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Yandere Batfam with willing duckling reader
Yandere batfamily with a young batsis who doesnāt mind not leaving the house, and like
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Yandere Batfamily x Neglected Reader
TW:near death experience, talk of suicide, mentions of past character death, guns, the jok
Yandere Batfam x time looping reader
OK, I was in a boring lecture with my classes, and my brain came up with an idea.
Everyone knows th
Yandere MHA masterpost
Yandere Class 1-A x Reader x Yandere Class 1-B
OK, I know Iām more well known for my Batfam stories but I was struck by a thought
Yandere
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Yandere Royals
Darrow grew up as a merchantās and princessās son. His mother fought long and hard to marry his father, and he knew many nob
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Yandere Magic DDLC
I take long breaks, but I donāt abandon my stories.
Yandere ASTV x Reader
Okay, Iām still working on all of my bat fam
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Batfam/DC
Batfam accidentally hurting reader
(Iām going to assume these two asks are together. )
OK, so the only way I can see them getti
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Yandere Batfam x Neglected Reader
TW:near death experience, talk of suicide, mentions of past character death, guns, the joker,
Bruce had
With the Yan!batfam, how would they react to a reader who likes henna/bodypaint/stuff like that? That is definitely an activity. I can see them doing On the siblings, and I feel like it would be something that they would all. Like, you draw a little flower on Dickās arm only to find out that he got it tattooed to preserve it
TOTALLYYY AAAAHHH!!!
They probably would sit in line in front of you, waiting for you to draw something on a part of their body. They don't even care what you draw on them, all they care about is that it's you who did it.
The getting them tattooed part probably feels like when a proud family hangs a drawing a child made to the fridge. They will NOT remove it, no matter what. They wil show it to other people too. Tim would walk around at university showing everyone he meets that his 'dear little sibling' is so creative.
Bruce would ask you to draw in a place where is not visible to the public because he can't risk you getting exposed and potentially getting discovered by the public that the person that went missing a few months ago is actually held captive with a billionaire. He can't risk getting you taken away.
I unfortunately donāt have the talent to write and create stories but I do have ideas. So for all the lovely authors I propose.
Batfam X Neglected Reader ( Squid Games)
Readers mom was engaged or married to Bruce, but one day runs away with a good amount of money with another man and leaves reader behind.
The whole family feels the betrayal and the hatred is directed to reader.
After years of neglect and emotional abuse reader turns 18 maybe theyāre kicked out or leave.
Bruce offers no financial support.
The Court of Owls the elite of Gotham run their own version of Squid Games. Wanting entertainment theirs no shortage of people who need money in Gotham.
The Bats have heard rumors of the gameās. Needing evidence Bruce or/& Tim are able to infiltrate and get invited to watch the games. Imagine the horror of seeing readers being one of the players. Oracle is able to hack into the feed and now the Bats are trying to find the location where the games are being held. They have to watch their forgotten family member try to survive.
Maybe readers reason for joining the games is because theyāre in debt or have a kid in the hospital that needs urgent surgery soon. They go to Bruce for help asking for money but theyāre turned away, told theyāre just like their mother.
Since I didn't see a full fic about it I am taking it in my own hands >:) Taking some inspo from how mouthwashing (the game) says its story (going back and forth so peices slowly come together rather than being a straight line) Hope you like it!
Money Money Money
This might have a part two... depends on how much time I have on myself.
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Warnings: Blood, Death, Spoilers (games based off of S2 of squid game and overall squid game spoilers), Neglect of a child. Guns.
How did things come to this? You have no idea. Having the "Wayne" surname is a blessing to say the least. Then how are you this in debt? Now that you realize... maybe you do remember. It's just too embarrassing to remember why. No, that feeling isn't embarrassment down in the pit of your stomach. Its something much more twisted. "Funny isn't it? Such a wealthy family yet you have not a single cent yet owe others what little you own." It hurts. It really does hearing such whispers. Growing up you never stopped hearing them. They didn't stop in a game of death either. Just for some petty change 455...455 lives are going to be lost. Last time you remember you didn't even know Gotham had that many people. Half of them are criminals. Of course they are. Gotham is filled with these people in every nook and cranny it can fit. No matter how much Batman works to keep it clean and free of bloodshed.
Your head looks up as a familiar group of pink guards come in. How did you get in here again? What is your name again? how long has it been? Does Bruce even remember you? Is anyone looking for you? So many thoughts so little time. Lets rewind it back a few years shall we? Before everything went off the rail? good. Because you need to remember. Why and How you are here.
Everything was...perfect before that happened. Your siblings were kind and loving and you had two caring and kind parents. A princess the media called. "The Cinderella of Waynes." Little miss perfect. However the word "Perfect" never truly stands forever no matter the context. Something will make it come crashing down. That is what you remind yourself every time you think about your family before the incident.
Your mother was (M/N). A powerful beautiful and lovely woman, and your father? The Bruce Wayne. Gotham founder and CEO of Wayne enterprise. But with money comes greed. You saw your mother with that man way before anyone else did. However you were only 8. How would you know what the context of cheating was? You just believed your mother. Unfortunately Gotham isn't a city where the word "believe" holds its meaning. Soon your elder brother Jason found out. Knowing him it was surprising how he didn't shoot his gun at her. Of course your mother made a run for it. Taking her man and a lot of money. Though that "a lot" was only felt by you since Bruce had an abundance of money. Though that didn't fix his broken heart. You remember the day clearly.
"Bruce you have to listen to me he is lying I have no other man!" your mother yelled out to him but Bruce just stood still. Even if his back was facing you, your child self could still understand he was seething with rage. "Get her out of here." There it was. His first words after 10 minutes of pure silence. "B, think calmly fi-" Your eldest brother Dick called out to your father just to get cut off. "I am calm. Alfred. Make her leave by sunrise." "Yes master wayne." The butler said before everything in your memory faded to black. What went after that? How did it go again? its hard to remember.
You look up to see its your turn to get the food taking the sandwich and milk you make your way to your bed trying your hardest to avoid unnecessary conflict. Sitting down on your bed shaken by the memory burnt in your brain never to leave any time soon. Some blood is still on your crisp white shoe they made every one wear. A few specks can be seen on the edge of your pants too. You look up at the counter. Around 80 people died in that game. You take the sandwich out of its wrap biting into it. It was chicken. Not that bad. Almost like a classic sandwich. You sigh at the memory of the game replaying in your head. You must look like a mad man with how close you are. But it doesn't matter. You can't afford enemies or allies in these games until you know what will happen next.
Blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. Your brain only musters enough courage to remember that. But you still force yourself too. You need to remember if what you saw was real or fake. It was that doll. It looked harmless but being with a family of people who want to keep you on check you knew that those eyes were cameras. And when the game was revealed to be "Red light Green light" you knew it wasn't just any camera. It was motion detectors. And your pathetic little guess was right. the little sniper heads poking out of the wall also did not help lessen the pressure on your chest. That is when the PA system called out. "1, 2, 3, start!" and the doll turned around. Singing with that childish voice too small for a size that big "Red light Green light 123!". The doll turned around the plastic face looking straight ahead as always but the eyes moving around. There was a woman who moved after 'it' turned. Because of a bee. And that is when everyone figured out what this truly was.
BANG!
that annoying PA system called out again. "Player 196 is eliminated". And there forth started the screams. People ran and begged for the door to be opened for the snipers in the wall to just shoot and kill off a quarter of the players. Bodies placed on each other. Blood on the doors. Blood on the floor for the people unlucky enough to not even make it to the door. Safe to say...You were scared. You don't remember much from what else happened. Everything went by in a blur. The shots the blood the bodies. Nothing you can remember. Why were you this unlucky? Why couldn't you just live normally once? those questions raced in your head like a horse in a betting game as you reached the finish line standing near the doll. Fuck that doll. You thought to yourself as you sat down to rest as the timer ticked. The doll was going faster and staying in red light for a long time. The people in the back will die. And seeing their face you know they know they will die.
You shake your head as a man calls you. 001 huh?...wait what did he say again? "I am sorry may you repeat that...?" He just chuckled and sat down beside you. "I asked why are you here. They showed you were only in like 20k debt compare to the millions here." His voice was smooth for a man that looked old as him. "I can't earn enough money for my college and university. My dad isn't going to pay me a cent I know that." "Aren't you a Wayne?" You almost wanted to laugh at how many times you heard that. If you got a cent for every time you heard that phrase. "No. I am (y/n) (l/n)." "(y/n) huh? well nice to meet you." He gave his hand out to me. You looked him up and down once before taking his hand and giving a shake. "It's going to become cold." 001 said out of nowhere. "Pardon?" You said looking at him "Your food. It's going to become cold." "oh" you only said that much before finishing your sandwich. The whispers around you grew quieter as the PA system came again "Lights out in 30." The big screen changed to a timer. 001 stood up before looking at you "If you need anything or want to be allies we can be a team together." He didn't say anymore and left. You threw away the plastic wrapping before laying on the bed. How long has it been since you laid on a bed with good mattress instead of a cheap sleep bundle? It was warm... and you had a blanket that was actually of good quality. You drift off to your sleep the small ring on your hand reminding you that you aren't completely out of the Wayne's grasps yet. This might have been the first time in a long while you slept a good night of rest.
"Dad?..." You call out to your dad who looks disheveled as ever after your mother cheating and running away came up. "Leave" His words were harsh the anger simmering for your mother's action going onto the person closest to that woman. You. "but dad-" "Don't call me that." Oh poor little you just never understood why everyone was like this. You walked around the halls watching how everyone who you tried to talk to would always snap or just tell you to leave if they had a inch of humanity for you left in them. You were a good child no? You got good grades you were always good while being out in public...then why are they treating you like this out of nowhere? This isn't fair...is it? And that is how the seed of insecurity was planted on your head. Ever little time you were brushed aside like a peice of furniture like you were another dusty souvenir on a shelf it jut made the plant grow. Roots started to form first making it unable to shake that thought out of your head. Slowly but surely the fruit was starting to grow in that plant of insecurity. Then the fruit ripped at the arrival of Damian Wayne. Your half brother. Of course you tried to talk to him only for the freshly out of assassination life child to pull out one of his swords and slash it across your face. He missed of course as you turned instead hitting your arm as his blade was long the wound was deep. A scar at least. And noticing this Dick instantly took me aside with Alfred cleaning my wound practiced precision like the ones Bruce has fighting as batman.
Dick's inner want to be a father type of character for his siblings came out as he spoke. Yet that wasn't for you. It was for Damian. "He is just a child. I was a child too. He had a tough childhood. I just want to be loved. Please forgive him. Won't you? for me?" You didn't know what happened. Your memory a blur but you still remember Dick's warm hand petting your head. Maybe you just nodded. Maybe you said yes. How long has it been since you were loved? Where you that touch starved that you don't remember a single thing except him petting your head? "I will come back to check on you soon" lies. You looked up at him as he left. Your head turns to Alfred as he finished treating your wound. "Are you alright ms.(y/n)?" "yes." You wanted to hug Alfred. He was...and still is the best of the best. The only person in the house you can call family. The only one that treats you like you are alive.
Before the last game.
You wake up to alarms as a shadow of a large figure with a yellow Bat on its chest. Batman. or better known your father. Bruce Wayne. He walks up to you the screen behind him showing the number of players left "1". Your blood runs cold You...won? You look at the bed of the other guy seeing him dead a knife at his throat. Right. He came for his wife and a few minutes ago news came that she died. A pathetic way to win. After all you can just never get glory. Your eyes land on Batman's. Red robin, Nightwing and Red hood not far behind looking around the room and checking it. Orphan and signal can be heard in the comms as they search the guards quarters with Spoiler and Oracle not far behind. Bruce's cold eyes looks down at you a shaky breathe leaves his lips keeping it slightly parted as he realized that I was safe. I was safe. I was safe. I was safe... "Why did you come here?" His voice was cold yet a hit of care can be heard if you listen closely. You wanted to laugh at how concerned he looked. Almost like he finally realized he has a daughter. "You left me with no money and no way to survive." You replied. Voice harsh. The same harshness that used to be used towards you while you were a kid from those you call family. "You could have called I would have lend you money!" Bruce raised his voice his eyes widened ever so slightly almost like he was scared he came to late. "You never answered." So many things in your head yet none come out. "You are coming home with me. Now. Oracle get all the information about this place and the people that run it. Fast. Nightwing go with (y/n). Take her back to manor." "Batman. I don't need your help." Your voice came out stiff yet your goal was the same as it was for all these years. To be heard for once. "This isn't help. I am bringing my daughter back to where she is supposed to be. And you aren't leaving the manor for a long while. Until I figure out that you are safe." "Now you remember I am your daughter? right...If I was missing then the Wayne name will be tarnished. That is why you are here." "No you got it wrong-" "Save it. You left me in the dirt while you walk in silk. Don't you dare act like you deserve the right to be like my family when only Alfred took care of me." "Sis, calm down lets go back home." "Stay out of this Nightwing. I don't need your help. Ever since that day... I was treated nothing more than a dusty picture in a frame. I was thrown away by you all. The people that the media calls my family." "(n/n) come home with us please. We realized our mistakes we want to start new." Jason's voice cut through. Soon the lights came back knowing time was running out and the fact that they didn't want me to die in a place where they won't ever see me again. They did their last ditch effort to take me back to where it's 'safe' or safe to them. "Tim, blue pineapple." Damian called out with Tim giving a slight nod before you felt a sharp pain on your neck.... A syringe. You looked at Tim who was behind you as everything faded to black.... You wanted to go home. Its cold. It hurts. Will you ever find your mother again?
a/n: sup sup sup????? so this is part 1 since its getting late and I am too lazy to click draft + I might have wanted to make it multi parted teehee :> so don't mind this being slightly longer than expected. Thinking about dividing it in 3 parts. Since this is already the beginning of the end how about the next part is the end of the beginning for your first chapter in life?
You notice the app at the end of the week. Itās tucked between your utilities and photo editor, under a name that doesnāt catch your attention at first. When you tap it, the screen lights up with a timeline. Everywhere youāve been in the past three days. Time stamps. Duration. How long you spent inside each building. Even the stops that felt forgettableāmarked and measured.
You just stare for a while, thumb hovering over the delete button.
But something keeps you from tapping it.
You think about the way Jinu held you that night. The way his voice dropped, low and raw, like it cost him something to say it out loud. Youāre mine.
Youāre not scared of him. Not exactly.
But your stomach twists a little when you walk into the kitchen and he greets you with a soft, āYou made it back fast.ā
You hadnāt told him you were leaving.
Still, he presses a warm mug into your hands like itās routine. Kisses the top of your head like always. You try to shake it off; youāve seen people ruin good things by overthinking. And Jinuāheās not like that. He loves you. That much has always been clear.
He just... worries.
That night, he offers to brush your hair while you sit between his legs on the couch. His fingers move gently, almost rhythmically, and after a while, you relax into him. He hums something unfamiliar under his breath. Itās quiet; a little haunting. Almost like a lullaby you half remember.
āI donāt want to ever lose you,ā he says.
You tilt your head up. āYou wonāt.ā
He smiles, but thereās something tight in it. Something that doesnāt quite reach his eyes. āThatās why I do what I do. To protect whatās mine.ā
You want to ask what he means. But you donāt.
Later, while you sleep, your phone lights up on the nightstand. The app refreshes. Quietly. Automatically. A message flashes across the screen:
Jinu turns his head. Watches your face like heās reading a story he already knows by heart.
He doesnāt reach for the phone. He doesnāt have to. He already knows everything he needs. Instead, he adjusts the blanket around your shoulders, pulls it up to your chin, and presses a slow kiss to your temple.
He starts showing up more often. Not in an obvious, clingy way; heās smooth about it. Always just happening to be where you are. Waiting outside your building with your favorite snacks. Running into you mid-errand like itās a coincidence. Texting you things like, āYou looked really cute in that sweater today,ā even though you never posted a photo.
You ask him how he knew. He just smiles.
āI pay attention,ā he says. āOther people donāt. I do.ā
He buys you a necklace with a little charm on it. Itās subtle; tasteful. You thank him and wear it without thinking much. Until one night, when he leans in close and says, āI like knowing you have a piece of me on you. Even when Iām not there.ā
Your stomach tightens.
But itās sweet. Right? Itās sweet.
He notices your silence and adds, almost sheepishly, āI just love you a lot. Is that scary?ā
You shake your head. Because what else are you supposed to say?
Then one evening, you find a folder on his desk. Itās thick, like itās been added to over time. Inside, itās filled with photos. Of you. Some youāve seenāInstagram posts, photos youāve sent him, vacation selfies. But some you havenāt.
You in the grocery store. You walking home. You through your apartment window. You sleeping.
You flip through them, your hands colder with every page. Your heart races.
You confront him, voice tight.
He looks confused, then hurt.
āI didnāt mean to scare you,ā he says, like thatās the part that matters. āI just⦠I like keeping track of you. So I know youāre safe.ā
When you donāt respond, he steps forward. Wraps his arms around you like heās scared youāll disappear. You feel him exhale against your neckālong and slow, like being near you calms something inside him that no one else can reach.
āIām not like them,ā he whispers. āI wonāt leave. I wonāt hurt you. Iāll always be here.ā
Abby
You forget the last time you picked out your own meals. The last time you stayed up late without him gently tugging you to bed, his voice soft but firm, the kind that didnāt leave much room for argument. Your phone buzzes less and less. Abby keeps it charged for you now. Updates your calendar. Takes your calls when youāre ātoo overwhelmed.ā
āItās easier this way,ā he says one night, setting your phone on the table, screen dim. āYouāve got so much on your mind already.ā
You nod, because you do. And heās right. He always is. Itās strange how comforting that becomesāhow easily he seems to know what you need, even before you do.
He cooks. He cleans. He restocks your shampoo before you realize itās low. But the more decisions he makes, the fewer you do. And it starts to add up. Quietly. Almost invisibly. Until one day you suggest something smallāchanging the show on the TVāand he gives you a look. Not upset. Just disappointed.
āYou trust me, donāt you?ā
You nod without thinking.
He smiles, brushes your hair back like nothing happened. āThatās all I need.ā
Eventually, he stops asking to hold your hand in public. He just does itāintertwines your fingers like itās second nature. Like itās how things have always been.
When you cry, he holds you with both arms like you might float away. He lets you fall apart against him and hums something low and steady until the shaking stops. His hands are always steady. They never tremble.
One night, when the house is quiet and your thoughts arenāt, you try to call someone. You donāt even know who. You just want to talk. But thereās no signal. And when you check your contacts, the list is empty.
You find Abby in the kitchen, wiping down the counters. He looks up with a smile like heās been waiting.
āYou needed me,ā he says simply, like itās the most obvious thing in the world. āAnd Iām here.ā
His voice never rises. His grip is never rough. But the more you try to pull awayājust a little, just enough to breatheāthe tighter his hands hold. The longer he lingers.
āYou donāt have to think anymore,ā he says, resting his forehead against yours. āJust stay with me. Iāll handle everything.ā
And you believe him.
Because when everything else feels like itās slipping, heās the one thing that doesnāt move. The only thing that makes sense.
He cups your face like youāre delicate; kisses your temple like itās a vow. His voice stays low and sure, always warm, always calm.
āYouāre mine,ā he whispers. āYou were always going to be mine.ā
Mystery
You didnāt know he was following you.
Not at first.
It started small. An umbrella leaning by the door before the rain started. Your favorite drink was waiting on the counter after a passing comment the day before. A missing key was placed beside your phone, like it had never been gone in the first place.
You tried to be logical. Maybe you were just forgetful. Maybe it was a coincidence.
But sometimes, coincidence feels too exact.
Sometimes, youād catch movement out of the corner of your eyeāa figure standing across the street, someone leaning on a wall at the edge of the train platform. Always far enough not to be certain; always gone by the time you looked again.
He never said anything. Not then.
One night, past midnight, you heard the door click shut. No footsteps. No voices. Just the soft sound of something being locked into place. You stayed still under the blanket, heart pounding, counting the seconds in the silence.
When you finally got up, the door was locked. The lights were off. Everything was in place.
Except your charger, which had been plugged in and looped neatly on your side of the bedāno longer tugged too short to use while lying down.
You didnāt ask questions. Not out loud.
But in the dark, you whispered, āAre you here?ā
No answer.
You went back to bed anyway.
The next morning, there was a folded note in your coat pocket.
Donāt be scared. I would never let anything hurt you.
The handwriting was neat. Deliberate. Familiar in a way that made your stomach turn.
You shouldāve called someone. Changed the locks. Packed a bag.
But that night, the room felt colder than usual. Heavier. And when the window closed on its own, you didnāt move. When the mattress dipped behind you, you kept your eyes shut and pretended not to notice the shift of weight.
Mystery never forces you to stay.
He never says a word.
But heās there; in every shadow, in every locked door, in the way your life fits just a little too neatly into place. You never hear him arrive, never catch him leaving. But you feel himāthe pressure in the air, the corners of the mirror that seem darker than they should be, the slow hum of cameras that donāt belong to you.
Heās always watching.
Not to punish. Not to hurt.
But to protect whatās his.
And even if you did run, even if you locked every door and turned off every light, heād still be there.
Baby
He doesnāt let go for a while. His grip is warm; comforting, even. But something about it makes your skin prickle. Itās like being held a little too carefully, like heās afraid youāll slip through his fingers if he doesnāt hold on just right.
Later that night, you find your old phone in the drawer of your bedside table, powered off and tucked inside a sock you donāt remember losing. The screen lights up when you press the button, but itās clean. Wiped. No messages, no photos, no history. Just a blank slate.
You stare at it for a long time before quietly setting it down.
Baby walks in not long after. He doesnāt say anything at first; just drops beside you, legs stretched out and head resting against your shoulder like itās the most natural thing in the world.
āI made dinner,ā he says eventually. āYour favorite. The one you said reminded you of home.ā
You nod. āThanks.ā
His fingers skim your wrist, gentle. āYou seemed a little off earlier.ā
āIām just tired.ā
He hums. āThen rest. I can handle things. Whatever you need, Iāll take care of it.ā
You donāt say anything.
He smiles at you again, slower this time. Like he knows you wonāt argue.
That night, he tucks you in. Kisses your forehead and tells you to sleep well. But he doesnāt leave.
You wake up sometime past midnight and find him sitting at the edge of the bed, still fully dressed, just watching you.
āI had a nightmare,ā he says when your eyes meet. āThat you left me.ā
You blink, unsure how to respond.
He climbs under the covers, wraps himself around you like itās instinct. His arms slip around your waist, holding you close, holding you still.
