you could have been all I wanted

the lullaby

Love isn't all that it seems
I did you wrong

And nothing Remi supposes, despite wanting to shove Ronin back into the water to see what else might prickle out from his husband's body. If there is a predator within now, something in Remi needs to know about it. But gods if this isn't the time.

"Yes. But until they are older, the twins go where she does." The twins. It sounds so strange to say it; utterly foreign on his lips such that Remi has to mentally pause to check and see if what he's just said is even English.

Remi's body reacts before his mind can as his lips peel back in a snarl in response to the scales on Ronin's neck. "Sorry—" He breathes, leaning back with unhappy green eyes, trying to get a measure of both himself and the Huntsman. Though there were creatures with scales who weren't predators, none came to Remi's mind. With his hands already in the water, Remi presses one of his own talons into his palm. The trickle of blood is made invisible almost instantly by the Stonesong, and yet Remi's senses are keenly aware of it.

"Better here where they are safe. Here where I am still close."

I'll stay here with you
Until this dream is gone

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!