Credit to @bibigo-lover for this fantastic idea!
(Holland March x reader)
'Holland keeps nude photos of you in his wallet, much to Healy's disgust and Holland's embarrassment.'
Holland March was many things: a functional alcoholic, a terrible Private Investigator, and an even worse secret-keeper; but he was so stupidly in love with you that none of that seemed to matter. One example of his devotion came in the form of keeping three very explicit Polaroids of you tucked into the back slot of his wallet, right behind his emergency twenty-dollar bill and his PI license.
It was a terrible idea, but you hadn't considered the half of it when you caught him sliding one of the photos in there after a particularly enthusiastic afternoon in his bedroom. It was hot that day, and Holly was away at summer camp. You were sticky, covered in a sheen of sweat, still lying wrapped in his white sheets; he'd pulled on some boxers and a white vest, a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth.
“Holland,” you’d said, half-laughing, half-gasping, “are you sure those aren't gonna slip out? I don't need naked photos of me scattered around LA.”
He'd grinned his crooked, boyish smile and shrugged, speaking through his cigarette.
“Baby, I like having you close," he said, circling round to your side of the bed to kiss your cheek. "What if I'm on an extra long, extra boring stake-out and need some entertainment?"
You'd laughed, smacked his arm, and pulled him back into bed.
Two weeks later, Holland and Healy were on their way back from an investigation that had mostly involved eating gas station snacks and arguing about whose turn it was to pay for coffee. Very little detective work was actually done, and they'd spent the majority of the time on the road in Holland's Buick.
“I’m starving,” Healy grumbled, fishing around in his jacket for cash. “Pull into the drive-thru. I'll pay ya back.”
Holland sighed, reaching into his back pocket, and tossed his wallet over to Healy without thinking.
"Fine. Back compartment, there's a twenty in there."
Healy obliged, flipping the wallet open to grab the crumpled twenty, when one of the photos slipped out and landed in the footwell; Healy huffed, bending over to pick it up. Curious, he turned the picture face up; Healy froze: it was a particularly compromising shot of you on your back, legs spread, wearing nothing but white socks and one of Holland’s shirts (unbuttoned).
The car remained silent except for the low hum of the engine and Holland's fingers rapping against the car door, holding the cigarette out the window, as he turned into the drive-thru queue. Healy hadn't moved an inch or spoken a word.
"You find it yet?" Holland turned impatiently to Healy, confused by his silence. Suddenly, he spotted the polaroid in his lap. He stared for a moment, cigarette falling from between his fingers into the road. Then, Holland made a noise like a dying animal and lunged across the gear shit, trying to snatch the photo out of his hands.
“Give me that! Don’t look at it! I am forbidding you from looking at it!”
Healy held the photo up out of March's reach, squinting.
“Is that…?”
“Yes, it’s her—give it to me!” Holland practically climbed over Healy's legs to grab it. It was a good thing the car was already stationary.
“You keep nudes of your girlfriend in your wallet? Next to your cash? That’s… bold, March. And stupid, too.”
Grasping desperately, Holland finally snatched the photo from between his fingers and recoiled from Healy's side of the car, shoving it into his jacket pocket defensively. His face was bright red as he returned to his seat.
“It’s sentimental, dick! I like having her with me!”
A silence settled between them as Healy smirked. Holland used this time to find another cigarette to calm his nerves, refusing to look at Healy.
"...does she have to be naked for it to be sentimental?" Healy provoked.
"She's not naked in all of them."
Healy lost it: he started cackling, leaning forward to peer at March.
“Wait, there’s more than one? Jesus, you carry them around like baseball cards?”
“Shut up,” Holland muttered, defeated. “Just shut up.”
Healy wheezed with laughter, slapping the dashboard.
“You absolute degenerate. What if you tried to pay for something and handed a cashier one of these? ‘Here you go, keep the change and enjoy the view!’” He smacked his knees, practically rolling with laughter.
Holland groaned and dropped his head onto the steering wheel for a second.
"She's gonna kill me."
