i’ll never learn either

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"Yknow if he were real he'd kill you right?"

OK AND?!

Maybe I want him to choke me to death with his giant hands. Maybe I wanna be stabbed in the chest while he towers over me menacingly, you ever think of that?

Me when Michael Myers does in fact stabs the shit out of me instead of holding me by the throat and aggressively make out with me

don't listen to them babe just keep opening more tabs in your browser

hot adhd tip: if you are being productive and shit and you want to continue being productive DO NOT SIT DOWN. "oh im gonna take a five minute break and get back to it-" no you wont king. you will automatically lose all motivation the second you sit down.

Truth in satire.

the drastic way ur attitude towards creepers changes between survival & creative 

encountering creeper in survival: boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell boil in hell 

encountering creeper in creative: i am going to build you a little house and i will name you Baby Boy and if anything happens to you i will cry for 45 minutes

Crying

Bottom Shelf pt. 1

First half of my gift-fic to @uvobreakmylegs who is amazing and deserves the world. I first intended it as one  big fic but this first half is already 11k words so haha that ain’t happening. Hope you all enjoy and comments are appreciated <3

Part 1 / Part 2

Warnings: fem! reader, forced marriage, alcohol and drug abuse, debt, medical debt, mafia/gangs, mentions of violence, nsfw mentions, very depressed reader, low self-esteem, yandere Uvo, yandere Franklin, poly relationship, mentions of a father and mother

“Y/n. Where are you going?”

“Huh? Ah, did I forget anything?” You looked at the small receipt on your platter. Three beers and an espresso, their usual starting order. One quick glance at the table, and you were sure there wasn’t anything missing. Had they wanted to order something extra, and you’d missed a queue? “Did you want to order anything else?”

“Of course not. You’re a doll.” Uvo threw an arm around your waist and pulled you closer, making you yelp and nearly drop the platter filled with empty glasses. You weren’t exactly unfamiliar with the man neglecting to respect your personal space, but this was a bit excessive. “What’s that look? Haven’t you heard yet?”

“Since when are you so touchy?” You tried to casually step back without it getting awkward, but his hold on you was surprisingly tight. “Haven’t I heard what?”

“You’re gettin’ married.”

Yeah, right.

“Uhuh. And the bride is the last to know?” You felt your cheeks heat up as Uvo grinned at you, somehow still at eye level even while he was seated. Despite the long time you’d waited on them both, he’d never been as bold as he’d been today while you were working, Franklin often reeling the larger man back when things got out of hand. Franklin didn’t seem to be interested in stopping Uvo today. Uvo’s lips curled even further when he noticed you glance sideways to check. “Sounds about right.”

“You’d think I’d bullshit you?” He said, mockingly indignified. “We checked with the boss, and your entire debt will be forgiven if you just go along with this. Easy, right?”

“You’re serious.” It’s not a question, it’s meant for yourself as you search Uvo’s face for any kind of tell that he’s lying or making fun of you. Neither would surprise you, but while he definitely looks untrustworthy, he doesn’t seem to be lying. Is he for real? “You don’t mean-”

With you?

They both seemed to hear your thoughts.

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Bite [Yandere Chrollo x Reader]

Title: Bite [Yandere Chrollo x Reader]

Synopsis: The guests are well-dressed, and you are well-dressed, because Chrollo loves nothing more than to cover you with fine fabrics and draping jewels. You are, after all, his most precious possession. And he takes good care of the things he owns.

Inspired by a quote from Gretel and Hansel (2020): “Say that again and I will turn your tongue into a flower, to remind you how pretty and dumb and temporary you’ve chosen to be.”

Word Count: 3783

Notes: yandere, kidnapped reader, afab reader, implications of violence, suicidal thoughts + expressions

It’s a beautiful evening, in all respects. The reception room is sparkling with expensive stars; sequin-encrusted dresses, glittering jewels, dimmed romantic lighting bouncing off champagne glasses and priceless diamonds alike. 

The guests are well-dressed, and you are well-dressed, because Chrollo loves nothing more than to cover you with fine fabrics and draping jewels. You are, after all, his most precious possession. And he takes good care of the things he owns.

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Platonic SB x Child Reader

Platonic SB x GN Child Reader

I'm Not Getting Creative With You! - Sun/Moon x Reader

(PLEASE READ: if you have requested, i have taken note of it and added it into my req list! as i am flooded with requests, do give me time to plan and write. i am only writing as a hobby, and most of my time is spent studying. thank you for understanding xx)

Asked on AO3

robot hand holder asked:

could we perhaps have...disgruntled security guard reader getting dragged into doing some arts and crafts with sundrop after hours? (and they end up having fun ofc)

hey! you didn't mention if you wanted Sun/Moon or Sun & Moon (separated) so i'm going to assume it's the former! this will mainly have Sun as requested, but i added a small part with Moon at the end! hope this is what you were looking for ^^ *can be seen as platonic or romantic!

