Hello! Motherhood has brought me no sleep but a lot of love! It's very challenging which means I don't have a lot of time to post.
I'm currently able to get this one out as my mum is looking after my daughter.
Without further ado!
Brick took to biting the inside of his cheek, a nervous habit he had developed. It stopped him from acting on impulse and focused him to think about what to do. His cheek was currently sore as taking two PowerPuff's to his home went against everything in his body. Blossom had been round a handful of times but of course that was under different circumstances and very secretive.
Once he saw his top floor balcony come into view he slowed down as the two girls copied. He landed steadily on the decking as the girls landed behind him. Buttercup let out a low whistle.
"Fancy. Funny how do dogs like you end up with a place like this?"
She smirked at the dig as Brick bristled. He rounded on her, his eyes blazing.
"The same way you bitches have your kennel." He snapped.
Buttercup growled and pulled her arm back to smack him one. Bubbles quickly intervened struggling to keep her sister under control.
"Buttercup please! You started it, remember this is for Blossom!" She begged. Buttercup stopped struggling and took a deep breath. Suddenly a loud scream was heard form inside the apartment. Brick looked up and quickly ran inside with the girls following. The sight before them was one they were not likely to forget quickly.
Currently in the Rowdyruff living room a naked baby was laid on the couch screaming her little lungs out, Boomer was heaving into the trash can while Butch was hiding behind a chair with a can of deodorant. As soon as Butch spotted his older brother he jumped and rushed over.
"Brick! Where the fuck have you been?! It keeps crying and it fucking stinks! It then pee'd on Boomer –which was hilarious- but then he threw up and I can't go near it because I'm not getting shit on me and-" Butch stopped mid rant when he noticed his brother wasn't alone, his eyes narrowed and his body tensed. "What the fuck are you doing here?!"
"Believe me dickwad I don't wanna be here anymore than you want me here." Buttercup snarled her fighting instinct taking over. Bubbles held her arm in front of her sister slightly, preparing to jump should Buttercup lash out. Brick pushed his brother back.
"They're here to take the baby."
Butch looked confused. "What's it got to do with them if she's your daughter?"
Brick felt the girls freeze behind him at that revelation.
"S-s-say that again." Buttercup stammered. Brick cringed knowing he was in for a world of trouble when a loud wail captured everyone's attention.
"Oh my gosh!" Bubbles fretted, hurrying over to the little baby and started to fuss. "Oh! There, there, little one, it's okay! Let's get you cleaned up." She muttered getting to work in changing and cleaning the baby.
"Not one word from you, got it? Get Boomer and sit down, we have a situation." Brick ordered. Butch looked like he was about to argue but Brick's gaze was deadly. He sulked off to pick Boomer out of the trash.
Brick gestured for Buttercup to sit as she walked past him, her head in the air. Brick ground his teeth. Who the fuck did she think she was?! Taking a deep breath he swallowed the fire that was burning in his throat. Butch yanked Boomer up by his collar.
"Ugh, I need a shower."
"Well it's gonna have to wait, he have Puff's here." Butch dropped him and he quickly caught himself on his hands before he hit the floor.
"What? Why are the Puffs here?"
"Fucked if I know, Brick brought them."
"Is Bubbles here?"
Butch rolled his eyes and walked past the blonde who was pulling himself back to his feet. They made there way into the room to see that the baby had stopped crying and was now changed and cleaned and being held in Bubbles arms. Buttercup was sat next to her sister watching the baby carefully while Brick was sat as far as possible from the trio. He looked fearful and worried, not at all the fearless leader his brothers were accustomed to.
Nevertheless they sat down and a thick silence fell upon the 5 super humans. Buttercup kept her eyes on Bubbles and the baby while Butch and Boomer were looking at their brother. Bubbles looked up and stared at Brick, hard.
"Well then, care to explain what exactly is going on and how this relates to Blossom being missing?"
"Blossom's missing?" Boomer asks, Buttercup rolled her eyes.
"Have you guys been living under a rock?!"
"Like we care what you bitches do!" Butch fired back, Buttercup stood up.
"What did you call me?!"
