#strkefrst

THE  NIGHT  STARTED  OUT  WELL  ENOUGH.        Bobby  had  told  her  that  they  were  going  on  a  double  date  with  a  friend  of  his,  but  he  never  mentioned  who  (  and  to  be  fair,  she  never  asked  him.  She  was  just  happy  to  get  to  meet  more  of  his  friends  since  it  had  been  so  long  ).  Natalia  had  gone  out  and  bought  a  new  dress  and  wanted  to  make  sure  she  looked  presentable  enough  since  she  was  still  rebuilding  her  belongings  since  all  she  had  had  fit  in  her  luggage.

Everything  was  turning  out  to  be  great  until  she  saw  the  woman  who  had  answered  the  door  at  the  address  Bobby  had  given  her  to  where  Johnny  was...  and  then  Johnny  and  her  stomach  dropped  and  suddenly  she  wasn't  drunk  enough  for  what  was  about  to  happen.  

Yeah,  she  had  been  avoiding  going  back  to  see  Johnny  but  she  didn't  think  it  would  be  quite  appropriate  after  she  and  Bobby  started  dating.  She  was  doing  it  out  of  respect  and  now  she  was  feeling  blindsided.  She  hardly  touched  her  food  and  focused  on  a  liquid  dinner  as  the  whole  thing  seemed  more  tense  than  anything  she  had  ever  been  through  before.  Of  course,  Shannon  recognized  her.  How  could  she  not?  Johnny  hadn't  even  looked  at  her  and  Bobby  was  so  tense  beside  her  that  she  could  all  but  feel  it  radiating  off  of  him.

Suddenly  she  stood  up  without  saying  much  of  anything  except  a  murmured,  "I'll  be  right  back."  Standing  up  too  quickly  wasn't  exactly  optimal  on  a  few  glasses  of  wine  so  she  steadied  herself  before  she  made  her  way  outside  and  as  soon  as  the  cool  night  air  hit  her  face  she  just  began  to  laugh.  She  laughed  until  she  had  to  sit  down  on  the  concrete  flowerpot  and  then  she  cried.  Elbows  on  her  knees  and  her  face  in  her  hands  and  her  whole  body  shook  with  the  effort  to  contain  the  sobs  that  caused  the  trembling  throughout  her  body.  She  was  angry  and  she  was  hurting  and  worst  of  all,  she  was  EMBARASSED.  Deep  down,  she  knew  Bobby  meant  well  and  that  this  was  something  he  had  been  pushing  for,  for  her  to  actually  go  talk  to  him  again  but  she  just  was  finding  every  excuse  not  to  so  he  took  that  excuse  away  from  her.  It  was  admirable,  she  gave  him  that.  But  it  didn't  make  it  hurt  any  less.

   ❝ yeah, well-- i got shot. ❞ he lifts his brows, but his smile is playful as he takes Johnny’s extended hand to give it a firm shake. he probably wouldn’t have left the army otherwise.  ❝ so now here i am. how’ve you been, man? ❞

》     》     👫     /     five  headcanons for @strkefrst​​.

1.    johnny  got  her  interested  in  karate  when  she  was  around  four  or  five.  he  taught  her  small  things  that  she  in  turn  went  home  to  her  mother  and  showed  her  what  she  had  learned  and  she  couldn't  get  enough.  she  did  karate  with  him  until  she  was  about  eight  when  things  between  her  parents  got  a  bit  strained  and  while  he  did  do  his  best,  he  wasn't  around  for  awhile  so  she  stopped  learning  or  wanting  to  until  she  reached  high  school.  by  the  time  she  wanted  to  get  involved  again,  he  had  already  started  training  miguel  which  pushed  her  even  further  away.

2.    her  father  had  nunchucks  in  her  hands  as  soon  as  she  could  hold  them  without  falling  over.  it's  one  of  the  reasons  she's  so  good  with  them.  it  was  something  she  still  did  even  when  she  wasn't  doing  karate  itself.

3.    she  has  her  own  motorcycle  jacket  and  helmet.  johnny  started  taking  her  on  rides  when  she  was  a  child  and  he  would  take  her  out  even  as  a  teenager  when  he  wanted  to  spend  some  bonding  time  with  her.  it  was  one  of  her  fondest  childhood  memories  going  on  rides  with  her  dad  and  uncles.

4.    laura  has  johnny's  short  temper  and  attitude.  she  may  look  like  her  mother  but  her  attitude  and  mannerisms  are  all  johnny  and  it  drives  her  mother  crazy  because  she's  a  spitting  image  of  him  when  she's  upset  or  annoyed.

5.    when  laura  is  mad  at  her  dad,  she  speaks  to  him  exclusively  in  russian  (  or  spanish  to  throw  him  off  ).  but  she  will  refuse  to  speak  to  him  normally.  he  may  be  able  to  understand  her,  but  he  doesn't  generally  speak  it  back  to  her  and  when  he  does  manage  to,  it  throws  her  off.