TW: none adult, gender-neutral reader **(Y/N) - Your Name He/They pronouns for Sun/Moon, but They/Them is mostly used in this. word count: 3598

- working at the Pizzaplex in the dead of the night can certainly cause one to be grumpy and short-tempered, but that is not going to stand in the way of Sun's goal of befriending the new security guard. Sun just thinks they could be so much fun! :^)

Sundrop x Reader

I had a loooooot of fun writing it, so I hope you enjoy it!

You already know it's going to be an interesting shift since you clocked in, because well, tonight is cleaning night.

It won't just be Vanessa and you this time, but other workers will join you as well. They will clean the animatronics and place while you two do your normal routines.

You sigh a little at that because it means you cannot visit Sun and Moon tonight, you already missed them both.

Vanessa nudges you from the side and chuckles.

"Come on don't look so sad, you can see them tomorrow night"

You smile a little and nod.

"Yeah you're right, but I still miss them" you pout a little.

She rolls her eyes at you and then grabs your arm gently, pulling you a little to the side, sliding her backpack off her shoulders and opening it.

"Maybe this will cheer you up! Look what I brought for us tonight."

You look into the backpack and realize with a gasp that it is full of snacks and sweets. Maybe this will be a great night after all.

"Since a lot of people are here we can do our loops together, we can talk and snack a bit on this."

She grins and wiggles her eyebrows at you as you laugh a little.

"Okay okay you won me over, where do we start?"

You two start at the main halls, looking through the little souvenir shops and looking into the animatronics rooms here and there, making sure everything is okay with the other staff as well.

You dont want any accidents happen after all.

You two talk and start to open various snacks, one being labeled as a very sour candy, you look at Vanessa challengingly.

"I bet I can eat more of those in a minute then you"

She raises an eyebrow but a little smirk makes it way onto her face and you knew you got her.

"Oh bet~."

You grin at her and get ready to stuff your mouth full of this candy but one of the workers jogs over to you.

You both look at him with an raised eyebrow, questiongly.

"I-I am sorry to interrupt but-" he takes a deep breath from the jogging he did "We cannot find the Daycare Animatronic anymore, we walked into the Daycare and it came to greet us, but as soon as it saw the buckets it just... bolted, now we can't find it anymore!"

Ah that's why he's so out of breath, the Daycare is at the other end of the Pizzaplex.

You sigh and nod "I will try to find him alright?"

You knew exactly where they are hiding.

You look apologetic to Vanessa as the man already starts to walk towards the Daycare.

"I am sorry, let's continue this after I found him, alright?"

"Yeah yeah" she waves a hand dismissive while chuckling.

"Go find your favorite"

You chuckle a little and wave at her as you quickly turn around and run after the other worker.

You soon reach the Daycare and you make your way inside, you turn towards the man. "You should go out of here for now and lock the doors from the outside, maybe he comes out if it's just me, and we don't want him hiding in the bigger parts of the Pizzaplex."

He nods quickly "Yes that... Would be unfortunate"

He quickly goes to the door and locks it behind himself, leaving you alone in the Daycare.

You sigh and go straight towards the poster door, luckily Sun brought you to his room once already.

You smile softly at the memory of it as you push open the door and make your way down the long hallway.

"Sunny dear, are you here?" you hear a little crash as you enter the first room and a startled yelp, but it didn't came from here, it came from the second room.

You make your way over to it and peak inside.

"Sunny I know you are here, may I come inside, please?"

Silence for a few seconds, until you hear a quiet "Yes" from the other side.

You make your way through the little tube, making sure to not go too fast to not startle him further.

As you enter your heart broke at the sight of Sunny, sitting hunched in a bean bag in the far corner, fiddling with his hands and his clothes nervously as he peeks up at you.

He's so.. uncharacteristically quiet.

"Hey Sunny..." you make your way slowly over to him and sit down next to him.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?"

He's quiet for a while as he looks down onto his lap, you can see he's thinking hardly about what to say.

As they look back at you you give them an encouraging and patient smile, laying a hand softly on one of their arms.

Immediately it's arms are around you and you get lifted onto it's lap, his face buried into your hair.

If he could cry, you know he would definitely do it now.

His voice is laced with static as he finally starts to speak.

"I am sorry sorry sorry for making your work harder!! I just make it harder." You feel his hold on you tighten slightly as you try to calm him down.

"Hey hey Sunny, it's okay you don't make it harder." you turn around in his hold so you face him, laying your hands on his cheeks and rubbing soft circles over them with your thumbs.

"I know you normally wouldn't react like that, so that you hide needs to have a reason"

He looks a little to the side.

Something is definitely up.

"But please don't think I am mad at you or anything okay?" You smile softly at him.

"I am just worried for my favorite here."

You feel them lean into your touch and a bit of the tenseness of their body disappearing.

"But don't feel like you need to explain it to me, okay? I definitely understand it if you don't want to."

He takes your hands from his face and holds them, looking down at your joined hands.

"I want to."

You caress their hands a little and nod.