"Buttercup!" Bubbles scolded, Buttercup narrowed her eyes at her counterpart and sat down slowly. Bubbles looked back at Brick who very much resembled a child who was in trouble. He sighed tiredly and lifted his hat to run his fingers through his shoulder length hair.
"This was with her this morning." He said passing the girls the note that was with the baby. Bubbles took it as Buttercup leaned over to read it also.
"I-I don't understand… how do you and Blossom have a daughter?" Bubbles glanced at the note again, however to two Rowdy's were not expecting that kind of revelation.
"WHAT?!" Boomer cried while Butch's jaw dropped. Brick cringed and put his head in his hands.
"What the fuck man?!"
"When did this happen?!"
"It's kind of impressive that he banged a Puff."
"Hey! That's my sister you prick!"
"I can't believe she lied to us."
"I thought you hated her?"
"She hated him!"
"Well obviously she didn't sweetcheeks otherwise she wouldn't have banged him!"
"Keep speaking about her like that and I'll knock your teeth in!"
Brick remained in stony silence while his brothers and her sisters bickered. His eyes quickly glanced at the bundle in Bubbles arms as she was being soothed by her aunt. His throat felt tight watching her, trying to wrap his head round the fact she was his daughter. He had a daughter, he was a dad. He rubbed a hand over his face as the increase in argument was causing his head to pound.
"Will you all SHUT UP!" Brick snapped. Everyone came to a halt as all eyes faced him. "Look, I understand you all deserve an explanation but if you keep screaming about it you won't fucking get one!"
The 4 young adults stared at Brick wide eyed as the tense atmosphere increased. Brick fixed his cap on his head and cleared his throat.
"None of you are going to like this, but quite frankly we didn't care. It started off as a one night stand and, well it escalated form there…"
"I need to go." The redhead yawned sitting up in the bed and swinging her legs over the side. He watched her with lazy eyes as she started collecting her clothing he had thrown in their haste. He grinned as she buttoned up her shirt and placed his hands behind his head.
"So same time next week?"
Blossom smirked and crawled over to kiss him on the lips.
"You know it would be nice just tell everyone we're seeing each other." Brick grumbled as she brushed her bed hair.
"I know, but you and I both know the consequences if people found out."
Brick sigh, he knew it was wrong. They we're made to kill each other not do this with each other! The pull was so strong the desire to be near her and feel her sometimes overtook his senses. He found himself flying to her home and sneaking in through her window for some dirty fun, while she would message him at any point in the day to meet up for a quickie.
It was wrong, it was dangerous but my god it was exciting. The thrill of it being practically forbidden was an enticing drug which neither of them could quit. They were the role models to their respective teams, the leaders and they never do anything wrong, Which made their dirty little secret all the more pleasurable.
It wasn't supposed to happen. One night they bumped into each other in a bar and instead of attacking each other physically or verbally they found common ground in an easy conversation.
Over the past years the Puffs had stepped down from crime fighting and the boys (as far as they were concerned) had left crime behind and kept a low profile.
The night at the bar was interesting for both redheads as a spark they didn't know they possessed was ignited. Blossom was out on a night out with her college friends and had noticed that they had quickly left her alone with the Red Rowdy. While Brick was just interested in trying the booze in the newly opened bar.
The minuets flew by as they enjoyed the conversation ranging from black holes in space to the latest reality show. They could feel themselves getting more intoxicated as their conversation slowly started turning flirty, they became more touchy of each other and when they stumbled out of the bar at closing hour they were already wrapped in each others embrace.
Brick remembers the eventful morning, when they discovered just exactly what they had done. He left her house so fast he was sure she had whiplash. They avoided each other at all costs the following weeks, Brick kept a low profile and Blossom ditched her plans to stay in. It worked for those few weeks, each leader slowly started to forget that fateful night as a bad dream and began resuming their normal lives.
It was the second times they bumped into each other that they realised it would never be a one time thing. They agreed between then that this 'dalliance' stayed under wraps, no one could know. It was sex and that was that, stress relievers at best. They agreed they would still go on dates with other people and act out their lives as if the other did not exist. They agreed that they were using each other and they were fine with it and both swore that feelings were off the table.
It must have been 7 months in that he found himself struggling with that agreement. He started to recognise the smallest things about her, like how after she drank a lot of water really quickly her hiccups sounded like squeaks. Her hair smelt like vanilla and strawberries and had the odd golden strands filtering through, making her hair shine.
