requested ; hello dolly !!! so happy to hear that ur reqs are open again :) could i please request one piece boys (you choose) x reader who has angel wings and a halo? like, would they find it cool? how would they help her clean her wings since theyâre kinda big? are they touchy with her wings? etc! u can write any scenario you want of course!! iâm just adding options to help you if u donât know what to write. tysm for reading <3
a/n: i kept thinking about sua cus i was listening to heart by c!nah while writing these. you can tell i kinda went overboard with mihawk...
this fic is written by @qwehwa 2026 / please do not feed any of my work into ai, copy, plagiarize, nor translate them into any other languageâ i will snap your neck.
Law who helps you with your insomnia by fucking u to sleep hmmm
You had been ridiculously bad at sleeping lately. Which is weird, because usually thatâs all youâre doing. You love a good nap! You love sleeping in! But your body doesnât want you to lately for some reason.
You were also one of the strongest members of the crew after allâ so you needed your sleep!
This insomnia had gotten so bad that you ended up taking a huge injury in a recent fightâ a celestial had ordered their slave to try and kill you, and in trying to not harm the poor slave, you ended up gaining a huge gash in your abdomen.
Law spent a couple hours making sure that your gash was properly closedâ it was irritated from you stumbling back onto the ship, the weapon you got hit with was also rusty⊠just a generally bad equation.
âYou wouldnât have let this happen a couple weeks ago.â He muttered as he finished stitching up the gash. âMeet me in my room later. You should be good to walk by then.â
That scared you a bit. Sure, you were half conscious from the anesthesia, and seconds away from falling asleep, but you couldnât help but feel a bit flustered at his words. He never let anyone come into his room like that, he was always making some stupid plan, or researching something he needed focus forâ what was so special that your broody, tattooâd, really hot captain would need you to come into his room?
You walked into his room after you woke up. it was late, everyone else was asleep, and the quiet was starting to scare you.
It didnât get better once you got closer to his room, because⊠he was also very quiet. All the time.
Once you walked in, you noticed a couple things instantlyâ the candles lit up on his desk, how many comics he owned, and the fact that he was in sweatpants and a tank top. This was weird. You hadnât even seen him without his hat on in ages, so sweatpants was⊠almost scary for you to see
âCaptain?â You said softly, making him glance over his shoulder as he finished marking something up on his journal.
âHey.â He muttered, gesturing for you to come closer to his desk. âGot somethinâ for you to check out.â
Once you did, you noticed his most recent journal pagesâ a study on your sleep cycles, what could possibly be causing your insomnia, and possible remedies.
It was a bit hard to focus when he was so close, but you scanned through the remedies, noticing melatonin, (which youâd triedâ you stole some off the last island. He didnât know that though) reading, (boring) and⊠sex?!
You were a virgin.
You were pretty sure he knew that. Asshole.
âLaw.â
âYes?â He muttered, a slight smirk on his face as he stared down at his journal.
âYou think⊠sex would help?â You asked bluntly, although your voice grew a bit softer as you asked the question, your face flushing.
âThe general intimacy of sex triggers neurotransmitters in your brain that can reduce stress and promote relaxation.â He said, picking up one of his medical books and meticulously turning to a certain page, showing you the evidence he found. What a nerd.
âDid you go and look for sex as a remedy hoping Iâd allow you to have sex with me?â You teased, smiling up at him.
ââŠthat would be unprofessionalâ He said, putting his book down, crossing his arms.
âSuggesting sex to your shipmate is unprofessional.â
âIt would help you sleep. Itâs a biological function.â
âYou swear it would help me sleep?â
âI swear.â
Maybe it was the way that he looked over at you, like he really was sure that it would help youâ or maybe it was the way he looked in general, or maybe the way he smelled, that fuckass cologne.
It was really just the sleep deprivation.
But you agreed.
Which is how you ended up on his bed, him gently kissing your neck as he laid facing you, one of his hands moving under your shirt.
âYour injury is healing well.â He muttered against your skin, his hand moving up to your chest, squeezing the skin.
âR-read the room.â You fussed, your back arching as he squeezed your chest. He just smiled against your neck.
âThe room that I invited you into?â He said, his other hand moving to peel off your shirt, kissing down your skin.
âMhm. You shouldnât talk about my injury like that, it still hurts.â You muttered, looking down at him as he started to kiss your chest.
âStill?â He muttered as he unfastened your bra, taking one of your nipples into his mouth. You werenât able to say much, the way he sucked on your tit was already flustering enough.
âThatâs what I thought. Canât focus much on it now, right?â he muttered against your skin, spending just a bit too much time at your chest before he moved down to your stomach, adjusting you so that he was able to kiss down your body while you were on your back.
âYour physique has always impressed me.â He said into your stomach, kissing the skin. âYour diet is quite⊠bad, yet youâre still pretty strong.â he followed with taking off your shorts.
âMy diet is not bad.â You said, your hands in his hair, earning a low hum from him.
âIt is.â He replied, pinning your thighs down so that he could tease the skin, kissing your pussy through your panties.
âItâsâ nnghââ you mewled out, attempting to clamp your thighs shut, clearly undermining how determined law was to eat you out.
âRelax.â He said bluntly, casually ripping your panties off, cutting your whining short by saying quickly after, âIâll buy you better ones. Cotton.â And then moving his hands back to the back of your thighs.
âCanât believe you were a virgin with a pussy like this.â He muttered, spreading your folds open before licking into your pussy, his tongue instantly starting to fuck into you, his nose brushing against your clit. âSo sweet.â
âYou made me eat all that p-pineapple, soââ
âThatâs because I was planning on doing this for a while.â He said bluntly, continuing to eat you out.
âWhat?â
âLater.â He said as he sucked on your clit, pulling a moan out of you. âYou sound so pretty.â He mused, pinning your thighs even further back. âCould stay here forever, fuck.â He said, his eyes closed and his eyebrows furrowed as he ate you.
âLaw, âm gonnaââ
âI know.â He cut you off, continuing his feast. âGod, I really donât wanna stop.â
âHow does that even work?â You huffed out, biting back a moan as you looked down at him. âY-you said weâdââ
âI know what I said. This is sex.â He muttered, sticking two fingers inside of you, curling them, making your back arch.
âI thought you were a v-virgin too, liar.â You mewled out, squirming under him as he curled his fingers just right. âHow do you know aboutâ about all this?!â
âI am.â He said as he continued to finger you, kissing your clit. âIâve just done my research.â
You came not long after he said that, already boneless on his bed before he even took his pants and shirt off, making you swallow.
âIâm not that big, butââ liar. âIt still might be a bit much for your first time, so Iâll go slow.â he said as he teased your entrance with his fingers, gathering some of your wetness, coating himself.
He was about, whatâ 7 inches? He was curved, fairly thick, looking at his length made your heart beat a bit faster. How was that supposed to fit in you?
âDonât be nervous.â He said, his voice growing softer as he met your eyes. âYou can take it.â He said as he lined himself up.
You were able to take it. âItâ being about two inches before you felt the stretch, your bottom lip quivering.
âI know, I know.â He cooed, slowing down, kissing your neck. âItâs almost all the way in.â He said as he put another two inches in, holding onto your waist.
âLaw, itâs tooââ
âShh, shh.â He muttered, stuffing you the rest of the way, making you gasp. âItâs done, okay sweet girl?â He said, looking down at your waist to see you bulging right below your belly button.
You were so fullâ you could barely think with how deep he was, and it didnât help that he was still holding onto your hips and stopping you from squirming around.
You pouted, still attempting to move a bit. âItâs uncomfy.â You babbled out.
âIt wonât be for much longer.â he muttered, burying his head in the crook of your neck, trying to ignore your clenches around him, one of his hands moving to rub your clit.
You moaned, your back arching. âGood, good. Just breathe.â He muttered against your jaw, kissing the skin.
After a while, you became restless, sopping wet around him as he still held back from moving. âPlease move.â You whispered, your hands in his hair.
âThank god.â He replied, starting to roll his hips into yours, feeling you clench around him with every thrust.
âFuck, this pussy is so goodââ he moaned out, holding your hips, pulling you to meet his thrusts. âPlease let me do this again after this.â He muttered, a slight whimper to his voice.
âD-did youâ?â
âShut up.â
âYou whimpered.â You smiled, acting like you had any room to tease him, given that you were seconds away from coming again.
He just huffed, biting down onto your neck as he gave you a particularly hard thrust, making you choke out a moan.
âNot so funny now, hm?â he teased, smiling against your neck as he continued to thrust into you, a small whimper leaving his lips as he felt your hands dig into his back, his shirt lost somewhere on the floor.
âItâs a little bit f-funny.â You said, your back arching off the bed as you got closer.
âItâs gonna be funny when I stuff you full of my cum.â He huffed against your neck.
âLike itâll do anything anyways, Iâm sure your nut is too weakââ
âWanna test it?â He muttered, moving so that his lips were right above yours as he huffed out a laugh. âI could come inside you right now.â
âYouâd lose your strongest fighter if you got me pregnant.â You muttered against his lips.
He shook his head, pressing a kiss to the corner of your mouth. âIâd take care of you. Wouldnâtâ wouldnât let you go. âSpecially if you had my kid.â
âYouâre so soft, law.â You said, pressing a gentle kiss to his lips, to which he reciprocated, opening his lips enough for you to devour each other, one of his hands moving up to cup your jaw, still rolling his hips into yours.
âWhere do you want it?â He muttered against your lips.
âStomach, stomach this time.â You muttered before you kissed him again, coming right before he did, watching as he spurted ropes of come onto your stomach before he fixed your jaw so that youâd continue kissing him.
And you gotta say, you did sleep well after he cleaned you up.
summary: your captain, emperor of the sea shanks, has gotten awfully used to sleeping in your room. despite your feeling of comfort with him around, you can't help but find it a little weird. when interrogating your fellow crewmates, all they do is laugh in your face.
pairing: crewmate! reader / shanks
wc: 3k
tags: fluff, a little bit of crack because the red force is a generally jubilant crowd of dudes when they're not doing... uh... yeah! f! reader, set POST PARAMOUNT WAR, shanks in ur bed, sassy reader, slight miscommunication, reader and beckman are best friends, beckman loves to piss you off, suggestive undertones, reader is oblivious, shanks is teasing, shanks is a yearner (i'm talking DECADE LONG yearner)
a/n: it took me 3 months to catch up to one piece start to finish and now i'm waiting on weekly eps. i feel like a fat chud
You blinked at Beckman from across the table, outstretched hand hovering over your tea. "You're serious?"
"Yup." The first mate of the crew replied, sipping his coffee and reading his paper.
"You see nothing wrong with the fact that our captain seems to end up in my bed in the middle of the night, and stay there until morning?"
"Nope."
"He acts like it's normal, Beckman." You hissed, snatching his paper from out of his hands.
He blinked confusedly, finally meeting your eyes as he searched for his paper and evaluated how to get it back. After a pause, he sighed, folding his arms over his chest. "Well, it is, isn't it? How long's this been goin' on?"
"Like. A month."
"Yeah." He huffed, gesturing for his paper back. "So it's normal by now."
"Fuck you." You snapped, flinging the paper overboard. He gaped indignantly, watching his source of news soak in seawater, now unreadable. "You know this isn't normal."
The first mate picked up his cigarette, inhaling deeply before blowing out - straight your way, knowing that it would make your eyes water. You coughed indignantly, hand violently waving in front of you. "It wasn't normal to start with. It definitely is now. Go around and ask anybody if they're surprised when we see him stumble out of your room in the morning."
Beckman paused, watching you gnaw on your lip. You could practically see the gears grinding in his head, his mind contemplating whether he should really push your buttons when you're already this agitated.
Well. Benn Beckman sure was good at appearing as the patient, relaxed first mate of the Red-Haired Pirates. Unfortunately for you, he also really loved to see you irritated.
"What isn't normal is the fact that according to you, nothing's happened." He shrugged, sipping his coffee.
Your eyes snapped upwards, eyebrows furrowed at the implication. Beckman swore he felt the heat rising.
He kept pushing anyways. "One whole month of lying in a little ship's quarters, hip to hip? I know you, drinking buddy. You don't sleep with pants on."
You seethed, a vein practically popping out of your forehead. You should've known it was a mistake to get into the habit of drinking late at night with Beckman. A whole decade of friendship. That's how he got you - play the calm, quiet friend in the corner and let you whisper all your secrets to him. Then of course, he'll play in your face later down the line.
"And you run warm." He continued, puffing on his cigarette. "Sometimes, you don't even wear a shirt-"
You lunged across the coffee table, Beckman immediately putting his hands out in front of him to protect himself, to no avail. You wrapped your hands around both his wrists, before flinging yourself over his head, tight grip still around his combat-ridden hands as you landed on the ground behind him, sending him straight into the air after you and slamming onto the hard wooden deck of the Red Force.
Taking advantage of his dizzy, disoriented state, you rummaged in his pockets, fishing out his pack of cigarettes and tossing it into the ocean.
"You're joking." He stated dryly, peering at you from below as he nursed a bump on his head. "Was that necessary?"
"Says you." You squinted at him. "Good luck. We're not docking for another four days."
Beckman groaned, not even bothering to get up from the floor as he mourned the pack that was supposed to hold him over for the rest of the day.
"Don't bother with the ones you've got stashed away, either." You grinned, dangling something from your finger.
He opened his eyes.
His room key.
"They're mine now."
"You're unbelievable." He sighed.
"You started it."
"Yeah, he sleeps in your room. What about it?" Lucky Roux asked, bustling around the kitchen as you munched on some cookies. "I hear you scuffled with Beckman earlier."
"Don't bring his name up to me." You grumbled, tossing Beckman's room key to the cook. "He pissed me off. Give that back to him."
The cook whistled, tucking the key into his pockets. "Dunno what you expected from him. You asked him if he thought it was normal, and he was honest with you."
"Not you too." You groaned, stealing another cookie. "Captain's quarters are way bigger than mine. My feet hang over the end of my bed! And I'm right by the boiler room, so it's always warm and stuffy. My window is small, so I've got no breeze. There's nothing appealing about my room - if Shanks doesn't like his room, he should just sleep with Beckman."
Lucky Roux choked midway through taste-testing the dinner stew. "Well. I don't think you should ever suggest that to him."
"Why in the world would I want to sleep with Beckman?!" A familiar, indignant voice hollered from the pantry. You glared a searing hole into Lucky Roux, who felt a shiver run down his spine.
The cook turned around ever so slightly, the constant grin on his face looking a bit thin as he whispered, "Listen. I did not know he was there."
Shanks burst out of the pantry, holding a bag of jerky which was already half empty. His eyes darted between the two of you, like he'd witnessed a personal attack on his character. "I don't want to sleep with Beckman!"
"His room's way better than mine!" You exclaimed, wiping your mouth of cookie crumbs. "I've got nothing to offer you, Captain! Even Lucky Roux's room is better - I've probably got the worst room on the whole ship, which is honestly sort of offensive considering how long I've been around."
"You're always welcome in my room, Cap'n!" The cook grinned, sending Shanks a thumbs up, which was merely met with a dry look. "Okay."
Shanks pointed at you as he began to speak, before realizing that his fingers were covered in sauce from the jerky. He cleared his throat, walking around Lucky Roux to wash his hands in the sink, before coming back to stand in front of you, and pointing once more.
"Listen. I don't wanna sleep in anyone else's room. I wanna sleep in your room."
"Why?" You asked.
Lucky Roux snorted from the counter. Shanks inhaled deeply, running his hands down his face in downcast desperation. "It's comfortable."
"I just went through like, four reasons as to why it's not."
"Move to my room, then. The place isn't the reason I'm there - it's because I want to sleep with you." He clarified, leaning down to stare at you. He plucked the half-eaten cookie from your hand, and shoved it into his mouth.
Your jaw hung slightly open from the proclamation, and likely also because you were just robbed in broad daylight. Though maybe you deserved it, considering you'd robbed the second in command just a few hours prior.
"I can tell this is about to get gross." Lucky Roux hummed. "Can you guys take this elsewhere?"
Shanks began to agree, only to be cut off by you abruptly standing up and dashing out of the kitchen door without a word.
"Runaway bride!" Lucky Roux shouted jokingly, before clearing his throat awkwardly when his captain looked at him, obviously disappointed. "Sorry."
"Whatever." Shanks sighed, grabbing the bag of jerky and a napkin. "I'll see her later tonight anyways."
Despite how unbothered he appeared, Shanks did look for you during the rest of the day. The waters were clear, with only one Sea King appearing, which was swiftly slain by Beckman and dragged onboard for meat by the senior officers.
You didn't reappear. Night fell over the calm sea, and Shanks only saw you for about fifteen seconds as you appeared in the kitchen to serve yourself three helpings of dinner before disappearing back to wherever you came from.
He sighed, glancing at the clock. It was just about midnight.
"Best to sleep, Captain." Hongo smiled from across the table, stealing Shanks' half-finished beer in the blink of an eye. Before Shanks could complain, Hongo spoke. "I think not. Best to go to sleep with a clear mind tonight. Got a gut feeling about it."
Shanks narrowed his eyes at his doctor, but ultimately shrugged and laughed, defeated. "Fine, then. Have it your way. Night, Hongo."
He waved goodbye to the doctor, passing right by your door on the way to his room.
His room. It felt strange to call it that, considering it wasn't where he'd rested for quite a while now. His hand reached out to knock on your door, but he paused at the last second.
The look of shock on your face. Eyes wide, mouth slightly agape. The way you'd left in a hurry. Never really signs of an effortlessly charmed woman.
I want to sleep with you. He sighed, scolding himself internally for the awful wording he'd used. His arm dropped to his side, leaving your door untouched as he continued to walk down the hallway. Passing by Beckman's door, he could hear quiet cursing - probably still lamenting the loss of his cigarettes.
He reached his door. Just like you said, his room was the nicest, inside and out, but he felt no affection for it as he rested his hand on the doorknob, pushing it open and clicking it shut behind him.
He shrugged his cape off, hanging it on the door and taking his shoes off on the mat, before turning around to flick the light on and pausing.
"Hey." You greeted him, sitting on his bed. The side you liked sleeping on, he realized. The side opposite his.
"...Hey." He replied, a small smile gracing his face. "Wait. How'd you get in here?"
"Beckman." You hummed, tossing him the key to his own room. "Didn't think it was weird that your door was unlocked?"
"Guess I wasn't paying attention." He laughed, catching the key and putting it in his capes pocket. "So, what's up?"
You crossed your legs on the bed. Notably, you had pajama pants on. Shanks definitely didn't notice that and have to hold himself back from addressing it. "You said you wanted to sleep with me."
"Oh, that." He swallowed heavily, scratching his head. "Listen, I know that came off wrong. What I meant was-"
"Shanks." You interrupted him, sighing. "I know what you meant. I shouldn't have ran, alright? I just wasn't expecting you to say that. Come on."
"I should shower-"
"Shanks." You groaned, flopping onto the pillow. "You can't be serious. You've slept by me for a month now, don't pull this showering bullshit with me. You only shower on Friday nights. It's honestly disgusting."
Fuck. He cursed at himself. He'd been so busy appreciating the fact that you even let him in your room that he'd forgotten to appear appealing.
"It doesn't matter, Shanks." You butted into his thinking, arm tiredly patting the space beside you. "It's your bed, Cap. Or would you like me to leave?"
"No!" He exclaimed, hands thrown up in a big 'X' in front of him. "No, don't leave. I'll change clothes and hop in."
You shrugged, turning away from him as he dug in his closet for his nightshirt. "So... Do you want to talk about it, or?"
"...Yeah." He murmured, red hair falling over his scarred eye as he slid his pants off. "Well, I don't really know where to start. Do you remember where we met?"
You snorted in amusement. "Jaya. The cherry pie from that bar wasn't any good, but there was no other dessert. You insisted on buying me more dessert because I wasn't drinking at the time, and I felt forced to eat it because a nice man was buying me food."
"Wow." Shanks drawled, sitting on the bed next to you in fresh clothes. "Couldn't even call me handsome, huh?"
You turned back around, face buried into your arm as an eye peeked at him. "Your ego doesn't need any of that."
"I guess not." He chuckled, pushing the hair out of your face. His hand lingered for just a second too long. "Something drew me to you that day. Maybe it was the fact that you were sulking at the bar counter while everyone else was partying - or maybe the fact that you ate like a pig."
"Thanks." You said dryly, swatting his hand away. "You really know how to charm a girl, Red-Haired."
He grabbed your hand, and suddenly you found yourself sweating, hands clammy and cold. "Sorry. I'm serious, though. It might've also just been the fact that you were probably the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen."
"..." Your face turned warm, and you turned ever so slightly away, mushing it into the pillow and hoping he didn't notice. "Shut up."
"I thought you wanted to talk about it?" He teased, gently turning your head.
You narrowed his eyes at his banter. "I did. I didn't think you were going to be this straightforward about it."
"Would you rather us just go to sleep next to each other again for the next month and call it normal?"
"...No." You let him continue, hand still draped in his as he rubbed his thumb across the back of your hand soothingly.
"I knew I had to get you on my crew. If you weren't a good fighter, you were damn good with words - and that's a valuable asset for the future King of the Pirates to have too, if I ever ended up in that role far down the line. I must've hit the jackpot, for you to blessed at both."
He paused, looking at you again. You were staring at him intently now, hooked on his words - though you averted your eyes as soon as they met his.
"Don't even get me started on when you met Luffy." He laughed lightly, smiling fondly at the thought of you dragging the young boy around the town as his cheek stretched, wailing in complaint. "You guys acted like you were oil and water, but he'd always come cryin' to you first whenever someone made fun of him. You'd always defend him, too - like some sort of tiger mom."
"That's ridiculous." You huffed, trying to wiggle your hand out of Shanks' grip to no avail. "The boy could take care of himself."
"Why're you telling me that?" Shanks snorted, amused. "You're the one that babied him."
"Whatever."
"That was probably the first moment I knew you'd become a problem later down the line." Shanks scooted downwards on the bed, face now right across from yours as he slung his arm over your side loosely. "So, I tried to keep myself as busy as possible, always on a journey somewhere with the whole group."
You watched him silently, his eyes reminiscing at the thought of the kid he viewed like his own son. "It didn't work. Even one of the Emperors of the Sea has downtime here and there - and whenever nothing was going on, days that were particularly calm and peaceful, I found myself thinking of you."
He rolled on his back, as if he couldn't bear to keep looking at you as he gathered his thoughts. "That dragged on for another five years, and I wished the feelings would go away."
He glanced at you. "They didn't."
The silence marinated between the two of you as he thought of what to say next. "The past five years, I tried to drop hints here and there - but finally, when I got the courage to act on my feelings, we've become busy. Things are ramping up now in the competition for the One Piece, with Whitebeard dying, the Paramount War - Ace. It felt like the world was out to get me. I guess I could blame the Supernovas for that."
He laughed goodheartedly, though his eyes were bitter. It was clear he held some resentment for himself for having not acted earlier. "Sorry. I should've spoken up before, but we finally got some downtime this past month. After a decade being on the ship together, I didn't know how you felt about me or if I had a chance."
"So you sleeping in my bed was you feeling me out?" You snorted.
"Well, when you put it like that - Yeah." He grinned back. "So?"
"You're ridiculous, Shanks." You hit him lightly in the shoulder. He pouted playfully, clutching at the amputated arm even though you hadn't even hit him there.
"I'm a cripple, you know. Be careful!"
"For the record, I did think you were handsome the moment you came up to me in Jaya." You huffed. "I just didn't think it was worth mentioning."
"Oh, yeah?" He smirked, sitting up ever so slightly to lean over you. "I've aged now, though. Still a good looking guy to you?"
"Unfortunately." You drawled, cupping his face lightly and pressing a gentle kiss to his lips. "Yes, Shanks. I've been insufferably in love with you for years at this point. We both really should've said something sooner."
"We should've, shouldn't we?" He sighed, leaning back in to kiss you more. "Wonder if our crewmates are sick and tired of us."
"Definitely." You murmured, pecking the corner of his lips and gently shoving him off. "They'll be even more exhausted when they find out in the morning."
"1-10?" He asked.
"Beckman? Probably an 8."
"He sees you like a sister, you know." Shanks smiled. "Think he's gonna beat me up and threaten me?"
"He'll probably beg you to dock for cigarettes as your newfound brother." You sighed, tucking yourself into Shanks' side. "I'm so tired."
"Sleep, then." He replied. "It's not like this is anything new, sleeping with me."
As you dozed off at his side, drooling onto his nightshirt, Shanks couldn't help but hold you closer. Ten years ago, he laid eyes on you, and it took him another ten years to finally get somewhere. Whether it was your obliviousness or his lack of effort, he could only really realize one thing.
He definitely should've listened to Luffy all those years ago when the kid suggested you two get married.
The sun had climbed high, but time meant nothing. I was faced down in the forest dirt, ass up, trembling and exposed. The wolfâs knot was still locked deep inside meâfat, swollen, pulsing so hard I swore I could feel it bulging through my tummy.
Every little grind of his hips made me cry out, not even words anymore⊠Just squeaks, sobs, broken whimpers spilling into the grovel. The slick between us was endless, soaking my thighs, dripping down to the ground. Every move made a sticky, obscene squelch, as though our bodies werenât separate anymore, but fusing together at the knot.
The beast leaned over me, heavy, scenting the top of my head like I was already marked. âThatâs it,â he murmured, voice low and satisfied, his breath hot against my ear. âYouâre gone, arenât you? My pretty bunnyâs brain all melted from knot.â
I twitched, back arching as another orgasm ripped through me without warning, my body clenching and fluttering around him, milking him harder. My cotton tail quivered against his stomach, twitching helplessly as more slick gushed out, making the sounds between us wetter, filthier.