"Alright then Sunny"

They take the animatronic version of a deep breath and lay their head back onto yours.

"The first time they just grabbed me and tied me down!! Because I move so much!! But they could have just asked, just asked!!!" he huffs frustrated.

"Or they turned me off completely!! They did.. one or the other always, I do not like it no no" he shakes his head as his voice got quieter.

"I don't want them to do this but they never listen!! Never!! They just turned my voice box off!!"

Your eyes widen at what he is saying, why did they needed to be so... Violent with him? He doesn't deserves this at all!!

Deciding to not let your anger show for now because you don't want him to feel even worse, you let go of his hands and wrap your arms softly around him, hugging him gently.

"I am so sorry they did that to you Sunny"

You feel them wrap their arms around you as well, hugging you tightly to themselves, not wanting to let you go.

"I make sure they will never do this again to you, I promise, no, I swear that to you!"

He goes a little over your back.

"Are you sure they.. allow that?"

"Oh Sunny, they will be happy to pay a few workers less, I will just do it then"

You feel him tense a but up but then relax again.

"You... Would clean... Me?"

"With your permission of course!!" you look up at him and smile.

"Do you.. trust me enought to allow me to do that?"

He hesitates a little but nods.

Your smile widens at this, he actually trusts you, trusts you with something he seems so sensitive about.

"Would you want to do it now? Or stay a little more like this?"

You tilt your head a little at him, playing with the two pieces of fabric on his shoulders.

"Could we stay like this? Please? Pretty please?"

If he could look with puppy eyes at you he would definitely do it.

You laugh a little and nods.

"Of course Sunny!! That's why I asked."

You lay your head on his chest and hug him tightly again, hearing the mechanical whirring of his body and wiring.

It's oddly... comforting.

You close your eyes and decide to ask him a few questions to get him back to his usual self.

"Hey Sunny?" you hear a hum from above you, "How was your shift today? Where the kids nice?"

You can practically feel them light up.

"Oh yes yes!! They have been so nice today!! I made a lot of little new friends!" you hear him giggle and move his legs happily.

"They even made something for me!! Oh I need to show it to you later!!"

You chuckle at their happiness, you are glad to see and hear them being like this again, you really do not like to see them sad.

"Yes do that please!! I can't wait to see it!"

He immediately jumps up with you in his arms. "Let me show it to you now!!"

He quickly gets through the tube as you squeak and jumps upon the balcony he has, your eyes widen.

"Sunny-" and he jumps "SUNNY!!"

You hide your face in it's chest and hug it tightly, you feel it hug you tightly back.

"Don't worry I keep you safe!!"

He lands with you in the ballpit and stands back up, checking you over if everything is okay.

"Are you alright my friend? Please be alright!!"

You start to relax a little again and let go of him, looking up and taking a deep breath but smiling at him.

"Yes Sunny I am alright just... Warn me next time, please."

Sunny chuckles embarrassed and hugs you a little closer.

"I am sorry friend I was just so excited!!"

"I know I know, now show me what they made, alright?" You smile softly at it and boop it's nose.

He giggles and immediately takes off to one of the walls where a lot of drawings are hung up, he quickly scans over them and jumps excitedly when he found it, pointing to it.

"Here here!!! Look they drew me and them!! It's so adorable!!!"

You follow his finger and look at the drawing, it indeed is very cute and you chuckle.

"That's absolutely adorable Sunny, they got you from your good side!"

You hear him giggle and feel him swaying from side to side.

"Awwwee thank you friend!! I was so happy when they showed it to me!!"

"Oh I can definitely imagine that" you pat him a little on the chest as you smile at him. You look then at your watch and see that it's already 4 am, you frown a little and you look back up at your friend.

"Hey buddy, we sadly just have two hours left, we need to get so cleaned up"

You hear a dramatic sigh from them but see them nod, going with you to the cleaning supplies that the worker left and setting you down, watching you while fumbling with their fingers.

You look over the supplies and can spot a few sponges, a wash cloth, two buckets of water and some soap, the normal stuff.

You look towards Sunny and smile reassuringly at it.

"Hey could you come over here and sit down? You are a little too talk for me to reach everything if you don't."

You see him nod and nervously shuffle over to you, sitting down in front you, looking up at you.

You see it's nervousness and take it's hands in yours, going with your thumb over the back of it.

"Hey Sunny, I won't do anything that you don't want alright? So if something is uncomfortable, just tell me."

He avoids eye contact but then looks at you, nodding a little hesitantly.

"I will friend."

You nod and give him another soft smile before reluctantly pulling away from his hands, you then take the soap and put it into one of the buckets, mixing it in.

You then take one of the soft sponges and make it soak in the water as you carry the bucket over to the curiously watching animatronic.

You kneel down behind him and get the sponge out, but before you apply it to him you softly Kay a hand over the spot you want to wash.

"I will use it here, alright?" You see them nod and start to proceed, taking your hand away and softly putting the sponge against him, starting to clean the hand prints of all the children, the grease from the food here and whatever could be on this poor guy.

