Once Upon A Time In A Multiversal Nightmare Far Far Away.... (Village Wrap-up Post)

[conning]

A collection of tags and threads that participants wanted to play out, after I pulled Neal from The Village!

Idk I'll think of something more descriptive.

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[abrightboy]

"I love you, too," Malcolm murmurs back. "Maybe things would have been different if..." If Neal had snagged his heart in the kitchen that day? Hard to say. Malcolm had a crush on Raylan already but he also thought it would never come to anything. "If things were different."

[conning]

Neal almost makes a joke about how everyone else seemed to know about his crush before Malcolm, but he doesn't. It doesn't feel like it would hit the right note. And it hurts a little too much.

He turns his face to press against Malcolm's chest. "When--"

Neal stops. He doesn't want to screw things up, not more than he already has.

[abrightboy]

Malcolm presses a kiss into his hair.

"When what?"

[conning]

Neal bites his lip for a moment. "When we get out of here. When we get back to your New York. You think we might have a shot at..."

He shakes his head. "I don't care if we don't, I don't. I want to go with you either way."

[abrightboy]

Malcolm looks at him for a moment, then shifts and gives him a gentle kiss on his mouth.

"If we leave here and you come back to my New York with me, I think I would be a very lucky man if you'd have me."

[conning]

Neal leans forward as Malcolm starts to lean back, catching his mouth before he's out of reach. It's not passionate, but it is tender.

"When. When we leave. When we get to your New York."

[abrightboy]

"When we get to my New York. Together." He squeezes Neal's forearm as he sits back. "Drink your tea. You need to get there alive."