( catchall ) even now i still dream of you

[obsessiveness]

gonna put some shitpost here later ok the point is is that we're free to wild tf out

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[obsessiveness]

[ if sandalphon's going to die, izumi is already gone. swimming with the fishes, probably. his face goes impossibly red, his grip on sandalphon's hand tightening as his poor brain processes all those sweet words he'd just said. how is he beautiful when he nagging his ear off and dragging him all over town while dodging rabid fans and paparazzi? ]

Y-You... You can't just say that...

[ his first instinct is to hide his flushed cheeks, so he pulls sandalphon in for a hug, hiding his face in his chest. he feels so warm, and even now he smells faintly of coffee, something that izumi's grown accustomed to over the months since knowing him. ]

I just... [ hold on, let him try to find the words. because izumi does want to hear more of that from him, but he isn't sure how his own heart would take it. ]

I'm glad... That you enjoyed yourself here. [ another pause as he takes a deep breath, steels himself. ] I don't want you to go just yet, so...

[ it's inevitable, once sandalphon finds a way back to the skies. so let him be selfish for just a little longer. ]

[unnecessities]

...I don't want to go yet, either.

[He'll have to, someday. The world can't be without a supreme primarch—not until every threat to the skies has been eliminated. But realistically, that won't ever happen—there will always be a new threat. It's thankless, eternal work, but it's a mantle Sandalphon bears proudly.

...Even so, he's so happy he got to experience a quiet, peaceful life with Izumi. No cruel Astral experiments, no garden to be confined in—just a life lived normally, with the man he loves.]

I might not ever want to go.

[But that doesn't mean he won't. They both know that he has to, once he can.

Sandalphon returns Izumi's embrace, holding him tightly and stroking his hair. What a blessing it would be to stay like this forever.]

...So until the day comes that I have to...I want to be by your side. Perhaps that's too much to ask, coming from someone in my position. But I...

[He never got the chance to even so much as tell Lucifer how much he mattered to him. He won't make that mistake again. Not with Izumi.]

...I hope...that you'll continue to entertain my nonsense until then.