āI donāt want to be without you,ā he whispers into your hair. āEver. So please donāt give me a reason to make sure I never have to be.ā
His voice is soft. Still sweet.
But your chest doesnāt tighten the way it usually does.
You are, by all societal metrics, an absolute degenerate. You haven't touched grass in months, your sleep schedule is entirely dictated by tournament brackets, and your primary source of dopamine is starting flame wars in the comment sections of competitive gaming forums. You spend twenty hours a day in a dim room, surrounded by empty energy drink cans, aggressively typing slurs at teenagers online. You are a certified, unwashed loser, and your gorgeous, multi-millionaire Yandere!RichBoyfriend thinks you are the most precious thing to ever walk the earth.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend is a highly successful corporate executive who dresses in tailored suits and conducts high-level board meetings, yet his phone is constantly buzzing with notifications from your stream or your social media rants. Yandere!RichBoyfriend doesnāt just tolerate your online toxicity; he finds it incredibly endearing. While heās sitting in a glass high-rise negotiating business mergers, heāll casually scroll through your latest 40-tweet manifesto where youāre cyberbullying a random streamer over a video game patch, a soft, doting smile appearing on his face. "Look at them go," heāll think proudly. "So passionate."
Yandere!RichBoyfriend completely funds your pathetic lifestyle, and he does it with an intense, possessive joy. He treats your bank account like a bottomless pit for bad decisions. If you mention offhand that you want a rare $5,000 legacy skin for an obscure first-person shooter, the money is transferred to your digital wallet within 30 seconds. Youāll be mid-match, screaming into your headset, and a notification will pop up: Account Credited by your Yandere!RichBoyfriend. He doesn't care if you're wasting his wealth on literal pixels; he loves knowing that every ounce of entertainment you experience is entirely branded by his wallet.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend thrives on the fact that your lifestyle makes you completely dependent on him. He wants you to be an unmarketable, anti-social hermit because it means no one else will ever see your value or try to take you away from him. If you ever have a rare moment of clarity, looking at your messy room and muttering that maybe you should get a part-time job or go back to school, he will instantly shut it down with overwhelming, suffocating luxury. Heāll crawl into your gaming chair, pull you into his lap, and kiss your forehead. "Why would you ever do that, sweetheart? The outside world is exhausting and cruel. Stay right here. Buy your skins. Let me take care of the bills. You belong in this room with me."
Yandere!RichBoyfriend handles your terrible hygiene and health habits with a doting, overbearing discipline. Left to your own devices, you would survive entirely on instant ramen and stale chips. He compensates by hiring a private chef to drop off gourmet, nutrient-dense meals at your desk, forcing you to eat them while he sits on the edge of your bed watching you. If you haven't showered in three days because of a competitive grind, he won't be disgusted. Instead, he will literally carry you out of your gaming chair, run a warm bath, and wash your hair himself, turning your lazy neglect into an opportunity to handle you like a fragile doll.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend is your silent partner-in-crime when it comes to your online feuds. If a group of internet trolls starts ganging up on you and doxxing your account, they don't realize they've just signed their own corporate death warrants. Your boyfriend won't just report them; he will hire private data analysts to track down their real identities. By the next morning, the people who were bullying you online will find themselves fired from their jobs, kicked out of their universities, or facing sudden, mysterious lawsuits. He will hand you his tablet while you're waking up, showing you the data. "Look, love. The people who stressed you out yesterday no longer have internet access. You can play your games in peace now."
The true extent of his madness is that Yandere!RichBoyfriend has designed your entire environment to keep you a permanent, pampered prisoner. He loves that you are too socially anxious and lazy to leave the apartment. He has effectively built a high-tech, luxury fortress around your degeneracy. You are a toxic, screen-addicted loser to the rest of the world, but to him, you are a perfectly captured creature trapped in a digital terrarium, and he will gladly spend millions of dollars keeping you greasy, comfortable, and entirely his until the end of time.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend has a literal, calendar-tracked intervention system for your clothing. Left to your own devices, you would comfortably live, sleep, and sweat in the exact same oversized, food-stained grey anime hoodie for six weeks straight. He draws the line at biological warfare. Heāll walk into your dark gaming cave, pinch the hood between two fingers with a deeply amused but firm look, and pull you out of your chair. "Sweetheart, weāve crossed the thirty-day mark. This hoodie can practically stand up on its own. Itās going in the incinerator." Youāll whine and fight him for it, but heāll already have a plush, $1,200 designer replacement waiting on your bed pre-washed with his personal signature cologne so you smell exactly like him the second you put it on.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend treats your disgusting desk setup like a toxic waste site that he is privileged to clean. While youāre fast asleep at 7:00 AM after a grueling 14-hour ranked session, heāll quietly slip into your room in his pristine Tom Ford suit before heading to the office. Heāll methodically collect the mountain of empty energy drink cans, the crusty delivery boxes, and the crumpled chip bags, wiping down your custom mechanical keyboard with specialized tech-wipes. He doesnāt find it gross; he honestly finds it deeply comforting. The messier your desk is, the more it proves you haven't left the room, and that makes his possessive heart soar.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend has a massive, hilarious double standard when it comes to toxic behavior. If you tell someone on Twitter to delete their account and jump off a bridge over a bad movie take, he thinks you're a comedic genius and will literally bookmark the tweet to show his executive buddies as "peak modern satire." But if a random user replies to you, calling you "clueless" or "lazy," his entire corporate demeanor drops into pure malice. He will literally use his company's legal department to issue cease-and-desist letters for "digital harassment" to random teenagers across the country just to protect your right to be a menace in peace.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend handles your absolute lack of a sleep schedule by forcefully adapting his own. He knows you won't log off until the server resets at 4:00 AM, so heāll bring his work laptop into your room, sitting on your bed under the dim glow of your RGB strip lights, quietly approving multi-million dollar corporate budgets while listening to you scream at your teammates through your headset. The second your match ends and you let out an exhausted groan, heās already behind you, massaging your tense, hunched-over shoulders. "Good job tonight, love. You carried. Now, bed. I have a board meeting in three hours and I need to cuddle my favorite loser."
Yandere!RichBoyfriend weaponizes your laziness to ensure you never have a reason to interact with another human being in the physical world. If your PC mouse starts clicking weirdly, you don't even have to look up a replacement. By the time you wake up the next afternoon, three different top-of-the-line gaming mice will be neatly unboxed on your desk. You don't have to talk to the delivery guy, you don't have to run errands, and you don't have to look at the sun. Yandere!RichBoyfriend has streamlined your entire existence into a seamless pipeline of digital instant gratification, completely cutting off any survival instinct that might force you to step outside.
Yandere!RichBoyfriend has a habit of "buying out" entire gaming servers or lobbies if he thinks they're making you too stressed. If youāre throwing a massive, keyboard-slamming tantrum because a specific multiplayer game is riddled with cheaters or has terrible queue times, he won't tell you to play something else. Instead, heāll make a few phone calls, buy a massive block of shares in the indie dev studio, and force them to fast-track a private, dedicated server just for your IP address. Heāll walk into your room and slide a glass of iced coffee onto your desk, kissing your cheek. "There you go, sweetheart. I bought the devs. The netcode should be fixed now. Go break some hearts."
The ultimate reality of your dynamic is that Yandere!RichBoyfriend has successfully turned your self-destructive habits into his perfect trap. To the rest of the world, you are a shut-in, anti-social internet troll with zero life skills. But to him, your complete lack of functionality is a masterpiece. Yandere!RichBoyfriend loves that you canāt cook, refuses to clean, and doesn't know how to pay taxes because it means you can never leave him. You are his highly expensive, deeply toxic, pampered little house pet, safely locked away in a golden cage built of fiber-optic cables and designer sweatpants, and Yandere!RichBoyfriend wouldn't trade your greasy, chaotic self for anyone else in the world.
TW: grooming, death (not in great detail but characters die), angst
Your first life had become a shitshow that was kicked off by a car crash. The car crash killed your mother and injured you. However, it also lead to a mess when your father was asked to donate blood.
You see, your parents had a drunk threesome with Bruce Wayne, and turned out you were bruises biological child. This led to being shipped off to live with him.
You try not to think about how your father, the man who raised you, didnāt fight for custody. You try not to think about how he didnāt even speak to you after the funeral and how no matter how many times you called, he never picked up.
Bruce didnāt raise you. You were 13 when your mother died and you knew from the beginning that he did not want you around. He mostly had his butler Alfred look after you, even picking you up from the airport when you first arrived. Your impression of him was that he was closed off with everyone.(that was only partially true. He was closed off, but he was a lot more open with the people he considered his kids.)
None of your siblings tried or even thought about having a relationship with you. You tried reaching out, desperate in your grief for some sort of connection, but they werenāt there. They were like ghosts watching you, drown in a sea of loneliness and grief.
You didnāt chase after them. Your mother had taught you better than to beg for love.
You search for validation in school, but you would never be the popular type. Besides, moving to Gotham, had put you at a disadvantage as you were surrounded by children who had grown up together, most of which were rich kids raised rich. You felt utterly alone, and it was very hard, not to sink into the depression that you could feel at the back of your mind. The only kindness came from your math, teacher, Mr. Jamison, who would let you sit in his classroom during lunch and was always willing to listen to you.
It wasnāt until years later that youād understand he was grooming you. He never got far, since he died in a scarecrow attack two years after you arrived, but as you got older, you recognized how odd it was for a teacher to be that touchy or How weird it was for a teacher to offer for student to stay at their house
You left home at 17 with the suitcase that you had had at 13 when you arrived and a positive pregnancy test that you took after a one night stand. Alfred was the only one who said goodbye to you.
Out of all of the people in that house, Alfred was one of the only people you could forgive. He tried at least. You recognized that.
After you moved, you got into magic, which eventually led to your patron, a goddess whose name was lost to time who had been trapped for centuries in a statue, you found at an old Wayne property that hadnāt been visited in decades. Your patron taught you to harvest the magic that was already in you, giving you a feeling of being alive that youāve never truly experienced before.
You had two beautiful months with your twins and your patron. Two months of bliss and happiness and feeling truly loved for the first time in a long time.
Two months of true joy until the day your son was killed during a battle between the justice league and a sorcerer
Your patron had taught you about magic and how your type of magic could call on other pees and tell your emotions amplified your magic. You would only realize too late that the magic user had its own patron, a being of insanity and chaos that saw your grief and tried to funnel magic into you to cause problems. They didnāt realize the madness that they had given to the sorcerer would funnel into you (then again, you had never been the most stable)
You became like a supernova, destroying the world with your grief. You took over the world and coded it in blood with only your rage as a guide. Most of the world was rubble by the time you started to calm down, but the madness in your mind and in your heart never ended.
You spent almost 18 years ruling over the world in your hatred and madness. The survivors who you did not take as yours formed or rebellion that you often sent your servants to fight. You preferred to look for ways to bring back your son or to spend time making sure your daughter was safe. You wanted to shield her from all of the monsters outside. (Shield her from the monster you became)
She did know, though. She knew about the madness that consumed you and the atrocities that you had done. She saw the flickers behind your eyes, the constant fear in your gaze. She saw your pain. She never saw you as a monster, always seen you as her mother, but she knew you were not Good for the rest of the world. You were a good mother, but you were not a good person
You never realized her friendship with the rebellion. You never heard about how she would sneak down to the dungeons where your servants kept rebels. You didnāt know about her friendship with Bart Allen. Didnāt know about how she confided in him about your tragedy, even if her version of events was distorted. Your daughter never truly knew everything that happened to you. She didnāt know anything about her father. (a one night stand that had been more of an act to reclaim your power and independence than it had been about any real desire or love.) she didnāt know how her brother had died, only that it had been sudden and that the justice league had been involved (She knew your grudge against them for her brothers death. She just didnāt know that her brother had been collateral damage.)
Your daughter died during one of the only fights against the rebellion that you ever joined in. She died from a ricocheted bullet bleeding out in your arms as you tried desperately to help her. Your magic ran wild, energy swirling in the air. (Unknowingly fueling the Time Machine the rebels built to send Bart back)
You didnāt feel the tug on your magic as the machine activated, but you did feel when your madness was ripped from you, and you could finally see everything you had done with clear eyes. You screamed and grief and pain, unaware of the red haired boy with tears in his eyes watching you before he turned and ran through the portal the machine made. You were unaware of the machine, getting ready to explode, but your patron, who had become so weak after spending so long tugging at your madness, gathered the last of her magic and attached your soul to the machine.
You felt a light kiss on your forehead and a whisper of āStay safe my priestess. Find peace and happiness in this new life.ā Before the world shattered and everything went white.
You wake up abruptly, your skin against cold linoleum and itchy fabric that you remembered oh so well pressed tightly against your skin. Your eyelids fluttered open, and you see a dead manās face looking down at you with concern.
āAre you alright, sweetheart?ā Mr. Jamison asked, his unshaven face looking the same as when you were fourteen.ļæ¼
When everything hits you as to what happened, you barely manage to get out a choked āBathroomā before pushing yourself up and sprinting to the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet before puking.
You heave over the toilet for a few minutes before you are done. You spend a moment just sitting sprawled on the floor before pulling yourself up, gripping the top of the toilet paper container like a lifeline.
You stumble over to the mirror, and gaze into it. You look the exact same as you did when you were fourteen, right down to the fading freckles. Your lungs squeezed as you breathed, and youāre reminded how out of shape you were at this age. It took you moving out and having two energetic children for you to start moving around and exercising more, and after causing the apocalypse, it was even easier to lose weight. It was something oddly comforting (even if you know you will have to deal with it earlier)
You canāt stop looking at your reflection. Intellectually, you had always known you looked very similar to your daughter, but now all you could see in your reflection was hers. You have to choke back a round of sobs
It takes ten minutes before you are willing to leave the bathroom. You stumble towards Mr. Jamisonās room, relying on muscle memory to guide you. Seeing his face brought forth another wave of nausea, but you force it down.
āI think Iām sick.ā You croak out. Now that you know to look for it, you see the barely veiled anger and frustration in his eyes before he masks it with fake concern, and you barely manage to disguise your disgust as holding back vomit.
Luckily, he seems to buy it, though he insists on bringing you to the nurse. You try to hide your discomfort at his touch. Luckily, itās easier to pretend you are sick when someone is making you feel physically ill at their touch.
The nurse doesnāt even bother taking your temperature and just lays you down on a cot, insisting you lay down since āyou look like you can barely standā.
She tries to call Bruce twice, but he doesnāt pick up (you feel a pinch of old bitterness in your heart, but youāve long given up on that man ever being there for you.) She calls Alfred next, who picks up on the second ring.
You doze as they talk, feeling the weight of everything starting to settle over you like heavy smoke. You donāt really know if you truly fall asleep, or for how long you sat there, but the next thing you know, the nurse is helping you up and guiding you out to the sidewalk in front of the building, where the car waits.
You vaguely notice the worry in Alfredās eyes, and remember how this would be the first time you had been picked up early due to sickness. In your time with the Wayne Family, you had gone to school sick too many times to count, hoping that your perfect attendance would gain some semblance of approval or acknowledgment. (It never did, and you felt both sorry and embarrassed by your younger self now. Mostly embarrassed about how many times you must have infected other people)
The nurse helps you into the backseat, and you just slump into it, feeling your exhaustion hit you like a freight train. You knew Alfred would panic at your silence, since you never could stand silence in the past and would constantly try to fill it, but you couldnāt bring yourself to care. You were still reeling from seeing your daughter die, and from coming to the past. You had no energy to give to trying to act like your old self.
The drive was quiet as you thought. You could vaguely remember your patronās words, but the exact wording was becoming harder to remember. The madness was gone now, but now you were left with the guilt of all the innocent people you had killed, all the things you had destroyed (all the mothers you had forced to feel the same grief as you). Your heart ached and you had to choke back a quiet sob.
You barely noticed when you arrived back at the manor, too wrapped up in your memories of what had been but never would be. Alfred opened your door and helped you up, his movements gentle. His warmth brings you back to the present, making you cling to him like he was a lifeline. (He was real. You could feel the warmth of his skin. He was real and you really were in the past)
Alfred was rarely caught off guard, but you were certainly making him feel off balance. The call itself had been a shock, since he knew you were well that morning, not to mention how much you prided yourself on your perfect attendance.
He also knew you had a test today, one you had excited rambled about on the way to school. The thought of you faking it was easily dismissed. You cared too much for your academics for you to do that
He was shocked to see the nurse supporting you as you walked to the car. She had told him you were unwell, but you looked as if you had been in a warzone. Your eyes had the same shell shocked look of many soldiers, and your body shook slightly as he assisted the nurse into helping you into your seat. (The nurse informed him how you had no fever, but you had vomited and been shaking.)
The biggest sign of something being horribly wrong was the silence. You were never quiet, always tapping or humming or rambling on about something, if you werenāt asking him to play something on the radio. The silence was almost suffocating, and when he glances back at you at a red light, you look like a shell of yourself, your eyes glazed over and your body completely still. (He turned on the radio when the light turned green. You didnāt seem to notice.)
He helps you out of the car and could see how you react to the touch, leaning into it as if it was a drug and you were hooked. (Were you touch starved? He couldnāt remember the last time he had hugged you, and it was unlikely anyone else in the manor had. It wouldnāt explain all of your symptoms, but it explained why you leaned so deeply into his touch)
He supports you on the way to your room, practically carrying you up the stairs (you couldnāt focus on your surroundings or how heavy you must have been to him, relishing the feeling of being held.) He tucks you into your bed like a child, smoothing a hand over your forehead, noting how you leaned into it (and how cold it was). He moves to leave, but you grab his hand. (You know your being selfish but fuck it, you saw both of your children die and are now a child again, you deserve to be selfish)
āStay, please.ā Your voice is fragile, but itās the first thing you have said since he dropped you off this morning. Alfred knows he wonāt be needed for another few hours. Usually, he spends this time cleaning, prepping for dinner, or doing the mountains of laundry that came from the Wayne Family. He should be doing those things.
Instead, he pulls over your desk chair next to your bed.
āOf course, my dear.ā The endearment slips out, but you donāt seem to mind it. He stays by your bedside, reading a book on your nightstand and running his fingers softly through your hair as you fall asleep.
He sits by your side for almost three hours before he has to leave to pick up Master Damian from school. (During that time, Alfred does his best to soothe you as you mumble pleas of mercy and forgiveness in your sleep. He mentally notes the names you let out, promising to do his own private research on them later. For now, he can only soothe you until you sink into a dreamless sleep.)
(Neither of you are aware of the magic spark in your belly. Your patron may have sent you back, but your own magic had dragged two souls back with you. You missed your children too much for your magic to leave them behind)
Edit: I hope you all enjoy this! Iām not sure when the next part of any of my series will be out, but I promise I will work on them eventually. Hope you all are having an amazing day.
TW: PTSD (two separate incidents), non graphic character death, descriptions of shock, non graphic violence
The next few days are absolute hell. Alfred was constantly worried about you. He barely let you out of bed the first day after you came back, and it took him three days to agree to let you go back to school. (To be fair, you knew you werenāt acting like your old self. You did try, but it had been almost 20 years since you last saw him, and the majority of that time you were cursed and/or mourning, so you were a little rusty.)
Luckily, your lack of fever helped convince him, as well as promising to call him if you needed to go home early. The fact that it was a Friday also helped.(You couldnāt miss anymore days. You didnāt want to risk changing things before you were ready to deal with the consequences.)
School was much louder and much more crowded than you remembered. Then again, after the apocalypse started, you had gotten used to being alone or with only a few people. While your body is still 14, your mind
It was only after you arrived at school that you remembered a fact that had been very important to your younger self. Mr. Jamison taught two of your classes. One class was on Monday and Wednesday right after lunch. The other, however, was your last class of the day on Fridays.
You knew he noticed when you didnāt go to his classroom for lunch. You tried to hype yourself up for it, but you ended up just spending that time in the library. You couldnāt make yourself face him right now. (It was almost ironic. You, the person who had destroyed the world and killed most of the heroes, were afraid of a thirty year old man who taught math.)
You slid into your seat just before the bell rang, avoiding his eyes. You could feel his eyes on you, and it made your skin crawl. Throughout the class, you only answered questions when he called on you and didnāt raise your hand at all. You didnāt want attention.
In hindsight, trying to avoid him probably wasnāt the best idea, since at the end of class he asked you to speak to him privately for a moment. You nearly puked when he put his hand on your shoulder and asked how are you were doing. Your mouth moved, and you could vaguely hear yourself explaining that you were feeling a bit better, but still nauseous, but it was distant, almost like another person was saying it.
You carried a short conversation with him, but your mind didnāt focus. You went on auto pilot, keeping all of your focus on not punching him or puking or screaming. (you may have underestimated how much of an effect he had on you at the time.)
Finally, you managed to excuse yourself, claiming your ride needed you, and you raced to the school gate. However, when you got in Alfredās car, you werenāt alone. Tim was sitting next to you, typing on his phone and not paying attention. You barely heard Alfred explain that Tim needed a lift to Wayne Enterprises over the blood pounding in your ears.
It took a few minutes for you to calm down. No one seemed to notice your panic thankfully, with Alfred more focused on driving and Tim focused on his phone. Your breathing slowed and you allowed yourself a moment of rest,ļæ¼
Then, you heard the screaming and something changed.
(you never forgot the screaming the day your son died. You had left them with the babysitter for the first time, since you were interviewing for a job and you didnāt want to bring them to the interview. You were on your way home and had just gotten a text from the nanny about how she had taken the kids to the park when you started hearing the screams. It always seemed like the screams followed you as you ran.)
(The screams didnāt stop when you found your dead nanny, when you searched the rubble and found your crying daughter and your lifeless son. The Screams didnāt stop as you looked up to see the battle still raging, and Superman brushing rubble off of him from being thrown. They only stopped when you made it stop.)
(you made the screaming stop by becoming stronger. He became stronger to protect the only one left. You needed to protect her.)ļæ¼
Tim never really thought much of you. You had only joined home a year and a half ago, and while you seemed like an OK person, you werenāt very interesting. You didnāt even know about their vigilante identities, and Bruce had told him not to tell you.
Tim had never really thought that much of you. Until today.
He heard the screaming a split second before you grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the car. He wouldāve protested if heād have the time, but instead, he just watched as you also hauled Alfred out of the car. Alfred was clearly confused, but followed along a lot easier than tempted. You dragged the two of them as if you were on auto pilot looking for shelter. Your grip was like iron.
