Day 23 [Klaus/ Steven/ Daniel]

Day 23 [Klaus/ Steven/ Daniel]

Prompt: Worst way to find out your girlfriend is pregnant (time skip)

Klaus

Staring up at Bradbury General, Klaus had too much on his mind. He knew why today was so monumental, but even after the dust settled, there had been no sign of his beloved. She had been with them that night and had rushed in to save lives from the same dog that trapped the patients in cocoons. Yet there was no sign of you anywhere.

Had you been in one of the cocoons? Was this just a matter of waiting a little longer? Klaus felt he was going crazy just thinking about it. Until Dr. Estevez asked him for a blood sample.

"Might I ask why?" Klaus was thrown for a loop, "Is there something wrong?"

Dr. Estevez smiled a little, "It's just a protocol for a DNA test. Miss [Name] is certain about who the father is, but I brought up a DNA test for other problems that might have occurred during the Collapse."

Klaus blinked rapidly, muttering under his breath, "DNA test? Father? ???"

"I take it that neither of you actually knew about the pregnancy before the Collapse?"

"Not in the slightest," Klaus admitted sheepishly, excitement growing as he followed the small form of the doctor, "I'm afraid that this is a complete surprise."

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Steven

The aftermath of the Collapse left Steven reeling. His beloved hadn't shown up in almost three years. The last he saw of you, Steven was almost certain you were dealing with the early symptoms of pregnancy. But now he was second-guessing the whole problem at large. You might have been dealing with some kind of illness brought on by the first stages of the Collapse.

But there was nothing about the situation that made complete sense. Steven couldn't help but try to guess where you might be. Until there was a news broadcast about a recently reappearing building in the middle of an abandoned lot. It was the small clinic Steven had insisted you go to visit.

Klaus didn't even bat an eye as Steven stormed out of the office, both knowing why he was peeling out in his car. Racing to the building before you even had a chance to step out into the new city.

Steven looked around, scanning the crowd for you. He jumped when he saw a woman who did look like you... but there was a small child on the woman's hip. But that was the only person that even looked like you, but Steven couldn't have been right about you being pregnant... right?

"Steven!?" He turned, it had been you, "Are... Is that..."

"You were...?"

Steven didn't get to finish his question before you hugged him tightly. He tried to stop from shaking, but he just couldn't. Looking at the small child you were carrying, he looked very much like Steven.

He wouldn't be able to deny that this was his child, but Steven finally managed to pull away. So many questions needed to be answered, and the time missed had clearly been critical. And this would take quite an adjustment period.

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Daniel

A deep groan escaped Daniel, checking his phone for the millionth time. Knowing that there wouldn't be a new message from you. He desperately wanted to have some kind of response, even if it was just an angry one.

The cryptic message of "There's something I need to tell you face to face" haunted Daniel for the past three years. What was he missing? What could you need to tell him that couldn't have been said over text?

"All units, we have a 3-83 in progress. I repeat. A 3-83 at the corner of Youna and Judic Street."

Daniel didn't want to get his hopes up. A building coming back after all this time was likely, even somewhat normal. But he didn't even know if you had survived the Collapse.

Not that thinking like that helped Daniel any, he hated the idea that he had completely lost you like that. Without even a single goodbye...

His efforts in comforting the survivors and giving them enough information to cope in this new version of their home was all he could do. It was his job as a police officer. But, his efforts were almost instantly rewarded as he found that one of the last people he had to talk to was... you. And a small child you claimed was...

No. No! That couldn't have been... You hadn't been... Right?

Daniel tried swallowing his nerves as he approached you, "Pie, you're okay. And you had a... uh... kid."

"Yes, I know she's yours, Danny." You adjusted your little girl to the other hip, "How have you been holding up?"

What was with this light, coffee shop talk? You two hadn't seen each other in three years. But you were acting like you had only been gone for a week or two.

"I..." Daniel cleared his throat, "This city has changed Pie. I tried to change with it but..."

