Connor: Part 1

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Two months past since Connor met Cassidy and the others and they all have been exploring towns, everyone but Sarah looking for a job and Connor looking for anything of big bro, also killing criminals in the towns he's in. Over time, Connor got along with everyone but Hannah and Finn, though Hannah opened up a bit. Anyway, Connor is seen inside his own tent, which was given to him. Connor sits up as he looks at his phone. Seeing that it was morning, Connor got up, exiting the tent and went to get some coffee. Grabbing a cut of coffee, he sits near the fire with Penny and Ingrid. "Morning guys." Said Connor. "Morning baby." Said Penny. "Morning." Said Ingrid. Connor sits on his coffee as he listened to Penny and Ingrid talking. Connor finished his coffee before putting the cop away and turns to Penny and Ingrid, speaking.

"Hey, either of you seen Cassidy?" Asked Connor. "Huh? Oh, she and Finn are at the range." Said Ingrid. "Thanks." Said Connor. Connor then walked his way to the range. The range is where people throw knives at trees for fun. Connor walked to where the range was, to see Finn and Cassidy fighting again. Connor was planning to walk off, but stops when he saw that Finn was getting too close for Cassidy's comfort and was grabbing her. Seeing this, Connor approach them, grabbing Finn by the back of the collar and yank him away, tossing him a few feet behind Connor. Grunting as he fell, Finn got up as he growls, looking at Connor, who was in front of Cassidy. "Finn, your going to far." Said Connor. "Shut up! Your the reason this happens! Because you, I can't get close to Cassidy! Your stealing everyone's respect when you've done nothing to earn it!" Yelled Finn.

"And you did?" Asked Connor. "I try!" Yelled Finn. "But that doesn't give you the right to do that to Cassidy! She was uncomfortable, don't you care?! You are only caring about what you want but not what she want! Maybe she doesn't feel that way about you and what your doing is upsetting her!" Yelled Connor. Finn stays silent, before taking out the knife they used to throw. "Shut up!" Yelled Finn. Cassidy looked scared now, worried that she or Connor would be stabbed, but Connor wasn't scared since he knew he'd be fine, but needed to be careful to not expose himself or let Cassidy to be hurt.

"Cassidy, stay behind me." Said Connor. "What are you going to do?" Asked Cassidy. "Take the knife off him...I'll be fine, I've been through things like this before...just stay behind me." Said Connor. Cassidy went to speak, when Connor lunges at Finn. Finn ready the knife to slash Connor, but Connor dodged before getting to Finn's blind spot before grabbing the worst with the knife and repeatedly punch his side. When Finn dropped the knife out of pain, Connor tosses him a few feet away so he didn't get the chance to get the knife again. Taking the opportunity, Connor grabs the knife, Cassidy approaching Finn. Finn looks up at her, expecting Cassidy to help him up or something, to only be slapped. "Are you fucking crazy?! You could've hurt or killed someone!" Yelled Cassidy. Finn stared at Cassidy in disbelief as did she walked away, leaving the range. Connor sighs as he walked after her, throwing the knife downwards and make it stabs onto the ground. Connor walked after Casssidy and within moments, Connor got to the camp, seeing everyone staring at her tent, giving Connor the idea she was there. Passing by, Penny spoke when seeing Connor. "Baby, what happened to Cassidy?" Asked Penny. "Huh? Oh, she...she and Finn had a fight...I'm going to check on her." Said Connor. Penny nods, understanding and Connor walked to Cassidy's tent, kneeling town at the door and spoke. "Hey, Cassidy? It's Connor...can I come in?" Asked Connor. There was a moment before Cassidy called "go ahead". Entering, Connor saw Cassidy, looking down with her back facing Connor. Connor enters the tent, shutting the entrance just in case she didn't want anyone to disturb their conversation.

Connor sits behind Cassidy as he spoke. "Are you ok?" Asked Connor. Cassidy was silent for a moment, before speaking. "I just don't get why Finn acts how he does...I mean...you've done nothing wrong...why is he against you to?" Cassidy mutters. "Cause he likes you." Said Connor. Cassidy turned to Connor. "When someone is dating or hanging out with who they like, they aren't always accepting it, they become protective or just be flat out dicks or bitches about it." Said Connor. Cassidy sighs as she turns to Connor. "So he's jealous of you?" Asked Cassidy. "Yep pretty much...though I don't get why, I'm obviously not your type." Said Connor. Cassidy was about to speak, but stops herself, as if she was gonna say something she shouldn't. "Anyway, just ignore him...he's not worth it." Said Connor. "Yeah." Said Cassidy. Connor smiles at her, before noticing something he hasn't noticed before. "A tattoo gun?" Asked Connor. Connor looks down at the tattoo gun to his side, which gave him flashbacks to the man who killed Crystal, Zoe, Duke, Zack and Eugene. "Huh? Oh yeah it's something I like to do...I'm a tattoo artist, its actually the job I got while here in town." Said Cassidy. Cassidy then smirks as she turns to Connor. "Hey, want one~?" Asked Cassidy. "Huh? One what?" Asked Connor. "A tattoo, duh." Said Cassidy, aiming the tattoo gun at him. "Huh...actually why not?" Asked Connor. "Oh that so~ then do you wanna talk about payment now or later?" Asked Cassidy. "Welp, I ain't the type to just leave your shop without paying, so why not talk about payment now...I can give you money or...something else," Said Connor with a smirk. "Oh~ what kind of payment do you have in mind?" Asked Cassidy. "Depends...am I allowed to pay in things other then money? Maybe a kiss? Hug? Coffee? Dinner?" Asked Connor. Cassidy smirks playfully, getting closer to Connor, stopping in front of him.