ic contact

[brushoff]

"Hello. This is Dorian Gray's cellphone. I can't talk right now. Don't forget to leave me a message. If you're interesting, I'll get back to you."

voice, video, text, action
[ certain threads in this post contain nsfw content (sex, blood, violence, etc.) so, you know, don't read them where Gramma can look over your shoulder. just kind of a blanket trigger warning for gore & body horror as well ]

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audio!

[purgation]

You don't seem to understand. I'm not giving you a choice.

audio!

[brushoff]

And you don't seem to understand, I'm not letting you have the last word.

audio!

[purgation]

[Silence again.

During which Yuri reminds himself of something Dorian said: he doesn't deserve this. He wants it, that little slice of normalcy being with Dorian offers him, but that's precisely why he doesn't deserve it.

He hasn't atoned. He's still just a monster acting in the name of justice.

Speaking of which...he could have the last word. If he really wanted. But he knows that would drive Dorian to find him and he cannot have that.

...although he almost wants it. It would be preferred to the company of his hallucinations and the whispers of an old and vacant office building. Might even permit him the chance to answer for what he's done?]

I...

audio!

[brushoff]

[ after what seems like an eternity, Dorian responds. His words are quiet, hushed, and yet underneath it all, he's just bursting at the seams with emotion and conflicting feelings and pain. So much pain and he hates it. ]

You what?

audio!

[purgation]

...I just want to say goodbye.

audio!

[brushoff]

[ another long pause before. ] Yuri, I...please don't do this to me.

audio!

[purgation]

[He considers his options.

He could tell Dorian the truth. From the very beginning of his charade, to the point when it ceased being an act altogether. He could tell him that he's Lunatic, that he's the one responsible for having burned him alive...

Or he could withhold the truth and simply ask him to come to him. But that would mean explaining his condition. And his scars. It would mean more lies. But it would also mean more Dorian, and if there's one thing Yuri knows with certainty, it's that Petrov men are good at hurting the ones they love.

...or he could just. Hang up. There'd be no awful consequences for Dorian that way. Only for himself. But can he be so selfless?

The answer is...no.]

I want to see you.

[...]

But I'm going to hurt you if I do. I...don't think there's any way to avoid that.

audio!

[brushoff]

I can take it, [ Dorian says, without hesitation, without waiting. Because he can. He knows that Yuri isn't talking physically, though he could easily take that. But Dorian was banking on this. He was banking on the fact that no matter what happened, no matter what Yuri told him, it couldn't be worse than what he had experienced.

It couldn't be worse than that day in 1986, sitting by the ocean with Toby, watching his love die, turning to dust in the sunset. Nothing could be worse than that. ]

I want to see you also.

audio!

[purgation]

[If he says it, he really is...]

Maurtia Falls.

[...a sinner through and through.]

Re: audio!

[brushoff]

I'm still registered. I can be there in ten minutes time. [ because yeah, Dorian wants some goddamn closure. ]

audio!

[purgation]

Alright.

[He takes his time typing out the address and sending it, not because he wants to, but because he has to.

Fuck you, Hisoka.]

Ten minutes.

And...whatever happens, know that I truly am sorry.

[Ominous? Oh well.

He hangs up.]