"Rainstorms come, without you." Malleus Draconia x GN!Reader
AN: Hello, hello again~! It's me, back with another part for my Diasomnia grief series! This time, it's the Fae Prince's turn! Don't forget to like and reblog if you enjoyed this! Maybe even leave a comment for me down below! This can be read as platonic or romantic! <3 Prefect/Reader is Gender Neutral!
Wordcount: 300+ words~
Prompt: How would the Diasomnia boys react to the Prefect's death? (Which they caused inadvertently via a freak overblot on campus, where the Prefect take a fatal blow for them.)
TW: Major character death (Prefect/Yuu), Dealings with depression, grief, and delusion.
Please read at your own risk
Prologue:
“Prefect-! NO-!”
Silence.
Silence descended on the prestigious Night Raven College. The usual squabbling of the students as well as the hustle and bustle had frozen in place, as if time itself was pausing, holding its breath. The funeral was held on a sunny day, a contrast to the occasion. It felt like a blur to the students of Night Raven. Was this reality? The prefect; someone who had survived several overblots, changed their lives for the better, and was an essential part of Night Raven College, was dead? How could this be...?
More below the cut~
Malleus could not accept that the Prefect had died. Their funeral was a blur, obscured ever so slightly by gossamer silk. It was as if Malleus was underwater, unable to hear, or make anything out except for blurbs. Why was Silver crying..? Why did everyone look so… Sad? Surely the Prefect would return. They couldn’t simply die, right? His Child of Man wouldn't leave him without a goodbye… Right?
The dragon fae was in a daze as the seasons changed. Perhaps the grief, or he himself tricked his mind into thinking the Prefect was alive, but Malleus spoke as if they were still there. No one had the heart to rouse him from the waking dream he had convinced himself of. It was a delusion steeped in indigo happiness that Malleus was willingly drowning in.
“The Prefect would love this blend of tea. Perhaps I should stop by later. What do you think, Lilia?” Malleus watched Lilia’s cheery smile falter ever so slightly at the mention of his Child of Man. Why? Did he not think that the Prefect would like the tea?
“... I’m sure they would like it.” Lilia spoke, though it sounded as he was stepping carefully. Why did Lilia look like that? Like he wanted to cry? There was a stab in Malleus’ chest as he regarded his guardian carefully before a smile spread across his features. The smile did not reach his eyes, however.
“Then I shall have you deliver it in my stead, Lilia.” He needed to be alone. The stab had spread steadily throughout his chest, and in a shower of fairy lights, Malleus disappeared.
His room was dark and in slight disarray, though the fae disregarded the untidiness and simply clutched his chest with quivering hands. A pain bloomed between the cavity of his ribcage, raw and visceral. No, what was this pain? Malleus didn’t realize that he had started to cry, the droplets of tears rushing down his face like a rainstorm. Lightning and thunder accompanied the heavy downpour that was unusual for the season.
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I wanted to see a dream where Meleanor can react to Malleus' finally hatching too😭💚
The part where she croons at Malleus still pains me 😭😭💖💖💖 MOTHER MELEANOR AUGHH,,,, SHE JUST WANTED A NAP WITH HER SON ‼️‼️‼️😭😭😭😭
I'm thinking that Lilia's reaction to Malleus will be the opposite if Meleanor was still alive 😭😭Lilia will be like "This thing??? Meleanor calling it adorable?? It looks like a lizard-" (Like what Malleus said about Baby Silver lol) and then Lilia will get struck with her lightning 😔😔✨✨ Also I'm really looking forward to what she meant by "as handsome as Levan".... so Levan truly looks like Malleus?? 😳‼️ So far Mother's prediction have been accurate ("a terrifying star for humans"=Malleus, "You'll hatch that egg because you love us"=Lilia) so based on that line Levan SHOULD be revealed right-- righttt🥹🥹🥹 dont tell me he'll be at book 8 and we'll wait for years for it to be released again like b7 lol
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