The Town That Changed Everything (Ichabod X Reader)

The Arrival

Half a day of travelling in the carriage had passed. It was quite boring since they didn't really have anything to do except to sit, talk, look out the window, make jokes, anxiously think about Sleepy Hollow and read some books, but both of them were still having fun.

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It was 6 pm. Ichabod was taking a nap, so Y/N was quietly looking out the window, enjoying the view of the trees, sheep, sky and river and re-thinking her life choices. She should not have agreed to go to Sleepy Hollow. She had a feeling that something really bad was going to happen. It is probably normal though. She was going to a town to detect a murderer, anyone would feel that way.

As she was looking out the window, completely zoned out, she heard Ichabod saying something. "Is this yours by any chance?"

She turned to him to see Ichabod holding their Diary with a smirk. She had some really personal stuff about herselg, her family, some things she was going through and some other similar stuff. "Did you read it?" She asked as if her life was ending. "No I have no business looking at it. But i might take a peek..."

"Give it back." She demanded. "Get it yourself if you don't want me to read it then."

"Ichabod Crane, you give me that right now!" She said, almost yelling and leaned towards him, trying to grab it out of his hands. They play fought for a couple of seconds and then Y/N grabbed Ichabod's arm which was raised above him, together with the Diary and yanked it down and snatched the Diary out of his hand.

"Thank you." She said with a big grin. Ichabod looked kinda disappointed. "Well, you can't always win at everything." Added Y/N. ager grin slowly faded as she realised how fast her heart was beating. "It's because I put too much energy into getting the diary back right..." She thought to herself and shrugged it off after a few seconds.

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One more day passed and they were finally in Sleepy Hollow. "This should be it. I really hope I'm not dropping you off at the wrong place." Said the carriage driver jokingly. "I hope so too because if you dropped us off at the wrong place, I'll drop your head off." Replied Y/N sarcastically, yet coldly. Ichabod wasn't surprised nor shocked at all. Y/N often liked to make jokes like that and he was used to them. However, the driver went pale. Y/N noticed that. "I'm joking, I won't cut off your head, what kind of a monster do you take me for? I'm gonna get the person who is chopping heads off in Sleepy Hollow to do it for me instead." She added and walked out of the carriage. The driver was confused and scared at the same time when he saw both Ichabod and Y/N laughing. "Goodbye now, thank you for the ride." Said Y/N and walked off with Ichabod and her huge and heavy bag.
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The two of them were walking down a path in the dark and gloomy Sleepy Hollow. They were both nervous and the atmosphere just added more to it.

They walked for a couple of minutes and then saw the Van Tassel house. They walked towards the front door. When they got there, they saw someone making out right next to the door. They were feeling a bit uncomfortable, so they knocked on the door and someone let them inside.

There was a party going on. A party while everyone in the town was horrified about the murderer. In the middle of the room, a couple of people were playing a game called "The Pickety Witch". Y/N liked that game even though she had never played it. She had only once watched someone else playing it as a child.

As they were walking, trying to get through the crowd of people, someone grabbed Y/N's face. It was a young blindfolded lady that was playing the game. Although the girl had her eyes covered, Y/N found her quite...pretty. "Is it Theadore?" She said while still holding Y/N's shocked, red face. "No, pardon, Miss. I'm only a stranger." Mumbled Y/N back nervously. "Oh, a stranger! You have a pretty face shape. Well then, have a kiss on account." Replied the lady and kissed Y/N on the cheek. Her heart was beating so fast. She just got kissed by a girl! Well it was on the cheek but...her mother's words might've had an impact.
The girl took her blindfold off and looked at Y/N. She also looked at Ichabod who was looking at the scene confused, but also a bit excited abot his friend's love life. Y/N and the girl looked at each others eyes, but after a couple of seconds, Y/N looked away awkwardly, took a small step back and said: "We are...Looking for Baltus Van Tassel."

"Well, I am his daughter. Katrina Van Tassel." Replied the girl with a soft smile. "And who are you, we haven't heard your name yet." Y/N heard someone saying coldly from their left. She turned towards the guy and coldly said: "I have not said it." And then turned back to Katrina. As Ichabod was about to say something, the guy interrupted him. "Your father didn't teach you some manners?"

"Brom!" Yelled Katrina and removed his hand from Y/N's right shoulder.

"My father died long time before he could teach me those manners. How's your dad?" Said Y/N coldly. "Oh I'm-" Brom started speaking. Right then, Ichabod put his arm around Y/N's shoulder and brought her closer to him while staring coldly at Brom. "Oh, I see. You are protecting your girlfriend now. I don't remember you protecting her when my girlfriend kissed her."

"She us...not my girlfriend. We are work partners. Constables." Replied Ichabod as coldly as he could in that situation.

"Now now, no raised voices, only raised spirits during these...dark times. Now, you two are most welcome here, even if you're selling something." Said a man who they assumed was Baltus Van Tassel.

"Constable Ichabod Crane, sir."

"Constable Y/N L/N. We were sent here from New York to investigate murder here, in Sleepy Hollow."

"Then, Sleepy Hollow is grateful to you, Constables. And I hope you will honour us by remaining in this house." Said Baltus's wife.

"Well said, darling. Come, we'll get you settled. Play on!" Added Baltus and he walked out of the room. Y/N and Ichabod followed him. They were put in separate rooms. The rooms were on the second floor, right next to each other.

They unpacked their stuff and went to bed shortly after that.