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Llyr and the Pirates - Day 18
Day 18: Forced to Hunt/Sing/Perform
For @amonthofwhumpâs Water Whump May, where I write a part of this story every day according to the prompt. I think Hugh and Gawain are constantly trying to one-up each other because whenever one bastard does a bad thing, the other one does something worse and I canât stop them helppp.
Tag list: @spiffythespook, @castielamigos-whump-side-blog, @insanitywishes, @whumpingonarainydayÂ
Content warnings:Â noncon kiss(ish? sheâs just doing cpr so thatâs why), threats of death
no editing we die like fools.
Even as he went still, as he let out a breath, as his eyes rolled into the back of his headâŚ
The singing never stopped.
He woke to lips pressing against his own, stale breath forced down his throat, and hands repeatedly pounding down on his chest. He couldnât breathe right under the weight and he tried to bat the hands off, choking and coughing on wet breaths.
âStah⌠stop it, gotta- gotta breatheâŚďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ he slurred, pushing weakly against hands that immediately let go, to his relief.Â
âFinally! I was starting to think you died for good. Captain woulda been fuckinâ pissed,â a female voice said, and he looked up to see a woman kneeling above him. She was part of Gawainâs crew, no doubt, but he didnât know why she was there, or why he was there for that matter.
Where had he been before this? Gawain tied him to the front of the ship, he remembered that much. Then⌠heâd broken free, hadnât he? Heâd broken free and swam away with those other people: the ones who looked like they had tails and held him down under the water until he couldnât stay conscious any longer.Â
Who were they? Why were they there? Nobody dared go for a swim that far out in the ocean, for fear of what vicious creatures lived there below the surface. Were these people some of those vicious creatures?
He banished the thought from his head. Heâd been so incoherent by that time that some of his memory had to be imagined or exaggerated. Though that still didnât explain how in the world he survived. Ray turned back to the woman still leaning over him.
âHow did y-you-â he started, but a coughing fit overtook him. Water and spit dripped from the corner of his mouth when he spoke again, weakly. âHowâd you find me?â
âYou were floating in the water right over here. How could I not find you?â she chuckled, grabbing at his arm. âNow get up. Captain wants you back safe and sound, and itâs not like I brought anyone else to carry you back.â True to her word, there really was nobody else around the small cove heâd ended up in. How heâd ended up there, he had no idea, but the ship was nowhere in sight. She leaned down to pull Ray more firmly, hoisting him to his unsteady feet before he could protest further. It was only then that the full extent of the situation struck him.
They were isolated. He didnât know where he was going, but he knew which direction the lady was walking. If he kept going on his own, he was bound to find the ship eventually. And Llyr was still there; what was happening to him now that Ray had run off?Â
He curled his hand into a fist before he even knew what he was doing, and launched a punch at her temple from behind. She crumpled to the ground with a shout, and she was out cold. Well. That worked out, he supposed. The adrenaline was still coursing through Rayâs veins as he continued on trembling legs, walking across rocky sand with larger chunks that dug into his feet, already sore from the night before.Â
The sun, rising higher in the sky, heated everything around him and forced him to sweat out water he didnât think his body even had in its dehydrated state. But eventually, after not all too long, he made it back to the ship where there were plenty more sailors milling around.Â
Most seemed to be patrolling the edges of the beach, and he pressed back up against the rocky cliff, the shade it provided just enough to hide him from plain sight. Ray continued along there, watching everyone warily, and finally made it to the point where he was aligned with the back entrance point of the ship. The ground there was littered with splintered wood, along with the rocks.
There was one more person he could see, milling around in a barely visible room, but they soon disappeared up a set of stairs and he took his chance. Ray slunk into the ship, all carefully silent footfalls and owlish wide eyes, looking around in the relative darkness to find any sign of where theyâd kept Llyr. Each room he checked was devoid of other people, and he grew tense with the fear that Gawain had already woken him and hurt him even more for no reason before Ray had the chance to save him.
Then there was a cold point of metal at the small of his back, a hand on his shoulder, and he couldnât think.Â
âDonât move,â a voice said, and he recognized it. âHugh? Oh thank god, itâs you I-â âI said donât move!â he hissed, pressing the blade in hard enough to draw blood. Ray went stiff and turned back around to face forward. He kept his breathing steady. He wouldnât let his heart race, and he wouldnât let himself panic. This was a misunderstanding, or- or something, he didnât fucking know right now.
â...whatâs up?â Ray asked, throat tightening around the words, forcing them out higher than heâd intended.Â
âYou ran,â Hugh stated simply.
âI was gonna help you, and we were gonna get out before anyone else woke up. No harm done. You know...â
âDo you know how much trouble you got me in?â he snapped, jerking Rayâs shoulder back and forcing his body against the blade. âYou wanna know what happened after you set such a great fucking example?!â
âIâm-â he tried to speak, but Hugh was dead set on saying what he had planned. Knowing him, heâd been rehearsing the coming speech in his head since whatever incident had occurred.
âThe little fucking thief ran off,â he growled, âand Iâm taking the blame for his disappearance. First you, then him, and the captainâs gonna have my head soon if I donât fix this shit. Heâs got plans for you, ya know.â
Llyr had run. That was all that mattered. Heâd gotten out of there, away from Gawain and Hugh, and he was safer wherever he was now.
âGood for him. Let him go, Hugh, and weâll get out of here ourselves.â
âGet out of here? Youâre making that sound like a good thing, Ray. I think weâll be just fine here. Captainâs the first sensible guy Iâve met in years, really.â
âIâm your captain, Hugh: not that freak. Weâre leaving and finding wherever the rest of the crew sailed off to, and thatâs final.â
âI donât take orders from you anymore, Raymond!â Hugh all but shouted in his ear. âIâm tired of you and your happy, peaceful little rules! If I gotta join up with some law abiding folks to have some decent fun, then goddammit thatâs what Iâm gonna do!â
Ray was silent for a moment, and the words hung in the air like an awful stench. Perhaps he should have seen that coming.Â
âListen up. You and I are gonna take a nice walk down the beach and find that boy, and when we do, weâre gonna bring him right back here. If you refuse to help,â he paused, trailing the blade up his back with a feather light touch, âIâll end you right here, right now.â
âWait, donât, I- wonât Gawain kill you, then? If you- if you kill me?â
âHeâll kill me anyway if I donât find Llyr, and the stupid brat would never come with me if I didnât have help. Now are you helping, or am I gonna have to explain why I got blood all over these new, clean clothes before he spills mine as well?â
Ray breathed out a wavering sigh and closed his eyes.
â...okay. Iâll help.â
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#whump#WaterWhump2020#ww-no.18#uhmmm#cpr#noncon kiss#but it's still like cpr?? idk it's mouth to mouth i'll tag it#walking and being tired#threats of death#held at knifepoint#not actually sure what he had. dagger? knife? hugh tell me your secrets#Hugh Williams#Raymond Bates#Llyr and the Pirates#more like just the pirates because llyr wasn't here huh#alright#yeah i'm kinda upset with hugh for defecting#but honestly how could i have expected him not to#fucking bastard man#'oh whee i want to chill with these torture pals i just met'#sure hugh you follow your fucking dreams mate#i'm sure all of that is gonna turn out real well for you#what am i saying#i don't even know how this is gonna all work out yet#well#sorta#we'll see huh#betrayal#switching sides#uhhhhh
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