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Elliot Craig

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[usurpers]

For how long?

[ it’s not really a question to elliot and more of a question meant to return to him. for how long will he be going back and forth? how many times will he have to get so lost that he builds another gap between them? between friends. he didn’t know, that was one side.

or he can suck up, right now and say “never again”. he said never before and it’s why he doesn’t say it again. he’s remorseful, but he’s not stupid. never say never.

god damn it. ]

Don’t— answer that. I know the answer. [ clover was so right, too. ] If I’m going to tell you everything, it’s too much for one night.

I just don’t want this anymore. I don’t want to see that look on your face again.

[fiddlestick]

[He had been opening his mouth to answer, but Eren cuts him off. He bites his lip a little, looking up at him]

I meant...the tears. I wasn't expecting you to tell me everything tonight, really.

We can take our time with that. I have things to tell you too. [He reaches over for his hand, gently holding it and soothing the skin with his thumb]

It won't be easy, but we'll get through this. I know it.

[usurpers]

I meant tears, too.

[ because the only way to get rid of them was . . . getting through them. and getting through them meant, those other things. eren holds onto his hand a little better, shoulder to shoulder, but sniffing as his face remains hidden in a lean against his fiancé. ]

I just— hate crying. Like it’s the only thing I could do.

[ instead of, you know. changing something. ]

[maskreant]

[ Akira has actually been watching from the small creak of the door, though only recently. Fortunately, he didn’t get to hear all of the details, but there was one part that is loud and clear. He squints at the two, though not at all malicious or slighted.

Still. Can’t a dead man sleep? ]

We hate you crying, too.

[ Since he made himself known, he enters the room and assaults both of them for a hug. The atmosphere is enough to tell him that this is what they all need—no questions, none at all. Even if he has some idea what this is about, the point is his close friend has been bawling his eyes out and they need to hush him if they plan on getting any peace.

Of course, he also hopes that Eren can feel that he’s not alone. Likewise, that both Elliot and Eren remember that. ]

[fiddlestick]

[Elliot was about to open his mouth to respond to him, when Akira speaks up instead. It catches him by surprise, had they been that loud?]

Akira-

[And then they get assaulted for a hug. Elliot makes a squeak sound as he gets pulled into a group hug, but then he relaxes and returns the hug as well. That's right, let's hug it out]

[usurpers]

[ he forgets that a lot.

akira’s voice following the squeak of the door opening catches him by surprise; his mouth hangs open about to say something more before his throat just shuts. one arm is still hanging around elliot’s back and waist, while the other loosely finds its way around his other friend’s back. it was irony. it was a very cruel irony to be surrounded by so many splendid people he sometimes felt, like right now, that he didn’t deserve.

but he deserves to be happy too, doesn’t he? and so do they. elliot, most of all, and the friends that surround eren. when he stops to think about it, there’s one thing that never changes. he wants them all to be happy.

he holds his breath, hides his face into elliot’s neck, and tries his hardest to hold it in before he’s probably the source, between them both, that shakes like an earthquake. he’s not lying down, but

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