Light In The Dark - Michael Munroe x M!Reader [Until Dawn]

Chapter Fifteen

Mike watched as the lodge burned to the ground. Josh and Sam hugged, apologies given back and forth. Chris and Ashley sat together in the snow, silence comforting both of them. Matt and Emily reunited, though it took a moment for Emily to forgive Matt for jumping. Jessica had passed out. Alive. But barely.

Mike was all alone. (Y/N) was gone. He sacrificed himself so that Mike and Josh could live.

If Mike realized that that's what he was going to do, he would've stopped him. But he didn't realize until it was too late. Until he heard the scream and saw it...

That sight... The pool of blood... It burned in his mind. Every time he blinked, it showed up again.

Mike hadn't cried in a long time. But he cried now, dropping to his knees as he sobbed into his hands.

(Y/N)... He was gone.

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He was tired of this. He just wanted to be done. But of course, they had more questions.

"So, in the mine, you said there were three of you?" The interviewer asked.

"I-Uh, right. Me, Sam, and..." Mike couldn't even say his name. He just couldn't.

"(Y/N)?"

Mike took a deep breath. It felt wrong for her to say it. Knowing she wasn't just talking about some stupid thing he did. To her, he was just a dead man. A victim. "Yeah...."

"Then what happened to Sam?"

"She, uh, climbed out. B-But the rest of us, had to go around."

"Why not climb?" The interviewer scribbled something out on her notebook. Mike wanted to see what she was writing.

"My fucking... my hand. And Josh was not in the right mental state," Mike answered. Josh could barely walk straight. Him trying to climb wouldn't end well.

"So why didn't (Y/N) climb?"

Mike paused. That was a good question. Why not...? "I don't know..." (Y/N) wasn't hurt. He was upset and in shock, but he was in the right mind.

Well... maybe not, considering what he did not soon after that.

The interviewer took a good look at Mike. She could see how much he was hurting. Physically, sure, but also emotionally. "We're going to stop here for now. Our men are currently scouting the area for more information. If I need you, I'll let you know."

Mike nodded, starting to stand up. "Am I free to leave...?"

"Not yet. You'll receive medical treatment then be returned to the police station." The woman continued writing in her notebook, no longer looking at Mike.

Mike sighed. He just wanted to go home. Take a shower. Deal with it. Forget it all happened. Pretend that (Y/N) was alive. He walked out, the officers already waiting for him to get him to the hospital.