arms give away your need
Ronin’s fingers are cold, and he squeezes them around Remi’s hand as hard as he dares without hurting him, following after him into the house. It hurts as much to see all traces of Aoife gone as it did when she was there, but the Star roots himself to the sight of his husband heading up the stairs, to the muted creak of floorboards blanketed in moss and ombré leaves. But then they’re pausing, halting before a door he’s never seen before, and the huntsman furrows his brow.
Not knowing what to expect behind the door, Ronin doesn’t know if it’ll be too much until he opens it. And so glancing to his husband with as much love and trust as he can conjure, the Star reaches out and turns the handle, pushing it to reveal the mystery room inside. His lips part to say something - what or oh or I don’t understand. But he does understand, sort of, and it becomes more clear the more he looks.
Stepping hesitantly inside, he brushes his fingertips over the books, over the paintbrushes and tools. Ronin breathes in the room for what it is; something fresh and soothing in its newness. The crib is still a puzzle, though, and he moves up to stand over it, hands brushing across it and reaching up to set the mobile to turning.
”Remi, it’s empty,” he finds himself saying, turning back to look at the other man.
Not knowing what to expect behind the door, Ronin doesn’t know if it’ll be too much until he opens it. And so glancing to his husband with as much love and trust as he can conjure, the Star reaches out and turns the handle, pushing it to reveal the mystery room inside. His lips part to say something - what or oh or I don’t understand. But he does understand, sort of, and it becomes more clear the more he looks.
Stepping hesitantly inside, he brushes his fingertips over the books, over the paintbrushes and tools. Ronin breathes in the room for what it is; something fresh and soothing in its newness. The crib is still a puzzle, though, and he moves up to stand over it, hands brushing across it and reaching up to set the mobile to turning.
”Remi, it’s empty,” he finds himself saying, turning back to look at the other man.
tie them up and around me
and play me as you please
RONIN
