the players. She has the aura of calmness, she also helps handle the more energetic players” Daichi said defending you,” And she helped bring 2 of 10 national titles to this school and probably even more if she hadn't sex with the man with the weakest pull-out game in Japan, who also happened to have a receding hairline at the age of 18 which seemed to be passed down” your cheer coach said barging, her eyes went from Daichi to his dad who looked offended and looked at his wife for reassurance that his hair wasn't horrible.” And I do believe Y/N personality helps bring up a teams spirit up. Since I kicked her ripping stomach out of the team I noticed that I haven't someone to stand up to me. They just do what I say, even smacking themselves with a chicken breast” she said making Daichi’s parents lift a brow,” Y/N, deserves to stay in Karasuno and you will let her. Otherwise, a little birdie will tell the papers about the horrible double Standard in this school between losers like Daichi and winners like Y/N, but now you treat her differently than she was used to be treated” the cheer coach said making the vice principal's nose flare,” Very well, nothing will happen” you smiled,” It was good making business with you Hannah Montana” the coach said to the principal before leaving.
”I’m surprised that your former Coach even showed up,” Daichi said kissing your temple,” Oh Squirtle, you hurt me, you think so little of me? I might have kicked Y/N out but it doesn't mean that I don't care about her” she turns to you,” Squirtle?” Daichi whispered,” Y/n, just that you know I mean every word of what I said in there. I hope to see you back next school year” she turned around and walked away,” But tell anyone about this act of kindness and I will buy your unborn demon a little puppy dog and will become a vital part of your family and one day in darks of a Japanese winter night, I will sneak through your window like the boogyman and I will punch Squirtle’s dad in the face,” she said before turning around and walking away,” I thought it will go to more a darker outcome,” Daichi’s mom said making everyone nod.
The rest of the day went by as usual, besides getting odd looks from both students and teachers and the odd comment from here and there.” Hey Tubbers, can we talk?” your locker was slammed shut by the new head cheerleader,” Do me a favour and don’t try for out the crows next year as Coach keeps comparing me to you and how weak-willed I am. She is just waiting for you to squeeze out that lizard baby and rejoin”,” And how is that my problem that you just don’t have it in you to be head cheerleader. Better get practising from what you say you will need it” you said moving past here,” Your lucky your pregnant or otherwise I would have punched you, slut” she called out after you.
You went to Ukai’s store directly after school. Daichi stayed behind as he had training and with the tournaments coming he can’t miss one so you started taking over his shifts as well, something which Daichi wasn’t keen on but you didn’t mind, as the second the baby is born he won’t have much time to play Volleyball as one most of friends will be busy with college, he will be busy with the police academy training and the baby will be taking the rest of his attention.” Are you sure you going to be okay alone? Normally I’m here with you?” Ukai asked,” Yeah, so long you be back before closing I will be fine” you smiled making Ukai pat your head,” Don’t worry I will be. If you get hungry my mom made some food, it’s in the back in the microwave” Ukai said, you thanked him and he then left. You plopped behind the counter,” Look who we have here?” Oikawa’s voice said,” Oikawa, what are you doing here? Don’t you have a handshake event to attend? Can’t see your fans waiting” You mocked,” I’m here to pick up my nephew from school,” he said,” Beforehand I want to buy him some meat buns,” he said making you nod,” How many do you want?” you asked,” 4, two for me and two for him,” he said making you nod,” Didn’t see you as the type to babysit,” you told placing the hot buns in the brown bag,” You're not the first person to say this. People think I have only Volleyball in my head, well they aren’t wrong as Volleyball means a lot to me but I love taking care of my nephew, he’s also getting into Volleyball which makes me proud” you smiled,” Anything else?”, he hummed,” Do you have milk bread?” you chuckled and nodded,” I don’t want to sound rude but I heard rumours about you being-“,” pregnant? Yeah, I am, don’t ruin the moment as I just began seeing you not as an asshole” you said typing in the products into the register,” No, I won’t. I was just to say if you need help I’m here.. my sister was in a similar situation. She got pregnant young as well”, you didn’t say anything,” That will be 2,000 yen,” you said, he handed you the money and grabbed his stuff,” Oikawa… thank you,” you said making him stop at the door,” Don’t worry, call me Toru” he gave his signature wave and smile before leaving. The next hours went by with nothing significant happening, soon before closing time Ukai and Daichi showed up,” Hey kid, just like I promised here before closing” he smiled,” How was training?” you asked hugging Daichi,” I can’t feel my legs, I have no idea how I’m still walking” he joked,” Get used to it man, until regionals this will be the usual” he patted Daichi on the back who groaned,” I saved you a meat bun” you said,” Ahh what a nice girlfriend, back in my days my girlfriend wouldn’t do that, well she also cheated on me with a guy from the swimming team.... anyway see you tomorrow guys” he said.
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tamtam-go92 · 1 year
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Tuesday
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It was an ordinary morning for the Woods, little fights for the bathroom, breakfast and then the kids were off to work. Only difference was, that is was Cord's day off.
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Cord: Come on Cherry, we're off to the city. We have an appointment.
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Cherry didn't know about that appointment but she had a bad feeling.
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When the reached the administration office, Cherry completely snapped. Cherry: This is about Holly, right? What's wrong with my little girl? She's still my little baby. She's alright, ain't she, Cord? Cord: Get a grip! We'll just have a conversation with that hooded crow Voyante.
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Cord tried to be civil at first, he wanted to know if Holly was making progresses but he was less than thrilled to hear, that Claire Voyante didn't intend on "curing" Holly's condition. Cord: We're done here, Cherry, let's go home.
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Cherry watched her husband storm out of the office. Cherry: Please, Miss Voyante, tell Holly that I'm so sorry and that I still love her. That I'll always love her. It's just that my husband... Claire: Mrs. Wood, you should tell Holly this yourself. I'm sure she would be thrilled to get a call from you. Cherry: That's impossible. Cord checks the itemized bill. When he finds you number there... Claire: Don't worry Mrs. Wood. We'll find a solution for that. Just know, that I'm here to help all females in this town okay? You can also talk to Shonda Watson of the city council. She's really supportive for women that think about leaving their abusive - Cord *form the door*: Cherry, are you coming? Cherry: Goodbye Miss Voyante. Thank you for taking care of Holly.
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Cherry couldn't get the conversation out of her head, when she returned home. Not when Cord demanded his "quality time" on his day off and not when she had to prepare dinner for the boys after school.
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Ash brought a friend home after school and they got along nice until it was homework and later dinner time.
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In the evening Cord approached the boy called Scott. Cord: You've got a pretty far ride, don't you? Sedona, right? Well, then you should probably go and grab your bus. Scott: Alright Mr. Wood, I'll just say goodbye to Ash. Cord: That's not necessary. He's currently using the bathroom. That was a lie, but he wanted that boy out of his house, even if he was the son of Sedona's sheriff. He had to have a conversation with his eldest.
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Cord: So, Ash, now that you're not going to college, I thought I could put in a good word in the barracks for you. Ash: Actually dad... I already found an apprenticeship. I'm starting as a dishwasher. Cord: Culinary? You have to be kidding me? Ash: No! Dad, It's my dream to become a celebrity chef, okay? I've got enough that you are trying to dictate me, what my life is about to be like. It's bad enough that I can't go to college, I really wanted to, it's gonna be such an experience that I'll miss. Don't take my dream job away from me too.
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Cord was disappointed in his son but it seemed that the damage was already done. Cherry had put her signature under the contract as Ash's legal guardian. He would have to have a stern conversation with her too! But not tonight. She was already drunk again and laid on the couch snoring already...
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