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this scene is so fucking funny the english dub of this show is so good
loud warning
Rolling on the floor sobbing and crying and losing my mind at “GET INSIDE THE VAAAAAAAAAAN”
finally. an appropriate name for my ‘time to leave’ alarm.
This clip makes my mom laugh without fail everytime.
"When two souls are meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart"
Summary:
Idia thinks you're miserable and feels Inadequate, but what happens when he finds out he's not the only Shroud to ever feel this way.
Author's note:
PLEASE READ
This is the 4th fic part of a challenge! The challenge is to write a bunch of fics that are at least 1000 words long as a way to get back into writing and to have fun because I’ve been struggling with burnout and realize I mentally stress myself out.
And a fun fact about writing this, I wrote the beginning part while coming down from a Ketamine high. I know that sounds bad but look up Sparvato. (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)
Other things to note:
1. My writing may be cringe
2. The title of the fic is from Blood of Zeus season 2, I made this fic bc of their version of Hades and Persephone. (btw check clips of them on youtube they're so cute omg)
3. I wrote this for a fem reader in mind
4.If you do read, thank you
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Idia sighed as he placed his head on his office desk and closed his eyes.
Today was rough to say the least.
A phantom’s containment almost being breached, people asking him to sign this and that, new employees running around like lost puppy dogs.
He was exhausted. He opened his eyes and noticed something, a sticky note placed over the figure he had on his desk.
“What's this?” He said as he took it.
It said:
I know you've been stressed lately so I got you your favorite breadsticks from that one pizza place you like.
There in the mini fridge.
He looked at the note then at the mini fridge by his feet. He bent down and opened it and sure enough they were in there.
His stomach growled.
He didn't realize he was this hungry…
He took a bite of them even though they were cold and started eating them like he hadn't eaten in days.
He loved you so so so much.
After he finished eating he felt a little better, but then he looked back at the note.
Your handwriting was cute…
Well everything about you was cute.
He loved being married to you.
But then he looked sad.
He still remembers the conversation you had about this place, about what you would have to do if you wanted to be with him.
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It was a nice, bright, sunny day outside and summer was just right around the corner.
Most people would be outside with the other students enjoying the nice cool breeze and relaxing.
But you and Idia were in his air conditioned room and he was anything but relaxed.
It was filled with tension.
He was graduating soon. You came to Twisted Wonderland when he was a 3rd year so it was always expected that when he graduated you’d still have 2 years of school left to finish.
But it didn’t make this any harder.
“So you're going to go Styx right?” you asked.
He was hesitant to answer. “Yeah…in a few weeks.”
You tried to lighten the mood. “So you must be happy that you won’t have to do your housewarden duties anymore right?”
He didn’t answer.
You didn’t know what to say. “Idia I-”
He cut you off. “Are you going to leave me?”
You looked hurt. “What, why would I leave you?”
He went silent again.
You moved closer to him. “Idia we've talked about this already.” “I’ll wait for you, and when I graduate I'll go to Styx with you.”
He frowned. “You don’t want this.” “Trust me you do not want to be with me.” He said nervously.
“Of course I do!” “Why wouldn’t I?” You said your voice is starting to get louder.
“Styx is miserable that’s why.” “You’re going to be miserable Y/n.” He said averting his gaze.
“I’m not going to miserable Idia.” You said.
“Y/n…you should just find someone else.”
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“Excuse me?” You said in disbelief.
“Look you still have time to back out of this, you don’t want to be part of this. He was still looking anywhere but you.
“Idia I’m a grown woman who can make her own decisions.” “Plus your parents love me, they approve so everything is fine!”
He paused before speaking in a sad voice. “My parents can find someone else for the heir stuff so don’t feel obligated to stay just for me.”
That set you off.
“And let someone else be with you?!” “Idia what is your problem?!” you yelled.
He closed his eyes and started to cry.
“I don’t want to drag you down with me, can't you see that?” “Why won’t you leave while you still have a chance?”
“BECAUSE I LOVE YOU DUMBASS!”
He looked at you finally with wide eyes.
You looked backed at him and the ends of his hair were turning pink.
You sighed. “Idia, trust me when I say I want this.” “I want to be with you, even if it is miserable, at least I'm miserable with you.”
He looked at you with adoration, he sniffled and wiped his tears. He was about to say something, but Ortho barged in.
“Big brother are you ok?” “Your bpm is unusually high!”
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He knew you said you wanted to be here and you never complained but were you miserable?
I mean it had been years since you guys had those conversations
Intrusive thoughts started to fill his head. You probably hated it here, you probably hated him
You probably were disgusted by him.
Why were you even with him, why did you even want to be with him on this depressing island anyway?
After work was finally over he went to look for you.
He checked your guy's bedroom and you were sleeping. Of course…It was late after all.
He stepped quietly over to loom over you.
“You look so beautiful like always.” He thought.
He sighed and looked at his hands. He was so pale, deathly pale.
He sat down on the side of the bed and continued to look at you.
He hopes your guy’s kids look like you and not him.
But he knows that’s not gonna happen. The curse is strong, and inevitably your future children will be cursed and be forced to take over Styx.
He looked at you again and got up. He was going to do more work.
Later you found him sleeping on his desk and decided to poke him.
Idia groaned. “What time is it?”
You smiled. “7am.” “I can’t believe you didn’t come to bed last night just to do more work.” “Do you really hate me that much?” You joke.
That definitely woke Idia up. “No-I just wanted to work on something more that’s all!” He said slightly panicked.
“Relax, I was just teasing.” You booped his nose. The ends of his hair turned pink.
“Oh, your dad wants to talk to you about something.”
“He does?” Idia asked.
“Yeah that’s why I woke you up.” “He’s in the archive room.” You said.
Idia went to the archive room wondering what this was about.
Idia placed his thumb print on the thumb scanner, only Shroud family members were allowed in.
The automatic doors opened and there it was, the archive room. A room full of Shroud family objects, documents and archives about and involving all dead and alive family members.
“There you are.” Idia’s father said.
Idia looked at his father in slight surprise, he actually has his helmet off for once.
“So what is it?” Idia asked.
Idia’s father looked at all the things in the room. “Me and your mother have thought about it and we want to make digital copies of all the documents here.”
“I thought you already did?” Idia said looking at his father’s gloomy face. “Sometimes it’s like looking into a mirror.” He thought to himself.
“No we didn’t.” “Your grandmother was old fashioned, she always preferred keeping all the physical copies here.” “She thought making copies of everything would make us more susceptible to people finding information on us.”
“But logically a data leak is a low possibility so we're making copies.”
Idia never met his grandma but from what he’s heard about her it makes sense.
“So where do I come in?” Idia asks.
“I’m assigning you to make these digital copies.” Idia’s father said, looking at his son.
“But I’m already working on-”
Idia’s father cuts him off. “I know, and I’ll be taking over that assignment for now.” “I know this seems like a lot but this is something only Shroud family members can handle.”
“Wow this was going to be fun.” Idia said sarcastically under his breath.
Honestly it was interesting but sad. Seeing documents from years ago about potential cures to the family curse that of course didn’t break it, to documenting how Shrouds tend to die earlier than their normal non cursed human counterparts.
He then got to a book and a hefty one at that. It was brown and thick and simply titled ‘Unity’
He opened it and it was pictures of multiple Shroud wedding days with each of the couples names.
They were all similar, The Shroud would have the cursed hair gloomy look, while the partner would look so lively.
He kept flipping through the pages until he got to a certain one. The page had Asterious and Melody Shroud titled under their wedding photo.
