Felix was fearless. That was a fact. He had run straight into battle, killed and hurt many and won his place as the second in command of Peter Pan. He didn’t remember his past well, he didn't care at all unlike the other boys. When he thought about it, if he was on Neverland, it meant it was bad enough back there. He was one of the first lost boys that was handpicked by Peter Pan. To resume: the second in command was the fiercest and one of the best brawlers of the whole island.
And he was afraid of speaking to a girl.
Unlike most of the boys, he was not against having a small group of girls on Neverland. Actually, it was a good idea in his opinion: girls could be swift and knew how to gather secrets. They looked innocent enough and had lured Pan's enemies more than into their destruction.
And there was one that caught Felix's eyes and heart as well.
It didn't happen fast, if he remembered correctly. Maybe he had fallen for her when she used an arrow to attack a pirate straight into his face or when she jumped on a giant crocodile to save another lost boy.
The only time Felix had tried to talk to her had been an utter disaster: following some boys advice, he decided to pick some flowers sprouting near Mermaid's Lagoon and left them somewhere the girl could find them. How was he supposed to know they were a rare species of poisonous lavender? Poor (Y/N) had rashes for weeks, and thought someone in the camp did it on purpose. And Felix avoided her since then, too ashamed of his mistake.
That day started out as a normal one: Felix woke up before everyone else, at sunrise. He had checked if the guards had seen something, or if something had happened during the night. And speaking of the girl that occupied his mind for endless days and nights, (Y/N) came strutting in, carrying some hunting material.
"Felix, I am going hunting, care to join me?" She asked, taking the crossbow and putting it on her shoulder. "You are not walking away from me this time!" She gave him a warm and confident smile.
"I can't… Pan… He gave me a mission." He quickly lied, not looking at her, and found his foot very interesting.
"Fine…" She mumbled a bit angrily, and stomped away, deeper into the jungle. She did sound disappointed when he thought about it.
"Congratulations Felix. You made a fool of yourself again." Peter's voice reached his ears and the blond haired boy closed his eyes with a deep sigh. "You had a perfect time to spend with her! Imagine what could have happened!"
"I don't know how to speak to her. She would kill me if…" He refrained from talking about his precious romantic failure. "I can't even look at her eyes without shaking."
"So… you are more scared of her than in love with her?" Peter repeated, not really understanding then his second in command's feelings.
Felix shrugged and left without saying another word. Peter sighed, pacing around the camp and observing what the others were doing. A little group of older boys were whispering amongst themselves, and that caught his curiosity. He was like a cat: sly, swift and cunning, and always had a plan in his mind.
So he approached them discreetly, trying to catch a bribe of what they were saying. Of course, the topic was girls. Peter Pan smirked when he realised they were talking about (Y/N) but also about Felix. He was aware that they were trying to help him, but the poor boy didn't understand anything.
"Maybe they could go fishing together?" A boy offered while dipping the head of his arrow into a bowl of dreamshade.
"Felix doesn't know how to swim. He is scared of water, remember?" Devin replied with a sigh, leaning back into his seat. "The problem is that whatever he does, he always ends up making a fool of himself… That makes him look bad to her."
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Hayran KurguCover is the courtesy of @nevereverlandboys because I am not good at those. This book contains all my imagines published on Tumblr and more~ of course it contains smut, fluff, angst and whump.