Day 18 [Zapp/ Zed/ Raju]

Day 18 [Zapp/ Zed/ Raju]

Prompt: Broken bone

Zapp

"Holy f&^k!" Zapp skid to a stop next to you, unsure what he was even looking at, "What the sh^t happened to you?!"

"You tell me smarta$$!" You bit back, looking at your own armbone like this was harrowing, "I mean honestly, it isn't rocket science!"

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Zapp couldn't help but panic. Not only were you down for the count but you were losing blood fast. Even in the semi-paralysis, he felt his instincts took over. Wrapping your arm, trying to straighten the bone and hope that it would be sealed enough for someone to completely fix later on.

That did not stop him from pacing and thumping his foot whenever told to sit down. He needed to know you'd be okay, even if that meant you were stuck in a cast for a few months.

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Zed

Zed checked his phone over and over. This wasn't like you at all, even if it was a simple emoji, you'd have answered his texts by now.

It wasn't until his phone buzzed loudly, nearly causing him to drop it, that Zed finally got his answer. You had been rushed straight to a hospital for several serious injuries.

Once he was in the room with you, Zed finally asked what all had been going on. Why would you need to be rushed in like this?

"I have several hairline fractures and one massive chip in my lower leg." You had to take deep breaths, "Everything else is just minor by comparison."

Zed shakily moved a chair over, "Elaborate. Please, for my sake."

"A couple of bruises along my spine and my shoulder joint popped out of place." You tried to move your arm as a demonstration, but Zed stopped you, "Literally everything else is minor cuts and scrapes. I promise."

"As long as you also promise not to over do it."

"I'll make no such promises..."

Zed frowned at your attempt at humor. But at least you tried to make light of the situation.

Raju Comes back after a long while and is stunned to see a cast and crutches

Another long time spent away from you meant Raju had no clue what to expect when he landed. Even so, seeing you all but boxed in on the couch was not something he thought he'd see... ever.

"And what happened?" Raju's voice made you jump, you hadn't heard him land, "Why is your foot up on the table? Why is it wrapped like that? Who did this to you?"

Your head dropped, it was an embarrassing story for you to repeat.

"First of all, I did this to myself... sorta." You turned toward Raju only to follow him as he hopped in front of you, "Second, its just a broken bone in my foot so I have to be extra careful with it."

"So what happened that you broke bones in your foot?"

Raju didn't know how to interpret the grimace across your face. But he wasn't going anywhere until you answered him... And you knew this.

"Well..." You really didn't want to tell this to anyone but... "I was helping Mrs. Orif bring her large dog in because it was about to rain. And the dog was tugging on the lead a bit too hard, half dragging me. So when my foot hit the concrete stairs... all my weight on the bone... it kinda went... snap"

Raju let out a grumpy sigh. Of course, you'd just have to go help someone else and get injured in the process. Though he had to concede if Mrs. Orif had tried to do so herself then the dog would have likely broken something more than a foot. But that was beside the point! Raju was still deeply upset that you got hurt at all. And refusing to let you get up without him hovering at your side. He would make sure you were safe until your foot healed.

Day 14 [Leo/ Zapp/ Chain]

Prompt: "This is killing you!"

Leo

The frown Leo had was becoming a bit too pronounced for your liking. Sure, he knew you were a more reckless kind of person, that your skills are basically why Libra kept sending you off to do dangerous stuff. But he could see the curse you were keeping under wraps. He promised to keep it secret but...

"This is going to kill you [Name]!"

You really wished he wouldn't have started this in front of everyone, "I'll be fine Leo. I've survived worse."

Leo almost growled, making Klaus worry and intervene.

"[Name], is everything alright?" You were getting trapped into revealing this, "Is there a deeper injury you haven't told us about?"

"No, I'm perfectly fine Klaus." Though you weren't so sure of that yourself in all honesty, "Its just this last time was a bit much and I've been limping a little on sore heels after relaxing for so long. Its nothing I haven't dealt with before and Leo's just over exaggerating."

Leo frowned harder, if that was even possible, and started tapping his foot, "So sue me for being worried. I can't help it."

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Zapp

You didn't like sitting in the hospital listening to Zapp flirt with the nurses like this. But you also didn't have the courage to say anything about liking him as more than a friend. So self-torment it is.

Though the way you were crossing your arms and scowling wasn't lost on Zapp. While the two of you weren't involved, you were roommates and had been friends for what felt like an eternity. He knew when you were pissed over something.

"What's eating you this time Nacho?"

You clicked your tongue, "This is the fifteenth time this month you landed yourself in the hospital Peño."

"So what? No one said you gotta show up every time ya know."

