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Felix Gallagher

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 1:26:01 GMT

"Mm."

Resting one hand along the couch cushion, Felix shifted his weight again, lifting his head back up to face her.

Specs of curiosity sparked between the pair of green rivers. What about Galar drew her away, he wondered. He wanted to believe she shared the deep loneliness that carved his heart, but what if there was something more to it? Something far more complicated. A complexity his simple fingers could never breach.

"Were the stars there not up to your standards," he lightly teased, the casualty of the question masking his bubbling fear that threatened to spill.

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 1:31:17 GMT

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[attr="class","illeana i"]his head lifts and her hands fall away. they rest idly by her sides, no longer useful.

and when their eyes meet, she simply... stares.

distance feels like it stretches far more than twenty lost years, spanning across decades and eternities. she had built walls up, tore them down, and rebuilt them stronger once more.

he tries to climb them.

"no, they were not."

he does not succeed. the sword, double edged and held against their skin, draws blood. her lips press into a slightly firm line.

"i - can we not talk about galar, please?"

Felix Gallagher

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Felix Gallagher

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 1:51:51 GMT

Was she getting defensive?

Fears worsened by the blood that stained, Felix tore his eyes away, making purchase on the wall up above. A heavy swallow forced its way down his dried throat.

"Okay."

While she spent that rift of time rebuilding her walls, Felix had done the very same, only that his laid ready to break at moment's notice. But, for the first time since his return, he questioned whether it was naivety that drew him to that conclusion.

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 2:01:06 GMT

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[attr="class","illeana i"]she shrinks into the decorative pillows at her back, eyes observing him as he breaks contact and seeks solace in the ceiling.

does he find any there? is it comforting to look away from her?

she doesn't want to know the answers, but her mind screams for understanding - for something to make sense of turmoil and disconnect.

it's not just galar between them anymore. it's the last fight, anger, leaving, a slamming door, and heartache. twenty years merely made the wounds easier to close, a mourning spanning decades of something that has yet to die in the present.

"i'm sorry."

she doesn't know what else to say, let alone what to do.

a hand rises to reach for him. it trembles and falls a moment later, uncertain.

she had been right where he left her last time - existing in the same pattern of reunion and departure, of love and devastation. has he noticed what that does to a foundation?

"are you going to stay?"

she has fears of her own. perhaps they are not as different as he would believe.

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Felix Gallagher

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 2:15:51 GMT

His jaw tightened at her question.

There, hidden between the tiny words, implications roared, bright and furious. They dug at wounds nearly forgotten, whetted claws rending the memories of slamming doors and broken promises.

"Do you want me to stay?"

Brow raised, eyes pools of fragile hope, Felix reconnected their frayed gazes.

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POSTED ON Aug 23, 2023 2:20:42 GMT

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[attr="class","illeana b"]
[attr="class","illeana i"]she sees hope in him when their eyes meet.

it hurts, somehow, to know she could snuff it out with the heel of her boot... to know that she could even want to.

"yes."

a beat passes between them, silence ticking through hands on an invisible clock.

"i won't force you to, though, if you don't want to."

she has grown accustomed to loneliness but never around him - not until now.

Felix Gallagher