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[Caticorn]

Rt

[benitz786]

Hai

[benitz786]

Why’s Val son such a dork?

[benitz786]

You’d think Val would raise him with more charisma

[CerealKiller]

ADELAIDE PARKER you sneaky lady

[CerealKiller]

She tried really
But we love him the way he is

[Caticorn]

Probably bc Dan is secretly a dork and he inherited it from him

[CerealKiller]

Also true

[benitz786]

ADDIE IS A SAD GORL STUCK IN TIME BECAUSE OF VALERIE’S HUSBAND

let her sleep with leo

and blame dan

that’s what i always do

[benitz786]

@Caticorn

Probably bc Dan is secretly a dork and he inherited it from him

YOU WANNA TELL DAN THAT TO HIS FACE

[benitz786]

@CerealKiller

But we love him the way he is

Good

[Caticorn]

Nah I’m good

[Ouijaloveletters]

Don’t do it!

[Littlefeets]

Ah, post reactions. Its been too long

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Shorts Series: Alternate Universe - Kai’s What If - 2037/2038

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He had barely touched the food she’d set out, but she’d managed to coax a few bites out of him.

A small amount is better than nothing at least

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Enough to keep him grounded, though the act of eating itself seemed almost foreign to him, his mind elsewhere, darker.

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This was not the man she remembered,

No Jess, he’s not the kai you remember…

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she still saw glimpses of the old Kai beneath it all

Right now kai just doesn’t even know how to try and pretend to be the old kai…

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convincing him to take another sleeping pill. Look… she knew it wasn’t an end all be all. It wasn’t the an easy fix - but it was one that Kai clearly needed.

Again, at this point, anything is better than nothing

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She was piecing together the puzzle bit by bit, but there was something here—something unsettling.

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Scarlet. Could she…? The details fit too well: Scarlet’s age, Kai’s sudden appearance, the secrecy surrounding the child’s identity, the fact that the mother of this kid was nowhere to be found. And Kai’s quiet grief as he spoke of Scarlet’s mother—it was all starting to fall into place.

All the pieces fit together too well to be a coincidence

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Part of her didn’t want to wake him… but the other part knew he needed to eat anyways

Eating may still be a challenge, but at least he was getting more sleep…

[Littlefeets]

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@Caticorn

Probably bc Dan is secretly a dork and he inherited it from him

YOU WANNA TELL DAN THAT TO HIS FACE

Jez, plus Jess and Val I’m sure, would be perfectly willing to say it to dan’s face

[Caticorn]

@Littlefeets

Jez, plus Jess and Val I’m sure, would be perfectly willing to say it to dan’s face

Dom would too tbh

Me however

I value my life

[Littlefeets]

@benitz786

Dan fcked up: Time Skip Unknown - May 22nd, 1998

Part 5

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“Uh-huh… tell that to our messed up kitchen,” JJ replied

He has zero faith in her after what happened to the kitchen.
And I can’t say I blame him.

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Addie feigned offense, clutching her chest. “How dare you doubt me? I am the picture of innocence, brother.”

he has all the reason to doubt

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This was honestly… fun? Being able to be drunk enough to flirt with another man and not think about… a certain… blonde man.

Sigh
When really she should only be thinking about said certain blonde man that she doesn’t want to think about

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A night to get as many fcking hickies as Leo had

All those hickies that were really her fault.
It would’ve all been different if she wasn’t trying to avoid him. If she gave in and started dating him, at least then if he had any then they would’ve been from her

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that was grounding and strangely comforting.

Even without knowing who it was, there was a part of her that knew.

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Instead, she found herself staring into Leo’s eyes.

The only eyes she should be staring into

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she walked off towards the beach not even offering him another look. Was she running? Probably - but she needed to be away from the chaos of the party, where the waves and stars stretched out infinitely before her.

Sigh

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“Why is this happening? Every fcking place I go… you have to be kidding me. Is this my punishment?”

It’s only punishment because you make it that way.
Be in love with Leo, let Leo be in love with you. That’s all the universe needs.

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ooking up at the sky at whatever god, devil, demon was likely watching her and laughing.

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“Let’s be friends,” she said, the words surprising even herself. “Just… friends. Because clearly, we can’t avoid each other. The fcking bloody universe won’t allow it, so let’s just be friends.”

Why be friends Addie? Why not accept fate and be more than friends

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She needed him to agree to this and put a brick wall between them.

And he won’t ever put up that brick wall between them

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But before she could process what was happening or what it meant, her instincts kicked in. Forget caution. Forget everything.

