Shimmering Shards {Lloyd X Reader}

The Snake King

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~Your POV~

It's been a week since the ninja saved me from the serpentine.  My burns are now fully healed, but you can still see where they were. I've caught all of the ninja glancing at the burn scars in guilt, I've tried to convince them it wasn't their fault, but they won't budge.

At one point there was a thunderstorm, and all the ninjas were gone searching for the serpentine. So, it was just me, Lloyd, Sensi Wu, and Nya.

~Flash Back~

I pulled the covers over my head in fear as another crack of thunder echoed around the ship. I let out an involuntary whimper as the thunder reminded me of my mom. All I could think about was the physical and mental abuse she would give my shouting loudly as she yelled at or beat me.

Fear started to fog up my mind making me unable to think about anything else. Suddenly the door quietly swung open. I let out a whimper and immediately got up and hid in a shadowed corner of the room.

"(Y/n)?" A familiar voice called out the small, shadowed figure looking around.

It finally spotted me and stepped forward. Out of instinct I low out a low growl, while watching the figure fearfully. The figure's face softened, and it run up and hugged me tightly. I yelped and struggled a little against the figure, but stopped once I caught Lloyd's scent.

"Lloyd?" I whispered hugging back now.

"It's alright. You're safe" Lloyd whispered hugging me a little tighter.

We fell into a silence only being broken by the flash and crack of thunder. An especially loud boom of thunder caused me to yelp and snuggle into Lloyd. Not noticing the crimson blush that formed on his face. He just hugged me tighter eventually patting my head in comfort.

I leaned into his soothing touch a slight purr reverberating in my throat. I eventually calmed down enough to speak.

"It reminds me of her" I whimpered as another thunder rumbled across the sky.

"Who?" Lloyd asked his gaze soft but concerned.

"My mom" I replied quietly the haunting memories flashing through my mind.

He tensed. I felt his hold on me tighten and the head pats stopped. I could practically feel the anger radiating off of him.

"If you don't mind" Lloyd took a deep breath to calm himself before continuing," what did she do to you?"

"..." I hesitated debating on how to actually bring it up.

"If you don't want to talk about it that's fine-" Lloyd whispered pushed back from the embrace holding me by my shoulders, before I interrupted him.

"No! no, it's just hard to put into words without sounding..." I trailed off now absentmindedly fiddling with one of his soft hands.

"I don't care if it comes out in a stupid way. You don't need to worry about that just try your best" Lloyd said while sending me a comforting smile.

I nodded and took a deep breath before just pushing it out.

"After my dad died my mom blamed me for his death and eventually started to abuse me both mentally and physically" I said shutting my eyes that started to sting with tears and preparing for the worst.

Instead, I felt him pull me in a little rougher than I think he meant, and he hugged me tightly. I now noticed his form was trembling and quiet sniffles came from him. My eyes widened and I hugged him back tightly, now also crying.