#tangled angst

Katie you are asking for angst with this one 😂

Physical One-Liners Part II prompts

5. “Should I comb your hair for you?” with New Dream

Short little thing for what @jkoo7jkoo5-baby-susan and I have dubbed the Choppin AU~

(This happens shortly after https://jkoo7jkoo5-baby-susan.tumblr.com/post/627941323822022656/the-scars-of-a-child)

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“No! Don’t touch me!” Is what Varian tried to scream, he had been half-awake and just shaken out of a horrible nightmare. If you could call it a nightmare, it was more of a flashback to his time in the Coronian prison. He flinched away from the desperate person who was standing near him. Varian’s eyes were wide, his breaths fast and shallow, his whole body was trembling in fear. 

Who was standing next to him? His mind wanted to say it was another guard, it had to be. The more Varian tried to focus on his surroundings the more he started to believe what his head was telling him, that he had never been freed by the princess and her friends, and that he was still down in the dark, freezing, solitary cell. By himself, in the silence. 

Varian tried to curl up more, it stung his back, they were probably going to hurt him again, no, they most definitely were going to hurt him again. They always did, they always would hurt him or beat him in some way, make him feel like he was going crazy, even when he hadn’t done anything wrong and had tried to hard to stay unnoticeable, they would always hu- 

“I’m not going to hurt you.” 

The person that was standing near him said in a gentle sounding voice, he could feel their hand grip onto his own. Varian didn’t want to look them in the eyes, he felt like he had been overtaken by fear. 

“Varian? Can you hear me?” The person that was talking to him started to sound more familiar… Varian thought for a second, maybe they’d leave if he gave them what they wanted and just answered… He slightly nodded his head. 

The person almost sounded… surprised that Varian had responded at all. He still felt their hand gripping his, but not in a harsh or mean way, it was almost. Comforting? 

Varian slowly uncurls from the ball he had curled into and slowly looks at who was trying to comfort him. 

“Listen to me. You’re safe and you’re not there anymore, you’re not with them anymore. We’re here Varian, I’m here and trust me, no of us are going to let anyone hurt you again.” 

The hold on Varian's hand felt so reassuring, like that simple grip was letting him know that he was safe.

Varian finally looks up at the person holding his hand.

Eugene?

Eugene was looking at Varian with concern in his eyes, Eugene had been trying his best to comfort the young teen and had been surprised when Varian didn't rip his hand away in the panic.

The panic in Varian's eyes seemed to be calming more as the boy started to realize who was next to him- more tears formed in Varian's eyes, letting out a breath. "I..."

Sun and Moon

This drawing took me 17 total hours so reblogs are appreciated and encouraged, thank you! ❤️

also this clearly has a little angst in it too ;)

I pierce her right between her ribs.

I walk towards her but I know it’s too late.

They lay her quietly in the throne room.

I slip away.

(Aaaah//Aaaah//Aaaah)

I hear wailing in the streets.

(Aaaah//Aaaah//Aaaah)

Somebody [Eugene] tells me, “You’d better hide.”

(Aaaah//Aaaah//Aaaah)

They say Eugene and Varian

Were both at her side when she died.

Death doesn’t discriminate

Between the sinners and the saints,

It takes and it takes and it takes.

History obliterates.

In every picture it paints,

It paints me and all my mistakes.

When Rapunzel shined in the sky

She may have been the first one to die

But I’m the one who paid for it.

I survived but I paid for it.

Now I’m the villain of this story.

I was too envious and blind to see.

I should’ve known—

I should’ve known

The sky was wide enough for both Rapunzel and me...

The sky was wide enough for both Rapunzel

The way he uses humor as a coping mechanism

Growing up an orphan

Feeling ashamed of his past mistakes

Getting stabbed

Literally Dying

Worrying about Rapunzel

Worrying he’s not good enough

He doesn’t seem to open up about his emotions or worries as much to Rapunzel as she does to him.

Wanting to be a good person and learning to do the right thing.

Worrying about taking care of his friends and not wanting them to get hurt.

And so much more.