PETER
Not for the first time, Peter was walking into something significant completely blind. Adam had asked him to come, and he had all but jumped at the chance to spend more time with the other man. Even if he wasn’t quite sure Adam was telling the whole truth about what the evening would entail. His suspicions were confirmed when Peter noticed the lantern in Adams hands, saw the ones clutched by others. Even if he wasn’t familiar with the customs of Caido still, it didn’t take a genius to put things together. He absently wished he’d been told more, so he’d had time to prepare something of his own.
Peter stayed quiet as Adam hung his lantern, watching him with a quiet intensity. He didn’t return the smile, but he did lift a hand as the taller man stepped back, and raised a hand to rest on his arm. A reassurance, the most he could really offer. ”I think he... a-anyone, um... I think they know. They stay with you.” Offering a small smile then, Peter turned back to the tree, considering.
Stepping away from Adam, towards the tree, Peter held his hands up, close together, a lantern appearing between them. Blacked metal swirled around a cage of red tinted glass, an intricate, confusing knot. Edy has been nothing but confusing to him, but this was a gesture he felt he owed her.
Reaching up, he hung it, then pulled a second one into existence, this one made of a shining silver, an angular chain zigzagging from a hook to a dangling crown. The silvery caught the light of the other lanterns beautifully, the chain looking like it was sparking with electricity. Peter has no idea what had happened to Zariah, but in his experience, when someone left, they weren’t coming back.
The last one he made was far simpler, resembling a birds nest, suspended by silky ribbons. Adam had made him think, brought up memories he hadn’t returned to in too long. This wasn’t closure, but it still felt like something. That was enough. Peter borrowed a lift from Adam and lit them all at once, then stepped back to stand beside Adam, close enough their sides touched. He wasn’t sure it was the moment for anything more.
And oh, don’t you wanna love?
And don’t you wanna feel?
I remember, you were reckless, you were hungry
You were real
And don’t you wanna feel?
I remember, you were reckless, you were hungry
You were real
