first time writing jake martin so forgive ooc characterization đ i SWEAR this wasnât supposed to be this long đđ title is from move by milo greene but the fic is inspired by the dialogue:
âGo figure out what you want.â
âI want you.â
PART ONE. 6k+ words.
It should be simple. Youâre into him, heâs into you. Unfortunately, Jake likes to make things difficult. Contains flirtation-ship to lovers, mutual pinning, angst, jealousy, violence -> PART TWO will contain dirty talk, praise kink, unprotected sex.
-> all the other lovers want to dance with you <-
âDo you like me?âÂ
One of his AirPods falls out with the force his head jerks up, and his startled green eyes connect with yours. He pulls the other one out, pausing his playlist for good measure. Itâs a simple question, proposed in the quietude between shuffled songs, but heâs still confused.
He glances around in case youâre speaking to someone else. Thereâs no one in the immediate vicinity, only him at the circular white table. He sits up, settling his elbows on the tableâs edge, head tilted like a puppy. âWhat?â
You do that cute thing where you try to bite back your smile; usually, you fail but this time itâs an odd success. âAre you into me?â you ask, and your normally lighthearted demeanor dropped. The softness of your voice catches him off-guard, your tempting gaze deep with conflict. âLike⌠do you like me?â  Â
âWhat? No!â is his knee-jerk reaction, a reflex that tumbles out of his mouth before he realizes itâso vehement, itâs almost harsh. He doesnât know if you flinch because of the answer or the volume. Either way, he cringes internally at himself and hopes to smooth everything out with, âI mean, what kind of question is that.â His play-it-off laugh is nervous. âWeâre friends so, duh, I like you.âÂ
Youâre quiet for a moment. Your stare pins on him, captivating depths torn about something and searching for the answer in him. Whatever it is, your chest rises with an inhale, and your shoulders slump on the exhale. You arenât mad. Something like disappointment marrs your pretty features, he realizes, and his stomach tightens like heâs sick or something.
Your nod is slow. âRight⌠right.â The latter word is faint, more to yourself, and your smile doesnât feel like it should. âOkay, got it. Thanks for clearing it up.âÂ
He adjusts in his chair awkwardly. âWhy do you ask?â
The unknown emotion wipes clean from your face. Youâre back to bright and bouncy. âNo reason.â He hopes you donât see his sigh of relief. Your stance straightens, and you head in the opposite direction. âBen?â Youâre addressing one of the mechanics, hesitating on, âI⌠Iâm down, if the, um, offer is still there.â Before you leave, you spare him a blind wave. âIâll see you later, yeah?âÂ
âY - yeah. Of course,â he calls to your fading figure (and what a fine figure that is). The exchange is weird but heâs cool and you are too. Nothing to fret about, and he shrugs it off.Â
In your egress, something loud crashes, and thereâs a faint hoop and hollering. He lifts his chin in an attempt to see the source, but to no avail. From the same direction, Kevin walks out into the common area.Â
âWhat was that?â He jabs out an accusatory finger. âYou guys better not have messed up my car!âÂ
Kevin rolls his eyes. âFirst, thatâs not your car,â he points out. âTwo, youâre the only one who messes it up. And three, how would someone mess it up if itâs right there?â The pristine piece of machinery is indeed parked behind him, and heâs satisfied with that. âI still canât believe she said yes. Great. Beth won the bet.âÂ
âWho said yes to what?âÂ
âOur photographer, your âfriendâââ He scrunches the word. ââjust agreed to a date with Ben. Arenât you guys âcloseâ?â There he goes with the scrunching. âDidnât she tell you? I thought she came out to talk to you.âÂ
Jake jolts. âWhat? Why?âÂ
Kevin cocks a brow. âWhat do you mean why? Have you seen her?â The second he hears himself, he raises a halting palm. âDumb question. Considering youâve been flirting with her since the second she walked through the door. Now, why she said yes, donât have a clue. Maybe because he asked.âÂ
âWrong. Iâve been flirting with her since she came to my race,â he clarifies matter of fact and proud until he registers the second part, and his forehead creases. âWait, youâre telling me sheâs going out with him?â He considers that possibility. No way. He dissolves into laughter to near giggles. âThatâs funny.âÂ
âNot a joke,â he interrupts, folding his arms while commotion goes on somewhere in the distance. âThat sound? Heâs basically throwing a parade.â On a pause, he narrows his eyes on him. âHold on. Whatâd you say to her? I swear to God, she was going to say no. She has been since she started working here.âÂ
âIâm not⌠sure,â he says, dumbfounded. Thereâs this echo of alarm in his ears as he wraps his head around this information. He told you no. You said yes to another guy. Is there some significance there? He tries to put it together but the gears wonât crank. All he knows is that his chest constricts, and he canât figure out why.Â
What in the everloving fuck just happened?Â
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Sometimes I get overwhelmed at the concept of young Scorch.Â
Walon calling him a trouble maker and Scorch just being like âIâm not making trouble, Sir, I am simply seizing an obvious opportunity that would be a shame to pass up.âÂ
Warnings: Kissing, flirting, sexual innuendos, humor, blowjobs, male receiving oral. Smut / fluff / mildly dubious consent but not really? Dry-humping, self-esteem issues, self-degradation, self-doubt, mild feelings of worthlessness and slight depression.
