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Kyouraku x Ukitake x Unohana
Mess
It took him by surprise, the mess he had made of their lives, of their worlds. The three of them had once been perfectly ordered, organised: their lives had been just as they should have been, just as they should always have been. They were three Captains, three pillars of strength in the community that should have stood alone, separate. Some of the Captains could do that just fine- stand distant from the rest of the world, keeping themselves at bay from emotion, constantly restrained.
He had not been able to do so.
God though, how he had tried.
A great many years, he had persevered, until one day he could take no more and he had reached out, and had taken her hand in one, and his in the other. He had brought them close to him, his two Captains who had spent so many years being unloved, and so many years loving others.
Two pillars would not have been enough- they would have strained to reach each other, and failed. With three of them, though, they could reach across the loneliness, and make miracles happen.
Retsu reached up, and touched his cheek, and Shunsui pressed his stubbled face against his neck, and Jyuushiro realised that although he had made this mess, they could ride it through together. As long as time ticked on, and Shunsui's skin stayed warm, and Retsu's touch stayed soft, then he could do anything.
He could break down pillars.
He could change the world.
And regardless of any mess that they made along the way, he was sure that they could be happy.