"What should I probably know?" I ask Enoch.
"You give me hope. I haven't really had a real friend since Victor. Everyone here thinks that I am horrible and evil and maybe I am. I make dolls fight to the death. I have a curse of a peculiarity from the Devil himself. Everyone hates me. But you don't. You are something else entirely. And I love that. I love that about you. You don't just see people, you feel them. Not literally, but like, you understand them. You understood me. You weren't afraid. You didn't see the monster that everyone else sees. You saw something else in me. You became my friend. And, I guess you also became something else to me, too. You are such a strong, independent person. You won't let anyone tell you no. You are your own boss. You are willing to fight, but yet you won't fight among the strong. You fight among what everyone else considers the weak. You raise them up and make them strong. You made Emma strong. You made Victor strong, even though his peculiarity is inhuman strength. And, you... you made me strong. No one has ever done that, let alone even tried to do it. Everyone just sees the strange, scary monster that I am. But, for some reason, you didn't. And I love that. I love that you see what I like to believe is the real me. That's why you give me hope. Hope that maybe tomorrow, it will be better. Because you are going to be there, in my life, tomorrow." He hangs his head and smiles at his lap, thinking about me.
I look at him, shocked. Then my mouth starts moving. "I saw you because you aren't a monster Enoch. Your peculiarity is not a curse. What you do is beautiful. You can give life. You can create a being out of basically anything. That is not the power of Satan, that is the power of God. Only God can give life. But so can you. What you do is amazing. People just misunderstand you. They don't realise what a gift you have. Everyone thinks you're heartless and that's why you hate people, but it's not true. You don't want to like people, because you are afraid of caring about them. Everyone thinks you have a small, sadistic heart, but the truth is that you have a huge heart filled with the people you care about. It just has a big, rock encasing around it to stop you from trying to care about more people though. You want to keep them safe, but you are afraid that by caring about them, you could be endangering them somehow. I understand, because I used to do that. Shield myself from loving so I wouldn't be hurt if anything happened to them. But I learnt to love, because love doesn't make you weak. It makes you strong. It creates unbreakable bonds between people so that they won't ever be alone. You won't ever be alone, Enoch. People love you even if they don't really show it. And you love them too even if you won't admit it. I think you would die for any of the children here if it was a choice over your life or theirs. You are allowed to love though, Enoch. You don't have to isolate yourself. You are not a monster that needs to be contained. I promise you." I look into those chocolate brown eyes and I know where I am.
I'm home.
The space between us closes and only the moon and stars are watching to witness two hearts become one.
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Hey! I hope you liked that! I appreciate you all so much for sticking with me through this wild ride. I know it took a while for you and Enoch to, you know, get there, but I hate reading fanfics that the characters have just met and are already playing tonsil hockey halfway through the first chapter. I really wanted the characters to have meaningful relationships with one another because, hey, we aren't all Anna from Frozen and are willing to marry a guy after a day of meeting him. AM I right? And besides, Enoch had to come around, he hates new people, so really there is no reason for tonsil hockey until he actually gets to know Y/N, right? That makes sense, doesn't it or is it just me? Please tell me that this isn't just me, or else there really is NO HOPE for true love. Anyway, I will see you all later.
"Stay classy Danosaurs and don't change for anybody!"
~Dan Howell
Be like Y/N. Don't change for anyone. And then Enoch will come along after a while, love you for being you, and you'll get to kiss him while watching the stars! So, be who you really are peoples! Even if it is just to hope that Finlay MacMillian shares the same views as the Enoch in this fanfic, be yourself. See ya!
~Tamika
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Hope (Enoch O'Connor x Reader)
FanfictionIs there hope for anything? Is there hope for survival? Is there hope for you? Or are you completely lost to the world? Travelling to Miss Peregrine's loop with your ymbryne Miss Avocet was a struggle. Your loop was raided by wights and hollows...
