[SE] the feel of coldness only water brings

REMI

the alchemist

& my heart ran away with me

"You say that as if we have ever talked about it." Ronin hums in response. For all of their no using sex as a bandaid, quite when they'd simply just decided to ignore certain wounds and not even bother with a bandaid, he didn't know. Looking back, the pair had just accepted that Hotaru's name was to be said in hushed tones, that places she would be Ronin would not, that a certain distance just needed to be maintained between the two.

Finding that his tongue was suddenly twisting with arguments he likely shouldn't make, Remi pressed his nose and mouth against Ronin's shoulder as if he might somehow suffocate the sudden flare of anger he felt. A fire couldn't burn without an oxygen source, and gods he didn't want to take the things his husband was saying as personally as he was. Squeezing his eyes closed and trying to let the Knight's warmth trickle down and heat the parts of the Bastion which suddenly felt stiff and cold, Remi made himself focus on the pulse of Ronin's heartbeat on his finger.

Exhaling softly, his hands still ferrying water up the Knight's back and letting it trickle down, Remi nodded against his husband's shoulder. "It's whatever you want. Whatever you need." He said, pulling back enough to sigh out the air he'd been holding. "In the meantime, I'll just go and see Sunjata myself."

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!