and here we have folks, the very picture of two overworked parents who hadn't gotten cracked for days and the most hardheaded kid in school (who is somehow also their kid's only 'friend') getting his butt kicked in front of them
★ summary : your boyfriend is being emotional and accidentally told you something he has been dying to told you for weeks.
★ warnings : mature language, mentions of alcohol & drugs
★ word count : 1.3k
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YOU WERE RUDELY WOKEN UP BY THE ANNOYING SOUND OF KNOCKS IN THE ONCE CALM AND QUIET ATMOSPHERE. You didn't want to wake up. The position you're in was too comfortable.
Maybe my roommates will get it. Please go get it. I'm so not going to get it.
But they didn't, the knocking just became more and more louder.
"Someone go fucking get that!" your roommate lazily scolded.
You did what anyone else did, pretended to be asleep.
"I know some of you lazy asses aren't asleep!" she continued.
"Y/N GO GET THAT!"
"WHY ME?" you whined.
"It's probably you're fucking boyfriend!"
"Fine." you sighed and stood up, thinking that it was probably true, it's not the first time someone came knocking at freaking one in the morning.
You started walking to the front door, not noticing the wall, hitting right at it. "Shit." you cursed, rubbing your forehead.
"Did you just run into a wall?" your other roommate joked quietly.
"Yup." you responded. Your eyes squinted trying to get a better vision of the door, using the moonlight as guidance.
You would open the lights, but that would wake up more people and you're too lazy for that.
The knocking became more aggressive and you whispered yelled, "Coming!"
You got to the front door and opened it slowly and there revealed your drunk and crying boyfriend hanging from his best friend's shoulders.
"BABY!" Riven yelled excitedly which made you come out and cover his mouth while quickly shutting the door.
"What the hell?" you whispered angrily at Sky who was barely holding Riven up.
Riven's eyes stare up adoringly at you. You have your hair in a loose bun, with all some of your hair coming out from different directions. You were wearing a sweater which is actually his, the sight brought a stupid grin on his face.
He thinks you look so gorgeous. An actual angel.
Sky's shoulders slumped in relief at the sight of you and started rambling, "He got drunk and said he will light the school on fire if I didn't bring him to you for cuddles and I said no but he started getting emotional and I just-"
You cover your hands to your face and let out a tired chuckle, "Sky it's okay."
Sky sighed relieved and nodded at Riv, "Come on, I'll take him to your bedroom."
"No it's fine I got it." you assured Sky, he looks so tired and you felt guilty, so you told him to go to his room and get some rest.
He muttered a small thanks and left your dorm going to him.
You looked at Riv and noticed his adoring stare at you, his stare was so intense it brought butterflies to your stomach no matter how tired and mad you are at him.
"Let's go." you said taking his hand and slowly taking him into your room.
Riv followed you like a lost puppy. His eyes were red and his cheeks had some tear stains on them, his hair was in the same condition as yours.
When you reached your room, he wrapped his arms around your waist and snuggled his head in the crook of your neck leaving soft butterfly kisses on your skin.
You shivered, his fingers creating a track of fire everywhere he touched.
Before things could escalate more you turned around meeting his eyes. His hands lazily plant on your waist, yours on his chest.
He gave you one of those signature Riven smirks that makes you weak to your knees.
Before you could say anything he blurted out, "I love you."
Your mind short-circuited for a second. Out of the whole month you two were together, the word love wasn't even used once.
Of course you love him, but you didn't know how to tell him. It's Riven for goodness sake, what if he bailed the second he hears the word love?
"You're drunk Riv, and probably high." you sadly deadpanned. Although you would love to hear those words from him, he's intoxicated and doesn't know what he's saying.
"UGH." he groaned before backing you both up so you guys landed on your bed.
You shook your head, laughing while scooting up in a more comfortable position as Riv puts his head on your stomach, hanging onto you like a sloth.
Your hand involuntarily moved to his head playing with his hair while massaging his scalp.
He let out a hum in approval, immediately the feeling of drowsiness came crashing to him.
After a moment of silence you're sure he's asleep but that proves wrong when he mumbled, "I do love you, you know. But my sober self is too much of a wuss to admit it."
And then he was out like a light.
You laid there, mouth gaping opening and closing still not processing what just happened. You took a deep breath and kissed his head, muttering "I love you too Riv." as you let sleep consume you once again.
° time skip brought to you by terra's weed brownies °
The light of the room blinded Riv's sight the second he moved. The throbbing pain in his head practically screaming at him.
He squinted his eyesight and adjusted his position, noticing the warmth of a body below him.
Please be my girlfriend. Please be my girlfriend. Please be my girlfriend.
He chanted over and over in his head as he lifted himself up. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw that it was indeed his girlfriend.
The sun shined directly on your face, it illuminated all the beautiful features that made Riven's heart skip a beat.
And then the events from last night came rushing to his mind.
Shit. He thought.
"You fucking idiot Riven!" he scolded himself, covering his face with his hands. The hangover is already non-existent with his crisis.
