Summary: You don't know Horropedia's real name and know it shouldn't bother you (he doesn't even know your's) but it does. Thinking about why it bothers you and how you're going to bring it up him you go down memory lane and think about how you two met.
This is the second fic I wrote as a challenge! The challenge is to write at least a 1000 word fic for fun because I’ve been struggling with burn out and I realized that I mentally stress myself out.
And so far it’s working, I’m learning to have fun with writing again! (yay :) )
Anyway this fic is kinda inspired by Rose and Greg from Steven Universe and how they didn’t know each other’s true identity.
Speaking of which you get to go by an alias in fic!
A/n= Alias name
Y/n= Your name
I tried to keep it as vague as possible but you work for the foundation (your specific job isn’t specified) you're a suitcase member and an arcanist.
1. My writing may be cringe
2. This is fic is 2,549 words long
3. I wrote this for a fem reader in mind
4.. If you do read, thank you!
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You sat down at the desk in your room, on it was a pile of paperwork. You sigh and think to yourself “Better get started.”
You began filling them out, report after report. Honestly this reminds of when you first got recruited by the foundation all those months ago.
You try to focus on the reports but honestly it’s a total bore. Plus the thing that’s really been on your mind has been: Horropedia
The nerdy, socially inept, trouble maker who happens to be your boyfriend.
You and him are inseparable, horror movie nights spent together where you two gorge on junk food are common.
You love him you really do but there’s been something that’s been bothering you.
His name. Or rather his alias name. Horropedia. You repeated his name to yourself.
Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia, Horropedia. Fuck that’s hard to say fast.
There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s cute even but you don’t know his “real” name. Which you know it shouldn't bother you. I mean he doesn't even know yours but…
You sigh and lay your head on the desk.
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You remember when you first met. You were still shaken up because another storm had happened. When the foundation recruited you they thought you’d make a good fit as a suitcase member so you entered Vertin’s suitcase.
It was nice, cozy even. Vertin showed you the room that would be yours. It was empty of course just waiting to be filled with things.
After Vertin gave you a tour you met some of the other members. Honestly the whole thing made you feel a bit hopeful of the future.
A week later after getting accustomed to the suitcase you were walking to your room in the middle of the night when you walked by a door and someone tried to get your attention.
You turned to the voice, it was a bit dark but you could still notice they had glasses on.
“You wanna watch a horror movie?” they said in a whisper.
Caught off guard you responded in slight confusion “Uh me?”
“Yes you!” they continued to whisper.
You thought about it, honestly it would be a great way to get to know…whoever this was. So you said yes.
The guy motions to come inside the room, you step inside. The light of the tv reveals horror themed memorabilia all over the room, posters included.
There’s a cube tv with a vcr on top of it with a stack of vhs tapes on the side.
He sits on a brown couch and pats the empty side “C’mon this one's iconic.”
You sit down and the opening scene of a movie plays.
“Friday the 13th is a classic.” he says handing you a bag of chips.
“Oh so the movie with Jason?” You respond.
“No,no,no!” “Jason isn’t the main antagonist until part 2!”
“Oh…what’s your name by the way?”
“Horropedia?” You say as a question.
He smiles “Yes, the foundations horror nerd of course!”
His smile is cute you think to yourself…
He cuts you off “Oh I already know who you already know who you are.”
He nods “Yeah from overhearing people talk about you I heard that you’ve got a pretty interesting arcane skill.”
You answered humbly “Oh I don’t know about that…”
“I've heard about you too, I think.” You replied.
He looks a bit surprised but excited “You have?” “Is it about my amazing horror knowledge?” “Or my very good aim?”
You smiled.“No actually, I heard some blonde girl say your scripts were mediocre…”
He sighed “That sounds like Blonney…”
“What kinda scripts do you write?” You ask.
His face lights up happy to be asked “Horror movie scripts!” “I like to write them, Blonney likes to record, Jessica likes to act in them.” “Well she kinda has to be all actors because she’s a changeling…”
He gasps “Wait, you could act in are movies A/n!”
“What?” You say in surprise.
“Think about it!” You'd be a good final girl!” “Honestly…A/n has a nice ring to it, very good as a final girl name.”
