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Dying in Your Arms again - Backdated to January 22 (end of Doppleganger) [cw: grief]

[fishfairy]

[ It has been days since Runyu woke to find the doppleganger that the gods here had bestowed him with. Days that had passed in a blur of steadfast interaction . . . . .

Li’s smile had killed the suspicion inside Runyu. And somewhere, the dread of the end had also faded away. An end would come, but for now, he would not ruin the moment given him. He would accept what he had.

And yet, Runyu hadn’t realized that he had cared for Li or that he had come to see his double not as an extension of himself but as something else. A brother he had never been allowed, even with Xufeng.

Runyu clenches at the folds of his robes, tears blurring his vision, stained red yet again, darkened with the life that had been torn asunder in his arms. Like his mother….

Is this the only fate allowed him? Even here, would he still . . . . . ]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[ The scream rips out of his throat, searing his windpipe and tearing at his vocal chords, the volume echoing ominously against his pounding eardrums. It's not enough. It couldn’t even begin to erase the fury and grief in this loss.

Li had been only an illusion.

But he's an illusion that came from within Runyu, somewhere when he still stood in the light despite the shadows clinging to him. ]