But there was something more interesting than that. It was a small thin notebook taped across the page adjacent from the photo.
Idia lightly grabbed the notebook, it had no title and looked worn.
He opened it and read the first entry.
Page 1: Melody is so pretty. Too pretty. How is a person that beautiful supposed to exist? Her hair is so beautiful, her skin looks so soft. Gods I can’t even contain myself when I’m around her. My hair turns pink every time she talks to me. What am I supposed to do?
“It’s a diary?” Idia said to himself.
He skimmed a few pages until something caught his eye.
Page 11: I don’t understand it all. She’s so nice. Too nice maybe, at least to me. Why would she want to be with me of all people? I’m so…gross? Ugly? Creepy? I’m all of it. And yet she wants to be with me and it makes no sense.
I asked her if she knows what she’s doing by being with me and she just laughs. I feel sick.
…
“Yeah that’s relatable…” Idia sighed.
He couldn’t stop himself from reading. Pages upon pages of his ancestor’s love and adoration for his lover and his feelings of inadequacy.
Maybe reading someone's private diary about their love life was a violation of privacy but this honestly made him feel seen to know he’s not the only Shroud to experience this.
He kept reading until he got to the last page.
Page 80 : Tomorrow is my wedding day. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe we're actually going to get married. I feel a bit more comfortable now with being a husband. I still don’t understand why she chose me out of all the people in the world but I’m happy to be there for her.
Every time I think of tomorrow and how nervous I am, I’ll always remember what we did the other night.
Pomegranates. She ate pomegranate seeds, specifically six. It’s an old tradition our family doesn't do anymore, it is from the age of the gods afterall. But she decided to do it to show how devoted she is to me.
Although she ate the seeds and she’s not actually bound to this place, she said she promises to stay by my side forever though.
When I asked her if she actually meant that she just smiled and reminded me of an old saying also from the age of the gods:
When two souls are meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart.
I feel closer to her than ever.
Idia closed the book and stared at it.
…
“Pomegranates huh?” He said to himself.
Idia continued to scan things in, eventually he came across an archive of the whole pomegranate thing.
Should he ask you to do it? No he couldn’t, it would be so emo. It was all so dramatic…
But would you laugh at him though if he maybe wanted to do it with you?
“Focus on scanning things.” He told himself, the tips of hair blushing. After a long day of scanning things Idia went to your bedroom.
“How was it?” You ask. “Find any dark family secrets in there?”
“No just usual Shroud family gloominess.” He said laying on the bed and finally relaxing.
He laid there with his eyes closed but then he felt your hands play with his hair.
“That feels nice.” He said leaning into your touch. “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure.” you say continuing to play with his hair.
“Would you like to…” his voice trailed off, too scared to ask.
“Don’t be scared, you know you can tell me anything Idia.”
He sat up. “There’s this tradition that I want to do with you.”
“What type of tradition?" You ask.
“Well it’s a tradition that’s not done anymore because it’s from the age of the gods but it involves pomegranate seeds.” He says shyly.
“Pomegranate seeds?”
He continues. “Yeah it was meant to be an act of devotion for the goddess that married into the family to swallow the seeds so she could be with my ancestor but you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.”
He didn’t want to force you to do anything even if swallowing the seeds didn’t actually do anything.
“I’ll do it.” You say.
“You will?” Idia said the tips of hair turning pink once again.
“Yeah wouldn’t I?” You ask.
“Well…she didn’t just eat the seeds for devotion but also to bound herself to his world.”
“You want to bind me to you and your world?” You teased.
His hair flickered. “No I…well I’ve already binded you in a way haven’t I?” He asked solemnly.
You hold his hand. “Idia I thought we talked about this.” “Trust me I want to be here, especially with you.”
He squeezes your hand back.
You smile. “How about we go find some pomegranate seeds.”
You guys went to the staff cafeteria kitchen. There has to be a pomegranate somewhere! And it honestly did not take long. Maybe it was fate?
You both stand in the kitchen. You set down the knife you used to slice the fruit in half and hold the pomegranate slice in your hand.
“So should I just take a bite or pluck the seeds out?” You ask.
“It’s up to you.” he said.
Why was he so nervous? Maybe it’s because of how intimate this feels?
“I’ll take a bite to be dramatic.” You joked.
You took a bite, most definitely eating at least six seeds.
Idia looked at you, and the juice dripping from the side of your mouth. You looked so beautiful…
“I did it.” you say as you wipe the juice from your mouth.
Idia just stared at you.
You called his name. “Idia?”
Maybe Asterious had the right idea writing all that down.
All you did was take a bite but it just made him wanna marry you all over again.
I wanna make some babies, I wanna get it on!
Summary: You see a cute kid who looks like a mini version of your boyfriend (Horropedia) and now you have thoughts of him knocking you up and decide to share those thoughts with him.
Author note:
PLEASE READ
So this is my 3rd fic I wrote as a challenge! The challenge is to write a fic that’s at least a 1000 words as a way of getting me to enjoy writing again because I’ve been struggling with burn out and realize I mentally stress myself out.
Honestly this has been pretty fun and I have so many ideas for writing! Yay!٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Anyway I tried to keep this vague (this is an x reader fic afterall), but you're an arcanist, and you have a breeding kink but you don’t actually want kids.
Other things to note:
1.My writing may be cringe 2.Honestly this fic is kinda embarrassing but fuck it we ball 3. I wish this was a smut but unfotunatly I'm not good writing it FUCK 4. This is written for a fem reader in mind 5.If you do read, thank you!
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It was a simple day honestly.
You and Sonetto were assigned to go visit the School of Primary Defense of Mankind to inspire the young minds of the future foundation staff.
You were picked because you were a skilled arcanist and Sonetto was picked because she was the Time keeper’s assistant and a former student herself.
It was honestly so cute!
Seeing little arcanist eagerly asking you questions about the foundation and what working there was like, but then you saw a certain little boy.
He had big glasses, messy out of control dark brown hair, freckles, and braces.
He sorta looked like a mini version of Horropedia that’s funny…
Horropedia the man who happens to be your boyfriend.
…
What if you and him had kids?
I mean you're in no position to have kids of course, you're both too young plus it’s not the time nor environment for it.
But there’s nothing wrong with just playing around with the idea right?
What would they look like? What would their name be? What type of dad would he be?
Oh fuck you definitely had baby fever and all because of something that was supposed to be a simple assignment.
Days passed and you tried to keep these thoughts to yourself but you couldn’t, you had to tell him.
But you didn’t want to freak him out.
I mean you know these thoughts were just you and your stupid breeding kink and not a genuine desire to have a child especially now.
But you haven’t even talked to him about potentially having a child in the distant future seriously so you bringing up a breeding kink that you didn’t even mention having might throw him off.
Either way you needed to get these feelings off your chest so you decided to talk to him.
You knocked on the door to his room.
“Give me a second!” He called through the door.
You heard something heavy being set down and footsteps. The door opened and there he was.
“Sorry I was busy working on my gun, what’s up?”
“Oh I just wanted to talk to you about something.” You say as you step into his room.
He cocked his head to the side. “Is it about foundation work?” “I know it’s been pretty hectic lately.”
You hesitated to answer but did anyway. “No actually, it’s about…us.”
He looked confused before his face turned a bit nervous. “Us?” “Wait is the point in a relationship where we have a super serious talk about something.” “Is our relationship in trouble?”
You responded immediately. “No no no, it’s nothing like that!” “I just wanted to talk about the…future I guess?”
“The future, what about it?” He asked.
