"hit me up if you want an umbrella academy ficlet"... There's no "if" about it, friend! :D I'd love a ficlet/ficlets with "You’re changing the subject.", "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?", and/or "When I wake up, you won’t be there." Maybe Five and Diego, or Five and Vanya, but really any mix of Five and siblings and any POV would be awesomesauce! :D
The moment Diego unlocked the chains suspending Five from the ceiling, Five’s knees buckled.
Diego wasn’t nearly fast enough to stop him from hitting the ground, and Five landed with a heavy thump. There was a pained groan, and a muffled curse, as his brother curled in on himself.
“Are you okay?” Diego said, panic tightening his chest as he dropped to one knee next to Five. He placed a careful hand on his brother’s arm as Five clumsily tried to push himself up. “Did they hurt you?”
There were heavy bruises marring Five’s brow, and streaks of dried blood darkening his skin. His clothes were also bloodied and filthy, and Diego had a terrible feeling that this time, all the blood was Five’s. Shit. He knew he should have come faster.
“You’re really asking me that when you’re dripping with blood?” Five responded, eyes narrowing in annoyance. Concerningly, he was slurring his words, and was refusing to make eye contact. “What happened to your arm?”
Diego glanced down at where a stray bullet had grazed him earlier during the fight, it was still bleeding steadily. He needed to put something on that and soon. “It’s just a flesh wound.”
“What’s the point of your power when you can’t even avoid getting shot?” Five mumbled, and worryingly enough, he still hadn’t gotten up. Five squeezed his eyes shut suddenly. “Fuck.”
“Hey, I just rescued you from these freaks,” Diego said, his frown deepening as he leaned in closer to help Five sit upright. "And don’t think I can’t tell you’re changing the subject. You okay?”
“Depends on the definition,” Five sighed, visibly forcing his eyes open. He was struggling to keep his head up.
Now that was concerning. Diego grabbed Five’s chin, and made his brother look him in the eyes. Five’s pupils were blown wide, his irises a barely visible ring of green. He blinked his eyes rapidly, lashes fluttering, and seeming to be having trouble focusing on Diego’s face.
“Let go.” Five tried to pull away, weakly pulling at Diego’s wrist with a face of irritation.
“Shit,” Diego dropped his hand. “They drugged you?”
“Why do you think I haven’t escaped yet?” Five mumbled.
“Are you bleeding anywhere?” Diego said, trying to pat Five down to see if there were any wounds. “Where are you hurt?”
“There’s nothing that will kill me in the next hour,” Five slurred with an unsettling confidence, slapping at his hands again. “Stop it.”
“Alright, let’s get you up,” Diego said, taking a deep breath and deciding to take Five at his word. “We need to get you out of here before reinforcements show up.”
Slipping his arm under Five, Diego grit his teeth and hauled his brother up to his feet. Thankfully, Five being physically thirteen made him easier to manhandle than a fully grown man. Diego balanced them carefully until Five got his feet under himself.
Five made a small sound of pain as he settled against Diego, and gripped onto his arm for dear life. Diego pretended he didn’t hear it.
“It’s okay Five, I’ve got you,” he said, and then started dragging his brother toward the exit, careful to maneuver them both around the dead bodies littering the floor.
They were halfway to the car when Five’s legs gave out on him again. Diego cursed and barely caught Five in time as he fell forward, and then carefully gathered his brother into his arms to carry him the rest of the way.
Five was limp and quiet in Diego’s arms as they exited the building, eyes unfocused and barely open. Eventually, they made it to the parked vehicle, and Diego pulled open the rear door and unloaded a barely-conscious Five into the back seat.
After making sure his brother was secure, Diego went around to the driver’s door and got into the car. Inside, he started the engine and pulled on his seat belt, before turning the rear view mirror so he could see Five. His brother was curled limply on his side, eyes half-closed as he stared blankly ahead of him.
“You can pass out now if you want,” Diego said as he looked over his brother, and reassured himself that Five really might be okay.
"Only if when I wake up, you won’t be there," Five murmured, his eyes slipping closed.
“I’ll make sure Vanya is there instead, alright?” Diego said, shifting gears as he pressed on the gas pedal.
There was no response from Five as Diego pulled out of the alleyway. Another glance in the rear view mirror told him that his brother had finally passed out. Five’s chest rose and fall gently with each breath.
