~^ Wait for me ^~ Childe x (Fem)Reader { Short Story }

{ Together At Last }

"Childe?" You murmured out, your voice shaking as you clenched your throat. The air around you was freezing, and a sting of pain suffocated you with every breath you took.
"Childe please... Respond!" You mustered out a few bits of strength to scream out to him, but he only walked away. His back facing towards you.
Every step he got a bit further.
Further away
From you.
Into the void.
Into the Abyss.

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You jolted awake. The sun beaming at your face with brilliant bright light that stung your eyes. You instantly groaned out a bit and shielded your face from any more exposure to this light.
After a bit, you slowly opened your eyes. Through your blurred out vision you could make up a man, with orange hair and brilliant ocean blue eyes, sitting next to you with a worried expression.
You were in a fetal position in the bed, curled up, legs clenching the blanket like your life depended on it.
"Childe...?" You croaked, your voice breaking slightly
"Yes? Right here Girlie, not goin anywhere" He reassured, placing his hand ontop of yours. Your grip on the blankets loosed as you felt a wave of relief wash through you.
You allowed yourself to relaxed as you let out a small sigh, not noticing that your eyes were puffy from crying in your sleep.
Childe continued to stare at you with concern. You had experienced a bad dream, perhaps even a horrible nightmare. He was determined to find out what it was about. Though, he could tell is was something related to him. He figured that out very fast as you were muttering his name the whole time you were twitching and turning in bed. You let out whimpers and cries of his name, a frightening Melody. Though he would admit, you sounded adorable. But seeing you go through such anguish, broke his heart.
He sighed and put his other hand underneath yours.
"Tell me what happened" He said. Almost demanding it.
"It's nothing... Just some animals dying and stuff...."
You lied, slightly moving pressing your hand against his in order to feel the warmth of his.
Completely obliviously, unknowingly, giving him a astronomical clue.
He sighed.
"You shouldn't lie to me Girlie. It doesn't work on me you know"
He was a bit disappointed that you weren't trusting enough of him to tell him about your bad dreams.
As if she heard his thoughts, she shook her head.
"It's not that I don't trust you... It's that...." She trailed off, slowly sitting up to look at Childe properly.
"I... Don't want you to get mad...." You muttered, moving your hands to sandwich his this time.
Again, you have him a clue.
He figured it out.
"Let me guess, I left you all alone in the freezing harsh temperatures of Snezhnaya?" He said nonchalantly, watching your eyes widen in disbelief.
He clicked his tongue.
Nailed it.
You were only able to give him a reluctant nod as you felt him push your face up to meet his. He gave you a small, but reasuring smile before pushing his lips against yours.
This kiss was different. The feel was passionate, and almost a bit desprete. A sort of wholesome, and gentle kiss. Something that Childe really never did. He was never "Gentle" with anything. He was more of a brute, and was only ever kind and sweet with his family.
Distracting you with the kiss, he snaked his way around you and quickly embraced you. He pulled away from the kiss, and enveloped you in his radiant, infectious, loving energy.
Oh how much you missed this.
How much you missed Him.
His gentle and intoxicating touch that sent shivers down your spine. His bright and adorable smile that would get you giddy like a middle school girl. His handsomeness when protecting you. His cunningness in battle. His skills in all forms of weaponry. His care and concern for those he cared for dearly. The ocean blue eyes that you could practically swim in while staring at him.
His warmth that made you feel safe and secure, no matter the location and situation.

You subconsciously clung onto him and burried your face into his chest.
He chuckled a bit and placed his hand on your head, giving you a few head pats before shifting his position so that you were laying ontop of him comfortably.
   You felt tears threatening to excape your eyes as you clutched onto his cloths harder.
He let out a quiet, short, almost sad chuckle.
"Let it out, don't pull a "Me" now" he said, lightening the mood as you began to sob silently onto his chest.
   Oh how his heart shattered to pieces when he heard you cry. His heart felt like exploding, as he was unable to bare any of these emotional burdens you were bearing alone. His gaze on you sofened so much that Fatui probably couldn't even recognize him anymore. It was incredibly out of character to be this cheesy and caring, but for you, he didn't mind.