You gathered your thoughts. How were you going to tell him: “Oh my god I want you to put a baby in me but not really” without freaking him out.
Your guy’s sex life was incredibly vanilla at the moment so anything other than missionary was something you’d have to discuss.
“Better late than never.” You thought.
“I was just thinking about what our life will look like in the future, y'know.”
“I mean what we'll look like and be like.” “What the foundation will be like…and I actually was also wondering about something.”
“Hm, what is it?” He asked.
“Have you ever thought about having kids?” You asked.
He looked caught off guard. “Kids?” “As in a combo of are dna type of kids and not baby goats?”
You smile. “Yes, human children.” “Have you ever thought about it in like a super far off future kind of future kinda thing.”
He places a hand on his chin thinking. “When I think about the future I think about how big my horror collection will be, how I'll still be part of the foundation and how I'll be with you.”
“So no, I've never really thought about having children.” “I’m assuming you have though?”
“Honestly I’ve thought about it and I like the idea of kids and having a family…but the reality of dealing with a child is something I don’t want to deal with so I’m leaning towards not having them.” You say.
“I see, so this is what you wanted to tell me?” “That you don’t want kids, because it’s fine.” “I mean I haven’t really interacted with kids but I don’t think I'm up for it either.” He joked.
You smile. “Well honestly…oh fuck it i’ll just say it.”
“Say what?” He asked.
You sighed calming yourself before admitting it. “I have a breeding kink.”
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His eyes widened.“W-what?”
You repeated yourself. “I. have. A. breeding. kink.”
…
“But I thought you said you didn’t want to have children?” He asked.
“I don’t, but I…it’s complicated.” You sighed your face painted with blush.
He spoke up. “Well…even if it’s complicated, maybe you could explain it?”
“Well earlier I had an assignment with Sonetto, we had to go to the SPDM and there I saw a little kid who looked like a mini version of you.”
“And It kinda triggered my breeding kink.” You admitted bashfully.
“And before you say anything I don’t actually want kids, I just like the thought of getting..”bred” for a lack of a better word.” You were avoiding eye contact at this point.
“Bred?” “Why do you have to describe it like that?” He frowns.
You laugh. “Well it’s sorta part of the kink.” “I hope all this doesn't weird you out too much...”
He answered nervously. “No it doesn't I just-you’ve never indicated that you’ve had a breeding kink before that’s all.”
“Yes I have!” “I mean you never noticed how I always beg for you to cum inside me?” You say eagerly.
He was definitely blushing after you said that. “I just thought you really liked being intimate with me!” “I didn’t think it was because you had a secret kink.”
You smiled. “So are you comfortable with trying it out next time?”
You looked at his red face. “He’s so cute.” You thought.
“Uh sure-so next time when we…y’know i’ll…” He stopped talking, too embarrassed to continue.
“Oh c’mon you act like you never came inside me before.” “No reason to get shy now, especially when you watch horror movies which happen to have a lot of sex scenes.” You teased.
"Yes they have sex scenes but they certainly don’t talk about breeding!” he whispered.
“Why are you whispering like it’s the most scandalous thing you’ve ever heard.” “I haven’t even gotten to the more explicit things I want to say.”
“THERE'S MORE?! He said calmly.
You smirked. “Yes there’s more, I promise it’s not too crazy.”
You moved closer to him and played with his hair and whispered in his ear. “When we're doing it, make sure you talk about how much you want to get me pregnant.” “
“Plus maybe you could feel my stomach and talk about how pretty I'd look knocked up.”
“I know it sounds simple but that's what turns me on.” You pull away from him to look at him and notice something, a tent in his pants.
“Wait, did me explaining all that to you really turn you on?” You asked.
“Maybe…” He says in embarrassment.
Oh yeah you're definitely gonna drain him dry.
Nice to meet you again
Summary: You don't know Horropedia's real name and know it shouldn't bother you (he doesn't even know your's) but it does. Thinking about why it bothers you and how you're going to bring it up him you go down memory lane and think about how you two met.
Authors note:
PLEASE READ
This is the second fic I wrote as a challenge! The challenge is to write at least a 1000 word fic for fun because I’ve been struggling with burn out and I realized that I mentally stress myself out.
And so far it’s working, I’m learning to have fun with writing again! (yay :) )
Anyway this fic is kinda inspired by Rose and Greg from Steven Universe and how they didn’t know each other’s true identity.
Speaking of which you get to go by an alias in fic!
A/n= Alias name Y/n= Your name
I tried to keep it as vague as possible but you work for the foundation (your specific job isn’t specified) you're a suitcase member and an arcanist.
Other things to note:
1. My writing may be cringe 2. This is fic is 2,549 words long
3. I wrote this for a fem reader in mind 4.. If you do read, thank you!
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You sat down at the desk in your room, on it was a pile of paperwork. You sigh and think to yourself “Better get started.”
You began filling them out, report after report. Honestly this reminds of when you first got recruited by the foundation all those months ago.
You try to focus on the reports but honestly it’s a total bore. Plus the thing that’s really been on your mind has been: Horropedia
The nerdy, socially inept, trouble maker who happens to be your boyfriend.
You and him are inseparable, horror movie nights spent together where you two gorge on junk food are common.
You love him you really do but there’s been something that’s been bothering you.
His name. Or rather his alias name. Horropedia. You repeated his name to yourself.
Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia. Fuck that’s hard to say fast.
There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s cute even but you don’t know his “real” name. Which you know it shouldn't bother you. I mean he doesn't even know yours but…
You sigh and lay your head on the desk. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
You remember when you first met. You were still shaken up because another storm had happened. When the foundation recruited you they thought you’d make a good fit as a suitcase member so you entered Vertin’s suitcase.
It was nice, cozy even. Vertin showed you the room that would be yours. It was empty of course just waiting to be filled with things.
After Vertin gave you a tour you met some of the other members. Honestly the whole thing made you feel a bit hopeful of the future.
A week later after getting accustomed to the suitcase you were walking to your room in the middle of the night when you walked by a door and someone tried to get your attention.
“Psst hey.”
You turned to the voice, it was a bit dark but you could still notice they had glasses on.
“You wanna watch a horror movie?” they said in a whisper.
Caught off guard you responded in slight confusion “Uh me?”
“Yes you!” they continued to whisper.
You thought about it, honestly it would be a great way to get to know…whoever this was. So you said yes.
The guy motions to come inside the room, you step inside. The light of the tv reveals horror themed memorabilia all over the room, posters included.
There’s a cube tv with a vcr on top of it with a stack of vhs tapes on the side.
He sits on a brown couch and pats the empty side “C’mon this one's iconic.”
You sit down and the opening scene of a movie plays.
“Friday the 13th is a classic.” he says handing you a bag of chips.
“Oh so the movie with Jason?” You respond.
“No,no,no!” “Jason isn’t the main antagonist until part 2!”
“Oh…what’s your name by the way?”
“I’m Horropedia.”
“Horropedia?” You say as a question.
He smiles “Yes, the foundations horror nerd of course!”
His smile is cute you think to yourself…
“I’m A/n-”
He cuts you off “Oh I already know who you already know who you are.”
“You do?”
He nods “Yeah from overhearing people talk about you I heard that you’ve got a pretty interesting arcane skill.”
You answered humbly “Oh I don’t know about that…”
“I've heard about you too, I think.” You replied.
He looks a bit surprised but excited “You have?” “Is it about my amazing horror knowledge?” “Or my very good aim?”
You smiled.“No actually, I heard some blonde girl say your scripts were mediocre…”
He sighed “That sounds like Blonney…”
“What kinda scripts do you write?” You ask.
