two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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After Ben dies, Klaus deals with things exactly how everyone expects him to.
And then there's Diego, trying to pull him through the darkness.
"Come on sweetheart, we can't stay here any longer"
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- Part 1 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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It was cold. He’d always thought the Academy was cold, but this was something else. This was a cold that sank into his bones. He didn’t know how they were going to survive the winter; it was only fall, and he was already cold more often than not. It didn’t help that he was hungry too.
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- Part 2 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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The man had started snoring by the time Klaus had convinced himself to sit up. Klaus grinned to himself and got dressed. He took a few pills from the baggie beside the guy's wallet, and took two extra 20's, making sure he left enough that the guy would unlikely notice that Klaus had fucked off with some extra. Klaus had learned the hard way not to do that.
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They do what they have to do to survive. It's not always easy. But at least they have each other to come home to.
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- Part 3 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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The water was freezing and it took Diego's breath away, but he didn't dare move to turn it off. The cold was secondary to helping Klaus through whatever this was. He wrapped his arms around Klaus' too-thin, shaking body and tried to shield him from the downpour.
He wasn't angry now, just driven by a blind panic that something was terribly, horribly wrong, and he didn't know what it was, but he had to fix it. He had to fix it, lest something be irreparably broken.
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Diego hadn't meant to fuck up the way he had.
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- Part 4 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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scribbles - an exploration in concupiscence by spikeymarshmallows
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
18 Jun 2020
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They'd squeezed themselves into the tiny shower, kissing until the water ran so cold again that they were shivering.
They'd figured out a way to warm up though.
Klaus called them "industrious, like that".
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snapshots in time of Klaus and Diego after a sketch of the rain inside and before a steady beep.
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- Part 5 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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There's a quiet bustle of people nearby. He manages to drag his eyes open and then blinks rapidly, reality hitting him hard.
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Oh boy, has Klaus fucked up this time.
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- Part 6 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Klaus set his bag down in the middle of the room; when Diego raised an eyebrow at that, Klaus rolled his eyes, and kicked the bag over to the side of the room where their clothes were kept.
"Happy now?" Klaus huffed.
"Thrilled," Diego said, although it was hard to keep the sarcasm in his voice given that, well, he was utterly thrilled.
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It felt like it'd been a lifetime, but Klaus was finally home from rehab.
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- Part 7 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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It was okay.
Klaus was there now.
Klaus had been sober for six weeks.
His face had colour in it; his eyes weren't bloodshot.
Klaus was here and Klaus was safe.
Diego tried to focus on Klaus, there, in his arms. He may have been struggling today, but he'd asked Diego for help rather than letting himself relapse. He'd come to Diego and had told him he was struggling; this was progress.
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After Klaus OD's, things get better on some levels. Diego is absolutely determined to make sure everything is okay, and he's even more determined not to feel anything that might compromise the shaky foundations of this life they're trying to build.
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- Part 8 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Klaus rested his hands on Diego’s thighs, rubbing up and down the thin material of his sweatpants. He studied Diego’s face for a long moment, meeting Diego’s eyes. He looked tired. Klaus’ stomach tightened in guilt. Diego had been so busy with his police academy stuff lately that it felt like they’d barely seen each other. They lived together. They slept together. But in some ways, they lived very separate lives.
When had Diego started to look so tired?
When had Klaus stopped noticing?
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- Part 9 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Diego came home to an empty apartment. It was starting to cool down outside, and he fiddled with the gas heater to take the bite out of the air inside. He didn't get as cold as easily as Klaus, and Klaus wouldn't be home, but it was habit, and it made him feel like Klaus might be there and simply coming home late.
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It's Diego's first birthday alone.
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- Part 10 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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He ran his eyes over what little of Klaus' body he would be able to see on the screen. Klaus curved his back so his ass was visible. "Speaking of…"
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Long-distance is hard, but they make it work.
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- Part 11 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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This is what Klaus got for going away again.
This happened every time. His work would take him away for a few weeks, a few months, he'd explore the world, eat amazing cuisines, set up new projects here, finish them there—and then he'd return and find Diego had, once again, filled their kitchen with innumerable amounts of fresh food.
What was wrong with toaster waffles?!
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- Part 12 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Klaus shifted forward and Diego kissed him, uncaring of morning breath. Klaus melted against him, his arms coming up around Diego's neck, impatient and—
"Oh for fuck's sake!" Klaus cried, jolting away from Diego. "I told you not to do that! It's my goddamn honeymoon, cut me some slack!"
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Honeymoons! Or... a little bit of their honeymoon! :)
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- Part 13 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Diego had only just set his keys and wallet down on the table beside the front door when his phone started vibrating.
"What did you forget?" Diego answered with.
Klaus squawked indignantly. "Diego, I'm offended! Maybe I was calling you to say I missed you already!"
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You'd think that given all the travelling Klaus does, he'd remember the TSA rules a little better.
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- Part 14 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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a visit to the natural history museum by spikeymarshmallows
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
03 May 2021
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Diego came to with a throbbing headache and the sun too hot on his skin. As he became more aware, his senses picked up on the familiar; the ocean and the sound of waves lapping at the shore. Sand below his hands. Klaus grumbling beside him. Other parts were less familiar. It smelled different, greener. There was a strange quibbling sound a few feet away and when he managed to roll over onto his side to look at it—
"Is that a dodo?" Klaus asked, incredulous.
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Diego and Klaus wake up on a desert island. There are dinosaurs.
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- Part 15 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Aside from a few hidden meals with Mom, Diego and Klaus haven't been back to the Academy in thirteen years. They pulled each other from the pits of despair and, against all odds, have built a happy life together.
And then their Father dies.
It'll be fine, right? They've had loads of therapy, and they're happy, and it's just one little funeral, right? What could possibly go wrong?
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- Part 16 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways
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Diego had been holding the little package so tightly that his sweaty palms had made the newspaper a little damp. He opened his bedroom door, pausing so that it didn't squeak. He surveyed the corridor. He'd had the lights off in his room and his eyes had adjusted to the darkness. Once he was sure that nobody was nearby, he crept out of his room and down the hall.
He opened Klaus' bedroom door slowly, carefully. Klaus' door didn't squeak.
Klaus was curled up in his bed, facing away from the door. The lamp beside his bed was still lit, although it was on its dullest setting.
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Five times Klaus and Diego celebrate Christmas alone, and one time they don't.
[Plus one or two answers...]
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- Part 17 of two boys emerging from shadowed hallways