so instead of writing anything im supposed to be i wrote this
meet Copper
Tags: Fale AU (Fell/Tale), Daredevil Stunts, Adrenaline Junkie, Slight Angst
Copper grinned as they cinched the straps over their chest shut, jerking the cords hooked to them a couple times before giving the driver in the truck a double thumbs up. Red, shaking his head even as he turned to put the rumbling truck in gear, waving his hand out the driver’s side window in a signal that he was about to go before slowly, slowly, the pickup started to inch forward. Shifting their feet to better balance on the skateboard their feet were strapped to, Copper smiled brightly even as the truck slowly picked up speed.
Putting their hands out to the side, they lifted one to flip on the gopro taped to their helmet before sticking it back out. They slowly picked up more and more speed, weaving a little behind the ever speeding truck before it finally got up to a high enough speed that the wind was whipping through their clothes, pants billowing and shirt trying its best to tear off their bones.
Laughing maniacally, Copper carefully reached down, unclipping the cords and letting themself sail down the street, Red still going just ahead of them. Suddenly, as discussed, the truck stopped and Copper grinned fiercely, lowering their body before vaulting off the ground, flying up and over the truck in a turning backflip. Using just a tinge of magic to loosen the air time, they landed back on their feet, the board rolling on its own carrying him a little further even as they raised their arms in triumph.
There was a faint clapping as they reached up and turned off the gopro, Copper turning back to find Red grinning and rolling his eyes as he clapped slowly. Laughing, Copper flipped him off before bending over to unstrap their feet. Kicking up the board, they scooped it up and jogged to the side of the truck, pulling the door open with a creak and hopping inside.
Red wordlessly put the thing back in gear, heading back for the house as Copper unclipped the helmet and pulled it from his skull, grinning down as they unhooked the gopro, setting it carefully in their inventory.
“Yer crazy, ya know that right?” Red’s gravely voice finally spoke up, his voice amused.
Copper glanced over at him with a grin, fangs glistening in the lowering light, before staring out the window, their leg jittering up and down. Doing stunts always left them with a high dose of residual energy that had to work its way out of their system naturally. “I know it.” Looking over, they winked. “No crazier than you, fucker.”
Red huffed a snort, shaking his head as they turned down a residential road, passing by cookie cutter houses and white picket fences. Copper kept their eyes trained out the window, wondering not for the first time who all would be home when they got there. If Edge would be there, or if he’d still be out working, not at all trying to avoid their new housemate.
Drumming their hands on the dash, they started loudly humming the guitar riff of Stairway to Heaven, Red laughing before singing along even though neither of them really knew the words. They were halfway through Bohemian Rhapsody when the roads turned to gravel, the faithful truck finally pulled into the dirt driveway that lead up to the fair sized ranch house. Copper hopped out even before Red had put the thing in park, slamming the door shut and skipping up to the front door. Kicking their shoes off to the side, then pausing and fixing them to be symmetrical to the outside wall of the house, they stepped inside, letting the door shut behind them before taking a deep breath.
Rosemary and chives. Edge was indeed home. Setting the helmet on the side table and hanging their leather jacket on the hook by the door, Copper moved towards the kitchen, carefully peeking inside before shuffling from the carpet to the linoleum. Edge was standing over the stove, vigorously cooking what looked and smelled of stir fry, the oven itself on meaning he was also baking something.
Carefully settling themself into a seat at the table, Copper didn’t say a word even as Edge set a plate in front of them, Red settling in beside them and receiving his own plate piled high with food. Edge sat with his own full plate, the two brothers silently digging into their meals without even looking at each other.
They hated this, really. Hated the vaguely far away look in Edge’s eyes any time they was around him. Hated the tinge of guilt hidden in Red’s eyelights that never really went away. Hated that their existence had caused some kind of rift in the brother’s lives but they didn’t even have the decency to tell them. It was like being back Underground all over again.
Instead of saying anything, they ate. Put their plate in the sink, silently thanked Edge for the food, and headed to the guest room they’d been given. The video from the gopro was easily edited, the programs up here so much easier to work with than what they’d had back home. Once it was jazzed up to their liking they set it to upload, rubbing at their face as they leaned back in their desk chair, the back tilting dangerously.
Living with the two brothers was like waiting for a time bomb to go off but not actually knowing what it would do when it did. Stress inducing at best. Gripping panic at worst. Shaking the remaining nervous energy out of their bones, they stretched out, pushing their arms as high above their head as they would go, sighing in satisfaction as his vertebrae popped into alignment with a crick.
Something needed to be done, but with their track record, it was doubtful anything good would come of it.
Headcanon: Copper would be an excellent inspirational speech giver. Like... He is at an adventure Park, going up on a very high climbing wall without any holders and straps and he just Sees a kid/young adult who hasnt moved in a while. He goes to them And tells them They can do It, that there Is nothing standing in their way and helps them up to the top
10/10
They absolutely would. Copper has some fell tendencies that make them a bit difficult on occasion, but the tale in them very much cares about encouraging others to do their best.
Also I love the image of them just scaling a climbing wall like its nothing. Like the guy running the thing is setting up the equipment to hook them up and the next thing he knows Copper is halfway up the wall and still going.