His face lights up happy to be asked “Horror movie scripts!” “I like to write them, Blonney likes to record, Jessica likes to act in them.” “Well she kinda has to be all actors because she’s a changeling…”
He gasps “Wait, you could act in are movies A/n!”
“What?” You say in surprise.
“Think about it!” You'd be a good final girl!” “Honestly…A/n has a nice ring to it, very good as a final girl name.”
“I…we just met and you’re asking me to star in a movie?”
“Yes!” He says with a smile on his face.
You and him became friends pretty fast. Movie nights slowly became a weekly staple. Which slowly led you to know a lot of horror knowledge just by being around him.
You actually got into a bit of light hearted arguments about what the best and worst horror movies were.
“You think Scream is more iconic than The Shining?!” Is a quote from him that you still repeat back to him.
Weekly movie nights at one point became nightly when the foundation wasn’t too busy. You'd think you guys would run out of stuff to watch but you guys would always find something: The bad horror movies to pick apart!
It was kinda fun seeing a whole different, more pissed off version of Horropedia.
You remember when you were watching an extremely bad movie. Like bad acting, camera work and plot inconsistencies.
He rolled his eyes when the antagonist was so easily defeated with little to no struggle. “You can’t be serious.” “That was so…I can’t even say cliche-”
“I would prefer cliche over that bad inconsistent plot hole.”
The reason why you remember this moment is because of what he did next. He took a drink of Pepsi.
Now that doesn't sound weird or crazy but it was the first time you realized you were attracted to him.
His legs were spread, his hair was kinda messy since it was kinda a chaotic day at the foundation and watching him lean back and the cold liquid go down his throat made you realize he was kinda hot.
Ok maybe not kinda HE WAS HOT.
You thought about it more after that night and realized you had feelings for him.
You couldn’t stop thinking about him after that night. How pretty and long his fingers were, his cute freckles, his voice, his hair.
He even caught you staring at him one time. He asked if there was something on his face. You made an excuse about how you thought you saw a bug on his forehead but it must've been your imagination.
He bluntly replied. “Maybe you should get your eyes checked then.” “There could be an issue with your eyes.”
God you loved how blunt he could be…
Yeah you were down BAD.
You couldn’t get him out of your head and you didn’t know what to do.
You didn’t even know if he was into dating, or relationships or people at all. I mean every time a couple would start making out or having sex in a horror movie he would just make a comment about how stupid they were.
I mean they were-but dammnit you just want to know if you have shot if you asked him out.
You kinda were a mess mentally until one day Horropedia was talking to you about foundation work inside the suitcase when Blonney made a comment.
“You and him should get it over with already.” she said in an annoyed voice.
You both looked confused. Horropedia asked “What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about how the two of you are always so lovey dovey with each other.” “Just get it over with and date already.” And with that said she walked away.
You both were stunned in silence, the air between you turning awkward.
You were going to make up an excuse but he beat you to it. “I’m…going to make sure I filled out these reports correctly-yeah that’s what I’m gonna do!”
He left in a hurry bumping into one of the plants on the way.
“Was his face red?” You thought to yourself.
You decided to avoid him just until things became less awkward.
You remember walking by him in the halls of the foundation the next day, he tried to talk to you but all you said was “Sorry I have to go.”
You were embarrassed. He probably already knows you have a crush on him. Movie nights are probably gonna be so weird now. You thought.
Ugh…
You sat down on a bench placed in one of the massive halls of the foundation and just zoned out for a second,thinking…
What were you going to do? This was more stressful than dealing with Manus Vindicate.
You sighed. There was that week-long assignment Madam Z needed people for.
…
Are you seriously going to go on a week-long assignment just to avoid Horropedia?
Yes. Yes you are. And you did.
Looking back on it you were literally running away from your problems but you thought it’d be a good amount of time to clear your head.
You talked to Madam Z and bam, you were on that assignment.
A week away from the foundation you went. When you got back you remember being exhausted. You went to your room in the suitcase and set all your stuff down and flopped on your bed.
You laid there for a little while before a frantic knock at the door startled you. You got up and went to the door and it was him.
“A/n!” Horrpedia said out of breath.
“What, what’s going on?” you asked concerned.
He sighed trying to catch his breath “I…”
“Take your time.” you said.
He placed a hand on his chest. “Sorry…I…i’m not really known for being a runner.”
You smiled “Is everything ok?”
He sighed one final time and paused before speaking. “Yes, I just needed to talk to you.”
“About what?” You ask.
…
“Us.” He said as blunt as always.
You didn’t say anything.
“Can I come in?” He asked.
You nodded. He entered the room and closed the door then turned to you.
You both didn’t speak, you two just looked at each other in silence.
He spoke up “A/n-”
You cut him off. “Look if you’re gonna say you don’t like me it’s fine, I get it.” “I’ll leave you alone and we can go back to acting like we never met.”
“Why would I want that?!” He asks.
“Because you're not into me?”you say
“Not into you?” “A/n I’m into you!” “Or a better way to put it is that I have feelings for you.” You give him a wide eyed look and reply in a meek voice. “What?”
He repeats himself “I have feelings for you A/n.” He grabs your hand lightly, you feel the soft material of his gloves wrap around your fingers.
“I know I have trouble picking up on social cues, but since we've been close for months I assume you might feel the same about me.” He looked into your eyes. “Or am I wrong?”
You squeezed his hand “No you're not wrong, I do feel the same.” “I just thought you didn’t see me that way.”
You look up at his face and notice that he's blushing. You touch his cheek “You're very pretty y’know that?”
He looked away shyly. “I requested a day off and it was granted.”
You smile. “Oh they actually granted it?” “Even though you have a track record of being a troublemaker?”
“Yes they did actually, I’ll have you know I’ve been good!” He paused before speaking again. “I actually requested time off for the both of us.”
“The both of us?” You ask.
“Yeah I was thinking we could go out together.
You smiled. “Like a date?”
He smiled back. “Yeah, like a date.” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
There was a knock at the door that snapped you out of going through your memories.
You lifted your head off the desk and walked to the door and opened it.
It was Horropedia. “Guess what I got!”
“Snacks?” you replied.
“Yes, but I found a seller who had a stash of old horror movie vhs tapes.”
His eyes light up. “We have to have another movie marathon!”
You smirked “We already had one the other night.”
“So?” He responded bluntly.
His bluntness is one of the reasons why you fell in love with him.
“Fine, we can have another movie marathon,but I get to pick the first movie”
He smiled and said “Deal!”
Later that night you were watching Carrie and you were both cuddled up on the couch in his room together. His arm was around your shoulder, you didn’t forget about what you had been thinking about earlier.
So you decided to bring it up to him.
“I was thinking about something earlier.”
“Is it something about the movie?” He said.
“No, I was just thinking about your name.”
He looks confused “My name?”
“Or your alias I should say.” “Well it is your name but it’s also your alias.”
You sigh. “Sorry I’m nervous…”
He holds your hand “Hey it’s alright, you know you can tell me anything.”
You take a deep breath and continue “I was just thinking earlier that I don’t know your name.”
“My name?” His head cocked to the side. “Of course you know my name, you’ve known it for over a year now.”
You look away from him avoiding eye contact. “I mean your real name.”
It went silent except for the movie playing in the background.
You immediately apologized. “I’m sorry that was rude.” “I mean Horropedia is your name, that’s the one you’ve chosen for yourself.”
“I mean you don’t even know my real name either…I’ll just stop talking now.”
It was silent again.
“Does it bother you that you don’t know my “real” name?” he asks.
