After years of working together in "Ranchers Revenge", Jimmy and Tango suddenly have a competition, as a new ranch finds its place in the fields across from their own. "Love Ranch" is now in business, and they have to face the new rancher in town to keep their place in the market.
On the other side of the fields, Scott is already regretting his life choices. Whose idea was it to set up a therapy counselling basically on a farm? Ah, right.. his.
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You should tell Tumblr more about the nightmare blunt rotation au /silly
Scott inviting Joel, Grian, Scar, Tango and Gem to his house to smoke some weed and the group literally fucking killing him <3
Don't want to say much because I plan to write this, but Martyn (Scott's boyfriend) breaking down in the court right before the group is declared not guilty and the case closes as an "accident"!!!!!
Spoilers <3
The noise in the courthouse is overwhelming. Gem, Joel, Scar, Grian, and Tango were gathered right outside their courtroom, which will decide their fate from now on. Tango is walking back and forth, his breathing shallow, as Grain stands at the window, looking outside at all the reporters gathered for the hearing. Others are sitting on the benches, the clock ticking near them, as they wait for the court to start.
"You think we'll win this?" Grian asks, his voice cracking under the constant pressure.
It's been a month since Scott's death, since the investigation started. It was all finally coming to an end. There was nothing on the crime scene. Four of them breathed in too much smoke, confirming that they had been in the burning basement for a long time. This added another point to that defence, their story that they had woken up with flames already taking over Scott's room in the basement. Tango was seen in the main room camera before the fire, sleeping there, which was why he was the last one to notice the fire. It all made sense.
They were just stupid new adults, trying something new, which ended up in a tragedy.
Tragedy. That's what it was.
"Yes," Gem says, sounding somewhat confident despite the tremble of her body. "We are good. Everything's gonna be fine.."
Grian turns back to her to comment, but he suddenly flinches, taking a step back. As the others follow his gaze, they find Martyn approaching them.
Martyn... He avoided them since the tragedy. The first and the last time at least one of them had heard him was back in the police station, the night of the fire. When he learned about the fire, he went to Scott's house, and the neighbours, not knowing the details, told him that everyone had been taken back to the police for questioning about the fire.
Martyn came to the station thinking that Scott was there. The others were still in different rooms, being questioned, when Scar, sitting outside on the bench, heard Martyn's screaming.
None of them has seen him after that.
They were never ready to see Martyn after what happened, especially not now, getting ready for the court, and seeing Martyn in all black. His bandana was missing from his forehead, instead holding his hair up in a ponytail, just like Scott used to do for him. His eyes were red and puffy; he probably cried right before coming here. Ignoring the redness, they could see the dark circles surrounding his eyes, indicating that he hadn't rested for a while.
They were not ready for this. There's no way someone can be ready for this.
The silence envelops them as Martyn finally stops, standing in front of the group, his empty eyes darting from one to another. With every eye contact, the tension grows, all of them looking away, before Martyn can look at someone else. They are avoiding him, just like Martyn was avoiding them, and he knows why.
"Tell me," he croaks, his hands trembling. "Tell me what happened. What actually happened."
They all stay silent, and the longer the silence lasts, the worse Martyn's tremor, as his face falls. They can all see how Martyn is fighting the tears, keeping down the sobs, calming down his breathing. It's not working as Martyn wants, it's visible, it's devastating, but none of them comment on it. They all know why he's like this. They all understand. That's what they expected from him, and that's what they get, as their hearts grow heavier, their own tears fighting to escape.
"TELL ME!" Martyn screams, his voice breaking in a choked sob, as the tears finally fall from his eyes. "Please.." he adds much more quietly, not even bothering to brush his tears away. "I-I need to know.. I need to know what happened.. I need to know how he- how he-"
"His candles.." Scar whispers, breaking the silence from the group. They all wince, turning back to him, and Scar bites down on his lip, staring back at Martyn. It's uncomfortable, having Martyn looking at him like this. It's wrong. It's heartbreaking. "His candle started the fire when we were sle-"
"Stop," Martyn says, seizing. Tango and Grian take a step back, while others shrink in their seats. Martyn's hands are clenched tight, and they can see the veins ready to pop from all the anger that he's holding in. "He had those candles since he was seven. He- he found comfort in them, and he knew- he knew how to be careful with them around. It never..."
"I'm sorry, Martyn," Grian whispers, his own hands shaking, as he wraps them around himself. "We- We were high, and I- We just forgot.. Maybe- Maybe someone accidentally knocked it over, but we don't- we don't know, Martyn. We just woke up to the fire, I'm sorry." He lets his own tears fall. "I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry, Martyn. We are s-sorry."