The glare you gave him made Zapp recoil a little. But he wasn't going to back down from this. Yeah, he liked the company, but he didn't need you to stick around like this all the time.

"Well spit it out already."

"This is gonna kill ypu one of these days."

"So? Why do you care?"

"Because I love you Dip Stick."

Zapp sat there blinking, but the steadily deepening red across your cheeks was no mistake. He hadn't stopped long enough to think about you like that, given you were so stubborn about genuine relationships and all that. Friends sure, but Zapp knew what you wanted from a relationship didn't match his life style at all.

"Not like it'll ever matter." You stood up to leave, unable to take the silence, "Still hurts to see you like this all the time. Knowing your job will kill you if some random chic doesn't get to you first."

Zapp was too dumbfounded to stop you or keep flirting with the nurses checking on him.

Chain

Chain finally answered her phone after what her boss explained to you. Having to find out through third degree like this was bad enough. But for her to up and almost wipe out her existence to the point where you wouldn't even remember her at all was too far.

"Chain here."

"What the hell?" Your voice was absolutely cracked from emotional strain, "I called like a dozen times and had to ask your boss where you were!"

"Okay, first off, I'm sorry. I should've told you about the emergency mission I was needed for." Chain waved her hand down as if she were talking to you in person, "Second, I wasn't going to go that far. It was close, but I pulled out at the last second--"

"THAT DOESN'T MATTER!" You were beside yourself with how calmly she was talking, "THIS JOB IS GONNA KILL YOU IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE!"

"[Name]!" Chain tried breaking through your rant, "Its fine! I had the situation under control. Please, calm down."

"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN!" You screeched, "YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN? I ALMOST LOST YOU AND WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE MEMORIES OF YOU! DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!"

Chain sighed quietly. The best thing she could do was wait for your anger to ride out on its own. And hope that you'd let her make this up to you with a night in. Some Ghibli movies and no phones type of thing.

Day 15 [Steven/ Daniel/ Raju]

Prompt: "You can't be here"

Steven

This night couldn't have gotten worse if Steven tried. You had stumbled into his workspace, and seen things he didn't want you to know about. Every part of his mind was screaming to have this cleared up, that this was wrong and you needed to leave... but all that came from his mouth was...

"You can't be here."

Despite the tone of Steven's voice, it still pulled you from the sight of a dead body. Frozen with a strange look on their face. You managed to tear your eyes away. You didn't feel anything, your mind and body felt numb, as if they weren't yours anymore.

"[Name], you can't be here." Steven repeated, "C'mon, you need to leave, right now."

Steven couldn't make anything out about what you might be thinking. His worry mounted higher and higher as you just stared back. Was it possible you were just shell-shocked? Steven had all but forgotten what that could look like after years on the job, years in this city.

"[Name], say something."

Steven gently shook you by the shoulders, upset by how cold you were. A soft sigh escaped the dark-haired man, this would torment him to no end. But for now, Steven lead you away from the scene. Carefully hiding your face from onlookers and whispering soft promises to relax once you got home.

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Daniel

Having ignored his phone all day, Daniel just waltzed into your apartment without thinking about it. When he found you in the kitchen, he didn't understand why you were suddenly smacking him. He felt so very confused as he fended off weak slaps from you.

"What!?" Daniel held your wrists out so the most you could do was wiggle, "What did I do?"

"You can't be here right now." You whined, "I'm planning something. I sent you so many texts telling you not to come straight here. You were supposed to meet me at your place."

Daniel blinked a little at you, "What for? And no, I haven't checked my phone for hours."

You kicked at Daniel weakly, pouting even as he let go of your wrists.

"Though that does explain why it smells so good in here." Daniel was trying to smooth things over, "Maybe I just stick around and we act like this was the plan?"

As much as you wanted to stay upset... "You're lucky you're cute. And that it's your birthday."

Daniel just stood there for a second. Was today his birthday? Did he really forget about that? Geez he needed a full day off.

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Raju

Whatever you were doing in this city, Raju felt it was too dangerous for you to even live here. That couldn't be more true at this moment as you were stuck in the middle of a fierce battle.

If you had been a fang hunter, then Raju would be okay with it a bit. Being a fang hunter would give you plenty of skills to protect yourself. But you had no way of really doing anything except fighting like a scared animal.

And that just wasn't enough for Raju.

You shielded your face with both arms from the sudden fire in front of you. Whatever the creature was, it was a pile of ash now. Raju seemed to drop out of nowhere right in front of you, scaring the people right behind you.

"You really can't be here [Name]."

