just a moment to hold

REMI

the lullaby

there's a light that you give me
when I'm in shadow

For all Isla is, Remi's mind still stubbornly wrestles with the way it thinks she should be. Or at least, the way it expects her to be. It's all he can do to quiet these intrusive thoughts by focusing on the sudden space beneath the ground and her back, and how easily his hand shifts from her hip to fill the void; the feeling of her barefoot suddenly against him; the tug of her fingers against his jacket.

"Well, I will let you in on a secret." Remi whispers as they part, gazing down at her with a soft stare only made dark by the lack of light around them. "I think it has always been a date." Remi's smile is boyish as he whispers this, tugging at one side of his mouth, though it's no less sunny for it. "Which makes kissing you like this instead of at the end of the night, which is how first dates are meant to go I think, all the more improper." Whether it was improper in their narrative of commoner and dutchess, of ascended and demigod, or married man and best friend, Remi hardly knew nor did it matter to him in the least.

there's a feeling you give me, an everglow

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!