Tim looked back after hearing something only to realize that the car had been demolished by a building. Even if they had driven at their fastest speed, if they had still in the car, it would have been damaged or even crushed by the building.
You pulled them over to a shoulder. Screaming wrong in your ears, overlapping with the old screens, but youāre desperately focused on what you could. You remember this attack. You had been in this attack before. Scarecrow would be attacking the surrounding buildings for another 15 minutes before Signal distracted him.
Then, you realized where he was attacking in something inside of your mind snapped. He was attacking a playground, one where you could still see some children who were trying to breathe through the fear toxin. In a split second, your mind cleared.
You remembered your breathing mask in your bag and immediately took it out. You could tell that Alfred and Tim were trying to talk to you, but their voices were like static. You got your mask on and double checked that you had things that could work as masks for the other others. And then you ran in.
It became methodical almost. You ran into the gas, grabbing the children two at a time and bringing them back out of the cloud. You handed most of them off to either Tim or Alfred or the other people who slowly started gathering at your part. You didnāt know how long it took scarecrow to notice. But the next time you went into the gas, he approached you.
His words were like static in your ears. Your vision tunnel and all you can think about was how much of a threat he was. You werenāt sure if your mask was failing or if it was just your own mind, but scarecrow started looking like the sorcerer that day. Your mind kept flashing between the two and the blood rushed in your ears.
Duke didnāt know what he had been expecting when he arrived on the scene, but it was not seeing Tim frantically cradling two children, while a gaggle of civilians, surrounded them, talking to the kids and directing them. Alfred himself looked torn between soothing the child in his lap and going into the gas. You could also hear scarecrow screaming, but it wasnāt his usual laugh that sounded like a scream. It was real screams of pain.
He went into three after putting his mask on. He didnāt know what he expected, maybe that red hood or Nightwing had gotten there before him, but he definitely didnāt expect to see you, the only civilian in their family, beating scarecrow with a metal bar that looks like it been taken from a swingset. Scarecrow looked rough, and for a moment he thought you were under fear toxin, but when he got closer, he noticed your mask.
Still, he put his hand on your shoulder, trying to talk to you. When you turn to him, he froze. Your eyes were flashing, cycling through colors like a pinwheel. Your face wasnāt angry, or scared, just grim determination.
You didnāt know how long youāve been hitting him. You didnāt know how long you had even had the metal bar. The only thing you knew was that everything went great for a brief moment or what felt like a brief moment, before there was a hand on your shoulder vigilante talking to you.
You let signal lead you out of the gas in a days, feeling numb. You barely noticed that he was carrying scarecrow behind you or that scarecrow was unconscious and bloody.
You only really came back to yourself when you felt a small tug on your shirt. You looked down to see a child who looked barely two, smiling at you. You slowly pick the kid up, your hands automatically going to the correct places to hold the kid. You listened to the kid gush about how cool you were and how he had been so scared but you found him and were you a hero?
The childish voice grounded you. You held the toddler (whose name was Liam) as the paramedics, who had apparently arrived just after Signal, started treating the adults. (Liam explained how the paramedics had checked on the kids first due to Tim insisting and showed off his Batman bandaid from where he had been injected with the antidote.)
You only let go of him when a paramedic came over with Liamās father who took his son in shaking arms. The paramedic checked you over and gave you a shock blanket.
You were guided over to Alfred, whose hand was big and skinny but unquestionably real. You ignore Tim staring at you with bewilderment and Alfredās lecture that quickly died when he realized you were holding his hand like a life raft. Instead, he pulled you into his arms and you breathed.
(Tim gave his statement to the police while you stayed tucked in Alfredās grasp. The police wanted to interview you, but Tim wasnāt afraid to use the Wayne name to get them to leave you alone. He couldnāt stop looking at you. You were so small in Alfredās embrace, looking nothing like the person who had stumbled after Signal. Your blank face had been terrifying, and had felt something twist in his gut when Signal told him that you didnāt seem to react to any sounds, even though he had figured as much after you started going into the noxious gas without responding to Alfredās yells or his own shouts.)
(He would never admit how relieved he felt when you picked up that kid, or how his breath had caught when you smiled at the child in your arms. (He wanted you to smile like that at him) He tried to ignore his jealousy as you practically collapsed into Alfredās arms. There were more important matters right now, like making sure the cops left you alone and getting his little sister home.)
(He didnāt even realize this was the first time he had thought of you as his little sister. He was so wrapped up in his concern that he didnāt even realize how you had stopped just being Bruceās daughter in his mind to being his little sister.)
Edit: I hope you enjoy! This is getting darker a lot faster than I thought it would, but Iām not complaining. Let me know in the comments what you think!
TW: mentions of derealization and dissociation, descriptions of dead bodies (brief), Nightmares
You donāt know how you got home without the police questioning you, since most of your memories are very distant. You vaguely remember Alfred calling someone, and a very quiet car ride, but after handing over Liam, you had zoned out for a bit.
You had had episodes like this in your first life, mostly after the apocalypse started. You would lose time, nothing would feel real and youād come back to yourself later. (Once, your daughter was injured by a survivor you had let in. It took you a day to come back to yourself, but when you did, the traitorās dead body was hanging from the gates and your daughter was asleep in your bed, with the door barricaded.)
You came back to yourself back in one of the manorās many parlor rooms, your back against a very plush cushion, and holding a warm doll. You opened your eyes (you didnāt remember closing them) only to hear a clicked tongue way too close to you. You immediately let go of the doll boy you had been holding onto. You immediately brace yourself for some scathing critique of your actions, but all Damian does is click his tongue again and leave the room, returning a few moments later with Duke, Tim, and Alfred, who was holding a tray of food.
You can tell they all have questions. Tim looks like he has so many questions that he could burst, Duke looks wary, Alfred looks concerned and vaguely sad, and you werenāt even going to try and read Damianās expression. You awkwardly reach for the tray, leading to Alfred putting it down on a small table he pulls in front of you.
Thankfully, you manage to get through eating with minimal questions and lying. Alfred reassured you that all the children are safe and the Wayne Foundation had covered all expenses for their medical care. (All of the kids were given checkups and treatment for exposure to Fear Gas.) Thankfully, everyone thought Signal was the one who beat up Scarecrow, and none of the witnesses told the cops anything different.
When you asked about giving a statement to the police, Tim told you he had used the Wayne family name to get you out of it. (You didnāt bother to remind him you had always been Y/N L/N, not Y/N Wayne)
Tim did ask about how you knew to get out, but you just stayed quiet, and he oddly didnāt push, though that might have been due to the Look Alfred was giving him. Alfred quietly tells you that you were not going into school on Monday, and that heād decide if you could go back on Tuesday or Wednesday. You started to protest (what if the timeline was further fucked up?) but you didnāt have enough energy to argue for too long.
The rest of the night was oddly quiet and you barely had to spend longer than a few minutes in the parlor before you were able to excuse yourself to your room to get ready for bed. (You donāt notice the microscopic camera Tim planted in your bag.) It doesnāt take you long to finally fall asleep,
You wake up silently screaming, bile rising up your throat as you stagger to a bathroom and let your guts out. The images of your daughterās broken body next to your sonās, one tiny and one bigger but still too small, is burnt into your retinas, and you can already tell you arenāt going back to sleep for a bit.
You donāt even bother trying to go back to your room, knowing that the white walls will only make you feel worse. Instead, you let your muscle memory guide you to Damianās art room.
You had started painting in the future-that-wonāt, as a way to bond with your daughter, but you had found genuine enjoyment in making abstract paintings, and had used it as a way to cope on the nights that your mind screamed for blood.
Itās 2 oāclock in the morning when you break into Damianās art studio, holding only your phone and headphones. You ignore the paintings Damian has hung along his walls in favor of grabbing three blank canvases and several paint pallets. You turn on your headphone and within minutes you have a playlist of songs that remind you of the days before the apocalypse, back when you had toddlers who insisted on dance parties in the living room and lullabies at night. You put your phone down, and face your canvas
Damian doesnāt know how to treat you. Before tonight, you were an unremarkable person who was unjustly gifted his fatherās blood. You were a blip on his radar, a minor inconvenience to plan around, and he rarely (if ever) truly thought of you. (he had noticed Pennyworthās distraction as of late, and his concern about you, but had dismissed itā¦. Until tonight.)
He had already been home when Signal radioed the Batcave, and had been in the foyer when Pennyworth and Drake brought you home. (Your eyes were too empty. Your body was too stiff. You looked like a soldier, but your eyesā¦. They were like Fatherās; dark, empty and hollow.)
When you came back to yourself, he focused on you for once. While he is not as gifted in reading people as Cain, he still noticed the tension in your shoulders, the slight flinch when Drake asked how you knew of the danger, and the momentary turmoil in your eyes when Pennyworth told you you would not be going back on Monday.
He remained silent after you went to bed. While father was in space on a mission, he had forbidden Damian to patrol alone. Drake was working on a case with Gordon. Todd, Brown and Cain were patrolling, while Grayson was still in Bludhaven. While Pennyworth had insisted that he try to sleep early, he felt too restless to sleep.
Itās 4:35 in the morning when he hears a small sound from his art studio. He immediately retrieves his sword and approaches it, preparing to use his phone to inform Pennyworth of the situation when he hears the humming.
He looks in and sees you. Your back is to him as you paint and hum. He spots your headphones, and briefly wonders if he should alert you to his presence. Instead, he silently closes the door, sits in a chair by the door, grabs a sketchbook, and starts sketching absentmindedly as he watches you.
Your painting style seems both abstract, patterned and emotional. You constantly switch between standing or sitting, even occasionally moving your chair to a different angle. However, what he finds most interesting is how you switch between two canvases.
The first canvas is a chaotic splatter of blacks and reds and greys. At one point, he sees you just flick your paint brush, letting the red splatter across the canvas. (He notices that red is the only one you splatter like that, while the greys and blacks seem more layered.)
The second canvas is more orderly but bizarre. You were seemingly using two of his smallest paint brushes and were painting two small symbols he didnāt recognize over and over again in different shades of the same four colors.
Itās 5:12 when you finally stop painting. By then, both pieces are fully colored, and you can tell you will be throwing away the first painting. (It looked too much like the first days after your son died, the blood and ash and dust clouding your sight.)
You turn and freeze when you see Damian sitting by the door. He looks annoyingly calm, clearly using his charcoals to create something.
Your emotions are twisted, the combination of your recent dream, your haunting memories, and how looking at him right now reminded you too much of how much you both looked like Bruce (and how his appearance was too similar to your son) led to you doing something you wouldnāt usually do.
You approach him quietly and hand him the abstract painting before just going to your room, clutching the painting of the runes close to you. (Y/D/N loved purple and yellow, while Y/S/N loved green and blue more. You hadnāt realized it at the time, but you painted the runes you had carved onto their doors as children in their favorite colors.)
You hang the second painting on the back of your door (a reminder of your best creations). You sit and stare at it for a while before you finally lay back down, but itās the last image you see in your mind before drifting off into a dreamless sleep)
Edit:I hope you guys like this update! I should be posting the new chapter of the Yan!Batfam x Neglected!Reader x Yan!OHSHC in the next two weeks or so, but I hope you like this while you wait. Also, should I name the twins?
Obsessed with the idea of Bruce's neglected daughter and wife (of convenience whom he has a love/hate relationship) being the ones in charge of handling the public image and reputation of the Waynes because, since they're the "civilian" ones, they're the ones who go to all the galas and events to represent the Wayne name and so they've learn every trick on the book on how to navigate high society.
So when for whatever reason the times comes and the rest of the batfam are forced to drop their masks for once and attend these events because "you have to remind people you're Waynes too", they have no option but stick to the civilians of the family because they're mostly clueless and don't want to embarrass themselves.
Bruce has a tad bit more experience, but he's ditched so many of these over the years that at some point he's lost some touch and has to let his wife do the socialising for him (not like he minds, gives him the excuse to dissociate and maybe appreciate how hot she looks a little). Everyone else tho? They need to be monitored and move in groups to minimise the chances of disaster.
Like, back then when Bruce "died" and the whole family scrambled to do damage control, one of the things they had to take care of was the Wayne's reputation. To protect Bruce's image and ensure the public didn't suspect much, and that meant going to galas to remember everyone they were his children and reassure them that everything was under control.
They thought fighting criminals and solve world-shaking conspiracies was hard enough, but turns out nothing prepared them for these kind of battles. The ones fought with carefully calculated words and perfectly rehearsed smiles behind cups of expensive drinks or fans. There's no "villain" or henchmen to defeat, only a horde of venomenous snakes trying their hardest to bite them when they least suspect it. The weapons are rumours and the shields the amount of money in the bank accounts.
Imagine Bruce's daughter having to teach Cass and Steph how to dress, how to talk and how to move, because members of high society will look at them through magnifying glass and the slighest detail they spot that's out of norm can and will be turned into their downfall, so every single detail about their appareance has to be measured and chosen with purpose, down to the colors to the brand of make up to the lenght of their eyelashes.
"These people don't miss anything. They'll use any opportunity to take you down, so there's no room for mistakes. If the high-heels hurt your feet or the dress itches you, bite your tongue and smile."
"By the way, everything we're doing is possibly being recorded. Just because you can't spot them, doesn't mean there aren't any cameras.
Imagine Mrs Wayne having to keep a firm grip on Damian's shoulders the whole time because the boy keeps trying to sneak out for air (aka, ditch the event and probably fight some criminals) and she can't have her husband's son to run off like that because it would tarnish their hard-won reputation and "Damian, be a dear and leave that knife where you found it. If you stab someone it's going to be a PR nightmare to deal with."
(It's not like she cares whether he stabs someone or not during the event. Won't be the first time things get bloody on these things, because rich people can't handle their liquor. She just doesn't think the headache that follows afterwards is worth it)
Imagine having to teach all these emotionally stunted, some even socially awkward young crime fighters, to deal with the annoying press, dodge knives (both metaphorical and literal ones), read the room, say the right things at the right moments, dress up accordingly to every possible situation, avoid certain people and stick to others regardless of your personal feelings about them, keep a graceful facade the whole damn time, and the most important:
No. Sharp. Things.
You want to fight someone? Insult their entire lineage or pour your drink over them, that's the standard. You can also plot their downfall from afar. But pulling out weapons is considered "too low" and "unproper".
(Jason wasn't very happy about it)
Speaking of Jason, he rarely comes to the events because he's "legally" not part of the family anymore (he's dead lol), but Mrs Wayne forces him to come to a few and only a suicidal fool would say no to that woman, so Jason Todd shows up in a tuxedo she specifically chose for him and with his hair done by her too. Bruce's daughter finds him incredibly useful to scare off annoying suitors.
Dick used to do plenty of these as a kid, but he's lost a lot of experience through the years. And he's very dissapointed when he learns that "no, you can't make acrobatic tricks on the chandelier, Richard. That thing costs more than the catering already. Keep your feet on the ground."
By the end of these things, they're all forced to admit that, well, maybe being the civilian ones of the family and mingling with high society isn't all sunshine and rainbows...and maybe these poor girls have more merit for enduring it all than they were given.
Damian: "I must say, your self-control is impressive. How do you manage to mingle with these clowns every other day without strangling them is beyond me. Perhaps...you aren't quite as useless as I originally believed."
Mrs Wayne: "Why thank you, dear. It actually becomes easier once you learn that there are better ways to make someone pay than by strangling them."
Damian: "What do you mean?"
Mrs Wayne: "Oh, nothing you need to know, sweetie. By the way, if you see Mr Harrison turn blue all of a sudden, don't say anything. It's a normal thing in these parties ā¤."
Daughter: "And remember, when in doubt, follow the Triple G rule."
hi!!! i absolute love your work, its really a comfort place for me! ive been thinking about doing a headcanon request for some time now, and now i feel is my chance!
i was thinking about the lis being like, soft yanderes with a somewhat depressed reader- they decide to take matters into their own hands and take their sweetheart away from their troublered life! a safe house, of something like that cattered to their every whim. i was thinking of a more pinky, softie reader, any gender alike. i know you mostly do sfw, so if thats easier for you it doesnt have to be nsfw!
im very grateful for the content you curate for us! take care!
ļ¹ā”ļ¹I'M ALIVE! and yES, OMG, YEEEEEES, i love soft yanderes, i love requests like this, yes gawd ź°ĖµĖᯠĖĖµź± !! knowing that my blog is someone's comfort place makes me so, so happy. i'll keep doing my very best, i pinky promise! ā” also, i think i got carried away explaining the... before-they-take-reader-away part (? but it is because i looooooove explaining what i think their point of view would be! (and the LI's and reader are in a situationship, no relationship established yet!) hope that's okay, anonnie (ą¹ā¢Ģ į ąøĢą¹)
he could take the tiredness, the stress, the sadnessā¦
earth was such a scary place to live in, but it didn't have to be.
he didn't want it to be for you.
and he knew you would try to live all by yourself, he knew you were persistent and would try to fight and keep going, because that pretty head of yours was so stubborn.
but he told you, he told you he was there for you, and he was always one step ahead, planning how to fix everything for you, how to turn things your way.
and still, that wasn't enough.
of course it wouldn't be, because you insisted on being away from him, living in a small and dull apartment.
he knew it wouldn't be good for you; being independent and intending to deal with so much stress by yourself.
so he prepared everything in advance, waiting for the moment you finally realized life would be so much happier and lovelier if you ran to his already outstretched arms.
when he heard your voice on the phone one day, that oh so lovely and pleading voice, asking if he could come see you, he was there in a heartbeat.
because, again⦠he knew this moment would come eventually.
there you were; his poor baby, crying non-stop and clinging to him as soon as he entered the door.
you looked tired, drained, exhausted.
you just had to push it, didn't you?
you had to push it until you eventually faced the consequences of your actions.
and god, did he hate seeing you so broken, even when you had to learn your lesson one way or another.
āoh, sweet babyā¦ā
he softly cooed, caressing your hair and pulling you closer.
he kissed your forehead tenderly, and then he looked into your eyes with the softest, most loving gaze ever.
āi'm here. i'm finally here.ā
you truly felt tired, you didn't know what to do anymore, and he just⦠he got you. he always knew what you needed.
he kissed the tip of your nose, and then cradled the back of your head so you could rest it on his chest.
āhm, there, baby. i'm here for you, i'll take care of everything.ā
how could you turn down that tempting offer?
you nodded, looking up at him. even when you didn't fully understand what that implied, you trusted your long-time friend to take care of you, as he'd been asking for all of these years.
āgoodā¦ā he whispered, kissing your forehead afterwards. ālet's go, yeah?ā
and the life you knew before was swept away in less than twenty-four hours.
it only took one shaky āyesā on your end, and he took you with him.
no clothes, no belongings.
you wouldn't need them, anyway.
the drive was quiet and a little bit blurry.
you had fallen asleep in the back of the car, after caleb gently brushed the bridge of your nose to help you relax, just like when the two of you were little.
you woke up in a strange place, but it felt familiar, warm, homey.
your favorite scented candle was lit, the couches had the prettiest pink cushions, your childhood plushies were carefully placed all overā¦
you explored the kitchen, and the cabinets were full of your favorite snacks, the ones you used to sneakily eat as a kid, and those cookies you thought they'd stopped making.
the bathroom had your usual body wash, your favorite flowers to keep the space fresh and fragrant, as well as two toothbrushes.
for him, and for you.
he watched your reaction intently, trying to avoid panic, discomfort or any negative reaction out of you.
however, you were taking everything in with wonder and curiosity, mostly because your current state of mind didn't allow you to further analyze the situation.
his hand hovered over your lower back, and he guided you to the main bedroom.
āyou can rest here, baby pips. no one is going to hurt you, no one is going to rush you, no one is going to demand anythin' from you. not anymore.ā
he promised, gently caressing your head.
and as he helped you lay down, he took your phone out of your pocket.
you turned your head around, clearly wanting to ask what he was doing, and he smiled.
that boyish smile that always managed to comfort you.
āyou don't need it, pips. not here. i'll handle everything, like always.ā
and you remembered all of the times he had handled everything. from the bullies, to the fights with friends, and even to those nights when you called him, saying how the world felt too big, too harsh, too dangerous and cruel.
his eyes warmed upon seeing how you gave in without noticing.
āyou've always been mine to take care of, baby.ā
and he knew better.
he always knew better.
you closed your eyes, the weight finally slipping from your shoulders, and you finally fell into a peaceful slumber.
ā...and i'll make sure you always are.ā
caleb whispered āsworeā still with his hand on your head.
he was constantly lurking, constantly appearing, constantly watching.
whenever you weren't looking, he would stare.
and he would notice every single thing.
if your eyes looked a little bit more tired, if your skin looked dullā¦
he would mentally trace your features with so much intensity yet so much gentleness that not even being on high alert would let you notice his gaze.
recently, though, he noticed all the small changes.
one would say it is extremely difficult to see someone's appearance change from one day to the next.
but he could.
he studied you as if you were his favorite masterpiece.
as if he had to study each stroke, each shadow, each color used, and even those tiny details that only a skilled artist would add to such a beautiful piece.
you were perfect, absolutely perfect.
however, he could pinpoint exactly what part of you seemed different.
not only physically speaking; also in your demeanor.
and he knew you also noticed those changes in yourself.
but you were too tired and defeated to do something about it.
yet he couldn't blame you nor complain.
you were such a sweetheart, always worrying about everyone else and putting yourself last⦠but he wouldn't let you, not anymore.
when you went to his house, looking quite different; consumed, downcast, out of your usual sweet self, he smiled.
not because your current state was humorous to him.
but because enough was enough, and you would finally, finally see it and understand what he'd been trying to tell you all this time.
āmy pearl, look at youā¦ā he whispered, outstretching his arms to hold you. āyouāre fading.ā
you wanted to speak, to justify yourself, but he shushed you so, so sweetly, almost as if dealing with an injured and small creature.
āno, no, don't, cutie. you'll convince me that you're fine, but are you? hm?ā
he lifted your chin and tilted his head, looking into your tired eyes with worry.
you felt like crumbling under his loving attention, and obviously, you couldn't lie to him any longer.
he kissed your forehead, and after holding your cheeks as if you were a delicate, precious seashell, he took you to his bedroom.
on his bed lay a half-opened suitcase with scattered clothes, some of which you could recognize as yours.
it seemed like he was caught mid-preparation.
but in reality, he had this ready months ago.
he guided you to sit on the edge of the bed, kneeling between your legs to gently undo your shoelaces.
