the greatest showman ◆ imagines

anne wheeler ◆ you tried to save me

when you wake up in the hospital

short

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"anne?" the first word your voice weakly whispered as you attempted to open your closed eyes. 

"i'm right here, (y/n)." you felt a gentle squeeze against your hand causing you to flinch.

"you stayed..." you whispered, your eyes finally opening to see the stressed face of anne. anne, the girl you tried to save. the girl you tried to save because you loved her. of course, she didn't know that. or at least you thought she didn't know that. apparently everyone else did. speaking of everyone else...

"hey kiddo, you okay?" you heard barnum's voice say as he kneeled by your side, stroking the air out of your face and smiling gently down at you.

"i should be..." you coughed a little. anne continued to hold your bandaged hand, tears already welling up in her eyes. "anne, are you alright?" you asked weakly, turning your eyes towards her and trying to smile at her. barnum sat on another bed, next to phillip who looked just as concerned as anne. 

"i'm fine, don't worry about me (y/n)..." 

"i'll always worry about you, anne." you coughed again, apparently a lot of smoke had gotten into your lungs when you ran into the flames to save anne. thankfully, she was out of the circus, so barnum ran into the fire to get you out before you'd died for nothing. "being as though i almost died, i think a confession is in order." you laughed gently, trying not to put too much stress on your chest as it was already a problem point. "anne wheeler..." you said cheekily, making her smile; your fingers attempted to squeeze her hand but you were too weak to even try. "i think... i think i'm in love with you." 

you were careful to keep your voice down, just enough for the circus to hear; there was barely any shock on the circus's face, as they knew long before you even told them you liked her. you looked around nervously at the nurses, as you knew this kind of love - especially in times like these - was very forbidden. anne's face twisted in shock, and you flinched, thinking you'd made the worst mistake in your life, thinking you'd lost the friendship you held so close. she took her hand away from yours, and there was serious doubt brewing in your stomach as you felt horrible. then, she did something that surprised everyone in the room.

she kissed you. softly, quickly and slowly. your eyes widened in shock, too surprised to even begin thinking about kissing back. she pulled back quickly, smiling down at you carefully, searching for any sign of doubt on your face. weakly moving your hand to the other side of her face, you gave her a small sign and she pressed her forehead against yours. you leaned up and kissed her lips, loving the way her soft lips moved against yours. you'd never kissed a woman before, and it was a completely new feeling kissing someone you actually loved. "i think i love you too..." anne said, tucking a piece of her curly hair behind her ear. you nodded, playing weakly with a piece of fallen hair in her face. 

"that's a relief." you smiled. turning your head, you saw the stupidly wide smiles of the rest of the group, a lot of them secretly hoping this would happen. you just giggled, coughing a little bit due to the strain on your chest.

"this is one way to rewrite the stars."

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this is so shit