You pump the blood so I can breathe, Don't let me go don't ever leave
Nate’s chest heaves as hands close around his jaw, his eyes snapping shut with a flinch. Useless breath punches out of him, the jerky movement somehow better than the utterly lifeless stillness he could fall into instead. I’m enough. I’m enough to keep you safe, to keep Ria safe. His jaw works beneath his husbands hands, throat bobbing with the for e it takes to swallow his own words. He’s enough because he has to be, because he’s always had to be. Never mind the fact that it hadn’t ever been enough in the past.
It’s not a burden, Sunny, you’re not a burden, because you... you’d be choosing me. The words come along with another fracture, another little raw piece of Nate opening up, oozing hurt and packed down upset. And if... if not just me, then the Voice. She helps me, without holding anything over my head, She’d help us. A hand slips over to cup the attuned’s scarred cheek, Nate forcing his eyes open, cool fluid tears dripping down his nose onto the other. I just... I want you to... Nate hesitates, swallowing the words guiltily.
It’s not a burden, Sunny, you’re not a burden, because you... you’d be choosing me. The words come along with another fracture, another little raw piece of Nate opening up, oozing hurt and packed down upset. And if... if not just me, then the Voice. She helps me, without holding anything over my head, She’d help us. A hand slips over to cup the attuned’s scarred cheek, Nate forcing his eyes open, cool fluid tears dripping down his nose onto the other. I just... I want you to... Nate hesitates, swallowing the words guiltily.
NATE
