Prompt 4
Cw: Hero takes pain meds that are pills, and there's a very brief mention of blood. Also there is violence.
Also, quick note: I wrote this in mere minutes and I'm posting it after skimming over it briefly. I am very sleepy. I'll just edit anything that needs to be edited later on I guess. But not now. it's like raw meat.
It was the middle of an intense battle with the villain, and hero was getting beaten badly. The hero had just been kicked in the face by the villain yet again, when suddenly from behind they heard a familiar voice shouting out.
"Come on [hero] you've got this!" Their new sidekick beamed, pumping their fists in the air with excitement. Sidekick was definitely late, that was for certain. However their sudden appearance spooked the villain.
"Who's kid is that?!" The villain shouted, staring at the sidekick with wide eyes. Sidekick offered a warm smile in return. The villain gripped hero's shirt with both hands, digging into the fabric. Hero was grinning, and their nose had started to bleed.
"I didn't make the kid, but it's definitely mine." The hero chuckled, causing the villain to jolt their head towards the hero. The villain studied the hero's face and then glanced back at the kid.
"Why is your kid here?! Why would you bring a kid to a rooftop fight?" The villain questioned, releasing their grip on the hero's shirt. The hero stumbled backwards and fell to the ground. They had a puzzled expression painted across their face.
"The kid was bored and I thought they could help out." Hero stated, as if it was an obvious answer. In a bit of a delayed reaction, sidekick quickly rushed to their caregiver's side and pulled out a small first aid kit.
"I'm very helpful." Sidekick nodded in agreement. The child pulled out a small box of pain medication and a water bottle. The villain was too shocked to do anything. The villain had never really given the personal lives of their enemies much thought before.
Sidekick handed hero a small pill and unscrewed the lid on the water bottle. The hero smiled lovingly at their kid, before quickly swallowing the pill. "Thank you, I appreciate you." Hero whispered with care. Their demeanor towards the child was a harsh contrast to how they were around the villain.
The villain didn't know how to respond to this. It was such an odd sight, perhaps this was some sort of weird dream? Well, whatever it was.. they weren't interested in upsetting this child. "Fine. You win. I don't want to beat you up in front of a kid." The villain grumbled, staring down at the hero. Their gaze was bitter.
Hero shot the villain a smug smile before getting up with the assistance of their sidekick.
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he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.
except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?
at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.
except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.
about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.
he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.
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thinkin really hard about kristen applebees, who purposely got detention on the first day of freshman year to make friends, who left a religious cult because of those friends, who pledged herself to a nameless and unknown deity while dead and then self-resurected while surrounded by her party
her party who had been fighting the nightmare king and suddenly saw their cleric seemingly agreeing to follow the nightmare king, her party who trusted that she knew what she was doing even if they didn't understand in the moment, her party that cared so deeply about each other that even when by all means kristen was dead and gone one of them held on to a piece of her just in case a miracle was possible
and thinkin a lot about kristen applebees finding the body of another cleric;
a cleric that also was devoted to a not-well understood deity and had faith in something off-putting to the masses but that was worth having faith in anyway, a cleric who resurrected rats and named them and hid it from her friends, a cleric who was unhappy but kind and obviously devoted to her party, a cleric who probably who have had a lot of empathy, kindness and knowledge for kristen navigating her relationship with cassandra
except lucy's party murdered her
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