âYou keep leaking, keep milking me,â he growled, claws pressing into my hips until I squealed. âPathetic little thing canât stop, canât help yourself. Youâll take every rut Iâve got until you canât even breathe without my knot keeping you open.â
I whimpered, tears streaking down my cheeks, my body shuddering violently in overstimulation. I couldnât move, couldnât fight, couldnât begâjust twitch and squeak while he kept grinding inside me.
âGood prey,â he whispered, his tone almost tender in its cruelty. âStay knotted. Stay ruined. Youâre mine until I decide youâre empty.â
And as the squelching rhythm dragged onâwet, sticky, endlessâI realized he meant it... I wasnât going anywhere. Not until the scary werewolf was finished breaking me apart.
đȘđŹđ”đ»đŒđčđ°đŹđș đ¶đ đčđŒđ» A touch-starved alpha Bucky Barnes finally snaps when his freshly-moved-in omega neighborâs heat spikes through the thin Brooklyn apartment walls. He hasnât fucked a pussy since the 1940s, and her desperate, dripping scent drives him feral.
alpha!neighbour!bucky barnes x fem!omega!reader
word count : 5,2k
warnings 18+ : explicit sexual content, no use of y/n, penetrative sex, knotting, fingering, a/b/o dynamics, heats, ruts, scenting, breeding kink, claiming/bonding bites, sex while pregnant, dubious consent (omega begs repeatedly while alpha hesitates out of fear of harm), size difference, possessiveness and mild dominance, brief mentions of historical trauma (hydra, forced celibacy, painful solo ruts)
authorâs note : this is my first time ever writing anything a/b/o so pls be kind to her world đ hope you enjoy!!
The air in the old Brooklyn apartment building had been humming with quiet tension for three weeks now. Thin walls, creaky floors and James Buchanan Barnes across the hall, the gentlest alpha youâd ever met, who somehow made your body ache with a need so fierce it embarrassed you.
From the very first day, heâd offered to help with your boxes, voice soft as he asked, âMind if I carry the heavy ones doll?â His metal arm gleamed under the hallway light as he lifted them effortlessly but he was careful, always careful, setting each one down like it was fragile, smiling that small, shy smile when you thanked him.
His scent drifted over you in the stairwell: warm pine, clean steel, something comforting and strong that settled deep in your lungs.
Your reaction was immediate and mortifying. Heat flared low in your belly, slick rushing hot and sudden between your thighs until you had to press your legs together to hide the way your panties were already soaked through. You ducked your head, cheeks burning, praying he hadnât noticed.
But Bucky had.
His breath caught for the briefest second, blue eyes softening as they met yours. He didnât say a word about it just murmured, âAnytime you need help Iâm right here,â voice tender enough to make your heart stutter. Then he stepped back, giving you space, hands loose at his sides like he was proving heâd never take more than you offered.
Since then, youâd turned into someone you barely recognized, shy on the outside, filthy-minded on the inside, desperate for any scrap of closeness heâd allow.
In the laundry room you started timing your visits to his, wearing soft little shorts that rode up when you bent over, pretending you didnât know exactly what you were doing. Youâd brush past him too close on purpose, letting your vanilla-honey scent bloom thick and sweet in the humid air. Heâd go still every time, folding a towel with careful movements but you could see the way his throat worked when he breathed you in.
You werenât bold, you blushed just thinking about it but the ache between your legs made you reckless. Youâd linger by the dryer, bending slow, thighs slick and trembling because you knew he could smell how wet you were. Once, a helpless little moan slipped out when another pulse of slick soaked through your shorts, leaving a damp spot you couldnât hide.
Buckyâs soft inhale was the only warning before his quiet voice reached you. âSweetheart⊠you okay?â So gentle, so concerned, like he thought you might be hurting. His eyes were dark but his expression was all worried kindness, metal hand curled loosely at his side so he wouldnât scare you. You wanted to drop to your knees and beg him to do something about the mess youâd made of yourself.
The elevator rides were torture you inflicted on both of you. Youâd stand just close enough that your shoulder almost brushed his chest, breathing him in until you were dizzy. Your body didnât care that you were shy, it reacted anyway, nipples tight against your shirt, fresh slick coating your thighs every time the car jerked. Youâd bite your lip to keep quiet but sometimes a tiny, needy sound escaped anyway.
He never crowded you. Always stood with his hands behind his back or gripping the rail, giving you every inch of space. But once, after a particularly desperate whimper left your throat, he leaned in just enough to murmur against your hair, âIâve got you. Whatever you need, Iâm right here.â The words were so soft, so patient, they made you throb harder, made you want to turn around and rub yourself against him like a cat in heat.
Nights were when your restraint cracked completely. Through the thin wall you could hear him, quiet at first then the soft rustle of sheets, the low, helpless groan he tried to muffle in his pillow. The slow, slick sound of his hand moving over his cock, careful even when he was alone, like he was afraid of waking you. Youâd press your ear to the wall, legs spread wide, fingers plunging deep into your dripping cunt because you couldnât stop yourself.
Youâd fuck yourself hard and fast, chasing the rhythm of his strokes, imagining his gentle hands instead, how careful heâd be, how heâd whisper sweet things while he split you open. Sometimes you heard him say your name, so soft and reverent it sounded like a prayer.
âGod baby⊠wanna take care of you⊠wanna be good for youâŠâ It sent you over every time, thighs shaking as you came messily around your fingers, biting the pillow to stay quiet while slick soaked the sheets beneath you.
You were the one burning up with filthy, desperate need.
He was the one holding back with endless patience and sweetness, waiting for you to ask.
And every night you came listening to him fall apart so gently on the other side of the wall, you wondered how much longer you could stand not begging him to finally give you what you both wanted.
Until tonight.
Your heat had crested into something unbearable, a vicious, clawing thing that left you stripped bare on the living-room floor, legs splayed wide, thighs glazed with hours of slick. Fingers werenât enough anymore, three buried to the knuckles, thrusting frantically, chasing a relief that wouldnât come.
The vibrator buzzed uselessly beside you; even the pillow youâd humped raw couldnât soothe the hollow, aching throb deep in your cunt. You were sobbing openly now, broken pleas spilling into the empty apartment.
âBucky⊠please⊠need you inside me⊠need your knot⊠need your pupsâŠâ
The words tore out of you without shame, loud enough to carry through the thin wall.
On the other side, Bucky broke.
Heâd been fighting it for weeks, every gentle, devoted inch of himself locked down tight. Every time your scent thickened in the hallway, every time you bent over in the laundry room and he caught the shine of slick on your thighs, every muffled whimper he heard at night, heâd gone back to his apartment and stroked himself slow, almost reverent, whispering your name while he imagined sliding into you gentle and deep, imagined filling you so carefully youâd feel safe and cherished while he put his pups in you.
He was obsessed with it. Couldnât think of anything else. The thought of your belly rounding soft with his child, of your body changing because of him, because heâd taken care of you so perfectly, it lived behind his eyes every second of every day. He wanted to be gentle. Wanted to be good. Wanted to earn the right to breed you by proving heâd never hurt you.
But tonight your scent flooded the hallway like a wave of pure, desperate heat and your broken cries punched straight through his chest.
Three soft, urgent knocks sounded at your door, too controlled to be anything but him.
âDoll?â His voice came through the wood, low and trembling, thick with worry and rut. âSweetheart, I- I heard you cryinâ. You okay? Can I⊠can I come in? Just to check on you, I swear Iâll be good-â
You scrambled up on shaky legs, slick pouring down your thighs in fresh rivulets, and flung the door open.
He looked wrecked in the most heartbreaking way: hair falling into dark, pleading eyes, chest heaving under a damp T-shirt, sweats tented obscenely with the thick line of his cock, a wet patch spreading at the tip. His scent rolled over you, warm pine, clean steel, and the heavy, drugging musk of an alpha deep in rut, but his hands were open at his sides, fingers flexing like he was terrified to reach for you.
âOh baby,â he whispered, voice cracking as he took in the sight of you, naked, trembling, drenched. âYouâre hurtinâ so bad⊠Iâm sorry I waited so long. I didnât wanna scare youâŠâ
You lunged at him with a desperate whine, wrapping your arms around his neck, grinding your soaked cunt against the ridge of his cock through the fabric. âBucky please- need you now. Need you to fuck me, need you to breed me, please-â
He caught you easily, lifting you against his chest like you weighed nothing, metal arm cradling your back, flesh hand cupping your ass with reverent care but the rut roaring through him finally snapped the last thread of patience.
He couldnât wait another second, couldnât make it the few extra steps to the couch.
With a low, trembling growl he sank to his knees right there in the entryway and lowered you gently to the floor, laying you down like you were still the most precious thing in the world, even as his hands shook with the need to claim you now.
âIâve got you omega,â he murmured, voice shaking as he peeled off his shirt, revealing miles of scarred muscle. âGonna take such good care of you, I promise. Wanna make you feel safe while I⊠while I give you everything.â
He settled between your thighs, eyes locked on yours and slid into you slow, so achingly slow, inch by thick inch, groaning soft and reverent as your slick walls fluttered around him.
âGod, youâre perfect,â he breathed, forehead pressed to yours, hips rolling gentle and deep. âSo warm⊠so tight⊠been dreaminâ about this pussy every night doll. Dreaminâ about putting my pups right here-â His flesh hand slid to your lower belly, pressing lightly, possessively. âWanna fill you up so gentle you feel every drop⊠wanna watch you grow round with meâŠâ
The sweetness of it, the devotion in his voice, only made you wilder. You clawed at his back, heels digging into his ass, trying to pull him deeper, faster.
âHarder,â you begged, voice raw. âBucky please- need it rough, need you to ruin me, need you to breed me like you mean it-â
He froze, hips stuttering, eyes wide with sudden fear. âNo baby- no, I canât.â His voice cracked, raw and vulnerable.
âI⊠I havenât been with anyone since the forties doll. Back then I was just a man- had a few sweet omegas, even knotted and bred a couple before the war took me. But after I fell, after Hydra⊠nothing. Not a single person in seventy years. They stole every chance, turned me into a weapon instead of a mate. Iâve never knotted anyone since, never bred anyone since and now my rutâs hittinâ harder than it ever has. Youâre so small, so perfect, and Iâm terrified Iâll lose control and hurt you. I couldnât live with myself if I ever hurt you sweetheart.â
The confession spilled out of him like it had been locked behind his teeth for weeks, his blue eyes glassy with fear and longing. He rested his forehead against yours, trembling. âI want to give you pups more than I want to breathe, sweetheart. But I need to be gentle. Need to keep you safe.â
You sobbed, clenching hard around his cock, grinding up against him in filthy desperation. âYou wonât hurt me. I trust you. I need it alpha- need you to lose control, need you to fuck me full of your pups, please-â
His breath hitched, a low, helpless sound tearing out of him. You felt his restraint crack, felt the tremor in his thighs as he fought it.
âPlease,â you whispered again, nipping his jaw, licking the sweat from his throat. âBe rough with me. Iâm begging you.â
Something shattered behind his eyes.
With a broken groan he pulled back and slammed home, hard, deep, perfect. Your back arched off the floor as he set a punishing rhythm, hips snapping, metal arm braced beside your head so he wouldnât crush you, flesh hand gripping your thigh to spread you wider.
âThat what you need, sweet girl?â he rasped, voice ragged with filth. âNeed your alpha to fuck you raw after all these years? Need me to breed this pretty pussy till itâs dripping with me?â
âYes- yes- harder!â
He gave it to you. Pounded into you like he was trying to crawl inside your skin, cock dragging over every sensitive spot, balls slapping wet against your ass. Every thrust shoved a filthy squelch from your soaked cunt, slick splashing onto his thighs.
âGonna knot you so deep,â he panted, eyes fixed on where you were joined, watching himself disappear into you over and over. âFirst knot in almost a century baby, all for you. Gonna lock you to me and pump you so full of cum youâll be carrying my pups by morning- fuck, I canât wait to see you swollen doll, canât wait to take care of you while you grow âem-â
You shattered around him with a scream, pussy clamping viciously, milking him as you came in messy, squirting waves.
He followed with a hoarse cry, hips grinding deep as his knot swelled huge and sudden, popping past your pussy and locking tight. The stretch burned white-hot, perfect, and then he was coming, endless thick ropes flooding your womb, spilling hot and heavy, overflowing around the knot in creamy rivulets that soaked you both.
He collapsed carefully, rolling so you were draped over his chest, still impaled, knot throbbing with every aftershock. His arms wrapped around you gentle again, metal fingers stroking your spine, flesh hand cradling the back of your head.
âGood girl,â he whispered, voice soft and wrecked, kissing your temple, your cheeks, the tears on your lashes. âTook me so perfect⊠my first knot in seventy years and you made it feel like heaven. Gonna keep you knotted all night, baby. Gonna breed you again as soon as it goes down. Wanna put so many pups in you⊠wanna love you through every single heat.â
You nuzzled into his neck, breathing him in, your body finally, blissfully full.
And somewhere in the haze, you felt his knot pulse once more, another gentle, possessive spurt deep inside as he murmured against your skin, reverent and obsessed:
âMine now, sweetheart. After all this time waiting⊠gonna spend the rest of my life keeping this belly round.â
You wake slow, aching in every possible way, sweet, filthy, perfect.
The hardwood is cool against your cheek, but Buckyâs body is a furnace curled around you from behind, heavy and protective. His flesh arm is draped over your waist like an anchor, metal hand resting low on your belly, fingers splayed wide and gentle, as if heâs already cradling something precious that isnât there yet. The air is thick with the two of you: warm pine, steel, vanilla-honey, and the unmistakable proof of last night, hours of knotting, breeding, claiming, coating your skin, the floor, everything.
His cock is still inside you, half-hard and nestled deep, plugging the slow trickle of his own spend so nothing escapes. Every tiny shift of his hips makes a soft, wet sound and sends a lazy throb through your overworked walls. Youâre sore, swollen, utterly wrecked⊠and your heat purrs at the feel of him anyway, slick already gathering fresh and helpless.
He stirs with a low, sleepy hum, nose burying in your hair to breathe you in like youâre oxygen.
âMorninâ pretty girl,â he murmurs, voice gravel-soft and shamelessly adoring. His metal thumb strokes slow circles over your lower belly, reverent. âSleep okay with my cock keepinâ you full all night?â
You whimper, half-embarrassed, half-desperate and rock back against him on instinct. The motion drags his thickening length through your messy heat and he groans like it hurts, so good it hurts.
âGod, doll,â he whispers against your bond mark, lips brushing the tender, crusted bite with heartbreaking gentleness. âYouâre still drippinâ me. Kept every drop right where it belongs, didnât you? Good omega⊠best omega.â
His flesh hand slides up to cup one heavy, aching breast, thumb brushing your nipple so tenderly you shiver. âThese are gonna get so full for me,â he says, quiet and certain, like heâs picturing it already.
âGonna swell up sweet and heavy, leak milk down your pretty belly while I keep you knotted and happy. Canât wait to taste you, gonna suck you soft and slow every night, keep you feelinâ safe and spoiled while our pups grow.â
The words are pure filth but his tone is pure devotion, soft, shameless, utterly obsessed. He rocks into you lazy and deep, stirring last nightâs loads with slow, churning thrusts that make obscene, wet sounds in the quiet morning.
âFeel that little swell already?â he asks, metal palm pressing gently, possessively over your abdomen.
âThatâs me, baby. All that cum I gave you, sittinâ deep, takinâ root. Been dreaminâ about this since the day you moved in, puttinâ my pups in you, watchinâ you bloom. Never thought Iâd get the chance again⊠not after everything. But you-â
His voice cracks just a little, raw with wonder. âYou let me in. Let me love you like this.â
You clench around him involuntarily, fresh slick coating his cock and he moans your name like a prayer.
âStill so greedy for me,â he chuckles, warm and fond, hips rolling a little faster now.
âMy sweet, perfect girl, heat all burned out yet still begginâ for more. Donât worry, doll. Iâm gonna give you everything. Gonna knot you soft and slow this morning, pump you full again till youâre overflowinâ. Then Iâll carry you to bed, clean you up gentle, feed you breakfast with you in my lap⊠and knot you again after.â
He nips your ear, voice dropping to that shameless, loving growl. âGonna keep this belly round for years, sweetheart. One litter after another, till youâre sick of beinâ spoiled and pregnant and mine. But I donât think you ever will be.â
You come with a broken little cry, fluttering weakly around him and he follows right after, knot swelling slow and careful, locking you together as he spills deep with soft, reverent groans. His arms tighten around you, metal hand still cradling your belly like itâs the most precious thing in the world.
âThere we go,â he whispers, lips dragging slow and hot over the fresh bond mark, then your shoulder, your damp temple. His voice is a low, filthy-sweet rasp right against your ear.
âOne more thick, hot load pumped straight into your perfect little womb for our pups, pretty baby. Fuck⊠feel how full you are? This gorgeous, greedy pussy still milkinâ every drop outta me, drippinâ my cum down your thighs like the beautiful mess you are. Best thing Iâve ever felt- this tight, silky heaven wrapped around my knot, takinâ everything I give you, lettinâ me love you deep and dirty and so fuckinâ proper.â
He stays buried deep, knot pulsing gently, and holds you like heâll never let go.
Youâre both still filthy, crusted, sticky, gloriously wrecked, sprawled together on the living-room floor where you passed out knotted and spent. The hardwood is cool beneath you, scattered blankets and discarded clothes forming a makeshift nest, the air thick with the heavy scent of rut, slick and alpha cum.
Every time you shift in his arms, trying to get comfortable against his chest, flakes of his dried spend drift off your inner thighs like snow and the sight makes him growl low and possessive against your neck, metal hand tightening gently over your lower belly while his flesh hand slides down to cup your swollen pussy, thumb tracing the sticky mess still leaking slow from you.
âCanât have my seed wastinâ on the floor, pretty girl,â he rasps, voice rough with leftover rut and pure hunger. âEvery drop belongs right back inside this perfect little cunt.â
The showerâs already steaming when he steps in. His cock swings heavy between his thighs, thick, flushed, half-hard again like it never learned the meaning of enough. He steps in behind you, metal arm locking gentle around your waist to keep you steady while hot water pours over you both, rinsing away the crusted mess but doing nothing to ease the raw, throbbing ache deep in your pussy.
âSpread those pretty legs for me doll,â he rasps against your neck, voice rough with leftover rut and pure adoration.
You obey instantly, always instantly for him, thighs falling open under the spray. His flesh hand slides down your belly, cups your swollen, puffy pussy like itâs the most precious thing heâs ever touched. Two fingers part your folds slow and reverent, letting the water flush out the thick, creamy ropes of his spend still plugged inside you. They drip slow and obscene, swirling down the drain in filthy strands, and he watches like a man possessed.
âFuck, look at that,â he groans, voice shaking with awe. âBred you so deep itâs still pourinâ out hours later. My good girl, kept me locked in all night, didnât let a single drop escape till now.â His metal thumb spreads you wider, cool plates against your fever-hot skin, letting more cum leak free. âDonât worry, baby. Gonna stuff you full again soon as weâre clean. Canât stand seeinâ this perfect pussy empty.â
He soaps his big hands until theyâre foamy, then washes you slow, almost worshipful, palms gliding over your heavy tits, down the curve of your belly, between your trembling thighs. But the gentleness only lasts so long. Two thick, soapy fingers push inside you without warning, scissoring deep to clean every inch of your used walls, thumb circling your swollen clit until your knees buckle and you sob his name.
âEasy, sweetheart,â he whispers, metal arm banding tight across your chest to hold you up. âJust cleaninâ my mess outta you⊠so I can make a brand-new one. Gonna keep this greedy cunt drippinâ me forever.â
You come hard and sudden, pussy fluttering weakly around his fingers, squirting slick and water down his wrist in messy pulses. The sound you make is broken, desperate and it rips a filthy-sweet groan from his throat. His cock is rock-hard now, grinding slow against the curve of your ass like itâs begging.
He rinses you thoroughly, really thoroughly, then wraps you in the fluffiest towel he found, carries you back to the kitchen still dripping. Sets you on the counter, spreads your thighs wide just to look, eyes blown black with that same breeding obsession.
âStay right there, pretty girl. Donât move an inch.â
He disappears for a second, rummaging through the scattered clothes on the floor, then comes back with his shirt, the same one heâd worn last night, still carrying the warm scent of pine, steel and him.
He stands in front of you, eyes dark and hungry as he slides it over your head himself, guiding your arms through the sleeves with careful hands. The fabric falls soft and loose, brushing your thighs as he tugs it down until it barely skims the curve of your ass.
No panties, of course not. He smooths the hem with possessive palms, fingers lingering on your bare skin underneath, a low growl rumbling in his chest.
âNever again, pretty girl,â he murmurs, voice rough and reverent. âDonât want anything between me and this perfect little pussy. Wanna be able to touch you, taste you, slide inside you whenever I need. And Iâm gonna need you a lot.â
Then he makes breakfast, shirtless, sweats slung low, metal arm flexing every time he flips bacon or pours coffee. You sit on the stool, legs swinging, feeling the slow, steady seep of leftover cum still leaking out of you onto the wood beneath your bare pussy. Every shift makes you clench, makes more drip out and the knowledge that he can smell it, that he knows, has you squirming, thighs rubbing together, heat already simmering again.
He plates pancakes drowning in syrup, crispy bacon, fluffy eggs and sits right beside you, metal arm draped possessive over the back of your chair. Youâre halfway through a bite when the question slips out soft and curious.
âSo⊠you really hadnât fucked anyone since the 40âs?â you ask, fork hovering. âLike⊠not once? What about your ruts? How did you survive them alone?â
He freezes, coffee mug halfway to his mouth. Then he sets it down slow, turns to you with raw, unguarded eyes.
âDead serious, doll,â he says, voice low and rough with memory. âNot a single pussy since 1943. Hydra kept me frozen most of the time, when they woke me, I was nothinâ but a weapon. No relief, no omega, no softness. Just blood and missions and ice.â
His metal hand slides up your bare thigh under the counter, cool fingers tracing the fresh trail of slick already coating your skin.
âAfter I got free⊠ruts hit harder than anything Iâve ever felt. Worst pain Iâve ever known, worse than fallinâ off that train, worse than losinâ the arm. Iâd lock myself away, chain my ankles if I had to. Jerked off till my cock bled, till I passed out in a puddle of my own spend. Bit through my own lip, dented concrete with this hand tryinâ not to break out and hurt someone.â
His flesh hand cups your jaw, thumb stroking your lower lip with heartbreaking tenderness.
âThen you moved in across the hall,â he rasps, eyes darkening with devotion. âFirst whiff of your heat and I nearly tore the building down to get to you. Spent weeks strokinâ myself raw every time you walked past, smellinâ like warm vanilla and needy, dripping cunt. Thought Iâd lose my mind if I didnât bury myself in you soon.â
He leans closer, metal fingers slipping between your legs again, finding you soaked and open and aching. Two slide in easy, slow, possessive pumps that make you gasp and drop your fork.
âLast night was the first time in seventy goddamn years I got to sink into a real omega pussy,â he growls against your mouth, voice thick with love and filth. âFirst knot. First breeding. First time cominâ inside somethinâ so warm and wet and begginâ for my pups. You took every drop baby-milked me dry, let me flood this perfect little womb till it overflowed.â
His thumb finds your clit, circling slow and relentless while his fingers fuck you lazy and deep right there at the breakfast table.
âNow I got this sloppy, greedy cunt leakinâ for me again before the plates are even empty,â he whispers, reverent and shameless. âGonna spend the rest of my life makinâ up for every lonely rut- gonna knot you every heat, every day, every time you look at me like that. Gonna keep you stuffed full, belly swollen, tits heavy and leakinâ milk down this pretty body while I pump another litter into you.â
You moan, loud, broken, desperate, clenching hard around his fingers, hips rocking shamelessly into his hand. Breakfast is forgotten. Youâre already dripping down his wrist again, thighs trembling, heat flaring hot and hungry because itâs him because itâs Bucky looking at you like youâre his whole world and talking like heâs going to spend forever proving it.
He kisses you deep and dirty, tasting like coffee and bacon and pure alpha love.
âYou gave me everything, omega,â he whispers against your swollen lips, voice rough with awe and possession. âEnded a hundred-year drought with the wettest, neediest, most perfect pussy Iâve ever dreamed of. And Iâm gonna keep it soaked, bred, and happy for the rest of my life.â
Itâs a few weeks later, New Yearâs Eve. The little drugstore test is still on the bathroom counter, two pink lines glowing like a promise. Youâre barely four weeks along but your body already knows. Your breasts are heavier, tender and swollen, nipples darker and so sensitive that even the brush of Buckyâs dog tags against them makes you shiver. A soft, constant warmth hums low in your belly, a permanent simmer of need that has you wet almost all the time now.
Bucky hasnât let you more than ten feet away from him since you showed him the test. Heâs sitting on the edge of the bed, shirtless, sweats slung low, metal arm catching the low light. You stand between his thighs wearing nothing but his old dog tags and a pair of his boxers rolled at the waist. Your belly is still flat but the way he looks at it, like he can already see the curve, already feel his pups moving, makes heat pool between your legs.
