gladiator, picked a fight with the gods, i'm a giant slayer
Returning a much warmer version of his husband’s smile, Ronin gently works at teasing the tension from Remi’s shoulders, his fingers providing a pressure and relief that gives the suggestion that the other man might just relax, if he wants to. ”If you had flown them to the shore,” he says slowly, looking down at the man he loves best, ”what do you suppose Ludo would have done? Would it have let them live? Or would it have made sure their deaths were merciless?”
True, it isn’t something he can guarantee, and maybe Ludo wouldn’t react that way. But it seems a petty sort of revenge for Remi not doing as he’s told. He wouldn’t put it past it. ”Numb?” he suggests as an example of what someone might feel in the face of something like this. ”After all you’ve been through, it’s not surprising that your own mind tries to protect itself from feeling anything.”
True, it isn’t something he can guarantee, and maybe Ludo wouldn’t react that way. But it seems a petty sort of revenge for Remi not doing as he’s told. He wouldn’t put it past it. ”Numb?” he suggests as an example of what someone might feel in the face of something like this. ”After all you’ve been through, it’s not surprising that your own mind tries to protect itself from feeling anything.”
bone shaker, dominator, freight train, wreckin' ball, i'm the gladiator
RONIN
