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Lex who initially has no problem with letting you work until he sees how hard and how many hours you have to work just to pay simple bills, quite literally not being able to afford spending much time with him and still not being able to afford certain little luxuries and treats for yourself

Billionaire-going-on-trillionaire Lex Luthor slowly going insane as he has to wait for you to get home from your menial tedious bitchwork job only to receive a text that you're being forced to work a double because someone else called out and if you're not a team player you'll lose your job and wont be able to pay rent

Luthor slowly formulating some sort of plan to help you as he watches you wear your body down because, ope! You don't have any sick days at this job :) as someone who obsessively adores you, it's inconceivable, bordering on a crime against humanity in his eyes if you ever have to go to work after throwing up or anything like that. Meanwhile he's like paying mercenaries to do some shit like strip-mine a village in Africa using slave labor and couldn't give less of a fuck if a tunnel collapses on some kids sent into the dark to harvest mica

He accompanies you to an urgent care visit because you have some injury or illness and he's all but turning beet red watching the doctor tell you you have something menial like anxiety and afterwards he's looking over the bill for the visit while you cry (because they didn't even help and now you're even more fucking broke)

Having this genius man literally sit down and go over all your budgeting and expenses and realizing you are genuinely doing everything you can and then some and it's STILL not enough. Sitting there with all his intellect and running the numbers and he KNOWS you're basically trapped so deep in poverty you'll never make it out

imagine that he just. every single time he fails to seduce you or 'get things perfect', he's immediately brainwashing you into forgetting so he can try and do it over. He's just Re: Zero'ing your ass. He tries to redirect certain lines or actions, but it eventually becomes him wanting to redo entire dates with you, and even wipe EVERYTHING to try and make the perfect first impression all over again

Oh how lucky you are that you vibe so well with your brand new soulmate! He can already ;) intuitively guess ;) all your favorite colors and hobbies and interests and his gifts are SO you! You're SO happy!

... yet? Why's there something... off about him? Why's he so... nervous? Why do you feel like he's... desperate? You're already being affectionate with him, but it's almost like he's scared you'll leave? Why do you feel like... why do you feel like he doesn't trust you? Are you... are you not good enough for your own soulmate?

HE starts making YOU insecure and any change or pulling away from him makes everything WORSE.

The entire time you don't even know how many times you've actually nearly killed yourself because of him. You can't remember all the times you've been locked in a room. You can't remember getting strung up with wires and cables and being unable to move as his hands touched wherever they pleased. You can't remember how he would ask for you to forgive him afterwards for whatever he did, and how your mind would be wiped when you wouldn't.

Nightmare hellscape worst case scenario is that Vox never stops and is never satisfied ever but. I like to imagine Reader manages to get away and in that brief rare moment you happen to get rescued by Alastor (who genuinely would rescue you just because he's toxic and it would piss Vox off) and then he forms his own little. Creeper savior complex with you. You've been through something so monstrously fucked up that you'd all but either beg him to kill you to prevent yourself from being captured again, or you beg to be kept somewhere safe. And you'd think oh like the hotel right? And you'd be wrong :) you're staying somewhere only he knows about, and, well, he's such a smooth talker that it doesn't take much at all for him to convince you that the only times you should go out are when he's able to be with you, which, regrettably, is not as constant as he'd prefer but, you'll be forced to make do.

Like it's almost a Spiderverse scenario where you arrive on the scene and you find out you're dead in every other universe. Maybe you're the only version of yourself that has powers. Maybe you're the only version of yourself that DOESN'T have powers. Maybe you're the only version of yourself that has Mark as a good platonic friend and every other version of him became Nice Guy Incel From Hell that felt like you belonged with them and either drove you to suicide, lost you in an accident, or accidentally killed you themselves, or maybe you were even totally cool with him and someone else killed you or even something tragic like dying in childbirth

Oh, so there's an evil version of Mark that missed his mom so badly he was going to kidnap an alternate universe version of her to take home?? So you're telling me these guys would absolutely have enough screws loose to immediately call up Angstrom and say that taking you is now part of the deal then?

The versions of Mark who were raised on Viltrum or joined his father, the ones who pride themselves in their superiority and violence, being so impressed by this powerful majestic, strong, superpowered version of you, oh so ready and willing to straight up kill them to defend Earth. But on the flip side, these vicious versions of Mark who knew you as that stoic hero now seeing you powerless and vulnerable and scared and so, so easily hurt.

Some of them can't help but immediately freeze up at the sight of you and stare, unable to look away as they process that, yeah, that's really who they think it is. Some of them start crying and beeline for you immediately. Some of them just start freaking out and all but hyperventilating, "holy shit is this for real?! Am I dreaming right now?! Is that really you?!"

