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Eli/Hawk X Reader
Warnings: None! Just fluffy!
Time goes By
The rumors spreaded like wildfire, Y/n L/n the famous billionaire actress would be moving back in the valley where you grew up. You weren't always famous, you had actually enrolled for a character in a famous movie and from there you kept getting roles from other directors from left and right.
Your longtime and long distance boyfriend Eli didn't know what to think, I guess you both still considered each other as still together but Eli always felt insecure knowing you were around better looking boys so he quit texting, calling, or replying.
He cried almost every night as you called and he watched the caller I'd ring. Eventually you stopped calling as often as you called, you'd call every once and a while and he'd never answer but you never fully stopped trying to get back him back.
You hadn't known about Eli's transformation yet, he didn't call or update you on anything and how were you supposed to know anything.
Anyways, you finally decided to move back to the valley your hometown. Now since you were very well known people kept up with you, they knew where you were going and what you were doing most likely.
After about hours of flying you finally landed, you wanted to surprise one of your best friends before you had left which was Sam.
You gently knocked on the door waiting only for a second before Mrs. LaRusso opened the door. "Y/n? Oh it's been so long!" Amanda exclaims and she pulls you in a hug to which you reciprocate.
"How have you been? I see that your dream came true!" She exclaims as you both pull away from the hug.
"Yeah I've been great! And it's been amazing" You respond happily.
"That's wonderful, Sam is in her room if you were wondering!" Amanda says as she lets you in.
"Thank you!" You say sweetly as you walk up the stairs entering Sams room.
Sam hears her door open and turns her attention to the door from her computer and her face brightens "Y/n! You're back!" She yells as she rushes towards you pulling you in a hug.
"I am!" You exclaim as she pulls you towards her bed, already gossiping about her new friends she made and something called Cobra Kai?
A couple hours later you were super tired so you decided to hitch a ride from Sam to which she gladly excepted as she drove you to your apartment.
"Thank you Sam! I owe you one!" You say as you rush into your apartment.
You close the door with a sigh as you fall onto your couch in exhaust meant, you place your phone on the table as you stare at the screen debating on if you should text Eli.
After minutes of contemplating you decided to send him a message to which it read 'Hey Eli! I'm in town you should come by! My address is the same!' You internally cringe at the message but none the less you press send.
Even though it was only 3 pm it felt like it should've been later, you sigh in exhaustion as you get up and change into some comfortable clothes.
As Hawk gets ready to pack up from karate practice he checks his phone as he gets a ding, he opens the message and his heart immediately flutters as he reads what's before him.
He didn't know how you would react to his knee look, he hoped you like it because he still cared for you. He decides not to send a message back but to surprise you with a semi unknown visit.
About an hour later a knock on your front door pulls you out of your favorite show, pressing pause you go over to your door opening it to see someone who looked like Eli with a red Mohawk?
Your eyes widen "Eli?" You question as he nods bashfully, his older Eli side coming out.
"Hey Y/n, it's me" He reply's as you let him in closing the door.
"Wow, I mean you look great but what-?" You question sweetly.
"The bullying got worse when you left Y/n... I couldn’t handle it. So I joined Cobra Kai, a karate dojo and I decided to flip the script and if I’m being honest... I feel the change" He explains somewhat guilty.
"What do you mean feel the change?" You ask now confused.
"I haven’t been a very good person now that I’ve distracted people from my lip..." Eli explains looking down.
"Some of that is mostly my part Eli... I am so sorry that I left you on such short notice and I’m sorry I wasn’t there to do something when you were getting hurt I’m also sorry for-"
Your rant gets stopped by Eli placing his lips on yours to which you place your hand on his cheek pulling him closer as you move your lips against his before pulling away breathless.
"It’s okay Y/n, really I’m just glad you got your dream" He smiles.
"My dream was never complete without you Eli..." You blush at your sentence.
Eli blushes as he looks down before taking notice of his sweaty body "do- do you mind if I take a shower?" He questions nervously.
"No not at all, do you still remember the way?" you tease.
Eli chuckles bashfully "I think I do.." he interjects playfully.
