Summary: Raphael is in danger and the Reader saves him after which Raphael becomes angry at her. Confused, the Reader manages to find out that the reason why he was angry was because he was afraid to lose her. (Requested)
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Pairing: Reader x Raphael Santiago
Word Count: 1288

“God, I hate graveyards.” You whispered to Raphael as the two of you made your way towards the center of the graveyard. Apparently, Camille hadn’t accepted the fact that she wasn’t the leader of the vampires anymore and had assemble a small, but still an army against Raphael and his clan. For a Shadowhunter and a vampire the two of you got along extremely well, and you would be lying if you’d say that you didn’t felt an attraction towards him. Unfortunately, this wasn’t meant to be - you were supposed to kill vampires, not kiss them.

After hearing of Camille’s plan, Raphael came to you, asking for your help. Alec and Jace immediately forbid you to help him, but as a rebel that you were of course you didn’t listen to them. Besides, this was Raphael that you were talking about. A vampire who almost never came to anyone for help, and that meant that things were quite complicated. After all, a war between vampires was the last thing you all needed.

“I find them to be quite relaxing.” He answered back to you as you rolled your eyes. He had accepted the fact that he was a vampire, and even joked about it along with you who liked to tease him quite a lot.

“I wonder why.” You remarked, a smirk on your face. This time it was Raphael’s turn to roll his eyes. The two of you suddenly stopped, looking around your surroundings. For sure there was something lurking in the shadows, ready to attack the two of you at any second now. They didn’t waste any time as they jumped at the two of you.

You were quite busy fighting back two vampires, and because of that you hadn’t even managed to look over to Raphael to check whether he was okay or not. More vampires came as it became a lot harder to fight them. Suddenly, an arrow hit one of the vampires as it exploded into ash. You smiled, seeing Alec holding up his bow as Jace and Clary came to your aid.

Finally finding time to check Raphael’s status, you saw him with four vampires circling around him. They didn’t attack him; in fact it looked like they were waiting for him to attack them first which he didn’t. When you saw another vampire behind him you throw your knife into his heart as you jumped at the other four vampires. All hell broke loose as you tried to fight the two vampires who came at you with full force. You managed to kill the two of them before you killed the final vampire standing.

You looked around as Alec along with Jace and Clary came towards you. You were sure that they would start lecturing you. You were quite surprised to hear that Raphael was in fact the first person to yell at you.

“What were you thinking, Y/N?” He yelled as he came closer to you, his face expressing anger, a look on his face you hadn’t seen before. You were quite surprised, not really understanding the problem here.

“What?” You asked, raising your eyebrow. The trio around you said nothing as they observed you and Raphael.

“You could have been killed!” He yelled, frustrated because of the fact that you didn’t understand what the problem was. Honestly, you were more than confused. You were a Shadowhunter; it wasn’t exactly a safe job.

“I could be killed every day, I’m a Shadowhunter.” You remarked as Raphael let out a sigh before using his extra fast speed to flee the scene. You shook your head as you turned your attention towards your fellow Shadowhunters.

“I can’t believe how blind you are, Y/N.” Jace said as you rolled your eyes at him.

“What are you talking about?” You asked. As a response Jace and Clary shared a glance before letting out a small chuckle. Alec looked at the two of them, seeming to be just as confused as you were.

“You really don’t understand, do you?” Clary asked as you shook your head in response.

“He likes you. That’s why he was so worried about you.” Jace exclaimed. You looked at him before bursting out laughing, but stopped, seeing that he was indeed serious about the claim he had just made.

“You’re serious.” You remarked, making him nod his head. He along with Clary turned around to leave the graveyard while you stood still. There was no way Raphael Santiago, the leader of vampires, had feelings for you. Was there?

You hadn’t seen Raphael for a week now, and honestly, it was driving you quite crazy. Jace’s words hadn’t left your head as you thought about them day after day. After much inner debate you finally decided to pay him a visit and ask him straight whether he had feelings for you or not.

You walked over to the vampire lair, stopping in front of the main door. You raised your hand, ready to knock before lowering it again as you turned around, ready to leave. The door opened, revealing Raphael who observed you with a smirk on his face. You stared at him, your eyes looking deeply into his before he spoke up.

“Do what do I owe this honor?”

He led you inside, telling you to follow him into the main room. The two of you walked inside, you behind him. He dropped onto the couch, observing you closely as you stood there awkwardly. Without thinking you bursted out the question you desperately wanted an answer to.

“Do you like me?” You bursted out as you waited for his reaction. For a second you thought that he would start laughting, but he didn’t as he sat there silently, his face looking completely emotionless. Or maybe it was just hard for you to read his expressions.

“You’re a great person.” He answered as you let out a low chuckle.

“That’s not what I meant.” You remarked. Raphael let out a sigh before standing up and taking a step closer to you.

“Why are you asking me this?” He questioned, his eyebrow raised. Now it was your time to sigh as your eyes travelled around the place. Now you going to his place seemed like an extremely bad idea. You mentally cursed Jace for putting this idea into your head. You were definately going to give him a piece of your mind when you go back to the Institute.

“Jace thought that you were so angry because you liked me. As in romantically liked me.” You lowered your voice with every passing word before your eyes landed on him. He took a step closer to you as you stood still, not sure what to do.

“He’s right.” He quietly said, looking at you, waiting for your reaction. Now that you had heard him say it you weren’t sure what to do with that information. Sure, you also liked him, but a Shadowhunter and a vampire? If someone were to find out that you liked a vampire, you would be cast out of the Institute. As you stood there Isabelle’s words came to your mind: ‘Love conquers all’. You weren’t sure whether you loved him or not, but there were definately some strong feelings involved.

Suddenly, your lips crashed into his. It felt like the world around you stopped existing. When you pulled away he had a smile on his face as he slowly opened his eyes.

“I guess that means you like me too?” He asked jokingly. You nodded, a wide grin plastered onto your face.

“You’re damn right I do.” And that was the moment you knew that you had made the right decision.

Love conquers all.