Might go to Heaven || Plague Doctor × Reader

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My regular interactions haven't been awkward with Aiken, they've actually been pretty friendly. However, I fear that I've been feeling somewhat strange in a different way than usual. The doctor likes to make small talk but I get caught up in my own thoughts.

My mind has been very cloudy as of late. All I think of is him, but I do also worry about the state of my plants back home. I prefer to focus on the doctor though. He intimidated me at first, but he's oddly enough very sweet. Aiken fascinates me to no end, I wonder what his face looks like. All I know about him appearance wise is that he's scarily tall and wears all black.

His boots are also really loud, he walks gracefully yet he makes a lot of noise. It's not that big of a detail, but the sound of him walking towards my room erupts a strange feeling within me. I've been feeling overall better, but he's still keeping me around until I'm fully better. I still get absolutely horrible cold spells and headaches. The doctor specifically told me he wants me to stay here for as long as possible for his cure's sake.

I know that I'll eventually get better and have to leave, but I really don't want to. I'll miss being able to hang with him at his desk and talk about what he's working on. You'd think talking about his elixirs all the time would be boring but he finds a way to make it interesting. It may just be his voice, in all honesty. His voice crackles like a fireplace and rumbles like an earthquake. It's intoxicating and I could listen to him talk all day.

If I had to be entirely honest, I've got a crush for the doctor. I haven't even seen his face but I'm inhabiting a deep infatuation for him. I've been acting flirty and he doesn't seem to mind it at all. He's still hard at work during our conversations though, so he may just be ignoring my advances.

A loud knock at my door interrupted my thoughts, it's most likely the doctor. "Come in, the doors unlocked." I loudly responded and he came in immediately after. I sat up in my bed and turned to face him, unaware that my baggy gown had begun to droop off of my shoulder. The doctor approached me, setting down a plate of food on the bedside table.

"You didn't come out for our usual evening talk today. I was worried that you may have had an episode again. Glad to see you're doing well." Aiken said, casually fixing my gown to rest on my shoulder. I felt my face heat up as I turned my head away towards the window. "I must've forgotten, I've been lost in my thoughts today. My apologies if you got lonely." I said peering out the window, the light from the sunset radiating onto my face.

The doctor then sat on the foot of the bed and studied me for an uncomfortable amount of time. I suddenly became aware of everything I was doing, including blinking. "Do you have something on your mind? You would've usually left by now." He looked away and began to fiddle with his fingers, "No, I wouldn't say that I do. I suppose I got used to having you around to talk to in the evenings. The silence hurts my ears, I never realized just how much until I had your voice to listen to."

A warm smile made it's way onto my face as I turned my head to face him. "I enjoy having you around as well. You're very interesting, y'know? I like to listen to your rambles about your research, although I don't think I retain too much of it." We shared a chuckle at that. The doctor then turned to lock eyes with me.

"I'm going to miss you when you go, it's been a long time since I've had a friend around here." My heart dropped a bit, that's all I am to him? I'm just a friend? "I'll miss you too, I haven't had a friend in years. Living all by myself, it was by choice but I never thought about how much I missed having someone to talk to."

"I feel quite the same way, the freedom comes with it's own struggles. I suppose you should rest now, I'll talk to you tomorrow. Rest well, dear." The doctor gingerly patted my leg and got up to leave. "You too, doctor." He gave a gentle nod and left my room.

He sure is something, ain't he?