feeling all the shades of indigo

REMI

& now I'm all alone in the dark of night

'Flora Vai.' Remi repeats, almosts singing the name as the tears that had pressed against the back of his eyes finally spill down his cheeks. Though his throat begins to tighten and close, he finds he doesn't mind at all, nor does he bother to hide the way he has to gasp for air. The name Ignatius means nothing to him, knowing almost nothing about Deimos. So he just nods, softly repeating the boy's name in the same whispered and awe-struck tones: "Enzo Ignatius." He agrees.

Reaching for Enzo, Remi tucks the boy carefully in the crook of his arm, able to hold him with unfettered ease given both his strength and his strange ease with children. 'Of course.' The boy is already quickly falling asleep, and as Remi lays him down and swaddles him tightly in a blanket, his eyes are closed and his lips open before the alchemist can tuck the final corner. Reaching to do the same with Flora, as he returns he lets his fingertips experimentally caress Hotaru's forehead if only to brush away the sweat-curled strands of gold glued to her skin.

"No bassinet for you, but you need to sleep as well." With a warm smile for the Valkyrie and a last check to see she has all she needs to try and drift off for hopefully an hour at least, Remi nods to Vai as she hustles him out of the room.

~FIN

The moon is shining but I can't see the light