Two days go by. Two days since The Incident. Two days since the narrow escape. Two days since Creepy took a leap of faith and ended up rewarded handsomely. Two days since Glitchy accepted her with open arms and a warm smile.
Two days since Creepy crossed a line she can never un-cross.
One day since she woke up to a change in appearance that had alarmed her greatly.
Plus side: her eyes no longer hurt when she cries.
Minus side: everything else. But no time to think about that when she has a busy week ahead of her!!
Two days have gone by, and there’s a knock at the door. Creepy, dressed to the nines as per usual, answers it with a big smile. “Hey, you two!!”
Standing there is a pair that can only be described as ‘maximum punk’.
The first is a ginger, slightly taller than Creepy, wearing a band tee layered over black-and-red striped long sleeves. Chains, glasses, and a confident smile to tie the look together.
The second is a living tower of a human, adorned in a hood concealing their features and wearing loose detached sleeves and baggy pants. Their only other accessory is a belt keeping the pants up, decked out with a big violet crystal in the buckle.
“Hey, Creepshow,” the hooded one greets her with a smile, opening an arm to her. She looks surprised, but goes in for a hug right after.
“Hey, don’t leave out your favorite,” the ginger pipes up as they immediately join in, squishing against Creepy’s back.
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"So these two are the ones that I am meeting today?" Glitchy smiles as he sneaks up on the three of them, in reality he just came down to get something to drink. Marigold was right beside him looking curiously at the other two people standing at the door, also being slightly hesitant because of the incident that happened.
Glitchy was in his usual getup besides having his sleeves rolled up to keep them out of the way of what he was doing. But the gentle giant stays back a little ways, he knows his height can be intimidating for people and he doesn't want to make Creepy's friends nervous.
(Not quite a question don’t mind me but-) It's mischief time! And both Glitchys are about to be roped in >:)
For both of them: There's a knock on the door to his room. When it's answered, it's his spark! But.. something's off. It's definitely Creepy, and he can tell, yet.. something isn't quite right.
Courtprince: For one, she's out of her typical outfit, instead in something a deep purple, more 'true gothic' than anything he's seen her in. For two, she's taller, with a more confident stance than what is typical for 'her'. When she realizes that Glitchy’s in front of her, she blatantly looks him up and down with a whistle. "Wow, you can even make yellow work?? That's impressive, buuut maybe I shouldn't be too surprised, all things considered."
Humanoid Scholars: She looks,, smaller, somehow. Smaller than usual, dwarfed by her own hair and the slight poof of the dark golden regalia she's dressed in. Doubly unusual; Creepy makes her disdain for all shades of yellow and gold abundantly clear during their talks about fashion. The girl can only barely tolerate orange, if that. But as her eyes settle on Glitchy, they widen with surprise and relief. "Ah- You're here! Oh, phew." Her shoulders relax as she wipes her brow. "I can’t believe I've found somebody I recognize."
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[EY! Universe swapping!! Nice!]
CourtprinceGlitchy!: *he smiles and chuckles with a slight blush on his face* Well hello there Spark! I must say you look very dashing yourself! I'm glad you were able to find something you're more comfortable in.
HUS!Glitchy: *He looks at the small woman in front of him* Creepy? What do you mean you found someone you recognize?? Your room is right across from mine, we see each other every day...Are you alright? Also why are you wearing yellow...I thought you hated that color with a passion?
((I just thought of something unhinged. Fully unhinged. It has been brought to my attention [by me] that I could simply get you involved in the lore idea I’ve been rotating in my head for too long now with no idea as to how to execute it!!
Humanoid Scholars, present day :]))
One of the rare times when everybody is home, there’s a knock at the door. When it’s answered (by someone other than Creepy or Avery— I’ve highkey been thinking Glitchy, hence why I’ve been stuck, but Derek would also work here), the knocker is revealed to be a handsome stranger. He’s a classic princely type - fluffy swoopy heartthrob hair, straight nose, perfect smile, expensive-looking clothes - and the bouquet of red roses in his arms completes the look. With a bright, confident smile, he starts to speak.
“My love, I’ve finally-!” He stops suddenly when he finally registers the person in front of him, his smile dropping.
“Excuse you. I mean—“ He then clears his throat, and the handsome smile comes back tenfold. If this were an anime, he would be sparkling.
“Pardon me. Where is she?”
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[hmm i'll use Glitchy XD {low-key cause I know how he'd respond in this situation more}]
The seven foot man stands in the door frame leaning to one side as he looks the man up and down, he seems to look decent enough. But the sudden presence is still something to be questioned. As Glitchy goes to speak he also pulls out his phone
HUS!Glitchy:"I'm sorry but you're going to have to be specific; and please state who you are for the sake of security."
