When you slide fic under the door to bribe your DM @daraasum
Monster of the Week campaign stuff, featuring my Spooky, Nico (they/them) and Briar their werewolf gf
Nico climbs into the pink truck, greeted by Briar’s smile.
“Hey-” Briar is barely lit by the internal lights of the van as Nico seats themself and does their best to ignore the time flashing up on the dashboard clock, this is not an hour anyone should really be awake.
At least, not anyone resembling normal.
Nico leans, taking the chance to press their forehead to Briar’s and take in the comforting smell of baked goods that always seems to linger in the van.
“Thanks for picking me up… I know it’s really late-”
Briar shrugs, “I like being your knight in shining armour-”
Nico snorts. “So…the bakery truck?”
“Had to run an errand for my dads when I got off work,” Briar smiles softly and hands over a paper bag, “Hungry?”
Nico chuckles as they pull out a shortbread cookie iced with rainbow pawprints,
“Aww-” Nico kisses Briar on the cheek before the truck sets off.
It’s silent between them for a while as Briar works her way down the long driveway and Nico nibbles on the cookie. The silence continues for a little while on the road the occasional swathe of light passes over the rattling van.
The truck always seems to rattle, and each time it’s checked there’s nothing wrong.
“So-” Briar breaks the silence, “Huxley Manor? Someone’s moving up in the world-”
Nico shrugs, “Hey you know-”
“Yeah but there’s rich and there’s… rich-”
“Chad isn’t that bad-”
Briar pulls a face, “Chad?”
Nico smirks, “Oh c’mon Ros-”
“Don’t you dare!” Briar laughs, “Don’t you dare finish that sentence Nico Morrigan-”
It’s silent again for a while after that, the roads mostly empty once in a while a flash of neon lights the car from the sign of places still open at this hour.
“You’re… ok right?” Briar speaks up, “Looks like whatever happened earlier was pretty intense-”
“I missed most of it?”
“How?”
“My parents were there for the gala, so the moment shit hit the fan-”
“Your dad dramatically rescued you?”
“Pretty much-” Nico snorts. “If I wasn’t taller than him I’m pretty sure he would’ve carried me off over his shoulder-”
Briar laughs, “So… what actually happened?”
“Apparently it was a kelpie-”
“Kelpie?” Briar raises an eyebrow, “Damn-”
“Yeah and I missed it…” Nico sighs, and debates adding in some more of the details they found out but decides against it, “It’s weird there was that and I told you about the hospital right?”
“Yeah-” Briar sighs, “I would say bad luck but-”
The implications hang between them for a while.
“You really are ok right?” Briar asks, “I-”
“I’m fine-” Nico gives a weak smile, “I’m a weirdo I can handle it-”
“My weirdo-”
“Yeah I’m your weirdo-”
Briar comes to an intersection and stops the truck at the light.
“So… you want me to take you back to yours or-”
“Can we go back to yours?” Nico sighs, “Please?”
Briar reaches over and gives Nico’s hand a squeeze,
“We can do that-”
The light changes and Briar takes the turn, “I don’t have classes tomorrow, Grimm doesn’t need me to help out with the undergrads, and I have the day off so… we can have an us day if you want?”
Nico chuckles, “Maybe we should make it an us morning, otherwise my dad might panic and set up a search party if I don’t show up at home tomorrow”
“I can work with that…” Briar grins, “Just have to cram a days worth of attention into a few hours-”
“Challenge accepted?”
“You know it-” Briar sighs, “I’ll just be happy to spend some time with you since you know-”
“I know-” Nico smiles.
Not long after briar brings the truck into the parking lot for an apartment building. And it’s not long before they’re in Briar’s apartment. Nico gives a relieved tired sigh blinking a little as they get used to the light as they shrug off their jacket and undo their boots glad of the familiar sights of the couch, paper strewn coffee table and framed old band posters.
“Now-”
Nico turns back to face Briar in the hall, “Now?”
“Bed-” Briar grins and pulls Nico in for a brief, tired kiss, “And no arguments-”
“Yes ma’am-” Nico sighs back, lacing their fingers behind Briar’s neck and slipping an extra kiss in for good measure. Briar presses her forehead to Nico’s before easily lifting them up.
