pokemaniacgemini:

Imagine, if you will:

Dark finding Damien’s old mayor pin.

Dark standing in front of a mirror, hair slicked back with the pin on, smiling sadly at the reflection of who he could have been.

Wilford walking into Dark’s room to ask something and stopping cold in his tracks because standing there is Damien. His best friend who had gone missing (yes, missing, Damien wasn’t dead, of course he was just away somewhere) all those years ago, suddenly appearing out of seemingly nowhere.

Wilford tearfully hugging Damien, babbling about how good it is to see him again.

Dark just standing there, feeling sad and maybe even guilty for the first time in his existence, because he’s not Damien, and he never will be. Because no matter how much he may want to, he can never be that beloved friend that Wilford misses so much.

Dark deciding to go along with it for now, because he can’t tell Wilford the truth. He can’t watch his oldest friend crumble into madness, not again. Because Wilford deserves this one small happiness. Because Wilford never got the closure of a real goodbye. Because Dark can pretend, just for a moment, that things turned out differently.

Dark slowly, carefully, returning Wilford’s hug.

“It’s good to see you, too, old friend.” ~ Dark

Dark finally pulling away and explaining to Wilford that he can’t stay. He has something important to take care of, and Wilford would probably never see him again. Dark, as Damien, promising that even though he’s far away, he’ll never truly be gone.

“I’ll always be with you, as long as you remember me. Can you do that for me, Will? Can you keep my memory alive?” ~ Dark

Wilford begging him not to go, but he knows it’s no use.

Wilford saying a tearful goodbye as he watches Damien leave the room, never to return.

Dark, out in the hallway, letting his hair fall back into its usual swoosh. Taking off the mayor pin, but not wanting to. Going back into his room to find Wilford still standing there, looking sad.

Wilford, focusing on Dark and giving him a small smile.

“I got to say goodbye this time.” ~ Wilford

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Whoops, I made myself sad. Crap.

Tagging @markired because your thing about Dark in Damien’s white suit haunted me until I had to write this.