-Probably the kindest one out of all of the Characters; will let the Karen get their ranting out before giving his equivalent of a “customer service” smile.
-He’ll ask if they’re done with their little episode before just walking away leaving them confused.
-On a bad day though all it takes is a small glare from him and they don’t approach him.
HUS!Glitchy:
-This man is too tired to care and works at a vet practice, so he’s had his few run ins.
-At the practice he keeps it professional and does his best to answer any questions or suspicions the person had but it does get to a point where he has to step away.
-However when he’s out and about he doesn’t hold back; he can be extremely sassy and catty when it comes to Karens.
“The fact you’re wasting your time and breath on me when I couldn’t give the slightest ounce of care is mind boggling.”
“You have the emotional maturity of a puppy….that wasn’t a compliment”
-He will pull the disability card [hidden disabilities/ parking spots] sometimes even showing the scarring on his leg if he has to. [or if he got the disability bracelets somehow {maybe given to him}
GD:
-He should probably be supervised at all times; he rarely interacts with people so he wouldn’t know what to do.
-He will try to stand his ground but once he starts to get overwhelmed he just shuts down and tries to shrink or get away.
-However ... .if they manage to get him mad; something tells me the other person wont see the light of day again. [Then he goes back to his void and cries; because he already thinks of himself as not human…]
Courtmother:
-She usually just hypnotizes them to walk away or to embarrass themselves before vanishing into her bats.
A couple of things for HUS!Glitchy!! Low-key turned into mostly reaction qs but I have a genuine question swearsies LOL (All wholesome! I packed all the angst into that other one)
How does he feel about showing skin? (<-This is something she would 100% ask him btw LOL)
Reaction to: Realizing Creepy can purr (or.. rumble, but it’s similar);
Watching YC!Creepy vertical-leap onto his bed like a cat (I’m noticing that that imagery keeps coming up for her. Hmm…);
(Back to HUS!) possibly, perhaps.. finding/figuring out that she has feelings for him :] I don’t know fs how it would happen, but if a scenario is needed, I could see something like: Marigold nabs Creepy’s journal for one reason or another (maybe she thinks Glitchy needs an emotional boost and she’s heard Creepy writing about him), and the page it opens to is a million different handwritings of ‘Carlotta Bloodbloom’ because she’s EMBARRASSING!! (<-/silly I swear)
1: He is comfortable with it; be it him or someone else [though his leg and torso does tend to worry him with all the scarring but he just needs a little reassurance!]
2: This man would melt instantly; he loves all animals. But if the purr/rumble was strong enough where he could feel it, he would find it soothing. [ If he found out that she had feelings for him he would be over the moon/slightly guilty since it is her journal after all/ and as soon as it registered that she's written his last name beside hers his heart would soar. {But he would also like the sound of the names together >:)} however he would wait for her to tell him herself if she ever wanted to. Especially if this is right after the Adrien incident!
TW!!!! Topics of depression/ self-hate and violence are depicted in this fic.
Please skip if those topics upset you!
"This is Glitchy's inner voice"
Glitchy looks up to the ceiling of his room; the bitter cold is everything he’s known since he was a child. But today was probably the worst he’s ever gone through; Something he’s worked so hard on fell through at the last minute because the person found someone better suited that was quicker at it, some of the classmates including someone he thought was a friend have started to turn against him after he opened up to them about his struggles…
Only to turn it against him every chance they got in order to win arguments against him. It got to the point where he just stopped talking altogether with them and began to isolate, but it didn’t help him any. They just got crueler, tormenting him with his own memories and traumas to get a rise out of him; it was starting to become too much as he found himself fighting back the tears after every interaction.
His health just started to decline out of nowhere; his headaches have gotten so bad that they now cause his nose to bleed. His eyesight got worse but refused to wear glasses; because he would just pour all of his energy into his project until even they weren’t helping him anymore and he just got burnt out. Then came the realization that he would work so much that he would barely eat; often only eating once a day.
After his day came to an end he just walked into his room at the apartment he lived in and flopped onto his bed. The apartment he lives in was owned by an organization for teens that had nowhere to go. He just lays there in the quiet as his mind spirals downwards…Watching his fan rotate as the cool air blows downward on his face. But after some time he looked out his window as the sun set past the cast forest line nearby.
Glitchy sighs as he sits up, part of him doesn’t want to just stay in his room with the current mindset he’s in. Changing into a different outfit he decides to leave again to get some fresh air to clear his head. Not keeping onto the lit path Glitchy cut straight into the forest as it was the most likely place where he would be alone.
