// Camillo absolutely adored the festivities, especially Christmas. The act of gift giving, the excuse to have everyone at the dinner table, taking photos that lasted a lifetime... the older he got, the more he appreciated the people who partook in this tradition.
At his mother's insistence, Dante was urged to come and Camillo even drove all the way to his apartment to leave him no choice.
As younger cousins, sons and daughters of friends opened up their gifts together. Camillo approached Dante who was sitting quietly with something behind his back.
" Thanks for coming..." Camillo stuffed the little wrapped rectangular box. Inside, an expensive sleeping mist, gently scented lavender.
" Merry Christmas amore mio."
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۟. ♡ ៶ it's sentimentality that motivates her ; interpol days having long since scarred her body and left her for RETIREMENT , finds herself wandering back to god forsaken place she swore to herself , to HIM she'd never return to . ( even now , you crave him . every little bit and essence you can have you try to have and consume just to find yourself grasping at the AIR and threads of the past that you agreed to give up . you can't give it up , you can't give HIM up . even after all this time ? especially after all this time . ) surprise lingers on retired agent's features as the older woman GRINS up at her , speaking whispers of elation at seeing her old regular CUSTOMER ; ❛ le vecchie abitudini sono dure a morire , signora , ❜ smooth voice will offer to her , giving her that STELLAR smile that she had offered the shopowner all those years ago .
۟. ♡ ៶ nurses her COFFEE while sitting in the outdoor seating , vacant gaze on the overcast sky , bitterness lingering on expression as she taps ashes out of her cigarette onto cobblestone . regret lingers in the base of her THROAT like she had done nothing more than swallow a rock that demands to be felt . ( you shouldn't have come back . your body aches for the ONE home you had , and you tried , tried to grant it REPRIEVE , but it's colder and more LIFELESS than you remember . don't want to admit why you know , but you know why . even now , even now , you are ruined by him . even now , you are consumed with him . )
۟. ♡ ៶ what little sunlight that is offered is BLOCKED OUT , if only by a taller figure and a few discordant steps against the cobblestone , and the curiosity katarina has gets the BETTER of her , looking up from her coffee stain on napkin to the shadow bearer . the mask brings pit into her stomach like something to be RECKONED with , but it's not fear , but sorrow that reaches into her chest and carves out cavity that demands to be felt . he's accompanied by one of his associates , but not one she can RECOGNIZE . they're younger ; more spring in their step , and their features that she can make out are none that she spent years memorizing . ( ❛ they're the closest thing you'll give me to children , ❜ agent teases him with a snort , looking off the balcony at his associates , golden laughter tumbling from her lips when feeling his lips against her own NECK , nipping at her most sensitive spots , ❛ the least i can do is memorize their faces . we're the only family they've got . ❜ )
۟. ♡ ៶ hand reaches out for the ARM of the other before katarina can process what her body is doing , hand gripping his BICEP with vice like grip ; years of training screaming for her to reach for PISTOL under her skirt where it lingers on her THIGH but suppresses the feeling , the familiar feeling of metal against her back not enough to keep her silent . ❛ don't you dare ... walk away from me , mirage . you owe me that , at least . ❜
— ۟. ♡ ( for @killerhubby's aurelio ) !
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" let me love you. " @ sage ♡
mirage's love is intense, sage had known that the second she realized what it meant to love him, for him to love her. it's not something she's ever shied away from. infact, she encouraged it. something about how passionate he was about being together, about loving her, even when they were having a spat always amused her. because it wasn't like he'd ever let go of her. even now, after a very frustrated argument, it ends with her against the front door, his body pressed to hers, wrist pinned to the door above her head. she'd bitten him for the audacity, he still bears her teeth marks on his forearm but sage doesn't want him anyway than how he is now. a little insane, a touch feral but full of love and all hers.
part of her can't even remember just what they'd been arguing about. but it's forgotten about. for the moment. let me love you. as if she would deny him the simplest of things. ❝ ━ you're just saying that because i'm mad at you. ❞ voice is soft, a tad bit playful as she lets her head rest back against the front door, ❝ ━ of course you can love me. i will never ask you to change, i won't ask much of you, ever. so love me, wholeheartedly and come back to me. even if you can't, text me. going more than two nights without hearing from you is terrifying. ❞ it's hard to not worry, the need to hear his voice is a need, not just a want. / @killerhubby
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27, 16, or 42 :3
42. image based prompt.