âGod, doll,â he whispers, voice thick with wonder and something deeper, softer. Both hands, warm flesh and cool metal, slide up your thighs, over your hips, until they settle gently over your lower abdomen. His thumbs trace slow, reverent circles right where everything is changing. âYouâre really carryinâ my baby. My seed took⊠first night I ever knotted anyone in seventy years, and it took.â
He leans forward, presses his lips to your belly in a kiss so tender it makes your eyes burn. Inhales deep, nose brushing your skin. âSmell so sweet already,â he murmurs against you. âLike warm vanilla and milk and mine. Fuck, baby⊠youâre perfect.â
His flesh hand slips lower, under the waistband of the boxers, finding you soaked, slick coating your thighs in a constant, helpless trickle. He groans softly when his fingers glide through it, metal arm tightening gently around your waist to steady you as two thick fingers sink inside slow and careful.
âStill so wet for me,â he breathes, pumping gentle, curling just enough to make your breath hitch. âThis pretty pussyâs already flutterinâ around my fingers⊠and youâre only a month along. Gonna take such good care of you, sweetheart.â
He eases his fingers free, brings them to his lips and licks them clean with a quiet, reverent hum, eyes never leaving yours. Then he stands, towering over you for a moment before guiding you gently down onto the bed, onto your back, pillows propped behind you so youâre comfortable.
âGonna love you slow tonight,â he promises, voice low and rough with adoration. He peels the boxers off your legs, settles between your thighs with infinite care, like youâre made of glass and gold. His cock is heavy, flushed, leaking at the tip, but he doesnât rush. Just drags the head through your slick folds once, twice, coating himself, before pressing in, slow, steady, watching your face the entire time.
You both sigh when he bottoms out. He stills, lets you adjust, forehead pressed to yours.
âFeel okay, pretty girl?â he whispers, brushing a kiss to your lips, your cheek, the corner of your eye. âTell me if itâs too much. Youâre carryinâ my pups now- Iâll be so gentle, I swear.â
You nod, threading fingers through his hair, pulling him closer. âFeels perfect, alpha.â
The word makes him shudder. He starts moving, long, deep, unhurried strokes that drag over every sensitive spot inside you, slow enough that every ridge and vein of his cock feels like a caress. His metal hand cradles the back of your head; his flesh hand slides up your side to cup one swollen breast, thumb stroking over the dark, aching nipple with heartbreaking tenderness.
âThese are gettinâ so full already,â he murmurs, voice raw with awe. He lowers his head, lips brushing the curve of your breast, tongue flicking gentle over the peak. Then he closes his mouth around it, soft, warm suction that makes you arch and whimper. He suckles slow and careful, like heâs already coaxing milk that isnât there yet, like heâs memorizing the weight and feel of you changing for him.
You moan his name, hips rocking up to meet his gentle thrusts, slick dripping down your thighs, soaking the sheets. He switches to the other breast, giving it the same reverent attention, sucking softly, tongue swirling, teeth grazing just enough to make you gasp but never enough to hurt.
âGonna do this every day,â he whispers against your skin, lips shiny, eyes dark and devoted. âSuck these pretty tits till theyâre leakinâ for me. Then Iâll lick every drop off your belly before I kiss my way lower and taste how wet you get because of me.â
His rhythm stays slow, deep, loving, every thrust a promise, every pull of his mouth on your nipple a vow. Outside, fireworks start popping as midnight nears but inside itâs just the soft, wet sounds of him loving you, your quiet moans, his whispered praise.
âCome for me when the new year starts baby,â he breathes, thumb finding your clit to circle gentle and steady. âCome on your alphaâs cock while Iâm suckinâ these gorgeous tits and buried deep in the pussy thatâs growinâ my baby.â
The first big fireworks boom over Brooklyn just as you fall apart, pussy fluttering soft and sweet around him, a gentle, rolling orgasm that leaves you trembling and breathless. He groans your name like a prayer, hips grinding deep as his knot swells slow and careful, locking you together without a hint of pain. Warm pulses of cum spill into you, gentle and endless, his body curled protectively over yours.
He stays on his elbows so his weight never presses your belly, lips returning to your breasts, suckling softly through the aftershocks, kissing every inch of tender skin like heâs worshipping the changes already happening.
âHappy New Year pretty mama,â he whispers, voice thick with love, metal hand splayed gentle over your abdomen, flesh hand stroking your hair. âBest year of my life starts tonight, with you pregnant, tits heavy in my mouth, pussy soft and full of me. Gonna love you like this every single day. Gentle and slow and mine.â
(;ÂŹ_ÂŹ) Alpha Tendencies - Clark Kent x Omega male reader
Word Count: 2.2k
Plot: Childhood best friends turn into something more when red kryponite forces out Clark's perverted thoughts
Featuring: Alpha (Smallville) Clark Kent x Omega male reader
Note: Presenting as A/B/O happens around 18 in this AU, not around regular puberty at 14!!!!!!
ALSO! Never watched this series(?) and I know nothing abt DC other than what I've read from fanfiction so pls excuse any continuity issues and such!
Warnings: amab m!reader / FDNI ~ Minors DNI!
Alpha!Clark who's been protective over you since childhood. The two of you had been best friends and 'neighbours' since you two learnt to walk 'n talk! You were the closest house to Clark's farm; still pretty much in the middle of nowhere, but close enough that the brunette would knock on your door every day to get you outside to play together. And even though you two hadn't even presented yet, it was like you both naturally knew to settle into that Alpha-Omega rhythm. Clark would always watch out for you, his blood pressure spiking and his little fangs baring whenever you hurt yourself whilst playing or a stranger approached.
Alpha!Clark who presented as an Alpha and literally couldn't stop thinkin' about you. During his entire first rut, his brain was consumed with thoughts of you. Thoughts of you being such a good omega and helping him with school work, thoughts of him scaring off your bullies who thought you were too flamboyant, thoughts of you beneath him, thoughts of you purring Clark's name into his ear...
It really affected Clark. He felt so full of shame once he'd come to after his rut had ended; he literally couldn't look you in the eye for a week!
Alpha!Clark who had discovered a new side of himself, a side he tried so hard to shove down and keep hidden. A side which would keep Clark up at night unless he jerked off to the thought of you, his innocent, perfect, sexy childhood best friend, in compromising positions and situations with the Alpha. A side to himself which made it so difficult for Clark to concentrate on what you were saying when you're eyes looked so pretty looking up at him, when your scent was making his brain feel fuzzy and his dick ache, oh and especially when your voice saying his name to get his attention sounded so sweet. But the superhuman kept this perverted side of himself bottled up. That was until he received a gift.
Alpha!Clark who couldn't turn down a gift from the Omega he'd been desperate to court since childhood. So, when you presented him with a silver band-like ring, how could he resist putting it on? Though both of you were unaware that the minuscule red gem encrusted into the ring, the one you thought was a plastic rhinestone, was actually one of the last tiny pieces of red kryptonite left on earth (excuse the lack of series knowledge). And you wouldn't find out for a while. After all, it was such a tiny piece that it affected Clark very minutely. Though it slowly but surely picked up speed.
Alpha!Clark who thought he just felt a bit braver recently. Maybe his brain had fully developed. Or perhaps he just stopped thinking about consequences or morals as much, but he was definitely acting differently...
Again, it started off slow and small. An out-of-pocket kinda sexual comment about you that you'd laugh off: "Your lips look good around that popsicle". Then it turned into more open courting; yeah, you and Clark had kind of been courting each other since childhood, but now the Alpha was carrying your bag around all day and giving you gifts every morning. Then came the jealousy; an alpha couldn't get a word in if Clark was around, whether the said alpha be a friend of yours or even sometimes a teacher, Clark would be on them like white on rice; holding back snarls as his arm snakes around your waist, baring his teeth, and making passive-aggressive comments.
Alpha!Clark who was still managing to put up a 'good Alpha' front despite the influence of the kryptonite. But behind closed doors, it was a very different story. The laundry basket in your room had tempted Clark many times, to the point it became routine for him to sneak a pair of your underwear and take it home with him, replacing it with a pair he'd stolen a couple of weeks past, which had lost your scent. Oh, and not to mention the way that any time you would sleep over at his house, share a bed with him, Clark would make sure you were asleep and jerk off until his dick felt like it would fall off. You just looked so fucking perfect and blissful next to (below) him, how could he resist? How could he stop?
Alpha!Clark who had reached his boiling point. It was a hot summer day, and Clark was being made to help out on his parents' farm while school was out. Of course you offered to help him out, and how could he say no? It was getting to a point that Clark could barely go a whole day without seeing you. But you were really doing the opposite of helping him. Sure, you were getting the jobs around the farm done, no complaints there. But you were rendering the young alpha practically inept with the way your skimpy summer clothes were showing off your skin, the way your body was shiny and sweaty from the hot summer air, and holy shit, the way your face was flushed along with your cute pants of exhaustion? Clark could feel the boner in his pants almost tear the seams of his briefs.
Alpha!Clark who finally submitted to the influence of the red kryptonite in his ring, meaning he finally gave into his desires, his basic Alphan needs. You don't even know how it happened, but one second you were moving around some haybales in the Kent's barn, and the next you were sitting atop said haybales with Clark standing between your legs, kissing you feverishly. His scent of mineral musk and small notes of grapefruit was all you could smell, making your head feel fuzzy as you reciprocated the kiss, the kiss from your childhood best friend. Clark, on the other hand, was greedily inhaling the sweet smell of vanilla bean and sandalwood that was leaking from your scent gland; the alpha literally huffing through his nose whilst moulding his lips against yours, you'd think Clark was addicted to your scent.
Alpha!Clark who had his (temporary) fix of your lips and started kissing down your neck, stopping to give your scent gland some attention, and all the way down to the waistline of your shorts. Before it even registered to you, mainly due to the Alpha pheremones weakening your frontal cortex to increase the chance of reproduction, Clark was on his knees below you; his strong, muscular arms holding your thighs up and his chiselled face between your asscheeks. Loud moans and desperate whines echoed throughout the barn and only worked to egg Clark on as he worked his warm, wet tongue into your hole; your gushing slick and his own spit literally flowing down his chin and perfect jawline like some lewd waterfall. Your fingers gripped the Alpha's brown locks with a force that to you felt like a lot, but to the absolute hunk of an Alpha beneath you felt like an adorable attempt. Your toes curled in the air above Clark's head as your thighs shook from the intense pleasure of an Alpha eating you out like he was starved, because after pinning for you for so many years, Clark may as well have been.
Alpha!Clark who felt his heart skip a beat and his inner alpha scream in pleasure when you came on his tongue as you moaned out Clark's name. But the Alpha fell in love with you even more (though that would be literally impossible) when, after basking in the afterglow of your earthshattering orgasm, you offered Clark the same treatment, explaining with an embarrassed blush that you didn't want him to feel left out. That's how you both ended up lying hayloft of Clark's barn; you on top of the muscular alpha in a sixty-nine position, his dick in your mouth and vice versa. To say that Clark had never felt so much pleasure before would be an understatement, 'cause the way you started to gently lap at the Alpha's musky, inhumanely large dick and then transitioned into head sloppier than Clark had seen in porno's? That shit made Clark wanna cum then and there. But don't think that just 'cause the brunnette was almost drunk on pleasure that he wasn't focusing on your pleasure too! No, no, Clark was having to wrap his muscular arms around your hips to keep them still; the top he was giving you was making you leak slick and pre like a tap left runnin'! Seriously though, Clark could fit your entire omegan prick inside his mouth with ease, and the way his tongue would rub your tip whilst his cheeks would hollow was making you see stars.
Alpha!Clark who held off his orgasm, perks of being Kryptonian, unlike you, who shot another load down the Alpha's throat and leaked so much slick that Clark could have drowned. Though Clark was more than happy to hold off his orgasm if it meant he could knot his Omega; yes, his Omega, 'cause at this point, marking and knotting you were formalities to claiming you.
By the time the aftershocks of your second orgasm had quietened down, Clark already had you in another position; kneeling behind you as your chest lay flat on the hayloft, your hips on the other hand, propped up and presenting for your Alpha. Clark gave you the grace of entering you slowly and giving you time to adjust to his ten-inch monster; though from the mewls and moans of pain and pleasure you were letting out, his soft approach barely helped.
Alpha!Clark who rocked your world the moment you gave him the green light. We're talking backshots that could be heard all the way in England; Clark's huge, masculine hands gripping your hips tight enough to move you on and off his cock but gently enough to let you know he cares. Your breathy moans loudly reverberated throughout the barn as Clark knocked the wind out of you with every thrust, and the Alpha's own groans and moans harmonised with yours so nicely. Your scents mixed in the air along with the smell of slick, spit, and sweat; the hot, humid summer air making even the open-plan barn stink of raw sex. The scene looked like it belonged in a VHR porno, and both of you couldn't get enough of it; your Omega keening and purring at the physical and emotional feeling of having an Alpha like Clark want you in this way, and Clark's alpha roaring in pleasure and pride from having his Omega beneath him and drunk on pleasure from his doing.
Alpha!Clark who checked in on you one last time before letting himself go, leaning down, his muscular chest to your arching back, and whispering in your ear 'you doin' good? Mind if I knot you, darling?'. Ugh and when you give the man a forced nod and moan out a 'yes please'? How could Clark help himself? He'd wrapping and arm around your waist and another around head, letting your head rest against his huge bicep as his hips start moving at a speed your body could barely register or handle. All you could remember other than your own lewd sounds and moans was Clark's groaned-out string of perverted, raw, Alphan comments as he knotted you.
"Fuck you're so tight" "So fuckin' good for me- the- NGH- perfect fucking Omega" "AH- Shit-! so wet and warm just for your- your alpha" "Fuck 'm gonna knot you 'n fill you with my pups, darlin' You want that, don't ya?"
That dirty talk, along with the feeling of Clark's thick knot pushing against your rim, was what sent you over the edge for a third time. You saw white, then black, then stars of white again as your vision came back in small spots. Your dick soaked the wood and hay below you with infertile Omegan cum, your breathy moans and whiny pants mixed with Clark's moans and croons as his knot kept him locked inside of you; his thick, warm, scarily fertile cum filling you to the brim. Every unconscious pulse of your walls coaxed and forced another shot of seed out of Clark; a natural push and pull from your inner Omega and Alpha. At the end of the day, no matter how much pleasure you get out of this, the end goal, whether you want it or not, is pups.
Alpha!Clark who would gently rub your hips and the side of your thighs as the intense aftershocks stop. The silence, accompanied by soft panting from both of you, was calming, and the feeling of Clark's hands rubbing your body and the marks left on it did wonders in relaxing you. Clark gently moved the two of you into a spooning position, mindful of his knot still keeping him rock hard and locked inside of you, and played with your hair as you both talked sweet nothings.
"Y'know... I think I fell for you the moment I laid eyes on you"
"Really? That quickly hmhm...? I think I fell for you when you carried me home when I scraped my knee"
"That happened quite often, you'll have to be more specific haha"
"Shut up... So... what did this mean?"
"If it were fully up to me... I'd of marked you and paraded you around the town as my Omega by now... But the deciding vote will always be yours, [name]"
"Hmhm~ I think we can take it a little slower than that... I think boyfriends is a good place to start~"
synopsis: neteyam decides to take a sweet girl he found wandering around pandoras forest for himself <3
tw: reader can breathe pandoras air, a/b/o dynamics, toxic neteyam, power imbalance, cnc, somnophelia barely, fingering, bitting, talks of mating, manipulation, DEAD DOVE, you are responsible for the media you consume
wc: 1.9k
a/n: hiyaaa iâm back!! i saw avatar 3 the other day and couldnât stop thinking of how much i missed teyam so i had to write something myself!! letâs bring back avatar fics please they were the best TvT requests are open so youâre free to request!! this will probably also have multiple parts if you guys want.. iâd love to write a sequel ^_^
After that fateful night, Neteyam found you wandering through the forest all by yourselfâyour stomach growling, your body covered in bruises and scratches from the dangerous flora and fauna surrounding you. Neteyam assured himself that you simply could not take care of yourself, such a tiny human, so fragile and weak compared to his own strength. He told himself he was being kind by allowing you to trail behind him, hurriedly clinging to him as if he were the only thing keeping you aliveâwhich he was. Without him, he was certain you wouldnât last a single day in the forest.
From the very first moment he saw you, he could sense that you were different. Unlike the other aliens your scent did not repulse him; instead, it was pleasantâunbearably soâlike that of an omega. The moment he laid eyes on you, he knew he had to have you, that Eywa had crossed your paths so you could become the future oloâeyktanâs bride. He imagined you as the pretty thing seated on his lap, clinging to him as he gave orders to his people. As the son of Toruk Makto, he carried great responsibility, so it was only right that he have one thingâone thing he could selfishly claim as his own.
Now you stood trembling like a leaf as two Naâvi women dressed you accordingly. The scraps you had worn annoyed him immensely, hiding your figure when you should instead be adorned in beautiful beads and stones of his choosing. You looked at Neteyam with wide eyes; he was the only one you knew in this frightening place. Having lived your entire life in the RDA compound with your father, a scientist, you had always yearned for moreâbeyond the gray, sterile walls. Living such a monotonous life with no end in sight, you had decided to escape. Just once, you told yourself. You would sneak out, explore your surroundings, see the beauty of the outside worldâjust for a moment. Then you would return behind the gates and forget it ever happened.
What was meant to be a brief outing turned into hours as you immediately became lost in the vast jungle of Pandora. Every turn you took felt wrong, danger lurking at every step. Your skin was scratched by sharp thorns, your head dizzy with hunger, and your legs aching from hours of walking. Eventually, you sat beneath a tree to rest for a few minutes before resuming your search for the outpost.
The sound of rustling leaves woke you. Seeing a human so deep in the forest while on a hunt was unexpected for Neteyam. Since childhood, his mother had warned him of the danger of humansâhow they had destroyed their planet, how they were monsters. He raised his bow, ready to shoot, until your scent reached him. It drove him nearly mad. No Naâvi woman had ever smelled like this before. Was it possible? Could you be an omega? It went against everything he had ever knownâhumans couldnât be omegas. Yet the scent only drew him closer. Before he realized it, he was lowering his bow and walking toward you.
Your eyes snapped open, freezing in fear at the sight of the blue creature approaching. You had never seen a Naâvi in person, only heard of them through your father and his colleagues. You knew this was their planet, that this was not your home, but the sight was still shocking. Despite the differences in his appearance, you could tell he was beautifulâstrong, lean, adorned with beaded braids and blue skin. You were mesmerized by the figure before you.
âDonât run away, yawne,â he said in a thick accent. Neteyam hadnât spoken English since childhoodâthe forgotten language of his fatherâs people. Your scent grew stronger as he approached, the alpha within him aching to bury his face in your neck and scent you. Resisting the urge was nearly impossible.
âHey, yawne, come here, sweetheart.â
For reasons you couldnât explain, you felt compelled to listen. Your body told you that you would be safe with him. Against your better judgment, you stepped toward him, freezing once more when he wrapped his arms around you, burying his face into your shoulder and inhaling deeply. The scent drove him mad. He was absolutely certainâyou were his mate, chosen by Eywa to be his beloved. He couldnât believe that such a tiny human was meant to be his. You were undeniably beautiful, with wide doe eyes staring up at him.
He needed you to be his.
Every detail was etched into his memoryâthe way your wide eyes stared up at him, the way your chest rose rapidly, the plump pout of your lips as you looked at him.
âWhat are you doing here, little human?â His voice was husky, full of restraint as he forced himself to stay still instead of acting on instinct there on the forest floor.
âI⊠I got lost. I canât find my way back home.â You stared at him with those damn doe eyes, and for a moment, he almost felt bad for you.
Your words brought a smile to his face. By Eywa, you were adorable if you truly believed he would ever let you go back to those peopleâno, those monsters.
âHm⊠itâs getting late, sevin. Why donât you come back to my village, and in the morning Iâll take you back to your home myself.â
You immediately nodded at his words. One more second in these woods would drive you insane. Your father would surely kill you for sneaking out of the outposts, but youâd rather be grounded for a month than eaten by one of the animals in this forest.
Neteyam smiled softly, as if he could hear your thoughtsâthe gears turning in your head.
âMy name is Neteyam, yawne. Come here, pretty. Climb onto my backâweâre never going to make it to camp if we walk.â
You felt absolutely ridiculous in your new attire, your warm sweater and pants replaced by a loincloth and simple beads that barely covered your breasts. Neteyam had insisted that, even if it was only for one night, you absolutely had to wear his cultureâs traditional clothing. Though doubtful, you hesitantly agreed. It was just for one night, and you were going to be sleeping the entire time anyway, so what was the harm?
Neteyam couldnât believe his eyes. You looked utterly ethereal, like one of his own kind, as if you were meant to be there with him. He could already envision your futureâriding his ikran together, swimming in the river. He had waited so long for his mate. He had convinced you to sleep in his tent, wanting to be sure he could protect you from any creatures or Naâvi who might wish to harm you. You believed him immediately, praising him for his brilliant idea as you tugged at the edges of his loincloth, urging him to take you to his tent and away from the unfamiliar world you faced.
You were certain you could trust Teyam. He had saved youâyou probably wouldnât even be alive if it werenât for him. So what if he said he wanted to hold you while he slept, his face buried in the crook of your neck? Sleeping close to another was likely part of his culture. He wouldnât have any other intentions⊠right?
After making sure you had fallen asleep, Neteyam softly began lapping his tongue at your neck. Dear Eywa, your skin was so soft, so suppleâone wrong move and he could break you. Grasping your hand within his own, he groaned at their difference in their size. Could you even take all of him? You had to, for you were his mate, destined to bond with him. His hands began to roam your stomach, he wouldn't go far today, he told himself. Just a little more... His hands went higher, slipping beneath the beads covering your chest to graze your nipples, earning a startled gasp from your slumbering form.
Even in your light sleep, your body responded to his touches. He could feel his desire growing, his clothed cock hardening and rubbing against your back as his tongue lavished the spot where he would soon mark you as his own. His hands found your breasts, grasping and kneading the soft flesh as you began to stir from your light sleep at the feeling of Neteyam's caresses. "âTeyam? What... what are you doing?" you mumbled, your voice thick with sleep.
Your eyes were blurry with sleep and your mind was foggy, not understanding the situation you were in. "Shhh, stay still Yawne," Neteyam breathed, his voice thick with lust. "Let me take care of you, okay? Don't worry, Sevin, I'll handle everything." His mind was clearly consumed by lust, rational thought clouded by his desire. One of his roaming hands left your chest to slip beneath your loincloth, palming your supple mound.
"Wait - ah... wait, Neteyam," you whimpered, but your protests fell on deaf ears. His fingers found your clit, circling the sensitive nub with a torturously slow rhythm. Soft, breathy moans escaped your lips as he stoked the fires of your own desire. "Shhh, it's okay, little human," he soothed, "I've got you. You won't ever need to be with the sky people again." Lost in a haze of sensation, your mind couldn't grasp the ominous implications in his words.
Neteyam's finger pushed forward, breaching your tight opening. He would need to train your tiny hole to accept him, he thought, if you could barely take a single digit. How was he supposed to fit inside you? Your body writhed with pleasure, back arching as he curled his finger. Your body squirmed and shuddered with ecstasy as Neteyam's finger curled inside you, stroking that sweet spot within you. "That's it, Yawne," he praised, his voice a low, approving growl. "You're doing so well, baby. You can another finger for me, okay?" He didn't wait for a response before adding a second digit, stretching you even further.
The initial pain was sharp but fleeting, quickly melting into pleasure as your body adjusted to the intrusion. It was as if your walls were made to be filled by him, molding to the shape of his fingers as if they belonged there. Neteyam could feel your body's eager response, your inner muscles clenching and fluttering around him, drawing him deeper. He knew you were close, your breath coming in ragged gasps and soft, keening cries. "Come on, baby," he urged, his thumb circling your clit in time with his thrusts. âLet go for me sevin, iâm right here.,â
Your body responded to Neteyam's command as if possessed, obeying his will. A shattering climax overtook you, stars exploding behind your closed eyelids as waves of pure, bliss crashed over you. Your inner walls clamping down around his fingers. Neteyam took that moment to sink his teeth into your neck with a low, possessive growl. He marked you claiming you as his own. Your mind was too far gone in pleasure to question or protes. As you slowly drifted down from the heights of your orgasm, in the fogginess of your mind one thing stood clear. Neteyam wasn't taking you home in the morning.
Hey, everyone! After many setbacks, I'm FINALLY finishing up Chapter 27 this afternoon and it will be posted at Midnight YAYYY!!âšThank you all for your patience, especially the ones who keep commenting and sending asks, I love you all and I you'll enjoy this chapter, since with this one and the next, the Kidnapping Arc will be officially done!!
(I'm so not doing that again in my future fics. Pulling multiple povs and plots was intense and I pulled myself thin trying to make it all coherent. But this is a learning and exploring project to get better and discover my writing, so lesson learned!!)
For now, here are the warnings for this chapter, so pls be careful while reading and take care of yourselves!!
Now listen up I'll be explaining this once and only once. There are five types of hybrid classification, from A to E.
"The first one, classification "A". This is where their animal traits are the minimalist in a physical sense. Uraraka herself is classified as an A-hybrid."
"Wait she's a hybrid?" You were shocked. She looked perfectly human to you.
Chiyo hums. "Yes dear, a hamster hybrid to be more accurate. She has significantly smaller features that allow her to hide her ears and tail."
"Though she cannot hide her eating habits. That one likes to stuff her cheeks full with mochi on her lunch breaks. " The granny recalls, laughing at her little remark towards her intern.
"I tell her it's gonna give her cavities but that young girl won't listen" her chuckle slowly dies as she wipes a tear and calms herself.