Raju was trying to pull you away, getting a very brave teenager attempting to fight him. While he could have defended himself with fire, you caught the wooden plank. It seriously hurt, but you were a bit faster than Raju for a second.

"It's fine," You tried to shake the pain out of your hand, "He won't hurt me, he's just stubborn and forceful."

Raju was both surprised that you could react so fast and upset that you got injured on his behalf. To the point that he was stopped in the street to check over your hand. Part of him wanted to attack the teenager, but Raju knew that would upset far more people than would be acceptable. Especially upsetting you since you had been trying to help protect these people in the first place. Though focusing on the splinters in your hand was a little comforting to him.

Busted [Leo x Reader]

Leo was finally getting off his shift at Dogamo's though it was very early in the afternoon. Kicking off his shoes at the door, Leo started looking around for you. At this time of day, you could be doing just about anything. Though when he heard clinks of metal on wood, he knew where you were.

Though he wasn't prepared to see you lifting weights.

Leo ended up rooted to the spot, watching you work out. He wanted to tear his eyes away, to respect you, but he just couldn't. Eyes fixated on the way you were moving, the flexing of each muscle making heat rise on his face.

Having the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods did not help him at all. It only amplified how much he could focus on your every movement. Leo just couldn't help how he was feeling about this.

He already found you extremely attractive, but watching you work out like this had him far too worked up to even think about moving from this spot.

Up and down. Up and down. Leo couldn't help his mind wandering to wondering if you could lift him like that. If you could possibly carry him around...

"Leo?"

He froze as if you wouldn't be able to see him if he stayed still. It didn't work in the slightest, especially as you walked over to him. Leo suddenly started panicking, waving his arms in front of himself.

"W-w-wait! It's not what it looks like! I just got home!"

You stopped, snickering at the poor blushing mess, "I figured that. But why are you staring at me?"

"You're really hot."

Leo covered his mouth as soon as he blurted it out, face turning bright red. He just needed to stop before he said something he truly regretted. Even if it was true, Leo shouldn't say what was on his mind right now...

Hibernate [Klaus x Reader]

Requested by Anonymous 🐻

Finding out that you were part Beyondian, one that hibernated through the winter, was a bit of a shock for Klaus. But it was something he quickly skated over, until you actually prepared to sleep the winter away.

He could only sit back, asking polite questions to make sure what you were doing was healthy. Occasionally checking on you while you slept. At first, this meant keeping a key to your apartment and acting as if he needed to house-sit during the time.

Though he still remembered the first time he opened the door. He could have sworn you said you'd be fast asleep at the time but...

"[Name]? What are you doing up?"

Klaus checked his phone calendar. He had marked it properly, yes? His schedule said to stop by bring in the mail and make sure no one could get in.

"[Name]?" Klaus was confused, you should be able to hear him, yet you weren't responding, "Is everything okay?"

He watched, following you around in his attempts to figure out what was going on. Though once he stepped close enough, he could hear a soft snoring noise coming from your open mouth. Then everything clicked into place. Klaus knew better than to wake a normal person from sleep-walking, so he did his best to field you back into your bedroom. Waiting in the door until you curled back up in the covers. For good measure, Klaus tucked you in tightly with another comforter from the chest at the foot of your bed. Worried your sleeping mind was seeking more warmth.

When this occurred at his own house, several months after the two of you moved in together, Klaus and Gilbert nearly had a field day trying to keep you away from any and all stairs in the house. While none of them were steep persay, Klaus still worried about you rolling, twisting, or outright breaking an ankle, or worse.

"Master Klaus, I'm afraid Mx. [Name] is up and about once more." Gilbert was trying to remain calm, "At the moment they are trapped in the small roadblock maze. Though for how long, I cannot say."

Klaus felt like he was trying to guide a toddler around with as much as you'd listen to him in this state. Your feet were still moving, but you had your face pressed against the wall as if you were going to break through it with enough determination. Gilbert was stationed at the nearest staircase, barely three steps into the living room, hoping that you would turn toward Klaus instead.

This winter Klaus wanted to try and avoid as much of this as he could. You knew about your sleepwalking and even had a solution. Baby gates. It was such a simple solution that Klaus was kicking himself for not thinking it up. Well, that and locked doors.

Not that Klaus ever told you he knew about your sleepwalking. You thought your little problem adventures were stopping. But no, apparently they had gotten worse.

In all honesty, he felt confident going through this year's hibernation. Certain doors had been locked, others merely blocked off with a knee-high, wooden baby gate. So when you managed to sneak up on Klaus, he nearly had a heart attack.

