"Why... Are you helping us?" "It's my repentance."
I've been sitting on her story for the Mob AU for a while now, but I've finally decided to start sharing it!
In this AU, Ann starts out by having a Sanctuary under the guise of her tailor shop. The idea is when mobsters from any group are injured and don't have any immediate medical treatment at their disposal, they go to her Sanctuary.
In return, she only asks that they don't commit violence or fight in her shop, and that the Sanctuary is to be kept a secret from the group that causes the most injuries and deaths. She does not know their names or anything about them, but she does know what they wouldn't respect her rules- Not to mention they'd surely kill her for constantly healing the very same mobsters they're targeting.
Ann is a very skilled medic, patching up puppets with the technique of someone who has been practicing for years, at least. Occasionally a mob will attempt to recruit her because of it, but she quickly shuts them down, having sworn them off completely herself.
Once, a mobster asked her why she was helping them at all if she didn't want to join. She looked at them with a soft smile that spoke of pain, sorrow, and guilt, and simply stated, "It's my repentance."
What's she repenting for? She doesn't talk about it, though some of the mobsters know and remember, omitting the information from the others out of respect for her.
But it knows. It knows everything about her. What she's been through, what her destiny is... She can even feel it watching her sometimes, and it has been since the day she-
Oh, but it's not all gloom and mystery! Recently she's befriended a very friendly and handsome customer, someone who makes her forget her troubles and live in the moment with him. And he's an art professor, so he really seems to appreciate Ann's hard work! ^^
(Mob AU is by @/clownsuu)