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Summary: Moments before impact on Venus, Miller asks proto-Julie a question.
“What does rain taste like?”
A man born and raised on an asteroid. Never seen rain before. Never felt it. Never tasted it.
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Julie and Miller roam the known and unknown universes, searching for the taste of rain.
Pairing: Julie Mao/Joe Miller (post-protomolecule)
Rating: G
Wordcount: 654 words
My first JM2 fic. I spend way too much time thinking about their tragedy so I wanted something softer. Some wildin’ freeform I wrote after too much coffee and not enough sleep.
“Listen kids, we don’t want fat asses to twerk with, we want fat asses to stabilize our hips when we hit sixty so we don’t have to get a hip replacement. SO SQUAT.”
“Miss Pevensie?” and she wants to throw the phone away right then, to snap the connection because there are no more Pevensies.
“This is she.”
Her broken heart pulls taut at the words of the man on the other end of the phone.
Apparently the Professor left her one more thing.
The wardrobe.
She doesn’t cry.
(But that’s because she saves her tears for one day of the year)
But the wardrobe is being shipped to her home.
It goes in a side room.
No one goes in that room.
(Except for that one day each year)
(Pictures, a newspaper article, and a wardrobe)
(A wardrobe that she falls to her knees in front of and cries, cries tears of grief and remorse and anger, anger because the left her alone, god damn it)
FANDOM: Sex Pistols/Love Pistols by Kotobuki Tarako
PAIRING:Madarame Hidekuni/Aogiri Oushou
RATING: R (not really explicit; mentioned)
OTHER: so pretty much this is highly freeform writing based off of headcanons that will be future events to another fanfiction in progress
and of course special love goes out to kelly who has been my one fandom friend for SekuPi for ever and ever. never stop putting ideas in my head.
Takes place from around late-college age and onwards for these two!
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toririn: just how truly hilarious would it be
if Hidekuni was just RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED AT ART (like, illustration/painting)
but no one fucking knows
kelly: IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
T: he's just got the genes
K: but he keeps it on the dl?
T: yes
K: headcanon accepted
T: oushou stumbles upon one of his sketchbooks one day
finds a page of a drawing of the back of him looking out from the patio/balcony
and goes 'what the fuck'
(hidekuni draws him a lot and he has no idea)
(it's not even romanticized it's just drawings of him)
K: 8))))
T: he leaves it be because that's just a realm he has no ounce of fathoming
artistic brain vs. logical brain
(oushou goes to law school--- fuck the family tradition of medicine)
(his brother more than fufilled that role)
K: (but law is still amazing because GOTTA DO SOMETHING IMPRESSIVE RITE)
T: (of course)
(Hidekuni studies social work; if he's fluent in multiple cultures why not make a career out of it by interpreting and being an ambassador/escort and whatnot?)
(he does his art on the side; he doesn't make a career out of it until later when his pieces actually start selling)
(he goes by his japanese name as his artist name)
(doesn't want people to think he's riding his parent's tailcoats)
K: i love this
T: oushou passes his bar exams with flying colors and the two of them drink and celebrate and laze around for two straight days pretty much
eventually he gets a job as a lawyer in a construction firm
(Maximillian had no hand in that but he is pleased nonetheless)
(his son chose well)
K: ahhh can you imagine oushou meeting/getting to know max and david
T: y e s
at first it throws oushou off completely
K: such a contrast to his parents
T: he had no idea about the two dads; he's not like, phobic, he just had no clue
it takes him a long time to warm up to Max
looks too much like Yonekuni but with such a different personality
David just confuses him
too hyperactive; like the other mongoose twin
but he can't deny their talents
and he can't get used to the fact that they are like the perfectly functional, ideal family
Hidekuni is a perfect mix of the two
and Oushou sees where he gets it from now
the two of them pretty much adore him at first sight in return
he's got /snark/ and the first jab he makes at David's ridiculousness sends the whole family into a fit of laughter
(and sure, they've all seen each other before with the reunions and parties but never a formal meeting until the kids are older)
K: how about oushou's family
WHAT A NICE POLITE HEAVY SEED YOU PICKED OUT THERE
T: hahaha
oushou's family
Hiromasa sends him crude texts all the time-- payback for all the years worth of Oushou teasing him about Shima
but he legitimately likes Hidekuni; he's a good kid
and yeah, his parents are pretty much star-struck of course; the noble blood and the famous names of Hide's parents alone is like they struck gold
they ask oushou to propose to him straight away and he barely resists flipping his parents the double handed bird hahaha
(they don't see the side of Hidekuni that is past that politeness)
(he's a tenacious little shit in reality)
(that's all from David)
K: of course.
