Skyrivers

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@rainforcsts @liarzhangs @sadiecece this was so diabolical to make hopefully you like it. This is the ultimate duo we should be afraid of I fear.

They first met on Michael's eighteenth birthday, a few months after Eve officially becomes a Blake (Michael hasn't joined the naturals program....yet.)

Michael had been hearing about his father's shadow operator, the silent partner of Thatcher Townsend for years. And he did not like the emotions written on Vincent Blake's face when he shook his father's hand one bit.

They tried to get Michael and Eve to mingle. It ended in Micheal spilling his drink on her (yes, on purpose.)

Get along??? Honey they loathed each other.

Michael would always figure it out when she tried to turn the tables against him, claiming she always made a certain face when she wanted to make people give her what she wants.

In retaliation, she had Slate follow him for days. She couldn't figure him out, despite believing herself to be an excellent judge of character when it came to what people wanted the most. And it irked her to no end that he was so good at turning her own emotions against her.

She recognized in him the same loneliness she felt in herself.

They both accused each other of being obsessed with the other at one point.

Slate had to listen to a two hour long rant about Michael and was only allowed to nod along with Eve's words and insane plane she likely got talked out of by him the next morning.

Celine likewise, spent two hours on the phone listening to Michael make fun of Eve.

They're like Elphaba and Glinda, only they're both probably Glindas.

The first ounce of respect they gained for each was when Eve very gracefully and discreetly told Thatcher Townsend to go fuck himself (correction: she was not very discreet.)

Michael saw the way she fought for Vincent Blake's approval and all the unsaid emotions flashing on her face, and he was both disgusted and unexpectedly....shaken.

They're both addicted to any form of power they can gain from their own personal hell (in Michael's case his father and in Eve's case her great grandfather) but Eve's is out of a desperate seek for any kind of blessing from Blake and Michael's is a way for him to gain how own control. This has caused them to clash with each other many times.

Surprisingly, she once sat down to watch homeward bound with him (Michael's favorite movie) by the end if it, they were arguing so hard neither was willing to do this any time soon.

Sometimes she talks to him like he's one of her employees, and Michael Genuinely doesn't know if she is doing this on purpose or she just forgets.

Eve has walked in on him hooking up with a random girl AT LEAST three times (she knows all his favorite make out spots. Why you ask? Because Slate listed them all for her duh!) and doesn't matter how many times he threatens or bribes her to stop this, she just throws a shirt at him and orders him to get up because they have work to do.

In case it wasn't clear before they bully each other on a daily basis.

Michael saw her cry once and only once. And let's just say, it's not a sight he's keen on seeing ever again.

Eve won't admit it under torture, but she helped Micheal and Celine expose Thatcher Townsend's white collar crimes to the media. They ended up in one of the most nefarious bars in NYC which may or may not be where Michael met the rest of the naturals (I low-key might write a fic about this.)

Sometimes Eve looks at Michael and Celine and very secretly mourns the relationship she could've had with her own siblings.

She rarely ever talks about Toby with him, because Michael sees under all that facade how desperately she wants him to be her dad and only hers.

They both listen and JUDGE.

Let me know if you wanna be added or removed for more parts!

note: shout-out to the amazing @liarzhangs for giving me the inspiration on this post in the first place, and hopefully these aren't ooc! We know almost next to nothing about Slate's backstory so I made things up in.

It was so fun making them though🤭 after all, I'm a firm believer that Lia Zhang is stuck with a broody blond as her brother in every universe.

They first met when Lia was 12 and Slate was 14.

Lia got caught trying to pick a man's pocket (it was her first time getting caught) and when the man tried to call the cops on her, she fled. She rounded a corner only to find Slate staring at her with an impressive poker face, handing her the stolen wallet and say "you dropped this."

He was the first kid around her age Lia had interacted with since the cult. And despite the middle finger and the fuck off smile she gave him, it freaked her out.

She called him stalker and he called her sticky fingers.

Slate was working for the Blakes at that point and it didn't take long for him to figure out she was a professional liar.

He felt conflicted when he introduced her to Vincent Blake. On one hand he didn't want to expose her to the man's games and manipulations and on the other, he knew there was only a matter of time before Lia got caught and sent to juvie. Only to find out Lia Zhang has survived much, much worse things than Vincent Blake.

She called him out on his lie when he told her his name was Slate. Then proceeded to tell him he has too much abs to be called just Slate. To this day she still likes to annoy him by saying that.

