A Candlelit Lullaby. Pirate Percy X Reader. Candle Cove

The Death of Poppy. Chapter 16

It was awful...

You could do nothing as you watched Skin Taker destroy your friend Poppy... it seemed that the episodes would only get worse...
Janice hid behind Percy... you could do nothing since you were broken...

My actor was crying and so was Percy's as they dripped water on our faces to make it look like we were crying, Janice was just crying on her own.

You hoped it was only a dream... you hoped that the death of Poppy was only a nightmare....

You were so horribly wrong...
You cried after waking up to see the crew sorrounding the dead Poppy... he had fought so valiantly to protect everyone... Percy looked down with his hat to his chest...
It was silent for a while and then...
Percy put his hat on his head and glared into space... then he turned and soon the ship was sailing again...

They buried him on an island...
They buried him on a beautiful and grassy island, setting flowers on his grave and soon you were sailing again...

You stared out the window...
sad that Poppy was dead... unknowing of how to react to it.. you just laid there... feeling useless and sick of yourself...
you could only feel awful... you hated yourself and soon you decided to grab a dagger you had found on a trip from under your bed, you then debated on cutting or not, hot tears streamed down your face as you started cutting one of your legs... you hated yourself and welcomed the pain... your blood drizzled down and you just kept going, you didn't want to exist if it meant that you would be a burden upon your shipmates anyway... eventually you got braver... cutting more dangerous things... until you eventually got ready to cut your wrist when you heard the door open, quickly covering your bloody body.

"Hey Y/n..... Wait.... what in th... why does it smell like blood?" Percy looked right at you as you said. "I don't smell anything..." you were an awful lier. Percy walked over you you and set a hand onto the blanket that covered you... right on one of your legs and soon he felt the substance leak through the fabric.

"Y...Y/n!" He yelled and tore off the covers to expose your bloodied body.
Percy was angry, sad.... and most of all horrified. "Y/n why?" He growled, pulling the dagger from your hand as you let out a cry of protest... soon you explained to him... why you would do this.
He just glared at you, tears in his eyes as he huffed. "D'ya have any idea of how upset I'd be if ye died?!" You turned your face from him. "Wouldn't you be happy?... Tears streamed down your face. "Wouldn't you want me to die so I wouldn't be such a burden anymore?" He just stared at you in shock and then he gave you a sad and hurt look. "Y...Y/n..." He reached for you but you slapped his hand away and he just looked at you.

"I...I'm so useless! I always get in trouble or get others hurt! You should just let Skin Taker kill me and be done with it!" You sobbed.

Percy was quiet through your sobbing and soon you felt him wrap his arms around you, he was silent and soon your felt him huff... soon you could hear him crying and hugged back.
"Y/n... if I ever lost ye.... I'd end me own life... I don't have anythin to live fer if I don't have ye." He sighed and let you go, and soon he helped you clean your bloodied bed since you couldn't do anything on your own...
However... once you were done... he was about to leave the room but stopped and looked at you.
"I know you'll hate me fer this but... I gotta do it Y/n... this way... you won't hurt yourself and nobody will hurt you." He held up a key and as soon as the door closed, you protested but you heard him lock it....
Percy was too afraid of you getting hurt to let you free now...