even my darkness shines for you
”Oh, yes. Something that will show it off quite fetchingly. One has to make the most of one’s assets, you know.” Ronin grins, pretending to preen and obliging his husband willingly as he’s pulled to sit beside him on the bed. Sugar huffs a cold breath of air across Remi’s forehead before settling herself across the headboard (and how she gets comfortable in the places that she does is beyond him).
All amusement drops from his expression as they speak of the blight, of how Remi coped, and guilt furrows Ronin’s brow. He leans across to press a kiss to the Lullaby’s cheek, smoothing his curls out of his face. ”Terrible,” he admits, though his soft smile suggests that he’d not have it any other way if it meant saving Remi. ”Stressed, exhausted, missing you horribly.”
All amusement drops from his expression as they speak of the blight, of how Remi coped, and guilt furrows Ronin’s brow. He leans across to press a kiss to the Lullaby’s cheek, smoothing his curls out of his face. ”Terrible,” he admits, though his soft smile suggests that he’d not have it any other way if it meant saving Remi. ”Stressed, exhausted, missing you horribly.”
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