Can you imagine one of them grabbing you and saying some WILD shit like, "oh my god, I'm so so sorry, I didn't mean to kill you, you just kept screaming and crying and i-i freaked out and I didn't realize I was squeezing so hard, I didn't mean to snap your neck, I promise it'll NEVER happen again" like genuinely that shit would make me u-turn right the fuck out of that battle and have Mark and Cecil or whomever the fuck get to fight this crazed psycho who looks and sounds exactly like your good friend, but let's be real, the second you try to run you would have EVERY version of Mark immediately after your ass

Picture this: one of the evil Marks is so genuinely euphoric to see you again that he rushes up to you and hugs you so tightly it cracks one of your ribs and makes you cry out in pain. Suddenly he's jerking back, his face cycling through several emotions. He's still holding on to a wrist or your shoulders and he and any other Marks present suddenly realize, oh fuck you don't have any powers? Like imagine trying to pull yourself away with all of your strength and they can all tell it's doing absolutely nothing as the one holding you just murmurs, "wait, why are you so weak...?" with obvious fear and concern trickling into his voice

All of them instantly detouring their plans to start fighting over you. Another Mark knocks out the teeth of the one who just cracked your ribs. A Mark whose entire goal was to use Angstrom to find another you completely unable to stop himself from scooping you up off your feet, promising he's going to tell you somewhere safe and about to fly away with you before getting suckerpunched by another Mark with the exact same idea. One Mark flying up. "Oh sorry, this was your little date-night buddy? They were my SPOUSE"

On the flip side, you being a viltrumite hybrid yourself or some other mutant or superpowered individual that they're completely unused to and the ones who lust for battle getting the biggest adrenaline/endorphin rush of their lives as you're actually strong enough to knock them around. More masochistic Marks all but having their eyes roll back into their heads as you punch or kick or throw them. You being so strong that it takes at least 2 or 3 of them to completely pin you down

Something something "evil Marks having to team up to take you down and once you're finally subdued and are pinned down and helpless they basically run a train on you in the middle of the rubble of a burning city" something something

The good guys and you and your friends managing to win and drive the variants away and kill Angstrom and you ultimately find out "your" Mark is just as equally obsessive and mentally unstable as all the rest and he was just the best one at hiding it. He was happy juat pretending to be your "platonic friend" and looking after you but he was intending to play 4d chess and work his way into your heart. Now that your life and safety were threatened, it finally triggers him to drop off the deep end and start making more drastic moves. Ok, so Cecil wants him to work for the government again and lead the Guardians huh? Maybe he'll consider accepting IF the GDA helps him contain you and keep you safe and healthy. Maybe he'll consider IF Cecil basically signs off on you being a captive of Mark's that the government turns a blind eye to as long as he protects the planet. Maybe you try and fly away and find out YOU have a thingy in YOUR head and Cecil basically knocks you out of the sky because damn it, he's not going to let another however many millions of people die just so you can stay single, let alone risk finding out what Mark is going to do now that he's starting to lose it

I keep thinking of like sad scenarios for that where you can lowkey tell he's embarrassed of you and you find out there are certain events he goes to that he intentionally doesn't take you to, not because it's not safe for you there but because he just :) "doesn't think you're ready" to be introduced to certain friends of his (translation: he still has to coach you on how to act before meeting such friends) and then Mr Massive Hypocrite gets really REALLY upset when you start bonding with another person because Alastor is being a little tool cold for someone with all your warmth

So. I keep circling back to "Alastor who is so so so SO jealous because he finds out you became fast friends with Lucifer and while Alastor is out here trying to teach you to sing and dance you're slinking off to autismmax with Lucifer about like Duckymon cards"

Alastor "stop talking to my fucking soulmate because they're MINE and you're RUINING THEM and i HATE seeing them be happy for YOU and NOT ME" radio demon vs Lucifer "dude they're definitely autistic and you're constantly trying to change things about them that are actually really cute and sweet and you don't deserve them anyways so maybe I'll just slide in here" Morningstar

Meanwhile you're just like. Wagging your tail and thinking "yay more friends!!!1! 😋" and don't realize they're like getting BIG JEALOUS over you. You cancel plans on Alastor to spend time with Lucifer? He's going nuts. I constantly think like... Alastor could deadass just try and hurt Lucifer just because he wants to and Lucifer couldn't even really defend himself 😭 I mean Lucifer might not feel any pain but maybe he's super limited in how he can even like block blows or something