Blossom however felt herself slipping at 5 months. She knew that he was a sucker for bad reality shows and found herself recording them secretly to watch by herself. He was extremely sensitive on his neck and she stole one of his red t-shirt to wear to sleep. She claimed the baggy clothing soothed her to sleep. She would never admit that was a lie.
There 'met up's' became more frequent, more passionate. The dates with other people stopped and they started texting each other asking how their day was going rather than meeting up for a booty call.
When they found themselves together they both like to fantasise about what it would be like to show the world that they were a couple. Although they never told the other how they felt out of fear of rejection. The situation was no strings attached and neither was willing to break first.
And then she disappeared.
She stopped wanting to meet up, making excuses and hiding behind lies. He debating flying over to her house to see her, but he knew that was bordering on creepy. However one night he couldn't shake his urges. He wanted to see her and not just for sex he actually wanted to know if she was alright.
He flew over and tapped on her window. She was in her room, curled up in bed. She turned her head slightly to see him before turning back over. Brick frowned and decided to open the window himself, when she didn't protest he slid himself in and walked over to her. He looked down on her as her eyes were staring into the ground.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked harshly. She didn't look at him.
"Go away."
"No. Tell me what's wrong."
Silence.
His eyes bore into the side of her face but she didn't even flinch. Brick was getting agitated.
"Blossom! What the fuck-"
"Shut up Brick! Do you want my sister's to hear you?!" She hissed.
The growled in his throat, smoke filtering through his clenched teeth.
"So what? I just leave and wait until you're ready to speak to me? Are you PMSing or something because you've never acted like this before!" He spat.
Her eyes blazed as she sat up and glared at him.
"Don't talk shit about something you know nothing about!"
"Then fucking tell me!"
"No! You've done enough just leave!"
"You really want me to go? Cos once I'm outta here I won't come back."
She was silent before lying back down on the bed and pulling her covers higher.
"Just go Brick."
Brick wouldn't show her any pain, she didn't deserve it, and people thought he was evil. She cast her eyes down again not looking at him as he scowled at her. He walked away and towards the window before stopping to look at her again. She didn't even turn to him. Swallowing the bitter taste in his mouth and jumped from the window a trail of angry red in his wake.
She didn't want to know him? Fine. Fuck her. He didn't need her. Suffice to say that was the last time he saw the redhead. He saw it as a good thing as it helped him get rid of what ever feelings he thought he had for her and eventually he didn't even care. What he didn't know was that he was in fact the last person to see her before she disappeared.
She didn't want him and now he didn't want her.
Their deadly dance was done.
His brothers stared at him in shock after finding out their brother had practically hid a relationship from them for what seemed like a year! Well 2 years if you count the time they weren't in contact.
The Puffs were also in a state of shock by the news. They felt heartbroken and betrayed that their sister felt that she couldn't turn to them, or trust them with her life. Brick stayed silent getting caught up in his past, a past he didn't want to relive.
"So that night was the last night you saw her?" Bubbles asked, Brick nodded his head. She looked at Buttercup warily as her Green sister looked equally as worried.
"What?" Boomer asked, noticing the exchange. Buttercup sigh.
"She went missing the next day."
Brick's head snapped up, a million thoughts running through his mind.
"Do you think someone else was involved?" Butch asked.
"We honestly don't know, but seeing Bella here she could have left because she was pregnant?" Bubble suggested.
"Bullshit!" Brick hissed, standing up and folding his arms. He walked over to the window and out onto the city.
"It's not impossible, she could have just run?" Bubbles explained sadly. Boomer turned to his older brother.
"It's a reasonable explanation Brick? Think about it, your relationship-"
"It wasn't a relationship!" He snapped, Boomer rolled his eyes.
"Well whatever it was! Was hidden from everyone, maybe she wanted to hide this too?"
"The dummy has a point." Butch pointed at Boomer who glared.
"Then why the fuck would she leave her on my doorstep and leave me to sort out this fucking mess?! Honestly, you guys think we're evil? You sister is the most cold hearted bitch I've ever met!"
