death says hello
✧ written for 'charm' ✧ word count: 548 ✧ rated: T ✧ cw: major character death (temporary) ✧ tags: supernatural vibes ✧ @steddiemicrofic (• ▽ •; )✧
With a sigh, Death glides through the veils to meet their latest soul, gasping when they see -
“Steven! You keep coming by like this and a girl’s gonna get ideas.”
“And I thought you’d be happy to see me.” Steve bows with a smile.
Death sniffs, breaking out into a grin when Steve looks back up. “That charm of yours is going to get you in trouble someday.”
Steve sobers up at that. "Think we’re in trouble now," he rubs the back of his neck. "I don’t think I can keep them away from you this time.”
Death stills. Oh, the poor thing. “There is something impeding on the horizon,” they say, as kindly as they can. “This trouble seems to be the closest way to me than what you’ve all faced before.”
“Please,” Steve begs, eyes sunken in, skin pale, already becoming the apparition Death has allowed him to walk away from being so many times already. “Can’t you help us?”
“I’m afraid not,” says Death, stroking a hand through Steve’s hair. “You know I’ve been breaking the rules for you enough as is. That uniform of yours was far too convincing the last time.”
“The one thing Scoops was good for,” Steve grins, his eyes going soft. “Well, other than Robin of course.”
“Oh yes, you mentioned her before! How is she?”
“She’s good! She’s – she was scared. I didn’t – ha.” Steve shakes his head. “I was asleep this time, wasn’t I? The bat bites.”
“The venom went unchecked,” they pet his shoulder apologetically. “Too long, too much stress. I am sorry to always have to meet you in such painful circumstances.”
“What – what about Eddie?” Steve asks, out of nowhere. Death blinks, in as much as they can. “Have you – met him yet?”
“Eddie? I’m afraid I haven’t found anyone recently by that name.”
“You – you haven’t?!” And Steve’s eyes light up and his soul glows and oh, Death just knows they’ll let him out of their grasp once more. “How - that means – he’s still alive! We have to – we have to go back and save him!
“Please,” Steve begs them once again. “Let me go back and save them.”
“Steven,” Death sighs with a smile. “You know you never remember our little conversations when you go back.”
“Isn’t there anything you can do?” he pleads with his righteous eyes. “I have to – Eddie might get to meet you later instead. Maybe – maybe this time we’ll make it.”
Death takes Steve’s hand, cold as their own. They stare into his eyes and he looks back unwaveringly. With another sigh, they say, “You won’t remember this. But you’ll have a feeling. You’ll be desperate to save him, with no good reason why.”
“Never needed a good reason before,” he jokes and Death laughs. They press a kiss, in as much as they can, to his forehead, a little piece of themselves to keep an eye on him. His eyes flutter shut and he smiles. “Thank you.”
“You better be grey the next time, you hear?” Death glides him over back to the Life he had. They pat his back cheekily. “And bring this boyfriend of yours over.”
“I promise.” Steve says and breathes Life again.
✧ dedicated to @unamusing-s because we were crying about this one together also thank you so much mickala for double checking this one for me ✧
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