Night talk

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One stormy night, inside a house in Connecticut.

Willow wakes up to a little peck on her cheek, it was Flapjack, she didn't know what the little palisman wanted though, once she gained her senses, she looked around Luz's room and noticed that Hunter wasn't there, Flapjack chirps and goes out the room, Willow following him. Flapjack guides her to the kitchen and they find Hunter sitting on the floor, his head between his legs.

W: "Hey Hunter" She says quietly.
He looked up, his eyes wide open. He felt shocked for a moment before responding
H: "Oh- captain! Sorry I didn't see you there" He says, Flapjack flying on top of his head
W: "It's ok" She says, not wanting to alert him.
H: "What are you doing up?" He asks, he knew after this whole thing with Belos and The Collector they all needed to sleep, yet he was more concerned as to why she wasn't asleep rather than why they weren't both asleep
She sits down next to him
W: "I could ask you the same thing. How come you weren't in Luz's room?" She asks, curious and a little worried as to why he was awake at 2 am, she already knew he didn't sleep much, but with everything that happened, she thought he'd be too tired to stay awake this late.
H: "...had trouble sleeping" He says, really quietly, almost like he didn't want Willow to hear his response.
W: "Oh... why, what happened?" She asks, genuinely concerned for her "friend" ;)
H: "..I- uh...i-it's not important" He responds, hesitantly
W: "..Hunter..."
He went silent
W: "...is it because of what happened?" She asks, she wants him to open up about his thoughts and feelings, to trust her
He looked like he was about to say something but then he just nodded slightly
They both sit quietly for a while until he spoke
H: "...it's my fault, isn't it?" He asks, his voice broken, he sounded like he was about to cry
W: "What?" She asks, concerned
H: "We wouldn't be here if I had just fought my own battle" He says, with tears in his eyes
Flapjack flew to Willow's shoulder, trying to indicate to her to talk to him for the little palisman
W: "Don't think like that, Luz just wanted to protect yo-" She starts before she gets cut off by Hunter
H: "That's not an excuse, I could've protected myself, I was supposed to look after you guys! And I couldn't even do that...Titan, I helped that monster blindly, always acting like his loyal puppy, all because I was to scared to be alone!" He breaks down next to Willow, she didn't know what to do, this boy, this 16 year old boy felt like he was guilty for the freaking world ending when he didn't have to, it wasn't his fault all of this happened, he had no control over the situation, none of them did really, yet she didn't know how to let him realize that.
She goes silent
Hunter then looked taken a back and felt regret for venting to her knowing full well that she and the others had it worse, he didn't lose his home, they did, he didn't have any family to be worried about, they did.
H: "sorry.." He says, wiping away his tears and looking the other way, he felt like he had to stay strong to help her and the gang instead of them helping him
Willow took his hand
W: "You don't have to apologize over anything Hunter, none of this is your fault, he was horrible to you and everyone else, I can't even imagine what it felt like, but he's gone, the monster's gone, you don't have to worry about him anymore, you're safe" She says, smiling at him.
He looks at her, thinking about how kind she is to him, no one had ever made him feel so comfortable before, she's amazing (in a totally platonic way)
Willow pulls him into a hug, which at first surprised him, but then he embraced it
Flapjack flew to the counter above to watch them without disturbing
H: "Thank you, Willow" he says while hugging her tight, it was the first time he'd said her name, usually he'd call her "Captain" because of their Flyer Derby team (and unknown to Willow because he looks up at her strength, kindness and bravery, and uses the nickname to symbolize it)
W: "You're welcome, Hunter" she says

They both just stayed like that for a while, and even with everything that they're all going through, it was a nice moment where they both felt calm and comfortable with each other. 

After a little while Willow noticed that he had fallen asleep in her arms, and she couldn't help but notice how cute he looked asleep (again in a totally platonic way).
She picked him up easily, seriously he was lighter than air, he really needs to eat more, she thought, she carried him to Luz's room, Flapjack following her, they both went quietly so that nobody woke up and placed him down in the sleeping bag Luz gave him
She tucked his strand of hair 

W: "Goodnight, Hunter" she said before going back to bed and Flapjack going next to him

Even with everything going on, she felt peace at she thought of being able to help the blonde boy sleeping next to her bed, and she closed her eyes with a smile.

"We'll be ok"

...The end :)

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⏰ Last updated: Sep 28, 2022 ⏰

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