You gave me peace in a lifetime of war.

[reversesock]

The ＴＯＯＫ  ＹＯＵ  ＩＮ Shipping Meme

They were on your front door, in your yard, or on the street, confused and clearly in no position to fend for themselves; in a worst case scenario, they were bruised and battered, possibly close to death. Bleeding heart or not, you can't just be so cruel as to let them suffer. They need a place to stay, and you'll open your home to them...long enough to get back on their feet, anyway.

Speaking of feet, the shoe could be on the other one. You're worse for the wear - in a new place, possibly injured, certainly not in the best state of mind. You could not even remember how you got here or who you are to get here, for that matter. You may not want to remember. Whether willing or not so willing, you're in no position to turn down help, especially if said helper won't take no for an answer. No matter how dedicated you are to looking after yourself, there's only so much you can do in your position.

The two of you are staying together, at any rate. Only for a while, the plan is. But after said while, even though strength and confidence is returning to the injured, there's something a little different between you two. It could be the close quarters, the kindness shown, or a number of things, but quietly, softly, feelings have grown. Could more confusion and hurt spring from this? What about when it's time to go? Can the temporary resident leave as easily as they intended? You're so close now, perhaps a little while longer can't do any harm...

...until whatever it was that put them in such a perilous position in the first place comes back, and there could be "justice" for anyone who's dared to help.

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• There's no smut option because I'm making a companion smut meme to this for TLH in the next few days, but you can play smut if you really want to!

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1. ғɪɴᴅɪɴɢ — Who's that? They're no ordinary passersby! Were they in an accident? Are they foreign? ...should you approach them?


2. ʀᴀɪɴ, ʀᴀɪɴ, ɢᴏ ᴀᴡᴀʏ — The elements make this night no time to sleep out of doors.


3. ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ — Cuts, broken bones, injuries all of sorts...you have to stitch them back up, then make sure they don't get any


4. ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɢᴜᴇsᴛ — It's all you can do to show gratitude to the person who took you in. Fix them a meal, care for their house, whatever you can do once you're able.


5. ʙᴀᴅ ɢᴜᴇsᴛ — FUCK THIS PERSON AND FUCK THEIR COUCH. You didn't ask to be brought here. Let them clean up after you, you don't even care.


6. ᴡʜᴏ ᴀᴍ ɪ? — How you got into this situation is a mystery. Even more of a mystery is your identity, and why the person you were would be so displaced.


7. sᴇʟғʟᴇssɴᴇss —


8. ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ — If you've been injured badly enough or can't remember all too well, you might have to relearn a good deal. Luckily, you have a helping hand.


9. sᴄᴀʀs — Scars from the encounter that lead you here or scars from prior, you don't want them to see either. You still have your secrets to keep.


10. sᴛᴜʙʙᴏʀɴ — Ugh, your house guest is so stubborn! They always get up when they should be resting, have the worst habits, and completely disrespect your home! You'll get to them, one way or another. Or you'll throw them out. You don't want to, but you will.


11. ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ — Bad memories or nightmares wreck you; your host and nurse comes to your side unexpectedly.


12. ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄʟᴀsʜ — The person who's taken you in is from a different culture or lifestyle than you, and adapting is harder than you thought.


13. ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ — Think learning about a new culture is hard? Try being a different species. Can you keep your little eccentricities at bay for the good of your station?


14. ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜsʏ — Now that your emotions towards your caretaker/host/jailer are softening, you're finding yourself unusually jealous of those in their life who were close to them before.


15. ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs — You never thought you'd have fun after all that's happened, yet such simple gestures as a picnic or a movie make all the difference.


16. ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ — You love them, this person who's taken you in or this person you've found. It's not a pity or a thankfulness, it's love, and you know that now. What you choose to do with this information is


17. ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ — Suddenly, the person who's been so nice to you finds out that the two of you have a history. You killed their loved ones or caused something terrible. How can they forgive you?


18. ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ — So much has been done for you. The least you can do in return for the one who helped you at your lowest is make sure they never have such a low point.


19. ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ — Anyone in the way of getting to you will be destroyed, and that includes the person you're staying with.


20. ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇᴍ — You've been given a home, maybe which you've never had before. You don't want to leave.


21. ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ — Not only are you living with them, but you're starting a proper life with them.


22. ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ — All secrets are laid out on the table. You've decided to tell about your past and what lead you here.


23. ʀᴇᴠᴜʟsɪᴏɴ — What you've done and who you are is so heinous, they want nothing more to do. You're to leave their home and leave them alone.


24. ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ — It doesn't matter what they've done. You've opened your home and your heart to them, and nothing's changed.


25. ᴘᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ — All things must come to an end. No matter what you feel for each other, it's time to leave. Hopefully, you'll see each other again.


26. ʜᴀᴘᴘɪʟʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ — Come what may, you've decided to stay at your new home with the person you love. Now, it's safe enough to do so.


27. ᴡɪʟᴅᴄᴀʀᴅ

Comments

BB-8 | Star Wars | OTA

[seemerolling]

[Canonmates preferred please! ♥]

Olivia Flynn | Do No Harm

[lovedbytwo]

[Cross-canon is loved!]

Rey | SW:TFA | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

Jemma Simmons | Marvel's Agents of SHIELD | OTA

[technicallysmarter]

((either role))

Alec Hardison | Leverage | OTA

[iatethedamnsandwich]

LEVERAGE THEME INTENSIFIES

[carryon_crow]

[omgomgomg leverage is literally my favorite show on the planet and ive watched all the episodes and ahhhh

ahem. so i'd rly like to rp with you, with either side. Henry's canon has literal dimension hopping, so that's useful! either henry could find themself in portland (or +1 above the irish bar), or hardison could have gotten magic'd to anime warzone land.]

