From @reprehensiblewombat‘s “Death (a surprisingly good cuddle buddy)”:
Darcy Lewis had been shocked as hell when alien gods came crashing down from the sky in rainbow Einstein-Rosen bridges.
In retrospect, Thor and his buddies shouldn’t have been all that shocking, considering Darcy was the human vessel for the grim reaper. Well, vessel isn’t exactly the right word, but Death liked to use the word “anchor” and that always required explanation. And the explanation was always pretty technical, full of metaphysical new-age type stuff mixed in heavily with references to a lot of religions. (Every religion, actually.) Darcy wasn’t good at explaining.
The important part was Death hung out with Darcy a lot, and Darcy was the only one who could see or hear them.
That’s not quite true, Death reminded her.
Okay, so that wasn’t quite true. Only Darcy could talk to them, but anyone Darcy became intimate with could also see Death in whatever form Death wished to adopt that day. (They could choose literally any form, though they they always ended up black. Whether this was by necessity or preference, Darcy didn’t know.)
And she didn’t mean physical intimacy. She meant… it was more along the lines of intimacy of the soul? A bond of deep trust and friendship.
To make her life easier, Darcy tried to keep everyone at arm's length. It didn’t always work. Darcy found out that Jane and Erik had wormed their way into her heart shortly after Thor left New Mexico. It had caused quite a ruckus when they woke up one morning to see a black bear watching Darcy make coffee.
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