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tiny_ninjaTitle: A Second Chance
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Characters: Auron, Yuna, Wakka, Rikku, Lulu
Pairing: Auron/Lulu
Rating: General Audiences
AO3 Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Ending, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
Summary: The battle is over and Auron wants to lay down his sword and rest, but the end of his journey is one he doesn't expect.
Notes: Written forrunicmagitek, who asked me for more Auron/Lulu happy endings as part of a "I Wish You Would Write" meme. Of course, Runic just wants me to write more in general, but this little snippet was fun! ♥
“This is your world now.”
For a moment, Auron closed his eyes and waited for the calm, the release, for the end to come a second time. The pyreflies within his body stirred under the power of Yuna’s sending, and he couldn’t fight it anymore. He’d earned this, the right to rest, to lay down arms and be a soldier for a fallen cause no longer.
But his limbs grew heavy and tingled, like they’d fallen asleep and all the blood was rushing back. He wiggled his fingers inside his gloves out of habit, though it was a sensation he hadn’t felt in ten years. He drew a breath, and he swore he heard his heart beating in his ears.
A heartbeat.
Auron hadn’t had an actual heartbeat in ten years, either.
He looked out over the images of Zanarkand of the past, cobbled together from Jecht’s memory. Then he turned to face Yuna, standing there stunned and clutching her staff, wide eyed. Tidus’ and Wakka’s jaws hit the floor.
“That’s… not supposed to happen, ya?” Wakka said, pointing at Auron.
“The pyreflies are gone,” Rikku said, bouncing on her heels, “but you’re still here!”
“The sending… it should have worked,” Yuna said, bewildered. “Unless you do not wish to go, Sir Auron?”
Only Lulu looked unfazed. If she was startled, it didn’t show in her crimson eyes. The mage took two steps towards him and held out a hand. “A bond so strong,” she said, “that it will keep the dead on this plane of existence beyond death.”
Auron smiled behind his collar, seeing that open palm as the offer it was. He slid his hand into hers. The time for tiptoeing around each other was over. Sin was dead and Yu Yevon along with it. No other summoners would have to face the same fate as Braska did - Yuna had saved them all.
And now, Auron had his reward: to enjoy his life as he should have the first time through.
Lulu smiled back at him. “Welcome to our world, Sir Auron.”
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Characters: Auron, Yuna, Wakka, Rikku, Lulu
Pairing: Auron/Lulu
Rating: General Audiences
AO3 Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Ending, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
Summary: The battle is over and Auron wants to lay down his sword and rest, but the end of his journey is one he doesn't expect.
Notes: Written for
runicmagitek, who asked me for more Auron/Lulu happy endings as part of a "I Wish You Would Write" meme. Of course, Runic just wants me to write more in general, but this little snippet was fun! ♥ “This is your world now.”
For a moment, Auron closed his eyes and waited for the calm, the release, for the end to come a second time. The pyreflies within his body stirred under the power of Yuna’s sending, and he couldn’t fight it anymore. He’d earned this, the right to rest, to lay down arms and be a soldier for a fallen cause no longer.
But his limbs grew heavy and tingled, like they’d fallen asleep and all the blood was rushing back. He wiggled his fingers inside his gloves out of habit, though it was a sensation he hadn’t felt in ten years. He drew a breath, and he swore he heard his heart beating in his ears.
A heartbeat.
Auron hadn’t had an actual heartbeat in ten years, either.
He looked out over the images of Zanarkand of the past, cobbled together from Jecht’s memory. Then he turned to face Yuna, standing there stunned and clutching her staff, wide eyed. Tidus’ and Wakka’s jaws hit the floor.
“That’s… not supposed to happen, ya?” Wakka said, pointing at Auron.
“The pyreflies are gone,” Rikku said, bouncing on her heels, “but you’re still here!”
“The sending… it should have worked,” Yuna said, bewildered. “Unless you do not wish to go, Sir Auron?”
Only Lulu looked unfazed. If she was startled, it didn’t show in her crimson eyes. The mage took two steps towards him and held out a hand. “A bond so strong,” she said, “that it will keep the dead on this plane of existence beyond death.”
Auron smiled behind his collar, seeing that open palm as the offer it was. He slid his hand into hers. The time for tiptoeing around each other was over. Sin was dead and Yu Yevon along with it. No other summoners would have to face the same fate as Braska did - Yuna had saved them all.
And now, Auron had his reward: to enjoy his life as he should have the first time through.
Lulu smiled back at him. “Welcome to our world, Sir Auron.”
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Date: 2018-12-31 08:02 pm (UTC)Also, I've been on the fence about posting fics along with AO3 links on DW... probably because I'm having flashbacks to strikethrough and watching so many fics just fucking disappear overnight. But also because I'm lazy and it's like, another place for me to post to on top of AO3 and FFN and a main post to tumblr... though I say this and have been putting more and more effort into DW than tumblr this past week so who knows.
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Date: 2018-12-31 08:14 pm (UTC)And I get that. As I don't post on FFN (whoops can't get into that email anymore my bad), I'm probably going to link here and on tumblr. The vibe I get from DW isn't at all like LJ in the strikethrough days, but I'm also not pimping it out to communities either, so we'll see what happens. I wasn't gonna post this one at all but there's so little Auron/Lulu content that I figured it was still a good idea anyway.
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Date: 2018-12-31 08:28 pm (UTC)I might make an effort in the new year to also post my stuff here, too. We'll see. I'm just happy there's a resurgence in DW :D
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Date: 2018-12-31 08:34 pm (UTC)This new year for me is 1. write some things 2. finish them 3. SHARE THEM YOU IDIOT 4. do yoga 5. don't die. In more or less that order. XD