You move the sponge in soft circles and can see him relax a little.

You smile at that and put the sponge back into the bucket to let it soak up the soapy water again before you continue with the gentle scrubbing and washing.

You do this process a few times, making him know where you are going to wash next and asking him for permission before you start with with, quickly you were finished with his back and sides, rinsing it off with the clean water and washcloth before drying it off.

You then take the bucket and look to Sunny.

"I shortly get clean water alright? Then we take care of your front!"

He immediately jumps up from his feet, taking the bucket from you.

"I help you! No no's accepted!!"

You roll your eyes playfully and laugh, nodding.

"Okay okay you may help me Sunny."

You swear you could see his grin widening as you start to go with him to the taps to fetch some new water, you empty the container into the sink with Sunny's help, cringing a little at all the grime and dirt you got off of him.

And you are very glad you did so, you can't imagine how it would feel like if you would walk around covered in all of this.

You shake yourself from your thoughts and start to get fresh water into the bucket, humming a little as you do so.

Sunny watches you a little from the side, going from one foot from another like a child who has too much energy.

He is so happy that you do this for him!! And that you are so gentle!! He never thought he would love a cleaning night but you if course turned it all to the better.

How could you not? You are a total sunshine in his eyes!

You make him happy just when he sees you!

You turn of the tap when the bucket is filled with a good amount of water, Sunny takes it from you and you make your way back to where you washed him, he sets it down in front of him and sits down as well, watching you empty the rest of the soap into the bucket, taking a new sponge and making it soak in the water.

"So Sunny... Time for the rest of you to the squeaky clean!"

You kneel down before him and repeat the procedure from before, placing your hand where you want to wash and asking for permission.

He gave it to you everytime, not even hesitating once like he did with the backside.

Maybe you made him actually enjoy it? You really hope so, you hate seeing them in distress or sad.

They watch you curiously as you move the sponge over their abdomen and chest, seeing how quickly the old and more vibrant color shines through.

Were they really that dirty?

Well that doesn't matter now, you are making them clean and shiny again!! And they want to repay you for it.

They need to talk with Moon about this, it should be perfect.

You smile as you finish with that part, moving now to his arms. Last thing would he his face.

But how would he react to that? Would he actually let you?

You are a little nervous as you finish up the arms, they weren't that hard to clean to your luck, or not really luck since the only part left is his face.

"So Sunny," you look up at it "the last part that's missing is your face, am I allowed to clean it?"

You seem them thinking a little before nodding. "Of course friend!"

You smile happily up at them. They really do seem to trust you, hm?

Your heart flutters at that, feeling very honored that you are the one they trust.

You hesitantly kneel down on their lap, making sure you wouldn't just slide down before grabbing the sponge and gently starting to clean it, you try to concentrate on what you were cleaning away to not get lost in admiring their face.

Little do you know that's exactly what the other was doing.

Sunny couldn't help but watch your face, making him memorize everything about it. You were stunning! And so cute! How could he not?

His eyes wander over your body in innocent curiosity, you were so much more different then him! Way softer, way squishier.

He always feels it when he holds you in his arms, or when you take his hand.

It makes him giddy just thinking about it! Your touch is so gentle and it makes him absolutely swoon everytime.

Blissfully unaware of the thoughts of the animatronic in front of you, you finish washing his face, looking over it to see if you missed anything.

Luckily you didn't, so you climbed back down from his lap, effectively bringing him out of the little daze he was in.

"So, finished! You are all cleaned up now buddy!"

He feels happy about that, but also feels a small tinge of disappointment.

They stand up and hugs you tightly, but not too tight to hurt you. They nuzzle their face into your hair.

So soft.

"Thank you friend! Thank you so much!!"

It's voice then gets a little quieter and more shy.

"Can... Can you do it the next time as well? I don't want the others to do it like they always do it!!!" He sounds upset at the last part, something you definitely understand.

You wrap your arms around him as well. "Of course I can do that Sunny! I just need to talk to my boss, but I don't think he would mind paying less when it means I can take over it."

They suddenly pick you up and spin you around, giggling happy.

"Thank you thank you thank you!! You're the best (Y/N)!!

They never say your name often, so it seems they were really happy and relieved. You smile widely at that and nuzzle a little into the metal.

"No need to thank me for that, I want you to be happy after all!" you chuckle at it's happiness.

It really was absolutely adorable, you couldn't imagine not having it in your life anymore.

You then hear your watch beep, making you both look at it in surprise.

"It's already 5:30??? Getting you clean really took quite the time."

You see and feel him deflate, laying your hands onto his cheeks.

"Hey Sunny, I will be back tomorrow night again alright? Please don't be sad, there's no way we won't see each other again."

They hug you a little tighter and whine.

"I know but that will take so long!! I will miss you!! So much!!"

You chuckle a little "I will miss you too Sunny, but I need my sleep.", you place a little kiss on his cheek, seeing him stop and just stare at you.

