She kept running, panting uncontrollably through her mouth. She knew Hughie would accept Butcher's request, but she thought that it would take longer.
She received the call from her friend the next day, saying that he would do it. It was early, she knew from seeing the clock when Hughie called her. It was a Saturday, so at this time she would be asleep. People said that it was easy to study at night, being awake at night seemed easier, but they didn't experience med school at night and a full time job during the day. She usually took the weekends to sleep the whole day, not every week since her boss usually asked her to help Hughie on some Saturdays. She normally would wake up to eat and use the bathroom, but it seemed that now she would have to skip some hours of sleep.
She knew she was late, when he called she was asleep, she answered it groggily, but couldn't help the rush of adrenaline that ran through her. Just thinking of doing something illegal or being a part of an investigation made her heart run as fast as A-Train. The only problem was that Hughie had already told Butcher, so they were probably just waiting for her to arrive to put their plan in action.
When she finally saw the bar that they were in, she slowed down, trying not to look more flustered than she already was. She got close enough to see them both sitting by the bar, talking. Hughie had his back to her, his perfect ass turned on the chair, Billy was looking at the kid, not noticing the girl staring at them from the outside, he had a plastic straw on his plump lips, shaking it from side to side. God, those two would be the death of her.
She entered the place, wiping droplets of sweat from her forehead. She smiled at them and sighed at the air conditioner that blew some cold air onto her face. Butcher stared at her amused and Hughie gave her a nervous smile back. The two men got up from their seats and passed by her, leaving the place. She rolled her eyes and sighed again.
"Really? I just got here." she exclaimed, following them outside and into Butcher's car.
"You have a dog?" Hughie asked, looking at the toys on the backseat.
"Please, tell me you do." (Y/n) got closer to the front seat, her face closer to Butcher's.
"Sorry, love, but I don't." he smiled faintly, looking at her through the rearview mirror.
She got comfortable on the backseat, pressing her head against the window while the guys talked about the plan. She tried to pay attention, however she couldn't keep her eyes open, the fatigue from the busy week was catching up to her. Her mind blacked out right after they got to the Vought Tower.
She woke up again with a bang from the car's door, she jumped on her seat, eyes searching for the source of the noise. Hughie was panting in the front seat, he had a huge smile on his lips and sweat rolling from his forehead.
"So?" she asked him, her smile could almost rival his own.
"It was..." he breathed in "Awesome!"
"You did it?" she got close to his face.
"Yeah! I fucking did it!" he exclaimed, looking hopefully at Butcher and (Y/n).
"Congrats, Hughie!" she said, giving him a kiss on his cheek, something that caught him off guard.
He wasn't used to her being cute around him, she was always boisterous and flirty. So, that attitude made him blush a little, not ever thinking of her that way before.
"W-well, thanks." he said, now less excited than before, but still feeling the adrenaline inside his body.
"Tell me, son. How did it go?" Billy asked, starting the car and driving away from the Tower.
And then a whole boring story unfolds, (Y/n) didn't know that Hughie could be that repetitive. He kept telling them on and on about how it went smoothly, how he was such a badass and blah blah blah. The only part that she knew would have been difficult to him would be looking A-Train in the eye, she knew that he despised the guy and that was probably the most challenging thing he had done at Vought. He kept talking on and on about his feat, not noticing when they stopped and the girl got out of the car, waiting for him leaning on the roof.
"I get why you dig this job." he said smiling from ear to ear.
"Yeah, you know, has its moments, doesn't it?" Butcher sighed softly, almost unnoticeable.
"You were right. Fuck A-Train." he looked at Billy "Fuck The Seven!" he laughed a little "Fuck all... Seven." he looked outside, seeing (Y/n) with her brows lifted and crossed arms, behind her the job that he actually hated, but couldn't bring himself to admit so "What are we- what are we doing here?" he turned to the man on his side confused.
"You two have work, don't you?" he said it like it's obvious to the kid.
"Come on Hughie, I want to finish this shift as fast as possible." she said, leaning more on the roof, getting a view of the two inside the car.
The kid stuttered a little bit, not knowing how to phrase what he was thinking.
"Well, I mean, that's all I need you for right now, yeah?" Butcher tried to make it less embarrassing for him.
"Yeah, I mean, I can... I can help you with other stuff, you know? I could be, like, your tech guy. I could be in the van with the thing and, like, you know, 'He's down to the hall to the left'." he continued, wanting to be useful and feel the adrenaline he felt that day again.
"Yeah, not gonna happen." (Y/n) opened the car door, locking her arm on his and getting him out of the car "He doesn't need you now, honey. He's got my number and yours, if he ever needs us he can just call." she grabbed him by the arms, looking him in the eyes, he noticed how she never looked at him that way, like she was convincing a child that they needed to eat lunch first before ice cream.
He ignored her for a bit, getting down to the car's level and trying again.
"I can really help."
"I know you can help, I got it." Billy smiled softly at the kid.
Hughie frowned, turning to walk away, before turning again and getting the paper signed to get the forty five thousand.
"Hey, you ever see an asshole tear up 45k?" he ripped the paper in half, smiling dumbly at Butcher.
"You're a good lad." he simply said, his face now serious.
Hughie turned slowly to go inside, while (Y/n) lingered outside, waiting for her turn to talk to the man.
"What is it, sweetheart?" he asked, getting closer to the passenger door, hoping to get a kiss or at least a closer look at her pretty face.
