Haven't Read It Yet. I'm Just Keeping It Here, So When My Guests Leave My Darned House, I'll Read It.*Evil
Haven't read it yet. I'm just keeping it here, so when my guests leave my darned house, I'll read it. *Evil smirk* đ¤
Cherry Red, Crimson Blood
Chapter 19: Daddy Issues
Summary: Your pack is back home, but things aren't quite as good as you try to make them seem. Some truths get revealed, while others remain in the dark.
Pairings: Poly 141 x reader
Word Count: 9,337 words
Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, Alternate Universe, a/b/o typical classism and sexism, angst, PTSD, flashbacks, nightmares, '09 Ghost's backstory, mentioned abuse/child abuse, still pretty heavy emotionally, language, finally some of the comfort after the hurt, plenty of fluff
A/N: This stupid fic making me cry again. I may have lied about this one not being quite as heavy as the others...it's still pretty heavy, but there are some sweet moments in there too. There is a bit of a time jump in the middle, it's roughly a week long or so. Not much, but it does cut ahead a bit just for the sake of plot and moving things along. Also yeah, I got it done earlier than expected.
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Youâre warm. Sweat has begun to form in the creases of your body. Youâre wrapped around something solid, something contributing to the intense warmth. The smell of leather and eucalyptus fills your nose as you nuzzle your face against soft fabric. It sends a shiver down your spine despite the heat, your eyes fluttering open. Youâre staring at a blurry mass of black fabric, your brain beginning to catch up as you become more and more aware.Â
Leather. Eucalyptus. Something distinctly alpha.Â
Fuck.Â
Youâre spooning Ghost.Â
He has to be asleep, otherwise he would never let you get so close to him. He would have shoved you off, pushed you back towards Johnny, who youâve traded places with in the middle of the night. You must have gotten too hot sandwiched between the two betas and tried to escape somewhere cooler. That led to you spooning with Ghost, not that heâs much cooler than the betas.Â
You can get away before he wakes up, remove yourself from his personal space before he realizes and forces you away. Avoid the shame and embarrassment of his rejection, his anger at you for crossing that boundary, even just in your sleep. Despite the fact you know that boundary is there, despite the fact you did it unintentionally, youâre not sure you could handle such a rejection right now, even from him.Â
You slowly begin to withdraw your arm from around his middle, sliding it back towards your body. If you go slow enough, you should be able to untangle yourself from around him without waking him and avoid a confrontation.Â
A quiet gasp is pulled from your lips as his hand wraps around your wrist, keeping you from moving.Â
âDonât.â He says quietly.Â
Your heart is thudding in your chest as he tugs your arm back around him, keeping you where you are. Your exhale is shaky as you slowly relax, pressing your face against his back again. Youâre not sure what to do. You were expecting him to push you away, get up in disgust and leave because you got too close, you pushed past the barrier he had placed around himself when it came to you. A barrier that got let down only while youâre training, then itâs put right back up as soon as youâre finished. Now here you are, spooning him after sleeping in the same room, the same nest.Â
You wouldnât have taken him for being a little spoon type.Â
Your eyes begin to droop again as you lay there, breathing in Ghostâs scent. Itâs like a comforting blanket, lulling you into a sense of relaxation, of safety, something you havenât felt in days. For the first time your mind is quiet, not panicking about what happened, or what could happen. You donât have to worry about your pack now, because theyâre here with you again.Â
You drift off to sleep again for a while, sleeping soundly in the cocoon of safety your pack has provided for you.Â
You wake a while later, sticky with sweat. Your back is pressed against Ghostâs, and thereâs something draped across your face. You push it away, blinking your eyes open. Johnny has starfished across the nest on his back, his mouth open as he snores. Heâs stolen your bear, one arm holding it against his chest, and the other arm had been what was draped across your face. Kyle is curled up on his other side, having moved from the middle to the far side of the nest. John is missing, making your brows furrow.Â
You push yourself up to sit, the air in the room almost like a sauna. You rub your eyes, trying to blink away the sleepiness. That might have been the best sleep youâve gotten since your heat. It was likely the exhaustion taking its toll, paired with your brain finally being able to relax while surrounded by your pack.
You feel like you could lay down and sleep for another ten hours.Â
Youâre warm, though, sweat causing your clothes to stick to your skin. The blankets have all been kicked to the end of the mattresses, likely ditched early on in the night. You wiggle out of your sweatpants, kicking them off the end of the mattress as well, leaving you in a baggy shirt that you think is Johnnyâs.Â
You feel suddenly exposed sitting there, your eyes flicking around the room as a chill runs down your spine. John would have noticed if something was out of place, but he could have just brushed it off as you in his room. He had given you permission to be in his space while he was gone, if you needed to. One of them would have noticed if things were out of place in their rooms. Ghost would likely notice, since you havenât been in his room at all.Â
You lay back down on your back, staring up at the vent on the ceiling. The cover is in place, and no matter how hard you look, you canât see a camera hiding in the gaps. It doesnât ease your worry any as you stare up at it, wishing you had your phone so you could at least try to look for one. Though, perhaps it was better you didnât have your phone with you. You hadnât been brave enough to pop it open and look for anything strange hidden inside, though you wouldnât even know where to begin to look, or what to look for.Â
You should tell them. What if someone is watching you right now?Â
You flinch as John appears in the doorway suddenly, five water bottles tucked against his chest. Your skin is crawling from the thought of someone watching, someone listening in on such a private moment with you and your pack. You hadnât even thought about it last night, the stress and your fear had taken over your mind. You push yourself back up to sit as John passes Ghost a water bottle, handing one to you as well. You unscrew the cap as John places the other bottles on his desk. Johnny and Kyle still asleep, unaware of the world.Â
Unaware of the danger.Â
A cold shiver slips down your spine as you gulp down the water. What if someone had entered the barracks last night? You werenât in your room, and the door wasnât locked. Anyone could have just walked in and put up cameras again easily.Â
