“Just sit down! I’ll bandage you up,” the ex-villain said, gesturing to the chair.
“I can do it myself,” the hero grumbled, swiping the first aid kit and grudgingly sitting.
The ex-villain pursed their lips. “Hey.” The hero ignored them, cracking open the kit. “Hey,” they said louder and caught the hero’s chin between their fingers, gently tipping it up so their gazes met. “Needing help doesn’t make you weak.”
“I can clean my own wounds.” The hero jerked their face from the ex-villain’s grip and began to swipe a disinfecting wipe along their arm, grimacing at the sting.
“That’s not what I’m talking about, and you know it.” The ex-villain plucked up the ointment and applied it to the hero’s scrapes in wake of the wipe. “Needing my help during the fight today doesn’t mean you’re any less capable.”
“I shouldn’t need anyone, and especially not you,” the hero hissed, fingers digging into the arms of the chair.
The ex-villain flinched at their harsh tone but began to wrap a bandage around the hero’s arm nonetheless. A trickle of guilt seeped into the hero at how their former enemy simply took their words and didn’t lash back, and the fire in their chest dimmed.
They cleared their throat. “I-I shouldn’t have said that. You were just trying to help. I’m not angry at you. I’m angry at me,” the hero confessed.
Smiling sadly, the ex-villain said, “I’m not new to self-loathing either, especially given my past, but that’s something we can both work through. Together, if you’d like.”
- Lynn
Request for “former villain taking care of the hero when a new threat is too much for them to handle” by mudnight_writer
"You'll be left alone here."
Hero didn't even look back. Seemingly not hearing him as she looked for arrows on the ground.
Villain stood at the other side of the room, gripping the rusty dorknob.
"This is hopeless."
She made no indication that she heard him. Only threw a chair that stood between her and a single, glinting arrow.
She then moved next to the arrowslit, trying her bow with it. Not sparing him a glance.
"Do you have death wish? Hero, they have spears and axes and torches- This whole town will turn to ashes."
She kept watching the window. Her posture tense and her breaths shallow.
"Her-"
"Then go,"
Her voice came out as a whisper.
"I am not stopping you."
To that, he found himself to be at loss for words. Because somehow, she did. His nerves urged him to run away, but he could only stand there watching her.
He knew that running away is what he needs to do now.He knew that these bastards marching here will take no prisoners. He knew Hero will not move from where she stands, prepairing to delay the mob for as long as she breaths. Ready to give her life for a chance that the townspeople will manage to get away.
Curse her tenacious soul.
She slightly tilted her face towards him. But in moment they locked eyes she seemed almost... surprised. As if she didn't expect him to still be there.
"You do not have to stay."
She said softly, fully looking at him now. She was battle-ready, but her rich walnut eyes shone with something softer. Will this be the last time he sees them?
"No."
She frowned, studying him carefully.
"Hero, please, this is crazy. How many do you think you'll take? And for WHAT?"
He gestured outside, where panicked families ran away as fast as they could.
"For som- some FOOLS who brought hell upon themeselve?"
"What did they ever do for you? What could possibly ever make you face an army for them!? Th-"
"But you are still here, too."
Hero's voice turned almost hopeful.
Villain looked aside. He should not be here. Maybe he was the crazy one.
"Some things in life are worth protecting. Even from an army."
He didn't even look at her, but could tell that she said it with a smile.
"I know you had it rough, we both had, but can you not imagine this?"
He dared looking back at her. Her eyes stayed steady on him.
"Having something you will fight for until your last breath?"
The way she said it was filled with purpose and hope and... and maybe even...
Before he thought of it, he took out his sword and stepped closer to her. She turned to face him, a relived smile on her features. Her shoulders relaxed when he gently touched her cheek.
A first wave of rushing warriors could be seen from the arrowslit.
"I can, actually."
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“You…you can’t be here,” the hero mumbled.
“You’re drunk.” The villain’s head tilted. “Happy Birthday.”
The hero blinked up at them, uncertainly. Their mind was stuck somewhere between ‘what the hell are you doing here?’ and ‘why the hell are you so beautiful?’
“How come you’re skulking outside at your own party?”
“How come you’re skulking outside my party?” the hero pointed an accusing finger. “You better not be planning something. Wait. Did you say ‘happy birthday?’”
