Charlie Pace x Reader- His Return
The anxiety began to build up in you more and more as you walked through each and every tree on this island. You'd been out for hours. Jack and Kate decided to go out and look for Charlie and Claire after they'd been taken by Ethan and you had instantaneously said that you'd go too. To say that both yourself and Charlie had grown close since landing on this island was a complete understatement. In the few weeks that you had been stranded, the two of you became inseparable, instantly bonding over your loves of music. You were astounded when you found out that he was part of Drive Shaft because they were your favourite band. You slowly started to like him more and more. Once he found his guitar, with the help of Locke of course, and he started singing, you found yourself falling for the man. To many people it may sound ridiculous to fall for someone in such a short amount of time but, due to the conditions you were all in, you spent every minute of every day with Charlie. Others on the island just saw him as the weird British junkie but you never let other people's opinions effect yours. Both Charlie and Claire had been gone for a while now and you could feel your legs beginning to burn from walking so far.
"Maybe we should head back for the night and start fresh in the morning." Kate suggested, sitting down on a nearby rock and rubbing at her calf muscles. Jack nodded his head in agreement but you refused to give up.
"No! We can't stop now. We must be so close. Please guys. 10 more minutes and then we can go back. Please?" You pleaded, tears pooling in your eyes at the thought of just giving up.
"Y/N, look, it's getting late. Even if we leave now, it'll be dark when we get ba-"
"Please Jack" You pleaded once more. Kate seemed more sympathetic and agreed to go with you even if Jack wouldn't. Of course Jack wouldn't allow that so he reluctantly agreed to walk for 10 more minutes. You walked further and further in until you heard a strange noise. You stopped dead in your tracks. "You guys hear that?" You questioned. It sounded like something slightly swinging. You all looked at each other before sprinting towards the sound. What you saw made your heart shatter.
"Oh my God, Charlie" Jack said, running towards the figure hanging off a branch. You ran even faster, climbing up the tree with a knife in your hand whilst Jack tried desperately to hold Charlie up. You cut away at the vines holding him up and practically jumped out of the tree towards him. Tears rolled down your cheeks as you knelt down beside him. Jack put his face by Charlie's. "He's not breathing" He stated. He began performing CPR on him but all of your hope began to deteriorate away as his actions had no response.
"Jack just stop. There's nothing you can do. He's gone" Kate's final two words hit you like a bullet. You grasped hold of Charlie's hand, holding it as tight and as close to you as possible. Jack ignored Kate and carried on going."
"Come on Charlie. Wake up. Breathe." You said, kissing his knuckles and hugging his arm. Tears carried on falling down your cheeks. Jack began to hit him harder, constantly saying words of encouragement to try and wake him.
"Jack. Stop. He's not coming back. There's nothing you can do" Kate said, pulling Jack away from Charlie. Jack was crying too. He sobbed onto Kate's shoulder whilst you cried. You sat Charlie up, pulling him as close to you as possible and just carried on crying.
"Come on Charlie. Please. You can't leave me. I love you." You whispered, trying one final time to wake him up. Jack came back and took him off of you, laying him back down and hitting him on the chest once again. Suddenly, Charlie took in a sharp breath and started coughing. A huge smile broke out on your face as his eyes opened. You wrapped your arms around him as his breathing became more steady and even. "Thank God you're alive" You said, kissing his temple, not caring about the mud that covered his face. After a few moments to let him get his breath back, the three of you helped carry him back to the camp.
////////////////////////////////////////// Time Skip //////////////////////////////////////////
You all got back to the camp, numerous people asking questions about Charlie but you left them to be answered by Jack and Kate as you lead Charlie over to a sleeping bag to sit down.
"You scared the shit out of me" You laughed, sitting down beside him on the sleeping bag and resting your head on your knees. "I really didn't think that you were going to make it" You said, the smile on your face dropping as you thought about the fact that you almost lost him today.
"Hey, I don't want any of that frowning crap around me. I'm fine" He said, attempting to reassure you as he shuffled closer and wrapped his arm around you.
"I'm sorry but it just scares me y'know? We manage to survive this huge bloody plane crash and then you almost get killed by somebody on the island. It just makes me think that nowhere is safe anymore. I don't know what I would have done if you had died, Charlie. You would have gone and I never would have been able to tell you that-" You cut yourself off, realising that you had said too much. You couldn't let Charlie know that you liked him. You'd only known each other for a couple of weeks so there was no way that he felt the same. You looked down at your lap. "You should get some rest." You muttered, about to stand up to leave. His hand grabbed your wrist.
"Wouldn't be able to tell me what?" He asked, pulling you back beside him. You just shook your head, adamant that you wasn't going to tell him. "Come on, Y/N. You want me to get some rest but you equally know that I won't be able to sleep unless you tell me. It'll bug me all night." He smiled, staring into your eyes. His smile was your weakness. You always gave into it. Who wouldn't?
"Well, here it goes... I like you Charlie. Have done for a while now. Since I met you once we crashed here, I felt a connection between us. You're literally the nicest person on this island. You're smart... Well... Most of the time," You chuckled, "Funny and extremely talented. Not to mention that you're bloody gorgeous. Look, I know it probably sounds stupid since we've only known each other fo-" Your sentence was cut off as you felt a hand on your cheek and his lips pressed on your own. You melted into the kiss, softly wrapping your arms around his neck to ensure that you didn't hurt the bruising that was beginning to form there. After running out of breath, you both pulled out.
"Well. That was both pleasant and unexpected" He laughed, pulling you in for a side hug. You rested your head on his shoulder and laughed with him.
"Indeed but you do need to get some rest Charlie." You said, yawning yourself.
"So do you. I've been told that you guys were out walking for a good 6 hours looking for me. Thanks for that by the way" He laughed, laying down and pulling you beside him. You smiled and rested your head in the crook of his neck and pressed a light kiss on the bruise that was coming up. The steady pace of his heart-beat lulled you to sleep.
"I love you, Y/N"
