Hermitcraft Stories & Stuff [Discontinued]

Rage

Thanks to the lovely wonderful WelshKitsune for the idea of the this fic <3
Ship: Ranchers (it could ig be seen as platonic but there's heavily implied shipping so yeah), these babes are so amazing I love them
TWs: injury/burn, blood, swearing, self-hatred/self-deprecating thoughts
Headcanons in this chapter: •Tango is a netherborn, has wings and a tail and fire power, and fire doesn't affect him, although for the Life Games, he can't use his wings or fire powers and instead of being immune to fire, it just doesn't affect him as much as others.
• Jimmy is a canary and also taller than tango (yes I'm a short tango truther fight me /j)
Enjoy!
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Smoke flew from Tango's mouth, his tail angrily thrashing, and his wings which were rendered useless for the Life Games, twitching uselessly against his back. This was the most fury he'd ever felt, even Bdubs' Boogey betrayal in Last Life hadn't infuriated him this much, maybe it was because now he was soulbound to someone so he felt the inherent need to protect his partner or the fact that he spent so long for him and Jimmy to live here just for Scar to destroy it all so easily.

The netherborn could hardly form words, he was so enraged, muttering an "I'm having flashbacks, Etho, between seething chuckles. The grass beneath his feet turning black from being singed as he paced, barely able to register the phantom pains from when he and his soulbound climbed the inferno of their base to douse roaring flames. Tango couldn't even register what those around him were saying, only able to hear a cacophony of voices around him. That is, until he heard a very distinctive horn; Jimmy's horn! Immediately Tango pulled out his own to respond to the canary's call, starting to feel calmer as the sounds around him started to become clearer, he could vaguely hear his neighbors blowing their horns but at that moment, Tango only cared about Jimmy, about his canary, his soulbound.

He reached for the taller, grabbing for him, hands closing around what he assumed was Jimmy's wrist. Right after he grabbed the other, he heard a pained scream and let go, eyes darting to where his hand previously had been, seeing a red hand-shaped burn that was already starting to blister. Shit, he hadn't completely regained control of his emotions or, by extension, his fire power and he'd fucked up and hurt his soulbound. Thank could hardly feel the phantom pain on his forearm, too overwhelmed by guilt, worry, and adrenaline, but mostly the first two.

"Jimmy, I-I'm-" he cut himself off as Scott and Cleo walked over and he saw something he never wanted to see in those beautiful chocolate eyes, fear. He stepped back, afraid of hurting his partner and not wanting to see the scared, pain filled look in the other's expression.

Tears filled Tango's eyes as he turned, running into the smouldering remnants of their base, making sure to avoid areas that could further injure his canary. He sat on the bed, which was thankfully untouched by the flames, and finally let his tears fall, unable to believe that he'd hurt his soulbound, that he'd let his emotions get so out of control that he burned the one person that he was supposed to protect, just as Scar burned down their ranch, he was just as bad- no, worse than Scar was.

After he didn't know how long, Tango felt a hand on his shoulder, startling him and making him jump. Lifting his head, Tango saw warm brown eyes with no hint of malice or hatred, a soft smile on the taller's face. The netherborn's eyes widened and darted to Jimmy's arm which now had bandages wrapped around his forearm, although pink still peeked out of the edges and he couldn't fight the self-hatred that welled up inside him as he stared at the bandages.

Jimmy followed the shorter's eyes, immediately moving his arm out of Tango's sight. "Don't worry about that, I'm fine now, it wasn't that bad. I'm more worried about you."

"How can you say that?! I burned you, I hurt you! How can you even stand to be around me right now, you should hate me! I should be outcast, shunned like Scott did to Pearl... I'm a monster." The red-eyed male said, balling his hands into fists, his nails were digging into his palms but Tango didn't care. He deserved that, it was nothing compared to what he did to his partner.

Of course, his ever diligent- when it came to Tango himself at least- soulbound was immediately pulling Tango's hands into his own, gently easing his fingers from where they'd dug bloody crescents into his palms. "Don't do that, don't hurt yourself, please. It was an accident, you didn't mean to hurt me... Please don't hurt yourself for an accident, if everyone hurt themselves for accidents, we'd all be dead." He chuckled humourlessly as his fingers gently caressed the netherborn's smaller hands.

Tears yet again welled up in Tango's eyes as he heard his soulmate's reassuring words, and at that moment, he didn't care about potentially hurting his partner, he just wanted his arms wrapped around the canary. And so without another word, he threw arms around Jimmy's midsection, burying his face into the taller's chest and inhaling the familiar comforting scent.

Jimmy's eyes widened before softening, a warm smile on his face as he returned the hug. "I will always love you, we all make mistakes, you could never do anything to make me hate you. You're the best partner I could ask for."

When Tango turned his head up to look at him with drowsy ruby eyes, Jimmy leaned down to press a kiss to his forehead. "I love you too, you're perfect, I don't know how I got blessed with such an understanding and amazing soulmate." The golden blond mumbled before he fell asleep against the canary.

"I got lucky too, Tango, you're so much better than you think you are and than you'll ever know," Jimmy whispered, succumbing to sleep with his arms protectively wrapped around his soulbound.
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Word count: 919 words :D
Sorry if it's not completely accurate, it's been a bit since I watched DL, and I also kinda wanted to do my own lil series of events y'know :)
Thanks again dudes, Bama out!