“I…we just met and you’re asking me to star in a movie?”
“Yes!” He says with a smile on his face.
You and him became friends pretty fast. Movie nights slowly became a weekly staple. Which slowly led you to know a lot of horror knowledge just by being around him.
You actually got into a bit of light hearted arguments about what the best and worst horror movies were.
“You think Scream is more iconic than The Shining?!” Is a quote from him that you still repeat back to him.
Weekly movie nights at one point became nightly when the foundation wasn’t too busy. You'd think you guys would run out of stuff to watch but you guys would always find something: The bad horror movies to pick apart!
It was kinda fun seeing a whole different, more pissed off version of Horropedia.
You remember when you were watching an extremely bad movie. Like bad acting, camera work and plot inconsistencies.
He rolled his eyes when the antagonist was so easily defeated with little to no struggle.
“You can’t be serious.” “That was so…I can’t even say cliche-”
“I would prefer cliche over that bad inconsistent plot hole.”
The reason why you remember this moment is because of what he did next. He took a drink of Pepsi.
Now that doesn't sound weird or crazy but it was the first time you realized you were attracted to him.
His legs were spread, his hair was kinda messy since it was kinda a chaotic day at the foundation and watching him lean back and the cold liquid go down his throat made you realize he was kinda hot.
Ok maybe not kinda HE WAS HOT.
You thought about it more after that night and realized you had feelings for him.
You couldn’t stop thinking about him after that night. How pretty and long his fingers were, his cute freckles, his voice, his hair.
He even caught you staring at him one time. He asked if there was something on his face. You made an excuse about how you thought you saw a bug on his forehead but it must've been your imagination.
He bluntly replied. “Maybe you should get your eyes checked then.” “There could be an issue with your eyes.”
God you loved how blunt he could be…
You couldn’t get him out of your head and you didn’t know what to do.
You didn’t even know if he was into dating, or relationships or people at all. I mean every time a couple would start making out or having sex in a horror movie he would just make a comment about how stupid they were.
I mean they were-but dammnit you just want to know if you have shot if you asked him out.
You kinda were a mess mentally until one day Horropedia was talking to you about foundation work inside the suitcase when Blonney made a comment.
“You and him should get it over with already.” she said in an annoyed voice.
You both looked confused. Horropedia asked “What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about how the two of you are always so lovey dovey with each other.”
“Just get it over with and date already.” And with that said she walked away.
You both were stunned in silence, the air between you turning awkward.
You were going to make up an excuse but he beat you to it.
“I’m…going to make sure I filled out these reports correctly-yeah that’s what I’m gonna do!”
He left in a hurry bumping into one of the plants on the way.
“Was his face red?” You thought to yourself.
You decided to avoid him just until things became less awkward.
You remember walking by him in the halls of the foundation the next day, he tried to talk to you but all you said was “Sorry I have to go.”
You were embarrassed. He probably already knows you have a crush on him. Movie nights are probably gonna be so weird now. You thought.
You sat down on a bench placed in one of the massive halls of the foundation and just zoned out for a second,thinking…
What were you going to do? This was more stressful than dealing with Manus Vindicate.
You sighed. There was that week-long assignment Madam Z needed people for.
Are you seriously going to go on a week-long assignment just to avoid Horropedia?
Yes. Yes you are. And you did.
Looking back on it you were literally running away from your problems but you thought it’d be a good amount of time to clear your head.
You talked to Madam Z and bam, you were on that assignment.
A week away from the foundation you went.
When you got back you remember being exhausted. You went to your room in the suitcase and set all your stuff down and flopped on your bed.
You laid there for a little while before a frantic knock at the door startled you. You got up and went to the door and it was him.
“A/n!” Horrpedia said out of breath.
“What, what’s going on?” you asked concerned.
He sighed trying to catch his breath “I…”
“Take your time.” you said.
He placed a hand on his chest. “Sorry…I…i’m not really known for being a runner.”
You smiled “Is everything ok?”
He sighed one final time and paused before speaking. “Yes, I just needed to talk to you.”
“Us.” He said as blunt as always.
“Can I come in?” He asked.
You nodded. He entered the room and closed the door then turned to you.
