The Master [MxMxM+]

20

Linder looked down at the blank sheet of paper on the table at a writing station in the library. It was a small, comfortable space blended into the room for anyone who wanted to write any of their two letters. The writing station was complete with every single type of writing material you could think of, and in a variety of colour as well, so Linder did not care when his inner child came to play and decided to experiment with most of them.

He blamed his childhood. This was definitely where fancying shiny pens and anything that had glitter in it as a child got you, and it seemed that he still got it.

And then there was the fact that he was totally a nerd, not just your stereotypical everyday nerd. A real one. The kind that read everything they could get their hands on, the kind that still got deeply obsessed with any topic that caught his attention and focus. He questioned every single plot line he came across. Yes he wore glasses and read a lot, but that did not mean he was shy at all. In his opinion, real nerds really actually talked too much, more than people really thought.

When he was done, he picked the paper up and stared at how pretty the letter looked.

___________________________

dear sir,

i'm not going to lie and say that i know what to put here, being the first letter, but i just love that i can write you a letter, it is a very sweet and romantic thing to do.

it said to be a heartfelt letter so i'll try to get descriptive... i know for a fact it's going to be hard to forget you when i leave this place, because you are unlike many people i've met before. i like the way you hold me, i really do, not to mention that... no, never mind. i'll include it in another letter.

i could say all the things i like about you right here but i want to leave that for next month's letter. if i'll still be here.

oh and before i forget, i don't know how you noticed that i cant sleep without at least two pillows but thank you for always giving yours up for me, even when you think i'm asleep.

not much of a letter but have a beautiful day okay?

linder.

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Linder took the stairs at his own pace after that. Funny how every time he took the stairs, his mind always drifted off to a time in the past, even without meaning to. Memories finding their way to his conscious mind trying to take him back with every step he took.

This time around, they took him back to a conversation he had with his little sister.

***

"Where do you want to go? I mean if this isn't our life anymore, where would you love to go?"

Lily did not hesitate. "Wherever you and Mikky  are."

He watched her do her math homework like it was a piece of cake. She was sprawled on his bed, on her stomach with her legs folded in the air behind her.

Linder didn't expect that even if he knew Lily was full of surprises. "No I want you to be selfish, come on, tell me."

"I am being selfish," she assured him. "I dare anyone to take you guys away from me."

Linder's hand tightened in a fist and his heart squeezed in pain. She didn't deserve the kind of life they had to go through, she was just a child, for fuck's sake.

***

Linder was going to capture the whole world in his hands and give it to her. To them. And from then on, it would only be the three of them.