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He Knows You’re There. Short Story. Part 3.
Time doesn’t feel right anymore.
It stretches. Warps. Pauses in places it shouldn’t.
Rafayel notices.
He’s quieter now, movements more deliberate, like every step, every breath is calculated against something unseen.
Against you.
“Cutie… you listened…”
Not really freaky but there is moments of vulnerability. Or maybe there will be. I don't really know.
stay healthy and luv u alll! :D
📢 I want attention.
“Your hands.”
William smiles, tiredly, glancing down at the chapped fingers crooked around the tarnished silverware.
“Yes,” he says. “I know.”
“Don’t they hurt?”
“I’m used to it.”
He smiles again, after he says it; I’m used to it, don’t worry. He eats fine, does not wince as he moves and flexes the cracking skin, but it does not take long for them to bleed; sluggishly, slowly, pearling along tectonic lines, pooling in creases and knuckle dips.
Niccolò returns to his dinner, and watches him. The tap of his foot is at odds with the clink clink clink of his knife, the scrape of his fork along his chipped front tooth. His shoulders droop but his face does not, hair still pinned back, eyes sleepy and far away. His freckles seem to twinkle under the flickering of the candlelight, making those blue eyes into something sparkling.
“You should sleep,” Niccolò says, swallowing. “You’re tired.”
William finishes the last of his plate, and smiles, again, small and pretty and tired, still, but the gentle kind.
“It is my turn with the washing.”
“Yes,” Niccolò agrees, “but you are sleepy. And your hands are chapped.”
William says nothing more, only hums, but he kisses Niccolò’s forehead as he passes, gentle, squeezing his shoulder, and sets his dishes on the counter by the sink, untouched.
“Goodnight,” he calls from the bedroom, as Niccolò’s hands are slippery from the soap, and warm.
“Goodnight,” Niccolò responds, and turns back to the sink. He can hear the bed springs creak, and William sigh, and he smiles, waiting on the snores. They do not take long. He hums along to them as he finishes, washing up the pots, too, and the oven, and the counters. Soon the kitchen is sparkling and the sun sits low on the horizon, and he dusts, too, having noticed the griminess floating among the golden rays.
At the end of it his hands are smarting. The soap clings to his skin, even as he rinses them, and he tries to avoid picking at his knuckles, rubbing the skin; reddening them further.
He tries to imagine this, day in and day out; bedpans and food trays and cutlery and surgical knives, all dirtied, all reused. Stinging lye soap and coppery bleach. Aching, chapping hands, curled to bleeding, stretched to tearing; worn through elastic.
He retreats to his study, frowning.
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based on “he loved her to the point of invention” (7th slide)
Omegaverse au where Wymack was an omega and Kayleigh was an alpha and he was the one who got pregnant.
Kayleigh being the most responsible daddy ever. She took Kevin away from David in the og because she wanted him to be happy. This woman is THEEE most supportive partner ever
They have a sweet home. David raises in popularity alongside her - where she once hid him to protect him, she now shows him off to make him proud. She refuses to be one of those alphas who keep their partners at home and docile
Kevin is still insane that's just the autism dw guys. So they're happy and blissed out and cozy
Then she dies lol #rip
Wymack gets confronted by Tetsuji - he's grieving and alone and "Come on, David, I'll take the boy off your hands for a few days"
Wymack is back to drinking. And he ALMOST sings his rights away, until Tetsuji, who always did bite more than he could chew and was drinking alongside him, says,
"I can even pay you in cash!"
It's meant to be a joke. It doesn't land.
Fast forward to Riko being denied not one, but TWO exy prodigies. This makes him actually treat Jean better-ish. Basically Jean is his Kevin. Like yeah there's still an insane power dynamic. But. Riko is also like deeply insane ofc he goes "this is the universe's payment for my THREE lost brothers" (Ichirou, Kevin, Neil)
There's also an even crazier version of this au where David actually somehow ends up on the run with Mary after Tetsuji corners him. Two mothers protecting their sons. But that won't give me the foxes so uh.
