The Town That Changed Everything (Ichabod X Reader)

A Year Later

It was 1799. A year after Y/N got a job, had dinner at a restaurant with Ichabod and got to know him better had passed and I am proud to say that they were no more just colleagues and partners at work. They were now good friends. They had a lot in common so they had fun together.

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"Y/N!!" Beatrice yelled from downstairs.  "BREAKFAST IS READY!"

Y/N sighed and slowly sat up in her bed. She had just woken up, thanks to her mother. They quickly got dressed and went downstairs.

"You're gonna be late for work!" Beatrice said. "Don't worry mom I walk fast." Y/N said with a sleepy voice while shoving food into her mouth.

"Haha you got that from your dad. I always had trouble catching up to him while we would be walking together..." Said Beatrice quietly, with a small smile. "But! Speaking of husbands...lovers in general..."

"Moooooommm...I told you-"

"Y/N look, I'm not trying to pressure you into getting married but you need to find someone. All of the girls your age are already married and having kids. You just hang out with that colleague of yours, Ichabod. Now don't get me wrong, I like him, he is a good man but you need to find more people, maybe even someone you'll love...I mean, for God's sake Y/N, you are getting old." Said Beatrice with a worried look on her face as she was cleaning up the table.

Y/N knew her mother was just worried for her, but it was genuinely hard for her to find any good people to hang out with or to marry. She quickly finished their food and left for work.

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It was night time. Y/N and Ichabod were standing by a river.

"I like the view from here. Especially at night. I don't really know why." Said Ichabod after standing there in complete silence. "Me too. It's really pretty, I find it quite fascinating..." Answered Y/N and looked at him. He looked back with the softest smile they had ever seen. "Well, I suppose that is one more thing that we have in common."

Right as Ichabod said that, they both laughed softly and then Y/N looked back at the river. Ichabod however didn't, but Y/N didn't notice. "Mom wants me to find someone to marry. I get that she's worried for me but it's honestly hard." She said a few seconds later.

"Well...I agree with her." Said Ichabod quietly.

"Yeah? Find me someone then." Said Y/N. "What? I can't just find you someone, you have to do it yourself!" Replied Ichabod, but Y/N just looked away into the river again.

"Oh my God." She said grossed out and took a small step back, almost throwing up. "What is it?!" Asked Ichabod concerned. "I think there's a body..." Mumbled Y/N while pointing at the river. Ichabod looked at where they were pointing. There really was a body. A dead person.

"We have to call for help." Said Ichabod with a shakey voice and started yelling. "HELP HERE! LAND A HAND HERE! ANYONE!" Y/N just stood there, disgusted but not surprised. She had seen worse before...

Some people heard Ichabod and helped them out. They got the corpse out of the river and took it to the jail. Y/N and Ichabod followed them.

"Burn it." Said the High Constable. "Just a moment, if I may...We do not yet know the cause of death." Said Ichabod to the Constable. He was out of breath 

"When we find them in the river, the cause of death is drowning." Responded the High Constable coldly. "Possibly so, but we should determine whether or not he was dead before he went into the river." Said Y/N even more coldly. "Cut him up? Are we heathens?" Yelled the Constable aggressively. Ichabod was about to say something, but before he had the chance to, two men aggressively dragged another man in front of them and both Y/N and Ichabod slammed their backs against the wall. Without even noticing, they grabbed each other's hands. When they finally realised that they were holding hands, they looked at each other awkwardly and let go.

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A few days later, Y/N and Ichabod were in court.

"The millennium is almost upon us. In a few months, we will be living in the 19th century, yet our courts continue to rely on medieval devices of torture." Said Ichabod.

"Stand down!" Yelled one of the High Constables in response to what Ichabod said. "I stand up for sense and justice. Our jails overflow with people convicted on confessions worth no more than this one-"

"Constable Crane!" Yelled the other high Constable. "This is a song we have heard from both of you more than once. Now, there are two courses open to me. First, I can let you cool your heels in the cells-"

"I beg pardon." Said Y/N coldly, cutting him off. "But why are me and Constable Crane over here the only ones who see that to solve crimes, to detect the guilty, we must use our brains to recognise vital clues, using up-to-date scientific techniques?"

"Thank you." Whispered Ichabod. "Well spoken. Both of you. But however, my second course. There is a small town, two days journey to the north in the Hudson Highlands. It is a place called Sleepy Hollow. Have you two heard of it?" Said the High Constable, pretty pissed about what they have said.

Y/N and Ichabod looked at each other cluelessly and then back at him and said: "We have not."

"Oh well, you will find out more about it when you get there. But the important thing is...Three persons have been murdered there, all within a fortnight. Each one found with their head...Lopped off. Now, what I need you to do is to take these experimentations of yours to Sleepy Hollow, detect the murderer and bring him here, to face our good justice."

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"I am telling you, I don't know about you, but I will get my head lopped off the second I get there." Said Y/N as soon as they walked out of the room. "Come on, it can't be that bad. Plus, you are not alone. I'm gonna be there with you at all times." Said Ichabod with a bit of a shaky voice. He didn't want to go either, but they were going to get some money for that, and they thought someone will finally listen to them if they succeed, so that made both of them go. "Great, so we die together then." Said Y/N and they both laughed hysterically. They had the most fun when they were around each other. But it was only because they were getting along really well...Right?