[Homestuck] The Sky Is Blue Again
Title: The Sky Is Blue Again
Fandom: Homestuck
Author: inksmears
Characters/Pairings: Kid OT4 :')
Genre: Angst/Fluff
Rating: PG
Summary: It's been a long journey home.
Author's Notes: When friends talk about Davesprite's doomed timeline, fic happens. It is a universal truth.
It hurts for a long time. There's so much pain and he knows he's dying. Dead. Bro is gone too. Again. That's the second time his bro had to die. Dave thought it would be easier to handle but it isn't. He watched him die, couldn't even yell then he died too. He knew it was coming for the both of them. It still didn't make it any easier. Yet he didn't even care. Death stopped scaring him ages ago. It became real when he lost John and Jade and after that he hadn't been afraid to die. He knows Alpha Dave still is and in some weird way he hopes that fear never leaves him. When you're not afraid to die it means you've given up on anything to live for.
But none of that even matters. Now he's dead and the rest is up to the timeline that isn't doomed. Although he doesn't mind being dead he wonders why it's hurting so much? Yeah, okay, he didn't think death would be painless but this is ridiculous.
Then, on that thought, it suddenly doesn't hurt and he stumbles on clumsy feet. Feet? It feels like forever since he stood on two legs. He feels disoriented by it but more so by the feeling of weightlessness. He feels so light. The weight of wings on his back is gone. He has skin and clothes again, orange feathers scattered around his feet. His shades too and he accidentally crushes them with his foot but he doesn't notice. He leaves them behind, the last remnants of being alive. He feels so light but also so sluggish. He's trying to move forward, he doesn't know where to, but he can hardly keep his feet moving.
Someone calls his name and when Dave looks up he sees Jade. She's smiling at him and lifts her hand to wave. She looks exactly the same with her long black hair and bright green eyes. All she's wearing is a white dress, simple and clean. He falters, nearly collapses, but someone else slaps him on the back with a hardy laugh and his spine straightens. It's John and he's grinning like an idiot. Dave can barely see straight. His vision is blurry and he blinks but it won't clear. Jade doesn't wait for him to stumble over to her. She closes the distance and and practically jumps into his arms. She hugs him tight and it takes him a moment but he returns it fiercely. It's unreal. Well, of course it is. He's dead. The longer he holds her the lighter he feels until all the sluggishness has evaporated. His vision is still blurry though. It just won't clear.
John is still laughing his stupid laugh somewhere behind him. Someone else is laughing too. It's Rose. He supposes she would be here too but he's more surprised to hear her laughing. He didn't think Rose was even capable of it. They hug him too and it's just one big group hug now. The fact that they are all here together (where ever here is suppose to be) hits him and he feels like he could collapse. He would've but they're all still hugging him and so they inadvertently kept him upright.
"Welcome back," Jade says against his ear.
He smiles and for the first time in a long time he can see an endless blue sky.
Fandom: Homestuck
Author: inksmears
Characters/Pairings: Kid OT4 :')
Genre: Angst/Fluff
Rating: PG
Summary: It's been a long journey home.
Author's Notes: When friends talk about Davesprite's doomed timeline, fic happens. It is a universal truth.
It hurts for a long time. There's so much pain and he knows he's dying. Dead. Bro is gone too. Again. That's the second time his bro had to die. Dave thought it would be easier to handle but it isn't. He watched him die, couldn't even yell then he died too. He knew it was coming for the both of them. It still didn't make it any easier. Yet he didn't even care. Death stopped scaring him ages ago. It became real when he lost John and Jade and after that he hadn't been afraid to die. He knows Alpha Dave still is and in some weird way he hopes that fear never leaves him. When you're not afraid to die it means you've given up on anything to live for.
But none of that even matters. Now he's dead and the rest is up to the timeline that isn't doomed. Although he doesn't mind being dead he wonders why it's hurting so much? Yeah, okay, he didn't think death would be painless but this is ridiculous.
Then, on that thought, it suddenly doesn't hurt and he stumbles on clumsy feet. Feet? It feels like forever since he stood on two legs. He feels disoriented by it but more so by the feeling of weightlessness. He feels so light. The weight of wings on his back is gone. He has skin and clothes again, orange feathers scattered around his feet. His shades too and he accidentally crushes them with his foot but he doesn't notice. He leaves them behind, the last remnants of being alive. He feels so light but also so sluggish. He's trying to move forward, he doesn't know where to, but he can hardly keep his feet moving.
Someone calls his name and when Dave looks up he sees Jade. She's smiling at him and lifts her hand to wave. She looks exactly the same with her long black hair and bright green eyes. All she's wearing is a white dress, simple and clean. He falters, nearly collapses, but someone else slaps him on the back with a hardy laugh and his spine straightens. It's John and he's grinning like an idiot. Dave can barely see straight. His vision is blurry and he blinks but it won't clear. Jade doesn't wait for him to stumble over to her. She closes the distance and and practically jumps into his arms. She hugs him tight and it takes him a moment but he returns it fiercely. It's unreal. Well, of course it is. He's dead. The longer he holds her the lighter he feels until all the sluggishness has evaporated. His vision is still blurry though. It just won't clear.
John is still laughing his stupid laugh somewhere behind him. Someone else is laughing too. It's Rose. He supposes she would be here too but he's more surprised to hear her laughing. He didn't think Rose was even capable of it. They hug him too and it's just one big group hug now. The fact that they are all here together (where ever here is suppose to be) hits him and he feels like he could collapse. He would've but they're all still hugging him and so they inadvertently kept him upright.
"Welcome back," Jade says against his ear.
He smiles and for the first time in a long time he can see an endless blue sky.