with everything that i hear

Teen And Up Audiences | Major Character Death | Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

F/M | for outlookpark | 100 words | 2023-03-23 | the lamb | AO3

Claire (Professor Layton)/Hershel Layton

Claire (Professor Layton), Hershel Layton

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel


He hasn't changed.

The way he carries himself - she can tell, the way he sets his shoulders, even in that big coat - and the way he speaks.

The way he draws conclusions.

It's not a bad thing. No one should change that much between 27 and 37, and on the flip side, if he truly hadn't changed a bit, she wouldn't have felt as though she were reaching out to him from the past.

But she let him be the one to fight, there at the end.

And she won't deny that she's glad he did.

Her sweet, sweet Hershel.