"That sad look on your face really doesn't suit you." The observation is frank and to the point; he was never one to hold or still his tongue, after all. As a man of little words, the few words that were spoken were chosen carefully, with little embellishments or frill, and, at this point in his life, after everything he's endured up to this point, he knew it was best to say what needed to be said instead of leaving it unspoken... or saying it when it was too late.
"Heh. It's not that ill - fitting, is it? My shirt, I mean." His iconic crimson red shirt was loose. Far too loose. The undone top buttons at betrayed just how drastically his health had fallen-- how the vibrancy of his skin tone dulled, how much muscle tone he'd lost, how pronounced his collar bones were... a testament to how much time has passed and how his illness claimed more of him every day.
The sand was warm beneath their feet, and the waves that lapped at their feet was welcomed. The sun had begun its descent in the horizon, bathing the sky in radiant reds, saturated blues, and warmed orange.
" ... I apologize. You and I finally reunite after I disappear for years, just for you to find out that I'm living on borrowed time. I know an apology will never make up for the torment I've caused you, but I'm grateful you came out here to meet me." It was a loose end he wanted to tie-- not for his own sake, but theirs as well. A proper means of closure. It was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, cruel. A cruel, cruel kindness.
This was his rightful punishment, after all. Poetically and appropriately reaped for his failure to ask for help, for being too stubborn to want to rely or depend on anyone. It was a burden he didn't want anyone to bear. Not Haruka, not the other children, not Dante.
How can we call this world just when men like you don't get a happy ending? He'd recalled those words said by the proprietor of the Survive Bar.
it was never within reach. Not once. Maybe briefly. Maybe for a short while. But never permanently.
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@killerhubby asked : 'when we met, i promised myself i'd keep you safe.' KATARINA :)c
it's dark .
( you're not sure how long you prayed for : never considered yourself much of a believer in those above given the things that god herself had made you walk through , ripped you limb from limb , made you a chasm of a woman and left you with nothing but sand slipping between fingers as every single part of you that made you you was robbed of you . so isolated in some kind of chasm you're now grasping for a god you had condemned long ago , you're everything that bastard church told you you were , you're a traitor . but you don't care . you're nothing more than a scared little girl again , still clinging to whatever god is out there , begging them to save you . )
shattered piece of GLASS , presumably from that of previous water glass , held tightly in PALM of her hand , sharp side slicing and DICING her hand where it see fit : donned in nothing but the same raggedy tshirt that they had taken her in , bloodied by her own BLOOD and bruising . sits with back PRESSED against dingey , cement walls of the cell , familiarity in the dark only provided that she no longer needed to watch her back . the presence of the OTHER is greeted with her HOLDING the make shift knife defensively : don't you recognize it ? don't you recognize it ? come on , you spent hours , days , months , memorizing that voice like a puzzle you could never decipher . don't attack the one person who'd die for you . wheezing BREATHS from beatings earlier taken , she blinks back tears at the voice .
( are you so broken down you don't even recognize the one man who taught y ou what LOVE is ? there were days you'd cling to his VOICE , take it no less than one would the gospel . it's him . it's him . the safety and warmth that floods your chest isn't your paranoia or body finally betraying you . don't you get it ? you're not alone . you're not alone . he's got you , like every single time he's promised , he has you . )
ㅤㅤ❛ baby ? ❜ㅤ voice waters , so small , coated with tears to be spilled , relief flooding into her voice and system , shoulders untensing , and oh god , after it all , she's finally home . even in this dark , decrepit cell with nothing but PAIN flooding her body time and time again , she still finds herself at home . even now . especially now . hand relaxes it's PIN TIGHT grip on shard of glass , blood leaking from PALM as she does so , lets it clatter to the ground dully .
