I think I can manage being collateral damage
"Fine, fine, you're far less impressive than I initially thought." The aviator huffs affectionately, rolling his eyes down at her, only for his expression to grow serious. "I'm sorry if I've made you feel that way, I..." Biting at the inside of his lip, his eyes moving from the ridges of her collarbones and lower still to where the blue of the nightgown was hiding a body he was rapidly coming to know quite well, he flushed, though not necessarily out of arousal. "You're right." He decides, his gaze returning to hers, looking boyishly determined.
There was no need to say how this was all knew to him, how it was nearly impossible to resist his attraction to the Remedy, how he wanted nothing else but to be by her side every waking moment. No need to say it, he could simply do better to make her feel as though there was nothing at risk of falling through her fingertips if she wasn't fast enough.
Inhaling against the sudden force of her kiss, Ever's hands remain gentle around her even as his lips meet the challenge of her mouth. "You're very welcome." He agrees softly, already reaching for the sheets to tuck them up around her shoulders. Eyeing the fireplace for a moment, it occurs to the aviator that should Isla get too warm she could simply put it out from where they lay, and so he ignored the urge to go and put it out.
Humming out a wordless I love you against the top of her head, Everest is more than content to let himself drift off to sleep as well, fully clothed and with their wine growing warm in their glasses.
~FIN
There was no need to say how this was all knew to him, how it was nearly impossible to resist his attraction to the Remedy, how he wanted nothing else but to be by her side every waking moment. No need to say it, he could simply do better to make her feel as though there was nothing at risk of falling through her fingertips if she wasn't fast enough.
Inhaling against the sudden force of her kiss, Ever's hands remain gentle around her even as his lips meet the challenge of her mouth. "You're very welcome." He agrees softly, already reaching for the sheets to tuck them up around her shoulders. Eyeing the fireplace for a moment, it occurs to the aviator that should Isla get too warm she could simply put it out from where they lay, and so he ignored the urge to go and put it out.
Humming out a wordless I love you against the top of her head, Everest is more than content to let himself drift off to sleep as well, fully clothed and with their wine growing warm in their glasses.
~FIN
Even if I had to lose you to know you I'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
