my most self indulgent idea involving one of my Hatchetfield ocs is plopping my guy Zero into Hey Melissa, because he would clock that something fucked is going on and he would save Paul. he would kill to save Paul and he is fully capable. and Paul, traumatized and fearing himself unworthy of love, would look at Zero covered in blood and telling him he's safe now, and see the only person in his world who cared enough to come for him.
alternate unhealthy attachment for Paul to develop, you see. collapsing into the arms of someone who's just as dangerous, but in a different way. Zero won't trap Paul, won't treat him like an animal, won't hurt him. he'll do anything for Paul, anything he asks, he's the knight in shining armor who saved him. as long as Paul doesn't ask questions. he doesn't need to know how Zero took care of it all so easily. where the bodies went. how it's all just disappeared for them, like it never happened. it doesn't matter. he's safe now.
it would be this. it would be THISSS