Perfect Match 2 - Tumblr Posts
Dames: “I keep telling myself this life isn’t mine, but sometimes... I wish it was.”
Dames x MC: You are not him.
Was listening to this PM2 soundtrack on the loop, it is so heartbreakingly beautiful.. </3
Damien x Cecile: Experiments
At first thought to leave it sketch state, but later decided to draw it further. :) Almost finished yay!
I can’t stop listen to this PM2 track for almost the week now. Why is it so beautiful and summing up melancholic state so so well? I love it so much. ❤️❤️❤️
Damien x Cecile: Experiments
Damien x MC: Yes, sir.
(uploaded it again, to share a better quality pic. Maybe I’ll color it later too :) )
“MC: Oh!
Damien: Yeah? You like that?
MC: Yes, sir!”
Overthinking Damien on way home, after he left MC’s apartment when Nadia’s case was solved. Our lovely idiot. <3
Was listening to this track while drawing. :)
Damien x MC: Do you eat food? (edited)
Damien x Kayla (MC): Virtual Reality
A/N: this was inspired by last chapter of PM2 book, it’s my imagined extended scene after Damien and MC finished playing VR game, before they met Khaan.
Word count: ~1420
Tagging: @confessionsofabrokegirl @alanakusumastan @ahteneah
if there is anyone else, who would be interested in my writing, let me know if you want to be tagged in my next Damien x MC fics. :)
Kayla and Damien stayed in virtual reality for a bit longer to enjoy the scenery. They tried to kiss, but at first VR goggles made an obstacle to reach each other’s lips and making them laugh, then they did it again several moments after, this time successfully. Damien and Kayla shared a gentle kiss and pull apart, logging off and giving back goggles to booth attendants.
When they left virtual reality room, stage was still empty, people were wandering around with drinks in their hands, chatting. Damien took Kayla’s hand leading her to the bar to get them drinks. Kayla was in a mood to try something new, picking the brightest coloured cocktail she haven’t tried before, while Damien asked for usual glass of rum.
“Not into anything new?“ Kayla asked, looking at him playfully. Her smile dropped a bit, as she saw him deeply in thought, looking into his glass, clearly not hearing what is happening around. “Damien?’
Damien slightly shook his head as he came back to reality from his thoughts and looked back to Kayla with apologising sight.
“I am sorry, I got distracted by my thoughts.“ he put his drink on a bar, and extended his arms to Kayla’s direction. “Come here.”
She looked at him with a worry, also putting a glass on a bar and getting close to Damien. They wrapped each other in the arms, standing quietly for a while.
Kayla pulled away to examine his face. They stood close in front of one another, Damien looked down to the ground, avoiding her sight.
“Hey, what’s wrong? You seemed okay several minutes ago. Please, Damien, look at me.“ she raised her hand, stroking his cheek.
“It’s nothing, I can handle this… I am fine.“ Damien gave her a weak smile.
“Damien, you know you can tell me anything. Especially after all what happened recently. I am here for you. Always. You know that.“
“I know.“ he looked into her eyes for a moment, putting his hand on hers, then releasing it and turning away to take his drink, having a small sip. “But we have no time, Khaan can appear any moment.“
“We still can have a bit of time for private moment, let’s go outside for a bit, okay? On our way we could ask Sloane to let us know when Khaan appears.“ Kayla took her drink in one hand and Damien’s free hand in another.
Damien didn’t say anything, but didn’t protest either, so she led him through the crowd to the entrance door. Outside the building was also a bit crowded, but they managed to find a spot not far away, where they could talk freely without anyone’s hearing.
Damien sighed. “Kayla… I am not sure if I should tell you this… I just still can’t get over of what I experienced not much time ago. It’s still so fresh in my mind, and that’s just overwhelming… I am sorry, that I can’t stay in a good mood all evening and that probably is making you upset too. ”
“Oh, D. You shouldn’t worry about me. I’d be happy to hear you, if that makes you feel better. There is nothing for you to be ashamed for, you can trust me.” she put her hand tenderly on Damien’s shoulder, not taking away her sight from him.