…
“I just thought since we've been together for a while now we could share are government names y’know, just between us.” “But if you're not comfortable with that I completely understand.”
“I wouldn’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
…
He fidgets with the tv remote. “I never liked people calling me by my birth name.”
“It was used to reprimand me at school for having my horror novels and I wasn’t allowed to use the name Horrorpedia for a long time so the fact that I can use it now is…refreshing.”
…
“You don’t have to tell me your real-I mean your birth name, but can I tell you mine?”
He nodded.
You extended your hand and gave a small smile. “Hi, I'm Y/n.”
He stared at you for a moment before shaking your hand and smiling.“I’m Joshua.”
“It’s nice meeting you Joshua.”
He laughed a little. “Yes, it’s nice meeting Y/n.” “Y/n is a very pretty name.”
“Can I ask why you chose A/n over Y/n?”
You thought about it before answering “I just prefer just like you prefer Horropedia.”
“Since we're being honest, can I tell you something?”
“Sure.” he said.
“There’s another reason why I wanted to know your birth name.”
He looks a bit surprised “Really, why?”
You give a bashful smile “I know we haven’t gotten to this part of our relationship yet but thinking about moaning Joshua during sex sounds way more natural than Horropedia.”
His face turned red with blush “What?!”
You laugh, you are so in love with this man.
One of the Shrouds
I wrote this fic as a challenge and to have fun. The challenge was to write a 1000 word fic on a whim. I have been struggling from burnout and realize I've been mentally stressing myself out so this is a way to make myself learn to have fun again. And I’d say it was pretty successful!
Other things to note
1.My writing may cringe 2. I posted this to ao3 also 3.If you do read, thank you!
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You are dating the Idia Shroud!
The mumbling,gloomy, anxiety ridden Housewarden of Ignidhye.
How are you even dating? How did he even talk to you in the first place?
Well it all started when you attended a housewarden meeting, even though you aren’t technically a housewarden of a dorm you do live at ramshackle which is a dorm (an abandoned one) so at Malleus’s request you decided to join.
Honestly it wasn’t all that interesting, but what did catch your eye was him.
Tall, deadly pale, and with glowing hair he stuck out. Which is saying something, especially when you're in the same room with 2 princes and a famous actor.
You saw him around (well mainly his tablet) either way you were interested. So you decided to talk with him.
You went up to him. “Excuse me.”
He jumped and made a noise.
You smiled. “Oh sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.”
He played with the hem of his jacket “It’s fine, I just didn’t expect you to talk to me of all people…” His yellow eyes avoided eye contact.
“Why wouldn’t I want to talk with you?” “I mean you seem pretty interesting with the whole glowy hair.” “It’s pretty.”
The ends of his hair turn pink. “P-Pretty?!” He squeals. You laughed.
He continued to stutter for a few seconds before he sunk into his jacket.
Little did you both know that this interaction would lead to slowly becoming friends then something more over the following months.
Nights spent gaming together, watching anime, eating junk food. It was you and him and sometimes Ortho.
But even with your relationship going well you wanted to bring it to the next level.
“You wanna what?” Idia said in slight disbelief.
“I said I want to meet your parents Idia.”
“But why?”
You smiled “Because we’ve been dating for over a year now.” “I mean normal couples go through meeting the whole parents routine”
You continued in a teasing tone brushing hair out of his face “Although I think we're far from your typical couple, I mean most couples have dates outside.”
He pouted, “My parents aren’t the most…” He sighs “I don’t wanna scare you away with how my parents can be.”
“Trust me you couldn’t scare me away.” “I mean if I'm going to be with you and go to Styx on break with you it’s sorta inevitable that I’ll meet your parents.” “So maybe we can have dinner or something.”
He smiled “Well they work a lot, not much time for talking.” “Plus even when we're in the same room together it’s kinda awkward.”
You held his hand. “Well Ortho’s gonna be there, that’ll probably make it less awkward right?”
So when summer break hit you went to Styx with him and met his parents.
You were not prepared.
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You entered the big dining room with Idia and Ortho and sat down.
Idia was a nervous wreck. Ortho spoke up “Don’t worry big brother it’s just mom and dad!”
“That’s exactly why I'm worried.” he mumbled playing with the edge of the table cloth.
You were hungry and waited 10 minutes and then they arrived.
A woman with a high pitched voice entered the room. “Sorry we were late!” “There was a problem updating one of the new systems so we had to work later than intended.”
You locked eyes with the woman, then the woman locked eyes with you and dashed over to you. She gasped “Oh my stars, you are so pretty!” “So you must be the girl that my Idy has been seeing.” “I’ve heard a lot about you through Ortho.”
She was looking at you and you were looking at her. With her being so close you noticed her green eyes and her lpink hair neatly put into a braid.
Then a deeper voice spoke up. “Dear, you're probably scaring her.” The man looked almost exactly like Idia, just older and with shorter hair. He definitely got his looks mainly from him.
Idia’s mother paused before smiling “Sorry…” The both of them sat down on the other side of the table from you 3.
“So the food should be ready soon.” “How are you liking Styx so far Y/n?” The pink-haired woman said.
You smiled “Oh it’s nice.”
“Good good, because if you're going to become apart of the Shrouds Styx sorta comes with that.”
“Oh I know, me and Idia have talked about that.” You replied
Her face lights up. “Oh really?” “Wait, does that mean you’ve talked about having children?!”
“MOM!.” Idia said calmly. His hair was turning pink at the ends.
“What, I'm just curious!” “You do know that you have to have an heir right, remember? “ “We’ve talked about this.”
Then the staff entered the room with the plates of food.
Ortho pipes up “Foods here!”
Idia sinks into his seat.
“Oh c’mon Idy don’t look so down!” “You and Y/n would make beautiful children.”
Idia’s face turns even pinker than his hair. “Please stop talking.”
Idia’s father speaks up “Dear I think that's enough.”
She smiles before taking a bite of her food “Ok.”
Idia’s father turns to you. “So Y/n are you ready to be apart of Styx if/when you decided to marry Idia?”
“I know it can be a lot for people who marry into this family to become comfortable with living here and getting accustomed to…everything we do here.”
You pause before speaking. “I know this place can be a lot but I'm willing to learn.” “I love Idia a lot and I'm willing to do whatever to be with him.”
Mrs.Shroud covers her mouth with her hands. “Awww that is so sweet.” “Idia you better marry this girl or I'll delete all your save files.”
Idia jumps “What?!”
Ortho laughs “I think you’d better marry her then big brother.”
Idia plays with his food before giving you a small smile.
“Now if you are gonna marry her I'd suggest you wear your father’s tux.”
Idia drops his fork on the plate “Mom!”
Yeah you definitely weren't prepared but you think you're gonna like being one of the Shrouds.
I've been waiting for this day to show you Kinger×Queenie headcanons👍
Interesting do I need to make part 2??🙄
OMAGAD these are the same Kinger and Queenie headcanons, only PART 2!!! Part 1 is here
I remember you
Staying Connected Off Tumblr
Hey—transfems especially, but honestly anyone who feels vulnerable on this site right now:
With everything going on, please take a moment to protect yourselves.
Back up your blog (Settings → Export Blog), and make sure you have ways to stay in contact with people you care about off-platform. Don’t assume your account is safe just because things seem calm right now.
More importantly—please don’t let yourself get isolated.
One of the most fragile parts of all this isn’t just losing a blog, it’s losing access to the people you’ve built connections with.
I’ve been running a Discord server where a lot of transfem girls (and friends) already hang out, and with everything happening, I’m opening it up more intentionally as a place to stay connected if Tumblr becomes unstable again.
