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Soil

Written for D.Gray-Man Rare Pair Week 2023. (Thanks for hosting, @dgrayrarepair!) Day 2 (Tues 10/24): Smell — Foul | Fragrant | Pungent | Decayed | Perfume/Cologne Title: Soil. Fandom: D. Gray-Man. Pairings: Cross Marian/Tyki Mikk, Cross Marian/Neah D. Campbell. Rated: Explicit. Words: 7K+. Tags: Modern AU, Supernatural Elements, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Mythology, Golems, Lemons (Please see AO3 for full list of tags and warnings). Chapters: 1/1. Summary: It was like a specter was before him. A perfect imitation of his should-be-dead boyfriend. Excerpt:

‘…Neah?’ His thoughts abruptly halted, Cross freezing. He had been readying himself for an intruder — someone unfamiliar, foreign. However, it was like a specter was before him. A perfect imitation of his should-be-dead boyfriend. ‘No.’ Denial was swift to clasp at Cross, reminding him that Neah was dead — had been dead for more than a month, buried deep in the ground. Gone. Neah was gone— The stranger’s eyes glinted — amber gold, just like Neah’s. Cross struggled to look away, even as the stranger smiled at him. “Sorry, did I startle you?”

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