♡Assassin's Creed♡

connor x reader:parsley

Connor x Reader, Parsley. 

You took a deep breath of the crisp morning air as you strolled out of the house, The old man and Connor were still asleep, while a vibrant blue sky enriched with the beautiful sunlight and smeared with only a few clouds, turning golden in it's rays, was now covering the sky as far as the eye could see. Giving the morning a flattering glow, some mist still hung in the shallower places on the ground, and the grass was glittering with dew. How anybody could sleep when such a brilliant morning was rising, you didn't know. The birds were already singing there hearts out in the high trees, you spotted a pair of squirrel rustling about energetically, a young rabbit was too now venturing out of his hole with enthusiasm for the moist grass. 

You merrily made your way of into the forest, enjoy the peaceful bliss. You walked through the thick undergrowth of entwining ferns, patches of a few interlaced flowers, the few spots of ground that were not concealed by growth were covered with leaf litter, that keep the earth bellow well hidden. You spotted three playful butterflies mingling together in a patch of delicate milkmaid flowers. You adjusted your quiver filled with arrows and continued on. Spotting a small patch of parsley, you picked some and tucked it away in your pouch, thinking it would go nicely in one of Achilles vegetable stews. Keeping alert you found the tracks of a young deer and following them through the dense growth of vegetation you soon spotted the animal, she was frolicking between some ferns until reaching her desired spot, where she began happily nibbling the leaves of a small cranberry bush, tearing them carefully free from the stalks. You smiled watching her for a moment, before making away quietly, heading up into the more mountainous ranges of the forest, the ground here revealed more earth and rocks, with fewer shrubs and flowers. You pulled your hood down and looked up at the spring sunlight dancing through the gaps in the trees, enjoying the warm day. 

It must have been some time before you had reached the rocky cliffs where some of the sweetest berries grew, you noticed a young eagle observing you, he studied your movements from his high rock, before returning to grooming his feathers. You began to fill your small bag with berries, plucking one of the juicy treats for yourself and enjoying the sweet taste for a moment, as you moved along carefully selecting the big sweet ones from each bush, your eyes fell upon a trail of blood on the ground, you scrunched your face up in some concern and followed it swiftly, soon to find the unfortunate owner, a deer. But there was a small bleating noise that came from the clearly dead body, that of a baby deer. 

You walked over to see a little one stumbling about helplessly with a bloody leg, where the attacker was confused you; you didn’t have time to look at the lifeless mother deer to figure out what had caused the fatal wounds. Instead your attention was on the fawn, you bent down to the weak looking thing, it’s soft coat was splattered with sticky blood and clumped up with some of the dusty earth, you moved your hand slowly towards it, the tiny creature stumbled to retreat behind the body of it’s mother. You sighed before smiling with an idea. “Hey little one, look.” You whispered, taking out some of the berries from your small bag. The fawn sniffed curiously, but still remained hidden, maybe berries wouldn’t be enough. Then you remembered the parsley you had tucked away, pulling it out you extended your hand slowly to the little fellow, he edged forward, ever so slowly until his soft muzzle eased the parsley from your hand. A smile spread out across your face as you looked at the timid creature. “There, that’s nice isn’t it, Little…Parsley...yes, Little Parsley, that’s what I’ll name you.” You smiled, taking out another small bunch of the herb, he came right up to you this time, munching confidently from your open hand. You chuckled slightly. “Hungry are you little one?”  

The little lad suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with sudden terror as he backed away slowly. “Hey, it’s okay Parsley.” You reassured, but the young fawn was now frozen with fear, his eyes staring blankly behind you. You felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up as a shiver raced down your spine. A deep screeching growl made you spring to your feet, only to come face to face with a mountain lion, you recognised it’s stance was ready to attack, before you had time to react it had sprung onto you, in one foul swipe of its paw, the dagger like claws collided with the vulnerably flesh on your face, you felt a searing pain in your left eye, followed by a burning down your face to your neck. You let out a cry of pain, only for the animal to take a second lash at your face, this time you instinctively realised your hidden blade, it embedded into the animals shoulder, causing the mountain lion to screech and in that moment you flung it with difficulty from you. Stumbling to your feet once again, the blood pouring over your face and drizzling down your neck and chest, staining the robes you wore. You began to panic at the absence of sight in you left eye, in those few wasted seconds the animal had pounced for you again, this time making a near miss as you spun to evade it’s fatal claws, but from behind the mountain lion lunged at your arm, it’s jaw crushing down on your forearm, it’s teach sinking deeply into the flesh, the muscles in it’s jaw tightening creating a teeth clenching snap of your bone. You felt a few tears of pain sting your wounded face. The animal was on you again, it’s jaw this time heading for your neck, in a last attempt of defence you realised your hidden blade into it’s neck, piercing the jugular vein as it’s blood spurted out over you, the animal spluttered and then fell limp at a dead weight on top of you.