"But yes A-hybrid is allowed to hide and blend in with humans. They are more wildly accepted into society and have an easier life doing so."
You nod as she continues.
"Then we have B-hybrids. They are the most common form of hybrids taking 80% of the populace. They have more animalistic features showing compared to A's. More proportionate to their bodies too."
"You're new here so I can't really give you an example to visualize..." She says in deep thoughts, scratching her chin as she processes.
You try to imagine what they could look like, at the same time a familiar image pops in your head.
"Oh! I did meet another bull hybrid. But now I think about it he didn't really look like the guy in the barn. He wore shoes, like normal shoes. He goes by Fat gum. Do you know him?" You ask.
"Oh you've already met him?" Clearly surprised.
"Yeah, he seems like a nice guy. We met at the general store."
"Indeed he is. His apprentices on the other hand are a bunch of meat heads. Thinking that their scales are invisible with their "manly show downs" only to come to me when their osteoderms have cracked. But that is the youth for you". She says it so casually.
You just nod and smile.
You have no clue what osteoderms are.
"Anyway, Yes you are right he is a B-hybrid."
"Classification C and B are very similar from the waist up. But below, C-hybrids bipedal form display more to what species they are. Their feet take shape in the form of paws, claws talons and hoves, ect ect."
"Like your little bull. In most cases leg structures are arranged to match the feet. If we could compare your bull to Fat gum, the big guy would not have fur on his legs nor would not be structured like an ungulate mammal".
This got you to ponder on what she said.
"So... basically C-hybrids are satrsy?"
"Humm....Yes in a way". Chiyo hums in approval as she continues.
"Greek mythology and folklore alike have now brought new light with the history of humanity and emergence of hybrids."
" Speaking of Greek mythology, the last two, D and E-hybrids are classified as minators. Though they also have a more cruder representation known as beast folk."
You notice granny's face shifts into something odd as she finishes, like she was straining herself to continue with the conversation. As if the subject she is talking about now is tiring her. Her gaze doesn't meet your eyes. You could see she is just looking a head to you. Was she afraid to actually look at you? But why though. Why did she look so sad?
"Instead of having some animal features of their heads, they completely resemble an animal."
"Wait like they actually have animal heads?" You were shocked.
"What did I say about repeating myself" She grumbles, hitting your stool leg with her cane. It wasn't strong yielded so there wasn't any real malice behind it. You quickly apologize for embarrassment.
"E-Hybrids are different to D-hybrids but are similar to C and B-hybrids in comparisons. E-Hybrids have the most animalistic features, often spotting fur, feathers or scales all over their bodies. They have the same bipedal forms as C-hybrids too."
"I didn't know they existed! I've never even heard anything about them". You were trying to imagine what they could look like. Daydreaming a four legged animal suddenly getting up on its hind legs and walking around and about like a human was like a mixture of morbidity and Disney magic.
Chiyo finally looks at you. Her old eyes were glossy and filled with such sadness. Yet there was lingered hesitation. As if deciding to brush on to another topic or let it flow naturally.
She looks at you. No, she looks in you.
Trying to find something beyond your facial expressions. She recalls all the interactions you had with her. With the injured bull hybrid. You don't know what she found, but whatever it was it was all she needed to continue.
"You probably won't find a large population of them today, or anywhere as a matter of fact. Unfortunately they are the most demonised and discriminated against of all of them".
She signs as he holds her hands together, further explaining their history.
"They were actually the first case of hybrids to be rediscovered in modern human history". She says.
"In Qing Qing City, China, a poor farmer woman gave birth to her third child. Yet the birth was irregular. She gave birth to an E-hybrid, that resembled a boar. Before being discovered by the outer public and being taken away, the authorities took note that the village worshiped that child as their mountain God".
"Oh they tried to cover it up but it was too late. Neighboring villages came to be blessed by the child, word got out to the reporters and the rest is history."
"Woah" is all you say as you process this. The granny continues.
"At first the scientist thought it was the result of beastiality.Though that was quickly expelled when more births were recorded in nearby villages, then in the outer regions of China. As it slowly spread throughout the world it was considered a disease during the emergence. Caused mass panic and hysteria. Fingers were being pointed out to who was to blame while speculations towards food and water supplies being poisoned by other countries within global trade was common."
"In mythology, hybrids are either offspring of primordial beings and gods. In some cases it was a curse due to one's hubris. Today we still cannot explain how this phenomenon came to be. Some though, say it came from the stars."
"All we know is that they are here to stay no matter how hard we try to stop it."
Your stomach dropped. You get the feeling that "trying to stop it" was something not good. And that granny simply confirmed it.
"And by stopping it you mean..."
In some countries, authorities put bounties on adult living hybrids. Furthermore, during early hybrid emergence, doctors were forced to euthanize or abort any classification of hybridization in order to reduce the populace. Yet this took its toll on E-hybrids most of all when government incentives laxed. People found it more burdensome with the lack of resources compared to what we have today and did not want a child to have the face of an animal."
"There is also a common stigma, even today that the closer they look like an animal the more they act like one. This isn't simply true. Whatever species they are they can inherit minimal instincts. Like a tiger hybrid preferably liking meats then vegetables or rabbits hybrids being more jumpy at sounds. They are quirky traits that we can view as enhanced or physical personalities. They do not determine ones IQ."
She leans closer towards you, as if she's telling you a secret, her face pulls a cheeky grin.
"Truth be told, in my old age I've seen plenty of hybrids smarter than humans."
She laughs at her comment as she slaps her knee.
You join in with an amused chuckle.
"But what we do know is that humans giving birth to hybrids in this day and age is extremely rare, rarer than E-hybrids. Hybrids now give birth to hybrids."
She finished her history talk. This leaves you to ponder on her words. Fascinated yet feeling somber towards story about hybrids. Yet there were still gaps in your understanding that you needed clarification towards.
"There's something I don't understand. It's been nagging me." You say.
"Oh? Go on."
"You say hybrids are capable of being smart. Yet why are some kept as pets and others can own jobs."
"We humans see ourselves as the dominant species. The emergence of hybrids brings a potential threat to it. As a result we tried to kill what we feared and when that failed we learnt how to control it."
You were getting squish at what she was saying. It just sounded like the more this old woman spoke the worse the knowledge that came to you.
"That's....it feels like, like."
"Like slavery"
"Yeah..."
You really felt uncomfortable now. You didn't know just how bad hybrids lives are. It left a bitter taste in your mouth. You finally look away from her as you contemplate all of this. The granny could see your struggle and offered you an empathetic look.
"That's where the commission comes into play. Hybrid rights are not even around the world."
"Yes I know that". You say quietly.
"Even in this country, states have different laws regarding hybrid rights".
"Often hybrids need to have an owner."
Yep this definitely feels like slavery you thought.
"Hybrids can't go outside without their owner present nor able to get jobs with their approval.Yet there are loopholes."
"Their "Freedom" can come from the legal guardians. Approvals are not often needed and so they have significantly more privilege. Having guardianship can be an individual or a collective."
"Yet what if one wants to gain more independence?"
"The commission not only fights for hybrid rights but is able to become its legal guardian. They can live on their own, start families and even be able to own business."
"Well that's good right? Why do you say it like it isn't?" You're confused about the somber tone that still lingers in the air.
Chiyo looks away, her lips are in a firm line. She feels guilty that her talk is just making you more uncomfortable. Yet she continues to answer your question without sugar coating it.
"The commission is just as prejudice as any other form of government. The closer they look as humans the better off of being accepted within this program."
"Why would they do that?" Clearly confused towards this prejudice.
"Basic survival my girl. Society... is like a herd of deer. They can only survive if they are closely packed together, never to wander off, as ways hide on the tall grass. But what would happen if deer are being born different, white for instance. They are more vulnerable to prey and in doing so affect the entire herd's survival when they hide from predators. They would be easily picked off if the number of white deer grew. The easier option would be to kick white fauns from the herd. This would ensure the rest of the herd has a better chance of survival."
" So in other words. If the commission fails to integrate hybrids with humans then history would repeat itself." You say .
Chiyo nods sadly.
"In your case that bull you have is a white faun. While he won't talk to us yet about his social position it's clear he cannot maintain independence in his current state. His overall demeanor shows distrust in humans. The commission would withdraw his independence if he got in trouble kicking random people in public."
"His only option if you choose to remove him from your care will be simply sent to a rehabilitation center."
"You say it's like a bad thing? Won't they help him?" You say in confusion.
The old lady shakes her head.
"No. Rehab centers are often overfilled and lack proper resources. Furthermore, it's for the broken and abused. That is not what he is as per say. His wounds that I have identified show he has been engaged in some form of fighting."
"And he is still in that mentality to fight. And I have a feeling that he would see that place as simply another form of losing his freedom.... and well....it's another death sentence for him."
"Just more prolonged."
"It is better for him to be in a more isolated environment. To not make him feel like a prisoner, no not that. Somewhere stable that he can build trust at his own pace without some corporate body using him to get results to meet a quota."
She suddenly grabs your hand into hers and holds them tightly. You slightly jump at her actions.
"He needs honest reassurances. Someone who he can let his guard down and feel safe. And above all. He needs a friend." She says with a warm yet with worry conviction.
"I'm not telling you to keep him forever. I want you to be a legal guardian. A temporary one."
You took your time to answer as you let your mind wonder.
Already you have met three different types of hybrids in under a week. You never knew the complexity of this matter. Especially the cruel reality of inequality that different hybrids face. In reality you never thought of seeing one in real life. Your old town and much of your state had below average on hybrid populations. Laws weren't that supportive of their rights and many stores outright banned them from entering. Thought it was 'bad for business' they would say. Your family didn't have anything nice to say about them either, but you've blocked most of it out, like every rant they go through.
You ignored most social media channels and influencers too. They treated them like lesser beings. Something to control. It just didn't sit right with you. Thank god these things didn't desensitize you and you become a bigot yourself. It's just such a shame that your first encounter with one seems like he's been abused by one.
Even though the hybrid sitting in your barn looks more like his animal counterpart that doesn't mean he's mentally like one, right? Yeah he's acting aggressively like an angry bull. But he cannot be like that 24/7. He's hurt. And when he calms down he does act sensible. You've seen it. He's simply running on "fight" instincts all this time.
Granny is right, maybe you can help settle him down.
"What about if he had a previous guardian, owner...uh situation like that. He didn't say much to me but he kept freaking out about going back to some place. That means he was in someone's care, what if they want him back?"
She smiles darkly at your question as she squeezes your hands again. Her cheery tone juxtaposition the grim look she's giving. It was almost scary to see.
" If his owner did do this to him then by all accounts I will use all my medical expertise against them and I would personally file for abuse and abandonment. I would burn their reputation and expose them for the vile human being they are."
"Oh?! Ummm... Okey then!"
Josh what a scary grandma indeed. You just said yes in agreement and you had no clue what to say as a followup response.
"Excellent!"
Oh wait fuck granny thought you meant you said 'yes' to being a temporary guardian. Well, you were going to say yes anyway but not like that. Before you could explain yourself the old women hopped off the stool and walked out the door. In a hast you stumble off your own and run out to catch up with her.
The both of you walk back into the barn. You puffed out by tailing after her. As the two of you enter the stall you see Uraraka packing up her equipment.
"Mind give me an update." Chiyo asks
"Yes ma'am!" She quickly stands up tall and straight as she gives her the whole report.
"He's got a slight fever, due to the infection from his fingers and lack of sufficient nutrients. Malnutrition is present, with early stages of wasting. I have already given him an IV bag as well as several boosters and meds to ease his pain. He has a break out of psoriasis along the areas where he was chained up which I've applied cream to those areas. I've also taken the liberty of cutting his hair as it was just an absolute mess" She states.
Your gaze shifts beyond her, towards the young bull hybrid. He was covered in bandages as he was spread out on the hay fast asleep. Though there was something weird he had on.
"What is he wearing?" You ask as you point out.
"Oh I moved those nasty chain and placed a brace harness. We often use them for recovery patients for major trauma but I tinkered with it to be an actual harness for him. He's definitely gonna be a runner and he needs prolonged treatment in order to get better. So I needed something with support but added the much needed comfort that it wouldn't damage his skin further."
"Good, good my girl". Chiyo says as she pats her intern on her shoulder.
"Alright well need to follow up with weekly appointments to manage his overall health. We will come by to check up on him as well." Chiyo tells you.
The granny walks into the bulls stall to take another look over him again. As she does she lifts her cane to the hybrids face, moving his hair from it.
"We need to break him in" she says nonchalantly.
"Eh???" You were confused by her remark. She wants to break him?
"Oh dear no I don't mean it in the literal sense."
" We need to break him out of his mind set. To see that you and others mean no harm. Clearly lack of respect is an issue.This is an extreme measure though. It will be an unpleasant experience for him too. But it's a last measure if he doesn't open up. Certainly this would have to be done after he's been cleared by me though. He needs time to heal." She states.
"Oh...How do we do that?" You ask.
"Don't worry, I got a friend who owes me a favor. He would be happy to help with this case."
"But before all that this the barn is not suited to hybrid. I don't recommend keeping him in your house until he settles down so the best course of action would be to get in contact with with Fat gum now."
"Right thank you".
Chiyo hums in response. The two of them collect their things as they head to their van. Just as you were about to wave them off she calls out to you.
"You are a kind soul. I hope everything turns up well for the both of you "
And just like that they leave, their van off in the distance kicking up dust in the air until they are out of view. You walk back inside your house, reflecting in the rollercoaster that was your day.
Ghosts, Sake, and Chaos- ghost!Roger x fem!reader x Shanks- Part 1
A/N: Hello friends, I mentioned before I wanted to do Gol D. Roger being a menace as a ghost so here is the beginning. I plan on doing this as a series but it'll come out on my own time, but hopefully you guys enjoy it as much as I am so far. Also Doris and Louise are products of mine and @spark-canon-spark's little brain worms talking because we like little old women being gossipy.
Reader owns a bar! Roger's dialogue will be italicized since only reader can hear and see him!
Warnings: use of nicknames: Lovey, dear, sweetheart; Gol D. Roger.
Gol D. Roger was the most annoying man/ghost on the Grand Line, probably in the world.
You still werenât sure why you were chosen of all people for him to haunt but here you were, wiping down the bar counter of the tavern you owned while he leaned against the counter. He was handsome. There was no doubt about that even if he was a ghost. You still werenât sure how you could see him or talk to him but you could. But he talked more than enough for an entire town and he talked about anything and anyone and everything. You never knew what youâd get with Roger.Â
You had taken over the bar from your father after he had decided he wanted to go sit by the docks and shoot the shit with the fisherman down there. Once a pirate, always a pirate. You had grown up on a pirate ship, your fatherâs, when he had his own crew before settling down on this island. He and you had known Shanks when Shanks was starting out and getting into the new world and thanks to that, he had your island under his protection as one of his territories now that he was an emperor.Â
You wanted to murder him half the time too just like his quasi father. You glanced at Roger as he leaned against the bar, yapping about nothing at all, and you shook your head.Â
âYouâre as annoying as Shanks.âÂ
âWell, I did raise him.â
âIâm aware.âÂ
The grin he gave you was bright and you shook your head as you continued to wipe down the counter with a hum. Your hair was tied back and you wore shorts and a cropped top. It was easy, convenient, because you never knew when a fight would break out but it didnât normally. The pirates and locals knew the rules, no fighting in the tavern or youâll be thrown out.Â
They respected it and since it was mostly the Red Haired pirates who came and Shanksâ allied crews.. They knew not to cross you because by proxy, theyâd piss off Red Hair. It was not something they wanted to do even though they all knew, youâd take care of them with ease, but that didnât matter. Shanks still wouldnât tolerate it. Your tavern was his favorite to come to. Â
âYou know.â Roger started out as he watched you with a stupid smile. âI can see why Shanks likes to come here.âÂ
You raised a brow at the King of the Pirates, glancing over at him. âAnd why is that?âÂ
âYouâre beautiful.âÂ
You threw your rag at him, causing him to laugh as it went right through him.Â
âI hate you.âÂ
âItâs the truth!â
âHe comes because I have good sake.â You pointed out with a huff, a blush on your cheeks as well. You refused to admit Shanks thought you were beautiful and besides, it wasnât any of the ghostâs business.
âWhy donât you go haunt him instead of me?â
âYouâre more murdery and fun.âÂ
âI think we need to talk about your definition of fun.â
âLike you donât enjoy it just as much as me.âÂ
You scoffed at him, refusing to admit that you did enjoy the chaos and his and Shanksâ definition of fun. You had been a pirate too, though, you were more retired than anything now. You never denied that you still felt the sea and chaos that came with it calling to you. You knew that Roger had realized that too and that was one of his other favorite topics to discuss with you. Returning to the sea but you liked your life here and besides, you sometimes gave information to Benn when the Red Haired Pirates came in about movements of marines, other crews, and little things you had heard.Â
You were loyal to the Red Haired Pirates even if you didnât want to admit any feelings for Shanks.Â
âYou know, I think youâd miss me if I just left.â Roger broke you out of your thoughts and you shot the ghost a glare.
âI think Iâd actually get to sleep peacefully at night.â You told him as you tossed the rag underneath the bar into the basket you had there. You grabbed a new one, placing it in the back pocket of your shorts before you turned to grab some of the glasses.
Roger laughed, a booming laugh, and you smiled for just a moment. His laugh was loud much like he was but even after everything, it was still filled with joy. You ignored him as you went on about opening the tavern. You had a few employees who worked for you but you enjoyed the morning shift with the regulars that came in and the little old ladies who always showed up.Â
You were already setting out their normal drinks. Doris loved a good rum while Louise wanted a cocktail. They were in their seventies and they looked sweet but those old women were menaces. They each had their own little stand in the market district right down the road and would come in for an hour for a little break and lunch before going back. Doris sold flowers while Louise had vegetables from her garden. You often got both for free in exchange for their drinks being on the house. They were very much like your grandmothers in the way that grandmothers cared about you and also annoyed you to no end in a very loving way too.
âOh! Itâs my favorites!â Roger gasped in delight as you shook your head, setting both drinks down in front of their regular stools just as the two women walked in.
âGood morning, ladies.â You said with a smile towards them. There was a mischievous look in both of their eyes as they came in.
âGood Morning, dear.â
âHello, lovey.â
Doris and Louise sat down and took a drink from their respective drinks, causing you to raise a brow.Â
âWhy do you two look so suspicious?â
âOh, no reason.â
âNone at all.â
âBut Doris, didnât you see the red sails on the horizon this morning?â
âWere there? I didnât notice. I do hope Beckman comes by my shop. He enjoys my flowers.â
You quietly snorted at that. She had her eye on the first mate of the Red Haired pirates and it never ceased to amuse you with how much this little old lady flirted with Beckman either.
âIâm sure Roux will be by mine. I wonder how long theyâre staying this time.â
âIâm sure itâll be a week or more. Last I heard, Shanks got into a scuffle with some little pirates.âÂ
You glanced up at that, which was the wrong move entirely, because Doris caught your eye and smirked. Roger watched on in absolute delight, and Louise batted her eyes innocently.Â
âI hope the poor dear wasnât hurt.âÂ
You snorted before Doris could respond. âItâs Shanks. I think heâs fine.âÂ
âYou donât know that, lovey.â Doris scolded you, shaking her head. âHeâs just a boy.â
âHeâs a grown man and an emperor. Heâs fine, Doris.âÂ
Roger snorted as he watched you continue your routine, you had already told your cook that they were there and would want their regular order. Grilled fish with rice. They hadnât changed their order in five years and you doubted they would now.Â
Doris sipped her rum and nudged Louise. âAre you sure about that lovey?â She smirked at you.
You rolled your eyes once more. âIâm very sure. Shanks can handle himself. Heâs one the strongest pirates on the seas even if you donât want to admit it. Donât baby him.âÂ
Louise laughed a bit and shook her head, knowing you hadnât even realized you had defended his strength. âOh, dear. We know you baby him too.âÂ
âI do not.â You puffed out your cheeks a bit as you leaned against the counter behind the bar.Â
âYou do so. Iâve seen him come out of your rooms above here.â Louise pointed out and you rolled your eyes as Rogerâs brows shot up. He hadnât been haunting you the last time Shanks had docked at your island.Â
âHe only stays there when heâs too drunk to get back to his ship.â You crossed your arms, lips pursed because yes, you did let Shanks stay in your room upstairs when he was here but only when he was drunk and that wasâŠ. Most of the time. You refused to let them know that they had a very good point..Â
âOh? Does he stay in your bed?â Roger asked as he leaned next to you but you didnât look at him. You didnât need the little old ladies thinking you were crazy.Â
Doris, however, smirked. âThatâs every time then, isnât it, lovey?â
You narrowed your gaze at her and rolled your eyes. âOh why donât you both hush? Nothing is going on with me and that red haired bastard.â You grumbled, shoving through Roger as he laughed, and turning to get some ale for one of the other regulars who had come in. You didnât notice him, not yet but Rogerâs smirk widened when he noticed who was at your bar now.Â
âWhat poor red haired bastard is it that you have nothing going on with, sweetheart? It surely canât be me.â
His voice was low, teasing, and his smirk was fully in place. Shanks had heard every word.Â
Damn it.Â
Speak of the devil.Â
Your back straightened as you scowled at the wall, turning to look at the red haired bastard in question. Â
Neglectful! Batfam x Neglected! Space-Hero! Reader [Angst/Horror]
Soo my extended family has been pissing me the fuck off so everyone gets angst no comfort. Also I'm trying out a new header, let me know if y'all enjoy this one more than the other one!! And the sound track for this one is, ironically enough, "Take The L" from Fortnite.
Not much to say for this one other than Reader is too caught up with chasing other people's dreams that they end up chasing them off the deep end. ALSO THIS ISN'T PROOF READ! Forgive me for mistakes, I am a midnight writer so I'm very delusional when I write.
Here's those lovely Warnings and Disclaimers: Angst no comfort, lots of background character death, major character death, blood and violence, body horror, mind manipulation, body hijacking, accidental murder, child neglect, neglectful family, minor bullying, Reader is going THROUGH it, Reader is a fool in the kindest way possible, Reader pushes themselves past the point of no return, this is a tragedy but Reader thinks it's a messed up Comedy, Misunderstandings out the ass over here, kinda short tbh, yeah I'm just venting my frustrations onto this
When you were younger you had grand dreams for the future that seemed so close to achieving. You were quite the ambitious child- born to one lovely Bruce Wayne with no other to watch over you. There was the butler but what would the butler do with a needy baby when he already had more important people to watch over?
There was your Father, Dick, Jason, Tim, Cassandra, Damian, and now Duke. That's already six people and you haven't even added in the large amount of animals that needed tending to. So to avoid burdening the beloved Butler with your worries, your fears, your tears, you stepped to the side. You swallowed down your negative emotions until only the good ones remained.
They did not need another hurting child. They needed someone less high maintenance, someone soft and sweet. Someone who wouldn't mind being left to the side while the others worked on whatever it was that caused them to sneak away into the night.
So full of joy, so happy and friendly that you shun like the sun, yet in the end it did not matter. They could not look at you. Perhaps it was because you were still unfit to be looked at? What was the point of being so full of joy if you had nothing they could marvel at? Nobody wants an empty vase in their home to look at. No, it must be filled with the brightest of flowers to give it meaning!
So you jumped headfirst into trying to learn all sorts of things. From the fine arts of music, literature, dance, to the toughest of sports like soccer, roller derby, and rugby. You bled for those awards. All those months studying, practicing, bleeding, crying, suffering, all of it was for that one sliver of a chance that just one of them would look your way and smile.
But of course that didn't happen. So you went from sports and hobbies to grades. It didn't matter what got them to look at you just so long as. They. Looked. At. You. How envious you felt when you saw other students your age having a tender moment with their family. Why couldn't that be you?
Why can't they just look your way for once in their lives?! You clear your throat and stomp down the anger bubbling up inside your heart. You needed to be good. They won't look at you if you aren't good...
You looked down at the worksheet in front of you with tired eyes. A pounding headache echoed inside your skull and something warm dripped from your nose. You wiped it away and didn't bother looking at whatever it was. Someone called your name and for the smallest of moments you thought it was your family calling you.
Much to your disappointment it wasn't. Instead you had an entire bottle of milk dumped onto you from someone you didn't know. You don't know why they did that. You don't even know them. So why..?
Why are they doing this to you? Did you not deserve happiness like them? While the group laughed at you all you could see was the cold green eyes of your younger brother hidden between the crowd. Wasn't he always getting dotted on by others despite his mean attitude?
The wicked green snake of envy wrapped it's coils around your heart and squeezed so tightly you nearly choked. Perhaps if you were mean like him.....they would look at you like they did him. So you did the only thing you could think of.
You bit your lip, squeezed your eyes shut, and picked up the tray in front of you. The smooth metal felt cold in your hands. You looked up to the random person who had poured milk over you and smiled a sweet smile. May they forgive you for what you were about to do next.
You lifted the tray high above your head and brought it down upon theirs. The crowd panicked like frightened hounds yet you did not stop. You lifted it again and again until someone had caught your arms in their hands to stop you.
Tears trailed down your face and you knew then and there that it did not matter. The person holding you wasn't ever going to be the ones you wanted them to be. So you dropped the tray and sobbed into your palms as the weight of it all crushed your poor heart into nothing.
That was the last straw for both you and your family. The school called up Bruce, but he didn't answer. So they called up Alfred who did answer. They told him what happened and that you were being sent home to try and get your positive mindset back from whatever was hurting you. The school was very adamant that you were not at fault here, and that this was clearly an ongoing case of bullying that they had failed to notice.
