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    Essek was never so deluded as to think that his sins would never catch up to him at some point, but even he never expected it to come in this particular fashion, in the form of a powerful attacker from his past coming to his mother with honeyed promises of greater political power in exchange for an arranged marriage with Essek himself - to say nothing of the fact that the man brings enough blackmail material on behalf of certain interested parties to force Essek into playing along on pain of a traitor's death if he doesn't.

    Essek is left alone to stare down the prospect of a nightmarish captive future, and to wonder if he's really considered the forms that a fate worse than death can take.

    Fortunately, it turns out that he's never as alone as he thinks he is. The Mighty Nein are more observant than he gives them credit for even now and they - especially Caleb - make plans of their own to set things right.

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    He was so beautiful, when I met him.

    The worst thing is, Crowley knows he was. No great yellow eyes that made babies cry, no stupid snake tattoo crawling up his ear that made strangers ask if he’d been to prison.

    And he smiled, all the time. He was happy. Secure in the knowledge he was so, so loved.

    At least he thought he was.

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    After Aziraphale's defection, Crowley tries to figure out how to live life for himself.

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    third degree--burns?
    giving him the third degree--(interrogation)?
    third degree--crime?

    Probably all of the above.

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    He wonders if he has a life beyond today. He wonders if he has time to erase the chalk plans in his home before abandoning it forever. He wonders if he was the one who looked into the mirror, or the one who stepped out of it.

    — Essek and the Nein succeed in defeating the Somnovem, but their return to the Material Plane is a backwards trip out of Aeor. He is haunted by his memories, his guilt, the monsters around every corner, the threat of Trent Ikithon — and a shadow in his periphery that looks remarkably like himself. For Essek Thelyss, love and annihilation go hand-in-hand, until he learns otherwise.

    [This fic contains illustrations.]

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    02 Dec 2022