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"Alright, we all have 30 minutes left" Scott said, brushing himself off from the ash that clung him from the lava he had just flung himself into, "one last meal before we end this all?" he smiled at the other two.
It was just Impulse, Martyn, and Scott left in this world, and the time was ticking down quickly.
"I'm afraid we would all chat it away and not actually eat" Impulse laughed, shaking his head.
"He has a point, we would stall" Martyn said, keeping his eyes on the ground, avoiding eye contact with his teammate.
"That's fair" Scott laughed as he just stared at Martyn for a long moment, "can you excuse us for a moment Impulse? I would like to speak to Martyn privately if you don't mind"
Impulse looked between the two before throwing up his hands, "Oh yeah, sure, I'll be back in 15 minutes, I want to get all of the ties and put them together, one last thing you know"
"Of course, we'll wait for you" Scott nodded with a smile, watching as the Imp rushed off to the Ties tower that had seen better days, before the smile turned sad,
"Martyn" he said as he slowly walked over to the blonde, "what's wrong my love?" he asked, tilting his head as he placed his hands on Martyn's chest.
Martyn let out a breath, eyes shutting as he turned his head to the side, "everything has gone so quickly"
"Time runs out quickly, we often forget how fast it run by us" Scott hummed out, reaching up and brushed some loose strands of hair behind Martyn's fin, "this game has really shown us that our time is limited and that we should enjoy every second"
Martyn snorted, wrapping his arms around Scott's waist and turned back to look at Scott, "Do you think that is why Grian called it 'Limited life'?"
Scott chuckled, "I would hope so, if not, then I need to have a talk with him after this" he laughed as he wrapped his arms around Martyn's neck, pulling him in close to make their foreheads touch.
"so, what happens to be on your mind?" Scott asked, letting out a soft breath.
"we have less than 30 minutes left here" Martyn said after a moment of silence, "I have less than 30 minutes to be with you"
"Oh Martyn" Scott said softly, "we'll still have each other"
"Not like this" Martyn said, his grip on the blue hair one tightening, "I won't be able to hold you like this, I won't be able to hold you at all, I won't be able to see you light up and smile in pure joy when you show me your builds, I won't get to kiss you, I won't have you close to me again"
Scott stared up at Martyn, letting out a breath as his gaze saddened, "then kiss me, hold me tighter and kiss, let's make most of the little time we have left and pretend we have all the time in the world together and-"
Scott couldn't even get another word in as Martyn pressed their lips together, and they just melted into it, lost in the world where it was just them two, not a single other soul.
They still had each other even if the clocks were ticking down until there was nothing left of them, nothing left of anyone or anything.
The sand trickles down the hourglass like the dust that will be left behind in the wake.
But at least in the remaining time that was left Scott and Martyn had each other.