⍮ TROY OTTO.

❝ . . . 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬. ❞ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ㅤㅤ @becamethedead'𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀( &&. 𝚄𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙱𝙻𝙴 ) ;*

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

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⠀ 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 ; 𝐚𝐮
⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀❤︎﹠↺ — ᴋᴇɴᴏʙæ .

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❛ 𝒴𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝐦𝐞. ❜

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

| read the note Troy you fucking gay disaster

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead He wakes up to a cold spot in his bed and immediately, he’s rolling to pat around; he feels the note.

⠀⠀⠀⠀❝Babe?❞

Nothing.

One eye pops open, albeit his vision is still blurry in that eye; has been since the accident. He sits up.

⠀⠀⠀⠀❝Nick, where are you?❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

. . . Then, what?

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

It’s already cold.

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

| is that interstellar the literal loml

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « cause him to relax.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝I don't remember a lot of things, but you know that.❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

Places his chin on @becamethedead’s shoulder as he stands behind him. Truthfully, the man is the other half of his soul by now.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝You’re looking pale, Nicky. What’s wrong?❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « is not the time to reminisce on the horrors he has underwent; he simply keeps himself close, where he is safe with the only person who has ever truly needed him. His heart has slowed, lethargy finally seeping into the seams of his bones to »

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead «

His speech is about as fragmented as his memory, and so he becomes tacit.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝She's the only thing I've ever had nightmares of.❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « done for him in the past but he can't quite remember what prompted the man to come live with them on the Ranch.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Or why Madison swung that hammer.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝I just . . . I can't recall why or how . . . or what . . . caused her to –– ❞ »

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « Madison more than anything else currently in existence.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝As I love you, Nick Clark.❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « Troy's grip on Nick's countenance becomes more firm, as if attempting to stabilize himself.

Every precious word spoken, he'd remember vividly, however –– or at least try to.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝That's fine by me,❞ he murmurs, only because he fears »

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « call you my fiancé?❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead «

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝Our kids?❞ He queries, feeling as if a bolt of lightning had just coursed its way down his spine, setting each vertebrae aflame as it did.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝We can leave that part out, yes.

But most importantly, does this mean I get to »

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « his heart is going to impale itself against his sternum.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❝I've never wanted anything more.❞

[⍮ TROY OTTO. @feltfear]

@becamethedead « happening; not during the Apocalypse.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But it is.

And for the first time since the world was razed to the ground, he feels anchored; his existence feels meaningful, necessary. Troy draws back to glance at the other, brows furrowed –– »