One of the guys would have heard someone snooping around, right? You were so out of it you likely would have slept through one of them getting up. What if they were also so exhausted from their deployment they could have slept through someone breaching their space as well. Did Ghost lock the door last night? You canât remember.Â
âAlright, sweetheart?âÂ
Your head snaps up to where John is leaning against his desk. His brows are slightly furrowed as he stares at you, and you realize youâve been projecting your scent. With them gone, you didn't have to worry as much. You could stink up a room without a care. It just meant more protection for you. Now that theyâre back, though, you have to be more careful. You canât just go panicking over nothing, not that you should have to panic while theyâre here.Â
Thatâs their job, right? Protect the omega?Â
They canât protect you if they donât know thereâs a threat in the first place.Â
âYeah.â You say, gulping down more water to think up an excuse quickly. âThought I might be dreaming for a moment, that you didn't really come back.âÂ
John approaches you slowly, kneeling down on the end of the mattress with a quiet sigh. He has to be sore after their deployment. You can tell just by the way heâs holding his shoulders, by the stiffness in the way he moves. You canât even begin to imagine the kinds of things they did, the kinds of things they went through over the last week.Â
John takes your hand, pressing it against his chest. Heâs warm underneath the shirt, and you can feel the steady beating of his heart under your palm. âWeâre real.â He says, his thumb gently stroking the back of your hand as he holds it against his chest. âWeâre really here.âÂ
You stare at his hand where it covers yours. Youâve seen it before, many times. Scarred and rough with calluses. His knuckles are dry and just slightly bruised. Did he punch someone? Or maybe he hit it against something else.Â
His hand moves, snapping you out of your thoughts. You fight the urge to flinch as he cups your cheek, his thumb brushing your skin. âYouâre thinking too much.âÂ
You swallow thickly. âWell, I didnât have much to do this last week besides think.âÂ
A smile tugs at the corner of his lips. âWeâll try to make life more interesting for you, then.â He leans forward, pressing a kiss to your forehead. âNow, letâs get these two muppets up for breakfast.âÂ
He pushes himself back up to stand, staring down at Johnny and Kyle, still sleeping. You shift onto your hands and knees, crawling over to Johnny before swinging a leg over to straddle his stomach. You lean forward, planting your hands on either side of his face, his breath catching as he begins to wake up, sensing a disturbance. You stare down at him, watching his eyes flutter before they crack open. The haze of sleep leaves his blue eyes, clarity coming back to him quickly as his lips begin to lift in a grin as he stares up at you.Â
âDidnae expect tae wake up to such a sight.â He says, voice thick with sleep as his hands come to rest on your bare thighs. âA beautiful woman on top of me? I mustâve died and gone tae heaven in my sleep.âÂ
âEven better,â You say, leaning down closer. âBecause Iâm real.âÂ
âThat ye are.â He says, slowly dragging his hands up your legs, pushing the shirt up as he goes.Â
Ghost pushes himself off the mattress, leaving the room so quickly he nearly knocks his shoulder against the doorframe. A frown pulls at your brows as you watch him go, slowly pushing yourself back up to sit on Johnnyâs stomach. Guilt starts to well up in you as you stare at the empty doorway. You hadnât meant to make him uncomfortable.Â
âDonât mind him, kitten.â Johnny says, pushing himself up to sit, sliding you backwards into his lap. âHeâs still miffed he didnât get a greetinâ yesterday.âÂ
âOh,â You say, blinking in surprise. You hadnât even thought about greeting Ghost in that moment. You had been so desperate for your alpha, and then swept up by the betas, it hadnât even crossed your mind to acknowledge Ghost. âI didnât-âÂ
âItâs not yer fault.â Johnny says, wrapping his arms around you. âHe hasnae been the most...open with ye. Itâs his own damn fault for it.âÂ
âOh, well, Iâll be sure to give him a big hug when he comes back in.â You say.Â
âPlease do.â Kyle says, rubbing his eyes where heâs laying next to you. âIâll pay to see his reaction.âÂ
All three of you burst out laughing, Johnny pressing his forehead against yours. âMissed ye, kitten.âÂ
âNot as much as I missed you.â You say, pouting.Â
Johnny chuckles, pressing a quick kiss to your lips. His hands slide to your hips as he presses another soft kiss to your lips, and then another.Â
âLet me get in on some of that.â Kyle says, pushing himself up to sit. He grips your chin in his hand, turning your face to his before pressing his lips to yours.Â
His kiss takes your breath away, deeper and more passionate than Johnnyâs had been. You hum against his lips as Johnnyâs grip on your waist tightens.Â
âChrist almighty.â Johnny breathes, staring at you and Kyle as you kiss.Â
âAlright, you three.â John says as the air in the room starts to turn musky with arousal. âLetâs feed our omega first before we get too carried away.âÂ
Kyle pulls away from you, pressing a quick kiss to your forehead.Â
âCan we...eat in here again?â You ask, wrapping an arm around Johnnyâs shoulders as you turn slightly to look up at John. You had almost forgotten about his presence, caught up in the attention from your betas. The thought of him watching the three of you has a different kind of thrill racing down your spine.Â
âOf course.â John says, bending down to kiss you.Â
Both Johnny and Kyle groan at the sight of their pack alpha kissing you, Johnnyâs cock twitching in his boxers beneath you. You press a kiss to Johnnyâs cheek after John pulls away from you before pushing yourself up to stand. You stretch your arms over your head, the shirt riding up a bit, giving both Kyle and Johnny a good view of your legs. The musky scent of arousal intensifies in the air as they stare at you, Johnny licking his lips hungrily.Â
âAlright, get out of here you cheeky little minx, otherwise theyâll never get out of bed.â John says, gently guiding you from the room.Â
You canât help the smile that tugs at your lips as you leave Johnâs room, stepping out into the hallway. Itâs much cooler outside of the room, goosebumps forming on your legs. You have half a mind to go back to your own room, but you find yourself unable to even approach the door. Memories of the fear and your panic come flooding back, the thought that someone might have snuck inside, someone might be waiting for you in there snapping to the front of your mind. Itâs a ridiculous thought. Someone would have noticed if there was an intruder, if there was someone who shouldnât be inside creeping around.Â