Word count: 4.8k+
Summary: Shriv Suurgav is overworked - he sits alone, or tries to, in his office. Youâve come to bother him, or better yet, help him find a way to relieve his stress. This âDuros under duressâ must relax.
Notes: I write Shriv Suurgav entirely different from the way I write Cad Bane, so be prepared for a more â stream of consciousnessâ type style. I love getting inside this neurotic Durosâ head. Inspired by me eating a lollipop on the way home from work. âA blowjob a day keeps the melancholy away.â - @amiquinn99âÂ
Half a parsec. No. Maybe a whole parsec.
Two parsecs?
Perhaps a parsec was not the right unit of measurement to use in this situation, but Shriv absolutely felt that was how far away he was from finishing this list of menial tasks that was supposed to get done by the end of the day.
It was too much for just one day. Or any day. It was never ending; just a nearly insurmountable heap of red tape and bureaucracy, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Well, almost nothing.
He supposed he could launch himself out of an airlock, but death might be just a little bit worse than having to answer to Lando about this one particular report that was due two standard hours from now.
Who was keeping track of this stuff, anyway? Would they know if he hadnât submitted it on time? Was Lando really that interested in learning about the finer points of the Pathfinderâs last ground assault? The fact the 61st mobile infantry had lost so many soldiers on Haidoral Prime that they were organizing a recruitment event to try and persuade locals to join their cause?
Not to mention the dangers of Imperial espionage â you never knew who was going to show up to these things. Thatâs why he stayed away from them. He was too skeptical â they said he would only hinder the process. It was fine by Shriv. He had better things to do.
Let them deal with the repercussions. They couldnât say he hadnât warned them.
Of course, the stress of those better things alone was enough to give anyone a stroke; but Shriv did what he did best in these scenarios: he sucked it up. Only today it wasnât going so well. He had too much on his mind.
When did he not have too much on his mind?
Shriv couldnât remember the last time his head was absent of thought, negative or otherwise, though negative seemed to be predominant. For a moment, Shriv felt like he had forgotten what it was like to relax, and that made him frown to himself because no one else was around to see it.
He was thankful no one else was around to see it.
For one, they might ask questions, and two, he wasnât in the mood to explain his⌠mood.
He tried keeping up appearances with the cadets. They already thought he was a curmudgeon. They called him a killjoy behind his back.
He had heard about it second hand from Luke â he wanted Shriv to be nicer to the new blood, as he called them. He said he came off as âscaryâ and âmean,â and that he should be trying to instill a sense of camaraderie, giving inspirational speeches, not the opposite.
Shriv wasnât trying to instill anything. He was just telling it like it is. If they couldnât handle his authenticity, well âŚ
Sooo sorry I donât find fighting wars and nearly dying everyday to be the pinnacle of excitement. I apologize for warning them about the risks and dangers involved in going up against an evil, despotic Empire who rather kill them than use them as slave labor just for wearing this damn uniform.
