Everest
'Okay' Ever agrees, before adding a series of, "okay okay okay okay"'s under his breath. Somehow he manages to stand, leaning more on Mateo than he literally or metaphorically has ever done before. The world is a series of blurry faces and blue lights. It feels like he's standing beneath a hot air vent and is overheating despite the way that his fingertips feel like ice.
Nearly where? Ever wants to ask, but as Mateo pulls open the door to their building, the paramedic nearly collapses with relief. Had Mateo not been there to hold him up, he might have crawled up the stairs the way young children do when they're pretending to be cats or dogs.
Petunia is at the door to greet them with a yowl of displeasure, hissing at them before fleeing up the back of the couch where she perches and judges. As if being in their apartment is permission to fall entirely apart, Ever begins shedding everything he's wearing; from Mateo's jacket, to his, to his sweater, and finally the shirt beneath. His pants are unbuttoned and nearly off by the time he reaches his door, but because he hasn't kicked off his shoes, they just tangle around his ankles. "I'm just.." Ever starts to explain, before falling (intentionally?) onto his bed.
Nearly where? Ever wants to ask, but as Mateo pulls open the door to their building, the paramedic nearly collapses with relief. Had Mateo not been there to hold him up, he might have crawled up the stairs the way young children do when they're pretending to be cats or dogs.
Petunia is at the door to greet them with a yowl of displeasure, hissing at them before fleeing up the back of the couch where she perches and judges. As if being in their apartment is permission to fall entirely apart, Ever begins shedding everything he's wearing; from Mateo's jacket, to his, to his sweater, and finally the shirt beneath. His pants are unbuttoned and nearly off by the time he reaches his door, but because he hasn't kicked off his shoes, they just tangle around his ankles. "I'm just.." Ever starts to explain, before falling (intentionally?) onto his bed.
even if i had to lose you to know you,
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
i'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
