Fye/Kurogane, with a pretentious title. Challenge: hope. Sort of went at this one arse-backwards, eh?

Sisyphus

There is a way Kurogane has of looking at him, sometimes, that makes him think all the irritation and animosity is more than it pretends to be. It's difficult to ignore, but Fye cannot afford to notice it, cannot hope for anything except another place to run.

(He runs because he has no choice; he's not even sure he wants to live, but he knows Ashura wouldn't let him die, not for a long time.)

Kurogane looks, and it makes Fye wish his future could be something - anything - else. But wishes aren't free, and he has nothing left to trade.