Converted Hosie Oneshots

Pins & Needles

Original: chichamoradaoye on archiveofourown

Everyone in Hope's life leaves. Everyone. Her parents, her friends, her boyfriend. It was only a matter of time until she left. When she did, of course, no one had known. And when she had returned? Everyone hated her. The one thing that had stopped her from leaving was Landon, but he wasn't even real. So what was the point of staying? Sure, she missed the school, the super squad, and Josie; but nothing was pulling her. In fact the exact opposite, they wanted her to leave. Landon and Rafael had gone to who knows where, Alaric wasn't the headmaster anymore, and Josie hated every fiber of her being. Or so she thought.

Because who knew only a few words from said witch could completely throw her for a loop.

"Landon or no Landon, you belong here. I want you to stay." Josie had said earlier in the Saltzman's room before Lizzie reentered.

Hope's entire life was based on her wanting for someone to ask her to stay. She just didn't know it would be the brunette who she had a crush on for a week when she was 14. The same girl who had hated her since she returned, was now the one person in the world who asked her to stay. Hope didn't know why she was so focused on Josie's confession rather than Landon and Rafael's absence but instead went to sleep thinking about the siphoner.

-

Josie had made mistakes in her life before. Plenty, sure, but who hasn't? The only difference between those and this one was that she had hurt Hope. She had been used to being in the background for so long that as soon as someone had shown her an ounce of attention, she latched on. But the Headmaster? Yeah, not the smartest moment. She had ended up using black magic to create a weapon for Clark to use against the tribrid. Sure, she was on odds with Hope but hurting her was something she couldn't fathom.

Josie knew Hope had every right to hate her, but instead, the auburn-haired girl flipped her entire world upside down.

"I miss you. But I won't come back if my being here brings you any more pain." Hope confessed.

Hope was worried about her, even though she had helped in making the only weapon that could kill the tribrid. Josie didn't know how to respond apart from physical comfort, so she had grabbed Hope's hand and held it in her own before Hope had pulled her into a hug. The feeling of her body against Josie's made the witch feel as if nothing else in the world existed except for them. But of course, they were interrupted by Lizzie offering ice cream. Josie smiled at the memory and fell asleep wishing Hope had been there holding her, not even thinking about Landon.

-

The school slowly fell back into its old rhythm again. Jed replaced Rafael as alpha and joined the council, the monsters had kept coming even without Landon being there, and Hope and Josie had gotten closer than they’ve ever gotten before. Who knew a couple of shared traumas and an ex-boyfriend could bring two people together? The two had become inseparable and had now been spending most of their time side by side. It often included Lizzie and the rest of the super squad, but they both secretly preferred the nights where they fall asleep watching a movie cuddled up in the same blanket, even though Hope hadn’t had needed one (perks of being a tribrid, not that she’d tell Josie). It looked as if luck was finally on their sides. Well, except for one little thing.

Josie’s crush on Hope resurfaced.

Not that it truly ever went away, but now she would notice it. Every smirk Hope threw her way resulted in the taller brunette blushing, every cheesy pickup line had Josie looking down to avoid the enormous smile threatening to show, and anytime their hands would brush when they were walking from class to class made Josie feel as if her hand was on fire. But worst of all, whenever the pair were talking, the siphoner would glace down to Hope’s lips. Her imagination running wild with pictures of her kissing Hope would only end with Josie’s lips feeling as if she had pins in her lips. She only hoped the tribrid didn’t notice.