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π π’πππππ¦: In order to placate your anxious mother, you agree to return to your hometown to participate in a mating runβknowing full well that betas rarely get chased, never mind betas nearly old enough to age out of the practice. Youβve decided to treat it like a vacation, a chance to visit with your childhood friends, the mating run itself a nice relaxing hike. All in all itβs a solid planβuntil alpha Todoroki Shouto, your best friend's little brother, steps in and blows it all to pieces. ππππ‘πππ‘: omegaverse, no quirks au, alpha!shouto, beta!reader, mating rituals, age gap, best friendβs little brother, older reader, afab reader, some class differences, aged up characters, semi-public sex, slight small town romance vibes, background implied dabihawks for some reason, smut, 18+; mdni! πππ‘ππ : For @lorelune's spring fever collab! This fic is a little bit different than my usual fareβpart love letter to my hometown, part omegaverse smut, part style experimentβbut I hope you enjoy it anyway!! I also want to call out that Reader in this fic is Touyaβs contemporary, and is therefore older than Shouto. Everyone is in their 20s and Iβve purposefully left the age difference ambiguous in case the canon gap squicks you out, but please know there is a difference of at least ~3 years implied. πππππ‘β: 21k (estimated)
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β³ read on ao3 (link tba)
When your loverβs past comes back to haunt you, how many times will he choose her over you? When nothing you give was enough to make him stay. Yet, you would still choose him. Everyday.
Genre: Angst
Pairing: Gojo x reader
Status: Completed
Warnings: tragedy, alcohol abuse, self-harm, self-destructive reader, smoking, physical violence, cheating, toxic relationships, manipulation, eventual smut, pregnancy, mentions of abortionβ¦+
Taglist: Closed !!
Playlist
βΊ Part I:Permanent Mark
βΊ Part II: Down
βΊ Part III:Fool
βΊ Part IV: Loose Lips
βΊPart V:Fear
βΊPart VI: Mine
βΊPart VII: Blessings
βΊ Part VIII: Lengths
βΊPart IX: Mistakes
βΊ Part X: Loss
βΊPart XI: Epilogue
"Exploring a new case" by existentialcrisis011 on Wattpad is now complete. Check it out
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary:a story about sleeping, in three parts
alternatively, a story about breaking free
not in
mortality
so the story behind this, today, is that I got emotionally attached to a class I only have for three months ish. that's college for you.
and we came to the end of our time together today sitting around a table, slamming markers and gatorade down in a game in Portuguese I felt so content even knowing it was coming to an end even with the primal fear of someone aboard a speed train about to reach the end of the track one day, it will be permanent but not in this life I will see you all again on the other side Even if I never see you again in this mortal life
It comes down to the principle of Gatorade. That's what I call it because I remember a time when I was a kid that Gatorades were a prize. You could only obtain them by playing soccer because the other kids' soccer moms would bring Gatorade and CapriSun and all those glorious things your parents didn't get for you. Basically, you can't have one Gatorade forever. Makes sense, right?
But what if you could make a Gatorade last forever? What if you were in that one glorious moment forever? The sun shining off the thick clouds in the late golden hour, illuminating the greens and blues in the mountains around, the wind your best friend so exhilarating, the satisfaction of completing a soccer game you loved not for anything in particular other than the fact that you were outside and alive and proving yourself alive and you have a Gatorade.
Make that moment last forever. Now, what do you lose?
Years from now, you'll be at a movie night with friends. You will be scrunched between two people you love on a couch, or maybe curled cozily into a corner, or marinating in a beanbag with a super soft blanket. The movie is the greatest movie you've ever seen and it's only augmented by being cozy with true friends. One day you will finally achieve that skill you spend years trying to perfect. One day you might even learn to cook. You'll meet someone new a thousand times, then a million times. You'll even get to meet the same person again and again if you try. There will be so many people that come and go in your life. So many hobbies and loves and passions and YouTube recommendations.
You will change as a person and maybe you will be scared to. Maybe you'll long for the comfort and safety and glory of the Gatorade in the fresh air.
But if you remain there forever, you will never meet your best friend. You will never have that cozy movie night and never accomplish that tricky thing. You will never encounter so many things to love. TV show or drawing styles or color palettes or characters or songs. You're going to make an awesome PowerPoint one day. Would you give that up for the Gatorade you've already had?
As mortal beings we are confined to a timeline. Time-bound. Afterwards, though, we'll get to be whole, and let me tell you time isn't a problem for God. We'll get to remember each moment of joy we got to have down here on earth. We'll get to live each of them all at once if we want, and be with everyone we love all at once, forever, and I know I'm a mortal and probably butchering this description of what comes next because heck it I've not been there yet but that's sort of what it'll be like.
(As for the loved ones who stay in your life? They change, too, and that's beautiful.)