The sketchbook lay open on your lap, its pages filled with jagged, unfinished lines and abandoned attempts. Pencil smudges stained the edges of your fingers, and the eraser shavings clung to your sleeves. You stared at the latest drawing—a portrait of someone’s face, features twisted in frustration—and sighed, pressing your hands over your eyes.
It was all wrong. Everything you made lately was wrong.
Art had always been your solace, the one thing you thought you were good at, the one thing that made sense. But recently, even that had slipped through your fingers like sand. Each stroke felt off, every attempt ended in self-loathing. It was like a cruel joke—the thing that once comforted you was now another source of frustration.
The soft shuffle of footsteps barely registered until a weight settled beside you. A familiar presence. Blade.
He didn’t say anything at first, just leaned back against the couch and looked over your shoulder. You tensed slightly, waiting for some kind of judgment, some comment about the mess of discarded sketches around you. But none came.
Instead, his voice was quiet, calm. “You’ve been sitting here for hours.”
You exhaled a humorless laugh. “Yeah, well… got nothing to show for it.”
Blade tilted his head slightly, his gaze flicking over your art before landing on your face. “That’s not true.”
You scoffed, closing the sketchbook with more force than necessary. “It is. I can’t make anything right anymore. Every line feels wrong, every color looks off. I don’t know what’s happening to me.” Your voice cracked at the end, the frustration curling into something more fragile.
For a moment, there was silence. Then, Blade’s hand—calloused but warm—rested over yours, keeping you from clutching your pencil too tightly. “You’re tired.”
You swallowed, throat tight. “It’s more than that.”
Blade considered your words, then, with deliberate ease, took the pencil from your fingers. He flipped to a blank page and held the book out to you. “Draw.”
You hesitated, looking at him in disbelief. “Blade, I just told you—”
“Don’t think,” he interrupted softly. “Just draw. Even if it’s just random nonsense.”
You frowned, but something in the steadiness of his voice made you comply. You pressed the pencil to the page and let your hand move. At first, it was hesitant, awkward, but Blade didn’t comment. He just sat beside you, watching with an expression so calm it was almost soothing.
You lost track of time. The lines flowed, imperfcet yet present. It wasn’t your best work, not even close, but as you sketched—without expectation, without judgment—some of the tightness in your chest eased.
When you finally put the pencil down, Blade studied the page. “It’s good.”
You snorted. “It’s literally messy as fuck.”
“So?” He met your eyes. “It’s still yours.”
Something in his words struck deep, lodging itself in the hollow ache you hadn’t been able to shake. You blinked rapidly, looking away. “You’re weirdly good at this comforting thing.”
Blade hummed, a ghost of a smirk playing at his lips. “You make it easy.”
You huffed a laugh, then leaned your head against his shoulder, exhaustion seeping into your bones. He didn’t pull away. Instead, his hand came up to rest against the back of your head, fingers threading gently through your hair.
“Don’t push yourself so hard,” he murmured.
You closed your eyes, the warmth of his presence chasing away the worst of your frustration. Maybe your art wasn’t perfect right now. Maybe it wouldn’t be for a while. But for the first time in weeks, it didn’t feel like the end of the world.
And maybe, just maybe, that was enough for now.
But as the quiet settled around you, a lump formed in your throat. The momentary peace wavered, replaced by a lingering doubt that you couldn’t shake.
“Blade,” you whispered, voice trembling. “What if… what if no one ever appreciates my art? What if I’m losing my skills? I feel like everything I create is getting worse.”
A tear slipped down your cheek before you could stop it. Then another. Before you knew it, you were hiccuping through quiet sobs, fingers clutching onto your sketchbook like it was the last thing anchoring you.
Blade’s grip on you tightened slightly, his warmth steady and unwavering. He shifted, tilting his head down slightly.
“Look at me,” he said softly.
