Bandom Oneshots

Love Throughout Time 》 Peterick

Published: October 25th, 2018

Pairing: Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz

Summary: Pete is immortal, and Patrick isn't. Every time Patrick dies, he is resurrected and manages to stumble into Pete's life again and again.

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The sunset is a beautiful combination of orange, red, and yellow, the perfect thing to be the last thing Patrick sees. Pete knew him inside and out, knew him no matter how much he has changed.

"The sun just gives and gives, doesn'tt it?" Pete said, and started to ramble. "It does so much for us, and it leaves beauty in it's wake. That's the way it should always be."

Patrick, of course, didn't mind his rambling. Nothing could ruin the moment, not even the fact that he was dying. "The moon gives too, doesn't it?" he questioned.

"Well," Pete quietly said, "it does, but just not as much. The sun is on a whole other level, and the moon is just watching enviously." The emotion in his voice reminded Patrick the actual meaning to this conversation.

"This isn't about the sun and the moon anymore, is it?" he sighed.

Pete slowly shook his head, not offering any more words. Words always seemed to fail him, and always at the most important time.

"Everything's going to be okay," Patrick told him. "After I'm.... gone, you'll mourn, but you'll move on."

Patrick never understood it, but Pete has been through this enough times to know that now isn't the time to argue. He nodded.

The two continued to watch the sunset, Patrick seemingly feeling sicker than ever. Cancer was getting the best of him, and sadly, this wasn't something to be fought.

Pete watched him take his last breaths as the moon was finally above their heads. He mourned the loss of his lover the way he always did, for Pete was an immortal being. When Patrick died, he always was reincarnated and eventually stumbled into Pete's life again. No matter how much it hurt to watch him come in and out of his life, Pete knew he couldn't let him go.

So, Pete waits and bides his time for him to march into his life again.

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Twenty two years later, Patrick does return to his life. But this time, he seems different. With each reincarnation, some things change, but he's essentially the same being as the original. This time, however, he acts different.

Unlike all of the other times, Patrick isn't interested with him from the first meeting. It's not love at first sight. And he also looked at him warily, cautiously.

Pete had a feeling of what this could mean, but didn't want to get his hopes up. Many times, he had thought things would be different, but it was never true. It was a simple dream, a simple wish from his heart.

Once they do get romantically involved, which takes a lot longer than normal, Patrick confided in him. "I think I've seen you in my dreams," he whispered.

Pete asked him to elaborate, but he didn't. He didn't look very confident in that knowledge anyway, so there was no true value to it. Still, Pete
pondered over this.