āthere we go. can't have you walking around when you're so tired, can i?ā
he took your shoes away and gently caressed your legs, kissing your knees and up to your thighs reverently.
when you tried to speak again, he softly nibbled on your skin, looking up with those pretty eyes.
his long eyelashes fluttered slowly, as if it pained him to stop looking at you, even for microseconds.
for you, his gaze was genuine and pleading.
for him, it was coaxing and urgent.
extremely so.
āyouāve done enough, my pearl. you've given enough, too. now just⦠allow me.ā
he reached for the suitcase and pulled out one of your favorite fuzzy, pastel-colored sweaters.
one you thought had gotten lost during one of your trips with him.
he slipped it over your head, as if you were too fragile to dress yourself.
āso much better.ā
the soft color made you look better already; brightening up your features.
even when you felt dizzy and overwhelmed by everything, you couldn't find the strength to speak up and show him you were still self-sufficient.
not when he was fixing your hair, the collar of the sweater, the sleevesā¦
and when you finally felt some peace after having a chaotic, stormy mind for a long time.
āweāre going home, my pearl.ā
he smiled, and soon stood up to close the suitcase.
you had never heard him refer to anything other than his own house as āhomeā, so you felt confused.
but when he pulled the suitcase with one hand and used his other arm to swoop you up and carry you away from everything, that doubt became blurry.
just like the drive here.
you woke up to the deep scent of salt and the gentle waves singing a lullaby, even in the coldest of nights.
the place was surrounded by nothing but rocks. big, algae-covered rocks, and an endless ocean no matter where you looked.
everything was beautiful, undoubtedly.
the high roofs carried the most gorgeous chandeliers, and the white curtains flowed softly as the gentle breeze sneaked through the french windows.
and even then, in every room, you could find yourself.
your comfy pillows, your favorite slippers, glass jars with all the seashells you found pretty yet always returned ātoo sweet to steal them from hermit crabs.
portraits of you adorned the place.
some of them you knew about; you had even seen the sketches.
but the ones you'd never seen before? they looked real āalmost like photographsā as if he had caught your soul in them.
his devotion was clear, and every corner carried your likeness and essence.
his lips brushed against your ear, his voice as gentle as the ocean's pulse outside.
ārest, my pearl. you're home.ā
his warmth engulfed you entirely, and at least for a few seconds, you felt safe enough to forget there was nowhere else to go.
cats were independent and adventurous, and he wouldn't want to take that away from his lovely kitten.
so he just watched as you went on with your life at your own place, still happily visiting and spending some time with him every day, and allowing him to stay some nights with you.
but it wasn't enough.
never enough.
and now that he's seen how stressed out you are?
how you stay awake, unable to quiet down your mind or relax, for at least a few hours?
do you have any idea how much it pained him to see you struggling?
to see you sulk, cry, or temporarily avoid your hobbies because you couldn't find the energy or motivation to do them?
it broke him.
him; the seemingly unbreakable and indestructible man, found himself shattering when he saw you anything but happy.
yet, he stayed quiet.
it wasn't because he wanted to ignore you, far less to diminish your pain.
oh, no.
he was controlling everything, very, very carefully.
every sob, every tear, it was almost as if he kept them, counted them, all until they overflowedā¦
and, inevitably, you'd come looking for him.
he knew it would take too long, because you were so optimistic and hardworking despite the awful circumstances.
but he also knew how fragile your sweet soul was, and he wanted to lure you in.
almost like catching a stray kitten and bringing it home.
to a safe, warm, and loving home.
so, every time you went over to his place, he waited with your favorite warm drink and your favorite blanket.
he had all the time in the world for you, so you never had to beg or wait for his attention.
when you were happy, he would give you even more reasons to be, by giving you different gifts, engaging with you in whatever you asked him to do, and kissing you until you were a giggly mess.
when you were feeling down, however, he would listen to you attentively, caressing your knuckles and holding you against his chest.
until his heartbeat became everything you needed to calm down.
and slowly, without even realizing it, you began to tie every warm, safe feeling to him.
he knew exactly when you were going to finally break down and come to him, and you did.
you appeared at his doorstep, with those pretty eyes reddened and puffy.
you automatically sought him out, clinging to his chest as soon as his eyes landed on yours.
ākittenā¦ā
his deep, comforting voice rumbled against your trembling form, and he held you instantly, picking you up and guiding you to the privacy of his bedroom.
casually, everything was ready and waiting for you.
the pastel pink pajama set you had left at his place, a comforting snack, your favorite movie playing in the background.
if it wasn't because you felt so weak and broken, you would've questioned why everything looked so⦠staged.
but right now? everything was exactly what you needed; what you knew he would provide for you.
and he held you, of course. he fed you, changed you into your pajamas, reassured you, kissing away your tears and making you see just how warm and safe your world could be if you let him help.
and since you've been struggling for a long time to find a solution that just⦠made everything bad disappear, hearing his words gave you hope.
because he would never lie to you, and he had shown time and time again how capable he was of providing a safe space for you.
āyou do not have to go back there, sweetie,ā he whispered, and the cold tip of his nose met yours. āunless you want to?ā
you quickly shook your head.
the idea of leaving his embrace and facing once again the coldness and hardships outside sounded like hell right now.
he smiled, but you couldn't catch it.
āthen i will keep you right here, kitten.ā
and he doesn't mean here, in his bedroom.
he means here, as in his arms.
because he'd take you away as many times as he had to, but you would always be protected under his wing.
when you finally fell asleep, floating on the dreamiest clouds while he whispered sweet nothings to you, he quietly stood up and carried you away.
when you stirred, you noticed the air around you was warm and eerily still.
different.
the bed was softer, and it was wrapped in the coziest, prettiest patterned blankets which smelled like him.
you were surrounded by some of your belongings, most of which shouldn't even be here āyet were.
trinkets, snapshots, clothes, plushies he'd won for youā¦
there were no city sounds, no windows either; at least not in the bedroom.
when you walked outside, however, you noticed the place was stunning.
and the only thing keeping you from panicking was sylus' scent and trace in every single room.
his footsteps approached with a steady rhythm, and his shadow fell on your back.
āgo back to bed, kitten,ā you quickly turned around, and his intense gaze found yours before he cupped one of your cheeks. āyou're right where you belong now.ā
and as his thumb brushed your cheek, you found yourself believing it.
because how could you not believe your safe person?
the situation had been manageable for a few months.
he lived close, he was always visiting you or crashing at your place, under the pretense of needing something, or wanting your help.
but most of the time, he liked it when you came over to his place instead.
there, he could keep you within reach, know exactly where you were, and be absolutely sure that no other person could even look at you.
furthermore, he could ensure your well-being and know exactly what you needed, watching you in a domestic setting where you usually let your guard down and allowed yourself to be needy and honest.
he would act clueless, naturally.
he would ask vague questions, look at you in silence, pretend to be resting just so you could fully be yourself and show how you truly felt by crying or writing your feelings down āwhich he would later read.
and recently, now that you've been feeling different, he's been ārestingā more.
obviously, he did this because the last thing he wanted to do was drive you away by asking lots of questions.
and knowing you, he knew you would lie to him and say everything was fine.
so he just observed.
when you thought he was just peacefully resting under your covers, without a care in the world, he was observing.
when you came home and found him there unexpectedly, sitting on your sofa, you thought he had fallen asleep waiting for you.
but he hadn't.
he wanted to see how many times you came back home looking defeated.
how many times you sighed, how many times you threw your bag away as if it carried all of your heavy burdens.
and when you least expected it, he was already taking matters into his own hands.
he was sneaky, he could surprise you, he could appear out of nowhere and startle you every single time.
but tonight?
he made himself known.
his footsteps echoed as he entered your apartment.
he already knew where to find you, and when he did, he approached.
you couldn't read his expression, nor did you question why he suddenly burst in.
after all, he'd been like this for quite some time, so you were used to it.
āmy starlight.ā
before you knew it, his coat was wrapped around your shoulders.
his hands were steady āas steady and gentle as his voice.
āno more.ā
is all he says.
what does he mean by it?
why is he quiet now?
he brushes his thumb under your eye, and he confirms what he already suspected.
you'd been crying.
āxaviā¦ā
āshh.ā
he quietly tapped your lips once, as if trying to shut them down.
āyou've carried enough. no more.ā
he nods subtly, as if reassuring his statement.
because he was certain, and he meant it. he wouldn't allow it anymore.
he pulled his coat tighter around you, as if wanting to surround your space with him.
with his love, his scent, his peacefulness.
ācome.ā
he stood up and outstretched his hand for you, almost like a prince inviting you to dance.
a never-ending dance.
you stared at his hand, and then up at him.
it was a gentle command.
subtle, because he knew you wouldn't refuse.
and you obviously didn't, as you took his hand in yours and your eyes became watery.
āyou trust me.ā
no, he wasn't asking.
he was stating.
he knew that you would question him, that you would question your loyalty if he gave you the chance to think about it, so he assured you.
and he was so convincing that you agreed, nodding weakly.
he pulled you up and carefully lifted you into his arms, carrying you away.
where? you didn't know.
he took you to the roof, where he helped you decompress under the moon, with soft caresses and longing kisses on your lips.
your skin was glowing thanks to the moonlight, and he made sure you were loved enough to finally fall asleep, totally worn out and blissful.
when you woke up, it wasn't to the city noises, as when you two usually napped in this same spot.
you woke up to a dim artificial light, to the warmth of the coziest quilts, the snuggliest pillows, all of your plushies arranged against the wall.
close; but not enough to replace xavier as your sleep companion.
he was waiting, sitting on a comfy armchair in the corner as he read a book.
when you stirred, he glanced up before putting the thick book away, approaching you with a soft smile.
your mind was hazy, almost as if you were dreaming.
the place smelled familiar, the room had pretty and shiny trinkets, as well as luminous star stickers on the roof.
they were carefully arranged, though; each one creating a constellation, like the ones he had taught you about.
you were in your own little galaxy, yet the walls felt⦠suffocating .
it was safe, but cramped.
he laid down and curled up behind you, pulling you close.
āyou've been under the wrong sky for too long, my star.ā
and despite just waking up from a long, much-needed sleep, you felt drowsy again.
āthis one is better,ā he murmured against your ear, noticing how your eyes fluttered closed.
āxavi, where are weā¦?ā
he tangled his legs with yours before kissing your nape.
āfar enough,ā he closed his eyes too. āyet close enough to never let you go.ā
you were just so sweet and loving, so understanding and attentiveā¦
he could keep an eye on you, but never really intervene unless he deemed it necessary.
after all, he just needed to use his knowledge and unlimited love for you to understand his point of view and get away from harm's way.
he truly had it easy.
until you started to crumble right in front of his eyes.
no sleep, no lunch, no smile.
just a lost expression and constant naps during the day āand never out of tiredness; always out of fear.
fear of facing your problems.
fear of your burdens getting stronger, or worse.
fear of them increasing.
you listened to him at first.
when he told you to talk it out, when he told you to come over so you could properly eat, when he offered you to stay the night so you two could sleep togetherā¦
but you distanced yourself more and more, and now you only visited his office before going straight back to your home.
you wouldn't listen now, not even when he talked to you as your primary care physician.
that's when he got scared ābecause if you didn't listen to him, who would you listen to?
he decided to start visiting you instead.
he went to your house, cooked for you, brought pastries, stayed until you fell asleep.
yes, he had offered all of those things before.
but now he just went over and did them, no questions asked.
āzaynie, i don'tāā
āit is in your best interest.ā
ābutāā
he just needed to turn around and look at you.
his piercing eyes were always gentle for you, but you also knew that his word was law, so you'd usually quiet down and let him pamper you.
on the low, though, zayne was meticulously arranging his detailed plan.
he was a man of action, and he needed to ensure everything went smoothly upon your realization.
he was always right; and you just needed āas alwaysā a bit of guidance, because you weren't dumb.
at all.
you were just naive and persistent.
unable to recognize when the situation had spiraled out of your control, until you fell in too deep.
and you really did fall quickly āand during the week he was the busiest.
it was very late, and he drove to your place.
he walked to you, looking mindlessly out the window; the food he made was left untouched, and tears streamed down your face, one after the other.
sleep deprived, again.
his breath hitched, and you turned around.
āzayneā¦ā
you weren't in the mood for lectures.
yet he didn't want to lecture you.
he walked up to you and cupped your face.
his fingertips felt cold against your skin, but his eyes?
oh, his eyes had this warm intensity, as well as a doctor's precision, as if he were evaluating every detail of your current state.
āyou are dehydrated,ā he noted when he brushed your skin with his thumbs. āhow long have you been crying for?ā
you looked down.
hours; he knew it already.
āhow much more are you going to take?ā
you didn't know how to answer.
his questions were making you think, and the more you did, the more you⦠realized.
good.
he tilted your chin up and kissed your eyelids, tasting your tears without intending to, yet not complaining either.
he nuzzled your head with his cheek, and held your nape to pull you closer, until your arms shakily fisted his dark coat.
his arms tightened around you, and you felt grounded after floating aimlessly for a while.
āi let you make your own decisions,ā he spoke again, and you looked up. your cheek was squished against his chest, and he looked down at you with tenderness, but also seriousness about the situation. āand look where that has brought you.ā
you wanted to say that it wasn't that simple; that you didn't choose to feel like this.
but he is a doctor.
he knows; you know he does, so what he is telling you must be meaningful and true, right?
āi let you try to prove me wrong, but you did not. you could not.ā
you swallowed the shame, knowing he was right.
āright now, you are not capable of making the choices that will keep you safe,ā he continued, his voice now quieter. āso i will be taking them for you.ā
he pulled back and took your hand, walking with so much familiarity around your place as he headed to your bedroom.
he pulled out your favorite bag and packed some of your pretty sweaters and cozy pajamas; the ones he couldn't retrieve secretly before, as he knew you would notice.
you, oh so sweetly, followed and sniffled.
āwhere are we goingā¦?ā
he carefully folded everything, and then he looked up at you.
āon a trip.ā
he took your hand gently, and you tensed up while you two exited your home.
it wasn't apprehension; it was a mix of relief at not having to decide anymore, and fear of not feeling better even after doing something you loved ālike traveling with zayne.
during the drive, you asked some questions, and he made sure to answer, even if vaguely.
he purposely took the long road, knowing you'd fall asleep in no time.
and when you woke up, it was already daylight.
it was snowy outside, the windows were frosted, the wood panels creaked, and the warm fireplace cast an orange glow on your sleepy frame.
it smelt like jasmines; it felt cozy, and there were dozens upon dozens of bookshelves with books zayne had recommended to you before.
his arms were wrapped around your waist, and his lips remained pressed against your forehead, as if giving you a reverent kiss that he intended to last forever.
āslept well?ā
he whispered, and you, thinking this was just another trip, nodded, already feeling better under his care.
āwe will stay here for a while.ā
forever, he wanted to say.
but that would never escape his lips.
āzaynie, what about your workā¦?ā
he hummed and nuzzled your cheek.
āno thinking, my love. rest.ā
and his warm voice made it sound easy, like he was offering you a vacation.
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Other Versions: Sylus / Xavier / Zayne / Caleb
Rafayel:
āWeāll always be friends right?ā You remembered the little human girl with pigtails asking as you and Rafayel stood around her. All of you were children back then, playing together on the beach as you always had that summer.
āOf course!ā Rafayel barked enthusiastically. Meanwhile, you only nodded, quietly watching them both giggle together.Ā
You and Rafayelās families have been close for generations. Your ancestors were always chosen as retainers for Rafayelās noble family members. This is why you both were raised together. You were being primed to become his attendant. This fact made you believe you and Raf were bestfriends, but seeing how easily he and the human girl got along with each other, it made you question your belief. This tormented your 12 year old self, and you couldnāt stop yourself from feeling jealous. Why did Rafayel like her better than you? He only met her this summer, while you knew him your whole life!
āY/N! Why are you standing there all grumpy! Come play!ā Rafayel snarkily asked before approaching you and grabbing your hand. Your cheeks heated up from the contact, and you nodded and followed, like you always did. For the rest of that day, the three of you played for hours. Circling between swimming, making sculptures in the sand, playing tag, or playing make believe. As always, besides the ache from feeling like a third wheel, you had a fun time, laughing along with the other two.
By the end of the day, all three of you were out of breath. Sitting on the sand, watching the sunset, while enjoying the juice boxes MC brought. As you sipped on the tangy mango juice, you briefly looked to your side and saw MC and Rafayel leaning on each other. Speaking in hushed tones although they were in their own world. The pang in your chest returned, and all your young self could do was close herself off. Holding your knees to your chest, and looking at the sky, feeling alone and outside their orbit. After an hour passed, MC got up and wiped off the sand on her skin.
āItās getting late. I have to go before they discover I left. Iāll see you both tomorrow, bye!ā MC gave a wide grin before jogging away. You could see Rafayel pout as she left.
āI wish we could take her underwater with us. Sheās my bride, we shouldnāt be separated.ā You sighed before sitting right next to him and giving him an encouraging smile. Despite your feelings, he was your priority.
āI know, but weāll see her tomorrow.ā Rafayel whined before getting up and reaching out to you.
āOkay, letās go home.ā
ā¦
Unfortunately, you were wrong. After that night, you both never saw that little girl again. You and Rafayel visited that beach several days straight after her disappearance, but she never came back. The longer she was gone, the more irritable Rafayel got. You tried to comfort him, and later to convince him to give up his waiting, but he remained stubborn and would lash out if you pushed too hard. You would both stay on that beach for hours, waiting for a girl that would never show up.
His stubbornness came to a head during a stormy day. Under the water, you could see the dark sky and the rapid waves. You knew it was too dangerous to go to the beach that day, but Rafayel wouldnāt listen. You begged and pleaded for him not to go, but he didnāt care. He had to see his bride no matter what. You saw his small form vanishing into the large waves, and your heart immediately dropped. You were afraid to chase after him, but you were his retainer. It was your job to protect him. So, you tried to follow behind him. Unfortunately, since you didn't possess the same godly powers he had, it was a lot more difficult, even with your tail. You were constantly pushed around by the swirling sea.Ā
Miraculously, the waves shoved you to shore, but you could barely walk. The dizziness and exhaustion made you barely able to move. All you could do was crawl on the sand, desperately calling Rafayelās name while the harsh winds blew rain and hail onto your weakened and freezing body. It felt like hours before you finally found him, sitting below a palm tree, curled up.Ā
āRafā You called before using your last ounce of strength to walk up to him and kneel next to him. He didnāt react to you, he sat there silently, while large pearls fell from his eyes.
āRaf, Raf, please we have to go home.ā No response. You shook him aggressively. You were desperate to leave the beach. Since youāve arrived, the sky has only darkened, the lightning was approaching, and the wind and rain had gotten too strong. āRaf, please! Look at me.ā You grabbed his cheeks, forcing him to look directly into your panicked eyes.
āThis is too dangerous, Raffie. We have to go home now, please.ā You could feel the young sea god trembling in your hands.
āShe promised me she would come back. Why would she abandon me?ā You frowned and took a breath before hugging him as tightly as you could.
āI donāt know, but Iām here Raffie. Iāll always stay by your side.ā Rafayel nodded slightly before returning your hug and nuzzling against you. Momentarily, you felt safe until you heard a monstrous cry. Both you and Raf quickly looked up. Appearing on the beachās shore, blocking your exit was a beast covered in oceanic crystals. A creature you both recognized as a deluge wyrmlord. You looked at Raf and you could see his face go white. As part of your education, you both learned how to fight, and have defeated lower leveled wanderers before. However, nothing this strong. The monster seemed to be observing the two of you.
āWhat are we going to do Raf?āĀ
āWyrmlords usually attack from far away. We canāt fight it, we can only run. We need to split up and not look back ok?ā You could hear your heart drumming in your ears, yet you bobbed your head, and looked to the young man for his signal. The moment he nodded back, you ran as fast as your small legs could take you across the beach, which wasnāt far. Your previous exhaustion and the cold sand freezing the skin of your legs and feet were debilitating. Every step was a struggle. Your feet would constantly either get stuck or freeze, but you had no other option. You had to push through. That meant even when the monster roared and began throwing crystals in both your directions, you moved forward with your heart skipping a beat after every dodge.Ā
Towards the end, you were short of breath, but near the water, near to safety. You smiled at the prospect of being in the clear, when you heard a grunt from behind. You werenāt supposed to, but you glanced back and noticed Rafayel on the ground. He had slipped and was now stuck in the sand. You could see him desperately trying to free himself while the beast took notice. The wyrmlord twirled towards him, before sending another barrage of crystals in his direction. Your heart stopped. You had to make a quick choice. Abandon him and get help, or save him, disregarding yourself. The choice wasnāt hard.
With all the might you had left, you ran towards him and pushed him out of the way. Clearing him from the attack, but putting you directly in line with it. After hearing the whizzing of the crystals flying past you, you felt an excruciating pain. The last thing you recalled was squealing and Rafayelās mortified face before blacking out.
ā¦
The next time you woke up, you were back under the sea. Lying on your bed, all bandaged up with your parents, Rafayelās parents, Rafayel himself, and your tutor around you. You sneaked a smile to Raf, but he only looked away ashamed. Your heart wrenched when you realized his eyes and nose were red and puffy from crying. You wanted to reach out and comfort him, but suddenly, your tutor started to speak.
āY/N, Rafayel, you were extremely irresponsible.ā He proclaimed looking down at you two with his arms crossed. You immediately felt a pit of shame in your stomach. āYou both should know you arenāt supposed to be going to the land on your own. You are too young! It can be dangerous, and even worse, you both went during a storm! This is completely unacceptable.ā Simultaneously, you and Rafayel bowed and apologized. Your parents all stayed silent, either fuming, or worried in the background. Meanwhile, your tutor glared and continued:
āAnd Y/N!ā You flinched. āYou are supposed to be Rafayelās keeper. You should have known better and stopped him. How do you expect to be his retainer while being this reckless?ā Rafayel furrowed his brow before standing up.
āItās not her fault! Iām the one who pushed to go today, and the days before. She was just following my idea. Iām sorry, teacher, and Iām sorry Y/N.ā Rafayelās eyes were misty, as he bowed to you. You could feel your own eyes tearing up. You grabbed Rafayelās hand and gave a reassuring squeeze.
