#old son

An old oc redesign :)

Το τραίνο φεύγει στις οκτώ-Χάρις Αλεξίου και Δήμητρα Γαλάνη

Πρώτη εκτέλεση:Μαρία Δημητριάδη(1968)

Μουσική:Μίκης Θεοδωράκης

Στίχοι:Μάνος Ελευθερίου

“Νοέμβρης μήνας δε θα μείνει

να μη θυμάσαι στις οκτώ

να μη θυμάσαι στις οκτώ

το τραίνο για τη Κατερίνη

how does one title lol

happy late birthday my son!!

been a while since i typed up something with raven tbh

Lets hope I still can!~

Pairing: RF X MM (its kinda there)

WC:1754

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Reckless prowled the camp that evening, it being his turn to watch over the other El Gang members that night. He didn’t mind much, if anything, he enjoyed it. They currently were in Hamel, the dark blue sky filled with stars, a waterfall not too far off from them that it was still able to be heard.

He sighed softly, breathing in the Hamel air.

He often took times like these, times of silence, to consider a few things. Think of another few things. He thought of how he joined the El Gang, how Elsword was getting noticeably stronger, how Chung’s father used to protect this land...small things like that.

The night truly was calm that evening, with a gentle breeze ruffling the leaves.

Almost like the land had never been invaded by demons at all.

He sighed softly, clenching and unclenching his fist, looking around. It was peaceful. And for the first time in a very, very long time, Raven felt (somewhat) at ease.

And then he heard a snap of a twig.

He shot out of his peaceful trance, getting ready for a battle.

Mastermind sighed, walking out of the bush, dynamos following him as he walked. Reckless blinked a few times, processing the fact it was a comrade, relaxing a bit again.

“Masi! Where did you go? I thought you went to bed…?” “I did. But, I couldn’t sleep as usual, so I went to go test out some upgrades I did on my drones,” “Oh. Well, are you going to bed now…?” “Actually, I...didn’t plan on it. I was going to work on my drones.”

Reckless nodded, knowing how much Mastermind cared about making his drones perfect. It didn’t make sense to him, but, if Mastermind knew what he was doing (which he certainly did), it was fine…

Right?

“Oh, Masi?” “Hmm?” “If you’re gonna work on your drones anyways, wanna stay with me?” “...Why do you ask?” “Well, I...I guess I wanted to ask you a few things.”

Mastermind cocked an eyebrow, but shrugged and nodded regardless, sitting on a rock beside Reckless (Who was honestly surprised Mastermind complied) and opening a holo screen.

“What is it?” “Oh! Well, I was curious as to why you joined the El G-” “Stupid question. I won’t answer that,” “Hey! You said you’d-”

Masi got up, glaring at Reckless. Reckless sighed, irritated at how the scientist was acting, but said a quick “sorry” and patted the rock.

Masi sat back down, sighing, looking irritated to be there. However, Reckless knew that Masi usually looked pissed, so he didn’t take it as a bad thing. He always was standoffish and pissed, especially when he was tired, which he obviously was if the dark circles under his eyes were any implication.

Reckless only really wanted to know why Mastermind joined the El Gang, but Masi was already there and waiting for Reckless to keep talking. So, in a quick decision on whether it seemed safe or not, Reckless whispered, looking at the sky.

“When’s your birthday?”

Reckless heard Masi shift, moving from the rock to sit on his dynamos, eyes a little bit softer than their usual cunning, sharp edge. “Why do you need to know?” “N-No reason! I was just curious is all. My birthday is...uhm...wh...oh! My birthday is May eighth!” “...My birthday was yesterday, since it’s currently 12:48 am….”

Reckless was somewhat surprised that Masi actually told him. It’s not like he thought Masi would say he wouldn’t answer that or anything, just a little surprised he ev-

Wait what?

It was yesterday?

And no one knew?

“Oh...it...was?” “Yeah.” “Oh, uhm...how come you didn’t say anything?” “I don’t really celebrate my birthday. It’s just a day I was born, technically. A lot of people have the same birthday. So what makes me special out of it, am I right?”

Reckless picked up on the tiny twinge of what sounded like sadness in Masi’s voice, surprised Masi even sounded sad. Mastermind was pretty good at hiding his emotions, usually keeping a straight face no matter what. His facade was probably dropping because of how tired he was, though. Not that Reckless minded knowing Masi’s real emotions.

“...What makes you special is because it’s you. It’s your birthday. Sure, other people could have the same date birthday as you, but they aren’t you. Now are they?” “No logical way could they be m-” “What I’m saying is what makes it special for you is because it’s the day you were given life. The day you were born is very important.”

Reckless wasn’t very good at being nice, but he was trying his best. He had a few guesses why Masi didn’t celebrate his birthday, but he kept them to himself, not wanting to hurt Masi’s feelings and feel his wrath. He...never heard Masi actually open up about anything to do with his feelings. Technically, since Masi considered his birthday nothing special, that counted as opening up in Reckless’ books.

