Vice;Grip || chs || Masterpost
Vice;Grip
Vernon x afab reader || angst/smut/fluff || fuckbuddies!au
NSFW - minors DNI
Status: complete - all chapters posted
wc: 32k total; 5 chapters
Warnings: Frequent depictions of depression, depressive episodes, panic attacks, and substance abuse (alcohol, weed, and pills mentioned). PLEASE know that these characters’ relationships with drugs and alcohol are not healthy and should not be emulated. If these topics are triggering to you, please consider sitting this one out.
Additional warnings for: language, drinking, eventual smut (individual sections will have more detailed warnings)
Author's Note: huge thank you to @eoieopda and @sailoryooons for beta-ing, accepting many screenshots and rambling voice notes, and answering a lot of questions as I worked on this.
You both knew why you were there. You both knew what you needed out of it: just sex, just fun.
The just of it failed to last.
You know precisely the first time it was different, the first time it wasn’t for fun. You needed the same things as always: his mouth hot on your skin, his hands roaming, the feeling of him emptying your mind and pushing every bad feeling out like there wasn’t room for them anymore. But for the first time, you didn’t want those things for enjoyment.
You wanted them as a salve.
Make it not hurt, you could have asked him. Or, at least, make it hurt in a way I choose.
Playlist: you can call me in the middle of the night / you can leave before i wake up in the morning / and it could feel so wrong / but i'll still hold on
1.
Sharp is your favorite word for Vernon. It fits everything about him, top to toe, inside and out.
Sharp, sharp, sharp.
He looks how you feel inside, even now.