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    Collection of oneshots post-P5, mainly self-indulgent Akechi/Akiren stuff

     

    3. Nightmares:

    Ever since the Phantom Thieves, ever since Maruki, ever since his own incarceration, however brief, and the conclusion of Shido’s trial, a new set of nightmares had come to roost. Sharp-fanged, always able to draw blood when they deigned to descend upon him, more difficult to brush off after jerking awake, soaked in cold sweat and panting like a cornered prey animal. 

    Here’s one such nightmare: 

    Everything is dark except for the occasional flash of a klaxon alarm, an artificial voice cheerfully announcing that the bulkhead is closed. He’s crawling on the floor trying to get out, but he can’t breathe, he’s bleeding to death, and no one’s coming for him, he is alone, alone to die, and there is the scraping of Shadows’ claws and the light steps of his cognitive self easily catching up to him, click of a pistol’s safety and

    He wakes up. 

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