Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

  1. Tags
    Summary

    There was static inside of Edward's head -- he couldn't think.
    It was this place, it had to be. There was something wrong with it; something sick and twisted. It was seeping into their pores, curling around their ribs and staining their lungs.

    Across the world, on the other side of The Pale City, the Thin Man watched. There were eyes everywhere, of course. Whether he wanted them to be or not. It was curious, he thought, he couldn't remember if one of them had been blonde before, he didn't think they had been. But he also knew somewhere deep beneath the static that flickered across his skin like the remnant of a warm touch, that he'd seen that shade of gold before.

    There was something strange about This time. He couldn't see the Before. He could always see The Before. It's what he did; he sat, and he waited, and he watched.

    After all, this had all happened before.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,198
    Chapters:
    2/?
    Comments:
    10
    Kudos:
    50
    Bookmarks:
    6
    Hits:
    764