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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:59 pm
All Ali was met with was the sight of Lance curling up into a ball right there on top of him. Still though, Lance said nothing. But he didn't need to. Actions spoke louder then words sometimes. His arm's curled around Ali's body, caught somewhere between wanting to hold tightly, or just lay there. It was awkward given the angle. But Lance just didn't care. There was a raspy, shaky breathe and then finally.
"I'm sorry."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:02 pm
"What are you sorry for?" Ali asked, his voice gentle. "None of this is your fault," he nuzzled his face against Lance's head, moving down to kiss his boyfriend's cheek. He hated seeing Lance like this. "And anyway, I'm fine, you're fine, Ava is fine."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:44 pm
"Everything." The blonde choked as he shook. "The shade, the queen.. this most recent stunt. It's all my fault." Each time, Damocles was either separated or wasn't quick enough to keep Tantalus safe. And Lance blamed himself for it all. "You're getting hurt because of me and I can't keep you safe at all." All he had done was gotten both him and Avacyn hurt. He was still surprised Ari hadn't royally chewed him out for getting the girl involved. What good was he if he couldn't even protect the one he cared about most.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:52 pm
"No, Lance, it's not," Alistair said, and his tone was gentle and warm, but firm. "I know you think it is, but it's not. The shade and the queen - well, the shade was my fault, for going out alone when I knew there was a homicidal thing stalking me, and the Queen took out most of the people fighting against her." His fingers gently ran through his boyfriend's hair, in slow, soothing strokes. "And this recent thing? That's all on Penthesilea. It's on her insane obsession with you, or whatever it is - all you did was beat her in a fight she challenged you to. She's the one that decided the appropriate response to that was stalking and attempted murder by proxy."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:59 pm
"It is." He yelled, suddenly bolting up. "We got separated with the shade. And it was enough that it downed you. The same with the queen, and I was right ******** there that time!" The distraught blonde shook his head and smacked the hand from his hair. "Penthesilea was only looking for you because she wanted to get to ME. Her, as you just put it, insane obsession with me! You keep getting hurt because of me!" She beat Tantalus in attempt to watch him squirm. Lance curled in on himself and just cried harder. "Alistair, how long before I get you killed. I... I can't do this. I don't want to see that happen."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:10 pm
"We got separated because I was stupid!" Alistair said, pushing himself off the bed and staying close to Lance, always within arm's reach so he could pull him back over. "And I wouldn't have survived any of that if it weren't for you. My shade would've strangled me to death, the Queen would've drowned me, Penthesilea would've snapped my neck." He reached out again, pulling Lance close.
The words "I can't do this" sent a cold chill down Alistair's spine. "What do you mean...can't do this?" There was a quake of fear in his voice. Please let him be talking about powering up, or something like that, something rational, not - them...
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:15 pm
Lance just made a small whimpering noise, curling farther into himself. "What do think Ali. Us. This. All of it. If it's just going to lead to me having to see you get hurt over and over again. Or god forbid die.." His voice cracked and his words stopped as he one again shook his head. "I just can't keep seeing you get hurt.. I love you."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:20 pm
There it was, that settling, awful chill. "I love you too," Ali reminded him gently, "and you're not going to have to watch me get hurt. I'm learning. I'll get stronger, and I'll be able to take care of myself. And anyway, I have you to keep me safe. If I didn't...I'd be totally lost without you, Lance."
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:57 am
The teen uncurled himself, but only enough to latch onto Alistair. It was hesitant at first, like if he did the younger man might break from his touch. It didn't feel like he kept Alistair safe. It felt more like he kept getting him into trouble. So instead the blonde just clung to him and cried.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:05 pm
"Ssh, shh," Alistair stroked Lance's hair gently, a faint smile on his face. "Why don't we take a break from this...Senshi mess? I know you wen out while I was out of commission, but we can take a few days to just be us and forget about Tantlaus and Damocles, yeah?" He nuzzle his face against his boyfriend's neck.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:57 pm
A break... Maybe that would be for the best. A few days couldn't hurt right? The blonde flinched, almost curling back up again. "I'm sorry for that too... " There he was yelling at Ali for powering up to heal, while he snuck out just so he didnt have to play a game of 20 promises. "I'm such a hypocrite... Why do you put up with me."
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:21 pm
"I'm not mad at you for that," Alistair said. "I couldn't ask you to stay in while I was out, now could I? And you can take care of yourself far better than I can." He lifted his head and moved his hands to rest on the sides of Lance's face, leaning up and pressing a slow kiss to his boyfriend's lips. "No, you're no a hypocrite, you just want to keep me safe. And it's not putting up with you if being around you makes me happy."
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:33 am
"Cause you were soooo calm when you caught me.." Lance hiccuped. The blonde sighed and just shook his head again. He was still so unsure of it all. "Doing a piss poor job at it..." The blonde mumbled, pulling away just a bit.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:58 am
Alistair rolled his eyes. "Because you lied and snuck around, not because you were doing it," he said, and then he leaned in to kiss Lance again, not letting him get more than a few inches away. "Come on, let's go to bed, alright? You must be exhausted."
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:43 am
"You were asleep. I wasn't going to wake you up and tell you I was going out to do the rounds... You didn't look like you were having a nightmare... and you weren't talking in your sleep. I didn't want to ruin it by having you worry about me." He nodded listlessly, letting Alistair drag him back over to the bed where he ultimately flopped on top of the brunette.
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