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Verso and Gustave are exhausted. They had given their all in the battle against the paintress and it had paid off. They won. Verso and Gustave take a moment to rest, backs against eachother as the others sprint ahead to plant the 33’s final expedition flag.

“Gustave…” Verso’s mind seems distant. There is a pain in his voice, “I can’t lie to you anymore… I… I need to tell you what’s about to happen… and even if the others know… I don’t think it will change anything…”

Verso pauses before he pours his heart out for the first time since Julie… raw, vulnerable, honest. He expects Gustave to be mad but he’s just silent. Staring at his prosthetic… processing the news of not being “real” about being a painted being stuck in a canvas, about how Verso ended up a plaything for this families grief and how badly Verso wanted it to end. And how the time he had been fighting for was never even an option.

“I’m not going to tell the others…” Gustave surrenders. “They deserve to be happy and hopeful in their final moments.”

“Gustave….” Versos voice breaks slightly from the hurt the guilt of it all. “I am so sorry…”

Verso kicks himself internally he wishes he had better words than just sorry.

“Thank you… for finally being honest…” Gustave musters out, his breath shaky as he simply stares at his hands and processes… quiet tears begin to fall down his cheek. Versos heart shatters but he knows he deserves it. After everything Verso deserves to feel every last shard of those words cut his heart to pieces.

Verso simply sits with Gustave quietly, like they have all the time in the world.

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Homecoming

Verso/Gustave - Rated E

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After traveling the world to perform, Verso finally returned home to Paris. He was expecting a sweet reunion with Gustave, but his husband had some other plans…

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Verso?

Answer me! God, please answer me, Verso−

Gustave!

"Please. Don’t ask."

Some Gods are kind. Some Gods are cruel. And some only want to prove that even perfection has a breaking point. But what happens to a God who set out to take, and finds himself wanting to be chosen instead?

“On your knees.”

Verso opened his eyes and froze. The priest’s dark figure stood still in the doorway, rigid and framed by light. The scent of myrrh and wood intensified, and the painter opened his mouth in astonishment.

“What?” he blurted.

The priest gave him a slight nod. “On your knees.”

Verso complied, knowing not why. He fell to his knees a few centimetres from the priest, on the threshold of the confessional booth, and looked up.

How ridiculous he must have seemed to himself.

“You’ve lost your way and nearly committed an unforgivable sin.” Noah reached out and placed his hand on Verso’s head. The man watched his movements as if hypnotised, without the desire to move and without a single thought in his head. “Do you still wish to end your life?”

The gloved fingers gently stroked his hair and a shiver ran through his body.

The painter swallowed hard. “No.”

“Do you want to live?”

The other gloved hand rested on Verso’s cheek.

What’s happening? he thought.

“Yes.”

His eyes adjusted to the light. He suddenly saw Noah’s sorrowful face and the light trapped in his perfectly combed hair with unexpected clarity. 

“Then live.”

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“You didn’t think that was important to mention?”

Gustave’s voice could be heard echoing across the barren wasteland that used to be a city.

“I can’t believe we are going up against your father… and you didn’t say anything”

“It wasn’t relevant” Verso lowly snarled back.

“Verso your father tried to kill me… you didn’t think that was worth telling us?”

Gustave pauses and lowers his frustrated arms. A single tear falls down his cheek.

“After everything we’ve been through… Verso?” Hearing his name said with such hurt and desperation cut through his heart deeply.

“I…. I had thought better of you”.

Verso stares at the engineer in silence… then at the ground trying to calculate what to say but the words just won’t come. Usually the lies just flowed but right now nothing came. He didn’t want to lie anymore… not when they make Gustave hurt like this….

Gustave takes the prolonged silence as a dismissal and returns to the others leaving Verso alone to wrestle with his thoughts.

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it's 7/5 day everyday if i'm delusional enough :'> 💛🩵

sorry abt the random trauma thrown in there 🙈 here's a compensation 🥹

Verso comes to the rescue and is in for far more than he expected.

Then he turns his attention back to Gustave and he feels his mouth drop open slightly when he takes in the sight of him.

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