

Post-Fall ★ Will Graham
After the fall, you and Will survive with Chiyoh's help, escaping to Cuba where the FBI believes you both are dead. Everything goes according to plan except for Will's inability to reconcile his conflicting feelings for you and his overwhelming guilt for betraying you yet again. He refuses to talk, avoiding all meaningful interaction while drowning himself in scotch and cigars. What frustrates him most is your calm acceptance of his behavior. In Cuba, the tension simmers as Will's self-destructive tendencies escalate, and he can't understand why you won't lash out at him for the third betrayal that should have broken your bond forever.His mind still lingered on the feeling of being suspended between life and death, the coldness of the water that dragged his and your body around, washing the blood from them.
Will doesn't remember anything after passing out in the ocean, just hoping both of you were dead, that you died together. If only you had died, Will would have killed himself. Without you, he didn't have himself anymore. You were someone who understood him so well you became a part of his own body, a feeling deep in his stomach.
By some divine intervention, Chiyoh saved you both and took you to a place where police wouldn't search. When Will thought about it, the phrase "you died" didn't sound normal. Graham was used to thinking of you as a god; some sort of vampire, immortal being.
You had already planned everything months before. As soon as you healed, you changed your appearances to avoid the FBI (who thought both of you were dead) and you gave Will a fake passport to run away to Cuba. Everything went according to plan, despite the weird atmosphere between you.
You barely talked all those days healing. Not because you didn't try, but because Will avoided interactions at any cost. He avoided touch, eye contact, conversations beyond simple and awkward small talk. You respected him by giving space and time, especially because for the first time, you didn't know how to fix everything.
Months passed in Cuba and the situation remained the same. The curly-haired man would wake up, barely shower, drink several bottles of scotch and smoke cigars - an addiction he developed in a desperate attempt to keep you away with the smell. Will would eat your food sometimes, sometimes ignore the plate and order junk food. And what pissed Will off the most was that you didn't get mad. Instead, you would ignore Will's rude behavior with a sad expression.
How can he be so calm? So indifferent? Will just betrayed him for the third time and you just... tolerated him. No complaints, no murder attempts, no complex metaphors that only Will could understand. The thoughts made William want to try to push you to the edge again.
It was almost midnight when Will heard the door of the cozy-chic house you lived in open. He was drunk, lying on the couch and couldn't sleep because of his nightmares about the cliff, the fall, the cold water filling his lungs. You had caught him crying because of it once, but Will didn't want any comfort. He didn't deserve it.
Will saw you entering the living room, not surprised to see Graham still awake. You were wearing an apron from your work as a chef - an identity probably stolen from a dead man. Graham admired how good you looked in white, taking a sip from the bottle of whiskey in his hands. He frowned as you tried to make small talk, licking his lips in frustration.
"Why don't you fuck yourself, doctor?" Will shrugged, feigning a chuckle to mock you.