If you want somewhere to land, somewhere to reconnect, or just somewhere that already has people who get it:
https://discord.gg/UuzkcjJ6Yk
No pressure, no expectations—just… don’t disappear alone. Isolation is the most dangerous thing.
Stay safe. Stay connected. 💛
Please Reblog and Spread this invitation as far as possible so that everyone who feels vulnerable can find safety and belonging in community.
Almost every Caine related post from Alex feels like this
He's just a little guy ♥️
CLAIM YOUR BADGE HERE!!!
I am not the same mentally after that episode.
human gooble zangle doodles
AM and Cain
i imagine there’s a lot toby didn’t learn from his dad, so tim picks up the slack. teaching him how to fight properly, how to clean up after a body, how to shave, how to deal with a breakup. y’know, mentoring proxy stuff— and big brother stuff.
Horropedia x reader (unfinished)
A/n: Was gonna finish this for Halloween but life exists :(
Anyway this is just a little treat for any horropedia enjoyers out there!
But this is my first real time writing serious fanfic so it's bound to be cringey PLUS it's unfinshed and NOT PROOF-READ.
Tags: Fluff and smut, neurodivergent Horropedia, vigrin reader, birhin Horropedia and awkward conversations
Also cross posted to ao3
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Joshua or better known as Horrorpedia is your boyfriend. You met each-other during The whole Greenlake debacle.
Since he was “grounded” as Madam z put it, for leaving the foundation without permission, you had months to bond with him, and since he was placed on Vertin’s team with you and the others you've become great friends…close friends even, dating even.
Yeah you two are madly in love with one another!
Watching horror movies together, having marathons with food and candy,leaning on each-other under his Nightmare on Elm Street branded blanket. (Limited edition of course)
But even though you are a couple you haven’t really done any…intimate things.
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It was about 3 months into dating, you realized that you and him never kissed. The most intimate thing you had done with each other was a hug here and there, and maybe what could barely be considered as cuddling.
So you went to go talk to him.
The sun was already rising and peeking through the windows, you walked down the hallway of the suitcase. Joshua had a habit of being up early, he was raised by the foundation afterall.
You passed by multiple rooms, Anjo’s, J’s, The twins and finally: “Horropedia’s” room.
You knock on his door, you hear him call out: “Just a second!” Followed by scurrying and what seems like something with some weight to it being set down.
He opens the door, hair slightly disheveled, the longer pieces being held back by a hair pin, and of course cute but goofy looking monster slippers with a nice pair of brown checkered socks.
He smiles before he says “Hello dear.”
His smile was always infectious you think.
You smile back and answer with a simple: “Hi”
Your eyes get drawn to the mid size table in the corner of his room, covered in scuffs and tools. His firearm is sitting on it looking like it’s being taken apart.
“It broke earlier, I was testing it because I added some modifications that could make the bullets go through multiple enemies even faster but…”
He walks to the table sitting down and continues to work on the gun.
“The gun jammed during the last field mission."
You watch his thin, long fingers tinker with the tiny pieces of the inner workings of his firearm.
You watched as he grabbed a small screw driver that could fit inside the small compact space
His hands were so steady and diligent.
Honestly you haven’t really thought about it but he was a pretty lanky guy, especially compared to the other men in the suitcase like J and Shamane but you didn’t mind.
I mean you are dating him for a reason…
Fuck, you might have a thing for nerds.
He always looks so focused when he watches horror movies. His eyes would be so focused on every little detail, his eyes would light up when describing the practical effects, he’d pout when the effects would be bad ranting about how cheap they looked, he becomes so focused when it comes to that stuff.
You wonder what his reactions would be to something more…explicit
I mean, there were explicit scenes in those movies he loves. Like the Friday the 13th movies but he’d always didn’t really seem to care for them, the only thing he really commented on is how “cheap” all the sex scenes felt and how idiotic they were for making love near the woods where the kid who died from two counselors who couldn’t keep it in their pants negligence.
Fair point honestly.
But you still couldn’t help yourself thinking about what sex with him would be like.
Maybe you’d straddle him, slowly move closer and start kissing him slowly. Maybe he'd be on top of you. Face red, hair messed up, glasses askew, tent in his pants, as he disconnects his tongue from your’s looking down and seeing the sweat between you two as he asks:
“Did I do good?”
Fuck you definitely have a things for nerds.
“Y/n?”
Still thinking of your horny ass daydream, you reply with a simple “Hm?”
“Are you ok?” he ask looking a bit concerned
“Oh yeah I just was lost in thought.”
He cocks his head to the side. “About what?”
You hesitant to answer but decided to be honest: “Joshua…we’ve been dating for about 3 months now, correct?”
He nods “Yes-well technically 3 months and 4 days, but if you include the time before we were dating, I've actually known you for 1 year and 9 months.” He smiles
“Oh sorry I got a bit carried away, what did you want to ask?”
He’s always so genuine…fuck, he’s cute.
“Why haven't we kissed yet?”
Joshua stared at you like you had slapped him.
“Well I um…” His voice trailed off, his face dusted with a blush.
“Am I not attractive to you or something?”
“NO-I mean yes!” “Wait, I mean yes you are attractive, it's just…”
“I have trouble picking up on social cues, I don’t know how much time should pass before it’s socially acceptable to kiss your partner.”
He looks down “I’m sorry I made you feel unattractive…you're beautiful.”
You pause for a few moments before speaking up: “Y’know this is usually the part of the movie where the two leads kiss.”
He smiles: “I usually only like horror movies, but maybe as a one time exception I’ll indulge in some romance.”
You move closer to each other, slowly but hesitantly. He moves his hand to caress your face
“Is this correct?” “My frame of reference for romance is horror movies.”
You nod, “You’re perfect Joshua.” You lean in, he follows suit and:
A light quick kiss between you and him happened.
You both pull away, his face is even redder “That was…nice.” “Can I?” His eyes go to your lips again.
You let out a breathy “Yes.”
He kissed you again, but deeper this time.
This just definitely confirmed your thing for nerds.
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Even though your kisses would be deep and loving, it would always end there. Even though you could tell he was more than excited, Joshua was kind and not the best at reading social cues.
He didn’t know if you wanted more, he didn’t want to make you uncomfortable or ruin what you had…but during a mission where you and Joshua needed to go back to the infamous Green Lake for some special plants that could possibly be used to treat extreme injuries and ailments from The Storm you decided to broach the subject of taking your relationship to the next level.
It was only you two, since collecting plants should be simple enough for a two person team.
Plus everyone else on Team Timekeeper was off on their own missions or busy with some paperwork, and since Jessica trusted you two, she gave you a map she drew and was off on her merry way on a mission with Blonney and Tooth Fairy, thus leaving you two completely alone in the place you got to know each other…
You both step out of the car, you on the driver side and him out of the passenger side.
Joshua takes a deep breath “Ah Green Lake, I’m glad to be back!”
You laugh “Glad to be back?” “We thought we were gonna die honey.”
He smiles “Yeah,but it was fun living in a horror movie, even if the ending was a bit cliche.”
You smile back at him teasingly “That was the only good thing about it?” “I’m hurt.”
He gives his cute little smirk “And you too my dear.”
“That’s what I thought” you reply as you take out the map. “The plants we need are way North from here, I know it’s early still but we should start walking if we want to get back by 3.”
“Right” he nods checking on his gun, making sure it’s in top condition just in case you run into any critters.
“Oh I just remembered!” you grabbed the backpack you brought from the backseat.