"Eliza and I aren't going anywhere any time soon Danny." You smiled a little, just plain relieved to be back around familiar faces, "So there'll be plenty of it to adjust."

Daniel barely met your eye, "Yeah. Yeah, there will be."

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.

Plush Babies [Klaus x Reader]

Requested by Anonymous 🐱‍👤

Klaus was having a bit of a problem in getting close to you. Every time he thought he was making some kind of progress, something would come up and make him doubt what he thought was true.

One such instance was his first attempt to explain his feelings for you. It had been a rather nice day, Klaus had thought things were going well after all the time the two of you had spent together in the week prior.

Then just before he could actually say anything, Klaus noticed an insect in your hair. When he tried to assist in removing it, your small monkey plush had gotten rather defensive. Climbing up to where the bug was and did the task itself.

Was Klaus to take that as you being uncomfortable with him? Or was it part of the pseudo freewill each of your creations had?

A second time, Klaus wasn't actively trying to confess to you, but he was definitely on the verge of doing so. Of course, going to lunch together as friends was a normal thing for both of you and this time was no different.

And yet, when Klaus noticed you had a smudge on the end of your nose and offered to help wipe it away... A little bear plushie started kicking up a fuss, forcing your attention away long enough that Klaus had to just give up.

At least at that time, Klaus could say that you weren't uncomfortable with the gesture. But he was still left pondering why your puppets were being like this.

Today he had been hoping for a moment completely alone with you to ask without interruption. Though he feared the answer you would give.

Klaus was about to approach to ask when he tripped over his own feet, literally. Bumping into you, knocking you clean over, and barely saving face by throwing his arms behind your back in an attempt to soften the fall. He tried his best to move off of you, convinced that he would never have a chance with you at this rate. Though he was also trying to help you into a more comfortable sitting position, extremely aware that his hands were in danger of sliding down to your lower back.

And yet, you didn't have just one plushie fussing at Klaus, but the entire army covering your upper torso. Before Klaus could back away, you were frowning. Was this just too far? It was purely an accident. Klaus would apologize until his face was blue because he truly didn't mean for this to happen.

"I don't know what's gotten into you little guys." Klaus blinked a little, "Klaus isn't gonna hurt me. And this was an accident. So stop it, you're all behaving like spoiled brats."

Klaus didn't fully understand what any of this meant. It could be any number of things but...

"[Name], I still feel the need to apologize for knocking you over." Klaus lowered himself as much as he could, "I admit that I did have a couple questions I wanted to ask you, if you wouldn't mind."

"Sure Klaus." You smiled at him gently, "But it'll take me a minute to get the peanut gallery to cool it. They really seem to be against you for some reason."

"Against... me?"

"I can't put my finger on why but whenever you get close, and especially when you might touch me, they get all feisty like this."

"Oh." Klaus rubbed the back of his neck, "I... I see."

Poppets [Klaus x Reader]

Requested by Anonymous 🧸

Klaus couldn't help but be mesmerized by your entire process. He didn't know exactly how your Blood Technique worked, but he knew what the basic effects were. That being any puppet or plush toy you created would behave like a little soldier and fight for you, or carry out whatever little tasks you asked of them.

It was plain adorable how varied you made these little things. Though your main style was more reminiscent of Paddington Bear and the original Winnie the Pooh. Lots of vests and little hats on vaguely humanoid animals. And you'd long since confided in Klaus that you were opposed to the idea of making one too human-like.

And yet, the one you were working on right now was very similar to a small puppy. Somewhat more anatomically correct with how its little joints would move, but overall just cute.

Shing!!

Zapp jumped back about three feet, clutching his hand as if it had just been stabbed. But you knew your knitting needle had just barely missed him.

"Oi! Watch it Sock Puppet!"

"Don't give me a reason Renfro." You tugged the needle out of the hardwood to place a 'healing' talisman over the hole, "Stay away from my creations."