Did you do something wrong? Did you made him mad? You look a little nervously at him as he burts out in little giggles, nuzzling his cheek against yours as he sways from side to side.

Oh he's definitely smitten with you, and now you kissed his cheek! He couldn't believe it!! He was over the moon!!

He presses his everlasting smile against your cheek, trying to give you a kiss in his way as well and he really hopes you know that!

You giggle at that and start to turn a little red. He really tried to give you a kiss as well hm?

But you definitely are relieved that you didn't crossed any boundaries with that, and he actually seemed to like it!

They let you down, still swaying happily from side to side.

You regain your balance a little and beam up at them.

"So we see each other tomorrow??" he seems very excited for that already.

"Yes of course Sunny!! But I sadly need to head out for now, alright?"

He whines again but nods, then fumbles a little with his fingers as he looks to the side.. shyly?

"... Could I get another kiss on the cheek? Pretty please?"

You could melt at that, his voice got a lot more quieter and softer with that requests, and how he looks to the side?

Yep you were done for, couldn't say no to that at all.

You chuckle and wave him down.

It leans curiously down, a little bit of hope in it's eyes as you lean closer.

You then give it another soft kiss on the cheek and you can definitely see it melt at that, holding itself back from wrapping its arms around you again.

You need to leave soon after all! As much as he doesn't likes that.

You giggle at this display and hugs him shortly again before walking to the door, waving him goodbye as he waves happily back.

He lets himself fall into the ground in a sitting position right after you left the door, if it could be possible there would be hearts in his eyes and floating around him.

How could someone not like you? You are an absolute angel!! You are so good to him and so gentle, so understanding, how could he not fall for you? How could he not want to hold you and never let go?

Now he knew what Moon meant when he described this, and he was very happy that he did now.

You walk out of the door, still having a smile on your face from the interaction.

Sunny really is absolutely adorable, you really cannot deny that.

You see Vanessa coming into view and you snap out of your thoughts, you had a lot of explaining to do.

We don’t talk about Bruno ! || Bruno Madrigal ||Pt3

A/n: Annd here is the last part….man I had fun writing this. Some angst { since I’m following the plot of the movie, also I have some of my own things but this one is gonna have a lot of fluff.

A/n2: Also since I never thought that this was going to be popular, I am writing a Prequel type thing { Bruno and the reader during their childhood, him leaving, along with the reader raising Oscar alone up to Antonio’s gift ceremony.

along with me writing a Post story type thing where an outside catches wind of Oscar’s gift and wanting to bring some evil asshole back kidnaps the child. 

Warnings: implied sexual contact.

Taggings: onlystarshere  || magnificentnachokitten || jordynanderson9 || sheacrowley ||  smallishboo || oceanspray5 || staradorned || futuremrsgoode || etoura

Past moments Italicized   

Oh no! Oh no no no. This was not good! How stupid could he be?! This is all his fault?! Why did he have to wake you up?!

“Bruno?”

“No…I am not Bruno….you are just sleeping.” All he had to do was to get out of here and forget this happening.

Letting go of his wrist you couldn’t believe he was still here. You thought he was gone, god it was getting harder for you to breath. You took a deep breath in, It felt like the walls were closing in on you, your world crashing down on you then soon you were crying.

Watching you, Bruno’s hands hesitating above the doorknob. Squeezing his eyes shut, while he was scared he knew that he couldn’t leave you like this. Stepping back, he crossed his fingers taking a deep breath as walked over to you. Kneeling down in front of you the man grasped your hand gently.

“I’m sorry…I…I understand if you hate me.” He knew a lot of people hated him but with you he could understand it.

A sob escaped your lips, shaking your head you quickly slipped off the bed wrapping your arms tightly around him. “I could never hate you Bruno. …never. I’m just so happy that you’re here.” You whispered into the man’s neck.

Tensing for a moment he slowly relaxed his body letting his arms wrap around you. His face burying in your neck. It felt so good being in your arms again, it felt so warm.

“I love you.”

Smiling you placed your hand on his cheek. “Can you stay the night?”

“I…”Bruno wasn’t sure how to answer that, he wanted to stay with you but he was worried someone else would see him, he wasn’t ready for that. But seeing you now, it was silly. He could never say no to you. “I’ll stay” Clutching the edge of his poncho he quickly locked the door. Taking a deep breath in he knocked on the wooden door panel.

Chuckling under your breath you walked over to your husband. Leaning in you placed a kiss to his cheek. “I missed that…is that salt.?”

“……yes.?”

“Hm I should start doing that.” Shaking your head you grasped his hand, weaving your fingers through his own. “I….I don’t want to pressure Bruno but I just want you to know that you’re welcome to come in here anytime you want…..this room isn’t only mine, it’s also yours.” Falling back on the bed you let Bruno rest his head on your chest. You would do anything to make sure he felt safe.

“I will always be here for you Bruno.”

