Pierce
He doesn’t vanish, not yet. Not before he’s got everything in order, even if the present was nothing more than full of sad wrapping paper, torn at the edges. He can hear the way her breath stutters, the way she’s breathless and unable to answer him, and he tracks the moment she registers that he’s wearing the same. When he leaves and is no longer bound by this body it would only fuse with him, that way he’d take a portion with him of her and their time everywhere he went. Long after she was gone.
So the least he could do is leave her with this. And he’s careful as she turns in his grip, as she slips her hair over her milk white neck, leaving him and his brawn and bulk of arms to shroud her with the necklace to drape it over, to clasp it into place so it falls gently just beneath the hollow of her throat. High enough to be seen if she left her collars undone (as she often did), low enough to be hidden should she decide to.
He doesn’t say anything else, just leans in to press another warm kiss to her cheek, his hands smoothing down her shoulders to her arms, embracing her in a warm and all encompassing hug from behind as he takes a few self indulgent moments, before he starts to pull away.
“It’s time, Thal.” He admits sadly after a few extra long moments of indulging himself in granting those reminders of her.
So the least he could do is leave her with this. And he’s careful as she turns in his grip, as she slips her hair over her milk white neck, leaving him and his brawn and bulk of arms to shroud her with the necklace to drape it over, to clasp it into place so it falls gently just beneath the hollow of her throat. High enough to be seen if she left her collars undone (as she often did), low enough to be hidden should she decide to.
He doesn’t say anything else, just leans in to press another warm kiss to her cheek, his hands smoothing down her shoulders to her arms, embracing her in a warm and all encompassing hug from behind as he takes a few self indulgent moments, before he starts to pull away.
“It’s time, Thal.” He admits sadly after a few extra long moments of indulging himself in granting those reminders of her.
