Archive of Our Own ^beta

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Chapter 1

⚠️THIS STORY CONTAINS 16+ MATERIAL INCLUDING DRUGS, ALCOHOL, VIOLENCE, GUNS, TORTURE, CURSING, AND SUGGESTIVE THEMES. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND AND READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! (Im not being held accountable for nightmares or bad decisions here!)⚠️

(Also I am basing this off of the Grand Casino AU it’s not an exact copy and i will not follow the canon things simply because I don’t want to. This is my version and the og version is great, this just lives in my head rent free sooo yeah idk enough from me enjoy.)

RAGATHAS POV

Another fuckin day at the casino. Yay. It’s getting exhausting. We lived at the damn place. LITERALLY. Canine gives us free luxury penthouse suites for working for him. The boss, Canine has a new hire. Pomni. I don’t know anything about her. And I’m not sure if I want to. I was making the rounds, doing my job. Seduce men into sleeping with me. I hated it. I’m a fucking Lesbian and Canine thought I enjoyed it. I mean, I enjoy the paycheck but hate everything else.

We all have jobs. Jax is the one walking around challenging people, making sure no one cheats. That kinda shit. Gangle is the waitress. Makes sure everyone is fed and happy, makes them wanna stay longer. Zooble one of the bartenders. They listen to people yap on about their lives. Well look like they’re listening, when in reality they have their left AirPod in. And Kinger he just kinda exists. I honestly have no idea what he does, but he’s here and I would trade this for anything.

Then Canine walked in. He’s the boss. The ringmaster if you will, to our terrible circus act. And he brought a person. “Everyone this is Pomni!” He said. Pomni was stunning.

Short layered brown hair with one red and one blue streak. Deep blue eyes. Shorter but hey I can work with that. But the thing that drew my attention was a deep huge scar over her left eye. The eye still seemed to work but the scar, it definitely has a story behind it.

I held my hand out. “Hiya! I’m Ragatha! Nice to meet you.” I said. She shook my hand her icy glare never breaking eye contact.

“Pomni.” She said cold and distant. Ok not one for pleasantries. Got it. Then Jax walked over.

“So ya met doll face. I’m Jax. So what’s your job round here?” Her asked. A smug little grin slowly stretched across his face.

“Security.” She said. Then started walking out. Taking a cigarette forgotten on the table with her. Ok that was fucking hot.

“Oh I’m excited to find out where she got that nasty scar from.” Jax said ever so nonchalantly.

“I dunno, looks rough.” I said crossing my arms and tilting my head.

“I’m sure it was something absolutely gory.” Jax said.

“Jesus Jax really?” Zooble asked running their hands through their short died green hair.

We walked out of the meeting area and saw Pomni walking around. Acting like another rich asshole. Then she took her place by the door.

Then two very wealthy looking women walked in. They held their hands out and Pomni kissed them and with a warm smile said, “Welcome to Canine and Ables Casino and hotel! Enjoy your stay darlings.” Her voice was seductively sweet and silky. Like she didn’t just brush all of us off. This was bound to be interesting…

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Chapter 2
Ragathas POV

I was walking through the halls. It was pretty early in the morning and no one was really awake yet. Or so I thought until I saw… Pomni. She’d been here for a week or so and acted like me and everyone else was a spec. Like she barely noticed our existence. But alas I waved to her. And she waved back huh.

“Hey, uh Ragatha, right?” She said, pointing to me.

I was taken aback for a moment before saying, “yep! That’s me! Can I help you with something?”

“Uh yeah. I need something in the storage room and I can’t reach it. Could you help me?” She asked with a shy smile.

“Yeah! Of course!” I said smiling back.

We walked to the storage room in a comfortable silence. Then when we got there she got on my shoulders and reached the top shelf and climbed onto the shelf. Then all the sudden the door behind us closed and locked. Pomni and I froze she grabbed something and jumped down from the shelf. She rattled the doorknob for a moment before slamming her body into the door. “Shit it’s locked.” She groaned.

“Probably Jax playing a prank.” I sighed with a tired smile. I loved Jax as a brother. But just like a brother he can get on your nerves.

“Well that’s great.” She said then sat down. “Something tells me we’re gonna be here awhile.” She said.

“Well let’s take this time to get to know each other. I feel like we haven’t really met.” I said sitting next to her.

“Alright sounds good. You first.” She said closing her eyes.

“Well, I was born in Texas and raised by my parents and have 2 sisters and 2 brothers. I got an invite to work with Caine and Able and pretty much signed my life away.” I said. And it was the truth. The contract I have with this damn company is tight. Can’t leave till I pay my stupid debt and it’s gaining interest so I’m here for life.

I looked over to Pomni and who was still resting her eyes. “How about you?” I asked.

