PSL / MEME CONTINUATION

[abandonhumanity]

I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine
and rage the likes of which you would not believe.
If I cannot satisfy the one,
I will indulge the other.

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[abandonhumanity]

[Treated him like that...? He wonders if they're thinking of the same thing. If so, it's remorse he's been waiting for, but...not all that satisfying, considering the way his chest squeezes when he sees that she's crying. He really doesn't like that sight at all...

["I wish you didn't hate yourself." It makes his jaw tighten a little bit. How could he help it? Wouldn't anyone hate themselves for what he's done? Aubrey would. He knows she would...

[It can't be helped. Gently, he takes her face in his hands, thumbs her tears away.

[She can love him in his stead, can't she?]

Do you love me?

[headhooligan]

[His thumbs on her face are, as ever, a kindness she doesn’t feel she deserves—but Aubrey takes it all the same. She steadies in Eren’s hands.]

O-of course I do. [Aubrey pulls at his wrists, steps closer to him.] I love you. I— I love you so much; I really mean that....

[She’ll seal it with a kiss, on the lips this time, if he allows it.]

[abandonhumanity]

[He allows it, he reciprocates it; he kisses her, and it's such an anchor, such a comfort. When he kisses Aubrey, he doesn't think of anyone else but her; it's a fine place to be.

[Even as their lips part, her face is in his hands.

[And she loves him, and it's warm, and she loves him, and it's simple, and she loves him, and it's real, and she really, really means that...

[What does he have to lose in a place like this? Other than Aubrey...]

I love you.

[The word, foreign to his mouth, unmistakable to his heart.

[He loves her the only way he knows how to - completely.

[Not hating himself was never an option, but...if She loves him, then...]

That's enough for now.

[For now, for now - only for now, but now is something he can hold in his hands, thumbing away tears. It's better than a lot of "now"s he's known before.]

[headhooligan]

[He…

[He what?]

[Aubrey throws her arms around Eren Jaeger and holds him, tight. Her heart explodes—in the best way. Of course he loves her; he’s said it with his gentle touch, his soft lips, the way he’s looked at her—almost always intense, and lately, like she’s his. Just, everything. Everything. It’s better this way.

[Who cares who deserves what. The only thing stopping Aubrey from crying again—not in a bad way, for a change—is his lips on hers, her arms around him, together.]

[“For now”?]

Always. [She laughs, softly and blushing and happy, instead.]

[abandonhumanity]

["Always"?

[Aubrey looks different like this; laughing, blushing, happy. Tens are real, actually. He's holding her, and she's all his. He keeps his arms around her, his own heart swelling in that strange, novel sort of way that only Aubrey can provoke.

[It felt so different with Him. Don't think about that now.

[This is better. No one could argue that.

["Always." He kisses her and kisses her; seems that might be all he wants to do for the rest of his life, actually, short as it is.

[He realizes, somewhat belatedly, that he's made her happy. He, Eren Jaeger, has brought the person he loves happiness. It feels...profound.

[Aubrey. He pulls away just long enough to look at her face. Aubrey. He'd burn the world down for her. Aubrey.]

I think we might have passed this test.

[headhooligan]

[The pullback doesn’t bother Aubrey one bit, if it means she gets to look at Eren again. That he’s just as, if not even more, happy… gosh. They really could stay like this forever.

[She won’t risk saying it out loud, this time, but… maybe her face says it for her. Eren’s is telling her everything. Eren, Eren Jaeger… he is her world.]

I think we have.