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hearing voices in carved hearts by alyssae
Fandoms: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)
08 Aug 2020
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Summary
Dirk’s almost become used to Todd taking Dirk’s hand in his, a twitchy smile on Todd’s face that Dirk knows means that Todd’s fighting off a grin. Dirk’s almost become used to their faux arguing about how Dirk never loads the dishwasher correctly or how Todd can’t figure out how to make a proper cup of tea, fondness always bleeding through their words. Dirk’s almost become used to waking up beside Todd, the sunrise filtering through the curtains and covering Todd in a blanket of light, as though—as though this is how everything should be. As though this is how the universe meant it all to be.
Dirk wants to be entirely used to it. Dirk wants to be able to expect each and every one of these things for the rest of his life. But, at the very edge of his consciousness, the universe tugs insistent and intrusive in every other direction, a constant reminder of how Dirk will never hold that in his hands. No, it’ll sift right through his fingers like sand, infinitesimal.
Or: maybe the universe only has as much power as Dirk gives it.