Can you do which incubi you think is the sassiest boyfriend least to most and also how would they be sassy?
Absolutely can we pls talk abt how they’re all so childish and petty???
James is 100% the least sassiest??? Least sassy? Anyway he’s the least. He’s got too much common sense to be sassy and the only time he would be is if he was being like absolutely petty. Like one of the brothers pissed him off earlier and then they ask for like a ride somewhere later and James is laying there reading a book doing nothing and js says “…busy. 🙄” 2/10 sassiness. Too kind to be sassy
Next is acc Matthew. Like he has the capacity to be sassy but he’s funny in other ways that he doesn’t need to be sassy. The only time he would be is if he was also annoyed and he would probably only be sassy if he was like tired and not in the mood to play Sam or Damien’s games anymore. He stands there like with one hand on his hip and js stares like he’s so dead as and so disappointed when he’s being sassy OR he’s just like sassy in a 😋 way. He’s 😐 sassy when he’s in a bad mood and 😋 sassy when he’s in a good mood.
“Matthew why did you do that are you fucking stupid????”
“Whattttt???? No I didn’t 😋” he absolutely did
Literally Matthew but whatever 5/10 sassiness
I’ll do Sam next because I feel deep in my soul that he’s a fucking dick. I just feel like Sam doesn’t need to be sassy like he would just joke abt someone and laugh at them directly to their face instead of being sassy. If Damien stuttered or something he would js go “t-t-t-t-today?????” Like Matthew I can’t see him being sassy exactly but he’s just honest and so funny. Like he’s too upfront and his comebacks are too good to be worried abt sassiness. 6/10 sassiness tho because his comebacks are evil.
Next on my chopping block is Damien. U guys know I’m a sassy Damien fan and he is sassy, but he’s nothing compared to Erik. I feel like when he’s in a relationship like he’s not as sassy he’s just smiley and 😍😍😍 but what makes Damien so sassy is his mind reading. He knows everything about everyone so if they try to embarrass him then like. He’s got options. His delivery is just so dry and honest it makes it so funny. Like if James is for once trying to make like a calm, chill no harm intended joke about Damien and he goes: “didn’t u literally ur girlfriend can u slap her mid sex last night????? 🤨” 7/10 sassiness
This despicable man. Erik. Like I need to do a disclaimer saying my own Erik in my head is so different from canon Erik. Like he’s not my favourite at all so I would never do his route so his seduce me 2 route like in my head is just friendly bitchy funny Erik but getting married. This man is diabolical. He will pull out the phone screenshots, point in your face, sit there like 💁♀️. He is literally Abby Lee miller but more fabulous and nicer to his friends. He’s very nice to his brothers and friends but his sassiness is just a part of his love ❤️❤️❤️ the only way I can describe him fully is like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton in the early 2000s. I feel like when he becomes a fashion designer he’s in some scandals sometimes but not anything bad it’s just haters. He smiles through it instead of arguing tho and just makes them cry on twitter. He’s always been that girl but he’s deep down a very nice and smiley friendly girl. 12/10 sassiness. ❤️
Oh my god James my fucking number 1 opp LOL. no matthews def like my least favourite in all the games and then James is like 3rd favourite brother 100% ANYWAYS.
James Headcanons
Started questioning his relationship with Mika when he realised how similar he looks to her dad
He's literally js Christian Bale in American Psycho but nicer (not rlly he's worse)
His idea of a good date night is a) reading together, b) in depth doctor who or game of thrones discussions, or c) board games during dinner.
He dresses in a very dark academia and dark old money style
He gets possessive over his books and the best way to get revenge on him is to fold the covers of his paperbacks
The poppy war book series changed his life
Big fan of blowjobs under the desk at work
His biggest secret before getting with Mika wasn't that he was into weird freaky bdsm it was that he had an obsession with sims 4 and he made him and Mika get married.
He and Erik had an ongoing argument from since they got famous over who was going to win People's sexiest man alive
Neither of them won but James was pissed when he found out Erik got higher.
Random question time!!!
Out of all of your chapters in "Our Last Summer", which has been your favorite to write?
Oh my god who asked me this I love u
Ummm I don't really know! Like each of them were like equally important in my mind and I just wanted to write something stupid with like hot lifeguard style Sam in mind yk?
Apart from Fernando. Fuck Fernando all my homies hate Fernando.
