???? ????? ??? ? ????? || Ekko x Reader

Y/n's fingers brushed the surface of the wooden table. Her eyes were looking through the documents that were left on the table, untouched ever since the owner of the seat passed.

She was at this office many times, but she never once had the heart to sit in that seat, even though it belonged to her now. Who would've thought that Death would mourn for so long? But at the same time, she never really had the chance to do so. Because she had to stay strong for her little sister.

Her e/c eyes were tiredly looking at the seat. She kept telling herself that it's just a seat, a cold seat. But she couldn't ignore how the Chem-Barons were fighting for this empty chair.

She never took care of the documents that were still there, no one did. She did everything else, but what stayed in that office stayed untouched. Her heart was heavy even from staying in the room, but she knew she has to take a leap now. A leap forward means leaving a few things behind.
Oh, how much she missed the one who told her this.
And yet still, even her eyes were feeling heavy from looking at the chair, she still does not have the strength to claim it.

"It's yours" Y/n heard the voice behind her. Her eyes closed in pain as soon as she recognized it. "Take it."

"You're not even here" she said out loud, not even looking behind her. "You're just a voice in my head. You're dead, you left me when I needed you."

"You and I both know you don't need me" Silco looked at her from the couch he was sitting at. "That seat is yours, claim it."

"I can't" Y/n whispered as she opened her eyes and looked at the seat painfully. "I can't rule Zaun. I can't do the same thing as you did."

"Good" Silco said as he stood up and walked over to his daughter, putting his hands on her shoulder from behind and leaning down to talk next to her ear. "Because that's exactly why I left this all to you. I told you many times, I made a promise, which I failed to keep. But I know you can, because your heart is in the right place, unlike mine."

"If I take over Zaun then nothing will be the same" Y/n said as she felt Silco caress her shoulders gently. He always used to calm her down when being Death was too much for her, but now he's dead. "What you worked for will be all in vain, because I will change it all."

"It won't be" Silco answered. "I built the base and kept it from going into chaos. Now it's your turn to take over. My blood is in your veins, my mind is in your head, you knew this day would come, because I always told you this will happen ever since you were a kid. I didn't know it would be this soon, but you'll manage."

"How can you be so sure?!" Y/n snapped a little. "You're not even here, you're just a voice in my head because I can't let you go!"

"You always did what you had to, and it was always the good choice" Silco answered. "My death was a good choice, because now there is a chance to right my wrongs. And I want you to do that. I'll leave my legacy to you, because I know you can handle it. You won't break from the pressure, because you're not one of the breakable ones."