he arrives home, immediately kicks his shoes off and goes to look for Eli .
he joins him, arms wrapping around him from behind. a quick kiss presses to his neck. βI canβt keep leaving work early like this. But Godβ¦β he grinned, against Eliβs skin.
currently curled up under the covers with @LovableFacade .
he doesnβt want to get up so nothing will get done today and thatβs okay with him.
michael leaned against eli, eyes closing for a moment. heβs so immensely relieved to be back with him and home, safe and sound.
he turns the stove on low so what heβs making doesnβt burn.
Heβs just going to, come up behind @guiltedson. wrapping his arms, loosely around him and rests his chin on Michaelβs shoulder. watching him cook silently .
βliz? isnβt her bloodstream half doctor pepper at this point?β He cracked a smile, hearing a scoff and a snort. his eyes watered as his pressed his forehead against eliβs . βyou arenβt leaving me either.β
his head lifted. if he was imagining things⦠what a beautiful hallucination.
βeliβ¦β his voice came out hoarse. and he still didnβt quite believe what he was seeing and hearing.
but his fingers reached out anyways, reaching for the man he loved. his fingers touched ++
skin. could a hallucination really feel like this� no.
he curled fingers into Eliβs hair, grounding himself. βyouβre hereβ¦?β
a look at liz, covering in bruises, weak looking, and crying with a smile on her lips⦠this confirmed it further.
this had to be real++
[ Starter for @LovableFacade ]
he stood in front of the ashes of the old pizzeria.
he was sobbing as he stared at the pile. he hated himself. he should be under that pile of ash.
he should be dead. but heβs not. and itβs all williamβs fault.
instead, itβs eli and liz. ++
he canβt go see his mother. how will he explain that heβs alive, but theyβre deadβ¦?
he canβt tell her he killed another of her children.
his knees buckle and he burrows his head in his hands, sobbing.
he lost them. he lost them both. and now he was alone⦠++
beside him was an empty bottle of whiskey. he was watching something on a loop. footage of william entering the pizzeria, but he wasnβt alone. behind him, he pulled circus baby who was pulling against him with hall her strength. lizβ¦
and also behind him was the very man ++
at his feet, watching it burn down the hallway.
he watched and just stood there. let me die too, he thought.
βeli, i love you.β he whispered.
hours later he sat upright in a bed. he was alive? he looked around. hunched in front of a computer was a very drunk Henry. ++
he agreed to do it.
heβd planted the bait and waited till Henry confirmed that william had entered. michael had no words left for the man who was his father.
he moved through the halls pouring accelerants everywhere.
with a flick, he lit a match and dropped ++
[Solo]
he knew william would come . he was far to valuable to him now that heβd becomeβ¦ whatever he was. not a zombie at least. he didnβt hunger for brains, but he was certain he qualified asβ¦ undead.
with his body mangled by ennard s coils, and his eyes dark and more ++