If I had to pick one I would probably say the second chapter name of the game 🩷 like I just love the beach and it was by far the chapter with like the most summery and beach aesthetic. Also I just felt pretty confident in my writing when I was writing it and I was happy writing it.
he can do amazing cartwheels and flips just casually
he literally looks like Frodo Baggins from lord of the rings but whatever
Because him and Damien share a room, Damien's side is very neat and tidy cuz he likes things organized and you can see the divide where Matthew's half becomes a mess
He just keeps random shit around his room like those weird fluffy worms with the eyes on the sticks and cool rocks
Matthew does not like pasta or spaghetti because of the texture and will spit it back out onto his plate cuz he has no shame
him and Sam together when they don't argue are the funniest fucking people they just think the same thoughts but Matthew's more open about them
He looooves those like 2000's teenage girl movies like She's the Man and Wild Child
Seeing annoying kids fall in the street makes him laugh
British Bake-Off and Hell's Kitchen fan
He prefers baking over real cooking but very good at both
K-pop fan (derogatory)
he's always got a goddamn pair of earphones in he's constantly listening to music
one time he fell on the stairs in work and laughed it off in front of people and then went to his office to cry
very good at sciency stuff like chemistry and physics
his favourite fruits are strawberries
oh my god if he had a kid he'd be such a stereotypical dad
dad jokes, that stupid ass laugh, cut up fruit as an apology
SORRY IF THESE ARE SHIT I JUST HATE MATTHEW SM I AM SO NOT A MATTHEW FAN!!!!!
Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh, I'm in desperate need of Eric headcanons, darling. If you don't mind, of course...
Erik Headcanons
yes ofc!!!! 🩷cw: eating disorder
occasionally models his own clothes and gets his brothers to model for him
very thin very soft hands
probably tried coke or the demon equivalent
the sorta guy to like obsess over a stranger if they do one nice thing for him randomly
fucking hates hats and will never wear one cuz they mess up his hair
one of the things I headcanon the most for him is that by the start of the first game he's recovering from an eating disorder which developed from abuse from his mother
wears the most make-up out of all the boys but not that much mostly just for dark under eyes
despite that has perfect shiny skin and a great skincare routine
He has a man crush on Asami from Legend of Korra
Water bender!!!
Despite that he does not drink water- it's always wine, soda and coffee no matter what
get into random kids shows from watching them with Matthew and Damien- Ever After High and Monster High are his faves
He's a big fan of Cleo and Draculaura
he mains Pauline on mario kart but King Boo is second if she's not on it
Used wax strips himself once and Sam started pissing him off so he slapped one on his leg
He loves to travel! His least favourite place was probably Paris because of how crowded it was
He's so into Lana Del Rey's music and like her whole music aesthetic
Listens to her and ABBA mostly
He can do amazing eyeshadow and paints nails very well
He does Mika's hair when she asks
Pretty much just Mika's personal stylist and beautician
Oh my god yesyesyes DAMIENS MY REAL FAV GUYS I PROMISE. I probably will add more onto this cuz it just feels kinda general but sure
I get the feeling that he's into like cheesy romance meet cute books.
Another very broad music taste- Destiny's Child to Hozier
If he's upset or thinking Mitski's on full blast
this man loves cats like everyone knows this I can so see him with like a tiny white kitten and it's just all over him and he loves it
He's definitely volunteered in animal shelters
this man burns alive in the sun spf 50 is not enough
mostly just because he was locked up in a cell for most of his childhood
Because of this he's really really pale but he's got some freckles on his shoulders and hand but it's mostly just scars on his back, arms and chest
He has the softest hair ever
Loves when people play with his hair and scratch his head it makes him fall asleep if he's in bed
really looks up to James a lot
I feel like say if Mika didn't get in a relationship with him and all the boys moved out James and Damien moved in together because Damien didn't want to be away from him and James wanted to take care of him
he's got a bit of sass in him, especially if he's tired
His shoes are matching with Sam's (cuties)
he wakes up early to have coffee with James and Mika in the morning
he lets Erik design clothes on him and test out designs
his favourite movie is everything everywhere all at once and he bawled his eyes out in private after watching it
his favourite thing to do is just have fun and experience new things and learn because he was never allowed to
his favourite places to go to are parks, libraries and bookstores and the animal shelter he volunteers at
socks in bed at all times
HATES dirty nails
CHRONICALLY COLD ALL THE TIME
He's 100% the skinniest out of the boys and can't eat like a ton of food without feeling ill
victim of constant daydreaming Matthew looks over at him sometimes and he's just in his own world
oh my god loves to daydream, it was he only thing he was really allowed to do as a child so ig he's just used to thinking to himself
Tits or ass? Personality (tits)
NSFWISH????
Prefers to be more submissive and is rarely dominant
Loves to just lay down and make out while getting a handjob
at the start of his relationship I feel like it would be hard for him to word what he likes or if he even knows what he'd enjoy or not. So Mika would make him watch porn beside her and talk about if they'd like that or not
his favourite thing is just soft sex and hugging someone
loves very passionately and obsessively so one night stands aren't really a thing for him and likes to get to know someone first
loves to just lay down and cuddle with people to relax
We miss you!!!!! Take your time tho dont stress yourself out
AHHH TYSM!!! I love everyone who sends me shit in my inbox so pls never be afraid to ask anything or literally send anything I LOVE TO TALK!!!! also tysm to everyone who sends me messages like this it always helps me write 🩷🩷🩷
Like multiple tickets speeding parking you name it
He cannot parallel park he gets out of the car sees that he's parked over two spaces and just calls it a day
I feel like when they first came to the human world he would be scared to go to the gym cuz he felt like everyone was judging him (they were checking him out)
But he started going and now it's his second home
Loves to work his core
#never skips leg day
Has probably punched through a wall or two
Sokka from the last airbender is his fucking spirit animal
He's an earthbender argue with the wall idgaf if he has wings made from fire
Probably uses like 19 in 1 shampoo, conditioner, body wash, perfume, nail polish remover, you name it in the shower
Once Erik found out he forced him to throw it out
But it works :( nobody cares 😐
(absolutely personal headcanon) but Damien or Mika got him into Yellowjackets and he had an obsession with Natalie and Lottie- especially older Lottie. (so me)
Hates small dogs. And hairless cats they're like his mortal enemy
Doesn't wear fancy/dressy clothes unless he's forced too
Most of the clothes he owns probably double as pyjamas like sweatpants and hoodies
sorry but I hate his vest from the first game with a passion he just looks too thin for his description.
