Dread potion with tord?
Oh! I haven't seen this type of prompt in forever gjsjghdh. Thanks for the angst inspiration :3
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"Oooooo what's this you got here, my love? Blood mixed with cola-?"
"Don't touch that." You lightly slapped Tord's hand away from the crimson red bottle on the shelf. He just huffed and glared at you, rubbing his hand.
"Well I told Matt and Edd not to touch any stuff in my lab...but they didn't listen."
"...and that makes it okay for you to do the same with my stuff?"
"...yes?"
This man was difficult to understand sometimes. So you just returned to your seat, flipping through your book of potions and trying to read. But he leaned against you, arms wrapped around you as he nuzzled his face into your neck.
"You never answered my first question." He mumbled, clearly doing everything he can to distract you.
"I call it a dread potion." You explained. "The effects bring out one's worst fears. Like an LSD trip without you needing to smoke anything...and way more graphic."
"Ahhh..very interesting." Tord hummed as he briefly rested his chin on your shoulder, frowning as he looked over the text. It was in some odd language, with symbols he couldn't understand. "But I'll be honest. All this "magic" stuff sounds like crap..no offense."
'Well that makes sense coming from a tech-geek.' You sighed. "I didn't have this ancient book passed down to me only for my idiot boyfriend to call it "crap". If it bothers you so much, just leave."
"........"
He silently let go of you and walked away. At first you were glad, but to not hear the door open confused you. So you turned around to repeat yourself--
Only to see him pop the cork off the dread potion and drink some of it.
"TORD!! What the hell are you doing?!" You jumped out of your chair in outrage.
"Proving your bluff! We'll see who's the real idiot now!" He had a smug grin as he put the bottle down, wiping a sleeve over his mouth. "You know you should really invest in making cocktails or something useful, not this childish-"
But when Tord turned to face you, he didn't see your room anymore.
Instead he found himself in the middle of a bloody battlefield. It was nighttime, distant buildings lit on fire. There were zombies everywhere, eating the flesh of every human except him. He could also faintly hear gunshots and the screams of men.
"H-Huh..? How did I....where's-?!" He could feel burning pain in his arm and he looked down at it, horrified to see his flesh bloody and melted away.
Just like when he emerged from his destroyed robot after it crashed.
"No..this was..I-I know it was fixed!!"
Hearing the groans of zombies, he glanced back up and saw his two comrades--Patryk and Paul--limping towards him. One of them snarled and lunged for his arm, but he yelled and hit him, before running off.
Then he bumped into his robot, which was incredibly damaged but somehow still standing. As it looked down at him, he could see someone through the main window:
It was Tom.
"T-Tom?! How on earth did you-"
"Not so high and mighty now, huh, you prick?!!" As the robot raised its arm, the cannon suddenly shot out a giant harpoon. Tord screamed and jumped out of its way, though it flew so fast it managed to slash the side of his face.
He yelled in pain as he tumbled into the grass, holding his face and realizing he couldn't see out of his eye.
"You were right, Tord...we were never friends."
"Your blood is the only good thing about you, but I don't know if I even want that."
Looking up, he gasped upon seeing Edd, floating in the air and glowing with radiation, while Matt was now a vampire. The robot Tom was still piloting stood behind them, rocket launcher at the ready.
Tord was tearing up, shaking violently as he curled up, begging for forgiveness. But his former friends just laughed at him, calling him a liar and a monster. He could even hear your own voice telling him this was all his fault.
Back in reality, though, he was curled up in the corner of your room, sobbing and shouting at you to get away. The real Edd, Tom, and Matt all arrived upon hearing the commotion, confused as to why he was screaming at nothing.
Eventually you found your stash of emergency potions that would negate any effects of the others. It took all three men to restrain Tord so you could make him drink the potion, hoping whatever horrible visions he was having will go away fast.
And thank the stars they did, as he returned to his senses and realized he wasn't in any actual danger, and nobody was trying to kill him.
All he could see now were the faces of concerned friends and partner.
"M-My friends..I..." Tears fell down his face faster than he could talk.
You and the others were shocked. Ever since Tord came back, he only ever referred to them as "roommates" and "acquaintances".
Never "friends" until now.
Then he looked at you, hugging you tightly. "I-I'm sorry for mocking you, and everything I did to hurt you all. I never wanted th-this..I just...d-don't hate me, please..." He ended up mumbling apologies in Norwegian as he cried.
You hugged him back, keeping your hand on the back of his head so he knew you were real. You smiled as the others joined in the embrace. Even Tom reluctantly did, though only after Matt forced him to.
You would've told Tord "I told you so" for messing with things he didn't understand, but you decided to hold your tongue for now.