You nod as he leads himself to the bathroom, you go to your kitchen grabbing some snacks for you and Eli when he gets out the shower.
Soon running water was the only thing that could be heard throughout your apartment, it was almost calming as you laid your head on the couch in a trance from how excited you were to be back and have Eli back into your life once again.
The water cut off all to soon, just then you realize it’s been passed twenty minutes, as if on cue Eli walks out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist.
Water dripping from his torso and his now wet dyed hair as he looks around nervously as he tightens his grip on the towel around his waist.
"I- I left my bag in here-" He stutters as he walks over to the door grabbing his gym back.
You nod as he walks back into the bathroom closing the door, your eyes widen as you place your hands on your redden cheeks mouth wide open.
You always loved Eli’s body because he was him and he’s handsome, but with all the karate he must’ve got not ripped but well toned up.
You internally fan girl scream at your man, soon Eli returns and you quickly take your hands off your face and maintain a small not to noticeable smile.
"Can I- can I cuddle you?" He asks nervously as he shuffles on his feet back and forth.
You smile as your heart warms "always" You reply as you open your arms to which he immediately enters and straddles your waist and he wraps his arms around your shoulder and buries his face in your neck like old times.
A couple minutes go by of comfortable silence as you both just cuddle, admiring each other’s touch. Soon you lift up Eli’s chin with your finger bringing his face in length of yours.
Your eyes lock, almost like you feel apart of you connecting that you haven’t felt in so long as Eli’s wet hair drips everywhere and sticks to his face.
You move the piece of hair from his beautiful face and press a loving kiss against his lips before pulling back and kissing his scar that he always hated.
"Eli you’re beautiful... like you always were to me" You mumble as he finally lets go as tears spill out of his eyes that he didn’t know were there.
"I-I love you Y/n, I missed you so much" He whimpers out as he places a shaky kiss on your soft lips.
"I missed you so much baby, and I love you more" You say as Eli cuddles into your embrace more.
After a while Eli falls asleep and you feel like the luckiest girl in the world as you hold the boy you’ve always loved in your arms. The sound of Eli’s warm heartbeat lures you into a deep sleep, awaiting for this moment to never end.
This makes you realize that time goes by too fast...
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This was requested by @dommie14 thank you for requesting I hope you enjoyed!
Hawk X Reader
Warnings: Prepare for the emotions!
Surprise- I Guess
You were super excited to say the least, Hawk's- or well Eli's birthday was coming up in a couple days. You had planned a whole surprise for him, Hawk had mentioned how he wanted to get a new motorcycle.
So you asked your dad Daniel LaRusso for some extra money for some extra chores here and there, and what do you know he agreed as long as you got back into karate with him.
You took him on that offer, recently Daniel had changed the pool room into a at home karate dojo. You never really quit, you practiced here and there unlike your sister Sam who hadn't practice in eight years.
Both Miguel and Demetri had offered to help you pick out the motorcycle. You were instantly surprised that Demetri would offer considering the history between the two wasn't good after Eli became Hawk.
But of course you took them both up on the offer considering they knew personally what style motorcycle Hawk would like. The bell ring indicating that lunch period was here.
You, Demetri, and Miguel all decided to hang back a while in the hallway so you could discuss a few matters with the surprise and how you were to give it to Hawk.
"Okay so how about you call him up, and tell him it's an emergency and carry him to your backyard and boom-" Miguel makes a hand explosion "-surprise!" He says proud of his idea.
"That's a great idea Miguel!" You exclaim excitedly.
"Or... you could just give it to him.." Demetri states as if he's the smartest person on the earth.
You tilt your head to the side furrowing your eyebrows "and where would the fun be in that?" You smirk.
Miguel nods his head, eyes wide "yeah I'm gonna have to agree with Y/n on this one" He states.
"Oh bummer-" Demetri reply's, unfazed.
"Demetri did you actually want to help us?" You ask now concerned.
"Well not really, but Eli was my friend once upon of time you know..." He states obviously.
"We know..." Miguel says, remembering once who Hawk was.
Hawk was in the mix of laughing along with one of his new 'friends' playing with his soccer ball when all of a sudden his attention is brought to you, Demetri, and Miguel.
