REBLOG IF U READ THESE IN RAMSAY’S VOICE
“Trick or treat!” James exclaims with a grin splitting his face, standing in front of the open door, his arms held wide open as if expecting someone to step right into them for an embrace.
Alastair spends a good fifteen seconds or so staring before he slams the door in James’s face.
“You’re breaking my heart, my sweet Percival,” James says to the door, heaving a dramatic sigh. When neither the door nor Alastair replies, James drops the act and steps closer to the door, leaning his forehead against the wood and closing his eyes. “Alastair, please let me in.”
“Go away,” comes Alastair’s voice, muffled through the door.
James presses his palms against the door, and feels the paint under his fingertips, remembers the days when he used to press Alastair up against this very door and kiss him.
“I’m so sorry,” James says. “I came all the way to apologize to you, you know. The least you could do is let me apologize to your face.”
“This isn’t funny,” Alastair growls.
James wishes he still had a key to this door, wishes he could unlock it and force his way inside and go to his knees and beg for hours, if only that would be enough to fix this mess.
“I’m lying,” James says. “I came here because I missed you, I missed you so fucking much. I’m not asking for much, Alastair. Let me in.” In a last ditch effort, he adds: “I have to leave soon. Just let me see your face one more time. Please.”
After a moment, the door swings open and Alastair aims his gun straight towards James’s face. “I could shoot you–”
“You’d only be wasting bullets,” James says, stepping forward, his arms outstretched in yearning, so close yet so far. “But do it, if it’ll make you feel better.”
Alastair hesitates, then lowers the gun and sighs. “Like hell it will.”
James moves aside for Alastair to close the door, then stands still and waits for Alastair to finally let his guard down. Slowly, Alastair brings his hands up and brushes uncertain fingers across James’s chin, up to his lips, lingering on the tip of his nose.
“What happened to you?” Alastair asks, hushed, his misery breaking in his voice as he traces the stitches with trembling fingers.
James smiles with an uneven, sad curve on his lips, his defunct heart fracturing at seeing the love of his life break apart. He tries to gentle his words with a cold embrace. “I died. Like an utter twit, just like you predicted. By being a cocky shit.”
Alastair shudders and pulls him closer, holds on tighter.
“And I’m so sorry I died,” James says. “I missed you. I miss you all the time. I’ll still miss you, after tonight.”
“How long can you stay?” Alastair asks, his fingers clenching in the fabric of James’s suit, the exact suit he was wearing the day he was split in half.
“Just tonight.” He presses a kiss to Alastair’s jaw and nuzzles his neck, touches his lips to the pulse point at Alastair’s jugular and feels how alive Alastair is. He hopes Alastair stays this way for a very long time, hopes that Alastair gets a lifetime of happiness and love that James was too stupid to be able to give him. He hopes that Alastair finds someone new to love him and treat him well, because he deserves to be loved. He hopes Alastair never forgives James for being an idiot and dying so soon.
He wishes he had more than a night to tell Alastair all this, but he doesn’t have time. Not anymore.
“I miss you too, James,” Alastair finally says, and it sounds a lot like I forgive you.