Later that night, after he'd dropped Healy off, Holland confided in you what had happened. When you'd stopped smacking him and calling him an idiot for letting Healy see the pictures, he flopped down dramatically onto the couch and pulled you into his lap.
“I’m never living this down,” he mumbled into your neck. “Healy’s gonna bring it up every single day for the rest of my life.”
“You could just stop carrying them around like a pervert,” you suggested, scowling.
Holland pulled back, looking genuinely offended.
“Absolutely not! Those are my emotional support nudes." He sighed, hands sliding under your shirt mindlessly to grope you. “Besides,” he murmured against your lips, “if I’m gonna be embarrassed, at least I get to be embarrassed while carrying around pictures of the most beautiful girl in the world.”
You rolled your eyes but let him.
“Next time Healy reaches for your wallet, throw it out the window.”
So I've actually been meaning to talk about this for a minute now, and I was originally going to just reply to this comment, but I have a lot more to say, so here we go!
⤷ DRAG HUNT TIMELINE
- First answer is no, Hannibal does not exist for people's sanity, LOLOLOL.
Personally, this is the case for two reasons. One; I don't think I would be able to write Hannibal effectively for his presence to even make sense. Two; he doesn't quite fit into where I want this story to go. The original commenter is right too, because Hannibal wouldn't even let Ryland and Will get as close as they are going to be. Though, I have other ideas for Hannibal in other fics
- Yes, this is pre-encephalitis Will! I've been thinking about it a lot, and thinking maybe he'd be right on the brink of it at some point, or his symptoms become more prevalent later on, but I haven't fully made up my mind yet.
- No, Ryland is not going to space. Ryland is SAFE from THAT, but he isn't safe from what I'm cooking up for him soon hehehe. I was thinking about writing a short about that too, where Will reacts to Ryland going to space, but we'll trek up the hill when we get there!
This was kind of shorter, but I wanted to clear this up since I feel like it could be a bit confusing :)
So I've actually been meaning to talk about this for a minute now, and I was originally going to just reply to this comment, but I have a lot more to say, so here we go!
⤷ DRAG HUNT TIMELINE
- First answer is no, Hannibal does not exist for people's sanity, LOLOLOL.
Personally, this is the case for two reasons. One; I don't think I would be able to write Hannibal effectively for his presence to even make sense. Two; he doesn't quite fit into where I want this story to go. The original commenter is right too, because Hannibal wouldn't even let Ryland and Will get as close as they are going to be. Though, I have other ideas for Hannibal in other fics
- Yes, this is pre-encephalitis Will! I've been thinking about it a lot, and thinking maybe he'd be right on the brink of it at some point, or his symptoms become more prevalent later on, but I haven't fully made up my mind yet.
- No, Ryland is not going to space. Ryland is SAFE from THAT, but he isn't safe from what I'm cooking up for him soon hehehe. I was thinking about writing a short about that too, where Will reacts to Ryland going to space, but we'll trek up the hill when we get there!
This was kind of shorter, but I wanted to clear this up since I feel like it could be a bit confusing :)
HIIIII!! JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM LOVINGGGG YOUR FIC DRAG HUNT!!!! I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS!!! 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
TYSM ANON!!
I'm currently writing up the second chapter! I love everybody who has been giving me unconditional support for my writing (because I've been super nervous about it teehee)
I'll try and have the second one up soon! Judging by my current speed, maybe it'll be out tomorrow night or the morning after?
I'll post about it anyway, so keep in touch yall so you don't miss it!!
Oh boy, anon, don't even get me started with headcanons. I have to speak, otherwise, my life won't go on right. We'll go off of just if they're living normal lives, but I'll sprinkle in some canon too ;)
A small amount of NSFW below as well for the freaks! Nothing too serious, but proceed cautiously if uneasy!
⤷ FOXHUNT HEADCANONS (Ryland Grace x Will Graham)
SFW
• Ryland and Will I think would've had traveled to meet somehow; like Ryland visiting the east coast for a science event or Will having to go to the west coast for a case that desperately needed him. It's a bit silly to think that maybe they'd be long distance for a while if this were the case? But I think it's funny to think about how they'd have to call each other all the time from across the country.
