The Queens Savior- A timebomb fanfic

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"Feelings catch like a candle with flame, 
it burns and it cracks and it strains to maintain
as the wax melts down and breaks down walls, 
there's nothing wrong with loving how it falls."

-me :)

Jinx woke up in a room unbeknownst to her, in a pure white bed with a small blanket with a certain hourglass symbol on it. She looked around and rubbed her eyes, looking at the blanket and getting out of the bed. She left the room and, once outside of the treehouse she'd been in, she looked around for Ekko. The Zaunite Princess could feel the glaring eyes on her, the firelights that resented her very being for what she'd done to their friends, siblings, and parents. She let out a quiet sigh and looked around for a while before she found an office, inside being Ekko. Jinx then entered the room, sitting on his desk. "How long was I asleep?" She asked.

"The rest of the day." He replied, nudging her thigh so she'd move. Of course, Jinx ignored it, rolling her eyes a bit. "That's not that long." She shrugged. 
"We thought you were dead."
"But I'm not."
"But you could've been and then Zaun's in fucking Sevikas hands."
"Sevika? No, then it's in yours." Jinx looked at him and raised an eyebrow. Ekko gave her the same confused look. "You'd give Zaun to me?" 

"Of course, I would." She frowned. "Who else?"
"Well Sevika, obviously- or Vi...why me?"

"You're the best fit. You know what Zaun needs, you grew up with these challenges, it made you. Vi was in jail for seven years, she didn't see it change like we did. You know what it needs. Annnd when I made that plan I thought Sevika would be dead and that Vi was already dead-"
Ekko blinked at her. He felt his face flush a bit and watched hers do the same. They both looked away.
"Ekko?" Jinx quietly spoke. His name rang in his own years like a bell.
"Yeah?" He looked back at her.
"Do you still care about me?" She asked, looking at him and hugging her knees. Ekko furrowed his eyebrows. "Of course I-" he paused for a moment. "I um-" He felt his face flush even more. "I do." He nodded.
Jinx smiled, looking down. "At least someone does."