This was, sadly, a normal feud. As Zapp enjoyed teasing everyone about everything and you had the strangest ability set on the whole team. Let alone the fact one that requires near constant upkeep at that, meaning you frequently sewed clothes or knitted a new doll into a semblance of sentience while you sat around the office. And as much as Klaus wanted to tell Zapp off for such behavior, you were more than capable of keeping the silver-haired man at bay.

Though, Klaus had absently set down a small plate with little thumbprint cookies in front of the small gathering of your other creations as they sat awaiting their 'sibling' to wake up. The little toys looked at the plate, up at Klaus, and back again a few times. Klaus had already moved on without thinking. Though when he looked back, he saw that the little bear wearing a top hat and a bow tie was holding a single cookie and waving it up and down.

The way you giggled at them acting like they were eating the cookies made Klaus's heart flutter. He hadn't been able to tell you how he felt because he only just figured that out himself. And telling you so soon after the feelings began settling in was almost too much the big man.

One day he would, but the day that you were giggling over him attempting to feed your little creations was not that day.

Klaus doing the boba challenge 🧋 by artist @ AFpocketbee on Twitter (highly recommend her!)

I legit busted out laughing at this... its perfect.

Poor Sonic trying to help make it work too... poor baby

Day 16 [Leo/ Dog/ Lucky]

Prompt: "You wouldn't understand"

Leo

Running for his life should be a rare occurrence, but here was Leo doing so for the third time today alone. All he could think about to calm his nerves was how you'd be waiting for him when he got off. What he wasn't prepared for was you grilling him.

"What do you mean you were running for your life all day?" You weren't sure if you were more upset at what Leo was saying or the fact that he was hurt again, "No one should run for their life and then be so nonchalant about it later."

"[Name], sweetie, I'm fine really." Leo tried to tug you back down onto the couch, "I have to deal with people trying to mug me and my job is just like this."

"So quit that job." You huffed as you settled next to him, "You shouldn't have to put your life in harm's way!"

Leo wanted to be kind and understanding over this, but he had a breaking point, "You wouldn't understand this [Name]!"

"What wouldn't I understand?" Your head snapped towards Leo, "You get hurt on the job all the time. So you can't tell me the exact details, but you clearly are a kind of police officer or other government official. And both of those can't keep you like a contract."

"It's not like that." Leo sighed, "It's really similar, but I can't just leave."

You could only sigh and click your tongue. This was getting ridiculous.

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Dog

You couldn't help but feel a bit melancholy as you sat trying to read a book. It was such a long chapter describing things that wouldn't pay off. You knew over half of this was just hyper-fixation on a mundane day. A second reading was somehow worse despite being a favorite book.

"Whatcha doin' Gummy?" Dog sidled up next to you on the couch, "Which one is this?"

"I don't think you'd understand it." Though you did hold up the spine of the book, "It's pretty far into the series. And it's one of the boring 'this is why we fight' parts."

Dog's expression twisted in an interesting way as he read the title. While he was familiar with you reading this series, he really didn't have a clue what the whole thing was about.

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Lucky

"What did you do that for!?"

You had thrown out one of Blitz's "experiments" because he was doing the same old thing with the blood breed hand he had to keep with him. To be honest, you felt like you were keeping him from poisoning himself.

"[Name]!" Lucky tried to stop you from locking up his blood breed supplies, "Why are you doing all this?"

"Saving you from yourself." You sighed, "Trying to eat a sandwich with blood breed blood on it isn't going to do anything but poison you."

"You don't know that! You wouldn't understand what I'm trying to do!"

You pinched your nose, "I shouldn't have to tell you that eating blood, especially monster blood, is a dangerous idea. If you really want to figure out how living matter digests this, get a bunch of rats."

Lucky almost looked like he was deflating. You knew you'd won the argument as you finally put the lock on the safe. Why this had to be something you had to keep reminding him of was beyond you.