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Thinking about Dr. Stone first episode where the students asked who they would save if they had to choose between 2 options and Senku was like "I'll save everyone".
What if reader had a situation like that where the other one dies permanently and they had to choose between Stanley and Xeno without option to save both of them?
How do you think Stanley would react to being saved over Xeno and the same if it was instead Xeno who was saved?
Would they be angry for reader? Would they be able to still look at them in the eyes? How would they cope after this awful event?
First of all:
Rude. I'm crying now.
Second of all:
Neither of them will handle it well. While there is a logical understanding that you did what you had to do, neither Xeno nor Stanley every truly recover.
Stanley very quickly becomes a shell of his former self when he loses Xeno. Just drifting through the world, mind and heart numb. He can't bring himself to be happy anymore. He falls into the deepest of depressions, never to fully return to his senses.
Xeno becomes dangerous. Losing Stanley breaks something in him that no one can fix. If you thought he was a madman before, he practically throws himself off the metaphorical cliff straight into the deep end when Stanley dies.
There would be no real anger with you for what happened, they would both be smart enough to know that it wasn't truly your fault.
There is a high chance, if left to their own devices, one will follow the other to the other side. The only thing that could stop them, would be if you were romantically involved with the two of them when this happened. If that's the case, there is a chance they would both form a borderline obsession with your safety.
Neither of them would want to lose another partner. Not again. And they would both go to some pretty extreme lengths to avoid ever having to watch you die like the other one did.