Archon war AU angst and fluff
Alatus (Xiao) is serving under his father, Morax, but with his father becoming more aggressive and controlling by the day, Alatus finds himself drifting away from him. He spends more time away from home, in his mother's...
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Alatus POV:
I wake up wrapped in the wings of a sleeping Barbatos, it's so nice and warm, I never want to leave but I've already spent the night here so I should get home before my father gets suspicious
But Barbatos is sleeping so soundly, I can't bring myself to wake him from his slumber, just a little longer won't hurt, right?
Turns out Barabtos woke up while I was contemplating about waking him up "good morning" I hear him say and I nearly jump out of my skin
"O-oh uh... Morning" I stutter out, which makes him giggle
"You're adorable when you do that" he says, which makes my face turn a shade of pink
"Th-thanks..." I say, still stuttering, god, I both love and hate this at the same "I uh... Should probably go home..." I say, wishing I could stay
"Ok, see you later, cutie" Barbatos says, trying to make me all flustered, which works because I've never had a crush on anyone before, let alone had a boyfriend, is he my boyfriend? I don't know, I'll ask later
He releases me from his wings, I feel so cold once he does that, but I know I need to go so I stand then teleport home, where my dad's awaiting my arrival
"Where have you been" he asks, looking me over, my hair's pretty ruffled, I probably should've fixed that before I came "what's this?" he picks one of Barbatos' feathers out of my hair and shows it to me
Shit I think I'm screwed "It's a bird feather I guess" I say, but I'm a really shitty lier, so he doesn't believe me
"I know this is one of Barbatos' feathers" he says "what were you doing with him?" he gives me one of his terrifying death stares
"Definitely NOT cuddling" I reply, he's now wondering how he's the father of such a dumb Adeptus
"How stupid are you, Alatus?" he says "was it just cuddling? What did he do to you?" overprotective father mode is now on
"It... It was just cuddling" I stutter, starting to get scared for both my and Barbatos' lives, I know what happens when Adeptus disobey him, I'm just hoping he'll spare me because I'm his son
"Good." he says, glaring at me, he's deciding whether to kill me or not, he's already decided what he's going to do to Barbatos, but he's conflicted about me
I'm convinced I'm going to die today so I kind of just accept death, I knew I had slim chances of surviving this war, I guess I know how it's going to turn out now
Who am I kidding? I haven't accepted it at all and my eyes start to water "I... I'm sorry... It... It won't ever happen again... P...please just don't hurt me... Or Barbatos..." I say between sobs
Morax's heart is hardened, but not enough to stop him from feeling sympathy for his own son "fine. I won't hurt you, but I can't say the same for Barbatos"
"D...dad please... I... I love him... You can't-" he cuts me off
"Well then his death will be your punishment" he says coldly, he already hated Barbatos before this, and now he has even more of a reason to
I stare up at him in shock for a moment, but I know fighting any more will just end in pain for me so I just rush up to my room and slam the door
I can't believe this, I fall in love, then my dad just goes to kill him immediately when he finds out, I should've known it was a bad idea trying to rebel against him, I deserve this punishment
The amount of emotional pain I'm feeling right now is unbearable, I sob into my pillow, I love Barbatos, I love him so much, but very soon he'll be gone
And the worst part about it is that I can't do anything about it, even if I did try to stop my father I'd lose, there's no point
There's no point
No point...
Barbatos POV:
I watch as Alatus teleports away, I hope his father doesn't find out about us or else we're both fucked
I decide not to worry about it for now and stand up off the couch, stretching my whole body, my wings extending to their full length
I then pull my wings in so they're folded up behind me, I have a weird sense of dread right now, it's odd
A weird sense of danger even... The wind's trying to warn me of danger oh god, what's coming for me... I think
Maybe Morax found out about us and I'm about to get crushed by a meteor
The thought sends a shiver down my spine, I don't want to die, but I guess I did already think about how I'd probably die if I kissed Alatus, and here we are
Guess I should've known that trying to take down Morax would have its consequences, it was a bad idea, wasn't it?
Well it's too late to go back now, it appears I'll never become the Anemo Archon, the death of my old friend will be in vein
What am I thinking, I just had a weird sense of danger, that doesn't mean Morax is going to kill me, that's just the most likely outcome
It could just be some random god I don't even know the name of, that would be nice because then I could just kill them
But if it's Morax I'm fucked, there's no way I can beat him, not even if I had all his Adepti on my side
Well, I'll either live or die here...
Let's just hope it's the first option
A/N:
And now I need to learn how to write fight scenes, oh no