It's not that he's mad that he said I love you, it's because he said it when he had been planning this whole cute little picnic and watching the sunset together this Saturday.
His train of thoughts were interrupted with you scrambling in your sleep.
Riven's mind panicked, but his body just continued to sit there admiring you.
As you fluttered your eyes open, you were met with the longing stare of your boyfriend, once again.
"Morning bub." you said groggily, putting out your arms and circling them around Riven's neck bringing him down with you, so you could cuddle him.
Riven's had butterflies in his stomach with your actions. It sent his mind in a frenzy at how much he thought about how deep in love he actually is.
"Morning babe." he mumbled, a smile on his face as he laid himself closer to you.
"You okay?" you asked him, eyes still closed. "You were a mess yesterday-"
"I love you." he blurted. Fuck it. He thought. Now or never.
Your eyes snapped open as all the remains of sleep left your body. "Are you still drunk?" you asked him dumbfoundedly.
"No." he laughed, watching your reactions.
"You sure?" you questioned him again, a small smile playing on your lips. You thought this was all a dream but when he placed a kiss on your nose, the tingly feeling was there and it made you think otherwise.
He continued to pepper kisses all over your face and said, voice filled with so much love, "Positive darling."
"Well then, I love you too." you teased
Hearing you said that to him made the boy blush profusely. But before he could say anything your roommate interrupted the sweet moment.
"SHUT UP WITH THE LOVEY DOVEY SHIT AND GET READY WILL YA?"
You looked at Riv and you guys broke into a fit of laughter.
Riven thought he could never be happier than in this moment, but with you, happiness is always in the package.
Under your skin feels like home (electric shocks on aching bones)
Fandom: Fate: The Winx Saga
Ships/Characters: Musa/Riven, Saul Silva, Sky, Kat, Winx Suite members
Word count: 5,210
They have so much to talk about. The past three days, of course, but also what happened at the graveyard before that, and what’s been happening for months before that. Something that she’s been slowly and quietly confessing to herself, to Dr. Findlay, to Flora — because it felt like she’d be the least judgmental person in the suite about it — and maybe even to Riven as well, just not explicitly.
That conversation isn’t going to take place right now, on a military truck carrying the whole of their battalion back from a grueling mission at close to midnight, but she can feel something about the sentiment solidify nonetheless as she watches him.
She has spent enough of her life trying to run from things that scare her.
Tiff I’ve literally been waiting all week for this 😵💫 let’s get into it! 😁
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Musa knew fear. Quite well, actually. It coursed through her veins the day her mother died, flooded her as Sam lay in the infirmary, and engulfed her when she considered the depths and limitations of her own power. Musa and fear were close friends. But Riven? He was fearless. At least, that was what she thought, before she saw his eyes flash in a panic.
“Fuck, fuck,” she muttered, kneeling down to where his body was, halfway hidden behind bushes.
“How did you find me?” he gasped, staring up at her.
“You called me.”
She’d felt it the moment he was injured, the depths of his mind screaming out her name. She screamed then too, calling for him as she ran through the forest. She had no idea how he did it, or how deep their bond ran, but she couldn’t consider that currently. Not when his blood squelched beneath her knees, painting the grasses he laid on a horrifying crimson. She ripped her shirt, tying it around his stomach as tightly as she could.
“Musa,” Riven coughed, “if I don’t make it…”
“Shut the fuck up, Riv,” Musa said, hiding her terror behind pure anger. How dare he. How dare he even consider leaving her here.
“You’re going to make it, because if you die, I’ll kill you.”
“You’re cute when you’re angry.”
It was half a breath and it obviously pained him to say it, even if he was trying to pretend that it didn’t. Musa huffed, hauling him to his feet. She couldn’t heal him here.
“Just hold on, okay?” she told him, quieter, hating the way her voice quivered. “I need you to hold on for me.”
Riven grunted what Musa could only assume was his agreement. She set off, halfway carrying him until they reached Alfea’s gates.
“He needs a healer, now!” she yelled as she stormed through the doors. Two Specialists darted forward to carry him. She followed quickly, staying by his side as they set him down. Riven lurched forward off the bed they’d placed him on, convulsing. Musa’s hand shot out, tightly grasping his.
“What are you doing?” a Specialist snapped at her.
She returned their words in an enraged hiss.
“Taking his pain so when someone who can actually fucking help him gets here, he doesn’t take their head off with his flailing body. That alright with you?”
Her glare was ferocious enough to quiet any further disagreements. Musa knelt down next to his bed, focusing as she squeezed Riven’s hand. She bit down on her lip until she tasted blood when she took his pain, doing all she could to keep from crying out in front of everyone.
A healer burst into the infirmary, questioning what happened. Musa told them, and they began their work immediately with a brusque, “Everyone out!”
Quick as lightning, Musa darted forward once more, her hand brushing his hair away as her lips pressed a kiss to his forehead.
“I’ll be just outside, I promise,” she whispered to him.
She waited until the infirmary door closed behind her to collapse to the ground, her entire body wracked with sobs.
