// there's shadows on the walls //
"Noted," Danta says with a mischievous smirk, and Asta will never be sure whether the Maverick is locking that information away to be used later as a prank, or merely jotting it down in his memory. Regardless, he steps back enough to let the other man get on his feet, only for his smile to fall away to see him just as hunched and fragile as he had been on the hard floor.
And so it isn't that much of a surprise, as he slips back beneath the blankets as well, to find Asta curled against him, small and vulnerable in a way that has Danta's breath catching. "You're sure I can't get you anything?" he mumbles automatically, as if there might be a drink or a drug or some magical item of clothing in the other man's room that might fix this.
Sighing as if knowing the answer to his question even as he says it, Danta spends a moment drawing the blankets back over them properly before his arms slip around the butcher, holding him tightly against his chest. "I'll stay awake with you," he decides; even if it's just like this, in the quiet and the firelight.
And so it isn't that much of a surprise, as he slips back beneath the blankets as well, to find Asta curled against him, small and vulnerable in a way that has Danta's breath catching. "You're sure I can't get you anything?" he mumbles automatically, as if there might be a drink or a drug or some magical item of clothing in the other man's room that might fix this.
Sighing as if knowing the answer to his question even as he says it, Danta spends a moment drawing the blankets back over them properly before his arms slip around the butcher, holding him tightly against his chest. "I'll stay awake with you," he decides; even if it's just like this, in the quiet and the firelight.
Dantalion
// of moments far too troubling to recall //
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