Absolutely perfect teeth. Perfect shape, so white not crooked
He has fangs but they're perfect
Switch lol
His sleep schedule is so random sometimes he's up the earliest and working out and sometimes he doesn't wake up until dinner time
I've said this before, but I just cannot see him as a police officer and in my world he's like a devil hunter.
Imagine like
He has a small team that he's with and they get told to go to places where there was like sightings of devils and take them out.
I thought this because not only can I not see him as a police officer, but I feel like he wouldn't give up fighting even if he got his anger under control.
Has one of those loud ass Mr krabs laughs when somethings rlly funny
Dressed up as a cowboy one year for Halloween and looked amazing -absolutely inspired by @poddle99 fanart 🩷
Him and Gaku were together before he left
He plays with his dog tag necklace when he's thinking and doesn't realise it or when he's sad or nervous
@not-another-lesbian-stereotype this photo changed my life 🩷
THAT CHAPTER WAS SO GOOD!!! You said at the beginning that it wouldn't happen again so is it discontinued for good or did I just misunderstand? no pressure, just wondering
TYSM 🩷🩷🩷
I'm so sorry for like anyone else who's so confused about where our last summer is going. Honestly I'm in the same boat as you guys I've no idea what I'm doing with it either
Honestly I don't think it's discontinued because I know I will end up writing for it again because I can't just leave it I love it so much, but also like, if I am trying to finish our last summer, I don't think it'll be like regular updates yk? I'll make a post before I release like a new part but other than that I can't say for sure when this things gonna finish up. Like it's updating, I js don't know how long it's going to take me to actually write it yk?
But thank u sm for asking !! Again I love when people interact with my blog !
I swear these updates like once every six months will probably never happen again I was just feeling the need to write. yes I did say literally like yesterday the next update would be in summer, no comment. Enjoy !! 🩷
A cool breeze blew through the opened window, making Mika sigh and rest her head lightly against Sam’s large upper arm as she cradled his arm and lay on the bed beside him, trying not to think about strawberry martinis, the smell of vomit still lingering from the bathroom or how muscular she realised Sam’s arms were.
Sam was trying not to think about how tightly she was clutching onto his arm or how giddy it made him.
Mika felt her stomach churn and she groaned, holding tighter onto his arm, “Don’t ever let me drink again, please.”
Sam chuckled through his nose and grinned as he stared up at the ceiling, “Pretty sure I have a video of you saying something like that the last time we went to the club.”
“You mustn't be doing a good job of keeping me sober then.” she scoffed.
“You mustn’t be that good at self-control,” he replied cockily but winced and yelped as Mika dug her lavender nails into his arm and leaving red crescent moons in her wake.
“Ow! You’re being violent!”
“You’re being rude. I’m a lady, you shouldn’t disrespect me.”
“You’re no lady, you’re a freak. I’ve seen your search history.”
Mika laughed loudly and threw her head back. “You can’t fucking read! Yeah, you might’ve seen it but you didn’t read it!
Sam huffed with a grin and yanked his arm out of her hands and sat up against the pillows, folding his arms and looking away from her. “You’re so mean to me. All because I can’t read well yet.” he replied sassily.
Mika sat up on her knees and nestled closely to him while grinning promiscuously, “I’m not mean to you because you can’t read, I’m just mean to you because you get so cute when you’re angry.”
Sam huffed and turned his head to her to petulantly glare, pointedly ignoring the way he was fighting off a grin. “I’m not cute. I’m manly.”
Mika scoffed and giggled, “Don’t start with all of that, you love it when I call you cute.”
Sam furrowed his brows in annoyance. “I thought you were supposed to be hungover. What happened to all the ‘Nooo, Sam, I’m so sick, don’t goooo.’” he whined nasally, absolutely mauling her voice.
“Seeing your cute little face just makes me feel better. Has anyone ever told you how adorable and lovable you are?”
Sam rolled his eyes and decided to go along with it. “Yeah, they have. What about it?”
Mika smiled, looking absolutely pleased with herself. “They lied.”
She screeched in delight as Sam reached behind him and grabbed a pillow, throwing it right in her face and yelling at her, “’Hungover’ my ass!”
