Lean Time For Heroes

"Y-your accent is lovely." Sam insisted, offended on Remi's behalf that anyone could insult it. He supposed it did sometimes take him a moment to unwrap the thickness of Remi's voice from around the words he said, but it was always a task done willingly. The next thing Remi said was so sweet, so kind; only Remi could have said it. Those kind of words were still a novelty to Sam and he drank them in with a delighted smile on his face. "As long as I-I'm a kind...kind of different you like." "Well. Ab-abandoned by the Gods, maybe. B-But not by me. Never by me." This was said with a conviction, Sam making a promise to himself to not leave Remi as easily as he had earlier ever again. He had learnt from his panic and despair, let them shape him quickly into someone who valued the time he could spend in Remi's arms more than anything else. He kissed Remi's chest above his heart and then laid there quietly with him just staring at the ceiling and listening to the noises around them; the Rathskeller downstairs and the monsters outside. The only sound he cared about was Remi's soft breathing above him and the thump of one real heartbeat speaking for two between them. Samuel I'm starting to wake from silent sleep I'm starting to break and I can grieve