TW: suicidal thoughts
Duncan is safely retiring in Small Town, USA. He's had a few people try to "beat" the Black Kaiser but he's taken them all out very easily & the bodies are very easily gotten rid of. There's a few short months of bliss where no one tries to kill him & he thinks he's in the clear.
Which is when someone breaks into his cabin.
He fights them off, and is surprised to feel his assailant go limp beneath him.
"Fool," he laughs, "You didn't even try."
"I don't want to try," the intruder says, "I want to die."
"I'm not that type of killer, Kid," he mumbles, standing to flip on the light, "Do it yourself."
The young man lying on the floor is disheveled, clothes in tatters, and looks as if he's seen better days. "I can't, I've tried. I..."
"Not my problem." Duncan climbs back to bed.
He wakes up to find the same strange young man in his house. "You're still here."
"Please, sir," he says, his voice shaking, "I need...I can't do it again.
"Do what?"
"The full moon. It hurts so bad and I can't...I don't want to kill anyone else."
Duncan smiles. "If you're trying to tell me you're a werewolf then you need more help than I thought you did. Go home, boy. I'm not killing you.
The young man falls to Duncan's feet, grabbing his ankles.
"PLEASE KILL ME! PLEASE! PLEASE I CAN'T..."
He sighs.
Maybe if he just humors him and helps the young man figure himself out this will end. "What's your name?"
"Aiden," his intruder says with tears in his eyes, "My name is Aiden."
"Aiden," he says softly, "How about...I chain you up and watch you turn?”
“No, no I can't...I..."
Duncan lifts his chin up. "If you do turn I'll put a bullet in between your eyes. If you don't...you go home and never bother me again."
"I think this is a bad idea. I...I don't want to hurt you."
"You won't."
Aiden nods, seemingly calm now, and stands to sit at the table again. "The full moon is in eleven days."
"Then you won't have to wait much longer."
"Thank you, Kaiser," Aiden says, wiping away tears, "Thank you. I..."
"Duncan," he says, "Call me Duncan."
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