#redacted sam

[fleetwoodmacas]

I will in fact end my shit if we don’t get a Sam audio this week ☺️☺️☺️ (don’t mark my word)

[duskydreamers]

I saw a post a good 15 minutes ago (as of writing this) talking about how there is a deficit of fanfiction with Sam as one of the mates (which now includes Love).

So, I took that as a challenge and wrote one. So here's Sam and Love hanging out with the rest of the mates at a Boba Tea Shop (with a healthy dose of gossip in the mix)

(Here's a lil tidbit: I am not really sure about Love's personality, so I'm just gonna wing it, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE 🥹)

"Darlin, are you sure about this?" Sam asked, fidgeting with the collar of his flannel shirt.

"You'll be fineeee. What's got you so worried, big man?" Darlin asks, kinda confused.

"I dunno." Sam shrugged, looking at the shop. It's a small shop with a pink sign at the top. He couldn't read what the sign said from this angle, but he knew it was probably just the name of the store (Meiling's Boba).

"Like I said, you'll be fine. Now c'mon." Darlin parks the car and leads him inside, then runs the fuck away as soon as he's through the door.

Sam is about to run back when he is suddenly tackled to the floor in a hug by the freight train known as Angel.

"AGH!! I'm sooooooo glad you could make it, Sam!!" Angel is practically jumping in joy.

"Jesus Christ-" Sam is still a bit dizzy as Sweetheart lifts Angel up.

Sweetheart rolled their eyes in both affection and annoyance. This is the third time they've had to deal with Angel tackling someone.

"You've gotta stop tackling people. One day, you might just fall through the floor with em." Babe jokes before helping Sam up. (iykyk)

Angel huffs and crosses their arms.

"Are they like this all the time?" Love asks, a little confused.

"Like what? Huh?" Angel asks, feigning anger.

"I don't mean anything by it- I just-" Love says, but is then quickly interrupted by Sam.

"They're fucken' with you. They ain't actually mad." Sam puts a hand on his hip.

"Right." Love nods.

"Well, are we gonna stand at the door like a bunch of weirdos or are we gonna sit down at our table?" Babe said.

They all collectively agreed, and heade back to their table.

"I have the tablet. Want anything?" Sweetheart said, their hand on the small, black, ordering tablet at their table.

"You wanna go first or I do? I know you probably wanna check your blood sugar before ordering." Babe asks Angel, signaling to their CGM device on their upper arm. (Yes my version of Angel has diabetes, shush.)

"Yeah, you go first." Angel opens their phone to check their app.

"I think I'm just gonna go with the regular one. Yeah, that one." Babe points to what they want, and Sweetheart orders it.

"Well, my blood sugar's fine, so I'll go with the... Hmm.. Strawberry Boba." Angel points to it, and Sweetheart orders it. (The small one specifically, for obvious reasons.)

"You two?" Sweetheart looks up at Sam and Love.

"Matcha Boba." Love says, smiling a bit.

"I still have no idea what any of this even is." Sam looks at what's on the menu.

"You could get a dessert instead! I think it should be on the back side of the menu! heh.. backside." Angel trails off into a devious giggle.

"Uhh.. What is this "Sando" stuff?" Sam looks at it, then Angel walks over to his side of the table to look at it.

"I dunno what's so confusing about it, cowboy. It's a sandwich with cream and fruit on the inside instead of veggies or meat." Angel points to the picture.

"Don't call me that. And yeah, now I see that." Sam rolls his eyes, then nods.

"I'll have Sando then. Looks like the most normal thing on this menu." Sam replies.

Sweetheart nods and puts down all the orders, now they just play the waiting game.

"Are they always like that? I'm sorry if I seem like I'm asking a lot of questions, I just wanna try and know you guys a little better." Love asks, putting attention on how Sweetheart is kinda quiet.

"Yeah. They don't like talking unless they need to or think it's necessary, they prefer body language to express themselves. Subtle things, y'know?" Babe says, adjusting the buttons on their shirt and tightening up their tie.

"Yeah! It's kinda cu-" Angel then gets interrupted by a hand over the mouth and a subtle blush from Sweetheart.

The rest of the mates laugh at Sweetheart's embarrassment.

Angel pushes Sweetheart's hand off their mouth. "Rude."

The boba (and honorary strawberry sando) arrive.

Angel immediately snatches theirs from the assortment, almost deep throating the goddamn straw to drink the thing.

"Damn, no wonder David likes you." Love jokes, and Angel almost chokes on a pearl in shock.

"FU- *cough cough* FUCK YOU! *coughs of shock and slight confirmation*" Angel coughs up their brains a bit more, then laughs along with the rest of the mates.

Babe hands out the rest of the drinks (and ofc the sando), then takes a sip from their own. "Y'know, I'm not usually that big on tea, but this is the one thing I'll tolerate."

