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❝ Things you said at my grave. ❞ ( for BASH & LEO )
“I’m sorry.” He doesn’t say what for, because he’s sorry for it all—sorry it’s taken him so long to come down here, sorry that he has to come down here at all, sorry that Leo spent all night crouching in a cupboard once because Bash skipped out on a game of hide and seek in the Embassy and forgot to tell him till the morning. “Hey.” He places his hand on the cold, smooth ridge of marble on top of the tombstone that’s stood here for almost ten years and crouches down to look at the words that are spelled out in gold lettering across the front.
IN MEMORY OF
LEOPOLD CONSTANTINE MORAN
7 AUG 1984 – 12 MAY 2004
1ST BATTALION, B COMPANY, ROYAL ANGLICANS
18 SEP 2002 – 12 MAY 2004
WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
There’s a vase of fresh flowers, not yet wilting, sat near the base that tells him this, at least, is true. Bash is just thankful he didn’t decide to come the day they were placed; he’s here with August, who’s loitering in the background, but he couldn’t face running into his mother or either of his sister for the first time since Leo died here.
He glances over his shoulder. August’s making a big show of looking in the other direction, but Bash lowers his voice anyway when he says, “I brought you something,” because he doesn’t want to be overhead.
Out of his pocket, he takes three little tin soldiers. One for him, one for August, and one for Leo. The colour’s all but rubbed off them now, but he still knows which one is which because of the letters carved into their feet. He puts them down in order next to the flowers. “I got them back. Well, we did.” A small smile and a splash of salt water on marble; he’s crying already.
“You used to love these things. Carried them with you everywhere you went. Always used to line them up like this as well, on the windowsill in Seb and Sev’s room, and on your locker at school. You’d walk them up and down, make them go on missions under the bed. Didn’t seem right that you be without them now, so. There you go. Sleep tight, Leo. Sweet dreams.”
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taylor swift: ‘evermore’ ( no longer accepting ) / @diabolicaltendencies said:
❝ If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were talking to me now. ❞ ( from AUGUST )
Bash shrugs. “Sam’s awake. Just thought you’d want to know.” He sits down opposite August, body thumping into the plastic cafeteria chair. “Sev told me you were here, and—” Bash had thought about putting it in a text, but his cousin had gently suggested he come down here and deliver the news in person. Or else visiting hours were over, and they would be indefinitely from now on.
He sighs. “Look, this isn’t me being- I’m sorry for being—” He breaks off, rubbing his hands over his face, running them through his hair. “—It wasn’t your fault.” It’s a heavy thing for him to get rid of, the weight of the blame he’s been carrying with him. He lets go of it in a long breath and looks up. “You got hurt too, and I should have been there.” Instead, he was several floors up, shirt soaked through with blood, waiting for Sam to get out of surgery. This is the first time he’s asked August, “How are you?” So, he apologises too. “It’s only us now.” And maybe that’s partly it. He’s already lost one brother; he can’t think about losing another.
The sound of gunshots ringing round the reception venue had taken him back to that place, grit in his eyes, sand in his mouth, Leo’s grip slowly loosening on his hand. Hold on, he remembers shouting. I’ve got you, and help is coming, you’ve just got to hold on. Even if he couldn’t feel his fingers or anything below his neck. He just kept his eyes between Leo’s face and their joined hands until he saw him go.
But surely, that should only make him want to hold onto his remaining brother more tightly?
In that moment, something changes for Bash. He extends a hand ( an olive branch ) across the table.
“It’s only us, August. I should do better. No, fuck off, I will do better. Any time you need help, I don’t care what kind of trouble you’ve got yourself into, you come to me. I’ve got your back. I’ve had it all along. You’re my brother, mate, and- I should say this more often. I love you.”
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Buffy: You know what? I don't think you want us to let you go. Maybe we made it a little too comfy in here for ya.
Spike: Comfy? I'm chained in a bathtub drinkin' pig's blood from a novelty mug. Doesn't rank huge in the Zagat's Guide.
Buffy: You want something nicer? (She leans her head to the side, exposing her throat to him.) Look at my.. poor neck? All bare and tender and exposed.. all that blood just .. pumping away..
(Spike is all but licking his lips)
Giles: Oh, please.
Spike: Giles, make her stop.
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