#trovetexts

I was imagining a female Reader becoming the target of the Brimmed Caps after one of them witnesses you, an outsider to magic, having a rather lovely and inspiring conversation with a child where you encourage them to pursue magic "no matter what" and perhaps you even give the child a special little 'magic charm' of your own that, even through guesswork may be impressively close to being a spell for... something, proudly declaring that you "like to make your own magic" and something about how "there are so many beautiful and unexplainable things in this world just waiting to be discovered, and magic is just one of them"

Perhaps you've even coincidentally had lovely conversations with certain other lovely blonde-haired children the dark magic users have had their eyes on, further showing both your love for learning of the craft and for further inspiring that same desire and hunger in others

So the Brimmed Caps, naturally, respond to this by. Selecting you and performing a ritual on you using Forbidden Magic where, all you can remember are hazy memories of chanting and candles and caresses, symbols drawn on your body, on your belly, symbols that remain as you awake alone in your home with the realization that you are now undeniably pregnant; the morning sickness you begin having out of nowhere only confirms it.

You're stuck between being terrified of what could happen to you, and yet... you can't help but feel your heart swell at the idea of raising a child of your own.

Meanwhile, here's Qifrey, barely containing himself from openly showing just how crazy it's driving him to watch your belly slowly grow with life as you remain under his watchful protection, keeping an eye out for the Brimmed Caps' suspected return. Qifrey who gently coos about how nice it would be if you had a daughter and "gave Coco a little sister to play with and teach magic to", not only being genuine but also absolutely fantasizing about getting to plant his own seed in your belly and create a child with you all of his own

At the same time, you're under the looming threat of the Knights Moralis and Easthies who are lowkey arguing they should wait to let you give birth, take your child, and then wipe your memory, since there's no way of knowing what the child even is given its origins, or so is their fear, as you and Qifrey naturally argue that that is SO horrendously unethical it borders on torture

Meanwhile Iguin and his fellows, who have formed a cult-like adoration and fascination with you of their own, simply used magic to ensure you became pregnant and nothing more, with the child otherwise being completely normal and healthy. In the same way that they won't allow their talismans to be tampered with and traced back to them, they will not allow any meddling in your pregnancy. If anyone so much as tries to draw some sort of Circle of Abortion or otherwise, that room will be filled with as many skilled magic users as needed, if the sigils on your body aren't outright capable of yanking you to safety where you will then be tended to by a cult that is particularly infatuated with you

It's hard to say which team of your "protectors" you should fear most, but one thing is for certain: any sort of control or influence over the future of you and your child has been taken from your hands. You're all but helpless against those far more knowledgeable in accomplishing miracles than you ever even conceived, and if they want to use those gifts to watch you, track you, entrap you? You're completely at their mercy, whether those that want to do so consider themselves your friends, your allies, your protectors, or even your lovers.

here's an idea: yandere Qifrey who's just a liiiittle too fond of his new adult apprentice... just a little too eager to have the opportunity of teaching you magic as an excuse to spend time with you

"The best way to learn magic is to incorporate it into your everyday life!" says the man who uses this as a justification to GLUE himself to you to cater to his your every curiosity, to answer any possible question you may have about ANYTHING. He is constantly finding some sort of reason to be around you, always finding something new to teach you or talk to you about

It would be oh so convenient for him if you had a situation similar to Coco's where you're either an outsider or an unpracticed witch who, through an accident with magic or maybe even an encounter with a certain cult of Forbidden Magic users, has lost your home and needs a new place to stay, provided by none other than Qifrey himself. Why, after such a horrible ordeal, you'll especially need his company to help cheer you up and keep you in good spirits, won't you?

Any involvement with the Brimmed Caps is also more ammunition for him to justify his actions and behavior to anyone who may question his intentions. No no no, you see, he simply MUST be sure to maintain a constant vigil over you, because what if those evil witches were to return to target you? Isn't tracking them down and stopping them more important than some... 'perceived peculiarities in his behavior towards you'?

