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Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-15 12:14 am (UTC)“They are better. And they’ll be better still.” Jude leaned his forehead against Arcade’s. “But there’s no fixing it. There’s always gonna be bad thrown in with the good. That’s why this world needs people like you who keep on giving a shit.”
“I don’t know if I can do it any more.”
“So stop for a while,” Jude said. He kissed Arcade softly. “Stay home. Read. You’ve earned it.”
Arcade suddenly felt ashamed. If anyone had earned a rest it was Jude, but he always kept on going. All the people Arcade admired kept on going. Tom and Zoe. Julie. Cass. Veronica, who had finished training with Usanagi and was throwing herself into her work for the Followers. Boone and Raul, men who not so long ago had thought themselves defeated, but were carving out new lives for themselves. He thought of the unnamed girl who had died on a stretcher under him. She had kept on going until fate and her body failed her.
“I’m still earning it,” he said, and kissed Jude back more urgently.
The salt of his tears was still on both their lips. Arcade needed the sweet touch of this man’s love to reach through his melancholy. He pressed harder into Jude’s mouth and his fingers tugged at the buttons on Jude’s shirt in a wordless plea. Jude gave him what he asked for, as he always did, murmuring his pride and adoration against Arcade’s skin as he peeled away his clothes and pushed him down, and for a little while made him forget about the harsh and unforgiving world outside their front door.
Later they lay together, their bare legs in a tangle so they could both fit on the couch. Jude pulled a blanket over them, a big heavy thing that Lily had crocheted from dyed Bighorner wool. Arcade knew they should move to the bed, but the weight of the blanket and his eyelids and Jude’s arm slung over his waist were dragging him towards a welcome sleep.
“Let’s go away somewhere,” Jude said. “As soon as things calm down here a little. Just me and you.”
Arcade mumbled a little and opened his eyes. “Away where?”
Jude kissed the shell of his ear. “I know the perfect place.”
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Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-15 04:58 am (UTC)Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-15 11:47 pm (UTC)Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-16 09:11 am (UTC)A!A
Date: 2014-12-17 05:37 pm (UTC)Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-17 12:16 am (UTC)A!A
Date: 2014-12-17 05:48 pm (UTC)I think all any of us can write is our own headcanon version of the characters and I wouldn't say my Arcade is any more 'true' than anyone else's. I write him in the way that feels right to me, just as other authors do and I personally love the different interpretations on the meme and the way each writer brings out slightly different aspects of the characters. :)
Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2014-12-27 01:01 am (UTC)Sorry for butting in on your story thread, A!A.
Re: Gravity, 4/4
Date: 2015-08-11 07:10 pm (UTC)