“Okay.. but I warned you.“ he took Kayla’s hand and looked to their laced fingers. He took a deep breath and started talking. “When we were in that VR game, it felt so real, too real actually, that after we left it… memories of those several weeks at Eros came back to me, all that horror I experienced.“
He made a small pause to sip his drink,while Kayla stood beside him quietly, letting him to continue.
“I mean… the most horrifying part wasn’t those mental experiments themselves, but the outcome of it. It feels as conscious and subconscious parts of my mind were blended together and… I don’t know. My dreams at night became so vivid, that sometimes I barely distinguish between what is real, and what is made in my mind. Sometimes I stop sensing the limit between what is an actual memory and what is just my fantasy…”
Damien’s voice cracked, he took a pause once again. Kayla could feel clearly how hard for him was to talk about all it. He was slightly shaking, she could feel his hand trembling in hers. Kayla gave his hand reassuring squeeze, while another hand cupping his face, looking at his eyes tenderly.
“This all is real, and I’ll help you to prove it to yourself every moment, that we have together“
He tried to answer to her with a smile, but his eyes were glimmering sadly, and the corners of his lips were still down. He put away his glass, taking both of Kayla’s hands, looking at her attentively as he wanted to ensure himself, that this is all real, not only a dream, that he wished was real. He started talking again
“Everything I sense at the moment, standing here with you, telling all this, makes me doubt if it is real, I start to think maybe it is just another well made virtual reality or just my fantasy, stimulated by Eros mind manipulating machines, and I am afraid that next moment I’ll wake up in that damned room at Eros. Again. They tricked my mind so many times, that I lost count. There is less than a week when I am back to normal life, and I still am afraid, that I’ll never come back to my normal self, my mind is so confused. I am afraid, that they actually broke me and I am not strong enough to fix myself…”
Kayla gently released one of her hands from his, touching his lips with pointing finger.
“Shh shh… I have to quiet you at this point. Look at me, Damien.“
He glanced at her, she could see tears forming in his eyes, and before them dropping on his cheeks, she wiped them and lowered her voice, almost whispered:
“You might be broken for now, and it is totally understandable. You really went through a lot, and from what you told to me before, I am sure it must have been a mental torment. I know you are strong, and you’ll get through this in time. No matter how hard it could be, I’ll be there for you always, my dear Damien. You always gonna be a man that I adore, from the first moments I got to know you. And nothing and no one is going to change it. I’ll help you to go through it all, just promise me, that you won’t build walls from me and be open, okay?”
Kayla looked at him, but he said nothing. Damien pulled her closer in his arms, kissing her forehead, then embracing her and holding for several long moments. Kayla wrapped her hands around him tightly, burying her face on his chest.
“I have to admit, that no dream or any reality simulation could be that pleasant and feel that real, as feeling you in my arms.” he pulled away to look in her face again. “I dreamed you so many times back there in Tokyo, that sometimes I woke up from calling your name… Kayla, you are the best thing ever happened to me, and I’ll do everything to keep my sanity, that I was always ready to fight for you, and never lose you. ”
He wiped away a lock of hair from Kayla’s cheek, leaning to her face and kissing her gently on the lips, then resting his forehead on hers.
“Oh Damien, my precious Damien.“ she couldn’t help, but smiled while holding him close. She noticed him smiling slightly as well. “You are going to be fine, I am sure.“ she patted his shoulder, and at that moment her phone buzzed. “I think it’s Sloane.“ she checked her phone and found Sloane’s message about Khaan appearing on a stage. “Yup, we should go back now. I hope you feel better?“
“Yes, now I can say without pretend, that I feel okay, or at least I am sure that I am going to be.“ he smiled and offered to Kayla his hand, leading her back to the building.
Here’s a happy smiling Damien for you (I think I gonna colour it later). :))
One more cover version of this melody. this time added strings part too