every ship is equal, and no one is more powerful than the sea.

[derogatory]

FIVE THINGS MEME

HOW TO PLAY
- Give me as many "five things" prompt for any characters or fandom that you know I'm into
- I will try to write it
- no promises.


COMPLETE
five moments of gay panic for victor
four times victor missed nathan before finding him again (and one time he really didn't)
five disastrous toasts from victor and nathan's big gay wedding
five things about avenger victor and supervillain karolina
five times chase and victor were not friends
five ways victor's bad end could've gone
four successful missions nathan and victor went on (and one that could have gone a lot better)
five moments inside the mentor's lounge
five times victor regretted letting nathan move in

Comments

[derogatory]

v.
“Don’t worry, I have a plan!” Chase shouts over the thrum of shelling, the whine of the persistent fire alarm. The Avengers headquarters was built to withstand an assault from the outside, not so much an alien army materialization in the on-site R&D floors.

“Really?” Victor twists his neck back to look at him. They both duck for cover when a door is knocked off its hinges, but luckily its only from the force of air shooting through the hallway, no hostiles set into their cover room just yet. “I was just gonna throw shit at them until they stay down,” Victor shrugs, waiting until his ears stop ringing to speak again. “What was your plan?”

Chase grimaces, turning back to the shattered floor to ceiling windows. “Pretty much that,” he concedes, adding, “Okay, so now we both know the plan!” The Fistigons help him lift some of the heavier office furniture, and Victor is happy to haul out every lurching along old computer at the passing Chitauri. A tragic but heroic end for their processes, it’s a heroes death for stilted Windows 11.

“When are The Avengers getting here!” Chase hollers over a dying gasp from his weapons; they’ve run out of shit to throw. Victor side-eyes him. “I mean the real Avengers.” Fair enough.

“How much juice you got left?” Victor calls, standing shoulder to shoulder with the former teammate as the Chitauri sentries inch through the openings in the walls.

“None,” Chase gulps, before he notices the energy gathering in Victor’s palms. “Aw, hell yeah- are you gonna supercharge the fists?” Victor grins, shrugging with one shoulder before tossing over the power source to the Fistigons, which sputter out fire and electricity, enough to knock the approaching enemies into the East River.

“All right! We still got it, huh, Magniño?” Chase laughs, clapping him on the shoulder with a still warm gauntlet.






“Sounds like you guys had everything in control,” Nathan says over his book. Victor shrugs, towel wringing at his hair, still smelling ash and soot even after the shower. New York survived another day, but their headquarters and some of the onsite staff needed a cleanup when it was through.

“I guess,” he murmurs.

“You can restart the Runaways at this rate,” Nathan adds, feigning innocence when Victor tosses him a withering glare. “Can you not make that face? We both know I’m joking.”

“No, I get it,” Victor groans, sitting at the side of the bed, feet shuffling against the floor. “I- You know when you’re around someone and you used to be friends and you kinda forget all the bad stuff and you’re friends again?” Nathan squints, weighing this over in his mind, the difficult task of envisioning Chase as anything friendlier than a punch to the neck. “But then later you remember that actually you don’t like each other, or you had nothing in common, or all the shit you’ve pulled and it’s just-” He gestures obliquely. “It sucks.”

“No,” Nathan replies cheerfully after a pause, shutting the book with a snap. He stretches across the bed to shove his foot against Victor’s side, right between the ribs. “Not even a little.” Oh, great, thanks, Victor grumbles, batting his leg away. “What! I ran around with complete twats, every last one of ‘em.” Of course, so were the Runaways- boyfriend excluded- but Nathan keeps that observation well under wraps. “Forgive me if I don't waste everybody's time pining after the good old days.”

“'s not pining!" Victor writhes under the accusation. He tugs at a fresh bandage over one of the day's earlier burns. “You miss Kelly,” he counters petulantly.

“Parts a Kelly, yeah, who wouldn't. Not really the case with a twat we see everyday, who can't get a basic sandwich order right, neither.” He fixes Victor with a grin, arms out when that joke doesn't land, he's a robot fit to be fussed tonight. “Fuck's sake. You must’ve got serious brain damage if you’re gettin nostalgic for Chase,” he mutters, adding louder, kinder, “But I can see how it would suck. For you. You're downright delicate.” Mostly kinder, partly shitty.

Victor lies back against the blanket, swiping at Nathan when he tries another kick. “As usual I regret sharing anything with you.”

“D'you think Chase is crying about how you used to be mates to his girlfriend right now?” Nathan snickers, tossing his book aside as he leans over to hover his face over Victor's- yeah, he definitely still has some soot in his hair. “Who do you suppose it is tonight? Right hand or left? Maybe it's one of those pocket vagina sleeve things you order from Hong Kong or some shit.”

“From Hong Kong?” Victor raises his eyebrows.

“Ah, so I've heard, I've never looked into them myself.”

“Right,” Victor replies, unconvinced, tugging Nathan down over him.

