Thank you! ^_^. I hope you like this.
I’ve another love triangley thing going on over here with a continuation here too.
A little warning that Other Villain is very creepy in this one, in case you don’t like that sort of thing.
“Look, I know we aren’t exactly friends and I’m no angel, but for hell’s sake, take this. Call me on that number if they come back around creeping you out again, okay?” Villain said to Hero, holding out a piece of paper with their number on it.
For a moment, Hero didn’t budge from the doorway of the house, but slowly they reached out for it. “Thank you,” they murmured.
Villain cocked their head. “Are you sure you’re alright? You’ve been shaken up really bad… I can stay tonight if you like?”
Hero shook their head and said quietly. “I mean, it’s not every day you almost get kidnapped, but I’ll be fine. I’ve got a baseball bat if anything happens.”
Villain sighed, “Alright. Text me in the morning, just so I know you’re okay. You don’t deserve this crap.”
Hero ducked their head and nodded. Villain took it as a signal to leave. “Thank you again, for stopping them shoving me in that van. If you hadn’t-”
“I know. It’s okay, [Hero]. You’ve helped me out plenty of times.”
An awkward smile and the door shut, Villain heard it lock, then the little jingle of a chain, a bolt slid across- two of them. Hero was taking no chances.
Villain walked away slowly, reaching in their pocket for their phone. They called up their lead henchmen.
“Orders, Boss?”
“Have the others find [Other Villain], I want them to call me if they see them and then beat them toward an inch of their life. Tell them if they don’t leave [Hero] alone, next time I will finish the job.”
“Understood. You want me to have some men watch [Hero’s] place?”
“You and me tonight. There’s a motel opposite we can use. I’ll text you the room number.”
The room Villain was given wasn’t perfect. They were beneath Hero’s room and off to the side, but they were close if Hero needed them and they could watch the balcony for them, or rather the surrounding balconies if anyone climbed across. Villain hoped it would be enough to keep them safe. Other Villain was really something else, they’d been obsessed with Hero for years now. It hadn’t been so bad at first, Hero had told them, but now it was unbearable.
A few hours passed and once Henchman and Villain had eaten, Villain took first watch. There was no sign of any danger, but Villain wished they’d been able to stay with them. They wanted to protect them, and they were kind company, such a nice face and a nicer personality. They were, well, they were wonderful…
A buzz rang out across the silent room. A text. Villain snatched up the phone at once.
They’re at the door. I’ve locked myself in the bathroom. Please hurry
“Up!” Villain shouted to Henchman. They jolted awake and sat up. They followed Villain out as they rushed across the main road and up to the apartments.
When they got to Hero’s door, no one was there. Villain knocked on the door, “[Hero],” they panted. “Hey, you there? It’s okay, they’re not here.”
Only the silence replied. Villain frowned and tried the door, much to their dismay, it opened.
“[Hero]?” they called loudly. Henchman took out their handgun. Villain reached on their belt for their knife.
“Be careful,” Villain murmured to Henchman. God, they didn’t want them panicking and accidentally shooting Hero.
Villain shoved the door open wider and stepped inside, only to freeze after a few steps. Other Villain was standing in the middle of the room with Hero wrapped in their arms, a knife pressing against their throat. So much as a twitch was sure to draw blood. Old tears had dried on Hero’s cheeks, but as they closed their eyes tight, another droplet escaped. Their hands were latched onto Other Villain’s and they were shaking terribly.
“I’m sorry,” they whispered, “They were too strong-” Hero whispered. Other Villain silenced them with a harsh yank upwards, drawing a small line of blood.
“It’s okay, [Hero]. Keep still for me,” Villain said gently.
“How did you get in?” Henchman asked with an arched eyebrow.
“Well, you should have checked over their apartment for them before you left.”
They’d been in the apartment all this time?! No wonder Hero looked so terrified and hurt. Other Villain must have been hitting them.
“You drew me here, so what do you want?” Villain asked.
“Hero is mine, not yours! Yes, I know the way you look at them with that filthy gaze of yours. You think sending all your little toy soldiers out looking for me is gonna stop me? No, we leave tonight and we’re going to get married. Then we can be together forever,” Other Villain declared. “Only I am good enough for my dearest [Hero]- I know what’s best for them.” Hero mewled in fear, unable to do anything.
Villain tensed their jaw. “Hard to marry someone if you’ve killed them. Get that damned knife away from their throat. Prove you care about them and stop scaring them like that.” A throat Villain noticed was dark with bruises. Hero must have taken a hell of a beating to subdue them.
“No!” Other Villain snapped. “If I can’t have them no one can! Now I want you to watch me walk away with them this time. Now,” they grabbed Hero by the hair and settled the blade well against the artery in Hero’s neck. “Step aside, or things are going to get sticky.”