[ It just needs to be said...could it be that simple? And yet words hold so much meaning, so much power, those they choose to share, and those they choose to conceal. Speaking them aloud makes things real, but when he keeps them to himself, he can at least try to fool himself.
A harsh exhale. ]
You and your.... sweet, unending patience will be my undoing, you know.
[ Just a little bit of cheek, despite himself. It'd be so much easier, in a way, if Nico would just shake it out of him, but that's not why he's grown so fond of this man, is it?
He just needs to...say it. He wanted to have it all figured out before coming back to Nico with his answer, but he doesn't. He's still a mess, fractured and unsure and fleeting, but --
Maybe that's not such a bad thing, actually. ]
Nico. I want to go home with you. I...want to, so badly. But if the chains I wear were to capture you too, because of my so-called "good fortune", I'd never forgive myself. Never.
[ He's just - so afraid. Of getting something that he actually wants for once, for how twisted the consequences that follow might become, in the tragic irony that is his destiny. ]
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A harsh exhale. ]
You and your.... sweet, unending patience will be my undoing, you know.
[ Just a little bit of cheek, despite himself. It'd be so much easier, in a way, if Nico would just shake it out of him, but that's not why he's grown so fond of this man, is it?
He just needs to...say it. He wanted to have it all figured out before coming back to Nico with his answer, but he doesn't. He's still a mess, fractured and unsure and fleeting, but --
Maybe that's not such a bad thing, actually. ]
Nico. I want to go home with you. I...want to, so badly. But if the chains I wear were to capture you too, because of my so-called "good fortune", I'd never forgive myself. Never.
[ He's just - so afraid. Of getting something that he actually wants for once, for how twisted the consequences that follow might become, in the tragic irony that is his destiny. ]