Your gaze flickers from your door as Ghost makes his way down the hallway, his clothes changed from what heâd been wearing to sleep in. You bite your lip as you stare at him, meeting his gaze. Perhaps it's the fear driving you forward, or maybe youâve gone slightly crazy in their absence, but you find yourself approaching him, making him stop in his tracks.Â
He eyes you as you approach, your steps quick as you try to avoid chickening out. Your mind is repeating Johnnyâs words over and over in your head, an explanation for Ghostâs behavior yesterday, and obvious annoyance at you and Johnny this morning. You wonder if heâll take it as a threat as you get closer to him, if he might snap and defend himself. Heâs completely still, not even his chest moving. Heâs watching you like a predator watches its prey, waiting for your next move.Â
Itâs like hugging a tree as you wrap your arms around his waist. Heâs stiffer than a board as you hug him, resting your face on his chest. Leather and eucalyptus and musk all float around you as you press close to him, his scent enveloping you in a hug, even if his body doesnât follow suit.Â
âWhat are you doing?â He asks, his voice rumbling deep in his chest.Â
âHugging you.â You say, tightening your hold around him. Youâve been this close to him before in your training, but this feels different. âIâm sorry for not greeting you on the tarmac. I wasnât really thinking clearly at that point.âÂ
He lets out a quiet sigh, something you probably wouldnât have noticed if you werenât so close to him. You can imagine itâs a sigh of exasperation at Johnny for spilling about his feelings. âItâs fine.â He says, awkwardly patting your back. âDonât know why you would have wanted to.âÂ
âWell, you are part of the pack.â You say. âThat should be enough reason.âÂ
You nuzzle your face against his chest, his scent going straight to the back of your brain. Your omega wants to roll in it, cover herself in it until itâs all you can smell. The intensity of his scent has something in your hindbrain purring, the sound rumbling through your chest.Â
Ghost puts his hands on your shoulders, pushing you back from him. You blink up at him blearily as your mind begins to clear a bit with the distance. âAt least put some pants on before you completely lose it.â He grumbles.Â
A small smile tugs at your lips before it falls at the thought of having to go into your room. You turn to face the door, your vision almost tunneling as you stare at it. You donât want to open it. You donât want to go in there.Â
âGhost?â You say quietly before he can walk away.Â
He turns to look at you, his eyes squinting just slightly as he frowns. âWhat?âÂ
âWill you...will you open my door for me?â You shift your weight, knowing heâs going to want a reason, an explanation for your behavior.Â
He turns fully to face you, shoulders squared as he slowly approaches, suddenly on the defensive. âWhat is it?âÂ
You shake your head. âJust a feeling.âÂ
He steps between you and the door, wrapping his fingers around the handle before he swings it open, scanning the inside. His shoulders relax just slightly and you let out a breath of air. Thereâs no one inside. No oneâs waiting for you. No one broke in last night.Â
He takes a step back before turning to you. âNothing.âÂ
You let out a sigh of relief, staring into the space that was once your nest, your safe place. You can feel Ghostâs eyes on you, waiting for an explanation for your behavior. You canât tell him the truth, despite how easy it would be. You could confess right now, admit to what happened, what you did, the mistake you made. You could drop to your knees right now, beg for forgiveness for what you did.Â
âIt was hard...while everyone was gone.â You say. Itâs not a lie. Not entirely. âMade me uneasy, being alone here. Kept thinking I was hearing things.âÂ
He doesnât believe you. You can see it in his eyes. He knows your lying, he knows youâre withholding the truth from him. You arenât, you just arenât giving him the whole truth. You had felt lonely, you had been on edge even before General Shepherd arrived and your room was bugged. Being alone was hard. Harder than you thought it would be. It would have taken its toll on you, even without the stress of your space being invaded multiple times.Â
You should have told someone. You should have called Dr. Keller right away. You should have never opened the door in the first place.Â
âThank you.â You say, slipping past him and entering your room.Â
He stands there for a few breaths, watching you warily as you open your closet, looking for something to wear. You ignore him, acting like heâs not there, but you canât hide the squaring of your shoulders, the stiffness of your movements. Youâre not sure you could resist if he pressed, if he tried to force you to tell him. Youâd spill immediately, even without him using his alpha against you.Â
The thought has another chill racing down your spine.Â
Your omega is on edge as you change with the door open, not caring as the guys move around, getting dressed to head out to grab breakfast for everyone. You hate how inconvenient it must be, but you still donât think you could handle being in the mess. Not yet. Not so soon. Youâll have to eventually, otherwise theyâll think something is up, happened, and then theyâll start questioning.Â
You couldnât handle an interrogation. Especially not their disappointed and angry faces when you confess to what you did, the mistakes you made, how you allowed someone to walk in so easily. How you left so easily with a stranger. Theyâd never trust you again.Â
They wonât trust you if you keep things from them either.Â
They have to know. They have to know General Shepherd came to base and talked to you. They have to know about you meeting their superior while they were away. A high ranking General couldnât just be on base without someone knowing, and why would he hide it? He had come to check in on your progress and how you were settling in with your pack. He would have included your pack in that questioning as well, right? Besides, there has to be cameras everywhere on base. Someone would have seen you and let them know.Â
Thereâs no way they donât know about it.Â
You stand in the doorway of your bathroom, staring at the cabinet where the broken cameras and recording devices are hidden. Theyâre broken, you ensured that. Theyâre hidden away, buried under enough stuff no one could find them unless they were purposefully looking for something.Â
You let out a breath, trying to relax as you finish your morning routine. Itâs over. Thereâs nothing that can be done now. All you can do is try to move on, try to mend the fraying bonds with your pack, heal the sense of fear and unease surrounding your safe space.Â
Maybe Dr. Keller could help. You could admit everything to her, everything that happened while she was supposed to be watching you. If you had just gone to her office that afternoon, perhaps things would have been different. She would have known, but that wouldnât have stopped the cameras from being put up. It would have just made it easier for them. Maybe they might have finished the job properly, and you wouldnât have even known. Even if you had called Dr. Keller, what kind of argument could she have made against a Commanding Officer?Â
