Tags: hurt/comfort, pjo + life series au, Grian/ Scar Implied, a lot of heavy angst, religious trauma
Series: pjo au
Summary: A pjo + Life series au that really traumatizes Grian! Basically Grian’s backstory to becoming a demigod! Also a bunch of cult and religious trauma
Words: 17,642
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78440071
https://archiveofourown.org/works/78440071
Excerpt:
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Grian never expected to live. From the moment he was born he knew his fate would be death. Whether It’d be from a tiny mistake or as the chosen sacrifice. He’d always hoped and even trained for the latter.
To be chosen by the gods..
gosh it was truly the highest honor one could achieve. Especially since he was born a mistake when his sister and mother were considered elite servants of the watch. That would be his ticket to a divine afterlife. Heaven. Where he’d get to be rid of his sins and be good.
But of course he’d also mess that up.
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Art:
Note: I spent the entire month putting blood and sweat into this fic so pls pls pls read it!!! I’m so excited for it you have no idea! I do really hope you all like it!!
Tags: hurt/comfort, angst, space, Scarian, criminal and cop,
Summary: deep in the land in between sits a prison guarded by the universal council. Trapped under high surveillance a criminal seems to find the one open crack he needed to play out his escape. Fortunately or unfortunately it involves a certain rookie that isn’t too pleased about his new circumstances
Something unfamiliar, unknown. A noise that pulled him up from his dissociated state and actually caused him to sit up, chains rapidly moving forward as he lifted his eyes. Then he recognized it. A sound he remembered from a millenia ago.
A radio..
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HEHEHEH ITS HERE!!!! After an year it’s here!!! I’m sosososo excited!!!! Me and Rachie(@rachiecrown)have been working on this for so long and it’s so special to finally see it uploaded!!!
I hope yall enjoy it as much as i enjoy writing it :)
It’s just a scarian oneshot in the pov of third life Grian in the winners void! Kinda rushed so don’t mind that too much<333
Warning: spoilers for Past Life session 5
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It’s midnight and as always Grian was awake. Not because he was excited or anything. He had actually forgotten it was even his birthday and was overworking himself on mindless tasks the watchers had given him. So of course when purple light glowed in his room he just stared at it.
A purple glowing eye opening and staring straight at him with almost a sinister smile despite having no features whatsoever. It looked deep at him almost excited about something. That thought alone made Grian cringe.
He was almost done with all the tasks.. he didn’t want another one. For once he’d rather another winner receive at least one so he could finally just rest for a moment. Grian instantly shook that thought down tho. No.. he can’t wish any of his friends his own suffering. He refuses to.. so he just turns towards the eye and hums.
Instantly the purple entity moved and a voice rang in Grian’s head. It was soft and sweet but it rang as if its kindness was too good to be true. Grian definitely seconds that statement.
“Sun! Oh are you done with my favors?”
Grian cringed and fluffed up his wings and dismay. He was hoping it was anyone but them but not everything is sunflowers and rainbows so he just nod. Then he pulls a stack of papers on top of his desk. All filled with code and ideas for whatever twisted game these creatures planned to make next.
“I would call these ‘favors’ more like tasks but here they are..” Grian sighs and rubs his eyes. A yawn escaping him as he looks up at the other, his feathers ruffling slightly.
“Oh silly! This isn’t secret life! But I’m glad you’re finished cause I’ve got something special just for you!”
That just makes him narrow his eyes. Anything thing from these creatures specially Her is not good. He doesn’t even want to think about what happened last time they gave him something..
“No thanks Emile. I’m good.” He huffs and stands up, heading towards his bed and refusing to give the clingy watcher any more attention. If it’s not another ‘favor’ with a deadline then he’d rather sleep.
“Come on Sun! You haven’t even heard me out!”
The eye followed.
“It’s just a gift with no strings attached! After all.. it is your birthday.”
Grian freezes.
He turns back to her and frowns. The soulless eye staring at him in amusement as if he’s just a puppet she’s toying with for fun. His wings shiver at the thought. No it can’t be his birthday.. because that would mean it’s been 1,572 days since everything started.
Just the thought he’s been stuck here for that long terrifies him. And Emile is a watcher so she’s definitely just toying with him.. right?
When he doesn’t respond, the voice continues to speak..
“Don’t act so surprised! You’ve had birthdays before! But either way, what’s your wish? I just wanna get this over with.”
Grian looks down.. his wish.. if it’s truly his birthday, by watcher lore they have to grant him one wish..
He remembers trying to use it for an escape and wasting it after the watchers found a loophole. Then another year he tried to help his friends and just got all of them in a bigger mess. He doesn’t like these wishes. They’re just excuses for watchers to feed on their false hope.