Idk though.... simple-minded dog!Reader who just wanted to have fun and eat yummy food and make lots of friends and you ultimately kind of. Drop the mask and ask Alastor why he's so mean to you when you're nice to him. Like he thinks you're so naive and suddenly you, with your simple vocabulary, just kind of like "you make me really sad because I can tell someone really hurt you somehow and I wanted to try and make you smile for real but you're just really mean to me and you don't think I'm smart enough to see it and you've just been acting really hurtful to me and I don't understand why :( I don't think I want to be with someone who treats people the way you do"

Like you want to see Alastor turn into a villain???? Imagine he's out at a party or something with you and he can just sense you're not into it and suddenly he sees that you're sneaking out your phone and he swipes it and. You're texting someone named Jellybean and it's just "and WHO exactly is Jellybean :)" "oh um thats... that's just Lu" "'Lu'?" "You know, uh, Lucifer?" "Oh :) so not only are you :) in communications with another gentleman but you're even :) on SUCH friendly terms with each other :)" "w well yeah... he's like... he's kind of like my best friend. I feel like I can talk to him about anything" "... and you don't feel that way about me? :)"

Absolutely deafening silence is his answer. Alastor's ready to storm back to the Hotel and throw an absolute TANTRUM, tear the ruler of Hell to pieces, really try and do whatever he can to try and ease the pain in his heart

Alastor who starts going through your entire phone and even finds things where you're just straight up "I feel like he doesn't have ANY respect for me :( am I being too sensitive? He's just always rolling his eyes and things at me and he doesn't think I notice it but I do :( its like he thinks I'm just a big idiot and it... it makes me feel really bad about mysel that my soulmate thinks im... not good enough :'(" and here's Lucifer "you know I can't speak for that stupid narcissistic bellhop but I think you're really cool and special and I really like spending time with you :)" and he sends you like a meme of a duckling or something that has some sort of supportive message and you respond like "aw thank you I really needed to hear that. You always help me feel better and im glad i have you as a friend ❤️"

Alastor just immediately breaking your phone into bits at seeing that little "❤️". It's burned into his mind now. He's suffering mental damage from an emoji. You're sending HEARTS to ANOTHER MAN that you've even GIVEN A NICKNAME to? Meanwhile you're not sure why he's so upset because Lucifer is just your close friend and meanwhile :) maybe Lucifer lowkey wishes you two WEREN'T just friends

Either way you thought Alastor had a tight leash on you BEFORE? That was nothing. He'll tear off a piece of his own shadow and attach it to yours for a 24/7 spy if he has to. He'll assign someone like Husk to watch over you. Fuck, he'll trick you into a deal with HIGHLY SPECIFIC TERMS just to make sure he "keeps you" because not going to lie, you directly fed into his trust and abandonment issues and he's going to be MEGA SUPER paranoid for a while :) and of course you had to go and catch the eye of like THE ONE PERSON he can't like immediately try and kill.

Male Reader who grows closer to Alastor because you both have so many similar tastes, similarities, shared interests. You don't really "do" relationships, essentially celibate, functionally aroace like he is. The two of you start spending more time together, discussing all sorts of things like the goings on in Hell, to music, to even deeper political and intellectual discussions

You become someone whom, maybe Alastor actually cares about your opinion a little bit. You actually DO become this charming young gentleman he considers a friend

... which makes it so much harder... when you start having feelings for him, feelings you've never had for anyone, at least not in a long long long time, feelings that were buried under mountains of sadness and broken trust

So not only are you struggling with the genuine mental anguish of just being SO SO SOOOO positive that Alastor, as this strapping, so self determined, so independent VERY asexual sex-repulsed man, would surely be so repulsed by YOU if he knew your feelings had changed, but ALSO you don't even really KNOW how to navigate a romantic or sexual relationship AT ALL so not only are you terrified of revealing your feelings but you have basically NO experience so you're fucked TWICE. You're like basically an adult virgin who's protected your heart inside of a shell and you're scared of letting anyone in. You feel like you've BETRAYED him by falling in love with him. You feel like you've ruined your friendship and you don't want to lose it. You don't want to be alone. But also... you don't want to lose him... but suddenly you're disgusted by yourself. Why can't you be like him and just... not feel these things? You feel disgusted. You feel weak. And also like.... hello internalized homophobia as you realize of course he'll ALSO never return your feelings because you're both men. Maybe there's an... old old old wound inside of you that gets RIPPED OPEN where you remember like being back in school and liking an older boy and when he and his friends found out they beat the shit out of you and called you slurs and shit. Like you are scaling the entire Doomed YaoI Pyramid of Childhood Abuse > Isolated in School > Internalized Homophobia > Amazing Man Thaws Your Frozen Heart > Oh No he Must Never Find Out About My Feelings > I Will Literally Fucking Kill Myself Before I Lose This Man's Respect Because I Love Love Love Him So Deeply I Will Literally Fucking Hop On A Train And Disappear In The Night So I Can Leave Him With The Good Memories Of Me And Not Tarnish What We Had

Like honey you are fucking YEARNING for this man like something biblical.

