Phantom Veil (Klavier x Apollo One Shot)
Serpex
Written for Klapollo Week 2021 with prompts set by @klapollo-week on Tumblr.
Day 7: Catharsis
The re-trial has been a mess. It opened wounds that never should have existed. And it left stitches that could never heal. Twice now, Apollo had brought Kristoph to the stand. But, Klavier is convinced it wasn't this bad, that something worse was at play, and that his brother wasn't a murderer.
Apollo is bad at poker, but he knows now that some cards were dealt under the table. He doubts, but still tries to alleviate Klavier that maybe this next one wasn't covered in blood.