Jealousy Part 3

Assassin's Creed Lost in Modern Ages AU

Jealousy part 3

Ezio: *leaping from building to building* (in his head) (I'm not jealous.)

Ezio leaps from one medium-size building to the next.

Ezio: (I just want to spend some time with my great, great... well grandson.)

His pace starts to speed up a bit.

Ezio: (I'm not jealous. Ezio Auditore da Firenze? jealous? Never.)

And a bit more.

Ezio: (what do I have to be jealous of? I have admired the Mentor's work for years, why should I be jealous? He's great, he's smart, he reformed the ways the creed-)

He's almost at a sprint.

Ezio: (I mean I get why Desmond would want to be around him and everything, but surely he hasn't forgotten about me- the rest of us... right?)

Small child: *staring at Ezio* ...

Ezio is now in full speed as he's running across rooftops and is practically running a marathon at this point. People below have yet to notice, but it isn't until he reaches the ground that people start to stare as he waits by the gas station that Desmond is in.

Ezio: ... what?

Small child: ... are you a cosplayer?

Ezio: ... uh... sure, I am.

Small child: ... cool! *takes a picture of Ezio and walks away*

Ezio: ... (I probably should have changed before I came out here... what's a cosplayer?)

Soon Desmond walks out of the gas station caring a plastic bag full of snacks.

Desmond: ok that should be- E-EZIO!?

Ezio: Ciao Desmond!

Desmond: gramps two, what hell are you doing out here in public-! *whispers* "with your assassin robes on!"

Ezio: I might have forgotten to change out before coming out here...

Ezio: well I- ... (it has just accrued to me that... I did not think this all the way through) uh...

Desmond: *groans in frustration and starts to push Ezio towards a nearby alleyway*

Ezio: Easy! Easy! I only came out here to speak with you.

Desmond: *inhales and exhales heavily* ok! So explain to me what made you come out here that is so important that you forgot to change out of your assassin attire?

Desmond: ... you ok Gramps two-

Ezio: Uh! Si! Si! I just remembered it was because uh- I wanted to know iii- *looking frantically behind Desmond for ideas*

Lucky for Ezio his hood was up and the dark alley added an extra cover for his facial features, otherwise, he'd probably looked more suspicious to Desmond than he already seemed. As he looks frantically for something, anything that could help him. He then quickly noticed a billboard that was advertising for a live boxing match tomorrow night.

Ezio: -iiiiif you would like to see that! *points to the billboard behind Desmond*

Desmond: *turns around* uh... boxing match?

Ezio: Si! Yes! I forgot to ask you this morning so I uh- wanted to rush over to you! I wanted to know ahead of time before the tickets were sold out! ... that's why I forgot to change... no other reason at all... not out of jealou- what.

Desmond: what? ... were you about to say jealous-

Ezio: I said would you like to go see it... just the two of us... and no one else...

Desmond: 🤨 ... and that's it? That's what you rushed all this way for?

Ezio: ... si. (bene. As they would say, nailed it Ezio!)

Desmond: *thinking* hm... sure I'll bite, I'll come with you to go see it.

Ezio: Bene! I'll get the tickets and we can go tomorrow night together, it'll be fun!

Ezio: oh, uh- *chuckles* si of course Desmond, you have my word.

Desmond: ya alright. Just promise me that you'll change into your modern wear before we go, ok?

Desmond: cool, I'll see you back at home gramps two. *starts to walk out the alley* oh you might wanna take the more backdoor routes home. Don't want any Abstergo workers or people finding our location.

Ezio: ah! Yes, of course.

Desmond: alright, see you at home gramps two. *leaves to his motorcycle*

Ezio: ... I really hope no one saw me... I'm sure it'll be fine. *starts making his way through the dark alleyway*

Back at home.

Desmond: *walks in and closes the door* hey guys, I'm home!

Shaun: ah, welcome back... so...

Desmond: ... so what?

Rebecca: Did Ezio happen to run into you while you were getting snacks?

Desmond: ya, I'm assuming you all saw him running out the door in his assassin robes?

Leonardo: Si, we did.

Jacob: well we didn't see him do it, but he was gone and the front door was open... Yeah pretty much.

