Week 2, Sunday Post-Execution - Waver

[Well, it's been a weekend. Ion is safe, but his heart is still racing. The execution was a lot to process, and he's happy to be alive--happy Natsuo is alive, and he's going to be there for him later.

But first, right now, he has to get through the other parts. The guilt that he feels, the wrenching horror and disbelief that Sandalphon is gone. It feels like a cosmic slap in the face: this is how it feels to be on the other end of what he had been doing for everyone else. There's a feeling inside of him outside of abstract misery that he can't quite place, squirming in his stomach like a snake.

He finds a nook in the library to hide, his face buried against his knees. This is the land of the twinks.]

Week 2, Sunday Post-Execution - Natsuo

[I'm halfway operating under the assumption that Ion's moving into Natsuo's dorm and not the other way around but we'll keep this nebulous for discussion. NEVERMIND they're in Ion's room which is now also Natsuo's room! Wind dorm for life!

But anyway. Ion has a lot of emotional baggage about Sandalphon to work through and Natsuo has a lot of friends, so it probably takes the two of them a decent amount of time to finally end up alone together. When they do, though, as physically and emotionally exhausted as Ion looks, he still smiles for Natsuo.]

It looks like we're partners, now...

[He bows his head politely.]

I hope you'll have me.

Week 3, Monday - Shirasu

[It's somewhat early in the day when Ion goes looking for Shirasu. He made a promise to someone after the trial, but with so much going on and his own livelihood in question, he hadn't had a chance to do so sooner. Politely, he knocks on the door to his dorm.]

Pardon me?