bleed it dry, leave us here with nothing
It had been a silly question really - why would Remi be alright, after all that had happened? Ronin shifted to sit in the alcove, their daughter cradled in one arm so he might use the other to draw his husband against his side. “You don’t know that, Remi. That door was open and shut so many times it could have been anyone,” he said, though he already knew deep down that it was probably Roana’s body that the monsters had hitched a ride in on. Still - what was done was done.
”So what?” he said softly about the building, his tone warm and gentle. “I’d rather this than the building survive and there be one single casualty. We can make another home, Remi. I won’t find another you.”
”So what?” he said softly about the building, his tone warm and gentle. “I’d rather this than the building survive and there be one single casualty. We can make another home, Remi. I won’t find another you.”