Abyss

by Tessryne

Gajeel and Levy both come to the realization that it is time to move past their dark history, but before they can begin to move forward together Levy embarks on what she thought would be a quick job with Team Shadow Gear, but things go awry and Levy ends up in danger. Gajeel puts aside his initial hesitation to go after her, and races to rescue the one light in his dark world.

14. Chapter 14

Epilogue

In the weeks that followed, Gajeel remained distanced from Levy. He wasn't sure about the feelings and the tension that had grown between the two of them in the short amount of time that they had spent together. It gave him hope that their friendship would grow naturally and easy, when given the chance, but on the same token he finally pegged the emotion that he had felt growing on the back of their budding relationship; desire. He definitely was not ready for that emotion when it came to Levy. She wasn't someone he could just tumble with and forget like he had a few times in the past with other women. She was different to him and she deserved more. So in lieu of these realizations he had distanced himself from her superficially, while still keeping a protective eye on her when she wasn't looking. On the side though, he met with Kosuke every couple of days to start training him in magic, finding that the boy had a natural talent with music, much to Gajeel's excitement. They had spent long afternoons rocking out guitars in his cabin.

Levy was initially depressed that Gajeel was suddenly missing from her life after having spent a few days with her. She missed him, but she figured he had his reasons. She would still smile to herself when she was alone walking the city or sitting at home; the feeling that he was watching over her was omnipresent and it gave her comfort nonetheless. She knew that he would come back around when he was ready.

Jet and Droy had returned and begrudgingly thanked Gajeel for saving their lives and Levy's. Team Shadow Gear was officially back together and Levy never thought she'd hear the end of their apologies for what had happened in Hargeon. She'd sat there at their table with her eyes fixed on Gajeel's back as he sat in his darkened corner while her two childhood friends listed off the ways that they'd make it up to her. All she could think about was how not sorry she was about what happened in Hargeon. Her fingers danced across her iron bookmark between the pages of the book before her and she just smiled.

*Thank you for the reviews and the likes and follows! I've enjoyed writing this and I plan on either adding a bonus chapter to this story, or making it a fresh GaLe one shot. (I apologize for those who feel that the ending was anticlimactic. I was trying to make this story squeeze in the established story line after Gajeel joins Fairy Tail and shortly before the Fantasia arc. Trust me, I would have loved to have made things more fluffy, but it would not have worked for trying to streamline it with what Mr. Mashima has set in place). Stay tuned and thanks again for the views! I hope you enjoyed*