Connor: So, what did he say to you exactly?

Desmond: Oh, he just wanted to know if I'd like to see a boxing match tomorrow night.

Connor: oh really?

Desmond: ya, guess he wants it to be just the two of us.

Jacob: Tch! did he also tell you that he was- HOLD ON A SECOND! Do you mean tomorrow night's boxing match between frantoio the destroyer and King Rook!?

Desmond: I think so? Why?

Jacob: LUCKY BASTARD! I'm a HUGE fan of King Rook! They say he was taught how to fight, by joining every single street fight club from all around the world! His way of fighting is JUST like back in the street fight club me and Evie were in!

Shaun: Of course you are.

Rebecca: Well why don't you go?

Jacob: *sighs* UUUUUUGH! CAUSE EVIEEEE WON'T LET MEEEE!

Desmond: why doesn't she let you go?

Jacob: I don't know, something about the usual reasons, like the tickets are super expensive, something about being a menace to society and bla bla bla all that rubbish.

Connor: sounds completely reasonable.

Jacob: no it isn't!

Desmond: you can just watch it here-

Altair: *comes down the stair in his modern wear* Hey, you ready to go Desmond?

Altair is wearing a white zip-up jacket with the hoodie over his head, navy blue jeans, and a red belt with the silver buckle that had the assassin's creed logo on it, and black and white sneakers.

Desmond: Oh- Ya I'm ready to go! *holds up the plastic bag* I got the snacks for us to sneak into the movie theater.

Altair: *nods*

Desmond: *quickly moves the snacks to his backback and zips it up* we'll be back once the movie's over guys.

Shaun: alright, see you then.

Rebecca: have fun you two.

Both Desmond and Altair nod as they leave for the movies, a few moments after they left Ezio walks into the house.

Connor: So, a boxing match huh?

Ezio: what was I supposed to say!?

Shaun: how about nothing at all!? Or not doing what you just did in your assassin robes! Which you could have completely compromised our location! Like what if you were spotted in public by Abstergo?!

Ezio: I was in the clear, only a child spotted me.

Shaun: What the bloody hell Ezio! That still doesn't make it better!

Ezio: they only thought I was a "cosplayer" of some kind... whatever that is.

Rebecca: *snickers* Haha! A COSPLAYER!

Shaun: ok you, stop laughing this is serious!

Rebecca: *snorts* haha! S-sorry Shaun *wheezes*

Shaun: And you! *points to Ezio* you need to stop this before this goes where I think it's going!

Ezio: what's the harm in taking Desmond to see a fighting match?

Connor: A lot of things Ezio, a lot of things. Like- how are you gonna get tickets this soon? And from what Jacob told us, their very expletives tickets, Ezio.

Ezio: oh don't worry about that Connor *walks by Shaun* I have my ways.

Shaun: Ezio this is a ridiculous plan. You're acting like one of those high school girls with a weird obsession, jealousy problem.

Ezio: I'm not jealous!

Shaun: yes you- *feels his wallet is missing* Bloody hell, now I lost my wallet again. Just great! I'll be right back. But this conversation isn't over! *walks upstairs*

Rebecca: *sighs* I better go help him find it before he starts getting in a more sour mood. *follows Shaun*

Ezio: ... *heads to the living room computer and gets on it*

Connor: Ezio! Come on! ... Leonardo, you've been quiet this whole time... don't you think you should say something to Ezio.

Leonardo: well I-

Jacob: ya, after all, he is your best friend. He'll listen to you more than us.

Leonardo: ... *sighs and walks over to Ezio* Ezio... you need to calm yourself. You and I both know you can't afford those tickets on your own, and this will no doubt spiral into something worse than you think it will. I ask, pls, let this go. You have nothing to be jealous of Altair spending some time with Desmond. I'm speaking to you as your closest friend, fratello, please don't push this any further.

Ezio: Your right about one thing Leonardo. I may not be able to get those tickets myself- *pulls out Shaun's wallet and pulls out a credit card from it* but I'm sure Shaun won't mind if I used this.

Jacob: Oh- Ho Ho! Ezio you mad bastard! Haha!

Leonardo: Ey- Ezio!