ANYWAYS!! the foxes!! Kevin grows up all with David. And you'll say "surely, Cassi, this makes him less of an asshole"
And I say SIKE
Kevin gets bitter. He's good, and he knows it. He's the heir as much of that fucking raven brat, and he knows it. His dad is too soft, and he knows it. He grows up seeing his dad be disappointed over, and over, and over again. He slowly grows incredibly annoyed with the foxes - fucking teenagers crashing HIS home, bothering HIS dad, taking away from HIS time? Oh, give this boy a break
He's basically having the experience of seeing your mom go back to the same abusive man and slowly resenting her and him for it but the man in question is the worst fucking exy team like dad what the fuck are you doing
He's still kinder than our og Kevin day. Because og Kevin is a level of bitchiness only the ravens could achieve. But he's still pretty much a pain in the ass
Idk guy's I'm having a fever and slightly delirious about it
Also. Kevin is an alpha. For the sake of the plot.
SIKE I need to think about Kevin day knotting someone down like baby come here I will be so happy w u
MEET WENDOLYN!
Name: Wendolyn Cedar
Goes By: Wendy
Age: 15
School: Naranja Academy
Grade: HS! Freshman
Trainer ID: 215124
Height: 5’5”
Hometown: Mesagoza, Paldea
Track: General Studies (Summer)
Club: N/A
Signature: Wen Cedar
Partner Pokémon: Skye the Swablu {F!}
Parents: Friede and Murdock Cedar
Sibling(s): N/A
Rash, Adventurous, Impatient, Bold,
Seasonal Allgeries
LORE
~She is the adopted daughter of Friede and Murdock Cedar (yes they’re married in my AU)
~She was found by Friede as a newborn in the trash about 3 months before he left his job at Exceed
~Her fathers talked it out and after careful consideration took her in
~She is very sneaky and is insanely good at hiding in nearly every nook and cranny she can find
~She and Dot are cousins on Murdock’s side
~She’s a founding member of the RVT
~She is very adventurous and impatient, sometimes to a fault
~Nocturnal Noctowl (night person)
~Color codes anything and everything
~When she first arrived at Naranja, she broke 3 rules, all in her first HOUR of being there
~When she was younger, someone would have to keep a careful eye on her at all times because if not then she’d sneak off and hide somewhere on the ship, much to the dismay of her fathers because despite there being only so many places for her to hide on the ship, she was GOOD
~Used to sneak midnight snacks (sometimes with Dot) but now just keeps a stash
~Once they didn’t find her for nearly 3 hours because she accidentally fell asleep in her hiding spot
~She has a strained relationship with her fathers, mainly with Friede after he took on Lucca’s job to bring Liko back to Paldea
~After finding out the reason why her dads are yet to pick her up is because of Liko wanting to help Terapagos get to Laqua, Wendy becomes bitter towards her and Roy as she believes its their fault she was abandoned in Paldea (but is especially bitter towards Liko)
~She sulked for a few days after Friede left to go get Liko but after talking it out, Lucca helped her see it as her getting to go on her own adventure without adult supervision (this may or may not have backfired on Lucca)
~Friede caught Skye for her when she was 6 after they helped a little Swablu with an injured wing that was hiding on the ship
~She has seasonal allergies that can be easily triggered if she isn’t careful
~Before finding out ‘the truth’ she would call with her dads to keep up with them, now just occasionally calls Dot to ask how things are (Though her relationship with said streamer is now strained as well)
~Despite the above, she still keeps up with Nidothing’s channel
~Her favorite foods are: Strawberry Tarts and Matcha Macarons
~Likes: Adventures, pastries, Skye, staying up late, rainy days, color coding her glitter gel pens
~Dislikes: Liko + Roy, Terapagos, waiting, her allergies, being stuck inside, being left out of group work or adventures
