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*Ponders*
I'll take Luke/Natalia, Souji/Rise, and for a change of pace, Alex/Elle.
SH: Homecoming :: Alex/Elle
Elle's warmth beside him is comforting. Solid. (Maybe real, maybe not. He'll see when they're out.) She's quiet, keeps glancing out the windows, but she catches him looking and a smile spreads across her face that's almost as good as seeing the sun.
"Have you thought about -- where we'll go? If..."
Neither of them are about to say 'when'. Don't wanna jinx anything. But he likes the we.
Alex shakes his head. After a moment, he says, "I hear Maine's nice this time of year," and he doesn't know why. He's never been to Maine, doesn't have any idea what it's like any time of year -- but it makes Elle's smile widen tinily.
"I've always wanted to see Maine," she responds. It's probably not true. Probably nobody's always wanted to see Maine. He finds his lips twitching into a tired smile anyway.
Neither of them are smiling because of the actual words they're saying. They're smiling because they're both still alive, impossibly. This goddamned town tried to kill them, over and over, and they're still standing.
Sitting. In the back of Wheeler's car, with their voices lowered and their heads close together in a way that made it feel almost private.
When they started the car, Alex knew how many miles from the city limits they were, and he did some mental math. With how fast they're going, they should be crossing the border right now.
He doesn't notice. The warmth of Elle's lips, slightly chapped, distracts him.
Re: SH: Homecoming :: Alex/Elle
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TOA :: Luke/Natalia
"Luke!" she called imperiously, straightening her shoulders like a princess should. "Everyone is waiting for you! We are almost to Baticul, and--"
He looked up at her, impassive, and for a moment she thought, He's not either of them, is he?
While Jade had kept him isolated for examination, Natalia had often watched from afar, noting when she saw behaviors that seemed like Asch, or ones that seemed like Luke. A flicker of Asch's impatience, an awkwardness that was all Luke... And it was terrible, when she could not have said which one she wanted to come back more.
But none of it was as terrible as that heartbeat when she saw his blankness and she remembered the replica Luke when he had been new, and she realized that she might have lost them both and a third one had taken their place.
Then he got to his feet and she saw that he had a crown of flowers in his hands, and she stiffened.
"I was just thinking, these flowers look like those, don't they?" he mused, quiet. "You were so kind to me, even back when I was just a helpless infant... Although maybe it's more impressive that you put up with me after that."
Tears welled up in her eyes. "Luke," she said, and then he had crossed to her, lowering the flower ring onto her hair.
Do you even know what this means to me?
"I'm sorry," Luke said, looking down. "I should have talked to you sooner. I wanted to--"
Natalia threw herself at him, arms wrapping around his neck, and kissed him; soundly, happily, with everything she had.
Re: TOA :: Luke/Natalia
That is fantastic.