As You Slip Through My Fingers (слэш)

There- just up ahead. He saw a body lying in the sand.
He recognized it immediately, and suddenly every fiber of his being understood what his mission was.
He ran as hard as he could, though the sand made that very difficult. He could see the body slowly start to be engulfed by the ground.
“No,” He choked, pumping his arms as hard as he could, “No, I’m- I’m almost there- Loki! Just wait- Just wait for me! I’m almost-” Fandral screamed, hearing his voice echoing back at him from every direction. His eyes stayed focused on the outreached hand that was the only thing still above the sand.
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Fandral is plagued by nightmares of finding Loki's (close-to) dead body on the wasteland of a planet after their battle with the Dark Elves.