Esther Sabotages the Day
📍9188 Glover Rd., Langley Township
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Esther Sabotages the Day
📍9188 Glover Rd., Langley Township
Frame Edit Courtesy of: @sasakisniko
For the dialogue asks, 8?
8. "I couldn't hold it in any longer."
It’s mumbled, in a way Charles never speaks—in half words and whispered hushes, which coming from the mostly obnoxious ghost Edwin has ever met—making it almost impossible to discern what has been uttered. And it comes after a shocking event such as him dropping a kiss on top of Edwin’s head, nonchalant and almost like an afterthought.
But Edwin has a very fine ear, and he is pretty sure of what he has heard. Still, being sure does not mean he is right, so he pauses the menial task he has been doing—research of ancient runes for a new case—and lifts his head, enunciating carefully. “Did you just say that you love me?”
Charles stills, his features frozen. He does not say anything at first, so Edwin must insist. However, he is not keen on repeating himself, so he just looks up at his partner and asks, with a quirked eyebrow, “Charles?”
But Charles is not saying anything. His silence is beginning to trouble Edwin; Charles is not known for being quiet—he is the most talkative ghost Edwin has ever met—and him not replying is more than a little worrisome.
He stands up, his book long forgotten as he manoeuvres in the limited space left between the desk and Charles’s incorporeal body—and isn’t it a contradiction, Edwin muses, although he files it away to reflect on it much, much later. He longs for touching, but he does not initiate it yet, far too self-conscious to even think about it.
“Charles,” he says in what he hopes is a soothing voice. His partner tries to hide away; Edwin reaches out to him, a hand landing on Charles’s shoulder effectively stopping him.
“Forget about it,” Charles mutters. He is still looking away, but Edwin’s touch is keeping him in place. “It’s nothing.”
“It is evidently not nothing,” Edwin assures him. “You do not get so worked up about nothing. I am not upset,” he continues, as though the idea has just come to his mind, “if that is what you are worried about. How could I be? I know you love me.”
“But not like that,” Charles says, voice small in a way Edwin has only heard once before—back in Hell. “I’m sorry.”
“Please do not be sorry,” Edwin replies softly. “It is me who should be sorry for having placed such a burden on your shoulders with my—confession. I hope you know I do not expect you to reciprocate in any—”
Charles huffs, shaking his head, and he finally looks back at Edwin. The sheer force he sees in those chocolate eyes makes Edwin’s non-existent heartbeat stutter, his words faltering, and then Charles does something completely unexpected.
He lunges forward and kisses Edwin, soft and sweet and everything.
“I couldn’t hold it in any longer,” Charles mumbles against Edwin’s lips before kissing him again, and again, and again. “Please never hold out on me again,” Edwin whispers back, drunk on love.
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8th January 2025, by @sasakisniko
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End of the year Asks - @sasakisniko
1. Song of the year?
The Fall by Cody Johnson.
5. TV show of the year?
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Rookie.
15. What’s a bad habit you picked up this year?
Hiding my feelings from my loved ones.
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I said 'I'm gonna go to sleep and apparently activated my knee/hip pain like fucking sleeper agents so this one is not actually gonna wait until tomorrow to get done xD
Anyone who wants to send more emojis is welcome to it too! [Find more snippets from this fic here! Eventually, I may even make a 'verse tag xD]
"Woah," Charles exclaims while Thomas reaches out and slaps Edwin's back, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!"
"It's fine," Thomas tells Charles over Edwin's head, "he wasn't socialized properly as a kitten, so now he—"
"Oh look," Edwin wheezes as the music changes, "your favorite song!"
"It's Justin Bieber," Thomas says, his entire face collapsing in distaste. "I hate Justin Bieber."
"Go away, Thomas."
Both Thomas and Charles laugh as Edwin's instructions find their mark and are followed.
Departing the Devlin House
📍Queen's Park- 1st St. & Vancouver St., New Westminster
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