Sweetheart nods in agreement, taking a sip from a blueberry boba they'd ordered prior to asking what the others wanted.

"Me personally, I like tea. Matcha especially." Love adds, tucking a little bit of hair behind their ear.

"Not a tea person. I like my coffee, thank you." Sam says, eating the sando and trying to pretend he doesn't like it and lying to himself several times along the way (iykyk) cuz he knows that if he actually likes this shit he will eat it every day and that's probably not good for him.

"Fork found in kitchen." Angel says, halfway done with their drink by now.

"Alright, but let's stop here. You know what we're all gathered here for." Babe gets that evil look in their eye.

"It's Gossip O'Clock already?" Angel giggles deviously.

Sweetheart checks their watch and nods.

"Oh lord." Sam sighs, laughing a bit.

"So, what's the scoop? Whatchu got?" Angel looks to Babe.

"I heard that, apparently, according to Milo, when David and Asher were in senior year of high school, they were still, y'know, discovering what they like and all. Apparently, Milo caught David and Asher fucking behind the gymnasium at their high school."

"WHAT?!" Angel said, shocked to their non-existent core.

Sweetheart looked equally as surprised.

Sam and Love looked at each other. In their minds, they'd known but they could never confirm it. They knew smth had definitely happened between those two at some point, but weren't sure what.

"When David caught him peeping, apparently he told him that he could never tell the story to anyone." Babe giggles.

"And keep such a treasure of a story to himself? How dastardly." Angel says, still in a bit of shock.

"So, Milo was their cuck?" Sam jokes.

"Yes." Babe laughs.

"Mind if I take the mic from ya?" Angel asks, having a story in mind and an evil expression on their face.

"The floor's yours." Babe said, excited to hear what Angel had to say. (iykyk)

"Apparently, back during that same time in Senior Year of High School, Asher had an Ao3 account. What did he post on it? One singular work. It was called Masterbaiter and it was a smutty Master Chief x Doom Guy work with 42 chapters." Angel giggles.

Babe's jaw is on the floor, Sweetheart's trying to find it, Sam doesn't know what "smut" means, and Love isn't sure whether they should cry, laugh, or pretend they didn't hear that.

Eventually, Sweetheart finds it and shows it to them. And wouldn't you guess who the author is.

ShadowHowl93.

Asher's gamer tag.

Babe laughs their ass off, what the fuck was a high school aged Asher doing writing smut of Master Chief and Doom Guy?!

They kept gossiping for at LEAST 2 hours, but then the 4pm mark hits and suddenly a suspiciously David-shaped figure appears at the door of the shop and scoops up Angel.

"You said you were only gonna be here for an hour, Angel." David holds them in his arms like a princess.

"Aww, didya miss me, Davey?" Angel blushes and goes almost limp in his arms. They love being carried by him.

"Yes, and now we're going home, you little snot." David laughs and starts to carry them away.

"Nuuuuuuuu!!! But I wanted to keep talking!" Angel whines.

"Nope." David carries them out the door.

"God those two are nauseatingly cute." Babe chuckles.

"I guess that's our signal to go home?" Love says, looking at the time.

Sweetheart nods.

"I think if I leave my mate alone any longer, they're gonna end up on some kind of list. So yeah, I should probably be goin'." Sam gets up, whipping his face with a napkin before throwing it away.

"Well, I guess this is bye then." Love gets up and grabs their bag.

"Bye." Sweetheart says, then leaves.

Sam and Love quickly follow behind, and head home.

(This took way longer than it should've to write, mb gang)

[elvishdemigod]

Found out there's a bat that looks like a jelly donut. And just looking at it, I can't help but think "That looks like Sam if vampires could turn bat." Eastern Red Bat.

Although considering his relationship with his vampirism, and it took a bit to even be fine biting Darlin, would he like going bat?

Imagining bat Sam, and Darlin just picks him up, saying "Jelly donut."

OR SHIFTED DARLIN WITH A TINY LITTLE BAT ON THEIR HEAD

Also, as of now, I'm going to start the tag "redacted bat shifter au" if more people wanna join in on the sillies.

[nanowatzophina]

Sam being so gentle with Darlin’ in that audio where he heals their injuries is Especially Lovely to me.

[porters-treasure]

someone spam me if it's sam or porter, i'm at an event rn😭

[fleetwoodmacas]

I just had a dream that we got a Sam audio in the middle of the week.

I go to rewatch it on Patreon and then I remember, I’ve genuinely never been this upset in my life

[oliverneedssleep]

Alright...I'm about to go on a long-winded tangent because I just relisted to Milo's "Helping your werewolf boyfriend shift again," because I like to torture myself. And it really reestablished this thought in my brain about this so...let me rant.

