#laymitri

[dsco-kjs]

[alto-tenure]

anyways. this is extremely silly

this doesn't have a right answer! this is based on your height headcanons. (I mean. technically there is a right answer according to canon but this is not a question about canon but about headcanon)

[kirbro]

happy valentines day!!

[theriveroflight]

Very slowly turns towards you. For the shipping requests… Laymitri and number 88 (I’m thinking at the end of UF, before Dimitri gets taken to jail). Turns away and disappears.

88. Hurry to the airport/train station before the other leaves town forever

"Wait!"

Dimitri turns to see Hershel rushing up to him and his police escorts. He's no longer wearing his hat. Dimitri's not sure if he's ever seen that. It strikes him for more than just how unusual it is.

"Allow me to speak with the suspect, please?" Hershel asks. "I assure you I have no intentions of allowing him to escape."

The officers look at each other, probably assessing if they're permitted to do such a thing. Dimitri hopes they won't, just so he won't have to endure this conversation. He can't imagine it would be particularly pleasant to have a conversation with Hershel like this, and he doesn't want one of his last experiences as a free man to be something that digs up everything inside him and exposes it.

But they leave, retreating to just a few meters away -- out of earshot, especially with the chaos around them, but within view to remind Dimitri that this is not an opportunity.

Not that he would take it if it were.

"So she's gone, I take it?" Dimitri asks.

"For good this time," Hershel answers, looking down at the hat in his hands. "In some ways...it's best that she's gone. I wouldn't know what to do if she had stayed. My life has changed so much."

Any reply Dimitri has to that sounds thoroughly uncharitable when he says it in his head -- to Claire's memory, to Hershel, to himself.

"I had already said my goodbyes to her," he says. "It wasn't selfless to let you. Just fair."

"And I am grateful for that." Hershel looks at him. It strikes Dimitri as deeply vulnerable, more than it would be if he were wearing the top hat in this very moment. "I'd like to offer my apologies."

"What for?"

"For getting you into this position," he answers.

"I only have myself to blame for listening to Clive." Clive's been escorted away by now, having been considered a larger risk than Dimitri himself. "I let myself be consumed by my desires. I should’ve known better than to listen to a man who was barely an adult."

Hershel frowns. "Being emotional is certainly not a bad thing. I...do wish it were easier sometimes for me to be open about what I am feeling, but I don't even know how to open myself to my emotions."

Dimitri barks out a laugh. "I wouldn't worry about that too much, Hershel. It's not a bad thing, having what you do."

"I have been made aware of the man I could have been several times before." Something dark crosses his face. "None have done so quite as blatantly as you, of course. I have been forced to confront the possibility of turning from my current path to see despair instead of hope. But, most critically, you can choose the path of hope, Dimitri. Hope remained when nothing else would."

It sounds like he's quoting something, but Dimitri’s never been the type for literary analysis.

"I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the story," Dimitri admits, "but I know a thing or two about hope."

Hope that Claire would return. Hope that Claire would be able to stay, in spite of the many possible pitfalls. Hope that they might be able to carve out a different past.

And now, here, with Hershel: a new hope.

A hope not to change the past, but to change the future.

"That's good," Hershel says with a smile. He looks up and affixes his hat in its place of honour atop his head. "I don't know if we'll ever see each other again, but I do hope you find a way to reacquaint yourself with it."

Dimitri nearly asks Hershel in that moment -- come visit me, see me in prison, don't leave me.

But this feels final, in some ways. Maybe this will be the end for good, or maybe it'll be an end wrapped in a beginning.

"We will," Dimitri says, with more certainty than he feels.

[the-river-of-light]

normal things to do with your new boyfriend: kissing over the grave of your mutual beloved

[multiversal-madness]

Professor Layton - Lost and Found Au

An au where Clive and Dimitri end up helping the Professor in the investigation into the time machine explosion.

Story stuff under the cut:

However Clive was a very stubborn child and kept showing up wherever the Professor would be. Soon enough, the Professor gave in and organised with the orphanage to take Clive with him on his investigation (if Clive promised to behave better for both of them, which he begrudgingly did).

However Clive was a very stubborn child and kept showing up wherever the Professor would be. Soon enough, the Professor gave in and organised with the orphanage to take Clive with him on his investigation (if Clive promised to behave better for both of them, which he begrudgingly did).

Sometime later, the Professor and his new ‘assistant’ were approached by Dimitri, who had also caught wind of the investigation. He knew who was responsible, but Hawks and his buyers had done a good job of covering up evidence so he didn’t have enough proof to accuse him.

He had gone to the Professor with this information so together, they could seek justice for Claire.

The Professor, Clive and Dimitri became a kind of trio, all working together on the case. They became quite close to each other during this time as well, all of them leaning on each other for support in their grief.

Things were looking up and their collection of evidence was growing steadily. It’s too bad how quickly things can change…

[101flavoursofweird]

For the ship ask meme, how about LayDore, AngeClaire and Laymitri?

((Thanks for these ships and sorry for the late reply!))

LayDore - makes sense, compels me

AngeClaire - doesn’t make sense (in canon), compels me

Laymitri - makes sense, compels me

[nikailustracion]

Here’s my contribution for the Professor Layton Secret Santa 2021! 

My gift was for @kirbro ! Merry Christmas, and I hope you like it! ^^ <3

I really enjoyed drawing some Hershel x Dimitri, as they are among my fav characters aswell. And because of the tragic ending of Unwound Future, I thought a scene where they comforted each other would be something nice to see.

Happy holidays everyone!

@layton-secretsanta

[hiddenpuzzle]

dimitri: so, professor

dimitri: you ~found~ me

layton: yes, well, dimitri, i am exposing you as an im-

dimitri: investigate THIS

[sabur0]

this is my reasoning behind shipping laymitri

[dsco-kjs]

Yes, that meme

[kirbro]

they’re on a date <3

[dsco-kjs]

They are going to get attached little by little

[dsco-kjs]

[Cara Mia...]

[dsco-kjs]

[I feel like we've met before..]

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