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“Don’t go,” the villain whispered and their hand was around the hero’s wrist before the hero’s throat could ultimately tighten. It was cruel to hear just these two words coming from them. As if it wasn’t clear enough that the villain was the only person the hero listened to, as if it wasn’t clear enough that this was too hard already without their enemy begging. “You know, you don’t always have to be a hero.”
The hero smiled sadly and turned towards them.
“Unfortunately, that’s my job,” they said. The villain’s fingertips managed to dig under the hero’s sleeve. Skin touching skin. The villain always did it subconsciously when they were nervous.
A few years ago, their relationship had changed. It turned out that they had a lot in common. A troubled childhood and a messed-up adolescence were just two examples. Every now and then, the hero caught themselves thinking about the villain’s fingers or their voice. Their laugh and their eyes.
It was easy for them to hide their feelings. But they feared they’d never get over them.
“A suicide mission shouldn’t be your job,” they argued. The heaviness of the situation pressed the hero’s chest together and they’d been fighting tears ever since they had reached the villain’s house. “What did the program say? 0.3% chance of survival?”
“Something like that, yeah. But I have no choice. It’s my duty to protect the people. I need to end this, even if it means that I’ll die. I have a responsibility.”
“Bullshit. That’s bullshit.” The villain’s voice quivered. “Your responsibility is to live. That’s your only job right now.”
Again, the hero smiled softly.
“I had always hoped you’d care that much about me,” they admitted. They moved the villain’s hand up to their own cheek and pressed a kiss to their fingertips. “It’s nice to know that I’m not alone anymore.”
“Listen, I am not letting you go. You can’t let yourself be killed in a battle that has absolutely nothing to do with you. Fighting for people you don’t even know, fighting against people you don’t know.” The villain’s voice was still calm. And yet, it was breaking every now and then.
“They’re short on people.”
“I don’t care, I won’t let you leave,” the villain insisted. “Do you think I’m gonna give you up that easily? Do you think I’m gonna watch the love of my life lose their life without doing anything about it?”
The confession was cutting deep into the hero’s flesh. Perhaps it would’ve been easier if the villain hadn’t cared in the first place. But the hero was still playing their assigned role, an endless act that devoured them in the end.
The hero wasn’t supposed to think about themselves and what they wanted. They needed to deliver results, needed to fight crime and help people.
And the villain wasn’t supposed to think about anyone else but themselves. They were supposed to be selfish and think about their own goals of chaos.
“You’re not making this easier.”
“Good,” the villain said. “I’ll surrender, I’ll go to jail, I’ll do whatever you want. Just please don’t go.”
“That’s not my decision to make.” The hero looked at the ground and the tears blurred their vision. It was easy to yearn for a life they’d never have. But grieving one? That was a different kind of pain. “I just came by to say thank you. You’ve taught me all kinds of things. And I think if I had had the chance to live a normal life, making grocery lists with you would’ve been my favourite thing.”
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Can't You Hear Me Scream? Part 3
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Warnings: emotional manipulation, Mal being called 'it', disassociation,
Simon didn't have a good relationship with emotions.
Some of the more observant people around him had always been confused by that. "Your mouth and eyes take turns smiling," Kate had once said.
He didn't remember feeling like this as a child. He remembered flashes of joy and sadness and rage. Mostly joy. He didn't know if he really had also felt like this as a child or if he had somehow lost those when his powers developed.
Simon was writing up the events that happened during the mission last night on his way to the breakfast table. He left out the part with Mal. He hated psych evals, especially with the agency's psychologists. "And how did you feel when this happened? What do you mean by 'probably angry'?"
Simon walked into the dining room in the agency housing that his team lived in and, like every morning, found everyone already sitting down. Liam and Maya were deep in a conversation about some show the two of them were watching, Kate was cooking to avoid getting sucked into a discussion before her coffee finished brewing, and Mal was sitting at the table, picking at the tablecloth and yawning.
Mal looked tired. Mal always looked tired. Sometimes, Mal remained Simon just a little too much of himself.
Simon felt himself smile at his team. His chest loosened at seeing all of them acting normal and in one place.
"All the little birds under mama's wings, right Simon?"
Simon's smile dropped and he shook his head, trying to dispell the sound of The Deceiver's- "Oh, don't call him that, Simon. You know who he is." Of Kalek's voice.
Kalek. The man whose memory pledged Simon's ever waking moment. A mix of loss and betrayal that made him want to scream.
Control, Simon thought to himself. Control is your best virtue. Control yourself.
"The worst thing they ever did to you was convince you that voice was yours."
Simon shook his head again. Of course it was his voice. Of all the voices in his head, that one was his. It had to be. If it wasn't...
Simon moved to the table, reading over the words he didn't remember writing. It all seemed fine and Simon didn't see anything that would raise eyebrows so he signed it and sent it on its way. He walked up behind Mal like he did every morning and dug his fingers into Mal's hair, petting him gently.
Mal needs a shower... Simon thought, digging a couple of rocks out of Mal's hair, his thumb brushing at a slightly matted patch of fur on one of Mal's ears. Poor puppy still has blood in his hair.
