October
when the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and the road has been too long
You find the warmth of his tone surprising, and though normally you'd look to him to try and read more into his expression, naked and pained as he is, you think you'll keep studying his faucet instead. "No, but it does get annoying. I'm sure you get more the same." You muse with a shrug. "Attractive, a mysterious position within the Order..." Finn was a catch for those who didn't know him, a tangle of complications to his acquaintances, and back to being a catch for those who knew him well. But, as with you, what you were to others had nothing to do with what you wanted for yourself.
"Most people don't like being thought of as a habit." You say with a smile, the brightness of which more than suggests you haven't taken any offence to this. Sweet as it is, this is the fine line Finn seems to walk between offering a compliment and simultaneously revealing something very deadly about himself. She was a good habit, so it was fine. Other habits? Like this demigod? Finn was as likely to say the same about him.
"Take all the time you need." You say into the hush of steam, holding out a towel for Finn once he's got his bearings again.
"Most people don't like being thought of as a habit." You say with a smile, the brightness of which more than suggests you haven't taken any offence to this. Sweet as it is, this is the fine line Finn seems to walk between offering a compliment and simultaneously revealing something very deadly about himself. She was a good habit, so it was fine. Other habits? Like this demigod? Finn was as likely to say the same about him.
"Take all the time you need." You say into the hush of steam, holding out a towel for Finn once he's got his bearings again.
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
for the lucky and the strong
