A married cowboy? More plausible than it seems.
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(No hsr masterlist yet, sorry!) || Genshin masterlist
Tags: angst, some fluff, all hurt no comfort, established relationships, gn! reader.
Summary: What more can a galactic ranger wish for, surrounded by his beloved spouse, child and all of his friends?
Cw: mentions of death, loss of loved ones, revival of said loved ones, some self hatred (from boothill), dead reader
A/N: boo! yes, this is the new fandom i am writing for! and how could you guys tell that i love seeing the little guy in pain? more pain for boothill very, very soon! (i love him, he's such a funny dood)
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✩ You meant so much to him. You were both the reason he picked up the gun and the reason he set it down at the door.
✩ He was ecstatic to adopt a child of your own, to expand the family he had built with you.
✩ He admittedly cried the day your little kiddo pointed at him and call ‘dada’ in your arms.
✩ Boothill didn't say it much, but he always looked forward to arriving home to your warm smile and table full of freshly made food.
✩ He would give up the world for you in a blink an eye.
✩ Boothill always loved to cuddle you and your child to sleep, even when he gets pushed right off the bed when either of his favorite people in the world fell asleep.
✩ He also loved to help you around the house and watch your daughter doodle on the floor, simply play house with her, or let himself be the dress-up doll to you and your daughter’s mischievousness.
✩ Boothill appreciated each day he got to live in peace with his family right by his side, in the rare, hard-earned peace at the farm.
★ So nothing can ever prepare him for that day.
★ He survived, just barely. But you?
★ He saw your body getting turned into ashes while making a futile attempt to protect your child.
★ Boothill had lost his family and everyone he loved in one day.
★ In Penacony, in the dream, he sees you once again, still perfectly healthy and waiting for him.
★ Boothill freezes up. He doesn't want you to see him in this state.
★ He has already lost himself, more metal than man, more bloodstained than even a hardened criminal.
★ For a moment, he wants to run away, somehow board his ship again and make a swift escape, just so you will not have to lay eyes upon his current state.
★ During that split second, you are already running to him for a hug, laying soft kisses all over his face with reckless abandon.
★ It is as if nothing changed, you, him and your sweet child in the golden wheat fields.
★ Boothill staggers but instinctively uses a hand to hold you up. He doesn't want to believe that this is just a dream.
★ He wants to be selfish just once, after all of the years he spent trying to protect his own justice.
★ He threads his now mechanical fingers through your hair slowly. Oh the things he would trade just to feel each strand against his skin again.
★ It is just like before, he kisses you awake and hands you your cup of coffee, all the while guiding his daughter out of bed and getting her to go change.
★ He watches you reheat the leftovers from the kitchen entrance, love shimmering in his eyes before pulling out the chairs for his royalties, you and your little daughter.
★ The peaceful days once again feel like they can go on forever, this time on the planet of festivities.
★ When Boothill fires the shot, he can still see you from afar. You look up at him, still holding the kiddo between your arms.
★ The barely healed wound inside his metal heart bleeds again when you smile at him, almost knowingly, and waves. Your kid waves along despite being confused, shooting a toothy smile at his direction.
★ Oh, she lost another tooth today. He wonders if you have helped little kiddo throw it onto the roof or do you need help with it later on when he returns.
★ Boothill closes his eyes tightly. He refuses to see his family slip through the cracks of his fingers again.
★ The dream ends for everyone, both those who want to be free of it and those who wish to sink. Boothill’s medals shimmer in the light cutting a path through the sky.
★ The moon is beautiful again tonight.
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