#also sorry to the gazillion typos on this i wrote this feverishly

[ingkkantadia]

Durgetash brainworm is wriggling around again and fueling my delulus but. hear me out. Durgetash with this type of flavor? Especially in an childhood friends AU??? chef's kiss

"To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be."

-Heidi Priebe

Durgetash but they met as children and became the best of friends. Durgetash who were pure enough to declare, "one day we'll conquer the world and make it a better place." Only to be separated when Enver's parents sold him.

In the time they spend away from each other, they grow calloused and bitter. In order to survive the separate worlds they find themselves in, they had to strip their past selves layer by layer, until they grew desensitized by the violence around them. Until they developed a hunger to wrought the same pain and destruction life inflicted on them.

Years pass by only to be reunited again, now serving their respective gods. Though they hide it, there's a sense of awkwardness at first. There's too much history between them, one that they don't talk about, maybe until after the heist. Sure, there's sexual tension between them as soon as they reunite, but maybe they're still Bhaalspawn and Gortash around each other instead of Durge and Enver until that point.

After the heist, they reconnect once more. They learn more about the adults they became. But maybe there are still things that they retain, like a secret nickname or an inside joke. Back together and further plotting the Absolute plan, they're an unstoppable team. "One day we'll conquer the world and bring it to its heels." Only to be separated yet again because of Orin.

It makes the reunion more bittersweet, especially for a redeemed Durge, because they're disjointed again. Once again, their edges don't fit anymore. Durge literally doesn't remember Enver this time. Enver doesn't recognize his person, even though they're wearing the same face. If love was truly attending a thousand funerals, then maybe the last funeral was the final one.

God i love them so much.