My Sweet Heart

Word Count: 1,074

Summary: Sometimes the silence between them is actually the loudest thing in the room. And sometimes the words they don’t want to hear are the ones they need to hear most.

*Author’s Note*: I know this ends kind of abruptly but…maybe I’ll be inspired to do a part 2 at some point? For some reason I’m apparently incapable of branching out from similar prompts for this particular ship (this one is also quite reminiscent of another one shot I did) but I really can’t find it in myself to change this because I do quite like how it turned out…and sometimes you just have to accept the bad stuff and use it as a stepping stone to something better.
It’d been a while since she’d had a chance to sit with him like this. Huddled together in the apartment he was hesitant, arguably terrified, to ever risk opening up to anyone. That’s how he felt about everything in his life…everyone. Always keeping people at arm’s length and even further, a flame that singed anything that tried to get too close to its heat. But somehow she’d managed to convince him to let her in. She didn’t mind whatever skeletons he happened to be hiding, and would have been happy to help him bear those burdens if he could ever find the strength to share them with her.

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Word Count: 1,178

Summary: Nova attempts to offer Mordecai the kind of support he’s always rejected, that he feels obligated to ignore, and he discovers that for the first time someone may actually be getting through to him.

*Author’s Note*: Just a short, sweet little thing for me and Mordecai. I always want to expand our relationship and write about him more, but for some reason coming up with something useful is a little difficult for me. But this turned out nicely, so that’s all that matters! Also, I mention being “human” in here because…I mean, in terms of the universe, the characters don’t actually consider themselves cats and stuff, so. Just go with it lol, but they’re still very much their furry selves. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy!

Mordecai wasn’t used to sharing anything with anyone. Not his feelings, his opinions, his doubts. Of course, he also wasn’t the type to beat around the bush when it came to something he found absurd. He would denounce it without pause, and occasionally suffer minimal scolding for his attitude. But it was always easier to deal with that kind of response, with something so inconsequential and meaningless to him. Sometimes, even the words that came from the few people he actually held in high regard were petty and inconsequential to him. He’d never engaged in much self-reflection about why he thought this way, since it had never really bothered him. He’d adapted this behavior as a benefit to himself…and now it seemed like she was trying to undo all of that.

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Word Count: 1,023

Summary: It’s nothing more than a short interruption, but to both of them, even exchanges like these feel monumental.

*Author’s Note*: First proper original fic I’m posting on this page! I’ve been…all over the place lately. Emotionally, physically, mentally, just…ugh. I made a New Year’s Resolution to give some more attention to my lesser known—and lesser interacted with—F/Os in my fics this year…and proceeded to careen away from that option like an off-course comet orz idk if I’ll change my tune any time soon, but for now my main 3 make me really happy, and I’m going to focus on that happiness while I can. ANYWAY, long intro to say: this is a Mordecai piece, I wrote another small one like this to try and inspire myself to write more Mordecai stuff, and even if it ends up not working, I’m glad I was able to do these two and the New Year’s one at least. I hope you enjoy!

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“I hope I’m not interrupting…”

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