You didn't have enough hope to think that they were defending you because you were one of the top students and very helpful to those around you. It had to be because you were the child of Bruce Wayne. No other reason would make sense. Why? Because you weren't kind and friendly. You were a fraud in every sense of the way. In fact, if you were to look it up in the dictionary your photo would be right there beside it.
But the moment you got home a whole new can was opened. Your father was too tired to properly review what the school had sent home. So what did he do? He blamed you for what happened and passed it off as an act of desperation that had to be fixed.
So he sent you away.
More than five hundred miles away from Gotham to the middle of nowhere laid a singular boarding school for the troubled youth. Without so much as a goodbye you were sent away for the rest of your school days.
The only things you had with you were a pair of spare clothes, an old phone that worked once in a blue moon, and the locket your late mother had left for you. You hadn't a single cent to your name.
So with a heavy heart you forced yourself to forget about the Wayne manor and it's ever busy inhabitants and moved on. If they couldn't spare you a single drop of love then you could not dare to waste anymore time on them.
You threw yourself into studying even more than before and made the nurses room your best friend. You worked so hard to the point that you had coughed up a handful of blood and still continued to push yourself. There was nothing else for you aside from the grades and report cards.
You had worked so hard for something to pay off. You just had to win this time. All the odds were in your favor! Right? Right...?
And just when it seemed like everything was going just right- a small penny got caught in the cogs of fate.
Today you were holed up in the library with nothing but yourself, a headache, and a black eye. How did you get the black eye? You tripped right into someone's hand of course.
Kidding. Today you had been pulled out of class to get jumped by the three popular dudes in the school. As to 'why' it was a mystery to you that you didn't need an answer to. Someone must have lied on your name again, or they just found it funny to do such a thing.
But it was fine. Like water off a ducks back you just let it slide away and out your mind. It didn't matter. You had to keep going or else there would be nothing for you to look back on.
You stood up with a book about calculating the cosmos resting in your hands. It's not like you'd ever pursue something as fancy as that but the book was still nice to read. Since you had already checked out the book there was no need for you to stop, so onward you went.
It had been an odd night when the sky seemed to split itself open and usher out a wave of fresh snow. Your shoes made fresh tracks in the snow but you did not linger on them too much. The winds were gentle but firm and the snow just kept spilling out. In a matter of seconds your footprints were washed away and new snow was ushered upon it.
Something shone brightly in the distance and you couldn't help but look it's way. The glittering blue lights called you towards them so you abandoned the path you were taking in favor of the mysterious light.
The snow picked up into a harsh storm but you continued to proceed. But as you reached where the lights had landed all you found was a small blue gem only the size of a dime. You picked it up and it changed. The light of the moon reflected off the snow and back into the gem held between your fingers.
It sparkled before melting into a strange goop that dripped down your hands and up towards your shoulders. You panicked and waved your arms in hopes that it would slide off- but it didn't. So you took your other hand to try and wipe it away.
Of course your hand got stuck in the ever growing blue goop and you screamed in terror. It took only two seconds for it to crawl up your face and choke your screams until a blinding, and scorching, light overtook you.
When you blinked you no longer felt something covering your body, nor the wounds that weighed you down before. Instead you were floating in a large empty space covered in stars that were pinned to the night sky. You turned around and saw nothing. You turned back and saw a large head rise from the inky darkness below.
The being was made up of nothing but a light blue glow that was littered with white sparkles. They cupped you in their hands like you were but a small doll they cherished. Despite having no face aside from eyes you could tell they were smiling sadly at you.
Something wormed itself inside your mind- an echo of a conversation that had yet to pass.
"Child of man...so alone....so full of sorrow."
It rubbed your face with it's massive finger like it was a pet owner rubbing their hamsters cheek. Distantly you realized tears were falling from your eyes.
"I grant you my powers. My everything."
Too many memories that weren't your own were placed inside your mind gently. It was like you blinked and suddenly you knew too much. You were too aware.
"Call out my name, child. And I....will answer in kind. I wish you can find...peace...."
Your lips parted and words spilled past like you knew them by heart. "I act in your stead, hear my voice- Tanzanite!" And the blinding light shun once more.
Though this time when you blinked you were back in the snow. The wind whipped through your hair and you looked down at your hands. Instead of flesh you had pale blue gloves covering your hands with blue crystals hanging off the ends of it like feathers.
You looked down at your feet and found that you had changed outfits. Gone were your beat up shoes covered in lord knows what, the ripped shirt that you continued to mend as time went by, and the black pants you wore day in and day out.
In it's place you had fancy blue flats that almost resembled ballerina slippers. Tight deep blue shorts that traveled upward to wrap around your torso with an itty bitty gem embedded right in the middle of it. Your legs were covered in pale blue tights to match your gloves.
You could feel the fur lined hood resting around your neck, and upon your face was the weight of a simple domino mask. You flexed your hand and sharp blue claws extended from your gloves. You marveled at yourself before the distant cries of help filled your ears.
And off you flew! And so did the years.
For two entire years you remained the town's only hero. They called you "Blue Comet" and cheered when you fought off monsters from the skies. You didn't understand why there were so many aliens falling from the sky and attacking you.
Perhaps it had something to do with the gem stuck inside your chest, but it did not matter. You hadn't gone back to school since becoming a hero. At this point you had already dropped out, considering your lack of attendance and homework being turned in.
It's not like it mattered anyway! Who was going to notice if you disappeared? You had nobody to look for you, and nothing for others to look for, so it was fine.
But....what did it matter? Your life was small in the grand scheme of things. You must push past your earthly limitations and become one with the stars. You have to work hard to keep everyone safe! Everything was just right.
Elsewhere in the heart of the Wayne Family Manor someone got a phone call that went unheard. So, like always, the butler was called.
A sharp gasp and the sound of a cup shattering was all that followed. Then the annoyed sigh of a tired man who tried everything to keep at least one person from going down a dark path.
It wasn't all bad, you still had things to look forward to. For instance Tanzanite was with you! You could hear them talk to you, care for you, tend to your worries and fear with kindness only that of a parent could.
But recently things have started getting odd! Despite the five hundred miles between you and Gotham, the big bad Bats and Birds have been making visits. A small bundle of hope sparked in your chest at the idea of befriending the heroes you've longed looked up to.
Ah, but things don't always go as you'd like. They were all short, snappy even, and not at all like how you'd remembered them to be. In fact you think they were a bit cruller.
So you asked them what was up! Of course, they didn't respond but when you pointed out that it was your town they were in they finally gave in. Turns out someone went missing! Which was news to you.
So you asked who! Because you knew everyone here, so perhaps you could help. You very much enjoyed helping. And then your name was mentioned and all you could do was blink.
"I thought you knew everyone in this town" Snapped Robin. He was glaring at you and you didn't know how to react.
Why were they looking for you anyway? It's not like you mattered enough for the Bats and Birds to look for so far outside their city. So you, foolishly, responded with a chipper voice and dead eyes. "Them?....what does it matter to you if they're gone?"
"Wha-?! The hell are you saying? I thought you cared about people in this town! You just-" Robin screamed into his palms with anger and all you did was watch.
"Of course I do! But you have to remember!" You sung in a sing song voice as you waved your finger, "They went missing right before I showed up. Perhaps they even died."
You floated beside him, friendly smile still attached. He needs to stop pushing about you. Your personal life was dead. He didn't need to find you. They didn't need to know about everything.
"...who died?" Batman spoke up from the shadows. Robin turned to him with an angry huff and refused to speak, but he did not need to. The little comm in his ear told him everything.
Batman turned to you with a frown and your smile wavered. Why was he looking at you like that? It's not like you did anything wrong. You just did what everyone else has done and brushed yourself off like it was nothing.
"Comet take a break. We don't need someone with your outlook helping us." His words were like ice and your heart stung.
"No." Your jaws tightened up in rage. A sickly feeling that you had stomped down so many times before rose up like bile in your throat.
"No? You don't get to make that call. You're disregarding the life of someone because they just so happened to go missing as soon as you showed up."
"Are you stupid? I said no. This is my town. These are my people. You don't get to waltz in and tell me what do you. Get out of my town by sunrise." You snapped back. The venom in your voice made them recoil slightly as you had never changed emotions before. You always had that happy go lucky smile that reminded them so much of the person they lost.
"And so what if they died? They didn't have anyone looking for them anyway. It's been two years! They were bullied and their family didn't even want them. They must have died alone! Alone and afraid, and there is nothing we could do about it now because they're gone!" The last word echoed in the empty street and you slapped a hand over your mouth in shock.
Why couldn't you shut up? Was it because someone was finally looking for you after two years? You took your hands off your mouth and stared them down, "You need to leave"
Seeing you like this made them want to argue with you back, but the look on your face left them with no room. So they slunk away into the shadows of the night.
Behind you something glowed and your eyes caught onto it. But as quickly as it glowed it faded into nothingness. So you let it be. You had too much on your plate right now, going sight seeing wasn't something you could afford to do.
They just don't get it! How could you go missing two entire years ago and they only just now got the call? Didn't this shitty boarding school keep track of their students? How the fuck does it take them two years to call about you going missing in winter!! WINTER!! TWO YEARS AGO!! And now the towns only hero doesn't even want to look for you because in their eyes you're already dead?
Whose idea was it to even put you there?
But they were oddly defensive about you. Perhaps they knew you? Or...you had the same build as the hero....and almost the same voice but you didn't have a musical echo like they did. And the way the hero pointed out that you must have died alone and afraid.....
It was quite possible that this hero, who acted like they came from the stars themselves, that this hero- No, this thing, has taken over your body and felt some kind of guilt about it.
Yes...this was clearly the only possible out come.
They must fix this and get your body back from that sham of a hero.
'Are you sure this is wise?' Asked the voice of your dearly beloved Tanzanite as you circled above your town.
"Of course Tanz-tanz! It's not like I need anyone else but you to win a fight." You hugged yourself and you could feel Tanzanite smile from somewhere inside your mind.
'Then....I give you my blessing young one' With that you flew down into the crater just outside town limits. There in the middle of the crater was nothing but a puddle of red liquid. Looking at it gave you the chills.
You didn't want to get closer, something deep inside you warning you not to even think about it. But the liquid moved and raised itself into a thing tendril right in the middle of the puddle. Soon the tendril started to swell at the tip before bursting into a red gemstone.
The tendril fell back into the puddle and you raised a brow. This wasn't right. And then a pulse echoed through your mind. Soon a splitting headache formed and you clutched at your head. Your mouth fell open in a pained groan.
Blinking your eyes you found yourself kneeling on the ground with your hands buried in your hair. Everything hurt or felt too distant for you to hold on to. Another pulse hit and this time you had to bite your lip to keep yourself from screaming in agony.
You twitched on the floor as pain hit every inch of your body. It hurt. Oh god it hurt so bad. You felt yourself gasping for air but none could reach your lungs with this crushing agony.
'Tanzanite,' You begged wordlessly during the short gap between pulses, 'please- help me.' Everything burned like a wildfire left unchecked. Sweat dripped from your forehead and drenched your face. The muscles in your body spasmed as you choked on your spit.
And before Tanzanite could respond another pulse hit. But this time it was different.
'Fool who is blessed by my brother. Your suffering is bountiful' A booming voice echoed inside the room of wherever you are as you blinked away the tears in your eyes.
When you could finally see you noticed that you were laying inside two large hands that were as red as blood with black spots littered across them. Your eyes traveled upwards to a being who had no face aside from a mouth full of sharp teeth.
'Become one with me and bathe in my abundant warmth of hate'
You who could not seem to speak only shook your head. You didn't have hate.... You needed to be positive or else nobody will look your way. You don't need such emotions like hate, regret, fear, disappointment. No. You had no room for such emotions.
'Even now you continue to suffer despite claiming to be so happy. Does your suffering mean nothing to you? Why push it away? Why reject yourself your rage? Your anger?'
Because if you have it then you can no longer be perfect! And if you weren't perfect....then what was all of it worth?
'....such a foolish person you are. Little fool, I give you my everything. Embrace your hate and take revenge on those who have wronged you'
'No! You can't! You can't do this!' Your mind screams out. You have to be positive. You just have to!
'You refuse? Denied. You have no other choice. My champion. Say my name and become one with me'
"My....my actions are in your name....my rage is- my rage is your joy." You choked on the words, trying so hard to keep yourself from saying them. But the more you refused to say the more a burning feeling settled upon your mouth until you opened it and shouted, "Revel in my agony, Fluorite!"
You shoot up with a gasp and heave yourself forward. The second you open your mouth you vomit whatever was in your stomach upon the snow below. And then your body begins to move on it's own.
Your blue outfit is covered in red splotches like it was paint. Red spike burst from your body in random places as your arms grew long red scythes. It felt like you were an outsider in your own body, a secondary passenger if you will.
One shaky foot after the other your body walked into the town as if you were a puppet being pulled around on strings. Past the houses you went, bones creaking in agony with every step. Blood dripped past your lips and trails down your chin as your body began moving towards the school.
Panic over takes you as you wobble with each step. Something terrible settles in your gut and you realize what exactly is going to happen.
Red covers your vision and you can no longer see, now fully blind to whatever happens next. Wet warmth coats your bladed arms and screams echo in your ears.
Everything feels wrong.
The screams blur together as your body jolts with each movement. Slice after slice, cut after cut, your arms hack away at whatever stands in front of you. Faceless people who you might have known, people who might have even hurt you two years ago, fall beneath your blades. People who you don't even remember the faces of.
You can feel the way your arms slice through their bodies like butter. The way some of their blood clings to your body. Their pleas fill your ears but you can't stop your body. The gargled screams that cut off into silence will haunt you forever.
Tanzanite won't speak to you despite your many pleas. The only voice you can hear is the gleeful one of Fluorite. They command you to be strong, to stand tall and swing with all your might.
Tears fall from your eyes and you can't tell if it's from the pain or the mental anguish of what is happening. You were supposed to be a hero! To be the person everyone can look to with joy! To finally be seen!
"Comet stop. What is happening?" A voice shouts towards you from somewhere in the distance. It sounds like Nightwing.
You sob as your body twists in his directions. "Hhhelp me" You murmur, as you step closer with jerky movements. "I can't- I can't control myssself"
'Stop whining and use my gifts! Rejoice little fool!! The power is yours' Something clicks in your mind and your thoughts go blank. Your body moves like a wild animal unchained and angry.
Nightwing lunges to the side and just narrowly avoids your bloodied claws. Your regular suit was all wrong and covered in jagged red spikes, even your eyes were covered by it. Something must be controlling you, there was no other way the towns friendly hero would do this on their own.
"C'mon! That all you got?" He shouts as he slides away from your grip once more. He ducks behind a trashcan before peaking out to get a look at you.
You hunch over on the floor in pure agony as you claw at your head, feet kicking the floor helplessly. You scream and sob mindlessly until your body ripples like a pond with a stone.
Large spikes burst through every inch of your body. The gems shift and change the natural shape of your body until you resemble a leopard made of sharp red gemstones and blue spots. In the middle of your chest lies a blue gem and above it, just between your eyes, is a red one.
"Nightwing, what's happening in there?" Batman's voice snaps Nightwing out of his daze.
"Comet is out of commission, somethings taken over their mind."
For a moment Batman didn't say anything, and then in a stern voice he demanded "...aim to kill."
"What?! C'mon B, I know they reacted weirdly to hearing about the disappearance but do they really deserve to die for it?" Nightwing shot back, trying to plead for your life.
"Aim to kill. I suspect that them and [Name] might actually be one in the same. I fear that whoever Blue Comet actually is, is a parasite that's holding them hostage for a physical form."
Nightwing goes silent before he raises his escrima sticks and fights back.
You stare into a valley of nothingness. A different version of you stares back. Unlike the real you, this person is covered in all red and resemble a boxer. You look left and a blue hero stands there as well.
The two of them look at you with hopeful eyes despite resembling a dead fish's. And then they turn to each other. They step closer to you, placing their hands on both sides of your arms.
And then they pull. Your body stretches with each tug like you were made of slime. They pull and pull until you are stretched thing enough to snap.
Their hands leave behind blue and red marks that cover your flesh. And then they begin to fold you like dough.
Then they stretch.
They fold.
Then they stretch again.
And then you are folded until you have lost your original colors and have become a purple shade.
They mold you back to your original shape and you feel different. Like you were no longer the person you were yesterday but rather someone new enough for a tomorrow that one arrive.
The blue one whispers that you are loved.
The red one says that you make them proud.
The blue one smiles as they say that you did wonderful things.
The red one shakes their head and says that you could have done many awful things instead.
The two of them agree that you belonged with them.
You can't recall a single thing leading up to you playing around in a school with Nightwing. But two voices overlap as you continue to chase him around with glee.
"Isn't this fun, little fool? Finally having someone to play with? To vent your frustrations on?" A harsh voice laughs as something warm pets your head.
'Sister please! You don't know what you are doing! This isn't good for them' A sorrowful voice weeps and tears fall from your eyes instead. 'this will only hurt them'
"Silence yourself! Our champion is only getting their justice" You pounce on Nightwing and go in for a hug, but something hits you in the back.
You turn your head away from Nightwing and find Red Hood standing at the end of the hallway. Did he want to play too? That's fine! You're always happy to play with more people. When was the last time someone played with you?
"See brother? See how happy they are? Finally at peace with their negitive emotions"
A soft sob gets washed away in the sound of the joyful screams of the others. You were so happy!
'Please....please release them! I beg of you! Sister....please' The tearful voice begs.
"Stop crying about it brother! We'll let them have their fun and then you can take over again! I get to see them drown in the anger for a short while and then you get the perfect hero!"
'But something isn't right! Why can't you listen to-'
CRACK
Something hits you right in the chest and the voice slips away from your mind as the blue gem crumbles to the floor. The blue fades away from your body, leaving you all red, and a deep sorrow fills your soul.
But....why? What are you missing? Something is gone. What happened? Why does it hurt? What was taken from you?!
You shake your head and a thought finally forms. Tanzanite. That's who is missing. Your body freezes in place as the loud voice realizes a split second too late.
You cry as you paw at the gem shards on the floor, trying to pick them up with your oversized paws. "No! Why did you do that?" You sob looking at the blue shards your paws refuse to grab.
The two of your minds meld into one at the realization of the loss. Your mouth opens and a voice, soaked with anger, speaks for you. "My brother. You took our brother away from us. Cruel little thing. You know not of what you did"
You let go and allow yourself to be used. Sharp claws dig into the ground Red Hood once stood and you wildly snap at his fleeing body with anger. In your rage you throw him into the ceiling, causing it to crack and crumble into debris.
How could he? Didn't he know who he took away from you? Your Tanzanite! Your family! He was the only one who ever listened to you, the only one to comfort you....the only one who stayed.
Finally your jaw clamped down on the arm of Red Hood. Your claws dig into his sides as you witness him struggle to raise his other arm. You bite down harder and he yells in pain, a thrill of pride shoots through your body and you do it again.
Just as you were about to fully rip his arm off something presses against the spot between your eyes. You realize what is going to happen and fearfully pull away.
Your tail smacks into him as you push him across the hallway in your panic. You don't see him toss the gun to Nightwing. You don't see the way he hesitates for a split second as your body shifts and tugs.
Just as you finally revert back to your original look, this time in an outfit that's different shades of red and with a more edgy style to it, he fires. Time slows down as the loud voice whispers to you that you did your best. That you were accepted among the stars as their own.
And then darkness takes over. Your body, finally human after so long, slumps to the floor just as the rest of the crew bursts through the doors. No matter how much they shake you- you will never wake.
Burns cover your body and two holes bleed freely into the night.
One between your ribcage.
And one between your eyes.
After a moment a purple light bursts through your chest. It floats high into the sky, past the people trying to wake a corpse, past the world that refused to see your suffering and agony, and finally into the endless sea of stars.
Wooo!! An actual full post, yipee!! Hope everyone's in the mood for angst, because that family drama is some crazy shit.
Sorry, but I adore the isekai emperor! I need to know what his court thinks of Reader, as he mentioned having killed previous spouses, and what the emperor's plans are for keeping reader safe from any staff that see Reader as a high value target.
I had this in my drafts for a long while, finally got around to finish it! Thank you for requesting this continuation! â„
You tried not to let it get to you.
The silence. The stares. The whispering behind your back.
You had felt it the moment you took the emperor's hand to step out of the carriage, hundreds of servants lowering their heads and welcoming you in a rehearsed, military sing-song. The castle was completely quiet; no sound of life could be heard within the stone walls of the fortress the emperor called home.
Perhaps you were welcomed, but you weren't welcome.
Surely, most servants thought of you as something that would pass. Since they must have been worried about their own lives, they couldn't care more about yours. It was uncomfortable for everyone, including yourself. Still, the emperor didn't seem to notice as he paraded you through the hallways, barking orders and showing you off to the few other commanders and ministers he greeted.
No one met your eyes.
In a castle made of stone, you were a wallflower. Pretty to look at, but innocuous and fleeting. Life since you came to this world had been a rollercoaster through and through. Your charms had been less rewarding than you would have liked, be it for the position you were in or how the people treated you, their eyes always roaming over you while the magic influenced them. Still, being shunned and ignored was just as bad as crowds who almost stomped you to death. You simply couldn't get used to either, but you'd have to eventually, since this marriage wasn't something easily left behind.
A knock on your bedroom door made the maid halt the comb in her hand, your hair trickling out of her hold as you looked up, catching the hint of panic in her eyes as she quickly stepped back.
"His Imperial Majesty!"
Part of you wanted to sigh, hearing the announcement that had plagued you day after day. There wasn't a morning that the emperor didn't personally pick you up for breakfast. You weren't ready yet, but you had learned he wasn't a patient man.
Standing up from your dresser, you turned around, putting on a smile and bowed as he strode through the door, his eyes immediately snapping to you. His expression darkened as his gaze roamed your body, but you paid it no mind.
"Why isn't she ready yet?" he asked the maid sternly, crossing the distance to you and placing a gentle hand on your back before bending down to kiss your head.
"Not that you look any less beautiful this early morning," he mumbled for your ears only, lifting your chin so you'd face him. "In fact," he chuckled, wiping some sleep from your eyes. "I could get used to seeing you drowsy after pulling you out of your sleep every morning. We could start exercising together, and I'd get to hold you close to me--"
"You--Your Majesty!" you quickly interrupted him, not unaware of all the servants trickling in after him, bringing fresh flowers and starting to clean your room. You weren't oblivious to his innuendos, the same ones he made constantly when he didn't think or didn't care that other people were listening. Even after a week of living at his castle, his demeanor hadn't changed much towards you. He still seemed infatuated with you and enjoying your presence, so it was up to you to rein in his euphoria about the wife he had caught.
"These things... we should discuss them after the official marriage wedding. You wouldn't want me to be disgraced, would you?"
That seemed to hit the point, the emperor looking up into the open space as he thought before shaking his head. "Of course not," he conceded before adding with a sinister smile playing on his lips, "Although we could just kill anyone who dares to besmirch your name."
You held back the disgust you felt as you turned from him, slipping out of his grasp. Instead, you stood before the mirror on your dresser again, reaching for the comb yourself. "How cruel you are this morning. Trying to make me think of blood and executions this early."
"Oh, dearest. I just wanted to reassure you that no such slander will be made in my castle."
"We can't avoid it. Rumors are bound to happen since you are so important, and I am not. Not everyone will accept your decision to marry me, it's quite normal."
"Yes, indeed. But we can set examples and make sure no one will dare to open their mouth while in your presence."
"Splendid..." you muttered quietly. "Can't wait for them to speak about me behind my back."
Stepping behind you, you watched as the emperor caught a strand of hair, bringing it to his face and drawing a deep breath. "I won't let them hurt you," he assured you, sounding almost reliable. You put on a smile for him that didn't seem convinced, but this wasn't a fight you could win against him. If he thought he could eradicate all rumors, there was no telling him that it was normal and to be expected. Lest he might have gone on a rampage in your name, making things infinitely worse.
The hustle behind you two was almost impossible to notice when his frame took up most of the reflection. However, your eyes caught the shivering frame of your handmaiden, still standing to the side, clutching her skirt with deathly white knuckles. She was staring at the floor as if it was a lifeline to clutch onto.
His eyes followed yours, and as quickly as he had given you all his attention, he tore it away from you. "Why wasn't the empress dressed and ready this morning?! I told you there was a meeting before breakfast and to prepare her for this. How useless are you that you can't even dress your mistress properly?! This borders on mistreatment. Do you know what we do with lazy people like you? We put them into the dungeon until they are begging to serve again and then we cut off every one of their fingers and--"
"Enough!"
You could barely believe your own voice to be so strong with all the fear you still harbored for him. But as you watched the emperor go on and on about such trivial matters as if the servant had personally offended him, you couldn't just sit back. She was still young, no doubt more of a noble lady than you with her perfect posture. But her meek personality showed the cruelty she had endured to survive in this place.
Surprised, the emperor twisted around, looking at you with wide eyes as you met him head-on with as much authority as you could muster. No one had ever stood up to him, and it showed in these moments, his cruel, self-assured confidence taking a hit.
"She is my servant. If I wish to sleep in, she has to do as I say. You don't get to threaten her for obeying me."
It almost felt like you had grown a second spine as you stood up for the woman, her eyes briefly lifting to look at you with the look of someone who couldn't believe you actually just did that. You couldn't either. Neither did the emperor. He stared at you like a fish, mouth agape, and the room seemed to stand still.
