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This Heart, And All Its Frivolity by gr8southernpansy
Fandoms: Dimension 20 (Web Series)
25 Sep 2025
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Summary
Torse has dimmed the light of his eyes, but they still cast a small glow on the dim area. Maxwell stands at a distance, and Torse—for the first time—seems a manageable size. From here, he’s not the colossal warrior Maxwell is used to standing beside. He’s just a man. A clockwork man, but a man just the same. Torse leans against the canyon wall, favoring one leg over the other. One leg looks to be looser, putting him off-balance. A warm breeze rolls along the floor of the canyon.
Torse has no trouble staring at him now.
Maxwell doesn’t decide to walk towards Torse, but his legs do. He never noticed this gravity that compels him toward Torse, but it doesn’t feel new; just realized.
Maxwell approaches, but stops short a few feet. They stand wordless, a small distance away from the mouth of the cave. Maxwell’s hands form fists.
“I am not your enemy,” Torse says.
“Oh really?” Maxwell says with a venom he didn’t intend. Clearly, punching patches of canyon wall for hours did nothing to release his temper.
Torse seems different, like he’s apprehensive of Maxwell. It’s unprecedented.