#made me go a biiit overboard

[stingslikeabee]

"calm down—you're safe." [ @withthedoubleg, i gave in 😔 ]

send 'calm down, you are safe' for my muse's reaction . accepting . @withthedoubleg

No one really questioned why the Killer Queen was located far from the city center and off most roads; with a side business like the one Melissa conducted and considering the clientele she received, it would attract too much attention if they were to relocate to some 'proper' neighborhood. Being away and discreet helped everyone - well, except when they didn't play by the rules.

The fact remained that the 'no fighting' commandment was enforced out of habit - Melissa obviously lacked the means to get people to obey and she didn't have ostensive security. But most of those who sought her as a tipster knew about it and that verbal agreement had always been respected - after all, the barmaid was merely the intermediary and had no hand in everything else.

But not everyone thought the same - and every now and then, a few unhappy customers who had lost the bidding to another party decided to jump Melissa after closing. It was convenient that the surrounding area where she parked was not always illuminated and that the woman frequently left last - a good target for those who expected her to put up no fights given her obvious disadvantages.

Unfortunately, Melissa had poor impulse control (and a couple of hidden blades, plus beginner self-defense training), which sometimes was enough to get people off-guard and enable her escape. But this time, numbers were a problem - four guys, strong and looking like they could rip her apart with their bare hands, speaking angrily in a language she didn't understand and who were fast to pin her to a wall and threaten her with sharp objects of their own.

Literally cornered, the woman screamed - a pure instinct-driven reaction, mostly because she knew the chances of people being around (and willing to intervene) were very slim. However, she failed to realize that the small, garish stone which had been fashioned into a pendant had grown warm and glowed a few moments ago - it meant that Melissa was not a threat in itself, but the person who gifted her that trinket very much was.

It wasn't until oppressive and intense darkness fell over the small parking lot that the barmaid realized what had happened - the feeling was familiar, but this time... It was strangely comforting. Instead of feeling like she couldn't breathe, Melissa was freed of the digits pressing around her throat, the sounds reaching her next translating the profound terror that the unknown men were likely experiencing at the hands of Randall Flagg.

Once moonlight was restored, the scene of a small battlefield was unveiled - four corpses, not mauled beyond recognition but clearly mutilated in a way to ensure painful and yet quick deaths. Randall himself was a mess - he was covered in blood, but his eyes were shining with some emotion that she couldn't describe or name, but which fundamentally took the air out of her lungs in an entirely different way.

Melissa needed some time to realize she could move - not because she had been rooted to the ground by some unknown force, but rather given how close she had been to serious, evident harm. And yet, one might have argued that the true menace was the man walking towards her - after all, Randall had destroyed the attackers like they barely stood a chance.

(They didn't - not against him.)

"Calm down - you're safe," Randall said, eyeing Melissa like someone who was a connoisseur of something rare and could sense the scream that was locked in place in her throat, the panic of moments before still injecting adrenaline in her blood. And his voice - so soft, so full of a warmth that translated safety in the barmaid's mind - made her walk forward, bumping into his chest with a tight hug and burying her face directly into the fabric of his clothes.

He had once remarked on her inability to run away from danger - Melissa was now going straight for it, enveloping it in a hug and caring nothing for the blood that stained her in return.

"Thank you," came the reply, muffled as she spoke against him, hands pulling at the front of his shirt like a scared child who was now coming to terms that there was nothing to fear. It was paradoxical - the most terrifying thing was now returning the embrace, holding her to soothe whatever lingering anxieties remained, surrounded by dead bodies and blood.

Melissa never felt safer - after all, when was a monster not a monster?

When you loved it.

[palettepainter]

for your ocs that are parents,who is most likely to freak out when they lose sight of their babies? (also hope you are doing well!)

Thanks! Mentally I’m not the best but asks like these let me think about funny stuff with OC’s so they make me feel a little better! Again I’ll just write a few for each of the randoms I’m in. I won’t be limiting this to OC’s as in MHA I have a few cannon x OC ships 

Zoophobia:

-Zill and Kayla where both pretty paranoid parents. Zillia and Danial both inherited Zill’s powers, they where both already cautious when their kids where born so when their abilities kicked in things went from 0 to 100. Zillia as a child was very very good at climbing up things, but not so much when it came to climbing down. Zill spent most of his time rescuing Zillia from trees she’d gotten stuck in.

