Pairing: Lindow Amamiya/OFC (K. Suzaku; codename: ZERO)

Disclaimer: I don't own Gods Eater Burst. If I did, there would be an otome game of it by now.

Summary: Drabbles based on the same set of prompts as 'And I feel'. May contain spoilers for the game.

Notes: I always wanted to write something for this fandom. I miss this game.

Enjoy :)

Pain

What pained her was not the fact that she, as new and current unit leader, had to defeat the Corrosive Black Hannibal at all costs; no, it was the fact that she had to defeat Lindow that truly, wholly tore her –

Laugh

– but ZERO would do it anyway, would do anything¸ even so far as to do it by herself, if it meant hearing and seeing Lindow laugh again.

Linen

The first night after he returned, he was sent to the infirmary, and was put into isolation – no one was allowed to see him: no visitors, no friends, no one to hear him scream when his dreams began to be plagued by nightmares – so it came as a surprise when, instead of the sheets he was so desperately clutching like a lifeline, it was ZERO's hand Lindow was gripping tightly instead – and damn if he did not feel like crying then and there.

Service

"It's kinda funny; I thought that old church would miraculously have its broken bells toll for me back then," ZERO laughingly commented, to which Lindow reprimanded her with an unexpectedly intense glare as he growled out, "Do not joke about that ever again," and suddenly she understood why.

Blades

When he laid his hand on the hilt of his sword again, two very distinct sets of sensations passed through him and shot straight to his very core – one was the nostalgic sense of familiarity; the other an overwhelming, resonating understanding that only someone crazy and brave and beautiful enough to wield another's blade could strike within Lindow.

Funeral

"If you continue putting yourself out there like that and showing off during missions, you'd really die before knowing my full name, Lindow – I mean, is knowing that kind of information so important to you?"

Okay

"I know you like me, kiddo. It's great, y'know; it's actually kinda awesome that you like me, but…you know that I–", but he did not get to finish what he was saying, because she simply smiled (and what a sad smile it was, god), said, "I know; it's okay," in an uncharacteristically quiet voice, and then walked away.

Sin

What a hypocrite, Lindow thinks to himself, as he watches ZERO walk away while every fibre of his being screamed at him to make her stop, don't walk away, please, you know what I mean, you know I'm lying—but he gives a vicious shake of his head, and he makes a beeline to the door where his future, his constant, his resignation awaits, because—because what lies behind that door is someone he just cannot have—

—but he keeps on wanting, anyway.