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Bad Habits
Milo Greer/Darlin’, 857 words
CWs: mentions of gambling/addiction, eventual angst, poorly written accents (sorry guys my east coast roots do not rescue this one…), gn pronouns for tank, dasher if you squint, mild cursing
I wanted to make something that wasn’t entirely self-indulgent for once (even though a lot of my hcs for these two separate from this fic are definitely self-indulgent… it’s okay we don’t need to talk about it!!), so here we are! Rather than making one long-winded one-shot, I decided to separate it into multiple shorter chapters to hopefully prolong the eventual burnout that comes with writing after having not done so in so long, so there will be more! I’ll try to make a consistent writing schedule to get me back in the swing of things, so bear with me, it took way longer than it should’ve to finish this. Also, I promise the coming chapters will be longer, I just wanted to set the scene and get a feel for the vibes I was going for, so this just serves as an introduction/backstory naturally. Anyway, now all the disclaimers are out of the way!
Tank was completely, utterly, and foolishly in love.
With Milo-fucking-Greer, of all people.
They don’t know how it happened. All it was supposed to be was a temporary fling.
So, how on God’s green Earth did they find themselves in this position?
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This situationship from Hell came about during the summer of 2011. Colm Greer was deep in his gambling addiction, and Tank’s parents were having those not-so-quiet behind-the-door conversations about moving back to Washington when they thought they weren’t listening.
David and Asher had turned eighteen just months before Milo and Tank, hardly any time at all; that didn’t stop Asher from lovingly referring to the pair as the ‘babies’ of the group. Neither party enjoyed this nickname, but it was Asher, so there was no way to reverse it until he got bored of it and found something else to entertain himself with.
Despite the many attempts to include them in pack activities, Tank had never felt so isolated. They couldn’t find anything in common with anyone else aside from the fact that they were all shifters, and it only pulled them further away from their (few and far between) attempts to integrate with the others. They found no way for them to relate to anyone.
Well.
Anyone except Milo Greer, of course.
They had never really spoken to him about it, but they knew about his father’s problem. Everyone did. It was something everyone was aware of but knew better than to question because it was a private matter, and Gabe Shaw would ensure it stayed that way for the most part.
Regardless, Tank couldn’t help but be a little bit curious.
Tank had reluctantly agreed to join the trio (plus Christian) on an outing after Asher had practically begged them to come along, swearing that it would be fun, even if they didn’t like going out that much. This one little decision found them sitting alone with Milo Greer while Asher and Christian roughhoused and David supervised from afar.
Despite their internal conflict, they couldn’t stop themselves from opening their mouth to speak.
“Is it hard?”
Milo flinched a little at the sound of their voice. They rarely spoke to anyone when they didn’t have to, so hearing them utter those words was entirely unexpected. “Your- Your dad, I mean.” They clarified before shaking their head. “Never mind, that question kind of answers itself. It’s none of my business, sorry.” They blurted out quickly after, going to push themselves to their feet and move somewhere else.
“Frustrating,” Milo said, causing Tank to halt their movements. “It’s not exactly hard, just… frustrating.” He reiterated. Tank nodded, returning to their original position on the ground. “We’re not as close as I’d like us ta’ be because of his issues, y’know? Like… I look at David and Gabe and can’t help but feel jealous. I wish I had that kinda relationship with my old man.” Milo explained, resting his chin on one hand and picking at grass with the other.
“I get it,” Tank stated, leaning back on their elbows in the grass. “Well, I mean, obviously I don’t. I’m not in your situation. I just… understand that wish for a closer relationship.” They added.
Milo hummed curiously, glancing back at him. Tank’s eyebrows furrowed and they sat up quickly, scanning his expression. “What?” They asked, a frown twisting at the corners of their lips. Milo shrugged in response.