Of course, it would also be particularly sinister if this man who knows a thing or two about keeping secrets were to also have access to any sort of thing - say, perhaps a spell- that could do something crazy like, i dunno, alter your memories, maybe even erase them leaving you none the wiser?

An unfortunate discovery as you stumble upon certain 'art' of his involving you and particularly intimate areas of your body? Forgotten. You accidentally let out a shocked gasp while eavesdropping on a conversation where another person accuses your teacher of being a creep and you suddenly see some of his actions in a significantly less flattering light? No, that didn't happen. A confession of his undying devotion and love that ends with total rejection and a lost of trust? Consider that memory wiped clean for this selfish spellcaster to someday try again

I can't help but imagine a scenario where an oh so sweet and naive but just a little bit mentally unstable Clark Kent finally meets his soulmate who he's been excited to meet for so long, and he's slowly but surely crushed under the cruel reality of the world that he's exposed to through his new soulmate: you

Sweet, sweet Clark, who had hard-working loving parents, seeing that you have barely an ounce of vulnerability or intimacy to spare after being raised in an abusive household, so hurt by your past that you're unwilling to open up to even your soulmate. You hardly want to make eye contact with him, let alone say "I love you" because your parents and other people around you abused every last ounce of kindness out of you

Hardworking Mr Kent who has a respectable job that pays well and he enjoys doing, now getting to helplessly watch as you struggle to pay even your most basic of bills for an employer who will refuse covering your medical care for a serious injury in a heartbeat, not to mention it's not something you find even mildly fulfilling if not outright dehumanizing

Everyone's favorite hero Superman deciding, well, if you're too shy to spend time with him, surely it's ok for him to use certain powers like his x-ray vision to keep an eye on you and make sure you're staying safe from afar, only to then constantly witness firsthand how often people are shitty to you for absolutely no reason, taking advantage of you, stealing from you, verbally and sometimes even physically abusing you, taking what little good that you had left inside of you for that and all but spitting on it

All the while you push away the man who is quite literally your destined soulmate who wants to help you and is so, so, SO infatuated with you already, even though he hardly knows a thing about you (at least, from TALKING to you; he's learned PLENTY from peeping). He's maybe even the ONLY person in your life to truly care for your wellbeing, but you're so beaten down you simply can't trust him, and it breaks his heart

He's just oh so perfectly understanding when you finally crack and completely break apart. You could have anything from a panic attack where you collapse and start crying, to something like a full blown meltdown, screaming at him to just get away from you, to just leave you alone, that you don't need him or anyone else at all, saying any sort of horrible insult you can think of, even trying to throw things at him or hit him just to get him to GO--

and he'll just take your hands as gently as he can, making sure you don't hurt yourself swinging on the Man of Steel, letting you cry it out, call him whatever names you need to, while he talks to you so gently.

"It's okay. I'm not upset with you. It must have been so hard doing everything by yourself for so long. I think you're really incredible"

He'll say something that's not only the right thing to completely sneak passed your defenses but it's also 100% genuine. Clark will have you crying even harder and apologizing while he pulls you into a hug, telling you you have nothing to apologize for. In fact, he even has an idea: since you're so overwhelmed with trying to pay for so many different things on your own, why not move in with him? You two ARE soulmates, and you've just been so tired, and he IS being awfully sweet... maybe it's a risk you're willing to take?

Whether or not it was the right decision or an enormous mistake doesn't even matter: Clark already KNOWS you. Whether you two have a good relationship or things completely fall apart, he can always search for you now, and that's not even mentioning any potential help from his buddies in the Justice League. Say an inexperienced younger Clark is about to give himself a panic attack because he can't figure out where you've gone? It sure is a helpful coincidence you use a WayneTech brand phone...

Still... perhaps there's also an incentive from members of the League to make sure you're relationship goes well. After all, what else could push a man like Clark into a potential Injustice sort of scenario other than watching how the world he sacrifices so much for oppresses and harms his darling? Look at all the stress it gives you! Look at all these artificial machinations making things so much more complicated than it needs to be! All he wants to do is spend time with you and experience life with you, and instead you're stuck rotting away barely able to pay taxes while you try not to have cup noodles for dinner every single night.