ᴛꜰ2 ᴍᴇʀᴄꜱ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ!

ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ - ʜᴇᴀᴅᴄᴀɴɴᴏɴꜱ + ᴍɪɴɪ ᴅʀᴀʙʙʟᴇ

Request: looks at you with my silly little eyes Heavy with a reader that has trouble managing anger? (Gender neutral preferably)

Wc: 0.7k

Themes: Fluff, comfort

A/N: I personally don't struggle with anger, so I apologise for anything that's wrong! Please tell me if there's anything I should fix or add^^

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-Heavy's really sweet when it comes to helping you with managing your anger.

-You discuss and communicate lots of things beforehand, such as whether or not you'd like to be touched/physically reassured or your tells when you're beginning to get into an irritable mood.

-If you are comfortable with physical contact when you're in that type of mood, he'll gladly run gently circles over your back and/or play with your hair. He'll cuddle/hug you if you're comfortable with the pressure, too

-If he can tell that you're beginning to get irritated, then he'll do his best to subtly take you away from whatever's irritating you. If it's a person that's being rude, he'll try to help you out, but will absolutely have your back if the person is being unreasonable.

-If you have a comfort thing, such as food, a plushie, a sketchbook, a texture, be sure to tell him and Heavy will try to make sure to bring it to you.

-If you're afraid of getting to a point of hurting others physically or verbally, let him know. Pull him aside beforehand and let him know that you don't mean what you say. He'll do do his best to de-escalate situations for you, and he known you don't mean it when you say some things. He'll still love you no matter what. He knows you regret some things you say, and he doesn't hold it against you.

-That was actually one of the most terrifying moments, the first time your frustration had bubbled up and you weren't able to cool it down, so you ended up lashing out on Heavy. He'd semi-known you at this point, but you two weren't all that close. He'd made you a few sandwiches at times, and congratulated you on some nice kills, but he didn't go out of his way to be physically affectionate.

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One thing after another. This had been going on for days, and you could feel the bubble about to burst. Spilled your drink, the nib of your pencil wouldn't stop breaking, one of your favorite shirts had gotten a rip in it, and so much more. 

But what pushed you over the edge was Soldier. He was getting angry at you for seemingly nothing. It started with him wanting you to join in on his excersice, but you knew you were better off not hanging around with someone that loud, as that could just be even more headache and frustration-inducing. When you had attempted to gently explain yourself, he called you lazy. Your two voices only raised from there as the two of you got way to close to eachother, either of you prepared for if the other were to start swinging. Heavy must've heard the two of you, though you hadn't noticed him until he grabbed you and soldier by the back of your shirts like cats.

 
"Enough."

It wasn't as loud as Soldier was earlier, but it was stern, and immedeately shut the two of you up. Soldier finally marched off as soon as he was let go, and that left only you and Heavy in the room.

He sighed out, and attempted to give you a gentle hug. But as soon as his hands touched your sides you flinched and smacked his arms away.

"Don't touch me!"

You then looked up to catch his confused and.. Sad expression. He only wanted to help.

He sat down on the floor next to you and adverted his eyes.

"Sorry. Heavy shouldn't have touched without asking."

Then you regretted hurting him. Though, you're sure a small smack from you did no damage whatsoever to him, but the intent was still there.

You still weren't in the mood to have a conversation, but you needed to calm down; you needed comfort.

You sat down a few inches from Heavy's side. After a moment, you let your weight fall on his side.

A few minutes after that, you wrapped your arms around him- as much as you could.

"I'd... like that hug now, if that's alright."

He wasted no time in gently putting his arms around you and drawing light circles over your back.

Aug.1.23