Mommy Dearest - Peter Pan x Reader

5. I See Fire

I See Fire

It had been a week since your return to Neverland, and you had been quite successful at ignoring Peter Pan. Sometimes you wondered if that was the right move, if you were overreacting, but he was making no attempt to talk to you either, so you didn't see the harm.

Everything was different. The boys loved you and you loved taking care of them, but it wasn't the same. They all felt the tension between you and their leader, and part of you wondered if Pan was just trying to come up with a reason to ban you again. Did he even want you there at all?

In your pain and confusion, you looked for comfort. You loved your boys, but their sweet smiles and warm hugs could only do so much. You didn't want a partner, but you wanted someone to hold you and listen to what had happened to you on Hook's ship. You wanted someone to truly want you around.

You inadvertently turned to Felix. He was an open ear for you to vent, and he didn't even mind when you cried. He would take you in his arms and hold you to his chest until whatever was bothering you subsided. You liked spending time with the older boy. You felt like you could talk to him about anything.

Unbeknownst to you, Pan noticed your migration towards his second in command, and he couldn't stand it. A fire burned in his chest every time he saw you conversing with Felix, or worse, the boy's arms wrapped protectively around you. Those should be his arms-

No! Bad Pan. That wasn't the way to go. You were just the girl who took care of his boys. Nothing more.

Then why did his heart burn so badly?

You never thought Pan would bring another girl onto the island. When he had welcomed you, he told you that you were his first and only Lost Girl, and everyone agreed it should stay that way. You were special.

Then what the hell was Pan doing, leading some nightgown-clad brat around the campsite, introducing her to the boys? He deliberately skipped over you, though you were sitting in between two of the boys he named.

"Everyone, this is Wendy," Pan said, a smirk on his lips. "She's our new Lost Girl."

Gasps rang out through the boys and you felt a crack in your heart. It was one thing to bring another girl onto the island, but to call her a Lost Girl?

You knew it wasn't her fault, but you hated her.

Felix sensed your unease and draped an arm around your shoulders, hugging you close. Pan noticed and, in turn, placed his hand on Wendy's waist. You saw his fingers clutching the fabric of her nightgown and you nearly gagged. That should be your waist-

No. Bad (y/n). Pan doesn't think of you that way. Clearly, or he wouldn't have brought her.

As she settled down beside Pan on the other side of camp, you turned to Felix who was munching on an apple.

"Am I being replaced?" you asked in a low voice that cracked.

His eyebrows shot up. "What are you talking about? He can't replace you."

"Looks like he's making a valiant effort," you replied, looking down at your lap. "I guess he didn't want me to come back. He liked not having me around. He's already found a new mother-"

"That's not going to happen," Felix insisted. "She won't be the boys' new mother. No one can take that title from you. The boys wouldn't let her."