AHWM x Reader one shots

Illinois x Reader: Confession

(This was requested by EntityGlitch, the reader is male in this and there is some angst involved with this one so enjoy!)

Ever since we met each other during our cursed monkey adventure about three weeks ago, we have been partners.

Illinois compliments you on this, (whenever he isn't talking about himself) since none of his other partners ever seem to survive these crazy adventures.

Today was probably one of the most dangerous ones you two have ever been on. You both had been asked to cure a village curse of a nearby temple.

You both accepted the adventure happily as you made your way to the cursed temple, which was named the Temple of Blood.

The two of you had to deal with traps galore for each room, with each trap becoming more deadly and dangerous than the last. All of this danger just to find a way to stop this curse.

In the very last room, you saw the pedestal for the cursed feathered serpent statue you had found in one of the other previous rooms.

"Alright so let's do what we always do, just calmly walk up to the pedestal at a normal walking pace." he smiled at you as he held onto the statue and started to walk calmly up the pedestal you following close behind.

As you two were making your way up to the pedestal, a trap was set off that opened the floor in front of you leading to a deep chasm.

Illinois stops you and puts his hand on your chest to make sure you didn't fall in.

You smiled faintly and thanked him for it but what Illinois didn't realize was that the same trap had another part to it and shot an arrow right towards Illinois' back.

You noticed this and quickly shoved him out of the way and then...

You felt a sharp pain in your chest as you looked down and noticed the arrow was deep inside your chest. You start to see blood pool around it and it starts to soak through your shirt.

You collapse to the ground as Illinois rushes over to you and carefully holds you in his arms as you can see him fighting back the tears.

"Please Y/N...stay with me...you can't give up on the adventure like this!" Illinois choked on his words as tears were rolling down his face.

That was one of the last things you saw as your vision fade to black and the last thing you hear was him say was...

"...I'm so sorry Y/N..."

When you open your eyes again all you could see was a light gray ceiling and a bright light in the center. You squinted your eyes as you sit up slightly and noticed that you were in a bed with a small tube with a needle that was stuck into your wrist.

Then there was a sudden pain in your chest that caused a loud groan from you. That's when you noticed that you weren't alone in the room.

You saw Illinois who looked like he had fallen asleep with his hat tilted down to cover his eyes and was in a chair that was pulled up next to your bed.

He sat up once he heard you groan and fixed his hat, his eyes were slightly red and puffy, had he been crying?

"Thank god you're awake Y/N.." he sounded relieved as he looked away and rubbed his eyes.

"Were you worried about me?" you smiled weakly as he looked back at you.

"Y-Yeah I was..." he looked down and sighed as a moment of silence fell between you two.

Soon Illinois broke the silence,

"Look Y/N you know that I don't have any attachments with any of my adventure partners for reasons like this," he gestures towards the bandage across your chest.

"But you sacrificed your life for mine and you have kept yourself alive for this long while going on all of these adventures with me and so I wanted to ask you something..." you noticed a small blush on his face as he got up from his seat.

"Will you be more than just an adventure partner with me?" he offered his hand towards you and you gladly accept by putting your hand into his.

He smiled genuinely for once as he leaned in and gave you a kiss.