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⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ When Granddad first saw you, he swore up and down you were a gift from heaven itself. His sweet baby girl finally someone in the house who wouldn’t break things, start fights, or quote Marx during dinner

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ He spoiled you rotten from day one. New shoes, cookies before dinner, extra TV time all of it meanwhile, Huey and Riley sat on the couch side eyeing granddad ⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ “Granddad… she’s literally three. She can’t even read.” “I don’t care! She don’t talk back! That’s already more than I can say for you two.” "I'm six...?"

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ Huey pretends you’re “just another distraction from his work,” but secretly he makes sure you’re always safe and fed first

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. You’ll be coloring next to him while he writes his next essay about social injustice and he’ll quietly hand you more crayons without saying a word

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. For Riley the minute you could walk, he was like, “Aight lil sis, time to learn the hustle.” You’re his partner in crime until he gets caught, then it’s “Nah, she ain’t even involved"

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Riley is the only person that does your hair properly.. other then Jasmine of course

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Riley had no clue what he was doing at first kept pulling too hard and acting like you were the problem “Stop movin’, you makin’ it harder!” "GRANDADD-" "AYE DONT BE A SNITCH" But after a few tries (and some yelling from you), he got surprisingly good at it.

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Braids a little uneven? Sure. But he’ll slap some beads at the end, hype you up, and say, “See? You look fire!”

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Huey teaches you self defense the first thing he does when he starts the first lesson like it’s a military operation “Discipline, focus, awareness.” You're staring at him wondering why is he teaching a six year old how to rock someone's shit

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. The three of you once tried to cook dinner for Granddad. It ended in smoke alarms and takeout, but he still called it “the best meal ever.”

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Huey reads you bedtime stories that somehow turn into history lessons

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Once, a kid pushed you on the playground the next day, Huey showed up early to “observe” recess. That kid never pushed anyone again

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Granddad lets you get away with everything. Broke a vase? “That’s okay, baby.” Riley touches it? “BOY YOU GON’ PAY FOR THAT"

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. You asked Riley to help with your homework once big mistake. “Aight, 2+2 is… like, 8, right?” Huey had to intervene before your report card started to burst into flames

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Riley is your favorite to play with, but Huey is your favorite when you can’t sleep He’ll sit on the floor next to your bed, reading until you drift off

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. You and Riley fight over the dumbest things who gets the last juice box? Who controls the remote? Who used whose brush? Huey just sits there sipping tea like, “And people wonder why I have trust issues.

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. One time, Riley snatched your favorite snack, so you used one of Huey’s self-defense moves on him Riley hit the floor like, “Ayo she just mortal kombat-ed me!” Huey didn’t even look up from his book

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ It always starts small Riley blasting music too loud, Huey trying to concentrate, and you sitting on the couch minding your business. Until suddenly Huey yells, “Riley, turn that noise down!” and Riley just ignores him

━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ You try to stay out of it at first. You really do but then Huey turns to you like, “(Y/N), tell him it’s too loud.” Riley spins around “Don’t listen to him! Tell him it’s fire!” and now you’re in the middle of a political debate over Thugnificent’s new mixtape

━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹ Hanging out with Jasmine is your favorite part of the week. She always shows up with snacks, a new story about her dad, and at least three friendship bracelets for you “because matching is important!”

⁠━━━ ．°˖✧ 🎀˚₊ ⊹. Granddad tried to take a “family picture” once Riley refused to smile, Huey looked like he was plotting a coup, and you were grinning with missing teeth Granddad printed that picture out and hung it in the living room anyway

Background:

Your relationship is kept on the down low unintentionally; he’s not a PDA type of person and you don’t mind the thrill of ‘sneaking around’. It’s really not sneaking around but he lets you have your fun. Also, personality wise, people wouldn’t guess you guys were together. He’s quite and you’re….well….random.

The truth is you both grew up in the same neighbourhood but not close enough that you interacted on a daily. In fact, the first time you guys spoke to each other was at uni despite attending the same primary and secondary school.

Huey was a reserved but observant, highly intelligent, stoic, detached but a caring person and you were a free spirit, passionate and self-motivated, somewhere along the lines of an anarchic individualist.

From his younger years, Huey has been forced into roles of authority like; captain of the kick ball team or the drama performance at school. So, he barely struggled when he’s thrust into the role of class president and that’s how he encounters you, captain of the medieval reenactment society and his classmate.

Relationship:

You and Huey share love languages, quality time, physical touch (mostly you) and acts of service (mostly him). He has also ‘studied’ you, not in a creepy way, but like someone who’s memorized the rhythm of your breathing. Knows when you’ll bite your lip before you do, when your hands will fist at your sides. He’s the type to slide a coffee toward you three seconds before you realize you’re tired, or list out ‘Option A will make you overthink; Option B will piss you off, but you’ll pick it anyway’ when your brain starts spiralling.

Although there is no overt display of affection, you guys share little touches here and there. Like during lectures when you sit together in the busy hall and you want to hold his hand but hesitate because you know how serious he takes his studies and the last thing you want is to be a distraction. While you wrestle down the impulse, his hand slides over yours under the desk, thumb smoothing your knuckles and giving a reassuring squeeze. He doesn’t glance away from the lecture but the corner of his mouth ticks up, just for you.

Other times, it’s him feeding you while you ramble about your recent hyper fixation. Or when you’re with friends and he stares at you intently to get your attention.

Bonus example: You and Huey usually walk to your accommodations together after school but one day you had waited half an hour and so you went in search for him only to find him passed out in an empty classroom. Walking up to him, you peck him on the lips and whisper his name. He opens his eyes and reciprocates the kiss apologising for his tardiness. You forgive him of course.

At Wood Crest:

At home everyone knew both of you were together, Riley, Grandad Robert, Tom, even Uncle Ruckus (no relation). On break from uni, you guys head home together, and you usually spend most of your time at his house. You’re an only child so nothing happens at your house.

At the Freeman household, Riley is still getting into trouble, Grandad Robert is still bringing home strange women, Huey is still advising them, and he is also still getting ignored. Usually, he swallows the frustration that accompanies these situations but ever since you came along, he uses you as his stress relief.

For example: Riley had just shared his new ‘brilliant’ business idea with Huey. Huey, at his desk, typing, shut him down because his ‘brilliant’ idea could get him killed. Riley did not appreciate the honesty as usual. Some unpleasant words were thrown around before Riley stormed out. You lay on Huey’s bed half scrolling on your phone and half listening to the commotion. Some minutes after Riley left, Huey releases a loud sigh and then you hear sounds of shuffling before feeling the bed dip. Soon your arms are being lifted to make room for him to lay on you.

“He’s impossible” Huey grumbles into your neck. “He’ll be alright” you respond while massaging his scalp and scrolling on your phone. Theres another sigh and then a deep breathhu.