run away and take me with you
Ronin has no intention of spending the night in the Citadel, and although his nimbus is speeding towards the mountain range, he'll remember, sooner or later, that he's got his Capitol Compass with him, and they can figure things out from there. His hand reaches automatically to clasp Remi's, gripping it warmly and tightly and drawing it up against his chest, as if he can anchor himself to the other man that they might end up on the same page.
"It wasn't... It's not like I minded," he says softly. "I can take a few hits, feeble though I am." He manages a wry smile at last, gazing down at his husband. "It just... didn't feel like it was all of us working together, at the end. It all fell apart..." Ronin lets his thumb whisper across the back of Remi's good hand, and when he speaks again his throat is surprisingly tight. "Remi, I don't think I could have stopped you, back there. I don't think anyone could have. And that is... really frightening to me," he admits, blinking quickly.
"Not because of what you might do to anyone else. Because you might kill yourself without realising it, and then..." And then what? It might not be real death, but Ronin's heart thunders in his chest all the same at the mere thought of it.
"It wasn't... It's not like I minded," he says softly. "I can take a few hits, feeble though I am." He manages a wry smile at last, gazing down at his husband. "It just... didn't feel like it was all of us working together, at the end. It all fell apart..." Ronin lets his thumb whisper across the back of Remi's good hand, and when he speaks again his throat is surprisingly tight. "Remi, I don't think I could have stopped you, back there. I don't think anyone could have. And that is... really frightening to me," he admits, blinking quickly.
"Not because of what you might do to anyone else. Because you might kill yourself without realising it, and then..." And then what? It might not be real death, but Ronin's heart thunders in his chest all the same at the mere thought of it.
don't let go, i need your rescue
RONIN
