Alright, here it is! It ended up being basically only angst. Oops-

Hopefully the Revan and Garvin stuff is somewhat accurate, lmao

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Song: Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

(With some adjustments to the lyrics to better fit characters and avoid so much repeating in some spots)

Characters: The polycule. Bernard mentioned

Context: This one teakes place in T8P (2.0), during, as you can imagine, the time where the polyship is very much struggling with their relationship/kinda unofficially broken up... partially? I don't even know-

Basically, everyone's sad right now. This song does jump around a little, but it's somewhat similar in the fact that it's all taking place somewhere between the start of the Broken Home Arc and the very end of the Pihu Arc/just before the Reunions and Warnings Arc.

This song's meant to kind of showcase the growing desperation on all sides :)

TW; Mentions of self-harm and suicidal ideation

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Garvin, about Revan, referencing their relationship after the Exile Arc, drowning in drugs and alcohol, clinging to the only form of 'love' he knows desperately: "And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow... You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't wanna go home right now."

Revan, about Garvin, going along with the relationship without really processing the damage, but still also maintaining some doubt about it all, which he ignores in favor of also keeping up the relationship: "And all I can taste is this moment, and all I can breathe is your life. And sooner or later, it's over, I just don't wanna miss you tonight..."

Akira, shutting themself off from everyone, especially Nico, as a way to protect them all and also hide the face that Kronos' abuse against them is worsening, drowning in guilt about both Nico and Briar and Aries: "And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand!"

Nico, falling apart but trying to cling to the former relationship with the polycule, acknowledging how badly everything seems to tend, but almost begging to be noticed and loved anyway: "When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am!"

Ingall, closing himself off from everyone except Revan, pretty much (and somewhat Akira, though that's dependent on how much Akira pushes away), guilt ridden and depressed as he pretty much shuts down and questions his own decisions: "And I can't fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of 'lies' in my truth..."

Nico and Garvin, both fully falling apart after Revan breaks things off with Garvin and Nico starts truly giving up, both falling back on unhealthy habbits and tendencies: "When everything feels like the movies, yeah, you bleed just to know, you're alive!"

Ingall, continuing to draw back, starting to panic as Pihu comes into the picture and breaks down one of the main beliefs that kept Ingall from dying of guilt over Briar and Aries... that all Plies are evil: "And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand!"

Revan, watching how Garvin reacts to him breaking things off, hurt and upset but unsure what to do about it all: "When everything's made to be broken..."

Nico, drunk and fully breaking down, begging for someone to notice how much she's struggling and how much they're seriously contemplating ending everything: "I just want you to know who I am!"

Garvin, deep in drugs and alcohol, constantly dissociating to combat everything happening around him and shove away every negative emotion: "And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand!"

Akira, practically scrambling to fix literally everything as they start to realize that Briar and Aries didn't deserve to be exiled and Kronos may not be who he claims: "When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am!"

Nico, still desperate but less obvious now as chaos begins again around them, basically just shutting down at this point, giving up that last strand of hope to fix things and feel okay again, only hanging onto life because of Bernard and Garvin: "And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand..."

Garvin, still drunk and high, feeling hopeless: "When everything's made to be broken..."

Revan, mostly directed toward Garvin, but honestly toward the others a little as well, especially if he ended up talking to Bernard: "I just want you to know who I am!"

Ingall, suddenly realizing all at once that he's quite literally losing/lost the only people that have cared about him in a long time, scrambling to apologize and fix everything: "I just want you to know who I am!"

Akira, equally, if not more, panicked than Ingall, also scrambling to fix everything and take responsibility: "I just want you to know who I am!"

Nico, taken aback by the sudden apologies, but hesitant to talk to anyone other than Bernard and Garvin still, honestly questioning if it's a bit too late: "I just want you to know who I am..."