Shifting his body, Bruno was now hovering over you. His green eyes boring into your own as cupped your cheeks. “I love you.” Leaning up you felt his lips on your own. It felt so good to kiss him again though you felt a shiver run up your spine when his hand slipped under your night shirt.

Tonight was going to be perfect.

Bruno did his best to stifle his laughter though it was getting harder and harder with each kiss you were giving him. Turning his head he felt you give his cheeks a kiss. While he may not be ready to see his family yet, he was happy he had the courage to see you. He just felt so happy, like he was finally whole again.

“Ah Mi Cielo…it tickles….p-please.” 

Pulling back, you gave him a smile placing your hands on either side of his cheeks. “Just one more.” Leaning down you gave him a gentle kiss then rested your head back down on his chest.

Closing his eyes, Bruno let his fingers run down your bare skin. “I…have to go….I have to make things better….for Mirabel…for Oscar….I..I can’t sit around and do nothing.”

Sitting up you gave him a weak smile, letting your fingers slide across his cheek you nodded. “Of course. I’ll be here for you Bruno.”

Giving you one last kiss, Bruno slipped his clothes back on. He could already feel your warmth leaving his body but he knew this feeling wouldn’t last long. “I’ll be home…I promise.” Knocking on the wooden door frame three times the man slipped out of the room and back into the walls.

Mirabel was going to find Bruno today, she was going to save the magic and most importantly she was going to bring her Tío home.

After he talk with her sister and a long talk with her cousin she squeezed her eyes shut. “Please be right Oscar.” She knew the little mentioned where he’d bring the plate of food. Taking a deep breath, she pulled back the frame spotting the whole in the wall. “Okay, you can do this Mirabel.”

Doing her best to psych herself up she slipped into the hole though he never expected to chase after someone. “God, how are you so nimble.” She knew she should have thought about it better though she was grateful for the man saving her.

Grabbing the edge of her dress, Mirabel followed him close. “Wait! Wait.”

“Why did you take the vision?”

Bruno quickened his pace, the man was already regretting leaving your room. Looking around he quickly knocked on all the wooden panels. “ Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Knock on wood. “

“What does it mean?” Mirabel couldn’t understand, she was so confused. “ Is it why you came back or…Tío Bruno?”

Passing another wooden panel, Bruno let his knuckles wrap against it. “ Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Knock on wood.” Passing by a table he picked up some salt and sugar. “But…A little salt…Sugar. You were never supposed to see that vision. No one was.”

Stopping in her tracks Mirabel glanced at the wall seeing that the former cracks were already patched. “Wait. Have you been in here patching the cracks?”

Bruno’s eyes went wide as he quickly turned to face the young girl. “Oh, that? No, no, no. I’m too scared to go near those things. All the patching’s done by Hernando.”

“Who is Hernando?”

Tugging his hood over his head Bruno deepened his voice. “ I’m Hernando and I’m scared of nothing! “ Pushing the hood off his head, Bruno let out a nervous laugh. “ It’s actually me… I used to say my real Gift was ‘acting’.” Grabbing his the bucket and spackle knife, changing his voice. “ I’m Jorge. I make the spackle. “

Seeing Mirabel’s confused expression, Bruno let his shoulders drop. “Y/n would have laughed.”

“ How long have you been back here? “ Though that is when it hit her. “You never left.”

“Well I left my tower, which was, you know, a lot of stairs and here, eh, kitchen adjacent and Ooh, ooh, plus, free entertainment.” Clicking his tongue he quickly moved to his rats placing little cut outs in front of their heads on each thing he asked her. “So, what do you like? You like sports?Game shows? Telenovelas?“

Sighing he shook his head. “Their love could never be.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Well, because she’s his aunt and she has amnesia so she can’t remember that she’s his aunt.It’s like a very forbidden kind of…“

Shaking her head, Mirabel turned to face him. “No. I don’t understand why you left, but didn’t leave.” Did you know? No you couldn’t have, this only made her feel worse.

“Oh, well, because, huh, the mountains around the Encanto are pretty tall.And, uh, like I said, free food and everything.“

“Oscar.”

Bruno gave his niece a weak smile. “Good kid…nothin like his dad.”

Mirabel knew that wasn’t true, she knew about the little comments the boy would make. “I..I know you see him at night…but you can’t let him think your dead…that’s not fair for either of you.”

“…I..I can’t…right now I can’t but back to your problem, my Gift wasn’t helping the family, but, uh, I love my family, you know? I just don’t know how to… I just don’t know how to… Well, anyway, I think you should go, because, um, I don’t really have a good reason, but, if I did, you’d be like, “I should go, because that’s a good reason.”

“Why was I in your vision?Tío Bruno?I just wanted to make the family proud of me.Just once.But if I should stop, if I’m hurting my family, just tell me.“ She didn’t want to be a screw up, she wanted to help, she needed to help.