After the storm, as children, you and Rafayel never went back to your beach again. Instead, you both left your childhoods behind and focused on the roles you were assigned. Spending day and night sharpening your minds and skills. You, being groomed to be Rafayelās right hand and weapon with your new scars around your body being a reminder of your sacred duties. While, Rafayel was training to act as the remaining Lemuriansā Sea God. Everything was going to plan to the contentment of both your families, but your course in life changed when Rafayelās parents died. You both were only 18.Ā
It was a tragic affair. Even as his retainer, you werenāt given privy of the exact details. All you knew was, like so many Lemurians, his parents were victims of human greed. Killed for their scales and blood. After their death, Rafayel was different. For the first year after his parentās death, he was despondent. He did everything as he was instructed by his tutors, but he was lifeless. Following orders and completing his responsibilities like a robot. You missed him terribly during that time. He barely spoke, or laughed. You would try interacting with him, but it felt like you were talking to a wall. It was lonely, but you still remained by his side. Sitting next to him, even when he refused to talk back and acknowledge your presence.Ā
However, during that time, you noticed he started to pick up art, mostly painting. He did it briefly before, but he seemed more fascinated with it now. Multiple nights, you would watch him paint. Watching him paint strokes onto a canvas, feeling hypnotized by the angry movement. You admired the beautiful pieces he would create, but a part of you was disturbed as well. Initially, most of his pieces were realistic depictions of blood in the waves and sand, or bodies rotting in seawater. You watched cautiously, aware it was most likely a method to cope with the death around him, but it scared you. Had all his grief, abandonment, and responsibilities crushed and destroyed the boy you cared about?
Although it was bleak, you remained faithful and waited, until one day, you noticed his paintings transform. His paint strokes became less angry, instead more focussed and delicate. He stopped painting the sea in red, rather, they would be painted in beautiful hues of orange and pink. He even widened his subject scope. He started painting people, including you, different places like beautiful flower gardens, or cityscapes youāve never seen in person. He would even answer when you asked him questions about his work while cracking a small smile. Your heart beamed with joy at his recovery, especially when he gave a quiet thank you for staying. You remembered the wobbly smile on your face, and tears building up in your eyes. Rafayel returned, but what you didnāt realize was that your Rafayel had a new goal in mind.
One day, out of the blue, he invited you to his study room that was converted to his personal studio. You entered the room, and it looked the same as usual. Messy, with paintbrushes and tools around the floor, and pieces scattered everywhere. In the middle of the room, you spotted Rafayel on a ladder working on his latest piece. You laughed to yourself, seeing his concentrated and scrunched up face, and moved to meet him while evading the clutter on the ground.
āGood Evening My Lord.ā You bowed deeply while giggling as you saw Rafayel roll his eyes at your formalness. āHow may I assist you today?ā The man scoffed before climbing down the ladder.
āCan you please stop with the āmy lordā address. Weāve known each other for 20 years, I thought we were past formalities at this point.ā You chuckled again before leaning on the ladder. While relaxing, you glimpsed his new work. It was a beautiful slender, pale woman with warm hazelnut hair and eyes lying on the beach. She looked familiar.Ā
āBeautiful isnāt it?ā
āIt is, who is that woman?ā You asked, feeling suddenly irritated.
āYou donāt recognize her?ā You shook your head. āItās my interpretation of what I believe MC looks like today. Actually, sheās why I wanted to speak to you.ā You were hit with a wave of nausea as you sighed. Here he goes again with MC.
āWhat did you have in mind?ā You asked robotically. Rafayel smirked before walking around the room, circling around you.
āI need your help with my current plan. I am leaving the sea, and going back to land.ā Your eyes widened. Considering everything thatās happened, you couldnāt believe he would want to return there.
āWhy? Isnāt it safer to stay here? You know how ruthless humans are with us Lemurians?ā Rafayelās lips pursed before continuing.
āI know, but I canāt stay underwater hiding away forever. I want to live, Y/N. I want to explore art further, not just by myself in this room. I need to be out there to help our people. Also, I need to find my bride, MC.āĀ
Guess I wasnāt enough.
Disheartened, all you could do was stare down at the ground.
āIf thatās what you want. Who am I to stop you.ā All you could feel was sorrow from the news. You finally had your best friend back and he was going to abandon you for the land, for MC? You had the urge to escape, you bowed and were about to take your leave, but suddenly, Rafayel grabbed your hand.
āImpatient are we? I havenāt even finished. I want you to come with me?ā He said it nonchalantly, but he was staring at you intensely.Ā
āI donāt know Raf I-ā His brow furrowed, and he had a small pout on his face. He looked absolutely adorable. You knew he was exploiting your weakness.
āPlease, I need you Y/N. I wonāt be able to do any of this without you. Please.ā You sighed before firmly squeezing his hand.Ā
āOf course I will help you. Iāll always follow your lead.ā
ā¦
A month later, you both packed up your bare essentials and moved to the surface. It was nerve-wracking, but luckily, Rafayel had inherited some money, properties, and vehicles from his parents. So, you both were able to easily get by. Although you both were lucky, neither of you laid around. Rafayel started training under the best artists on land, while you focussed on the tasks your boss demanded. Besides helping any Lemurian you could, your other goal was to find MC. You needed to keep an eye on her, and make sure Rafayel was updated.
Finding her wasnāt as difficult as you assumed it should have been. Searching online, and hacking various databases, you were able to pinpoint her in Linkon city. Apparently, she was studying to become a hunter, which should have been obvious to you considering her former obsession with Lumiere. Once you found her, as often as you could, you would watch her. Writing down every detail about her and relaying the information back to her groom.Ā
Unfortunately, watching her made you more frustrated. When you both were younger, she was the cuter one with her rosy cheeks, large deer-like brown eyes and pigtails. Now, she was even more stunning. As Rafayel predicted, she was slender, tall, had porcelain perfect and unscarred white skin, long silky chocolate brown hair, and almond shaped eyes that matched.Ā
The worst part was what Rafayel didnāt guess. She was courageous, strong, kind to all around her, and hilarious. You knew by her spitfire personality, she would match perfectly with Rafayel, and that was the biggest problem. You tried to deny it over and over, but your heart wouldnāt listen. As you both grew up, Rafayel also became more handsome and charming. Especially, when he stopped following what everybody else wanted and pushed for his own desires, while still willingly helping your people. He grew into himself and it made you fall hard. However, although your crush on Rafayel completely absorbed you, you kept it all under wraps. You forced yourself to realize the cruel reality. You were at most his friend. You would never be his bride, or the woman he loves. In fact, you kept repeating to yourself, one day, he will move on from you and pursue MC.Ā
ā¦
Unexpectedly, a few years passed and you were still waiting for your abandonment. Rafayel had stopped studying, and began his successful career. He was the new hottest artist in Linkon City. He was doing so well that he hired a manager, and had exhibits every month. You thought once his career took off, he would finally pursue MC, but even when she graduated and became a hunter, he refused.Ā
Instead, he started acting strangely. The change started slowly. Surprisingly, the first thing to go was MC. You noticed he asked you to keep an eye on MC less frequently, until he stopped inquiring about her completely. It seemed he was content playing house with you since he insisted you both remain living together at his beautiful mansion next to the beach. You justified it by his need for his retainer, but he started demanding your presence when you had free time. Even pouting when you refused.Ā
Another odd change was how he treated you. It was subtle. When you spoke to each other, he would be more flirty. Dropping in the occasional pet names. Joking around about āhow you belonged to himā. He also always needed to be touching you. Either he would hold you in his arms, put his hand on your back when guiding you, or even just lay his head on you. You even caught him staring at you a few times. It all made you jittery. You loved the new attention, but you couldnāt deny the truth. You knew you were a temporary fix. Perhaps he believed he wasnāt good enough for MC, and decided to settle for you. You arenāt exactly sure why he wasnāt chasing her, but it hurt. You hated living in a fantasy, so you decided to push.
During the winter holidays, typically, it was just you and Rafayel, and sometimes Thomasā or Taliaās family would join you. Otherwise, it would be you and Rafayel, huddling together, enjoying each other's company while drinking hot beverages. As your mind always did, as you had your head on his shoulder, watching the fireplace, you couldnāt stop wondering about MC. Your mind would spiral. Would Rafayel have enjoyed this moment more if it was his bride in his arms? The thought made you feel sick, and you couldnāt take it anymore.
You pushed yourself up from your seat on the couch and away from his hold. He looked at you quizzily.
āSomeone looks sick, too much rum in your egg nog?ā You crossed your arms as you stood in front of him.
āThatās not it, I just need to know. Why arenāt you pursuing MC?ā Rafayel looked briefly at you shocked, before going back to his relaxed facade.
āWhy? Are you that desperate to get rid of me?ā You huffed.
āThatās not the point.ā Strangely, he smiled more at your statement. āIām just confused. You had me essentially stalking her for years. I gave you so much information on her, more than you actually need, so what gives? You arenāt scared are you?ā Rafayel rolled his eyes.
āPuhlease! Do I seem the type to be easily intimidated? I just want to be sure before I try anything. You know us Lemurians donāt do things without complete dedication. I need to make sure Iām ready.āĀ
Not ready?
āRafayel I donāt understand you?!ā You began taping your feet erratically. āIāve given you all you need to be ready. What are you so unsure about? Honestly, this is starting to get annoying and a bit pathetic.ā Rafayel placed a hand on his chest, aghast. You knew you were going too far, but years of frustration wouldnāt allow you to stop now.Ā
āExcuse me Y/N?ā
āYou heard me.ā You began to pace around the living room. āItās pathetic. Playing house with a woman you donāt even love, while your true love, your bride is practically served to you on a plate! Iāve given you every advantage, every opportunity to chase her, but you refuse. I donāt understand, what are you so afraid of? Tell me so I can help you instead of pathetically accepting the bare minimum.ā Rafayel glared at you, and you could see a tinge of light blue glowing in his eyes. You knew you pissed him off.
āIs that what you think of me? That Iām a pathetic loser, too scared to try?ā Rafayel got off the couch, and standing much taller than you, looked down. āFine, if Iām a pathetic loser, what does that make you?ā He asked. You blanched and your throat dried up. You could feel your body cowering away.
āWhat-what do you mean?ā You stuttered, backing away from his fiery presence.
He couldnāt have found out what I feel for him right?
āCome on, donāt act like you havenāt been holding yourself back too?ā He jeered while cocking his head, analysing you as though you were an enemy. āI know you have feelings for me, yet you havenāt ever said anything either. Doesnāt that make you as pathetic as I am?ā You suddenly felt dizzy, as though your world was turned to the wrong axis. You couldnāt breathe or think. All you thought of was escape. You started to hold yourself, and glared directly back, though intentional looking at his nose instead of his piercing sunset colored eyes.
āItās different!ā
āReally.ā Rafayel scoffed with a predatory smirk. āHow?ā You could feel the years of resentment towards him, towards MC, and especially towards yourself finally coming loose.Ā
āBecause I never had a chance!ā You saw Rafayelās smirk quickly fade and his face distort to contemplation. āIāve always known my place in your life Raffie. I am nothing more than your scarred retainer. Iām not your bride, or the woman you love. Me expecting more is foolish. So maybe I am pathetic, but at least Iām not a coward like you! If I thought I had a 1% chance of you loving me instead of MC, I would have done anything to have you! But, Iām not delusional, so donāt you compare us, it isnāt the same.ā Rafayelās eyes and mouth opened wide. You could see guilt in his gaze. He was pitying you. Despite the years in his service, being his right hand, now that he knows how you feel, he is looking down at you. The shame was too agonizing.
āDonāt you dare look at me that way!ā You pointed at his pitiful face. āYou know Iām right, but you refuse to accept it.ā Your vision was getting blurry. You were begging yourself not to cry in front of him. āYou know what! I donāt need this.ā
Leave, leave, leave, leave, leave, leave, leave.
Briskly, you turned and walked away. While turning, you briefly saw his face turn pale and heard him calling your name, but you couldnāt face him anymore. You just needed to get out.
ā¦
It had been a week since you last saw Rafayel. Since your departure, youāve been renting a hotel room, hiding away from everyone. Unfortunately, you couldnāt resist checking on him. Daily, you would check his latest posts on his personal and business moments pages. He seemed fine and happy. By the posts you couldnāt tell, but you wouldnāt be surprised if he seeked MC out. You hoped for the best for him, but you were too embarrassed to face him after your tantrum and especially after he found out your secret.Ā
For most of the week, all you did was lie down in your bed. You didnāt feel the need to eat or drink. You just lied there rotting away, unsure on what to do anymore. You had revolved your life so intrinsically into Rafayelās. Without him you were lost. It was sad, but itās how you were grown to be. You were like a parasite that lost its host. You knew he would prosper without you, but could you without him?
I really was the pathetic one huh?
On one such gloomy day, you were lying down. Feeling numb to everything around you and trying to think of what you should do next. You couldnāt stay in this hotel room forever. You thought about returning to the sea, but being the first retainer in your ancestry to abandon their master would make you a disgrace. You wouldnāt be accepted back by your family. You sighed while scrolling on your phone, when it began to ring. Thomas was calling you.
Why?
You wanted to ignore him, like every other call, but you had nothing better to do. You sighed and answered dully.Ā
āHey Thomas, whatās up?ā
āY/N, thank God you finally answered! Have you seen Rafayel?ā This was a typical question, but you noticed panic in Thomasā voice, which was unusual. Your heart began to race.
āI havenāt seen him in a week, why?ā
āY/N, he hasnāt been taking care of himself since you left. Now, heās missing. I canāt find him anywhere!ā Your body turned ice cold.
āHave you tried checking his location?ā
āI tried, but his location was turned off for me! Can you check your phone?ā While your fingers shook, you quickly clicked your location app. His location was still on for you.
Maybe he forgot to turn off his location when I left.
You took a deeper look and realized his phone was in a ditch.
ā¦
After sending the location to Thomas, you drove as fast as you could to where he was. You were closer to this location, so you knew you would make it before Thomas. Immediately, as you drove in, you found his red Porsche sunk in a pool of mud and water. The driverās seat was completely immersed. Your heart sank. You knew he couldnāt drown, but what if he was hurt.
āRaf!ā You were petrified as you ran towards the car. You were about to dive into the filth, when you heard someone quietly call your name. Spinning around, you saw Rafayel, drenched in mud, sitting on the dirt beside the body of water. You were annoyed, but mostly relieved. Besides a few visible scratches, he looked ok.
āRaf, you idiot!ā You yelled while pearls fell from your eyes. āYou worried everyone! Why didnāt you call for help?ā Rafayel frowned and shrugged.
āI donāt know. Itās just another shitty thing to happen. Honestly, I needed a break.ā You groaned before sitting beside him, not caring about the dirt. Momentarily, you studied him before asking.
āAre you alright?ā Rafayel nodded and laid down on the ground. You were repulsed.Ā
He really shouldnāt be lying on the dirt like that.
Despite your disgust, you continued:
āGood, you scared me, you know that.ā
āI thought you didnāt care about me anymore.ā You sighed before turning towards him.
āIām sorry for my outburst last time. You know I care about you, right? Thatās the only reason Iām pushing you towards MC. Hell, do you think I would be willingly sitting in this mud if it wasnāt for the fact that I care.ā Rafayel chuckled before turning to look at you as well. You could see his ears and cheeks turning pink.
āY/N, you donāt know what it does to me when you say things like that. You are so clueless.ā You pouted at the implication. He chuckled before gazing at you intently. āDo you want to know the truth, why I havenāt been pursuing MC?ā
Did I really want to know?
You were dreading it, but you had to find out the truth. This is what you needed to snuff out any hope you had left.
āWhy?ā
āBecause of you.ā You raised your eyebrows.
āMe? What do I have to do with it? Did I do something wrong because if I did I-ā
āNo, you didnāt. I just hate waiting.ā You cocked your head in confusion. āAll this time, I feel like Iāve been constantly waiting for MC. Waiting for her to come back to me, but you never made me wait. Youāre always there, beside me when I need you. Even now, you āleftā, but you still came to my rescue. Also, youāre really hot, and kind, and loving, and smart, and you can kill someone in less than a minute. Which is also extremely hot.ā You felt intense heat in your cheeks. He inched closer to you as he continued longingly. āWhat I am trying to say is that you are wonderful. I was so confused. I remember fragments of my past. I remember loving MC and her being my bride, but I donāt feel that way about her anymore. Itās you. Iām in love with you.āĀ
Your eyes began to tear up. You could hear the cacophony of thuds from the pearls falling from your eyes to the ground.
āAre you sure?ā Rafayel gave you a crooked smile and stroked your cheek.
āOf course I am. I love you Y/N.ā You smiled widely, planted a kiss on his lips, and wrapped your arms around him. As you held him, you closed your eyes to savor the ecstasy, and could still feel his smile as you moved your lips against his. While kissing him, in your core, you felt a pleasant warmth. As time went on, the kiss converted from delicate and hesitant to more vigorous and desperate. He kissed you as though he was making up for the time you were apart. It was deliciously intoxicating. You felt his soft slender hands going under your shirt, inching closer to your chest. You wanted to beg for more, when you heard an awkward cough behind you. Immediately, you let go of Rafayel (to his chagrin) as a displeased manager came into view.
āSorry to interrupt whatever is going on here.ā Thomas scolded. ābut you both shouldnāt just be sitting in the mud.ā Rafayel groaned and rolled his eyes.
āThanks Thomas, you sure know when to show up.ā
āWell, sorry, but I would recommend you both get up while I call a tow truck.ā You both nodded simultaneously before trying to get off the ground. Rafayel was able to easily, but the moment you stood, you lost your balance. Before you could fall on your face, Rafayel grabbed you by the waist and smirked.
āAre you alright baby?ā Your face turned beat red as you hurriedly told him you were fine. āGood,ā he whispered in your ear. āI wouldnāt want you to be hurt. Thereās still a lot more we need to do togetherā You shivered before desperately agreeing. It was going to be a fun night.
ā¦
2 Years Laterā¦
As every art exhibit dedicated to your boyfriend Rafayel, you stood next to him to greet guests. Tonight, you were wearing a dark mauve, satin mermaid style dress. Initially, after Rafayel bought and begged you to wear the gown, you refused to wear it since it showed too much of your scar littered shoulders. However, after he successfully convinced you, via kissing every scar to make you understand how beautiful they were, you agreed. That is why you were in the dress, politely smiling at the strangers around you. It was kind of boring, until you heard a familiar voice calling your names.
āY/N? Rafayel?ā You immediately paled. There she was, MC, standing in front of you both, like a main lead in a drama. Her hair messily tied in a ponytail, wearing her hunter uniform. Looking effortlessly radiant. You did your best and gave her a wobbly smile, but a wave of nausea was kicking in.
āMC, I didnāt think you would remember us.āĀ
Is this where it all ends?
āHow could I forget you both? I missed you guys so much. Also may I add, I am so sorry I never returned to our beach. A lot happened during that time, but I always wondered about you two. So, whatās new?ā You felt an aching pushing and pulling in your head. Should you tell her about your relationship with Rafayel? Would he want you to? Should you leave them alone together to talk? Your mind drew blank with what to say, so you just started talking:
āNothing really muc-ā
āY/N and I are dating.ā Rafayel declared proudly while squeezing your hand. Your eyes widened in shock, as MCās brown eyes lit up at the news.
āReally?! Oh my gosh congratulations!ā MC did a little hop, before giving you both a brief hug. ā I always knew you two were perfect for each other, even as kids.ā You were flabbergasted. Years ago, you used to laugh bitterly anytime anyone said you and Rafayel were meant to be. Now, looking at how he claimed you so boldly with a humongous grin on his face, you donāt think you could deny it any longer. With a similarly large smile and heat in your cheeks you thanked her:
āThank you MC. I guess we truly are perfect together, donāt you think Rafayel?ā Rafayel laughed before placing a delicate kiss on your knuckle and looking deeply into your eyes.
āWe really are.ā He then turned back to MC. āWhich is why weāll be getting married soon.ā You gasped.
i know caleb would love having a chronically ill s/o. one that he can keep in his house all the time and dote on. caleb loves to feel needed. he needs to care for you in every way. he needs you to rely on him. if you're stuck in bed then you have no choice but to allow him to care for you.
and he'd be so sweet too. you'd have your every need met. he always picks up your medications and keeps them right at your bedside. heating pads, ice packs, mobility and pain aids are always available and close by. you don't have to lift a finger in caleb's house. he cooks you all your favorite meals and makes sure they're full of all the nutrients you need to have you feeling your best. he loves caring for you. you're never a bother to him.
that being said, he treats you like you're made out of glass. you don't get to do anything by yourself. leaving the house is something you have to do with caleb, but he doesn't have lots of time outside of work, which means you're stuck in the house all day. this lack of interaction with the outside world can make caleb's care feel... suffocating.
the thing is, he's just so lovely you can't help but feel bad for the thoughts you have. you know caleb is doing all he can to keep you safe and comfortable. he puts in so much effort into making sure you feel well and have your needs met.
caleb knows what he's doing. he knows the power dynamic here. he loves it. he has you all to himself and completely reliant on him, and you have no choice but to give in. you even feel guilty for having any desire to be away from him. he has things exactly how he's always wanted.
Hii it's me againāŗļø (I have sended you an ask while your request were closed because I was afraid of forgetting the idea).
I have been wondering to myself what would be the LI's (but soft yanderes) would react to the MC being completely obssesed over them. Like they are doing their yandere stuff and trying to figure it out how to take her to the home they build for her and MC found out their plan just to turn to them and:
MC: Why were you trying to lure meš¤Ø? You could just have asked silly!šš„°
LI: š¤”... Okay themšā¤ļø!
So this basically them being a red flag (Due to the yandere stuff) and MC being colorblind because she is as obssesed as they are over her.
ļ¹ā”ļ¹i'm afraid i wouldn't exactly oppose if they were to take me away from everything and everyone ź°ĖµĖᯠĖĖµź± loved, loved, loved this request! thank you so much, baby ā”
he built a house for you, out of a silly sketch you did a while ago; one you barely remembered making.
lines drawn absentmindedly with colored pencils while you daydreamed, imperfect proportions, lots of dumb, wild ideas overlappingā¦
the kitchen was the color you wanted, it had all the rooms you drew, it also had an underground, cozy space with all of your favorite things, so you wouldn't ever want to go out ever again.
everything was ready; the plan, the gentle, persuasive ākidnappingā, your future life by his side, forever and everā¦
yet he still needed to get you to trust him even more.
he knew you had a small crush on him, that much was obvious to him.
the way your eyes lingered, the way your voice softened when you spoke to him.
that was why he was so certain you were destined to be together.
but you also got far too nervous whenever he was close, always fidgeting, always finding excuses to leave.
so he needed to lure you in slowly, carefully.
he invited you countless times to his house, only for you to panic and run away.
little did he know that his invitations made your heart beat furiously, and that you had to restrain yourselfā¦
being inside his house?
with his scent enveloping you?
getting to⦠to touch his things?
my god, my god! it was too much!
you knew you wouldn't control your impulses to knock him down and take him with you, so you'd rather escape him and his puppy, pleading eyes.
however, enough was enough, and caleb couldn't bear being away from you much longer.
as you were sitting on your usual bench after a long day, he came to you, bringing your favorite snack and a happy smile on his handsome face.
he knew your routine, so you weren't surprised. if anything, you were so happy to see him that your entire demeanor brightened up.
his lips met your cheek as he kneeled between your legs, the sunset making him look even more dreamy.
your breath hitched, he grinned.
