“...the grief we feel is just… the love that we couldn’t give that person while they were still with us.”
chapter 8 of i know better (but you’re still around) coming at you tonight, featuring one of my favorite pieces of dialogue (in this story & just in general)
this chapter is near and dear to my heart, and i hope you all enjoy it. for anyone who has experienced loss and grief in any form, this one is for you. ❤️
BREAKING NEWS!!! Local idiot ghost absolutely blown away when boyfriend gives him a nickname for the first time, more info after this broadcast.
Bonus pet-name edition:
(Yeah I know it's ooc for grovyle to EVER use the term "babe" but lets go ahead and assume he's done it accidentally a few times rather than intentionally. He's deeply in love with the dumb ghostman, ok. Sometimes it just slips out.)
Dusknoir is still recovering from hearing it. And when he finally calls grovyle "love" himself on accident a few days later, he falls deathly ill for two weeks cause his body couldn't handle the aftermath and started rapidly shutting down on a molecular level.
the ending of guardians vol 3 is so beautiful because of how fitting it is. obviously we're sad to see them all part ways, but it's what they have to do. the guardians were a family and they always will be, but they're also individual people. a happy ending doesn't mean that all loose ends are tied up and the characters never have any more problems; sometimes a happy ending is just moving on. accepting that people come into your life, change you for the better, and then it's time for you to find your new people. and that's okay.