like the dawn breaks through the night

REMI

the alchemist

Walk me home in the dead of night,
'Cause I can't be alone with all that's on my mind

Dawn had only just begun to steal across the sky, but for the most part Torchline was still bathed in tones of black. Only now, the moon and stars winked through, somehow all the brighter for their extended absence.

Remi didn't try and make conversation on the way home. What was there to say to a man whose eyes were vacant and whose soul felt all but haunted? Much as the Alchemist thought about staying in bird-form if only to share his husband's thoughts, he decided to walk next to him lest anyone should try and chat up the pair as they made their way back home.

"Did you do it?" Remi asked at last, as the lighthouse and their home came into view. "Were you out, all LongNight?" What he really wanted to know was whether or not Ronin's mental and emotional wounds ran deeper than just those inflicted by the monsters. Was failure one of his injuries as well?

So say you'll stay with me tonight.
'Cause there is so much wrong going on outside

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!