It was safe to say Eli was not happy, he didn't like the thought of his girl with two other boys without him, whispering.
He felt vulnerable, he felt.... anger. Even though Demetri and Miguel were technically still his friend, his past best friend and his former best friend did not sit well with him.
Walking with a more furious pep in his step he reaches both you, Demetri, and Miguel. You and Miguel immediately stop whispering, not wanting to ruin the surprise.
You turn around with a smile on your face as your heart races, almost being caught. You did not want the surprise to get ruined so soon anyways.
"Hey Eli" You say walking up closer to him, Hawk only allowed you to call him Eli, home or not he didn't mind hearing his name come from your sweet mouth, when being moaned, screamed, or just in general.
Eli cocks his head to the side flaring his nostrils, he keeps it cool for the most part as his friend behind him scrambled away noticing the boiling tension that he did not want to be around.
"Hey Y/n what's going on here?" He asks, obviously suspicious.
You couldn't risk Hawk knowing the surprise yet so you come up with the most cliché answer given "Demetri is just helping me and Miguel with our science project" You quickly say, probably to quickly causing you to cringe at the horrible convincing sentence.
Hawk smacks his lips together "yeah right" he scoffs before walking away, you wait until he's fully out of sight to turn back to Miguel and Demetri.
"Really? Science project?" Demetri scoffs using hand gestures.
"Did you have an excuse?" You asked sassily.
Demetri goes silent, rolling his eyes knowing he was stuck "he's going to be pissed" Miguel states referring to Eli.
"Yeah but it will all be worth it in the mean time yeah?" You ask hopefully.
"We'll see, or he could completely go out on a rage-r and never talk to you again!" Demetri says faking excitement.
Miguel hits him gently with the back of his hand "ow!" Demetri says holding the spot he hit.
Miguel looks at him in disbelief "I didn't even apply pressure!" He laughs.
Demetri rolls his eyes "I have fragile bones, okay?" He says putting his hand up.
"Alright, alright calm down Demetri" You joke.
"So when are you planning on giving it to Hawk?" Miguel asks curiously.
"The day before his birthday, that's my plan anyways" You say stuffing your hands in your pockets.
The rest of the day ended in glares from Hawk to Miguel and Demetri, and even you. You knew he didn't believe a word you said which was not apart of the plan but you didn't know what else to do to make him not ask questions.
The next in counter you had with Hawk had a lot of tension, little did you both know it would be the last time you talked to each other for at least a few weeks.
You pulled into the driveway of the grocery store beside Johnny's dojo, you instantly notice Hawks red Mohawk he was with a couple of his new karate friends.
Well the situation would’ve probably went different if you were alone and not with Miguel or Demetri. But you happened to be with them both today, you wanted to grab a few snacks to munch on because who doesn’t like snacks and both Miguel and Demetri wanted to come so you couldn’t say no.
You had finished everything for Hawks surprise so you decided to treat both you, Demetri, and Miguel to snacks basically as a thank you for there help. You had the keys for Hawks motorcycle and all you needed was to wait for the day before his birthday.
You all walked into the store, the old squeaking bell catches the attention of Hawk, he looks your way and sees you with Miguel and Demetri and all he can see is red as his face contorts into anger.
Hawk forces something that was in his chest to one of his friends causing them to stumble over the isles. He walks over to you with his head held high, you huff knowing he was going to start something out of nothing.
"Nice to see you here... together" He grits his teeth together as he spits out the last word with hatred almost.
You had enough of Eli’s crap so you grabbed his hand roughly as you pulled him outside. You had a feeling you knew what was wrong but you wanted to make sure.
"What is your problem?" You ask gently, not wanting to spark something.
"What is my problem! What is yours? Why are you hanging out with Demetri?!" He practically yells out.
"What so I can’t hang out with who I want?" You question, now becoming heated.
"I didn’t say that! But why Demetri!" Hawk pushes, his jealousy getting the best of him.
"I- he- he knew you best!" You try without giving to much information about the gift.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Hawk asks now confused.
"I can’t tell you... not yet anyways" you reply, not knowing what to say. You had everything else planned out not a fight.
