An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Emmerdale, robron
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden
Characters: Aaron Dingle, Robert Sugden, Liv Flaherty, Victoria Sugden, Paddy Kirk, Chas Dingle, Alex Mason, Joesph Tate
Additional Tags: Exes, Divorce Proceedings, The Most Stubborn People Ever, last chances, Angst with a Happy Ending, I promise, mental health, Growth, Seperation, Violence, Sort of non-chronological
Summary:
robert's finally ready to let aaron go, which is why he's going to sign their divorce papers. one last push. because there's absolutely no way of going back.
or at least that's what he thinks.
Robert feels something for the first time when he's up in the lift, his stomach sort of flips as it rises and the doors open and he has to psyche himself up a little.
He shakes at his arms, clicks his neck and heads towards the bathroom.
He's wearing a tie, decided to go for a blue suit and not a black one because he's mourned the death of this months ago. No, today, it's just the start of his new life.
He's just allowing the last few lines of the last chapter to be written. He's finally relived that the pen works this time.
He stands there for a few seconds, and then a little more than that until he's walking back down the corridor and feeling his shoes squeak against the marble flooring. The building itself is extravagant in the sort of intimidating way and the many doors leading off of the rooms makes him feel lost a little.
But then some woman is telling him that he'll find what he needs in room 590. He nods at her, blows out a breath at walks inside.
He wants to be alone. But he isn't.
Aaron's there, and he turns quickly as he sights Robert in the room.
And a few pieces of paper between them which need their signatures.
"Alright?" Aaron says, and it's almost too much already. Robert drops his head, clears his throat and then nods.
Aaron can't help but stare at him, play with the finger where his ring used to sit. It doesn't sting or ache whenever he's not around Robert. But when he is, it's almost like an unbearable pain. A pain he wants gone.
"You?" Robert forces out, because he sort of has to. This is Aaron.