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31 Days of Wayhaven-Veil

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This is a Part 2 from Day 21, which I’ll link here, and also Day 16, can also add a bit of context, so I’ll link it here as well. Really not sure about this one, but I hope you like it :)

This whole idea was also inspired by this post by @twc-thoughts-you-didnt-ask-for!

Ao3 Link

Title: Spoken Words

Pairing: Felix and Thea

Words: 2k

Summary: A continuation from Day 21, in which the detective and Unit Bravo are trying to make peace with a group of changelings.

“We need to go after them”

Thea and Nate looked at Mason, who had suddenly spoken. It had almost been an hour without Adam and Felix showing up, and they were all getting antsy.

“I don’t disagree”, Nate said in response, “But we don’t know what we are walking into”

She looked down the vast path that Adam and Felix had disappeared down, and Thea could feel her stomach tighten.

It really has been too long. They should have been back by now

“Does that really matter?”, Mason countered, and before Nate could say anything in return, she spoke up.

“We need to at least have a plan in case we have to”

What on earth could be taking so long?

“We’ll give it 30 minutes”, Nate said, ignoring Mason’s huff at the statement, “Then we’ll go in”

She nodded, and her hand reflexively moved to the spot where her necklace sat again, her brain still not used to it being gone.

I really hope they’re both safe.

They have to be.

Thea had been having an uneasy feeling about this the whole night, but as she looked around the walls of the cave, the cool draft that blew though chilling her skin, it just made her even more uneasy.

‘Alright, we need to go now”, Mason spoke up in the silence that had fallen, and Nate looked down at his watch.

He sighed, “We do”.

Without much else she could do; Thea followed the two of them through the smaller path of the cave, both Nate and Mason having to duck their heads down in order to traverse it.

This particular path was not a long one, but it did open up to a bunch of different ones.

“Do we have any idea which one they could have gone down?”, she asked.

They wouldn’t have split up, right?

“Absolutely none”, Mason muttered.

“Then what do we do?”

Before either of them could answer, the lights to the cave blew out, plunging her eyes in a darkness so thick, she could not see her own hand in front of her face.

“What the hell?”, she heard Mason say in the dark, and Thea tried to get out her flashlight to try and light up the area a little.

She felt a gentle hand on her shoulder, and she did her best not to jump at the touch, knowing who it probably was.

“It’s me, Thea”, Nate said, and she finally got her flashlight working, the dim glow from it doing little to light the cave, but it was better than nothing.

“How did that happen?”, she asked, turning to the two of them for an answer.

“No clue”, Nate replied, and he then looked down the large expanse of the paths.

“I’m going to go check if the light was also turned off where we came from”, Thea said, expecting them to fight her on it, but they did not.

“Be quick”, Mason said, but she was unsure if she heard a hint of worry in his voice, or if she had just imagined it.

She hurried her way back down the path, it only one turnaround from where they had come from, and she saw the faint glow of candlelight, and Thea raced back to the others.

“Guys, there is still light over here!”, she called out, but Nate and Mason were nowhere to be found.

“Nate!” she yelled into the darkness, “Mason!”

But there was no answer in return.

Where could they have even gone?

Thea looked down the long paths, almost expecting one of them to emerge from one of them.

They wouldn’t have gone ahead without me, right?

She was at a lost at what to do, but she felt confident doing one thing.

I should stay where the light is.

Everyone will have to go back that way to leave anyway.

But even with that plan now decided on, she still felt an intense sense of foreboding, and she clenched her hands tighter to keep them from shaking. Thea was sure about what thing, she really hated being alone.

Why did they leave me behind?

She spent the next few minutes pacing in front of the entrance to the path, her feet unable to stay still no matter how hard she tried, constantly looking for a sign for any of them, but nothing was either seen or heard besides the low rush of wind.

Thea suddenly heard a crash from behind her, and a blur of motion that she barely caught went running down toward the entrance of the cave.

“Who are you?”, she asked aloud, even knowing that it was likely not the brightest idea that she ever had, and her whole body told her to stay put, but curiosity won over her anyway, and after drawing her gun, even though she did not want to use it if she could absolutely avoid it.

She followed their footsteps, and entered a small part of the cave on the edge that none have been done yet, which had a whole in the ceiling, letting in the setting sunlight, and seeing the surface did make her feel slightly better.

Thea finally got a good look at the figure, and she felt a smile form across her face at the sight of it. Facing away from her stood Felix, looking just like he did when she saw him last, and she moved closer to him, almost about to wrap him into a hug.

“Felix, oh thank God you’re here”, she sighed in relief, but when he turned around, something felt off, and it made her pause.

The grin that he gave her was not his original grin, almost something darker behind it, and she felt goosebumps on her arms at the sight of it.

Something’s not right.