-Carrie didn’t take comments on caring for kids all that seriously, she’d raised a hell horse, how hard could one kid be?? Oh ho how wrong she was. When Carrie eventually adopted Cooper it was a real kick in the gut, she didn’t worry per say all the time but she did have her scares when she’d turn her back for all of three seconds, and then Cooper was gone

-Camilla and Snake. Camilla was the more fretting parent, more so when Coal came into the picture. Raising one littel boy was hard enough, now she had another little boy - ontop of that being a vampire - to raise. Things got pretty chaotic in the house. Thankfully Snake was a more strict parent and was able to get Basil and Coal to calm down quickly 

Hazbin Hotel:

-Baxter was a nervous first time dad. Nifty was way more chill but Baxter was trying to baby proof like, everything. Like with Carrie having a kid was a real kick in the gut, all of a sudden he couldn’t have his dangerous lab equipment just laying around, he couldn’t let angel leave any weapons or let Alastor leave any voo-doo stuff laying about. Baxter eventually chills out but it took a lot of reassurance from Nifty

-Vaggie is naturally protective of friends, so that amped up when Iridescence was born. It didn’t help that she though Angel was a still very irresponsible, so despite the two not being married Vaggie did most of the actual parenting while Angel took the role of the fun loving father. Vaggie decided once day enough was enough and took Angel aside to slap some sense into him. It was a long process and Angel was bad at first, but soon enough the two are getting along and are raising Iridescence together 

-Charlie. Giant. Fretting. Hen. The kind of mum to freak out when her kids have wondered off without her or are out longer then she said they could be. In my NGAU Charlie is a bit more mature and knowledgeable in that Hell is..well, Hell. She isn’t all sunshine happiness and rainbows like she is in the pilot, she’s matured and understands some people just sadly don’t want to change. She tries to be a fair mum and let Brinda and Junior have their freedom while also keeping them on a sharp leash for their own safety 

Helluva boss:

-Only got Millie x Mooxie for now, maaay do a Vortex x Loona kiddo but don’t know yet. Moxxie. No questions asked. He is the worrying yet loving dad. In my NGAU I headcannon Mooxie can’t have kids, hence why he ends up being so dotting to ones he meets. Crash and Dash are either going to be adopted, or they get a donor. Crash and Dash are such asshats that do the most craziest stuff, Moxxie might have had a heart attack once or twice when the two first tried out skateboarding. Millie encourages Moxxie that they’re fine (and then reassured Moxxie again that they weren’t going to die from a small itty bitty scratch). Crash and Dash being their first kids Moxxie was naturally paranoid so obvs went a bit overboard at times, he chilled out a bit when they adopted Lucy, and is also thankful Lucy is a way more calm child then Crash and Dash 

MHA:

-Erasermic: Alright hear me out. Aizawa is the more worrying parent. Like- this man’s gotta deal with a class of twenty something problem children, Shinsou, Eri and Mic (in my NGAU he and Mic adopt Shinsou and Eri, and Aizawa more often then not has to parent Mic to make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid). This man worries, but is very good at hiding it. Mic and Aizawa have Joke labour their daughter, Kiku tended to wonder a bit when she was younger - mostly cuz she would see a cat and follow it not realizing she wondered out of her parents sight. Aizawa goes to look down to see if she’s still with him, child's gone, BOOM: Panic! With what Aizawa’s seen (with the USJ incident, training camp incident, rescuing Eri, and just everything else that’s happening in MHA right now) Aizawa knows the dangers of the world so he comes off as a biiit overprotective. Even when Kiku is 13 (her current age in my NGAU) Aizawa still watches over her to make sure she’s safe. He becomes less stressed by training with her, knowing she can defend herself if needed eases his worries a little 

 -Edgeshot x Ryukyu: Both are chill parents, Based on @erosspace headcannons Edgeshot lives far off from the city for privacy reasons. He and Ryukyu like the peace. Kakusu grew up very safe as a child and didn’t wonder off at all, generally a well behaved kid. However the day his quirk kicked in was the day his parents got a real fright. Kakusu’s quirk is camouflage, and when it first activated he unintentionally disappeared from his parents sight. He was meditating in the garden and because he was calm and relaxed his quirk activated for the first time, his parents turned the house upside down and where just about to call the police, when they searched outside and saw Kakusu. Kakusu’s quirk only works on his skin, so if he activates his clothes while dressed in normal clothes his clothes will give away where he is because they aren’t affected by his quirk. When Kakusu started to use his camouflage quirk to hide from taking a bath Edgeshot and Ryukyu made him wear an ankle bracelet with bells on it so they could always tell where he was

-Ectoloader: I am a firm believer that Powerloader worries a lot. He has to deal with Hatsume exploding his lab on a daily basis, this man probably developed some secret power to know when something bad is gonna happen so he is just prepared for anything. I also headcannon he knew Ectoplasm in his school days and was a huge supportive figure for Ecto when he lost his legs, so that event has also lead to him becoming very worried if family or friends get injured. Haiya is a hyperactive child 90% of the time, if he isn’t running around he’s sleeping or doing school work, theres no in-between. Ectoplasm is a stern yet chill parent, he put down the rules when needed but he still lets Haiya have fun. Powerloader tends to be a bit stricter with rules and can sometimes come off an harsh without realising, he’s so used to having to yell at Hatsume just to knock some sense into her that sometimes he can get carried away