+{"My love..~"}+ [Shrignold x Reader FanFic.] (OLD ASF)

["Oh! Oh..sh*-"] [9]

You held his hand calmly, leading him towards the house.
"Now, don't do anything... Or else." You gave him a stern look, his heart pupils turning a darker red.. "My my, [Y/N].. Taking charge already?~" He teased you, grinning stupidly with a blush on his face.
"You... dirty-minded bug.." You fake glared, raising a brow at this. 'How the fuck is a puppet able to make sex jokes . . .' You.. decided not to think into it as you both went inside.
"[Y/N]! So how'd it go!-" Sketch poofed into their human form to hug you, however, they stopped in front of you instead after seeing Shrignold and straightened their posture with their hands behind their back awkwardly. "Pretty good, though, I think Shrignold is still a bit pissed off at you all." You calmly stated as Shrignold glared into Sketchs' eyes.. 

"Shrignold, remember what I said, don't do something that you are going to regret..." You looked at him over your shoulder, an unamused expression across your face as you gave the empty threat.. A quick blush spread on his cheeks, "Sorry, little moth..." He muttered quickly and then looked away.
Anything you did made him flustered apparently, at this point, you were alright with it. If it kept him calm, you didn't mind it. "Is that comfortable...? You don't need to stay as a human if it isn't comfortable.." You pointed out, not wanting him to be pushing his limits. 
"Oh! No, not at all, my dear moth! What, were you worried?~" He smiled, his pupils darkening as he leaned closer to your face. You stammered, feeling heat move to your face. "PFFT- What, nooo." You did your best to keep cool, avoiding eye contact while attempting to stay calm. 

Were you flustered? Absolutely. 

Did he notice this? 

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"What's wrong, little moth, can't handle a tiny bit of taunting..?~" He hummed, forming a small plan to mess with you. You looked back at him, your face darkening slightly with a shade of red. "Listen here, you little shi-" You started, suddenly caught off-guard at his gloved hand held your jaw gently. You stopped right away, a bit confused.

[hehe get it? Moth? They're human, I just felt like drawin' [Y/N] like that.]

He chuckled a bit, letting go and patting you on the head with a smug smile. In seconds, he was back to acting completely normal, probably because a certain clock had appeared. 
"Shrignold.." Tony crossed his lil noodle arms, the puffy hand-gloves resting by holding his inner elbows... if he... actually HAS elbows in that form? 

"Hello, Tony..." Shrignolds' cloak seemed to tense slightly, showing his possible annoyance. "I am to assume that [Y/N] has made their boundaries..." Tonys' gaze would intense slightly towards the teal man, he was still angry after the little 'tree' issue you told Larry about first.

"Heeyyaa Tony." You suddenly spoke up to dissolve the tension between the two in hopes to ease the anger in the air. Tony looked at you, and suddenly his gaze softened and he let out a sigh. 
"[Y/N]... I must talk to you, sense this is an.. intense matter." Tony held his gloved hands behind his back, giving you a calm stare. "Shrignold, you do not need to worry, you know how I tick already... That is enough to trust me in this, is it not?" He looked to the 'man' behind you, his gaze changed to be more annoyed at the distrust.
"Was... That a clock pun, Tony?" You had a slight wavering smile, holding back a laugh. Tony looked back to you, smiling slightly at the fact you actually found it funny. However, Shrignold was much more annoyed at this. "Seriously Tony, a PUN, NOW?!-" Shrignold went to shout...

"Shrignold, it was a small joke, no harm in it. Plus, I laughed, didn't I?" You smiled, Shrignold dropped it right away and looked at you. "Well... I guess if YOU found it funny." Shrignold sighed, seeming to calm slightly at your voice in general. "Well then, [Y/N]. Could we talk?" Tony spoke once more, waiting for your response in order to speak to you in order to have your permission... For everyone's sake..

Immortals constantly fighting each other... Would be bloodshed of massive proportions. 

"Shrignold, I'll be fine. Sure Tony, I have an entire rest of the year." You returned the joke, smiling. Tony covered his mouth with a hand, stifling a laugh. Shrignold gave you a nod, watching on as you and Tony walked outside.

"Now that we are able to speak privately... I am entrusting to you that this remains between us." He gave you a serious look, almost sending a shiver down your spine. "You helped me, and have put your trust in me. So, I don't see why I can't return it." You smiled, Tony's serious expression softened as soon as you had promised.
The clock shuffled a bit, closing his eyes. And in a puff of black smog and stars...

There he stood, the smog now disappearing.

"I don't quite enjoy this form, but, it is a better sign of my trust.. The only others that is aware of this is Larry.. Oddly enough, he is quite good with such things." Tony explained, his cloak closed loosely to hide the actual eldritch horrors beneath it. "So... Are you literally 'Father Time'..?" You asked, half joking. "Not exactly, I am merely a clock after all." He hummed, a clawed void like hand with eyes glowing on it now dusting off his cloak calmly before returning back under into the rest of the void.
"I am not going to lie, that's pretty fucking cool, but uh.. Yeah, this is under lock and key..." You admitted, seeing that the clock patterns on the tie would actually tick. You thought the small clock on the main part of the tie was pretty cute though. "Well I-... Thank you." He grinned, seeming like his ego had grown a tiny bit more. "Anyways, to my explanation. I am Tony, yes. But I am also what you could possibly describe as a 'time manager'. I keep things on track, I make sure everything is where it must be." You looked up to have good eye contact.... 'Damn, this dude is tall.'
"And you are revealing this to me, out of trust.... Outside.. Where others are probably eavesdropping." You questioned slightly.

"Well, do you have to SEE anything actually moving at the moment? Perhaps.. A bird?" He looked up with his black pupils, simply nudging you in the right way to look. You looked at the bird... It was completely frozen in time. "Is this like.. 'You move so fast everything stops.'? Or full on 'everything stops.'?" You asked one more question, making Tony chuckle a bit. "I'm serious, are we just vibrating in place right now or not?" You inquired again for the answer.

"I believe the second one. 'Everything stops'. Simple as that, quite useful for talks like this actually." He finally answered, smiling at the joke still. "The reason I am telling you this is mainly for trust. To make sure you are true to your word. And the other part of it, is to help you. If anything ever goes wrong... All you have to do, is ask the time..." He said, leaving you a tiny bit confused..- "Literally of course, you need to ask the time out loud for it to work." He explained a bit more, noticing the confusion seeming to be the reason why he did so.
"Thank you, Tony... But, I do wanna know one thing. Do humans actually die after exiting the adventure door..?" You gave a saddened look, Tony seeming to figure it out that Shrignold had told you such a thing.
".... We all are, not sure. I believe that exiting this world would simply be like pressing play on your world. Everything returns to normal, but you maybe not be able to return, no human has returned quite yet. Most die here, but the ones who made it simply disappeared." He slightly ranted, hoping it would ease your mind.
"So everything in my world... is just... paused?" He nodded in reply, making you a bit relieved. "Also, they maybe didn't return because well... they nearly died here someway." You admitted to him, his cloak tightening around his void body slightly in surprise.

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"Why didn't I think of that!?-"

[tbc!]
[Wow, Tony turned out to be some kinda fucking time god!? I wonder what ELSE will happen as friendships grow between you and the DHMIS gang!]