#goodnight lilies🌷

[henqtic]

itsy bitsy spider . lily evans x reader . wc: 465.

summary: after an encounter with a spider, lily is there to help you fall asleep. ( requested )

note: i’ve never written or even read for lily before so this is probably a bit out of character  . partially edited .

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You expected all of your childish fear to eventually go away. Just evaporate into thin air, never to be seen again— like the boogeyman or leprechauns.

To be fair, both the boogeyman and leprechauns could be real in her world.

Her, who had been your lifeline since you rekindled your friendship before she went off to Hogwarts. Especially when that turned into more, and you moved in together.

Her, who had to rush in from your bedroom to the bathroom after hearing your scream. And it was all for a little spider passing its time in the corner of your ceiling.

Lilly let you go without any chastising, promising that she’d take care of the eight legged bug and you could go get ready for bed. So you did, getting dressed in a long sleeve top, pants, and socks that could go over the fabrics.

By the time she got back, you’d changed the sheets and left only one big blanket on the bed to minimally places any other spiders could burrow their way into.

Minutes had passed since then, half an hour actually, you’d been watching the alarm clock on your nightstand, unable to go to sleep not knowing if there were a bunch of baby spiders just waiting to pop up in the night.

“Are you okay honey?” She asked softly from behind you, her body spooning yours.

Her senses were high around you, not feeling your breaths getting any softer or the muscles of your body relax. She could almost feel the fear radiating off of you and it crumbled her inside.

“Yeah I’m fine Lils,” you lied, shaking your head gently as you continued, “And I’m really sorry about being dramatic earlier, I probably scared you with how loud I screamed.”

She kissed your forehead, her long auburn hair brushing up against your face, “Don’t apologize, okay? Everyone’s afraid of something, I’m happy your fear is spiders and not something worse.”

“When are you gonna tell me what the ‘something worse’ is?” You wondered out loud, asking the question as to why she had distanced herself from magic and all of her friends always lingering in the back of your head.

“Soon,” she said slowly, “Really, really soon.”

“Can you sing me to sleep?”

She hummed, allowing you to close your eyes so that you couldn’t see her little smirk.

“The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And itsy bitsy spider couldn’t bother you again.”

“As long as you’re here to kill them for me I’ll be fine, goodnight Lily.”

As you drifted off to sleep, you swore you could hear her whisper, “Why would I kill an innocent creature?”

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