To be fair, Klaus had been focused on a round of Prosfair and Gilbert wasn't at home when you got up. But when Klaus felt something resting on his head, two arms wrapping around him, he jumped up... pulling you up with him. You had a surprisingly good grip for someone fast asleep.

Klaus settled back into his chair carefully, clutching his chest and just... letting you cling. It wasn't hurting anything... not now at least... and Klaus didn't mind you clinging in general. He quite liked how clingy you could be at times, especially during your hibernations as he himself fell asleep quickly knowing how deeply you trusted him.

Though you were not in a proper state of mind to know what you were doing right now. Combing Klaus's hair into his face and muttering about... something. It almost sounded like a period drama to Klaus. And he didn't know if he should record your musings or just listen.

"No, no, no Butternut..." "That isn't how pineapples work..." "Why would I go figure skating on a swan?"

Klaus could only piece together bits and pieces of what must be going on in your mind. Thankfully your mutterings slowed, and Klaus caught you before you could loll off his shoulders onto the floor. He had not been prepared for any of this. But tucking you in tightly as he always did, Klaus pressed a soft kiss to your forehead.

"Please stay in bed, Liebling." He whispered, "For all our sakes."

Day 24 [Zed/ Lucky/ Raju]

Prompt: Missing limb

Zed

While Zed had always known humans to be very resilient, at least the ones he worked with, he wasn't prepared to see you in the hospital for something like this. He wasn't even sure if humans could bounce back from this. Losing a limb was usually too extreme.

And yet, despite Zed tailing you all day after you were released from the hospital, you proved him incredibly wrong.

Outside the motioning to use the left hand that was no longer there, you were adjusting to the missing arm fairly quickly. At least, that's how it seemed at first.

"Ow."

Zed stopped, looking at where you were. Though you had only bumped into the doorframe, Zed was by your side in an instant.

"What is it?" He was checking for what could have possibly happened, "What hit the doorframe?"

You were embarrassed to admit to this but... "Nothing. I just, I remember how much it hurt to knock my wrist into this doorframe. And because of how close I am to the edges, I had a little phantom pain."

Zed blinked a couple times, "Is... is that a common thing?"

"I don't know. It just happened though."

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Lucky

No matter how many times Lucky saw you, the fact that you were missing an arm never quite set in for him. Sure, part of that was the low-grade prosthetic you wore, but you didn't wear it all that often around the apartment. Not that he ever looked at you with anything other than love. The look that on so many others felt like pity, felt like sympathy from him...

"How does this look?" You stepped out, wearing a loose jacket over your tank top, "Should cover up my arm well enough, right?"

Lucky had a small frown, to you he looked like he was thinking up a critique to say. Though, without a word, he walked closer, gently pulled the jacket off your right shoulder, and kissed at the squishy tissue just above the attachment base.

"Blitz!" You smacked him playfully, "That doesn't answer my question!"

"I know." The older man sighed, looking you in the eye, "But you shouldn't have to cover it up at all."

You couldn't help but look away, "It isn't that I have to do anything. I just hate how people stare. How they treat me when they know..."

"That's what I'm saying." Lucky tucked your head under his chin while he hugged you, "You are an amazing person. And you shouldn't need to cover up anything just because others can't see that. I'd stop them if I could."

"Blitz..." You nuzzled against his collarbone, just letting yourself feel normal. Because that's just how Lucky treated you... normal.

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Raju

Landing in the window, Raju was looking for you instantly. This was completely normal for him to do, but when he saw you perched on crutches... his heart almost stopped. At first he thought he was just not seeing something, as if your leg was just up in front of you or something.

But no.

When you turned and Raju could see that you just didn't have your right foot or any leg under your knee for that matter, he felt dizzy.

You had to figure out how to drag Raju into your shared bedroom while on crutches. He had taken one look at you and fainted, but you weren't in a position to really carry anything. Part of you was dreading when he would wake up. This would not be an easy conversation.

It was dark by the time Raju finally stirred. One look around the room and he understood what must have happened. Staring at the glint of the silvery-grey crutches by your side of the bed, Raju didn't want to believe his own memories. But, quickly flicking the covers up proved it was all true. It also woke you up.

"Raju, can you not?" You reached for the covers to pull them back, "It isn't good to have sudden chills on the scars."

Raju lowered the covers, smoothing them out over you.

"Why are you scarred [Name]?"

"I was caught in the middle of something a little over a month ago." You yawned, dangerously close to falling straight back to sleep, "I passed out before I could even think. And woke up amputated because my leg had been severed by... something."

As much as Raju wanted to poke you awake for a better telling of the story, he knew not to do so. Not only would you be too pissed at him to tell him the full story, but you likely didn't know half of what was really going on.

But his students certainly would know.