REMI
the bastion
& my heart ran away with me
For a heartbeat it is only the familiar warmth of her cheek beneath his lips, the easy affection he has never once needed to question—not for several years anyway—and then his magic blooms to life whether he wants it to or not. Emotion hits him in a rush of colour so sudden it almost steals his breath; soft blues threaded with sea-glass green, bright with relief and fondness, but tangled through with warmer tones that have no business being there, rose and gold and something sharper, uncertain, flickering like light caught in glass. Nerves prickle along the edges, excitement hums beneath it, and beneath everything there is a tremor of vulnerability that makes his chest tighten before his mind can catch up.
Remi pulls back on instinct, blinking down at Isla in surprise as though the world has shifted a fraction out of place. For a moment his hand remains at her lower back, fingers spreading there without thought, protective and steady even as his expression stills, trying to sort feeling from assumption. He searches her face quietly, curls still ruffled by the flight, breath just a touch deeper than before.
Thinking that perhaps Everest had finally proposed and that maybe Isla was uncertain about it, he'll release her with a smile and a nod. "Of course," he says softly, already angling toward the teahouse door. "Let’s go inside."
Remi pulls back on instinct, blinking down at Isla in surprise as though the world has shifted a fraction out of place. For a moment his hand remains at her lower back, fingers spreading there without thought, protective and steady even as his expression stills, trying to sort feeling from assumption. He searches her face quietly, curls still ruffled by the flight, breath just a touch deeper than before.
Thinking that perhaps Everest had finally proposed and that maybe Isla was uncertain about it, he'll release her with a smile and a nod. "Of course," he says softly, already angling toward the teahouse door. "Let’s go inside."
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
