Lads Men x Depressed!Reader
I tried writing some lighter things, but right now I can only pull out some angst. I hope you enjoy and my requests are open, let me know what you want to read!
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You're going through a depressive slump and having a hard time getting out of bed, showering, or even just existing. Each of the LADs men try their best to comfort you in these uncharted territories.
Content Warning: Suicide attempt in Rafayel's POV
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Xavier:
It was the third day in a row you had called out of work. The third day since you had showered. You couldn't remember the last time you ate, let alone the last time you got out of bed. Staring into your room you saw the laundry piled in the corner, you knew the stack of dishes in the sink was too high, that everything was more than a little messy, but you couldn't bring yourself to get up. The world was just too heavy today.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and the sound was astoundingly loud in the silence that your apartment had been.
"Hey," a voice called out, Xavier. "You haven't been answering your phone, no one at the Hunters has seen you for days, Tara is worried. Are you okay?" He asked and you could hear the genuine hurt in his voice from you ignoring him.
You don't answer.
"If you don't open the door, I'm coming in." Xavier commanded. He had your spare key, and even if he hadn't you knew he would break the door down.
"Go away," you call out, your voice weak and rough from not having been used. You heard the lock click softly and the door push open. "Please, just leave me alone," you begged as you buried yourself deeper in the blankets.
Xavier didn't listen as you heard his footsteps padding softly towards you. You didn't look up, but you could feel his presence in your bedroom, almost as if he were glowing.
You don't know how long you hid in the blankets, how long he stood leaning in the doorway watching you. It could have been minutes, hours even, before you finally pull your head out from the covers and dare a look at him. He was watching you carefully, in his eyes there was no judgment or disgust, only concern and love. And this was too much for you, you looked away rapidly, ashamed of the grease in your hair, ashamed of the mess in your room, ashamed that you couldn't even pull yourself out of bed.
Once again, you heard his foot steps coming even closer, and you felt the familiar dip his weight caused in your bed. You rolled as far as you could away from him and he didn't try to pull you in.
"Please," he whispered, his voice barely audible, "please, let me help." His voice almost broke.
Finally you turned to face him and took a hesitant breath, trying to find the words to say.
"Sometimes..." you start, twirling your hair, unable to make eye contact. "Sometimes it feels like everything, anything is too much. That my arms can't hold me together, that I can't do anything..." your voice shakes as tears form in your eyes. You wrap your arms around yourself, holding on, desperately trying to keep yourself whole. "That if I can't hold myself together, then I just shouldn't.." your voice breaks and silent, violent sobs take over your body.
Xavier watches you for a moment before asking, "Can I touch you?" His voice is gently and you give a slight nod. He reached over slowly, as if testing your reaction, before pulling you into his arms.
“If your arms can’t hold you, use mine,” he murmured, voice steady. “I’ll be here. When everything is too much, I’ll keep you together.”
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Zayne:
Zayne had heard you were sick and as soon as his shift at Akso ended, he made sure to get everything you might need. Warm jasmine tea with honey, his favorite egg drop soup, tablets for runny nose and cough, a cozy blanket to wrap you in, and a new thermometer to check your temperature. He was prepared for whatever illness plagued you, prepared to get you right back into tiptop shape. He was not prepared for the version of you that opened the door when he knocked.
You had barely cracked the door open enough for him to see you. Your hair was tied in a messy bun, your oversized hoodie was stained and the cuffs frayed. You didn't say a word as your stepped away from the door letting Zayne inside. You slumped back onto the sofa, and stared at the wall, staring at nothing.
"I heard you weren't feeling well, that you called out of work today," Zayne started as he entered your apartment and set his bags on the kitchen counter. "I brought some things to help you feel better." Zayne flitted about the kitchen, pouring soup into a bowl, preparing a cup of tea and came to set everything on the coffee table in front of you.
Zayne pulled out the thermometer, holding it up as if expecting you to argue. You just shrugged, not even lifting your eyes. That was when it hit him, the pale of your skin wasn't from fever, your sluggishness wasn't from being ill. This was something more, something heavier.