“We're gonna need this for the plants, plus..” Your voice trails off as you open the main compartment and pull out one of the two lunch boxes you brought. “I brought lunch since we're going to be here for a while and all.”
Joshua's eyes light up “Aw really?” He hugs you “You're the best Y/n!” You laugh
“I’m just being considerate dear” You hug him back
Joshua inhales your scent, smelling your body wash. You want to hold him like this forever but that’s gonna have to wait after the mission…“We should really get going now, pretty boy” you say in a gentle voice with a smile
Joshua lets you go with a slight blush on his cheeks. “Right-you're right, we should get going!”
You laugh as you see him speed walk to the woods. “I have the map, remember?”
He stops “Oh right-I forget.” he gives a bashful smile.
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You two have been walking in the woods for a bit at this point, talking about the foundation, the team, the different trail markers Jessica set up, but now you really wanted to bring up what’s really been on your mind.
“Y’know i’ve been thinking about us recently.” you say hesitantly
“What about us?”
“Is it…about our relationship?” Joshua said with a bit of panic in his voice. He knew he could be a bit much with his Horror obsession, and not being able to pick up on social cues, so of course he was nervous.
“Yeah um… I was just thinking that we should…oh god I can’t say.” You look away from him.
Joshua replied “You want to break up don’t you.”
You were shocked to say the least. “What no!” “God no!” “Joshua I-” he cut you off
“No, no, I get y/n I know that I can be a lot it’s fine really” He said in a content but slightly disappointed tone. He looked at you with those eyes, those beautiful brown eyes….
“Joshua, listen, I don’t want to break up with you!” “ I want to…..”
You look him straight in the eye “I want to have sex with you!”
Silence.
just you, him and the woods of Green Lake….
“W-what?” Joshua managed to spit out with his faced flushed red
Another silence….
You sigh and look away from him “Joshua, to put it bluntly…”
“I want you to blow my back out.”
His brown eyes widened and his face somehow looked even more embarrassed, “Y/n!” he said, stunned.
“What?!” “It’s true!” you reply.
Another awkward silence…
You speak up hesitantly “Joshua… Can I ask you something REALLY personal?”
He look liked he snapped out of a deep thought and answered bashfully “Sure Y/n you know you can ask me anything, always”
You take a deep breath before attempting to ask this, “Joshua I know you're attracted to me romantically, but…oh god I sound like a creep asking this.”
“Hey It’s alright, you couldn’t say anything to make me uncomfortable Y/n.”
“Well unless you said horror is the worst genre ever, then I might have to reconsider.” he said with a smile.
God, that cute smile…
It was infectious, and it showed on your face.
“Ok, ok, let me try again.” “Joshua do you have...do you have any sexual attraction to me?”
His eyes widened slightly at your question, of course they did, I mean he was definitely a virgin right…right?
You were gonna have to ask after this…
He looked away for a second then looked back at you as if remembering social cues, “Of course I’m sexually attracted to you Y/n…you're beautiful.”
You blush at his reply, for a neurodivergent white boy he could be really smooth sometimes…
Moving closer to him you give a smile and look back at the tree behind him avoiding eye contact, a bit embarrassed about your assumption.
“Joshua, Y’know how I was a bit caught off guard when you asked me out?”
“Uh-yeah?”
“You remember why I reacted like that?”
He gives a small smile “Yeah you said, it’s because I don’t really give off the vibe of the typical guy in love.” he said with a bit of his typical nerdy inflection in his voice.
“Yeah so…how do I put this?”
“Joshua, my lovely, sweet, caring, boyfriend, I kinda assumed…you didn’t…”
“I didn't what?” he replied with an inquisitive tone.
“I sorta assumed you might be… asexual…”
Another silence….
“WHAT?!” Joshua replied calmly
You laughed
“I’m sorry-I’m sorry, it’s just…you're hard to read sometimes dear.”
“I mean even if you were asexual I would love you the same- but not literally cause you know- but maybe?” “Because I know asexual people can still do sexual acts for there partners-BUT
What I'm trying to say is…you’ve never made a move or really have said anything remotely sexual so, I just assumed you were asexual maybe…” you looked away feeling slightly stupid for assuming something quite significant.
Joshua was silent in thought before scratching the back of his neck and simply responding with a dash of blush on his cheeks “Am I really that hard to read?”
You give a small smile and move closer to hold his hand.
“Listen, you are hard to read sometimes, you always give off a upbeat vibe, BUT that’s what makes you unique.” “I could never hate you or your quirks Joshua…because I love you.
“Y/n….”
You somehow move even closer together and kiss passionately and deeply. The last time you two ever kissed like this was when you got injured and hospitalized for a month after a solo encounter with Forget me Not and his weird ass followers.
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You passed out from blood loss and woke up in the hospital alone about a few days later.
Lilya was there
“Finally awake,” She said, taking the last swig from her canteen.
“Hey…” you said casually, rubbing your eyes adjusting to the lights.
She gave a small grin after finishing her drink “You really caused a mess.” “Lot of bodies, you almost took the big guy out himself.”
You give a small laugh, but then stop because of the stitches.
“Well I don’t like those weirdos, you know that.”
Lilya got up and stretched, “Y’know geek boy is worried about you.”
Your body jumped slightly.
She walked over and patted you on the shoulder lightly.
“You should really talk to him, seeing him not be so preppy is like a Terrier not hunting mice.”
With that she left the room, most likely telling the medics about your status.
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About 40 minutes after the medics dote on you and make sure you're not dying like you were before you hear loud rushing footsteps and quick “Sorry’s!” coming down the hallway.
Then the room to the door slams open and none other than Mr. Horropedia shows up, his clothes look thrown on like he was in a rush, his glasses askew and…he’s wearing slippers.
Before you can even crack a joke he runs up to you and hugs you, tight.
It obviously hurts, but he is cute so… you just give the doctor in the room a smile as your boyfriend who loves all things horror and enjoys it, is actually scared for once.
Oh shit he’s actually scared for once.
The doctor gets the hint that you two need time catching up and leaves with a nod.
“Joshua…you're hurting me.”
He stands up quickly
“Oh- i’m sorry, it’s just are you alright?!” “I mean obviously yes you're alive-but you're very very injured!” he said frantically while looking at your stomach.
“I’m fine really, it was just a little-”
He cuts you off
“No it’s not fine!” You were sitting in a pool of your own blood!” “You literally had a hole through your stomach!” You could of- you could of…”
You hold his hand “Hey, I didn’t though.” “I’m alive, I’m here.”
His eyes were looking at you so intently…
“I would hug you if you didn’t…y’know” he said with his cheek red from the adrenaline and his proximity to you.
You smiled and looked away bashfully “You could kiss me y'know…”
Joshua lighty moved your chin to face him, he looked like he was studying your face like how he would break down horror movies.
Those were two things he cared about deeply.
Horror and you.
You laugh after you two break the kiss.
Your laugh is a stark contrast to the bright, serene forest.
“What is it?” “Is it the way I kissed? Did I do it weird?”
You kiss his forehead “Nope, just thinking about how cute you are.”
Joshua blushed and smiled at your comment.
You place a hand on his chest “Listen when we get back, we talk about…sex more, alright?”
“Right now, we should get those plants.”
“Yeah” he responds, his cheeks still red
As you both walked deeper through the woods there was another silence between you again, but instead of a base of awkwardness there was an underlying sense of tension but…excitement?
You decided to say something
“Joshua can I ask you something personal…again”
He smiles “Yes” he said with a hint of that signature inflection.
You smile back “You were at the academy at a young age right?”
