#HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAI

[crash-bump-bring-the-whump]

@raigash's birthday was this week so here's a birthday gift!! Robbie is so so cute, and I'm loving exploring his relationship with Mariano and Bastian. c:< IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING I SWEAR, I SWEAR IT DOES--

TWs: Blood, death, gore, grief

They'd been ambushed.

It wasn't the worst fight they'd been in. They'd been outnumbered, eleven to three. Robbie had been quick to draw the dagger they'd given him, darting into the fray with Mariano and Bastian right behind him.

He'd been fearless, a streak of earth-red hair and flashing metal as he wove between the bandit. Mariano danced with him, separating wrists from arms, the swipes of his blade sending bodies down to the dirt, never to get up again. Bastian glimmered as he ripped limbs from torsos, teeth like the night flashing as he brought them together around wrists.

It didn't even last very long.

After a quick check-in, where Robbie said he hadn't been hurt and Bastian laughed at the very idea of being injured, Mariano had felt more than comfortable continuing on. Robbie had been traveling long enough that he knew what he could or couldn't handle. If there was something serious, he'd speak up.

Surely, he would let them know if he needed medical attention. Mariano had told him about their emergency potions, and his medical kit. It was important that anyone with them know what their options were if an emergency came up.

Neither himself nor Bastian expected to find Robbie collapsed in the middle of their camp when they returned from their hunting and water gathering.

Sprawled on the ground, copper-bright hair trailing behind him in the setting sun, he looked like he'd just crumpled mid-step. Had they left someone alive to come back for revenge? There was no sign of a fight, though. Mariano sprinted over and traded the bundles of deer meat and bones for Robbie's limp form. This close, the smell of blood was too fresh to have been lingering gore from their fight.

He held Robbie's face with one hand, pinky and ring fingers pressed against his pulse point. Robbie's heart was beating too quickly, thready instead of strong. His chest rose and fell like a little bird's, shallow and too gentle. "Robbie, can you hear me?" Mariano tried, as Bastian dug around in his bag.

"Nn..." Robbie tried, the noise reedy and weak. Long lashes fluttered as unfocused brown eyes tried to lock onto Mariano's face. "No..."

"It's okay, it's not going to hurt you." Mariano soothed, glancing to where Bastian had finally pulled the glimmering vial. "It won't taste good, but it'll stabilize you until--"

One trembling hand cupped Mariano's cheek, feather-light touch redirecting his attention as blood smeared onto Mariano's skin. "Don't...don't waste it on...on me." Mariano opened his mouth to retort, to say that it wouldn't be a waste. If someone was breathing, if their heart still beat, the potion would help. A smile flashing over Robbie's face cut him off.

"I'll...I'll be back." He whispered. "...Promise."

"I..." Mariano didn't know what to say to that. He felt blood soaking into his pants, into his sleeves. "How..."

Bastian dropped to his knees beside Mariano, already getting the vial open. "Don't worry Robbie, we'll fix you right up." He said, voice dipping into a growl as he fought with the clasp. They'd gone to a new alchemist. He'd promised higher potency and better healing with these. He'd promised that the fancier bottles would keep the valuable liquid safe and stand up to harsher impacts.

"Bastian..." Robbie sighed, the hand at Mariano's face drifting to Bastian's hands. His bloody touch stilled the dragon. "Don't...just...just give me a few hours."

"Robbie, we don't have a few hours." Bastian argued, his attention going back to working the potion open. Robbie had already been too pale when they'd found him, now he looked almost translucent. They both knew he'd lost far too much blood already.

"Just...jus...just a..."

Mariano and Bastian felt the moment that Robbie fell still at the same time.

"No--" Bastian snarled, as Mariano held Robbie closer. One hand pressed Robbie's face into his chest, up against his own beating heart. They couldn't just slice the vial open, it risked glass getting into it, or the searing heat rendering the potion possibly ineffective. "This stupid, fucking--I'm gonna--"

Bastian finally got the potion open two minutes later.

