#* ˖・ﾟ⧓ ɴᴏᴡ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇs ᴍᴇ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ! // stein & 001 .

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pt 3

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ft. @warraigoe​: “take my hand, let us waltz for the dead.” / spirit to stein (:

think of all the horrors that I promised you I'd bring. / accepting.

∟ there’s a laugh as spirit says that, stein adjusting his glasses as he looks at the other mans outstretched hand. he takes it, allowing spirit to pull him closer. one of his arms wraps around spirits waist, keeping the other impossibly close. he’s always been possessive like that, if he could keep spirit all to himself by god he would. but this is the next best thing, smile on his face.

∟ “ are you leading, or do you want me to? ” 

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ft. @warraigoe​: ❛  i just felt like kissing you.  ❜ / spirit to stein (:

on wednesdays, we wear pink. / accepting.

∟ there’s a chuckle that’s almost out of character for the unhinged scientist. reaching over, stein squishes the other mans face so his lips pucker. “ you’re so needy, you know that? you’re like a cat who wants so much attention. ”

∟ he leans over, and presses a few gentle kisses to spirit’s lips. he never realized how much he liked doing that, if he’s being honest. “ there, will those sustain you till i’m finished with my work, love? ”

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ft. @warraigoe​: ❝  you love me too much.  i know how that sounds but—  fucking hell.  you shouldn’t care that much about someone like me.  ❞ / spirit to stein

emotionally charged starters. / accepting.

∟ “ that’s stupid. ”

∟ that ... comes out blunter then he means it too. but his point stands in that regard, he thinks. “ spirit, you know who you are saying that too, right? ” he makes a motion to himself with his hands. “ you’re saying that to the man who experimented on you while you slept. for three years, spirit. ” 

∟ he rests his chin on his hand. “ i know you’ve made mistakes -- i was there for a good chunk of them. but i’ve seen you try and be better. you think any shitty parent would love maka as much as you do? spirit, some just don’t try at all. ”

∟ “ so, i think i love you the right amount. it may not be enough at times, you know how i am ... but, ” he takes the other mans hand in his. “ i’m trying. because you deserve it. ”

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ft. @warraigoe​: spirit vc ; i think i love you (:

you know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone. / unprompted.

∟ stein would consider himself a patient man. he was calm, he was calculative. he had to be considering his old partner. he can remember many times when spirit would come back to their old apartment; always covered in the smell of booze, and sometimes with another girl that stein never cared for the name of. not like she’d stick around for long. stein was patient, especially when he’d get calls while in the middle of important things or sleep to go get him. he’d always tell spirit to take it easy. though, spirit would rarely listen. when they went their separate ways, stein never got calls once. then the divorce, then stein came back to the dwma ... then one day, at two in the goddamn morning, he gets a call. since when had spirit put him as an emergency contact? 

∟ stein walked all the way to that goddamn club, found him sitting at the bar. the ladies and bartender told them the same old story -- too much to drink. he waves them off, tips them extra, and walks out, spirit leaning against him like a damn lifeline. stein listens to his drunk babbling, not understanding the slurred words or song lyrics he’d burst into. if stein was honest, he kinda missed this. he carries the red-head all the way to his apartment, humming to himself as he unlocks the door. strangely, the home is almost familiar. it’s much more lively than steins lab, that’s for sure. he continues to let spirit lean on him, until he places him on his bed. “ wait here. ” he knows what to do. keep the lights dark, get spirit water, and he’ll at most be a bit hung over the next day. it was like stein never left.

∟ stein comes back with that cup of water, and makes sure spirit drinks it all without spilling. spirit lays down, and stein decides it’s time to exit. he goes to leave, when spirit grabs his wrist. stein looks back at the red-head, when he says that.

∟ he had thought these emotions gone. he had thought he had emptied himself of them. he was a cold, calculative person. yet, the back of his neck is heating up. his breath is hitching, and his hand is twitching; wanting to wrap around spirit’s. that stupid, idiotic part of him actually believes those words. a part of him wants to stay, to lean down and cover spirit’s face with a bunch of kisses. as if he deserves too. but stein doesn’t deserve that love, does he? and spirit ... spirit’s not in his right mind. he’s just ...

∟ “ you’re drunk. ”

∟ he yanks his hand out of spirit’s grip, and tries to recompose himself as he walks out. “ get some sleep, death scythe. ” and just like always, he walks away from spirit. and just like every time before, he wished he’d stayed.

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part 3 jesus christ