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#and he doesn't blame elian for the choice he made because erasing the memories of everyone couldn't have been easy
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@fateviled​  asked:      ❝  you  saved  my  life.  i  owe  you,  i  owe  you  everything.  ❞  (  elian  @  damian<3)      /      richard  siken  sentence  starters.
          𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐆𝐀𝐏𝐒  𝐈𝐍  his  memory  have  been  filled,  holes  he  didn’t  even  know  were  there;      elian  had  been  removed  from  so  many  people’s  minds  by  a  telepath  far  more  powerful  than  gia’s  foster  mother.      (it’s  hard  to  believe  aurora,  the  other  of  callum’s  kids,  was  that  same  telepath,  but  damian  was  learning  that  looks  were  far  too  deceiving).      when  elian  had  explained  it  to  him,  he  didn’t  understand  the  true  ramifications  of  that  alteration,  not  until  aurora  had  undone  them  all,  to  allow  him  to  see  the  truth.  she’d  left  the  room  then,  giving  damian  and  elian  space  —  an  action  he  is  endlessly  grateful  for,  even  if  he  can’t  express  it,  seeing  as  his  hands  haven’t  stopped  shaking  since  he’d  begun  to  see  past  the  lies  and  manipulation,  the  groundwork  laid  by  elian’s  father  year  after  year.  and  he  supposes  what  elian  says  is  true:      the  moment  burning  the  back  of  his  eyelids  was  finding  him  after  he  ran,  and  HE’D  LET  HIM  GO.      (he  couldn’t  have  ever  dreamed  of  disobeying  alexander,  and  there  he  was,  letting  elian  walk  away,  giving  him  the  chance  to  find  callum  and  find  safety).            “i  didn’t  —  i  didn’t  even  know.”      he  chokes  out,  unable  to  even  stand  and  look  at  the  other.  years  of  conflicted  jealousy  and  frustration  have  washed  over  him,  but  they  fade  away  just  as  quickly,  understanding  the  way  they’d  been  pitted  against  each  other  for  years  finally.  elian’s  father  pulled  the  strings  and  they  were  the  perfect  puppets,  neither  of  them  ever  the  perfect  son.
          𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄’𝐒  𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄  𝐓𝐎  the  action  that’s  unraveling  in  front  of  him,  and  a  newfound  dread  builds  in  damian,  a  life  stolen  from  him  so  unintentionally.  he  clears  his  throat,  trying  not  to  let  his  anxiety  show.      “i  was  going  to  leave  too,  wasn’t  i?”      of  course,  elian  couldn’t  truly  know  the  answer.  it’s  not  like  they’d  ever  been  friends,  like  they  ever  would  have  talked  about  something  like  that.  but  if  he  let  elian  go,  took  the  punishment  from  alexander,  and  still  wanted  to  be  his  perfect  hero  after,  HE  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  INSANE.  gia  managed  to  walk  away,  and  he’d  never  understood  why,  up  until  the  moment  he’d  been  forced  to  hunt  down  someone  the  same  age  as  him,  sentencing  him  to  life  in  a  cell  simply  because  he  had  powers.      (he  doesn’t  understand  why  elian  didn’t  get  the  same  chance  he  did  —  the  group  of  heroes  had  been  a  mess  of  contradictions  that  he  was  too  fucking  blind  to  see,  since  all  he  wanted  was  their  validation,  their  praise).      damian  sucks  in  a  breath,  risking  a  glance  up,  even  more  shaken  by  the  compassion  he  sees  in  the  eyes  looking  back  at  him.      “i  —  ”      he  stands,  turning  and  running  a  hand  through  his  hair,  attempting  desperately  not  to  fall  apart.  it’s  difficult  not  to,  when  his  entire  world  is  falling  apart  around  him;      it’s  fucking  overwhelming,  knowing  he  and  lia  could  have  been  free  for  so  much  longer,  knowing  how  loyal  he’d  been  to  alexander,  naive  and  used.  but  elian  didn’t  suffer  the  same  fate.  because  of  him,  elian  had  found  a  family,  he’d  been  loved,  he  had  a  chance  to  figure  out  who  he  was  independent  of  his  father’s  actions.  damian  has  the  same  chance  now.      “i  don’t  regret  it.  knowing  now.”      he  says  quietly,  finally  able  to  look  at  the  other  boy.  for  so  long,  they’d  been  adversaries,  then  strangers,  and  now  there  was  a  chance…  maybe,  independent  of  his  father,  THEY  COULD  BE  FRIENDS.      “i’d  do  it  again.  someone  deserved  to  be  free  from  him.  if  what  i  did  guaranteed  you  were,  then…  then  i  don’t  regret  it.”
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