the shape of your name

the lullaby

And if the sky grows heavy
wrap your arms around me tight; we'll be alright

Remi's mouth is a complicated thing just now; his lips are soft against the Star's despite how his jaw is very much clenched. Behind Ronin's neck Remi's fingertips have turned to claws, and not unlike an annoyed cat, he very much wants to worry away at the seams that hold their cushions together. Even a little destruction would feel good. "I am tempted to say that it would be better if we were never made into what we are...but could you imagine anyone else in our place?" There's no hubris in his words at all, just honest recognition that, were there other HeRoEs instead of them, the pair would likely be a lot more uneasy about putting their lives in someone else's hands.

Suntanned and looking older than he should, Remi sighs beneath his husband's hands, shrugging just a fraction. "I do not know." He whispers, expecting to feel the prickle of tears against the back of his eyes, and instead feeling only a dull emptiness that yawns and promises to swallow him whole anytime he wants.

'Well. I think saying I want us to runaway on a Skyboat is just as naive as saying I do not want the war, so I won't. But, Mateo and I have been working hard, so...Perhaps we will take her on a maiden voyage when you come back?"

If the ground gives way beneath us,
If we should fall to pieces
Find me where I first found you

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!