You hesitated, but the sincerity in his tone left no room for avoidance. Slowly, you lifted your tear-filled gaze to meet his. His crimson eyes were calm, steady, yet filled with something so gentle it nearly made you cry harder.
“You’re not losing anything,” he reassured. “Skills don’t just disappear. You’re struggling, that’s all. It happens. Even the best warriors lose their edge sometimes.”
You sniffled, blinking rapidly. “That’s different.”
“It’s not,” he countered, his fingers grazing against your wrist, grounding you. “You’re too close to it, staring at every flaw. But to me, your art is still yours. Still something only you can create.”
A shaky breath left your lips, his words settling into the spaces where doubt had rooted itself. Blade wasn’t one for empty reassurances, and somehow, that made it easier to believe him.
He pressed his forehead lightly against yours, his voice softer than before. “You’re allowed to struggle. It doesn’t make you any less of an artist.”
You closed your eyes, letting his words sink in. Letting the warmth of his presence ease the ache in your chest. Maybe, just maybe, you could believe him.
Just as you exhaled, sinking deeper into Blade’s warmth, the door suddenly slammed open.
A blur of silver and purple shot across the room before you could react, and suddenly, you were tackled onto the couch.
“Do you even check your messages?! I thought you DIED.” Silver Wolf whined, dramatically clutching you like a lifeline.
You groaned, trying to push her off. “I was busy.”
She gasped, “Doing WHAT? Crying over your art? Being emo with Blade?”
At that moment, Silver Wolf finally seemed to realize you weren’t alone. She turned her head—only to be met with Blade’s death glare.
The air dropped in temperature.
Silver Wolf blinked. Blade stared.
Then, she turned back to you and whispered, “...Is he mad because I interrupted your little cuddly-wuddly moment?”
Blade’s glare intensified.
You sighed, rubbing your temples. “Blade, stop being scary.”
Blade’s voice was flat. “She’s loud.”
“And you’re a hater,” Silver Wolf shot back. “But that’s fine. You know why? Because you’re about to have the best night of your life.”
Blade narrowed his eyes. “What?”
Silver Wolf grinned mischievously, already grabbing your wrist. “Self-care time. You clearly need it.”
Blade immediately stood up. “No.”
“YES.” You and Silver Wolf both grabbed onto him before he could escape.
And just like that, Blade—feared Stellaron Hunter, terrifying swordsman, the man who survived centuries of pain and deaht—was forced onto the floor as you and Silver Wolf pinned him down for a full skincare session.
Blade sat stiffly in the middle of your room, his entire face covered with a lemon-scented face mask.
His hair was neatly sectioned into tiny parts, held in place by pink bow-shaped clips.
His expression was blank. His soul had clearly left his body.
Meanwhile, you and Silver Wolf were sitting on either side of him, deep in discussion.
“So, technically, William Afton is already dead, right?” you mused, applying more moisturizer to Blade’s hands.
“Yeah, but his soul is still around because of the Remnant,” Silver Wolf replied.
“So when the Springlock suit failed, it just trapped him, right?”
“Exactly! The suit crushed him, but his soul stayed because of agony and Remnant. That’s how he keeps coming back.”
Blade exhaled slowly, eyes closed. He was not listening. Absolutely not.
“Okay, but hear me out,” you continued, rubbing some serum into his skin. “What if Gregory is a robot?”
Silver Wolf gasped, slapping your arm. “Oh my god. You’re so right.”
Both of you turned to Blade so fast you nearly gave yourselves whiplash.
He kept his arms crossed, his expression completely neutral. “That theory was debunked. Gregory is human.”
A slow grin spread across Silver Wolf’s face. “You’ve been listening.”
Blade’s eye twitched. “…No.”
You and Silver Wolf exchanged looks.
Then, at the same time, you both pounced on him.
Blade sighed deeply as the two of you started aggressively explaining every single detail of FNAF lore to him, rambling about animatronics, haunted souls, and time-traveling ball pits.
And despite his blank, indifefrent face…
its quite short, sorry evryone