No one moved or said anything, and the longer you just stood there, staring at each other, the more uncomfortable you grew. Doubts and second thoughts finally reached you, and you stumbled to de-escalate the situation, clearing your throat.
"I wasn't feeling well this morning," you explained meekly, expanding the lie as you went. "Being here still feels very different, and some nights I can't sleep. She-" you pointed towards the maid "-made me tea, and thus I needed longer to get ready. I apologize if it upsets Your Majesty; I will do better in the future."
The emperor's mouth closed slowly as he took in your words. Curtsying in front of him felt like lowering your head on the chopping block, yet it was the only way you knew how to apologize. But when you saw him turn towards the maid once more, you were convinced it didn't work at all, rushing to straighten up and defend her more if you must.
"Have the other servants prepare light snacks and beverages for the meeting. I don't want the empress to faint if she is unwell. And a cushion for her chair."
Nodding slowly, bewildered by the kind command, then quickly, the maid bowed her head once to the emperor, then to you, before rushing off to relay the orders. Once she was gone, his focus shifted back to you, but you were too relieved that he hadn't done anything to the poor girl; you didn't mind his scrutinizing gaze.
"Thank you," you sighed, placing a hand above your heart. With the adrenaline washing off from one moment to the next, you felt yourself sway, quickly falling back onto the dressing chair as the arms of the emperor shot out. You weren't one for the dramatics, but he was just so damn scary! Unless...
Unless he looked at you like this, his eyes full of worry.
"Are you alright?! Do you need the doctor?! Speak to me, please!"
Instead of talking, you couldn't help but laugh lightly as you watched him fuss over you, his hands moving up and down your arms, squeezing. "I'm fine," you croaked, your throat a little dry.
You didn't know what was going on with you as you lifted your hand, brushing back the strands of hair from his face and cupping his cheek. "I like you better like this," you admitted, stupidly ignoring who was in front of you. "You look good when you care. Much more than when you're angry."
His brows furrowed as he looked at you, apparently still convinced that you were sick after all, spouting nonsense. Then, he shook his head, chuckling. "What are you doing to me, woman?" he sighed, then, finally, after making sure you could sit on your own, he pulled his hands back, crossing them beneath his chin. "I still think she needs to be taught a lesson."
"I'd rather she doesn't. I need all her fingers to tie my corset."
"Hm..." he hummed thoughtfully. "You know, I would gladly take that job. I never learned to string it, but I expect I could learn."
At this, you couldn't hold back, exploding into almost maniac laughter. It was unbecoming of a queen to show such emotions, and yet, how could you not when he squatted before you, seriously thinking about how to string a corset for his wife-to-be. The big, mean, tyrannical emperor theorizing about ways to dress his wife was much too hilarious.
Wiping the tears from your eyes, you found him gazing at you with an unfamiliar, soft expression. Your showcase of emotions was apparently endearing rather than appalling. Yet, you coughed away the last few laughs, trying to return your composure despite your heart doing leaps in your chest. He was an oddball, mostly because he clearly was under your charm. But at the end of the day, he was still the most feared person on the entire continent.
The person who came to your rescue was, surprisingly, your maid, who returned to your side, and you looked up at her, a smile playing on your lips. In her hand was a cup of tea, still steaming, that she quickly placed on top of the dresser for you. Thoughtful.
"Please help me get ready," you ordered gently, handing her back the comb, and she nodded eagerly before giving the emperor another quick bow.
He grumbled a little, but got up much more agile than one would think from someone with his frame. "Have the meeting delayed," he ordered someone behind you, and you watched as a guard saluted before rushing out. You didn't know their faces or names yet, but none of them deserved his mistreatment. Yet, they served faithfully, so perhaps it was on you to make an effort in the future.
"What's your name?" you asked the maid, catching her surprised gaze in the mirror.
"Madeline, Your Majesty," she whispered quietly.
Behind you, the emperor plopped down onto your couch, sighing deeply before staring at your back with furrowed brows. As if you were a puzzle he had to solve. He didn't seem upset he had to wait, but something was clearly gnawing at him. Maybe it was why he was so infatuated with you, or why you'd stop him from reprimanding staff that he thought was below him. Whatever it was, you doubted that his coming up with an answer would be a good thing, but there were more serious matters to attend to.
A meeting, huh? you thought, reaching for the cup to take a sip. No one had told you about that, and now, the panic started to set in. This would be your first formal meeting with the ministers. You doubted they could change the emperor's mind, but you still hoped they'd like you, rather than despise you. With the effects of your charm, was that even possible?
"What a wonderful name," you eventually finished the conversation, letting her comb your hair, a tiny smile hushing over her lips, too. The emperor's eyes stayed on you for the whole time, and yet, all you could think about was this first step outside of this cage you called home. New responsibilities and new tasks were waiting for you, and regardless of having to juggle the emperor's moods, you'd have to prove yourself as empress now, a role you were even less qualified for than being a queen.
But as much as you wanted to return to your world, there wasn't a way back. Not one you knew about yet, at least. Looking into the mirror, you saw and felt the determination filling you. You'd survive no matter what. Giving up had never been an option for you. So forward it was, no turning back.
You had a feeling the ministers were suspicious of you.
Not that you'd blame them for looking down on you from their high horses, but they really had more gall than you thought they would, doing it in front of the emperor. The questions you suspected would come, did. Veiled in praise and buttering up to your husband, who kept refilling your teacup as if it was his only reason to even attend the meeting.
"Your Majesty's wisdom is unparalleled! Your choices are so... extravagant!"
"To think Your Majesty would find another suitable bride after going through so much heartbreak! How brave you are!"
"And how pretty you are, your Highness! Beauty from beyond our city that makes you almost exotic."
The sharp comments were nothing less than signs of their disapproval, and for once, you couldn't wait for your charm to blow their heads away. You did your best to answer their questions, their prying about your qualifications, and the belittling smiles and nods as you told them about what you did in your queendom. They were truly insufferable, but much to your surprise, the emperor didn't seem to heed them at all.
Perhaps that was the reason they even dared to mock you in veiled insults, because they were sure he didn't care. It still hurt. After all, he had told you he'd protect you from everything. Yet, you had to go through their scrutiny all on your own with a useless emperor stuffing your mouth with cookies whenever you opened your lips to say something.
And if that wasn't enough, after interrogating you like a fiend, they dared to kick you out.
You hated relying on your charm to get any benefits, but seeing the ministers exchange looks and then tell you to leave so they could talk about important matters in the empire was insulting beyond even your wildest dreams.
Yes, you weren't qualified. Yes, technically you weren't married yet. Yes, you didn't even want to be in the meeting! But kicking you out like that? That was too much.
Sulking, you stomped down the hallway. Not even a guard had been called to escort you. Even if you slowly grew to understand the maze of rooms in this castle, being without an escort was below your station for sure.
To his credit, the emperor had insisted you stay. However, seeing how the ministers were done with you and you didn't want to linger, you had told him you'd wait for him in the greenhouse for breakfast. He had gripped your hand, squeezing it tightly. But when you squeezed back in reassurance, he had let you go.
Well, you didn't expect anyone to like you here, but it seemed there truly was no one by your side... except the emperor.
As crazy as it was.
Rounding the corner, you walked by a little storage room for all things needed in the royal suites. The sound of giggling and voices made you come to an abrupt halt. You hadn't heard anyone laugh in this fortress of gloom before, curiosity clawing its way into your brain.
It wasn't very proper to eavesdrop, nor should you have. All that awaited you was more disappointment as you listened to gossip. But hearing people having normal conversations... it broke something in you. The need to socialize as a human being became overwhelming. You just wanted everything to be back to how it was in the past for once. Just one more time.
"And then... then she told him to screw off and leave me alone!"
Furrowing your brows, you realized you lacked a lot of context to the conversation. Still, at least the chatter seemed interesting enough.
"Oh, she didn't!"
"She did! Elric was there; he can vouch for it, right? Elric?"
"Huh, oh, yeah. I have never seen the emperor get berated like that; she really put him in his place!"
The emperor? Wait... were they talking about you?
"Ah, the empress is so wonderful, I tell you! She's so pretty and kind! She even asked me for my name! I barely managed to say it!"
"Lucky you, getting to serve her. I'm stuck with the finance minister, and I'll tell you, he is a devil when the emperor isn't looking. Always mistreats his staff and brags about how he's getting richer while we are getting poorer by the day. He's such an asshole."
"Whoa, don't let anyone hear you say that," Elric suddenly warned. "You know the walls aren't that thick. Let me close the door fully."
You flinched as you realized he was going to come up to the door, and you quickly jumped back, rounding the corner when you suddenly bumped into something hard on your back. A hand snaked around your mouth, holding it close while someone hushed you, and you listened as the door to the storage room opened, Elric presumably looking to see if there was anyone who could hear them, before the lock clicked close.
Scared by who was behind you, you slowly lifted your chin. Was it another person crazed by your charms? An assassin? Everything was possible at this point. The hand moved with you until your eyes met the fiery red of the emperor's. Black strands of hair fell around his face as he looked down, giving you a smug grin.
"The servants always have the funniest stories, don't they?" he inquired, and somehow, you understood that he was trying to teach you something. "You never know what's the truth, but it's good to listen to them. I never liked the minister of finance very much anyway."
"Did you follow me?!" you asked, flabbergasted.
"Maybe. Can't have my bride wander around and find out how adored she is on her own, can I? I wouldn't dare to miss the opportunity to see you flustered for once."
You felt the heat flush into your face as he revealed just how much he had heard of the conversation.
"Does that make you happy? To be liked?"
"Well..." you fumbled, twiddling your thumb. "I'm just glad they don't hate me. It gets lonely when the whole world is against you, you know?"
"I know," he admitted surprisingly, his gaze lost in the distance as you craned your neck to look up. He looked... resigned. At least for a small, vulnerable moment, the emperor wasn't his usual cruel, arrogant self. Then he slowly turned you around by the shoulders, and your gaze fell to his white shirt. A loud gasp ripped through the quiet hallway as you saw the huge, red stain on his chest.
"You're bleeding!" you quickly deduced, rushing forward, wanting to stop it. However, before you could, your wrists were caught by his hands, and you looked up at him, unsure and anxious.
"I so love it when you worry about me," he muttered, leaning forward to rub his lips against your forehead. "But it isn't mine. Look closely, I'd be having problems standing if it was my blood."
"But..." you argued, looking again, even though you felt disgusted. "It looks so fresh..."
"Because it is."
Confused, you looked up at him, the emperor bringing both your hands to his lips, kissing them gently. He seemed to melt into your palms, pressing them against his face for a few moments before pulling away and lowering them.
"By now it seems everyone is completely infatuated with you. You have them all wrapped around your little finger, even turning the heads of the ministers as you left. They were drooling over you, so I had to make them understand that you are very precious and very off-limits." His words stopped for a moment, lips curling into a broad grin. "Very mine."
"Oh, but I simply taught them a lesson. It's not my fault that they bleed when you hit them, darling."
"You... you are..."
"Perfect?" he joked, his lips spreading from ear to ear in a huge grin. "Amazing? In love? I am all these things, but feel free to end the sentence as you intended."
"Insufferable!" you huffed. "And the blood disgusts me. Don't show yourself in front of me like this. I hate it."
With that, you tore your hands out of his grip that was much too loose for the possessive emperor. Maybe you had gone too far, said things you couldn't take back. But how else were you supposed to handle the situation? You couldn't live with this cruelty, always suspecting it would fall back on you one day. If not that, there was no saying if his tyranny wouldn't give the people a reason to rise against himâincluding you.
And the thought of blood... it brought you back to the battlefield. The very same you had to run from, where countless people lost their lives because of you. Or, well, your character. The one that determined how these things changed and how you became who you are now.
It reminded you of failure and disgust. Towards the emperor and towards... yourself.
You didn't look back at the man you left behind. Didn't watch the puzzled expression on his face slowly turn into something grimmer, something abhorrent. The mask slipping to reveal his true feelings as he chuckled to himself in the empty hallway. Watching you storm away with eyes that belonged to a predator who had finally found the prey he wanted to subdue and be subdued by.
Because you made his cold heart beat again. Made it crash against his ribs with more force than the adrenaline on the battlefield. You were better than anything he had done before to feel again, and you gave him a reason to become even worse than he already was, killing whoever laid their eyes on you. When he thought about what it would be like if you loved him, too, it almost brought him to his knees, leaving him filled with euphoria. But if you never did...
He would destroy everything in the way of making you completely and utterly his.
Synopsis: You are the first born child of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. In this PLATONIC omgeaverse take, you are his only child that has not been accepted into the pack. After living through years of constant disappointment and neglect, 14 year old you is ready to plan for their future far away from the eyes of your family. Your attempts to continue to live under the rador and move out to a new, exciting life should go smoothlyâŠright?
PSA: There will be no romantic relationships. I will hint at a character maybe liking the reader, but given this is a yandere storyâŠit will not last longâŠRIP.
Word Count: 1.8k
Chapter 1: What am I supposed to do?
You are a child born from a prostitute as a result of a one night stand. You lived with your mother in the Narrows of Gotham City, she was your whole world.
Though you were poor, she did her best to provide the best she could for you. She would borrow books from the library for you to read, take you to the park to play, and, when she had some extra cash, she would take you to the desert cafe to get whatever you wanted. You were happy as long as you were around her.
However, your mom couldnât protect you forever.
After your mom would place you in the closet for the night for âmommyâs important workâ as she would call it, she would peel the doors open ever so slowly with her cheeks stained with tears and bring you close to her chest to rock side-to-side with you.
âOh my sweet, beautiful childâ she would cry âyou being born a beta was the greatest gift I could ever give you. The world is cruel to those of my kindâŠbut youâŠyou will be safe so long as you live as what you areâŠâ
You did not understand what she was talking about at the time, but as you grew up you began to recall this conversation more and more.
One night, before your mother closed the door on the closet, she said in a quiet voice, âmy babyâŠno matter what happens you must stay silentâŠpromise me honey.â âI promised mommyâ you whispered back to her. She smiled kindly with eyes lacking in light before kissing your forehead, âI love you so much my sweet babyâ. Before you had the chance to reply, she closed the door gently.
As you attempted your best to sleep, given the circumstances, a shot went off. Followed by another. And another. Then silence. You promised your mother you would be good and stay put, however that did not stop the terror from creeping into your small bones, nor the tears from streaming down your eyes.
You had no concept of time, but you understood that a long time past before the doors of the closet were ripped open by people with flashlights in yellow and black uniforms. âOh godâŠâ one of them said, âCommissionerâŠshe had a kidâ.
After those words were uttered, you donât remember much of what happened next. You remember a kind looking man talking to you. You remember answering that you were 4 years old. You remember the officers taking you to a police station. You remember them running tests and looking frazzled by the results. Lastly, you remember a man with bright blue eyes and black hair. He dressed like a businessman you would see on walks in the park with your mom. Next to him was an elderly man also dressed in a similar sophistcated attire.
You remember the man with the blue eyes kneeled down in front of you to say, âHello there, my name is Bruce Wayne and it seems that I am your father. What is your name?â
â(Name)â
After that it was a blur of papers and eyes all on you and people kept shuffling around. You do remember getting into a fancy car, which drove to a fancy house, before being given a room bigger than your momâs old apartment. You now know that there are bigger rooms in the house, which are on the family wing, but you have learned to accept where you have been placed.
Later that same day, two kids older than you had come to the house. The eldest introduced himself as your new brother Dick, while the younger one introduced himself as Jason. Despite your father being away often, Dick and Jason became your true brothers. As you were the smallest of the three, they still treated you with love and care. The five of you were a family. You were in the batcave with them cracking jokes at Bruceâs expense, playing tagâŠyou had a family.
Until Jason died.
Dick became distant. Bruce became closed off. Alfred became reserved.
You were alone.
As you continued your lessons in school, you finally learned why your mother had said about you being a beta. Betaâs did not smell pheremones. Betaâs did not have heats or ruts. Being a beta made you considered to be a logical member of society.
However, in the same lesson, you learned about packs. There are two prominent sweat gland spots to be marked. The one on the back of the neck was for mates. The one on the inner wrists was proof of a pack that should be given by your family. After a marking, the family would huddle around the newest marked member for days in order to make them feel secure in the family. These sessions could last weeks depending on how the newest member takes to the bonding. After hearing all of this, you didnât understand why they didnât mark you. You new Dad, Dick, Jason, and Alfred had marked each otherâŠso why not you?
Poor little (Name) brought this question home to Alfred when they came back from school. He said âMaster (Name) Iâm sorry but this is not an appropriate time to broach this subject. Give it timeâ.
And time she gaveâŠthen Tim came along.
Dick came around more. Bruce opened up. Alfred was attentive.
You greeted Tim with an open heart. You asked him question after question to learn about him and showed you cared. He always gave superficial responses, you understood thoughâŠhe was busy helping Gotham. Just like Dad does, like Dick does, like Jason did.
After a year of Tim being here, you went to look for your dad to sign a paper for a school field trip to the science center. As you walked the long halls of the manor, you saw it in Timâs room. Bruce, Dick, and Tim cuddling close with Tim at the center.
Tim is officially joining the pack.
Alfred came up behind you, âMaster (Name) what are you doing over here? It is highly inappropriate to try and interrupt a bonding ceremony.â
Your mind was scattered with a deep hurt and shame, âI-Iâm so sorry, I just-I just wanted Dad to sign my paper for a field tripâŠâ
Alfred placed a hand on your shoulders and guided you towards your own room, âI will sign it for you my dear, but during such an important moment, you must not interrupt do you understand.â
You couldnât even think. Why were you not being taken into the pack? Why was Alfred out here? You asked Alfred both these questions in the haze of the walk back to your room.
âMaster (Name) I told you before that these things take time. It must not be rushed, when they are ready they will come to you. I am not included in the circle since my status in the pack is different from a traditional family pack. I do not need to be there for the entire ceremony. Now, here is your room, and please do not approach the West wing for awhileâ.
You never went towards the West wing after that day. You did wait for your family though. One day they would approach you with the desire to make you part of the pack. You would become family, all you had to do was wait.
Then Jason came back. You tried to approach him when he came back the first time you heard about him being back, but he snapped at you. If you were to ask him, he doesnât remember what he said, but you-you remember every word.
Not long after Jason came back, a twelve year old boy, the same age, as you joined the family. You greeted him with a smile and introduced yourself. Damian, as you would find through the yelling, pulled a katana on you while calling you a disgrace of a child and the Wayne name.
You did not approach Damian after that, but you did go to school together. He avoided you, from what you can guess is embarrassment, while you avoided him in fear.
A year after Damian joined, your enter perspective on your âfamilyâ shifted.
You found Alfred in the kitchen, âHey Alfred, I was wondering if you know where dad is, there is a permission slip I need him to sign in order to watch a PG-13 movie in class!â
Alfred looked at you with the slightest glance of pity, âIâm sorry Master (Name), but currently Master Bruce and the other young masters are completing the bonding ceremony for Master Damianâ.
You were left to stand there in shock and disarray. DamianâŠyour blood brother DamianâŠwho has been here for a year was getting bonded to the pack and becoming an official member of the familyâŠbut what about you?
You tried to put on your most unbothered expression, if Alfred saw through he didnât comment on it, âIs Jason with them too?â
âYes Master (Name). Since he was not here for Timâs either, he is technically participating in two.â
âThank you for letting me know Alfred, could you sign my paper instead pleaseâ, you are certain your voice cracked in the end but you pushed through.
Alfred took the paper gently, âOf course Master, and remember your time will come soonâ.
You did not say another word. The moment he handed you your paper back you walked into your room before you burst out crying, âI-I j-just wanted to be a f-family. I-I w-wanted to be loved...is that so hard to ask?!â
This brings us to two years later, present day. (Name) and Damian are 14.
(Name) has been on the phone more, Damian notices. They have been more secretive and cryptic with her friends, Damian is paying attention.
He understands that he shouldnât care. They are not a member of the pack, yet they are his only blood related sibling. He demands to know that (Name) is hiding.
One way or another.
And this dive into readerâs life will give them what they previously wantedâŠbut can they handle the cost?
A/N: HELLO! Sorry for the long exposition (I hate writing it), but the story will pick up from here. I hope you enjoyed my first series and I hope to try and give updates at LEAST once a week!!
Gotham's got another thing coming
Tony Stark!batsis!Fem!Reader
It starts out how most things do, with a failed marriage
To the media, its an amicable divorce between Bruce Wayne and your mother, but the two have always been good at smiling for the camera
Custody is split, with your mother getting majority. You're closer to her, anyway. She bends herself soft towards you, cooks you eggs and pancakes in the mornings instead of having the nanny do it. When you're doing homework, she brings you apple slices that she cut herself.
Bruce is more distant after the divorce. Never less full of love. Just, when he sees you, you're a shadow of your mother, and he's a man full of excuses who foresaw this and gave it a chance, but it went to hell anyway. He's never been good with words. He doesn't know how to show or say that he wants the world for you, and that he's never kept a good thing in his life without harming it
so he's at work most of the time. He hears how you're doing from Alfred, from your teachers, from occasional reports from your mother
then she dies and Bruce and you are stuck with one another
car crash, evidently
It's a transition. Slow, yet sudden. You see Alfred more than your own father. The butler and you get along like lemons and salt. By 7 am he's throwing the covers off of you, weekdays and weekends.
"Master Bruce has done a poor job at teaching you to respect your elders, young mistress."
"Yeah, well, two thousand years ago when old people started getting naggy, they'd be left on a desert hill."
"Yes, how unfortunate for the young master, being bugged about their Caribbean Cobb Salad being ready."
You call him a sadist
He says, "Yes, I do take particular enjoyment in it."
After a few months of you ignoring teachers and spending lunch hour in the robotics lab building practical motors, Bruce decides to send you to study abroad. Better schooling, is the excuse he gives you. You'd bet he figured it'd do you some good to be out of Gotham. That, or he was tired of receiving complaints from the school counselors.
You have no idea about the kid until two years later, when Bruce isn't buying your excuses for skipping Christmas dinner anymore
He's in the foyer of the manor, staring up at you with blinking blue eyes that have you craning your head from him to Bruce and back again. Polite and a little wary, he is, even when shrugging him off to hole yourself up in the storage room used to keep your old science projects and procrastinated ideas. It's where you spend most of your time, and Bruce doesn't pry. Dick Grayson, who's name you never ask for but involuntarily learn (a gold mine for teenage jokes, unfortunately for him), is all too curious. Friendly, talkative. Asks about what you're working on and picks parts off of tables to turn them over in his hand with an inquisitive eye. One time he started juggling plyers and screwdrivers just to pass the time.
Secretly clever too, you come to learn. There's not much explaining about what parts do what and how to use each tool. He seems to know already, and if not, watches you for a few seconds before imitating.
It's not as if you dislike him, but you don't get along. No fault on Dick's part, but you're physically incapable of holding your tongue and not make fun of him for his pleated sweaters and general unpopularity at school. Dick never seems too affected by it, though. That riles you up even further.
Then there's the secrecy. Him and your own father get along better than with you, bouncing off ideas, gone during late hours, Bruce invested in Dick's education and sports life. It's like you're watching a play of what your own life should be like. Worst of all, Bruce tries. He tries with you. Comes down to see what you're working on. Asks about boys at school and grades and if you're turning in your homework on time. Most damning of all, he asks if you'd like to come back to Gotham. Stay with him. You weren't able to name why that made you so bitter back then. No word for what caused you to spew hurtful jabs wrapped in sarcasm about how Dick was your cheap replacement and you had no desire of staying. Bruce doesn't react with hurt or anger; you don't know if you want him to. But he places a hand on your shoulder, gives it a squeeze.
Doesn't take you long after seeing the kid in a yellow cape and pixie boots on the news to make a connection. Swift movements, agility you've caught glimpses of in the corners of your eye.
It's whatever, you tell yourself. You go back to boarding school once winter break is over. Not much contact, save for Alfred. Strangely enough, you wonder if you're more of an orphan than Dick is.
University at 14, graduate at 17, whilst Dick and Bruce are playing Knight and Squire in Gotham. Tensions still linger, but you show up for holidays, if only to remind them that you exist. Barbara Gordon joins the fray during all this. Smart and witty, but you take it as a challenge.
Then Dick and Bruce have a split and Dick moves to Bludhaven under a new mantle. You watch it all go down like a comedy. Bruce gets a new protege, some scraggly kid off the streets. You meet him briefly, but it sticks with you. Jason's like a grasshopper, always bouncing here and there, sweet in a way that made you curl your words in more teasing rather than jabs. A superman fan with an engraved glass autograph in his bedroom (showed off to you excitedly). There was a tenseness to Bruce after rare nights out in the field, when he'd be firm, a watchful eye on Jason, a stern talking behind doors, but Jason wasn't Dick even if similar. You found that a good thing.
Still, Bruce takes him in as a son with a quickness you're unsure what to make of. You're stuck thinking that as the blood daughter, you deserve some privilege over Dick and Jason, if only to just have your father to yourself. But he hasn't been much of a father, has he? That's the thing. It's like you were the trial run. Jason's all his to cherish and love.
He's too sincere to garner any lingering hate, though. The kid somehow smooths over some of the rough edges between Dick and you. Dick passed on the Robin mantle to Jason himself, led him and cared for him like an older sibling, and Jason looked up to him and tried to live up to the legend. For some reason, he sees you in a similar light. Like a sister. Someone he wants to live up to and impress. Apparently, he thinks you're super cool for being a genius, and your designs inspire some time of child like wonder within him. Even studies hard so he can understand them. With dedication like that, you only lightly compare him to your robot Dum-E.
