Out Of Touch, Out Of Time [RAY X READER]

86~ beautifully terrifying

Rays eyes shot open as he gasped for air. He bolted upright, darting his vision across his surroundings. "Where am I?" He rubbed his tired eyelids quickly as he got a grip of where he was resting.

Ray sat on a long soft maroon couch, a large rug placed underneath the couch aswell as some old creaking wooden floor boards, cracked sandy pale painted walls and a scorching fireplace was opposite him. "What is this place...where's Emma and Norman?" He got to his feet straight away. Suddenly a sharp, agonising pain rushed to his head.

The raven haired boy placed his hand over his unknown injury. He hissed under his breath, sitting back down onto the couch. "How did this happen...what is going on...I need to find the others..." he instructed himself, brushing his fingers through his hair.

"Running...running away is pointless" a soft voice spoke aloud from behind the couch. Ray turned his head around slowly. Out of the shadows of the doorway a girl stood. Her (h/c) hair flowing gently in the chilly draft, her (e/c) coloured eyes twinkling in the warm lighting and a frying pan held sternly in her left hand. It was no one other than the beautiful girl he tripped earlier.

"It's you, I was looking for you-" Ray began as he attempted to pull his hands inside his pocket to grab the sapphire amulet. "Who are you and why were you travelling to this house in the darkness" the (h/c) haired girl demanded. Ray stayed silent for a moment, confused at the situation, he glanced at the black frying pan then back to the (e/c) eyed girl.

"Look there seems to be some misunderstanding here..." he sighed, placing his hand over his head again, standing up. Y/n jumped towards the raven haired boy holding the frying pan under his chin. "Are you part of those people who murdered Alex's family? Have you come back to hurt more of us? To kidnap me? Hurt me? Hm?" Y/n narrowed her eyes. "What? No? I came here to give you this" Ray took the amulet out of his coat and held it infront of y/ns face.

Her eyes widened, taking the precious gem out of his hands. "So...you don't... want to hurt us?" Y/n asked, lowering the frying pan. "No?! I have no idea what you're taking about?" Ray asked.

Suddenly the front door creaked open. Alex stepped inside, head to toe sprinkled with snow. "Alex!! The intruder woke up!" Y/n ran towards Alex, hiding behind the man's shoulder like a young child. "It's alright. He doesn't look like a threat, he carried no weapons and nobody was travelling with him. It's unusual though...what are your intentions here?" Alex's eyes narrowed, placing his jacket In front of the fireplace to dry off.

"I met you earlier" Ray pointed to the girl. "you dropped your amulet this evening on the Main Street. I was told to return it to you" Ray answered. Alex looked at y/n then back to Ray. "Hmmm..." the elderly man stroked his beard.

Y/n jumped towards the teen getting a closer look at him face to face. Rays cheeks slowly turned a shade of red as Y/ns eyes widened. "Wait...I remember now...I recognise your voice...you're that tourist that tripped me earlier!! Hmm...maybe I don't feel as bad now for hitting you with that frying pan...I must have dropped my amulet like you said...that's strange though...I would have felt its absence..." She gasped, touching below her neck where the amulet usually rested.

"That was you who swung that pan at me?!" Ray put his hand over his head once again with an annoyed expression. "In my defence it was a complicated situation!" Y/n argued back.

Flashback to two hours earlier
Moments after y/n hit Ray with a frying pan.

"Did I kill him?!" Y/n gasped, staring down at the unconscious teen. Her hands became shaky as she dropped the frying pan onto the snowy surface. "He has no weapons with him..." the girl noticed. She slowly poked her finger towards his shoulder to see if he was awake. But nothing, he was completely unconscious. "Oh no....is Alex going to be mad...this is a total stranger! What if...he isn't an intruder and just someone who got lost...I better bring him inside..."