If you told Dr. Keller now, sheâd tell your pack. Sheâs promised to keep everything between you confidential, but would something like this be an exception? Would she tell your pack anyway because she thinks itâs the best course of action to help you?Â
You want to cry. Tears are welling in your eyes as you stare in the mirror. You hardly recognize yourself. You look tired, strung out, sickly almost. Are you not, though? Is that not how you feel? You know omegas can get sick from stress sometimes, if it gets to be too much. You donât want to get sick. You donât want to be more of a burden than youâre already being. They have to be so tired after their assignment, and here you are making things harder for them.Â
âYou alright, love?âÂ
You jump, letting out a shriek as you whip around to face the door of your room. Your heart is racing as you slap a hand over your mouth, staring wide-eyed at an equally surprised Kyle. You let out a breath, slowly lowering your trembling hand as you try to calm yourself. Itâs just Kyle sneaking up on you. Not a stranger.Â
âSorry, didnât mean to startle you.â He says, brows pinching in a frown.Â
ââS okay.â You murmur, turning off the light before leaving the bathroom. âWas lost in thought.âÂ
âThe others left to grab food.â Kyle says. âTheyâll be back shortly.âÂ
You nod, trying hard not to make your trembling too visible, or give any hint at your discomfort. âOkay.âÂ
You stare at him as he leans against the doorframe. He hasnât entered your room. Heâs still standing in the doorway. The thought has a lump forming in your throat. Your bonds have frayed so much he doesnât even feel comfortable entering your space anymore. Thereâs a wall up again, and youâre only forcing it higher and higher.Â
âCome on.â He says, holding his hand out to you. âLetâs go to the rec room.âÂ
You take his offered hand, letting him pull you from your room. The door clicks closed behind you as you let him lead you down the hallway and away from the place thatâs become fuel for your nightmares.Â
Kyle sits down on the couch, pulling you down on his lap. You wrap your arm around his neck as he wraps his arms around you, enveloping you in his warmth and scent.Â
âIâm sorry for startling you.â He says softly, bringing your other hand to his lips so he can press a kiss to your wrist.Â
âItâs not your fault.â You say, leaning your head against his shoulder. âBeen on edge since everyone left.âÂ
âI bet.â Kyle leans his cheek against the top of your head. âWeâre here now. Weâre gonna fix that.âÂ
âWhat happens when you have to leave again?â You ask.Â
âYou wonât be alone again, thatâs for sure.â A different voice says.Â
You nearly jump out of Kyleâs lap as John appears in the doorway of the rec room, Johnny and Ghost right behind him. Kyleâs arms are the only thing keeping you steady as your heart nearly beats out of your chest. Youâre not sure how much more you can take, intentionally or unintentionally.Â
âI spoke with Kate this morning.â John says as he sets the food heâs carrying on the coffee table. âWeâre going to do everything in our power to avoid having you left alone again. At least one of us will be staying behind with you from now on.âÂ
Your brows pinch a little. Is that why he had been absent from the nest earlier? Youâre not quite sure what to feel. On one hand youâre relieved at the thought of not having to be alone again, but on the other hand, you donât want to disrupt their lives, their jobs. You wonder just how hard he had to fight to even get Kate to agree to something like this.Â
You also feel a bit afraid that they know, they figured out what had happened and thatâs the reason they donât trust to leave you alone again. Youâll make another stupid mistake or another risky decision that might cause you actual harm next time.Â
Kyle eases you off his lap and onto the couch beside him. Johnny sits on your other side, squishing you between them as a tray is passed into your hands. You donât feel very hungry as you stare down at the food, but you know after a meager dinner last night, you need to eat. You wonât be doing you or your pack any favors by being hungry.Â
Itâs quiet in the rec room as you eat. Itâs almost eerie how silent it is, aside from the occasional scrape of silverware on the trays. You begin to float back into the time when they were gone, the haunting silence that had settled over the barracks in their absence. Everything had seemed so still, not peaceful, but more like the very walls were holding their breath.Â
Perhaps it was in anticipation for what was to come. Perhaps somehow the very walls knew they would be beached, the safety they once promised would be upended.Â
Or maybe youâve just gone crazy.Â
You shift forward on the couch, careful not to tip your tray over as you grab the remote from the coffee table, turning the TV on.Â
âFinally! I couldnae handle the silence much longer.â Johnny exclaims, letting out a relieved sigh.Â
The corners of your lips pull up in a smile as you pass the remote off to him, letting him search for something bearable to watch on early morning TV. Youâre glad at least you werenât alone in your distaste for the silence. You curl up closer to Gaz, reminding yourself that itâs not a dream, that they really are here. They really did come back.Â
Now you just have to move on and put the nightmare of what happened behind you.Â

As the days pass, things begin to return to normal. The guys start their normal routine of training and running drills almost immediately. To avoid being stuck in the barracks alone, you ask to go with them, blaming it on the distance and your need to be clingy still. At first you were afraid someone would take advantage of the barracks being empty again, but every search has come up empty handed. No more cameras, no more recording devices.Â
Whoever it was who planted them must have given up, or perhaps the risk of doing it with the entire pack back on base was too high.Â
Despite this fact, you spend the least amount of time in your room as possible. Even when you canât go to watch them train or run drills, you spend your time in Johnâs room, or in the rec room. At night you rotate between John, Kyle, and Johnny, opting to sleep with them over spending a night alone in your room.Â
As you discussed, you begin seeing Dr. Keller twice a week. Youâre not quite sure what she told John to convince him it was necessary, but whatever it was, it hadnât given away any of your secrets. It probably hadnât taken much to convince him to say yes, given your current state and his worry about you.Â
You know heâs worried. You can see it when he looks at you, like you might snap if he stares too hard. Youâve seen the way his hands twitch when Johnny holds you too tightly or gets too rough in his affection, like heâs worried you might shatter.