Buttercup didn't hesitate and threw herself at him. She punched him square in the jaw as he threw her back and into the table, it crashing under her weight. Butch instantly jumped up and held Buttercup down as she struggled against him. Bubbles stood and moved away from the commotion holding the baby close to her while Boomer checked on Brick.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" Butch screamed.
"No one talks about my sister like that!". She struggled to her feet and pushed Butch off her.
"Buttercup please calm down!" Bubbles begged.
"No this is bullshit and you fucking know it!" She snarled rounding on the 3 men. "This is all his fault if he hadn't been screwing Blossom she never would have left!"
"Hey! It wasn't like I forced her! She wanted it too!"
"Yeah right!" She scoffed.
"Why are you being such a bitch?!" Butch spat, Buttercup narrowed her eyes.
"Because I can't believe that Blossom would willingly shack up with him!" She pointed a finger at the Red ruff.
"Buttercup! Just accept it! What's done is done and we have more important matters to thing about!" Bubbles pleaded gesturing to Bella.
"Yeah, because someone can't man up and would rather abandon his daughter." She hissed, Bubbles eyes widened.
"Buttercup!"
"He didn't even know! How can he man up when he had no idea what happened?!" Boomer argued, jumping to defend his brother.
"Well he knows now! I bet he hasn't even properly seen her."
Brick stiffened. "What's it to you? You think so lowly of me I though you would be itching to snatch her away from me."
"Brick? You haven't even met your daughter?" Bubbles asked. Brick clenched his jaw.
"Well of course I have! She's right there!"
"Have you met her though? Not just looked at her across the room?"
"Fuck this, I'm not dealing with it." He turned sharply and rushed to the balcony jumping into the sky.
"Brick!" Boomer called but he was already gone.
"Give him time, it's a lot to take in." Bubbles muttered, moving to sit back down on the couch.
"This is the most fucked up day ever! I have two Puff's in my house, a baby who is supposedly my niece and Brick who seems to like doing disappearing acts!" Butch stressed, he noticed Buttercup and Bubbles wince when he mentioned 'disappearing' and muttered a 'no offence'.
Bella started fussing as Bubbles tried her best to calm her down but it wasn't long before she started crying again.
"Shhhh. Shhh, Bella please!"
"Oh my god!" Butch groaned, covering his face with his hands. "Make it stop!"
"It's not an 'it' asshole!" Buttercup snapped but looked equally irritated. "Bubbles…" She whined.
"I'm trying my best!" The blonde was bouncing little Bella but she wasn't easing up. "I think she's hungry."
Boomer zipped to the kitchen in a blue flash before re-appearing with a packet of hot chilli heat wave Doritos.
"Do you think she'll like these? They're Brick's favourite?"
Buttercup snatched the packet out of his hand. "You dummy! Babies can't eat Doritos." She snapped as she opened the packet and started eating some chips. Butch strolled over and dripped his hand in the packet before Buttercup smacked it away.
"Ow! Hey! They're my chips woman!"
"Guys! Crying baby, not getting any quieter here!" Bubbles stressed.
"Okay well what do babies eat?" Boomer asked, trying to help.
"Baby food dumbass." Butch mumbles, he mouth full of food. Boomer glared.
"Well we don't have baby food!"
"Well duh!"
"Look! Someone go get some! And some diapers, and wet wipes, and a change of clothes. Oh! God we need everything!" Bubbles put her hand to her head as she rocked the baby with her other arm. Boomer quickly jumped over.
"Okay, me and Butch will go get the food and stuff, you guys wait here!"
"WHAT?!" The green's heads snapped up form the bag of now empty chips.
"I aint going baby shopping! It's not my baby!" Butch refused, Buttercup smacked him on the back of the head.
"Stop calling her 'it'! And you can stay here with her then and me and Bubbles will go." She sassed folding her arms. Butch knew he was caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Oh for fuck sake!" He yelled in defeat. "Write a fucking list then! It's not like I've done this before!"
Buttercup smirked at Bubbles in triumph who gave a weak smile back, her head starting to ache with Bella's crying. Once a list had been put together the girls gave it to the boys who flew off to the grocery store.
"Ahhh! Free at last! I can hear myself think again!" Butch sigh happily in the air.
