Just Another Sunflower [Willow Park x GN Reader]

Attempted Forgiveness 🌼✨

"The golden guard!?" The blond boy froze immediately, and everyone tensed up as well. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the other coven heads planning some evil necromancy shit?" You snarled.

"You... must have me mistaken with someone else. And- and that's probably just a rumor anyways." He shakily replied. Mistaken? No. You could never mistake him. You know. You've always known. That strand of hair that accidentally fell out of his hood was undeniable. And those eyes... they were brown now, but they still held the same look of fear mixed with anger. No that wasn't it... some unrecognizable emotion. Whatever. It didn't matter.

You scoff. "A rumor? Is that what the photographic evidence of an ancient ritual was with a piece of Adrien Graye's hair was? A rumor?" You chuckle. "And mistaken? Mistaken?? No no no, I could never mistake you. I remember you. Those eyes will haunt me till the day I fucking die." You hiss at him. He swallows a lump in his throat and looks away. He looks... ashamed? And speechless. This was what the golden guard turned out to be? Pathetic.

"Aw come on it's not like that." The human assures.

"Easy for you to say! You were probably friends from the start. You all were! But I didn't have that luxury. The golden guard, he, is the reason for so many deaths." You angrily replied. 

"My name is Hunter." He said, still not looking at me "And we weren't all friends from the start. When I met Luz I dangled her off the boiling sea and made her kill a Selkidomous. When I met Amity I tried to kill her for Titan's Blood. When I met Willow and Gus I tricked them into trusting me before kidnapping them."

You stare at him shocked. "And they just... forgave you!?"

"Y/n he was manipulated." Willow butted in

"Oh? He was manipulated? Nobody could force him or convince him to always, always, like it"

"You'd be surprised." Willow tries to put on a fake smile that's meant to look reassuring. It doesn't. It's met with a cold stare, which then turns to the golden guard. Or- Hunter I guess.

"Okay, well then Hunter," his name sounds like ice to him the way you said it. You can tell. "Tell me how the hell you think you can live rent free like this with forgiveness everywhere when you killed my fucking palisman!?" You retort. Your face twisted with anger. He flinches. Why the hell would he flinch!? 

"I... I had to."

"You had to?"

"Yeah."

"Golden Guard. I made him with my mama. She helped me carve him AND figure out my deepest wish. He was the best palisman I could ever have and you took him away from me to give to BELOS." You can feel your tears prick at the corner of your eyes. You shake them away and look down. "He was my best friend" you mutter. This got his attention and he looked up and met your eyes.

"I understand. If I can ask, what was your palisman?" His brown eyes were filled with sympathy and... sadness?? SADNESS?! WHAT THE HELL DID HE GET TO FEEL SAD FOR!? HE WAS MORE PRIVILEGED THAN ANYONE HERE AND HES SAD!?

"Why do you want to know."

"S-so I can try to re-carve him." He stuttered. He seemed to shatter under a single glare. Wow. This was the golden guard?

"Well thank you for the offer," you start sarcastically. "But it won't be the same. It's not really the same palisman." He nodded in understanding.

"Yeah. I feel that way about-" he paused and shook his head. "Anyways I uhm.. I want to say I'm sorry, really, for your palisman. And I'm not asking you to forgive me. I don't deserve it. I don't deserve anyone's forgiveness. I was a horrible person." He handed you his apple blood juice box and you stare at it surprised. "But I'm trying to be a uh- not horrible person now?"

"That means nothing to me." You hiss. You believe it. You mean it. Or at least you tell yourself you mean it. The 'I'm sorry part' doesn't really mean anything, but somehow it means more because he said he doesn't want you to forgive him. He understands his mistakes. But you don't think you're quite ready to accept that. But you take the first small step. You take the apple blood, still with an annoyed look on your face but start sipping it. He smiles. You scowl.

"Ahem... ANYWAYS" Amity says, clapping her hands together to change the topic. "Did you guys see the news?"

"Oh? Which news?" The human asks, intrigued. The other, younger witch who you're assuming is Gus looks over as well. Willow just looks at you concerned. You shrug it off.

"They found a piece of Hettie's clothing in a graveyard!" Amity rushes excitedly.

"The healing coven head? Or- well the old one? How do we know it's hers?"

"Eberwolf sniffed it and confirmed. I wonder what they're gonna do with necromancy?"

"Probably isn't gonna work." Willow offered.

"Hey! You never know" Gus chimes in. "What if it actually brings someone back?" Hunter shivers but nobody notices. Except you. You look at him confused. He ignores you. The fucking nerve.

Suddenly, the bell rings and it's time for your next class. You stand up and start heading there. You think about the golden guard. Did he really mean that? Is he really sorry? You're halfway to your next class when you realize thoughts of Willow get in your head somehow. You turn pink and shake your head to get rid of them. Suddenly you're there.

Titan how are you gonna survive this year...

934 words

Sorry there wasn't much x reader stuff in here, but I wanted to add a potential side platonic relationship, I can totally work with this!

I also may or may not have taken inspo from Lizard from Wings of Fire at some points when it came to y/n being mad at Hunter...

Also, remember the necromancy thing, it'll come back 

ALSO HELP I HAVE NO IDEAS FOR THE NEXT PART AAUAUAUGRHRDHDHRHDYHS

Okay seeya next time!!