I really enjoy Snatcher and Hat Kid fluffiness.
Enjoy!
"Pretty sure I told you to beat it, kid." Snatcher growled, trying very hard to ignore the small child climbing onto his chair arm.
"Whatcha reading?" she asked him, trying to peer into the book.
"It's called 'How to Kill Nosy Kids'," the shadow hissed, smiling at her, "Chapter 3, Strangulation. I'm picking up lots of tips."'
Hat Kid stuck her tongue out at him. "I'd turn you blue first!"
Snatcher frowned. "Get lost kid. Go climb a tree, eat some dirt, fall down and cry or something. Go be a kid somewhere else."
"Fine!" she hopped off the chair, slipping and falling on her side. Snatcher started howling with laughter. Hat Kid sniffled and ran out of his home. "I'm gonna climb a tree then!"
Snatcher laughed for a long time, thinking about Hat Kid falling off his chair like that. A priceless moment, and he was glad to catch it. He settled back into his book. He'd give the Hat Brat ten minutes before she gave up and came back to bother him.
Ten minutes pass. Then twenty. Then thirty.
He was starting to get curious, and a little concerned. Did she leave the Subcon entirely? That was so unlike her. Was it because he laughed?
One of Snatcher's minions came to his door. "Boss? We have a situation."
Snatcher sighed. "It's the brat, isn't it?"
The minion nodded. "She's, well, she's stuck in a tree. She's blaming you and we can't get her down."
Snatcher snarled and slammed his book shut. "Where's the brat? She better hope she falls out of the tree before I get to her...lead me."
Hat Kid gripped the branch she was stuck on for dear life. She had no idea how she got up here. One moment she was hopping along the other tree branches closer to the ground, and now here she was. Hundreds of feet above the air.
Below her, dozens of spirits and the minions of Snatcher that she's befriended gathered below her. She could only glance down for a few moments at a time before the sheer scale of how high up she was got her shivering.
Stupid Snatcher...
"Hey! Kid!" a familar voice shouted from below. "How did you get up there?!"
"I-I don't know! Help!" she whimpered back. "I'd look at you, but I'm afraid if I look down I'll pass out!"
She heard an angry groan. Hat Kid managed to slowly look down. She saw a Snatcher circling up the tree. She watched him get closer and closer, climbing to her branch.
Snatcher reached her branch, looking very upset. "You brat, dragging me all the way out here."
Hat Kid whimpered, tears in her eyes, as she looked at him pitifully. She reached out to him. He sighed, mumbling something under his breath as he gently grabbed her. "I got you, kiddo." he assured her, as she clung tightly to his spectral form.
He began to float downward. "When I said 'Go climb a tree', I didn't think you would take it so literally." She stuck his tongue out at him in reply. "Hey! You want me to drop you? I can!" he threatened, although there wasn't any force behind his words.
Regardless, she yelped "No no!" before hiding her face in the fluff around his neck.
Snatcher floated to the ground, the dwellers and minions cheering. Before she hopped down to the ground, Hat Kid gave the demonic shadow a peck on his cheek. Snatcher frowned. "Kid, get down before I strangle you."
Hat Kid giggled. "You care!"
"No I don't! Now get the heck out of my forest!" Snatcher roared, pointing to the exit.
Hat Kid laughed harder as she ran out of the woods, several dwellers running alongside her.
Snatcher shook his head. She was just some kid. He didn't care about her at all.