“Yep, I was transferred there when I was 5, why do you ask?” he slightly coked his head to the side as you continued to walk.
“Well from what I’ve heard from Sonnetto the academy was strict place with people who followed the rules”
“I guess…it’s just curiosity to understand you more.” You give a small mischievous smile “And maybe see if you had any past flings.”
“I can assure you I DID NOT have flings,rendezvous or any romantic-ness with any other classmate!” “Even if I wanted too- rule #25 of the The School of Primary Defense of Mankind states no romantic relationships between its students!” He says it in such a matter of fact that you couldn’t help but laugh.
“They really didn’t let you date each other?”
“I’ll have you know Y/n that young arcanists who are learning to control their powers plus the emotions of young love don’t mix very well.” he exaggerated
“Oh~ but you forget we're young and in love dear.
Joshua stops in his tracks and turns to you and smiles
“That’s different!”
“No it isn’t”
“Were both adults Legal adults Y/n!”
“Joshua, were fetuses compared to some of the people around the foundation”
He tries to hold back a laugh and says in a matter a fact tone: “Y/n if weren't arcanist we’d be in college”
You smile “oh, and what would you study exactly?”
“What? I don’t know- probably film?” You give a little laugh “Of course you would…”
“Can I ask you something?”
“Of course y/n”
You hesitantly reply “I know that- or i’m assuming…what was it like for you being at the academy?”
He seemed hesitant to reply “I…it was alright, strict and honestly cold.” “I really couldn’t pressure my love of horror when I was there, but other than that it was fine.” “Why do you ask?”
“I’m just curious about you, plus the foundation is already strict enough, I couldn't imagine what it was like as a child.”
His demeanor changed and had a sad look in his eyes but ultimately gave a small smile trying to not dampen the mood “yeah…”
You pause before speaking “I don’t know what you went through, but I'm happy that you are who you are Joshua.” “Plus if you never went there we’d had never met each other, or maybe we would have actually because-”
Before you could finish your sentence Joshua hugged you…
Of course you hugged back “I was going to say we were soulmates, but looks like you beat me to punch” you joke
He doesn't respond, he just breathes in your scent, you play with his hair “Listen pretty boy, you don’t need to tell me anything you don’t we too.” “Either way, I’ll always love you”
“I love you too y/n…” He mumbles into your neck
You smile and play continue to play into his hair
“A few more minutes of this and then we can get those plants…” he says in a relaxed tone
“Right the plants…you're being so cute that i almost about them Joshy~”
Joshua jumps from hearing that nickname. “Joshy” ew
With a pout on his face “Don’t call me that!” “It makes me sound like a little kid…”
You kiss his forehead “Let's go get those flowers.”
A little bit more trekking you find the flowers, you scoop them up, making sure to get a good dose for the researchers.
You and Joshua take a break, him sitting on a log and you a tree stump. He so graciously offered you the more comfortable option as always.
You both ate the lunch you made for each other, making sure to clean up any wrappers and crumbs of yourselves. Joshua wiped off some crumbs of your cheek, of course that made you smile.
You headed back to the car listening to Joshua ramble about good horror vs bad horror, how certain pieces of media do the concept of horror justice and how some do it a disservice.
Eventually you reach the car and drive back to the foundation, it’s as busy as ever. That’s the only reason why you were able to get approval to leave so quickly, usually it takes a few days for Madam Z to approve, but time of the essence and everything and anything matters espillay when it comes to the storm.
Passing by people rushing you get to one of the research offices and turn in the plants.
A particular researcher seemed eager to get to studying, especially how Jessica happily described their properties.
Since you both have completed the mission and it was already evening you went back to the suitcase to relax. He got snacks, and you picked a movie.
Although not a horror movie you decided to pick Heathers. You already watched it multiple times and it was one of your favorites, and since he hasn’t seen it before you’d thought he might enjoy it.
You both were cozy, munching on snacks and sipping on your drinks and practically cuddling with each other, such a nice and simple way to relax.
He seemed caught off guard by how vulgar the movie was, especially in its opening, but ultimately was having fun watching one of your faves and making jokes with you.
Everything was fine until the around 23 minute mark…oh you forgot about that scene.
It wasn’t some explicit sex scene, it was honestly simple.
It showed the aftermath of their passionate game of strip croquet, they were cuddling.
Joshua was silent in thought, having a slight blush on his face…you decided to be blunt for once.
“You wanna do that with me?” you say with small smirk
“I…” His voice trails off and he looks away with his face turning bright red.
You lean in a bit closer and play with his hair “We are dating remember?” “We could do something like that if you’d like.”
Still not looking at you he replied with an almost disappointed tone “I know…”
Not wanting to push things you lightly caress his face and turn it to face you.
“You know we don’t have to do anything right?” “I was just teasing dear” You continue to play with his hair.
As Joshua leans into your touch he sighs “I know but I just…I’m shy”
You squeeze his hand to comfort him and reply with a slight blush on your cheeks.
“I have no experience either, and honestly I’m just as shy as you when it comes to these things.”
You give a small smile “I know we’ve made out before and haven’t gone further…but do you want to go further someday?”
He hesitates before answering “I do, I just don’t know how to go about it y’know…”
You thought for a moment, thinking of what to say to make him feel comfortable.
You spoke up “How about we do some research.”
He gave you a slightly puzzled look “Research?’
“I mean yeah-there has to be books about stuff like this, plus y’know a lot of people work at the foundation.”
“Like don’t you ever have a talk about women you like with ‘the guys’?”
Joshua looked a bit caught off guard by that. “I…no?” “I mean I’d rather not talk about you like that y’know”
“Plus people around here aren’t very…casual?” “ Well I mean-not with me at least” he said with a nervous laugh
You should've guess that, not only was he not the type to talk about women or anybody in a demeaning way, he certainly wasn’t the most…”Traditionally masculine”
Which you loved, you’ve always had a thing for nerdy white men who you could probably pick up if you’d tried hard enough…yeah you definitely have a type.
“You know we could always learn on our own” you said as you continued to play with hair.
“I know we could…” he said in a glum tone
Something was definitely off with him
“No matter what, I could never hate you Joshua.”
He looks at you “I know…it’s just- what if i’m not…”
“What if you're not what?” you confused
“Not…good enough.” He mumbles
“For you.”
“Of course you're good enough for me, why would you think otherwise?”
His eyes catches yours before turning away quickly
“I have no experience, what if I’m not able to please you…”
You give a small but supportive smile “I have no experience either, there’s a fair chance I won’t be able to please you also.”
He blushes “I don’t care about that, I just want to make sure you have a good time y’know…”
You laugh warmly
He looks at you confused “What’s so funny Y/n?”
You smirk “I didn’t know you were such a lover boy Joshua”
Somehow his face becomes more red
“I’m not a lover boy! I just…want to make you feel good…”
You try not to laugh “You're just too cute you know that?
“Hey!” “I’m not cute I’m-”
You cut him off by tilting your head so you can get close to his ear, you reply with a teasing inflection in your voice
“I’m curious, on how you would make me feel good Joshua”
Joshua froze as he felt your breath on his neck
You continue, “Don't be shy now.”
Joshua seems to find his voice “Well I…”
The words seemed to die in his throat. He wasn't scared or uncomfortable, more so out of his depth.
You can no longer keep up the whole flirty facade and start to crack a genuine smile.
“God you're just adorable.”
You lightly hold his face, his expression turns into a flustered pout.
i forgot to post this here but.. just two of my favs interacting
THEY'RE MOTHER AND SON. THIS IS CANON.
I'm sorry I just had to do this