Hawks jaw clenches and you would almost say that was a nice sight if it wasn’t him getting mad at you like that. "So now we’re keeping secrets?" He says walking closer to you, every step causes you to back up.
You soon hit the back of a wall as Hawk towers over you putting his hand on the wall behind you. "I-I-" you stutter out.
"So now you don’t know?" He pushes.
"What do you want me to say?" You question, tired.
"I don’t know that you’re not slumming it with Demetri or Miguel, h*ll or even both I wouldn’t even be surprised" Hawk spits out dryly.
Your face contorts "oh wow how low of you Eli" You spit now fully angered.
"Don’t use my name like that" He says gritting his teeth, pushing his body closer to yours.
"You wanna know what we were doing so bad huh?!" You yell grabbing the keys to the motorcycle from your pocket.
Hawks face fully contorts from anger to confusion as you press the keys into his chest with pressure and push him away as you get into your car driving away.
That leaves a very guilty Eli as he pulls the keys into vision, the label of the motorcycle on the set of keys. Hawks heart breaks as he now knew there was nothing going on between you and the other boys.
Tears spill out in his eyes as he places both of his hands on the brick wall breathing heavily as he starts beating on the brick wall with his bare fists causing blood to spill out.
Two weeks.... you hadn’t talked to Eli, it wasn’t your intention but it happened. Now it was Monday, school was still into motion. You dreaded it like any other day, getting out of your car and walking through the doors.
You subconsciously look for Eli like every other time you have, your heart drops when you’re brought back to reality.
Your head drops as you get ready to walk to first period until you run into someone. You knew that scent and you almost didn’t want to look up, but you did.
Oh boy the sight you’ve witnessed was enough to break your heart even more, Eli didn’t look like himself. He had dark bags under his eyes, he looked tired and worn out. He had red cheeks, and busted knuckles that were swollen, he looked in pain.
"Eli..." You whisper out, you didn’t know how to feel but you knew that you didn’t like that feeling.
"Y/n... can I uh talk to you?" He almost whispers.
You nod your head letting him lead you to an unoccupied class room "I’m sorry Y/n, I didn’t know I was just jealous and insecure I didn’t know- I didn’t know how to react..." He busts.
"Eli.... I’m sorry to I should’ve tried to understand-" but you were soon cut off by Eli walking closer to you putting both his hands on your cheeks.
"No Y/n that was all on me I said some pretty messed up things that I didn’t mean you have no reason to apologize" Hawk says resting his head on yours.
"I love you Eli" You cave.
"I love you more Y/n and I’m so so sorry" He says as tears prickle his eyes.
"I forgive you" You say smiling as you press your lips to his crashing your lips together.
It felt like the first time you kissed, sparks went off as your lips continued to move together in sync. That all stoped to soon when you both pulled away.
"I love you for infinity..."
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Thank you @peachymelon69 for requesting! Hope you enjoyed!
I was about to feel sorry for myself for my own decisions…
I will instead remind myself that people make mistakes. That is ok to not know the path, and that the only way to learn is with pain.
Sometimes, I feel very neglected.
By me, my parents, my boyfriend...just kinda ignored and unwanted.
I feel like I shouldn't exist.
It's different than being suicidal...it's more like the dissatisfaction of my life consumes me and I just don't want to exist.
I try to be happy, I try VERY hard.
I try and I try; also, if that isn't enough, I try even more. However, I always end up back at dissatisfaction.
I am blessed, I am thankful and grateful for my blessings. I feel horrible about my dissatisfaction because I am so blessed that I shouldn't even be dissatisfied.
I just want to know, does anyone else feel this way?
Don’t you ever just want to run away from everything. People, Everyone. Just get into your car and never return. You the open road and a Guns N’ Roses Album blasting on the stero. I want to just up and leave the terrible town. Go to California and do crazy things. Stand on the top of the Empire State Building and pretend to howl like a wolf. Or maybe start a band in the back of a person house. John Green should write a book about my life.
-I need a biopic about my life
girls when they remember.
