Flowers of Evil [Ch. 3/10]
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Pairing: Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville/Briardien de Manseaguel (Hildibriar)
Word Count: 10,635
Tags: Case Fic, Humor, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Patches 2.0 - 2.5, Pre-Patch 3.0: Heavensward (Final Fantasy XIV), Bath Houses, Grief/Mourning, Murder Mystery, Flirting, Hildibrand Questline (Final Fantasy XIV), Happy Ending, Whump, Drunken Confessions, Apologies, Religious Guilt
Summary: Then the doors shut again and he was left alone with the ice falling. He tilted his head up, let his eyes fall shut, and witnessed the flakes land on his cheeks and silver glasses. His face tightened for a moment before he let out a long, slow breath. Memories, without permission, began to come back to him. Of his own foolish idiocy, his naivety, the kind that put Hildibrandβs to shame. He was no longer the same young fool, intent on following the same lights of promise. He wouldnβt let such fickle, frivolous feelings like that warp his potential ever again.





