( ❛ i think you're just a flirt , ❜ katarina offers with a SNORT , naked body fitting closer into him , soft , albeit scarred hand to rub small circles into his HIP , dark eyes lingering on his countenance , ❛ i haven't needed the help from a man , and i sure haven't started to need it now , ❜ she coos , hand to find itself no LONGER on his hip , but giggles as he rolls on top of HER , arms interlinking themselves behind his NECK as hot breath finds itself on her neck . mumbled WORDS , and gentle golden notes of happiness , pulls him TIGHTER to her .
❛ you're saying you didn't like me coming to your rescue ? i don't do that for just anyone , you know , ❜ deep rumble of laughter matches her own giggles : if only to feel his heartbeat against her own chest . not a single piece of CLOTHING lingers on her body , but never feels the shame of the scars that linger on her . not even when he traced them with his LIPS , not even when he stripped her piece by piece . the blanket and WARMTH she feels is something she knows cannot be because of the thin top sheet of his BED , but she'll ignore it . she'll ignore it , again and again --- because it's what she does best . she's not allowed this , knows it in her brain , in her heart , she's not allowed something as easy and SIMPLE as this , but god ... he makes her wish she could . ❛ i'll always come back for you . ❜
cups his cheeks , expression unreadable as heavy lidded eyes flicker 'pon his countenance , internalizing the lie he spews . instead , doesn't say anything , pulls him down for a KISS , and lets herself linger in the moment . after all , it's not like she'll have it for long . )
knows these familiar arms that WRAP themselves around her waist , her all but collapsing into his embrace , tears falling from her EYES , like body finally giving her permission to SOB . ❛ you came back for me , ❜ katarina utters into his SHOULDER , biting back pain and sobs , voice all but MUFFLED by his shirt . ❛ you came back . ❜ agent clings to him like he's her ONLY lifeline . ❛ i didn't ... i didn't think you would . ❜
𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙨. 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.
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kissing the tears from their cheeks . for hana !
ㅤ⁺₊ ﹙ㅤkiss & tell // @killerhubbyㅤ﹚
ㅤㅤㅤit hadn’t even been a big deal , if he had to be honest . mistreatment wasn’t new , even if it didn’t mean each time could hurt a little less . blame him for being so sensitive and emotional , perhaps , that was what he was often told whenever tears came into the picture . which was why he had learnt to keep it to himself , huddled up as he silently let tears fall .
ㅤㅤㅤthough he hadn’t expected the other man to be back so soon , hastily trying to wipe his tears away when he heard the door open even if they kept falling unbidden . mustering a smile and his least shakyㅤ❝ㅤwelcome back !ㅤ❞ㅤbefore firm , yet gentle hands came to cradle his face , eyelids fluttering shut as he felt tender kisses on his cheeks , still wet with sadness .
ㅤㅤㅤhe couldn’t help but smile , before lips finally parted in a feeble laugh at Dante’s antics . he truly knew how to love him .
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@killerhubby liked for something.
"Personally, if you are going to stare someone down, make sure they aren't facing you when it happens." the male couldn't help but let out a small sigh from his lips. He wasn't sure what the other was about -- but he knew something didn't feel right. Though Nanami didn't feel as if being stared at was what he wanted today. It didn't matter who it was.
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--- ' Mirage. ' Words are spoken smoothly, coolly in front of the others as kitsune's palms meet the mahogany of the table. There are others in the room and that's why her address of him is so respectful and so attentive. Clawed nails tap against surface, moss gaze leveling at him easily before it rakes over the others in the vicinity. ' My territory is being nosed around by some of...your low tiered grunts. If you don't keep them in check...I will. ' An ounce of warning, nibbling at her lower lip as she lofts a brow at him for his response, head tilting.
@killerhubby, for mirage!
