leaving footprints to remind us

the lullaby

And if the sky grows heavy
wrap your arms around me tight; we'll be alright

He absolutely doesn't hold her at arm's length, but instead moves to meet her with open arms. Pressing his face against her, heedless of the soot and cinder that covers her, Remi shakes his head defiantly against her apologies. "Your infirmary had just burned down. Gods of course you would want to hold on to the good things in your life." He counters. Tears sneak from behind his closed lashes, mingling with ash in Isla's hair and smudging his cheek black. "I am an idiot. You were right. I was only thinking about myself. And—"

Pulling back if only so that he might gaze into her eyes, Remi's lips border on a frown as he shakes his head again. "I love you too much to have spoken to you the way I did." Finding himself utterly lost in the blue of Isla's eyes, the alchemist swallows around a painful lump of guilt lodged adamantly in his throat. "Please forgive me."

If the ground gives way beneath us,
If we should fall to pieces
Find me where I first found you

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!