One by one, the crying spreads to the others, as Grian turns into a mess, apologizing over and over again. They all felt that apology, they all meant it, but could never say it out loud, not to Martyn, not knowing what actually happened back there.
Martyn's angry expression slowly drops, as he also chokes out another sob, breaking down worse than all of them together. No wonder Martyn and Scott were childhood best friends, and have been dating for three years now.
"I was supposed to come to you..." Martyn whispered through his tears, his shoulders slumped forward, his legs hardly keeping him standing. "His mom- His mom always disliked me.. I was.. I was supposed to come later, after she l-left for the night shift.. I was- But I stayed.. I stayed back at Cleo's with the others, and.."
Martyn hides his face behind his hands as another sob escapes him. They watch as his legs slowly give out, and he softly drops to the ground on his knees.
"What now? What- What do I do now?"
None of them answers. They don't know how. They sit there, listening to Martyn's choked crying, as they wait for the doors to the courthouse to open, urging them all inside.
But no matter how this ends... they have lost no matter what.
Who wants the continuation of my dogwarts Scott AU? Let's talk Limited life!
In this AU, the mean gills never happened.
Why? Oh, the answer is very easy, because Scott didn't want to.
It wasn't Martyn who didn't return to Scott in the first episode, after telling Scott that he would settle down with him, nooo, it was Scott who didn't even invite him in the first place!
Scott remembers the sword in his chest, remembers the betrayal, the pain. He won the Last life, so those memories are now with him forever, and while Ren might not remember that horrifying moment, might not even be in Limited life at all, but Scott will always remember the way he looked at them, when Scott felt the sword between his ribs
He told Martyn to go away
He can't trust Martyn, and Martyn already hurt him once, he's not gonna risk it
It's not that he thinks no one will betray him, no, it's different
It's just, no other will act like a lover, just to betray in cold blood, not even knowing that they will come back after
Scott can deal with a teammate betraying him, but not another heartbreak. His heart was broken two times by now, he's not gonna welcome Martyn into his life back, for a third time.
Martyn joins the Nosy Neighbours
Scott ends up alone
Everyone knows he told no to Martyn, and everyone knows Scott is very hostile toward him, but no one understands why
Pearl knows it's something that happened in 3rd life, but she wasn't there for it, so even she (having the memories of Last life and double life) doesn't have answers
Scott somehow manages to end up with Bad Boys somewhere in the middle of the game, it was a very weird thing, honestly. They need help against the TIES, and despite Scott's multiple attempts to reconcile with Skizz after the kill on the very first day, Skizz seemed to have another opinion on the matter, and so, Scott joined the Bad Boys as an honorary bad boy, he's still a Coral Kid no matter what
He even gets his own (blue) jacket and blue glasses, matching his aesthetic more than the other bad boys, as they separate themselves from him. It hurts, of course it does, especially being separated like that from JIMMY (he regretted leaving him in Third life, but he still couldn't find the middle ground with him anymore. It was weird. They were weird) but hey, at least he has friends now, right?
Scott doesn't hunt down Joel in the end
He doesn't kill Hil
And so with Joel around by the finale..
Joel kills Martyn, and like that, the first winner of the games, falls
When Scott, Joel, and Impulse end up in the finale, Scott and Joel 2v1 him and take him down really quickly
And after that, it's just a fight between them
Scott knew it would happen, and Joel never lied about his intentions, so it feels refreshing when Joel finally strikes him for the first time, his sword going through Scott's chest, it feels different
Calmer
It's not the same pain that Scott experienced when Martyn betrayed him
And as Joel wins, Scott, in his last seconds, realizes something
He's not scared anymore
(3rd life winner Martyn, Last life winner Scott, Double life winner Pearl, Limited life winner Joel + Secret life winner Scar, and Wild life winner Grian)
What made Scott become a rancher as well? Oh and moving right next to another ranch as well XD
hello, welcome to my Scott and also.. mean gills rant???
Let's say, Scott didn't have a nice and good childhood, and let's say, the second he turned eighteen, he moved out of the household that held too many bad memories, which resulted in him ending up on the streets!
If you've read the mean gills snippet, YES, Martyn was the one who basically found him and gave him a place to stay (he really wanted a roommate, so he promised Scott that he would pay for both of them for the first months before Scott also found a job).
Because of this, Martyn has influenced Scott a lot, the biggest influence being his major! When they moved in, Martyn (19) was already first year of studies on a psychology course, and Scott happened to be around him a lot, watching him do work, or talk about it.