Meanwhile Alastor just :) immediately picks up the moment you start acting different :) you start pulling away and putting up distance and he's very up front with waiting until you're alone before appearing from the shadows to........ ask if he's done something to displease you...? Did he offend you somehow? No? Then why are you avoiding him? Oh, you're NOT avoiding him, you say? Then look him in the eyes when you say that. Oh, how odd, you suddenly won't look at his face

Can you imagine if Alastor got tired of you refusing to look at him, part of him just ever so irritated he cant meet your eyes and just, grabbed your chin or used his hand to tilt your face toward him and you just have to almost VIOLENTLY JERK AWAY because your little heart can't take him touching your face like that. Now you're embarrassed to have "freaked out" and you just immediately exit the room.

The next few days pass and Alastor can't find you around the Hotel and he's suddenly very very annoyed and pissy and mean to everyone "for no reason" ;) Alastor who starts actually asking the other Hotel goers, trying to be ever so casual, oh you wouldn't have happened to see 'so and so' have you dear Husker? No? Then what good even ARE you 😡😤

Reader who is a bit of a repressed artist and when Alastor is poking around for clues of where in town he might be able to find you, he finds a little sketchbook and starts flipping through it. It starts off with things like city scenery and different environments, but then it eventually drifts to people, actual detailed scenes, other people at the Hotel. Alastor actually finds a sketch of himself, one with eraser and scratch marks and clearly done over and over trying to get just perfect. And he finds another. And another. And another. And then he can't help but notice all the torn paper in the waste basket. He swears he sees something that looks like a drawing on a shredded piece and, with a little magical knowhow, he's putting everything back together. You erased and tore yourself out of any portrait that had him in it. Alastor finds himself holding a drawing that had been previously torn in half, one side portraying him in such detail and respect, sitting on a bar stool, looking at something across from him with a smile that's all too accurate, his hand on a whiskey, and across from him, the side that had been shredded, was you, looking at him almost peacefully, the full picture clearly the two of you having just a friendly casual conversation, but... an eye trained in the arts can pick up subtle, loving details. The difference in body language, one man sitting tall and confident, the other more withdrawn with his eyes anxiously averted, and between the two of them, hands holding their own drinks, and yet, the shadow cast on the floor below from the overhead lighting almost makes it... look like... your hand is held in his

Like boy you are having FUCKING POETIC GAY YEARNING. Like you are Victorian Era Gay Yearning for this man. You are all about to leave him a handwritten note, "Dearest Alastor, it is with the deepest regret that I can no longer accompany you on this journey together--" like you are gay gay homosexual gay for this man and you "KNOW" that he would "never" like you back and he'd be fucking disgusted by you

Angel being the one to find you because you're so upset and confused and just lonely that you force yourself into a gay bar that's just way too uh, crazy for someone like you. Angel is shocked to see someone so "modest and conservative" as you in a place like this but you're CLEARLY going through something and you've been drinking so the two of you start talking and you with these big boohoo tears in your eyes are just "I'm a big fucking ugly stupid disgusting pervert and I'm 🥺 I'm in love with the Radio Demon"

I dont know what would be juicier from there :) if Vox happened to be spying on you and plays that footage for Alastor just like deadass broadcasts your love confession in an extremely humiliating way, ORRRRR Angel happened to text Husker who just so happened to be with Alastor and before you know it the Radio Demon is strolling into this seedy club to see you having a moment of Heartbroken Repressed Homosexual Drama where you've let a man pull you into his lap and you're having really sloppy inexperienced makeouts and Alastor just so happens to see you the moment this guy is like sucking your soul straight out of your mouth and even biting your neck as his hands start going under your shirt and reaching for your belt--

Cue just like :) sudden shadow tendril very gently but QUICKLY racing forward to :) politely gently sweetly scoop you up and move you like maybe 5 or 10 feet back and just BAM another tendril is wrapped so tightly around this guy he's about to be fucking popped like a zit. Alastor's walking up saying in detail how horribly he's going to torture like TORTURE this guy meanwhile you're just like incredibly ashamed and embarrassed and your entire face is covered in tears because oh wow now he knows you like men and it isn't even in a confession to him, he must think you're so disgusting now, he must think you're some kind of slut, how could you ever let another man that wasn't him touch you and--

and all he's concerned about is making sure you haven't been hurt, laughing off and basically ignoring how he just found you with a man's tongue down your throat to say something about how late it's getting and that the two of you should be getting back to the Hotel, and you've been drinking a little bit so you're a little heavy on your feet, but that's okay :) you can :) take his arm and lean on him :) let him walk you back to the Hotel :) and your fragile little heart just melts because you're telling yourself you might as well enjoy this touch while it lasts because surely everything between you and him is different for the worse now. And yet... Alastor doesn't seem to be acting that way. He starts chatting with you the same as usual, even seeming oddly chipper (because maybe just maybe he's happy to be talking to you again)