Vincent Blake was fascinated by Lia's ability and she really didn't have much of a choice in joining him, but Slate was the first one who warned Lia to always stay ten steps ahead of Blake. Only to find out he didn't need to.

She's such a good actress it genuinely scares him sometimes.

She already knew how to use a gun, so he started teaching her how to properly fight. He quickly regretted this as they got older and she started using him as a punching dummy occasionally.

He absolutely refuses to dance with her but she did convince him to sing once. But his voice was so raspy Lia told him it sounded like a dying chicken.

She was the first person he told about his first name and he was the first person she told about her real name.

She found out about the fourteen horrible things he had done when Blake tried to punish Slate by humiliating him, and she didn't even blink. She just tracked him down and found him hitting a punching bag over and over (does this remind you of anyone???) then got him to fight her instead to blow off some steam.

He follows her around to do damage control when she inevitably blows something up or cause chaos (stop her?? Honey he's wise enough to know there is no stopping Lia when she wants to do something.

He's sure she's fucking with him when she tells him she lived in the bathroom of Metropolitan museum of art, and then actually takes the time to go there and sure enough, there is a tiny initial carved into the corner of the far wall: L.Z

Vincent Blake weirdly respects them both.

He can't tell the difference between any of her make up items, and Lia once made him sit through a torture session where she made him learn everything for future reference.

When Blake sends him on missions he always makes sure to bring some ice cream for her.

She likes to drive him crazy by never telling him where she's going or what she's up to knowing damn well he will find out anyway.

I intend to fix that😌 (if I manage to survive this year) but in the meantime, tell me in the comments who do you think is saying each quote.

"Woah there Harley Quinn, easy. Trust me, it's me you wanna kill, not Redding."

"Nice try. Just because you believe something doesn't make it true."

"You did this. Her death is on you."

"To be haunted is a choice, Michael. My spirit would have way more important things to do than haunt your sorry ass. Your subconscious is doing all the work. You basically asked to be haunted."

"Statistically, it doesn't make any sense. Statistically, I don't believe you."......"but I don't think you're wrong either."

"I couldn't bend you to my will before. You knew how this game worked. You knew exactly how to play. Now I finally can, as long as you don't remember the rules of the game."

"No way. Lia doesn't get brainwashed. If anything, she brainwashes others."

"I got too damn arrogant. Too damn sure of myself. I fooled myself into thinking I can protect you, protect all of you. And now I'm paying the price. Again."

"They're not gonna label it as amnesia pills Michael, they're not stupid. Just keep looking."

"Because if YOU can force her to kneel for you, then you can force anyone."

After Scarlett....I saw her too."

"I...I didn't realize how loud she was until she actually wasn't."

"You were afraid she sees this pathetic little boy who can't even stand in front of his father without taking a punch. You were afraid she sees just how terrified you are of that. So before she could make that decision to run for herself you made her run from you."

I'm almost 99% sure that Sloane is also going to develop a second signet like the rest of the marked ones,and honestly it could be literally anything. But I was thinking,what If her second signet is talking to the dead?

Imagine the girl who has lost literally everyone she loved to a cruel fate.the universe taking first her parents and then her brother one by one from her,only to gift her with two curses for signets.one is literally sucking the life and power from people or at least she sees it that way,like she did with Violet's mother,and the other one with is being doomed to see the shadow of her loved ones for the rest of her life. She stars spiraling even harder than before, won't talk to Aaric or any of her friends, refuses to attand classes or train her signet because ever since she figured out her second signet she is terrified of seeing Liam's face and not being able to handle it.

Mean while, Dain is the only one who can sence her struggling heart and mind.he keeps begging her to talk to him and tell him what's wrong but Sloane just keeps screaming at him to get away and pushes him away everytime he gets an inch closer to seeing what's underneath all that rage and fire.

And one day in the hallways, Sloane catches a glimpse of light blond hair, ocean blue eyes,and the all too familiar smile she has practically carved into her soul even after all this years.Liam.

She breaks down,closes her eyes and shakes her head frantically, refuses to open her eyes just at the fear of gazing at that smile again and believe that he's here. That this is real while it's not. Until she feels a pair of strong arms around her,pulling her out of the black hole that is her mind and making her feel safe for the first time in years. She doesn't fight it,doesn't scream and kick and push and insist that this is pathetic,that SHE is pathetic. She just melts into him,let the warmth that she's been seeking ever since watching her entire world crumble in one night envelope her and sobs"please don't let me see him. Please don't let me see it"

Dain has no idea what's going on for the life of him,what is it that's pulling her under the deep end. He just cradles her tighter against his chest and promises softly"I won't"