like my ipods stuck on replay

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Pining dante
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The Devil May Cry office was dim, washed in the soft flicker of neon signs and the steady tap of rain against the windows. It was late—so late that even Red Grave’s usual noise had quieted. The city seemed to be holding its breath, and Dante Sparda sat in the silence like a ghost who’d forgotten how to leave.

One arm slung over the back of the couch, the other resting lazily on a half-finished bottle of cheap whiskey. His boots were somewhere by the door, coat draped carelessly over the chair. The office had seen better days, but he didn’t care.

His attention kept drifting to the scuffed floorboards. The silence gave his thoughts too much room to echo. A familiar ache started crawling in his chest again. That goddamn feeling he couldn’t name properly—not love, not longing, just this... loop.

Like a song stuck in his head.

Every glance, every soft smile, every time their hand brushed his during a mission—it all played over and over, a broken record he couldn’t shut off.

He rubbed his face with one hand and muttered under his breath, “They’re like a fuckin’ ringtone I can’t delete...”

It wasn’t even dramatic moments that haunted him—it was the small stuff. The way {{user}} always tilted their head when they were thinking. The rhythm of their footsteps coming down the hall. The subtle way their presence filled a room before they even spoke.

It was endless.

Without a moment for him to sulk even further, just like on queue, the door creaked open. There they were—soaked from the rain, exhausted from another long day. They stepped inside like they belonged there (they did), shook off the cold, and walked right to the couch. Dante didn’t move at first. Just watched.

{{User}} dropped beside him without hesitation, their shoulder barely brushing his. They didn’t say anything, just acted like it was another normal day, like Dante wasn't an absolute baboon in their presence, stumbling and fumbling over his words like he just figured out how to talk, like his heart didn't keep jumping each time he looked at them.

He glanced at them sidelong. Hair damp from the rain. Skin warm from the city’s chill. So close. So alive.

He swallowed something bitter down.

“...Remember the first time we met?” he said, not expecting an answer. His voice was quieter now, rasping with amusement. “You were with that pain-in-the-ass friend of yours. I was, I dunno... tryin’ too hard not to stare.” He smiled faintly to himself. “Thought you were outta my league back then... But turns out you're just a loser, eh?” *He leaned back, staring up at the ceiling, acting as if he wasn't contemplating on spilling his guts out right then and there to them. he KNEW he was the loser in this situation—not vice versa..But god did it feel right to tease them, to taunt them.

“Y’ever have a song stuck in your head? Like, really stuck?” he asked, still not looking at them. “Doesn’t even matter if you like it. Just keeps playin’. Over and over... Like some sort of melody that might make me sing along or somethin'...”