She grabbed the closest pillow to her and hit Sam roughly with it in the chest as she raised herself onto her knees once again. “Just because you’re in a hissy fit because you’re cuter than you are manly!”
Sam grinned ferally and grabbed her wrists tightly and ripped the pillow from her hands and threw her down onto the bed. Climbing on top of her, he grabbed the pillow he threw at her in the first place and hit her continuously with it as she wrestled with him and tried to escape. She tousled with him until she was able to wrap her legs around his waist and spin them around and wrench the pillow from his hands, so she was sitting on his waist victoriously and panting above him with a toothy grin.
Sam was about to fight back when she began shifting around on his waist, making his stomach feel like something had suddenly flipped around in his insides. His mouth very quickly went dry at the sight of her perched-on top of him, face flushed and panting as she grinned proudly. She threw the pillow to the side and looked down at him, beginning to tease him unknowingly, “What, this your first time having a girl on top of you or something?”
She continued looking into his eyes while she waited for his usual, snarky reply. But he didn’t. Then it clicked for her.
Sam broke eye contact with her and looked to the other side of the room as she sat up with a suddenly embarrassed face. Still, she didn’t make the effort to get up. Sam didn’t know where to put his hands and ended up awkwardly resting them on Mika’s kneecaps. She kept looking down at his embarrassed face and struggled to find something to say to diffuse the tension before failing and settling on silence.
His rough hands even just resting on her knee sent a thrill through her stomach. Him trapped beneath her in embarrassment and refusing to make eye-contact, face red and hair tousled...it was hot. The look in her eyes changed to one of trepidation, but also curiosity and need. And then she broke the silence, her voice quiet a curious like she was trying to tell him a secret.
“Are you...y’know...have you ever...?” her voice trailed off, unable to work up the confidence to say it out loud.
Sam swallowed his pride and looked back into her jade eyes, feeling confident from the energy Mika was unknowingly giving him by straddling him.
“Am I a virgin? What’s it to you anyway?” he asked, daring her to make another move.
She took the bait and lowered her hands, so they brushed the tips of his fingers. “I want to know more about you.” she reached down and wrapped her hands around Sam’s and smiled to relieve some of the tension, “Is that a crime, Sam?”
He shuddered as he involuntarily skimmed some of her energy, which seemed to come in abundance. He squeezed her hands shakily before dodging the question to try and distract himself from the sudden hunger for more. Now that he noticed it, he was fucking starved. He held onto her hands tightly to ground himself.
“I know you’re a virgin.” he claimed, looking up at her hungrily.
She simply shrugged with a small blush, “I want to wait for the right person.”
He felt like she was looking through his eyes and into his soul. “And how do you know who’s the ‘right person’?”
“Well...if I was going to...y’know...” she quietened.
“If you were going to have sex?” he finished.
“If I was going to have sex with them, and...it felt right and it felt...well, good, then I’d know."
Sam nodded and squeezed her hands gently. “Yeah, I get what you mean.”
Mika breathed in deeply and shifted on his lap at him squeezing her hands and how it felt like he knew she wanted him. Which he did.
She leaned back and considered him with heat in her eyes, “You do?”
Sam swallowed the rest of his tentativeness and doubt at the look she gave him. She wanted him, and he wanted her, and they both knew it.
He sat up and braced her hips with his strong hands, pulling her impossibly closer into his lap just as his piercing emerald green eyes turned a carnal gold, “Yeah, I do.”
Mika gasped silently at his hands on her hips and the sudden lack of space between them. While he was trapped underneath her, she felt like she was the one with him under her thumb, but now that it was real and he was right in front of her, she realized how much bigger he was. And then she realized, he had just as much power over her as she had over him. It felt right to be with him like this.
Sam’s left hand began to trail up slowly from her hips to the nape of her neck, leaving a trail of goosebumps in his wake. Mika shuddered into his touch and leaned closer into his chest. Sam gripped onto her nape gently, forcing her to look into his golden eyes. She bit her lip when she seen them and questioned him, “Do you need energy?”
Sam replied shortly, trying to keep himself under control and fighting the urge to pounce on her. “I need you.”
Mika squeezed her thighs as she straddled him. It felt so right, and it felt so, so good.
“Have me then.” she murmured quietly.
He pulled her in by the nape of her neck and gently but firmly pressed his lips to hers. Mika made a small keening noise of pleasure, and Sam let out a groan of satisfaction. He slowly absorbed the waves of sexual energy coming from her while constantly running his hands up and down her sides to just hold her and keep drawing out those sounds she was making.
Mika gently bit down on his lips and pulled away, holding it between her teeth. He was the sex demon, but she still wanted to eat him alive. She released his lips and pulled away, panting slightly. His eyes still flared in a hungry gold, but not hungry for energy, hungry for her. Her heart done a flip in her chest, and she quickly rested her hands against his cheeks before rushing to pull him in for a kiss. It was more rushed than when he kissed her, their teeth knocked together and her nails accidentally scratched the sides of his face in pure desperation.
Sam let out masochistic groans at her nails marking him so primally and he gripped her hips hard enough to bruise and ground into her. Mika gasped and pulled away, moving her hands down from his face to his wide shoulders, “S-stop, stop...”