BONUS.  

6.    when  silver  beat  him  up,  laura  had  snuck  back  in  to  her  house   from  prom  and  found  him  drunk  on  the  couch.  she  carried  him  to  bed  and  climbed  in  with  him  and  held  him  when  he  cried  to  her  about  being  a  bad  dad  and  how  he  regrets  when  he  wasn't  there  for  her.  she  reassured  him  and  told  him  that  she  couldn't  ask  for  a  better  father.  

7.    much  to  nat's  dismay,  johnny  inadvertently  swore  around  her  as  a  baby  and  her  first  word  was  "fuck".  and  nat  had  never  let  johnny  live  it  down.

8.    laura  got  johnny's  blue  eyes,  except  hers  are  so  dark  they  can  almost  pass  as  black  or  can  turn  almost  a  silver/grey  blue.

9.    when  she  left  cobra  kai  after  the  incident  with  hawk,  she  took  a  small  break  from  karate  until  she  went  to  her  dad  and  asked  him  if  she  could  join  even  though  she  had  felt  he  had  replaced  her  for  some  time.  

𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐭. 𝟏 || @strkefrst

✯ˏˋ°•*⁀➷❝ Sensei, nothing is going to happen to me. I can PROMISE you that. I'm not that weak little boy you once knew ONCE UPON A TIME..... you've changed me and for the better ! I've been beaten up, taken down, I screwed up my back, and with your help I came right back up..... Sometimes I feel like I can take on the world ! And okay maybe that's not possible, but you definitely helped me find my strength. ❞ HE MEANS IT , FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS HEART. Where would he be without his sensei ? karate ?

             When the world said HEY , FUCK YOU MIGUEL DIAZ ! KARATE WAS THERE waiting for him on the sidelines, along with his future sensei. Karate gave him confidence to stand up for himself, and also not to take shit from bullies. The old Miguel would have coward away, probably get his head shoved inside a toilet, chased down the hall, and kicked to the ground over & over again. But you see, that isn't who he is anymore....... he isn't that scared little boy anymore. He has grown, and he has definitely changed, and for the better.

FOR  THE  FIRST  TIME  IN  HER  LIFE,  she  hated  Ivan.  She  hated  him  with  every  fiber  of  her  being  for  dragging  her  from  the  only  happiness  she  had  ever  had.  She  had  a  nice  life  with  friends  and  she  had  finally  been  able  to  have  Johnny  in  her  life  the  way  she  had  always  wanted.

And  then  Kreese  happened  and  everything  fell  apart.

Ivan  hadn't  even  let  her  graduate  first.  They  were  on  the  first  flight  out  as  soon  as  he  could  settle  his  affairs.  But  it  was  what  happened  not  long  after  settling  back  into    Volgograd  that  she  found  out  that  she  was  pregnant.  Not  exactly  ideal  as  Ivan  flew  off  the  handle  when  she  told  him  but  they  made  it  work.

The  pregnancy  wasn't  an  easy  one  as  she  was  still  young  and  her  body  had  gone  through  a  great  amount  of  stress  and  pain  that  she  actually  thought  she  had  lost  the  child  on  more  than  one  occasion.  The  last  trimester  and  a  half  she  spent  in  bed  on  complete  bedrest  and  Ivan  took  some  time  away  from  work  to  take  care  of  her.  

Ilya  'Elijah'  Romanova  was  born  right  before  midnight,  so  he  was  born  on  August  19th  instead  of  August  20th,  which  would  have  been  wholly  ironic  as  his  father's  birthday  was  on  the  20th.  

Months  passed  and  Ilya  was  finally  healthy  as  could  be  after  spending  some  time  in  the  hospital  and  Natalia  had  sat  down  with  Ivan  just  before  he  turned  one  and  she  wanted  to  go  home.  Home  was  never  Russia.  Home  was  in  California.  Home  was  with  Johnny  and  once  the  doctors  signed  off  safely,  Ivan  once  again  moved  them  back  into  the  house  he  left  since  he  owned  it  still.  

Natalia  wasn't  even  on  the  ground  for  a  full  twenty  four  hours  before  she  was  in  contact  with  Laura,  because  she  was  unsure  if  Johnny  was  still  living  at  home  or  not.  She  had  completely  missed  graduation  so  she  didn't  know  what  had  happened  after.  After  a  round  of  tight  hugs  and  fawning  over  Elijah,  she  was  curled  up  on  the  couch  taking  a  quick  nap  while  she  waited  for  Johnny  to  come  home.  Laura  had  insisted  she  rest  and  it  gave  her  time  to  spend  with  her  grandson and she’d wake her when he came home.