stupid hermitcraft short stories

christmas storms (fluffy angst)

I always loved the idea of either Scar or Grian having keraunophobia (fear of thunder and lightning) so I thought "Hey! Why not give it one or both of them and its Docs fault because channelling trident and prankery!" And poof. This.

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Thunder and lightning burst around Doc. He loved storms. It gave him a chance to practice with his trident. He felt invincible in storms and was able to take down anyone.

There was an issue though.

Since it was Christmas Eve, only Snow fell in the storm and Doc hates the snow since his channelling trident still worked but was much weaker. But it wouldn't stop Doc from killing mobs and lightly scaring hermits.

Just at this point, Grian seemed to hit the snowy floor from a build up of snow on his elytra. He got up and dusted the snow off but seemed very cold. Doc descended from his sniping perch like a bird on the breeze and walked over to the cold builder.

"You ok Grian? You took quite the fall?" He asked as Grian shook the snow out his hair.

"Um yeah! I think so. The snow was getting quite heavy and a thunder clap startled me so I fell-" a mother bolt of lightning hit the ground 40 blocks behind Grian and he literally jumped. Almost onto Doc.

That was when another hermit fell from the sky. Approaching, they saw the signiture brown coat and golden details that Scar would wear. However he didn't immediately get up like Grian. He instead seemed to tremble a bit. It wasn't hard to see why though. His elytra seemed cynged from a lightning bolt and his body was shaking violently.  He seemed... afraid. Grian got to his side and slowly helped Scar to his feet. Doc sighed. "Jeez Scar. How'd ya manage this!?" He asked pointing to the elytra. Scar looked to meet Docs gaze and sighed himself.

"I... saw Grian fall and went to go after him but got hit with a thunder bolt myself and... fell." He said. And on cue another thunderbolt hit. This time only 20 blocks away. Upon their reactions of a screech each and falling over in surprise, Doc seemed to understand. It appeared they had a fear of storms. Keraunophobia to be technical. He sat down and offered the 2 hermits a hug, which he didn't normally do. Of course they accepted and hugged him back. They snuggled and Doc quietly soothed them whenever another thunderbolt struck.

"Come on. Let's get indoors before we freeze to death out here." Doc offered as he helped Scar and Grian to their feet. "Can't die on Christmas Eve right?" Besides. I-" and he senced it. He senced a thunder strike above them and as it fired, he pulled the hermits back. They all seemed frozen in fear as Doc held them both close as it struck infront of them. Mere meters away.

"Quick. Let's get out the storm." He said as they all rushed over to Docs Base to avoid the thunder-snow storm.

-time skip-

All 3 hermits sat by a fire place. Well... 2 did. Grian was asleep on the sofa as Scar and Doc spoke. All cheery words and all that. Until...

"So... why were you guys so spooked from the storm? I get you're afraid but why?" Doc asked followed by an uncomfortable silence and response.

"I... I've just been afraid of lightning since I saw you use it to scare me and Grian in a prank and... I just couldn't stand it. I was afraid before but it just sort of... pushed it..." Scar admitted. Doc fell silent and felt a wave of guilt over run his system.

"Jeez Scar. You guys could of said something before hand. I would of not used it then." He replied apologetically. He changed the topic and continued to talk until they all fell asleep infront of the fire.

When they awoke the next morning once the storm passed, Doc wasn't there. Instead, in his place, were 2 gifts neatly wrapped in a gold and green paper and labled to Scar and Grian with a red and silver label each. It was surprising to say the least but inside was a new lightning proof pair of elytra for Scar and a cute scarf with chickens on it for Grian.

"Cute" they muttered in unison as the left a note and left to deliver their own presents. And probably start a snowball fight somewhere.

When Doc came back and found the note, he couldn't be any prouder of himself and the other two at that point.

"Thanks for helping and calming us down earlier. Merry Christmas!" ~Scar and Grian.

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BYYYYEEEE!!!