It's a sight he's seen before a thousand thousand times - humans and wizards he's charmed; magic beasts and all the things in between he's taken into his arms; the old and the young after an evening of sudden flight across half the world on a whim—
but,
this one, this time, makes him pause.
And he hesitates, like he'd rather bubble this moment in time, and take it with him deep under the sea, where no one else might see it, or mar it, take it from him.
But, like Ish said— time always moves somewhere. )
...
( The fingertips that so lightly brushes his cheek trace back, pushing aside a few strands of hair to expose Ish's warm cheek, and his palm so lightly comes to rest against it.
These aren't the things he came here to ask about, or even do. One thing of import, the rest of it spent on fun, and fussing over Ish. But now that he's here - now that he's been asked - now that he's broached a boundary he hasn't had the privilege yet to touch, he wants...
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Oh,
It's a sight he's seen before a thousand thousand times - humans and wizards he's charmed; magic beasts and all the things in between he's taken into his arms; the old and the young after an evening of sudden flight across half the world on a whim—
but,
this one, this time, makes him pause.
And he hesitates, like he'd rather bubble this moment in time, and take it with him deep under the sea, where no one else might see it, or mar it, take it from him.
But, like Ish said— time always moves somewhere. )
...
( The fingertips that so lightly brushes his cheek trace back, pushing aside a few strands of hair to expose Ish's warm cheek, and his palm so lightly comes to rest against it.
These aren't the things he came here to ask about, or even do. One thing of import, the rest of it spent on fun, and fussing over Ish. But now that he's here - now that he's been asked - now that he's broached a boundary he hasn't had the privilege yet to touch, he wants...
He wants... )
... Can I... stay with you?
( ... more, he thinks. )