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somuchbetterthanthat:

> > Jonelias week day seven! It’s the end already! D:. HOW??
> > Setting: Entity swap // Prompt: Fatal attraction

> Jon burst into his office on the third week of his first month at the Institute, looking like he hasn’t slept in three days and reeking of the smell of cigarettes. Elias’s nose twitch in distaste – something to work on, certainly, if Jon stayed employed here long enough –, but instead of doing what he usually does when employes cross boundaries, he tilts his head up with a raised eyebrow.

> Jon, after all, is not quite the usual type Elias hire. Jon has been touched by the same Master as Elias, but he’s floundering with it still, and Elias is curious to see what will come out of it.

> “Is something the matter, Jon?” he asks. “Someone dying, perhaps?”

> It does send a little thrill in his spine, the way Jon reacts like he gets the joke, even if he doesn’t like it. It’s remarkably rare for people to truly understand it.

> “You,” Jon answers. “You are dying. You should be dead! Every – Every part of you is just – dead. How are you doing it? Are you sick? I’ve been meeting with sick people and none of them are simply just, just dead –”

> “Well, that’s a rather rude and personal thing to ask, don’t you think?” Elias cuts him off and Jon glowers at him, although there’s a hint of hunger in his eyes.

> “But you’re not surprised,” he says slowly. Victoriously. “There is something wrong with you, isn’t it? You’re not like any of the others I– You’re not like anyone else I’ve ever met.”

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