That was what he had wanted to say. Instead, he said: âYeah, sure, OK.â
Then he had coughed on purpose, followed by a terse: âCommander.â
The terseness had also been on purpose.
Oh, but Shriv wasnât considered to be his equal even though he was not only a member of the Special Forces, but a Commander in the Alliance Navy, a Marksman, and a damn good pilot.
Far from it.
Luke Skywalker was a Jedi with magical force wieldy powers that could make people smack into walls, or he could slice them in half with his glowy laser sword-thing.
He won medals and made girls smile.
Shriv only made girls give disgusted faces.
He supposed he should be thankful he was on their side, not annoyed one bit that he had told him how to do his job he had been doing since before Luke had even bothered to show up.
Yeah, OK, so he had blown up a Death Star.
Even Shriv had to admit that was impressive, but he didnât want to.
Besides, he had help, but everyone seemed to forget that little tidbit of information.
Han Solo didnât forget that tidbit of information.
In fact, he talked about it daily.
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Freddie Stroma in Peacemaker Season 1 Bloopers
Star Wars OC : Lexi Tamzin, human-zeltron thief and informant, living on Coruscant and temporary cooperate with Jango Fett đâď¸đ
Warnings: Kissing, flirting, sexual innuendos, humor, blowjobs, male receiving oral. Smut / fluff / mildly dubious consent but not really? Dry-humping, self-esteem issues, self-degradation, self-doubt, mild feelings of worthlessness and slight depression.
Word count: 4.8k+
Summary: Shriv Suurgav is overworked - he sits alone, or tries to, in his office. Youâve come to bother him, or better yet, help him find a way to relieve his stress. This âDuros under duressâ must relax.
Notes: I write Shriv Suurgav entirely different from the way I write Cad Bane, so be prepared for a more â stream of consciousnessâ type style. I love getting inside this neurotic Durosâ head. Inspired by me eating a lollipop on the way home from work. âA blowjob a day keeps the melancholy away.â - @amiquinn99âÂ
Half a parsec. No. Maybe a whole parsec.
Two parsecs?
Perhaps a parsec was not the right unit of measurement to use in this situation, but Shriv absolutely felt that was how far away he was from finishing this list of menial tasks that was supposed to get done by the end of the day.
It was too much for just one day. Or any day. It was never ending; just a nearly insurmountable heap of red tape and bureaucracy, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Well, almost nothing.
He supposed he could launch himself out of an airlock, but death might be just a little bit worse than having to answer to Lando about this one particular report that was due two standard hours from now.
Who was keeping track of this stuff, anyway? Would they know if he hadnât submitted it on time? Was Lando really that interested in learning about the finer points of the Pathfinderâs last ground assault? The fact the 61st mobile infantry had lost so many soldiers on Haidoral Prime that they were organizing a recruitment event to try and persuade locals to join their cause?
Not to mention the dangers of Imperial espionage â you never knew who was going to show up to these things. Thatâs why he stayed away from them. He was too skeptical â they said he would only hinder the process. It was fine by Shriv. He had better things to do.
Let them deal with the repercussions. They couldnât say he hadnât warned them.
Of course, the stress of those better things alone was enough to give anyone a stroke; but Shriv did what he did best in these scenarios: he sucked it up. Only today it wasnât going so well. He had too much on his mind.
When did he not have too much on his mind?
Shriv couldnât remember the last time his head was absent of thought, negative or otherwise, though negative seemed to be predominant. For a moment, Shriv felt like he had forgotten what it was like to relax, and that made him frown to himself because no one else was around to see it.
He was thankful no one else was around to see it.
For one, they might ask questions, and two, he wasnât in the mood to explain his⌠mood.
He tried keeping up appearances with the cadets. They already thought he was a curmudgeon. They called him a killjoy behind his back.
He had heard about it second hand from Luke â he wanted Shriv to be nicer to the new blood, as he called them. He said he came off as âscaryâ and âmean,â and that he should be trying to instill a sense of camaraderie, giving inspirational speeches, not the opposite.
