Yay, the first Paladins fanfic is made by me! If this little drabble counts as one, anyway.
Evie was just casually sighing in the spawn in the Ice Caves. It would last a little while before they needed to fight again, but both enemy teams decided to get there early. She did not look forward to fighting again. After all, the last few rounds had gone terrible for her! Just dying over and over again due to… well, everything. Well-used ultimates, sudden heals, miscalculations, bad luck… Yeah, you get the point.
"Having a bad day…"
She mumbled to herself. The little troublemaker was, surprisingly, not very eager to talk to anyone about her problems. However, she stopped her thinking as she suddenly saw Bomb King walking towards her. She felt intimidated: he had done awesome the last few rounds: Poppy Bomb trolling enemies off cliffs and a barrage of Grumpy Bombs on the Control Point or the payload. Bomb King put his hand on her shoulder.
"Is something the matter?"
She looked down towards the ground.
"Naw, it's fine… The round's almost starting, anyway. Just igno-"
She didn't get to finish her sentence as she was lifted in the air, two mechanical arms being wrapped around her affectionately.
"Give your king a big hug!" Bomb King said with a joyful tone. When he put her down, she was smiling legitimately.
"Thanks. I needed that."
"Of course! I am a generous king!"
That round, everything changed thanks to one little hug of affection. Bomb King was about to be finished off by an entire enemy team when Evie teleported right in front of him.
"FREEZE, JERK!" She shouted before unleashing her ultimate and gaining a quadra kill, the fifth member got blown up by Bomb King. When the statistics showed her as the top play, Bomb King kept saying "Awesome" over and over again. She smiled again as she knew she would do quite nicely the next few battles.
Was that nice? I hope so.