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T: in reality the two of them
never really put a name to themselves for a good long time
maybe oushou's afraid of it
he tries not to think about it
he knows good and well there's words that Hidekuni longs to say but always hesitates to
and hidekuni doesn't want to scare oushou away
it took long enough to even get him there
Hidekuni starts picking up interpreting jobs and starts to travel more frequently
while Oushou's got his job at the firm
things don't change out loud until one day oushou just pretty much tells hidekuni to move in and live with him
'what's the point in having a separate place if you're gone half the time; you always come straight here anyway once you're back'
and that's all hidekuni needed to hear; he's so ridiculously relieved that all of the time he's spent trying to keep oushou around has actually worked
K: askdj oushouuuuu
T: (oushou may or may not have picked out a place that intentionally had a room that could become a studio)
(his defense was that he liked the framing around the windows)
(fooling no one)
(hidekuni takes it over as his own and oushou loves to hide (not very successfully) in the doorway and look at the works in progress)
(he's hide's muse, of course)
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T: once Oushou is established enough in his company to finally take a lengthy vacation
Hidekuni buys him a plane ticket to meet him in Florence after Hide's done with a job there
they soak up the food and the sun (Hidekuni tans ridiculously fast) and the culture
and Hidekuni finally brings him to an art gallery (they try to balance the trip between doing things they each like; it's Hide's turn)
it's connected to some academy or whatever; oushou doesn't think too hard on it
and suddenly they're standing in front of the motherfucking Statue of David
of course Oushou knows what it is; he's sure it's taught to pretty much anyone with some sort of culture
Hidekuni looks pretty much blissed while Oushou's stupified
'always wanted to see something by my namesake', Hidekuni comments
K: :))))
T: Oushou is taken back--- he rarely calls Hidekuni by his real name-- Michael-- but when he thinks about his parents-- David the sculptor and Max the architect-- there's really only one artist that fits both criteria
K: you are a perfect human being
T: Hidekuni gets down on one knee in front of the statue and Oushou can't fucking believe it
and gods, fuck, is that a ring
he's burning with embarassment but the crowd is basically cooing at them
(so different from Japan)
and Hidekuni asks him to stay with him forever
'oh my god yes now get up you're /embarassing me/ holy fuck'
Hidekuni's laugh fills the whole wing of the museum (it fills every inch of every space he's ever in)
and Oushou pretty much drags him out, art completely forgotten about and the ring now warm on his finger
and that's how he agreed to marry Michael Seymour
the two of them take a detour to see the the Sistine Chapel before they head back to Japan (Oushou finds that more fascinating than the statue)
and Oushou buys him a ring while they're still in Italy-- he never likes owing anything to anyone and now they're equals again
(Hidekuni takes a picture on his phone of their hands twined together-- two brand new rings)
(back in Japan, Madarame Shirou recieves a photo text that makes him teary in happiness. Yonekuni instantly freaks out and tries to comfort him because what happened?!!?)
K: ahhh
somehow i can see yonekuni being
relieved
that oushou paired off
NEVER LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN
T: he really is
even though Oushou officially gave it up a long time ago
the day he swore it off was at Yonekuni and Shirou's wedding
but all things considered
both Shirou and Yonekuni think that the two balance each other out so all is well
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T: oh, before they actually get back to Japan
they actually get married; just the two of them and the priest
it relieves Oushou to no end (he hates the pressure of a crowd--- Hidekuni knows that well)
but they still have a nice ceremony for the family back in Japan
Hidekuni's paintings frame all the walls
their cake has a topper of the Statue of David
Oushou punches Hidekuni for that one, hahaha
It's pretty much the happiest event that the Madarame + Aogiri + Seymour + etc. company has ever had
K: no drama for once?
T: drama-free!
(Yonekuni started to make a snarky comment about the decor and got a swiftly stomped foot by his husband)
('it's not your wedding!')
Shirou's his best man, of course
Hidekuni couldn't decide so he just has Kunimasa as his
the least likely to cause trouble hahaha
David cries through the whole ceremony (Max gets teary but would never admit it)
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T: David and Max completely pay for their honeymoon
(they hadn't planned on taking once since they just had the Italy trip)
they just rent a resort beach house for a couple days because why the hell not hahaha
they spend a good 40% of it in bed
and Hidekuni does paintings of the beaches and Oushou collects sea glass
K: klj of course
T: Hidekuni tries to teach him how to paint
it ends up as a finger-painting war
they're adults, they swear
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T: on the subject of sex
they're switchers
always have been, from the start
K: yes good
T: it's just whatever they decide that they feel like each time
nobody else is around; pride isn't necessary
oushou likes being taken up against walls and from behind
hidekuni likes the slower paced sex either on his back or half on his side (he's the watcher; likes to see everything even if he's not on top)
they don't get kinky too often; they don't really have to have anything to help get them off
honorable mention moments include: oushou is his swimming speedo; hidekuni painting on him
the beach sex was good but regrettable
hidekuni's better with his mouth but oushou has better stamina/control
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T: eventually they go back to society
those beach paintings fetch high prices and oushou gets a huge raise
Hidekuni grows a beard and Oushou hates it and comes this close to shaving it off in Hide's sleep
it's gone the next morning hahaha
and pretty much they live as snarky husbands forever and ever amen.
K: AMEN
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T: QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS???
K: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURTS
T: hahaha
anything you want more expansion on y/n
K: UMMMMMMMMM
besides everything
CHILDREN Y/N
T: hmmm
kids
i'm going to say
y
but
they adopt
a little girl
(she's english)
(it's a good way for Oushou to learn to speak it fluently as she grows up and learns how to speak too)
and she is their princess, of course
she has every crayon color under the sun
K: oushou learning english would be
an adventure
T: It really is
Hidekuni thankfully inherited the patience of a saint from Max
they name her Diana
goddess of the hunt
loved princess to all
(by this point the two of them had moved and now live permanently in England)
