The Pompous and The Prick

Chapter 16: Desperation

Spoilers for season 2 episode 6 Oops

Warning: Extremely suggestive themes (You can just skip the end of Millie and Moxxie scene)

Sitting and talking with Blitz normally again had felt like a dream, but it had turned into yet another nightmare. Stolas had had enough of being wounded by Blitz. Listening to him slander Stolas as if he wasn't even there, was just too much. He may as well be back with Stella at this point. If this was how Blitz really saw him, there was no point in staying here any longer. Making a portal, he turned back one more time, thinking he should at least say goodbye.

Blitz continued insulting him to Fizzarolli, "-and is weirdly clingy with his daughter 'cause she's the only good thing in his life."

He couldn't take it anymore; holding back tears, he stepped through the portal, not looking back.

Appearing outside the front of the building, the tears started flowing down his cheeks despite his best efforts, and he let out a sad hoot.

"Dad! Are you okay. . .?" Via came running from around the corner.

"O-oh! Starfire! I'm fine. I just saw the morgue tree, and the fruits looked so much like severed heads, and it was sad, you know?" He wiped his eyes and waved off her hand as she reached out to him.

"Oh g**, what did that *sshole say to you?! I'm gonna kill you, Blitz!" Via started towards the portal.

"No! I'm fine!" He caught her by the shoulder, "Hang on, how do you know he was here?"

She looked back at him over her shoulder, "Oh, u-uh, well . . . I may have been watching with Loona through the window. I'm sorry. I thought that maybe-"

Stolas took a deep breath and interrupted her "We can talk about this later, right now we need to get home. Do you-"

"Stolas!" Blitz jumped through the portal.

Stolas sighed, "Here, sweetheart. You head on home; I'll be there in a moment." He closed the portal from inside the building, and opened a new one leading home.

Via turned to the new portal, then turned back to him, "But-"

"Please, darling? I'll be right behind you." He reassured.

Via went through the portal and stared at her dad as it closed behind her. Stolas sighed, turning back to Blitz.

"Stolas, please listen. I-" He said desperately.

"No, you listen" Stolas bent over to stare him in the face, and repeatedly poked his chest, accusingly. "I have had enough of your insults, your hot and cold behavior, your immature whining instead of talking like adults, your stupid face popping into my mind everywhere I go."

He stood up straight again, crossing his arms, "Did you even read my letter? You never mentioned it. You didn't, did you. That's almost worse, actually. You want all the attention a person could possibly give, but the moment someone deigns to ask for an acknowledgement of their existence as a person in your life, they get silence! Ignored! And- and the middle finger!" He gave Blitz the bird as an example, but quickly put it away, embarrassed to have used such an ungenteel hand gesture.

"I-It's not like I meant to-" Blitz started.

"You're just a scared little boy, aren't you? Hurting everyone else before they have the chance to hurt you."

"That's not-" Blitz couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Stolas closed his eyes and clenched his fists, "No, I don't want to hear your excuses anymore. In fact, I think it's only fair I get to remind you of all your worst qualities. You're a hypocrite, a fraud, a-and . . ." He sighed, and turned away from Blitz, "and it doesn't matter what I call you, because it will never cut you as deeply as you've cut me, because you've never given a rat's *ss about me." Stolas was crying again, but he had to say the words, "But it doesn't matter now, because I'm done. I'm done being treated like disposable sh*t. I won't stand for it! Not anymore! Not from you, not from my wife, not from anyone in or out of hell! I don't deserve much, but I deserve better than this! Go back to ignoring me to your heart's content, I won't be trying to win it anymore."