#human!rhett

Ever since he was blinked into existence millennia ago, Link loved to grant miracles. The smiles of satisfaction, of joy on humans’ faces when they received one was an exhilarating high each and every time. He had been responsible for some big miracles—ones that had gained notoriety with humans. Some of his miracles had faded from the stories told over time. But his absolute favorite miracles were the little ones.

$20 found. Catching the bus before it takes off. Sunsets and sunrises. A simple smile.

The beauty of being him meant you could easily go about your day unnoticed. It was easier this way, he told himself. He had loved humans before, but was bereft when his friends would pass, leaving him alone once more. Being alive for as long as he was, he perfected the art of blending in. 

But Rhett saw him.

It started on the crowded subway train, finagling someone to spontaneously get up to allow the pregnant woman burdened with bags to sit down. Link smiled to himself, satisfaction settling in his heart when he locked eyes with a mountain of a man, a small, playful smirk on his face. Link coughed, but he could feel the same piercing green eyes on him through the whole ride. The suspicion this man could be a temptation was high, but as Link got off at his stop, the man followed and stopped him on the platform.

“I’m sorry...I never do this, but. I’m Rhett,” he said, sticking out his hand. “Would you like to grab coffee with me?”

Link looked between Rhett’s hand and the warm, gentle smile on his face and took the proffered hand. The thought in the back of his mind that this would end disastrously manifested, small and mighty, but Link felt compelled to ignore it.

“Sure. I’m Link.”

From that point on, Link felt more than alive again as he spent more time and learned more about Rhett. Rhett was an archeologist, and a tenured professor at Columbia. He was on a team that had unearthed one of Link’s most favorite achievements. He liked tea more than coffee, wasn’t afraid to try new foods, and a smile that could light up a room. Their first kiss, given at the ice rink in Rockefeller Center, was a textbook miracle that Link had granted over and over again to others.

Link had many relationships in his long life, but Rhett was the first that made him feel like the humans did when they were given a miracle.

Link gave miracles. Miracles were never given to Link.