I think I can manage being collateral damage
"No? Well, I suppose 10 will do." Ever jests. While he might have lost the unrelenting anxiety that had let him to such a system, his mind now could still appreciate its usefulness even if he was much more inclined to cut corners. His expression softened somewhat as she continued, eyebrows raising first with a boyish sort of confusion before laughing softly. "Ahh I see. You've heard about my charcuterie board skills." He hummed seriously before his, his smile grew lopsided and deep enough to have one dimple on show against his beard. Get it, because it's cheesy?
"You say that as if it was nothing." He says, meaning the way she seemed to breeze over her own death. It wasn't a criticism, but quite the opposite: For all the adventures that Everest had experienced in his short life, they all paled in comparison to the life Isla had lived. "You really are incredible, to have come through the other side the way you have." Gods knew there were enough brought back who hadn't been able to cope, or who had failed to find their way in a world slightly different to the one they'd left.
As she opens her arms to him, the aviator regards her with a look of amused wariness as if wrapping his arms around her again was a test he was meant to decline. On his head be it if that was the case, because in the space of a heartbeat, Ever was also moving to set his wine down in order to join her. Crawling up the bed, the aviator placed one hand on the opposite side of her and simply gazed reverently down for a moment, his blue eyes unable to find any one feature that he enjoyed more than the others. Finally, Ever pressed his lips gently against her forehead not entirely trusting himself not to resort to boyish mischief if he kissed her anywhere else.
"You say that as if it was nothing." He says, meaning the way she seemed to breeze over her own death. It wasn't a criticism, but quite the opposite: For all the adventures that Everest had experienced in his short life, they all paled in comparison to the life Isla had lived. "You really are incredible, to have come through the other side the way you have." Gods knew there were enough brought back who hadn't been able to cope, or who had failed to find their way in a world slightly different to the one they'd left.
As she opens her arms to him, the aviator regards her with a look of amused wariness as if wrapping his arms around her again was a test he was meant to decline. On his head be it if that was the case, because in the space of a heartbeat, Ever was also moving to set his wine down in order to join her. Crawling up the bed, the aviator placed one hand on the opposite side of her and simply gazed reverently down for a moment, his blue eyes unable to find any one feature that he enjoyed more than the others. Finally, Ever pressed his lips gently against her forehead not entirely trusting himself not to resort to boyish mischief if he kissed her anywhere else.
Even if I had to lose you to know you I'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