“Nothin’.” He said, pausing for a moment before letting out a chuckle. “You never talk. Asher was startin' to suspect that you were mute.” He said, a small grin forming on his face. “Now here you are, talkin’ my ear off. Asher’s gonna be pissed that I’m the one ya ended up talkin’ to.” He added teasingly.
Tank rolled their eyes, fidgeting with the stem of a dandelion. “Don’t make it a thing. It’s just because I know strained relationships.” They muttered, eyebrows knitting in concentration as they tied the stem into a small knot.
“Alright, alright, I’m just kiddin’,” Milo said, pushing himself to his feet as Asher and Christian finished up their playfight. “I won’t ‘make it a thing,’ but I will take pride in the fact that I sorta broke your shell before Asher did.” He declared jokingly, holding his hand out to help them up. Tank eyed his hand for a moment before apprehensively taking it, pulling themselves up. “And… thanks. Y’know, for asking.” Milo added when they were on their feet. “I don’t like talkin’ about it, but… it’s nice to have someone ask once in a while. Everyone else seems ta’ think I’m gonna explode if they ask me about it.” He mumbled with a sigh.
Tank nodded, dusting themself off. “No problem. Uh… want this dandelion I tied up?” They offered unsurely. They weren’t entirely sure where to go from here.
Milo tilted his head curiously as he took the dandelion, examining it in his hand. “Sure, why not?” He said, shrugging and sliding it neatly into his pocket.
What might have seemed like an insignificant interaction to anyone else ended up keeping Tank up with their thoughts all night.
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taglist ofc:
@porters-fangs @achios @skunkox
(if u wanna be added or taken off just lmk!!)
i’m like useless at writing or art so you get one more headcanon each day for each character!
one for aaron — i think he wanted to be an astronaut growing up, but he didn’t go pursuing that dream because ✨shitty home life✨
his priority was just making sure him and his brother were secure so now he’s working a job he hates
some nights he can be found staring longingly at the moon/stars, thinking about his younger self and consoling his inner child about having to give up everything he loved
🖤Redactober 2024🖤
🎃It’s that time of year again~!🎃
Event Notes:
If you don’t have the voice for Talktober or the dirty mind for Kinktober, why not take part in Redactober- a fun, low-threshold event meant to bring us together as a fandom and inspire us to create and share?
This year, we’ll be going a little more freeform. I give you a Redacted man, listed alphabetically, and you choose the prompt as long as it starts with that man’s first initial. (We’re gonna have to get creative with A-words, y’all.)
With that prompt, create something! Write a fic! Sketch some art! Put together some headcanons, draft a song, canva together a moodboard, wherever the Halloween spirit takes you!
Whatever you create, please tag it “#Redactober 2024” so we can look through them and share. Though I won’t be participating every day due to prior engagements, I’ll be making an effort to reblog all the entries 💕
Have fun 🎃
2nd of Redactober — Adam
i hate this twinkshdjdd
i headcanon that he’s a youngest sibling and didn’t really get much attention growing up. spoiled with things but mostly ignored yk
and a second headcanon is that alexis has turned him down before LMAO
🖤Redactober 2024🖤
🎃It’s that time of year again~!🎃
Event Notes:
If you don’t have the voice for Talktober or the dirty mind for Kinktober, why not take part in Redactober- a fun, low-threshold event meant to bring us together as a fandom and inspire us to create and share?
This year, we’ll be going a little more freeform. I give you a Redacted man, listed alphabetically, and you choose the prompt as long as it starts with that man’s first initial. (We’re gonna have to get creative with A-words, y’all.)
With that prompt, create something! Write a fic! Sketch some art! Put together some headcanons, draft a song, canva together a moodboard, wherever the Halloween spirit takes you!