At least now they could safely check him over, Diego thought faintly. Good thing the house wasn’t far away. Once Five woke up again, they were going to tear him a new one about not telling them where he was going.
So thanks to @maplesyrupao3 and @acoupletshort I NEED a “Practical Magic” AU.
And while it’s perfect for Zelena and Regina, that story is already written (being written?) and I’m dying to see it done/do it for my faves.
*cracks knuckles* SO:
Ruby and Belle are sisters and they grow up in a north-eastern small town with their Granny... with a little secret. They’re witches.
Of course, as teenagers, they rebel—Ruby more than Belle—but by the end of high school/university, Ruby finds the love of her life in Peter and they settle down and get married and have two beautiful daughters.
Belle, however, has always wanted adventure, so as soon as she’s turned 18, she’s off.
Ruby misses her sister, but she loves her life, and she works at her Granny’s diner while Peter works at the local factory. She’s always haunted by her family’s “curse”, though, and can never be entirely at peace. There’s a reason she’d sworn off love as a girl, and even taken certain precautions.
And then, one day, the dreaded chirping comes, and she can’t find this damn bug as she pulls her house apart in desperation. It’s too late—Peter has died in an accident at the factory, and Ruby is devastated. She should have known what she knew in her heart as a little girl—she should never have fallen in love. She blames herself for marrying Peter in the first place since she knew she was cursed, but she also can’t regret the two beautiful daughters he gave her.
And so, she throws herself into her life working with her granny and raising her two daughters.
Life returns to normal pretty quickly, with a rare postcard from “Lacey” now and again.
Until, Lacey shows up un-announced.
(Bare with me, I need to watch the movie again to remember the details.)
Ruby and Granny are both thrilled and wary to see Lacey (as she’s now calling herself), since trouble seems to follow her.
And this time, it does in the form of Gaston.
Somehow they end up killing him twice, and magic is involved, and Ruby is more than a little freaked out. But hopefully the whole affair is behind them, and her sister is safe.
(And possibly moving on with another mysterious stranger...?)
Ruby starts to breathe easier until a cop shows up asking questions about Gaston.
Much as Ruby tries to throw him off the scent, he sticks around, and she can’t help but be drawn to him—which freaks her out even more.
Still, he seems like a genuinely nice guy, and he’s great with her girls, and Lacey and Granny are frustratingly inviting him around when they should be trying to get him to leave...
Lacey convinces Ruby to a night out on the town like they used to, so Ruby agrees, even though she feels a little ridiculous.
And who should they happen to spot singing karaoke:
Ruby is getting more and more torn because she wants to protect her family but there’s something about this guy... (And she can’t help but feel like he’s the embodiment of her “dream guy” she made up when she was a kid—a guy who is supposed to be unattainable, to save her heart from being broken.)
Meanwhile, Archie is more and more conflicted because he can’t just let this case go, even if Gaston was a terrible person—murder is still murder. But he also doesn’t want to drag Ruby into all of it, especially with her girls, and he can’t help but want to protect them, even though he knows she’s somehow connected in all of this.
Finally, Ruby decides to confront him.
Annnnnd she learns that he has her letter...
And he has one green eye and one blue eye.
And then yada yada yada happily ever after!!
(I have to watch the movie again to recall the details but that’s the gist of it.)
Happy belated birthday, Heather! :D I'm sorry I'm a little late, apparently I skipped a date in my mental calendar, 'cause I could've sworn it was the 12th yesterday... :P Hope you had a wonderful day! Miss you! *huggles*
Ahhhh it's so nice to hear from you!! Thank you!! I had a lovely day. :D And I miss you too! *hugs back*
HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAY! :D Hope you're having a wonderful day, and that you treat yo self! to something chocolate-y and decadent BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT. Love you lots! *huggles with gusto* (also *violently pushing aside the anxious thought that I got the date wrong because my brain is annoying like that*)
OHMYGOSH AHHHH SO MUCH LOVE RIGHT BACK AT YOU!
This was the loveliest message to come home to!! Thank you so much! I’m probably in a sugar coma already from the weekend, haha, but I’m definitely loaded up on lots of treats. :P
(And you totally got the day right! It’s smack dab in the middle of Raphael Sbarge’s birthday and Valentine’s day, hahaha.)
