Imagine V mourning for you.
Based on this ask by anon:
V does not know how long he has been standing in that same spot. He doesn’t want to move. Because the moment he does, he knows he’ll never come back.
Dante: “V... We gotta go.”
V: “A few more moments, please.”
Dante: “Urizen is getting stronger by the-”
V: “I AM AWARE OF WHAT MUST BE DONE!”
His shout almost made the legendary devil hunter flinch. From the trailer, the rest of the crew were looking on at them. A deep frown on each of their faces. The silence that followed was deafening, the tension palpable. V breaks it with a sigh.
V: “Forgive me. Just...please. This will be my last request.”
Dante nods, walking back towards the crew, leaving the tattooed man to his thoughts.
V whose eyes has never left the spot on the ground, the spot where he laid you down. The last place where he held you in his arms.
V: “I must finish what I started. At first, I was afraid to lose myself in my own self-inflicted battle. But now...”
He drops to his knees, removing a precious memento from his coat pocket and setting it down atop the soil.
V: “I know that it no longer matters to me what happens. To this crumbling form or this decimating world...because you’re not here with me.”
The anguish in his breaking heart began to pool tears from his eyes. The man does nothing to stop them nor does he wipe them away, letting them fall and rain upon the back of his hand and his last gift to you.
V: “That will change soon enough. Love seeketh not itself to please. I know you would wish for me to see this through.”
He runs his long fingers along the cover of his favorite book before standing. He could almost picture you sitting before him, encouraging him to rejoin the others. It is an image that gave him the strength to turn from you.
V: “Keep this safe for me until I return. We will continue where we last left off. And I promise, it will be the last time I leave your side.”
The tears continue to fall, his body continues to crack, pain is coursing through him like a mad dance, but his resolve grows ever stronger each step he took away from you. He will never return to that spot, but he has every intent to make sure that when all is said and done, V will find you again.