#alien roommate

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Leaving breakfast out for each other when the other goes to work.

Having movie nights because it started out as a get to know your roommate and then it just became a tradition.

Patching each other up when the hero/villain comes back bruised and wounded.

Catching each other with weird food combos late at night when they're supposed to be asleep?!

Scaring each other's dates.

Covering for one another when the other has a bounty on their head.

Having late night liquor sessions when the other is down in the dumps.

Teaching their not human roommate that you're not allowed to eat soap, no wonder the soap supply is drastically gone.

Being a literal blood bank for their vampmate in exchange for taking you to Costco every grocery trip.

Babysitting their roommate's niece/sister/nephew/brother and just forming alliance with them to overthrow their roommate. Super effective, and kinda attractive.

Grocery shopping together and pushing the other in the grocery cart and just wreaking havoc in the store.

Building pillowforts in the livingroom together.

Having nerf fights and ambushing each other.

Painting their vampmate so they would at least have a picture.

Taking their alien friend on a all you can eat buffet so they can experience the food and the roommate can get their money's worth.

Destroying each other at game nights.

Having their roommate's pet prefer them over their owner.

Human roommate basking in the sun so their vampmate can feel the sun’s heat lingering when they platonically cuddle.

So I never technically made a wip intro for AR, so here it is. I’ll add my tag list under the cut since there’s stuff on here that you all probably don’t know :]

A prompt submitted by Anon from @writeblrsummerfest‘s Night Themed Prompt list! Now technically this is set in the daytime, but whatever lol. Hope you all enjoy this!

“Is that… a pillow fort?” Axis said. 

Jace poked his head through an opening in the ceiling of the fort, a dangerous move he knew, as the whole thing could come down with one wrong move, but he was a professional in fort building. He knew exactly what he was doing. 

“Excuse you, this is a blanket fort,” he said. 

“They’re basically synonyms Jay.”

“Now that’s just blasphemous. That’s like saying a fridge is the same thing as an igloo.”

“Is this what you called me for? You said it was important!” Axis said, dropping his keys on the counter. 

“Blanket forts are serious business Ax. Blanket forts need blankets, chairs, some pillows, maybe a strategically placed broom, but most importantly, they need friends and snacks. So it was important that you came!”

“Me, and the oreos you specifically asked me to bring with me?”

“Yes those are very important as well, considering I’m starving because I’ve been making this fort all day.”

“Good god Jay.”

Axis ducked under the opening in the fort and sat down in front of Jace, handing him the box of oreos, which Jace dug into hungrily. 

“So are Kita and Hazik coming?” Axis asked. 

“Heck no, this a boys-only blanket fort. Girls and enbies have cooties, obviously,” Jace replied, not looking up from the oreos. 

“That’s sexist.”

“Quit poking holes in my jokes!” Jace exclaimed, looking up at Axis exasperatedly. Axis laughed at his face, and reached out to brush crumbs off Jace’s chin.

“You’re always so messy,” he said. 

“And you’re doting mother,” Jace replied. 

“Well someone has to make sure you don’t walk around with food all over your face.”

“You know for someone who’s so punk-rock all the time, you sure don’t act like it.”

“Pfft, punk-rock isn’t just spikes and and black clothes and concerts. Being ‘a doting mother’ is hella punk-rock. And I’m not punk-rock all the time, you know I teach ballet right?”

“Ax, ballet is one of the most punk-rock things I’ve ever seen, you know how much balance you need for that? But speaking of rock, I found a band that you might like. You ever heard of A Day to Remember?”

Axis rolled his eyes and scoffed. “Yes, of course I’ve heard of A Day to Remember, it’s one of the popular ones.”

“It is? And here I thought I’d discovered a song you haven’t heard before.”

“Face it, you’ll never be able to out-punk me, Jay. I’m just too cool,” he said, crossing his arms in a mocking attempt to look badass. 

“You’re right, I guess I should just accept my fate, huh?”

“That would be best. But what was the song?”

Jace found the song on his phone and turned up the volume. Axis’s face lit up in recognition even though he’d only heard the first few notes. 

“All I Want!” he cried. Both him and Jace started bobbing their heads to the beat, and when they lyrics started, Axis started to sing along.

“I'm always screaming my lungs out 'til my head starts spinning

Playing my songs is the way I cope with life!”

Axis suddenly crawled out of the blanket fort, and Jace watched as he stood up and started dancing. 

“Won't keep my voice down

Know the words I speak are the thoughts I think out loud!”

Jace got out as well and sang the next verse, using his phone as a microphone.

“I like to keep things honest

I'm a safe bet like your life's staked on it, for real

I'd hate to keep you all wondering

I'm constant like the seasons, I will never be forgotten man!”

He held out his phone for Axis to sing into, and they both were suddenly dancing and jumping like they were at a concert, even though no one else was in the room. 

“Let's leave no words unspoken

And save regrets for the broken

Will you even look back when you think of me?”

Axis jumped onto the couch for the next verse, and the both of them sang at the top of their lungs. 