• Ryland wouldn't be used to east coast weather, but Will would be fine in west coast weather.
• I think that after a while of dating, they'd go on a fishing date. I think they'd both like the water, though, Ryland wouldn't be used to wearing fishing gear; boots, pants, anything like that in the water. Will would find it amusing and try to just focus on teaching Ryland how to fish. Following the fishing though, I think Ryland would suck at it. He'd try real hard, but he'd probably end up doing something like lose his glasses in the water they have to stop to find them. Will wouldn't mind, but I think he'd be a bit disappointed their fishing trip didn't go as planned.
• Will and Ryland will often just sit down and talk about science for hours and how they all connect to each other. Will isn't just science, but he still knows his stuff! Ryland would be impressed with it,
• Ryland gets 10x more lovey dovey than Will, and it kinda puts Will off, but that only causes Ryland to get closer and Will just has to handle it until Ryland catches the cue. take backs.
• Following this thought, I think that their communication would vary. Since Will isn't very open about what he feels--maybe because of shame or fear--he doesn't tell Ryland to back off, but if he likes it, he doesn't make it obvious either besides subtle things that Ryland doesn't pick up well.
• NOTE: I don't think they'd be necessarily toxic, but they both need to go see someone to talk to if you know what I mean. I'm looking at you, Will.
• Ryland had never had a dog of his own in his life--or any pet, really, so when he first met all of Will's dogs he got all smothered and it really frightened him at first. But slowly, he got used to them and loves them all just as Will does.
• Ryland would love Abigail! He'd be very afraid of Hannibal... like... deathly afraid.
• Will loves Eva. No takebacks.
• Will comes to the middle school after classes (doesn't want to see the children) and just watches Ryland work in silence. It gives him something else to think about other than crime.
Now for some canon things...
• Will would be very confused on why Ryland wouldn't be picking up his phone if they were long distance. Worried, maybe. He'd pace and have nightmares about scenarios of would could've happened to Ryland. He'd check the news often from San Francisco just to make sure there wasn't a report of a murder in the area. Then, he finds out that Ryland is on the Hail Mary and he just freezes. It isn't quite grief, but he knows what he's losing is a part of him that he didn't even know had made it's place so permanently.
• Same goes for when Will is locked up. Ryland is much more frantic. He'd fall into habits at biting his nails and pacing the same way Will would. He'd hope nothing happened in the field, that Will hadn't been shot and was in the hospital. He hoped his dogs were okay and they were thriving. When he hears back from Alana or Will, he finally just musters up the courage to buy a plane ticket and fly out to the east.
NSFW
• They'd switch, ngl. Don't like the bottom Will agenda or top Ryland agenda. They SWITCH!
• When they first have sex, it's a bit awkward. They are a bit different in what they want, so they're not binding well, and again, not much communication. I think it's less of their inexperienced and more just inexperienced on each other.
• Does not stop them from getting horny because of each other though. I have this feeling that they would just be blue-balling each other and just be frustrated 24/7.
• Remember the phone stuff? Long distance? Phone sex.
someone made an Instagram post about you and how you are a diva for shipping Will Graham and Ryland Grace
I know I know 🥹 they posted it on tiktok and I saw that as well.
I've seen it and commented! Someone on my fanfic commented how they couldn't see my edits without a VPN, because tiktok was banned for them, and they found the ship through said Instagram post.
I've posted all of my edits on Instagram since then, and I hope it makes it easier for some. I might post them under a masterlist on here as well!
Also, I hope I'm able to hold up to the "diva" title, haha
The first chapter of my Ryland Grace x Will Graham fic (foxhunt) will be out very shortly! I've just been busy with things and haven't had time to sit down and finish it up.
The summary is how a student-teacher at the middle school got abducted from school grounds, and soon, her body is found.
Ryland and Will meet off of a whim.
And fair warning, I'm not planning on the crime too be light of heart, I do want to make this seem more serious, but that might change as I progress the story!