āyou know, baby⦠i really want you to come over today. i won't try anythin' funny if that's what's worryin' that pretty head of yours.ā
he was hopeful, anxious, willing to do anything for you to give in.
you were⦠also hopeful, anxious, willing to do anything for him.
in fact, you wanted him to try funny things.~
ālebbie, i don't know⦠what are we going to do there?ā
he gently caressed your arms, bringing you that sense of security you so much needed and craved from him.
āthere's this new movie i've been wantin' to watch, but i think i'll enjoy it more with you by my side.ā
you melted under his gaze and his bright eyes.
you couldn't possibly refuse, so you said yes after a few seconds of silence, making him hug you so, so sweetly.
today is the day, you thought⦠and so did he.
hand in hand, you headed to the lion's den, your poor, little heart thumping like never before.
you took in the fresh scent lingering around the furniture, his organized space, all the things his strong hands touchedā¦
and as your eyes darted around, you looked for anything heavy that could knock him down.
caleb, on the other hand, was ready to convince you to follow him to what was going to be your new home, because his pretty baby had to be forever by his side, away from the dangerous outside world.
he gently pulled you by the waist, his warm eyes softening only for you.
but, before he could even start, you squeaked and stepped back, overwhelmed by his amazing, reassuring touch and his lips being⦠so, so dangerously close.
you wanted to devour him.
āi, uh⦠bathroom! can i use your bathroom, please?ā
you mumbled, and he stepped back, giving you space.
anything for his baby.
āof course, angel. the last door on your right.ā
and in no time, you rushed down the hallway, locking yourself inside the bathroom.
your skin felt hot to the touch, and you started to get dizzy, until you spotted his towels.
you approached with unsure steps, inhaling the lingering body wash and scent they carried, growing more and more flustered, but managing to ground yourself a little.
you couldn't carry on with your plan to get him all to yourself, not when you were being so clumsy and shy.
you had to wash your face and take a deep breath afterwards so you could finally exit the bathroom.
as you did, you noticed a door slightly ajar, and curiosity became bigger than your respect for someone's privacy.
you gently pushed the door open and stepped inside, eyes struggling to focus as it was way too dark.
with shaky hands, you turned on a switch, andā¦
you froze in place.
dozens upon dozens of pictures of you; sleeping, eating, walking.
at least fifty high-tech monitors that showed your location and the multiple rooms inside your house.
your missed panties carefully folded over a small desk full of other trinkets, most of which you recognized as items you had randomly lost.
stockings, hair ties, hand lotions, brushesā¦
the room smelled like your perfume, and it had your name spelled out over the walls, with various letter cutouts from magazines and newspapers.
in the middle, you saw the model of your āideal home,ā the one you made for funsies and that caleb asked to borrow as a reference for a work of his.
the very same he used to build your perfect and new forever house.
beside the model, there was a key with a pretty keychain of your favorite color.
that could only meanā¦
āgot lost, angel? this isn't the livin' room.ā
you jumped as his breath met your ear, turning around with a mix of adrenaline and shame.
his expression, however, was unreadable.
he didn't know how you were going to react, and he needed to be sure which step to take before everything got ruined.
silence ensued as you both locked intense gazes.
he stepped closer; you stepped back.
not out of fear, but out of self-control.
āyou found my⦠special room. pretty, isn't it?ā
you quickly nodded.
he smiled.
the tension became unbearable, you could barely breathe properly.
āyou⦠you're obsessed,ā you whispered, certain of said statement. there was no way to deny it.
āin love, angel. i'm in love,ā he corrected, walking and walking forward, until your back hit the shrine behind you.
next to the wall behind him, you saw pictures of a house.
your ideal house, for that matter.
you gasped. the key, the model⦠he really built a house for you?
the one you always dreamed about?
like, he actually used your drawing?
he followed your gaze, his eyes darkening ever so slightly.
again, he wasn't sure if you were terrified, disgusted, or about to run away from him.
but when you approached the wall with wide, amazed eyes, he cocked his head to the side.
you were far too close to the door.
you could escape if you wanted to.
he approached to quietly close it, but just then, you turned around to face him, almost out of breath.
ātake me there!ā you asked āno, begged.
caleb barely had time to process your words before you started twirling around, taking in every careful, deliberate detail he had added to the walls.
your voice was bright, giddy, almost as cheerful as your attitude, which made him study you intently.
āyou actually built my dream house⦠for me, for us!ā you stopped right in front of him, hands finding his as if you were finally allowing yourself to touch something you considered divine and out of reach. ādid you add the garden? and⦠oh! and the huge pool? does it have the two rooms for our future pets?ā
he parted his lips to speak, but you kept jumping, unable to hide how thrilled you were.
āare we going to live there forever, and ever, and eeeever? just the two of us? yes?ā
his lips finally curled up in a smile, full of disbelief but pure happiness.
āthat's the plan, angel⦠though, i thought you were going to need more persuasion...ā
you quickly shook your head, clinging to his torso.
ātake me away! now! i don't want to worry about anything anymore, i just⦠i want to be yours and stay with you aaaall day long.ā
his arms quickly pulled you closer, heart beating like crazy. you fit perfectly against his arms, now even more as you gladly accepted āor rather, begged forā your new shared home.
you nuzzled his chest, he kissed your head, and when you looked up, you found his eyes waiting for yours.
your cheek remained squished against his strong pectorals.
āand to think i was going to knock you out and drag you far, far away with meā¦ā you faintly whispered.
his grip tightened around you, and his smile became amused; not surprised nor horrified like you expected.
āyou were?ā
you nodded quietly, closing your eyes and inhaling his delicious scent.
āmhm⦠but i like this plan better, lebbie. this is the best day ever.~ā
right there, in the middle of the room that hid caleb's madness and obsessive love, his one and only baby held him for dear life.
it was like a dream come true.
the world was certainly going to be safer without the two maniacs in love roaming aroundā¦
and the two maniacs in love were going to be much safer inside a beautiful, secluded love nest, far away from anything and everything that could tear them apart.~
his attitude remained charming, playful; not a single display or gesture out of place.
he had to be reliable and constant, so you wouldn't suspect a thing when he finally took you away from your mundane, tragically boring life.
behind some sea caves, securely placed where no one would find it, he hid your soon-to-be home, one with a beautiful sight of the sea, and the constant visit of little creatures like sea turtles and baby dolphins.
it was just the perfect retreat for both of you, and he would do anything to get you where he wanted.
during a lovely, summer day, he called you to come over so you could help him out with some stuff.
he didn't give out many details, but you accepted anyway, being the sweetheart that you are.
and, of course you would agree.
you would do anything for raffy; you were so happy to be around him, and even more so when he asked for your help and praised you afterwards.
you loved him so, so much, you would move mountains if he asked you to.
plus, being around his art and his creative work was a privilege not everyone was graced with.
he was truly a mastermind.
as you fidgeted with your hands, waiting for him to open the door for you, you heard his familiar footsteps and your heart started jumping like crazy.
he opened up with that soft, kind smile of his, his eyes crinkling slightly.
his skin was perfect, his eyes were perfect, his hair looked perfect, his hands lookedā
ācome on in, cutie.ā
his melodic voice took you out of your trance and lured you inside.
you thanked him and stepped in, your eyes now reflecting your wonder and awe when you spotted his works in progress and random sketches.
however, you remembered why you were here, so you turned around to look at him expectantly.
āso⦠what do you need help with, raffy?ā
he circled you, light as a feather, sharp as a panther; his eyes still gentle and inviting, but his lips curled up in a way you've never seen before.
he was no longer chasing you; he already had you right where he wanted.
āhm, i just needed some inspiration⦠and your presence happens to inspire me a lot.ā
a soft giggle escaped from your lips; a very mild reaction compared to how shaky your legs had become, and how you wanted to bite him all over.
ācan i at least help you by bringing you something? paints? uhm⦠water?ā
he smiled at your eagerness, and with a soft nod of his head, he gestured inside a room where he usually kept his stuff āwhen it wasn't scattered around.
you walked that way immediately, humming a cheer tune to yourself.
you were going to help him create something magical. even if it wasn't going to be explicitly seen, his work would have something of yours, something only raffy and you would know about.
he would be inspired by you!
you wondered if he would tell the masses about his source of inspiration.
the thought alone made you tremble with excitement.
you gathered some pretty paints and bottles with pigments, as well as some water for his brushes in a cup.
however, as you walked back to him, you tripped over a misplaced, rolled up canvas of sorts that was hidden under a table.
thankfully, nothing fell from your hands, nor did you end up on the floor, but you did feel like placing the canvas better so he wouldn't trip either.
you put everything away and crouched down, gently moving the canvas which was way heavier than you anticipated.
as you dragged it away, it suddenly unrolled, revealing what seemed like a vision board of sorts, made with sketches, pretty trinkets glued on, and pictures.
lots of pictures.
it was huge too, so much so that you had to stand up and back away so you could focus on every little detail.
you were certainly intruding inside raffy's most private thoughts and dreams; vision boards usually show a collage of pictures, phrases and things that can motivate you to achieve your goals or visualize them.
yet all of the things you saw⦠were either yours, or related to you.
cute selfies, polaroid pictures you took together, cutesy things you gave him.
you were ecstatic.
he actually kept all of these things and treasured them so beautifully?
you kept looking, feeling your skin getting warmer and warmer. you couldn't believe your eyes!
the more and more you looked, however, the more your smile faded.
some pictures you didn't remember taking.
some others were a bit blurry, as if taken from a distance.
you didn't remember ever showing him your pajamas, and you certainly didn't remember letting him inside your bedroom.
your eyes focused on some pretty pictures of a gorgeous beach house, a bit secluded, but breathtaking nonetheless.
underneath, he added little notes.
āour house,ā āour new kitchen,ā āour new bedroom,ā and even a date, which happened to be today.
you stepped back, a soft, breathless giggle coming out of your parted lips. you covered your mouth, eyes glimmering with a mix of adoration and shock.
he kept youā¦
he kept everything.
he's seen you; he's been in those private moments you thought yours, he's been capturing you and framing you so beautifully, like a work of art.
your giggles became almost manic as you kept looking, and said sound caught raffy's attention.
that, and the fact that you were taking far too long to bring paint buckets and a glass of water.
he stepped inside the room, frame leaning against the doorframe.
he took in the scene in front of him, yet he wasn't angry.
he was resigned.
his secret was right there; laid out and exposed.
āyou weren't supposed to see that yet, cutie,ā he said, his tone almost disappointed.
you jumped and looked up, eyes going wide.
āraffyā¦ā
you needed to apologize⦠but you didn't want to. you discovered something gorgeous, something so fulfilling and perfect.
you didn't regret a thing.
he sighed, stepping closer.
āmy, i wanted it to be a big surprise,ā he raised his arms dramatically, walking behind you with light steps. āi wanted it framed and beautifully placed over our bedpost at our new home.ā
his voice now warmed up your ear as he leaned down.
āi should've prevented certain⦠accidents from happening. my bad, cutie.ā
you spun around to look at him, your heart skipping a beat with each word he spoke.
āour⦠our new home, raffy?ā
the pictures you saw on his vision board made more sense now. the kitchen, the bedroom, the amenities and the location.
the date, however�
he cornered you without you even noticing it, his hands securing you in place as your witty mind started to piece everything together.
he couldn't risk you getting cold feet, nor would he allow it.
āyes, our house, our little abode,ā he whispered, eyes looking for yours. āi've been dreaming about this day, my pearl. but today? today things will become real.ā
oh.
he was going to take you...
your eyes traveled all around the room as your mind raced.
sharing a house with him?
a house he built around your necessities?
getting away from everyone and everything?
being hidden, secluded, locked up and away from the real world?
ā¦with him?
your eyes met his again.
he waited.
and you finally smiled, as bright as the sun itself.
hell yeah.
ācan we go right now?ā
you softly asked, and his eyes went wild with satisfaction.
oh, you sweet, perfect little thing.
out of all the possible scenarios he considered, this was the most perfect, ideal one.
you were already shaking with excitement; he could tell.
your eyes were lit up, your smile was genuine, and your expression had this glint; a glint he's seen in his own reflection whenever he thought about you.
obsession.
you craved to be forever by his side, as much as he did.
you were picturing peaceful, long days by his side, wearing his shirts as he worked on his masterpieces: masterpieces inspired by you.
you were also picturing not having to worry about a thing, except for taking care of baby turtles and letting them get to the sea safely.
no neighbors, no strangers, no expectations.
just love, daily kisses, and peace.
his forehead leaned against yours, and he closed his eyes, a shaky laugh coming out of his lips.
āi knew you'd understand, my pearl. don't you worry about a thing, i'll take care of everything,ā he then kissed the tip of your nose. āyou won't miss them, will you?ā
you tilted your head softly as his gaze locked on you again.
āthem? there's no one else but you in my mind, raffy.ā
and that was it.
that was everything he needed to hear, what made him a hundred percent certain that you were choosing him without a doubt.
ālet's go home then, cutie.ā
hand in hand, you both walked away from everything without a second thought.
the normal world was dull, unnecessaryā¦
but the world he was offering you?
full of color and never-ending love, built specifically for you, and as carefully planned as the vision board that finally made you see the beautiful truth.
neither of you were losing your freedom; you were meeting with the life you were meant to live.~
he didn't believe in sending people over to check on you, he also didn't believe in monitoring you through screens.
no.
he wanted to follow you, to check on you, to pry information out of your pretty lips with his own charm and efforts.
no one else could know you; no one else could invade your privacy, not even his loyal mephisto.
he would kill whoever got that close, first of all, so it was better for everyone if he got all the information himself.
with time, he gained your trust and affection, so things got surprisingly easier for him.
he didn't consider, however, that said proximity came tainted with something darker; with something just as obsessive.
something beneficial not only for him, but⦠also for you.
you were lurking after him as well.
but oh, the sweet irony, none of you were aware of how sickly in love you were with each other.
that would've saved weeks after weeks of stalking, asking, searching, especially since he lurked at night, and you did so during the day while he rested.
however, fate couldn't keep you away, so one sunny morning, as you āvisitedā his base, you took the liberty to explore and look around your soon-to-be husband's place.
every room, every piece of evidence of his good taste and his hard workā¦
his clothes, his bed, his sleeping figure and god-like body.
fuck.
you wanted him to wake up to a body full of your marks, your lips, your teeth.
you wanted to lock him up for yourself, to show him how loved he could be, to be the perfect spouse and fulfill his life with anything and everything money couldn't get him.
before you decided to tie him up and drag him across the floor, you decided to keep looking around for a few more minutes, until your eyes caught a pretty key, perfectly placed over his bedside table.
it had a crimson gem on top and an intricate pattern you traced with your index finger.
naturally, you had to find out which lock it would open, and as if fate itself was pushing you, you stepped over a loose tile under the rug, one that made you freeze.
with quiet movements, you pulled the rug up and found a lock over the tiles, which, much to your surprise, opened a trapdoor and revealed elegant stairs.
now, you wouldn't usually be so stupid as to go down to a secret basement by yourself; but it didn't look creepy nor dark.
in fact, a sweet scent lured you in, as well as pretty lights and a seemingly pristine environment, as if he cleaned it every day.
you went downstairs as carefully as possible, and what you found made you audibly gasp.
it wasn't a dungeon, it wasn't a secret prison nor a torture chamber, as one would think.
it was a whole room dedicated to you.
the walls had your favorite color, there were thousands of books carefully placed in gorgeous bookshelves, and your favorite scent lingered in every corner of the room.
the sofa seemed a little bit worn out, but still in excellent condition; seemingly because he spent a lot of time down here, sitting down and admiring the thousands of pictures he framed on the wall.
yes, framed.
each of them had a small plaque with a date and a small annotation of his, and when you looked closer, you realized most of the pictures weren't even compromising.
most of them were of you smiling, of you enjoying yourself at your favorite spot, or of you engaging in one of your hobbies.
they should feel invasive, but in your mind, they were appreciative.
he wasn't claiming those moments as his; he was admiring them as he would his favorite paintings.
you kept walking, and although curiosity always killed the cat, you knew cats would always be safe inside this man's house.
you stopped in front of a wardrobe, the doors slightly ajar. when you got your sneaky hands on it, your eyes lit up.
thousands of shopping bags, luxurious brands whose names you couldn't pronounce without sounding ridiculous, things you remembered looking at while you were shopping, but instantly stepping back when you saw the ludicrous price tagā¦
they were obviously for you, there was no doubt.
you smiled brightly, feeling like a kid on christmas morning, until your hands brushed against a rolled-up paper well hidden between the bags.
a contract.
was it a contract with the devil himself?
not quite, but pretty similar.
it was the purchase agreement of a house.
the price had so many zeros you had to squint your eyes in case you were seeing things.
the location was unknown, probably a safety precaution in case you found the contract earlier and wanted to snoop around.
which was exactly the case.
nonetheless, it was under your name. not his; yours.
and the only thing left to do was adding your signature, something he was probably waiting for.
where the hell did he keep the pens? you needed to sign right now.
this man was obsessed and enamored, so much so that he bought you a house, and the price alone let you know it had to be a masterpiece of a place.
āhere, sweetheart,ā he spoke, handing you his favorite sleek, black pen.
you thanked him out of habit, taking the pen gently, before squealing and looking up, heart jumping out of your chest.
āsylus!ā
he was right there, standing by your side with an amused expression.
quiet as a predator, since you didn't hear him coming downstairs, but not intimidating in the slightest.
āare you sure you wish to sign the contract without reading the fine print first?ā
you looked down at the paper between your hands, before meeting his gaze again.
what could he possibly have hidden that would make you back away from signing?
would he abduct you and lock you inside the house with him forever and ever?
would he make you sign a contract that would make you stay by his side for life, away from responsibilities?
would he make you stop working, studying and force you to be spoiled rotten?
sounded like paradise, honestly.
you tapped the pen against the paper as you read it again, not really bothering to understand it at all.
whatever was inside, you would take it like a champ.
āyeah, i'm sure,ā you pressed the contract against the wardrobe, and just then, your brain clicked.
you realized what you were about to do; almost as if the previous excitement now cleared up, and you became conscious again.
you were about to have your own house.
you were about to sign inside a room the man you've been obsessing over had dedicated to you entirely.
had he planned this?
was the key left visible on purpose?
was he aware of how curious you were?
hell, what was he waiting for?
was he⦠willing to coax you or manipulate you into signing the contract?
that would've been so hot.
maybe he wanted to tie you up and take you there�
you giggled manically, staring at the contract as your mind raced with more and more ideas.
sylus stepped closer, a bit curious as to why you weren't signing, but you quickly moved the pen. a few scratches later, and the house became yours.
a house you would bring him to.
your eyes found his with a new kind of intensity, as something passionate had been unleashed.
āyou're coming to live with me, right?ā
you stepped closer. something inside of you told you that it had been his plan all along, but you wanted to make sure.
you wanted him to say it; to admit he'd been wanting to take you away.
you took his hands, awaiting like a caged animal for him to speak, shaking from the anticipation.
he didn't answer right away; too busy studying you and this unexpected outcome.
āi was going to convince you, kitten,ā he spoke, as direct as he could be.
you arched an eyebrow.
ācome on, i need more than that. were you going to kidnap me? tie me up? lock me up somewhere?ā
not an ounce of fear escaped your lips. if anything, he could sense your desperation and child-like wonder.
as if the idea⦠excited you.
āyou thought i wouldn't agree to coming with you to a secluded house that is god knows where, for god knows how long? were you going to trick me by adding weird things on the contract that i wouldn't know of until it was too late?ā
you stepped closer and closer, until his back hit the wall.
āyou clearly needed to investigate further, sy. there's nothing i want more than to have you all to myself⦠and vice versa.ā
he stared at you, at how close you were, how your chest rose and fell rapidly.
āyou could've just asked, sylus⦠you can still tie me up if you want. please, take me,ā you whispered, hands finding his chest. ātake me away, forever away, yeah?ā
you mewled desperately, afraid that he would backtrack, the same way he was afraid of you getting cold feet.
but there was no hesitation in your voice.
no fear, no disgust.
apparently, he could do anything to keep you by his side, and you would gladly accept it.
maybe because you were obsessed with him⦠or because you were capable of doing the same despicable things.
the little bit of restraint he had left disappeared, and he lifted you up in his arms with no struggle at all, firmly holding the contract as well, for it was the key to his new, promising future by your side.
sadly, there were no cages, no ties, no coaxing or dubious agreements.
just two predators that had been circling each other for way too long, who would finally enjoy each other's insane amount of love and devotion.
he wanted to have you by his side, but it would kill him to drug you or drag you somewhere you didn't want to be.
you were his angel, his sweet starlight, the one he had been protecting and keeping safe from the world and its dangers.
he'd been plotting and struggling, night after night, and sleep, whom he considered to be his best friend, had abandoned his body.
it was easy for him to disappear and take your things to the new, safe place he'd built for you, but he was still battling with the plan.
it was also easy for him to simply take you until you understood his reasoning, but no.
he had to do it the right way.
but, how?
how would he convince you to go with him and never come back again?
would you give up your autonomy and independence for him?
would you understand how much he loves you?
it was a big sacrifice, after all.
but it was out of love and the need to have you all to himself, because he's the only one in the entire galaxy who knows how to appreciate you and make you feel loved.
however, as he struggled with many doubts and a self-control that was starting to shatter, you were observing.
you, his innocent baby, taking advantage of his obliviousness to check on him through the bunny plushy you gave him a while ago.
why was he so upset?
what could possibly be angering your sweet xavi?
why wouldn't he call you to make him feel better?
you should've added a microphone to the plushy, but oh well.
at least you could see him and go visit him āout of the blue,ā as you were just āwalking by,ā right?
and that was exactly why you stood behind his door, fidgeting with your hands as you waited for him to open up.
he was surprised to see you, but also thrilled.
his gaze softened, and he guided you inside with a gentle hold on your lower back.
you looked at him, and your eyes saddened immediately.
the camera didn't quite show just how tired and agitated he was, but now you could see it.
you didn't like it.
