Ugh I am going to ask that a fic be written for my OTP Setsuna and Taiki but Taiki is genderqueer or trans. i mean have you ever read How Many Miles To Babylon by dawnlights6? ><
“You’re up.”Taiki was surprised and yet not to see her. Seated at the table, a mug of something warm in hand and alone. Always alone. Even when surrounded by her teammates, even in the midst of battle she stood apart from the rest. Untouched yet worn. Lonely even in her own home.
“So are you,” they responded over the storm. The words felt heavy in their mouth, wrong in their ears. Maybe that was just the headache. “Shouldn’t you be resting?”
Setsuna tilted her head, smoothing out the newspaper in front of her. Pristine despite the weather. “Perhaps.”
Images from before flashed before them. Blood on stardust tile, bodies fading into nothing, Galaxia admiring the garnet seed.
But Time was a Constant and she looked the part indeed.
Still. “You... you died yesterday.”
Star Seed eyes studied them and dropped back to the paper in front of her. A puzzle. Half done. Interrupted. Outside the rain thrummed on and the house rang with thunder. Somewhere a door opened and shut. Water ran and the contradicting stillness returned. A heavy fog creeped to settle back in Taiki’s mind. Perhaps they all needed rest.
“Would you stay? For just a bit?”
Taiki turned back into the room. A second mug blinked into existence on the table, steaming and inviting. The pencil lay flat and Setsuna watched them with that steady gaze. Steady, but maybe not quite as lonely with someone to watch the storm with.