“I got you something,” the villain said.
The hero shot to their feet, eyes wide, expecting a bomb or something horrible and -
“What’s wrong with the chocolates? Have you poisoned the chocolates?”
“I would have to be truly evil to poison the chocolate,” the villain said solemnly. There was a hint of a smile on their lips.
“You’re mocking me.”
“I wouldn’t dare.” The smile was even bigger now.
The hero accepted the box of chocolate, with a wary brand of touched. They smelled delicious. They ripped the ribbon off and stuffed one in their mouth.
The villain raised their brows.
The hero offered them one.
The villain took it, before sitting down on the back garden patio next to them. The sounds of the party, warm light, filtered through the windows. Music thumped.
“The - the person I like,” the hero said. “They like someone else. Got together. Kissing.”
“That sucks.”
“What’s your excuse for lurking in my garden?”
The villain shrugged and took another chocolate.
“…do you want to come in?”
“No. That would ruin my reputation as a gate crasher.”
“Just come in. You can be my bad decision for the night.”
“Flatterer.”
The hero glanced over at them. It was a poor idea, but the villain was - well, the hero knew they weren’t that bad. At least not all the time. They seemed softer tonight. And they gave the hero potentially evil chocolates. And the hero’s chest hurt because they’d thought - they’d thought -
They turned and kissed the villain, hot and clumsy.
The villain froze.
The hero cleared their throat. “Thank you for the chocolates.” They stood. “Come inside. At least then I can keep an eye on you.”
The villain followed.
It occurred to the hero, later, that perhaps the villain had just wanted one night to belong. To be another ordinary teenager. To not be what they were.
One night.
After that, everything went back to normal.
"Villain?" Civilian asked villain softly, twirling the ends of her hair in her fingers, her doe eyes casting up at villain.
Villain didn't respond, not turning to say anything to civilian or even casting her a simple glance. Civilian took his silence as an answer, knowing that villain never talked unless it was something important.
"Why did you become a villain?" Civilian questioned.
Once again, she received nothing but empty silence. She knew that villain and her weren't close, yet she longed to hear something from him. She couldn't hold back the raging feelings that churned restlessly inside of her as she stared at villain's unmoving back, waiting for a response.
Civilian let out a apologetic sigh. "Sorry–"
"I used to be a hero. " Villain cut in. Civilian instantly stopped herself from saying anything, her lips parting with anticipation as she waited for villain to continue.
"6 years ago I was a hero. " Villain continued, not turning around to look at civilian as if he was too embarrassed by the backstory. "But then I lost everything that I had: my family, my friends. . .my home. All because I had to save a group of people and everyone expected me to give up everything I have for other people. "
Civilian sucked in a sharp, painful breath.
"That day I realized something. " Villain spoke, his once rough voice now far and distant as if he was reliving memories that scarred him. "A hero sacrifices their loved ones for humanity. But a villain will sacrifice humanity for their loved ones. "
When villain finally stopped talking, civilian spoke in a gentle voice.
"Is that why you saved my life that day?"
But once again, her question was answered with nothing but painful silence.
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Hero and Villain dramatically fighting on a rooftop so people won't think they're dating (they totally are)
“I know you weren’t my soulmate, but you made me not want to meet them.”
— 4:52 PM
Didn't think I'll witness so much antisemitism in my lifetime thought we agreed on "never again"
"I hate you" villain roared out, pointing their gun at the hero as the cold air swept around them.
Hero hung their head, their eyes shutting close. "I hate myself too."
Villain instantly drew their gun back, taken aback by the hero's statement. "Wait, no, that's not how it's supposed to work–"
Hero let out a sob as they covered their face. "Of course, I can't do anything right. "
"No–"
“Hero? Are you okay?” Villain moved around the corpse of Supervillain, blood pooling, there was so much of it-
“I... I didn’t want anyone to find out...” Hero had curled into a ball, shivering, tired. “It’s not a heroic power...”
Villain shook their head. “Hero, you used it to save me, and all those civilians. That’s about as heroic as-“
“I just killed Supervillain... use- using that... when the Hero League finds out I can cause people to bleed just by looking at them...” Hero sobbed, tears falling down to the floor.
“No”