This... Is Beautiful

😭😭💕this... is beautiful

I need the Drifter to kiss Eris, so badly, so I wrote myself a fic. well, and for anyone who also can't get them out of their head 😭❤️ warning for very minor spoilers for the new lorecard.

also on ao3

"Ready, Moondust?" 

The Drifter looks up at her, the magnificent figure, made stronger by tithes of dozens of faithful Guardians. 

Eris stares back at him, and for a moment he feels a wash of horrifying anxiety that she cannot, would not let go. That the power is too much to deny, that revenge was her new name, a title of a Witch Queen.

But she promised. She must. 

She breathes in. He cannot breathe. 

The circle lights up, Hive runes activating to the witch's calling. Eris chants, her voice echoing off the walls, scattering powerfully, rattling in the Drifter's brain. Her eyes never leave his face, and he looks back at her, willing to be her guide and beacon. A thread she somehow managed to tie around his heart. 

"Come back to me," he thinks. "I've been waiting." 

The seals of the witch's ritual begin to fall apart. They crumble to dust, taking away all that brought Eris to her new found power. Her wings crush to dust and bone, the spikes of her armour detach. 

The Drifter watches with reverence, eyes following the crumbs of chitin that drop from Eris' shoulders. She cries out as it releases her, and her cries are of regret and immeasurable strength. 

Her eyes are shining its familiar green, unobstructed by any fabric. 

The Drifter waits until the final streak of circle energy dissipates, and he rushes forward to catch Eris' body in his arms. She goes pliantly, surprisingly so, as he steadies her on the ground. His body jolts from the sensation, the weight of her in his arms. He longed to hold her, he would not fucking let go now. 

"It's all right," he mutters as Eris comes to her senses. The Drifter waits until she pushes him away, but it never happens. She clutches onto him instead, her hand curling around him. 

"Germaine…" 

Tenderness. Such tenderness in her voice. He wants to put his real name in her mouth, just to know what it sounds like from her lips, but this is good enough. 

"Eris…" 

She looks up at him. Her hair is a mess, her face is streaked with Hive darkness. He cannot think of another woman so strong, and so vulnerable. A secret she allows him to keep, because she knows he will. They have built themselves a raft of trust amidst the ocean of uncertainty. 

His hand cups her cheek. He thinks he might go crazy from the very sensation of her against his palm. 

"You've waited…" she says. "Despite everything." 

"Said I would." 

"You don't have to wait any longer." 

What she means is so many things. And he chooses it to be the one, he closes the miniscule distance until his mouth is on hers, and that's when the Drifter understands - it was all worth it. 

She is everything. Warm mouth and magic and trust. She is grief and vengeance. She is power and knowledge. 

She is the woman he wanted to kiss for so long. 

Eris kisses him back, mouth to his mouth, tongue to his tongue. Minutes, seconds, all loose their meaning, all bow to the queen no more. Their lips move, hungry and harsh, but then sweet and careful, before becoming hungry again. 

"You…" her words trail off when they pull away. No, he could never quite find the words either, so he smiles. 

"Yeah, Moondust?" 

His forehead rests against her cheek. 

But she only shakes her head. She smiles. Her fingers trail over his lips, then cup his face.

And it is then that the Drifter knows that he is hers. At last. 

I will not admit how long it took me to draw this...

Enjoy!!

😳stranger, just look away, let them enjoy kissy smoochy time~ it's what they both deserve 💞

this is absolutely what happened in beyond light and no one can tell me otherwise

Don't miss your lonely girlfriends calls Drift, smh XD

Hey guys, I'd love to have some more Drifteris on my dash. If your someone who loves Eris and Drifter, pop me a message! I'd love to follow some fellow people who are as in love with this ship as I am 😊

You heard the man.

Don't look too closely or you'll see the exact moment I lost momentum for the piece ;-; I really did love this piece though! I had a ton of fun especially on Eris' freaky ball thingy