Itâs reassuring to see the distance has not just affected you. Johnny holds you tighter than he used to, Kyle stands closer to you like heâs trying to fuse you both into one. Even Ghost has started hovering closer, using his hands to steer you and guide you when youâre around others that arenât part of your pack.Â
Youâve started eating in the mess again, knowing you can only avoid it for so long before theyâll start getting suspicious and asking questions. You still feel paranoid, being around the other soldiers on base. You canât help but be suspicious that it was one of them that planted the cameras, that it was one of them that tried to get into your room that night. Who would willingly breach such sacred ground and invade an omegaâs space like that, you couldnât even begin to guess. Â
Sure, some of them still stare at you, but most of them now ignore your existence. Youâre no longer a spectacle, not after a few weeks on base, not that youâre a claimed omega now.Â
That wonât stop some alphas.Â
Going up against your pack, though? That would take one hell of a cocksure alpha.Â
Just like the one that invaded your safe space.Â
It had to have been an alpha. Sure, that beta soldier had entered the barracks, but to go so far as to put up cameras and try to come back and get into your room? That takes a special kind of audacity, something only an alpha could possess.Â
So life has gone back to normal, or at least as normal as it can be after what happened.Â
The return to normal hasnât all been good, though. Your nightmares have returned, coming on quickly as soon as you began to settle into routine again. The real nightmare has passed, so now your mind has to plague itself with nightmares that have already happened. Things that canât even hurt you anymore.Â
You start avoiding sleep again, despite your work with Dr. Keller, too afraid to risk having a nightmare in front of one of them again. The last thing you need is to have to spill about your nightmare. You might not be able to stop and wind up spilling about what happened while they were gone too.Â
Unfortunately, things donât work that way. They never work that way for you.Â

Someone is screaming. Your body feels like itâs being constricted by a snake, crushing and painful as youâre clutched desperately against your motherâs chest. Sheâs the one thatâs screaming, the sound hurting your ears. Your face is pressed against her shoulder, into the softness of her sweater. Itâs the pink one, the one she made. Her favorite.Â
Thereâs knocking coming from somewhere, a door handle jiggling. Itâs locked, but you can hear someone trying to get in, multiple people based on the voices from the other side. You donât know who it is. You donât recognize any of them. You canât even make out what it is their saying, if theyâre saying anything at all. The voices sound more like the unintelligible roar of monsters, the ones you used to be afraid of as a child.Â
Everything is muted by the blood pulsing in your ears, drowning out everything but the jiggling of the door handle. Someoneâs trying to break in. Someone is breaking in. You can make out the thuds against the door, the desperate attempts to get inside, to get to you.Â
The arms around you tighten, pressing your face harder into the soft yarn of the sweater. You inhale the familiar scent of brown sugar and vanilla, the scent surrounding you and enveloping you in a sense of safety. Nothing can get you. Nothing can hurt you.Â
Thatâs not true, though. You know itâs not.Â
Thereâs a bang as the door is finally forced open, the screaming getting louder as footsteps enter the room. Youâre shaking, trembling in your motherâs arms as she clings to you desperately, just like you used to cling to her when you thought there was a monster under your bed.Â
The monsters were real, you realize as you desperately cling to your mother, just as tightly as sheâs clinging to you.Â
Hands grab at you, claws digging into your skin, tentacles wrapping around your body, trying to pull you from your motherâs grip. You can hear her pleading, begging, screaming at them not to take you, not to separate you. Youâll never see her again if they manage to pull you from her. Theyâll take you away, hide you away, keep you from the warm comfort of her embrace.Â
You let out a scream of your own as youâre yanked from her grasp, your arms reaching for her as the monsters pull you from the source of your safety and comfort. The last thing you see is your motherâs grief stricken face before the door slams in your face.Â
A scream tears from your lips as youâre pulled from sleep suddenly. Youâre falling, hitting the tile floor with a thud. Your shoulder cracks against the unforgiving floor, making you yelp. The blanket has tangled around your legs, rendering you immobile from the waist down.Â
The frantic pounding of boots on the floor meets your ears, seconds before the four members of your pack are sprinting into the rec room. Their faces look just as frantic as their steps had been, concern laced with fear laced with worry. You hadnât even realized theyâd returned already. They had been at their afternoon drills while you stayed in the rec room watching TV, slowly succumbing to the exhaustion thatâs been plaguing you.Â
âWhat is it? What happened?â Kyle asks, moving to step forward but John beats him to it.Â
âFell off the couch.â You say, pushing yourself up to sit, wincing at the pain in your shoulder. Thereâs tears sliding down your cheeks despite you fighting the remnants of your terror and pain from the nightmare.Â
âI think thereâs more to it than that.â John says, kneeling down in front of you.Â
You want to confess everything. How you havenât been sleeping well for weeks now since your heat, how you keep having horrible nightmares about your past, what happened while they were away, how the nightmares have returned. Your breath catches in your throat as you stare at John, the tears sliding down your cheeks as you give up trying to control them. Guilt plagues you as you stare at the worried face of your alpha. He just wants to help you, he just wants to take care of you, but he canât if youâre keeping things from him, if youâre lying to his face.Â
âI had a nightmare.â You say quietly, your voice barely above a whisper. You clutch your arm to your chest, trying not to move your shoulder too much.Â
John lets out a quiet sigh, his fingers lifting to press against your shoulder, feeling around the joint. You wince as he hits a tender spot, the pain sharp, but not horrible. Youâve certainly felt worse things.Â
He turns to the others behind him, all of them staring at you with equally worried looks on their faces. âGet me an ice pack.â He says before turning back to you.Â
He lifts you off the floor, placing you back on the couch before untangling the blanket from around your legs. Johnny grabs an ice pack as Kyle moves to sit next to you on the couch, draping his arm across the back, projecting his scent to try and help you relax. John sits on the edge of the coffee table, staring at you. Despite the worry still present on his face, his eyes are sharp. You canât help but feel like youâre suddenly in an interrogation. Theyâve done this before, probably many times, though likely not as gently as they are now. Youâre terrified still at the way they shift so easily into the mindset of a soldier. You canât even imagine what it would be like if they were serious in their interrogation of you.Â
âHow long have you been having nightmares?â John asks as Johnny takes a seat on the other side of you, passing you the ice pack.Â
You press it against your shoulder, trying to keep your thoughts straight. You have to try not to spill anything, try not to confess to all of your sins, all of your stupid mistakes now. Your gaze drops to your lap, avoiding the looks of the two alphas staring at you. Ghost has moved to stand behind John, his arms crossed as he watches the exchange. You can feel the pressure of their gaze, the sharpness of it digging into your skin like knives.Â