Sam released the harsh grip he had on her hips and pulled away, out of breath. As they tried to regain their breath, Sam rested his head on her shoulder and listened and tried to keep his focus at the sound of her ragged breathing.
“You ok?” he asked in concern, worried he’d taken too much energy.
Mika nodded from beside him as her breathing settled. When she collected herself, she rested her hand against the back of his head, playing with his already messy hair. “Thank you.” she whispered.
Sam laughed quietly. “Thank you, Mika. Fuck you thanking me for?”
Mika chuckled with him and paused for a moment to try and explain herself, “Just...the way you looked at me...made me happy.”
Sam made a small smile. “Good. I’m glad.” he said quietly as he tried to settle down and stop thinking about Mika kissing him so carnally and desperately like that.
Her voice was quiet but sure when she spoke next. “It’s just...I don’t know if I’m ready for sex. Kissing like that was a lot. Sex...I don’t know about it yet. I know I said I’d do it if it felt good and right but, I don’t know...”
Sam silenced her quickly with a firm look. “Mika, I don’t care what you said earlier. If you don’t want to, we won’t. It’s that simple. Trust me, when you want to, we can,” he assured her confidently.
Mika smiled softly. “I do want to, it’s just...” she let out a tired groan, “I don’t know how long ago I woke up, and I’m tired...”
“You don’t need a reason, Mika. I get it.” he reassured. “I’m just...I’m happy that we did...y’know...that.”
Mika snorted, “Yeah, don’t sound too happy about it.”
“I am happy we done it! I’m very happy we kissed like that actually!”
“I can tell, I can still see your boner.”
Sam panicked, “What-” he quickly looked down. No boner. He groaned and glared at Mika. “Ha, ha, ha. So funny, Mika.”
Mika sat there giggling with the evilest grin on her face that Sam had ever seen. “Wasn’t it? Wish I got a photo of your face.”
“Right after I said I was so happy to kiss you and everything.” Sam grumbled.
Mika smiled and grabbed his jaw gently before turning his head to the side and kissing his cheek. “I know. So cute.”
“Whatever.” Sam murmured, trying and failing to hide his grin.
By indefinate haitus, does that meam there is still a possibility of the story continuing??
Also, can you write some reader x sam?
Hiii im so sry I didnt see the notification for this and I'm so sry if you were waiting long for a reply !
First of all like, if our last summer was going to continue then it would probably be sometime in the summer just so that im like in that sorta summer mood yk? But there's definitely a chance it js depends on if I'm able to come up with it and not feel burnt out
But also, what do you mean by like reader x sam? Like I for sure can try but is there like anything specific you would want? Thank u so much for asking!! 🩷
Back from the dead (again)! Sry for leaving this world for three months, I've been pretty busy (lazy) and haven't had the time to update (yes I have I was just burnt out). I'm not saying that updates will be regular but three months was definitely way too long.
Whenever James or Matthew (and Erik if they were desperate) would make breakfast, it was pretty common to not see everyone down for breakfast. Particularly Sam. He was...weird. He definitely had the worst sleep schedule out of them all, sometimes he was gaming with Matthew until the sun was peeking out in the sky and sleeping in until the time he should have been asleep at. Other times, it was awake at the first signs of daylight for an early morning workout or run.
Today was one of the latter.
Sam groaned at the sunbeam hitting his eyes. He raised a hand sleepily to try push it out of the way but the sun stood defiant in its attempts to wake him up. His eyes cracked open blearily and he glared up at the ceiling. This was not the day for a workout. Or moving. Or breathing.
He turned to his side to see Mika's black hair surrounding her while she snuggled into the thick covers. A small bit of drool rested against her open mouth and cheek as Sam sighed.
Usually if he wasn't feeling like absolute shit, it would be ther perfect time to take photos of her while her guard was down. But just this once, he'll let it slide; hungover Mika was not something you wanted to annoy.
When she got drunk at the mansion she'd sleep like a zombie until around noon. Hangovers hit her the worst out of all their little family, mostly because of her weak human immune system, but also because Sam was usually an absolute menace and would make her do stupid shit.
For example, drink demon alcohol. Or, even better, perform a one-woman Pitbull concert.
He groaned and rubbed a hand down over his face to push away the morning feeling and shuffled closer to Mika so that he was spooning her. He tentatively moved her hair around so that he could lay comfortably behind her while still playing with the dark strands.
After a while of lazing in bed and braiding small sections into Mika's hair he decided to get up and go for a small walk. The room looked like a bomb site. Various objects covered the floor making it nearly impossible to walk a straight line through the room, like, clothes, shoes, stray make-up brushes and even a curling iron.
He pulled himself away from Mika's warmth and threw on his shirt, checking his phone on the way out. Too early to even be alive, by his standards.
Before he left the room he heard a small, muffled groan behind him and panicked. Why the hell was she up? She's supposed to be sleeping until...like five hours away!