Alastor escorts you all the way back to the Hotel... and also up the stairs... and also to your room... and also maybe just maybe starts undressing you into your pajamas. Gets some cotton and peroxide for those chomp marks on you "because there's no telling where that disgusting cretin has been and it would be terribly regrettable if you were to get some sort of infection" (for those bite marks that MAYBE :) you asked for because in your moment of heartbreak and lust you noticed that douche had sharp teeth just like Alastor's and you maybe just maaaaaaybe had been pretending it was the Radio Demon biting and licking all over your jaw and neck and collarbones)

You're laying down tipsy and cozy and warm and he's literally helping tuck you in and in your head you're still like "oh my god it's over" *Alastor fluffs the pillows before you lie down* "oh my god surely he thinks I'm disgusting" *Alastor pulls the thick comforter up your body* "oh my god he's never going to look at me the same way again" *Alastor dabs sweat/dirt off your face with a wet washcloth* "oh my god I fucking ruined everything he's going to hate me forever" *Alastor hands you some chamomile lemongrass tea* "oh my god it's over it's over im worthless" *Alastor summons a recliner and opens a book to read by candlelight as he dims the lighting so you can sleep, very clearly obviously remaining by your side*

and you're slowly falling asleep but you're still drunk and emotional and you say something like "I'm so sorry... I promise I'll leave the Hotel... I won't-I won't get in your way or--" and Alastor just takes your hand, holds it in his own. He's quiet but he rubs his thumb over your skin. He reaches up and wipes a tear off your face. It's ..... it's basically his way of saying he cares for you, but he's never voiced those sorts of feelings before, so--

You both realize you're the same. And you care for each other. And maybe right now it's complicated to put some sort of label on what your relationship is, but... neither of you want to be apart. More specifically, Alastor is absolutely genuinely 100% positive that watching that brute put his disgusting hands all over you is something he never wants to happen again. He wants to have you and he wants no one else to have you. In fact now that he sits and thinks about it, he's suddenly realizing that he was ALWAYS feeling a little possessive of you, scanning the room while the pair of you are out together, watching his friends ever so closely as he introduces them and grinding his teeth when someone drunkenly flirted with you

I just picture, he rolls up to your front door, following this new red string he hasn't seen in the almost 100 years he's been dead, almost scoffing at the nation he has one at all but being oh so curious anyways, and he's greeted by... you. Shy, quiet, modern you in your cheap modern clothes and your withdrawn demeanor. He's standing there in his suit with cologne and his cane and you've got like. An anime graphic tee and some sweatpants with dirty socks on and your hair is dry as fuck

But he's still instantly smitten. You're like a little puppy left out in the rain who needs a nice warm bath and a good brushing. He's already having so many ideas of how to fix you up like his new favorite doll, and he can tell your self esteem could be much much higher than what he's seeing, so, it's for you as well, isn't it?

He isnt... ENTIRELY intending to be demeaning, but, he sees how little effort you put into yourself (because you hate yourself lmao) and he just tut-tuts, "oh no, this simply will not do, my dear!". He's not much of a capitalist, but, it seems he'll have to take you shopping for some nicer garments, won't he? He'll pay for everything, of course! He definitely has to get you something as lovely as you, and you're a total shrinking violet when he winds up taking you to a tailor for both making adjustments to things he's picked up for you, but also, having something completely custom made.

He gets all warm and fuzzy as he watches you gaze upon your reflection in a full length mirror after he's dressed you for the first time, clearly unused to seeing yourself like this, especially if you're a lady and wearing the long skirt and dresses from his time are completely foreign to you, bringing a gentle feminity that you're unaccustomed to. Maybe, just maybe, it even makes you cry a little bit. You ask him if he's sure he wants to pay for all of this, to 'waste his money on you when you still look "like you"', and he just scoffs. "What are you even talking about? You look absolutely stunning, my dear! I fear I may even have to hide you away so that none of the perverted scoundrels down here get any funny ideas!"

