request: Ikarus x reader (icarus?) idk I'm sorry: Him and reader having a domestic day and making brownies together and all that fluff then reader questions why and he has to tell the truth that the worlds ending in 5 days (but doesn't say he murdered Ajak) and readers happy he spent time with her but he then kills her like ajak to not have a painful death then the ending happens and realises the reader could've been safe and alive if he hadn't of killed her? Sorry for the long winded message. - anon
pairing: ikaris x fem!reader
summary: in which ikaris loved, and in which ikaris lost.
word count: 2,497
warnings?: a teensy bit of fluff, major angst, major character death, assisted suicide (not explicitly described), not proofread
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Ikaris once thought that he would never love again. After he and Sersi had separated, he never expected to find love again. And why would he? Of the Eternals, Sersi was the only one he would ever love. And of the humans...Well, he never cared for them the way that Sersi did. The only reason he was on Earth was for the mission. He was to fight the Deviants and to wait for Arishem's orders to return home. He never developed an attachment to them like Sersi did.
And why should he? The human life was fleeting. He knew he would outlive them. He knew that he would remain the same as they got older. It was not worth the ache or the pain to become attached. And when Ajak told him that their true mission was to ensure the Emergence of the New Celestial? He knew better than to even think of caring about humans beyond his mission.
That is, until he met you. After he and Sersi separated, Ikaris spent a lot of time alone. He almost preferred being alone. If he couldn't be with the woman he loved, why would he bother with anyone else? So, he traveled, explored all of the corners of the Earth. Eventually, he found himself a sleepy little town. There was nothing particularly exciting about it. Nothing that drew him in. But as he was beginning to leave, he saw you.
He didn't like small towns, if he was being honest. Though, if he was truly being honest, he didn't like anywhere on Earth. The sooner he could leave, the better. But he especially didn't like small towns. Nobody gossiped quite like people in small towns with nothing else to do and, even if he tried to blend in, he still stuck out like a sore thumb. It was best he leave before people got too suspicious of him. So, when he was sure that no one was paying him any attention, he got ready to fly off and find somewhere else to go.
"Careful!" you said, grabbing him by the arm, tugging him out of the street just before a car he didn't notice before came speeding by.
Ikaris looked over at you and froze. Was this what it felt like to be human? To look at someone and think of everything you could have with them?
"You could say thank you," you said. Your voice, it was almost teasing. A soft smile, a sort of glint in your eye that made him want to stay and he wasn't quite sure why.
