say it's here where our pieces fall in place
Shooting his husband a hopelessly frazzled sort of look, the alchemist could only shrug. In this, as in so many other things, they were just different. Remi would indeed bleed himself nearly dry for almost anyone, so long as he had enough energy to make it back home to Ronin. The personal cost had never mattered to him. Even with so much to lose now, it was hard to see himself as worth anything.
At least you have a lot of feathers. For a beat, Remi stood silently, wondering at those words. Just a throwaway comment? Or was it meant as something insidious and hurtful? He didn't want to believe it was the latter, but in the twilit hours that would follow, he'd replay those words over and over.
Follow he did though, humming as he trotted down the steps. Using his new manticore wings that didn't require the use of his arms, he wrapped himself and Aoife up in golden feathers in perhaps the most exaggerated game of peekaboo they'd played yet, while Ronin pottered around the kitchen.
~FIN
At least you have a lot of feathers. For a beat, Remi stood silently, wondering at those words. Just a throwaway comment? Or was it meant as something insidious and hurtful? He didn't want to believe it was the latter, but in the twilit hours that would follow, he'd replay those words over and over.
Follow he did though, humming as he trotted down the steps. Using his new manticore wings that didn't require the use of his arms, he wrapped himself and Aoife up in golden feathers in perhaps the most exaggerated game of peekaboo they'd played yet, while Ronin pottered around the kitchen.
~FIN
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.