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 「 @killerhubby starter time !! 」
they told the kids there were going to be people coming from the outside to help with the assassination and so far, two of them were... sub par. irina tried to steal the assassination right from under their noses and harassed the kids, and takaoka beat the kids into the floor and almost beat nagisa into the floor. so of course he wasn't thrilled when they introduced someone else again... a little anxious since he'd been at the center of attention the last two times someone came around.
being drilled during gym with their knife skills, the smaller was... behind his classmates for sure in speed and strengths of his strikes. they were sloppy, hesitant, and he was getting a little bit too in his head about things, last week he would have been better. but after everything that happened... he was just a little bit shaken up about it all. getting paired up with their new addition to the classroom a bit off from the class for some extra training, nagisa dragged his feet a bit along as he was taken off to the side.
hesitation to speak as they both stopped walking, blue hues looking into the eyes that he could see through the mask the other had on. faceless teachers... well, two of them now, he wouldn't really count what koro had going on as a real face... whatever it was.
❝ you're... not gonna treat us like the last guy, are you ?? ❞ there was a genuine look of concern on the kids face... not really focused on the knife in his hand at all as he was supposed to be drilling. he was worried, making a mistake last time meant punishment, and sure, it was only one instance, but he didn't know what to expect from these for hire types now.
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he is kissing face, adoring every feature that made her, her ⸻ affection rooted in absolute adoration and the undeniable obsession. hands hold face with care, tenderness that no other would ever know, those same hands used to kill mercilessly, the soul that drives such violence under her command. if she so wishes for it ⸻ he would kill anyone for her, but why think of murder, when he can adore the one who has his heart and soul for a little while longer ...
━━━━ a smile melts o'er her lips no different than butter melting upon warm toast. her chest flutters with naught but the most tender love for him. each kiss is met with a breathless laugh from the fox, all five tails swaying from left to right beyond the shape of hips. his hands hold her face with the utmost care, whilst her own rest as his wrists; holding onto him. they had always been so touchy with one another, her beloved. had she still been in possession of her own soul, it would've been given to him without so much as a second thought.
mirage was most deserving of it, heart and soul. alas, she didn't own not a one but there is a warmth in her chest no matter in which burns only for him. an internal flame, lit only by the match of his touch. thumbs brush along the veins in his wrist, favoring the pulse held within them. tall ears twitch atop her head before the fox would inevitably turn her head, greeting his affections with a chaste kiss to the tip of his nose. he was spoiling her.
━━━━━━ * / unprompted ! , ( @killerhubby )
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[ 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 ] for some soft ...
𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 / accepting. ( [ 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 ] : sender and receiver are spooning for comfort and warmth. )
― 🜛 ― heat within an enclosed room seemed to grow more and more difficult by each passing winter, though the people around her had advanced it seemed that earth was not told to stroll alongside it. The brick fireplace by the front of the bed had done well to blanket them from the cold, but it did little to completely warm them whilst beneath the blankets. temperatures twinned the outside snow, though the only pure white within the room had been the hair currently shielding hands from the cold. The two of them must have complained all evening ; bundled in various wool, Chaffee weighted and panting and overheating them anyway. . . they could not win.
Not until the lights had lowered and their bodies grew too tired did they retire into bed, and after a few more moments under the comforters of animal furs and cotton cushions, did she pull her nightslip over her head, leaving skin exposed to the soft embrace of freshly cleaned sheets. As if knowing what she had been aiming for, Dante soon followed suit ― not that he needed much convincing in the first place, with the sight of the naked form tugged firmly against any self-restraint that may have lain dormant in anticipation for the nights sleep. She turns onto her most comfortable side, Dante's stubbled face buried deep within her hair ( the scent of lavender his aid, the softness of locks a temptation into slumber ) , taking such joy in this life she may experience.
To simply lay and be. To be held and slept upon, skin in touch with skin, the cuddled up form of Chaffee that nestled within the curve of their legs, hardly anything could compare to such a paradise. She could awaken in the morning and know that there was at least one human who sought her warmth. That she was known, and she was loved.
" Good night, Dante. I love you. "
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❝ My hair is getting pretty long, huh ? ❞ He plays with a piece of it, twirling it around as his pale blue hues find their way to look at the other. ❝ I was thinking of growing it out like I had a while back . . . What do you think ? ❞ / @killerhubby starter.
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:3
NAOTO'S TYPE BINGO !! ( ACCEPTING ! )
"That's - that's multiple bingos!" She's not sure if she's impressed or flustered by this, especially in knowing the circumstances that are bringing them together. Could this be a lucky break?!
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