He liked writing to you when you were off being reckless around the world, even if you rarely replied.
Not much later, you're showing up to his private funeral hungover, amber tinted shades on, wearing a wrinkled blazer.
You don't remember what you said. Insensitive, probably. A joke made too early. Most definitely, because it made Dick kick you out. No one reached out for a while and there was a twisted sense of relief in that. Freedom from responsibility in the guise of punishment. Because Jason had sent you a final letter before that, more sparse and questioning. You were getting plastered on a yacht off the coast of Monaco when he died.
He's a ghost that lingers and pushes unknowingly. The arguments are frigid. Loud. You hit back with sharp sarcasm and laugh at Bruce's glares. You want to change the trajectory of Wayne Enterprises. Defense, you'd said. That's where all the money is. And you've got ideas. A stockpile of them. You'll turn the company into the forerunner of military defense, almost a monopoly. With weapons like yours, wars will be won before they can even start. And, yeah, maybe there's something about Jason that's pushing you to do this instead of working on anything else.
Bruce's jaw clenches so hard his teeth ache.
No. It's low and bursting, cold as a blizzard. This is not what my parents stood for.
And all you do is tilt your head, the signature sardonic smile that is so much like the guise Bruce dons in public. "Yeah, well, I'm just getting with the times."
There's a shareholder meeting. Bruce is vehemently against your decision. He's composed, hands intertwined on the marble table, black suit pressed and tailored.
You show up late. Grinning. "Hold your applause, gentlemen. I'm here to save you from what I bet is a riveting conversation about just why we shouldn't take the next steps to take over the weapons manufacturing market. All sound, I'm sure. Dear old dad knows how to put an engaging power point presentation together." Your eyes meet and you smile wider. Next you're pressing your watch, holograms shining out. You swipe your hand over them and they connect to the large screen at the end of the room, flaring to life with the presentation title, 'GENESIS'. "Now, I don't consider myself a god," you start, hands in your pockets, sauntering to the head of the room, right behind Bruce. "I'm not that demigod with the red briefs in Metropolis. But if we want to, it'll be us controlling the board."
Bruce figured you would be prepared, but never to this extent.
Potential profits and buyers, he expected. But you're his kid, and thorough when you want to be. When it spites people. There's contacts with the pentagon, an insider in the air force who's interested in what you could sell. Invoices already drafted. Bruce never knew you could put this much work into anything that wasn't in a lab.
And in a room full of shareholders seeking profits? The agreement couldn't come quicker.
Still, Bruce is never one without a backup plan.
As it stands, he's the majority shareholder. Up his sleeve is the second majority, Derek Powers, who Bruce promised a third of his shares so long as he voted against your proposition. Not enough to give Powers the leg up over Bruce, but it brings him closer. A necessary liability that Bruce will have to deal with after this.
When all is said and done, the trump card Bruce had stored away never goes off. Derek Powers votes in agreement with you. Bruce hides the disdain on his face well, like a mask of indifference.
You look at him, shrugging and winking. "Hey, no hard feelings? We're still up for family dinner night on Friday?"
You're putting on your yellow shades, palm on the handle of the glass meeting doors before pausing. Turn your head back. "Oh, by the way. I kinda promised Powers CFO."
"You don't have the power to make that decision," Bruce says.
You snap your fingers. "That's what I was forgetting! Right, right. Guys, can we get on that? Vote to transfer the CEO position to me?"
A majority sweep.
"Cool. Powers, congrats on becoming CFO."
Then you're gone.
Dick, the proverbial son that he is, tracks you down for a talk.
You expected it, which is why you spent the night at the casino, surrounded by security and handsome men trying to buy you drinks once they recognize you. It was that time where you stopped counting your wins and losses.
The atmosphere doesn't scare Dick off. 'Course not. He's a bat.
He's in a well pressed suit of his own. Navy, stripped. Blue tie for a comical touch only him and you can understand.
The ladies in silk dresses take one look at him and bat their eyelashes.
You hold out the dice concealed in your fist. He eyes it, leans down, plays along and blows on them. You roll.
"Would you look at that, the Grayson luck. I think you just saved me from bankruptcy."
"Wouldn't be a good look if you ran the company dry on your first day as CEO." He holds up a cold glass of water. "Snagged you this from the bar."
"Oh, my favorite," you say, taking it and immediately passing it away to your bodyguard, forgotten. There's whisky in your breath.
Dick manages to lure you away for a moment and you're forced to listen to him, sipping dully on a cocktail as he gives you that look that's so much like Bruce under the high chandelier lighting. It's almost funny. Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne's adopted son, and you, his blood daughter. Dick's more like Bruce than you have ever been -- can ever try to be. It's there in his face, the same crease of their brows, same downturn of their mouth.
"An arms dealer?" he asks, an underlayer of something in his tone.
"What, would you rather we end up like Queen Industries and their hippie new business model? I don't look good in their shade of green. That's a lie, I do, I just don't like it."
And he narrows his eyes at you the same way he's done since he was nine and mulling something over. It's less evident now and he's able to hide it when he wants, but there's no need for that when it's just you two. There are traces of that little kid in him still there. Maybe that's what he's seeing as he looks at you right now. "I'd like a serious answer."
"Hey, watch your tone, junior. I'm the oldest, which means you can't criticize me ever and you do all I say. This is the 21st century, Dick. Weapons are needed now more than ever, and I'm securing that Wayne Enterprise's has the lead. You want a peaceful world? Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy."
"Some would say that's a really philosophical way of saying, war profiteering."
"Not a philosopher, but my mother did read me Dr.Seuss."
The media has a field day.
Bruce Wayne stepping down as CEO is framed by Wayne Enterprises as a heartwarming passing of the baton to his 21-year old prodigy in full earnest. Less amusing than the almost Shakespearean takeover you orchestrated.
The U.S. air force land you Wayne Enterprises' first major contract with your miniaturization engineering work and its possible applications in munitions -- a little something your worked on when you were nineteen and existential.
Six years in as CEO, 27, still a lively nuisance to the general stoics, reporters and journalists swarming you day and night like blood sucking flies.
If they're cute, you take a few questions.
"Ms.Wayne, would you describe yourself as an arms dealer?"
And you're looking at the man with the recorder up and down, adjusting the rim of your sunglasses as you straighten up and lean your hand on the the door of your convertible. "Hey, pretty. For you, I'm whatever you need me to be."
"The people would like an honest answer. Ms.Wayne."
"Huffington Post?"
"Bloomberg, actually."
"Well, Mr.Berg, I'm a representative of the people. Are you planning on reporting the numbers of how ever since taking on government contracts, Wayne Enterprises has dedicated a significant amount of its resources into medical biometric implants, cardiac replacement medicine, and internal analgesic pumps thanks to military funding? Or does that not sell as many click bait subscriptions as affirming the echo chamber of your readers?"
"All research funded by blood money."
"You mean, money that lets Americans sleep at night without having to worry about the other big guys on the side of the world with their fingers hovering over that scary red button. No need to thank me, really. But I do love hearing it."
And the cute reporter is shaking his head in the wrong kind of amazement.
"What does your father, Bruce Wayne, think about the drastic change in direction Wayne Enterprises has taken ever since you've been at the helm?"
You grin. "Jealous he didn't do it first."
You're not all bad, you think. You've heard your father talk about Gotham. How he loves it, sees the good among the waste, wants to save it, even if half the country has given up on it. You're stopping wars. Keeping the country safe. Keeping its allies safe. All military funding finds itself back into social technologies, projects that help the little guy. But tonight? Based off the way this reporters looking at you, you're going to have some fun before you fly off to Afghanistan tomorrow.
You have come to known that Keigo isn't just a bully, and a prick, and an abusive asshole who seems to have made its life purpose to torment you, to see how many times he can kick you on the ground until you either go unconscious or snap at him. In the time you've lived with him, you've come to realize he's much, much more of what he seems to be, of what he tries to portray himself as.
He is also, a sex maniac.
He just can't get enough. He needs to be humping and mounting you at least twice a day or he goes mad, becomes much more cruel and taunting. And you have already been at that end of the stick, at the mercy of his cruel physical ministrations, so to have him all over you, fucking you like a man possessed, seems rather... tame. Pleasurable even.
And in that moment, you're living it. You're under him, legs spread and folded until your ankles reach your ears. And he seems to be having the time of his life, fucking you while rubbing messy circles over your clit, making you clench your walls around him, milking him for all he's worth.
"Y-You filthy fucking slut-" He slobbers all over your tits, grinning when you throw your head back. "You keep telling me you hate me, and that you can't stand to have me near. Yet here you are... milking me dry with your pretty, fuckin' loser pussy." He's nonsensical, and at the same time speaking the truth, you have stopped refusing him, you have started to accept his advances, started recognizing that maybe you don't hate his cock as much as you hate him.
"Shut up!" You whine. "Pull outâ I-I'm about toâ" The plump, mushroom shaped head of his cock hits your cervix repeatedly, making you swallow your words as you let out a pained gasp, eyes widening as he continues to hit that spot, bullying and bruising it, aching to fuck past its tight resistance, even when you both know it would be impossible. But he doesn't stop, one of his hands coming to press down on your stomach, the pressure making you go limp from pleasure, loosing your last coherent thoughts to the feeling of his fat cock punishing your gummy walls. For what? You don't know, but he's fucking your cunt like he hates it, even when that couldn't be far from the truth.
"Pull out? I thought you were supposed to be the smart one," He croons, blonde lashes falling slowly, as if he's blinking through honey, might as well be, his eyes are that same color. And you can't look away from his handsome face as he taunts you, as he fucks you harder, faster, rougher. By this point you're certain your cervix, and your g-spot, and everything inside you must be bruised and battered, molded to fit and accommodate his length. "What's the chance, huh? You were always so good with percentagesâ" He grunts, and you can see his adam's apple bobbling up and down as he swallows, hard. "How much of a chance is there of you getting fucking pregnant right now."
"You wouldn't dareâ" You gasp, and he laughs. The most impressive part? His rhythm hasn't faltered once throughout your hole conversation.
"Oh, believe me, songbird. I would," The slapping of your skin meeting each other is driving you mad. "I'll fuck a baby into you, make you a fuckin' dropout, a college mommy. I'll make sure you can never leave me," His eyes darken with a possessive gleam on them, completely evil, completely truthful. "I'll keep you pregnant, you'll give me baby after baby after baby. I'll make sure you can never make anything of yourself other than being the mother of my fucking children, other than my fucking wife." He growls, pumping you full of cum as you start to cry, speechless.
"I'll make sure you're never anything other than mine."
Pairing:Â Dark/Yandere Keigo Takami/Hawks x (female) Reader
â¶Â This is a yandere/dark work and it may contain triggering content so please READ THE WARNINGS before. Do not read if minor.
SUMMARY:Â As Endeavour Todorokiâs quirkless daughter, youâve been labeled as a burden your entire life. To your luck (or the lack of it) Hawks is more than willing to take care of you.Â
Reader takes Fuyumi's place, but ignoring the age logistics. You're around 20/21.
AN: Proud of myself cause this is the longest work I've written. Thank you for waiting, really hope you guys like this. Please, reblog and give me feedback đ enjoy!
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The call gets disconnected, just like the previous one and the one before that. Â
âThe number you have called is currentlyââ
Biting your lip, you tap on the call button, pushing the phone against your ear once again. Please, pick up. Please, pick up.Â
Your prayers are successful as the call finally gets accepted, too many moments later.Â
âDad?â
Thereâs a low scoff on the other side of the line. With a swift glance behind your shoulder, you enter the large bathroom and fumble with the lock of the door.
âDad? Iâ It's me.âÂ
The soft click provides you with the tiniest amount of security and you hope the walls are thick enough to muffle down the sound of your voice.Â
âWhat is it?â the annoyance in Endeavour's voice is clear as day. Your dad has never had the time or patience to waste with you, much less now. âIâm busy. Make it quick.â
âI donât like it here.â you start, holding onto the phone like itâs a lifeline. âCan you come pick me up?âÂ
âWhat nonsense is this? Have you lost your mind, like your mother did?â the words are cruel and sharp - a combination that your father does like no other. âItâs only been a few hours and youâve started complaining already? Ridiculous!âÂ
âBut I donât know him. I donât feel comfortable here. With him.â you try again, desperate. âDad, please, donât make me do this. Please, please, I donât toââ
âEnough!â you flinch at the harsh tone. âEnd this nonsense right now. Thereâs no place left for you at my house. You are exactly where you belong. Ungrateful brat. Be grateful that Hawks accepted to have some quirkless trash as a wife.â
The venomous insult has you recoiling. Many are the times that the words âquirklessâ and âtrashâ have been hurled your way and yet the dull ache in your heart never lessens.Â
Your dad pays no mind to your pained silence, continuing with his angry frustration.Â
âIâm warning you for the final time, so listen carefully. You are Hawkâs wife now, so behave like one. Do not even think about returning home, you hear me?â he hisses sharply. âDo not drag the family name through the mud just because of your pathetic whining.âÂ
The call abruptly disconnects.Â
You stare at the wall, apathetic as cold emptiness slowly consumes you, inch by inch. You feel lost. Empty. Brain hardly able to acknowledge whatâs happening to you. God, why is this happening to you?
You donât want to stay here. In another manâs house - a man you hardly know. Hawks. Keigo, like he asked you to call him when your dadâs driver dropped you off like a delivery package. A mail-order bride.
You donât know what to do. What can you do?
Running away is out of the question. Itâs not even an option, not when youâre the daughter of Japanâs Pro-hero Number One and your husband sits on the second rank.
But the truth is that thereâs never been much of a rebellious streak inside you. No, you are docile and simple. Being rebellious was a trait more present in your brother's disposition. Natsuo. Shoto. Touya.Â
The thought of them has you hesitating for a moment, but you quickly dismiss the idea. No doubt they would try to help, but to what extent would they truly be successful?
Their relationship with dad was a strained one, so tense that it could break at any moment. Youâd hate to be the one to tear the family apart.Â
You wonder what dad will tell them - that he just sold you off like a broodmare? Or will he make a more elegant explanation?
Will your brothers even believe whatever strange justification your dad comes up with?
You havenât seen them for a while. Natsuo spent most of his time on his college campus and Shoto lived in the U.A dorms. All while you took care of the house.Â
Would they believe you married Hawks even though thereâs no wedding?Â
No grandiose wedding ceremony to marry off the only daughter of the great Endeavour, no. Only a legal contract binding you to him, papers that you barely got a chance to read properly before your dad demanded for your signature. And just like that youâre married on legal terms.
Itâs hard to believe it happened this morning, less than two hours ago when it feels like a nightmare that is dragging out for too long.Â
A knock on the door snaps you out of your brainstorm session.Â
âHey. You good in there?âÂ
Keigo. You really hope he didnât catch the hushed phone call. That makes you tuck the phone into your back pocket.Â
You make a little noise with your throat, clearing your voice. âHum, yeah. I⊠Just a minute.âÂ
You wait a moment in the spacious bathroom, taking the opportunity to check out your reflection in the mirror on top of the impeccable white marble vanity.Â
Thereâs nothing different about your face, despite the storm of emotions that devastates you on the inside. Nothing indicates the horror youâre experiencing, maybe except for the light downturn of your lips.Â
Your hands smoothes down the wrinkles along your silk blouse. Your dad had barked at you to change into a proper dress, something more elegant than a blouse and pants, but there had been no time to alter outfits.
The last hour you spent at home was total chaos. Hurrying to pack your stuff and now that you think about it, you didnât even get a chance to pack your favorite clothes. Most of your belongings stayed behind, unable to fit the two suitcases the maids helped you fill with whatever you could find. Clothes. Shoes. Skincare. Makeup. Some jewelry.Â
Oh, you even forgot your laptop! Well, you suppose thatâs the least of your concerns.Â
Straightening your back with a deep breath that does little to calm your nerves, you finally reach for the door.
Keigo is casually leaning against the adjacent wall with his hands chuffed inside the pantâs pockets, fluffy blonde brows rising as you close the en-suite bathroom.Â
âTook you long enough in there. Was getting worried you had fallen down the toilet or somethinâ.â he jokes. Heâs not wearing the yellow Pro-Hero costume, just a tight shirt and pants.
Casual. Comfortable.Â
 He pushes himself off the wall, nodding towards the room door.Â
âCâmon, let me show you the rest of the penthouse. Itâs yours now as well.â he pauses, looking at you with a knowing expression. âUnless you wanna go back to hiding in the bathroom to beg Endeavour some more?â
Your face falls, eyes widening with shock.Â
âOh, IâŠâ you stammer, like a deer caught in the headlights. âIâm sorry. I justââ
Keigo stops you with a wave of his hand, walking over to you. You gulp as a reflex when he stops, standing right in front of you, his red wings ruffling behind him.Â
Hands are placed over your shoulders, warm and firm. The proximity has your body tensing up, nerves prickling you.
Itâs the first time youâre seeing him up close, eyes shyly noticing the small details. The faint scars scarring his cheek. The short blonde stubble around his chin. The small piercing on his ear. Thereâs a gentle scent emanating from him, maybe a body lotion or soap, youâre not sure.Â
âHey. Itâs fine. Iâm not mad.â he gently says, one finger tilting your chin up so your eyes meet his golden ones. âI know you must be scared. Iâd be too if I was in your shoes.â
âGetting married is a huge deal. Iâm also pretty sure this was kinda... unexpected, right? You probably werenât expecting any of this. Were you? Hm?âÂ
Your silence elicits his fingers to dig deeper into your shoulders, and you hesitantly nod. A bad feeling pools in your belly.Â
âCâmon, thereâs no need to be so shy. You can speak to me. Itâs just me, Keigo. Your husband.â a shiver follows down your spine when one of his hands slowly slides down your naked arm, calloused palm touching over the length of your skin.
The heat of his palm, albeit gentle, feels scorching hot when it lands on your wrist. Burning your skin. Marking you. Â
â... and that means no secrets between us. Cause a good wife always tells the truth to her husband. All that stuff about having bling trust on your husband, âkay?âÂ
Keigoâs tone changes in the slightest as he speaks, a more serious undertone coating his words. His peculiar behavior has often reached your ear, mostly by the angry complaints of your father, but this⊠this seems insane.
Heâs insane. The way he talks to you makes you uneasy. It makes you want to evade his touch and run back home, back to the safety of your room - your little heaven of peace.
The situation that has you trapped is far too weird, too abnormal for you to even know what to say or what to think.Â
âSo, what do you say?â his lips curl into a small smirk. âWill you be my perfect little wife?âÂ
Thereâs no other option other than nodding, a shaky movement of your head. That doesnât satisfy Keigo, his lips pouting dramatically. One hand cups the side of your face, rugged fingers scratching your gentle skin.Â
Your heart skips a beat when his thumb reaches for your lips, the tinted lip gloss smudging as the pad of his finger drags over your lower lip. Heat burns in your cheeks, your whole face blazing warm at his touch.Â
Keigoâs eyes are fixed on your lips, captivated by the shiny moisture coating them. You donât dare moving a single muscle, as frozen as a porcelain statue. Too scared that one move might trigger him into kissing you.Â
It happens anyways despite the little hope you harbored. Keigo leans forward and thereâs barely time to think - or to dodge him - before his mouth is pressing against yours, soft lips applying minimal pressure into the kiss. Itâs tender, gentle. Itâs your first kiss.Â
A hum rumbles through his chest and his hand slides to the back of your head, fingers stretching to keep you in place. Not allowing you to run away from him. Oh gosh.Â
The kiss deepens, more pressure being added as Keigo teasingly nibbles your lower lip. Thereâs no other option but to gap your lips, allowing access to your mouth.
Keigo takes full advantage, sneaky tongue tracing the shape of your lips before pushing past your lips, almost making you gag at the sensation. Itâs slimy and wet, and it feels weird to have roaming around your mouth, touching and feeling around.Â
Before you even realize what youâre doing, your hands are pushing against his chest and Keigo accomplies, pulling away with a breathy chuckle.Â
You exhale, wiping the smear of saliva and gloss with the back of your hand.Â
âSweet like candy.â Keigo says, eyes fixed on you as he licks his lips. âAnd a virgin, right? At least, thatâs what your dad told me. Pure, untouched virgin and all that.â
You gulp at the hunger in his eyes.Â
âDonât be scared. Iâm not a monster, I promise.â the corner of his lip curves, giving away the unsettling smirk behind. âPromise to take good care of you tonight. Scoutâs honor.â
Physical touch is a concept youâre hardly familiar with. Anyone that looks carefully into your family can quickly realize that they are not one for effusive displays of affection.
Hugs, kisses, cuddling - none of that. If you think hard enough, there might be some vague memories of your mom wrapping her arms around you, back when you were a little child. Cradling you into a sweet although chilly embrace, gently rocking your body into sleeping.
But those memories are so distant, so fuzzy that you canât even be sure they are real. The ones that remain are your dad and brothers.Â
And if your mind doesnât fail you, the last time your dad gave you any sort of physical attention wasnât a pleasant situation, one that resulted with you receiving a nasty slap for being so loud and rowdy that you woke him up on his day off.Â
So, no. Showing love through touch is not something you know about. But Keigo sure does. His touch is the only constant throughout the apartment tour.
As he guides you through the different rooms, his hand never leaves yours. Warm and somewhat gritty. Solid enough to keep you attached to him, even when you take small steps away from him. Could be considered a sweet gesture, if only your mind wasnât finding it so suffocating.Â
When finally you reach the last division left, Keigo wraps his toned arms around your waist, pushing you flush against his body.
A gasp escapes from your lips, both surprised and shocked at the sudden gesture and your hands immediately fly over to his, pushing for a moment before you realize that you canât do that so directly.
You canât push him away. Heâs your husband.Â
â... and this is where youâll be spending most time. The kitchen. Had it remodeled especially for you.â Keigo proudly says, chin slotting on top of your left shoulder. âEndeavour seemed pretty confident in your cooking skills, he even bragged a whole ton about that. Delicious, traditional food and all that. Works well enough cause Iâm sort of a glutton, yâknow?â
He pecks the side of your exposed neck as you take in your surroundings, drinking in every single detail.
The amount of sunlight coming from the large windows is impressive, the bright and warm light cascading down on the large middle island and the long counter made of white marble. Every piece of equipment and machine looking like it belongs to a restaurantâs kitchen, modern and brand new.Â
Everything is so impeccably shiny and clean, without a single speck of dust, that you wonder if the kitchen has ever been used before. Likely not.Â
âUsed to eat fast food everyday. Easy and cheap.â Keigo confirms your assumption.Â
His arms tighten around you, squeezing you tight enough to leave you a bit breathless.Â
âBut thatâs in the past. Cause now I have a pretty wifey whoâs gonna spoil me with yummy food, right, babe? My little housewife.â he coos, similar to how one would speak to a little baby. âYouâre gonna be real busy. Cooking everyday for your hard-working husband.â
The more Keigo speaks, the more uneasy you get. Why is he being so weird about it?Â
Heâs always had sort of a peculiar personality, you know that much from the tabloidâs fixation on documenting and discussing the every public interaction of the popular Pro-Hero that occupies the second position in the rankings but it was your dadâs angry ramblings about the younger man that gave you the confirmation of Hawksâs eccentric and unique personality. But you didnât think heâd be a⊠freak.
The uneasiness that is slowly taking over you only gets worse when something - something that grows hard with every passing moment - pokes against your lower back, firm and insistent.Â
A yelp gets stuck in your throat and you jump without thinking when a calloused hand delves underneath your blouse, warm fingers pinching the soft skin of your stomach.Â
âCâmon, donât be shy. I wanna hear you say it.â his mouth hovers over your ear, teeth playfully biting the sensitive earlobe. His hand graduatelly slips lower until it reaches the hem of your pants, giving it a playful tug.Â
âYouâre gonna cook for me, right?âÂ
A shudder travels through your body, raising goosebumps over the expense of your skin.Â
âIâllâŠcook for you, yes.â you stammer the words out, but Keigo isnât done with you yet.Â
He tuts, tongue swiping as light as a feather across the shell of your ear. âYouâre gonna cook for me and what else. Go on, say it.âÂ
The knot lodged on your stomach wonât stop twisting and warping, making you experience things like never before. Stress, anxiety, fear. Everything at once.Â
âIâllâŠâ you hesitate, voice so low that it breaks.
Keigo encourages you further. âHm hm, keep going. Iâm all ears.â
âIâll..â you start, tongue feeling too heavy to move. âIâll be your housewife.â
Keigo rewards you with a nasty growl and much to your horror, he pushes himself harder against you, pulling you against the kitchen island. Trapped between the cold marble and Keigoâs firm body, thereâs no way to slip away from him.Â
Thereâs no way to escape Keigo as he sets up a slow rocking motion, shamelessly dry humping you in the middle of the kitchen.Â
Thereâs nothing for you to do except to push back the disgust that grows with each breathless moan that resonates over your ear and accept your destiny.Â
A few years ago, when you were a somewhat silly dumb teenager, youâd have fantasies about your wedding night.
Rosy and dreamy fantasies about how perfect that night was supposed to be, how romance and love would fill the atmosphere until you were dizzy with emotions.
A strong and handsome husband that would have the softest lips, peppering kisses all over your body. Gentle hands whose touch would be enough to make you see stars. Heâd be sweet and kind and he would take his time with you.Â
Now, on your first night as a married woman, you realize just how unrealistic your teenage fantasies were.Â
Your body writhes on its own as Keigo slowly pushes his hips forward, forcing his cock all the way inside your cramped pussy. The problem isnât his size. Heâs not too big or too small. Just average, you suppose.
