Can you believe this fic is pretty much completed and I FORGOT I had this cover laying around? And Carl, I am SO SORRY that you didn't make it on the cover, because man, you should be there, Freeman Freeman.
Anyway, chapter 85/87 of Gardengate hath been uploaded. You can read from the start here — it's a ride. Don't read it for the ships; read it for for the story, or if I ask you "What emotions do you want to experience?" and your answer is "YES" then read this fic.
Bonus: it has hot new headcanons about Connor that you've never read before, wow, exciting o0o
Also 😉😏 for the readers who are up to date, that caption~ "Together with Markus, can they make things right?" That's from mid-July, I had totally forgotten about it, and see what I did there? No one's gonna take me alive 🤠🙏😘
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Quick, the fandoms asleep! throw out some headcanons for Kamleo bc fuck you made me ship them to the point where i reread fics for them at least 6 times a month
*stumbles, trips, falls and kamleo HCs spill out of my pocket* W-wait-! No, these aren’t all mine haha-
1) One day when Leo’s over he casually comments on the beautiful, airy ballet studio he saw Chloe dancing in and he asks if he could maybe take some photos of her in action. Cue Eli trying to Play It Cool as he has NO recollection of ever having a ballet studio in the villa.
When confronted, Chloe blinks very owlishly and says of course it’s been here the entire time, she added it to the architect’s blueprints! And Eli’s like...that sounds fake...but I don’t know enough about this house to dispute it...
2) The androids in the villa (prototype PL400 Peter, prototype ST200 Cassandra, first commercial model ST200 Candace, and of course RT600 Chloe) are his family and the sole reason Elijah Kamski has lived 36 rotations around the sun. They keep him on some semblance of a routine that keeps him alive and he’s very aware he’d be dead without them.
Accepting Leo into the fold isn’t difficult, but there’s some hesitation at the start because he’s someone new to fit into their life. They recognise now that when Eli has dark clouds in his head sometimes it’s Leo he needs, and not them. This revelation is an incredibly important one into accepting Leo into the Kamski household.
3) For his 30th birthday, Eli builds Leo a camera from scratch. It has insane experimental tech in it that uses similar tech in android eyes so there’s less need for external processing through graphic programs. Leo cries. A lot.
Carl lets Chloe play in his couture collection and Leo shoots her using his new camera and the incredible photos land him a job for Vogue Magazine which is a nice way of closing the circle, given his mother is a French-American model.
Photography helped Leo drag himself out of his drug dependency, and he is the only trusted press photographer for Jericho. Whenever any event or promo is needed, Markus will ask his brother to shoot for them. Eli is very proud of him. Incredibly proud of him.
4) Leo has a wrecked immune system due to his past drug abuse. He gets pnumonia very easily in winter and it takes him twice as long to recover. Eli will always take him home to the villa for the rest of his recovery once he’s discharged from hospital.
Having someone to care for puts a lot of things into perspective for Eli, and helps him also develop good habits for his own self care.
5) Eli doesn’t like using his Coolsona to be seen with Leo. He doesn’t like fancy dinners, he doesn’t want to attend fancy events, but he also understands Leo is an up and coming talent in the photography industry so he makes exceptions. Leo knows this takes a lot of energy, especially mental energy given Eli’s anxiety, so it sometimes floors him how much Eli is willing to be uncomfortable for his sake.
They’ll always always go to an old family owned diner on the outskirts of the city where they make the best greasy burgers and fries and amazing milkshakes and Leo watches Eli just transform back into his nerdy adorkable self and they tangle their feet beneath the table, squeezed into their favourite corner booth. The both of them feel the most alive on these nights.
(Both of them are thinking of using the place to propose, but they’re still hashing out those ideas with their respective families =w= )
He’s not a night owl. Well, not anymore anyway. Not that he was a great night owl before, more like he didn’t have the greatest sleep schedule because getting high was the only thing that mattered back then. So no, he’s not a night owl and he’s not a morning lark either he’s just a really exhausted pigeon. Like the big fat ones back in New York with the feral look in their beady eyes.
Getting high doesn’t matter to him at all now, and he actually has a sleep schedule. It’s not great but he has one, and that’s a good start and entirely Simon’s doing. Elijah Kamski though, well, he doesn’t actually sleep. Not like a real, exhausted person like Leo does, no, there’s just work and intervals from his work. Sometimes those intervals expend more energy than he regains but Leo’s not beyond feeling pleased about those. Other times those intervals are forced interventions and that means Eli will actually close his eyes and Not Work.
