The world seemed to turn in slow motion. The girl ran, branches smacking her in the face, scratching her arms and legs, a slight sprinkle of rain beginning to fall in the murky darkness.
She glanced over her shoulder, and then put on speed, fueled by fear. The person was still following them.
A sideways glance told her that Laf was still beside her, running at full speed.
Her bad shoulder caught on something and a burst of pain flooded through it. Biting her lip to hold back a cry, she put her head down and kept going.
She could see a light ahead.
"There's the dock," Lafayette managed to say next to her.
The dock. Safety.
They were so close.
Just then, she felt the person next to her disappear.
Frightened, she stopped short. Lafayette was on the ground, tripped by something or other. The mysterious figure was behind him, still clouded with shadow, with one arm outstretched towards her. She could only make out Laf's eyes in the faint sprinkle of light coming from the lantern at her feet - begging her, pleading for help.
Just as she was about to move towards him, the mysterious person spoke.
"If you take one step, you die."
She blinked rapidly, trying to adjust her eyes to the darkness. Because the voice sounded so intensely familiar, yet she couldn't put her finger on it.
Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked.
As slowly as she possibly could, (Y/N) bent down and closed her sweating fingertips around the rusted metal handle of the dying lantern.
As soon as she had a grip on the light, she swung it up in front of her, at last illuminating the mysterious person that had followed her.
"Hello, (Y/N)," he said.
The girl gasped, all color draining out of her face.
The man before her - pointing a gun at her chest and pressing a foot against Laf's back - was her father.
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"You wanted to talk to me, Papa?"
The girl settled herself in the wicker chair across from her father, resting her chin on her hand comfortably.
"Yes, (Y/N)." The man folded his hands, looking at his daughter through tired eyes. "Henry told me about your new job."
She shifted slightly in her seat. "Pardon?"
His (E/C) eyes never left her gaze. "Your enlistment in the war."
She said nothing.
"(Y/N), listen to me. I've decided, against my better judgement, to allow you to proceed with the enlistment as a British soldier."
She sat bolt upright in her chair. "Papa! Are you serious?"
He nodded solemnly.
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Fearless // Lafayette x Reader
FanfictionWhen (Y/N) joins the rebellion, she has no idea what she's in for. She'll meet her best friends. She'll meet the bravest soldier she ever knew. She'll meet the love of her life. Most of all? She'll meet her brown-eyed, curly-haired, Frenchman of...
