[distant future pixane angst]
The dim space between us felt like a mile, but as we stared into each other’s eyes I swear I could read his thoughts exactly. His somber expression remained stuck on mine as I opened my mouth to speak, but my lips wouldn’t move. A number of different words crossed my mind, but as I tried to justify speaking any of them, there was simply no combination worth expressing. My vocal processors simply descended into hysterical laughter as my hands rose to grip my forehead.
“Will you please speak to me,” Zane pleaded, taking a step closer.
“No! It’s no use!” I insisted, my desperation still mixed with laughter. “Because I know exactly how this is going to play out! You’re going to leave through that door, and step through that portal and I’m never going to see you again. And no matter how much I yell at you, how earnestly I plead with you, there is nothing I can do that will convince you not to!”
His chest retreated, his hands gripping his newly dawned satchel.
“So just go.” I sighed. “Go be the self sacrificial hero. Take the suicide mission. It’s practically already done, so just do it!”
“Pixal,” He took his steps deliberately, very carefully taking my hands into his. “Somebody has to do this.”
“Why does it have to be you?” I demanded.
“Because it’s my job.”
“It doesn’t have to be.”
“But it is,” he pressed. “Look, you don’t need to worry about me, I’ve already come to terms with-”
“I know!” I broke away from him again. “But I haven’t, Zane! I’m not okay with this! You’re the only thing I still have!” My eyes strayed to the monastery around us. “There’s no one else left. If you leave, It’s only me up here.”
His hands reached toward me again. “Which is why I need you to stay-”
“Don’t-” I jolted back. “...patronize me.” He let me take a few steps away again, my arms firmly crossing. “Like you haven’t left me alone to deal with things myself hundreds of times before.”
“What else would you have me do?!” Zane asked, the first hint of frustration entering his tone.
“Let someone else do it!” I turned back to face him.
“I can’t force this on anyone else.” His eyes were so earnest. So open. It hurt me more than anything else ever had.
“Of course not!” I backed away, my emotions again sending me into hysteria. “Because I’m not a good enough reason for you to stay!” The tears finally collapsed onto my cheeks, his arms quickly surrounding me despite the distance I had attempted to put between us.
“Of course you are,” he whispered in my ear, my head now resting on his shoulder. “I love you. I love you more and more every single day, you are the best reason I could ever have to stay.”
The pain in his voice only served to strain my breaths further. He pulled back ever so slightly, his fingertips cradling my cheek.
“But this isn’t about me.” His icy blue eyes were layered behind tears of his own now. “This isn’t about us. It can’t be.”
His words were true, but my mind refused to process them.
His hands once again slid down to meet mine. “Pixal, you are the strongest person I know.”
My head instinctively began to shake. “I’m not strong enough for this.”
“You’re going to do so many amazing things once I’m gone.” His grip got tighter.
“I can’t-”
“I know our souls will find each other again someday.”
I couldn’t look him in the eyes anymore, my vision now completely drowned.
“You should go.”
“I’m not leaving you while you’re so unsettled,” he insisted.
“It’s only going to get more difficult the longer you wait.” I closed my eyes in defiance. “Just go already.”
There was a moment of stillness before I felt his lips grace my forehead. “Thank you for sharing your life with me.”
My eyelids grew tighter as more tears slipped through. There was another still moment before his touch fully receded and his footsteps slowly left the room. My eyes remained closed for several more minutes, refusing to open up to a reality without him. I could almost imagine that he was still there, that I would turn around and he would still be waiting in the doorway.
But when my eyes finally opened, and the tears finally faded, I was only met with his absence.
The doorway was empty. The monastery was empty. My heart was empty. The only thing he had left behind was a cold chill in the air.
He was gone.
And I had let him go.
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Chenford ❤️'I can't lose you' (Post 5x21)
Hello dear anon, thank you so much for the prompt! Hope you enjoy where I went with it. 😊 I tried coming up with a better, more exciting title, but my mind just wouldn't cooperate.. oh well 😂
i can't lose you
“You know I wasn’t comparing you to Isabel, right?”
“Mh.”
“I wasn’t, not intentionally, anyway. It was merely stating a fact. You might tell me everything now, but there’ll come a time when you won’t be able to tell me everything, when you’re not allowed to tell me everything. Because this op was an exception. Next time I’m not gonna be right there the whole time. That’s just how it is.”
They’re both silent for a few moments before he continues.
“I’m trying, okay. But it’s not easy. I’m constantly reminded of what happened with Isabel, but that doesn’t mean I think this, us, will end the same way. But I can’t just ignore that fear. That… trauma is always going to be there.”
Lucy can feel her heart breaking a little.
“I know. Thank you for telling me.”
keep reading on ao3.
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DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game
Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter.
Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.
The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge.
And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).
And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game.
Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.
(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).
After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely).
Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.
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