Shriv wasnât trying to instill anything. He was just telling it like it is. If they couldnât handle his authenticity, well âŚ
Sooo sorry I donât find fighting wars and nearly dying everyday to be the pinnacle of excitement. I apologize for warning them about the risks and dangers involved in going up against an evil, despotic Empire who rather kill them than use them as slave labor just for wearing this damn uniform.
That was what he had wanted to say. Instead, he said: âYeah, sure, OK.â
Then he had coughed on purpose, followed by a terse: âCommander.â
The terseness had also been on purpose.
Oh, but Shriv wasnât considered to be his equal even though he was not only a member of the Special Forces, but a Commander in the Alliance Navy, a Marksman, and a damn good pilot.
Far from it.
Luke Skywalker was a Jedi with magical force wieldy powers that could make people smack into walls, or he could slice them in half with his glowy laser sword-thing.
He won medals and made girls smile.
Shriv only made girls give disgusted faces.
He supposed he should be thankful he was on their side, not annoyed one bit that he had told him how to do his job he had been doing since before Luke had even bothered to show up.
Yeah, OK, so he had blown up a Death Star.
Even Shriv had to admit that was impressive, but he didnât want to.
Besides, he had help, but everyone seemed to forget that little tidbit of information.
Han Solo didnât forget that tidbit of information.
In fact, he talked about it daily.
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Summary: After earning yourself several life sentences and a one-way ticket to Belle Reve in your early 20s, you've spent the decade and a bit since then establishing yourself as a loyal and effective tool for Waller and her team. As a meta-human who is able to completely know and understand the history of anything you touch, as well as master how to use it, and know exactly where the owner of the object is, but all only while touching the object, it's safe to say that you've developed a reputation as an unmatched hunter, though you've always felt hunter was too ominous a word for you and your upbeat nature.
So now you, Waller's pet supervillain known as The Chaser, find yourself as part of Project Butterfly, in the middle of suburban Washington. The only downside you can see is that everyone on the team is so serious; as the saying goes, if you enjoy what you do, you'll never work a day in your life! So fuck it, who are they to say you can't enjoy what you do, especially if you know you're good at it!? Unfortunately for everyone else, what you do is usually crime... and sometimes murder.
Need to Know: She/Her pronouns. villain!meta-human!reader. self depricating reader. chaos. implied dehumanisation. canon typical violence. possible smut in later chapter i haven't decided. slowish burn
A/N: 2652 words. ive caved and im writing a villain!reader/vigilante series. this is different to the other oc/vigilante things ive been posting except that this is now the fic where The Chaser is a thing. im excited to write this, it's a lot of fun so far xx i would like feedback please!!!
Taglist: OPEN -- message or comment if you'd like to be added xx
If anyone were to ask your opinion on the team you were with, not that anyone ever did, you'd never hesitate to mention that you wished they'd lighten up.
"Careful, Kujo, your sociopathy is showing," Harcourt's voice was dry over dinner at Fennel Fields, though her lips were quirked with the slightest amusement.
"You know my confidence isn't an attack on you," you told her with blunt sincerity, brandishing a mozzarella stick like you're trying to emphasise a point - the grease that clings, the oil that burns, they're made in-house, the exact way to make them, bulk ordered bread crumbs, the machines that processed them, the crumbling, dough forming, wheat into machines, the wheat cut down in the fields, the breeze - "I'm good at my job, that's not bragging that's just a fact."
"Yes, but you're good at everything," Harcourt leans her elbows on the table, chin resting delicately on her knuckles, "isn't that the point of you? Wouldn't being insufferable about it get boring eventually?" She's wearing that thin, mean smile that's unfortunately flattering on her, and you sigh, as if terribly put upon, leaning against the half-wall divider your booth sat against.
"You'd think so," you sigh dramatically, "but considering I'm an idiot eighty percent of the time, I have to get my kicks in how I can," and you angle your head to show her your sharp, smug smile, and she rolls her eyes, sitting back in her seat. You take another bite of the mozzarella stick with a shit-eating grin.
"And they call you The Chaser?" Adebayo asks with faint scepticism as she processes the interaction she's just witnessed.