He set the thermometer down without a word, his jaw tight as he reevaluated you. He offered you the mug of tea. "Just sip. You don’t have to talk, don't have to acknowledge me, but please, just do this one thing"
You took it, hands trembling faintly, and the warmth seeped into your palms. He watched you for a long moment, then kneeled beside the couch, level with your eyes. You looked away immediately, a faint blush coloring your cheeks as you felt the warmth of his breath so close to your face. You raised the mug to your face as if you could hide behind it.
"I know I can't heal this." He started slowly, "I know I can't just give you some medication and have you be cured." He watched you as you slowly took a sip of the tea and turned your gaze in his direction. "But I know I can be here, for however long it takes, for whatever you need, I can be here with you."
He didn’t push for conversation after that. He just sat with you in the silence, steady, his presence like a shield against the weight pressing down on you.
Finishing the cup didn’t fix everything, but it made the rest feel a little less impossible.
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Rafayel:
You were at the beach with Rafayel, and if you were being honest with yourself, it was the last place you wanted to be. The sun was too bright, the air too warm, the sand uncomfortable under your feet. You hadn't wanted to do anything today but Rafayel all but dragged you out of your home, rambling about fun, fish, and going home.
So, here you stood at the edge of the water, feeling the cold wake washing over your feet, wondering what it would be like to be swept away. Rafayel had gone to get ice cream on the boardwalk, and you had been left with your own thoughts.
You had spent the last couple days locked in your room; at first everything had felt too heavy, too much to deal with, but now, now you felt nothing. The sea looked endless and cold, and the idea of melting into the nothingness you saw seemed easier than trying to hold yourself together.
Without thinking, you stepped forward. Then another step. The water climbed from your ankles to your knees, as the sun reflected on the water, warmth in contrast to the frigid sea. The next wave came harder than the rest, crashing against your chest, and a cold, strange relief fluttered through you. With a few more steps, you wouldn't have to be anymore, with just a few more steps you could be free.
Another wave crashed into you, even hard this time, knocking you over. As the water overtook you, you could hear a shout, "Cutie, look out!"
As the waves continued to pull you under, you closed your eyes, embracing the chill of the water. But suddenly there was a warmth in contrast, and you felt arms circling around you, pulling you to the surface.
The ocean pulled at your legs again, and you stumbled, salt stinging in your mouth. For a heartbeat you thought he might let go, let the tide have you, but his grip only tightened. He carried you toward the shore with a strength that you didn't know he possessed, placing you down onto the wet sand where you coughed and spat and tried to breathe.
He was on his knees in front of you then, soaked and frantic, his typical smile gone from his face. “What the hell were you thinking?” His voice was rough, a sound that was more hurt than angry. When you didn’t answer, he buried his face in his hands for a moment like he couldn’t quite believe it. He looked up, eyes wide and terrified. “Please, please don’t do that to me. Don’t make me pull you out of the water wondering if you meant to come back up.” His hand hovered over your shoulder like he wanted to touch you but was afraid of breaking whatever was still holding you together.
You wanted to say it was an accident, that you’d slipped, that the tide had surprised you but you also didn't want to lie. Instead the words you couldn’t keep inside came spilling out of you in quiet, rushed whispers. He drew a slow breath, grabbed his towel from nearby, and wrapped it around your shoulders without hesitation. “Listen to me,” he said, softer now. “You are not a weight you must drown. I will not let you do this all alone. If you’re hurting like this, if it ever gets that bad again, you tell me. I’ll stay with you. I'll do whatever you need until it’s less heavy.”
He stayed there, holding you close until you stopped shivering and your clothes started to dry. When you pressed your face to his chest against his towel, he held you close. “You’re stuck with me,” he muttered his lips pressed into your hair. “Whether you like it or not, I am not leaving. Ever.” It wasn’t a promise to fix everything, but it was a promise that he would not let the tide take you without him throwing his arms into the water after you.