"Well, I think you already know it." she said, leaning on the car's window, giving a view that was so hot that the man could feel heat going directly to his crotch.
"Anything happens I call you." he repeated what she said the other day.
"You got it." she winked at him, licking her lips before biting into her lower lip.
She extended her hand and ran it through Butcher's beard, making him close his eyes to enjoy the moment and tilting his head back a little, showing his perfect jawline. He was getting quite used to having his beard played at.
"God, this beard. I wonder if it tickles." she smiled pervertedly.
He was ready to answer with a snarky flirt back, but she was already gone inside the store. Leaving him with blue balls again, but a silly smile on his face. He drove away slowly, the wheels of the car making the biggest noise he heard that day.
The two inside the store changed their clothes, Hughie sat quite bored at the front desk, while the girl was impatiently cleaning some shelves. She was clearly needing some sleep, she was just waiting for Gary to leave for her to change again and finally go back home to some well deserved sleep.
Their boss was preparing to go, so she talked to Hughie, saying that she would lock herself in the toilet for some minutes, in the meantime she would change clothes and get ready to leave.
She waited as planned, her phone in her hand and bag beside her with her things. She could even call it a peaceful night even with Hughie doing a gig as FBI agent, until she heard a noise coming from the store, as if someone had fallen. She unlocked the door and ran as fast as she could, she hoped that Hughie was okay. She opened the door from the store, not exactly finding what she was expecting. There was a flying TV in the middle of the store and Hughie was on the ground, his back to the glass of the front display.
"What the-" she was interrupted by a car entering the store, breaking the glass and knocking something, that was invisible, onto some shelves and breaking upon impact.
She closed the door quickly, hiding behind it from the rubble that was flying all about the place. She opened the door again, when it was all quiet. She looked around, seeing Hughie still on the ground and Butcher getting out of the car.
"Come here, love." he said, extending his hand, calling her to him.
She ran past the invisible 'thing' and got down to help her friend who was bleeding profusely from his head, a small cut, but pretty deep.
"You two should fuck off." he wiggled the crowbar he had in hands "Run!" he screamed at the two.
As (Y/n) was trying to help Hughie get up, he was looking at the fight, too stunned to move.
"Come on, honey." the girl whispered, finally getting him off the ground and walking to the backdoor exit, but as they got there, the kid stopped, turning back around to help Billy.
The girl sighed to herself, clearly not wanting to be in this situation, but too invested to not let Hughie or Butcher die without helping them. She kept thinking while hearing the fight, her feet taking her to the backdoor and then to the store door, several times. When she decided to help them, she noticed that now everything is quiet. She peeked around the door, seeing Hughie and Butcher on the ground, the kid had a cable in his hand and the man was talking to the not-so-invisible-now dude.
"'Translucent' doesn't mean 'invisible', it means 'semi-transparent'."
Hughie then tried to extend the cable at the person, but it didn't work, so Billy kicked the person's shin, making them fall backwards onto the cable. The kid screamed his lungs out as he electrocuted the supe. It only stopped when the power was cut from the cable, thanks to (Y/n) who saw it coming and decided to not let the person burn until they were a piece of beef jerky. She came back running at the two, worried sick if they were seriously injured. The two men were panting hard, Butcher got up with some difficulty.
"Is he... Is he dead?" the kid asked, his face contorting into something that the girl couldn't recognize.
"I hope he is." she cut in, holding her arms tightly.
Billy kicked the man on the ground, not exactly confirming if he was dead.
"Well, he ain't moving." he turned curiously at Hughie "How'd you know the electric would do the job?"
"Skin's carbon. Highly conductive. Saw it on Jimmy Fallon." he responded between pants.
Butcher raised his eyebrows, quite impressed.
"Would've taken me forever to work that one out. Good job." he squatted down, grabbing Translucent's legs "Let's get him in the boot."
"Wait, what?" Hughie stuttered out.
"The trunk." the man grunted while trying to lift the supe.
"No, no, I mean... What are we doing with him?" the kid rubbed his head with his two hands.
"Well, Hughie, you just offed one of the Seven, mate."
"Me? I- You hit him with a fucking car!" he screamed.
Butcher let the corpse go.
"Look, potato, fucking po-tah-to! We're in a shitload of trouble."
"No, no, no, we're not! He- He attacked us, okay? And you're a federal officer, you know? Just call the fucking FBI." he continued, his face showing pure terror, not knowing how to handle the pressure.
"So, look, technically, I'm not a fed."
"What?!" Hughie and (Y/n) screamed together.
"Then, who the fuck are you?!" the kid asked, his voice failing a couple of notes.
"Guys, the police." the girl whispered, more to herself than to the two.
"Do you hear that? That's the old bill. So unless you wanna explain why you've got America's favorite invisible wanker dead on the floor, give us a fucking hand, will ya?" Billy gave his speech, getting down again to grab the supe from the floor.
"Aw, shit." Hughie sighed, a disgusted complexion on his face.
They grabbed the corpse from the ground, hurrying with it to the car, both of them panting still from the fight.
"Doll, grab the keys from my trousers." Butcher looked at her, smiling for a little bit, before noticing that she didn't make a snarky remark, she just grabbed it and opened the trunk for them "Not gonna say something sexy, love?"
"Too shocked for that." she smiled nervously, but looked at him with eyes that said 'maybe later'.