I know this is so... tender but I actually really like the idea of... Reader being really exhausted and run down and, maybe you're even SUPER sick and he helps run you a bath, rolling up his sleeves as he pulls up a stool next to the old claw bathtub he has you in to help wash you and your hair, fingers gently massaging shampoo onto your scalp, dutifully combing out all the knots, putting in more love in dedication to your hair than even you do. He helps you out of the tub and there's a set of brand new modest pajamas with a thin robe that fit you perfectly and are so soft and comfy, the demon maybe even putting your washed locks in a bonnet or getting you a silk pillowcase as he leads your wobbly tired self to a bed with freshly cleaned linens, pulling the blanket up over you, putting an ice pack or cold washcloth on your forehead to help you keep cool, fetching you a glass of water for your parched throat and sitting at your bedside reading a book until you've peacefully drifted off to sleep in your new room. Alastor doesn't let himself get a wink of sleep until you're in deep slumber, but, even still, he can't help but simply sit there and watch the soft rise and fall of your chest, glued to your bedside all night, still finding himself staring at you as your eyes flutter awake in the morning and realizing, as cute as you are asleep, he misses you ever so much when you're not around to talk to

Just in general, you two having matching pajamas as the man has you sleeping in two twin beds in the same room. He may let you develop your own sense of style but he adores adding touches of red to your clothing so the two of you match, and if you have a personal color of your own, you may occasionally spot the Radio Demon sporting an accesory with that same hue.

It isn't terribly long after he's met you and brought you into a shared living space at all until he's already looking for engagement bands and wedding rings behind your back. He wants to keep it a surprise after all! He's perusing so many options styled from his time period, delicate silvers with spiraling filigree and modest diamonds, unable to decide on ovals or circles or square stones or even the band itself, something sturdy yet classy. Yet... he just adores you so much that he's not sure he can make a decision! It actually gets him very flustered and frustrated; the ring has to be absolutely perfect, and of course, he'll want to help you pick out a dress as well! And he'll have to decide on a venue! Which of his cohorts does he want to invite? What if you just look so beautiful that some of the guests want you for themselves?? Now he's just getting paranoid

Maybe it stems from my childhood where I was adultified really young and then raised to suppress my own feelings while also having to constantly perform emotional labor for other people but I've always resented the trope of "oh Superpowered Person, you're so powerful that you're OBLIGATED to help save others because you're the only one who can and if you're not personally jumping to solve every problem it's your fault if something bad happens" and I keep thinking of a Reader who, Viltrumite hybrid, mutant, magic user, whatever, you develop your powers and the GDA eventually starts crawling up your ass as you EMPHATICALLY refuse to help them with fuck all about dick nothing

Cecil starts spying on you and having you tailed because it's his job while progressively becoming more... unhealthy towards you. The level of monitoring and invasion of your privacy is extreme, but also, not untypical for the GDA in general, so it's quite literally required by him to watch thencameras all over your home, have your phone bugged, learn your routine and habits and personality. Yeah dude he's just watching you get all sweaty doing squats and personal training in your bedroom for "research purposes". He's definitely watching you work out and study and put insane amounts of effort to appear like you don't have any powers "exclusively" because he's required to and has to gauge if you're a threat and he totally isn't being some proud little pervert at watching you tone your body

Personally I've been thinking of a Reader who is more closer to a Kryptonian than a Viltrumite and you deliberately scare the shit out of Cecil to try and make him go away. Cecil tries to approach you for an interaction but misrepresents who he is and what he does. Sits down next to you on a park bench and makes small talk, like he's just someone from the area, trying to feel you out but also, feeling a certain thudding in his chest that he's getting to finally talk to you. And you humor him, putting on false pretenses yourself which he isn't aware of until you just drop on him something like "but why are you ACTUALLY talking to me, Director Cecil Stedman of the GDA?"

he sits there wondering how the fuck you would even know that, heart thudding and briefly being struck with the fear of God as you stoically tap the side of your head, "as a friendly piece of advice, sir, when you want to gather intel on someone who you don't know exactly what abilities they have, maybe you should tell your boys back at HQ to be careful about what they're saying into that little earpiece buzzing against the bones of your ear" as you then perfectly recount several of the things that his men had said over the codec while Cecil was sitting there and even mockingly repeating after them to prove that, oh yeah, you've got superhuman hearing

"I didn't join the GDA to sit and watch the Director sit on a bench and talk about the weather" "don't talk like Stedman is wasting his time you brat, this is basic intelligence gathering" "hey, if you want to watch Cecil ask a handful of stupid bullshit questions for 20 minutes instead of training the Guardians, be my fucking guest" and you just cross your arms and look down on him, "really, if you're the best the government has, I can see why you're desperate to scoop up anyone with even mild skills"

I want a superpowered Reader who, unlike Mark, actually genuinely PUTS EFFORT into trying to scare the shit out of him to make him fuck off and he's just like. Honestly turned on by it.

