Take My Heart... (Radiosilence, Human Au)

Wanted a Rose, Got a Nettle

Maybe a minute (though it felt much longer) of utter, painstaking silence went by before my eyes traveled back to the body splayed out on the ground.

It was , face down, a pool of ichor forming under and around it. Bite marks, clear signs of struggle visible on one of the blood-soaked arms, it hadn't been long since any of this went down.

The blood would probably wash away soon enough with the rain that roared around us, falling from the clouds and numbing the sting that had accumulated in my cut over time.

I could only look at the carcass for maybe another few seconds before a gloved hand was slipped under my chin, pulling it upwards, aggressively. I felt the flat of the blade pressed firm, just below my addams apple.

"Vox, dear, look at me~"

He'd coo, softer, calmer than anything.

It was riveting, I should've felt cold, scared, but instead there was a heat in my chest something I couldn't explain as this man glared down at me, hazel eyes, pupils dilated (hopefully at the sight of me though I knew that wasn't true).

Then his fingers moved up a little. Forfingner on my left cheek thumb on my right, grip tightening noticeably.
I wasn't sure what he was doing to me, I wasn't sure what he was doing at all, honestly.

"Now you have twenty seconds."

He was so calm.

"Uh-"

I wasn't.

"Give me a reason not to flip this blade on its edge,"

He'd sneer.

Fuck, it was odd, I knew that, but apart of me wanted nothing more than for him to use his own hands to rip me open, feast on me. If I lived long enough I'd thank him if he gutted me.

That wasn't what I needed to focus on, though. I yearned to, but my life was dangling in front of me, and he had the power to cut the string.

What could he want?

I couldn't read him...

"I have my wallet I'm not sure what you-"

I was good at convincing people I swear I was. He was the exception.

"Try again"

He muttered, rubbing the blade back and forth on my skin mindlessly.

Was he looking for a keyword? I wasn't sure, this was rare for me.I felt something inside my mind surface. It was creeping from the warmth and calm I felt seconds before, dragging the adrenaline back into my body, yet something about me still trusted him.

I had some tricyclics that I'd been prescribed, wine I hoarded, but he was the kind of guy to keep his wits about him, I had to think fast, if he didn't want my...

"What do you want then?"

I asked, my voice teetering on the edge of hesitant

"Well, where's the fun in telling you that?"

He gave my cheeks a halfway sort of squeeze, I felt my blood rush to my face, my life was in danger yet that's all I really wanted from Al, for him to be like this to me, if I walked out of this alive I knew this would be a night I'd never forget.

The rain clattered against the night, that's all I could hear, my mind was oh so quiet as I searched for something, anything to say, but I just couldn't figure out what he wanted.

"I-I can help you!"

I hardly managed to get my words out of my mouth, I was never like this.

He had more power and more leverage than I did, but that was all I had to offer.

My last resort.

But it seemed like it might've just been the sweet spot...

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

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