pippilongsockings ([personal profile] pippilongsockings) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2016-05-06 02:27 pm

TOOK  YOU  IN


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.

RULES
  • Comment with your character and preferences. Say if you'd rather play the taken in or the person taking them in.
  • Reply to others.


PROMPTS


  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

blinkandyoumiss: (Default)

Clarice "Blink" l Xmen

[personal profile] blinkandyoumiss 2016-05-06 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
probably be taken in, but can also be the taker (though more of the looking after aspect without the place to stay)
sacrificeyourfreedom: (Default)

Asset!Steve Rogers l MCU

[personal profile] sacrificeyourfreedom 2016-05-06 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[[being taken in and looked after, however reluctantly or darkly]]

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[ Avery knew who he was looking at when the man had appeared injured in his mountain cabin, though he hardly believed it. Everyone knew Captain America, the hero of World War II who had gone missing one day. He also knew these woods well enough from all the weekends he had spent prowling them to be able to tell when there were predators roaming about.

Putting two and two together didn't take very long. Avery's medical training had kicked in and he got the soldier on the couch before going out to deal with whoever was pursuing him. He had the home field advantage as he shifted into his tiger form and savaged all of the pursuers. That done, he focused on getting Steve patched up in his cabin. He had a medical kit with him that let him at least clean and stitch the man up; it wasn't a bad job for a psychiatrist, but he still wished they could have made it to a hospital. They would have to try soon, once he was sure the man was capable of walking out.

In the meantime, Avery started working on building a fire in the fireplace.

So many questions, but being could would answer none of them.
]

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Frank Castle | The Punisher | ota

[personal profile] prepareforwar 2016-05-06 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[If someone has taken him in, he probably needed medical attention of some sort. Good luck.]
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Yukisada | Ice Scream | M/M

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sadisticsmokingsyachi: (the one who's got it goin' on)

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[Too say a certain Orca was a bad house guest would be an understatement of the century. Even in his injured state (thanks to Rocma, who he had even more of a hate boner for now), Idate gave the poor owl a hard time on nearly everything - partially for the fun of it, partially because his ego had been damaged. Him, the terrorizing, sadistic killer whale, reduced to a mostly-bed-ridden fish.

Deep down in his dark, three sizes too small Grinch heart, he was... begrudgingly thankful Yuki had showed him mercy.

Not that he'd ever admit it, even to himself.

Still, it was taking his tail and dorsal fin quite some time to heal, and Idate was beginning to grow restless, wanting to return to the sea. (Sitting at the shore with his feet in the water wasn't nearly as satisfying.)

He was also running dangerously low on cigarettes.

So, one particular day, the orca glances from his spot on the bench, in the ice cavern next to Yukisada's house, over at the owl and grunts.]


Hey. Go check if Nekoyama is out makin' deliveries.

[OOC: Sorry for the delay! Work takes a lot out of me. x.x]

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Idate is just 100000% savage

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Ikr

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Possibly both

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Rey | SW:TFA | OTA

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[ooc: Either / or. Up for discussion.]
greatestschemer: (Say My Name)

Prof. James Moriarty | Sherlock/ACD EU | OTA

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[Either/or. Crossover/AU/OC friendly. M/F or M/M.]
blazesaway: (Default)

18 + 19

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[even only a few months after the fact, it's easy to forget where he would be without Moriarty-- like as not dead in a gutter somewhere, owing at least a hundred thousand quid and having fathered several more bastards.]

[well, the last is hardly a mark of shame, but it adds to the atmosphere of the scene when he contemplates how he would write it, were he ever to write a book regarding the exploits of his life. which he ought to do, come to think of it.]

[and Sebastian is not a man who believes in debts (least of all when he is the one who owes them, and the tab can't be cleared with threats or a well-placed shiv), but there's an acknowledgement he pays, even if it's unspoken. nothing will befall James Moriarty, this James Moriarty and not any of his damn brothers, while he's around.]

[that's the sentiment that stays with him when the window shatters, the world goes silent save for ringing, and he finds himself full of glass shards where his body's moved without permission from the head that sits atop it. it's the first time the prof has been in danger-- real danger, not the kind he created for himself when he was bored --and the damn near instinctual reaction he had to protect him would unsettle him, if he hadn't been seized by the usual sense of quiet clarity he got in the face of immanent danger.]

[fuck. this was supposed to be a business meeting.]
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omg. well hello, you!

