#it’s weakly inspired by another fic on a different site in a different fandom so ask if you want the link to that ig

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WIP(?) TITLE: Waltz

Okay, so what if, at the end of Ciel and Sebastian’s contract, Sebastian finds himself faltering, and proposes one final dance with Ciel. It’s a waltz. Ciel obliges, awkwardly, really just wanting to get it all over and done with, but little does he know Sebastian isn’t going to let this waltz end.

Their contract has also been fulfilled so Sebastian doesn’t need to continue with the three wishes, anymore. And he doesn’t. They keep waltzing and waltzing around the manor’s ballroom, and they’re not stopping.

Ciel is starting to tire but Sebastian is still keeping the right tempo, leading the dance over and over to music that doesn’t stop, repeating each step as his dance partner grows weaker by each lap around the room.

Ciel will sometimes snap out of his haze, trying to convince Sebastian to let him die, to devour his soul, to end the waltz. Anything. Sebastian only smiles and says something like “Not long, now, my lord”, but this is a lie. Because Sebastian no longer needs to tell the truth. And if Ciel demands him to stop, he no longer needs to listen.

They’ve been dancing for so long because Sebastian doesn’t want to let go. And with the spell he’s cast over the room, keeping candles lit and unmelted, playing music with no source with instruments that don’t seem to wear, making Ciel’s mind float away until he temporarily forgets that this is wrong, forgets what he was thinking just moments prior.

Ciel’s tired, and he wants to stop. But with each plea and with each demand Sebastian grows angrier and more impatient. “Why can’t you just remember the steps? You’ve always been so left-footed. Just remember the steps! Can’t you see what I’m trying to do, you petulant little brat?!”

And then, as if by magic or by the snap of his fingers, the scene repeats itself as though the outburst has never happened, and they continue dancing. And dancing. A final waltz that will never end, because Sebastian isn’t ready to let go.