so fragile yet so devious

and my heart ran away with me

"The mood, or your mood?" He teases, offering her a crooked smile that grows endearing as she fights with her own hair against the wind.

Stretching his hands out between them and tilting his palms up to encourage hers to slip between his fingers, Remi pulls in a breath. The way he begins suggests he'd clearly rehearsed this, but as he continues the words seem to wander away from him somewhat. "I am so happy that you have found someone to make you happy. Cal genuinely seems like a really good match for you...not that you need my approval. But..it is going to take me some time to get used to this. I...cannot tell you how much I miss being with you. How much I miss just being able to take you in my arms and kiss you. To be the one you tell things to and go on catastrophic dates with." Swallowing hard, his eyes fall between them, as guilt and shame erase his smile. "I am working on it, and I know it is not fair, and I know I am being selfish, and I do not want you to do anything differently, I just..."

..wanted you to know I'm a spoiled man-child who should not have even bothered opening his mouth.

"..that I am sorry. And that I am trying."

remi

Styling stolen from Sky (obviously)