Divorce ✶ five hargreeves

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ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ
'ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏ ʟᴏᴅɢᴇ'

Five approached Inanna with another conch shell in his hand, holding it out to her after Reginald had bid them both a good evening and disappeared through the same door he had entered through.

"You looked a little attached to the other one" Five nodded his head over to the broken shell that had been thrown by Diego.

Inanna smiled taking it from Five. "Is this stealing?" Inanna asked, her voice dropping to a whisper as she glanced around for the bar man who had left after pouring the drink for Reginald.

Five shrugged as he tucked his hands into his pockets. "I think so".

Inanna placed her hand against Five's cheek, and pressed her lips to his as her hand slipped down to his jaw. The kiss was barely even a kiss and Inanna pulled away before Five reciprocated it. "We've got a lot to talk about and not much time left" Inanna said, dropping her hand from his jaw to pick a random piece of fluff off his shirt collar.

Five nodded "And you aren't going to like what I have to tell you" Five said following Inanna to the elevator doors.

From the elevator to a random hotel, Five had developed a strong pounding headache and Inanna had gone quiet.

Inanna had told Five everything Reginald had said, and he couldn't understand what his father meant by 'seconds not decades', and Inanna had found out that in the day where Five had gone missing, he had learned that Lila was in fact not to be trusted.

Inanna was sceptical at first but everything Five said made sense and she had no reason to not believe him... Lila was the Handler's daughter. The daughter of the woman who had brought Five and Inanna into the Commission and the woman who had sent Inanna on the mission that got her trapped in time.

Inanna didn't know how she hadn't connected the dots before, or even assumed that she worked for the Commission, Five, however, never trusted Lila and saw straight through her from the moment they met.

That wasn't the worst of it, as Reginald Hargreeves was unable to help them, Five had no other options but to accept a deal from the Handler, a deal he didn't want himself or Inanna involved in.

Five knocked on the green set of double doors, Inanna stood next to him, her eyes clocking the window at the end of the hallway. Inanna had never liked the Handler, not only could she not be fully trusted, the Handler had always found a way to make Inanna feel rather uncomfortable.

The double doors opened, revealing the Handler. The Handler smiled largely at Five before her eyes settled on Inanna.

"And to think I didn't believe little Five when he told me you were alive" The Handler gasped putting her hand over her heart. It was a lie, Lila had told her mother. "Oh my, come in, come in" The Handler waved them into her room. "I didn't expect you to be so young" The Handler looked over her shoulder as she crossed her room "I don't believe in soulmates, but it's rather funny isn't it, you two ended up back in your younger bodies at the same time? The universe is weird, right?" The Handler chuckled as she laid across her bed on her side.