he couldn’t take it anymore. his heart felt so fucking empty. in constant pain from the panic attacks and the crying, he couldn’t even manage to turn up to his shit job, so he lost that too. he just kept losing. his daughter, his wife, the love he had for the world.
so he sat mostly in the dark, his phone was his only connection to the world but he couldn’t keep up on the payments so he had to sell it so he could eat but even when he had the money he didn’t want to eat, he just wanted Merry.
in a very small attempt to try and pull himself together, he crawled off the mattress he lived on and peered into the boxes he had brought with him to this new apartment. if he could call it that. he managed to open one box, and pull out a book. it was beautiful, leather bound, and filled with overflowing papers. it must have been merryn’s. it had to have been, he wasn’t the creative type. he pried the book open with a care he had not used in months, scared that he would break and cursed everything he touched. some kind of funky midas shit.
the poems spoke to him - or spoke about him. they only strengthened his feelings to return home. he still had on his wedding ring, he couldn’t bear to take it off, or touch anything she touched. he just about managed to shower and that was a task in itself. before he could stop himself, he found himself clutching the book and full on sprinting to the place where merry lived; their home.
she opened the door after he pressed the doorbell - just once. and he crumbled. his knees gave way. she was so beautiful, still. so perfect. he wrapped his arms around her hips and rested his head against her stomach, full on sobbing against her. “please let me come back. please, i can’t take this. i can’t do this without you merry, please.” he said in between his hard sobs, he couldn’t do it. he was sick of not touching her, not being able to hold her. maybe he also wanted someone to hold him and tell him he’d be okay for a change. he’d already been hospitalised once. he needed her.
alex levesque had finally come home.
is it the way he touches her what makes him so different? or the loving look in his eyes, she can dive deep into his blue hues and lose herself in them. is it his gentleness what makes merryn cling onto him? maybe it's because the way he calls her merry, she hasn't heard that name in a while because without him, she is not who she is meant to be. he showed her the colors in life she was blind to see before. when they parted their ways, it left her in utter darkness.
before she speaks, pearl-shaped tears start rolling down her burning cheeks. all the feelings start to conquer her body slowly, she feels how raw and real those feelings are. her love for him, her desire for him, her passion for him. after all the suffering, their love is still the only thing that matters. her hands float over the air for a moment, questions inside her head make it louder and harder for her, but her instincts are clear so they lead her hands. slowly her fingers run through his hair and with a simple touch, memories of their joyful days awaken.
bitterness drips from her words, their sadness is almost solid, it can be felt up in the air. " i don't know what to do alex. i don't know what to do with you. i don't know what to do with myself. " after she iterates her words, a sob follows. it is a contradiction, battle of an undying love and a bitter end. which one wins this battle? with every word, she comes closer to a state of realization. she is no good without him. " i don't know how to live without you. " suffocating by her sentiment, her hands stay around back of his neck, holding his head carefully.