"I'm fine. It's been a week."
"Yeah, only a week," Roman said, "Just, be careful? I don't want-" Roman voice caught. Tony felt his annoyance melt just slightly at the worry in Roman's voice.
"I promise I won't do anything stupid that would put me in danger," Tony said. "Does that help?"
"A little," Roman said and let him go. "Thank you." A pause. "I love you."
Tony pressed a kiss to his fingers and waved it at Roman before sinking out. He didn't head back to his room, not quite. It wasn't the safe haven that it had been before. Not now that Roman and Remy knew where it was, and all the blocks and wards he had put up around it having crumbled. Instead, he headed to a place that everyone else would avoid for a completely different reason.
Perhaps it was time that he dropped in on the other Creativity.
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Tony took a deep breath as the vine wrapped around his chest and raised his arms. One escaped the vines but the other ended up pressed against his chest. He lunged for Remus as best he could but felt the vines drag him back an inch. Not the whole way. Why not the whole way? Something wasn't-
He gasped as they tightened and the thorns bit into his skin.
"You can't leave me for him," Remus muttered. "You can't. I won't let you. I won't-" And finally. Finally, Remus turned to look at him. His eyes widened and Tony wanted to scream. Were both of the Creativities really that moronic?
"Ce-ce-!" Remus reached out for him. Tony tried to lunge for his arm one last time only for a strangled scream to escape his throat as all the vines constricted and yanked him back. Blood dripped down his chest and arms. Remus didn't even come close to reaching him and Tony watched his mouth open into a scream.
The long piercing sound hit Tony right in the chest as the darkness swallowed him and he lost consciousness.
Coming this Christmas: Green Means Envy (But also Guilt and Growth)
(Happy holidays y’all ;D )












