Dark/yandere(?) Pope and Craig X Burned Out Reader Thoughts
Craigâs hot friend, hanging out with him poolside. Laid out on a chair in the skimpiest swimsuit Craig could convince you to wear. Pope walks out to talk to Craig, blocks the sun from you and only ever acknowledges your presence when you rest your sunglasses on your head and smiles at him teasingly. You say he looks hot, he think youâre talking about his heavy, all darks, usual outfit, he hopes youâre just talking about him.
Keeps watching you after that, watches the situations Craig gets you in and the ways he uses you. The way he uses you to distract dumb, drunk guys during parties so theyâll forget to haggle for his wares or encouraging you to drink more and more until youâre half asleep on some random person, Decides then and there that whatever and Craig have is over. He watches, he looks, he learns. He always appears the rare times Craig isnât lurking. Treats it like domesticating a feral cat, slowly and never pushing too hard.
Once you let him close he doesnât even bother trying to convince you to leave Craig. He knows girls like you, always too smart for their own goods. He just starts taking you away. Starts taking you to fancy dinners and shopping sprees. Unlike Craig he doesnât make you earn it or pay for it. Pope just lets you pass out on his bed, Craig always made you sleep naked or sleep on the floor.
Craig would obviously never let you get hurt, would never let one of his dares or manipulations or peer pressures actually get you hurt, but heâll let them embarrass you. Heâll let you wet your pants on his lap during a party, no one but him and you know he was pushing on your bladder and refusing to let you up. Everyone else just think youâre drunk and dumb. He cleans you up in the bathroom and apologizes, kissing the bare skin on your leg and making you say heâs still your best friend. He keeps you like pet kinda. Letâs you follow him around so people wonât mess with you, gives you all your drugs for free.
He likes to taunt Pope about his feelings a little but not as much as he could. Yea he likes to pull you on his lap when Pope is near. Soaking you in the drink youâd been holding and completely ruining the conversations youâd been having with someone that wasnât Craig, for once . But itâs like he was making Pope listen through the thin walls through much more than sloppy makeout sessions. Honestly he doesnât really mind his older brother playing with you. So Craig is always leaving lots of hickeys and marks for Pope.
You. You burned out. No one really knows if it was regular âacademic overachiever from a messed up familyâ burn out or if it was psycho âsomething terrible happened and had a breakdownâ. Everyone could just tell you were too smart to be there and getting very addicted to substances and dangerous situations in order to forget they exist at all. Staying with Craig because itâs easier to worry about one thing than the world. Heâll pay all your bills and make sure no one touches you. Heâd never actually let anyone hurt you, just wants to scare you a bit. The only thing he ever lets hurt you, is him. Itâs easy and predictable. Pope is the exact opposite. He doesnât ask or demand or take anything in return.