[iatethedamnsandwich]

[Portland or Boston, your choice. There's pub snacks either way. Dimension hopping is a handy trope, isn't it?]

Spock | Star Trek: AOS

[mindmeld]

Poe Dameron | Star Wars: TFA | OTA

[supoepilot]

Thea Queen l Arrow

[redarrowqueen]

(M/F but will go platonic against Flarrow ladies, otherwise would love to explore fallout from recent in canon events. Also changed the bloodlust to mental and emotional fallout.)

X | Megaman X Series | OTA

[maverickhunterx]

[Anything goes as far as pairings are concerned; Cross-canon is absolutely encouraged; X is good for either role.]

6

[futuredays]

[On that one night, a bright object crash lands right at the outskirts of the city. Should X be nearby, and if he ever decides to check it out, he'll find a crater that's as wide as a highway road. And within the crater, the golden glow surrounding the object fades to reveal something humanoid in shape.

Upon closer inspection, the humanoid appears to be on its knees, breathing heavily, and somehow injured -- wounds bleeding out what seems to be... wisps of light energy. He struggles to move, but he's too tired to do so.]

Pearl | Steven Universe | OTA

[beyourrock]

{{ooc: Open to either role!}}

INDIA ( oc )

[jams]

( OTA; jives with either role. c: )

Tauriel | The Hobbit films

[silvan_captain]

Gabriel / SPN / OTA

[awol_angel]

Re: Gabriel / SPN / OTA

[protectshim]

[ interested? ]

RNG gave me 3 which is BASICALLY EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN MANDALUS so I'm going with it.

[knifecollecting]

[She was bleeding. She knew it was bad, but she wasn't sure what to do about it all.

Her eyes kept closing and she had to fight to take each breath, and with the last of her strength she sent out a prayer. Maybe it was supposed to be to Castiel, but she couldn't remember if she had said his name.

Was there even any other angel who listened?]

Re: Gabriel / SPN / OTA

[rumchocolatesouffle]

[I can adjust this as needed]

Kurt had experienced a lot of cool things in New Dodge, including making some good friends. Unfortunately there was a point when he couldn't take people disappearing. So with the fuzzy little while puppy his angel friend had left behind, he went home. Several months had gone by as he got used to being back on Earth, in his home universe again. With some of the wealth he'd acquired away, he was able to afford his own apartment now and returned to school.

Things had more or less gone back to pre-New Dodge normal. He talked to his dad almost every day and had managed to prevent the death of his step brother, Finn. All the warnings from Harry had fallen on deaf ears and Kurt was okay with that.

It was evening and he was watching a video from work on the next season's fashion while mindlessly tossing a bouncy ball for Lucy to catch. There were chores he could be doing and studying, but he was taking a rare evening to relax.

Scott Summers | X-men (movies or 616) | OTA

[notrosecolored]

[No underage, please.]

Scott Summers | X-men (movies or 616) | OTA

[golden_eyes]

He's sitting on the street corner, in the rain. A forgivable touch of melodrama, he might say if there was anyone to say it to. The street is mostly empty. It's late. There's no one to saying anything to, anymore. So he sits there, letting himself get soaked. He can mock his own self-pity. It's better than thinking of anything else.

In which Wash has issues, also rain is wet. (Nightmares/etc)

[exemplifies]

Sleep was never restful for him, not without help anyway and more often than not David spent his free time down in the training room after everyone had gone to sleep. It was better than doing nothing, and while occasionally the medication helped, it was becoming less and less effective.

It had taken him months to learn how to put up the most rudimentary blocks, to lock the memories away and separate himself out from the other that had inhabited his mind. From the things that had been done to it

Him.

Whatever.

But there was still bleed through, and it was the worst in his dreams, the words of a woman he'd never met continually finding their way into his mind. So sleep never went well for him, even now.

He wiped his face with a towel before stopping long enough to get a drink. Maybe if he exhausted himself enough, he'd be able to sleep without dreams.

Maybe.

[utselet]

It's been a little over two weeks since the Xavier's School's latest runaway turned up at their door, and although she's told them very little about herself -- her name is Irina, she claims, and only when they press the powers issue does she pick up the nearest paperweight and make it go invisible -- it seems like she's spent most of that time making herself into someone else entirely, anyway. She chops off a good half a foot of hair, switches out the high heels and tailored coat she'd turned up in for t-shirts and jeans. She doesn't talk much, but every time she does, she sounds subtly but distinctly more American every time.

She doesn't say what she was running away from, but she doesn't deny at all that's why she's here.

Once the initial flurry of activity settles down, she mostly keeps to herself, but as the days go by, she seems just a little bit less terrified and slowly, slowly, more relaxed. Finally, one morning, Scott walks in on her cleaning the kitchen after breakfast, and actually humming to herself, a distant smile on her face.

Steve Rogers | MCU | OTA

[waypastasking]

Re: Steve Rogers | MCU | OTA

[notonmyspace]

This was not the best idea Tony had ever had, but after Bucky and Rhodey.....Tony had very few people to lean on. He knew there was no reason why Steve would talk to him, but after getting his ass handed to him during a fight with some villain of the week he'd wound up on the stoop of Steve's apartment building a bit beaten up and dented. "Hey Cap.....got a couch I can crash on?"