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• Of Penance and Mercy by hisaminami

  Fandoms: Final Fantasy XVI  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  20 Aug 2023

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dion Lesage/Terence
  • Dion Lesage
  • Terence (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • but not enough to warrant an M rating
  • References to Depression
  • Recovery
  • it's not as scary as the tags made it out to be
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Established Relationship

  Summary

  At journey's end, when atonement is achieved; What happens when phantom scarlet still stains one's palm, never to be washed away? Is it a mercy to still draw breath? Or is it damnation?

  Dion learns to live.

  Alternatively: vignettes set after Dion leaves the Hideaway, the following events that culminate at Origin, and how he lives with himself, after it all.

  Written for Teredio Weekly Prompt - Week 1: Angst

  Language:

  English

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