âA couple weeks.â You admit, unable to even think of a lie. You donât want to lie now, not with them staring at you so intensely. Theyâd know. Theyâd be able to tell before the words even left your mouth. âSince my heat ended.âÂ
âIs that why youâve been avoiding sleeping?â John asks.Â
You wince at his question. Of course he noticed. Why wouldnât he? Heâs been trained to notice weaknesses in others, gauge the capabilities of his men. Of course heâd notice youâre more tired than usual, not sleeping quite as much. He probably even knew all the times you woke up in the night when you slept next to him. Â
You nod, still staring at your lap, too afraid to see the disappointment in his eyes.Â
âWhy didnât you say anything?â He breathes, almost sounding upset.Â
Youâve made a mistake in keeping this a secret. You regret it as soon as you hear the emotion in his voice. He thinks you donât trust them, he thinks you donât trust your alpha. You need to tell him. You need to tell him everything, but the fear keeps you paralyzed. How much more upset will he be when you confess that you kept such a major event from him, from all of them?Â
A quiet sob leaves your lips as you sit there, terrified of the reprimanding youâre sure to get. The shame burns hot in you, the reminder that youâve disappointed them. Youâve let them down and now they wonât even trust you to tell them anything.Â
âWeâre not mad at you, sweetheart.â Gaz says, shifting his arm so itâs wrapped around your shoulders, his thumb brushing the hand thatâs holding the ice pack to your shoulder. Johnny shifts just slightly closer to you, both of the betas projecting their scent around you, trying to cocoon you in their comforting presence.Â
âI just want to know why you felt it necessary to hide something like that from us.â John says, his voice softer than it had been before.Â
âI didnât want to bother you.â You find the words spilling out before you can stop them. Maybe itâs the exhaustion or the fear or your brain finally getting tired of holding everything in. This is your moment to let out a little steam, to finally release some of the pressure thatâs been building. âMy nightmares are nothing compared to the ones you all probably have and itâs stupid and I shouldnât even be having them, itâs been years since the last time I dreamed like this, and I donât even know why theyâve come back now.âÂ
âNo nightmares are stupid.â Ghost says, stepping up closer to the coffee table.Â
âWeâre here to help you.â John says, leaning his elbows on his knees. âWe canât do that if you donât tell us whatâs going on.âÂ
Guilt burns through you at his words. Heâs right. You should be honest with them, tell them everything. They canât help you, they canât keep you safe even from the things that plague your mind if they donât know about them.Â
âWhat are the dreams about?â John asks, blue eyes boring holes into you.Â
You feel small under his gaze, like you're a child again, facing down your father after doing something wrong, after making a mistake. You have made a mistake, though. Youâre facing the consequences of your mistake right now.Â
âThe day I left for the institute.â You say quietly, voice hardly more than a whisper but you know they heard you in the silence of the barracks. It feels threatening, like the walls are silently vowing to tell the truth if you donât.Â
Your pack shifts a bit at your words, sharing looks amongst themselves. They have to know what itâs like, or at least heard stories about the trauma of being pulled from your pack to be taken to a strange place, surrounded by others just like you.Â
âWhat happened that day?â Ghost asks, staring down at you.Â
You can feel his gaze piercing into you, screaming the silent threat that youâre going to tell them, no matter how long they have to sit here and wait. You donât have a choice anymore. You have to tell them.Â

Youâre warm. The ice pack pressed against your forehead does little to soothe the burning under your skin. Youâre thirsty, the two empty plastic bottles on your nightstand were not enough to ease the dryness in your mouth.Â
Hands shift the ice pack, pressing it against your cheek. Your mother is there, seated next to your bed diligently. Sheâs crying, tears sliding down her cheeks, quiet sniffles breaking the silence in the house.Â
âIâm sorry.â She whispers, bringing your hand to her lips. âIâm so sorry,â She apologizes, as if itâs her fault, as if she brought this onto you.Â
She gasps quietly as the door opens, her back stiffening as your father enters. His face is stern, mouth almost twisted with disgust as he stares at you. It feels wrong, having him invade your space. If youâd had the energy, perhaps you would have been brave enough to protest his presence.Â
âCome on.â His voice is gruff, worn down from years of smoking and yelling. âGet up.âÂ
âNo, please-â Your mother attempts to reason with him, but he wonât have it.Â
âShut up and sit down.â He snaps at her, and she has no choice but to sit back and be silent. His voice has something tingling in the back of your neck, almost like a warning. Thereâs nothing you can do, though. Youâre far too weak.Â
He moves to the side of your bed, grabbing your arm and pulling you up from the comfort of your blankets. The ice pack falls from your head, your skin prickling with warmth almost like it hadnât been there in the first place. Your brain is sluggish as you try to comprehend whatâs happening, your legs giving out as youâre forced upright. You canât get your body to work, you canât even force yourself to behave. You want to crawl back under your blankets and lay there for the rest of eternity.Â
You whine as youâre dragged from your room, knees knocking on the floor as you attempt to get your feet under you to ease the pain in your shoulder. Your father drags you into the living room, two people you donât recognize standing next to the front door.Â
âPlease, please donât do this!â Your mother pleads with him, right on his heels as he drops you in a heap in front of them. He catches her before she can rush forward to you. How you wish you could have her arms around you again, holding you and comforting you in your confusion.Â
âEnough.â Your father snaps at her, looking down at you with disgust. âSheâs no daughter of mine.âÂ
You blink up at him, the words seering through the haze, registering in your foggy mind. Tears gather in your eyes as you stare up at your parents, your siblings watching tensely from the living room as the scene unfolds before them.Â
âNo, no!â You cry as hands close around your arms, lifting you from the floor. âMama!â You scream, trying to fight them as youâre pulled from your home, your safe space, your family, your pack.Â
Your mother is yelling, fighting against your fatherâs hold around her, but itâs useless. Heâs stronger. He wants this, so no one is going to stop him. Sheâll pay later for her actions, her disagreement with him. You wonât be here to see it, though. Youâre leaving and you wonât be coming back.Â
The last thing you see as the cool air outside washes over your feverish skin is your motherâs grief stricken face before the door closes, locking you out forever.Â
Youâre dragged into the back of a van parked in the driveway. Two men in uniform climb in behind you before the doors are slammed shut. You curl up in the corner, sobbing uncontrollably. You want your mom, you want to be back in the safety of her arms, the warmth and comforting softness that only she can provide.Â
One of the men approaches you, a needle in his hand. You whimper in fear, pressing further back into the corner as he gets closer to you. He forces you down onto your stomach, the pain brief as he injects you with the sedative before he moves back to take his seat. You curl up in a ball, quietly sobbing as the drugs begin to work, your vision going hazy before youâre forced into unconsciousness.Â

âI woke up hours later at the institute.â You say, wiping at the tears streaming down your cheeks, but it does little against the cascade of tears falling from your eyes. âNever saw or spoke to my family again. They didnât even try to reach me, and I know my dad was the reason why. He hated me as soon as I presented.âÂ