"Depends on who you ask," you responded lazily, finishing off the mozzarella stick in your hand, and immediately forgetting everything your brain had absorbed, had known while you'd been holding the breadcrumb covered cheese.
"I know who you are, I'm just confused as to why," she huffs a half laugh.
"Waller threw Savant to the wolves, you could have his name," Economos pointed out to you instead of answering Adebayo, though as he flicked a napkin at your face, it hit you in the forehead, "would be more fitting," he adds lamely, like after seeing you fail to catch the napkin, his heart's not in the change of names. The napkin flutters into your lap and you give him an unamused look.
After a beat, however, Murn is the one who answers Adebayo's initial question.
"Everything Y/N touches, she masters, and understands its entire history," he explains, while you leaned around him to shoot Adebayo a bright smile, "including whoever is the current owner of the object and where exactly they are and what state they are in, but only while she's touching it."
"Hence, Savant," Economos said, gesturing to you with a weak wave.
"Idiot Savant," you clarified with a good-natured eye roll, "if I don't make a very serious effort to remember something about the thing I'm touching, it'll-" you make an uncomfortably wet noise as you mime the information sliding out of your head through your ear. After a moment, you pick up your glass and take a sip of water - the restaurant owner's wife technically owns the cups, and you see the employee who filled it, every time its been washed by a busboy, every customer who's ever drunk from it, the cardboard box it had been bought in opened by the restaurateur's wife, the pallets of identical glasses being transported to the store it was bought from, the factory worker boxing it up, the mass production of the glasses, the heat to melt it into shape -
"Everything you touch?" Adebayo asks, incredulously, and then looks to the glass.
"This cup technically belongs to the wife of the restaurant owner; she's sitting on their sofa three blocks away with a Labrador puppy in her lap. She bought the glasses on sale; one was chipped in the set of four so they were eighty percent off," you said without a moment of hesitation, and then took another sip of water for effect, "they use a cheap brand of detergent here."
"I... don't know enough about this restaurant to verify that but it sounds impressive," Adebayo muses, a sentiment you could see honestly reflected in her eyes.
"Show off," Harcourt smirks, something a little proud in her expression that she's ducked to hide. After a beat, however, Harcourt surfaces; "she chose to call herself The Chaser because she's a bitch."
"There's literally no meaner way you could have phrased that!" Your expression lights up surprised outrage, but it's clear you didn't take it to heart, turning, "for the first few weeks -"
"Of your career as a murderer," Harcourt undercuts your moment, but you chose to ignore her.
"As a freelancer," you emphasised, before hesitating and conceding, "who yeah, was hired to kill people when word got around I was good at it," you rolled your eyes, waving your hand by your temple as if dismissing the thought, "anyways people started calling me The Hunter, and when I think of the name The Hunter, I think of like, Robin Hood, a green aesthetic and men in tights, which really just made me think of Green Arrow, and that guy? You wanna talk about unbearable, that's your man," you hoped your expression conveyed the earnestness of your hatred for him, before snorting dismissively, "and anyways, Hunter is such a heavy word for what I do; it implies I always kill them, which I don't."
After a beat to let your words sink in, Harcourt actually grins.
"And because she's-"
"Stop telling people I'm a furry!" You practically shouted over Harcourt with well worn exasperation, though her grin only got wider.
"Calm down, Kujo," her response comes with a fond kind of amusement the others had rarely seen.
"I called myself The Chaser because I thought it was light and befitting of the main reason I used to be hired," you said, voice lowering as the moment passes easily, "and now," you flourish your hands, before resting your elbow on the table and your chin in your hand, "I'm doing my dream job."
"Being part of a secret government task force?" Adebayo says incredulously, to which you shrugged easily.
"As long as I get to use my powers and travel, I'm happy; what are they gonna do? Arrest me again for following their orders? No," you snorted. Thankfully the moment I'd immediately derailed when Harcourt spots Peacemaker pulling up in his fully costume, a bald eagle in his back seat. The good mood that only you seemed to be able to elicit from her had disappeared, as did everyone else's.
When Peacemaker finally recognises you, his expression lights up with a strange kind of realisation and a 'oh yeah, everyone in Belle Reve knows Kujo', and you have to grit your teeth at that.