Good. For once doing what the universe demands of her

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“Addieeeee! Where the hell are youuuu? ADELAIDE PARKER!”

Justin
This is awful timing

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pang of regret and fondness mingled in her chest

No regret allowed. The only regret should be trying to push Leo away

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shaking her head as she muttered, “So… friends, yeah?”

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Leo’s eyes were a mixture of confusion and disbelief as he opened his mouth to reply,

The friends comment was surely a shock at that point

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All she could think was I… really messed this up, didn’t I?. But… she couldn’t sit around and wait… wait… and give him a chance to say anything to stop her

The only mess up is leaving Leo

[Littlefeets]

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Dan fcked up: Time Skip Unknown - May 22nd, 1998

Part 6

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and of every dream about him that had left her feeling more hollow than anything else. She’d tried to shake it, tried to laugh it off, but no amount of half-hearted distractions did the trick.

And whos fault is that Addie?

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not to her husband who had yet to know her in this world… not to the love of her life.

Which should be reason to go to him and make him fall in love

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So she did the one thing that kept her head quiet. She grabbed a bottle. And then another one after that… and another one after that.

Addie…

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the exact reason why she needed to see Leo was hazy at best. All she knew was the fact that she missed him.

That’s all that’s necessary

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She knocked once, then again, her voice slurring as she called, “Ooopeeeen the bloody door, damn it!” Leaning her forehead against the cool surface, she waited, trying to listen for any sign of life inside.

Nothing.

Groaning, she started knocking again, louder this time. “Pleasseeeeeee darlinggggg, open uppppp!”

That’s certain;y a lot of yelling for almost 4am

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was the one person she shouldn’t be running to in the first place.

More like the one person she should be running to

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Addie barely gave him time to react before she was on him—her lips on his, arms wrapping around his neck, legs pulling him close. It was so damn familiar, like slipping back into the one place she’d been aching for. She pressed herself closer, her kisses hungry, her body instinctively remembering every line of him. And he—he was steady beneath her, his hands gripping her shoulders as he tried to balance them both, a flicker of recognition in his touch.

He can’t say it didn’t feel right, but it was certainly quite the surprise

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Of course, he has a conscience

She should know him well enough to know that answer

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She knew her way around, after all. Every inch of his place was seared into her mind.

Yet to him, there’s no reason she should know about any of it

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the realization that this Leo didn’t look at her the same way… didn’t know her like he used to.

This Leo doesn’t have years of history with her yet
She won’t even give him the chance to know her

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“I know everything I need to know.”

Meanwhile she’s let him know basically nothing

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It was like a cold slap to the face. A harsh reminder that he wasn’t her Leo—the one who couldn’t go a day without holding her.

Give him a week or two, actually being around him and you’ll have that back Addie.

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“Oh, so you can sleep with someone else,” she sneered, “but you can’t sleep with me?”

He rubbed a hand over his face, looking like he was both amused and exhausted with her. “Not when you only want to because you’re drunk.”

Even if he wants to, he has to draw a line somewhere…

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For a moment, he looked at her with something like defeat, his resistance draining as he sighed and pulled on a pair of joggers, finally giving in and lying beside her, keeping as much distance as possible.

She rolled her eyes at his attempt to keep a buffer

He has to at least try and keep some distance, she’s drunk so he shouldn’t let her make a choice she’d regret later

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feeling even more stupid and small and a little too fragile to say anything else.

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Now dressed—if you could call it that

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She flipped it open, pen ready as she filled out the first check.
“Car expenses - $5,000.”

Then her eyes moved to the Cognac bottle by the couch, and she sighed, mentally calculating the cost. Might as well add it to the tab.
“Cognac - $15,000.”

Fine. A little awkward to leave it without a word, but fine.

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Her pen hesitated on the last check, the memory of last night flickering through her mind. She remembered her drunken words, her desperation, the way she’d thrown herself at him. A faint blush crept up her neck as she scrawled the last line.
“Dealing with my shit + Fooling around - $10,000.”

Then there comes the problem….

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She almost laughed. There was no way he’d take it well

She knows it, yet still thinks its a good idea…

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and scrawling a quick “Thanks for the night, Addie”,

Just making it even worse…
Writing a thank you note and paying him for that… certainly a quick way to making him feel used

[CerealKiller]

@benitz786

YOU WANNA TELL DAN THAT TO HIS FACE

I will
Dw

[CerealKiller]

@Littlefeets

Jez, plus Jess and Val I’m sure, would be perfectly willing to say it to dan’s face

They totally would and they probably have