âFucking hell.â Ghost breathes, hands curled into fists at his sides. You can smell the intensity of his scent above everything, the burning ozone of anger rolling off of him. It makes you wince, even though you know itâs not directed at you.Â
âThatâs why he wanted to send you so quickly.â Kyle says, his arm tightening around you.Â
âHow did he get you into FIOT so soon after your presentation?â John asks.Â
You shrug your good shoulder. âI donât know. I didnât even know heâd be sending me, much less so soon until it was happening.âÂ
âChrist,â Johnny breathes, gently taking your hand in his. âNo wonder yer havinâ nightmares, kitten.âÂ
âI havenât had this nightmare since I arrived at the institute. They started there, lasted a few weeks while I adjusted to being there.â You sniffle. âHavenât had them since, until now. Dr. Keller says itâs because I finally feel safe enough to process the trauma of it happening.âÂ
John sits up a little straighter. âIs that why she suggested seeing you multiple times a week?âÂ
You nod. âWeâre working on it. I asked her not to tell you, because I did plan on telling you eventually.âÂ
âIâm glad you told someone, at least,â He says. âAnd Iâm glad you finally told us too. We might not be able to stop the nightmares, but at least now we can help support you in whatever way you need.âÂ
âIâm sorry I didnât tell you sooner.â You say, squeezing Johnnyâs hand slightly. He was the only one that knew you were having nightmares, but you hadnât even confessed to him what was going on out of fear heâd tell the others.Â
âItâs alright, sweet girl.â John says, leaning forward to press a kiss to your forehead. âIâm glad it finally came out and now we can help you.â He wipes the tears from your cheeks, his thumb brushing your skin gently.Â
The moment is broken as your stomach growls impatiently. Itâs past your normal dinner time, your confession having kept you longer than you thought it would. You hadnât gotten in your afternoon snack either, your body having chosen to nap instead.Â
A small smile tugs at Johnâs lips. âHungry, love?âÂ
You nod. âYeah. Didnât get my snack.âÂ
âWeâll go get some food and bring it here, how does that sound?â He asks.Â
You nod. âYeah. That sounds good.âÂ
He pushes himself up to stand, his knees cracking as he does. You fight the urge to say something, squeezing Johnnyâs hand tightly.Â
âIâll stay.â Ghost says, still looking at you.Â
John looks down at you and you meet Ghostâs gaze for a moment before nodding. John presses another kiss to your head, Johnny and Kyle pressing kisses to your cheeks before they get up, leaving the rec room to get dinner for everyone.Â
Ghost moves from his spot on the other side of the coffee table, sinking down at the end of the couch. You fight the urge to stare at him in surprise. Youâre not sure youâve seen him sit anywhere but in the chair the entire time youâve been here.Â
Itâs silent between the two of you for a few moments, aside from the occasional sniffle from you. You wipe the remaining tears from your face, removing the melted ice pack from your shoulder, tossing it on the coffee table. This feels very familiar to you, this position. Youâve been here before, back when you punched the asshole alpha who insulted you.Â
âMy dad was a real asshole.âÂ
You turn your head slightly in surprise when Ghost breakâs the silence suddenly. Heâs not looking at you, his gaze distant, far away. You know that look well. Youâve seen it on him before, and also on a few omegas at the institute. Youâre sure itâs graced your face as well many times.Â
âHe was a trad alpha, real piece of shit who couldnât control his anger. Took it out on all of us. My mum, my brother, me.â He scoffs. âMum took the brunt of it, but Tommy and I faced our fair share of it too. He used to bring dangerous animals home and taunted us with them. Made me kiss a snake once. He did all kinds of horrible things to us.â His voice softens a bit in a way youâve never heard before. Youâve never seen him so vulnerable, not even when he told you about his own nightmares. âIâve never wanted an omega, because of the things my dad did to my mum. I never wanted a pack either, but...maybe something deep down in me did because I said yes to this whole experiment.âÂ
The silence hangs heavy between you for a moment. Youâre not sure what to say, or if you can even manage to say anything in response to what heâs just told you. You had no idea what his life was like growing up, except that he was also a purebred.Â
âI was always too afraid the cycle would continue, that Iâd turn out to be another piece of shit, just like my dad.â He says.Â
âI donât think youâre a piece of shit.â You say, your voice cracking a bit.Â
He huffs out a breath. âThanks.â He stares down at the coffee table, leaning his elbows on his knees. âDid your dad ever hit you?âÂ
You shake your head. âNever directly. He got rough sometimes, grabbing us, squeezing too hard, yanking us around. He never stopped my brothers when they got too rough, though. They liked to wrestle, and I wanted to join because I wanted to spend time with my cooler older brothers. Sometimes theyâd forget I was smaller than them and I got hurt a couple times. He never reprimanded them when it happened. I think he enjoyed it more than anything. He mostly just yelled a lot.âÂ
âTrad alphas only speak the language of yelling and violence.â He says. âIf my father wasnât screaming at us, his fists were getting the message across. Sometimes heâd do both at the same time.â Ghost shakes his head. âReal pieces of shit, trad alphas. Makes me sick, the kinds of things they believe in.âÂ
âIâm sorry about what happened to you.â You say, fishing for anything to follow up his confession with. Nothing feels right, nothing feels like enough.Â
He shrugs. âIt happened. Itâs in the past. He died a few years ago. Left nothing but a stain behind.âÂ
âWhat happened to your mom and brother?â You ask.Â
âTommy got into drugs for a while, but he cleaned up and got married. Mum lives with him now. Still doing well.â He says.Â
Youâre surprised by his words. Youâve always heard that omegas donât last long without their alphas. But what if their alpha was an asshole? Is the relief of their death enough to scrub out the grief of losing your alpha?Â
You stare at the side of Ghostâs head, your heart thudding in your chest. You feel sorry for him, but at the same time, youâre grateful he shared this with you. You have much more in common than you thought you did with the giant aloof alpha. Maybe, perhaps, this can be a way for the two of you to grow closer, maybe you finally have common ground that you can share with him to get him to open up to you more. You know he wants it. The revelation of his disappointment at your lack of greeting, and the fact he let you hug him is enough to tell you he wants something more with you. It might never breach the realm of romance or even a casual fling, but you canât deny the bond is there. You can feel it, the tugging in your chest as you look at him, the butterflies in your stomach when he puts a hand on your back to steer you through the crowd in the mess.Â
You want him to want you. You want him to open up, to peel the layers back and bare his very soul to you. Heâs already started. This confession is the beginning of that kind of bond between you. That he trusts you enough to tell you this makes something flutter in your chest.Â
If only he knew you were keeping something worse from him.Â
You could tell him. Confess to him right here, right now. Spill it all in this sort of mock confessional, this mock therapy session between you. Heâll be mad, but perhaps after everything thatâs transpired today, heâll be lenient. Youâre not sure you could say the same about John, though.Â
âGhost, I-â You start but he cuts you off.Â
âSimon.âÂ
âWhat?â You breathe, blinking in shock as he turns to face you.Â
âMy name. Itâs Simon.âÂ

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Could you possibly do a ninjago Cole x Baker reader

A/N: We're going to ignore how late this is LMAOOOO I'M SO SORRY ANONNNNN IT'S HERE NOW!!! Here's my masterlist!
