Just as Before (Tord X Matt)

Love and Lamentation

Tord POV
I ran. I ran until I could hardly feel my legs anymore. I tripped over a loose stump of a loblolly pine, sending me face first into dirt and gravel. I wiped the dirt and rock from my face, small traces of blood seeping into my vision. I looked up and saw Matt, a gun aimed at my head. "M-Matt please G-God Whatever I d-did I'm sorry!" "There's no place for you to run now Tord. You can't escape what you did." I started to get up, looking for a means of escape. No matter which way I ran, Matt was going to shoot me. I stayed on my hands and knees, sitting execution style. "Then kill me...I can't live with you upset with me." Hot tears poured down my cheeks as I cried out to my love. "SHOOT ME LIKE THE DOG I AM!!" I lamented out, a steady stream of blood pouring into my eyes. I heard the click of a pistol being readied, and a shot.

Matt POV
It took myself, and the two men from earlier to wake Tord up from his night terror. He was screaming bloody murder, and it was terrifying me. Tord quickly sat up, gasping for breath screaming a loud apology. He looked to the three of us, leaping at me to where I was tackled to the ground. "MATT IM SORRY!!!" He was coughing and sputtering to the point of anything he said being gibberish. "Tord you have nothing to apologize for!!!" "I-I bet-trayed you!!! You a-and Tom and E-Edd...f-faen!!" One of the soldiers with an upside down name tag reading Paul lifted Tord up while the other with a tag reading Patryck consoled him. I stood up, placing my hands on his shoulders "T-Tord I forgave you already." "I-I didn't n-need to h-hurt any of you I-In the first place...I-I lies when I said I d-didn't care about you g-guys...t-this past year I...." he broke down into tears once again, while Paul spoke up for him, taking his cigarette out of his mouth. "He's been a wreck Mr. Matthew sir. It started about 4 or 5 months after the incident. He started having these night terrors, t woke up everyone in the whole base. You would've thought he was being murdered." I nodded my head, feeling sympathy for Tord. He always seemed so strong to me, so seeing him this vulnerable and weak was almost painful. We both came to terms on our feelings now that we were in a relationship. But things between him and Tom and Edd needed mending. Especially with Tom. Edd was really hurt too, but in a different way. Tom was more angry now, and borderline paranoid. He was always looking over his shoulder. Poor guy... Tord has started to calm down at this point, wiping his eyes with his normal hand. "I-I'm sorry for being so emotional." He sniffled "t-this dream was particularly painful. Not to mention the searing headache I now have...Will you two go find my meds?" Paul and Patryck saluted followed by a 'yes sir!' Real soldiers...how cool!! Tord sat down on his bed and rubbed his eyes "M-Matt can I tell you something?" "Of course!!" I sat in his office chair, ready to listen. "I never intended to be the bad guy."
(THIS IS A HEAD CANON I HAVE FOR TORDS BACKSTORY. IN NO WAY IS THIS CANON THAT I KNOW OF.)
"It started not long after I left for the city. I started learning about new robotics and technologies, and was fascinated. It was there that I met Paul and Patryck. We were put into education classes together in the Institute. We got out, ready to take over the world! But in a good way. We decided to make our own weapons tech to protect the world. I, being a natural leader, took charge. Heh, you probably saw us on the news during that zombie out break I kinda caused." "Oh I remember! Something about vigilantes." "Yup, that was us. The start of the Red Army. But there's one thing about being a good guy that's difficult. The law. Sure, we were saving lives and killing zombies and whatever else the world threw at us. We were building a base with the profits from our tech and were helping people. But none of it mattered. We were doing this outside of the law. It wasn't long before we got clumsy and got arrested. All three of us were thrown in. We were painted as the bad guys. I changed. If they wanted us to be the bad guys, we'd give them bad guys. I managed to get us out through many...tactics of taking out those in my way, Paul and Patryck helping me to get out. And crazy thing was, we did. We were now fugitives of the law. We started to go into hiding. Recruiting off of website trails untraceable by cops, selling our invented weapons off the black market. That was when I New it was time to go back to you guys and get the project if worked so hard on before I left to succeed." "The robot?" "Yes. Looking back on it, that probably wasn't the smartest thing. It was very...weak compared to what I could do now. Tom proved to me how stupid that idea was...I lost my arm, almost my eye, my friends...all over what...revenge. My way of showing who was in charge. And now...." "you feel like you can't change it?" "Mhm..." "oh Tord! I'm sure Edd and Tom will forgive you! Especially Edd. You and him were always really good friends! And I doubt Tom actually hates you!" "Matt...always such a positive outlook. That's one thing I was never taught." "Well then you'll just have to learn!" Paul and Patryck came back with Tords medication and a glass of water. He quickly swallowed two of the pills, shivering a little "Thank you men. You're dismissed." The two left, Patryck winking at Tord then looking at Paul. Tord chuckled quietly before starting to relax a little. "Thanks for listening Matt." "Oh no problem! I love listening to stories. Especially when I'm involved. Even if my part is kinda sad- but hey! Look at us now!" Tord got up and stood in front of me. "Indeed my little soldier boy. Now what's say you and I go around and find something interesting to do." "AWESOME!!!" I bolted out the door, tagging Tord "YOURE IT!!" I ran down the long hall, laughing as Tord chased me.