I'm no Hero [Ice!Finn x Reader]

An act of Stupidity or Bravery?

20/Dec/20 Edit: Reader is more gender neutral, but Finn uses "Princess" as a nickname. Mostly to match up with ice king.

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You didn't know how long you were knocked out, but you wished you haven't woken up.

There was a terrifying explosion and before you knew it the landscape of farm world town looked like a desert wasteland, the sky was dark and covered in what you assumed to be clouds. But since when were clouds green and looked like skulls?

It was absolute madness.

You couldn't comprehend what was going on, you could only hear shouting when you got up from the rubble of what you guessed was your fruit stand at the town's market place.

After your foggy mind cleared up a bit you opened your eyes at the scene playing in front of you, townspeople were freaking out, either running away or just having a panic attack on the spot it. It wasn't until you turned around to understand what people were running from, a boy was hovering over the town grounds and emitting flashes of light from his hands, he carried an eerie cape and flowing blonde locks but what really got to you was the look in his eyes, it was the look of a mad man.

You could only stare in horror as the light coming from the boy's hands were turning people into frozen blocks of ice. How was he doing that? was it some sort of weapon?!

Whatever it was you didn't want to stay long enough to find out.

"Come on everyone, I'm trying to protect you!" He shouted to the scared and frozen people. However, there was something familiar in that boy, his blonde hair, the bear hat, that golden crown on his head, and most importantly that prosthetic robot arm.

"F-Finn? Finn Mertens?" you asked yourself,

You stare at the boy until he turned his head in your direction, ducking behind the fruit stand before he could see you.

The boy continued with his havoc as your memories began surfacing in your head.

You've seen that boy before. Although you never personally interacted with him, you know he's the son of a farmer in the outskirts who offers you corn in exchange for other fruits. Word around the street said Finn Mertens was notorious for getting into fights with other boys, but how in the world did a seemingly harmless boy acquire such a powerful weapon? Especially since you remember seeing him completely fine a few hours ago when he tried to sell a crown.

None of that mattered now, everything is dark and scary and you couldn't help but feel he had something to do with this. You simply just sat there and covered your ears in hopes of the boy leaving.

"Mommy, mommy get up!" a child cried out.

It reminded your own family back home, they're probably terrified at the devastation, waiting for you to safely come home.

A sense of empathy filled your gut. You peaked from behind the rubble to see the child is trying to wake up their unconscious mother on the ground as Finn made his way towards them, no doubt becoming the next human popsicle. You clutched your fist in anger, you wanted to do something, you wanted to pick up that kid and make a run for it but you couldn't, you were scared.

You aren't a hero.

You were quite the opposite actually, a coward hiding behind her broken fruit stand.

But the more you looked at the struggling child the more they reminded you of your sibling and your mother, you dreaded thought of this boy going after your family and freezing them in a block of ice like the rest of the townsfolk. You felt frustrated at your ability to be unable to do anything to stop the boy. The more you continued to doubt yourself, the closer Finn got to the kid and his mother. "Oh hello, there young boy-" Finn spoke to the frightened child. "Don't worry, I'll keep you two nice and safe in my ice" he grinned as a blue light glowed in his hands.

You aren't smart enough to outsmart him.

You aren't strong enough to fight him.

You aren't even fast enough to pick up the child and outrun him.

You are none of those things, but you were one thing. And that was being impulsive.

"Hey frost face-!" you came out from your hiding spot, shouting at the crazy boy. "Yeah I'm talking to you Finn Mertens," you were quiet for a moment as you looked through your brain for what to say next. Your eyes darted back and forth until they landed on his crown and how it looked like it something that could belong to royalty.

"Ehh... That's a nice crown you got there, are you a fancy prince of sorts?" you mentally kicked yourself for stuttering in fear, but he hasn't frozen you yet so that means you seemed to have caught his attention.

The boy was visibly confused at what you meant until he looked up at his head, remembering he was wearing a crown, to begin with. "Oh yeah, I think so-? In fact, I could be the ruler of the new frosted land! like a prince!" he sounded excited at the idea, which only scared you more at what he meant with that, either way, you decided to play along.

"Uhh, Well... if you're gonna be a prince, you're gonna need someone to rule beside you right?" you know where you're going with this, you acted dumb and pretended to not know but you know.

"You mean like a princess?" Finn contemplated the idea for a second, stepping away from the kid and his mom with a smile on his face. "Wha-? I'm not a... ugh, fine if that's how you wanna view it." "Yeah, that's a great idea! you'll make a fantastic princess," the boy appeared less threatening now, so it helped you ease up a bit even though he kept using that annoying nickname.

"Just let me freeze these humans first-" the light in his hands glowed again as he turned towards the kid again until you quickly went up to him and placed your hands on his shoulders.

"No! just, leave them. Leave everyone alone and let's just go okay?" you cursed yourself the moment those words left your mouth, but you did your best to think about the kid and his mom, the townspeople, and most importantly your own family. "Let's leave this place, let's go start ruling that new land you want, together." you tried to make your voice sound sweet and reassuring, but it was hard as you felt something clutching at your heart.
"Yes you're right, let's go build our kingdom my sweet princess" Finn was at peace with the idea, lowering his hands from freezing anyone else and going on to carry your bridal style instead.

You don't know how, but apparently, Finn could fly without the help of a device or anything, in any other situation you would've been amazed. But the only thing you felt is heartbroken, watching your hometown grow smaller and smaller until it was lost in the dark horizon. Silent tears began running down your face as you realized that you would never be able to see your family again

"What's wrong my princess, why are you crying?" Finn asked you, but the more you looked at him the less he resembled the boy you partially knew, instead, he looked like a crazy and ice obsessed version of Finn. Like some sort of Ice Finn.

"It's nothing... they're tears of happiness..." you lied through clenched teeth and a forced smile, surprisingly Finn couldn't see through it and easily bought it.

You wanted to hate yourself for your decision if it could be called that, to begin with. You didn't feel like you did this as a brave and noble act but more like a stupid and impulsive one.

"Shh, don't cry my princess, you and I will happily rule over the new world covered in ice and snow. You'll see" the boy reassures in a content matter.
You could only embrace yourself for what this mad lad had in store.

In any case, the only reassurance you had was that your family was safe and the townspeople had a chance to survive.
That was all that mattered.