Our Unhappy Ending (Alois Trancy x Reader)

Shadows

"Lock the doors. Turn off all the lights." Alois commands you.
You obey.
You and Alois both wait in his bedroom, in the dark. A sliver of blue light shines through the windows.
Alois hugs his feet to his chest. Despite the complete darkness, you can sense that he's afraid.
You place your hand on his shoulder, reassuring him that it's okay.
He turns to you with wide eyes. You think you see the glimmer of tears in them.
"Sam.... I.... I'm scared. This is where everything starts going downhill. Sebastian arrives with Ciel. And.... and then...." He chokes back a sob.
"I'm scared. I don't want to die." He puts his head in his hands as tears stream down his face.

The perspective of Alois Trancy.
Facing my own death each day doesn't make it any less terrifying.
Up until now, I awaken each day with a feeling of omnipotent dread, knowing that I am one day closer to my bloody end.
One day closer to having the one I need the most betray me.
One day closer to being massacred by my own butler.
Now, all of that has changed.
I have the chance to cheat death.
To rewrite my own life.
It's exciting, but also terrifying.
One wrong move, and my destruction will be imminent.
Almost like chess.

Your/Sam's perspective.
I pull Alois closer to me. He looks at me with a tear-stained face.
He's afraid. I guess we all are.
We're all afraid, deep down.
The best we can do is combat our fears, or try to put them out of our minds.
Alois utters two words:
"I'm sorry."
He nearly whispers.
My natural response is,
" You're forgiven. "
And I truly mean it.
We both freeze when we hear a knock at the door.
Sebastian is here.
Two more knocks follow.
Alois tenses up.
Please leave.
You hope silently.
The minutes before retreating footsteps can be heard feel like hours.
When Sebastian finally leaves, Alois does something that surprises me.
He places his arm around my shoulder, and pulls me close to him.
He is literally shaking.
I place my arms around him carefully.
"Thank you." He barely whispers, "thank you."
He pulls me closer to him.
This time, he's not trying to shock me, or put me out of my comfort zone,
He just wants me with him.

The perspective of Alois Trancy.
In this moment, I know I need Sam.
Not because they just helped me avoid a disaster,
But because they comforted me when I was terrified out of my mind.
I hadn't known anyone else who would do that for me since.....
Never mind.
I spent so long distancing myself from the world around me that I'd forgotten what it was to be close to someone. I'd forgotten what it was like to know that someone genuinely cares about you.
Who wants to see you happy.
I feel the hollow space in my heart start to fill itself again.
Turns out I've also forgotten what it feels like to love someone.
I cry tears of joy, and tears of regret.
I was looking for someone to save me from my death.
What I found was someone to save me from myself.