the stars lined our heartbeats

Deimos

we are all b r o k e n
that's how the l i g h t gets in

Escape and evasion, twisting away from the confines of stalls and kiosks, drifting, drifting, drifting on their own whims and vestiges, smoke and fumes, devotion and affection, an ardent preamble reserved only for her. There was a tangible amount of indifference coiled in his thoughts – for anyone hunting or searching for them, for anyone requiring their aid, for anyone needing their assistance – all the more content to ignore, to detach, to spread apathy in their haze, orchestrating his entire focus, his undivided attention on these moments, on these small, sparse instances they could snag and ensnare for themselves. Perhaps they were greedy, rapacious, ravenous intentions, but breathless entanglements, willing compatriots, her in his arms, golden and gilded, bright and warm, naught else mattered. They’d earned their rewards, their diversions, and their amusements; let the world carry on without their mettle, without their meddling, for an instant.

Mischief, persistent portions in their evolving roles, garnished and extended in the extension of her smile, and he angled it back; bemusement settling along the corners of his mouth, the slightest, boyish dimples on the depths of his cheeks. Recognition of a forthcoming tease intertwined with her shudders, and for half a second he considered pressing further, behind her ear, along her nape, on their infernal reach of scorching distinctions. The Sword was only distracted from the nuances as she spun along in his arms, and he faced obsidian eyes – glinting bestowals of galaxies and moons and stars – easily lost somewhere in their expanse. “Maybe we can find someone.” Rumbling intonations of baiting, goading contributions, the devilry evident in his gaze, before ensuring it would be him, weaving, interlacing fingers and hands together, and maneuvering their way towards those distinct perimeters (where they’d once rampaged and dueled and played until there was a certainty neither would be abandoned again).

keep the ones who
h e a r d y o u
when you never said a word