even my darkness shines for you
The warmth and content drain out of Ronin's expression in a heartbeat as his children remember dinner a beat before he does, the Knight's eyes growing comically wide. "Oh fuck," he blurts out, standing with enough force to send his deckchair toppling back. "I got it!" Whether or not that's true remains to be seen, of course, but Ronin hops over the chair and back into the houseboat with the kind of agility only he can manage with that disgusting DEX score.
Moments pass before he declares, victoriously, "I saved it!", though his husband and children, he's sure, will be the true judge of that. The mahi-mahi isn't cinders, at least, though perhaps the edges are a little more flavourful than they ought to be. Regardless, it's edible enough that the rest of the evening passes without complaint; only the comfort of family and the small, budding hope of something new.
~FIN
Moments pass before he declares, victoriously, "I saved it!", though his husband and children, he's sure, will be the true judge of that. The mahi-mahi isn't cinders, at least, though perhaps the edges are a little more flavourful than they ought to be. Regardless, it's edible enough that the rest of the evening passes without complaint; only the comfort of family and the small, budding hope of something new.
~FIN
the
WHITEKNIGHT