They worked together to drip the shimmering liquid between Robbie's ashen lips. They waited, with bated breath, as the vial was emptied. Blood had stopped seeping from the wound in Robbie's side. The sun began to sink below the horizon, and Robbie lay motionless in Mariano's arms as he and Bastian washed the blood from his skin.

They only set up the fire that night to start preserving the venison.

"He said he'd be back." Mariano said in quiet argument when Bastian just watched him get enough blankets set out for the three of them. "He hasn't lied before."

Bastian didn't object to Mariano bringing Robbie's body to lie between them. Just one more night to lay curled around their unexpectedly sweet traveling partner. They'd give him a burial the next day. If he actually came back, that was even better.

Wrapping their arms around their Robbie, neither of them spoke as they drifted off.

Gasping and shuddering woke Mariano. The moon was high and bright, the night sky painted with swirls of stars. Their campfire had died down completely by then, barely any glow coming from the remaining wood. Bastian was drowsy, blinking awake in confusion.

Robbie was clutching at their arms. "M...Mariano? Bastian?"

His eyes were alert and looking around, and although the moonlight washed him out horribly, the strength in his hands was unmistakable. "Robbie," Mariano whispered, all traces of sleep erased from his mind. "We're here." His heart hammered in his chest, unwilling to believe just yet. "You...you came back."

Wide, bright brown eyes flicked to Mariano's face, brimming with tears. Robbie swallowed. "You...you gave me one of your...potions."

Mariano nodded. He couldn't tell what was swimming in Robbie's voice, but he did know that whatever it was, it wasn't anger. "We wanted you here. It was worth a try."

"You...you didn't...you..." Robbie's hands found one of Mariano's and one of Bastian's. He held them close, as though he had expected to be alone. "I..." He blinked, the tears finally starting to roll down the sides of his face, disappearing into his hair.

"Shh." Bastian muttered, shifting on Robbie's other side and pressing his face into the top of Robbie's head. "We're here. You're alive now." His clawed fingers pulled Robbie and Mariano closer to himself. "We have you."

Robbie shuddered, a hitching noise escaping when Mariano kissed his cheek. "You're safe." He whispered against Robbie's ear. Robbie's heart pounded against the arm he had wrapped around him. His own chest felt impossibly full. He couldn't stop smiling. "Rest."

None of them slept the rest of the night.

None of them moved until the sun was high in the sky the next day, and the hunger pangs were too loud to ignore.

[fengstxr]

It’s his special day please say Happy birthday,,,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY !! 💛

[princes-favorite-guard]

Frank it's your fucking birthday and this is what you put on your story.

[sixteenthtry]

THEY WOULDN'T LET HIM GO THROUGH TSA BECAUSE OF HIS BOMB PUSSY 😔💯

HAPPY BIRFDAYYYY TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN SJDHDGSJGYDKD AND TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY LET'S GO (at least in my time zone)

[newwavesylviaplath]

it's lana del rey's birthday today so here are my fave pics of her. i know parasocial relationships are bad but i love this woman with all my heart she literally made me who i am today. <3

[gunsatthaphan]

13/10/1998 - happy birthday to actor, legend, bestie, crush and personal heart killer khaotung thanawat 🫶🏻✨💓🫳🏻🐈🧎🏼‍♀️😌💝

[eyelinerandmcr]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANGER DAYS!!!!!!!

[gentlebeard]

If I could hold you for a minute, Darling, I’d go through it again

For @edsbacktattoo & @stedesearring 💕 Show: Our Flag Means Death - Season 1 & 2 Music: Francesca by Hozier YouTube

[sorrowlikefalling]

FRANK IERO DAY!!! AND HALLOWEEN!! EVB SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANK!

all photos on pinterest.

[norsienor]

Happy birthday Raymond Toro!!!

[tgtbata]

oh canada for @flownwrong 💛🎂

[dailyraytoromcr]

Special Happy Birthday Post.

HAPPY 47TH BIRTHDAY RAY TORO !

[penceykills]

My Chemical Romance live @ Club Krome, New Jersey// Oct 31, 2003

[selenevassos]

death day, child's play

[saintxgerard]

[20belowveins]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST GUITARIST ON THE PLANET I LOVE YOU RAY TORO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🎈🎈🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