his muse ; reader imagines

Notice you ~

Pairing: Xavier Thorpe x reader

Warnings: mentions of blood and being wounded, some swearing

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The wind and heat from the fire swirling around in the air pull you from the siren song's hold on your mind. The noise from the fight unfolding around you must have been louder than the siren's message.

You blink a few times before realizing you're in the quad, following a few of the people on your hall away from the courtyard.

You freeze when you see what you can only assume to be Joseph Crackstone resurrected from the dead among the flames with Wednesday. Your friends are calling to you from the door to your left, but you ignore them when you notice Xavier arrive in the doorway just a few strides away.

He releases the arrow from his bow and you follow it with your eyes to see Crackstone stop it before it reaches him and slowly rotate it back around towards Xavier.

There was no time to think. You can remember hearing your friends screams behind you as you took a step towards Xavier. Then another and another until you were running as fast as you could.

With your telekinesis, you push Wednesday out of the arrow's path to safety. The last thing you remember thinking was if this kills me, at least I'm dying for the boy I love. You planted your feet square in front of Xavier, immediately feeling a sharp pain in your shoulder that knocks the wind from your lungs and warm blood spilling down your body.

Then your mind went black. When you came to, your back was pressed into Xavier's chest and you were laying between his legs on the concrete. You must have fallen into him. His breathing was frantic against you and you felt his hands come to the arrow in your left shoulder. You winced in pain and heard a thousand panicked "oh my gods" and "sorrys" fall from his lips.

"Break it," you whispered through gritted teeth, in pain. It was too deep to pull out, plus you were afraid of making the wound worse.

"Okay, okay," he breathed in your ear before snapping the thin wood to shorten the arrow.

"Wednesday?" you manage to ask him. He knows what you mean. "She's okay," he whispers.

Xavier shifts behind you, using his hands on your back to lay you down gently. He leaves a large hand cradling under your head that silently says I'm not leaving as he calls out to your friend while he kneels next to you.

"Wednesday!" he yells.

"Get them out of here!" you hear Wednesday return.

And before you can protest, Xavier is lifting you off the group with one arm under your knees and the other around your back holding you to his chest. You probably could have walked but he didn't stop to ask.

In the safety of his arms, your adrenaline wears off and your eyes become heavy as your vision blurs. You try mumbling something to him but you can't get it out because you're passing out.

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A consistent beep pulls you out of your sleep. You become aware that you're alive before noticing the sound of a pencil being dragged across paper and a hand grazing over it.

Then you remember and you shift in the sheets of the hospital bed.

When you open your eyes, you see Xavier Thorpe leaned over you with an expression you've never seen in his green eyes.

"Welcome back," he says quietly. You smile the best you can.

"The doctors said you'll be fine after your stitches heal. They had to remove the arrow in surgery."