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Ultraviolet

His dreams are always worse than reality. When he presses his eyes shut, all he can see is ultraviolet-red burning images into his subconcious. He dreams about Albedo more than he admits- these are vivid, bloody dreams that wake him in a cold sweat with the feeling that he hasn't really slept at all.

He stares into Albedo's eyes and rests the barrel of his gun against his brother's temple. Rubedo takes a deep breath, pulls the trigger and all of a sudden his hand is buried inside Albedo, fingers closing around a heart and a familiar beat reverberating in his palm. He jerks back, only to find himself clawing his way out of his own chest. He gasps and-

- opens his eyes, breath shallow, eyes wide and his own hands wrapped around his throat. He keeps them there a moment, vision slowly adjusting to the dim light. There is a faint murmer in the back of his mind- a snicker, a taunt, a challenge- and this is all it takes for Rubedo's mind to rearrange itself. A dream. It had been a dream. He finally lets his hands fall from his neck, resting them against his breast and listening for the twin heartbeats echo in opposing patterns, weaving in and out and around each other but never harmonizing.

"Dammnit, Albedo." he mutters as his eyes slide shut, "Stay out of my head."