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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Devoured Worlds - Megan E. O'Keefe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Tarquin Mercator/Naira Sharp, Naira Sharp/Fletcher Demarco Characters: Tarquin Mercator, Naira Sharp, Fletcher Demarco, Kav Ayuba, Jonsun Hessen, Jana Degardet, Jessel Hessen Additional Tags: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, (canonically dead dove), spoilers for the bound worlds, Alternate Universe - Future, future naira / future fletcher, Time Travel, what's the opposite of a fix-it?, fic of pain and suffering, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst and Tragedy, Explicit Sexual Content, when your devotion is core to your being and the thing you're devoted to is burning itself up Summary:
“Why won’t you leave?”
The question surprises her even as the words slip from her mouth. Fletcher smiles his crooked half-smile, the one that first endeared her to the tiny little sprite of a boy at Marconette as he held out a hunk of stale bread for her to take. The freckles on his cheeks stand out.
“I’m your dog, Nai,” he says, and even though he is smiling, she can tell that he’s deadly serious. “You can kick me all you like. I’ll always come back to you.”
“I wish you wouldn’t.” There is no real bite to her words.
Fletcher shrugs. “I know.”