bleeding heart
pairing: john doe x gender neutral reader
pronouns used: they/them
summary: john doe gives his cannibal partner a gift
trigger warnings: cannibalism, skin picking, gore
w.c: 499
it was quiet, too quiet for your liking. john doe hadn't been home in hours; abnormal for them, considering you were used to him clinging to you like a cat twenty-four seven. for her to be gone this long, it almost scared you. what if something bad happened to it? what if they got tired of you? what if he...
you shook your head. no, they love you. it's attached to your hip when he's home. she can barely leave your side when you're together. they would never leave you.
you switched the television on, assimilating the static noise coming from the speakers. your mouth twitched into a small smile, your eyes falling closed, and you took a deep breath. you were at peace, despite the feeling of doe at your side being missing.
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you didn’t know how long you had been sleeping. when you peeked through the black-out curtains, it was pitch black, the moon being the only light illuminating the empty street. you sat down, rubbing your lateral muscles. where was doe?
you sighed, hunching forward, propping your head in your hands. your head was pounding, and your stomach felt like it was being eaten from the inside out.
you were starving.
you stood, took hurried steps to the kitchen and threw the fridge door open. and, like your growling stomach, it was empty. your eyebrows furrowed and you threw an arm across your belly, rubbing gently to try and sooth yourself.
you closed the fridge and rummaged through the freezer instead. nothing. you ransacked the cabinets to find one bite of anything, and to your shit luck, nothing.
you groaned, knees meeting the tile with a thud. how is there nothing to eat? you started picking at your scabs in frustration, knocking your head against a cabinet door.
the knocking came to an abrupt stop, though, when something tugged at your hair. you looked up and, to your delight, saw doe.
“my love.” you breathed, almost tackling them in a hug. “where have you been?”
john doe grins, her arms wrapping around your waist tightly. “i got you a gift.” he purred, burying its face in the crevice of your neck and shoulder.
the smell hit you with a pang, and for a moment you thought you could melt. a grin plastered across your tired face, and you sat up, taking a long whiff. doe wiped a bit of drool that escaped your starved mouth, laughing. with a tug of their hand, he dragged out a wrapped box, setting it on her stomach.
“open it, sweetheart.” they trilled, running its hands to your hips. gleefully, you tear the box apart, and with a moan, you almost cry at the sight.
“oh, my love...” you whisper, reaching in and cradling the heart. “thank you...”
with haste, you bit a chunk out of the organ, your eyes falling closed, and your stomach satisfied.
doe grinned as he watched you eat the heart out with love in their eyes.
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a/n: hope you enjoyed !!! and i promise i will get to some of your requests soon , writing’s hard <3