we shall heal our wounds, collect our dead
Scoffing, Ronin merely shrugs his shoulders and presses another soft kiss to Remi's forehead. "She wasn't Ever's companion and didn't die twice in his presence," he points out, as if to remind the Bastion that neither he or Isla have ever been normal when it comes to the scope and depth of their friendship, and those scars run even more deeply with foundation-shaking news like a baby. "But if you're concerned you could always mention that to her?" He's sure she'd love that.
It's both startling and not to hear that contraceptives can apparently just fail when it comes to Ancients, but his concerns about it wash away as Remi's head tilts to rest against his shoulder. His stakes in this aren't nearly as high as his husband's (for all those reasons mentioned above), so Ronin simply holds him through it, fingers smoothing down the length of his spine, offering something steady and solid to throw himself against.
He does find himself smiling, though, at the (be?)grudging admission about having another baby around to fuss, the Knight nodding and trying to stifle the returning flush of something quiet and golden, a future kept safeguarded and unspoken because it's too delicate to exist. "It will," he agrees. "It's no fun to be a bad influence to Mateo and Flora, now. They're old enough that it's got consequences."
It's both startling and not to hear that contraceptives can apparently just fail when it comes to Ancients, but his concerns about it wash away as Remi's head tilts to rest against his shoulder. His stakes in this aren't nearly as high as his husband's (for all those reasons mentioned above), so Ronin simply holds him through it, fingers smoothing down the length of his spine, offering something steady and solid to throw himself against.
He does find himself smiling, though, at the (be?)grudging admission about having another baby around to fuss, the Knight nodding and trying to stifle the returning flush of something quiet and golden, a future kept safeguarded and unspoken because it's too delicate to exist. "It will," he agrees. "It's no fun to be a bad influence to Mateo and Flora, now. They're old enough that it's got consequences."
THE WHITE KNIGHT
and continue fighting
