[Something in his posture sinks, like disappointment or relief, it's hard to tell when he's horizontal.]
I dunno what she told you, but there was-- Lucretia put her shield around the Hunger, to cut it off, and everything went white. It was like waking up but there was nothing but white.
[Just like he didn't speak his apology out loud, he doesn't say I think I died, because she'll understand what he's saying.]
[Her heart skips a beat and Lup carefully turns around, as smooth as possible to not disentangle him. This way, she could lean her forehead against his.]
Taako...
[Lucretia would never do anything to hurt you, she wants to say. But that isn't really true, no matter how good her intentions might be.
...and in the end, they are trying to save hundreds of worlds.]
If you're trapped in the shield, we'll figure out a way. I'm not letting us be apart again.
[You're not dead. He's not dead. She doesn't even want to think it.]
[Taako lets out a shaky breath as she turns but leans his head against hers as soon as it's close; he didn't want to tell her this, didn't want her to worry, but like always, he can't keep shit from Lup.
He swallows around the lump in his throat and tries to find something to say that doesn't make him feel as though he's drowning.]
Maybe, uh, maybe Kravtiz'll give me a job. I'll have to come hunt your lich ass down for being undead.
I could catch Barold fucking Bluejeans, don't insult me.
[He manages to put something light into his tone, as if this isn't part of the reason he stayed gone for so long, beyond his anger at Lucretia.
It isn't the dying that he really cares about, they've died so many times by now it's lost all meaning, he just can't stand the idea of being separated from Lup so soon after he found her again.]
I hate to break the bad news to you, Lulu, but you're already kinda dead. Undead.
[It's the same thing, at the end of the day, except for how it only makes all this more complicated. He's not sure how any of this will work. The shield cut the bonds that was keeping the Hunger together, but he isn't sure if that means he's trapped on that plane with them, or if he's just... dead. If Lucretia died along with them, the spell would've been dropped.
And then there's Kravitz. Surely he won't leave Taako to just float in that stupid ghost lake.]
See? Then it would be easy. If you're dead I'm coming after you, just shrugging out of this body and going to the Astral Plane with Barry. We're gonna chill with your boyfriend.
[She nods, like it's all decided and not at all frightening the hell out of her.]
Heroes who save the world deserve a bit of leeway.
[In the world's most petulant voice:] He's not my boyfriend.
[Taako isn't really sure what they are, and it's weird to consider everything that happened between them in those few hours before the world ended, because it doesn't feel like it happened to the version of him that's curled up in bed with Lup, right now.
And it's easier to focus on that, on whatever label he wants to put on his relationship with Kravitz than on literally anything else right now.]
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I dunno what she told you, but there was-- Lucretia put her shield around the Hunger, to cut it off, and everything went white. It was like waking up but there was nothing but white.
[Just like he didn't speak his apology out loud, he doesn't say I think I died, because she'll understand what he's saying.]
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Taako...
[Lucretia would never do anything to hurt you, she wants to say. But that isn't really true, no matter how good her intentions might be.
...and in the end, they are trying to save hundreds of worlds.]
If you're trapped in the shield, we'll figure out a way. I'm not letting us be apart again.
[You're not dead. He's not dead. She doesn't even want to think it.]
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He swallows around the lump in his throat and tries to find something to say that doesn't make him feel as though he's drowning.]
Maybe, uh, maybe Kravtiz'll give me a job. I'll have to come hunt your lich ass down for being undead.
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She can't be ripped away from him again. If he goes... well, she'll just use her lich magic. Somehow.]
Like you could ever catch me and Barry.
[Her brother is dating Death. If this Kravitz gave a single damn, he would not take him away from her.]
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[He manages to put something light into his tone, as if this isn't part of the reason he stayed gone for so long, beyond his anger at Lucretia.
It isn't the dying that he really cares about, they've died so many times by now it's lost all meaning, he just can't stand the idea of being separated from Lup so soon after he found her again.]
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[She snuggles closer to him with a sigh.]
If you're... I'm coming with you. I'm never leaving you again.
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[It's the same thing, at the end of the day, except for how it only makes all this more complicated. He's not sure how any of this will work. The shield cut the bonds that was keeping the Hunger together, but he isn't sure if that means he's trapped on that plane with them, or if he's just... dead. If Lucretia died along with them, the spell would've been dropped.
And then there's Kravitz. Surely he won't leave Taako to just float in that stupid ghost lake.]
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[She nods, like it's all decided and not at all frightening the hell out of her.]
Heroes who save the world deserve a bit of leeway.
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[Taako isn't really sure what they are, and it's weird to consider everything that happened between them in those few hours before the world ended, because it doesn't feel like it happened to the version of him that's curled up in bed with Lup, right now.
And it's easier to focus on that, on whatever label he wants to put on his relationship with Kravitz than on literally anything else right now.]
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Laughing took the edge off.]
Ooh, really? Isn't he your darling dearest deadest?
[Teasing was a coping mechanism, too. Plus he kind of owed her after all the Barry teasing.]
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I'm filing for like, a sibling divorce. Is that a thing?
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[She lets go a little bit so she doesn't actually squish him and then pokes the tip of his nose.]
You just gotta deal with it. I mean, how many people do I know that dates Death? One! It's like a family thing now. Very necromantic.
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[If he can't argue the point, which he doesn't even want to anyway, he might as well roll with it.]
You think they need a cook in the astral plane? Maybe the Raven Queen needs like, her own personal fucking chef.
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[She makes a show of rolling her eyes really heavily - however, when Taako mentions cooking the the Astral Plane, Lup beams.]
Oh shit, that's a great idea. I mean, even if they don't have to eat over there maybe they'll enjoy the finest fucking food on any side of the planes.
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[Says Taako, who almost finished an entire bottle of the stuff before Kravitz even showed up.]
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[Death is a dork, apparently.]
I can't wait to meet him. [Beat.] ...wow that sounds kinda suicidal. Or teenage drama goth. 'Can't wait to meet death.'
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[When they met, which was a very good moment and in retrospect, one that he wishes he'd savored more as it happened.
But he hadn't known he was going to die. Suspected it, sure, but that's not the same as looking back.]
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[Winkwonk.]
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There's been no riding of any kind, thanks.
[He's a respectable elf.
Except not really.]
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Riiiiight.
[She gasps suddenly and slaps her hand against his chest (gently) in excitement.]
Fuck, the boner jokes I'm gonna make to him! It will be amazing.
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[It's only a fair trade. If he has to deal with the fact he's dating a ghost skeleton then he gets to be the one making boner jokers.]
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[Lup laughs so hard that she wheezes, but she puts her hand around his and squeezes a little bit.
Go forth, dear brother, and fuck the skelly man.]
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[Mostly he just regrets his word choice, namely that he didn't put a will be or something along those lines in there.]
At least he's not a nerd.
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[She stretches out a bit and aims to warm her feet on his leg.]
You just said we was one! Death, being nervous about a date. Biggest nerd alert I've ever heard!
[You can't beat her nerd-loving logic, Taako.]
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[That's also why he lets her use him as a foot warmer, even though she's a goddamn icicle.]
He was going on a date with the world's hottest wizard chef, being nervous about that doesn't make him a nerd.
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