[SE] hark the heralds

the lullaby

i don't want the world to see me,
because I don't think they'd understand

You're being an asshole. Stop. It helps, sort of, to tell himself to snap the fuck out of it. Though some large and untamed part of him wants to lash out at his husband—sure, fuck my feelings. let's move right along to yours—Remi can and should and needs to be better than this. To Ronin, if not to anyone else. Pouring them each a healthy cup of coffee and not bothering to ask if the Huntsman would like his spiked with anything, Remi adds a shot of whiskey as well as whipped cream to both cups.

"I have never seen you miss so much." Remi agrees, knowing how hollow empty reassurances would sound right now. "But then, we've never faced anything that strong." He adds, setting down Ronin's coffee next to his elbow before taking a seat next to him. "Can you imagine if Aurelia had stuck around?" If Sunjata had been on thin ice when it came to survival, the alchemist is fairly certain that Torchline's queen wouldn't have lasted more than a few seconds.

when everything's meant to be broken,
i just want you to know who I am

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!