Aumerle doesn't seek absolution.
"Whatever you want," Nathan finds himself saying when his shirt comes off over his head and his glasses hit the nightstand — like he's talking to himself, which he might as well be. "Don't think about it like should, or shouldn't. Don't think. Don't fucking try and figure it out. Come on. You can keep your shirt on."
A reimagining of the scene with Julian in the forbidden garden in Chapter VI Part II: A Gift and a Curse. What if the guards passed the garden by entirely and Julian and the Apprentice had more time? Julian is a cis man; Apprentice's gender and body are unspecified.
The least Nathan can do at this stage in the proceedings is show Caleb a good time.
Susan's on the loose, and Falco walks right back into an old cage.
Peter loses, and Ego patches him up afterward. Okay, this is only going to suck a lot.
The two of them are marked by water.
But thou dost in thy passages of life
Make me believe that thou art only marked
For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven
To punish my mistreadings.
Ammit consecrates her avatar to herself.