I will fight the end
The only part of what Remi said that Ronin heard, at first, was I need you, and there was little more that he needed to know. Slumping down beside his husband, he let a warm hand rest against Remi's leg, a thumb stroking across his knee. Quietly, the guildmaster listened - his blue eyes widened a fraction to hear about Roana, true, but otherwise he tried to absorb what had happened without judgement.
The confrontation, the news about Ludo, the Ascended threats, the weird exclamation of love - all of it could be dealt with. But the madness in Remi's eyes, no; that needed his immediate attention and the rest could wait in line. "Hey..." Gently Ronin cupped the alchemist's face, his fingers smoothing gently through feathered hair to come to rest on his shoulders and rub carefully at the tense spots he was sure he'd find there.
"You have been through so much, lately," he told him, not breaking the other man's gaze. "More than any have a right to ask of you. And you've just carried it around. You're tired, and rightly so. Of course you reacted badly to someone threatening your friends like this. Remi, I'm proud of you for being strong - but you don't have to be any more. I'm home. And I've got you."
A small smile curled at his lips. "Roana is in love with me though, huh? That's news to me."
The confrontation, the news about Ludo, the Ascended threats, the weird exclamation of love - all of it could be dealt with. But the madness in Remi's eyes, no; that needed his immediate attention and the rest could wait in line. "Hey..." Gently Ronin cupped the alchemist's face, his fingers smoothing gently through feathered hair to come to rest on his shoulders and rub carefully at the tense spots he was sure he'd find there.
"You have been through so much, lately," he told him, not breaking the other man's gaze. "More than any have a right to ask of you. And you've just carried it around. You're tired, and rightly so. Of course you reacted badly to someone threatening your friends like this. Remi, I'm proud of you for being strong - but you don't have to be any more. I'm home. And I've got you."
A small smile curled at his lips. "Roana is in love with me though, huh? That's news to me."
'til the end is here
