Assassin's Creed | Reader

Shay x Reader [ Tears ]

His hair was falling into his face, his feet buried in snow and his coat was buttoned to his throat. No doubt he had an extra layer of clothing under that too. He shifted where he stood, his eyes looking down at what was probably animal tracks in the thick snow. I could see him bend down now to look at the tracks, his hand grazing the snow just a bit with his eyes trailing up toward the tree line. He was looking for something, or rather someone. I knew he was looking for, but his small little brain was probably too wrapped up in thinking about what assassin he was going to kill next. And I couldn't let that happen.

It was only when he started moving again that I began to move, the trees had long since lost their leaves but that was no problem for me. If this worked out I wouldn't have to worry about hiding in the darkness for much longer. He began to move, I began to move. My feet brushed through the snow and my breathing was soft and muffled by a thick scarf around my face. My eyes were pinned onto the form that was struggling to lift his feet to take a proper step. I narrowed my eyes, moving behind some dense pine trees that were heavy with white snow. But it was in that second that my eyes moved off from him that I found myself looking at a bare spot where Shay had been.

I didn't even need to think before pulling from the tree line, drawing a knife in my hand as I burst from my cover. The hood covering most of my face falls back, the scarf I had tied around my mouth was sagging and felt like a giant fluffy cuff around my neck. Didn't matter, a weight was being pushed in from behind me and pretty soon I was pinned on the ground in the thick snow. My cheek stung from the impact but the cold was like a bitter smack. "You think you can just sneak up like that? On me?" A husky voice whispered in my ear. To this day it still gave me chills.

"How long did you know I was following you?" I asked, trying to turn my head to look at him but his body just pressed down further, his hands had my wrists pinned above my head. It was like a giant weight being crushed down on my body. "When we got away from the docks, I know the feeling of your glare like the sound of a-"

"Peoples screams?" I snap, the cold was beginning to numb the side of my cheek. A heavy sigh left his mouth and his moved me around so that his chest was pressed against my chest. His hand repined my hands above me forcefully, his eyes looking down at me while somehow looking disappointed. "Why are you still following me?" He said, his voice was barely above a whisper, I had barely made out what he said. "I don't need to explain why Shay. You know why." I respond, the edges of his lips pulling down slightly. "I told you that this mission you are on is foolish..."

"That doesn't mean I have to stop trying Shay. Just because we shared a bed at one point means nothing....not anymore" I say, turning my face away when I spotted the spark of hurt crossing his features.

"Las..."

"Are you gonna kill me or not? Cause frankly laying here with you is painful enough" I said,the words rolling off my tongue were daggers piercing my skin. It hurt when he shifted is weight away and that little warmth that was there was now gone.

"I could never kill you (Y/N)" he said, standing up now but away from me. He swipped up the weapon I had in my hands moments before and tucked it away in his belt. "I never will...just like how you will never be able to kill me"

And you know what? He was right. And I hated it when he was right.

I didn't move for the longest time, not until his body had vanished back into the horizon and out of sight. It was only then that I sat up and got to my feet. It was only then that I reached up and touched my face.

I swiped the tears off and just looked at my fingers, not even noticing I was crying until now.

And now I was sobbing, staring at my hands and closing my eyes as the fat streams of tears rolled down my face.

"Damn it...."

Authors note

Hey! So I started this like last week to upload it that weekend but I got lazy and well here I am finishing it at 2 a.m EST ( can you point out the spot where I got tired and just rushed it? )

But yeah I am trying to get back into writing. My next stories might be short too ;c;