NATE
If he wants to be? No, no. It's too much effort to worry over something Nate knows is just for him, and that smug assurance drifts through the bond without words. You're the only one who's gotten this close. It's not quite the same, the distinction floating loosely in the back of his mind, though it doesn't seem important enough to explain. They've gotten to the same equation, with different work.
It is one thing to know they're similar, to know they both mask deeper things, bad things, with humour and gruffness and eventually anger, but it's another thing entirely to actually feel those broken pieces, how similar they are, despite the vast difference in experiences. Perhaps it is that realization, that feeling that finally silences the last voice in his head, croaking that he needs to be strong, that he needs to hold himself up, and everyone around him.
When he hides his face, looking for comfort, for security, he trusts Sunjata will the there. Will understand his burdens. And even though it's something that's Nate's known for a long time, it isn't something he's actually realized before.
Nate just enough that he's more firmly settled in the crook of his fiance's neck. I love you. Though more than simply words flowed from him, another wave sweeping out towards the other man. For the first time in too long, he felt like he could fall asleep, be carried away into a peaceful slumber, and that is what made him remember they couldn't spend the night curled around each other in a jungle. As wonderful an idea as it seemed.
It is one thing to know they're similar, to know they both mask deeper things, bad things, with humour and gruffness and eventually anger, but it's another thing entirely to actually feel those broken pieces, how similar they are, despite the vast difference in experiences. Perhaps it is that realization, that feeling that finally silences the last voice in his head, croaking that he needs to be strong, that he needs to hold himself up, and everyone around him.
When he hides his face, looking for comfort, for security, he trusts Sunjata will the there. Will understand his burdens. And even though it's something that's Nate's known for a long time, it isn't something he's actually realized before.
Nate just enough that he's more firmly settled in the crook of his fiance's neck. I love you. Though more than simply words flowed from him, another wave sweeping out towards the other man. For the first time in too long, he felt like he could fall asleep, be carried away into a peaceful slumber, and that is what made him remember they couldn't spend the night curled around each other in a jungle. As wonderful an idea as it seemed.
Let’s admit, without apology,
what we do to each other
what we do to each other
