All That Glitters

"No, I did not." The alchemist agreed, but belatedly. As Sam spoke, the alchemist studied his pale face in the moonlight with a thoughtful sort of ambivalence. Then why are we here? He wanted to ask. Why did we not bring a group, why is it just you and I? Why did you not tell me where we were going so I could have prepared? Why did you leave me only one option to protect you, and then say I still have a choice? Remi tried not to flinch away as Sam's hand reached out. The casualness and comfortable way that Sam moved around him when he wasn't paying attention made Remi's head swim and his heart thunder. To be known like this, without knowing the man back was the strangest sort of disharmony Remi had ever experienced. But if Sam was going to bite him again, the ascended's fingers against his throat was hardly the thing to be worried about. "Yes." Remi agreed. It was more than a bit more intimate. It was worlds away from Remi's current comfort zone, and yet there was no where else for him to go. "I want you to be safe." He said simply. Conclusively. Яemi But now it's happily ever never. I guess now I know better