Aleric Drabble 2
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distant. Each place that lovely golden glow touched was slowly and methodically devoured until all that remained was a stygian black. Only a single though echoed in his head before he, too, was swallowed up in it.
/I...failed./
like this. He willed his hand to move, reach out, do fucking anything to stop him from leaving. It can’t end like this! He tried again and again and *again* in the hopes it’d work.
But he was just too *weak*.
Darkness swam around the edges of his vision as the image of his prince’s back grew
“Maybe, in another life, I’d have spent forever with you.” He leaned in close. “I’ll always miss what we could’ve had.”
A kiss.
How could something so small carry so much sorrow behind it?
“Farewell, my beloved white knight.”
He watched Eric turn and begin walking into the light. It couldn’t end
“One more thing.” A thumb stroked along the underside of an eye, wiping away unshed tears. “As your prince, I order you to not come after me. Please let this be the one time you listen to me, okay?”
/Don’t ask that of me. You know better than anyone I won’t stand by that./
“Thank you for being my friend, my lover, my confidant, and--” a wet laugh escaped his throat-- “my knight in shining armor. I’ll love you till the day I die.”
“Son, it’s best we be going.”
“Yes, father.”
/No. Don’t go. Don’t leave me, please!/
golden light, blue oceans brimming with tears, and a mouth curled up ruefully. He still looked beautiful even now, even as he readied himself to become a martyr for someone who didn’t give a damn about him. The sight tore Alek’s already sundered heart to shreds.
gratitude for. Your love and support gave me the courage to chase after my freedom, the joy I thought lost after Mother’s death, and the confidence to live as *myself*. I won’t forget all that you’ve done for me.”
Tipping his head back forced his eyes to open more. He saw Eric swathed in soft
so meant that this was really happening and Alek would be powerless in stopping it. There had to be something he could do, there just had to be!
“Throughout all the time we’ve spent together, I’ve never once regretted having you in my life. You’ve made it better in ways I can’t ever express enough
Even a desperate call of his name or plea would suffice. Yet it was all for naught, as his voice was /gone/.
“Father’s only allowed me this moment to say what I need to say so…” A pause before the ghost of a smile appeared on his lips. “Please listen, okay?”
No. No, he couldn’t accept this. Doing
inflicted by the king’s greatsword. No words were exchanged between them during this time, though it wasn’t by choice.
“There.” The glow vanished, its heat replaced with cold. “That should keep the bleeding to a minimum, at least.”
He wanted to say something, anything, to prevent him from leaving.
“Shh, I know, I know, I know…” Eric murmured under his breath. “I know it hurts but this was the only way I could stop you.”
Opening his eyes a sliver revealed a soothing glow and a concentrated expression set across his lover’s features. Warmth enveloped his legs, healing the wounds that were
then, pulling him up to sit him against a wall. A hiss of pain whistled through his lips as hands gently caressed every inch of his face.
Hands he was intimately familiar with.
result in his death but at least it’d give Eric a good running start. He couldn’t let that bastard take him back to Veriamacer. He wouldn’t allow it.
But it hurt just to breathe.
Chunks of earth were lifted off him and it became easier for his lungs to fill with air. Something touched his shoulder
He could hear voices coming from somewhere. They were muffled, sounding as though whoever was speaking was in another room a short distance away. However, he could care less on what was being said.
He needed to get up. Stand and raise his sword against the king once more. It would almost certainly
Ringing.
There was a ringing in his ears. Low but just barely audible enough to be heard. An ache settled deep within his bones, leaving him incapable of moving much, if at all. His entire body felt as if it’d been rocked by an explosion of some kind.
Not too far from the truth, he supposed.
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Aleric Drabble 1
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lifetime ahead to show that love.
had Alek pull back to catch his breath. Then he touched his forehead to Eric’s, murmuring, “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
They stayed like that for what seemed like forever. Eric, though, knew that something from the past did matter and it was that he loved Alek. He loved him and they had a whole
comfort when he needed it. They couldn’t change the past but the future had yet to be written. The present was what mattered.
Grabbing onto his hand, Eric only said, “It wouldn’t be us if we were conventional,” before leaning in and kissing Alek.
They shared a few chaste kisses, the last of which
Nothing’s stopping us from going out on more dates so we can take as many as we want. You need only say the word.” Alek’s other hand reached up to caress Eric’s cheek. “Better late than never, right?”
He couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled out from his mouth. Leave it up to his beloved to give him
hiding the fact we were together but now we’re not. We can be like this out in the open and people will only see a couple that are madly in love with each other. Today was fun and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world.
“Besides, who’s to say we can’t have more days like today?
had been that simple...
“Well, if you ask me--” Alek laid his hand atop Eric’s, filling the gap between his fingers with his own-- “the way I see it, what we did or didn’t do in the past doesn’t matter. It’s the now that counts.
“Sure, we didn’t get to have our first date until now because we were
they had to deny each other what they really wanted. It was times like now he wished he was born a normal boy with a normal family. That way, the issues that complicated their relationship previously didn’t exist and they would’ve gone on to have a long, trouble-free life together. If only things
forget the happiness that surged through him when he saw that no one really cared over him and Alek being together.
However, that didn’t erase the years they spent pretending they were just friends, the fights in which they argued over things beyond their control, and the pain they each felt when
Even when they ran away, they still kept it under wraps from everyone they met out of fear of being recognized. It took months for them to start being open about it and even longer to be loud. It wasn’t until they arrived in Aurora Zenith they felt safe enough to go public with it. He’ll never
especially his, didn’t court those perceived to be beneath them. If news of their relationship had gotten out, it would’ve thrown the kingdom into an uproar. That wasn’t even taking into account his father’s reaction, which still sent chills down Eric’s spine every time he remembered that night.
date when we should’ve had it a long time ago.”
“I know…but I don’t regret spending the time I had with you, even if it was little.”
“I don’t, either.” He let out another sigh. “I just wish we could’ve done this back then.”
He cursed the circumstances he was born under. People in their positions,
stood up straight, releasing his hand from Alek’s. “We never had the chance to be kids, Alek. We never had the chance to go out and do the things we did today because we would’ve gotten caught. We spent the majority of our relationship behind closed doors that it took us this long to have our first