Yet it is still law they must grant him something.. so what can he wish for that won’t hurt him too badly? Maybe a physical item? That can’t be that bad right? But he had wished for a plushie of pizza last time and was given it but it turned out to be a listening device that exploded in his face.
But what else can he wish for that won’t hurt too badly..? There’s a few safe options but.. there is something he actually wants.. maybe.. no it’ll somehow be a trap. But still he has to try..
“..I wish.. I wish for 3rd life scar to come in the winners lounge for a day. I want him here physically and no pain to be inflicted on him or me during his visit. Also he must retail all his memory” He pauses then nods at his own words. That sounds okay..
The eye staring at him narrows then the voice hums softly in thought.
“Hm… I guess someone isn’t happy with the scar we already gave them!”
Grian pauses.. secret life scar.. the guy that in the lounge with him and the others. A wish Grian made but it backfired and caused this man’s suffering. They all had to go on a mission to save him after the watchers trapped him in his own world. He doesn’t mind him but the memories of the desert just haunt him too much..
not to mention knowing that His scar. Is somewhere in the losers area just makes his heart tighten. He wants to meet him again..
“I am.. he’s great but I want My scar..” Grian’s chest tightens. He sits down on his bed and hugs himself. He misses the desert.. the days he was by his side. It feels like an eternity ago but he can’t help but wish to go back. Or have Him back with him, at least for a moment.
“Okay okay! Consider your wish granted sun. Tomorrow you’ll be excited to see what awaits you.”
Grian looks back up at the eye. He was still skeptical about this but sighs and just nods. The voice giggles in his ears before it disappears entirely. The purple eye closing and dissolving in thin air.
He looks around his room then lays back onto his bed, his wings spread out as he laid down. He looks at the ceiling with tired eyes. He doesn’t know if he will be able to sleep tonight..
He’ll just have to wait for tomorrow to see what happens..
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What does happen tomorrow is pots and pans being clanked against each other to wake him up the next morning.
He squeaks and instinctively grabs a pillow then throws it against the culprit as a reflex. They’re lucky he stopped keeping a knife under his pillow after secret life.
He groans the sleep out of his eyes and groggily sits up, his wings stretching behind him before he looks over to see who just had the audacity to wake him up like that after not sleeping well at all.
On the floor with a pillow in his hands is Joel. He’s rubbing his head and huffing out curses Grian pg brain tones out. Grian sighs and just glares silently at him from his bed, his wings ruffling in frustration.
Joel looks up at him and looks as if he’s waiting for Grian to speak but he doesn’t cave in. Just letting Joel sweat. The other looks a bit anxious but then clears his throat and smirks. “Mornin’ Grian! Sleep well?”
“No.”
Joel falters and looks around nervously again before he stands up and nods, trying not to let his smirk fall. He walks over to Grian with his hands in his pockets, trying to act nonchalant. It kinda reminds Grian of a teenager trying to act cool.
“Ah well.. uhh get ready we’re going somewhere.” Joel mumbled still trying to keep the smirk and avoid Grian’s glaring eyes
In second Grian’s eyes softened and he looked confused. Going somewhere? The watchers normally don’t let them leave unless…
“Where are we going?” He asks despite having a good idea of what’s going on. He just hopes the watchers didn’t pick his bad ideas from the pile of code.
“Remember when we got that signal that a new game would start? Yea well the first person is out from it and of course something wrong happened and we have to fix it.” Joel huffed and shifted where he stood. He gave out a glare to the wall as if it was a watcher.
Grian frowned and looked down. It’s too early for anyone to already be out. Not to mention something going wrong.. it’s maybe his birthday and he’s already having to do work.. not to mention Joel hadn’t even mentioned his birthday
“Ah alright.. we’re talking your car?” Grian sighs softly
“Hell yea!” Joel nods then his smug smirk fully comes back as he waves and leaves the room, closing the door behind him.
Grian just stares at the door where Joel left. The pots and pans still on the floor next to where he originally fell from the pillow attack. His wings twitch. He was hoping he’d get to relax after all that work yesterday.
He stands up and stretches before walking over to his calendar.. yep it’s his birthday. What a shame to waste it on a mission. But he also can’t help but think about his wish.. the watchers said he would show up in the morning and well.. it’s technically morning. But he won’t even be able to check if his wish did come through because of this stupid mission! Ugh..
Grian sighs in frustration and looks back at his desk, the stack of papers from yesterday are gone.. he just hopes none of his ideas were used to kill the poor soul who died so early.
Grian just shakes his head, no good dwelling on it. He heads to his closet and changes into a new sweater and poncho before leaving his room.
He just hopes he doesn’t spend the entire day on it.
