(Grian x Mumbo x Iskall)

Set in season 6
(Architech bros my beloved)

⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️

BLOOD/GORE AND CHARACTER DEATH! IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH CHARACTER DEATH AND/OR GORE/BLOOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ!

Also, permadeath!

Anyway if you do read, enjoy!

Grian, Mumbo, and Iskall were having a sort of date night on top of Grian's base, the sun slowly setting to the west of them.

"This is really nice, we've all been too busy to have a proper date night for a while." Mumbo smiled warmly at his boyfriend and partner.

"Yeah. I'm really glad that we were able to do this." Grian smiled and scooched himself closer to the other two, leaning his head on Iskall's shoulder as he gently pulled Mumbo into the cuddle pile by using his wings.

The mustached man chuckled softly and joined in, hugging both of the others as Iskall put their arms around both Mumbo and Grian.

The three partners cuddled on the roof of Grian's base until almost midnight, half falling asleep on each other.

"Oh shoot, it's almost midnight guys. We should probably go inside, I think it's gonna rain soon." Iskall said, shifting and waking up when he got a weather alert via his robotic eye.

"Aww, I wanna keep cuddling though!" Grian whined, carefully getting up despite his protests.

"Me too. Maybe we can keep cuddling inside? I'd much rather not get soaked." Mumbo said as he got up, helping Iskall up as well before kissing Grian's cheek.

"Alright." The birdlike man smiled and helped the other two pick up the stuff from their picnic.

They finished picking everything up just as the first drops of rain began to fall, quickly picking up until the trio was drenched in water and still getting pelted with rain.

"Come on! Let's fly down and inside quickly, before it gets worse!" Grian called out over the sound of the rain pelting the white concrete. Thunder boomed in the distance as both Mumbo and Iskall quickly put on their elytra, Grian preparing to glide down using his own wings.

Jumping off the tall tower of a base, Grian, Mumbo, and Iskall all flew downwards with the intention to glide into the lower level of Grian's base.

But before he could flatten out his dive and glide safely through the large entrance...

Mumbo's elytra broke.

The mustached man screamed as he fell, frantically looking in his inventory for a spare elytra and finding none.

Hearing the scream, both Grian and Iskall dived towards Mumbo in an attempt to save him, Grian frantically flapping his wings as he fought to catch up to his rapidly falling boyfriend.

But he was too late.

"MUMBO!!!!"

Mumbo hit the glass walkway and broke through it, blood and broken glass seeming to spray everywhere. At the last second Grian pulled out of his dive and landed somewhat safely, stumbling and falling when his wings didn't quite work with him while landing.

"Mumbo!" Grian called out again, spinning around and running to where the walkway had been broken through. Iskall was kneeling at the edge of the broken glass, staring worridly into the dark water.

Without a second thought Grian plunged himself into the water, searching for Mumbo in the rapidly reddening water.

Managing to find where the blood seemed to come from, Grian followed the clouds of dark red blood billowing throughout the water all the way to where Mumbo was.

Carefully grabbing the tall redstoner, Grian tugged him back to the surface where Iskall had prepared a safe way to get Mumbo out of the water.

The two of them dragged Mumbo out and onto the unbroken glass, the Swede uncorking a healing potion and pouring it over Mumbo's wounds.

The potion didn't seem to work, soaking into the tall brit's wounds with a slight reddish-pink mist but nothing changed.

"Mumbo please, please not like this!" Grian frantically started CPR on the injured man to no avail, seawater spurting out of Mumbo's mouth and dribbling down his chin. But sadly, despite Iskall and Grian's best efforts they could not resuscitate Mumbo.

What little pulse the tall brit had faded, his body having lost far too much blood to be able to survive.

<Mumbo Jumbo died>

"Grian... Grian stop. He's- Mumbo's gone." Iskall said quietly after a few minutes of watching Grian sob while trying his hardest to bring Mumbo back.

"N-no, he can't be! Mumbo's gonna- he'll wake up-" Grian sobbed, stopping CPR to just sit and cry.

Iskall moved to kneel beside him, gently hugging his boyfriend and just sitting with him in the rain.

Hugging Iskall back, Grian quietly cried into their already soaked shirt, slightly shaking as the Swede held him.

The two sat and held each other in the rain until the sun came up, the soft orange light a sharp contrast to the horrid scene that had transpired over the night. Iskall noticed the light and looked up as the sun continued to rise, the warm light beginning to evaporate the rain that had fallen.

Gently picking Grian up, Iskall carried the birdlike man inside the base and set him on his bed before messaging Xisuma to come quickly to Grian's base.

Soon enough, Xisuma showed up but he didn't go inside, instead standing and staring at the scene that was left outside. Iskall went outside to meet him and the two stood near the shattered glass and just took in the scene.

"Wh-what happened?" The Admin looked over at the nonbianary Swede, tears pricking at the corners of his eyes underneath his helmet.

"We were having a date night, up at the top of Grian's base. We were still up there when it started to rain, so we flew down to go inside and sleep... but Mumbo's elytra broke I'm pretty sure and.. well, he broke through the walkway and I'm not quite sure when it happened or what finished it but he died as Grian and I were trying to save him. We did everything we could to try and help but it just-" Iskall stopped with a choked sob, covering their mouth and looking away as fresh tears spilled over their cheeks.

"Oh, goodness me... Iskall I- I'm so sorry..." Xisuma said softly, carefully hugging Iskall in an attempt to comfort them.

"No it's- it's okay. You wouldn't have been able to stop it." Iskall said quietly and wiped their tears.

"We'll have a funeral if you and Grian want. I think he would have liked a proper send off."

"Y-yeah. Grian's asleep right now but when he wakes up, I'll bring it up with him. Thank you, 'Suma." The Swede smiled as Xisuma nodded, flying off to who knows where.

- 1 week later -

"I know that we all loved and cherished Mumbo, but I don't think that any of us were hit quite as hard with his death as Grian and Iskall. Now that we've all had time to say our respects, I think it's time we put Mumbo to rest, and cherish the good times we had with him while we try to live on with his memory."

Xisuma stepped down from the small podium he had been on, going and helping the other Hermits to fill in Mumbo's grave before covering it with flowers.

"Thank you, X. I- I don't think we would have been able to do this on our own." Grian said quietly once everything was done. The other Hermits were standing in small groups, swapping stories about Mumbo and what fun adventures they had gone on with him.

"No problem, Gri."

The day went on, with the Hermits all swapping stories and reminiscing, Grian and Iskall getting several small presents such as photo albums, small things that Mumbo had given them or that reminded them of the mustached Hermit, among other things. Stress had even baked a few batches of Mumbo's favorite cookies, giving a basket of them plus other baked goods to Grian and Iskall.

"Thank you everyone, but it's getting late now. We should probably all go home, but thank you so much for- for coming and sharing your stories about Mumbo." Grian smiled at the rest of the Hermits and hugged a few before everyone retired to their homes for the night.

Iskall and Grian stayed together throughout the remainder of their lives, getting married during the break between seasons 10 and 11.

After season 13, they both left the Hermitcraft server to start a life together somewhere more private.

Five years into their marriage, Grian and Iskall decided to adopt a child, ending up with an un-named baby with black hair and dark brown eyes, who, after careful consideration, they decided to name him after Mumbo.

He was named Oliver Mumbo Dreamslayer, and ended up adopting one other child a few years later named Charles, and the two children grew up to become two very successful, kind people.

When the time came, Mumbo was patiently waiting for his partners, greeting first Iskall and then a few years later, Grian. The trio "lived" happily for the rest of the time they had in whatever place they had gone to.

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