you're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling
”Shhhh, shhh my darling.” The words seem to leave him automatically, not a thought flickering in his head or behind his eye except for the soft reverb of my. My sunshine, my darling, my husband. ”I’ve got you.” Even if he’s the one breaking down, the one crying.
God, has he ever wanted to hug Sunjata so badly? The only time that comes to mind is when he’d been with Maea, when Nate had lied and nodded and said they could keep their distance.
The hand on Sunjata’s chest falls away as fur covers Safrin’s mark, losing purpose and lagging to find another. Until Nate remembers there’s a whole side of the attuned’s face that doesn’t have his hand on it, a whole half that he could hold and caress and pretend like it’s enough. ”I’unno.” The words blur together, Nate trying to blink away tears. Wait for me? Please?
God, has he ever wanted to hug Sunjata so badly? The only time that comes to mind is when he’d been with Maea, when Nate had lied and nodded and said they could keep their distance.
The hand on Sunjata’s chest falls away as fur covers Safrin’s mark, losing purpose and lagging to find another. Until Nate remembers there’s a whole side of the attuned’s face that doesn’t have his hand on it, a whole half that he could hold and caress and pretend like it’s enough. ”I’unno.” The words blur together, Nate trying to blink away tears. Wait for me? Please?
& you're trembling and he reaches over
and touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist
NATE
