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enthusiastically, Β lila Β bites Β into Β the Β mars Β bar Β sheβd Β shaken Β free Β from Β the Β vending Β machine Β of Β the Β crappy Β motel Β she Β calls Β home. Β free Β food, Β after Β all, Β always Β tastes Β best. Β she Β chews Β contemplatively, Β arms Β crossed Β over Β her Β chest Β as Β she Β leans Β up Β against Β someoneβs Β car Β and Β stares Β up Β at Β the Β building Β where Β sheβs Β been Β dumping Β the Β other Β twenty-nine Β gifted Β assholes Β over Β the Β last Β few Β weeks. Β the Β umbrella Β academy. Β a Β ragtag Β group Β of, Β arguably, Β whiny Β babies, Β that Β somehow Β seemed Β to Β always Β get Β their Β shit Β together Β in Β the Β eleventh Β hour Β and Β come Β together. Β sheβd Β trusted Β them Β to Β know Β what Β to Β do Β with Β the Β whole Β lot Β of Β them, Β what Β their Β purpose Β was, Β but Β as Β it Β turns Β out Β β¦ Β maybe Β she Β should Β have Β taken Β a Β proper Β look Β at Β the Β timeline Β before Β assuming Β things Β were Β the Β same. Β
given Β sheβs Β loitering Β in Β a Β place Β where Β people Β are Β apt Β to Β recognize Β her, Β it Β comes Β to Β no Β surprise Β that Β she Β feels Β heat Β against Β the Β back Β of Β her Β neck. Β someoneβs Β staring. Β she Β turns Β slowly, Β smile Β stretching Β playfully Β as Β she Β wiggles Β her Β fingers Β in Β their Β direction. Β β Β fancy Β meeting Β you Β here. β Β she Β drawls,Β casual Β as Β ever. Β β Β miss Β me ? β
sir reginald had done a lotΒ of fucked up things, and vanya would have told you before this brand newΒ complicated mess that she was USED to it. she was usedΒ to her father being the worstΒ - him seeing just how badlyΒ his longterm investment turned out and choosing to adopt an entirely different set of children so that he could form the SPARROW ACADEMY instead of his original brandΒ was just one more example of him being an altogether horrible person.
over the years where she was separated from her family, people who....- who at the time didnβt feelΒ like family - sheβd always known where the academy stood, where she could findΒ the people sheβd grown up around, and she had always felt as if everyone was better off if she stayed on the outside. sheβd avoided passing by the building, actively, because to see it was to be reminded of EVERYTHING that had happened. but this was different, regardless of how similar it should have been. over the past month, vanya had taken to walking by (Β an outsider always looking in, regardless of the realityΒ they were stuck in )Β just to see it was still standing, or maybe, just to see. she told herself each time that she was going to quitΒ it, that this habit didnβt HELP -
but either she was luckyΒ she hadnβt stopped, or she really needed to start listening to her internal monologue a little bit more.Β Β
βwhat are youΒ doing here?β the inflections said more than vanya could even manage, in that first moment. you ( DIEGOβS GIRLFRIEND, vengeful spirit, the person whoβd triedΒ to kill them all - most recently )Β and here ( MY HOME, or it was, the place filled with people you probably hateΒ in anyΒ reality ). she had changed her entire trajectory to make a beeline towards the other and stopped deadΒ in her tracks as a BONE CHILLING, horrifyingΒ thought occurred to her :Β βdonβt tell me : hargreeves adopted an eighthΒ child in thisΒ reality, and youβre it.βΒ
