I think I can manage being collateral damage
"I think that's what makes it all the more incredible." Ever whispers softly, his lips trickling down towards her ear. "I'm sure it would have been easier to remain broken or to have shattered altogether." And yet, however long it took and whatever the emotional and mental cost, she'd done it. It was a battle the aviator knew nothing about, and yet he loved her fiercely just for the knowledge of it.
"You and I, or in general?" The aviator wonders as he adjusts himself against the pillows, purely for Isla's benefit. His fingertips radiate starburst shapes against her shoulder as he holds her close, his heartbeat a not entirely steady pounding in his chest. "Because I'm perfectly fine with last place, as long as I finish with you." It isn't meant to be an innuendo, and the way his smile is entirely boyish and adoring says as much.
"I should mention, as you're a doctor—" And in no small part because of what had happened with Varus. "—that I always have a revivify feather with me. If you ever have need of it, it's yours."
"You and I, or in general?" The aviator wonders as he adjusts himself against the pillows, purely for Isla's benefit. His fingertips radiate starburst shapes against her shoulder as he holds her close, his heartbeat a not entirely steady pounding in his chest. "Because I'm perfectly fine with last place, as long as I finish with you." It isn't meant to be an innuendo, and the way his smile is entirely boyish and adoring says as much.
"I should mention, as you're a doctor—" And in no small part because of what had happened with Varus. "—that I always have a revivify feather with me. If you ever have need of it, it's yours."
Even if I had to lose you to know you I'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