“ I can’t tell you……because I don’t know.” Bruno started to get nervous again, it was like he was reliving that day again. “I had this vision the night that you didn’t get your Gift.Abuela worried about the magic.So, she begged me to look into the future.See what it meant.And I saw the magic in danger. Our house breaking.” He then turned to face his niece. “And then, and then, and then, I saw you.But the vision was different. It… it would change.And there was no one answer. No clear fate.Like your future was undecided.But I knew how it was gonna look.”

Turning away, he gripped his hair, he hated this, he hated telling her this. “ I knew what everyone would think because I’m Bruno and everyone always assumes the worst, so.”

“You left to protect Mirabel.”

You did your best to be graceful, hell you never meant to follow the girl but you wanted to make sure she would be okay but you didn’t factor in that you weren’t a child anymore since your head slammed against a wooden beam. “Mierda!”

“Tía.” “Y/n!”

“Owe” Rubbing your head you walked towards them. “We have to help her Bruno…I…I can’t sit by anymore.”

Walking past Mirabel, Bruno cupped your cheeks. “You…you shouldn’t be in here.” he didn’t want you to see this. 

“Bruno.” You hated seeing this, you never thought that the man would be living like this. Taking a deep breath you pulled your his hands off your face you let your fingers weave through his. “Well I’m here now and…and while it know it’s hard but we have to help her.” Squeezing your eyes shut you were trying to think of a way to word it carefully. “Which is why you need to have another vision.”

“Oh. No, no. See, I don’t do visions anymore.” He tried to pull away, he wanted to run off though Mirabel slipped by your side.

“But you could.”

“But I won’t.”

“You can’t say the weight of the world is on your shoulders. The end.If our fate’s up to me, me says have another vision.Maybe it’ll show me what to do.“ Mirabel puffed out her chest. 

“Look, even if I wanted to, which I don’t, you wrecked my vision cave. Which is a problem, ’cause I need a big open space.“

“You wrecked his room?” You turned to look at your niece, you were confused on that whole situation but you knew that you couldn’t worry about that now.

“It’s a long story…but we’ll find one.”

“You can use my room!” All three of you turned to see your son standing behind you. His hand’s clutching the stuffed animal that Mirabel made him. “Abuelo told me everything.” The child seemed all to pleased with himself, he was always smart for a seven year old, even when the boy had help from the spirits he was still to smart.

“Our family needs help, and you need to get outta here.”Mirabel turned to Bruno giving him a smile.

Walking over to his son, Bruno lifted him so he was carrying the child in his arms. “I’m not going to get out of this am I?”

“No” “No” “Nope!”

“Of course.”

It didn’t take long to get to Oscars room, Bruno was always blown away by how it looked. The beautiful colors, trees, small little huts, while the man felt like he was being watched it didn’t feel threating…he felt safe? Just being here reminded him of Día de los Muertos. Shaking his head he cleared out his throat placing his son down. The little boy rushing off to greet someone he couldn’t see.

Mirabel glanced around her cousin’s room, out of all the rooms she’s been in she always felt safe here. “Um…We might wanna hurry.”

Bruno scoffed waving her off seeming to find a good enough spot. “You can’t hurry the future.” Scratching his cheek he then turned to face the young girl. “What if I show you something worse…If I see something that you don’t like, you’re gonna be all, ‘Bruno makes bad things happen. Oh, he’s creepy and his vision killed my goldfish.”

Stepping closer, you grabbed his hands shaking your head. “Bruno, we don’t think you cause bad things to happen and if people truly believe that then they don’t deserve you.”

Nodding her head, Mirabel stepped closer giving her uncle a smile. “You can do this tío”

Smiling at you you placed a kiss to his cheek. “For the nerves.”

Taking a deep breath he stepped away from you both grabbing some sand. “ I can do this. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.”

You watched as Bruno make a circle around the three of you, you watched as he lit the four piles on fire and you could feel the wind picking up. Mirabel looked around, she never though it would look like this. Feeling a hand in her own she looked up at you surprised to see you standing right beside her yet your gaze was locked onto Bruno’s. Pulling away, you turned to your niece nudging her towards Bruno’s who’s hands were reaching out for her to take.

His eyes were glowing that familiar green you were so used to seeing, then the sand started to pick up around you three. Closing your eyes, you could hear the voices around you though the moment you opened your eyes you saw the vision starting to form. It was the same thing all those years ago, but something had to change, he had to keep it going.

“It’s just the same thing. I gotta stop! “

“Bruno! you can’t…you have to keep going. Their has to bee something that we missed. Something we’re not seeing.”

“There! Over there!” Mirabel let out a short laugh, their was still hope.

“Butterfly! Follow the butterfly!”

You were doing your best to keep up, everything looked out of order. You could see the candle getting brighter, that Mirabel had to embrace someone though once you saw it was Isabela the vision shattered. “Mirabel, I know…you both have your….er differences but she’s still your sister.”

“But it’s Isabela.!”

Glancing at Bruno, you took a deep breath grasping her hand gently. “You are the one that will bring this family back together. I believe in you.”

Turing away, Mirabel frowned. “It’s not gonna work.She won’t hug me ever, okay? She hates me!”