After everything that happened in his life, and.. struggling with people around him, Scott decided to pick up psychology as well, to understand the human mind.
Through therapy on his own, Scott realized that he found help around animals (just like Pearl used to do...), so even before graduating, he always had in mind an animal therapy.
They spend years brainstorming together actually, Martyn and Cleo helping in the beginning (these two were on the same year), and then Skizz (Scott's year) also joining in. When they all decided to agree on Scott's desire to keep animal therapy, they threw ideas at each other, and it was Cleo who joked about having a ranch.
Scott disliked life in the city, so despite it being a joke the first time, he immediately put his vote in, and soon enough, others also followed.
And well!! The ranch accident was a complete accident, actually. They just needed a land they could keep their animals on, and when they found it, they bought it! They aren't a REAL ranch after all, they are just a therapy center, the Ranch near them doesn't have to worry about competition!
Should have told that to Tango and Jimmy immediately, before leaving them in the dark and allowing this miscommunication to continue..
Scott steps into their apartment carrying three plastic bags after a quick trip to the supermarket. He had a long shift back in the restaurant, but had to take a little detour before coming back, when Martyn called him about their fridge being almost empty. He has no idea how both of them managed to miss that, considering how they are the ones who cook in this house, but well, someone had to go shopping, and it definitely wasn't Martyn.
"This isn't even a real source, oh my god!" Cleo's voice from the laptop reaches him as soon as Scott steps into the kitchen. The room is open, leading into a dining room, where Martyn is sitting right now, his laptop and papers on the table, spread in a usual messy manner.
"What's up?" He asks loudly enough that both Martyn and Cleo can hear him as he puts the bags down on the kitchen table.
Martyn immediately looks up, smiling at him, before he sighs overdramatically and leans back into the chair. "Our group member is messing with our assignment again! I wrote my part - he said, and then gave it to us, with no real source, no real proof, not a single actual study mentioned!"
"We have to rewrite his whole part, because let's be honest, he won't do shit," Cleo snorts from the other side, followed by a shuffle of papers.
"Oh, he's not gonna last long in the course," Martyn adds, stretching as he sighs down at the papers.
"Is this a paper about memories?" Scott asks curiously, moving to the dining hall and circling around Martyn, to put his chin on Martyn's blonde hair, while he looks down at the laptop, noticing a google document open, with Cleo's camera feed on the top right corner.
"Yeah," Martyn hums, leaning into Scott, as he moves his hand up, softly brushing it against Scott's cheek. "Specifically, how trauma affects those memories."
"Agh, get a room," Cleo scoffs, making Scott chuckle.
"You're just jealous," Martyn smirks, moving his hand on the back of Scott's neck to pull him down into a kiss. Scott giggles into the kiss, cupping Martyn's cheeks, while Cleo makes another gagging noise.
"Call me back when you two are done with romance," they say, immediately cutting off the call before Martyn can say anything.
The kiss breaks with a laugh from both of them, as Martyn reaches forward and closes the laptop, standing up from his chair. "I see you got the fooood, I'm so hungry right now, I think I might explode," he says, taking Scott's hand and tugging him toward the kitchen.
"I got us some ramen, living up to your name of a broke student," Scott snorts, as Martyn reaches into the bags, taking out everything Scott bought.
"Ha ha, very funny, Scott!" Martyn says mockingly, but the softness doesn't leave his tone, as he teases his boyfriend. "Plus, you have the money, so I'm not actually broke if you think about it!"
"Oh, so that's what I am to you? My money?" Scott pouts as he brushes his hand into Martyn's hair, placing a quick smooch on his neck. The look that Martyn gives him at that makes him go red.
"Ah yes.. money," Martyn says, giving Scott a kiss back, making him chuckle. They are both VERY aware that Scott didn't have any money when Martyn found him, but oh well, Scott always found comfort in joking about his life.
"Come on, let's make us some ramen then," Martyn hums, taking out the little packages from the bag. "Cleo can wait a bit longer, I'm not calling back until I'm full of food and my needed Scott time."
Scott giggles, going back to the bags. It hasn't been a full year yet, but he knows that he's gotten used to this life by now. And surprisingly, life is finally good again.
° Romantic Ahasbands, Queer platonic Mumscarian. (Relationships will change!)
° Story focuses on the whole group (every arc having MORE focus on certain characters) but the person that the story mostly spins around is Scott.
° Violence, background character death, heavy topics and trigger warnings, please make sure to read the tags AND the beginning notes of every chapter for more specific warnings.
° 17/?
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It's a big story, and there's more to come!!
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