#silverhellfire

Are Apo and Pyro involved? Yes. Platonically? No. Romantically? Also no.

Pyro is schrodinger's polycule member. He's not involved, but he's also not not involved. He's not dating any of them, but Cherri and Abolish aren't dating each other, so clearly that's not mandatory (/j)

I think the best and funniest way to explain it is through how I see their living situations. Abolish has his own apartment that he got partially through the organisation. Cherri has her own apartment. Pyro and Apo share, and have no plans to change this. There is no endgame where silverhellfire all move in together, they would actually dislike living together I think. If anything, Abolish and Cherri become platonic roommates and Apo keeps living with Pyro, because if Abolish and Apo tried to live together they would have a category 5 clutter incident and leave no survivors and they both Know This. (Apo removing the silver from the watchtower made Abolish so mad he had to go to the mines to cool off. they could NOT live together. INCOMPATIBLE!)

Pyro and Apo aren't dating but they ARE stealing each other's clothes and this DOES result in Pyro wearing Abolish's and Cherri's clothing too (because Apo stole it, and then Pyro stole it from her) so from the outside it definitely looks like it. However if asked if they're together Pyro would go "she wishes" and Apo would go "ew. no." and then Pyro would be offended she went "ew" and elbow her in the ribs and get his arm punched.

v Propoganda v

You *know* I gotta ask for Apo with whoever you want (I know you’re gonna pick Abolish /t but I still wanted to give you the freedom)

I need more content my loser lovergirl Ms Apo Kuna plz and ty

Rating: Teen Word count: 3,532 Relationship(s): Abolish/Apo/Cherri, established Apo/Cherri

Abolish has to check in on the survivors of Oakhurst every month to document things for the organization. When he visits Apo and Cherri this time, he has a lot of realizations, none of them good ones.

The first time Abolish hit Scott with his car was after a particularly frustrating mission. He had spent all week on a mission that should have been completed within less time than that. He was forced to work with someone, and it messed with his usual way of doing things. He had gone to pick up Apo from somewhere, since her car was having problems. Abolish suddenly got a text from the organization telling him they needed him for an urgent mission. As soon as Apo is in the car and buckled up he hurries out of the parking zone. He ends up hitting Scott as he backs out. (Scott had returned from his failed quest for the sword of the knight. He suspected Abolish might have it but he had no idea where Abolish lived. So, he was trying to sneak into the car through the back. He did not manage to get in on time). Apo and Abolish quickly look to see who it is, only to find Scott doing the Family Guy death pose.

The first time Cherri hit Scott with their car was during a late-night drive home with Apo and Abolish. While Apo and Abolish are bickering about something, Cherri notices Scott crossing the road (probably on his way to find a new victim to feed off). She looks around quickly to make sure there are no witnesses or cameras around. They very quickly speed up when Apo is not looking, Abolish probably noticed. Cherri does not stop after they hit him and keeps driving, slowing down a bit. She plays it off as accidentally hitting a speed bump. (Cherri remembers him from the time he tried to abduct her and Apo accidentally hit him with her car. Cherri is still holding a grudge, even after she beat him with a steel chair. She does not let go of things so easily)

Apo and Abolish actually hit Owen with a car, not Scott, but I am fully on board with a 100% vampire-car collision rate.

Abolish backs into Scott on purpose and pretends he didn't see him in the mirror. Apo goes "hey what was that" and Abolish goes "nothing" and keeps reversing.

If Cherri hits him it's probably because she talked with Pyro about Scott not respecting boundaries and biting the fuck out of him after Pyro said no, and she sees him with a bloody mouth.

Cherri: ah. he did it again.

Abolish would notice under normal circumstances however when Apo is around he loses 80% of braincells bc he wants to fuck her so bad. They're arguing about the actual validity of having a silver sword over steel in the back seat and both of them yelp when Cherri hits something.

Apo: what the hell?? this is why I drive

Cherri: sure, I can cuddle with Abolish instead if you'd feel better

But now I wanna know how Cherri and Abolish interact. Do they meet before or after the Possession Event (tm)? Before or after the subsequent eventual reconciliation? I'm leaning towards them never actually meeting until after all that (though each has heard plenty about the other) (mostly through Apo)

All I know is that Cherri would have the biggest shit-eating grin watching those two interact. Sure, Apo. He annoys the fuck out of you. Sure, you only tolerate him really. You think he has a crush on you (why else would he kiss you out of nowhere?) but so long as he doesn't push again you're not fussed. Sureee. Cherri won't push the topic, but they'll watch with a grin and await their time for a hearty 'I told you so'. They can't wait to tease Apo about this

In terms of Abolish, Cherri clocks pretty quickly that he genuinely feels bad about the whole kiss thing, so as long as Apo's fine, she won't hold onto it. He's nice (a little reserved, sure, but no different than their girlfriend), he is pretty (Pyro—they and Cherri get along great I think— is right), and he clearly cares about and respects Apo. It's honestly comical how they don't at all seem to notice just how similar (and in sync) they can be, particularly when they're deadpan and/or sarcastic

:D :D :D

Agreed, I think Cherri doesn't meet Abolish until after it's all hashed out at the very least. She does not introduce herself- wait I have the funniest idea.

