Aris Jones X Reader One Shots

Interlinked (Part 4)

Aris, just like I knew he would, kept his promise. We were together.

It's just that with running from Cranks, hiding from WCKD, Winston being infected, the lightning storm, and almost getting caught by WCKD again, there wasn't exactly time to talk.

When Thomas was gone we thought that would just repeat. Instead though, we knew he was in Scorch City with Brenda. For protection, we camped just outside it while planning to go look in the morning. While they did though, we just looked at each other across the dying fire. Even when the flames completely burned out, we didn't take our eyes off of each other.

Tuning out everyone, we stayed still until someone said they were going to sleep. With everyone else agreeing, I cocked my head to the side to ask if he would leave with me. Standing up, he walked around the others as I held out my hand. Accepting it, he stayed next to me while interlocking just our pinkies.

“I meant what I always said,”He said when we were out of sight.

“What do you mean?”

“When I said that I would only ever want you, I meant it. I just felt sort of . . . ”He trailed off.

“Empty?”I finished.

“Yeah. Empty. Like some part of me was just taken away. When I would see you in my sleep though, I would be complete for a moment when I woke up. Then, I'd remember that you weren't there and would barely manage not to cry.”

“I cried when I first remembered you. I was actually devastated. It felt stupid to be that hurt over someone that doesn't exist, but it all makes sense now. I was in that much pain because you do exist. You always have had a place in my heart,”I swore, stopping to turn to face him.

“I have something for you. I didn't really know when I made it, but it belongs to you. It always did,”He said, breaking our small, comfort silence as he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. Unfolding it, he barely looked at it while he read.

“I see her in my dreams every night now. I see her in everything around me. I see her eyes reflect into mine when I look at the water. I see her pure soul in the snow whenever I wake up. I see her lips whenever I somehow catch a glimpse of myself talking. I see her in me, like she's connected to my heart. I see her in the sunsets when we would talk about what they looked like. I see her in the fire when it makes me warm and protected. I see her in that one blanket that makes my skin feel tingly. I see her everywhere I look. After all these nights, I feel like I know her. Or I do. Because even if everyone thinks that I’m crazy, I have a soulmate, and her name is Y/N. I know that all of these are true, because we are interlinked,”He finished, folding it before placing it in my hands.

“That's-I don't even know what to say. That was just-that was beautiful, Aris,”I whispered, holding the paper close to my heart.

“I just kind of started writing one day to keep myself sane from knowing you, but not knowing you. It was just the only words that made sense, and I swore to never show anyone, but you're an exception. You always are,”He swore, pressing his hand on my cheek before kissing my temple. Putting the note in my pocket, I wrapped my arms around him as tightly as I could. Not hesitating to do the same, right there, under the stars, we had our first real embrace after years, and we weren't planning on letting go anytime soon.

Aris's P.O.V

She’s real. She's really real, and she's in my arms.

I knew it. I knew from the first time we met that I love her, I knew when I met her in my sleep, and I knew when I saw her with my own eyes. My girl, my other half, my soulmate, my Y/N.

It's not truly over, and maybe it won't be for a while, but one thing will always stay the same.

Y/N and I will always find our way back to each other.