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Part 10 of redolentred's fanart , Part 1 of nighstand-verse , Part 20 of red's drabbles
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2026-01-15
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the nightstand (and the nuisance)

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Summary:

Yut Lung muses on what his and Blanca's life has become.

Notes:

To my dear friend!

To anyone else reading, the basic concept is this: Ash dies many years later than his canon-counterpart and Blanca, having grown ever closer to Ash, is devastated. Having lost now two dear loved ones, he closes his heart and lets it harden, which means leaving his partner, Yut Lung, behind.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

A digital drawing of a red-orange room lit up by a lamp sat on the nightstand. Also on the nightstand are two portraits, one of Natasha and one of Ash, set in ornate frames with a jewelry box nestled between them.


You have no more affections for the living, Sergei, and I have no more affections for you.

(If only that were true.)

If only; I'd carve out my heart, still beating, and leave it on those spotless white sheets. Stain it red, would it even phase you? 

Nothing phases you anymore, except me― the nuisance.

Worship the dead. Worship the dead, Sergei! See what I care, as I wither away beside you.

I think, even if I left, you'd curse the crater my body carved into the mattress, except you'd wish it were Natasha or Ash who made the imprint.

Notes:

A close-up of the two frames.
They look so similar...