Abolish gets tapped for training the new hire and after she does reasonably in the firearms course and surprisingly well in close combat, they start "hanging out" (being sent on missions together) (Apo is Moping while they're both gone)

After quite some time, someone on an op asks how they know each other, Cherri goes "oh he kissed my girlfriend" and Abolish freezes. Did not know this Cherri was that Cherri. She never mentioned Apo. She just liked hearing him talk about Apo, oh god, this is intensely awkward now-

How long have they each been stewing in their feelings at this point? I bet Cherri's been dropping increasingly obvious hints that they'd be fine and in fact happy if Apo kissed him– I assume they've had some measure of a conversation but also Apo is stubborn and annoyed with having Feelings

How do they go from there and how do the people around them react when they're finally officially together? (probably after another few stupidly annoying weeks where they avoid the subject like the plague)

Cherri's obviously happy for them and very smug. She and Abolish have met at this point, and the first message ever sent between them is Cherri going 'nice to co-date with you, it's about fucking time' (Abolish freezes for a solid few seconds because oh gods that made it real)

Pyro is thrilled for Apo and also annoying as fuck about it, Apo ends up bowling them over with a pillow and leaving to her room (does he at some point start dating Abolish and get added to the polycule btw?) (that's probably a while and a lot of healing away though)

Cleo's probably rolling her eyes, but she and Pearl have been sufficiently convinced that Abolish is not in fact under some sort of spell, so she won't comment. And for the same reason, Pearl is happy for them

Owen probably sneers and makes some stupid comment at some point that starts another fight because Apo is not having him insult both their relationships fuck you Owen (He's just salty that he hasn't figured his shit out about Legs) (He's kinda in the middle of a crisis right now) (Dead wife trope and pedestals and morality and all that. You know how it is)

Those are the just the thoughts coming to me now, so I shall pass on to you!

The Second Appleish Kiss is in this ask and it happens bc they both get high and Apo says, out of nowhere, "Cherri says it's okay if you kiss me again" and then does not continue until Abolish reacts.

Abolish has been stewing in his feelings for months at absolute minimum. He realised as soon as the ghost was about to kiss Apo that he actually didn't want to do that like that - Mr "disassociation is pronounced 'locking in'" Veylocke was expecting to be able to shrug it off, but he's... feeling bad? That she's feeling bad? What's up with that. Why's that happening. Can he turn it off.

Cherri noticed Apo returned Abolish's feelings way before Apo did, had a polyamory crisis when she realised she didn't mind that, but reserved judgement until she met Abolish personally. Her assessment is that he's a good teammate for dating Apo and he has her blessing. After that, she began dropping hints about polyamory... existing, to Apo, but unfortunately that is like avoiding talking to a brick wall by talking to several bricks within the wall instead. You gotta be direct. As soon as Apo gets told Cherri's fine with it (this is her introduction to the existence of polyamory) she gets over it in like half an hour and then goes "wait do I like Abolish? damnit. fuck. FINE" and they invite him over to do something about that.

Pyro IS annoying as fuck about it I'm so glad you see the vision. as always you have correct opinions in all things. They congratulate her and then offer condoms (that get thrown at them) and then ask if that means she doesn't want her hoodie back ("no, stop, it's because you have - ow! - you have two partners! you can borrow their clothes! I'm in need here!")

Polycule Status (Pyroscythe Inclusive) just got answered! hilarious timing.

Appleish kiss doesn't happen until after Cleo and Apo sort out at least that they don't want to fight each other even if they'll never like each other (it's mostly Cleo discovering Apo's protective streak is actually genuine and not 5D chess) (god v!Cleo had so many reasons to say everything they said but I wanted v!Apo to ask if she had her own opinions or if she just repeated Scott's version of everything so bad. it would've fixed nothing but it would've made me feel better.) so Cleo just thinks Abolish has bad taste.

Owen says something about how he didn't think Abolish was that suicidal (he's bitter as fuck the doctor passed out and scared him) and Apo goes "what the fuck is that supposed to mean."