His nerves were soothed though when she simply shuffled around in bed and stretched an arm out, grabbing a pillow and cuddling it, mumbling something incoherent. In a moment of genius, Sam walked over to the opened curtains and closed them so that the light wouldn't wake her.
Stupid sun.
We walked over to her and stopped in front of the bed, looking down at her. He remembered how forward he was last night in taking her energy, even making her sit in his lap in public. Sam shut his eyes and covered his face in embarrassment, groaning. This is why you shouldn't drink in public, he thought.
He forced himself away from her and walked away out of embarrassment on what he'd done the night before. He made his way to the door with a red face and murmured a small, unheard command before leaving the room.
"Sleep, doofus."
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Sam listened contentedly to James and Damien's light chatter. The two had always been early risers and today was no different. Even for Damien, who clearly had a late night judging by the dark marks littering his neck.
They'd met up by accident at the hotel and decided to go for a walk. It wasn't that early anymore and there were other people milling around. Small families and elderly couples walked around slowly, basking in the heat.
Even James was getting crazy, wearing a short sleeved shirt. Mad man.
They were talking outside a small café, drinks in hand, when Damien paused mid conversation. His voice trailed off as he looked away from James and into the street. The other two followed his gaze but didn't see anything. James looked at him curiously.
"Is there a problem?"
Damien kept his eyes on a particular spot before barely glancing over at James and replying. "You can't hear that?"
Sam and James looked at each other in confusion before trying to see what Damien was seeing. James questioned him again. "Hear what?"
This time, Damien didn't reply and kept looking around as if he was trying to pinpoint the noise. Suddenly, his eyes darted to an alleyway and he stood up in a panic. His eyes looked concerned and he was beginning to pick at the skin beside his nails, a nervous tic of his.
He began walking towards the alley when Sam stood up and grabbed his wrist, forcing him to stop. "What the hell? What's wrong, man?"
Damien shrugged off his his wrist and continued walking quickly. Sam furrowed his brows and turned to James, ordering him to stay there. He jogged to catch up with Damien who was already a small ways away.
He ran into the alley to see his brother crouched down over something. He couldn't see what it was from how Damien was stooped over it. He began talking as he rested a strong hand on Damien's shoulder and forced him around.
"The fuck are you do-..."
He trailed off when he seen what Damien was crouched over. A small child. The kid was looking at him fearfully with tears beginning to well in his eyes. From the looks of the tear tracks on his face, he'd already shed a lot.
Damien looked at him pleadingly to quiet down and step away. He gently grabbed Sam's wrist and removed it from his shoulder. He looked pointedly to the small boy and began murmuring. "He needs to calm down. Please, just go back to James and I'll explain later."
Sam exhaled slightly and debated Damien's orders. He was itching to help the kid and ask him what's wrong, but he also knew that Damien was better at calming humans down. Something about the way he acted threw humans off, it seemed.
The kid wasn't hurt and it didn't seem dangerous...Sam sighed and looked around, standing up from his crouched position. "Stay safe, ok? And explain when you get back."
Damien barely even nodded and he turned back to the boy as Sam began walking away back towards the café they were at, looking over his shoulder.
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"You think your parents are at the ice cream place?" Damien asked, looking up to the boy. Sam grunted slightly as the kid tugged on his hair as he nodded.
Sam was currently walking with the small boy on his shoulders with Damien and James at his sides. Apparently the kid had walked off from his parents while they were heading to get ice cream and couldn't find his way back to them. From what Damien could make out from the flurry of panicked thoughts in his mind, he'd ran into the alleyway in fear because of 'stranger danger'.
It had taken a while for Damien to convince him that he wasn't a kidnapper.
Sam was walking quiet and angrily as they searched for the boys parents, stuck in his own thoughts. He was already having a pretty shitty morning, but this? How the fuck could this kid's parents be so fucking stupid that their kid could just walk off? If this was the Demon World, this kid could've been mugged, kidnapped, killed, even.
He couldn't really talk because his own father basically left him, but at least that was a conscious decision on his father's part and he left him because he didn't fucking like him, but this kid's parents did love him, and they still left him!
What made him even more annoyed was the quiet snivelling and crying noises the kid was making. He was trying his best to try and draw some energy out of him so that he could calm down, but there wasn't much for him to take because of the boy's panicked and nervous state.
He was glad Damien was keeping him occupied with asking him random questions but the boy was still nervous. Sam stopped the weak energy drain he was taking from the kid and sighed. It seemed like nothing would calm him down.
As the kid fidgeted on his shoulders, Sam squeezed his knee before speaking to him, raising his voice and trying to show some confidence. "Listen, kid, there's no need to be so scared. I'm sure your parents are looking all over the place for you."
The boy only sniffled and tightened his grip on Sam's hair, making him wince slightly. The kid's mouth wobbled as he replied. "B-but what if we don't find them? What if they can't find me?"
Sam sighed. "We will. They're not gonna leave this place once they realise you're missing. We're gonna find them."
When the boy didn't loosen his grip on Sam's hair, he realised he mustn't have been comforting him well. When he was about to chastise him for being so nervous, he caught Damien's cautionary look from the corner of his eye and decided to bite his tongue.
