Epilogue 1 (9/9)
anonymous
August 11 2010, 05:08:07 UTC
"I am not going back to a gay man."
"You don't care about him being gay." Ludwig blinked. He looked at her and narrowed his eyes.
"Of course I do. That's the whole point of the story." She rolled her eyes.
"No, it is not. You don't care, you really don't. You're not that kind if man, Ludwig."
"How would you know?"
"Because I wouldn't fall in love with such a person." Ludwig closed his eyes and felt a warm spread inside of him.
"Hmm…?"
"Mhmm," she nodded. "So you don't care about him being gay. You care about him not telling you earlier." Ludwig didn't say anything. He just slowly massaged her fingers in his hands. She giggled and withdrew her hands, then clasped them onto his cheeks, forcing him to open his eyes and look at her. She smiled and leaned in over the table. "Ludwig, write him."
"I can't."
"Write him."
"It's too embarrassing."
"Write him."
"No."
"Do you remember when we first met?" Ludwig smiled wryly.
"Of course. But what-"
"You told me you wanted to do the right thing." Ludwig opened his mouth to protest.
"Now, let me rephrase that-"
"And now the right thing would be to write him," she said, not caring about his protests. "Right?" Ludwig bit his lower lip. Then he slowly nodded.
"..right." She leaned in and kissed him shortly. Ludwig let go of her hands and ran his fingers through his hair. He felt weird. This whole conversation… And his heart throbbed differently, and he wasn't sure he could look straight. It was as if things got blurry. A faint voice asked him,
"Are you okay?" and he shook his head.
"Why didn't he tell me earlier?" he whispered and hid his face behind his hands. "I would've… I would've accepted him, I know I would, I just.. Why did he fear me so?" he whispered. Ann's slim arms wrapped around his body, and her nose dug into his hair.
"That's what you've got to ask him about, Ludwig. Okay?" He didn't nod, he just leaned into her as he started to sob. It was as if his body needed it, needed to be loosened up, and though he didn't know the answer to his questions, he felt confident he could now maybe finally ask them and be told just why.
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Note Yep, that was the first epilogue. Did it make sense? I am sorry it turned out to be so messy. I had to cut down on a lot of details, because else the epilogue would be really long. I tried to include what I thought was important to get an idea of how the characters continued their life, and an idea of what will happen with them in the future. ...Yeah. Messy. Hahah.
I honestly am a bit curious as to what happened to Arthur and -his- family situation and Im rooting for Francis to pump into Chelly and have her 'reform' him or maybe she should totally go live with him somehow...you make me love the Gil/Italy pairing ya know thats the first time I even -thought- of them together??? Seriously and it seems so natural and Ludwig being a good guy but homophobic for a not so good reason seems very much like canon Germany because of his history (perhaps his not exactly homophobic but I mean that its believeable).
You have made me ADORE USUK even MORE and although they were all a bit ooc at the same time I love how they stayed canon IC and IC for their own world! Alfred no exactly saying 'im a hero' but pretty much implying it and oh I loved it all and Im so very sure no one will mind extra details this story is awesome >.<
Re: Epilogue 1 (9/9)
anonymous
August 11 2010, 13:05:26 UTC
Oh awesome, we finally get inside Ludwig's head enough to see what's really going on with him and Gilbert. <3 I can't wait to see how things work out for everyone else. *runs back to reread :D*
"You don't care about him being gay." Ludwig blinked. He looked at her and narrowed his eyes.
"Of course I do. That's the whole point of the story." She rolled her eyes.
"No, it is not. You don't care, you really don't. You're not that kind if man, Ludwig."
"How would you know?"
"Because I wouldn't fall in love with such a person." Ludwig closed his eyes and felt a warm spread inside of him.
"Hmm…?"
"Mhmm," she nodded. "So you don't care about him being gay. You care about him not telling you earlier." Ludwig didn't say anything. He just slowly massaged her fingers in his hands. She giggled and withdrew her hands, then clasped them onto his cheeks, forcing him to open his eyes and look at her. She smiled and leaned in over the table. "Ludwig, write him."
"I can't."
"Write him."
"It's too embarrassing."
"Write him."
"No."
"Do you remember when we first met?" Ludwig smiled wryly.
"Of course. But what-"
"You told me you wanted to do the right thing." Ludwig opened his mouth to protest.
"Now, let me rephrase that-"
"And now the right thing would be to write him," she said, not caring about his protests. "Right?" Ludwig bit his lower lip. Then he slowly nodded.
"..right." She leaned in and kissed him shortly. Ludwig let go of her hands and ran his fingers through his hair. He felt weird. This whole conversation… And his heart throbbed differently, and he wasn't sure he could look straight. It was as if things got blurry. A faint voice asked him,
"Are you okay?" and he shook his head.
"Why didn't he tell me earlier?" he whispered and hid his face behind his hands. "I would've… I would've accepted him, I know I would, I just.. Why did he fear me so?" he whispered. Ann's slim arms wrapped around his body, and her nose dug into his hair.
"That's what you've got to ask him about, Ludwig. Okay?" He didn't nod, he just leaned into her as he started to sob. It was as if his body needed it, needed to be loosened up, and though he didn't know the answer to his questions, he felt confident he could now maybe finally ask them and be told just why.
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Note
Yep, that was the first epilogue. Did it make sense? I am sorry it turned out to be so messy. I had to cut down on a lot of details, because else the epilogue would be really long. I tried to include what I thought was important to get an idea of how the characters continued their life, and an idea of what will happen with them in the future. ...Yeah. Messy. Hahah.
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Thank you so much, anon!
PS: By the title, I'm guessing there will be more than one?
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I honestly am a bit curious as to what happened to Arthur and -his- family situation and Im rooting for Francis to pump into Chelly and have her 'reform' him or maybe she should totally go live with him somehow...you make me love the Gil/Italy pairing ya know thats the first time I even -thought- of them together??? Seriously and it seems so natural and Ludwig being a good guy but homophobic for a not so good reason seems very much like canon Germany because of his history (perhaps his not exactly homophobic but I mean that its believeable).
You have made me ADORE USUK even MORE and although they were all a bit ooc at the same time I love how they stayed canon IC and IC for their own world! Alfred no exactly saying 'im a hero' but pretty much implying it and oh I loved it all and Im so very sure no one will mind extra details this story is awesome >.<
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