Everything is Fine - Reader x Tim Wright

Chapter 7

A week and a half has passed since either of you has brought up anything having to do with Marble Hornets or leaving. You had two days left to decide and so far everything had been fairly quiet. You continued watching the videos to keep up to date with everything. Neither of you acknowledged anything about Entry #66 since now you completely understand why Tim was blaming himself as much as he was. You wanted to say something but you decided not to out of respect.

You glanced at your phone and saw it was 3 p.m. Luckily you did't have to work today so you had all day to do fuck all. At least that was what you were going to do until the static rang throughout your ears causing you to violently cough up blood as you curled up into a ball on the floor. The static rang throughout the room almost blocking out your ringing phone. You attempted to reach for it when you saw the tall faceless man in the corner of the room.

It took about 4 hours until you woke up on the floor with blood dripping down your nose. You stood up shakily to grab the phone off the nightstand and saw you had 4 missed phone calls and 4 text messages. All four calls and messages were from Tim.

The first message read, "hey I know you have another two days before you have decided but I want to talk."

The second message read, "(y/n)?"

The third read, "Call me during my break later."

The final message came through just two minutes after the third. "I'm starting to get worried (y/n)."

You called Tim and he picked up on the first ring. You spoke first.

"I'm going."

"What made you decide?"

"Oh, you know how it is. A tall faceless motherfucker shows up in the corner of your room. It kind of makes you never want to be in your apartment alone again."

You made your way throughout your apartment gathering the bare minimum.

"Are you okay?"

You wiped the blood from your nose and said, "Other than the pounding headache and nose bleed I am doing okay."

There was a pause before you spoke again.

"I think I am about to come in and put in my notice. Do you think two days is enough?"

You had always hated in the past when people would just choose to not come in for their shift or walk out. But at least you were giving something under the assumption they didn't fire you on the spot.

"Okay. My break is about to end but I'll talk to you later okay?"

"I'll see you then."

You hung up and left your home to drive to your work to put in your notice. You decided to park next to Tim's car in hopes you could catch him once he was off. You walked into your boss's office looking and feeling like death and it was visible to even him.

"I'm sorry but I have to do this. I need to quit. I don't want to leave without any sort of notice but I'm going through something right now and I really can't explain it. I can work for two more days but not more than that."

He looked at you with a shocked face that turned to pity.

"I won't say I am happy about this but I'm not dumb enough to fire you on the spot without a replacement. At least I have two days rather than none."

"You know you're the greatest boss I have ever had?"

He sighed and shooed you away from his office. You exited the room to go back out to your car and sat trying not to fall asleep until you notice Tim exit out the side door lighting a cigarette. You exited your car and leaned against Tim's.

"I know you said you didn't want to stay home after that but I didn't expect you to wait in the parking lot all night for me. So what's the plan."

"Well, I am sort of intruding on your personal time so I'll let you decide. I can't force my way into your home and I can't force you into mine."

"Well, this is sort of all my fault in the first place so I kind of owe everyone involved something. How big is your apartment?"

"It's a studio with a queen-size bed but no couch."

"I have a twin bed with a broken couch. Which would you want?"

You reflected back to the videos and remembered how easy it was for the Hooded man to enter his house. As far as you know it would be harder for them to get into your apartment.

"The more I think about it I believe my apartment would be safer. I just don't feel comfortable being alone there."

"You're fine with sharing?"

"As long as you are."

For a second you could have sworn you saw his face turn red when he turned away. Realizing the implications you could feel your face heat up.

"Sure."