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Javier Escuella: Staying Here

Javier Escuella X Modern Female Reader

Summary: Javier catches you singing.

Song: Promise by Romeo Santos and Usher. I could not find an acoustic version of the song so use your imagination XD

Word Count: 1600

Ending up back in time is overwhelming, which is a huge understatement, and sometimes you don't know how to feel about it. Sometimes you feel like life is simpler, other times you think it's more difficult.

Now you live in 1899 and are a part of a gang of outlaws, the Van der Linde gang. You commit crimes to live but, hey, at least you aren't in debt.

The camp by itself wasn't that overwhelming to you. If you felt like getting some peace and quite, you usually could find somewhere to sit and just be by yourself for a little while. But, sometimes, it just wasn't enough.

Sometimes you needed to get away from everything, to find somewhere you could just sit and do one of two things. Think about everything or forget about everything.

That was how you came across a little lake that ran not too far away from the camp. It was close enough for you to feel safe but far enough to know that you were alone and had privacy. Now, it was where you came when you just had to sit by yourself.

You walked out to the lake once the gang started settling down for the night and sat down beside the water. Letting out a soft sigh, you tilted your head back to look up at the stars. That was something you loved about where you lived now, being able to see the night sky so clearly, you loved it. You turned your attention back to the water, tonight was a night that you didn't want to think about much.

Instead, you started to hum a familiar tune. A tune that you remember from your time, something a friend of yours used to play.

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Javier frowned to himself when he saw you disappear from the camp, walking out without telling anyone where you were going. He had noticed you do that a few times, admittedly he had noticed a lot about you.

Ever since you joined the gang, Javier had been interested in you, even before you told them that you were from the future. Tonight, he decided that he would find out where you disappeared to and make sure you were alright, he didn't want you to be wandering off because you were upset and then not receiving any comfort.

The camp had settled down for the night so Javier stood from the campfire and walked out of the camp without anyone asking questions. He continued in the direction that he saw you walking in until he started to hear a voice.

Assuming it was you, Javier followed the voice, slowing down when he realised that it was you and that you were singing. Approaching quietly, Javier reached the edge of the tree line and stopped when he saw you.

You were sitting by the edge of the lake, staring into the water as you sung softly to yourself.

Try to keep my balance but I still fall
But how I fell so hard
Right into your arms
Wrapped inside you baby and it's so warm
But Love without a cause
Leaves me trapped inside my own bars

Javier decided not to make himself known. He knew that he probably should but, instead, he lent against the tree beside him and just started to watch you. You were singing quietly and softly to yourself, you weren't singing for anybody else and something about that was beautiful to him.

He perdido el balance por tu amor
En tus manos yo caí
Tienes control sobre mí
Tu cuerpo es la cárcel y yo un prisionero
Y jamás quiero salir
Condenado y soy feliz