you are terrifying and strange and beautiful
Ronin doesn't bother to reply to Remi when it comes to the remarks he knows are born of defiance rather than truth; he merely gives his hand a warm squeeze. However he feels is valid after everything that has happened, and when the alchemist does gaze up and into his eyes, Ronin realises how similarly he feels. But it doesn't mean that his husband deserves to exist in this sort of pain.
"What if it wasn't a favour, though?" he asks. "Safrin didn't ask for anything in return. I know that doesn't mean Ludo is the same, but I imagine it wouldn't want to seem less than Safrin." Furrowing his brow and pressing further kisses against the back of Remi's palm, Ronin gives his husband's hand a finaly squeeze before releasing him to refill their cup of wine.
"Besides," he says, "if you ask me, the gods owe you one after what you did."
"What if it wasn't a favour, though?" he asks. "Safrin didn't ask for anything in return. I know that doesn't mean Ludo is the same, but I imagine it wouldn't want to seem less than Safrin." Furrowing his brow and pressing further kisses against the back of Remi's palm, Ronin gives his husband's hand a finaly squeeze before releasing him to refill their cup of wine.
"Besides," he says, "if you ask me, the gods owe you one after what you did."
The huntsman
