Lose You (LuffyXReader)

 “Luffy…” Your gasp nearly got caught in your throat, voice coming out as nothing more than a forcibly strangled whisper. One hand raised to cover your quivering lips as you desperately tried to keep at bay the tears that stabbed at your eyes, stinging hotly as they formed behind your eyes. Despite your efforts, Luffy’s bloodied and battered form, limping pitifully toward you and the rest of his crew, began to blurr. After a few moments, he ran out of energy. Too exhausted to stand, he fell to his knees, slumping down under his own weight.

 “Luffy!” You called out to him breathlessly, taking off towards him before anyone could have stopped you. In attempts to hurry yourself in blind worry you stumbled over yourself all the way to his slouched silhouette. You dropped to your knees upon nearing him, sliding the rest of the way to him. You ignored the pain as rocks dug into your soft flesh, scraping and tearing it, leaving jagged and dirty cuts in their wake.

 “Oh my god…” You whispered, looking him over frantically, similarly to the way Chopper sometimes observed his patients. Frenzied, urgently. Slowly you stopped yourself, knowing that wouldn’t help any; that wasn’t what he need of you right now. You could see the shadow that covered over his usually happy eyes, and suddenly you couldn’t hold back your sob. Your shoulders wracked pitifully, and you buried your shoulder carefully into his, face contorting in grief once it was hidden. One hand gripped tightly to the red fabric of his shirt near your head, the other slipping around his neck. You could feel hot blood stick to your arm as it slipped through it, sliding until you found an untainted spot to grip onto. Wordlessly, Luffy leaned his heavy head on your shoulder, without the energy to do anything else.

 “Luffy…” You sniffled, attempting to hold yourself to together, a boat tied down with frayed strings, “don’t… don’t do that again. Promise me… I can’t lose you.” You stuttered out words that were barely unintelligible on their own, broken by sniffles and small, hushed sobs. Shakily and slowly, Luffy raised an arm. He wrapped it around your back, letting his hand fall to rest on your shoulder; but he didn’t say a word.