( there are so many things, so many variables in this instance that both of them could focus on, but aren't, because they've found some measure of reassurance and comfort in a memory that they both accept. gladio still isn't so sure about the things he's been met with just yet, but there are even more things that are slowly coming back to him, and latching on to some memory of her seems like the most natural thing in the world.
she licks her lips, and he keeps watching her, even as that hand reaches to brace against his arm, like. he thinks it has so damned many times before. it rests there, and that same hand drifts up to very briefly cup her cheek, falling away almost instantly as he gives over some measure of a breathless laugh. little more than a chuckle, really. ) I'm here if you need me. ( ah. but what does that mean?
a hell of a lot more than either of them realize. )
PRECIOUS
( there are so many things, so many variables in this instance that both of them could focus on, but aren't, because they've found some measure of reassurance and comfort in a memory that they both accept. gladio still isn't so sure about the things he's been met with just yet, but there are even more things that are slowly coming back to him, and latching on to some memory of her seems like the most natural thing in the world.
she licks her lips, and he keeps watching her, even as that hand reaches to brace against his arm, like. he thinks it has so damned many times before. it rests there, and that same hand drifts up to very briefly cup her cheek, falling away almost instantly as he gives over some measure of a breathless laugh. little more than a chuckle, really. ) I'm here if you need me. ( ah. but what does that mean?
a hell of a lot more than either of them realize. )