“All I want is a place to call my own

To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone

Whoa, you know to keep your hopes up high

And your head down low!”

Keep your hopes up high and your head down low... 

A prompt from @writeblrsummerfest’s Comfort Asks! Thank you @thescholarsninja for sending in the prompt!

“F-f-f-fuck snow,” Jace said, pulling his jacket tighter around himself as he trudged through the snowy college campus. Kita had called him before the snowstorm started, asking if he would come to help her study for a test she had in a few days. Her roommate (a non-alien one) was the one who usually helped her, but she was out of town at the moment. 

God it was cold. Jace couldn’t stop shivering, and the wind stung his face and ears, and his sweater and shoes were soaked from the snow. Each breath brought freezing air into his lungs and made his core feel like ice. 

Kita’s dorm wasn’t too far now, but Jace was already very late, as she’d asked him to come over an hour ago. He trudged through the snow, putting one soaked, numb foot in front of the other, until suddenly he was knocking of Kita’s door with trembling fingers. 

“About time-- Oh my god Jay!?”

“H-hey K-k-kita,” Jace said, stumbling into her dorm. Kita shut the door with a snap, then started frantically fussing over Jace, pulling his soaked hoodie off him, pushing his sodden hair out of his eyes and rubbing his arms. Her hands were so warm.

“Oh Jay, you’re freezing! How the hell did you get so cold just walking from your car to the dorm!?”

“S-s-serenity broke down. I think it was just too c-cold. I was able t-t-to get her parked on the side of the r-r-r-road, and then I w-walked here.”

“Why didn’t you call me to pick you up!?”

“Ph-phone died.”

“Jesus Jay, alright, you get those shoes and socks off, and just… sit there okay?” she said, pointing to the couch. “I’ll make you something hot to drink.”

“O-okay,” Jace said. He got off his shoes and socks, and then sat down on the couch, wrapping himself in a blanket that lay there. “What d-do you need h-h-help studying?”

“Oh Jay you still think we’re gonna study after you just walked in looking like a miserable popsicle? No no no, we’re gonna just gonna get you warm, and watch a movie.”

“Are you s-s-sure?”

“Of course dork, we’ll study tomorrow. You’re cool with sleeping over right? I don’t want you out in that storm again.”

“I don’t w-want me out there either,” Jace said. 

“Good. Now, do you want tea, coffee, or hot cocoa?” Kita called from her little kitchen area.

“Y-you say that like you d-don’t already know the answer,” he said with a laugh. 

“Hot cocoa it is.”

Jace snuggled deeper into the blankets, and rubbed his hands together, trying to get some feeling back in his fingers. His face was stinging from the warmth now, and Jace could feel previously frozen water dripping from his hair into his shirt. 

Kita came in a few minutes later with a mug of steaming cocoa, and Jace clutched the mug with trembling fingers. “Ya know--” Kita said, grabbing another blanket and putting it on Jace’s lap. “--I feel like naming your car after a ship on a TV show that was canceled after only fourteen episodes was a bad idea. You doomed the car to flaking out on you just like the TV show did.”

“Serenity did not ‘flake out’ she’s just too c-cold to drive!”

“You should’ve named it something from Supernatural. That show’s been going on for forever, your car wouldn’t break down if you’d named the car Dean or somethin’.”

“Dean has died like a h-hundred times! You want m-my car to die a hundred times?”

“But he’s come back to life every single time! Who knows, maybe if you’d named your car Dean, then you would’ve met a guy named Castiel, and then you would have a hot angel boyfriend.”

Jace laughed but privately thought Kita was much prettier than Castiel. Jace sipped the cocoa, and the warm liquid seemed to soothe even the coldest parts of his body, spreading heat from his chest and belly all the way to his fingers and toes. 

“Mmmmmmm, this is so good. You’re a lifesaver Kita, I love you.”

“Love you too dork. Just quit trying to give yourself hypothermia okay?”

“Haha, fine. But only because you specifically told me to.”

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A prompt from @writeblrsummerfest‘s Week 3 prompt list! Thank you to @thescholarsninja for submitting the prompt!

“This is such a bad idea, what am I doing, this is so stupid--” Jace muttered to himself. He paced nervously in front of Kita’s door, raising his hand to knock every few seconds, but every time lowering it to rethink his decision. He tapped the blue bouquet of flowers against his palm as he paced.

He was going to ask Kita out on a date. For real this time. No backing out, no changing his mind last minute, no excuses. The only problem was how the hell he was going to say it.

“‘Hey, Kita, I’ve liked you for a really long time, and I was wondering if you wanted to go to a movie sometime?’ No, we have to do something special. What if she doesn’t want special? Maybe she wants to be casual, nothing fancy? Hell I don’t know. ‘Kita, you’ve been my best friend for about twelve years now and I’ve loved you for almost as long--’ No don’t say that idiot! What kind of creepy loser likes a person for that long and doesn’t say anything? Okay, maybe I don’t mention that-- Ugh, this is all just so stupid!” Jace punctuated the last word by banging his forehead on Kita’s door, and leaning there miserably. 

