#I will be back with a vengeance to torment you with Snatcher (and maybe even some Sebastian Solace) stuff >:)

[astral-serpent]

Can snake schmoove

Of course Snake can schmoove, they're all wiggly and noodley! When they're not being lazy, anyway..

The person behind the snakesona, though? Uh.....

No

[eldritch-araneae]

Uhh for the prompts how bout...hat kid having a nightmare and going to snatcher abt it. Cuddles ensue (btw I love your writing and art so much, it makes my heart warm

Hah, this is my fav angst theme of all time, so here you go!)

But I made things slightly different tho ;)

I hope you’ll like it anyway.

Hunger. 

It’s all you know, a constant hunger. 

Be be more, to become bigger, stronger, so that ice witch would never lay a finger on you. You must kill more. Vengeance. Hunger.

You smell a new victim entering your forest. You move through shadows with grace towards your target. You gaze upon your prey and suddenly your core runs cold. It was her, your kid, standing there. 

Your body moves on it’s own, slithering towards little girl, like a hungry snake that ready to swallow its prey. You trying to stop this, but hunger is too much! The kid sees you and smiles, waving to you. 

No! Kiddo, run! 

You trying to warn her, to shoo her away, but instead of words only hissing escapes your throat.

You dangerously coil around her tiny body, there is no way she can run away now. Terror and guilt fills you, but you still trying to resist, trying to pull away. But the hunger is too much, too much, too much!

You loom over her. She looks at you.

“Papa?” she tilts her head to the side, confused at what you are doing. Run, please run! Any normal person would be terrified at this moment but not her. The kid loves you, she trusts you with her life.  It was a mistake, a huge mistake! 

You watch in horror are your body open its mouth and ---

Your eyes are wide open!

For few seconds the horrible nightmare faded, revealing that you are not in the forest, but on spaceship. 

You’re currently laying in the mound of pillows, which became the usual spot for you to rest. You  also noticed a blanket wrapped around you tightly. Right. Even though you don't really need it, it’s still comforting being wrapped in something warm and soft. It makes your rest easier...but not this time.

You sigh heavily, you can't get proper sleep a week now. Night terrors are plaguing your mind. They always about the same thing: about you killing the kid. It doesn't matter how, you always end up killing her and she...she never runs away, she never expects you to attack! 

You hate this so much, you still feel terrible about the fact that you tried to kill her in the past. She forgave you, but you can’t forgive yourself. You don’t deserve to be loved, but she thinks you do. You can’t let go, you just cant!

And what makes thing worse that you still can hurt her, by accident! This is what happened a week ago!

You wanted to help her to recover timepieces on unfamiliar planet. There was some corporate asshole, who wanted to use the timepiece for his selfish plans. He was...very much like Vanessa. Obsessive, possessive, entitled, just awful. He thought himself of hero while in reality he was just a garbage! 

That made you snap, you lost your cool and, in few minutes, he was no more.

You took a timepiece, pleased with yourself, but then you saw the kid lying on the floor. Your core sank, you rushed to her side. She looked burned, did this asshole somehow got her? When did this happen? Thankfully, you always carry healing pons with you just in case. The kid sighed in relief when she got healed.

“What happened?!” you asked, still being in shock.

“Oh, I...um..” she looked at you apologetically.” When you got angry at this guy, you unleashed so many lasers! I couldn’t run out on them so quickly, I’m sorry!”

Your eyes widened, it was you! Being in rage, you completely forgot that she was in the room with you! You completely forgot that you need to be careful with your magic! You forgot! 

Kid suddenly hugged your you. Suddenly you became aware of how much you were shaking!

“It’s okay, it was accident!” she pleaded “I know you didn’t meant it! Please don’t be sad!”

“I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU!” you raised your voice, more than you expected. She flinched, but didn't let go!

“Well...but you’ll be careful next time! Right?” 

Yes, after this you became more aware of your surroundings. You made sure that none of your projectiles are in the kids way. But guilt kept eating you away, you wanted to burn yourself to the ground! 

And then those nightmares are started, constantly reminded you that you are horrible monster. You may lie to yourself, thinking that you can be happy, that you can live a fulfilling life. But deep down know that you’re just pretending.

You closed your eyes and try again, maybe if you sleep you’ll feel better. But images of nightmare are still fresh in your tired mind.

So you get up, still wrapped in blanket and float to kid’s bed. You stare at her sleeping form, carefully listening to her breathing. You just need to make sure she’s okay.

“Damn it, please, just let me live!” you whispered to yourself. You don’t wanna be afraid anymore, you’re so tired of this! 

“Snatcher?” she mumbled, her sleepy eyes are looking at you now.

Crap, how did you manage to wake her up?!

“Sorry, kiddo…”

“Are you okay?” she asked, yawning.”You look so sad…”

“I…” you are not sure if you should tell her. Not because you think it’ll make you look weak, but because you don’t wanna burden her. She is a child, adults are not supposed to pour their emotions over small children. Your kid must focusing on growing up and having fun, not dealing with your trauma and fears!

“Did you had a nightmare?” well, she always been smart!

You slowly nod.

“Do you wanna talk about it?”

You shake your head this time. Again, you won't burden her with this. Maybe when she’ll grows up, but not now.

Then you realized something: she’s mirroring you right now. When she has nightmares, you would ask her same questions. You would talk about this as you comfort her, holding her close to your chest.

Then she moves to the side of the bed, patting an empty space next to her. You still no sure, she better be resting right now.

“Kid, you should sleep, I’ll be okay.” you smiled weakly as you got up, trying to move back to pillow mound. But she quickly grabbed your blanket.

“But you always cuddle with me when I have bad dream!” she’s pulling you back towards her.” Why can’t I do the same for you? It’s not fair!”

You turn around to see her pouting at you right now as she keeps pulling the blanket. You can’t help but chuckle a bit, she way too adorable. 

And looks like you can’t argue against this, you know she won’t let go now. So, you made yourself smaller to comfortably fit in her bed. Then you lay next to her, wrapping your blanket around both of you. She snuggles into your mane and lets out sigh of relief as you wrap your arms around her.

In few minutes she fell asleep, completely relaxed against you. You lay a bit longer, listening sounds of the spaceship and her breathing. Having her in your arms relaxed your tormented mind, allowing you finally slip into dreamless sleep.