Golden Guard x Reader

HC11- Emotionally neglected y/n

Requested by: @Hailey_M16

(Note and slight warning: This does contain real life problems with emotional neglect and some unhealthy habits you could get into after being emotionally neglected, I do not recommend you do any of these in real life but I understand sometimes it's kinda uncontrollable. The best thing to do in this situation is get a good support system to talk about things with and people you trust, also this lets yourself know that there are others in the world that care about you, you don't need to deal with everything on your own [coming from a person with previous emotional neglect] )

Now, onto the headcanon
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• When you first opened up to Hunter that you have been emotionally neglected by others, he understands mostly because he could relate

• You said that everything around you just now feels empty and bare, you want to feel sad about things and to be able to feel feelings but it's just not there, you don't know where it went

• Hunter listens to you as you tell him everything, he takes your hand intertwining your fingers in his while rubbing his thumb gently over your index to remind you he's right there with you

• He has had experience in the past with emotional neglect, mostly because Belos wasn't really there as a parental-type person, he was more like a master of him so he couldn't really go to him if something happened that he needed comfort over

• He just resorted to keeping things inside and dealing with them on his own, telling himself that he's alright and that he could deal with it

• He's grateful that you're telling him this because when he was experiencing the worst of the emotional neglect, he didn't talk to anyone which made things worse (before you came along, once you were a part of his life, he opened up to you about things because he trusted you so much and he got the help he needed with your support)

• If you have low self esteem from the emotional neglect, Hunter makes sure to tell you how actually amazing you are, he tells you all your awesome talents and best things about yourself that brings a smile to your face

• Having low self esteem was a main problem of his that he was dealing with from emotional neglect, he always saw himself as not enough, that he always had to be better for the satisfaction of others so he could really relate to you on that point

• He constantly reminds you that he's always there for you no matter what, and that you are so incredible, he's so grateful to have you in his life because you bring happiness to him with just your presence

• Does his best to help you deal with the emotional neglect because really, it's a learning path for both of you, you two give each other tremendous amount of support through things and you both make sure to remind each other how great the other one is

• He tells you this all the time but he loves you very much, everything about you just makes his heart complete and if you weren't a part of his life he doesn't know where he'd be now

• He gently puts his hand on your cheek that you lean into feeling his touch, "you're a blessing to this world y/n and whoever did this to you is just awful, I'll keep you safe no matter what"

• Gently pulling you into a hug, he places a soft kiss to the top of your head, he'll make sure you know that you do matter and that you are enough, more than enough

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