You have him held by the throat, squeezing releasing squeezing releasing as you have a lowkey villain monolog about "what makes you think if I wanted to help humanity that I would do it by working for the government, let alone a government that won't even let their citizens have good healthcare? Why would I waste my time pretending I'm patriotic and saving lives when you're just going to let kids keep dying in school shootings and people have to file bankruptcy over their cancer treatmenrs" and you're getting so up in his face he can smell what you have for breakfast and. You pause, scowling. "You know what, I'm gonna give you a free pass and assume that your dick pressing against your pants is just from the endorphins from the little rushes of oxygen I'm letting you have" and he's just nodding like "yeah yeah that's definitely the reason" but. It's not lmao

You could be actively antagonistic against this man and he's still. Tryna be friendly and shit, deflecting your hostility and sometimes even neutralizing it by being amicable and kind of kissing your ass a little bit. He's personally approaching you multiple times to try and recruit you, risking meeting you face to face because HE wants to be the one to talk to you. God forbid you're actually forced to defend the planet over some bullshit like "yeah I only killed that thing because it was heading towards where I live and I didn't want it to ruin my stuff" and here's Stedman, getting on your ass about how you're wasting your potential, you could be saving lives instead of fucking around at home in your spare time, 'think of all the good you can do, we could get you your own costume' and they already know your exact measurements because, oh yeah, Cecil's already seen your naked body several times over by having your bedroom and bathroom bugged

Oh, he'll sit and watch those monitors until the sun goes down, but if one of his younger colleagues nudges their buddy and cracks a joke about how seeing you in the shower "gives them something to enjoy later tonight" and just outright creeping and joking about gooning over you, they look up to see Cecil staring at them with borderline murderous intent and he plays it off as "take your job seriously, you fucking idiot, we're saving lives here" but nah dog they start creeping too many times and Cecil's pulling a Tanya the Evil by deliberately deploying them to a position where he knows they're going to get absolutely fucking bodied. Oh wow that guy he caught making deragatory perverted jokes at the water cooler over how muscular you're starting to get happened to get put on Hail Mary babysitting duty and the giant alien wound up eating him alive? Oh nooooo, not Jerry, he was so popular and everyone liked him, oh noooo how tragic. anyways back to business-

Cecil sends Nolan or the Immortal to try and talk to you to convince you to join the Guardians and it turns into a complete slugfest where you take a few good hits but ultimately wind up beating the absolute fuck out of that man and Cecil, where with literally anyone else would probably be reasonably shocked and terrified and immediately making contingencies, is glued to the monitors with a look of respect and awe, "see, THAT'S why we need them on our side. Look at how easily they took out one of our best defenses. We CAN'T let them go"

Deadass I'd consider working as a Guardian myself IF they paid me a metric fuckton of money and they obviously have the funds for it given how willy nilly Cecil uses that teleporter that takes literal billions of dollars every time he uses it. Cecil fantasizing in his head of the moment he convinces you to start working for Uncle Sam and how HE'S the one who managed to change your mind. Cecil watching you a throw a monster stories high around like it's fucking nothing and then going home and beating his dick like it owes him money

But also. A scenario where they put a thingy in your head or in your body. You eventually try to break off working for the government and even maybe threatening to leave the planet entirely and Cecil is hitting a button that completely incapacitates you. Think of how absolutely fucked Mark would have been if he didn't have his friends and Robot to protect him and remove that device. He would've been an actual fucking slave, always living under the threat of getting brain-blasted st any signs of disobedience. For you, it's being completely unable to leave the planet, or having any attempts to escape or avoid the GDA completely nullified.

They develop a special needle made from the parts of a monster who managed to cut you and you're held down flailing by other heroes who consider you a threat (and or are also perverts for you, like Nolan) as you get jabbed as they try to find a chemical concoction that's capable of sedating you. Maybe they find one. Maybe they can't. The horror is in the helplessness. You can no longer truly refuse any call to action by the GDA without getting zapped by something you have no ability to remove or disable. You're trapped.

