The past does not sleep.
It lingers in the quiet spaces, in the low hum of Mako reactors, in the glint of steel drawn under flickering lights. Once, there was camaraderie—late-night conversations beneath cold stars, the steady rhythm of boots on forgotten roads. Once, there was something like trust.
But war does not make men. It unravels them.
And now, standing in the dim glow of the materia’s pulse, she wonders if she is being unraveled too.
Y/N stares at him—at the figure wreathed in shadow, silver strands catching the light like molten thread. His presence is vast, suffocating, yet she does not move. His voice is velvet over steel, smooth and sharp all at once.
“Do not deny me.”
She swallows hard, her breath catching in her throat. The firelight flickers in his eyes, or maybe it is something deeper, something ancient burning just beneath the surface.
“Embrace me.”
The words are not a plea. They are a command, a promise, a tether tightening around her ribs.
And for one terrible, fleeting moment, she considers it.
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