Swallowing thickly Bruno stepped next to you, his hand was shaking though reaching out he grasped your hand gently.“You see, you’re missing the point. The fate of the family, it’s not up to her. It’s up to you. You’re exactly what this family needs. You just have to see it.”

Closing her eyes, Mirabel nodded her head. She could do this, she had to do this. “Okay..I got this…I’ll. I’ll leave you two alone and Tio,  After I save the miracle, I’m bringing you home.”

“God what a day.”Bruno rested his head on your shoulder, the man wanted nothing more than to sleep for the next seven years. 

“Your a good man Bruno.”

“I.”

“papá“

Turning to face his son, Bruno barley had a chance to react when his son launched himself into his arms. “Ah…I’m sorry Oscar.”

Shaking his head, Oscar buried his face into his fathers chest. “It’s okay papá….I know you love me and mamá…you’re going to stay now right?”

“I…”swallowing thickly, Bruno smiled as he placed a kiss to his son’s head. “Yea, I’m going to stay.”

“Do you feel that?” Though the moment the words left your lips it seemed like everything started to crumble. You watched as the bright colors started to flicker then quickly turn gray. The buildings started to crumble, panicking you grasped Bruno’s poncho tugging him up. “We have to go…we have to go now!”

“Huh?” Standing up, Bruno still holding onto Oscar once he looked at what was happening. “The candle…okay…yes lets go now.”

Running, you pushed yourself to move faster. It felt like the bridge was growing though you felt a sharp pain as you tumble to the ground. You you felt something pull you up, expecting to see Bruno you looked up to see a familiar man staring at you. “Pedro?” He was giving you a sad smile though soon you felt Bruno’s arms wrap around your waist.

“We gotta go y/n!”

Staring over your shoulder, you gave one last look to your step-mothers husband as his spirit vanished in a cloud of smoke just as you and Bruno leapt from the room and soon you both were jumping out the window with your husband cradling his son against his chest.

“Abuelo saved mamás life!” Slipping out of his fathers arms the little boy looked around. Stepping away from a broken building you and Bruno watched as your child speak to what you assume was another spirit. “bisabuelo said that Mirabel ran off…he said that instead of standing around you should go after him.” Nodding his head Oscar grabbed his parents hands. “I know where she is…let’s go!”

“ She didn’t do this!“

Pulling the reins, you flinched as Bruno nearly slipped off the horse. The man’s foot getting caught in the stirrup. “She didn’t do this! I gave her a vision! It was me!I was, like, “Go!” And she was, like…She only wanted to help. I don’t care what you think of me, but if you’re too stubborn to… ”

Watching Bruno, you got off the horse too. Keeping your son by your side, you weren’t sure you can look at the woman. You haven’t spoken to her since the fight you shared in the dinning room. Though you were surprised when the older woman pulled you in for a tight hug. You could feel her tears against your skin, her voice may have been a whisper though what she said made you break down in her arms.

“I am so sorry Y/n…I not only lost a son that day but I also lost a daughter. I should have never pushed you away. Can you ever forgive a foolish old woman?”

Letting a few tears slide down your cheeks you quickly brushed them away. “Of course.”

Turning to Oscar, Alma held out her arms. The little boy rushing into her arms, he did his best to hold onto her. “You don’t have to cry, Abuelo told me how much you love me, Mama and Papa….” He looked up at his grandmother, his small hands placing them on her cheeks. “He wants you know that he still watches over you at night.”

Hugging the child close, Alma pressed a kiss to his head. She would do a better job at protecting him. She would make sure the towns people respected this child like she should have done in the past. “Mi dulce niño.” Turning to face her son she tugged the man in for a hug.

“Brunito.”

“I feel like I missed something important.”

Sighing you rolled your eyes whistling for your own horse, it didn’t take long for the mare to come running to your side. Bruno seeming to have a dream like smile on his face watching you.

“I love my life.”

“Come on Bruno.”

Getting on the horse you tugged the man up on the saddle, his arms quickly wrapping his around your waist. “What… What’s happening? Where are we going?”

“Ah you’ll see.” Glancing at Mirabel you gave the girl a smile, Oscar sitting Infront of his cousin. “Ready?”

“Oh yea”

Nudging the horse, you were all off back to your home, this was going to be an interesting reunion. 

It was nice seeing Bruno finally reunite his sisters though you couldn’t help but tear up seeing the family approach Oscar, all of them interacting with the boy. It finally felt like you were a family again. You could hear your son’s laughter as Luisa tossed the little boy in the air to catch him, you honestly wished you could capture that moment. Feeling a tap on your shoulder, you turned to see it was Bruno.

The man nervously playing with with his fingers though he suddenly cleared out his throat as he held out his hand, music playing in the distance. “Dance with me?”

“I’d love too.”

Grabbing the man’s hand he pulled you close to his chest, giving you a twirl as you and Bruno danced with the others.

You were finally a family again, and nothing can take this away.