Kate grabbed a plate of pancakes and her cup of fresh coffee and walked over to the table, putting the pancakes in the middle of the table and sitting across from Mal. She stared at Mal as she sipped her coffee then looked up at Simon. "Tired, Captain?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
Simon looked at her, trying to understand what she meant. He looked down at Mal and realized that Mal hadn't leaned into his touch like he usually did. Instead, he had frozen, the tablecloth still pinched between his fingers.
Simon frowned. Mal only froze when he was uncomfortable but he was never uncomfortable with Simon.
"Well, you did torture him yesterday, Simon."
I didn't torture him, Simon told the Kalek in his brain. Still, he took his hand away from Mal's hair and watched Mal slip back into movement like he was being unpaused. Simon's stomach lurched unpleasantly. Mal. You can't be scared of me. You're my puppy. You're supposed to love me.
Simon sat down in his seat next to Mal and took the plate of pancakes that Kate handed him, ignoring the warning look that was passed along with it. She didn't get it. She couldn't get it. No one else on the team had powers. It was just him.
Him and Mal.
Simon watched Mal throughout breakfast. He was used to Mal gravitating towards him. Mal would usually lean on the arm closest to Simon and eat with his other hand but, subconsciously or not, he had switched which hand he ate with to lean away from Simon. Liam, who was not ambidextrous, noticed Mal suddenly being in his way but didn't seem to figure out what had changed so he just ignored it and finished breakfast.
The second breakfast was over, Mal jumped up and left, mumbling something about marksmanship. Simon reached to grab Mal's arm but Kate grabbed his first. She stood and leaned down to whisper in his ear.
"Let it be. If you crowd it right now it will lash out just to get space."
Simon watch Mal leave. He didn't want to let Mal be. He needed Mal to be sitting at his feet, begging Simon to touch him at all times.
Not because he wanted Mal to be upset. He just needed Mal. Needed Mal on his terms. Watching Mal walk away from him, seeing him with a tiny piece of independence, made him want to throw Mal into one of the cells under the house until he refused to leave Simon's side again.
"Do you ever wonder if they sided with the wrong person? If they made the wrong choice all those years ago."
Shut up, Simon thought. You've done far worse things then me. My actions towards Mal are nothing even close to some of the things you pulled. I'm a
"Good little hero."
Simon tried to distract himself throughout the day. He really did try and take Kate's advice to give Mal space. It was disturbingly easy since Mal also went out of his way to avoid him. Not having Mal a half step behind him felt like he had misplaced a limb. Every person he talked to that wasn't Kate had something to say about Mal, either asking where he was or just asking Simon to pass along information.
By the end of the day, he was ready to scream.
It was some time in the afternoon when Simon finally caught Mal alone and not busy. He was dreading the next phone call he had to make when he found Mal laying on the couch in the living room, a pillow wrapped in his arms, wearing one of Simon's hoodies as he watched that show that Maya and Liam were obsessed with.
Simon crept into the room, not wanting to startle Mal too soon. He looked so soft like this. So needy. Desperate for comfort.
Simon reached out, careful not to block Mal's view of the TV, and ran his fingers though his hair. Mal didn't react in any way, not to freeze or lean into it. It was like he didn't feel it at all.
"Poor baby," Simon said, a little surprised to find himself smiling. "You're not even here, are you?"
Simon sat on the couch and laid Mal's head in his lap, careful not to jostle him too much. He wanted Mal to slowly come back to himself. It was better for Mal if he slowly blinked awake, disoriented and confused, making those soft whimpering noises, nuzzling whatever was under his cheek as he tried to come back to himself. Better for him.
"Simon, if twisted streaks were a virtue, you and I would be the best people in this building."
Simon gently stroked Mal's ear and watched the show as he waited for Mal to wake up. The show was fine but the feeling of Mal breathing and his ear twitching under Simon's fingers was making it hard for him to focus on the plot.
After a while, Mal suddenly inhaled deeply and let it back out. Simon looked down at him and watched him rub his face against Simon's thigh, his hand reaching to grab at Simon's jeans. He continued to squirm as he got used to his surroundings before he froze again.
Simon frowned, keeping his touch gentle dispite the sudden desire to yank him up by his hair just so he'd move. "Hey, puppy. I lost you there for a second."
Mal did say anything for a moment. When he did speak, his voice was quiet. "Simon, what are you doing?"
"Comforting you." He did tug on Mal's hair then, just lightly enough to make Mal shift his head to look at him. Mal's eyes were wary as they shifted to Simon. "You should have told me that you needed comfort after last night's mission. I would have helped you."
"Sir, I..." Mal hesitated then took a deep breath and said, "I didn't feel-"
"That it was necessary, I understand," Simon interrupted, running his hand up and down Mal's arm. "But I want you to be settled. And if The Deceiver bothered you then I want to fix that." If Simon's palm lit up with just a little yellow light when he said 'The Deceiver', well then it was necessary. If it wasn't necessary then it didn't happen.
Mal shuddered and grabbed Simon's thigh tighter. "Sir-"
"Mal, you don't have to call me Sir. We're home." He tilted Mal's chin up and made him make eye contact. "You're safe."
And if Simon's palm glowed pink when he said that, making Mal scramble into Simon's arms, sniffling and telling Simon that he was tired and he just wanted to sleep in Simon's lap, well,
It was necessary.
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