Ezio: what!? It's not the first time I've stolen Shaun's credit card, or the only one.

Jacob: ah so true, I steal it on an almost regular basis.

Connor: Well I never have-

Jacob: lies! All of it! LIES!

Connor: ... tch- ok I've stolen it- once! And it was one time!

Leonard: what for?

Connor: I-... I needed the money to... t-to get Aveline something...

Jacob and Ezio: ... 😏 *lift their eyebrows up and down*

Connor: . . . What!?

Jacob: 😏 ... you like her-

Connor: T-THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS FRYE!

Ezio: heh, sure Connor~.

Leonardo: May we please get back on topic now? This is about Ezio's jealousy problem, not Connor's awkward love life.

Connor: CAN WE STOP BRING THAT UP!?!? But yes! He does have a point about Ezio!

Leonardo: Si. Now, Ezio you can't go through with this!

Ezio: I'm already on the website for the tickets, and I can tell you that this is happening.

Leonardo: What will happen after you and Desmond watch the fight!? What would you have gained from this? Desmond's attention for only a few hours? And what happens once it's all over? Nothing much would change. The only thing that would change is your drive to only gain more and more of Desmond's attention.

Ezio: I just want to spend some time with him Leonardo, this has nothing to do with jealousy.

Leonardo: Desmond is hurting right now! You will only hurt him more!

Ezio: I would never desire hurt and pain on him!!! I only desire to help him with whatever he needs. as his great-great-great- ...well grandfather.

Leonardo: ... Ezio... you need to let him deal with this how he wants to. Doing this out of spite on another or jealousy can only bring disastro.

Ezio: ... *orders the tickets* I only want to give him the best... spend some quality time together as famiglia... something that I only had for such a short time...

Leonardo: ... *sighs* very well Ezio, if that is your choice... I won't stop you.

Jacob: wait what?

Connor: what!?

Ezio: *forms a weak smile* Thank you for understanding my friend.

Ezio turns off the computer, before getting up and hugging Leonardo. Leonardo didn't resist as they hugged.

Ezio: grazie Leonardo.

Leonardo: of course my friend.

Once they part, Ezio puts the credit card back into Shaun's wallet and leaves it on the kitchen counter as if it were never stolen and heads upstairs to his room.

Connor: Leonardo why did-

Leonardo: The thing with Ezio is, sometimes you have to let him learn his lesson the hard way. Just like Jacob-

Jacob: hey!

Leonardo: it's painful and it pains me to do it, but sometimes it's the only way he'll learn. He'll crash and burn, and when he comes back after. Just give the man a cold stern talking to, for good measure, and if he's still willing to listen. Only then will you be able to help him truly.

Connor: ... *sighs* you know him better than any of us- well other than Desmond. I'll trust you on your word Leonardo.

Leonardo: Mhm, trust me. This is the only way he will understand his mistake.

Connor: just hope the crash won't be too bad for him.

Jacob: *on the computer holding Shaun's credit card* ya, hope so too.

Connor: ... really Jacob!?

Jacob: what!?

Leonardo: put Shaun's credit card down Jacob.

Jacob: ok let me see if I'm hearing you right- so it's ok for Ezio, to steal and use it, but not me!?

Leonardo: he needs to learn his lesson. As for you- *takes the credit card away from Jacob's hands and puts it back in the wallet*

Jacob: hey! Come on Leo!

Leonardo: you still have many things to learn.

Jacob: bah! Your no fun... so what do we do now then?

Leonardo: prepare ourselves to help Ezio get up when he crashes. Which all we can really do is wait.

Bounce scene:

At the movie theater.

Desmond and Altair were watching the movie in the movie theater together. They were halfway through it when Desmond's phone suddenly started to vibrate in his pocket. Luckily it was on silent, less they risk getting kicked out.

Desmond: hm? *pulls out his phone and checks who it is* . . . *clenches his right hand on the seat's armrest and starts taking in heavy breaths*

Desmond: *tries to take control of his breathing* I-I can't.

Altair: *glances his eyes at him* ...

Desmond: *seems to be having a small panic attack*

Altair: Breath Desmond. Remember to ease your breathing.

