catching fire

right now everything you want is wrong
& right now all your dreams are waking up

He doesn't want to listen. His mouth is dry and he knows precisely where he might quench his thirst. But though she's no match for him in terms of strength, her words and the way her arms link around him are more than enough to stay his progress. The sweet darkness between her legs calls to him, though it's a siren song now, more deadly than ever, and Isla has long since stopped being the one singing it.

"You can sleep, if you want." Not that she needs his help in powering her down. Kissing her back and sighing with a weighty sadness against the softness of it, the alchemist closes his eyes. Behind them are just folded arms and a disappointed blue stare that causes Remi to inhale sharply, blinking down at Isla.

'I'm not okay.' Remi mumbles, and it's the first thing he's said since they've been together that isn't laced with lust or the roughness of a man looking to tear the world apart with his bare hands. 'But it feels like it might be, when I'm with you.' His fingertips ghost up her body, feathers on his fingers brushing against her nipples as he looks down at her. 'I feel everything you do...and that feeling...it's all I want. It's all that feels okay.'

The Lullaby