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1. now I know that I can't (make you stay) by Nullibi

   Fandoms: RWBY  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Qrow Branwen/Ruby Rose
   • Ruby Rose (RWBY)
   • Qrow Branwen
   • Summer Rose (RWBY)
   • not blood-related
   • No underage
   • Angst
   • Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Character Study
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Introspection
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Kissing
   • Implied / Referenced Vomiting
   • Alternate Universe - Post-Canon
   • Alternate Universe - Post-War
   • Age Difference
   • Blood
   • Grinding
   • Hallucinations
   • (sorta) - Freeform
   • Spoilers through Volume 9
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Hand Jobs
   • discussion of sex
   • Dream Sex
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Companion Piece

   Summary

   “A thief has come to take your love away / It's been this way for far too long / I'm too old to remember how it could be…”
    
   Qrow Branwen's perspective. 
   They've been out of the war for a while. Qrow is listless and adrift. Drowning in everything he's not. The memorial for their dead is approaching. Life is leaving him behind.

   Despite it all, Ruby is still looking out for him. Never did know when to quit.

   Never did know when to cut a bad thing loose.

   Companion Piece To "but where's your heart"

   Series

   • Part 7 of between our hearts

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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   Kudos:

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