I don't think Tank should turn into a vampire. Alright! Idk how controversial this is but I have feelings, and I need to let it out. I know this whole storyline has been kind of put on the back burner because were focusing on other things along with Tank having to think it over and I understand that I'm just saying my two cents on the situation. Tanks choice does not need to be answered now. If anything, I'm alright with waiting.

Alright! So, Milo's whole moment of not being able to Shift is one of my biggest arguments for why, and maybe I shouldn't compare how Milo feels compared to how Tank might feel but I see it as more of a situation of how Shifter are connected to their wolf form or whatever animal they can shift into. The absolute emotional wreck Milo is at not being able to shift anymore is, heartbreaking to say the least. The moments of tears really move me and makes me question a lot. He talks about how much he doesn't want to lose his magic with that being a part of him so intimately. Even if he thinks it would be for the greater good due to saving all those people. Like don't get me wrong elemental's or electro's not being able to use their magic anymore is heartbreaking (we have Lovely and Sam to talk about that) but for shifters their form is their full core. It's there everything and also taking into consideration that at least elementals can still kind of use their powers after they are turned...shifter can't. They can never shift again. Just like Milo was feeling.

Along with Milo saying that after a good couple of months of not being able to shift he forgets what it feels like to do it. How does that feel for a Vampire past shifter? With the isolation that would come with in the Shaw Pack. Like I know they wouldn't do it purposely it's very clear the Pack would've tried their best to include Milo or Tank still in Pack affairs even if they weren't shifters anymore. But there's no getting around it. They wouldn't be able to bond in the same way. No more Pack runs for them and just based on my own vibe of Tank I don't think that would bring them much joy especially since they were already isolated from the Pack which is why they went to Quinn in the first place...I can't be having them go through that again. I feel like it would ruin all that hard work they put in to being able to be a part of the Pack again after basically leaving it for a while.

Next, Theo. He is another shifter, falcon shifter, who has to debate if he wants to be turned or not. And it's very clear he's leaning towards no. Because he loves being a shifter. Flying through the air being a flacon just gives him a purpose. A place to be. He doesn't want to lose that part of himself. I don't think Tank wants to either...that's just me though. Theo is really a good case on this he may not be a wolf shifter but he's still a shifter nonetheless who has high stakes if he chooses no or not more than Tank in personal opinion and him leaning towards no and having the chance of being disowned by his only family, kind of shows that being able to shift as shifter means a lot. Like it's kinda of a big deal.

We also have Fooliverse Milo, who I know is not cannon but he's still a good example because...he's a vampire who was a wolf shifter. Which hurts me in ways I can't describe. And even though this Milo doesn't talk about it a lot because he's got that Vampire mystery to him it's clear this affects him greatly. His pack was not something he could be a part of anymore (if I'm remembering that right) and the sound of his voice when he talks about it...geez.

So, I think I've said all I can about how much being a shifter means to shifters. Let's talk about another reason...Sam doesn't want to live forever anyway. He's talked about this when Tank and him were questioning if they wanted to be turned, he never wanted to live forever. That one day he would walk into the sun and just...let himself go. Which is depressing in of itself. But also, kind of negates the whole point of Tank turning in the first place. Like Alexis reasoning with the whole age thing I guess is a valid concern but that's the only one I got. Like one of the reasons people turn if their partner is already a vampire is to live forever together. I don't think Sam wants that. Like personally I think when Tank dies if they stay a shifter, I think Sam decides he's ready to go. Which again is so sad but feels like what he was implying.

So, with the whole age thing, again concern yes, but also...that's like Alexis's whim. Like it kind of proves to her that she got to Tank and I don't she deserves that validation. I think it's actually a good way of foiling Sam and Alexis because, with Alexis even if Sam wasn't in that crash or he got the chance to save himself she would most likely still try to turn him eventually because she doesn't think she can live her life with a human Sam and still love him after he turns old and grey which is one of the reasons why she turned him, so they could be together. But I think Tank staying as a Shifter is more proof that Alexis was wrong. That you can live your life with a vampire as a human and still be happy and be fulfilled even when one of you turns old and grey and other doesn't. Also, I think it's time for Tank to be called the unc. Free Sam of that.

Now here is my bias opinion without any lore proof to go with it. I just don't what it. I know it's Tank choice as a character at the end of the day even though I just talked about why I think it's a bad choice. I really just don't want it. I feel like having a shifter listener is very unique. Especially with already having a Vampire listener now, I don't need another one. It's rare to have empowered listeners at all, much a shifter one. And the isolation that comes with being a vampire is not fun. So maybe this last bit is a little selfish, but truly...I just don't want it.

Also! Sam would be Tank's maker...and since Aleixs can't invoke Sam (that's for the best) they won't be able to get rid of that power dynamic that Lovely and Viincent were able to get over. So please no! I'm begging you Erik! Please...

Ok, I'm done now...unless I think of something else then I might say it in the comments. Thank you for listening to me.

[kytieshide]