I also like the idea of Reader being something like Darwin from the X-men where your power is that you respond and adapt to your environment. It turns out you developed powers like flight and superstrength because you literally live on a planet surrounded by aliens and people with magic and superpowers and your body adapted to those dangerous surroundings. Which also means, Cecil shocks you enough times and suddenly, you start tanking it. You take that electricity or trilling noise in your brain and suddenly, it starts to not make you hurt or disoriented as much; you're fucking eating it up like it's lunch. Cecil stands there and watches as you slowly stand to your full height, your expression shifting as you obviously can no longer be affected by the ONE contingency that was working on you besides having their very strongest all team up on you at once and only to SOME degree of success

Cecil knowing he should be fearing his life but truly being in awe of you. You're considering killing him and he's all but sighing, "wow, you really are something, aren't you. Just full of surprises"

malignant narcissist piece of shit yandere Alastor who discovers you've developed your own powers and you could actually become quite formidable and he starts IMMEDIATELY KNEECAPPING your progress to get stronger because 👉👈 he wants to keep you weak and the way you look up to him and think he's so powerful and cool inflates his ego like CRAZY and he wants to keep you as his helpless little groupie who's too scared to even leave the hotel without his escort

yandere Alastor who watches you actually building a life outside of him and that very first time he goes to seek your company and you're actually busy? With someone else? No no, that just won't do at all.

Alastor who puffs out his chest and snaps his fingers and pulls you into a dance because you're just so starry eyed and wowed when he summons up a big brass band for the first time, a party at his whims, summoned at will, and you're just so amazed by it all and he even has to teach you some basic steps, and maybe just maybe it feels really nice to be holding your hands to guide you along and have you look at him so bashful as you apologize for not being as talented and practiced as he is

and then one day he's walking out on the street and he hears something big and loud and, there you are, having a block party and throwing your ass in a circle as speakers summoned by your magic plays music that he haaaaaaaates. The crowd parts in fear like a school of fish avoiding a shark as he draws near to pull you away from your friends personally, scolding you for how you've acted, telling you you're DEGRADING yourself, mentally cataloging the faces of all the people he's convinced were just looking at you and your body with lust in their hearts

Just picture you have fucking RPG mechanics and Alastor is out here like. Stealing your kills to prevent you from leveling up, just genuinely blocking you from being able to get strong enough that defending yourself would be a piece of cake. He finds you about to like plunge a dagger into someone's spine, go in for the skyrim sneak attack special, and suddenly a shadow comes out of nowhere and cleaves the guy right in half and Alastor tut-tuts that you shouldn't be taking on things too big for you to handle :) (even though you were perfectly fine and he could tell you could've taken that guy and that bothers him. You aren't so powerless and defenseless anymore)

Alastor doesn't even realize he wants you to want his company, he wants you to look up to him and rely on him, he's not in tune enough with his emotions to identify anything other than watching you spend time with other people MASSIVELY PISSES HIM OFF, and the second YOU start looking at HIM like he's some kind of inconvenience? You look at him like he's embarrassing himself? Maybe you even ARGUE with him? Cut him down in front of other people? You call him CRINGE?

He's gritting his teeth and making a mental list of which one of your new friends will be the first to get maimed. All these horrible influences are tainting you, surely! Although i also like the idea of like, you using that charm and wit he likes so much back on him and you roast him for filth and he actually kinda... likes it lmao. You're so smart and feisty! Maybe he'll let you have your little rivalries and battles, buuuuutttt.... maybe with just him? He's nothing if not a little ... possessive ;)

But for real :) sweetheart :) baby :) sugar :) darling :) you don't get to speak to him like that in front of other people :) it doesn't HURT you or anything but suddenly you're just. YOINKED down into the abyss of his shadow beneath your feet and you have no idea what the fuck is going on until he's basically removing you from his inventory back at his home or hotel room (depending on when you two have met)

Also just want to point out. He will NEVERRRRR let you live it down if you accidentally prove him right. "Man fuck Alastor! I have powers too! I can be tough too! He can't tell me what to do. I'm gonna go for a drink at a real bar or like maybe even a club. Hey is that that one TV guy he's always fighting with over at the VIP section? I wanna see if this douchebag is all talk. I kinda just wanna go talk some mad shit to him :) oh wait shit I got taken hostage and now the fact I'm a captive is being broadcast on TV Alastor can you come rescue me :("

Oh my god. Oh my god. Alastor who stands there at the trade off to like do whatever or like scheme to get you back or whatever and. He just smiles like the cat who ate the canary and makes you. Apologize to him. Like deadass calls your bluff and pretends he won't make the deal to rescue you unless you humiliate yourself and literally deadass "I'm sorry Alastor you were right and I was wrong and I should have listened to you 🙄" ":) now say it again and this time like you mean it" "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME--" "Alrighty then! Until next time Vox!' "Wait wait no Alastor no I'm sorry ok I'm stupid and a worm and you knew better but you pissed me off and I wanted to prove you wrong and i did something stupid and I'm sorry ok I'M SORRY NOW PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME WITH THIS GUY HE'S JUST SO FUCKING WEIRD 😭"