Every Man For Himself (Pirate!England X Reader)

Worry

Arthur woke up to a cold bed, you had left. But where? He knew something was wrong so he sprang up and slipped his coat on before running up to the deck. You were standing in the middle of the floor facing away from him. The world seemed to glitch as he walked towards you. Then suddenly you were at his throat with a dagger and he panicked. You growled and tears rush down your cheeks.

"I don't love you.. please leave me alone.. stop leading me on... I can't love someone like you... Love isn't even real.." Arthur looked at you with a confused face and reached up to touch your cheek.

As soon as his hand came into contact, you dissipated into black mist and an image of you and Ludwig kissing and tangling together flashed through his head. A tear ran down his cheek as he tried to look away but he couldn't.

Did you really have feelings for the German and not the Brit?

He was too lost in his mind to realize it wasn't real, he was crying and slashing away at every fake image in sight with his sword.

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You woke up and felt Arthur right next to you shifting and moaning uncomfortably.

"Arthur, wake up it's just a dream.."
A tear falls from the corner of his eye and you sigh as he starts whimpering.

You lean over and kiss his lips and you were transported right into his dream.

Waves were splashing against the hard oak ship and you could see Arthur and a misty version of you at each other's throats. You jump swiftly into the crows nest and spy silently as the fight unfolds. The fake you had an advantage as she sprang up and tried to attack Arthur but he deflected it.

"You can't win this. I don't love you. Love is a pathetic mistake.. Forget about me and move on."
The clone yells out with a straight face and the sword by her side as if Arthur was just another stranger.

He points his sword at "you" and bares his teeth with tears pouring down his face.

"This is not a mistake! It kills me that you can run away from this and.. I.. I just can't.. I just can't go find someone new because I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU. Usually, when I obsess over things, I see gold and power.. but you, you were the most beautiful thing I ever got stuck on... And I love you. Come what may.."

You appear behind her, driving your sword through the clones chest. She explodes into black mist and dissipates.

"Arthur you need to wake up.." You yell out as the storm starts to ravage the world. He collapses onto his knees and cries into his hands.
"Come on, Arthur, it's me.. It's the real me.." You sit down and watch him silently, hoping for an answer.

"No you're not. These.. are visions of what's going to happen. She really doesn't love me, does she?!"
His body shakes as he cries. You crawl towards him and rest his hands on your own.

"Arthur. Look at me." He shakes his head and looks down, his hair falling across his eyes.

"Look at me, Darling. Let me see those beautiful green eyes of yours.." He looks up slowly and you see the long tear stains across his cheeks and his eyes are bloodshot. No matter how much pain he was in, he was beautiful. His eyes lit up as he saw you in your unbuttoned blouse and your hair let down like it was last night.

"Is it really you, Love?" You smile softly and steal a quick kiss.
"The one and only! And none of this is ever gonna happen, I'm not leaving unless you want me to."
He hugs you tightly and you smile brighter.