BAM TWOFER'D

[sailor]

AND YOU THOUGHT I’D NEVER RESPOND TO THIS

BUT I WAS ALREADY HERE!!!!!!!!!!

god i can’t tell you how many times i’ve reread this because. i love chase. JACKIE I KNOW. I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING WHEN I SAY THAT. but i do, i love chase so much because he is TOTAL GARBAGE and you write his garbageness perfectly. i never want to read fic by anybody who thinks chase is secretly a good guy. i just want this. this forever

MY BAD yeah right from the get-go chase is a DOUCHELORD. fjdslk god victor’s getting better at not living up to people’s expectations YOU GO ROBOCOP!! BUT ALSO, NO DON’T. fsdkjflskdjfsd every single time i laugh like an idiot at chase trying to be jason bourne and the two of them getting into a little kicking match IT’S JUST SUCH A FUNNY VISUAL but also, having tried the leg sweep thing many times myself, it is not as easy as it looks so i feel you chase.

FLSDKJF BLAIR WITCH god dammit that’s a good one, i’m so impressed :’) poor victor THAT WAS A MESSED UP MOVIE flksdj of course it was molly. i love you molly. LLSDKJ IF I SAID WE’RE COOL WE’RE COOL conflict resolution by nico minoru at its finest, truly. GOD BUT VICTOR FAKE SMILING AND FAKE APOLOGIZING FOR SHOCKING CHASE flksdj my hoarse little scream at must be how your dad did it. baby. baby NO

UHGHHHHHHHHHHH YESI’M SO HAPPY YOU WROTE CHASE BEING LIKE LOL THEY LET YOU IN? SO HAPPY flkjds scream of course he told them it wasn’t a good idea. of COURSE he did. whatever chase, like your two cents really has any weight to it!! ugh joining up where you’re not wanted, i’m telling you dude he’s the perfect little shithead in this i love it SO MUCH because it makes me hate him. THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S RIGHT!! ugh and being glad that growing up and going into a battle to the death didn’t make him any less of an asshole. which is totally understandable like. I HAVE FRIENDS LIKE THAT!! it’s so true. it’s comforting the way some things don’t really change even if those things are shitty as hell. flkdsj his basic humanity is being a jerk YEAH THAT’S A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF CHASE better than everyone and their mom calling him sweet in undercover

UGH VICTOR WATCHING THE ARENA MAKES ME WANT TO CRYPUKE and everyone calling him and him ignoring them oh my god :(( MAYBE IT WAS A NEW MOORE EXPERIENCE SCREAM MAYBE THE DEATHS DON’T COUNT SCREAMMMMMM oh my god i LOVE THAT because it’s a totally desperate and futile hope but one that makes LOGICAL SENSE for victor to believe in and sob. sobbb nope it’s all there on the youtubes :( sorry bro.

oh my god i wish you could’ve seen my total whiplash between nodding along like yes, yes absolutely, chase deserves a little gentleness, that is how a good person would treat him to HAHAHAHA BUT YOU’RE NOT A GOOD PERSON ARE YOU VICTOR!!! ATTABOY!!!!! i MAY have fistpumped. okay i totally fistpumped. i fistpumped rereading it for the 15th time too IT’S JUST SO SATISFYING like look we all know chase is shitty but guess what victor is too and this is just the perfect showcase of it. i fucking love it so much. I’M EXACTLY WHERE I’M SUPPOSED TO BE victor you fucker!!!! oh well he’s still good compared to chase, which, uh. set the bar low buddy. that’s the way to go

HAHAHAHHAHA VICTOR SLAMMING THE ELEVATOR WHILE CHASE FLIPS OUT LIKE :-”!!!!!!!!! love of miiiiiine ;3; my cyborg prince. f;lksjdj GOD how easy it would be to drop the elevator AVENGERS DO THE RIGHT THING okay yes, yes they do, so don’t do that, but also………. they do the awesome thing so DO do that. LFKJSD FUCKING “ESE” CHASE. SHUT THE FUCK UP. oh my god he’s every idiot white boy i’ve ever known in that instance, i hatelove it somuch.

ugh IT’S JUST WEIRD and weird being what he uses instead of what he actually means because ew gross feelings!! there are no feelings here feelings are for MOS rldkjs ugh and being disappointed this didn’t end in a fistfight. look nathan would be too okay. FLKSJD AND CHASE CAN’T TAKE GETTING TEASED i love it i love it i love him. except then flkdhslkj LOOK I AM JUST LITERALLY NEVER OVER CHASE BEING THAT FUCKING GUY WHO’S LIKE YOU’RE GAY? OH WELL OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE ATTRACTED TO ME! flskdjf ugh it’s SO FUCKING REAL and SO INFURIATING flkjsdflkjsd some rando european. excuse the absolute fuck out of you!!

flkjsadpofijasdkl AND THEN HE’S LIKE OHHH DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT I DON’T WANNA BE A HOMEWERECKER hfd8psa9iojf;alksdjfiahpousdhfjkalsdjf fucking. CHASE. fucking chase. i swear to god. flksjd YOUR BOYFRIEND IS IN LOVE WITH ME HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA oh chase you wish you very well wish

