Worthless and Broken

I told him I knew about what happened. Phoebe would find Remi's reaction entirely different from Loren's. He felt a cold prickle of something akin to embarrassment waver through him, but no anger. It had done him good to have Phoebe to talk to and he could certainly understand the midwife wanting to reciprocate that experience with Loren. ...I know he has no one.. Oh, but that hurt, if only because the alchemist so desperately wanted it not to be true. Remi tensed, but quickly his fingers resumed their soothing even as his eyes squeezed shut against the prickle of tears. "What?" The alchemist demanded then, pulling back from Phoebe if only to try and see her expression, not that he expected to see any signs of deceit there. Heart properly racing now, Remi's gaze went hazy as he sank into himself, entirely unsure how to process any of this. "Why would he say any of that? He doesn't even know you." REMI I forgot what it was like, to think I found you finding me