Hunter wakes up, his ankles and wrists chained up. "Where am I...?"
"Where you're meant to be. In chains." Belos.
"No! No, you're dead! You can't — Y-you can't — You can't be here!"
"And who are you to tell me where I can and can't be?!" Belos slaps Hunter across his face and pulls his hair up, forcing Hunter to look at him. "You must be punished for what you did! From this day on, you are going to feel every ounce of pain you caused me!"
"No!" Hunter jolts up in a cold sweat. Breathing is hard. Tears begin to stain his cheeks as he gasps for all the oxygen he can.
No one is coming. You are alone.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" His voice cracks.
After what felt like ten years, Gus comes in. "Hunter? Are you—... Oh... Hey..." He sits next to him on the bed. "Hey, look at me, look at me..."
Hunter shakes his head, refusing to shift his distant gaze onto Gus.
"Breathe, Hunter, breathe... Remember the breathing exercise?" Gus demonstrates.
Hunter copies him a few times until he's calmer. He wipes away his tears.
"Do you wanna talk about it...?"
"No... I'd rather not..." Hunter curls up into Gus' embrace.
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Hard to Breathe || TOH
FanfictionTW! Panic attacks, PTSD, flashback, depression (probably), anxiety, abuse After the events of The Owl House, Hunter is left with frequent panic attacks, which are getting harder and harder to calm down during each time. The others try to be supporti...