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The mission isn’t that bad but he did just stay in a car all day. It was a two hour drive through the void with no scenery trying to find the person who died. Grian had scanned the void on wings but couldn’t really find anything and was just running on low sleep so he stopped quickly.
In the end they managed to find Tango. He was very jumpy and informed them about the new game. Which just happed to be a flashback to evo all over again. But that did explain why he was so far away. Being teleported to an older version of the void.
The time to bring tango to the losers area took another hour and when they got there Grian tried looking for His scar. After all.. it’s not everyday they can go there. But he couldn’t find him.
When Grian realized it was his birthday he didn’t expect his day to be the best day and birthday in the world. But he did think at least someone would know. Just a small “happy birthday” would be enough for him
He doesn’t blame them tho. He himself had forgotten so them forgetting doesn’t surprise him. But he can’t help but feel upset.
The drive back is quiet. It takes them three hours to get back and any chatter is quickly died down. Mostly because they’re gonna have another winner soon and because Grian himself refuses to continue any jokes thrown his way.
His mind is just reeling and overthinking his birthday, his life, the watchers, the new game, where scar even is!!?!? He just wants to go back and curl up in his bed. He barely slept and his day isn’t going very well.
When they do get back late in the afternoon, Grian tries to avoid everyone and goes straight back to his room but Scott asks for help on research on the new games and secret life scar is having trouble with his code and Cleo won’t stop annoying him!!
He can’t help it when he snaps at Pearl when she asks for help with her dogs. He’s tired and wished he didn’t say everything he did but he can’t take it back now. Everyone forgot his birthday, his scar isn’t here and he just wants to sleep since it’s now eight pm
Storming away from Pearl and kicking his door open only freeze at what he finds. His scar standing right in his room.
He looks nervous and a bit sad but instantly lights up when he sees him. These beautiful red eyes shining down at him with such adoration Grian wants to cry. He’s so exhausted but also so relieved to see that man here. He missed his being and presence for so so long. Sleepless nights just tossing and turning in his bed. Nights that would’ve been easier if he just had this man by his side..
Grian walks in and closes the door behind him. Scar smiles and tries to speak but Grian just tackles him into a hug, tears from frustration and exhaustion welling in his eyes. He hates how his day went so he’s glad to just have this moment with the guy he loves.
Scar yelps upon the tackle but then just hugs him and caresses his back. A smile on his lips as he hold Grian and his shaking wings oh so gently.. “happy birthday Gri..”
The words just bring him to more tears and sobs that escape his throat. That’s all he just wanted to hear all day so now that it finally happened he can’t help but just smile through the tears.
He doesn’t know how long he stays there in scars arms just enjoying him. He wished he could stay forever honestly. The hands just running through his hair and undoing all the tangles, the small melody scar was humming that Grian didn’t really recognize but was probably Disney related. He just knows they stay there until his tears dry and a bit more.
Eventually tho he does have to move. As much as he adores just enjoying the moment he does want to actually talk to scar.
When he pull back slightly scars hand moves to his cheek, caressing him and looking at him as if he’s the most beautiful and precious being in the planet. Grian can’t help but blush. “Scar…” he sighs softly leaning against his hand.
“Mhmm birdie?”
“How long have you been here…?” Grian frowns. He looked like he’d been waiting so long in here, just messing with his furniture. Grian could also swear he saw some cold bowls of food on his desk.
Scar just sighs and looks up in thought. His pointy teeth that would normally scare someone to death stick out slightly which makes Grian find him even more adorable and beautiful.
“Maybe since morning? A purple lady told me you were out but was gonna be back soon. I made food for you and just kept waiting. Sorry the food got cold.” Scar scratches the back of his head and Grian just pouts at his response.
That’s the trick the watchers pulled huh. Every year they give him a gift then somehow use it against him. This year they really did just give him meaningless tasks to do so he would avoid scar all day..
“It’s alright.. I’m just angry that I could’ve spent the whole day with you but I kept being stopped.” He sighed heavily then smiled back up at the taller vex. “I’m just glad to have you now.”
“Me too g..”
They just stare lovingly at each other with adoration before scar pauses and stands up, pulling Grian with him. The avian just chirps and tilts his head as scar pulls out a disk and sets it in the player in the corner of Grian’s room.
“Every birthday boy needs a gift g! Come on! Let’s dance like old times!” Scar extends a hand. Grian pauses before smiling with content and taking it.
Grian’s other hand goes to scars shoulder while scars goes to his waist. As the music begins they start swinging around the room. Their faces filled with smiles as they move with the beat.
