i stroke the curls, now turning pale, in which i'd lain entwined

Teen And Up Audiences | Major Character Death | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

F/M | for fullmoondrop | 100 words | 2023-03-25 | the lamb | AO3

Noah (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)/Mio (Xenoblade Chronicles 3), N (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)/M (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

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

Tears wouldn't help, would they?

She was gone.

And she could still return, later, which was what absolutely sparked and blew about it, but...she was gone.

Which was stronger, then: his fear of living in this world without her, or his abhorrence of the idea that she should have to live in this cruel world without him?

All his work was for her, he swore. She didn't want his time, life, in exchange, but...he would give it.

There were others. There are always others.

How can he move forward? What will be the point, of all he's done?