“...I don’t see what you’re talking about. I mean, no one knew yesterday, and I don’t plan on them knowing. You better not tell th-” “Masi. I know you hate talking about what happened, I know you hate opening up to people, but I...I’m asking you to tell me why you think it’s nothing special. I’m asking you to tell me why you think something like that is nothing big.”

Reckless averted his eyes, hearing Masi get up, ready to feel his wrath. But...nothing came. Not even a punch. Nothing at all. With a confused noise, he looked at Masi, who was shaking slightly, sitting beside Raven now.

Now this was certainly new. The sleep was definitely affecting Masi, or else he wouldn’t be like this.

Not that Reckless minded...he was one of Masi’s comrades. He should be able to let Masi trust him enough to say anything about his feelings (for some reason, the thought that Masi trusted him enough to say something about how he really felt, it made Reckless...really happy, honestly.)

“...W-Well...I...haven’t celebrated it since...s-she died. Because...it was only worth celebrating with her. At first, the first year she was gone, I tried to. But...i-it wasn’t the same. Besides, not like I could do much in that library...b-but, it’s nothing special for many reasons. One of them being because so many people have the same birthday, I’m just one of them...aren’t I?”

Reckless knew at the moment, he shouldn’t speak, or risk Masi leaving and shutting his feelings away again.

He didn’t want Masi to hide that side of himself.

“And...well, I’ve...never had anyone care about it, really...like, everyone cares about Elboy’s birthday...and we have a party for him with cake, because he likes that kind of stuff, because...he’s more likable than me. I bet if anyone else in the gang knew, they’d just at the most say happy birthday. I’m...not a very nice person. So I don’t believe I deserve the kindness of having someone care about my birthday.”

“Everyone deserves that kindness for their birthday. You aren’t some sort of exception, Masi. Doesn’t matter if you’re a nice person or not, you deserve that on your birthday, at the very least…”

“Hey, who said you c-could talk?” “Sorry, sorry. Just wanted to point that out. I’ll stay quiet, if..you want to keep talking…”

Masi sighed, looking away, gently leaning into Reckless’ side and shivering slightly from the wind. Reckless was caught off guard for a mere moment, but he wrapped his human arm around Masi’s shoulders, sighing softly.

“...So….I...just don’t tell people about it...b-because...they wouldn’t care...because I’m not very liked...and I don’t want to set expectations about my birthday, like getting presents and a cake…so, instead, I just keep going through the day as it was a normal day.”

“...Masi...if I knew it was your birthday yesterday, I would have grabbed you a present and cake in when I was in town…” “I wouldn’t be able to accept it...I-I...I don’t know what I’d do...cry, reject it, get mad, surprised...I don’t know…what I would do with that sort of kindness.”

Reckless sighed softly, tilting Masi’s chin up, forcing the white haired male to look him in the eyes. It was dark, but Reckless could see the blush adorning Masi’s cheeks faintly, eyes glassy.

Reckless gasped, eyes widening.

Mastermind, the powerful mad scientist, reduced to tears? Unheard of.

With a quick thought, and being caught in the moment, Reckless kissed Mastermind. He didn’t know why. He didn’t know what made him think he should. However, he...he was. He knew he would get slapped for sure, but...nothing came, yet again, to his surprise. In fact, Mastermind kissed back, shutting his eyes.

Reckless pulled away a few moments later, cheeks red, looking away.

“I-I..s-sorry, I didn’t kno-” “D-Do it again.” “W-What…?” “...I-I...i-if that’s your present, I-I...I think I like it…”

Reckless chuckled softly, the white haired male glaring at him. “Don’t laugh at me! I’m-” “I’m not laughing at you. I just find it cute...you never open up to everyone, but right now...you’re all snuggly like a kitten, it’s adorable…” “S-Shut up!”

Reckless noticed Mastermind’s blush get deeper, and he obliged to what he said, pulling Masi in for another kiss. Mastermind gladly complied, kissing him back, face red as he shut his eyes. Reckless could swear he felt Masi’s heartbeat, even through the layers of clothes. It was fast, erratic, and it made a Reckless smile into the kiss.

About 30 seconds later, Masi pulled away first, gasping for air with his tongue peeking out. Reckless slid his own tongue back into his mouth, humming softly and rubbing Masi’s back.

“Happy birthday, Masi~”

“T-Thank you…”

“Although, we should kiss more oft-”

“S-Shut up, t-that’s embarrasing!”

Raven chuckled softly, holding Masi close, the white haired male pressing his face into Reckless’ side. After a few minutes of silence, Reckless heard the smaller male mumble, only to see he was asleep now. A smile spread on Reckless’ face, heart warm for once, and a feeling of happiness waved over him.

“Sweet dreams, Masi...I lo...no...too soon for me to say that, huh?.”

12 Year-Old Son & Circa 1895 Ranch House Melting into Canola Field

Source: iocchelli (reddit)