THE BADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON karolina no :(( please be safe. TONY BE SAFE TOO lkjdsf ugh and chase NO BOYFRIENDS ALLOWED! trust and believe that is one drinking invitation nathan is not at all sore about turning down. HAHAHAHA VICTOR CALLING THEM PINTS i secretly love every time victor slips up on a britishism hahahahahaha YOU’RE FUCKED BUDDY. lfkjsd steinburger!! ugh i can’t help it they’re so cute when they’re sort of mostly getting along. buddies :( BUDDIES WHO ARE SAD ABOUT THEIR MISSING FRIEND! FAMILY!!!

sdjrapoijsdlkj fucking chase. IT’S NOT FAIR SHE NEVER CALLS ME well sometimes. flksjdlfkjsd i fucking love this because imagine what karolina and chase even talk about on the phone. GOD chase on the phone. I’VE HAD ENOUGH STILTED PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY BRO-IEST DUDE FRIENDS IT’S SO PAINFUL THEY’RE SO BAD ON THE PHONE fldskjflsdkj god poor karolina. flkdsj she MOSTLY didn’t call about gay stuff. lbr vic it was lot of gay stuff. lkfjs PROGRAMMED TO LOVE TALKING ON THE PHONE marianella had her priorities straight with that one. FLKJDS YOU’RE A SHITTY DRINKING BUDDY HEY WATCH MY BACK WHILE I STEAL BOOZE oh my god chase. sometimes he and nathan are distressingly alike, nam flashbacks to lau’s for sure

UUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH I FUCKING LOVE CHASE COMING BACK TO THE APARTMENT TO CRASH AND NATHAN BEING LIKE NO NO AND ALSO HELL NO. and chase being all self-deprecating and flksdj god!! I’M NOT THE WORS TTHING TO HAPPEN TO OUR TEAM oh my god don’t start do not even fucking start. I LOVE THAT TWO SENTENCE SUMMARY OF ALEX SO MUCH holy shit stein that is a lot to unpack. and the split second where he thinks chase is actually going to say something nice about victor flksjdflkj NOPE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT COULDN’T LAST!! oh my god and these stupid idiots passing out together GOD flksdj if vic turns you gay don’t say i didn’t warn you. once again chase you very well wish FLKDSJ “I WON’T” YEAH VICTOR LIKE YOU REALLY HAD A LOT OF CONTROL OVER IT THE FIRST TIME

ugh jesus i will never be over you’re a good guy until you’re not. OUCH. FUCKING OUCH that STILL stings like a motherfucker. ugh play-fighting with a wild animal I JUST. LOVE HOW YOU WRITE CHASE SO MUCH. IS THAT A BETTER OR WORSE COMPLIMENT THAN ME LOVING HOW YOU WRITE HENK PEM?? it’s just so good dude it’s perfect YOU’RE PERFECT if only they’d given runaways to you

LFKJSDLKJ AHHHHHH CHITAURI IN R&D no no no not the robots i screeched SOMEBODY SAVE DUM-E!!!!! flksdjflj i was just gonna throw shit at them. being of higher intelligence indeed. although in fairness it’s a good plan fKLDSJ THROWING ANCIENT COMPUTERS AT THEM victor stops those are like your family. your elderly decrepit family!! UGH AND CHARGING UP THE FISTIGONS AND THEIR BUDDY COP RELATIONSHIP IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE oh but nothing good can stay, sorry victor

fksdljflkjsdlkj restart the runaways shut the fuck up nathan god UGH BUT. BEING FRIENDS AGAIN UNTIL YOU REMEMBER ALL THE SHIT THAT WENT DOWN ugh that part is also way too real. who hasn’t been there. and this has murder and sacrifice on top of it!! flkjsd sob just poor victor, i feel for him so bad because IT SUCKS MAN. lkfsjd and nathan being like NOPE NEVER BEEN THERE SOUNDS LAME!! i just will always love the differences in their approaches to their old teams and how nathan might miss the asbo shitheads individually sometimes (uh some more than others sorry alisha it’s not you it’s me) and even though he might get jealous of their camaraderie sometimes he still doesn’t miss the team because fuck that, he walked away from them in the end. BUT VICTOR GOT LEFT BEHIND AND HE’S SO DESPERATE TO BELONG OF COURSE HE GETS ALL NOSTALGIC FOR HIS FRIENDS AND HIS TEAM!! flksdjflksdj you’re downright delicate, yeah that’s basically the short version of that. nathan is such a dick YOU DO IT SO WELL I’D HATE IT IF I DIDN’T LOVE IT SO MUCH

LKFJSDAOPIFJSD POCKET. VAGINA SLEEVES. JACKIE I’M SO PROUD OF YOU FOR REFERENCING POCKET VAGINA SLEEVES FROM HONG KONG I KNOW THAT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD FOR YOU TO DO hrsdlkfjasdflkj i’m so proud

ugh UGH i just love this so much. DON’T THINK ME TAKING FOREVER TO RESPOND TO IT MEANS I LOVE IT ANY LESS god i’ve reread it PROBABLY every single day because i just. fucking. love. when you write the runaways I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH and i’m so pumped i got all this lovely douchiness for both chase and victor *A* never stop okay YOU HAVE A GIFT THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH ME I FEEL SO LUCKY