I know, but... suddenly seeing those events made it seem like it happened to me specifically, and...
[ He tries to keep his breathing calm. ]
... Ceres killed herself, with the dagger that she gave me as a birthday gift... and people found out that I was the second drifter, so... I was caught and endlessly experimented on.
[ softly. it doesn't read in their emotions, but there is truly something odd that strikes itself in yves' chest at this moment. he'll later recognize it as anger. fury on adolphe's behalf. that's for another time.
instead he'll just hold adolphe even closer, even as yves presses kisses to his hair ]
I'm so sorry. You never deserved that. Neither did she.
oh his heart aches. adolphe already was going to live so much longer than everyone else, and then—in the end, he couldn't even die? he couldn't even be with the people who he loved, who left ahead of him? he shuts his eyes against it and takes a moment to just breathe in and out, squeezing adolphe briefly ]
... it's not like that here. [ another little reminder ] We're in the afterlife together, but then... we're going to go live together. We'll find our own little place in the world, and I won't let anyone take you from me.
We're going to grow old together, and then we'll pass peacefully and come back to this slice of Heaven together. Wherever you are, that's where I'll be, and nothing will hurt. I promise.
I won't. Where else would I want to be besides next to you?
[ he just nuzzles against the side of adolphe's head ]
That's been true since the very beginning.
[ that very first sunday when they were offered either a chance at heaven or an opportunity to go home and yves instantly knew his answer—he wanted to be where adolphe was, if at all possible ]
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yves frowns a little bit as that thought comes through, his fingers threading through adolphe’s hair to try to soothe him ]
I’m not going anywhere. [ firmly ] You were only gone a few hours for me… but I can spend however long you want to remind you that you’re here.
[ tentatively, ] Do you want to talk about it…?
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[ He tries to keep his breathing calm. ]
... Ceres killed herself, with the dagger that she gave me as a birthday gift... and people found out that I was the second drifter, so... I was caught and endlessly experimented on.
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[ softly. it doesn't read in their emotions, but there is truly something odd that strikes itself in yves' chest at this moment. he'll later recognize it as anger. fury on adolphe's behalf. that's for another time.
instead he'll just hold adolphe even closer, even as yves presses kisses to his hair ]
I'm so sorry. You never deserved that. Neither did she.
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[ He hugs Yves tighter. ]
I couldn't even die, no matter what happened to me.
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Why... not?
[ their island always felt like a place where it was almost hilariously too easy to die ]
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[ So he just lives more than normie lifespan!! And it sucked! ]
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oh his heart aches. adolphe already was going to live so much longer than everyone else, and then—in the end, he couldn't even die? he couldn't even be with the people who he loved, who left ahead of him? he shuts his eyes against it and takes a moment to just breathe in and out, squeezing adolphe briefly ]
... it's not like that here. [ another little reminder ] We're in the afterlife together, but then... we're going to go live together. We'll find our own little place in the world, and I won't let anyone take you from me.
We're going to grow old together, and then we'll pass peacefully and come back to this slice of Heaven together. Wherever you are, that's where I'll be, and nothing will hurt. I promise.
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[ Adolphe still doesn't blindly believe in things, but he'll put hope in things with no basis. Close enough. ]
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I'll keep saying it, and proving it.
[ and he will have enough confidence for them both ]
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[ Yves. His Yves. He can't imagine living without him now. He buries his face into the crook of his neck and sighs. ]
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I love you, too.
Stay with me forever.
[ and don’t get lost in your horrific nightmare trap timeloops ]
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I will.
[ Adolphe doesn't really believe in forever, but he's vulnerable enough to want it regardless of his usual beliefs right now. ]
Please don't go too far from me...
[ He sounds a little desperate. ]
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[ he just nuzzles against the side of adolphe's head ]
That's been true since the very beginning.
[ that very first sunday when they were offered either a chance at heaven or an opportunity to go home and yves instantly knew his answer—he wanted to be where adolphe was, if at all possible ]
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[ loss week? dependency vibes? yeah. ]
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You should’ve just said so earlier.
[ he knows adolphe needs him!! he knew he gets lonely!!!! stupid ]
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[ Adolphe lightly headbutts him. ]
... even if it's... true.