When you weren't working solo missions for Waller or the government, your powers were being used by your fellow inmates to find snitches trying to hide, settle disputes of ownership, or find out which guards were distributing contraband. Even in a power dampener collar, you had the faintest meta-human abilities, and it was more than a lot of folks you were locked up beside. Despite operating at your bare minimum while inside Belle Reve, a lot of people found you incredibly useful. It's a situation you preferred to forget; between being seen as a tool rather than a person, the unfulfilling requests everyone had, and how it felt like you were always scraping the bottom of the barrel to use even a fraction of your power, there was no time in your life you hated more.
After Peacemaker's comment, you find yourself quiet for the rest of dinner, far quieter than you had been before. Thankfully Peacemaker himself is loud enough for both of you, and no-one asks you any questions.
The dinner comes to a close, and youâve still got half your plate unfinished in front of you. Everyoneâs set to head home, or at the very least, head out for the night, but youâre still stuck in your head, memories growing teeth as you think back on Belle Reve and how powerless you had felt inside its walls.
âIâm going to grab a drink before turning in,â Harcourtâs voice brings you out of your thoughts, and you surface to see sheâs the only one still in the restaurant, standing at the end of the table, watching you. She doesnât ask if youâre okay, she doesnât even ask if you want to join her, at least not out loud; she pulls a zip-tie out of her back pocket and offers it to you, wordlessly. The familiar routine brings a smile to your face, and you take it â you can see her, sense her there even with your eyes closed; it was her zip-tie to begin with, pulled from the pack this morning, and a week spent in a hardware store, shipped to the store with pallets all containing packets identical, packaged by meticulous machines, produced by the billions, fragile plastic warped from far bigger sheets -. With that, she gives a solid nod and heads to the door, following after the others. You loop the zip-tie around one wrist and only tighten it enough so it wonât fall off. Then, with a renewed spirit, you dig in to your meal, finishing it off.
It's as youâre finishing the last of your meal that you find yourself thinking about your own freedom for the night. Youâd earned yourself several life sentences in the few years that youâd âfreelancedâ, enough time on your sentence that a lifetime of work with Taskforce X probably wouldnât help you, but you were being unfortunately genuine when youâd called this your dream job. With a stipend from the government, getting to travel, getting to use your powers and often commit crimes, of which murder was not uncommon, it really was the ideal situation for you; people ask about your prospects outside of prison, but none of them seem to realise that youâd be doing this whether or not you were in prison, but now you canât even get arrested for it. Call it Stockholm Syndrome, or even call it sad, you found it to be neither; youâre thrilled someone finally recognised you for what youâre truly capable of, and after almost a decade playing this part, youâve been granted some trust, some wiggle room, some freedom in a sense.
So maybe youâll join Harcourt at the bar, or find somewhere open late in town, or you could lay face down in the parking lot for an hour if the mood struck you; the world may not be your oyster, but this questionable town in Washington certainly was.
Itâs only when youâve finally decided to head to the bar and grab a drink with Harcourt that you finally notice the busboy whoâs been hovering by the end of the counter, throwing glances at you ever few minutes, yet still trying to act covert. Wait⌠looking around, you see the restaurant is almost empty now, and sure it hadnât been full to begin with, but it couldnât be that â theyâre closing in ten minutes. How long had you been stuck in your own head?
