Never_Died



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    The last time he’d stood this close to the edge, Will had been gone, he’d thought he was dead. Nothing had mattered anymore, except protecting his friends, keeping those he had left safe. He hadn't wanted to live then, not without Will. He didn’t want to live now. Not because Will was gone—he was just across town in Mike’s room, probably not thinking about him or where he was for even a second—but because he didn’t deserve to. Because he was wrong, because he was sinful, because he didn’t matter, because nobody needed him and they never had. He’d just wanted them to need him because he’d needed them.

    All he ever did was hurt the people he needed. Why would anyone ever need him? He was–

    “Mike, where the hell are you?” Will’s voice latched a tether around his chest, pulled him back, pushed down his younger voice, silenced Troy and James.

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    It's October 1986, the Byers have been living with the Wheelers for 3 months now, and Mike can't sleep through the night, waking to nightmares and struggling to reconcile his growing awareness of his feelings for Will with the expectations of everyone around him. It all comes crashing down around him very quickly and suddenly (though it was a long time coming).

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    His expression is wide-eyed, caught mid-step, and he’s probably realizing that he’s walked straight into something he wasn’t supposed to see.

    “Mike—” Will exclaims, the name tearing out of him on pure reflex. He jerks back from his mom too fast, standing up as his heart lurches violently, hands coming up uselessly like he needs something to do with them. “I—”

    Or, Mike and Will finally have a much needed conversation.

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    “Liar,” Zoro says. “You’re such a handful already. Do I have to worry about my shirts now, too?”

    “Mm,” Luffy hums, coming down from his tickle-induced high. “Only when I miss Zoro.”

    Zoro blinks, eyebrows drawing and pulling at the bruise on his temple.

    “I’m right here, Luffy.”

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    There's nothing to scream about because nothing happened.

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    Zoro had never considered himself a believer but, standing in the middle of a hungry sea as Luffy held his hand in the eye of a storm, Zoro chose to believe.

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    Loss. Longing. Grief. Sorrow. A promise made to oneself, broken.

     

    He had sworn that he would do everything in his power to protect Wei Ying, even if he wasn’t allowed to stay by his side. So how could he ever forgive himself for failing even in this?

    Wei Wuxian finds himself reliving his husband's dreams under the influence of the incense burner once again. But unlike the previous ones, these dreams are neither idyllic nor playful.

    This time, it's a nightmare of the past; a long nightmare of grief and 13 lonely years.

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