Am I the only one who wants to see Morgott just have an emotional breakdown. Like he finale gets the therapy he needs and one day the therapist strikes something that sets Morgott into a meltdown of emotions. It all comes out as incoherent sobs, sadness, self hatred, hatred towards his family, fear of the shunning grounds and the PTSD that probably had on him. His love for Marika and the Golden order, rage and anger towards other people. It all comes put. I just wanna see him get his emotions out and cry god dangit. I wanna comfort him and tell him it will be okay.
Sometimes your anxiety is just too much for you, and eventually it can’t take it anymore then transforms into a sentient creature.
It’s not so bad once I got to know it. It was just scared of everything.
The Beginning part 11 (Season 1 finale)
~Last time~
“I wish all stories ended like that.” He huffs.
“That isn’t the end. Not yet kid. But, we’re close.” Kaaru chuckles.
~storytime~
The girl sat in Winston’s laboratory, working on her essay as she keeps an eye on him.
It’s been two weeks since he was tasked with making a machine to send the younger versions of her parents home. He’s been stalling all afternoon, asking her risque questions she ignores and trying to get a gage on why he’s doing this. It’s like she doesn’t care for his ideas or his sciences, dismissing them with a scoff.
He eventually gives up on asking her questions and focuses on the machine.
“Don’t put that there.” She says nonchalantly as he reaches to screw a bolt in.
“So she speaks. Why shouldn’t I put it here, agent K-M-S-M?” He says, looking at her.
“It’ll blow up in your face later if you do.” She says, chewing the eraser of her pencil.
He rolls his eyes and puts it in anyway, finishing the machine.
“There, it’s done. Now all we need to do is test it. Any suggestions?” He asks the girl who’s staring down her notepad full of scribbles.
“Try this.” She tosses a hair tie to him.
“I will assume you want this back.” He says, putting it onto one of the pads hooked up to the machine and turns it on.
The hair tie disappears and then reappears on top of the girl’s head a few moments later.
“It works!” He smiles triumphantly.
“Great! Now go get the people.” She says with fake enthusiasm.
“But I will need to have the present versions present. As well as Dr. Zeigler if anything goes wrong.” He says, trying to get her to have more of a conversation with him.
“Then hop to it, Casanova.” She says, scratching something out on her notepad before flipping a few papers to look through it more.
He sighs and does as she tells him, gathering the people who need to be present in the lab for the big event.
Meanwhile the girl says goodbye to her parents and sends them home, sending her dog Toby with them. When she gets back to the lab the present Hanzo is leaning against his Mccree, looking sick and miserable.
“Is everything alright?” She asks them and Mccree just nods.
“Just a little hangover.” He says and she nods, helping them into position with the younger versions.
Winston starts everything up and the pads beneath their feet glow a light blue. Electricity starts to flow through them, their hearts starting to race as they’re stuck in their place. Winston begins to put in the time they need to be sent home, loading the machine up to its maximum capacity, that last bolt he put it rattling and heating up.
The girl watches, making sure not to miss a thing.
The bolt rattles louder and louder, turning red hot before shooting out of its socket, electricity sparking and covering everything, making the men standing on the pads scream in pain.
Winston jumps, frantically trying to turn the machine off but gets shocked as his machine is engulfed in bright blue electricity. He backs away, staring in shock as the machine begins to break apart. The younger versions of Mccree and Hanzo disappear into the electricity, their pained screams fading with them. Mccree is then thrown off his pad into the wall and Hanzo falls into a crumpled ball of pain as the machine explodes.
Winston is thrown back and knocked unconscious. Mercy runs out, calling for backup as the laboratory goes into lock down.
The girl watches, from the corner, panicking as she’s frozen in terror as the fire rages. It slowly calms and from the flames a baby rocks back and forth in the rubble, crying loudly. The girl looks at it and tries to go to it but the laboratory door creaks open forcefully. She gasps and panics, making a portal shakily and jumps through, not making sure she was going to the right place and time.
Kaaru gets up, grunting in pain as her panicked portal closes. She looks around and nothing looks right for the time she was aiming for.
“Son of a bitch.” She huffs and gets up.
She looks around and pulls off her sling, her cast having burnt up in the portal. She dusts herself off and puts her hood up, walking out of the alley she landed in.
