TW: Mentions of violence and death threats
(Villain) stared at the table, hands crossed in front of them. They sighed, looking up and turning their cold gaze onto (V. Sidekick).
"How did you mess up?" They asked calmly.
(V. Sidekick) flinched, fear slowly appearing in their eyes. It was a simple question, an innocuous one. One they hoped would be answered honestly. They preferred a horrible truth than a sweet lie to their questions.
"I... Well, I was running with the loot when I got jumped." (V. Sidekick) mumbled, hands fidgeting together.
(Villain) raised a brow, slowly getting up from their seat. They clasped their hands behind their back, slowly walking around the table.
"Oh, you got jumped? By who?"
(V. Sidekick)'s eyes darted around the room for a bit before they fixated on their shaking hands.
"I... They said... If I told you-"
(Villain) placed a gloved hand on their shoulder. (V. Sidekick) tensed, their breath slowly becoming shallower and faster.
"They said what?" (Villain) asked, voice still as calm as ever even though that was far from what they were feeling.
The longer (V. Sidekick) stayed quiet, the more (Villain)'s anger started to rise up. Not to (V. Sidekick) but towards this mysterious person that jumped them, badly injured and scared and possibly blackmailed them. The loot was slowly becoming secondary in their mind which surprised them.
(Villain) leaned down to (V. Sidekick)'s ear.
"They said what?" (Villain) asked again, this time in a whisper.
By now, (V. Sidekick) was shaking badly, staring still at their hands.
(V. Sidekick) got up and whirled around quickly, tears streaming down their face.
"I can't!" They exclaimed, taking a step back only to bump into the table.
(Villain) roughly grabbed their wrists, anger boiling over.
"Why not?! It's a simple question!"
"Because if I told you, they said they would hunt you down and kill you and me!" (V. Sidekick) shot back, roughly yanking their arms free.
They hugged (Villain), silently sobbing in their shoulder. (Villain) stood there, stunned.