Huntlow Stories

The Song That Described My Trauma

This fic is dedicated to @twogoldenflowers on Instagram, Tumblr, and AO3 as an early birthday present! Happy birthday, Roo! (Sorry if this is crap, if you don't like it, tell me, okay? I'll rewrite it)

Again, feel free to correct me in the comments if there are any grammar mistakes or spelling errors!

TW: Mentions of child abuse & CSA (non graphic)

Sorry for the mild angst guys (T~T)

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"Hunter! Hunter! HUNTER!!!!!!!" Luz ran over to Hunter who was reading a book and yelled loudly at him. "What the heck Luz?!? No need to shout in my ear!" Hunter exclaimed, a bit angry that his reading session was interrupted. "You have to listen to this song! I'm 110 percent sure that you'll love this one!" She shoved her headphones in his face. Hunter glanced at Luz suspiciously. "This isn't one of your schemes to get me Rickrolled again, right?" "Nope! No schemes, no plots, no ruses, and definitely no shenanigans." Hunter hesitated, then shut his book and put the headphones on. Luz pressed play on her phone, and the song started.

"Hate to give the satisfaction, asking how you're doing now"

"How's the castle built off people you pretend to care about?"

"Just what you wanted"

"Look at you, cool guy, you got it"

Hunter started to have flashbacks of the Golden Guard masks in Belos' mind. He tried to ignore those memories and focused on the song.

"I see the parties and the diamonds sometimes when I close my eyes"

"Six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise"

"I loved you truly"

"Gotta laugh at the stupidity"

Images of the day he became the Golden Guard flashed before his eyes. The coronation party. The whispers amongst the crowd. For sixteen years of his life, his life was a living hell. All for the "Titan's will".

"'Cause I've made some real big mistakes"

"But you make the worst one look fine"

"I should've known it was strange"

"You only come out at night"

The day his ear got chipped. The trials on the mountain. The countless beatings and verbal abuse. The possession. The sacrifice of Flapjack. Those memories came back to him and gnawed at his mind. He tried to stay calm and finish listening to the song.

"I used to think I was smart"

"But you made me look so naive"

"The way you sold me for parts"

"As you sunk your teeth into me, oh"

"Bloodsucker, dream crusher"

"Bleedin' me dry, like a damn vampire"

Hunter was struggling to keep calm and not let his tears flow out. Luz noticed this and frowned. "You can stop if you want to," she said. "N-no, it's okay, I can handle it," he replied. "If you say so."

"And every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news"

"You called them crazy, God, I hate the way I called them crazy too"

"You're so convincing"

"How do you lie without flinching? (How do you lie, how do you lie, how do you lie?)"

He recalled the times Luz tried to convince him Belos was evil. He'd mentioned that to Belos, and he just insisted Luz was speaking nonsense. Hunter just shook it off. "How foolish I was before," he thought.

"Ooh, what a mesmerizing, paralyzing, tragic little thrill"

"Can't figure out just how you do it, and God knows I never will"

"Went for me, and not her"

"'Cause girls your age know better"

He remembered the times when he tried to cut himself and thought it was fun. He was very depressed after Flapjack's death and it took the whole Hexsquad plus five adults (Eda, Camila, Darius, Raine, and Lillith) to stop him.

"'Cause I've made some real big mistakes"

"But you make the worst one look fine"

"I should've known it was strange"

"You only come out at night"

"I used to think I was smart"

"But you made me look so naive"

"The way you sold me for parts"

"As you sunk your teeth into me, oh"

"Bloodsucker, dream crusher"

"Bleedin' me dry, like a damn vampire"

*BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM*

"You said it was true love, but wouldn't that be hard?"

"You can't love anyone, 'cause that would mean you had a heart"

"I tried to help you out, now I know that I can't"

"'Cause how you think's the kind of thing I'll never understand"

He thought of all the times Belos insisted "It was for your own good". All the times he had been manipulated. Those touches that burned, they weren't acts of love, they were to satisfy Belos' needs. The marks he left were not merely bruises, they were mental scars that would not be forgotten over time. He tried to help Belos heal his curse, but that was never appreciated by Belos at all.

"'Cause I've made some real big mistakes"

"But you make the worst one look fine"

"I should've known it was strange"

"You only come out at night"

"I used to think I was smart"

"But you made me look so naive"

"The way you sold me for parts"

"As you sunk your teeth into me, oh"

"Bloodsucker, dream crusher"

"Bleedin' me dry, like a damn vampire"

After the last note ended, he sat there for a while before taking off the headphones.

"Sooooo...how was it?" Luz asked causally. "...IT WAS GREAT!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!" Hunter started crying and hiccuping. Luz smiled and wrapped her arms around Hunter and hugged him. "Any time, Hermano."

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Thanks so much for reading this! @twogoldenflower's comic inspired me to write this! (link in the comments)

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