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makoto majima ( ikebukuro west gate park ) ota

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[ cross-media/canon is awesome! probably best as the one taking someone in; though he's quite rough around the edges and more than a little crude, he cares in his own little ways and worries way too much ]
jenshen: (pic#10208578)

Katie Jensen | Red vs Blue

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[probably the taker, but could be either in the right scenario.]
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Washington | Red vs Blue

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[Either role is fine.]
causesearcher: (40)

Johnathan Hale | Teen Wolf OC | OTA

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[Probably taking persons in.]
forgediniron: (Default)

Toni Stark / MCU Rule 63

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sokovianwitch: (Looking down)

Wanda Maximoff | MCU | OTA

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[She can fit either role, but more likely to be the one taken in.]
sixth: (Default)

washington | rvb

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[ Either role. ]
winterssoldier: (Default)

Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier | MCU | OTA

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[The one being taken in]
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hessian mercenary | sleepy hollow

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[ either role. ]
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selfquarantined: (ermm maybe not)

sabitsuki | .flow | ota, prefer gen

[personal profile] selfquarantined 2016-05-06 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The one being taken in, probably. Bone-thin, deathly-pale delinquent schoolgirl who's probably spent a good few nights lying bleeding in an alleyway after getting in a fight, or wandering around too wasted to find her way back home.

She could be the one taking you in, but don't expect much in the way of hospitality. Her apartment is tiny, dingy, smells like a sewer and stained with suspiciously-colored splotches on the walls. There are nicer places to be taken into.
]
upjacobsladder: (Any last words?)

Forgive my canon blindness

[personal profile] upjacobsladder 2016-05-07 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Shinobu's not one to take people in. She's not a cruel person -- she could under certain circumstances, but it wasn't her default -- but she's not the ready Samaritan either. But seeing this kid -- a girl, more so -- looking ratty, bloodied, and beat up like some poor street rat pulled at her. She could've sped off and continued on her way after seeing the shadows of those punks that left the girl in the alley, but Shinobu just couldn't.

She wasn't getting weak, she had to tell herself. Compassion wasn't a bad thing.

So she U-turned and parked her motorcycle against the curb. "Hey, kid. Unless you wanna make a bed out of that dumpster over there." She gestured at the garbage receptacle which, who knew what grossness was reeking inside. "Hop on over. I gotta place." There was a passenger car beside her bike. She had room.

lcw high five! o/\o

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North Dakota | Red vs Blue

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Alcuin no Delaunay ; Kushiel's Dart ; M/M

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[Either role. Particularly inclined toward a scenario of shelter in a blizzard.]
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Mavros Shahrizai | Kushiel's Legacy | M/M

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[Taken in. Tbh he probably either slept with someone he shouldn't have or pulled some prank. Or committed major blasphemy. Either way.]

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[personal profile] smok 2016-05-07 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sarkan had left his tower, had left Polnya to the east for a good reason. Even though the dark forest that inhabited the valley he guarded had been somewhat purified and mollified, there was still something deep in the earth that tried to set roots in people. Sarkan wanted none of those, and seeing as how he was still something of an outcast in the capital, he decided to head west. He claimed to be seeking rest, but he was just running away.

He had presented himself at the D'Angeline court as a courtesy - as rough and irreverent as he could be, he wanted this time to pass smoothly. He announced his presence and put on courtesy like a rough woolen coat: necessary to stave off the cold, but uncomfortable nonetheless. He was Sarkan, The Dragon, a wizard and nobleman of Polnya to the east. His presence seemed to cause something of a stir; he cared little.

He did, however, care about his invitation to a royal gathering as a new guest of the kingdom. He could not refuse if he wanted his time here to be peaceful, so he showed up for the party later that evening and did his best at playing nice. Still, he kept his walls up through all the introductions and idle chatter - he sat through dinner and then as gracefully as he could manage, excused himself from the festivities to go rest at his temporary lodgings.

His steps were slow and measured as he wandered the City of Elua's streets to the residence he was renting. Along the way he heard a rustling in some nearby bushes that any man who had lived over a century in mountain country would recognize as not being that of small animal.

He stopped. It wouldn't surprise him if someone decided to assault the new man in town, but they would end up with a terrible shock from him. At least he could try to keep up courteous appearances, though, and give this person some warning.
]

This seems a strange greeting for a country praised far and wide for its grace. [ He turned a cold stare in the direction of the noise. ]

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Count D | Petshop of Horrors | Open

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getweird: (77)

Scott Lang | mcu | ota

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Bucky Barnes - mcu - open

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( are you open to crosscanon? )

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it's perfect!!

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Kei Yosugara | Rust Blaster | M/M

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Naminé | Kingdom Hearts

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[Either. F/m for shipping, ota for gen.]
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Saya Masaki | Neon Sign Amber | m/m

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