Scar twirls Grian with his hand and the avian laughs as feathers float around the room from his messy wings. Despite the simplicity of the moment they appreciate it and soak in every second together they have. It’s sweet, it’s enchanting. He can’t stop smiling and he can’t stop staring, adoring the other grasping all of his beauty.
Grian in that moment doesn’t mind the fact scar doesn’t have a shirt on but his poncho. He doesn’t mind that basically everyone else forgot his birthday. He doesn’t mind all the things he had to go through to see this man. All that matters to Grian right now is that scar is by his side.
They miss a few steps and bump into each other but they can’t help but just laugh. It’s silly to them and they only care about each other in that moment. Scar then spins him one more time before dipping him and kissing his lips. Grian kisses back eagerly.
Maybe this wasn’t such a bad birthday after all.
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That’s all hope yall like it.
It’s not the best thing I’ve written but I enjoyed it!
If you have any questions I’ll answer em and happy birthday Grian!!!
I swear I haven’t forgotten UC guys.. the plan is for it to come out this year. The goal is summer but I’m not too sure about that.. anyway have a sneak peak!
Summary: Now that Grians secrets is out to scar he can’t help but want to help Grian! The only problem is the vex is way too overwhelming with his attempts so Grian tries to hide and finds something else
Words: 5,352
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/68771271
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Excerpt:
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Grian doesn’t continue and hides his face under a pillow. His muscles aching every time he moves. It’s the weekend after all! Who wants to get out of bed on the weekend?
But his silence didn’t reassure scar at all now that he realizes the situation. He looked over at Mumbo who was fiddling with a random screw then turned back to Grian and sat down on the edge of the bed.
“Muscle pain?” Scar asks quietly
Grian just nods.
Scar sighs and looks back at Mumbo who’s just staring awkwardly and looking incredibly confused. “…can I tell Mumbo?” He asks super carefully with his voice.
Grian just goes quiet and glances back at the mustached man. He remembers his first day here when Mumbo helped him and gave him that music box. The box currently just sitting in his nightstand drawer.
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Note: hi guys… it’s definitely not been six months.. um… so uhh the only person who was encouraging me to write this story kinda broke up with me like a while ago so I lost motivation but now I’ve gain a new appreciation for this story! Also I noticed the draft in my notes and thought why not finish it? I might continue but don’t be surprised when I take awhile! I’m still writing universe collapse and other things so this story is kinda just something I do when I’m bored. Not my best writing but just something for fun! Either way I hope yall enjoy!
Summary: Grian has to show off his unwanted powers but of course he finds lying easier! Scar is also there and happens to not be as naive as Grian’s thinks.
Words: 5,457
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61658245
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Excerpt:
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Scars standing next to him for some reason. Grian has still been slightly avoiding him just to try and not make it awkward. I mean.. even right now the guy is using a decorated cane to move. He keeps glancing back at grian, a grin evident on his face.
Grian sighs and looks at him, frowning slightly as he stares. “What..?” He whispers.
“I know your power~” Scar teases and flashes Grian his sharp teeth in a smile.
Grian instantly goes still. H-he knows..? How? He begins panicking again. If he knows he can tell everyone and then Grian will be hated by every single student and probably teacher. How does he even know though?
Grian hasn’t told anyone and been very secretive about it!! Grian doesn’t know what to do and just stares at scar taking quick breaths as he looks at him
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Art: No art guys…. I’ve been busy actually trying to write this that I forgot the art— I’ll try to get scars portrait with the next character next time!
Update on art! Rachie did an amazing design for him so everyone say thank you rachie!!!
Note: gosh this chapter has caught me through a writing block and a high for wanting to draw other things. I’m happy I got it before the year ended though! Anyway!! Happy holidays :)
Summary: Grian has been surprisingly accepted into the best hero school in the country. Only problem is his current anxiety about it. {Or! Session 7 of wild life x mha}
Words: 6,425
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61029484
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Excerpt:
Grian never really liked crowds. He was always sitting on the back of the orphanages playroom watching everyone else have more fun than he could ever wish for. Watching others make friends, play around, use their powers.. Grian always wished he could be like them. And maybe if he was he would be happy. But it never really worked out in the end.
Either way he was always the quiet kid in the corner making scenarios and stories of what things could be. He never really expected to be standing in front of the most prestigious hero school in the country. He’s just a nobody who likes comic book and makes new activities out of thin air that no one likes.
Yet here he is. Having passed the entrance exam with flying colors and being allowed to stay in the school dorms by his orphanage caretaker. She was actually the one who insisted he try out the exam. He was quite hesitant at first but got inevitably convinced.
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Note: sigh.. there it is. You guys convinced me. I wrote this one shot for it but if you guys like it I might write more! Anyway I hope you guys enjoy :)
