Permanent Catch-All ✨ Nothing could stop me tonight ✨

[totallycalledit]

Who: Shiranna Characters + mostly closed things
What: A catch all for outside events, mingles etc + Overflow archive if needed
When: Permanent
Where: Will mark in headers
Warnings: Will mark in headers

Old catch-all, will make a new one in the future or something else.

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Mikasa ♥ hurt/comfort: cw for death talk, titan world things

[rustyhonesty]

(ooc: set after this)

[After he's done with the network, Jean really finds a corner of the room to sink into. Mikasa's out with the dogs, giving them a walk, leaving Jean alone in the apartment with their cat, Sakura who is... unsure what to do, but she settles down near him anyway.

Jean doesn't really pay attention to her. Or to anything. Instead he raises his hands up to his ears and covers them. It doesn't really do anything, but it comforts him to some level.

As if he could block the memories from his head. Of the day in Trost, when he first saw titans and saw them kill the comrades he trained with. Of all the deaths he'd seen back home. As if he could block the feeling that he was useless in being able to prevent yet another death. Even if this was the first one he had seen in years, he still felt the memories creep into his mind.

This world was different from both Empatheias and Avalon. Was he going to experience this feeling more often again? Was he going to lose people he cared about? Would he be made to make decision that might lead to some people he's responsible to die?

A shiver ran down his spine.]

[callyourname]

[Mikasa returns with the dogs after a long walk, or more like some walking and a lot of running, and the dogs run off to find Jean even before her. Oh, guess that means he's (still) home.

Snow comes to find her soon after finding Jean, while Mikasa is almost finished with taking her outdoor clothes off. What? She kicks her shoes away and follows the husky to his... Hiding corner?

Not her first time seeing something like this, she's pretty sure it won't be the last time either. Something new here or something old from home triggering memories? Or it could be a mix of both, actually it's most likely a mix.]

Jean?

[Make some room, she's coming to that corner too to embrace him.]

[rustyhonesty]

[Once Mikasa is there, Sakura gently bumps her head into her and then goes to join Snow and Hazel. Mikasa was here, she could leave Jean to her.

Jean had vaguely noticed the dogs returning but it's only when he hears Mikasa's voice he's properly back in the room instead of his own thoughts. The moment Mikasa's next to him he clings to her instead of covering his own ears, desparate for the warmth and security her touch brings him.]

... ... Hi... Hijikata died...

[He manages to say before needing to swallow and take a deep breathe.] Something... ate him. He was filming a video and I saw.

[At first it didn't sink in. He was mostly mad at Hijikata. Mocking him, even. Then it sink in that he's seen what happened before. Happening before his eyes. Back home. Years ago.]

[callyourname]

[Jean can cling to her as much as he needs to, Mikasa hugs him even tighter and pets his arm and back to try to comfort him.

Ah... She hates being right. Or no, on the other hand at least it gave her some idea of what he might be about to say even if she's still not expecting that. Who'd be expecting that?

.... What is she even supposed to say to that? Is she even supposed to say anything to that? She's still the worst at this.]

Been a long time since we saw that in front of our eyes.

[Happening to anyone, especially to anyone either of them considers as friends or family.]

. . . What was it? The thing that ate him?

[Sorry, love, she has to ask even if she could have also given him time to get to that part.]

[rustyhonesty]

[Mikasa is the solid rock he needs right now and a perfect comfort for him. Someone who could hold him steady and pet him to make him feel more comfortable. It was slowly working, even if he would likely be like this for a while.

But at least the had the rock from Avalon that would keep nightmares at bay.]

... some sort of a wisp. Or at least a monster that was... partially a wisp. I have never seen anything like that.

[Not that he saw much of the monster when Hijikata was already gone. It wasn't gory. There was no blood at all like back home. He was just gone in an instant. Yet it was powerful enough to bring out the memories that were always there, even if he didn't think about them actively.]

Mukuro and... Todoroki are going to the yard... to wait for him. I can't.

[callyourname]

[Jean can take all the time he needs, Mikasa is not going anywhere from him.]

New world. All the new species to get to know whether it's monsters or harmless animals or harmless flowers... And new ones showing up too.

[That's another way to tell that no one should be a fucking idiot and think they know what they are dealing with when it can be an entirely different thing here.]

And there's nothing wrong with not going there, when everyone has their own way of dealing with... Everything, it's not like anyone can tell whose way is the right or wrong way.

[She kisses his hair and forehead.]

[rustyhonesty]

... yeah. He's an idiot for going out there alone, thinking he knows what to expect just because he's been in two worlds before.

[There's clear irritation leaking into his voice, because Hijikata was an idiot and he's going to have a lot of annoyed words at him when he has a moment to do that.

But the irritation is just passing and instead he continues to cling closer to Mikasa, sighing at the kisses and the comfort they bring.]

Mmh. I'm so glad you came back... I know I would have texted you after a moment, but the sooner you got to me the better.

[callyourname]

Yes. No one should do that.

[So blunt but it's true, hell if anyone knows what's out there anywhere in this world when everything here is still new to everyone.

She hugs Jean tighter, holds him closer and sometimes between hugging she gives him more of those calming kisses too.]

You can text, call, whatever to me anytime and I'll rush to you anytime.

[She... Actually really misses telepathy from Empatheias in situations like this.]

[rustyhonesty]

I know.

[He leans more into her embrace. Telepathy would definitely be convenient. Especially the type Empatheias had. Sure, the network could get loud and annoying, but for contacting someone immediately it was great. These devices were so slow compared.]

Thank you... for always being there for me.