“Well I was born in Russia” (ITS CANON IN THE AU GUYS I SWEAR😭) “and I was raised by my mom and dad, no sisters or brothers. And of course I was the golden child and they set me up with an arranged marriage so I ran. Caine and Able set me up good. Pay me to work with them.” Pomni said.

“Wait you don’t owe them anything?” I asked.

“Nope.” She said popping the p.

“Then why are you here?” I asked raising an eyebrow.

“I need money. They give me money. I feel like that should be obvious.” She said rolling her eyes with a smirk.

“Fair.” I said with a shrug. “So how old are you?” I asked.

“25.” She said. “You?”

“30.” I said with a sigh.

“Old lady.” She said with a taunting tone.

“Hey! You’re not too far off!” I said. A rare smile played on my lips. And for once, it was real.

“Fair, fair.” She said, raising her hands in surrender.

“Damn right it’s fair.” I said acting annoyed.

“So why do you work here? Ya don’t really seem like the casino type.” She said giving me a once over with a skeptical look.

“I owe Caine and Able a debt. They add interest so I’m kinda trapped here..” I said with a sad sigh. “Jax, Kinger, Zooble and Gangle too. They’ve got their own contracts and debts. Kingers been here the longest. His wife went missing about a year back after trying to talk to Caine about her debt. Kingers still.. processing. He’s not been the same since.” I looked over to Pomni and she had guilt in her eyes. Aww she feels bad. Maybe under all that hard exterior was a soft spot.

My thoughts were cut off by the door rattling. “Anyone in here?” Zooble yelled.

“Us Zoobs. I think Jax locked us in here.” I said.

Zooble unlocked the door with an evil smile. “Maybe wait till after hours to have a quickie ok? Caines been lookin for y’all.”

Pomni walked away. Hands in her pockets. “Whatever.” She mumbled pulling a cigarette from her pocket and lighting it.

I was happy I got to know her. Maybe we could actually be friends!

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Chapter 3
JAXS POV

(Hey! Sorry I didn’t update last week I had some things. BUT WERE BACK!)

It had been a few weeks since shorty arrived in this hell hole and she had barely interacted with any of us. All my attempts at pranking her. Ignored. It was INFURIATING. Even when I put a fake snake in her Pringles can. She didn’t even flinch! Even when I locked her in a closet with red head. All I got was the finger and a glare. Like ok! We get it, you’re tough. Don’t have to rub it in.

I walked into the staff room to see Gangle and Zooble talking. “I actually think she can be really nice. We’ve just got to get to know her better!” Gangle said. Oh sweet delusional Gangle.

“Yeah right. She’s ignored all of us since she arrived at this hellhole.” I said leaning on the wall with my arms crossed. The only thing she had done was drank and glared. I SWEAR SHE DOSENT BLINK. How could I get some dirt on her…. Heyyy she’s gotta room don’t she? And she’s prolly gotta diary in said room. ITS PERFECT. I snickered a bit in my head before nonchalantly walking over to the employee elevator and swiping my key card.

Once I got to the hall where all our rooms were. Pomni walked past me and glared. I noticed she was smoking. “Hey shorty!” I yelled. She met my eyes. “No smoking here.” She walked over, “sorry.” She mumbled putting the cig out on my jacket. Bitch!

She threw the cig in the trash and walked away. I carefully looked around then ran to her room at the near end of the hall. Locked. Of course.

I grabbed a paper clip from my pocket and picked the lock easily. I walked into the neat room. A bed a desk some shelves. Nice setup if I’m being honest. I walked over to a desk and found a small leather book. The first entry… fuck. I can’t read this shit! Ugh must be Russian or something. I slammed the book down frustrated. I walked around a bit more and found a few interesting things. A dark romance book. Heh NERDDD. Some pictures taken on a Polaroid of a Pomni without the huge ass scar in her left eye. How’d that even happen anyway…? I dunno maybe we’ll find out someday.

(HINT HINT- this story is a mystery of something that starts in a few chapters! I’ve already written a later chapter and was giving myself chills. ANYWAYS BACK TO THE STORYYYYY😘)

I looked through a few more things and didn’t find anything interesting. Well this was a fail. With a sigh I locked the door and walked out.

A few hours later…

“WHO WENT INTO MY ROOM?!” Pomni practically growled walking in looking livid.

“Pomni! Care for some coffee?” I asked in a mocking tone.

She walked over and looked me dead in the eyes and said, “if you went into my room I will steal you to a table, castrate you, and make you suck your own dick.”

Whoa. Creepy. “I-I swear, I didn’t even know you had a room!”

Then a voice from the back of the room. “I did it!” It was Ragatha. Pomni let go of my neck.

“You?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Yeah. I uh was looking for a pen. And your door was unlocked so I thought you were there and I went through your stuff looking for a pen.” Ragatha said wringing her hands together.

Pomni walked over and handed her a pen. “Next time just fuckin ask.” Pomni said then walked away.

I looked to Ragatha who was blushing hard. “OOOO RED HEAD LIKES NEW STUFF!!” I mocked making kissy noises and absurd faces.

