Killing Her Softly ~ •°Astor X Reader°•

8 ~•~ Catch and Release

Astor paced around the room you were in, glancing from time to time at your sleeping body. He kept thinking about what to do with you. He captured you to kill you, did he not? Or did he do it to pity you? All these thoughts ran through his mind endlessly.

Despite the events of the past eight hours, you were very peaceful in your sleep. Which is the one thing that kept Astor's mind running, and his eyes on you and not his malice orb.

"Wake up, your highness." He said, bringing his pacing to a halt as he held his vision on you and locked it now. "Your highness." You still lay there peacefully, and he wondered what to do. "YOUR HIGHNESS." You jolted awake, looking around startled and scared. He raised his eyebrow as you backed yourself up closer to the wall again.

"What?" You bit your lip, glaring at the man. He lowered his orb and stared you down with the same energy you were glaring at him with. He kneeled down by your side and placed his hand on your ankle.

"Are you able to walk?" He asked, and you shrugged and made an attempt to stand. He stood with you, and you were fine until your legs were almost completely straight. You nearly fell forward, causing him to have to grab your hands. "Try walking over there."

"Okay." You let go of his hands and started walking, and he followed close behind. You had taken maybe five steps before falling, and he was swift to catch you. He let you sit on his chair, and suddenly you could feel the tingling in your nerves as your legs tried to wake up.

"Sit here for a bit." He began to walk away, but stopped when he noticed your slight pain. He sighed and continued to walk to the door, and as he left he continued to contemplate on what to do with you.

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"Your highness," Astor walked back into your room again, seeing you were missing from your spot. "Your highness?" He looked around, and then quickly saw you waving your hand at him. "What are you doing?"

"I'm gonna go home," You said, lifting your bag up as you walked towards him, now able to unassisted. "Unless that would interrupt your plans to kill me? I would hate for that to happen."

"No, no you can go. But before you leave, I had a quick question." He said, and you folded your arms and gestured for him to go on. "What exactly was your name?"

"Ha, you captured me as the queen and you don't even know my name?" You scoffed and smiled, and he raised his head a bit to let you know he was serious. "Okay, sorry. I'm _____." You held your hand out, and he was confused but hesitantly shook it. "So, I can leave then?"

"Yes, I suppose. I'm feeling a bit merciful today but only for that reason." You smiled and began to leave, but he blocked the side of the doorway with his arm. "You didn't think you were getting off without anything though, did you? I said a bit merciful, not that much."

"Well what can I do for you to let me leave?" You asked, and he smiled a bit and leaned his head in towards you. "W-What?" You huffed, turning red just at the small action.

"I wanted to try something, if you don't believe your husband would mind since he cares more about his kingdom than you." He got to the point where your noses were nearly touching, and you squeezed your eyes shut. "I just want you to feel... free..." Just as you could start to feel the heat of his breath, he stopped and moved away. "Go on, Queen _____. But just know I don't want to see you in these parts alone again or I'll have no choice but to take action."

"But Astor-" He pointed down the hall, and you stared at him still a bit shocked. "I thought you... nevermind." You started to walk down the hallway, head spinning at the thought of what was about to happen. But you quickly felt tapping on your shoulder. "What now-"

Warm lips pressed against yours, and two cold hands gripped your arms, holding you in place. All the blood in your body went straight to your head and cheeks, and while your thoughts all washed away, you didn't try and get away. And not just because Astor was so much stronger.

You didn't want to get away.

"There. Go now." He practically shoved you now, and you were too busy trying to wrap your head around what he did.

"But Astor-"

"Go. Now. The door is down there." He pointed again to the end of the hall, wondering if you had lost direction. "I don't want to see you alone in this desert again, do you hear me?"

"I-" You were speechless. What were you even supposed to say? All you could do was stand there until he nodded and started to walk back into the room again. "What if I don't want to leave?" He stopped and glanced back at you as if you were crazy. Now he was speechless.

"Listen," He finally started, looking away. "I don't want your husband to come after me. You have to leave before he finds out you aren't at the town." You had to reposition your bag on your shoulder from the spin, but you were still very content with listening to him. "But,"

"But...?" You repeated, hopeful. You didn't know what it was but something about him made you want to stay.

"But, I suppose I wouldn't object to your willful return." You smiled and nodded. "Just be careful, Queen _____." You nodded again, and started to leave again. "Hm. I've never kissed a woman..." You turned back to look at him, now seeing the smirk across his lips, now slightly stained with the red lipstick you had on. "...As pretty as you."

You shook your head with a small grin and continued to leave. He walked back to the room, and you snuck back out of the hideout without any problems.

You made it to the town, and Urbosa was seemingly very worried. You told her it was a storm that you had got caught in.

Yes yes, it was an evil storm that caught you and left you breathless.

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I understand the question of how I'm going to finish this by the 31st is up for debate - however, I have some ideas as to how it's gonna work

Maybe, just maybe