He’s well aware he hasn’t quite made it onto the bed, but the couch in Eli’s lab is just fine. It’s expensive and cushy and has soft cushions and a big waffle knit couch throw that’s warm and cosy. He’s dozing lightly, sleeping on a surface level but he can hear Eli tapping away, can hear the clink of his mug every time he sets it back on the table.
“Eli, it’s 1am and Leo’s still here.” There’s Chloe, tone lowered so as not to wake him because she’s an angel. “You were meant to go to bed two hours ago!”
“I’m so close.” Eli whispers determinedly. “I’m so close Chloe and we’re only days away from his birthday.” Oh. That’s a new piece of info. “I want it to be perfect. It’s what he deserves.” Oh… Leo’s grateful most of his face is squished in a cushion right now, so no one else sees the smile on his face.
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A job’s a job, and the possible threat of being held at gunpoint during attempted robberies is something he considers a pro rather than con. Sure it’s the graveyard shift but a job’s a job, and he’s lucky to even be alive let alone finding employment at some convenience store.
He meets all sorts of interesting people, but at 3am one shift he meets a junkie. Having been on the other side, he knows that the best thing he can do is to treat the man like he's a human being and show him he's not invisible. Call it karma, call it paying it forward, call it whatever- Leo's just glad he's now in a position to give what he finally received.
The thing is, no matter how hard he argues, how much he tries to prove otherwise, Elijah Kamski is still a human being. And human beings require three basic things: water, food, and sleep. Nevermind the fact the man is a genius, nevermind the fact he is the inventor of androids and founder of CyberLife. He is still a human being and human beings need to sleep. Convincing him to actually sleep, though, is the challenge. Leo learned this fairly early on in their budding relationship and though it’s been months he’s still perfecting the best way to get the man to leave his work and close his eyes for a solid six hours.
“Eli.”
“I’m almost done.” And so it begins.
“You’re not.”
“Well I’m getting there.” Elijah says distractedly, not bothering to look up from his work.
“Uh huh, I’ve heard that one before.” Leo leans against the doorway to his lab. “Chloe told me it’s been four days since you had more than six hours sleep.”
“I’ve napped, I haven’t forgone sleep entirely.” Elijah frowns, tapping away on his keyboard with one hand and scribbling notes with the other. “Both of you are worrying for nothing, I do take breaks to rest.”
“I’ve also heard that one before.” He cocks a brow, noting the light sheen of sweat on his brow. And the blanket wrapped tightly around him, despite it being warm enough to wear t-shirts. “Hey, are you alright?”
“Leo-”
“No, you’re-” He crosses the room and places his wrist to Elijah’s damp forehead. “Shit Eli, you’re burning up!”
That makes him actually look up from his work, meeting Leo’s eyes with uncertainty. “Oh am I? I was wondering why it felt so cold in here.” His icy blue eyes are bloodshot, glazed with fever, and Leo sighs.
“You’re not just sleep-deprived, you’re sick.” He makes a beckoning gesture. “Alright, come on. I’ll run you a tepid bath and get Peter to make you something gentle on the stomach. Because I know you haven’t eaten in ages either.”
“I ate!” Elijah protests automatically, withering a little under Leo’s unimpressed stare. “Alright, so I grazed occasionally.”
“You’re impossible.” Leo groans, guiding him to sit on the bathtub rim while he fiddles with the tap. “Bath, meal, meds then bed. No arguments.”
Elijah opens his mouth, then closes it once he sees the stern expression. “No arguments.”
*~*~*
It’s some time in the afternoon when Elijah finally wakes, and Leo’s sprawled out atop the sheets beside him, still fast asleep. His eyes feel sore and his mouth feels like it’s been stuffed with cotton, but he no longer feels exhausted and freezing. The sheets are slightly damp, so he knows he must have sweated out his fever and it would have broken overnight. Rolling onto his side, he tangles his fingers in Leo’s unruly curls, the touch waking him from sleep.
“Hey.” Leo rubs his eyes. “How’re you feelin’?”
“I’m glad you ignored my defiant claims of not needing sleep.” Elijah smiles apologetically. “I really needed that.”
“S’ok.” Leo stifles a yawn before wriggling closer, wrapping his arms around his waist and tucking his head under his chin. “You just need a little reminding you’re still human sometimes.”
“I’ll do better.” He promises, pressing a kiss to the crown of his head before closing his eyes again.
i just speed read like a lot of your shit and first of all fuck you for making me ship eli and leo, a ship with barely any content and second of all if you told me to die for you i probably would
Sorry???? Thanks for letting me know, this made me laugh so much and brightened up my afternoon. Thanks for the support and I’m glad I managed to drag yet another person down with my rarepair >:3c
