CW/TW: Crying, guilt mention, slight angst, and sadness mention if you wish not to read this Igor scenario below. Feel free to past scroll this.
Igor Scenario #1: Tears from the Heart (This is literally my first writing prompt ever, so please forgive me if it's a little too sad or if the title is dumb)
[Setting: Igor's castle, nighttime]
It was getting late at night, and Eva, Scamper, and Brian were already asleep in their rooms. Igor was about to get dressed and get ready for bed when he stumbled upon his beret on his nightstand. He had completely forgotten all about it a few weeks ago after saving Eva and Malaria. It was a gift from Eva on the night of the Evil Science Fair. He explained that nobody had ever given him a gift before. He really loved his gift. It was really special to him because it came straight from Eva's heart.
Igor kept staring at the beret for a few minutes until he grabbed it, sitting down on the side of his bed, and gently brushes it with his thumb. He looks at it with a small smile on his face. For a few seconds, he never realized how much that gift meant a lot to him. It made his heart swell with joy. Despite almost using Eva as a weapon and for his own gain to get to be someone famous if he were to win at the Evil Science Fair and be the Evil Scientist he ever so wanted to be, he genuinely cares about her. She may not be evil like he wanted her to be from the beginning. He simply loves her just the way she is.
He even apologized to her and admitted his own mistakes, which, in turn, she forgave him.
Still, all that guilt and all of that ambition to be someone he's not overpowered him whenever he kept thinking about it. He tries not to think about it anymore and let go of the past as he is still staring at the beret. He continued to admire his small gift before his smile turned to a small frown, sniffles, breathed shakily, and his eyes began to pour out tears. He sobbed quietly. For the first time for the majority of his life, after all these years, he cried. And he is not ashamed for it this time.
He brings the beret close to his heart and firmly grasps it with his hands as he feels all the guilt crept up back to him. His tears fell upon his face as he weeped and with his eyes closed. He utterly feels guilty about what happened before, but at this moment, it hits him differently. All that goal to be an evil somebody strikes him in the chest and in the heart. All that guilt washed all over him. He has never felt this much sadness and more guilt in his entire life. This is still all new to him after Malaria's freedom and the sunshine had returned. He doesn't want to stop this feeling. He wanted to keep feeling this way. He wanted to cry. He really wanted to let it all out.
All those emotions he had bottled up for the most part of his life back when he used to believe everything about embracing evil, back when he used to be a lab assistant to Dr. Glickenstein, back when he took all of his former master's cruelty, and back when he thought and hoped that he could have a chance to be with the woman (Heidi/Jaclyn who was a shapeshifter and a female Igor all along) of whom he used to have a crush on by winning her heart have been spilled out.
Sobbing still, the hunchback lay down on his bed and turned to his side with the beret in hand. He hugged himself with his arms, curling himself into a ball. Igor has never been more grateful to create and bring Eva into the world. He is also grateful to have a kind and gentle friend like her. She showed him that he doesn't need fame and fortune to make him happy. It's about friends who care about him that counts. He would rather be a good nobody than an evil somebody as that was once said from Eva. He continued to cry his heart out until a couple of minutes later. He cried himself to sleep despite him wearing his casual clothes on still. He didn't notice that. He was exhausted from the crying and his eyes hurt and had a slight headache to care. All of those sadness and guilt have washed away as he is dreaming away. Now that he lets it all out, he feels good. Much better even.
He's not one to show or express his emotions often in front of anybody, but these new emotions do help him to know what it feels like to be a person with a good heart who is not afraid or even ashamed to express his feelings. Even if it means him telling his friends what's going on inside of his mind. Frustrated or sadness. When he does get it all out, Scamper, Brain, and Eva will make sure that he is not alone and is there for him no matter what, like true, loyal friends he could ever wanted. He is so thankful to have friends like them.
So, what do y'all think? It may not be my greatest scenario, but I hope it's good.
What got me inspired to write this? I listened to this beautiful song from the Inuyasha soundtrack (duration is 2:40 and no words) below👇
If you listened to it while reading this, hopefully, it will strike you in the heart.