Varying Perspectives [G/T Oneshots]

Home (NON-CANON)

"I thought I told you to stay still."

Jewel didn't mean to snap at him, but she could feel her husband's presence looming closer and still wasn't sure that's what she wanted, not if he was about to fade into smoke that choked every sense with her insignificant. She flinched when an indignant sound was made in the back of his throat, one that immediately faded into a shameful sigh that earned a shiver.

"Alright...sugar cube."

Seto moved away, and all was still again.

The snow was whipping around the house, darkening the skies and blotting out the late afternoon sun, replacing it with a cold, wet flurry of ice that only the bravest of giants dared to traverse. It only reflected how the Anhemite felt inside; greatly unsure and almost panicking. Even with Seto's warmth surrounding her, the sounds of his breathing and shifting nothing like the click of Shroomworms or evil chuckles of Vincent, she didn't feel at home.

Jewel didn't know what was real anymore. Didn't know whether Hunter would appear to taunt her, whether the rain was just the gurgling of the water filter, and the sorcerer's breath the humid landscape of the terrarium. Was this...

Was this all a hallucination? /Again/.

The thought struck the Anhemite and in a few seconds she collapsed into fearful tremors, slender fingers migrating to her shoulders where they clutched the ochre scales mercilessly. It didn't take long for Seto to make his appearance, hair falling over her and shrouding her in shadow before concerned brown eyes hovered overhead.

"Jewel?"

"I-I-Is this all.../f-f-f-fake?/ I d-d-d-d-don't know...anymore. Seto I don't /KNOW/! And it's /driving me insane/~"

Jewel's voice faded away, muffled by the cushion of the couch they lay on together as she weakly gripped onto fistfuls of her husband's shirt. "I don't know, I don't know, I don't /know, I don't-"

"Here."

Something warm appeared closeby, and once the Anhemite looked up she saw a hand lying palm up beside her curled body, cupped as if offering though it was clear by the look in those brown pools that this was much more. An expectant gaze drew her out of the shell she'd formed, repositioning so her fingertips gently rested on his, feeling the warmth beneath the textured skin and the gentle pulse running through his whole body.

Jewel's hallucinations never had pulses. Never looked at her in that way that made everything else slow down except his face, never allowed her to come so close as to touch.

"Feel my fingerprint. Trace it."

The sorcerer's wife must've looked skeptical because Seto continued.

"Trust me, Jewel. I'm real, this will ground you."

Seto waited, eyes soft and half-lidded, before he felt the tingling sensation that accompanied the small alien's hands moving slowly, fingers extended and eyes focused on the pale surface alit with gold lights. She traced the whorls and patterns slowly, with a focus on every single furrow, before she decided to pick one and follow it as much as she could.

It pulled Jewel in, between his fingers, to the base where they connected to his palm, then over that hurdle as her fingertip jumped to one of the major lines of his hand, the crease drawing her to the centre of his hand. Where she lay down, and curled up with her eyes screwed shut.

The Anhemite bit her tongue as hard as she could, then opened her eyes.

Seto was still there, looming overhead, with a smile so close she could take it all in and let it make her do the same. Jewel could see every fibre of his iris and every strand of his dark hair, and when his lips pressed to her side they really /did/. They /kissed/ instead of disappearing like a popped bubble, filling her with warmth and making the snowstorm just..

Stop.

This was real.

Jewel was /home./
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So this is a primarily RP thing so won't understand the backstory as it's meant for a member on Amino. But I really love it in a fluff sense and I love that I'm not editing it to oblivion. It's just being posted how it is for your reading pleasure here on Wattpad, since I haven't been posting and instead recovering my arty side

ENJOY!
-Tsunami