Fuck you, I know shit.

Rating : M

POV: Yellow

Pairings: Darkthur/Yellow, John&Arthur, Yellow&John

He gets it at last. What Arthur had been trying to do with him. Looking for in him. Hoping to turn him into. And why.

Just to make that pain go away, pretend that it’s not there because it shouldn’t be. Can’t be.

Because how can it be hurting so much when it’s gone?

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Phantom pain refers to painful sensation perceived in a body part that is no longer present subsequent to surgical or traumatic removal.

Pairing: Arthur Lester & John Doe (can be read as gen or m/m)

He’s no longer confined or trapped in something broken. Not at all small or weak, fading away. He is vast now, and towering protectively, doesn’t even fit in this room. Not properly. The ceilings and walls bend around him in unnatural ways, just like the car’s flashing lights. Yet his own glow, his own raw and eldritch radiance, drowns it all out. He’s something so far out of reach of possibility, yet even then, Arthur is lifting his bloodied hand towards him, towards…this. His true form of shifting light and smoke, of flowing silks and impossible geometry.

“There you are” Arthur laughs, voice thick and wet with emotion and the remnants of his pain. He’s shaking still, bleeding and hurting, yet even then, he’s staring straight up at him like he’s something beautiful.

“I knew you had it in you” he laughs with tears in his eyes, sounding so genuine with it, too.

“Are you going to kill me now?” his Arthur asks, shocking them both into another moment of tense, breathless apprehension. The question lingers in the air, Arthur’s hand remains inside that bag, and John’s eyes remain fixed on the other’s face. The other Arthur meets them with just about the same indifference he always has. Until at last, his eyes shift over to their bag as well. “Are you?” he asks, and John can feel the way his friend’s fingers tighten around the cool metal of that gun, itching for that trigger, contemplating the question. It really would be so easy for him, wouldn’t it? To pull it out of that bag and aim it at his chest, knowing that John would not dare try to stop him, even if he wants to. _______ An alternate version of "The Fire" where John and Arthur meet Darkthur instead of Malam. Testing John's loyalty and devotion while asking Arthur the question of all questions. Does he deserve to die?

Finished my Malev art piece! Details (more behind a cut):