WAIT WAIT I HAVE MORE
And by the time Killer realizes that Nightmare hurts him more and he's behind half of his suffering, he already became masochist, and so, since he's having his trauma waves less and less, he starts causing himself physical pain, but because of that, his body grows weaker everyday, until he cannot get up.
And that's the point were Nightmare realizes what he had done is almost the same thing what others had done to him in the past, and decides on trying to help Killer.
To that, Killer would have two kind of reaction:
The first one is, that he pushes Nightmare away, because his mind is telling him to get hurt, but he knows it would kill him, and thinks Nightmare would just make it worst.
The second is that Killer lets Nightmare close to him, because he wants Nightmare to hurt him, since he doesn't realize psychical damage can be just as bad as physical.
Neither has a good outcome.
i don't think we talk about when Killer isn't smirking or causing chaos.
Those dark moments he has alone in his room when he can't think of anything to do, or is too unwell to get up and do anything. Nothing can distract him from the horrors of his trauma.
Hatred having no outlet other than himself.
lmao imagine the initial shock of seeing a meteor shower for the first time and thinking that it’s the Almighty casting out your creations as another act of rejection
"came back wrong" what about Came Back Afraid. You used to be brave. Too brave maybe, defying the odds at every turn, a fighter, cocky, playing with fire, first to throw yourself at the enemy. Until one day it all caught up to you. You came back, somehow, but now you know all too intimately how it feels to lose, to die, to be destroyed. Now you flinch and freeze and cower at the slightest provocation. Who even are you now if you can't be brave? The grave may have let you go, but the mortal fear still grips you tighter than ever.
“I think about you a lot Tech…every day. I think about how you would scan me, check the baby’s health every day…”
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“Please watch her over, wherever you are…”