“WHAT?! I- NO. THATS NOT IT. I JUST UGH.” Ragatha stormed off.

Well this just got a bit more interesting…

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Chapter 4
(Ok so I goofed… the week before last I accidentally uploaded my other story’s chapter on here. The chapter was taken down but idk how long it was up for. So if you saw the Pomni x Jax thing that belongs to my other story and not this one. So if you saw that don’t worry it was just a mix up because I was uploading it in my reading class bc my stupid ADHD kicked in and I had a squirrel moment. So again THE JAX X POMNI THING MEANT NOTHING TO THIS STORY. Ok anyways here’s the actual chapter)

RAGATHAS POV

UGH. Late nights. I just got off and I was headed to the bar to snag a drink before going to my room and passing out. When I walked over I saw Pomni…

After we’d been locked in the closet around a month ago my feelings to her only grew and we talked a lot in breaks and we had a lot in common. It was actually quite nice!

When I got to the bar I saw she was drinking a whiskey. “Hey, good choice!” I said with a smile.

“Thanks nice dress doll.” She said then took another sip from her glass.

Then Zooble walked over. “Hey Rags what can I get ya?” They said cleaning a glass.

I thought for a moment then said “Rosè, please.”

They got a clean glass for me and poured my drink. As I took my sip I noticed Pomni looking a bit pale. “You doin alright Pomni…? You’re not lookin good…” I said pressing a hand to her forehead. She was burning up…

“I’m fine. Just a headache no biggie.”

“If ya say so…” I said still slightly worried.

“Ooo ya worried about me rag-doll? How sweet.” She said smirking at me.

“What gave you that impression?” I said.

“Nothin rag-doll. Just the fact you’re worried about me.”

I blushed. “I worry about everyone.” I said brushing my hair behind my ear.

“Ya know you’d make a good mom.” She said with a smile.

“I- really?!” The question caught me slightly off guard. I mean yeah it would be nice to have a kid but again… I’m a lesbian. Kinda impossible unless by some feat of science.

“Yeah. I think so. But what do I know I’m just a Russian alcoholic with a scar over her face.” Pomni said with a grin.

“Sooo how ya liking working here?” I asked genuinely curious.

“Eh it’s alright. The dumbass with the purple hair gets on my nerves time to time but other than that pretty good.” She said with a shrug.

“Oh yeah Jax gets on everyone’s nerves.” I said rolling my eyes. “He can be sweet though.”

“I’d like to see it.” She said.

“Sooooo doing anything this weekend?” I asked. Yeah Ragatha go for it!

She sighed. “You’re lookin at it…”

“Oh…” I said looking down.

“Hey uhh are there any punishments?” She asked. “Like if we don’t follow orders.”

“Uhh yeah… there’s employee execution. That’s if ya fuck up bad.. only had to see one thank god. And then sometimes they go missing… Agent Grey… whoever the hell that is I heard Able and Caine talk about them. They’re the ones that take the people who go missing…” I say a pang of sadness spreading through me.

“Damn. That’s rough.” Pomni said then took another sip of her drink.

“Yeah but ya get used to it eventually… people vanishing. It’s kinda the norm. The last one that vanished was Kaufmo… sweet kid. Always tries to make everyone laugh…” I teared up a bit knowing I’d probably never see him again.

“Hey at least his not in this hell hole.” Pomni said.

“That’s one way to put it.” I said taking a sip of my drink.

We talked for another few hours and Pomni got drunk as hell.

“Raggy! Your hair is so pretty… who does it?” She said every word slurred.

“I do. Hey I think you’ve had enough. Let’s go to bed alright?” I said picking her up. She was surprisingly really light.

“Nooooo…” she said before promptly going limp.

I carried her bridal style to the elevator earning a few stares. But I didn’t care. I tried my best to cover her face so her tough guy reputation wouldn’t be in pieces. Once in the elevator we were alone and I looked down at Pomnis serine face. She looked so cute sleeping!

Once we got to her room it was already unlocked and I walked inside took her shoes off and set her on the bed pulling the blankets up to her chin. Then I kissed her lightly on the cheek. “Love ya Pomni…” I said.

Realizing what I’d just done I flicked the lights off locked the door and left. God at least she was asleep…

(Guys I js watched both the 1980s Heathers movie and the classic musical and can we all agree that Christian Slater was FINE AS HELL in the movie. ALSOOOO should i write a JD x Veronica fic?! Idk random thought. Seriously tho should I??? See ya later🫶)

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Hey… as you’ve probably noticed I haven’t been updating lots in the last few weeks. I’m rlly sorry!!! I’m going through some personal stuff right now and state testing is coming up so I’m really stressed and haven’t had any motivation to update and I am truly sorry. I plan on being back here sometime in May when summer starts and I have more time to write. Again I’m very sorry and hopefully see you guys soon.