Damien sighed from beside him and turned round to face him. "I think I should try and catch up with James. We should be able to find his parents sooner with the two of us looking."
Sam internally panicked, his eyes widening, "Well why don't you take the kid and I'll go and find James? You're way better with kids!"
Damien looked at him with a blank expression, already a few paces ahead. "Do you know where James is, Sam? How would you find him?"
"God, I don't know! Damien, don't leave me with- hey!"
Damien started walking ahead again, clearly set on finding James, "We'll be back before you know it! Just keep him calm until we come back with his parents!"
"Damien...!" Sam groaned, watching Damien's back move further and further away from him. He suddenly became all too aware of the boy on his shoulders who was seconds away from bursting into tears.
Sam pat the boy's kneecap awkwardly as he continued walking, "So...just me and you now, huh?"
The boy sniffled, "...I want the other two back..."
Sam's jaw clenched as he refrained himself from throwing the kid off his back. "Me too, bro."
After another short while of listening to the kid whimpering and snivelling, Sam let out a short sigh at the situation, his brows furrowing and fist unintentionally clenching.
Right now, he could be in the hotel with Mika while he held her hair back and comforted her while she was bent over the toilet and puking up anything she had drank the night before.
But no. Now, he's stuck with a boy who won't stop pulling on his hair and crying. And he's low on energy.
Damn, this is awkward.
He didn't know what to say to the boy. When he was a kid, if he wasn't around his father then it was probably a good thing. Having this kid who needed his parents so badly was throwing him off. God, out of anyone, why was he the one who was trying to comfort this kid? Anyone else would be doing a better job.
Like Mika, James and Damien. Why the hell were they so good with kids anyway? And why is James the one finding the parents when he could be here with this brat?! And why did Damien leave him? Sure, they'd gotten rid of Malix but that doesn't mean they were safe. After worrying over Damien all his life, old habits seemed to die hard.
Sam groaned under his breath. What would the three of them do?
Sam paused. An idea formed in his head and he squeezed the kid's leg again.
"Hey, you wanna hear a story? By the time I'm done, I'm sure you'll be with your mom and dad."
The kid sniffled again before he mumbled out a shaky, "O-ok..."
Sam felt like a fucking genius. "So one day, me and my brother Matthew were out in a forest near our home. We weren't really supposed to go but we decided to sneak out and leave anyway. We kinda felt like spies."
The boy giggled, his voice not sounding as nervous when he spoke, "A-and then what?"
"So, then, everything was fine. It was hot and the sun was out, kinda like today. We were having a blast. We decided to go into this other part of the forest once we started getting bored. This place was creepy as hell, by the way, nobody wanted to go near this place. But, me and my brother decided to be silly and we went in."
The boy was clearly starting to relax and Sam let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He continued. "My brother Matthew was really scared but I forced him to keep on walking. After a while, we seen this...this guy. He was scary. And old. And really, really ugly."
As the boy began to laugh again, some of his energy flowing into Sam's hand, making the demon smile before his voice got quieter.
"But then, this guy got really, really angry and started chasing us. We got scared and ran away. We were looking for a place to hide but this guy was too fast. He was totally crazy. He started getting so angry that he started trying to attack us and everything. We tried to get him to calm down, even tried fighting back. Nothing was working. When we started thinking that he was gonna end up killing us, he stopped. My uh...my dad found us. The crazy guy ran away and our dad took us home."
The boy looked down at him from his shoulders after brushing the last of his tears away. "R-really?"
Sam hummed and nodded. Sure, there was a few parts that he had to change, but the kid didn't need to know that.
"Yep. So...I know that maybe you're scared about getting lost, but...someone's gonna find you. Us three found you, didn't we?"
The boy laughed and nodded, gently tugging Sam's hair again. He rolled his eyes but decided not to chastise him over it; he did only just calm him down after all.
While walking Sam started asking the boy some questions just to keep him calm. Does he have any siblings? 'No'. Weirdo.
Does he like school? 'Yeah'. Weirdo. I wonder if he can read better than me? Brat.
That was the day that Sam realized that you can get a human child to tell you anything if you ask them enough. Really, anything. Ranging from missing teeth all the way onto 'how to get girls'.
The last topic made Sam raise his eyebrow and turn his head up to look at the boy. "You? You get girls?"
The kid nodded. "All of them. My daddy says I'll have to beat them off with a stick when I'm older."
Sam sniggered. "That's nice, kid."
"And one time, I kissed my old girlfriend behind the slide in our playground."
"...good for you."
"And then she wanted to get married at lunchtime, but I said that I had to keep my options open and we broke up."
"Do I really need to be hearing this, ladykiller?"
"I don't kill girls!"
Just as the boy was about to continue on about his failed girlfriends, he stopped with a gasp. He made a small whining noise and squirmed on Sam's shoulders, nearly falling off. Sam panicked and reached up to grab him tightly, his large hands wrapping protectively over his ribs.
"Woah! Hey! Watch it, kid!"
