The Feels Are Everywhere

Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Painted Verso Dessendre & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Gustave & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Lune & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Maelle | Alicia Dessendre & Sciel, Lune & Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Characters: Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Lune (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Clea Dessendre, Painted Verso Dessendre Additional Tags: Maelle Ending | A Life to Paint (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Gustave Lives (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Painted Verso Dies, Maelle centric, Grief/Mourning, Moving On, Maelle deserved better dammit, Character Study, Angst with a Happy Ending, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Spoilers, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, POV Maelle, POV Multiple Summary:

“And shouldn’t Maelle have her brother back? After bringing back the rest of the world?”

“How would that make her different from…” Lune pinches her lips shut. Looks up at the ceiling, breathes. “It’s what Verso wanted. And he didn’t, he wasn’t–”

Sciel pushes herself up. “There were good moments. He was happy with us, a part of the expedition. If he could make his choice again–”

“No.” Something sneaks into Lune’s voice there, past the righteous anger. A choke, almost. “He wasn’t.”

“Okay,” Maelle says, tonelessly. She hasn’t moved from her stance, picture perfect. Back to an audience, angled away. Like a pianist. “Not today then.”

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