(( :) ))
At hearing the door open, he automatically assumed it was going to be Simon. He turned, preparing to yell at the man for the next few hours. He was not at all expecting to see Astral, his surprise turning to complete shock when Astral let the facade drop. He almost fell off the couch. “W-What the Hell…Who are you?!” He said, his surprise quickly turning into anger.
Astral towered over the man, glaring down at him.
"I'm Simon's new owner," he growled. He grabbed the man by his hair, dragging him down to his knees at Astral's feet. He forced the man to look know in the eyes. The God's were too bright, it quickly became like staring into the sun.
"And I'm going to punish you for what you did to my toy."
((Dang Simon’s really just trying to have a not toxic relationship and the universe is like “no❤️“))
“So you’re who that little slut ran off to.” He chuckled softly, not actually sounding amused in the slightest. His whole cocky act faded a bit when Astral forced him to stare into his eyes. He flinched, quickly trying to look away.
(The poor bby ;_;)
Astral's grip tightened on the man, his other hand grabbing his chin. Astral leaned in so their noses were almost touching. There was no escape.
"You're never going to see him again," Astral growled. "But he'll get to hear you scream…"
And yet, Nathan, being a dumbass, acted like he was still in control. “Are you threatening me?” He growled, his eyes narrowing at the other.
((I accidentally made him into an angry Redneck Alcoholic stereotype h e l p))
(ohn u)
Astral snarled, slamming the man's head against the ground, over and over. He didn't dignify the man with a response, glaring at him in seething rage.
((No Nathan, clearly he was not threatening you and he’s not going to harm you :D))
Astral had used enough force that it actually knocked Nathan out. That is, unless Astral wanted him back awake.
(:D)
Astral wanted to continue, he really did, but he could later. He pulled the man up by his hair, dragging him away. In a moment, he was back in the palace, bringing the man into his work room.
Unfortunately, Simon had begun to wake up, having slept long enough to be well rested, he’d slowly woken up naturally, which surprised him. He thought Astral would’ve come to wake him up by now. ‘Where is he?’ He thought to himself, but still not being fully awake, he’d decided not to worry about it. That is until he heard the door for the work room opening. “Astral?” He called out loudly, beginning to get out of bed and go look for the other.
Astral was strapping the unconscious man to a chair, in the middle of waking him up when Simon called out. He let the man in whatever state of consciousness he was currently in, going out of the room to check on Simon.
"Yes?" He asked, opening the door and leaning against the frame.
“S-sorry if I’m bothering you. I just expected you to have come and woken me up by now…” he said, only then realizing he didn’t even really know what time it was. “Did you go somewhere?” He asked out of curiosity.
"Ah, no you're not bothering me." Maybe just a little, but it didn't matter. "Yes, I did in fact go somewhere." Astral offered his hand to Simon.
"Would you like to see what I got?"
He nodded cautiously, taking Astral’s hand. “U-um sure.” It only registered then in his mind that he hadn’t known the time because he couldn’t find his phone to check it. He didn’t think much of it though.
((Also would you like the Official List now??))
(Yes please!)
((Okay let me write that up real quick then!))
Astral lead Simon down the way, passing by the living room. There seemed to be a hushed silence over everything. Everyone knew what was going, or so they thought. Astral pushed the door to the work room completely open, showing the semi concious man strapped down to a chair.
((So basically….These aren’t really organized in any specific order btw
But Nathan is a very controlling alcoholic. He’s been dating Simon for around five months, Simon moving in with him after like the first month and things got bad pretty much automatically. Nathan treats him more like an object than a person, and makes Simon feel guilty about everything he does, even just eating. (Needless to say, Simon’s preexisting eating disorders didn’t help.) Nathan was gone pretty much all day for work but wouldn’t let Simon leave the apartment (and he used the app on Simon’s phone to make sure he wouldn’t leave). Nathan was always really angry when he came back from work, which pretty much always resulted in Simon getting hit and verbally abused. Nathan purposefully uses degrading feminine terms when he’s insulting him because he’s found it to be the most effective (stuff like bitch and whore, ya know). He’s threatened Simon’s life on multiple occasions, once starved him for an entire week, and has almost drowned him in the kitchen sink several times. He’s also raped Simon multiple times, or pressured him into sex. When Simon ran away the first time (only a week or two after he’d moved in with Nathan), Nathan broke both of his ankles afterwards (using some type of blunt weapon). Yeah and ig he also just hates when Simon cries, and has gotten mad at him about it, which is why Simon is usually trying his best not to cry when Astral hurts him. Well that turned into a very long paragraph….oops.))
Simon let out an audible gasp, his hands covering his mouth. “Astral! What did you do??” He didn’t sound angry at Astral, it was more like he was angry that Nathan was in a space that he’d felt relatively safe in.
((Dang imagine of when Simon breaks he just becomes like…100% apathetic and doesn’t react to anything Astral does? I feel like Astral would hate that))
(I… I hate this man with a burning passion)
(And I can see a few ways of Astral handling that, from just turning him into a trinket and moving on, to… well, you'll see me setting up the other things soon enough ;) )
Astral lightly put one hand on Simon's shoulder.
"I know how much he must have hurt you," he said softly. "I want him to pay for that." Astral turned a bit, facing Simon entirely.
"What would you like me to do to him, Simon?"
((G O O D :) ))
((Also I totally didn’t think way too in depth about this last night and cry for like 30 minutes…I’m very tired lmao))
He stumbled back a step or two. “I-I…” he started stammering out, really unable to think of a way to respond. He hadn’t wanted this. He’d just wanted to be free from Nathan, not actually hurt him.
Astral reached out, gently taking Simon's hands in his.
"Please, Simon," he said softly. "He's hurt you so much. I… I want to make sure he won't be able to hurt anyone else ever again." He reached out a hand to cup Simon's cheek, being so gentle with his touch.
He actually did hesitate then, he looked up at Astral. Astral could probably tell he was scared. “I-I don’t want to hurt him. I know he’s terrible but..” He couldn’t do it, doing that would only validate some of his worst fears. Like that people only got hurt, and did terrible things, because of him.
Astral's eyes widened just a bit when he saw how scared Simon was.
"Okay," he said softly. He hugged Simon a moment, keeping himself in front of Simon so he didn't have to look at the man. "Then I won't. I'll just tuck him away somewhere safe, so he can't hurt anyone, okay?" He could actually punish the man later.
He sniffled a bit, looking up at the other. “You promise?” He asked softly.
Meanwhile Nathan was coming back to consciousness somewhat, so that could be a problem.
"I promise." Astral didn't notice the man waking up, too busy comforting Simon. He ran his fingers through the man's hair, holding him close.
"I won't hurt a hair on him, but he's not going to be able to do anything either."
“Okay…” He said, seeming to calm down at last. Which of course quickly got ruined by Nathan waking up. Having heard Simon’s voice, his eyes narrowed.
“Simon!” He barked out, Simon flinching. “You little bitch when I get my hands on you you’ll wish you were never born!”
Astral stiffened for a moment, face hardening. He held Simon close a moment more, then let go, turning to the man.
"I would suggest shutting the fuck up," he growled. He made his way over, and suddenly it was very, very hard to keep his promise to Simon. Still, he controlled himself, grabbing the man's chin.
Simon had started trembling in Astral’s arms, getting nervous when he pulled away but he stayed quiet. Simon backed up a step, thinking of just leaving the room.
Astral glanced back at Simon, offering him an assuring look.
"It'll be over in a second," he promised softly. He turned back to the man in his hand. He moved his fingers to press a bit into his cheek, letting his powers flow into him. It was shrinking him, reshaping him.