His right arm starts to dimly shine patterns a bit from under his black opera glove. His right eye slowly starts to glow and his heart rate increases at a fast pace. Desmond's body tenses the longer he stares at the contact caller on his phone as it vibrated in his hand. Panic slowly formed into rage, he want to answer it, he wanted to scream at the caller on the other end, curse him out right there and now. T̶̜̓o̷̲̣͋̏ ̴͉̓m̷̡͉͑̚à̸̖k̷̠̓̅͜ę̴̭̀̈́ ̸̩̖͆ḥ̴͍̈́͝i̸̼̝̾m̷̼̄ ̵̱̇h̸͔̓̐ũ̶͇͝ŗ̶̼́t̴̨͜͝ ̸̧̤̀̌l̵̳͝͝ȉ̸͕̘k̷̯̗̅̚é̸͈͓ ̶͙͍́h̸͓̟̉e̵̞͠ ̴̮͈̚d̶̻̏͠i̷͓͘d̵̯̅̈́ ̷̢͈̽ḩ̷͎̈́i̴̛̹m̵͇̭̃ . . . T̵̡̾̌O̶̫̍́ ̶̱̔D̶̜̈O̶͕̔͑ ̷̨̜̉F̸̤̎̊Á̸̙̺̕Ṛ̴̅ ̵̤̊͊M̴̜̩̅͋O̶̻̽R̵̘̼͗̃Ė̷͕̓-

Altair: *puts a firm but gentle hand on Desmond's shoulder* you don't have to deal with his bullsh*t Desmond.

D̵̠̐͋͜ē̷̲͓͠ś̷͕̲m̶o̷̙͑̓n̶̯̹̋̆d: *heavy breathing* . . . He-

Altair: You don't need to answer him if you know it's only going to make you angry and anxious.

D̵͓̿e̸̮̬̒̕s̶̨̽̆m̵̧̭̆̓ond: . . . *squeezes the phone in his hand*

Altair: Listen, He chose to miss out on a good opportunity to spend time with you. You have every right to be angry with him and every equal right not to answer him at all. Let his call go to voice mail and let's just enjoy the rest of our movie, ok?

Desmond: ... *his eye stops glowing* ... ya... your right. *put his phone back in his pocket*

Altair: *nods and faces back at the screen but keeps his hand on Desmond's shoulder* ... I will always be with you.

Desmond begins to try and reset his breathing as he begins to count in his head...

one. He takes a deep breath in and out, his heart rate increases, and his grip on the armrest tightens as he hears and feels the vibration of his phone, the sound ringing loudly to his ears only as an echo.

Two. He breaths in and out again, he feels his eye start to glow again as the movie became a blur to his vision as his phone vibrated again.

Three. Desmond suddenly feels like he's on the edge of loosening it when he suddenly feels Altair rubbing his back gently. Desmond glances over at him. Altair's own eyes dimly glowed from the darkness of his hood, as he focused them towards the large screen up front as he began to hum something in Arabic quietly to Desmond.

Desmond felt... safe, calm, and loved, like nothing in the world could ever hurt him. He suddenly readied himself as he suddenly feels his phone vibrate again. Let's do this.

One. He breathes, ignoring everything going on around him, remembering Altair's words. "you don't have to deal with his bullsh*t Desmond.", His phone vibrates. His eye stops glowing.

Two. "You have every right to be angry with him and every equal right to not to answer him at all.", His phone vibrates again. His arm stops glowing through his black opera glove and his grip on the armrest loosens.

Three. "I will always be with you." His phone vibrates for the last time, as his body finally relaxes completely. his vision and mind cleared. The two continue to watch the movie in peace, without any issues for the rest of the evening.

Desmond: ... *smiles* thanks gramps.

Altair: ... *forms a small smile* dayiman alhafidu.

Wow! This one was an emotional rollercoaster for a good chunk of the characters, also sorry if this was a bit long, I just wanted to add a comforting scene with Desmond and Altair. But I still hope you all enjoyed part 3 of jealousy! Next part coming soon!

First - prev - coming soon

I think this is the longest assassin's creed lost in modern ages AU headcanon I've made so far other then The Epic Adventures Of Malik and Leonardo series