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The Fallen Angel

Summary:

For Abbacchio Week 2025's prompt 3, "Play."

A short reflection Leone has on his past and his future.

Notes:

Went with a less Moody Blues-coded spin on this prompt. It took all my power not to include the full Frankenstein quote this title came from, but you can find it here. Posting a BUNCH of fics in a row because of conference work. Huzzah. Thanks to the Abbacchio Week folks for being patient!

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Work Text:

Leone Abbacchio had always felt as if he were an actor, playing a role in his own life. Reciting lines as required, doing as he was told.

Then, he fell from grace. The former-favorite. Playing Satan. His paradise, lost . Buoying himself up with booze, the blood of his partner on his hands and staining his suit.

…At least, until he met Bucciarati.

In Passione, he was no longer playing a part. He could just be him. The first real family he had. The first real home.

Perhaps he was proof of the impossible: that a fallen angel could be redeemed.

Notes:

Well, it's sure been one heck of a week. Lordie. Back from the conference and VERY glad I wrote one fic for every prompt BEFORE.

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