What he didn’t anticipate was Kita opening the door a second later to see who was knocking. 

He stumbled into her dorm, doing his best not to faceplant on her floor.

“Agh! Jay?” Kita said, catching his arm before he fell. 

“Oh, heeeyyyy Kita, um, sorry, I just kinda--”

“Are those… flowers?”

Jace stared at the blue flowers in his hand for a moment, as though he’d forgotten they were there. 

“Uh, yeah! Um, they’re for you! See, I um--”

“Awww, is this because I passed all my exams?” 

Jace blinked twice.

“Yep!”

No, dumbass! What are you doing!? 

“Oh Jay, that’s so sweet of you!” Kita said, wrapping him in a hug that made his heart pound. But she suddenly released him. “How did you know I passed them? I haven’t told you yet.”

“Umm-- You see, uh--”

“I texted him,” a voice said from around the corner. Ada, Kita’s roommate, stepped into view, flicking her bright red hair out of her face. “I knew he would want to surprise you,” Ada said with a grin. 

Jace didn’t have time to question it. “Yeah! Ada told me.”

“Awww, Ada! You two are so sweet! Hey, do you guys wanna go out somewhere to celebrate? We could pick up Axis and Hazik on the way! You could meet Hazik, Ada! I’m sure they would love you!”

“Nah, I should probably stay here and study, I still got a couple exams to take,” Ada said, but not looking very sorry she couldn’t go. 

“Oh c’mon, it’ll be fun! I hear that new chinese place is amazing-- Didn’t you go there Jay?”

“Hmm? Oh yeah, it was pretty good! Hazik liked it too, but I don’t think Axis has ever been there,” Jace said, stumbling over his surprise.

“Please come Ada? It would be so fun,” Kita pleaded, giving Ada perfect puppy-eyes. Ada laughed her off, shaking her head. 

“How about we all go out when I finish my exams? I promise I won’t say no to that,” she suggested. 

“Done!” Kita exclaimed. “In the meantime though, Hazik, Ax, Jay, and I, will go to that new Chinese place. Just give me a moment to get out of my pajamas and get my shoes on.” Kita left to her bedroom.

Jace waited for a moment, before remembering something odd. He took out his phone and checked his notifications.

“Ada?” he asked. 

“Yeah?”

“You never texted me that Kita passed her exams. I thought I just missed the text, but you never actually sent one, did you?”

“No, I didn’t. Which means you didn’t bring those flowers because you wanted to congratulate her.”

Jace turned red and looked away, running his hand through his hair.

“Why did you save me? How did you know?”

“I could hear you talking to yourself through the door.”

Jace blushed harder, and clenched the flowers tightly. “Don’t worry,” she added, “Kita didn’t hear anything. And… I saved you because I know Kita. Maybe not as well as you know her, but still. Kita doesn’t need flowers or a big speech for anyone to win her heart. She gives it out openly, and waits for other people to do the same.” 

Ada walked up to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. “You want to be with her, you need to stop being a coward. You need to tell her exactly how you feel, with no frivolous nonsense, no B.S., no lies. You have to pluck up some goddamn courage, or you’re never gonna be able to be with her. You got that?”

Jace stood shocked for a moment, before nodding, a new determined air about him. 

Alright then. New plan...

Chapter 5: Scene 3 (Start from the chapter 1 here!)

Trigger Warning: Discussion of past death

Within five minutes they were out the door and Serenity was bumping down the road as the pair drove off to what Hazik assumed to be Jace’s mother’s house. 

Hazik watched as a slightly anxious look formed of Jace’s face. He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel to a song only he could hear, and his shoulders tensed up beneath his red hoodie. 

Jace never relaxes, Hazik thought. He always seems like he’s just waiting for something bad to happen. Like he’s always holding his breath. Hazik took out their notebook and scribbled a note.

Chapter 5: Scene 2 (Click here to read from the beginning!)

Two days later Hazik woke up to a warm, sweet aroma floating in through their door, along with a distant tune Jace was humming. Their tentacles flicked excitedly, and their eyes shifted to grey. They pulled on some clothes and padded down the hallway. 

As they entered the living room, they saw Jace standing in the kitchen area, his back turned to them. The newly made coffee table, which Hazik ended up making due to Jace’s increasing will to burn the thing, had a small red box sitting on it. The tag read:

To: Jace

From: Kita

Happy Birthday!

“Hello Jace,” Hazik said as they sat down at the counter. 

“Good morning Hazik!” Jace said cheerily, and he turned around holding a plate stacked with something that looked like circular bread. But once he met Hazik’s eyes his expression changed. 

“Woah.”

“What?” Hazik touched their tentacles defensively.

“What does grey mean?” Jace said.

“Grey? Oh, I am hungry. How have you never seen that color before? We have been here for five… five… ”

“Months?” Jace suggested.

“Months, yes, five months. And you never noticed that color?”

“Yeah well I also didn’t realize you were an alien until after we moved in here so honestly you should lower your expectations of what you think I will notice.”