#ryas

Lodi and Ryas illustration for @march-moon

The idea came to me and it promptly consumed my mind.

Additional notes:

Did Ryas lend Lodi a piece when he still only had his Nine/Aionian outfits? Mayyyyyybe. They were tight on him but he'd rather be wearing something that counted as (somewhat) normal for once, even if it was awkward. He bought clothes for himself after, but was thankful Ryas did it anyway.

They're not big on pet names, yeah. Ryas already loves calling him Louis and so does Lodi to call him by his name. But… while in private, he may pepper in an endearing pet name that is sure to get a reaction out of Ryas heh.

Can Lodi drive a car from 1960s? Yes. Does the skill transfer to the vehicles that exist in Destiny? Not exactly. He'll get the hang of it eventually.

They are both good at the kitchen but Lodi is better thanks to age and the family he grew up with. Eventually, he writes down every recipe he can remember so that Ryas himself may do them as well. He's more than happy to do so.

The PDA one might come as a bit of a surprise. I imagine it to be something from the time he was born into. Lodi is not against things such as holding hands but anything beyond that gets him a little nervous. Even then, initially even handholding got him a little tense when in crowded areas for part of his brain still thought it would get them in trouble.

Is Ryas a literal godslayer and Lodi the emissary of extradimensional entities, thus NOT to be messed with? Yes. But these same things will make them have some worry for each other.

He wonders how things would be like in his time. How they would be like.

It's a silly thought that worms its way into his head as sleep takes time to make its magic on him, yet Louis finds himself unable to not entertain it.

Ryas is not so difficult to imagine in that era, even if an odd picture. Warm skin rather than cool light blue, black hair instead of the deep purple and a pair of either brown or green eyes where there's shimmering mint. Maybe he would be a soldier in the base, or a coworker in the DEO, or none of these things but they still meet each other somewhere somehow. If a Guardian's personality really is influenced by their past lives, it's hard to think he would be anything but the kind and warm face he knows here.

Asking himself if they would become anything like what they are now is when he falls into the rabbit hole. The emissary finds himself... unsure of the answer.

The Louis Yero from that time was acutely aware such thoughts and sentiments were seen by others as unkind as one can think. There's a good reason why the furthest he's acted on his attraction towards men before being flung into the future was to look from afar and as subtle as possible. And he intended to keep it that way, as much as it would've pained him. It wouldn't deprive him completely of love and desire at least, for he can find them all in women as well, but still suppression nonetheless. He's yet to let go of some of those habits, even.

He doesn't doubt having not-so-platonic thoughts about "Ryan" (or whatever name Ryas would have) as he caught himself when the Warlock first took off his helmet but anything beyond that? Even if anything came out of it... how would they make it work? How would they be happy? Would he tell his family? How would they react and-

He stops himself just when he realizes he has no way of knowing.

Nor will he ever know it.