⋆·˚˚°✦ After a Story Treasure ✦°˚˚·⋆

Gone, but not forgotten

Jim and Y/N made their way down to the hangar to find Silver untying the longboat. "Morphy, we gotta make tracks," he whispered to the little shapeshifter. "I know," Morph said, watching Silver untie the longboat. "You never quit, do you?" Jim's sudden voice made him pause. He turned around to see the couple, Jim leaning against the pillar while Y/N stood next to him with her hand behind her back. "Ah, Jimbo, Lassie! Ha ha!" Silver laughed. "I was merely checking to make sure our last longboat was safe and secure." He tied the loose knot after untying it but was doing a poor job of it.

"Mmm." Jim hummed, rubbing his chin and playing along. Y/N and Jim knelt down in front of the poor-quality knot. "Well..." Jim fixed the knot, tightening the grip. "That should hold it." Silver let out a chuckle, smiling. "Heh heh heh. I taught you too well," he said softly as they stood up, Silver with his hands on his hips. Y/N crossed her arms, wearing a deadpan look but with a slightly laughable expression, while Jim tilted his head, raising a brow at him with a neutral face. "Now, if you don't mind, we'd just as soon avoid prison." Silver leaned in to whisper to them, "Little Morphy here, he's a... free spirit." Morph flew around Silver as he warmly looked at his little friend. "Being in a cage," Morph landed on his robotic hand and made a cage around himself, "it'd break his heart." Morph squeaked sadly as Silver patted him.

Y/N frowns at the thought of that. Morph was always close with Silver, as well as with Jim, and Morph will follow wherever anyone he likes goes. Y/N looks at Silver, who looks back with a smile. It makes Y/N slowly smile and look at Jim, who smiles back at her with a nod. Y/N pulls the lever behind her to open the hatch below the longboat, and then Jim unties his knot, letting the longboat float. Y/N walks closer to the boys as Silver smiles widely at them. "What say you two ship out with us, lads?" Silver suggests. "Ship out with us!" Morph mimics and turns into two pirate hats landing on Y/N and Jim's heads. "You both and me, Hawkins, L/N, and Silver..." he wraps his arms around the two, "full of ourselves and no ties to anyone!" He waves his arm around and offers them to join him.

Y/N scratches her arm, surprised that Silver even offered it to her. Morph peeks his eyes out from their hats, cooing, "Come on." Morph encourages. "You know," Jim takes off his pirate hat, and Y/N takes hers off too, "when I got on this boat," he tickles Morph, who shapeshifts back, "I would have taken you up on that offer in a second..." He looks away, and his gaze lands on Y/N, who looks back at him curiously. He smiles and looks down at the orange-pink space below. "But, uh, I met this old cyborg..." He looks at Silver, who smiles at him, "and he taught me that I could chart my own course. That's what I'm gonna do." Jim looks back down at the autumn sky.

"And what do you see..." Silver walks to stand next to him. "Off that pal of yours?" Jim smiles and looks at Silver. "A future," he then looks at Y/N and grabs her hand. "With the person who I want to be with for the rest of my life." Y/N's eyes widen but soften as they intertwine their hands together. Silver chuckles at them with a proud smile. "Why..." he sniffles. The two couples look at the cyborg, who looks like he's about to cry. "Look at the two of ya, glowing like a solar fire." Y/N and Jim look at each other, then back at him. "You're something special, Jim and Y/N. The both of ya." Silver gets choked up, his tears starting to well up. "You're gonna rattle the stars, the both of you. Together." Silver nods.

Y/N and Jim felt tears welling up in their eyes as Silver opened his arms for a hug, and the two embraced him with tears in both their eyes. They stayed together in the warm hug; Silver was hugging them tightly, and they had to move away when Silver cleared his throat. "Got a bit of grease in this cyborg eye of mine," he sniffled, wiping a tear away from his cyborg eye and turning around so they wouldn't see his soft side. Y/N giggled, and Morph looked at them, starting to sob and turning into a pool of tears. Y/N held out her hands, catching the little shapeshifter who had turned into a puddle. "Aww, Morph," Y/N cooed. Jim cupped his hand under Y/N and rubbed Morph's head, who popped out with a sad look. "Oh, hey, Morph. We'll see ya around, okay?"

"See ya around." Morph shakily mimicked and turned back to normal, licking Jim and Y/N before flying back to Silver, sitting on his hand. Silver frowned upon seeing his little friend frown and looked at Y/N and Jim, who were holding hands as Y/N wiped away her remaining tears. Silver lifted his hand, "Morphy, I got a job for ya." Morph squeaked as he pointed to himself, "I need you to keep an eye on these two pups, especially that pup," he whispered to him, glancing at Jim. Y/N and Jim looked at them with curious expressions. "Will ya do me that little favor?" Silver's voice wavered as tears started to gather again. "Aye-aye, Captain." Morph saluted, rubbed against Silver's face, and flew over to Jim and Y/N, flying around their heads and rubbing against their cheeks as a way of saying goodbye.

Silver climbs into the longboat as it starts to lower from the ship. "Oh, and one more thing." Silver chuckles and digs out a stash of treasure; he tosses Jim a handful of gold and jewels. "This is for your dear mother... to rebuild that inn of hers. And of course, some extra..." Y/N gets caught off guard as Silver throws another handful of treasure. "Your funds and a gift for your future wedding when it comes, he he!" Y/N and Jim blush, and Y/N scolds him, "It's early for that, Silver!" But they smile at him as he sends them a wink. "Stay out of trouble, ya old scalawag," Jim says his goodbye to him. "And you better keep it!" Y/N points at him, playfully joining in the teasing.

Silver laughs at them, "Why, Jimbo, lassie..." Silver shrugs his shoulders, "when have I ever done otherwise?" Silver laughs, tipping his hat as he heads off on his longboat. Y/N and Jim wave goodbye to him as he blasts off into the distance until they can no longer see him. Y/N and Jim look at each other, and he wraps his arm around Y/N while she leans against him. Y/N reaches her hand out for Morph to sit on it. Then they walk back to join the others upstairs.

Although they won't see Silver anymore, he will always live on in their memories.