Immediately youâre calling out apologies; they probably could have left early if it wasnât for you, but the minute you make eye contact with the guy in the red uniform whoâs waiting, heâs brushing them off. As youâre attempting to pile all of the tableâs dishes to make it easier to clean up, he comes over and tries to tell you that itâs no trouble. Still, you pile all the dishes and try and collect up all the cutlery to hand to him, trying to supress the nausea that always came whenever you were touching a lot of objects in rapid succession, the immediate flood of knowledge followed in mere moments by forgetting it all. Usually your gloves kept all of that at bay, but youâd had them off to eat and now â
You go to pass the guy your knife, handle first and unused, and in the half second in which you are treated to an encyclopaedic knowledge of this steak knife, amongst all other moments of this knifeâs existence, is â
- suds from cheap detergent and a sink of water that should probably be drained, the scourer scraping off food remnants that cling, but then several minutes spent using the knife as a weapon; the movements being practiced are particular and harsh, movements sharp and deliberate. You know because the moment your fingertips had even brushed the knife you knew how to bed cut a steak as well as how to best cut a man, but this moment amongst the suds and grime is both practiced and in practice. Thereâs more times than you can count where you understand that someone was trying to practice flipping the knife, the night air cold, swearing each time itâs dropped or it cuts the user by accident; heâs used this knife enough that you understand how long it took him to actually get good at the knife tricks -
And the hands picking up the remaining cutlery are the same hands that taught themselves to flip this knife, to practice violence among soap suds. Maybe youâre jumping to conclusions, maybe itâs simply how he passes the time, trying to make himself cooler, or to defend himself. Gripping the knife a little tighter, you wince as you realise the serrated edge is pressing into the heel of your palm, not enough to bleed, but enough to steal your focus.
âThanks,â the busboy says a little awkwardly once the tableâs clear. Youâre still standing next to the booth with the knife, âI can take that for you,â he offers. Heâs disarmingly cheerful, though perhaps itâs only disarming considering the moments you keep replaying over and over in your head.
âSure,â you murmur absentmindedly, and flip the knife in the exact way youâd watched him try to master for months in your mind; the way you master anything you can touch has always been an interesting gift, as if your body borrows the muscle memory of everyone whoâs ever used it without you even having to think about it. The busboy blinks several times at the movement, at you now holding out the knife to him. Then, his gaze meets yours; in your mind, you see him stab at the side of the metal sink that he snaps the very tip of the knife off, only by a millimetre or two, but thereâs the faintest dent in the sink that no-one else has noticed. Itâs been months.
He takes the knife, and you find yourself blinking quickly as everything about this one damn steak knife immediately dissipates from your head.
âHowâd you do that?â He asks, looking at the knife, âIâve been trying to get it for ages butâŚâ he trails off, and you look at the piece of cutlery in his hand.
âMan, I wish I knew,â you laughed, rocking back on your heels. You know now that heâs probably far more dangerous and capable than he looks, but you hadnât bothered to memorise the moments. Something about a sink? He was asking about a knife flip; you knew you did it, youâd just never be able to really explain how.
âSorry, I know that thatâs kind of a dick answer,â you gave a weak chuckle, âI wish I could help you, but Iâve already definitely overstayed my welcome,â you hoisted your bag up your shoulder, âsorry about that,â you cast your gaze around the empty restaurant, to host by the till giving you a tired look, âagain.â
And as you scurry out of the building, you call a final thanks to the kitchen, and decide you need a damn drink.
(moodboard by lifelikefae)
NSFW - 18+ ONLY
In which Cad Bane makes a new accquaintance who is not what she seems.
Bane breaks and enters. Senna makes another bad life decision.
Bane updates Senna on his mental health.
Bane starts catching feels and finds the whole thing highly #cringe. Senna forgets to close her blinds.
Bane and Senna run into each other at a party.
Senna finally realizes the extent to which she fucked upâŚ
Bane gets a glimpse of the Sentinelâs Dark SideâŚ
Senna tells Bane. Bane takes it about as well as youâd expect.
Bane gets sloppy. Senna gets a tip.
Theyâve got to stop meeting like thisâŚ
Consequences? For MY me? Itâs more likely than you thinkâŚ
In which Senna is on probation and Banes gets⌠a phone call?!
Bane asks Senna to hold onto somethingâŚ
please donât tell my mother about this chapter
ET goes full narco-terrorist. Senna has a bad trip.
Bad feelings are had by all.
Bane to the rescueâŚ
Baneâs Story (Ch. 3.5)
Phloxâs Story (Ch. 5.5)
Bounty Hunter AU
Komârk AU
OC moodboard
The tag
Hereâs a lighthearted one-shot featuring my OC Estelle Carter with Harley Quinn and Adrian Chase. The main pairing is Harley/Estelle but with a dash of suggestion that eventually theyâll be a Harley/Estelle/Adrian pairing.Â