Ace Attorney X Reader One Shots Vol. 2

Scarred Love (Kristoph Gavin x Reader)

Scarred Love (Kristoph Gavin x Reader)

A/N: This chapter may contain mentions of abuse, domestic violence, etc. Please skip this chapter if such topics trigger you in any way.

Your Pov:

I stood in the kitchen, washing dishes. My husband was at work, leaving me alone. I pulled my hand back from the sink, a small blood trail going down my hand. Just then, the front door opened. I pressed a tissue to my hand to stop the bleeding. Footsteps came into the kitchen. I looked up to see my husband, "Welcome home, Kristoph." He sighed and grabbed my cut hand, "What happened this time?" I bit my lip, "I cut my hand on a knife in the sink. It's not a big deal." He gently led me to the bathroom and bandaged it.

Stitched you up, put you together with cotton and feather Gave you love, put my heart inside you. Oh, what could I do?

Weeks passed and something in Kristoph changed. He would get angry at me more often. He would always accuse me of cheating or seeing other people behind his back. At night, he would talk in his sleep about me. The things he said were scary. He would mumble threats and intentions.

When you started talking in your sleep, saying things you'd do to me, I didn't care. I wasn't scared. Now I'm finding knives under the sheets. Crumbled photographs of me. I'm in despair. Should I be scared?

At first I ignored it, thinking he was just having nightmares. That was until he decided to wake up. Every day after that was complete hell. I would get up and make breakfast for him. After he ate, he would find a reason to belittle me and if he was angry enough, physically hit me. I had  multiple bruises on my back from being pushed into the wall, some on my arms, shoulders, and wrists, and a few on my face. They were always covered in make up and fake smiles.

Teddy bear, you are my teddy bear. You were comforting and quiet. How did love become so violent? Oh, teddy bear, you were my teddy bear  Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me.

Everything had overflowed into abuse. By the end of the day, my skin would be painted black and blue. One night, he had attempted to slit my throat, leaving me with a faint scar across my neck. I didn't know who he was anymore. He wasn't my husband.

I threw you out. I didn't outgrow you. I just didn't know you. But now you're back. It's so terrifying how you paralyze me. Now you're showing up inside my home. Breathing deep into the phone. I'm so unprepared. I'm fucking scared...

I ended up packing my bags and going to a hotel after he left for work. I couldn't stay there anymore. I had reached my breaking point. That night, he blew up my phone with texts and phone calls, each one worst than the last. I made sure to let the hotel workers know not to tell him I was here if he came here looking for me. I turned my phone off and got into the bed. My sleep was plagued with nightmares and night terrors.

Teddy bear, you are my teddy bear. You were comforting and quiet. How did love become so violent? Oh, teddy bear, you were my teddy bear  Everything was so sweet until you tried to kill me.

I never went back. I stayed in the hotel for a long time. When I saw the news report on Kristoph, it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. He was behind bars.

He couldn't hurt me anymore.