I Know Who You Are, "Bell." (Adler x Player!Reader)
I got this bad boy done, and I plan on posting my main fic here soon, along with posting this on ao3. My main fic is still in the works because I want it to be decently long.
Without futher ado, I introduce my self-aware!Adler fic.
Adler thought he knew a lot. He’s a man with a strong sense of duty, he’s been through the hell that was Vietnam, he’s in the Goddamn C.I.A. A man in his profession needs to understand the world and how people work. Adler should know what to expect, even when working with things like MK-Ultra on “Bell.” It’s not exactly a desperate need for complete control. It’s more… Control over actions, surely.
But just up and realizing that your world, everything around you, reality itself isn’t truly real? Or at least how you think it’s real? That it’s all some form of entertainment and storytelling? That it’s all a game? And that the “player,” or at least how Adler understands it, is fucking Bell?!
Yeah, that shattered his worldview.
It started with the small, almost insignificant things. Things like Bell walking around the safehouse like they were trying to explore every crevice of the place. Jumping when they caught Adler looking at them in the dark room, literally. Just weird things like that. He thought it was just Bell being weird, probably a side effect of MK-Ultra. They’ve always been “off.”
But then Adler just kept on noticing things. Things that were more than “weird,” so to speak. During missions, they would sometimes move as if they had done it over a hundred times, perfecting their movement. Looking down at dropped guns on the floor, as if they’re debating with themselves over which one to take. Unlocking the gate at the safe house somehow, as if they already knew the code, then just… Going in the back already and messing with that broken computer and game machine? He just kept noticing more and more, almost driving him insane with questions and concerns.
Adler isn’t really 100% sure on how he caught onto this, on who they really were, but that didn’t matter. What mattered is that he knew. And it wasn’t like he could tell anyone else on the team, especially Hudson. No, this would be his own little secret that he would solve on his own and figure out what to do next. He’s already a spy and a man with many secrets of his own, what’s one more?
Whoever “Bell” really is, Adler would find out. And he’d never let them go, not when they’re this fucking important. This… Unknown. It makes him uneasy, yet… It captivates him. And dare he say it; it’s almost an obsession. An obsession greater than the one he has with Perseus.
(People who inspired this: @ladysouthpaw1213 @djloveyou3000)
Self-Aware!Adler finally getting to meet the player after some shenanigans that somehow brought them to the cod universe. He had it all planned out, an idea in his head on out it would play out. You’d have no one to turn to but him, you’d fall for him like he did for you. Hell, he bought outfits in his style for you to wear.
It was supposed to be perfect.
Then the player, after freaking out and calming down, just starts beating the ever living shit out of him.
Guess who’s favorite cod protagonist was Bell? Guess who did the Duga ending after Adler’s betrayal? The player was just screaming at Adler about how Bell was done dirty.
Adler was just doing the family guy death pose once his ass was whooped, feeling more confused than anything.
that self aware!Adler fic was 😘 tell me if you will, do you have anymore personal Self Aware Adler headcannons?
I'm so glad you enjoyed my fic! I've got a few ideas for headcanons, but I'm still in the process of figuring out the LORE of it all. But I do have some ideas.
1.) He keeps a journal with his “findings” and “investigations.” It has a lock on it, and everyone just assumes it’s a journal about Perseus. He has a separate journal for that.
2.) The stalking behavior does increase slightly. Rather than just that moment in the beginning, he keeps his eye on you at all times.
3.) He really wants to talk and interrogate you about this, but in all honesty, he’s scared of you. Adler doesn’t like not knowing, and he doesn’t know how powerful you actually are. Plus a part of him wants you to like him
4.) After he realized you were a player, he started noticing other things about the world. Nothing game/reality-breaking, but just off. He smokes afterwards.
5.) Despite his yandere tendencies, he does understand ‘no’. He’ll back off if you start noticing and look uncomfortable.
6.) He feels comforted by the fact 99% of the missions will never fail.
7.) Adler refuses to acknowledge that he’s grown obsessed over you and fell in love with you
8.) Everything else is relatively the same. He still lies to you, and he knows you know that he’s lying about his scar.
I’ll add more eventually I think and start writing a second chapter. Eventually. 🫠
