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Context: The Hunter is an important figure in your village. A fire elemental with remarkable combat skills, he is all that stands between the village and a grisly fate via the monsters that routinely attack. To keep him from lighting himself ablaze, you and your fellow ice elementals are gifted to him as payment for his work. He is a cold man, private and stern, but you did something unusual - you saved his life, risking your own in the process. Since then, he's wanted you at his side constantly. He's acting strange. He's just admitted he'd kill for you...and is waiting for your answer. You ran and, now, your Master is in hot pursuit.

Setting: A snowy forest

Tags: [M4A][Tsundere to Yandere][Hunter Speaker][Monster Listener][Cold][Fantasy][Tension][Kind of Arranged Marriage][Injury][Wounded Listener][Angst][Chase][Desperate][Confession][CW: Injury/Violence/Yelling]

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[Scene opens in the forests outside the Hunter’s lodge]

[SFX: A chase happening over a snowy landscape]

[No matter how fast you run, your master remains close behind]

“PRISM!”

[SFX: Fire roaring and blazing around hurried footsteps]

“Prism, stop, I beseech you! The forest is not safe at night, you KNOW this!”

[You keep running. You can’t think of anything else to do as he pursues you, heat like a collapsing star]

“Gods damnit, will you just LISTEN to me?! I apologize for my intensity, I apologize for… for crossing as many lines as I have, I just want to talk now!”

[Pause!]

“Damnit, would you just-!”

[SFX: Fire blazing]

[You hear his fire erupt behind you and turn in time to see him speeding toward you, determined]

“Stop, Prism!”

[SFX: Ice forming]

[He stops as you hold your hands out and form a frost shield]

“...I’m keeping my distance… There’s no need to raise a frost shield to your master, Prism.”

[Pause!]

“I know that I scared you, and I’m sorry. I… I’m not used to my emotions being so strong. Please, can we just go back to the manor? These woods are not safe, especially not for you! There are all sorts of monsters out here, monsters worse than you and I combined, and if you are attacked, I… I risk burning the whole damned forest to the ground!”

[You glance around and feel lots of hungry eyes on you. Chills course down your spine]

“...And already, we are pursued. Easy… Slow steps, toward me, one at a time…”

[Pause]

“I won’t harm you. I will never harm you deliberately. I am bad at this, I realize, but it was never my intention to…”

[SFX: Low growling]

[The Hunter tenses, eyes wild with fear]

“PRISM, WATCH-!”

[Something slams into you, and you feel sharp teeth rip into the crook of your neck and shoulder]

“NO, GET AWAY FROM THEM!”

[SFX: More fire blazing and the whimpers of a wolf of some sort, werewolf or normal]

[Whatever attacked you lets out a low whine and darts away, tearing a chunk of flesh with it. The Hunter skids to a stop at your side and desperately gathers you in his arms]

“No… No, I… H-Here, take my cloak and press it to the wound. Keep as much pressure on it as you can, alright? Y-Yes, right here, in the crook of your neck and shoulder… A-Ah? No, it’s… it’s not that bad, Prism. You’ll be fine…”

[You try, though your hand falls limp atop the cloak]

“Shh… Shh, my Prism, it will be alright, I swear it! I’ve sent up a flame orb into the sky in white fire, the others will know that means to bring a healer. Just hold strong for me, alright?”

[Pause]

[Terrible quiet follows as your head swims. Even the Hunter’s warmth can’t seem to permeate the unnatural cold around you]

“...is… is this love, Prism?”

[Pause…?]

“I’m terrified. I want to scream in rage and fear and sorrow… So often I lingered nearby to hear you chat with your brothers and sisters, just trying to catch a laugh… a simple smile… the kind I knew I could never draw from you… I-I…”

[His voice catches and, for the first time since you’ve known him, he weeps]

“G-Gods, I… I can’t let you slip away, I-I won’t! Not like I did as a boy!”

[Pause…?]

“Please… P-Please, save your strength… If you want to hear the story, I will tell it… but only if you promise to stay with me. Can you do that? For me?”

[Pause]

[He exhales slowly, eyes drifting to nowhere]

“...before me, my father was the Hunter for this village. He was good at it. Far better than I could hope to be, and it was clear he favored my younger brother. Still, I did my best to learn. To fight. To make him proud… and then I got him killed…”

[Pause?]

“I said save your strength, Prism. I, ah… joined him on a hunt on my fourteenth birthday. A creature like the one that attacked me was trying to steal some sheep, and we engaged. We… didn’t know they were fire resistant, and the beast tore him open… I could do nothing but hold his hand as he bled out…”

[Pause]

“Do not be sorry for me. I earned my punishment, the pain that came with being cast out into the forest in banishment. I expected to die but… I just kept fighting. Beast after beast. I took immense pleasure in slaying them, in “righting the wrong” of my father’s death. My mother hasn’t spoken to me since… I don’t even know if she’s still alive, and my brother abandoned the work…”

[Pause…]

“It sounds lonely? Hm… I suppose it was. It hadn’t bothered me until I… saw you rush out to help me in that last battle. I’d never wanted someone like that, to keep them close… to do all I could to make them smile. I could keep up the battle for eternity if I had you to come home to…”

[Pause]

“...you feel… too cold…?”

[The calm facade fades and desperation creeps into his voice]

“N-No, you… You promised me you’d stay if I told you my story! Please! Prism, don’t… I need you! I want you more than I want sleep, want death, want my next fucking meal! Please! Please…”

[Pause]

“Don’t you DARE apologize! Don’t-! Gods DAMNIT, WHERE IS THAT HEALER?! Darling… Darling, please…I won’t bury you, I will not see you die, I just need you to give me a bit more of your precious time!”

[SFX: Fire flaring and roaring]

“Please!”

[He sounds miles away]

[SFX: The fire escalating]

“PLEASE!”

[Your consciousness slips away]

[To be continued]