AU where you and Gaster both live in the void | gender neutral reader | extremely quick drabble
can you imagine being stuck in-between worlds forever with one person?
maybe you don't remember how you got there, or who you were before, but you have a feeling. just the smallest inkling of an idea about what your past could have been, but it's a slurry of who you were and could have been. the world between worlds might have grabbed all of you at once, unceremoniously shoving every ounce that was once spread across time and space into one vessel. it's cramped, overwhelming at first as you get used to this brand new sensation. of course this is all just happening in your head.
outside, you're so still. your eyes are glazed over and vacant, overwhelm physically manifested in your frown and the way you can help but furrow your brows slightly. you're a fraction of the person you once were, and all of your potential at once. emotionally it's like if a full laundry basket could be a person.
to your left stands another figure, shoulder to shoulder. he was there when you arrived, and you didn't feel like asking questions. with time, be it a minute or a century, you got used to him. there wasn't a lot to be said between you, but you both knew your situation was bleak in retrospect. there was an impression of a melancholy feeling brewing in your gut that felt louder than the overwhelming "everything else" you felt.
cold fingers graze yours, you don't immediately react. turning your head ever so slightly, you look down to see the stranger's knuckle just a hairsbreadth away from yours. he was trying to hold your hand. usually you'd probably swat his hand away, but nothing about this was usual and in the back of your mind you knew that. after giving a moment of hesitation, your fingers slide between his. it was a rather loose hold, showing your uncertainty of the situation. the stranger decides to bridge the gap, actually taking your hand and holding it reassuringly firm.
from that moment it was obvious that all you had was each other, and you both were going to make the best of this existence.