"Yeah, like you think." Boomer scoffed. Butch whacked him in the shoulder as they flew down to the grocery store. They walked in, ignoring the stares from worried citizens. While they didn't exactly broadcast their illegal activity they were still far from the straight and narrow. They followed the signs for the baby section and stood dumbly in the aisle,
"There's so much pink."
"Those cartoon are creepy."
"Why is everything so fucking expensive?"
"Christ, some of this stuff is weird,"
"Whoa! Look at the size of that woman's rack on that picture!"
"You're an idiot."
"Lucky baby,"
The two Rowdies stared at the alien aisle completely out of their depth.
"We shouldn't even be doing this. It's Brick's kid." Butch sulked, Boomer rolled his eyes.
"He just needs time to adjust. Look a diaper, that's one of the things on the list." He picked up a packet and looked back at the list.
"Hey Boomer! You've gotta try this!"
Butch was pouring a jar of baby food into his mouth, Boomer cringed and rushed over.
"What are you doing?! You can't just eat baby food, that's disgusting! Not to mention you need to pay for it!" He hissed.
"Oh don't get your knickers in a twist! Look! Roast beef dinner! Its really nice try some!" He shoved the jar at Boomer just tried to push it away despite most of it going in his mouth. He stopped and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Good isn't it?" Butch smirked.
"Yeah… But anyway, we need to get … formula. Formula? What does that mean?"
Butch shrugged. "I don't know, is it like Chemical X? Isn't that formula?"
"I think so?" Boomer scratched him head.
"Excuse me? You boys look like you could use some help!" A shop assistant asked the boys sensing their confusion. She was probably about the same age at the boys and she wasn't half bad looking. Butch pushed his brother to the side and sauntered over.
"Why yes, your assistance would be greatly appreciated." He leered, the assistant seemed oblivious to his advances.
"Great! So what are you boys after?"
Butch grabbed Boomer and pulled him forward. "Give it to her."
Boomer glared at him before passing the girl the note. She looked over it nodding her head. "Okay, so you're pretty much after the basics." She looked up. "Where's your baby?"
"Oh it's not our-AK!"
"She's at home, with her aunties." Butch elbowed Boomer and grinned at the assistance who 'aww'd' before scurrying over to the shelves and grabbing what they needed.
"What did you do that for?!" Boomer hissed.
"Dude! Everyone knows chick love babies! Therefore chicks love guys with babies! Gods keep up!"
Boomer glared hard at his brother as the assistant came back over with the items they needed. She passed them to Butch who grinned at her.
"There you go! Wow! You guys sure needed a lot!"
"Well yeah, this one here forgot get the important stuff." Butch laughed causing the assistant to smile.
"Gods." Boomer muttered putting his hand in his face.
"Aw! Did you say she was a girl?" The assistant asked.
"Yeah! She's called Bella."
"Aw how precious, who named her?"
Boomer tried to intervene to stop this but Butch wasn't having any of it.
"I DID!" He cleared his throat. "I did, cute aint it?"
The assistance giggled.
"Very cute, she's very lucky to have you two as her dad's."
The boys froze and Boomer hit Butch in the arm. Hard.
"Whoa, whoa darling! You got it all wrong! We're not- we don't- we're brothers! It's not our kid!" Butch spluttered horrified the cute girl thought he was gay… with Boomer! Gods Butch wanted to hurl. The assistants face looked surprised before she smiled sheepishly.
"Oh! My mistake, you two looked like a cute couple!" She shrugged before passing the last of the items to the boys who were staring at her mortified.
"Well have a nice day guys!" She smiled before walking away. Boomer cleared his throat ready to humiliate Butch further when his Green brother raised his hand.
"Not a word."
"But-"
"Zip it!"
Butch stormed off to the check out with Boomer trailing behind. What started off as a normal Sunday morning was turning into one of the worst days of their life.
When the boys returned home they were greeted to Bella who was still crying her eyes out. Buttercup was on the couch with cushions between her ears while Bubbles was trying to sing a soft lullaby to Bella. Her eyes widened in delight when she noticed the boys were back.
"Oh thank goodness! I never thought I would be so grateful to see you boys! Please tell me you got the milk!"
Boomer held up one of their grocery bags as he started taking out everything they bought.