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Sylus:
You knew Sylus was going to be gone for a few weeks, something about a weapons deal abroad, so you took this time to hide in Onychinus's base. Away from running into Xavier in your apartment lobby, away from seeing Tara at the Hunter's Association. Away from everything.
At first, the silence was comforting. The walls here were thick, the shadows familiar. But days passed, and you found yourself sinking into them, like you were becoming part of the shadows themselves. You stopped turning on lights. You stopped counting down the days till he returned. Eventually you stopped wandering the halls, instead you lay still in the dark, not sleeping, not waking, barely holding onto a thread of existence.
Mephisto was the one who noticed. Sylus had sent him to check in on you when you had missed a video call from him. He found you sitting on the floor of Sylus’s bedroom, knees drawn up, eyes glassy. Without another word, he vanished.
You didn’t know how long it was before you heard the heavy footsteps echoing down the hall, but your heart sank as Sylus appeared in the doorway. He wasn’t supposed to be back yet. His expression unreadable as he took in the sight of you crumpled on the floor.
He stood there, silently. Then he crouched down in front of you. His hand reaching out uncertain before pulling back. "Kitten," he muttered, "what happened to you?" His voice was low, and laced with concern.
You wanted to turn away from him, but his ruby eyes held you in place. “Why didn’t you call me?” he asked. "I would have been here in a heartbeat sweetie."
You opened your mouth but no sound came out. It was easier to stay silent, safer. You wanted nothing more than for the darkness to swallow you whole.
Sylus leaned in closer “Don’t do this to yourself. Don’t fade away.” He exhaled, there was clear frustration cutting through the softness. “If you can’t fight it right now, then let me do it for you. You know I've always been ready to fight for you.”
And then, he finally sat beside you, his presence anchoring you in the dark. He didn’t touch you, not yet, but he stayed. A steady weight against the emptiness.
For the first time in days, you felt something again, you felt seen.
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Caleb:
You had grown up with Caleb, spent every minute of your childhood with him, and as you grew up and saw each other less, you were still always texting, always calling, always together. So the moment you didn't text back, he knew something was wrong.
At first he gave you space. A few hours, maybe your phone had died while out on a mission, then a day, maybe you hadn't brought a charger. But when your silence stretched into next night, he was at your door without hesitation. He knocked once, twice, and when you didn’t answer, he used the key he knew you kept under the mat.
The apartment was dark. The air stagnant. He found you curled up on the couch, staring at the TV that wasn't on, clothes rumpled. He didn’t tease like he normally would, instead he let out a soft “Hey, Pips,” and moved quietly toward the kitchen.
The smell hit him first when he opened the fridge, milk soured, vegetables wilted, containers of food starting to mold over. His heart ached. You hadn’t been eating. The sink was spotless too, not from cleaning, but because there weren’t any dishes used in days.
Caleb exhaled slowly, rubbing the back of his neck. “Alright,” he muttered under his breath, “That's enough.”
Before you could protest not that you had the energy to try, he was already pulling out a pan, setting ingredients he had brought from his own place onto the counter. Braised pork. Your favorite. The smell of garlic began to fill the apartment, and you lifted your head, towards the sound of the oil sizzling in the pan.
When he finally set the steaming bowl down in front of you, he crouched to meet your eyes. “Just try a bite,” he urged gently. “Not for me, for you.”
Your hands shook as you picked up the chopsticks. The first bite made your throat tighten, unfamiliar with motions of swallowing. When the flavor hit, warm and familiar, something inside you cracked.
Tears pricked your eyes as you whispered, “I don’t deserve this.”
Caleb frowned, sliding into the seat beside you. “Don’t start with that, Pipsqueak. You deserve to eat. You deserve to be here. You deserve every damn thing in this world, even when you don’t feel it.” He nudged the bowl closer to you. “So eat. And let me be here with you.”
Caleb stayed right there, steady and unshakable, making sure you ate every bite. Making sure you remembered you weren’t alone.
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Thank you so much for reading! I know they aren't all super even in length, but when inspiration hits, it hits hard for the boys!












