🎃Fictober '21 Finale🎃
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Dayja Collerand/Alexsandr Kallus
Rating: Mature
Words: 10,121
Notes: Promises You’ll Only Make-verse; see full tags on Ao3
An explosion rocked the huge ship and he nearly fell to the side, stopping himself with a hand on Dayja’s unmoving shoulder. It always used to amaze him just how different Dayja's face could look when he was asleep and the mask was gone. He traced the sharp lines of Dayja's cheekbones because while he couldn't bring himself to give conscious voice to the thought, his body—his hands—still knew: if he left now, he was never going to see this man again.
“Thank you,” Kallus whispered, leaning down to place a lingering kiss on the corner of Dayja’s mouth. “I’m so sorry, and I—”
Another explosion sent the ship rattling just as the sound of stomping boots echoed in the neighboring hall, and Kallus gritted his jaw in determination.
He carried Dayja into the escape pod.
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