"What took you so long?!" Buttercup snapped, walking over to inspect their shopping. Boomer glared at his brother.
"HE started flirting with the shop assistant that helped us and she thought we were gay."
There was a beat of silence before Buttercup doubled over in fits of laughter while Bubbles politely tried to cover her giggles, Butch fumed at being the centre of embarrassment.
"Oh fuck off!"
He sulked away and sat down on the couch folding his arms and turning on some sport. Buttercup, intrigued with the game floated over and sat on the opposite couch.
"Whoo! Yes! Get em' Jaguars!" She hollered.
"Oh please! The Giants will annihilate them!" Butch scoffed.
"Yeah right, lover boy!" Buttercup snickered as Butch threw the remote at her which she caught easily.
"Bitch." He muttered.
Meanwhile, Bella was still crying and Bubbles knew she needed to feed her and fast.
"Boomer… can you hold her please?" She asked, readjusting Bella in her arms to pass her over. Boomer look startled, then instantly scared.
"Erm, are you sure you don't want Buttercup to?"
"Boomer please!"
"I really don't think-"
Boomer started backing away but Bubbles was having none of it, her head was pounding and she needed to feed Bella. She shoved the baby at the Blonde Ruff who grabbed her on instinct holding her at arms length as Bubbles grabbed the shopping and started preparing the milk.
Boomer started at the baby wide eyed as she continued to cry.
"Boomer! Don't hold her like a football!" Buttercup snapped, at this Butch turned to see his brother holding the baby looking petrified.
"Jesus Boom, she aint gonna bite!"
Boomer, having enough of his brother for the day walked over and placed the baby carefully in Butches lap.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" He spat, grabbing Bella before she could fall off.
"What? She aint gonna bite!" Boomer hit back, Butch moved to stand and go after his brother who wisely ran into the kitchen. Leaving Butch with a crying Bella.
"Oh fuck! Here Butters, you take her!"
Buttercup snorted. "Gods Butch, she's only a baby, your niece to be precise!"
"Well she's your niece too!"
Buttercups eyes darkened at being reminded of her sister's betrayal. "That's yet to be proven."
Butch rolled his eyes at the stubborn brunette. On some level he understood her anger, she felt angry that her sister couldn't trust her so he could only assume the sisters shared a lot. He started thinking about his own sibling and that he too also lied to both him and Boomer. He was annoyed sure, but the boys never really bothered with each others business as long as it didn't interfere with theirs. Buttercup looked really annoyed with the current situation and Butch for once didn't want to antagonise the situation further.
He was brought back to reality with the crying baby in his arms.
"Aw come on kid, just pipe down okay? Look I'll even say please… please!" He tried to negotiate. Buttercup snorted at his attempt when suddenly the apartment went quiet. She turned to Butch who was looking at Bella in amazement then looked back at Buttercup.
"Oh my god! I'm a fucking baby whisperer!" He whispered in glee as Bella was staring at him.
"Have I gone deaf?" Boomer asked walking into the now quite room, Bubbles close behind looking worried.
"What happened?!"
"I am a fucking master." Butch grinned smugly. Buttercup rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the game. Bubbles finished up making the baby formula while Boomer stared at his brother dumbfounded.
"How did you do that?"
Butch shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, must means she likes me the best."
Boomer stayed staring while Bubbles brushed past him. She leant down and took Bella from Butch and bega
"Well that's one problem down." Buttercup muttered. "But we're still no closer to finding Blossom."
Bubbles frowned at this and focused her attention on Bella. "When do you think Brick will be back?" She asked quietly. Boomer and Butch shared a looked before the younger brother sighed.
"When he storms off, we never know when he'll be back."
"Longest he's gone was for a week." Butch added.
"A week?!" Bubbles squeaked and looked at Buttercup who has furrowed her brows in thought. "Buttercup, what do we do?"
The brunette sighed. "We'll take Bella, clearly he's not man enough to handle this himself." She huffed, which Butch bristled at.
"Hey! Will you stop talking shit about him!"
"I will when he decides to take responsibility of his shit instead of running away!"
The green counterparts glared furiously at each other while the Blue's looked on worriedly. Bubbles continued to care for Bella while Boomer looked out over the city.
"Gods Brick, come back."
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Cornelia.x