love at first ice | luigi x male!reader

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"and then bam! dad turned into a huuuge castle, and powered up!!" junior exclaimed, holding his arms out wide as he told the story to the princess, who was sitting on a surprisingly soft pillow. "he charged up the ultimate wonder, and took over the world and saved the princess!"

"wow.." peach tilted her head, junior laughing and running around, pretending to be his father and destroying the world (a bunch of stacked building blocks). "do you have any stories.. not about your dad?"

junior looked at her, thinking for a moment before nodding. "yeah! once upon a time, there was a princess who went on vacation with her ugly body guard!" it seemed to be a theme, a princess and an ugly body guard. she noticed it quickly. "but her ugly body guard was defeated by a cool guy who painted the whole town and won the princess' heart!"

"wow.." she sighed, getting a little tired of hearing basically the same story over and over again. bowser defeating mario and saving/marrying the princess. as if that would ever happen. "why don't i tell you a story this time?"

"really? about what?" junior asked, taking a seat beside her on a smaller pillow, kicking his little legs up and down. "is it about a princess?"

"yep. sure is." she nodded, clearing her throat as she began, junior watching her with anticipation. "once upon a time, there was a town. they were celebrating the star festival, which only happened once a century."

"ooh, stars!"

"star bits rained down from the sky, and everyone danced and sang, collecting as many as they could. they would give them to the princess when the festival ended." she continued, junior smiling, already on the edge of his seat. "at least, that's what was supposed to happen. but a monster showed up."

"a monster!?" he yelped, grabbing onto her dress and gently tugging it. "what happened?!"

"he took the princess, leaving the town in ruin without a leader. he wanted to make her his queen, in the center of the universe." she sounded serious, before smiling, placing her hand on junior's head. "but a hero arrived. an attractive hero, who went through galaxies to save her and defeat the monster."

"wow..! he sounds amazing!!" he gasped, and she nodded, turning to the window, wondering just where said hero might be. "what was the hero like?"

she chuckled, unsure exactly on how to sum him up with just a few words. "a brave human in overalls. he was small, but he had a big heart, and wouldn't let anyone hurt his loved ones."

"wow.." junior sighed, resting his head on her lap and looking up at her. "tell me more?"

"of course. i'll tell you about his adventures." she began, and junior listened intently, wanting to hear all about this hero.

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

"coming through!" you yelped, nearly dodging a gorilla rolling a tire by at full speed, bumping into luigi as he went by. the garage was busy as always, everyone getting ready to take on bowser. again.

"sorry.." you apologized, taking a step back and awkwardly clearing your throat as he looked away at nothing. "come on, let's go make some karts!"

"yeah.. karts.." he nodded, you, toad, and dk running off to go make your desired vehicles. you were thinking something fast and flashy, something that could easily beat up a few bad guys if you ran into them. then you wouldn't have to actually fight them! you pushed the big red button, looking up as your kart began to be built with a grin.

"alright!! woohoo!!" toad cheered, immediately getting into his kart when it came out, a massive one with big spiky wheels and a cannon on the back. he laughed, looking down when luigi walked up to him. he wasn't used to having to look down at him! "what's the matter, luigi? gonna make your kart yet?"

"uh, yeah.. but could you hold onto this guy? i want him to be safe while we're driving.." he held up the yoshi, who cooed in excitement, toad looking at him curiously before reaching down to pick him up and setting him in the passengers seat beside him. "thank you!"

"anytime, mama luigi!" toad gave him a thumbs up and a laugh, luigi grumbling to himself and walking off. he looked over at his new buddy, reaching over to buckle him up. "look's like you're my copilot!"

"mama luigi!"

he laughed, already loving this little guy.

meanwhile you looked at your own kart, a shiny blue bike that almost reminded you of a comet. it reminded you of home. a tiny part of you missed it. how were the penguins doing without you, anyways..? you had told them about what happened, and they gladly let you go to help, but..

"hey, y/n..?" you turned, luigi walking up to you, and your nerves melted away like a fresh plate of snow. you smiled, waving to him as he stopped in front of you, noticing the anxious look on his face.

"something wrong? where's your kart?" you asked, putting your helmet on as he began to mutter, stammer, trying to say something, and you chuckled, hoisting yourself onto your bike. "what, don't tell me you can't drive."

he was silent. your eyes widened. he looked down at the ground. "well, mario always drove us everywhere, so.."

you blinked a few times, a little bit surprised, before shaking your head, smiling a bit and nodding to him. "you can ride with me. and i can teach you a thing or two after all this is over."

"are.. you sure?" he asked, looking at your bike, which was pretty small. he'd be sitting directly behind you, with not much space.. "i could, uh, always ride with someone else, or-"

"get on the bike, luigi."

he stiffened up like a board, walking up and awkwardly pulling himself onto the bike, trying not to nudge you as he held onto the seat, steadying himself. you couldn't help but snicker, he was definitely gonna fall off like that.

the garage door slowly began to open, everyone revving up their engines to go to sarasaland. the stoplight above you began to beep, marking the time to go. one beep..

"you can hold onto me, you know." you spoke quietly, ignoring the way your heart did a little kick as you did. he gulped, nodding and awkwardly moving his hands around before deciding to lightly put them on your shoulders.

"l-like this..?"

two beeps..

you sighed, leaning back into him, making him jump a little, hands clenching your shoulders a little tighter. "if you wanna fall off, sure."

"what-"

a third beep, and you revved your bike, taking off, and he yelped, hands flying to wrap around your waist before he could fall off, making you laugh, the rest of the army following close behind.

don't worry princess, mario, help was on the way..!