But the problem lies in the painful fact that this is your first time and Keigo seems more focused on getting as deep as he can instead of going easy on you. Â
âOh, fuck. Youâre really tight, huh.â Keigo pants, forehead pressing against yours. One of your hands instinctively reaches out to push on his chest, desperate for some distance, for some much needed relief.
But Keigo is fast in stopping you, grabbing your hands with his own, forcing each hand to lay flat near your head.Â
â...it hurts.âÂ
Your whining gets smothered down by Keigoâs lips, insistent in keeping you quiet. His hips rock against you, pulling halfway out before drilling back inside with impressive determination that earns a muffled distressed gasp from you everytime.Â
Your walls sting despite the unhurried pace Keigo sets. Not too fast, but not too slow either. Probably the best middle-ground tempo he could find. But itâs not enough for you. Your pussy aching with each thrust, struggling to accommodate the foreign intrusion.
Keigo pulls away from the kiss, with a breathless groan that feels overly graphic. His face hovers close enough for the ragged breaths and pants to hit you, leaving a warm cast of air. Â
Keigo releases one of your hands and his now free hand travels down, expertly hooking under your knee before pulling the leg up to your chest. Opening you up. Discomfort flares up in your leg at the uncomfortable position, cramps start to form in your muscles and there's a malicious grin forming in Keigoâs face at the sight of your struggle.Â
âCâmon, donât be a brat, you can take it.â he purrs, face bending down to press a kiss on your knee. âYouâre already taking my cock like a champ. Keep that tightness up and youâre gonna make me cum soon. Fuck.â
He grunts, strands of honey hair hanging in his forehead, his skin dewy with sweat. Behind him, the wings wonât stop twitching and shaking, adding more weight as Keigo falls on top of you, crushing you against the bed with his solid weight.
He fucks you faster, going deeper with the new angle that has you wincing everytime. The erratic pace rocks both you and the bed in a way that feels like an earthquake, headboard banging with such force on the wall that you wonât be surprised if tomorrow thereâs a dent.
You also wonât be surprised if there are visible dents littering your body as well. Â
âFuck, fuck, fuck!â he moans, chasing his high like a madman. âYouâre gonna take it, arenât you? Take my cum like the good, little wifey you are. Fuck, yeah!âÂ
The symphony of groans rises in volume just like the growing urgency in the few thrusts Keigo punctures right before he buries his face in your neck, an animalistic sound rumbling deep from his chest as his body comes to a halt, every inch of cock buried deep inside you.Â
After that, the room is strangely quiet.Â
Keigoâs warm breathing hits your neck, irregular and shallow as he takes his time getting himself back together. He takes no initiative to move away from you and you lack the necessary strength to push him away, so thereâs no other option but to remain on your back, smothered under his weight, eyes fixed on the ceiling.
Feeling the soreness seeping through the soft muscles while realizing how sticky your skin has become. The dull cramps that start building up in the lower part of your body. Leg still hoisted up over Keigoâs arm, settled into the stiff position.Â
You wince at the member lodged inside of you, turning flaccid with each passing moment. What is impossible to ignore is the fluid that oozes from your hole, slowly trickling downwards.Â
âThat was insane. Fuck, I even think youâre officially the best fuck of my life.â he declares with a satisfied sigh, voice hoarse.Â
Finally, after what it feels like an eternity - even if probably only has been a few minutes - Keigo moves his arm away and you sigh in relief when your leg falls down to the bed, stiff and sore.
He pulls back on his knees, a soft grunt escaping from him when he removes himself from inside you and you can finally breathe properly without his weight pressing you down.Â
He heads for the bathroom, feet padding on the floor as he walks away with a yawn.Â
You doze off, exhaustion making your eyes finally close as you find some thin peace in the darkness.Â
The marital troubles begin less than two days after you become Keigoâs wife.Â
You figure it to be a good moment to ask for permission. Your husband - it still feels awkward to say that, even in your mind - is happily munching on the dinner you rushed to cook after he wasted nearly the entire afternoon by keeping you in bed, performing other marital duties.
Heâs insatiable when it comes to sex and youâve come to realize that his appetite is only satisfied when you end up with a sore, achy pussy that leaks copious amounts of cum he fills you with.Â
The reality of your situation is slowly falling upon you, forcing you to realize that this isnât just some phase of your life. No, itâs not a phase. This is your life now.Â
Your father never called back, not even a single message to check up on you. Part of you thinks that he mustâve blocked you. He did make it abundantly clear that youâre no longer a part of his family.Â
So now, youâre trying to find a way to make things better for yourself. Online college had been the only compromise your dad accepted at the time, so at least you have a degree.
Keigoâs short leave is almost ending, you only know this because Keigo complains about it all the time, which means that soon heâll be going back to his agency, the patrols, the rescue missionsâŠÂ
Sure, Keigo did blabber some stuff about you staying a housewife, but you do hope that he can be convinced otherwise.Â
âHowâs the food?â you ask, catching some vegetables with the fork. The question is pointless, given that the answer lies on the plate before Keigo, mountains of teriyaki chicken and mashed potatoes stacked on the plate. Â
Keigo grins, shoving more food into his mouth. âThink cookinâ might be your quirk after all, babe. Those Michellin-star chefs got nothing on you. Trust me.âÂ
A chuckle leaves your lips before you even realize it. That might be the first time Keigo actually made you laugh.Â
âI was meaning to ask, youâre going back to work tomorrow, right?â you ask as casually as possible, pushing the fork to your mouth.Â
Keigo hums, before he stops and shakes his head. âNah, I changed the dates so I can get a few more days with you. Probably heading back on sunday. Maybe monday if I can pull it off.â
âOh okay.â you nod.Â
He looks at you, the edges of his lips curling into a small grin. âWhy? Want me to take more days off? Iâm sure I can make it work, if you really want me to.â
You pause, mushing down some broccoli with the fork for a moment before you answer.Â
âWell, I⊠I was wonderingâŠâ you hesitate, trying to measure your words. â...that when you go back to work, maybe I could get a job? If itâs fine by you, of course! Itâs just, well, youâre gonna be busy with work and Iâll be home alone all day. So, if I get a job then Iâd be doing something useful, right?â
The teasing grin slowly dies down as Keigo stares at you, eyebrows arching. âA job?âÂ
Your nod isnât as assertive as you wish it was and to make it worse, Keigo doesnât answer right away, taking his sweet time chewing another mouthful of food before taking a few sips from his beer.Â
And then he explodes in laughter.Â
Eyebrows arching in amusement while Keigo wipes an imaginary tear from his eye.Â
The expression on your face must be transparent enough to show your feelings, you realize so when Keigo coos at you, hand settling on top of yours.Â
âDid I hurt your feelings, doll? Aww, câmon, donât be sad.â he says with a pouty lip, not a trace of seriousness in him. âYouâre all delicate and nice. You wouldnât last a single day working a nine-to-five job. Those things are brutal. Trust me when I say that youâre not cut out for that.â
You stare at him, stunned. Heâs making you look weak and pathetic. Something your father would too.Â
âBut Iââ
âBesides, if you really wanna be busy that bad, Iâm sure we can work something out.â Keigo doesnât give you the chance to speak before heâs cutting you off, his grin growing wider - and sinister. âIâm sure a baby would keep you fully booked.â
Being Endeavourâs only daughter hadnât been the glamorous life assumed by the tabloids. Sure, you lived in the comfort of a huge house filled with staff that was more than willing to satisfy your needs.
Not a single day in your life went by struggling for money or food. You had enough designer clothes to overflow your roomâs closet and more jewelry than needed. Safety, comfort, money - you had it all.Â
But materialistic luxury and comfort hardly meant anything when so many restrictions were imposed upon you.
Your dad was strict - even more considering the quirkless failure he claimed you to be. Not to mention that you are a girl. That alone downgraded your value by a ton, at least to your fatherâs eyes. That meant being homeschooled for the better part of your life, with harsh tutors and teachers that demanded nothing less than perfection from you.
Leaving the house for whatever reasons may be meant begging your father for permission and his answer was always unsurprisingly negative. Your brothers, despite being nice, were too busy with their own lives.Â
In the end, you were left alone - no social life and no friends.Â
But as bad as it was, you grew accustomed to it. It was your life and granted that it could be much worse.Â
Marrying Keigo - as frightening as it was - isnât as bad as you expected. Heâs not violent. Heâs not abusive. As peculiar and bizarre that Keigo is, heâs not entirely a bad husband, you reluctantly admit.Â
He takes care of you, through both big and small gestures. You donât even have to ask for gifts before they are given to you. Books. Jewelry. Clothes.Â
He makes an effort to get to know you. Your likes and dislikes. Always eager to know more about you. About the things that make you happy or sad.Â
He shows you affection - something that used to be so foreign to you. He kisses and hugs you, his touch always so warm and soft as he drowns you in affection.Â
But Keigo is not a saint either. Far from it.Â
He doesnât like it when you talk too much about your family. The way he firmly steers away the conversation when you mention how badly you miss your brothers is enough proof that your husband wants nothing but distance from your old life.
His own family remains a mystery to you, with Keigo setting up boundaries at that sensitive topic. The only family heâs interested in is the future family that the two of you will build together. Â
He hates when you do anything that doesnât suit him. Cooking anything other than his favorite meals always ends up with him giving you the cold shoulder. Choosing a movie or a show that he doesnât like has him instantly taking over the remote control, changing the TV to whatever he wants to see.
Keigo doesnât give in easily and thereâs no attempt of an amicable compromise or whatsoever. You do what he wants, not the other way.Â
In the end, it dawns on you that marrying Keigo wasnât a salvation. It never was. It was merely exchanging from one prison to another and a part of you believes that your dad knew that.Â
A few days after Keigo restarts his work schedule, you take the opportunity to leave the apartment.Â
However, grocery shopping takes far longer than you anticipated and the sun is already starting to hide in the horizon when you finally make your way back to the apartment.Â
You get inside with the bags full of groceries, struggling to close the door when a voice resonates from behind.Â
âWhere were you?â
You yelp at the frightening sight that the living room has become. Red feathers are sprayed all over the room - the floor, the couch, the furniture - creating a confusing mess of crimson that awfully resembles a murder scene. And in the center of it all, Keigo stiffly stands with arms crossed over his chest.
But whatâs more frightening is the solemn expression on his face. Blank and devoid of any humor, serious as a stone. His golden eyes are sharp, raking over you like youâve committed a serious, immoral crime.Â
A cold shiver runs through your body. Youâve never seen Keigo this serious, without the usual friendly grin and the humorous jokes. That makes you a bit nervous.Â
âDid your dad not teach you any manners? Cause I asked you something and Iâm still waiting on the answer.â the harshness of his voice makes you feel cold, despite the soft heat that comes with summer.Â
âUh, I went to the storeâŠ.for groceries.â you tentatively raise one hand, showing the heavy bag hanging from it. Â
Keigo just stares at you, unfazed.Â
âWhich store?â
You look at him, confused.Â
âThe one down the street. Right in the corner of the-â
âTo buy what?â
âWe ran out of carrots yesterââ
âWith whose permission?â
âI-â
âWith whose permission?â he repeats with a silver of irritation, taking a step towards you. âCause I sure as hell donât remember you asking me about this. So, Iâd like for you to explain why you left the apartment without talking with me first.â
Your lips part with shock, shoulders slumping in the slightest.Â
âDid you check your phone? I texted you, even called you a few times. But I guess you were too busy to answer your husband, right? Nah, you just went out there, not a single care in the world. Who cares if I was here, waiting and worried sick âbout you. â he spits the words, bitterly chuckling before he turns around, stomping his way down the hall.Â
Anxiety builds inside you, layer after layer until youâre overflowing with it, chewing your lower lip.
You donât understand. He never mentioned anything about not going out and you just assumed Keigo wouldnât object to it. It was just grocery shopping, nothing much.Â
But maybe you should have asked. Maybe you shouldâve been more careful, more attentive. Thatâs what a good wife does. You can practically hear the echo of your dad berating at your stupidity. Stupid. Useless. Quirkless.Â
You stay frozen in the same spot, brain thinking too slow and too fast at the same time but without providing you a solution.
Slowly moving, you take the grocery bags to the kitchen, putting away all the food with a heavy guilt-prickling mind. Hopefully you can appease Keigo's irritation by cooking his favorite dish.Â
Dinner takes place an hour later, the tense mood highlighted by the heavy silence that is only broken by the scraping of the cutlery. Keigo doesnât bother looking at you, a light frown still engraved in his face.Â
Apologies are stuck in the tip of your tongue, just ready to spill at any moment but somehow they donât. You just canât bring yourself to speak. Keigo matches your silence, eyes trained on his phone as he eats.Â
He barely glances your way when his food is finished, leaving his plate on the table before he goes back to the room.Â
The coldness remains for the rest of the evening. Keigo doesnât speak for the rest of the night, nor does he touch you - the first time since you got married.Â
The next morning you rise earlier than usual after spending the entire night mulling over the argument.
It weighs uncomfortably in your mind, repeating itself over and over again till youâre lost. Intrusive guilt settles in your mind, making you both sad and insecure about your actions.Â
The kitchen is swallowed by gloominess and darkness when you enter it but you donât mind. It matches your mood. Sleep-deprived and stressed out.Â
Youâre putting together the ingredients for a white chocolate cake - Keigoâs favorite - when suddenly arms wrap around your waist, frightening you.
Your shriek echoes through the kitchen before you get the chance to turn your face around and realize itâs only Keigo.Â
He chortles for a moment before burying his face into the crook of your shoulder. You remain paralyzed, unsure of what to say despite the turmoil that takes place inside you.Â
âIâm sorry. About yesterday.â Keigo mutters, face buried in the crook of your neck. âI mightâve hadâŠoverreacted a bit.â
The tension melts away from your body and mind, releasing all of its heavy weight. Everything is gonna be fine. You feel so light and free suddenly.Â
Keigo mustâve noticed that because he gently swirls your body around, making you face him. His hand cups your cheek, thumb gently rubbing the skin underneath.Â
His expression is apologetic until he starts speaking.Â
âI shouldn't have said those things. I hurt your feelings and Iâm really sorry for that.â he apologies, âI was upset and worried and those emotions took the best of me. ButâŠâ
You raise your head, eyes searching for his.Â
â... you have to admit that some of the fault goes to you as well. You really shouldnât have left the apartment without asking me first.â the words are coated with a softness that doesnât seem all that genuine. Some of the tension returns.Â
âIâm your husband, that means I get worried âbout you. Canât make me be the bad guy just for tryinâ to look after you, can you?â
Keigo looks at you, sighing.Â
âListen, I just⊠if anything happened to you, I wouldnât be able to forgive myself. Youâre the most precious person in my life, youâre my wife and I love you. A lot.â his fingers tighten up almost imperceptibly around your face. âSo can you really blame me for trying to keep you safe?â
Your fingers weakly try to pull his hand away from your cheek, without success.Â
âBut I was fine, Keigo. Nothing wouldâve happened.â
He chuckles, a dry sound with no amusement underneath it.Â
âIf you saw the amount of fucked up shit I see everyday, you wouldnât be saying that.â his words stun you, but Keigo doesnât seem to mind. âWomen getting robbed, raped and murdered left and right, all the time. And guess what you are? A woman. A defenseless, quirkless woman.âÂ
Thereâs a cold shudder running down your spine, giving you goosebumps.
His tone, demeaning and derogatory, sounds awfully similar to the one your father used with you every time he was forced to address you.Â
âNot to mention that youâre my wife. Hawksâ wife. That makes you a target to all the bad guys out there. And trust me, they wonât hesitate to use you to get to me. You get what Iâm saying, right? Sweetheart.âÂ
You gulp with a dry throat, practically sensing Keigoâs patience wearing thin with each moment. Head moving without your consent to nod at him. Yes, you hear him - loud and clear.Â
âYeahâŠyes, I understand that.âÂ
Keigo nods, apprehension plastered in his face, clearly not convinced by your words but he drops the matter. Doesnât matter if you agree or not, if youâre happy or not, as long as he gets his way. And of course he does.Â
He pulls you into his arms, pushing your face to his chest while pressing a tender kiss to the crown of your head.Â
âNo more outside trips, alright?â his question is merely rhetorical. âNot without running it by me, at least.â
You nod once again. Not because you want to, but because it dawns you that thereâs nothing else you can do. This is your life now, whether you like it or not.
The first anniversary of your âmarriageâ is a bittersweet day.
You wake up to a strange tingling over the expanse of your neck, similar to the brush of a soft feather against your skin. Your eyes flutter open at the ticking feeling, the low chirping of birds revealing the early hour of the morning.Â
A yawn slips from your lips as you rub your eyes, fighting back the drowsiness. You feel like youâre running on fumes, unable to have a decent nightâs sleep in months.
The pain that stretches across your back and torso only adds up to the exhaustion, your muscles somewhat sore.Â
âRise and shine, sweetheart!âÂ
You look up just in time to catch Keigo crossing the threshold of the door, a small round cake precariously balanced in one hand and a wrapped gift in the other. His red wings spread out almost majestically, carrying him through the air until he softly lands by your side in bed.Â
Keigo immediately ditches the gift and helps you sit in the bed, fluffing out the pillows against your back.Â
âHappy anniversary.â his lips press against yours, roping you into a warm kiss, before depositing the cake in your lap.
White chocolate, as usual. Youâve eaten so much white chocolate these past months that your mind has developed a genuine disgust for it. Still, you force out a grateful smile, his morning stubble scratching your lips as you kiss his cheek.Â
âFor you too.âÂ
Keigo grins, digging into the cake with a spoon before offering you the first bite. Itâs delicious but nauseatingly sweet at the same time.Â
âCan you believe that itâs been a whole year since we got married? Feels like it was only yesterday that we got together.â he muses, taking a spoonful of cake for himself this time. âLooks like itâs true what people say, time does fly by when youâre living the time of your life.âÂ
You refuse his attempt to feed you another piece of cake, the hints of nausea starting to turn your stomach. You wish he had come with a normal breakfast tray instead of cake.Â
Keigo takes your left hand into his own, thumb stroking the ring decorating your annular finger.
âAnd to be honest, this has been the best year of my life. Never been happier than this.â he confesses. âI love you, so so much. And you love me back, right?âÂ
Your lips part, a resigned âyesâ ready to spill from your mouth. And then a loud squeal cuts through the air.Â
Repressing back a tired sigh, you start pushing yourself out of bed when Keigo shakes his head, stopping you with a hand.Â
âNu-uh, I got it. Just sit back and relax, babe. You deserve a break.âÂ
The promised break lasts about a minute as Keigo seems hell-bent on spending every moment with you. Soon, heâs walking back inside the room with the small baby nestled in his arms, choosing to stand near your side of the bed.Â
âLittle baby bird over here wants to celebrate the occasion with mommy and daddy.â Keigo uses that special soft tone with your daughter, peppering small kisses over her tiny face. She giggles and coos, crying fit already forgotten.Â
You watch them with a faint smile tugging at your lips.
Despite every flaw of Keigo, you canât help but be grateful for his doting nature when it comes to your daughter. Sure, Keigo never changes her diapers or deals with her during her occasional meltdowns and tantrums but you recognize that it could be worse.
Sheâs the apple of his eyes and he spoils her rotten, not afraid to shower her with love and affection. You could never imagine your dad kissing or hugging you the way Keigo does with your kid.Â
Only takes two minutes for the little princess to tire herself out by laughing and soon her little eyes close as she settles down once again. Keigo makes sure to tuck her better inside the little pink blanket, rocking her in his arms with gentle rhythmic movements.Â
Finally, he remembers the long forgotten gift from the bed, offering it to you with a grin.Â
âA little something for my gorgeous wife.â
From the small rattling sound inside the box, itâs easy to predict that a new necklace or bracelet is gonna be added to your jewelry collection.Â
Your brows press together, fingers feeling the smooth texture of the box.Â
âI donât have a gift for you, sorry.â you mutter, suddenly conscious of your mishap.Â
Keigo coos at you this time.Â
âAw, donât say that. Iâm holding in my arms the best gift you couldâve given me. Our little baby bird.â he says, shifting the baby into only one of his arms while his free hand comes to rest atop of your belly, still not fully recovered from birth and yet ready for the next batch.
âBesides, the second gift is already on the way.â
Warnings â
â succubus/incubus reader, hellaverse, random names for background characters (sorry if I used yours), Italics= thoughts, mention of food- chocolate, mention of drugs-aphrodisiac, cussing, no Alastor in this part (which means no smut. not yet). â - Edited -
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[You are in charge of your own media consumption.]
Night always has a way of lighting things up.
Good ways, bad ways, and even the weird ways.
Tonight seemed like one of the weird ones.
You were at a party with your friends and it was Halloween on Earth. The perfect excuse to not wear a human disguise.
"And he just left! No note, no explanation, and he didn't even fucking text me back!" Your friend cried. "Then when I finally got to talk to him, you know what he said? That I was the one who ended things!"
"BlitzĂž is such an ass." Another friend said as she pat the imp's back.
"That's an understatement." Said another friend, crossing his arms. "He's literally a piece of shit."
"But he was my piece of shit! WAAAAAAAA!" Your friend wailed.
Looking around the main party room, you see a bunch of people taking part in the activities. Which were hitting an imp piñata, that you've now come to know as BlitzÞ, cake stabbing with the said imp's face, knife throwing at his pictures, and more.
You're pretty sure you saw some demons drag a life sized doll of him outside, and they were carrying lighter fluid.
"So...this guy. Everyone here has dated him?" You ask carefully.
"Yeah, like ninety-eight percent of the partiers are his exes. You and a few others are here for support." A friend of a friend, Damian, says. "Sadly, I'm one of these sad bitches. I got dumped over text." The incubus sighs.
Another glance around the room and you see a goetia.
Prince Stolas.
"What the fuck?" You say in surprise.
Then Verosika, the Verosika Mayday, walks over to the goetia and greets him.
"You've gotta be kidding me." You mumble under your breath.
After getting your friend a slice of cake, you made sure she was in good company before you stepped out for some fresh air.
The slight chill in the air felt nice, the soft breeze brushed against your wings and you spread them out a bit to feel it better.
Looking out at the neighborhood lights, you wondered.
What it would be like to fall in love?
The house behind you was packed with demons who had fallen in love, but got their hearts broken in many ways.
Sure, you've dated and done a few things, but never really got to connect in a way that...that made you feel appreciated. Most of those relationships ended up as, "This is not working out, but we can still be friends. No, seriously. Just friends."
"Maybe I'm not cut out for it. That, or it hasn't found me yet." You sighed. "Whatever." You turned to head back inside the house. "I wonder what flavor cakes they have."
.
Work was work.
The Sexy Chocolatier. A somewhat big place, with a kitchen that was mostly pale pink tile, had good lighting, and enough space to move around.
The best kind of kitchen for bakers.
You work would make you do many things, whatever was needed. Custom molding, designing, decorating, and baking too. On occasion, when there wasn't enough help with making aphrodisiac, so you would step in and take over a shift or two.
Just as you were taking a few chocolate molds out of the freezer, a shout of your name rings through the kitchen.
"Get your ass in here! NOW!" Your manager finishes off before heading to their office.
Confused, you set the molds down on a nearby counter and ask one of the chocolatiers next to you to take over.
You make your way over to see what has your boss so pissed off.
Once entering, you see another worker, one of the demons that works on making aphrodisiac.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Your manager, Sharen, scowls and crosses her arms. "You work as a chocolatier, not as an aphrodisiac pharmacist."
"I covered a shift or two because they were short staffed. I got permission to do so, and I know how to make it." You said calmly. "I sent over the form on email. Would you like it printed on paper instead?"
Your manager then points to a box of chocolate on her desk.
"These don't have the same amount as the others! And the taste is off! We've been receiving complaints since you started helping out there!"
Now you're even more confused.
First it was working in the pharmacy section, now it's the chocolate taste?
"How are you sure it's the aphrodisiac I made?" You question. "I followed the recipe to the letter."
"The the chocolates wouldn't taste like shit if you did." The other demon in the room finally speaks up.
Looking at the him again, you feel a flicker of recognition cross your mind. Then glancing at your manager, you find her staring at the other worker.
Something clicks.
"I see..." You begin. "So, Chrys, after teaching me the company recipe, it's suddenly wrong?"
"Wait, I didn't-" He starts.
"Oh, then you have a twin that works here?" You tilt your head to the side a bit. "Or is it that you fucked up and came running to your girlfriend to save your ass, instead of owning up to your mistake?"
The two stand quietly like kids being scolded. They got caught.
"You're f-"
"I quit." You quickly interrupt your manager.
Not giving her a chance to say more, you take off your waist apron and toss it at the two.
"I don't want to be around when, one: you get caught by her boss-" You gesture to your manager. "And two: when you two finally break up, for reasons that are really obvious but I will not say because it is not my place to say."
Then you walk out and head to the back to get your things.
Later, as you're make your way home, a gust of wind blows some trash and a flyer smacks into the side of your head.
"What the fuck!?" You grab the paper and look at it.
On the flyer is a job offer. It's covered in some glitter, some blood, and some silly little doodles of food.
It was for some place called the Hazbin Hotel.
You suddenly remember the terrible news interview with the Princess of Hell and Katie Killjoy.
Wasn't this place called the Happy Hotel before?
Staring down at the paper, all you could think of was wanting to eat what you make. A hotel would have extra food.....
"Well...why not?"
Watching baking videos and that one guy who does crazy cool stuff with chocolate. I want chocolate now.