“You’ve failed Thea”, he said, a tone in his voice that she not recognize, but there was no doubt that it was his voice, his amber eyes looking at her with none of the warmth that she had grown accustomed to, “You failed to save Sanja due to your own selfishness, and you were unable to stop Murphy from taking the life of Garrett Hayes. And you’ll continue failing”

She felt as though a rock had dropped in her stomach at that, and she fought to keep her face steady, remembering that the treaties were with changelings.

It can’t be actually him, right?

Then how does he know so much about me?

Thea had carried these failures with her for a long time, burying them done deep, but this was enough to feel the rush of tears in her eyes.

Felix gave a cold laugh that was unlike him, “You are useless, Thea. What do you add to the team beside being a target?”

He then gave her a smirk, and she wanted to run, but her feet felt frozen to the ground, “Everyone, both humans and supernaturals, would be better off if you were dead. Your blood could lead to the deaths of thousands.

She turned away, not being able to look at him any longer, a knot starting to throb in her throat.

It was something that she had always thought about before, but it hurt even more having in thrown in her face now.

Isn’t he right?

My blood could be used as a weapon in order to hurt others.

Is my life really worth any more than everyone else’s?

“I know”, she muttered, and he seemed to find that amusing.

“And if you really think I would ever choose you- “

“Thea!”, a voice broke through, an identical voice that she was hearing now, and she turned to see Felix again, his face anguished in a way that she had never seen it before.

If this is the real Felix, how much did he overhear?

She turned back around to the person that she was speaking to, realizing that it was no longer Felix, but Murphy, and she felt her stomach drop at the sight of it, a wave of painful memories coming to the surface at the sight of it.

The rest of Unit Bravo came running after him, and they tensed at the sight of the other person in the room.

“You know what I spoke of was the truth”, they snarled, “We had our reason to join the rouges”

They then pushed past the team, leaving the room, almost as if expecting one of them to follow them.

None of them did.

Thea gave a shaky breath, and as Felix moved closer to her, she turned her head away, and she was not sure why.

It was not he who said those words.

Why are you putting the blame on him?

He drew his hand back, but he stayed close to her, looking at her with worried eyes, obviously trying his best to give her an encouraging smile.

“None of what they said was true”, Nate spoke up, looking at the two of them with worried eyes.

“Agreed”, Adam said simply, giving her a surprisingly encouraging nod, and she did her best to push it all out of her brain, even though she could not get those thoughts out of her head.

She looked over to Felix, who was looking away from her, looking confused at what to do, and the hurt look that he tried to hide felt like it was tearing her up inside.

I can’t let him think this is his fault, I can’t.

Even with her hesitance, and what she thought was him speaking the dark truths that she knew anyway, she reached out her hand gently to entwine their pinky fingers together, it not much, but it was all that she could think to do.

Thea could feel him shudder out a sigh of relief, and she gave him the brightest smile that she could muster, and he returned it.

“Let’s go ahead and get going”, Mason said, his grey eyes never leaving the two of them, “We can talk more about this later”

“Can you give us a minute?”, Felix suddenly spoke up, and she looked up at him in surprise.

Nate’s eyes softened, “Of course”

The three of them filed out of the room leaving the two of them alone.

“They had already made a treaty with the rouges”, Felix started to explain, “There was not much else that we could do”

“Did you hear-?”, she asked, not telling what exactly she was referring to, but he seemed to understand anyway.

“All of it”, he muttered, and she felt herself give out a shaky breath at his answer.

Felix moved closer to wrap his arms around her in a hug, hesitantly, as if she could pull away if she really wanted to, but she had no idea why she would ever do such a thing, needing his comfort now more then ever. Thea buried her face in his shoulder, letting his warmth provide some much-needed security.

“I’m right here”, he whispered to her, “And I’m not leaving. Not ever”

She tried to suppress the sob at his words, and he continued.

“None of what that changeling said was true, you know that? You’re not a failure, Thea, and you never could be”

Not having anything that she could say, she wrapped her arms around him tighter, and he seemed to understand the meeting.

He always does.

Felix gently moved back, as he did not want to let go, and he pulled the locket out of his jean pocket.

“I brought this back for you”, he said, giving her the locket, “Thank you for letting me hold on to it”

“Of course,” she whispered back, and he gave her a gentle smile, and Thea moved to fasten it back around her neck.

“We better join the others”, he said, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, and she gently placed her hand on his side on response.

“We should”, she nodded, doing her best to give him a smile, “Unless they are going to come barging in here”

Felix gave a light laugh, and they walked out together, and even with the memory of the event burned in her brain, still wondering what exactly had happened and why Nate and Mason had disappeared in the first place, but she put it out of her mind for now.

Just focus on the present for now.

Because how sweet it is.

#the wayhaven chronicles #wayhaven chronicles #twc #detective thea holland #felix hauville #felix x detective #f hauville #31daysofwayhaven #might make a followup of this in felix's POV at some point

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