Shhh, it's ok, it's ok. You're right. Not everyone goes home.
[He rocked the boy slowly, lowering his voice to a whisper.]
Yoon, I'm going to tell you a secret, something I've never told anyone else. I know that some people can go to a place that isn't home. Lucifer's promised me I can go somewhere else, when I go. So maybe she got the same promise. Maybe she went some place wonderful.
[ He clings harder, curling up some more now that he doesn't need to pretend to stand anymore. This sounds... wonderful, but he also doesn't know if he believes it. He tries to convince himself that he does. ]
I-I'd like that... she deserves it... [ He thinks so, at least. ] But-- how do we know? What... what if Lucifer is lying?..
[He cuddled Yoon in his lap, just stroking the boy's hair in an effort to offer comfort.]
You could ask Lucifer, but you're right. He could be lying. It wouldn't be the first time. I'm sorry Yoon. I can't promise she went elsewhere, but we can hope so. Isn't that always what we do when someone leaves us? That they've gone to a better place?
I don't know Yoon. I just don't know. I like to believe that there's something after death, and that when people get sent home they go to a good place. But I just don't know.
[Steve held the boy and nuzzled his temple. It was the best he could come up with to do.]
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Date: 2023-03-19 11:02 pm (UTC)[He rocked the boy slowly, lowering his voice to a whisper.]
Yoon, I'm going to tell you a secret, something I've never told anyone else. I know that some people can go to a place that isn't home. Lucifer's promised me I can go somewhere else, when I go. So maybe she got the same promise. Maybe she went some place wonderful.
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Date: 2023-03-19 11:39 pm (UTC)[ He clings harder, curling up some more now that he doesn't need to pretend to stand anymore. This sounds... wonderful, but he also doesn't know if he believes it. He tries to convince himself that he does. ]
I-I'd like that... she deserves it... [ He thinks so, at least. ] But-- how do we know? What... what if Lucifer is lying?..
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Date: 2023-03-26 11:53 pm (UTC)You could ask Lucifer, but you're right. He could be lying. It wouldn't be the first time. I'm sorry Yoon. I can't promise she went elsewhere, but we can hope so. Isn't that always what we do when someone leaves us? That they've gone to a better place?
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Date: 2023-03-27 12:20 am (UTC)[ He's not sure if he feels better or worse. It's true, hoping is all they can do. But it feels so... empty right now. ]
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Date: 2023-03-27 12:31 am (UTC)[Steve held the boy and nuzzled his temple. It was the best he could come up with to do.]
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Date: 2023-03-27 11:22 am (UTC)[ But, well. He did at the very least end up here. So... thinking there was something else after this wasn't all that far fetched at all. ]
I-- I'm going to miss her...