Troubled pasts (a Horrorlust story)

The negotiations

Lusts POV
As I arrived at the police station, a million different thoughts passed through me all at once.

Am I getting arrested?

Am I going to jail?

Will I ever get out?

Will I ever see horror again?

How will I survive without him?!

"C'mon, get out" Mitch dragged me out the car, and thanks to another officers help, they managed to forcefully take me to a small room and cuff me to a table, I rapidly looked around the room, the walls, ceiling and floor were grey, it was freezing cold, the only things that were on the table was an audio recorder and a notepad and pen.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to panic as another officer walked in, she was tall and strong looking, her hair was light brown and all pulled back into a tight ponytail, she sat in the chair opposite me.

"Hello lust, I'm police deputy Laura Jonson" she pulled out a badge. "I apologise for the forced visit" I began to pout "why would you care?" "Look I'm not gonna hurt you, I just want to ask you some questions" I tried to not look even slightly interested "the death of nightclub manager 'Fell Edgelord' took place on the morning of December 22nd, correct?" I nodded, "as you know, he was shot twice in the chest" I nodded again, this time more hesitantly. "All the evidence traces back to you...all we need is a confession"

"...Okay fine! It was me, I-I did it, I shot fell, it was me...just, p-please don't put me in jail, or s-shoot me, p-please, I-I didn't meant to, I'm a good person I'd never shoot anyone, p-please...have mercy."
I started to sob, my tears dripped onto the table as Laura looked at me with sympathy.

"Lust, we're not gonna arrest you" I slowly stopped crying "...W-what?" "we've rewatched the camera footage several times, and it clearly shows that your only intention with using that gun was for suicide, I understand what you were going through. So after a lot of discussions...we've came to an agreement to drop your charges"

I froze, my jaw dropped, I felt like the whole world around me had froze "...W-what...what did you just say?" "The death has been labelled as an accident, so we have dropped the charges against you" I couldn't believe it, I was free, I could live my life again.

"I-I...I don't know what to say" "plus you did kill a mass murderer that we have tried to convict for years, so technically we owed you favour" "oh my god, I-I'm finally free!" "Yes, but I want to talk to you about something else" "oh...okay" she looked at me in the eyes.

"I assume you know Horror Axe right?" I nodded "yeah he's...my boyfriend" she looked at me with guilt "...why do you ask?" "Well, that just made this even harder" I started to get worried "um...unfortunately due to the severity of his past crimes...we can't let him go without a punishment"

My happy mood had completely faded away "W-what does this mean? What are you going to do to him?" "Well we're currently still debating about that, but when the chief has come to a decision we'll let you know"

"Well...before you make a decision, I wanna say something...he's more than what he was...he's more than just an emotionless murderer...or a genocidal maniac...he's caring...sweet...funny...loving...and most importantly, misunderstood. When I first met horror, I was terrified of him, but then after I got to see the real person behind the rumours that were told to me, I started to fall in love with him...and he's one of the only people right now who care about me...and he loves me...I-I don't think either of us could survive if we were separated...so please...go easy on him...not for him...but for me....p-please"