You both didn’t speak, you two just looked at each other in silence.
You cut him off. “Look if you’re gonna say you don’t like me it’s fine, I get it.” “I’ll leave you alone and we can go back to acting like we never met.”
“Why would I want that?!” He asks.
“Because you're not into me?”you say
“Not into you?” “A/n I’m into you!” “Or a better way to put it is that I have feelings for you.”
You give him a wide eyed look and reply in a meek voice. “What?”
He repeats himself “I have feelings for you A/n.” He grabs your hand lightly, you feel the soft material of his gloves wrap around your fingers.
“I know I have trouble picking up on social cues, but since we've been close for months I assume you might feel the same about me.” He looked into your eyes. “Or am I wrong?”
You squeezed his hand “No you're not wrong, I do feel the same.” “I just thought you didn’t see me that way.”
You look up at his face and notice that he's blushing. You touch his cheek “You're very pretty y’know that?”
He looked away shyly. “I requested a day off and it was granted.”
You smile. “Oh they actually granted it?” “Even though you have a track record of being a troublemaker?”
“Yes they did actually, I’ll have you know I’ve been good!” He paused before speaking again. “I actually requested time off for the both of us.”
“The both of us?” You ask.
“Yeah I was thinking we could go out together.
You smiled. “Like a date?”
He smiled back. “Yeah, like a date.”
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There was a knock at the door that snapped you out of going through your memories.
You lifted your head off the desk and walked to the door and opened it.
It was Horropedia. “Guess what I got!”
“Yes, but I found a seller who had a stash of old horror movie vhs tapes.”
His eyes light up. “We have to have another movie marathon!”
You smirked “We already had one the other night.”
“So?” He responded bluntly.
His bluntness is one of the reasons why you fell in love with him.
“Fine, we can have another movie marathon,but I get to pick the first movie”
He smiled and said “Deal!”
Later that night you were watching Carrie and you were both cuddled up on the couch in his room together. His arm was around your shoulder, you didn’t forget about what you had been thinking about earlier.
So you decided to bring it up to him.
“I was thinking about something earlier.”
“Is it something about the movie?” He said.
“No, I was just thinking about your name.”
He looks confused “My name?”
“Or your alias I should say.” “Well it is your name but it’s also your alias.”
You sigh. “Sorry I’m nervous…”
He holds your hand “Hey it’s alright, you know you can tell me anything.”
You take a deep breath and continue “I was just thinking earlier that I don’t know your name.”
“My name?” His head cocked to the side. “Of course you know my name, you’ve known it for over a year now.”
You look away from him avoiding eye contact. “I mean your real name.”
It went silent except for the movie playing in the background.
You immediately apologized. “I’m sorry that was rude.” “I mean Horropedia is your name, that’s the one you’ve chosen for yourself.”
“I mean you don’t even know my real name either…I’ll just stop talking now.”
“Does it bother you that you don’t know my “real” name?” he asks.
“I just thought since we've been together for a while now we could share are government names y’know, just between us.” “But if you're not comfortable with that I completely understand.”
“I wouldn’t want to make you uncomfortable.”
He fidgets with the tv remote. “I never liked people calling me by my birth name.”
“It was used to reprimand me at school for having my horror novels and I wasn’t allowed to use the name Horrorpedia for a long time so the fact that I can use it now is…refreshing.”
“You don’t have to tell me your real-I mean your birth name, but can I tell you mine?”
You extended your hand and gave a small smile. “Hi, I'm Y/n.”
He stared at you for a moment before shaking your hand and smiling.“I’m Joshua.”
“It’s nice meeting you Joshua.”
He laughed a little. “Yes, it’s nice meeting Y/n.” “Y/n is a very pretty name.”
“Can I ask why you chose A/n over Y/n?”
You thought about it before answering “I just prefer just like you prefer Horropedia.”
“Since we're being honest, can I tell you something?”
“There’s another reason why I wanted to know your birth name.”
He looks a bit surprised “Really, why?”
You give a bashful smile “I know we haven’t gotten to this part of our relationship yet but thinking about moaning Joshua during sex sounds way more natural than Horropedia.”
His face turned red with blush “What?!”
You laugh, you are so in love with this man.
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