Warning(s): Reader owns a bakery, reader's kinda clumsy- falls into a sack of flour, reader makes scones with flour (whichever type is left to imagine for my celiacsđ¤), Cole accidentally wrecks the bakery, serpentine arc kinda? I don't watch Dragons Rising, cursing, reader is gn but is written with f!reader in mind, reader thinks of Cole like a puppy, Cole calls reader Master of Flour, reader hits unnamed serpentine in the head with a frying pan, Cole "asks" reader out on a date, mentions of nagas, not proofread!!
Pairing(s): Cole Brookstone x Baker!Reader

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It was your day off. Â
So obviously, youâd spend it working. Â
Your days off, Sundays in particular, were when you closed the bakery you owned for the day to restock your inventory of baked goods to sell.Â
Most people would call you crazy, saying that you worked too much and that you shouldnât work on your breaks. Â
Thankfully, you werenât most people. You loved to bake, especially from scratch (those who used mixes were not only lazy, but the results were always artificial to you).Â
It was 6:47 AM, and you stretch out your arms, cracking your knuckles and get to work, spreading flour over workspace.Â
Then, you take the same flour measuring it precisely before dumping it into the porcelain bowl you grabbed earlier. You walk over to the giant pantry storage unit you had in the back to grab the sugar and baking powder you needed, humming to yourself softly.Â
Music flowed through your headphones, the tunes lifting your mood as the sunâs rays peek through the windows, a golden hour in the dawn of the morning. Â
You grab your measuring cups, pouring the right amount of sugar into your bowl and then twisted open the top of the baking powder container. Â
Yet the damn thing wouldnât budge. Â
âCome on...!â you groan the corners of your lips turning down. âYou werenât doing this last week!â Â
You knew you sounded extremely stupid, talking to inanimate objects and trying to persuade them to cooperate with you â but you were alone, so it didnât matter. Â
âStupid. Little. Piece. Of.â you grunt, smacking the lid against the edge of the countertop, but you didnât anticipate the lid of actually pop off, the force you were exuding into the can made you bang your chin onto the countertop, and you fell backwards onto a sack of flour you hadnât opened up yet. Â
âAh Shit!â you yelp, white powder billowing up around you from impact. Â
You frown as the flour settles onto your form when you sit upâ making you look like a humanoid snowman.Â
Your body aches and you plop down, but you moment your head sinks into the grating fabric of the flour bag, a loud boom is heard throughout the cafe. Â
You bolt right up, scrambling to your feet and sprinting out of the kitchen to find a big gaping hole in the place where the door of your precious bakery was supposed to be, along with 2/3s of the wall.Â
âWhat the actual- AH!â you squeak, ducking down behind a table as a large chunk of drywall is sent sailing over in your direction. Â
âAh shoot sorry!â you hear a male voice call out from a little bit to your left. Â
You wince as you see a man dressed in a black gi punches the tiled floor of your bakery, a large chunk of the earth from underneath shooting out of the floor. Â
Your insurance sure as hell wouldnât cover for this. Â
You watch as the man tackles some weird serpent-like creature, almost like a naga, with humanoid hands, but had a head that resembled a snake. Â
Your heart pounded as the man in black was thrown across the room, hitting one of the walls as the pictures hanging there fell, glass shards now litering the floor. Â
You want to tear your hair out at this point, knowing that youâd probably be fifty by the time you could ever repair the damage- but in the grand scheme of things, that wasnât your biggest concern. Â
You needed to do something, and fast. Â
Sprinting to your kitchen again, you size the possible weapons you had, choosing a wide frying pan that was evenly weighted in your hands. Quickly making your way back to the mysterious stranger that your door and then some, you see him wrestling with the snake-thing, attempting to trap it in a large boulder. Â
Perfect.Â
You creep on behind them, slowly and carefully, raising your frying pan.Â
âTAKE THAT!â You yell, swinging the pan at full force as it contacted the serpentâs head, a loud clang resounded through the almost demolished building as the creature slumped forward, unconscious. Â
The two of you stand there, in shock before the man before you lets out a low whistle. Â
âWow.â he says, removing the cloth that covered his face to reveal a head full of chin length black hair and honeyed amber eyes.Â
Oh.Â
Shit.Â
You knew this face- you'd seen it on TV more than youâd like to admit. Cole Brookstone, one of the Masters of Spinjitsu, Master of the Earth.Â
But, however, ninja or not, your store was still in shambles. Â
You laugh wryly and raise an eyebrow. âCare to explain why my bakery is now a Borg Store after Black Friday?âÂ
The man snorts and rubs the back of his neck sheepishly. âYeah...sorry about that. Weâve been trying to catch this guy for months now- stupid ratâs been trying to steal Pixalâs blueprints for some new mechs. Canât believe all we needed was a frying pan.âÂ
You snort at that and wave your pan mockingly in his direction, and he feigns a look of terror on his face, stepping back and sighing dramatically.Â
âWoe is me! Why is fate so cruel that I must die at the hands of the Master of Flour!â He cries in an ostentatious manner.Â
It was then you realized, embarrassingly, that you still looked like a humanoid snowman.Â
âAh shit... sorry! I fell on top of a bag of flour when I was trying to make scones earlier before you...â you motion to the wreckage, not needed explanation.Â
His eyes widen and his head droops in guilt. âAwww, like a puppyâ you think.Â
âI really am sorry... maybe once I help you fix everything up, I can try one of those scones for myself?â he said, smiling slightly. Â
Your heart warmed at this kindness, relieved that you wouldnât be swallowing yourself in probably every job you could think of to repair the damage. Â
âIs that a date?â you tease, thinking heâd playfully flirt back, but a boyish smile creeps across his face. Â
âI mean, if you want it to be.â he says bashfully, looking down at the floor. Â
You grin, grabbing his hand in your flour covered one. Â
âI hope to see you soon then.âÂ
Who're you reaching out for, lovie?



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