Into the shadows

Based off this tumblr prompt: post/113045655663/so-if-i-ever-write-solangelo-fanfic-itll-be-about

Nico had really screwed up this time.

"Look, Will it was only a half mile of shadowtravel, I… I…" Nico glanced at his hand, which was wispy and pale.

"GODS DAMN IT, DEATH BOY. It was a half mile too much, okay?" Will's voice softened ever so slightly and cracked. "Look, you're fading." A tear pushed itself through Will's closed lashes and cut its way down his cheek. Nico stared at his flickering body and gently reached to wipe away the drop on Will's face.

"Nico…" Will whispered softly, "you can't touch me."

Even Nico's resistance to the darkness was beginning to fade. The harder he tried to touch Will, the more he faded. He gently pressed his lips to Will's, trying his hardest to feel Will's warmth.

Tears began flooding out of Will's sky blue eyes, turning them grey and lightless. "Nico."

Nico let a single wispy tear fall through his own dark eyes, reaching again, but failing to wipe away Will's liquid heartbreak.

Will looked carefully at Nico. "I love you."

Nico shivered, his mind processing what he'd just heard. "Will….."

The shadows began curving around his body, causing it to turn almost transparent. Nico began grabbing at the last warmth he could find, reaching for Will, trying to caress him one more time.

"Will…" The shadows became bigger, darker. Nico began fading rapidly.

"William Solace, I…"

Nico's slight outline faded to nothing. Out of the darkness, three faint words escaped into the open.

"I love you."