After a few minutes she passes another alley and hears crying. She looks down the alley and sees a shiffy man threatening a kid with a switchblade.
“I can’t get a break, can I?” She huffs and runs in, pulling the man off the kid.
~reality~
“Wait wait wait wait. That’s how we met. That was a week and a half ago.” Jesse says
Kaaru chuckles and nods as they stop on the doorstep of Sunshine Acres Children’s Home.
“When you’re my age, 24 hours ago is a long time ago.” She says, leaning down to look him in the eye.
“Wait, why are we here?” He asks, looking at the orphanage. “I have to go home. I have to go to my time. And I can’t take you with me.” She sighs.
“Why not? Why can’t I go with you?” He starts to cry.
“You belong here. In this time. I’m sorry Jesse.” She says, kneeling down. “We’ll meet again, I promise.” She adds and he hugs her tight.
She sighs and hugs back. When he pulls away from the hug he goes to take off the serape but she stops him. “Keep it.” She smiles.
“Really?” He sniffs and Kaaru nods.
“And how’s this, you take up that Mccree name. You’re strong, firm, and brave. You deserve the name Mccree.” She smiles.
“I, Jesse, will do you proud. Promise.” He salutes.
“Now, this orphanage needs you. And you need it. Head on in. Okay? Tell them your mother left you here.” She says and he sighs, nodding.
He heads up the stairs and sees the doors. He stops at the top and looks behind him, his mouth open to say something to Kaaru, but she’s gone and with her, his memories of her and her story, his mind shifting to feel very sad as he imagines a mother he never knew dropping him off here and driving off. He sulks into the orphanage, all he has is his clothes on his back, and his name, Jesse Mccree.
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Count down baby, let’s get it done. Yes I added studio ghibli style tears, fight me /jk
Wonderful lineart by the amazing @justaphantomhuman
my enasona emotions- they're half-program
COLOR SYMBOLISM
(I've done an hour-long research for this, lol)
RED: sarifice, danger, courage, passion, anger, love, and joy.
🐞
ORANGE: optimism, happiness, enthusiasm, arrogance, pride, and impatience.
🍁
YELLOW: joyfulness, energy, betrayal, optimism, imagination, hope, dishonesty, cowardice and jealousy.
☀️
GREEN: harmony, security, wellness, calm, health, greed, envy and luck.
🍀
CYAN: liveliness, tranquility, youth, rationality, cleanliness, relaxation, stress, narcissism and secrecy.
🌊
BLUE: serenity, stability, inspiration, wisdom, reliability, intuition, confidence, loyalty, sincerity, and faith.
🐬
PURPLE: rarity, royalty, luxury, ambition, magic, mystery, independence and spirituality.
☂️
PINK: love, nurture, compassion, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and romance.
🌸
BEIGE: simplicity, calmness, neutrality, comfort, boredom and blandness.
🦂
BROWN: resilience, dependability, security, safety, loneliness, sadness, and isolation.
🐌
BLACK: death, mourning, evil magic, darkness, elegance, wealth, restraint and power.
🕷️
GREY: intellect, indifference, modesty, emotionlessness, maturity, unclearness and control.
🦈
WHITE: purity, clearness, innocence, perfection, beginnings, coldness and simplicity.
❄️
Hope this helps! Somehow...
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I thought I'd be fine when you decided to leave. But here I am in a puddle of my own tears and trying to figure out to turn off these damned things called emotions.
2 AM Thoughts
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I have lost my drawing pen and am in a very wishy washy mental state so bear with me at the moment. These are they days I wish I could be better at voicing my thoughts. I am angry and stressed at lot and just want to curl up into a ball but I must persist. I really shouldn't be up this late typing this but here I am. I don't even know where I am going with this I just need an outlet that people could hear me from.
"Man this existential crisis is great" - Me, because the depth these thoughts are gonna give my fictional oc is crazy
Every time I get on Tumblr I feel overwhelming euphoria and it's quite wild
It's unfortunate how often the solution to a problem is just talking to people. You'd think it could be something easier like making a comprehensive chart or list, or reading everything you can find on the subject, but no, so often you can do all that and you still have to talk to people.
anyone else live under the assumption that they’re constantly doing something wrong