Your tartan shirt (st Gareth x reader)

⚡️Vecna's curse⚡️part 1

Thankyou to @cjhozelle1012 for suggesting this idea!

Gareth and i were on our way up to my bedroom to hang out after school,
"I've never actually been in your room before Y/n." He said
"Oh yeah- I've been in yours loads of times tho haha." I said, thinking about how many hours I spent over at his house just lying in his bed.

I open the door and step in, him following behind me. He looked around at all my posters, and his attention was caught by the black guitar bag propped up against the wall.
"Y/n! You never told me you could play the guitar!! That's awesome." He said, admiring the guitar inside the bag upon opening it.

"You should have told me! You totally could have joined corroded coffin!" He said.
I thought for a moment.
"Well, you're a rock band? I didn't really feel like an acoustic guitar player would be.. relevant." I said, everyone else plays the electric guitar.
"Hmm. You have a point, we could have started our own mini side band though.." he said, almost sarcastically.
I could honestly never tell if he was making fun of me or not.

I was about to sit down on my bed, when i suddenly felt my nose get wet, and looked to the floor to see blood dripping from it.
"Shit- you got a nose bleed. I'll go grab some tissues." Gareth said, making his way to the bathroom.
I almost never get nose bleeds for no reason, so this was odd.
Gareth came back and tossed the pack if tissues at me.
"Thanks." I said, smiling.

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We lay on my bed next to eachother, playing video games and just chatting.
I moved slightly to rest my head against his. He responded by sliding his hand under my shoulders to pull me in closer.

Gareth's POV:
I wrapped an arm around her to pull her in closer to me, i then leaned forward slightly to give her a kiss on the forehead, she didn't react though. Odd.
Then i noticed that her grip had loosened on the game controller, and she was no longer playing.
"Y/n? You stopped playing." I said, she had a habit of zoning out sometimes, I often had to snap her back to reality.

However this time she failed to respond.
"Y/n?" I said, tucking her hair behind her ear to reveal that her eyes were wide open, and only the white was visible.
"Y/n?! Ok that's freaky stop that." I said, sitting her up and holding her by the shoulders, shaking her slightly.

"Dude- wake up!"

Y/ns POV:
He had his arm around me, i snuggled into his chest a bit more.
God this is comfortable. Then, something was off.
He almost felt stiff. And, cold.. his arm was no longer holding my arm gently, just awkwardly gripping onto it.
I sat up to look at him, only to see a rotting, decomposing body.
*you scream*
"WHAT THE HELL." I quickly whipped up, terrified of what i saw, stumbling off my bed and into the middle of the room.
"Gareth..?" But that wasn't Gareth.

"...Dad." I said. Hurt and pain in my voice, as i gazed down at the body.
Voices started to appear in my head, like.. i was thinking about memories, they said
"It was your fault.."
"It was your fault."
"It was your fault!"
"IT WAS YOUR FAULT."
They became increasingly louder, as i collapsed to the floor in tears.
"Im sorry!! Dad I'm sorry!!" I yelled, knelt on the floor with my face close to the ground, holding my hands on my ears desperately trying to block out the horrible accusations.

"I'M SORRY!!!!"

Suddenly i was back in Gareth's arms, i hurriedly pushed him off me, tears spilling out of my eyes, i sat back in front of him and rocked myself in place, calming down a little when i saw his concerned face.
"Y/n?! What's wrong?? What the hell happened???" He said, defensively holding his hands up, while staring intensely at me, i sniffled and tumbled forward to nestle my face into his chest.
"Gareth.." i said, sobbing into his chest, he held my back firmly.

"It's ok beautiful, I'm here." He said, using one hand to hold my back, and the other on the back if my head.
"Gareth.. you- you were gone.. and my dad.. its my fault. Its my fault." I say, sniffling on his chest while firmly gripping the back of his shirt.
"What do you mean? Y/n?" He said, concerned.
I said nothing so he just lay me down on the bed, cuddling into me, now all the fear from what i just saw is gone, i feel safe.