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Watching the whole thing without being able to hear was terrible. Erin wasn’t Erin, Markus couldn’t see, how the hell were they going to manage? Erin was fiddling with something in her pocket as she approached, and he would have been lying if he said that he wasn’t fearing the worst. But he still couldn’t move in time before she slapped something against the side of his head. But the weirdest thing then was that he could start to hear something. He put a hand to his ear and felt a device attached to his ear. He fiddled with it a little to get it to sit better, placing it better in his ear. It wasn’t perfect, but he could at least somewhat make the words, enough for him to be able to piece things together.

Markus’ voice was still a little broken and muffled, but Lucian found it so oddly calming. It felt like coming home. He’d felt so lost for so long, adrift in a turbulent ocean, and now he’d been found again. There was a part of him that felt like he was still dreaming, like he was going to wake up with a painful crash before much longer. But the aches and pains in his bones and the pounding in his head reminded him that it was real. And Jesus Christ, he’d never been so glad to feel pain.

Things were different. God, that was the understatement of the century. What did they even do from here? He’d been working towards this for so long, he didn’t know what he was going to do next. He wasn’t the same person any more. He couldn’t go back to his old life. But maybe he didn’t want to. Things were different, they were different… but they were still them. He’d never been needed before in his life. Nobody had ever needed him. To hear that Markus needed him, maybe the way he needed Markus… he stared at Markus, his heart pounding in his chest. They were still so close after Lucian had hugged Markus. Maybe it was the adrenaline, maybe it was a concussion, but the pieces were finally falling into place, the pieces that he’d been ignoring and repressing for… well, he didn’t want to think about it.

He glanced down for a second at his mask. “Well… that’s good, because you’re stuck with me,” he said with a slight laugh. “And… I don’t know what the fuck we’re supposed to do from here but… hey as long as we’re together… we’ll figure it out.” He took a deep breath. “Because I need you too.” And summoning all of the courage in his body, he leaned in to kiss Markus.