For the most part he was right besides the random animal here and there he was mostly alone. But that was only physically..
“Your trust in them was pathetic don’t you think? I mean look what happened…they turned against you.”
There it was…the voice in the back of Glitchy’s head that tormented him for as long as he could remember. The worst thing is not the fact that it always reminded him of things or insulted him….it’s the fact that it’s all true. Nothing is exaggerated or made up in order to get a rise out of him, it’s all just straight facts.
“You’re alone…you live in a building full of strangers; they don’t know who you really are. Who would want to? You’re too much of a mess to be appreciated.”
Glitchy was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t know that he was just running through the woods to try to escape his own head.
“Really? Trying to run from your own head? How pitiful, you know that isn’t going to work. I’m the darkness you harbor after all.”
He just kept running until he tripped over something…something eerily soft to be a rock or a raised branch.
*Crack*
Glitchy cries out in pain as he falls into a ditch and onto his face before pushing himself onto his side. As he looks down through the years that were falling down his face to see that his foot was broken.
“ Aww look at that…crumbled down into a useless mass of a man.”
Glitchy just grumbled to himself as he pulled himself up to his feet somehow; ignoring the searing pain in his leg as he looked to see what he tripped over…and he sees something that even makes the voice go quiet. He lets out a bloodcurdling scream as he backs away; but it’s not long until he becomes aware of the approaching footsteps.
His heart began to race as he came face to face with an individual that was carrying a gun.
*POP*
A single bullet grazed his arm ... .That was all it took as Glitchy started sprinting back the way he came from, each slam of his foot sends overwhelming pain through his body causing him to be light headed but he knew he had to keep going.
He had made it back to the sidewalk when he made the unfortunate decision to check if he was followed….
The next thing he knows he’s waking up in a hospital room with bandages on his torso, so it wasn’t a nightmare.
“ Of course it wasn’t a nightmare idiot, you ran for your life there’s no one someone could make that up. Or are you that broken that you can’t tell nightmares from reality?”
Glitchy just scoffed as he looked to the wall at his monitor noticing the unusual rhythm but he couldn’t focus on it for long. A nurse had walked into his room to check up on him, and as soon as she noticed that he was awake she left to get a doctor.
After a while the nurse and the doctor walk in followed by someone that obviously didn’t work there.
“Hello Mr.BloodBloom, i’m surprised to see that you are awake so soon. But that is a good thing nonetheless, but due to your situation we have decided to appoint you a temporary guardian. This is Mr.Marigold, he will be in charge of your recovery while you are here.”
Glitchy looked over to the man the doctor had mentioned, he couldn’t explain it but he felt at ease looking at the man…even the voice wasn’t bothering him anymore. If he had the energy, Glitchy would’ve probably started crying.
During the month of his recovery he got along with Mr.Marigold, finding himself enjoying his days more than he used to. Glitchy even got his spark back when it came to his writing and creating his designs, and Mr.Marigold cheered him on as he watched. Even opening up to Mr.Marigold about his struggles when it came to his senior year of high school along with his mental health.
However as soon as Glitchy gained the word that he was going to be released soon, he felt the sadness creep in again. But he didn’t realize that Mr.Marigold had noticed it too, while Glitchy was preparing himself to be alone again…Mr.Marigold had another mission. The morning of his release; Glitchy was getting changed into the clothes that were provided to him, when Mr.Marigold walked in and knocked on the doorframe.
“You ready to go home bud?”
Glitchy doesn’t say anything as he finishes tying his shoe as his other foot was still in a brace. He isn’t sure how to respond to that question, how could he be ready to go back to being lonely after finally feeling a sense of parental comfort that he never got before.
“Unfortunately the bed in your new room is small because I wasn’t sure what size you needed, but I hope it will do for now.”
His ears twitched at the words “New room”, he looked over to Mr.Marigold with confusion. What did he mean by that…he already had a home so what’s new about it?
“Oh! I forgot to mention, I got the address of your old living space and had everything packed up. You are still in no state to be on your own so you’re moving in with me.”
As Mr.Marigold spoke he approached Glitchy with something wrapped in tissue paper, before giving it to him. He watched as Glitchy opened it slowly and looked at what’s inside the frame, after Glitchy read it he jumped up and practically tackled Mr.Marigold into a hug. Mr.Marigold smiled and hugged the boy back as he looked back to the frame as the words under the glass looked to shimmer under the sunlight.
“Certificate of Successful Adoption: Harold Marigold to Glitchy BloodBloom”
