baby you were my picket fence
Blue eyes bored into steel, Ronin waiting expectantly with a blazing star in hand. And something huffed out of him as Sunjata began - contempt, perhaps - because the other man (monster?) wasn’t telling him anything he didn’t already know. All of this could have been pulled out of his own head and formed into the shape of his friend, all to tempt him to make him... to make...
Slowly, the Star realised that Sunjata had spoken without moving his lips. He noticed the slope of the walls, felt the creak of boards beneath his bare feet. Warm, light, inside. Not the Hollowed Grounds. Not LongNight. ”I’m sorry,” he said in a hoarse voice, the bolt in his hand flickering and dying until it winked out entirely. He rubbed his eyes.
”Fuck, Jata. I’m so sorry. I... the knock at the door...” He sounded embarrassed about it, dismissing the partial shift and shuffling to one side to let the Arbiter in. ”It’s a mess,” he warned; the windows were open behind the curtains to let in the sound of the rain, and candles illuminated areas that were only even slightly dim. There were clothes and bandages everywhere, and the bed wasn’t made given that Ronin had only just peeled himself out of it.
Slowly, the Star realised that Sunjata had spoken without moving his lips. He noticed the slope of the walls, felt the creak of boards beneath his bare feet. Warm, light, inside. Not the Hollowed Grounds. Not LongNight. ”I’m sorry,” he said in a hoarse voice, the bolt in his hand flickering and dying until it winked out entirely. He rubbed his eyes.
”Fuck, Jata. I’m so sorry. I... the knock at the door...” He sounded embarrassed about it, dismissing the partial shift and shuffling to one side to let the Arbiter in. ”It’s a mess,” he warned; the windows were open behind the curtains to let in the sound of the rain, and candles illuminated areas that were only even slightly dim. There were clothes and bandages everywhere, and the bed wasn’t made given that Ronin had only just peeled himself out of it.
i miss missing you
now and then
RONIN
