I haven't updated in a while and I'm so sorry!

I'm working on a particularly angsty oneshot but it's starting to get a little long, combine that with school starting and my family moving and I don't have much writing time. I can't just let this go without updating, though, so here's something a little shorter I wrote during the Switcheroo Challenge!

This is based off a prompt by Fox sent in the Hermittpad Discord server; "end of the season, doc is showing everyone a bunch of the things he's caught and at the end he shows a clip of (insert ship of choice) and says something along the lines of "you thought you could hide motherfucker-"", but I added an addition to it...

Includes Scarian and... well... you'll see. ;)

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      Every Hermit had learned to have a healthy fear of Doc. The hybrid had a camera in his robotic eye and a love of digging up dirt on his fellow Hermits.

Embarrassing moments, dirty secrets, hidden relationships, everything.It had become safe to assume that the man had blackmail on you, and certain Hermits (cough Mumbo) had wound up broke at least once paying off Doc to delete the files.

Well, maybe not every Hermit knew what Doc was capable of.

It was the end of the season and Doc had organized a mandatory gathering. Grian wasn't quite sure what it was for, but as he took a seat beside Mumbo he noticed the mustached man was abnormally resigned. Iskall was on Mumbo's other side, Stress next to them, and both looked somewhat nervous.

The gremlin shot a sneaky glance to Scar, who was on the other side of the room. They had been together for a few months now, but they had both agreed to keep it secret.

The man was shyly twiddling his thumbs, eyes trained on his lap.

The whole room had a nervous tension about it and Grian didn't like it one bit.

Doc cleared his throat. "Everyone here? Good, good."

"Alright, Doc, get it out of your system," Xisuma said with a sigh.

"I'd be happy to," The hybrid growled as a projector flickered on.

Then, it began a slideshow, filled with images and videos he had taken as blackmail material.

Grian was honestly shocked at the amount of material. There was something of nearly every Hermit (though there was a distinct lack of Hermits such as TFC and, strangely, Ren). Not to mention, there was a good number taken of him.

Waves of giggles went through the Hermits at certain videos, but they tended to stop laughing when the focus went to them.

Doc had caught Mumbo's elytra flub. It felt weird, watching the moment again from an outside perspective; Mumbo trying to take off while past-Grian laughed in the background.

'How did Doc get into my base?'

Eventually, the slideshow paused.

"Are you done?" Someone Grian couldn't identify softly asked.

"No, not quite. I have one more..."

There were a few small sighs.

And then, the final video started to play.

The one word that popped into Grian's mind was 'How?'

He knew the exact moment the recording had been taken.

He and Scar had spent the day together and were ending it by relaxing on the top of Grian's base, smiling and talking. He had grown a crush on the man, but was too afraid to mention it.

That day, however, he had mustered up the courage to admit it.

Past-Grian smiled nervously as he confessed. Doc had been too far away for his words to be audible, but Grian remembered exactly what he had said.

"Scar, I... Like you more than just a friend."

Past-Scar's eyes widened and a faint blush dusted his cheeks. "Wait, you do? I thought you were with Mumbo..."

"W-No! No no. We're just friends. Aren't... you with Cub?"

"No. And I... I like you too."

Past-Scar carefully wove his fingers through past-Grian's.

"You thought you could hide, motherfucker," Doc softly growled before beginning to roughly laugh.

Just as the two were leaning in for their first kiss, Etho stood up and paused the video. "Are you done?"

"Yes, yes, I'm done," The hybrid replied, still laughing.

"Awesome! Now, before you all go, I have something to show you as well."

Doc stopped laughing, eyeing the man with suspicion but letting him access the projector.

The room fell quiet as Etho fiddled with Doc's setup.

Grian had heard rumors that Etho helped Doc with his blackmailing deeds, but no one was sure if the cosplayer had done any snooping himself.

Their question was about to be answered.

A video began playing.It was of Doc, with Ren at his side.

Ren let out a small eep, hiding his face.

Past-Doc softly ran a hand through the other man's hair, past-Ren wrapping him a side hug.

Doc let out a hiss and made a grab for the projector, but Etho quickly intercepted him before he could stop the video.

"You thought you could hide,~" The shorter teased.

"Traitor!" Doc spat, desperately trying to turn it off.

Past-Ren got up on his tip-toes to place a shy kiss on the hybrid's cheek and past-Doc gave him a warm smile before gently kissing his forehead.

Doc struggled with Etho to get to the projector, eventually knocking it off the table in his efforts.

"It's over!" Doc barked, turning it off and picking it up.

Etho backed away with a wicked laugh.

Grian glanced between Ren and Doc, the former still hiding his face in his arms.

No one got up right away, too shocked to really stand. Etho opened the door, pausing in the frame.

"But of course, you should know it best that no one can hide for long."

With that he left, and the room fell into silence.

It was then that the Hermits started to realize that maybe they should be a little scared of Etho as well.

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