"Mommy! There's- Daddy!" The kid yelled excitedly.
Sam couldn't do much as the boy flailed his way out of his hands and sprinted away from him, nearly even tripping up. James and Damien walked casually behind the panicked parents as they rushed to meet their son in the middle.
Sam waved lazily to the two of them, watching the small family embracing each other.
Damien slinked away from James and walked over to Sam as the parents turned away from their kid to thank them.
Sam locked eyes with him and walked over, punching him in the shoulder. Damien yelped and looked at him in surprise, clutching his arm.
"Sam! What was that for?!"
"What do you mean, 'what was that for'? You know I don't like kids!"
"That? You're fine! And anyway, he liked you. You liked him too! I don't know why you're fussing. He reminded you of Matthew, didn't he?"
Sam glared at him slightly from the corner of his eye. "Out of my head, man."
Damien only smiled in chagrin and chastised him. "Would if I could."
As Damien finished his sentence Sam glanced over at James to see him waving to the boy and his parents from over his shoulder as he began to walk towards them.
The boy's head was resting on his mother's shoulder as she carried him. Sam was watching the two of them walk away when the boy suddenly picked his head up and waved enthusiastically at Sam, smiling from ear to ear. Sam bit back a grin and waved back to him.
As the boy's mother walked further away and the boy rested his head in the crook of her neck, Sam turned to Damien.
Damien was also watching the pair, biting the inside of him cheek as the mother began peppering kisses over the boy's hair. Sam noticed the faraway look in his eyes and furrowed his brows before punching Damien's shoulder again. He didn't have to be able to read minds to know what he was thinking. "Don't. Come on, James is waiting."
Damien startled and looked away from the mother and her son. Sam kept his eyes on him with a stony expression. Damien sighed and gave him a tired smile. "I know, I know. You're right."
"When am I not?"
Sam slung his arm around Damien's shoulders and turned him away from the boy and his mother before pushing him forwards. "Speed it up! Mika's hangover's not gonna treat itself."
Damien laughed as James made his way towards them. Sam placed his hands in his pockets and considered him.
"What they say?"
"Nothing much, mostly just thanks as they feared the child could've been in danger." James replied smoothly.
"...so, what you're saying is that we brought that boy to them and that's it? Thought they would've been happier their kid wasn't getting goddamn kidnapped." Sam said with a petty tone. James glared at him while Damien simply chuckled.
"That's what you're worried about? Getting rewarded instead of actually helping the child?" James scolded while looking at him. Sam was about to reply with a scoff when Damien chimed in.
"He's happy the boy is safe too...he's just upset he had to miss out on taking care of Mika for a task that ended with no reward."
Sam stopped in his tracks and turned to Damien with a blush growing on his cheeks. He could hear James's smug laughter from his left and he groaned in embarrassment and gently rammed his shoulder into his while pushing Damien away from him.
"Do you ever know when to keep your mouth closed?! I was kidding earlier! I don't...enjoy taking care of her!" He complained indignantly.
Damien chuckled and righted himself beside Sam before continuing. "You know I'm right though. She did have a lot to drink last night."
"Oh yeah like you would've noticed. I thought you were too busy trying to fuck that poor guy at the club last night."
It was Damien's turn to blush furiously now and he looked away from the two of them, subtly trying to raise his hand to nervously cover the dark circular marks on his neck. Before he could retort back, James jumped in.
"Enough. We get it. Sam wants to take care of Mika and Damien had sex last night. Stop arguing." He said with a tone of finality. The two younger brothers looked away, both of them with small blushes and sheepish looks on their faces.
After walking for a while in awkward silence, James spoke up again, his voice softer. "It was nice what you did for that boy, Sam."
The brother in question looked up at him in confusion before looking down to the ground with a small frown on his face. "I guess so...it's not like it was true anyway."
James looked at him for a second before deciding to keep quiet. Sam did kind of have a point. The story did have truth to it, it was just the details that had been changed.
Yes, Sam and Matthew had sneaked off into a dangerous part of the forest without permission. Yes, they were being idiots. But no, they weren't being chased around by some crackhead. It was a Magnarenea, better known as a pretty ginormous spider demon, one who'd gone mad. And it was in no way their father who'd saved them, it was James. And the Magnarenea didn't run away, James fucked him up.
As Sam finished reminiscing, he thought back on the conversation he had with the boy before he seen his parents and chuckled under his breath. Damien looked at him before looking at him in confusion.
"Why would you call him a ladykiller?"
"How was I supposed to know he didn't know what ladykiller meant?"
Sam didn't have to look at James to know that he was glaring at him.
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After walking back to the hotel, Sam placed the key card to his room against the lock and pushed the door open. Surveying the room, he couldn't find Mika anywhere. He called out her name but it wasn't hers who answered him back.
"In here!" Matthew's voiced echoed back from the bathroom. Sam was about to ask what he was doing here when the sound of Mika violently retching beat him to it.
(Matthew has two versions bc I wanted to give them a bit something to pay homage to their demon forms except for Damian I tried to make him the most human one)
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