The Wanted Daughter (The Devil All The Time Fanfic: Arvin Russell x Reader)

Last Minute Wedding

Blood.

That's when he saw it.

The amount of blood seeping out of his girlfriend's side, was more blood than he ever wanted to see...

"Baby..."

Y/n stuck her hand on her side, and saw the blood coming out of her. Her eyes widened, she didn't notice the pain because of the adrenaline. But now she does...

She then dropped, Arvin catching her, and laying her on the mossy ground. She was moaning in pain, and spluttering blood.

Arvin looked at her with confusion and horror. He took the gun that she held, and opened it to see if it was loaded.

It was.

With blanks.

It was Sandy's gun... but they didn't know that.

They didn't know that when Arvin scared her and she dropped it... she picked up the wrong one.

He tried to suppress the bleeding, but she just cried out in pain as he pressed into her wound.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" He tried to stay calm "We need to get you somewhere safe."

He picked her up, and moved her to where his Dad's big cross was. He laid her down, and watched her eyes flutter, fighting to stay awake,

"Come on darlin', you gotta stay awake for me." He pleaded, as he wrapped his jacket around her waist, trying to stop the bleeding.

"Arvin..." She managed to whisper, and he looked to her with tears in his eyes. "I-It hurts."

"I know, baby. Everythin' is gonna be okay." He said firmly, stroking her hair "I'm gonna go get help. Just try and stay awake."

"No! Please..." She said pathetically "Please stay with me..."

Arvin knew that she didn't have long left. He didn't want to accept it, and he didn't want to believe it. He looked down at the love of his life... and finally let the tears loose,

"Please don't go..." His voice cracking in sadness "I-I can't do this without you."

"And you were gonna leave to do this alone..." Y/n muttered, smiling softly. He managed a smile too. "If I'd have known that meetin' you was gonna be the death of me... I wouldn't have cared. You're the best thing that's happened to me, Arvin."

"I should've protected you." He shook his head "This is all my fault..."

"Don't say that!" Y/n said, then coughed painfully "Hon, you've saved me countless times... I'm surprised I haven't been killed sooner."

"What?" Arvin asked.

"I'm a coward... always have been, always will be... the first time I haven't felt scared in a situation... was the situation that I got shot." She chuckled painfully. "I wonder what Mama will think of me now..."

"Y/n. You're the bravest person I know." Her boyfriend said firmly, keeping his hand stroking through her hair "You stood up against your Daddy, you shot someone... to save me. And you've survived a relationship with the most fucked up person in the world."

They both chuckled at that. Y/n felt her body slowly shutting down...

"You're Mama would be proud." Arvin said, as she saw that it was getting harder and harder for her to stay awake.

"Baby... I-I..."

"I know, sweetheart." Arvin didn't let her see the amount of tears streaming down his face. "It's okay... you can rest... the Lord is waitin' for you."