I breathe disaster

sometimes love is all that can save us, sometimes love can kill a man

Unlike Remi's to Loren, the summoner's words merely cut to the quick, brutalizing and tearing through the alchemist's emotions. To hear that everything the alchemist was, was the reason the Launceleyn was lost, that he was some sort of blackhole that would envelope and destroy those who dared to be near him, was a powerful blow. What was worse? Was feeling like Loren's care for him was an obligation. Sam had said the same to him, before forgetting him entirely. And in that moment, forgetting the alchemist felt exactly like that Loren was trying to do. Quests, finding himself, rejecting Remi's apologies; it all seemed to have the same end. Forget, move on, goodbye. But you see, I will always want to be there for you. Always. Remi thought in silent agony as Loren continued, clenching his teeth together so hard he thought one might crack.

But then, in typical Loren fashion after pushing Remi away, the summoner called him back again. And of course Remi came immediately.

The request was like a dagger, if only because Loren had no idea what it would cost the alchemist. What burned and froze at his core to hear the words. Closing his eyes so that his stare might be clear of tears, Remi stepped forward through the snow and knelt beside the summoner. For a moment his fingers hesitated and he had to hold his breath to keep from letting it escape in shivery echoes. But then he did let his hands slide up the summoner's arms as they were wrapped around his legs, enveloping Loren's thin frame easily. Wings pushed outwards too ignoring the implications of his jacket, so that the snow would no longer fall upon him. With arms so strong that it entirely contradicted the alchemist's fragile nature, Remi pulled Loren to him.

sometimes love is a soft touch, or a line drawn in the sand

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