a line at the edge

REMI ABRUZZO When these weary days, when these days are done We'll be in the sun If Remi could have simply enveloped Ashe he would have. He wasn't so naive to think that he was the comfort that she needed or that she in turn could be his panacea, but something about their anguish felt as though it ought to be combined. Like something this momentous should not be spread out between two bodies, but should instead be bound together. As she looked up at him, his fingers tightened ever so slightly around her. As it had been the last time he'd held her this long, that fateful day they'd first met, there was no wandering of his limbs, no subtle glances of her out of the corner of his eye. He was tired and weary yes, but kindness had always come naturally to him, and should Ashe crumple, he would be there to hold her up. "I do." He said simply, leaning his cheek against the top of her head as she sighed against his chest. "Though I have never had siblings before. You will have to tell me when I am doing something wrong." Nosing towards Ronin, Remi's stomach muscles tightened as he fought off the urge to both laugh and sob, deciding to aim for that nowhere emotion in-between. "He certainly would have." As she began to unravel, though tears darkened his own eyes Remi pulled her closer. The alchemist was not so masculine that he felt an obligation to console, merely that her sentiments echoed loudly in his own chest. "I only told him I loved him at the end. He never knew in life how much he meant to me." The alchemist said softly into the waves of raven hair. Shaking his head, Remi hummed a note of disagreement in the back of his throat. "No." He murmured softly. "I asked him if he would start up another army, and he said he did not want to. You living your own life did not stop anything." He added trying to be reassuring, though in the wake of Ronin's death surely there was no chance he could stop the second guessing. "We all failed together, though I do not know what else we could have done." He said uselessly, hands tightening against her for a moment before releasing as she continued to speak. "Alright." Remi said with a small laugh, glancing around. "Welcome to the guild. Sorry the place is such a mess." When these weary days, when these days are through I'll be working my way back to you