āxavi, are you okay? you look like you haven't slept,ā you leaned in. he looked up, eyes going slightly wide.
you noticed.
he didn't want you to suspect a thing, but he⦠he couldn't lie to you.
not when you were so adorably concerned.
āhave you been sleeping at all?ā
he didn't answer verbally, but when his gaze traveled to the side, you knew he hadn't.
why?
what was keeping him up all night?
was it you?
it had to be you.
otherwiseā¦
your hands gripped the sofa you were now sitting on as your mind started racing.
āxavi, talk to me.ā
but he didn't.
he just stood up, kissed your forehead, and told you he had to leave, that you'd come just when he was a little bit busy.
fuck, fuck, FUCK!
you stood up abruptly, forcing a smile as you watched him walk to the door.
your right eye was twitching, your hands were clenched.
āyou can stay if you want, star. i won't take long.ā
xavier needed to escape, to breathe.
he needed to be away from you and that sweetness, because he was about to make you sleep āhowever he couldā and carry you away forever.
he, however, didn't expect you to follow him.
you had to.
where was he going with such urgency while you were with him?
who was he going to meet?
who was more important than you?
who, who, who?
xavi, modest as he was, got on the subway, and you quietly followed.
one stop, two stops, six⦠tenā¦
the subway got more and more empty, and the crowd disappeared, making it hard for you to hide.
thankfully, though, he finally got off in a part of town you had never visited before, yet he seemed familiar with it.
he walked and walked, going through alleys, tunnels, narrow streets, until he stopped by a small street with cute, little houses.
one of them had pretty blue flowers all over, naturally well taken care of, and that was the one whose door he opened.
you waited for a few minutes before peeking inside the windows.
you couldn't see much; just a house being painted and renovated inside.
no other person in sight, but you couldn't see xavier either.
the anxiety was consuming you, so you had to be reckless and enter.
with two little jumps, you managed to climb through a window and gently land inside, taking in the pretty yet empty place.
it smelled like paint, fresh lavender, and new furniture.
the basement door was open, and, like any crazy person would do, you took your shoes off and walked downstairs as quietly as a mouse to see what was going on.
at first glance, you felt like passing out.
it was a beautiful sight, yes.
but it was meant for someone to live in.
who?
the soft pillows, the cozy atmosphere, the blankets you thought had disappeared into thin air, carefully placed over a huge bedā¦
wait.
your blankets?
and some of the clothes he'd offered to wash when your washing machine broke down?
your shoes and socks?
and⦠was that your favorite book next to the bed?
oh my gosh.
oh my gosh!
this was meant to be your space!
you squealed as you rushed to the poor, unfocused xavier, who had come here to think and get his shit together after almost losing control.
his possessiveness was getting out of control, and he didn't want you to witness that.
however, he turned around far too late, as you were already tackling him onto the bed and bouncing over him, completely ecstatic.
āthis is amazing, xavier! is this going to be our home? is this our bedroom? can i help you decorate the rest of the house?ā
he looked up at you with wild eyes, lips parted in surprise.
your giggles echoed across the room he'd kept hidden from you, the very same one he had been preparing for months and that had kept him awake.
you finally stopped bouncing and rested on top of his body, legs swinging behind you in the air as you played with his hair.
āyou know, i've seen you suffering a lot lately. you've been going in and out, in and out⦠you've been visiting lots of shopping websites, yet i couldn't tell what you were planning to do!ā
he remained quiet, not quite understanding.
āand then i thought you were going to meet someone else, so i had to follow you⦠but now i get it!ā you nuzzled his neck, holding him tight. āyou were planning this for us! ā¦right?ā
you looked at him again, expectantly.
he didn't know how to feel.
ideally, he should've been relieved, since he wouldn't have to lie anymore nor hide his plan.
however, he didn't know if you were going to like the whole truth and the lengths he was capable of going to.
and as soon as your eyes narrowed, he spoke.
āyes. i've been⦠i've been planning this for months. i want you to live here with me, forever.ā
your face lit up with the brightest smile.
āyou want to lock me in here? and⦠and we will only interact with each other for the rest of our lives?ā
xavier nodded, his hands now hovering over your waist in case you wanted to flee and he had to hold you in place.
however, that never happened, because you clung to him as if he had just proposed to you, your whole body almost vibrating with how thrilled and excited you were.
no more hidden cameras, no more stalking, no more worrying about him talking to other people, āwhich was rareā and no more being away from your perfect prince charming.
āi get to have you all to myself nowā¦ā
you whispered against his ear, a possessive tone he couldn't miss.
his azure eyes darkened right then.
no way.
were you as possessive as he was?
that thing he was trying to avoid, that little thing he tried to control, that one thing he also shared with you and didn't know how to feel about, since he'd been working himself up day and nightā¦
he hugged you, pressing your body against his before reversing your positions until he was over you.
his weight didn't seem to bother you at all, because you looked at him with delight, your arms wrapping around his neck to keep him close.
ājust you and me⦠as it should always be,ā he whispered back, his lips finding your jawline. āyou'll never get to leave. i won't let you.ā
your smile turned into a mischievous grin as you wrapped your legs around his waist.
ānot that i'll ever want to, xavi~ā you softly said, tilting your head to grant him more access. āi'll never let you go, either. never, everā¦ā
he couldn't believe how easily his plan unraveled.
hadn't you followed him, would this be happening?
was it the jealousy that made you so eager to stay here with him, or were you just as obsessed as he was?
maybe the stars aligned in his favor, and now he had you right where he wanted you?
he didn't know for a fact yet, but you two would have plenty of time to catch up and discover those little details neither of you managed to⦠stalk yet.
after all, only an eternity would be long enough for two destined lovers to enjoy themselves.~
he was fighting against himself; against everything he knew was morally correct.
logic fought against feelings, reason fought against passion, ethics fought against love.
how could he possibly tear your life apart because of his selfishness?
how could he drag you away from your inner circle, the life you're used to, the things you've fought to build, just so he could have you under his care all the time?
he wouldn't stop working, that was certain, so you would stay inside a safe place by yourself, until he came back home to you, like⦠like some kind of neglected pet.
and he couldn't bear it.
however, he couldn't imagine you being in danger, all by yourself, facing a world that had become so volatile, so dangerous, so unapologetic, and violent.
he couldn't lose youā¦
but he couldn't control you, either.
his brain and heart were in constant war, and he couldn't even focus on simple tasks anymore.
still, he found himself buying, ordering custom-made furniture, filling up cabinets with medicine, healthy foods, checking on the beautiful house he purchased every night just to assure everything was perfect.
and most of the time, he did it out of instinct, not really realizing what he was doing, and how a plan was unconsciously starting to unravel.
you knew something was going on, mostly because you spent your days visiting him and making sure he wasn't overworking himself.
you loved him to death, and you promised yourself you'd do whatever was necessary to push unnecessary stress away from your dear zaynie's life.
but making him talk was even harder than keeping up with him and his seemingly normal routine.
he wouldn't want to worry you, so he never talked about his problems out loud, especially not this one, which had to do with you.
besides, he was way too sneaky to have slip-ups, so there were no hidden rooms for you to find, no mysterious keys, no candid pictures nor a cute shrine.
nothing.
his devotion (obsession) only translated into taking care of everything for you, making it hard to figure out, or at least have a clue about what was going on.
until one night, when he was still at the hospital, and you decided to pay him a visit.
no one said a thing when you went inside his office, as you would usually do when you brought him dinner.
something was telling you that the answer was here, somewhere between his desk and his briefcase.
you wanted to help your soon-to-be boyfriend, the man you've been after for months, the man you wanted to make your husband.
and you were frantic, truly, looking everywhere you could.
his desk, his coat, even his secret cabinet, where you only found a large stash of cookies and a weird journal.
ā¦
bingo.
you hid under his desk in case he came back to his office earlier than expected, and you went through every page with shaky fingers, eyes traveling left and right at an incredible speed.
notes, long paragraphs, random thoughts, chartsā¦
oh, some doodles too.
cute ones, simple ones, and then pages upon pages of doodles of you.
your face, your hands, your body.
clothed, for now.
the more you kept going, however, you stumbled upon lots of drawings⦠most of which depicted you in different positions.
your body was bare, of course.
your eyes went immediately wide; as big as two plates, and you wondered how he was able to draw those parts of yours you couldn't even see yourself.
still, they were all unfinished, as if he had stopped the moment he realized what he was doing.
poor zaynie, still fighting against his urges and his desires.
you could fix that.~
the time went by, and you ended up finding notes about a house, what he needed to buy, what he thought you'd like, what he needed to retrieve from your place.
his calligraphy seemed rushed; he scratched out lots of things, and you could tell he also had trembling hands; something unusual for a surgeon like himself.
was he going to take you somewhere else?
was dr. li fantasizing about kidnapping you?
a soft whimper left your mouth; you were more than intrigued now.
but, before you could find out absolutely everything you needed for your cutesy little investigation, his footsteps announced his presence, and the door closed behind him.
he sat down, long legs stretching out in front of you as you instinctively retreated under the desk.
your heart was beating fast, and it only got worse as he opened up his secret cabinet, looking for his journal.
he frowned.
he never misplaced things, let alone the darkest, most intimate possession of his.
his hand froze, panic setting in, although his composure remained intact.
where could it be?
who could have it?
he looked inside the other cabinets, and you panicked too, now flipping through the pages faster than before so you wouldn't miss a thing.
that's when you found his conflicting thoughts; the evidence of his distress and what kept him so unhinged.
as if the drawings hadn't been enough proof of his obsession, he also described how selfish he was, how he craved to have you all to himself, even if he ended up being punished for it.
he was willing to take your hatred, your screams, your attempts to escape, as long as you stayed where he needed you to.
he knew he was going insane; he knew it was unhealthy and wrong, but he couldn't help but grow restless in love.
you gently closed the journal and set it aside, your eyes glinting with something primal.
was his love for you making him lose his mind?
were you the reason this perfect shell of a man was starting to crumble?
before he could stand up, your hands traveled up his thighs, making him freeze in place.
you slowly crawled forward, until your chin rested over his right thigh, and your hands massaged his muscular skin.
he was speechless, shocked, scared.
you were delighted, looking up at him with nothing but adoration and the need to help him.
if bottling up his needs was killing him⦠you would help him release them.~
his breath hitched, and not only because of the intense surge of desire, but because his biggest fear was right in front of him.
touching him so deliberately.
āyou should notāā he began, only to be interrupted by a soft laugh of yours.
āoh, zaynie⦠you've been stressing yourself out lately, haven't you?ā
he shook his head, trying to regain control of the situation.
he couldn't.
āyou do not understand. if you knew how far these thoughts go, you wouldāā
ārun? scream?ā you arched an eyebrow, squishing your cheek against his inner thigh. āhate you?ā
his hands gripped his desk, yet he couldn't look away from you.
your name escaped from his lips; a quiet whisper, a quiet plea.
āi saw everything⦠i read it all, zayne,ā you spoke softly, reassuringly almost. āand i'm still here at your feet, aren't i?ā
you pressed a soft kiss to his thigh.
āare you afraid of becoming someone you won't recognize? are you⦠afraid of letting your desire consume you?ā
āstop,ā he ordered. you didn't listen.
āyou want to keep me safe and sound under your wing, you want to love me, you want to take care of me forever⦠you shouldn't be afraid; you could've just asked.ā
he suddenly stood up, stepping away from you.
from your voice.
from your gaze.
āhow could you possibly say that? it is unhealthy, it would be⦠it would be dehumanizing.ā
you quickly followed, your arms wrapping around him from behind.
ābecause⦠i want that as well, zaynie.ā
you caught him off guard, clearly, as his breath hitched and he abruptly turned to face you.
ādo not⦠do not say that if youā if you do not mean it.ā
there it was; his mask slipping away.
his tone was almost hopeful, pathetically so, though you found it absolutely endearing.
āi mean it,ā you approached again, hands finding his strong chest. āi want to stay with you.ā
his brain had lost the minute you were under his desk; however, he was still unsure, balancing between madness and everything he had learned about being a gentleman.
āyou deserve freedom, to make your own choices, to be around those who love youāā
āi deserve peace. and i only feel peaceful when i'm with you, my love.ā
oh, the term of endearment made him almost stumble back.
his hands found your waist despite himself.
that was it; he was one sentence away from falling into an abyss he would never escape from.
āonce i let myself go, i will not be able to stop,ā he warned, and, as if anticipating your answer, he stepped closer, forehead pressing against yours.
ādon't ever stop, zayne⦠take me with you, wherever that is.ā
his lips curled into the faintest of smiles, and finally, after a long back and forth and a fight he was always meant to lose, he kissed you.
not as he would when he didn't want to scare you away.
it was raw, desperate, primal, with his hands gripping you so tightly you were forced to cling to him.
the only person who could either control him or destroy him completely, gave him the freedom he needed.
was logic better than love itself?
was being morally correct better than protecting the love of his life?
was being sane better than kissing you breathless?
absolutely not, that was for sure.
nothing else could possibly matter when his heart was finally at peace, and his brain had no other choice but to fill itself with... beautiful scenarios of your incoming new life, the amount of love he'll surely give you, and the dangers he so much feared, now disappearing under his clinical eye and constant care.
You spend the day before your birthday focused on being productive, fully expecting to spend it all alone again. Exhausted from maintaining focus for so long, you fall asleep by accident, earlier than usual.
You wake, half asleep and confused, to the sensation of the mattress shifting beneath you. It smells faintly of apples? And you don't remember turning the lights off. You let out a soft noise of confusion, and you hear a vaguely familiar voice gently shush you in return, leading you to turn to face the sound. You don't feel as scared as you probably should.
You look up with bleary eyes, finding your relatively new friend Caleb climbing into bed beside you. You do have a crush on him, yes, but you've only known him for a couple of months. Why is he here...?
"Caleb? What...?" You try to sit up, but a gentle flex of his Evol keeps you in place as he settles in, his purple eyes gazing into your own with a stare so intense it felt like he could see straight through to your skeleton.
"Shh, hey, no need for that. I didn't mean to wake you." He shifts a bit closer. You can feel his breath on your face as it leaves behind a faint scent of mint. He cups your face in his palm, moving slowly to give you a chance to pull away if you're frightened. You don't. His hand is warm and soft against your cheek, and you find yourself leaning into it.
"I was plannin' on surprisin' you, since you're usually up pretty late. I figured I could be the first one to wish you a happy birthday." His voice is steady and calm as he explains, almost making it seem as if what he's doing is completely normal. You've never told him your birthday. "But you're all tuckered out, huh? Y'know, I brought your favorite snacks and everything." You've never told him your favorite snacks. "I guess I still am the first one to wish you happy birthday, though, huh? It's past midnight."
Alarm bells should be going off in your head, and yet you don't pull away from his touch. He's always incredibly friendly and kind to you. What reason could you have to distrust his intentions? You find yourself nodding dumbly along with his words, earning you a chuckle from his soft lips.
"But why...?"
"You deserve to have a happy birthday, honey. Were you really gonna have one if you were all alone?" His eyes look kinder, gentler than before.
You hesitate for a few moments, but unable to come up with a rebuttal, you just shake your head no. Caleb hums, snaking his hand from your cheek around to gently caress the back of your neck. He's never touched you like this before, and it feels nice.
"Do you really want me to leave?" He whispers, leaning a bit closer. You shake your head immediately this time. He smiles a bit wider than before as he begins to lightly scratch at your scalp, testing the waters.
"Then c'mere, yeah? Let me hold you." You melt into him as he carefully pulls you closer, wrapping his arms around you and guiding you to tuck your face into the crook of his neck. His body is pleasantly warm against your own, and you can hear his unhurried, calm heartbeat thumping in his chest.
He starts to rub your back in slow, steady circles, dissolving away whatever tension was left in your body as you go boneless in his grasp. You feel more content now than you have in a long, long time, maybe even years.
"If this is a dream, I don't wanna wake up," you mumble, your voice losing its coherency as you begin to drift off. But Caleb understands you nonetheless.
"You're not dreamin'. And to prove it to you, I'll still be right here when you wake up, alright?" You nod sleepily, not quite fully comprehending what he means, but still knowing he's speaking sincerely.
"G'night, 'leb," you yawn before your eyes fully droop closed, sleep following soon after.
"Good night, honey. Happy birthday. I promise you'll never spend it alone ever again."
1. āyouāre mine. you said so.ā you get busyāmiss a call, forget a textāand when you finally answer, his voice is calm, too calm. āi waited. for hours.ā you apologize, sweetly, teasingly even, but he doesnāt laugh. āyou promised youād always be there, remember? donāt break your promises. i⦠donāt handle that well.ā and later, when he holds you close, you feel the way his hands tremble slightly against your waist like heās afraid youāll disappear if he lets go.
2. his name in your phone has a lock emoji. -> he changed it himself. he also disabled the option to delete his contact. ājust in case someone thinks they can slide into your messages,ā he said, pressing a soft kiss to your cheek, ātheyāll know who you belong to.ā
3. he tracks you. -> not in a creepy way (okay maybe a little), but he has your location always. and when he sees youāre somewhere unexpected, he texts immediately: āwhat are you doing there?ā ā¦ā¦you ask how he knew. ābecause youāre mine pipsqueak, and i need to know youāre safe. thatās not too much to ask, is it?ā and the look in his eyes? heād burn the whole galaxy just to get you back home.
4. he doesnāt like you being friends with your ex-> at all. he doesnāt raise his voice. doesnāt tell you not to. he just shuts down emotionally, turns icy and unreadable. itās bound with his actions though⦠he would probably still do everything acts of service wise. but he wants you to understand something is wrong, wants you to probe⦠and when you confront him, he finally murmurs, āi donāt want to be second choice to anyone. i want to be your only. and if thatās too muchāā you cut him off with a kiss. you have to. because his voice was starting to sound a little unhinged and a little too honest.
5. he locks the door when you argue.-> not to trap you essentially (which he thinks he isnāt doingā¦) just to make sure you donāt leave. āweāre not going to sleep angry pips,ā he says, softly. āyou donāt walk away from me. not when we love each other this much baby.ā and when you calm down, he pulls you into his lap, arms like iron around you, and whispers again and again, āmine. mine. mine.ā
6. he doesnāt like you dressing up for anyone but him.-> you put on a new outfit, stunning, radiantāand his jaw clenches. why are you so breath-taking my gorgeous he thinks⦠no wonder he wants a world with just the two of you. āwhoās that for?ā / āme,ā you say, innocent. but he steps closer, cups your jaw gently, possessively. ānext time, wear it only when weāre alone. i donāt want anyone else seeing whatās mine. or~ youād hate how i become and say something like i killed your old caleb.ā
7. his anger is unpredictable.->when someone flirts with you in front of him, he doesnāt start a fight. but sometimes the look in his eyes speaks more than words ever could. maybe he will break their bones when you leave, maybe he will let it slide. who knows what calebās mood dictates him to do. sometimes, he just smiles. and later, when youāre home, he pins you softly to the bed, hands on either side of your head.ādo you want them?ā he asks, voice flat. ābecause i can make sure they never speak to you again.ā and youā you tell him itās just him. itās always been him. like a prayer, like a chanting to balm his rage. and he finally kisses you like a starved man, whispering āgood girl.ā
8. he deletes numbers from your phone.->youāll never notice. heās too smooth. but people you used to talk to? stop replying. and when you ask caleb, he just shrugs with a soft smirk, āmaybe they realized they could never compete with me.ā and then changes the subject with a kiss and that dangerous look in his eyes againā¦. this isnāt out of sheer possessiveness though its just out of trust issues.
9. he doesnāt like letting you sleep mad at him.-> you try to turn away in bed, still upset. away from him⦠back on his face like an iron wall. but he slides his arms around you from behind, strong and unyielding.āno. you donāt get to walk away from me in your sleep, either.ā and you can feel how serious he is. āwe fix this now, angel. iāll do anything. but you donāt leave.ā
10. he has nightmares about losing you.-> he never tells you the full details either. just that he wakes up shaking, pale, and pulls you into his lap, holding you so tightly it almost hurts. āi saw you leaving me,ā he whispers into your neck. ādonāt ever do that. i wouldnāt survive it.ā
Thinking about a neglectful reader... Hmm, no, that's kinda harsh. Let's just say a āØforgetful⨠reader.
Reader who so easily forgets people's faces and names. When summer vacation ends they'll go back to school and not remember the names of their own classmates unless reader's regularly interacted with them through the vacation. Like practically their whole conversation that first day back to school is like this:
Reader's Classmate: Reader, hi! How was your vacation?
Reader: Oh hi! š (a suspiciously cheerful smile in place of the classmate's name) Mine was nice. How about yours?
RC: Niceee. ...you forgot my name again, didn't you.
Reader, humbly: My bad š¤š
Even reader's own best friends know they aren't invincible. If any of them has to go away with no contact with reader longer than three days, they will come back wearing a name tag or something similar and gesture aggressively to it.
Reader's friend #1, back from a week-long academic camp: *gives the sign to other friends*
Friends #2 to #5, moving their arms and heads into the letters of friend #1's name and shouting cheerleader-style: J! A! N! E! J-A-N-E JANE!!!
Reader, mortified: Oh my god sorry I have the memory of a goldfish?? š We chatted nightly the whole week, I still remember your name!!!
Friend #1: š I have to stay vigilant. One time you forgot my name mid-conversation with me
Reader, now offended: And one time we were traveling together you forgot my existence at the subway card reader!!!
The thing is, though, reader's memory in general is not equal to a goldfish. Honestly, they're pretty good at remembering stuff. It's just like this post.
In reader's case, obviously, the forget everything part is about people's names and faces.
In relation to this, do you know the family full of black-haired blue-eyed boys who, in spite of the lack of blood relation (sans the youngest who is ironically the only one not with blue eyes or white skin) look very similar to the patriarch?
That's right: The Wayne's, a.k.a the Batfamily.
A.k.a difficulty level: HELL when it comes to differentiating between names and faces.
So here's reader, the neglected child in the fam. The one whom the Batfam treats like air, or like a pet they're indifferent aboutāsmiling politely and making small talk with reader when they're not busy and happen to encounter each other, at best just as politely excusing themselves but not infrequently outright snapping at reader when they're busy. More importantly, the one whom the Batfam never hangs out with, and therefore also the one who keeps forgetting their names.
Reader, passing by Dick: *nods casually* 'Sup, Nick.
Dick: Oh haha, very funny, Reader. You know my name
Reader: ?
