Broken Circles

Part I

Author's note: a few things before we begin, so this might be a bit of a word wad, bear with me

Given that this is written in parts as opposed to chapters and designed to be shorter than a fic written with 15+ chapters, although it could quite easily be written as such had I the time, the plot for this is not as in-depth nor as comprehensive

Also, because it is in parts as opposed to chapters, instead of the usual 2-3k word updates, each part will hover around the 5-6k mark, so each read will be slightly chunkier than average

I do not own ALL of the characters in this. I actually borrowed quite a few friends' OCs to include in this, but I will make that clear in their relevant parts

with that said, Riorden Voltaris belongs to InfinGirl and her fic 'Anew' so be sure to give that a read if you haven't, but also bear in mind that I bent his character quite a bit in this XD
and Zirian Nestoris also belongs to my old 'Aftermath' co-writer Joe. he's also in that, too XD

I experimented HARD with this, so I tried out a new format, for one. I've been doing a lot of reading with my uni work so I've been attempting to replicate some writing styles and expanding my vocabulary since my writing can be quite bland a lot of the time, so here's hoping that it's working. I am actually really happy with how this thing turned out in the end, so I hope you enjoy it!

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"Riorden! Just stop for five minutes and listen to me! You don't have to do anything! Stay! Talk to me! Tell me what is going on with you! You haven't been the same in months!"

"No, Yva. I can't. I can't stay. You don't understand."

"Then help me understand! Please!"

"I can't..."

"Yes, you can. You keep saying 'I can't' as if that is a reasonable answer. Well, guess what? It isn't! So, tell me what the fuck is wrong with you!"

"I... I c-"

"If you say 'I can't' one more time, Riorden, I swear to the stars, you won't be leaving this house of your own accord..."

"Yva... I don't know how to explain it... I just- I have to go, now. I have to leave."

"I know... But what you are not telling me is why...?"

"Because I c-"

"You can't, right. Got it. Yeah. You know, you used to be such a man, Riorden. You used to give a shit. What happened, huh? What happened to you?"

"You know what, Yva? Damn you. I bent over backwards so that we could have what we've always wanted, and this is how you respond when I have to leave to make it happen? I should be asking what happened to you..."

"Get your head out of your ass and talk to me, dammit! Why do you always insist on making these grand gestures when you know that everything that I have ever wanted is standing right in front of me about to leave the damn house? Why was this never good enough for you? Why did you have to chase things that you know we can't have? Just stay! Please! I'm not asking again."

"Then don't. I have to go. I am doing this for you, why can't you see that?"

"Because I don't want this! I don't want it, Riorden!"

"You ungrateful bitch..."

"I'm ungrateful? Every decision you have ever made in the last year has made you more stressed, angrier, restless – and for what? Because you might be able to finally reach those imaginary stars you have been chasing? I have stood by you through it all when I knew that I should have left you the day that you started acting differently, and now you're just picking up and running away? Tail between your legs as well? Gonna go cry to mommy, is that it? What, Riorden? What?"