Whatever you create, please tag it “#Redactober 2024” so we can look through them and share. Though I won’t be participating every day due to prior engagements, I’ll be making an effort to reblog all the entries 💕
Have fun 🎃
i love seeing peoples interpretations of darlin
cuz everyone agrees that darlin is hot/ex/lh
and it’s a reminder that like no matter what you look like you’re attractive to someone. your insecurities are really attractive to somebody out there.
i hate my scars, and my hairs often all tied up/braided, it’s not super long either. i have piercings (and many more to come), that i didn’t think look that nice on me
and then i see people draw their versions of darlin with that and i’m like
maybe it’s stupid but idk
4th of redactober — Anton‼️‼️
i need more of him but anyways
- cooking is like therapeutic for this man, put him behind a grill and let him forget his problems for a while
- he’s pretty hairy. like arms, legs and a pretty full beard. oh and a happy trail
- his mother doesn’t speak any english
- he sends pictures of plants/flowers to “my love” that he sees and listens intently to the infodump about them that follows
bonus i think he’d be a girl dad
credits to @autisticempathydaemon as always 🫡
better have been 3 michelin stars and changed your whole life, cuz wtf
i have a message for imp!christian
that better have been the best pussy you’ve ever had
i feel like david & sam instinctively hide their faces a little when they laugh, but heavier on david
Pls I desperately need new James content
SAVE ME JAMES SAVE. ME.
I am a firm believer in the fact that if Angel were an empowered person, they would be a fire elemental.
No one can change my mind.
WAIT FORGET JAMES WHERE IS GUY????? I HAVENT SEEN HIM IN AGES 😭😭😭
Is the pack wedding the next video coming out??? Cause if so I have to stay off Tumblr brah
I'M SO NORMAL ABOUT THIS!!!!!
If you're still doing the matchups 👁
Rn I'm fixated on Twist the knife by that handsome devil but I obsess over a new song every week
My enneagram type is 4 (apparently) and I'm an infp
I love video essays. Basically anything Kennie JD makes is delectable
My childhood imaginary friend was literally just pinkie pie and rainbow dash I'm not kidding
Go to way to fall asleep is either warm milk with honey and lavender or nothing at all. I pass out when the universe allows me to
I would like my legal name to be either Sojourner (Journey)or Cupid.
Favorite video is either Caelum's sleep aid, Guy's reverse comfort sick audio, or the one where Ollie got his listener to eat after hearing they didn't eat lunch
Vega does nothing for me I don't get it 💔💔
I know every mlp episode up to season 5 by heart
Out of all the guys, I'd say I'm platonically attracted to either Cam or Brachium
Go to rambling topic for me is mythology but nine times outta ten it's gonna be Greek mythology and how much modern interpretations of Hades and Persephone PISS ME OFF/LH
Go to gas station snack is green tea Arizona (or pink lemonade) with Pringles
My favorite playlist rn is my lovecore playlist. It's very important to me
Idk it's not really a guilty pleasure but I like playing pastel girl it's cute and simple💕
Extra shit: my favorite color is pink, I'm an Aquarius, favorite animals are cats and bunnies, I love sweets and spicy food and I currently need more room on my bed for more plushies
Type Fours and INFPs are defined as thoughtful, sensitive, creative masterminds with whole worlds inside their heads. That makes you a great match with our one and only dreamwalking boy, Elliott.
Like, literally, you two could share the creative worlds in your heads; that’s what y’all as a pair is so cool. He’d love crafting pink, fluffy places for you, always striving to make them more realistic and fun and innovative. I know you’re also an artist, so Elliott could bring your drawings to life in dreams. Who needs references or models when you have a top notch dreamwalker as a boyfriend?
Overall, your relationship would be just so cute. Elliott’s friends to lovers shaped, so I can imagine him having absorbed your MLP knowledge, if he hasn’t seen it, through pure osmosis. He always has little pops of bright, “girlier” colors: tie dye shirts you bought him, pink hair ties on his wrist, a pink beanie he stole from you and never gave back. You go out to eat together, and you laugh when he’s a spicy food wimp because he never managed to build a tolerance.
