[SE] the things that you do in the name of what you love

REMI

the bastion

Darling, you never could scare me
Set me ablaze like you do

Despite the way the build-up to The Conversation was making Remi want to claw himself out of his own skin, he couldn't help the immediacy of his smile as Isla mentioned them getting together more often as well. "We'd love to have you over as well. I think you'd really like the houseboat." Truthfully said, it's doubtful if he'll be able to keep the small talk up for much longer, and based on the way Isla is looking at him, they both know it.

Sighing heavily and looking down at her countertop, Remi reaches for all the different ways he'd thought of to start this conversation, finding them all utterly replaced by memories of the various times he'd tried and spectacularly failed to have conversations of this magnitude with Isla in the past.

"Isla.." Not able to look up at her and hardly able to recognize the sound of his own voice given how strained it was, Remi closes his eyes. For all the times he'd fucked up in the past, he and Isla had always found a way to reconnect; he could only hope that this time it didn't take years. "..Everest is infected." The words ring in his ears, and, only because he expects Isla to faint, or scream, or begin to cry, he holds out his hands for her.

I'd walk over coals in my bare feet
If that gets me closer to you

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!