a broken happily ever after (3/?)
It didn’t even surprise Sylvie that she would end up being stuck with him, again.
The universe, it seemed, had quite the sense of humour.
During one of his time-slipping episodes, Loki time-slips to Sylvie's new timeline. And stays.
But, of course, there is a catch.
author's note: look at me, updating twice in one week! won't happen again, but everyone clap please
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Time passes differently at the TVA.
Sylvie had heard that mantra countless times, repeated in a chorus of distorted voices. As if it changed anything. As if it mattered.
What no one knew was that time passed differently when one existed outside of its linear flow as well.
She was aware of every moment of her existence, and yet at times, she could remember so very little. She had been free of time, and yet no less trapped in it than everyone else, scrambling to break free of the shackles that bound her to her fate . Her life lasted eons, and yet no time at all, her history unwritten or forgotten or burned to ashes to erase every fragment of her being.
She never knew how to make sense of it, and eventually, she had stopped trying.
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