the lullaby
And if the sky grows heavy
wrap your arms around me tight; we'll be alright
wrap your arms around me tight; we'll be alright
"It doesn't matter," He says with a soggy smile against her, his head still softly shaking. Disbelief rattles around in his skull that Remi might have tarnished what he had with Isla all because he was too blindsided by what he had and wanted, to put her needs first.
"What?" Remi's unshaven cheeks flinch to hear Isla say so; reaching up to cup one of her hands beneath his, his brows edge together. "You deserve to be happy." He whispers, having to ignore the far-too familiar inclination to simply want to lean down and kiss her. "Cal is all the things you said: kind, funny, handsome." She hadn't said that last one, but they both knew it was true. "You were right. I have everything." Had, anyway, but that felt like putting too sharp a point on it. "Ronin and Mateo, and everything with you. And I acted like a child, pretending as though it was because you did not tell me first."
Remi's cheeks flush as his eyes grow sad and tearful. "You are the most captivating woman I know. I will miss everything about what we shared." For a moment the sting of his tears is disorienting, and above, the stars flicker and the chime of their light threatens to turn grating and discordant. With a breath, and then a smile, all returns bright and beautiful again. "You deserve the best this...second? third? life of yours has to offer." His smile turns a touch crooked at that, before settling into something hopelessly adoring.
"What?" Remi's unshaven cheeks flinch to hear Isla say so; reaching up to cup one of her hands beneath his, his brows edge together. "You deserve to be happy." He whispers, having to ignore the far-too familiar inclination to simply want to lean down and kiss her. "Cal is all the things you said: kind, funny, handsome." She hadn't said that last one, but they both knew it was true. "You were right. I have everything." Had, anyway, but that felt like putting too sharp a point on it. "Ronin and Mateo, and everything with you. And I acted like a child, pretending as though it was because you did not tell me first."
Remi's cheeks flush as his eyes grow sad and tearful. "You are the most captivating woman I know. I will miss everything about what we shared." For a moment the sting of his tears is disorienting, and above, the stars flicker and the chime of their light threatens to turn grating and discordant. With a breath, and then a smile, all returns bright and beautiful again. "You deserve the best this...second? third? life of yours has to offer." His smile turns a touch crooked at that, before settling into something hopelessly adoring.
If the ground gives way beneath us,
If we should fall to pieces
Find me where I first found you
If we should fall to pieces
Find me where I first found you
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