Dick:
Reader:
Dick: You... Do know my name... Don't you?
Reader, remembering Jason-whose-name-they-also-have-forgotten calling Dick 'Dickolas': Isn't... Isn't it Nick? Like Nicholas?
Dick: ...
Reader: *absconds*
Jason: Hey, kiddo. Heard you misremembered Goldie's name
Reader, having already forgotten Dick's name again but unfortunately still remembers the Incident⢠clearly: Haha, yeah (ėāøė)
Jason: Heh, good for you. Dickiebird does need to be taken down a peg or two sometimes
Reader, getting premonition, now trying to recall Jason's name: U-huh. Sure
Jason: Yeah, like he's the golden boy and all, sure, but it's not as if everybody needs to know or remember him, right? And-
Reader, getting premonition harder, trying to recall Jason's name more frantically: What was it... Was it something ending with 'son'...? Oh, wasn't there the Graysonāwait that can't be a first name... Huh, didn't one of them once call him something ending with 'ay' instead? Or was it somebody else? Nah, the figure back then looked like his. Hmm May, Day, Kay... Gay? Ohā
Jason: -anyway! You remember my name, don't you?
Reader, premonition confirmed: *confidently nods* Of course, Gaylord
Jason:
Reader:
Jason, grabbing reader's shoulders: How the fuck did you get that name out of mine
Reader: š«„
Tim, barging into reader's room: Reader, we need to taāaaAAAA!!!
Reader, having completely forgotten Tim's face: HELP!!! PERVERT!!! THERE'S A PERVERT IN MY ROOM!!!
Tim: I'M YOUR BROTHER! STOP SCREAMING! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY STOP SPRAYING ME WITH BUG SPRAY!!!
Reader, tucking the bug spray can under their blanket: Oh, why didn't you say so
Tim: šš¢
Tim: Okay, never mind that. We need to talk about your constantly forgetting people's names. This is a serious matter, people will think you're being impolite by forgetting themā
Reader: Didn't you 'forget' to prepare a table for that couple you disliked at the last gala?
Tim, without hesitating a beat: No, damn, you misremembered that too? Anyway here, I made you this easy-to-remember PowerPoint for you to knowā
Reader, knowing full well Tim lied: š Yeah yeah, sure, I'll take a look when I have the time. Thanks bro
Tim, pausing: ...look at the PowerPoint
Reader, spitefully: I will. Later. When I have the time. Bye, dude
Tim: Look at it now. Look at my page. Look at my name!!!
Reader: LATER, MAN!!!
That night at dinner.
Reader: Thanks for the PowerPoint again!
Tim, gripping the water glass stem: Yeah...?
Reader: Yeah, it was so useful to remember everyone's names and faces
Tim, gripping harder: Right...?
Reader: That's right! So thank you for that...
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Tim shatters the glass in his hand. Reader has no regret.
Damian, victim to being the youngest child in the family and having had Bruce call everyone's names including the pets' before finally getting to his, wielding a katana: My name is Damian Al-Ghul Wayne. Carve it into your soul lest I carve it into your flesh
Reader, unfazed: No use carving your name on me, I'd still forget it was supposed to be yours. Write it on your forehead or something instead
Damian: I'm your brother! You're not supposed to forget my name!! I've always remembered yours ever since I learnt about you!!!
Reader: *looks at Bruce, outwardly polite but inwardly indifferent*
Bruce: *looks at reader, outwardly indifferent but inwardly disturbed*
Reader, having counted to ten: Sooo, is there something you want to talk to me about? Because if not I still have homework and stuff to doā
Bruce: Reader
Reader: ?
Bruce, pained: It has come to my attention... You often forget your brothers' names?
Reader, accidentally slipping: Not just theirs. I regularly forget everyone's names
Bruce: ...even mine?
Reader:
Bruce:
Reader: Uhh, look here. It'sāit's not that I mean to be mean, you know? I forget my own friends' names, I forget everyone's. And, really, it'sā
Reader: ...I shouldn't even be addressing you by name, you know
Bruce: ...ah
Reader: *absconds before Bruce realizes that reader hasn't called him any variation of dad for years*
Alfred: Young Mxā
Reader, vaguely recalling Alfred's (sur)name as Super British: Hi, London! Bye, London!
Alfred: .
This doesn't have to be yandere Batfam, of course, but if it does? Naturally, it warrants the Batfam keeping reader at home for them to constantly interact with. This way they'll never forget the names of their own family members, right, reader?
(Cue the whole Batfam having to fight in space for a whole month, then coming back to reader having escaped, faked their death, forged a new identity, started a new life elsewhere, and most importantly forgotten the Batfam's names again)
there are a bunch of fics of reader getting kidnapped and her not liking it and whatnot and i have not seen a single one where she does! and I think Iād much prefer if the 141 took me from my home and made me stay in their cabin in the middle of bumfuck nowhere and we all loved each other! iām just saying-
Johnny spots you first. You were just heading down to the farmer's market on a Saturday morning when he spotted you. The normal stalls of fresh fruit and vegetables had their big signs, but you were attracted to the stalls that were selling jewelry and little trinkets. Crystals and the like.
He followed at a reasonable distance. Not reasonable at all to him, given how he wanted to have you wrapped in his arms and guided home to the rest. Johnny was just supposed to go grocery shopping, but as soon as he saw you? He knew the others would too.
After the farmer's market, he followed you home. Just makin sure his bonnie lass gets home safe. You hadn't picked up anything from the farmer's market, so he couldn't bump into you and have an excuse for you both to stop; so he could work his charm on you.
He couldn't risk it though. So he went back to the jewlery stand and found the one thing that caught your eye, and bought it. He would give it to you when the time was right.
He went back home, you dancing through his mind as he rambled to Simon about the pretty lady he saw at the farmer's market.
The next person you caught the eye of was Gaz. He was in the skincare aisles of a store and you breezed past for a thing of moisturizer.
His brown eyes lock on yours as you turn to leave.
"Sorry about that. Just had to grab this." You hold up the moisturizer, your face decorated with green star pimple patches.
"No problem. Acne?"
"No. Just some pimples."
"My sisters liked moisturizers with salicylic acid. Said it helped get rid of their pimples and keep their skin soft." Gaz tries to reach out.
Your eybrows scrunch together and you look at the ingredients. No salicylic acid... "Okay, mystery man. I'll look for salicylic acid in my moisturizers."
Gaz pulls off the moisturizer off the shelf and hands it to you. "Try this. And I'm Kyle."
"Thanks... Kyle." You take the moisturizer from Kyle and make your way to the cash register.
Later that day, Kyle comes back to the house that the team share.
"Johnny... I understand now."
The next person to see you is Simon. He is enjoying a nice cup of tea as the rain begins to patter against the glass he is sat next to.
The bell for the door dings as you walk in, tucking your umbrella into your body as you approach the cashier. "Hey, Ruby. How's it going?"
"Slow. But interesting. Apparently, the woman down the street is in an open relationship with her husband because they don't want to have to go through the messiness of a divorce." Ruby rings your usual in, spilling the piping hot tea to you.
"And who poured you this tea?"
"Her personal assistant, Mary."
"Ooh, girl~"
"Mhm. Anytime, girl. White mocha with half pumps of mocha sauce, half vanilla with whole milk, hot, right?" Ruby reads your order back to you, just double checking even if she knows the answer.
"You know it."
"It'll be out in a minute. And... sorry to say, but someone stole your spot." Ruby whispers to you before trying to subtly motion to the big hulking man with his tea and scone.
"Ah. It's fine. I'll just make a friend, and if not, then I'll just move to a different table." You whisper back as Ruby walks over to make your coffee.
"Hello," You approach the man carefully, "is it okay if I sit with you?"
The grunt was meant to be 'Of course, please sit with me, pretty bird. I'd lick the coffee off your lips if you asked.' but it just came out as off-putting.
Seemingly off-putting, at least... but you didn't turn away.
"I'm sorry, I'm not quite fluent in grunts yet. Mind a 'yes' or 'no'?" Your sassy retort does nothing to help hide the ever-growing tightness in his cargos.
"Yes... sit."
You smile at his confirmation and sit down, setting your bag down next to you and pulling out a journal with a cute pen.
"White vanilla mocha for sweetums!" Ruby calls out your order and winks before leaving it on the counter and attending to the other drinks in need of her attention.
"Be right back." You give the stranger a small smile before getting up to grab your coffee.
When you come back, Simon is still in the same position. You sit and sip your coffee, staring out the window at the sky before setting your coffee down and starting to journal what you know about the root chakra and how hung gar kung fu has helped you open and reconnect with the chakra.
"You believe in those?" Simon gets a glimpse of your journaling and makes his comment, not having any sense of spirituality or religion.
"I believe they might help. And even if they don't exist, what's the harm in meditation? It's been medically proven to better your mental health, so even if I'm not opening my chakra, I'm helping my mental health, stranger." You give him a small smile and continue journaling your experiences.
"Simon." He mutters, taking a sip of his coffee, looking away from you.
"What?" You look over, confused.
"My name is Simon." He's just gently blushing under the mask, taken by you.
"You have a nice name, Simon." You give yours in return.
He quickly finishes his tea and bolts out the door, jacket in hand and umbrella tucked away in his pockets.
As soon as he gets back to the house, he finds John in his study.
"Price... we need her."
By now, John has heard all of his boys talk about you nonstop.
How your hair look so shiny under the sun. How your skin has cleared up and Kyle sees it from time to time when you go for a walk. The attention to detail you put in with your journaling and that you care about yourself.
So, John, having put together a rough estimate of your routine, plants himself in your way. He shows up at the Saturday market, looking at some produce, when he notices you. He has a semi-clear image and description of you from his men, but seeing you? It is an entirely different story.
He understands now, and as such, he walks over to the trinkets stall, intentionally bumping against you, before turning around, "I am so sorry, love."
"It's alright," You assure him, going back to the crystals arranged on the table.
"Which one is that?"
"You haven't seen obsidian before?" You raise an eyebrow, but hold it up to him. "It's a stone made from volcanos. Sharp as glass, and way more dangerous, because it's a soft stone. It tends to break easy."
"We don't have many volcanos around here, love." John's eyes twinkle in amusement, hands in his pockets.
"Right. Sorry." You apologize quickly, "And I just info-dumped on you about obsidian. I'm so sorry. You're a stranger, and you probably didn't even want to-"
"It was interesting. I appreciate the facts you gave me. And I'm John. John Price." He puts his hand out, like he's going to shake your hand.
You give him your name and your breath stutters to a halt as he takes your hand and brings it up to his lips.
"Lovely to meet you." John gives that cute smile of his and slowly lets your hand down before walking away.
When John arrives back home, he enters like a man on a mission.
"You're right. She's perfect."
And all the rest look at each other with confirming smiles and nods before starting to build out the plan.
You sigh as you approach your car, getting your key out.
Another shitty day with another new boss who doesn't understand the fucking team...
And as you approach your apartment, jamming to music, you donāt notice the black van tailing you... it's respectable distance does not raise any red flags in your mind, not giving you a trigger for your anxiety.
You park your car, grab your things, and get out of the car, locking it after you've closed the door.
What you fail to notice in your exhaustion, is the hulking mass of a man sneaking up behind you...
And you're out like a light.
Author's Cup of Tea: I'll probably continue this later but I've got the hiccups and this has been sitting here for a while...
Edit: Finally edited this and I have a three day weekend, so part two might finally come out.
Edit: PART TWO IS OUT UNDER THE NAME Schrodingerās Stockholm
TW: Neglect, mentions of death, extreme yandere behavior, kidnapping
You grew up lonely. There was no other word for it. Your mother was busy constantly, leaving you alone for days. You learned not to complain and just to care for yourself.
You were 8 when your mother died in a car accident, and you spent six months in the system before your father came for you, and you moved into the manor.
You didnāt see much of your āfamilyā after you moved in. None of them seemed to really notice you. Most of them didnāt live at home, to be fair. Damian was the only one who lived at home out of your siblings, and he ignored you most of the time, since heās about 8 years older than you.
You were used to being alone. You didnāt bother them, ignoring the emotions when you ate dinner alone, and didnāt complain when you had to walk home in the rain when the driver forgot to pick you up.
Almost four months after turning 11, you found a dust covered necklace in the back of your closet. The chain is dusty and silver, with a (f/c) pendant with several small cracks across the surface. Still, something tugged you to it, and you ended up putting it on.
What you didnāt realize is that itās a lifeline from another universe, a chance to live a better(?) life.
You see, in this other life, your mother gave you up as a baby, leaving you in front of the outer gate and leaving without a trace. In the other life, you were the baby that they all tried to protect and love.
As you grew up, they became more and more protective of you,but since you were raised with it, you never really saw it as wrong. However, as you became a preteen, you started becoming more independent and rebellious, stressing everyone out.
However, it all came to a head when you were 15. There was an Arkham Asylum breakout, and you decided that you were going to help out, with or without their permission.
Your father and siblings tried to convince you to go back to the manor, and in their distraction, Damian didnāt notice the Joker aiming for him until you shoved him out of the way of the incoming bullet.
Suffice it to say, your family went insane. Surprisingly, Dick was the one who killed the Joker, while Jason was more focused on running to you.
By the time they managed to reach the cave, you had lost too much blood, and all you could do was quietly apologize for distracting them. They tried to save youā¦ā¦ but it was too late.
There were many debates over bringing you back via the Lazarus Pits or through some form of magic. However, Jason and Damian stood firm on the fact that doing that would hurt you.
The idea of another universe was brought up by Jason. Jason, who had spent more time with Constantine than anyone else, knew that other universes were an option. It didnāt take long for Jason and Tim to devise a plan.
They enchanted one of your prized possessions, a necklace Bruce had given you for your 9th birthday, and used it to send a copy of it to another version of you, without telling anyone.
However, something went wrong in transporting it, and the magic almost exploded in their faces, cracking the necklace and catching everyone elseās attention. This lead to a spectacular argument that only stopped when Jason gasped, holding the necklace, and whispered your name.
They quickly learned that the necklace allowed them to watch you, though it didnāt transport you to them like they had hoped. Instead, they had to watch you struggle alone, being far too independent for your young age, and watch their alternate selves ignore you.
They devised a system of switching off who was watching you when. They also called in a few favors in the magical community to fix the necklace.
As the magic users worked, the batfamily became more and more protective and worried. You were far too independent for your age, independent in the way that had lead to your death. They didnāt blame you though, especially after learning from one of their watching sessions that your mother had āraisedā you for a while.
As the magic users fixed the necklace slowly, healing one crack each session, they prepared for your arrival. You were very similar to their version of you, with a few differences in taste that they easily accommodated.
They prepared a new room for you. (It was actually the room they used for your nursery before you insisted on a big kid room, but semantics.) They made sure the room is secure, with one window that obviously had a screen. They made sure everything is soft, with new plushies and several safety measures. (They also make sure it locks from the outside, unwilling to risk you trying to sneak out again.)
As the day of your arrival came closer, they became more and more obsessed. They decided early on that their biggest mistake with their version of you was letting them grow up and try to act independent. They werenāt going to make that mistake with you. You had been independent for far too long, with their alternate selves being despicably neglectful. They would be better than their alternate selves. They would love you so much, youād forget ever wanting to be independent.
You barely noticed your necklace after putting it on. You just went through your days, studying and eating and cleaning. You got used to the comfortable weight, and barely noticed when you looked in the mirror and the necklace had less cracks than you remembered.
The day they summoned you was the day you came home from school with paperwork for your Bruce to sign. The paperwork in question? Boarding School papers.
The alternates could only watch in horror as your Bruce signed the papers without looking. How could he do that? How could he sign away his youngest so easily? (The alternate Bruce almost threw up when he saw his alternate self sign away your childhood without even looking at you.)
When you went to bed that night, they acted fast. The summoning was surprisingly quick, and you didnāt even stir as you were transported to the cave.
When you wake up, donāt struggle. Youāre going to get all the love and affection and attention you have been denied before. All you have to do is submit and let them adore you (and donāt protest as they slowly take away your independence)
Edit: I really hope you guys enjoyed this, and I am very willing to talk about this au if you send me an ask! I hope you all have a great day! Pls let me know what you think!
TW:Yandere behavior, minor mentions of violence, mentions of manipulation of the legal system
You are Bruceās 2 year old kid who he only finds out about after your mother gets arrested. They were a one night stand at a party, a drunken mistake with a torn condom and missed birth control, and your mother never really though about who the father was, until a DNA test confirms it.
Bruce has never has a kid this young, but heās always secretly wanted to take care of a kid this young. He loves the idea of having a baby, so heās nervous but excited about bringing you home.
Your brothers and sisters are pleased too! Dick immediately starts shopping, with Steph and Cass tagging along. Duke, who has the most experience with little children as he has baby sat before, learned your age and immediately started making sure they got age-appropriate things. Jason and Tim immediately start researching food options and what a 2 year old can actually do. Barbara goes on your motherās social media, finding all the photos of you possible and either printing them out or creating a digital photo album.
Damian? Oh, Damian is the most excited, because this isnāt only a sibling, itās a blood sibling! A blood sibling that he can mentor and love and protect.
However, none of them really accounted for the fact that they are all severely traumatized and meeting you, symbol of innocence who has Bruceās features, but smiles trustingly and tries to hug them during their first meeting despite the fact theyāre basically strangers to you. None of them accounted for their trauma making them a bit overprotective.
Dick comes over everyday, never complaining about the drive. He is always up for playing pretend, and if you are the kind of kid who likes princesses or tea parties, he will happily play with you, wearing a tutu and complimenting you on the pretend tea.
(You donāt need to know he watches you sleep when he stays over. You donāt need to know that he has nightmares about you dying, or donning a mask. You donāt need to know that the one times you tripped on the stairs, he nearly had a panic attack. Just let him carry you around and donāt ask why heās holding you so tightly)
Jason comes over twice a week to read to you and stay for dinner. You are the only one he initiates contact with, holding you in his arms and letting you piggyback on him. He is more reluctant than Dick to play games, but if you pout at him, heāll definitely pretend to be a dragon for you to fight.
(You donāt need to know about how anyone who even mentions the possibility of kidnapping you gets kneecapped, and thatās if heās feeling generous. You donāt need to know how much of his younger self that he sees in you. Just let him hold you close to him and ignore the blood under his nails)
Tim takes all the pictures of you. Heās a bit more awkward than Jason or Dick, but since he lives with you, he often will sit with you during your breakfast, cleaning up any messes you make. He becomes the calm, collected older brother who always knows what you want.
(You donāt need to know about the cameras all over your room, the trackers in your favorite clothes, or the chip implanted in you during your vaccination appointment that tracks your health. You donāt need to know that he finds any whispers of plans about kidnapping you online and either sends them to Jason or ruins them himself. Just let him help feed you and donāt ask how he knows your favorite food.)
Damian is a very proud big brother. While he is less likely to join in on your games, he loves to let you watch him train, and loves to paint with you. He praises every sloppy painting or messy drawing, regardless of how good it is, and keeps every single one. He also makes sure to introduce you to every animal he has, smiling at your excited squeals.
(You donāt need to know how angry he gets whenever you address one of the others before him. You donāt need to know about how he threatened Talia that if she dared harm you, he would dispose of her and turn her body into ashes himself. Just let him help you ride Bat-Cow, and donāt ask why he grabbed you before you could rejoin your tea party with Jason.)
Barbara always asked for a baby sister growing up, which is why she was so hands on when helping Cassandra. With you, though, she comes over almost as often as Dick, reading you stories in her lap and stopping tantrums before they could start.
(You donāt need to know that she hacked into your motherās paperwork, adding a few charges of tax evasion and drug possession to her original DUI and resisting arrest charge. You donāt need to know that she added a tracker to your favorite stuffed animal. Just doze in her lap, and donāt think about how long your mom has been gone.)
Steph is the one who visits the most sporadically, sometimes staying away for a week and other times coming over multiple times in one day. She loves taking you to places like the park and the arcade, and is determined to be the cool older sister figure.
(You donāt need to know how she broke the arm of a boy who laughed when you fell from the swings. You donāt need to know that she takes pictures of anyone you play with to send to Tim and Barbara for surveillance. Just laugh while she pushes you on the swing, and donāt think about how none of the other kids are approaching you.)
Cassandra loves you, plain and simple. She teaches you sign language patiently, beaming and spinning you around the first time you sign I Love You. She is amazing, catching tantrums before they start, always knowing exactly what you need, even before you know it.
(You donāt need to know how she follows you like a ghost whenever you leave the safety of the house. You donāt need to know what happened to the foolish kidnapper who attempted to approach you at the park while you were on the seesaw. Just giggle when Cassandra surprises you, and donāt think about the weird whimper you had heard seconds before.)
Duke is the only one who isnāt as indulgent as the others, and actually knows what a kid your age is able to do. He tells you stories, shows you little light shows with his powers, and is always willing to listen to you ramble.
(You donāt need to know about how he refuses to leave your side when the Joker breaks out. You donāt need to know how he catalogs every single complaint you have about anything subconsciously, making sure to offhandedly comment about them when youāre asleep and heās around the others. Just keep telling him about your day, and donāt question the way he keeps typing on his phone.)ļæ¼
Alfred dotes on you, being more indulgent with you than he was with any of the others. He loves having you in the kitchen, calling you his little helper as he lets you taste the cookie batter, smiling as heās reminded of baby Bruce.
(You donāt need to know how he coordinated each and every thing done in this house. You donāt need to know that he contacted an old friend of his from his days in the Queenās service. No other relatives of your mother will ever try to contact you. Just stir your little bowl and forget about any family outside of them.)
Bruce is with you every second that he can be. Something he was always a little angry about was that Tallia never told him about Damian until he was older, and he missed out on watching Damian grow up. You are the first child who comes to him still believing in the tooth fairy and wishes on stars, the first child who comes to him still innocent and untainted by the darker side of his life. He will do anything you want him to, and thereās no such thing as too much when it comes to a sweet baby. He will make up for every single mistake heās ever made with his other kids through you. ļæ¼
(donāt question why your father is still upset whenever you hear the news on TV. Donāt question how he rarely lets you leave the house, and how whenever you do, he seems tense. Donāt question the way his face gets tight when you proclaim that you want to be a hero when you grow up. Just bask in his attention, and donāt notice how much of your life is inside the mansion or how quiet people get when you ask about your mom.)
(You will have everything you could ever want, as long as you donāt ask the wrong questions)
Edit: Wow, I didnāt realize how much I would love writing this. Feel free to send me requests about this au, because I have so many ideas. I really hope you guys enjoyed this!