Song:
Now, baby, I believe this is real/ So take a chance and don't ever look back, don't ever look back/ We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach/ Got a motel and built a fort out of sheets/ I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece/ I'm complete
This isn’t That Handsome Devil, it’s nowhere close, but I will not apologize, okay. Your submission is giving cute, it’s giving girly pop, it’s giving bubblegum. I go where the words lead me, and they are leading me to the cheesy Katy Perry classic bop about dreams and falling in love that Elliott, without a doubt, as a creature of taste, knows all the words to.
Runner-Ups:
Okay, so Sam is a runner-up because it’s basically canon he wears the same, cowboy shit all the time, and I think your colors and style would be a cute contrast to his. Regulus is a runner-up, my favorite one, because you could spin him as the Hades to your Persephone any which way, and I WILL.
note: rant to me anytime about Hades and Persephone I love Greek mythology shit tell me how you feel about Hadestown
Read this post and send me an ask if you’d like a match-up of your own! 💌
Updated my Guy design I like this one a lot better
AHHHH 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
OMG????? I LOVE THIS????
D.A.M.N. crew but they are object heads
And a random water-smelly ass bitch we should kill it with a shoe
Inspired by: @/mhmmaybe (idk if you were comfy with tags!)
Fr tho how does Gavin drive without a license???
things my classmates have said as Redacted Characters pt 2
you know the drill (long warning)
“Does anyone have a math problem? I know [Eridanus] doesn’t I can see his page” — Avior
“I haven’t done a problem like that in like 20 years” — Warden
“Weren’t you a teacher?” — Vega
“But did you sing the song?” — Angel
“No, I never learned the song :3” — Asher
“I wanna see a 12-D movie” — Guy
“I hate it when the silly spine disease makes my back hurt :(" — Freelancer (oh wow i wonder who said this one)
“Fred, do the problem” — Sam
“[SAM] WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU” — Bright
“It’s like a crescendo in music” — Babe
“Nintendo?” — Asher
“You don’t have a license, do you?” — Damien
“That doesn’t matter” — Gavin
“I vote [Sam] goes next” — Bright
“Wait what-" — Sam
“A maths joke? Why-“ — Angel
“[Angel], shut up.” — David
“This is working out great! I did not do this wrong at home!” — Asher
“‘Cogeret’… It looks French” — Avior
“✨Cogerét✨ (🇫🇷)” — Starlight
“I’m totally exhausted” — Darlin
“What have you even been doing?” — Milo
“I don’t even know” — Darlin
“Exactly” — Milo
“Close your eyes. What do you feel?” — Coworker
“Tired” — Freelancer
“We should nuke Mars :3” — Babe
“… I think that’s from Meriam-Webster” — Starlight
“Did you just quote a dictionary????” — Avior
“Well, lets put them into that position and then we’ll go from there :3” — Gavin
“I left it on the door-" — Angel
“ON the door??” — David
“BY the door-" — Angel
“He’s talking to himself” — Fred
“The voices” — Bright
“Like the creep he is” — Fred
“The voices :3” — Bright
“what do YOU think about ✨Organ Donation✨?” — Lovely (its the vibes guys trust trust)
*sounding it out* “‘Ce-pha-lo-thor-ax’” — Starlight
“The cephalothorax-" — Avior
“Oh wow. That was beautiful 😒” — Starlight
“Thank you 😌” — Avior
APRIL FOOLIVERSE AU
I was fighting for my life trying to get through these help—
Wish any of my faves were a part of the lineup, but we can’t all be happy ig 😔 /hj
RAAAAHHHH QUEERS YOUR WOLFBOYS
More redacted tweets ⁉️
I love making these guys
🎀: @capitalisticveins @vilf-lover @xanyiaz @plutobutartsy @morgansplace @kitheking @randomhoneybee @messenger-of-stupidity @samlizdavis @betta-phish @darlin-collins @verbal-static @puffin-smoke @cyc-chilla @themeridian @defnotayonna @pycth @wolfieisacat @shadow-collinss @whensomethingwickedcomesthisway
